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COMMANDER THOMAS FISHER. R.M, THE NEW MANAGER.
A particularly interesting naval
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"FOREIGN DOG!" :*
The Manchester Guardian says: In the early seventeenth century any allen who landed at Dover was: Hable to be pursued about the streets MR. HOOVER'S VIEW OF IT.
by a mob shouting "Foreign dog!" Later on we gave up this habit, part- LONDON, Aug. 25.
behind Commanderly/because foreigners did not terrify The Times corespondent in Faris Thomas Fisher, who has just taken us so much as before, and partly be has interviewed Mr. Herbert Hoover,
cause we knew there were always who reviewed the situation in Europe up his new appointment in London more Englishmen landing at foreign. on the eve of relinquishing control of as the general manager of the Atlan; ports than foreigners landing in Eng- the Food Commission. He is returning tic lines of the Canadian Pacific land, and we did not want our men to America for rest. He said Allied Ocean Services, Ltd. The very broad who went abroad to be followed by relief had just prevented a total field of valuable national work in their heels. The older spirit, the mobs crying "English dog 1". at catastrophe in Europe through naval shipping and diplomatic circles "Here's a stranger let's heave kalf famine and anarchy. He believes that the danger of Bolshevism gen- during the war covered by Commanja brick at him," spirit, seems to have erally has passed. Europe had re-der Fisher specially fits him for the completely possessed a small majority ceived upward of ten million tons of onerous duties of directing one of of the Standing Committee of the on the Aliens food from America and generous the greatest passenger and mercan-House of Commons
Restrictions Bill. Recently it out- help from other sources since the tile fleets in the world..
did all its armistice, but the problem of produc».
excesses previous Commander Fisher, was born in tion and self help in the war Birmingham in 1863, and underwent against the unlucky foreign equival stricker countries was still unsolved. his naval training at Dartmouth onent of the Englishman landing in The position probably would be the old wooden line of battleship America. By a majority of fifteen difficult for another year. The new Britannia." He spent four years into twelve it carried, against better states would soon be able to import China during the period of the Boxer sense of the Government, an amend on their own account if given credit. Rebellion, and then having passed all ment providing that no person, firm. The Allies must support those port-his examinations with flying colours or company carrying on business in ions of Russia rescued from the he received very rapid promotion, England shall employ aliens Bolsheviks for at least a year. Mr. and at the age of twenty was made in greater proportion than 10 per Hoover believes the withdrawal of the 2 lieutenant. He served for some cent of the total employees, except British from Armenia will precipitate years in the Mediterranean, on HMS where the total number employed In these latter a general massacre and destroy the "Bacchante," Aying the flag of the late does not exceed tes. relief measures there.
Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker, Bart, cases one-third of the total may be and later on the same ship under aliens. To judge the merits of a Admiral Sir Henry Jackson, the late proposal like this it is always best to
www.
LON. WORK.
SILYER.
· OUT-
First Sea Lord. After having quali- suppose it applied by others that
PARIS, Aug. 24. fied as a gunnery specialist Com-selves. Of course, to sugg The Council has decided to askmander Fisher served for a short tire the rule of doing as one wald be Rumania, ber intentions regarding on the staff of the Director of Target done by is a precept of any moral Banat, which Serbia fears Ramania Practice. Later he joined HMS authority would raise a hoot of But. is about to seizc.
Bellerophon" as gunnery officer, and derision among politicians. The Council agreed to a recom- when in 1912 Mr. Winston Churchill granting for the purposes of argu- mendation by Foch to send to Ger introduced staff training into the ment their working assumption that many immediately an Allied comNavy, Commander Fisher was in one Christian morality is a back num mission to control the surrender and of the first batch of officers to take ber, it is really quite useful never- destruction of war material. This the staff course, ultimately being theless to try to imagine what it will commission should not have gone to selected to remain on as a lecturer be like when we ge tit for tat Germany til peace was ratified, at the Naval College at Portsmouth. Before the war it was a common The Council decided to forbid Ger- When war broke out he went to sea source of advantage for English many to sell air material and to with Admiral Sir Alexander Bethel, employers and workmen to equip demand a refund to the Allies of any the then president of the War College, foreign factories with British machin sums already obtained from such as flag commander in the Reserve cry made in or near Manchester and Oldham, British manufacturing sales. There have been complaints Fleet. He was associated here with about the smuggling of numerous the important work of safeguarding engineers would send complete staffs aeroplanes to Denmark. It was also the passage of the Expeditionary of foremen and working engineers decided to 'send a commissioner to Force to France and was present at to install the machines. When the Flensburg to preven: the Germans the landing of a small force of Royal recent work is completed and all from violating the conditions for the Marines at Ostend in September, foreign countries have copied our partition of Slesvig,
1914. With the termination of the enactment there will be no more work in the winter of 1914 he of that. If Serbia or Rumania, for foined the Trade Division of the instance, should be blessed with a Naval War Staff at the Admiralty, boom in the building of cotton and was there in charge of that part mills, it will no doubt be carefully of the organisation set up to deal provided that Lancashire shall not with questions relating to neutral supply more than one in ten of the shipping. These were the early engineers employed at high wages days of the blockade, and neutral in fitting the mills. Again, if the steamers were doing their best to Halle Orchestra should visit America, evade the naval patrols and carry the American replica of the recent supplies to Germany via neutral masterpiece of sagacity will provide that nine-tenths of its musicians shall ports. Commander Fisher took a prominent part in devising and be turned from the door. When carrying out the system of expervis. Lancashire troops entered Life and ing the movements and cargoes, &c., Roubaix last year they found, not of neutral, vessels by means of a little to their pride, that there was control over their supplies of bunker in each town a considerable English, coal at perts at home and abroad and mainly Lancashire, calony This system, when in full working employed in the local textile industry. order, materially lightened the The statesmen who drafted the arduous task of the cruisers employed amendment carried recently would on blockade duty, because it was put an end to all that. one of the conditions that all ships that their object was to create dis- And yet we cannot quite believe bound to or from, countries adjacent to Germany should call voluntarily tress and unemployment among for examination at a British port their only motive was a belief that British workmen abroad. Probably Commander Fisher's services in
LONDON. Aug. 26. Silver is quoted 611 591. The
market is firm.
CHINESE TELEGRAMS
[Translated for the China Mail from
the Well Faz. Yat Po.]",
AMERICAN MINISTER'S
SUGGESTIONS.
بد
The American Minister (Acting) in Peking in his cable to the Senate suggests amendments of the German Peace Treaty so as to enable China to get back her rights and privileges in Tsingtao. Regarding the Shan tung clause he further suggests that that word" Japan" mentioned therein be replaced by "China."
NEW MINISTER TO JAPAN." The appointment of Lau Kang Yan, the present Minister to Russis, as Minister to Japan was passed by
Parliament on the 26th inst. by 2 votes against 10.
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this matter have recently been re-even now there is a little popularity cognised by the award of a C.B.E. to be got among ignorant voters by In 1916 he was employed as techhaps they do not even know that the
beating the anti-alien tom-tom. Per nical representative in the various negotiations for the use of neutral number of British subjects seeking shipping by the Allies. This work work in foreign countries is several was of vital importance to France times as great as that of foreigners and Italy, and indirectly to Eng- seeking work bere, and that for A FAREWELL DINNER TO CHIEF during the most difficult part of
land also, in maintaining supplies every one foreign tailor or seamstress whom they succeed in. starting PEACE DELEGATE.
in England they may also the war. Incidentally, Commander
starve two or three English President Chu Sal Chong gave a Fisher gathered a valuable knowledge
men or women elsewhere. But if farewell dinner to Mr. Wong Yap of the shipping interests of Europe.
they know they do not care. Good. Tong. yesterday. All the Cabinet During the period Commander ministers were present. The Pre Fisher served on various Govern- enough for them that the smoking sident urged Mr. Weng to start for ment committees dealing with com- dealers in press
out of fliers was thought by expert 'atunts" to have Shanghai immediately, and the latter mercial and shipping matters, includ- promised to proceed south when ing amongst others the Coal Exports money in it during the war, and that parliament adjourns.
Committee, presided over by Sirit was thought by expert electioneers Douglas Owen, and the Board of to have votes in it last December. Granted that much, the safety of Trade Committee for the Conserva- British workmen abroad, the sanctity tion of Coal, presided over by Sir Wm. Marwood. It is not without of British treaties (only referred to in the amendment by somebody else's interest that the latter committee, on afterthought), and the reputation of a motion by Commander Fisher, sup England for international decency ported by Sir Richard. Redmayne, all counted for nothing. With all passed a resolution which ultimately the direct representatives of British led to the introduction of the Day-workmen opposing the amendment, light Saving Bill by the then Home this appeal by anti-Labour politicians Secretary, Mr. Herbert Samuel. The Cabinet has decided to appoint the United States came into the war, difference from democracy.
In the summer of 1917, soon after of demagogy and of its essential to mob spite offers a good illustration
four high officers two each from the a liaison officer was appointed to link North and South as Chief Commis the British Ministry of Shipping with sioners for directing the disbandment the United States Shipping Board. of soldiers in the country. Tuan Sir Thomas Royden was first chosen Chi-jul, and Kan Wan-pang will be for the important post, and he was the North Commissioners and Luk followed by Commander Fisher, who Wing-ting and Mok Wing sun will be filled this difficult and responsible the South. A telegram has been position with marked success: sent to Luk Wing-ting consulting
In America Commander Fisher had him upon the necessary arrange ment.
... TREATY.
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CHINA'S DECISION ON AUSTRIAN The Cabinet has cabled to the dele- gates at the Paris Conference instruct. ing them not to sign the Austrian peace treaty unless the terms con- cerning China in the treaty are re | stored to their original form.
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