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The China Mail
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1931.
In the course of the week aizce ho had set out to buy a suit
News in Brief. the text of an Important and shoes and had therefore gono
prepared for an Immediale Atting, The International Convention for letter written by M. Briand to when clad in his unconventional the Amelioration of Mr. Yoshizawa was released. In garb he walked into a tailor's shop of the Wounded and Sick
a suit, the tailor Armies in the Field, signed at that letter the President of the and ordered
the Condition
in
League Council, which has been hesitated: Having ushared him into Geneva on July 27, 1929, has been a back room, he gave Bernstein a ratified by His Majesty in respect dealing with the Manchurian book of patterns to choose from of this Colony.
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Simultaneously with the pub. dish. It is as if he were deter.
The numerous admirers of Miss
ellie Farren and her Whoopee Girls will be interested to hear that there will be an entire change of
charges have not been raised for this fine dual programme.
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Personal Pars.
dispute, criticises the position Meanwhile he called a police officer. The underdressed man was most taken up by the Japanese Gov
Indignant when the gendarme said ernment, especially criticises he would have to go to the police the live fundamental principles station to explain his conduct advanced by them and insisted Nothing was more understandable, upon in connection with the pro-to buy a suit, since he had not got be better and brighter than the he said, thau that he should seek progamme at the King's Theatre te- day programme that is said to posed negotiations with China; one. When his argument seemed to regards as ample the pledges make no impression he began to rat. There will be new snappy numbers, beautiful costumes, and given by the Chinese Govern- fight. It took three men to over plenty of pep. The Olympic Trio ment, in regard to the protection power him. He is now under obwill also be in evidence with their servation at the prison asylum, still graceful dances. The feature nim of lives and property of Japanese grumbling about the illogicality of will be "Woman Love Once," and nationals, and concludes by hop-modern customs-Daily Telegraph. it is noteworthy that admission ing that the disputants will at ai
A Yardstick for Novels. very early date make arrange- The
the novel appetite of ments to settle the dispute be-reader is growing. Not that he tween themselves.
wants more novels, but he appears to like a bigger meal off u ainglo
lication of this letter was publish-mined to make publishers abandon
af parsimoniousness ed also a statement made by their Baron Shidehara which uncom-perled immediately after the war. when many aathors were encourag. promisingly states the line ofed to economise in words in order conduct which the Japanese that volumes might be slim. been pleased to appoint. Mr. Chiu Government is only prepared to deed, before that time follow in the matter of settling themselves had been developing a
Laste for brevity. When the three-tor, vice Mr. Wong Hong deceased, the dispute. That line of con-volume, novel-the "three-decker" with effect from November 4, 1931. duct is precisely what it has all went out of fashion, authers soon along been briefly, that Japan discovered that they could accom will only evacuate Manchuria, or rather withdraw her troops into the railway zone, as soon as she is satisfied that the lives and property of her nationals will not be endangered by such action. Air Records.
modate their
the
novelists
their
per
little more still; and Arnold Ben-
Prof. II. S. Quigley, of the University of Minnesota, arrived here from Shanghai by the s.. President Taft.
His Excellency the Governor has.
King Yung to be a Public Vaccina-
Stiftstider of Aalborg, Denmark,
arrived here President Taft,
from Kobe by the
S.P.C.A.
Further List of Subscribers.
Mr. Felix Cremers, engineer with the Siemens Electrical Company of plots and
Shanghal; Mr. G. C. Gaylord, As- thoughts to a single volume and, sistant Manager of the Queensland during several decades there was a
Meat Export Company, Ltd. of tendency for novels to get shorter Brisbane; and Mr. A. F. Christeneen, Aalborg and shorter, which pleased the Associate Editor of the viewers, whose teak was simplified. and the sophisticated, who "read everything" with the minimum of effort.
Mrs. wrecked, though the latest cable
Wharton'B masterpiece, Dealing now with matters gives hope that all has not yet
"Ethan Frome," was no longer than Hong Kong. Saturday, Nov. 3, 1931. been lost, and it seems that the aerial, the week saw the begin-80,000 words. Jack London,
Canton delegates are even pre-ning and successful completion haps, required à little more space; The Week in Prospect. pared to go to Nanking to con-of an adventurous, flight from Upton Sinclair, in "The Jungle," a tinue discussions with a view to England to Cape Town by Miss nett, in novels which he considered Many things of importance arriving at a settlement. Whe- Peggy Salaman, the 19-year-old important, expended himself in have been chronicled in the ther they will is problematical. girl of London.
But that is nothing to what we to acknowledge with thanks the week upon which we look back It is commonly believed, that great achievement and, by have have been having lately. J. B. receipt of the following donn to-day. They
the there is not in China to-day one ing cut off 28 hours from the Priestley's "The Good Companions" tione concern Colony, the world immediately man who has the personality record established by the late outside the Colony, and that far-and ability to draw around him Commander, Glen Kidston, she ther world: from which we are the several factions which go to now possesses the laurel, but it dista by time three weeks and make up the Republic of China. is possible she will not be allow Or, is it truer to say, there are ed to retain it for long, for Mr. too many such men, with the re- A. J. Mollison, the Scotchman, As far as the Colony is consult that, like the bundle of who already holds the Australia sticks, they are collectively England record, is about to try cerned, the China Exhibition in
strong, individually brittle? the City Hall has been open
Thorburn Case. since Thursday. It closes to- night. Those who have not al-
more.
China Exhibition,
Her's was
a
about 200,000 words.
The Honorary Treasurer dogires
was about 260,000 words in length, Previously acknowledged $3,726.00 and the novel readers of Great Bri-Staff of Central British
School tain were so absorbed in digesting
Branch
it that they had no time to read Moxon and Taylor anything elso. Arnold Bennett then "Felix" decided to go Priestley one better, Chinese Y.M.C.A. Kowloon and produced "Imperial Palace;" which attains nearly the length of S. W. Ko "Pickwick Papers," which was de- W. Armstrong signed to go on forever. all.
But that is not
17.00
10.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
'3.00
3.00
'2,00'
2.00 1.00
Total
.$3,784.00
J. W. Parkinson Miss D. W. Munton
to go one better.
Clemence Dano has made her latest Mrs. B. Hyde Lay Mr. Arthur Butler is also en- bow to the public with a volume so C. Crofton The belated confession of the guged on a flight from England bulky Chat it is alleged to require G. I. Angus
two porters to carry it; probably rently paid the Exhibition a visit Chinese Government in the mat- to Australia and, according to no one has counted the words, but should not allow the lights toter of the Thorburn ease is us latest cables, seems to be well in there flicker out before they have unsatisfying as it is distressing. the running for establishing a 400,000 of them. Where is it to
There are things on The manner in which this mat-record. exhibit not frequently to be ter has been handled by the At Home. seen-gems, treasures, priceless Chinese authorities reflects bad-
done so.
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hina and Japan.
Just without the Colony, the week has recorded the stranding of the Ryujin Maru on the dan- gerous and dreaded Tan Rocks in the Haltan Straits a little cipitated, north of Amoy. H.M.S. Hermes clash
are between 300,000 and
stop? How is it to end? I this goes on, a great part of one's career will have to be devoted to the read-
To-day's Thought.
Ten Years Ago.
1From the "China Mail" of November 7, 1921.)
To-day's dollar is worth 2/77.
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Speculation at Home and else-ing of a single book.
Passion and prejudice are the But even Miss Dane's tome has rule of the jungle; civilisation is works of art and other things ly on them and, if the Foreignwhere in regard to the composi
a long Powers read into it yet another tion of the new National Govern- not succeeded in beating the record. moving away from the jungle. which are worth going
short, M. Rolland deliberately set way to see. As His Excellency reason to doubt the power of the ment Cabinet has been set at At the time when most novels were the Governor said in his speech, Nanking Government as a gov-rest with the announcement yes-out to defy the fashion. He estab prior to declaring the Exhibition crnment with power in the land terday of the names of those who lished a record for a century with The Home "Jean Christophe," though his re- cord was beaten by Proust when open, "there is much to learn, all beyond a radius of a few miles are to compose it.
of their headquarters, they have Press appears to be well satisfied. he completed "A la Recherche du of which is of great interest."
Conservatives have repeated Temps Perdu." But the latter was themselves alone to blame. Ryujin Maru.
their successes of the General really many books. Even so, it fell
The rikisha coolle remanded Moving on to Manchuria we Election at the Municipal polls, short of the world's record, which
or more of words in Tolstoy's "War theft charge relating to a diamond find that. a situation fraught and Labour has once again been probably still is held by the 600,000 yesterday by Magistrate Orme on a ring worth $1,000 was this morning and Peace," with grave danger has been pre-badly routed.
British trade and industry, There has been
But a writer must be a Tolstoy sentenced to 21 days' hard, labour. between Chinese and according to information cabled to get the world to absorb so much. Mrs. Schoonmaker said she
moment when in every riding in a riekisha in Kowloon out, seems to have been rejuven-other walk of life economy is the when she suddenly missed her ring- ated, and a general air of activity watchword, is it tactful for authers She called out to her husband ahead.
pocket. invests the Island to which we to be so prodigal of words? He found the ring in defendant's look so lovingly and longingly. Christian Science Monitor.
An important report has just been submintted by an unofficial. committee which has been ex- amining Empire currency and financial policy. That committee does not look favourably upon the return to a gold standard, except under certain conditions, and it favours the restoration of silver, urging in this connection an in- ternational silver conference.
Dr.
for a day or so stood by to ren- Japanese troops on the banks of der assistance and was enabled the Nonni River. What the out- to rescue 'vine men from the come of this incident may be it wrecked vessel. Weather condi- is impossible to say now. tions, however, grew worse and Sze, the Chinese delegate at further efforts had to be abun-Geneva, has already drawn the doned for the time being. On attention of the League to it, Thursday two unsuccessful at- and called upon the League to tempts were made by another intervene. In addition he has, behalf of his Government, Japanese steamer, the Madras (on Maru, to reach the men on the made serious allegations against wreck, but the choppy and rough Japan in regard to the policy sea running at the time made she is said to be now pursuing in futile the efforts of the brave Manchuria. That policy, accord- men engaged in the task, and it ing to Dr. Sze, is one of deliber- was with regret that they were ately aggravating the situation, obliged to desist. It is believed already delicate, by provoking Must Have a Suit to Buy a Sult.
08- A Polish résident in Paris, Mosge that the men on the wreck are armed clashes, China also not in very great peril just now, serts that Japan is seizing the Bernstein, has discovered by his latest experiment, that unless one and it is hoped that they will salt reventies in various parts. also possesses a 'sult it is difficult speedily be removed to compara- These allegations, and the as-to get one from a tailor. tive enfets.
sertion concerning the salt re- venues, Japan refutes. So there at we are confronted with a dead-
Shanghal Peace Conference. The Peace Conference Shanghai has all but been lock
From Other Pens.
Bernstein was seen the other afternoon wandering along the Boulevard Monmartre clad only in his underclothes and slippers. This raiment seemed quite logical to him,
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