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THE TRAGEDY OF EMPIRE.

HISTORY'S WARNING TO THE BRITISH FEDİLE

There bare for a long time been voices crying in the wilderness, with solemn but unheeded warnings, to the British people of the coming of a day of national test and trial which shall decide their worthiness to retain the Imperial heritage of their fathers. But none has advanced in terms the Ission of plainer and more convinces of the past then national failure in the Empires Mr. Ellis Barker iz Lis lecture last February at the Royal United Service Institution,

Unfortunately much matterances always fail to reach the care of any but those who are already assured of our national shortcomings, and the people at large remain ignorant and un. convinced that they are fast drifting towards the door of all great Empires before them. As Mr. Barker demonstrated, history, conclusively proves how nations always remained great and powerful so long as they accepted the principle of self-denial involved in the mainten. ance of national armies composed of the best manhood of the people, while their decline and fall have invariably dated from the disinclina tion of the national muihood to austaja the burden of milliary service, and the conseqront employment of paid or mercenary soldiers.

Egypt nomes first in the long line of disaster. We see her at an early date a powerful and very wealthy State, with a national army of 40,000- men. It was an army composed of landholders and men of a well-to do caste, for in those days, as Diedoros Bioules telik us, Egypt.regarded it as unsafe to leave the defence of the country to

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, 1907.

people. It was this army which fell before the more numerous and betler organized national armies of Germany in 1870-71. Roused by this, terrible lesson, France again reformed her army, and now possesses one based on anisorsal military service.

Looking critically at the recent struggle for South Afrio, there is very little doubt that bad the Boers possessed a national any instead of merely a national militia, which was entirely without the organization; discipline, training, and cohesion of the farmer, the whole country from the Lape to the Zambesi would have besu Tost to Great Britain. As it was our non rational forces required a prolonged breathing space, and even then only triumphed with tremendons difficulty.

THE DEBT OF CHINATM

So seldom is it that surthing approaching full statement of the public obligations of China is to be had that the following extract from the Financial Supplement of "The Times" possesses much more than a one-day interest. We, therefore reprint it here. It is from the paper's Shanghai correspondent, and needs only to be supplemented by an equally circumstantial and trustworthy summery of China's resources and revonus to place the oraditors of that vast amorphous-empire-in- possession of all they require to know. Unhappily the income of China is much more ditenit to get at than the catalogue of her foreign debts. Actually the inquirer can The ronson for the triumph of the national only be sure of the figures presented by over non-national armies in the past has always the Imperial Maritime Customs Service, BIl been dus to the potsession by the former of other Chinesa resource belog matters of superior maral, intelligence, physique, and guessing-mere darkness for the most part. numeriost force, and the opinion of every cor: Europe trasts China house it balises in the potent authority, ancient or modern, agrees in probity and efficiency of the international this, while events ecnfirm it from the day of Customs service, and on no other ground. This Felusium to Sodan. Therefore, as Great Britain may be unjust to the Chinese Government, we can enjoy no exemption from this law, it is very think it is, but it is the fact none the less, and certain that in a struggle for existence against get the debt charges as here exhibited much great untional forces ber non-national army will exceed the annual amount of the Customs stand no better chance against the national receipts, or did so until increased duties wOCK forces of her onemies than did the paid regulars imposed and additional taxes given to the of Carthago, with their entrained massee beforeign servios for collection. We speak bind them.

rather in the dark, last year's report of the Customs Department not having reached us Beveral, however, of the loans enumerated below enjoy special securities in the form of railways, and there is no good ground for doulting the adequacy of the security at any point, provided Chins enjoys faternal peace

Already our record in black enough through one lack of a national army. For this would undoubtedly have preserved to us our Americau Colonies, and saved £200,000,000, the cost of the war. It would effectually have hindered Napoleon from devastating Eu ope for twenty £1,00,00,000 to this country; and it is eq ally cerlain that the Boers would never bare you tured on war had our forces been organised on this national basis.

those who had no material stake in its this terrible years, thus saving millions of lives and and bas

tion. As long as she was defended by army, composed of the national manhead, she relained ber magnificence, kr we 1th and power. But in the seventh century &c., under Frammeticus, this national army wor superseded by one of paid soldiers, chiedy Greeks from India and Caria, and Egypt rapidly declined.

Attacked by another national army, that of the Persians, then a harly rece of mountaineers, her greatness and glory departed for ever in the disastrons overthrow at Polusium in 55 .. Since then she has been ruled by foreigners,

Then the Persians, having possessed them notrea of the wealth of Egypt and the Nonr Enst, wared exceedingly rich and prosperons Their angient discipline was relaxed, and the process of decadence we at once evinced by their military forces from the lowest of the people and by levies from subject races, Con- sequently, in the army with which Xerxes aftacked Greece the nations: manood of Persia was scarcely represented at all and its destruction by the truly national forces of the Greeks was the natural result.

When Greeze achieved this great triumph her armies were national in every sense of the word. The Greek citizen regarded it as an bonour and a privilege to bear arms in defence

Tought side by side in the national cause. But

et his country, and high and low, rich and poor, Greece, in her turn became corrupted and Guerrated by welth and luxury, till, only a hundred years after the triumph of Salamis, we find the orator Isorates famen('log Ibe substitu- tion of hireling soldiere for the national warriors of the former days. "Formerly,” he anys, mercenaries were unknown to me, but now our position in much that it is far easier to raise an army of ragebands than a citizen army.

But the Greeks believed that their wealth would provide them with adequate means of defence, and turned a deaf ear to the Rebertses of their day. So when at last Pli ip IJ. of Macedon fell upon them with his national army they were hopelessly overthrown at Charones, in spite of the self-devoting bravery of the Sacred Band of Theber, whose any ptly regard as the half-trained, half-disciplined. volunteers of the time. So the Greeks became, like the Egyptians and Persians before them, a aubject race; the

prey

In torn of Mecrdoniens, Romans, Goths, Byzantines, and Torks.

Mr. Barker next pointed us the P) cenicia as the greatest maritime and colonial Power of

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BG Berole with her neig.. bours. Another Boxer" episode would pro bably sweep away the Matchu dynasty and might read the loosely-knit empire ju piec?a with consequences disastrons to the foreign What is the conclusion of tho whole mattor creditor. A possibility of such d nger wust It is not suggested that there were no other never be put out of sight, but it seems a eanse than the one we are considering which possibility only. China has began to wake up contributed to the fall of the powerful Empires | to adopt new ideas, to imitate Japan in seek of the past. Nevertheless, it is very pertaining economic development along Western liner, that the abandonment of national armies has and, lef to themselves, the rulers and people always been one of the earliest visible effects of ars much more likely to strive to accelerate national decadenos, and nearly all these old the redemption of their foreign debts than t world Empires succumbed, generally after interfere with the due payment of the charges single blow, because their manhool bad ahrunk those involve Only thus, they will thick, cau from national military service and preferred to they secure their freedom, and dispense with entrust their interests to a hired soldiery. the interference of the foreigner nocordingly As Mr. Barker justly observed, non-national that the real danger lies. If China be pro- armies have achieved splendid successes under vok d ́or plundered, treated with insolent, och lealers 33 Hannibal, Marlborough, aggressive injustice by the Powers always and Wellington. Bat nach leaders were jostling each other in Peking, alwaye jealous exceptional geniuses, and, even they retired last one should reap while the others merely time to knock their material into shape, tims | provide or sharpen the sickles, a few years may which will never be obtainable amidst the bring another upheaval that would ruin all. lightning development of modern wae.are. Antsoms of these Powers must be in evil odour Whether the last and largest Empire on the now. In a gold-blooded way they agreed to world's stage is preparing in its turn for decay lol Chias with debt onlted indenmity weighty or yel further development minst depend upon enough to held her at their mercy for forly the resolution of its people Alone among the years, and s'rendy Chins is on her fest again,

armed nations, its rivals, it clings to a self-in defence of its Empire by asics, and shirks the by a national army. The story of Egypt, of Persia, of Carthage, and of Rime, as well as every modern example, are elequent with warning of the inevitable result of this abnegation of national responsibility, and Great Britain will not be able to escape the operation of the same r morseless law. Pull Mall Gazette.

dulgent form of nitary

THE CLAFTRAPPISTS.

The domestic affairs of the millionaira Socialist artial, Ferdinand Earle, the well known American painter-pest, who said farewell to his wife and child last month in order that he might marry his "affinity," has inspired a rousing discussion about the advantages and. disadvantages of the French and English systems of courtship.

If we had only known each other fairly well before wa manist, we might never have best married," is the sum and enbatance of the Fazle argument.

asserting her right to exist at an utfettered empire, and her temper is rising as her reorganization goes on. The diplomacy of the next generation wil have to be more prudent then that of the lest if disastrous mistakes are to be avoided.

Of the dubla of most of the countries of the world official statements are made from time to time, and the author ties of debtor nations are tnt caroful in presenting to the public the states of their Enances. Cbías does not set in This way, the Government being as averse to publicity as the Chinees bankers; and the public is

is left Lo find out for itself the financial condition of the Empire. The result is a wonderful amount of incomplete knowledge; and most of the publications to which we turn for information give the same figures from year to yet, with no account taken of amoxlisation during the year, and not always any account

f new debt incurred.

to keep it quiat for forty years to come, and, in the International Protocol of September 7, 1901, it was settled at £67,500,000. This was the total of the amounts claimed by the several Powers for compensation for injuries suffered by their nationale, and for the cost of military operations in restoring order in North-Chins, and the amounts were subjected to no andit or examination. Approximately the claimed by ench Power were as follows

amounts

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It was decided that the Empire could stead an abonal

existing annual charge of about 43,510,000 for

order IA

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sate-190 loans, there remained - a £4,924,5.0, which was assigned to tho present service of the indemnitios, prin- oipal and interest at four per oint. La provide for 4 progressive increase in payment of the principal of the indemnities in proportion as prior debt charges were liquidated, and to keep the annual charge for existing obligations at about the same amount of £6,361500 the sannities for tha indemnity were divided into five series:

(a) $1,250,000, amortization began in 1902, and £078,936 paid off to December 31, 1915.

(b) £9, 10,000, amortization, begins in 1911. (e) 22,500,000, amortization begins 1915.

£7,000,000, smortization begins in 1916. (e) £17,260,0, amortization begins in 1932, All five series calmivato and are finally to be paid off on December 31, 1940

The Resso-Japanese War for the redemption of Manchuria (1964-5) was fought without direct cost to the Chinese Government, but one loan was issued in 1905 for £1,000,000 st five per cent. Of this losu £500,000 was paid off in January, 1907, and the balance is redasmed by equal instalments up to 1009.

OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS. Of the Government loans and indemnities now outstanding in whole or in part, the original faon value was £123,870.080. Of this amount £9,550,241 had been redeemed by December 31, 1906, leaving 2113710,830 then outstanding. The last of the loars will be redeemed in 1944, and the last of the indemnities paid off in 1940. Thero maiz the railway loans secured ouch on its line of railway and ell with a Government

guarantee. These are:---

(1) Imperial Chizone Railway, £2,500,000 at five per cent, of which £115,000 has been paid off. (2) Paking-Hankow Railway, 11250,000 Cranes (£4,500,000) at fire per cent, of which redemption begins in 1909.

(3) Shanghai Nanking Railway, £2,900,000 (out of an authoriad issue of £3,250,000) at five per cent.

(4) Canton-Bankow Railway, £1,000,000 lent by the Government of Hongkong at four percent. (5) Canton-Kowleen Railway, 1,500,000 in course of laus (June, 1907) at five per cent

The total amount of the foreign debt con- stitnting an obligation of the Imperial Govern ment and secured on its reventer, including Government loans not yet paid off, indemnity (1901) and railway bans, is as follows :—

Total amount of original issue, £135,270,080, Charge in 1906 for interest and sinking fand (including one redemption in January, 1907), £9,433,749.

Paid off to Jananiry 31, 1907, £9,974,24, Ontatanding January 31, 1907, £125,295,83), -Investors' R view.

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AN ELEPHANT TRAP..

The Times of Ceylon gives the following fur ther particulars about the recent slaphant drive, which seems to have attracted hundreds of speetitors.

Kraal town is very much like the base of operaticus of a great battle, to which news of the action in progress comes in every few minutes by runners. Mr. Maduvan wella is the General in command, directing the flanking but very often going in the thick of the fight. movements, sometimes by means of messengere, himself. His is in a very difficult position, torn between often conflicting demands of the duties of host and general, but he is hospita lily embodied and is

very popular among all visitors, On Wednesday, there was no- thing but rumours of elephante, with only the occasional distant rears of the beaters, when the elephants tried to break through, to stimulate the imagination of the visitors and when their anticipations of the exciting scenes to come. It seems to be a tory silent kraal, This secounts of other elephant entrapping operations had led one to expect an unhely din in which kerosine tins and blunderbusses played an ear torturing part, but there has been nothing less melodius than a chorus of yelling coolies calminating in weird falsetto toprotes, and then dying of gradually on the wind. The reason for this is that the lack of water alone is being used as an instrument for forcing the elephants in, the efforts of the beaters being confined to preventing them gotting to the stream which lies their couras. In this way the animals have not only been made more docile from day to day, but they have been gradually seared in the direction where they know liquid refreshment and the bathing facilities, which they prize so much, to be plentiful. One big brute, perhaps, like some of bis human heathran, born thirstier than the rest, came on in advance. He went into the kraal on Tuesday night, slaked hin thirst with the sacred waters of the fine cool spring therein, and, having refreshed himself bodily and

went out, fually, bathed several times and

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the visiting monarch in the bark, be will be that he was rushing against the fence, taking

monarch, a' tandad by his tourt and ratinus, in ind-Anite object looming dark through the dense ing, greenish-yellow spectra with a b'ack objest received with royal honors sahtes, ressed vest after such onslaught. When daylight come with this insistent klinki apparition which so ships, etc. He will be met by the reigning he was lying down in the centre of the enclosure frequently obtraded itself on his vision stalking recuperating for further attacks; a big brown among the trees that skirted the krala mook royal and decorated bargas, and will be sco

he had contented himself with this he would have been a much happier elephant to-day. I am sure there was nothing but sympathy with him in kraal town, the denizena of which drank not only once or twice a day. bat were seldom doing else when awake, for. kraal town is really a thirsty place, but when Mr. Maduwanwells saw what a giant it was he determined to make the better acquaintance of his guest before parting with him, and the portals were closed on him. This gave us day excitement on Thursday. On Thursday Before the outbreak of the war with Japan,

morning, the new that an elephant was in the 1894-5, the foreign debt incurred by Elina was

kraal spread round the visitors encampment and insignificant in amount, the only loan of which any portion now remains outstanding being

nearly everybody was on the spot at seven antiquity, but ens which reli & chiefly upon her

small one of £115,080 at seven per cent, issued

o'clock, by which time the intelligent bruto. inside had fully realised his position. in 1885, of which £1,98 has been redeemed (toring the week commencing Monday, February didn't take him long to learn that he had It Iaval power and shirked citius aerrios in her

December 31, 1906), leaving £58,100 till to be 3, 19, to be nown and designated an Carnival land forces, recruiting these from sabret race

redeemed. The Government had some knowledge arranged on the idea or motive of a visit by the stockade. The shouts of the beaters, who had

from the hour of birth. week. The festivities of the week will be been trapped, and he was immediately for In the rastie town of Monroe, New Jersey, and bor overses colonies. As an inevitable where the people do not believe in the artistio of the innacial history of Turkey and of Egypt Monarch of the Occident to the Monarch of the beer told off to watch him, announced the not pitting his strength against that of the semult she was despoiled of her wealth and temperament and "ambith, they kuoaked and had no intention of having that history Orisot reigning in Manila. Un the arrival of power, and when in the hour of her extremity Earle's hat off his head and tove ly misused him. repeated on its own. soil and it standily resisted her citizens woke up and formed themselves into

Now comes Miss Katiner's story, Mis all blandishments to improve its estate" on volunteer forces their desperato, but untrained, efforts availed nothing against their traited of Mar. Evle, lived for months in the Earles' attituds by the long-continues pean of thirty Kuttner is the affinity" who, at the invitation borrowed money; it was encouraged in this and disciplined enemies.

household and tried to make him love, bis wife." years from 1864, and by its daily habit of resist And what of Carthags? She nightily in-

Mira Kuttner (says the Telegraph ") is 22, sing what appeared to it always to be foreign Creased, in wealth, and power. She could boat plump brunette, and the very opposite of Mrs. aggression. Besides thir, it was in the position panted to the place of debarkation where he foliage, that might have been taken for a huge held up ominously with both hands in front of of a great fleet, enormons land forear, and Earle, who is a thin blonde.

of the merc'ant who keeps no bank account, On the following day there will be a of the large ears,

will be given the freedom of the city grown boulder, copt for the steady him, he must have appeared to the elephant. skilled leader: But she fell befors (Le far less

Occasionally, he This was probably th latter's first introduction Miss Kattner, like the artist, feels that she as were the Governments of Europe down to and wealthy power of Rome, and Poly bias, the bas a mission in the world, and at one time

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and had not acquired tus

parade participated in by

dig his trunk into the ground and squirt, to the camera tend and he didn't take historian of the Punic ware, tells us that it was

monarchs, their courts and retinues. Following volumes of dust over his back, lazily eyeing the kindly to him. Mr. Hieland calmly dis was a viry zealous settlement worker,

borrowing babie because "The Carthaginians employed mer.

She says the whole affair has been horribly

this day there will be a series of displays by the spectators round the railings with admirably regarded the signs of wrath and coolly advancad JAPANESE WAR LOANS.

feigned indifference, which was soon to be belied till within about fifteen yards of the brute -con»ry—soldiers while Reme-fought with miunderstood by the mob, beo as "we have the disastrons Taipiug rebelliua, en n canla baisis will be contested for in feats of arms, games,

China formerly always fought her wars, avan / followers of each monoren in which, supremacy when ba got up on his feet, and deliberately! national army.

But now it was the turn of Tome. Fo

placed our lea's too high for the popatacat the only aredit she obtained bolag from her sports, and representative amusements. At the measured the distance between him and the The elephant gat up his ears in a terrible.

faabiou, apparently amazed at this piece of Bee them." weighty and powerfal bad she become 'that ar she g: zad sround on a subject world she might Kutther admitted that Earla and oralt were

Its long interview on Saturday, Miss own troops and her own

Her idea conclusion of those conteste, when prizes are barrier with big rye. Apparently thinking that and oity Just at this moment, Mr. Hieland of 16 one as we owe preached about to be awarded, a mosarch gro ter than he wanted a longer run, he backed ten or twelve mapped, and hardly bad the click sounded that be excused for believing her positing to be kindred minds in complete harmony

national aredit. The Japanese War, fought to brillient court and retinue of joetere, will arrive fence his head lowered like a mad hull. His big did a fifty yards' sprint that must have esta either, the King of Carnival, attended by a yards, then came obarging down on the Jumbo was down co him, Thou Mr. Hisland archallengeable. What need soy longer, said her citizens, of a astional army? We will hire live with her, and I did my best to help them "Mrs. Earle saw this, and implored me to

ideas, and she was compelled to resort to loans, and some anthority over all. The Monarches forehead bit, the top rail of the fence with blished a jungle resord, reaching the stockada s the pour man to do the work for u. And and relend ach other. All were perfcolly

the ground which could be felt many yards away. waiting for the slophant and though his crashed tremendous impact that sent a tremor through good four lengths ahead. The penreis were se, the historian says, "The security of best in the transaction.

domestic disappear and King Carnival will reign The beaters shouted and yelled, and thrust their into the pallizada will: his usual force he had long peace altered the diepositin of the Romsus, drew them from military to civil Earle tried hard to help herself and her hus (about eight and a haf per cent per annum?

supreme. In the development of this idea or * My every motive was altrnístic. . Még. load for 5,000,000 teels (£750,000 whleb, motive, the feature of the first day will be the sharp spears into his body, upon which he wont to beat back with more thas castomory

issued st seven per mil: per MENDIT rocations, and created in the ale bard. He tried, too, but they simply onld not

water parade participated in by both monarchs back for another try. In a few minutes, he colerity, his previous wounds by this time pro- of ease and idlenes. Military discipline, aftor understand each other. Then realising that succeeded only because it was casuaged directly

and their trains in royal and decorated barges, came again in exactly the same manner as before.bably paining him so much that he would having been neglected, disappeared entirely.

with by the Commissioner of Customs at Canton; men-st-aring in. war. Onces and armed and again had to retreat. He did this reportedly, not have made this sally Lud it not been for Tacitus tells us how the old sound pricciples should take the place which, abe declared, was off by 1962. There were also four foreigu loans,ges decorated to represent different professions, remarkable judgment, and doing it all with latter thought be had done enough and re-

it was hopeless, she came to me nd said his was a short term loan, and was wholly paid launchen, together with civicorganizations in bar. picking out the weak spots in the railing properly mine, and I wisted hert hold.

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of universal compulsory service fell into aberance: the Ronan soldier was recrnited from the starving and out-of-work classes of the big tower, or from subjest races. What the result was we know

"Through all it is the same old and story. The Empire of the East, based upon s volun-

classe, and in its turn fell before the national Armies of the Turks.

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vome extent on modern lines, introduced 18w

both

Boat domestic loans, and There were for an ascessful attempts to of the evident and the Orient will then

eng

and there was not-the-least bit of feeling againstutatanding. The other three were gold in by both. menarcha, with mon-at-arms repre-

tarily eulisted army, recruited from the lower could not his generosity he ww it was only 1 lerving £2,800,000 outstanding on December 31 professions, trades and craft, accompanied by evidence of kis doccypiora with the spears in thei

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of

MARS WINS, "

the revolted Netherlanders, 15 her turn, affinity," declaring that such a term is disrea for a total of 147,880,000 to pay the indemnity the distinctive games, sports and amusementara results, as the shade of the trees was month on the Victoria Pier,

for a time Holland, sneceeding to the pectful to an American woman, makes out a richers and overson possessions of Spain, good case. enjoyed great wealth and power. But relying She bardly saw eye to eye with the artist Wholly upon their Reets, her citizens shirted Earicin making his matrimonial, affaire public the obligation of military service, leaving it to and posing for the Press photographers,

poorer classes of the popolation, and when attacked by Louis XIV, were overrun in the confident be acted for the best,

among

francs (15,820,000) at four prizes and when each monarch is real. He was on his way to Hambantota selves as rivale of Aderi

who is

and

his little dispute with Mr. Hieland. The for a total ££8,635,000 One, a silver loan for trades and crafts. At night a grand ball of a solemn deliberation and premeditation that was tired, amidst the ill-concealed admiration of and Earle might have the happiness be could 19,900,000 taels (£1,635,000) issued in 1894

nations will be given, at which every one will extremely amusing to watch, only one could see bis less-intrepid follow cameriste, to lie down pot bave with her. She was insistant about it, at serou per cent, has been redeemed to the day will be the grand land parade participated same charging at the fence in the same way, and where, as a concession to the general-pirit appear in costume. The feature of the second what would happen it six or seven such brates in the shade of Mr. Madnwanwella's leck.out, extent of £-90,500, leaving £1,14£,5-0

one did not envy the task of the beaters who have of hero worship prevailing, Le recounted taler ime; indeed, she was just the

opposite.

to meet these onrlinghts. The elephant charged of other laurels similarly won in forest and "She would bare done it before, only Farle loan issued in 1895 at six per cent, eating the Oesident and the Orient, civic

him elf to agree to let the baby and of them: £200,000 has been redeemed, organizations with Boats symbolic of different at intervals during the whole morning, and bore jungle, 89, but in

1906. Then came the settlement. right that the mother should bare him, and ha

RIVALS OF ADONIS.. the hill, costumed maskers. In the evening there will shape of big wounde on his bond: The spears We now reach the zenith of Spanish power finally agreed that the boy should accompany war indemnity, and with it tas-scramble of the

to Japan of 23, 00, 00 taels (234,500,000 for be a grad bal masque. The third and fourth-long poles with sharp pointed pieces of ircu in the sixteenth century. There was none to ber.

e will be devoted to a grand display, in that the trp-were placed against each post,

and compare with Spain on land or sos. But hor armies were not national armies, and eventually possible, He was happy he wanted her to be.

No event which has occurred recently st "He wanted ber to have all the happiness European lowers for politico-financial in. amphitheatre for which admission for will several visitors took hold of them, and barea baad be charged, when the rival monarchs will cause in repalsing the attacks. Others were busier try- tinence. During the three they went down" before the national armies of

His Kattner, who objects-to-be called the the conclusion of peace three loans were issued their men-at-arms to perform characteristic lug to take snapshots, it is to be feared. With Folkestone bas attrsoted. su manol stention as the-mate-beauty-show, which took place last feats of arms and will give representations of

very dense. The most enterprising to clear off floating debt, to provide for rear-

Long before the time for the opening crowds of their people. Pritos will be awarded for the the "snapshooters" was the mament and to sever expenses of fotation and

German ex- nuderwriting. The first, issued in 1995, for best performance, and after the distribution of plorer and big game hunter, Mr. Hieland, to ssemble at the pier, and quite, 1,200 punt

a very prominent figure in the all expectation, fifty sight men offering them- the people were tarned a ay. The entries passed and guaranteed by the Rus

supremacy for his people,

the

King of

district, when he heard of the kra;

and was Bian Government

arrives. The rival Monarchs disappear, case of

Types of mola beauty from all parts of Like Mr. and Mrs. Earle, Miss Kuttner was issued by a combination of on of suthority by King Carnival will b. the part of the distance on a tri-car, and had a vare England were represented, and Britain's claim

King Carnival reigns supreme. The BestRip.

tempted to stray in the direction. He travelled short space of

of forty days, and their world power concludes with an appeal tor the open-door bankers; the second, for £160,000 at dre fell to pieces

rduous time of it working up the bills. Ile to upremacy in manly beauty was not left Take Again,

principle in courtship, condemning the French per cent, was issued in 1996, and the third, signal for revelry. At an indicated hour to be that

period of modern history system as a fertil source of much unhappiness, was issued at mitrely in 1898, by a combina ringing of bells certain of the streets will be caup in the evenings with his tales of ad-i

for £16,000,000 at four sed a half per cent, a which has witnessed the development of

announced by the firing of gua and the camping outfit and elaborate photographic challenged, for Frenchman, a Swiss, a If we can do something to discourage tion of English and Germana bankers, the

Apparatus. Mr. Hislead has smaxed and edified Hungarian, a Greek, a Turk, Japanese, and

a negro were among the competitors... : national from non-national armies. Prasein fell the French system of courtship"

for maskers. King Carnival will ture, but it was nothing to the way

Aa it was thoaght that dress should not enter at Jens because she ignored the golemn warn. Kutiner asya," we shall not have suffered in Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation of confetti and low sex. The Grand Ce-airel diverted i mat the kreal. He claims to hold forward and look throughs pofitors had to some

Bank for Germany of these loans, with a

and greet his follows amid wituie battles

the record elephant shooting and his contempt interest was lent to the event by the announce

& Additional Ball will follow in the evening. Bulls for the puy Ceylon apecies is too deep for words, ment that a young woman who comp ted in total face value of £17,822), 10, there had bean Carnival Wenk streets of characteristically

this Even paid off by Desember 31, 1906, the sum of

decorated booths and pavilions will be open where people from each tribe, town and provinca failed enti specimen bittering the stockade the beauty show last week had offered to marry

Lo impress Mr Hiland for be the first prize winner. £5,982,885, leaving £41,887,169 outstanding will display for sale their peopllar articles of insisted, much against the wishes of Mr. Madu-j Of these loans the first will be entirely paid of smaller manufacture, Thers will also be like wanwells, on going. right up to the slephant winner, dergant Hodgetts, of the 8th Umasara, There was a great majority for the first prize in 1931, the second in 1932, and the third in

with his camera though careful to make his stationed at the School of Musketry, Hythe, 1943; and all are secured upon the Maritime

booths of ather. nations and table for the retreat goo. Customs revenue and on certain additional gardens, osfés and tea houses

by clearing all creepers, and He obrained 220 votas, against sixty-two and taxes placed under the supervision of the will be given for the best presentations in each ture inside the evclosure eyed him with Those were Mr Bernard Richard Badge, of the carnival pleasure-seekers. Prizes other obstacles as be proceeded. The eres forty-one for the recond and third respectively, Maritime natoms

The next historic event for which China bad of be greater features of the caraival. Mask-contemptuous in ference for some

Elm-terrace, Const ntine-road, Hampstead, and ing, confetti, and sil that goes to make carnival as if not deigning to trouble his mind, Mr. Herbert Sudell, of Lupes-street, Palio. spirit and spread carnival fun will be encouraged, about him, but it became apparert, as time

I went on, that he was beginning to get annoyed winner was dark and the others fair.

All three had early hair, bat the first prize Manila, pt. 21st, 1907,

the

Mins

ings of Scharnhorst, and other patriots of this vain, and Mr. Earle will bave achievedbi type of Lord Roberts, and persist d in rely-

upon a non-national army to withstand the purpose."

ing

national armies of France. But after that terrible defeat she instituted anive sal military service and the power of united Germany to-day con tinues to be based upon that of the national BIRDY. On the other hand, France, wearied by the great Napoleon's endlers were, denation alised hers-that is to say, the better claason and those who couldford it were enabled to escape' service by the purchase of enbarituto, and, in consequence, the army was filled with the poor. -est, most ignorant, and least healthy of the

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