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Hongkong Daily Press

No. 21,847 號七十四百毒千登萬式第 日月拾年寅丙

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

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TIME TABLE.

1.15

4.38 5,99

4.50 5.51

3.11 5.34

3,091.8,04 6.08 5.33

819 5.04

8.09 $.29 6.99 8.13 8.19

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6.00

5.47

6.16

5.51 6.19

8.01

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6.05

618

8.041 6.38

6,48 5.30 $.38

7.06 7.20

Shamerun Dep 7.19

Shaungahus...Dep, 7.86

Fanling.Dep. 781

8.06 10.83 11.408.00

8.19 10.45 11,47 8.17 10.40 11.51

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WHAT IS SUN CHUAN FANG'S

POSITION?

NATIONALISTS AND RUSSIAN INFLUENCE.

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NORTHERN VIEWS OF CANTON'S CHANCES.

CHINA MERCHANTS' SUSPENSION.

ACTION. POSTPONED FOR A WEEK.

POSITION TO BE FURTHER CONSIDERED.

The visit of Sun Chuan Fang to Oxing to the general protest against Tientsin and his appeal for Northern the threat of the China Merchants Steam help against the Reds has opened up a Navigation Company," Ltd, to suspend field of speculation for both foreigners its services along the Chins Coast and and Chinese, says Mr. Rodney Gilbert the Yangtze River, members of the writing from Peking on November 25th Board of Directors held a meeting on to the N.-C. Daily News. Wa Pei Fu's Sunday evening to discuss the situation, collapse is explainable. North of the anys the North China Daily News of last Yangtze be had poor material, badly or- Tuesday. A resolution was passed to the ganized, badly paid and led by men who effect that such suspension should be post- have all turned their coats, more than poned for a week and that meanwhile, once. South of the Yangtaze he used south-service should be continued. erners against southerners, men among Should, the suspension actually take whom the propagandist had an easy place, it is estimated that nearly 3,000. time of it, also poorly organized, equipmen will be affected on the different ped, paid and led. Sua Chuan Fang's vessels belonging to the company, these dinfeat is not so easily accounted for as including the foreign officers and en- yet. He had a larger army of well train-gineers (of whom there are about 150). ed, well paid, well equipped men than seamen and compradores' employees, and the Cantonese and several willing and about 6,000 men aahore. Although the competent generals. His communications company owns 31 steamers, only 13 are were far better and easier than the Canso far involved, seven of these being on tonese lines and his men of a better fight the Hankow run, two (the Kwanglee and ing stock. He was betrayed, of course, the Hainical) on the Canton service, and but not by the leaders of the units that two (the Heinchang and the Faho) which be relied upon. The Hsia Ch'ao (Hang rua to Swatow. The services to Ningpo, chow revoli) episode was soon ended and Wenchow, Tientsin and Chefoo are run- the loss of Fang Pen Jen, Teng Ju. Choning as usual, and the routs to Fukien is and their ilk should not have turned still normal, but it is feared that the near-victory into such a complete disin vessels on this latter section will be seized tegration. Foreign expert observers have by the military. been saying for some time that while the Fengtien and Shantung equipment might be more lavish, Sun Chuan Fang had the better organized and "snappier drmy.

If this sould happen to Sua Chuan Fang, with his splendid organiza- tion and at least 60,000-scasoned northern Chang Chung Chang's Shantung armies fightingmen, what is going to happen to

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The tendency of guesswork among for- eigners here, it must be confessed, is rather pessimistic. Seasoned and level headed observers are freely prophesying that the Cantonese, or the Kuominchun, or both, will be in Peking in the spring nad in almost undisputed possession of the 13 Provinces. Many are so fully con- vinced of this that they are consoling themselves as though it were already fact: They say:

Marshal Sun Chuan, Fang recently seized all the vessels on the Yangtze ser- vice, and declined to return them. H. pleaded that he has still to use them for the transportation of his troops

Business Down Considerably. Our informant could not give an

estimate of the actual losses which had

resulted from the seizure of the vessels by Marshal Sun, but business had dropped considerably, he said.

the Board of

THE WEEK'S DIARY.

To-day.

H.K. Hotel tea dance, 4.30 p.m. Lecture: Free lecture on Christian Science at Old Chamber of Commerce Room, City Hall, by M. John Randall Dunn, C.S.B., of Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 5.45 p.m.

HM.B., Carlisle dance, R.E. Theatre, Wellington Barracks, 8.30 p.m. Metro- Gnomer Dance Band.

Union Church Lecture Hall, 9 p.m.

Concert: EF. Male Voice Choir at Queen's Theatre: Lovers in Quaran tine."

World Theatre" dust"

Sally of the Saw

Star Theatre? "The Courtship of Myles Standish,"

Principal Mails:-Outward: Europe tid Marseilles (Paul Lecat), 2.30 p.m.; Outward: Europe via Siberia (Amazone), 3.30 p.m.

Wednesday. Around-the-World tourist liner Carin- this due.

H.K. Hotel tea dance, 430 p.m.

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The Delight of Epicures.

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Dacor Rede La Campasier? Orllanueva sf Rang Smal

King Edward Hotel tes dance, 4.30 18, Quaer's Road CHITRAL, TIL, CHITRAL 75, p.m.

Football: H.K.F.C. Ground, 4.30 p.m.

Interport - Trial

Game, Paper on "Road Construction," by Mr. Frank P. Van Horn, late Superin- tendent of Highways, New York City, at Engineers and Shipbuilders Institu- tipa, 5.45 p.m.

Final dreas: rehearsal. "Pirates of Penzance," Theatre Royal, 8.30 p.m.

Masked fancy dress ball at Peak Club for M.C.L. Funds

Queen's Theatre: Lovers in Quaron- tine."

World Theatre: "The Wall Flower." Myles Standish

Star Theatre: "The Courtship of

for Germany vid Hamburg (Carl Legien), Principal Mails:-Outward: Parcels 1.30 p.m.

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etc.

Thursday.

H.K. Hotel ten dance, 4.30 p.m. Musicale "Helena. Hay Institute, 5.30

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Queen's Theatre: The Bat." World Theatre: "The Wall Flower." Star Theatre: The Dark Swan." Principal Mails:-Inward: U.S.A., (President McKinley); U.S.A, Honolulu, etc. (President Wilson).

Friday. H.K. Hotel tea dance, 4.30 p.m. King Edward Hotel ten dance, 4.30 F.11. Crawford's Restaurant, 9 p.m.

Kowloon Cricket Club, dance, Lane, diana" Orchestra,

Melo-

Asked whether the officers and crew were disappointed, our informant said that they were perfectly contented. They all co-operated with Directors and all supported them heart-p F. The company had not received any joint official petition from the shipa foreign officers, but one had been address- Making The Best Of It.

ed to Marabal Sun through the company, "Well, I don't see how it can be any in which the writers demanded full pro- worse for foreign diplomacy, foreign in-tection from the depredations of the teresta or the security of foreign residents troops. This was handed to the Marshal in the North if the Reds get complete who had, not replied.. control. They are all devoted to the Questioned as to the proposed suspen- one idea of getting rid of the foreignersion of the service, our informant stated or humiliating him, no matter what it that it should have been suspended, on costa China United control might at November 29th and the offices were to least mean an end to war and its burdens have been closed but, owing to objections upon trade; and then united control to this course on the part of the general would mean centralized responsibility-a public, an urgent ceeting of the Board single head to deal with and crack if of Directors was held on Sunday when need be. Further than this, these it was decided to postpone action for a various radical groups when they feel week. A meeting will be held on Decem→ that they have conquered China their ber 5th to consider the matter, but it was first serious concern will be to get rid the hope of all present that, no matter of the Russians. They will not in the who ruled China, the properties of the age-old Chinese way, implore foreigners company would be properly protected to come to the rescue dangling all kind this could not be done and present con- of baits before us-renewal of the dtion prevailed it was better treaties, fuller revenue control to cover suspend business rather than suffer for old debts, foreign railway control, ther losses. anything. For one thing, if they mean to put the country in order, they will want money, railway supplies-and all manner. of things which present tactics are forc ing further and further from China's horizon. To get credit they must do two things at least-acknowledge their debts," making provision for their payment, and foster foreign trade. If they wreck the Customs and the Salt they can do beïther.

The Darker Viow.

This is making the best, of a bad job in prospect. There are many who take a much darker view, thinking that before the sobering process sets in, victory will have inflamed the nationalists and in spired them to perpetrate excess that will bring sobriety upon them in a very dif- ferent form. Another high foreign authority thinks that we are on the verge "of such an "accident and that the ex plosion may come at any time, next month, to-morrow or even this evening, The writer has given up guessing and therefore submits these ideas as samples of speculation in the high places, of which the render may make what he likes.

GREAT BRITAIN'S TRAFFIC DOUBLED.

The Ministry of Transport have issued a Report on the Traffic Census recorded on Class I. ronds in Great Britain' dur- ing August, 1925, which shows striking changes in volumé and character of road traffic face a previous census was : re-j corded in 1922, -

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SUN'S SILVER TO BENEFIT

CANTON..

$100,000 TAKES A WRONG TURN,

to

The $100,000, in silver coin, which was shipped from Wahu to Kinkiang on the steamer Shengking, and overcarried to Hankow last week, has finally reached the hands of the Cantonese forces in Hankow, according to reports from that city, BAYS the Shanghai Times, ele

The silver was packed in 20 cases, and on its arrival in Hankow was delivered to the Custom House, where application was made for it by the Nationalist head- quarters on the ground that it WAL shipped to Marshal Sun Chuan Fang at Kiukiang, and was therefore liable to confiscation as enemy property

The steamer carrying the silver arrived in Kiukiang just as the war there was in progress, and could not land the scin, According to the Nationalist headquar ters at Hankow, the Customs officials co- operated with them in this matter, and no difficulty was experienced by them in obtaining the 20 cases of silver following their application for it.

SMALL-POX EPIDEMIC IN

DURHAM.

Small-por spread in' quite an alarm- ing manner during the early part of last | The highest tonnage recorded at say month in County Durham. There were point during a 18-hours period was 31,329 333 dases in the urban district of Bran- on the London-Bath road opposite the don, wo of them having been contracted General Post Office at Chiswick, W since October 13th. In the first week of On the Great North Road the average, November §8 cases were reported in the daily weight of traffic increased from district. 1,652 tons to 3,058 tons, and on the Twelve cases were reported in one day London-Worthing road from 2,275 to from Cassop and Brancebeth, and at 5,213. The highest average daily weight Waterhouses more than 40 school children was on the London-Shoeburyness road were suffering from the disease near the iron bridge over the River. LeaThere was difficulty in finding hospital 45,466 tone--but this was recorded over a accommodation for all the cases in the

· 14-houra period.

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Philharmonic Society present "Pirates

Queen's Theatre: The Bat.", World Theatre: Married Flirts." Star Theatre: The Dark Swan" vid Suez (Malwa).

Principal Mails:-Inward: Europe

Saturday,

H.K. Hotel ten dance 4.30 p.m. day's issue).

Cricket and Football (detail in Satur

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Yachting: 6th Championship race for racing classes.

Carnival Dianer Dance at Repulse Bay

Hotel.

Dinner Dance at Mesars. Lane, Craw- ford's Restaurant.

Philharmonic Society present "Pirates: of Penzance," Theatre Royal, 9.15 p.m..

Queen's Theatre: "The Bat." World Theatre: Married Flizta.". Star Theatre: "The Dark Swan." vis Suez (Macedonia), 10.30 a..

Principal Hails:-Outward: Europe

Sunday.

St. John Ambulance Brigade Annual Competition for "Ralphs

Shield; Murray Parade Ground, 8.30 a.m.

Golf: Semi-final of R.HE.G.C. Cham pionship, at Fanling.

Yachting: 2nd Championship race för Cruisers...

Monday. Yachting: Ladies Section of R.E.K.Y.O. 4th championship race.

Philharmonic Society present " Pirates of Penzance," Theatre Royal, 9.15 p.m

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| FALLING ENGLISH BIRTH RATE:

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The births numbered 174,902, and were 6,033 below the figure for the correspond- ing quarter of 1925. Of these 99,140 were males and 65,762 females

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