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HEARTS
OF THE
WORLD
Hearts of the World is more than a picture play; it is a world dramad it goes straight to the heart. It is this human quality that makes Hearts of the World" as big as
Daralan, N. Y. Erening Ward,
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a story more viral than The Birth of a Nation." Lush night fierer was spilkomnch It is a monster
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Cirih's last, a great pleatre, Tu is re thrill, mote ustion, more lite photography, more beautiful scenes, more magnificent acting, and more reality than you will get in a dozen senllei, fenture, pictures."-- A. Y. Bag Gibe.
*New Gridich picture seves ginut suuress, Every claracter in the platy is real. There was not hurring taste in the wholé perbrunnet,” J. Zilar.
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Hearts of the World. setting of a love story Dramatizi WILE as memorably as Emile Zola's story,
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The Tuchun, MokeVink som, who has recently macke up his tuind to retire, in-
THE TECHUNAHIP, "
ROMANCE AND EUGENICS.
A CURIOUS BREACH OF PROMISE CASE
A
wonder between
and
in 14 Londoni gats ecently, arose court, in which a breach of promise suit was triech The chĔondarit had promised to marry the plaintiff a promise which
vited a Number of military officers to his yamon Festerday. and proposed that Commander Sham Hung-ying be appoint- ed his successor. The meeting, however-hepudiated, but dirk noh deny" After was in favour of Marchai. The question the engagement, had been announced, she was left open, and the Tuchun has in-
young woman in the cue was disent cred vited the other. Kwangsi leaders to return
to have contracted tuberetiinista, Not- to Canton for consultation on the subject.
withstanding this she insists that her THE INTERNAL PENTE CONISKRENUL,
Hesrothed. Keep his prandise, He refused and she suit hin The fry was unable
It is reported that the President, Extr Shil chang... bas instructed Wong Yap- tong, the chief of the Northern prage delegation, to,ŝi ar save, to consult with Bi-shun. Tuchun of Nanking, in regard
to akrer.
Aside from the broad issue
the
expediency add, the ethics of breach of promise suits in general. the els pro "to the internal peace monferéner
sents a number of interesting and com The Bresident has ordered that the conflicting aspects. The question whether a ference he resumed on September lat, if contract, such as is a promise to m possible.
entered into without qualification, is
It is stated that the Southern peace inviolable will be raised by this posÇA” envoys" have regatly renewed their¦sing legal minds. The eugeniacs, holding demands as follows
that the highest interest of the ráno ja (1)-Esa Shia chẳng to be recognised; the superme law of the universe, will as President, if the undermentioni contend that no person sufering from a terai are agcepted.
Wingsging -- to
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(29--General-Luk Vee-President."
(3)-Tuan Phi-jai, ty be instructed to form the new Cabinet.
transmittable disease, might in be pers mited to marry. But chivalry, not wholly dead, shf there still ma romantic persons who wilt maintain that the bridegroom tube ought to have held to his bargain in all pircumstances, Expecially When his fancy had folien into misfortun, and when mor than Yunnar Lever she needed his help, it will be guns Tuchen), to be appointed Inspector-fin.tended that she had the right to Trunk to eral of Szechyurer, Yannan, and Kweichow notion
hip for support. It is an old fashioned that the betrothal marks an provinces.
obligation not much less saewd thur marciage itself.
(4.)--Tong Kai-yow (the
(3.) Four Southerners to be appointed Cabinet Ministers.
(5)!Commander Li Kanyuun" to be appointed Civil tlovernor of Kwangtung
Szechen
Yes if taberetosis is not a legal bar tomatrimony, which it was not in the case in point. and if she doctrine of fre choice is permitted to wed if het
is accepted, and is couple were,
were" gatling. then it will be regarder by man 114 bed his freedom of choi the man in
logical consequence that, having sareis- the Re-case DUP
case ought
16 be held to his bargain to is nowhere argued thất commuting dia covered after marriage
entitle either of the parties to a divorce. Is the tract itself? The principle of pernit betrothal as binding as the marriage don- ting damages for breach of it almost mases it so. Yet, there is a differenc
(7.)--The constitution drawn up Perlivovent in the 6th year of the public to be restored,
() The Civil Governors of Hunan, Pukien, and Shensi ti bo nominated by
the Southerners...
A Shanghai message states that Tong Shiny chief of the Southern delegates, upon which lawyers are not of one mind, and upon which a jury, which wo intenta to resiga owing to the demands of must presume to ange been composak på the Northerners.
Either Sham Chan-average men, would not agree. huen or Dr. Wa Ting-fang will be elected Tong's successit,
The vibers of the Canton Parliament have announced to-day that they are pro-, testing against Wong Yap-tong, as chief of the Northern pence delegates as he is not a prace misfer.
SALT MERCHANTS STALIKE.
It is understood that the military Jenders on the noëth borders have agreed not to enforès the extra tax on salt and the salt merchants, have accordingly re- sumed their business as from yesterday.
REDUCED PACIFIC CABLE BATES.
..
A CURABLE OMPLAINT, Still another aspect is presented by the modern medical opinion that tuberculosis is curable in a large proportion of caNOS, and in nearly all cases which can be p preached in their early stages. The view of many public health authorities is that it should be isolated, provided" communi ties were prepared to supply facilities for sanitarism treatment, but popular pre judice against separating the monitors of families precludes such drastic measures to sex enforced. Had the you g plaintiff for isolation as the extremists would,liky
the right to expect hr. affianeed to wait for her while she was undergoing "eure 4, This may have been another question upon which the jurors differed.
On the whole, the plaintiff probably is fortunate in Leing rid of a prospective husband who loved her so little that he was willing to abandon her in ber time of strrus. Yet to hold this would be to AMERICAN
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compensation for breach of promise in any instance Thore are a good many cosiderable reduction in cable rates men who would have only been stimulated across the Pacific will come into effect on to constancy by a tragedy such as the September 1st. The reduction will be effecpigintiff is lucky to have seen her lover London, case depicts. Probably the fair tive on both inward and outward messages in his true colours before.it was too late. and will reduce existing rates by approxi. But the law and the thies and the He was at best a fair-weather friend.
mately 20 per cent.
romance and the eugenics of the affair are. The decision was made public by Clar-bopplessly mixed." It is no wonder twelv
ordinary citizens were unable to reach a ence H. Mackay, president of the Com-slution, mercial Cable Telegraph Lines, who stated that, beginning September 1st, the rate on cable" messages from San Francisco ta Maally-would be reduced from 1 to 50 cents qu word; from San Francisco to Chine, frum 31:10 to 58 cents a word, and from San Francisco to Japan, from 1.1 to ko cents a word.. These last two reduei tions, he said, were contingent on propof tionate reductions in terminal charges in "Japan and China, which were expected.
Mr. Mackey said: It is the policy of our system to reduce rates whenever possible. Pric to the laying of our
enbles across the Pacific Ocean the rate
WOMEN AS JUSTICES.
In the House of Loris on June 25th the batices of the Peace (Qualification of On the motion that the bill he passed. Women) Bill was read a third time.
Lord Strachte moved an amendinent to the effect that no woman be appointed a Justice of the Peace who had not attained the age of 30 years. He argued that in pleasant cases it was not desirable that Young unmarried women should adjudi- ente. As to the argument that this would create an inequality in the sexes, the former practice of appointing young men of 21 or 22 as Justices of the Peace had
into distetude. Beauchamp
considered it unfor- that at a time when they were try turate from São Francisco to Manila was $1.47 ing to sweep away the barriers between
a word. Ik will now be 80 cents a word. the two sexes an attempt should be made to create this one. He ad complete con- Likewise the rates from San Francisco to fidence in the Advisory Committeer, who, Chias and Japan were, respectively, 1..2 he was quite sure, would not recommend and $1.88 a word. These rates. will now
Exe. 85 cents a word,
women,
the appointment of cost that hope
The Lord Chancellor
that the Roble lord would not consider it Decessary to carry the amendment to
In view of the fact that the Pacific division. If the bill became law, he was
cable is a long and costly cable to main tain and operate, we think the public will appreciate these liberal reductions. These roduced rates will not yield more than a reasonable return, especially when the
in posle net sanction
possession of such information that
the
appointment of large numbers of women justires. "It would be impossible because of the fact that, speaking generally, the
Bench fully manned. In these circum
very
fitness, and
WAS
traffic gets back to normal conditimis. We states women who aspired to be justices. honcur as and when believe that trade between America and vacancies occurred: Young women of 25 HALF A CENTURY HEPUTATIONS the Far East will develop sufficiently to years of age would have to satisfy the justify these reductions. Delays on the Advisory Committees of their exceptional Pacino cable have been heavy, but not na to, de Liguvenant and the Lord Chan would also have to satisfy heavy as the delays on linea between the Europe and the Far East, which in con- cellor. It they were able to satisfy all sequence of interruptions and congestions these person they would be rather remark and the closing of telegraph stations viable young women, who would be conceiy- Germany and Russia cause delays often ably a welcome addition to the Bench. amounting to from two weeks to a month. (Laughter.) As long as he occupied the
position of Lord Chancellor Wo art confident that the delays on need fear that there would be any inva
no noble lord our Pacific cable will disappear upon the sion of the Bench by women of 25 return of normal conditions. If it turno On a division the amendment was car out that the traffic warrants a second tried, and the motion that the bill be cable we shall promptly lay it."
passed was carried.
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