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NOTICES.

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED,"

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TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of "the Focioty will be held at the registered attice of the Society Queen's Building Hugo on THURSDAY, the tech day of April 1919, at 12 o'clock noon, when

the sabjoined resolutions -

That she nominal silver capital of the Society sa existing whom the reelution is confirmed as a special resolution be comered infostering and that such capital so converted bo 1. erased beyond the sterftra equivalent of such silver capital

beb such conversion, fakes place to the sum of £3.00060- Sterling divided into 200 500 shares of the "bulian) yalue of Apreach.

That each of the issued silver shares of the Society of the nominal va fuch with the sum of 100 paid up there le coverted into five shares of the nominal value £ch with the sterling equivalent of 90 Hongkong cur Beney arpening T T rate of exchango on the date this resolution is confried as a special resolution credited as pet jetheveon and accordingly that 80,000 shares ont of the open shares of the nominal value of £15 each constituting the capital of the Society se converted and increased be distrime by the Heart to the persons who are registered as statholders of the Society on the date this resolution is confirmed is a special resolution in exchange for the silver sims then hekl by theth

That the Articles of Association be altered in manner following, manely c

By the insertion after article No. 107 of the following Article.

*107(a). The Board may employ the fands of the Society which alysont have beestablished pursuit to the provisions of Article 197 runs.

any of them or any portion thereof (and that whether such

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funds or such portion as is proposed to be dealt with were But nine for the special purpose to which they "are proposed to be applied or for any other purpose or not) in or for all or any of the following phepose that is to say, in me ting

tingencies, in equalizing dividends, in paying speci dividends or bonuses, in repairing improving and maintaining any st the property of the Society, or otherwise in the busi Be The Society, and nior for such other purposes at he Burd shall in its discretion think conducive to the interest of the city and in regard to any such employment as afore mid the shall not be bound to keep such fuelseparate, from the ether swets."

against revit,

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By the insertion of the following Articles after Article No. 108.

108 (11 Any general meeting at which a dividend or bonus is a nat

declared or sanctioned may make a call on the members of auch most as the meeting fixes but so that the call on each member shall not exceed the dividend or bonus payable to him and so that norwithstanding the provisions of Articles 19, 20 and the call any be payable at the same time as the divid end or bonus and the dividend or bonus may, if so arranged between the Society and the member, he set off against the enll. The making of a call under this. Article shall he deemed ordinary business of an ordinary general meeting which declares a dividend.

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Alter any resolution has beer passed under the provisions of paragraph of this Article the Board may arrange an behalf of the Society for the dividend or bonus to be set of. against the call by aathorizing any person on behalf of the member's fam when such call is due to enter into an Agree ment with the Society providing for such divident or bonus. to be set off against such call and any Agreement made under.. such authority shall be effective.

(3). It shall be no objection to any resolution made under para-

graph of this sticle or to any call or arrangement that Buch celation was passed or such call or arrangement was made at the meeting as which the resolation introducing this Article and Articles 10P (a, was confirmed as a special resolu

on provised that dee notice of the intention to propose. much fat entioned resolution and, to duchare such dividend

er bonus and to make such call shall have been given prior to the Confirmatory meeting aforesaid.

108 (b). Dividends may be paid in Hongkong Currency at such an of

rate of exchange as the General Meeting declaring or sanctione ing the same or, in the case of interim dividends, as the Board ditend may determine."

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Should the above resolutions be passed by the requisite majority they will be sabmitted for confirmation as special resolutions to #secved extraordinary meeting which will be aubsequently convened.

Dated the Twenty-eighth day of March, 1919.

By Order of the Board,

G. MONTAGUE EDE

If

General Adanajti.

THE

THE CHINA MAIL.

ASQUITH-LLOYD GEORGE, CORRESPONDENCE.

After barruting the history of the capacity of the men who are to sit next two days from the point of view on it for the work which it has to do. of Mr. Asquith's a supporters the Thab is a question which I mit Atlantic published the "dort instal-roserny for myself to decide.-Yours ment of the correspondance as fol- very sincerely,

II. HASQUITH. Forry:-

The New York Correspondent pi

War Offee. S.W.,'Deo. 6, 4916. the Weekly Dispatch has bbled s

10, Downing Street, S.W.

December 4, 1916, -7) My dear Prime Minister-d re- long extract from un article in the |

My dear Lloyd George-Such proceived your letters with some sur- February nuber at the Affrutic Monthly which describes in greaductions as the first leading article prise. On Friday Lunde proponts detail than has hither beet and public the cironshines which 1st to Mr. Asquith resignating of the Premiership in Doerder. 1916, and Mr. Taoyd George's appetituend wa his sucesso

body's Times, showing the "ine which involved not merely your Ter tinite possibilities for işinderstand.tention of the Fremiership, but the ing and misrepresentation of suph stprene control of the war, while arrangements as was considered yes. the executive functions, subject to toy make ans as lensð doubtfiíl as that supreme coated, were left to tos in advisibility.

Luthers. I thought you then received.

In Unless the impression is at once the suggestions favorably. The article.cives the text of the letters which pussed between Algeted that I am being relegated fact, you yourself proposeil that I Asquith und la Lloyd George. The to the position of an irresponsible should be cotman of this executive Atlantic Monthly states this the spectator of the war I cannot poseminaitter, although, as you know.

sible go ou

{d never put" forward Hat deromrad, letters have been circulate and even

The suggested arrangement was to On Saturday you wrote re a letter printed privately, and that it there- 1

the following effect:—'

in which you completely went back fore takes the responsibility for:

haven that proposition. making then public property.

The Prime Minister Co

reto.

You sent for me on Sunday and pup before me other proposale; these proposals embodied in, a letter to me Prince Minis. written on Monday:

It should mentioned that the suprime and efective, control of letter in Mr. Aqidah atal war policy.

The age of the War Cemittee December 4, referring to a Timea kuding article was read by how to will be submitted to him, its casir the party awoting of December 8 will report to his daily, he winter to have supreme and efective! lireos is to consider particular topics control of war policy agenda. Atteri ab which he explained his signer proposals, and all its conclusions ects of commitier."

These tion and bring sketched the history will be subject to, bis approval or proposals, safeguarded your position of the differetices whel had arisen

and power as Prime Minister in every | Betweg Tim and his chief Heuren fe cum, of course, as his own dis particular. I immediately wrote you cretion tend the meetings of the accepting the in "letter and in Contnittee. Yours sincerely,

spirit It is true that on Sunday. EI. ASQETCH.

1 expressed views as, to the bastitu, Mr. Lloyd George withi

Bion of the côtimittre, but these were minutes sent the flowing ilyar discession. Today you have

gone buck on your proposals. War Office. Whitehall, I have strisen ny utmost to cute

Decender 4, 1018.

the obvious defects of the War Com Gerament. As you are awabe, on mite without overthrowing the

unt.

The tollving Wetters and time won- necting passages are reproficut fram the "Weekly Dispuiden -- "

The fast consumication from: Mr. Lyd George is in the form of a brief mstoranahian, which is as follows't... Dedanber 1. ILG. Meme, to

Prime Minister. (1) That ch War Cosinaittee won'

jew

My dear Prime Minister-Ilmve not sova the Times article, but I hope

set of three embets, two of who will not attach andue insors erent occasions during the just twe

ince to thewa effusions. I have had those misrepresentatiouer to put with for months.

years 1 lave deemed if my duty to express profond dissatisfaction with

the Government's method of con diting the war

must be the First Land of the Ac minalty on the Secretliny of State! for War--win should have in their

Northelife frankly wants a smash offices deputies capable of attending forthelife would like to make this to ant deciding a department and my other re-arrangement under

Many a time with the pond to vie- business and a third Minister with your rentiership impossible. Lorden in out of us we have de put portfolio. One of the three toerby and I attach great importanceyed and hesitated while the enemy were erecting barriers thub - finally to your retaining your present post checked the approach. There has tion effectively. I cannot restia beea delay, hesitation, stal lack of or. I four, induene Northcliffe. your summary of the suggested ar

Tilly accept in letter and in spirit forethought and vision.

be cbiruan.

(2) That the War Committee shall have full powers, subject to the supreme control of the Prime Minis ber, to direct all questions courected

with the way

(By The Price Minister in his dis-gement subject, of course, to cretion to late the power to refurionnel.-Ever sincerely, any question to the Cabinet,

LLOYD GEORGE.. Mr. Asquith, in the words of the chropieler, felt that he could take bolder, ensures and without defying

I bave endeavoured repeatedly te wurn the Government of die dungers, both verbally and in written mem orundum and letters, which I unive jour leure" now action is challenged. But I have,

pubid if 3 her failed to secure decisions or I have secured the when it was ton enant into line, so, he plucked up thestration" is our lamentable Ailure

and sent hire thus letter: to give timidly support to Romania. 10, Downing Stregi, S.W., December 4, 1916.

(4) Taless the Cabinet, on refer cice by the Prime Minister, revises the decision of the War Comunittesul Georgs bring his restless lieut-late to very the evils. The latest

that devision to be carried out by the dipartiment concerned,

The War Committee to have power to invite any Minister and to summon the expert advisers and off- eers of any deprimens to its mest ings.

To this Mr. Asquith replied, liter in the same day. She wrote:-. (Secret. 10, fping Street, S...

December 1, 1918.

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We have throw away epportunity after opportunity, and I all My dear Lloyd George-Thank vinced after deep and anxious re- you for your better of the morning.ection that it is my duty to leave

The King gave me today authority the Government in order to inform to ask and toaccept the resignations the people of the real condition of

all my colleagues and to for a affairs and to give them an opportu new Government on such lines us Inity before it is too late to save their My dair Lloyd George--I have should subrait to him, and start, native land from the disaster which now bad time for reflect on our one, therefore, with a sear Sinte,

is inevitable if the present methods The first question which I have to are longer persisted in. As all delay versation this morning, and to study your querorudur. Though I de consider is the constitution of this fatal in war. I place my office with not altogether share your dark esti-ew War Cocomitted.

out further parley, at your disposal. After full consideration of the mat mate and fercast of the situation,

ter in all its expects I have come!!

(Continued on Page 11.). actim and prepective, I am in com

decidedly to the conclusion that it da eritient situation in the war, and is not possible that such a Coinmittee that our our methods of procedure could be made workusie and effective with the experience which we have without the Prime Minister is its

cliuiction. gained daring the last few roouths call for reconsideration and Revit. I quite agree that it will be peces. The two resin defers the War sury for hii, in view of the other Comsnittee, which has done excellents upon bis time and energy, to work, are:--

delegits from time to the the chair

BRITISH TRADERS INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED, TOTICE IS HERREY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Copy whi be held at the registered offer of the Company, Queen's Building, Hongkong, on THURSDAY the 10th day of April, 1919, at 5 o'clock F. when the joined resolutions will be proposed as extraordinary replete agreement that we have reach.

Polations

1. That the nominal silver capital of the Company as existing when this resolution is confirmed as special resolution be converted into sterling and that such capital se converted be increased teyard the sterling equivalent of such silver capital when such conversion takes place to the sum of £1,000,00 Sterling divided into 200,000 èhares of the nominal value of Es unch

2. That ench of the issued silver, shares of the Company of the

nournal value of 83.33 each with the sum of 825 pail up.. thereon he converted into three shares and two-fifths of one share of the nominal value of £5 each with she sterling equivalent of $7.35 Hongkong currency at the opening TT. rate of exchange ou the date this resolution is confirmed as special resolution credited as paid up thereon and according ly that 21,600 shares out of the 200,000 shares of the nominal value of £5 enely constituting the capital of the Company so converted and increased he distributed by the Hoard to the persons who are registered as shareholders of the Company on the date this resolution is confirmed as a special resolution in exchange for the silver shares ther held by thers. That the Articles of Association be altered in manner following,

namely:-*

By the insertion after Article No. 100 of the following Article. *1(a). The Board may employ the funds of the Company which Employment

have been established pursuant to the provisions of Article fun 106 or any of them or any portion thereof (and that whether such funds or such portion as is proposed to be dealt with were set aside for the special purpose to which they are proposed to be applied or for any other purpose or not) in or for all or any of the following purposes, that is to say, in

in meeting contingencies, in equalizing dividends,

paying special dividends or bonuses, in repairing improving and maintaining any of the property of the Compacy, or other wise in the business of the Company, and in or for such other as the Board shall in its discretion think conducive parpoory

to the interests of the Company and in regard to any such employment as aforesaid the Board shall not be bound to keep such funds separate from the other assets."

By the insertion of the following Articles after Article No. 107.

Na (1). Any general meeting at which a dividend or bonus is a way

declared or sanctioned may make a call on the members of against wi; Auch amount as the mosting fixes but so that the call on each member shall not exceed the dividend or buus payable to him and so that notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 18, 12 and 20 the fall may be payable at the same time as the divid end on bonux and the dividend or bonus,muy, if so arranged between the Company and the member, be set off against the . saking of i call under this Article shall be deemed ordinary business of un ordinary general meeting which Jeclares a dividend.

12). After any resolution bas been passed under the provisions of (1) of this Article the Board may arrange on of the Company for the dividend or bonus to be set of against the call by nathorizing any person on behalf of the memba from whom such call is due to enter into an Agree- anent with the Company providing for such dividerd or bonus to be set of against such call and any Agreemer t made under such authority shall be effective...

tay it alll be no objection to any resolution made under pain- Araph (1) of this article or to any call or arrangement that such rolution was passed or arch call or arrangement was made at the meeting at which the resolution introducing this Article and Articles 106 («) wɔz auf med‘as a special resolu- tion provided that dive notice cf the intention to propose such first mentioned resolution, and to declare such dividend or bonus and to make such call shall have been given prior to the Confirmatory beeting aforesaid,

107(b). Dividends day be aid in Henglong Currency at such as të

Exclunge rate of exchange as. de Given Meeting declaring cre sanctioning the sine or, in the care of interim dividezda divkianda as the Board any detrnine"..

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1. That its numbers are too dame. hanship to another Minister as his 2. That there is delay, etusion, representative and locum tenens; but and citep striction on the part off by is to retain the authority which the departments in giving effect to corresponds with his responsibility as its decisions might with good Prime Minister he must continue to renson nel:----

be, as he always has been, its per-|

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3. That it is often kept in ignoranent president,

I am sutisfied on reflection thas anye by departments of information essential, and even vital of a tech-any other arrangement, such, for in pical kind upon problems that come in my letter of today, would be stance, as the one indicated to you

before it, and

4. That it is overebarged with duties many of which might well be delegated to subordinate bodies.

The result is that I am clearly of the opinion that the War Comraittee should be reconstituted and its rele tions to and authority over depart mcute, &c., more clearly defined and

more effectively amarted.

I now come to your specific pro- posul In my opinion whateror changes are made in the composition or functions of the War Conraitter the Prime Minister must be its chairman He cannot be relegated to the position of an arbiter in the background or a referte to the Cabinet.

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found in experience "impracticable. and incompatible with the retention

of the Prime Minister's òzal and

supreme control.

The other question which you have raised relates to the personnel of the Coremittee. Here, again, after de liberate consideration I find myself. unable to agree with, some of your buggestions..

I think we both agree that the hirst Lord of the Admiralty must of necessity be a member of the Com- mittee.. I cannot, as I told you yesterday, he a party to any sugges tion that (here & word is missing) or Balfour should be displaced.

The technical side of the Board of

Admiralty has been reconstituted with Sie Jobu Jellicoe as the First Son Lord.

In regard to its composition, I agree that the War Secretary and the First Lord of the Admiralty are repessary members. I am inclined I believe (here again" word is to add in the sume category the missing) or Balfour to be under exist. Minister of Munitions. There shoulding conditions necessary as head of be another member, either without the Board. portfolio or charged only with com- I must add that Sir Edward Carson paratively light departamental duties. (for whom personally and in every One of the members should be up- way I have the greatest regard) is pointel vice-chairman.

not, from the only point of view which is significant to me--the Lost effective prisenution of the wur,the rua best qualified among my col- The Committee should as far as lengnes, present or past, to be a possible sit de die in diem, and have member of the War Committee. Full power to see that its decisione,I have only to say in conclusion subject to an appeal to the Cabinet, that I am strongly of opinion that the are carried cut promptly and effec War Committee (without any dis tively by the departments.

paragement of the existing Commit. Reconstructions of the War Con- tee, which in my judgment is a most milles should be accompanied by the efficient body and has done and setting up of a Commitiae, of Nation. doing valuable work ought to be!

I purposely do not in this letter discuss the delicate and difficult question of personnel.

al Organisation to deal with the reduced in number so that it can

Should the above resolutions be passed by the requisite majority they will be purely domestic side of war pro- palmitted for confirmation as prcial resolutions to second extraordinary biler. It should have, exccutive

nating which will be subsequently crenel,

Doted the Twenty-eighth day of March, 1919.

·By Leder of the Poard,

C. MONTAGUE EDE,

General Manager,

sit inore frequently and overtake more easily the daily problems with powers within its own domain, which it has to deal.

Tho Cabinet, would in all casen

But in any reconstruction of the have ditimate authority. Yours very Committee such as I have and have sincerely

for some time paat had in view. She governing consideration is the special

H. H. ASQUITH.

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