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QRLERS' BY KÄT, B. MELVILLE SMITH, M.BE) ADMINISTRATIVE COMMANDANT.
p.m.
No. 918.
FRIDAY, MARCH 26TH, 1926
WHO IS SENATOR“ BORAH?
SA CURIOUS PERSONALITY.
[BY A BLUNT ENGLISHMAN
During the debate on Geneva in the House of Commons Mr. Lloyd - George made a reference to one of the outstand
1.-ENGINEER? COMPANY, (a) Miniature Range at Corps Head- quarters is at the disposal of the Engineering political figures in the USA to day. Company on Monday, 29th March at 3.30 According to Reuter this mention of Senator Borsh was received with some laughter by Ministerialists, at which Mr. Lloyd George asked what was the good of scoffing at one of the ablest and most induential men in America "
THE MAN HIMSELF.
(b) Musketry Course Part I will be fired at Stonecutters Range on Sunday,
38th March.
Range Oficer: 2nd-Licut. F. W. Foster
Turner.
Launch will leave Murray Pier, at 9 a.m. and call at Kowloon Pior at 9.10 am.
Dress: Uniform optional, but rifles, bayonets and pouches must be taken." " In the Far East we have an interest in "Arms: Will be drawn from Headquar- Mr. Borab, for he has used words in ters on Friday, 28th March, between 9 pubic which have greatly "heartened" a.m. and 18 noon, or 2 and 4 p.m.; er 5 and 6 p.m., and on Saturday, 27th March, between 9 a.m. and i p.m.
R-ARTILLERY COMPANY AND.”
NO. 3 PLATOON,
Musketry Course Part I will be fired at Taikoo Rifle Range on Sunday, stb .March at 0.90 a.m.
Range Officer: Capt. D. C. Logan,
M.C.
Dress: Uniform optional, but rifles, bayonets and pouchées must be taken.
All members who living at Taikoo may
attend on this date.
3-MOUNTED INFANTRY
AND.
ARMOURED CAR COS. Parade at Corps Headquarters on Monday, 29th March, at 5.30 p.m. Vickers Gug Practice for the Machine Gun com- petition.
Drivers 45 detailed "by Lce.-Corp, Ramsay,
Muskotry Instruction Classes under Sergt. Watson and Shaw for those who I have been specially instructed to attend. The Miniature Range at Corps Head- quarters is at the disposal of the Mount- ed Infantry and Armoured Car on Mon- day, 19th April, at 5.30 p.m..
4-STRENGTH.
the Reds in China. His words have been quoted again and again. in Moscow. It is not too much to say that his attitude towards the so-called "anti-Imperialists" in China has been greatly resented by many Europeans and Americans who have lived for years in the Far East. Who is this great and hostile critic of the British He is the bead of the Committee on
USA. This is an important position. Foreign Relations of the Senate of the
Let us try to visualise Mr. Borah He Lis said to be the ablest man in the Senate of the United States. He has a large and powerful frame. He wears his hair almost as it is were à mane; he is a heavy-weight in appearance. A black alouch hat, of the type that is popular in Texas, is affected by him and he neglects his par
opal appearance. If he were a film- actor he would be labelled "iconine." His friends and acquaintances call him "Bill"
A BUGGED PIONEER.
Mr. Borah was born on the frontier lands of Illinois Bod, he has never lost the limited outlook of the frontiersman. He is parochial in mind. He does.rot
The following are taken on the want to know about the details of other strength and posted as under
countries, because he is so immersed in No. 1035 Spr.. S. C. Salter, Engineer thoughts about Illinois and "God's own Co., as from 22nd March, 1920. country," He really believes that the No. 1036 Pte. R. W. Barnett, Armour-U.S.A. is the one country that is as nearly
ed Car Co., as from 23rd March,
1,026,
3.-PROMOTIONS.
HE. the Governor has been pleased to make the following promotions in the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps, with effect from the 18th March, 1920
Lieut. Christopher Willson, O.B.E.,
V.D., to be Captain. Lient Wilfrid Brackenridge, M.C., to
be Captain.: Lieut. Donald Clement Logan, M.C., to
be Captain.
6.-REVERSION.
No. 951 Corp. J. Reidy, Mounted In- fantry Co., is permitted to revert to the rank of Pte. at his own request, as from 5th March, 1926.
7.--TRANSFERS. ·.
The following are permitted to transfer to the Reserve Co., as from 6th March,
1926:-
No. 081 Pte: J. Reidy, MI. Co. No. 436 Pte. W. J. Hinton, M.I. Co.
8-EFFICIENCY CUP.
The Efficiency Cup for the Training Season of 1995 has been won by the Artillery Co.
8.--LEAVE.
No. 8 Pte. J. F. Kennedy, No. 7 Platoon, is granted 7 months' leave from 20th March, 1926, to 19th October, 1928
No. 729 Pte. N. B. Mahomed, No. 4 Platoon, is granted 2 months' leave from 17th March, 1926, to 18th May, 1926.
10-RESIGNATION, -
No. 123 Pte. D. Keith, No, & Platoon, is permitted to resign from the Corps,
as from 18th March, 1928.
11.-STRUCK OFF.
1)
The following is struck off the strength, as from. 19th March, 1926-No. 28 Pte. A., Melbye, Armoured Car. Co.
LD. JOLL, Captain,!
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of the pioneer and frontiersman has made assertive or conceited. The long struggle the type realise that success depends en tirly upon personal effort. It is seldom that culture can enter into such a life, for cultare needs the polishing efforts of real education, leisure and society.
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the frontier, Mr. Borah had his dreams. English Price 3. (either femedy) The VETARZO BEMEDIES CO., Grupel Oak, He saw that the legal profession gave "N.W.5, London, Eng. Unprincipled Dealers may try to sell you something else or man the chance to impress his person-
ality on the public. He passed from the extra profit-do not accept it. Insist on having VETARZO. The gaunt has wonde frontier to law and from law to politics BETARZO REMEDIES' on Government Stamp. Sold by LEADING OAK SEMIS as naturally as did his great countryman Abraham Lincoln... No doubt he has studied Lincoln's biographies, but he does rot seem to realise that the world of to- As the Americans themselves say: day is a very different place to the world" Can you beat it?" That, however. is that Lincoln looked out upon Time has the sort of "dopa" the Senator Borah been telescoped, distance annihilated, hands out and is quite certain that it is, Wireless and quick transport have the truth, the whole truth and nothing changed things. Nurse Cavell sounded but the truth. That he is helping the
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the clarion call that will echo down this cause of chaos in China never occurs to century, when she said that "Patriotism him.
not enough" It is right and proper
Mr. Borah dislikes the idea of the World. and natural to love one's native land. Court.. He has a bias against Great It is also imperative that we should try Britain. He has a certainty that he is amongst the nations is a real live matter Russis an attitude not popular in the to have peace in our time. Co-operation always right. He is sympathetic towards that demands the full support of any U.S.A He is a great irreconcilable. It intelligent politician to-day.
is only fair to add that he has tremendous of the type that suffers from nerves. party as the best for his country. He Mr. Borah is not sensitive. He is not courage. He believes in his own political Somebody pace said that he was the believes that his country is far away and first eight-cylindered man to come out of better than any ether. He regards the Idaho. He is the idol of Idaho, just as U.S.A, as the champion of the oppressed Wales. Both of these men speak well, but are nations incompetent to govern them- Mr. Lloyd George is the idel of North peoples. He cannot beheve that there in quite a different style Both love con- selves. He is a practical man with a troversy. But there is nothing subtle or streak of idealism. He is really ignorant emotional about Mr. Borah Mr. Lloyd because he has not seen the world out George is said to have intrigued with his side the U.S.A. He gives to the rulers political opponents to become Prime in Moscow and to the politicians in China Minister. Mr. Borah's aspiration is the or India the same motives as his ow Fresidency and he will blaze his way to He is so saturated with the idea of the Members wishing to have tiffins provid- blazed his way through the forest with thinks that every Government in Grent that goal with his great voice just as he American war of Independence that he ed for them on the 4th and 5th April, his great muscles must inform the Hon. Secretary, Bise
Britain is as foolish as were King George's: Meeting not later than 31st March, and
advisers in those days. enclose $1.89, charge for each tiffin.
Hongkong, 28th March, 1926.
RIFLE MEETING.
¿QUEEN'S " THEATRE,
THE CURRENT PROGRAMME.
→→ EXPERIENCE COUNTS." He qualified for his job as head of the Committee on Foreign Relations by the
Other prominent Americans, including fact of his long service in the Senate. Roosevelt and 18ft, havo-seen the British Democratic U.S.A. still believes that ex- Empire. If only Mr. Borah would visit perience counts. Men qualify for that the Far East, or even Great Britain. post by age, and Mr. Borah has had theThe greater the sinner the greater the longest period of service in the Senate saint" We may yet live to see Mr. Borah. of any of the Senators.. Sir Henry come to the penitent stool and confess Pollock, in our smaller world, qualified that his auspicions about John Bull and in a similar manner, to become the Benior his idealism about the gentlemen in Moe Twenty-thousand performers appear in Unofficial Member of the local Legislative cow were mistakes. There is always hope the great continental production Monna | Council."
for a man of his courage. Meantime it. Vanna," a splendid picturisation founded. on Maeterlinc's famous tragedy of the rulers in Moscow who want to wreck the Borah on our side we might quickly settle Mr. Borah has greatly heartened the must be confessed that he is a menace.
to the peace of the world. With Mr. Reconnaissance, which opened at the world. The following extract from that old man of the sea the problem Queen's Theatre yesterday.
speech made by the notorious Russian of the Allied debts. We might even see Bolshevik, Chicherin, is worth noting
"Victims of political oppression on member of the League of Nations, a Americn take her rightful place ass the part of the Great Powers. scheme for world peace initiated by an Victims of the direct manifestations of American President. ferocity on the part of those Powers in China, the Chinese people rose up against this yoke through mass strikes connected with various forms of poli tical demonstration. None other than Senator Borak, one of the most promin D LE CLERG'S VER ent men in American public life, de- clared in answer to a resolution of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hankow, There will be no disorders in Chins it foreigners respect the rights of the Chinese people.
This beautifully filmed and spectacular ly produced picture, which depicts wone very fine scenes in Venice, and Florence and Pisa, and is altogether an extremely interesting and instructive screen produc tion woll worth seeing,will be shown again at all performances to-day and also to-morrow (Saturday);
On Sunday there will be a completa change of programme and an interesting, and attractive bill is promised, announce. ment of which will be made in due course.: THE “STAR.” ⠀
At the "Star" Theatre, Kowloon, the current attraction is Victor MacLaglen in
'The Hunted Woman.!!
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