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**BEWARE OF BRITISH,”

Letters of Former Kaiser Made Public.

FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1923.

THE CROWN COLONIES.

Their Importance to the Empire.

*

MUSIC AS A MEDICINE.

"Noted Composer'a **Prescriptions."

The Morning Post recently re

"Our Crown Colonies" was the Alling people have been oured produced some hitherto us-subject of a lecture recently before by a new type of "medicins“ published letters written by the the Bristol Branch, Royal Colonial music. former Kaiser when he Was Institute by Mr. C. M. Molanes, Recently in several City work. Prince Wilbelm of Prussia to of Bristol University.

rooms music was introduced to

| Czar Alexander of Russia, father; Mr. A. Carnegie Ross, who has test its effact on the work of ar

of the ill-fated Nicholas. These spent the greater part of his life ployees, and it was showo that letters, which, the Morning Par in the Consular Service, presided, both the quality and speed of the explained, would be issued in He asked if the people at home work was improved, fatigue Moscow by the Soviet Gorern were sufficiently interested in the diminished, and the mental tone ment, contain many anti-English Empire overseas! Did they of the workers anbancad. references. In a letter written to reatize that to a very large degree Working on this basis, Mr. the Czar on May 25.1884, at the the continuance of the prosperity Jack Hylton, the composer, who time of Prince Wilhelm's first of British Colonies depended upon is also conductor of one of the visit to Moscow, the Prince the votes of the home country? Grafton Galleries" orchestras, has wrote, among other things:

Mr. McInnes said he desired to experimented with set musical speak more particularly about the prescriptions, as

& doctor pro- "I only beg of you a single portance of the dependent part scribes for a sick patient. favour: Beware of your English of the British Empire. While the "Experiments made with a uncles. Do not allow yourself to people of the United Kingdom galvanometer a delicate instra be intimidated by things you may had shown an intelligent interest meat for recording the emotions bear from my father. You know

in the constitutional and economic showed that the most 'damusi- him; he loves to be contrary, and development of the Dominions, cal of men are in reality, stirred he is entirely in the hands of my

and while they bad shown to a considerable extent,” said Mr. mother, who in her turn is guided sensitive interest in the welfare Hylton, to a Daily Chronicle re by the Queen of England, and and government of India little presentative. These experi- abe makes him see everything attention had been paid to the ments were sufficient proof that through die englische Brille

administration and fortuner of the music, chosen with care by one (spectacles). I can assure you that the Kaiser, Prince Bismarckast dependencies of the Crown who understands its fundamental and I ara entirely in agreement, the importance of some of these pla in certain moods.

Calonies. Mr. Mclanes spoke of effects, can be used to benefit peo- and that I will never cease to colocies to Bristol, of Borneo, For a typical business man, consider as my supreme duty the consolidation and support every Trinidad, Ceylon,

Nyassaland, Nigeria. F.ji, for example, dulled by his work. the Straits I made up a programme of tender- where of the Dreikaiserbund. Settlements, and others. Referrly emotional music, including This is the triangular bastioning especially to Africa, he traced some of Chopin's nocturnes. This which is called upon to defend briefly the colonization in this induced in him an emotional state monarchy and Europe against vast country, and described the that dispelled his dullness. the tide of anarchy and this is method of government, through Anger or annoyance can be what England feare more than be native Chiefs. The principle claimed by something in the anything in the world."

behind that government, he said, nature of Grieg's lyrics. For On his return to Germany the was the preservation of native the room where manual "work Prince seat letter to the institutions, because they werewas in progress I found that Emperor, dated June 19, 1884, in best suited to the natives them-music with more pronounced which the Prince complains selves. He spoke next of the rhythm was effective. Folksongs of having been coldly received romance of British rule in Malaga: and mazurkas speed the work by his parents. He mentions of the extraordinary progress off and raise the output, without

conversation which he had with the people and the prosperity of increasing the emotional tone too} his father, whom he accused of the people, which had led to the bigh."

abusing the Russian govern- presentation to the British ment in the most incredible way Government of a battleship and for what he called the infamous substantial help during the war. treatment of this excellent With regard to the West Indies, prince." (The Prince of Bul- Mr. Melanes said it was impos- garia.)

sible to govern through existing native institutions because there were none, and it was impossible. to give the people responsible

A

Prince Wilhelm added that his father "accused the Russian gov. ernment of lying and treachery; and, to be concise, there was not 50vernment with the tragic ex-

* EXTRAORDINARY, FRUIT." Later the Prince says: "The visit to the Prince of Wales has yielded and is still¦

OWNERSHIP SUIT.

Claim Against Italian Opera Company.

Trial of the civil suit brought by

an iosulting adjective which he ample of Hayti before them. A Madame Anastasia de Padovani did not use in bis endeavours to Federation of the West Indies cainst the management of the paint you as black as possible."

had been mooted, but whilst Italian Opera Compady for the this would be advantageous in recovery of alleged ownership some respects it would be un-rights and income due, opažed ja! workable in others. The Govern-Judge Simplicio del Besario's eat of the West Indies, the court room, Manila, on April 12 h. lecturer therefore urged, was not Madame de Padovani, the first yet rips for change. Mr. Mclanes to take the stand, told the court bringing extraordinary fruit spoke of the great benefits which the history of the opera company. which will continue to multiply had accrued to the Crown Colonies its organization under her bus jin the hands of my mother and through contact with the British. band and its later ownership and the Queen of England. But these They had, he said, reason to be management by her through the English have accidentally forgot proud of the work done by their tour in India and the Far East. Len that I exist."

great administrators, and they She testified the alleged con- In a letter to the Emperor dated should never forget the unknown tract of sale entered into between March 13; 1885, the Prince wrote: Britishers who in the various ber and the defendant was a fake "We shall see the Prince of services bad given their lives in document, and that althungb she Wales here in a few days.. I am pursuance of their duty.

signed it, she did not know until not at all delighted by this un- Mr. W. C. Noxon, "Agent-Gen. a much later date its real con- expected apparition because-eral for Octario, in response to a excuse me, be is your brother-request by the Chairman, said in-law-owing to his false and that Canada would never forget intriquing mature he will un ber debt to the Motherland. doubtedly attempt in one way or another to push the Bulgarian business may Allah send therd to hell, as the furk would say- or to do a little political plotting bebind the scenes with the ladies." In a letter to the Emperor dated from Potsdam May 4, 1883, Prince Wilhelm said he had kept his

THE SIBERIAN ROUTE.

tents. Trusting the defendant as manager, and believing his worde that the document drafted was for the purpose of insuring the egeinst! company's properly futare difficulties. inasmuch as that document was in Italian (the plaintiff is a Russian married to lan Italian and understands very little of the Italian language) the Mr. P. K. Chu, a well-known plaintiff consented to sign the Chinese journalist, who hse re-document, she said..

She explained also that she presented the press of China at

a cent of the all the recent international con never received Prince of Wales. Ho asid be

promise to keep an eye on the ferences, has returned to Peking $15,000 alleged to be the purchase had been assured that the Prince from Europe by the Trans- price of the company and that of Wales had asked a German Siberian Railway, which, he re. the understanding between her Jewish banker, Bleichroder, to porte, offers a comfortable and and defendant was only company help England by depreciating easy way of coming to the Far manager and advance agent in Russian currency. Wilhelm went|

East. The Far Eastern Times the employ of the former. says he left Moscow on the 22nd The deposition of Giuseppe of Febuary and reached Peking Giorgi, the first tenor in the "All the gentlemen of then the 15th of March, after having company, was introduced in Prince's suite talk nothing else stopped two days at Chits, four evidence in favour of Madame except war. They say that war days at Harbin and two days at Padovai, also a number of is absolutely necessary and that Mukden, making the net running cablegrains sent by Carpi to her sooner or later the two countries time from Moscow to Peking from changhai and other cities. will come to blows as there is no exactly thirteen days. The total MCD.B.

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information regarding everything and her family, who are in opposi- that happened in England in the tion to the Government but one, Way" of mobilization, and with the nation."

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