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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1919.
Exclusive photo just arrived from Germany showing the officers of the Inter-Allied Commission in Berlin, Bottom row left to right: Col Parker head of the American Mission, Gen. Dupont head of the French Mission, Gen. Malcolm chief of the British Mis. sion, Gen. Bensivenga head of the Italian Mission and Gen. Monkevitz of the Russian Mission. Top row left to right: Capt. Zeneval Potosky of Russian Army, Major USA.. Lieut. Col. de Charey, of France, Lieut. Col. Ruggeri of Italy, Lieut. Col. Tilbury British Army, Lieut. Col. Ryan of American Red Cross, Lieut. Col. Me Cready of Great Britain, Capt. Langfeldt of Germany, Capt. Toupard of France. Lieut. Lemet of the French Army and Lieut. Peroy of the Belgian Army.
The approach to the Inland Steel Works, Indiana Harbour, guarded by
soldiers during the recent strike.
Brig. Gen. A Cecil Critchley. the youngest General in the British Army.
Col. Gabrielle d'Annunzio (without "hat) leader of the Italian forces occupying Fiume, as he appeared as an officer of the Italian Air Force. The famous poet and air- man is here shown in conference with some of his sup- porters.
COMMANDER CLARK WITHERS.
A prac ical demonstration of what a submarine can, do was given by the H-2 in the Hudson River recently before a crowd of 2,000. Lieut. Com. Clark Withers. U.S.N., was the commander of the submarine. The submersible submerged in the remarkable time of one minute and thirty seconds. While in the depths the H-2 operated her radio tele- graph, being the only sub- marine in the world, accord-
ing to Lieut. Commander Withers, fitted apparatus for communication.
with radio under vater
LIFE AND SUPER-LIFE.
The desire to know that the
loved one lives in spite of physical
cannot put labels to the things he wants: they are shapes rather than substance.
BREVITIES.
The England-to-be belongs to comprehension of common griefs.reality of the child. Where the our sons; it is a heritage which One grows to understand the rainbow ends is solid under his we shall not enjoy. Yet it is a point of view of Labour, of ex-feet.
Queenslari. Australia, con- Immortality. the Service men. of the categories of We are working towards the Labonr. more definite, clamours link with EXISTENCE LIGHTENED BY for the new world now. It would renewal of our lease of litc.
humans who endure the slings of happiness of all beneath the tains 670,500 square miles and A WAR LESSON.
pull down the glittering peaks to Childless couples long for the fortune. Ministering to sorrow, tented sky. The miracle of to- has only 680.000 inhabitants.
real and solid A German firm has been com- the plain level of every day. It first time for the laughter of little in a spirit of forgetfulness of self, day becomes a
Reform takes various missioned to build 300 concrete Self-centred existence leaves no room for littleness. thing. seeks an eternal city of justice people.
Profiteers lower their houses at Laon. Mr. Charles Dawbarn, writes and fair play. Fair play is the has begun to pall. The hearth Our own life extends to others. shapes.
Those who have been able to to the Daily Chromite :-
cry of Mr. Henderson as of Mr. seems lonely. This is the call forming a living chain of souls pirate "flags. More children are
born into a better world. Labour catch sight of shells passing Smillie. Their programme lies towards the life that transcends stretching to infinity.
Children are symbols" of the justifies its name even if it moves through the air have described in a region half way between the common span and pierces, Utopia and the solid earth. It is however little, the wide spaces of times to be, for their hold on life grumblingly, towards the millen- them as appearing "like long lead death is at the bottom of the many
a blend of vision with hard-eternity. It is immortality, they past is fragile and precarious end nium. It has caught a glimpse pencils with indistinct blurred
Their forward- of the Beyond, and is buoyed by edges." strange manifestations which
beadedness; it stretches froro the seek. wrapped in the love of may soon cease.
Britain is building the largest. have so disturbed and perplexed piver cf. Life to the Sunrise. It children. It is human and yet looking eyes are unblurred with the thought that "the best is yet
dirigible in the world. It will the Church Congress.
pre-supposes a world purged of divine. for true parenthood im- disappointment; their hopes are to be."
Thus is common life stayed carry six airplanes for its own mes-protection and use-serial life- Parents crave assurance of the commercial dross and yet wholly plies unselfishness. The essence ardent and creative. Cradled in continuing life. The sense of prosperous. Each seeks the com- of the mothers' office is service longings of mature mankind, their with Hope that bright
Welfare workers among the separation from him upon whom mon good and personal profit is to her child. Thus is implanted hands reach forth to shadowy senger from Mars, who is our boats, as it were.
clusters beyond our ken, into contact with the other world. they have lavished love reduced to the minimum. Though the pricless seed of sacrifice.
From self-sacrifice springs starry space. They behold the Thus spiritualism, thus suffering American Indians complain that .is intolerable, Their ears buttressed by experience, this
new order, the new worlds harden- and sympathy, thus service and the drug habit is making alarm- strained to are
catch the double-life reposes largely on the sympathy with others. The war whispers of the other worid. unsubstantial: Fet are pioneers has widened sympathy, for self-ing out of prayet rising like children even the clamour of ing inroads among the redmen. The the market-place-are signposts and that no congressional enact existence suffering implies a suffering with vapour from the ground.
ment exists to curtail it. Some have no faith in evocations already staking out
others. Of this sympathy is born vision of the father becomes the l along the path of immortality. and yet see visions in the night along the shadowy heights. in which the dear voice speaks. They are clutching at the skirts
of immortality and thus joining! Earth to Heaven. The suppres-; sion of the Ego, the sudder stoppage of all thought, the blank wall of non-existence-that seems; to them inconceivable in their exalted state. Life must go on;) thought is indestructible. The torch once lighted at the alter most be borne onwards in thei night. What matter if the bearer drops? Younger hands will hold the light.
Thus is born the feeling of living, in two worlds; The next is formed partly of things real and partly of: things imagined: the vision and the marrow of our life to-day.
The Premier sees a new life" from which are banished penury! and greed. No more sweating, no more slums, and each animated by a love for others. Tas co.ne non citizen seeks more, vaguely, Perhaps, for his soul's desire. Hs
DOINGS OF THE DUFFS
"TOM, OUR DAKMY HAS BEEN A VERY DISOBEDIENT BOY TODAY AND 1"TOLD |
HIM "THAT I VEOULD HAVE TO TELL
YOU WHEN YOU GOT HOME
YOUNG MAKE YOU COME RIGHT IN THE OTHER ROOM WITH ME!
AYI, DADDY!
Tom is a Very Severe Father.
You COME RIGHT
AW PADDY,
11 WON'T DO
IT AGAIN
HERE AND LAY
OVER MY KHEE
NOW, YOUNG MAN, LET THIS BE A LESSON To You-
WOW!!!
WELL, I GAVE HIM A GOOD SPANKING!
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Over twice as many divorces are granted to wives as are grant- ed to husbands.
In 20 years, 7,700,000 automo- biles have been produced in the (United States, but there are still 21.534,000 horses in the country and 4,925,000 mules...
COALFIELD ROMANCE.
A romance of the South Wales coalfield is disclosed by the appointment of Mr. John Kane as general manager of the whole of the colliery undertakings of the associated concerns of the United National Collieries, Ltd., of Messrs. Burnyeat, Brown and Co., with annual output of three million tons. Mr. Kane is a native of the Rhondda Valley, and commenced life as a pit boy,
has now been appointed to one of Through his own perseverance he
highest positions in the coalfield.
BY ALLMAN,
I'LL SAY YOU DID - I HEARD
IT SMACK CLEAR OUT HERE THERE WAS NO NEED OF DONG
THAT!
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