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Interesting Debate On GOODWILL TRIP WE Western Education As Not Beneficial To China
Ricci Hall were the hosts to the Hongkong University Arts.
the Association at a lively debate held on Friday night on motion that "Western Education Has Not Been Beneficial To China,"
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the hosts. won by The Opposition, who were also majority of 17 votes, "the house defeating the motion by a count of 40 to 23. The Director of Education, Mr. C. G. Sollis, acted 23 referee.
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Opening the debate for the mo- surgery did not permit of the say- tion, MR. TAM SIM-KENG dis- [ing of lives as is effected in China cussed the growth among a class today.
of Chinese of the materialistle "concept that a Western education
was fashionable and modern.
turned to create A new custe
BURMA ROAD
The coming of Western
Mayor Of Calcutta
Indisposed
“CHUNGKING, Uct. 27 (Central). Word has been received from Mayor Siddiqi of Calcutta that he has postponed his goodwill too to China to next month owing to la recrudescence of his illness.
Mr. Siddiqi is coming to China at the request of Mohammed Ali President of the Indian Jinnah. Moslem League, who follows the course of China's war of resistance with interest and sympathy."
During the recent visit of the en-Chinese Moslem Goodwill Mission
CAN TAKE IT"
London Looks Ahead With Confidence After Whole Month Of Bombing
LONDON, Ost, ́8--One full month of ordeal by Are during which London stood up under fercer bombing than any city evec faced, has tempered this heart of the British empire for a long winter to come, wiltem - Edward W. Beattie, in the Manila Bulletin. More than that, it has given Britain, good cause to look forward with confidence to the day when the tables will be» tarned and the weight of air control passes to the Royal Air Force.
London
can take it. There is every reason to believe that this city will continue to take it in the future. The R.A.F. 1 becoming increasingly able to “dish it outsi and trade punches with the Luft-
German heavy industry.
Chinese who travelled abroad re- 8ineering had permitted of such to mdia and Asia Minor. Mr. waffe over the huge domain of,
; necessary accomplishments as the Jinnah promised to delegate an system catering to snobs, the Pro-dimming of the Yellow River and Indian Moslem envoy to China on
the building of what is now the a return goodwill tour. poser "claimed, that allowed Chartery that supplies the life blood
nese returned from Europe and America the reputation that they y were possessed of some special virtue,
of China-the Burma Road.
of
American Admiral Speaks Out
MR. O, V CHEUNG. for the motion, argued that Western Philosophy tended to upset the Wo some of these returned balance of Chinese character. 8o, students, the speaker continued Western industry also, claiming lack of knowledge of their own always material progress as a native language constituted An reason why workers for a little
for achievement, and
them to extra wage "should give more speak Chinese would have been-their-sweat-and-toll, sought to
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (Renter) the equivalent to contaminating "delude by the obvious."
-X11 the frankest speech ever their culture and refinement, II. on the one hand, the Burma' made by an active officer of the The West had brought to Chipa Road had been built. It was Dos- United States armed forces, Rear the worst elements
of Western sible to fly from here to Chung
Admiral John Towers yesterday civilisation and had created a king, to get milk from the soya
arged the sending of all war class of Chinese whose sole aim bean and to ride to town rather in life seemed to be a
equipment over absolute needs to desire to than
tire oneself by walking. it Britain and China. obtain easy employment and thus was as true that the West had
"I believe they are fighting for bask in the shadow of their West- brought to China what even the the things Americans are fighting er employers.
more cultured minds of the West for ne declared. had deplored in their own land, Admiral · Towers what. Wordsworth had mourned sending of and Blake had described as a land Britam because he Flying of "dark, Satante mills."
NOT FROM WITHOUT
A SUMMING UP
ST. ANDREW'S DAY
QUIET SHANGHAI OBSERVATIONS
The situation at the end of a
SHANGHAI Oct. 26 (Reuter)- month of air blitzkrieg can best." Andrew's Day will be cele. summed up as follows:
brated more quietly than usual Firstly, the bombing has not here this year in view of the pre- had nearly the effect that pre-valling situation both in the Far vious advertisement has forecast. East and Europe.
It has not been as bad as the The only ceremonies will con- faverage Londoner feared it would sist of the laying of a wreath at be, let alone as destructive as the the War Memorial" and an appeal German high command seems to fot more funds. have expected.
Most notable absentee will be There has been a huge toll in the Ewo Handicap-the colourful small men's homes and little event which is held annually at shops as well as little businesses, the Shanghai Race Club at noon There were thousands of casualties on St. Andrew's Day-due to the a number of amateur and tremendous human misery. loss of Life to millions of Londoners has jockeys many of whom have join- been one of discomfort in close ed the British forces, packed shelters for many hours ANNUAL MEETING from each 24."
The annual general meeting · af advocated, the There has been some stoppage St. Andrew's Society was held yea The greatness of a nation, the
claimed that damage to Fortresses to uf essential services, some serious terday.
wer industries and Mr. H. R. Cleland, partner in speaker continued, come from
Bingham and Matthews other military objectives, some Lowe, the within itself and not from with-
NOT CREDIT TO RACE out. China had benefited tic
United States would be unable slowing of production rates in was elected president in succes- by Westem education. When she MR. SUN KA-SIM, the final for some time to use them agamst factories due to lack of precaution Bion to Mr. A. Pollock, while Mr. would rise again it would not an opposition speaker, suggested that the enemy and she would be put-r confusion as to what to do John McNell was nominated to the as a result of Western teachings it was not to the credit of a race ting them to the purpose for which when the stren sounds, but essen-post of Vice-President
where but purely as the result of re-
like
tally, the raids since Sept. 7 have Pearl they were intended if she
not shaken the country. awakening of that old pioneer Buck's Wang Lung would be them to Britain now spirit that had survived domina-singled out as an example. West- tion by other aggressors and had em education had helped develop settled the lands and islands, to Chinese character and the per- the south.
MR. YU SUK-SU, leading the Opposition, discussed the relative merits of the Western school system and the old Chinese idea of superiority es Judged by STC- cess in, an examination that re- quired of the examinee nothing more than an ability to write an essay in a certain form,
The Western school system; Mr. Yu said, taught a young man the virtue of preparedness to help others, prepared him both physi- cally and mentally to face Bic,
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-character
In the
event of hostilities
UNIDENTIFIED
Rave
MORALE BETTER
-Secondly, British morale is bet- sonality of young Chinese and had
ter than ever. The average Lon- where they were able to stand up brought them to a state of mind PLANE OVER EIRE: doner, far from letting persistent air raids "get him down," is BOMBS DROPPED each for himself and to co-operate
adapting himself to new condi- one with another in any occupa-
DUBLIN, Oct. 27 (Reuter)-antions and managing to make te tion beneficial to the mass, even official announcement issued in reasonably tolerable. He is look- that ing to better defenses, and worse such a one, for example, as united Dublin yesterday" revealed
weather to make the coming win- resistance to the aggressor.
high explosives and Incendiary bombs were dropped by "an un-ter more peaceful than the past identified plano" late on Friday night on open country in County Wicklow.
Naval List
Of Awards
No-one was injured when slight damage was done to outhouses of a farmhouse. The Fire military authorities are investigating the
and encouraged him to be theral Withdrawal Of Allied occurrence.
with his ideas. This was a far superior effect to that left upon the student by the old Chinese. system that made a man conser- vative and obstinate to the recen- tion of new ideas.
NEW STATUS
Armies Recalled
LONDON. Oct. 20 (Reuter) The names of naval officers and ratings appear in a list of awards
month.
Health Minister, Mr. Mal-- colm McDonald, warning 'that fieavy bombing of London was vlikely to be renewed, has an- nounced the details of a new evacuation scheme for the whole London area. Mr. McDonald said the recent registration for evacuation has
ROYAL NAVY SHELL been
SIDI BARRAN!
in yesterday's London Gazette for LONDON, Oct. 29. (Reuter) -
good services in the withdrawal British aircralt again bombed Western Education, the speaker continued, had also given a new French coast.
of the Allied armies from the Tobruk and British naval units bombarded Italian positions east status to the Chinese women. It had brought her out of ignorance
Francis of Sidi Barrani, according to yes- and obscurity to a position where Douglas Watson, of Pangbourne, terday's High Command communi she took her proper place by the receives the D.S.O., and the Con- 'que in Rome.
Acting Commander
very disappointing and thought that one of the main factors for this decline in regis-" tration was that the more COTI→ gested areas have not had as heavy bombing the last week or so as in the early days of the attack on London. -
NEW SCHEME
The Health Minister said the
apicuous Gallantry Medal is award- The Italian communique" added people should keep in mind that side of her man Many Chinese ed Leading Stoker Ronald Keith that the Italian air force bombed the falling off in the bombing is politiciens and men in other walks Robb, also of Pangbourne, who railway depots at Mersa of life were being helped to £
. considerable extent by the good stood up without cover to slip a
when badly wounded in both arms, Fuka and H Daba,
influence of their wives.
MR. CHEEAF SEEW - ONN,
cable. Later, although he could
seconding the motion, brought out only use one damaged arm, Robb
helped repair parties.
the fact that the influence of the West and Western Education had
Alfred Smith, Royal Australian brought into being the modern Navy, is among those mentioned state of Japan, which country despatches for bravery when Cuttacking the German cruiser
Scharnhorst.
West.
a typical product of the
It was true that from the West there came to China. Bertain ac- ceptable Ideas and the Chinese
FRENCH STEAMER,
Matrulikely to be only temporary. They
CLO CHIEF SUPPORTS WILLKIE WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (Reuter) The American Labour leader, Mr. John Lewis, who supported President Roosevelt in 1936, an nounced in a special broadcast yesterday that he is supporting Mr. Wendell Wilkie, the Repub- for the Presi-
had profited from what the West, DETAINED BY JAPS. can candidate
could teach, in the applied sciences and from what the West had ex-
'perienced in financial, legal and economic problems
OWN TEACHINGS ··
would be wise to go to the coun- try before heavy bombing starts again."
Outlining the details of the new
evacuation scheme, Mr. McDonald
promised to remove mothers and
children of school age to safer areas within two days of regis-
tration.
- Meanwhile, wholesale clear- anes of bombed districts in and around. London. began during the week"rend." Thon- sands of labourers loaded lor- ries with debris from the streets of the shopping cen- tres..
RATE OF EVACUATION
dency. AT HAIPHONG
II President Roosevelt was re- HANOI, Oct 28 (Heuter) The elected, said Mr. Lewis, he would French steamer Bikiang, with accept the result as equivalent to £2,500 worth of American goods a vote of no confidence and destined for the Chinese Govern would retire from the presidency
1. giving instances of the dis- But the gift to China of a ment on board, has been detained of the Committee of Industrial
appointing rate of evacuation re- pugnacious instinct was a gift at Haiphong by the French au- Organisation. that could not be very welcome thorities after an examination by
Mr. Lewis's support of Wilkie cently, Mr. McDonald incidentally answered at the same time the as the country did not want. It Japanese military officials.
bas revived Republican hopes. and had experienced long periods
The Japanese at Hanoi claim The United Mineworkers. Lewis's German assertions that there had been wholesale evacuation from of satisfaction with the ways of the right to examine cargoes, and own union group have, however, London in recent days. He and her own people and with the the detention of the Bikleng is re-
already pledged themselves to
only 29,000 unaccompanied school teachings of her own philosophers garded as a test case.
President Roosevelt and the bulk children have left London since MR. – ORLANDO : DE BOUSĄ,
of the Labour vote will still go to
Sept. 7. second speaker for the Opposition,
the President. asked the House to step back with him for a brief moment inta, the. past and tu consider China's plight in the days before the ad- CHUNGKING, Oct. 27 (Central) vent of Western ideas.
-The National Government ap- Plague and other epidemics pointed. yesterday Mr. Ku Cheng-
NEW MINISTER OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS
*
The CEO, full strength would represent from 2.000,000 to 4,000
000 votes.
Mr. McDonald declared that even the aged and the infirm re- fused to leave although arrange- ments have been made to house them in the country,
Stating that he heard of cases
NEW YORK, Oct. 28 (Heuter)- were taking their tell and the kang Minister of Social Affairs. Reports that the better of two of bables being born in air raid Yellow River was periodically A veteran Kuomintang leader, Sperry gyroscopic bomb sights has shelters, McDonald stressed that overflooding. Its banks to cause Mr. Xu was until recently Director been released to Britain are eir-"it is quite unnecessary for any of untold misery. The people were of the Board of Social Affairs of culating here, says the Washington these mothers to be in London. suffering from a variety of my the Central Kuomintang Head- correspondent of the New York it has always been part of our sterious nutritional" diseases and quarters, which was reorganised as Times. The correspondent adds policy that expectant mothers can the almost complete lack of the Ministry of Social Affairs that no confirmation was obtain register in maternity centres for quaintance with the science of under the Executive Tuan
able yesterday.
evacuation.
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