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KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
TIME- TABLE.
Dep 716
(013)
AM. AMI AM. AX 107 P.M. P.X, P.X. 7.M. FAL
8.08 8.80 9.1510.8 2.00 1.35 21 4.35 5,29 7.31 124 2.81 44 5.38; 7.30 1,98 145 256 561 7.45 1.49 2.80 3,09 6.0 7.55 1.08 12.38 1,53 3.00 548 6,08 7.59 2,00 X11 534 419 8.09 3.15 5.99 629 813 3.91 5.34 6,29 8.19
Kowloon Taumati
...Dep. 6,60
6.50
Bhatin
Tipo Market Dep. 121
Janing Dep
Sheangakai...D
9.07|10,07
Bkumahan å, 7.49 8.45 8.1310121
Canton ...Arr.
5.20
Shumchun.Dep. 719 8.06
7.24 8.18 10.45 11.47 8,07
Fanling
Dep. 746 8.82 11.04 12.07 8.25
6.08 6.40 5.426,15 5.51 0.19 6.01 8.29
8.05
Skatin
Yeumat
Dap. 738 3,45 11.17 1231 8.33 1.56 5.51 ...Dap. 8.128.57:11.99 12.33 8.50 5.08 608
Kowloon
Canton Day,
Sheangahui
kat Dep. 741,8,2710.59 12.02
8.18 6,48 8.30 6.58
3.00
8.90 9,0 11,37 12,41 9.59 3.18 8.11 8.04 6.99 7,06 7:20
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RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA.
WHY THE TRADE AGREE MENT IS MAINTAINED.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE PARTY.
[BOK OUR OWN CORRESPONDINT.]
Loyoos, March 8th. The King and Queen this week gave their arst party of the present Buckingham Palace. Some 400 guests were invited. The party began at four o'clock and lasted until six o'clock. Some of the guests drove up, but many walk-
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MOLLY KENNEDY
JAPAN AND HER NEW VOTERS.
WHAT OF THE NEXT ELECTION?
ed, the company being drawn from | JAPAN'S INTERESTS IN CHINA. many classes of society. There were Bishops, Deans, and other repre
Toro, March 18th.
sentatives of the Established Earthquake, fire, pestilence and
Church, representatives of Free Churches, members of the House of Lords
and the House of Commons, bankers, commercial magnates, pro- minent Civil Servante, artists, re- presentatives of literature, journal iam, and the stage, members of the various royal households, judges and other representatives of the legal profession, Ministers and ex- Ministers, civis dignitaries, officers of the army, navy and air force, and representatives of the medical and other professiona
The reception by the King and Queen took place in the spacious picture gallery, and the whole tange of State apartments was thrown open for the occasion. Their Majes ties took tea with their guests and afterwards spent all the available sime among them. Similar parties are to follow. The feature of these gatherings is a lack of ceremony. The idea is to make everyone feel at home, like a party at some great country house.
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famine are not the most popular sensations in Japan just now. The newspapers, of course, gave first page space to the most recent of these convobions of nature, for some three or four days, but the two or three thousand dead or the eye witness stories" quickly gave way to their favourite topic-poli tics, always among the Japanese. To the for
particularly absorbing cignor and the new arrival especk ally, the domestic political situa tion is utterly hopeless, with good reason for, in fact, there don' nobody know." The big fight is not on. We are watching pre- liminaries only.
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Monday, (details in sports column daily).
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BaTDY, King Edward Hotel, and Tex Dance: H.K Hotel; Hote! Cafe Parisien, 4.30 p.m.
A temporary renewal of the old, uncertain affiliation of the one
party the Goverment, with majority in the House of Commons and a minority faction of the opposition has ensured the safety, of the Gay- erament party and aayed:a dissolu- Golt: Kowloon Golf Club sion of Parliament; but this was Junior Section (Happy Va because no one, except the minority Royal Hong Kong dolf
Valley) The debate in both Houses of opposition, wanted to go into office Yachting Presented Cup for Parliament on Great Britain's rele on the eve of the general election. tions with Soviet Russia presents No one in the Dist wanted to dia- fairly clear record of opinion on solve, because knoweth no, not that subject. With the sole and in-one-if He wver be sent back evitable exception of Mr. George when the 10,000,000 unblooded voters Lansbury, the out-and-out Com- get into action with their axes next munist who can never say anything year. The newspapers, the
heel- about his own country, every ers" and the helpers speaker in the two debates condemn keen for the tray, for it has been a are all ed the attitude and conduct of the long time Between meals, and times Soviet Government towards Britain are hard! Also the wiser men, and the British Empire. Every cleaner politicians, near statesmen speaker expressed indignation and and the few who constitute the in- rescutament against the campaign of telligent minerity do not want an calumny, intrigas and hostility con- election until they have to have ducted by Russia in every part of one, because it is
Hong Kong Dance Club opening the world to injure Great Britain. opinion, not at all publicly expressant, 9 p.m. to 1 am
the private dance, Lane, Orawford's Restaur Mr. Lloyd George and others ed, that the first election will upset pressed very strongly the argument things pretty considerably in this 0.8.A, etc.
Principal Mails:-Inward · that the Trade Agreement was of part of the Far East.
(President Polk the utmost importance to this coun-
and President Taft); Europe try. But as a matter of fact the
The China Question.
vid Negapatam (Fuensang). Out argument is by no means conclu-
Of course, China counts in the ward: Europe via Marseilles sive. It was pointed out by Sir picture because the policy of the (Khyber), 2.30 p.m.; Europe vid Robert Horne that America, which Government in China has always Siberis (Glaucus), noon. has treated Russia as an outche been good ammunition for the among the nations, which has re-bute," no matter what that policy fused to receive her envoy, got more may be. The five-power navy re- rade. than we did," and that her duction conference did not attract citizens were getting far greater or distract, attention to any notice
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Dinner dance, Cafe Parisien, 8
Tuesday
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Tea Dances: H.K. Hotel, Hotel Savoy and Cafe Parisien, 4.30.p.m. Football: Kowloon F.C. v. Club
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advantages in the grant of conces. able extent and when France Rea. (League: Division II.) K.F.C... sions than were ours.' It is to be Italy backed out after Japau noted that nobody in Parliament accepted, Japan would have gone attempted to challenge the accuracy over and conferred with Mr. goes to the root of the whole matter. tically had England found the of this statement, which of course Coolidge alone and most sympatis P.m.
couldn't afford the time or the money.
Considerations Of Polley.
Since every Member of Parlia ment with the exception of Mr. Lansbury and a few others of the same kidney are in accord as to the enmity of the Soviet Government to this country, why does the British Governinent
continue to maintain friendly relations with the enemy of the British rac
race? Broadly speaking, the GDANCT is
severe indeed.
Dinner dance, Cale Parisien, 8
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The Japanese new agencies represented Japanese newspapers and the in China are swinging with the tide of battle; but they always keep
a battle raging" or "a
"a big battle imuninent in their despatchea Japaness For Keeping Out, At no point throughout the that tounding situation in China of the in the opinion of the Cabinet last 10 days, however, has the the mere ending of the present Japanese propaganda shown the definitely usefur achieves no slightest indication of siding wit sent time, and it might do a good one in Chinpan and some Europe via Siberia (Chenonceauz),
useful purpose at the pre- anyone except deal of harm. Sir Austen Cham- The lessons of the last decade berlain explained to the House of have been very Commons the broad considerations Japan's fingers have been horribly which led him to counsel the Cabi burned from time to time and a net against a sudden branch with your ago saw Great Britain struggle Moscow. A breach would cause re- with the boycott at Hong Kong." percussions in other countries dis- It must always be remembered pam.
that, of more recent years, the turbing to the petco of the world.
Austen emphasized that the future trade with and raw material East of Europe had not
attained same measure of peace and of Japan, just as American trade of China have directed the policy the atability as the West. He alluded and good-will have directed that to the Soviet attempt to convince policy or the Anglo-Japanese alli Eastern countries that the British ance was the foundation thereof policy was to use them se za instru- before, Washington 1921 ment in an anti-Soviet campaign; Much depends upon the next gen-, though nothing could be further eral election.in Japan. It is very from
the truth, Le declared.
certain that in no circumstances, It is therefore considerations of except to save Manchuria from high
which alone influence invasion, will Japan mobilize an policy the British Government in regard army on Chinese soil or elsewhere. to Russia. A strong warning has for the matter of that-North been sent to Moscow. Sir Austen China Daily News, Chamberlain spoke for the vast
majority of his fellow countrymen
when he declared that there must ign such as we have never endured be a limit set and proclaimed to our at the hands of any other Clevern- patience and forbearance" in cirment, and such as there is no canstances of continued proveon parallel for in the relationships of (Continued at foot of next column.) any other two countries.-H.B,
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