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TOM WRIGHT'S COLUMN.
WRITE THE OLD BLIGHTER,
WEDNEJDAY, JANUARY 10, 1928.
AT REVOLVER POINT.
CAPTAIN AND COOLIES.
|
NAVAL VSITORS.-
JAPANESE TRAINING
QUADRON..
ARRIVAL TINS MORNING.
the gullibly simple, the victim of cunuige. & pastion for equity does not over ride their respect for common- jerase for worlilly shrewdness. There was an ancient Greek tribe that anti- My postal address is Box 2355cipate. this attitude of theirs. I
A prim.tal of the sea came to hand left av mourning creditors in way of angina: "Since that does not steamer “Mskamb›" in Sydney-last Tooulute. Sins who dura Bay that should worry" is an epigrammatic with the oval of the Bras, Philp Hongkong? Although live parting way affect my interests, no month. way up a mountain, and have reasonable person can expect me to Two days out from this island port walk dowd a country loos and then deplore It. It is for the person trouble broke out among the 150 tido a street car for half an bour, 1 affected de the deploring." You Chinese coolies who were on route "Iwate" and "Asama arrived in will observe that this moakce com- from Apia to Hongkong after their
They fired the usual salutes at 9.30 passion take a back eest, and classi service as indentured labourers on the port soon after 8 o'clock this morning. are capable of and often practise) as fics altruism (which nevertheless they plantations.back of Afis.
Towards, evening while ploughing and later in the morning the secondary virtue, a pis aller of social steadily through placid see theIdzumo" the Flagship of Vise
futile effort to distint el news in the British Fimpi -and propaganda has clearly taken root in the paat-war syaten. While people still recognies the true antura of an evil and strive to eradicate that prefer to rent a box as it gives me a
incentiva to go to town and mix with evil there is yet hope. The moment my fellow men. Otherwise I believe they accept the vil as inevitable 1 would stay among the chickens for thes indeed is the outlook black. werka on end. Men are so stupid Extremely disconcerting is it there.and chickens so wise, fore to find that the Empire Press Union, approaching the Postmaster- General for improved wireless services, of ite strongest
Rave
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one
O YOU MOTORISTS,
a
conduct.
•
The Japan Training Fquadron comprising the H.I.J MA, " Idgamo,"
watch were startled by a sudden el- With us the humorous romark, "I tercation that came from between Admiral N. Taniguchi, the Com
mander of the Squadron exchanged I walked up the mountain gorge bare troubles of my own," and the decks. among the wild ban¶uas and guavas, commoxer adage "Charity begins at Going forward to investigate an of-salutes with the British Commandes- grassed a swamp, made a trail where home," betray the like sentiment. ficer discoverod a struggling group of | in Chief and H. R. H. Prince, Alinone""
Omitting a great deal of inter Chinese surrounding a huddled beap Roberto, Doks of Spoleto, who is on none seemed to have been before, and reasons the necessity of increasing came down to a road that lod back wediate argument that I would nee it rolled up in a heavy blanket. It was board the Italien tunboat Sebastiato propaganda work. What the world bilee stopped and offered me a lift; in assay, I submit to you the thought Now and again a slight movement Caboto" which; arrived la port home.. No ls than three automo.I were writing a leading article or being subjected to a rain of blows. sorely needs to day is emphatically the kindest kind of way, and I had to that among all pooples compassion came from the beap. He called to yesterday.. not more propaganda but complete thank them and explain that I was pertains to the fall fed. Generous them to stand back, but the white sympathy with the downtrodden is a man's command was ignored. Fiercer surcease from this dangerona trade "hiking for bealth.” With interested persons, combineside. Not once. It made me feel well-off. Altruism nerde a surplus.
This never happened to me on your by-product of the process of being and heavier fil the blows.
The captain was hastily summoned. and governments ready to fan more tolerant of restorists. In the It is useless to ask bread from the Automatic in hand, he descended into national passions and prejudices for city here Lo motorist passes a stand hungry. This despite the familiar the gloom. The yellow faces jabbered
ing street car. their own ends, the world needs to sometimes there are as many as six kindest to the phor. Poverty is re-titude. Then the dim light from the/ with ac athletic meeting at Soukum-
They stop dead saying that it is the poor who are at him and as-amed chrastening at
day, more than ever, news that is both honest and fearless. And the The traffic in splendidly managed.
Empire Press Union, instead of arek. log, as reported in yesterday's later
You should and your traffic man over here for hints. There is really need for so many fatal accidents."
Ltd. cables, to make the vicious cicle stin no
LOOSE COVERS ARE CAREFULLY CUT AND FITTED BY
COMPETENT WORKMEN
ACKNOWLEDGMENT,
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desired tone; when intended for enemy peoples it was often deliber ately la'sified. These methods every
more vicious, should be the first to attack methods which are breed-
pations.
A LOGICAL POINT.
that has no surplus.
of the weapon, and before its menace, I am not overlooking the French the gesticulating, heaving mob fell Empress who, being told that the back.. prasantry lacked bread, wondered why
they did not eat cake. That story
Moving forward the white men torn ed the huddled form over and pulled may have been a humorous favention, back the blanket. Underneath was a In my reading lately I met a point even a besrtless joke. One cannot Chinaman unconscious and badly of Lgic that seems as if it should believe any educated person could be braised.
A little later and he would ing distrust and enmity among the have been obvious to every body lang so stupid or so atterly devoid of im- have been beat n to death.
ago, bat it has not been so. The agination I did not say that every The motive no one seems to know, argument from design in nature full-fed person is impelled to com- The ways of the Chinea are strange. Passionate feeling. I suggested that As it was the "Makambo" arrived in
Very actively compassionate.person Sydney with one Obinaman short. is probably full-fed. The most truly The log has, it he fell overboard. compassionate one would be out that, But there are others whi say that he having experienced the pangs, enjoys was pushed by those Chinese who did surcease thereof without forgetting.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Mr. Leonard Victor Lang has been authorised by Masers Arubold Bros Ltd. to sign per pro.
The forty seventh regular annual meeting of the District Grand Lodge of Hongkong and South China takes place to morrow.
ASSUMES that the natural order is an
EFFECT When that is the very point to be proved. If nature wer: dis. orderly, would you infer the existence of a
DISORDERER 1.
The l'alerite seems to assume thatnally. I present non of these the natural order of nature, without thoug.ts as convictions, but merely
A Chiness and one Portuguese an orderer, would be chaos. Why? as stimuli for your owo thinking out case of diphtheria and a Chinese case We havò no experience of chaos of the matter. I do however insist of cerebrospinal fever-were-reportal-Chane-wower-like-haves,that devotion to materialistic success yesterday.
t the imagination. The order, and what is called "progress" (as the essential order, o' the solar system, British as it is American) is a real must have come from some pre-exist bindrance to the development of com ing order, if wo assume that the solar passion and altruism in the human system is not eternal. It is impossi character. To make a fetich of "trade ble to conceive that nature is not expansion" or of imperialistio ag aternal, aud ite order with it for them grandizement is a handicap in the Mrs. Severn is to distribute this no possible fact in our reach to be advance of true religian. prizes at the Belitios Sobool prize related to the facts of order that we giving on January 13 at 11 am. The have. I have been much comforted function is to take place at Queen's by this reflection. I already had Collige.
the conclusion, of coureo, but not the logical process in such clear form.
CHINESE AND BOLSHEVISM.
arrive.
MUI TSAI BEATEN,
EMPLOYER FINED $50.
Dat. Inspector Grant appeared for the prosecution this wraig in a oruelty to mui tsai case, heard before M. R. E. Linds-ll.
a
Admiral Taniguchi · landed ·roon alter 11 o'clock, to pay his officin call on H.E the Governor, and this was the signal for further valutes.
The programme of entertainment atranged for the visitors began to dap
night, the Japanese admiral apu ha officers will be the guests of the Governor at--dinner. To- morrow afternoon the Japanese blas jackets will be entertained at tifia at the City Hall and will afterwarde proceed by special trams to Happy the football Valley to witness
About 190 cadets of the viciting ships were entertained as tiffin at thë City Ha'l at 12.30 to day. It was a very happy gathering. Afterwards they attended a kinems show at the Weild Theatre.
matuhce.
WHO THEY ARE.
AND WHERE THEY'VE DEET.
The #quadron left Japan on June |_26_last_on_a__world_toue-which was undertaken for the purpose of giving a sea training to come 100 embryo officefs. Passing through the Panama Canal, a stop was made at Colon and visits were made to Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Buenos Aires, and Monte Video, Leaving America the squadron. proceeded to South Africa, enlling at Capetown and Durban and then made their way East via the Sryonelles.
There ara altogether_2,474 officers,
to thank their leads for the il ra belligerrat adopted some more than gente, Davia Boag & Co., Lt 4, shed a scare-head message from word hunger in a general cente) tends Even the girl in har statements to the of the ships are two Japanes: profes-
tributes an expresses of sympathy -received during their recent warl
bereavement.
MARRIAGE.
Joseph, Anaskong, to Gladys
Enid, eldest daughter of Mr. and
Enid Beras de Khudson, Wilies den, London. By cable.
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Mr. M. K. Le, appearing to defen Chinese woman, Ma Lom see, told For the sake of clarity I bark book the Magistrate that the defend it was to one remark. It is useless to sek not present in Court as she was auffer bread from the hungry" Is it ing from hysteria, brought ou by necessary to stress the futility of warrying over the case. The Govern begging from the greedy? le it ment ductor who examined the giri and cadets on board of the three cruisers. The naval cadets, for whole Diploma milk is pow on thr
necessary to remind you that habit is had said that she was in a well benefit the ships left Japan, number Hongkong market and quotations for
Rcond-nature. Habit rules cur lives. nourished action and The local papera have lately publi-Dadue experience of hunger (using the of persistent cruelty were noticed number about 125. On board of one an signs approximately 400, while the officere supplies can be got from the lus
Washingtos (unofficial) to the effect to give birth to greed and the law of Police and S. A. had said that sha sors and two representatives of well- others. The Central Powers, fɔr is-
Die Vosur Read.
that the Chinese in Chia are inhabit to establish it and make was only beaten rwise within the last known Japanese newspapers. The wedding will take place fected with Bolshevism. In the in- stane, not only guild the home
character. six months and he (Mr. Eo,) maio- i permanent in the
The "Izumo," the flagship of the Perhaps I abould say that tained that there was ample provoca squadron, i the sistership of the population into the belief that speedy shortly of Mr. David C. Miller, a ferest if a counder public opinion I
member of have ventured to poob pool that, andue refusal of reasonable and tion for the chastisement. If the wats." She is of 9,750 tons displace- Humphrey. Building, a victory WAS
certain-with some the lost Canad an Pacific staff, and told them that if Bolshevism mura natural desires propagates FEAR Police were not pressing the case and ment, and 400 feet in Jungtis.
Sbe national temperaments this is essential Miss Eugeni Gins, King Edward communal ownership and treatment which in turn procreates the habit of would be satisfel with a fine. ples was built at El-wink ad completed JOSEPH-ABELSON.-O. January
of proper y:the Chinese would be its greed. Then those safely escaped of "Guilty" would be entered about 21 years ago. lior armament 10th, 1923 at the Weat London in wartime--but also sought to give, Hotel.
most strenuous apparents. In China from the struggle forget the pains of Inspector Grant corroborated Mr. consists of four 8-io. and fourteen 6-in. Hynagogue, Upper Berkeley the asme impression abroad. Britain Street W.C. Felix Alexander replied with propaganda much more will be ansferred upon the Hon. Sif.ppreciates his chance to rise. Confield sympathy for those still in it is sign of continued cruelty, but pounders, and possesses four submer The degres of Dactor of Laws as in the U.S.A., the poor man it and the imagination which would Le's statement as to there being no gans; twelve 12 pounders, eight 21- destructive, possibly becaues it had Paul Chater at the congregat on for munism would be uncongenial to the atrophied. That must be the explais contended the beating complained of red torpado tubes, Her speel is 22 more truth, and the result was seen the conferring of degrees, which is to gen's, and habits of the race. Aetion of the herd eaying that the rich was too severe. The punishment ad- knots. The "Asama" is a smaller when German moral breakdown take place at the University, of part of their premiss seemed to be the cannot enter the kingdom of heaven, ministered was more than necessary, light cruiser...
story of Son Yat-sen's attempted not because they are rich but because but he thought a substantial fine Hongkong on January 24. followed the military debacle,
treaty with Russia, I explained that Among the Allies, however, Britain The balance of the personel Sun is certainly not a Communist. they have forgotten what it was like would mest the case..
to be poor. I should say that any The magistrate fined the defendant wrote. ค Patriotic
millionaire who remembers, and lets $50. was the least, secretive with its own effects of the late Mr. E A. Hewett He is, I people, though inevitably with MG. to be suctioned by Messrs. Opportunist like Lloyd George. I do the memory influence his use of bis oficistdom riding the hobby, dashed Hughes and Haugh to marrow morning not know what the local Chinens millions, has as good a chance of at the Kowloon godowns is comprised thought of this, as I have met none entering that kingdom as anyone. with its wartime importance, there was chiefly of Chinese and Japanese curios of my Chinose friends eines it appear Certainly he should have a better HONGKOND, WIDYJaney, Jax, 10, 1923 much foolish suppression, circumlocu---etc, etc.
ed; but I learn that the reference to
chance than the man who is still tion and mystery. More than once,
Lloyd George has grievously offended absorbel in the purely self-eatisfying There will be a Musicale at the some of my British friends here. I
atzife. though the Press Bpresu erred in
The vice of the miner may be merely the opposite direction, notably when Helena May Joe'ituts on Thursday, am at a loss to guess why. The it made first news of the Jutland fight bra and their friends, at which Mr. a compliment, surely. I am prepared Calloneness toward the under dog is January 18th, at 530 p.m. for mom-phrase as applied to Lloyd George is
abnormal fear of poverty Since the war the vicious circle has
read black defeat. With modern Eric Rice,
to withdraw the word "patriotic" to characteristic of the dog still snapping with the orchestra assumed many guiars-some trans.
warfare what it has become-onflict. quartette and soloist will give thplacate them. I perceive that the and snarling and on the defensive. It is in time to open at the City Hall command of the squadron bas hoisted Vice Admiral Taniguchi who is in parent, others deeptive. Politica,
music written for, the "Tempest." measure of ignorance is pari pasau that it be true that there was onse an ice on Friday night. January 15. with his flag on the "Idzamo." Daring the naturally, have fallen easy victim; pot merely between orries
of intolerance, and that what one may age, and that there will yet be Enter Madame," a diverting comedy time of the Russo Japanese war Ad. say matters less than what the foals another, alfish pursuits are will o'-the in which prominent roles are taken miral Taniguolit was Secretary to a hence the present European crisis. between whole peoples--propaganda Tickets fifty cents each.
The lecture which was to hire think one meant to say or was likely wiep chases. All endeavour might be both by Mr. Daniel Frawlay himself Naval Mission. He was the President Living costs also soon became caught was perhaps inevitable; a distinct
evil, maybe, but if the war was to been given by the Rev. J. Kirk to mean. On ench terms expression as regarded, save only the endeavour and Miss Adele Blood. and prices soared with higher wages, be appreciably shortened, a sometimes Macanachia to the Reading Circle at of opinion is impossible, with safety. toward pity and compassion, which,
of the Partonnel Bürcan of the Navy. "The First Year" will be staged at These two, politics and living costs, necessary evil. But the war -now the Helena May Ia-titate to morrow, **I SHOULD WORRY.” in the coming its age, we shall need
Department in Japan. The "Idzamo".. matinee on the Saturday afternoon ako took part in the Russo Japanese had beth, however been partially laover, these four years. Surely the postponed until Thursday, Marck 8. teristic bit of American slang, daily
Thursday, January 11, bas bast Before I say that this is a charac. more than ever.
and Saturday night's piece will be war. She was the flagship of Admiral If I could afford it. I would bring all The Cat and the Canary," the great Hamimurs who led the second the grip of the vicious circle before
prace should have escaped this blight. The reading of Galsworthy's on the lips. I would like to warn you the Eskimo away from their dreadful mystery play, in which the principal quadron in the Sea of Japan against the war. One that lad largely crap It should have, certainly, but it has "Justice will be continard to mor against the hypnotic suggestion of the climate and establish them in this role will be sustained by Miss Blood. the Viadivostok Flect. ed hitherto, and perhaps has fizce in
not; emphatically has not. The very Tow.-Advt.
word elang. You are accustomed at kindly one. They would all die. of Smilin' Through "a comedy-drama, consequence suffered the mors, was.
the sound of it to think of something course, as a result of my altruisms. Here will be the play for Monday and the that very important thing in modern Peace conferences have been hotbeds!
Amongst the passengers whs left | reprehensible, and your mind will you see what a curs the some of life-new. Before the war, with the
*he China Mail.
"TRUTI, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE"
NEWS AND "NEWS".
the
but
partisan reports the more easy. The there has been that senseless carapai
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FRAWLEY COMPANY.
It is interesting to note that the "Izume" was the flagabip of a fleet of 20 destroyers which were on patrol work in the Mediterraneau during the great war. With Malta as their base, hey did useful work in conveying transports. One of the destroyers was badly damaged by a submarine whilst conveying a British tesasport from Salonika to Tasmania. The torp do struck the forepart of the The Frawley Company, who are at destroyer, but did not sink her, and season at Manila, are due to arrive in present engaged upon a three weeks the enbmarine was quilly sent to the
OPENING HERE ON
JANUARY 19.
Hongkong by the "Emares of Rus bottom.
a
bai and Manila
At Rio de Janeiro they wara pra-
of propaganda, their secrecy making for home to-day by the.P. and 0, s... tart off along that lice like a sprinter humour is. It has spoiled an excellent last show of all, on the Tuesday, will seat on the occasion of the celebra. be The Gold Diggers," a story of a tinn of the annivecante of the Independence of Brazil. There ware leading papers paying fancy prices
'la ay were Liout Thbett R.Nat crack of pistol unices you take serman, which might have done you Broadway chatue gi Commander. Preston & N.. Mrs. F. J care. Try thinking first of the divar Hongkong strivers a great deal of There are fifteen artists in the Com. also veearls representing the navies for special services, foreign news was of calumny against the florists; Chapmau and Mr. and Mrs. d. Reity of forms of our language, good. usually above suspicion. The out-
Jebastone, Miss Minnie Ravcer, Miss Vorce, blank and rhymed prose Done in the chicken yard, this pany and they will leave for Sing. of Eagland, America, Argentine, sena. less because instead of effectively Jane Comfort and Mr Winuing thy.mio and terse, the epigram, the Sunday morning, chiefly because our
apore aboard the "Sardinia" na Jan Uruguay, oto., Tan enlebration to k break of hostilities brought the press discrediting Russia, it has only led the Barnes of the Warwick Company are aphorism the metaphor, the formal fowls have been invading the ary 24, The Frawley Company place on September 7 and Admiral censor who mostly arted on
began its remarkably successfully Tan guchi represented the Jaganvsa the travelling as far as Singapore. and the idiomatic. Think area at zeighbour's vegetable patob and tour in Honolulu last September and Government. They were alan prenosh happy principle that what the publicquiring, especially among
young-L.-generativi, to give an
mat of mental effort of slang as he has been poisoning them to protect since Iten bas played in Japan, Shang. at the election of a Present (or the didn't hear it didn't grieve about exaggerated importance to this Bol
Mr. V V. Lemberger retire from louxing to Lne of these forma Eman his property.
Argentine Republic on Otober 17. Then ont propaganda, the new shevism which could seemingly throwngineers 1 tel 8 agapore, on Dom priudice, and premise that it MAY
It may be stated that the squadron the managing di petorship of Usitecipate your mind from conventional
has a very efficient baud ualer the weapon, which every belligerent the authoriti a into panic and lead bis 31. On December 28. at 61 boas I say. Ready? Thanks. Now
confector hip of Mr, Y. Sawabata, of forthwith adopted to weaken the them to jail people almost for breath offices of the company in Damar Road, we're off.
WHEN WINTER COMES the "Idzumo." It was most popular in m.rale of the
enemy homa ing the word "Soviet." Had the he was the repiente a gift fromi ·Give me the really popular slang of it first as last. We want you to try
Pinkettes are just as helpful as to the South Africa and at Rio de Janeiro. front! The only effective weapon authorities to the naked. tuth memberate Europ-an staff is the a antipa, and I will render you in Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the next hot wether As gently as sture they At the latter pince, on the occasion of against propaganda was stronger about Bolshevism instead of encourag form of a fundame gold dig att paychology-of-that-people-and-sven realen - This preparation the breath Valla for the relist of the Independence at Brazil, it emp form of a hand-ame gold oigar case, return a fair approximation of the time you have a cough oz cild. In re tor mut, stimul te, the liver the centenary of the declaration of
is no re far as we ca1 600 why basish bilingands and headaches, purify counter propagandu. The Viciousing silly, if sometimes plausiblo, pro M. B Blawson, chief engineer to the of its MORES.
by its romarkable cure he estat a colds, yob even better for preventing plid the music. It is one of the best circle again. Consequently, when paginda, Bolshevism would have company, wo, on behalf of the sub
To me this phrase batrays the fact world wide reputation, and peop'e every. them by keeping the razem clean and bad in Japan sul it is to be hoped pot wholly suppressed, news was ben revoakd in its full sordid soribers, expressed the best of wishes that the Americans as a whole bave of praise. It is for este by all Chemists cents the vial from he. Williams Meile that Hongkong will have an oppor
where spoak of it in the highs to me baitby, of chomists, or past fron nt 10 Hippod or coloured to give the reality, pot drplied with glamour, to Mr. Lemberger.i
mom acom than pity for the "ancker," | and Storakospor.
Ino Co.,.00 Klangse fload, Shanghali tunity of hearing t..
Straight at It.
There is no use of our beating around
the bush Wu might as wal out with