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TRADE OF PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

INTERESTING COMPARISON.

1920

BOLSHEVISM.

BRITAIN'S PART IN THE WAR

THE CASE PUT BY A BOLSHEVIK." EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION MEN,

What is Bolshevism1' The Bolabavists - Official figures, just published show

that

NOW IN THE PRESS.

DIRECTORY AND CHRONICLE

1920.

The commerce of the Philippine Islands and their friends in happier countries are the British Army played the second part THE is practically seven times as much as in never tired of telling the world that they in the fighting in France, the

times-ar mig in and sadly misunderstood and aruelly Army coming first, and the America defamed. We may all agree with them Army third Between August 4th., 1914, annexation to the United States twenty years ago, says the International Trade that it is of the Arst importance they and November 11th, 1918, (the Declars and Shaping Digest, and their trade with should be recognised for what they really tion of War and the Armistice) more than Mze. Tu purpose of this article is to set 8,000,000 men passed through the ranks the United States is thirty-five times as

The much as in the year preceding Annexation out their own account of themselves. In of the British Army, in France. A compilation by the National City Bank the spring of this year there was published United States sent close on 2,000,000 of of New York relating to the commerce of in Moscow, in rather odd French, a bulky her sons to fight in this theatre of war

When all is counted up the total nuur- thess islands shows that their total trade pamphlet with the name of one Nicolas Boukharine' on. the title page, entitled with the whole world averaged $35,000,000 is the Programme of the Communister of troops from Britain and her per year in the decade preceding their (Bolsheviks) It has the Bolshevik im- Dominions employed in the Great War annexation and was in 1918 $23-4,000,000 or approximately seven times as much as

na 8,65,487, divided thus:

British Isles prior to their annexation. Philippine

Canada exports which averaged about 32.50 per

Australia capits prior to angeration are now 15 per capita. America's record of trade with the islands shows an average in the years immediately preceding annexation of about $4,000,000 per annum and was in the calendar year 1918 $139,000,000, or about thirty-five times as much as the annual average prior to 1999, the year of annexation.

primatus, we need bardly say, for nothing can be printed in Russia without. Its purpose is, of course to present the Bal abovik case in the most favourable light to the world, and in particular to France: Thore can, therefore, be no evading the fact that its doctrines are not an inven tion of the enemy, bat the pure milk of the Bolshevik gospel.

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Let us glance first at its tone. Ferocity you will expect, and you have it, but a very curious phenomenon is the infusion The tremendous gain in the total trade into ferocity of a childishness, a bewilder- Nothing quite like of the Philippines and its trade with the ing inconsequation United States has occurred in both exports this furious fatuity is to be found in literature. But no criti

What is it

New Zealand South Africa

5,704,418

840,896

$10,800

990,090

138,070 .1,401,350

Uther Colonies. 134,837 FILLED AND WOUNDED.. The total casualties exceeded three mil- lions:-

Killed

851,117 Missing and Prisoners 142,057 Wounded

2,067,442

Of these Great Britain's total was

and imports. Their exports prior to the revolutionription can do justice to 1682,063 killed, 140,319 missing and prison- |

annexation, which occurred twenty years ciem or ago (April 11th, 1899), averaged about and we prefer to quote. 890,000,000 per annum ая

geoisie does the name with the working

During the victorious offensive against the German Army between July 18th, and November 11tb., 1918, the captures of the Allied Armies were

Prisonera Gups. 9,540 Great Britain. 900,000 Franco

135,720 1,880 America

43,300 1,421 Belgium. 14,800-474 Over and above the fighting on the

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The Information in these Descriptions, consisting of a hundred interesting articles, packed with facts concisely set out, and containing statistics of the TRADE of each

against Bourbarine inquires," which rouses ers, and 1,64-4,786 wounded $150,000,000 in 1918 and the importa about andords, generals and bishops, courte the most violent hatred of capitalista and $10,000,000 per annum as against practi-

sans of the great world, and chief con- enlly $100,000,000 in 1918.

The growth in the exports of the Philip stables 1. It is Bolshevism. As quaint & pines han occurred almost exclusively in collection of enemies, surely, as ever a many controversialist put together.. Here is M. In natural products, "though instances the products undergo a partial Boukhazine argumentative: "We know transformation before leaving the islands that cattle can be raised specially for Buck animals are fed arti- and in a few cases are completely manu-

because from day to day they aru factured before exportation, Manila hemp, coconut oil, sopra, sugar, tobacco given a special fattening food. The bour-Western front 30,000 British troops help and cigars are the principal articles form a It is true that it gives a very smallee the Italian Army in the far des ing the rapidly growing export trade, Allowance of real food, on which it would of Austria, capturing 30,000 prisoners, Country and Port, would alone suffice to fill which has grown from 315,000,000 in 1899 be difficult to grow fat."

a large volume. The notion of and in Palestine and Mesopotamia about to $138,000,000 in 1918,

400,000 British troops fought throughout Manufactures of all sorts make up the obesity as a privilege not gracted to the 1918, where they achieved the complete total of imports which has grown from working classes is certainly quite new defeat of the Turkish Army and took 885,000,000 in 1900 to 856,000,000 in 1913, And here is the Bolshevik upon religion:

85,000 prisoners. Faith in God is faith in a state of the year before the war, and practically slavery existing, according to its own

AMERICAS OFTENSIVE SPIRIT." In his final report on the work of the account, not only in the world, but in the whole universe. It is clear that in fact American Expeditionary Force General nothing of the sort exists but we can Pershing says that on July 8th., 1917, be understand what an obstacle such stories called to the War Department, Washing Sapporo that we believed in the prophet sending over of at least 1,000,000 men by are to the development of humanity.ton, that plans should contemplate the Elijah We should never have built a the following May."

Those who do not believe

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The share which the United States has had in the growth of the exports have increased 150 per cent as shown by the fact that our imports in Manila hemp from the Philippines have grown from less than $10,000,000 value in the fiscal year 1914, all of which preceded the war, to over $30,000,000 in 1918; sugar from in God examine what happens, how and

Reviewing the situation when America 82,554,000 to 87,912,000 in 1818 cigars why they see that the war has been entered the war, General Pershing says: from a little over $1,000,000 in 1914 to more launched by kings and president, by the

1t cannot be said that German hopes than 84,000,000 in 1918; copra the dried richer bourgeoisie and the landlords of final victory were extravagant, either "meat" of the coconut, from $1,500,000 in Religion, to be sure, bas had some strange history. America's action in entering ALPHABETICAL LIST of RESIDENTS

aa viewed at that time or in the light of 1914 to 81,950,000 in 1915, and coconut antagonists before, but M. Boukharine the war gave the Allies much hope, but in the Far East contains the names of over oil from $1,768,000 in 1914 to 816,229,000 stands by himself.

It may be hard to in 1818.

disappointment at the delay of the Ame The amount of American capital investe parody. But no enemy has done this. We French and British authorities suggested

believe that such weird rhetoria is not a

yerican effort soon began to develop, ed in the Philippine Islands is variously have given it word for word and letter for the more rapid entry of our troops into estimated at from $100,000,000.

$75,000,000 to letter, and, crazy as it is, we can make the line, and urged the amalgamation of suged, with the Initials as well as the

pale and ineffectual impression of the onth that these small doses give but our troops with their own. My conclu-urnames, in strictly Aphabetical Order,

that any no can be found instantly. whole pamphlet..

COLONEL JACOB'S MISSION

FOUNDATION OF THE PAITE,

sion was that, although the moral of the German people and di their armies was better than it had been for two years, only an untoward combination of circum stances could give the enemy a decisive victory before American help could be made affective.

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CHRONICLE" covers the notable

Generals Foch and Pétain conceded the principle of employing the American Army as a unit; and General. Prevente together with the Texts of all the speaking of the employment of his fight ing force in an incredibly short space of time, says: Our troops were imbued with an offensive spirit essential to sucÇESK,”

most important. Treaties concluded with the countries of Eastern Asia, the "varickm Customs Tarifs, Trade Regulations, Cham- bera of Commerce, Scales of Commissions, Consular and Court Fees, Hongkong Stamp, Duties, Postal Guide, Signal Codes, Chinesa Festivals, Tables of Money, Weights and Measured and other Commercial Informe tion.

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Chinwangtao.

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Antung.

Manchurian

Trade O'tree.

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Boochow Canton Chinking. Whompos.

Nanking. Wuhu.

Kowloon.

Lappa

Kowkiang

Shamruí,

Hankow Tochow.

Konkmoon

Nanning Wachawfu

Shans,

Ichang K'Chatan. Chungking. Pakhoi. Hangehow. Hoihow. "Ningpo Lungchow. Wanchow. Mengtae. Santu.

Let us come, if we can find it, to some ITS CAPTURE AND RELEASE thing like argument. The foundation of Bolshevism according to this authorised The following account of Lieut. Col. gospel, is Karl Marx, who has Jacob's abortive mission to the Imam of been translated indeed.

Bolshevi Yemen is published:

we are told, is nothing but the revola In August, 1919, on instructions received tionary doctrine of Karl Marx on the frem. His Majesty's Government, Lient inevitable necessity of the dictatorship of Col. H. F. Jacob, lately First Assistant the proletariat and the absolute domina Resident at Aden, accompanied by four tion of the working-class over the bour other British officers and a small escort geoisie," The contribution of the Bol of Aden troops, left Hodeida (a Yemensheviks is the form which this dictator port on the Red Sea) on a misison to the ship must take. Their revolution has -imam, at his headquarters at Sanna in revealed to the world that the power of order to prepare the way for an under devicts (committees) of working men is standing as to his future relations with alone capable of bringing humanity out

THE MIDDLE CLASE D His Majesty's Government. The Imam of its existing impasse.. The power of the

But it may be said that, after all, the had agreed to receive the mission and to Soviets is an invention which has become Bolshevik claim send down an

supremacy for the receive it and accompany it on its journey

scopy on its prey Russia, working class is essentially democratic. have already put it into practice. In every country the "non-workers," to upcountry.

Its triumph in the whole world is an cer.. Owing to opposition by the Quhratain as the of the accursed system of adopt the Bolshevik phrase, are numeri Sheikhs and tribesmen who inhabit the capitalism. That was written in Aprifcally insignificant, a mere handful of the community. But this is not the least what country round about Hodeida and are and perhaps the triumph even from the the Bolshevik means. The accursed opposed to the domination of the Imam longitude of Moscow does not look so middle class, in his eyes, is a vast

It is published at the " Offica of over them the escort sent down by the certain as it did.

"HONGKONG DAILY. PER." imam was unable to reach Hodeida in Now, what exactly docs Bolshevism mean and the poor peasants in the phrase portion of the population. The workers

The Directories and Descriptions are of: time to receive Lieut-Col, Jacob and his by the Soviet system In the first place he loves (note the limitation to the poor). party. The escort, nevertheless, set off on (and the meaning of Bolshevisms is in are only a section, a section into which,

CHINA, the undertaking of a party of the Quhra general negative rather than positive, for example, a very large number of Peking. tribesmen to escort it as far as Baji, & hostility to something else rather than British trades unionists would not be Tientsin village about 25 miles north east of constructive) it means antagonism to admitted. For the qualification required Paitsiho. Hodeida, as the escort sent by the Parliamentary government. "What," our of a member of the working-classes in the Iman had arrived at Bajil. However, the Bolshevik asks, is the fundamental Bolshevik system is not that a man should Qahra tribesmen surrounded the mission difference between Parliamentary Rework, not even that be should work with and stripped the party of ite arms and public and a Fovietist Republis?" It con his hands He may do all that, and yet property and refused to allow them either fists in this, that in a Sovietist Republic be one of the accursed middle class who to proceed onwards to Banna on to retire the non-working classes are deprived of are entitled neither to Life nor liberty, to the coast. The escort sent by the Imam the vote, and have no part in the direction nor any sort of happiness. The Bolshevik Newekwang. sere also made prisoners.

of affaira

The Soviets govern the coun-recognises quite frankly that the rich are Dairen. Meanwhile, the hostile tribesmen made try. These Soviets are elected by the but few, and it is not the rich that he Port Arthur. three unsuccessful attacks on the small workers in the particular spot where they hates, not the men of great possessions, Chefoo British garrison at Hodeida. The only work," in the mills, factories, workshops, but the man of small, because in the man Weihaiwei. explanation of this hostile notion of the mines, market towas, villages. The with something to lose, with a house of Tainakfu. Quhra tribesmen is their avowed hostility middle-class, the ex-landlords, bankers, his own, or a bit of land, or some trifle Marden. towards the Imam and to his control over speculators, business men, shopkeepers, of capital laid by, he discovers the most Shanghai. them and their fear that the mission was moneylanders, the. " intellectuals who determined enemy of bis communism. He Harbin. proposing negotiations with the Imam supported Kornilow the priests, the tells us that the foundation of the old Swatow. which would advance his cause to their bishops-in a word all the black army has society is detriment.

Lungchingchun The country round abou, no voice, docs",

the man who has some And yet there are little 'substance of his own." To take awing to famine conditions, but although people who tell us that the Bolsheviks are away their strength from the rich in Tokyo. they were re-assured as to the intentions champions of democracy! They have violently depriving them of their riches, Yokohama. of His Majesty a Government with regard themselves no illusions about that. They that is the chief task of the workman's | Hyegn."- to them and quantities of food stuffs were speak with frank

of what used sert to Hadoido for distribution among us called democratic

Everybody who owns anything. Shimonoseki. the tribesmen the Qubra Sheikhs con upon the fact that what they want is not Capitalism and the great capitalist are tinued to detain the mission.

government of the people by the

people,

the offspring of the struggle between small Eventually, after protracted negotia but government of the whole people by a businesses. If we were to divide property tions with the Sheikh and an aeroplane section of the people, and a government and produce small owners we should demonstration over Bajil the mission was more absolute than any of the old come back after a little while to the order Seoul. released on the 12th December.

Empires

**The working-class revolu- which we have just destroyed Divi Shamulpe. tion," we are told, cannot grant freedom sion into small private properties is not Kunsan of speech, freedom of the Press. This is the workman's ideal. What about the its ruthless decision-no indulgence to workman who already owns something? TROTSKY'S MOTHER ARBESTED AT the middle-class, and complete liberty and In the first place, he does not exist; in the Hanoi.

BATOUM

the power of acting on that liberty for the second place, he is a rascal. In spite of Haiphong. working-classes and the poor peasants)

all that Bolshevism can say or do, the Tonkin the first pages of the pamphet) workman and the peasant, insist upon Frorices. M.K.K, Tatishcheff, liaison officer in It was the volunteer army, has brought to interfere with the right to strike some property of their own. And the Manila.

horrible outrage that any one should believing that they will be better off with Novorossisk from Batoum the mother of But that the intellectuals" should strike, conclusion of the whole matter is a very Trotsky-Bronstein. On her arrest quantity of corespondence with Trotsky should decline to work for the Bolsheviks to be many thorns on the path,

that the men of science, the engineers, nervous piece of rhetoric. There are going Sarawak. and other responsible Bolshevik workers ales and equally an outrage. As for Bolshevik will

British North Borneo, to suffer and go was discovered

She declared, states the Russian Libera that out of his rhetoric than Mr. Dick in his own, ranks who only want to sell religion, the Bolshevik can no more keep through fire, bo has miany bad elements tion Committee, that she was a convinced Bolshevik, and had been sent, by her son could do without King Charles's head. themselves to the first comer and fish in Perak Selangor, Pahang, to Transcaucasia with a special mission, Religion is the old virus with which the troubled water. There must be "no Negri Sembilan Fahore.

people

Trengganu, Perlisoi used to be, and still is being senile groans, no bysterical cries, the Kalantan. The documents and photographs con poisoned" Reverence for the souls of unhappy workman and poor peasant Singapore, Penang, Malacca, Prov. Wellesley. fiscated at her arrest were brought along dead rich men that is the basis of must believe that he cannot go back, and with her It appears that before leaving Moscow the weman occupied a responsible religion. And so forth in the same therefore go on. Bach is Bolshevism as it looks to its own advocaten ---Daily Tele- post in a special section of the Council

(Continued at fan of next column, graph.

Hodeida was also in a very disturbed state political rights 40t enjoy fundamental "petreft capitalist, but the

of People's Commissaries.

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They insist riche Bolsheviks. But who are "the Eobe.

have

the

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Tongyuch

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