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THE BUYCOTT IN SHANGHAL

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FÅR FRINGRONG.

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC.

CANTUR" NHWEN

December 14th-

MALAYA

Decuber 15th!

EPŠACH PROSPECTS,

With reference to: Bhum. Chan-huen""" visit to one of the principle merchanta, in Hongkong on the oth, însă, it is stated that Shum really intended to mood a Northern delegate, who had arrived at with him about the resumption of the Shanghai Conference. As a result, some of the pesos enroys who had returned to Lanton, were ordered to proceed again to Shanghai as soon as possible. resumption of the Shanghai conference is now most likely and the peace enroys— Kwer Chun-ahum, Chang Shi-chiu, and other are to leave for Shanghai "to

SHANGHAI, December 8th. According to information from the A GREMBLE FROM BRITISH TEL STUDENTS AQEEATION, A Chinese Students Union, the major por-

The students on strike have agreed. 22 tion of the native merchants in the

At the last meeting of the Federal Coun-coept the terms offered by the Civil Foreign Concessions and the city have signed pledges nos to deal or handle oil of the F.M.8. held in Kuala Lumpur Governor and they will now return to Japanese goods in any way and are will-on November 28th, the Hon. Mr. H. P. sabool on Monday, the 15th instant. The Hongkong at that time, and to confes ing, for the sake of the Republic, to band Clodd said:--We all know that in these Civil Governor propos to issue a man date in appreciation of their patriotic out their "low grade goods" for destruesdays public criticism, tends to become more

persistent of Government action or in- movement and to allow them to inspest action, as the case may be, and one cause the low grade" goods imported in com of criticism is lack of authoritative in-pany with the representatives of met formation as to what is taking place in chants, Students dismissed owing to The only news the recent troubles are to be readmitted the administration, obtainable here is in the form of beca again if they rejoin school on Monday..

The Students Union was clowed on the sional communiquer to the Press, and, in the long interval between meetings of 19th instant and thus the students strikimorrow, this Chancil the public is, to a large ex has come to an end. lent, left in the dark I suggest, there fore, that regular pronouncements, should be made by the Government on matters of public interest.

From other sources, it is learned that only a few merchants have signed the pledges on condition that they are allow ed to sell out their existing stocks of Japanese goods. There was no parade of students in the Foreign Concessions yesterday.

present.

PANIC IN MUKDEN MARKET.' YUDEN, December 7th." Owing to the unlimited issue of notes by the Japanese banks which, it is stated,

In reply, the Chief Secretary (Sir there is not supported by silver reserved, is a great panic in the native money mas Edward Brockman) said: Hr. Clodd has kets especially in South Manchuria at referred to the matter of the public not In view of the Chinese Now getting sufficient information from the Year, General Chang Taolin has sum Government. The proper way to give moned & special conference of all finan- more information to the public would be cial officials and other interests nt. Mukto have meetings of this Council, and, den for the discussion of the financial as far as I am concerned, I should like to situation and its remedy. On account of see us have more meetings. That seems the panic the trade of the British, and the best way of making public any in- American Tobacco Company and the formation that the Government may have Standard Oil Corporation is said to bá suffering.

JAPANESE HIGH- ALLEGED

HANDEDNESS IN TSINGTAO.

to

give.

The Straits Times commenting on the

above statement, saya :---

PRACE PROSPECTS.

In regard to Gener Lak Wing-ting's separate peace proposals, it is stated, that besides the appointment of General Lab

PROJECTED RAILWAYS AND ROADS,

The

The members of the Military Govern- fent have decided to raise funds for the construction of railways through the South-West Provinces and Sham Chun- Inspector-General of wange the undertaking with the high officials in kalaper is to be elected as the director of Kwangai and Hunan, Tong Kai-yaw (the other provides a co-directors. The Yannan. Tuchun) is to be appointed as

director of the Canton Sampahui Railway Inspector-General of Yannan, Brechuon

proposes to construct a branch

kadang

fine from Father to Chinchun and other towas. Application haa also Leen made for permission to build a road from

daghoon to Sunwui for motor car

trade and the authorities are considering the mattor.

POPPY PLANTING.

widow, and Ng Pui-fi, as the Tachun of Hunan. It is proposed that

us Chun-huen, the Chief Administra a Director to the Military Govern ment should be elected as the rice- President of the Republic, and a sum of a million dollars should be paid to the South-West Provinces for military expen

The Tuchun, Mok Wingson, on hearing diture. It is also proposed that if theor the report that poppy cultivation is Mr. Clodd drew attention in the Federal Paking Government, dissolves the Now still going on in the interior, has issued Council the other day to what is a very Parliament in Pakips, General Lut will mandate ordering the local authorities TBINANTE, December 6th

raal grievance in Malaga-the absolute arder the dissolution of the Military to destroy all poppy fields. The authori The special delegates of the Salt Ad- failure of the Government to take the Government, and the Canton Parliament ties have been ordered to arrest the cul- yesterday on the way to Tsingtao for the public into its confidence through the The President, Hau Shih-chang, insand-tivators of poppy and make them pay the ministration from Peking - passed here investigation of the troubles between the Press. In India, there is a Press Bureau,ed to send General Wong Chi-chang to extreme penalty. Japanese and some Chinese owners of

It has been persistently re-where almost daily some valuable items consult General Luk: General, Wong re salt Wells ported that some "Japanese Lanjen (or of information are laid on the table for used and naked the President to end vagabonds) have seized the properties of the use of the public Press. In Ceylon Kung Bam-jarm in his place. Other re some law-abiding natives in view of the increasing demand for Chinese salt in the same system has been introduced, and ports state that Kwak Chun-abum,, the Japan. The Chinese authorities have we need only mention two illustrations of Chief Adviser to the Tachur, Mok Wing lodged protest with the Japane venue its operation. Most of our readers will son, has received instructions from rities on the ground that the salt revenue of Chios had been mortgaged to the remember, the famous talegram from the General Luk to return immediately to announced that the projects"wero's foreign banking group of which Japan's that the Japanese should

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Secretary of State for the Colonies to the

December 18th.

HAILWAY PROJECTS.

In regard to the proposed railway

au

the

approv

struction in the South-West Pro- vinge, the Military Government recently

Shanghai Shanghai to confer with Tong Shiu-yed by the peace envoys to

They were not be permitted to interfere unlawfully: Governments of Colonie interested in the Chief of the Southern Peace Eavors Conference some time: with the Chinese salt proddedre even in rabber, production That message on to the Shanghai Conferance, about the reviewed by the Military Government on resumption of the Conference. Kwok The 11th insty and it is proposed to carry starts to-morrow as he was given a permilout the scheme sa soon as possible. “ and arpenses by the Tuchun yesterday.

The

a place like Tsingtao which is now reaching, Ceylon was laid on the table of porarily under Japanese control. Chinese salt merchants at Tsinanfu are the Press Burean, and immediate steps of the opinion that the Japanese want were taken to ascertain the views of the to monopolize the salt trade in Shantung and the Kuantang Manchuria not only insula of South rubber industry with reference to the 'GENERAL LUK'S MOVENIATEJUH

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THE ARRESTS OF THE JOURNALISTS

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A message from Nanning states that a number of the principal merchants there propose to form a syndicate to construct railway from Lauchow in Kwangst to chow in Sachen, which will pass through the province of Kweichow. The merchants have sent aux application, to the Kwangsi Civil Governor requating for the sanction of the project and the appli- estion is being considered by the members of the three Provincial Assemblies of Kwangai, Azschuen and Kweichow. TELEPHONG IN FATSHAN.

for supporting their proposals it contained. The same messSEO.

A message from Lungchow states that own country but also for export to China under the pretext that Japanese Came to Malays but not one word of it General Lak has arrived at Lungchon residents in this country prefer the clean was permitted to transpire, and Dotto consult the military leaders regarding

variety Japanese salt to the native

This question is engaging the serious gle step was taken to consult the indus the demobilisation of some of the Kwang attention of the Chinese authorities in try as a whole, until long after action bad si troops in the province, Lak is living Shantung as contraband salg is already become futile. Malays did not bear any in his new yamen sad is expected to being manufactured and imported by thing about the Rubber Growers' Associs return to Moming, his native village, foreigners chiefy from Taingia and Dairen and is being sold in the tion proposals until the mail brought soon after the settlement of the dem

bilisation question, Chinese markets at a much lower price copies of the Indian and Ceylon papers than other salt regardless.

of the existing Five native sal which contained it. A more recent Chinese regulations amugglers were caught by the Chinese illustration may be given.. Lord Milner The Journalists' Association and some leading members of the public have asked police last week on the borders of Thing 180; but the local authorities, for the sent a circular to the Colonies asking them the Military: Government for the release & merchant has applied to the authori purpose of avoiding diplomatic differt to report upon their resources in view of the journalists arrested in connection ties for sanction for the establishment uf ties had to set them free without punish of the urgent necessity of fully develop with the studente agitation. ment after the confiscation of the contra-

& telephone company in Fatahan. It' in band salt

ing all the assets of the Empire to meet BALT REVENUE BUREAU.

The salt merchants who came into con proposed to start with 800 telephones, According to a telegram from Feking the burden of the gigantic war debt. to General Ma Liang, General Ho Sha tanng, of the frontier army of Chins, That message was inserted in the Governflict with Lar Yuk-lun, the Buperintendand the regulations of service are to

ent of the Salt Revenue Burran, owing ment Gazetter here, but not one solitary to the purchase of foreign salt by the follow those in foros in Canton. word has since appeared to indicate that latter, have seat representatives to pro Magistrate of the Namboi district is con anything whatever is being done in re-test against Lou's action to Shum Chun sidering the application. Sard to it. In Ceylon committees were bust, the Chief Administrative Director Promptly formed and from time to time to the Military Government. Lau is THE STUDENTS' STRIKE. telegram adds that, in spite of rumour inpuncements have been made as to their Bhamra protege and Shum has asked Luk: The students' strike is at an and bat General Ma Liang, who has been so doings. The answer gaven, to Mr. Clodd to send in his resignation.**

the enemy."

was that more frequent meetings of the

is expected at Tainantu shortly, for the

inspection of the Second Division of the Frontier Defence Army. General Hau is now at Lorang, Honan, for the ins pection of the First Division, there The

scribed by the"

of the rising

of China cu

account of his Chantung

with the boycott against

low grade goods," will not be removed from his post. of Garrison Com order at Tainan and it seems that Gen eral Me Liang has come to some Com promise" with the students.

New Japanese machinery has arrived here for the Locfeng cotton factory which

will be in full operation soon.

Federal Council should be held. One

hardly knows how to characterise & state

Tho

the students of the Higher Normal School and the Government Law School are still holding put in two of the ring. fesders Chow Kai-chang and Chang Kai-

ment of that kind. It reveals an almost outline of what is being done reaches the incredible degree of pure cussedness. If public, and no self-respecting critic carts missioner of Tsinan. There is peace and more. Iroquent meetings of the Federal to rely upon casual gossip or hints ing bare not been allowed to rejoin Council are necessary, by all means have whispers which are generally quite mis them, but don't drax mest from all over leading. If members of the Municipal school. The Civil Governor has been the Peninsula to receive scrape of in-body think that they are working upon naked to issue a mandate allowing the formation which can be made public by recognised English precedents, all we can simply writing them on sheets of paper do is to assure them that car intimats two students to rejoin. The students of and placing them in the halls of the knowledge of municipal procedures, t tary's offices. India and Ceylon are not entirely wrong. We are perfectly well relief organisation for distributing Chief Secretary' and Colenial Seere home enables us to say that her at the Higher Normal School have formed ruled by drifalling idiots, and if & Press aware that there are certain things white food amongst the poor, and other stud Bureon has served well in these places it is necessary to disenas in private. and there is absolutely no reason why it should to keep private, but the broad,, squid ents are also contemplating joining the not serve well here unless, indeed, the principle of all clean and wholesome, zgr plea all misercordiam is put forward, that ministration is to give to all publio a South Western Police Court, London on ferior institution, it would be unsale za mach indebted to Mr. Blodd for calling October 11th a charge of fortune-telling assume that even its senior, men can be attention to a very real grievance. against Mrs. Ellen Lucy Bloodwort, of trusted to decide whether a thing ought ask for the same treatment as the Press [receives in India, Ceylon and elsewhere, Beauchamp Road, Clapham-junction, to be or ought not to be made poi fand our protest against secrecy is wholly conditions of the salt markets along the

We said that he was satisfied that the woman and we it will a better one, a protest on behalf of the pablia: Apart East River and to inquire into the action believed she had the power of foretelling grime, and we hope it will be a bettesider from our sense of obligation to the public, of a Salt Revenue Bureau alleged to ne

MAGISTRATE AND FORTUNE- TELLING.

Mr. Bankes, 20 dismissing, at the the civil servica ob Malaya, being an in- the greatest publicity possible. We movement.

...

under

"BALT ATTAIES.

The Farcign Supervisor of the Balt Revenue Bureau has gone to inspect the

the future. The full text of Mr. Bankes' and that there judgment was as follows:

geable modification of the bureaucratic huge care not two cents whether, there is Mrs: Bloodwart is charged under the ger mugger which is becoming the curse of hugger mugger or not. If Preis Bureaux gruity of irregularítica. The Superviser It may not bare were opened all over the Península. It will also visit the Salt Bureau in Chiu- Vagrant Act of 1894 as a rogue and vaga Malayan public life.

dawned upon

"of our officials that would not add a cupit to the size of our bond, an Act passed 100 years ago, when the Press as much a part of the public circulation or the value of our advertising chow and Swatow as complaints have anyone who talked about railways tele-005

administration as they are. Public bodies

space We can be phones, airships, or vote for women would be useless without it, courts of amid sdministrating properous been made, against the Superintendents

chaos, but we have to say that the kind for these bureaux

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It is not for me to express any opinion if none of their proceedings were recorded, of tode taken at the Federal Commeil THE SHANGHAI CONFELINCK apon spiritualism, or whether it is a and behind the Fress there is the pub meeting reveals ignorance of hit ought delusion or not. All I have to decide is lie, which has the greatest rights of all, to be done in order that publie Sasinos The report: that the Shanghai confer Whether the case comes within the bee for things done or left undone regardless may be conducted in the knowledge et ence is to be resumed is gaining ground. tion.

A decision was given in 1918 in the State. Even in matters purely municipal number of the senior men do not grapho visited Hongkong and had a confer- of the public are crimes against the the public. It seems to be that quite A It is stated that the Northern delegate, High Court Davis case which I must we have noted the very grave extent to the importance and the magnitude of the follow. In that case Mr. Justice Avory which public interests suffer by reason changes that have been taking place in scoe with Shum Chun-haen on the 9th Was of opinion that fortune-telling was of the fact that nine-tenths of the public Malays Time when the English into was Kang Sum-form the ex Premier of itself an offence. I must say I agree business is done by committees which sit speaking, English-reading public weas of Peking. Kung was sent by the Pre with him; but I must follow the decision in private and make ne public reports of were tiny handful. It is not so now dent, Eau Shih-ching to meet Bhuta of the Court, Justices Darling, and their precedinge, it it literally's back The fini bon has great fine et discuss the resumption to the Bankoy, who held that evidence of belief that there is hardly anything upon which European population has greatly, on the part of the medium must be to base comment on the local administra ed The Government has a big infitienes langhai, Conference. It is reported that all the demands made by the Boutherners received and acted upon if believed. Ition of the big, important town of Bingas over the commercial and personal welfare. am absolutely satisfied that she believes pore because of this secret committes eye of all classed, and it is under an obligare to be referred again to the Confer he has these powers. Whether I believe tem. At the open meetings a little gas tion to treat the public with respect and eace, but before the Conference mecte It or not does not matter; so I shall disis allowed to escape, but hardly a bare to mek its confidence and support by Wong Yap fong will no longer be the

overy, reasonabla mans.

chief of the Northern peace envoys. mies the rummions.

(Continged at foot of next column.)

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