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TO-DAY'S CABLES.

(Rastor's Sevice to the China Hall)

SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTIONE.

LABOUR COLLAPSE GIVES LOYALISTS' BIG LEAD.

MANT FERAK CANDIDATES FAIL,

CAPETOWN, February 9, 12 noon.”

General Smuts has been elected for Pretoria West, by a majority of 872. The position is now as fellows South African Party 43, Labour 9, Nationalists 12, and Independent one. Country returns have still to make their weight felt but a feature up to the present has been the collapse of the Labourites who bave lost chiefy to the South African Party. This is attributed to the workmen voting against Republicanism and not on sectional labour matters. Those defeated include the Labour leaders Cresswell and Kentridge, and Pretorias' Nationalist leader, Langenhoven.

AN UNTOWARD INCIDENT.

THE CHINA MAIL.

TO-DAY'S CABLES.

(Roster's Service to the, China Mal}

OKESE CHAMPIONS „TO MERT.

BERLIN, February 9. The chess champion Lasker sails from Amsterdam on February 5 to play Capablanca at Havana.

LEAGUE OF NÀTIOKE, "

BRUSSELS, Februarý 9.

At the urgent request of his colleagues on the League of Nations Council, M. Hymans has withdrawn his decision to resign the presidency.

WHITE MAN'S BURDEN.

LIFE WITH SAVAGES

TRAVELLER'S TALES FROM NEW

GUINEA.

The polls generally were small. There was a large number of freak candidates with socialistic tendencies practically all of whom forfeited their deposits through not atraining the requisite proportion of votes. The only untoward incident reported occurred at Germiston where a bottle was thrown and knocked unconscious the pro-Smuts candidate. McAlister as hepen, writes Robert Lynd in a home was about to speak. A very angry scene ensued. McAlister won a paper. He has enjoyed his life among triangular contest ever Nationalists and Labourites.

LATER RESULTS.

LATER

Captain Monckton has a lively

FOOD IN GERMANY.

CATASTROPHE THREATENED.

HELPLESS OFFICIALDOM.

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PRESENT-DAY PILGRIM.

THE NEW JHEUKÀLEM. »

MR. G. X. CHESTERTON ON THE HOLT LAND

Somewhere or other G. K. Chester- ton has sung that

Nebuchadnezzar, the King of the

Jews,

Suffered from new and original

views.

Suffering is perhaps hardly the word to apply to G. K. C himself where new views on anything are concerned. He does not so much Ruffer them as enjoy them ̈ with gusto. Most people will enjoy-with his new views about Jerusalem and the Jews as expressed in "The New Jerusalem," with nothing worse to suffer than the shocks caused by the explosion of paradoxes, like verbal Chinese crackers, under the reader's: ncse, writes

Much of this book, which the author describes as only an uncoła-

Berlin-A serious food catastrophe threatens Germany. Prospects are worse now than they have been a fortably large notebook," is given to any period during or since the war, vices Mr. George Redwick. For the consideration of what is generally savages, though he has no love for months Herr Hernes, who is Food called the Jewish problema problem savages, and his book is written with Dictator both for Prussia and Ger itself into the comparatively simple which to some fanatic mindë, resolves the zest of a schoolboy. He is a good many as a whole, has stood out one of the best way of exterminating raconteur, always eager to amuse against the assertion that there is any the Jews.

thing wrong. But he was forced te The position at midnight was. South African Party 65 (gains sixteen), rather than to edify his readers.

Some of his stories are difficult to make, the above confession of the of fanatic; he is at some pains to But Mr. Chesterton is not that sort Labour nine (gains three), Nationabats 34 (gains six). Independent one swallow, but one is bound to swallow utter failure of the Government's food dissociate himself from the charge of Twenty-three results are outstanding. General Smuts is assured of a work-them, as they are the records of an policy, when he appealed to a meet-anti-Semitism "the new anti-Semi ing majority of ten. Eight constituencies are uncertain. There has been eye-witness. He has a delightful ling of agrarians and others to help tim which is merely anti-Socialism" * fierce struggle in the country districts. The honours are evenly divided. story, for instance, of some rats he fend off approaching disaster. The and explains that what he and his The Nationalisti gained the first victory in history in Natal at Vryheid saw on the coast fishing in the sea brutal fact now stands out clear, there friends who thought with him desired

for crabs.

is a deficit of nearly 3,000,000 tons was to give Jews the dignity and by a majority of three.

"I noticed some rats going down of wheat. That is the supply reces status of a separate nation. to the edge of the reef-lank, hungrysary for at least six months One We desired that in some fashion looking brutes they were, with pink million tons have been steady im- and so far as possible Jews, should naked tails. I stopped on the point ported, but the remainder of the de- be represented by Jews, should ve of throwing lumps of coral at them, fcit is covered. If it can be ob- in a society of Jews, should be judged out of curiosity to see what the tained from abroad it will vermis meant to do at the sea. Rat 15,000 million marks (nominally an anti-Semite, if that is anti-Semitism. cost by Jews and ruled by Jews. I am after rat picked a fattish lump of 4750.000.000), and it is dritted It would seem more rational to call coral, squatted on the edge and dang that will mean the price of bread will it Semitism led his tail in the water: suddenly rise 300 per cent, during the next one rat gave a violent leap of about few months. With whatever diffien a yard, and as he landed, I saw ties the agrarians have to contend, it crab clinging to his tail Turning is beyond doubt that they are par round, the rat grabbed the crab and posely limiting supplies for the towns devoured it, and then returned to his and the cities. stone; the while the other rats were repeating the same performance.”

AMERICAN IMMIGRATION,

SENATE ADOPTS A NEW MEASURE.

WASHINGTON," February 9. The immigration committee of the Senate has disapproved the Immigration Bill and decided to substitute a measure limiting from April -1 the number of aliens of any nationality to be admitted in any one year to five per cent. of the number of persons of that nationality resident in the United States. Exceptions will be allowed in the case of countries with which the United States has immigration treaties, also in the case of "Canada and Central and South America.

JAPAN AND CHENA.

.

The Immigration Bill specifies the numbers of immigrants permitted to European countries. The Bill does no affect China and Japan but if they were affected it is pointed out only 2,837 Chinese and 3,389 Japanese could enter the United States in a single year.

BRITISH SHIPS.

PROTEST AGAINST CHEAP ASIATIC LABOUR.

LEGISLATION SOUGHT.

LONDON, February 9.

Į THE DIVER'S BAD TEMPER.

Ee has several interesting things to relate of pearls and divers. The effect of the air pressure on the temper of divers, he tells tis, is

extraordinary:

in Zionism and at that, perhaps, it In short, Mr. Chesterton believes will be wiser to leave a ray con troversial subject. Those who are interested in the subject will find it

illuminated, and brilliantly illuminat- "Agrarians," said Herr Roesicke,ed, from new angles in this book. the Agrarian leader, the other day, They may applaud Mr. Chesterton's **** not allow their cattle to views or hate them; but it is hardly

starve."

possible to remain uninterested.

THE HOLY CITY.

The price of meat is high, and the sale of it an exceedingly profitable business, so agrarians are withhold itself that G. K shows himself most It is when he gets to Jerusalem

"A diver may be in a perfectly using them to feed their cattle for mark that: "The men I met coming ing cereals from the markets and truly Chestertonis. Well may he re amiable mood with all the world slaughter. In the same way, and for from Jerusalem reported all sorts of while the dress is being fitted on, but the same reasons, the price of pota-contradictory impressions; and yet the moment the face glass is screwed toes, which are becoming ever scamy own impression contradicted them. home the signal for starting the air cer, tends to rise, and will rise seri- all Who else would dare to come pump-be begins to feel a little grievously in the next few weeks. ance or irritation; as he descends,

home from Jerusalem and say that this feeling increase until he is in a finance of the Government sheds a old town in Sussex, with perhaps a It is jos here that the wasteful the Holy City reminded him of a little perfect fury of rage against every one hurid light on the situation. in general and usually one individual Government does not appear to have

The favour of the coast of Normandy? in particular. After that, be spends come even within reach of the reins what, to some, may sound like Here is the explanation of dress can be taken off in order that the Admiralty, which will have ships; his time in wondering how soon the of expenditure. It is controlled by heresy.~ he may half kill that particular per by the War Office, without an ele- the walls of Jerusalem I had an over- son, usually the tender, for her mentary notion of economy: by spend-whelming impression that I was Peculiar fact is that the moment the Separments whose one aim is to walking in the town of Rye where it face glass is removed and he breathes Stain money for schemes which looks across the fiat sea meadows to the ordinary amevan though he might well wait till the Greek Kalends wards Winchelsea. As I tried to may have come up boiling with the Hermes runs two departments, which myself I was conscious of another for all the good they will do. Herr explain this eccentric sentiment to against some special individual-the bad tempes evaporates like magicppear to be mainly occupied in re- which at once completed and con- and he wonders what on earth cans ferring vital questions back to each tradicted it. It was not only like a ed his anger.

other, and in avoiding decisions. In memory of Rse; it was mixed with a his main department, with 163 typists memory of the Mount St. Michael, and an expenditure of eight million which stands among the sands of marks yearly, he only reaches the Normandy. confession that his policy means bank-

A trade union congress deputation to the Board of Trade protested against the employment of Chinese and other cheap Asiatic labour on British ships, and asked the Goverment to introduce legislation to re patriate Chinese not producing satisfactory evidence of British nationality, and not to employ Chinese on British ships westward of the Suez Canal whelly imaginary offence. Another

Sir Robert Horne replied that he was unable to promise legislation but the Board of Trade would do all in its power to meet the points raised. He pointed out that the number of Asiatics employed had declined since

1915 and there were row only three per cent.

VILNA, PLEBIS CITE.

SOVIET BARS BRITISH AND FRENCH TROOPS.

PARIS, February 9.

The Swiss Government's action as regards the passage of troops to

GETTING THE BEST OF AN ALLIGATOR.

"As soon as I was walking inside

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10,

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

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HONGKONG.

CHINA COAST.

OFFICERS AND ENGINEERS.

LATEST CHANGES.

Mr. C. D. Nicoll, chief officer, › Chunsang," has gone acting master, same ship.

Mr. D. Jones has been appointed. supernumerary second officer, “Kwai.

sang.

Mr.

L. Merritt, supernumerary

Vila (mentioned yesterday) has been added to the agenda for the forth.sion boys to borrow some dozer more than the previous year), and is the paradox of such a place that, in the latest issue of Shipping and second officer, "Kwaisang." is on

coming meeting of the League Council.

STOCKHOLM, February 9. The Soviets have consented to the League of Nation's contingents entering Vilna but has barred British and French troops.

KING RECEIVES CHINESE AMBASSADOR.

LONDON, February 9. Mr. Wellington Koo had an audience with the king and presented

credentials.

J

MOTOR BUS COLLIDES WITH TRAIN.

ST. ETIENNE, February 9. Ten persons were killed at a level crossing in a collision between

Léain and a motor bus carrying recruits.

his

BILGIAN EXPORT TRADE DEAD.

BRUSSELS, February 9. ~~Export trade is almost at a standstill. The Government is spending 13:50,000,000 on initial unemployment relief works,

the war.

BELGIUM TO HONOUR AN UNENOWN WARS10R.;

BRUSSELS, February 9.

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GOLD EMBARGO.

EXFORT OF SILVER BULLIÓN PERMITTED.

his message.

The book contains one or two alligator stories one of them on the

The first part of the sensation is authority of Mr. Holmes, missionary: ptcy and catastrophe. It is just the that the traveller, as he walks the "Holmes sent off one of his Mis same with the Coal Distribution De-stony streets between the walls, feels partment, which costs 28 millions (21 that he is inside a fortress: But it six-inch wire nails from a trader, who lived some miles away; the boy employs nearly 500 typists.

while he feels in a sense that he is in was shortly to be married to a village These officials pile up statistics for a prison, he also feels that he is on a girl, and she accompanied him on the Statistical Department, which, precipice. The sense of being uplifted, On their homeward with 600 officials, now cost nearly and set on, a high place, comes to way it was necessary for them to 14 million marks, or 10 millions more him through the smallest cranny of ford a shallow river; the boy than last year, and so it goes on, most accidental crack in rook or walked first. when suddenly, right through the Government store; it comes to him especially #bearing 3 shriek, he turned machine. Clinging to its officials and through those long narrow windows"

round to find that sa alligator had pewriters, the Government is facing is the walls of the old fortifications: seized his sweetheart by the leg. a disaster which it appears helpless to those slits is the stone through Hasily runuloz" back, the boy avert.

Meantime railway and tram which the mediaeval archers used grabbed his lady love by one arm fares, the price of telephones, water, their bows, and the mediaeval artists and, inserting his hand behind her electricity, letters and telegrams, all used their eyes with even greater leg, jambed bis packet of nails down are increased with the view of raking success. the reptile's throat, thas forcing it to in money. But the only result so Then I remembered that in the] open its mouth and release the girl, far is to reduce revenue from such same strips of mediaeval landscape whore he then dragged to the shore. sources. a The only remark the boy made about children are suffering severely, white steep hill crowned with a city of Hundreds of thousands of could be seen always, here and there, the incident, when he returned to the Reichstag debates & Bill to give stical and double pleasure of seeing And I knew I had the my Holmes, was to regret that the the ex-Kaiser a bigger income than such a hill and standing on it. alligator bad. "stelen the missionary's he had when he ruled. In Berlin Then indeed I knew that what I saw

nails."

AN ADVENTURE WITH FALSE TEETH.

He had considerable trouble with the native sorcerers, but he quelled them by showing them that he had eyes of different coloms and by tak- ing out his false teeth.

alope 150,000 children are being fed,

towers

The following changes are recorded

Engineering :—

leave.

Kvargse," is on leave. Mr. J. R. Lough, second officer, has gone supernumerary second off- Mr. B. E. Bidwell, from reserve,

CET. Yuensang."

Mr. J. T. Robinson, second officer, "Woosing." has gone second officer, "Kwingse."

Mr. S. A Phillippo, chief officer, Ngankin," is on leave. "Mr. G. A. Evans, second officer, Ichang" has gone chief officer, “Ngankin." second officer, "Ichang."

Mr. F. Gibbs has been appointed

Captain C. C. Williams of the **Tatung," is on reserve.

Captain K. E. Tuebben," from re- serve, has gone master, "Tatung."

Mr. T. A. Lupton, chief officer, "Sanning," has resigned.

serve, has gone chiel officer, "S

Mr. A F. Summerfield, from re-

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second officer, Yuensang," is on Mr. E. T. Whicker, supernumerary

leave.

Mr. D. Smith, from leave, has gone chief engineer, "Kutwo."

Mr. E. D. Forrester, chief engi- neer, “* Kuwo," is on leave.

Mr. E. A. Strandell, chief officer, "Taishus," has gone chief officer, "Hsinfung."

Mr. H. Randbye, chief officer, **HsinFung." has gone, chief officer, "Kiangteen."

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Mr. H. A. Kamfelt, second officer, "Tsaishan," has gone chief officer,

Felching."

M. C. Hansen, chief officer, "Kwanglee." has gone chief officer,

Taishun.

Mr. V. Anderson, chief officer, "Kwangles-bas gone-chief-officer, "Kabo."*

Mr. CF. Lee Patural, from 're- serve, has gone chief officer, " Kaho? Mr. F. H. Davies has been appoint-

ed second oflcer," Kiangteen."

and throughout the country nearly was Jerusalem of the Crusaders: orning."

Mr. EH. Hitch, second officer, 700,000 children and mothers depend at least Jerusalem of the Crusades. on charity for their food.

One of his experiencesa Jerusa-"Yingehow," is on reserve. Ilem snowstorm-nakes Mr. Chester- Mr. R. S. Loughman has been ap- tou enter a defence of the Christmas pointed second officer, "Yingchow." cards that show Bethlehern spangled Mr. J. R. Agnew, from reserve, 'Now tell them to look at my At the same time, when Captain with frost, and are generally has gone third engineer, "Hang- mouth," and I grinned, showing an Monckton had lumbago, he allowed regarded by the learned chow." It has been decided that an unknown soldier shall be buried under a excellent set of false teeth. They a village sorcerer to cure him by 49 · vulgar lica. Jerusa Mr. W. Kerr, acting chief engineer, monument to be erected to the memory of all Belgian soldiers who fell in looked. "Well?" "They see strong means unknown in English country lem, says the author of "The New Tean," has gone second engineer,

white teeth," Basilio interpreted, districts.

Jerusalem," ";

"is a small town full of "Tanung." smothering a grin as he guessed This is not a book that will make big things." And Salem, "is a small Mr. G. Cormack, from reserve, has what was coming. Turning my back many readers wish to go to New town full of big things." This is a gone chief engineer, "Tean.”

There are strong indications that for a second, I dropped my false teeth Guinea on a pleasure-jaunt. It may big book about a small town.

Mr. J; W. Kennedy, second engi- serious steps are being taken in some Into

handkerchief and be that Captain Monckton is not of

neer, "Tatung," is on reserve... quarters to re-introduce German Mr. J. Wylie, chief engineer; officers in the ships of certain Chinese "Tientsin," is on reserve.

owners coastal lines. We vinder- LONDON, February 9.

Mr. V M. Stewart, chief engineer, stand that the marine superinten up, and fearful glances were cast almost more barbarous than any A method of smuggling oplum Kian," has gone chief engineer, dept of a company controlling about The Gazette pablishes an order in council prohibiting the export of behind for somewhere whither to thing to be found in Europe. One which has lately come to light is

"Theptsin."

a dozen vessels is of Teutonic nation- gold and silver coin and gold bullion. The export of silver bullion is bolt. swept handkerchief before of the customs of the natives is to that of secreting the drug in Mr. G. H. Hodgson, second off-ality, and that other German in- permitted.

my mouth, and again grinned a cut and gash themselves at times of hollowed pieces of wood, which are cer, "Lasang." has gone acting chief fluence is not altogather sheent from glistening toothful grin, There were mourning.

thrown overboard at specified places officer, "Kunsang."

the company, saya "Shipping and no sulky or defiant glances now Possibly, if one were not jocular, and picked up by accomplices on Mr. R. Frost, from reserve, has Engineering. It is an established nothing but looks of abject fear and one could not endure the life of a lighter. Opium sinuggling seems to gone second officer, "Laisang." fact that there are some German horror. Ask them. Basilio, whe resident magistrate in New Guinea. be a second, mother of invention, to Capain T. Grant of the Chun- ship masters in Chinese ports, ap- ther in all their villages, there is a Anyhow, Captain Monckton has come judge by some of the Ingenious sang," has gone master, "Kursang"parently doing nothing, yet having Tarty-five thousand workers, mostly women and girls, in the clothing sorcerer that can do such a thing as through it smiling, and has written a methods which come to our notice Captain H. E. Gilroy of the "Kum- every apppearance of possessing that?" "No," was the answer, "the frank and cheerful book which is from time to time, says Shipping sang has gone mader, Cutty enough money to live well and ap- dustry, bave struck to enforce the arbitrated conditiona.

white chief is greater than them all." | something of a ́human document." | and Enghiengring.

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WOMEN DÓMINATE BIG STRIKE.

NEW YORK, February.10.

swinging round again, exposed the "sympathetic" type of ruler. He

a row of toothless gums, Acertainly makes his criminals, sor

yell of horror and amazement went cerers and savages in general seem

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́pear prosperous.