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LIMITED.
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...sailing on or about 30th Sept.) - **KENDAL CASTLE"
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FIUME having been re-opened for traffic, carge is also accepted for this port on through Bill of Lading,
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SINGAPORE, PENANG 4 COLOMBO.
miling End of August
"TRIESTE "
FOR SHANGHAI.
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NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS.
Sailing from Colombo to South African Parts:- "UMVOLOSI”.
sailing on or abons 30th Sept. from Colombo
sailing the beginning of Bept. 12. "UMONA"
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NIPPON YUSEN
KAISHA
BATLIERS FROM MUNGKINO SUYBURGS TO ARTHRAXIS.
OUR LONDON LETTER.
THE POWERS AND THE FAR EAST PROBLEMS.
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KING GEORGE AND THE U.S. AMBASSADOR.
(TROM ONE OWN CORRESPONDENT-]
Losnor, July 14th.
TUESDAY,
AUGUST 2320, 1991
is not fassable, as the programme for this is already well advanced. But the Prince will have at least a couple of months' rest from public.
engagements before he sets out of what must be an exacting tour in say circumstanOOS Everyone admires the Prince o
of Wales; and his genial personality, which is ro miniscent of his grandfather," King Edward the Seventh, coupled with his devotion to the thities inseparable from his high position have' won" "for him a unique place in the hearts of all his coun- trymen wherever they may chance to lie. BETTER LABOUR OUTLOOK.
of
INDO-CHINA
STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. LIMITED,
SAILINGS, SUBJECT TO ALTERATION
HAIPHONG vì FOTROW
"LOWRANG **.
SHANGHAI&TIENTSIN VIR SWATOW " YUSANG"
CHUNSANG"
*YATSHING"
YUENBANG”
BANGKOK via SWATOW ... STRAITS & CALCUTTA ... MANILA
SANDAKAN
YANNIS
Wod. Sith Aag., 8 m Wed..
Seth Aug, 10 3.5. Thurs. 25th Aag, Noon. Thura. 5th Aug, 3pm. Pri 26th Aug.. 3.P.M. Noon. 37th Aug.. Sat.
18th Aug.. San
Noon. SHANGHAI via SWATOW "CHOYSANG....
19th Aug. Noon -SHANGHAI VI SWATOW "KWONGSANG CALCUTTA LINE: This Line affords regular callings to Calcutta, Penang and Singapore, returning from Calendte steamers proosodi via Struita and Hongkong to Japan, ocassionally calling at Shanghai All "beamers bare excellent passenger accomod fitted with Biestrie Light and Fans and carry a fully
THE HISTORIC U.S. STEP
Mr. Garvin, the versatile editor of the Obatryer, gives a most interesting account of the origin of President Hard:
The changed and changing attitude of ing's famous invitation to the principal | Labour towards questions of hours and Allied Powers-Great Britain, Frances wages was brought out in the proceedings Italy and Japan-to confer with the at the Newcastle Conference of the United States over this question of National Union of Railwaymen. Tha limitation of armaments and Far East fact emerged that there will be no trouble problems. It seems that the project as between the Union and the Companies was almost shipwrecked owing to lack when de-control takes effect next month. of co-ordination "between the Foreign This assumes, of course, that no blander Office and Downing Street, and of lack is made in the meantime by "railway of insight into American political con managere The position is that the men's Unions have come to a firm agreement ditiona
There has never been the slightest with the Companies in regard Le futur SHANGHAI LINE: S doubt about Mr. Lloyd George's desire methods of dealing with questions for the fullest and freest consultation ages and conditions of service. with the United States on the subject, all matters of & centroversial character
çlaborate machinery for treating |
LINE: and this feeling has been shared by the
agreement includes Dominion Premiers now in London. This
specibe undertaking that most is HAIPHONG LINE: desire had, in fact, been expressed by
be declared
until every step towards the Prime Minister himself and by Lord amicable settlement has been taken as BORNEO LINE: Lee on behalf of the Admiralty. But the outlined in the agreement. This is Foreign Office had been on the point of decidedly an advance along the road taking the wrong turning, The Prime which leads towards, industrial peace in Minister, as duly announced, was to in the future. When it is recalled that less form the House of Commons that he was than three months ago the N.U.R. were TIENTSIN very hopeful of being able to make some one of the partners in the Triple Alli definite statement on the Preific problem, ance with the miners it is evident that BANGKOK but, he added this would depend upon greas progress has been made in the right replies received from the United States, direction. "Japan, and China."
is to
ALS
There
work
THE PASSION FOR ECONOMY.
There is no doubt that the Government ÞA RIFT WITHIN THE LUTK.
Here was the little rift within the are now thoroughly alarmed at the fia- lute tha, spreading slowly, would haveancial position of the country, which has silenced all. It will be readily under-been accentuated by the miners' stoppage. stood that the United States Government As sometimes happens in such cases, a could not have usefully entered into species of panic has seized hold of, the any Conference as a result of British official mind. In many directions suggestion. In the first place, it would is being stopped-the provision of
accommodation,
for instance have been derogatory to Mr. Harding's the ultimate cost will be heavier than if position. In the second place, as we are the jobs in hand were finished without the Allies of Japan under a Treaty delay. There has been a complete change of policy. Instead of spending as though taxes came out of a bottomless purse. the Government are cutting out schemes to which they were solemnly pledged.
cently explained as operative for a other twelve months, any suggestion from our side might have seemed to many critics in Americs to be merely a move in the interests of Japan. In short, the whole project of a Conference on the Anglo-Japanese Alliance pact, China, disarmament, the Pacife problem, and all related subjects would bave come to nothing..
THE KING'S. PART.
This was the position, it appears, up to the day before that, on which the
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BEATTLE & VICTORIA or VANCOUVER vis Manila, Keelung, Prime Minister was to make bis eagerly or later this would have to be done, he
Shanghai & Japan porta
--Cargo to Ovaziand Pointe US, in connection with Great Northern Korabern Pacifc and Chlongo, 10wankos à 82. Pazi Bailwaya. FUSHIKI MABU (Shanghai direct) ...
KATORI HARU
KASHIMA MARU
(omitting Manila)'
JUWA MARU (Nagsanki direct)
Wednesday, 24th Aug, at 11 am
9th Sept, at 11 am.
ith Ock, "at 11 am, 29th Oct., at 11 a.m.
Friday, Tuesday, Saturday,
MANILA
4!
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approximately every ive days between Canton and Shanghal, sometimes calling at So Through tickets can be obtained and through Bill of Lading are issued to all Northern and Yang tare Parts via Shanghai. - -A weekly service is
with Manila by vessels with good maintained
from both ports every Friday.. accommodation, sailings Sallingproximately rods for pasengers and cargo, cailing at Hollow when inducement offers Fortnightly sailings to and from Bandakan by two 5,000 ton steamers 8. HINSANG" and a "YANNIS" both stearners having excellent parenger accommodation Cargo tak 40 through Bula of Lading for Kudat, Jesselton, Labuan, Tawag LINE-A regular service is run from March to November betwea
Hongkong and Tientsin, calling at Welhalwed and Chefbo LINE-A weekly service is provided between Hongkong and Bangkok, via Swatow, by four teamers fitted with up-to-date passenger accommodation.
and had Data and
CALCUTTA
LINE
.4. “YATSHING" will be despatched on or about Thursday, 25th Aug., at 3 p.m., for SINGAPORE, PENANG
& CALCUTTA,
Through Bills of Lading issued to RANGOON, PORT SWET- TENHAM, MADRAS and DUTCH EAST INDIES.
For Freight for Passage apply to-
THONNO 215.
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Jardine. Matheson & Co., Ltd.
GENERAL MANAGERS.
It has required a
a good deal of courage for Ministers to agree to "shoot Niagara to alter their plans, and break the beauti ful promises they freely made at the last Still it has to be General Election. done. Without in the least intending it, this miners forced the Prime Minister and his colleagues to abandon their pro- gramme of social reforms. The student of affairs must have foreseen that sconer expected announcement in Parliament. cause the country could not stand the But in the evening it happened that the cost; what the miners did was to pre- State Ball was held at Buckingham ciuitate the in the ut Palace in honour of the King and
fact is that the utmost limits of Queen of the Belgians. In the midst of taxation have been reached, and the this pageant af splendour, which re Chancellor of the Exchequer must lie nights wondering how those called pre-war days, the King and the wake o American Ambassador-who are known hundreds of millions are to be raised to be on very friendly personal terms about which Mr. Chamberlain, used to with each other found means to have a talk so airily in his financial sperches last year. Even the most diligent of tax- it, was certainly earnest and could not collectors cannot get money from private have been unimportant. Anyway, it is individuals or as profits from. trade if the to be noted that the Prime Minister's money is not there. words about replies from the United
In sections of the Press the abandou- States" were omitted from Hansard's report of his speech in Parliament and ment of great schemes that were heralded withdrawn from official existence. The with burish of trumpets by leading U.K.-STRAITS. CHINA & JAPAN SERVICE. situation became as though the words politicians is attributed to the impossi had never been uttered, and the waybility of making State enterprise as re- gards businesa success. Probably this was cleared for President Harding. His is true; but I rather think the Govern initiative was neither anticipated norment would have persisted in their vari ous forms of activity if they dared. prejudiced.
There were the strongest motives for doing so. All Governments love power--. including the power ic meddle with trade
LONDON & ANTWERP ris Singapore, Penang. Colombo, Suez conversation which. "as Mr. Garvia puts
Port Baid and Marseilles.
SAD MARU
KITANO MABU
, INABA MAHU...
Friday,
Friday,
Friday,
'2nd Bapt., at 11 am- 16th Sept, så là s.m. 306b Sept. at 11 a.m.
Wednesday, 24th August
HAMBURG, LONDON & ROTTERDAM
"TOTTORI MARU...
LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW & MARSEILLES.
LISBON MARU
Second half of Sept.
MELBOURNE & SYDNEY, vis Manila, Zamboanga, Thursday
Island, Townsville & Brisbane..
NEW YORK VIA PANAMA.
20th Sept, 11 a.š. 18th Oct., at 11 mm.
TANGO MARU...
NIKKO MABU
Tuesday." Tuesday,
TAKAOKA MAKU via Suez.
Monday,
29th Aug
SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS via CAPE,
·KANAGAWA MARU
*
BOMBAY & COLOMBO via Singapore.
TAMBA MAKU
Friday,
... Monday,
CALOUTTA " & BANGOON via Singapore &
YEBOSHI MARU NAGATO MARU
TH
16th September
5th Sept.
Penang. Tuesday, 30th Aug. Monday, 12th Sept.
Friday, 10th Sept.,. ab 11
JAPAN PORTS—Nagasaki, Kobe & Yokohama.
NIKKO MARU
BRANGHAL KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
CEYLON MARU
KAMO MARU.
BENTEN MARU
Thursday, Thursday," Tuesday,
25th: Ang...
1st Sept, at I am. 8th Sept.
This, believe, may be regarded as the story of the way the Fresident's in vitation came to be actul meer ous proposal. The King's tactful inter- vention made the invitation possible.
MR. DE VALERA IN LONDON.
stanco.
FAILURE OF STATE ENTERPRISE,
industry-and it is human nature that bureaucracy should strive to main- tain the system which ensures good posï- programme has been torn up. The State has got out of many activities, and soon the schemes still remaining on hand will- ibe left alone.
The miners are de-controlled; the rail- ways will be free of State interference next month. Housing schemes, so far as the Ministry of Health is concerned, dur at an end, and local authorities all over the Kingdom, who have been building.
abalt. There is to be
further
Govern- those homes for heroes, are told to call ment subsidy for housing. Where schemes are in hand it appears the money to finish the work will have to be raised out of local rates. Again. the subsidy to
It is rather curous that the Americautions to hordes of officers. However, the President's proposal for a Conference that may change the course of history in the Far East should have been made in the same week that raises hopes of a, closer understanding of the Irish problem. The fact that Mra de Valera, the accre dited leader of Sinn Fein. is in London for a Conference with the British Govern ment is really an amazing circum
Nothing could have been unlike the opening of a new act in the irisb drama than his arrival. When he stepped out of the train in Euston a small band of Irishmen, obviously fanatical admirers of the gaunt man in horn-rimmed farmers is to cease after next harvest on spectacles, greeted him with wild enthu the ground that the cost is too great in.
Looking
round, it present circumstances. But there was no dramatic set
is apparent that State control has failed ting. Mr de Valera harried into a off. He appeared to dislike publicity, prise has hitherto been a success, which and thereby lived up to his reputationis masty knock for the Bocialists-
H.B.
SILITIS.
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YAMASHITA KISEN KAISHA.
(THE YAMASHITA S.S. Co. Lro.)
REGULAR FREIGHT & PASSENGER SERVICE
BETWEEN
KEELUNG, HONGKONG & HAIPHONG
Sailing from Hongkong.
FOR HAIPHONG và Pakhot
8.8. "TAIKWA" MARU”,
on or about 1st Sept.
FOR KEELUNG vla Swatow & Amoy
* 8.8. *HOZUI MARU”*:
For further particulars, oloase apply to
Branch Office.
No, 37, Bonham Etrand, Weri,
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on or About Jet Sept.
M.. KOBAYASHI, VANÄÄRIT, Top Floor, King's Building Tel. No. 140.
as a somewhat mysterious and elusive individuni.
་་
The frish President" is swarthy of complexion," and foreign-looking. The large glasses he wears adds to the strangeness of his appearance. His chin recedes towards his neck and conveys an idea of weakness; and he has the NO- stoop and pallor of the student. thing about the Irish lender suggests the man of action. Although born in America, he was brought to Treland when a small child, and was educated in the Irish Catholic schools. Neither' Mr. de Valera nor his companions, are bere as the guests of the British Gov. crnment; as a matter of fact, the Gov- ernment do not know officially where they áre located in London: But all Fleet Street knows they elected to stay at the Grosvenor Hotel, near Victoria Station.
THE PRINCE OF WALES.
Following upon the Prince of Wales' tour in Lancashire, Lord 'Derby, who acted as his host for a mouth, promptly took the public into his confidence on the He asked for a health of the Prince. holiday for His Boyal Highneas till next April, even though this meant cutting out
trip to India autumn. tight after a strenuous day, the Prince was exhausted, and, although he made light of this, it was quite clear to Lord Derby that he was gravely injuring his hearth It has now been wisely decided to cancel all the Prince of Wales' engage- ments till the end of September. The suggestion to abandon the trip to Indis
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10th Oct
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KISEN KAISHA
(KAWASAKI STEAMSHIP Co.)
CAPITAL FAID-UP
President M, Y. Kawinaxı
$20,000,000
Vice-President: Mr. K. MAMUKATA. Managing Director: Mr. MAATA Axi.
The Company has on hand's Large Number of
NEW
CARGO STEAMERS
ALWAYS READY FOR
CHARTERS of all descriptions."
The following are comprised in the Company's Fleet
Eleven steamers of 8,100 tons each deadweight”
And under the Company's Management
Twenty steamers of about 9,100 tons deadweight each. Two steamers of about 6,400 tons deadweight esch. (Belonging to the Kawasaki Dockyard Co, Ltd.)
For Charter Bates and all other particulars apply to the
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