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To-day's Advertisements
ANGLO-FRENCH SCHOOL CAUSEWAY BAY.
CCHOOL RE-OPENS on MONDAY,
Sept. 9, at p AC. Hongkong, Sept. 6, 1915.
797
THE ASSOCIATION OF EXPORTERS & DEALERS OF HONGKONG.
SPECIAL MEETING of Members General Chamber of Commerce Room, Chartered Bank Building, or FRIDAY 4th instant, (TO-MORROW) at 3 for the purpose of discussing certain proposals suggested by the dig the quality, murvey and stowage of Bice
will be held in the Hongkong
ciation of San Francisco regarding_the
Shipments to U.S.A.
The China
Mail.
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, Sept. 5. 1918.
THE HOUR OF TRIUMPH.
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE MAGISTRACY.
ALLEGED FALSE TRADE DESCRIPTION.
JUDGMENT IN THE JAPANESE
COTTON CASES,
THE RUBBER CRISIS..
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1918,
BRITISH BANK DIRECTORS.
CANTON PARLIAMENT AND THE PRESIDENCY.
The Intelligence Bureau of Can
VIEWS OF PENANG CHAMBER OFSir Charles Addis, in an article on
COMMERCE. '.
"Problems of British Binking" in the July Edinburgh Review, calls attention to the question of Bank Direction. He ton communicates the following writes: A
The Constitutionalet fraders of the The German board of bank directora composed in an extent unknown in South-West, who have but recently England, of men posed of profession-announced, through the Intelligence
Messrs. Brown, Phillips and Stewart send to the Penang press the following excerpt from the minutes of a special meeting of the Committee of the Ponsas
Chamber of Commerce held in the Cham-al and technical knowledge. No one Bureau, that they would repudiate who has been present at a meeting of
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fortunea uż war, and until it is shown again that the German army is not ooly able to hold the defensive positions it takes up, but to make the initiativa in the battle, the demoralisa- tion which has set in among the people of Germany is bound to extend and to end in the inevitable Today Mr. E DC. Wolfe delivered collapse. Never were the Allies a judgment in the case in which Theber on August 19: clearly within sight of victory as they Suu Co, Ltd. and two other firms The Chairman (fr. H. A. Low) ad-German bank directors in Berlin, when illegal actions of the Peking are to-day,
were prosecuted by the Crown Solicitor dresses the meeting on the present paal- some foreign enterprise has been under Government, are not only expressing for selling Japanese cotton reels with tion of the rubber market and the pos-consideration, can have failed to be in the sentiment of the several pro sible effect upon the local bazaar of the pressed by the animation with which vinces they represent, but also that a false description.
heavy slump which has taken place in was discussed, and by the expert and Mr. Wolfe said the three cases were the price of the commodity. He feared. cumparative knowledge displayed by of avery well-respecting citizen of similar. He was satisfied that a false that if the present decline in values con- individual directors of the enterprise China, when they say that ther
itsch, trado description was given but betinged, the resultant consequences to
and at the cauditions arrived at the conclusion that the obvious that very serious losses will in
the bazaar may be disastrous and it is prevailing in the foreign country residency of the Republie of China which it was proposed to cannot be subject to the control of defendants should be discharged as becasue to the producios interests and to undertake it. He may have been led militarists who happen to be in eine was satisfied that they reted innocently the public in general,
After discussion it is resolved to ad-reception bis project met with in his time being: thee is is, an insult to to refect ruefully upon the different and of birge military forces for the although they may not have complied dress Government on the gravity of the own country. He will recall the meet situation, and to point out that in view
NEWS OF THE DAY.
LOOAL AND GENERAL.
One fatal cass of bubonic plague was reported in the Colony yesterday.
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with section of sub-section
of the fact that the industry is of vital ing of the London based: the difficulty the manhood of China to think that His Worship stated that in future importance rot only to Malays pat to of withdrawing its members even teman illegitimate President, playingly The Ching Mail Co's win. Chinniño other parsoit.could make the plea] the Empire the present situation callsporarily from their country pur chosen by votes bought from sailed from Manila on Wednesday that he bad acted innocently becausement. Accordingly, it is designed that a DO
For the Immediate attention of Govern- and their obvious anxiety to lose morning, and is due to arrive. here to these cases had been widely reported. small special committee, representative most of
time in returning to then: Asembly picked and purchased by morrow morning.
them old men, many of the military party, will be confirmasi to appointed to examine and report st the earliest possible date as to what of them ex Government oficials and the steps should be taken to deal with the like, who have never been in business a person knowing the free by which fow ornamental titled persons; only has been given the office should one or two here and there who have no
A married Chinese woman was remove to the Government Civil Hospital offering from the effects of self-administered upfum poison.
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Mr. Frederic Coleman bas, in "The Far East Unveild," written the history of events in China and "fapan during 1916 The volume will be published by Messrs. Cussell,
4.
A Chinese coolic has been sent to the Government Civil Hospital anffering Ffrom injuries received by being knocked down by motor car No. 10, near the Ping Onwharf. ---
The Portmaster General in London
bas announced among mails lost at se through enemy action, the newspaper and samples mail of June 20-27 for Hongkong and the south of China
DAILY for several weeks now the news has been an almost uninter rupted record of Allied successes on the Western Front. Marshal Foch has evidently decided to give the enemy no rest. Blows have been "ained upon him constantly along almost the entire line." The fattiative no longer remains with the enemy. He is being steadily driven back, and he is finding that such "impregnable".
A London paper received by to positions as the Drocourt-Quesnt day's mail anys-The recent rise that switch-line of the great BISDES-bas taken place in the stock of the BURG's defence system is not inval.P. & O. is accompanied by revived nerable after all The way in which rumours that the company is to be the ASSOCIAÇÃO PORTUGUESA DE the British and Canadians have centre of a big shipping fusion..
"SOCCORROS MUTUOS,
Al Rice Exporters who are not Members of the Association are also invited to attend.
By Order,
A. R. LOWE,.
Acting Secretary.
Bongkar, Sept. 5, 1918.
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Subscomissão da Escola de Porta- :
broken through what the German
He asked the solicitors to warn their the planting and mercantile interests, thear long retired from business, opster by the people; and that any
clients.
A JAPANESE THIEF.
A Japanels was charged before Mr. E. D. G. Wolle with robbing his Japanese master of $150, from a chest of drawers. Defendant pleaded guilty. He said he had no intention of robbing and would get the money from home and pay his master off,
in a house of ill-repate and had spent He was arrested yesterday morning all the money. He came to Hongkong from Shanghai in March.
Complainant said there was no chanus of getting the money,
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The Magistrate remarked that as it
was the first offence he would give him the option of a fine. He was accordingly fined $150 or one month's hard labour SYSTEMATIC OPIUM SMUGGLING
FROM HAIPHONG.
situation.
PENANG AND SINGAPORE „PRODUCA.
The Chairman reports that Me. Craig bad brought up the question, of the ship ment of Fenang and Singapore general produce to the United Kingdom in foreign bottom. He had referred briefly bars at the recent half-yearly general to the matter when, addressing the mem- meeting of the Chamber
train to catob, and are willing to discuss] deserve the scom and not the ex•. the matter in hand with attention and poetel recognition at home or ahead it may be, with understanding
It may be that we do not pay our men not even mentioning how the noetry, ic, bank directors) enough. A London or the purehure of the election ha position, a fee of a few hundred pounds director has to be content withan bonorili been raised through traitorous mut
Mr. Craig addresses the meeting and a year, and very exiguous degree of aging of the national resources anď submits a draft letter to the Chairman, resposibility. This is not enough to
space at the disposal of Penang should be industry and finance. Straits Homeward Conference, in which attract menly the prime of life, with political rights by and for a few. It is represented that it desirable that expert or
quitably distributed amongs slippers meeting of a bank with deposits of over of thing now meeting in Canton, technical knowledge of The Military Government and the At a recent National Ambly of the Republic" and used solely for Penang produce. The c400,000 the proposal to increase the draft later was approved by a majority directors, fees to £1,000 a year was met though luving repeatedly
KIDNAPPING IN SHANTUNG.
30%-
by the rejoinder from one of the sharenounced their condensation of the holders present that he did not know
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what the directors. would do with such fucts of the illegal Peking Govern
by the Deutsche Bank of 5 per cent of National Assembly to proceed with a sum. They manage these thingsment, will nevertheless make differently in Garmany. After payment formal denial of the right of a bog the net profits to reserve, and of the
Chine Press Rives the fallowing account A Shangtang Correspondent of the of kidnapping operations in that pro- vince:-Robbers and kidnappers are operating" here again. Between here ordinary dividend cf 6 per cent, and the election of a President for the
by the Disconto Gesellschaft and the Republic. And Kisochow & robber band of about Dreadner Bank of 4 per cent. the eighty men terrorised the neighbourhood
The dismissal of Lob Techeng ab
escaper!
THE PRISONERS' AGREEMENT.
GERMANS IN CHINA.
A Chinese was charged this morning, in the centre of a kaolinng field, erected 7 per cent, and per cent: (the Dis. the Superintendent of Customs uni
for some time. They cut out a square directors receive respectively i per cent before Mr. F. D. C. Wolfe with being matsheds and used this as their base of conto's personally liable partners receive Commissioner for Foreign Affairs for
operations. The people were afraid of 16 per sent.) out of the remainder. in possession of illicit opium.
them and no one dared move against
Kwingtung by Peking will not be Inspector Gordon, who prcecouted, thom. Finally the official despatched a
taken notice of by the Canton aid defendant was arrested while com.them out. Five were captured and company of our home-guard to clear
authorities. Mr. Loh will continue A ship'a officer residing in the Astoring ashore in a ampan from a vessel, to the city, High Command so confidently aesum-House bas reported to the Folice that in barbour. He was a seaman on board
The Fast all
to officiate in the two offices.. ed to be an impassable barrier "must between the hours of 2 p.m. on the that vessel. The opium waa hidden in leased territory of Tsingtao, kidnappers
Near Chengyang, the border of the A London paper of July 17th, re
The Bureaux for Foreign Affairs in bo to them one of the most astound-3rd and 9 a m. on the 4th, some persons specially contrived belt which defend Eave seized are wealthy men and received by to-day's mail contains the fol. the Constitutionalist Provinces are ing disappointments of the past six entered his room, by the use of a ant was wearing. Three other men, five is Mr. Ch'in of Pingtu, brother of
bolding them for ransom. Among the lowing on this subject
being taken over by the Ministry of weeks, great as all their other dis duplicate key, and pilfered, 1900, in seeing the arrest, threw their opium into the agent for the Standard Ci: Company to The Hague Conference have coches Foreign Affice of the Military in Chengyang. They are holding him an agreement, but it has still to be Government and will be subject to for $5,000 ransom. His father, who irratified by both Governments, and the the supervision of Dr. Wu Ting-lung, Inspector Gordon said that almost head of the Fingta gentry, raised had been amuggling opium. It had secure their release. They refused to agua the German reservation in the every seaman coming from Haiphong 32000 and the official sent two soldiers stompie are as present proficial.ing. Premier and Minister of to confer with the kidnappers and to According to an agency report at The Foreign Affairs under President Li release bim for $30,000. They said he prisoners of war Agreement relates to Tan-hung until June 12, 1917, was employed by foreigners who were the Germans in China The British when the Militarists forced Genent
gues previne por este meio os as de familia e outros interesados que a Zenjamin Jose, da Silva, reabrira na aula de portugués regids polo Rev. Pc. proxima segunda-feira dia 9 do corrente Do Club Recreio das 4 és 6. Horas p... Do Club Lusitano das is 7 beras pm.we shall be told the Allied Armies o on Colegio de S. Jose
icula será, no dia da abertars
das
aulas.
A subcomissio,
A.F. B. SILVA NETTO,
I. M. XAVIER,
P. H. BOTELHO. Hongkong, 5 de Setembro de 1918
1726
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP Co.
8.8... "COLOMBIA" FROM SAN FRANCISCO, Yu .HONOLULU, JAPAN PORTS,
SHANGHAI AND MANILA.
"THE" above-mentioned vaesel" have arrived from the above mentioned part Consignem of Cargo are hereby informed
notea.
"the water."
appointments have been. Of course,
have a long way yet to go before Fresidential election, Fung Kok Chang It is reported that after the
The British and German delegates
they see Berlia, and that while the (the present Chief Executive) will be been a common practice for sometime Gerains are being driven back from appointed Head of the House of Eldo, It was not ineant, he thought, for rich and they intended to make the delegates dealined to give up all the Li submit to their will. W
while Tuan Ki. Su (the prosent which they had Premier will become the Inspecting consumption in Hongkong, but in the foreigners pay the full $50,000 for his German civiliane in exchange for ours the last Foreign Minister of tlie
extensive ardhë” occupied in France and Flanders, Commissioner of the Yangtse Valley. they are falling back upon systems It is also said that General Nei Sze of communications, which will add Chung will in the New Cabinet. greatly to their strength. It may be so, but the huge captures of prisoners G. Andrews, a retired commander of The death is announced of Captain which the Allies are making in their the P. & Co., well known to many advance affords pretty conclusive residents in the East. He died at testimony to the growing demoralisa Southsea on July 17th. The latest tion of the German, army. All mail also brings news of the death of accounts go to show that it is not Capian Filmin Street, another in the attacking force now which is
known commander of the P. & O. Com
at the age of 4.
interior."
NO LICENSE FOR SELLING, A Chiness boy was charged in Mr. Wolfe's Court with selling cigarette
ransom.
Otherwise they would kill hira. At present they have him living Rublaben men. Neverthelety the Gar in a matsbed in the Lao Shan mountains mans will gain oumerically on balance Republie regularly appointed by the Der Tsingtao.
It is dangerous to be pat on the road hare succeeded in securing the release National Assembly, according to tha in the exchange. We shall, however, President with. the consent of the in this section, especially near the of the whole of our unfortunate fellow. the train and fes into Tsingtao where countrymen at Rahlsten. railroad whers the robbers can get on
law. Dr. Wu, Dów "one of the seven they are out of reach of the Chinese officiala All of our trouble comes from
Defendant said he had no money to thers. paper without a license.
3.50 from the sale of these papers. pay for aliceras, He had toalised
paid out of the poor-box, which with the His Worship ordered $1.50 to be
that their Cargo will be landed at their losing the most men. Moreover, we/pany. He died in London on July 14th $2.50 seized by the Police, would go !
risk into the Hazardous and/or extr
Hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and begin to get in the German official Kowloon Wasef and Godown Co., Ltd.,
Kowloon, and arcred at Consignées risk. communiques references to the
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Consigners of Cargo are hereby notified numerical superiority of the Allied FELLOWSHIP FOR CANTON signed by the Superintendent of Imports forces in these battles, and the Ger
that they must produce an Import Permit
and Exports, Hongkong, before Billa ofan High Command must be think
Lading can be countersigned.
DOCTOR.
for the securing of a license.
Defendant was discharged with &. caution.
ILLICIT OPIUM.
Captain FAward Wilfred Kirk, M.Billicit possession of opium.
A Chinese was charged with being in All broken, chafed and damaged Goodsing, as the general public elsewhere Ch. B., Univ. Edin, R.A.M.C., Surgeon,
Inspector. Wildin prosecuted and Mr.
are to be left in the Godown where they is thinking, that if there are now over Mission Hospital Canton, China, 17 will be examined on MONDAY, the
à million and a half of American Greenhill Gardens, Edinburgh, has W. B. Hind defended. tops in France, to which number a passed the requisite examination and
9th inst, at 10 AM.
All claims must be presented withis
month of the steamer's arrival here, alter
which they cannot be recognized.
No Clainas will be admired after the arter of a million is still being been admitted a Fellow of the Royal
added every month, the time cannot College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. ́
Goods bare left the Godowns and all Goods remaining undelivered after the
11th Sept., 1918, will be subjeët to rent.
Insurance whatever will be affected.
Conalgunes are requested to send In thair Bill of Lading for countersignature Immediately.
UPACIFIC MATL SS. Co
J. ORAM SHEPPARD, Acting Ageni. Hongkong, Sept. 5, 1915.
KODAKS
and FILMS, PLATES
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be far distant when the full weight of
that force will be thrown into the scale. American troops fighting ini two or three sectors of the long front,
TYPHOON WARNING.
brigaded with either French or The telegram quoted below was
Defendant pleaded guilty, but made a long atatement to Mr. Wolfe that the packet was given to him by two friends, whom he named, near the Wing On Co and he was arrested soon after wards.
Inspector Wildin said deferilant told abile in his statement to the Court he him he was living in Wellington Street
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HONGKONG - POLION RESERTI.
Ordom Issued by Mr. F. 'C, Jenkin, C.B.E.
POLICZ SCHOOL, 1918.
Mr. T. H. King reports the following us baring "Passed with Credit":"
Or, Surgh 5 Chaw U Ting. Gr. Sergt. 331 Khan Sahib Hashem
Khan.
Pe. 808 R. M. Omar.
The German delegates complicated Administrative Directors of the this question by demanding concessions Military Government is also Mini relating to their compatriots in theter of Foreign Affairs. British Dominions and in Chins Sa kaen were they to obtain news of the "Germane interned in the Dominions that it is said that they actually sug gested that they might be allowed to provide their own transport to bring tham bome. This request, of course, could not for a moment be entertained, but the British delegates showed every disposition to face any pristicable. solution of this admittedly difficult
CORRESPONDENCE.
A CONSUL TO HIS NATIONALS.
problem. In the case of the Germans [To the Editor of the "CHA MAIL"] in China, the demand was that they should either be repatriated or allowed The "Passed list is posted at H.Q. to remain in China, Again, it is understood that the British delegates the fall demand. were unable to concede anything
Office.
ZARADE
All ranks except those on duty will parade on Friday, September 13th, a 8.25 pm, on the road outside the front entrance to the Kowloon Railway
Station.
A Special Ferry will leave the Star Ferry Wharf, Hongkong, at 9.10 p.m... for the use of the Hongking resident members.
Uniform, belts, caps and covers arm. truncheons, and capes folded on left
No rise or sticks to be carried.
DEPARTMENTAL OREXES-
BRITISH TRADE.
A SELF-CONTAINED EMPIRE.
like
Portuguese Consulate, Hongkong, 4th Sept., 1018. Siwas greatly pained to see. a Tetter published in the Honghung Telegraph yesterday, wherein the author makes certain references to an intended activa on my partin connection with the remarks which
The Empire Producers Association Mr. Jenkin is reported to hare made tendered a luncheon to Sir Joseph at the presentation to Mr. Wilks... Ward at the Connaught Rooms recently. I consider it very incorrect to Replying to the toast, of his health, refer publicly to anything which I Sir Joseph Warri anid the Empire in my official capacity, have not would never be right until it made up.
on te mind that, in material respects it thought it to make public, and I decided to be self-contained. He hoped shuf feel obliged if my nationals will
British armier, have given magni-received by the American Consulata id be war living in Holywood Road. pago 37 of the D.O. Book or the Government would not allow any do me the favour of refruixing bon
ficent proofs of their
fighting General, Hongkong, from the Manila Observatory at 1 pm today:
Typhoon in about 117 degrees Long.
720 qualities, and the German High
and PAPER, DEVELOPING & PRINTING UNDERTAKEN.
A. TACK & CO.,
26, Des Voeux Road Central.
He could not point out the two men who, he alleged, gave fim the parcel.
His Worship fined bin
The following is to be inserted 48A. If Reserve Inspector Bergsant has occasion to send a prisoner
Command will know what to expect E. and 17 degrees Lat. N., direction weeks' bard labou2,500 cr 10 peny him,'s written, message is to be regarding, trade a before the war, sending, further letters to the Press
when the arrangements in progress for the organisation of the American Army are complete and their fuit weight is throws into the field. Bu
unknown.
Typhoon is about 126 degrees Long and 19 degrees, Lat. N. almost stationary.
ÜZ SERENOTE.
commenting on the affair,
to the Station, and is unable to accomone to put us in the same position given to the officer in charge of the whop German goods came to New prisoner stating what charge is to be Zealand payable 90 days after arrival, preferred/
whereas the English systém demanded Requesting the courtesy of your that bille be paid 30 days after sight, columns, for this letter-I love the He also referred to the great advantages honour to be, Sir, your obedient the German banks gave oversens Kervant, Qustomer. He hoped we would not towards our enemies display quite so much generosity in the past
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Pc. 113 Ng Chup Ng is invalided out. Fe. 868 Bouza Is Invalided out
HEADQUARTERS CLAE.
A London morning paper, says it cannot be claimed for the word allen that because it occurs in the Bible it taken as back over 8,000 years, as correspondents miggest. It merely GERMAN PROPERTY IN SHAMEEN. takes us back to the English translators eth. Uniform, caps and covers.
Mosas, we know, named his first-bora
lab at 6 pm, on Friday next, September The Band will play at Headquarters
CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH
REMEDYR
VR DE SOUSA, Consul for Portugal.
He wanted to know what France and [We have received other communice England were going to do after the war tione purporting to be on the general about allowing Germany to as the subject of the remarks made by Mr. Suez Canal on level terms with us. As Jenkin, but the offensive's por we owned this great highway, we should nature hay condemned them to the waste
se it to our own advantage, or future E18 remedy has no superior- as a bat we were not going to have an easy
generations would earse us. Heroalised paper basket.-E.]. cure for colds, croup and whooping have much human clfishness to con time after the war. Probably we would Cough,
It has been a favourite with mothers of tond against, and perhaps we would see young children for almost forty years.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy can But the people here must realise that dumping methods again resorted to,
we can depend upon it, that the German War Lords will "fight to the man"if the last man will allow himself to be used. Our enemy seems In the House of Commons on July "Gershom," for, he said, I have been an in the recent fighting at a rate which to in regard to the legal questions But what is a curious coincidence is that to have been using up, his reserves Secretary what decision had been come Version the lion becomes sojourner. 10th "Colonel Yate asked the Foreign alien in a strange land. In the Revised
t be seriously alarming to the involved in the taking over of the Mr. Garahom Stewart should move a men who the user, a couple of Commiate, bank, post office, and trailing happen if a member said suddenly: buildings belonging to the German clause in the Aliena Bill. What would mathengn, said were sent by firms in the British conecasion of "Mr. Speaker, I spy Gershom!" Haven to lend the German people Shameen, in. Chiun; and whether the to victory: The German people are
leases had now been terminated. M But fools enough, however, to be for the present to apply the same trost-TAVE you ever tried Chamberlain's always be depended upon and is pleasent until they fixed some fleeal system they & HE you subjecó'so attacks of diar-
Mr. Balfour It has been decided decdved by the announcements about ment to German property within the Pain Balm, for thegmatism 1 It to fast would never be able to build up the
Das only
Then? Koup absolutely get for eures colds and grip, bu
few days, rest in bed if possible her Empire by hand-to-month system. careful of your diet and take Chamber plen. They will know that these perty outside the concessions, and the cure. Get a bottle to dky, suply it with Chablair Cough Remedy contains They would have to be propora to Ising Cole sed Diarrhms Remedy. This plans are such as have been necessary, instructions baya been given.nous massage to the afflicted parts no opiums or other marcotic and thy he offer reciprocal treatment to
This will Juvolve the termination of the at the relief obtrined Forale by Aradul Formulas by Thit Chemists and bat Japan hat toos to help the Aled and fou
and you will be surprised and delighted Riven as confrently to a chidash and 1er coold nos relaxe to recogale dishes that physicians have filed Atakayupon the Gechno Command by the caser
merica, medizinh, lus.cured meat climits Chemistacked Stonkeeper
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OVERLAND CHINA MAIL,
THE WEEKLY EDITION OF THE
CHINA MASIK
UNTAINS ALL THE NEWS
OF THE WEEK.
RHEUMATISM.
the retreats being according to Chinese: Government to German pro this disease runs on the harder it is to prevents that ulting in pooumonia
concessions as is being applied by the not, you are wasting time, as the longer T
CHRONIC DIARRHOEA
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