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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JUNE 4TH,

INDEPENDENCE OF MARSHAL

SUN CHUAN FANG.

KIANGSU, KIANGSI, ANHUI, CHEKIANG AND FUKIEN AS INDEPENDENT STATE.

NO INTERFERENCE WITH OR FROM CHINESE OR FOREIGNERS. A MONROE DOCTRINE

TARIFF CONFERENCE ADJOURNS TILL AUTUMN.

The Chinese papers on Saturday published a statement from Marshal Sun Chuan Fangs declaring the independence of the five provincės, Fukien, Chekiang, Xiangsu, Kiangsi and Anhui, which be controls Although he has been developing such a policy for some time, this statement is the first clear definition, of it.

He says that he will apply the Monroe Doctrine to these five provinces and that he will brook interference from neither Chiness nor foreigners.

The Central Government consists of a Premier and is recognized caly by Wu Pei Fu, who is the head of a combination' which controls Hupeh, Hunan, part of Szechuan, Shensi, Honan and exercises & protectorate over' Shansi.

The independent territories in China, which do not recognlie the authority of the Central Government from South to North are:-

Tang Chi Yao-Yunnan and Kueichow, Kuomintang. Kwangtung, Kwangsi

and part of Hunan.

Sua Chuan Fang.-Fukien, Chekiang, Kiangsu, Kiangsi and Anhui.

Fengehun.-a. Chang Tso, Lin Man- charia and an influence in northern Chikli and Shansi; b. Li Chang Alliance Shantung and Chibli.

Kuominchun.--Mongolia general and

Kansu.

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places at all. Marshal Wu would not only like Azhui and Kiangsi but even Kiangau. As the whole matter hinges on the revenus of these provinces, Marshal Wu wants either the provinces or a fa- ancial contribution. As he controls what there is of Central Government and as that Government may any day inste mandates appointing successors to Mar- shal Sun's various possessions, Marshal Sun cannot afford to recognize the au- thority of that Government, for, even more recognition may lead to a tacit subordination to Wu Pei Fu

THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS ISSUE.

is clear:

Tang Chi Yao: recognizes the old Ereaties and makes whatever agree menta with the French may suit him without consultation with any other part of the country. Kuomintang does not recognize the

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THE STAR:

TO-DAY AT 5.30 & 9.15 VIOLA DANA

IN

"REVELATION"

THE TWO GEOFFREY WARRENS.

The declaration of independence is a consumation of the policy of aloofness. Marshal Sun says that within the five provinces he will brook interference from neither Chinese nor foreignera. What be means by no interference by Chinese Sun Chuar Fang meets the Kuomin-is well understood, but his attitude to tang on his Fukien and Kwangsi borders. ward the foreigners is somewhat, uncer- He meets the Fengchun on his Kiangsu tain. In the other independent 'terri-MONTE BLUE AND LEW CODY Shantung borders; Wu Pei Fu on histories, the attitude toward the foreigners Kiangsi-Hupeh border and the Anhui. Honau border. If he takes sides with any group; he is liable to an attack fromi its opponents, particularly as the Kuo- mintang and the Kuominchun are allied.. With unusual foresight for a Chinese military man, Marshal Sun Chuan Fang realized that some complication of this nature would develop, when he under- tood to drive the Fengtien army out of Kiangsu. It will be remembered that at that time, Marshal Sun suddenly and effectively drove the Fengtien troops from Shanghai to beyond the Shantung border and then stopped Wu Pai Fu and Chihli party regarded Sun Chuan Fang's unwillingness to attack the Feng- tien army in Shantung as equivalent to treason. It was because San Chuan Fang stopped at Hauchowiu that Chihli-Kuominchun alliance could not be consumated and that eventually. We

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old treaties except by force; makes COMEDY OF A DRAMATIST'S PEN agreements with Russia or any cther Power willing to deal with it, without consulting the rest of the country.

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AUTHOR'S PLICHT.

Chang Tso. Lin: recognizes the old

Mr. Dion Titheradge, whose play, treaties; makes new treaties and "Loose Ends," was recently produced agreements as suit his convenience, at the Duke of York's Theatre, bas but often consults Peking main- unwittingly caused unexpected trouble tains his own Ministry of Foreign for another author by his choice of Affairs

pen-name. Kuominchun: recognizes the old trea Loose Ends" was advertised as by ties but protests against them and "Geoffrey Warren." A few days ago tries to break them by popular Mr. Titheradge received the following demonstrations; makes secret agree-letter:- ments with Soviet Russia.

What will be Suà Chuan Fang's for- eign policy? What will be his attitude toward the old treaties and toward new agreements? This is the most significant

Dear. Mr. Titheradge,-

I wonder if you have received any of my letters. Not that I want them, but they may have puzzled you.

THE

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TO-DAY AT 5.15 & 9,15

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SCIENCE AND THE FAT MAN. BOOKMAKERS FEAR BETS TAY Pei Fu allied himself to Chang Tso Lin, political question of the day so far as the pseudonym. Many people know that Walerboats..

SEEKING A REMEDY AT ST. THOMAS'S.

DIET AND DISEASE. Important results bearing upon the relationship of food to disease are looked

for when the new laboratories about to be built in connection with the medical school of St. Thomas's Hospital are in full swing

"PUTTING RESPECTED MEN

OF BUSINESS."

REVENUE DOUBTS.

A special meeting of the Turf Guardian Society was held to consider the Bets Tax, and the following statement was afterwards issued:-

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foreigners are concerned.

live by writing, but few know under what name. And 80

China Bugars -Malabon Bugars Benguets.. Itam. My tailor and other people to

Kailan Mining Ad... whom I owe greater or lesser amounts Kaila think my fortune is now made, and they Langkats (combined y

Lo(single) Shanghai Exploratio Shanghai can press for settlement.

Lowa

whom he had recently sworn to exter OUTminate a, a bandit, as stated in his

THE TARIFF FIASCO. public pronouncements.

Particularly important is Sur Chuan Sun Chuan Fang, when he reached Hauchowfu, announced that his goal Fang's attitude at this time when the

Itam. The local income-tax man, with had been that city. He thereupon dis-Tariff Conference and the Extraterri-

whom I am having the usual spar, now banded some parts of his army, re. toriality Commission are, in session.

Ural Caspians ELK. & K. Wharis organized the government of the five The Tariff Conference, Chinese and for- reckons that he has me bound and de Tronoh Minos. provinces, which came under his control eign delegates admit, bas become nothing livered.

Item Relatives, acquaintances, and W, Docks more than a debt-collecting and debt- us a result of this war and declined to funding conference. Its object is to cadgers are making my life a misery by to alter our "We have

Hengkons... opinion about the taxation of betting, have any further dealings with any raise 800,000,000 and to borrow on probat to tide me over the early days of

letter and telephone, and the MacWhirters New Engineering. After ♫ most careful and impartial

Shanghai Dooks able income, to fund unsecured loans your production. examination of all the available data Political groups in the country.

Hongkong Lands Hongkong Realtys (2.p.) PEI and to issue new bonds? Dr. Welling ton Koo is now reported to be negotiat

E. Tentorials (Lp.). ing a 8100,000,000 loan with Chinese

Humphreys Estates...... bankers and if he fails, a 830,000,000

Prince's Buildings.......... Evo Cottonse Orientals 1. Mr. Sun Fo, representing the Kuo-loan. All this money, if raised, is to

Burel Lands.........

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we are, we regret, still unconvinced that

Hitherto, the research work, conducted under the control of Professor Maclean, has been considerably handicapped by lack of suitable accommodation, Them to the national Exchequer for the

backers are willing and able to con- THE KUOMINTANG AND WU tribute somo millions of pounds per an

now. structure will replace Army huts that have been'in use within the hospital grounds for the past ten years.

"The 'work of building will start forthwith," said a medical authority of the hospital to an Evening Standard now that the necessary representative, funds have been provided through the grant of .£15,000-from the Rockefeller Foundation, to supplement the £15,000 already set aside for this purpose. One Bection of the new department will be set eside solely for the use of students and post-graduates coming from abroad.

-EXPENSIVE EXPERIMENTS,

privilege of betting.

"We doubt if the Exchequer will gain anything worth having on balance

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FU.

He was approached by two groups particular for an alliance:

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If the persecution continues I shall have to asic you to extricate me by bear- ing the cost of an agory column die claimer, or something of the sort. I think this is much better than getting a legal thug to write to you the advice Meanwhile I wish you and your play a

WARREN (himself):

if the almost certain falling-off in the mintang, recently visited Nanking, and be used by Wu Pei Fu to unify the cou. of relatives is always vicious, im't it? receipts of the telephone and tele graphic departments and the eater proposed an alliance with San Chano try by force, that is, to send punitive, long and happy TUD. tainments tax are placed to the debit Fang. The latter told him that he would expeditions against the Kuomintang, Suo Chuan Fang, Chang Tao Lin and the Kuominchun.

makers.

OUT OF BUSINESS. "It will probably put a number of very respected men ont of the business immediately it comes into operation.

Chang Tso Lin's objection to the Ken Cabinet is due to these loan negotiations. He knows that the money will be used against him. Bun Chuan Fang has

adopted the same attitude.

CONFERENCE LIKELY TO

ADJOURN.

/

THE REFLY.

To this document, Mr. Titheradge ré- plied,

Dear Mr. Warren,-

Thank you for your letter of yester day. I need not tell you how sorry I am to have caused you such devastating inconvenience, I assure you that it was

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of the net yield of the bats tax, whilst form no alliance, as his interests were the smaller attendances at race meet- ings will adversely affect the horse- limited to the five provinces under his reading industry, and we feel that the control. He said, however, that if the tax is bound to increase illegal betting Kuomintang stayed out of his territory; and to benefit the most undesirable sinsges of turf operators to the detri- he would naturally not encroach ment of responsible law-abiding book theirs. Mr. Sun is reported to have told. Marshal Sun about the Kuomintang plans in Hunan Marshal Sun is report- ed to have replied that Hurau was none

Meanwhile, the Chinese Government. is of his business and that he would not lift a finger in matters that did not con- authoritatively reported to have request corn bira. As that was what the Kuamined the Tariff Conference to adjourn until tang wanted, they became partial to Sun October. Many of the foreiga delegates

1 am yours to command any time you | Mackintosha: Chuan Fang. No Kuomintang attack on have already left Peking, but Mr. Silas

Strawn remains to put into effect the feel a netice in an agony column will help | Faak Trams (old) Fukien or Kinngsi is to take place.

2 Marshal Wu Pei Fu ordered" terms of the Washington Agreements, you. Will you please let me know what "The importance of digestion and diet ment, although we have not lost hope that

DION TITRERADOR return to the United States. Mrs. upling to be realised. In the past, the tax entirely out of the present Buid tang by way of hidngsi, to send troops Strawn and Miss Strawn have already LANDSCAPE PAINTING IN THE upon problems of health is only gradual- the Government may set decide to keep Sun Chuan Fang to attack the Kuomin- after which, it is expected that he will you feel about it. ly coming to nowen, medical authorities get, however big a majority they could to his assistance in Hunan and to be left Peking. If the Conference, adjourn have been puzzled by such problems as obtain for it in the House of Commons.

"If the tax does come into operation prepared to assist General Chin Yun until October, Wa Pei, Fu's inuncial

"Professor Maclean has been particu- larly interested in the study of diet as affecting disease, and the question of digestive disturbances. The work entails considerable expenditure, and experiments have generally been seriously handicap- ped by the lack of sufficient funds, which it is hoped will be forthcoming in gen- erous measure to subsidise the work of the new department.

We have submitted our views to the

Chancellor of the Exchequer, but is the Government has decided to try the bold experiment of a betting tax, despite all its obvious objections and difficulties, we must now-await the decision of Parlia

It may interest you to know that I selected my pseudony'in while travelling on the Highgate tube. It first came to me as Warren Camden. I then selected Bernard Warren, but thinking some wag might call the Bunny for short, and then slip by easy stages to Rabbit Warren, took the name Geoffrey, because it hap pens to be a favourite of mine.

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TUBE.

This brought another, letter from the the fact that two persons apparently of equal build, stamina, and constitution and our members are able lawfully" to Ao in Shantung. It is stated in Chinese Plans will not mature, and it is, there

made, although some Chinese auggest Your ability to achieve anything con have in the course of a few years been continue the business in which they are political circles that Marshal Sun dide, not quite clear why the request was real Mr. Warren, in which he said, Bo diverecis affected by the food eaten at present engaged, and which is a very One may remain or become abnormally essential part of the racing system in not even reply to these orders Further that no Chinese delegates can be found nectedly in the Tube fills me with ad- thin, while the other may put on flesh this country, we shall do our best. to more, it is known that Marshal Wu con- who are willing to go ahead with the miration, though I did once see an aged Conference on the basis of making the man-painting a landscape in water to an abnormal extent.

make the tax run smoothly, and all the siders it unreasonable on the part of unsecured loans, secured. They fear the colours between Mascum, and Oxford- The question of malmatrition and machinery of the Turf Guardian Society Marshal Sun to desire to hold five pr effect on publia opinion-NG, Daily circus stations.

(Continued at foot of next Column obesity is one of the problems to be in-will be at the Government's disposal, for vinces when many worthy men have no Netz."

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