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THE CHINESE STUDENT.

DR. LIM BOON-KEN'S

.VIEWS..

That well-known Chinese odver- tionalist, Dr. Lim Beon- keng, has just passed through Hongkong on his return to Singa pore to spend the Chinese New Year holidays with his family, and in an interview accorded to a Telegraph reporter just before he aniled at noon to-day on the B. 1 Takada, he made some interesting pronouncementa in connection with the recent anti-Christian.rlota at Tukien parts.

When Dr. Lim left Amoy, where he is Principal of the University, last week, the situation had quietened down, and there was no strong manifestation

ofant foreign feeling, except for a rather noisy demonstration staged before the Roman Catholic Church which was instantly dispersed by the local police, who are, he effelently maintaining law and order in that city. That the_ridi- culous charges. levelled against the missionaries were realised at their tene value was made evident by Dr. Lim in the information that the Amoy authorities, soon after the outbreaks at Foochow, put public proclamations against the spreading of these false ramburs. "No respectable Chinese people believe this nonsense" continued Dr. Lim, and speaking as an ordinary man of common-sense, I do not for a moment believe that

a Catholic Mission, or any other Mission for that matter, would do such things. The people in Amoy do not Bellove these reports, which are due to political propaganda.

Of course, Dr. Lim went on to say, there had been charges of a political and non-religious charac ter against missionaries in China, but that was "old history," and opportunity had only been taken to bring these charges into pros ninence during this period of anti-foreign feeling.

. Those who were in real touch with the true state of affairs. possessed that natural dislike to come out with their views, and as' they form the majority whose views. would have been accepted, the situation suffered that much from their abstention, and was correspondingly weakened.

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THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH,

FOOCHOW RIOTS.

HOW TROUBLE CAME

TO HEAD...

THE CAUSES ANALYSED..

Before the recent anti-Christian outbreaks in Fukien have lost their full significance by merging into the general political situation of the country, it will not be out of place to retrace, briefly, the course of developments, in order that a truer understanding, may be ob tained of the causes and effects. Whilst dianissing, once and for

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CANTON NEWS.

ELECTION OF NEW.COMMIS-

SIONERS.

Laatsthe radical faction creaté. disturbances during the election of Canton City Kuomintang Commis stoners, General" LI Chai-sum has ordered a battalion of troops to protect the City Party Headquar!. ers, on the East Bund,

Like the recent election of Pro.. vincial Commissioners, three groups of Kuomintang leaders are at present struggling in the coming City election. These factions are the moderates, the Lefts and the extremo Lefts General Li Chai

all, the charges of inhuman crueltynum, the formost military leader in which are too ridiculous to be given Cunton, is leading the moderate

faction.

moment's attention, but regard ing which the purposes of the ox tremists are only too apparent it will be of interest to look into the missionary history of Fukien pro- vinee-nccepting it as typically lustrative of other provinces of China-and to discover what both missionaries and natives have to say of it.

RELIGIOUS

ACTIVITY.

It is a fact, attested to by re cords, that the Dominicans were amongst the first religious workers to enter China, where they latar commolidated their activities in the province of Fukien, carrying out pioneer work which is now alast wholly destroyed. AL Ц

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Large numbers of military coolles who were recruited in Kwangtune at the beginning of the Northern Expedition, are returning from the, North owing to the cold weather there, which had caused the leath of a number of the Cantonesc coglies. Many of these coolica were strikers from Hongkong an i Shamoon,

are

River.

Ji

Ás already reported, the remnants of the Chan Kwing-

and ming

Lam Fu Armies are again causing much trouble on the Kwangtung Klangsi borders and along the upper East Some of these men are ap- proaching Hoynen and another which, we are informed, was group threatens Yangyuan district. contemporaneous with the travels The magistrates of these districts of Marco Pulo,

the Domi have wired to Canton for help. lens already had this work ‚well-established in Fukien, They

time

made many converts and caused a number of religious and educa-

·INDUSTRIAL CENSUS.

. SOON...

tional institutions to come into existence a central Mission Head- BRITISH FIGURES EXPECTED quarters building, a Seminary for the initiation of native clergymen, a College for boys, a similar one

London, Jan. 24. for girls, churches and chapels, and,

Britain's Industrial census, be inst, but not least, a Convent where the charitable side of their work gun in February 1925, is practical- was expanded. For the purposes completed, and the Board of of "field work," the province was Trade expect to be able to publish conveniently divided into ecclesias- the first results in a few days.

The census relates to the year tical arena, the whole organisation, in so far as it concerned Fukien, 1924. It will enable the public to being placed under the control of see what percentage of "net output a Bishop, who at present is Mons value" gots, to labour and how signeur Aguirre and who has his much to the employer. "Ket out-

American and put value" is an economic term in- 1 Se: at Foochow French Missionaries of the same vented by the Board of Trade and Order, although occupying different is the gross or selling valve at the Mission headquarters, later had factory door of a manufacturer's their work incorporated and con-production, less cost of materials. solidated into this provincial In other words, it is the valta. add- scheme.

ed by capital and labour,

Asked his opinions on the value of the average Chinese student and how he stood eis-a-vis the

The foregoing will serve to re- present situation, Dr. Lim said val the thorough and composite that, essentially, the Chinese nature of missionary work as it is student was a patriot. That much dopbliess carried out in other had to be borne in the mind in all parts of China as well, although points of contact with him. He with modifications of a funda was peaceable and generally not mental character as in the case given to violence, and if this was

of non-Catholic societies. properly, understood by foreigners, much of the recent troubles occurring in all parts of China could have been avoided, or at least minimised

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Despite the excellent educational and charitable work carried oht, agitators have been busy claiming The Chinese student had always | that although missionaries are not been inarticalate, and within re- | identified with interests of commer-

Mexico City, Jan. 24. cent years, failing to get those incial nature, they are spies and The various District Courts Authority to net for them, had been agents for their respective Covers which have rendered decisions in "striving, although with great un-ments. Propaganda of the nature, the so-called "Amparo" suits, filed

wisdom, to take matters into his spread by members of the "Political own Eands and 'attempt to make Dissemination Dare-to-Die Corps" foreigners, realise the injustice of | -nine an established institution the situation. The students had | functioning with the, military arm been repressed by the Chinese of the Nationalist Government,ary orders protecting specific pieces. military on the one hand and on has been incorporated in its politi- the other by possessing he share cal diplomacy. This is shown by in the direction of the foreign the revelations of Father Garcia, politics of the country. To make one of the Dominican Fathers who the best of their very limited has just arrived in this Colony. A fheilities, they perforce had to Christian, worker, long, established have recourse to parades and pro-in the country, he was within heur- cessions. Those taking part in ing distance of a meeting held just these functions did not carry before the recent outbreaks in one arms, and could be as orderly as of the religious buildings conman- my parado. in European or Ameri- decred for the purpose by the mili can cities,

tary forces of General. 1o." At: Not until they were interfered this meeting, Father Garcia heard with did they become violent. A the presiding officer remark:-"We⋅ page in diplomacy could have been Chinese people have ordured and Buffered much from foreigners,

It is

taken from the action of the and almost all our troubles have British, Consul ir Amoy last year, been due to missionaries. when he took the trouble to ascer tain the wishes of the students time that we rid ourselves of this through the local Chinese officials traditional fear of the "Western determined devil" and show a

of property. About a hundred Am- paros, or temporary protection cer tificates, have been filed against cer- tain provisions of the law.

Pending appeals to higher courts, the Companies remain in possession, of their properties, although they are reported to be restricting opera- tions.-Realer.

EARTHQUAKE IN SCOTLAND.

ALARM OVER A WIDE AREA.

London, Jan. 24. Earthquake shocks were CX-

wide area in

and Chinese community, and in attitude in all our dealings with perienced at five o'clock this that way so brought about matters him. As a first step to bring about morning over a that it was a very peaceful pro- this united front, we must drive north-east Scotland, including cession that was held afterwards. The same arrangements figured out all the missionaries and take Aberdeen, Elgin, Ballater and the

Until Into a recent procession at Shang- back the educational arm. hal. These two events showed we have done all this, there will be

no real peace in the country."

how much could be accomplished with the exponditure of a little tact and sympathy, added Dr. Lim.

LYING STORIES.

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The tremors lasted from twenty seconds to a minute and a half. Houses in all the places' affected, were shaken and some alarm was In the light thrown by this and caused. No damage, however, s other meetings subsequently held at reported beyond the smashing of Foechow, the incidents that result-crockery, which was thrown to the Lower decks' fag day and navaled a few days later, however they floor.-British Wireless, pageant, hold, at Portsmouth, rea- lised £2,425 for the Trafalgar Or may be distorted, can easily be understood. The purpose of the agitators has been revented in the made to carry a dead baby in his lying stories spread amongst ignor- or her arms.. For the full accom- ant countrymen regarding the plishment of this. purpose, mob deaths of babies at the Convent, and passions, such as can be easily In the diabolical plan of capturing raised in China, are adroitly utilis and forcing the missionaries to ed by the lenders of the Nationalist take part in a parade through the movement, so that the wave of anti- streeta, at which each would be foreign hatred may be spread.

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