London, Oct. 31.
The latest Treasury returns show that ordinary revenue for the current financial year up to October 28 amounted to £318,734,328, compared with 311,570,964 at the corresponding date of last year. Ordinary expenditure during the current financial year up to October 28th totalled £377,664,382, compared with £407,790293 at the corres ponding date of Inst year—Reuter. contemporary affairs. But as lone as "protection" is generally persisted in, Great Britain mast obviously continue to use it herself os means of defence, and in the case Of tobacco at any rate it has obviously proved its worth. fry, forlorn, and more desperate, fovaleep (one with "his wife) on benches in the public gardens, side side with Chinese coolies and leon firmed beachcombers, thus to maintain the prestige' of Gre Britain and Americal The Union Jack and Old Glory—fags which Ihave been struck less often than fany; I'do not recall that Old Glory fever was lowered, and T fancy that for a century or more the Union Jack only has. been forcibly torn down when there was no longer 3 garrison to defend it—-fy proudly lover many a Hong and factory Shanghai, proud symbols of protection for" Russians working bs. freath them. And the Bund and fie Chinese" gardens remain the home of Britifh and. American prestige! I give an instance of Joung Russian who T doubt is 30 and has no. qualifications beyond honesty and a certain assiduity, in non-technical job, with the month. fyrreward of 2 fat and all found me rent to others fs Tis 135) 00d, fame pertape $200 & mouth, St.'Andrew's Society will be held as usual on the 30th inst.
"As a member of the Society may protest at what I consider Scandalous waste of money when so many. of oUF kin are in want of food and shelter, will necessitate digging into the el "Fo attend the Ball wth my family stocking for 00-8300 ich 1 can ill i have no doubt that some bright spark will, reply—"If you, cannot afford it—don't go" to which I can only reply that there is such a thing Shanghai as "loss of face."
To my knowledge there are many others placed in similar circum-Stanees and T think it is up to \Committee to have another discussion on the matter before they make their final arrangements and embark on, such a reckless waste of money.
Time is my only excuse for voi ing my prote't in the Press instead "Pappealing direct to the Society.
"hanghai, Nov. 6. a Baw hile others do not. know bow Bnd their living, even in their own Ons: werd is Hypecris word. says all:
cannot And a way, to abo This sword in our dictionary, and if newspapers" everywhere inthe World do not see the necessity, that cal peace-loving "men come to-Fetheth and ive' real peace to the Exe then de me are sits predict-a new wart fave in ake "government, men Who dee many' old frontiers now "what war means, and who Sincerely want. to" prevent another war, Let us hope, that so0n_also trance ani. England young, the honest, peace-loving men take care eir cant. speti cack Excite of about dozen nations Sia dunne he, prance of the fai'and' we are sure, that. Shera Herman cruiser "Koeln" in Seung men wil ye the worl the peace it needs.
Tsinanfu, Oct, 31,
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