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FLETCHER-At Victoria Hospital, at 1 p.m., to-day. Jean Chalmers Fletcher, the beloved wife of Mr. J. C. Flescher of Queen's Col- lege. The funeral will pass the Monument at 5 p.m., to-day.
on" Wednesday morning, but go- vocátious to family jars. how can I bear unmored to think of the Johnstone's bonry tattle that. great-great-great grandfather stole from mine? At least, until I recall that the men of Our House raided
the Johnstones and the Jardines and brought back over the moKXES a little more than their own? And while I boast of that, that we al ways killed more Johnstonés and collected more bestial than they "TRUTH, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE" did, how are the Scots to sit easy
The China Mail.
THE CHINA MALL.
1
WAR
UNIVERSITY MAN'S DECTERE
What sense nas that man of the
nobler joys
Whose heart is full of dirt, whose
"bead of noise? Whose mind is bent so wholly
upon peli
in'
That he disdains what is not
like himself?
est thing on earth And by his money only measures
worth:
Who always fancies that the
meanest vice,
The loftiest virtue, has a market
price:
SATURDAY. DEJEMBER 1927.
to subscribe, and it can do no harm conducted YM.C.A. It is a ready- to let them know what we think," made bome for the gritin and the, Put that way, we relented. As stranger, where he is sure of a dictated to me, their views were friendly reception. as follows:
a
I have already touch- Fier to be made at Statne Wharf. Let the War Memorial be two
T.X.C.. ed on this, following my conversation with simple figures at the end of the Mr. McPherson, but I want to Who thinks his dress the grand-pier, one a soldier, the other a say that unlike the Governor, I sailor. Rather than sell the Baib was not prejudiced against the ing Beaches for commercial deveY.M.C.A. because I knew nothing lopment, sell the Finest Site." about it. For one thing, I noticed There, briefly, are the views of the suspicions circumstance that considerable number who will be everywhere the taipans, the en expected to subcribe.
ploying class, were fond of patron- The public meeting ising it, and I knew there must to float a F.M.C. be a reason, probably a selfish Chib put the War reason. It occurred to me that Memorial scheme in they regarded the Y.M.C.A. as a new light, and considerably chang-sort of forcing house for the meek, laboured its phase. It begins to look like docile, taine, well behaved kind of a quite subordinate sebeme. 88. young men they prefer as em- Forfeit peace, wisdom, honour, indeed. it deserves to be. The ploves I, of course, do not be-
own no friend.
Chairman of the War Memorial lieve that young men should be too Bury his heart inside bis gather-Committee actually confessed that docile or tame. They have poli-
ed store;
it was now evident there existed a tical duties which require indepen- (He gains this only, and he gains feeling in the Colony that the large dence and boldness. But Do, as
no more ;).
sum voted for the memorial could I am assured that any young ran One sentence tells the substance be employed to better advantage is eligible for membership, regard
Who's truthful, since, he knows
there's loss in doubt: Who's honest, only since he's)
not found ont? „.
Nair let him sare, scrape,
to the end,
of his claims-
31
THE PUBLIC MEETING.
less speeches in the past. I want arily stationed at Hongkong did all to offend both parties, so they will he claims they did, "we" have! be ashamed of their sectarian, clan no right to boast. Hongkong's war [nish, segregations, and get together record is moss faithfully displayed and give a grand Hongkong De in the minutes of the Chamber of mocratic Ball, if it's a ball they Commerce, and the less said about want, and not a ridden to crow it the better.. 00. Every snch emphasis of a
I read that all those componens rice is, so far as the RUTIERS. wee lassies we saw unity of our Empire is concerned.{
on the streets on in effect as bad as the Trish de Wednesday managed to sell $3,000 mand for separation.
worth of artificial” roses. Did they Everybody knows all have bakers' licances? And THERE ARE that the Scots are if not, how was the law got over? scots AND like any other folk. I
**They are saying SCOTS. They have bonny.
that public subscrip and ugly, wise and MEMORIAL tions for our war foolish, good and bad." "I'd sooner
memorial will be sleep with a good Scotsman than shy that then a dead sea. will be a bad Englishman, especially if I made at the rich Chinese to sare bad taken the precaution to leave it; and that, failing them, some my valuables in the hotel safe. way will be found of shoving it on But I was thinking about this sug the taxes. But that was before the gestion that St. Andrew's Balls public meeting on Thursday, of and Burns Nights faster patriotism, which I will talk presently. If I were a Scotsman of a certain
Surely the report- class, I'd turn a raging Bolshevik i
es have misreport on being addressed by Scots of aj
ed Mr. R... B. V. certain other class. Let nie quote
Simpson of the a few lines from the now almost
University, who forgotten works of Thorold Rogers, would never have said that geo Speaking of the same kind of thies graphically the Year East is the ing cut-threat Scots that Chief bub of the universe. A university Johnstone did, he said:
mon ought to know the meaning turns up his nose:
making oor share" in it our War recreational and social facilities of Debarred from robbing others, of the word universe. Even if he And scorns the wealth which Memorial. This meant that the well-conducted club, and ref
desperate grown.
called it the hub of the world. it
...twopence-farthing shows." Government could take back the retain all that makes a good British The Highland chieftain stooped was loose expression, for only
Some of the old poets finest site if it wished. citizen, a champion of the best. wheels have babs, and the world
were very scathing. I
My suggestion British principles of citizenship. but a wheel. It is more like a
do not suppose many THE FINEST (which was of you will have come
The promise that haggis.
SITE. "Indignantly
NARROWNESS. we are to have a When opening the across the works of GallowbarroW
free Mockerkin, who did for the Bible time) was that the main idea for of management, including naval
pudiated at the
joint committer vernacular school erected by stories what La Fontaine did forming the finest site in this art and military and civilians rence- the Tong Wah Aesop's Fables.
some such way was consideration sentatives who are not Y.M.C.A." Hospital Committee. His Ex. said:
for the Hongkong Club, which it nerabers. is somne It is a great satisfaction to find
adjoins. I described it as the against namusmindedness.. that the representatives of the
Club's chesha garden." It was in spite of Mr. McPheron's assnr- Chinese community of Hongkong!
considered very naughty of me to ance that the Hongkong commit. realize that the procision of educa-He grieved and repented
sar such things. right out lond tee consists of broad min-led men. tional facilities is not a matter
You will be able to believe. there and that no one is barred for men- which can, or should, be left wholly
fore, that I was really amused when bership. I cannot help recalling to the Government." In view of that plain statement, and the re- cent announcement about our pub- lie bathing beaches. I am wonder- ing what our Government imagines it is for. It seems to be a sort off glorified Indian watchman, charged with the safety of the property of the well-to-do, and as regards that
-
Drone out his kinsfolk for his
proper greed, fontrived a desert. and defends;
The deed.
And why? Of yore. Far from
Their native soil Chittain and clatemen hurried.
to the spoil:"
The head to plan the raid, the
arm to fight.
Were useful in the days of
dubious, right;
far
But now the chieftain wins
greater gains. Without their presence, and
without their pains, Thus they who did his bidding.
in that day Are, in these happier times,
rauch best away: Since they're no use, let solitude
regain
SO NOW WE KNOW"
4
On fell and loch and hill her! I'll admit it never goes to sleep.
ancient reign.
A herd of deer bears now a higher
worth
Then all the Highlandmen who
fought at Perth. They were. if tales are true,
gallant rece, Brown superfluous, game
deserves their place. Persuaded, but not harried, as of
The weary Saxon gladly gives
his gold. Pays down a mighty rent, nor
thinks in dear
To act the Crusoe once or twice
a year.
The clustered hamlet and the
house of prayer
roofless. wasted, reined,
Are
bleak and bare.
Where children played beside
the rustling stream" The raven croaks his wail, the
owlets scream.
Where maidens gathered by the
forest lake
The ending fox creeps slowly
through the brake. High o'er the graves the grass is
rank and deep
And there the red deer may in
• quiet sleep:
A thousand clansmen gathered
in the glen, The hillside now
mjuster ten...
can hardly
Think you the victims of these
bargains glance With kindly eyes across the blue
expanse?
An emergency meeting of the less of his social, religions, or poli- One sentence represents his; Committee on Thursday morning tical views, that objection talls.
highest fims:
had incided. + support he There is no reason why my type. "There's twopence halfpenny TM.C.A. scheme in preference of young man should not enjoy the
OLD METRY.
The wickedness of man
Was as kenspeckle then- It repented the Creator
That He ever made men.
And willed to wipe the slate By washing the world clean With all His seas.in spate. Bat Noah a rich man Builded him a ship Selling to the richest
A round safety trip.
▸
So
guarantee
For
I read in the report of the Gover that the YM.C.A. ralês not only nors remarks that he had made call for a good moral character np his mind that, as far as he was but that the candidate for mem- able to prevent it. no building bership must also express his would be erected on the best site adherence to the objects and prin- in the Colony, and that to prevent ciples of the Association, which its being done he would support are Evangelical Christian Ac- (although he had just said that cording to the Encyclopedia, the statues were wasteful things the YM.CA. is seen as its best (and Spread their wealth and wicked-raising of a statue there." If he broadest) in the United States. I
So when the seas subsided And life was safe ashore Out of the ark the Moneygrubs
did pour..
ness
The whole world about,
At the Church Con- gress; the Bishop of CHURCH
AND Chelmsford, presid POLITICS. ing, said Chris- tianity is internation- al. The Church must stand solidly for the League of Nations, as op posed to militarism and a false and inflated view of nationalism.pasture, but contended for the The fact will be glaring.. Dear Inge said: "The L.ON.monopoly of it. By means of bis had a difficult task, but the alterna-[antlers, the stag was able to drive tive was, a mutual suicide club."jaway the borse, and reigned alone He quoted Edith Cavell's "Patriot-in clover. The horse appealed to Lord Robert man for help, and the man agreed ism is not enough."
stands to that, and at the same recall sitting on the outer (open) time allows our public Bathing verandah of a TM.C.A. clab in Till men are worse then ever beaches to be soll. I shall be able the States, waiting for a friend As we see without a doubt.
once more to point out to the who was inside. I was, of course, It is related how people that in this Colony every smoking- PARABLE OF once the horse and thing is run chiefly with an eye to said I could not smoke there. I A man came up and MILITARISM. the stag could not the benefit of a certain class pointed out that we were practic- agree to share the There will be nothing else to say ally in the open street, but he said it was against T.M.C.A. rules to So far as the Chi-allow smoking on, the premises. nese and many He called my attention to a printed Europeans are con-notice. So I sent word in to my MEMORIAL. cerned, I know now friend that I would wait for bim what they feel about in the beer saloon over the way,
-ON FEELING
UNWELL.
DROP THE WAR
MR. HOLYOAK'S
HUMBUG.
1
ADER.
Major-General Ventris
Cecil said we must be ready to to help if the horse would consent this, and what they intend to do where a cigar did not shock their work for the well-being of the world to be saddled and bridled. Thus as regards subscribing. I therefore morals. Now that sort of thing as a whole rather than for our own man on horseback drove the stag offer the straight tip that the War would never do here, and I warn On one condition is the money! nation exclusively.' I-am for the away, but the horse has had the femorial be dropped entirely, ex- any person needing the warning Church if it keeps up that note.bit in his mouth ever since. Now cept in so far as the new Clob that such restrictions would rain raid, Game midst be there, and soli. But how about our local Christians, the horse in this parable typifies makes an excellent war memorial, the Club. Besides, any man who
tude be made. ́.
and our local church's message to national man, the stag jealousy and and that subscription lists be con- doesn't smoke nowadays ought to them? Christianity isn't some fear; and the rider militarism. Eined to the Club Scheme, which be watched by detectives. He is thing for Sundays; it should colour
**F cannot sleep will get general support. I mean sure to be up to something unlaw CACOETHES.. unless whate'er that instead every single thing that Christians
of Mr. Holyoak's] ful. do. Did it colour our local anti-İ
think Is midwived proposal that the Club should be a German legislation. that drove by the aid of pen and ink."
part of the War Memorial scheme, away the German ladies from the
AS FOR "wants it to be a club ||| **Year after year it should be the whole scheme. TICELLISTS. Blind Home? It is a hard fight
the noisy is This way it will succeed: the other
where young men may to be a Christian among wicked OF THE "ACTA chief grows, From way it risks failure; and I am to drink. Admiral Duff what
escape the temptation DIURNA," men-I know that but until I see
dawn to dark its every bit as arrogant as our Gover-love of a man said plainly that them fighting. instead of slacking..
pengy trumpet nor, in disliking to be associated the Navy did not stand for a te blows, Scolds, threatens. flatters, with a failure. Good triers have total institution. Here I bave to withheld my respect.
I had a chat with Mr hides or strains the facts, Boldly sometimes to meet failure, never call your attention to the jesuítical J.M.CLA- J. L. McPherson of defames, or secretly detracts; And theless."
way in which the evangelicals are the .31.CA. on screaming out the passion of the
I am a civilian willing to meet this difficulty. Thursday, and he made me feel hour Deafens one's ears with fifty-
I associate They have no objection to the naval that I had been a little unjust to donkey power."
habitually with, wing having a bár, and prev the YM.C.A. here. He assured)-
It is on the whole
soldiers and ably their members will not be me that while each centre makes
a good thing to feel sailors, eat and drink and talk and expelled if they are caught popping. its own rules, the Hongkong direc
unwell occasionally play games with them. I never into the naval wing now and then. In robust, uncon- discovered tors were not likely to be "nar-
any reason why I They are willing to share the sup I reminded him that in the scious health, one is apt to manu- shouldn't. But then, I don't go port and co-operation of the beer- row." old days they seemed too broad, facture troubles and ignore bless to the Club, nor associate with swilling Navy--although they can and of the scandals associated withings. Ill health, being a threat at taipans partly because I cannot not tolerate beer within their own the old European 11.C.A. That life enhances the value of the afford it, partly because I don't department. Perhaps by and by was where he convinced me of in-thing threatened. One bears the like them, and partly because they they'll have men at the door with, justice. He remembered each case pain of the threat philosophically, don't like me. But when Mr. stomach-pumps, to keep the awful and told me what the Directors did acutely aware that things might be Holyoak in his peroration said, staff from creeping in under camion- shout it, showing that they were worse. Such small, simple plea-speaking for the civilian popula-flage. I certainly think it would Exiled, and settled in a distant not to blame. He also scored a neat sures as are possible to the sick are tion of this Colony, be would say be better, seeing that the public is point.. He said it isn't an associa- the more keenly enjoyed. Colours that there was not one who would going to subscribe as to a War Think you they dwell with meek-tion for young Christians (as which appear brighter, tobacco (except in not be as pleased to go to the clnb femorial, that the title
I could feer st the members) but a the critical stages) sweeter.
Mere and play a game of billiards with perty should not be transferred to Christian Association for young peace is an asset. In health, one the soldiers and sailors as with his the Y.M.C.A., even though we For they are widespread. Chief
men, which, after all, is an import would wish to be in the hurrying friends," he was talking bumbug accept their name and their excel Johnstone unfeelingly rubbed it in Far from their fathers' graves, ant distinction The young men throng, after active pleasures, and Some of those who might go would lent management. We should have Although I per- that he and his race get all the
their fathers' home? do need a better conducted place feel out of it if one could not join go condescendingly and be hated some guarantee that in the future sonally am too old No. 1 jobs and the biggest salaries, These lines were written many than those they are accustomed to, in; but thus it is sweet to lie in for it, because the soldier and sailor ne band of wowsers that may arise UNSPEAKABLE to have any use and the only way I. thinking of my years ago, with special reference to and a club run on Christian lines bed, to rest, to really make the has his pride, and dislikes patron should bare to much power to
• ECOT. for balls, St. An- poor low wage, can get even is to MeLeod's Sutherlandshire Clear (not too narrow raust be good acquaintance of the things one has age. Are they coming to the make this public club.inpopular.
drew's annual dis- recall that old French rhyme which suces, and now, perhaps, many s for them. So now I'm a barrack lived with unnoticingly. And after YM.C.A. billiard room in even- sipation easily figures as the event says that wherever in the wide proletarian Scot, dwells with er
booster for the New all it is more thrilling than ing dress, this new and previously
It appears that the of the week, and I am obliged to world you go you will find rats, meekness on his lot," for the sim- Club, and wish it success. League Match, this battle that one unheard of army of democrats? FILM VIBES. Chinese now import second-hand kine make a few notes on it. Although fleas, and Scotsmen." (Rat, puce, ple reason that he has forgot.
News is padding to watches, between the health germs Two years ago I was present in ms filme, clean them up, and myspiritual home" (as Haldane Ecossais.).
and the disease germs.uch one of the canteens when Mr sell them to the various Chi- ▲ GRUMBLE. a paper: Praise is more than a Cup hangs on the Holyoak and a bunch of his friends nese gardens and shows. The.
pleasant, but not issue. As first one, then the other, were giving a treat to our cleaning is MEESISTER. lines on the "canny nourishing. I want to remind those seems to gain a little, the tides gallant defenders. They all berd. cese, especially when the cleaner a dangerous pro- ness of a meenis-whom the Ching Mail has helped, of emotion gently ebb and flowed together at one table at the top persists in wearing lighted and who praise us for it, of the is exhilarating, in their way, as of the room, instead of mixing up cigarette. We have had several injustice which originated the sati- the life outside. Moreover, it is with the Isds, and the flow af fires so caused, one this week. It the past to your more fully patriotic hot-air that the lads had is necessary that Government solace of books..... to breathe in, with their cumebs should now, as a matter of urgency, The China Mait meat and drink, was terrible. forbid the storage or cleaning of OUR WAR has been approach- What the heck is the use of being such dangerous things in premises MEMORIAL ed by a considerable mealymouthed about such things? also used as dwellings. Here's a bit from
number of people) So long as there are what they call. A coloured-reader of the DOLLAR Thorold Rogers that write letters, and anxious that we ly based on money rather than on
this week, all pleading inability to social distinctions-here most- A) - China Mail-notes that the hard to buy
CHASING. mayepaterne or should publish the results of their culture speech like that will sailors, soldiers, and civilians. He new Y.MO.4. Club is for The boon you ask, but well worth two here:
discussion of the War Memorial never be true, and no YMCAs-sarious to know if the term while to try
Men gather money with
question. They were told that will bring a millennium. But civilians mesos only bite civil reckless haste
there is no question; that every club such as outlined, for sailors, fans. I was sorry I could not tell thing is cut and dried, that no soldiers, and civilians, will cer- him, but advised him that he Practical purpose can be served by tainly bring together in harmony reedn't, subscribe until he found fresh suggestions, as the Panjan very many who do not at present out for sure. drums will have their own way associate. There is something of
{Continued on Pass 5)
Bonczone, Barundiy, Dec. 4, 1990
ADVERSARIA.
THE
would Bay) is America, I was born on the English aide of the Border, within a half day's ride of it. I
and feel a complacent, joint-interest in that great and glorious empire on which the sun dare not set on account they say) of the wide- -spread distribution of the Scats?
spot
Dess on their lot?
Or bless the power which forces
them to roam
I. HAVE SCOTS
'As a matter of fact I like most Scots, bet- ter than I like most
have brains.
The same authōr - THE CANNY had these amusing
ee Chief Johnstone was bragging FERNDS. Englishmen. They ter about the way his forebears were.
The successful cattle reivers. My an-English may haye brains also, but cestors did a bit in that line too, they don't seem to use them. but they had souls abune siller, and Scotemen, most of them, do. The liked, the sport of it. On wet Sun-finest Scot of them.all was Robert days the lads would look at one Barns, and he was not for ever another, and say, "What'll we do harping on these small tribal dis. do-day? Brock or tod or tropt?" tinctions. He looked forward to And one would say, Let's ride, the time when man to man the over and kill a Bectsman," the wide world o'er shall brothers be which would be unanimously agreed which is a worthier and nobler fo for it seemed a good deed in thing than getting together in a
'dose daya.
small banch to boast about such I hope my Daily peculiarities as red hair, and kilts;| Press friends will and a devotion to whisky. More- now see that these over and forby, and mind I'm tell national balls are ing ye; the Bt. George's affair is
VEINDING INFLUENCE.
*
A Scot who knew his crimes,
and felt their weight, Balanced his dealings and fare.
cast his fate, Asked a good parson, if salva
tion's work
Could be made safe by giving-to
the Kirk; &
And got this answer:-" It is
DID
WE WIN THE
1/
Already some of 'em Sre accepting Vice Admiral Anstruther's WAR? letter to The Timer 88-s-defence of this
an imperial binding and just as bad, and has caused offence Colony's part in the war. But influence, as they said among the baggis-esters by tact assuming that naval units tempor-
" or,
rical line:
"
Foes are on pudding fed, and
friends on praise." When you have pudding to give
first. away, see that your friends get it
That while they eave, they don't
see what they waste.
All kindly sympathies of human
lite
Are trodden ont amid the reckless
strife
But,
they said, we have still the Masonic Lodge about a well-
the pro-