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"Nights in the Garden of Spain
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Waltz Thrills."-DB339, 10.30 p.m. (approx.).--Rugby mid-
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1931.
THE SURRENDER OF AN EMPIRE.
(By NESTA H. WEBSTER.)
(REVIEWED AND ANALYSED BY FINDAL KING.)
(Concluded. Previous articles appeared in the "Daily Press" of June 24 and yesterday.).
Soviot Hand in China.
In the chapter on. China the au- thor's contention throughout the book (that the Soviet are at the back of all forces of disorder) ro- eoives very substantial corrobora- tion from the course of affairs from the Shanghai incident of May., 30, 1925, the attack on Shameon, Can- ton June 23, 1925, the strike and boycott in Hong Kong and Swntow
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Mrs. Webster devotes, the first Actually on January 22, 1924, the (in the latter place from July, 1925 to October, 1998), the ignominious 11 am. to 12.15 p.m.-Relay of the chapters of Part 11. of her book Socialist Party for the first time inaurrondor to mob violence in Han- kos January, 1827 and the Nan- king outrage March, 1927 to the arrival of tho Shanghai Defence Force, which loft England in January, 1927. Its departure gave Ramsay Macdonald and others a chance to revert to the oratory of THE WHOLE OF THEIR the War years, what D.H; Law- SURPLUS STOCKS
Order of Service. Voluntary,
Hymn Angels Vaices Ever
Singing." Invocation and Lord's Prayer. Hymn That Man Had Perfect
Blessedness,"
Scripture Reading-Panim 27. Hymn God Who Hath Made
the. Earth." Prayer.
..
to affairs in England, and com-the history of England assumed mences at the time when people office with Ramsay MacDonald, as were at long last tiring of Lloyd Prime. Minister, so Winston Chur- George and his Coué-fam 'about the chill was not very far out, "good time coming." The late Duke of Northumberland was the
Mrs. Webster devotes a chapter champion of the so-called Die Hard
to Democracy on Trial. Is it gener. Party, described by Mr. Montagually known, by the way, that at (who had just given away India 1)
Démocracy.
as the most dangerous element in this Election four and a half mil.renee would call the Willy wet- the political life of this country," lion workers voted Labour while leg variety. Lloyd George co
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For Trot "Choo Choo." Fox Trot-On A Little Balcony
in Spain."OB 228.
Fox Trot" Under the Spell of
Your Kiss,"
Fox Trot" Overnight." CB221. Fox Trot" By a Lazy Country
Lane."
One Step-" That Lindy Hop."-
CB237..... Waltz--** Indiana Sweetheart." Fox Trot Oklahoma."-CB235. Fox Trot Shout for Happí
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Fox Trot--" Writing a Letter to
You."--CB234.
Fox Trot When Your Hair
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Care For." CB241;" Waltz Drink, Bothers Drink."
-OB231: Waltz-We Two."-
For Trot Cochran’s 1931 Revue
-Half Caste Woman." Fox Trot-"Cochran's 1031 Revue Stealing Thro'."-OB243. One Stop "Pass! Shoot!!
Goal! Fox Trot-Send Out Sunshine,”
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Fox Trot" I'll Be Good Because
of You."
Eyes Unto the Hills." Ollertory.
Offertory Prayer.
Hymn "From Greenland's Icy
Mountains.".
Sermon-What Is God Like? Hymn-Lord of All Being
Throned Afar."
National Anthem.
Benediction."..
Voluntary.
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p.m.-Close down.
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8.03 to 8.15 p.m.-
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"Love Everlasting."--Victor Salon
Orchestra.-20188.
"Rapsodie. Espagnole" (Ravel).—
Victor Symphony Orch--0700, 3.15 to 6.45 p.m.-
Relay of the musical portion of the play "Splinters" from the King's Theatre.
8.45 to 10 p.m.
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Recorded Music,
Organ Solo Fantasia in C Minor" (Bach)-Marcel Duprë.
Bolo--" Fugue in Organ
Minor" (Bach)-Marcel Dupre. -9284.
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themselves" instead of taking Mr. Montagu's word for gospel, the Die. Hard's Manifesta March 5, 1922, is given in full:
Loyalty to the Throne, and maintenance" of religion.
Reform of the House of Lords. Protection of life, liberty and property.
· Crime-murder, arson, etc.-to be resisted by the whole force of the State.
Economy and relief from exces- sive taxation.
anti-Labour? The author gives an amusing extract of a speech by that enfant terrible George Lansbary:
and gave Punch a chance in a cartoon which must have penetrat ed even
L.G.'s pachydermatous' hido. The British public simply One king stood up against the common people and that day he does not know the story of the lost his head-lost it really. deep humiliation of England at Later one of his descendants Haakow; all that is known is that thought he would have a turn: certain individuals received vari- they told him to get out and heous decorations for services render- went quickly. George the
Fifth would be well, advised to od in the 'difficult and delicate keep his finger out of the pio
DOW.
This was anticipating "Big Bill" Thompson
of Chicago, but "the suave Ramsay MacDonald came along to the rescue of those startled
Freedom for private enterprise instead of State interference and the multiplication of officials sup-by ported out of public funds.
Sound finance and careful ad- ministration instead of hasty and. grandiose schemes of so-called reconstruction.
Pence both at home and abrand' as a indispensable condition of liberty and security necessary "to active industry, regular employ- ment and prosperity
Firm and unselfish government throughout the Empire, notably in India... Liberty, stability, peace and economy to be main tained in every part of national policy.
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eituation of surrender,' as someone | TERMS:-Cash on DeliverY. wrote rather sarcastically at the time. Thcss rewards put a pre- mium on defeatism÷pour encoura- ger les autres, but in what a dif- ferent sense from the case of the One could wish the author had de- luckless, courageous Admiral Byng! finitely laid the blame of our failure We are a party of idealists. in China at that time on Sir Aus We are a party that away in the ton Chamberlain's shoulders, for dreamland of imagination dwells in my opinion that is where hie in the social organisation, fairer knew in 1920 that Lenin had tory will, place the responsibility. and more perfect than any or said it was in China that the ganisation that mankind has ever British Empire would be
thrown, but Geneva and Locarno Oh dear! Oh dear! The author were too much for him. The years could not resist the eareasm that 192576-vital years for British in- torests in China-found Sir Aus- the Labour Party then appeared ton fiddling while Rome was burn- to be simply a large missionarying, strulious idealist preaching society out to regenerate the world by purely spiritual means I
known.
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"However, in the true mission ury spirit Ramanay Macdonald lost no time in recognising the Soviet Government (February, 1994), and' they in their turn lost hardly more time in "getting a moyo on" in England for the furtherance of their schems, of world-revolution, The arrest and subsequent release, of John Ross Campbell, editor of
the Workers' Weekly, for sedition
Choral "Messiah Behold the Lamb of God" (Handel).—
Conservatives Criticized, Royal Choral Society. Choral Messiah-Glory to God. Nothing very
very" dangerous in the Highest (Handel).-}
the above policy, surely, except Royal Choral Society.-0018, Violin Solo" Cantique de Noel" perhaps to the Coalition Govern-
(Adam). -Marck Weber,
ment whose death-knell at sounded;" Violin Solo-" Andantino Re
and with the Coalition out went ligioso Weber.--20889.
Lloyd George-to the intense relief Song- Rocked in the Cradle of of the nation as a whole.
the Deep" (Knight). Wilfred Lloyd George is an old soldier, he Song "Asleep in the Deep
simply will not dic, and is even in inauing an appeal to soldiers, (Lamb and Petrio)-Wilfred taking an unconscionable long time sailors and airman; somewhat Glenn (Bass).-20244. Organ Solo Now the Day is in fading away! The chapter A shook the British public, so that Over" (Baring-Barnaby). Conservative Interlude deals with when in October the famous Peace Perfect Pence (Cald-
the return of the Conservatives to
'Zinoviev Letter' was published by bech), Mark Andrews-20780. Organ Solo-"Lend Kindly unfettered power-and the mess
the Daily Mail the electorate was Light" (Newman and Dykes). they made of it! Mrs. Webster re-prepared to believe anything. At
calls a conversation with a leading the General Election which fellow-} member of the Party when she ex-ed the Conservatives returned to pressed the hope that we would power again with a record na follow up our advantage and make jority-fool-proof, almost.. MTB. our position secure, to which the Webster devotes á chapter to Con reply was made that nothing of scrvatiam in Power (1024/0), and the kind was at present contem-shows how the virus of Socialism plated as everyone was feeling tired had penetrated the ranks of Con G" (Beethoven).-Serge Kous- and in need of relaxation after theservativo, statesmen during their sevitzky. String Bass Solo" Valse Minin- strain of the election.", Poor dears, shart experience of 'Labour' GoT-
trire."
Koussevitzky)-Serge anemia, shortness of breath and
all that, I suppose.
-Mark Andrews,-90780. Orchestral "The Bat" (Strauss).
Marek Weber and his Orch.
21020.
Choral Oh Come All Ye Faith ful" (Oakley and Portugal).- Trinity Choir. Choral Toy to the World" (Watts and Handel).-Trinity Chair.-20946, String Bass Solo-"Minuet in
Koussevitzky.-1476. Choral "All Hail the Power of
Jesus Name" "(Holden); — Trinity Choir. Choral Jesus Christ is Risen
To-dny
(Davidica).-Trinity
Choir.-21955,
Why Labour Got.In.
ernment, and prepares, her readers for the inevitable debacle of May | 30, 1929 when "Socialism, had an. other innings and are indeed atill The author makes a very good batting! The author draw an ex- point in reminding the Conservcellent cricket analogy between tives of what they have always for- Organ Solo Abide With Me" gotten, that is, that it is not the Conservative and Labour,' warn- (Lyte Monk),--Mark Andrews, present social system but agitationing Conservatives that cricket is Organ Solo Nearer My God to against it which has given Hamsay essentially a game for two sides Thee" (Adams and Mason)-MacDonald, Snowden and colleagues and that when one side doesn't Mark Andrews-20120.
place and power, and that these cbserve the rules it simply ceases to men will not be the sufferers should be cricket. However, that by the thorough going Socialism ever come way. to stay. We see it in Russia, to- day, and indeed it is the teaching of history Mrs. Webster shows that the Conservatives spent most of their time in writing letters to the Soviet and receiving rude re plies, in kow-towing to Socialiam,
10 p.m.-Close down.
N.B.The European recorded music in the above programme was selected and supplied by Messrs. Tsang Fook Piano Co.
A SURE WAY TO STOP INDIGESTION.
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Indigestion is such a common ailment that many people regard it as an unavcidable evil, nover realising that unless checked it is doing incalculablo harm to the stomach and
caute may .even stomach ulcers. The best, safest and surest tremedy for digeative troubles a little 'Bieurated' Magnesia in a quarter of a tumbler of water after meals, which not only corroete the trouble at its sonroe, but soothes, heals and pro
the stomach lining. The tecta
Bisurated moment you take Magnosis it neutralises the excERS acidity, proventa fermentation, "and" that's the end of indigestion. Your One Stop Lady of Spain."-chemist palla Bisurated Magnesia
OB242.
Fox Trot" Ten Cents. a Dance,'
-CB249, Waltz-Tears.” ...
Fox Trot Alma Mia."-C3250. Fox Trot You'll Be Mine in
Apple Blossom Time."
et
Fax Tral Goodnight. Freet
heart."-03253.
Waltz Bolls of Normandy.'
in both powder tablets, the Fox Trot-River, StayWay, one and only Biurated Magnosis that doetere recommend and hos from. My Door,"
TratMiss Elizabeth. pitals use, because it is as enfe as Brown:"CBM:
it is affactive
Fox
Surrender!
The really appalling mess that the DOW Government made of practically everything they touched during the five years they were in power can perhaps charitably be accounted for by the old tag: in backing Germany against France. Quem deus perdere vult, prius in a word, in fiddling around gener dementat! However, there were ally instead of getting on with come bright streaks, .., the them in May, 1923, against this self- General Strike, though in the lat things. Winston Churchill warned Arcos raid, the handling of the complacency vis-a-vis the Socialists ter it was quite obviously the in the following prophetic words 'spirit of the people that won the which the author reproduces from day, and the despatch of troops the Times of May 25 of that year: to defend Shanghai. But the Con- It will be said on every side, servative Government simply would "The Coalition was tried; it was not govern! The missionary spirit unpopular. The Tories have was abroad-they give everything tried they have failed. The and take nothing, except insults
policy-and from Liberals are
Geneva-cum- still quarrolling. among themselves. Now it is the Locarno to Peking via Siberia, Canada, Baez or Panama British turn of the Labour Party-lot interests suffered and British pres them have their chance.'! And
tige reached. nadir. In Egypt, în millions of voters will respond to india, in Chine, it is the same this argument, and without any sorry story of surrender, and 1 real battle or strong political may hore remark that the modera content a Socialist: Governmenttion of Mrs. Wobster's languago in. may be installed in power in unfolding this tale of megalcmanja single day... I cannot but and incompetence might usòfully feel that this, in a very "gerave bo taken as a model of how 'criti, possibility.
"cism should hajexpressed,
over-
patience and conciliation to his unfortunate fellow countrymen in the Far East from the ocmfort and security of an easy chair in White. hall!
The Last Ditch.
Mrs Webster's final chapter is called appropriately enough The Last Ditch, the author in Bome. inspired writing takes heart in the glorious past of Britain the cradle of Clive and Wellington, of Drake, Nelson and Pitt, the noble example set by the flower of her
Youth perished in the Great War
Patriotism must no longer
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