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Malay Sultan's Gift to our
Soldiers.
H. H. the Sultan of Pahang's gift of cigar lighters to F.M.6. men serving has been distributed among those in training at Home and at the front.
George William Foote Dead.
London, October 18.-George William Foote, well known as a free thinker, is dead. He partic ipated in the famous blasphemy trial in which the late Lord Chief Justice Coleridge deolded it was not illegal to ast ok the principles of religion, provided the language used was not improper,
Attempted Bombing of a Stan- dard Oil Magaste. Tarrytown, N. J. November 22.—An attempt to kill Mr. John D. Archbold, president of the Standard Oil Company of Naw Jarsey, was made in this city laat night. Ter would-be messein used a bomb, which was dis- covered in the nick of time. Government detectives are work- ing on the casa.****** Manila Bulletin
We Wish Ho May Win It. Lucknow, October 22.-There is great excitement over a big wager that has recently been made, exy the Indian Daily Telegraph whereby a keen follow- ar of the wir comewhere in India,
The Court Martialling of au American Admiral.
Washington; November 23. The Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Josephus Jagiels bas die approved the findings of the court martial which tried Bear Admiral William N. Little, re ired, on charges of pegligence and carelessness in the performance of his duty an inspector of machinery on the enbmarine K-2. The court martial found several against Admirel Little-Manila
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WAR AND HEADACHES,
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In the Annals of the American stands to win Re. 10,000, having Academy of Political and Sosial backed bisopinion that war will Solence, Mr. Daniel Folkmar con- end in December. This is not aribates an article in which he tins. mere idle gamble, says the paper, but the result of a deep study by Pointe out, in a nautious way, the
effect of the war on Europe's Indin je to-day the world's one with qualifications to formade with Indis and the immense greatest buyer of the goods upon an opinion.
possibilities of American trade in which America's fature develop- that aomntry, as he also mentionament largely depends, that is, the fact that the political agitators oert in manufactured products, and revolationists of India are ludia is the greatest foreign pur. THE HONGKONG LAND IN- complete with and coupled direct to one 6 K:W. Continuous Chir- using the Swadeshi (Homa In.chaser of European manufacturen. India, es an agricultural
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rooms, 3 bath rooms, servants ther particulars apply to Messrs. The imports of British Indis quarters, &c. vacant 1st Novem. Linstead & Davis, Alexandra the farthest of the Far Esat from our shores. ... Notwithaland-in the fiscal year 1913-bar. Apply Descon Looker, Buildinga. ing the advantage England bas 1914 amounted to $150,400,000 Deacon & Harston. over other countries in obtaining and
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the trade of India, British India 200,000. Of the importe 36 per In the recent French com- is already one of the nine or ten cont. were cotics goods, a line in muniques reference is made to greatest purchasers of American which the United States is rapidly the use by the enemy of lachry- goods outside of Europe. In fact, increasing its production, whils matory
shells, there are only ten countries in its pcm bilities as the chief cotton weeping1 Or These ars shells containing Europe which bay mora from producer of the world are almost chemical preparation the detonaus annually than does India. unlimited. Second in order in indication the value of India's imports are tion of which brings water to the But this gives no
vastness of India metale; manufactures of iron and eyes, preventing man for some of the time from wing the rifle. Ammo as a market and the possibilities atecl form about 9 per cent. of nis sad mustard oil are the best in the increase of American the total imporis. That about known chemicals with
this trade in that country, for the 45 per cent, of the total importa peculiar quality, though almost United Kingdom bolds at present of British India last year were all the asphyxiating gasos em-70 per cent. of its import trade, composed of the classes of articleg ployed by the Germans including and, in fact, more than 95 per for which the United States special facilities of ohle:Loe and bromine,-Exchange, cens, of the Indian purchases in
the largest line, that of cotton production and ranks among the New Comptroller of U. S. Treasury.
pisoo goods. ■ India's por world's greatest producers, Bad Mr. Walter W. Warwick, of obsson of British exporta are equal more than three fourths of the Cincinnati, is the newly appoint to the parobssen of Canada imports of India were of the ed Comptroller of the U. & Australia, South Africa, and Now classes of merchandise which the Treasury encoeeding Jadge | Zaland, combined. The total United States produces and sx- George E. Downey, of Indiana, import trade of India from Grear ports, Yot in epite of this fant, who was recently made a justion Britain amounts to £86,000,000 less than 9 per cent. of India'a of the U. B. Court of Claims. Mr. par yard, of which more then imports in 1913-1914 were from Warwick has been in the govern- £38,000,000 is for voiton goods, the United States.
The wer has disturbed the ment service since 1893, and has India takes two fifths of the entire held a number of important posi-value of the exporte of Great Ansportation system of the
world:
A great many of the He served on the Taft Bitsin 'to all countries. tions. economy and efficiency commis The total India imports from British ships formerly used in AFRAID OF HONGKONG. UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS sion and just before his new pro-Germany and Austria in 1913) direct trade between India and rer ini- motion was resistant comptroller. were valued at £11,000,000 America have been
which was more than one-tenth toned by the British Govern.
A "Emden"Officer's Adventures. A Gyantas lotter dated October as much as all the imports into mant. Consequently the freight
Colombo,October 24th-Lieat, 8 ya that Taharang Thape, Indis from all other parts of the rate has increased tremendously. Commander-in-Chief of the Tibet world. In other words of India's America muat build up a mer- Lauterbach; en- Emden officer, Army, reasbed Gyantas on the total import trade in private ohant marine to solve this ship-who with other escaped from the 28th September, accompanied by merchandise in 1913 1914, nearly ping problemi, England will Tanglin interamente imp on the high civil and military officers 7 per cent, was with Germany never allow German trade to outbreak of the mutiny in Febru and escorted by fifty cavalry and 2.3 per cent, with Austria-come back" to India, France, ary last reached America in the soldiers on route for Shigatse Hungary. Atleast 75 per cent. of Belgium, and even England middle of August. He esasped from (head quarters of Tahang pro- Germany's imports into India were would lose mach of their trade he Straits Satilement daring the vince,) Daring his atay at of goods such as the United States with India if the United States fighting that followed the mutiny Gyantee be interviewed the should be able to sell. Thirty per gets a good start on it during the and for seven days paddled in ■ Political Officers of Sikkim and cent, of her sales were of metals, war. What really has been the dag-out with Sinhalese boatmen other British officers stationed on including manufacturees-11-per effeot-of-war-on-our trade with sad reached Sumatra. From there the frontier and dined with them. [cent, were of cotton manufactures; | Ladis?
he went to dva and atß:urabaya This is the first occasion, that a and 8.5 per cent, were of woollens; "The Intest American figures be secured the pamports of H. W. Thape, ios cabinet minister of these three items making a total says Mr. Folkmar, "available at Johnson, a Swedish subject, and Chases, bas left his headquarters of exactly 50 per cent. of the the Department of Commerce dis- made a trip to Saigon in Indo- with the express, parpaia of goods sold by Germany to ladis closes rapid increase in trade in China reviewing the forces of Tibet at and being in line in which we January and February (1915) s He did not dare ga to Hong- Grantee. The Commander-in-aro best able to compete... compared with all previous trade, kong, and so by roundabout Chief reviewed the Tibetan British India is the largest in spite of the decreased trade of way he went from Saigon along oldiers in training there and was buyer in the world of our cheapest the six months ending in Dedem-the coast and up the river Canton highly pleased with their effi- cotton goods, excepting only ber. This inorcare in the last two overland thousands of miles to alency and smartzean and compli. China,I am speaking of our months' trade comes despite the Shanghai and there secured pass mented them and the Tibetan $3,000,000 export of unbleached fact that shipping facilities bat-age on board the Mongelin, bound officers who had trained them. cottons. British Is dia, including ween America and India have for San Francisco. While in Exchange.
Aden, which politically belonge been worss daring these months. Japan poris he hid in the fore to British India, takes one and á The door of opportunity pile of the Mongolia and half times as much of our on stands wide open at the present although the Japanese officers bleached cotton as all South Am moment for great trade with In-searched for him he was not Fyou have lost your appetite erican countries combined. Tadi dir, and the opportunity will be found. It was not until he left made himself one of the big variety of bays more than £600,000 worth wastly grester when the shipping Yokohama that he made dainty di hos at the ALEXAN of cur iron and afeel manufacturer problem is
must known under his real name súd DRA CAFE is sure to tempt 2600,000 worth of ou land will solve ij.
not as "E de Johnson."— Associated Press.
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