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九零百弍干安萬式第

日拾式月伍年丙

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

TIME-TABLE.

AT, 7310,13 11.09 12.20 12.58.

WEEK DAYS

LX

A.M. NOON

Kowloos

Dap. 640 9,18 10.30 11.40 13,00

436 5.29 2410

Taumst

6,50 9.24 10.39

12.00

2.31 444 5.88 7.19

Bhatin

7.03 9.84 10.51

13.91

9:43 (4.56 15.51 (7.31

Taipo Taipo

1.Dep7.18 9.49 11,04

19:34

-2.56 5,09 6,04 (7,44

Market

Dep,731, 953 11.08

12.98

513 608 7.4S

1118

12.49

3.11 5.24 8.197,38

Shoungekai

Dep. 7:30 10,07 11,23

12.52

5.23 8.23 8,092

3.91'5,948.99

LX. P.X.

1.58

5.00

3,13

3.07 4.24 8.11

5.90

3.5

3.50 5,08 6.03 6,68 7.06 6.11 2.37 3,58 5.18

3.$8 4.66 8.51.6.45

Shumchan

Shamokan

Bbenng hai

Faulics Тіре

Sarket.

Yanmasi... Kowloon

Dap 721 8.05 10.39 11.40 Dap. 7.23 8.12 10.45 all.47 1.39 8.15 10.49 11,51 Dapa Dap. 742 928 10.59 1202 Deb. 7,48 8.50 11,04 1207 Dep 7.58 8.43 11.17 191 Dep 813 8.55 11.29 12,33 ......Att, ̃ ̃8.20'.. 9.08 11,37 12.41

SHA TAU KOK BRANCH.

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WEEK DAYS, STATICKS, Fanling Dap, 7.48 11,80 2.90 6.25 Bhatankok...ATT. 8.40 13,95 8,15 720

SUNDAYS LED PUBLIQ; HOLIDAYS,

STATIONS

AM.

2.3. 1.1. P.M

Fanting...Dep. 7.48 11.30 8.20 8.25 Shatanko, 8.40 12.25 416 7.20

STATIONS

6.08 6.15 5.24 6.19 4.39 ..5.34 6.29 4.42 6.38 6.33

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JUNE 9TH, 1926

TRADE AND THE FLAG.

The depression of industry, as a factor". of international politics, is usually re lected in armaments. When industry is prosperous and flourishing, armaments Fite amplified, and rice rerea as the-in- stance of Germany before the war and

The coal crisis in England has called America in these days easily shows. forth many articles in Japanese pane in the case of Britain armaments mean he navy, in which therefore we must and journals on the state of Great reflection of the state of British Britain. Below is the gist of a lobndustry. The two-power standard or article by ABIAM, Appearing in the Diplomatic

Review:

Hegistered as a Newspaper at the General Post Office in the United Kingdom.

骁九廿月陸年五十國民華中

ALARMING FENGTIEN.

SITUATION.

FENGPIAO FALLS AND. FALLS BUT NO RAIN.

"PEOPLE BLAME CHANG.

Reuter's correspondent, writing from Mukden on the 16th instast, anys that

no doubt that a pronounced feeling of pessimism prevails among the people. The slump in the local currency has hit the merchants very hard. It has made business more than usually dificult and

ipally adopted against Rumia and Mr. Inahara Eats France, the two greatest naval powers although-Mukden is very quiet there is

next to Britain, was the safest and most enviable uayal policy which Britain was able to pursue because she had sufficient The history of the coal mine dispute Strength to do so. Perhaps, trada, fol- in England is a fairly long one, he lows the flag, but the flag cannot go forth says, because the industrial. position unless there be a flourishing industry to the coal mines is overwhelmingly import build and maintain men-of-war to carry. ant and the miners have long combined it abroad. Britain was able to main risky It is, however, the continued in a strong association. The present tain the two-power standard only when drought that is causing the greatest trouble is only a continuation or pro she was the greatest coal-producing coun-anxiety, for it is feared that if rain does Jongation of the trouble of last year try in the world, producing 35 per cent. far it would have broke out at the end of the total quantity of coal consumed not fall within a couple of weeks the of April, last year if it had not been in the world, or, in the words of Cob- crops will be ruined and the farmers

Faced with starvation. postponed by means of the Government dan, when she was the workshop of the WEEK DAYS.

The discontinuation of the world. When Germany grew from a subsidy.

In these circumstances the recent large .4.X.

subsidy at the end of April, as previous semi-agricultural country, which she had Shatankok...Dep. 8.30 15.15 1.05 5.00

ly arranged, was the signal for a strike so far been, to a manufacturing one, and exportation of grain to Peking is regard. Fanling AT. 7.95 11.10 2.00 5.55

which was overdue. Historically speak the output of coal in England, the SUNDAYS AND PURLIC HOLIDAYS,

ing, therefore, there is nothing surpris-index to English industry, decreased ed as mistaken philanthropy, as it over ITATIONS.

AMAX 2.X. 2.xing about the general strike. What is from sa per cent. to no more than 22 per looks home aceds. Naturally there is surprising is that the Baldwin Ministry-cent of the total amount of coal consum- much discontent, and Marshal Chang Tso Shatauko...Dep, 6.30 10,15 2.05 5.00

should have been unable to push matters ed in the world, Britain had to contend Lin is held responsible for the plight in FanlingArt. 725, 11.10 3.00 5.55

towards a settlement one single step with a naval force that was stronger than after spending about 7.300,000,000 out the force of the next biggest naval power which the people now find themselves. Further information may be obtained at the Barwar Orvis, KOWLOOK, or frem

of the people's pockets. The cause of by 60 per cent., 18 to 10 being the ratio As usual the drought is regarded as a Macars. Tho Cook & Box, La., Hoxoxons, or from Tux Amsaicin Exrama Com-

the dispute is extremely commopplace proposed by Britain to the Kaiser, a few PANT, HONGKONG.

and simple. It is a question of wages. years before the Great War. The pro. manifestation of divine displeasure over The promulgation of the $50,000,000 But what makes the coal dispute in posal being rejected by Germany, Bri- the continued military activities.

to beat Germany was all that was neces tion is are external causes

fain way thoughtiess enough to hope that which render it difficult to make coal-sary for her to do to recover her former loan for the purpose of readjusting the mining in England a profitable busi aseendency, and concentrated her whole finances of the Three Eastern Provinces France, Italy, and, the Sean energy on the subjugation of Germally, had been effected but there is little in- dinavian countries used to be the pro forgetting all the time that Germany formation regarding the subscriptions. fitable market for English coal, but it was not her only rival and that America has, now been supplanted by German was also her rival.. The war was won As contemplated by the authorities this 'coal. Even in India German and by Britain but only in name; it left loan is really a form of capital levy, an American coal is on the market Theher so badly exhausted that at the Wash it is intended that each community, each reason is simple. English coal is dearington Conference she was glad to cut Chamber of Commerce, and all officials owing to the high cost of production, her naval force down to the same level as a glance at the following figures will as America, which it now producing shall subscribe an allotted proportion. nearly twice as much coal as England, By this means it is expected to reise easily shows:-

the figures for 1994 being 303,000,000 tons for Americs against 275.000,000 tons for 8120,000,000 fengpiao. As the yearly re

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ton of coal: England 1846-England The defect in her navy Bri- verue amounts to about $10,000,000 feng- (2) Quantity of coal mined per minertain is now endeavouring to supplement piao this lesy, it carried out, will mean per annum: England 959 tone by building up independent navies in that the people this year will have to pay colonies (Australia New Zealand and that. Canada). The decline of industry in the four times more than they are doing it United Kingdom has made it difficult for present, which appears impracticable. It Britain to discharge her two great re-

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(3) Quantity of coal mined pet ma- chine per annum: England 7,601 tons; America 15,636 tons.

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monsibilities for the colonies-diplomacy represents, however, the ideas on the sub and defence-and-bas compelled her to ject of the subject of public finance which ask the colonies to share in the work of prevail hers. Of course it must not be national defence. But it is a great mis forgotten that Marshal Chang Tso Lin take to believe that the colonies will be able to make such contribution as is cal. hopes to be reimbursed in part by Peking culated effectually to fill the gap in the for his military assistance in saving the British navy that has got to be filled, country from Bolshevism. for the British Dominions are still in an agricultural stage and no agricultural country has yet been known to be able to build up a strong navy.

REKING, June 17th Internal politics in Fengtien are report ed to be somewhat disturbed over the visit of Yuda Chin Kai and Yu Chung Han to talk with former Civil. Governor Wang Yang Kiang at Chinchow.

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THE EMPIRE CONFERENCE. chiefly on cheap and good coal No doubt, wages are not the whole of the! cost-of-production, but seeing that wages The Empire-Conference is another hte twice as high in England as inproof of how the British Empire is go- Germany it is easy to perceive, evening down hill. It is an organ, for he allowing for the difference in quality exchange of views between the mother

The continued depreciation of the Feng- between English and German, coal, country and colonies on military, diplo- how difficult it must be for Eng-matic and other important matters. It lish coal to recover its former grounds formally a consultative and not an piae with its disastrous effects on trade án France, Italy and the Scandinavian executive organ, but it really wields a is reported to have shaken the faith of countries at the expense of German coal. very powerful infiuence sometimes, When Nor is the prospect of English coal as Britain could afford to look after all the against American coal more cheerful, affairs of the Empire, it was not neces It is true that miners' wages are much sary for her to recognise the voice of the higher in America than in England, but colonies to the creation of the conference the quantity of coal mined per capita means that state of things has passed standing at almost three for the former way. In other words, Britain's power against one for the latter, it is only has ceased to extend to the whole of her King resigned as Civil Governor Aue to natural that American coal should be territory and it has become necessary for a break with the pro-military faction of driving English coal even out of the her to get the assistance of her do- the Mukden party. Wang urged a policy Indian market. It Ainerter should be minions, and therefore to recognise the of development in Manchuria rather than come possessed of a more powerful mer-voice of the dominions according to the farther military campaigns inside the chant marine or discover some other Anglo-Saxon principle that taxation im means of transporting coal more cheap pires representation In a sense, this Ly, American, coal would successfully means the development of e dominions, Compete with English not only in India bat whither will that development but in every corner of the world. This ultimately, lead. The stronger the do- is one of the external causes for the de minions grow, the greater weight their pression of coal mining in England, voice will have, and what will be the

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