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(Reuter's Service to the China Maith AMERICAN CONSCRIPTION BILL.

WASHINGTON, August 6th.

Mr. Newton D. Baker has submitted to

time Arms of 310,000, and three months compulsory military training of all youths up to the age of th after which they will be subject to two years' military service,

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A STRICKEN ISLAND.

INFLUENZA IN THE SOUTH SEAS.

A Correspondent in the Times writes.

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"DON'T COME HOME YET."}

A correspondent at Home says: It may seem early to write about i the prospects of the coming winter, but it is impossible to ignore the signs of the times, and it we do have

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At a dinner given on the evening communication with India and in I had just finished an arduous

of July 15 at the Seiyoken, Tsukiji, India were described by Brig. Gen. Congress a Rid providing for a peace- lecture tour from the Atlantic to the internal trouble, which may be pre. by Viscount Ishii, and Messrs. Kuroi Lord Montagu of Beaulieu in a paper torpid liver, pimples, coated tongue i

Pacine: during which I had travelled cipitated by a very small and insignia and Otani, Viscount Ishii, the read to the Indian Section of the 12,000 miles, and had addressed some

Japanese Ambassador to America, Society of Arts recently.

Several of the great chiefs in India millions of Americans, only to colficant strike, you will at any rate who is now home on furlough lapse in Oregon with a bad lung and know the causes which have contrinominally at least) made a speech, are already keen on aviation said an ominous cough.

buted to it. With such industrial which is summarised by the Asahi as Lord Montagu, and shertly Mahara "Victor, we're going to the South trouble only a very strong Coalition

jahs and Rajahs might be seen arrive follows!--

"The American system is so com-ing in royal state at Delhi durbars in PARIS. August 7. Sea Islands at once." I said to my Government can deal and test of the plex and subtle that nobody can gorgeously fitted aeroplanes, and

the doctor may think this According to an interview a Chinese servant,

present Ministry in home affairs is possibly act arbitrarily under it. relieving the over-congested Indian Peace Delegate said the Chinese will at a good place for me to recover, but here.

Great credit is, indeed, due to those railways of their special trains or persist in the demand that Japan hal over I'm bored stiff, and I will not stay

The Ministry has many weak who devised such an elaborate system coaches. the icon mines in Chaling and ral mines here another week. I know the dos points, but it is perhaps strongest at about one hundred and afty years A year hence, if money was no which the termans werd working in 1911.woods are blossoming and I can the Ministry of Labour and at the

It is for the prevention object, anyone would be able to fly se smell the lilac in the cottage garden. Beard of Trade where Sir Auckland of arbitrary action of the authorities between England and India but Ching will never agron

Seven weeks later I found myself. Geddes and Sir Robert Horne are in that the right of ratifying treaties is reckoned that at the price of 2s. 6d. Bovereignty over the Bierman built Tingtan

por. Klaver Bay, although Chins is still very unwell, on the Island of charge. They know that while one invested by the Constitution in the per ounce of airgrams, the convey willing to make, the city an international Tahiti in the little town of Papeete, may have to adopt a very strong Senate.

ance of a ton would return £4,480, the capital of the French Society policy, one at any rate must be con port the Shanghai

Group in the Southern Pacific, ciliatory and reasonable to meet the maintained that full respect should between England and India would The Democrats have always and the airplane mails at this rate Having decided to stay there for new conditions of the time. about six months, a small bamboo i

be shown for the sovereignty of each earn about £1 per mile by the present But, once again, those who think State, and have deprecated the idea route. The expense would be about

coming home

England house with two wide verandaha, fot

of the Central Government placing 10s, a mile.

About 5,000 words could be written other hand, the Republicans have on thin foreign paper, and with tending the powers of the Central est under an ounce. Such a letter hitherto inclined to the policy of ex- envelope and stamp would weigh Government even at the sacrifice could be taken 5,000 miles in 457 BOLESALE. Indents promptly

sovereignty of the hours for 2s. 6d. By the use of States.

It is therefore interest photography The Times of a certain ural British and Contiacatal geode

including ing to note that an entirely day could be reproduced in India

Books and Stationery, different attitude is assumed by each within three days exactly as the of the two parties toyards the League original was published in Printing of Nations. President Wilson and House-square. his partisans, who have always held sovereignty in such high respect, now take the lise that the sovereignty i of the State may well be interfered: with by the League of Nations, while

have not been the members of the other party, who about the question of sovereignty, scrupulous.

make a decided protest against the restriction of sovereignty.

Foreign Minister chicks in a statement

pledge to China of 1983 and is willing to restore the whole of the Kinochau tormitory China immediately Japan ratifies the Treaty of Versailles, Further lapis as chides any rights afecting the territorial severeignty of China in the provine of

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deulates that Japan will be faithful to the situated on the extreme end of a little the next twelve months without restrictions upon it, while on the

peninsula jutting out into the lagoon, very urgent reason had better be was found for me. The good dry advised and keep away. By the trade winds biew steadily through summer of 1930 we ought to have the litle shack, and the dunes of settled down, but, just as in the cass rays used to pierce the dozens of of the war, the first years or eighteen long thin paralel chinks in my walls months of peace must necessarily be with shafts of rosy light. My trying to everybody. verandabs were hung with great baskets of ferns and highly-coloured tropical plants, while, around in grace fu grandeur stood high cocona: Paims. But I have not space to tell of the beauty of Tahiti..

Shantung

KOREAN INDEPENDENCE.

PARIS. Anguat ". Sympathy Koreans Aging for in dependence was expressed at a dunes tiven to the Korean Delegation at 5e are Cohference.

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A TUCHEN'S CRUELTY.

The natives decided to cure me; and unconsciously they succeeded. They merely lavished upon me an abundance of love and affection, and massaged me with perfumed coconut

cil.

The combination is invincible. I was seldom alone during the day, The natives-men, women, and children of all ages would stroll or and sit about gossiping and jeering at my Chinese cook, until to their delight he would lose his temper. so I would say. Haere mai kapu' itimii Bequets Found state the Let's all go for a swim") Then would commence a mad frolic in the kindly blue waters of the lagoon The great jcke was to dive under and then grab the toe of someone's stout mother and pull her under while she yelled with mock fear.

Pentsa. Algue 7.

the Tachon, Na Ling, under neutis piat a la cimpe eleierig estivers erely terrores and essented ter participating in die begonte maakje

ment.

JAPANESE AND THE DEL"COS" INSTALLATIONS (NIITSENGIAU,

Tha Papasse as singan having ompened the Sracaband 999: Comprens and the Asiatic Peruleana Commgene to remove their fatulations MORAES TY market for malwog tertuini, th Matter is attention.

Certain old women used to spend nours massaging my chest with coconut oil, and, of course, this is excellent treatment. After three and a half months my chest became absolutely right again, the cough had vanished, and I weighed some thing well over 1st. Finally I was absolutely cured.

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Much has been said since the war broke out nearly five years ago on the necessity of armaments being entirely Government enterprise with no commercial interests in it at all. The actual tendency, so far as war- ship construction is concerned, isevincing great uneasiness at the tone "The Americans have lately been rather in the opposite direction in of the Japanese Press. Test the rela Japan, it being reported that with tions of the two countries should be the exception of one light cruiser strained. As for myself, however, and two destroyers, which are to be cannot for a moment believe in the built at Maizury and Sasebo ali new possibility of a war between the two construction: for the present year iccentries, and I observe that many contracted for by the Kawasaki and Mitsubishi yards. These yards can now undertake everything from a super-dreadnought to a submarine. In fact the Kawasaki yard is very busy on submarines just now.

steamers.

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Americans take a similar view of the situation, for it is obvious that the outbreak of hostilities between them can only entail disastrous losses to both parties.

"Buring my stay in America, I have been struck with the tremen- dous influence of the Press, and at

brought home to my mind how

appeared on the hills around. Dead the same time the fact has been carts used to rush about the silent damaging it is to the national inter- treets of Papeete, manned by roaring drunken sailors from the tramp I have given all this personal engaging the Lentions

Then there was a little band of detail merely to let you see what the American and British heroes, some natives are willing to do for a white of them invalids, who did the most Now let me tell what we chastly work willingly and gladly Europeans did for them last NovemThere was also a young Swede who started the fight in the most perfect physical condition, and the last time

FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS.

NEW METTABY #FOVERSOR OF

.KIHIS.

STEANGIRAR Agusu S. Pau Kwailing has telegraphed r Peking that he us taken over the Military Goremeesløp of Kirin.: H. express plate al disputes mes settled amicably.

THE INTERNAL CONFERENCE.

President Ch Sai-chong luk seti Lene Sagi to uk Cho Kai-kien to ratant to Peking to get us chief choles gure once agail in the pence Bego tutions with the Seutir

CHINA AND THE AUSTRIAN TREATY

Buk Tengeleng las telegrple to tim Pelong Governmens, that the Austrian Trondy is to be sipped inte August 12.

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The Cibirita las recrived as tele gram, Iran Tak Ting-cheng, the he proposes to appoint. Ngan Wai- hing as meal the chulegafore the Gounel of the Leigue of Nations,

JAPAN'S CONDITIONS FOR RETURN OF THINGTAU.

It is reported that the Japanese, Secretary for Foreign Affairs ar decided to return Tsingtan to China under the following condtion:-2 Al the time the arrangement is made for the return of Tsingtau to Clinu, all Japanese troops in Kiao-chuu and the guards of the Kirschau will be witdawa: the Kino-chuu Builway will be under the jam administra tion of China wyd Japan; Japanese officers will be appointed to deal with affair in the Concessions. No decision has yet been made in regard to be question of an International Concession, Hongkong Chinese Commercial News,

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CHURCH SERVICES.

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St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon.

8TH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY-August 10.

Holy Communica at Midday. Morning. Payer m

Responses. Faris!; Venite, As Set:

Psalms, L-AR Set. LIImay Set: Te Deum, Lawes, Cook and Hopkins Benedictus, Birnby Kyrie. Men- delssohn. Hymnus, 360 (4. & M. 909), 28 360 376 (4 & M. 540), 998 (A) * ML 280 (2nd Tane). Evening Prayer at 6 p.m. Responses, Ferial: Psalm. LIII-As Set,

Sunday Services, August 10.“ Morning Service, 11.3. Hymns, 499, 665, 126, 207. Psalm 25. Preacher Rev. J. Horace Johnsten, B.

Hymns, 143, 44, 21, 226. Preacher Rev. J. Kirk Maconachie. St. Peter's Church, West Polat.

LIV As Set (Orchestra will play over LIVth Psalm): Magnificat, Sunc Barnby (XItb Evening); Dimittis, Felton.. Hymas, 567 (2nd Arrangement) ist Arrangement to alternate verses for Orchestra, 261, 331 (A... & M. 27, 19.

Vesper Hymn. ests to drag diplomatic matters into aion Church, Kennedy Road. the arena of party politics. I can cite endless instances of this. I wish to commend this point to the parti cular attention of politicians. which was presented by Japan to Evening Service, & p.m.

"The racial equality proposal the Peace Conference has been an object of much criticism, but it is nevertheless important, that Japan should utilise every opportunity that offers itself in future to attain her object. The racial equality question, even if considered. Independently of Finally, realising that the epidemic the immigration "question, is au must just run its course, and that it important one. America took 60|11 might be possible to save 50 or so years to carry the Anti-Liquor Bill, lives that would otherwise be lost, and it is up to the Japanese to prt decided to open a hospital. No one forth unceasing and long sustaining now had any desire to obstruct, and efforts for the solution of the racial the Governor gladly gave me per equality problem." mission to run a hospital in an old military barracks. Having looted the store of beds left by the French military garrison before they went to the front; I managed to arrange one big ward containing about 40 or 50 beds.

AN OVERWORKED HOSPITAL STAFF.

Some time early in the month, the saw him he looked like a madman s.s. "Navua." bound for New Zealand cannot give you details: "I dare with a general cargo from Spanish not. influenza-stricken San Francisco, put into Papeete for fuel. There is only one port of entrance to the French islands, but she managed to pass the medical examination all right, and after coaling she prepared to leave for New Zealand.

WHY MARU?

Homiharo,

But the captain found that mest of his officers and crew were stricken with influenza, and he decided that it would be madness to put to sex. So he requested the French authori- ties to quarantine him. This. they

Mr. According to did but alas for Papeete, and for

Japanese Consul in San Francisco, 5.000 or 50 natives, they were

the word maru," which forms a precisely three days too late. Within After a few days we had 30 female part of the names of Japanese mer- 14 days of the "Navua's arrival patients. If you happen to be a man chant vessels, is as unexplainable as rearly half the population of Paprete under 30 with no knowledge of the American terma jitney.""" were down with Ruenza.

medicine

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This is what Mr. Homihard' writes Sweet old Lavina, the owner of the tle difficult to look after to Deputy Naval Officer E. W. Tiare Hotel and a famous Tahitian large number of bedridder worden. Maslin in answer to a request for an woman, was the first to dic. But she still we carried on, and kept our explanation of the meaning of the was very stout, and not very strong, beds full: Unfortunately, kind-heart- word: So we were not surprised. Un-ed people were always bringing us

"It would seem that the answer fortunately, she merely led a huge dying folk with a few hours to live, should be very simple to a native procession of her countrymen to the and their bodies had to be removed, Japanese, but as a matter of fact Valley of the Shadow," for another had prepared a large fair room your answer should properly come week had hardly passed before the gaily decorated with crimson flam from the antiquarians and the scho- death rate in Papeete had reached 30 boyant blossoms for our dying, and lars.

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and 40 a day. There are only two we tried to make their last moments You will find by consulting the hearses in Paptete, and but two happy; but the work was terrible. Japanese dictionary that the word undertakers, and the dead must be and after three weeks we all showed maru' is defined thus: disposed of within 24 hours.

'Maru, a circle, full, complete,

signs of collapse.

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Sunday, August 10.

Holy Communion. No & am. Service during August a.m.-Morning Frayer, Holy Com

munion and Sermon.

Foak Church,

5.16 a.m.-Holy Communion. 6.30 Evening Service.

The Gospel Hall

10 & 12 PEDDSE ÉTALET. Weekly Services-Sunday: Breaking of Bread for Believers only, 11 a Gospel Meeting, 5 p.m.

Bible study, Tuesday, 5.30 p.m. and Friday, Ladies Bible study, 5.30 p.m.

Thursday, 9.

Saturday, Prayer Meeting. 6 p.m First Church of Christ Scientist, MacDonnell Road.

Sunday, 11 a.m. Wednesdays, 6.30 p.m.

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Morning Service, 10.15 am. Evening Service, 6.15 p.m.

Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Arsenal Street.

St. Joseph's Church, „Garden Road,

I suggested opening hospitals in I was slowly recovering ater a whole, all. Example: It is a fuil Sunday Evening, Gospel Meeting, & p.m. the two large cinema halls, collapse when, looking up, I beheld year since I came to Tokyo. (Takya but was successfully obstructed, a vision of loveliness in snowy ai kite maru ichinen no naru.) so I confined myself to looking white linen head-dress and a great "The world originally came from a after the sick folk around me, but red cross on her brow. Who are Chinese character which has a pro- they commenced to die so rapidly you?" I said. The angel roared nunciation of its own in the Chinese that I could do nothing effective. 1 with delight. "Don't you know me, tongue, but which stood for anything by the Benediction of the Blessed begged my patients not to bathe in Tira?" she said. "Go back to bed which is round or circular. When Sacrament. cool streams while they bad a high at once." I roared. "Go to bed your young Japan wishes to indulge in temperature, but they did, and double self," she replied. She was one of slang be will sometimes take advant- of this fact by referring pneumonia invariably developed my convalescent patients who had age

Mass and Sermon at 10a.m."followed

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Roman Catholic Cathedral,

Glenealy, maru. Mass at 6, 7 and 9.30 4.0.

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Sacrament

Soon all the fishermen were down and been amused at cur manly efforts to to the dollar piece as a the reef, usually a line of shimmering ourse her fellow patients, and bad The word has the properties of High Mask ste ... lights at night time, became dark decided to become a nurse herself. I both the noun and the adjective, s.20 pm-Benediction of the Blessed and ominous.

of therefore sent her into the store with something the adverb No food was brought to the market, to get seven more similar head-thrown in for good measure, Just the ice manufacturer closed his busi. Į dresses. "There will be at least how it came into use as a part of; ness so that the butcher could not seven moe volunteers to-night," the nomenclature of ships I canGot kill, the Chinese stores closed, and I thought.

there were. explain. It is one of those things

And

then famine was upon us. The They divided themselves into two which apparently grew into use with- gendarmes were either all dead or ill. shifts, firted outrageously with my out recognised parentage like your while the military detachment ceased men belpers and patients, and turned recent word jitney. It is as hard to to exist. Finally the one chemist died. my hospital into a playground, so account for as the practice of putting and things began to look impossible. that the patients grew better by leaps quotation marks around the names

Schooners commenced to fly from and bounds.”

of ships, newspapers, etc. the stricken Htcle city to the eur 'You've got the eight worst "I regret that I cannot be more rounding islands, and all those that pretty ladies" in Papeete for your prece in answering your were able rushed to their relations in nurses," sald a white man visitor. natural question, but the task really the country. The result is obvious. And it was true. But they were belongs to the scholars. I can only. point to the accomplished fact that

very

{ I shudder to think what happened at God's messengers nevertheless.

Hikeuro, where the Paumotun natives After some days of struggle the the word "maru' is now being em had assembled in thousands for the epidemic showed signs of breaking, ployed to distinguish merchant ships diving. They probably all died. The my temper had completely broken, from war vessels and other craft, crews of two tramp steamers in port and the hospital worked automati and it seems to hold its own in that were commandeered to dispose of the cally, so I departed for New Zealand connection, without regard dead, and at night time great fires in an old tramp steamer,

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