PARIS.
{FROM ONE"CORRESPONDENT.),
July 5th. WINE-GROWERY CALMING DOWN,
BE JONGKONG DAILY PEVƐ8, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13 cæ, 1907.
NAVY NOTES.
before, the sea-going and fully mannop tornado actillas in home waters which had previously been under the orders of the Com mander in-Chief of the Channel Fest. But it [From the Times of July 12th.
was understood that the whole, or p rtions, of It is not to be denied that Lord Cawdor did these flotiles would from time to time be excellent public service last week in the Hense attached to the Channel Fleet for the purposes of Lords when ha closely questioned the First of exercise and training, Lord of the Admiralty concerning the existing The Fortemonth and Devonport Divisions of naval situation, and in particular concerning the Home Flest thus represent in a heightened
the real position of the Channel Fleet and the Home Flost as well. There is a carlain feel and more eficient form the corresponding divi
Commerce consulted on the question, not one had a good word to say about it. They admit that the tax is justifiable in theory, but Roclara it to be in practice a dangerous beurity. A l'impôt sur le revenu!" say Frenchmen, who, and rightly too, will never submit to inquisitorial Siges are not wanting that the South of methode as represented by the projet Cailloux. France is gradually resuming its former peace. Imagine an Income Tax inspector having ful sapest ufter the recent storms. Disturbances the right to enter your office, school. factory, in this conatry zover happily last very long examining all your booke, your correspondence, ing of uneasiness in the public mind concerning Res former "Fleet in Comanission in
question you
about your customers, searching your permiser at will, in a word, doing practically as he likes! This is really what the projet Caillauz amounts to. The sooner it is knocked on the head the better balore trouble arises.
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the wine growers have evidently come to ile wise bondlusion that there is nothing to be gained by prolonging the strike, the more As the Government is conciliatory. M. Clemenceau We never more put to the test as ho was during the recent riots: that his firmous would ultimately triumph was a fore- one conclusion. Thanks to his statesman-like skill the Cabinet has weathered the storm of opposition; although the fate of the Ministry is by no means settled, yet the feeling prevalle among Deputies that the Government must be supported at all hazards.
France has erory reason to feel proud of her Premier, for there are very few, if any, more capable statesmen at the present moment than M. Clemenceau, fio bus boon equal to the frying necasion and icet every atlack made both upon himself and
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But the Nore Division takes au these vital matters, and it is highly expedient entirely different status and position. Its units that such a feeling, so far as it is either ex are always to be fully manned, and as a division gerated or ill-founded, shou'd be diss'pated it is to be frequently sent to sea as a fully. forthwith.
equipped #ghting and sea-going fleet. So far u the existing naval situation and Latterly Itz battleships have been exercising the relative strength of this country on the in Foultish waters, having recently visited the seas are concerned thors ir. as Lord Twood- coast of erway; and its oruiser squadron- mouth clarly showed, ne sold ground for probably the most powerful in the world-has Chanzel uneasiness, still less for alarm. The figures beon temporarily attached to be he gave differ somewhat from those furnished Fleet, together with a large contigent of its in the recent Dilke return, but they cannot sea-going torpedo fotillas. It is oficially stated be manipulated in any way consistent with that it is in continuous recess of dovel pmoi !, good faith and right reason so as to show and that it will not fully smorgo from the that tho naval defences of this country are
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his colleagues, with his proverbial many-froit. | case of everyday necessition. The results of merely on a sufficient preponderance in the equant. It probably all ba roady for the property and business of the town, but also the and see what time it is, and from its fingers
He had a crushing reply for each of his enemy, and experienced no diflienty in putting thon hors de combat. He knew perfectly well bow far his countrymen would go; le ridicale: the iflex that the disturbano-as alleged by M. Aldy, ex-Mayor of Narbonne, were directly due to the caprices of Ministars. By so ably defending the policy of the Government and supporting the conduct of the troops, which had been serialy denounced, he has succeeded in restoring calm and bringing the Mayors and other high oivio authorities to their senses. Io other worlds, he has saved France from the horrors of civil war. With the passing of the crisis, great social reforms will follow. Accord ing to M. Poincaré, who is Senator for the Meuse District, an abla politician like his intimate friend, M. Clemsoncean, one of the chief Causes of the recent agitation was due to the fact that Senators were completely out of touch with their constituents. Rash promises had been made al elections, and the very fest of their non- Fulüliment had exasperated the hot-hended peasante. M. Poincaré strongly urges revision of the electoral system, without which he maintains, peace and contentment are impossible.
THE FAT AND FUSSY ONE.
The approach of has also exercised
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The rise in the price of food in Paris is to ba regretted everything tends to become dearer and dearer in the Frough capital, which explains why visitors only remain so short a time in this beautiful city, compared with what they did formerly. A riso of one sou in the four-pound loaf due to the rise in the price of flour was submitted to silently until other tradesmen
The followed the oxample of the balcare. increased cost of the stuff of life is only a symptom of what is going on all round in the
inquiry and experience show that in every decade the cost of living goes up ten ger ont, in Paris. During every exhibition prices are freed up twenty per cent., and when the great fair is over, there is a tendency for them to go back to their former level. Unfortunately the latter tendency is never completely realized, and the wet result is that there is at the finish a general rise in prices, compared with the pro- exhibition period, of ten per cent. Apart from this, it is incontestable that the price of living rises every year in Paris. It may be due to the increase in wages, to bad crops, the raising of tariffe, or other causes, but the result is the
france in 1906, and are still shout this same price, Poultry has in general rison lou par cent, but fish and game have remained almost stationary. Fruit and vegetables have suffered a Fory light rise in prics during the past firə yəam,
The first thing on
PLAYING WITH THE CLOCK. that measure had been rigidly carried through | in any degree or in any sense below that two/ysalis alage until the spring of next year, he was strongly under the impression that al
great number of the labouring and poorer This date is signiflesat. By that time two classes would be clamoring for shelter if no
Of all the tyrants civilised man has to sabmit Power standard, liberally interpreted, which bly some time in May. all responsible persons and parties in this new battleships, the Agamemnon and the Lord proper provisions were taken in this respont byte, the clock is the chief. The majority of country have long agreed to regard as Chelson, the new cruiser-battleships, as they the Government and the Municipality.
people in the world bow down, to its dictates, prescribed measure of our maritime security. are parbage best designated, the Inferible,
especially in the so called "weil ordered house." Misgivings on this score, bowever, are not the Indomitable, and Invincible, and three and their daty was not only to protect the landed one, dianer at seven thirty, look at the clock In that Council they should remember that Breakfast belt at eight punctually, Incheon at source from which the existing uneasiness has armoured ornieers, the Minotaur, Defence,
Shanno will sprung. Security on the seus does not depend
may be assumed, though it has not interests of the labourg and poorer classes take the worst for hed. numbers of our fighting units. It is ach mory to far been officially announced, that they will His Excellency, Hear hear). He was almost waking in the morning is pay your adorations affair of their distribution, disposition all take their places in the Nore Division of the certain that, when thess improving measures to the watch. If it beams favourably the day organization, equipment, and training. As to Hore Fled, which, if the Adminally act fully were being rigidly sofaced they would lead to will be a happy one; if, with reproachful face, many grout, organia und far-reaching up to their declared intentions, wil by that time the increased cost of labour and living amongst and heads oloss elenched, it disks you with the poerer oloegen. At present there were a "How late you are, regret and bnery, dog changes have been effected during the last for have become, so far as ite units are concerned,
formidable fighting organism
great sumber of them overcrowded bouces, your steps all day. In the East the dominion years, ovat sincs, in fact, it was take a mont fully cripped in all respecte ad constantly They were being tenuted by the labouring of the clock is less pronounced, and to make recognized that the centre of strategic moment
It will thus be ready at all classre, and unless omera property were up for a real loss of power, a fictitions value is on the sets had been transferred, or was rapidly exervised et 30a. is process of being transferred, from some here, times to take the sea in full fighting eficiency encouraged to build a greater number of houses given by those people who keep watchmen, BRF, 1
in the neighbourhood of Caps St. Vincent, and instaut readiness for war, either ind-pend in comparison with the overcrowding, a great by the striking of the gong every hour during where it had long been located, to somewhers ently or in combination with either or both of number of these poorer clasers stood in danger the night. They will tell you it is to show say, in the neighbourhood of the Dagger Bank the other sea-going fleets stationed in home of being thrown out into the streets without that the jaga is swake and keeping a good or, in more general terms, from the castara waters, though, ccossionally emising is, the to face the same licuity hy waighs have look nat, but we know it to be merely in North Atlantic to the whole arəs immediately seas. The Nore Division he told submission to the Goddess of the Honra You
meet will never fcd a Malay or a Chinaman bather- of the Home Flent will never leave home Bombay Municipality had now waters, and this is its raret, dr. professions tell thata that at a recont meeting of serisin it is only for the purpose of impressing their As regarded the landowners, he was glad to ing about what time it is. If they wear watches Bach
"Nine o'clock, by and declarations of the Admiralty, albeit ownors, there was no strong opposition raised by leas fortunate brotheru. somewhat oracularly expressed, must be held thema, nod as far as he could understand, Jove, I'm hungry" is the order of the Westeru. is the view quite unmistakably to point. Anything short memorandum bad been sent to the Government "I'm hungry; It must be late of this would assuredly fail to satisfy public en behalf of those property owners, and he was of the Eastern. Le msu made for time, or is opinion or to allay the prevailing areaðivors. sure their recommendations would be properly time mado for man ? Further, inasmuch as this ideal is by no considered by His Excellency when the bill came into Committee. He thonght they could menas attained at present, and osunot, op parently, be attained for nearly 12 months to congratulate the sanitary condition of the town. come, it manifestly behoves the Admiralty be would I are the cooperation of the land pro provisionally to adjust its defensive dis pristors, and he was sure that when the time came for the official to be instructed to en- positions very carefully to the strategic oin enmatanes of the Rotan stretto the Home that no unecessary hardship should be suffered satual situation, taking care forca the measures, His Excellence would so Floet is fully equipped and organized, not by the poorer olasees. (Applause.) its
sea-going and fighting
of the North San.
Obviously the main factor of the now situatios is the formidable and rapid growth of the Gorman
this Dasy-a mary which enjoys advantage over that of France which was the pivot of the old situation, that its base are gee graphically so situated as to facilitate its maoh pil and effective concentration on ir tortor tins incessible to a purely maritimo assailant and practic ly to relieve it of the necessity always imposed on the navy of Franes of being strong enough to hold its own on two frente al once. This, in its turn, requires a corresponding concentration of the naval forces of this country and their redistribution on lines widely different from those which sorved our purpose when the centre of strategic moment lay in the Atlantic.
centre
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must be adjusted accordingly. There must be no question of being merely practically ready, which means ready the day, or the week, after next. The Nore Division must be instantly ready, as all our other as going fleets are required to be. Until that is the case, its place in the defence of our home water must be supplied from such other resources as are available.
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the Fête Notionale great in fuobes on are rapidly following. Mayors the advice of M. Clemenceau and with
This alone is drawing their resignations.
COCK FIGHTING FASHIONABLE. At a time when a well-directed effort is at very happy omen, and is unmistakably a very! significant sign of the turn of events. In last being made to check the wanton cruelty to another five days, namely on July 10, the animals that is so frequently and unfortunately Government will be empowered to replace the seen in the Paris streets, it is discouraging to recalcitrant manisipalities by Special Com- learn that the sport of oock-fighting, so preval- missions, if there is still any trouble on that eat in the North of France, thrustean to invade date. To be appointed Monsieur le faire in Paris. The bad example, strange ta say, in nes the life ambition of most Frenchman, upscially from those who ought to know better, for it is reported that a cook-fighting contest formed the Provincial ones, honse, those who were in such a hurry to resign are now showing every s'goebief attraction at a society catertainment of penitence, in the hope of being re-instated offared recently by the Baronne La Caze in the which they will be by the Government. The Coperoit. Several cocks were presented, among leaders of the recent revolt, including Dr. Fer- them being birda belonging to the Vicomte real and Marcelia Albert, will be pardoned in Louis d'Andigne, and M. Léopold Murghsynck, honour of the memoralie fourteenth of July, of the Belgian Legation in the Franch cipital. restraints of naval discipline as to allow their be extremely weighty, they have preferred to sanitation and olhar town improvements, if with an uncomfortable half hour in the parlour
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The Government has no desire to keep up nimosity; it has acted the part of a parent in au admirable manner and daly chastisel the naughty ones. Feeling confident that the lesson has been salutory. It is willing to release the leaders, and forgive the foolish. decemary just now, and it will not do to make martyrs of those under look and key. The Southerners have at last seen that the revolt has uit done them any good, and that the rest of France is much annoyed by the disturbances, while it is very reluctant to turn out the Ministers for using force against the rebels, Far better to make terms with the authorities audi get. Government help for those in distress For the fact that the worst of the crisis is over, we have indeed reason to feel grateful to Premier Clemenceau, who so ably piloted the ship of State, daring the tempest.
INCOME TAX.
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A curious thing about the Minister of Fiusuce's advocacy of the impot sur le resenue or Locome Tax, is that at one time he was most strongly opposed to such a measure. Since then, however, be has found salvation, and is apparently determined to go down to posterity as the author of the projet Caillman. In A expansion M. Caillaux recently admitted that the wealthy-those whom it is most desirable le should tax-are likely to escape bis clutches." Popriators of land, factories, houses, and shops will all have to pay their coutribution to the tax, Bullectore, but the capitalist, the individual whose money is represented by shares and bonds, the man who has nothing that man bo seized; will simply transfer bis accounts to other countries, and the tax collector will bo the Thus, since powerless to interfere. agitation for the Income tax commenced-an
Cock-fighting is all the rage in Belgium) One of the warlike roostare in said to have been When the signal was worth 25,000 francs. given for the combat to begin, the ring was composed of well-known society people, while the jury was made up of elegant club men and stylishly-dressed young women in doulleté costumes. The cocks were armed with deadly steel spurs, and as they fought they became so enraged that soon both combatants were covered with blood. The excitement among the specta tors reached its height when the 23,000) franes champion was stretched out dead by well- directed blow from the steel spur of his opponent an out-sider whose charoen were not thought to be in any senso brilliant.
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aame-the cost of living in increased. If proofs were wanted, wo bave only to consult the statistics, showing the average price of varions artides of consumption during the last five
The Horau were three sisters, daughters of years, from 1991 to 1996. During that priod
Jupiter and Therais, called, according the average price of beef has gone up niso per
Hasiod, Ennomie. Dice and Irene. They are ent., the price of mutton ten percent. vel has
represented by the poots as opening the gatos of heaven and Olympus. But they have DE bren stationary, but pork has rison considerably,
connection with the houri, the nymphs of Butter, which in 1905, was quoted at 240 france
happiness of the faithful Massuluan bersafter. paradise, whose company is to form the chief per hundred kilos (something over 200 16.3, cost 275 francs in 1906, and this year the rise is
Nor were they supposed to take cognizance, af maintained. It is the same with eggs, which
Mr. Anderson said he thought to some extent, at first, of so small a period as our moderu So far we are on comparatively solid ground, proved and accepted, the deney is falls rose from 72 france the thousand in 1905 to 891 Judged by the accepted standard, however position of the Chauuel and tastic Fastying at the root of the necessity for the present hour as they were the godde-ses of the seasons.
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can understand submission to a 100NOB, legislation, was that pernicious system to which rigidly applied, our naval elrength is sufficient,
it to permit one to Government bes cluag for so long-the issuing there is isisare enough
The hour of and itia now largely concentrated in home waters
of short leases. Surely, it stood to reason, if a adore, and yet enjoy life,
sixty in potial accordance with the transfer of the
man is possessed of a short losse he is not going minutes is too small a goddess to be faithfully of strategic moment from the Atlantic to
to erat on the properly, a building, such as be adored. Yet we sat her up on high and ebide
whole wasting
hour. the North Ses. But beyond this point the
considers would last for a greater lime than his our friends for ground at once begins to quake ominously
period of tenure. He thought, further, ho was "Wasting? The hour hins get to be passed
the more
pleasantly the beneath our feet. Hasing concentrated our
correct in saying that, for the last 20 years the somehow, and naval forces in home waters-so far as is cou
owners of short teass had expected Govern better, so that the only hours that are wasted sistent with our political and other maritimo
are those not spent pleasantly. Do we wante An alternative idas to that advanced by the ment to declare to them some policy as to interests in other parts of the world – we are at once brought face to face with the further Admiralty hes lately been presented in the what was to be done when the leases expired. the time we spend in sleep? As the Irishman The division of time into night and day is problem of how best to distribute, organise, Spectator, based largely on a recent manifesin He believed he was correct in mying that, said, the night is the best part of the day.
certainly in the last 14 or 15 years, there equip, and traiu then there. Here it is idle to of the Nary League. This idea is unimpesch had been no declaration of the policy initiated another arbitrary tyrant, to the civilised mau. deny that the policy of the Admiralty as embodied able in its aime, though the means enggested by Government on that point, the result being. To the Malay the night sad the day are equally in the flome Fleet--for that is really the crux appear to be incompatible with the paramount of the whole matter has so ter failed to com-upremacy of the Admiralty, and ino.dentally it of course, that owners of property of that saitube for eating, sleeping or lace making: mand the same measure of public approval that involves much exaggeration and no little disinclined to spend money on buildings of a in Europe is again reverting. But the rank tenure were still in doubt, and still more or chevying an enemy. To which High Society and a world stand aghast with horror at of their earlier menenres commended, and inaccuray in its presentation of the existing more suitable character. many bas oven provoked n storm of hostile criticism situation. It is only fair to asume that the
He had heard peopleand, he thought, unjustle, making a midnight call, or eating grilled to es Admiralty are really aiming at substantially by me mesos all of it either ill-informed or
at half past two in the morning. Nay. bey unauthoritative.
meidecl-that of the complete sufficiency lay at the deor of the Moncipality the blame even look upon sweet-hearting at any other time Indeed, it has done more, and worse, than and readiness of car defensive fores in hore for this, although it seemed to have been than the evening is something very dreadful. this. It appears from Lord Tweedmontble waters-Longh, for reasons which have never overlooked by Government in its dealings with
bodies are held to the kitchen during the week, language that it has eren tempted some others been fully dislosed, but must in fairness be that body in the past, that the present position noir lives are held bond to the hours, as their on aotive service to far to forget the paramount named until the contrary is proved to would have been more favourable as regardle
on Sundays. Government had deal more liberally; in regard disapproval of certain points of Admiralty approach it by another method, making the Home
In one respect this bondage to the bears is policy to reach the public enr. It cannot, of Flest the pivot of the whole erclution. After to the financial sesistence in years past, with the course, be supposed that any such licence all, the Admiralty bave so far deserved exceed Manicipality than, be considered, it hail done, partionlarly hard--the adherence to summer has been taken by officers of high rank and ingly well of the country, and it is only fair The original sin, in the matter, as he had observ. hours in winter, or to winter hours in summer. puzhen, ist to this conation it is not to seems that they have not suddenly taken ed already. laid at the door of the Government, Days: come and days go with wearying amise to recall what was said by leave of their senses, as they would have done but there was a seond degree of sin, and a regularity in the tropics. Our variation is only sun rises during certain months before six and The Times a few years ago when a private if our defensive organization in home waters fairly heary one, to be attached to a very large about twenty minutes during the year. The latter from Lord Charles B-resford, then were in parlous a state as some of their body of mud and property owners in Singapore sets, in the good tennis tine, about twenty the Mediterranean, orities would represent. Amateur and irre. He was not denying or on moment that there minutes past six, an insignificant change only
the property owners of the Settle- Second in Command in
It is was published in this country, and, as he sub-sponsible strategy, however plausibly presented, more men whose constienees told them that their noted by old hands and early risers.
and bewerer authoritatively recommended, is men authority:-
rather a dangerous guide in moments of pockets were not the sole consideration in the one of the drawbacks to seqnently acknowledged, published by hig
anxiety. In this connexion it is worth while matter, and that they should givo consideration in the summer that the sun will insist ch to recall the weighty words atered by the late to the health of the place and the convenience and waking one at an unearthly hour Children as more susceptible to external comfort of those who occupied the premises especially, Lordchen in 1898-
and going to bed generally with the sun, ar But unfortunately, I say now with an emphasis I hops the belonging to thou Hones will pardon, I hope we shall never be very considerable body of property owners in a soures of almost annoyance in the way Tet the pushed in the direction of saying prematurely in the town were of the horse-leech natare they will insist on rising with the enn. Nobody what we intend to de, where we shall send They squeeze their tenants, they rack then else is up; nobody else wants to get up. our ships, what stations we shall reinforge, in reut, and the very last consideration that early morning hours is sommer are the most or how we shall distribute our ships. If enters their mind is that they believe would be charming of the day, cool, freek, and non-smoky, There is a movement to utilise these hours by times
to the advantage and beneft of the community as a whole. So mach do I think, he continued. making the day begin earlier in summer. that this last mentioned body of people are Rather puttin the clock on, so that business sinpers in this ros pret, that I have come to part of the day shall begin estlier. Steal a few, believe that the exdesnos, as it would affect houre from the day. At a.m. on the first four the mers distant stations and
them, is letting them off lightly The duty of Sunday mornings in April, the clock is to be put there people, as wellas of others, was to cin- on twenty minutes. On each of the first fou: squadrons. How is this secession of strength
sider not merely shot they can gather ints Sundays in September it will be put back twenly
1 line their pockets as the first importar ce, but also minutes. in home waters to to beat organized for the purposes of the now situation? The ships to the Channel Fleet or to what was ustil
which they were making their money.
The bill, however, gave one the impression of The Base will which changes in time are nade when travelling at soa is adduced to recently known as the Fleet in Commission in Reserve. To attach them to the latter would
maisily aiming at milters of light and air, but show how easily it could be done. You make obviouly be
reduce thoir be materially to
in his view an equally important matter which ficiency us fighting naits instantly ready for
sanitary improvement esiled for was closer and or lose 20 minutes a day and never notice it. Standard time, tee ocensionally allered. Cape War-1 course which pu lic opinion weald
more systematic attention to the internal town was given 47 minutes in 1963. Standard the
drainage system to those hopses occupied mainly time was altered in Australia for a similar never have tolerated as regards all, or even
by natives. No matter wint amcant of air sad. major part, of them -and therefore the only feasible alternative seemed to be to attach them
light was given buildings of the class which reason. On the great railways the traveller leaves one belt of time and goes to another would be affected bythe Ordinance it would not without any difficulty, Why then could it to the Channel Fleet, which is unquestionably
alter the fact that, in a very largo proportion not be done in England The object is to our first fighting line in home waters, and as ench should at all times ho fally equal to an
indeed of the houseaoccupied by native class, give every one an additional 9 hours 0 minutes the drainage was impo-sible. encounter, in the unhappy svent of war, with
for exorcise in the open air. Says the advocats the German Active Fleut, the very cause and
His Excellency aid it was the desire of of this change- in the morning Paris is in darkness, London
tbe is flooded with light in London you carry origin of prescribed movement of
Government to work in amicable relation with Light is one of the great gifts of the Cres- While daylight surrounds us cbeerfat concentration.
the proprietors. If they started on this compaign tor latch key, in Faris it is the concierge
Now, for reasons which bare never been fully!
against the proprietors as if they were sinners ness ligar, auxieties press less heavily, and who lets you in; Landon rises late Paris
disclosed, the ugh they must be regarded as rises early Londoners kiss on the mouth,
A number of very pointed remarks respecting there all men, and the only thing to do was to
Against our ever besieging snowy disease, light on Saturday afternoon and areaing, while who are responsible for acting on them, this meeting of the Legislative Council recently make a great mistake, and he for one refused to and air are as ramparts to our defences, and Paris works; on Sunday London stays indoors alternative course was not fully adopted by the when some of them were accused of squering approach the question in that spirit. If there when the conflict is close they become atr ur goes to church, while Paris amuses itself and Admiralty. The Channel Fleet was materially their tenants, studying their own pockets more were kad men amongst them, there were also those most effective w spons for driving off sto Can any words be comprehensive spends the day out of doors: London bar inside strengthened in the character of its unite, than the health and comfort of these ocup who had done their best to discharge their duty invader.
to their tenants. He believed there was a feeling enough to represent the camilative effect on bars where they dri k whisky. Parisians have though slightly reduced in numbers, At the ring their property, ad, in fact, wore
Fleet in Commission in described as of a horse leech mature,
amor get them that this work was inevitable, and this nation alone of the 2 additional available cafes en the pavement, where people drink same time, the
Loudon este Kitile Rekerto
It was the cecasion of the second reading of
it was their duty sad to their interest to help hours-sa average of one hour and ten minutes light boranges
was reorganized an keightoved in gossip, bread, Paris eats a great end: London drinks efficiency by an increase in the numbers, of its the Municipal Ordinance Amendment Bill, Government and Municipality in the matter. scary day for six months--which are within one water or beer, Paris drinks wine: London nuolens crews and by provision for their more which Mr. Napier moved, and Mr. Bryant With that spirit prevailing on both sides they reach, to be bad, not only without price, but smokes a pipe, Paris a cigarette: London is active training, the result of which will no
Do seconded.
might look confidently for a mach more rapid sepcmpanied by a large saving in current con The representative of the Chinese ooromunity. progress than if they were trying in gat the your after year triste or sad, Paris is gay: London lives in doubt, be sua in the forthcoming mobilization,
To the man who. now leaves of work at tive In the course of this process, and as an orgario Mr. Tan Jiak Kim rose to address the nesting better of each other. Government would fitat Paris in the sunshino, London is always in a
ondon is commercial, feature e of it, a new dest, ultimately destined to and no one was prepared for the starling burry, Paris never i
he will teko with him the light that wo now Paris is industrial: London has few soldiers, be a very powerful and fully-equipped sea-going revelation he made regarding native shop by dve, it would then it they were deel ed P.za. it will be as though he left off at 3.40 pass Paris has too many; in London the
a red tunic and black trousere, in Paris and Bohling feet, was evolved, The Tleet houses. He maintained thatthe bill as it stood inanitury, declare 'hem in the Gazette and the have at 3.40. Similarly, be who leaves off at six in Commission in Reserve" became the "Home provided some process which, when it became next step would be to cail together the owners o'clock will take with him the fight we now Flost." Constituted in three divisions stationed law, would meat a very sweeping alteration in of all property in the area and effor them for have at 440 p.m. and so on. Consider what they wear a blas innie and red trousers. In London the Themes is an arm of the sea. in respectively at Devonport, Portsmonth, and the conditions of life in Singapore. When the the leases, statutory land grants on a fixed this yearly gain of 210 hours of light means to Feris the Seine is a simple river; in London the Nore, each under its own flag offloor, fat all provisions were being enforced he was afraid scale, either the presont one or one to be con- succeeding generations-a man at twenty-eight the eshman drives to the left, in Paris to the under the supreme commed of Commander there would be a great rumber of dwelling sidered. Thus Government would give a better will bare gained a whole year of light; at ally, right; in London he site behind his vehicle, in in.Chif with his flag flying in the Dread- houses of Chinese and natives, perhaps as much
38 60 er 70 per cent of those in town which will title, the land owner would give land for the hack' two years; at seventy-two, three years-
Singapore Free Press. Faris in front: in London the pawnshop is nought and his headquarters at Sheerness.
To this deat were 'my uncle", in Paris it is my aunt,"
now to be attached, be condemned as unfit for oton pation. When Janes and air space, ofc. called
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A COMPARISON..
Just now when excursions to all parts are placarded on all the walls, it is worth noting that again this summer, the majority of Perigicas have decided to spend their racanoes in Eagland, or in London. Encountering an old Parisian friend of his a few days ago, the writer asked him to join him at tjener for the purpose of hearing what he thought of Loador, from whence he had just returned aftor his fat vieit His impression may be briefly described as follows-Lention is individualistic, Faria col leolivist; London breathes, Para doenta; London is built of dricks, Paris of atone: the honses in Londonate low, those i Paris are high; London's shatters are inside the house Paris has its shutters outside; Tandon's windows are Alquillat nr, those of Paris à l'espa, nollette's in Paris the strests are lined with trees, in London they have none.
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No hoor en active servios, least of all ag offoer, is entitled to appeal to any tribunal or authority outside the Admiralty, or at any rate ontside the Government. Such a proceeding is contrary to the King's Regula- tioue, is opposed to the fealing and custom of the naval service, and is highly projudicial to its discipline.
Now the real issue between the Admiralty and ite critica may be stated as follows. The concentration of our naval strength in home waters has entailed, or at least permitted, an appreciable reduction in the numbers of the Mediterranean and Atlantic.. Fleste, not to mention
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Ahould grow darker tbaz they are, if timidity is shown in this or that direction, and we are pressed to say xill you defend this or that point, vill you streng the this or that squadron, then I hope we shall
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recalled from abroad might be attach.d either The Admiralty must continue to make it dear the health and general good of the place, in will be exchat Sundays of 24 hours
are so confidence from the Honge of Commove that we shall be allowed to hold our peace and steadily do our daiy.
"Eteadily do our duty". There's the rub. that they are steadily doing their daty as they have done it in the past, that they are not malig the Home Flest a specious cloak for an unviss and perilous economy. But they are "NOW OR their trial. The case for the prosecution may fairly be regarded as so far not proven. The vise for the defence is not yet ful' y developed.
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agitation which le largely political-cortain parisians on the cheeks; London amuses itaolf extremely cogent, and even paramount, by those Singspire property owners were made at the out them down rost and branch, they wonky courage is bred for the struggle of life.
Swiss bankers confess that they have been made trustees of over £28,000,000 of French money, while they hope to sea this amonat trebled, aye, quadrupled very shortly. How the new tax will affect the working classes, is shown, by the fact that in a family where the ages of the kub pd, wife, a d children amount to, say 15 francs per dag, the Income Tax collector will pact frans per annum in Paris, where at prevent the householder pays nothing, and 70 franes fa the provinces, where now he pays very little. Oas of the anomalies of the projet
lawyer on the Caitaux is that, while Boulevards whose rent does not gresen 2,500 francs will be exempt from Indome Tax, the blacksmith a few blocks away will be compelled What to pay nearly 90 francs per annum. practical men think of M. Caillaur's scheme is shown by the fact that out of 130 Chambers of
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lay down the line of the areas it desired to