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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 22, 1922.

NOTES & COMMENTS.

DAY BY DAY.

The Northern Expedition.

EVERY DAY OFGHT TO BE For quite a while now reparts DEUN AN & SERIOUS WORK, have been trickling through STANDING ALONE IN ITSELF, AND about Dr. Sun's Northern Expedi-TET CONNECTED WITH THE PAST tian. Two or three times, accord. (AND THE FUTURE.—Base. ing to report, it has dəen about to start upon the big march, but

From the Hon. Secretary of the unfavourable weather conditions, Ex-Active Service Men's Associa troubles in Kwangsi. or troubles tion we have received a copy of somewhere else have interposed-the rules of that body. Now the difficulty concerns Yunnan, whose Tuchun, Koo Pun-chun, is limiting his co-

Warships in port dressed ship operation to defence duts," to day in honour of the anniver- baring his own trouble with Tonary of Washington's birthday. Chi-yao, the previous Tuchun. saluto was fired at noon. Long wants to get his post back. Both Dr. Sun and General Chen Chiung-ming have sent messages

ROUND THE TOWN.

HONGKONG'S NEW COMMODORE

Captain H.E. Grace Appointed.

(Reuter's Service. } (Continued from page 1)

London," February 31.

(By "Gadabout.”) Once upon a time, not a million miles from Hongkong, there lived an old and vary poor Chinese.) So great was his poverty that he' had not sufficient wherewithal to provide sustenance for his children. Not knowing what appointed Commodore-in-ebarge at Hongkong. vice Commodore to do, and being in despair, this Bowden-Smith, poor old man approached somə Europeans and asked if they would like to purchase his daughter and have her bandmaiden. But this not being the custom of the land from which the Europeans came, they refused the father's offer. At this the old man implored thera

It is officially announced that Captain H. E. Grace had been

AS A

DELAY IN EASTWARD CABLES.

Hopes from New Wireless Service.

London, February 21.

In the House of Commons, in reply to questions, Mr. Kellaway

A Chiarsa yesterday dropped to take bis daughter and scribed the delay in cables to India and the Far East to the large

increase in trafic since the war. He pointed out that the EasternTM

to the former Tuchun requesting dead as the Causeway Bay junc-adopt her and, taking com-

him to desist. Whether he will tion whilst waiting for a tram. passion on the family's extreme Company laid an additional cable from Britain to Singpore in 1920 forego bis Ambition in con- Death was attributed to beart poverty, they took the girl and and proposes to lay another in the near future. He hoped accelera- tion would result from the forthcoming opening of the Leafield. formity with these behests failure.

brought her up. Then it came is another

about that the Europeans bad to Cairo Government wireless plant, which was working satisfactorily. matter. The Can- ton Government has gained

make a long journey to their own admiration from broad minded Yesterday's health retara country and they had to leave

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its measures, while others have of anterio fever and one of small-hind with a neighbour. But the evoked disapprobation. What pox. All were fatal and all theļmaiden wanted to seek her well-wishers of the South Chins victims Chinese: Gov.rament are probably feeling

just now is that a more against

to

ALL-IRELAND SINN FEIN CONGRESS.

fortune in the world and when

De Valera Moves Rejection of the Treaty. bor guardians returned they found she had goue. Many years

London, February 21. The Ardfheis assembled at Doblin, *,700 delegates being present. the North is inopportune. It A Chinese was yesterday passed away and the good people

Mr. de Valers moved the rejection of the treaty. Canton had the means of clearing removed the Government who had taken the child within out the Northern Tuchung bag Civil Hospital as the result of their gates-heard nothing. Then.

Later. and baggage, there would be a being knocked down by a truck one day, news came. Going out Maving the rejection of the treaty in the Ardfbeis, or Sinn

Defeat, at Winglok Street.

into the world to seek har fortune Fein National Convention, Mr. de Valera recommended passits strong case for move. however, would probably ba

the young woman travelled to a resistance as an alternative to the resumption of war.

Mr. Griffith the

moved

Amendment disastrous, while an indecisive

stranga land and learnt

spproving the Whilst handling cargo aboard

bat the debate developed

麤 that far-off coun-treaty, campaign would be worse than

tongue of

favour tendency in useless, seeing that it would leave the West Chopaka yesterday, a try and learned a profession of a compromise based on postponement of the elections until the the political situation in the same coolie accidentally fractured bis and gained many high de Constitution has been drafted. The debate adjourned till to-morrow chaos, if it did not make it worse, leg, and was taken to the Govern

From the daughter of to enable the leaders to endeavour to establish agreement.. grees. spoor peasant she rose be and industry would be further meat Civil Hospital.

a lady of means and substance. A lule story told me in Hang- tomsace is dead? Our heroine kong the other day. Who says has only to marry & Taipan and taken to the it complete.

live happily ever after to make

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1922. dislocated. Another consideration

the war.

U. K. FINANCE.

OT

A Chinese girl yesterday com- mitted suicide by hanging borself from a beam in the bathroom at No. 1 Kennedy Road. The remains were Mortuary.

to

Investigating the Dublin Crime,

London, February 21. It appears that the two members of the military who wera murdered at Dublin yesterday, one of whom was a sergeant, were victims of an ambush, which had previously attacked two military care and set one of them afire.

Questioned in the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Churchill said that a detachment of the Provisional Government and Crown Forces was investigating the crime. He was assured that

Mr. Teasdale Hackintosh, Re I suppose most of you went to the Provisional Government was doing its utmost to bring the gistrar of the Hongkong Univer. the S.P.C.A. fancy dress ball on perpetrators to justice. He said that the military were recently sity leaves to-morrow by Empress Monday night. All Hongkong ordered to fire if assailed; such firing in self-defence did not violate of Russia for Shanghai, where seemed to be there. Those who the treaty. he will inspect the Municipal didn't go missed a treat. The crush Schools, on the invitation of the was terrible. There was hardly Shanghai Municipal Council,

room to move on the dancing

I have

ever

out in 30me really

ANOTHER U.S. AIRSHIP DISASTER.

Forty Lives Lost.

Newport News, Feb. 21.

The Army dirigible Roms, recently purchased from Italy, with

THE TRADE SLUMP.

Outlook Still Black.

London, February 21. Speaking at Leeds, Colonel Armstrong, President of the FedDIR- The humouring, I thought, in a yellow cres of the Federation showed that there was small hope of a genersi revival either io home or export trade in the near future. Everything

mere

is that the Yangtze provinces, though not in love with Peking, do not appear

to be amicabls disposed towards Canton either. nos, for the matter of that, towards Wa Pai-foo, the alleged prospect ive ally of Canton. At present, appearances suggest that the South China Government can better occupy itself nester home, notably Interest in the forthcoming Budget at Home is in Kwangsi, where the task of stimulated by the Geddes report. The Chancellor of the subjugation, pacification Exchequer's function is seldom an enviable one, and in stands badly in need of com- these days the remark applies with particular force.pletion. Whether be expands or contracts expenditure, he is accused End of the Strike.

floors and it was a dickens of a of indifference to the public When he retrenches, those! Being newspaper folk ourselves,

game to fed room to sit out. But who look for the chief gain from expenditure are sure to we Appreciate a

Can

good Based on a novel by Holman that wasn't the fault of the or- complain; when he embarks upon expenditure the taxpay- "scoop." So we have nothing F. Day. "King Spruce is the ganisers; it is just that the City attraction at the World Hall is not half big enough for ers, particularly those concerned with the organisation of but admiration for the efforts of main industry, call out; hence the Chancellor's task resolves one of the Manila papers to be Theatre. It is noteworthy for the our social functions these days.

in fixmes whilst crossing Hampton Roads. Ten were rescued, badly itself into continual trimming between the two. The facts to the fold with the news of magnificent forest scenery which It was the best collection of gas capacity of over a million cubic feet, exploded and descended

a settlement of the Hongkongit sbows. The comedy, "Play-fancy costumes to stand out are that, with the most economical administra-strike. But there's such a thing mates," is quite one of the best seen. Some of the stern sex burned, out of a crew of filty.

Later. tion possible, taxation must perforce be upon a vastly as being premature, and the pictures of its kind ever shown came

The War Department announces that the Roma was engaged larger scale than before the war, and that, precisely for journal to which we are referring locally, whilst the "Screen Maga- funny and original garbs. A

was a trifle toodogmatic when, o zine" pictures are most instruc- gentleman swathed in bath towels, trial flights, following the installation of Liberty motors replacing that reason, there is all the more need of every economy the 17th. instant, it camaput with tive. It is a fine all-round pro-with a nail brush for a bow tie, the Italian engines with which the airship was originally equipped. that is reasonably practicable. We have now to pay some featured news carrying in gramme that is being shown raised a few smiles wherever he

Eye-witnesses state that the Roms was flying at a height of went, and a couple of fellows from 600 to 1,000 feet when a wisp of smoke appeared. The craft interest on a National Debt that was swollen tenfold by big black type the heading:

made up as chair coolles also were suddenly fall obliquely to earth, striking one of the naval base What this means may be roughly gauged from "Hongkong Strike Will Ead

The men lesped out, some being equipped with For Champions Day. the Kow-rather good. One of the best barracks. A clore reading of the fact that the annual charge on this account of nearly To-day." £350,000.000 is by itself going on for double the whole the text shows that this de-loon Theatre has secured a very men's costumes was that of an parachutes. The passenger cars broke away and fell to the ground,

claration Was based on the entertaining picture in "Hard amab. I notice that Mr. Jazz was pinning a dozen men underneath.

An official explanation says the vertical controls were carried Budget in the last pre-war year. We have also to disburse statement tha: "Chinese mer Bailed." Paramount feature with in charge of the orchestra and I £120,000 on or more per annum in war pensions. These chants have received informs Dorothy Doltan as the principal caught a glimpse of Miss Rita way, causing the machine to nese-dire and striking & high-tension

electric wire en route, thas setting the vessel afire. are liabilities that these is no getting over. Gradually tion that the strike would end to player. An amusing pertrayal of Shield among the throng. they will reduce themselves, but for years to come they will day." It is explained that "this the joys and sorrows in the life of thought she might be giving us & will restore ocean service and a "one-night-stand" actress, the song or two during the evening, mean a solid first charge upon the country's revenue.

coast and river communications story is very pleasing and very but, like the reporters, who for With small possibility of relief on, these scores it and obviate the possibility of the bumsn. Among other adventures some reason were not invited, I behoved the Geddes committee all the more to see where defection spreading to the north, in a small town which refuses to suppose she was present as amem- economies could be effected. Originally it was understood to paralyse all China's trade." go to the show unless buried & ber of the public. His Excellency that the committee aimed at effecting reductions of But even this does not exhaust free ticket, the leading lady of the and Lady Stubbs were there. Lady £130,000,000, but. to make the Budget balance. it wasbe imaginative outlook of our troupe finds herself forced to take stubbs, who looked rather becom-tion of British Industries, said extensive information at the disposal

contemporary, which goes on to to washing dish a calculated that economies of $175,000,000 to £200,000,000 speak of general rumours in bus in this and other entertaining tion, which I as a would be needed, and the committee were apparently desired iness circles that the strike had situations is skilfully extracted cannot, of course, descrite, to proceed upon this basis. The cabled outline of their report been actually settled, "out co-one with the ce alt at "Hard Boiled"ed out the lacky number prizes. contains recommendations for retrenchment to the amount of seemed to know on what terms mak sa capital holiday picture. £21,000,000 on Naval Estimates (irrespective of those re-te ettlement was based. It is understood, however," says thei sulting from the Washington Conference). £20,000,000 paper that it is not unfavourable on Army Estimates. £10,000,000 on education. £2.500,000 to the shipping interests. on the Ministry of Health and national health insurance. being up-to-the-minute, if you

New York, February 21, Owing to inability to roorganise the Ingersoll Company, the and £3,333,333 on the Ministry of Pensions. These sums like. But we're awfully peered

assets are to be sold immediately. make up a total of less than sixty-eight millions; the cable that the Manila paper should

"scoop" "us like that.

Promises of Financial Aid. paper chase, but, as far as my

[A cable of Dec. 28 stated: A receiver has been appointed for puts the reductions at £75,008,000. There are, however,

recollection goes, they used to be the Ingersoll Company upon the application of the creditors, it is other recommendations, relating to such matters as em- The Pilgrim's Progress.

According to our Canton cor-rather good fun. The summer ployment uninsurance. If these mean big "cute" in At the dinner of the Pilgrims' respondent, a report from Wu- will soon be upon us now and I'm believed, with a view to reconstruction.] regard to charges like "doles," there is a chance that the Club in honour of Mr. Balfour, chow elates that Sun Yat-sen, in afraid that paper chases and samroors wouldn't total recomweceded by the committee may approximate to the Duke of York paid a tribute order to render, assistance to the Hongkong

to the pilgrim of pilgrims" on finances of the country, bas agree, but when the winter comes the sum which it was hoped would be saved. If, on the his "geniality transparent kind- decided to issue a new type of along I can't see why it shouldn't other hand, the sum of £75,000,000 represents the maximum ness, profund knowledge, and coin, made neither of gold nor be done. The island isn't exactly

One of the Swansea, spalter works restarted to-day after twenty that can be saved from all sources, it seems likely that untiring energy" while, not to be silver, so that the silver currency an ideal spot for this form of there will be an unmistakable deficiency.

outdone, the U. S. Ambassador may be absorbed and u ed to pay sport but some good runs ought months' idleness and it is expected that all the Welsh spelter works

to be obtainable in the New will be in operation next week. The problem is the more serious because, assuming declared that Mr. Balfour bad of the National Bonds.

enshrined bimself in the hearts of that the Budget is made to balance, it will not mean that the American people. The cable Citizens Bank which was

A further report states that the Territories. Now who's going to start a club? Don't all speak at i

Now then, Ex-Active

DEATH OF AMERICAN INSURANCE AUTHORITY. the financial position has been made much easier. Even does pot add whether the former tablished by order of Sun Yat-380

New York, February 21. with the hoped-for economies, the Budget could only be Premier blushed. But then Mr. in order to meet military expenses Service Men's Association, can't

The death has occurred of Col. Obolmely-Jones, who was well- made to balance by a continuation of heavy taxation, Balfour has had many years' in connection with the Northern you set the rolling and add to the expecially as the fall in trade has meant diminished experience of public life, and, expedition, has already issued popularity of your organisation?

If it can be done in Peking why known in the insurance world. revenue receipts. In the face of this drop in income, the besides, he is by way of being five million dollars in banknotes not here? It ought to be worth s

a philosopher. Anglo-American These are in denominations of various Government Departments are up in arms against relations, Col. Harvey assured his one, five, ten, fifty and one hun trial next winter, anyway. the proposed reductions, the Admiralty leading the way. hearers, bave come down from dred dollars. Apparently the Cabinet is disposed to side with the (the air and now rest on solid

Races may The following contributions

come and races ground. If Mr. Balfour bas Departments. If the Admiralty or any other Department accomplished this resplt, he has have been promised to meet the may go, but strikes good for ever, tion in the Rio de Janeiro Exhibition.

tired-looking news can make out a clear case against retrenchment, it fair claim to all the compliments, expenses of the expedition against wailed a would be false economy to make the "cut." But the deed' for all possible reductions is unquestionable, and there should be some reduction in consequence of the fall in

of cur neighbour know only too set in, and everybody was just as prices to 88 points above the pre-war level as compared Nine small pebbles, the top of a $120,000; Kuo Mia Tang in the street gets his strike news. with 160 a year ago. While giving consideration to the lead pencil, and several other Californis, $30,000; Kuo- Mio Reminds me of the war, does this well. The strike was going to optimistic about that. Even the representations from the various Departments, it is articles the size of a chestnut Tang in Pera, $9,000; Kuo Min strike. In that fateful August last only a few days. Then it was most confirmed pessimists didn't certainly incumbent upon the Government to subject these were found in the stomach of Tang in the Philippines, 85,000. we thought it was going to be going to be over by the end of give it more than three months to the closest scrutiny before allowing them to stand in the unknown man whose body was In addition, all business houses over by that Christmas, yet. it Chinese New Year. But it's now And it's still on, as many people taken from the River Les, in Canton have to subscribe one went on for years. I was in been on nearly six weeks, and in Hongkong who have invested thig money in the staple product London. way of the movement for economy.

month's rent,

:

A HUMAN OSTRICH.

That's

NORTHERN EXPEDITION.

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band-indicated that they might still have to wait a year or longer.

Glancing through a Northern contemporary the other day, I noticed that in Peking they have a Paper Hit Club. Rather a good idea, I thought. It's a long] time since I last went on a

once.

•

the North-Canton, $100,000; gatherer who bad been unable to Kwangsi, $30,000; Yunnan, $50,- get sway to Happy Valley be- 000; Kueichow, $50,000; Head-cause somebody has got to slay quarters of the Kuo Min Tang, bebind and see that the man lo

ATTEMPTED INGERSOLL REORGANISATION FAILS.

Assets to be Sold at Once.

WELSH SPELTER WORKS REOPENING.

London, February 21.

THE RIO EXHIBITION.

Parle, February 21." The Chamber has voted five million francs for French participa-

Continued on page 7.)

Malays when the rubber slump the end not si sil definite yet,