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Commencing Wednesday June 1st, 1921.

OPENING NIGHT

Wednesday June 1st 1931 The popular opereita by the celebrated composer Lebar "THE MERRY WIDOW"

A Montenegrin Dance,

together with Kolo-Dance, Electric Swings over the audience

Thursday June and, 1921 The famous operatte from Indian life by Russian Composer

Valentinoff.

"THE VESTAL OF THE FIRE GOD

"Oriental Ballet The Torch. Dance" Beautiful Costumes,

Friday June 3rd, 1921 The famous operette by Lehar “THE COUNT OF LUXEMBURG "

Saturday June 4th, 1921 The Popular Opera-comique by Lehar

*GIPSY LOVE"

"Bipsy Ballet" "Chardash-Dance"

Monday June 6th, 1921

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

NIPPON'S BASEBALL "STARS.”

Waseda University Team Tours America.

SATURDAY MAN

AUSTRIA'S “QUARTER-

MASTER.

The Food Minister's Task, With the passing of the war, the “allied and associated ** countries are leading a helping band to Austria, where, needless, to say, distress has been wide-

Japan has sent a large con-of Washington has been invited tingent to Shanghai for the Far to make the trip this autumn, Eastern Olympic Games, an Next year eastern collages will another indication of Nippon' be challenged. The first invita-spread. In Britain a committee eporting progress is seen, in the tion will be to Harvard.

has been making earnest appeals: tour of a baseball team through Prof. Iso Abe, who is in charge with appreciable results. the bome of that game. With of the Waseda team, firat origin. “If the great powers only will! the visit to the United States-ted the idea for the international help Austria through the present.] surely a happy sign-of the inter-collegiate baseball series. (she will matage once more to Waseda University team Japan He is a theologian, a professor stand on her own feat, bay food opens up the first real inter of social economy and director of and coal, and export goods that national inter collegiate abam-athletics at Waseda University, all the world wants.” pionship series undertaken by her. It is his opinion that such an

ever been attempted.

This was the message of the

Austria's case before the supreme connoit of the allies. Not only does know. Mr. Dr. Gruenberger Hoover well, but their careers in respects are similar.

Japanese teams have toured athletic relation between Japan Hoover of Hustria, Dr. Alfred the Taited Stated before, and land America will do more to American all-star teams have draw them into a closer relation-Gruenberger, who came with the visited Japan; but, the visit of ship th-n saything else that bas Austrian Chancellor to the Waseda team will "tart the ball rolling for the first real in- ternational series of games.

Starting from San Francisco, the Waseda team expect to play [all the big schools on the Pacific coast and in the Middle West and East before they return on July 14.

RETURN GAMES.

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Every team they play will be Jinvited, or challenged, for a

future return game in Tokyo.

The Wasedas are a strong team. It is by far the best team aver sent out of Japan. They were coached by American big league stars last winter.

The tam boasts of a "Baba Ruth (the American "star") inį Osbita, the right fielder. Hemade six home runs in a dozen games at Nara. where the Wasedas trained during the winter.

Matsumoto is the "Walter Johnson of the pitching staff. He has speed like the wind, it is said in Japan.

Arita and Taniguchi, the other) pitchers on the fast, are also stars.

Waseda plant to have all the big American university team" come to Japan-one team in the t spring and another in the autumn-until all bave made the trip, one after another.

The team consists of: Kuzi and Until last year Japan was Nagano, catchers; Takamatsu unable to finance expensive trips (captain). first base: Tominaga, of American teams, but then the second; Ishii, third; Kubota, visit of the Chicago team to shortstop: Oshits, right field; Ta- Tokyo proved, that there were naka, center field, and Kate, left Anough baseball supporters in field.

"Japan to incur financial backing On the way the team, has been Japan will guarantee all travell playing exhibition games in ing costs and expenses to Toyy Honolulu

the Hawalian for 15 players, and the University | Islands.

The most musical and pretty operette ever composed by

Caiman

**SILVIA (CHARDASH-PRINCES)

Tuesday June 7th, 1921

The very popular operette from American life by Leo Fall "THE DOLLAR PRINCESS"

Wednesday June 8th, 1921

SINO-JAPANESE RELATIONS.

and

entive Central Government has been estabished in Peking.

For instance, owing to the unre- strainable altitude of the Chinese military leaders in the provinces, the major receipts of the prosper- Peking-Hankow Railway bas misappropriated by them or

Mr. Obata's Views. Mr. T. Obata. Japanese Ministerous to Peking, now on a visit. to his been

The famous operette by Sidntynative country. has granted an! their subordinates for their own

Jones

"THE

GEISHA"

Thursday June 9th, 1971. The famous Opera-Comique by Dellinger

*DON CEASAR" Which received first prize in the competition for operettes at Paris in 1875.

Friday June_soth, 1921

A most lovely and piquant operette by Valentinoff

*TH MYSTERIES

..

OF A HAREM”

Saturday, June 11th, 1921 FAREWELL OF THE COMPANY

The very popular operette from Canadian life by Lacobi THE MARRIAGE

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At a conference of the Miners ia London it was officially Dr. Grünberger is faced with announced that a letter had an empty national cupboard and been received from Mr. Robert Smillie resigning bis office must manage to fill it,

as president of the Federation, "In order to get through, wes, owing to the stats of his have to-ration everyone very health, he was strictly," said Dr. Gruenberger perform the duties as he wished not able to

Our bread ration to each citizen was carried unanimously

[to do. The following resolution. sach week is one loaf of bread weighing 31 1-2 ounces.

to an interviewer.

"In addition, for cooking pur. poses, we allow a ration of about 17 1-2 ounces of floor per week per heat

"That we accept Mr. Imillie's resignation with regrak, and thank him for his long and valuable services to the Federa tion, and trust that be will long be spared to serve as best he can. "We allow a ration per week and as his health will permit, the per head of about 4 ounces of Great Labour fat and the same amount of meat General and the miners' cause in

particular. "We also allow a ration of about 24 ounces of sugar per head ly now to live in comparative Mr. Smillie, it is stated, is like-

per month.

Dr. Alfred Grenberger, the

Austrian Hoover.

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or poultry or fresh fruits or vege "If people can get fish or 38 tables we do not attempt to regu

"When I say rations. I mean

movement ia

retirement at his home at Lark- hall, in Fcotland. He may resume an official connection with the Scottish miners, bat it is unlikely that be wil take any further active part in the coan- sels of the National Federation. Mr. Smillie was formerly preš- ident of the Scottish Miners Federation, and became president of the national body in 1912. Born in Belfast, he went to Glas- gow as a lad of fifteen and worked first in a brass foundry and afterwards in the Clyda shipbuilding yards. Two years lator he became

miner

at Larkhall. His activa Cop- nection with the miners as a trade union official bezen in 1886 when he was appointed Įsecretary to one of the branches of their union in Lanarkshire, and his first trial of strength came in 1894, when the Scottish coal industry was paralysed by a strike which lasted for sixteen weeks.

It was in the following year he made the first of his seven uo- successful attempts to enter the the House of Commons on In- dependent Labour lines. The catalogue of these, defeats, representing a record in failure to reach St. Stephen's, is interesting to recall. They were:--Mid- Lanark, April, 1904: Camlachie division of Glasgow, July, 1895;}, North-east Lanark, Se tember,

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venues of this important line has The Shantung issue: "For been received by Peking. Hence late that. of this question with China. I the purpose of an early solution there is no guarantee that similar cases will not happen to other some time ago Faggested to the railways if new lines are to be that is what people are allowed to Tokyo Goreoment that Japan,!

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After stating that the Troaties,

On the resignation of Mr. Sam foreign Powers either formally

had carved up the Austro-Hung-Woods, Mr. Smillie was elected or informally. In

the Further, the new Consortium arian Empire. and that former vice president of the Federation. Powers regard the Japanese bas formally announced to the food land had been given to Jogo and was mainly responsible for terms as sincere and acceptable, world that the foreign financiers Slavia and Roumania and that the conduct of the rolnimum Japan should proceed to open will not invest money in Chius Austris Hungary had lost its coal, wage strike of 1912. direct negotiations with China. until the reunification of the the Food Minister proceeded autumn of that year he succeeded The chief cause of the opposi north and the south has been "Now the present Austria needs Mr. Enoch Edwards as president, tion on the part of the Cloese effected. Bat personally I for its life coal and food.

and at the annual Conference at "But our money is away down Southport, in 1919, he was elected people lies in their fear thatjam of the opinion that with- Japan will

up severe, oat friendly outside fancial in the world's marts.

permanent president. inbuman and unacceptable terms assistance, there will be no stable used to buy 5 kronen. Now it if China deals directly with her Central Government which shall bays 700.

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"Therefore one of the first re-

The Boxer indemnity. There be in a position to effect the real "You can see what I have to 18 A movement among the reunification of China," and there contend with when I go out to Japanese students of the Imperial is practically nothing can be done shop for a nation and want to buy University in Tokyo in favour of in the consolidation of the country food. the retention of the Japanese por-unless the Peking Government is tion of the Boxer Indemnity for guaranteed its administrative quisites, if the Allies don't want the benefit of educating the Cbla-expenditure within a reasonable Austris to die, is to help us to

stabilize our currency. ese young generation in both period by the Powers. Japan and China; but up to the in conclusion, Mr. Obata men- present there is still no finalltioned that the only difficulty lies decision yet.

in the finding of suitable gusTwe can feed our workmen.

the Regarding the new Consor.actees for new loans on tiam, Mr. Stevens, Representa-ground China has practically to start her factories going. The tive of the American Groun, has mortgaged all her national assets expressed his belief that fands for loans.

should only be invested in China for constructional purposes. the building of

"Give us coai add we can start or industries. Give us food and

"To live, Austria must be able

present Austria has few grain fields or coal mines. Our life must be based upon industry.”

In this connection it may be Libretto in English of each such

observed that, although the mate operette can be had with tickets railways, roads and the de-l SING BRAZILIAN TRADE. ter of export credits has not Lor on the night of performance,

velopment of coal and other The Chinese Minister at Brazil advanced as rapidly as could mines. But according to my has informed his Government have been visbed, the authorities personal opinion, no construe that Brazil wishes a development at Home and in soras other coun tional work is possible in China of the commercial relations tries are giving serious attention until a strong and real repre-between the two countries. to a complicated problem.

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