Prominent_members of the Shang-ai Rowing Club, consulted last Tuesday, expressed the greatest satistacion' over the Chinese colleges' decision to take up rowing as a sport. Only "three years ago the attitude fof the Chinese authorities was obstructive that it promised to put stop to all regattas at Henli. Ar-Fangements were eventually come 10 by Bolivia on the ground that not] by which the Shanghai Rowing Club only has Paraguay accumulated secured a twenty years' lease on the {greater supplies, but that she is cas-Droperty" they had been using at fly able to import more along the Freni and since that time the Chinese waterways access to which is denied have. shown a steadily increasing Bolivi and which to very large ex-interest. in. these events,. Not long tent have brought about this present ago on attempt was made by a nine unhappy conflict. It is unfortunate ber of Chinese sportsmen to. found that there is a probability of the a Chinese rowing lub in Shanghai embargo not being as compicie as it jin a site on the banks of the Was originally desired, because of Whangpoo was, chosen for the pur-the refusal of some of the smaller pose. Experienced coaches from the farms manufacturing Powers to agree Shanghai Rowing Club ce-operated With it That, indeed, opened giving the new oarsmen a" few the first prospect of the proposed.
Wrinkles inthe. game. But for embargo ending in failure and. the humber of reasons the club war not Bolivian protest at Geneva is the a'tuceess_and its founders returned Based as it is upon the to the senior organization the boats round that such a step would hay they had purchased. from ther. the effect of actually assisting Para-4 grander scale, however, there is no guay. In the circumstances it can. eton why rowing should not catch only be expected that though jon among' the rising generation embargo will be arrived at amongst Chinese athletes. It-would certainly the larger Powers. it will onl {provide an. admirable schooling. in amount to a moral gesture, which the most distinctive set of foreign may have the result of placing the Sportmanship~the team spirit. The Bolivian armies at a definite dis-oarsman can never look for in-advantage and, probably lead to their dividual glory. He is" trained to ultimate defeat They have not been Subordinate everything. that is me doing particularly well of late as it dividual in him to the necessities of and it is more than likely that! the boat. The only way in which he even a partial embargo will contri-can win applause is by sharing it bute substantially to their eventual [with "every other member of the defeat. It is, of course, just possible crew, a fact which identifies rowing that the early defeat of one or other with' all that is best in athletics. el of pati mut end lis een Thee ate sume many iches "of Chinese who prof thirst for honour and two countries into hostility innless glory which they deprecate. In row= the League can then assert itself ming such a thing is impossible, and amanner calculated to do justice (the training it provides. in this con-between them. It is clear that Boli-! nection could. not be surpassed. It mot be via needs an outlet to the sea, and is certain that the Chinese will have possibly some arrangement where; the most hearty "ce-operation of and Porana sivers would be the best! it'might make use of the Paraguay foreign oarsmen oer in their new way of securing a lasting settlement of a very real difficulty.
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