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AT A STREET CORNER.

THE MILITANT SUFFRAGIST ÄND. HER

"AUDIENCE,

“Feople of Kensington" faltered the lady who had just stepped upon the garbox at the edge of the pavement,

THE HONGKONG DA'LY PRESS. SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 5TÄ, 1908

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If you people here don't approve of women going to prison, you can stop it by making one demonstration a succes," she went on with rapid eloquence. "Let me see,

what date did you any it was?" interapted the factions one.

Twenty first, man! Hesn't the lady said so afore roared the crowd whose sense of humour lay on another level from that of the man in the walatcost.

The people of Kensington, who happened just. then to be a little girl carrying a baby, stared There were no salible questions in the tumult in some astonishment. Another lady, who had that followed; and the speaker, observing to been distribating bills farther along the street, anyone who might be able to hear, that she came back and prompted the speaker encouragoonoluded everybody there was converted, de ingly

"Go on, that's splendid!" she said clared the meeting over and came down from keartily

her throne. She and her companion instantly The lady on the singer box who was making besme the centre of a seething, shouting, her debut or a speaker, want on gravely. olamouring mob; and the women in the French "People of Kensington!" she repeated with a bat appealed to Jack to help them. amile, we have ogm here to talk about Votes for

Why, it's these aro Suffragites!" yelled the people of Kensington, shifting the baby on to the other arm and the speaker broke down and laughed heartily really must wait for some more listeners, she protested.

I-I think you're splendid, and so does Jack! And I'm coming to Hyde Park on the 21st-and so is Jask!" oried the woman in the Franch hat, dinging meresccuracy to the winds. Eh what said Jack-EVELIN SHARPP.

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amint in making this plain, The general design A few words of explanation of each type will of the British Dreadnoughts is well known. Three turrets are on the case-bue, sad one on I either beam, each turret-containing two. 12-in. gune The centre-line turrato can be brought turrete either ahead or satera. to bear on either broadside, and the wing

whom

ANALAMBRICAN ADVANTAGE, North Dakota), while having the same number The American Dreadnoughts (Delaware and of guns, bavo all the turrets on the centre-line, and the last but one from either end of the ship le elevated so as to fire over the turret ahead and aetern rear otively. Their broad- side fira, therefore, consists of the entire heavy armament, or ten 12 in, guns, while they can fire four ahead or astern. Since naval actions are fought broadside to broadside, and not end compared with the Dreadnought is 25 per cent. on, the advantage to the American vessels

wondering, by the way for

The Brazilian and Japanese shipa (people are the

Identical design, carrying twelve 12-in, gun, Brazilian ships are really intended) are of four turrets being on the centre line and two on the beams, enabling ten gune to be fired on sither broadside and eight ahead or astern. Taking all things into consideration, thes vessels are by far the most powerfully armed of sil ships now under constraction, There are two of the type building for Japan and three for →→→Brazil: The later are all Bugly following these ships in strength

·being built in

rumours in circulation as to their armament, but come the new German ships. There are various the majorly of evidences decidedly favours ona of sixteen 11-in, guns. This gun fires shet 301be less in weight than the British. 12-in. weapon, but it has 50 per cent more velocity and greater energy, and has been after an exchanative consideration of the subject. deliberately chosen by the German authorities

of the Polar Seas,The specialists whom Nordenskjold and I sent for loshed at the trasanre in silence. Finally they came to the conclusion that they were in the precon

of one of those famous imepieses which ed to be made at Augsburg, between the and of the sixteenth. They gave it as their opinion that, fifteenth century and the beginning of the thanks to its metal case, the works of the clock had been preserved in the sas and leo from deterioration as perfectly as if they had been locked up in an air-tight chamber. They pro lead to make the timepisse go, for all its work were intact, And," added His Majesty, you see they have kept their word. But I have not told you the whole of the almost incredible story attached to this miraculous clock. How had it found its way to the Polar Sea Horn in the explanation. All the masterpieces manu. A sudden swirl of the human torrent swept factured at Augsburg were caialogued, and them face to face with the two women, who, description of them was kept on record. To with their imyrtarbable smiles, were distribut-day these catalogues ars in the hands of erudite ing bills right and left se they slowly wedged a collectors, who can trace the history of every way for themselves through the mob

one of these famous relics. When they heard the story of Nordenskjold's find they raised their hands to heaven, for in their catalogues the key to the adventure was plainly, written, This particulae clook had been ordered at Augsburg by the monks of a convent at Arch- angal, who intended to place it in their efectory It was consigned to them by a vessel which sailed: from

pozt in Holland, but disaster overtook the Lost, and the never reached her destination.

She was wrecked in the Polar M. Hogues Le Roux, who enjoyed the lock wat imprisoned in gleoler. The anti- "Apropos of M. Fallieres' visit to Scandinavia, waves that part of it containing. The fomoza Sear, and when the cargs was dispersed by, the acquaintance of the lets King Oscar of Sweden,quarios were able to prove, documents in hand, remarks that if, while the President of the all their sfirmations. They possessed, if one Republic in a guest at the Royal Palace of Stockholm, he examines with attention, the · say so, ske bill of lading of the consign- populer old monstab, he will oberve on the furniture of the private apartments of the

And King Oscar, who had himself been a astelpiece of one of the salons very curious Scandinavian mariner: If the sea takes sll, it sailor, coveinded with's waying dear to the timepiece. It represente a formidable lion, bold in check by a young than of Oriental apect, and the illusion of movement is giron not only by the king of the forest and his E DREADNOUGHTS OF THE WORLD. are formed of three two-gan turrets. The salar guardian, bat by an logenious mechanizm which Irings their members Into-action and causes their eyes to roll, The history of the slook with the lion and the Arab is almost as ourious - the wonderful mechanism of the timepiece. It was related to M. Hugues Le. Hoax by King Oscar himself. While they were both

You needn't," said her more experienced companion; they're coming along fast, they always do when they see one of us standing on a sugarbox! Just keep them going while I got rið of these bills, will you ?"

PHENOH SYMPATHIÊIES.

She moved towards two approaching ladies and handed thoma oirenler with an insinuating arille.

Ab! Ce sont les Suffragettes!" oried the ladies unexpastedly, NORE sommes des Buffragistes Françaises, mana aussi ! Vive la femme!"

Oh, how splendid!" cried the English Suffragist, beaming on them. "Do stop Nous allons avoir un-o, bother What if most Sing *}—an rendes-vous, mesdames !*-

Tiens 1 guped the Frence Saffragista well they might.

At this moment, the Indy on the sugartbox could be heard saying that she would now all upon her friend to address the audience; and the crowd, inoressing every minuts, cheered inconsequently,

Well, there ain't much of "er, but give her ghiance, remersed wit, as the second speaker mounted the angar-box. A small boy hitched up his brousers and moved of.

"I shall turn into a woman if I stay 'era !" he observed.

A MAGIC CLOCK.

A PRESENT FROM AN ARCTIC EXI LORER.

No such luck for you my boy" came the Majesty remarked the clock one day, His

quick retort from the sugar-box ; and the crowd grinned favourably as the speaker profited by For temporary advantage to sketen the historial aspect of the question. They listened more or lous attentivaly—she was using, long words, for vue thing, making no attempt to speak down to any imaginary level, and they naturally wanted to thon that they were equal to her in under standing. But the amazing statement that women in the past had enjoyed political rights was too much for one youth.

"Where did ye git that from, missiehe

demanded,

My friend, you have forgotten your bis. tory," said the speaker. “It is an historioal fact that

**** LIEB A WOMAN."

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The interrupter turned his back upon the sugar-box, and addressed the audience. Look ́at 'er!" he adjuret them, jørkling bie thumb

·ovar his "shoulder. *** Believin' what he's towid! Ain't that like a women?" Haring thus disposed of the frets of history, he want on to air his own views on the Buffrage ques. tion.Pack women!" he asorted: Why don't they stay to their 'omes and nurse the baby? Why don't they cook the dinner? Why don't they

My friends, struck in the real speaker, **this gentleman evidently thinks it is question time. If he will wait till I have flaiskad

Yn agreed a burly supporter. wtow.it, Jem, till the lady's 'ad her say."

You

Bas I don't want to eat no bloomin' Suffragista!" protected the youth, angrily conscious that the crowd was no longer with him.

“My friend,” hughed the lady on the box, yon certainly do want to hear the Buftregiste, or you wouldn't be here, would you! Indeed, 1 am delighted to meat with such anxiety na yours to learn more about me, and I will gladly tell you why the woman does not slay in the home, It is because he has to go out of it to work, or she wouldn't have a home at all."

The crowd howled again several voices advised the youth to Give over,"

4.

** She ain't talkin' a back sant this tima, that's truth!" shouted a volos from somewhere.

*** She's talking sunsé ; I like sanse," I do,” added a woman whose arms were full of parcely. “I don't 'old with gates myself; but I likes sense! As soon as the approval of her allies allowed her to proceed, the spenkor plunged into the economie side of her question; and this time sha had no dealty in holding her crowd, for she was telling them what she and they know to be true, and not what a mere historiaa asked them to beliere, Bo a kind of tense bush was over The huddled throng round the sugar-box, when well-dressed woman strolled along the pave. ment on the batekfets of it,

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"Why, I do believe that is a real live -Suffragist! How chic she exclaimed, with

an amused smile.

The sponker ought the comment, and deter mined to catola the woman who made it. In a minnie

or two the amused smile was gone, and another remark Hosted up" to the sugar. box. "Jock, are

"Yen must come there? you and listen to thiswoh, yon poaltively must! I had no ides they were like that?"

The woman in the French hat has won, but the crowd was momentarily lost; and a wild die esigned for mument 07 80, while supp riert

for silence, and opponents sang songs,

PEIBON TO HYON FARK,

yelled

When the noise calmed down, the Saffragist broke in again, the smile still predominating. I can see how anxious you, all are to help the Suffragiste," he said westly; and her superb suursuce garried the joking, langhing -good-humoured” crowd along with her. You woman who are here come to Hyde Park on Sunday Jane 21———

dinger; anyway in to cook

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on, young woman;

Sunday

objector.

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Your wife will ecok it before she starts," was the prompt rejoinder. Or, better still, she can cook it overnight, and you can bring it with you and eat it in the Park-"

Whit price mast pork and greens in- Hyde Park demanded a facetious gentle. man in a terrific waistcost.

"It won't hast you to have cold pork and salad just for once," retorted the Sufraghat And jast think how the "children will love spionic! I am sure most pionics are not nestly no amusing, na" ours will be, with a chance of hearing sighty wosposkurs "at" the end of it!"

Eighty of em! What pefoo Holloway?" jeerad the man in the waistopat

The speaker (urned on him hotly, "I you had your vote taken from you, would you have the pluck to go to prison to get it back!" sha demanded. The crowd howled widdly; and the lady in the French hab noticed that listening women, who had not dared to show their Approval openly, daught their breathrand nodded--- appreciatively at the speaker when the fired up.

restores all"

HOW-THE PIONEER HIP HAS BEEN LEFT FEHIND.

The one and only defence which the Admiralty and its backers advance when contronted with

the unfulfilled promises of the last three years

"It

to me by the celebrated exploxar Nordenskjold, who, powerful battleship from ble voyage to the North Pole, made a stoppage at Spitsbergen. There he received one day a visit from a fisherman, who informed him that he had something to eny to bimin confidence. When he was admitted to the explorer he said

**** In the course of my life I have taken many strange things from theres.. I know hat there is no limit to the might of God, but, all the hauled over the side in my not a metal box no same, I was much troubled when one day I heavy that the strands of the net were broken by the effort, and it took four men to get it from the depths of the ses on to the desk

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GERMAN BROADSIDE,

The arrangement of the guns in the German chips in that of a hellow diamond, whose sides

smaller angles of the diamond rest-on-the-entre-- Hue of the ship, each angle being marked by a turret. It will be seen, therefore, that this ship can fire ten guns in any direction, and sichong h the smaller size of the projectile gives them a smaller weight, the greater mpidity of fire

would soon turn the scale in their detener re

Any rate, even on the basis of one shot per gur, her broadside is 800ibe and her ahead" firy 2150lbs, than the British Bt.

Considerable enration has been caused in

abipbuilding programmes is that, since we have. aflost and in commision the largest and most

Power has a ship approaching it either in mix or power, there is absolutely nothing to worry al circles by the announcement--well- about.

authentiested that the ships to be laid down for the Japanese navy this year are to mount no farer than fourteen 13-ip, gürs What the arrangement of the armament will be is not known, but the total volume of fire from these ships will be 40 per cant greater than that of the Dreadnought and bor successors, seven of Japanese veship the latter being equal to only five of the new

To a certain extent they are right; but the extent is a limited one. We have more Dread- noughts in commission then all the rest of the Dayal Powers put together, for we have one and they have none. The condition of things will rapidly obangs as time goes on, however, 1911, we shall have sight battleships of the and to our disadvantage, nutil in the spring of Dreadnought ers completed to eight belonging to Germany, siz to the United Stater, fire to Japan, and four to France.

After we got it out of the net we were afraid to ships provided for in ibis year's Estimates-one is not a singlecalibre one, fnt mixed, consisting

touch it. We thought it contained some BORGETY, and the strange metal oase lay a long time on the deck before we attempted to open it, Finally, we decided to find out what was inside, We made use of all sorts of toole on these plates of brass, which truly seemed posed of some mysterious enchantment, and when at last the box was opened this is what it contained,

The old fabermea was followed by two lusty comrades who, not without exort, brought in the

basry group of the Arap and the Hon. for a moment, and then, turning to the old man, ***** Nordenskjold looked at the men in silones

he said:

You are right, my son. You could not keep this strange thing. Bat it is fast that you should be paid for year trouble. What price do

on ask of me for your night's Sching f

The beeftated. Then be swered: Thirty crow

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Now go

Take them,' said Nordenskjold. and drink to the health of your King, and fot Four mind be, troubled 'no' more about this sorcery."

"I admit." continged King Oscar, that of all the auriosities that Nordenskjold brought me back from his cruise, the least surprising was not the clock which you see on the chim- wey piece, found by a faberman in the depths

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Now, in 1911 we shall have completed the two battleship and one armoured craiser. What the design of these ships will be we do not yet know, but it in certain that nene of the unin. telligent anticipations conjured up in some quarters will be realised.

MINCE IMPROVEMENTS,

The great ship will not be driven by gas. engines, nor will the onrev 18,5-in, guns. Bat if we are ignorant of the charbotoristics of this ship, wo know what the three ships of last year's 1906-7. They are all similar to the Deadnought programms will be like, an wel as those of In armament, but they embody sundry misor improvements suggested by the performances of the pioneer ship of the type. They will carry, fen 12-in. gana, fring sight on either broadside, and will be so far different to the Dreadnought that they will be able to fire eight astern instead of alx, and the same number (az) shend.

To those who are constantly talking about the immense superiority of the Dreadnought to every other batilaabio in existare, it may be of interest to state that of all the battleships now an the stocks for the great caval Power, the Dreadnought and her successors are, with the single exception of the French whips of the Danton olate, the weakest.

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