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CHINA'S ARMY.

The following is from the Military Mail". In the midst of the crisis nearer home, the War

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The following interesting re- time the annual statement of Bri-turn of the land and son forces of Offido is not neglecting to keep a thin a trade with foreign countries Turkey and Italy respectively has 'watchful eye upon military pro-and British possessions points the been prepared by the "Straits

gross in China. Great strides lesson of how our foreign rivals Times". have been made during the last get the best of us in reciprocal In Italy, military service is

That Russians residing in three years by the enlightened trade as a result of their tariff compulsory and universal The shall be dealt with in the Chinose Mongolia for more than a year Government at Poking, and the protection. Free traders still field array (12 army corps and Courts when involved in legal Intent roporta from the leadquart refer to the United Kingdoin as in lependent cavalry)nuubors notions. ors Staff at Simla contain inter the workshop of the world, and about 400,000 combatants: Thore-That the sites for the estab eating accounts written by Briyot we find even comparatively is ulo a mobile militia of 320,000, in China shall in future be select lishment af Russian Consulates tish intelligence officers who small Continental countries sand- but the numbers put in the fielded by China, have been quietly observing ing to us far more manufactures would not perlips exceed 200,000. 3.That the Russian free-trade events in China.

The most than we export to them: Taking There are, in addition, comple-zones on the Russo-Chinese important item is that of the the wealthier countries first, how-mentary troops to maintain the boundaries shall hereafter be coinmencement of a grant mili

abolished. over, here are the exact figures strength of the first line and the 4.That Russian subjootssball tary collego at Peking, the ralating to manufactured goods militia in the field. The troops not onjoy the privileges of foreign. latest principle of similar institu- tions at Sandhurst, West Point, only for 1910 as given in this are armed with the Mannlichorlandownership outside Russian

Carenuo rifio, a magazine_weapon. Settlements: Blue Book:'. and ather well known colleges of U.K. sports to U.K. Siperfom of 0.55 mm, calibro; and the field tion on the Sunguri, Amur and Crown Reat to be fixed by the Sur 5.--That the rights of naviga- 70 years, with the option of renowni al the grant military Powers. The Fane....14.407.736.

artillery is in course of being cost will be over £20,000, and the In face of those figures, it is rearmed with Krupp guns of Ussuri shall be discussed and de-eyor of His Majesty the King, for

finitely fixed. colloge in expected to become the eng to answer the free trader calibro 7.5 cm, model 1906. finest of its kind in the Far East. who asks if Germany is not cur Chinese military students are best customer för mufactures. familiar features at French and Sheis-ata price; the price being German training centres, and a that where we keep practically There are three old but effective.

ano completing and thrre building. CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE Y strong party of young officers are two workmen ngagod in Gerbattleships. Of armoured cruisers on their way to study urtillery_in] many by our orders, by hers she there are oven, protected cruisers THE THIRTIETH ORDINARY

TH France for a period of six years. naly employs one in this country. 14, torpedo-gunboats 13, des- MEETING of Shareholders will Asalready reported in the "Mili The same is true of France. troyers 21 (12 building), modern be held at the Offices of the Undersigned tary Mail," the Chineso War Ollice Even little Bolgium and Swit-torpedo boats 37 and old boats 54, THURSDAY, the 19th October,

submarines seven effective and 12 at Noox. luas been thoroughly reorganized zorland, score off us very heavily completing. None of the older and brought up to date, and at the Switzerland, proportionately, battleships on the effective list Company will be CLOSED Imm the present time the various depart doing the best of all. The figures dates back further than 1887, 5th in the 13th Out bar, bil days

(for manufacturos only) are:--- ments of the "La-Chan Pu," or

There are two battleships dating back to 1804, two to 1897, four War Office, are in a most officient.

(of 12,025 tons each) to 1800. condition. Administration, dis-i The figures relating to these The unfinished ships include one cipline, military training, staff competitors, who strain every Dreadnought commenced in 1909

nerve to keep us out of their and three, of 22,000 tons ouch;: duties, und intelligence are all-

markets while dumping their bogun last year. Those latter Idoked after by high officers of surplus goods here, aro espe- will be among the most powerful the new Ohinese Army, and the oiully interesting when compar in the world. Of the four newest NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS, whole office is modelled upon ed with those of the Colonies, armoured cruisers, dating buck to lines similar to our own War where we enjoy the advantage 1904, two are of 9,833 tons and of a preference. Thus Australia two of 10,118 tons. All the mo Office, with a judicious ad- and Now Zealand, with a com-dern ships are heavily armed and mixture of French and Germahbined population of Some possoss liigh speed. mothods of running a huge army: 6,000,000 us compared with Cor-

Turkey's Army. The troops are well urmod with Dany's00,000,000, bought British

Turkey, though an Oriental magazine rifles, the artiflory manufactures in 1010 to the state, has Europeanized her valäo-of-£32,008,773- (Austrálin,

army, which was reconstructed handle guns of the latest and bost 24,098,520; New ·Zenlund, ba a German model in 1886 by Honging, 10th Oct., 1911.

attors, and the cavalry and £7,670,244), ur £5,000,000 more Col. von der Goltz, who is still engineers keep pace with all than the whole of Germany in the service of the Turkish inadern improvements necessary Canada aluno was responsible for Government together with several for these arms of the service. £17,082,850, or nearly £3,000,000 other German officers and in- more than Franco, with hor huge structors. Hitherto military sex- Wireless telegraphy and even

population.

vice lus boon theoretically com- military aviation are among the

pulsory on all Mosleme, but many moderá innovations intro-

Christiane have not been allowed duced into the Chinese Army.

to. sorve and the burden of dò: fonce has therefore fallen upon about 11 million Moslems out of

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China is making herself folt in a new light ds a Power that will expect to be reckoned with in the future, and the authorities in Peking uro already using, the now army as lever to encroach upon our interests on the Chino-

Burmese border, and also to in- fluence the Tibetans at Luassa and in other parts of Tibet. Moreover, this Chinese Govern- ment has threatened to send

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was promulgated extending the obligation of military service to For the rest of the world-in all non-Mussalmans, but the dood, for China itself--the most practical difficulty of reforming important feature of the reorgan- the recruiting law. has been very. ization of the Government of the considerable. The Turkish army Empire is the accession of Liang has a total strength of about Tun-yen as Minister of Foreign 300,000 combatants, aside from Affairs. For the first time in its troops in Arabia and Tripoli. Hongkong 11 July, 1811. history, hina has, in full charge With cavalry and other arms, the warships to Mexico to enforce in-af her relations with other nations, grand total of combatants is demnity claims for outrages upon a statesman of modern idene, ao-reckoned at about 420,000, bus Chinese subjects during the re-quainted with the rest of the this is not including troops in

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