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FRANK SUTTON, M.C.

GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER, AND CHINESE GENERAL,

RETURNS HOME.

TO TELL ENGLAND

ABOUT CHINA.

25th, 1927.

| PORTRAIT OF BERNARD

SHAW REJECTED.

ACADEMY COMMITTEE'S

DECISION.

WORK OF THE HON, JOHN COLLIER.

The Art Critic of the Daily Tale- Heaph writes: It has been known in art circles for some time that

of, long ere this. Sutton is one of the The departure from China General Frank Sutton cannot be many who believe this, and he is passed over without expressions of man who can influence men.

pinim regarding his work, and knows how to appeal directly to

the factory worker, to the miner, the Hon. John Collier had com. what he has accomplished in China.

to the railway maz, eause he is pleted two portraits of celebrities- Besides this, people who realise

a worker himself. To the people Mr. George Bernard Shaw and Mr. the boundless energy of this great

Aldous Huxley. Yesteday morning bg six-foot-three Englishman, within Britam and Amerien his name his piercing but kindly grey eyes, is known. He is a romantic figure, it became known that the portrait his merry boyish countenance, his aud, rightly or wrongly, the man of Mr. Bernard Shaw, having been handsome features, and his reputain the street thinks of Sutton very non of having been born under the specially favoured star of the fickle Goddess of Fortune, will all specu late upon his possible future activi. ties in the world.

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submitted for the consideration of

The prenent incident has matural

russion and eviticism, there being the usual tendency in such cases to

the Hanging Committee of the antch in the same way as he did Regal Academy, had been declined. when a boy about Drake, or Sir The pertrait in question shows Alt. Walter Raleigh, of Kaud MacLean. Shaw in three-quarter length, seat

ed, and is a good likeness. A kwashimtckier sort of chap? Well course, artists, however distinguish if a romantic figure becomes ed, are well aware that they must his accomplishments take their chance of rejection, ani, Collier himself has We shall not here do more than because of

then sutton, bike the Elizabethan indeed, Mr. Pese cursorsly to the criticisms as to the legality of his activities in gentlemen adventurers, is all that, already had the unpleasant experi Chon, for

the because he too has accomplished ence, six years ago, of having a notwithstanding

picture, which was entitled "The things on his own."

returned from queries as to this which have crop-

Sutton is no silver tongued poli-Sleeping Beauty,"

Barlington House. ped up from time to time in Parlia inent and visewhere, a word or two tician. He has no gilt of oratory wal sathice to place this question Ile is inclined to speak rather

Sutton, 3 a rapidly, as if the words find diftily given rise to a good deal of dis. in its true ght. practical engineer, with the expericny in keeping up with his even ence gained in the making of muni- quicker mind; but he can carry a

take sides." But undoubtedly the hions and trench mortars after the direct appeal to straight-forward loss of his right hand when on plain men, because his words carry wisest attitude is one of good- le has natured sportsmanship. The Hang ing Committee, which consiste this active service in Gallipoli during conviction, with them. the Great War,

to great personality. There is no Amerien, and there he was not garmshing about his expressions. year of Mr. A. 4. Mornings, Mr. Walter Russell, and Mr. Adrian only well employed installing the Just plain English. And this

Stokes, is appointed with the Stok Trench Mortar Arsenal at what Sutton is going to do when

the Parliamentary people in Eng special purpose of selecting such Phiadelphia, but his value recruiting agent for the Allies was and meet him and get him to talk pickares as appear to them person- of Britain ally and in all the circumstances What more to the working men

most suitable for the exhibition: recognised. carly

and unless there is reason to Bus natural than that he should place f-about China.

the "Sutton Knows Too Much," "

pect something in the nature of his technical knowledge in making of mortars and shells to

"Sution knows too much and prejudice or malice, which no one good account after the war, in the won't get out of China alive," they will suggest, for a moment, then it

the Szechwan cinployment

Well, all reads lead tu is an impertinence to blame the authorities and later with Marsha Hue. so that Sutton has some members of the committee for their It so happens that the Chang Tso Lin? One may not ship choice of route, and the man who action. artus and ammunition to China, but

seis cut now to stop General Sm members, for their own reasons, did there is no law against an engineer

ton will be too late. We chaffed not like Mr. Collier's portrait, and, being employed in the manufacture of them by the Chinese authorities him about this very thing three that being so, they would have fail- days ago Mukden when saying ed in their duty to other artists in China Stself. One has only to recall the numerous foreign engi. Boudige to him, and for answer he and to the Academy if they had not

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There is very little arsenals in pointed to the wainscoting, where expressed their disapproval in the neers emposed

doubt that this is the view of the Japan, or Persin, or Turkey to a piece of paper was pinned. The usual way.

situation which will adopted by the comprehend this, and if for senti.is what was written upon it

"Sutton,

artist himself, although the com mental reasons a British subject should refuse such employment there are numberless Japanese or You be careful. You draw maps, mittes cannot and will not expect to prints, circulars, Hal You send him to change his mind about the French or German engineere

We quality of his own picture. It very out. Ila! Ha! take his place. Button has natur

every day follow you Peking Club, often happens where art is concern- ally profited by his work, but on the other hand he has given his Pan Ma Chang, every place, Cared that there is room for more than No fear one opinion, and this seems to be a No. 4866 of Mukden. your piatol. Only this you be good case in point.

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Mr. Collier belongs to what has been called "the right wing" of the Royal Academy, and has ex- bibited there for no shorter a period than half a century. His age and experience, and his famous wit and colleagues sympathise with him.. good humour, will make all his

Toasters a hundred per cent. value for

their money, and Marshal Chang Tso. Lin recognised that when, after the defeat of Wu Fei Fu's forces at the Great Wall in 1924, he gave Frank Sutton a hand-

monolary present, because Peking recently General Sutton Sutton's guns were largely respon- get very tired of being continually sible for the victory. Shortly after dogged by two or three Bolshevik that Sutton received the honorary like individuals wherever he went ; beard WLK tille of" General," which has pos- one in particular wearing a satur. aibly deceived many people into nine Black pointed beleving him to have been especially annoying to him, so ad- DOCS ployed as a combatant officer with dressing a woman with whom the the Chinese, but that, as most General had reason to believe the people are aware, is not the case. He is an engineer pure and simple so far an his Chinese craployment has gone.

Central Government Necessary, What does Sutton think of the present chaos in China that has been brought about by the warring factions gaining no very definite advantage over one another? It is betraying no secret to state that like very many people in the world Sutton is convinced that only from bue Central Goverment in China can order emerge at last, and this opinion brings us to the purpose of his journey to England at the present time.

DISDAIN OF FILMS.

SCREEN.

DUPED SNAKES

BERLIN,

A series of interesting experi menis bas just been completed by Dr. Mendal, a German scientist, to test the impression made on animals by film pictures.

apies worked in conjunction, he HOW ANIMALS REACT TÙ THE said "Tell your black hearded- friend who always follows about, that I carry a pistol and will certainly shoot him the very next time I see him. I have permission to." Whether this was believed or not the fact remains that the man objected to discontinue his open surveyance, and a day or so after wards the note that we have copied above reached Sutton.

Finally, reverting once more to The doctor found that doge take' Sutton's departure for not the faintest interest in pictures General

It is remarkable to us shown on the screen. They do not England. that the Chinese Northern faction notice cats or other dogs. Neither a St. Bernard, a spaniel, nor and did not send him to England a year ago, and more extraordinary still Alsatian would deign to bestow even that they are not sending him now.

a passing glaner on the pictures.

The only exception was a little Marshal Chang Tso Lin recently The truth is that they do not! wished General Sutton to renew realise in the least that General dache-hund, which, for a moment, influence political was deceived into taking the shadow his contract with him, and the Sutton

for the substance. He ran up to the terms offered were such as many opinion enormously. But they are man would have found attractive, not alone in this, for we do not screen, sniffed at the people shown but Sutton had other views. There believe that the foreign Peking on it, and then, manifestly con are very few foreign business men Diplomats realise this either, or vinced that it was a complete fraud, in China who are satisfied with the would admit it. Be that as it may suddenly lost all interest in the

there is no doubt that the Con- show. Chinese situation in so far sa affects the future of their own servative Patty Whips will wel. nationals, and there are many busi- come General Sutton with open ness men who believe that policies arms, and numbers of his friends other than those adopted by the in Chine will ocho heartily our Various Home Governments coa parting wishes for his welfare and cerned would have resulted in the the fruition of his plans. Success rapid accomplishment of a peace to you, Frank Sutton-Tsingta ful Chinese Government régime Timer,

SAIGON RICE MARKET. SUPPLIES INSUFFICIENT FOR PRESENT NEEDS.

RUBBER MARKET. DIVIDENDS AND QUOTATIONS. Messrs. Carroll Bros. have been The report, of the Compagnie de advised of the following dividends Commerce & de Navigation d'Ex-on rubber and mining shares: trême-Orient, dated Saigon, Mayl 19th, states:

Our market is stronger; the sup: ply of paddy being still insufficient for the present needs. Some sales have been closed with Shanghai.

The total amount of rice export- ed from January 1st to April 30th, 1027, is 826,352,080 tons against $15,973,809 tons in 1926.

We quote to day white Saigon rice No. 1 25 per cent. brokens round grain: Hong Kong 87.75 per picul of 134 lbs. fo.b. Saigon: 138. id. per ext. to.b. Saigon; Yon 8.20 per picul of 134 he. fo.b. Baigon. Japan quality: Hong Kong $7.25

Dividends.

Cats, on the other hand, being animals that depend rather on their eye than on their sense of smell and hearing, took the film seriously, and were greatly alarmed when a large They dog appeared on the scene. arched their backs, spat vigorously, and bristled defiance. Bight.

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The reaction in the case of birds which rely largely on their sense of sight, varied considerably with the different varieties tested. The most casily duped were such domes the birds as geese, ducks, fowis, and pigeons, which seemed not to notice the lack of colour in the pictures. Wild birds, on the other hand, such as the finch, robin, and quail, were much more critical, while owls, keen-eyed and accustomed to the black of the night, followed the dings on the screen with an in- terest almost human, An excitable Minores cock, too, flow repeatedly 83.10

at an imaginary enemy on the film. 2.00 x.d. Ducks, fowls, and song birds were 14.00. c. d. panic-stricken at the sight of a bawk

hovering over a field.

Ayer Panas.-20 per cent, interim (making 40 per cent. for the year?

Sungei Bagans-7 per cent. in- tarim (making 15 per cent. to date).

Ratrut Basin Tib.-0d. per share.

Quotations.

Allenbya Ayer Moleks Ayer Panaa Changkats Glenealies

Jerne Kedahs

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2.95

1.85

4.30

2.80

The experimenter found that rep- tiles could be completely taken in by pictures of flisa and worms shown in their natural size on a white Bereen fixed on a wall of their

White Baigon rice No. 2 gifted 198, 2d. por evt. fo.b. Saigon; Yen domicile. They botrayed what 7.65 per pical of 134 lbs. fo.b. could only be intorproted as aston-

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