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-FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1918.

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Leave Hongkong Noon

Connecting Mail Steamer from

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Due London

Colombo,

When Passengers change Steamers at COLOMBO

WHAT IT SHOULD BE.

THE CHINA MAIL.

[BY" M: ALBERT TROMAN (THE FAMOUS SOCIALIST STATESILLY)}"

Many months ago President launched upon the world his formula:Society of Nation malter of fact, he was not the

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THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. thereto sa much by economic and material needs us by a dire to aroid new-on- trophes. But no scelety will be possiblu without a certain number of culos no nepted by L. And then the qucation becomes simple, 18: 1) nó, mera mentine al accepting this or that nation or of deciding whether the Society is to be. closed er open. It will be open to ill Wilson the nations, who accept the rules and

magle offer guarantees for their observance

Whar rules? In the first place, there As a

comon, naturally, the engagement fa father of respect the right of peoples to dispose of fit. Soum cuiquo." It was a French themselves, and, secondly, the engage mus. M. Leon Bourgeeds, who, duringent to have recourse, in the regulation of future conflicts, unly-ta jurklical-reme The Jague Coulerences, crystallised indies, to equrts of arbitration and cou- these words the potion of an interns Feiliution boards. The employment of tionat law tribunal.

tores should be exclusively, reserved to For months past, by adopting this the Society of Nations itself, as the League or Society of preme authority in the case where ne et the associated States resisted its deo- Nations, the Eatente Governments have pious. Finally, the nations must be nhlu affirmed their desire in "substitute-far to give valid undertakings

forunlu of

Acylation in the connecting Steamer from COLOMBO is definitely reserved in force in the arrangement of disputes a

Hongkong at the time of Booking

On the Australian Route Toketa Interchangeable with Orient Line.

SAILINGS DIRECT TO

SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE AND

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Leave Hongkong About

Parengers may travel by Railway in Japan between Forts of Callitree of charge.

INTERMEDIATE STEAMERS

Rod- Trashipment),

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MARSEILLES "AND LONDON, Calling at SINGAPORE, FORT SWETTENHAM, PENANG, COLOMLO

AND PORT SAID. “

JARRYING IST AND END HALJÖN PASSENGERS AT REDUCED RATES.

PROPOD SALINUS :

STRANKER.

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H'KONG

About

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Due b M'CHILLES. if calling Boudi

Dag LONDOS about

THE INTERMEDIATE SERVICE IS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED.

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS. All Cabins ara Etted with Electric Fans free of charge and each Berth Furnished with an Electric Reading Lamp. ."

Owing to the War in Europe Steamers and Bailing dates are liable to be -cancelled är altered without notice.

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Any damaged packages must be left in the Godowne for examination by the Consignoes and the Company's Surveyors, Messrs Godud and Douglas, at 10a.m. on Mondays and Thursdays. All claims must be printed within ten days of the steamer's arrival here, after which date they cannot be recognised. No Claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowas.

tc., apply to,

Fer-Forttor Information, Passage Fares, Freights, Handbooks, Dates of Sallings

E. V. D. PARR,

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method of settlement without violence on [principles of equity. Though we have made certain reserves. there does not appear to be any real divergence on this point sangat the Allied States

Moreover, the enemy "leaders them. selves Herren Buriai, von Payer, and You Hestling-speak of the Society i Nations and of disarmament, imagining, even, that they have always spoken of them. Herr von Payer, disregaling the fact that. Geruway prevensed The Hague özlecences from accomplishing their full purpose. Impudently declared that she was one of the first to advocate the form tin of a League of Nations.

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TH THE KAISER ELIGIBLE? There has been much discussion was to whether the hemollern are eligible for the Speiety of Nation, Ab fired Pro aident Wilson was very categorical on the subject. He excluded them Hpbe zollern from his international republic. It seemed to me that the sentence was peremptory, and Prident Wilson wis por able to aaide by it. The guarantees that mast be required of a people are that it shall itself decide for peace or war, and

public opinion, supported by de mocratic institutions, shall determine the national fate. Perhaps it is sene that no Hohenzollern would accept either tha control of armaments of the regizlar vote of popular representation on a question. of peace or war or the mechanism of democrable yontrol.. It may be necessary This is all very well, and a superficial for the Hohenzollerns to disappene that observer night suppose that the Society | Germany, may. gater the Society, of fof Sataque hgd now won its way. If it: Vatican

Is true that we have only to estabali But this is not the way to formulate this judicial machinery now to settle ter the first condition, especially by men who

ritorial and technics questions, then wish to respect the internal organisation Labviously, we MOST make peueen of weeb nation. The democratie condi

realiaince President Wilson launched:

tions of membership of the Society should his famos formals, we can say that be impersonal, so to speak. But its been made. The also, necessary that once the conditius much progress bas President of the great American Republic are fulfiled every nation should enter has not given us a detailed scheme. The into the common goalety Connistee, which M. Ribot set up in Pranee, and bich was presided over by

ALLAES" <dEAR DUTY,

M.. Bourgeois, has sccomplished, it Bearing in mind these considerations, dd an admirable work. For a long it is easy ba ne what ought to be the tim . Clemenceau left it.in his pigeon-action of the Allies. They must found holes, but now it has been communicated, as once amongst themselves their Scelets under pledge of great secrecy, to the of Nations. They have lingered too long. They must establish not only unity Allied Claverinents.

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of command bit unity of polley. Taey must enunciate the common principles of But ordinary recrtals do not know government and action which unite them. exsetly what the gods of the diplomatie They must solidity and render more Olympus mean by the Society viable the organisations by which they Nation"; they can only conjectur.maintain material life or national de Yet they argue hotly about it. Some say feree. Again, they must create it once we must have the Society of Nations at amongst themselves, the rules of arbitra ones, others declare that we mast wait bon to which they agree to submit m

while. Some, amin, erge that we canTheir Society thus formed the Allies not have a Society of Nations amongst shall not say to the enemy people nations unless they offer mutual safe are unworthy to come in." Insteast, gaida. If fer certain notices the most they will say Here are the regulations salema engagements are but scraps of hy which we have bound ourselves. Bub paper." how can I pledge myself (withmit to them and you may come with them to abide by rules and arbitrations us." Thus the enemy peoples will which they will not carry out? Can 1 awaken to all the crimes committed.br form a society with thieves or assassins? their Governments. Thus will they Du the other hand, another group says understand that it is only by conform If the "Society of Nations can aly Loir to justice that their Governments formed between, the Entente nations became worthy of governing them. Thus democratic nations offering every guar-thes will understand that the Entente anter-will.net anchier, society of nations nations do not wish to exterminate them. form itself in direct opposition?

or reduce them to impotence and weak- Thus, can we not imagine the Centralness, but that they with simply to pro Ocean constellation confronted, by the tect the rselves against the abuse of force Branches and Mittel Europe constellation? In such and violence. This will they compre circumstances. would not cur desire blend the full value of life under a deg Shanghai, Kobe & Tamba Mara, 13,510 tons SAT., 7th Deo., 11-..

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The associations which in England, It is time for the most responsible and competent nien to draw up proper rules America and France have been estab and bring this cruel uncertainty to an lished to spread abroad the ides of end. And yet, do we need the scleron Society of Nations ought to expedite their opinion of competent men to know which labour. They should find the common direction to take? It is the duty of acter in their programmes. By firm and statesmen to define a policy, but public united resolutions they should hasten he opiulon' can at least indicate the direction work of Governments. of that polley.

To substitute, justice and order for Now what is wanted? It is a question Foreo and new trenties founded a fight of establishing amongst all the nations for traditional treaties requires all the

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