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MR. LARKIN'S REPLY.

the subject of criticisms adversë to it.. More than once one has tried to per- euade him to say something in this regard, only to find him disinclined

WOMAN'S INTUITION.

THE CHINA MAII

CORRESPONDENCE,

·STILL ANOTHER SUGGESTION.

IN INTERESTING STUDY IN PSYCENILOGY.

(To the Edilor of the " China Mail,"]

THE FEMALE MIND.

BARLIER TELEGRAMS.

(Bouter's Sarcina do the China Mali.)

BINN FEINER LORD MAYOR MURDERED,

London, Marob 22nd. Dear Sir.-I. cannot think that

that the In the House at Commons "Mr. Has general public would agree to the person replying to Lord Robert. Cecil, Lecturing on "The Psychology suggestion that the "Finest Site "said that he had no further information the Female Mind" at the Victoria should be built upon, or that the Waregarding the murder of the Lord Maror Institute, London, Dr. A. T. Schofield! Memorial should be erected at Stan-

of Cork. told a story illustrating woman's ins

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Hr. T. P. O'Connor asked if shortly after the crime a number of midiom My recollection of previous corre visited the residence, and insistoch, ch He and a woman friend had been spendence is that a syndicate apexamining the whole promises despite the daving with a man who was a pro-proached the Government some years it was in order to destroy the evidence- protests of the bereaved, and enquired il minent citizen, philanthropist, and ago with the suggestion that a "sky (Lond arias of Monstrous and With social reformer. When this man had scraper of enormous height should draw left them the lady said. "That is one be built upon the site, since an order. Macpherson replied reflecting the of the most wicked men 1 have ever nary building would not pay on account the question that is was a monstru

genersi resentment of the latter part of met, and persisted in her opinion of the high value of the ground. Three years later Dr. Schofield had

suggestion to condemn saldiers who were merely seting ander orders ** the man, in whom he had profoundly believed, in his consulting-room, and was warning him that unless he sign ed a confession of the most flagrant misconduct and undertook to leave the country within twenty-four hours the mater would be put in the hands of the police and he would go to penal

The Government did not feel how- servitude. The man signed and fed.

It was intuitive power in women ever that they could promise not to Dr. Schofield said, that made them sell the site, and as far as I know irConnor, adverting to his statement- pines to exploit him. Furthermore, impatient of long arguments. Men has remained open for purchase since duct of the soldiers searching the Lard cabled yesterday-reflecting upon the cen possess intuition and instinct, but do then, this being the reason that its Mayor's house at Cork, said that Mr. not trust it or use it as much as not laid out for public use.

Macpherson's subsequent explanation dis women do, although the results are

posed of his remarks The explanation, moreover, did the officer concerned' great. often more correct. They like to pro-

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vision of increased facilities for the expansion of trade between Australia and this country, and by its "limini- tion of the opportunities of com-

he questions Lard Inchcape's state- ment that merchants dislike the new scheme. Merchants in Australia, he

The Government could not see their way to agree to this, and, I believe, Mr. J. Macveigh Police murder."" } the public sentiment at that time was authorities had not entered the scene,

Mr. Macpherson"" said that if the! to the effect that the few open spaces accusation would have been made against sall left on the Harbour Front should the British Government that it did not be preserved for public use, and attempt to detect the murderer because was suggested that the site should be the deceased was a Sina Feiner A laid out, with seats, and a Band stand discover evidence likely to trace the thorough search was made in order to erected."

murderers.

LONDON March 23rd.

A visitor passing through not long ceed by careful reasoning where a ago remarked on the absence of any woman jumps to a conclusion. There place on the Harbour Front where one were well-marked differences in the could rest and enjoy the view, and

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site for this purpose would be much appreciated, provided some means ef Freverting the lower class of Chinese from misusing the seating accommo- damtion could be found. At Home no cre improperly dressed or acting in an offensive manner would be allowed appears to me that some steps right to use public seats in the Parks," and

be taken here to educe the Chinese Tia the proper use of public accom-

In the House of Commons, Ms. T. P.

THREAT OF REVOLUTION.

WASHINGTON, March 95th Constitutional guarantees have been

threatened revolution.

suspended in Salvador owing to s

NEW SECRETARY OF STATE.

WASHINGTON, March th The Foreign Relations Committee of the deaste has reported, favourably in_con- nection with the nomination of Mr. Bain- bridge Colby, as Secretary of State,

Mr. H. B. G.. Larkin, the London of it, and though he admits that in cer- says, are enthusiastically appreciative manager of the Commonwealth Ship-in quarters, chiefly in older, coun Fine Line, is too actively employed tries, there is always a prejudice in the direct work of his offices for against anything new, " this is already mental outlook of the sexes, but to. & am sure that the retention of the more than an occasional interview on disappearing, even from circles where his mind no question of the inferiority of one to the other: Men, however, it was most apparent."- Finally, Mr. Larkin emphasises that the avond

can only see women's mind exoteric policy of the Government is not to

ally-from without. Dr. Schofield secure a Government monopoly. "bat said he longed and waited for some For publicity. Now and again, how-to foster and assist the advancement

woman of deep insight to give the ever, the attack upon State ownership of Australian trade, and to promote

true exoteric view. So lar Ellen Key of merchant shipping, as exemplified trade between Great Britain and the

was the only woman who had written in the Commonwealth line, becomes Commonwealth."

on psychology. so insistent, and issues from such

It is, however, certain, that the ship- high quarters, that it draws Mr. Larping companies will fight as vigorously

The task of differentiating betweenmodation. kin, in spite of himself, into defence as they know how against a scheme the spiritual outlook of the two sexes

Fwent to a seat on one of the Peak of the interests he represents. Such which cuts into some of their tradi

was difficult..

Women generally are raads the other day, and found it en occasion is with us just now. Lord tional and most valued privileges. Not

more spiritual as well as more em covered with chewed sugar cane, sional than men, but the invention of while someone had expectorated freely Inchcape has attacked once more the only, the great interests supervised by machinery a great leveller of sex all round it. principle of State ownership, and, as Lord Inchcape are in the field. At brings a slow approximation of type. always, bis remarks are assured of the last week's annual meeting of the With the substitution of machinery for tons directed against them as a class, The Chinese rightly resent regula interest of the whole shipping world Orient Company, for example, Sir. of this country. And that being so, Kenneth Anderson" remarks in this manual labour in all processes of life and there should be no need for this reception. Mr. Larkin has made a staterzent by regard were full of interest. Reterringan's bodily powers are discounted, the higher classes tried to educate interview in reply to the contentions to it as, with the uncertainty as to the releved of constant physical exhaus-dicated, since much of the present dis- his intellectual powers developed and their countrymen in the direction in- mail contract with the Commonwealth,

of the shipowning companies as voiced by this eminent spokesman.

As to the argument that in the very nature of the case a Government undertaking of this kind is sure to fail, the general manager of the Common-

THE GREAT SEX LEVELLER.

a matter which must give pause toon, and his spiritual outlook approx-regard of the comfort of others is}

In conclusion I should like to re-

any owner who contemplates building | mates more nearly that of women. new tonnage for the Australian trade,

The actual production of Children probably due to ignorance. he went on to say that the proposal of

has always had a tar-reaching efect the Commonwealth Government to

wealth Line replies that there is no develop its fleet of merchant ships sound reason for this belief. Given cannot but discourage the private be says, the freedom from Govern enterprise and initiative which during ment départment restrictions which he, the last 40 years has provided · Aus- for example, enjoys, there is no rea-tralia with steamer services consider

bers of the Club.

on the psychology of the female mird.mark that the aspersions cast on mem- bers of the Hongkong Club seem to facts," said Dr. Schofield, that the uncalled for and that the

When we really grasp these..sex actual production of the race, es well tention of the site for public pur. as its early education and formation Poses appears to be a public maner. of character, is the definite province and not merely the concern of mem- of women, and also that men speci- It is admitted That the lack of office mother for men mostly reproduce the problem, but the use of the "finest characters of their mothers, and site would not help it much, and the daughters that of their fathers, we true remedy appears to be strong and see that the quality of our women must be a great factor in the future of increasing pressure on the Mary and Naval Authorities, whose large country. The mothers of Eng-holdings in the centre of the City seem

cuite unnecessary, owing to the pos sibilities of Aviation.-Yours truly,

and are her greatest hope.

"We see how much turrs on the psychology of the female mind of to- use of the unconscious mind, and by day. The woman's mind, by her own

her strong emotions and more de- adapted for the formation of charac- véloped spirituality, is especially er in children. She is qualified to produce what Matthew Arnold called he three essentials of education-an atmosphere, a discipline, a life.

CRUEL IGNORANCE.

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FAR ELSTERN CABLE NEWS,

bon at all why any man with a know-ably in excess of the trade's require-ally are distinctly the work of the accommodation is becoming a serious Bedge of his business and staff chosen ments and unsurpassed in quality or end appointed by kimmel?, siquid seri cheapness by any trade in the world. be able to chanfuct a shipping bakit da obviose that the prospect of having to & Goverment quite to compere with a fire the policy of szá efficiently as he could for private which may be dictated by considera- shareholders," while as against the tions other than purely economic con- stacement that the Commonwealth Line siderations, & line which may make must in the end be prejudicial to Aus- good its losses out of the taxpayers' alia, involving the whole commercial pockets, is a discouraging one. It is community in loss, he answers that so equally obvious that so long as this far, at all events, the result has been policy commands sufficient popular anything but disastrous, and that there support, and cost is disregarded, such la po lear of the future unless the pri-a line can be maintained, but in these vate companies, by means of a war conditions it will in time be found that of rates, force freights down to an un-private enterprise, which is subject to payable basts in which event, how the humdrum necessity of making, ends ever, he goes on to say, "Australia mect, cannot permanently co-exist with Would, by reason of the cheaper car Government enterprise... and I riage of every ton of her imports and believe that the one will be found a exports gain far more than any amount poor substitute for the other a lost by the Commonwealth Line:". The general adoption of such a policy From this point Mr. Larkin goes in international trade would have the on to emphasise the fact that it is Mr. most untoward consequences. Hughes's wish to avoid any such rate. If international trade is to become the war, and he contends that, as there province of Governments, and State was room in days gone by for two is to trade with State, every transac big German lines to run on friendly ton, however trivial, will contain they but absolutely crued to allow ernment demanding compensation for ferma with the British lines, so there germ of a possible difference, the occa- should be room in the luture for this stons of international discord will be Australian-owned fleet.

The Prime indefinitely multiplied, and in the last Minister's argument, says Mr. Larkin, report there will be no court of appen further, is unanswerable, viz., that it except the appeal to force...

We

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THE FOOCHOW AFFAIR.

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mother's aunosphere is stronger than heredity, and I would arge that every training college for 'women should include special instruc-

PERINO, March 24, ion in the right education of child The Chinese Government has ad- hood. It is not paly the height of dressed a Note to the Japanese Gov.

girls to become. wives and mothers the victims of the Foochow fracas, without their acquiring any knowledge the dismissal of Consul and an > their mighty forces, any idea of apology. he value of their own minds, or any

in the use of their great but Japanese Consul has been aiready.

Anticipating this

request, the simple powers."

transferred.

Dr. Schofield noted the advent of Chinese official circles regarding the.

JAPANESE SOLDIERS TRAMP

FACROSS GOBI DESERT.

PEKING March 24.

is open to the Government to say that have, in fact, to look no farther than in is, its duty to ensure that its pro- the war from which we are now emerg- ducers and consumers shall at all times ing to find an instance where militarista cheerful, almost a sexual race in the Japanese attitude, as very reasonable and in any emergency be guaranteed ambitions might have been held in vast army of spinsters that would leading to the hope of improvement an adequare means of transport at check if they had not been reinforced succeed in giving a new ideal of this in the relations between the two coun reasonable cost and under equitable by designs of commercial supremacy ass. The combination of the fuller tries. conditions. Already British exporters created and fostered by the German fustrial life, the admitrance into the opening up of commercial, and in-

· and Australlan importers have greatly Government. Oken in the past, the benefited by the establishment of the slow embitterment of international Professions, and the independent line, and notably by new conditions of relations by tariffs, or the accumulated the spinster's life happier and more status of the twentieth century made carriage not previously at their ser- grievances of individual traders worr- vice such, for example, as the ap- ing on popular passion have, avowedly, dignified, because it was on a sounder plication of the terms of the Common or under some more or less specious Women's economic dependence had

economic basis of support.

A party of thirty-eight Japanese sol- wealth Sea Carriage of Goods Act to pretext, forced Government into wars. their bills of lading for all cargo car. The result of this influence has been been one of the most profound factors dies, who, forced to enter: Mongolia ried to Australia; the increase of the had enough in the past. But what So long as they, vere-dependent they Desert and who were later assisted by 1

in the psychology of the female mind. from Siberia, tramped across the Gobi per cent the payment of interest on Governments themselves become im- must retain many of the characteris automobiles sent by the Chinese the proportion of their freights held mediately concerned with buying and tics pecular to the servile. Until the authorities, have reached Feking, by the shipping companies to enforce selling? Nationalisation would con-economic position of woman was "us"

good behaviour" and the opportu vert every private and individual the altered they were most unfairly handi- nity for direct shipment from ports in pafe into a public and collective quar- the United Kingdom to ports in Aus- rel. If Governments wish to keep tralia not generally included in the out of wars they had better, as Gov-had to some small extent solved the itinerary of liners. These facts alone, ernments, keep out of business question, but much remined to be says Mr. Larkin, justify the line's Clearly there is much feeling abroad done. It was funle to strike off her cided to recognise Poland, as an In existance. At any rate, they do not in the shipping world as to the Comshackles, one by one, as long as the dependent State suggest dislocation and loss to the monwealth Line.

bill of lading valuation ümit by 100 will be the result in the future if

whole commercial community.

Lord, Inchcape had quoted frora Va. speech by Sir Joseph Cook to show... apparently, that the aims of the Cóm, monwealth Line go beyond that Mis». tor's view of the subject. On the coji-

mary, says Mr. Larkin, the Common

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