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(Continued from Pogo 1.)

Railway Control. Marshal Chiang Kai-shek bun

issued an order to the effect that while the railways should be under the control of proper authoritien, it is necessary at the same time for the military to have direct control over the railways in the war zones.

He therefore makes a clear dis tinetion between the powers of the Ministry of Communications and the Army Headquartors Communication Department, that is, railways south of the Yangtzo should be under the Ministry, and those north of the river should be controlled directly by the Military Headquarters,

Consolidation of Finance.

SATURDAY,

JUNE 11;

1927.

TIBET'S BORDER.

RED SCARVES AS PROTECTORS.

INTERESTING CEREMONY.

was abso-

Tachlenlu, Apr. 27.-The people in this Chinese-Tibetan border town combine their pleasure and Yesterday the populace flocked out religion whenever occasion offers. to Dorjedra in all their silks and satins. The weather lutely glorious and a brilliant sun tempered the cold wind from the snow mountains. surrounding From the large playground in front of Dorjedra a magnificent view was obtained of the snow- elad Yajagen range lying 30 miles to the south. On this large play- The Nanking Government has ground, Tibetan and Chinese and a issued a circular telegram to the dif- mixture of both, spend the day ent- ferent provinces under ila jurisdicing and drinking and playing. tion, stressing the necessity for Those religiously inclined attend- Consolidation of the financial

ed the lama ceremony inside the administration and powers to collect temple. A new lama from Jarong performed the service known as Tibetan words being "wang-nang," the "beatowal" of power:" the

While that is, "power give, school-boys kicked their football, and ladies sipped their tea, and gentlemen smoked their pipes on the open ground outside, the kneel- ing throng inside the temple courtyard bowed in long rows be fore the lama while." power was bestowed. The Chinese, perhaps ure than the Tibetans, have faith in this lama service. Crowds of boys and girls, no doubt encour aged by their parents, attended the service in the temple courtyard.

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The Governmont strictly prohibits the provincial authorities from ap propriating finds for military ex- ponditure without the sanction or acknowledgement of the financial authorities-Nain thing

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A RED OFFICIAL.

Canton Wants Ilim Ousted.

Canton, June 10. In view of the fact that most of the Red remnants and Red organizations are sheltering under the protection of Chen Fu-mok, the Red leader who still holds the oflees of Labour Commissioner and Commissioner of the Political Council, the moderate leaders con- sider that this Red leader has been at the bottom of all the troubles in Canton. They therefore are determined to have Chen over thrown at any cost.

History of Ceremony,

The history of this ceremony is something like this: long ago Ben- majunee prayed to the god Tagh- bameh for power to escape the troubles of old age, illness, death," and rebirth. His prayer was ans wered and Tschbameh bestowed

A popular movement by the the necessary power ur. Behma several hundred moderate organi-junee to escape from the troubles sations has been started for the of these four great sorrows. purpose of eliminating the Reds in People now approach Tsehhameh Canton in general, and the Red through Behmajunee for all that leader, Chen, in particular. How is necessary to make not only this ever, the moderates believe that life but that which is to come, both since Chen is appointed by the happy and free from all anxiety. Central Government in Nanking In Iamaistic philosophy Tseh- to overthrow him the approval of bameh coines down through the Nanking is necessary, and since celestial line, the three main lines the authorities in Nanking may being, the spiritual, the celestial, not be clearly acquainted with the and the bodily. real situation in Canton, twe im-

The ceremony in the courtyard portant moderate leaders, Messrs. is by no means simple and the LI Wen-fan, a chief subordinate of famas. to give it show make it as Mr. Wu Han-min, and Tse Leung- ornate as possible. On to the mok, a commissioner of the Can-head of each Supplicant for power ton Kuomintang Committee, left * PALACE HOTEL.

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some incantation and chemists and, druggists actualty good and bad, and is supposed to known as the "protecting thread" finally breathes upon it. This carrying on business as such has protect from ghosts, demons, and and is red in colour. The sung-du greatly impresses the recipient, been incorporated with the para- evil spirits. The dorma is usually is supposed to have great efficacy and when he is told that the red graph relating to doctors and The Yin Chang Pao, the leading made of some food material, such in protecting those, who wear it piece of silk presented contains dentists, and the form which the "rightist" organ in Canton, which as tramba and yak butter, and is round their neck from any and the words of the gods, he is pre-description now takes is that of

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The red neck-tie is now a com- Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance, red.this protecting thread is the climax accusing

Chen of protecting After the ceremony the derma is to the whole performance and is mon feature in the city. Chinese 1016. the Reds in Canton and oppress-generally thrown to the evil the one and only thing carried school boys and girls: Chinese) The paragraphs relating to women; Chinese editors of newspapers and their ing the real Kuomintangnitos.-

spirits, or with the lemons in it, away by the follower of lamaism. merchants and Van China Pau.

is thrown to the Chinese and Tibe- The lama is not slow to realize the scholars and ladies, are now wear staff has been altered

so as to tan beggars. On this occasion as importance of the red thread and ing this red bit of silk round their make it refer only to editore, sub- it had to do service for a whole it is only bestowed on receipt of necks and they fondly Imagine editors and reporters. day, it is simply placed on the head some gift, usually a kadu. of each supplicant and retained for the next bunch of worshippers. used in different The dorma is

and with varying ceremonies significance.

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SHANGHAI DEFENCES.

Removing Barbed Wire.

Shanghai, June 10. The removal of all barbed wire barricades inside the Settlement started to-day, following a resolu- tion passed at a meeting of the Municipal Council. This does not affect the outer barriers separat

Lama Medicine."

thereby they are now free from all

"Masters of vernacular schools the diseases and worries and trou-

are how eligible for the electorate, Complimentary Scarf.

bles that afflict mankind.

Each part in the service is mix-unless, of course, they are on one This is known as the Complied with a good deal of mystery of the jurors lists. A gerious mentary Scarf and takes the place

of the visiting card all over the The holy water from the pumbe question arose at the last ballot

contains saffron and this is intre- as to what were vernacular, - Forbidden Land. In making re- quests and in visiting no one dares preted as the "elixir of life." The schools, because there is no satis- The next act is to place the dadar to do so without first sending in urma and the ribu are both filled factory definition of the term. ing the Settlement from Chinese on the heads of the waiting crowd. the scarf or presenting it them with lama secrets and the sunp-dz There is a definition in the Grant ensures life, health, and wealth. [Code; 1924, which rends as follows, territory, which is only "removable This is merely a little flag made selves when ushered into some auit may be merely the lama's sale Vernacular school means a graut at the discretion of the military of five different colours of cloth gust presence. To present a short of work and his way of financing school in which the Chinese lon- Authorities."

and guarantees protection from insignificant scarf is not con- the lamasery.-N. C. Daily News. guage is the principal medium of every evil wind that blows.

sidered respectful, and the or-

The internal barriers in the French concession are also being gradually removed.-Reuter...

AIRMEN THREATENED,

Protest Against Flights Over Chinese Territory.

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OUR ELECTIONS.

(Continued from Page 1.)

Instruction, but It will be noticed that this definition refers Jonly to grant schools. The Education Department doos, in fact, classify all schools into the two classes, .e., vernacular schools and schools which are not verna-

As all these things are only out-dinary length is usually five feet, ward applications the patient as-and the material coarse silk, and sembly is now given something in the price five rupees. These scarves the nature of a pill. This is the are made in China and form ribu and is simply a small red pill an important part of trade to the made of samba and some form of frontier. An influential Inma lama medicine. To eat this the visiting Dalai Lama may present seeker after power may now be a scarf even more valuable than to registration, but electors should cular schools, but, as in the case Shanghal, June 10.

come a Jinrehzee, one of the three five.rupees..

fot walt for the near approach of fof the Grant Code, this has statu- It would seem popular Incarnations Pei Chung-hsi, Commander-in-most

If the visitors to the pope of an election before registoring tory authority.

that the only practicable courso Chief of the Nationalist forces in in the Land of the Lamas. To be lamaism are numerous there is no their names,

will be to accept the classification Shanghai has addressed. u letter come a Jinrehzee it is necessary to small revenue from the sale of

of the Education Department as to the local Commissioner for experience the Water Jug, eat the УСАТУСН. Once presented they be-

The enumeration of persons ex decisive on the point as to whether Foreigner Affairs requesting him Red Pill and spend no end of time come the perquisite of waiting empt from jury service who are any particular school is vernacular to protest to the British Consul with the Rosary.

amas. At important temple doors

the for not. This solution is adopted against British aeroplanes flying The last part of this lama cero-and the residences of high Tibetan entitled to registration in over Chinese territory. He adds mony is the presentation to those officials the sellers of theso visit second part of the register is in the new section." "if any, further flights take place

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New Qualifications.

ing carda may be met with. It contained in the proposed now sub- you already have one, these im-clause (4) of s. 8 of the principal

the event of anything untoward tives of the Nanking Government portunate lama-merchants will Ordinance which appears as part taking place we certainly cannot deny that the movement is serious, audaciously tell you it is not long of section 2 of this Ordinance. HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW? at least, as far as the British enough or not expensive enough The enumeration follows that con-

be blamed."—Reuter.

BOYCOTT THREATS.

No Longer Worry British Merchants.

are concerned, and disclaim ofll-and demand that you buy one from tained in s. 4 of the Jurors Or elal connexion therewith.

Threats of boycott have lost their terror with the British owing to the fact that there is now prac-

them.

Question of Finance,

dinance, 1887, but a few changes The following are the replies to have been made.

to-day'a questions:- "In the first place the second. When King George 11. first heard the "Mennish" at Covent Gardian Theatre, London, Cin 1748, he was so struck with the mittala that The presentation of the red part of the register wil bo

The heron . Norwood Gruve. 4. York tically no British trade to boycott thread and the reception of the pressly restricted to male persons. and stood until the chorus ended. 2 "The wording of the paragraph Minster. 5." Now, Dell. 0. The American Reuter.

scarf is merely a question of

the relating to barristers and solicitors channel with of twenty-two miles across the and to increase

San Pedro Channel.: 7- The enlpa. 8. "Wal finance New French C.-in-C. "

has been olightly altered because Janey, Cheshire, 9. Vitamins are substances finance, this part of the pit is not the customs for barristers found in food which exercise a powerful is-

the Shanghai, June 10. formance is made

fusnce an nutrition. 10. The blackbo 13. to have clerks In this Colony. At Fachow: China. 11. Bignor

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Shanghai, June 10. There has been some talk dur ing the past few days of a decision of the local Kuomintang to renew the anti-British boycott and to

Admiral Stotz, the now French mysterious of the whole. The paragraph In the Juror needs. id. Between Hlas and Viadivostok, commence a boycott against the Commander-in-Chief in the Far With a great degree of rever- Japanese, but local representa-East, bas arrived.-Reuter.

enco the lama takes the aung-du, Ordinance, 1887, relating