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WHY IT MUST NOT BE, I am pleased that you should The 8.3. Empreas of Canada is due here from Japan and Shang- have taken up the matter of the Hai next Monday."

British Concession in Tientsin. writes "Putman Weale" to the N. C. Daily News. intensive study of the Hankow Con- Having made an

The P. and O. a.ş. Mirzapore, with outward mails, is due in por next Monday about daylight."

The Ben Line s.s. Ben Lomond, from British ports via the Philip pines, is due on Friday of next week.

A collision took place yester-

day, just off Blake Pier, between the steam launch Wong Fat and cargo junk. The damage sus tained by the junk amounted to

$30.

A Chinese coolie has been sent to the Government Civil Hospital suffering from injuries to his head. ile, was knocked down by motor car No. 1813 in Connaught Road, West, yesterday.

|ccasion and everything that has hap- pened there since the surrender of January 3-5, I am strongly of opin- ion that it is impossible to maintaifi municipal institutions in China under a mixed control, and that the inevitable tendency is for

such administrations to fall to the ineficient from the Occidental point of view that valuce and general accurity suffer a fall of from 50 to

natural Chinose level which is o

80 per cent. It is not true that financial checks are sufficient to hold To-day, being what is known as things together; just as important National Humiliation Day, most of is the matter of the police which the Chinese papers in the Colony, the moment it passes into the hands in response to requests by their of a Chinese Director makes it in workers, have decided to have adequate to the needs of a Western holiday.

population and automatically des prives the community of its vitality and initiative. Moreover, the Board of Municipal Councillors is always totally eclipsed by the Chin- ese Director or Chairman, who being a government appointee or under government intluence, has from the Chinese point of view'ab solute control of the whole "muni- cipal" machinery. While the Tien- tsin agreement may be vastly superior to the Hankow agreement, it necessarily carries within itself fatal seeds, harmful and humiliat ing to the British, and of ne pos- sible benefit to the Chinese who for at least another generation will be under the thralldom of Civil War.

petrol fire; sand is commander for the task-the man inefficient and will who was to bear the nominal title put the engine out of supreme Commander-in-Chief- of action

Chiang Kai-shek. So, with Rut- military and political "PYRENE" Ex.sian tinguisher is small advisers, and Russian gold, the in size, tight in expedition set forth. What hap- woight and pay to pened is current history. The handle..

Northern armies, mostly a rabbie *PYRENE" does with insincere, corruptible leader, hot dotoriorato and wore swept before the enthusiasm is always ready of the Nationalist invaders, who for uso.

fought at the beginning with some Keep a

"PYR- of the first truly patriotic fervour ENE handy on seen in any Chinese army of car and in garage.modern times. Yet, quite early on, there were signs that all was not well in the Kuomintang camp There were persistent ramoura that Marshal Chiang was not at |ense with his "advisers," and it became evident before long that they were Communist usurpera,

Seen wearing a hat during the both Chinese and Russian, who

proceedings in the Court room of desired to take to themselves the the Kowloon Magistracy this epoils of war, and dispute the morning, a Chinese who was later cupremacy of the Marshal they brought before Mr. W. Schofield was fined $2 for contempt of court. had themselves appointed. Pr bably warned beforehand of a

A Chinese was sentenced is coup planned for his substitution, morning by Major Willson to eight months' hard labour. The Chiang Kai-shek advanceit to

man's record showed that he was Shanghai, and there took rastie sent to prison in 1921 for three measures against plotters within months on a charge of stealing. He was then banished for ten vena his area of control. Similar steps but returned to the Colony in have developed at Canton. No 1923 when he was arrested and the sent to prison for a year. Thus doubt madly chagrined at

is his second re-appearance after fatiure of their original plan, the being banished. Hankow extremists have sine come out into the open, only, we see, to find that their hands are more or less tied.

Ordinances Rongkong.

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Hongkong Telegraph.

TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1927.

THE KUOMINTANG TO-DAY.

The

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article

reproduced yesterday. from the pen of Mr. George E. Sokolsky, the well known Shanghai writer on matters Chinese, tells the inner history of the rise and decline of the Kun- mingtang, from a body of great promise only a year ago to a dis rupted organisation to-day which

Meanwhile, Chiang secks peace with the North. Eventually, if his pourpariers succeed, there is likely to be a collapse of the Han-

OBITUARY.

MR. HORATIO ROBERTSON.

The death has taken place in Shanghai of Mr. Horatio Robert- 80, a well-known merchant and owner of property, which occurr-

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The Very Idea!

A cinema exhibitor from Détroit, | Mich., where Mr. Henry Ford has his home factory, was shown a film which reconstructed the episode of Lady Godiva riding on horseback through the streets of Coventry.

"I'll take that one," he said. “It's years since they've seen a horse in Detroit."

"I've found what makes the

wheels go round," Sald he, with knowledge

kuen.

But, chucks, that's nothing to

astound,

He just meant gasuline.

Is your son-in-law a good husband

Surrey magistrate to a woman?

to your daughter?-Woman severe. ly: Yes, he only speaks when" spoken to.

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Voluble woman of a debtor, at Lambeth County Court: I tried like the devil to get the money from him-Judge Parry: And 1 are trying like the devil to get you to stop talking...

Man with a bandaged' neck, at Tottenham: I fell from a scaffold the other day and broke my neck.

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Mr. Rooth, Lambeth magistrate: Now is your opportunity to croag- examine the witness; to cross- examine--not examine crossly.

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Dr. Rames who was fined £3 at

Willesden for exceeding the motor car, speed limit, said that he was the first Willesden doctor to drive car, in 1900, and this was his first conviction.

There is another point politically far more important just now. The British Government is very solici In his book of naval reminis tous about securing the sincere co-cences, "Commander, R.N.," Con- operation of such Powers as Japan mander G. B. Hartford, D.S.O., and France. Yet at this very mo- RN, tells a story concerning a ment it deliberately does thing amall British gunboat made fast to which make sincere co-operation a bank in the West River, Canton. impossible; for both French and It was a hot afternoon, and the Japanese look upon our Concession only person stirring aboard was the policy in Hankow and Tientain as wardroom "boy," who was prepar- a deliberate detrayal which musting tea in the galley. An arch- expose their own Concessions to re-brigand and his band passing by, prisals and attuck at some moment and seeing what was apparently a so as to force them to surrender in defenceless steamer just asking to the same way. Moreover, we have

be looted, stalked on board with his not yet lived down or explained the company. Hearing a noise, the British Memorandum of December "boy" ran out of the galley and 18 which Sir Miles Lampson showed confronted him. in Hankow to Mr. Eugene Chen, matic Body in Peking, and which prior to its being read to the Diplo Mr. Eugene Chen had honesty cash to advise to be suppressed, as the policy therein announced would benefit no one. In this.

Memorandum Japan's unsecured come in for indirect mention, the debts-which are not our business

is split into factions, and is unable kow branch of the Kuomintang, to claim that it represents any and a re-union in the party as a jed at the Country Hospital substantial portion of Chinese mere matter of necessity. But Wednesday evening. Mr. Robert- son had been more or less unwoll opinion. When one refers thus to what of Kuomintang influence for the past few weks and was the Kuomintang, the real allusion now? It is practically nil so far taken to the hospital on Tuesday is to the Nationalist Party, or as the responsible opinion of the with the view of recuperating with ja quiet rest. His condition, how- | Government, that arose at Canton,world goes. A great opportunity ever, did not improve and he pass-whole faim of the Memorandum (which was swiftly followed by the and, under a scheme of reconstruc has been lost. Definitely, the ed away as mentioned,

The late Mr. Robertson

capture of the Hankow Concession tion just after the Hongkongparty has core to represent a

by the mob) being to curry favour born in England 66 years ago. of boycott, bade fair to develop into hand

place-seekers, oppor His father was a well-known mer-with the very people who were in- unified administration, so re-tunists, and extremists, with a chant and contractor at Foochow tent on stabbing us, and to disas- sociate ourselves from the other presentative of the South that few earnest men whose influence during the very height of the good Powers.

old tea days when merchant

We have now reversed this policy, there were not wanling advocates, | Insta just sp long as they are abbclippers made such wonderful and in this Colony, and in the diploma-to wield a powerful right arm. memorable passages between Foc- but we have forgotten to make an ie circles of several important its corruption by Moscow is de chow and Landen. Mr. Robert-amende honourable to the Powers, son's father was more than closely particularly France and Japan; and we are so stupid that we persist in Powers, who were all for some fuite, and for a long time to come indentified with these clippers and

carrying out that portion of the form of recognition to what it must be looked.upon with the we understand he was a full own-

abandoned policy. which most in censes Japan,.namely in the matter peared a frit accompli--the estab- | gravest suspicion by the nations of one or several of his

sailing ships. The late Mr. Ro-

of Concessions, after she has an- lishment of a responsible that have orderly rule as an ideal bertson was best known as 忘

nounced in the Diet that her own He was trained le ablie distinct from the already tottering Peking Government.

shipping office routine in a Cardiff shipowning firm, then came out to the East to join his father at Foo

The Kuomintang has slipped bad-shipping man. ly, and it will take a long time to recover from the effects of its

Admitted. the Canton regime a twelvemonth ago was under the fall influence of Soviet Russia, yet Borodin was declared to be 10 more than inviser. It was felt. thin as subsequently, that once the baby Republic of the South

Australian Royal Tour.

Own

chow. They dew their own house lag and thele well-known hong name "Pah Zong" has been kept jup by Mr. Robertson ever since and at present it appears at the The opening of the new Comine new residence on Route Doa- monwealth Parliament building at mer. Canberra marks the conclusion, For quite a long period Mr. Ro-

"What do you think you are

"None of your lip," said the arch. doing?" asked the "boy" brigand, or words to that effect, in Chinese.

"We propose to icot this fine ship forthwith," and, holding a

us the way to the treasures.

"But you can't do that," protest- ed the "boy." "This is a British warship!"

pistol at his head. "you' shall show

"Oh. sorry," said the arch- brigand, most politely and consider- ately. "But why didn't you say s0 And he and his men before?"

walked ashore again.

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From the classroom: Ambiguity means telling the The imperfect tense is used in truth when you don't mean to. French to express a future action in past time which does not take place at all,

Stability is taking care of a stable.

A mosquito is the child of black and white parents.

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The reason then, for the lull in Concessions will not be returned,

The Prines of Wales, accompani- avenging Nanking, in spite of all this talk of American apathy, must

ed by General Trotter, his equerry, be traced primarily to faulty Briand two ladies, paid a surprise visit ish policy which will never win the to the Capital Picture House in the hearty cooperation of other Powers

Haymarket recently,

The Prince was unrecognised, unless we cease acting independent- ly in things vital to important friendly nations in China, eg, Con- and took a ticket for an ordinary cessions and unsecured debts, while 5. 9. seat, for which he had to

their help.

bad found its feet, it would begin so far as its special intent is con-bertson was a resident of Hankow in other matters we ardently soliest wait until there was room.

And.

business.

T.

COLONIAL CONFER-

ENCE:

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"You're quite sure this is alliga- for skin?" inquired the customer.

"Yes," replied the shopman. "I shot it myself."

"H'm 1 to be a

soiled on this

little.

"Ah! that's where it struck the ground when it fell out of the tree."..

I submit that if we wish to solve to seek independence and throw cerned, of the tour by the Duke and it was there he acquired such

and Duchess of York to the ep knowledge of the Russian langu- the China problem our first duty is off the restraining, or guiding lonies down under." It also age as to be looked upon as a very

to suspend independent action and For the

to go to Tokyo and talk straight hand of the Russian nurse. As marks the end of a successful visit, fine Russinn linguist. Mr. Sokolsky points out, there was insofar as the strengthening of past 30 years, however, Mr. Ro- the ties of Empire are concerned. bertson has been continuously in ļa brief period when it appeared as Though the Duke of York has not Shanghai. He was associated for if Canton, and that meant the the popularity of his elder brother great number of years as man- province of Kwantung, was to be the Prince of Wales, the "Empire'sager or agent of the Russian Volun- teer Fleet and it may be candidly best Ambassador yet he has en-

To truvel to Canada at the same administered with a minimum of tered similarly into the spirit of stated that no better shipping man coud ever have been entrusted

price as one would pay to go to the evils apparent all over China, the country he is visiting,

with auch a difficut position;

"the pictures" seems incredible. ITS IMPORTANCE STRESSED.

Yet this is what Mr. and Mrs. and an era of prosperity seemed there has been a great deal of the certainy no one with such a wide truly democratic touch in the in-and varied shipping experience

Waite and their six children, of to be about to dawn. There was tercourse between the representa could ever have been selected for

London, May 9.

Westwood, Durham, have done. an abundance of outside capital tive of the British Royal house and the position. Mr. Robertson was The importance of the Colonial For the sum of 58 10d- an aver- ready for the asking, and the ideal the people of the Antipodes also much interested in the cotton Office conference of Colonies and age cast of under 9d-thia. family. There were inevitable criticisms mills of 'Shanghai, particularly in Protectorates, which opens sailed from Liverpool for Canada Aum- Canard liner would have been the development here and there, but the overwhelm the Shanghai Cotton Manufactur- to-morrow, May 10th, from the by the

This was made possible by of the Nationalist regime to suching opinion was that the Duke and ing Co. It was characteristic of viewpoint of the Colonies was niu. a state that full recognition, could Duchess well fitted the role they Mr. Robertson's business acumen stressed by Sir Edward Grigg the Government-assisted passages set out to fill, and the wind-up of that in whatever business he took (Governor of Kenya) and scheme, and under ordinary circum- the special visit with the ceremony a leading part he set himself to Brigadier-General

Sir Gordon stancen it would cost Mr. Waite at Canberra has lacked nothing of make a success of it. His opinions Guggisberg (Governor of the nearly £150. the enthusiasm that one expects were always most valuable, far- Gold Coast), when interviewed by from events of the kind. It re-seeing and trustworthy, Mr. Ro- Reuter. calls the tour made by the present bertson will be much missed The latter declared that the King, when he was the Duke of amongst the mercantile and other Colonies have now Cornwall and York, a good many communitica of Shanghal, years ago, on the occasion of the opening of the first Australian

not have been much longer with held. But then came the present Northern campaign, and the revel- ation of how much the Com- munist element, fed both material- ly and spiritually by Moscow,

had to do behind the scenes.

It will be remembered that Mar-

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An Amoy report states that the a really big opportunity of securing co-opera-Chinese Compradore of the Amoy tion between themselves, and Six Branch of the Nederlandsche In- Edward Grigg was likewise san- dische Handelesbank is missing. Parliament. Thus has history rewitnessed at the University in Mol. guine as regards the conference. It is alleged that he fled after shai Chiang Kai-shek, not himself peated itself, and the ceremonious bourne, when the students staged Ile stressed the opportunities of embezzling a largo aut from the opening of the present enlarged a particularly demperatic "rag," Kenya which would ultimately Bank's funds, generally, reported a Cantonese, made an effort to Parliament by a Röyal representa are perhaps amazing, but the carry a largb European popula-to be in the neighbourhood of purge the party of its most tive leids to the dignity that has spirit of the age is not to be denied tion, with the natives sharing in $1,000,000, extreme factions a whole year ago. come to be associated, with the its freedom of contact between the the development.

expansion that has taken place in highest in the land, and the most opinion that a common system of outwardly successful, the status of the bigger colonies, humble, and the greater the evid cepearch would greatly assist the with the outward English mails,

natives towards Actually, it now transpires, the such as Australia. To the very once of such intercourse the more whites and

economie prosperity.Router. Moscow-controlled clique per-conservative, scenes such as were the measure of its success.

He was

He was of

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