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**NERVES" IN JAPAN. EXPERIENCES WITH RURAL POLICE.

DR. SUN'S AMBITIONS. XO WISH TO BE PRESIDENT...

WRONGFUL INSLUNÍCE OF FOREIGN POWERS.

Dr. Sun Yat Sen, who with a" nume-

THE OPIUM CONFERENCE.

DR. SZE'S WRONG TACTICS AT GENEVA.

CONSCRIPTION IN JAPAN, MILITARY DRILL IN SCHOOLS

·REPLACE A YEAR IN BARRACKS.

The War and Education Departments

The General Secretary of the Inter have finally come to an agreement overrois suite of political partisans, eft Fezing wrote the following letter to the

national Anti-Opium Association น

Shanghai for Japan, en route to Peking. Tress

The Tokyo correspondent of the London

· Timer writes:

The Japanese police appear to be suffer, the plan of military training in schools ing from the worst attack of nerves that to shorten the term of service with the they have had since the great earthquake colours. The innovation is to go into Tairn, by the NXK's Shanghai Many readers" of the Press reports 'con- of a year ago. The recent anti-Oriental effect next year, saya the Jupes Times. He interviewed by a representative corning the Opium Conference of th Jegislation of the United States has doubt- The two Departments have, it may hs of the Eastern News Agency, said:-

League of Nations will be disappointed less, aggravated the malady, which,noted. found themselves in agreement.

The reason why I am" proceeding to with the statements of Dr. Alfred Sze, moreover, is not very widespread in the for some time, with regard to giving Japon is that there is no suitable steamer the Belegate for China. It is undoubted- eities. But in the provinces every military training in schools, the question by which I can go direct to Tientsin from ly true that these statements were only policeman, whether in uniform or plain of term in barracks only remaining a Shanghai, and that by going to Japan, items in a general review of the China clothes, seems to regard all white men point of disagreement. This was settled I thought I might be able to see my old problem, for the Press asserts that the yesterday, and the plan with a few de Japanese friends with many of whom afternoon's sitting was occupied ex- tails to be yet, decided will be completed for a long time, I have had no opportuclusively by a written statement from Dr. as soon as the Minister of Education, who pity of renewing my friendship.

Sze. Yet enough has been conveyed by is now in Kobe, comes back and gives his

It is my intention to confine my pre Reuter's message to suggest that Dr. Sie formal approval.

sent visit to Japan as far as Kobe. I

was acting on the defensive, and surely The plan as adopted at the contercar shall not go to. Tokyo this time for since the world has such a wide know- resterday, provides, that the burrock am afraid that I have not time enough ledge of opinm conditions in China such term for the graduates of Middle schools to do so. Probably I shall stay in Kobe an attitude was calculated to

as potential spies.

I discovered this during a summer holiday just ended. 1 had decided to make tour from Tokyo by way of the island of Shikoku through Shimonoseki and Aomori back to the capital, a dis- tance of 2.300 miles. During my journey I had to pass through one or two of the many prohibited areas that are to be found in these islands, and in such places I was discreet enough not to use the camera I carried. From the treatment I received it might have been thought that I had a film of every strategic point on the Japanese const. The trouble began when I was hailed by a coolie pulling a hand gart in Awaji, who demanded my basi- ness and my card. The coolie appeurs to have circulated reports of me far and

It was argued by Mr. Sekiym at the wide. for wherever I went I was shadow-conference, that the present system of ed by the police. At inns and railway granting one year exemption to con- stations my luggage was examined with

ened to three months after a few years experiment. Students of special colleges must serve one year.

shall be one year, that for those of Nor-for-two or three days at most, after great hostility at the Conference. The mal schools, five months, to be short which I intend to sail for Tientsia by Conference had been supplied with 500

the first steamer I can get.

copies of the International" Anti-Opiņu The main object of my visit to Association's Peking latest Bulletin which Peking is not to take part in the so contains 24 letters and statements from called * Elder Sutesmen's Conference.'| Ex-Presidents, Cabinet, Ex-Cabinet but to devote myself to creating an at- Ministers and other high Chinese officials,

I would

ex-

the utmost thoroughness, and I was subscripts who pay in a certain sum of mosphere in favour of the convention, is all of whom have admitted the calamitous lected day after day to endless interromaney, may come to be looked upon with early as possible, of a People's Assembly opium state of China and found no ex- cuse for it whatever except in the present gations by police officers.

public odium as a money-bought privilege.in Peking, which is to be as extensively disorganised condition of the country The climax came at Yanaizu, where I

and its disastrous military domination. had to catch a train. I was greeted by

Rich men's sons could thus buy a year's representative as possible.

Although there is a rumour that 1 At Geneva and in fact throughout the a gendarme who plied me with the usual freedom and serve only one of the re- questions He delayed me, however, only quired two years without ever attending I have no idea, at least for the present, China's opium conditions and her pro am to assume the Presidency in Peking, world, the sympathy which would have resulted from: 1. frank admission of five minutes. I began a five-mile-hour the drills at school at all. There was of taking up that position. walk to the railway station. It was then that I observed that the gendarme was also the objection raised that only boys rather remain a fun, because of my be aent inability to deal with it, would have lief that bina to-day badly wants a been of infinitely greater value than the following as on a bicycle. To ny relief fortunate enough to be able to graduate man who is capable of creating and hostility aroused by references to a ramshackle motor-omnibus over-took from upper schools could benefit by the unifying strong public opinion and I traterritoriality, and the smuggling in me, but no sooner had I jumpel inside new plan. Colonel Hatano acknowledged think I am just the man she wants. Tais of foreign opium by foreign nationals than it slackened its pace to a crawl and the gendarme pedalled along in its wake the reasonableness of the suggestion, and is why I refuse to occupy any responsible There are unquestionably disreputable As the omtious approached its station said that the War Ece would consider chair in the Government, for feel much, foreigners who engage in smuggling it stopped, and all the passengers were a scheme of introducing military train- easier in my private capacity than in pium, but surely if they were successful ordered to alight. I was, not impolitely. ing among members of Young Men's official one to keep up my activity, in smuggling into bina the opium pro

without restraint.

duct of the entire world, it would only ordered by a policeman to enter the Associations, Boy Scouts and like in

be a fraction of the amount grown here. polion station.

stitutions, 50 that general conscripts

I must take exception to one statement other than those coming from schools and

I think that the real evils of China) made by Dr. Sa namely, "Opium is Their F was surrounded by about ten term. It is thought that the War Office disturbance-have been created by certain introduced from abroad." This state- colleges may be qualified for a shortened for the past deadber disruption or not indigenous to China but has been gendarmes, and after stumbling through will abolish in due course the present one foreign Powers rather than by the ment is a very old one and is often re the usual list of questions while a scribe year bought exemption system. Colonel filled in a two-page questionnaire - was Hatano said he understood. Mr. Sekiya's Chinese people themselves, in view of the peated by both Chinese and foreigners. peremptorily ordered to surrender my objections to the system of selling mi fact that these Powers have always Obviously everything hangs on the inter- "indigenous." Tobacco Ans. The proofs of my guilt were to tary exemptions for money, but stakerqueezed China, making her a happy pretation of be in their hands in a moment. It was that it could not be abolished at once. bunting ground, by causing disturbances was brought to China, in the 17th century an extremely long time before I was His plan was to offer substitutes for all the time...

but yould any one suggest to-duy that able to gather, with any limited know. the old way add thus undermipo its popu- ledge of Japanese, that I was to remain larity. in evatedy until my films were developed.

RESERVE LIST.

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"ACUTE SPY MANIA,

J

first

TO UNIFY PUBLIC OPINION.

It is my desire as well as my policy it was not indigenous It is more than that with the support of public opinion probable that opium originally came in this country, I will endeavour to do from Persia and India to China, but Now hegan endless telephoning while As to details yet to be fixed one is everything within my power, as I have since the poppy has been cultivated in every tiny detail of my luggage was with respect to a question whether all always done in the past, to put an end China for thirteen centuries, its medi- minutely examined, At last, after an the graduates school shall be

of

dinal qualities known for nine centuries, to auch external, ovila. hour and a half of irritating" delny,” it | accepted as qualified for the short service To accomplish this desire, I am of and opiuma prepared from it in the modern appeared that the development of the or whether only selected ones will be the opinion, that it is necessary for ine form for four centuries, one cannot films had been accomplished. There was granted the privilege Another,

question

nify public opinion in this imagine what further requisite is, neces simultaneously a marked show of his is whether the school graduate conscripte country, for this will eventually appeal sary to make it indigenous. The fact appointment. It was evident that they shall or shall not, on the completion of

1905 China producel at least to the foreign Powers, for I know that that in had no eca. "They endeavoured make their service, be appointed offices and all right-thinking people in the world 20,000 tons of opium, and in 24 not leas we admit that I had taken, and concealed be put on the reserve list, as in the case

are well aware that their Governments than half this quantity cannot be evaded, other films. They inade me give them an of the present one year service con

any shelving of the responsibility for exact list of the exposures I had made, scripts. The Department of Education have done injusties, or wrong to this and it is to be deeply regretted that

country. insists that the privilege shall be exten-

"These wrongs should by all means be so doing should have been evidenced. It demand from the Powers the rendition a World Conference, but we feel con- of their concessions in my country with vinced that had Dr. Sze candidly ad- out dalay. This is the claim not only of mitted the enormous opium cultivation mrself but of the whole nation of now going on in China, to the injury, China"

of her people and in contravention of her national Treaty, and at the same time naked for forbearance and co-opera- tion until such time as a settled country will make possible the enforcement of her. Y anti-opium laws, sympathy and help would have been unstintedly given.

and when this did not tally with the red uniformly, to all the graduate con-righted and with this end in view 1 may not be the diplomatic way of tucing

sults of the development they began to upbraid me. At length, at 3.30 p.m.. my patience wore out. I slung, my valias on my back and boldly walked out of the police station. One policeman made as if to stop me, but as I gave him a search- ing look he drew back. I hurried to the railway station, and caught a traiu, for Yada.

Thenceforth I continued my journey round Japan, from south to north and back to Tokyo. 1 encountered no further trable on my way and enjoyed myself, but on my return to iny home in Tokyo I found a detective at my doorstep-where, I was informed, he had been waiting on and of for the past three days. This detective, fortunately, had a sense of humour. He was not quite satisfied with my reasons for undertaking such an im mense journey in such, to a Japanese, incredibly short time, until I hit on the bright idea of hinting that I was about to revise the English guide-book of Japan-a remark that I was able to sub- stantiate with a well-annotated copy, and be laughingly agreed that my large reflex camera was rather too conspicuous for

"work.

spj

THE TOURIST SEASON.

scripts bonorably discharged. It is sep porsed that the War Ofire will eventually concede these points.

"THE -AMERICAN AND THE

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NUN.

A TALE OF OLD CHINA.

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SHANGHAI'S DIVERSIONS.

"THE PARIS OF THE EAST,” The following amazing anecdote related by the editer of the Central Shanghai, in the old days, and before Finn foxt in the course of a leading the initiative, enterprise and labour of article on China's Christian General:- its pioneer citizens had borne those first When we first came to China a casual fruits of progress and modern civilization acquaintance gave us a piece of confd- which have culminated in the city and cntial advice. He said, that in China a the port being numbered among the man ought to be an American citizen, as most important in the world to-day, had then be could do as he liked without be a somewhat unavoury reputation. For ing interfered with...

12100030 years ago the verb to

LOCAL SPORT.

FOOTBALL.

KOWLOON F.C. 2, EAST SURREYS.

The following have been selected to Shortly after, the following case came

was popular in seafaring play for the Kowloon F.C. in their in to our knowledge. A man who claimed circles, if somewhat unorthodox in Eter div. Lengue Match the East Surreg to be an American, and probably was, ary ones. Today, says the Y.-C. Daily Regt, at Kowloon on Saturday (kick-off, had a job in & Coast Port where be bad Jee, Shanghai would appear to be415 p.m.):-J. Bench: F. Wheeler and to pass a nunnery as he went to and famed for two things its commercial T. 1. Knight, A. W. Turner, J. McKelvic came from his work. One of the nuns importance, and its (reputed) servitude (capt.) and A. Dancau F. Clemo, Ja there took his fancy so he employed a

to pleasure. It is even known to some. MeBride, E. Pasco, S. G. Hayes and J go-between to induce her, by promises who have not been here, as the "Paris Muir. Reserve: E. J. Vickare. and presents, to come and live with him, of the East," though how far such an but she would not agree. He then goi appellation is justified is a matter of four coolies and going to the nursery set opinion and of doubt. It is indubitable, it

on fire,

when the coolies seized the however, that so far as facilities for dancing are concerned Shanghai stands

KOWLOON. SOUTH CHINA “A”

In this 2nd div. match on South China's

nun who was wanted as she escaped and alone and unchallenged; and taking into ground on Saturday (kick-off, 2,45), Kow ABOUT 2.300 AMERICANS ON FOUR carried her to his house. But she coconsideration the foreign population of loon will be represented by C.E. Stewarts.

BIG LINERS.

Naples, Monaco, and Gibraltar, and she

trived to send off & letter telling the story to friends who promptly got up

H.K.F.C. RES. SACRED HEARTS,

The following will represent the Hong- constitutes a veritable cul de sac for kong Club Reserves in their 2nd Division evening entertainment, with absolutely League fixture with the Sacred Hearts on no outlets beyond its own borders in that Saturday next on the Club ground at foreign inhabitants of Shanghai to some (capt.) and H. Buxton; R. Bell, A. Fer sphere Transfer in imagination the 2.45 pm sharp -F. Angue; D. Lyon

the city only, it is doubtful if there is W. Parratt and B. Rasmussen; A. W. It is estimated that about 2,300 Ameri-mob and went to the girl's rescue, where any other place outside of Europe and Brown (capt.), C. Caveille and 5 Randle can tourists will be visiting the Far East they seized her abductor and burned his South America where the pro rata pro. Morris, A. E. Latham, W. H. Brow ou round-the-world tourist ships during house.

portion of dancing establishments to in, N. Trambitcky and W. Taylor. Reserves: the next six months. The first to come He next landed in the hands of the habitante is so marked. This might ap A. Kirby and F. Ross. out, with about 500 passengers, will be American Consul where he made no depear at first sight an indication that the the Helgeninni, of the Red Star Line fence but said he was quite prepared to foreigners here bare the dancing crem ship of 27.500 tons gross. She is due take his medicine. The Consul and the very badly. Possibly they have, but the to reach Japan in the middle of January, best advice he could give him was to real reason probably is that Shanghai under charter to the American Express clear out as quick as he could and put the Company and after leaving Japan calls width of China between himself and that will be made at Shanghai, Hongkong, place. He went up the Yangtze sad Manila, Batavia, Singapore, Diamond settled at an up river port, when short Harbour, Calcutta, Colombo, Bombay, after his arrival a couple of nuns turned Port Sudan, Port Tewfik, Alexandria, and used to watch him although they other great port or city-London or New guson and G. Puncheon; B. Bell, T

neither spoke to him nor interfered with York with scores of theatres, concerts Roberts, E. Railton, J. Douglas and is une in New York on April 16th. The him. He got it into his head that they and other forms of evening entertain. Dixon. Reserves: Conway and J. V ship is here About a week or so later than were working black magic on him and ment; Naples with its wonderful tram Ramsay.

took ill. His neighbours sent him in s rides into some of the world's most any of the company's ships on previous native boat to Hankow for medical treat beautiful soenery; in fact to any other

ment, but he died on the way

and was city of its sits and importance, for all Among three other tourist ships that buried bere

provide a much greater scope for a LRC. 2nd XI. CRAIGENGOWER CO will follow are the steamer California, The reason why the Consul did not evening's entertainment than does Shang which will bring about eight hundred ponish him was because he could not bais transfer the populace to these Americans early in February in charge handle him at all. A paternal Govern places we say, and dancing will pre Recreation Club, 2nd XI in a friendly The following will represent the Indian of Mr. Frank Clark of New York: the ment had afforded him no facilities. He bably play a much less important part in match against the Craigengower C.C. an steamer Frasernia, in charge of Thos. had no Court House, no goal, no moner

their lives. Shanghai dances at night the latter's: ground at 2 p.m. on Satur Cook and Sor, will bring about five hun far expenses, or even for a prisoner's chiefly for the reason that it has nothing day-Birdar Khan (captain), S. A dred tourists; and the steamer Empress food, so there was nothing for it but to else to do nowhere else to go; and to

let him go, and the reason Judge Tulley those to whom quiet evenings and early Ismail E A. Moosleen, P. Madr gives for the prevalence of murder in the bed-times make no strong appeal dancing Cassumhhoy, Y, A. Wahab, J. S. United States in the fact that mur-lerers (and to a lesser extent, perhaps, the Aukber. A. Kitchell, A. R. Minu, A. K.. are so sedlom punished there owing to cinemay provides generally the only Minu and J. Hassan Resero; A. R. M the peculiar working of American law. | alternative to boredom.

Samy

viaita.

of France of the Canadian Pacific Line, on which about five hundred Americana will be in the Far East in the latter part of April. The Thos, Cook party will come by way of the Suez Canal.

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