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BORODIN.

COMMUNIST ATTACKS ON THE KUOMINTANG COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.

SURROUNDED BY SPIES AND TREACHERY.

During the lull on the war fronts interest, no regards the China situation, largely centred in the content now going on, in the councils of the Kuomintang, and notably the re-opening of the old quarrel between Comrade Borodin and Chiang Kai Shek. Our Shanghai contemporary, the North China Daily News, given the following account of the recent dissensions; and the struggles of the Commander-in-Chief for a policy sanity and moderation against Bolshevist sobotage.

The plenary session of the Cen- now seeking to destroy the Centre: tral Executive Committee of the Party as it destroyed the Right Kuomintang which was to have Wing politically.

Moscow Tactics.

AMERICAN MARINES AT SHANGHAI.

ROUTE MARCH, THROUGH

THE SETTLEMENT,

GREAT WAR VETERANS AND EXPERT SHOTS.

MISSIONARIES LONELY

QUEST TO MONGOLIA.

TO FIGHT DEVIL WORSHIP.

RETURN TO CHINA FROM RETIREMENT.

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Drawn from retirement by the Churches' world-call for mission-

The first route march of the 4th Regiment of Devil Dogs," U.S. Aries, the Rev. F. J. Griffith, of Marines was on Saturday last, when with eagerness to his new work in Clifton, Bristol, is looking forward After landing at the Customs Jetty Mongolia, where ho

Koes next

in tenders, they formed in company spring. line and marched to Bubbling Well Cemetery, rid Peking. Carter, and Avenue Road,, returning to their point of embarkation along Bub bling Well Road.

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Nearly 1,500 men formed the column many, of whom have had experience in Frince, and others, of whom, including the majority, served in San Domingo and later as guards an American mail trains About 40 per cent of the men wore expert marksman's medals, while less than 20 per cent, were without some token of ability with the rifle. Not a few wore both rifle medals eliciency, with the pistol

The first thing I shall do when I got there," be said, "will be to sweep down the room of the Chinese inn at which I shall stay, white wash and sulphur the walls..!

window-frame in place of the paper and put two panes of glass in the

covering it. For I know what to expect."!

Although 37 years of age, Mr. Griffith is going, as a pioneer mis sionary, to attempt to restore Chris tianity in a country where it has been practically unknown since the sixth or seventh century.

There are no Christian mission- arles in Mongolia, so far as Mr. Grifith knows, although mission

vast province.

taken place in Nanchang on March 1st, has not yet been held. A

The taction of the C.P., "as evolved quarrel developed between General Chiang Kai Shek and Mr. George in Moscow, may be summed up in Hsu Chien over the question of the the phrase join and divide." They do not work from without, place of the meeting.

General Chiang, who is bitterly but rather join a movement and opposed to the C.P. and once inside, bore from within. So, therefore will not come to Hankowin 1923, the C.P. joined the Kuo- With bars and the fealed medal for stations exist on the fringe of this

mintang and immediately began to divide the party into groups and cliques.

who

insisted that the actual capital is Nanchang and that therefore the meeting must held there. Hou Chien, who represents the O.F, and is Borodin's chief political tool in China, started a propaganda against Nanchang and against General Chiang.

Mr. Griffith's headquarters will be at Pao-tow, 300 miles west of Peking, on the edgs of the great

Some of the Aziericans who wit pessed the parade knew from their Last year, when Comrade Boro American aflations, and recognise t din returned from Moscow, he deed three all-American football play- ided the time was ripe to use theers who are now serving as officers

Others recognized | Centre Pasty to drive the Right with the unit. Wing out of the Government. The professional pugillats of American

Here he will be the only Eng- lish-speaking person within 250 ales, and is only companion a Chinese mission helper.

Mr. Griffith has already spent China He returned to Bristol (where he has been educated) on retiring in 1921.

It is understood in Shanghai that fact of the Northern Expedition | reputation among the enlisted men nearly 30 years as a missionary in Comrade Borodin' actually visited gave him the opportunity he want- General Chiang in Nanchang ined and he was able to force General this connection but that he made Chiang Kai Shek into the position no progress, the commander-in-chief of betraying the Right Wing, with of the Nationalist Army refusing to which he was most closely associat

consider himself subject to the will of the Communist Party of China, whose strength in Hankow arises from the large bodies of unemploy. ed there, who bend the Government to their will through mass action.

OF. Assault on Chiang. Since the beginning of this month, the C.P. has hurled furious attack on General Chriang.

He has been denounced as a Deo militarist and has been accused of being worse than Marshal Chang

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*An Imposing Band. At the head of the parade were Col. C. S. Hill. and Lieut.-Col. F. D. Kilgore and several majors and captains attached to the regimental staff. Immediately behind mareh. ed the 79-piece band, including fifes and drums. Capt. Corbett's com- pany was the first in line.

By permitting himself to be used in this way, General Chinng placed himself in an exceedingly awkward

To the martial strains of the position. For practically all the civilian offices in the Government band," which played Souza's "Stars and the control of the party and Stripes For Ever," and the machinery fell into the hands of same composer's "Under the Double Left Wing Extremists and the Eagle," the regiment moved off. Cominunist Party of China. He Americans and British alike ap could not work with these men plauded. Through congested Peking who have, in many respects, vitiat ed the value of his military success by the extremism of their actions,

Road, which the trafie department had cleared for the march, the men moved forward, the head of the Tse Lin. The most serious charge

Chiang's Move, to the Right.. column nearing Honan Road as the against him is that of autocracy; of "

General Chiang is therefore moving bearers swing around Ewo building up his own political and military machine at the expense of ing steadily toward the Right, but corner.

As this was the first American he is still apparently not sufficient- the party and of attempting to utilize the conquests of the revolus daring to take drastic steps unit to march through the Settle against the Left Wing and the C.P.ment, large numbers of American and to take hold of the situation in Hupeh as well as in Kiangsi. the pavement while they passed, Gradually, he is finding himself and not a few Chinese remarked with an organization in which there about the military bearing and are no Kuomintang members, but clear-cut appearaase of the "Devil only C.P.'s or personal agents of Doga.

tionary army for personal aggran- disement. Mr. George Hsu Chien bas been particularly bitter in his attacks, as he is fighting for the supremacy of the Loft Wing against the Centre, which is led by General

Chiang.

It was understood that at the plenary session, the Right Wing would be present at the invitation of General Chiang and that the Right and Centre Wings, represent ing the entire genuine Kuomintang membership would unite to drive

his arch enemy, Comrade Borodin.

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"In Mangolia devil worship is known; but I do not anticipata much religious antagonism. The LONDON SELLING AGENTS chief difficulty at Erst will bato learn the language.'

"Pao-tow," continued Mr.

Griffith," is 3,000 feet above sea level. In summer the temperature to 40 degrees below zero. is 110 in the shade; in winter it falls

But it is an adventure worth coming out of retirement for."

SNORE'S PART IN A LAW-SUIT.

Pitched out of a side-car on her juted that she has since been able nose, Liverpool woman was so in

to breathe through one mestril only. As a result she snores so violently that not only has her husband to occupy another bedroom, but sho frequently wakes herself up during the night.

She sued for personal demages at Liverpool Assizes and was awarded

women and school children lined $200.

Halt, at the Race Course,

He is surrounded by Borodin's The men marched all the way to spies and associates. He is seeking the cemetery and back to the Race to effect a union with the Right Course" without a stop. At the Wing so that he may still have Loong-Fei gate, Col. Hill issued the civilians to work with who hare a order of column right over the base rendit te alerts these men will column coming to a halt near the reputation" in the country as Kuo-ball Beld the further end of the

Comrade Borodin.

out the C.P. and Comrade Borodin Bot return to assist him, unless be further end of the grandstand. "The The Communists led by Mr. Hou shows daring and a clear-cut de men were given 15 minutes' liberty Chien naturally fought this movecision as regards the C.P, and on the grounds and most of them as, if Comrade Borodin disappear- ed, they would have no support in the party or the government.

In one of the circulars, it was alleged that General Chiang had amassed a huge fortune of many

millions of dollars and that he was

went over the apacious place, frater- nizing with British soldiers or listening to a regimental band or had the pleasure of witnessing the Punjabis in a drill.

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therefore now opposed to Com-use their return. to Nanchang to Well Road. The order of "right of Un demand....

munism. Because of this opponi tion, he should be hated as much as Marshal Chang Teo Lin and all labours should rise against him" These circulars all have their inspiration in the C.P., which is

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A SINGAPORE MURDER.

CHINESE YOUTH KILLED AND

OLD MAN WOUNDED.

"A moet mysterious murder took place on the five foot way in Mosque. Street, Singapore, at about 7.5 p.m., March 2nd.

Two shots suddenly rang out and a youth, who was looking into a shop window, was hit in the abdo- He died later in hospital from the wound,,

ед.

At the same time an old Chinese, I who had just come out of a shop after making a purchase of chinda was hit by the other bullet. old man received a compound frac "ture of the right arm, but his in-

juries are not serious.

The

At the present the police are quite unable to assign a motive for the murder, but are of opinion that it was the boy, for whom the shots wet intended. The murderer made good his escape.

30 days night...

denand

By keeping out of the present quarrel, the Right Wing give the appearance of inertia and of factor but as a matter of fact, they having ceased to be a political

The bugler brought them back at possess keen political wisdom. For the expiration of leave and the OF SHANGHAL Comrade Borodin would probably column re-formed facing Bubbling befog the issue between Nanchang about" came, the band struck up and Hankow, which is whether he again and the column took posses is to remain as dictator of the son of Nanking Road to the Band. Nationalist Government or whether They moved into the Fublic Gaz

Central Executive Committee of dens, filling them completely, one the Kuomintang minus the C.P. battalion to each side of the statue. members shall rule.

The tenders were on hand, the ne embarked and returned to the Chaumont just in time for a delay ed "lunch."

HEALTH AT EASTERN PORTS.

The health bulletin of Eastern Ports for the week ending March sth states-

Plague.

1 casc at Tamatave.

4 cases at Bombay.

5 cases at Kangoon.

4 cases at Colombo.

cases at Sourabaya. case at Machaser.

i case af Bangkok,

1. case at Raigon,

Cholera,

35 cases at Calcutta, i case at Madras, 4 cases at Rangdog. 13.¿kses at Bangkok:

Small-poz.

-71 cases at Bombay. 209 cases at Calcutta. 32 cases at Madran.

43 cases at Rangoon.

1 case at Vizag patam.

10 cases at Bangkok.

2 cases at Shanghai.

£20 BECOMES £200,000. INVESTMENT ROMANCE OF A

U.S.A GIRL. “

How entrusted by girl to her brother twenty-four years ago to invest brought her a return of acarly £200,000 was disclosed in a case heard before the United States Court of Tax Appeals at Detroit. The girl is now Mra Rosetta V. Hauses, and her brother is United. States Senator James Courens.

Mrs. Hausa, in the ten years that investment, followed her modest received £9,400 in dividends from the Ford Motor Company, and when it was recapitalised in 1915 she received £10,000 worth of stock. The £10,000 grew to £52,000 four years later, and in the meantime Mrs. Hauss dividends had reached £82,000,

Her interests in the company con- tinued to accumulate until the total she received approached the million doflat marke

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