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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 4, 1937.
The China Mail
Ninety-Second Year of Publication SA Wyndham Street, Hong Kong,
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met with comparatively little criticism in these circumstances is a remarkable tribute to the quality of their work. New mem- should at least be given a fair bers of the staff, when chosen,
opportunity of winning equal ac- ceptance. If they were to be received in a spirit of carping criticism, the process of accus- toming themselves to the task, 7, Garrick Street, London, W.C.2. and the public to their voices,
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Hong Kong and
Blockade
The warning that Hong Kong would be included within the scope of the China coast blockade in the event of a declaration of economic sanctions against Japan at Brussels was subtly conveyed by the Japanese Ambassador there, without the formality of Hong Kong, Thursday. Nov. 4, 1937. mentioning names. The implied
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ZBW ANNOUNCERS
threat illustrates forcibly the difficulties that present them- elves to the Powers sitting in conference by reason of the in Among the world's most vocation of the Nine-Power thankless jobs is probably that Treaty, and particularly the con which has fallen recently to the siderations that must be weigh- Hong Kong Broadcasting Com-ed by Powers, like Britain, with mittee who have been granting important interests in and about auditions with a view to the Chinese waters. The possibilit- selection of new announcers for ies inherent in the present diffi- ZBW. Plenty of "good material" cult situation are not the less is to be found in the Colony, but conspicuous because of signs of inevitably those receiving audi- Japanese naval and military pres- tions offer voices, methods and sure to obtain a formal declara- mannerisms of varied description of war against China. This tion. By what tests are they to would entite Japan to the pri- be chosen? The qualities which vileges of belligerent rights along make a voice pleasant or irritat-the China coast, while being ing are almost indefinable. And barely capable of doing more the outspoken letters which have than has already been done tʊ- appeared in the newspapers from wards the self-prejudicing of time to time clearly show that Japan's case in the eyes of the the voice which soothes one may world. It is here that we really provoke anotl er to the point of find why the Nine-Power Con- exasperation. Plainly, it is not ference sitting does not inspire sufficient that the announcer confidence of practical achieve- should have clear diction and be ments. Japan, so far as can
can be audible to the listeners. That judged, has passed beyond the is, of course, the first essential, stage of reason. "Face" has be but the judges must always hope come a primary factor. With the to find further qualities pleasing country involved in her new to the listeners.
China adventure up to the neck,
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Here past discussions will as the militarists are in complete sist them very little. They have control, and judged by their pub- been told time and again by the lic utterances, they are no mood querulous that the "Oxford ac-to bother their heads over out- cent" is not to be tolerated, and side offers of mediation no doubt they would avoid this conciliatory suggestions. alleged accent as the plague, if
there were any such thing. But
unfortunately the phrase is Nantao
gen-
erally a synonym for affectation,
or more often, for what the lis- The report that the French tener believes to be affectation. military authorities may Thus in Australia: the H. K. Uni-over some part of Nantao and take versity accent itself might well thus convert the area into a pass as an Oxford accent; while neutral zone is in conflict, ap in South Africa the English of parently, with the Japanese an- the Londoner (when it is not nouncement of rejection of all pure Cockney) is often dubbed schemes for the creation of neu- with the same `epithet. Lis-tral zones. Foreign suggestions teners should be less ready and in this connection included Poo- more discriminating with their tung within their scope, to which protests. Even to those who Japan has replied by organising affect to seem unaffected they landing parties in specially pre owe gratitude rather than abuse. pared craft. The French, there What jarring cadences and false fore, might find themselves fac quantities might assail the earsed by additional complications, if such speakers relapsed into should the Japanese break their own natural diction. through along the Soochow Creek The persistent intrusion of the and insist upon occupation of same voice day after day and Nantao. On the other hand; thể evening after evening into the Japanese, recognised adepts in privacy of the home imposes a the springing of the fait accom- strain alike upon the announcer pli, may be prepared to acknow- land the listener. That the pre- ledge with good grace similar sent staff at Hong Kong have astuteness in other quarters.
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