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GENERAL NEWS.

Rats.

Rate liave become a post on many farms in the Cullompton (Devon) district, having pulled doeces of wool near their holes and takon a big toll on young ducks.

SHORT SERMON.

Or overthe silvercord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken. Eo., xii, 6.

Ifero is a little sermon on death, written by an American Indian and firat printed by American Indiana at the government Indian sohool in Chilocco, Okla.;

Far to the wost is the land where dwell together the souls of all the Indians who ever lived,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1912.

GERMANY'S DANGER

German Writer Prophesies Famine In Case of War,

Herr Karl von Wiegand, Oor- respondent of the United Press, writen as follows :→→

Berlin, July 20.-Thata famine would bo inevitable in a war that resulted in cutting her off from the sea, and that Germany would bo in grave danger of being starv

Japanese Newspaper Suspended. A Dairen messago says that the Japanese authorities there on the 9th instant suspended the "Ryoto Shimpo," a Japanese newspaper, both good and bad. The storms ed into submission and have o on the ground that it contained of winter do not sweep over its an article disrespectful to the Imperial Court. The journal was ordored to suspend publication from the 10th to 12th instant.

victory snatched from her by the prairie; there is always good gaunt spectre of hunger, is the hunting; tho old men tell their declaration of Professor Franz stories and young men woo the Frohlich, a noted German his- maideus; life is not different from torian and military writer, in an this, except that difficulties are article just published. Professor not so great,

Frohlich, who has written learned articles and books upon wars of the past and the causes that brought victory to one side and defeat to the the other, urges upon the German government to pureliuso 1,000,000 tons of wheat as a roservo "famine store."

Cholera in Shanghai, During last week-end a Chinese policeman attached to the Contral

The journey to that land is Station was taken to hospital autoalled Ko-wa-kun-al, the Home foring, it is believal, from olini-ward Way." "It is a long journey cal cholera. In the meantime the we do not know how long it is. throo police sorgeants who were The spirit cannot sea, for a shadow sent to hospital a few days ago are has fallen across its eyes, but it still hours the voices of those it showing signs of improvement.

leaves behind.

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After the spirit has travelled short distanco it comes to a bush

took placent the Coliseun, London, bearing large red heart-borries. on July 20, says the "P. M. G." These are like strawberries, but whon Me Raymond Phillips, the inventor of Selestive Wireless large that one will nourish Control, gave an exhibition of a distinctive novel, and ingenious devico by which, through the moans of electric waves, he int nouvred aminiature airship round the auditorium. By the same means of wireless transmission of

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it devolves upon Germany to in- Professor Frohlich takes up the suro its independence of the sea question of whether Germany in the matter of food for, at lonst could meet the exhaustive drain some months after war begins. majority of Garman writers have of France has decreased 31,000 The report that the population considered it wholly from a finan- in the last year, has caused Ger- him through all his journey. He cial standpoint. He contends man officiale to again examine picks one of those berries and that there is another point almost Germany's vital statistics vory travels many days, until he as vital, to be considered, and closely. And, Germany is just reaches a stream that is doop that is the question of subsistence a bit worried to find that though and wide. His oyes are opened in the evout of a superior naval slowly, but apparently nose the and beyond the stream ho scea power destroying the mercantile less surely it also is in danger of the lodges of his spirit friends; fleet or cutting off all importations coming under the head of raco he hears the women singing as of food-stuffs, Professor Frohlich suicido nations." actually played musical instru-toy make the pommican; he socs takes a strong issue with Pro- ments. The performance is cer tainly unique,

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Marquis Killed by Lightning,

In 1011 there were 20,523 leas

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the men preparing the frame for fossors Hans Blbrook, Bohraads children born than in 1910. In will enlighten

a large drum. There are all the and Volker, three noted authori-1901 the percentage of births to ago that the Garinan nation had which by 1910 had decreased to ties, who declared several years every 1,000 population was 36.52,

saliciont food resources to food 30.83. Marriages.also decreased its populations during a lengthy from a pareantugs of 16.8 to 1,000 war, without sea commerce; that, population in 1996 to 15.7 in if need be, potatoes could be used as a substitute for grain.

he must cross a swaying bridge familiar scones of a village, bat to reach it. I have been told that The Marquis Louis de Monte-te white mon also speak of bello was found dead undora troe river which the spirits must cross and that some of their story on July 25:

tollers have told of a bridge, but tell you what our people have be- lieved sineo the world was noty.

There is a hiddon moaning in all our beliefs. The wise among us know that the dead do not need our food of buffalo moat, although wo place it beside a for damages down by the revolu-ravo. Some will tell you that

He had sought shelter from a storm, auil was struck by light ning. The Marquis was secrotury of the Moroccan State Bank, and son of the ex-Ambassador.

Foreign Claims for Damages,

Tho Chinose Government re- fusos to moot the foreign claims

tion in the territories lying ont- side the legally recognised foroign concessions. In regard to the damage done within the Concos sions she will only grant extremely limited compensation.

Indo-Ceylon Connection Railway,

Reasons for Resignation.

1010. The greatest decline las been in Saxony, where more Professor Frohlich points out women aro engage in industrial that the importation of grain pursuits than to any part of renches high as 35,000 tons Germany. The birth rate decreas some maths, particularly in from 45.6 in 1820 to 20.8 in 1908. July, and that it is evident, if war Despite this decrease in the should suddenly be declared in birth rate, the decreasing death that month, it would be a matter rate leaves such a surplus popula of a few wooks only before suction that Professor Julius Wolf the horse slain upon the grace of eossful operations on land would declared Germany will have a a warrior is for his spirit, to ride bo gravely endangorod by famine population of 80,000,000 within upon, but the wise among us un- which would confront the nation 20 years while France will never derstand better than this. The if the enemy had gained mastery reach 10,000,01), things.a man has mido part of of the son. He asserts that for himself should porish as much as physiological reasons alone,

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his hands or feet. Whon & mam potatoos cannot long be sub dies overything about him should stituted for grain and other A CRITICIZED APPOINT- It is beliorad that the South perish, except the character he food-stuffs, because of the lack of Indian Railway Company areans borne. For this reason we elements that are ossential to obtaining from England a hand do not refer to the dead by name, health, and that, at best, the power travelling erano which is

except in our songs. Instead of supply of potatoes would last but

With reference to the criticisms required to supplemont the over-speaking his name wo .any, a few wooke.

concerning the appointment of hoad gentry crane under supply who was our friend," or mention Austria, continues the writers, Mr. Houry Conway Belfield, from Hono in connection with some incident with which he was cannot give a helping hand in the C.M.G., British Resident in jae oreation of the marine piors for connected.

matter of food and provisions be- Porak, to be Governor and Com- the Dhanushkodi torminal ur

The food upon the graves of cause it has all it can do, even in mander-in-Chief of the East raugements for this railway con

our people is placed there by time of peace, to feel its own Africa Protectorate in succession IN TENNIS, DAY, TUNIC and noolion.

those who cannot come the daily people. Italy, the third member to Sir Poroy Girouard, Mr, F. J. Tho Poking Jih Pao" learns

[habit of ministering to their of the Triple Allianco, doos not Bryant points out in a letter to aandershirt that the intention of the Promier friends. A mother says "ny boy produce enough for its own sub-contemporary that the Govern to resign is nut simply due to his loved the first horries of summer. sistence and has to import. ment of the Federated Malay illness, but chiefly on account of will gather him a little birch-Little is to be expected from the States are in no way fettered by working the government machi.mrk basket of them. It com- Balkons; hence Germany must Indian ideas or opinions. They forts her to do this-perhaps the look to itself and prepare for aush would appear to adopt the best nory. Most of the important organs

a contingency.

ideas from whatever source they are blocked by inexperienced and boy knows about it. uuworthy young men,

You have sometimes seen a "The inevitable consequence of emanate. He continues: Mr. woman carrying a little cradle such condition," writes Pro-Belfield has had a wide experience! filled with black feathers. She fossor Frohlich," is that Germany both as an administrator and as The Governor of Shantung in carries it for a year, and is never must not only arm itself financia man of sound legal training, HOTEL CRAIGIEBURN: response to the Government's separated from it day or night, ally, but also fill its pantries and and the Britial colony of East inquiry as to the condition of the because her baby who died was granaries. Just as in the great Africa, need have no apprehen- province states that the harvest too-little to find its way alone to Julius tower at Spandau there sions on one point at least

war-fund of namely, that he will approach all from the spring crops had been the bush of heart-borries and the lies a reserve

also should problems he may have to solve 60 We say she £6,000,000 abundant and that the autumn swaying bridge. crops have sproutod satisfactori- carries it to help the baby spirit, Germany always maintain a with an open mind. Perhaps 15 ly. The weather had boon favour- but the wise among us know that great reserve store .of food; years' experience us a non-ollicial able and there was no indication the weight of the little cradle is above all, grain. For example, in the Federated Malay States For Terms apply to Wie of any scarcity. For the past two her only comfort. I have been the government should purchase, may excuse my venturing to ex-7] weeks, Governor Chow concludes, among the white people and I say, 1,000,000 tons of whoat, pross an opinion on this subject. it has boon somewhat droughty know their waya. White womon which, well dried, should beatored The appointment in not by any and the people are anxiously ex-carry the empty cradle in their in large granaries. As wheat moans a party one, says the pooting for rain.

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