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THE NEW "CHINESE SCRIPT.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
COALITION LIBERALS AND
MR. ASQUITH.
"
Some of its Limitations. Mr. Shortt on the Future. President Harding's Approval.
Mr. McCurdy, Chief Coalition Mr. Albert D. Lasker, chairman Prof Giles, the well-known of the United States Shipping Sicologue, writes to the Times Whip and Mr. Shoret, Home The so-called ' now Chinesa Secretary, were present at the Board, pleaded for Government subsidy of the American mer-script" bas lately attracted a first annual conference of the Coalition chant marina in a speech before considerable amount of attention | Northern Counties the U. 3. Association of Com-in the Press, but so far, I have] Liberal Council, which was het)
not seen any serious attempt to at Newcastle-on-Tyne. merce here.
Mr. McCurdy explained that Mr. Lasker told the assemblage explain the nature, or to define that his manuscript had been the real scope, of this system of they had established a chain of Liberal Councils sabayitted to President Harding, shorthand. The accounts hitherto Coalition -
This schose passion to see America pablished have been mostly con-throughout the country. sudcassful on the ocean is second fined to generalities, making up in organisation was started in salt- enthusiasm for what they lacked defence. We are in form and to one."
Even the inter-fact," he declared, "the Liberal Only though national aid to in accuracy. private shipping can I see a view with an acknowledged au-party, and I hope before the New market created for the Govern-thority like Professor Hopkyn Year is very old these great ment's fleet" he asserted, "and Rees, contains the very misleading councils will hold some great Government aid should come statement (quoted without com-gatherings in which we
our unity and back to the Treasury many times ment) that within a few weeks, demonstrate over in increased sale prices we by the aid of the new national strength."
Mr. Asquith had been saying will get for our nationally owned script, one can learn to read or abipa."
dinary books. Now, the truth of hard words «bout the Coalition. the matter is that the new script It was to › bad of him, for he was will never enable anyone to read the father of the Coalition, which a single work at present existing he now says was born in a 5t off in Chinese literature. This is a delirium.
weeping assertion, the grounds for which I will will try to make clear as briefly as possible.
Mr. Lasker pointed out that railroads had received financial ail from the Government, and asked why shipping should not be similarly treated.
may
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Mr. Shartt said that Viscount "If it is proved," said Mr.
Grey had told them be wate evary man, no matter what bisi Lasker, "that every American, be be inland or coast, dweller, is Chinese, as everybody knows, opinions were before the war, to directly interested, in the in-is a monosyllabic language in agree upon the principles of the sorance of his daily wage, in an which the words are American merchant marine, then, down as characters-independent He deliberately proposed if it is necessary to pay. a price baits, not farther divisible into Coalition. Is Mr. Asquith going After all, to insure the establishment of an letters, and standing primarily to denounce that? American merchant marine, it for ideas. The new script, on the Lord Robert Cecil, who would becomes the duty and inures to other hand, is composed of simple support Lord Grey, was hardly a the profit of the nation to signs which are not ideographic product of Liberalism.
The future depended on keeping 'pay that price, for it cannot be but phonetic; they represent paid by any group of individuals either initials or finals, which in united front. Who was the engaged in the particular enter-[combination indicate the sound man we could cot spare from this prise if that enterprise must for of a whole word. Thus, chu is country because there appeared any length of time be carried on, expressed by the sign for ch to be hitch in the Irish negotia- because of national reasons, at a followed by the sign for a, tang tions? The man respected by the A few majority of the two great parties. national loss, when in the ulti.by x cng, and so on. mate the establishment of the en- peculiar sounds are rendered by Yet an attempt was made by! Liberals to terprise is one of the very corner-ja single sign, while others require the. Independent
ang, but encourage the Diehards and fan three (e.g. 5 a stones of insured national weat.
this is an animportant detail. The them into flame at a time when one of "That strategic trade routes total number of Chinese spoken the Irish situation was shall be insured to Americs, the syllables is remarkably small-in great difficulty and danger and Shipping Board, under mandate the Pekingese dialect only about required the most careful bandl- One unfortunate phrase, of the Jones act, through which 400-so that it has been founding. it exists, operates its fleet at possible to express every sonod one bot word, one irresponsible great cost to the Gorerament in the language by means of only act, and the whole of the work and under certain conditions, to 40 signs altogether. This sounds which had been done to effect a the great injury of private capi-wonderful enough, but it must settlement in Ireland might be
which cannot compete with be remembered that exactly the overthrown. Government. In due courseame result can be achieved by
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be involved, and through prost-these syllables are to be pro been in the Christian church Demand abin private operation perman.rounced, the spoken language of mission field in north China ency would be insured to our China can be reduced to writing since 1896, is in Manila attending merchant marine, private initis-which, after a little practice, is the
meeting of the tive and enterprise would be capable of being read and under-Christian church there. He said inspired, and the Government stood. The spoken language, be that the military governors in would find customers for its large observed: not the language in the provinces are China's greatest which books are written, for the curse, and that fifty" Britishers fleet of ships."
about as different as and Americans, if allowed to deal In explaining why be consider-two are
Bod cheese. Chinese, with the Chioase people direct, od a merchant marine "one of chalk the cornerstones of America's though poor in sounds, is very could make Chins one of the life and safety. Mr. Lasker said: rich in words, and consequently soundest countries in the world
"With this premise, it would every sound has to do duty for a in twenty years."
According to Dr. Paul it is seem meet to discuss why large number of words with total- merchant marine is one of the different meanings. In com China's officials, not her people. cornerstones of America's econ-man speech ambiguity is avoided who have brought her to her opic life and safety.
by the use of saffixes, reduplica-present low state. He believes Dr. D-way. that the The great Limitations Con- tiens, word-pairs, and what not; with ference which is now proceeding but in the book language, includ-country's hope is in the student so suspiciously at Washington ing every kind of literature from group: be says Dr. Dewey's talks represents one of the high-water the classics down to modern fo students throughout bina last parks in American statesman-journalism. no such devices are year brought the young people to It is used: they are unnecessary, every A realization of their power and ship and world vision. an achievement that long will word being distinguished by their responsibility, and since A page of that time the student movement stand as one of the glorious jewels Reparate character. in the crown of American ac-Chinese may be quite intelligible has been more effective, although to one who does not know the less spectacular. The people
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since the Manchu Demand, New York 54% three naval programme, or some ster; indeed, Chinese characters serfdom equivalent, be adopted and that are pronounced very differently dynasty was overthrown. The I/T Bombay we have a naval holiday for a by Japanese, or even by natives military dictators plunder an demand, Bombay... public: only the TPP Calcutta .................... berm of years, the question of of different parts of Chins itself, abuse naval equality is not solved; be-Fet they convey the same mean students give them pause. These Demand, Calcutta
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a purely phonetic self-exalted autocrats and con- Demand, Manila 12414 equalized navies, any one nation charactere possesses a merchant marine of system such as this new short- tinue to stand for the rights of Demand, Singapore. 11114
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Ju Haiphong yond that of another nation, the You may read the sound li, bat
On Baigon nation possessing that added con- you cannot tell whether it stande vertible merchantionnage has the for a pear or a plum or a chest are the most perfect double focus On Bangkok
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