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FRENCH MERCHANT MARINE, Franos is bathed by four seas, haa¦¦ SOVIET'S IRON DESPOTISM. colonies that quak be developed TROPOTKIN'S WARNING TO and friends series: the wate

"BRITISH WORKERS. A message to the workars of OPINION DIVIDED BETWEEN eager to trade.

In common pariance, France's Great Britain

from Pridoe GOVERNMENT AND

naval problem amounts to this: Kropotkin has been brought to PRIVATE OWNERSHIP.

Now that she has a merchant England by Miss Margaret Bond- The French Chamber met on marins, what is she going to do sald, who was a member of the June 11 to reorganise the French with it? Much of this 5,000,000 British Labour Delegation to Thare Russia. It was drawn up on June Herabant Marine.. It was hoped tons is in need of repair.

are as many opinions as to which 10, when Miss Bondfeld visited then that the entire mattar could be attended to in not more than harbours should be rebuilt as there Prince Kropotkin at his home at are harbours. The discipline is Dmitroll, near Moscow, and it is throo plenary sessions. As a

not good. And the State is eager characteristically outspoken in its matter of fact, the budget was passed upon and a definits policy to vote further credits for the criticism of the present nyime in

building of more ships. The ma Russia, agreed to sta lala passion on June 25, just two weeks from the fority are convinced that so far as time the president of the Chamber these credits go to the construc opened the discussion by remark.tion of passenger ships that can ing that France had no policy for compete with the best and swift- est, well and good. Otherwise it her merchant marine and must

is imoney not merely wasted but have one.

used to injurious purposes.

Moreover, during the war, the French Government took over the entire fleet. Nearly 1,000,000 tons of the merchant marine are still under state control. The original owners are not especially anxions

There were many thorny and complicated questions to be settled, the chief of which were these: The relation of the merchant marine to the military arm of the fleet, the parts that are to be played by the state and by private corporations, the actual tonnage France is to receive from

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Prince Kropotkin states that BAARN Russia is trying to make a step in TJIMANDEK advance of the point at which the KANGEAN

ALCHIBA French Revolution stopped.

Unfortunately he goes on, the BORNEO attempt to make that step has been undertaken in Russia noder the strongly centralized dictator- ship of one party. In my opinion, his attempt to build up a Com- munist Republic on the lines of strongly centralized State Com- munisms, under the iron rule of the to have them returned owing to dictatorship of a party, is ending in the fact that the profits from them failure. We learn in Russia bow the Central Powers, the ports during the war were unprecedent Communism cannot be introduc that are to be extended and ed, and to return them all at once ed, even though the populatione, repaired, the ever-difficult questo private companies is regarded sick of the old regime, opposed

a poor policy by which to

no active resistance to the experi- tion of labour and strikes-froa: 55

restore normal economic condiment made by the new rulers. January 19 to June 11 there

The idea of Soviets that is, of were thirty-two strikes in the tions while for the state to hold French nay, some of which them indefinitely is considered Labour and Peasant Councils, virtually amounted to matisy-incompatible with the best inter- first promoted during the attempt- the vexed matter of indemnity estas of individual initiative. There

by the the personnel, commissioned and France 3rd November for Liverpool via Marsailles non-commissioned, and the size state control of the merchant as the Tear's regime broke down

and quality of the various boards marine is socialism and nothing the idea of such councils con- that are to represent France in more. And the opposing party trolling the political and econ foreign countries. And, as if this points to the fact that the Conomical life of the country is a were not enough, a great deal of pagnie Generale Transatlantique grand idea. The more so, as it eloquence was spent in doing has never been able to realize on leads necessarily to the idea of what was regarded as belated its Algerian lines, which should these councils being composed of all those who take a real part in homage to the merchant marine be among its best paying.

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од

But as long as a country is governed by the dictatorship of a party, the Labour and Peasant

But France is determined to during the war. France conferred the Legion of Honour on seventy- and will solve this whole question. The retention by the State of only oine, the Military Medal twenty-three, the Croix de Guerre such vessels as will be needed for on 1.417 and gave citations to colonial trafic would seem like a 1,251 members of the merchant happy solution of what is possib- Councils evidently lose all their significance. They are reduced marine during the war. That this the worst phase of the matter. splendid record was used as an The voting of 25,000,000 francs to the passive role played in argument both for and against for the improvement of harbours times past by "General States the continuation of state control seems liberal. The oratory dis and Parliaments, when they were played in glorifying the deeds of goes without saying.

the

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до when HONGKONG, CANTON & MACÃO

oppose, an all powerful King's As soon as the budget had been the sailors, commercial and mil-capcoked by the King and had to voted upon, M. Bignon. Under and excoriating the pro- Council. Secretary of Merchant eers is reassuring, while Andre Marine, made a statement to the Tardieu's passionate defence of a free and valuable adviser when French press, the essential facts the purchase from the United there is no free Press in the of which are as follows: At the States of trawlers, which is alles, country, and we have been in outbreak of the war the French ed to have resulted in a loss of this position for nearly two years mercantile fee: consisted of ap 50,000,000 francs, displays an un--the excuse for such conditions mistakable disposition to be

being the state of war. More proximately 2,550,000 gross tons,

And on top of it all than that. The Peasant and of which 1,100,000 tons were lost charitable.

lose Councils Labour during the war, though of this the voting of indemnities for war

significance about 970,000 tons have been re-service and the increase in pay

be for the future should make for tree electoral agitation precedes covered. There will now

the election, and the elections added to her fleet 450,000 tons of enemy ships, 160.000 tons of

Of coursa Brazilian boats, "the definite

are made under the pressure of the usual excuse is that a acquisition of which cannot be

party dictatorship. dictatorial rule was unavoidable doubted": 370.000 tons of new English vessels in accordance

old regime. But such a role with the agreement intered into

as a means of combating the eridently becomes a formidable between M. Clements! and Sir J, Maclay, the Controller of Ship

drawback as 5003 23 the re- ping: 80,000 tons of German

volution proceeds towards the SERVICE sailing vessels, and 830.000 tons now in French docks under

building up of a new society an various conditions of ownership

new economic basis; it becomes construction. or already purchased, but not yet

death sentence on the new

better morale.

As to the budge: itself. una French writer says: "I shall not criticise those who drew it up, for they were confronted by a situa- tion which they did not create." Is provides 66,000,000 francs for expenses ordinaire, 806,000 for special expenses of civil ser rice and 218,000,000 for expenses

extraordinaire.

This total

of

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The postage stamp way le regarded nowadays as an excell- ent medium for the expression of national art. In England too little attention has been paid to the importance of dignified de- sign and sound execution in con- nection with our national postal issues, with the result that, except for the pleasing high values, modern British postage stamps are amongst the least pre- possession. One is forced to concur with Sterne in that "they do those things better abroad' France bas just now entrusted its Ministry of Fine Arts with the choice of designs for a set of new postage stamps which are to opitomise the military victories and bistorical mission of France. Designs by eminent Czech artists characterise the latest of Czecho- stampe postage Slovakis, the youngest nation fo Europe, where they were brought into use concurrently with the bolding of the "Sokolsky Slet." the great national fete which for takes place once every en Bohemia. years. The five designs repro- duced op these - stamps were secured in open competition an allegory of Industry surround-acquired from foreign Powers. ed by the attributes of busbandry Quantitatively, then, the future by the Czecho-Slovak postal and learning, after a design by│of the French merchant marine of the largest items is for cold overthrowing an already weaken-} place are well known from history, administration, early in the pre- sent year. That of the 5, 10, and Jakob.Obrovsky. By her side is is assured. When all the deliv storage warehouses, 35,000,000 ed Government and taking its

a trifle in comparison. local and specialized forces, which 10 deniers stamps by Professor seen a sword blade, buried in the eries have been made France francs, while 43,000,000 have been

now learn in alone can cope with the diveraity forms of life, especially new forms comes J. A. R. Benda shows the figure ground. with flowers sprouting will control, or rather own, about appropriated for fishing barbours. old and modern. But when it 4,300,000 tons without rounting France hopes to develop bar comes to building up quite new of a dove descending with a letter

On the highest denominations the contested vessels now lying fishing industry to a degree un-

To sweep away that collabor? in its beak. Slovakia freed from

we have a modern likeness of in the Weser, the Firth of Forth dreamed of five years ago and her of production and exchange, with- This is what we

imitate; when everything bas to the working men of the week, can local aspects. bondage is the subject of an allegory by V. Brunner forming President Masaryk in an oval and elsewhere, estimated by the merchant marine in general on out having any samples to Russia And this is what you, of acenomical problems in their the design of the next three frame hung about with the fruits Under Secretary at approximate a scale impossible before the war. be worked out by men on the spot, and, must avoid by all means,

then an all powerful centralized since you care for the success of lation and to trust to the genius 6,800,000 INCOME TAX PAYERS. Government which undertakes social reconstruction, and sent of party dictators is to destroy here your delegates to see how all the independent nucial, and ke "trade unions** (called in values-riz, 20, 25, and 30 of the earth, delineated by M. ly 500,000 tons. There is a con-

supply every inhabitant In the course of several replies to

Russia portrait of Svabinsky and engraved by Esensus of opinion in France

*professional, umans, denlers, whilst President Masaryk adorns the Karel. The complete series, em- that 5,000,000 tons is about

constructive and the local distributive cooper 50 deniers stamp, printed in pale bracing thirteen stamps, is one all she needs or can advantage on income tax, Mr. Chamberlain with every lamp glass and every social revolution works in real s

This is now at least stated that the amount allowed match to light the lamp, proves blue. A religious interest attaches of the most remarkable that has ously use. to Professor Alfonse Mucha's port- been issued for a considerable in sight. It is a far cry from that for abstements had approximately absolutely incapable of doing that work that is required from ative organizations, turning thou

complished by a central govern-party--as is being done now.

But this is the way, not to mi rait of a fifteenth-century chalice time, and constitutes a notable seat up at the opening session of grown from £6,700,000 in 1913-14 through its functionaries, AG bearer, beautifully reproduced on addition to the stamp collector's the Chamber, when the point was to £85,000,000 in 1918-19. The matter how countless they may social revolution cannot be sc-into bureaucratic organs of the

excellently made that of the 7,941,950 tons number of individuals with in-bs. It becomes a nuisance.

It develops such a formidablement, even if it had to guide it in the 80 and 90 deniers of this album. They are series by a delicate mezzo-tint printed and perforated by the gross of merchant marins under comes exceeding the exemption

It requires ible. And this is why I consid process. This chalice bearer United Czech Printing Works at construction in various parts of limit had grown from 1,200,000 in bureaucracy that the Franchite work something more subcomplish the revolation; the w belongs to the Hussites, the Prague, and cancelled with the world the "derisory sum of 1913-14, when the exemption bureaucratic system, which re-stantial than a few Socialist and to render its realization impo religious and political party who, special commemorative postmark 240,225 tops were being built for limit was £150, to 6,800,000 inquires the intervention of 40 the knowledge, the brains, and the it my duty samostly to warn yo said one 1919-20, when the exemption functionaries to sell a tree felled willing collaboration of mass of from taking such a line of sctice under the leadership of John inscribed "Praha-VIL Sokolsky. France, and this,"

speaker, "despite the fact that limit was £130, Hass, a disciple of Wycliffe, was Slet."

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The next group of values bears

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FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

285,000,000 is exclusive of the cash incurred by the state in the management of the vessels it

retains.

The budget ordinaire is just twice that of 1913. One

The ways to be followed for

by a storms route nationale, be-

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To Macao-Daily at 8 A.M. and 5 P.I. (Sundays at 9 A.M.) From Macao-Daily at 8.30 AM. and 2 P.M. (Moodsys at 7 AM

& 2 P.M. Sundays at 5 P.M. only.)

Police Permits to leave the Colony are not required. Further information may be obtained at the Coy's Office, Hotal Mansima, or from Messrs. Thos. Cook & Sow, Booking Apeuta, Hongkungs

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