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DEMPSEY AND CARPENTIER.

SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1921.

Atlantic City, June 17. Dempsey, wearing special headgear to prevent the reopening of the gash over his luft aye, has resumed sparring, with two light- The walghts at present, not risking bouts with heavyweights. champion worked forty minutes In a blazing sun in an open arena, which will probably be the conditions of the contest on July 2nd. Manhasset, June 17. Carpentier permitted Jeannette to beat a tattoo on his abdomen. In order to assimilate" punishment. Afterwards he sparred four rounds with Denis, Journee, Gans and Jeannette, with satisfactory results.

ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE:

London, June 17

The Canadian Premier, Mr. Meigher, who has hitherto been reticent as regards. Canada's attitude at the Premiers' Conference, on being interviewed regarding the Anglo Japanese Alliance de clared guardedly that the question of renewal of the Alliance is of the utmost importance to Canada, which stands between Great Britain on the one hand and the United States on the other.

AMERICAN LABOUR.

Denver, June 17. The American Federation of Labour has sent a letter to the International Federation of Trades Unions strongly denouncing the latter'a request for the former's reconsideration of their withdrawal from afiliation. It refers to the International's alleged revolution- ary activities and declares that American labour does not accept the laternational's declarations as truly expressing the whole of the European Trades Union movement.

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINE,

New York, June 17.

Herr Cuno, Director of the Hamburg-America Line, en leaving for Europe, declared that the Line would rebuild in five years ap- proximately one-third of its pre-war feet, consisting of modern Ave-thousand and twelve-thousand ton freighters and also two twenty-two thousand tonners for the Atlantic passenger trade.

QUEENSLAND COTTON LANDS.

London. June 17.

In the course of yesterday's meeting of the World Cotton Con- ference at Manchester, Mr. Hunter, Agent General for Queensland. stated that the Manchester Chamber of Commerce had given a Mr. flattering report on a sample of Queensland-crown cotton. Hunter is convinced that Queensland has Bity million acres capable of producing cotton of the quality required by Lancashire.

INDIA AND THE EXPORT CREDIT SCHEME.

Simla. June 17.

The Government of India has dissociated itself from Sir Philip Lloyd Graeme's remarks in the House of Commons and states it only desired and agreed to India's exclusion because it would not benest trade.

OPPORTUNITES FOR TRADE IN THE FAR EAST,

The Potentialities of China.

By J. W. Sanger. Mr. Sanger, trade commissioner of the U.S. Department of Com- merce, who has just returned from China, made an investiga tion of the advertising methods of that country, with an eye to the best way of advertising goods. He has previously visited other countries of the Far East chat his work has put him into close touch with trade con- ditions.

have

Business economists figured that the difference. be- tween good and bad conditions is 17 per cent.

The foreign trade of the United States in 1920 was about 17 per cent.

In other words. if America Wa

at the peak of pro sperity and foreign trade was sudden- is cut off.

the country would drop to the pit of depression.

Those facts speak for them- selves and point directly to whe importance of foreign trade.

8 DIVORCE CASES IN· A DAY.

Decree Granted Against Ex-Labour M.P.

Large batches of divorce petitions continue to be dealt with daily at Home, and on a recent Saturday (when the Courta usually take things easily) five judges devoted several hours leach to the trial of 82 cases. The judgee were The Lord Chancellor Mr. Justice Salter, Mr. Justice Roche, Mr. Justice Hill, Mr. Justice Branson.

A decres nisi was granted against Mr. J. T. MacPherson, formerly Labour M.P. for Pre- ston on the ground of miscon- duct and cruely.

Mrs. MacPherson, who obtain- led a restitution decree last year said that during the war her husband became friendly with a Miss Norman at Birtley. Later he said he intended to go back to Miss Norman, and that his wife must obtain a divorce.

Witness said he wrote to her Jin 1919 as follows ~~~

"There is only one solution of the problem, and that is to leave you absolutely. I am not coming. to judgment any more. Nor will I face further worries as far as you are coacerned. I am pre- pared to allow you 3 a week Please accept this as final Iri you care to sue for divore I shall not oppose."

Evidence was given as to his misconduct at Washington, after he und Miss Norman had been transferred to America by their employers.

Mrs. Annie Rylands was grant ed a decree by Mr. Justice Hill against her Susband. Major Joseph Rylands, a staff captain at the Air Ministry.

Three weeks after their mar-} riage in 1907, said Mrs. Rylands, her husband threw a ruler at her. and cut her head. But they lived happily until four years ago, when she noticed a change in bis attitude towards bet.

Oce night she went to kiss him. but he said, "Don't do that. In three days I shall be the father) of an illegitimate child."

Afterwards, Mrs. Rylands said thas in the presence of her. bus band, she saw a woman at Lei- cester Square tabe station. She asked her if she knew the major. was married, but the Wordan replied that she was in love with him, and that it would las: for life.

A wife's confession to her hus- band on his return from cam-

needs most. Where France, Engpaigning in India was described land and Italy have facilities for before the Lord Chancellor, whed manufacturing. the Far East, generally, has not."

There is an abundance of silk, tea and vegetable oil, that the United States can always make

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of, in China. In return, China wants machinery, cotton goods and kerosene.

decree nisi was granted to Major . H. D. La Touche. of Lansdowne, Bath,

Major La Touche said his wife refused to go to India with him, and, when he returned to England. she said she preferred another

man. Mrs. La Touche admitted misconduct, and asked witness to divorce her.

The main article Japan has that America needs, is silk--the index to the prosperity of Japan. And from this country, Japan wants machinery and raw cotton amount of American gonda, i

From the Philippines the C.Swould put hundred of millions of can get agricultural products. dollars in American pockets. and in return send finished products.

Japan and the Philippines stand much higher in buying power, per capite, than China. Yet China offers wonderful oportunities to America, when yuu look into the future.

There is a Bill, commonly known as the China Act, before! the Senate, which. if put into effect, would place the American

business man 00 par with business men of Britain, Japan nd other foreign countries, in trade dealings with China. It would do away with income and

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tion facilities. But that problem

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the construction of railroads.

As results come, trade possibili ties are certain to improve. Ant- erica can find a market growing better all the time, in Caina.

Trade in the Far East is open! And it is going to get| now. better right along. When the Chi- nese railroad situation is straight- ened out, a boom in that section Shanghai is the commercialis bound to come. And with the -tropolis, handling 40 per cent general return to normal con- of the entire total of foreignitions in all Far East countries, For the first time foreign trade is on the general the international history pick-up.

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The Chinese merchant feels: very friendly toward the American merchant. He stands ready to Americans who bare visited welcome trade with America. return with a wonderful impres but is a shrawd buyer and will thission of the trade possibilities.look to the best and cheapest

They base their ideas on the fact market.

The real question is: how shall we go about building up foreign trade?

The Far East plays au portant part in the answer this!

to

that the population of Chios is mabout 400,000,000. Imagine sell-do well to get in strongly in the The American merchant will ing, for lastance, one pair of shoes wing of trade with the Far to each inhabitant.

East. There are scores of things that

That would give the impression the United States must get from that 400,000,000 Chinese are just the more business-the

And it is well to remember that more foreign lands. And for them, we waiting for America to step in must pay in gold or goods, pre- with goods. Such is not the case. why trade with

money-the more jobs. That's all foreign ferably goods.

However, if but a small per- countries closely concerns every The most profitable foreign centage of the population con- American. It no less concerns trade is in manufactured goods,

increasing every Briton-Ed.] and that is what the Far East tinued to buy

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