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A CROWDED DAY. "Admiral Sir David Beatty, in his visit to Merseyside on March 31st, discovered a world prepared to extend to him every mark of honour which it was in its power to bestow. Confronted by a varied series of functions, he started the day's formali ties at Liverpool, and continued them at New Brighton and Southport, finishing the day at Chester, In the course of seven hours he received the freedom of two cities, was presented with three gifts of plate, unveiled four tablets, accepted various illuminated strella and addresses of welcome, inspected five guards of bonout, made three speeches, and became a member of an ancient company of

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THE BOYCOTT AGAINST JAPANESE GOODS, RUN ON YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK EXPECTED.

The peaceful boycott against Japanese

ART OF ADVERTISING. LORD LEVERHULME'S VIEW. The benevolent spirit of the advertising trade was exemplified at the first annual banquet of the Nations! Advertising Society and General Benefits and Beac-goods is gaining in strength and intensity volent Institution, held at the Connaught daily, says the Shanghai tiazette. Dis Roms, under the chairmanship of Lord tribution of literature continues while Leverhulme, a trustee of the society, on public speakers are exhorting the people March 31st. The object of the gathering the suburbs and villages to carry on

the work of protest..

Reporta from other cities, including Nanking, Wuhsi, Hankoy, Hangchow,

was to promote a fund in the interest: of the widows and orphans of those in the trade who have fallen in the war, and a remit of their loyal services in the chow, Changchow and other places also of those who have been incapacitated.

forces of the Crown.

fully confirm the expectation, that the Mr. T. P. O'Connor, M.P. proposed

Bir Arthur Crosfield, in the absence of movement will soon be taken up by the The Allied Forces, Navy, Army, and

whole country... Air Forces." He said it was impossible. The ten-men-group idea seems to be to allude to our Allies without every one taking hold rapidly, for many such of them having in mind the immortal and immeasurable sacrifice and services to the grups are being formed daily.

AMERICAN TRADE OFFENSIVE £200,000,000 OF STATE MONEY TO

HELP EXPORTERS

The American Government's War Finance Corporation is planning a quick offensive to extend America's foreign » trade at the expense of her European rivals by loaning to American exporters £200,000,000 of Government money. This

in the first time that the Government has ever undertaken such a serious campaign for the conquest of the world marketa, The decision amounts to an open chal- lenge to other nations, and is curtain to result in the keenest competition.

The Government intends to loan the money in sums up to £10,000,000 to any individual firm or corperation at an in- terest rate probably not exceeding 3

The morning ceremony enabled the Admiral to pay a tribute to gallant old cause of civilisation which our. Allies, Public sentiment is so strong that their cent for a maximum term of five comrades-in-arms, the officers and med. (Hear, hear.) If that be true of our Japanese goods for sale.

great and small nations alike. had render-merchants are DOW afraid to exhibit

by'

TEN-MEN. TEAMS. RAPIDLY GROWING IN

NUMBER The number of ten-men teams of box cotters

are rapidly increasing. A large number of such groups is daily being Japanese, the teams pledge to deposit a In addition to boycotting the

sum of money to a common fand every month to meet special needs."

The loans will permit American ex porters to sell on credit, which is con- sidered to be the only way in which Americans can.

secure large orders for foreign account for some time.

The extent to which Americans are giving attention to foreign business in

a loan reached the Government from a seen in the fact that one application for

firm which intends to export clothes pins only.-Daily Express..

who manned the fri and Daffodil in the Allies, was it possible to attempt to refer stances, peddlers of Japanese medicine collateral security. Eights applications. In many in years The Borrower must give adequate attack on Zeebrugge. Proudly bearing services rendered by the men of our and candies have been mobbed in the

Fin anything like adequate terms to the

have already been received. she prefix, “Roval to their names by own Navy and Army and Air Force streets for selling Japanese wares. command of the King, the two ships have (Hear, bear.). It was a sheer impossibi been restored to the Mersey ferry service tenacity and the vigilance and endurance lity to do so, whether they thought of the and tablets commemorative of their exof the Navy, whether they thought of ploits were unveiled by Sir David. The the courage of those men and of our Commander-in-Chief, having inspected a battles of the line.

soldiers who fought. those unspeakable OT whether they guard of honour of the boys of the Lanca-thought of the dash, the enterprise, and formed.

bire and National Sea Training Homes, the splendid spirit with which our airmen epbarked on the Royal Daffodil At Comparisons would be odious. They saw did their part of the great business. Liverpool and proceeded with her down today the priceless result of what those the river to New Brighton, where she great heroes had achieved, and. thanks brought up alongside her sister ship, to the work of the statesmen in Paris,

As there are now a suficient number of Both ressels were packed with spectators, we would be able to inaugurate a new era teams to form a League further steps are as were the pier-head and foreshore. Thet in which the common-sense of men should being taken. The movement at present is Mayor of Waliasey Mr. Walter East hold the fretful realm in awe, and ranpurely independent and unorganised, wood) received the Admiral on the Iris kind should dwell, in surety, guarded by and Sir David then unveiled.a bronze on the might of the law. (Checri.) the upper deck of the vessel giving the names of the officers and men who,

having volunteered for the daring en terprise, died gloriously at Zeebrugge..

They came from my fleet, remarked the Admiral madly, as he read the names of the berock

In a brief address, after having received the gift of a silver centre rom the Wallasey Corporation, Sir David thank ed them for having given him an op- portunity of paring his respect to my old shipmates and feetmates who gave their lives for their country." They had; he said, in these two ferry boats are minder of the services of the Navy and of the Grand Flest in particular, because most of the seamen, and a large number of the marines who took part in that gal lant episode at Zeebrugge, came from hit command. Bir David mentioned tit Commander Gibbs, whose death on board the Iris at Zeebrugge is commemorated by the bronze, was a lifelong friend. "He was my midshipman in the Barfleur," said the Adariral. I brought hira up, and I can honestly say that there never was a gallanter on in this world. Just before they departed for the expedition I had a letter from him saying that they were going on a most hazardous expedi- tion, and he could honestly say he was the happiest man on earth.**

"CHERISH BERCHANDISE.

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JA, BATTLE GELD STORY,

General Sir William Furse, responding said Army men looked more than once with ananicien at any comrade' who was connected with advertising (laughter)anded to tell a story

agents

to mentioning for the first time divisions apropos. When Sir Douglas Haig took

which had covered themselves with con spicuous glory, the padre of one of those divisions-the 9th-get into conversation with the padre of another, who said,

Oh, you belong to the 9th, do you? T see you have got a pretty good Press, have you not?" The other padre, a little settled, replied, "Yes, we have got a very good Press How do you manage it have you got a lame reporter! Raked the first padre. "Yes, we have got a tame reporter," answered the second. Really but he must go about with you from one part of the line to another."

That is, splendid. Who is he? Oh, "Oh yes." well," was the answer, "he's a fellow called Haig (Laughter.)

On the call of the chairman, the com- pany drank in solemn silence to the im mortal memory of comrades who had fallen in the war.

except among each team of ten members, but the whole will be systematically organised.

THEFT OF A BRASS TAP.

"At the Magistracy, yesterday, a Chinese was charged with stealing a brass tap trom Wellington Barracks.

SHOP.TO SHOP VISIT In the native city, a number of people Inspector Kent stated that defendnat, are making shop to shop visits to persuade who was employed as a coolie in Welling goods and to refrain from purchasing new the merchants to put away their Japaneseton Barracks, was found removing the

tocks from Japan. House-owners are thinking seriously of compelling the shop keepers to stop selling Japanese goods or of making them' move out of the premises.

PEXING PEOPLE ENJOINED NOT TO BEY JAPANESE GOODS.

in Peking, on May 7th, circulated a small The People's Foreign Relations Society, yellow leaflet in thousands of copies, urg. ing the people of Peking pot to buy Japanese goods or hare any dealings with leaflet Bays:- the Japanese until farther notice.

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The

brass tap from an oil tank. He was

immediately arrested, detained under guard, and subsequently handed over to.... the Police.

Defendant stated that he was falsely socused. He was passing the oil-tank when he was arrested.

Mr. Hutchison sentenced defendant to

three weeks' hard labour.

WHY CHINESE COME TO HONGKONG.

was charged with begging alms.

At the Magistracy, yesterday, a Chinese

Defendant sprang a surprise on the said: Excuse me this time and let me Magistrate by speaking in English. He go; I am an old man and my son no give me money for my expense."

Mr. Lindsell: Why don't you, start an English school for Chinese? You are fined Defendant: Canton on good; Hong- That's why I came here. kong good. Please excuse me.

SMUGGLING OPIUM.

him the opina to take to the country

Defendant stated that, a friend gave with the alternative of three months Mr. Hutchison fined defendant $500,

In view of the fact that the Japanese charian provinces and are now about to have already taken possession of our Man seize Shantung from ue, we can no longer treat them as a nation friendly to scholars, farmers, labourers and mer Our fellow-countrymen of all classes chants should from this date--the seventh day of the fifth month of the eighth The Chairman, in proposing "The of the Republic-cease to buy Japanese year National Advertising Society," said they goods and to use Japanese bank-notes, were the only profession that coitld speak and they should withdraw all deposits to #lady without an Introduction, that they may have in Japanese banki (Laughter.) He was certain they could It is in the hope that our country may in claim that, whether they kept the whole of

this manner be saved that we are taking In the afternoon. Sir, David received the the Ten Commandments or not, they restrict measures to oppose the Japanese. freedom of Southport, together with ligiously kept one injunction, which was have read it." silver replica of a claret jug, which is that they should not hide their light JAPANZEE BANK-NOTZS NOT ACCEPTED,

"Let others have this leaflet when you Armada relic It was a suitable present under a bushel. (Laughter.). He claimed said the Admiral, for it marked the occa that they were rendering a very great sion of our wresting the command of the servies to the whole of the human race.

The boycott is on, remarks the Shanghai Gazette. xes from Spain. He paid a tribute to the They were appealing that night for funds tried on May 7th and 8th to use Japanese was charged with being in unlawful Many foreigners and Chinese At the Magistracy, yesterday, a Chinese services of Lancashire in the war and to carry on their work. The funds they banknotes in the local shops and failed possession of seven taels of prepared assured her sons that a hearty welcome had were extremely well managed, as in most cases presented their clients with Always awaited them in the Navy they knew, and the further sums with

The merchants refused to accept them and opium. In the evening, the Admiral returned which they were going to entrust the copy of the leaflet mentioned above. In found, concealed round the dial of a clock Sergt. Aris stated that the opium was. to the country.al-his birth, and received society would be equally well managed tions

addition to the People's Foreign Rela carried by defendant the freedom of Chester. In acknowledg. In giving the money, they were not creatSociety

Bociety, the Bell Determination ment if the honour he said it was not ing exactly a charity in the ordinary ment University are actively pushing the the students at the Govern- everybody who understood the meaning of ease. They were creating a perennial boycott, while the Feking Chamber of the phrase, The sure shield," who spring out of which the less fortunate Commerce is pledged to support it. understood what the Navy was, or that amongst their members and that might the was only of of

The refusal of the merchants to accept hard labour.

of the people to Floet was as necessary as the police to tez.) the city. The Nagy-carried with it prom perity, trade, everything that was of there was no advertising? They might What would be the state of England if value to the Empire. In a book by Mr. all be living in the suburbs (Laughter.) George Wyndham he saw a phrase used It had been said man made the town, and NEWSPAPERS JOIN MOVEMENT." by the Rev. Richard Hackluyt "Cherish God made the country, but the devil made

Mr. E O Hutchison, a Chinese was charged with preparing opium. merchandise and preserve Admiralty" the suburbs. (Laughter.) By the aid of movement. Many are following the lead Cook Street on May 17th and noticed

The Chinese newspapers are joining the that meant,"Preserve the command of advertising in the Prem the suburbs knew of the Hein Shun I'd in refusing to take defendant beating some liquid enbetanec, Inspector Brown stated that he went to the seas"; and that phrase, passed down exactly what was being sold in the Japanese advertisements or publishing which, on examination. proved to be for 360 years, was 45 Deccesary and true London shops, and they could know that information likely to assist Japanese opicm. As soon as witness arrested the to-day as then. The only way the coun in any part of the United Kingdom. If trade. try.could recognise the work of the Navy they took bold of a New York newspaper was by looking after its widows and they would and many of the London ment, the newspaper sellers met yester some medicine, was ined #5.

To show bow widespread is the move

man, the latter's wife upset the liquid.

Defendant. who said he was preparing orphans and by seeing as far as it could rest advertisements repeated there. If day and decided to boycott the Ya Chow that the Navy was maintained in a suf- they went to Tokio in th English news Jih Pan, which is a Japanese paper pub ficient strength to meet the requirements papera there they would and the same lished in Chinese. Hereafter, no Chinese of the nation in its duty of cherishing advertisements as in the London news newspaper boy will undertake to sell merchandise and preserving the command papers. The same discovery would be this Japanese paper.

The Mayor (Sir John Frost) mentioned burg, Durban, Caloutta, Bombay, and made in Sydney, Melbourne, Johannes the shock with which they read of the dis tress of Mrs. Cornwell, mother of Jack Cornwell, V.C, of the Chester. He was making inquiries of the Mayor of East Ham, and was sure, if anything further was required. Chester was prepared to do its part (Cheers).

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Japanese hunk-notes will mean a run on

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COTTON MERCHANTS AND BROKENS.

Colombo. So that by the chain of adver. There is no doubt that the Chinese tising they abolished distance. They kept cotton yarn and cotton piece goods mer each other in touch with the very latest chants, as well as the brokers of the same thoughts in all the markets of the world. trades, are in a most awkward position, The real John the Baptist that preceded They must give up their busias entirely the League of Nations was the adverar become traitors to their own country. tiser who in trade and commerce bound They have decided to take the former them all together. I cannot help think course.

At the Magistracy, yesterday, before

PREPARING OPIUM.

AN AMMUNITION CASE.

At the Magistracy, yesterday, a Chinese possession of part of a revolver and some was charged with being in unlawful ammunition. issned to bim in Batavia to carry the Defendant said a permit had been revolver,

Mr. Lindsell imposed a fine of

$100.

SAIGON RICE, MARKET. The Compagne de Commerce et "de Navigation d'Extrême-Orient, in their report, dated Beigon, May 6th, state- market; buyers are still waiting for There is no change to report, in our

ing." he proeseded, "that if the Kaiser Several cotton yarn merchants have had been member of our society, and already ceased to trade with the Japan had learned the art of advertising, we ese would have had no war. (Laughter.) yarn has stopped.

The purchase of Sanping cotton The report that Colonel Les. Pld He advertised himself in a way that got Artillery.officer, and formerly Benator for his country hated. Instead of being able Exchange have also decided to sever their Chinese brokers on the Japanese Stock Tednessce, and several of the officers if to command the high esteem of the world connexion with the Japanese. They have his regiment attempted to kidnan the by the products of a great nation, Ger- taken down their brass sign. boards. better rates. Notwithstanding the absence Kaizer at Amerongen shortly before many became a by-word, and made in Christmas is confirmed. It is understood. Germany, with the ring of the Kaiser's the merchants are determined not to sell Although the price of cotton is falling, that the attempt occurred on December voice, resulted in his poor countrymen to the Japanese. This means serious losses, to give the Kaiser a free rid having to damp their goods and sell at but they are willing to shoulder the same in an anto and to present him any prios they could get. That was be Measures will, of course, be taken to re to President Wilson as a Christmas in cause they had the very worst advertise lieve them of such burdens concerning the allotment after May It is reported that Colonel Les told his in the Kaiser tist any country could friend that the party not close bh

The total amount of rice exported from to the Kaiser to hear his voice, but were note position I We had in our late King

January at up to April 30th, 1919, a The foiled by the sudden and unexpected Edward, and we have in our present King to put up an air of indifference. The We quote today- What Saigon rice,

Japanese on their part are trying 315.501 tons against 486,945 tons in 1918. and Queen, those who at all times help to movement is just beginning and it is not No. 9 ifted, Japan quality Hongkong. raise the reputation of their country, and exted that the Japanese will feel the $7.65 per picul, Laf their countrymen (Choers)

shipment

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have. Hear, hear.) What in our fortu

pinch right away."

APANEER HAY,"":

on account of the shortage in the arrivals of business, our prices are maintained of paddy from the interior, and this maggests that the crop le below the pros. pects. No decision has yet been taken