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WAR AND FINANCE.

Norman Angellism and the War.

Norman Angell writes to a Home paper as follows:-

The chaos which has been pre- cipitated upon the Stock Ex changes of the world during the last few days, the many fails reported, the paralysis of trade over very wide areas, the stop: page of the means of livelihood for many millions of men and women, have been pretty general ly accepted as confirming corteio principles to which a little group of us in this and other countries have of late been trying to draw attention.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

May I be allowed to say, how ever, that the conclusion which the public seem disposed to draw from these very visible facts and which, indeed, some of your cou temporaries have drawn very vigorously, are not at all the con- elasions which we have been urging, nor those having the most important bearing opon. grave decisions the graveet cer- tainly that have ever confronted this generation which people of

the

shis and other countries may

abortly be called upon to take ?

No War for Pecuniary, Oala..

German industry and competi tion, brains, quiture and ideas will occupy about the place that they would in any case. Because the conqueror must, by reason of he economic pressure of his own needs, leave the vanquished their material possessions he is by that fast compelled to leave them their moral and spiritual possess

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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1914.

LET US REALISE.

A Pointed Article by Arnold

Bennett.

From the first there were, I doubt not, people who adopted towards this war the right at

narse wounded men' on the part of young girle who had a var seen a wound in their lives, much less dressed one. But whom the billeting question grew into an actuality, thought was prepared to receive obeerfally as many eol- diere as might be quartered on mo, I privately reflected that the consequent upset in the house

strolled forth in the dask-aven then I was still objecting" (in my heart) to war...

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HOUSE OF COMMONS SCENE.

Mr. Will Crooks Sings the National Anthem..

representative, on the day that Parliament is prorogued for members to shake hands with leaving, but before this last aor the occupant of the Chair of of courtesy could be preceeded it would be in order to sing "God with Mr. Crooks asked whether Save the King." Members looked

GERMAN COLONIES.

The Case for Annexing Them.

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Chanhion Teokuta, Amoy. Đongshunyung. Yestaichan,

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Eayansang, Shanghai. Laohong Dickeone Nowe,

A. B. SORENSEN, Acig. Superintendent.

Some of the German news» papers have been complaining lately that England, "the stealer of colonies," has attacked the German colonies in Africa, and unity of the European race in the Shanghai. thereby destroyed the essential eyes of the blacks. As for the latter argoment, it is safe to say that no African native would be Hongkong, Oct. 23, 1914. deceived by it, as to the former omplaint, it is merely a question pens to be one of our ways of of taste. Taking colonies hap- making war, and we prefer it to by destroying cities and firing on the German habit of making war women and children.

ivas. The rest importance of titude, exercising imagination would really be most inconven An inspiring and spontaneous aconomic interdependence our enough to ruslise just what it is, ient. Even when walls and hed-scene in the House of Commone reliance upon markets, credit, and displaying a cheerful fortes began to be destroyed in my Parliament until October 27, says to-day marked the prorogation of confidence, law-enforced con-itude. Only I do not happen to district, and I perceived that my the Globe of Sept. 18.

home lay between cortalo military tracts, and the rest is that it has come across many such people. rendered it impossible to push I observed, roughly, two atti- works and the sea, and barriers It is customary, writes a Globe home military force with the old tudes of mind. In the first attitude were put across high roads, and ruthlessness for the purpose of wild fancy was paramount, in one I was challenged by guards when destroying the nationality of form or another. That, people I others. If all the preponderance sent their silver to the Bank, and of force which men of small took down the pictures from the nationalities, like the Alsatians or walls. And when I asked them: Well, gradually, my imagina the Irish or the Finne, have had "Why have you sent your silver tone don't mean my profession to face has failed in ite object (as to the Bank?" they literally had al novelist's imagination, but my it has), it is certain that the des- no reply. It was an instinct with human imagination woke up, truction of France, for instance, them. Thus, tradesmen in and little by little showed a one another, scarcely knowing is impossible of accomplishment country districts gent round me that it would have boon what to do. The Deputy Speaker to this question of annexing the Whatever may be the future representatives en motor-bicycles just sie logical to object in my made no response to the question German Colonial Empire. One place of the Slavs, Teutons, asking for household, orders, and heart to the eclipse. Bat how put by the Labour member, French, or English in the world, atating that orders not given in this war is not going to settle it stantly might never be executed render the condition of all more was due to customers.). Thus, or seriously to affect it, except to (Not all the fault of panic buying barbaric. We may inflict or bear people eagerly collected every atrocibus suffering, bat when it lying rumour and passed it on is all over we shall see that it is improved, it not perfected. Thus,

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well and intimately I understand the stolidity of those people in whom it has been suggested that the Midlands and the North, to lecturing missioners of war should be dispatched! A small minority

will never care what happens and their indifference is a proof that, so far as they are concerned. the governmental social policy of this kingdom has been a failure,

whereupon Mr. Crooks began to sing the opening notes of the National Anthem.

Immediately all beads were bared, and members rose en masse to their fest. The "

strangera

in the Gallery, and the reporters,

also followed their example.

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and

There is, however, another side

hears it urged (a) that the Ger- man colonies are useless; (b) that we have already more territory than we require; and consequent ly (c) that we should take these colonies by all means as hostages, as pawns to play with at the event- the end we should give them back nal peace conference, but that in to Germany. This line of argu-

ment deserves careful consider- ation.

Cabinet Ministers, private members, strangers, pressmen, all joined in the anthem As to (a) that the German

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Conlon Patrick F. (2), San

Francisco.

Cheerinphu Kwong Fong Thai Bieksilow, Singapore.

Desbein Passenger Mongolia, New York.

Foutvot, Saigon. Lobingier clo American Conaul, Manila.

Zuellig Hongkong Hotel, Manila.

W. B. ELWES, Hongkong, 22nd. Oct, 1914.

as futile to settle problems of a landed proprietor whom I had We have, of course, never urged nationality and racial culture by never seen before came to see me an earlier generation and began: "Mr. Bennett, I would or should over prevent rivalries by that means. To the patriot. I think the Government because it is a proof that they and at the conclusion of this colonies are useless. This is a that the mere fear of losing money found it futile to settle religions must tell you that I am a great

threitened in its larger interests, realisation of this fatility-and it food supply. I have £3,000 in The immense majority, however, tion Mr. Crooks called for three is one of the strategio centres of £10,000 from the Mayor of

is general ought to do something as to the believe they have nothing to iosa. precadented loyal demonstra- very dubious proposition. Samoa don has received a donation of "

muny to go to war.

Aro

extent that there

Force and Religion.

harrahs. I will will assuredly arouse themselves and inform themselves and enrol themselves emotionally in the or anism of the realm. They will need no lecturers. Events will do the spell-binding, and fastball will cease to be the highest good.

Bringing It Home.

I am perhaps prejudiced, bat prefer the imagination that works too slowly to the imagina- geta out of control. But what we tion that works too quickly and want is the imagination that worke promptly and with discip lined justice in other words, the power to realise what is selves. Such a power is the meat afoot, to bring it home to our

These were enthusiastically given, and then Mr. Crook, looking across to the Nationalist Ireland!" Immediately Mr. Red mond responded to the ampli- meat. "God save England he cried out heartily. demonstration as unique as it With this ended a remarkable

was unexpected.

with the Deputy Speaker and the Members formally shook hands

session was at nu end.

Missing Officers Safe.

mineral wealth.

Melbourne's Gift to Belgium. The Belgian Minister in Lon

Melbourne, Australia, for the Belgian Relief Fund.

the Pacific. German South-west Africa contains good land and bad, but much of it is good cattle "God save

country, and there are well-autb. enticated reports of considerable africa, apart from its value as the to exist.

German Esat acquired had temporarily coas ed missing link in the Cape-Csiro One may dismiss, therefore, British explorers, and well spoken ment (b)--that we have more railway, has been landed by argument (a). Turning to argu of by German planters. Togoland territory than we require-one Gold Coast, which is now a this last two hundred years and has about the same undeveloped may remark that this argument value as the neighbouring British hoe heen, advanced continuously. foarishing dependency. The more, and it hae never availed to Cameroons and German Congo atop expansion.. It was used are much the same in character when the backwoodsmen of the burgh has received a telegram French, and Belgian colonies.

The Dowager Duchess of Roxas, the neighbouring British, old colonies on the Atlantic sea- saying that her son, Captain Lord

board of North America crossed. But, it is said by those who the Ohio. Most of all was the Robert Innes-Ker, who was re- ported missing, is safe, in Germans have not made a success times by the Manchester School, paraue this line of argument, the argument used in mid-Victorian hospital in Paris, wounded in the of their colonies, and it must be which regarded all dependencies because those colonies are use as a burden to be shaken off as Irish Guards, who was reported admirable coloniet elsewhere. was triumphant as an argu-

Viscount Castlerosse, of the

lesa, singe the German is an quickly as possible; indeed, it missing and wounded, is now That consideration, although ment for the whole of that stated to be in an American plausible, will not carry us far. generation. ambulance, wounded in the elbow, We, ourselves, with some little it was either ignored or it But in practica reputation as coloniats, made a proved impossible to carry. poor show of it early in Nigeria, out; for the very mon who Gang of in the days when every sailor need the argument saw the early growth of New Zealand as a British colony, the spread of set- tlement towards Western Canada, the founding of Natal, and the Dalhousie policy in India.

legs..

bat doing well.

upheavals. And then force our selves, to realise that the page

"The Bight of Benin! The now being written transcends

Bight of Benin, them all in horror and importance. Whore few go out, though many We cannot realise it... But

go in," WB must. And the sooner

nation which balieved itself

rights, or digcity from going to is this truth above all which cash and I can get more. war; or that a civilised nation is ever likely to go to war for the emerges from the economic facts use it in a scheme if the Govern- mere purpose of pecuniary profit we have been trying to make meat will give me power in this (though this is the motive that plain will the danger of war in district to etc., etc. Thus, some of our critics have freely Europe decline. And by no other people dismissed half their

benches, called ont means. attributed to Germany as the

dependents to poverty and gave s hundred guineas to the Prince mainspring of her alleged Those who opposed the relig- of Wales' Fund. Thus, opt- aggressive intention against ui.us wars-who desired to keep bare of idle people suddenly dis- nor have we urged that financial

military force out of religious covered for the first time in their chaos necessarily rendered it impossible for even a highly in questions were held up to scorn lives that they were idle, and, in dustrialised country like Ger- unwilling to fight for their reproach, began to offer their lacking in religions fervour, norder to clear themselves of the The importance of the facts religion. The accusation was, of directive assistance to the Govern which we have attempted to make course, due to precisely the error meat and to demand the overa- plain does not lie in their bearing of the wars,

of thought which was the cause ment's prestige for" their own So now those who military or semi-military ashemes, on these things, but precisely in urge that national ideals should their bearing upon the moral and be neither imposed nor destroyed honourable, sometimes honour

1 was all very human, not dis- ideal ends which are supposed as by war are attacked de sordid or able, and generally a little precione of all human faculties motives of resistance or aggres lacking in patriotism. It is as pathetic and foolish. After a sion this war.

a rich source of reasonablenem on to underlie that in the last grave an error as the older one. time, most of these people (except good judgment, and magnanim. If the object of the respective the rumnar-carriers) ceased from ity. We all have it in some analysis this war is a struggle of States of Europe is to create and their activities defensive, offen-degree, generally less than great- Slav against Teuton; that each is maintain such conditions as will sive, or merely mischievons, er. threatened in its nationality, its best make for the general welfare, through simple lack of encourage more moral and self-satisfied and We can all cultivate it. The aspirations and ideala by the do- in the largest sense of the term, meat. Then came the first news successful we are the deeper is mination of the other; that, for of their peoples, that object can of rest reverses and some of the our peed of it; for, as a rule, it instance, our own special con- he pursued by all without col- greatest patriots were so upset that does not go with righteousness. ceptions of constitutionalism and lision. Objects qutside that to they could not bear to look at a The mischief with nearly all of freedom would be grievously en- dangered if the Teaton should impose the dominance of one newspaper. They wept for the us in that we do not grasp religion, or language, or culture, human race, entirely forgot the the significance of our destiny. prove victorions.

as against another-should be existence of the British Fleet, and We read history and of events Now all those developments, of outside the scope of military performed in secret every peainee magnificent and terrible, but our which the Stock Exchange panice force; it should be left to free except fasting and giving up the souls are not large enough to un

merely the outward and

interplay of individual mind upon ghost. visible siga-the essential econo- mind.

derstand that fate has singled us The Spell. mic interdependence of the

out, this very generation of ours, We do not believe this ideal is The other attitude which I to figure in history as no genera- modern world, the closeness and sordid or legs worthy than the observed was the stolid attitude. tion ever figured before.

Germany, like Britain, had to complexity of our contacte, the struggle for religious or racial observed it in myself springing

the better. This thing has buy her experience in the colonial the further increase of the Em impossibility of confiscating the domination based upon military as I do from a very stolid part of mauia and of the arrogant wrong- tion should induce a solemn tragedy for her that at the very German colonies in Africa would We talk of dynastio megalo. happened to us. The realisa field; and it is something of a pire by the annexation of the wealth of a vanquished people, power

and inspired by hate and England. I observed in myself headedness of Prussian militarism state of mind, and so depriving them of the intolerance. We believe that we that I "objected" to the war. I and we say that these phenomena there is no word except the word sufficiently heavy price her

for which time she had bought it at overburden us? I doubt it. The which, whether we like it or not, express the nobler idea). That, had not believed that the war must porish as wild beasts perish. religions. It should stir not only diplomacy at Berlia should de- means of livelihood, all tendencies

however, is a matter of feeling would come. the ordinary bread-winning efforts

I had been (and And for the sake of everyday the minor religious virtues of prive her of the colonies. But it of every one of us intensify-all opinion. What is a matter of am) an absolute opponent of convenience we are entitled to talk faith, obedience, fortitude, and remains trae, although the fact simple fact is this: that the one conscription. I thought there so. But these Prussians, even helpfulceas, but the final rolig is often overlooked, that the Ger- this would render this war futile hope of escaping from a welter was an immense deal of crying the most outrageous of them, are inus virtue of carelessness about man colonies would have de the salient case. But there is 08 8 means of imposing or and chaos in which civilisation" wolf". I would always have not mere wilful swaggering self, defending a moral or ideal object. itself may be submerged, or set voted for extra expenditure on rascals: They are, properly view-rewards, justice, even life what had

Comforts, conveniences, veloped more rapidly had she likewise an increasing population Austria may crush Servia, but it back, it may be, for generations, education before extra expened, the helpless agencies of the are they when the loss of them They were acquired at a tend to day, when one is confront- sufficient population. at home, and it is absurd to pre- territories which she acquires are is that Europe may give its exp- diture on Dreadnoughts. Ialways tremendous process of evolution. is calmly risked? We may or time when Germany had a ed by an England of unsurpassed brought even partly into touch with the economic and social port to the ideal which I have forced myself to see the great ex- What we are assisting at is a may not see the end of this thing. forces of our time, it is as certain indicated, rather than to the con- cellences of Germany. I said that senseless, utterly idiotic Eur- The old ideal may or may not be was lost every year by emigration do not as a nation still desire large aarplus population, which and increasing virility, that we as anything well can be that she is of those who at times so I had always been against the opean war True! But it is as moribund as we had supposed to the United States, Australia; opportunities of pioneering and

bitterly deride it.

balance of power" game, and in more. It is the Inator, nearly What matter? We shall have and elsewhere; but a few years building up our type of civilisa favour of the democratic control the laat-blind instinctive strug-lived in an age unparalleled; and after the colonies were acquired tion in the outer world. After First Officer Victim of War. of foreign policy, and that if evil gle between an old ideal and a human dignity remains. Some, in obedience to the patriotic the war, too; we shall have num- The will of the first officer killed had come of the long and new one. The ideal of homicidal I admit, ara pessimistic concern principle that German emigrants bera of men trained to arms to We may go to war to ensure through the war is now proved, obstinate flouting of my war was once a noble ideal; ing the result not the result to abould remain on Cterman soil, the whom the civilian life they are the victory of Russia and the being that of Lieut. Hugh Jeffery principles, I could not help it, indeed, the noblest. It appealed Britain of Britain's pugnacity, development of German industry now abandoning no longer offers "defeat" of that Tentonio pivili Middleton, RN, of Bileay Castle, was in no way to blame, and ao- to men as nothing else could. But but the vast result of the struggle at home absorbed, and more attractions. Many a Canadian sation with which we have such Northumberland, who died on cepted no responsibility. War? the tragedy of an ideal is that it between ideals.

than absorbed, surplus population. and South African city or town close and ancient racial and moral August 10, owing to an accident. War was grotesque, a mon becomes haas by comparison with commonsense, energy, steadfast For the last decade and more ship owes its origin to auch die affinity, but if, after the war on board a mine-sweeping trawler strons absurdity. It was anthink-ita successor." "And "eo sinks in nos, the informed consciousnes Germany, to far from exporting a banded legionaries; and after Buesia desires to extend her rail of Fraserburg, Aberdeen, at the able. There is just what it was blood. Its expiring act is usual of right, may fail. Nobody who surplus population of her own, the present war thousands of

for as atolid ones unthink-ly a foul orime. ways, bore her oil-welle, develop age of 35,

raw recruite wishes to think so can be pre- has imported a large Blav con- those who are her country for the benefit of her The value of the estate amounts able...

Let us sit down and read his vented from thinking s people, she will, however victor to £190,521 He gave an annuity That ladies should become tory. Read the most terrific pages sonally, I do not think so. 1 an eastern provincos! That is one take their chance of a scheme of so, Per- tingent to cut the harvest in her being taught their first drill will lous, be compelled to allow the of £1,400 to his father, Sir Arthur active in the embryonic organies of history. Head of Caesar, of on the side of the far fatare, and of the reasons why the German settlement in the annexed Ger- normal economic life of Germany Middleton, and the residue on tion of Red Cross work showed Attila, of Napoleon. Got our the far future is always right colonies have not gone ahead so man colonies if they are given

approve the interes yearning to prehend the sublimity of their on as before, which means that children.

will be unable to crash out the Servian national. qualition and impose her own,

Impossible to Crush. Nationality,

Of course,

Is there any real danger that

work to be done, of administra-

tion and development, is cerai - increasingly heavy; there nzu

large tracts of country not yet developed Northern Australia is

as of the rest of Europeio go various trasts for his wife and nice feeling, even if I could n souls full of those pages. Com-till in its turn it slips into the quickly to was expected. One it.-A. Wyatt Tilbyip the.

pant

of the reasons for which they were Globe,

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