Veteran Journalist's Complaints: Views on Next General Elections Jand will see the Labour Party swept out of power for years, to come, The Liberal Party" has fulfilled its mission and has longer any valid reason for its existence. Only the personality of Mr, Lloyd George gives. it 2 sem-lance of vitality but, in the next General Election, the: Liberals will be crushed between the upper stone of Conservatism and the nether siderable at the Bureau of Pablic Safely.
"Instead of encouraging tourists, the officials make them afraid. petty yersecation, Tt-gives China A ist reputation, Tourists of Chinese ofleials and of th ack home with poor impress
Treatment thet may be expected in this country, alt of which damages! Ching. After all, there is nothing 'a8 helpful to China in the state she now in than foreign money." davies, former edit for of the South Wales Post" and now a director of the Northeliffe Press. ute, Davies, who is visiting Ghina on a pleasure. tri seeking, "peace and tranquillity," he put ik to a representative of the "North-China Daily News" on August 11, come to China: from Canada but he has been vi ing Hongkong and is now waiting for the, Empress of Canada, which Teaves on the 18th instant, to take him home. He recent!
Peking and the flooded dis Central China, where he. took number of most interesting photographs.
went through the flood area, Mr, Davies stated, "and found to be a wonderful sight.
We have floods. in Wales but they are only miniatures compared with yours. Your floods are floods on x bad gale and they would occupy all of Wales."
Referring to Britain's relations with China, Mr. Davies mentioned that the British' people had always deen desirous of maintaining good Relations with the Chinese people. "We are important to you and you "he remarked. The people are essentially trad-and their trade, extends ithout the world. The putation of the Chinese trader stands about the highest in the world for their honesty and for thole "trustworthiness. They do not misrepresent their goods and do not sell inferior goods for superior goods. I have had personal experience and I know friends who say that it is a pleasure to do business with the Chinese cause they are 80 absolutely honest and straight forward, "But it is a pity," he continued, "that influences. should be intro: duced to estrange our relations and give bad impression of th Ghinese people, the Chinese ofcials and Chinese courtesy to the people in foreign countries. 'There is one thing I should like to draw attention' to, Some of the officials brought into contact with tourists are doing. inti rin to China, Which is interested in bringing a many tourists here as possible, because tourists leave w*great deal At pre-one of the most valuable as-of Italy, France, and England revenue derived from tour-"apan, this truth seems for there the tour-fet is treated' with the—utmost courtesy and in a. spirit of help fol mess. Here in' China, however, it appears to be the aim of a larg proportion of officials to discourage the tourist, with the result. that many. Who' might. be desirous of coming to China are staying away. Tu Japan, I came into contact with 'American and. British, who up their minds to' come no further because of what they had been told of the treatment and the actions of the. Chinese official ro give a concrete example, 1 swill tell you what happened to-day when I arrived by the President Sofferson from the south, The im-Immigration officers contended that a Vise, for, which $40 is now paid, permit of only. one admission: int China and that. if he goes out side of China, say, to Manila. or Hongkong, another vise is required. 'This is opposed to the practice in every other country in the world, Vita, once obtained, is usable for years. "In my ease, 1 have been a Month mow in Chine and it was contended that, because. I went to Hongkong, my' vise, had been me Yalidateds' I" pointed out that Hongkong was an essential part of China, in point of fact, my visit swas {9 Kowloon. I was then chal-euged Why did. you put on your cffcial paper that you had embark-fed at Hongkong?" and my. reply was that the obvious reason was that Hongkong was, really the ame of the port. The same planation was given by a number if ether passengers but, in spite this, all were commanded to call to-morrow morning, some at con Questioned regarding his impressions of the German situation And the. world crisis, Mr. Davies that much had' already been Said sbout these subjects by men whose opinions were more authoritative than biz, but he thought the crisis had been dee case it was universally recognised tha: failure. would result in world disunion, But _much graver than the evisis in Germany was the un-Precedented situation produced by disastrous fruitfulness. For the first time. in_ history, wheat and cotton had been grown, more than the world could" con: sume, and America, Canada, and the Argentine were' presented with a problem to which there appeared no solution.
Mr. Davies, who is a J. P. for Swanson Borough, is exbairman fof the Southern Newspaper Own-Association and is a veteran malist. He, served for seven Years on the "Lianelly Guardian" period on the li", For 38 years, he f the "South Wales Daily' Post" as well as proprietor, and he sold out his interests to the Northelife Press, of which he is still a director, three years ago. He was one of' the first presidents fof the South Wales branch of the Institute of Journalists, mayor and alderman of Swansea in 1010 1017," a member. of the Harbour 'Trust, chairman. of the Arts and Crafts Committee, and a, member fof the Gounty Appeal "Tribunal, In December, 1918, he contested 'Swansea. as. unofficial Conservative candidate and, in 1921, was. a fel the Order' of Leopold for. ser-Vices to Belgium in the War. Mr. Davies is the author of a number of publications.
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