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MACAO. AND THE CANTON -GOVERNMENT..

(GY DREIN KEITH FOR THE "HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,"'].

Macho has again come into its recurrent prominence by reason of a recent brush between the Portuguese and the Chinese authorities which resulted in the death

Heanwhile China too has changed. There is abroad in the land a spirit of regeneration. She herself has donnel republican garments, ill-fitting though They may be and repaate phrases, of self-determination," "rights of wrak nations," and others that she has learnt from the West. Some of hot people are beginning to demand that she be treated of at least one man and the wounding with the respect to which her ancient and of several others. The so-called #inci-houcurable, civilization entitle, her. More deat "of Sopteáiber 10 is but the latest than that, there are evidences of a grow of a long-aerica-of-similar-incidents-and-

ing determination to recover some of the is of only minor importance when com perquisites of sovereignty which she has pared with the Macao question" as a lost through her weakness to the aggres

sive West.

whole.

In the middle of the sixteenth century the Portuguese traders began using the peninsula of Makau as a rendezvous and hase of operations for their excursions to the Chinese coast. The coast at that time was infested with pirates whom the Chin ese authorites found difficulty in sup-

The Portuguese. being them pressing. selves among the chief Josers from the piratical raids, joined forces with the Chinese and the pirates were destroyed: In return for this assistance the Chinese gave the Portuguese official permission to continue to occupy their station at Macas at a nominal rental of five hun dred taels a year.

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Such a spirit is jatolerant of a condi tion such as exists a Macao. And it so happens that the living embodiment of that spirit and the centre of its activi ties is at Canton, the capital of the pro- vince from which Mucao is to be torn whenever the boundary commission decides how much to tear. situation particularly

This renders, the isolated colony. Of course Portugal, as for the a self-respecting member of the family of nations, does not for a moment recognize the Government at Canton. Every body knows that the capital of China isat Peking nad Portugal maintains a Lega tion in that city so that her Minister may

of view.

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FOOTBALL

MONOTONG LEIGUR-DIVISION S

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Those tennis met on, the Navy "A" match which ground on Monday last in a postponed December 10th.

was originally fixed for

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The teams turned out sa undor:- son; Riley, Wilkins and Banks: Bell, TITANIA-Phillips; Collins and Alli Ashley, Goodlett, Bates and Gale.

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No limits were set to the amount of territory which the Portuguese might occupy and during the succeeding cetbe close to the Government of China turies the growing colony expanded until and thus protect Portuguese interests. it well-nigh covered the entire peninsula. The Chinese of Hong Shan, the adjoin

Thus the theory. The fact is, however, The result of the Captain's Cup Com ing mainland. foaring, further encroach-

that Peking has no more control Overpetition played over the past week-end ment, built a wall across the narrow neck what goes on in Kwangtung that has the Fauling is as follows: of land which leads to Macao, and thus the job and Canton has no sympathy with government of Esthonin Canton is on established a limit to Portuguese activi. Portuguese aspirations at Mican. Hence ties. This wall besame known as the when incidents like that of September

Barrier."

It Inter paned into Por 15th arise it is Canton that takes them tugu hanils and is now used to control up and it is Canton that makes it very the Chinese entering the colony.

The Harrier marked the limit of Por Plain, to Macao that such incidents are tuguese encroachment an the mainlandt desirable from the Macaosese point but this was and still is the only bound- ary, which has been definitely accepted

The incident of September 16th, was by both sides. The Portuguese filled as briefly this. The inner harbour of Macao the peninsula and then extended their is formed by the peninsula and the island occupation to the neighbouring islands of of Lappa. Macao contends that this Taipa and Colonne These two islands entire harbour is Portuguese. The Chin- appear to have been brought very de-se contend that, according to interna- nitely under Portuguese control. They tional law, the boundary line is the centre are defended by Portuguese forts, maHere, then, as on the island itself, the of the channel between the two territories. ned by Portuguese garrisons: they are

local Chinese and Fortuguese take every governed by Portuguese officials and equipped with Portuguese schools and opportunity to restrict the activities of hospitals. There is little if any remnant each other. On September 18th, a beat of Chinese authority in them.

full of Chinese soldiers rowed along the In 1848, Chian had demonstrated her Lappa ahore into the harbour. The Por weaknes to the world and was pre-occupi tuguese harbour-master ordered them out. el with many troubles. The Portuguese They rofused to go and, so the Portuguese Governor of Macao, deeming the moment claim, threatened the harbour master auspicious declared the colony to be Por with their weapons. He signalled a tugurs: territory, refused to make fur-patrol-boat. Whon the Chinese saw this ther annual payments, aryl drown out the approaching they rowed ashore and took

Chinese customa and other officials China was not only unable to restore ber sovereignty over the peninsula and the two islands, but found is extremely diff cult to prevent Portuguese encroachment on the three other islands of Joao, Veng Kam, and Lappi,

The "shots from

up a position behind some rocks. Who fired first it is difficult to determine. One gets little satisfaction either from the Chinese Alphonse or the Portuguese Gaston. But firing there, was and one. man in the patrol boat was killed and three others wounded. In 1886 a protocol was signed at Lisbon her machine guns and small canton only through the efforts of the Chinese Mari damaged the rocks on shore so she with time Customs officials, by the terras of crew. For a day or two war was in the which China, in return for the assistance i The Chinese gunboats cleared for of the Portuguese in, suppressing the action. The Poringu gunboats cleared opium traffic, was to recognize the colony tions in battle array. The train was all for action. Trocps took up their posi- of Macao and its dependeovisiona Portuguese territory. The

onlaid for a tremendous explosion. But

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The war

Arms gave way to deplomary and the scene of the struggle was transferred from the inner harbour to the Yamen in Canten. The Chinese asked for a joint investigation. The Portuguese refused. The Chinese made their own investigation:

and learned that the whole matter was the fault of the. Portuguese. They there. upon made four demands upon the Gov- ernor of Maeno He must apologize for the conduct of his subordinates: be firing: he must agree not to bother the must punish the officer who ordered the Chines hereafter on their side of the harbour, and be must stop gambling in Macao.

At this point the Portuguese Miniator recognizing the preponderance of fact over theory, left bis Peking haunt to come

Canton to see what he could do. Both sides conceded a little and it was finally Each side was to agreed to have a joint investigation. appoint two members

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JAPAN ITINERARY,

of this protocol were incorporated in the British ganboot arrived its commander treaty which was signed at Peking the did some very straight talking, and the following year, except that the treaty war cloids blew over. The only other itself recognized Poruguesa sovereignty Casualty was the death of a Portuguese. in Macao" without

mentioning the soldier who was looking down the mouth dependencies

of one of the ancient cannon which, de The treaty of 1897 did not set forth the Corate the Macro forts to see if it would boundaries of the Portuguese territory 80 off and it did. thus recognized, but provided that the boundaries should be fixed by a joint commission to be appointed later. Mean while it declared that the "status quo. was to be preserved. The joint commission has not yet been appointed. The Portu guese say it is the fault of the "Chinese and the Chinese say, it is the fault of the Portuguese. Probably they are both right. At any rate the boundaries of

Macna

are still undetermined and the status que still prevails. And there's the Tub The status que of 1857 wasn't a status at all rather It was a flux.

The Portuguese were earncatly striving to expand the bound- aries of their control and the Chinese Were a Carnestly trying to prevent them from doing do.

And this very unstatic status has been continued to the present day. It has given rise to numerous in. cidents of which that of September 18th is but the latest. As long as the bound- aries remain unfixed it will give rise, to of the commission and they were to agree Yokohama on January 20th on board the Marshal Jofre is expected to arrive at repeated incidents of a similar character. It would not be at all surprising if is upon the fifth member. There was no French warship Montealm. The battle led to the most serious consequences.

dieulty in the appointment of the four ship Kongo, the flagship of Vich-Admiral For things have changed since 1819. merabers but so far they have not been Nakano, the Commander of the Second Things have changed since 1897,

able to agres upon the fifth And it Flotilla will meet the French warship of 1841, which enhed the doaty Gov- may take thirty-five years for them to conveying the distinguished visitor in ernor of Macao to seize the colony for agree, just as it has done in the matter Tatoyama Bay at the entrance to Tokyo Portugal. also gave the British Hong korg Under the drive of British enter.

Bay, where they will exchange salutes The settlement of the incident of The Prince Regent will go to Tokyo Hongkong has long sirce drawn September 16th," however, is of compara aration personally to receive Marshal tically

all legitimate tra le away tively little importance. From Macao

It would not Joffre, who will stay in Japan for about No longer do the ships remove the causes of future trouble nor three weeks, during which time he will crowd her harbour. No more is there a settle the vered Mneno question." visit Nikko, Kyoto and other places of brisk trade in her marts. Her day as an Ebullient Chinu will be satisfied only Kobe early in February he will leave for honest trader is done.

Embarking on the Montcalm at The reason for with the recession of the sovereignty of her existence has long since ceased. But the whole territory. To its mind the is Korea by way of the Inland Sea. He is. there she is a Portuguese colony acrORE lands and the peningula itself were stolen expected to visit Miyajima and Kure," the world from Portugal, which has itself from China when she was unable to pro- inspecting the Naval Arsenal and the shrunk from a great world empire to a tect herself and only their retrocession Academy on the occasion. small European republic Macao sends can restore its self-respect. It is hardly no wealth to Portugal. Nor does it draw likely, then that the matter can be settled of all Portuguese pretensions sam left on the beach by a receding wave to Lappa, Joao and Yong Kam the fixa of European conquest And like other tion of the boundary at mid-channel, announces that the Treasury will issue A special Siamese Government. Gazette Botsam left on other beaches it tends to and. last but by no means least, the sup- legal currency in Bangkok, against gold become malodorous. Macao, deserted by pression of gambling, the opium trade, paid to the Ministry of Finance abroad, commerce, has become the home and prostitution.Portugal on the other at the rate of Tes 9.50 per £1. This of embling, opium and

prostitution hand, Upon these three to-day Macao not only to surrender this, one of the few remain November 26th, 1919 in which thegrate republic though she is, is not likely Notification supersedes the one issued on exists, but flourishes Her-officials, ing vestiges of empire without a strug was fixed at Tcs. 9.14 per £1. At that simost, the only pure Portail Her Lappa, Joao and Yung Kam, and to a sinady von was soaring daily and had

Portuguese left in gle To meet

Chinese

to time silver lawyers are all supposed to receive an boundary, at mid-channel is within the standard oz., and the Government was annnal retainer

ure tesser of goodly size from the bounds of possibility."

Bat to suppres three

in order that they may the three vices" is to effectually cut off compelled to raise exchange on four not take a case against them. Her people the nourishment of the colony. and those of the neighbouring country would mean evacuation or subsidies from coinage. As the higher rate is no longer This successive occasions to protect the silver aide are debauched and ruined while home. And there you are. It is a pretty excesary for the protection of the silver Macao spends vast sums upon a fantastic problem for a world court and it will coinage the Ministry of Finance bas and useless harbour development is, order probably take one to settle it. And then decided to reduce the Government buying to koop her tainted wealth in circulation it is very doubtful if it will stay settled rate from Tes. 9.14 to Tes. 8.50 per £1 and allow those who have the handling. It is quite likely that it will remain a thus foregoing in the general interesta of it to exercins their anciens privelege question," until Portugal retires from of the trade of the country, an extra of private accumulation.

the Chinese const

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of the boundary commission!".

any nourishment from the mother-coun-hdraw any basis short of the

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