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the Chinese to forsake their own and is still making to stimulate the
British the Ways of their low
immigrants to would-be teachers; but what is it Australia. Mr. Hughes seems quite That is peculiarly Chinese and good sure that the rest of the world will that he thinks There people back up Australia in her anti Asiatic new despising und threatening polier. Here is one expression of goudness of any governmu otopin a trilled from a Straits paper) must be measured by the lot of it- which goes to prove that even the vate citizen. Is he free to live and British Rumpire is not uranimoas au pursue his reasonably satisfactions? | the perut.:- We have always said Ex lus property respected? Is he that. in bettor for Austria to departures from the Colony were Mr.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1922..
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MYSTIC SHAINERS.
FORTHCOMING VISIT TO
HONGKONG.
SHADOWS BEFORE.
COMING EVENTS ADVERTISED IN THE MAIL."
ENTERTAINMENTS.
Ou Monday I went to Mr Harry Ore's fifth recital at the City Hall and was much impressed. The selections were mostly from Brahmos and Greig There are three norocitals in pros pret, and I shall certainly try to po
China Mail SPECIAL..! Among recent. to all of them.
SHANGHAI Jununry 1.
Thenice, Risky Business." World Budd Mrs M.-Elderry, Mr. Edkins, By the "Keystone State "yesterday Theatre, The Craving." Kowloon
Lieut wird Mrs Ni holla party of eighty Nile Tonde Shrines Theatre, "Cabaret Dance," The Wiltshires b-ft
inuerived from Seattle, They hold their ' February 2- Theatre
January 31-Coronet "Nice
Theatre,
of Hestiny." Hongkong
Royal,
The
February 6 Theatre Royal, the Warwick Comedy Company. "A Bill of Divorcement.”
February 7 Theatre Royal, War- wirk Comedy Company. The Double Byrut.
February 8. Thetre Royal, War- wirk Comedy Company. “A Woman of No Importance.*
unduly or unfairly taxed Dors his welcom - government waste his contributions? Asiat urigration than to have and And so on. 16 shmad no! supremely 15 face the menace Asiatic
1 (thus White pouring rain on Thursday. I would first cerynomial session and initiated Warwick Comedy Company, "The matter to any thoughtful individual invasion. what government he lives under so Australia" policy) is an impossible have liked to have gone and seeu 70 members of the Nomad oasia int Circle.
The mystic shrine. They held a pro February 3. Theatre Royal, War- long as it pays the maximum of policy and one hopes that the general them off, if it had been a fine morn
Comedy cession and ceremonial banquet atwick
Company. respect to his wolare and to his common enge of the Australian policy with a band playing, but I know persotial rights. Please do not fad to will recognise that there is no tal what the mud of the dock yard is like. the Astor House Hotel. They are importance of Being Earnest."
February 4-Theatre Royal, alve the words "should" มค right to menopolise vast areas unless stayed at home. My husband leaving for Masila via Hongkong on
went round, but bàn huy to get on | Thursday.
the Warwick Comedy Company. thoughtful in that sentence. As they can be fully utilised within o
board. Hell me several ladies. (The Mysti Order of the Shrine is Pygu alion " men are- expverally to day it does | reasonable period." Mr Hughes will sent to matter, and ex-President probably find that this and simular hati braved the elements, amongst headed by Mr. Bugh M. Caldwell, wlton Te noticed Mr. Claud Mayor of Seattle and newly elected Wilson claims that an Egyptian or opinions prevail more strongly than
Seventi Airs. Bowden Smith, Illustrious Polentate 41f Nile an Irishun, or an Indian. a the bargains for.
Mr. Gompertz. Mrs. Bumphrey. Teople of Seattle. The party in Chinese, has a right to be governed as Cancer Cure
Mr Delacombe, Mrs. Crosse. Mra. du here on February The hwishes, and not as othe & may rem
Often has been snid :hat a fortun
Young, Mrs. Faben'z Mas. Taylor. Shriners aboard the Keystone sider better for him. In other words.
nweit- the man who discovers a cure Mrs. Hanrock and others. Amongst State" are:
M. Mayor Hugh for cancer, tex. malignant affiction the ladies who are leaving us, are Caldwell, F. W. Wonn A. W. Pati which kids on person in ten above Mis. Wyndham Mrs. Law and Mrs. (party of three): Bert Surder and forty years of age. Thanks to the Timmin. They all seemed to be load-daughter; Mr. and Mrs J. W. Smith generosity of Lord Atholstau, foundered with floral trophies. Miss Copsom. W J Coombe and son ; Me, and of the Montreal Evening Star, and Sir periuger, Mrs. Humphries' sister, had Mrs. Charles Osner and two ladi, si Willum Vonn, Governing Director of a nasty experience the other day. Arthur B. Miller: Mr. and Mr. Dom February 10--The Institution of the Veno Drug Co., Ltd., Manufactur-She was walking along May. Palmer; J. W. Edanuds: Me and Engineers and Shipbuilders of Hong. ing Chemists, who have offered $190,- | Road, when + cualic snutebra. M:Farlane: Max Boas: all of kong, annual ball. City Hall, 9.30 quand 10,000 respectively as a prize, ed lire bag and male off with Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Stek : | p m, that forton has taken tangible form. it. She pluckily pursued him and Williau Rust (party of three, W. F. However, the incentive was curvely had caught him when he turned and Stillson; Mr. and Mrs. Buckmaster | needed Sure 1792 when the first tung ppper in her eyes. It's a pity and three children; all of Tacoma. Mr and wat's wer established at the muda nine round the corner with and Mrs. J. C. Wixon, Sedro Woolley, Lanion Mot Heses Hospital investiga- ast, ck at the critical moment. I am Wash. Mr and Mrs. George Keteluu trun the can ri and cure of cancer glad to hear Mrs. Hamplries is getting | Stanwood, Warh: Mr. and Mrs Bond kas marie great progress and numerous better at East. She has had a bail Ganz, Phonix Ariz Fred W institutions Lave been established time, and must have been in the Ehrhardt, (party of five) Sacramento.
parts al the Peak Hospital two months.
Calif.; Frank A. Saxion, New Orleans. world Several times the great de
La.. P. M. Starnes, Chicago, H.; Tam Proctor, Santa Rosa Calif.: IS. Wright Kansas City, Mo.; Miss Loulas Mysoll, San Francisco, Calif.: T. J. Prostor,
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government if they feel that way. From that point of vow t is in material to make comparison of Chinese and other forms of govern
But if people of emusence as tachers will persist in pretending that the Chinese love discovered and perfected what no nation has so far succeeded in doing it becomes the uty of the impartial and seirutibe Ltd. to challenge the petence,
just as it dors to exoming our pretensions when seeking to impose on other peoples what we fondly use the to be superior government 1.1 hita. they say, at one thee it did not rich men to
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SOCIAL EVENTS.
SPORTING EVENTS.
February 20 Hongkong Jockey Club race meeting, first day. The Challenge Cup.
February 21. Hongkong Jockey (ub race meeting record day. The Hongkong Derby.
Felicanry 22-Hongkong Jockey Club race meeting, third day. The Champion Stakes.
February 25.Hongkong Jockey A. Schliechter, Mrs. Schleichter, Club race inerting, fourth day. The of San Francisco; Mr. and Mrs. 3.Hongkong Handicap. W. Starkhouse, San Jose, Calif., Mr.
OTHER EVENTS.
March 2.-Hongkung Horticultural anal -how. Botanic
PUBLIC AUCTION SALES.
Chinese New Year las of cours I be very has been claimed but still the brought its accustomed ruin. Lanus is not yet exactly known. une lieve it is god jose, so let us hope it whity bubling that cancer cele will avert the threatened strike of are embryonic cells accidentally boys, which some alarmists tell us is does Lloyd George du? 1s not
shut of another that they are coming off almost at once My hus our undera WHV of suprexit Fragt ats of reproductive tissue, band at once asid he should go and the rich. uerely because they are worth sprezang, not on a pur with another that the connective tissue has feed at the Club, till it wus pointed and Mrs. C. S. Kurtz, and Miss Kurtz)
lus: its ability to hold the proliferation out to him that presumably the Club of Wilmington, Del.; Mrs L. Mckillop the Chinese way ? If you answer:
of the racer cells in check, and yet boys would come out too. It would Calgary, Alta.; Frank Peletier, Kansas that the Manchu emperor took the oney for himself (all that got by his at their growth is caused be very annoying if it did come of, City Mc.: T. N. Cook and Mrs. Cook, Society
by a parasite. Cancer begins as a but it would have its amusing side Edmonton, Alta, Frank Guindon Gardens. ministers) whereas Lloyd George
you imagine Mrs. Plankington. S.D.; G. W. Richards, applies it for the commonweal, we ask all and painlees growth, which also. you to explain all this outery about develops insidiously, and is always "A" who never gets out of hed Visalia, Calif.: Thomas G. Newell, | curable i removed within a short til 11 getting up to light the kitchen Oklahoma City: Mr. and Mrs. F. goverment waste at lonte
time. At present the only treatment fire and make the early morning ten, Shepherd and Mr. and Mrs. C. H. hone student. we repent. train? ls in surgical operation. The prizes while "A" struggles to lead the boots, Waupel of Ashland, Ore. Mr and Mrs; entunate the character of any governored by Lord Atholstan and Sir or Mrs. B who never misses a tea 1. H. Aaron of Sand Point. Idaho. ment (even his own) by the conditions William Veno are for successful dansant or a dinner dansant at the and Mr. and Mrs Floyd Wood of in which it allows its private citizens medit:inal treatment. Let us hope they Hongkong Hotel or Repulse Bay, Niles, Mich. to Hollow their congenial and
will not long wait for a winner, as doing the marketing. While "C"- lawful activities It may be, as
cancer, for p-ons not fully ahero should of course have said Mr. Russell says, impossible to under
understood, is increasing.
{"B ́-cooked the dinner. Perhaps, stand the Chinese question until
however, the makce learn boys," II.B. Warner and Lillian Rich were you make large allowances and
who don': draw any pay anyhow, will ! admissions touching the excellence of
turn up trumps, and do all that is ne It will certainly be Chinese waYA.
ressary. They probably de much more than we know already. I know two ladies here who lived quite a long way apar, and though neither of them know it, had one cook between them.
impossible to understand any polit: cal qurat on unless it is first recogized
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
that all governments actual or cabaret on paper, are unsatisfactory come evening. promises and m this particular
reference we ought especially to notice |
Kowloon Theatre's usual uute takes dure this
who of course, drev: double wages. It The Dwynwen," Mr. Belikos" | would never have been discovered, that the Chinese, and ourselves and big yart which has suild out from only one day by sheer bad luck, they all other prapies, are still unsui fidome, kft Singapore last week for both gave a dinner party the suns! and atall reaching out for umeliora. Hongkong.
day. Things went wrong in one tions that are prhaps impossible until
house and while the men were Iner cuse to argue in terms of nations, and turn instead to terma of human welfare.
Barg Bang!
The week end barrage with which the
Lady Walsham and Miss G. B. C. Walsham are passengers to London by the P. & O. 8.s. Kashmir" which airived here this morning.
the
NU DANGER.
discussing golf between scenes of the new Path Special. Dice of Destiny," which was being filmed at the Coronet
Theater
"There is one feature to golfing i that makes it a very Attractive pastime," said the Patte star to his leading lady.
February 3.--Hughes and Hough, household furniture and sundries. Sabe Rooms, 11.30 a.m.
February 7.-Hughes and Hough, firewood, packing cases, etc. H.N. Naval Dickyard, 9:30 am.
February 8.--Lammert Bros., lease- hold property at Fuk Tsun Heung (Kowloon). Salus roonis, 3 p.m.
February 16-Hughes and Hough, twin screw passenger steamer "Sua Tak" Sales rooms. 3 p.m.
COMPANY MEETINGS.
February 1-Hongkong Hotel Co., Ltd., extraordinary general meeting. resolution increasing to consider capital from $2,500,000 to $5,000,000. What is that?" asked Lillian Hongkong Hotel, noon. innocently.
February 3.-The West "On the links a man can praise u Building Co., Ltd., extraordinary gea- girl's form without bring impertineral meeting to consider resolution "that the company be wound up ent," replied Mr. Warner.
voluntarily." Offices of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., 11
discussing their port, the mistress of of the bouse in question descended kitcheu, te find A to
dreas. Mrs. Dunnett made a charming a.10. "makee little very frightened
Rosebud in green doublet and bose. learn boy sad no cook. Explana Mrs. "Harry" Hancock was on Eastern and
Point
February 4.-Humphrey's Estat > Finance Co., Ltd., ordinary
Among the passengers travelling tions followed, and the cook in ques-Lady in many coloured gauze. Mrs. annual general meeting. Hongkong that as regards its government the Chinese welcomed the New Year must to Landun by the Kashmir" which tion found it advisable to ship very Sut erland made a charming Diana Hotel, 11.30a.m. Chinese themselves have failed to have cost s good many thousands of arrived her this morning are Flight. hustily as a cook in a ship leaving the Vernon. Mrs. Olliver was a black.
not dollars.
"Ridiculous waste," one Lieut. L. W. O'Cowan and Lieut. A. Withers. spectator who watched it at West Point was heard to say, What on earth do these people want to kick up
agree with him. In some ways the same ways-we are quite as hetendex as ise is. Our scientific and philosophie outlook makes it impos sible for us to be any more parochially patriotic than he is. We do not dislike
a foreguer merely because he is diffet
maji.
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Mr. B B. Ollerdessen, Shanghai's such a fearist din for?" Not much well-known cricketer, was married at more ridiculous, though, than our St. Joseph's Church last week to Mise cesemanal birthday salutes and far Muud McLachlin, daughter of Mr. mure gical. For while the Chinese J. H. McLachlan. believe that the evil spirits will hear the noise and Lecide to stop away we
ent, not a government because it does not happen to be our own which is the normal and natural attitude of
A serious blaze was narrowly Att who wish to be present are
the average instinctive and ratio w perfectly well that the august averted in Bridges Street yesterday cordially invited to the marriage of Mr.
We are eo impious that if we J.L Adams (of Messt Butterfield and should ever see
personages whose natal days we com- morning when a matshed fire was kovernment, or memorate in Hongkong can't hear extinguished by some Chinese. A Swuj to Miss Q D). Mason (arriving system of government, superior to
our guas "pop popping" at all. A cracker thrown on to the roof was to on the Pyrrhus)ut 11.30a.m. on Mon day. February 6th, in St. John's on own, we would not hesitate to congratulatory telt grap would do blame.
just as well and prove much les Cathedral. No personal invitations
expensive. will be issued.
There will be no reception.
recommend its adoption, and even, if it could be serund in no other way, to recommend our own absorp
4 waite Australia."
+
February 6-The Nancy Moller But he had bird with a feathered head-dress. Mr. Steamship Co., Ltd., creditors' meet- Colony almost at once. nearly a year of it before he Syme Thomson made a smart black
Offices of Seth, Moncell and ing, was caught out.
I hear Mrs Hyslop, Pierette. Mrs Todd and Mrs Dyer Ball McLure, 7 Avenue Edouard VII, wife of the Colonel of the Kings" ie at the Peak Hotel at present, and tes" and Lady Stuart Taylor made
were both dressed as "harlequinet Shangbai, 4 p.m.
February 7.-The most of the other married ladies are
Hongkong. at Mount Austin. I hear a nephew effective Irish Colleen. Among the Canton, and Macao Steamboat Co.,
men Mr. Syme Thomson certainly Ltd. Union Building, nova. of our old friends, Mr. and Mrs Moor- made a typical Pelissier. There was
February 10.-The Kowloon Land head (till recently Collector of Customs one novelty, a dance called-1 think and Building Co., Ltd., 23rd. ordinary here, bas come out as a Captain in Paul Jones," but I have lost my general meeting. Company's offices, the new Regiment.
programame and can't be sure of the Victoria Buildings noon. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.name. Any way, it is an American
February 10.-Hongkong and Kow- Raworth, who had a daughter born dance, and the men all came in at one loon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., to them on Saturday. I went to a door and danced with the first partner 35th ordinary annual meeting. Offices very pleasant little private dance on they could find-at least, they were of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson, al the Peak last week Only dancing supposed to but it was rather
|Co., Ltd, 11 am. people were asked, and there was no amusing to see the manoeuvring that
February 14-Dairy Farm, Ice Shangbai papers record the death bridge. If a husband did not dance, went on to ensure that they found the and Cold Storage Co. Ltd., ex ra of Mr. Duncan Mackintosh of Mears his wife was asked without him and right ones. There seemed to me to ordinary general meeting to consider tion an B mation in the empire Mr. W. M. Hughes, the Australian Jardine, Matheson & Co. a Engineer vice versa. Consequently, no one be a good many strangers present. resolution increasing capital from possessing th t superiority. This is because we value good government Prime Minister, is enabled still to clinging Department, wo passed away at felt they ought to go home before the Probably some of the new Regiment $855,000 to $1,500,000. Registered more than the accident of nationality. to offer because of a disincunation the General Hospital on Tuesday. end, because their other half" was were there.
Offices, No. 2, Lower Albert Road, I paddled down to Chinatown on We would prefer good bread from a on the part of the people of the Com- The cause of death was typhoid fever, getting bored There were certainly
to swag burses, when an attack of which shortly after his a few spare mon, but then many men Friday evening despite the rain and February 17-Hongkong Hotel Co.,. PUBLIU RERVICE." foreign baker to bad bread from a
return from a journey in the north, are weaker vecasts, and require a alush. There did not seem to be so Ltd., second extraordinary general native baker. It may partly at:ne crossing the perilous stream of p st for the shock of this shauneless war reconstruction. Late Mr. Lloyd necesitated his removal to hospital drink during the evening to keep them many things to tempt one as usual, meeting, to confirm resolution in- SONGKONG, TUESDAY, Jan, SE, 1992.
confession that we must add we have George at home, he dominates has some three werke agu. Mr. Mackin going. I was coming back from Kow but perhaps one gets blase in one's reasing capital from $2,500,000 to so far not fund hat superior govern Cab.net and his Bway sau seratic. tosh, who was only in bis 38th year, loon, I think Friday oven ng. I know it old age. There was the usual crowd, $5,000,000. Hongkong Hotel, 11 a.m. ment. Neither in theory nor in flad mere word-spinting boun taken was very well known, and particularly waspouring with rain and was feeling and of course, the usual crackers. I
February 18.--Hongkong in the newspaper and printing very damp and depressed. Suddenly was in the lounge of the Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation, ordiu- practice have
Bech the B- a criterion of achievement Mr.
there wore frantic voices from below. Hotel on flaturday morning, and the aty pearly meeting of shareholders. pe fect goverment. Great as lagh us, have stood a chance of world in China.
going down to poterity as the man
Tus I put down to Chino u New Year noise of the crackers was so loud City Hall, noon. are its shortcomigo conclude
The Shanghai police are searching celeb.ntions. Then came a big bump. that I could not hear myself speak." February 18.The West Point Our philosophic but Bolabevistic not without car al comparison of the war ally won the war. Ho is e ill
mut vehement preconce
for a British subject named W, H. which nearly flung me off my sent. The rain has held up the tennis Building Co., extraordinary general It appeared we had collided with a tournament at the U.S.RO., though mesting to confirm resolution for events have reached the voluntarily winding up the company. final rounds. The Offices of Messrs, Jardine, Matheson,
The Cama
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UNDERSTANDING THE CHINESE QUESTION.
Wo
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friend Bertrand Russell has been at fealing model. that the British trots
me that sound well and for true wireless operator on the str.
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and
it again, this time in the Manchester system is as good as any other in Guardian, in which journal be sug-being. It is certainly, evon from Mr notion There was an example of "Canadian Prospector, "Iving off Holt's targo coal lighter. However the ferry most gests that the nearest naalogna to Russells point of view, as good at be other day in the Houtor cabrio Wincl. The Chief Offer of the 18-80 must to the habit of bumping semi-final or present day Chion in Romo at the China's is or was. When he remark, whiel otioard a specul of his un ve stated that the missing man she piers, that a little thing like a coal cpurts were getting very worn, & Co., Ltd., 11 am, time of the barbarian invasion. China that "the armies which attack Onian tug'subject of the White Australia" was last seen by an eiler at 1 amharge did not affect it in the least, however, and won't be ady the wors is, be says, "as dulinitely a civilizing | from above, aui the missionaries and poly fla is reported to ave on Sunday morning whom he souned fund we went on our way quite happily, for a few days rain. Then there
CROUP. influence in the Far East as ancient morchants who un terminé Clincen arivocat di throwing open the door to be quite normal. He had appareat On Thursday I went to the Fancy are fewer ponios entored for TIVELY young child is susceptible to Grovce was in Europe." For centuries civilization from below have no idea of An trulis to o rown race, then they left his cont and baton the Droen dance at the Peak Club. There the races than last your. There croup. Don't walk until this cheads it has been and is a highly civilized that there is anything of value to be world and stand behind the "White Canadian Prospector" and is thong it was a fair attendance, and it was are six lady owners, namely, Ladyful disse alleoke your little one befo e the policy. country in all that concerns art and { preserved in a contry which is bad Ans:ra
Presumably to have bron wearing on the day in quite a pretty scene. I thought that Chater Mrs. Forsyth, Mrs. Hartford; Sou prepire for to
of. he wrou chenilets, shops are usually literature, manners and government." at munitions and madequate in the ear" the British race in question own chib and a red the best dress was undoubtedly that Mrs. Bell Irving, Mrs. Montague loc, sad this, aland should bas
koop. Chius's art, literature, and manners of wap," we ar unable to perocivo which user. Hughes's tomark water. He is about 25 year of age worn by Mrs. Shenton, who looked Ede and Mrs Birkett, and I wish them wataing. Get and
aute quickly mud is absolutoly mrmless... dosurve their oxellent reputation; the point he would acoro. We have about throwing open the door rooms ft. 11 n. in height, of alin build, lovely as a Russian bride in white all success. Let us hope we shall Cough lemody a nud. 1 over fails, but it is only fair to offset Mr. no sympathy with those who would a bit obscuro in view of this franto light led, and a nativo of entia not with bands of white far, have fine weather and that we shall For sale by all Cicists and ele
high white boots and a pearl head- all take our fortunes,
Sopota Russell's oxuberance by pointing out bring undue pressure to hear upon efforts the Commonwealth has made Vancouver.
é men in