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THE EMPIRE'S FUTURE COLONEL AMERY'S VIEWB Lieutenant-Colonel L. 8. Atty. Under- Secretary of State for, the Colonidių, die cussing with a llorning Poas representa
FRIDAY, JANUÁKY 9TH. 1920.
MISSIONARY CONFERENCE
AT SHẲNGHALT WOMEN'S WORK IN CHINA. Seventy-five prominent women doctors, educators aait social servicu workers in
COLONIAL GOVERNORSHIPS. GERSHOM STEWART'S QUES
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The London correspondent of the Live at the Colonini Uffice the Bost-war
Singapore Free Pren, writing on Nov.in outlook.ür The Empire and the ontlines of tature Imperial policy, had not a mission field of China are meeting a 19th, any moment of gloom or magiving. There similar group of fourteen from America This week Mr. Gershom Sterwart, We thought, such development awaiting the British Empire as would in a conference as the Union Church.M.P.. asked the following question of the make a now record in world
greatness; all Shanghai. The conference, which is Colonial Secretary: - [that was necessary was the wisdom and
Whether seeing that the Colonial Office the courage to size the opportunity offer under the auspices of both the Inter ing, and Liao, he was confident, would church World Movement and the Feders service abroad is to a large extent manned not be lacking. As the Nineteenth Cention of Women's Foreign Boards, is the by gentlemen who have to pass a qualify
of the United States, tury was the rtieth Century prove to so would the
first cension in Oriental mission historying examination entailing a stiff edu- for an inter-denominational deputation rational test, he will my whether, on of experts from America to meet with the entering the survice, there is an implied women of the field.
understanding that such officers have.
be the century of the British Empire He taresaw at its end a British Empire with 200,000,000 white citizens living út a lovel of prosperity tar higher than that of the United states to-day
DISCUSS CO-EDUCATION.
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ING of the above League will be beld in the HONGKONG CRICKET CLUE PAVILLON on THURSDAY, JANUARY 15TH, at 5 P
Clubs interested are requested to send representatives
DR. F. LINDSAY WOODS, Hon. Secretary.
KOWLOON RESIDENTS
ASSOCIATION.
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The civil services of Ceylon, the. Straits Settlements and Malay States and RESIDENTS will be held in the
The conference is divided into seven open to thep the senior appointments in So happy in optimism is refreshing in days when doubt and depression allict commissions; collegiate education, bead- the Colonial service as they fall vacant; ed by President Ellen F. Pendleton of many, especially coming from one of our Wellesley College, who has left her duties if not, will be arrange that all candidates younger statesmen, who can speak with the instructed knowed,e.el wide expert at home for the special purpose of visitare so informed before becoming engulfed ence of the Empire, and whose recording mission schools; secondary education, in a service with little or no outlook in political life is ene of courage without presided over by miss Charlotte H rashness
Conant, principal of Walnut Hill School and will be say how many governors and Frefacing his attements that he wished at Natick, Massachusetts; social service, administrators are `now serving under to express a personal, rather than an honded by Miss Ernestine Friedman, the Colonial Office, and how many of official, view, Colonel Amery mid- social service expert for the American
I would watsurd to doubt the future national, board of the F.W.C.A. ad- these gentlemen have entered the service of the Emping, which has been tried semination, under the direction of Miss through competitive examination, thoroughly in these past five years. What Valliascott, meretary of the Ameri-1
To this the Colonial Secretary's reply wo have learned of the spirit and re
Can Baptist Women's Board of Foreign sources of the Empire makes any attitude fissions; medical, ander Dr. Gertrude was as follows:--- but that of the optimist unreasonable."
A Walker, a noted eye specialist and IMPERIAL RECONSTRUCTION
member of the faculty of the Philadle "You ask me what lines Imperial:
phia Women's Medical College; Chris construction should follow. Let me deine
tian literature, under Miss Amelia Jose Hongkong are largely staffed by cadets what mean by Imperial Reconstruction. I do not mean the mere making good of Phine Burr, author and poet; and reli- selected by open competitive examination. war waste and war damage; going back gious education, under Miss Belen to do you were, i mban setting up a new Colder, secretary for the women's mission With certain exceptions, which include and a cister standard of establisning for board of the Congregational Church, the Governorships and Colonial Secre- a vastly greater white population We have at present conditions of living. Each day of the conference is devoted pendencias, are filled by selection from the baryships, the senior posts in these de such as will be better than any existing to a special subject, recommendations in the world to-day better housing, better being presented by each commission and cadet officers. There is no other implied public benith conditions, better education, discussed by the entire body. The com- understanding as regards the prospects better wages for industry. do not see why we should not have within the Ersion on collegiate education will take of these officers; and in Lord Milner's pire before the close of the tentary "P, among other topics, the advisability 500.000.000 white citizens at a level of of co-education in China, the number of opinion, and that of previous Secretaries prosperity far above that of the mass of women's colleges needed, the wisdom o of State, it would not be possible, with the population in the United States to sending Chinese girls to America for out grave injustice to officers of the stil! day. And what I say of raising the level sady, and means or supplying the great larger services of other Colonies, and of our white population by mutual co demand for property trained teachers. operation in Imperial development The medical commission is concerned with without unduly narrowing the field of applies no less to raising the standard problems of admission requirements to selection, to lay it down that these of of welfare of the less advanced peoples medical schools, increase of facilities for ficers, who have good prospects in the and races for whom we are responsible as training, the question of whether courses civil services of their own trustees. The means are at hand. It is a should be given in English or Chinese, should also have a preferential claim to matter of wisely using them. We are in and the best avenues of service open to every respect in a better position than the young woman physician. The ad
Governorships and similar senior, op was the United States on the eve of its ministration cotamission will study the pointments, there and elsewhere. great development, with far greater and problems of the women misionaries them ions and three Military Governorships, Apart from the self-governing Domin- more varied resources, turritory, pupus selves the need for higher salaries, more the number of Governorships and Ad development of the frequent Turloughs, and better equipment ministratorships in the Colonial Service British
.io "proportion
for Work On Sunday afternoon, an open United States was developed would give meeting will be held at Maryies Hall to may be atated as 35, some of which, of all that I have said and more • Park
which Chinese women, students are tags to officers from the Eastern Colonias. `course, would “afford to financial Advan- And the method What is of the the importantese do you think
invited, attach Tay fourteen members from America Four of these posta nainely the Governor Ars
have been touring the Orient in small Islands and Weihaite are filled by ships of Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Leeward
Taking material things first
the greatest importance.
the development of
Colonies,
MEETING of KOWLOON
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ROOM, CITY HALL on TUESDAY, JANUARY 20T-, at 5.15 PM for the purpose of inaugurating the “Kow- goa Residents Aciation, the principal object of which is the betterment of consi- tions of 1 residence in Kowloon and the
Gentlemen, interested in the movement are adjacent territories
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The Empire must be developed 115/roups-for the past several months, inofficers who'originally entered the public d
with shipping lines and railway
IMPERIAL SHIFFING
the Unity has been con-ed both to the Inter-church World Move are held by ooers who have been acted
3.
order to have frit-hand view of the pervios as junior officers in the Eastern blems to be discussed. The recommend dations of the conference will be forward dependencies. Of the remaining 31, 95 "In the sidered, and
a the greatest of ment and the Women's Federation of from other branches of the Colonial Ser- 's industries. It was Foreign Mission Boards, but final action vice outside the Eastern dependencies re- considered to be worth lustering for the will be in the hunda of the boards themferred to " trade it brought and for the addition it selves, the conference being only an House to-day, and it is clear that he feels I saw Mr. Gershon Stewart at the made to our fin visible exporteNow advisory body, partly na; the lesson of the war, we have, a new conception of shipping we can ace it, as part of the newssary: framework
of the Impering structurz. A courageous JAPAN" AND THE CURRENCY development inter-Imperial transport
THE DEVALUED YEN.
The index number
Very strongly on the subject. His point of view is that if we are to have jobbery infilling these most desirable posts in the Civil Service, let us say so openly. He was very indignant at the suggestion is the arst great misterial tank of Imperial
that Bierra Leone. The Leeward Islands statesmanship today From purely
and Weihaiwei are desirable governorships. United Kingdom point of view the in-
of prices for He contends that when anything is worth terest in shipping used to be in the divi-November compiled by the pass of Japan going which ought to fall to the Colonial dende brought in and it was not shows an average increase material
any, Chile
and argentina or between, Canada and England. But June, 1914.
shipping - part of the Empire's.
Over 200 Civil Berrion. the Home Government:
trading between British shipping, Was per cent, as compared with the prices of always picks out some candidate of their
It means that Y.100 in that own whom they want to reward for ser-.: month now worth less than Y.33. Prices vices rendered in this country, and pro
United Kingdom houid: bave instill continue to advance, and it has mote him to the vacant post. They only
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JAPAN'S LOSS ON EXCHANGE
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first place, its duty as a means Im- become all the more necessary that the do this though, when the job is a very perial development. I do not mean that Government should take effective steps to good one. If there is anything of a anything should be done to discourageThe deflation of currency, restriction the Colonial Civil Service.
regulation prices, saya the Jiji
second rate nature, it is always left for British trade between, foreign ports, but that the firit, task of British shipping of exports and encouragement of im- Possibly the Government do not realise should be to provide adequate and abun-portation are calculated to bring down that there is strong opinion on this whole dant transport between every point of the price, continues the Jiji, but it will be question, and unless greater discrimina Empire.
I regard that as an essential, a considerable time before such measures tion is shown to the Members of the corollary and complement to the policy can produce any appreciable effect, so Colonial Civil Service the matter will be of Imperial Preference by means of that the authorities should fix the official raised prominently in the House duties, which, I rejoice to think, has now prices of necessities as an emergency mea
I am bound to add that Sir Lawrence at last been formally and finally recognis-kurre.
Guillemard is criticised, not because he is ed in our fiacal system
not a good man, but because he comes "Imperial shipping should be supple the drop in the value of pound sterling of Colonial matters.
Perhaps the greatest damage due to can have obtained no expert knowledge from the Customs and Excise, where he mented by Imperial railway development. Here, I think, the United Kingdom has been sustained by the Bank of Japan Government might take a lesson from the so far as Japan is concerned.
To-day Mr. Stewart returned to the As attack with the following question: Dominion Governments, and strive to matter of fact, its loss is estimated st apply their standards of railway develop Y.30,000,000. The Japanese Government for the Colonies, whether the recent ap To ask, the Under Becretary of State ment to those parts of the Empire which holds a large amount of gold in London,pointment of a senior official of the Home The Dominions and the pictate and its loss due to the decline in British Civil Service to that cake Coldcial un to the
had built exchange may be even larger than that governorship is an indication that the 100,000 miles of railways, while the total time the Japanese Government has larg officer in the Colonial service capable of war, something like of the Bank of Japan, but at the same Government consider that they have no outbreak of of the railways in the Crown Colonics credits in Great Britain, and if the gain filling ach an appointment; and whe and Protectorates was only 3,700 miles in exchango over these accounts in Whereas in the Dominions there was against the Icas due to the sold hother, if, as at present obtains, Colonial mile of railway for every 20 inhabitants, London, the actual loss of the Govern and military departments, End also Appointment are open to the naval in the Crown Colonies and Protectorates ment will be insignificant, says the to there was only a mile of railway for Yomiuri. In conclusion the paper says he could arrange
Home Government departments, every 7,700 inhabitants Making all
for some inter- allowances for the older settlement of the at the present experience has taught a chargeability" between the Colonial Dr. Ferdinand Kors. 40 Dominions, and for the higher average of Rood lesson to Japan, that it is very dan-service
and Home departments No white population in the Dominions, gerous for her to make ber gold held in that the authorities at Home should think that the disparity is so great na to London is part of her gold reserve against get to know their own Colonial officials show that we have not been opening up our Crown Colonies and Protectorates, as
personally and so, afford their Colonial officials, it deprived of the prizes of we should have done, and that a bolder policy would justify itself We have We, the Empire, should take in hand the tion from the severe climates that they
their own service,, at least some relaxa thought of our duty in the Crw development of the Crown Colonies and have to live in by being granted periods MEAL.meather in the light of just keeping responsibility, the interest, of all of us,ments in England.
Colonies and Protectorates, it seems to the Protectorates. It is the business, the of service in Home Government depart law and order, not in the light of adive Equal participation in carrying out the progressive development. Les perhaps development and governance of the less hon'ble friend will not draw any such in P. Hermeling .........
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