Col. Cosgrave prefaced his remarks with the statement that he felt, in speaking to the gathering, that he was just having a sort of family talk, for the aims of the Pan-Pacific Association were very. ese to his heart. With the know-fodge of the Association's objects, had come to China with the: Pndeavoir to carry them out. From soldier, given to destruction, he had been propelled into work was over $15,000,000 annually. To-day, as a result of cheap power, Canada was exporting such lines as refrigerators, galvanized iron, paints, and shoes to China in com-Petition with the world. Canad) exports were sent fo 64 coun and today the country was the fifth leading exporting nation in the world, Such an ever-increasing volume of trade brought more and heavier responsibilities, and so the time arrived when the Canadians had. to determine whether they' would romain in a more or less subservient position to the Mother Country in the matter of trade treaties, or place themselves ina] position to negotiate treaties with other countries, completely unfettered. To-day, Canada had become nearly a world power and had negotiated trade treaties with Japan, Finland, Italy, France, Gzecho-Slovakia, "Belgium, and the Netherlands. The volume of their trade to-day, with @ population of only. 10,000,000, was greater than that of the United States when that] country had a population of 75,000, (000. Such a creditable result was due purely to ce-operation, to sheer grit and to the mutual understand-
Siderits "Phe custom of collecting rents for the intercalary month should abolished, As. the Shanich ars) Monkinality Mencuants in Nantao and Chi pei have appealed to the authorities all Chinese in the International Settle-to shorten the hours of martial law ment, to collect their rents according to i order to permit them to carry on their business normally. They complain that they are compelled to be indoors by a certain hour and hence
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