FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1918.
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MILITANT SUTFRAGETTES:
SLAZE IN KEW GARDENS.
LONDON, Feb. 21. At daybreak the tes pavilion in Kow Gardens was sat ablaze and gutsed -Cotton wool and sharing saturated with paraffin had been used, and the Aames burned furiously. The police formed a cordon and arrested two
PRESIDENT POINCARE'S
MESSAGE.
A DIGNIFIED STATEMENT.
BY TELEGRAPH.
(Independent News Agency's Service to the China Mail)
JAPANESE POLITICS,
LONDON, Feb. 21. Prasident Foinesro, ia a Message to the French Parliament, remarkable for vigour and firmness of tono, any that COALITION CABINET FORMED. the Republic bas recently furnished fresh proof of reality. They must exercise care in maintaining the
utmost in other ways to
Taxvo, Feb. 21. A coalition Cabinet has been formed
COLLISION OFF HONGKONG.
Junk Bunk.
The master of a Chincan Reensed Ash- that he had a crew Ing junk, who statos
eight and a boat of about 500 plasila capacity, has roparted to the polios at Aberdeen that while sailing his junk of Tani Kun Tan, near Lemma island, o Japanese steamer collided with and sunk hi junk. Two children, aged six and eight years respectively, were drowned, and their bodies were not recovered. The steamer shopped and lowered a boat, and assisted to resetir the other members of the crew. The fisherman's family, was subsequently brought into Abredeon by another fahing junk. The junk was lost, tagsther with all the man's tackle and
women named Miss Looke and Mir. country's financial power and do their under Count Yamamoto's Premiership- parwenal property, which he values at j
The inauguration ceremony took plazo | about #2.000. easure
Yesterday evening. The Cabinet i constituted
"Leaton, age twenty-two years. Subee- quently they were charged at Richmond Police Court with setting firm to the pavilion and were remanded. They behaved rictously in Court, and said that if they were refused bail they would sommit a “hunger strike." The Chairman retorted that he was not going to be intimidated, whereupon Miss Looke threw papers and a book at him. The police intervened, When the woman were arrested they said that they had been in possession of the sharing and paran. Beside the pavillon paper was also found. The prisoners stated that "Orchids may be destroyed, but not women's honour."
2000 LETTERS DAMAGED.
The Edinburgh Suffragettes have damaged two thousand letters by means of ink and paraffin.
CHORLEY BY-ELECTION
RESULT.
LONDON, Feb. 21. The result of the Chorley by-election
"I as follows :—
Hibbert (.).... Jackson (L.)
7,373 5,606
Majority........ 1967
Note: This election was caused by the aneceusion of Lord Baleares to the Earldom of Crawford. Lord Balearres' majority at Laat Election was 2536.-Ep. 0, M.)
LA SIGNIFICANT APPOINTMENT
NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR.
LONDON, Feb. 21. A telegram from Paris states that M, Delcasa, bas been appointed Am- bamador to St. Petersburg, roplacing . Louis, who is retiring because of ill-health.
THE MEXICAN UPHEAVAL.
MADERO'S BROTHER SHOT,
LONDON, Feb. 20. Madero's brother Gustave, who had been imprisoned at the arsenal, was taken out under orders from General Diaz and immediately shot.
MADERO DETAINED.
A telegram from Mexico city states -that ex-President Madera, his wife, and family were just about to depart for Europe when Madero was detained and charged with the responsibility for the deaths of various opponents.
universal respect for their national dignity, by which means they would benefit peace abroad. It was only possible for a nation to be effectively pacific if it was always prepared for war. They must recoil no effort, no sacrifice, towards consolidating and strengthening their army and navy.
DEATH OF A FAMOUS ENGINEER
LONDON, Feb. 21. The death is announced of Sir William Arrol, the famous engineer, who constructed the Forth Bridge.
TURCO-BALKAN WAR.
WEATHER CHECKS HOSTI- LITIES.
LONDON, Feb. 20.
A message from Constantinople states that snowstorms and bitter cold here checked hostilities, in which there have been no serious developments.
BULGARIA EXPERIENCING
DIFFICULTIES.
It is stated that the Bulgarians are experiencing difficulties with their sup- plies.
BULGARIA AND ROUMANIA.
A Sofia message reports that the representatives of the Powers with the exception of Russia have been instructed to propose that Bulgaris submit her differences with Roumanis to the decision of the Powers.
ALLEGED SPYING.
LONDON, Feb, 20. A hunchback believed to be, a
German, was arrested in a street at Portsmouth and charged with espionage.
THE PRISONER.
The man arrested is a hunchback Lamed Klara dentist by profession. He was remanded. It appears from the oviders that the police have found a confidential naval book on torpedos in Klars's beg.
INDIAN BLUCTRIC RAILWAY,
IMPORTANT AND COSTLY PROJECT.
LONDON, Feb. 20.. The Morning Post says that a sclisme has-been drawn up to electrify Indian railways. It will be the most important and most costly project in railway ulectrification in my country.
follows:: Viscount
Making, Minister for Foreign Affaire Mr. K. Hara, Minister of abs Interior; Mr. M. Matsuds, Minister of Justice;
Mr. H Motoda, Minister of Communi- cations; Mr. T. Yamamoto, Minister of Agricultura and Commerce; Baron Takahashi, Minister of Finance; Mr. Y
THE HORRORS OF JUNGLE,””-
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Mary Poyle O'Reilly.
Tokonami, President of the Railway |News" of the Cannery exposure by Miss. Baranu. The Ministera of Marine and War in the former Cabinet retain their Mine U'Reilly, the correspondent pointa portfolios. It is expected that about out, worked in the Canneries for ten thirty members of the Constitutional months, and kanwa ber facta "her story to show their will be as sensational as Mr. Sinclair's Party will secedo
'Jungle.'" adherence to the principle of repre-
SLAVE DRIVING. seutative government.
CONFLAGRATION AT TOKYO.
15,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS:
LONDON: Feb. 21.
A telegram from Tokyo states that a fire broke out at the Salvation Army Hall, Kanda, and it has since been officially announced that 3,300 buildings have been gutted. The damage exceeda 11. millions sterling. The fire was fanned by a gale and involved the whole quarter. It defied the elforts of the firemen and troops to extinguish it, The Rames leapt through the streets and across the canals of Kanda. In the student quarter many schools and colleges were destroyed. Fifteen thous and people are bomeless.
UNITED STATES AND ILLITERATES.
M O'Reilly writes, "are not bad.
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All Cannerion is the United Stater," BLACK & WHITE SUEDE Women and children are not alaves and WHITE & COLOURED KID. filth is not the rule in many American factories where fruit and vegetables are picked. But I found after an inquiry Anong Govorament and state officials that there are noisome canneries in the east, in the south, in a belt across the middle west and on the Pacific Cost-poisone because of the slave driving of women and children and because of the 5th with which they reck. Noisome conditions
which amount to a national scandal.
**I chose to study the canueries of New York because central and western New York is the metropolis of the canning in- dustry of American industry which em- ploys hundreds of thousands of people in season and represents an investment of more than a hundred million dollars."
**FREE HOCHIMI."
Many of the can factories in the smaller towns of New York State, says Miss O'Reilly, bring poor families from the large cities to work during the summer season. They lure them not only by the promise (of 'good wages,' batʼof “free housing" and {'country air.*"
** As for the 'fres housing' and presim.
THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT. ably wholesome country air, let me tell
LONDON, Feb. 20.
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A message from Washington says that the House of Representatives, by narrow, majority, refused to repass the literary test in the Immigration Bill over the veto of President Taft.
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side the milroad, on the edge of the town. Between the factory and trick an' mpen drain polluted the air. Fifty feet away stood a cament shed with an overpowering pignty odour. Horing voices within, I GREAT REDUCTIONS IN called, and from the she emerged six children, wan; thaid, well-mannered little ones, whose mothers were as work. ----
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We have roccived, and read with pleasure & dainty little publication sutitled
Tokyo Miyago by S. Akimoto, "The reeking place, divided by rough illustrated by H. Ogawa. It comprises a boards, wan the 'home" of three families. number of articles which were contributed There was one rusty store, three rude to the columns of the Japan Advertiser" tables, and some foul maitress laid upco and denis with a variety of subjecta in tressels Bel clothing there was none, nor light and plensing style. Among the most any state. The place was strangling as interesting were those entitled Tea anewer, and swarming with fios,
"A MAJOR'S SILK Ceremony" "Woman" "Reflections in a **There was no water provided, nór any Cherry Grove" "Japanese" Philosophy' sanitary arrangements. It was
Major Paiselogas was defendant in an and Japanese Theatre." Several other housing such as dairyman would refuse action mentioned in the Summary Cours subjects are interestingly treated, and the for his cows.
this morning in which D. Chellaram, alk book is a remarkable production in English
dealer, Queen's Road, claimed 817; the by a Japanese who has never been, it is "Across the unspeakable ditch, beyond price of three silk singlets supplied. Mr.
the track, were ranges of rude bute and a F. X. D'Almada Castro, solictos app long, low shack. The stench of crowded for the plaintiff
Defendant admitted the debt, but of- poison drifted from them. In the shack were housed about 20 Polish families; each plained that the plaintiff sold him some occupying a single arall room, poorly silk some time ago which had since prov
be of land quality. He informed plaintif lighted and ventilated, almost devoid of furniture. A little distance away 18 Italian of this and asked him to come to terum but families were housed in quarters similarly as he refused to do so be told him be crowded and unsanitary.
must take the matter into court. Plaintiff At the Magistracy this morning he
Twenty-fire feet from the shacks a wrote to the Oboer Commanding to try to fore Mr. Melbourne, Mr. Stevenson, of woman kept pigs, chickens, and other force defendant to pay. If plaintiff tad Messrs. Deneen, Looker, Deacon and suimals' locked in the dark of i vile smell. met him in the matter he would have set site' intention of subsidising German The House of Lords on Wednesday
overflowing with foulness, loaded the air Mr. D'Almada produced defendant's Olympic athletes, regarding the Games read a third time the amended Trade Hark appearing for the opium farmering shed. Within it two earth closets, tied the present bill. (which are next to take place in Berlin) Union Bill, the Pilotage Bill, and the made an application for three thousand with pollaion. And between the two; LJU. and bis Lord hip, remarking that faels of opium which had been found on
dirty, demuralised, and screaming their there was no defance, advised defendant to na national event of the first magnitude
Railways Bill. The fast-named junk in the harbour to be handed over excitament, nine children, from three to discuss the distter with the solicitor. If authorises the railways to increase to the oplum farmer. The application, ten years old, made a gems of drowning defendant wanted to file counterclaim their charges in connection with the which was watched by Mr. R. O. Huve terror-stricken kittens that staggered he would givalcave...... strike agreement of 1911. The House chison, Supt. of Imports, and Exports,
about."
THE GERMAN OLYMPIAD
ATHLETES. SUBSIDISED.
LONDON, Feb. 20.
The German Government announces
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BRITISH POLITICS.
LORDS AND LEGISLATION.
LONDON, Feb. 20.
stated, further than Kores. We regretted to notice a nombor of typographical errors, which is a blemish on an otherwise pleasing production. The book may be obtained through Mesars. Kelly and Walsh, pub Lishara.
LONDON, Feb. 207ected the clause limiting the action was adjourned in order that Mr. Steven-
Lord Carton, in a letter, maintains that the Liabilities of the expedition amoanted to £30,000.
soo might call further evidence. of the Bill to five years. If the Gov- ecument insists upon the retention of
17 HOURS A DAY. As to hours, it is pointed out that one wordan, a expper, went to work at 7 a.m.
COOLIES AT VARIANCE.
At the Magistracy this afternoon be
His Majesty the King has contributed this clause when the Bill is rotarned Further details of the loss of the .arrying her three mosts. For nearly 200 and the Quees 100 to the from the Commons it is expected that A, steamer Estonia, which was totally month she never came home until 8 o'clock fore Mr. Haceland there was a sequal to Mansion House Scott Fund, which is the Bill will be sacrificed, as the Lords destroyed by Ere In the Red Sea on in the evening, often not until 2. In a row botwin some cooles which occur now being amalgamated with the
are likely to insist upon its rejection. January 17, state that the Eloe Funning week she worked 1198 hours, over-17 red in Des Vœux Road or money mat- Antarctic Expedition Fund. The joint The House then. adjourned till March teamer Prism was the first to reach the hours a day for seven days, while two other ters. Two, Chinese were charged with funds now amount to about £20,000..
disabled steamer, and succeeded in taking women worked 115 hours. Their mates a disorderly behaviour by three other
coolies, and there were alsɔ bhaigour off thirty-one" of the crew, while five the machines gave up, "utterly worn out,
asms. The complainants were malo more were picked up by the steamer bat the caa-droppers who kept them sep. played in connection with Ferngarth and landed at Suez, The Pet plied bore up to the bitter end.
training, and it was alleged ki Officer pan out in the Government tug 57] [5
the complainants went to ack the
Swing her assistance, but it was found that the
dsats for money that resol was on fire from stom to stern, the
histead of decks haring subsided. Fints to take the burning ship in tow were unsuccessful on account of the heavy as which
rosel pltimately foundered eight shortly he called to North of Saakim in or oration has sent one more and to teach fors that the long The captain, and four
years of peace have been well wi
LATER
The King and Queen of Norway have contributed fifty guiness to the Mansion House Fund.
ANOTHER CONTRIBUTION,
dred ruiness to the hand,
THE AUSTRIAN NAVY:
SIGNIFICANT SPEECH,
LONDON, Feb. 20. Count Montecuccoli has retired from the command of the Austrian Navy In a farewell speech at Pola he mid presented boats getting alongtide, And the
that the fleet may
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