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BURMA GRAVE AND GAY
VIVID PICTURE OF A CHEERFUL AND COLOURFUL RACE.
INTERESTING ROTARY CLUB ADDRESS.
An interesting address, entillud Burma-Graye aud.Gay," was delivered of the Rotary Club yesterday by Mrs. Broadbent. Tho mealing was presided over by Sir William Hornell and thore was a very large, attendance present.
Mr Broadbent gave an insight into the domestic life of the Burman, his actitude towards foreigners and other peculiar "faa. tures of his axistence.
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'THE IRISHMAN OF THE EAST.“
HONG KONG DAILY
PRESS
WEDN
DAY, MARCH 9, 1932.
shoes at theicy, ingrad v shrines are getting too wet and he took The agitator had his way and in them out of the water and laid the uanto of religion, launched what them on the bank to dry was really a political and
Fresh milk is never to be. con- anti- British movement. No European,sumed by Burmans, because it barting an occasional tourist, now deprives the calf of its proper food, aver goes up to pagoda platforms but Nestit's condensed milk soll in Barmaq, meme
better in Burma-than anywhere elso: in the world. It in an elegant and suitable offering, too, to make to a monk.
Burms Pagodas are quite differ ant from those of China. They are made of solid lime-washed brick work. It is an act of marit to build a pagoda, but apparently there is no morib in, repairing one that another man has built, the result being that the landscape is Uotted with little white pagodas,
Living in Burma, near its bor- ders, mostly in the hills, there are' some quite interesting peoples and tribos. The most numerous are the Karons but are now largely wattled in the plains. They are steadier
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UNEASINESS SWATOW
MAYOR REPLIES TO
JAPANESE PROTEST.
WAR NEWS REPERCUSSIONS.
(From Our Own. Correspondent).
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Yesterday, for the first time, "war news published in the vernacular
PODPIS WAS not encouraging, to readers. While not exactly admit-
all built on the same pattera and and more persevering than the ting a severe reverse on the Shang- most of them falling into decay.Burmans, less volatile and lass hai battle-front, the Chiness said Every English village has its light-hearted. In dress and habits the general retreat was "according In addition to Mr. and Mrs. We rode into this village early one church, but a Burma village can they are now hardly distinguishable to plan. "
As a result of Japanese succesBOR Broadbent, the Chairman welcomed morning to find it apparently, ab- count its pagodas by the score. The from the Burmans. With the Bur- the following guena-Rotarian L. solutely dosented. After abis building of pagodas is so much in man the missionary has made little in Shanghai the people here are E. Schroeder, of the Liege Club, caught sight of a face peeping outroque than when conversing with phoadway, though the former is afraid of a possible, punitive expe Belgium; Mr. F. L. Cole, of the from behind the post of a house, well-to-do elderly, Burman, it is quite polite to his wood be conver dilion to Swatow, so that quita, a American Consulate, Hong Kong; then another from behind a sack of ordinary manners to assume that heter and pleased to discuss Chris-large number of Chinese residents Mr. S. Boxer, Warden of Morrison | peddy, At length, a woman, has followed the fashion and to adtianity, but it rarely gets beyond have again left the port. Hall University Hostel: M Elly braver chan the rest, ventured out dress him as Payataga, ie., build-thnt. Kadoorie, of Marble Hall, Shang-4a our talk with her was merely er of pagodnă, ha; Mr. G. Pickering, of Lloyd's ¦ about buying some chickens and the Register; Mr. A. C. Spence, Syd- display of money showed that we ney, Australia, and Mr. E. Fromm, meant to pay for them and not Wisconsin, U.S.A.
commandeor them, others OD emerged and gathered round us, All
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A Songful Tribe.
The nequiring of merit is the keynotes of Buddhism as practiced The Karons, in the other hand, are largely Christians. They have in Burma... But there are less ox pensive methods of acquiring merit a good deal of folk-lore of their
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Women have no souls,
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Those who cannot rise so high can place little bowls of drinking water at the corner of the road,
Reply to Japanese Protest; A raply has been received by the Japanese Consul from the Mayor to the protest concerning the recent attack on three, Japanese. The Mr. Schroeder, in a brief address
than building a pagoda, A monas-own. In this there is a story of a Mayor advanced the statement that said that he was engaged on a busi, the able-bodied men had gone offtery is less costly or an open, plat-white man with a book under his is was, the outcome of isolated cases hew trip and extended the best for some distance to cut wood, lony-form with a roof, over it where may arm who was to teach them theof "privato quarrel" between the wishes of his Club in Belgium to ing the old men, women and child-casual traveller may camp..
truth, so they recognised the mis-victime and the attackers" Accord- the Hong Kong and Canton Clubs, ron in the village. Then told us
sionary at sight. They have a great ing to his version, the Japanese He remarked that there were ton that on eighing sight of us a
gift for music and have taken were jeering at the firing of crack. Clubs in Belgium, which had only little distance off they really believ
readily to the European style ers (oslebrating victories in eight million inhabitants, but Roed that we were dacoits and that
There, voices are ofter really beau-Shanghai) and that this exaupe, bary was getting op very well there was why they had hidden them
tiful and Karen choirs will renderrated the Chinese public. He added He referred to the fact that four selve.
Be it noted, it is the wife who alsacred music, not only hymns, ne that three Chinese were first as years ago he attended the Rotary Arriving in Rangoon from India ways keeps the bowls. Alled but it woll as any western choir. I do not saulted and subsequently injured Convention at Minneapolis. and or China you would be struck by is the husband who gots, the merit mean that they sing only sacred and this was backed up by medical urged all those who had the op- the atmosphere of gaiety and colour, She, poor thing, can never have a music. I have heard Harry Lau-certificates which he forwarded to portunity of visiting the Conven- Kipling, comparing it with India, ou as long as she remains & der's songs given every gupes of
the. Japanese Consul, tion not to miss it.
describes it as a "cleaner, greener woman. Her only chance is to be their value by an educated Karen. In introducing Mrs. Broadbent, land.” His stay in the country horn some pleasant animal in the
In the North West are the Chine the Chairman explained that her was of the briefest and in his une next life and gradually work up to who tattoo the faces of their women husband had spent some 20 years littany song, "On the Road to Man-be a man. "May you be born a on marriage, so as to make them as a barrister in Burma and haddalay," he has taken more than a pig or a woman in your next life" less attractive to raiding tribes. I spant some three years in Minds poet's license, with the geography is a specially scathing form of should think they achieve their lay. The Chairman remarked that of the country, but it sounds up abuse.
object as the poor things look most
The exact position, was as fol ho had visited the country and hop-commonly wall.
repulsive. Their neighbours, the lows-when the Mayor was. Arsi Kachine, blacken the teeth of their
acquainted with the news of the woman with the same object
tender regrets to the Consul Kachin was recruited during the attack, his deputy was asked to war by way of experiment. Ea showed himself a very smart bright when the Consul personally called incident had taken place at all; little soldier, very like the Gurkah protest, the Mayor denied the
aid of the Burman who will not when a few soldiers fired on the take soldiering seriously. "
The Simple Burman.
The
None of the local newspapers mentioned the incident, and when pressmen called to inquire what representations were being made by the Japanese Consul, they were
told "none",
A male Burman Buddhist, how ed to be able to visit it again. There is colour, gaiety and laugh ever, is not born, with a spul In ter everywhere. It is positively in order to acquire a soul he must dos Mrs. Broadbent said: -When Ifectious. Whereas in India, the the yellow rone and become a was asked to address you "it was crowd is all clothed in white of a phongyi for some period of his strongly indicated that the mare varying degree of cleanliness and life. In most cases this is for a frivolous I could be the belter. Myin China, black, dark blue and few days only: Alput the age of subject," perhaps, lends itself rather grey, a Burman crowd is a regular 15 a Burman boy goes through a in uppearance. The same cannot be if so, why the medical evidence? to this mods of treatment as of all the races of the East the Burman 1 by far the most gay and light hearted.
kaleidescope of colour. An Indian crowd, too, is almost entirely mule and is grave and serious.
"Whacking White Cheroat."
Japanese gunboats in the harbour he said the protest then made was a direct insult to the military be cause nothing like that had hạp pened.
ceremony in which his head is made "white" by shaving, after which, he Assumes the yellow robe and goes The Palaungs, a small tribe, into a monastery for a minimum seem to admire a swanlike neck, in period of five days, ·
their women, as they bind their He has been called the "Irishman
In Burma. nobody seems serious.
The yellow robe, is much in evi necks round with brass rings add of the East," "Nature's Gemle Womon are as plentiful as men,dence, all over Burma. In Manda ing to these from time till a most man," "A lazy, rotter." (Laught moving about freely and unveiled, y lo there are many thousands formidable brass collar is formed. Japanese Attaakad Again. er). Having spent 20 years in his chattering, chaffing with passers of these monks. The universal It is said that when a missionary
Yesterday saw three more Japan- country and knowing him to some by, laughing and smoking what kindness inculcated by the Budd-once persuaded a Palaung convert
ese being attacked by a cargo-000-| extent, I see the point of each of Kipling called her whacking hist religion does not seem to draw | to remove her" rings," the poor these "descriptions. He is happy white sheroot," not made of tobacce the line at sheltering criminals and woman could not hold up her head under the influence of liquor. As Lio who seemed to be somewhat go-lucky, unmethodical, unpunctual, our of chopped up aromantic wood fear that many a man who should without them, so they had to ba re- unreliable and has no love for hard in a white bamboo fibre wrapping.be in gaol, poses as a holy man un-placed.
a Japancaa was in the act of alight- work. But he is bleat with a keen Both men and women are clothed der the yellow robe. It is a fact,
The Shane lying in the Shaning from a ricksha (he was lucky to sense of humour and has very plea in skirt of bright coloured Burma at any rate, that "when any man is states, are divided into a good procure "ons), outside the Taiwan) Take a respectable silk. They live up to the slogan, wanted by the police they generally" many tribes. They are ruled by Bank, he was hit but dodged the
Encourage home industry.”
sant manners.
blow. The ricksha. puller, was next village older, one who has known
go and comb out the monasteries. Traw-hwas, the equivalent of a nothing of cities and has had little
The children are miniaturo · re- |
At daylight, carly morning Patty rajah in India, under the assaulted. Almost immediately an intercourse with strangurs. He will plicas of their parents, complete streams of these yellow-robed gares guidance of British officers,
other Japanese camo along and re receive you, à casual traveller, with with white cheroot or cigarette..
ceived. two blows on the back, A wend their way through town and wonderful simple courtesy, with Anything that is old enough to village with large black Incquer, beg
Curious Bowers,
Formosan who intervened was also none of the over effusiveness or walk is old enough to smoke,
ging bowls, hung round the neck An interesting small Skan tribe assaulted--all this the work of one cringing sometimes displayed by The Burman is small of stature, and grasped with the two hands. 'near Port Stedman are the people man. None of the Japanese re- Indians in similar circumstances. aloppy eyed and yellow skinned and Into these bowls. the faithful empty who row with one leg." They aretaliated but rushed inside the Bank He neither asserts nor humbles distinctly Mongolian. They are himself. He spreads his best mat quick and, native of body and the out the bottoms of the rice-pots and known as Inntha, that is sons of the A police sergeans appeared on the for you to sit upon and does not young Burman is quite a fair curry pansa most unholy me the lake. They are lake dwellers, their scene and had the man arrested.
A few days ago, when the post-i houses being built on piles over the contents of thero bowls must be i apologise for the absence of a chair athlete. He has shown extraordin- which of course is never used by ery aptitude for football-soccer. But it is probably reserved for the water. The staple diet in fish, ob- tion of the Japanese, in Swatow tained, mostly by spearing, Anwas so precarious, the bank re humbler guests of the monastery I "Kalataing," meaning the thing a team of Rangoon school boys, the foreigner siis on.
none of them over 18, played a draw food for his is a vow of poverty.
The Fisherman.
him. The Burmese word, for it is only, not ruggor. Many years ago, Theoretically a monk must not bayanths, when ba goes solo fishing inquested its depositors to withdraw
a small dug-out, finds be can see their holdings, it was uncertain the fish and spear them more, whether it would continue to func quickly by standing up. To propel tion. As a result many accounts' his eft, he curls one leg around with the bank ware closed. It is the pedal which is fixed in a row- lock, stendring the pedal with one still carrying on with the main gate hand while the other grasps the closed, spear. The same method is em played in larger dug-outs with
several rowara,
Some little knowledge" of the with a regimental team that had language is of course necessary if won the Army Cup in India. Wor
A good Buddhist must take no you want to establish friendly re- The Burmans are excitable and Iations for they have a strange dis- fond of dramas, dances and shows life. This embodies considerable
·Beady for thal. “40Zads.? like of being talked to through an of all kinds. Up to a point they complications for the Burman, who interpreter, more especially if he are courageous. They are callous is no vegetarian like the Hindu,
Boat racing is a very favourite Last week General Wong, com is an Indian. There is no trace of as regards causing suffering to His solution is to eat what he finds
amusement with them. Canoes mending the Seventh Division, ar- shyness in the women. Purdah is others and prone to crimes of viol- and to ask no questions.
travel very fast and they get quite Fish enters largely into their a long and powerful stroke, Crows ved here and his troops are now unknown here. They have always ence. Dacoitry, that is, robbery
menia ditary in a particularly objee of men and women have been billeted in commandpered quarters, mixed freely with the man. They with violence, by armed are extremely friendly and seem to bands of five or more, is of common tionable form. All kinds of fish are brought down to Mandalay and to part is quartered in the Com
Rangoon to race against each other: take a real pleasure in mesting accurrence and the percentage of buried in the ground with a large for the entertainment of Royal and mercial School, thereby shutting white woman and are particularly higher in Burma than in any other blo ordeal to be stuck in a railway tribes, but I don't want to exhaust
convictions for violent crime is far quantity of salt and it is a terri-Vico-regal visitors.
out a big number of prospective I have not nearly exhausted these
students, province of India, her "clothes.
siding near a truck full of this you. I am sure you would find His predecessor, Gen: Chang, Conversation is a little limited
Indian Agitatora; ·
composition, especially in hot was Burma a fascinating country and it detailed for duty at Chaoyang. but. and as with other Orientals consiste
Sadition in Burma was no doubt ther. You would think they ought is not so very difficult to get it is ruiboured he will soon lead an mainly of searching questions as to stirred up in the first instance, by to be grateful to the fishermen through from here. I hope what I antilled, expedition to Fukien. one's-age-inname, size and agitators in India Thay-bagay Not a bit of it! He is considered have said may have roused your in- Gen, Lee Yong Kiang is at his
working on the Burman's religious the most low-down fellow, almost as terest in it and its people... Base Headquarters in Chrochowfa eity feelings, telling him that the Wer degraded. na grave-diggers, who are Mr. G. Bellamy in a brief Ho is keeping a paraful look-out for torners were lighting his religion always segregated. A traveller spezoh, thanked Mr Broadbent the "Red" from that direction, when they visited his, pagodas with one asked, Intelligent questions of a for her interesting talk, observing With the enormous number of ous removing their shoes, though fisherman as to how he reconciled that he had failed, in spite of his troops at his disposal he will be the older homes of Bhuddism the catching off with the tempte alert attention to find anything in able to cope with quy activities by Coylon" and "Japan"""" Hut - never of his religion. The fisherman ex- the, address which he could eriti dhe feds and check, their advance.
removal of plained that he thought the an eise. insisted
interested in, her
of house, husband's, occupation and number of children
Mistaken for Decolts,
We once had the experients at a village within twenty miles of Man dalay, though rather off the beaten track, of being mistaken for dacoils,
the on
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