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"CHINESE AID" CONGRESS.

BERLIN MEETING A FARCE.

RUSSIAN AIMS EXPOSED.

BRITAIN & TURKEY.

ILLEGAL DEPORTATIONS. BROUGHT UP.

Genova, Sept. 22.

The British delegation has re| quested the Council of the Leaguo of Nations to meet at the earliest

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER

CORRESPONDENCE.

BATHERS BITTEN,

To the Editor of the Hongkong

Telegraph.

Sir should be glad if you The Berlin correspondent of the

possible moment to consider oor-would grant me a little space in"] New York Evening Post writes respondence with regard to the order to dispel the impression under date of August 17th as deportations of Christians from which may be occasioned by the follows:-

districts adjacent to the Brussels article which appeared in your issue. Under the mask of meeting, to line and Mosul. It states that in of the 21st inst, under the above further the relief of Chinese view of the Turkish donia! reports heading. strikers and victims of the present of deportatione, the Council

Actually what happened was that

unrest in China, communists are should immediately take steps to two bather lady and a gentle- holding an international congress satisfy themselves whether the man who were bathing at Easma here, throwing considerable light reports of the High Commissioner Beach on Sunday came into con on the Soviot's world policy. of Iraq are founded on foot. The

The "Hand Off China" Congress League should forthwith send a tact with a jelly-ash and were more was called by the "International representative to the locality of or less seriously stung as a result, Workers' Relief Association," and the Brussels line to investigate Mr. Smith was the more seriously was held in the old German Senate and report immediatoly to the lung and as a result experienced building, 800 delegatos and some Council in the event of a similar very great pain and under the thought visiters attending. Most of them occurrence in the future. The circumstances, it was represented Communist organiza British and Iraq Governments advisable to send him back to Hong- would welcome the presence of kong immediately in order that he tlens, Humanitarian intellectuals, such a representative on their side might have the advantage of A DIAMOND RING

duped into attending, left when it of the Brussels line, and would medical attention forthwith. This became clear that the object was afford him overy assistance to was accordingly done, Mr. Smith) the promotion of a Russian fight fulfil his task.

being sent to Hongkong on the against England.

The Note says that unquestion- Association laurich. He was not The "Twra" is the so-called ably the deportations are a viola- unconscious when embarking on Russian Red Cross. It sets itself tion of the Treaty of Lausanne the launch although, as I say. up as an organization for workers and might modify the present suffering severe pain. He is at the relief and includes non-Com- stato of the territorios, the final munists. Actually it is an impor-state of which depend on, the present time progressing favourably tant agency of Communist propa-decision to be reached with rewas stung and who was also finding towards recovery. The lady who ganda. Its offices in Vienna gurd to the frontier.-Reuter. recently were closed by the Govern-

ment, when they were found to be

her injuries very painful has, I am told, not experienced any very serious after effects. The third

the headquarters of revolutionary OPIUM CONVENTION. person who was injured was with activities for the Balkans,

Lenin's War Cry Amended.

In party of the East Surrey Regiment who were bathing on the opposite In the enll to the Congress, the BRITISH RATIFICATION. side of the island to Easma. Beach. Iwra significantly amended Lenin's

The impression I set out to dispel war cry to "Proletarians of all.

Geneva, Sept. 22. was that Enema Beach is, or may lands, and all oppressed peoples, At'u moeting of the Committee be, infested with Jargo and unito."

In commenting on the dealing with dangerous drugs dangerous fish. This is not so Congress, the Communist pewa-Viscount Cecil announced that The jelly-fish is, unfortunately, not paper Rote Fahne said:

Canada had ratified the Opium uncommon in the waters surround- "Next to Soviet Russia, the Convention, being the first coun- ing the Colony and, as a result, fighting in China is the centre of try to do eo. He added that the injuries austained through coming Interest of the world proletarian. British Government had obtained into contact with them are unfor- In fact, the Congress of European the

powors from workers organized to help the Parliament to ratify the Conven-do not happen any more frequently tunately not infrequent, but these Chinese masses is a symbol of worldtion and urged all Statos to

consciousness of the workers.

"They give up racial pride and see the connection between their fight for freedom and, the fight of suppressed Eastern peoples in Morocco, Egypt, India and China.. China proves that the fight of nationalists can be successful only when it is a class fight

"Russia has demonstrated, and the Eastern peoples have under- atood."

necessary

follow suit.--Reuter.

FRENCH POSTAL

STRIKE.

it ATTACK ON GOVERN. MENT."

Paris, Sept. 22, After a Cabinet disctission on Chinese "Send Greetings. the postal strike, M. Chaumot, The Congress received greetings Minister of Commerco, announced from the Chinese Workers' Federa- that ho would summarily dismiss tion in a telegram from Peking, those responsible for the strike which said:

which was a revolutionary attack "Fraternal greetings to the Con-on the state which no Goverment gress. We hopefully look forward could tolerato.-Renter

to the success of your work and are deeply, convinced the international

proletarint will, give material help! to the suppressed working masses of China in their fight against Imperialism."

DRUSES ROUTED.

at Easma Beach than at any of the other bathing places in the Colony, As a matter of fact the Beach has this season fortunately been fairly free from thein. I may say that the fish which presumably caused the injuries referred to above wash captured and taken ashore and destroyed. It was not an unusually large specimen.-Yours, etc.,

T. N. MACREYNOLDS,

Hon. Secretary, Ex-Active Service Men's

Association.

Hongkong, Sept. 22nd, 1925.

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BIG DYE WORKS FUSION.

Public Schools. Sir,In your article of yester day, referring the age of our var ious public schools you would ap pear to have a somewhat hazy! idea of what exactly constitutes "Public School." A public school is an institution having some- thing more than close connections FRENCH INFLICT, SEVERE with the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; a public school is DEFEAT.

something more than an educa-I tional centre of high standing and great antiquity. If I may be per- The Druses were severely demitted to say so, a public school feated, on September 17th at is an establishment in which

Berlin, Sept. 22. "The Chinese greet with satis- Mer-ifrgy, 12 miles from Sucida. "tone" is considered of much more fusion of all the important dye.

Negotiations with the view to the faction the wea's fight on behalfThey desperatly

attacked the importance than its curriculum.works in Germany have led to a

Yours etes.

Keveral

Willy Muenzenberg, secretary of the Berlin Iwra, rand the following letter from Chinese workers, signed by Professor Kou Menga of Peking University and others:

Beyrout, Sept. 22.

of Chinese revolutionaries, and head of the French column, but are convinced a united front by the in spite of numerical superiority, oppressed classes in the West and wore beaten off, leaving 500 kili- the peoples in the East must be ed.-Huens,

built up as a step forward „for, humanity. They greet with hearty pleasure the outstretched hand of the Iwra and see from the work of this organization in Germany, Russia, Japan and Ireland that it is appropriate for the purpose.".

The signers of the letter were described as having formed an organization to serve as a connect-; ing link between the "Chinese people and the sympathetic masses of the West,

dam

Internationale

to

Amsterdam executives" made an

evasive answer and the Iwra then

brought pressure to bear, in the]

ECONOMIC CONFERENCE.

COUNCIL TO EXAMINE FRENCH PLANS.

PARENT, Bongkong, Sept. 22, 1925,

COMPREHENSIVE GERMAN PROPOSAL.

Provisional result which will shortly be submitted to the Boards of the Companies concerned, including the Baden Aniline, Berlin Aniline, Sir--In one of your leaders to- Hoechst and Elberfeld dyeworks. night on school,claims, you say The final decision will rest with the that there are several Old Boys general meetings of the Companies of King's School at present in in the Spring, but there is little Hongkong, This is indeed news doubt that the fusion will matéria- to me, so perhaps you could go alise with a view to eliminating bit further and say who me or competition and regulating con- two of them are. The only OK S. I have ever met here is amorset

camption-Reuter. Maughan, who passed through several months ago.

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Geneva, Sept. 29.

A Moscow tolegram of Septem-. The special correspondent of the Harus Agency at Geneva School ages, I did not know before delegation of Labour Mombers of Incidentally, as regards Public ber 12th, reports that a British The conference has had a thorny learns that Lord Cecil and that there was any question about Parliament hus arrived in the

Louchour have agreed that the King's School, Canterbury, being Soviet capital. background. In mid-June the wra Council of the League shall of the oldest I thought it was every Invited the non-Communist Amster amine, when opportunity offers, where admitted. Yours etc.. unite the plans drawn up by the with it for the relief of French

delogation for an Hongkong, Sept. 22nd, 1925.

tised by the Duke of Wollington Striking Chinese workers. The Economic Conference. Havas.

for so 'tis said); Winchester has [Our corresponden at wrongly prided itself on being more exclu- quotos us when he says we claim-sive than Eton; Harrow provides ed that there are several old boys one of the eloven in the greatest of form of telegrams from Chinese the yellow proletariats. Long live of this school at presont in Hong-school cricket fixtures; Rugby was workers begging Amsterdam to join international solidarity: long live kong. Our procise words woro-advertised largely through "Tom in the mutual effort.

antionally and socially emancipated "Incidentally it may be mention Browne's Schooldays; and both The British wra was prevailed | China !"

ed that there are at present sever-Winchioster and Eton have fár upon to send a letter, signed by It was announced that the Twraal Hongkong boys amongst the had) a propondoratingly aristo George Lansbury, M.P., former had held more than 1,000 meetings students of this ancient school." oratie connection. In the mattor

-Ed. 'H. K. T.]

of schools, therefore, it appears | editor of the Daily Herald. In support of Chinese workers.

that ago. and maturity do not Amsterdam up until now has not] The meeting was addressed by deelded definitely." No delegates two Americans, Jack, Cormey, an Bir-Why all this pather about count bvormuch in assessing the from that city were present to-day. Irish-American. newspaper man, age of a school? There are several vintago. Otherwise China has us Message Sent to China. and William Jack, who promised the vory ancient schools in Britain, easily beaten, with its ancient The Congress passed a resolution support of American trade unions. no doubt, but when we have dug Peking Academy, that was turn- addressed to the Iwra in China': Neither held a mandate as a dele-up their old history what purpose ing out learned men what time has been served? After all, it is the site of Canterbury, or any "The Congress for Hands. Of gate from any organization.

tradition that makes an institu- other place in Britain, harboured

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"China" repeats brotherly, greetings Count Reventlow, the German tion graat-henca,the famous pub the woad-clad ancestors of the and promises to do all in its power racialist leader, had announced he lie schools of England, Of the English pubilo school boy. to support your hard fight. The would speak at the meeting against following great public schools, it Yours, oto relior action of the Iwra bullds a "English Imperialism. He attend- is doubtful whether age alone has

SIMPLICITAS. Connection between the white and ed, but did not speak

made them-Eton was beet adver- Hongkong, Sopt. 23rd., 1925.

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