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6 23 Kowloon head the Senior Division with only two more games to play-South China and Hongkong Club. They can finish with a total of 3 points, but yet have two hard games to play.

Their nearest rivals are the East Surreys who have to play the Club de Recreio twice and the ELA. By winning their remaining fixtures, and on present form there should be little doubt about it, the East Surrey's can finish with a total of 99 points, dé,, one less than Kow. Toom

South China have yet to play four games-Kowloon, R.A., Police and Club de Recreio and by winning these can finish with a total of points. Their game with Kowloon. will be keenly watch ed by the East Surreys. The game abould be played on the Kowloon ground.

The Club will complete their lesque season when they meet Kowloon. Losing to the East Surreys in mid-week and draw ing with the Police on Saturday last put them out of the rimning for the cham pionship this season,

But it is high time that our publio a5 a whole should wake up to the fact that Britain's stake in China is already sö `enormous" as to be a matter of deep national significance, and that its pre- servation is vital.

At the beginning of 1925 the value of that stake, expressed in Interests in trade, railways, mines, harbours, ships; concessions, buildings, and so forth, was put at the colosal figure of three hun- dred millions sterling, and the revenue derived from it, whether in shipping or other services and in roturns from in- Vestments, must have played no incon siderable part in augmenting our visible exports.":..

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This round sum of three hundred millions covered Hongkong, the greatest of our ports in the Far East, and one world. of the three or four greatest ports of the

All this was true up to about seven or eight months ago, when, with the riota. end of last May, and those that follow- in Shanghai that broke out at the ed on it elsewhere, a terrible change for the worse soon the serious detriment of Britain in manifested itself—to. particular.

By the beginning of the present year Britain's stake in China had been re- duced in value by about one-third, or, say, one hundred millions, with a corre visible exports The worst of it is that sponding decline inevitable in the in- while there is a slight improvement in the British trade position in Central Yangtze region, the indications in South China, which means Shanghai and the China, which in this connection implies Hongkong and Canton, as well as in North China, or the Peking-Tientsin area, are increasingly unfavourable.

A fortnight ago Mr. Baldwin, review- H.M.S Tamar opened the season well, ing the trade outlook, spoke hopefully of winning their first two games, but owing improving prospects in every land except to frequent changes in their team, have China. He did state what is the case secured one point only in their last eleven-that even in China trade showed a re- games. Their remaining game is with markable resiliency, despite the bad cou the Club de Recreio,

ditions, but he declared that no" favour The Babes of the League,-the Club de able development could be expected until Recreio, have four games to play-East the conditions aitared. He was speak- Surreys twice, South, China and Tamar,ing of political conditions, but the and have reached the semi-final of the truth is that this resiliency springs from Senior Shield Competition,

Kowloon Reserves have, completed their Chinese situation.

two abiding non-political factors in the programmo and hend the "A" Division, One is that China is not only a great | b. they are likely to be displaced by market, but is potentially much the South Chins "A" who with two games to greatest market in the world, because play are one point unly behind the with a popalation which is about as large leaders. South Caisa "A have yet to that of Europe, and which works far play, Club de Recreio and East Surreys Drums. The team should win against the Club de Recreio who have not scored a win in the league (except against the Club Reserves which has been erased) but they have reached the final of the Junior Shield Competition... By losing last Saturday, the East Surreys Reserves lost their chances in being either league champions or runners-up this season. They have scored the greatest number of goals to date in the three divisions of the league,

The RA Reserves opened the season well but fell away towards its close and finish on the half-way line with a point for each match played

Harder than that of Europe, its require ments are ever expanding. The other thing is that the Chinese are born traders, and notwithstanding the right- ful disorder in which their country is plunged, miss no opportunity of trading among themselves and with foreigners. China's general trade is not decreasing, but increasing.

This being so, how is it that the British stake in China Eas declined to such a lamentable extent Why is it that British trade has shrunk in China so disastrously 1.

China is very far off, its leaders' names are hard to remember, and its military and political fluctuations are difficult to follow. It may help the ordinary reader if he will remember that three places count politically-Peking, Shanghai and Carton. Mukden is within the sphere of Peking. Five men count politically; three are Chinese-Chang Tso Lia, or

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In the "B" Division, South China "C" appeared, to be the champions although at the moment they are headed by the Moslem Club "A" and the Univer- Feng; and Wu Pei Wu, otherwise Was Never before was there anything like it, nor are its marvellous properties likely ever to sity. The "C" team have yet four games the two others are Russians-Karakhan, be equalled in diseases suining from impare blood. It searches out and expels from the to play University, St. Joseph's Res., Soviet Ambassador at Peking, and vital current every lurking face of poisonous matter, curing blood and skin diseases, St. Joseph's Boarders and Kowloon B." Borodin; Soviet.adviser of the Csatos scrotalous and glandular swellings, bed legs, abscesses, ulcers, eczema, gout, rheums- With the exception of the University

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