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FRANCE'S SINE QUA NON.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail:)

PARIS, October 26.

LONDON, October 26.

The Admiralty has issued the programme of the forthcoming ten month's world cruise of a naval squadron. It will leave Devonport on November

It is authoritatively stated that France has notified the United States that she would welcome he proceed round Africa thence to Ceylon. the presence of an American representative in The Ligue cruisers will reach Penang on February 4, committee of experts to investigate 'Germany's auditay four days while battle cruisers will arrive capacity to pay but such a Committee must be aparts Swettenham on February 5, and stay for a pointed by the Reparations Commission and be sub ordinate thereto.

The statement adds, however, that there can be no question of opening nogotations with Germany until France is satisfied that passive resistance has entirely and practically ceased.

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"SMOKING OUT POINCARE."

NEW YORK, October 26 Unusual prominence is given to the Curzon, Hughes correspondence but hitherto opinion has not had time to crystallise. The New York Times says Smuts, speech must have been written without a feeling of real despair for as far as President Coolidge and Mr. Hughes are concerned he pre- sumably knew, there was special reason for having faith in America yet America can only help on Mr. Hughes conditions.

The New York World writes that it now turns out that Mr. Harvey spoke for the administration and it is practically certain that General Smuts knew what Mr Harvey was authorised to say when he appealed for a conference. It declares that the real purpose of the campaign opened by General Smuts - was to smoke out Poincaré and make him reveal whether his aims can be defended in conference or rest on intrigue and force.

DUTCH GOVERNMENT DEFEAT.

NAVAL BILL REJECTED."

THE HAGUE, October 27. The resignation of the Cabinet is expectedin consequence of the Second Chamber rejecting tile. Naval Bill by 50 votes to 49. The Leftist parties and ten Catholics, voted against the Bill and the result of the division was loudly cheered by the Leftists.

NOT JUST YET. -

GERMANY NOT LOOKING FOR LOAN.

NEW YORK, October 26. The German ambassador, who has returned· from a visit to Germany, declares that Germany will not attempt to float a loan in America or elsewhere until the reparations question is settled.

NOBEL MEDICINE PRIZE.

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STOCKHOLM, October 26.

The Nobel prize for medicine for 1923 has been awarded to the Canadian doctors Banting and Mcleod in connection with their discovery of insulin as a remedy for diabetes.

OUR LITERARY LOBBY.

LOCAL GOSSIP FOR BOOKY PEOPLE.

similar period. The whole squadron will arrive at Singapore on November 10 and stay for eight days whereafter they will go to Australia, Fiji, Western Ganada and San Francisco where they will arrive on July 7, for four days. The light cruisers will then visit the principal South American ports while the battle cruisers will go through the Panaina Canal and visit the West Indies and Eastern Canada

September he squadron will reach Home ports on

BRITISH NORTH BORNEO COY.

DIVIDEND FOR 1922.

LONDON, October 26. The British North Borneo Company's report for the year 1922 shows the total revenue as £391,000. and an expediture of £249,000. The available balance

£368,000 and after payment of interest £275,000 has been carried forward. The Company is now experiencing some benefit from the improved rubber position and the court feels justified in re. Commending a dividend of three and a half per cent. for the year 1922.

SOUTH AFRICA'S NEW G-G.

EARL OF ATHLONE APPOINTED.

LONDON; October 27. The Earl of Athlone has beea appointed to succeed Prince Arthur of Connaught as Governor General of South Africa.

The Earl of Athlone, who is 59, is the third son of the late Duke of Teck and the late Princess Mary Adelaide. He is a retired brigadier-general, having seen, active, service in Matabeleland, South Africa and the Great War.]

BRITAIN AND PROHIBITION.

TWELVE-MILE LIMIT FIXED.

NEW YORK, October 26′′ It is reported that Britain has accepted in principle Mr. Hughes' proposal for the establishment of a twelve-mile limit for contraband search, the expert committee of the Imperial Conference having drafted a plan which it is believed will meet the essential points of the American request,

NEW U. S. AMBASSADOR TO BRITAIN.

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WASHINGTON, October 27.

Mr. Frank Kellogg, the Republican ex-Senator for Mintiesota, has been appointed American Am- bassador to Britain.

tales from O. Henry was recently story and nothing but the story. published in Moscow in an edition What does a "best-seller"

of 10,000 copies. This was no more mako? Like all sensible authors, than enough to supply the demand he contracts with his publisher on in Moscow itself, which absorbed a royalty basis. On every copy of The entire edition before any of the his novels sold he geta 25 per cent. We hear Kipling's Kim is to be books could be shipped to the proof the published price. On a 7a. 6d. filmed. A fine book. Walter vinces. ... Mr. Maurice Hewlett, book he receives 1s. 10d. If he de La Mare has been appointed the novelist, who died a short time sells 30,000 copies he nets just under lecturer on poetry, at the Liverpool nge, left £4,449 and bequeathed £3,000. But this is only a part of University. For a year only thank £1,000 to Gladys Marie Josophine his earnings. There are, in addi- the Lord. The rumour that Booth, in greatful acknowledg. tion, the American sales, the serial the Hongkong University in to ment of long and faithful friend rights, film and dramatic rights, and appoint & lecturer in poetry is ship." Miss Booth wae in Mr. cheap. popular editions. It will go strenuously denied...

Tract, Hewlett's employ. To a housemaid hand with a best-seller if he does not

No. XIV. of the Society for Pure, Mr. Hewlett left £250. In his will clear £5,000 from a single_novel. English reaches us, on the terms the novelist explained that his wife, If he is industrious and productive Briton, Britial, Britisher." We well known ne on airweg, is he will write two a year; he would are not sure, but we believe it sets already provided for. Contrary, like to write three, but he dare not out to prove that the Scotch are to popular belief, novelists us a do so for fear of spoiling his market. really Irish. The International clash are both hand-working and The public soon wearies of a writer Book Review in a long review of poor. Dr. Johnson and Anthony whose name it too often heave. Büt Galsworthy's Manaton edition of Trollope declared with the utmost there are very fow-novelists who his works, gives a speaking likeness emphasis that no nan ever wrote mnako £10,000 year Twenty? of the author, but apoils it by print- except for manay; that is to say, No. Fifteen? Well, hardly. Soy ing Sir John Galsworthy" under every man who writes a novel hopes ten. Nevertheless there are from it. We thought it was a fairly well to be paid at least adequately for his 30 to 40 who make considerably known fact that although offered a labour. But not one published novel more than £1,000. Many of the knighthood, Galsworthy refused it. in every ten carns its author £50. remainder earn scarcely a living. Galsworthy is the man who never; Aga mutter of fact, only a writer George Gissing, new regarded as a wrote a pot-boilor."... President of peculiar and special gifts" con classic, was glad for many years to Harding's last words, according to make a good living from his pen. receive £50 for each of his long newspaper reports, were:-"That's Mere cleverness" counts for little.novels.. Heury, James, a still greater good 1. Go on; read some more." The ability to tell a story isaars, writer, tried to write playn because Vicente Blasco Ibánoz, whose but it is only the tellers of stories his novels brought so little grist to latest novel, "The Tomptress," is that command a large public. tho mill. Still, in the vast majority just published, is to make an Intellectuals used to regard Cimaries of cases genius and even talent oxtended tour of the world, spending Garvice with amused contempt, quickly get their reward. A writer a great deal of time in China; Japon but they would have given their of stories must be either very great and India. And does not expect to ears for his gift of building up or very small who cannot cam £700; rotam to Spain until the spring of and developing plote. Garvice was or £800 a year. And so keen are 1024. Boviet Russia is piratang not a great writer, but he was a publishers and critica on discovering the works cf foreign authore. In born spinner of yarns. And if you new talent that it is doubtful if there the absence of copyright treaties, look down a list of our bestellen is to-day any writer of great gifts meither author nor publisher has, you will see that all of the ith anguishing in obscurity.

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