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MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1920.
TO-DAY'S CABLES.
(Reuter's Service to the China. kísil.)
THE DANISH CRISIS.
COPENHAGEN, April 1.
THE CHINA MAIL.
·KINEMA NOTES:
THE CORONET.
**Ford and Lady Algy" a six reet picture, is the leading item of the Coronet programme. There is plenty
·DISTRESS IN COLOMBO, -
GRAVE SEQUEL TO HIGE
PRICER
Negotiations are proceeding at the Palace between the Socialists and play, bas killed completely the tonal wife. She only smiles when His information, he claims. comes the new Cabinet. The prorogation of parliament has been postponed.
THE RUHR TROUBLE.
Yuan Dynasty but the Yuan dramas as well as the present Bi-Huang have one common defect that is they are nothing but musical- comedica operna, comic operus, operettan and what not. They have 50 fxr satisfied the musical instinct of the people but in the domain of real
'Statements of a grave character. drama as it is understood today of excitement in it, including a horse regarding the present distress in they have accomplished very little or race, in which there is something Colombo were made to a Times, of almost nothing. The mixture of different in the way of photography Ceylon representative by a local couplets and dialogues, for there are as the horses are not shown as streaky merchant, who has interested him. always" dialogues in a Chinese play-blooches, Lord Algy has an excep-self in the social welfare of the poor.
iragedy.. In fact, what a strange she finds him in another women's from'a very reliable source. "It is sensation will you experience when arms, Another good character in the an open secrét,” he said, "that the a man comes to you, with tears in film is the irascible scap manufac bodies of people who have starved his voice, to tell you that his beloved"
tuzer. He has a pretty wife who to death are being found in their wife has died and then slowly goes creates all sorts of unpleasant en-houses in the poor areas of the humming and singing tanglements, from which Lord Algy Pettah." The Immediate cause of Will you not consider him, as having emerges with complete vindicanan death, he said, might not be lack of lost his normal senses? But that is and reconciliation. The picture is food, but the primary cause was, the what actually happens on the Chinese stage every day! The most pathetic being shown up to Thursday. le has unfortunates having really starved
lar and its event of this world, the tragic end of drawn good houses so Werther, for instance would immedi- popularity deserves to increase. ately assume a comic character, were the play dramatised by the Chinese. It is therefore not surprising that the foreigners are wont to criticize the Chinese as having never known real tragedies.
away
· BERLIN, "April 1. .- It is reported that the Red Army at Ruhr is gradually dispersing. The towns of Westphalia sent representatives to Mainster to confer with the government Commander. The Socialists therefore decided to postpone the general strike pending the result of the negotiations. The independent Westphalian leader, Ernst, in a notable article in Verweerts denounces the Spartacists as anarchists and declares the establishment of Sovieta in Germany to be impossible.
IRISH SITUATION.
LONDON, April 1.
Two more attacks on police barracks in Ireland are reported. In one case the quarters at Clonocity, Tipperary, were bombed and wrecked. The occupants are safe. In the second, a party of armed men using rifles and petrol bombs attacked the Scartaglin barracks in Kerry yesterday night. The Police replied with rifes and grenades, and repelled the assailants after a three hours.fight.
DEARER BREAD.
LONDON, April 1.
We are however fär from partak ing the opinion of most of our radical thinkers who mercilessly advocate the exile of the musical comedies from the Chinese stage. In spite of it ultra romantic tendencies the drama of the old school has a parti cular role to play which is to satisfy the musical instinct of the people. It should therefore be left undisturb ed and the old theatre will be`given the same function as the operas in Europe, while the modern drama the drama in form of pure dialogues, together with the theatres in which
The price of bread will be increased to a shilling the quarter loaf in they are staged will be the unique London and to thirteen pence in Birmingham, from April 10.
tradesmen,
THE DANISH TROUBLE.
•
COPENHAGEN, April 1. Principally at present, seafarers, skilled and
affected. some compositors, are The
services, also state
The strike has bakers. oyt to-day.
begun.
aim of our future dramatists.
HARD LUCK CASE,
to death.
Proceeding, the informant said that, the distress prevailing in Colombo at present was appalling owing to the bigh prices of foodstuffs. Mendi cancy was largely on the increase. The respectable poor who refused to seek charity were subsisting on one A Chinese man and a woman were meal a day in place of the customary charged at the Magistracy this morn tour. Another class, slightly better ing with attempting to export S41 Inff, were managing to scrape together subsidiary coins. They were arrested two meals a day, and a few were able the bones of many people sticking on the Canton Wharf - They pleaded to get three."You can actually see ignorance of the regulations.
through the skin,” be said, “and if money was confiscated.
something is not done for them there is serious danger to life or health.”.
Many Buddhist monks who sub sisted on alme given by their lay co religionists, have been obliged to leave Colombo for the districts where conditions were better.
LIST OF PASSENGERS.
The
DEPARTED. Per 5.1 Shinya Maris:Lord Aobeson, Mrs. F. Ainsworth, Mr. and Mrs. E. G.
Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Aldridge, riss H. Brockmit, Mr. G. Browo, Mr. Mr. H. M. Anderson, Mrs. W. J. Barry,
Barry, Mr. J. W. Bottiak, Mr. and Mrs.
MERCHANDISE MARKS.
DEVICE FOR BRITISH IMPIRT.
In answering to the second cresti on we say that we need not care. much about the nature of the play for the old Chinese drama is already. S. Brown, M. N. Boyd, Mr. and said to be romantic symbolic and Mr. H... Beach, Gea. Sir A. 4: Barratt, realistic at the same time. The Chi Mr. B. Balzonel, Mr. W. B. Bullen, M. nese theatregoers are always ready F. Cobbs, Mr. J. W Coik, Miss Cooks mittee are completing their arrange and Mrs. Creagh, Sir A. Churchman. Mr. The Merchandise Marks Com They to welcome any play provided that it Miss M. Conway, Kr.
-Cotton,
Mr. the is enough dramatic, nay, melodram Coleman, Cul. Chandler, Miss 8. Carre proceeding to consider their report. waiters, will suspend work at midnight co April 5. The railwaymen haveatic. With regard to the western van. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Cisco, Mr The committee who were appointed |
plays, the most dramatic of all the Cushing and two childres, Mr. and Mr. decided not to run the trains carrying, troops, some of whom have been dramatic schools is at least for the C. Cheney, Miss Cabtree, Mr. and Mrs. by the Board of Trade, and sit under
K. J. drafted from Helsingfors and Enavordingborg. Zahle and his colleagues Chinese of to-day the School of Scribe
traditional farewell and Sardou
are dealing in particular whose dramatic W. Carter, Mr. and Mrs. Wm Cheney, with the following questions: (1) attended it, intinct yet has been Mr. Crubal, M Chak Kwong Ling Whether all imported goods or parti
come
an
.declined.
audience at
invitation the
to
communal
attend
the
King
The palace.
HOW TO REFORM THE
CHINESE DRAMA.
The following lecture was given by Prof. Soong Tsung Faung, of Peking Government University, at
the World's Chinese Students' Federation, Shanghai:
ments for taking evidence "before
Carter and (ve song, Mr. and Mrs. A.M.P.,
Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. F. F. the chairmanship of Mr. Harry Greer,
T. Diago, Mr. and Mrs. D. Douty, Mr.
r. sad Mrs. G. G. Laer and three pire Mark to denote British origin children, Mr. T. Lizarrags, Mr. and Mrs. the utility and effect of national J. H. Lawson and four childres, Mr. and trade marks and other similar col- Mrs. Littage, child and two sarvants, Mr.ective marks; and whether any Mr. W. 8. Lee, Mr. W. Morris Mr. Hil-
met with nothing but failure. Nowa play successful, it must appeal mann how to acquire an international Morgan, child and infant, Miss C.prevent the false marking of goods
reasons of failure
WA
TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.
WANTED.
Premier Liebe received a deputation of the trades union federation, headed hardly awakened and is therefore Mr. H. Consen, Mr. J. B. Dunlap, tular classes of imported goods, by ex-minister Stauning. Liebe stated that the state council had decides fincapable of comprehending the w. 8. Davies, Revid Mr. and Miss should be required to bear on im- grandiose beauties contained in such Dz, Mr. and Mrs H. L. Dalsod, Mr.portation or on sale la Britain a state. to dissolve parliament on April 22. The issue of election writs would take powerful dramas as Ibsen's Doll's M. Desbow vriy Mr. P. Desbrabant, ment as to their origing whether the place on April 23. The deputation submitted political and other demands, House or Wedekind's Awakening of Miss O. Ewing, Bliss M. Enril, Mr. H. E statement should specify the actual as a condition of calling off the strike. Liebe promised to consider them. Spring. Nor must he fail to grasp Easton, Miss Gilham Mrs. Gonzales and country of origin, or should merely
the idea that the Chinese people have daughters, Mr. J. Gonzales Mr. A. always considered the theatre only as Gonzales, Me E. W. Gangrest, Mr. and indicate that the goods are not Mr. W. Basakamp, Mr. Hasekamp, af British or not of United scholars have been endeavouring to places of amusement and nothing Mr. F. M. H. Rolman, M. E. O. Harrison, Kingdom, origin; and whether write for the stage.
beyond such, where they expect to Mr. J. E. Hall, Miss Hamilton, M But they too have failed. If we find distractions and not sermers. Helvard, Mr. and Mr B. Rimb, Mr. any such requirement should extend were allowed to express our opinion while the stage for the European sad Hr. R. Haalan and child, Mirto goods transhipped in Britain here, we would say that there is dramatists from Dumas Fils to Tarry, Mr. James, Miss Komp Mr to British Fossessions and foreign Kaat, Mr. and Mrs. DF. Kirby and countries. (2) The advisability of infant. Mr. Ewong. Tai Wai, Hr H. hardly one among these "new plays" Brieux has always been a pulpit
The plays of Scribe or Sardou Eyriss, Mr. P. Lendertz. Mr. C. Loo,
encouraging the institution of an Em- worth staging. Such plays as the
New Mayer" and many others are have no educational or literary value perhaps interesting for reading purwhatever, but on the other hand they In matters of dramatic reform, the pese and may offer us good materials are the best as far as the dramatic for deep reflection. They are how techique is concerned. Nobody will Chinese were, at the very outset, longing to pour new wine into the ver unable to arouse and to sustain deny that this very technique has. Lamplough, Mr. Is Shin Leong such mark or marks, if used at all. old skin which proved to be tempor. the interest of the theatregoers. Our Jaught Ibsen, the founder of the lard, Mrs. S. H. Musios, Mr. W. should be administered by the Gov arily successful, but after a certain new playwrights have not yet realized modern drama, to write his immortal Heoro, Mrs. W. Mayger, Miss C. Tvernment or by Municipalities or lapse of time, they determined to ope of the fundamental laws of plays. It has also taught many Moore, Mrs. C. B. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. by associations of traders. (3) Whe invent new skins. So far they have drama which is: In order to make other such as Bernstein and Suder R. Marpby, and two children, Mrther any, and what, International R. H. Manly, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. action is necessary or desirable to a dramatist. Why the new movement in the Chinese ct only to the students them reputation, as drama had begun long before ourselves but to everybody that should not the same technique of Manangde, Mr. H. V. McNamara, with indications of British origin, literary revolution started but what goes to the theatre including the Scribe teach cur scholars who es far Mr. H. Musser. Mrs. Noble and son. and to protect regional appellations are its results? The old school of loafer, the soldier, the mandarinas the present is concerned are so Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Noon and infant.of origin.
with all the members of his harem. poor dramatists?
Mr. Mrs. and Miss W. Newton. Mr. drama, the Bi-Huang. is still
Financial ineficiency and the flourishing in
of most
the
We would therefore venture tolsuz. K. Ni, Mr. C. O'Brien, Mr. C. Chinese cities while
lack of good plays being the gest to those who write for the Oshiro, Mrs. W. E. Olsen, Mr. J. the new chief school, with the exception of Nan are other minor reasons which time being the great social dramas of Post and maid. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. there Chinese stage to abandon for the L. Obradors, Mr. R. Penguet, Miss Tong Chow, where the famous actor must not be over and dramatist Yu Yang Yi Tsien is Let us, however, find a solution the long neglected and disdained Robertz, Miss. A. Raisch, Mr. R. R. looked Ibsen and Galsworthy and take up Post, Mr. L. Peciller, Miss M. trying his best to carry out his long of the two most important pro melodramas of the great French Roxburgh, Mr. A. A. de Sousa, Mr. cherished ideas and reforms, is blems.
master for we must first awaken the Sylvaney, M. H C. Steiner, Mr. speedily sinking into oblivion and indeed what a contrast between the With the introduction of the Littledramaticinstinct of the Chinese people W. Sagalowsky, Mr. and Mrs. B. T.
WANTED-LADY STENOGRA- first years of the Chinese Republic Theatre the first of our two ques and cultivate their love for the drama Smuggs, Mr. and Mrs. E. Stehh,
can diffuse effectively Miss A. Siedenburg, Mr. Schallen- tion State age nationality and salary FHEB capable of taking Dicta- during which the new drama was at tions can easily be dismissed. How before we its height of glory and its tottering ever, to speak of a National Theatre moral and social doctrines through berg, Miss J. Tillinghast, Miss H. A. required to Box 1184 c/o Chins Mail." and pitiful state of the present day! at the time when the Chinese Govern the drama. In other words thratres Tyler, Miss E, F, Tyler, Mrs. J.R.
There were two categories of peo- ment is living only from hand to in China must still be for a whole, ple who attempted to reform the month is likely to be condemned as considered as places for amusement Chinese drama but the cause of Utopian. On the other hand, the Little failure in their attempts were not Theatre, the foe of the so-called far to seek. "
commercial theatres, loses a good The first of these two categories deal of its raison d'etre in a cour were the actors themselves who set try like China where there is no long Lien Hung, the greatest dramatist of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Wilson, Mrs. R. themselves to work long before the run system and where people have the Tsing Dynasty, if not the greatest Warnock, Mr. F. T.. Webb, Mr. Wai -establishment of the Republican never dreamed of such a gigantic of "all Chinese dramatists, ancient regime in China. The plays staged enterprise as the Theatre Trust and modern whose thorough mastery King. Mr. L. R. Yangco, Miss Yarn- during the first decade of this century Moreover one of the chief sims of of the dramatic technique and the hold. Mr. and Mrs. J. Ynchaust, Mr. can hardly be called "new" inasmuch the Little theatre is. "Economy" but unusually developed dramatic in M: Ynchaushi, Miss Ynchausti (3), THE above-mentioned vessel having aze as they can be considered only as tran- in China there has been hithertofore stinct were just as wonderful as that Mr. Yee Tsen Chien, Mr. M. A. Per rived from the above-mentioned Port, ter, Mr. S. Fisher, Mr. J. T. Dima Consignees of Cargo are hereby intermed sitional". With the downfall of the very little expenses assigned to of the French. Manchu dynasty, there came into scenery, beat, lighting and printing. In conclusion we advise our play. Lanie, Mr. Hasira, Mr. A. Hilario, that they must take delivery of cargo existence different dramatic groups and until the method of manipulat-wrights who are thinking seriously Mr. H. Hirose, Mr. Kachinoff, Mr. from alongside and cargo impending the members of which founded thea- ing these things are scientifically of reforming the Chinese drama, to J. Maglalang, Mrs. K. On, Mr. P. discharge will be landed into the Pacific tres from which the music was for made known to the Chinese there is set themselves at once to work by Porisovich, Mr. M. Romero, Mrs. F. Mail Steamship Company's godowns 'at aver banished. They failed after a scarcely any need to be economical. translating the works of Scribe and Rodriguez, Miss M. Rodriguez, Mr. Woet Point, and stored for Consignees
Nevertheless, the Little Theatre his school so as to be able to imitate Rodriguez, Ms. A. Sakharoff, Mrriak and expense.... few years hardship and struggle, because these actors were poorly System is highly to be recommanded them. And instead of "Au Enemy T. Shimada, Mr. T. Sasaki, Mr. N. equipped, speaking from to the Chinese for it will not only of the People Makor Barbara M. Salager, Mr. Tukeuko, Mr. Take purely business point of view. help us to solve ultimately the financial we will have a Cup of Water" hasi, Mrs. Y. Takedo and Mr. M.
Battle pf Ladier" from which the Verzon. The second category of our thea-problem of the theatre but will com trical reformers were, and still are, pletely revolutionize it. by giving it Chinese will derive undoubtedly im the students who were the first men a new impulse a new life that will mense benefits, from the point of in China that had the idea of the awaken the artistic temperament of view of a dramatist. using the music on the stage. The the Chinese people. history of many of four educational The problem of playwriting is still institutions such as St. John's Univermore weighty for it, involves in sity at Shanghai can furnish as evitably the following questions with ample proof of this fact, but 1. Are the plays of the old school the early plays of the students served as well as the plays of the Ming and as mere social entertainments. Our Yuan dnasties which were and some -stridents had never thought of re of them still are, so populer, go. forming the Chinese drama until the longer suitable for a reformed Chinese publication of the October number theatre?
of 1917 of "La Jeunesse" which is 2. Since all the plays of the new- entirely devoted to the study of the school have met with nothing but various problems in the Chinese failure, what are the plays that cars theatre. And, in this very number be staged with success, symbolical there appeared also translations of a or realistic?
before they can be turned into pulpits And if our contemporaries felt little contempt for such an author as Scribe let them turn themselve to. La
Other minor reforms of the Chinese drama consist of the following the discussion of which will involve items: The architecture, lighting etr such great names as Lippemann Gordon Graig and Appia.
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Teague, Mrs. JR. Teague, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Taylor, Miss Marie Tempest, Rev. Father Tompkins, Mr. and Mrs. T. Y. Tong, Mr. R. E Villeta, Mrs. J. L. Woods, Mr. H. J. van der Wyok, Miss A. M. Wiebalk,
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