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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY APRIL 10, 1925

DR. SUN YAT SEN.

A BRILLIANT FAILURE.

The following is The Times Obituary Notice of Sun Yat Sen -

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BOXER INDEMNITY.

CLAIMS OF EDUCATION AND.

MEDICINE.

A CAMBRIDGE MEMORIAL.

The following letter was recently ad dressed to the editor, of the Times-

The chief impression which Sun Yat Sen's death must piake on those who have followed his remantic and stormy

Sir-At meeting of Chinese and is one of genuine regret for so other members of this University held at Christ's College on February 14th, over pitiul a failure as his life has ended in.

which presided, it was decided to

the Just after the Chinese Revolution is circularise graduate residents as to 1011-12 when he was elected provisional purposes to which the Indemnity. Fand

should be devoted.

This

baving been President of the new Republic, Mr. done, the appended memorial is being forwarded to the Foreign Office duly O. P. Bland wrote of him that there goed: for purposes of space a few signi could be no question, of his sincerity or tures only are here attached. of his courage, modesty, patriotism, and intelligence; but, he added, with bis singular insight into the Chinese charne-

ter:-

As noted by Mr. McNeill, in moving the second reading of the Indemnity Bill on Tuesday, the only contentious ques- tion is the purpose of the fund. As given by lansard, his exact words were:

The interpretation of the words "educa." When all is said and done, San Yar tional or other purposes" really, to may Son remains a dreamer of daenins his mind, means that the object must be some ideals of government and retoru are thing in the nature of education, or, at the result of undigested Socialistic all events, it must be something which theories combined, with a purely in is not absolutely divergent from the main agined and idealized. conception of China and the Chinese.

Sun Yat Seu, in fact, knew very little

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This divergency was, however, urged by several subsequent speakers, who desired to include railways among the other pur- The reasons against this inclu- or had forgotten the little he had eversion were succinctly put by. Mr. Mas

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complexities, and vital years of bis life abroad and be hur, negotiations, which would be involved even in capitalizing the food. for the ried back to China with wild Visions of purposes; the psychological effect on the future which had little or no relation China of thus using the funds. with past of present. If kindly death bad laid its hand upon kip then bis putation would have stood higher in history, for there would have been nothing to detract from the qualities with which Mr. Bland credited him and little con crete evidence to confirm his estimate of the reforcier's shortcomings. Now he will

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These are the very reasons put forward in the memorial. It is, however, evident that the interpretation favoured by Mr. McNeill "will have a rough passage in the Advisory Committee unlesa-the Stand- ing Committee, to which the Bill is now referred, adopts, som change of

of wording

educational, medical, or ather

This would satisfy on hander Purpose, an amendment already signatories, who, though in favour of education and medicine, would approve any other ameliorative agency of a simi- revolutionary leaders who have not shrunk | Jar nature. Yours faithfully, from civil war to gratify their misguided local patriotism, if not their own personal amiitions, and bave helped to plunge their country deeper and deeper into chaos.

KARLY DAYS.

Sun Yat Sen was born in 1867 in a remote village in the province of Kwang tung, about 30 miles south of Hongkong. His father, a convect, was an agent of) the London Missionary Society, and the boy was befriended by an English lady who had him taught English. When he was to Sun was employed at the hospital of the Anglo-American Mission at Canton, and two years later entered the newly. opened College of Medicine at Hongkong There be first met Sir James Chathe and Alter Sve wen bis lifelong affection. years study sun obtained his diploma, being the Grst graduate of the and went to the Portuguese colony of Macao, where he first heard of the "Young China Party, whose object was a Con stitution, not a Republic.

Indeed, the klea of setting up

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Christ's College, Cambridge, March 9th The following is the text of the memori- al:-

We, the undersigned, nee of opinion that, for the following reasons, the China Indemnity Fund ought, to be devoted ex- clusively educational or medical pur- pones

(a) In China, public opinion, as dis- tinguished from military, desires, is over- whelmingly in favour of education in some form or other.".

-K. M. A.

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LOCAL SPORT.

FOOTBALL,

SCOTLAND THE REST.

At the close of the game on Monday: the Diriky, Les cup will be presented to the East Surrey Regiment who are league chengfons this season.

The senior league games should be wall Today is the Hongkong Football Club contested. The winners will be out, it Kick-off at 430 p..

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(b) Education is the only field on which real co-operation"between English and

At this juncture, Referee: Mr. F. Smith. Linesunen Chinese is possible. when China is being subjected to pressurs. from Russia and Japan alike, a friendly Mesara, Andrews and Macmillan..

*Teams :-~~ movement which during 20 years would closer understanding would be inval be bringing China, and England into. able to both nations

Scotland.-E. 3. Clarke; McKelvie

full strength agains the Club who will: be without Gerrard their captain. The game is expected to end in a win for th East: Surdega.

and Dewar Mair. J. Stewart and A China, and Kowloon should be well con- The game at Scokumpoo Between South

Duncan: Johnstone, Forsyth, McBride, Dr. Valentine und Key.

Republie was not generally, adopted by Japan). England United States and Chung

too advanced to 2pirions bad been fartinctive line of her own...

SATURDAY,

The following have been selected, to plays for the Kowloon F.C. in. Ish The following games will be played division Lengua match. South. Chine

"A" on the Sookuupoo, ground, to during the week-ond:---

Arrow. Kick-off FLO 4:30 pm-A Duncan F. Wheeler and F., Rend; A W. Turner, J, McKelvie (capt.); and Pasco; A. Latham, S. Hayes, J. Mo Bride, W. Austin' and J. Muir,

HONGKONG LEAGUZ. Division 1.

tested, with South. Chine taking revenge, (e) The other remitting Powers have devoted their respective quotas either to

The Rest. Warish; Wheeler and for, their defeat at Kowlood earlier in the education exclusively (Russia), or by legislative action, to, educational and Wynce: Trung Yuk Tong, Mitchell and Mason..

Charlesworth, Wing Shing: cultural

K.F.V. r. SOUTH CHINA "A” must not be allowed to Eaton, Jahnson, Lai Wai Tong and the Cantonese reformers until shortly lose face" in China, by making a lower Mackleworth, after the outbreak of the revolutionary choice; although, when her choise has movement at Wuchang in October, 1911.

been made, she will doubtless take a dis Sun's political

tolerated in the days of the old Dowager, and he had to fee from China in 1885. He travelled widely, and wherever he went be became known (5. enthusiastic advocate of the Chinese reform movement, then still in its infancy. In 1896 he was in London, a political refugee badly wanted by the Chinese Government. Ile was indticed to enter the Chinese Legation in Port Jand-place, and was there kept a prisoner for some days, and would undoubtedly have been taken to Chipa and executed had be not managed to convey news of hia detention to his old friend, Sir James Canthe. The Foreign Office took up the matter, and Sun was released as the

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result of strong pressure.

PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT."

(d) Railways, roads, conservancy, and such ameliorative undertakings, though good in themselves, are local and narrow in their scope instead of being nation- al and distinctive. The Chinese would see in them an absence of disinterested- ness, and would resent the foreign, con- trol involved.. Apurt, however, from" these considerations, an absolute bar to the effectiveness of such us of the fund exists in its being limited to a total of £400,000 a year for 23 years.

Under existing regulations this widow of President Elert can only receive a peusion of £375 a year, this being the rate applicable to widows of tieriaan' officials of the bighest category, which in- He remained, however, an exile antit cludes the President of the Reich, the the Revolution of 1911, when the aldica Cabinet Ministers, and the Secretaries of tion" of the Manthus enabled him to State: Herr Ebert is understood to have. return. He was immediately elected Pro-had practically no savings. visional President of the new Republic, but retired in favour of Yuan Shib Kai, in whom he was still hagable enough to recognize the strong than that Chipa badly needed at such a juncture.

fomer threat to seize the Foreign Cus

In December, 1993, Sun repented a

toms at Canton unless they surrendered to him the share which he demanded from their surplus profits. He hinted at the

Kick-off at 4.30 pm

East Surrey Regiment. Hongkong Club, Hongkong F.C. ground. Re- for Mr. Smith,.RA South China ! Am Kowloon, Soa- kunpbo ground. Raferee: Mr. F. Smith.

Division II. Kick-off at 3 p.m.

East Surreys Reserves. South China *A, Sookustino ground. Referee: Mr. Tavey.

CRICKET,

KỌC Đ HỆ CĐ

The following will represent the K.C.C in their agus match, the H.K.C.C

B XI. to-morrow, at 3 pm, on the Hongkong ground:-H Overy, J. C Lyal, F. Goodwin, A. W. Hamsay, J. C Fletcher, S. Jex, K, B. Macaskill, Geo Lee, A. R. F. Raven, R., C., Witchell, and

St. Joseph's "B" r. East Surreys B. Pethernm

Druces, South China ground. Re- ferre: Mr. Austin.

St. Joseph's "A". Hongkong Club

Reservés, Hongkong Clüb ground. Referee: Mr. Andrews.

MONDAY.

HONGKONG LEAGUE. Kick-off as 4.30 p.m.

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East Surreys Regiment (Winners, Div. L) The Rest of the League, Hongkong Club ground. Referee!" Mr. Spencer. Linesmen: Meseri. Marfett and Smyth.

K.C.C. "A"

U.S.C.C. A

The following have been selected to re- prt sent the K.C.C. on their own ground against the C.S.CC. "A" XI, at 2 p.m. to-morrow:-W. F. J. Gorin (enpt.), A. J. Kew. I A. R. Duncan, E. G. Renton," J. C. Ling, W.. Hi, J. Smith, E. O Murphy, W. A. Taylor, H. G. Hallam and C. L. Fyana.

X.C.C. v. K.F.C.

As Peking officialdom and the military adventurers who waged war against the Central Government and against each other in the provinces dragged the Chi-me time, in an interview with our cor- respondent in Hongkong, at an active nese Republie deeper and deeper into the alliance with Bolshevist Russia, and his. aire, Sun Yat Sen himself cast off the opinions had gravitated so for towards restraints which bis early education and pure Bolshevism that, except by the Western experience, as well as bis own Extremists, he was repudiated through- finer instincts, had for a long time im-out the country. He bad, in fact, become Garrison ground at Sookunpoo where the to be played next Monday on the Kos posed

upan him. He quarrelled with Yoan Shib Kai in 1917, and after several rely one of the many disruptive forces South China senior and junior A"

that are rushing" a great country and a teams will close their cason. abortive attempts to set up a separate fine people to, perdition. Government in Canton, he got himself

3.

A large crowd will turn out on the

The following team will represent th Kowloon Football Club in cricke match against the Kowloon Cricket Club

loou Cricket Club's ground, commencing at 10.30 am.-F. Road, M. Howarth

The W. Austin, & Randle, J. Davia, 8.6. elected President of a Southern Chinese In the events of the later, months of Junior will oppose the East Surreys Hayes, A. W. Turner, A. Fitzgerald, A.

Spary, C. E. Millard, and F. Wheeler Republic by a rump parliament assembled 1924-the fighting at Shanghai, Chang Reserves. These teams met on the same Reserves: C Lake, Umpire: A at Canton, on the ground that the Tm Lin's advance on Peking, the defeat ground in the opening match of the sea Bliar: Scorer: C. Bond. Peking President had not been constitu- of Wa Pei Pu, and the coup d'etat of the tionally appointed.

son, which had to abandoned during the Christian General Feng-Sun - daw chance of playing a part in a new settle second half of the game owing to the BON'S RIVAL

ment of Chinese affairs. Towards the typhoon, when South China were leading end of the year he left Canton, and hy in his own province, where General Chen way of Japan proceeded to Peking. Roby two goals to one. The Surreys Re Chiung Ming, the commander-in-chief of Found, however, that he was not wanted; serves are expected to win on Saturday. his anny, who was more or less in lengua mereover, he was speedily laid aside by with Wu Pei Fu, roze, revolt and ex-serious illness.

la 1929 Sün suffered a serious reverse

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BILLIARDS.

CHAMPIONSHIP OF COLONY AT. V.R.C.

In the third round of the Billiards St. Joseph's A should wind up their

Tournament for the Championship of the pelled Sun from. Canton. Sun fed to It is pathetic to turn over today the canon with a win over the Club Reserves. Colony at the Victoria Recreation Clubs Shanghai, where he took refuge in the pages of a biography published by Sin The East Surreys Drums should add to last night, Mr. P. Yvanovich defeated Mr. foreign conecasion. But Sun still þad a

James Cantlie, in 1012, in which he praises their league point in their match with J. Thomas by 600-041. considerable following, and in February Sun Yat Sen as the most perfect char St. Joseph's team on the Bouth 183, he returned to Canton and managed nder he ever knew," with w

an-unexplain-

CHIEF, BREAKE

The following wore the chief breaks:

to re-establish himself in power, though alle influence and a magnetism which pre- China ground. Wa's troops hovered about the north and vaileth ad finds expression in drawing

At the close of the game to-day, the Mr. Yvanovich 45, 49, 58; 32, 30, 39, 20, Chen was entrenched in the east of the men to his side. Even if one makes province. Sun maintained: his power-lowance for the hero worship to which Sunday Herald Charity Cup will be pre- Mr. Thomas 35, 23, 20, 22, 22, 27. 20. such as it had become by playing the Sun Yat Sen's friend confesses, it is hard sented to Scotland, who hare beaten Eng- Hunadese and Yuasanese mercenaries to explain such a headlong fall, exceptand and Bouth China in the Competi. against each other.

perlips by the old Latin saying Cor

tion. ruptio optime persima.

(Continued on nest Column).

The next tournament game has been arranged for Tuesday night, when Mr. Ng Sze Kwong is due to play Mr. Ng Sam Cheung,