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CORRESPONDENCE,

(To the Editor of the "Hongkong Tolograph.")

Ambulance Service,

MOROCCAN WAR.

'TERMS OF PEACE.

Paris, August 5, According to the Tetuan corres- pondent of Le Matin; the Franco- Spanish peace terms provide that

had the misfortune' to be arrested in Canton on a charge of sedition, considerably more than a year ago. He was brutally misused while HE WHO RESPECTS HIMSELF 18 awaiting trial, was starved, and A COAT OF MAIL THAT NONE CAN only released when a new faction PIERCE.~Longfellow, obtained predominance In Kwang- tung. He suffered as he did be."

Sir, I would like to call the Abd el Krim shall recognise the cause he belonged to a nation, how

attention of those

religious sovereignty of the Sultan concorned; held up na an example by the

through your widely read paper, of Morocco. Franco and Spain will Typewriter agitators, which had lost its extra-announce that they can now do in Hongkong, A friend of mine comy of Riff; the Powers will main- Messrs. Lane, Crawford, Ltd., to the motor ambulanos service recognise the administrative auto- with the territorial privileges through the liver goods from all departments who is now a patient la hospital tain a police force; Riff will have Standard Great War. All this occurred some both in Kowloon and Hongkong.made arrangements with bis enlarged zones; Ceuta and Melilla [doctor to convoy him to hospital will belong to Spain; the Longue of keyboard, considerable time ago, before any-

St. Joba's Ambulanca | Nations will control the new thing was thought of the present digoase notified last week was was rather astonishad to find

The only case of communicable Brigado car. Lator the pationt boundaries. Nothing anti-foreign

The newspapers campaign.

learn from one non-fatal occurrence of diph-out that tho

wanted Madrid that, if Abd el Krim does to learn." would happen were such power over theria, the sufferer being A was only for foreigners' use. not reply by August 15th Spanish

foreigners granted in the near

Bcoms, absurd, for the troops will start an offensive pre- "Nothing

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The silk shipped por the Pros- both sides indicating that it is L'Eclair Bays that France mean..." be imagined! Facts speak ident Jefferson, which sailed from intended for public sorvios; as while will strive by all means to this, port at mid-night on July the Red Cross aims to serve all effect the final destruction of Abd 6th, arrived New York at 6 p.m.auffering humanity. Will those on July 31st, having been 24 concerned please explain, so that calendar days in transit.

the taxpayers of Hongkong may know whore they are?

Thanking you for the spaco, and enclosing my card,

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Views of Qual D'Orsay,

Later.

The peace terms published in Le Matin, do not correspond with the Franco-Spanish terms which, incidentally, were not officially communicated by General De | Rivera to the agents of Abd el Krim.

The Qual d'Orsay is convinced that the terms pubilated emanate from Abd el Krim himself,--Reuter.

A Harbin telegram to the Shunpao "says that a Russian

bas circumstance bandit, Kotenloff

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so-called Chinese labour organiza.ing executed by the order of the Chinese law courts since the tions are now avowedly the chief Canton factory days. instruments of what is confessedly nothing more nor less than a poli--The United States Consulate the education of the Chinese and

one who has read the discussion SCOTLAND STILL "WET.” tical agitation. When we speak to business this morning as a

General in Hongkong was closed! which took place at yesterday's

The Telegraph.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1925.

TIMELY RECOLLECTIONS.

Communism in Schools,

Sir,-As one very interested in

BAN ON RADIO TALK.

Miss "Anna Adams "Gordon of

of Chinese Trades Unions we mark of respect to the memory of meeting of the Education Board usually think of them as being the late Mr. A. Bancroft, regarding the attitude to be adopted American Ambassador to Japan, towards those Chinese students who comparable to the trades unions whose funeral service took place took a leading part in the recent at Home organizations of work-at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Tokyo, "strike" of scholars, may I ask if Evanston, Illinois, was re-elected men existing for the protection or to-day. The flag of the Consulate the Government supports the policy president of the World's Women's of the teaching of Communism in Christian Temperance Union at a native schools? Is it not a fact conference held in Edinburgh.

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was also flown at half-mast,

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betterment of workers' conditions, But in this latest manifestation, A customs notification regard-that a few months ago one of the The ban on the liquor question It is difficult to get away from they are obviously political being Lamecks Islands save the inspectors of Vernacular Schools as a radio subject, which prevent- the question of extra-territoriality cause there has never been any temporary lights there each show reported to the Director that certained Lady Astor from broadcasting a white light, flashing every 12 dangerous teaching was being on a previous night, also operated in China, for the subject form a industrial demand. Especially in

seconds. thus:-Light.. 116 carried on in at least one school against Miss Gordon. main plank in the platform of the the case of the Seamen's Union seconds; eclipse, 1034 seconds, and that when the Director was Miss Gordon was to have given agitators all over the country, and do we find the organization exert- and are so arranged that one or shown the reading matter referred a talk over the air on the opera- the other of them will be visible to and also translations of it he tion of prohibition in the United one meets it in nearly every speech ing its strength purely in all round the horizon in clear remarked that it didn't matter very States, but the Postmaster rofused or document emanating from the political way, and we agree with weather for a distance of about much because it was only "funda: the necessary permit on the

mental principles?" Any discern-ground the subject wan

too Chinese side, Evidently it is a the contention of many that these 10 nautical milos,

Ing "educationist knows how easy controversial. matter that has appealed to the anions" should, if possible, be

it is for pernicious polítical heresies There is no regulation against Passengers departing by 8.6. thoughtless people who are making brought under a much stricter St. Albane yesterday included to be taught under the guise of speaking on such a subject in s such n ridiculous series of demands supervision. We say so much Mr. and Mrs. and the two Misses fundamental religious principles, hall, however, and the delegatòs. of all listened to Jamee Cavender. Macarthur, and Miss Hooper for because the principles in the present crisis a kind of not because we think it right to Melbourne, Mr. S. D. Chaut, Mr. philosophical religions are more or Police Chief of Des Moines, Is., catch-phrase of which they probably interfere with the organization of A..O.. Mackay, Mrs, D. B. Bone, less capable of ridiculous applica- describe prohibition as "the great- hardly knew the full meaning, much labour for labour's benefit, but Mrs. and Miss Soderblom and tion in the modern workaday world, est benefit to suffering and wask humanity since.Christ came on. Mr. J. Jervois, for Sydney, Mr. Rank Socialism, Communism and less the merits or otherwise of their because we "know that these

and Mrs. W. E. and Misson E. J.other "isms" all contain principles The British delegates were

earth" claim. Yet it is the one question boules, as constituted here, ara and M. F. MacDonald, Mr. Amore or less analogous to the especially interested in the police which, if the Chineas really intend more or less political in character. Pinochet, Mr. P. Chaurad and principles of religion, but whereas chist's talk; and he was invited to to insist on its fulfilment, is likely It has to be remembered that these Mrs. B. Oman for Manila, Mr. F. the latter are philosophical and continue on the same theme

intended serve as a guide to con- Another American angle was to form the chief stumbling block Unions are the old Chinese Guilds

duct, the former are intended to furnished by Miss Flora Strout a in any future negotiations, and thus under another name, and that

[be applied politically and are, there-paid organizer, who visited the United States last year after six bears the greatest importance in they were originally formed for ical goal, and when these break up fore, something vastly different.

nothing Communistic Is it not true that our Director years" absence from the country. all considerations of international purposes quite different from there is

for it to break into. Thus, of Education had all this (or some- Miss Strout denied American policy towards. China. We can those of the unions at Home.

thing to its effect) told to him young people were

"running hardly believe that any of the Some of them are many hundreds he says, we find Russian Com-morths ago and that he thought it around with hip flaske or doing Powers is the least likely to enter of years old and have always munista, after testing out the wasn't worth taking serious notice anything you hear about." During tain the immediate abolition or shown a

theories, again flirting with Capit of? And is it not also true that the National Domoeratio Conven-

this teaching has been permitted, then in New York, she said, she" extra-territorial privileges, what. In the hands of political agitators alism. These thoughts are parti-without interference? I think the did not see one person under the ever might be said, or more correct they may easily prove exceedingly cularly arresting at the moment, public have a right to know influer de of liquor ly, rumoured; to the contrary. To formidable, and it is high time and they are well worth ponder. Yours, etc., do so would amount to an abandon that the Hongkong authorities ing over. Russia has got horself into a sorry mess by attempting ment of the nationals of that part-realised that uncontrolled unions cular nation to their fate-a fate here means the recrudescence off to work fanciful schemes which of the most unenviable description, political trouble. Not very much read all right in text-books but in which private spite would have more evidence is needed than we which are found to be very much, away and the elements of justice have had already to show that wanting when put to the test." these' unions at least some of

Had there been no interference be lacking. That might appear a

with accepted economic systems; them are political. With no strong view to take of the matter,

in that distressed country, matters but it is justified by a consideration labour demands to make and with

would have wended themselves, of past instances of foreigners no complaint of any kind, these

however bad they were after the unions have called off and are being left to the tender mercies of

of members of the Georgian com- For being in possession of one. great political upheaval took mittee of anti-Soviet parties, on a automatic pistol and ten rounde Chinese courts and prisons. Very still holding off their men. Sure- appropriately at this juncture there, this action is purely politica! place, but under the dictatorship charge of organising the insurree of ammunition, Pham van Sac, & of theorists who pretended to tion of 1924 and terrorism and "bay" of the .. Angers, was appears elsewhere in our to-day's in its origin and aim.

analyse and justify before they espionage and other capital crimes, flued $500, with the alternative issue a notice of a book which is

Four of the principal accused of six months' hard labour, by acted, but who in reality have been sentenced to death, but Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Kow- now on sale here, entitled "Six

were embarking on hare-brained this has been commuted to ten loon Magistracy this morning. Months a Prisoner of the Szechwan

Several The defondant, who was given a. imprisonment. In view of the widespread at- schomes never before fully tested, years'

others have received smaller sen- good character by members of Military." Theroin are set out the tention which is at the moment chaos and confusion were bound

the crow, stated he had the re- tences-Heuter. Bufferings of a Swiss subject who, being given to Bolshevism and its to result. The ideals of the

volver for self-protection. being unable to prove his nationall-effects when put into actual prac- Soviet leaders have been weighed

A Rosts News Agenny wire ty, was left to stand trial at the ice, it la interesting to note a in the balance and found want

from Moscow, dated July 4, hands of the Chinese authorities viewpoint which has just beening. That is why they are. now

etates-Huge tropical boa con-- Fatriotors have appeared in the who had arrested him. He actual-put forward by a well-known turning once again to Capitalism.

southern part of the Boviet Far. ly had no trial whatever, and writer to the effect that whether although naturally they do not DUTCH EDITOR INJURED. | Eastern region (Biboria). Causen languished in native prisons, was under Capitalism or Communism talk much about the change of

of their appearance in this osm-

F-treated, and his life appeared in-it is possible to build businesses front, which is a frank admission

Davos, August 5. paratively cool' climate are being As a reult of a mator-car crash-studied." It may be that these danger, until strong pressure from so big even, genluses cannot run of the absolute failure of Coming into the parapet of a bridge, reptiles are trekking to regions

Where Communism Fails.

INTERESTED.

Hongkong, Aug. 6th., 1925.

A folding umbrella carried by Mrs. Ella Boole, retiring. treasurer of the world W. C. T: U., is attracting attention smông tha delegates. Mrs. Boole is noyer, without the umbrella, which sho carries in a case only eighteen | inches long, under her arm. --

Asked, why such a protoction was necessary at a dry convention sbe remarked that Footland now, was wet, but that she hoped no DEATH PENALTY COMMUTED, umbrella would be necessary at

the next meeting there.

ANTI-REDS SENTENCED.

Moscow, August 5.

The trial has concluded at Tifis

MOTOR SMASH.

suffered a fractured skull and other

outside, and a full tide of foreign them, still legs the mediocre sub-munism when applied to the pro- Dr. Rademaker, Editor of The where they are likely to feel publle opinion, procured his restitutes for genius, This comblems of everyday life. It is, Hague newspaper Faderland, has more at home lease; after six months, during the mentator says that under Capital however, noteworthy that whilst injuries His condition is almost Governor's A.D.C. leaves fr Captain R. Nevillo, H. H. the whole of which period he never lam the evil fortunately finds its in Rusalp itself Commualam is hopeless,

Home to-morrow on the Empress once had even a show of trial. To own cure--whatever grows ton now proved utterly unworkable, Mrs. Helene Cosperus, also of The

the fact that whilst His Excel- come nearer hemo, most of our large falls apart. But under Soviet propagandists in Hague, had one of her legs broken of Australia. Enquiries elloited and her son and the driver of the fency remains in the Colony renders will recollect the case of Communism, enormous centralised trying hard to couvert the Chinese car are suffering from concussion Capt. Swinton, of the Land Fur the German, Dr. De Colbert, whof monopolies represent the theoret to its tenets.

of the brainRouter

Frey Regiment, will be. A.D.O

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