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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1925. ·

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it is but fitting that the capital of

the British Commonwealth of

DAY BY DAY.

HE WHO CANNOT GOMMAND' HIMSELF, IT IS FOLLY TO THINK TOCOMMAND OTHERS.-Lubertius.

Nations should be the financial centre of it-a place to which the more subordinate members can The opening rate of the dollar go for financial aid. But it is on demand to-day is 26, 47/10d. very questionable wisdom for a

Yesterday's houlth return country like Britain to shoulder shows onu Chinose case of diph- the loans of practionlly the whole thoria.

world. If we remember Russia

The Shanghai B. W. A has just we,shall not go far wrong. How presented "A Little Bit of Fluff" many thousando of pounds with great succons.

morrow.

sterling of British money has

Some humorous aspects of the "gone west". In the, debacle of

match between. South China and repudiation which has charac-Kowloon will be featured in Stan torised Russia's metamorphosis Hill's wookly football cartoon to- from Tsardom to Communism? And what of the non-interest earning British Chinese Bonds, and of the their connection with the East- hary House Hotel, Northwood, losses English investors'

in Middlesex, as from November 4 many another foreign loan? Tho |risk on foreign loans is too high

money

Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Blair ad- invertise that they have severed!

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I. E. the Governor has kindly pupils dancing displays which given his patronage to the two to bear alone, or oven in large Miss Violet Capall is arranging proportion. Britishers can vary to take place in the Theatre

Royal shortly. well proceed with Empire develop Mustard &Co.,Ltd., the inter-Empire finance of

Owing to the intervention of trade and development schemes, examinatione, the hockey matchi and the growth of mutual help Club A team, and the Univor- botween the Hongkong Hockey We know all about the old proverbsity "B" team, which was fizod to of eggs in one basket and of the be played this evening, will not value of financing foreign de take place. volopment schemes so that British manufacturers can soll products to those who are doing the develop ing, but we believe that the basket of Empire is a pretty good one and that the Empire's manu- facturers and traders can buy and sell of one another to mutual advantage,

The Telegraph.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1925.

BRITAIN'S FINANCE

POLICY,

'DAINTY 'DANCER.

Little Miss Barbara Walker, one of Miss Violet Capell's talented pupils who will ap pear at the dancing display to be held at the Theatre Royal on the 7th and 11th instant.

CHINESE ART.

SALE OF OLD PAINTINGS.

EUROPEAN LETTER.

[By Milton Bronner for tho

Telegraph

London, Sept. 20.--An advertise- ment by English railways appear- Ing in English newspapers is, the best proof that southern Ireland-- the Irish Free State--under the govoroment of President Cosgrave, has settled down to, ponce and to work.

For something liko, six-years after the armistice, tourist traffic to Ireland WOS almost auspended. People were afraid to go to Ireland. Conditions did not Invite visitors. And then when the Irish set up the Free State, the upholders of the new government had to fight the followers of De Valera.

But now the time has come when Irishmen have stopped shooting Irishmen. Differences are now being settled by ballots instead of bullets. Ireland is at work.

Ireland is also playing once more. Peace and order have been restored, The result is that the railways are NOW saying to British holiday makers that the lovely south of Ireland is calling to them to come. It is pointed out that nowhere else so near is there such combined charm of mountain, lake and river

And the magic names of Kil larrey, Kenmare, Purknasilla, Mal- laranny and Galway are once more evoked. If the railways succeed in their campaign, it will mean. thou- sands of pounds poured into the

In view of the frequency of fires in Canton, usually towards the end of the year, Dr. G. C. Wu,

The sale by auction of some of Irish Free State. the Mayor, proposes the establish- meat of a court of enquiry for the pictures from the collection of the purpose of drawing up proven-the late Dr. Stafford Cox, at Shang- tive measures.

hai last week, was well patronised

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The Britisher going into Paris

by connoisseurs of Chinese works by motor car is always amazed With ten arrivals and seven-of art, and despite the financial when in the outskirts of the great teen departures yesterday, the The City of London number of vessels in Harbour was depression there was keen bidding, city he sees his machine held up A Yuan painting by an artist un- by uniformed men who ask him if was very proud of being able to reduced to sixty-six a new low

known, and entitled Visiting the he is bringing anything dutiable

into Paris. level since June 21st. British raise money for any and every shipping yosterday showed four Recluse, fetched Tla. 200, while an-

Having already submitted to the he hody, but there is now a serious arrivals and nine departures; other picture of the same period.

went as high as Tls. 270. A fine customs examination when question regarding the economics total in port 31. *.*

study of geese in the reeds by entered France, he gets indignant of that old procedure.

"Red" Successes.

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The German wiroloss station

TITLED SOCIALIST.

Soviets.

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The embassy home of the Bolshe

the scythe. Now when Briand

visited Krassic, men were busy at work in some of the rooms, doing The them over in grand style.. noise they made was so great that Briand could hardly hear the sound of his own voice,

Mr. Winston Churchill's warn- Hing to the City of London

financiors that, with the removal) of the embargo on overscus loans, their they would have to use

A vehicle, whether a motor car Wang Tchuen brought Tls. 200, because he doesn't understand what restored freedom soherly and

or lorry is not known, ran into land a Sung painting attributed to it is all about. But he soon learnS wisely and not work detriment to

and damaged a gas lamp on the Mah Yunn brought Tls. 260. that it is the "octroi."

Which means the toll house home industries by over-lending

The recapture of Swatow, and Praya East, this fact being dis-Should this latter picture even- abroad, loads one to speculate on virtual elimination of the so-call-covered by the lamp lighter when tually be proved to be by the which the big city maintains for the wisdom of Britain's old-time ed "anti-Red" forces from a large he went on his rounds this morn- great Sung master who is said to the purpose of placing a tax upon section of the Kwangtung fighting. Three other lamps in Ken-have painted it, this Chinese study foodstuffs brought into the city habit of financing the cancerusing front, suggests that the cam-nody Roud have been reported as should fetch at least G.$10,000 limits.

abroad.

Many French towns have this of other countries. Before the paign initiated by General Chan damaged.

Another Sung painting went for octroi. It is a relic of medieval to boast King-ming and his supporters.

Sir Paul Chater, who is return-Tls. 200, as did a Yuan study by times. It gives employment to war, Britishers used

has practically come to an end proudly of the fact that London for the time being. Ther is pering from a six months' holiday Run Tse Ming.. A charming pic Frenchmen."

It aggravates and annoys was the great money market of fectly natural speculation as té in England, was a passenger on ture of three beauties by Tien

And It brings in prae- the world, and that if any country whether the remnants of the Chan board the Empress of Russia as Sung was sold for Tls, 210, while

u picture of a much later period, a motorists. forces will be able to resume thefar as Shanghai. He left the boat

revenue. So it's no wanted to raise a loan it general-offensive at some date within the at Shanghai, however, in order to Ching painting by Woo Fay Tau, tically no

almilar wonder that one or two newspapers brought only Tls. 10, a 00000000000| Įy went to London for the money.not to remote future, and whe-attend the last days' of the raves $60050000000000

That was quite all right then, be-ther such opposition would he and will continue his journey to price being paid for a Ming paint are urging that it be abolished.

ing by an artist unknown.

Collectors will be interested to cause it abo happened that if any more effective than the recent Hongkong early next week.

one. Another obvious consider-

M. Briand, French Minister for LANE, CRAWFORD'S DISPLAY OF

anybody had any money to lend ation is whether such internecine foreigners as well as Britishers) strife is necessarily inclined to at Neuen broadcast the following hear that another 250 pictures Foreign Affairs, recently paid an eliminate the Communist," or unconfirmed mossage recently from Dr. Cox's collection are to be official visit to M. Krassin, repro- they generally sent it to London "Red", or anti-foreign, or anti. The engagement between H.R.H. sold by auction within the next sentative in France of the Russian where they knew it would find British sections-call them what Henry William, third son of their two months.

Mrs. Stafford Cox left Shanghai good chance of employment. one will-who now appear to be Britannic Majesties the King and

exercising the main influence in the Queen, and the Hon. Lady for America last week, and it is said Thon the war came along to Kwangtung. It certainly car not Alice, daughter of the Duke of that 40 pictures from her late viks has in many places the Soviet upset all that. London still went be said that the dogs of war un-Manchester has been announced, husband's collection have attracted emblem of the hammer crossed with

the attention of a famous art con- on lending money for a time, thon leashed in South China are likely

The report of Sir Claud Severn's noisseur in the States who has offor to ensure the better welfare of it liegan to borrow money to lend the inhabitants or guide their speech at last night's function, ed G.$100,000 for them.

and al Jout

again,

the thoughts into peaceable channels, appearing elsewhere, contains a end of four years it found So far as Swatow is concerned, slight error. Sir Claud is reported that it owed a lot of money the temporary change of regime as saying that a few months after did not disclose any tendency for Mr. Kotowall left the Secretariat

"I begin to understand the mean- to America, that practically all the citizens of that port to fall on in 1916, he became a member of

The LADY CYNTHIA MOSELEYing of the hammer," said he dryly to Krassin, "but where does the the world's gold bullion had gone the necks of the representatives the Legislative Council.

should road) months" to New York, and that much more of alleged imperialistic institu-word

London Sept. 28.-Lady scythe come in?" tions. It may be doubted, there-

Cynthia Moseley'e intimato money was in demand than was fore, whether we in this Colony

Among the arrivals by the Em-acquaintance with hard manual The most written up military available. Since that time, how. would benefit by the mere fact of a ever, the London money market change of rulers in Canton. The press of Russia yesterday was toil confirmed her in her do-

which resumption of former commer-Dr. W. L. Uglow, of Vancouver, termination to be a worker for force in the whole world is the has recovered something of itial and otherwise normal inter-a member of the Faculty of the Socialism, she told an interviewer famous Foreign Legion former prestige, and it has been course with the mainland-indeed University of British Columbia for the Brening Standard today. France uses in all desperate cam-

This daughter of the late paigns and particularly in Africa. the return of normality between and a Professor of Mineralogy

Curzon and the the subscribing centre of a good the outside world and the whole there, who has come to the Colony Marquis many loans. But when Mr. Win of China-must depend essential to carry out a geological and Marchioness, who was Mary it, lies have been told about, figures ston Churchill took the bold step ly on the establishment of lusting mineralogical survey on behalf of Leiter, daughter of the late Levi have been distorted.

Z. Loiter of Chicago recently was of restoring the gold standard, he law and order and unity, po mat-thu Hongkong Government."

nominated as the Labour" can- It is popularly supposed to con- tor who might be, at the head of had to put an embargo on the affairs. And though the fortunes To-day Observatory report didate for Parliament for the tain only foreigners, desperate fel. lows all, and many of them having issue in London of Dominion, of one party or another may statos Pressure has decreased Stoke-on-Trent constiluoney. Colonial and foreign loans, be- fluctuate from time to time, the moderately over northern Japan, "I realised, long ago that dark chapters in their lives which cause there would otherwise have dawn of that happy prospect con- and increased slightly to moder-capitalism was doomed, so I de- they wish to hide.

tinuc very romoto,

ately elsewhero. The anticyclone cided to earn my own living;" And, singularly enough, the bulk been the exodus of a great deal,

and a depression is situated to how during the war she started of the troops are supposed to be of money at a time when it was highly desirable to keep it in the Few ways are given to man of the south-east of Hokkaido. Fresh working in the intelligence de- Germans, who for various reasons the flag of her country. That embargo has now enjoying a twenty-five hour day, to strong monsoon will continuo partment of the War Office at 30 hate their own country and seek

but you will be able to manage it along the coast and over the shillings a 'wouk, and in two servico under

years had her wagos increased bitterest foe. As a matter of cold. fact, the Foreign Legion is made up boon removed and Mr. Churchill by stepping across the Ulster northern China Sea.

to £3. *.* has very wisely seen fit to warn Border any time between October

After this her health broke as follows: 56 per cent. Frenchmen, At the sales rooms of Mr. E. V.j City financiers that they must and October 18, seeing that)

Summer Time ends a fortnight M. R. do Sousa, yesterday after-down, and she went to work on a 14 per cent. Germans and 30 per use the freedom with caution and earlier in the one State than in noon, sub section 1, of section B, Sussex farm, rising catly each cent, other nationalities.

In the main most of these men discretion, because it would ob- the other, says a Home paper of of Inland. Lot No. 2,122, together day to milk the cows, plant

other. Some have been distinguish viously be disastrous if Britain mail week. It is a position of with the two lousos omected thero-turnips and make butter and have had troubles of some kind og

fine Gilbertian possibilities: did on, and known as Nos. 38 and 40, cheoso.

I enjoyed the simple life, ed men in their day. Hence the started financing foreigners at a

not Gilbert himself once contem-Hing Lung Street, was sold to time when Britain's exports are plate a comic oporu on a Pacifio Mr. Ng Man-hin at the price of she continued, but soon pined French officers in charge of the down to an appallingly low level island bisocted by the Interna- $23,200, representing one bid of for the city again.

Lady Cynthia added that she legion never ask questions. Nor docs one legionary question A voil is drawn over and would fall even lower in the tional Date Line, so that one half $200 above the upset price. The

of it was in Saturday while the sale of the promises formerly was tremendously proud of being

their past. All that is required of one foot in 11.30pm. and another Queen's Road East, which was to Labour party.

"But what I shall be like as a them is iron discipline in the pétition.

in 12.30 a.m, is an experience have boon, hold" at the rooms of

"sho barracks and valor in the field of There is no objection or danger which a man might legitimately the Autioneering and Brokering candidato I don't know,

battle. Co., was postponed.

patvoly confessed, ecodecs in making London the money tell to his grandchildren.

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