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thair harmless Hens are prodo to underrate that element of barbarism in human nature which peeps forth daring the stress of war. Thus, , it is when the nations are tou porarily at peace, i sometimes possible to secure their agreement to principles famed for this protection of neutral trade and shipping, but once the sword is drawn it too often happens that civilised Go- wrument drive a roach and horses through holes in the rales." Every great war, however, brings the world a little nearer to the ideal of the harness and learned jurists. In modern no such grant times there have been siotions of international low as the world has witnessed with digest and alors during this past eighteen mouth. Note! und Military Record.
MR. ARCHIBALD LITTLE ON
THE CHINESE..
THE SIMPLE LIFE.
HOW TO LIVE ON FIVE SHITJINGS A WEEK.
Carbis Bay is close to St. Ives, plumb in the centre of a panorama of glorious servory which some hare called the "Cornish Riviera." As such, it was the habitat chosen by Miss N. G. Bacon for a remarkable and successful experi- mont in the simple life" which she describes in the World's Work and Play:
My more was to choose my Cornish cottage, for which I pay £1 per year mat, including a garden of no small protensions, from a Londoner's point of view. Inst of the main road, with its pictarvsque entrance-lano facing the village shop, the last of a row of four on a terraco, my tiny eat is to be discovered hidden in its obscurity.
The restoration of peace between Japan and Russia affords the civilized world an opportunity of discussing several questions of international law which are seen to be gently in need of asitisment. It is hoped that the Powers will agre upon certain rules of the forthcoming Conference, but meanwhile the assembly of the International Law Association, at Christiania, bas enabled listinguished jurists to air their views. One of the Best acts of this Association was to pass unanimously a vosolation demanding that mail steamers and passenger ships should be exempt from misure by belligerents. Non PIANOS $375. burn of the Arosiation were so nuanimonsly in ceord on this question that the revolution was carriol without diseassion. There was a
"The Cornish summer season is very short, nalifying clausu, however, suggesting that the
consisting only of some six to saved wooks, uations should agree to prevent the shipment
counting principally the August month, wher of continbend goods in sneh vessols, and that
Mr. Archibald Little is one of a vary select high prices are uskel for rooms, and the people infringement of the condition, should be made a
et this resola band of Europeans who throughly know, nader who get their living by letting their houses punishable offence, a passing tion renders it certain that the exemption of stand, and appriate the Chinese people. A and cottages generally demand a six-weeks' let, mail and passenger stimmera from capture will, great traveller, and interesting writer, successful as it is only by doing this they are enabled to at any rate, bedobutou at the coming Conference, aathor, and keen man of business, Mr. Little is koop the wolf from the door throughout the Peace" so many sided that thro, happy interviewer who is year the economic problem of how to live the wrongly termed in some quarters a
Thast Conference. Siace bat little cargo is carried fortunate enough to have the opportunity to by these steamers it should not prove difficult peretien his art upon his scarcely knows where to fens informational law for their proteco begin, or at least that seems to have been the Lion.
Mail, it is true, havo hitherto been experienes of our representative last week. ----
However, Mr. Little's first Eaw words ware regarded as "condition" contraband, but it is pointed out that electric cables bavo vastly suffiei-utly startling to destroy any preessecited relaced the importene of written matter, so ustions that the interviewer may have enter far as belligerent Posters are concruel. Souse falued as to the proper coarse for the conversa- items of news, valuable to a boiligorent, may be tion to follow. gleaned from mail bags even woradys, "Int this gain is inconsiderabile if campared with the amount of injury infli. ted upon neutral com. merce. Throughout the late war the polley of the British Governsent has been to avoid laying sneh stress upon neutral rights would ted to cripple our dealings with neutrals in fature wars in which this country may has led to match dis policy engage. Thin content anang British shipping companies and morabants, who are willing to lose money for the sake of o sound principle. Grave breaches of international law inve, however, bean com- nitted by Rossia, and there has been some faek of firness in demanding releves and compon sation. Worse still, demands have been made, but not pressed,
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simple life in Cornwall on two half crowns week started with the writer's possession of a fun-roomed cottage, with a spare bedroom :
"I advertised for some one to take my spara room for 51 per week rent, with the use of the sitting room, kitchen, and garden, without atten laues.
A lady frora Anstralia caue along, than a Londoner, and for weeks together we worked out the problem, and with economy and muu agement proved that it is possible for educated people to live well on so small a sam, and yet to be comfortable and happy,"
The question of attendance is not a disait
You must remember." said Mr. Littir. "that whereas we are only just enverging froa barbarism. the Chinese have boon civilisol Consequently, we thorough canntless ages, must not expect to had the same high tone and culture among the lower class Europeans that we get away the lowest classes of the Chinesene, for day girls" can be secured at from 34 The Chinese conlig la intinitely superior to to a work. But this would have interfered the lowest type European. In China.rongly with the cost of the experiment. as we have them in England, form an influi- tesimal proportion, and are seldom or nevar nest with."
เ
Then you have no apprehensions about the Yellow Paril, Mr. Litth
Noue, whatever. Europeans will have to learn to live more cheaply, that is all. Phere is really no need to spend so much money sa living us all Europians are accustomed to do, I live in the interior of China, and have become accustomed to Chinese simple moles of living, and I find I can live perfectly well on a great deal less than it costs the ordinary. European here."
"But that surely is not the asual experience of Europeans in China ***
An interesting paper was contributed by a Gaston de Laval, diling with questions arising out of the late war. The saking of the Foring and Koriels in Korean waters on February Nth, 1984, was condemned by this authority as a grave breach of the montrality of Korea, fat le, also admitted that the netion was excusable in the circumstances: Here one porecives one of
"Oh, no, it is not. You see the Europian the strange limitations of international law. When a wank neutral territory happens to afford usually insists cu European food. Baropuu a desirable area for the combatants, inter groceries, etc. He must have his Bass or soda national law is simply ignored by both belli- water just the same as he does at home, and, gerents. There is to remedy, since in such naturally, under such circumstances living cases force will contine to prosil. 1. de Laval in China become very expensive, and the condeinned the ww made of certain ships of the Europeans insist upon a high rate of pay Chi- if they would only adopt Volunteer flect by Russia, arguing that their whereas passage of the Dardanelles should have pronese ways and food they would flud it hibited the Petersburg and Smolensk from hoist remarkably cheap country. As it is, it is im- 1,000 NEWEST VICTOR RECORDS ing the man-of-war lag and acting as cruiser possible to employ Europeans in any numbers owing to the neary salaries they require. European engineers, for instance, cost threa times as mach as Japanese enginee
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Apart from the treaty, he condemned the pro- clare on the ground that warships are not, and etanot be, permitted to fly the mercantile fig, since if this were sanctioned any warship could mako improper use of neutral ports. The sinking of the Knight Commander and other neutral merchant ships by the Bassians was discussed at Home length. Here at least international law is too vague, and requires to be settled or amended by general agreement. The British rule is perfectly clear and simple, and might well to made universal. We cannot enforce it upon Poners who have declined to accept the Treaty of Paris. Broadly speaking, a neutral prize cized for carrying contraband goods, su irrospective of her destisation, cannot justly be sauk. If exceptional clrenstances render it impossible to take the prize into port for the decision of a Prize Court, thon, in all cases, the ownere should be fully compensated. That is the British and the general rule but it has not been accepted by Rassin. Dr. T. Baty also dealt with this question is a paper entitled "Neu- trality and Belligerent Pretensions," arguing that Russia had raverted to a system of anti noutral burlarism in her treatment of neutral commerce carrying contraband goods. Frauce claims the right to confiscate neutrals carrying 75 per cent. of contraband to an enemy's port. bat Russia has reduced this proportion to fifty per cert. In such conditions the British rule
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Still, they are worth a good deal mom?" ventured our representative.
With a well-stocked vegetable garden and with fish at low prices--for St. Ivesi a fishing contre and pilchards, as large as fresh harrings, can be bought at from thires to four a ponoy, while other fish of varied sorts can be porebased- most reasonably, milk being 31. per quart, and eggs from 9d. per dozen-living is cheap, and a good dietary with management can be arranged with Hish, fruit, and vegetable, etc."
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Ihr experiments with various guests proved that it was possible to have four meals daily for five shillings a week:
Taking few days at random, our dietary consisted of as follows: Bacon, bread and butter, tea or coffee for breakfast; fried bream and potatoes, bread and butter padding for dinner: cakes and biscuits for ton: grilled pilchard, bread and butter, and rien pudding for supper.
Dinuers varied, with vegetable omelette, cabbage and fried potatoes, black curratt pie haricot roast, green peas and potatoes, tapioca pudding and supper also varied, with cheess and salad, and jam tart; fried Gli and semolina or ries pudding, ste."
For ten months of the your beauty spots sach us that slected by Miss Pacon are abandoned. For the remaining two house rent is inevitably exorbitant. The solution of the simple puzzle is surely to take a cottage by the year.
CHINESE ON THE RAND.
The untive enginers are very good. They
The Times concludes a lengthy criticism of are very intelligent, very hard working, and most auxious to please. I find, too, that the speech by the Bishop of Hereford-on what his Chinese woke most admirable workpeuple, whenlerdehip termed the system of sorfdom on the
Raud with the following observations --- they are properly managed
They do not appear to be a great success in South Africa. Mr. Ltile remarked our representative.
"No," said Mr. Little, "aul I cannot uuter- stand how it is that they have had all this trouble with the Chinese in South Africa. I have seen in the English newspapers that the Chinese coolies employed on the Baud are low cut-throat That is entirely false. Wail in fellows. North Chinn, I saw many of the men bafora they were shipped out, and they were a They splendid set of strapping yong men. were men drawn from a class that I have employed for years, and had no trouble with whatever, an infinitely bettor class of men than you would find in a similar capacity, India. And yet no sonner do they say, in get out to South Africa that we hear of all this trouble. I cannot understand it, bat my own opinion is that a mistake is being made in the treatment of these zen. Of course, I
"Lok down on their overseers!" echoed our representative.
is to compensate fully, but Hussia resists payam speaking without first-hand information, ment, besides making all manner of vexations but I can only account for the outbreak of rules with regard to
accepted. The are not properly understand and not properly contraband, we generatis cutitution of violence among them on the ground that they of Prize Courts is managed by their overzeers. The Compound legitimate another important issue. Such Courts me system, too, is an atrocity. If the Chinese were allowed to go about freely it would obviously unlikely to be impartial in their judgments, so that their procedure neels to his soon be seen what a quiet, inoffensive people rigidly limited
Dr. Baty argued that they they naturally are. Even if they did arestually are not entitled to draw inferences, it should salile down and grow regatables and open buse their findinga upon actual facts, such as cheap chops, it would be an immensoantage slips papers and the evidenes of the crew. to the colony.
The Chinumno, sontinued Mr. Little, Absolutely the That is to say, a Prize Court cannot safely be permitted to sarp the authority of a civil has an enormous conseil. tribunal, Dr. Baty is largely right, but he has only way to do anything with him is to flattor lis overlooked the diffealties of the continuous vanity. If you try to baily him he will turn voyage" question Bhipowners engaged in the sulky, and you can do nothing with him at all. profitable but risky work of running contra. Bat Hatter him, pat hixa on the back, tail him baud goods are prone to shelter themselves with he is a fiue fellow, and he will do anything for false papers, and that is a danger against which you. Now, I can well believe that the Chinese belligerents are cutitled to protect themselves. coolies in South Africa look down on their Yet neutrals wish to guard against cases of improper doteation, and here now rules are urg-aily needed. Again, Mr. T. Bore argued
Yes. The Chinamon of the lowest ainsa is in his paper ou
"Prize Courts," the whole
refined and civilisad to a considerably groter question of what is and is not, contraband requires to be dsinitely settled by international extent than the ordinary rough English work- man of the Colonies, end if the overacers have law. Throughout the late war Russia olaimed to settle this vast question for herself and her beca treating the Chinese with harshness and Hardware Metal and
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