ASPECTS OF PARIS.
WAR'S BLOW AT ART.
[HY M. MARTIAL TENEO.) There are many people, both in Paris and elswhere, who believe that Paris ro presents the universe. This conviction is It
both an act of homage and a antire. is an act of homage in the sense that the Ville Lumiéro is thus figured as repre
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRÚABY 7TH, 1920.
TURES AND ENTENTE. KEMAL PASHA'S THREATS. Router's Agency is informed from an Armenian source that Mustapha Kemal Pasha, head of the Turkish Nationalist movement, has just addressed the follow ing telegram to the Entente Powers:-...
SAYAS, November, 1910.
A CHINESE VIEW OF THE MISSIONARIES.
DIFFICULT PROBLEMS.”
(BY WO LIEN-TEH, IN THE CHINESE RECORDS."]
sentative of that which constitutes Art and Beauty under all their forms; it is a. satire because the univers, endowed with all the diversity of Paris, would won The become a very droll conception. diligent observer quickly perceives, in fact, that the war has strained the glasticity of the Faris.an intellect. A sort or dizziness has seized all the men who A veritable have escaped the shurbles. wave of circtricity has swept over the Grund Ville
The unrestrained gaiety
to the execution of their programme. in the joy of living, after necomplished Allied Powers will not take into Labour, has given place to a nervous es consideration that the Ottoman Empire on the awakening from a horrible night- mare in a paroxysm of fictitious over has a glorious historic past, extending excitement people dance and dance tover seven centuries, and that it has in regeneration and distraction. In every domain of human itself all the elements of activity we are passing through a period of swift and vigorous development. of inquiries, hesitations, gropings snatching away fragments of our patriciasses, is still too few to exercise any towards the light
по
Ped
enres must be the necessary consequenes
The same massacres, the Bame of the new formulas." So much have the realities of a merciless struggle upset the oppression, and the same crimes of exter mination which have been committed at Aidin, the French are now exactly repeal ing in the province of Adana, which they at Urfa and have occupied, and also Aintab. using the Armenians as instru- is the climax of countless ments. acts of injustice.
ordinance of theory and practice that no straight road now traverses the fields of
seal. Is it phenomena prezliar to the recent catach sin that have changed the face of the world! To believe that would be mistake.
Similar troubles followed the
We strongly protest against the illegal Seven Years' War, and were experienced after 1799, the Revolution of 1848, and the acts which have been committed up to this War of 1970. In every age war has struck very day, and which are still being con- a perceptible blow at the arts, and inmitted by the lied Powers, and we hope the latter will return of their own accord particular as music. Rameau, the great Loun of his time, was able to by man neither to more just and more humane sentiments the battles nor the peate
the artists of towards our country and our nation. The Turkish nation will never submit to the nothing but mongrel works: the Napo leonic epic contained no reminder of and it will continue to fight with all its Homer or Orpheus; Romanticism was might-moral and material for its exist atified forty years later by popular clamence and its just rights. It is unanimous ours; and 1810 was made falsous" merely in these just and sublime resolves, and we by a pitiful invitation "A la Frontiere." are desirous of communicating this resolu
tion to the Entente Powers by Charles Gounod.
Alo
MOSLEM APPEAL FOR
23
TURKEY
CONSTANTINOPLE'S FATE
A memorandum in the form of an ag peal to the Prime Minister on behalf of Turkey has been signed by a number of British and British-Indians, among ethers by Lord Abingdon, the Aga Khan, Lord Ampthill, Syed Amcor Ali, Sir Mao- cherjee M. Bhownagree, Captain Bennett, Colonel Algernon Durand, Ad- ward Gleichen, Hon. Yacoob Hasan, Sir mital Sir Edmund Fremantle, Lord Ed. Theodore Morison, Lord Parmoor, Mr. Marmaduke Fickthall, and Brigadier General B. Conyers Surtees.
ties, these considerations do not apply to Asia Minor, or to Thrace, or to Con stantinople.
I feel quite diffident about writing on a subject which may give rise to con- troversy, but in the same way that as student I drew the attention of my pro- The towns of Aintab, Marish, and Urfa fessors to the teeth as a possible factor forms of acomin and that during. my which have been occupied by the, British in the causation of chlorosis and other first visit to a Pneumonic Plague How in violation of the terms of the Armistice, have just been evacuated by the Britishpital in Harbin suggested to my Russian This colleagues the advisability of wearing
gauze masks as a preventativo against in- The memorial urges upon the Govern and occupied by French, troops.
ment the imperative necessity of a policy shows that the Entente Powers have not fection (my French colleague and 'nthors
who did not take this simple precaution towards Turkey that would lead to ap- abandoned their intention of depriving ciod of the plague), I hope my questions pensement of the ferment and unrest our nation of the richest regions it has may be taken in their true spirit, and among the Moslems of the world, mainly due to apprehension that it is proposed inherited." Without waiting for the desi-if possible, answered with benefit to
Christians and non-Christians alike.
further to dismember the Turkish Empire completely to destroy the Fros life For many years the following matters ions of the Peuer Conference, and under
and political power of the few, remaining the pretext of provisional occupation and
(1.)aries of one.
denomination
Moelera
States precautionary measures, they are proceed bave
or another have been in this country for The signatories say that although not about century, and bare done splendid afraid at present of any untoward conse work along educational fad medical quences, they are convinced that the per lines. Considering the amount of time. petuation of the existing bitterness among labour, and money expended, the number their Moslem fellow-subjects in India especially of the educated would seriously retard the peaceful 1.0- By of converts
gress, and development of the country, and marked" influence on the habits and state that it is for this reason that the mony they hope to establish a balance of aspirations of the people. Is
to the the Fulfilment of the Prime Minister's On the other hand, a great need of interest among themselves. This line of
number ut CONFETY, irrespective of memorable pledge" have met with so individualisin, based on egotism explain action on the part of the Entente Powers policy of the missions directed to the efforts of the Indian Mahomedans to urge station, rather than to the training of much sympathy among the Hindu.com. ed
by
the fear of to-morrow is thwarted is not only inhuman, but it constitutes R by ti strikes of all kinds, which destroy violation of right and justice, is in con: leaders, who may one day mould the his munity.
7 Converts of the The memorialists assert that while the very principle of personal liberty and tradiction to the priciples to solemnly tory of this country
by the Peace
Conference, and type of Chang Po Ling (President of Mesopotamia, Syria and Palestine, are upset the fundamental dogma of the
to the promise made to Turkey..
School), C. T. Wang (the famous tights of Man, There is, however, a
on the ground that they are pre- In desire for originality at any price, even in the presence of the whole world, ia yanked ative of China at the Peace Con- Empire a bo detached from the Turkish
President Wilson's twelfth point. Pexpense of the last absolute logic arder to clear the way far the dismember-ference), and David Yui (General Secreponderantly inhabited by non-Turkish
far-between. Were it otherwise, and if Penile seem to forget that untried experiment of Turkey the Powers have occupied tary of the YM.C.A.) are still few and Moslems intermixed with other communi-
Aidin.
inen of this calibre could be counted by hundreds instead of at one's fingers' ends, the present history of China would be In 1914 the population of Constantin- more cheerful and promising.
ople, leaving out odd numbers, stood, (2.)-Has the educational policy of mis according to nationality, and faith, as sionary schools been modified sufficiently follows: Moslems, 560,000: Greeks, to meet the needs of the times Have 905,000 Armenians, 82,000. In the vilayet the younger men and women, who have of Adrianople the population stood as received a liberal training in some of the follows:-Moslems, 880,000; Greeks, Sand- best colleges in Great Britain and Ame 224,000: Armenians, 18,000. In the rica, been taken into consulation when jak of the Dardanelles:-Molema, 19,000; vital matters regarding education are dis-recks, 8.000; Armenians, 2000. In the How far is such discussion vilayet of Smyrna or Aidin, with the port eussed i directed to the training of useful practical of Smyrna on the goan, which is the citizens of this great Republic rather than most important in Asia Minor. the mere lip-service Christians, whose devo pagulation numbered as follows:-Moя-
upon them 1
With regard to the iden of imparing & benefit and protection which it can confer ians, 20.003.
(3)-To what extent is scientific and mandate on Turkey, in plainer words. technical education, which all will agres placing her under the suzerainty of some is the education of the future, going to foreign Power, the signatories consider in mission schools! It is generally that it would be a deliberato and gratuit- knowledged that the carpaic unrest and ons insult to Moslem religious Tecling, If the Allies continue the same inhuman apparent selfishness of the educated and which would permanently alienate Moslem Thus, as has always been the case, the war of yesterday has sterilised inspira conduet which they have pursued so far to sacial classes is largely due to economical fellow-subjects The object in view, in
wards tion, and this time more seriously than which the Turkish nation sets forth on essentials of education should be to pru adopting a magnanimous policy towards without regard to the just claims reasons. That being so, one of the first their opinion, can be fully obtained by formerly, because, owing to the stupidity the subject, the result of this neglect way vide the masses with the intellectual and Turkey, in which case they believe that. of the cinema, the silliness and indecency be extremely
their
present Turkey would renew her application for will not be localised in
improverished conditions.. gambling that kills all noble thought, and
extend to both
them of tilling their which England refused before in deference the certain countries, bat
th must be equivocal reductions, the
ntinents. The
responsibility for, i
Jer, such a ground, improving, their indastries, sell the wishes of the late Tsar's Govern panera et circenses of our democracy great disaster fails, before God and in ing their raw products; and finishing their ment.
rand shameful specta texts.
of men, on the judgment.
the Entente goods.
the co In For this purpose
Regarding Mecca and Medina, they cles. We y cheer
a world in which avery Powers five
In these declarations we.
we are atitute at Tsinanfu established by the Rer. suggest that while the administration of bely regards himself as a soldier on leave, expressing the unanimous desires of our 3. 8. Whitewright for visual training these cities might be loft in the charge thirsting for relaxation and brutish
enjoy
may be duplicated in other missionary of the autonomous Government of Hedjaz, meat. Among the millions of men whe nation, which has no other aim but
returned from the front, how fert defence of its existence and its rights. centres. As missionary hospitals have in order to legitimize the position of
Sunni popula We are anxious that our cry for justice been the happy means of landing thou-ruler in the eyes of the vast ever think that they spent in the trenches Wall be heard by America and the nations sands of esekers to God in the past, aution of the world, he should receive, as about a tenth part of the average life of of Europe, which, we are sure, could not will the establishment of technical college the representative of their spiritual head. the human being, and a sixth of the time
sanctich such, injustice.
and manual training schools produce in-hi investiture from the Caliph-Sultan of active manhood and useful production? In the name of the Executive Commit-asmerable practical and prosperous tal- Finally, they express their conviction Ones tries to forget it, or “ne s'en fait of the Defence of the Rights of the lowers of Christ. A full stomach is more that it behoves England not to overlook pas, in the words of the poilue 1
and Anatolia conducive to reason (and belief) than in the dangers that threaten and have always synonym for contempt of death in heroic Turks in Rourelja
Martapha Kemal
empty one.
threatened her dominancy from the North, hours, but to-day a synonym for lack of
(4)-Ever from the viewpoint of the and that the existence of a strong Turkey energy and social combativeness. And the Parisienne, always fascinating, even
missionary, the establishment of manual would form a barrier against Bolshevism. Amidst the absurdities of
de." Mon pere, avait raison," with the con- training schools, where thousands of surveys with nostalgic glance this clash of nivance of the author of his being, and the employment and recreations, will be
boys and girls may find productive instincts, to which her own instinct, un delightful Yvonne Printemps. his wife,
I was particularly impressed
MAN, THE INTRUDER changed since ages, replies with the claims he gives us an insight into his little per with this need last summer when a senior to equality, especially in the decay, of
xonal "fairs
relieved by flashes of wit lady missionary was staying in our home
Complaints of the conduct of husbands facile amusements.
He is a moralist of his own sort, an
She had just bought some and other brutal male guests are rising Some lights, it is true, detach themselves epicurean who preaches egoistic satisfac in Peking. from the vast moral shadow, like rare tion! But, what matter, so long as one local made Chinese cloth which she wished from women's clabe. The poor darlings, to turn into a working blouse. A Chinese they suffer from vile men who usurp the atars in the midst of a cloud-ridden sky. can dance! The Latin intelligence does not abandon Shall we speak of dramatic musict tailor who made. missionary clothes was sofas and the fire in smoking rooms, com all effort; but beyond a few isolated and Alasi and again, Atlas! While hostilities aent for, and when his work was complain to the cashier of the size of the generally incoherent attempts, how many lasted its creators produced nothing. We pleted be charged 80, namely double the mess bills of their wives, and and use the painful wanderings amid the beaten have to be satisfied wib a repertory which cost of the cloth. The labour itself was club notepaper. It is, as we might say in man's club, a damnable business. Find is nothing but a makeshift In the perhaps worth 70 cents, but as the dress LITERATURE AND THE DRAMA
foreign," a big sum had to be us these tyrauts and poltroons in trousers, What absence of new works the Opera revives Patrio and the Sylvia of Delibes
bes charged, leat both sides might lose face! pillory them, post their names. Shall we consider the case of literature? To a great extent it still wears, horizon the charming ballet-writer who just failed At the present moment, when more and fate could be too evil for such wicked bus is belted with yellow leather and to become the official composer to the Com- more foreigners are making their homes men? But there is another remedy, and
have had, I shall be
in China, when even Chinese men and all the tread of the now Emancipation keeps the helmet on its head Anxious to mune in 1871.
the told, put on evening dress again, it only dares, True, but that was only a fleeting joy,
"Helene of M. Baint-Saens women are adopting western or semi-leads us to expect its adoption. Soon-if western clothes, and when the exchange we may prophesy men will be just as Belle Helene is so much in favour of silver, the time little tolerated in women's clubs as women, Myopic rhetoricians have declared that a spirit inured to action was about to ise resuscitated. from our long trials, and that aatures fifteen years before giving his work to provide facilities for lessening the cost oar turn to find ourselves, lacking the imbued with art would bring a new sense of Meilhac and Halevy would be for others who may desire to effect economy squeezed into some contemptibly inferior Paris, in the hope that the fronical prattle of living and incidentally. benefiting pluck to shun these haunts of woman. to the expression of things seen, to
dining room or admitted only on certain painting of character and to
the gotten for ever I know very well that in their households.
(8.)-In view of the large number of days to some paltry annexe. We, the hus be Opera Comique has repainted the psychology of the species.
zra mission hospitals, which spread bands, will grow to bate the club which nothing of the kind. The legions of those scenery of "
that it has just throughout China, seems me strange given
returned from who hold a pen swamp the citadel of true America; also, I am not unaware that the that no attempt haa yet been made to side while she makes up her mind to leave Of novels there is an abunNouveau Lyrique is preparing to set some establiab & central purchase and forward the bridge table or the smoking room, to
the Terror, working, by order, produced shame of servitude and dismembermenttien to the Church depends upon the tems; 1,249,000; Greeks, 289,000; Armen-
2
LIB,
of the cafe concert, the attraction of the that this mous, and it is to be feared technical means to improve Ways the services of competent Engliamen
many
bave
tracks!
other
mode."
the
*ns
blessing.
+
so far, to present itself in pyjamas. for Offenbach M. Saint-Saens waited secus appropriate for missionaries to are in the male Megatheria. It will be
There
literature dance; a large number of the realistic
as
I
,”
But the prospect of Retribution keep her fixed appointment with us; we unnerves us. The sins of the fathers inexorable Daily Express. descend upon the children, and life, is
are simply conventional, because their new works before us, but nothing of all ing burchu, say in Shanghai, which might this seems to me to be of an epoch-making transact all the business required and thas authors lend their own sentiments to nature. The musichall alone is in full save the missions all middlemen's profits exceptional beings-ns, for example, Henry Hirsch and F. Carco in their Intest glory, but its voluptuous challenge vie Such a bureau, if found successful, might books; the "passionels." for the most part, lates the idea of beauty to such a degree extend its labours to include commodities are puerile and poor in invention: the that I regard it as a proof of decadence for other missionaries. The China Inland
tent among Chinese members of mission. satirical, in the country of Rabelais, dis-in our capital, which is scarcely to be Aission bas, I believe, agencies in Tien-
tsin and Shanghai to cope with their own schools! Again, the principle of "the play an insulting poverty when they do compared with Ephesus.
requirements. not descend to abject, nonsense. The
Does this mean that we must despair (0) Has not the time come when detre-front door for missionaries and the back Frenchman, who, since the philosophers of of everything! Not at all, since we can cracy might be practised to & greater door for converts" is still often practised the eighteenth century,
tury, has been more and still dance! Every fever wanes in due extent in the relations betwees foreigners to the detriment of the name of Chris more addicted to writing, writes in our time. When we have danced to satiety and Chinese, especially missionaries and tianity
(7.)-With closer relations between mis- days without measure and without dis-we shall sing. That will be an improve Chinese? Every vessel arriving from
sionaries and better class Chinese, more cretion. So that the true writer, aban-ment. And then we shall be silent, so as America, or Europe now brings half a doned by the lovers of little shocks and to hear the heart-throbs of our artista dozen or more Chinees who have received social service leagues might be established in the various citien Bach work can only spicy drolleries, can no longer live hon-when they have recovered from their torn modern education in colleges there.
be successful if the official and mercantile ourably, and is confronted by starvation. por The sons of France will take After their experience abroad, they exclagace, specially their womenfolk, will But,
have said, dancing goes on! spiritual communion again in the love of pect, and rightly so,, that the happy rela If we turn to the theatres, we see, with the Beautiful from the moment when tions between themselves and, thair foreign cooperate in the task. Hitherto, untold a few exceptions, only plays that are healthy emulation shall incite then to friends in Europe and America will be opportunities have been missed for carry- naworthy of Freach taste. Here dis noble crises of emotion, to generous trans resumed in their country. Very often ing out useful work in this direction, and reputable neo-romantic productions; there ports, to intellectual effort. Whence will they are asked to join the teaching staff both time and money are wasted by the revivals without zest. The "Cinnas this emulation come? From all the coun- of missionary institutions. In such cases, wealthy and educated women, not know- and the "Horaces" of to-morrow, the tries which shall have recovered more surely it is not too much to treat them ing how to pass their time fruitfully. and the "Chiisenes" succeed quickly than tortured France, whose on an equal footing with the foreigners, Bocial service leagues will be found most the war-will they ever see the birth physical and mental powers are diminish. providing of course that they are capable, useful for promoting public health and the Seventh Commandment fraction of cream I clearly perceive the land of quitable trenament being, refused to
and more particularly from England. And yet, quite frequently one bears of reducing infant mortality.
The above are only a few of the difficult the eternal theme serving for the display Shakespeare and that of Corneille pene Chinese graduates of foreign colleges, problems which have presented themselves of the worst turpitudes, a theatre which trating each other, uniting together, and simply because they are Chinese Only to thinking Chinese. In large cities like Peking. Tientsin, Shanghai, and Canton, would be something more than a dia. completing each other, and from their the other day, a very accomplished Chin honouring reflection of our physiological carential qualities, fraternally combined, ese Indy én ber return from the States happy relations now exist between Chin- appetites There are some tendencies bringing about a veritable efflorescence of was placed on the simin grade as ordines and missionaries, but these should be further extended, so as to include the r which the public accepts with a certain Art as a whole. And I am one of those ary balpers who had not been educated families and mutual friends, Through detachment from educational art. Take who will do everything in order to keep abroad Is this not like cutting off one's their connection and friendship, the an oxample. All the world's a stage, said the band of Milten in that of Victor nose to spite one's face? "Is it strange the poet. Consequently, thought M. Sachs Hugo, if I am given the honour of a that there should be a feeling of discon relations between Chinese and Westerners will also improve with benefit to all con- Guitry, the stage is in my life, and in small amount of influence-Daily Tele-
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