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OLD "BATAVIA. HIGH LIFE IN THE EARLY DAYS.
Slugters Monthly, has BA article giving a glimpse of high life in Batavia : in the latter half of the 18th century:-
The display of luxury amongst the servants of the Edele" (woble) Com pany had reached its slimax in 1757, and such was its lavishness that Gover nor-General Mossel was obliged to issue proclamation to check it. This pro- clamation went the same way as so many others. At first they were heeded, as close watch was kept to see that this was so, but gradually they were disobeyed until the old order of things prevailed again.
GERMANY'S TREATY WITH GHINA.
ון
EVADING VERSAILLES PACT.
PARIS, June 24th.
The Allied Reparation Commission has taken prompt action on the privato arrangement come to between Germany and China in regard to the repudiation of former Gorman property in that coun try, the existence of which was disclosed
in the Press
WORLD THEATRE
FRANKLYN FARNUM
and
MARY ANDERSON
in
"VANISHING
TRAILS"
a Super-Serial in 1 Episodes.
Under Article of Versailles the Re- 260 of the Trently
Commission 13 paration
empowered. within a year after the Treaty comes into force, to call upon Germany to buy possessed by up all rights and interests pos it in all public service enterprises, and. in all conccasions in Russin China: SHACKLES and STRAIGHT JACKETS MEAN NOTHING WHEN Bulgaria, and Turkey or their dependen
THERE'S "HONOUR, LOVE and THE GIRL at STAKE. cies and transfer them to the Reparation Commission, together with any interests the German State may itself possess in
SEE THE MOST MYSTIFYING, SOUL STIRRING SERIAL over CONCEIVE such countries; it being left to Germany
indemnify her subjects for any loss that they may suffer from such transfer. The object of this Article, of course, was to make a clean sweep of German in- terests in regard to railway and other concessions in the countries named.
MORE GERMAN BLIMNEES.
Vanity reigned suprema and class difference threatened to become extinct as far as outward appearances went. Everybody was clothed in silk and satin, rode in gilt carriages drawn by magal ficent horses or walked abroad followed by a retinue of male and female slaves as though they were Sultans. The rich free-burgber was on the same plane as the Governor and the wife of a simple merchant on that of the latter exalted official's wife. Signs of rank and stand ing, sc very necessary to maintain one's prestige in the eyes of the dative po pulation and their princes, were entirely The Beparation Commission recently overlooked in the craze for empty pomp called on "Germany to comply with this Treaty, where- and outward show, the intrinsic value of part of the Versailles. which usually amounted to very little.pon it was found that the Berlin Gov- Luxury past all belief was demanded. ernment bad found yet another way of We read that a person of some atanding. escaping the fulfilment of its obligations although by no means a high servant of by taking advantage of the argument the Company, possessed a ne house that so far as Article 260 applies to China, the whole situation has been modi along the principal canal in old Batavia with extensive grounds, country seats, fed by renset of the fact, that China refused, to sign the Treaty, Under the separate treaty of peace signed between Peking and Germany, on May Bist an come to under arrangeulent has been which the German Government has under- In the stables were to be found horses taken to pay to China fifty per cent. of of the finest breeding, in the coach-
the value of German property situated bouses "berlines," "charettes," phacin China and so far not liquidated. In tons, etc., together with gilt state-coaches consideration of this payment the pro- to be used as fancy decreed. The in-perty that has not yet been disposed of ternal installation of the houses was in 1y to
to be handed back to its original accordance with the external lavishness. owners. The amount involved is enor Valuable furniture and China filled the mous, as it is estimated that barely one- hall apartments and the remainder of eleventh of the Gennan property in the fittings to keep pace with these, had China has so far been disposed of by the
and this to be of gold or silver. "An exaggerated Peking Government; extravagance and what was exaggerated eleventh represents a value of 1,200,000 Under the arrangement come to in those days-was the decoration of taels." spittoons, sirih-boxes, etc., etc. The between, Germany and China the pay chewing of sirih had grown into a wide-weat to be made by the German Govern- spread habit amongst Europeans, both ment will take the form of four million cush, while the men and women, from the highest to the silver dollars spot lowest. Mixed with betel-nut, carda-balance will be paid in the form of bonds
issued by Chinese railways. mom, tobacco and lime, the sirih was considered a mouth and stomach purifier and consequently was used at all hours of the day.
etc.
The domestic staff amounted to two hundred slaves, European coachmen, and watchmen and cooks.
1.
JEWELS. *
ODC-
The Reparation. Commission insists that this private arrangement between the Peking Government and Germaný cannot in any way invalidate the right of the Allies under the Treaty of Ver sailles, and a commission of bankers is which German property in China may as to the method by new deliberating as be transferred to the Ailles. In the ro sult it is possible that the Allies will not insist en property which is without political or commercial value being hand- ed over to them, but the Reparation Com mission, I understand, is fully resolved that all other German rights or interests in China shall be handed over.
These sirih-boxes were perfect speci- wens of the jeweller's art often being set with diamonds and other precious atones. They were, as far as decoration was concerned, by no means inferior to the snuff boxes scent bottles, etc., which were, in vogue in Europe at that time. But the use of a dainty trinket apo within the reach of everybody as only the wives of the Upper Governor, the Director-General of the High Court of Justice were allowed to have gold or
ALMOST A CASUS BELLI. silver boxes studded with precious stones of a value-nots this well-of Commenting on the documents that more than three thousand Rijksdaal have just been published by the German ders" (dollars) carried behind them. Government in regard to its settlement These were indiced hard times for the with Ching the Tempe characterises, the little ladies of that period of pomp and disclosures made therein as veritable ro- The Chinese Government, it splendour. On visiting days, these lalies velations. made their appearance dressed in their appears, first requested Germany to re- best and wearing jewels the magnifcognise the Versailles Treaty in its ende and abundance of which quite entirety in order to retain the rights it dazzled the cye. They wore attended by the rest of the Allies did. In his reply would have acquired had it signed when numerous slaves all of whom were decked to this demand the German plenipo- out in the same manner, as the ladies thought that their own richness, etc., tentiary wros insisting that the "Ger- man Government could not now repeat would be shown by the appearance of the slaves. For this reason all the Jewels for which there was no room on their own persons went to make more dazzling the appearance of the retinue!
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general recognition of the Versailles Treaty, for auch a step would be pre- judicial to the ulterior revision of the Treaty."!
As this document and the Treaty itself form part of the records which the Reichstag is now asked to ratify, "it 8878 the Temp maner, that in the most
appears
authentic and most
Various Episodes of the above Super-Serial will be screened at EVERY THURSDAY'S HATINEE at 5.15 p.m
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On Saturday next, the 20th Inst. "LOYALTY," the powerful Mele- Drama, will be screened at 5.15 p.m.
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Spittoons were equally indispensable in the bromes of the Company's servants. The chewing of sirih caused continual spitting so that near every chair, and in other parts of the house as well, a spit the German Government does not regard toon was to be found. The larger ones itself as bound by the Treaty of Ver which stood on the four were usually sailles. It considors itself us merely made of plain copper, but the smaller under a constraint, which it accepts for ones which stood on the tables were of the time being but which it reserves the gold and silver, richly decorated with right to bring to a end by bringing Oriental designs. The barbarian habit about a modification of the Treaty of chewing sirih was general amongst Meanwhile Germany is carefully avoid- the Europeans long before Raffles and ing everything that will prevent her from his charming consort, Olivia Marianna, invoking later on the vitiated nature of saw their efforts to raise the social life her consent and the nullity of her signa- of the Batavia beau-monde to a 'higher ture, In law this policy by Germany is
with level crowned
In fact it constitutes, a in 1811, inadmissible. Success Spittoons, strib-boxes and last but not danger of permanent war." least, "Kabajas " were expelled from
Germany, the Temps insist, did not banqueting halls and bali-rooms. aign the Treaty of Versailles under pres- agre of an ambush. She signed because her leaders fully recognised that she had lost the war. The resurrection of Ger- many, the Tempe assorts, wil be
paly possible if she keeps her
engagements and respects European order. If she rebel agains the pence of Versailles she may expect a faster and greater fall still, for we will not allow the danger to occur again. The Note the German Govern- ment has laid before the Reichstag calls for public explanation and we await it.**
JAPANESE IDEAL WOMAN.
Autolycus" writes in the Japan Advertiser:
For a long time I have been reading over fumous piecca of Japanese literature trying.
to find an instance of & Japanese man giving his life for his wife. I have not met a trace of such an incident yet, but curiosity made me ask an old friend, Japanese scholar of the old school, just what the Japanese men would do if they were caught on a sicking ship with
their own wives and daughters. There is such an incident recorded
in the Chronicles," he said.. Prince
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anger of the Sea God. Tachibana Hime, piece of glass. The segments are totally the wife of Princo Yamato Takeru, was invisible and the lens has a beautiful distressed to see her husband's confusion, appearance. Kryptok lenses of any pres and she threw herself into the raging sca,
trying My Lord, I give myself as a cription in either regular or Toric form sacrifice to palliata the angry Sea God- are manufactured by the Hongkong Not one, not even her husband tried to Optical Co., successors to Clark & Co., save her, and the waves grew. calm. ship proceeded to its harbour and the Manufacturing and Retracting Opticians, Frince disembarked without having come the most competent optical manufactur
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ner. I have been wondering ever since i Fitting glasses and testing the esht is I-ghall-and the incident I soek."
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