The Archive
Saturday, 10 July 1920
The North-China HeraldA Word for the BoyNot to venture further opinions on H. C. L., we must put in a word, in answer to the lady who wrote yesterday, for the Chinese boy. She says he squeezes outrageously, pilfers unblushingly and, on any attempt at supervisi… The North-China HeraldThe Rice ShortageHas Chang Chin-yao a Hoard Here? An especially interesting development in the rice situation occurred last Friday afternoon, Investigations made by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce have led to the belief that Chang Chin-y… The North-China HeraldDangerous Drugs ActWe have received a copy of the Dangerous Drugs Bill, recently before the Home Parliament. It is designed to give effect to the International Opium Convention which Great Britain by Art. 295 of the Treaty of Versailles bo… The North-China HeraldThe America CupJuly 3. ALL over the world the thoughts of yachtsmen are now turning to the triangular course off Sandy Hook, where Sir Thomas Lipton will make his fourth endeavour to wrest from the United States the America Cup which w… The North-China HeraldSouth Russia's CerealsIn the absence of official data with regard to the cereal crops Russia as a whole, the Internation al Institute of Agriculture (Rome) considers it desirable to publish the subjoined information, compiled from data obtain… The North-China HeraldSlightly Better Harvest Outlook From Our Own CorrespondentWeihaiwei, July 5. Now that the wheat crop has been gathered and thrashed out we find that after all. it has been better, very much better than was anticipated, as the yield has been from three to five sheng per mow, whi… The North-China HeraldA Frequent InquiryAmong sections of the business community who have kept themselves informed of proclamations and notifications, it may seem somewhat curious to find that the query is frequently made to-day whether trading with Germany is… The North-China HeraldViews from the Chinese PressRice Crisis Passed—Shanghai Military Governorships— Arbitrary Mandates—Need for a Foreign Minister Political developments of a sort have been going on, but as nothing of a constructive character has been achieved, the Ch… The North-China HeraldFourth of JulyThe annual celebration of Fourth of July gives us 2 pleasant opportunity of offering to our American fellow-residents the good wishes of the British community. Those wishes are certainly not the less sincere because of l… The North-China HeraldA Notable' PhraseOne would specially call attention, in the report of yesterday's Fourth of July celebrations, to Admiral Gleaves' speech at' the American Club, and the words that passed between himself and Admiral Barret at Yochow. As A… The North-China HeraldPopulace From a CorrespondentMelbourne, May 97. For a fortnight past this city has been in a state of the grandest preparation for the coming of the august representative of the greatest throne on earth, the throne "broad-based upon ' the people's w… The North-China HeraldThe Child EmigrantsA Farm School Experiment in Australia Two years before the war, a party of 35 destitute boys from England landed in Western Australia. They were taken by the Child' Emigration Society, which was founded by Oxford Undergr… The North-China HeraldRumour in HonanWu Pei-fu's Supposed Scheme From Our Own Correspondent Kaifeng, Ho., June 22. Your correspondent has just returned from a journey to the south of the province, along the Kin-Han railway. Having kept his ears and eyes ope… The North-China HeraldUnder Nanking Insteadof Hangchow 'A presidential mandate has been received in Shanghai abolishing the position of Military Governor of Shanghai and Sungkiang and ordering the former title of Commissioner of Defence to be used instead. Genera… The North-China HeraldThe Public ConcertsWith to-day's instalment, we think that the correspondence on M. Paci's failure to do his duty by conducting the open air concerts may suitably be closed. K." hits the nail on the head when he says that the whole point i… The North-China HeraldPrices Falling and Better OutlookIn spite of the rice merchants' threat to ignore the order of the Rice Guild and the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce to limit! the price of rice to $14, the price, which last week went" up to a height unprecedented i… The North-China HeraldTeach Me How to LoveDr. Walford Davies, the composer, has been complaining that Englishmen cannot sing love songs, and has been set upon by quite number of critics who assert that he is in error, We have heard the same thing about some Engl… The North-China HeraldChina's Japanese LoansWe reproduce to-day the main portions of a striking article by Gen, Tsen Chen-hsuan, of Canton, on Peking's loans from and concessions to Japan. In so far as the article is largely an attack on Gen. Tuan Chi-jui the resp… The North-China HeraldA Book Upon ShanghaiJuly 5. GexeraL Wang Ltang, the chief Northern delegate to the Peace Conference, has written a book on the history of the. foreign concession in Shanghai, and has done us the honour to send a copy for'review. The book co… The North-China HeraldLondon Market DullThe money situation in Lombard Street has become firmer owing to the approach of the quarter end, says the weekly financial cable received by the Bank of Japan from London on June 29 and reproduced by the Japan Advertise… The North-China HeraldPlay Stopped by WreckersThat a Play should be howled down wag quite in the usual way of theatrical manners of the past. Even young dramatic critics remember the scene after Pinero's "A Wife Without a Smile." But recently at the Garrick Theatre … From Reuters · North-China HeraldChang Chin-yao at BayHankow, July 5. Genera! Chang Chin-yao has been definitely located in Sing Song Road with a bodyguard of 10 sentinels. The "Central China Post" states that General Ghang has demanded $1,000,000 from the Native City for t… The North-China HeraldArtist and Organizer'A correspondent, who knew the late Mr. Shen Tun-ho intimately, sends us the following additional details of his most interesting and varied career. He writes:—Shen Tun-ho was in my opinion (and I have known him intimate… The North-China HeraldThe Language of AnimalsDo animals talk? Of course the do. Any reader of Kipling's jungle stories or of the tales of Uncle Remus knows that animals talk. And, besides other authorities who might perhaps be more convincing to the scientifically … The North-China HeraldThe Pittman ActIn their silver report of May 20, Messrs. Samuel Montagu & Ca. state There has been a fair amount of business during the week and movements in the price have been less erratic. Some speculative buying on May 17 was respo… The North-China HeraldMr. Wilson and Our NavyMr. Daniels's further disclosures of the estimation in which the President held the British Navy immediately after the United States entered the war has deepened the unfortunate impression created by the publication of M… The North-China HeraldKhaki and RedJuly 3. Ir Japanese readers are made indignant by the opening of our correspondent's account of Japanese soldiers'—_bebaviour in Siberia, we" fear—they will hardly be mollified by its conclusion. Here he passes from fact… The North-China HeraldAustralian War GratuitiesAn Aust y paper to hand. gives details of the war gratuities which are to be paid to members of the A. I. F. those who served abroad are to receive 1/6d. a day from the date of embarkation for service overseas until the … From Our own Correspondent · North-China HeraldKueichow and SzechuanNews has been received from Tsungyi that General Wang Tien-luan is delayed there on account of sickness. It is hoped that he will soon be able to proceed on his way and reinforce the Kueichow troops in Szechuan. The patr… From Our own Correspondent, Changsha · North-China HeraldFloods at ChangshaChangsha, June 29. The city in settling down from the "military plague" has become a victim of the "water plague." The heavy rains have brought an unusually high river. It passed the record of 1914 by two inches, reachin… Letter to the Editor · North-China HeraldThe Duty on RiceTo the Editor of the 34 conta-CuIsA Dairy News: n,—While much' is written. of nah price of rice, the saan Chinese, and of requests for, the shipping companies to give reduc freights on this commodity, nothing is said of … The North-China HeraldBritish Consular ChangesWe understand that Mr. H. Porter, who only recently joined the staff of the British Consulate as acting Consul, in the place of Inv. H. Phillips,' will shortly be leaving again, for Harbin. The present Consul at Harbin, … The North-China HeraldFiring on Yangtze SteamerOur attention has been called to paragraph in an Ichang letter, appearing on June 17, with reference to the opening of fire upon Yangtze steamers. The letter contained the statement' "It seems that the firing is especial… The North-China HeraldLittle Hsu DisgracedPeking, July 5. A mandate was issued yesterday evening, relieving General Lisa Shu-tseng of his post as Commissioner for Frontier Development in the Northwestern Regions and appointing Li Yuan, the Chinese Resident at Ki… The North-China HeraldFrom the Four WindsThe night clubs of London, now as numerous as those of any capital, on the Continent, are invariably! associated in the popular mind with} Pantagruelian visions of frivolity, excess, and riotous revelry, says writer in a… The North-China HeraldLessons from GermanyThe experience, which we have hitherto had with concerns taken over by the State or by municipalities is not of a kind to encourage the continuation of such attempts, says "Engineering," quoting an address delivered to G… The North-China HeraldMilky Way From Our Own Correspondent LanchowfuEven at an altitude of 5,000 feet above sea level where 1 am writing, the temperature is up to 78 degrees or "summer heat," as the thermometer tells me. So I take it it is time to cool ourselves with the thought of our b… The North-China HeraldThe American AgreementThe activities of the United States Shipping Board have been chronicled in a number of Reuter's telegrams lately, and they call attention to a very interesting state of affairs in the shipping world. One of the latest of… The North-China HeraldGunfire at JutlandIt has been reserved for a German naval officer, Commander G. von Base, to expose che absurdity of the German claim that the Battle of Jutland was a great victory for them, but even more interesting are his remarks on th… The North-China HeraldHOW BRIGANDS ARE 7 MADE From Our Own CorrespondentLokiang is a hsien city about 30 miles from here. The soldiers of Major Ssu have been going to and fro supplying the troops with rice. A day or two ago a company of about 40 or 50 of them were on their way back from Loki…
