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The Peking Patriotic Fund. Feking, May
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that as the result of a largely attedded mesting yesterday after- noon nt the Central Pabliò Garden to inaugurate the Peking Pairiotic Fund, about $200,000 has been deposited in the Bank of China) and the bank of Communications, Many speeches were delivered at the meeting and the proceedings. were very serious throughout. Reuter.
Consular Appalatments. The fo oning official rot fica. tions concening Contar ap post nents in the Far Eat are
the published in
London Gozelte.-The King has been "graciously pleased" to "appoint Harold Porter, Esq., to be Hia Majesty's Coneul for the Consular District of Wuhu, to reride at Waba; Claud Crail Augustus Kirke, Esq., to be, His Majesty's Consul, for the Consular Distriot of Wuchow, to reside at Wachow; and Lealio Harry Rapert Barr, Esq., to be one of His Majesty's Vice-Consuls in Ch'ne.
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Mr. Asquith's Seven Years of Office.
An American Admiral's Retirement.
of Demouratic military and naval policy.
Member. of "Black Hand" Arrested.
Censored Cables. " Every business man will under- stand that the censorship of com- mercial telegrama is bound to lead-to-occasional 'do'aye. Bat
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Thers was on informel oela bration of the fact that April 9 was the seventh anniversary of Mr. Asquith's aesumption of exhibits at the Pannon Pacific New Phase of German Intrigue. office as Prime Minister. Mr. E. Exposition is a typewriter of
Washington, April 5. Many 8 Montage, the youngest and gigar tie propostions, 1,728 times last-appointed member of the larger than a standard "mashine, rewapa pera including such well- Cabinet, gave a
dinner in his Eays a writer in the SoiettiGo known sympathisers with the chief's honour at his residence at American-It is rot merely a Allies as the New York Times Queen Anne's gate, to which a coloer al image, but a working and the Philadelphia Ledger, number of personal friends of model that actually writes; and contain in the form of a page Mr. Asquith were invited to meet during the Exposition it will type for the stoppage of the export of advertisement a striking appeal news bulletine, ons sheet of paper 9 feet wide, in letters 3 inches munitions of war to belligerente, high and 2 inches apart. The The appeal is signed by some Washington, April 4. A great monster machine will be 400 publishers and editors of commotion has been caused by operated by electrical conneo-foreign newspapers and per- the resignation of Rear-Admiral tion with a typewriter of stand-iodicals appearing in the United
States. Fiske. It is recalled that Admiral ard dimensions. For instance, on
It calls upon the Fiske recently said some hard depressing a key of the small American people, and especially things before the Congressional machine the corresponding key of the workmen engaged in the Committee about the prepared the large machine will respond. manufactors of war supplies, ness of the Navy, and Republi- A lever is used for the return of to protest against the output of cans proclaim his resignation to the carriage and for line-apacing American powder, cannon, and be another proof of the ineptitude of rotating the oylinder. The big shrapnel destined to whatter the machine weighs 14 ons as against bodies and blot out the lives of
relatives of a 30 pounds, which is the weight
large majority of of a standard machine. It is the readers of their newspapers. 21 feet wide, in action, by 15
One has only to scrutinies the Rome, April 17. The Noples feet high, and requires for it nationality of the newspapere re- police have arrested a no-operations room measuring 25 by presented, most of them local torionu member of the "Black 30 by 25 feet. The platen, 9 feet sheets of no intrinsic weight "MR. PUNCH" IN WAR- Hand" gang named Clemente 6 inches long by 21 inches in whatever, to realise that the Pepe, who was wanted for murder. diameter, weighs 1,200 founde, appeal is not the product of a Pepe, who had just returned to and the carriage 3,500 founds. spontaneous organisation. Italisa Italy from New York under a Etab key-cup, which to the port of newspapersere in a great majority. false name, had been tried in his a typewriter that is pressed by the Then come Jewish and. Yiddish, absence and sentenced to impri- fingere, is 7 inches in diameter, with Polish and Hungarian, a cotment for life. The police while each type tar is 52 inches 8001 third and fouth. Virtually, found in his room a valire con-long and weighs ni mach as all the neutral countries and races taining two American revolvere a standard tspear.tar. This are represented, but there are no take a sharp turn to the right At a meeting of the Lancaster and two daggere, both of which mammoth typewriter has been Gerroan or American signatures, until you observe the beam of a and District Trades and Labour bore b'oottans.
under coast-act on for about to A few Jarantee, French, and searchlight playing cross the Council an appeal was made by rearea ad co t $100,000.
Rasian publishers have, however, field in front of you. You then the Union of Democratic Control been roped in.
lie flat on the ground and pretend for affiliation and for support to In these circunstances it is not you are not in France at all, and its objects, : unfair to assume that the when the searchlight bas come to A Delegate: That's from the American public is confronted the conclusion that, wherever you Stop the war" party, Let us with another example of the are, you are not worth tothering have it out with the Kaiser firat. that is ro reason why cables which for tone caues or other are Washington, April 7. In the malign subterranean activities at out, you get up and go on, quite agree with it all, but not THE UNMAKING OF EUROPE by nottransmitted al ould be dropped et wat on of cool o servers the of Herr Dernburg and his keeping the searchlight well on at the present time.
PW Wilson LIFE OF HIS MAJESTY ALBERT into the waste-paper basket with publicat on of the American Note fatellites. To stop the export of your left, and stepping decorous The President; It seems to me KING OF THE BELGIANS W out a notificat on either to the anditsreception hore ant at tome contraband to the Allies is at ly out of the path of any sniper's more than stop the war. They THE RINOR HORRORS OF THE
WAR by E sender of the addressee. Almost puts it in the power of the British present, as I have before pointed bullet which happens to be want to have something to say on KRUPP'S THE INTERNATIONAL lean excusable even in the ignor Government to wrt fn's to the out, their prime object. All the passing.
the terms on which it is stopped,
ARMAMENTS RING ance of some of the cable.cen ora first and most troubledobaptor energies of the German and Proceeding quietly but quick and make it so that there will
CAPTAIN LOXLEY'S LITTLE DOO. LEST apologists, ly
WE along the line of least not be any more wars.
FORGET: of themo-telementary commercial of the history of Anglo American German-American
AN ANTHO Y OF WAR VERSES terms. When a centor rolemnly trade relations during the war. from Professor Munsterberg and resistance, you are suddenly The First Delegate: The British THE
CORRESPONDENCE bolds up a telegram to inquire The situation is felt to be as fol. Eerr Ridder downwards, are con- confronted by a figura army can do that best along THE SOLDIER'S POCKET, DOM-
WILLIAMI & BISMARCK the meaning of the phrase lons: The American Govern-centrated upon it.
emerging from the dark, who with the French we will con- PANION "fb.b.," as bas actually occurred, mort recognises the right of But, earnestly as real Ameri- tells you to halt or he'll fire. Et sider it after the Kaiser is smash- LIFE OF GENERAL JOFFRE by A it is time to ask that the most Great Britain to carry out "a long cans desire to end the war, they tu, Brate!" you murmur reproach ed. You can write and tell Mr. THE GERMANS IN BELGIUM:
forms have so far been unable to fully, as you halt and wonder B. D. Morel that tell blatant ignorance should no distance. bloskada" an
Date: Experiences of a Neutral m longer be a passport to employ- which do not quite tally with the persuade public opinion to reject to yourself why it is that you have It was resolved that the letter.MENT: ARARALYSIS OF
WHEN BLOOD IS THEIR-AROU." tment as a censor.-Globe.
old conception of international Mr. Bryan's wise definition of suddenly become so unpopular. lie on the table till the close of the Croydon Vicar and the National law. It has done
this real trade neutrality as outlined The figure says his name iss't war. Page Anthem.":
because it realises that the in his letter to Senator Stone. Brutus, but that he is come from The first line of the National adjustment of precedent to new Hence it ie not unnatural that the the trench to guide you to it Anthem as song at St. condit ons is the basic principle Germans should turn their bande Felicitating him upon the ingen Augustine's, Croyden, is, God of Anglo-Saxon law, and because, to new levers and try to form an nity with which one tortuous with their backs to you and Save our lord the King." The ass matter of policy, it is deemed alliance with Socialists, and even ditch is made to combine the uses appear as men who are watching vicar (the Rev. J. H. White), ex-inadviesble for the United States, anarchical agitators, whose in- of a roadway, a water-main, a dog.light which has lot for plains that these were the which herself is a maritime nation, Buence with the foreign-born newer, and home, you bid them note excitement, but not original words until altered to enenciate now principles un-non-Teut nie population bas been him good-night and hand Owing to the accession of Queen duly ba asing to the operations of talefully proved in recent years. yourself over to the Captain, the dim beyond, not in any real all its interest. Every now and then they low off their rifles into Victoria. He regards the original a Maritime Power.
Having introduced yourself to sa-more, virile, and therefore Except in Germanophil quar-
the Captain and apologised for hope of hitting anything, hat much better, and adde: For ters, which describe the Note as point. But if current comment continuing to exist in spite of just to show there is ill-feeling. mimilar reasons we sing the surrender to British high goes for anything, she need yield the desire, apparently universul. On most nights there is a origivals second verse and not handedness, the Government's it only in theoy and net in fact,
to get rid of you, you remark that gentleman opposite who addresses any; of the effeminate rabbish decision has got
got a good Press. The stage in fact seems, as far this is one of the most attractive and our trench when he comes on which was put forth at the time to have the broad-minded and as the United States is concerned, well-aired trenches in which you maker of Londoo, What is the daty,, "It is I Frits, the Bun- of the Jubileon and Coronations, friendly comments on the Note to to be set for a fuller Anglo-Ame- ever remember making a bit of football nowe ??? They-shout out when some of us fondly liked to which you and various of yourcon-rican understanding over the war. You then go along with him the latest information and pass think that the nations had baried temporaries are reported to have various issues of the war than at to settle your men in, only to find the hatohet for good and all. If given expression. There remains, one time seemed possible, and that they have done this for them him over a couple of bullets.-- we are doing our level best to however, one important thing to there will be much regret if Lon-elves, and are already giving confound somebody's politics, be cleared op. The American don fails to take the cue. This valuable advice to the occupants and to fruitrate, his kuavish Government is anable to socept regret will be due to two causes of the place as to how trench. tricks, we can't see any objection the British claim to the right first, to the feeling that a solid ing should, and will to singing and? ing about it. arbitrarily to interfere with den Anglo-American understa
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