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Chinese Revolution Iademalties.

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It is especially a source of pain should ventilate the subject of to those intellectual workers- German or Austrian opera, even The Defacing of Current Coin.

Owing to the manner in which the among them the present writer though his own withers are un- people in the southern provinces who rospect and admire the in- wrang, happy in his circumstances of China defees and reduce the tellectual energy of Germany. It as he is, and basily employed. value of the silver coins by using is and for an Englishman who "I do not think," said he, "that steel obops, the Government has owes much to German scholarship the English manager is particu- drawn up regulations forbidding and research, who is grateful to larly anxious to employ the Ger the prople to deface the new coin Germany for an appreciative re-man or the Austrian. His glaring nge in this manner. In these reception of bis work at a time when defect is a disposition to run in a gulations a scale of punishment his own country rejected it, and groove, rather than to discover, is drawn up for those who trans who possesses valued friends in and exploit Istent talent, grees the above order, the severity every part of Germany, to realise plentiful enough at his own door- of the punishment being in necor that his country is the fos of that step. A fortunate accident reveals, dance with the amount of dollars land, and that Germans, even say, The Merry Widow.' All defaced, ranging from a fine of German scientists and German the average manager on ap- ten dollars to a flas of one hund- philosophers, are dancing with preciate is his need of another red dollars and imprisonment rage in their hatred of what they "Merry Widow" as Mr. Lelie! according to the fifth grade. persuade themselves to be the Stuart ar ys. This disposition to These regulations have been for- greed and treachery and envy and copy, rather than to initiate, la warded to the President for signa- brutality of England.

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One may feel that, and yet, en-management and is responsible tirely rccept the attitude of one's for much alien music. Germany Tans the Chicago Herald own country. It is indeed re-sent one wonderful success to The latest discovery by Wilbur markable that in England ap:rt London; therefore, every London Gler Volivs is that the world is from a few isolated individuale-manager set his eyes steadfastly Bat. Columbas was mistaken and there is only one attitude in regard toward Berlin and Vienna; had Copernicus was suffering fram to this war. Fifteen years ago, at ears for none but German or delnsions when they expounded the time of the South African war, Austrian music. There was the their theories, Vol.va is coming it wae very different. Then a very same altitude towards ragtime. to Chicago to speak in the tuber-large party in England, includ-

poole and to demonstrate that the ing many of the best and mdet "German and Austrian masio earth is as filas a pancake and intellectual elements in the na-bas got ita qa etue, 'suppose. that the Australians, instead of tion, were strongly opposed to the And I hope the day of the Eng- Being on the other side of the attitude of their own country, lish composer has arrived or re world are on top, like the rest of It is not so now. Daring recent tarned. He has proved in the us. Furthermore, he will demon-years there bas ben co warlike past that he can do good enough strate that the sun is only about party in England, just as there work. But it is well if he have! 3,000 miles from the earth and has been no warlike party learned something from the Ger-

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those of the condemned continent, hui, and smuggled them to ports gian neutrality. It was realised I revert to the manager. If, eo the variety stage employs

thev in Shantung and Manchuria, and atonce that both England's honour at this juncture, an English com musicians as good as those identi. that such heartless trade, if true, and Eagland's self interest were poser should come forward with fied with the regalar theatre. will adversely affects the staple involved. A war against Gora brilliant and effective work, if Tho tevue, with its complete, ho- food of the people to a very serions many would have appealed to it should duplicate the success of mogenous, sarefully orobestrated extent, especially now when the only a small section of the Eng. The Merry Daobess, would that ecore, from which interpolated next crop will not be available for lish people; a war in defence of mean an open market for all tunes, ragtime and all, are disap a long time. He is instructed to the rights of Belgium appealed to English composers: or would it peering, too, proves thie. The request the Supervisor of Customs the whole country. For it must be mean that one fortunate composer war is making a market for Eng Hongkong, March 18th, 1915. to ask the Commissioner of the remembered that (with whatever became the cynosure of every ish music. By all means let Maritime Customs to order the ex- aberration) the sympathies and managerial eye, and that, to the the English compo er seizs, and aminers to make strict search for the interests of England have exclusion of his many able brath-diligently cultivate, his market. and detain all smuggled rice, that always been with small countries. ren, he was overwhelmed with Andet us all come in!" is, any rice for export unsupported There is, nominally, a "British commissions, and promptly work by special permit. The Commis Empire but England remaine, ed to death or played out? sioner has appointed four addi- by the very facts of Nature, aThin fatal disposition to make tional examiners to do the work, small country, and its emotional the invidious distinction of a as the number of original examine and mental outlook is that of a country, or of an individual, is ors, being only four, would be small country, the greatest evil. It affects me dain inadequate for the purpose.

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