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1 Booklet Now Ready. We have prepared a booklet con taining an authentic business analysis on the fir&lre trade out look in the South African terri tory. The matter contained therein will aid materially in answering many questions con cerning the prospects for the sale ) oi your product in South Africa. , , 'i. copy toill le sent on request National Bank of South Africa, Lm, New York Office, 10 Wall Street R. E. Saunders, Agent Total Resources Over $287,000,000 S3 art" THE SUN AND NEW YORK? HERALD, WlEDNESDAY, MARCH 10; 1920, ASKS JAPANESE-AMERICAN COOPERA TIYE FACTORIES Personal Contact for Business With China y. ,:( ,f 'V ft1. -A CANADA v JTfi, ,,SAaf453 PERSONAL contact is an important element in the transaction of business with the mer chants of China. t'he preference is always given to firms and individuals" with whom they are per sonally acquainted rather than to distant organi sations which to them are little more than names. This is true likewise of banking. For handling your items growing out of import or export transactions it is impor tant that your bank be permanently located in China and well and favorably known. The Park-Union Foreign Banking Corporation meets both these requirements and its office in Shanghai is especially equipped with every facility for the prompt transaction of business with all parts of China. BRANCHES AT Tokio Yokohama Shanghai Seattle San Francitco Paris OFFICERS Charles A. Holder, President T. Fred Asp den, Vice-President E. B. MacKenzie, Secretary & Treasurer ParUnion FOREIGN BANKING CORPORATION . 56 Wall Street, New York Paid up Capital and Surplus, $2,250,000 30 Years in Export Banking" INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE of the needs and habits of the people, acquired by years of experi ence and actual residence in the countries them selves, is essential when transacting business abroad. Our 23 branches in South America, 8 .offices in Europe and direct connections throughout the world round out a service broad, and comprehensive in every detail. Anglo-South American "Bankximited New York Agency, 49 Broadway Head Office London F. C. Harding, Agent W. M. Dawkin, Sub-Agent Capital and Reserve Over $32,000,000 FRENCH AMERICAN BANKING CORPORATION 67-69 William Street, New York i Republic of France 5 Internal Loan of 1920 Negotiate Interim Certificates Issued Immediately. CHINA TO SEND TEN TO TRADE COUNCIL L BOHEMIAN TEXTILES GAINING OLD GRIP Groat Czechoslovak Industries - Expect Alrondant Supply of Haw Material Soon. Head of Great Concern in Tokio Sees Mutual Advan tage in Branch Concerns Located Near the Far Eastern Market. American Chamber of Com merce Will Bo Represented at Frisco Convention. Ten delegates have been named by Uio American Chamber of Commerce of China for the seventh national foreign trado convention, -which will bo tieU at San Francisco, May 13 to 15. under the auspices of the National Foreign Trado Council, the chairman of which Is James A. Farrell, president of the United States Steel Corporation. In announcing the appointment of these delegates the National Foreign Trade Council points out that similar delegations will be appointed from the various American chambers of com merce abroad In addition to the trado advisers to bo appointed by the various commercial organizations of the thirty leading nations bordering on the Pacific Ocean. Theso representatives from other nations aro expected to serve ai trade advisers at the San Francisco convention for the benefit of American merchants unl manufacturers who are desirous of obtaining first hand infor mation In regard to conditions In vari ous countries. The names of the delegates from the American Chamber of Commerce of China Include tho following: J. P. Bab cock. Standard Oil Company, Soochow; E. O. Haker, Connell Brothers Com pany, Shanghai; Frank A. Faster. Pao-tlngfu; A. It. Ha'gcr, International .orrespondence Schools. Shanghai; J. B. Powell, editor Millard's Review, Shanghai; F. J. Raven, American-' Oriental, Banking Corporation, Shang hai; W. E. Row, Fobes Company, Shanghai: S. B. Treadwell, Chinese American Publishing Company, Shang hai; J. Rosenfeld, A. B. Rosenfeld & Son, Shanghai. MANILA TO HOLD nyK.V. mANTNER. Perhaps you havo examined men's shirts or shirtings In jcadlng habordosh erlee, admired tho texture, wondered at the extraordinary colorings and men tally approved Its general no&t appear ance. You were advised that the ma terial was tho best quality "English" shirting. It Is rather singular that einco the early days of tho war "English" ahlrtlnra havo completely disappeared rrorn American counters, imp wonaer. Tho probabilities are that the only thing "English" about the goods you handled was tho label, for nearly all "English" shirtings wore mado In Bohemia and Mo. ravla, now a part of tho Czecho-siovaK republic from there oxported to the Brit ish Isles Is to bo "Anglicized" and then resold as "English" shirtings. Tho textllo Industry Is one of tho most ancient of Bohemian crafts In which the peoplo have excelled from time Imme morial. From meagre .beginnings In North Bohemia It has found Its way southward along, tho River Elbe and Its tributaries Into the heart of the country and then crossed the mountains Into tho sister state, Moravia. At present tho 1,450 establishments engaged In various phases of textllo production are scat tered all through tho republic. Howevor. the centres of tho business are locatod In tho more densely populated districts llko Prague, Ilorlce, Beroun nnd that see'lon lying between Decln and Ustln and Labom In Bohemia; Brno and Olo muc In Moravia, and Northern Slovakia. Ono of the outstanding features of Bohemian textiles Is tho fact that al most ovcry establishment Is owned In dividually or by a partnership. This holds true of about ninety-five per cent of tho concerns. Tho aged father transfers his property to his son, each In turn Improves It, and as time rolls on the mills grow In number and ex tent until the branch becomes big enough to successfully compete In tho world's marts. tn nil there are eighty-five spinning and 450 weaving mills with 3,600,000 spindles anil 130,000 looms employing 400.000 hands In converting about 800, 000 bales of cotton Into suitable fabrics. The flnl.'hcd good And a ready market In every corner of the globe. Tho wool Industry centres about Ilrno, in Moravia, ( and the eastern section of Bohemia. It gives employ ment to about 6fi,000 people on 1.000.000 spindles and 33,000 looms In about 600 concerns and requires 62,000 metric tons of Australian, Russian and Amer ican wool yearly. Tho finest grades of broadcloth ar made In Bohemia. In the city of Ll berec one hundred establishments are constantly and exclusively engaged In producing this fabric. Humpolcc, a nearbv city, la n close second both In point of production nnd excellence. Tho reputation of theso goods with thp trado is worldwide. Their quality nas never been equalled. Wool shoddy Is made in 161 factories employing 17,000 operatives on no less than 13.0) hand looms, and these are scattered over Northern Bohemia. For the purpose's of this branch nbout 13.000 metric tons of rngs aro necessary. and theso aro Imported mainly from the United States. Milady has often been at. the linen counter In tho exclusive shop and ad mired handsomo linen damask. She is Informed that the daintily figured ex ample she Is Inspecting Is Imported. The probabilities are that it came from Jtlemnlcc. In Bohemia. In that city the test linens are woven. Bohemian linens have no equal, though, unfor tunately. In the past they have been so'd as Gorman or Austrian goods. The linen Industry engages tho at tention of 15,000 individuals on 2SO.0O0 splnlles in twenty-five different estab lishments. The flax ror tnis crnncn is grown principally by Bohemian farmers rwnnni.fii t the foothills of tho rldgo separating Dili r.A.rU3U lUiV Bohemia from Moravia and also on tno ny CliAMSNCB E. DOSWOIlTn. The following article by Mr. Toshlo Fujiwara, president ot the Nalgul Kogyo Kalsha, Ltd., of Tokio, expresses very clearly the sentiment of Japanese busi ness men and tho people generally. While too dlplomatlo to say eo In blunt English, Mr. Fujlwara's reference (o tho effect of tho work of agitators who havo created so much distrust of Japa nese by Americans and so much fear of Americans by tho Japanese ehowa that Japanese business men reallzo that the commercial Interests on both sides of the Paciflo havo been rather successfully held aloof through the work of propagandists who realize that If America and Japan once do get together for the development of the Far East tho combination will eliminate European competition. This opinion Is founded upon many years sue cessful experience, for the Nalgal Kogyo ICalshs, Ltd., Is ono of tho largest Japa nese dealers In American automobiles and machinery. Mr. Fujiwara says that cooperative es tablishment of American branch facto- rlea In Japan Is thoroughly practical and much desired by his people. The Japa nese) offer capital and labor for combina tion with American capital and .manu fiicturlng ability to manufacture In Japan, tho natural distributing centre for tho Far East, such merchandise nnd machinery as may bo required by this gre.-vt market That this cooperative es tablishment of American branch facto ries In Japan Is a thoroughly practical and desirable procedure has been proven already by the conspicuous success of one of tho great electric companion. Seeks International Amity- Mr. Toshlo Fujiwara In his article for Tub Sun and The New ionic hioiald savs: "I nm approaching this question of Janancse-Amerlcan relations as a lay man and as a business man since I am engaged In commerce Vet 1 hope that bv calling myself a business man 'I do not stamp myself as ono wholly working for ncinsh ends. I aspire to lx- Droau minded enough to look nt matters from a cosmopolitan point of view, working for the good of society and International amity. Thercforo my aim In writing the following Is that It may contrlbuto In howovor small a measure to tho cauio of world welfare, "Commercial relations between the two nations havo Increased greatly during the past few years, since America wai practically tho only source from which Japan could Import the commodities she required nfter the outbreak of tho great war. It seems to me significant that the historic good will and friendship which has nlways existed between ttio two peo- nl Rhould havo Deen nugmcnicu ana strengthened rather than lessened by the war. Tho IntclUgent people or Doin na tions who are looking forward to a re generation In world civilization nnu nave read the lesson of tho past few years must deslro nnd strive for tho further inrrKislnir of International rricnusiup, "As Japan nnd America cooperated In tlin causo of tho great war, so must uiey unite their efforts to preserve tho peace of the Pacific so that no clouds may over darken tho relations of our two coun tried. "We cannot neglect, however, tho fact that there are certain classes or wna- irmi 'interested nconlo' benttipon ilestrovlntr the confidence mat exiwic between the two countries, by propi- gando, by enlarging upon manufacture" stories and ny uwemng upon mu i.mtv of uolitlcal or commercial colli slons between the two countries. These r,nni trlvn entirely distorted and hH.eil accounts of whatever Japon may be doing or has done In India. China or Siberia, causing suspicion nnu in iccmue., "Thcso Irrcsponslblcs, with no con cern of what others may suffer, work en- JUSl LUJ UIU money, Improved Shipping Facilities Will Be Provided. One of tho largest international ex positions of Its kind In the Far East will be" held In Manila, beginning in March, 1P21. to (-.plohrntn thft fourth rdnlAMnpv of ! the discovery of tho Philippine Islands. improved direct shipping service be tween the Paciflo coast and tho Philip pines will receive the hearty coopera tion, of the! Philippine Government ac cording to Qov.-aen. Francis Burton Harrison. A 750 foot marginal wharf and cargo sheds have recently been completed and a new pier, under con struction, will be completed this year. The new pier will have berthing and cargo capacity for four ships of S. S. Empress of Russia size. Appropriations for 1920 provide for further Improvement of the shipping facilities.- The con struction of an additional pier and a slopes of the mountains of Northwest tire y for the Is elt-tatert Jn. Bohem a. called KrKonosc. some smaii. r" " i f-i,' it selfishness. Is quantities are also Imported from nus- nw-I ' Jdflsh SAn industry which Is rapidly growing ' 1 jU and" in force nnd production Is rug making. "na .fJ " like, rudderless ships Not so very long ago It was unknown In Without a captain, and nobody tho Czecho-Slovak lands. Its actlv ties grlfUn C "U'.out p UIC tWIUIUCTi lJ W iiwuHinuivuH a vbvii other fthlnS. ...1.1.1. .ih.ui.n. n Kot,..n cause oilier eniua. HIUUI AU.Iil K, IO UII.UIIID ....V ww'.bbu Bohemia and Moravia and around Brno, Moravia. It gives employment to about 10,000 hands. This Is one of the most thriving and fastest growing of Czecho slovak crafts. Jute is converted into Dags nna Dag- " rr"":; ;ha orM has not yet been glng by fifteen plants, using 16.000 spin- atworr'ndht?onnsVnd (hat Chnos Still Holds 4he World. "Though Prussian militarism has been entirely destroyed due to the heroic ef forts of tho Allies nnd peace has been proclaimed In the worm, wo musi re- dies and employing 6,000 people. Hemp Z to ho over- lahW.r?!,,nt,, Pe,n 0,000 8PlndlM Alcorn?. For In ancc. epidemics of strikes about IVOOO Individuals. are reported from almost all over the In surveying the Czecho-Slovak textile id and there aro ettll tho difficulties Industry it Is evident that In extent and cen capital and labor. In addition production It Is very large and that it Is nro nlany international questions no mean factor In distant markets. Over , bo settjea arising from the readjust 500,000 of the Inhabitants are engagod In or,f territories nnd boundaries. ono or tho other branches. It Is not un-i t- .v. .n-hiu utrlkes are snread- fuel oil depot and the deepening of the j duly centralized. Unfortunately, It l'mp; nn over the worll and people are harbor are contemplated. dependent for raw materials, upon for- su(ferjnff from the high cost of living inu x Jiuiyyiiiu uuvcruuieiii nan cautu- i cisn sources, wnicn, nt a iimo line, mo while commercial competition is'oecom Hshed In New York nnd San Francisco 1 present, works to Its disadvantage, w moro and more severe. Social and il T , 1 1 1 , I T T . ... . 1 1 I . , . . Bureau of Commence and Industry. De tailed Information relatlvo to the com merce and Industry of the Islands and opportunities for their further develop ment Is available at either office. The New York office In tho, Grand Central Palace Is known as the Philippine Com mercial Agency. Its manager, Arsenlo N. Luz, Is the first Philippine citizen to be appointed commercial agent for his aro being mado to determine tho type of tractor best suited for Introduc tion Into the Philippines. The islands offer also a potential market for modern mechanical cultivators. Tokio Scbool Needs Iinproyement. The foreign population of Tokio Is mak ing a strong effort to relieve tho school situation for its children. . Several meet ings havo been held and tho needs pointed out for expansion in the educa tional work. Plans that provldo for tho caring of tho question as far as tho foreigners of Tokio and Yokohama have been drawn up and an appeal is to be made shortly for funds that will Insure the building and maintenance of a larger and better school for the children. Pres ent conditions necessitate the sending of children after a certain ago to America or England for education. However, with the resumption of normal mii revolutions aro taking placo In commercial relations Czecho-Slovak tex- Germany, whllo tho upheaval in Russia incs win nnvo aounaam materials to .na orontefi nn entirely now socmi muei. tn c.Mnn. the North ana aouin aro huh o,rrntnir. nrhlln In Siberia matters are kcot quiet due only to tho presence of Allied troops. Such chaos as now ex- convert MOTORISTS PUSH BIG CHINESE ROAD hla Is hardly duplicated In the annals of history. , . , . "At this crisis In tho world's history both nations must consider what policy thoy will 'henceforth follow, and It Is my opinion that the American nation, which has contributed so much for the restor ing of peace to tho world, and tvl.o hn nrenerveil the DCO.CO Of thO Orient during tho war, must agree, for t the sako of tho world at large, to iori their suspicions and endeavor to cooper ato spiritually as well as materially. "Tho doctnno tnat uio sireim ww survlvo at the expense of the weak Is the belief of only a barbarous pcopio. Man Is civilized only to the extont that he labors and exists for the benefit of others, for Boclety. It was mis mouvo , that Impelled the ailloa nations, Amer ica nnd Japan to enter tho war. i In mlto of ndvereo criticism It Is my be- I llof that H was this noblo spirit that actuated Japan. nd now, though tho war Is over, It is the duty of business men, as nfter war constructionists, to carry on tho work for human welfare In the spirit In which tho Allies fought "This now world spirit of common weal I will call common scneo In In ternational relations Imbued with the BDlrlt of Christianity. China la called a Confucian nation, India a Buddhist people, whllo some foreigners term Ja pan heathen. But Confucian, Buddhist or heathen, tho oplrltual Ideals to which wo all look for the salvation of tho world aro essentially Christian. Deplores Baseless Criticism. "But tho ono Ineradicable and for mldablo forco working against the con' summation of our Ideal is tho human weakness of selfishness, which may al most bo termed the original sin. Some Americans, even missionaries, cannot es cape this selfishness; their actions In Japan affecting tho dlgnljy of Christi anity, On tho other hand, a few un scrupulous Japaneso merchants, acting for their own gain, can Injure the honor bf their nation and establish an unen viable reputation for Japaneso commer cial morality. "But criticising each other's weak points can do no good. ' It injures those who criticise even moro than the criti cised. In tho case of Japan, it is espe cially futile, since, her language being understood only within her boundaries, sho Is placed at a great disadvantage In" propaganda compared to an4 Engl'sh speaking country. Therefore it is not only our duty, but commercial morality commands us, to work for International' amity and welfare, without spending tlmo In criticism. "Japan, however, is placed in a pe culiarly awkward position Blnce right next to her aro two peoples In a most chaotlo condition. Whatever she at tempts to do either In China or In 81 borla Is severely criticised, since these two countries, presenting great Melds for commercial exploitation, aro the objects' of selfish competition by unscrupulous men of all nationalities. Grcnt Enterprises Ifnmpered. "How foolish It is for Americans and Japanese to sit In Judgment of each other Ik understood when wo realize how both sides can find equally weak points In the other. Real Americans no doubt aro as annoyed by the actions and be havior of certain of their compatriot' as wo Jnpaneso ore disgusted at some of our own people. Neither nation Is corn nosed wholly of desirables. Wo must herefore In our relations cxerclso n high Ideal of International morality and iqund common sense, endeavoring to 'heck tho actions of propagandists work ng for selfish ends Our statesmen must also approach questions affecting the two countries with unbiassed minds based on high ideals. "Wo remember with gratltudo the ac tions of your early statesmen, Imbued with tho Now England spirit, who opened up our country to the world. Remem bering this, In spite of tho fact that we aspired to tho life and larger opportunl Ic3 In America, wo voluntarily checked our Immigration to tho States when we learned that Americana no longer de sired Japanese This Is an example of our real attitude. When a few unedu cated Japanese act or speak unwisely, wo are, therefore, surprised and hurt by tho deluge of condemnation which fall? upon the Japanese Government and peo ple. "In this regard we appreciate efforts such as aro mado by Tub Sun and New YonK Herald to promoto a better un derstanding, commercial and otherwise, between the two countries. (But before we can have a sound commercial rela tionship wo must havo a moral and spir itual understanding of each other. "Such understanding Is especially necessary now that freight rates have gono up nnd since means of transporta tion havo been affected by tho war. American manufacturers with world markets nro beginning to reallzo that Japan Is the natural centre of distribu tion for the Orient and tho South Sea Islands, and that by building plants In this country they can bring production noarer to distribution. But it Is my opinion that oven tho material gains that would come to Americans and Jap xnese by such cooperation are Impossible unless the whole structure of the rela tionship of the two countries Is based on moral and spiritual understanding," JAPANESE HMNOE HAS 'TXU." Second Son of Emperor DnrlBBT Epidemic. Tokio, Morch.. Influenza, wWch has been again rampant In Japan, Invaded even tho Imperial household where IL L IL Prince Atsu. oocond eon or tho Emperor, was critically 111, Since tho first of tho year, In Tokio alono thero have been reported nearly 250,000 cases. Deaths numbered nearly 2.200. Lost year tho death rate was about 2 per cent This' year It Increased to 4 per cent . . , Conditions In Yokohama wore i mi as bad. Out of 052 deaths slnco the first f th var 452 were from Influenza. Strange to report, tho mortality among tho European; ww very MA only tp. OUt 01 UIO IBS iawuuo k' tals. t 3 Camphor Plantation VUwtH S MAmtA, March 0. Should partment of Agriculture Resources npprovo tho granUng of a Wfi tract of land, cither by sale or bv toasej to ti e local branch of tho E, I. du Ponto do Nemours & Co., tho raiUpplnM wUf soon bo able to boast of a largo cam Tor puntatlon which should go a Wnf way toward Insuring tho MbUhnM of a permanent camphor Industry IntMi fslandT Director Fischer of tho Buryrt of Forestry, in an offlclal communlctttK has Informed tho Secretary of Airfcug turo and Natural Resources that thj local branch of tho fmPan of obtaining possession of a big tract land on which to start a camphor planj tation. ' J Importing Jute From India Moro than 100,000 tons of jute fibro are imported annually from India by the United States. The foreign commerce of India with its 315,000,000 popu lation and 1,800,000 square miles of territory is carried on chiefly through tho ports of Bombay, Calcutta, Madras and Karachi. The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China has branches in each of these cities, as well as branches and agencies in 31 other commercial centers of the Far Eaai. Our New York Agency mil be glad to supply trade and credit information regarding these countries on request. Chartered Bank of India Australia and China New York Agency, 88 Wall Street ' William Baxter, Agent Head Office London Capital and Reserre Over $24,600,003 TRADE WITH RUSSIA- Russia has for sale vast quantities of the raw materials you need in your business. And Russia, offers the big market of the future for machinery, tools, locomotives, rails, automobiles, agricultural imple ments, textiles, rubber goods, chemicals and other manufactures of American make. But to trade successfully with Russia you must understand her methods. Read "The Co-operatives; A Trade Key to Russia," by John Foord, in the current issue of . Al S I .A. The American MAGAZF' on the rient ri -where lie e strength ai here the ,:ness of their fina nd .uductivc organization!.. Find out 'the kind of people the Russians are their system of credits their methods of transacting business what they At all newsstands ' ASIA PUBLISHING COMPANY ' 627 Lexington Avenue New York, N. Y. American Cars Popular in Pekin. Chlncao Bank for 31nnlla. Manila, March 9. Six million pesos (J3.000.000), to bo part of the capital! vsatlen of the Chlneso Bank that Is to be it launched soon, wcro subscribed In less -pwntwaTiBtira'-by local Chinese' buslJ ncss men at a meeting hold In the Chi nese Chamber of Commerce. About thirty Chlneso attended the meeting, but practically all the InHuentlal Chlneso Jn Manila aro expected to subscribe In or der to raise tlfe needed 20,000,000 pesea SurTeylnjr Indian Air Ilontes. The officers of tho Royal Air Forco who have been deputed to undertake the preliminary survey for tho chain of air rontcs that Is to connect nil the chief commercial and Industrial contrcs of India, have covered much ground in the nast three months, according to an Issue of Commerce, and havo selected several i landing stations. In addition to a site near SL Thomas Mount, Madras, nliich seems especially well adapted to the re quirements of the aviator. $0,000,000 Hotel for Tokio. The new Terminal Ilo'.el In Tokio will bo erected by a $6,000,000 com pany. It will be seven stories high, con- I tain 960 rooms, with Individual baths, and the area or eacn uoor win do i,zuo square feet. Recent Arrivals From Far East. Recent arrivals from the Far East registered at the Hotel Belmont include dor. Yu Kwel Chu, and Jib and Mrs. c y. cms, ot TufiB&si cm. Far Eastern Trade Notes The rmreiu of .Forelra sn4 P?"Jh5J; mfrco bin now obtalnwl a llmltM number of tte pnmpblets "ArtTeitlnlMT la AutralU." mb hhl br th. Ad Club of Victoria Jot tbe lnf'jr. nation of Jmcrtcan admtiwra, which ma J bo rootultcd bv apo&li to the aiitrlct and co one ail otfices ortoe Far Eattera DlrUlou ot tht bureau. A report from Tealnc eltea the ratfa In ona of tho lama hotela t rsnaln from per day for one pirion In a room. Including maSr, and I frSm. $13 to $85 for two In room. The monthly ratea, were M " A33,V?' Inrto perwu and from $125 to 'J l"0; A suite of rooma for one P""? JLB5 oar. m $1,000 per month, and for a partr or f"r $M rferday and $1,300 mo0,1., 'rt prices are Iriren In Mexican Jo"h "ft",1 the rate of exchange proralllno at that tlm. would be eqnltalent to about 15 per cent moro In United Statea currency. J ffrS iXud? mawn Wets ffi. nestlhl Pekin, March 9. Motoring Is rapidly Increasing In popularity In Pekln, where thero aro said to be moro Chinese owners of cars' than In any other city of China. Tho number of passenger automobiles hero is about 650, of which a largo majority are of American manufacture, and over E00 havo been bought by the Chinese residents. Through Chlneso efforts tho Pekin Motor Club has been formed along the lines of similar organizations In Shang hai and Tientsin. Life members pay $100, ordinary members $12 a year; from January 1, 1920. an entranco fee of $15 will bo charged. Ono of tho principal objects of tho club Is to dovelop a sys tem of registration of chauffours em ployed by members, In order to estab lish o record of their character and ability. The new organization will use Its Influence In tho direction of general road Improvement and attention will be paid to considerate driving and a stricter adoption of tho etiquette of the road. If tho present plana are carried out China's longest modern highway will bo completed within six months. It will extend from PeWn to Tientsin, a ills lunco or aoout SO miles. The first sec tion of this road, from PeWn to Tuns- chow, 13 miles, was constructed In1 mi -a. ill kiuu ii ino nrrnrrn rr rni liatim . . Motor Club It Is rY.nrtl h,f . i J i frem UAr5irlcin inmtori wouU bo used for the of $160,000 has been negotiated with tho d"e"'"n,!n, Banque Industriello de Chine for the .Uter utemlte tn"tf & .'"-.SSlfS construction of a modern road between SKSS1 TtWKS Ft&8S& Tungchow nnd Tientsin. I coa a." . qwietooTttat wjnW "J.PRJ The remaining secUon of the new ! niW)r Pu.Mon.LilAeiShna Highway Is now being" surveyed. I wlll.be 20 feet wldo and raised two feet l cUeclfoa" 1U UifW otter pregAt Will bo built, and etatlona will be 1 pay cotuIj5 tithe director of tteerperj. erected about lO.rmles aparttT repair g, ' tS&SSZ shops and supples of accessories and iitritPiW.fS: fa rSfrSaSffi WtiSai-c per plcul yen Price tor fie Kft QMlltf raw silk In IbenrlM of 10CO nt 4.000 yen per P'euUJi.Sffi'K: Thli U baatd lanrely on the a'Vtfht&'h. talnlnt- for first clo.s cona. which hTj been contracted lor at from 22.5 yen to M Jeo Wj suemmo (8Vi ponnda). when laat year they brentht li.IT yen. and on tt Jla; la wdoc- lion coat. W ,, jw ..a.K- h 155 P1CU1. DUt, WAKJ1 J CAiro. - this year. It Is thotuhftthat the oreient Chlnesemlnlnc lawa rejulrlne the Ch nets majority ownership oMnlnVs aVTnot UlTely to prove J "rices em barrassment to American satefora as the Got. ernment will undoubtedly wwt.SE'VSJSeSt to Amerlcaa comoratlona derir ni to Mplolt Chinese mlnea provided the Chinese aee that they will profit by such arrancements. nt Meihod moat (stored In such chutent Is for th rhinnn tn be ten a minority interestln the rporat!on.l.p.Tln I 72 a-nne -,v;- VV" -Is rael. The coat ot malntalnlne- tha md, aldered .. .. MWI m ,MI, I , -j. Australasian News at present Is the per pound. The growers claim they cannot MP.r.nrrTn'EAinriiii peradlse of the tmrnr consumer, the retail price or tno commouuy ueine afta. (normally i cents contlnne to produce It at that price and are tnreftiemnir io snot aown on me ouipui. The PERTH Vast Iron are detxxlrj to contain 07,000,000 tons of the metal in Commonwealth now Euarantcea a price of-21 (normally 1102.00) per too. estimated M1 In a atate of unusual purity and located at YampI rtonna. nave neen unuenroirir iniurciion vj int ernment experts recently. It la said that thesa deposits will prove ot Inestimable raloo to Aus tralia and the British Empire. MKLBOUrtNF The plea In behalf of General TJman von Sandera. one of the German military officers Included In the allied list of warcrlmf. nal. baa obtained the support of the Aus tralian Major-Uenerala Coi, 1 Rosenthal and Herrlne. who all "free, that Von .8falfrs.waa a clean fighter. The plea bad originally been made by Hlr lan Hamilton. MELBOURNE General Sir William BtrdwoM has accepted an honorary ftneraUhip of the Australian Military Forcea. anXBOURNE Australasia will be repre lented at the forthcoming Olympic games In Antwerp, according to recent announcement, THURSDAY ISLANDInflaenia baa become purvalent here and the authorities of Anatnl aala are taklaa every precaution to keep the disease from spreading to the mala coast ot Australia. SYDNEY A. 11. Grimm. . A. Bruntetl and J. T. Crane bare been appointed to fill three vacancies In the New So-ith Wiles (3ablnt. In view of the Imminent Ststo elections, they have not been allotted to, fall pn-tfnllo. but will assist reipectlvely'at the MInlstrlet of Agriculture, lands and Health. WELLINGTON. N. 7.. Dlscnslni Viscount to the League of Grey'e recent letter deallni with the United Stales iioaltlon relative to the league noaltlon relative Nations, the Foil says: American commercial attention is focussing upon the Far East, and rightly so, because in the East aro found more millions of possible purchasers of Ameri- J can merchandise than in any other part of the world.. ' To American business men who are interested in this possible trade expansion we offer the whole hearted cooperation of our world wide organization. The Yokohama Specie Bank Limited t ESTABLISHED 1880 Capital Subscribed.... Yen 100,000,000 or $50,000,000 Capital Paid Up Yen 61,000,000 or $30,500,000 Reserve Fund.. Yen 28,000,000 or $14,00,000 HEAD OFFICE YOKOHAMA JAPAN Tokio Osaka Kobe Nagasaki Shlmonosekl ENGLAND London INDIA Calcutta, Bombay ARGENTINA Buenot Aires BRAZIL Rio de Janeiro BURMA Rangoon BRANCHES UNITED STATES San Francisco Los Angilea Seattle Honolulu Manila FRANCE Lyons AUSTRALIA Sydney STRAITS SETTLEMENTS Slngaporo JAVA Batntla Soerabaya CHINA Peking Dalren Hnnkow Tientsin Hongkong Shanghai Newchwang Changchun Harbin Fengtlcn Chlnanfu t Tslngtau Kalyuan SIBERIA Vladivostok NEW YORK AGENCY, 120 Broadway Telephone Rector 2550 The Bank buys and receives for collection Bills of Exchange, issues Drafts and Telegraphic Transfers and Letters of Credit, etc. "The nrivllfiea of the dyralnlona In the League of Nations means either a multiplica tion of the votlnr power of the United Empire witn general iniuince. w America., or sucn division of the Empire's forcea aa would en able the dominion tn h)D fnreltn Djtloci to carry a vote agslnst Great Britain, New Zea land does not desire to .press tbls nattering Kn, Ajw mnA anomalous nrlvllff t fh point of ensrely embarrassing Great Brltaia tad Jeopardlalng the league." '. 2. Maoris threngbeut New glag a great welcome for the oeoa. hla ajrlral at. RoMna. elceaie ewe already mm a4- arrrirT.ANn V. 2. Maoris threiMlumt Vtm Zealand are i arranging pnace or yvaies o- rtaw.cer utm nnw. mv .uuun ww aw i I COMMERCIAL UNION cf Ameri caJhc. 25 Beaver Street, New York Manufacturers' Agents Steamship Representatives Bank of British West Africa Jl. New York Offieei 100 Barer Street J ROWLAND SMITIT,! " ,"J Head Offieei. London 15 ' " V'- a. :1 - 'v i - i r la ,j-suit;''v.". .