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LORD BALFOUR ON THE EMPIRE.

THE PROBLEM OF ITS PRESERVATION."

The Earl of Balfour addressed the dela gates to the Imperial Conference of Students which met on July 28th at the bistorie-seat of the Earl and Countess of Sandwich at Hinchingbrooke.

Lord Balfour' said: Every phase of English, civilisation sees represented in the dwelling which now dominates this interesting assembly, and surely there could not be a better setting, a more Btting framework for a gathering which seeths to unite together the representa tives of the rising generation in every ons of those far separated regions in which the British Empire is embodied and British civilisation brings forth the best

of ita fruit,"

"The business of people of my age."

TRAVELLING BY THE-

SIBERIAN ROUTE. WHERE THERE'S NOTHING - TO DRINK BUT MILK. DEAR DINING CARS, CHEAP BUFFETS.

PARIS THE HOLIDAY CITY.

The following account of a trip to Europe rid the Siberian route will be found to contain many useful hints. The material is taken by the king and Tientsin Times from letters written by Mr. J. Kenneth Chatham, of Peking :-

I thoroughly recommend the journey and thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it I could have been here in fourteen days but I stopped off in Moscow 2 days and .Berlin 2 days and Paris 1 day. There are absolutely no difficulties but if you have any friends you might tell them:

1. To write to the Hotel Modern, Har-

SOLICITOR'S WIFE AS

DEFENDENT.

cut from a good joint, with fried potatoes and good vegetables; a huge plate (enough for two) for a rouble (81 Mex) no one

AN ALLEGED ILLEGAL SHED. can get one good meal a day at any rute. For the rest I bought milk, 5 coupecks a MW. B. Hind, of No. 4, Leya Build bottle (80.30 Mex.) beautiful stuff, harding, Nathan Road, Kowloon, wife of Mr. boiled eggs which were a treat to eat. B. Hind, solicitor, was the defendant alter the rotten eggs one gets in China, ina summons preferred against her by good new bread, fresh creamy butter, the Public Works Department. at the Sufficient for one of these meals costs Kowloon Magistracy, yesterday, for fail about 20 coupecks (or 20 centa Mix)

THROUGH EUROPE.

One can go from Moscow to Riga, and Riga on through Berlin and Flushing to London very comfortabile 2nd class. If

ing to remove an illegal shed at the rear of the premises.

The defendant did not appeur, in, Court and his Worship (Mr. R. E. Lindsell) adjourned the case for seven days.

In reply to the Magistrate, Mr. Roberts was doing the trip again I would take an extra $100 gold in case one should of the P.W.D. said the reason for sum

Immoning the wife and not the busband wax I put up that a summons had previously been decide to stay off en route in Berlin. liked Berlin very much.

at the Adlon (1) Hotel which is the served on the latter, who at the last best hotel I have ever seen or stayedmonient returned it, saying that the house. in my life. It cost me gold marks 15 per was in the hands of his wife. This was

he continued, is to get off the stage bio, about a week before leaving Tientsin There are G.H. 18.50 to £1 so a mark is)

of life with what grace they can, and they are most certainly ill-advised if they try to teach the younger generation who must learn the lesson of life for them selves, and will learn it better if they are not lectured by people who are cer- tainly their elders, but who are by no means their better."

and ask Mr. Davit to arrange for all necessary reservations. This is to ensure getting a berth on the train frons Harbin to Mapebuli and Manchali to Chita.

2 Also write at least in time to catch the previous week's mail to the Hamburg He had always claimed that the advan-Amerika Office in Moscow, asking them to reserve a berth on the Riga train which leaves Moscow at about 6p.m.-one ar rives in Moscow it about 3.30am. 10 that one can spend the day there looking around. One day is suficient as Moscow A place to is terribly expensive and is get out of as quick as possible. If one does not, write abead, it will take two days to get the berth on the Riga train.

3. At Chita get hold of some other fel low, preferably a German because he will be able to make himself understood (there

tages of education were derived more from one's contemporaries than from one's teachers. He thought the students of our universities were well-advised to organise themselves together. They were living in a very happy period of life. The time of mere school learning was over; the full responsibilities which must come upon them inter were only partly developed, and they could look and ought to look upon the problems of the present and the future with the eager eyes of curiosity and with so enjoyment which the hard experience of life, might render some- what less delightful. He did not believe that the problems which they would have

to deal with were going to be any easier are lots of them on the train) and arrange than those which had faced their prewith him for one to look after the bag

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P.W.D. INSPECTORS BUSY. LONG LIST OF SUMMONSES AT KOWLOON.

A large number of RW.D." summonses against defendants for breaches of the Building Ordinance came before Mr. R

Lindsell at the Kowloon Magistracy

yesterday.

THE INDIAN MURDER CASE. PETITION FOR THE REPRIEVE OF

day, a room with bathroom attached. niso substantiated by the landlord. worth about 45 cents Wex. Berlin as a whole is about as expensive as London At the end of 2nd day I came on rid Cologne and the Rubr to Paris, through Liege, Namur, Aix la Chapelle, Amiens.

In the War Area T expected to see all' sorts of signs of the war, but I W nothing, except that the houses all looked new, and new and then there was an old Pill-box or a tumble down houses which

For building houses not in accordance had been left. All the woods and trees bad grown up again and the trench area with plans, a man was fined $10, and a The feeling in Ger- like fine was imposed on another defen- was all under cars. many is very bitter against France and lant for neglecting to provide proper the feeling here is very bitter against drainage. For disobeying a Court order Germany. Britishers in Germany are to remove huilding material from Crown treated kindly and with respect, but in land, another man was ordered to pay The $50. France they do not exactly like us. French Customs raised bell with me, but one can only grin and bear it. France. has the right to be frightened because as sure as God made little apples Germany There was one problem which deeply gage and the other make a dash with a will cat her up if she got the chance so and profoundly concerned everyone of

A Daily Press. representative was in- them. That was the problem of theter to the ticket office and line up in it is up to France to prevent her getting the queue. There is a three hours wait that chance. Everything in Germany is British Empire. There had been no ex- periment in history so nasel, so difficult at Chita but it takes about two hours to well organised the trains are excellent, formed yesterday morning that a petition the porters at the Stations are energetic for the reprieve of Chain Din, the Indian and so important as the gradual mould- ing of the future of the sister States get the tickets. which made up that unique political These are the only three points needed and civil Everybody is working and they chauffeur recently sentenced to death for fabric of the British Empire. A great and most successful effort at Empire to make the trip really comfortable. Aseem to have enough food and money to the murder of his wife, is to be con building had been made by our brothers regards money there is no difficulty. For keep going. The mark is stabilised at sig red at meeting of the Executive The petition hun bern drafted by who shared our civilisation and laws and one person it is necessary to take 3200 130 to the £. They use only the Renten Council this morning. our speech in the United States. He was the last man to underrate the magnificent lex. to pay for the tickets, etc., to Hsi-mark. I should think that, given five

war strength

prisoner at his trial and it bears the genius which presided over the fathers of his (this will leave a balance of $50 for years peace, Germany will be back to pre-solicitors and counsel who defended the the, American Constitution and of their emergency) and Gold $200 (ie., about

Paris was full, and it is absurdly cheap signatures of a large proportion of the descendants who had made that Con-

for us (referring to his wife and himself). Indian community, Signatures of Sym-". Atitation the success they all knew it 400 Mex.) in nutes not in gold coin. I to be. He was saying nothing against one can speak Russian it is better to buy one can get a dinner in a first class hotel, pathetic Europeans have not been obtain- their marvellous political agacity to sug-Russian money in Manchuli where the hors-d'œuvre, soup, fish, joint, a bottle ofed but there is a possibility of another gest that the problem we of the British Empire had to face was a more difficult exchange is 10 per cent. or more better, wine, cigar and coffee for 70 to 80 francs, petition being drafted with a view to problem than the one they had so success but this necessitates a trip in a "drosky" less than £1. The same meal in Moscow obtaining their signatures.

outside the station and would be difficult would cost about £5, in London £3 and fully solved.

They had geography upon their side; fully quipped with all the organisation bought my money in Harbin through room in a moderate hotel for Frames 35 we started at this moment with State if one did not speak the language.in Berlin about 3 too. One can get u of separate nations and, so far as or Davit. He, of course, made on the rate (ie. about $3.50 Mex, or 88. 4d.), whereas ganisation was concerned, they must hut that serves as a commission for his inevitably remain separate nations, and

decessors.

CARRY YOUR OWN DRINKS"

CONVICTED CHAUFFEUR:

ALLEGED ASSAULT ON BOARD SHIP.

IN COURT. INDIAN QUARDS Before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, sitting at the Central Magistracy yesterday, two

assaulted a mechanic on the ship.

Mr. C. A. S. Buss, defending, asked an adjournment, explaining that cross-summonses were being issued on biz clients behalf.

His Worship adjourned the case "until next Monday.

ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT.

the question we of the British Empire services. For one person buy 30 Cher- Moscow it costs £1108 London or had to solve was how, under such unique vonetz which costs about Mex. $300 (or Berlin 158... Oue can buy a nice summer difficulties, we could maintain, preserve, Gold $150), that is suficient to take one dress here for 160 francs (less than £2) strengthen that community, that loyalty one to another; that sense of the common from Harbin to Moscow. Buy only Cher shoes for about £1 to 308. I expect to Indian guards of the s.s. Kwong Ying. interest, the common duties, the common ranetz, do not buy any Niekoini, roubler. | spend most of my leave in this country, were summoned for having, as alleged privileges belonging to one great Empire for nobody wil take them in Russia. In one gets such a lot for one's money, unassisted by those constitutional sup ports and framework which the inen who Moscow one can use American gold notes ́

By the way a roll of toilet paper is for founded the United States were able to everywhere. From Chita to Moscow costs create and created, as he thought for all about 10 Chervonetz which is paid at the necessity on the Siberian trip. Another time, into the great country whose futurs

Who station, and then a further & Chervonetz. necessity is a fly awatter, not that the they only perhaps dimly foresaw. was to carry out that great and difficult has to be paid on the train for travelling flies in Biberia are many but one fly can the Wagon-Lits car. Que cannot make one's life a hell and a fly swatter task! The responsibility rested upon on those whom he was addressing

To those who came from the Dominions travel 2nd class in Russia The Wagon will eradicate any pest of that kind. The he would say it was their business to keep Lits ears are old but very comfortable, baggage question is also very important. alive the sense of a common origin and two bunks good wide ones with spring I was the only one with the correct weight identical civiligation to feel that every- thing which had happened in this small mattress and a little wash place (only) (2 pouds is allowed, i.c. 72 lbs.), but up

LOCAL BOOKSELLERS AT LAW. island was their history. Their descend between two compartments. The dining to 90 lbs, would probably pass unchal lenged. I strongly recommend Japanese ants must be brought up in the full, the car on the train to Moscow, is very bad, baskets as one has often to carry one's

Two adjourned summonses, brought by also much unbroken, consciousness that they belong and very expensive, but one needn't use own luggage and they are

Messrs. Kelly and Welsh against Messrs the compartment. ed to that great community, the British Empire, which existed, not merely for it. I had only one meal in there which easier handled in

Nearly all the people who took trunks Brewer & Co., and the Commercial Press itself, not merely for its own greatness cost me $12 Mex. Take a kettle, an either lost theo or had heart failure at for alleged infringement of copyright, came before Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the or glory or power, but as an instrument empty quart bottle, a knife and fork, every big station thinking they were going Central Magistracy yesterday. of peace, civilisation and good will for

plate, and a cup and saucer. One can to be chucked off the train: One fellow

Mr. Leask, for the complainants, asked the whole of the world.

buy beautiful fresh farm produce at all who had two pouds (72 pounds) over-

weight had to pay about 20 Chervonetz, that the commons against the Commer- OVERSEAS STUDENTS IN LONDON.. About sixty student delegates from the the stations. The train stops about once $200 Mex, and the trouble he had was cial Press might be withdrawn, as the The other Overseas Universities on July 24th attend. every two hours during the day. Each awful If I came through again I would watter had been settled, and His Wor

certainly pack a small Japanese basket ahip agreed to this course, ing "a conference arranged by the National Union of Students passed a very day one passes a big station, such as with two bottles of whiskey, two of gin summons was adjourned till the 12th inst enjoyable, evening as the guests of Lord Verdue-Udinsk, Omsk, Taiga, Ekaterine- and one of Vermouth and a small phini of Waring at dinner at the Savoy Hotelberg, Baikal, where the train stops for 40 bitters; there were many of us who would have given 5 Mexicans for a whiskey and In bidding welcome the guests Lord Waring said that he regarded it as a or 50 minutes and one can go into the soda in a bucket. There is nothing to great honour and privilege to be the buffet and buy good hot food, cutlets, a drick in Siberia except milk. host of representatives of the Overseas. Universities, who were over bere to streng then the "bonds of fellowship. between their universities and those of the Mother Country. He envied them their youth, and spoke of the great possibilities that lay before them in the great adventure of life. Quoting Disraeli, he maid that the youth of the nation were the trustees for posterity, and with inflexibility of purpose and Perseveruntia Vincit their motta he had no doubt as to their ultimate success in reaching their goal. Lord Waring congratulated the National Union of Students on bringing about the conference, which had the worthy object of promoting a broad unity of thought and outlook amongst the young men and women, who would shoulder the respon aibilities of the future. He also con gratulated them on having as the chair- man of their Hospitality Committee, Sir Harry Brittain, with whom few could vie in intimate and personal knowledge of the British Empire, while he was quite in- comparable for his joyousness of spirit, which was always infections.

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DEVIL DOCTOR AT

FATSHAN.

The following is taken from the Canton Gazette:

A girl student in Fatshan was recently reported to have gone out of her mind suddenly While at home she said all kinds of things and tore all her clothes The relatives of the family told the terrified mother to try to get the assist- ance of a certain devil doctor named Chung to drive away, the devil which ham entered into the girl. The doctor was accordingly invited to perform his mystic Tiles. Soon after, the girl assumed the voice of a man and said that his name wae Pong, a military officer killed in war, and that his spirit' during its wan- dering had come to this place and seen: this girl whom he should like to have an his wife, and now that the doctor was THE spoiling his plan be would go away certain offerings be made to him. Tho mother complied and the girl is now re-

ported already 80 per cent normal."

[Some particulars aa to the offerings" and who bagged them would have been interesting.ED., DPA