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DECLARATION OF LONDON.
SPEECH BY MR. GERSHOM STEWART, M.P. Mr. Gershom Stewart, M.P., participated in the debate on the Declaration of London in the House of Commons on July 3rd..
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1st, 1911.
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SUPREME COURT.
Monday, July Hut.
IN APPELLATE JURISDICTION.
[BEFORE THE FULL COURT.
THE GREEN FEA ACTION.
appointment that our Government are prepared to what home of this sort. I was astonished Boon, members opposite have spoken very plaintiffs and P. Soffiotti & Co. dofondants.
bis sair no reason why Sofieiti should not have sgread that payment should be made dirent lo the shippers, concluding his own arrangements with them as to his remuneration, whether it be cailed commission, discount, or any other similae term. On the principles they were bound to | apply, hothought th it the contract definitely fixod the appellants with liability. Learned Counsel had referred to the subsequent correspondence between Brussels and Londos, and suggestul, on
of the noble Lord the member for Portsmouth had dropped a very great deal of supplies out of (Lerd Charles Beresford) gave a very cryptic the ship for the Easians, amongst tam 28.020 sort of aanranes that if our ships are burned cases of brandy. What I ask is this: Buppos by oruiters or merchant mon not properly equiping by secident, bad weather, or some other ped, as we maintain, ander regular authority as reason, we had not been able to touch the last vessels, it w uld be ware for the men who port, and had the cargo on board when the dos- did it. What does the right licu. gentleman troyer picked us up, the destroyer could not put mean? If we say nothing now, and foste our prize crew on board, and it could not leave its beat, and therefore under Article 49 he would doubt, ss certainly cannot treat position in Mr. GERSHON STEWART said-1 intervene those men as pirates and hang them. You have been justified in putting three or four bin- whe ware on board into the boats would be violating public opinion in this
people ha in this debate ne one who was resident in that country, and the civilized world would as this Declaration that is what would happen. the Pulane Judge (My. H. H. J. Gompertz) sat
yeasel. I think under
The Chief Justice (Sir Francis Piggott) and if we proceeded to do part of the world where the episodes notually against us
auck a thing as that. And if took place which called this Declaration into hostilities & bitter feeling which would be noat is the
we did it, we would engender into It might be rather interesting, if that
rations they would con boing. I feel sure I express the opinion of deplorable: It is an idle threat for the First the Admiralty of given some idea by to hear further argument in the appeal from the anthority of Malcoln v. Hoyle, 63 L. J. the judgment of Mr. Justice Hazeland in the B. that they would use that correspond. sider to De
for песоккагу
ence to ouable them to construe the contract He knows it, and we know it.
people so treated. notion in which W. G. Humphreys & Co. were Bat in his opinion the contract spoke for itself, every Englishman east of Snez when I say they Lord. will bear with astonishment and profound dis But I should like to be quite dear as Then there is the question about prize money,
we are going to take up before and
The Court wished to hear farther argument and they were not entitled to do what he shed Boricualy against it. I to some extent agree, wo sign à
rished. They might probably cofor to that te sien a Declaration placing the sinking of at the light and airy manner in which the but you must not forget this, that prins money, as to the proper construction of the letters of petrol British ships at the discretion of any ben. member for Hexham spoke about the although it does not provent the transfer of the 12th July, more especially as to the weight correspondence, as was done in the osso'on which
ita damage
wanten which our foreign commander, What we have looked up,
might super property, does very much to prothiour to be to be attached to the use of the words from; be rellod, not to help them to construo the on in the past as regrottable incidents, we must of
said for it. It appears to me that the Govern- Messrs. Burtion" in the one and "through contract a new relation had boon formed be recommend him. now, I suppose, lave to accept as the ordinary also any other hon. member in this House who ment entered into these negotiations hoping to Mesurs. Barlion" in the other.. With regar tween the respondents and the Brussels suppliers, course of things in time of war. The hon lina never read the book, to make a very careful raise the level of foreign countries apon the
Femmes book, "My Cruises quastian of marítime war to our level. They to the final paragraph of Messrs. Humphreys constituting & NEW member who has just sat down seemed to me in the Alabama and Sumter," The Alabama was failed to do so, and I very much question their letters the Judges desired further argument as to to share with us certain doubt about the real bething more than an ormed merchantman. wisdont in descending to the lower lovet from whether, supposing Messrs. Boffetti contracted virtue of this Declafblice, toounts even he She was of much the sama
the ships wo
which other people approach this matter. seemed to think that conditions were required and afloat in 1895 in Chins, when the Russian started by trying to nisko war more humane, merely as agents, the effoot of the paragraph not MOTO was C It is absclately imposible to and you end by signing on agreement which has beag dissented from by Messrs. Soffletti, wan and that we ought to have certain alterations overestimate the damage which could be done by the effect, I think, of making it more barbarous not to make Messrs. Soffiottias agents guarantee half a dozen Alabamas let loose on our trade than it is already. You have not gained except the performance of the contract by their prin
und
the material interfering with var food supply, in some slight degree on
side, and routes, u which is so vital to the position of this country, you have in pay to do like Esau, and sell
lost very much on the moral side, cipals,
The Chief Justice said the Court was We
would have dismay, consternation, and to seo certain emendations made that I support 47 in this agreement, gives, as the hou. As sare as we do so, we shall have to follow if unfortunately divided in opinion on one point. ¦ të que Maasrs, Soffietti. There was no ovidenes
panic following each other with borrible rapidity. our birthright for a mess of legal peltags. Cianse reprenched as that sono members on this side of mobor for Kingston pointed out, the right example of Esau, and break the yoke from off One of thou was of opinion that on the that Humphreys, London, had seen the actual the House say that we have got adraninges search and of removal from on board our ships, our necke staalf for twelve years to an principal. The other Judge was of opinion that and not as lawyera. They had to make pay. construction of the latters Soffietti contracted as contract, and they were writing as merchants from this Declaration, while some say we have It is a right which the United States and Greet lorious agreement of this sort which, instand they did not. The other point on which they ments against documents in Loudon, and it
made in it before entification.
Bat Article 65 in the Declaration says that the whole or nothing must be accepted; you cannot make certain emendations. It is because I wish
the motion for delay. The hon. member
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Britain have most jealously resisted. It was our excretso of that right against Amis, danger. If it will not stand cleter examination bad some doubt was whether the final paragraph ships which brought about the war ef 1812,
our resentment at the arrest of we are better without it. The result of the did not throw some light on the terms of the and it was
be to-contract. Messrs. Masan & Sliddell from the Trent which discussion, whatever the division may 10 early brought about war between the night, as at any rate this most valuable
Mr. Pollock dealing with the paragraph it has been in United States and I ourselves in the sixties. effect: that it has focussed public attention en
the dangerous position of our food supply, and referred to quoted the words "you now propose Under this
particular forty years
elatuse, if
if Caplio it has given an effectual answer to what I mast to deliver same through Barliou," and said that one of their Lordships thought that meant "you Semtes himself might have been taken term, with all respect, the most imprudent sad off a British ship after the sinking of the the most speculative party in the whole country Alabama, and would probably have been hanged, that is, the Little Navy party. A great deal as agents. because the United States, or the Northern has been made of the Liverpool steamship Their acceptance ią States, were very much incensed against him. owners accepting this As it was, in those more humane days Captain dommon lived to an old age, and we had to pay £3,000,000 for having a left-handed connection proudly say that the British Flag was a refuge this agreement. I represent a large meritime for the brave and the unfortunate. It is so no constituency, and as one who believes that the longer. This Declaration tears a very great maintenance of our naval rights is as the breath piecs from our fag, when we have to hand men of life to this country, 1 most earnestly ask the over to foreign Powers. Then there is the Government to favourably caneider this most queation of blockade. It is said that this is reasonable amendment.-(Cheere).
· The Chief Justico-Yes.
Mr. Pollock-It means you as agents. It most guarded, and I have in my pocket letters would be an panatural construction to say that and letters from the British Mercantile farine in the first paragraph it means you as agent from the Liverpool Shipowners Association
contract, but to see whothor subsequently to the
contract betwson thom.
in that caso, if the respondents had paid the Brassola fless for the gods, they high, in the authority of Malcolm . Hoyle, be satitled to in the quality. But however that might be matters never got so far as that: and they could ut any rate see nothing in the Lordon-Brussels correspondence disentitling Mesars. Humphreys
ane Burlion and Schrauwon for any deficiency
was their business to see that the goods shipped wore the goods their Hongkong house had ordered. It seemed to him that that disposed of the point before them, and that it was un necessary to go further, or to deal with anothor special rule, that, namely, said to be applicable to the case of a foreign principal. Ho regretted that in this matter he had been compelled to differ from the judgment of the learned Chief Justion.
The Chief Justion-This, caso raises an ox.
ceedingly important question of construction of
-food supply in time of war. He proceeded to with an irregular war resal. We used to flours' Association strongly protesting against and in the second paragraph it means you as commercial correspondence, and I am sorry that
nol. Does not that show that we are approach- ing the matter is a non-party spirit? 1
listened to the speech of the Foreign
Becretary with very great interest, and be said that this question was one which should be approached in a non-party spirit. I wish that the Gorera. ment woal back him up in that position. Out shert week ngo, in a moment of universal re joicing, wo forgot all party differences; now, when
considering a matter of common danger to the whole community we should de the
same thing, because assurally, if and when this Declaration becomes operative, the whole of this country, Radical or Tory, will have to sink or swim together.
The Foreign Scoretary said that the crux of the whole contention was the question of our give us very cold comfort on that point by may ing that the Declaration did little to help us in time of trouble. He then proceeded to cessUID the justice to be obtained in foreign law courts, justice in individual cases, when we are derlingene of the things from which we get Home and it rather seemed to mo that if you get little with them in large numbers you cannot hope for very mach from the International Court. Reference was made to the action of Russia in the late war in a manner which seemed to imply that we did something that we should not have at the end of the war sauk our ships to cover dono in accepting what they did. But Rassia their own discomfiture and to try to embroil na. They were so annoyed with the help that we had given the Japanese that the fow comman. almost as distracted people.
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THE FLOODS IN THE YANGTZE VALLEY.
principal.
The Chief Justice-That is not the point The point is whether you as ogont did not guarantee your principal.
It seems to me
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on the meaning which ought to be given to the main point to which the correspondencs is directed I differ from the learned Puisno Judge Mr. Pollock dealt with the lottors in order to and the learned Judge who tried the cam in
Baminary Jurisdiction. show that Humphreys in London required But that on the plain reading of the two letters that Hon as principals to furnish a sample so that Messrs. Soffietti were not principals at all, bat they could ascertain if the peas word of the werecontracting on behalf of a disclosed principal, quality desired. It was obvious from the cor- Masam. Buelion of Brussels. Indeed, were it not respondence that the ground on which the con for the words "sale to you" in Messes, Bulletti's tract went off was that Humphreys in Loudon letter I should have thought on the letters took op a rigid position and stated that the pens by themselves that Mosary. Soffetti were must be now crop or the outer must be cancelled noting as Messrs. Humphreys' agents. There Mr. Potter said the view the Chief Justico are certain principles of law governing took was that there were two contracts, one contracts entered into by correspondence made by Messrs. Humphreys with Burlion, and by an agent. The first is said to be an absolate the other a suggested contract with Soffietti. one that unless an agent sigan as agent he is The Chief Justica--The only possible way in liable as a principal. This seems to me a most which I can see that Seletti would be liable unsatisfactory way of stating the her. Persons would be on the guarantee outside the contract. who enter into a contract in writing ara presum- Lordship will take it that it is outside the entitled to accept and rely on what the other Mr. Potter-That is the difficulty. Yoared to mean with they say, and each party is
party has written. Then comes a simple rule original contract?
The Chief Justice-I have considered all of evidence; you cannot vary a written contract by parol avidence whether of intention or any. your points.
Mr. Potter-You could not have considered thing else, and therefore a person who has sign- PRINCES PLATE,
ed in his own name cannot prove for the purpose this because I did not make it,
of getting out of liability that he was in foot en agent-otherwise we should get to this: one pirty swearing that he intended to contract with the other as principal, the other that agent- that
advantage. My own idea of the value of the blockade is that it is becoming gradually and beautifully love, and that with submarinos, aeroplanes, and mines we cannot risk valuable
Briefly summarized, a leading article in the ausent to the sowing of narrow waters like the ankow Daily News of July 22 anys that it ship on a coast for blockade purposes. We
is within the recollection of few commercial Thames and the Channel with mines, and we residents that the river has been higher over give up our right to close the North Sea between the Bund than now, and fears are entertained Shotland and Norway.
We got some legal statement as to what is that a few more inches will make their daily dern left acted try was not drawn into contraband and what is not, but we get no
round one by water instead of by road. Most of Fortunately this
statement as to who settles the word. condi.
the drains that
in the Concessions have overflowed, t contention, and the then Government was supported I in the course which it took by hon. tional upon which the whole value of ths, and the only hope of keeping down disease in iu the liberal use of disinfectants, which are gentlemon opposite.
statement depends. speculate on what the United States would do, i blone some naval Neutenant, on a wet, wisely and levichly being used. It le certain
The Foreign Sterotary said that be could not
night, wishing to damago his enemy.
that the floods throughout Central Übỉna and immediately proceeded to do so. It seemed
Would he be stopped by paper infeguards will this year be responsible for indescrib to me that he proved that the whole success of Mest assuredly he would not, and he would not able suffering, probably such as this district this Declaration depends on our being godbe worth bis salt if he were. Then we hear a has not had to face for many years. Ar friends with the United States. We all earnestly having passed some sort of favourable resolation miles the country is inundated to stick a degree great story about the Imperial Conference rivals from Ichang report that for scores of in regard to this Declaration. Australia, I as to give the whole area the appearance of understand,
issent, not
the one huge inland sea. In west Hausn things South African newspapera apparently, have not been so bad for years, and thensnade do not approve of what their representative did.' upon thousands of acres of nominally rice- At any rate too much ought not to be made of bearing fields are under water and the crops their guarded acceptance, A
of washed out. The city of Changteh was flooded great many the proposals pat forward by our Government' out last year worse than it had been in the recol did not
fasonable acceptance, One lection of the oldest resident; this year it is can understand that, with a natural feeling of initely worse. But for the energetic setion of tho
The Chief Justico-Unless you can help me good fellowship and a desire not to hurt our ocal officials there, the whole city would probably on that point of the guarantee I must give Government's
feelings, this question received have been washed away and the place strewn judgment at once. lese consideration than it should have had on I think we should only look at this Declaration
Mx. Potter-We did not consider on the lest with thousands of corpses. Many other cities its merits, and immediately after this Declara- are as badly off. It is believed that the Tong occasion Soffisti's possible liability even though he intended to contract us
! from the point of view of belligerente. Our intoresis as nutrols and our profits as nentrala tion was proposed, Canada, through her Prime Ling lake has overflowed ite normal basin end are the interests and profits of the few. When Minister, expressed the earnest wish that if extended for many miles to the north-west. he were an agent. a man's ship is Bank it is a question mora for rent Britain was engaged in any war that The force of the water bas broken down every the underwriters than for the shipowners. Colony should be allowed to contrast out. Im barrier, sweeping all mercilessly before it, in Whereas our intereste as belligerents are the portent as it is for these Orer as Dominions, some cases washing out whole villages in the it is not of the same vital fulerest to them as it course of a few hours; and houses lave been food and ability of resistares of the many, This amendment is reasonable; I cannot the risk of starvation. They will not have to occnpents astride the roofs.
Their people will not have to run Bren drifting bodily down with the stream, the derstand the objection of the Government to accepting it, unless they
determined, from pay the indemnity if we are unsuccessfol, As To take the atesmer from Shaug lai to Han- the party point of view, to eave the face of the to the International Court, I have read about how is to witness the whole time most heart that in the Declaration, but I do not read breaking scenes of utter destitution among a Foreign Office and Admiralty for having con
feeling
about International to people who best reduced to a one-and-enforce the court's decision. Do negeredying by thousands of simply starvation of the custellation, wing-that-Huntress not oceanlored to smain iu so orade a state- all the Powers agree to coerce a delinquent? Who enforces the decision of the Court if some Power sinks a ship wrongfully and refuses to pay damages? If it be a strong Power they will fear to coerce her, and if it be a weak and small Power they will be too
apathetic to take to note in regard
hope that that may be, but for the United States to act as convoy to their food ships nadar Articles 61 and 62, is such an active participation in hostilition as to be almost equal to an alliance. It has been raid by the hon. member for Kingston (Mr. Cave), with whom I agree entirely, that we do not gain as ventrals. As far as I can read this thing, I think wo are bit both ways, specially when wo are belligerouts, because e belligerents wa rink, our Own ab ships when they come to help us, and we consent to the sinking of our
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eladed a bat largon. The prevailing fast Bome way or other we are getting the worst of the bargain, and nothing which I hare beard in this debate hss removed that impression from my mind.
is: to us,
One has been struck with the minatory tone of those who are upholding this Declaration. I bare not really heard one singlo man who the trouble. It is interes look at it. In seemed to be content and happy that we are going to sign it. They approach it
to Iuternational Law how sailors.
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The Chief Justice-He is only liable on the guarantee if at all.
Mr. Potter-It means he is undertaking a personal liability. Counsel then proceeded to show that Barlion refused to be bound by the conditions entered into between the parties in Hongkong.
Mr. replied, effective
the parties would never be ad idem. Now this rule has, unfortunately, as it seems to me, degenerated into the formal principle that the contract must be specifically signed as agont. The emphasis in many cases, of which Prica v Osborne le most worthy of pole, is on the circumstance of the signataro "A. D. agent for X. Y." This is glorifying the means to the complets ignoring of the end. But it has
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PRESENTATION PLATE.
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TABLE WARE,
CUTLERY,
FISH KNIVES and FORKS
DRESSING CASE) with
SILVER FITTINGS,
LEATHER HAND-BAGS,
and WALLETS,
RAZORS.
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Practically the whole of the Yangtze Valley is
in Landon said the peas must be new crop or mant, and an exception has been grafted on to under water, and most of the crops are gone.
it that if in the contract itself there is a clear here was a foreign principal, and it was mng. Catastrophe has befallenthie part of the country nothing. when the people had hopes of recovering from The Puisne Judge, in delivering jadgment, indication that the party was acting agent geated that there was some rule which always the great famine of last year.
said that this was an appeal from a decision of the then the fact that the signature is not specified made the agent of a foreign principal liable. It Those arriving in Shanghai from upriver Acting Puisus Judge, who held the defendants as goat" immaterial. Here again the has no application to this case, for the question The contract was contained in two lat-expressed intention the exception: and as the one case it is said that the fact of the principal 1885, after a violent breach of International Law during the last day or two bring terrible reports liable as principals for the breach of a contract formality is made the cardinal rule, and the is whether the agent is liable; and although in from the point of view that we have not conced. when the Russian Admiral's ship the Vladimir regarding the flooded state of the Yangize. As of sale.
case seems to show the exception is rigorously being a foreign merchant is one of the elements Monomak trained her guns upon ed anything very much, they admit there are
our points in it they do not like, but on the whole Agamomuon which followed her into the frequently happens at this season of the year ters dated 12th July, 1910. The appellant's case
the water having overflowed the banks, only
Surely the clear law derived entitled to considerable weight in determining Yokohama the
was that they contracted as agents only, and construed. they think it a a good thing to have
definite Bay. it looked as if there was to be a battle on the tops of henses are to be sest, and
stated just the other way a mont in Smith's Mercantile Law, that it is only written agreement in regard to paints of mari- the spot. The Russian Admiral was com the dead bodies of human beings and animals without incurring any personal liability under from common fundamental principles should this question, I adhere to the further state- gastrict 02 ite proper interpretation one of tho facts eztilled to no more and no less time war. We are all agreed on that, provided manicated with, and the direnmstances pofuted are met with all along the river. While passing the contract. There are, of course, well known i
those on board one of the rules for the construction of contracts in Fitzroy a few does not east too much. That is a philosophic out to him, and hs ret lied "I believe in late Hankow tendern witnessed an interesting it writing. Whore, however, the defendant alleged shows that one of the parties contracted as consideration than the others. If the propozi
Tow days frame of mind in which to approach it. But wo | national Law when there is a Power on the spot painful scene. Fitzmy is somo hirty miles that he contracted as an agent for a principal, agent then he is an agent sad not a principal;tion is trus that the question whether a party
Under this Declaration a to enforce it." a quration
or from Anking, and here, when the affair oncurred, America, Republic of South olber small State would have the
it
must remember we are dealing with a
in which philosophy will be no help at all, wh
small
this Declaration comes into motive operation. 7
It is given to us on the principle that half a right to sink our ships and if you take
ones,
lost is better than to bread. It may be, if the where will the compensation come from thesest thing seen from the siesmer es it passed on their subject matter being agency contracts, appeals to me, The learned Puisne Judge has thing to do with the case, for the question
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cover non delivery, and when the quality was ignored by Mauses. Humphreys in London then he did not think the responsibility foll-upon the guarantor. Therefore he thought the appeal
must be allowed.
the water had just risen higher than the artifcial and without incurring personal liability, other if he has signed as agent, then the intention is entered into the contract as principal or agent banks, and had enhed det to snopplament the special rules must be superadded to the general clearly manifested. This is the law as stated in is one of intention, then the fact of the principal to court they may claim they are bankrupt. rashed down on the houses. In a
He called them special rules bocause Smith's Mercantile Law, and I must say it being a foreign merchant has obviously no- moment there was the utmost confusion, and the brend is good; but we think that this bread Whereas if they have a whlorome dread that wo sour, because it is raturated so much with the
both parties ie ascertained spirit of concession. What we wish, in eaking would tirely resent their notion they world was a complete family swarming upon the roof they had become stereotyped through a fong been so carefully through the cases that I used presupposes a disclosed principal, and if the
that refer to the fact that intention of hesitate before sinking car ships at all. Articls of one of the dwellings, there to escape from the chain of decisions, until it was no longer pos- not do more Government to withhold ratification tume hea
flood. Not only were men and women among distely from this Theclaration, is that la future 65 says that we have to take the whole dose of those who sought refuge from the waters by/Bible to interpret a contract, to which they in o of them the intention of signing the other party to the contrast has accept. a principal, to take this foreign limbing to the roof as a temporary place of appled without their aid. He would take the
I sus content, ed the foreign merchant as this half loaf may not be raturated with thedicine for twelve years Sound finance does but even the household eat and dog meat important: the rais, namely, that if you however, to rest the case on these decisions; In conclusion: his Lordship referred to the tears of a people grieving at leisure for bara vot ask for long credit, and neither should scrambled up as beat they legislated in hasts. We are told that it has
might in the hope o of sign a contract in your own name, without for my de not being rescued before the waters,
own part I think that the lottor questions which had been discussed that day. He did not think that the guarantee could been two years before the pablo. I admit it.iplomacy if proposals are sound. But what sort of a period
like leak of the medhing and we are not years? I not anppose. that In
in history there have been allowed to take it. All that we ask for by this still rising, covered them. Along the route qualification you are, prema fac e, personally of Messrs. Soffetti is clear that they were two years so full of incident in political life in amendment is that we should be allowed to at various places were to be seen those who had liable. This special rule had been applied more soting as agents: they say they are selling the
taken refuge on the house-tops, having been rigorously
against the dofendant
peas from Burtion of Brussels, bat it this country. We have hat the Endget, we submit it to microscopio 4amination by our own take
Ho passed is to my mind absolutely clear that when have bad two elections, we have had the Ismont: experts before taking it. Artiole 67 requires surprised by the rapid carish of the water, and fel death of the late Kisurance Bill and the no harry. We, whose interests are crerpower: by the number of dead floating on, the surface come litile dificulty. By the terms of are going to supply the peas through the
have had the ratification as soon as possible, so that there is who were evidently waiting in the hope that some periods than at others.
Messrs. Humphreys reply that Messrs. Soffetti help might reach them from the shore. Judged to another point which had given him ing, may bo excused if we ask that the It is the common experience of political should be conducted with a little more delibera of the river the death rate must have been the contract, payment was to be made in Brussels firn they trusted them as agents. It thinkers that the British nabio like to take one tien. The report of M. Renault is going to be enormous. With the arrival of other mata London, and, looking forther, as they were
was argued that the word "through" was such a" furthor particulars may be expected. suggest that
cutifled to do, for the parposs of explaining the little word tha? no notice should be taken of it. thing at a time, and it is only at this individual included in the agreement, and I moment that this question is seriously engaging in regard to Article 69 an amendment should be
contract, they found that payment was All Loan say is that neither a mi who con the attention of this country, and I maintain accepted limiting the period to six years. would like to pat a definito case before
to be made to the Brussels suppliers, who in trools as principal nor the other party to the most earnestly that we have no right to sign
the the right hon.
(Mr. Burns) document upon which that most vital point,
gentleman
their torn were to ship direct to the respond pontract treating him as a prinsipal could org to a temporary cessation of the rains op promisonous arming of merchantman, and the who is representing every department of the
A statement sit before the Legislative outs in Hongkong. Did this show that Hum- the word through." It means the goods are to and no one Government at the present moment, possible revival of privateering its most
Conncil at Singapore last week of the actual vicious form, era left an open issue. As is more capable of representing British interests regards that point. I cbject to the Declara- then be. I want to put s concrete ease before renue of the Colony for 1910, on which the progs intended to pass by Soffietti altogether be supplied through the principal and not tion, not only for what is in it, but also I the House of which I had experience. In 1905 20 per cent. defence contribution is paralle, and contract direct with Brussels? They had by the agent. I have no doubt whatever that shows that the amount assessable is 87,773,889.91, nothing before them as to the meresatile unge this is the inerpretation pat upon this contract object very much for what is not in it. This happened to go to Jensiin point by game of which 20 per cent, is 81,554,7793. The in such cases, but, on the whole, and in the by the London house of Humphreys. Seans question should be cleared up before we tie We were stopped at a cestalu point by a Japan sums paid in respect of 1910 was 81,303,541, so darselves up with su ambiguens scheme of this ene destroyer, Twenty-four hours before we
that the War Ofice is underpsid 251,23698.
absence of any information as to the practico, emphasis was laid on the fact that the principal mature. The First Lord in reply to a question
Parliament and Coronation of oer King.
THE STRAITS MILITARY CONTRIBUTION.
Mr. Pollock-With costs, of course? The Chief Justice-Yes..
THE POSITION OF SILVER.
From Mears. Mocatia and Goldsmid'e . circular :--
Some nervousness is manifested in Bombay and this has caused some, bear selling country,
in the bazaars, but China has been inclined to
ed the monsoon resumer its natural nurse before lang, this temporary cessation would not impair the prospects of a good reason, sa the latter rains are much more important than the earlier
ralps.
buy at the lower rates, and the weather reporte
are not yet causing any real usersing Provid