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The K.C.C. Dance arranged for | Lansing-Ishii Agreement, a point which has just been engaging the Friday, March 10th, has been attention of the United States cancelled.Advt. Senate. A little reflection sug- gests that the discussion is rather

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| Lansing-Ishii Agreement. It 19 EASTER FAR TO BE SAD The Four Power pact definitely fAND DWELL IN AFFLICTION THAN

A lot of nonsense is bring talk- Bolshevism comes to the people profession is open to those in supersedes the Anglo-Japanese TO SHAKE Treaty, and a thought occurred FROM AFFLICTION-Maeterlincked about the nature of the strike of Chins, nothing will be so search of ons. The person who settiamant. Ona bears the wards responsible as a continued belief taken it up is called a "paycho- to us as to how it would affect the

"surrender" and "humiliation" on by employers of labour that their technical quick-look prover," anid almost every hand, and in view workmen are as so much cattle. bis task is to judge of the of those things I think it is time only fit for the lowest of pay and effectiveness of advertisements someone put a few different and the lowest of social life. A little and posters. He glances quickly + little practical at a newspaper advartisement or The wedding will abortly take more wholesome thoughts on humanity,

thought regarding elavation, and takes a rapid look at a poster, as in the nature of a storm in a tes-place of Mr. F. A. Dinsdale, of record

There can be no two opinions a continuance of educational an appropriate distance, in order cup. After all, the only acknow-Messrs. Butterfield & Swire's, to

obMisa Dorys Margaret Smith, of that Chinese seamen employed effort is the best remedy I can to find out what impression is ledgment that Baron Ishit

on boats using this port were suggest to those who go in fear left on his mind. tained as the result of his mission 96, Peak Bosd.

advertise mant antitled to an increase of of something more sinister than passes the to America in 1917 was the state- meat of a fact; the position would Yesterday's health return shows pay. Ship-owners must have legitimate proletarian efforts at psychologically and technically be the same whether formally four fatal cases of plague, three recognised as much; skippers social improvement. It has been correof, or suggests improve- that Chinese crews well said that the corsa of Chios ments to make it more effective acknowledged or not. The fatal cases of small-pax and one asert

of diphare sminently satiafactory as re- is her neglect of her workers. If Oas or two persons have already instrument is not in the form of non-fatal occurranse

garde work and easy to handle, those workers strive to improve set up in the profession and are There was antheria. All were Chinese. an agreement

The rates of pay were far too low their lot we ought not to hinder. very busy, for the advertiser exchange of identic Notes in which the policy of the Oper "Male and Female," the film having regard to the services Russia tells us why. If Dives knows that bis success may Dooris laid down, followed by an version of Sir James Bartie's rendered, and though the in- leta Lazarus want, the modern depend on estching the attention. of the hurried newspaper reader acknowledgment that geograph-famous play "The Admirable cresses which have bean granted Lazarus has found a remedy.

The Hongkong Government in or in making the hurrying man ical situation gives Japan certain Crichton," shows at the Kowloon might appear to be generous, they advantages and consequently Theatre for the last time this are by no means burdensome on doing what it did at the begin-io the street pause and take

those who will have to pay them. ning of

strike appears notice. ¿ special relation" (or similar evening.

The initial mistake was made by to

done.. Wrong: phrase) to Chine. If Japan seeks to strain the context unduly, it We are asked to state that the the ship-owners of this Colony in repairing that wrong it did

Wheu, Lord Chancellors and devolves upon the parties coa-inauguration of the new hall at when they saw fit to ignore a re- right. Up to the time it closed

School quest from the Union. However the Seamen's Union it had been Attorney-Generals grow eloquent cerned to adopt counter measures the French Convent accordingly, and would do so Causeway Bay, and the present-macb it may burt the so-called praved in no Court of law that upon the subject of allegiance" Four-Powerpact or no Four-Power ation of certificates postponed dignity of foreign employere to any member of that union had the plain citizen has no doubt as pact: but so far as geographical from Saturday, will take place admit that natire labour has indulged in intimidation. That to what the word conveys, says situation, similarity of language, on Tuesday, 14th. instant, at 5 found strength through organis. is worth remembering. (It is the Daily Chronicle. Bat the Dr. ation, and that we can no longer also worth remembering that the Johnsons and the Websters have or other natural factors do give p.m.

pay men just what we like, it tone of at least one of Mr. their doubts. One of these servants Japan advantages, the Lansing- Ishii "agreement simply re- Messis. Moxon and Taylor in-needs to be realized by all that the Hallifax's pronuncios was in-traces the banghly thing to the freedman cords a fact. If China objects to form us that they have received social betterment of the Chiness timidatory rather than pacific in Latin word for the man who stood

somebody the term special relation," the cable from their Shanghai about which we all soidly prattle character). To close & Union somewhere between

is and verf, and owed services to

Another Notes

bold might formally agents advising that the Oriental-will only come through the because cancelled; the circumstances Catton Spinning Co., Ltd., have spread of industrial organisation. acting unlawfully is far from lord-"lites."

and way

will spirit offers us "ligament” as a are there to speak for themselves declared a final dividend of Can-The Chinese worker is at last ask constitutions! The moral appears to be that it dareens 30, making Taels 1.50 for ing for a fair deal, and I hope be involve this Government in win brother to allegiance, and

other countries to the year 1921.

will go on asking until he has put serious questions from Hone, defines the entity as the up ta

himself on an equal footing with though, of course, the Gorem-ligamen which binds the subject neutralise Japan's inherent advantages, as far as may be, by A farm labourer of Sam Pak other workers throughout the ment may have had other reasons to his liege ford the king in return

doing

did. for the protection which the king

of Chinese character and customs-that he encountered a gang of

highway robbers yesterday morn-standarde. It is no "humiliation" Canton from travelling to their it means, the Oath of Allegiance, ing whilst on his way home from ar "surrender" to recognise his homes, is also no light matter,& frightful oath before the Ro man whilst to have killed some involution of 1688, as than 30 Tsun Shui Po. The gang met inberent rights as Now that the strike is over, we find that there is a Paying Posts.

The take it. Lord Reading was him at the Kwai Chung Gap ande ought to treat this strike as a that process of prevention will modified that even a child might fairly widespread tendency amongst Europeans to cast blate either upon the Government or the shipowners, or appointed Viceroy of India last while one of them held him up lesson and learn that when a take a lot of justifying,

A descendant of the Royal both. In our opinion, whatever we may individually think year, it was generally anticipated with a revolver, the others took Chinese worker makes a request Unions hud to be reinstated, the right to justice. As a Britisher I and justice demands a full public of the settlement arrived at, it is utterly idle and futile, Sie Gordon Hewart, the from his pocket & sum of $15, he has a right to be heard and a arrested men had to be released.

Attorney-General would succeed They made their escape.

cannot find cause to be ashamed enquiry into the Shatin shoot- Plantagenets has his coming of at that; I should have left shamed ings. The Hongkong Govern.36 this mouth, Viscount Has if employers had crushed a worthy 'ment gave back only what i tings, only son of the Earl of Daily and very human aspiration. had taken away and has neither Huntingdon, says the

The sympathetic strikes did sold us nor made ns less secure Chronicle. The second Earl of undoubtedly contain an element of the protection of reasonable Huntingdon married a descendant of the Plantagenet Duke of Clzz- of coercion "and intimidation. law. Trade

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in the face of accepted conditions, to indulge in recriminto the Lord Chief Justiceship. ations of this character. As we have already observed, The prophets were astray, bat

LOCAL WEDDING. the parties to the dispute have adjusted their differences. Sir Gordon has not had long to That is the central and the fundamental fact. and wait, the then appointee having Attached to this

Quina-Wong, criticism of what has been agreed upon can serve no retired after less than a year's useful purpose. Some of us may be disappointed at the high office is a stipend of £3,000 wedding of considerable That fact is to be regretted from illegal; to strike is not unlawful: ence, drowned in a butt of malm- nature of the settlement, but, seeing that it is a settlement, a year, which, however, will interest to the Chinese com- the moral standpoint, but they and the man who wore arrested ses, and the name of Plantagenat.

a considerable manity was solemnised at St. helped the foreigner to realise the simply because they were trade is borne to-day by the present to grumble about it is very much akin to crying over spilt probably maan

Let us be content monetary loss to the ex-Attorney-John's Cathedral on Tuesday, the imperative need of recognising unionists should never have been pear and his son and heir, Vis- count Hastings. This courtesy milk. This particular strike is over.

General. The Law Officerships contracting parties being Mr. the just demands of a large arrested.

Let us not forgat also that by title, by the way, is fictitious. to regard it as a thing that has passed, except insofar as are among the most lucrative Sydney Ng Quind. young body of workers. The Triple we may learn from its lessons something which will have a posts going. Thirty years ago banker, son of the late Mr. and Alliance at Home threatened to stroke of the pen the Hongkong There is no Viscountcy of Has. the Attorney-General and there. T. Ng Quinn, and Miss support the miners in their recent Government made thousands of tings in existence, the Earl of future value.

Lord Huntingdon is a As we see the situation, the moment calls for con-Solicitor-General were paid the Winnie Wong, & daughter of strike, and if that bad actually peaceful men offenders against Huntingdon possessing na inferior structive comment rather than destructive criticism, fixed salaries of £6,000 and £5,000 Mr. Wong Shiu-hem, Chairman taken place the position would the law. When the seamen and title..

respectively on a full-time basis of the China Specic Bank. bave been comparable to what we others joined their Unioos or famous bunting meo, and bia son Instead of bemoaning the past. let us analyse the present This was surely fairly good

There was a large gathering witnessed here. When Chinese Guilds they were law-abiding; is following in his footsteps, In opportunities for the purpose of seeing what can be done remuneration. After this the Law present at the ceremony, which workers show a general apprecia- when they want on strike they the most literal sense of the term, performed by the Rev. tion of the power of united action were law-abiding; but they woke and Huntingdon is "devoted to to prevent a recrudescence of the troubles from which the Officers Colony has just emerged. Can we take precautions for take private practice. Again the Archdeacon Barnett. The bride there will be voluntary unity in- up one fine morning to find sport," and, what with hooting fo the future? If so, on what lines should we proceed! In system was changed, no private was attired in a dress of white stead of compulsory unity. That themselves all liable to criminal the winter and polo in the sum- prosecution when they had doner, it may almost be said that

than withhold be lives in the saddle. fees were granted in addition to face, the train being of Lyon I think it is false and wrong to nothing more this connection, we feel that we cannot at this juncture do feraing allowed, but liberal French charmeuse and Chantilly is all. better than recall the fact that at the conclusion of the the salaries being increased by a brocade and Chantilly lace to assume that this strike was so their labour--the right of every

It worker throughout the world.

The coming tale of Slains last coal strike at Home, a strong Labour deputation wait- thousand pounds spiece. While trimmed with orange blossoms. anti-foreign demonstration. And so when we семе to

Castle bas revived the legend illusion was simply a solid protest against ed on Mr. Lloyd George and pointed out to him the utter the war was on Sir Frederick The

mong the objects of wastefulness of strikes and the absurdity of seeking is Lord Chancellor) net with a wreath of orange an obvious injustice and slight to analyse a few points in con-

received over £20,000 for one year blossom. She carried a bouquet a labour Union. I have beard nection with the recent trouble interest preserved there is the cumbersome

settle industralia the shape of salary and allow of white rose and maiden hair talk of Bolshevism and many we find that it was often marked "Curse of Bootland, the nine of by such disputes.

that ances for Prize Court and other fern and was attended by four other weird allegations against by stupid action and ended to the diamonds on which the Duke of Moreover. that deputation showed

of the strike and the lock-out cases. It is a matter for surprise bridesmaids in the persons of the the Chinese workers of the South, accompaniment of much foolish Cumberland wrote the order for the process both had

under ex-that the Geddes Economy Com-Misses Elizabeth Wood, Julia but I am forced to reflect that if talk. I'll say no more just now the massacre of the Highlanders 100 altogether

costly proved

taken at Culloden." That the nine isting social conditions; and these Labourites urged mittee did not have something to Wong, May Tom and Alice Lam.

of diamonds is popularly known north of the Tweed Ka it did). Sir Ernest Pollock now rose and grey georgette trimmed the establishment, by enactment. of some compulsory arbitra-y upon this point for perhaps They were sttired in dresses of

the (Copy of cable.)

"Curse of Scotland" is correct, tion authority to which both employer and employed would moves up from Solicitor-General with hand-embroidered silver and The Premier showed to "Mr. Attorney," while that carried bosqueta of pink 10:88

As President Arthur PearsOD

but not for the reason stated. There have access when disputes arose.

Memorial Fund Lady Pearsonare, in fact, quite a number of makes himself sympathetic to the point raised by the deputation.uccessful young Northern law and maiden hair ferns. Masters

appeal British

explanations, but no eas has yet K.C., succeeds to the Solicitor-pages and Misses Hing Wong and but stated that the matter was of such vital importancer-politician Mr. Leslia Scott: Mossy Lai and Mark Wei were

Dominiors behalf permanent succeeded in definitely trading that it would need serious consideration before action were Generalship. This continues the Nelly Sai flower girls. Messrs.

dowment all charities for which the phrase as applied to this card practice of recent years in sp S. D. Wang, S. T. Wong, Heary Dear Sir,

Sir Arthur laboured during bia to its origin. But Sisins Castle taken.

lifetime. Stop. Fund be divided will be searched in vain for the Now, is not this idea of a compulsory Court of Arbitra-pointing young barristers as I aw Wei and Percy Lai acted as

On December 29th. I despatch as follows. Stop. One third 5secrat. The card preserved there which trains and is the sight of diamonds, and the tion, set up by legislative enactment, with its decisions Officers, initiated when F. E

The bride was given away by ed a cablegram to the Press of Dunstan's Mr. Scott who, like that prede- ber father. The

China, & copy of which I enclose, makes selfsupporting Empires writing on the back is a message. having the binding anthority of law, the solution of the was appointed at the age of 35.

WAS groom local problem? If it can be recommended for a country cessor. represents & Liverpool supported by Mr. Yung Hin and 1 am following this cable up War Blind. Stop. One third from the Duke of Hamilton to A by asking for your generous sup- National Institute for Blind which the Countess of Yarmouth.x- of the extent of Britain, where there is such a wide diversity constituency-looks even young- of labour problems, how much easier of application woulder then his years, he coun-instructive address on the report in making the object of the amongst other numerous activi-gressing his regret that he was

hits Arthur Pearson Mémorial Fund ties is chief publishing house in thable to call on ber. sponsibilities of married it be to Hongkong, where we are all in such intimate touch tenanca being almost boyish.

was given by the Archdeacon and known throughout your area by Empire for embossing books for one with another? No more ideal spot for a trial of the

on the completion of the cere-means of your most valuable Blind. Stop. One third all other recognised blind charities in Em- experiment could be imagined. Acceptance of the idea The New K.G.

mony, the couple left the Catbe- publication.

Sir James Grahi's idea of would automatically involve the making of strikes and

Many people will probably feel dral to the strains of Man- The object of the Fund is to pire. Stop. Prior to this division lock-outs illegal, and would compel the parties to any perplexed at Sir Arthur Balfour's delssohn's Wedding March. raise & sufficient sum of money two and a half per cent will be the "right music with the right

The reception was held at which will endow the great work deducted for Fresh Air Fund Sir course as an aid to digeston

which we anticipated by one of Mr. labour dispute to come before the established arbitration acceptance of a knighthood in

advancing years the ex-Patches" the residence of the with which my late husband Arthur's first charity

from alums Hardy's genial old rustics in tribunal. In effect, it would mean that the State would his take charge of industry in the matter of equity of pay Premier was born in 1848-after bridegroom, at No. 5 Arbuthnot was so closely connected; and so sends children

Mail, most Michael

"there's a friendly tie of some (having regard to the cost of living and the value of having shown bimself indifferent Road. Congratulatory speeches, make it lasting and practical for holiday in country. Stop. Under the Greenwood Tree,"

Editore newspapers services rendered) and in the general conditions of labour, to titles throughout his lengthy appropriate to the occasion, were memorial to one who brought the Lady

career. It is safe to say that it delivered by Mr. M. E. Lo, Mr. breath of life to all with whom grateful

if will use best endeavours help sort between music and eating." where agreement between employer and employed could not was not the privilege of prefiring B. E. Lindsell, Mr. G. K. Hall and for whom he worked.

"Sir" to his name that induced Bruttoo and Mi. 3. W. Franks, I feel certain I shall not be these funds which lay close to recounted, "I was once be otherwise attained.

Such a step as we are advocating would, we feel sure, the new Knight of the Garter to and were replied to by the bride asking in vain for your assistance heart of one who worked unceas-sitting in the little kitchen st be to the final benefit of capital and labour alike. Had accept the honour just conferred groom, the best man, Mr. Yong and I am forwarding you an ingly for others and begs them to the Three Choughs at Caster- such a Court of Arbitration been in existence two months on him. The fact may not be Hit/Lun, and Dr. 8. T. Wong article explaining in detail the publish this appeal and if possible bridge, having bit of dinner, generally known that the Order The boneymoon wilt be spent at work we bave in view, which open local subscription list. Stop, and brass band struck up in would hate been spared the of the Garter is so exclusive that Peking,

if you could publish with editorial Fund has official sanction and is the street, such a beautiful brass ago, this Colony

it has just the new member is, we think, the

comment, would help immensur- supported by Cabinet Ministers band as it were! I was sitting unhappy experience through which

ably towards the success of our and other leading personages, eating fried liver and lights-sh, I was and to save my life I Alexandra of the material losses only "commoner "in it. With the

Stop! Queen passed. The magnitude

this Order of lain, Gladstone, Cobden, Bright, afforts.

patronem. Stop. Subscriptions couldn't help chewing to the which the recent strike caused, both to Hongkong and admission to

the statesman so long familiar and, to go further back, Burke. to South China generally, provides a reason why this Mr. Balfour." one name Another ex-Premer, Sir Henry In the hope of winning your from Shanghai to E. Goodale tune. Band played six-eight Esq. Finance Department Muni- time; six-eight time chawa 1 suggestion should be thoroughly explored-to say nothing as drops out of the list of Campbell-Bannerman, would pro- sympathetic influence,

cipal Council Shanghai. Other willy-nilly! Band plays comman subscriptions direct to Arthur common time went my teeth": of the even greater potential injury, in other directions those prominent public man who bably bave been among the num

Pearson Memorial Fund 8t, among the, fried liver and lighte which might have sprung up. The moment calls for have anded their days without ber, his title being due not to

John's Lodge Regent's Park 58 frde as a hair. Beautiful true statesmanship. Our hope is that the occasion will prefix beyond that to, which choice but inheritance. It may

'tworo. Ah, I shall never forget London England,

{that band {" produce the will and the means to render a repetition of the recent crisis the remotest of possibilities.

Bзners.

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Smith and Brown are entitled. be added that his contemporary

The list is a goodly one, compris the late Mr. Labouchere was heir ing-to name a few-Chamber-to a paerage, but renounced it.

Your truly,

ETHEL PRÁBSON.

27th. January, 1922.

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