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LIEUT. LANGDON'S DEATH.

VLADIVOSTOK INCIDENT OFFICIALLY CLOSED.

JAPANESE REGRET EXEMPLIFTED.

WASHINGTON, February 23. Following on the verdict in the case of Lieutenant Langdon, the Japanese Government has again expressed regret in a note which says that while the court martial found the sentry had complied with orders he was sentenced to a month's confinement in barracks for testifying falsely at the trial. The Japanese commander at Vladivostok was removed and degraded and four other officers were punished. Mr. Colby declared that Japan in publishing a paraphrase of the note to America acted promptly and sincerely. The note would be undoubtedly received with general satisfact-! ion in the United States. Official circles would regard the incident as closed except the matter of reparation.

EXCESS PROFITË.

WHAT THE DUTY PAID THE EXCHEQUER

LONDON, February 23.

Mr. Austen Chamberlain amources that after providing £10,000,000 for refunds and approximately 1,000,000 for interest as pre-payinent, the net ariount, the excess profits duty paid to the Exchequer from April 1, 1920, to February 19 1921, was £191,000,000.

EMPIRE IXCHANGES.

HOME GOVERNMENTS POLICY STATED.

LONDON, February 23.

In the House of Commons, replying to a question as regards the policy governing inter-imperial exchanges, Mr. Bonar Law declared that in the case of the colonies and protectorales as far as possible the Goverment maintainedbility of exchange in relation to sterling, unless it was more advantageons to the colonies to link up exchange with other area.

BULGARIAN KING TO VISIT AMERICA.

LONDON, February 23.

M. Stambulisky, the Bulgarian Premier, accompanies King Beris on Més visit to Alferira in the summer.

TRADE WITH RUSSIA.

HELSINGFORS, February 23.

Negotiations for Russian and Finnish trace relations have opened.

BRITAIN'S REPARATION CLAIM.

SHIPPING AND PERSONAL DAMAGES THE BIGGEST ITEMS.

PARIS, February 23.

A statement made by the Reparations Commission generally confirms the figures mentioned yesterday. It shows that the claims of the British

Empire total £2,542,000,000, of which the biggest items are £736,000,000 for shipping, and £1,706,000,000 for personal damages, including military pensions. The claims of Japan total 832,000,000 yen.

YAP ISLAND.

AMERICA QUESTIONS JAPAN'S MANDATE.

President Wilson's note states that the Japanese mandate for the Pacific Islands bas now been received. The United States previously in formed France, Britain, Italy and Japan that she had not consented to the -inclusion of Yap in the mandate and now declares that America cannot be bound by the terms of the mandate and begs the Council to rescrutinise the question.

NEW U. S. NAVY SECRETARY.

SON OF FORMER MINISTER TO CHINA.

WASHINGTON, February 24. The choice of Mr. Edwin Denby, of Michigan, as Secretary of the Navy, came as a surprise, as his name had never been mentioned in the newspaper speculations. Mr. Denby, a lawyer and business man, is the son of a former Minister to China, and has served in the Chinese Maritime Customs.

IRISH POLICE EESIGNATIONS.

LONDON, February 24,

Crozier (mentional'in our earlier cables), in his letter of resignation, declares that theft by policemen is unpardonable and I cannot associate myself with a ferce in which such acts are condoned."

POSTAL AVIATION FEAT.

NEW YORK, February 24. - Fostal aviators have arrived at Hazelhurst Aerodrome, Long Island. with mails from San Francisco, which, it is estimated, were conveyed in 33 hours and 20 minutes.

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· SHANGHAI BILLIARDS,

WIN FOR CHAMPION,

A STRENUOUS GAME,

[Chine Mail SPECIAL]

SHANGHAL, Feb. 24. Porter, the Shanghai billiard cham-" pion for three years, defeated Bush at the Town Hall in a game of 1,500 by 255 points after a strenuova game lasting six hours, Porter meets Gray in the Town Hall on Thursday night in a game of 1,500. Intense interest is being manifested.

SH INGHAI SCHOLARSHIP.

MUNICIPAL LOAN.

ANONYMOUS DONOR OF £13,000.

[China Mail SPECIAL.[

SHANGHAI, Feb 24. The Municipal Gazette publishes a trust deed embodying a generous; gift by a local resident desiring anonymity of £13,000 to the muniċipal sterling loan for founding and endow- ing two scholarships designated the Peace Memorial Scholarships for: electrical engineering and practical? farming, respectively.

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BONGKONG HOTEL.

February 23

[To the Editor of the "China Mail.”I

Sir, Re your article Seamer's Desertion of to-day's date, let me give you the opinion of one Sho Sizes F. G. H & H 2-15 cts. each has been following the sea for this Mr. W, Anderson Mr and Mrs A, de

Mr B. Appel [Sizes K!

four years. The chief reason for men deserting British ships in the U.S.A.Me J. Arnold

The prices of Postal Stationery have been revised as follows:- Post Cards I cent and 14 cents-2 cents each! Registered Letter:-

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¡Envelores 10 cents

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Postage Envelopes

+

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Telegraphic Communication with Gap Rock Lighthouse is interrupted,' REGISTERED and PARCEL MAILS are closed 18 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are savertised to close st or before 9 am registered and parcel mails are closed at 5 pm on the previous day.

INWARD MAILS.

FROM

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24.

Straits Japan

Dilwara ..Delagos Maru

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25.

Straits Shangtri

Tebooki Maro Sickiang

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 95.

Straite

„Märoran Maru

is not so much the wages lure as it Mr. J. T. Bagram

Jacobs

Dr E. A. Jay Mr R. Julian

is the food. Compare the messing Mr and Mrs G. R.Mr and Mrs N. B on an American ship with that on a

M. Bannerman Karanjia

British ship. On an American ship Mr & Mrs J. Barr Mrs W. G. Kent you get full and plenty with a lunch Mr J. E de Bean. Miss Kent put out for the night watches, at mið- champ

Mr and Mrs R HP. tight. You have a decent messrooms E. R. Belilios Kewley to eat in and a steward to look after Mr and Mrs C. H.Mr. Kopp you; also you get the same food as the officers get. This means food is

Bensoo

not wasted but eaten whereas on Mr&n S. Bisney Lammert board most British ships more spoilt Mr B. W."Berdean Me L, V. Lang

d.is thrown overboard than eaten. Dr J. G. LyonDr M. U. Lasher | Tiền again you get a clean bed to lie

Brown on with clean sheets and blankets, M. J. B; Cooter F. B„Lynch- also soap is supplied to wash with, N. Croucher

Com

ROYAL

TUESDAY, March lat, EDGAR WARWICK announces a short return season of the popular WARWICK COMEDY CO. "FIVE NIGHTS ONLY.

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Mr and Mrs EA.

Mar. at

Mar.nd

Thurs

Mar. 3rd

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Mar. 4th

SAI.

Marth

Miss H. Lillie

Mr Macintyre

Mr

and the steward makes up each man's Mr D. R. Davies Mr P. Marks bunk and keeps the room tidy. Now Mr and Mrs C. M.Mr F. B. Marshall

Kde

and Mrs J on a British ship you buy your own

Martin bed and soap and your own plates and Mr. C. Elliott

Engineer Captain Mr D. McMurray eating utensils and in a great rang 3. X. Ferguson Mew F. Mooney and of them you eat and sleep in the same Mr V. S. Ferguson room and keep your week's ration of My J. S. Gardiner Mr. M. Morgan Mr R-C Morten butter and sugar, etc. in lockers Mr J. H. Grant

Mr and Ms L. Mr W. F. Neeson overrun with cockroaches, There is

Goldawita Mr and Mrs J, N-]

sbild

no place to change your dirty work Me and Mrs J. J. - Parkar clothes in and it is only lately that Gorman

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2. *Shangbal and *North China is. Takic

TIXES.

Fzecbven Fusan Marzi

3 this

they have adopted bathrooms for the

Mr W. Balo

Kwongbung....

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crew.

Capt. T. Hall

Poolce Funning Kwongeng Εκποί

5 p.m.

5 p.m.

51km & Pa

Samthus and Wachow Fort Bayard

Amoy and Shanghai and "North China...... Swatow and Bangkok

Fort Bayard, Holhɔ̃w and Baiphong Shanghai, North China, Japan, Bonolela, Canada, United States Central and Bouth America & EUROPE via SAN FRANCISCO. Begistration Letters Friday 25th 8.30a.m.

pm.

Chica FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25.- Shanghai, North Chine and Japeo ................. Straits, Bangkok, Calcutta and AVEN Swatow, Amoy and Fxchew................in unse Philippine Islands. Shanghai and North China

Miss D.E. Fepperell

Mr 5. B. Perry

Mise . Proper

A.Mr G. J. Rudolpk

I Bernard Staw's Delightful Comedy.

ARMS AND THE MAN"

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J. & 3. Thorpe Mayne's Mystany "THE LAST ACT"

Habers Henry Davio's Witty

Comedy.

"CAPTAIN URET”

H. Y. Ens Delightful

Comedy of South.

"WHEN WE WERE TWENTY-ONE

By Generi Enquest

BROWN SUGAR"

Plans at MoTRIE 6.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

BRUNNER, MOND & CO. (GHINE). LIMITED.

Alkali Mannixcturers. Me W. F. Ricketts Tel. 1830. 7, Queen's Rd. Centell

Mr L. H. Stewar Sir Eric & Lady

Mr C. Hammond Then again there is no distinction Hr and Mrs W. between the foremast hand and the Barnical officer as regards liberty asibre and Mr. G. aarper

Mr. Scost Barston Stuart Taylor money advanced abroad. Now on a Mr and Mrs T. W. Miss D. Tilling British ship your forecastle hand is Hindmarsh Mr FB Vida looked down upon and treated most Capt A.W. HowardMis E. M. Willams scurvily. The master of the ship does Mri M. Hussey

not need to give the men one cent

of their wages when, on a voyage,

.10 a.. .II a.m.

- 2 pm

Sado Maru.. Fooking to ge Halcongangseep and Yuenang Hangsang

SATURDAY, - FEBRUARY 26.

Teopeo... 8

Holbow and Haiphong Dairen, Japan, Honolulu, Oaneda, United States, Central & Fouth America, & LUROPE via SAN FRANCISCO. Begistration 9.45 am. Letters 10.30 .. Shanghai and North China.

Persia Maru Chenan Paola Mart.3.p. Takso - waumemite **** ******** *Swatow and Shanghai and North China... KwongBang

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27.

Chengtu

Teresias

Amakosa Maru Swatow; Amoy and Keelung.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23. "Swatow, and "Shanghai and "North China. Choyang..

TUESDAY, -MARCH- 1. Bartow and Bangkok Straits, "Pangkok, Ceylon, Mauritius, L.-

Marquer, South Africa, India, vis Dhanushkodi, Egypt & EUROPE vis SUEZ. Registration 9.45 am. Letters 10.30 23. Swatow, Amoy and Foochow

Haiching Amoy and *Shanghai and "North China A Sinking

THURSDAY, MARCH 2. Straite, Bangkok, Ceylon, Mauritius, L

Marques, South Africa

India ris Dhanushkodi, Egypt, Adem & EUROPE Tia HARBEILLES. Registration 5 p.m. Thursday, 3rd Letters 8.30 am: ....

be closed on The Parcel Mail will

Wednesday, 2nd March, at Koon

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Bestow, Amoy and Poochow

Shanghai and North China....

PASSENGERS.

DEPARTURES.

Per 16. "Yokohama Maro," to-day- Meses T. Hachiora, E. Nishimura, Assi, M. Tomono, R. Uchiyama," Mra'. Wakatauki, Messes K. Toriumi, Y. Nish kawa, G. Balo" Parsley Mean M Morkami, Hr & Hm.. W. EpagesTE, Capt. J.B. Thomson, Capt. J. G. Smith, Messes Lea Jones, A. Boyan, K. Test aumibaynabi, A. Bonada, N. Fakeds, K.

Kashgar

* p.m.

5 p.m.

911

6 pan.

9 6.31.

even if you were away two years.

RIPULAK BAY HOTEL Just think of strolling ashore on # Mr & Mis V. Clair Mes Hillier Saturday night after being away 18 Mr and Mrs T. F Mr, EH.Paree

Cobbe months, and no money in your jeans. Mr and Mrs A, H. Potts, child sad Mr and Mrs G. B. yet you have perhaps £100 or more due you.

Think of a man having to make one 14 oz. fin of condensed milk last him 21 days, while you see officers and perty officers getting what they want. Go to the galley and see an oiler or a boatswain draw ham and eggs for his breakfast, and you draw some wet

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Mr & Mrs & H.Mr and Mrs G. I."

Ferguson & child Bobine

CHU KYOKU TRADING` 60, Importers and Exporters.

7, Queen's Rd. Centr

Tel. 2108 and 2008.

PEAK HOTEL

February 23.

hash. Take a ship with three engi- Mr and Mia H. W. Mr and Mr A. D. neers." They Have a boy to look after Allen

Tel.

Humphreys

Kennett

them and a messroom to eat in, and Capt. & Mrs ArcherMr and Mrs W. B. all bedding and soap free. Take the Mr & Mrs Ashton crew of 12 or 14 fremen. They have all to herd in one room. Now do you wonder at seamen deserting when they get to the U.S.A.?

As regards the wages, well" every- body naturally likes to go where the pay is highest. I do ha

Surgeon-Comdr. andMr and Mrs Ken-

Miri Aveling kolersky Mr B. E. Ü. Bird Miss Kaukolevsky Mr and Mrs D. K.Mr. B. Kring

Mi H. P. Lamarche Blair

Mr M. J. Breen. Mr J. G. Bridger

Mr & Mrs Langudge Mr T..D. Lloyd

Tel.

EDWARD MOW FONG. Import & Export Merchant. 1676.

60, Des Vœux Rd. CL

THE KHONG INL Photographic Suppliers.

2170 60, Queen's Rd. Centrale.

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LAZARUS, X.

Opticians.

Mr. R. Bridger Hr M. R. L. Legia Tol. 2203. 28, Queen's Rd. Centena

Mr and Mrs 8-W, B.Mr& Mrs U.P. Marcel

Carpenter

Mr G. F. Cavilla

- Mr & Mrs J.R. Marsh

Mrs Matiziasan

W.

Morgan COLLA.Ficbolam,

- LOCK HING.

Curio. Deslors.

33, Queen's Rd. Central.

MUMBYA & SAKO, Japanese Photographers. Lt.-Comdr. and Mrs Tel. 254. 8 Queen's Rd., Central.

V.MO, D.S.0.

Miller Caps, &.8.Mille Mim Gibsom Mr H, Spicer Mr and Mrs Murray MrH. Greenwood Mra & Mim Atablima Mies Furvin...

Mr and Mrs W. H.Mr J. F. Swindella

Groskamp

Mr and Ms Ka Mr and Mrs H. L Syrett

Grogk

I was once a ́fireman,'' only 12 Donths back, on British ships and now I am an engineer on an Ameri Mr and Mrs T. WMr H. In Mecklen

Cimarch

Bargh can ship drawing exactly four times | Mr & Mrs CockbuzMr and Mas J. F.

Miler more money, Another thing... Let Me C. F. Cooper me.say. You can work your way up Mr and Mrs B. G.Mr and Kra 0.

Comrie from a cosipasser to a chief engineer on both American and Canadian ships Cast & Mrs Carson

Mr Cormack but on a British ship your highest 1 B. Crowley promotion would be donkey-man. | Mr D. P. Cuthill- Why, a chief engineer on an English Mr J. U. Danby shup in Bombay told me, when I was Eng. -Comdr

: Dawson applying for a berth as 6th engineer, Mr and Mrs F. J.Me E. Ralpha that his other engineers would not Dickie

Mr & Mrs T. N. Ma sit down in the messroom with a man Lt. Com r. & Mr Reynolds

T. B. Drow ·Mr and Mrs W. Zi Naraeski, & Ishimura, B. Kohno, E. 8, who had been a fireman.:

Mr D. D. Dryden Roberts Green G. Sales, T. Barris, 6. Lane, D. Well, Sir, I am por decrying the Mr & Mr Loss Me 1. 5. Robinwar Cunningham, W. Doonan, O. A. Beid, British. I am proud to be à British Duncan

Mr H W. Roger Mr.D: HAI JAUT Murramatsa, Y. Itoh, B. Oki, Rev. J. subject but I certainly do like the Mr G. E. Filams Misjork in Sander Hes in Bassem Colbeck, Mery T. H. Owens, B. Nishi style of the New American Marine Me K. 6. Ellie

Mr G. E. Sandstrom Major Harding

Mr.B. A. Walter Mr H H. Wetter mum A. Neal, Kon Pon Yea, 1. Takahashi E. Jobling. D. Bekibs: and when I think of how old is our Mr&T. Farmer on Mr and Mrs B. M. Mr and Mrs Smal

MYC, Fartner ...

Henderson

Wood Nakano T. Milaral, W. Howersou, E.English Merchant Service, I think it Mr J. Farmer

Hon. Mr. H. Sharp MrHollingsworth Major and Mr B, B. - Ishida, Mr and Mrs. Witt, Misses is about tune that they did not let Bow and Men WT. MR. Play KRGY

Easton, L. Wad, E. M..A. Staunton, some other country lead the way in Fostherston-MrA. Findlay Emith and Mrs B. Ikeda

showing the world how to treat the merchant marine atort"-Tuang trofy,

HM GRAYSTON, of Toronto, Hongkong, Feb. 22, 1921.

The KL. "Hungaria," pulled from Moji on Feb.23 for Hongkong, ris Shanghai Agents, Messrs Dodwell & Co.

Mr Mra Thripants. Mr and Mrs B. &.Mr and Mrs Quarles

Haley

Van Unord!

man

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