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LEGRAPH SATURDAY, JUNE

less the power of Russian Boleho- viam was resisted in China, there

The

DAY BY DAY.

OUR IDEALS ARE OUR BETTER SELVES Bronson Aldott.

A coal coolie was killed through falling into the hald of the Ginseń Maru at 1.30 this morning. The body was taken ashore to the Mort

uary.

Mr. L. U-haien, of Mupinghsten, has received orders from the Civil Governor to make a survey with a view to constructing a motor road between Cheloo and Tsingtao.

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THROUGH THE CANAL.

East and West of Sucz

The other morning, in my room] Many details must be attended on the little tramp," which had to ore the ship from cast of Sucz anchored off Suez the night before may pass the great portal placed great Caual. I was awakened by determination of an indomitable a buglo call close at hand. And Frenchman, the portal that opens behold! Form the port I regard Into the Western world. Number- ed the great Carinthia, most less officials must come aboard, famed "world cruiser" of them all, crows must be mustered, all scarce a biscuit's toss away. Dur-things. great and small must be ing the night she, like oursolves, "inspected," and of circumstance had come out of the East and ani scenis there must be rɑ end. chored here just outside the portal

would be opened f for that movement a highway to India and Persia, and throughout the whole of the Far East. He had recently escaped from Mexico, where the contributory causes of the conflict were the same na in China fact was that neither Mexico nor Having attempted to commit sul-to await her turn through the here through the energy and China was capable of self-govern-eide by taking an overdose of opium an elderly Chinese living in 160, ment, and only in the strong hands Rice Street, was taken to hospital of the Anglo-Saxon race lay the yesterday. He died later. hope for either country. He bo- lieved that out of these two conflicts the two Anglo-Saxon nations would ultimatoly emerge more closely united. "The cause of truth in

of the West. Her gleaming white At last all is finished, Pilols upper works were reflecting the are on board, the great searchlight China has not been too well served At the request of the Chinese first, rays of the sun as it rose which shall illumine the way after by certain of the newspaper cor- Catholic Young Men's Society, the over the desert, and the small darkness has fallen over the respondents who have visited this Wah Yan Old Boys' Union played army of her sailors was freshon- desert is in place at the bow, a a friendly ping-pong match with ing up the broad decks against the score of poddlers with "Egyptian country, and it is therefore encour-

the Society yesterday with the re-appearance of her luxury-aur- necklaces" made in Birmingham jaging to find that a man of Mr. | zult of winning 124 games against rounded company,

have been driven away, and Marcosson's clear insight into world | 56.

Curiously enough, I had met the anchora are up. In single column Carinthia's guests before, as we formation, the Carinthia leading, conditions is under no illusions as

Dr. Wang Chung-hui, the well- had wandered, in our markedly a British tank ship following, to the facts of the cuse."

known Chinese jurist and former different fashion, about the world ourselves, a German mail ateamer Minister of Justico in Peking, has east of Suez. I had encountered from East African ports, returned to Shanghai from Nan-them three months.

ago in Australian Government passenger kirig. Dr. Wang is Chinese mem- Tientsin and Poking as they were vessel and an Italian motorship ber. of the International Court of frantically dashing about in the from Shanghai in line, we pass Justice and at one time Premier in attempt, figuratively speaking, the palm-shaded water front of Peking.

see China in a few minutes. At Port Tewfik and are in the Canal. Kandy, in Ceylon, we had meti "East of Suez" is bokind us.. again, at a native Kandyan dance We are passing through the portal arranged by a Singhalese chief into the West. for the world-raving party,

Let us always, think of De A year ago, on another "tramp" Lesseps, not in terms of Panama freighter, I had chanced upon the but in terms of Suez. For here, beautiful liner in

Freemantle amid this limitless waste of sand, while she was in the Antipodes he achieved that which bore the on her 1926 cruise. And here same relation to the deeds of again, waiting to cross that border men up to that time recorded as line which divides the Orient the Panama Canal bears to the from the Occident, the world east deeds of men of our time. of Suez from the West, was the Here beneath the burning contrast between journeyings de Arabian sun, In the treeless, luxe-and otherwise.

trackless desert, he came to dig the mightiest ditch that man had

HOLIDAY WEATHER.

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"South-west or variable winds, light, fair,"

Birthday Honours. The list of King's Birthday honoura, published yesterday, con- tained the names of a number of residents of the East, officials and The Chinese Chamber of Com ordinary citizens, and a fair pro-merce has received a letter from the portion of the recognitions came to local Chinese piece goode dealers Hongkong. There will be general regarding the sluggish condition of congratulations offered to the re- the piece goods maket. It is re- cipients. Mr. Southern is an ported in the vernacular papers that official with a long term of service a general meeting will shortly be in the Empire's smaller colonica, held to discuss the matter.. and Mr. Creasy also counts many years in the service of the Crown, with already a fairly extensive spell in this Colony. Both these gontle- men are faced with problems ren- dered more exacting by the times Funeral will pass the Monu-through which we are passing, and ment to-day at 5.30 p.m. they fortunately bring to their work a wide experience. Mr Brenan, af Macnu papers please copy.

Canton at present, is in one of the most urduous posts that a British representative could be called upon to sustain, and that he has carried cut his duties fittingly and well can- not be gainsaid. His recognition is well deserved. The award to Mr. Dixon comes for long and faith- ful service, and he has been thus elected to that select band of Government servants whose applica-, tion to duty marks them above the rest. Mr. Ho Kom-tong is well-

REVIVED. known as a leading member of the caramunity, and as generous

London, June 3. The most welcome feature of patron of charitable and progres-

This evening Sir Auster Cham- the news regarding China dur- sive causes, he has done much to

berlain the Foreign Secretary, en- further several important local pro-tertained the Diplomatic Corps to ing the past two or three daysjects, for which his enthusiasm

Mr. Winslow has a banquet at the Foreign Office in has been the steps taken by the never flags.

been & various interested Powers to make for some years of our railway

very capable manager honour of the King's birthday.

Before the war, this banquet certain that the drive of the Nation-system. The recognition of the was given every year. Now, for alists to the North does not result work done by officers of the s.s. Sun- the first time since the war, it

Cormack, in defending their shipliance.-British Wirelesu. from a piratical attack, is a depart-

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

SATURDAY, JUNE

4. 1927.

ALIGNING POLICIES,

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FOREIGN OFFICE BANQUET.

PRE-WAR BRILLIANCE

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Here, rubbing elbows, as it were, over conceived. If he failed" at lay the mighty liner and the Panama he failed because, in the little tramp waiting to pass course of human affairs, the.. through the great gateway he time had not come when the thing tween two worlds. And present was possible. His monument a ly, as if to affer further whimsical the Mediterranean entrance of of the contrast, therej Suez honours the memory of a evidence drifted across to our gangway a|great man and attesta the menu card of the morning meal strength of his raco... submitted the great ship's guests. One of our sailors' sceured it und

All day long and far into the laid it on the sun-flooded deck tonight we pass slowly through tha dry, while we gathered round to stupendous stone-walled ditch. regard in awed wonder the The winds have been high and gastronomic riches of which dust-storms have swept the limit- Sold. Why; there was as much less stretches of the desert on difference between the fare of the either side, sometimes enveloping Carinthia's company and ours as us in a foglike pall. But at sun- lay between that world east of down they have fallen, as a sort Suez out of which we had both of purplish haze has replaced the lately come and the other of the golden glow from the descending West across the frontier of which orb as a mantle over

the up- bounded sands. we were both about to pass.

No matter. None of us was

Back yonder in the twilight we We only passed the caravan trail which consumed by envy. ship's cuisine could provide so the Canal and then on to Mecca. startling an array of eatables. In the distance we saw the camels. We thought of our own morning'e of a small band of, pilgrims, and and of our probable midday one of sand dune at the Canal's edge, the "salt horse" upon which sailors there stood in stately silhouette were wont to thrive in the brave against the sky a нolitary Arab, daya of wooden ships and iron his beast at his side. Arms men, and regarded the proud world folded, in quiet dignity, silent, cruiser tolerantly. Wanderers motionlesa, he regarded us as we both, however different the man passed slowly through the portal

in a repetition of the forced exodus ning, Messrs. Beatty, Hurst, and took place with its former bril wondered speculatively how one's leads out of Egypt, by ferry neross

of foreigners, which coincided with

the "Nationalist advance along the

Yangtsze. Japan has taken a firm

ure from the stereotyped nature of

birthday honours, and it marks LONDON'S GREETINGS. repast of porridge and "kipper, then, farther on atop a billowing

departure that is to be specially stand and, in spite of Chinese pro-commanded. Their awards will be tests, has landed a large force at very popular, both among members' of their cloth and among the gen- Tsingtao. America has despatch-eral community, who will see there- ed strong, force of her famous in due meed for a good deed. Our Marines to the Tientsin area, and hearty congratulations are offered thus seen fit to recognise their

the strength of the British forces to one and all whose Sovereign has towing reply to a message of goodnar of our wanderings and varied of the East and Weat.

has also been increased by drafts work. from the Shanghai zone. If the

armies of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek

THE KING'S REPLY.

London, June 3, The King has addressed the fol: wishes gent by the Lord Mayor, of London on the occasion of His our purposes, perhaps our content-

ment equalled theirs. Majesty's birthday:

#Another anniversary of my birthday has been gladdened by

do.. eventually succeed in breaking YESTERDAY'S PARADE. the message of loyal and affection-

THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM,

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JAPANESE TENOR.

A SPECIAL RECITAL.

ate greetings which you have con- voyed from the citizens of London, As life goes on, I more than ever appreciate these proofs of sym-. pathy and goodwill, especially Those who had the pleasure of when coming from the great elty hearing Mr. Seljo Tatsumi, the which in the head of the British talented young Japanese tener, in ruce, With feelings of sincere 1923, will be interested to learn gratitude, I thank you, my Lord that he is giving a recital at the Mayor."--British Wireless. Nippon Club, Whiteaway Building, to-morrow evening commencing at 8.p.m.

EXCHANGE RATES.

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through to Tientsin and Peking! they will find that the lives and pro perty of foreighers are being am- ply protected against any licence on Police officials, when seen to-day the part of uncontrolled Chinese with regard to the heavy traffic units. It is this belated display of work which they were called 'upun solidarity among the three leading to perform in connexion with the Powers in China that has been the parade at Happy Valley yesterday, heartening feature of the past admitted that they were given all weck's news. It would seem that the work they could do in regulat the policies of the two Anglo-Saxoning the enormous traffic which de- Powers is getting a little nearer bouched into the basin of the Valley, through all available chan- alignment, and in this connexion we nels. Thirty Europeans and over note that a recent comment, writ-[120 Asiatica constituted the police ten by that well-known American quota set aside for the work, but Geneva

this proved to be but a mere hand- Amsterdam journalist, Mr. Isaac Marcosson, ful when compared to the crowd

Berlin Copenhagen predicted that Britain and America | estimated by the police to number

Prague were destined to work very much between 20,000 to 30,000 which drid between the hours of 6.30 and Athens closer together in the Orient thar 9.30 a.m., steadily streamed to its Now York hitherto, Mr. Marcosson, who destination. This enormous trafic Brussels. visited the Far East a few years made for itself two chief arteries, Milan

along the Prayu East, and through Stockholm ngo, was recently a guest at the Queen's Road East, and it was Oslo American Chamber of Commerce in found necessary to direct all heavy Helsingfors London, and a summary of his vehicular traffic along the former.Back Rio leaving Queen's Road East as cleur Buenos Aires speech on that occasion is of great as possible for those going on foot. Shanghai interest. According to the London

Within the experience of Chief Yokohama Inspector Kent, who was in per-Bombay Times:

sonal charge of the traffic police Hongkong Mr. Marcosson anid that the yesterday, there had never been Silver (spot). events which were now taking place such a large number of people Silver (forward) in Mexico and Chim had a notice-gathered at the Valley at one time. As an instance of the able similarity, and created a heavy congestion, Inspector Kent mennce to the world, and specially told how two special tramcars, re- chistan,

served for the transportation of the

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MEXICAN DECREE.

NOT A BOYCOTT OF U.S. GOODS.

Mexico City, June 3. The Foreign Office now explains its decree, cabled two days ago, as being in no way a boycott of American goods, which may still be purchased in Mexico for the Government departments, but the Mr. Tatsumi, who was born in decree was issued owing to tho San Francisca, a fully at home delay in delivery of goods bought with the English language and in fin the United States, and also be- the numerous recitala he has given cause European merchandise bad London, June 3. in America, Japan and Ching, has been stopped in transit in the 324proved himself to be a master of United States when en route to .25.20 the art of music.

Mexico. 12.12% The first half of the programme, The Foreign Oflice adds, "The 20.49 which is devoted to Western cordial relations between America .18.18 music, includes such songs as and Mexico cannot be affected by Dvorak's the decree."-Reuter's American 304"Going Home" and Puccini's Service.

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..18.15 The second part will be entirely EX-GERMAN CABLES. 18:09 devoted to Japanese folk gongs, .192 and, despite the difference between 810 the Occidental and Oriental forms .5.27/82

Tatsumi's of expression, Mr. 47.19/82

2/7 Interpretation will be equally plea- 1/10.27/32surable to European and Asiatic. .1/5.15/16 It is seldom that Hongkong has 2/0% the opportunity of hearing a 20.7/16 recital of such unusual flavour and 20%. It is expected that Mr. Tutaumi British Wiretour. will receive from music lovers the support his quality of performance

Until recently, Kalat, in Balu-warrants.

was a stronghold of

Washington, June 8. Britain, Japan and Italy have notified the State Department of their willingness to resume the interrupted conference of 1922, to decide the final apportionment of the pre-war German cables, in ac- cordance with the Peace Treaty.

France is reported to be unwill- ing to participate owing to dia-

scheme for an equal division among the Ave. Powers, contending Paris, June 8. that the cables should be divideä The Court has granted Mrs.in the same ratio as the ropars W. K. Vanderbilt a decres of di- tions, and she fa at present operat ing more than one-fifth of the con- vorce-Reutor.

[Mrs. Vanderbilt was Miss Vir- fiscated cables.--Reuter's American”

Service.

بهشتی

to the Anglo-Saxon race. In both police to the Valley, took fully three-slavery. Men and women slaves countries the Influence of the Rus-quarters of an hour to reach their not only were the personal pro- VANDERBILT DIVORCE. agreement with the United States. perty of the Kalat tribesmen, but slan Soviot was considerable, and destination.

Howeyor, no single casualty oc- the owners were not obliged to national government had become a

curred, a fact which reflects much feed or clothe them. Interierence farce. Mexico in 1923 was made credit on the C. 1. and his men. It of the League of Nations has the base for Bolshovlam in the took several hours before the crowd brought an official decree from the could ba cleared from the Valley. tribal chiefs freeing all slaves, West, and China was made a similar The last tram with its load of holi-even the selling of women through

marriage. base in the Far East in 1924. Un-day-makórs left the Valley at noon.

ginia Fair.]