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ADVERTISE YOUR WANTS.

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ONE CENT PER WORD PER INSERTION

A SMALL

Two Cents if not Prepaid.

ADVERTISEMENT IN THESE COLUMNS WILL BE PRODUCTIVE OF MANY ENQUIRIES REPLIES AWAIT BOX No.:-281 299 306 309

WANTED.

WANTED." Thoroughly

NIA

310 318 320 & 320

FOR

SALE.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1920.

FOR SALE. perienced Accolatant required

Two Belliss and by European Firm immediately. Marcombe Triple Expansion 400 Suitable man with good qualifica- H.P. Engines, direct coupled to tions may expect corresponding 250 K.W. Direct Current Gener. remuneration. Apply Box 327

co Hongkong Telegraph."

FOR SALE.

ROTR

75 cycles Alternators complete with three Boilers, Con- densing Plant and Economiser. Full Specification can be obtained FOR SALE. Six volues of Electric Co. Ltd.. St. George's at the office of the Hongkong "Modern Electrical Engineering Buildings. The Plant may be (Complete work, just published), inspected at Owner leaving Colony,

the Company's. Price Works at North Point by arrange- $20.00. ApplyX.Y.Z." "Hong: |ment with the office. kong.Telegraph.

MR. CHURCHILL'S TWO PICTURES.

PROSPERITY AT HOME:

TRAGEDY ABROAD

he called our well-tried party system. He (Mr. Churchill) did! not think the moment was well chosen for n return to that system. Mr. Asquith wanted to see Liberals and Conservatives,! who had pulled together during the war and were now working together to solve national dificul ties, divided up into two opposite Camps, belabouring each other in the good old pre-war style.

Was such a state of things

desirable? The break-up of the

Two pictures one beight, the other gloomy were presented by Mr. Churchill' to

a great mays meeting held in the Victoria Hall, Sunderland, recently. The Marquis of Londonderry presided, and pleaded for national unity in the work of reconstruction.

forces that

sustained the The Secretary of State for War Present national Government said his bright and satisfactory would only result in putting picture concerned home affairs, the Labour party into

power full of difficulty, but full of hope: at

in their de- the dark picture--a picture of velopment when they are quite almost unrelieved anxiety relat unfit for the responsibility of ed to the melancholy and tragie Government (Cacers) Through ! tuation in which enormous per their incompetence they world tions of Europe and Asia are roure hopelessly to grief at wari plunged

The enormous

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period

was

! But if it were desirable, was it Britain is again being displayed, possible? I thought it Our industries have been turned utterly impossible at the present) over from a war to a penes busts: time. There would be neither our expert trade is growing in reality me slaperity in such a value and volumet ppets

jar medup. flowing for more along -great industries, not only for the

home market. bat from energi

GREATER INNIEST

The great war lus Mased a

foreign arket. The prospecs, political epoch. | It has closed it of every trade are exte-dingly jan a mubner not dishonourable tou

Promising.

SPENDING LESSI

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other of the two historic parties wines controversies Jave so long idominated our pholte it. There

Our expenditure is diminishing is scarcely any great or worthy rapidly. For the Army and Air object of either the Conservative; Forces it will be less next year for Liberal party in the last 20

by nearly £400,000,000 than this years that has not been achieved year. Reves shows a steady or is not now conceded. expansion. Latest returns give

The old lines of cleavage base; an excess over last year of £180. been obliterated by the war, and 000,000. and the prospects are new lines of cleavage bave come that the figure will be increased into existence. Why should it in the last quarter of the year. not he possible now at this mo

There is no reason whatever ment. when our difficulties are so why the serious financial pro- great. when they call for qur blem before us should not be unites exertions-to combine the properly solved if they are studied patriotism and stability of the with coolness and faced with Conservative party with the courage. In fact we are on the broad humanities and tolerancës high road to recovery from the of Liberalism? injuries of the war, and about to consolidate, for the lasting benefit

EUROPE'S PLIGHT.

of the British nation, the great Turning to the dark picture, position wou by the prowess of Mr. Churchill said the "popul- our soldiers in the field. (Cheers.)ations of four great Empires. aggregating three or four hun- THIN-BLOODED DEFEATISTS. dred million human beings, were But we must all pull together in a desperate condition. No during the difficult period of one could tell what would emerge reconstruction. National unity from the immense. horrible does not mean national unanimi- catastrophe of Russia, except ty. They could not expect to that it would probably be some- conciliate everybody. It was nothing, very menacing to civilis- use whittling away Dur own ation and very dangerous to the strong position in the hope of peace of Europe and Asia. We satisfying, for instance, those might abandon Russia, buti thin-blooded defeatists who, at Russia would not abandon us. évery period in the war. when- After dealing with menace and ever they saw the slightest danger of a combination between chance, obstructed the measures Bolshevism and Turkish mil necessary for victory. (Cheers.) itarism, Mr. Churchill said it was He had absolute trust in the with such facts in our mind that doctrine of the people. We had we must look to the situation in to guard against minority rule-Germany. The present German the rule of men who, in their Government during the last year) insane vanity and conceit, believ-had made a fairly honest effort to ed they were entitled to give to a comply with the Allies' demands, people a government which the to bow to the consequences people loathed and detested, and of defeat, and to make repara- in regard to which they were tion. never consulter.

Let our influence in Europe be The attempt to carry into prac-used to mitigate and not aggravate tice those wild theories could the misery and ruin that prevails, only be attended with universal and, while helping forward the confusion, corruption, disorder establishment of a genuine and civil war.

League of Nations, let us not strip our country of reasonable measures of defence amid the Mr. Asquith was longingly perils of this tumultuous world. bankering for a return to what (Cheers.)

PARTY STRIFE.

NOTICES.

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have a stack

of :-

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Mandolines

Violins

Drums

Banjos etc.

at reasonable prices

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NOTICE -

We have just received fresh stocks of Pepsedent Tooth Paste, a scientific, new departure in dental preparations. Price greatly lowered by high rate of exchange.

Also CUTEX.

THE COLONIAL DISPENSARY.

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AMERICAN ITEMS.

(From the Manila Papers),

Charleston, March 1.-The West Virginia Senate was tied in ja vote on the question of ratifying.

the suffrage amendment.

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Baltimore, February 24.-Mr. Herbert C. Hoover in a speech st Johns-Hopkins University declar- ed his opposition to making ratification of the treaty A campaign issue, insisting that such action would obscure press-i ing domestic issues.

Washington. February 18.- Gen. Peyton C. March, Chief of Staff, United States army, testify. ing before the house committee investigation of medal awards slid American troops were sent to Russia and Siberia by President Wilson against the advice of Gen. Taker H. Bliss, while he was a member of the Supreme War Council.

Chicago, February 21.- Warn- ing that poisoned stuffed lives have been shipped by a Chicago wholesale house to dealers in 52 cities in eight states was issued by the State Superintendent of Food. The olives are known as a type of pimento olives. Three brands of California olives are mentioned. Batavia, Ferndell and Richelen.

Bryn Mawyer, Penn., February

24. Associate Professor .of Chemistry J. O. Crenshaw, lately: of the chemical section of the American expeditionary forces, suggests the use of surplus smoke making materials used by the Government in the war for mak- ing a smoke screen miles long for use in communicating with Mars."

Washington, February 21.- The first census announcement was made eight days earlier than in 1910. The population of Washington, D. C., is shown to be 437,414. Cincinnati's population is given as 401.159.

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Washington. February 18.-The: Government has taken a step toward prosecution of wilful slackers. The Adjutant General) has been instructed to investigate and dispose of as many cases as possible without formal proceed- ings. One hundred and fifty one! thousand are charred with un- wilful desertion, and one bun-) thousand!

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BORDEN'S MILK CHOCOLATES.

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dred and seventy four thotsa A SPECIAL SALE

with wilful desertion.

Atlantic City, February 21.-- Governor Edwards announced This intention of going to the National Democratic Convention prepared to fight for an anti- prohibition plank in the platform. He designated William Jennings Bryan as "a man without a state." Gov. Edwards said he lexpected prohibition to be the

livest issue at the Democratic! National Convention which meetsi at San Francisco June 27.

Chicago, February 21.-Rebel- ion against prohibition has broken. out in Iron County, Michigan, according to advices received here. The Federal prohibition director, Major Dalrymple, notified Wash- ington that prohibition agenta were upheld by county officials who seized wine and confiscated it. Major Dalrymple appealed to the United States Attorney Ger.er-i al for the prosecution of two deputies, two policemen and three others.

Washington, February 18-Re- presentatives Fess (Rep.) of Ohio) introduced a resolution for a con- stitutional amendment, empower- ing the Supreme Court to deter mine the ability of the president of the United States to discharge his duties, whenever congress authorises it by concurrent re- solution. Representative Rogers (Rept.) of Mass. introduced a bill containing virtually the same provisions. The Supreme Court also is to decide when the dis- ability is removed. The authors of the bills said neither proposal was aimed at President Wilson,

on

Washington, February 29.- Sharp criticism of President! Wilson's Adriatic policy occurred in the senate during the debate

the

peace treaty. The irreconcilebles and the mild reservationists said the disagree- ment demonstrated the complics. tions' which would follow the entrance of the United States into the league of nations, and accused the president of intor- fering with the affairs of other nations, without inquiring whether the American people approved of such a course.

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OF

0-CEDAR MOPS

&

POLISH

We have received a consignment of O-Cedar Mops and Polish on exceptional terms and in order to give the public of Hongkong the benefit we are offering Mops and Polish at Special Rates for the Month of March..

MOPS

Large size in round or triangle shapes.

1/

$2.50 each.

SPECIAL OFFER

Every purchaser of a Mop during the Month of March will have an O-Cedar Duster -

FREE OF CHARGE.

O-CEDAR POLISH

12 oz. Bottle....

4 oz. Bottle.........

40 cts.

75 cts.

$ 1.50 cte.

$4.5) cta.

Quart Cans Gallon Tins

SPECIAL QUOTATIONS for.

dozen lots to Hotels

Shipping Co's etc..

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