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"WE MUST HANG TOGETHER" THE FINANCIAL CHAOS IN THE JAPANESE IN FUKIEN.

SPEECH BY LORD NORTHCLIFFE

"IN PEKING.

CHINA.

[DY OBRIN KEITH.]

So much is the Japanese sphere of influence in Fukien talked of in the papers which are opposed to Japan's aggressive policy on the Asian mainland; that one rather expects us a matter of -course-to-find-Feechów a second Mukden with little brown soldiers in profusion and all of the strategic points in the military and economic situation in the hands of representatives of His Imperial, Majesty.

Owing to extremo francial depression REASONS WHY THE ANGLO-JAPANESE in the markets of Kinzigsi province, saya ALLIANCE SHOULD BE DROPPED, a Chinese news agency, the proposed dotation of eight million dollars on the PIXINO, November 17th,

security of the wine and tobacco taxes Lord Northcliffò in a speech to-day

and the stamp taxes of this province.bas BEIDES I MITge representativugstkering“

As of the Anglo-American Asociation said:been given up by the authorities.

consequence. Mr. Tsai Ju-kai, former I am gratified to find in far away Civil Administrator of Kiangai, and now Peking there is an outpost of the great Director-General of the Kiukiang-Nan movement towards Anglo-American ünity, which has had such marked manifestation Cheng, suddenly left Kiukiang for Shang- hang Railway, and his assistant, Mr. in the United States and Great Britain hai. It is believed that Mr. Tsai's depar-ance. There are very few Japanese to be But Foochow presenta no ruch appear."

-during-the-last-for-years-These mani

ture without previous notice is due to the festations are many. For example, the

fact that the company is not in a position purchase of the Sulgrave Estate, the

to pay the interest and capital of the loan ancestral home of the Washington family, from the Japanese industrial develop. hidden away in the heart of little Engment corporation of Tokyo (about nine land, by joint subscriptions of Americans million dollars) without a fresh loan in business in the same way as Ameri- and British has given us a shrine, to! which every year thousands of Americans and British make pilgrimage for the con-, secration of Anglo-Saxon unity. The presentation by the United States of the Lincola statue to the national Valhalla at Westminster is another

QUE SIMILARITIES.

The glorious brotherhood of the Brit ish and American Fleets in 1917 and 1918 shows the world that, when trouble comes. the English-speaking nations, whatever their trivial family disputes, unite as one man it the cause for which they strug gled-for Magna Charta, sealed at Runny Dedic

the long Civil War twixt

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seen in the city and none in uniform.” Almost no Japanese are to be found qut side the cities of Foochow and Amoy. Such as there are in the provinces are reported to be merely merchants engaged

The financial cans. English or French, There is cer- tainly no outward appearance of Japanese aggression in Fukien Province,

from some other source. market is extremely barren in Kiangsi and consequently the order from Peking for the retention of the receipts of the government wine and tobacco purenu for the Ministry of Finance in order to meet foreign debt obligations has been rejected by the provincial administration under General Chen Kuang-yant!

There are, however, many Japanese citizens in Fukien. They are Formosan Chinese who have come over to the main. land in search of fortune and are none too

their riches come to them. These men scrupulous as to the manner in which

disobey the local regulations and defy, the local authorities and when they get into The monthly expenditure of difficulties fall back upon their Japanese

students of the Wuchang High Teachers Another message reports that the College who have been in Peking demand ing funds for educational purposes have been successful and have returned to Wuchang.

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THE DIRECTORY covers the whole of the". lands India to Siberia, in which Europeana ports and cities of the Far East, from Nether reside.

in each case as it can be made, but each Colony, Not only is the Directory as fall and complete Port or Settlement is prefaced by a DESCRIP TION, carefully revised each year, most of. TOURIST, giving every detail in connection with the places, tarir History, Topography, etc.

Cavaliers and Roundheads, in the 17th eighteen thousand dollars will be taken citizenship and call upon the Japanese which will serve as acourate GUIDE FOR THE

century, and in the great struggle for freedom, which, beginning at Boston Har- bour, culminated in the great victory of Washington's army at Yorktown.

from the revenues of the Government Wine and Tobacco Department, and it is believed there will be no further contro

versy over the question: because the

money has been sanctioned by General Wa Lei-fu, High Inspector-General of Hupeh and Human Provinces.

Consut for help.

That there has been at efort in the past to take advantage of this situation

13 $1 excuse for the installation of

Japanese police boxes and other methods of extending Japanese control is hardly to be disputed. For tho. present, bow ever, all such efforts seem to have ceased and nothing is heard locally of Japanese

The Information in these Descriptions, consist- ing of a hundred interesting articles, packed statistics of the TRADE of ench Country and with facts concisely set out, and containing Port, would alone suffice to fill a large volume,

The Hook is printed from Now Type specially reserved for the purpose, and uniformity in very arrangement greatly facilitates referencs.

Besides the usual Alphabetical List of Firms

The influx of many diverse nationals into the United States has not weakened the fibre of the British stock, which has spread westward from Plymouth in the " north and from Jamestown in the south. To this day among the chiefs of the Federal Government of Washington it is Those British people, as far as I can aggression since the boycott of two years rare to and any other than British names make out from the contact with masses gives no more support to this rowdy |

ago, The Japanese Consul apparently With the same common law, the same of them, detest the Anglo-Japanese ideals, many games, and the same love of Agreement as heartily as the Canadians. element than is legally required and the Directory gived the CLASSIFIED LISTS hometown and family we still after three That the Anglo-Japanese Agredient has joins the local officials and the represent TRADES PROFESSIONS at the larger centuries are a very similar people had the effect of strengthening the militatives of other countries in wishing the Commercial Centres. Never in history has there been a time tary party in Japan in its relations with whole Formosan crew it Formosa or else when we should be closer together than the United States and even with Britain at present. Here in the: Far. East our is obvious to those who follow events. interests are identical.

During the last few months we have had DISIRE FOR FAIR PLAY...

20imations in the British Parliament Neither of us desires any monopoly that the Agreement was regarded with unusually large number of constables,

twelve in all This they feel is a much arranged, with the Initials as well as the Sur- desire fair play for China and the safety trust that the British delegates at Wash. greater number than is necessary to serve names, in strictly Aphabetical Order, so. that of power or commercial supremacy. Both favour by the British Government. f of those possessions which we guarding realize by contact with our Ameers and attend to the constable's any name can be found instantly,

rican friends that the Agreement is re- These men are not in uniform as a rule duties where the population is so small.

the interest of civilization.

nations.

.

At present

where.

The Nonetheless those who are most ready ALPHABETICAL LIST of RESIDENTS in to see. Japanese aggression report tho the Far East contains the names of over presence at the Japanese Consulate of

1000 FOREIGNERS,

THE MAPS AND PLANS

of the principal ports of the Far East have been engraved by cue of the most eminent Firms in brought up to date. Great Britain and, are annually corrected and

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at Peking there is what may appear from garded, I think slightly, as hostile to the but are to be seen daily going to various afar a kind of commercial earthquake but hated States not by intention but in parts of the city, apparently upon tours I doubt whether the wealth of China, the result, At this moment one rejoices of investigation, and always returning resultant of the tail of its 400,000,000 in see that it looks as though President at nightfall with their reporte. To the habitants, is likely to suffer a serious per Harding's splendid effort for the redue Chinese these men are simply Japanese manent, blow in consequence of what is tion of armaments will succeed, but re- happening to-day. In any case it is aduction does not mean the absolute elif spies making very complete survey ol

The OBRONICLE covers the notable events matter for the Chinese. Our aims are the mination of warfare. I believe that the city of Foochow.

together, with the Terts of all the most import uplift and stabilization of China in Britain at long list will abandon the Amay. There are more Japanese to be

The general situation is similar tot Treaties concluded with the countries of order that she may take her place with the Agreement in the interest of progressive seen than at Foochow and there is also

Fastern Asia, the various Customs affa The great Conference at Washington, States and in our own interest, and the Japan, in the interest of the United

Trade Regulations, Chambers of Commerce, a large number of Formosan Chinese. Yes, Hongkong Stamps Daties, Signal

Scaler of Commissions, Consular and Court' to which for many months we have been result will be a better understanding be aggression, unless we are to consider a Weights and Measures and other Lom- In the city itself there is no evidence of Clodes, Chiness Festivals, Tables of Money, looking forward with such expectancy, has tween the nations in the Pacific and Ame not yet reached the stages when it is neces-rica and particularly Australia.

few unnecessary constables as such evi- sary for Anglo-American co-operation to

dence. display itself to the world. The United

WHAT ABOUT SINGAPORE. States. Canada, and thousands in Aus The Japanese war-books, to which 1 tralia a are much concerned at the pro- have referred accurately represent the longation of the Alliance beyond the in- military party of Japan. They constant tentions of the original makers the Allily wit the United States with having no ance by which Japan has benefited beyond base in the Far East. They seem to re- her wildest dreams.

The one piece of evidence of present- day Japanese aggression" however, is to be found near Amoy. At in Fukien,

the mouth of the Pei Chi or Dragon River, on which Amoy is situated, is the island of Quemoy. It is neither large gard Pearl Harbour as the nearest im- nor populous. Nor has it any valuable VIEWS ON THE ALLIANCE.'

portant American, sea-gration. When the mineral or other deposits. It has not Before entering Japan, I thought it americans came to our assistance in 1917 even a harbour where snall boats can find wise in view of the hospitality, which had there were certain bases in the south shelter. Yet to this island, according to been offered me by Japaneso friends, to west of Ireland to which we were very the Chinese authorities, the Japanese explain my exact position with regard to glad to invite them. If at any time the Japanese have serit agents provocateurs. the Anglo-Japanese treaty. I said,nated States is menaced in the Far Enat, to stir up trouble and make an excuse During the Inat two years I have been if at any time her magnificent work in for the demand that Japan be allowed to gradually coming to the conclusion that Philippines is disturbed, is there any station police there, the Anglo-Japanese Agreement has outrun reason why Singapore should not be its usefulness. Japan faithfully carried out her compact during the war and has been magnificently rewarded for her ser vices. The

purpose of the Washington Conference meeting of equals is to reach a mutual agreement but the United States is handicapped by an arrange ment already made by Japan and Great China. Britain concerning China, the chief prob lem of the Pacific.

the newspapers.

A. DICTATORSHIP OF FOUR

the

available for their fleets? It seems that is alleged to be military Amoy lien The underlying motive for this activity our position is that Britain and America, directly opposite Formosa and possesses must hung together in the Far East or harbour which not only claims to be some time or other be hanged separately, the most beautiful on the China const Like everyone I am eager that the dele-but is excellent as well from a practical gates at Washington shall establish last point of view. Japan has more than once ing peace in the Pacific, and also, for shown. a. very firm determination not to hastened and made as permanent as pos. the Fukien coast and her actions have I believe that peace will be have any other nation get a foothold upon suble tor the continuous efforts of the given rise to repeated accusations that. Anglo-American Societies throughout the she would make the province even more

than a sphere of influence.

That statement did not meet with the protest which might have been expected from Japan The organs of the military world. party did not appear to like.It. Some "That there are trade disputes every value, could be so fortified as to command Quemoy, although without economic newspapers, which pretend to be English where we know. bat which are Japanese and conducted by somewhat nasty and do not always des Chinose assert that such fortification is American methods are the entrance to Amoy harbour and the the military party, did not like it. A pluy the knowledge we have gained by the ultimate aim of the Japaness and the number of newspapers publicly approved experience in the rar East. The position reason for the recent disturbances upon as much as they dared and many news-is exactly the same as before the war the island. The matter has hardly gone papers and people told me that they wel when we went through a phase in Great far enough for a disinterested observer comed anything that would rid them of the perpetual censorship under which Britain called the American invasion the-Japanese press lives. For the Anglo be ariven not only from the world's face of Japan's record for aggression in to determine the probable truth of this of our trade. People said that we should allegation. On the other hand, in the Japanese Treaty by strengthening the markets but also from our own but, as Chins, it would be rash to any that the handa of the military controllers of press, weakens the freedom of the Japan 2 matter of tact. British trade is allegation is wholly without foundation. way suffered. i find, as i travel round Particularly is this the case when it is the world, that John Bull, in spite of impossible to name any other reason for being a perpetual growler, is doing un continued Japanese activities upon what "Japan seems to be in much the same commonly well, and extremely well in position as Germany before the late war. suta American outposts as the Philip burden of proof in respect to her own

barren, island. Nominally a democracy, she is absolutely pines. The trade disputes, prior to 1917, justification seems to be upon Japan.

is practically. a governed by four men, whose intentions did not interfere with the union of may be judged by looking at the con-hearts and fleets in 1917. With the Irish stantly changing map of the Far East and the immense expansion of Japanese armar question out of the way, and it is well

IF YOUR WEAR GLASSES on the way to it, I believe that cordial monts. That this military party is hostile Anglo-American handshake will result. ! to the United States can be gathered from many of their publications which are am glad to know that the Anglo-American there is almost as much comfort and obviously approved by the four rulers of Society in Peking is doing a not incon- pleasure inwearing Pince-nez Eye siderable bare towards that result." Japan

Glasses, as there, is in possessing a They have absolute power over the

Beuter. printing Press. We took little notice "of

"perfect pair of eyes-for they fit so com THE BOXER INDEMNITY. the threats of, Bernhardi before the war

--------PEKING, November 18th--

fortable and secure that you forget you and Americans are not worrying them Lord Northeliffo, was the guest of the have them on-the most important im- solved much about If Japan and America Anglo-Chinese Association at a Chinese provement in eye-glasses in the past fight by the famous Japanese Lieuten- luncheon to-day. In his speech he ad- twenty-five years. Place-nez Eye Glasses ant-General Bato or Hiramoto's Shall, vocated the devotion of a certain pro- Japan and America fight or other portion of the Boxer Indemnity towards of any prescription in either regular or dozens of such publications on the the education of Chinese students, add Toric form are manufactured by the market. These works show lamentable ing that they should be educated up to Hongkong Optical Co. successory to ignorance of the United States her a certain standard before leaving China

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