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From EUXOPE & STRAITS. The Company's Steamship

WEDNESDAY, NOVEL.

THE GABELLE DIRECTORSHIP.

or

8, 1922

STATUS OF THE PHILIPPINES.

Mr. Quezon Advocates Modera- tion of Demand,

the provision that English be the The proposed platform contains only official language of the Philippines as soon as practicable and that English and Spanish be put on an equal footing in the legislature. Delegate Diokap and his colleagues, who are oppored to the adoption of English as the platform ay nothing at all on official language, would have the the language question.

China Desires Mr. E. C. Wilton. Old residents throughout China, will greet with great pleasure the of the most bitterly fought issues The languags question was one news from the Ministry of Fia- taken up at the meeting of the ance that the Chiness Govern sab-committee of the Philippines *KITANO MARU”

mant is trying to secure the Collectivist platform committee sarvices of Mr. E. C. Wilton, at a recent meeting, members of having arrived from the above formerly of the British Consular the rising generations, headed by ports, Consignees of Cargo are

Service in China, as co-Director | Desu Jorge Bocobo and Repres hereby informed that their goods of the Sait Administration, writes entative Tomas Confesor, finalls are being landed and placed at Mr. Rodney Gilbert to the N.C. winning out rom Ramon Diokno their risk in the Hongkong and Daily Secs from Peking. Dur- and his associates representing Kowloon Wharf and Godowning his 30 years in China be the Spanish-speaking faction. Company's Godowns at Kowloon, occupied many widely separated where each consignment will be posts and knew the country sorted out mark by mark and thoroughly, but he was best known delivers can be obtained as soon as an expert on Tibetan affairs Bs the goods are landed.

sed on all matters pertaining to Optional Goods will be carried the opium traffic: Forten years he on paless instructions are given participated in almost all negotia to the contrary before noon [tions between the Brit sh and to-day.

Chinese Goreraments haying to do with the opium trade opium suppression in China and had every detail of the history of opium traffic at his finger tips. It would be difficult indeed to Bad a foreigner better suited either by tion of the Collectivist party temperament or training for an fought hard for the adoption of important Chinese administrative English. They asserted that at post. Mr. Wilton's last appoint-least one half of the votes cast eat in Chins was as Consul in the last elections, were cast by General in Haakow. After the

he returned to England, and therefore the party should young men who speak English intending to retire, but later not ignore them. They succeeded accepted appointment British Minister to the Baltic provision of the platform on the in not only retaining the original states of Latvia and Esthonia.

Just before the sad news of Mr. lit. As it now stands, the plat- language issue but strengthened W. R. Strickland's death was reform says ceived in Peking, the Ministry of only official language of the English must be the Finance cabled twice to him,, Philippines as soon as practic. asking him to cancel his leaveable, and both Spanish and Eng- Spurn Honours from Peking. to London and confer with Mr.tinction in the boases of the in Canada and to proceed at once lish must be used without dis- General Tan Yen-kai, General China. The officials

Wilton and accompany him to

legislature." of the

The decision taken by the sub-committee to ou! from tha pist-

Goods not cleared by the 16th. Nov., will be subject to rent.

Damaged packages must be laft in the Godowas for examination by the Consignees and the Co.'s respresentatives at an appointed hour on Tuesday and Friday. All claims must be presented within Ten days of the steamer's arrival here. after which date they cannot be recognized. No claim will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowns.

NIPPON YUSEN KÄISHA,

Agents. Hongkong, th. Nov., 1922.

MINTANG LEADERS.

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ENGLISH WINS OUT, Members of the rising genera-

SOAL, trimmed into Bunters at Chiabg 130-ping and some other Ministry cow sincerely regret platform SEBATTIK OF SANDAKAN Southern leaders, who were re-that Mr. Strickland's death has (British North Borneo) or to cently decorated by President Lil deprived them of the service form all demands for further contract for regular Banker Sun on the celebration of the national which they had counted upon re-increase of autonomy and that plies for 6 or 12 months at favour, anniversary, have wired to the caiving through the co-operation the party go on record only as of two such able an dwell-demanding immediate indepen- equipped administrators.

Mr. Strickland's unfortunate Quezon was strongly opposed to dence was reconsidered. Senator death is particularly regretted by the stand taken by the sub-com- cancellation of his leave rad bis

ble rates.

Steamers calling at SEBATTIX or SANDAKAN exclusively for Bunkers are exempt from pay-

The minimum draft of water

Presidential Office declining to accept the decorations and orders of merits. The southern leaders

maintained

that as they

do

Northern Government which are

ment of ordinary Port Charges, 50 politically recognize the all Chinese officials because the mittee saying tha: were the pro- fongside the Company's What I described as mere figure-head of formal recall to his duties inmended by the sub-committee,

at Setattik is 28 feat at low water Spring Tides. Charts of Cowie Bay Debattik Harbour) and any required information concerning the port can be had on applica

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Pei-fu as their chief, there is no the militarists with General Wu decorated them. reason why the Peking President

stock of the community. the party would be the laughing position finally adopted as recam-

definite stop to the gossip which Peking were designed to put a had been started by the absurd criticize the wholesale decoration several misguided foreign em- absolute, immediate, and con-

Furthermore, the southerners discredited Chung Shib-ming and "charges "concorted by the now

MR. QUEZON'S STAND. He said that the party demands of officials and officers by the ployees of the Salt Administration. plate independence but if the sov Northern President without con- These "charges in no way touch-reign nation does not want to sidering the recipients' merits or The OWIE HARBOUR COAL demerits, adding that such offici capacity or his honour, but might the meso time, the country ed upon either Mr. Strickland's Grant it, notbing can be done, and al decorations bestowed upon all have been summed up in the should try to secure further classes of the people do not come single charge of "lack of sympз- within republicanism. la con-thy." They were, however, kept

autonomy. THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER persuade the Peking Government departure on leave and his mali- the recommendation

clusion, the southerners strongly secret until after Mr. Strickland'sed in the platforra were some of Among the new planks includ- CO,, (1918), ITU. to read carefully the constitutionciously inspired critics took ad-the agricultural congress. Among made by MASSAGE EXPERTS. THE FOURTH ORDINARY and also the newis-promulgated ing them to inspire much injurious values of lands with the end in of the United States of America vantage of the mystery surround- these are revision of the present GENERAL MEETING OF constitutit of the fferman Re- gossip in Peking. Sensitive to this, view of lowering the SHAREHOLDERS will be held public which prohibits citizens Mr.Strickland left Peking grealNational bank devote most of its i

well $9 state

valuation: making the Philippine officials receive

depressed by what be regarded as capital on agricultural loans, and decorations. In lack of appreciation of his services. connection, the Yishi also severely criticized

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Mr. Tung Kang. Minister of reorganization of the bureau of Finance, after a car ful study of agriculture.

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FIEUZAL GLASSES.

at the Offices of the Company, as St. George's Building, Chater to Road, Victoria, Hongkong, on this THURSDAY, the 9th. Novem-pers ber. 1922 at 11 o'clock in the the action of the President in forenoot, for the purpose of re- bestowing thousands of Chishonounced a judgment after due ceiving & Statement of Accounts and Wenbu decorations to both inquiry which completely exoner- and the Report of the General northerners and southerners with-ated Mr. Stricklard and discomfit- Managers for the year ended out caring about the attitude ofed his critics, and his formal recali 30th. September 1922, and elect- the receipts and the paper regards and suggested return to Chica with ing & Consulting Committee sad it as a shame for the Chinese Re-Mr. Wilton were planned by the restful and comfortable for the Out of doors there is nothing so The TRANSFER BOOKS of that in the drafting of the petma-

public. The "Sinwanpao urges higher officials in the Ministry eyes as the light reflected from the Company will be closed from nent constitution for Chios which

as a marked assurance of their green fields and trees-the absorp TUESDAY, the 1st October, is engaging the attention of the esteem for him and appreciation ion of the ultra-violet and orange 1923 until THURSDAY, the 9th. parliamentarians in Peking, cer of his services. They therefore rags by the chlorophyll of the Noventer 1934, both days intain restrictious should be intro-timely death precluded even his Fieuzal Glass, yellowish green in

profoundly regret that bis un- clusive.

leaves; bance,the introduction of duced concerning the bestowal of own knowledge of the steps that colour. which is produced in decorations and orders of merits had been taken. The same re-several shades, and lenses made by the Chief Executiva if the un. republicas practice cannot be en-

gret is expressed, unanimously of this may be word as a protec- tirely abolished.

by the foreign community withiation hy over-sensitive eyes where which the batter elements have it is desirable to tone down ex- always bitterly resented Chung cessive light and glare. Fieuzsi Shib-ming's conspiracy to get rid lenses of any prescription in of a government servant who was either regular or Toric forms are at once so competent and so manufactured by The Hongkong honest in his administration, of Optical Co., successors to Clark his office that he was an obstacle & Co., manufacturing and refract. to an unscrupulous administra-ing opticians, 53, Queen's Road,

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