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CORRESPONDENCE..

KOWLOON CONFUSION.

(To the Editor Hongkong Telegraph.).

Sir,-As a Kowloon resident,

poorer

classes, are.

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without the Chinese nor they, 1 venture to say in spite of the Can- ton Government's opinion, without us. It should be borrie in mind THE that the present agitation has been carefully. prepared and fostered by the worst elements of Russia for their own ends, co-operating with a comparatively small. clique of Chinese, partly malcontents out to line their own pockets and partly should like to appeal,, through the idealistic dreamers. Able country. columns of the Press, for an immen of our own with a life time's provement in the arrangements at the Dairy Farm Company's depot in experience of China have left on récord their opinion that the Nathan Road. I am not at all for Chinese generally, particularly the a kindly, gotful or unappreciative of the fact that a lot of very hard work is penceable and industrious people, being cheerfully performed by the but the canning of the professional Company's staff and by volunteers, agitator has given to the present but every resident who has strug movement the complexion of a great gled with me to buy milk, meat and

patriotic demonstration, and when ice will agree that some organisa-we remember the power of a pat- tion is necessary. For some rea-riotic appeal in our own country son or other there has been and the ignominy attaching to shortage of ice in Kowloon and those who fail to respond we also much delay in its arrival over should surely have at least as much the week-end (although one hears sympathy and admiration for the that there are thousands of tons great many loyal Chinese who are in storage at the East Point works), continuing in our midst at their re- and when a small supply of ice has gular duties, as blame for those arrived there has been a jostling poor sheep who have followed their Capital & Burplus U.S. $16,000,000 and a pushing to get some, that is leaders into the wilderness. Lest both wasteful of one's time and should be taken to counsel temper and of no credit to these leniency to law-breakers and mis- In charge. It is practically the chief makers, I would urge on the same thing every morning, not only contrary that the penalties for such at the ice counter, but also at the should be made even more severe milk and meat counters. In such than at present, and for such an bircumstances it is either the strong outrage as that committed recently or those enjoying the personal in Connaught Rond, if our criminal friendship of those helping behind code permits, the penalty should be

Yes death preceded by flogging. As, Colon the counters who get served. terday's scenes at the Dairy Farm, however, the perpetrators of even rico Kowloon, ought not to be repeated. such a crime as this may be sincere, Everybody should be made to queue though misguided patriots, it is up in the order of their arrival unworthy of British traditions to and they should then be admitted exult in their punishment, nor by twas to the various counters.should we make ridiculous rules Only by such a means can anybody calculated to make life in the hope for fair treatment.

Colony intolerable for those Chinese Furthermore, it should not be who remain. No more sedition is beyond the resources of the Com-talked, for instance, or Blake Pier pany to

see that Kowloon get than in the back stfects of Wanchai enough meat and ice. There is

or Kennedy Town, nor is there any plenty of beth, apparently, and one mere danger of this occurring in hears that the periodical, shortages the evening than during the day. in Kowloon are due to lack of trans- port facilities of coolie labour Organisation is all that is needed to cure both faults. The Dairy Farm Company is now doing an enormously increased business on A strictly cash basis and at higher prices for some things than nor mally, and it should not be beyond the Company's resources to in- prove its organisation of Kowloon's supplies and sales.

Hoping you will find space for this, Yours, etc.,

A WEAKLING, Kowloon, July 13, 1925.

your:

Leave the Canton Gazette to spit and fume, bat for God's sake let us keep our sense of propertien.- Yours, etc.

Hongkong, July 12, 1925,

THE DAVIS CUP.

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FRANCE LEADING ENGLAND.

London, July 10. At Eastbourne in the semi-final of European group in the Davis Cup) contest Rene Lacoste beat 0. G. N. Turnbull 3-6, 6-1, 7-5, 6-2; and Jean Borotra beat G. Crole Recs 6-4, RECOGNISING LOYALTY. 10-8, 4-6, 6-0.

Turnbull's terrific driving won Sir,-May I, through columns, make an appeal for thehin the first set but thereafter it highest recognition possible to be availed him Ettle. Lacoste played exhilarating and accurate tennis paid to those Chinese who, despite and won despite the Englishman's the activities of intimidators, have Joyally stuck to their posts during persistent driving on his backhand. Borotra did not play up to is the strike? I cite. the case of my cook-boy who, when his fellow-Wimbledon form but was brilliant At the net. Crole Rees defended cooks around deserted their posts cheerfully carried on and still con-admirably and played finely in the "tinues to do so, I pit the common-third set but the result was never sense of this one poor mental in doubt.-Reuter.

against all the education of some of

his so-called enlightened country-Playing here to-day the English: men who, at the first hint of bodily soccer tourists beat Australia by harms, seem to have lost all sense 8 goals to 2-Reuter.

of reasoning. It may seem a trife

early to deal with this subject, but

The Observatory reports that better that. it be mooted now than the typhoon was crossing Luzon ran the risk of having these loyal on a W. N. W. track in the vici- employees overlooked in the hustle nity of Aparri at 6 a.m. to-day. which is sure to be attendant on the return to 'normal conditions.

A might suggest that the Govern- ment have a letter of appreciation

Brawn up in Chinese and that one

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Changchop (Continued from Page 4)" of course, be handed to the Govern-

One little Island in

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Hongkong March 11th 3925. over. Yours, etc.,

that in the wisdom of God is reckon- LOYALITY.. Hongkong, July 11, 1926,

A PLEA FOR SANITY.

If

ed to be of value in the salvation of the world.

All I plead this morning is that

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