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THE CHINA CRISIS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE “HONG KONŮ

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HONOUR FOR CHAIRMAN OF GE.C.

Sir Huge Hirst, the Chairman and Managing-Director of the General Elec trie Ca. L., who has recently been lengthy article headed created a Baronet, is one of the best The China Crisis," Professor H. Aknown personalities in the electrical Ciles Professor of Chinese of Cambridge world in Great Britain. Through his | University, writes:--

initiative and juler his guidance the The present unrest is, in my opin-eneral Electric Company, which is, of ion, als partly due to the exportation

entrs, the parent Company of tho of Chinese boys to Americs, and in a much smaller number to England, by tieneral Electric Co. of China, has growo from a modest undertaking until it now nissionary societies.

has infortat interests in practically f cary country of the globi

These children for such they usually are, recrive in the States or in England an lucution og lines similar to these for American of English boys, and are baptised as Christians.

Originally the ti. B. C. confined itself to factoring the productions of other mana-

As young men they return to Chinareturers. In 1987, however, Sir Huga entirely ignorant of their own language, Wirst decided to open 'works at Mu their long-drawn-out history and won chester for the manufactury of pastors, derfa! literature. Instead of being any telephonies. bils and other electrical":

Three years later other use to China. they are, with some parutus. brilliant exceptions, a hindrance and a factories were stablished at Witton, Birminghani, and sites that time there. scarce of trouble.

They seems to me to be no evidence has been a steady, and consistent growth that the Soviet Government is it the of the Company's interests. Now it is back of the gent treables. It is, utjable to carry out the complete equipment electrical power undertaking! Ray rate, a convenient card to play of an when it may be desirable to kestam plant, generators. cables, switch- gear and essories, has specialised in realities in the backgreind."

railway electrifcation, and, of course, as I astonishes and pains me, to see Professor H. A. Giles writing in this well known, responsible for the mant- strain, and, it is most regrettable, as he facture of the popular. Osram lamp. Sir

Hugo Hirst has been for many years is refuted to be a sober and learned mernher of the Advisory Council of the scholar, and recognised to be an authority Board of Trade, and is Chairman of a on Things Chinese."

score of electric companies.

Such utterande arg mischievous and misleading and may be compared with that aototions declaration signed by

the American profeser, and teachers, NORTH BORNEO CHAMBER OF

COMMERCE." the Centon, Christian College.

There are students and students! And, Professor Gilles should not have been TIMBER STORAGE IN HONGKONG.] guilty of the mistake of confusing the

A meeting of the Committee of the and half-baked Bolshevistu ignorant students of certain schools, Colleges and North Borneo Chamber of Commerce vi so-called Universities of China with those held on June 7th students, who have graduated from the

land and the United States.

In reply to the Chamber's request, that independent examination "of the great and famous Universities of Eng Sandakan Wharf might be made with a

an

Professor Giles should be careful in view to strengthening shippers demands caluminating and condemning the stud that Hongkong steamers should berth ents, particularly those who have been alongside before departare, a letter was educated in England and America, received from the Clovernment stating they are quite a different stamp of men, that the Governinenc Engineers were of and to a Chinese expression opinion that the Wharf was in good bamboo pole should not be used in strik order, and no independent examination

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I think Professor Giles owes thes students a public apology, and I sure, when this meets his ere, he will gladly retract what he has written.

Ignorance is no excuse, and his being unaware of what has been taking place in Canton. Shanghai, and North China, Joaded during the time he has been away from China, may be partly responsible for this sericus errur of judgment.

The Secretary was fnstructed to re- am quest that a copy of the Government Engineers Report be forwarded to the Chamber, an al to enquire whither the Engineers considered it safe for large this to come alongside when the" wharf A letter was relived from The Hong kong and Rowien Wharf and Godown Co. Ltd., declining to riduce storage rent on timber in Hongkong. It was resolved to circulate this letter to the Timber

Again, Professor Giles do not believe that the Soviet Government is at the back

views thereon,

of the present troubles in China," and Merchants in Sandakan to obtain their be doubts the honesty and integrity of the Chinese by a veiled accusation of trickery.

Con Professor Giles explain the reason for the presence of 500 Russian Bolahe- vista in Canton 1.

Can he explain the reason for the arrival of big shipments of Russian O in Canton 1

Is be aware that the Whampoa cade's are being drilled and led by Bussian Bolshevist officers?

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Is he aware that the recent attack on Stameen by the Whampoa cadets was directed by Russian Bolshevist officers

Will Professor Giles carefully real, learn, and digest the contents of the following document found in the posses sion of a Russian Bolshevist agent named Zinovii Dosser, who together with his wife Logina Dosser or Fillipova were arrested at Shanghai, after having visit ed Canton and Hongkong?

The document (Certificate) produced by the police was written on silk and was in Russian-

It was called Certifiente No. 43, and read:***

The bearer of this, Comrade Dosser (Communist party ticket No. 495) is sent by the Agitation Department of the South Section of China to Hong- kong and Canton for the organisation of strike Committees.

**All the members of the Russian Communist party are to give him every Assistance in his work.

"This is certified by the seal of the Agitation Departament, i8th June, 1923, Shanghai."

HERALDS AND TRUMPETS. MISTAKES PAGEANT MASTER'S MAKE.

Now that the pagraut season is in full swing at Home, the Heralds of the College of Arms are again suffering in- dignities.

Pageant masters persist in introducing bernids carrying trumpets, thereby cari- caturing the three Kings of Arms. Garter, Clarenceux, and Norrey, and the six Heralds, Somerset, Chester, Richment, Windsor, Lancaster, and York,

No herald over carried a trumpet." stated Norroy King of Arms. Mr. G. A. de Lisle Lee, who is weary of prowsting against the travesty, to a Daily Mail re- porter récently.

"To depict one as doing so is like re- presenting the Archbishop of Canter- bury as carrying a verger's wand..

The herald's duty is to make pro- nouncements, and the trumpeters ac- company him to call the attention of the public.

I have even known an offender itate that the public expect a herald to bare & trumpet.

him over to the Soong-Wu Police Court (City Police Court) tequesting them to. have him deported."

Hoping this will prove sufficient to con- vince. Professor H. A "Giles. that the Below the text was de seat which Russian Bolshevists are responsible for read: "Agitation Department, R.C.P" the present troubles in China. and thank- "Zinovii Doseer was tried by the Mixeding you for the courtesy of space for this

Court ut Shanghai on the 17th July, 1955, letter in your valuable paper.-Yours

VERITAS.

and ordered to be deported as "An truly,

extremely undesirable resident."

Hongkong. July 25th, 1925.".

THE CONSULAR" SERVICE. (TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG

DAILY PRESS.

The following is the Court's finding:- In examining the contents of the Delegation Certificate, the Court inds that the aerused, having the qualifica tion of a member of the Communist Party, has his duty speciallys to carry.

SIRAs your Journal wis good! on agitation and also the members of the same party should assist him. By enough twelve years ago to publish my this it can be seen that the nocused, by criticisms of HM. Consular Service in establishing at Shanghai an Oil ofice, China, might I beg you now to give me takes advantage of his position to carry space to state that in my opinion no body on propaganda (contrary to Article 6 of men and no servies could have behaved of the Agreement between the Republic better than the officers of H.M. Con- of China and the Union of the Soviet sular Service during the past seven trying Bocialistic Republics).

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The accused should be, therefore, to be under their jurisdiction... pelled from the Settlement and a dis patch, is also to be prepared to bend (Continued on next Column).

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