Word: cantons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...stated: "In these two provinces, the general opinion is that, having been faithful to France through the German occupation (1870-1918), the people have a moral right to the free exercise of their religion, both in their Churches and in their schools." Last week, mayors of the Canton of Sarreguemines (Lorraine, near the Saar Valley) telegraphed Premier Edouard Herriot, protested against proposed changes in the laws of the provinces insofar as they affect Religion and religious teaching. They also re- quested the Premier to maintain the French Embassy at the Vatican. Premier Herriot replied courteously, thanked the mayors for their...
...Canton, "perpetual rebel," self-styled President of Southern China. He is allied with Chang...
Super-Tuchun Chang of Manchuria, overlord of the Provinces of Fengtien, Kirin and Heilungkiang, allied with Dr. Sun-Yat-sen, of Canton and Tuchun Lu of Chekiang. Driven from Peking, where he was Pooh Bah in 1922, by Super-Tuchun Wu, Chang seeks to oust Wu and President Tsao Kun and resume his lordly sway in the Capital. Like all Chinese leaders, he interprets his ambition as a step toward reunifying China. Possibly the whole trouble with China is that there are too many leaders trying to do the same thing. It was rumored during the past week, that...
...hear the eerie shiver of the Oriental cymbal, the monotonous turn-turn of the bass drum, the ultra-bitter sneer of the violin's E-string. This continues from 7 to 12 p. m., without interruption. It is Chinese music, the real article, just imported fresh from Canton. Every few days a new opera is presented, in Chinese, by Chinamen and Chinawomen artists and singers, for a Chinese audience and entirely in the Chinese manner. The following opera may be taken as typical...
Chinese in the employ of foreigners in Sha-mien (foreign section of Canton), went on strike because of the British Consulate's new requirement that all Chinamen employed in Sha-mien shall be equipped with passes bearing their signature and photograph if they leave or enter that quarter after 9 p. m. The Chinese declared that the regulations place them on the same footing as criminals. Twenty-six unions walked out in sympathy with the grief-stricken Chinamen from Sha-mien...