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LONDON, July 3rd. Presiding at the annual meeting of the Indian Ten Association, Mr. Gernid Kingsley stated that the association's enquiries; showed no indication of any
tox. producing country resorting to course plucking, and therefore the aggregate cropa are not likely to be absermal. According to the estimates ther would
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certainly be less than the average crops MILITARY OPERATIONS AQIENST | Orpen Sanders, the Colonial Secretary world were in their keeping-then they to emmine the reports of cases before the did not think there was a lesson which
AMERICA'S COAL SUPPLY,
AUSTRALIA TO HELP.
to
SUN'S SYMPATHISERS. REINFORCEMENTS FOR GENERAL
CHEN.
Pix huly 24th." Advices from Hanków state that the
Kiangxi.
TUNG KANG'S RESIGNATION NOT
ACCEPTED,
PEXING July 3rd.
In response to Tung Kang's third resignation, a mandate grants him five days' leave and prints out that he must resume the Ministership of Finance when his leave expires.
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had been extraordinarily powerful, and, in addition, it had been full of persons jealousies, thwarting and hindering all it might have done. In spite of its best teachers, Labour had ant risen, the least in the narrowest sinar. above the narrow point of view of class But he did not think there was occasion to despair, for the relative failure of Labour was just the sort of relative failure out of which something better may aria. There was no doubt that Labour itself felt the posi
Mr. James M. Deck, Solicitor-General CATHEDRAL.
of the United States, had an enthusiastic reception, when, as so honorary Bencher References have been made in the Press
Addressing a gårsd-night meeting of.. ༥" Yesterday morning at St. John's Cathe of Gray's inn, en June 13th, he visited
to the rule that Sovereign States enjoy, by members of Too H. (Talbot House) at ENCE AT HONOLULU, «
dral a memorial service was held to the historie Hali of the fan to deliver the camity of nations, immunity from the the society's Mark 1. House, 23, Queen's the first of a series of three lectures on jurisdiction of the Municipal Courts of gate-gardens, S.W., on June 14th, Bishop CHINESE CHAMBERS INVITED.
the late Rear Admiral John Dumaresq"The Nature of American Institutions other States. The cause of the reference Gora drew a gloomy picture of the after- PEKING, July 9th C.B. C.V.. Commodore Commanding and Their Bearing on International Be has been the admitted insbility of His war situation. The Duke of Devonshire Majesty's Judges to attach so-called public the new president of the society, occupied Representatives of the Chinese Cham-the Australian Navy, who died at Manila Lord Balfour, who presided, said Mr. ships раба orders for the pay- the chair.
Beck was known to the English public ment by
States of maritime debts, Bishop, Gore, who spoke on The duty Among those present were HE the and to English readers as the author who, although the ships which contrant them of patieüce and impatience with the pre- bers of Commerce have been invited to
Officer Administering the Government our langungo, contributed statement Court of Appeal in England declined to disappointments which had follows or perhaps more than any other writer in aro simply traders, Cuita recently the sont conditions," said that among thủ attend the conference of Chambers of
Mr. Clani Severu, C.M.G.) accompanied of the Allied cause in the Great War award salvage against the Government of the war had been what was called the Commerce at Honolulu in October. The
which produced effects far beyond the Government has accepted the insitution, by Mrs, severn; Mrs. Bullock, and bis cuntry in which, it was written, and in Portugal, one of whose commercial abips Labour movement. That movement and had been rendered important services by had an extraordinary opportunity, and and astracted the Ministry of Com-private secretary (Mp. A. Dyer Ball), which it was published. merce to bring the runtter under the HE. Major-General Sir John Fowler, cheers, said they were to consider one mony with a long line of cases, and conscious that it had failed to take it. Mr. Beck, who was received with British sailors. This decision is in has he thought ite best friends were the inost attention of the Chambers and to make K. C... who was accompanied by his of the supremely great achievements of they can only be ororridden by Parlia- That result had been partly due, ha the necessary arrangements.
A.D.C. (Capt. C. S. Fisher), Commodore the English-speaking race. If England ment or weakened by treaties with parti thought, to the great ability and the dan and Mrs. Grace. Lieut.-Col and Mrs. coming time--and the destinies of the of International Law it is often important fionaries in the Labour movement.
anil America were to act together, in the cular States. When considering questions gerous energies of the destructive revolu
(The Hon. Mr. A. G. M. Fletcher, must know each other better, and to Supreme Court of the United States. was more clearly written in history tha harvested in the years 1015-19 inclusive. If
this end, they must take a greater in Dealing with the general principle under that of the disastrous character of bloody C.M.G.)... dieut. Malleson, V.Cterest in each other's history. (Cheers.) review the Judges of that great tribunal revolutions. It might be inevitable, but the estimates were correct, and the world's
Mr. H. J. Timperley, one of the joint Americans had never lacked interest in observed: One Sovereign, being in no so far as he knew revolution had always consumption remained the same dz laat
honorary secretaries, represented the English history; for however broad the respect amenable to another, and being produced reaction, under which there stream of their national life, how could bound by obligations of the highest occurred exactly that which the revolutiou year, it meant that twelve months henes
© ExActive Service Men's Association. ??
they ignore its chief sourcet But was they would start the new seison with a
character not to degrade the dignity of was supposed to be going to prevent. The Res, V. H. Copley Moyle conduct there" in England an equal interest in
his nation by placing himself or its And that lesson stood written in the his. very much smaller stack than at present.rst Chihli brigade arrived at Hankowe the service, assisted by the Rev. B. the history of Amerien, whose origin and
Th dramatic and significant dramas ever another, can be supposed to The Vice-Chairman. Mr. W. A. Bain, July 20th. from Yochast, and has tes, Crole Rees, N., who read the development constituted one of the most sovereign rights within the jurisdiction of tory beth of France and of Russia.
Bolshevik forces in the Labour «movereni atated that the gathered Ceylon crop was been ordered to Kinkiang, obviously with lesson, the Rev. J. Holman, who read played upon the stage of this wide and foreign territory only under an express not likely to excred 171,000,000 lbs., Java the intention of strengthening General the prayers, and the Rev. M. W. Shewell, universal theatre of man" How many license, or in the confidence that the im ednésted Englishmen had studied that munities belonging to his independent at the little known chapter of American history sovereign station, though not expressly and Sumatra 80,000,000 lbs., and China Chen Chiung Ming in his demonstration C.F. Mr. Denman Fuller was
which gave to the progress of mankind stipulated, are reserved by implication and 10,000,000 lbs., so allowing for the Indian against Sun Yat Sen's sympathisers in organ..
a contribution to political science which will be extended to him. Palm and hymus 49 and 597 Gladstone praised as the greatest ever expedience of this doctrine in the case of The justice and erop at 330,000,000 Iba, the total output
sung, and appropriate prayers offered.strock off at a given time by the brain war, and other truly public, ships can would be 400,000,000 lbs., ngwinst a total
As the conclusion of the service the and purpose of man." If prace has hardly be questioned One is unable to world requirement of 840,000,000
organist played the Dead March in her victories, no less renowned than calmly visualise the detention by a foreign "Saul" and the congregation continaedar." this achievement might well justify Power of a British ship of war, which buy their study and awaken their admiration; $40,000,000 lbe.
to stand in silence while the "Last for it was the work of the English have been salved or repaired, merely on the Post" was sounded by a bugler of the speaking race, of men who, shortly be ground that the Captain could not instantly tion profoundly, but there was a tone of Marines stationed in
fore they entered upon this great work settle the bill or discharge the claim. But cynicism and disillusionment which was the Cathedral of Constructive statecraft, were citizens if a Government ship assumes the character most disappointing to the best hopes that porch,
of the British Empire. While the Con of a trader, general convenience of mankind were entertained of the movement by those stitution of the United States was very scams to require that she should be subject who wished it well. much more than an adaptation of the to the orditary process of the Courts.” It If they looked at the opposite.group of British Constitution, yet its underlying | is probable that this is the conclusion at classes, there again, he thought, the posi- spirit was that of the British-speaking which the jurists of the world will ulti-tien had been profoundly disappointing. race and the Common Law,
mately arrive. The American Courts have | The talk about Brotherhood which they all held that an action in rem will lie to board'nd nacizam during the war had Another reason made the consideration recover salvage from a ship under charter indisputably come to very little. He of the subject not only interesting but to a foreign Government, if, at the time could not doubt that there was it vast. opportune. These are the times that of the seizure, she was not actually in deal to justify the intense Enbour suspi A strange mardor" was committed try men's souls. It was a time of sift the public service or in the possession of cion that a large proportion of employers Sunday afternoon near Kowloon city. Aing, when men of all nations in civilization an officer of the Government. Thus the were out to smash the unions in the were again testing the value even of those question of the actual possession of the moment of, their weakness. He listened Young Chinese couple were walking on political institutions which had the sape Government is the touchstone to apply, to the talk of the well-to-do classes, and the Sung Wong Toi hill when the man. tion of the past. Society was in a state and what constitutes such possession has he did not see the slightest improvement of flux. Everywhere the foundations of become a question of great importance in the way of an attempt really to realise mploy of the British-American Governmental structures seemed to be in consequence of the practice followed what it was that lay behind the Labour, Tobacco Company, named Wong Yu Sut, settling, and when the seismic convulsion by nationa at war, of utilising merchant movement. For example, he did not, see was attacked by four tuen and stabbed to of the world war was taken into account ships locally within their jurisdiction. If the slightest tendency to recognise that death in the presence of his companion. While the stud not wholly subsided, it eminent domain or of any pop or the whole industrial system was very much it was not surprising that this was 30, State, in the exercise of the right of what lay at the heart of the desire for some profound and revolutionary change in -WILS natural that everywhere thoughtful priates a trading-ship for the purpose of we were taking their reckonings as truo sending her to a named port for a certain more than a question of a particular level cargo and retarging with it, but places no wise enough to make oce a pessimist.. IT
of wage. The situation abroad was like- their arrival, however, the gang of whether the frail bark of human institu- Government officer on board, she is, in did not think he ever could have believed the German Government will undertak" win over Taui Chung-bsun to the com-
the United tates at any rate, affected by that a Europe which still, in some senses, tions was still sufficiently seaworthy to to carry out the measures mentioned in promise idea, but he exhorts Kinngsi fortunate young man, though not dead, dence of weakness in the international Judges have gone further. Their doctrine content, knowing what was known, and murderers had vanished and the upkeep afloat. Moreover, the patent ev the ordinary maritime liens. The French called itself Christian could have been the Committee's memorandum for the nationals in Peking not to let the matter did a minute after the arrival of the organization that we called civilization is that no imunity can be claimed by a having the powers which it once had, to
drop but do urge the fovernment tp con- | police.
the imperative need of eading the spirit trading ship whether her owners be Sove sit inert and watch the gradual extirpe tiune its compromise plan" "?" od
of moral anarchy, and the urgent neces reign. States or private persous. sity of rebuilding the shattered rains of doctrine is the justification for the pro Minor.. That movement amounted now
Such tion of the great populations of Asi the social edifice on surer foundations by the integration of the nations, if possible, phecy above-made na to the final shape of to something approaching two millions. into sque new forms of world organizate am The genesis of the detrine in It had been deliberately organised, and the top of the hill, when four men
tion, gave peculiar interest in these traceable to the decision of the tribuns! there was no sigs of itz ceasing. That suddenly apprired from behind a large critical days to the manner in which the at the Hague, in 1720, which is reported Europe, with its power, and with finan houlder at this mouth of a eave and American people suived a similar prob by Bynkershoek and the cause of the cial control over Turkey, should have trenties known as "De Foro. Legatorum." stood by and see that happen weg some asked what they were doing there. The lem more than a century ago.
Then, as now, a world war had ended. It appears that the Envoy Extraordinary thing which, he thought, the world would murdered mag replied they were taking Then, as now, half the world was pros of the Duke of Holstein engaged in trade look back upon as setting the certain The Secretary of the US Navy and walk. "Without more ado, the strang-trated by the wounds of fraticidal strife, and then rought to leave Holand without stamp of "doem upon our generation. M. Denby witnessed a baseball matchers set upon the young man, at the same As Washington said: "The whole world discharging his debts. An application Nevertheless, there was a great deal to encourage, and many were resolved that Yesterday, afternoon between the U.S.S.time telling hint he had no business to be
good should conquer. (Cheers.) Huron and Shanghai, in which the latter there, Knives were produced and the won by 'to' 2. In the evening a recep-
was stabbed. The frightened girl tion was held at the Bureau of Foreign ran down the hillside. Affairs, at which Mr. Deaky was wel- There were two stab wounds in the comed by Commissioner Esu Yuan
body, one on the left side of the neck and the other underneath the left shoulder. A short distance away from the scene of the murder a dagger was found.
SAN FRANCISCn, July 24th. A score of vessels' have been chartered -Lo bring coal from Australia. The ship- owners report that chartering vesars for Coal has made it difficult to obtain tos- wage for the north west wheat crop.
"EARLIER CABLES,
THE GERMAN. MORATORIUM. SI¿PREME COUNCIL'S RESOLUTION TO BE CARRIED OUT.
BERLIN. July 27vel.
PEACE EFFORTS IN KIANGSI.
MURDER" NEAR KOWLOON CITY.
CHINESE KILLED IN THE PRESENCE
PERING. July 23rd. The efforts of Hsu Yuan-hao and Gra- eral Orang Wa to bring about a com- promise between Li. Lich-chun and Tsai Uhung-hatin seem to have raded in failure, Hsu Yann-hao telegraphs that he is tear.
att ing for Shanghai, adding that he has
veerived an informal communication fron
OF WOMAN COMPANION,
on
A TESTING TIME.
Replying to the President of the GuarLi Lich chun indicating at the latter anters Committee, the Imperial Chin is ready for any reasonable compromise | The terrified gir! Hed to Kowlooh where the waves had not wholly subsided, it cellor says that, despite the heavy whereby fighting might lp avoided. Han she reported the matter to the police and burdens thereby imposed-upon Germany. | feared, however, that is was imposible to led a party of pulice to the spot. On mariners to know where they were and
"duration of the moratorium,
The German Government assumes that Lau Sovoreignty of the Reich will be pre- served, that the course of the administra zion will not be disturbed, and that secrets connected with taxation and busi › siess will be protected. As regards come bating the flight of capital, the German „Government insists on the resolutions of the Supreme Council of August tith, 1921 referring to the raising of military and
economic sanctions.... -1
German legislation in regard to the ex- porting of capital will be strengthened.
ANGLO-FRENCH CONVERSATIONS LEGARDING REPARATIONS.
LONDON. July ird.
The delay in the Anglo-French convers sations in regard to reparations bas ter- minated, the French Government officially intimating that it will place itself at the disposed of Mr. "Lloyd George for interview as from August 1st.
ROBBERY ON THE HIGH SEAS.
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Li Lichan is in command of one of the livisions of Sun Yaksen's urmy.]
MR. DENHY IN SHANGHAI,
WITNESSES BALL GAME
SHANGHAI, July 24th.
AMERICAN LEAGUE OF
NATIONS.
URUGUAY WILL PROPOSE FORMATION.
POLITE PIRATES IMPRISONED, THE EINSTEIN EXPEDITION. AIX EN PROVENCE, July 2rd.THREE GERMAN MEMBERS LEAVE
FOR CHRISTMAS ISLANĎ.
BERLIN, July 24th. expedition have left for Batavia en route Three German members of the Einstein to Christmas Island to, take observations during the eclipse of September 20th.
The trial at the Assize Court of nine
Georgian, pirates charged with robbing passengers of the French mail-boat Boil in the Black Sea in May, 1990, is resulted in four being sentenced to ten feurs imprisonment, while the others
were acquitted.
The proceedings were most laborious, the uccused spoke only indifferent, Russian and no French. One maintained that he was an officer of the British Secret Ser "vice and others, declared that their only object was to rob a rich Persian who was
"board.
It transpired that the robbers did not interfere with the property of passengers whom they believed to belong to the pro „Ecinrint. One of the robbers, who was a bit of a dandy, kissed the hands of the Andy passengers and stole their scent.
Continued at foot of next column.)
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The dead man's companion was a young married woman. Her story of the tragedy is, that they had both reached
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was in an uproar," and he added that was made for the attachment of his pro the task was to sicer safely between perty on mesne process. The order went Scylla and. Charybdis.” The thirteen colonies, while small and relatively unim- and, was directed to operate on all goods, portant, were, however, a litth world in money and effects within the jurisdiction themselves, and, relatively to their num of the Court with the exception of the bers and resources, the problem which movables, equipages and other things they confronted and solved differed in blogging to lum in his character of degree but not in kind from that which ambassador. now thafronts civilization. Impoverished
in resources, exhausted by the loss of verities of buman society, and claim not the flower of their youth, demoralized by
MASONIC BENEVOLENCE. £20,307 FOR BOYS' INSTITUTION.
A great Masonic triumph was achieved on June 14th' in connection with the 124th
the reaction from feverish strife, the only their inherited rights as Englishmen, anniversary festival of the Royal Masonic but also the peculiar privileges of Institution for Boys, held at the Con- forces of disintegration had set in in the THE TRAFFIC. IN ARMS.
United States between 1783-1787. Law pioneers in an unconquered wilderness? naught Rooms, Great Queen-street, under BACON'S VISION,
the presidency of Lord George Hamilton, AND THE DISTURBED. STÅTE OF and order had perished and the provi-
Past Grand Warden of England, Vice sional government had been reduced to This spirit of constitutionalism in CHINA..
impotence. A few wise and noble spirits, America, which culminated in the Con Grand Master of Middlesex, when a total Patron of the Institution, Provincial New York, July 24th.
Minister, The Uruguayan Foreign
true Faithfuls, and Great Hearts, led a stitution of the United States, had its in- Defending a man charged on remand despondent people out of the slough of stitutional origin in the apacious days of collection was announced of over £90,000. speaking at a banquet, foreshadowed that Uruguay intends to propose the for before Mr. Lindsell, at the Magistracy, despond till their feet were again on firm Queen Elizabeth. Among the notable, There were over 1,800 diners, sách of the mation of un Americas League of yesterday with having in his passes-ground and their faces turned toward but little known, leaders of that time halls of the Connaught Rooms being filled. Nations at the next meeting of the Pan-sion a pistol and 100 rounds of ammuni- the delectable mountains of peace, justice, was Sir Edwin Sandys, the leading After the loyal toasts, the Chairman American Conference.
tion, Mr. R. EA Webster said his and liberty. So endaring was their spirit of the London (or Virginia) com proposed "Success to the Royal Masonic client was a laundry man in Toronto, achievement that to-day the Constitution pany. As early as 1613, he had boldly Institution for Boys." He said the Canada, and had been there for 14 years of the United States was the oldest com- declared in Parliament that even the annual festivals in, connection with the He had received several letters from his prehensive written loro of government King's authority rested upon the clear relatives in the Sunning district, stating now existing in the world. Eew, if any, understanding that there were reciprocal thres Royal Masonic Institutions gave that the place was very disturbed by the forms of government had better with conditions which neither ruler nor sub expression to their creed by ants and loofing of the soldiers to which side stood the mad spirit of inmoration or ject could violate with impunity. He might deeds Their object in life was to pro- the looters belonged didn't matter. proved their merit by the arduous not too fancifully be called the Father mote peace and concord. Freemasons had
The Magistrate Possibly both
greatness of things donc.".
of American Constitutionalism," for he established charities for their old people account of these letters his client took
Continuing, Mr. Webster säid, un Constitutions, as governmental pas caused a constitution to be drafted for who had fallen by the way through no back a pistol and the ammunition for self acras had come and gone; but it could the little colony of Virginia in 1000 and fault of their own, and there were two he said of the American Constitution, amplified in 1612. Speaking in that great educational institutions, to fit for paraphrasing the noble tribute of Dr. venerable hall, it was interesting to re their future life girls and boys (whost The Magistrate said there were notices Johnson to the immortal fame of Shakes call that these two charters of govern- ing relativity, at Christmas Island, dur-on the ship, and if defendant had declar-peare, that the stream of time, which had ment, which were the beginning of con- fathers were either dead or incapacitat ing the eclipse:]
ed that he was carrying the contraband washed away, the dissoluble fabric of stitutionalism in America, and, therefore, ed). These institutions were entirely sup- he would have been safe.
many other paper constitutions, had the garm of the Constitution of the ported by freemasons, and each year the left almost untouched its adamantine United States, wore pus in legal form for contributions at the festivals supplied the strength. Excepting the first ten amend Boyal approval by Lord Bacon himself source of income, Last year the total ments, which were virtually a part of the Thus the immortal Treasurer of Gray's Inn collection. realised £111,000. original charter, only nine others had
was directly linked with the development The "grand total was announced as been adopted in more than one hundred of constitutional freedom in America.
follows: In his speech in the House of Commons London 2,580 Stewards... £38,611 Not everybody agrees with the estimate and thirty years. of Sir Charles Lucas regarding soldier.
The good yeomen of England, who on January 26th, 1621, Bacon saw's vision
Provinces..... administrators, mentioned in a Datly journeyed to America, went in the spirit of the future and predicted the growth Press leader a few days ago. Bir Guy of the noble and intrepid Kent, when, of America when he said: "This king Foreign stations 20 Fleetwood Wilson in a recently published turning his back upon King Lear's tem- dom now first in His Majesty's times hath book of reminiscences writest
porary injustice, he said that he would gotten a lot or portion in the New World Total * shape his old course in a country new" by the plantation of Virgins and the
[The Einstein expedition intend test
THE CAPTURE OF LIMERICK.
MAJORITY OF IRREGULARS ESCAPE.
LONDOS, Jaly 24th Only a hundred Irregulars were made prisoners at Limerick. Nine hundred escaped, southwards.
ITALY'S NEW CABINET.
SIGNOR ORLANDO. PREMIER AGAIN.
Rowe, July 4th. Signor Orlando is forcing: a Cabinet,
protection.
A line of $150 and provisional confisca. tion of the pistol and ammunition was ordered.
I have known but three soldiers who were Grst-class administrators. He (Sir Henry Brackenbury, "one of my cronies
at the War office"] was one. The other two were Buller and Jack Cowans I have known also a great number of thundering bad onca
BOATER
50,237
الحرة
£90,337
Was it strange that the early colonuts, Summer Islands. And certainly it is with of which Middlesex contributed £25,639. as they braved the hardships and perils the kingdoms on earth as it is in the of a dangerous, voyage, only to be con- Kingdom of Heaven; sometimes a grain fronted in the wilderness by disease, of mustard seed proves a great tree. famine and masszere, should fall back for Truly the mustard seed of Virgina did Of the 294,000 alien passengers who their own goy fment upon these primal become a great tree in the American entered. Great Britain in 1921, over three
thousand arrived by zeroplane. (Continued at foot of next column.) commonwealth (Cheors.)