The Archive · 1915

Charges Against Britain

"The Anglo-Japanese Alliance is excellent thing. In the attack on Tyingtao, Great Britain's active participation consisted of scudis 1 little over 300 troops; and it typical of Great Britain that she should take complete posse the Tientsin-Pukow Rail Future of Silv'

Turning to the future, it is always very difficult to from any opinion, and the present abnormal cireumever more difficult probable in many quarters that most of the European Powers now at war will eventually require silver for coinage purposes, and the prospects of the next few months certainly depend very materially on this factor.

It must also be remembered that during the carly part of next year there will be some very large crops whatever their nationality; 0, when a qualified Japanese candidate was found, other nationals should vote for hit irrespective of the colour of hi complexion. The article continues The Voting for Mr. Ishi, "Mr. Ishii did not receive a small number of votes, and 470 out of the total number (620) were registered by non-Japanese. But certain facts should be placed fore our friends in the international settlement for their careful to be exported from India most of] consideration.

The Japanese who which are expected to make good supported our candidate were cer-prices and there is therefore a provaly distressed by the result of spect of at least a normal demand the election, that is to say by the from that quarter.

While enumerbetrayal of the British, The Britating the factors that may be ish have been looked up to through. favourable to silver we must also nut the world as a great, ideal na-mention that the tread of produc-|; fon which has achieved dist tion is distinctly downwards.

Owing to the chaotic condition of Mexico, production there has been +er: ously: checked; the Coba't camp output has not shown any expansion for two years and we understand that owing to the war and consequent lower range of prices, several of the mines have not been working full time of late.

In the United States the production of copper was curtailed soon guished political success for dreds of years. Is not this constitutional nation recognized as a model of what is gentlemanly? Now, however, we look upon stich constitutional and gentlemanly nation with suspicion.

Individuals and th "Private life ae an individual of Anglo-Saxon origin is adorned with or goodness as transparent as 200 miles, at the dear price of a single soldi li the ultimate interest of our nation that ye should adhere to @ policy in pursuance of which we made an al-hance with such a nation as Great Britain and are content to be fooled by her old, cunning diplomacy, offering our obedient services to her whenever we are flattered by her childish exhortation?

"Look at the European War. Are they not all colonial soldiers who sacrifice their precious lives at the front while all the troop recruited at home enjoy comfort at the rear, playing cards? When the frost is severe in the trenches they are in their comfortable beds. The Indians, who lost. their mother contre to Britain, are now devot-ne their lives to their old enemy.

pity there who sacrifice their vos, hut there who make them of-for the sacrifice are to be blamed.

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