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In the course of a 'discussion, recently at the Royal Statistical Society, Bir Alan "addlemon, giving the views of shipowners, said that even when you have boåte. for While the Paris. Conference just com cluded has missed perhaps the greatest all passengers on liners, safety is not
SHANGHAI SWATOW the attained.The Titanie bad seating nocom. of opportunity of making use machinery of the League of Nations in modation for 1,178 people. There were The percentage of long finding a settlement of the most disturb 4,201 on board.
The Exspress of Ireland had ing question of international polition to. Was 89. day, neverthelew the Governments there 1,480 persons on board, and a surplus rupresented considered it wise on several ting accommodation of 400. The per- occasions in 1979 to escape from deadlockage of loss was 60.
through the League, which celebrates its
third anniversary to-morrow.
The Lusitania had 1,059 persons on board, and seating accommodation for 650 people surplus Thus The two outstanding camples of this The perontage of loss was 81.
you see in three ships, not very different are Upper Silesia and Austria, and in a mailer degree the British and French type, that the percentage of loss was dispute over the French uationality deles in the Titanic, which had far too few boats for all on board, than in either Croes in Tunis and Moracco, Deadlock was reached in each case, reference to the of the other two, which had a surplus Longue followed, and a basis for agree: Then you come to the Egypt, which had very few people on board, 334, with seat-
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Blegepoes; returning from Calcutta steamers prossed via Straita And Hongkong to Japan, occasionally calling at Shangbai. All whosmack halve excellent passenger socommodation Are afted with Electrio Lägiri, and Fans and carry a fully-qualided Burgeon
ment was rapidly found by the Counciling accommodation for 850. The peroout SHANGHAI LINK-Slings: spproximately, every three days between “: Canton, and
Tension "between · Great Britain and Franca over the division of Upper Silesia g of loss was 29. Surely these figures was great, but whatever criticism maydon to the decks, which go down still prove that having an abundance of busta be made of the League's solution, which, tad to the decks, does not help to save it must be borne in mind, had to be
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founded upon the principles laid down The one safety when you go to sea is in the Versailles Treaty, it did in fact to have a constant sense of insecurity in BORNEO bury the bitterness of controversy betw the mind of the commander and in the England and France, and allay the growind of the owner ashore, ing seriousness of the relations between always to remember that their negligence They have Germany and Poland in Upper Silesia.
will imperil the fees of all theso people The question of the financial desperat the commander or the shipo tion of Austria was thrown furloraly misled by any silly talk about unsinkable upon the shoulders of the League, but, ships, or ships which can rambergs fortunately, this involved treating the because they are so well regulated, then problem on an international basis, which, disasters will occur. unhappily has not been the case with
What is the naval praction! They do the German problem. Details of an not have boats at all; they have plenty elaborate plan were, produced, and, of handy buoyant apparatus that they although it would be unwise either to can throw overboard, to which the men under estimate or be despondant about the can aling, and hope help will come quick- difficulties that lie ahead, the first results ly. That we baliove, is the best possible of the actual operation of the schemas have chance to have aa, many boate as you can beon that already during the first thres months the crown has been stabilised, the gat quickly into the water, readily acces sible. If you have more than that you cost of living has been reduced, saving hamper the launching of the boats and deposits have increased. In both these cases of Upper Silesia and Austria the actually decrease the safety of the people
on board. Council had the advantage of the per manent technical "and" export organisa-| tions of the League, to advise it.
bir maintained with Manta by vossels with good
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LA BINBANG and as ""MAUNANG" both steamers baving stoellent passenger accommodation. Cargo jaken of through Bill of Lading for Kadai Jaenelion, Lubnan, Tawas and Lahad Dais LINE-A regular service is ran from March to Bibvember betwee
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Through Bills of Lading issued to RANGOON, MADRAS, PORT SWETTENHAM and DUTCH EAST INDIES.
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The Admiralty have decided to allocate The other example of finding a way out from its own estimates the £230,000 r of an impasse through the league is inquired annually.to subsidize the develop Tteresting for, one or two reasons. The ment of a commercial airship service to French nationality. decrees in Tunis and the East and the Antipodes. The Trea Morocco, which, according to the British sury is taking objection to the decision.. Government, involve, certain British sub- jecte, were fruitlessly discussed between the two Governments, and France dealin ed all proposals to refer the master to arbitration. The British Government, is because the League has not under- Tarnoäx: Oxytrax No..215. however, exercised its right to bring the taken certain political or coenomis, tasks, matter before the League, and it was the it is not against a thing called the League first direct dispute between two Great that the criticism should be directed, but Powers to be referred to the League. The against the Governments who are the advantage of this step was soon, inattoLenghts manifest, for the Council decided to ask
the Permanent Court of International Justice, which is mecting tomorrow, to
some of its critics obstinately and ignor- antly proclaim. If there is to be critic
Just Received.
“GUILLAUME TELL
(SWISS)
consider the matter, and to give an ad- DAIRY FARM NEWS yisory opinion as to whether the nation- ality decrees are matters which do or do not come within the domestic jurisdio- tion of Franco. The two Powers also agree in the Council that if the Court answers in the negative they will refer the matter to some form of arbitration.
Tha League's your has been notable for these events and for the first transaction of business by the Permanent Court of International Justice, several cases hay ing been dealt with by the Court in 1999, On gateral lines the Longue has medo considerables progress in strength, and it is only possible to indicate rury briefly its wide field of work. It has undoubted- ly saved the separate existence of Albania, it has dealt with a variety of frontier questions. concerning the Central and South-Eastern States of Europe, and it has given greater precision to the proce dura followed with regard to the proteo tion of minorities placed under its super ViBios.
It has advanced several stage
in the production sad consideration of concrete proposals for the reduction of
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181 Tune! 20th June-
8th July 7th August
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wany other, hoa callected«-s- mass of statistical data of the utmost value and interest. It-bas-boen very activa in health and humanitarian mattare in Europe and the Near and Far East, and has been quiatly pursuing studies of a technical kind which have an important bearing on many aspects of intorantional life but "which" nra sometimes too technisti": to attract, the attention which is their dua, It is carrying on. Idroxample, in addi tion to its own mapped out course, much of the financial, proucenic, and transit Work left over from the Gention Confer anse It is pushing forward – steadily with matter-like opiumittafin and traffic in women and children, and one of the features of the year has been the friendly collaboration and in song instances the generous financial support of some of the non-members of the League in carrying on non-political businesa, America, Germany, and Russie have all, participated, “and some of the great Americat voluntary organ isationa have provided funds for several departments of the League activities. It has dent its organisation, to refugee work, and has continuously dosit with the administrative function imposed upon it by the Peace Treaty provisions epanerning Danzig and the Barra
It begins ita third year with a buy January, in which the Council, the Tem porary Mixed Commission on Arma ments, the Opium Committee, the Health Committee, the Court, and the Perman ent Advisory Commission on Armanente are all meeting
There has, then, been a stride forward ÍA A KONÍ MEDy, spheres of international ao-operation, and by International on uperation is meant cooperation of the Gowermanente, for the League of Nations is the Nations of the League, and not a committee of irresponsible cranks,
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