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Hines Page, was the lecturer, his creature. He first came into in a China paper a more or less subject being "Some Aspects of being about two years ago, and humorons article on the "For- American Democracy."

at that time was content to amosan White Ant," tolling the He explained that by "dem emulate the example of his story of how, on occasion, the cracy" he meant not only a method London cousin, wearing the very failure of a remittance of silver of government, but also a solome latest thing in clothes and from Formosa to reach its des of society. In the United States mispronouncing English expros hination was explained oficially Government was not the National ions in the wrong place. But

Berliner, Government only; each of the 48 the

even of the ing the voyage by the peculiarly states was sovereign and supreme Barcelona variety, is nothing if voracious termites found on the for various purposes. Foroiga not progressive, and he has now island. The writer went on to visitors and foreign observors far outstripped his London suggest that the increasing. were apt to pay most attention to prototype. Le no longer finds difficulty of getting money in Washington and to life in the joy in trousers creased to a knife- Chica and its growing scarcity big cities. But the typical and like edge and ties of the most aro due to the same mythical dominant American life was not recent shade. The Berlin "gent"

insect. There is no doubt that there; it was the rural life, in the has invented a new mode for during the disturbances which villages and towus and smaller himself, and now appears in have followed the inauguration vities. Tako it through and decollete.

of a now regime in China there Almost coincident with arrival has been an amount of peculation through the United States was ruled by the country people. The of the "kap in Berlin, Young at which even the old mandarins mt striking single fact about the Germany awoke to the allure would have blushed, but unlesi United States was its great agriments of sport, and, with char-every embezzler hoarded his cultural area, with about 7,000, acteristic German thorougliness, money this would not explain the 000 farms of an average size of attacked every variety of open-air actual shortage of silver in China, About 140 ncrca mostly tilled by game. Football clubs, swimming where a debased paper currency the owners. Well-bousod, well-clube, rowing clubs, cycling clubs, so far from becoming valueless fed, training the children in etc., sprung up like mushrooms, because of its inconvertibility. schools maintained by public and the "gent" in his occasional actually tends to acquire a valus taxation, this democracy bad pro-visits, as a spectator, to the sport from sheer lack of other media of duced a new type of citizen, grounda was quick to admire the exchange. It is at least possible. combining the qualities of the brown figures of the athletes.

that in this case the "unfavour North European ranes, among Perhaps, aleo, he experienced able balance of trade" is the which the British was the strong-pauge of envy as he observed the main cause of the trouble. The ovident interest of the fair sex in indemnities that have been extort- est. And throughout many spatently contradictory political the comely forms of the sports-ed at various times have been a and social activities ran one prin men. Le conceived the idea of series of staggering blows, but s ciple, a rule of conduct which was doing something in that live constant payment of ten to twenty

of himself. flo fundamental dogma

yet millions sterling for excose of American dorgoerney-the un-appeared in the Unter-den-imports is having a more serious changing and unchangeablo Linden in running shorts, but effect. The unfavourable balance resolve that every human being he has dispensed with his is a more recent phenomenon in should bave his opportunity for waistcoat and collar and ie, and Japap, and has many features his utmost development; his tacks his shirt into the full length that make it a far lesa serious

If the chance to becomb and to do the of the neck opening.

problem tharf in China, . best he can. This was the key weather is very hot the decolleto "knut" dispenses with his jacket that unlocked all understanding of social and political life in the as well; he nearly always wears freedom to take what steps sheto 3 per coat, and that an excise than a poetical fancy, and a United States. In an eloquent & Panama hat, and sometimes a finds advisable to put things on a duty of the same amount should foreign-made one at that. address, the Ambassador proceed- monocle: The real ultra" knut" better footing (incidentally it is be imposed on the products of condonation of Japan's strong ed to illustrate how this principle suffere quite a martyrdom in the since she enjoyed this freedom the power-loom in India. Indian poliny in China is the fact that of trade economists of all schools are tire- she is more in need of making could bo ceon at work in Ameri- cause. Realising that the tanned that the "adversity

a profit Eomewhere. and can life. Some of his points were skin of the athlete is much more has been most appareat, but that less in denouncing this as an

somehow than any other there:-

attractive than his own pasty by the way), China has no such economic outrage; but it will be

power; and thore The Open Door in Commerce, greyness, he takes himself out to liberty, and by none of her neigh- observed that the Japanese copy great

denied hor greatly improves on the original is certainly no other power so First let me take the so-called Wannsso, or a me 'other bathing bours is it "anti-trast" agitation, of the last station on the neighbouring lakes, strenuously as by Japan, whoot to speak of the considera- immaculate in its relations with decade. When certain companies and lies for several hours stripped might have been expected to tion that the British wore a little China that it could venture to grew into vory

powerful on the hot sands, while the sun sympathize. The fact that there more chez cur in India than are throw the first stone at Japan. business organisations, the pop6wly bakes him to the requisite is a large excess of imports makes the Japanese in China. The Ja- The question arises, however, these Musical Notes

all the more valuable to the panese spinners' demand obvious whether the powers are acting ular displeasure and fear colour. .found

Then, "done to a turn," he can Chinese exchequer the 5 per cent.y applies to yarns, the trade in even with enlightened self-inter- expression in anti-

duty charged on them, and as which greatly exceeds that in eat in driving hard bargains and trust legislation, both in many return sta es and in Congress. Under menade the streets in all the China is allowed by her inter-cloth, and it demands not equality cose:Esion-hunting. the Congressional Act certain barbaric splendour of a bare, national treaties to charge this of opportunity, but actual protems revenue and the Salt Gab- trusts were by the Supreme Court burned, and blistered breast. In mount it would seen the most section in China against Chinese elle may be booming for the time resolved into their constituent spite of his rather startling and reasonable thing in the world competition! Imitativeness surely being, but if, as there is some parts into the smaller companies sometimes ferocious appearance, that ehe should have a periodical justifies itself when the model ia reason to believe, China is con- of which they had been built, however, the Berlin "knut" is revision of the conventional so greatly improved upon as it is consuming more than she is pro- Other trusts, fearing a similar quite tame and harraless, and schedule so that the tariff should here. tu addition to this the ducing, and declining in wealth, really would not hurt a fly if the remain an effectivo per cont. Japaneee spinners require that the squeeze cannot go on for ever. fate, voluntarily dissolved.

The law is generally yet re-insect evinced any disposition to Bud commodities declined during the schedule shall subdivide strong and united China" garded as incomplete, and there hit back. But the semo of the the last ten years sa much as they qualities of yarn and cloth at was Sir Edward Grey's descrip- is a wide difference of opinion absurd is to be seen on Sundays, have risen, it is reasonably cer- just those points most convenient tion of the most profitable sort of about the results of its enforce when the Berlin clork, who lina tain that China would have been to Japanese manufacturers, and customer Britain could have in ment. But my point is that these spent the week cooped up in an called upon to revise the schedule, that ad valorem shall be convert the Far East; as an alternative, apartitioned China under forcign trusts did, according to the finding oflice, promenades the west end of but things being as they are, ited into specific duties, “as this of the Supreme Court, abridge the city in black tailed coat and is to China's interest to take the will operate in favour of Japanese administration might conceivably the fair opportunities of their silk bat, his open shirt revealing move, and the Powers block the products." Perhaps the choicest be useful both to itself and to its competitors. They were found an expanse of generally scraggy way though, to do them justice, item in the whole list is the re neighbours, But China use no by the Court to have lessened neck decorated with a bright red we have not yet heard that it is quirement that China sball im opportunity of being in either of commercial liberty and individual spot in the place where his collar for the sake of supplying the pose a duty on raw cotton equal these situations. The excessive

Chinees consumer at the least pos- to that which she imposes on yarn. demands made by Japan differ THE freedom of action. And this was stud ought to be. the real reason of their undoing.

The spinnere are no doubt, only in degree from those made It has already been reported asking for more than they expect has already reached a point in

by every other power, The same principle is at work the last two decades. The sim in the vast volume of railway re- now ja in one straight line, that an official Japanese protest to get, on the time-honoured her financial history where it is galation. Popular wrath was towards training every child in was made against the proposed oriental principle of asking, next door to impossible to ox- stirred up by the practice of the the Republic so that nobody and revision, and now the Japan high price and then coming tract anything without applying railways in carrying goods more no class shall be forgotten. what Cotton Spinners' Association bas down. Requirements so undis cheaply for some persons and ever its needs may be.

decided on the terms of the guisedly devised with a sole eye whether there is any guarantee a loan, and it is questionable The will of the majority is not some companies and some com-

strong Chinese policy" which

to Japanese interests will not that the point is not being rapidly manities than for their com-without its tyrannies, but itsit wishes the Government to petitore in a word, the practice tyrannies can be neither terrible pursue. The items comprised in able to other countries, more stimulant will be ineffectual, Bat appear quite so eminently reason- approrohed where even this of abridging somebody's fair nor endaring so long as no these demands, are astonishingly especially to Japan's western it has become a sort of tradition opportunity for the benefit of majority can become fixed and frank in their enunciation of the ally. Bat it is probably only the that China can supply the defici somebody else.

come to be regarded by mon as a great principle, "It's your money presence of the other guests at in any nation's commercial Education for the Masses. part of the order of nature.

though in justice the feast which will ensure sny balance sheer-Japan Chroniclo Another example will be found democracy turns to and reverseBLO the hungry spinners restraint: The spirit behind in the vast educational work of itself when it awakes to an error. it must bo owned that

these demanda may be very the Republic, The working out One great advantage of this some of their most autocratic enterprising and business like,

SILIMPOPON GOAL. of any vital democracy demande constant vigilance which comes of demanda are not without pre- but it falls sadly short of the BUNKERS the constant reinforcement of constant change is that the eyes cadent. They require, if China" deliverance of Asia" ideal. society from the rear, There of men are kept towards the cannot agree to the retention of Indeed, it is more reminiscent of must not be any neglected future. There is no time nor the present schedule for cotton the overworked "elavey" in a or forgotten clase.. American chance to look backward. The goods, that the Chinese Govern- once popular farce, who orolaima education had proceeded, until a phrase recent period, more or less after inaugural address that roused the meat shall impose an exciso duty "If ever I have a servant, won't on its cation manufactures higher I take it out of ber for this!" It the old fashion-s routine elemen- whole nation was this: "I call than its import daty, and, so as tu pot so very loog, since the for tory system of instruction at the all forward-looking men to my to preclude any un dodging, they obligation to restrict the tariff and on from all shipping dues public expense theoretically. for side." No man in the Republic demand that it be collected by according to the likings of the everybody, and higher education, is willing to confess that he is a the Custome authorities. It is powera was felt to be even more more or leas of the classical type, backward-looking man. The rather surprising that they did irksome than the granting of

But it became in prodigious educational effort all not undertake its collection them-extra territoriality but there i oreasingly apparent that this looks to the future-millions of selves. This idea was probably very little trace of the Golden system did not really touch or money and the best energies of put into their heads by the Rale in Japan's relations with profoundly affect the mass of the many of the best men

are all example of Irdis, where, on a 5 China, whiph accord but ill with people The millions profited spent on making to-morrow better per cent, tariff being introduced, the professions of regard and

"What shall the Lancashire manufacturers big-brotherliness mode little by the more or less routine than yesterday, common schools, and still legs by our children be?" not "What stepped in and demanded that it

respect to the amorphous repablio. Saturday, 1st August, 1914 the old-fashioned higher educa- were our forefathers?" is the should not apply to cotton tion and a complete change of insistant question. This is the goods. After disonasion it was However, the idea of Japan the aims and methods of popular explanation of the dominant note agreed that the duty on cotton uplifting Asia was never more education has taken place during of hopefulness in American life. goods should be kept down

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