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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 24TH,

1925

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A GREAT UNIVERSAL SUPER JEWEL MADE OUT OF KATHLEEN NORRIS WORLD FAMOUS NOVEL

"BUTTERFLY"

(8 REELS)

WITH AN ALL STAR DANT INCLUDING LAURA LA PLANTE, NORMAN KERRY BUTH CLIFFORD, KENNETH HARLAN THE LOVE STORY OF A HEARTLESS FLIRT-

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She had everything a girl's heart could desir husiand. Beautiful home, fino clothes, rich jewels, servants, motor cars, lasury, social position. And still she could ass resist fluttering near the allaring dan ofalulation from other man-Her husband and the example of a noble ma, ir pulled her back from the very brink of disaster.

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"The future of Eagland" was the subject of an address given by Dean Inge, of St. Paul's to a crowded audience at Chichester Assembly Rooms recently, in connection with a scheme for estab lishing a university college for. Sussex.

Dean Inge said that for the purposes of his address "England meant the British races and Empire.. It was a unique federation of States, different from Anything that had existed in history. The United States and the British Empire were the two important and political ex- periments of modern times und had both been made by the same, race, They were the most wonderful and, so far, most successful experiments since the days of Cromwell.

The British race determined to have no more Militarist, and had kept to that. Yet our Colonial Empire was the sole survivor of a group of Colonial Em- pires-Spain, France. Portugal. and Hollzad. Spain lost hers by sudden decay, France and Holland, theirs by

war.

"We cannot be surprised,” said Dead Ingo, that the Dutch do not love us when we look at the names of our chiet possessions, since the one great Schism which proved the impossibility of main taining the old idea of Empire. The British Empire has fundamentally chang ed its character due to the wonderful accidents of its growth, largely to our geographical position in the expanding world and to our possessing a great deal of the world's best coal and fron."" ·

"It had also the good fortune that in our Colonies we occupied comparativejs empty countries. and thus preserved in them the purity of the white strain in stead of meeting. as did the Spaniards. more or less civilised races with which the newcomers mixed their blood..

"For a generation after Waterloo we had unquestioned command of the sea, and no one challenged our right to pick up such unconsidered trifles as Australia or hold the balance over the diverse places of India.

After tracing the devsloument of the Empire in various quarters and alluding! to disruptive forces now at work in different quarters, such as India and South Africa and French Canada, Dean Inge said it was doubtful if our Empire would contique indefinitely on its pre sent basis. The feeling of nationhood was increasing in the Dominions, differ- ent types of national character emerging, and, he was afraid it was prob able that Canada, and possibly Aus tralia, might feel themarives in NOWA ways more drawn towards the United States than to ourselves.

Whatever happens. I hold the opin-! ion that wherever English:nen are in England, and our real Lask has been to protect those young, nations beyond the seas while they were unable to protect themselves. If the political connection with our great Dominions was severed, we must resign ourselves to being a very kmh country, too small to have a preponderating influence among the great nations of the "world...

ever

The Dean went on to speak of the fall of the birth-rate and the effect upon national strength of the differentiation of the birth rate in various sections of the population, and said that from these considerations aros the larger question. whether the future, is to belong to the cheap or the expensive races." and the growing force of the economic threat of the yellow race, which could five under every climate condition and thrive under conditions, impossible to whitez.”

SHANGHAI TRADE.

Messrs. 1lbert and Co.'s Piece Goods Market Report for April 17th says:—

We have an absolutely featurels market to report this week, the chief reason probably being the fact that a native settlement is due at the end of the current lunar month, after which a revised scale of credits to be issued. to the various dealers will be decided upon by the backa. The settlement itself is expected to pass off without trouble owing to an easy money market, but the uncertainty as to future financial facilities is naturally holding up opera,

tions.

Contrary to recent reports of conges tion of stocks of piece goods and yarn in the Hiver Ports and along the rail- way lines, it is now stated that the quantities are really nothing excessive, but that the offtake is very slow indeed. Apparently the buyers in the interior are taking no zisks and are only moving off the barest quantities which they can immediately resell and convert into eaah, a very wise policy considering the un- certain and dangerous conditions pre- vailing almost everywhere throughout the country.

RUBBER POSITIÓN.

Reviewing the Rubber Trade, Asaccia- tion of London Statistics/toond of February, the Straits Times, suya:-In the two months the United Kingdom im- ported 11,090 tons and exported ́14,796 tops, thus drawing on stocks, exclusivo of home requirements, to the extent of 2,777 tons The figures are almost iden- tical with those for the first two months of 1924, bút when we come to stocks:thers in a marked difference. Stocks in the United Kingdom at the end of February 1934, were 89,579 tons, and at the same date this yeur 25,8 tons, a decrease of 30,943 toris. At the middle of March. Inst "year the price in Singapore was 42) cents. This year it is 78 cents-such is the effect of bringing Loudon: stocka to a reasonable figure. An interesting, item in the report before us is the United States' official record of imports for the whole year 1924. It was 398,662 tons, against 309,139 tons in 1823, and 301,074 toas in 1999.

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APTON NIA1 RAPION No.2 PAPION NO.3

BABBITT SINCLAIR LEWIS by Featuring

WILLARD LOUIS

CARMEL MYERS MARY ALDEN

Dale Fuller

Gary Fitzgerald-Raymond McKee

Directed by

Scenario by Dorothy

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