GERMAN COMMENT,
Conflicting Interpretations
3. of Mr. Asquith
Berlin, July 28th
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THE FLOODS IN ANHUI.
A Terrible Record-
At a meeting of the Council of Mr. J. Arthur Hutten provided ing that Germany's donands the British. Cotton-growing As-over the meating. following German comments on shall be gratified in other parts of sociation held at the offices of the Mr. Asquith's speech concerning Africa. This says the semi-Association in Manchester it was the Moroccan quōstioii :- official organ, "is a possible alter
Mr. Asquith's statemont do-native which has constantly been reported that as a result of the decision to increase the buying minatos public thought in Gor. in Germany's mind."
The "Gazelto" then discusses price for cotton at all stations
A now industry, of which little many. la gonoral it is regarded the Temps
roport that the along the Lagos, Railway there is known outside of commercial as clarifying and casing the Berlin "conversations" also con- now a greatly increased circles, is growing in the Philip- situation, but by no means re-cern the transfer of Togolanil and lieving it of its inherent gravity, section of the Camerouns to dennid for collon-seed for plant-pines in the making of what are The view which the public is Franco na compensation for the ing purposes, and it is anticipated commonly termed hamboo -lints. usked to inke is that held in cession of French Colonial terri that there will be a considerable The customs, export figures for official quartors is that the specchory to Germany. It claims that increase in the acreage under the fiscal year of 1911 show on gives fermany everything, she secrecy of the conversations
disavowal makes it impossible to state whe cotton this season. · The Assoria increase of over sixty per cent. to wanted namaly, of Mr. Lloyd Georgo's "menacherie Temps "report is based tion have undertaken the dis- the United States alone, but with ing "and "meddling utterance, fac, but the inference istribution of all cotton-seed for a small increase of ten per cout, in and a guarantee that Britain bas plain that whatever compensa-planting for the current year on the revenue. no intention of interfering in the ions are agreed upon must pro-behalf of the lobal Governments Members of local hat exporting Franco-German conversations" vide strict guarantee of Gera The total purchases of cotton in firms at its that the reason for the
economic rights in Morocco... respecting compensation.
The Frankfurter Zeitung Lagos from the beginning of the small increase in revenue com- (which is in touch with the Cler your amount to 4,081 hiles, as pared with the large increase in with anxiety, recived it with Foreign Secretary) says: compared with 1,001 bales for the the quantity exported to the
"Through the declarations of the some relief, but the market - British Government things have same period last year and 10,620 States, is the lack of increased times. oppressed, fooling that
production of the finer grades for Attention was called so the re- which exports are necessary, Europe is still far from a final regained their normal form. If for 1909.
today, we are conscious of having
very dangerous situation behind markable regularity in the price The courser gradch are in great class, farmers, and the negroes of cotton this season.
A lettor has been receive from southern Butes owing to their Wuhu, the report which he has 1308]
cheapness, their selling price be kindly made for me, which I on- the Director of Agricultura stating that during the past season there ng about twenty five conts gold, olose: This is the must avarate and the Filipino workmen, re- has been an exceptionally heavy cognizing that they can make as
knowledge' we have been able to rainfall àiì little sunshine in Nyasaland, and on the hoavior sailsuch revenue from the cheaper get up to date. The translation cotton is later that it was last bats, very seldom try to become is made by Mr. Li Chon of Nan your. There has been very little exports in weaving the finer king, who also wrote some things bacterial blight through the crop, but a bad attack of aphis. The ntive industry has made cou- siderable progress, and the natives
The Stock Exchange, which awaited Mr. Asquith's statement
solution.
A "North China Daily News' correspondent writing from Wirhur on the 8th inst., says: For somelit. the time I have been trying to get an, accurate account of the amount of damage done in the food district in-Anhui this year. I have just
munde (Baltic) lat this afternoon, we look forward to further de which has been secured for Lagos (;iomand among the working received frota Mr. 0, 0., Li, of
The Kaiser reached Swine He will not ses the Imporial Felopments, On the ground of
this consciousness and of the
Chancellor (llerr von Bethan desire existing on all sidós t Hollwog) and the Foreign reach a settlement we may hope to Sceretary (Herr von Kidericusurmount the difliculties to come." Wacelter) until Whether Germany is to adhere' th hor glier, demands is for DUTCH TOBACCO OUT- him to say.
LOOK GOOD.
Jo-morrow,
I learn that there is some basis for the suggestion jet forth by the Temps yesterday, that the „“basis of éventual agreement may bo an "exclingo" of territory, Germany coding portions of Togo-
Prospects for Next Year's Sumatra Crop are Considered Promising.
Ainsterdam, July 17-In the land and the Cameroons (in the last few days the interest in Gulf of Guinea) as compensa tobacco shares, which had
very small during the last few
Rundschan":
"Stripped rliotorical generalities, the kirmd of Mr. Asquith's speech is a warning to Germany to keep har hands off Morocco. The situation is too grave to warrant criticism,
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s. thoroughly as the white plaat-anufactured, Kalasiao, Pan- Mr. C. C. Li's report is as beeners, and the appearance of the gainan, and Fototan, floilo pro- follows; "The flood in Abu SHORTEST tion ** for coveted sections of
crop shows that the natives are since. The fibre used is taken
from the unopened leaf of Province this your is reniarkably French Congo.
benefiting considerably from the• : German comment.on, Mr. As-months, lins suddenly sprung instructions which have been four different kinds of hats are damage. The river Yangtze over- the buri palm from which high and has done considerable quith's speech reveals a wide again, prices hating bean firm, given thou. The export of cotton divergence of views. Radical and son stocks scoring an important for the financial your 1910-11 produced, and is generally shaplowed on the 18th of the 5th Liberal organs consilor it as paci-advancé. This firm Londency amounted to 4,342 bales of 10011. over cardboard in the form of ficatory; Conservative and Panwas caused by the publication of each, as compared with 2,147 in ordinary straw hat. It isoon, the dykes "being broken German find that it leaves the the official figures of the Sunatre bales for 1909-10. It is estimat-Guished with two coats of a rice through and the crops destroyal, situation still bristling with tobacco sales so far held during ed that there are about 20,000 pute which gives it the pure Of all the districts Wuweichei has
D. According to those figures,
white appearance. dunger.
acres under cotton this yoar, ns. The Vossische Zeitung": 181090 bule lave boon sold t
gainst 12,752 acres last year, The other two fibres from the about 50,000 inhabitants in this "Mr. Asquith's pore sperch an average price of 150 cents per whilst the acreage under native buri palm are that taken from the acquitte England of the trai-Dutch pomal, against 192,207 cultivation is at least double what buri hat, one of the cheapest, and some other adjoining places have and "Baikio Maru" (esch 2,877 toun) sa lollowe
leaf, making what is termed the city. Hochow and Hansan and tional suspicion that she always les in 1910, which fetched an it was last yuir:
that extracted from the inside or also been flooded. There are dosires to play the role of the average price of only 94 conts.
pith of the steni of the palm leaf about 1,400,000 mow of rice tertius, guidons (the chuckling The cost price of the iqbarco onlooker) in European conflits varies vory much on the different A sample of cotton has been from which is woven the buntal totally destroyed up to date, ut Class
The Berliner Tageblat" estates, lt on an averago it may received from the Association's at. Many other grades of hats with no hope of an autumn crop. "England withdraws from the be stated at between 90 cents and plaulation at Kafue Bridge, and are made from the fibre of the There are 500,000 citizens who arena as far as the Franco-German 110 cents per hitch pound is considered very desirable cot buri pain in various sections of are now homeless and, near- negotiations concerning non- Therefore last year most com-ton. The crop which is now the islands from which they ly starved. They have moved up. Moroccan compensations are con panies had to work ota loss, whilst being picked ia a fairly good one, receive their names, but correct on higher ground and are living cerned; that is all we wanted this year large profits will be made and on the whole the prospects classification is difficult as each in the straw huts, waiting for and all we had a right to de-by practically all important con- are quite favourable. Cotton is at exporting firm has its own some relief.
cerns. Of course part of these till coming in freely from standard of classification.
The officers and gentry-of mand."
The Pan-German "Tegliche profits will have to be used in Uganda, and there is every reason The Immboa hat called Baliwag Anhui are already very busy of making good last year's losses; to believe that the estimate of ao Pulilan is mado in the towns collecting money and food stuff but nevertheless, very large 20,000-bale crop from "Uganda of those names from bamboo and Imying ries and wheat for amants will be left at the dis- this year will be realized. Aplits and its cheapness makes it the famino-stricken, but us yet. roport has been received from the the chief export hat of the Philipave been unable to meet the posal of the shareholders.
The big Doli Maatschappy, for Provincial Commissioner for the pinos These hats can be made demands upon them. All rico in example, which produces about Kayirondo district, British East within a few hours, but the finer the official granaries was given but this much requires to hono-quarter of the whole Sumatra Africa, stating that a further grades, such as the large merry out in last year's famine. All the sced in widow hats of the finest quality, provisions in local markets will said a settlement outsitle Moroc tobacco crop, sold last year 41,423 | len tons selected co will not gratify the hopes bales at an average of 99 cents ben distributed and about consume several weeksin weaving, not be suflicient for the mouth's awakened by the sending of the per Dutch pound, while this 500 acres of land ive and bring an export price of P2 al-use. For the poor people of Aulrui Panther to Agadir und will not year, so far, 38,512 bales have already been cleared and planted, though when sold in the States have pity."
Mr. Li Chen, telly of a do justice to German interests. boen sold at an average of 168 mnd if the season continues favour the prices range from P10 to P50 No portion of the French Congo cants. The Deli Batavia Manis-able a fair output may be looked and sometimes more. However use in which two natives were can compensate for the damage chappy got 173 cents for 10,855 for from the district wisero practi- Philippine market supplies drowned while at work- an a which would accrue to Germany bales, against only conts for cally no cotton has been produced very few of these hats compared dyke trying to save it. A rush with the cheaper grades, ~- of water carried away the dyke, through the creation of a French 9,135 bales last year; the Rutter-hitherto,
dam Deli Company realisel 5,813 It was reported that, in accord- The export figures for the past over 50 miles long, and they could Morocean Empire.”.
with tho request of fiscal year showed the quantity not escape the current. He re- The "Berliner Neueste Nach-bales at 216 cents, against 5,094 ance richten": "We cannot be satisfied bales at 93 cents in 1910; while the Association the Federation shipped from the islands to be ports the water now three feet
710.00 Master Cotton Spinnere 1,025,590 as against 621,475 ex-deep on 2nd Street, the chief. with the pledge of English non- the Sonembah made 16th cents for of
appointed sub-comported last year while the increase Maloo in Wulu. He roports the intervention in the compensations 13,373 hales, compared with 02 bad outside Morneen, but it must be conte for 8,899 bales in the pre-mittee, who had decided to re-in revenue was $17,038 gold suffering to be already very great.
• Russian Train Time is 23 minutes ahead of the B.M.R. Timis. For instanos commend that the Federation Of this amount over 700,000 hats The hygienic condition of this
6 p.m. by the former le 5.87 p.m. by the latter. adimitted that English jealousy of vious year.
The Borneo tobacco, which has should appoint one or two of their were exported by Gormann and city will be hard to imagine when
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EXPRESS EXTRA FER ......Y8.00 SLEErixo Car SofplumedŤ.............. Y5.00 in Morocco alongside France and so far been sold, has also fetched members to discusa with repre- company, who are the leading the water goes down,
Mr. Pearson, H. M. B. Consul, TICKET AGENCIES-The Company's railway and steamer tickets are exporters in the islands, while Spain has already accomplished very high prices. There were sentatives of the Association the
sold until July 12 11,315 bales question of the establishment of the remainder WAS its object."
divided is now in Wuhu studying the obtainable at all the Agencies of the International Bleeping Car & Expresa The Conservative "Post"; "We at an average of 152 conts, com buying agencies and ginneries in between Manila commercial com- conditions and will be able to Trains Oo,, the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Shanghai, Messrs. Thos. Cook & Son, still think that England might be|pared with 11,716 bales at an certain districts in India.
pany, Fussell and company,, Max give an estimate of the state of and Reiseburen der Hamburg-Amerika Linie."
BAILWAY HOTELS YAMATO Horzi (Tal. Add.; "Iamáto") at Finance.
L. Tornow and company, and affairs in a short time that will be willing to discuss giving us ter- average of 113 cents in 1910. ritorial compensation in Morocco, The sales will be resumed in The position of the Associa- several smaller, exporters who more comprehensive. However, Dalren, Port Arthur, Mukden, Fashua-and-Changohan, all under the Com-
with the last two days of heavy pany's management. provided for naval interests are September, and it stands to rea- tion's capital ja as follows: sell in small lots.
SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY COMPANY not affected. The strategic im-son that the prices will then Total authorized capital, £500,- Each firm has an expert for rains we have little chance of
DA REN, portance of Moroccan territory for remain very much below those 000; the Federation of Master Cot-thie flopartment who is required conditions bettering themselves,
It is more, needed than. the. Germany is on land, not on the fetched in the spring salos, innston Spinners' and Manufacturers" to make a special study of the lat
much as in the autumn only Association are taking measures industry for a number of years conversion of the "heathen." It TL Add. "Mablains." Codes: A.B.O. Bib. Ed. A. I. & Lieber's
raise £72,500, of which before he is considered compotent may be a matter of climate. Por Zeitung am Mittng"; inferior tobieco comes to the wo "The shrewd Loreley on the market. Nevertheless, the aver- £55,200 has been received the to judge between the different haps the peculiar climate of England produces sweetness of banks of the Thames has sent up age price will continue satis- North nul North-east Lancashire grades.
The bureau of education and character, and charm of manner, Hiren lullaby breathing sky-blue factory, os only a comparatively Cotton Spinners and Mannfac optimien, but everything still de-small part of the crop his still to turers' Association £30,000, of the intreau of science are both as it produces certain kinds of pends on the firmness with which he marketed. As to the prospects which £6,108 has been receir working to bring the importance of vegetables; and change of climato German statesnion pursue the for next year, these are also ed, and the operatives £30,000, this industry before the Filipino kill those qualities as it destroys and
right; the reports about the new of which £10,927 has been population, by issuing pamphlets that partienlar vegetation, Wint goal they have set themselves."
The Deutsche Tageszeitung" crop are, on the whole, satis received; order subscriptions on the different phases of the ever the cause may be, the fact
SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY COMPANY, £110,720.. "Mr. Asquith's speech simply factory, and the quantity which amount to
This subject, and the bureau of remains the English in Eug
DAIREN. accentuates Mr. Lloyd George's'in will come on the market will be amounts in all to £195,033. oducation is establishing schools and are adorable; abroad de
considerably smaller, owing to Thore was subscribed before throughout the islands for the testable. Even their own best Tat. Add. " Mantean." Colu: A. B. C, 5th, Ed., A. 1. & Lieber's more diplomatic phrases."
To-night's " Cologne Gazette" the fact that quite a number of November, 1900, £262,000, mak- purpose of teselling the Filipinos representatives declare it to be a publishes a Berlin comique estates have been planted under ing 457,033. The balance of the art of weaying straws and recognized fast.-Ella Wheeler Agents: MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, LTD
Wiloox "The Financial News.") | 2500,000 to be raised is £42,007, braids-Manila Times." saying that if Germany correctly rubber.
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