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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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ACROSS

1.-Desire eagerly a different

form of praise (6) 6-A bird of itself twice de-

capitated (8).

10.Quite obvious it finishes with

the mark of a. blöw (7).

11 The attitude, as Sambo would

say, is to degrade (8),

12. Looks rather like a

halt- dresser-we❞gét a wave at any rate (8).

13. The non-amateurs, in shert

start to do well (7) 16.-Indian coin (5).

17.-Bellows (not the

variety) (5).

Areside

18. This garland is" a hindrance

to a fellow (7).

19. The fold of a petal (5), 21.-Nobles (5).

34.- Southern (7).

28-One of these plants might

make their anagram (6). 29.-Little more than cloth requir-

ed to dress up (8).

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1. More than one of this tree becomes hot in a military centre (5). 2-Vegetables-phonetically! (5), 3.-Decent. and clever finally

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1934.

NEWS FROM

CURRENT

NEWS AND COMMENTS

FROM THE NORTH

A "Gun-Boat Policy" For Japan?

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CHINA

BUSINESS TAX PAYMENT

Threat to Foreign Firms

(From Our Special Correspondent)

Canton, Oct. 4. The Canton Chamber of Com- mmerce has sent circular letters to all foreign firms in Canton re- questing them to abide by the or- ders of the Kwangtung Frovincial Government that business should be paid by them, otherwise the Chamber will ask all other merchants to sever trade connect- ions with the foreign firms.

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(By TANG LEANG-LI) Editor of the People's Tribune) Special to "Hong Kong Daily Press") What the modern cynics enll doubt their general accuracy. Two "this drive about humacity" still plain-clothes police - oucers has considerable interest for many headquarters conducted the "ques of us. According to a writer in the timing" of the accused, and one Fortnightly Review, when President of them started off by telling him Wilson in addressing the Versailles that whatever he may have heard

Declaring that the business tax from his "Left: fierids about tor- must be paid by Chinese and for- Peace Conference ventured upon general propositions about man- füre, he would never be forced to eign merchants alike," the letter | kind, it was the custom of Georges say anything. Next day Bickerton pointed out that the Provincial Clémenceau to eructate. This was fold that until He had answer- Department of Finance has noti crude manner of expressing con- ed all the questions the police fed all foreigh merchants to fle tempt was apparently intended to wished to put to him, It would not particulars of their business, upon make it clear that in Clemenceau's be possible for him to see either | which din aksèssment will be made 5: Songs (4), 8.-No repetition is implied here mind peace was but an alternative the British Cosul or a lawyer. A with a velw to the payment of

|political means of conducting war. few days later one of the plain- this tax

The article in the Fortnightly from clothes meh, angry at Bickerton's which we, glean this item of fádúre to answer questions, started information about Clemenceau's Kicking me on the leg, smacking curious and discourteous habit goes | my face, and punching me on the

(11).

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4-"Always to be found in the

Severn (4).

(4).

7.--Not necessarily a prevaricator

(hyphened) (11), - 8.-One "agin the Government!

(5).

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9.-Spun, perhaps, by 7 Down (5), 14.-Precious stones (5).

15. Comparatively wan (5).

20.-Enter (5).

22. They're part of the burdens ects the scheme of collective international security", and in the course of his article says:—

of the householder (5). 23.-An Increase in hutzy prover- bially causes a decrease in this (5).

30.-A holiday period is certain in 25.-That which is this is not fresh

the end '(7).

31.-Turned on an axis (6).

32. "Red Bea" (anagram) (8)..

(4). 28.-Ivory protuberance (4). -27. The extent of a race (4).

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"We tivited you to còmệ» to ã meeting in our Chamber rooms on August 2, so that we might ex- plain to you the detalls and mean....

turned up, and no meeting could be held," the letter complained. All merchants doing business in Canton are enjoying the protec- tion of the Government.. and all of the should pay Businest tax as.

matter of obligation

"We are all selling the same kinds of goods. There would be unfairness,

if foreign merchants do not pay this tax. At our 18th meeting we decided again to urge you to pay this tax and to comply with the tax requirements before October 15. If this requirement is not met by that time, we will ask merchants everywhere to use bus'- ness pressure against you."

on to trace the efforts made since ear" These methods hot producing of this tax. Very few of you the Versailles Conference to esta- | ing the desired result, the police- bfish an era of peace. The writer officer went out of the room and 19-His attitudes are apt to be reviews the activities of the League returned with a baseball-bat, with of Nations, its supporters and wilch he belaboured his victim exaggerated (5).

opponents and, among other pro-across both legs above the knee as he set in a chair. "The question was repeated again and again, each time with a blow on the legs or "A system of collective security thighs." On a subsequent day, might mean that when, as on when he could not remember some June 28th. British police are details Esked for. ""Saga kicketf me arrested for doing their duty In smacked my face. pufiched me Shangha! by Japanese navalinany times to help my memory, patrols and put in the guard house for the night, British war. ships. flying not only the white ensign but the Geneva flag, would anchor outside Yokohama har bour the following week. That would have happened anyhow ander Lord Palmerston's regime." What would Lord Palmerston have done, we wonder; if the case of Mr. W: M. Bickerton had been brought to fils attention? The Hongkew incident to which atten tion is called in the paragraph Just quoted was disgraceful, Fés we have already commented upon the subject and do not propose deal with 1: again now-but the case of Bickerton is much worse than that of Police-Sergeant Bel- lamy, but so far we have not heard that the British Government is any more active than the Shanghal Municipal Council in reminding the Japanese authorities of what is expected of them.

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Across-1, Scrip; 6. Sater; 9. Down-1, Steep; 2, Right-hand- Ava-rice: 10, Edgar; 11, Cubes; 12 Con-text; 14. Pat-ch; '15, Err; 16. Sillt; 17, Deans; 19. Run; 21, Clasp: 33, Initial; 24. Redan; 25, Alve; 26, | Cheapen: 27, Cadre; 24, Soggy.

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FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

Canton Views

From Our Special Correspondent]

Canton. Oct. 4. Freedom of the press as proposed joy the South-west "circular tele- gram of September 25, which is in- kended primarily as counsel to the Central Authorities, supported by the City Chamber of Commerce, which also sued a circular tele- gram, to that effect.

so he said. When the beating left me more sullen, Ogasawara (the officer who told Bickerton he would never be forced to say anything) said he would stop the "examina- tlon" for the night if the accused would give the address of a person in England to whom he had sent reports. An address being given Ogasawara coolly continued the questioning, declaring that he had only promised to stop pressing that particular point?

HEAD BANGED...

Next appears the Assistant Chlef of the Foreign Section, Police Headquarters, who "half affection- ately, half-threateningly, curled his arm around my neck, saying You are a decent chap in many ways."

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The letter does not state why the Chamber of Commerce as- sumes governmental power in threatening foreign merchants to pay business tax, the collection of which is by the Provincial De- partment of Finance. Taxes are ntroduced and collected by the government authorities, and the Chamber of Commerce has no- thing to do with them,

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Shanghai, Oct. 4. name? It was Matsumoto, wasn't

Chinese branch of the it? I did not answer,

last Shanghai Municipal Police and,, he continued: "I'm afraid these me-night presented Extra-Commis- thods alone won't get it out of you. Boner R. M J. Martin with a We'll have to get someone to give beautiful gold Buddha. VOLUNTARY CONFESSION"-

you some of this,' and playfully he

This popular officer is retiring pretended to throttle me". Turning from Sunday, after twenty years. Mr. Bickerton is a British subject

the He will return to England, accom- who

the plain-clothes, men, fall into the hands of the police to get that fellow to string him up

was unfortunate enough to Assistant Chief added: "We'll have panded by Mrs. Martin, on October while residing, in Japan, where he from the roof and give him sorne- was engaged as a teacher. He was thing, and then perhaps he'll talk” suspected of having dealings with But instead of this drastic treat- Communists. Whether the chargement Bickerton, at a subsequent was true we neither know nor care. examination, was beaten with a what we are interested in is the bamboo fencing-stick, the kindly manner in which an untried and Ogasawara thoughtfully locking the therefore unconvicted man was door and pulling down the blinds. treated by the police authorities in The bamboo not proving effective Japan. The victim (now in Engin Saga's hands, the baseball-bat land) has given the Manchester again came into play "and ham- Guardian an account of the me mered me thods adopted to induce him to thigh. He got me by the hair and on the right leg and incriminate himself by what the banged my head again and again | Japaneze—with a grim sense of Because the high officials in humour-call "voluntary "confes- Canton suggest to Nanking not to ston". It is important to note that censor newspapers, the Kung Ping Mr. Bickerton makes no complaint Po, a local vernacular dally, stated of his treatment when detained in

"Every community is in support of the freedom of the press, the Chamber's telegram said. In this time of national storut and stress, we should have a healthy public opinion to save the country from ruination. The future of the Kuomintang and the country depends upon whether the press can have freedom. We hope the Central Authorities will adopt the views of the circular telegram nt September 25."

against a cupboard”. -

A NEW DISTRICT :.

Nanking, Sept. 22. To facilitate administration, the Executive. Yuan has sanctioned the petition of the Anhwel Provincial Government, for the creation of a now district to be known as Lin- chuan in the territory west of Fou- yang western Ashwel near the Anhwel-Honan börder. The district government is to be established at Shenchluch

ONLY TOO HUMAN ! As the result of another applica- | Kuo Min. tlon for an interview with the by the Chief of the Foreign Section British Consul, Bickerton was told

na Mr. Bickerton was maltreated in

to-day that the Kuomintang prison: "the failers were all decent South-west Executive Committee to me and the one especially in

chica Bécause the infortunate Mr. has decided to abolish the Press charge of me, Ito, could not have that the information he desired (BSuraméte, decided to commit sal- Censorship Bureau at 29 Shaung been more kind." Let us hope to whether the police had a legal cide, we wonder wist would result Kau Po Road, near the local "Fleet there are many Itos in Japan, even right to resort to force in conduct a Japanese were treated in China Street."

Before this Bureau is if they do good by stealth, and ing examinations) was available abolished, means and

ways of blush to find it fame: The judicial without troubling the Consul on the pun? Probably something of the abolition will be drafted in order officer who conducted the pre-matter. Force should not be used, es of Lord Palmerston's subdat to ensure that the local newspapers | winary hearing-afforded the will not publish llbel and other ob- nccused every kindness, and have officers were men, and might on which actually was resorted to in but men were not gods, and police Policy already referred to and jectionable stuff;

no complaints to make except to occasion lose their tempers. "I connection with the disappearance The Press Censorship Bureau is say that when I told him how the such things happened to me I was Mr. Kuramod. But we cannot organized jointly by the Firat police had beaten me, he displayed partly responsible". and again the do better than to quote part of the Group Army, the Kuomintang not the slightest interest The kindly Ogasawera intervened with chment of the Manchester Cidr- South-west Executive Committee, explanation of this indifference, the significant remark, "Remember. fan of this extraordinary caseze and the Bureau of Public Safety

the Chief is not admitting you were W. Bickerton's account of It censors only newspapers pub lished in Canton, while outport pa-

beaten he is only giving a hypo- the treatment to the Japanes thetical case" to which Bickerton police is classical case of third pers and periodicals are censored weary of them, and has no inten by the South-west Censorship tion of making trouble for himself Yes Wiser replied, quite red degree methods such as are fém

that was not tint two wear in backward countries, In by causing inquiries to be made, later that this wretched mad mát no matter how serious the allega Contato by that time the tries that have reverted to Hong thủy bề

mediaeval barbarism, and-in coun tries like the United States where the line between police and crimin al la not always distlast? The

Bureau of Publications,

doubt, is that the judicial officer has heard similar complaints" sc many times that he is somewhat

Apparently the latter bureau is unaffected. as it deal with nong capers and magazines outside of ¡Canton. Some of the newspapers and magazines are subsidized to attack the South-west regime or edited by Journalists not symi oathetic with the Kuomintang The Censorship Bureau of Pub.

ication has jurisdiction over all parte stäbemer bookstores and newsagents and ficts EG. 387 CONSTY requires the registration of all other wen festkr COWEDADEN.

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