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OLYMPIC GAMES AND THEIR FUTURE.

in 19217

pete or not must soon arise.

THURSDAY JANUARY 27. 1921.

SHIPPING NEWS.

Ithe

nobody could say No, and it is the repetition of the muddle I |insist on trying to stop,

"When the head of the LOSS OF YEN 80,000 PER TRIP, Will Great Britain Compete Belgian Committee first visited It is reported that Japanese the country in 1919 I found that | passeiger shits on the American- what I may call the official Rist run incur a loss of Yer The future of the Olympia position of this country towards 20,000) on every round trip Games is a matter which has Belgium had been already decid.

REORGANISATION OF KORE caused a considerable amount ofed before that years's Derby Day

WATER POLICE discussion in British sporting In the spring of 1919 I had

The sul reports the circles. The next games are due published ing personal view that organization of the Kobe Water to be decided in 1924, and the if Belgium wanted our best Police as a project for the next question of whether we shall com athlete she would have to look financial Fest, to be finished in for their graves in the Ypres three years at an estimated cast the course of an interview which salient, and I readily admit that of Y900,000. a representative of the Observer neither I nor anybody elsa ex- had with Sir Thedore Cook the pected that we should turn out latter outlined the whole position, in 1920 one of the finest athletic and discussed the question of the teams we ever had. The inexvian owners are reparted to havel

haustible fountain of youth in this country had more than alled decided to lay up indefinitely situation." TP-

ship, representing an aggregate marked Sir

Cook, the gap made by the enormou of 400,000 tons, which are now Theodore

of the war. AL turns on the simple question of ravages

Contracts money. Anybody who Kave ready in the spring of 1920 touring in the Tyne. £30,000 in trust to the British men from Oxford and Cambridge for new ships have been cane-lled Olympic Council before the end a very small proportion of the at heary sacrifices. The San

dinavians attribute the present) of 1921 for the purpose of the choice available for the Antwerp British team of 194 would des teami beat the world's record in depression largely to American! troy any argument of mine or two miles relay race at competition in carrying coal from

the United States, to Scandina anybody else's against these Philadelphia, and we began to

vian ports. realize how good our Antwerp

the future of the games.

"The whole

games.

an

the

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"The unfortunate fact is haw.team might be. The craw ever, that the British Olympic set there from the Leande Council has never had as much as Club was faster than any craw £10,000 to spend six months before! that ever appeared in these unusual ang of these games began. The games since they began, and it large lighthouse lamps, fully public refused to subscribe in was only beaten in fecard time illuminated, far from the san- 1908 until a leading newspaperį

by four-hiths of a second by an board, was witnessed recently at obtained about £15,000 by

American crew that had been the works of Chance Brothers and appeal at the last moment. Talselected and trained since the Co., Ltd., Smethwick. They have bear made for the Chinese 1912 the public refused again, January before. and a team had to be sent to] "It is the very excellence of Maritime Customs, and one is de- Stockholm with very little money these athletes that determine me stined for Dodd Island and the other for the Shantung pro- which had been leftover from the never to relax my efforts.

The former light is to previous occasion,

"My position is that unless montory. "In 1913 an extremely strong our teams are properly supported be placed 147% above sea-level, leanmittee was farined, with nien with an amount of money which and will be visible from a vessel's deck at a distance of 22 miles, the them like Lord Roberts, the Duke offenables

to compete on

beam being Westminster, and others signing equal terms with others, it is intensity of the

431,000 candle-power. The second the appeal, and the pablar took nojutterly unfair both to this country nudire in spite of The Turk and to our athletes to send them fight will be placed 220ft. shore

of 25 miles.

Co., Ltd.ive bearer a la were made sea-level and will have a visibility

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NAVY DIL DEPOT. precisely the same view, but that the

A big scheme has been launched British Olympus Council, were as not until the gimes had SVEN BOTE unfanumate than actually begun that I thought it by the Admiralty a Plymouth naval, fe they hat trusted right to speak out and to say in connection with the naval port their new president, Led Down that this country did not want!of Plymouth. Eighty acres of these cames, and it was absudland Wilcove, just above funts. They were fared by his to try and force them ang longe Torpoint have been purchased from General St. Bazinald Carea illness and subsequent death build own her throat.

as thosite ní a great oil fuel depot. the paldir left machine

DEPENDENT ON TWO THINGS,

1: is expected that three years. be, musundem tonå alou:

And the future?" Six The be required to complete the their attitude because Leg still done was asked, frefused to give anything after al The derivin as to whether theme. So far, 8 huge tanka canraittee had been formed in the we shall be represented in 1924, planned, but more will ba Housy offommons, including Melur not depends on two things:- Horatio Bottomley, Mr. Pember| "D) An entire revision of theade with eighteen. The work con Billing Me Remedy Jones practical attitude and powers of un includes excavations. Sit Park Gaff, and many other the International Committee to tour will he requiret, while!!

the scheme prozn sses jenergetic membera.

wards the games they started. Tholler-makers who would other-

(2) The subscription by the pable of a minimum of £5,000, “se have been dischveel are Being retained. Satisfaction is **The difficults of this position de cet in the hands of the

felt not only herause of the work was still further emphasized by Brites Olen pic Caned before rovided, but because of this the fart that the Furelia Och end of 1921.

"One of these without the lows its importance as one of Rindicilion that Pigmouth is moz that taken a hat! in the cume.!

and had therefore given an apother would be useless, and I see the greatest of naval ports. The pearance of official sanctity of Presitelty that either, which is for the Yaer, will The entrance of the British feam carried out to the satisfaction of one of the most extensive of and in the Bab; the rest of the the covering associations of

its kind in the world. worth most certainly guried postin this country who compose that entreren partitarly when the British Oigmps Ccantil, and S. BUILDING PIGRAMME. The ambitious project of the the King himself appeared among) who are the only authority who lean definitely decide whether we

Nippon Yusen Kaisha, viz. the the few subcribers.

The Government, however frater in 1924 or not. The only wilding of 50.000 tons of new Invited their action to the com- English member remaining onwards realisation at the Fraga (ships, ja making good progress Foreign the International Committee Dockyard, while the Yokohama. (plication produced by

Office communications, and never the Rev. R.S. de C. Laffin, and he

Dockyard has been entrusted: allotted a farthing towards the very naturally will notconvey any

with the construction of a steamer expenses of the team they had official message to the comites officially entered winst texme of concerning the English artule 2f 3,500 tone, four ship of the other countries, which, in nearly with regard to the future until he T-class, and two vessels of 7,000 At the Mitsubishi levery case, were assisted by instructed to do so by to each.

three Freighters of Is baidies Di pubic money overning associations of English Shiprard

10 000 tons are to be built. It is T large subiription-lista; sport, and the Americans tabu catar "Personally," conciled Sexpected that further orders will The orders so far over on a battle ship were par Theodore. "I have very little given. ticularly resentful atong having doubt as to what the verdickgiven by the Nippon Yusen Kalaba under its 500,000 ton abou: £31,000 to spend.

hkely to be: hus it must bel The real entanglemen: the delivered by the British Olympic Programme total about 80,000 was crated in England in 1919 Council before the International ons. In addition, the company orrie red txo passenger and 1920 a one that, so far as impic Committee holds its maxi angthingone man can do, I will officiala session in the spring of 5-amers from a Glasgow ship- Ward. One is to be launched in never allow to arise again; for if 1921, and at that session May, 1902, and the other in July the Foreign Ofice are reproached reasons for choosing the Best las they have the excellent forensic of the Antwerp games for the answer that they asked the appearance of my pretest will British Olympic Council whether probably be clearer to the Cam a team would be sent, and the mittee than they may have been Council replied yes,

hitherto. The decision to ho DIPLOMATIC INTERFERENCE the games in 192) was perhaps Now, apart fromany contenen. I think you will find, to very natural: bu: ita result has tion that sporting matters should give a death blow, to the whole not be fettered and obscured by movement as far as England is will be able to cover the dis any diplomatic interference on concerned. The games can go on the part of ang Government, in without us, and no doubt they relation to the Governments of other countries, I want it to be clearly understood that in 1919

will"

They will

the same year. ach have a capacity of 4,700 tons gross, with a speed of 13 knots. Both passenger ships are intended for the inauguration of

new express service between Shangbai and Nagasaki with a view to establishing closer re- lations between Japan and China. When the n w service is opened,

ance between Stanghai and Nagusiki in 23 hours, it has been announced. It is understood ba: the service will obtain the

o association controlling ang QUICKER TRADE-PACIFIC BAILS. protection of the Japanese Gov- form of British sport would be, A San Francisco report states:rnment. While the Nippon likely lo refuse to send a team The Postmaster has announced Yusen Kaisha is endeavouring to represent the country any.that the new Pacific Mail line to improve its foreign services, where, eren apart from the ex-commencing operations on Feb-the O-ski Shosen Kaisha, which pressed desire of Belgium that tuary 1, will reduce the trans devoted ita attention to opera- za should in this way help ber to mail time from 30 days to 21 tons overseas during the war, is celebrate her victory over Ger. days.

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