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KONG AND THE KING'S
ABDICATION
THEN King George handed over his throne to his suc-
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senti-
"Recent Events" is the title of the following commentary upon the circumstances s27- rounding the abdication of King Edward VIII in the January issue of St. John's Review, just published.
them out
Mr. and Mrs. Wang Ching-wei were to have been the guests at
and in every way she is in revolt lunch at Government House
against the old feudal traditions, day of HE. the Governor
though perhaps romantically and Lady Caldecott. Mr. Wang Chingcessor, the influence of the crown'
sentimentally still attached to wei was, however, unwell and was had reached the highest pinnacle
them, but actually in policy she is of moral power known in history All communications intended for unable to leave his boat.
opposed to the English tradition The nobility of character of both
of royalty. An American women įpublication should be addressed to
An Illustrated Talk for Children, King George and Queen Mary
must embody that spirit of revolt- the Editor, and be accompanied by the Writer's Name and Address"Among the Aborigines of For-was of surpassing quality, though
Likewise her double divorce is s defiance of conventional morality not necessary for insertion, but mosa" will be given by Clarence it is true that the high
Griffin. F.RES. at the Helena May mental regard for them was great-
.......jand so adds to her qualifications as a guaraxise of good faith.
this evening at 5 pm. All children by stimulated by that most wonder-
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St. John's Cathedral, yesterday, of ago, and on the occasion of his becoming "royale and royalerhaps, his counterpart and his ally Captain David Murray Larmour, Silver Jubilee, he found a people Did he not consort with the un-in his campaign against what he RA.O.C. and Miss Jean Andrea unified by a sincere and deep com-touchables in India, and single considered the oppressive tyranni- as a special mark of cal forces which restricted bis Hong Kong. Tuesday, Jan.. 12, 1937.Jaffrey. The bride, who hails from mon affection for him. It was a facourt In the official bails how actions within the narrow arti-
Greenford, Weedon Road, Nort-large family, with a benign father hampton, arrived in the Colony uttering comforting words, so that seldom did he accept the partners ficial confines of royal behavioar selected for him! It was the neg-as he conceived it. He forgot last week on the s.3. Rawalpindi.even in remote houses over the lected or the exotic ones he so fre- however, that that is the price of
world-surface one could not refrain
quently chose. He has always kingship, that the people of the The Girl Guides in Hong Kong from joining in the national an-shown a partiality for the unroyal empire wish a person to represent would be gizd
receive old them. It was demanded by the and for the common worker, the each of them at his best, and not Sudden exacerbation. of Christmas cards, toys, odds and occasion and willingly given as miner, the unemployed and the at his worst. They heap apon. Franco-German relations. with ends of coloured wool and matertribute not so much to a great
distressed. That way his interests him, honours and riches, and give it diversion of international ials for patchwork which they can man and a great woman, but to lie. is not Mrs. Simpson also in him a dignified position on condi- attention from Madrid to Span-distribute to amuse and occupy good man and a good woman keeping with this philosophy? She tion that he expresses the indivi- ish Morocco. comes, strangely sick children in the Colony. Par who had shared the scrrows and is an American and has already dual character in its highest pos- moment when cels may be left at the Sandilands triumphs of the people for twenty-married twice: in other words she sible moral, if not in its intellec- enough, at a France has indicated willingness Hut.
five years.
stands for nothing that lies with- tual form. To relieve him of the to go to considerable lengths to
Within twelve months the whole in the Royal circle..
burden of forming his own judg- Three cases of Diphtheria, two meet Germany's plainly defined
of COMMON loyalty
ment, and perhaps going wrong. colonial aspirations.
cases of Typhoid and one case each structure
America threw off its allegiance it provides him with a body of How much truth lies behind of Scarlet fever and Meningitis, throughout the empire has been
The deep sense of re- to the English King George III, ministers on whom the responsi- the allegations of German ac-were reported to the local Health shattered. tivity in Morocco practically Authorities during the week-end.sponsibility for setting an example in moral rectitude disappeared with defies analysis at this distance.
дет king. That an insignificant circums Professor Forster contributes the accession of the
declined tantial "incident" has been mag an interesting article on a fight From the zenith of high moral nified out of all proportion is from Penang to Hong Kong to the power the throne had possibly the best guess: Ger-January issue of "St. John's Reto its nadir. but perhaps there is jan explanation of this disaster to man diplomacy has many vir-view."
be found in an examination of the tues, but subtlety be that a! virtue is not generally reckon- For leaving their cars unattend king's life. Is it possible for a Home of the marriage on Decem former Hong Kong for the loftiest position in the McDonald, ed among them, and the sharp-ed in the laze east of Queen's Thea-Prince, destined from his birth ber 10 in London, of Mr. C. M
But these terms of kingship of the German denials, tre, and now known as Theatre ness
the voicing of sus-Lane, F. Forbes Henningsen and world. to arrive at man's estate resident, and Miss P. M. Allum, of) were rejected. He was in revolt anger at
as a normal, healthy-minded per- Mm Hill London.
against his own father, and so he picion, rather lends colour to Cheng Foon were this morning son with balanced judgment when Mr. McDonald, who left Perth. sought to break away from the old Berlin's vigorous protestations Sned $5 each by Mr. J. A. Fraser everyone conspires to defeat that West Australia, to join the Times traditions, and to surrender lof complete innocence.
at the Central Magistracy. purpose: Must there not come to of Malaya, at Ipoh. FMS paid old loyalties. result Serious damage may
everyone in such a position a de-his first visit to Hong Kong in 1917, from the development, apart al- For the theft of an iron lid from sire to escape from the tyranny of when be joined the editorial staff together from any threat of
jose paper burner in the Ho subservience, flattery, prying eyes, of the China Maz, and in 1925 conflict which may have been Tung Cemetery. Ng Shui, was sen-and a thwarted private life? Must became Editor of this paper. seen in the tenseness of the at-tenced to two weeks' hard labour not the ritual, ceremonial, and He then left journalism for а mosphere which this morning at the Central Magistracy this funkeyism, the parades, gold lace while and occupied the position of
morning. appears, happily, relaxed.
LONDON WEDDING
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MR. C. M. MCDONALD MARRIED AT HOME
News has been received from
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bility for the nation's policy rests. The people simply ask that a model should appear, whom within reason they will endow with the finest attributes and to whom they will pay willing tribute, if only there is no extravagance of beha- vioar to make that homage im- possible.
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London. To-day. It would be most unfortun-
innoculate the person so that he Amusements, Ltd. Later, he left A Paris press message
states ate, for instance, if France dis-
Sentence of one months hard acquires, not only an immunity or for Feiping, where he took up free that the Chamber Committee of covers that in pursuing a labour was passed by Mr.. J. Aan indifference to these things. lance journalism, being correspoa Civil and Criminal Legislation mare's-nest, she has jeopardised Fraser this morning on a coolie, but even an antagonism to them? dent for The Times and Reuter's will meet on Wednesday to consi success of negotiations begun who was found guilty of stealing And is not this what happened?
der a private bill to prevent the - through M. Poncet, now in Paris
After a short spell up North, he recruiting of French volunteers copper wire and lead piping, the for a New Deal for Europe.
property of the Royal Army Ser- How often has the Ring in the returned to Hong Kong and acted for Spain.
the South The message.adda it understood was admittedly a bar-vice Corps Defendant said he past shown his disregard for the as News Editor gain that was contemplated in picked them in a dustbin. Sergeant dignity and stateliness of official | China" Morning Post for about a the French Cabinet at its next Paris. It was an offer of a re- Morgan, R.AS.C. was the com-functions? Did he not say after 2 year, and in 1932, preferring Pei-meeting will consider the question cession of Germany's colonies plainant.
It
in return for the peace of Europe. The French Govern- ment were, it is reliably learn- ed. prepared to surrender ex- German colonies held under mandate if Herr Hitler was, on his part, ready to commit him-. self to definite undertakings providing for a full and lasting peace France expected are nunciation of any territorial claims within Europe and will- ingness to cooperate with the rest of the world pro-
EXPLANATIONS OF TO-DAY'S CARTOON
Man Who Refused To Walk
streets of Indian
*
of
visit to a certain governor inping, he went back there again, and introduce a bill to the same Africa. "Now I know what it and continued as the Peiping Cor-purpose. British Wireless Ser- means to stay with royalty?" Is it respondent of The Times.
¡vice.
“BELIEVE IT OR NOT" by Robert L. Ripley
CASTE MARKS OF THE HINDUS
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sramme of economic rehabilita-T antith strange specimens
tion, propositions which, in of humanity who undergo self- principle, the Fuehrer should torture, privation; and various not have found it very difficult forms of religious penzace. In to accept.
Calcutta, near the Kalighat, I saw) Significant, too, is the clear this Sache who, though not crip-| suggestion from authoritative pled in any way and at one time quarters, that Great Britain as normal as any youth, propelled was ready to join France in himself along the street by rolling furthering this peace
pro-his body on his knees and thighs. When a boy, he assumed the pen- The colonies concerned were ance of refusing to walk for the Togoland and the Cameroons in rest of his life. For 40 years he |Africa with an area of 188,321 has kept this vow, and must do 3122 square miles, and it is known so for life because his legs have that there was a disposition in atrophied from inactivity and he certain high quarters in Berlin could never walk again if he tried. to examine the offer, at least with an open mind.
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The flare-up over Morocco The Great Mystery' Of
breaks into these behind-the- scenes activities at a most un- fortunate moment, for it may very well mean the termination of a serious effort to bring
India
May 28, 1936, footprints were found in the village of Jamadarpara Belakoba, Jalpai- great, if temporary, alleviation guri, in eastern India, which have of the tense international situ tion.
CHEONG KENG TRAGEDY
CHIEF OFFICER IMPROVES
had the natives of the district în la dither ever since. Each foot- print was 22 inches in length, 11 inches wide, 6 inches deep in the soft earth, and they indicated a stride of 12 yards. No one has yet found who made such foot prints, how they were made, when-and it still remains a my~ stery.
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OF
proved during the night. Inquiries at the Kowloon Hos- The alleged assailant Chang pital with regard to the condition Chi-cheung, has however, has of the two Chinese who were seri-shown, no improvement.
wounded in yesterday's] "The condition of the chief offi tragedy on board the Chinese Mari-cer is fairly satisfactory, but the time cruiser "Cheong King" involv-cabin boy has not improved," Dr. ing the death of Captain D. LJ. T. Smalley, medical offişler in Campbell, revealed that Chief charge of the Kowloon Hospital Officer Chut Cheung-keoh has im- told the "China Mail" this morning,
THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION Orly
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MAN
WHO REFUSED TO WALK
SACHU
CALCUTTA
DELIBERATELY SAT DOWN ANDA REFUSED TO STAND UP FOR 40 YEARS
J
THE FLAG
OF KELANTAN
THE SULTAN'S SIGNATURE.
IS THE DESIGN OF HIS COUNTRY'S FLAG
CHIN
Bok TATTOOED
FACIAL ADORNMENTS
AFFECTED BY GIRLS OF UPPER BURMA
THE GREAT
MYSTERY
OF INDIA
GIANT FOOTPRINT
OF A MAN 22 INCHES LONG FOUND IN BELAKS JA,Bengal
"CALCUTIA -
HIS LEGS HAYE WITHERED AWAY FROM INACTIVITY
AND NOW! TO MOVE -- HE MUST ROLL: