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**EUROPE"
OUR NEED OF SEA- POWER.
(Continued from Page 1)
comment on the proposals of the other Powers. The statement which I am going to read is there- fore designed only to romove any nisumlerstanding which, if it con- tinued uncorrected, could not but impede the prospects of success,
THURSDAY,
JULY 28. 1927.
HANKOW TO BEAT NANKING?
SUN INSURANCE,
(Continued from Pazo 1.)
on various stores, some of the men, being given shore leave. The Kar- mala was due to leave here at four o'clock this afternoon..
*
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
The annual report and accounts for the year ending December, 1926, issued by the Sun Insurance Offer, Ltd., London, which 'Com- pany Messrs. John Manners and Co., Ltd., represent in Hongkong and South China, states:
The Gloucestershires and Dur- hams left Bombay and Calcutta
The Fire Account-The net pre- respectively on January 27. former were on board the troop- misma amounted to 2,527,078 98. Unfounded Suspicion.
ship Vasna and the Durhams on 2d. as compared with £2,384,051 The conference on naval dis- the Takliwa. They arrived in 63. id. in the previous year. The armament now sitting at Geneva Hongkong on February 7 and 8 re-net Losses pald and outstanding. have discussed important points spectively and sailed almost im- including Contributions to Fire in technical committees, and at the mediately for Shanghai, arriving Brigades, were 21,131,368 8. 34. plenary conferences, but despite there qu February 12.07
The credit They are now returning to their against £1,117,040 88. Od. in the efforts of our delegates at
the previous year. balance of £377.756 188. 2d., which Geneva. serious misapprehen-slations in India having been away sion of the
includes £83.922 6s. 11d. for net attitude of Iisa little over six months.
interest, has been transferred to Majesty's Government BLI
Profit and Loss Account. prevails in some quarters.
His Majesty's Government have oven been charged with a desire to destroy that equality of sea-power, us between the United States of
TEA DUTIES.
Narking Relents.
Shanghai, July 27.
As the result of a petition from
"
were
America and the British Empire, the Shanghai Tea Merchants' Astanding were £11,761, 11s. 20. which the Washington Conference sociation, the Nanking Govern- suspicion forment unnounces that, until further contemplated-a
notice, boxed tea, ten brieks,, and which there is no foundation."
The invitation of the President Len dust will be exempted from all of the United States to take part in export taxes.-Router. the disarmament conference was anderstood by His Majesty's Government to be based on his desire to develop the policy of the Washington Conference, diminishing yet further naval expenditure while national twofold Government are
CULTURAL UNITY.
(Continued from Puge 1.)
Personal Accident Account.- The net premiums have increased £8,307 10. d. to £31,068 Ds. The Losses paid and out- Including net interest" of £1.004 125, 3d. the credit balance of red to Profit and Loss Account. £6,267 143. Od. has been transfer- Employers' Liability Account.- The net premiums. £139,467 8. d., shewing an increase of £3.397 15s. 1d. on the figure for 1925. The claims paid and outstanding were £82.114 88; 5, an increase of £13,580 9%. Od. over those of the previous year. end, His Majesty's rest meeting place for the ineluding net Interest. of £5,756 complete dividual cultures of each nation, 10s. 74 the credit balance of agreement, and they desire to which once established, we shall£6,870 da. 1d. has been transferred Burglary and General Account. mesaure the merits of every probe able to know each other, better, to Profit and Loss Account.
"Then that feeling of estrange.
net premiums -The pusul by the degree to which
ment could be diminished and it it furthers this twofold end.
"It is on this principle that they is my hope that in the future we $760,107 1. 8d. as compared with have proposed to diminish the size shall be united in a proper spirit £718,203 158. 4. in the previous armament of battleships, of spiritual co-operation--for that year, and the claims päid and out- while leaving unaltered the num-only is the link which will bind standing were 2429,615 7s. 21. u bera fixed at Washington. It is uation and nation." for this, reason also, that they suggest the limitation in number and armament of the large fight
and
without safety.
maintaining
security. With this
in
Impressions.
Dr. Tagore is inspired by
be
the
were
against £413,384 13s. 3d. in 1925. The credit balance, £37,628 134,, 2. including net interest of 418,005 O. 5d., has been trans- aferred to Profit and Loss Account. net Marine Account. The ing cruisers, on principles similar great ideal: that in the melting of
the common premiums amounted to £207,582 to those adopted at Washington East and West on for battleships. This proposal ground of the search for truth, 7s. 8d. as compared with £231,989
understanding shali would "greatly that,
18s. 43. in the previous year. like the first, diminish national expenditure established which will bridge in The net Losses paid and cuts and- endangering national no other manner possible the great ing were £10,355.54. 32. Includ
gulf between East and West
ing net Interest of £8,655 17. D That is a roble ideal, but the the credit balance of £28,655 178. The Small Cruisers.
impressions of the interviewer are Dd. has been transferred t Profit
one and Loss Account." "The questions connected with of a patriot rather than of
Proft and Loss Account-The small cruisers are of more com-whose love for his native and has plicated character. The strength been lost in an overwhelming balance brought forward from of the fleets can he stated in flood of visionary ideals. It is no 1925 amounted to £682,938 158. Od., figures and compared with pre-detraction of the poet to say that and after paying Dividends, less a balance of £192,438 15s. 01. istan. Their primary funelion is he le, first and last, an Indian Tax, of £150,500 there remained Indeed, his university This, by the operations of the to fight others, and, speaking patriot. broadly, they can easily be com was primarily intended for
year, after deducting £25,440 19 pared with each other. No such purpose of welding together the in respect of Charges incurred simplicity of looking at the sub vastly different races of India, by in the registration of the Office
of abolishing caste and religious pre-
under the Companies (Consolida Jeet is possible in the case small cruisers employed for police judice. In the common labour of Lion) Act. 1908, has been increased was to £1.023,667 69. 11d., and from purposes in times of peace, and philosophical research necessary for the protection of hoped that the result would be this amount there has been carried in the Burglary and lines of communication in timefchieved of a mutual understand-to Pension Fand £50,000, to the war. Geographical considerations|ing bets en aud binding of the Reserve cannot be rationally ignored. It races of the Bust. Then came his General Account £30,000, to the was eventful visit to Europe, when, as Reserve in, the Marine Acoust can hardly be denied, as
the General clearly stated by us when accept he says, touched by the appeal he 120,000, and to. ins The President's invitation, had unconsciously made to Euro- Reserve Fund £100,000, leaving a that
such vessels are of vitalpean ulture, he conceived the balance of £823,667 Ga. 11. The adressity to an Empire whose great idea to which he has given amount carried to General Reserve widely scattered parts are divitied such apt expression in his inter- brings that Fund up to £750,000. An interim Dividend of ten and view. from carh other by seas
What he experiment may shillings per share, less income
ani £96,000, part is dependent for its daily achieve is in the future. But it Tax, was paid in January last hread on sea-Eorne trade. and is remarkable that at his univer-absorbing which would perish it unable tosity, people of all religious beliefs Directors have declared a further actually meet in common wor Dividend (heing the 406th since protect its external"trade.
"It has to be noted further, that ship-Christan Hindu, Moham- the foundation of the Office) of the sea routes, on which Britain medan, Buddhist-and Dr. Tagore cleven shillings per share, less Be-Income Tax, payable on the 1st, of depends for her existence are explained it in a few words: largely in aarrow waters border-hind all the religions." he said, July, which will require a further fed by other states. This is not "we all bask in the
the gase with the United States, light." whose most important lines of com munication are either on land
oceans, and whose most populous Singapore.
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10
STAR THEATRE
EARLY IN AUGUST
CHARLES CHAMIER
presents
THE NEW
OUR CABARET
LONDON ARTISTES 10
in a series of
INTIMATE REVIEWS
Printed and Published for the Proprietor by FREDERICK, PEROY FRANKLIN; at 1 and 8, Wyndham Street, In the City of Victoria, Hongkong.
it
samc
the
sun-sum of £106,975, leaving unappro
priated £620,69% 6s. 110.
Fonds. The Total Funds of the Office will now stand at £5,705,720 las. 4d.
com-
within her own frostlers or along far any reason was obliged to dis her own coasts. These circum tribute its available tonnage stances received due consideration among smaller craft would be at a Washington in 1922, and have a permanent disadvantage not lost any of their importance.pared with one which was able to adopt a different scheme. There No Dictation.
would be nominal purity, but real Inequality."
INSURANCE OF THE UNEMPLOYED.
"Thit hardly necessary to say
AN AMENDING. BILL. that His Majesty's. Government,
Discussion To Be Renewed.
London, July 27. while unging our special position, are far from claiming the least
Answering a question by Mr. The House of Commons has pára- right to dictate a small cruisers J. R. Clynes, the Labourite, Sired the first reading of the Bill, policy to the other Powers. They Austin Chamberlain promised an mentioned in the King's Speech an accept general principles which, early opportunity for discussion February 8, to amend the Unem- as they understand them, underlic in November, when the House ployed Insurance Acts of 1920 to
summer 1926.--Reuter. the President's polley, that no reassembled after the maritime Power should maintain reress.
a larger navy than is required for: Commander
this
11
Kenworthy (La-
challeboort, she breams anniversity graduate
Own security. To translate bour) asked whether Sir Austin HOW MUCH DO YOU KNÓW?
The following are the replies to into figures for reasons Chamberlain could deny a state-
reto-day's questions- already given, far more difficul- ment repeated abroad with
1. Ifertor urine. 2. Jakobs you Haynau of ties arise in the gase small ference to 600,000 tons of cruisers
Hungarian rafusters ? 1948, working in the cruisery than in the case of the said to have been demanded by Hungarian general, who was recantand by larger types of surface vessels. the British delegates. Sir Au- landen Museum, . She was Martin Luther's wife, and had bees Cotwelle quasi- tes said that delegates never men-
nan, who enraped fren a convent. f January Anything resembling the
attioned 600,000 tons, and there-anniversary of Charles 3.'s execution, and permanent formula adented Washington for battleships, is fore he could give an assured denial. September 2, threns of the Grent Fire. 4. Answering further questions, An American airt, dost, dumb and blind from quite inapplicable to this class of Vessels. It becomes even nore Sir Austen said: "The basis of the journalist, 7. Waterlow Park. Highgate, who lived in Rome In the second century A.D. applicable when strength is ea- conference is, we understand, and taide of Sir Sydney Waterlow. 8: Galenus, 9. Dos Quixado's "fair lady." 10, Nipe-leuth timated in terms of gross tonnage the President's own intention is, without reference to numbers or to reconcile the limitations of 11, Bernard Pallery, famous potter and crramie
Imperator.
13. Gearge it's hugnad, Lowls. armaments with national security,puter. 12. Albania. Probably derived from armament.
still in existence. 15. Westminster Hall, Iseriil "Two nations, each possessing and that is the basis on which any 11. In the Temple Ilalt, where the tnblu is
1095. 100,000 tons of battleships may conference for the limitation of he regarded without serious error nimaments can ever be brought le successful Issue."-British as being so far equal in fighting
Wireleas. Dowers. No such statement cau reasonably be made about two nations each of which has its ten cruisers-of 5,000 tons. It all de-
The Delegates Return.
London, July 27.
Ar the Chester Assizes Stuart Raymond Hawkins, aged 20, a ntu- dent, who was found guilty of de- manding 5 from the manager of the Midland Bank, Altrincham,
ponds upon circumstances, and it Mr. W. C. Bridgeman and Lord by menaces, was sent to Borstal is thought that naval experta Cecil have left for Geneva. Mr. for three years. Hawkins raised would probably agree that if it Bridgeman Interviewed by Reuter a pistol at the manager and de- He bolted when came to fighting, more numerous declared that Britain's position manded notes. but smaller vessels would stand wat fundametally unchanged. an assistant appoured, and squirt- but a poor chance against their Lord Cecil said that the outlook ed ammonta from a water-pistol more powerful but Jess numerous was hopeful but the position was into the face of a polleoman who
tried to stop him. opponents. Any country which unquestionably critical-Reitor.
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