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" Jim Willing. To the older type of jurnalist who remembers when The Globs was on the other side of the Stand the news of the death, at the age of 77, of Mr. James Willing will be received with genuine regret. "Jim" Willing, as evervo je knew
him, was quite a famous figure in bia day. He was not only head of the well-known firm of ad- vertising agents and the owner, if not the author, of Willing's Press Guide, but he was active in all good works and an ardent Church-1
Yo: some years "Jim" has been raised by the "oronies," whose list is fast thinning.
*man.
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those who recall the old days will remember, with feelings of srae camaraderie, the irrepressible "Jim."
New Wedding Hymn. The wedding byma, Fount of all Life," by Mr. Mareball Wood, We rendered for the first time in public at the mariage of Mis Violet Mary Ashburner, deagliter →of Bir Oliver and Lady Lodge, to Mr. Rowland Waterhouse, at St. Goorge's Church, Egbarton. Two of the verses (of which all rights are reserved) are as follow:-
Bleus, Lord this bride; O hold her in Thy keeping;
Bleas, Lord this man, and -shield him safe from ill;
Grant that their lives, in love and gladness reaping,
May lic in sunshine-with Thy Peace be still.
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fucie of these matters from the as bravely as any other Americans A Tibetan traveller, the Rev. chaff of idle title-tattle that on to protect their adopted land from Ekai Karagachi, baa arrived in velopa them I recently talked a foreign fox." Calcutta on his way home to with officers of our army, Davy, Mr. F. Romano, one of the
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TO LET."La Hacienda" E, saya that the Tibet of to-day is winent Americans of foreign della Sera, an Italian news-
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paper published in New York, which he saw fifteen years ago, Ia regard to the posibility of said that the Italian-Americans Apply to CHATER and MODY, Tibetans are now more tolerant danger from German-Americans could also eff ran army of "severel5 Queen's Road Central. of foreigners, and are more civilizand Germans here not yet natur-sundred thousand men" trained
(3) We could not provide the to the trenches in France | THE FOREIGN POLICY OF SIR ed and the roads are much clear-alized, it was the masnimons to the use of arms. Thus, in- er. Tibetans are now learning opinion of the officera with whom ginding Americana who were born necessary field artillery, ammani- and Belgium, but at least six the use of soap. The practice of I oorvened that--
in Swizerland, the Scandinavian tion, and ammanition trains to months would be required to polygamy has absolutely dis 1. Toe talk of "concrete found-nations, and other Europeau conn- equipan adequate army of defence train such a force, and then to appeared from the country and ations" and of other preparations tries where military training is for eighteen months after the land transport them we should have to charter foreign ships or oon- monogamy is now the rage. The for invasion, and of organized compulsory, in a crisis sooh as ing of an enemy.
(4) We have no reserve to re- fiscate the German vessels in our Bav. Kuwagachi had several au- resistanos by Germans and Ger that which threatened this country diences with the Dalai Lama who man-Americans, is very malicious io 1812, when our land was invad-inforce our slight army of reporte. Io short, it is an open question whether the Allies would ed and our Capitol barned' bygulars and militis. presented him with 110 interest-poppycost.
(5) In case of invasion by a welcome our participation as a ing manuscripts, some in gold. The German-Americane foreign toldiers, we could de- The Tachi Lams presented him would be loyal to the last man, pend upon a volunteer army of firat-class Power we would need belligerent as much as they wel- with 500 Tibetan block printed 3. At the most, trouble from the at least million men, in reguler and militis field forces, come the munitions of war from booka. His own collection com-unnaturalized Germans would be none of whom would need coastguard forces, volunteers, a neutral nation,
But, although it is now late priese about a thousand manu- confined to isolated riots and email mach instruction with the rifle etc., about one million men. For scripts.
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Choahu province have been driven into untenable a fight being forced upon us. Bo much for our unreadiness for ficient in cavalry and artillery. boasts four Generals in Prince positions by equally overzealous Space forbids going into many war in the fatore with any first These deficiencies should be made||||
80 THE SEA LADY, H. G. Wolle.
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Kamagats, Count Terauchi, Vin- persisens of the Allies, but prob: details and statistics to back up clans Power. Now as to any up at once. Ons proposal is to put N. LAZARUS & Co.,
conat Hasegawa and Viscount ably to them the Fatherland looks thin contention, but there is ample possible war under present the entire twelve divisions of militia into camp for six months Oshima, while Stauma province beat when it is far away, as the proof of the truth of it in the circumstances. has three Generals in Prince saying is, and in the last analysis following statements vouched for If in the near future we are for to acquire hardening and discip- Ogawa, Count Kawamura and America is first with all of them." by all the army officers with whom oad into the present world war, for line. By legislative action, it is Baron. Uyehara. Lient General Mr. Birnhard Ridder-a son of I talked
several months we could do next to urged, we should make up the de-
Oke, Minister of War, is fifty-six Mr. Herman Ridder, editor of the (1) For the defence of this nothing. We might send our flest ficiencies in our means of Nation. years of age, while Lieut-General New York Steats Zeitung-country there are now within con- to the Dardanelles, but it would al defence which were enumerated Oshims, Vice-Minister of War, is who seaists his father in the mantinental United States only ninety not be a tremendous reinforcement in the six numbered paragraphs afty-eight years old. They both agement of that leading orgen of thousand widely coattered mobile to the Allien, for we have only above. Last, but not least, while graduated from the Military German-American opinion, said scope, including militis. eight first-line battle-abips; and resolving to resort to force only Aosdemy in 1881...
that in the deplorable event of (2) After the landing by the end of this year England in the last extremity we should aafone will have turned out thirteen try to increase our knowledge of ore of the big variety of rica the position of German point on one of our coaste thirty of such vessels since the war the dangers that may threaten us you have lost your appetito war between Germany and Ame of dainty dishes at the ALEXAN- Americans would be most painful. days would be required to con- began. We might begin to raise and to stiffen our resolution to DRA OAFE is raure to tempt It would be analogous to the centrale bese ninety thousand and train's volunteer army of five meet them calmly but oncotively
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