SATURDAY, - APRIL 16, 1932.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS' SOCIETY -
scuing, and afterwards establish- ing, about a million Greek re- fugees who were displaced from Asia Minor and Eastern Thrace after the Turkish victories Greek in 1922. Above all, it suc- ceeded in averting at least two wars in Europe, and in settling many international disputes.
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"That this Meeting of the League of Nations Society, Hong Kong, desires to express its whole-hearted support of the objects and genéral policy of the League of Nations, and In particular of its efforts to deal with the present situa- tion in the Far East."
SECRETARY'S REPORT.
The Secretary presented his re-
port as follows:-
New Officers.
THE
The following officers were elect ed for the ensuing year:
President: Hon. Mr.-W.-E. L. Shenton."
Vice-Presidents: Hon. Dr. R."H. Kotewall, Hon. Dr. S. W. Ta'o, Hon. Mr. T. N. Chau, Professor R. Robertson, Mr. J. M. Alves, and Mr. Okamoto,
How Treasurer: Dr. Y. S. Wan. Hon Secretary: Rev. N.
Halward.
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morsè, comes to tell the dead man's family of his deed, Nancy Inter-
REAL FONDNESS FOR SCREEN Cepts the errand. Should Holmes, tell the father, she feels sure the old gentleman would kill him. Council:-Very Rev. A. Swann, Mr. A. el Arculli, Mr. B, E. Birch,
Helen Twelvetrees, starring in Holmes meets the family, but be Mr. J. D. Bush, Rev. G. K. the picture, "A Woman of Experi: trains from telling them the har- Carpenter, Miss N. E. Elliott, Mr-{ence," showing at the Central Thea-rowing facts that have preyed on
cause of Nancy's entreaties, he re-
Its social activities have been no less important. such as the work
Miss W. I. Grid, Mrs. Hallifax.) it has done in connection with
forgets his nationalistic fervour, Mrs. E. Kirk, Capt. T. T. Lauren she has been very fortunate in the and become very friendly toward child welfare, traille in women,
son, Mr. R. C. Lee, Rev. Father type of roles she has had to portray. Holmes, And Nancy falls in love slavery, the control of harmful
This Society as you will remem Macdonald, Mr. D. M. Maynard, She developed a real fondness for with the youth. Holmes makes a drugs, and the improvement of ber held its inaugural meeting on Miss B. M. Pope, Rev. E. G. Powell, the character Frankie in "Her clean breast of it all and tells public health.
In all these mat November 26, 1930, at which the Dr. "Reichelt, Rev. W. W. Rogers, Man," and Millie in the picture of Barrymore of the part he played inį téra the local Society can be of President, the Hon. Dr. R. H. Rev. F. Short. Mr. Thomas Tam, the ваме пате. "Both girls," Nancy's former sweetheart's death. immense help. What the League Kotewall and the Chairman of the Rev. P. S. F. Te'o, Dr. K. H. ahe said, . "Were definite He is on the point of carrying out requires is public opinion behind
Executive Committee, the it, and this can best be organised J. C. Knight Anstey spoke.
Rev. Uttley, Mr. B., Wong Tape, and Mr. characters whom I felt I had to his resolve, when the pinnacle of
Un- R. C. H. Lim.
study and understand thoroughly, drama is reached, and all ends by the League Societies.
fortunately owing to a variety of Executive Committee:-Rev. G. There was a richness about them happily for the sweethearts." The Hong Kong Society can con-circumstances the Society has only K. Carpenter, Miss Elliott. Mrs. that is quite lucking in sweet tribute its share. It could, how been able since then to hold one L. Forster, Mrs. E. Kirk, Capt. ingenue roles.
It is the first time that Barrymore My lucky star was has aver portrayed such a role in ever, be more useful if it had a
public meeting, that held on Janu T.. T. Laurensón, Mr. D. M. still with me when I was given the talkies and he carries the de- large membership. We have now about 110 members; we require tenary 16, 1931, at which Mr. John Maynard, Miss Pope, Rev. F. Short, chance to do Elsa in "A Woman of lineation of the hard-headed, but son spoke on the social and Very Rev. A. Swann, Mr. W. N. Experience." Here was a woman lovable old patriot with a full times that number. In fact, we humanitarian work of the League Thomas Tam, and Mr. R.-C. H. with personality and character. A measure of his accustomed skill.
W. C. Felshow, Mrs. L. Forster, tre to-day, has often remarked that his soul. But Barrymore soon
I am
of Nations.
Lim.
Dr. J. H. Montgomary proposed
...a dance of the
want all those who are lovers of
woman with a past, disappointed in peace to join up. Here, in Hong
Although to many it may appear Dr. Kotewall Thanked.
love, disillusioned by men, who Kong, where the population is cos-
BODY WRITING. A member: Before we close the could still fall in love. This role mopolitan, we are in a specially that the Society has not achieved
urable position to further one a great deal, yet it must not be meeting, we should like to express was one that I thought was really When the world was young, tong of the principal objects of the thought that it has been entirely our thanks to the Hon. Mr. Kote- worth working for."
before writing was developed, pec- inactive.
wall for his services as President The story briefly is this;-Elan ple wrote with their bodies! This League by promoting, concord and
Under the leadership of Profes- for the past year. We know he is finds herself the centre of a politi interesting bit of ancient history goodwill among the various sec-
sor Robertson a 3tudy Circle Group a very busy man, and it is ex-cal intrigue in Vienna. Under goy-was revealed by Radio Pictures dur- tions of the community.
with an average attendance of at tremely good of him to have given ernment orders she must pretend an ing the production of "Beau Ideal." pleased to announce thut during, the last 24 hours I have secured leat ten members met six times his time to leading this Society in attachment with a man she dislikes in this thrilling sequel to "Beau during last Autumn to discuss the the first year of its existence. We in order to obtain valuable informa-Geste," Lent Stengel, featured play- 19 new members.
problem of Disarmament. These should like to thank him very much tion which he alone Tremendous Tasks.
can impartir, portrays "The Angel of Death."| at this moment proved to be most interesting and for his very excellent speech this At the same time. a young officer she dances for officers of the The League is
afternoon,. and for the excellent falls in love with her, and she with Foreign Legion faced with two tremendous tasks, instructive.
Towards the end of the year an example he has set in getting mem- him. One is the Far Eastern question,!
The conflict between her real body. In this dance, every posture If we could fallow his ex- love and her pretended love, Jinked of Miss Stengel's body is an iden and the other is the Conference attempt was made to produce a berg. for the Reduction and Limitation League of Nations play as a means ample we should then see our up with her rather shady past, symbol, formed by a combination of Armaments. If the League ul- of interesting people in the ideals numbers greatly increased. (A furnishes the material for this of gestures with arros, legs, head timately fails in cither of these of the League, but this was un- plause.)
absorbing picture,
and torso. Each gesture, represents. two tasks, I shudder to contem-successful owing to our inability
The aim was adapted, from John thought, and the ensemble puts. It is to be a vote of thanks to the Dean and Farrow's play, "The Registered, Wo- these thoughts together as letters, plate the consequences. It la to find a producer.
hoped that something may yet be the Cathedral Committee for the man," by John Farrow himself. joined to make words therefore our bounden duty to sup-
use of the Hall. In doing so, he Harry Joe Brown, associate pro- port the League: it is a duty to achieved in this direction.
"Beau Ideal" with Ralph Forbes White Slave Traffic. remarked his only regret was that ducer at the RKO Pathe studio, in the role of John Geste," a part he the rising generation, as to those
Since the inception of the it was not full that afternoon, but directed the picture. who died or suffered in the Great
created in. "Beau Geste" is now War in order to make this world Society the Council has met once hoped on a future occasion, if
The supporting cast includes Wil- showing at the Queen's Theatre. and the Executive Committee six they were again given its use, lam Bakewell, Lew Cody, ZaSu He appears with a notable cast in- a better place to live in.
Various sub-committees they would do their very best to Pitts, HB. Warner, C. Henry cluding Loretta Young, Irene Rich, I shall presently submit for times. your approval & resolution which, were appointed, the most import- All it up.
Dean Swann, replying, assured Gordon, Franklin Pangborn, Nance Lester Vail, Don Alvarado, Otto if passed, will be transmitted by ant being that convened by Mrs.
O'Neil and George Fawcett. Forster to gather information on the meeting of the solid support telegraph to Geneve. The resolu tion is designed to give expression the question of Traffic In Women of the Cathedral Body. Referring The Report which to the cable to be sent to Geneva, to our whole-hearted support to the and Children. objects and general policy of the resulted from this sub-committee's he hoped that it had the real sup- League, and to its efforts to re-labours was approved by the Exe- port of the public here behind it, Icutive Committee and forwarded to for there was a real need of such atore peace in the Far East.
support. feel sure that the resolution will, the Hong Kong Government. receive your unanimous endorse During the year the Rev. J. C. Knight Anstey resigned the Chair- ment.
manship of the Executive Commit-
Resigns Presidency,
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I wish here to say that while I tee on leaving the Colony and the shall be very pleased to serve in Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton was some other capacity, I do not stand, elected in his place.
President.
• as
for ré-election
With the co-operation of the When I was first approached by, Churches 98 signatures were ob- Major W. G. H. Miles and the Rev. tained and forwarded for the, Dis-
Dissemination of Literature. I felt I could not give to the office the attention which its importance
Perhaps one of the best ways in claimed. It was only on the un- which the Society, can help to derstanding that I would not be create interest in the League is by expected to act for more than one, the dissemination of literature. term, and that I was not reguir The Bible Depot in Wyndham ed to preside at the meetings of Street very kindly placed a book the Executive Committee that I shelf at the disposal of the Society eventually consented to serve. I and here may be seen and had on do honestly believe that someone loan various publications dealing who can devote more time to the with the work of Ehe, League of office than I can is required.
EASTERN PORTS.
Details of Epidemic Diseases.
Plague. Bassein: 4 cases, 3 deaths. Bombay: 6 cases, 6 deaths. Rangoon 4 cases, 4 deaths.
Cholera, Calcutta: 53 cases, 25 deaths, Pnom-Penh: 1 death.
Smill-Pox.
PHONEY OCCULT SCENES.
Matteson and Paul McAllister,
COMEDIANS AND WISE-
CRACKERS...
No more serious than usual, Eddie Cantor uses the hand nonsense of his newest picture, "Palmy Days," "There is a vast difference be which Samuel Goldwyn is presenting tween a comedian and a smart- at the King's Theatre to-day, as an tracker,” according to Bert Lahr," attack on the practice of spiritus-'America's most imitated comedian,| lism and fortuna telling. In "Palmy who makes his talkie debut in "Fly Days," Eddie Cantor appears as the ing High" which is coming to the unwilling assistant to a gang of take Queen's Theatre to-morrow... mystics, through which is revealed
"A comedian has to be an actor,"
some of the crooked tactics of the says Lahr, "a smart cracker need The health bulletin of Eastern graft that annually is said to mulet only be an entertainer. To one carry a whole J. C. Knight Anstey to become the armament Petition organised by ports for the week ended April the American public out of $125; comedian, who can first President of the Society, 1 the Women's International Organi- 9, Issued by the Director of 000,000, The phoney, occult scones show on his own shoulders, you hesitated to accept the honour, for sations. The Sunday nearest Ar-Medical and Sanitary Services, of "Palmy Days supplant the, wild have one hundred smart-crackers and Woolly monkey-shines of who can get occasional laughs at a the reason that the demands made mistice Day was also observed by gives the following cates
"Whoopee" as a background for banquet. A smart-cracker needs, upon my time by public and social, the Churches in Hong Kong as Dis
Cantor, To get detail and experi- only a fast, clever brain. He teed duties were already so heavy that armament Sunday.
ence and atmosphere for the picture, not know how to act. But Eddie visited numerous fortune of
can't act, course he tellers, in New York;"' Los Angeles his fun-making field. is limited. and other cities. Cantor belleves comedian
must not only that the new popularity of the dif; know how to produce and say clever ferent forms of fortune telling is lines, but he must also be able to due to the wide dissemination given play a part, sympathetically and na nowadays to genuine scientific turally. A wise-cracker, on the knowledge..
other, hand, usually plays only him "People knowing nothing of self, Wise-crackers have a short science look upon each new dis life. People soon tire of their covery as another miracle," Eddie Sarticular brand of wit and seek i claims. They know that the radio new man with a new line. Come can, hurl in voice mysteriously dians keep going on and on forever through the air and catch it by an exact proportion to the genuine
Then mechanical device.
why paina
dnd they take in developing their can't'your voice carry to the Great artisteT have been a comedian,for Beyond, they ask? Einstein is (alover twenty years and there isn't a Wizard for his fourth dimensional day that I don't find something new hypothesis. Haven's spiritualists about the business. When i did dealt with a fourth dimension.”
of
Nations. Members have also been Proposes Hon. Mr. Shenton... supplied regularly with. "Head- Fortunately we have in the Hon. way," the monthly official organ of Mr. W. E. L. Shenton, the ideal the League of Nations Union in: man for the position, for his in England. Interesting bulletins exhaustive energy is only equalled from the Information Section by his unbounded faith, in the the League at Geneva are also cir League. He is a Vice-President' culated from time to time' amongst of the Society as well as Chairman those members who wish to see of the Executive Committee, and them. has always shown keen and prac-
Correspondence tical interest in all activities of Quite a few applications have the Society. When the time comes been received from Great Britain, for the election, 1 shall have great! Australia and elsewhere for the pleasure in submitting his name interchange of correspondence be- for the office.
tween young people In those coun- tries and in Hong Kong. With the I should like to take this oppor friendly help of the Principals of tunity to express my sincere thanks the various schools in the Colony to all my colleagues on the the majority of these applications Society's Council and on the Exe- have been met and correspondence cutive Committee for their ready has followed.
Thanks.
Suez: 1 case.
Basrah: 1 case. Bombay: 7 cases, 2 deaths. Calcutta: 88 cases, 30 deaths. Cochin: 1 case,'''-
Karachi: 6 cases, 2 deaths. Madras: 16 cases, 4 deaths. Moulmein: 1 case. Rangoon: 116 cases, 32 deaths. Pondicherry: 8 cases, 2 deaths, Saigon) 3 cases, 90 deaths: Amoy: 7 cases, 4 deaths. Cantorf: 24 casca... Shanghai: 22 cases, 7 deaths. Dairen cases, 2 deaths Cerebro-Spinal Fevéri
Macao: 44 cases, 94 deaths..
BIRRELLISM.
Á BARRYMORE DRAMA
something new, whether by ac cident or design, listen t the applause of the audience Then, at the next performance, I try the Lionel eldest of thaïkhree famous new gay again. It It gets ovak}} Barrymores,adde another, splendid I know that I li:not a luke,jandi. characterization to a Ristime of dise] L-put; it regularly in Bome day, perhaps, an industri inguisher, noting with his portrayal People have been very ous anthologist will give us a collec in The Man 1 Killed," Paramount Ing the way c tion of "Birrellígns“: (writes! Peterborough in the Dally Tele the King's Theatres to max
feature picture which le com to very funny Ba Staph. They would probably con this story based stitute one of the most enduring maurice, Rostand. claims to remembrance of Mywright and, aut and close co-operation, especially During the year several churches
eaaaya, the role of to the Rov. J. C. Knight Anstey and other organisations applied for Augustine Birrell, who was 82 last), who for about ten months acted corporate membership and it is as Chairman of the Exe fve Com- hoped that many others will follow mittee with zeal, nud
the Hoa. Mr. Shenton
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lity to their example
ched. The membership of the Socfety
stands at 110.-
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