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SOME IMPRESSIONS OF CHINA
Dr. And Mrs. W. G Owens Speak-To Students
PRAISE FOR UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI
Shangnai, June 3, "Dr. and Mrs. W. G. Owens, who have spent the last year with the University of Shanghai, spoke in assembly DA Monday morning. telling of some of their impres sions of China, Dr. Owens, who is
FRANKENSTEINS
OF THE MAN OF SCIENCE
Discoveries That Degrade Life
SIR RICHARD GREGORY'S GRAVE
WARNING
London, May 22.
A grave warning of the perils of scientific progress was uttered last night by Sir Richard Gregory, the editor of "Nature." lecturing at the Royal Instituion, Londan, an "Science in a Changing World,”
Str Richard said that many scientific discoveries had not add-
Its degradation. He urged that it had became the duty of men of science to adjust themselves to the
78, has recently retired from te ed to the amendes of life, but to faculty of Bucknell University, and has spent the year teaching Chemistry in the University of Shanghai Mrs. Owens.
past 70, China's oldest co-ed, has been do- ing graduate work in Sociology.
"Ever since about the Arst two was in China," Dr. days that I In acknowledging the note and Owens said, "people have asked accompanying statement.on June
do, you think of ine, What 7. Sir Ronald Lindsay said:
China?' I have found several "Ha Majesty's Government ex-things quite different from what I plained in their note of. June 4. 1934. the reasons for which they were reluctantly forced to suspend payments. 'Those reasons are fortunately no less valid than they were then.
"His Majesty's Government de- sire me to express their appecia- tion of your assurance that the I'nited States Government ате ready to discuss any proposals in regard to the payment which may
have been accustomed to in Ame- rica. The first thing, we live in a mountainous country, and the queer thing to me is to see an
liner sailing ocean
among the trees here, or to go out into the
En
LAMMERTS AUCTIONS
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FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1936
· Commencing at 2,30 P.M.
AT THEIR SALES ROOM, DUDDELL STREET
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE
Comprising:
conditions of Д changing
Black Wood Furniture, Chester- world, and to take an active part field Suites, Teak Bed & Dining in promoting worthy uses of Room Furniture. Office, Furniture, scient fic discoveries and in pre- Pianca, Gramophones & Records, venting the application of new Radios, Carpet, Rugs, Porcelain and forces to purposes of destruction. Glass Ware, Brass and Alumínium "Science a changing world Ware, Silver & E. P. Ware, Orna- means science adapting itself to ments, Clocks, Cooking Stoves, the new cond tons of Ute which Typewriters, Electric Ceiling and have resulted from the applica- | Table Fans, Electric Table Lampa, tion of its discoveries, and assist- and Radiators, Filters Cutlery, Ice ing in the solution of the problems Chests, Refrigerators, Curtains, etc.,
eto. created by them." he said.
aleo
Crystal Candle Sticks
Hand Painted French Porcelain Fine Oil Paintings and Water
Colours
SHUNNED BY SOCIETY "Though the pursuit of natural country and see a big sall moving knowledge must go forward, what Out Glass Table Decorations through the wheat fields and the
ever the consequences, the mar rice felds. Then I was up on a of scence cannot disregard the hill a few weeks ago and looked social effects of his discoveries down and saw that all the roads If he creates # Frankenstein av far as I could see were made mons.er which becomes the terro. be put forward, and I am in-cut of water.
That shows that of the human race he may him- structed to assure you in return you have a very different country self end in being shunned by that His Majesty's Government from that which we are accustom- civil.sed society, or his passion for will be glad to reopen negotiationsed to. Then the crops are very truth be put under control because whenever circumstances are such different, and the ways of farm-
16 may of the dangers to which a to warrant hope that a satising are different. Here you have lead." factory result might be
very small fields, with a man 11- ed."-
ing each of them. Where I live. British Wireless
we have very large farms, cul- tivated by tractor."
reach-
THE KING TO VISIT PORTSMOUTH
WHEN HE HOLDS THE LEVEE
He spoke of the differences in the fruits and flowers, the wea- ther, the way in which Chinese cities are laid out, with narrow and winding streets. as contrasted with the broad. straight streets of most American cities.
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IMPRESSIVE MAN-POWER "The thing that impressed- me I:DSt WAS the man powers," he stated. "Whereas we do things by trucks, horses, mules, and ani- London, June 8. mals, nearly everything is done
drive in a here by man power, The State carriage, accompanied by a power of China is certainly enor- Sovereign's escort of Household mous, and you use it for practical- Cavalry, to-morrow morning from ly everything. That is very dif- York House to Buckingham Palace,ferent from what we are accus- where His Majesty is holding a tomed to." lexee.
HM the King will
It is announced to-day that the King is visiting Portsmouth on June 30 to inspect the establish- ments in the Portsmouth Naval Command. His Majesty will visit the naval barracks and afterwards the marines' barracks at Eastney. and will lunch with Admiral Sir John Kelly, Commander-in-Chief. at Admiralty House,
The King may also visit the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, which has recently undergone her annual overhaul- British Wirelesi.
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Dr. Owens went on to speak of the differences in the people, the Chinese people all having the same colouring, while in America they are all different. In other respects, he said that he found the people very much the same. If anything, the Chinese are more cordial, friendly, and polite.
"Several times I have been ask- ed about the students," he said. "I think they are just the same as American students. There are some that could improve.
"There is one other point, and that is the co-operation which you have shown with your president in
Bir Richard sald that there could be no question that expen- diture on aclentinc research was a profitable investment: But the greater it became the more urgent was the need o see that it pro- moted progressive human welfare instead of its degradation
"Scientific workers," he declared, "have now to pause and consider whether they should be content to let others be responsible for the use or misuse of their contribu- tions to knowledge. It is the duty of men of science to assist
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the new.powers they are con- thually placing in the hands of the community, for otherwise the world seems likely to be reduced to a place of dust and ashes.
TO SAVE CIVILISATION "The impacts of aclence with soclety are now so numerous that scientific studies in the realm of are ever more social biology
than necessary for civilised life
In the physical researches sciences."
Sir Godfrey Collins's
Plea
DEVELOPMENT ON BIG SCALE
London
Sir Godfrey Collins, Secretary of
Our distributive and economic system remained on the basis of a pre-scientific age, 'wholly "unad-State for Scotland, in a reference justed to the needs of a changing to the new Economic Committee the for Scotland at a combined meet- world and unable to bear burdens placed upon it by the ing of Greenock Liberal and
Unionist
problems of new and almost in-
Associations in the credible abundance.
Temperance Institute, Greenock,
that "A regenerative influence is re-sald
be WBJ specially elvilisation from interested in the possibility of quired to save disaster." Sir Richard declared; securing for Scotland a due share "and the mission of science in the of the higher industries to supple- changing world of to-day should ment the heavy Industries. be to introduce it into the field of social biology and thus enable us still to believe in the highest
the troublous times in which we are living bera. That is a very fine thing that the students in this institution have stood by the president and the policy which he i trying to carry out. I think destiny of man" that is the only thing that you London, June 8.
can do with any success. I want Effects of the new French Pre- mier. M. Leon Blum's declaration to congratulate you upon that.
"I am glad to have spent this of policy were apparent on the foreign exchange market to-day.It will always be a happy memory year with you" he said in closing.
in my life."
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when there was a marked rally in the French franc, and other con- tinental gold currencies streng-POWER TO GET THINGS DONE thened in sympathy.
Mrs. Owens said that she had Closing three months' forward been greatly impressed by the rate for the French franc at 6 power of the Chinese people to get discount showed a small improve things done. She contrasted the ment,.
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He felt that until we had deve- loped the new and lighter indus-" tries on a considerable scale. the economic problem, of Scotland would continue to warrant serious concern.
Ex-Provost Baxter, president of the Liberal Association, presided at the meeting.
"
Sir Godfrey Collins, in a refer- ence at the outset to the Budget, said that because of the urgent need for replacing our weakened defences and safeguarding our- selves in what we had learned, rather painfully, to be a turbulent world, the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer had to raise an additional £20,000,000.
A licence for a coat of arms has been granted by the Lyon King of Arms to the Caledonian Insurance setting of the Bucknell University Company, of Edinburgh, which re- campus, in the naturally beautiful, ceived a Royal charter in 1810, five last wooded hills of America, with the year after it was founded.
beautiful campus of the University. The coat of arms shows a thistle of Shanghai that has been built on a shield. The crest is the seat up during the last thirty years, ed figure of Commerce, holding a from the original marsh and mud spear in her right hand and rest- ftats of the river bank.
ing her left on a cornucopia. The fact "I feel that you have the more shield is supported by a lion and must be raised. The only question credit for your baautiful campus an eagle.
London, June 8.
Even after raising that sam, there was sill a balance of taxation remitted of £30,000.000
since 1931
Few people quarrelled with the that the additional sužn
that arose was whether it was
than Bucknell has." she said. "I The motto, "Providemus,” has raised in the fairest possible way. also feel like thanking the men the double, meaning. "We look and on that point he did not think There ar thirty overseas en- and women who made this univer-ahead" and "We provide for," trants among the 288 golfers who sity & possibility, because I feel" will compete in the British Open that schools like this are going to Golf Championship in which play be the salvation of China. Every coln. begins on June 22,
Edison, served humanity. country depends upon its youth Now the students going out from this university will do that, I am There are 11 Americans and six for its future, and China must es- French players among overseas pecially depend upon its educated | sure." --- competitors,, others coming from youth for its future, Spain, South Africa Jamaica,
there could be any doubt that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had dealt fairly as between the direct and the indirect taxpayer.
She went on to urge the students of free schools for the poor people. "You know that service is the and those who have graduated to This, she felt, would be the great- Bermuda Bolgtum Greece. Kenya one thing to be praised. The more do what they can to help with the est bit of service that the educated and Australa
service you can give the greater spread of education, particularly young people of China could `ren- British Wireless.
you will be. Sun Yat-sen, Lin-in the establishment and support der for their country-(N.CDN.>