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THURSDAY, JANUARY 81, 1918.
SHIPPING
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UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESEY'S GOVERNMENT
TO
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THE CHUNA MAI.
MR. SIDNEY: WEBB'S GLOOMY
OUTLOOK.
In the Contemporary Review," Mt Sidney Webb discusses, the difficulţire of food and, employment which will arise when the war is over. The problem, ho
MARSEILLES AND LONDON,, however long it may be defarted,
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STEAITS, COLOMBO, INDIA, AUSTRALASIA, EGYPT, &
Das
Due Marmoilles Londen 1917, 1917.
Steamers to
Colombo
Leave Hongkong Noon
Connecting Nail Steamer from Colombo.
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Bongkang at the time of Booking. On the Australian Route Tickets Interchangeable with Orient Lino. RAILINGS DIRECT TO
SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE AND
S. B.
YOKOHAMA
Laure Hongkong About
Passengers may travel by Railway in Japan between Ports of Call. free of charge. Roturo Tickets are available by Mossagurios Maritimos Compray.
INTERMEDIATE STEAMERS
(Non- Tranihipment IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE MAIL STEAMERS, WILL LEAVE DIRECT FOR
will come upon the statesmen with stark
·FISITORS AT THE HOTILAS
HONGKONG SEZONAS, Mr. Abraham He and Mrs C Mr E. W, Adame
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to leave thoro operations to the Law! of Supply and Demand," or the enlighten. ed stempts of profit-sooking merchanta bo move things from where they are cheapest to where they will sell at the
Miam A. G. GG highest prices. For the world famine will Mr Geo. 8 Archbath Me and Mrs J. Jo be even more of a money famine than a Mrs Ashcroft
Mr. J. H. Bering food famine."
Mrs Z. Baring Whole slawen of people in every counMe H. A. Baxter
Capt. J. Baxter it may even be this whole population Mrs.E. . Bellice
Me C. Lättla Mr G. Ludin Major and Mrs D.
Macdonald Mr and Mrs F.
Maitland
0.
M• G. M. Maleo Ins Dr and Mrs
Marriott Mr B. P. Martelet.'" Mr G. E. May Mr. C. M. Moinnes Me C. O. Bobanan Mr., and Mal Mr and Mrs A. L. Melatosh
Bouct
Mr F. Merechi Capt. Mrs Branch Mrs E Meyer Mrs Brand & family Chpt. G. A. Moess W. G. Browell Mr A. Moulder Mr and Mr H. R. Mr J. 8. Nicolson
Buckland
fof some countries, will, if sainserted Mr C. D. J. Fell
Capt. E Bentley -- Hing suddenness. Many of their fespan arrangements to prevent unemployment. P. du Bercy imaginations will disappear into thin air, reps made, find themselves, hungry as Mr H. E. Beyer
Mr. R. J. Birbook They will, for instance, with regard to they are, without what the economists MP3. D. Birm imports and exports, find it quite imprac. all an effective demand. They will Mr Bock ticable simply to leave trade to the bave to money to buy this food and unrestricted and unguided enterprises of materials than they need, or to pay the merchants and shipowners rager only to freight for bringing them; and without make profits. The Central Powers will food and materials they will be unable certainly not be able to carry out their to produce that which would enable them rumoured project of buying up all the to buy.
However reluctant the statemen may be to grapple with this problera, they will
Mr N. Burus Mr LA. Caleçon Mr RV. Cameron Mr & Mrs Cargusel Carpmas
M
fapt and is F.D.
Northcombe
Del and Mrs G.
Ozorio
Mr A. O. Potoskr
Mr W. J Pringle Hrs B. Pritchard
and I aang
available raw materials thas neutral coun. tries have to dispose of. It will be found equally imprasties to put in operatione compelled, in the interests of the whole the policy understood to be outlined in world, well as of their own country. the Tague resolutions of the Paris imperatively to do so and they need t Economic Conference of the Allied Gov- so pretty promptly. Pence, when it sroments, to which the United States comes, will come like a thief in the nights have never acceded, of a hostile. koyoots and famine will be very near 'st hand to L. Darles Mr G. Risch:
of the Central-Powern,
At the close of the war what the various Government will be faced with will not be opportunities of enriching themselves at the cost of their enemies, but the imminent danger of famine, in one coun try or another; with A calamitous
some, at least, of the European popala tions Let us face the situation as it is revealing itself,
Apart from what are might, as cosmo. politan idealists desire, we shall be compelled to
lake into account the obstinate determination of people Tike deficiency of some of the principal food. Governments, to maintain what they con- stufis, such on cereals, and meat, threaten-ceive to be their antional interests. No MARSEILLES AND LONDON, ing, quite possibly, extensive local starva pation will forego, for the sake of the Calling at SINGAPORE, PORT SWETTENHAM, PENANG; CALOMLotion; with hugs deficiencies in most others, any part of what it is within its.
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THE INTERMEDIATE SERVICE IS TEMPURARILY SUSPENDED. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS.
All Cabins are Etted with Electric Fans free of charge and each Berth Furnished ith an Electrio Reading Lamp.
Round-the-World Tickets and Through fickets to New York in connection with the Principal Mail Lines.
Retura Tickets at fars and a half available to Europe for Two Years; or to Intermediate Ports for Six Months.
Owing to the War in Europe Steamers and Sailing daten are liable to be sacalled or altered without notice.
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AN UNSURPASSED HIGH CLASS PASSENGER SERVICE AT INTERMEDIATE RATES.
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Fan RosexoNG:
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countries in such materiala na tha maatallic ores, coal, timber, hides, oil, wool, rubber, [pojash; "ètc., without which civil employ- mert of the demobilised millions cannot be resumed, and with such a scarcity of merchant shipping add ailway wagone and such a dilapidation of all the ways of land transport as seriously to aggravate all the shorteges of commodities.
power to keep for the maintenance of its cwn people.
(1.) To permit each nation, including all the belligerents without exception, to assure itself that the interests of its manu frettirers, traders and consumers will be
as far as possible safeguarded, alike in the supply of necessary commodities and in opportunities for the export of alb they can
sparc.
Mr. Thos F. Cobb Mrs R. R. Elankett
*Colé Mr. J. Coleman MeJ.H Coote Mel, D. Courtney
Dr W. T Quaifo Mr H. Ray Miss F.Reay Mr D. Reichelman Mr and Ms Darby Mr. Richelman
Mr and Ms J. L. Mr D-Ritchie
Davidson Mr. E Edwards
Capt. A. Robinson Me D. Rodrigues · Mr Her Entickasp Mr and Mrs W.K
Ross snel Isroiły Mine. E. Exist Mr. M. Ganjois
Mr G. W. Russell Mr and Mrs H. Mr B. Balic
Mr O. E Galdian Mrs S
imler M Mr V. Goulburn Mr J. B. Green Mr and Ms Gmy MPH. K. Bala Mr and Mrs Robi.
Hall Capt. T.P. Hall Mrs S. 8.-Hamilton Mr and Mrs W. A.
Fannibal
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Mr R. D. Sheldon Mr F. B. Simmons *Mrs M. Blade
Mr A. W. P. Spiers Mr J. Stalker Mr AW. van der-
Star Me H. F. Stoneham Mr R. A. Stubington Mr A.Z Sycip. Mr. C. P. Templation Mr F. G. Thompson
Mr. G. Harper MA. Hicks Mr and Mrs Paal Mrs RE. Thompson
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Innes
Mrs J. Watson ME P. Whithams Mrs P. Whitham Mr8. T. Williamson
Wilson
Mrs M. Jolley 1. In some parts of Europe and Asia, it (2)To permit the Allied Govern Mr E. M. Joseph
Mr. L. G. Joseph is scarcely too much to say, society mayments to assure themselves, conformably Mr.O.Kalpakdjian Capt. and Mm M. be not far from dissolution. From sheer to the Paris Economic Conference, that The P.T. Keyi
their joint and several interests in their Capt. T. Ta Larsen Mr C. F. Welsilfer want. What the diplomatist anust arcus on raw materials and mutual trade, and Mr W. D. Latimer Mr G. G. Wood early settle, actually, as part of the very the earliest possible satisfaction of their negotiations for peace, is how this quite need of other commodities, shall be pro- imminent peril of wide-eproad unemploy-tected from any form of economic aggyTE rent and starvation can be'averted. Ision at the hands of the Central Towers. this sense the general reviétualing of Europe will be a argent sa revictualling of Faris, which had to be made part of the terms of armistice in 1971.
WÊU
the
the stress of such urgent need, the Got
We may take it for granted that, in
ernment of avery nation, whatever its political or economic theories, will be driven to maintain, at any rate for some time after peace, the controle which it
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raw Mr and Mrs D: K. Mr and Mrs G. P-1per cetrt. per annum on the daily balance York, San Francisco, do materials, and mutnal trade, sad the Blair earliest possible satisfaction of their need
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it is clear we must add.)
Capt. & Mr H, M. Mr and Mrs. A. T. Cameron Macaulay -Mr and Mrs C. D. Carter Mr and Mrs HA: McLachlan (4.)-To permit, and even to encourago."
Cartwright Mr. and Mrs G.'E each Government to adopt within its own & MF. W. Cary Nightingale Empire such measures of preference to Mr and Mr.F. B. L. Mr T. L. Parkins has had to exercise during war; that its own renforces as it thinks will, whilst Mr and Mrs J. T. Roberta
its own people, and development ** of
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Mr. and Mrs price-levels, to permit the export of any makes for the world without actual fr 8. Evans
-Bussell of the commodities within its dominions aggression on other countries, augment Denman Fuller Miss Skinner
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its own. which it has not a supply sufficient for
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On the other hand, each country will be tinder the most urgent need of develop ing as much export trade as possible, in
have had to form for the allocation among This will need to embrace all the belli themselves of the available army supplies,
gerent countries intely af war, and also all the neutrals who will be suffering from the same world shortage.
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