RANDOM REFLECTIONS.
After a week of atmospherical depressions, with corresponding mental depressions, it was a great relief to see the sun on Friday. Every body welcomed Old Sol. There were many who were perhaps not conscious of any particular expression of gratitude, although they appreciat. ed the change, but no matter whether the ghid
THE JAPANESE STRIKE IN HAWAII.
Further details of the strike in Hawaii, which was recently announced in a Daily Press telegram, sre to hand by American flea. The correspondent of the San Francisco Chronicle gives the following version:-
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 19rm, 1909.
NAVY POLITICS.
[BY CARLYON BELLAINS, M.P.]
BIR GEO: GE ARMSTRONG AND TEN ADMIRALTY.
A GEOGRAPHICAL ROMANCE.
COMING RESTORATION OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
Mr. William Durban (Editor of the "Homi- letic Review"), writes to the London Express the following interesting article.
There is one great region in the world which
WAGNER ON THE PIANO,
́GRAND OPERA IN A NEW GUISE.
BY MME. ROSE KOSNIG.
To say that Wagnerian opera can be played on the piano without losing in the matter of effect sounds somewhat of an impossibility, but that it is not is proved by Mme. Rose Koenig, who gave a pianoforte recital st Leighton House recently of scenes from " Parsi. The Valkyries," "Biogfried,'
The
thought found expression or not, there was joy burglary preferred to-day by Attorney Joseph he certainly places the Board of Admiralty in is the constant cynosure of the eyes of multi-ght of the Gods," and "Tristan and Isolda,"
In most breasts when the overcast skies were replaced by the bright blue and when the suc cossion of storms gave place to genial sunshine No wonder the ancients regarded the sun with moh veneration and worshipped it as the source
of all life.
The discussion that took place at the Legins tive Council on the subject of sparks was certainly a very proper one. The firos caused sparks from locomotives at home have been by packs in the gun, and it can well be imagined that in a suramer heat, such as ours with every. thing in the neighbourhood of the railway of crope and even houses becoming ignited from the sparks of our prospective locomotives in vary great, and it is satisfactory to learn that step will be takon to minimise the risk of fire.
of the
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THERE IS SKILL AND
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THOROUGHNESS.
OF CONSTRUCTION
IN ALL
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The latest development of the complicated situation which has grown out of the strike of In a letter to the Times of the 19th June, Japanese plantation labourers, and the rubes Sir George Armstrong continues his campaign queat arrest of their loaders, is a charge of in favour of purity of naval administration, and Lightfoot, who represents the accused man, against High Sherif William Henry and methods of espionnage in 1966, but in reference land of enchantment which lies between these man, an awkward position, not only in regard to thoirtudes of intelligent and cultured folk. It is the
Mme. Koening describes her methods in the Attorneys William A. Kinney and Mason also to their veracity in 1909. The revelations two rivers associated with the very earlcat historic
for the Planters' As-
article following new, but the story is an old may be
and I one,
times. F. Prosser, counsel
The
I think the beginning of it all was a birthday accusation grows out of differ from Sir George Armstrong only in Egypt has only its one Nile, but Mesopotamia present of the complete scores. neciation,
I began to read the blowing open of the safe in the regard to his procedure, by which he directly has two glorious streams, the Tigris and the through the early scores of "Alberich" and office of the Jiji, the radical Japanese newspaper, places the entire responsibility on to Admiral Euphrates Between the rivers is one of the The Rhinomaidons," getting horribly entangle and the seizure of books and papers belonging of-the-Fleet Sir John Fisher, instead of on most magnificent alluvial valleys on the surfaced therein. I seen lost patience with these, and to Editor Saga and others, which ars alloged the Beard of Admiralty as a whole. From
globe, and this site of the Paradies of turned to the better-known pages, such as the of the strike to obtain control in the islands.sary to mention that officer in the matter, romote date it will again blossom as the rose. to have revealed a conspiracy among the leaders my point of view, it is really quite unneces Adam ought to be a garden still, and at no very Procession of the Gods," he Ride of the Valkyries," and the Fire Musio." From the The matter is now boing investigated by the beyond the fact that be acted in virtue of hia
For, though the great plain that contained first I was stanok with the remarkable effects STAMPING THEM IN EVERY WAY Grand Jury.
position as a member of the Board. The res the Garden of Eden what looks like a hopeless At a meeting of the atriks leaders to-day, M. possibility of the Board is a collective one, and desert, it is nothing of the kind.
piano soomed capable of producing It is not like this music, and also the technical pitfalls Nogoro urged that the men bondvised to return if any one is attacked it should be the politien? the Sabars, a waste of sand, bat in every squire which would have to be avoided before arriving SUPERIOR VALUE to work, but this course was opposed by chief. This is the course I took at the Navy yard consists simply of nonsed soil, this boing at anything like a finished performance. I saw Makino and others. Although many old League meeting at Oxford, and my action was of the richest agricultural potentiality. These too, the absolutely non-pianistic nature of the approchem have been made in an effort to restore endorsed by the Executive Committee of the experts who have tested this alluvium declare subject. Yet I knew that the Wagnerian employers, nothing has yet been accomplished, which they sent to the Fress:
passed possibilities of fortilily.
could I but got of them. and the
situation remains unchanged. Over 2,000 strike-breakers are reported to be at work. The strike leaders, Y. Saka, editor of tho Jiji F. Mukino, M. Negoro, K. Kawamere and Y. Tashaka, were arraigned au June 18th on the them by the Grand Jury to
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embankment as dry aa tinder that the danger peace botween the strikers and their former Navy League in the following, resolution, that the territory is characterised by unsur-atmosphere and effects were all in the piano BUILT THROUGIKOUT FOR
The old question cropped up this last wook as to whether the Government could be sued. The Hon. Mr. Osborne placed the Government in the sans exalted position as the sovereign, that it could do no wrong. I think our forefathers have exploded the idea that the King can do na wrong, and I fancy that few of us regard the Government us quite immaculate. We may not be able to sue it, but we can slander it and say nasty things about it. That seems to be about the only satisfaction we can get out of it.
charge preferredder and to incive others
of conspiracy
to commit crime, in noction with the alleged attempt to take the life of Editor Shelbo of the conservativo paper Shimpo. They all were held
to
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That the Executive Committee of the
BOLITUDE THAT WILL BE TEOFLED. Navy League endorses the action of the Vica- Chairman in making public and condemning You may ride all day
sed over any the printing and circulating of letters by the very part of the Garden of Eden and Admiralty at the taxpayers expose, in which will probably nevar encounter a human be a member of this Committee was describeding, and perhaps not even an animal. Think "as being always an incompetent officer," and what this means, judging by a simple com whilst noting the expressions of regret parison. For the twin valleys of Euphrates and which the Admiralty have tenderad, the com- Tigris, enclosing El Jesireh (as the Tarks and mittes deplores the fact that letters contain Araks call Mesopotamis), from the great vilayots ing personalities should have been officially of Baghdad and Busrah, while Southern printed.
Mesopotamis belongs to the two other vilayots from Zab to the Indian Ocean, this being the territory between the lower corsa c the streams.
THE BEGINNING.
I happened one day to play some of those pages to a few friends whose opinions on mario I valued. Thay seemed impressed with the performance, and said that I reproduced to their mental vision the whole stage sat at the I remember one of them said: Opera Honas,
Your performance is a complete whole, a sort of miniature of the orginal. Were I in your place I should devote serious study to this subject."
I took two years te I did so.
study the scores in detail. It did not prove an altogether simple matter, and I soon found that the friends who advised me to give the subject seriens attention were in the minority. People were continually asking irritaing questions, such
auswer, and released on each furnishing bond 31,000, in addition to the bond of $1,250 given when arraigned for conspimey to incite op the Kahaka riot. The fifteen strikers plantati
indicted for rioting, will be arraigned Consul-General Uyene cabled to Tokyo that the statement that he was advising the planters not to yield to the demands made by the Admiralty, and that it is impossible for any Mesopotamín, with a vast area of 110,000 square i Why not play Traviata and Trovatore," Japaness plantation labourers for an increase in We know that the local courts have still before evidently a misinterpretation of his blame attaching to actions which Sir George these are nearly all massed in the larger cities if I must play opera?
report on the situation, and one that was causing him much embarrassment, The Con any manner; that he is remaining strictly neutral and only orging his countrymen to preserve order.
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them the case in which the Governor on behalf
Now, there are about a million people in the Baghdad and Busrah vilayota of Northern miles, or less than ten to the square mile, and Mori, Mardin, Urfe, Baghdad, Busah.
Egypt has less than 13,000 square miles, with
To this day there are people who cannot grasp the fact that the soul of a Wagnerian tone-
THIS CLIMATE.
ROBINSON PIANO
CO.. LTD.
HOW THE EAST IS MIS- REPRESENTED.
REV. F. D. METERS CHALLENGED.
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COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY, · It cannot be too clearly kept in mind that the bed-rock feet of the situation is that the Cabinet are responsible for the actions of the Board of member of the Board to livest himself of the Armstrong very truly observes, "have under mined the very foundations of and discipline, and are cutirely foreign to anything experienced the case referred to in the above communication, improved irrigation it could support twice sa f opera is vosal, for which reason the former canto Hongkong, readers will be interested in the many. Southern Mesopotamia alone could sad the latter cannot, be expressed on a piano. sehools Mesopotamia it could certainly provide accomon done for the last twenty years by
aid to me, "You are not doing various people. You talk of bringing mental modation for an immensely larger number.
Yet between the rivers over all the enormous waste is not a single hamlet, although it has no pictures to your listeners, but if I, or any just react down the scores from our library Kertflo
ahelf and read them.”” uninhabitableland; it is everywhere unspeakably ransician, want mental pictures of Wagner, we
of the Government is bringing an action against sul declares that he is not advising the planters the service for many generations past." In a population of about 10,00,00, though with drama is instrumental, while that of an Italian
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the Board printed a statement which, from maintain fire times us many, and as to Northern forte. A professor at one of qything new.
whea
1907 I
The most popular of all our English con ductors wrote: "I must tell you frankly I quite disapprove of your idas. It has been tried before, and has always turned out a failure. Besides, there is such a gorgeous repertoire for the pianist; why not stick to that?
STRÁDY WORK, Whatever advice people gave me, I just went the scenes began to tako shape under my fingers steadily on with my work, and by slow degress But though all the scenes are deeply interesting to study, all are not possible of expression on the Some-apparently the simplest the piano seems to refuse to reproduce, and among these may be cited the lovely scene between Siegmund and Sieglinde in the best act of "The Valkyries. Other numbers one would think absolutely anplayable, such as the "Death of Siegfried," and the final scene from "Götter dämmerung," can be portrayed with extraordi nary fidelity
a frontager for the performance of a specific con- tract. We might argue on that, but unfortu
their own records, they know to be utterly nately that matter is not settled yet and we
devoid of truth. They printed it in two, don't know where we are. One learned judge
SEAWORTHY OR UNSEAWORTHY.. separate impressione, each 50 per cent, more numerous then was the case with other docu who had to decide a similar case wanted to know who is this thing called the Government The action of the British-American Tobacco ments that they had printed, and then they of.
Not a very polite way of referring Co., Ld, tersus the Canadian Pacific Railway circulated them, Having honoured me in Co., which was tried before Mr. Justice Bourne previous years by asking me to give a
WHO MADE THIS DESOLATION? to such an authority. But it is a legal analysis. and jury on October 30, 1838, has, the series of lectures on the most varied sub-
Of course, some desolating power is respon N.-C. Daily News is informed, been settled injects to the admirals, captains, and commanders. The editorial in the Daily Prese the other London. The case in dispute as shown in the of what is now the War College, they chicne the sible for this condition. The fairest landscape
ploadinga was that in September, 1907, the moment when I exercised my discretion as a day on the subject of the reported proclamation plaintifs, delivered to the defendants 300 cases member of Parliament by differing from the of the earth should be found here. Here should for the emancipation of slaves in China re of cigarettes which wore shipped at Vancouver Government's naval policy to attack me in this grow wheat sne barley in Belds fringed with
ins. peculiar way. calls to mind an incident which took place at on board the R. M. shipment, the Empress mitigation of the offence that we successfully and beautiful fonet of the Marriage of the Date Mr. McKenna considera it a graceful palm groves. Here should be annually celebrated with the joy of villages the curions Babeaquently to the wel known in
Canton, after, Hers should be produced in riotous abandonce
Palms," as in Arabian districts not far off A certain Chinese's at her mooring, owing, it was claimed by did they do all this behind my back that no.
prospered in his business and become wealthy, was
disgusted officers took the only action subsequently raised and pumped out which was at their disposat where the lounts of millet, melons, quinces, almonds, pomegranates,
goods were delivered and accordingly he bought himself the title the plaintiffs'
in Setting other honour in the administration of the country citrons, figs, prickly pears, oranges, and lemons, an unmarketable condition. of Tsotai. On the day on which he was to as-
brought for And here, where thousands of years ago piano. In had been "poisoned." the one side,
canetarned sume his new honour, and when his friends had questions. on
of the allegation
ward a resolution on Admiralty administration. overflowing abundance smiled, soou may this largely
inter-riverine plain laugh again, and all the gathered in large numbers to congratulate him, worthiness which the defendants strenuously An accentuation of all our differences was a man stepped forward and to the astonish denied, claiming that the sinking of the China followed by the confidential records of a secret world be glad that the great Clarion of Eden
of the engineers in
court of inquiry on a brifing torpedo-boat colli- has burst forth into loveliness once again in the ment of all prosent claimed him his was due to neglect by one of slave. It appeared that the expectant leaving, open, or failing properly to close, the sion se far back as 1896 being handed over to a apertures through which water entered the private member and used against me, in the taotai's father had been ́a
slave of the engine room; and that for this neglect the House of Commons. To this day I have received claimant's father and as the latter had defendants were not liable, as they would have no public or written expression of regret.
been if they had loaded the goods on an not purchased his liberty his son could not be seaworthy ship. It then became a question fresnan. The event caused a great sensation
whether the Ching had been seaworthy at the The rest truth is, of course, that the demrallas and the expectant taotai had to pay a large sumtime that the lading of the cigarettes began, and tion of the Admiralty began with the use of the to secure his freedom. I rather think he lost had becomensasworthy at some subsequent point Press for the purpose of booming its own
aa vividly as any of the wines. of time during the loading. The extreme nicety administration. On April 17, 1907, Mr. F. E. his promised title, as I understand that no hond of the point noods no emphasis; and, as will be Smith referred to the way the Admiralty evaded men can hold any office in China.
remembered, the members of the jury were uns answering questions in the House, and said: able to answer the material question which was What made the matter more galling was that, deliberate put to them at the trial, and were thereupon as he had indicated, sido by side discharged; and upon a subsequent motion for and repeated refusals to give information in the judgment made by the defendants, Mr. Justice House there had grova a system under which
a Fourne declined to give judgment for either inspired communications had been made, not party upon such findings as wore recorded by only in the. Press, but to persons organising the jury. Applications for leave to sppeal were agitation. Referring to the exonse put for subsequently made by both parties, and the ward for the enormous increase in the cost of plaintiff finally completed an appeal to the printing documents for the Admiralty as com- new trial. As stated above pared with 1201.2, Mr. F. E. Smith said, in Privy Council for the action has now been compromised upea reference to the explanation, that it was due to the expansion of the "intelligence publications" terms satisfactory to the plaintiffs.
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Hongkong's budget this year will be waited with almost as great interest as the production of Lloyd George at home. Something unusual is bound to happen. It may not be the plunder ing of han roosts, but additional money has to be obtained from somewhere, and what these sources will be we woals fain know. It has been suggested before that if we needed to raise the wind at any time that it could be done by taxing liquors. I am reminded of this by an utterance of Mr. Bottomley, the M.P. who recently figured so prominently st home, in which he agreed that luxury in drink was convenient soures to tax, but why, he asked, confine it to alcoholic drink? Alcoholic drinks were taxed because they were luxuries, but wasn't every drink in the world a hurry
Now we come to the except pure water?
AN INDIAN LIBEL ACTION. The suit brought by Lala Lajpat Rai against The Englishina Ltd, in which the plain tiff claims, R50,000 for tuz alleged libel mablished in that jour Justice Fletcher at the High Sepember 10th, 1907, was taken up by Mr inter at was taken in the ease and there was Court, Caloutta, on June 28. Considerable large attendance in ecurt. The alloged Hbel is because it was a luxury, what right had they to Punjab correspondent who, purporting to give exclude the citizen who by means of ginger ale mid that the native officers of several native the true facts of the depor ation of Lajpat Rai, lemonade, soda water, and other gaseous con- regiments in the Punjab had confi sntially re- coctions endeavoured to convert himself into a ported to their commanding offers that per dirigible human balloon? "Why select alcoho-sistent efforts were being made to tamper with the loyalty of the Sepors. A galaxy of Indian
THE SLIPPERY SLOPE,
latter days!
For the two things needed to restore pepala. tion are good government, now assured under the new régime, and an extensive system of irrigation. It was the Old Turk who achieved the desolation; the Young Turk will accomplish the renovation.
The Constantinople Administration is now employing a distinguished English civil engineer, Bir William Willocks, with a staff of able assis tants to survey the whole area between straat, to be roseate as to the and bis report is capabilities of development of the country. But if British surveyers are thus exploring, Jewish capitalists are seriously contemplating financial control of couting constructive schemes, for it is believed that the Hirsch Committee, with its £9,000,000 of funds available when needed, will back the vast enterprise of canalisation.
Who will be the new inhabitants of the Garden of Eden?
A fascination attaches to this query. Mesopotamie is the old home, the second home, of the Jews, for thither they were carried captive, that no one who had read the publications of the multiplied, and became strong. The great pro Admiralty during the last four or five years would phete Daniel and Ezekiel saw their mighty be in any real doubt as to what was meant by the visions, the Jews in exile hanged their harps, intelligence publications which had been ex: the greatest schools of the rabbis were founded, pandel. It was common knowledge amongst and the famous Babylonian Talmud was written those who had been reading these publications in this wonderful but now silent and forsaken that there was a most deplorable change of tone realm, and ha were now marked by great levity, and that in them some four or five years ago that they docaments had been circulated at the public nation which had no claim to be paid for by the nation." On a later occasion.
This evening I am playing for the first ime what is possibly the least pianistic subject of them all Hagen and the Gibichung Men, from the second set of Götterdämmerung "; yet the piano conveys the sense of this excerpt
One of
my greatest affioulties was the im possibility of getting any coaching un the I could turn abject. The only "professors to were the Queen's Hall omhestra and the Covent Garden performances. These I never missed, and later I travelled to Bayreuth for
the festival.
To this day I find I rarely listen to a Wag perian orchestral performance without bringing home some addition to my pianoforte scenes. For it must be remembered that the thousand of rhythm, colour, and accent and are points we hear in the orchestra are non-existent in the piano scores, which are merely the skeletons build on, I possess the orchestral scores, of course, and when I have taken s lesson from my professor," the orokestre, I turn to these to work out my new discoveries,
CASINÒ ORCHESTRA.
As the Roy, F. B. Meyer was a recent visitor following editorial from the Pinang Gazette: The danger of putting into cold print and circulating among the Home public hastily formed travel impressions of the East, is strikingly exemplified by an article from
of the Rev. F. British Weekly in the
univeresily
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B. Meyer
We have
a good, honest, teknowledged to bin
Christiau
and yet he has sent forth to the Nonconformist Tail in
in Penang which is nothing but a farrago world a description of conditions alleged to pro-
with whom he came into contact during his stay here would, had he seen a proof of Mr. Moyer's of absurd inexactitudos! Any of the gentlexion
article, have been able to point out to him tho mistakes, ranging from mers exaggerations to literally teems. We do not for a moment absolute mis-statements of fact, with which it question his real for the truth, but why on earth did he not consult the proper authorities before making such wild and inaccurate statements with regard, for instance, to the frequency of suicide and the ravages of vice among the
young men of this leinnd? To the best of our knowledge only one young European has committed suicide in Penang during the last five or six years, and he, poor fellow, was out of employment. We are not particu Jarly concerned about the reputation of the European youth of Penang, which can look
"itself". After
know for a fact that their morality compares very favourably with that the same class of men at home, though what
sensuel is much the same the world over. Matthew Arnold has called 'homme moyen we are grieved to see a man who enjoys the
of
but
respect even of these who do not share his ex- treme evangelical views making himself, how- ever anwittingly, a vehicle for the propagation of libellous antruths concerning a community that received him with all kindness and courtesy and listened to him with deference und attention. It is again absolutely untras to say that the opium farmer has ever attempted to increase his sales by free gifts of opinn to the people. The allegation was disproved during the sittinge of the Straits Opium Commission The reference to the Native Government of Fenang reveals the depth of the ignor- ance of the reverend gentleman who will however, be accepted as an authority by The remarks about Nonconformity at Home. the "-abbath-desecrating bridge playing, fancy- dress-ball-giving" men and wonen, would seem I remember tire day I learnt how to produce to indicate that air. Meyer's information on this. subject has been derived from sources which the Glockenspiel offert in the "Fire Music,"
neither at Queen's Hall nor at Corunt were at pains to present him a distorted and for personally he Garden, but listening to a selection from The indicad view of local society
has the reputation or being a kindly and sensible. And to-day in Baghdad live many Hebrews, Valkyries" at the casino of a poor little orches
mysterious ways and it is altogether with their synagogues, their schools, and rabbis, tra and a miserable performones; but something man. Apparently the Devil, like the Deity, and down the stream and across the great waste passage, and when I cansalted my scors I quite Mophistopheles, der Geists der stets verneint, There had not only been an unfortunate towards Euphrates, and wistfully wonder saw how to produce the effect i wanted on the that he should choose a minister of religion for reticence in the answering of questions, but whether ever their second motherland, to which | piano. continuance of that unfortunate policy of their fathers wore brought in bondage, and My first two recitals were of a semi-private the dissemination of statements that are untrue, surreptitions communique to the Pres..... which was the very Garden of Eden itself, may nature, and took place at Leighton House early calunlated to defeat their own object and certain He thought that the policy was full of mischief, not some day yet become the refage of their ten years ago. It was some time after this greatly to hinder and injure the work of the and that it should cease." In the latest letter
that they attracted sny degree of notice. Eat Christian Church in this part of the world. Sir George Armstrong shows how the
Zionism, of course, covets primarily Jerusalem 65 soon as they did the interest in them Admiralty were in the habit of sending ont printed copies of letters to junior officers in and the Holy Places; but, we all know that was extraordinary. I need to think that only Iteism, the variant of Zionism, incalcates the the Wagnerin oald care to listen to my the Fleet and asking for their return with deetrine that even if Palestine could be secured, piano scenes, but my experience of the last comments. The question arises as to how it lacks both space and fertility, and could but. Quite a large number of persons have and sale of new books in Germany, where the
years has inclined me to alter that
THE JEWISH SCHEME.
moves in
point. If the drinker of alcohol was taxod said to be contained in a letter from the journal's | Mr. Arnold-Forster said 907, the late who from that old city on the Tigris look up struck me for the first time in a particular in keeping with the Goethean. conception of
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A JOURNALISTIC RECORD. What is the smartest piece of journalistic
far publicists and journalists were favoured in a similar way, and public opinion mann- factured by this wicked system.
THE BUDGET.
VOTES FOR NEW.CONSTRUCTION AND. ABMAMENTS.
J
ruce.
accommodate a small number of the race.
bave
DEMAND FOR FOREIGN PAPER IN JAPAN.
The Osaka Araht state that the publication
lic drink from other kinds of inxurious drink? barristers appeared for the plaintiff. ir. Bard- It was s] dwindling industry. The days were loy Norton for The Englishman withdrew coming when the triumphant Tariff Befozmer the plea of justification, but relied on privilege, would go to the country and say Drink is claiming that the article was based on disons: Hone, and the temperance reformer was already sions in the House of Commons. Judgment
was reserved. pointing to the proud time when s magnum of
Mr. Zangwill lately looked to Cyronnica, but gone to Covent Garden to hear the Ring publication of books is so extensive, has notably for the first time, and a few have journeyed to decreased since last year on account of the de- Itoist explorers decide against that part of ginger ale would represent the limits of legiti
North Africa. It is arid and waterises, and Bayreuth-solely because of the interest awaken pression of trade. This has produced a serious mate hospitality and a barrel of lager beer the
effect on the paper mill industry in a natria- there are no facilition for irrigation. Not so ed in them by my rocita's. Mr. Lloyd George is fond of asserting in the with the Tigris-Euphratean area Thers the crowning symbol of a Bacchanalian orgy. Those
done has been Hungary, where the mills are suffering from The provincial work more interesting to me than anything obe. I over-production. The Austro-Hungarian mills would be great days from the point of view of work on record? The publisher of the Cam. Budget discussions that the extra taxation is to conditions are perfect. No engineering is need
remember playing in a northern town a few have been strenuously seeking to export their the temporanee roformer, but pitoous times bridge. Granta puts in a claim for the Light Ford meadnoughts to rival Germany.ed, for the land is practically level, and, se for the Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Hear, Blue journal. And here is the story.. On a ray onnot discover how he proves bis case, the Tigis is little righer than the bed years ago. My audience consisted of rough paper to the Orient, especially to Japan, by
of the Euphrates, everything is favourable, Friday, in the examination for Part II of the The following figures show the votes for new
farmers with their families, townspeople, and a establishing branch offices or agents in Hamburg hear. If they taxed any kind of drink because Mathematical Tripos, problems of the usual traction and armaments for the two countries The modern Hebrew vineyards now scattered sprinkling of country gentry. There were no in view of the fact that the paper-mill industry it was a luxury, then tax the teetotal beverages type appeared on the exomitistion papers. The in the last year of office of Mr. Balfour's Govern about Palestine show what can be fions under printed word pictures" of the stage scenes, in the Far East has not much developed, and
ment and in the present year :-4 breakfast, the saaminers, at morning as well, and add patriotism to the other virtuos very next
right auspices by agricultural, Jews, and those such as I bave on my London programmes, the supplies have to be looked for abroad. In who are talking an interest in the prospect see nothing but the bare bits of twondered what newspapers, aunqunts to about 26,40 tons titles
Japan the total annual consumption of paper by of the temperanos party."
on opening their Granta, wore startled by finding
all provious day's questiona
correctly
uo. reason why a hundred thousand Hebrews
they There
would make of the "Procession of the representing about £396,000 in value, and and completely answered.
should not very speedily settle on the go Goils," and so on. I need not have been anxious, the total annual production of paper is 1909-6. 1909-10. The argument is a sound one. It seems only to the effect that the editor had esiled
Mesopotamian plain when the contemplated no difficulty in dispos- who had
11,369,000 10,256,000 Irrigation plans are perfected.
however, for when I had finished playing the not more than 20,400 tons-4,500 tons fair that teetotalers should bear their share of in the offico boy, without interfering with Germany...
ing of the problems,
4,969,000... 10,751,000
little town hall rang again and again with their by the Oji Papor Mill, 6,000 tons by the Faji It is hoped that the new Turkish Government the burden of taxation, especially as we have his regular work. The publisher has now given The figures are official, and show not only a will itself onergetically inaugurate the scheman enthusiasm. I cannot think that these people Paper Mill, 4,800 tons by the Kyushu Paper departed from the good old days when we as a some further details about the offer boy." He reduced expenditure for Great Britain, but also
ution drank ourselves out of debt. The only was represented by four past Senior Wranglers, ris attempt to face our obligations in regard to ritory was in ancient times the scene of a wander and beauty in this music.
It has every encouragement. This grand ter understood, but they intinctively felt the power Mill, 2,400 by the Yokkaichi Paper Mill, 1,800 tons by the Nakatangawa Mill, and the rest by other mills. Austro-Hungarian paper, which is who got hold of the examination papers from a Leeping well ahead of Germany. Assuredly, so drawback to the application of such a principle candidate who had left the examination room, far as this year is concerned, the Badget does need restoring. No one doubts that by the
ful network of canals, and many of these simply
constantly arriving, is being sold at about Y37.50 in Hongkong is that it would hardly be worth They worked onwards till past midnight, and not provide anything extraordinary for the of the next decade two railway systems will imvement, recently given in Singapore by the in Japan. This paper is good in
It is stated that the four nights entertain per roll, the same rate us that of paper produced while, The teetotalers here are so insignificant the Granta, with its model answers, was posted Nary, unless the Government contemplate bien cowo valleys, to Alexandretta; the other Chinese Amateur Dramatic Co. of Selnugur, welcomed by Japanese newspaper offless. The quality and constructed-one from Alippo, at the head
takes printing in very well. It is accordingly to the examiners at 3 a.m. on Jstarday morning! suppismentary estimates. It is worth
noting that in the same period the amount mat by loan down the igris valley through Baghdad to the resulted in a considerable sum of money-nearly Oka journal believes that Austrian paper for in Germany has gone up from £2,295,000 to Persian Gulf, HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL-Keep your com- £5,371,00 The latter £gure represents 27-78
$20,000-being raised for the benefit of the newspapers cannot yield a profit at the price. Both these will powerfully promote British plexion. Mrs. Ellen's Crème Charmante, Lait per cent of the German ayy estimates, and it interests, for one will open up. Mapotamian projected now Cantonese free hospital. It is now sold, and Austrian mills are merely dumping their surplus regardless of profit, When the Charmant and Special Skin Tonio and Poudre Charmant will enable you to do it. Her Germans would go on building up a mary with other with our Indian Empire. The British Opium Society conference takes place in supply to Japan will fall short. But althbagh is worth while asking ourselves whether the commerce with our Egyptian Protectorate the understood that next year, when the anti-publication busmess in Europe revives, the Specialition for the Skin are the study of a borrowed money were it not for the encourage people above all others should smile on the Singapors, the dramatic company will again the Austrian mills canot permanently compete lifetime, A. S. Watson & Co. Ltd. Sole Agents.ment they obtain from the helpless lethargy of schemes that will re-people this unce beautifully perform there.
1453 the British Government.
fortilo and prosperous double valley in Asia.
în number, I mean.
Ice cream is not likely to be such a popular
item on househeld menus. The price has gone up. Apparently the local ice war is ended, a the los Company bave increased the price to one cont per pound.
BODERICK RANDOM.
wag a note
Great Britain...
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with the Japanese, the sale of their production- in Japan must not be despised.