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ANDERSON & ASHE

Consulting and Superintending Engineers

Cable Address

"CANELLO"

and Marine Surveyors.

Queen's Building.

Telephone

24063.

STATES STEAMSHIP CO.

Shell House, Queen's Road, Ctl.

Cable Address

*STATESLINE ”

Telephone

30371-72

SINGER SEWING MACHINE CO. HEAD OFFICE: Singer Building, New York City

Hong Kong Branch

Pedder Bldg. (4th fl.)

Phone No. 24642.

SINGER

MANFG.CO

HK Show Room 72 Queen's Rd. CtL Phone No. 21608

Kowloon Show Room 424 Shanghai St. Phone No. 6039:

ME. Gordon Ducios, Agent.

NATIONAL ANILINE & CHEMICAL

COMPANY, USA. :

Manufactures and Importers of Indigo,

Aniline Dyes and Chemicals.

King's Building, Hong Kong

Cable Address

“NACCOKONG "

Telephone

23829

THOM'S GROCETERIA

Importers and Purveyors of Fresh Fruits. Vegetables and of Fine Food Products.

27, Des Voeux Road, Ctl.

Cable Address

"THOMSTM

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US. HISTORY INFLUENCED BY WARS IN EUROPE

HARD STRUGGLES IN

DEVELOPMENT

NEW EMPIRE THEORIES PROPOUNDED

NATIVE CULTURE EMBROILEÐ

BY WORLD POWERS

GRING the colonial period, as well as for long after, the wars America in the strife What we call the French and Indian War, which ended in 1763. was merely the American phase of the Seven Tears War abroad. When peace was made by the treaty of Paris, France ceded to England all of her American territory east of the Mississippi River, except the town of New Orleans, which with whatever rights she possessed west of the Mississippi, she transferred to Spain on the same day..

Thus. England came into possession of the entire North American continent up to the Arctic and east of the great river- The Spaniards were not idle, however, and were soon pushing up the Pacific Coast, founding the city of San Francisco almost at the very moment when English and colonials were slaughtering each other on the slopes of Bunker's Hill Nations seldom if ever pass through great conflicts without some change in outlook, and the Seven Years' War. following immediately on the War of the Austrian Succession, had been one involving almost every great State in Europe-England. France, Spain, Austria, Russia, Sweden and the various ones now included in Germany. It was almost a "world war," involving European and American civilisation.

It left Europe with altered ideas, new fears, and an unstable balance, mach as did the last great war

defeated

Identical poses, snapped when he took office and last month, show how President Roosevelt is hearing, up under the strain im- posed on him by the long battle for recovery and the new, burdens. "- added by the rejection of some of the New Deal-measures by the Supreme Court

PRES ROOSEVELTS

BIOGRAPHY

Continued from Page 1).

Wilson won, Daniels became Secretary of the Navy. He in turn looked around for an assist- ant and decided on Roosevelt.

Roosevelt, with his wife and three-children, Anna, Tames and Elliott, then moved to Washingto There he astounded the country - by declaring the navy to be in a | state of hopeless mediciency. He Jasked for more men, and pleaded that the "first line of defence be brought up to its authorised

strengthen

Roosevelt saw the war on the ocean first hand. He went, across aboard a destroyer."

When the ship rolled me all but out of my brink I ta cigarette and tried to be composed," he said.

Suggested Smith

In the closing days of the sec ond Wilson administration ˇit ́was ́ Roosevelt who, retaining a close watch on the political situatiem. în New York State, is said to have suggested Alfred E. Smith for the Governorship over the protests of other Democratic leaders.

This friendship dated back to the time when Al was Speaker of the Assembly and Frank was a ifrst tera Senator

Federal duties took Roosevelt to France in 1919 where he helped

and

to- bis Maine

One of the changes in ideas, not jed French, of whom 22,000 pro-) clearly perceived by all, was an bably were capable of bearing) alteration in the theory of emas. France herself, pire. Hitherto all nations had but not broken, was known to be opinion of the day to warrant the one for 2,000,000 pounds of beef adjudicate large navy contracts pos-hungering for revenge when the belief that the expulsion af and 2,000,000 pounds of bread and close the official business of looked upon their colonial

of raw chance might come.

France had anything to do with among other supplier-lined the the navy with the allied Govern sessions as BOLICES

Indian Problems

the subsequent war with Eng-pockets of the contractors, who ments

When be returned to America, The colonies had always shown land

jalways emerge rich from such

plunged bacco, or what not,-and as con- materials gold, furs, sugar, to sumers of the manufactured goods themselves jealous of each other America had for other res-troubled periods. Business of all Roosevelt immediately

The and unable to unite in any war sons been becoming more self-sorts had come to be conducted into the fight for the League of made in the old countries. theory was almost exactly that of against a commen foe or in any conscious and sure of herself. As on a much larger scale, and we Nations and for the national tie- candidate for Vice- a great modern trust that tries general Indian policy. In the early as 1701 Governor Nichol can clearly trace the growing con-ket on which at the age of 33, he

President to combine all branches of Busi-previous war England had had to son of Virginia had noted that the nection between business lead was the

He toured the country from one ness from raw materials to a final send nearly 20,000 troops to country was then mostly populat-lers and subservient or participat help the colonies ed by colonial born, and that the ing legislatires, even one so close sale in its own organisation For America to

Connectient end to the other, making more some time, however, European against the French Quite spart people were beginning to "have to the people as

the

a sort of aversion to others, call Lawyers were rising into promin-than 300 campaign speeches. But mations had been drifting into the from the desire to govern

empire from the centre, no sane ing them strangers During the enre as business affairs became the cry of "Normalcy" roles of world Powers.

turned next decade, the united efforts larger and more complex, and they "Article 10 was too much for down to defeat Vaguely, but actually, a new Government could have

with James M. Car in the Harding feeling of imperialism was com- over the problems of defence and of English and colonials to con-also began to appear in legisla-him. He went ing into being. It was long de Indian policy in the new domain quer Canada, in which the Eng-tures.

For a while the farming and landslide. bated in both the English Cabinet to the 13 separate colonies to tish showed up very badly, gave and the public press whether handle with their own resources the colonials a very good opinion labouring classes bad shared Roosevelt had resigned from the England should demand of France The colonists had never managed of themselves in contrast; as did the war-time prosperity, the far navy to embark upon the vice-

Indians well and usual-

also the mismanaged Cartagena mer had got war-time prices and presidential campaign. When that her rich West. Indian islands of the

to incur their expedition in 1741, in which more the labourers' wages had risen was over he returned to his law Canada as one of the spoils of vie-ly managed tory. The sugar islands fitted hatred, with the exception of the than 35,000 colonial troops took rapidly as the scarcity of labour practice with Basil O'Connor In into the old mercantile theory of Iroquois. I, according to the part, and the capture of Louis had increased and floods of paper New York City. In the summer. what the empire should be. Pos-old theory of empire, the fur trade burg by the New Englanders in money had worked their nanal in- of 1921 he went session of Canada belonged to the must be made to yield its raw 1745. The Seven Years' War had flation. But when the bubble cottage for the first rest he had The die was material, so, according to the begun without formal declaration, broke, all of these classes suffer-known in several years. He was new imperialism. cast for the latter. A profound new, must this acquisition of aand in the beginning over 4000led severely. Taxes had risen fired and his arduous daties had change, little recognised, had come half continent be held and police of the 5,000 troops engaged in rapidly with the dents contracted Sapped him of much of his reserve

ed. The French, though now America were colonials, although sheeverse crest the strength th into Anglo-American relations

In Maine Roosevelt went sailing subjects, could not be counted as later the overwhelming number currency became heavily depre Infantile Paralysis Under the old system, the whole loyal, and almost the entire popu were British, Wolfe having only cisted and general business fell fabric of colonial administration lation of savages were under their 700 colonials among his 2,500 re-off sharply. The price of farm and indulged frequently in his gulars at Quebec, and Amberst produce crashed. Many of the favourite outdoor sport, swim- had beer organised for the pur-influence..

Imperialism Costly

only 100 among his 11,000. The labourers and farmers had to wing. He took cold. Two days later he was rear death He was pose of seeing that the colonies remained in their appointed roles; It was calculated that 10,000 disastrous Braddock campaign, abandon their homes. There was suffering Infantile peralysis. in the imperial structure, as pro-troops would be none too many however, had left an ducers of raw materials and con-to police the new realm. It was impression. sumers of manufactured goods obvious that the colonies would Most of the laws passed in Eng-not raise any such number or pay land had had this for their pur them if they did. The new : im- pose. Although objected to now perialism was going to cost a lot and then, in specific cases, they of money. were accepted by the colonists, It was also evident that there had little to do, nevertheless, with (Continued from Previous Col) Tresort at War Springs, Georgia

He investigated. went into the who had no aversion to the system placement of the French by Eng-the conflict now looming, except ear itself, but only to certain mani-lish rule in the newly acquired 180 far as the Americans had candidates and Calvin Coolidge pool daily for three weeks, and vmarked. He discarded the crutches festations of it when they were territory would be of great even-grown more conscious of being a was swept into office as the discovered that improvement was The political fight out of the that everyone thought he would galled too severely on a sore spot tual benefit to the colonies al People who had rights and who Republican President.

Way, Roosevelt turned once mote cars fm the rest of his life, and, England had had no occasion to ready bordering on it. It was were used to governing them spend much money on her colonies again evident that the English selves. for, except in the normal course of debt was colossal as the result Indeed, it has been said that to Warm Springs in his search with a set of strong braces be colonial trade, to draw any from of the long struggle, and that if England's chief blunder was in for complete recovery. Intereste them. In the beginning they had he empire were going to prove out recognising a nation, when she in the plight of other sufferens, be vigou

ved the declare that at no time has any been largely business ventures costly beyond the ability of Eng. saw one It must be said, how-founded with others the Warm Friends of the Roosevelt family member mentioned the physical The English colonies had most-and to carry alone, the colonies, ever, that the Americans them-Springs Foundation, from ly planted themselves. They had who shared the benefits, should selves did not, in fact, see “a na-Spa and made it possible for

They were merely Vir-treatment of persons of limited disability of the Governor.

or Pennsylvanians, or francial means.

I 1924 when the commbry was fought their own local fights with share to some extent the costs. The members of the successive the Indians on their frontiers.

Finglanders, who came to It was Smith, the Happy War-tracked by the revelations of the They had settled little by little British Governments of the Dex land which their numbers could few years were none too clever feel certain grievances which they rior, who called Roosevelt back Teapot Dome Oil scandal, Roces but these ideas gradually began undertook to resist. There was into active politic. Al, the Demac velt was again found in the firing

cratic nominee for to take root in their minds, wix nation on the horizon, then

Colonies" Roles

hold against the local foe-

French, or Spaniard.

Changes WLought

Relative Strengths

indelible a severe decline in the price of farm land in the old settle- ments, many foreclosures of mozt-4 The question of relative Anglo-gages, and lawsuits for debts American strengths or of the which wiped, out all equities. presence or absence of the French!

He was but $9. He determined to beat this thing" Becovering

legs dally and then finally he was slowly, be exercised the affected fold at the beneficial properties of gimmuner the pool at a run-down

Democratic topless of

ed with the old feeling that the merely 2,000,000 sturdy, prosper in 1923, was casting about desper

for the ous people scattered under 18 ately for a strong colonies existed chief

Now, however, all was altered; benefit of the Mother Country, and international relations had gone

long way towards modern con-

ditions since the time

English baccaneers could

take almost

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Spain, while

Booked

owed obedience to her.

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At the time the treaty. signed in Paris in 1768,

pre

foreig

nomination

the New York: erent Governments, in each of which, in Irénumerable local con- Roosevelt

their governors, the coloni is had usually been allow-

my in the

had become

faced the world with a renewed

rendency line of the Democratic Party

Swith his old friend, was being furged to seek the Domin

Smith's Presidency

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