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No. 21 82 AERTERAS BALTRA HONG KONG, MONDAY, JANUARY 31st,

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

A CHINESE OPINION.

THE JAPANESE WALKER.

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LETTER FROM HANKOW.

SECRET AGREEMENTS BETWEEN MOSCOW AND CANTON.

-NATIONALISTS” POLICY CONDEMNED,

The following letter, dated Janu- ary ath, has been received from a

Chinese in Hankow:

SIB, The Cantonese National Government could not see any way of making the British give up the Concessions by fair means and peacefully, but had to drive them out by mob force here in Hankow and, Kinking and elsewhere in China

Messrs. Eugene Chen, M. Borodin (the Soviet Adviser), T. V. Soeng, Chiang Kai Shek and Sun Fa (the son of Dr. Sun Yat Sen) have for the last two months had

secret conferences to and a method

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THE WEEK'S DIARY.

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To-day.

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Annual mooting Union Waterboat Co., Ltd. (Mears. Dodwell), 11

28 MILES IN UNDER HOURS...

Yachting:, Ladies' postponed lat Championship race.

H.K. Hotel tes dance, 130 p.m. Hotel Baroy tes dansant, 4.30 p.m

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The Japanese Walker, Mr. S. Akimitsu whole on his way round the world on foot, yesterday carried Annual Meeting Seat-holders' out, his promised walk round the and Subscribers of St. John's Island of Hong Kong He further Cathedral, at Cathedral Hall, 5.15

P.

Philharmonic Society fulfilled his guarantee that he would cover the distance is under five rehearsal (H.ALS. Pinafore),

Cathedral Eail, 5.30 p.m. hours.

*

As a matter of fact he did the exact distance of 28 miles in 4hours

minutes 45 seconds, arriving back at the finishing past just after 1.35 p.m.

The Japanese Club looked after

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the arrangements for the walk, and etc, and Europe vid Siberin KING EDWARD

of driving the British out of the Mr. Akimitsu set out on his tramp (President Harrison), Treaty Ports and Concessions, and at 8.17, resterday morning from the conclusion was to drive-them-

Tuesday.

Golf: Ladies Championship (second round) and Captain's Cup

"(second round),"

H.K. Hotel tea dance, 4.30 p.m. Hotel Saroy tes dansant, 4:30 Queen's Theatre: "Go West," - World Theatre: The Eternal Struggle "

oat by employing mob force, and Government House, being seen off violence, and even murder. After by a number of Japanese residents the British are driven out they are and members of the Club One going to do the same with the Americans, Italians, French, Japan European, a Mr. Thompson, of the ese, Portuguese, Spanish, Belgians, Diocesan Boys' School, started with P Austrians

and the other foreign him, but gave up after a mile, nationalities so that the

Powers will think that it is the people that Japanese Boy Scouts paded the are doing it. After this is done all walker on bicycles, and Mr. A. May the Treaties and Agréements will be destroyed and abolished whether followed on a motor-cycle and kept the Powers like it or

not. The an official record of the time taken. Cantonese Nationalists will deny No stops were made en route. the shove but it is the abfolute truth.

Mr. Akimitsu covered the first half of the distance at a speed of eight miles per hour, which is ro- markable considering it is all up and down 17hen he finished

raji, the

The British Minister interviewing Mr. Eugene Chen is all "a mug's e. Eugene Chen is, and has game.

been, against the foreigners and it is useless to send Ministers to him, or to any of the National at the bolem of "yndh Street, Government

to negotiate candotd why the

fgr aigners and the foreign Powers are so blind and bashful that they can not combine together and put stop to the present behaviour of the Cantonese National Govern- ment. This behaviour of their's will surely lead to very serious

having returned actual

stated, 4 hours, seconds."

nutes, 15

It is interesting to note that in Shanghai the record time thers for

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Star Theatre: Dempsey-Tunney Fight," and "The Runaway Ex- press,"

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sequence before long to the whole the 17 miles and 100 yards walk is Hood," Theatre Royal, 6.15 p.m. rapervision of the Proprietzes

world unless the Povera step in and nip it in the bud. Something should be done before it is too late. No soft soaping will do any good to the presept Canton Government; some- thing forcible should be done at

I

once.

máy be wrong in my sugges- tions, which is that, before any Treaties and Agreements are signed again, a stated time or an ultima tum should be given to China to clear the country of all the Moscow Soviet officials and advisers; other wise there will always be constant trouble, and hot water with China and the Foreign Powers. It is not too late now to do so and let China Gght her own internal wars and intercal affairs without the help of

the Moscow Soviet Pack

Secret agreements have been

hours 36 minutes. Mr. Akimiter's time for 10 miles there is 2 hours 30 minutes, thus doing two miles more in nine minutes less time.

-Mr. Akimitau's best time has been five kilometres in 19 mina. 20.1-3 secs. That distance is about three miles, for which the amateur world's record is 20 mins. 25.4-5 secs.

As has been stated, "Mr. Akimitsu is to compete at the Olympic Games at Antwerp this year.

Autographs Collected.

On his long tour Mr Akimitsu is making a collection of autographs which show the places he has been through. In Hong Kong be has made between Moscow and the Canton National Government. The secured an interesting collection. Soviet Government has faithfully Lady Clementi has written in his agreed to help China to overthrow hook: "He won't find anything is the privileges that have been ac corded to the foreign Powers and the world more beautiful than the nationalities.

bave also country he came from." agreed together to invade India, to overthrow the British there when

They

they have finished with the revolu-

Mrs. Southern, wife of the Hon. Colonial Secretary, wishing the

The Governor's Aide-de-Camp,

tion in China, and also to invade traveller success, expresses the hope the United States of America and

that he will visit Ceylon, which Europe to overthrow the

govern- ments there. I cannot see why the alone rivals Hong Kong" Powers do not take it in hand and help the Northern Government against the Cantonese, the same as Capt. Steel, has also signed the the Moscow Soviet Government are book, and among other, well-wishers doing to the Southern Government is the Japanese Consul General, Mr. of China this present day with

WMurakami, who wishes Mr. Akimi- money, ammunitiould do it betsu a pleasant walk to India, Turkey. fore it is too late. I think if they and Europe, and emphasises the did so there would be peace in the value of broadening one's" know- world. There will always be tros-

The Powers

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Dance for Interport football teams, Lane, Crawford's Restaur-

Queen's Theatre: '! Go West!!! ant, 9 p.m. World

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Star Theatre: Dempsey-Tunney Fight

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Thursday. Golf: China New Year Meeting, Fanling.

"Point to Point race for Mounted Infantry Company, Fanling.

Cricket: United Services Hong Kong, H.K.C.C. ground.

Interport Football: Eastern China . Southern China, Bookum pot, 3.30 p.m.

E.K. Hotel tea dance, 4.30 p.m. Hotel Savoy tea dansant, 4:30 p.m.

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tau resumes his word tramp to What I have said in this letter morrow, leaving for Center, and is the absolute truth but I know from thence making his way through perfectly well that the Cantonese Indo-China, Siam, Burma, Calcutta National Government will deny to Bombay, into Alghanistan and everything I have said. It is, how-

European Turkey, from where he ever, the absolute and perfect truth will cross the Alps into Italy, and and what has actually transpired in then on to Germany, France and their secret conferences.

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This will conclude his journals and papers in the world first tour a Shanghai, H.K.F.C. ground, 3.30 to give them warning of the Can- tonese National Government that mence Landing America he will

His second

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the help of the Muscoverything our, Canada, the United States and Royal, 3 p.m. ant Government. The present trouble his third tour, which will take him in China will become very serious from Vladivostock across Siberia to and the Powers should eave the Moscow: world from chao-I am, your a peaceful comrade, gita

L. S. JUN,

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He expects to complete his first tour in two years and three months, his second in one year and three months and the third in six monthu

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