The Scottish Cup semi-final be-Xveen Rangers and Celtic was the biggest surprise of the season in the scecer field—nat because the Celts won, but that the Rangers had to surrender the extraordinary total of five goals. In three provious contests of Tate months the Rangers had the measure of the Celts and won handsomely; but in this Cup-tie, after the first half-hur, they of into a tangle, and then' went all to pieces. Tt was a most amazing collapse. 'The other semi-final, between Dundee and Hamilton' Academicals, was a poor affair, neither team giving of their best, and ending in a draw. The Accies were far below form, and Dundee failed to take the chances riven ce them.
Tu the League, the only interest was the fight between the clubs occupying the relegation zone. Ayr: exe making a belated effort to avoid the Second Division; Queen's Park are in a shaky position; and Third lanark, Falkirk, Aberdeen, and Motherwell are in danger.
Tux "Japan Chronicle" quotes a story from a Japanese contemporary of foreign and Eurasian girls being kidnapped Tokyo and sent to houses of ill-fame in Shanghai, and adds that it seems to rest on very weak foundations. The die-appearance of a foreign girl who was employed at a geisha house in Tokyo is said to have been traced by the police to the activities gang of foreign kidnappers, but the evidence on which they [conclusion is not stated. Another ease mentioned is that of a Eurasian int, who is alleged to have been recalling Tokyo who were induced to go to Shanghai, to find themselves. vie~ timized: "Shanghai has a bad name, says the Kobe paper, but it is im. probable that there is any organiz-white slave traffic between the Chinese city and Japan. Considering the comparatively small number of foreigners in Japan and the close watch that is kept on them, it should be easy to stop any such traffic, supposing it exists.
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