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CABLES.

(THROUGH REPTÉR'S AGENCY.} A BETTING TAX

OPPOSED ROTH BY BOOKMAKERS AND CHURCHES.

EY-CHANCELLOR'S ACCUSATIONS.

Lospor, April 27th.

THE HONGKONG DAILY FRESS. THURSDAY, APRIL 2LNE.

RUSSO GERMAN TREATY.

FRENCH POLITICAL CONCERN NOT DISPELLED BY TEXT.

Lopes, April 7th. The general impression of the German- Soviet Treaty in official.circles in Lon- don is that many phrases are vague and indefinite, capable of another interpreta- tion. There does not appear at first sight to be anything objectionable.

BERLIN PRESS VIEWA.

EASTERN CABLE VICTORIA DIOCESAN

FAR

NEWS.

"{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] JAPANESE SEA TRAGEDY.

"CHICHIBU. MARU"

RUNS

AGROUND IN STORM. TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY MISSING.

Toxre, April Ruth.

A despatch from Hakodate reports that the Chichibu Maru, of 1,540 tons, went aground of Karomushiro Kariles dur

In the House of Commons to-day, it was Opposition Day in connection with the Budget, and this was taken "full ad- ] vantage of Mr. Snowden accusing Mr. Winston Churchill of increasing the pational expenditure by £30,000,000 in eighteen months and making an putrage ous settlement with Italy, simply in order to get £4,000,000 in include in the present Budget. The Government was undoubtedly in the grip of banks and financial Houses, while Mr. Churchill's statement regarding the silk duties was kheer humbug. The ex-Chancellor was most scathing as regards the betting tax,

Nations in Germany's baggage, as once which he said was an outrage to the most Gerinary is a member of the League she sacred feelings of a vast number of peo-will be unable to associate herself with ple and which would lead to collusion

any League decision without being sure between backer and bookmakera. He re called that he described Inst year's Budget as a rich man's Budget, but this year it was the Budget of the profigate and hankrupt.--(Loud Labour cheers.)

BERLIN, April 27th. The newspapers agree that the Treatying the storm yesterday. does not create any new situation and that the general lines of Girman foreign policy is unchanged, which fact is re- gretted by some of the more violent Na tionalist journals.

Two hundred and thirty are missing.

LIBERAL PROTEST.-

SOVIET ENTERS TEX LÁGUK

Pais, April 7th. The Humme Libre argues that the'

PANDO DIVIDEND.

SINGAPORE, April 7th. Pando announce an interim dividend of 10 per cent., tax free,

THE SPANISH FLIGHT.

ASSOCIATION.

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A tribute was then paid to the ex- cellent work of the loyal staff.

Two action songs "followed:-" Thà Dustman" nod "The Noisy train and these, were charmingly sung by the tiny tots of the school.

AT HOME." On Monday laat at. the Helens. May Lostitute the President (the Bishop of

DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL. Victoria) and Committes of the Victoria

The Rev. W. T. FEATHERSTONE in the Diocesan Association were At Home

short space of five minutes gave much to members and their friends.

About 900 people were present to tear information as to the growth and de something of the aini and work of thevelopment of the Diocesan Boys' School. He stated that the school was the oldest Association.

With this object in view a short proof its kind in this country. It was gramme had been drawn up. The Heads founded for Chinese girls in 1960 and of the various local schools and colleges included Chinese boys sometime before 1807. The records date back to 1974 and had been asked to speak on their own particular work, whilst some delightful pupils were admitted from all over the musical and other items wers provided country. by their pupilt

Before starting on the actual program- me, the Chairman welcomed all those pre- sent and thanked those who had made the arrangementa. He then went on to say that the purpose for which members

The complete minutes date back from 1880. In 1883 Sun Yat Sen was a day boy of the school.

Pupils were &rst entered for the Cam- bridge Local examinations in 1857 and since then 300 certificates had been gained.

Soviet will thus enter the League of MADRID-MANILA AVIATORS REACH of the V.D.A. and their friends had been other boys in the orphanage and the

of agreeing with Moscow It con-

cluded that the Soviet thas joins the League without commitments and res- ponsibilities.

4. INEARY FEELING IN, FRANCE

LATER.

Sir John Simon's criticism was milder.

The publication" of the text. of the He thought that the betting-tax could be regarded as an imprimatur on a form Russo-German Treaty has not dispelled of excitement which had wrought have concern in French political circles na re- in homes when indulged in excessively.gards ita possible effects on the fabric of Geneva and Locarno. An active ex- would encourage

Moreover, the tax Sir John

illegal forms of betting. Simon warmly repudiated the Cban- reilor's competence to give a ten year's guarantee of Imperial Preference.

DUTORY AGAINST BETTING TAX.

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change of views is proceeding between

London and Paris, but there is pre-

mature talk of representations being

made to Berlin.

The Temps says that Germany wants a reserve option to choose between the western Powers and Soviet Russia when most controversial feature of the Budget. the fateful hour strikes, but it is hardly

The betting tax promises to be the

It is opposed by the churches and the bookmakers from different angles, while divided-one Conservatives are the

moral section opposing the grounds and another section demanding the legalisation of betting.··

tax

Prominent racing men and hookmakers at Newmarket are doubtful as regards the yield of the tax and predict that it will be almost unworkable. The Dirce- tor of a big London firm of Commission Agents said that the backer cannot afford to pay the tax which will mean that the

betting public will lose three times as much as at present. He estimated that the bookmakers will Eave to increase their stal by 0 per cent."

conceivable that such an attitude can be compatible with Germany's matcom ditional entry into the League,

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HANGI

HAROL: April 29th.

The Spanish airmen have arrived here.

U.S.

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[RKUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

WAR DEBTS- SENATE APPROVE FOREIGN

SETTLEMENTS.

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WASHINGTON. April 27th. A nineteen minutes' debate sufficed for the Senate to approve the Latvian debt

The Senate also approved the debt. settlement... agreements with Ethonis and Rumania Senator Reed, the chief spokesman for the opposition, declared it most probable

that Latvia would again become part of Russia long before the sixty-two years laid down in the settlement had passed. He predicted that Britain would make the Italian debt settlement the basis of a

demand for, revision of the British debt agreement.

Senator Smoot replied that Britain had given assurances that she would not abject to any settlement which the United States might make with other

RUSSIAN FLOODS.

RISING RIVERS LEAVE TRAIL OF nations.

DESTRUCTION.

Moscow, April. 27th.

The Volga, and its upper tributaries have overflowed their banks. The river Klazma has flooded the town of Orekhoto, 43 miles east of Moscow. Eight persons were drowned, eleven bridges destroyed, and many textile mills thrown idle.

Loss of life is also reported at Rybinsk, where the Volga is 50 feet above ita usual Lord Lonsdale has expressed the level. Scores of villages have been flood- opinion that the scheme cannot satised, the inhabitants taking refuge on the factorily be completed unless it included roofs of their houses." street betting and football betting, and "that the Chancellor would soon realise

Detachments of the Red Army are blowing up ice-jams in the rivera in

AMERICAN RAILWAY.

FEDERAL COURT JUDGE ORDERS SALE.

CHICAGO, April 7th. Judge Wilkerson; of the Federal Court, has ordered the foreclosure and sale of the Chicago-Milwaukee-St. Paul Rail- way, whose affairs are already in the hands of a receiver.

AMERICAN TRADE. PRODUCTION IN HARCH REACHES

HIGH LEVEL.

New Yoak, April 27tb.. The Federal Reserve Board's monthly

that the revenue was not worth the cost order that the waters may flow their index of production in basic industrien,

of collection.

..course

The Bookmakers and Backers Rac

Protection Association, is con- sidering the convocation of protest meet- ings.

Misa Wilkinson, a Member of the House of Commons, said that the women of the country would strongly' oppose. such a retrograde moral step..

The Revd. Henry Carter has said that the tax will be fought most deter winedly by the Wesleyan Methodista. The Tinited Council of Christian Chur- thes met today to organise demonstra- tions of protest.

THE COAL CRISIS. THREE PARTY CONFERENCE 'DEALING WITH PROBLEMS.

LONDON, April 27th.. After several days of intensive confer- in which the Premier has been ences, most active, the mine-owners intimated. their willingness to participate in an open tri-party meeting, at which they will not impose any limitation regarding the scope of the discussion. After this ta hour's meeting of the three parties was held in the House of Commons and it has adjourned until to-morrow.

UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES, OUT-OF-WORKS NOW LESS THAN

MILLION.

natural course.

FRENCH BUDGET.

NOW ADOPTED BY THE. SENATE

PARIS, April 7th. Except for one or two minor modifica. tions which call for adjustment between the two Houses, the Senate has adopted the whole Budget by 274 votes to T.

ÍNDIAN UNREST.

TEN MORE KILLED DURING STREET FIGHTING.

CALCUTTA, April 27th.) Sporadic cases of assault and street fighting continue. The known casualties to-day were 10 killed sad 15 injured.

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FOOTBALL AT HOME.

MORE MID-WEEK LEAGUE RESULTS.

· LONDON, April 7th. The following are results of matches, played to-day in the English League:

FIRST DIVISION.

Manchester City, 2; Leeds United, 1.

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH), Northampton, 3; Millwall, 1.

EMPIRE BILLIARDS.. AUSTRALIAN DEFEATS SOUTH AFRICAN CUEIST.

London, April 27th.

In 1909 there were 130 Chinese and 60 wheel in the last few years has increas

invited was to try and foster the diocesan spirit and the sense of unity in commoned by 30%. work. The Heads of six of the schools connected with the diocese would speak on the work being done and it was to be hoped afterwards that people would gu and see these schools and not only this, but that they would join the V.D.A.

The boys having rapidly outnumbered the girls, the latter had been withdrawn in 1882 when Fairlen Girls' School was opened.

In 1921 there were 13 different nation- alities reprisented in the school.

Mr. Featherstone then mentioned the The D. was an Association which good work done by the old boys, one of came into being six years ago. It was whom was on the Legislative Council. originated by friends at home and first He also said that the Chinese language started in London. After one year it was compulsory in the school. Attend- was taken up in Hongkong and the Asance at Church was voluntary. sociation is now about 1,200 strong.

The idea of the V.D.A. was firstly to band, together all those interested in the work of the diocese and secondly, to stimulate interest, and it stood for a real link between the people here and at home.

Year by year a Reunion of the V.D.A. year it was fixed for June 2nd when a

snembers was held in London, and this former Governor of Hongkong (Sir Frederick Lugard) had promised to oc-

cupy the Chair.

The Chairman mentioned the coming visit of the Bishop of London and that the V.D.A. hoped to arrange a reception in his honour.

After emphasizing the fact that the object of the. V.D.A. was:

(1) to band together all those interest ed in the work in the diocese

He concluded by inviting all those present to come and see the new school and to help the orphanage and also said that about $200,000 was wanted for the new building scheme in Kowloon.

DIOCESAN GIRLS' SCHOOL Miss SAWYER then related that the Diocesan Girls School was founded in

the sixties. It started with co-education.

but as the boys soon swamped the girls, then sent to the Chinese Girls' School, no more girls were taken. They were called the Baxter School or Fairlea, in connection with the Female Education. Society.

At the end of the 19th century, the Female Education Society came to an end and the work was taken over by the Church Missionary Society. Fairlea be- take all, and came too crowded to (2) to circulate information and stimu- Europeans and children of mixed par- late interest (and that this was greatly entage, wishing an education, were ask- helped by the publishing of The Outposted to depart. Bishop Hoare then de -the diocesan magazine-twice a year) cided to start the present school. The the Chairman went on to say that there school is run, as early as possible, on was a third object, namely prayer and the lines of an English School. Every morning the pupils attend a Scripture gifts.

lesson. There are two kindergarten" classes and eight ordinary clamen gradually working up to Matriculation standard. Girls have entered for the Hongkong matriculation, but the ma- jority, unfortunately leave the school too BOOD. In 1900 there were 24 boarders and two or three day girls. At the present day there are 37 boarders and 153 day girls.

One of the ways the V.D.A at home very definitely was helping on the work here was in the provision of a Diocesan Chaplain (the Rev. N. Y. Halward).

The V.D.A. stood for a carporate spirit and the holding out of a belping hand. This was impossible waliout co operation and to show how this could be put into effect the Chairman read a let ter telling of the plundering of a Chinese Gospel Hall and asking for help.

There had been some talk of dividing this big diocese into three but in any case we must stand together and back up and it was to be hoped that, as a result of the gathering, that further means would be devised for making progress

The Chairman concluded by raying

that he trusted that by the providence of God and united effort this would

come:-

THE WORK AND AINS OF T.. STETHIN'S

COLLEGE.

The Rev. W. H., HEWITT then spoke shortly on the work and aims of St. shows that the increases in March reach-Stephen's College. He said that it was ed the highest level for more than a year Increases were marked in steel ingots, pig iron, anthracite coal, copper and newsprint, and also great activity in the textile mills. The output of motor cars was the largest since October.

FIGHT TO SAVE A MARKET TOWN.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN"

-DEVONSHIRE.

In con-

Miss Sawyer went one to say that the Government had recently granted them the piece of land adjoining the school. she believed that games played an im- portant part in the girls' education. They developed a sporting spirit and encouraged esprit de carpe." cluding Miss Sawyer said that the education was entirely in English and that though three mistresses on the Stat spoke Chinese, no teaching was given in that language and the school was as like an English school as possible

Some of the pupils then acted a scene from Robin Hood" and gave a most excellent little performance.

ST. PAUL'S BOYS' COLLEGE,

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a College for Chinese boys, controlled The Rev. A. D. STEWART spoke of the by a local Council. Except for a confounding of St. Paul's Boys' College. tribution from the C.M.S. it was entirely. dependent on fees paid by the students over 70 years ago and said that the The College was run on the lines of an aim of the founder of the school was to English public school, apart hem the infuse Christianity throughout Hong- fact that no Latin nor Greck was taught. kong and South China. The same thought was in the minds of those who opened The Scriptures were read ery morning the present school, 17 years ago. They and every afternoon the doctrines of wished to make the Christians in the Confucius were studied. Thus it we school realise their responsibility and to moulded on the lines of an English

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·CONFUSED CHINA.

A VERY SORDID STRUGGLE,

In a leading article a month ago The Times said:

For four years the world has been watching the China Tragi-comedy with more anxiety than interest. There is nothing elevating in the theme. Baldly expressed, it is the story of the attempts of various military leaders allied in kaleidoscopic combinations-and

por- mutations to obtain permanent control of the Central Government and its revenue-raising machinery, and, in any case, to enrich themselves in the process. The action has been too confused to be intelligently followed by distant specta tors: they have ceased to wonder why Feng should fight with Wu against Chang in 1999, with Chang against We in 1924, and against both this year. Had it not been for the appearance of the Bolsheviks on the Far Eastern' stage, sod for the anti-British agitation which they encouraged and assisted, the audience, in this country at least, would have re- lapsed into a bored lethargy. But the obvious desire of the Soviet Government tn.exploit and to direct the nascent na- tionaliam of Young China and the am bitions of certain Chinese leaders against the interests of other nations, and the grave loagen indicted on British cam- marce. by the boycott of Hongkong, have very sordid struggle. compelled attention to

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The encent history of Chins is cul- culated to foster a somewhat ironical scepticism about the professions of the Nationalist generals. Their withdrawal northward--which incidentally will bring them into closer touch with the Russians, who supply them with arms and muni- tions is more likely to have been in- spired by prudential considerations than by a penitential desire to convert their sirords into ploughshares and the desert into the sowa. It is even possible that the civil war in China is entering upon a new and more simplified stage; that from a conflict of appetites it is develop- ing into a confict of principles between the more conservative elements led by

"Red" Russian interference in Chinese Wu and Chang, who dislike and distrust affairs, and the extremist wing of the Nationalists. Such a change may be im- pending. Recent events at Canton, where what is to all intents and proposes a independent Government maintains an unstable equilibrium between its" Red " and "White" wings, may also indicate an increasing dislike of the control of Russian Communist adventurers. But while there are elements of hope in the general Chinese situation, it would be in the highest degree unwise to count upon any early pacification of the country. Wu and Chang have fought one Another before and may fight again. Feng and his allies have sustained no crushing disaster. At Canton the militant strikers' organization seems still under Soviet control Revolutionary Communism is, it is said, entirely. alien to the traditions and to the temperament of the educated Chinese. This may be true enough, but do the Chinese masses, For all their endurance and passivity, dier so much from other men to be totally unaffected by revolutionary promptings sown in the fertile soil of grinding poverty, of general insecurity, and of increasing unemployment!

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Even if there are faint indications of daylight, the immediate future in China is still uncertain. From a sea of pro- phecies and conjectures emerge a few reefs of grim and forbidding fact. Vast areas in Northern China have been." plagued by a civil war waged by mili tary chiefs for their own enrichment and aggrandisement. Their armies are large- ly recruited from peasants who have been rendered homeless by previous ware and ean only make a living as mercenaries." While they prey on the countryside, their leaders blackmail the cities and com merce of rich provinces For treaties with foreign nations and for the treaty rights of foreign residents they care nothing. The compliance of both the army leaders and of the Chinese Govern- ment with the recent ultimatum suggests that the Powers have everything to gain by combined action in the defence of such legitimate foreign interests in luctant to take even the most obvious China Till recently they have been re-

steps to protect them. Fear of arousing Chinese national sentiment, and of thus playing into the bands of the Bolsheviks. may have contributed to this reluctance; there may also have been occasions in Chias, where a narrow view of 'national

so far from increasing the difficulties of the fluid situation has actually lessened them, it is to be hoped that the interested Powers, and more especially His Ma- jesty's Government, will profit by, the lesson. Outside Canton, and even to some extent in Canton itself, the realities

public school. Sir Frederick Lugard, at make them feel that only active Chris the school prize-giving, had suggested tianity can be of any use to the com the founding of the University and at munity. A prayer meeting was held the opening of the University 50% of the every week and the scholars took their undergraduates were from St. Stephen's part in Church work by joining the interest was an obstacle to any fruitful choir. The entire choir of St. Paul's international co-operation. Now that Amid snow showers and a strong wing College. Mr. Hewitt stated that it was Church was taken from the school. They international action, has been taken, and

a school for the sons of those Chinese also learnt to speak in public and sub- inhabitants of Moretonhampstead, the gentlemen who wanted an education for ribed to the support of two free schools. pretty little Devonshire market town, on their sons whch would build up character The preaching Hall (with a seating the fringe of Dartmoor, fought for several

a Christian foundation. An effort hours early one morning last month had been made to collect 8500,000 from Spacity of 200) was packed every against a fierce fire, which destroyed five the community just before the strike Thursday when the Chinese senior boys of the principal buildings and damaged started, and so far they had 8300,000 in gave the addresses many others. Nearly a score of persons hand. As an instance of the growth of are homeless, and the damage is estimated the College, in 1903 it was opened with nt £15,000. The townsfolk were assisted six hoys. Twenty years later the six bad in the efforts by the Exeter and the become 200. Newton Abbot fire brigades and by a number of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides."

The flames destroyed a teahouse, the offices of a bank, and three shops, and in most cases the rapidity with which the fre spread made it impossible to save any of the furniture. An old lady of 50, who was removed from her cottage, which was threatened, protested strongly against being compelled to leave,

many boys felt that they wanted to do As a result of all this preparation more; some became lay workers in the Charch, others were teaching in the Sunday Schools in Hongkong and 'BT. STEPHEN'S GIRLS' COLLEGR

abroad, three old boys had been ordained Miss MIDDLETON-SMITH then told of the and four were preparing for ordination. work of St. Stephen's Girls' College.

ST. PAUL'S GIRLS' COLLEGE The aim of the College was to give the

Miss Woo of St. Paul's Girls' College girls on English education whilst, at the then told of the inauguration of the same time, preserving the best in their own classics. In the school curriculum

Matriqulation standard. they were working from kindergarten to

of civil war and bard financial facts have opened the eyes of many Chinese

nationalists to the inopportuneness, to say the least, of the ultra-nationalist. agitation which was so violent last year. Is it, therefore, still an impossible as it. was then alleged to be to combine an energetic defence of British rights and interests, which the Chinese Goverurient. has recognized, with the fullest respect. for the nationalist aspirations of tit

school under the auspices of St. Paul's first principal, and how he (Miss Woo) new China 1 Church Vestry, Mra. Martin being the having returned from Cheltenham Col in 1916 with 50 pupila, Miss Woo then of 30 prominent Chinese was formed and added that last year there were 420 nures the money was immediately promised. lege and Oxford took over the school

as the Calculating Boy", by reason of prison on Sundays; (2) Visiting the on the books. The aim of the schol Was In the new building it is hoped to in- his amazing powers of mental arithmetic. I hospitals (3), Giving a free education to give a higher education to the Chinese clude a library, laboratory large hall

The fire began at the Biddor Tes Miss Middleton-Smith, then pointed Fazer Bidder, who, in the early part of activities were many. Amongst the House famous as the home of George out that their religious and social last century, was exhibited by his father were: (1) Teaching and helping in the

He was born in 1806, and as an engineer to their smals.

girls and to prepare them for the Chinese universities. All the girls were and a swimming pool, worked with Robert Stephenson. He. The minds of the Chinese girls were enthusiastic members of the M.C.L. planned the Victoria Docks, London, and very susceptible now and the work touch-

for poor children and a free night school helped to found the first electris tele-ed the very life of the nation. They also helped with a free day school graph company.

the aim of each member of the Start to and were interest 1923 an appeal was The Bidder Tea House was in the send out girls who will be the future sionary Society. In 1923 an appeal was centre of a thickly popalated area known wives, mothers, doctors and teachers of made to the Government for a site la China, fully equipped in the very best order to erect a new building. To as the Square.

rescue the safes and sense of the word, with minds permeated Government promised a grant of 650,000 It was possible

to make their contribution to the prob Jems which bener this great nation.

Loxton, April 27tb. The total number of unemployed on April 19th, as recorded at the Labour" Exchanges in Britain, was 297,000. This is the first

was in several years that Shailer: (Australia) beat Rutledge (South the books from the bank premises, but with the essence of Christianity, read if 200,000 could be raised. A Committes the figures have dropped below a million. Africa) by 2,000 to 1,313

In the Empire Billiards Championship

in the other cases it was impossible to save anything.

(Costinned at foot of next Volumin.)

Miss, Woo added that a warm welcome The programme finished with a de scriptive dance by the pupils of 8t would be given to anyone interested.

Pan Girls College Reaping the

as Col The Bishop then thanked the enter tainers and their instructors and con- cinded by saying that he hoped that many of those proment would became members of the V.D.A