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ABLES.

EARLIER CABLES, (THROUGH ZEUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE

DEBTS AND PARATIONS QUESTION": PAIN'S STUPENDOES

ANNOUNCEMENT.

PREPARED FOR RENUNCIATION,

LONDON. August 1st. British Government has prepared with regard to reparations and Governinental indebtedness, which ag circulated to the Allied Govern-

understood that the Note indicates he British Government doubts whe in view of the attitude of the United 4, with regard to the payment of

to America. Britain will be able

SPTY CRED

the suggestion that she id take the lead ha comprehensive mner of inter-Governmental in dness by remitting the European

s to Britain.

TAIN'S BURDEN OF TAXATION

LONDON, August 1st. Pitain has addressed a Note to France. 5. Stavia, Greece, Rumania and Jugal explaining that, following the Red States demand for repayment of British debt to' America, amounting

50,000,000, Britain is compelled to; ige repayment of the Allies" debts to tain. amounting to £1.008,000,000.

he Note emphasises the great reluct

of the

British Government in doning the idea of relinquishing all debts and reparations, "but ex- ins that "Britain cannot pay America ile forgiving the Allies their debts, hatt"} Allies will only be asked to repay. ficient sums to enable Britnin to repay perien

THE HONGKONG- DAILY PRESS,

LATEST CABLES.

GERMANY'S DEBTS. FRANCE READY TO ACT AGAINST GERMANY.

THE" EGYPT" INQUIRY. EVIDENCE REGARDING CREW'S

DISCIPLINE

LONDON, August 1st.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 3RD, 1922

WHAT I HAVE LEARNED

ABOUT SHIPPING. BY CAPT. ROBERT - DOLLAR. [YEON "THE NATION'S BUSINKES,'

WASHINGTON, DC.]

On the resumption of the Board of liner Eqpt, Sir Frank Notley, Marine Trade inquiry into the loss of the P.&O. Superintendent of the Company, said proposed in Washington.

A subsity for Americas ships has been there was no augniage text for officers, country, as well as the shipowners of The whole but they were encouraged to make them-America, are very deeply interested in the question. Our ships are laid ap in large instead of earning money.

foreign trade ispital. I think "those Finally the captain made a clean breast interested should be mentioned in this of it and was released.. Stanley asked order: first, the farmer; second, the the commandant of the Navy Yard if he manufacturer: third, the merchant who could take a souvenir of the ship, and the has branches or representatives in foreign commandant asked wlad he wanted. M countries; fourth, the banker who finances son answered that he would like to bare and furnishes exchange; fifth, the ship the ship's anchors and chaina The Com owners who furnish bottoms for the car mander protested seriously that be could ringe of ocean trade

not allow those to be carried off but wLE" sugar bowl which had his mother's name kind enough to let Stanley have a silver on it.

Paxis, August ind. The text of Premier Pioneare's reply to Germany shows that France requires an assurance that £2,000,000 will be paid by August 13th.. Coercive measures threatened in the absence of an assuranes by August 5th. The Note adds that a | very complete plan, if such measures are "greed that it was essential that officers nombers in various barboure, costing money and one no. other way, Here is the way insured "against loss from war risk fur

decided on," has been prepared, but will

not be disclosed at present.

BABLIER CABLES...

A PROTEST AGAINST FRENCH ATTITUDE:

selves familiar with Hindustani. Не

Not finding a cargo ready to unload where Ships are the best missionaries of trade. the bas discharged her freight, the ship looks around to find one. She will oren go to the length of buying one if abe can

it works..

We will say that one of our ships can buy hemp in Mauila at a certain price. We, at the home office, know the price at which hemp can be sold in the United States. If that which she can buy can be sold at an advantage great enough to give us profit rates, it is wise for us to buy it.

That ended for the time being our cos nection with this fine vessel. We had ber

paid. The Japanese used the steamer for $180,000, which the insurance companies a troopship during the war, after which she was put up at public auction. I bil her for $55,000.

soon after it started-before the battle off Our company ran into the World War

The British acknowledgment of Ger- one or two officers had been discharged we can take care of ourselres. But we do possibly only enough for reasonable freight the Falkland Islands. Some weeks before

ask for an even break-government interfer ance und foolish laws have so far prevented that.

should be able to speak the language of the Lascars. Replying to the Solicitor General, Sir Frank Notley did not think many years and I feel that Fought to know I have been operating ships for a good the Company would be better off if it something about the subject. I have had a regular language test for officers. always felt that a shipowner who must have Ho agreed that Lascara in energency" pap" from the government does not required good leading and that the safety deserve to be in the business. We do not of the ship very greatly depended on the need any advantage over the other fellow BERLIN, August 1st. Lascars being well led. He believed that many's request for a reduction of private since the sinking of the Egypt. The dis debts payments is much milder than the cipline as described was bad, but it was states that it will discuss the question was of opinion that owing to the sudden. French Note, mentioned yesterday. It difficult to believe all the evidence. He with the Allies as soon as possible withness of the collision and the enormous a view to delivering a joint reply. list, the discipline of the majority of the Meanwhile, Germany, replying to the crew broke down. The Company had ant French Note, asserts the impossibility of held an inquiry in connection with the continuing the monthly payments of lifts ense: it had never had such a ens before. million gold marks on the aforementioned account simultanemisly with the, repara-

Replying to Mr. Bricknill, who appear. ed for the Indian Office.on behalf of the French threats and says Germany will Notley said the Latscars performed in- tion payments. She protests against the Indian members of the crew, Sir Frank make every effort to fulff the obligations, valuable service during the war, and be economic health, which can als behaved well during submarine attacks. He hut this presupposes a restoration of her ed through the speedy co-operation of altas of opinion that the P&O). Com pany's disciplion would stand compari son with any service in the world. AWFUL RAILWAY DISASTER. FORTY KILLED IN COLLISION.

the Powers,

LATEST CABLES,

SIR KEITH SMITHS PROPOS- ED WORLD FLIGHT,

PREPARING THE ROUTE",

YANCOUVER, "August" ist.

Pants, August 1st.

It is reported that 40 were killed and 50 injured in a collisions at Ville Contal between two pilgrim trains from Moulins

OVER-GROWDED TRAIN CAUSES

It is stated that Sir Keith Smith is ex-to Lourdes... pectel to arrive in September, when he for his fight rod, the world, crossing will be, engaged in preparing the route the Pacifle by the Kurile and. Aleutian Istands

BLITAIN'S PROPOSED AIR FORCE.

TO CONSIST OF OVER FOUR HUNDRED MACHINES,

Lossos, August Tat.

It is reported that the proposed defence The British Nute admits that the 'nited Air Force will consist of twenty squa: drons with a full quota of reserves, mak- ates is in exercising its undoubteding four to five hundred machines. ghts in pressing for repayment of the oglo-American debt, but it contiude at it cannot be right that one partner

a common enterprise should rev

ITALIAN MINISTRY FORMED, PUBLIC SERVICES MAINTAINED,

...

HOME, August 1st,

RUNAWAY,

LATER Graphic details to hand of the accident at Ville Contal, mentioned in an earlier cable message, show that the trains were crowded with pilgrims, many of whom were blind and crippled.

The driver of the first engine, which was crawliez up an incline, discovered that the trays was over load. The driving- wheels refused to grip the fog-damped rails, and the train slipped back with in- creasing momentum. The driver of the second train saw the runaway approach- ing and applied his brakes. but was, on- able to avoid the erash...

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We buy the hemp; the ship brings it; this engagement the Robert Dollar left au we sell it. Thus we get, at least, freight Atlantic port with a hill cargo of stean

how the vessel has acted as a trade should call at Fernambuco for orders. The charges for its handling and carriage, and coal ostensibly destined for Manila or a now trade has been established. Sea Batavia. Her charter provided that she moment I read the charter I thought there missionary? me first to take an interest in shipping China, could sell pig iron to the United at sea by that time and nothing could be

You might be surprised to learn that was something wrong, but the steamer wh States just the same our ships have built done. up a nice little trade of this sort. We were Luckily, Captain Morton, her commander, stimulated by the fact that the ships lacked was a staunch Britisher and was also sug cargoes to bring home after they had dispicious. Instead of going into Pataam charged those which they had earried buco bo lay off the port. A sinal bout westward. They are now bringing on each carrying three Germans came out to the homeward voyage enough to make that ship. They ordered him to Montevideo, voyage profitable. It must be clear that off which the Germanz fleet was lying not only our company but the whole com. Captain Morton flatly refused to obey the merce. of the country benefits,

alleged orders, whereupon the Germans Wo sent cargoes to

the Philip offered him $5,000 in gold if he would steer pines some years ago and, in order to make the vessel south. the voyages profitable, brought copra back with us. Before that no trade with the Philippines in copra existed. Now it is a very satisfactory affair, amounting to 20,000 to 80,000 tons a year.

good many years. The dificulty of get As I said I have been in the business

ting vessels to carry the lumber I was manufacturing in northern California caused

Rates were high and bottoms hard to get. So we bought the Newsboy of about 500 tons, and she paid for herself in less than a year. We then bought several more vessels. That was in 1893,

It is about twenty years since we sent our first steamer to China. It was the MS Doller and the result of that voyage was a loss. This convinced me that if we were to make a success of this trade we would have to have an organization on the ground. So I mule a trip and carefully looked over the fold and, as a result, opened an office in one small room on the Szechuon Road, Shanghai,

This was certainly starting on a very small scale, but this is my ideal start on a small scale and work up from a sure foundation: We were forced to more several times to get larger quartars, and we now have our own office building, one of the handsomest in the wonderful city of Shanghai, At present we, have eleven offices in the Far East, and each of them to have plenty to do. The same progress has been made in America. Twenty years ago we only had San Francisco office; ow until it includes thurken good cargo we have five others. Our fleet has grown steamers and ten sailing vessels.

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For all this I have absolutely no reason'

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That was a little too much for the cap-. tain, and the rosult was that three badly mussed up Germans went down the ship's side faster than they had come up, and the Robert Doller steamed off for the China On a trip to Japan I become convinced for. So the German Blect went hungry that there were possibilities of trade between for that coal and soon after was at the bet Hakodate, Otarn, and Murorun. We teeded ton of the sea. This incident was inter return cargoes for our ships. Being the subject for story by Peter B. Kyne pleased with the quality of Japanese cak, in the Saturday Evening Post, entitled I bought six oak railroad ties and took them Ireland Uber Alles." You might have to San Francisco. This was the first cak read it at the time. ever taken from Japan to the Unfed States. We tried those pieces out by making them that I bad to take hold of god mnoge There was another war problem later"

factory. into furniture which proved to be satis myself. In May, 1917, I was in Shanghai. We then made contracts to One ne morning I received a cable from deliver large quantities of ties to the the British Commodore at Hongkong say Southern Pacific Railroad Company, which ing that he had commandeeres all our was about to start extensive building in steamers and saking when and where we Mexico. We bought the standing timber would deliver there. Wien and where we pat, in men to cut it and had it stacked under the British dag, since the Sea and ready for the time when other cargoes men's Law had-made it impossible for would be lacking. There were plenty of me to operate them under American such occasions. Besides the ties, much of registry. After wising the Commodore I this oak was later made into furniture in went aboard the Bassic Dollar, which was this country.

ready to sall, and wont to Hongkong, where To show the freaks of commerce that I immediately called on the Commodore. year the steamer Hazel Dellar took a cargo He was very nice about it all. In answer of Oregon ar ties from Paget Sound to to a question he told me that he wanted our Japanese oak ties for Mexico!

to Vancouver for transportation to: France. Would it be satisfactory," I asked, "to

There are plenty of freaks in folaign were in a port m China where we had been trade, Tecall that some years ago we shipping back Chinese raw cotton. It was almost unbelievable. Insked our manager

the space in the ships not otherwise allow me to do the work for you and use

needed?

PRESIDENT HARDING'S

POSALS PARTLY ACCEPTED.

WASHINGTON, August ist. The Railway Executives rejected Prest Il be leat, and another, while recovering vices were maintained "regularly every ing shopmen, be reinstated without for. This naturally left a by-product of small Tientsie, China, Retarning she loaded vessels to carry coolies from North Chiza

The day passed quietly and public ser- dent Harding's proposal that the strik othing, be required to repay all she hor-where. The railwaymen remained a feiting seniority and other rights, but bwed, which procedure cannot be accept strikers.

work, soldiers and Fascisti replacing the conditionally accepted his other two pro- by the British people, who are suffur-

sween Comsturises and Fasciste at Genes, operators and workmen agree to recognise The only alisturbances were a light L-peals for settling the strike. First, that ag an unparalleled burden of taxation. where two communists were, hurt, and the validity of all decisions by the Rail amense diminution in national wealth collision at Leghorn, where a number of nd serious, unemployment. The Note persons or injured. "The strike is a

complete failure in many towns. points out that a large part of the British debt to Amerion was incurred on behali of France, Italy and Belgium and that Britain's debt to America was only abent a quarter of the total war debts due to Britain from the Allies, from, Russia and

from Geranny, amely £3,100,000.0cm. It says that in no circumstances do we propose to ask more from our debtors than is necessary to pay our creditors.

THE ECONOMIC INJURY TO THE WORLD.

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FASCISTI AND SOCIALISTS EXCLUDED.

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"No, sir," he said, "we are getting the trade both ways, and I think we should But I was a little inquisitive, so I went keep quiet about it." to the man shipping the Chinese cotton and and this is what he said: asked him to explain the matter to me

He said such an arrangement would be. looked the very important matter of com entirely satisfactory but that I. bad over pensation. I then dictated a letter to him that I would leave the compensation stating what I had agreed to do and stating entirely to the Admiralty in London. Ho

as a very much surprised man.

for self-glorification but have to thank good Providence that has permitted snch success.

The necessity for return cargoes made as open our offices in the Far East. We filled the ships with our lumber on this side, but we had to work it so they made a profit both ways. We ran into some queer things in this China trade. When we first began to ship, the Chinese demand was only for the largest timbers boards, but the trade would not buy them. We knew that they took the big, timbers hand, yet at first they would not buy and saved them painfully into boarda by the boards ready-made. riers to withdraw all lawsuits, and the known that you have to give your customer if he bad investigated this. road Labour Board, Secondly, the ear Now every muccessful foreign trader Board's decisions are to be taken to the what he wants, but there is something to Boards by either party for re-bearing,

be added to that-if you can gradually CYCLONE DERAILS TRAIN. taking something better, he will agree to the show your customer, the advantages of change. That is what we did with our ling of the small boards, and this gradually Chinese customers. We shipped a sprink created a very good market for them.

Here is some American cotton. It has appreciation of foreign trade, but there This over Lore is Chinese cotton which is Our country is coming to a better long fibers and is very fine and straight is still need for education along this line. very short grained and criakly. By some said that in justice in me te hail cabled The following day be sent for me. He This trade is not merely important to lo-cas-pocas that I cannot explain to you, my entire letter and that he had the reply residents of seacoast cities and seafar-I ship this Chinese cotton on your sips from London. This reply was entirely ing folks. Indeed, the man whose in. and when it gets into the New England satisfactory; in fact the price they set wus terest is in ships should be placed laat factories it is converted into wool to make considerably more thad I would have upon the list of those whose interest in all-wool clothing,”

asked The business, along with the There are dangers and adventures about freight that we carried, turned out to be (Continued on nezi column-) this business, too. During the Russo all that we could have desired but nothing Japanese War in 1904 we chartered the could have been more dismal than the loss steamer MS. Dollar to carry a cargo to of all our ships, with the resultant p Vladivostok for the Russian Government of our Far Eastern business. Finding the La Perrouse straits blocked with ice, there was nothing left for her to do but to try to make it through the Straits of Trugaru, She lay far enough out so that her smoke could not be seen,

BANGOON, August lat. A portion of a local train carrying 150 passengers was blown off the line by a cyclone between Pegu and Thatum. It fell into water-filled excavations. Three were killed and 22 injured."

ROME: August 1st. Signer Facta has formed & coalition Cabinet, excluding Fascisti and Stein! Minister. ists, with Signor Schanzer as Foreign

The King has approved the. personnel. STRIKE OF LITTLE CONSEQUENCE.

ROME, August lat.

.

The general strike has so far interfered

HEAD ON COLLISION IN AMERICA.

CINCINNATI, August 1st..

but little with the public services cutside: Fifteen were killed and many injured Rome, where reduced tram and rail-through a head-on collision between a way services are running with the assist negro excursion and passenger trains." ance of Fascisti and the military. News- papers are hot being published."

THE BRITISH WORLD FLIGHT.

MAJOR BLAKE'S ITINERARY.

AMERICAN COAL STRIKE. WELCH MINERS PROPOSED "ACTION":

COUNTY CRICKET, "GLAMORGAN SCORES A WIN.

LONDON, August 18

miles wide...

he

asked. I replied that this was war time What if they pay you $1 for each ship?" and that I would stand by my offer.

LATER. The British Note concludes that the Coveragent does not suggest, either as a alter of justice or expediency, that Germany should be relieved of her obligu tion to France or other Allied States, hut is so deeply convinced of the economic

in our business has to think and work fast Such things as this illustrate how a man injury inflicted on the world by the exist

at time. He als bas to look ahead as ing state of things, that it would be pre

LONDON, August 1st.

well as he can. In November of 1917 I At the Oval, Surrey led Kent on the pared, subject to the just claims of other

The South Wales Miners Council sug first, innings of a game that was obviously

breakers ahead." ader of 10 4 pasta of the Empire, that Great Britain should abandon, all further right to Ger

Lanour, August lat.. gest that the International Miners' Com-marked by heavy scoring. In Surrey's and on a very thick, stormy night she put Russian, British and Canadian goverments The Aviator, Major Blake, has proced.mittee take steps to prevent sending coal arst innings Fender scored 137 and Sand-out all her lights and made a run for it to release the Robert Dollar Company of nian reparation, and all claims of repayed to Delhi. Thence he will fly to to America.

ham 129, while in Kent's eccond lanings The two Japanese gunboats guarding its obligations in running steamers to meat by the Allies, provided the renuncia Allahabad. Calcutta, Burma, the Malay

Hardings scored 119, Seymour 129, and each end of the straits had been warned to Vladivostok with war materials. We had tion formed part of a general plan where. States, China, Kamchatka, Alaska. HORATIO BOTTOMLEY - EX-

Woolley 100...

watch out for her, but, atrange as it may to keep after them and finally got per- by the great problem could be dealt with and Vancouver, where he will pick up PELLED FROM PARLIAMENT. by an innings and 158 runs, Mead scoring The straits are 12 miles long and only was not a day too soon. The last vessel, At Southampton, Hnats beat Warwick seen, she got by them without being seen, mission to discontinue sailings. And it as a whole, and find a satisfactory, solu- fresh machine, and then proceed to Hali- tion:

fax, whence a flying boat will carry him

911 not out and Day 107. BUT STILL PROTESTS HIS. At Worcester, Northants bent the home The captain bad been promised a fat out delay. Steamers arriving, after her to Labrador, Greenland Iceland, the

the Beasis Dollar, just did get out with Orkneys and London, which he expects

INNOCENCE.

county by three wickets In the winners bonus by the Russians if he got through, were diverted to other ports, an to reach in October.

first innings Bellamy scored 163, while in and he was pacing the deck after ho. had All the physical dangers of our trade are LONDON, August 1st, Worcester's first innings Gilbert Ashton cleared the straits figaring what he would not confined to war times. China is unfor LAHORE-AMBALA SECTION SAFELY

The House of Commons agreed to a motion by Mr. Chamberlain expelling

At Sheffield, Yorks beat Leicester by an air were interrupted by the beam of

do with all his money. His castles in the tunately cursed with bandits, and they do Me. Horatio Bottomley from membership innings and 190 runs. For the winners search-light on the ship, and soon after-On one of my trips to Icling on the of the House,

as much harm to commerce as they can. Oldroyd-scored 128.

At Manchester, Lancashire beat Glou-ward a cannon boomed a polite invitation Tangtse River I found that our office, along for him to top. The signal was obeyed with the rest of the town, bad been ester by nine wickets

on board--they were from a warship which same thing had bapenned six months be Japanese officers and armed marines came looted and the contents destroyed. The had accidentally discovered the steamer fore We replaced everything and were

The steamer was taken to near Yokohama soon doing business at the old stand." court. The captain was the only one on steamers that run on the river had armour for the appearance of her officers in prize Because of those lawless bands our board who knew her destination and he plate to protect the captains and pilots. refused to tell Her papers simply showed At Li-fa, Chang bandits on shore fired a her destination as Moji. My son, Stanley, volley at our steamer, none of them

COPY OF NOTE HANDED TO AMERICAN AMBASSADOR

A copy of the Nete, which was pre. pared by the Earl of Balfour and ap proved by a majority of the Cabinet, was banded to the American Ambassador "as an act of courtesy.

- NEWSPAPER, OPINIONS VARY." LONDON, August 1st. The British Note is generally fairly well received by the Press, most of the eriticism being mild.

NEGOTIATED, EVANDE

AMBA, August, lat. The British Airman, Major Blake, has arrived from Lahore

DEPRECIATION OF GERMAN CURRENCY. MARK DROPS A FURTHER TEN POINTS.

The Times fears that the prospect of securing a general settlement of the re

LONDON, August 1st parations question is not improved there. News of the meeting of Premiers, fixed by owing to the effect on America, for Monday next, has imparted a brighter

The Westminster Gazette says the case

tone to the London exchange market for the polley followed is manifestly German marks recovered sharply to 2,705, strong, but the paper would have prefer- but on the appearance of renewed offer red to ast America a generous example by ings receded again to 3,010. eancelling the indebtedness of the Allies.

The Dally News thinks the note is chiefly a warning to France.

Ka

The Daily Chronicle suggests that ar partial general cancellation of European debt might be posible even without America, if France was in the mood

TRADING WITH GERMANY, #AUSTRALIA'S RESERVATION.

MELBOURNE, August 1st. Australia has officially resumed trading with Germany, but the proclamation pro- hibiting the entry of goods from ex-enemy countries without the consent of the Minister of Customs will not be revoked

The Morning Post deeply deplores the note, which it says will annoy America and zanke France despair. The news paper condemus applying charity in equal doses to France and Germany, at present.

The Speaker had previously read a letter from Mr. Bottomiey solemnly pro testing, he was never guilty of conscious fraud, however irregular or unorthodox his methods might have been."

SINGAPORE'S GOVERNOR. LEAVING HOME TO-MORROW.

LONDON, August 1st,

scored 125.

runs. For the winners Louden captured At Brighton, Essex beat Sussex by 181 13 wickets for BGA

At Chesterfield, Notts beat Derby by seven wickets

At Weston-super-Mare, Glamorgon de feated Somerset by 117 runs, this being the winners first victory of the season.

Sir Laurence Guillemard, Governor of STABILISING THE RUBBER had arrived in Yokohama but know nothing visit the atoms but the boat had

the Straits Settlements, sails for Singa- pore rsd Canada on August 3rd Lady Guillemard will remain in England until November 1st.

MORE INDUSTRIAL TROUBLE:

IN AMERICA. TRAMWAY STRIKE IN CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, August lat. Twenty thousand employés of the street railway struck this morning, owing to reduction in wagen.

(Continued at faot of next column.)

INDUSTRY.

BRITISH GOVERNMENT TRYS TO OBTAIN DUTCH COOPERATION LONDON, August 1st

In the House of Commons, Mr. Chur chill, replying Major Clyn, said that 6orts to secure the co-operation of the the Colonial Office was continuing its Netherlands Cent in the scheme

saki:

of the espture until an officer placed him some manpes on board and with their under arrest, stating that next day he machine guns they made short work of would be taken before the prize court the bandita Eleven bodies were acon When he came before the court the judge to Host by This action gave our stea

Ton got a letter at the Kobe postoffice and she has not been molested since,

mer a clean bill of health at the place From San Francisco; I want to see it Never here are two statues cut into the The letter was handed over and the solid clin. They represent an honest man steamer got there we must sause that even judge read it

and his wife. From the reception our in olden times an Konest man and big wife

This letter," said the judge laughing is from your father and he tells you that

for improving the utlook in the rubber this vessel is going to the Orient there such a rarity that their memory w dificulties in Mali bo-rendered Orient in a very big place. Your father industry otherwise the present financial easier only with Breement in the must be a Tary astute old gentleman. general position of the world market,

hould like very much to meet him.”

perpetuated. It is refreshing to know that centuries ago there was an honest man in this den of bandity