Plan for the building up of Kuangtung Province, the southern dicta ind tors conceived it to be their duty do something to add to the material welfare of the peasant Jelass. Could the farmers get more for their rice, they could lay something aside for a rainy day: they could have more comforts, better clothing Kuangtung is not 0 far as the production of the staff Jof life is concerned, From the South Seas come annually thousands of bushels of rice, a superior grain to the local variety, much prefered Move to Popularize The Hongkong Volunteers Hongkong, May 10.
Major-Gen. 0. G. Barrett, General Ottcer Commanding ths British forces in China, declared Ina otatement published: fords that the number of Brions fu the Colony who were not monthers of the Honghona, Volunteers Corps ery considerable, specially red with Shanighel and pore.
Since the Corps may not appeal to Hongkong Britons, Major-Gen-Borretta "making preperaicns for e'mase meeting om May 20 19 Gece ways aa" monte of Dopulariing the service "Reuter, The South-West Councit Heavy burdens repose on the backs of the triumvirate—which pull the strings of south-western polities. "For all the friendly astures that Canton and ° Nanking have made one to the other, national authority, so far og it relates the territory where Canton has influence, rests in the South-west Political' Council. When the full membership gathers about the table of the Administrative Council seven men are seated. C. C, Wu died over A year ago, and more lately Tang Chiyea went to meet his Maker. Next to depart was the Chung San District Magistrate, Tang Shao-yi, who has lost face' badly, his sub-Jecto having sent him on his way, and made it impossible for him to again don his magisterial robes. He twice laid his resignation from the Council before the others, and though it was not acted upon Mr. Tang will possibly never sit again at a Coun-ell meeting. Last week Siao shing was off for Bangkok, and there telling when he will be back. Subtracting all these names, only there of the Marshals Chan Chi tong, Li Chung-jen and Mr. Chow In, "who furthermore is the Sun Yatgen University's Chancellor, are left.
When the Chairman brought down his gavel at the weekly gathering yesterday, It was proposed that Lim Yiek-chung, Commissioner of Intern al Affairs, be declared duly elected tone of the South-west Political Council. Mr, Lim had already expressed his willingness to serve, and the trio who were at the meeting unanimously added him to their number.
The Squabble With Stam ig rather a touchy affair that Mr. Sino Fa-shing is taking up with the Siamese Foreign Office. Apparently the Siamese got wind of the proposal sto Rep every last bag rice out, of South-west China, an without hesitating until the proposal became an actuality, they retaliated venting their spleen on the Chinese schoolboy. In the land of the White Elephant are quite a few private schools where the" sons and Saughters of Chinese learn to read and write their national language. Siamese subjects are included in the. curriculum, but emphasis is placed fon Chinese subjects. The Ministry of Education hag raised an interfering hand; henceforth no more than three hours a week can be devoted to the study of Chinese in even private schools.
Under his diplomatic instructions Special Commissioner Siao is to get the educational authorities to retract their flat. Not having gone to the extreme and kept out all Siamese grain, the South-west Government fas @ strong argument which Mr. Sao will advance; and he has at] his command a handy weapon which he can point at the nestled rulers. No, the South-west has not barred the way into China of Siamese rice, but it is prepared to do just that by the ordinary run of natives, and [commanding a price Uttle above that Jasked for the native product. More than once a special tax was imposed on imports in the anticipation that the retail price of foreign rice woul thereby advanced so. that the average man would take Kuangtung-own rice every time instead of he overseas kind. Would not th's condition encourage Kupngtupg growers to plant more acres, 30 that by and by there would be plenty raised without having to go bey: the provincial environs for supple mental stocks?
'That was the splendid theory, but practice it did not work out' that way: Acreage planted to rice does of seem to have increased, and for fall the tax burden the people have simply hod to buy foreign grain liberally. What could be done about 14? Close the gates to all the overseas product was what some a Hvocated, Tt was while the expediency Jot adopting this policy was being thought over that the Siamese Gov-Jernment became annoyed.
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