FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1920.
TO-DAY'S CABLES.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mel)
AMERICA AND BIG NAVT.
NEW YORK, June 11
Secretary Daniels has issued a statement deploring the reductions made in the Naval Appropriation Bill. He complains of the failure of Congress to make provision for adequate naval expansion in the Pacife. He regards as imperative the presence of a great American fleet in the Pacific and proper protection of that coast and the outlying American islands. He declares that the vote of four million sterling for naval aviation was only half sufficient. The failure to authorise the building of a single new ship was equally bad policy. With a few exceptions nobody here considers four million sterling sufficient for the wants of the air service.
A LLOYDĮ GEORGIAN ORATION.
LONDON, June 10. Speaking at a meeting of the union of Welsh independents at Pwllheli, Mr. Lloyd George, discussing the duty of the Christian churches in con pection with reforms, said their especial task was to create an atmes phere wherein reform was possible, and wherein the perpetuation of evil was impossible. He-declared that great confusion and conflict of purpose "were paralysing goodwill in every land. man elections showed 2
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THE CHINA MAIL.
ENGLAND SELLS WARSHIPS.
WHEN DER BIG NAVY IS
·BUILT IT MAY HAVE NO SURFACE OPPONENTS.
SEDITIOUS PAMPHLETS.
BRITISH WAS AIMS VILIFIED.
Calcatta, May 19th-Frontier ré Mrs. M. Harrow, of No. 4 Military
ports say that the press at Jellalabad Quarters, Kennedy Road, this marr-
under the control of General Nadir ing charged her houseboy before Mr.
Khan continues to issue a series of R. O. Hutchison, at the Magistracy,
pamphlets, distributed free, designed with leaving her employ without Lord of the Admiralty, is selling Government, both in Afghanista
England, according to the First to stir up feeling against the British giving a month's notice. The
some of her warships to other and India. defendant said he felt i, and asked countries, doubtless to some little a lying account of the part played The latest contains his mistress to allow him to go home nations whose vanity will be tickled by Great Britain in the war. I for a day, but she refused, saying he by the possession of a cruise or two, states that the English, having in- was pretending. She threatened to but who have not the slightest use stigated the war, kept out of it till have him arrested if he did not do for them and do not know get that Belgium had been destroyed and his werk, and actually called in an they, are expensive toys Indian constable. He told the later
France was on the eve of surrender; the circumstances of the case, and
With the signing of the armistice then finding Germany" too was ex the Indian went away, taking no England stopped construction on all bausted.the cunning British came in rotice of Mrs. Harrow's suggestion the warships in her dockyards, with on the pretence of saving France. not hold out that he should arrest him. Later, the exception of those that were Germany could Mrs. Barrow called in another con almost finished. Admiral of the Fleet against the fresh nawearied troops stable, who gave him (witness) two Fisher, who as First Sea Lord revolu- employed by England, which
succeeded in slaps on the face, and pointed a tionized the British navy, introduced thus
winning | revolver at him,
the dreadnought and the battle cruiser the war The English then grabbed His Worship: This is becoming and is recognized as the man who all the spoils. These falsehoods, of very interesting. Go on, tell us what made it possible for the Engish feet course, would not find currency any: happened then.
to hold the Germans impotent, is now where but amongst the most ignorant Defendant: Seeing the constable demanding that all the big surface classes in India and Afghanistan, to and told the constable that he should the same clear sight that showed him goes on to say that the Afghans assaulting me, the amab interfered craft be scrapped. Why? Because with whom they are addressed. The leader rot beat me, as I was ill. The con- that superior speed and gusis made should make a Treaty with the Indian stable thereupon turned round and the battle-cruiser independent of people but not with the Indian kicked the amah and pointed his re-heavy armour be recognizes that the Government. volver at her, saying she had no submarine and aircraft bare made business to interfere. The constable the big dreadnoughts so much junk. The Gex-
assaulted the 'amah on the com
But, in accordance with our usual distracted people split into hopeless plainant's suggestion.
custom, we have, in our imitation of His Worship: Is this and contending factions, without any clear purpose, with no ascendant
British naval policy, only reached the true. or ZTE *** you inventing point where England was ten years Court, and you can ask her.
British warships. Some years after,THE Management of the "CHISA MAIL" Mrs. Harrow said she first employed and after our mercantile marine! desires to inform the public that the defendant at a wage of $6 per had been transformed to oil, our its tarif for advertisements received on month, but had since increased it to Navy followed suit; Out of the and after this date will be increased, by $9. As an example of how good she lessons of the Russo-Japanese 20 per cent. bad been to him. Mr. Harrow said war Lord Fisher brit the Dread- This increase is rendered imperative that she gave him an advance of $3 nought. We copied it and we are. by the constantly growing cost of pro- at China New Year. She had stood building dreadnoughts row slower doction, the price of paper alone having a lot of abuses on the part of and with no more gun power advanced by 700 per cent during the the defendant without grumbling- than the British Queen Elizabeth had past five years. He often went away pa sick leave. in 1914, and both Great Britain'and In order to meet these conditions and she raised no objection. The Japan built during the war battle newspapers and magazines all over the last sick leave he had was in April ships that can outspeed and out. world have been obliged to raise their When he returned on April 18, she range the Queen Elizabeth Eng some cases by as much as 100 per cent subscription and advertising rates-in gave him $7 and on the following land built battlecruisers before the and, at the same time, to curtail the Friday she gave him another $2, war and super-battle-cruisers during size and number of pages. For the thus paying his wages in full. On it. We are now just beginning to present, however, it has been decided, the 24th April, when she returned | baild battle-cruisers. Before the in the interests of the public generally from Macao, the amah came to her war Britain's naval policy was and of advertisers in particular, to leave and said that the defendant wanted a fleet stronger than the combin- the price of the Cerna Mail an advance of $2 to give to his ed fleet of the two next powers changed. father, who was ill, and wanted to We are now talking of a fleet Hongkong, May 17, 192013. go back to the country. Seeing, that stronger than any other in the world, she had given him his wages which, of course, means England's. only a
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voice or note. So far we had avoided that catastrophe in Britain but it? It is true, sir, the amah is magd Lord Fisher put oil burners in!
was spreading throughout the world and the churches alone could save the people from the disasters which would ensue if anarchy of will and aim continued to spread.
CRYSTAL PALACE RE-OPENED.
LONDON, June 9.
After six years of utilisation for war purposes the Crystal Palace was reconsecrated to public use this morning, when the King and Queen opened the imperial war museum housed in the palace. In the course of his speech the King urged none to forget that Britain owed her success in the war, under God, not to her armed forces alone but to the labours and sacrifices of soldiers and civilians, men and women alike. It was a demo cratic victory, the work of a nation in arms organised as never before for great national struggle.
TRADE RETURNS.
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LONDON June 8. The exports for five months of 1920 were £521,114,000 as compared with £270,193 last year. Imports were £963,201 as compared with $594,094. Re-Exports of foreign and colonial merchandise were £115,767, an increase of 572,296.
GERMAN POLITICS.
PARIS, June 9.
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From Berlin it is reported that Ebert requested Mueller to form cabinet. The Press is unanimously of opinion that it will be impossible to form a lasting coalition. The Tageblatt forecasts an early, dissolution the new Reichstag.
PARLIAMENT.
PECULIAR GIFT TO BELGIUM.
LONDON, June 9.
In the House of Commons,.replying to a question, Mr. B. Law said Britain would not take the mandate for Armenia.
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few days 280, witness At the same time a body of English, TO SECRETARIES OF CLUBS refused to make any advance naval opinion, headed by Lord Fisher,
AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS. | Oa the morning of the 25th recommends that the British surface;
April, before going to work, feet be junked. What is not im AS from "to-day all preliminary witness's husband ordered the defend-possible is that when we get our notices of forthcoming meetings, ant to water the plants, but he took proposed huge feet of surface lectures and entertainments, sent for no notice. She later told her son to dreadnoughts and battle-cruisers insertion in the news columns of the again order the defendant to water built England and Japan will have “Casa Man,” will be charged for at the plants, but he still refused none at all. The fact that the British the rate of $1. sach, providing they do ordered him to do his work, the ships may indicate that it is heading placed in the advertising colaze at the When witness ultimately went and Admiralty is begining to self off its not occupy mare than four lines. If this space is exceeded ther will be defendant said "You too muchee no Fisher. good." Witness lost her patience If Lord Fisher's contention is right, prevailing rates. with him then, and called in anand he has been right a great many Indian constable to have him arrested.times, a submarine fleet and aircraft The Indian could not understand can make our shores impregnable. what witness said, and went away. Certainly they can make it impossible Later, witness called in European ever to land a hostile army. Even
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Sergeant A9, and the latter gave the Britain, with all her navy, and with WAN
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NISHED FLAT suitable for 2 defendant a couple of slaps on the the short distance to go, did not dare face and made him water the try landing an army in the German BACHELORS Hongkong preferred. plants. The amah interfered, and rear in Belgium, though she con- apply Box 1200, c/o TE CHINA MIS the Sergeant slapped her also. After sidered it and wanted to.-S. F. LTD.
the Sergeant wert away, the defen- Chronicle. dant told witness he was III, and begged her to let him go home, pro-
Mr. Long announced that the Thetis, Intrepid, Iphigenia, and Vindictive,mising to return on the following blockships sunk at Ostend and Zeebrugge in wartime, would be presented to Belgium as a free gift.
day, and she let him go. He did not. turn up on the following day, she in- Mr. Chamberlain said no other country had attempted a financial effort formed the Police and had the defen-
dant arrested. comparable with Britain's or wherein the well-to-do were so heavily taxed.
The defendant said that the com- Illustrating the financial recovery of Britain, Mr. Chamberlain referred to plainant was the most disliked woman the rise of the dollar exchange. He stated we would be in a position to buy in the whole barracks and changed our half of our Anglo-French loan in America and meet all other market several amahs in a month. No one obligations of the treasury in the United States to the end of 1920 with a could stay in her employ long. Dur satisfactory margin. (cheers). The debt of a hundred million dollaring the time he worked for he, she
knocked him about a great lot. to the Argentine would be redeemed in a few days. The.. loan of twenty million yep in Japan would be paid off in a month, while provision -was made at home for the reduction of the debt by £230,000,000 this year
and £300,000,000 next year, without additional taxation.".
COUNTY CRICKET.
LONDON, June 8.
Middlesex beat Hants by nine wickets. “Middlesex in the first innings scored 445, of which Hendren compiled 183 unfinished.--
Surrey beat Sussex by nine wickets, scoring in the first 479-Hobbs 110 and Ducat 203.
Somerset beat Warwick by ten wickets. Somerset's frst was 379, of which the Tadian, Bajana, scored 106.
Yorks beat "Notts by ten wickets. Yorks' first innings produced 324,
of which Rhodes made 167 unfinished.
Lancs beat Leicester by nine wickets.
INDIA.
SIMLA, June 8.
Mrs. Harrow: That is not.. right, your Worship, I never laid a hand on him. I treated him like a Euro- pean boy, and he took advantage.
His Worship That is all right, Mrs. Harrow, I don't want to hear any more, thank you.
Proceeding, the defendant said that. when he got home, he told his parents about what had happened, and they told him not to return. The com- plainant was still owing him a week's wages.
Mrs. Harrow said that was 50, ku Eis Worship imposed a fine of $4
or seven days, hard labour and order- ed the defendant to forfeit the week's wages due to him.
PRESERVATION OF FRUIT.
During the autumn session of the Viceroy's Council, non-official -proposals will be introduced creating a small committee of elected men to The process is to dip the fruit in a
advise the government of India on all questions in connection with the League of Nations, also in favour of legislation.controlling the immigration
of British subjects from the self-governing colonies and dominions on a basis of reciprocity.
SPA CONFERENCE.
BRUSSELS, June 8,
M. Millerand has approved of the postponement of the Spa Conference which will now meet on July 5.
WOMEN'S BUTYRAGE CONFERENJE.
GENEVA, June 8.
The international women's suffrage congress, has opened under the presidency of Mrs. Carrie Calt. Thirty-one nations are represented,
A discovery has been made by a Western Australian resident which is of great interest to exporters of fruit.
solution which in no way affects the quality of the article and is quite harmless. It is then dried and pack ed in a powder, which is dusted off when the consignment arrived at its destination. It is so far only effective with articles which start decay from the outside. Fruit which starts to
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