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Trusts Britain And U. S. Continuing hia series of articles from North China, Afr, W, P. Simms, the American correspon- dent, writes as follows:

The hope of Chias is pinned to jan Anglo- American Eurente.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1921.

TWO LADIES IN PARLIAMENT.

The New Members For Louth.

As the result of the election In the division of Lootb, (Lines),

Whatever else may happen at Lady Astor will no longer be the only wontan sitting in that body,

the Washington conference, Chinese high and low are praying to all the good jossas there be that the United States, Britain | and ber aix self-governing colonies will reach an under- standing there.

This, they say, would mean more to China, the Far East and the world in general than any kind of paper renunciation on the part of militarist Japan.

Thus China is to-day pulling with all her might for a powerful Anglo-Saxon combination. The closer the association and the more powerful the combination the better she will be pleased.

The state of mind is the direct result of the way in which the Anglo-Japanese alliance worked

bot.

When the first alliance was signed in 1902, Chinese point out, the integrity of Kores was its main object. Forthwith Japan successively forced on Chins the independence of Korea, then annexed it.

In 1911, at the treaty's renewal, the integrity of Chins and. the Open Door" in the Far Esst were specified. Japan occupied Shantung, attempted to force: China, at the point of a gun, to comply with ber "Twenty-one Demands." which would have

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She will be joined by Mrs. T. Wintringbam, who, however, will be in the opposition benches. She is backed by the anti-Govern- ment Liberals, whereas Lady Astor is a Government supportér.

Three women bave now been elected to Parliament. The first Was Countess Markievitz, chosan as a Sino Fein candidate, who, like ber fellow Sina Feinsts refused to take her seat in the British Parliament.

The second was Lady Astor, American born,

Mrs. Wintringham is, therefore, the first Englishwoman elected to Parliament. An interesting circumstance is that she succeeds her recently-deceased husband. The new member started out in life as a school teacher. During the war she was a volunteer hospital nurse. When a great flood his Louth she organized a big camp for the homeless.

She is also strong for probibl- tion, being president of the Louth branch of the British Women's Temperance Association.

Koreanized China, and steadily Sir A. M. Kennedy on the He need hardly assure them that worked to close the "Open Door" in the face of the world.

Slump.

were

that there was collusion between shipowners and shipbuilders to stop work in order to bring dowa wages costs. There was absolutely no foundation for such statements. "suspensions and cancellations bad been as disastrons to the

U.S. WORD 1S BOND.

The latest addition to the An- shipbuilders as they had been to Chioa has no fear of such chor Line is the twin-scrow their employers. The decisions things happening in the event of turbine steamer Tuscania, built were taken by owners alone, ai đ by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and prunibitive costs were entirely an Anglo-American Entente.

Company. observe, has Engineering

and responsible for such decisi as England, they dons her share of "grabbing in launched from their yard last The position must be honestly the Orient, bat this was long ago month. Intended for the passen-faced by all parties. There wast and since that time the policy of ger and estgo service between Se sacrifice on the part of every. ports and the one in order to obtain an all-round Great Britain has undergone a Mediterranean

United States, the new vessel is reduction of costs. change.

Shipbuilders, he knew, named after an earlier Tasesaia. which was torpedoed and sunk off submitting tenders for work with- Ratblin Island during the war, out any profit, and in some: but she is larger than her pre-cases with only a portion of their establishment charges, and not- decessor by nearly 3,000 tons.

these sacrifices The new Tuscania, which has withstanding gross measurement of 17,200 orders could not be secured. tons, will be propelled at a speed Could shipbuilders be expected So Chiness would infinitels of 17 knots by Brown-Curtis to do more? There were some rather see any kind of

double reduction geared tarbines shipbuilders in this country to- understanding between America of 13,500 shaft horse-power, and day who were proceeding with! and Great Britain regarding the is of the following dimensions: work of a speculative nature in Pacific than the most water-tight Length over all 555 ft. 6 in.; order to give employment to a They and iron-bound alliance, formally length between perpendiculars, number of their own mer signed and sealed, betweez 550 f: moulded breadth 70 f: were doing so with the certain Jasan and England or Japan and depth to bridge deck, 51 ft. 3 io.: knowledge that for every twenty any other power.

load draught, 28 fa, 1134 in.; dead shillings spent they would receive If that ten shillings in return. weight, about 10,700 tons.

was not sacrifice then he did not understand the meaning of the word.

see

As for the United States Chias bas implicit confidence in any undertaking it may t to enter upon.

Everywhere I go Chinese voluntarily testify to faith in the square dealing of the

American nation.

supreme

WILL FIGHT TREATY China will continue to opposej with all the means at her com- mand the renewal of the Anglo- Japanese Alliance.

by such a document

HIGH COSTS

Shipowners must be prepared,

28 many were now doing, to pay more than the present market valua for their steamers. That

Mr. R. A. Workman, chairman of the Fairfield Company, propos- If she can prevent it-and hered "Success to the Tascanis," delegates attending the Washing-and in replying for the owners. ton conference will make the Mr. A. C. F. Henderson pointed

the sacrifice they were attempt China will have her out the vessels building at presenta integrity protected" no further were costing three or four times called upon to make, and in many what similar ships did in 1914-

cases were making. The Anchor- Henderson Line and their as- China would welcome. how.anyhow three times as much- ever, the entrance of Japan into and that was a serious enough sociated companies, in view of It meant that the the comparatively slight reduc a general agreement among the statement. Pacific powers in which the increased cost had to be spread tions in costs which had already United States, Great Britain and over the whole life of the ship. taken place, and the anticipation China at least would be repre- and that if the vessel was to be a that further savings would be commercial possibility at all she affected, and authorised the work had got to make a return on four on some of their vessels to pro- times the capital cost of pre-war ceed. The Tuscanis was & Case China's delegation arrived in days. In other words, every in point. In adopting this course Washington confident they will!

passenger and every pound of these owners appreciated that have on their side an overwheli-freight had to pay four times they would pay more for their ing majority of the representa what would have had to be paid tives of the other powers.

before the war. He concluded by toast of "The proposing the

Bented.

MJJORITY FOR CHINA.

This belief is partly the result of what happened at the imperial Builders." conference of British premiers

mer.

ships than they would by postpon- ing completion, and their action) was to be commended at a time when unemployment was

Sir Alexander M. Kennedy, who rampant. He hoped it would not

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in London during the past sum responded, said they were cet-be long before Mr. Henderson Nta colonial prime minister,tainly passing through pecular removed the embargo on the can- the Chinese hopefully observe, expressed a03 bat the most not but admit that the outlook for friendly feeling toward China and vessels now completing, so far as

The workmen, not only in ship- the most severe condemnation profitable returns were concerned, for their ally's actions toward was anything bat encouraging. building and engineering, but in China during the time Eugland The slarop, which was world-wide. all trades which contributed in was busy fighting for her life in had brought about a condition of any way towards the one hun- things without parallel in the dred and one things that went to con-history of their industry, and the make up a ship, must be prepared While perhaps fore servative, the purely English enormous price of each vessels as equally to do their part. Ship- Tuscanis, bailt during yard workmen, be agreed, could Helegation, too, will be against the the farther abuse of China, sa period of high cost, was out of all only do their share. The ship- proportion to the market values

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steamer represented approximate- America's delegates, they con- obtaining to-day.

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by international justice to Chins of how to run these expensive even with the whole of the wages and the Open Door," that the steamers with the minimum of eliminated the cost of the vesiel Americans will nail the door open loss for that was about all they would still be considered too could hope for at present was high. But the total labour and stick by it.

With the backing of the United exercising the minds of those represented in a vessel, including States, England and England's responsible for the management in addition to shipyard work dominion premiers at the con-of the Anchor-Henderson and the wages paid in the mann- At facture of steel and all other ference, China feels she has other important concaros. fighting chance to secure some one time the position with Liner materials, and the wages costs of clearly demonstrated that pay- thing like justice for the first Companies was so hopeless that transport, &o, amounted to overment by result, wherever pos- Fairfield Company in 85 per cent. of the complete cost, sible, was the best for everyone time in her dealings with foreign the

common with many shipbuilders and therefore all-round concerned. Co-operation on the Deived instructions from the. Japan's policies alone, Chinese throughout the country, received sacrifice on the part of labour part of shipowners, shipbuilders, Ministry of Communications to 篇 substantial and their employees, on the lines take steps against the increasing observe, are at odds with the instructions to suspend opera-would. mike

he had indicated, combined with use of the service, for the cir modern trend with regard to tions, and in some cases to cancel difference.

the work together, t Chica.!

Can Japan fight a winning battle, they ask, against the com- He regretted to say he bad bined public opinion of the world?heard it stated by leaders of men

powers

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LITERATURE.

The Chinese Post Office has re-

Trade would also be assisted a settled industrial pesce, would cuistion of revolutionaryliterature

by increased individual effort, certainly go far to bring about The Good World, an suazu SENG

circulated. and a great deal could still be that revival in trade they all so sheet, is at present being widely done along this line. It had been earnestly desired.