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THAYS

BOBBING WAVES!

WHEN YOU COME TO THE

OF THE

PARTING

WAVES

ROTARY AREA.

A CHANGE IN THE CONSTITUTION.

ADMIRAL'S MERRY.

GO-ROUND.

SIR PERCY SCOTT'S ACROBATICS:

GERMAN TRADE IN FAR EAST.

LARGE GAINS MADE IN CHINA FIELD:

A resolution declaring that the existence of only one national unit

There are very many interesting

That Gorman trado la experienc- In an international movemont pre- stories of celebrities in an anony-ing an unprecedented boom in sented the appearance of duality mous work, "The Joys of Life," by China, and in India and Japan as and the possibility of lack of har-A Woman of No Importance," wall is shown by an exhaustive in- mony and understanding, "and re-published recently,

vestigation by the British, United commending support for a rosolu-

Presa, tion to come before the Interna- In a spirited tribute to the Inta Nationalist anti-British propa- tional Conference at Ostend pro- Sir John Cowans. Quartermaster-ganda in China has given Germany viding for the establishment of General during the War, the writer considerable trade gains from area Administrations" was, after states: "He was a lovable man, Britain, and has enabled Germany

mendment on the points of detail, and I doubt if any official during to recapture and in many carried at the annual conference the Great War had larger crowds onlarge markets lost in China dur of Rotary Clubs of Great Britain of both men and women who visiting the war. In the Far East and Ireland at the Wharncliffe ed or wrote to him seeking his generally Germany is very succoes- Rooms, Marylebone, London, re- help for some one in France fully competing with Japanese and cently.

and this was the man whose great

American goods.. work was so soon forgotten and The "Association for Great Bri-his fallings so well remembered. tain and Ireland is the only nation- al unit in the Rotary International, which has its headquarters in Chicago,

Cases

In China Germany has been de-

"It has always seemed to me that helped by the fact that sho it is an impertinence when a man faulted her special privilegos in has carried out well and faithfully China in 1921, and thus voluntarily. the work he is engaged to do, and forfelted the rights which the A report of the directors stated for which he is paid, that his pri-Chinese are now seeking to gain vato-life should be criticised and from the other Powers by force that this amendment to the con- stitution was drafted after conver. interfered with, and still more of arms. Germany has not been prefectly slow to take advantage of this Bation between Canon Thompson reprehensible that a Elliott, of Leeds, and Mr. Vivian blameless wife should be made to favourable political position,

any mistake that her Immediately after the war mapy Carter, the secretary, and the suffer for

of Germany's customers in China Board of Rotary International in husband may have thade.

went over to other Fowers; in January last.

"Certainly some of those who 1920 British exports to China werd Canon Thompson Elliott, who passed judgment on Sir John three times larger than before the moved the resolution, said the should have remembered the old war, and American exports five scheme arose from a growing reslogan concerning those who live times above pre-war level. But since cognition that some devolution of in glass houses and throwing 1924, when she established her administration from the headquar-stones.

currency, Germany has forged I always admired the way that ahead rapidly in China. ters in Chicago had become an ur- gent necessity. The International Sir John met the charges brought Board at present had no time to against him, for never concentrate attention on the real-would he say that would throw many in the Chinese, markets the ly international problems of the blame on some of those he had sale of British and American goods movement for which it ought pri- helped, and who were less loyal has slumped," the spokesman of the German Federation of Indus- marily to exist. The Rotary idea than himself.

tries declared in reply to an in- was the same everywhere, but its

quiry. applications varied according to what turned by the way some of A striking fact is that Ger- national and Continental require-the big-wig women flattered and many a exports. to China increased ments, aspirations, and traditions. pursued him, and he was suscepat the very time when China's ble to female charms, but in this total imports were dropping rapid- he was not different from some of

ly. those who bore witness against him."

"American Ideas."

a 'word

"No doubt his head was some-

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Soldiers' Mothers.

"Since the re-appearance of Ger-

Some Interesting Figures.

During the last three years Ger-..

The proposals were opposed by Mr. W. Alexander, Belfast, who asked, "Are we going to have more harmony among the Anglo-Saxon speaking races if we give up our Writing of another soldier, Lord man exports to China have gone up autonomy and become part and Kitchener, "A Woman of No Im-23 per cent., British exports have slumped 20 per cent. and American parcel of what I call bogus Inter-portance" anys:- national Rotary."

"Lord Kitchener. though his exports have held their own. In 1926 German . exports to China mother died when he was

as against

American ideas, and there was no

very

He urged that they should have young, said more than once to me, totalled £7,575,000, more territorial or national units.when speaking of certain opisodes £6,500,000 in 1913. The British They had now a slight check on in his life-I did it because I felt figure for the same year. was reason why one nation should have that it was what my mother would $16,400,000 as against £30,300,000 Another time, in 1924 and: £14,800,000 in 1913..

of this year the control of Rotary all over the have wished.'

when people began to tear him to In, February world.

Mr. T.. J. Rees, Swansea, be-pieces, when I was speaking of his British Board of Trade officially lieved that instead of the Pan-success, he said. 'I wish my mother announced that British exports to had lived to see it," and he spoke China had dropped by £10,000,000 Americanism of Rotary the pro-

since the same month last year. posals would make for its "Ang-feelingly."

American exports to China totalled Picisation."

The writer continues, "Lord Ro-£22,040,000 Inst year as against Canon Elliott, in reply, contend-berts was another who spoke ten- £4,000,000 in 1913. ed that the scheme did not involve derly of his mother and of her re

is that Ger A striking fact any surrender of autonomy, andligious teaching, which lived with many occupies first place among that the time was not yet ripe for him all his life. He said he never the nations from which China Im- any other scheme of devolution. went into any action in his life.

ports arms and ammunition. Mr. Sydney W. Pascall, the pre- without a prayer that God would But it must be noted, however, sident, presented the directors re-protect her and give her happi- that Germany often serves only port, which showed a membershipness, and later, when she was as a transit territory for other gone, that he would grant her soul countries in this trade. The fam repose."

burg shipping firms have recently Of the late Admiral Sir Perey placed an embargo on the ship- Scott the writer records that he ment of arms and ammunition came to her assistance in the ar-to China and the effect, will be rangement of a garden party, by worth noting. suggesting a merry-go-round as a German commerce with Japan and India also disclosca a remark- "He insisted in his most persua-Jable ascent. German exports to aive manner on stately grandmam-Japan last year reached the re- mas and maiden aunts of uncer- cord of 211,838,000 as against tain age riding on some of the 28,180,000 in 1918. beautiful yellow horses with blue! Trade with India tells exactly tails. His joy was great when the the same tale. Last year German ladies shrieked," "Stop! stop! I shall exports to India totalled £12,258,- fall off!' He shouted to them and 000, having risen rapidly nobody could stop until the £7,697,000 in 1924..

of clubs.of 12,934, compared with 11,984 a year ago.

Mr. Thomas Stephenson, Edin- burgh, was elected president for

next year.

THESE ON, YOUR BOB

diversion.

music did.... To add to the.

fun Sir Percy took off his

from

cont and did acrobatic feats IRISH TOBACCO “KING.”

on and off the horses to the tune

of 'Linger longer, Lucy."

When Foch Learned to Smoke.

STARTED SHOP AT, SEVENTEEN.

The death occurred last month at his residence near Belfast of

Here is a story of the leader of the Allied Armies in 1918:----

"General Foch... did not. smoke anything but an occasional cigarette until our General, Sir Henry Wilson

arrived in France and he tried to initiate Mr. Thomus Gallaher, head of the "well-known tobacco manufactur- General Foch into the joys of a

ing firm of Gallaher (144). pipe... For some weeks General Foch struggled with it

Aged 87, a native of Co. Derry, manfully, resulting in hiccups, and he was one of the most remark- able Irishmen of his time. Не a feeling of nausea

"Once when our activities at the commenced business on his own account as a tobacconist in Derry front were looking very black he at the age of 17, and he trang- was found sitting in a dejected ferred the business to Belfast ten attitude, his head resting in his

hand. All prosent were respect-years later, and from that time it grew prodigiously. In 1896, it ful and sympathetic, thinking that

he had broken down under the was turned into a limited company and four years later, the company strain. of his responsibilities..

paid the largest cheque that had Happily it was discovered he was ever been paid to the Customs only struggling with his pipe, try- £142,227, for tobacco withdrawn ing to make it draw. The ground from bond.

around him was white with spent matches."

Mr. Gallaher paid many visits to

The late Sir Frank Lockwood, America where he had various plantations and factories, and ance Solicitor-General, aleo figures where his name was as well-known in these pages.

Once he was lunching with aas in this country. He was for party which included a bore who many years chairman of the Bel (states the writer) "Could not fast Steamship Co., whose vessela speak without bringing in the plied between Belfast and Livor

pool. names of the dukes and big-wigs he had known or said he had

When two German stowaways known."

Presently, Sir Frank sald, "Do and a Russian Pole were at Hull you know General Stores?" "Oh sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment "He's a with hard labour and recommend- yés," replied the bore.. rare good sort." "Ah," said Locked for deportation for landing wood, he lives over there," point- without permission, an aliens ing to the other side of the street ofllcer said the increasing number: where there was a large Emporium for aliens landing at British ports with a huge board bearing the was causing anxiety to the au-

thorities. words "General Stores."