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"Hiawatha," said he, "cover your head with the robe, and do not look at me while I am at these bones, for a piece may fly in your eye." He did as he was told; but, looking through a rent that was in the robe, he saw what the other was about. Just at that moment a piece flew off and hit him on the eye. He cried out, "Tyau, why do you strike me, you old dog?"
Tyau the following statistics, which refer to the year 1919: Government railways, in operation, 6027 kilometres; under construction, 383 kilometres; private and provincial railways, 773 kilometres; concessioned railways, 3,780 kilometres. Total, 10,963 kilometres, or 6,852 miles. As regards financial results, Mr. Tyau gives the following figures for the principal State railways in 1918:
Just at that moment a piece flew off and hit him on the eye. He cried out: "Tyau, why do you strike me, you old dog?" The wolf answered "You must have been looking at me." "No, no," retorted Manabozho, "why should I want to look at you?" "Manabozho," said the old wolf, "you must have been looking or you would not have got hurt." "No, no," he replied again, "I was not.
Manabozho covered his head, but, looking through a rent in the robe, he saw all the other was about. At that moment a piece of bone flew off and hit him in the eye. He cried out "Tyau! Why do you strike me, you old dog!" The wolf said "You must have been looking at me." "No, no," replied Manabozho; "why should I want to look at you?"
Tyau: "At the end of 1916 the number of factory hands was officially estimated at 560,000 and that of mine workers 406,000. Since then no official returns for the whole country have been published ... but perhaps a million each would be an approximate figure for the present number of factory operatives and mine workers." Of course, the hours are very long and the wages very low; Mr.
The students are not only full of public spirit themselves, but are a powerful force in arousing it throughout the nation. What they did in 1919, when Versailles awarded Shangtung to Japan, is well told by Mr. Tyau in his chapter on "The Student Movement." And what they did was not merely political. To quote Mr.
Tyau mentions as specially modern and praiseworthy certain textile factories where the wages range from 15 to 45 cents a day. If Mr. Tyau is to be taken as a sample of the modern Chinese governing classes, the policy of the Government towards Labour will be very illiberal. Mr.
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