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SHANGHAI DIARY.

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1927.

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GETTING BACK TO NORMAL. JAPAN'S POLICY UNCHANGED. MORE PERSONS IMPERILLED.

Shanghai, April 28.

Tokyo. May 4.

New Orleans, May 4. Considerable interest attaches Yesterday's Ministerial confor- A further 20,000 to 30,000 per- to an announcement by the Politi-enca formally reached an agree-sons are, imperilled by the loads. cal Bureau of the Nationalist army ment to confirm and adopt its pre-At Cabinetecle, in north eastern threefoot wall of now in Shanghai that the arrest: decessor's policy towards the tri- Louisians, a of Mr. Fu Sino-en is ordered. The partite disarmament conference-water overflowed the levee, sweep person concerned is the chairman Reuter,

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of Commerce and it is charged against him that he got his present

"The

ing away the sandbags which wore piled up to reinforce the embank- ment and inundated the farmlands and acores of villages which had ants as the waters widened their to be evacuated by their inhabit- sweep, flooding the plantations eight feet doop.

An airman who flew over the em- bankment reported that the break was 150 feet wide and rapidly widening-Reuter's American Sor- vice.

RAILWAY DISASTER.

position by illegal means and that rines here, also made a shrewd corruption was responsible for the comment recently when he said to

certain correspondent great success of, Mr. Fu and others members of the Chamber com-typewriter has spoiled the art of mittee at the last election. Mr. War." It is true in this case at Fu is also charged with being an least. Instead of action we get anti-revolutionary in that he as-diplomatista drafting fancy nos with on a unanimous line which it is sisted Sún Chuan-fang money. However there is little saturally difficult to agree upon. doubt that the real cause for the

A Dinner. order and for an order disbanding the Chamber committee in the

Shanghai, April 29. " Last night there was a merry fact that it has so far refused to ruiven lean of ten million dollars gathering at the Majestic Hotel for the Nationalist cause. It is where Mr. Duo Tai-chi, local com- understood that so far the Nation-missioner for Foreign Affairs, and TRAIN CARRYING NOTABLES alists have succeeded in raising Dr. C. C. Wu, Foreign Minister- $6,000,000 in Shanghal on the eleet of the Nanking Nationalist security of the Customs surtax. Government, were the guests of Negotiations are in progress for the foreign correspondents in another ten million on the same Shanghai. It is understood that security and it is probably be- Dr. Wu has no intention of leaving cause of opposition by Fu that the Shanghai at present. Not un- present measures are taken. wisely he appears to be sitting on the fence although formally ho has accepted the appointment offered him, it is understood.

Curlew.

Sport.

H.M.S. Hawkins by beating 1.M.S. Despatch by three goals to one has entered the final of the Army and Navy cap football com- As I had predicted, curfew is to petition. The competition has be no more. Last night, although provoked considerable interest no official notice of any kind had with so many army and naval appeared from the authorities of teams available now. The Haw either concession or settlement, kins will now meet the Durhams the restrictions were not enfor- in the final,

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COLLIDES.

Madrid, May 4. Only a few minutes after the train conveying the Royal Family, to Madrid from Sevilla passed the spot an express train carrying numerous well known persone, in- cluding the Portugrese Ambassa- dor, returning from the fetes at Seville, collided with. a goods train thirty miles west of Cordova. Two were killed and several in- jured,

The Prince of Wales and Prince George were among the visitors at Seville and were due to join the royal train at Cordova, hence they were in nowise involved in the ac- cident-Reuter.

JAPANESE DIET.

EMPEROR PRESENT FIRST TIME IN DECADE.

Tokyo, May 4. For the first time since he as-

zed. At two o'clock people were ambulating about the streets un- moleated. Officially I understand curfew will cense on Saturday Shanghai is gradually resum-

so-called ing a normal atmosphere. There and once again the

Paris of the Orient (goodness is not now the feeling of tension knows why it is so-called) will which recently was noticeable to every visitor. The spirit of un-resume its usual hours of activity. We return to the life which Mr. rest is manifest enough from Nanking to Hankow but Shang Franck in his recent book of tra- cended the Throne the new Em- hai has dropped out of the lime-vel in China referred to somewhat peror opened the Diet acssion to- light. The authorities appreciate scathingly. He said if God per day-the first time for a decade the difference, and there has been mitted Shanghal to exist he ought that the Emperor has attended the

To-day to apologise to Sodom and Gomer-opening ceremony in person. relaxation all round.

rah. One can only suppose that guards were withdrawn from the Mr. Franck was badly "atung" offices of the Telegraph companies after a long period of sentry dutymewhere here at an unearthly day and night. Arrangements have hour of the morning.' also been made for the evacuation

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Flying.

At the conclusion of the cere- mony, which lasted barely ten minutes, the Lower House held its first session, only, electing com- mittees and leaving over special business for to-morrow when Bar- on Tanaka, Premier, will announce the Government's foreign and financial policies and present the the purpose of relief bills for which the Diet has been convened.

SOUTH AMERICA TRADE.

of all Shanghai Volunteer Corps units from their billets in the . Mr. Quo Talchi is still busy Race Club's stand. The American protesting. Ha has, in a long let- company of the Volunteers are ter to Sir Sydney Barton, relte- also vacating their billets at the rated his protest of ten days ago premises of the Shanghai Rowing regarding British Aeroplanes fly- Clab and it will again be avail-ing over Chinese territory. HeReuter. able for members. Meantime appears to have no objection to sport has been curtailed at the them flying over the international Race Course. The daily flying settlement. To his firat protest of aeroplanes from H.M.S. Argus he has received no reply whatever. prevents all golf there and of He is probably justified in law in course it is impossible to get out his protest but he is rather late. to the Kiangwan and Hongkew golf courses, beth of which lie far outside the defence lines. Refer-

The local representatives of ring again to restrictions I hear Chiang Kai-shek are taking no half that shortly the curfew will not measures with Communists in this ring again, at least not till the area. Two days ago a meeting of need again arises.

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PRESIDENT COOLIDGE AND U. S. POLICY.

Washington, May 4. In an address at the third Pan American Commercial Conference, President Coolidge stated that during the twelve years ending 1925, the United States' share of South American exports averaged in Shanghai are rather disgusted killed, many wounded and 150 nearly forty per cent of the total-

twice the with the attitude of Washington taken prisoner. Now they have this was more than so far as the Nanking outrages are suppressed a

newspaper share of Britain, who was Ameri- concerned. Events give credence which the remnants of the Shang-ca's nearest competitors-while had started. America had since 1913 maintain- to the suggestion put forward a haj Labour Union little time ago that Chiang Kai-To throw off suspicion, one sup- ed the premier position in the shelt's split was a clever move on poses, it had been called the import frade of South America, his part to distract the allies. "Beautiful World." Troopa raided the amount of importa from the Washington seems to think that the premises, seized the plant, United States in 1926 being 882 dollars. The United if Chiang is not Communist then made arrests and generally took million he is not anti-foreign. In other measures to see the paper would States did not wish to participate words Chiang's bluff has boen very not be issued again. On the in South American trade at the expense of other people, but upon successful in one capitul in spite premises were found quantities of

a mutually just and equitable of all that local representatives communist literature and a host can say. The leopard may have of leaflets denouneing Chiang Kai- basis. altered his cry but not his spots. shek as being worse than the Bri- This it seems is not apparent in tish Imperialists, Chang Tao-lin, Washington and the split amongChang Taung-chang, Sun Chuan- the Powers makes it appear that fong a Wu Pei-fu. All of which as usual nothing will be done. It goes to show how deeply the Was a shrewd comment by the Soviet teachings have sunk. A Daily Telegraph on the presenta-month ago Chiang Kai-shek was tion of the Powers" note, "Firmness to these people the saviour of has been sacrificed for unanimity." China and their chosen leader but Brig. General Smedley Butler, now they would have him thrown commanding the American ma- out of the country.

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