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South China Morning Post.
The Need of the Hour. The strength of the British army now reaches the unprece donted total of three millions, novertheless the country still needs men. This terrible war still holde us in its grip, and although, on the average, the progress has been decidedly in favour of the Allies, we are by no means out of the wood. As one writes from the front and says. We here are amazed that there should by aby trouble about recruiting. I our men only knew they must rice as one man." It is not that men do not realise the magnitude of the task. The Germane mean business. We mean it too, but
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fact, if a general opposition male itself apparent to the situation, which so many lcoal industries have to confront of their earnings being calculated in silver dollare: and their payments in the artific cis' bank note standard. What is the solution of the difficulty, we frankly are unable to say. To aboliah the ncte issue, Rich seems to make the present posi tion possible, is certainly not n step which commends itself. To abolish the righta of the banks toiseno notes and confine this privilege to the Government is contrary to the policy which has guided the dis- cassion of currency difficulties hitherto. The passing of an Act to largely increase the note issue would probably only partially be successful as affording a remedy, That the present state of affairs is, however, little short of a political scandal cannot be denied, and, as we said a month ago, it should occupy the early attention of the Government, assisted by the Chamber of Commerce, to endeav our to create a system whereby the legal tender of a British Colony occupies that position in fact as well as in neme..
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Mineral Wealth in the War Area. area upon which the great conflict
· Over a very large portion of the is being raged nature has been prodigal in her gifts of valuable minerals. The Lorraine oil-basin for instance, is divided into three distriota the Longwy district to the north (in the neighbourhood of which the Germans received their firet taste of the strength of a de termined opponent)—the Briny district in the centre and the Nancy district to the south. W learn that over the whole zone 114 concessions had been granted covering an area of about 68,85€ hectares (189,000 nores). The for. mation extends beyond the Frene) frontiers, and covers large areas in the Grand Duchy of Luxembar and in German Lorraine; it els extends over a comparativel small area in Southern Belgium as shown by the map attached The paper. In Luxemburg th ares which can usefully be worked | govern 3,600 hectares (8,900 acres in Gorman Lorraine the figare 43,000 hectares (108,280 acres and 300 hectares only (740 sore in Belgium. The whole formation in France, Belgium, Luxemburg and German Lorraine constitute what is called the Minst basin.
The ore mined in Belgian, Luxemburg, man areas is stated to
in iron than that of the
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