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STATIONS No. No -Ea. 10, No. No, Hot No.11 No.3.18#,14 No.3 No: 28 °

AMAN.

P.X.P.

Kowloon, Dep. 8.331-8.00 8.25 0.05 13.00 13.03 1.182.34

Yanmati, Dep. 0.44.

Shatin...Dop 6.56

Talpo Dep 7:10.

Talpo

7.15

Sheung

shaiDop. 7,80

Shum-

4.15 10,18 13,15 1,25 9.23; 10,00) 13,30 1,38|| -0.43 10.88) 14,35) 1,51)

0.49 10.87 13.30 1,55 10.00 10.47 12.40 8,05)

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3.00 4,80 5,40 7.45 4,385,40 2,58 4.50 6,00 8.03 [ 5.01] 6.18] 8.17.

| 6,09) 6,17| 8,29

| 9.01| 10,05| 10.59| 19.34 2,108,13

5,18 0,27 8.33

5.38 8.82 8.37

phun...Arr. 7.25 3.40 -9.0710,11 10.38 $1.00 3.16 3.19 3.40 5.20 6,888.43.

Canton Arr." -- 18.84)

DOWN :TRAINS ·

STATIONS Jo.1 Bu Ja, 1

A.X. AM.

Dop.

No.1 No. No. 1 No.10 No.31! Hazz No. 13 A.M.A.M., P.M. P.M. | PM. Y.X. | PM.

8.26

8.35 -- Opatoa Shamobia...Dop. 7.137,59 10,34, 11,41 12.19 2,85 4,89 5.47 6,537.19 Shoungabai Dap. 7.20 9,04 10.49 11,48 Fanling ...Dap.7.25 8.10 10.37 11.52 Tipo Market. Dep. 7.37 99 10,57 12,0%

...Dop. 7,40 8,23 11.01

2,49 1,48 5.54' 7,00'

9.46 4.50 3.59

9,56 5,00 8,08

| 8,085,04 8.13

3.18 5:17 6.28 13.5.99 6.38

Shalin ...Dop. 7.538,39 11.14 19.53 Taumati Dop. 8,06 951111.26 12,33 Kowloon Arr.8.12 837 11.32 13.41 19.50 3.33 5.85 6,44

1.86 7,59

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WAR?

MUCH BLUSTER BUT REAL DESIRE FOR PEACE.

BUT FAITH IN ARMAMENTS. CONTINUE.

The fact that Europe views the very diflorent feels of culture, present sitaution with considerable The Americans are full of idealism uneasiness, shows the general--afier business hours; they are anxiety to preserve peaco and to bursting with wealth; and in the watch for any symptoms of war. | Middle West, which is the real The following extracts from an America, the prevailing contiment Articlo by Deau Inge show that is a wish to have nothing to do the modern Jeremiah takes with the effcte civilisations of enutious but an optimistic view, Europe.". and has some eagent reasons for his beliefs. The Dean writes:

The world seems to be making up its mind that democracy is not safe for it, and, though all the maons pay a lip-service to pací- fem, none of them will take the slightest risk. They all distrust each other, as much as ever, and are armed to the teeth..

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penetration. Still, the fiery tem por of Italy is a real ́obauiple to disarmament.

The Balkans are less likely than ngor before to throw a torch into the powder magazine. Populations, have been interchanged, and we so the strange spectacle of an understanding between Greece and

They are absolutely invulnerable Turkey, in the military sense; but they areThere is, however, one nation determined to wrest the trident out which would fight to-morrow i£ of pur bands, and of course wa opportunity offered. The distnem cannot afford to build ships against berment of Hungary me ashame them. Nevertheleka, I do not think ful thing, and the Magyars, n they will make war upon any proud and high-spirited people, European country.

will not submit to it a day longer than they can help.

France Great and Hard. Qualities, Does this bitter disappointment France is more dangerous. The inuan, as many think, that some of French are not only the most us vill live to see another world- civilised and intelligent people in wart I think not, and I will give Europe; they are the most logial iny reasons, drawn (from a mass of ly hard and selfish of all nations. well-informed literature, to whichThey want to keep Germany weak, the latest contribution is "Since Then," by Sir Philip Gibbs. The danger exists, but I think it will be surmounted.

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The nations which regard the war as an unmitigated and ghastly calamity-Great Britain, Germany, and Austria are being drawn toge. thor. I do. not attach much im. portance to Hitler and his friends, Germany was so unfairly treated after the armistice by Poincare. with our Government as a "ro Instant accessory, that I should be half a Hitlerito if I were a Gor- man. But acpsible Germans know that their strength is to sit still. They may get justice in twenty years without a war; they could not get it now with a war. And the young people in Germany are not at all militaristic.

A Kindly People, There are, however, three nations which do not look back upon the war with the same horror, because they came out of it rather stronger than before.

It is difficult to judge the United States, a vast composita nation on

involve the downfall of the Bolshevist regime, and what will Follow it? If the Russians were Europeans, which they are not, we should say confidently, "A military nomirchy of the Napoleonic type.

But the greatest danger, in my opinion, will come from Russia. The failure of Stalin's Five-Year Plan seems to be now assured. The whole nation is half-starved, and since April the curroney his and have built up the Little En-got out of hand. This failure will tento to help them. The new for tifications on their visteru Iron tor are on a tremendous scale. They frankly believe only in force and their vast fleets of airplanes and gubmarines are unquestionably intended to intimidaçê “England, They are not good Europeans. But 1 do not think they will risk their present prosperity by another war. The Frenchman is always ready to die for his country, but would he subsoribe to war loan which would almost certainly be repudiat edt I doubt it much. The busi Dess men in France are all for mergers of French coal and iron interests with German companies Big business in both countries would be dead against war.

Mussolini

What Will Follow?

The prospects of disarmament are not hopeful. And yet the unspeak able folly of the whole situation is as manifest that some attempt at a "United States of Europe,' suggested lately by B. Herriot,. will probably be made, if only as

makowoight to American ascen daney. The old ideas that war is

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glorious thing, are dead. Labour muevement is, pacific; in some countries the working men would refuse to fight. All who have anything to loss know that Italy probably looks more dan-they will lose it in the next war.

If all those foreng together are gerous than it is. An unsuccessful war would be followed by a foar unable to preserve peace, we shall ful revolution, and Mussolini is have to think that the powers sor probably too wise for such a evil have driven our specics de cambler's throw as an attack upon monted in order to ruin France to conquer Tunis, which is think the chances are heavily in becoming Italian by peaceful | favour of pasos.

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To-day. Dégember 19.)

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World Theatre: "The Wayside Flower."

Star Theatre: "Making the Grade"

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