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midst the tangled web of feinls and, futility, spun by ↑ the delegates to the Peace Conference, meu spoke respectfully of Chang To-hin, as of a coming power in the land. Even at this distance from his seas of Government in Manchuria, his name and fama bad reached point of grostow sufhcient to ggest that here, no last, might be the Strong Man for whom the patient people wit

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"the only Territorial unit which from the earliest days had the pubile and the authorit devoted during peace, all its energica to by his 50 per cent, returns on air week. the training of officers for anrices when loans, is likely to be a prosaic one war cane For this purpose the War Three creditors have brought bankruptcy Office retained at home the executive and proceedings against him and Mr. Joseph attriinistrative personeel of the corps and Allen, State Bank Commissioner, has as a training centre, the corps traited ordered the Hanover Trust Company not without ceasing a comtant succession of 10 pay any more money on the cheques of recruits enlisted for the anle purpose of Fonsi or his agents. Mr. Pour remains taking commissions. On August fod, 1911 wadisturbed advising investors to keep the corps (a squadron of cavalry and 3 their heads until the proceedings ars companies of infantry) was in camp Salisbury Plains

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His personality, indicated by fleet-footed |rumput and common report, as well as by

It numbered some 198 members, of whom the unusual deference paid to his represes within a few days in cavalry and infantry by far the larger part, took commissions tative at the Conference, evidently regiments. Over 1,000 recruits enlisted something very different from that of the before the end of the year and at the date

of the Armistice 11,500, had viol

joined its average Tuchan, something more than that ranks, of whom many came from oversens of a crafty politician or military free from South Africa, Argentina, a booter. Among the compruderes (inter Far East and the UEA Over 11,000 mediaries

between foreign arms and were commissioned, going to every 9 Chinese) of the Foreign Settlements, ever, and, it may

said, to every batta quick-witted afters and spreaders ofhublic R.A.F.: a large number to the Marines, tion over 1,000 was to the RFC and opinion, the name of this nig, emerged "and a low to the Navy.. hirap of the pre-eminent dignily which in About 2,000 officers who served in the Chins attaches itself so witfly and mysteris Carpe are known to have died in the war, Dusly to the Mandarin ho combines the and a proportionate number some 6.000 wisdom of the serpent with the rare quality were in the lists of wounded b of self-reliant conrage,

According to the talk of the clube and tehouses, here were the shosiders ready

It has at present been found impractic able to compile di complete record of camsities and honors that fell to the lot

it in desired to

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CHILD CHESS MASTER. 18 WINS AND DRAWS AGAINST of poli

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Polish chess prodigy, played simultaneous Samuel Rieschews, the eight-year-old games against 20 strong amateur players August 10th. As the end of the match he at the Gambit Ches-rooms, Budgerow, on: had won 18 games and drawn two having London. His opponents in the two games defeated sums of the best chess players in

which were declared draws were Lorch and Mr H Bundy

known player, having been completely out- mandared in three minutes, said he be faculty. Rzescherski rarely hesitated lieved the boy had a fourth-dimensional while playing. Apart from his precocious

Broschewski's skill is uncanny; a well-

for the unosimed mantle of La Hung-chan of former member including those boy to talk to although his stock of. Eng.

and Yuan Slub-kai, here the iron hand in

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who after their service have returned Overseas, and from relatives of those who

talent Raschewski is an ordinary little list is rather limited. He is very proud array across his chest, in a master re- of his medals, of which he wears a fire miniscent of the portraits of the young

Franz Liszt

17 internal strife, and give the Middle fell, details which will make it possible to dom peace. And as I made my way north complete for publication a history of the wards through Shantung and Chibli to corps during the war with Feking this impression of Chang,, of the services of each member in the corps a. brief record superman among the Tacbuns grow 50 and After he left ite strong that I determined, if it were Former members of the corps are, there sible, to make his acquaintance on my way fore, most argently requested to send & MUSEUM FOR JERUSALEM. through Manchuris to Kores soon as possible to the War. Records Com Let me here digress awhile to say & far mitten, 10, 8tone Buildings Lincoln's Inn; necessary words of explanation concerning London W.C.g. the following particulare nad appreciation that one of the Brat Archeologists will learn with grahande Tuchans Strictly speaking, Tuchun is of their subsequent service; -1. Regiments official acts of the new High Commissioner

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division, and his authority should be sub ments held, Wounds, Honours, Mentions ordinate to that of the provincial civil in Dispatches and their present addresses governer. But as a star of fact the hopeless disorganization of the Central; Government since the revolution of 1911 has brought it about that in every province the mandarin in command of local levies (in many cases a politician without military training) has usurped the powers and fune tions formerly vested in Viceroys and Governors and defied the suthority of Peking

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Since the death of Yuan Shih-kai, chaos kan ruled in China, even as it has ruled in Mexico since the passing of Porfirio Dias But whereas in Mexico the power illegally usurped by political falcontentantipathy trength from the people's antipathy be any constituted authority which atempta to keep order, in China the Tuchun their position and their perquisiten to the fact that musstenths of the people at powell to recognize and obey may authority, howsoever constituted, provided always that it will keep order. From which it would appear that, wickedness, liką wisdom, is justified of its children, and that, în diyers lands, the predatory politicia learns to attain his ends by craftily adapting him self to his environment

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of its interminable and senselers strife of one province against another and 1 systematic plundering of the long suffering people; ominously weary 10 deed, that the Tuchun of Choking, wise in bis generation, has recently proposed the complete abolition of the system and the restoration of the civil authority. The makeshift Government at Peking continnes

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Director on questions of general interest An international board will advise the and technical character. Provision a made for a museum, an, inspectorate, and Chang Tao-lin like most of the present for the custody of the historical monu

ments of Jerusalem. More than 100 casos day rulers of China, a comparatively of antiquities containing the results of speaking, young for the high post heila, excavations under the Palestine Explora being now in his 11th year; but he holds tion Fund and other bodies previous to the the three Manchurian provinces in the war have been recovered and will forms the SATURDAYS hollow of his hand, As I riked with him, basis of the new museum, in the richly-furnished reception room of A British School of Archaeology was

chealogy his Mukden yamen, of the various topics formally opened on August 9th in the pro of the day of the state of affairs at Peking, sence of a representative gathering, includ the possible disbandment of the Tuchun ing leading British French, and Ameri troops, the recrudescence of the opium can archeologists. Sir Herbert Samuel. trafic Japan's claims to special inter the High Commissioner, made a specck in esta in Manchuria and Shantung, and which he said that Palestine was the meet-

that delicate questions - began to undering place of civilization and something of the secret of his rapid

is to power, something of the qualities that have carried his name and fame from MISS SYLVIA PANKHURST Kirin to Cautom. Down

Down south, they will tell you that in the old Manchu days Chang AMONG THE REDS.______ was a “ hung hu-tm "--that iw to Bay) a leader of banditti.. It may be so, for he is

Moscow wireless Conveys

Tove informa-. undoubtedly a man of many parition regarding Mim Sylvia Pankhurst

But spart from his raputation for Drs-

While passing through Petrograd on her conian methods of seministration and un-way to the Congress of Communist Parties, firing energy, there was nothing ggestive efforts to strangle Soviet Russia were she is reported to have said that England's of the hung hut in the Tuchun of doomed to failure owing to the intelligent Mukden as I saw him, atender figure attitude adopted by the British workers, euosen speech, indicated rather, the scholar the side of active struggle. The English and even dilettonis of the clasical type But beneath the polished surface you realize the energy and courage of the man, the amaging swifts and Incidity of his brain, power and you realize also that the quali tins which theing loader to the front in China to-day are the same as they were thousand years ago-namely, those which

to hope that the foreign Braseler may be appeal to the instinctive respect of the

workers and sailors had refused to load or dispatch munitions for Poland A struggle was going on for socialization and Soviet production, and disorders, were tak- ing place on the ground of want of em- ployment. The more active workers were affording amistance to Soviet Russia. The Communist Party stands for the transfer of all power to the Sovieti

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yes with the Tuchuns may be induced to die. Chang's methods of administration (some In a speech made by Mr. Gallagher, the What is the joy of living? Stevenson sang. band some of their rabble aquies; mican- of them by no means over scrupulous) con- Scottish delegate to the Third Internt it, eriled in the Pacific: a Baron knew, it while, each individual: Tucho sits fight, form as closely and a cleverly to the work national in Moscow, he mid that he had despite club foot and domestic wins and willing to be bought ons at a price, fiting of the, race-mind as the those of the received new, that Great Brita, via pro Soot breathed it in every line of his books, keeping very wary eye till fuck, bls great Empres Dowager, ever model of The British Government, which was the No matter where you are, nor what your

paring a new attack on Soviet Russia. though he seldom liver far fro

far from bankruptcy. colleagues and rival. And all of them pay Oriental statecraft. He has the subtle in- doings of Chang Teo-lin, knowing that in size just how far he may go without undue Egypt, and other lande dader of ander messing with a dear head god apprite and particular asteation to the sayings and itinct of the super-mandarin, which tells robber and oppressor of Ireland India, work may be, you cannot help knowing some

crisis, bis well-paid and comparatively risk in any direction; and in the matter pealent Poland! disciplined force may well determine the of official trading his countrymen (no mean course of events at Peking.

It was early in February, on my way MAKING UP TO DATE: AUSTRALIAN NUN'S ESCAPE, Denteramtely many of us bary a differ

A VISIT TO CHANG.. judges) regard him as a positive genius

LEMPAN

to state that

LEAVES CONVENT TWICE

MELBOURNE August 10th.

if

of

wake up in the

the renewed vigour which come from refreshi

hing sleepy and indicate a digestive system therough working order.

But

for any thing-Wa

We hate nomclination for braka no appetites no relish for fool and farade work or exertion of huy kind.

through Manchuria, that I'ar Chang at farms, ham finger in every comercial his headquarters in the macient chy of Muk enterprise, and his influence as a den. Amongst many things that impres live wire, throughout the three provinces, one on revisiting Manchutin, after an inter-banker and Tuchun" combined, this

Perbup the esaselas over work cor val of years, most significant is the evid methods of dealing with his petitors idger Partridge, or Bitter Ligouri, au some unwise indalguijca in food ; but if die anme ence which confronts one on every side of in cal hance appear to be somewhat. Irish women, left a codvent near Wagga condition ante morning after mornink it may the economic inferiority of the Japanese drastic. I reported, for exsuple, that on July 24th an convent attire, but wat generally be traced to some discedor på the diges.. when compeling with the Chinese, either ** when certain local banks engaged in a com-induced to return. The same evening she five organs. The stomach, han probably been merchants, farmers, artisans, or man bure to opatrol exchange in a manner un abandoned the institution sesioul and overtaxed, and food in not properly cdigeste Isbourers. The Japanese have firmly duly profitable to themselves, Chang calle

arrived at the home of some privalo rest. Then the liver becomen alued may wad bshed their imperium in impinio bough a meeting of those chiefly concerned, and out Southern Manchuria - in their

ha role of Tuchin genially intimate any further empt to com market would result in the summary ton of the offenders The stoc Tuchun's own bank has been market ever since.

Bottlement, in mining, timber, and other industries, int

trade, transport, and red ministration, they have displayed wonderful initiative and powers of organization, but the basic factor of the situation lies ever in the Chinamanantlike, qualities of sober thrift and costless labour

In the bean trade the rice timber business, and the operations

dents in her nightclothes, Without either fall to set The thues or stockings, but considerably comiso, ses élimin,

The satives of Manchuriw are essentially way transport companies the supple farmers, and on their own ground hard to hand of Chang Tin pulls the strings, said. beat; but the traders and manual workers, and his print purse take toll. Not only remain the industrial-backbone of the country, are Maachisia but at Peking and dowe mic the sturdy Chinese, who come from Sha south his mouries are tang in their thousands, and take savings If report spent truly, they play a leading a

nany and motive. of back with them when they leave. Even in part in theculative but profitable opium Co. A Dalny, there are now on Japanese maa-reg Bocvants nor jinriekaba coolies they hare disappeared, Monsted by Chinese cheap es Isbour Between the two races there is no for lory lost. In official and commercial interne course the amenities of courtesy are care-

put Maz fully olmerred, but the undercurrent mutual and contemptuous dislike runs "close to the surfa The Chinese val warily because the argument of physics fored wall on the side of the inrader; but, judging by resulta they walk to good pur nose, and the invader being made to ins fooking

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her except with her own consent. Fank not eat without distressing porn Orange Institution, took the matter

➡haye, with the aid of Mother- up on her behalf One of its officers de obtained a new lease of life clarer

follow

el's Syrups

weither money time nore strong recognodation of these people energy will be spared to give the woman has done much towards the reputation; and ber liberty. At an Orange meeting popularity of this 50-year-old digesti and speaker därisred that a few month ago ao guided by their experience, und Tooman broke out of the convent and throw Beige Syrup to the test for

herself into a wate