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HONGKONG, 29th April, 1922.
Between Ourselves
after
By Robt. MacWhirter.
the
axcess of births over desthe What's more forbye, if there ara more births per thousand, there must be more deaths. So our friend. of "the King Country" lana' 10 will be need for more accommod-
kingly after all when, in this ation, and as the question of the
Hers, stand back, for I'm going Crime and Insanity, illustrative, trath-always a lie at our time.
particular, he only given balf the future use of the Military right off at the deep end this of course, of England first and Hospital will not be settled for
week. I havena' felt right since Scotland, Wales and Ireland very|Carelem Work. tho morning
St. muob "also ran." I hope to deal some considerable time, it would George's Society meeting whan wi' those tables later on provided Mr. Ruff altogether. He did give But I dinna want to misjudge be well if the Government, in Jos, he handed me a gory-cor nothing cerebral happens to me some of the births in Scotland. providing for
ered
entitled periodical
The before I get that length. Most of refer to those which ware future contin- English Ruer. Here, says he, the remaining reading matter is illegitimate. Ay. Scotland his gencies, bare in mind the possi-read that and pray, and I did used up in cheap smears at the 7.4 par thousand bility of utilising the Victoria for the man who was responsible Scots, excepting an account of Englands 4.6 in the way o' bairns Hospital to better purpose.
for the thing. Ay, you indivi- presentation of an illuminated ad- born out o' wedlock. Man, that's dual needs praying for badly. dress to Mr. Howard Ruff, the wfu. There would seem to be Mind ye, I'm no one that was Founder of the Society, Honorary no way o' getting ower that, ever against a chap baving a Secretary, and Editor-in-Chief of I've guid conceit o himself and the The English Race. His reply on my countrymen werd vary In the deplorable engineering country he sprang from, but by receiving this address reveals careless at times. But listen to dispute at Home the employers the Hokay Fly. For gup fair him to be a case-bardened patriot this: illegitimacy doesna neces- 89art that the unions are seating cows the cuddy. As I sir. I'm wi'a bes in his bonnet. If there sarity infer immorality. Think to ancroach upon the managerial no averse to a man being proud ara many more like bim in Eng-it osrefully out for yourself. department under cover of como his country.
land the asylums would surely plaints regarding excessive over-
be loss fuller than bis precious which goes to prove that as com- Then we have another tabla diagrams would fain make us pared to England, Scotland has
Defining the Issue.
time. The unions deny this. A Shaky Sheik. asserting that their stipulations
a50
as against
said
that
lats
I said much to Mar- believe. In having for a Founder 5 per thousand more of the
An Academic Seizure.
world.
of unemployment, the unions are time relased to JAY A members of the House of Stuart. verfid Englishman who seeks by
But word. let me into the secret.
But 10 come
Misleading Figures.
purposes.
in respect of overtime are in Pherson
A just last Saturday such purblind professional accord. wi.h understandings night at yon masked ball. Ay, patriot such as Mr. Raff, is cer borders. That only goes to prove mentally deranged within her reached in previous years, from he was fancy right enough. tainly rongh on quite a lot o which, they imply, the employers fan, there ha was, got up like otherwise decent members of the one thing. I think; we lock ours are devisting. The employers, some kind o Arab and walking Royal Society of St. George. They of the reel and dians' leave up out o' harm's way right bang- on the other hand, declare that about worse than a conspirator, are the victims of a crank; Ruff them loose on an unsuspecting the arrangements to which the I could see he was watching me luck indeed. unions object are entirely in con- the tail o' his eye but for a formity with agreements between while I never let on. By and by
Still on the subject of diagrams the employers and the unions. he comes sidling round my way
I think maybe the silliest o' Of course, Mr. Ruff, no content On the face of things, therefore and draws up fornenst
me. wi calumos, misrepresentation seeks to prove that England
them all is the
which the dispute hinges upon a simple Hullo Mac" says I "come out, and abuse, has to use that detest- question of fact, and you're spied. I can see yourfest." able word "Scotch without war. id freer o crime than her neigh- appests surprising that misunder-Wi that he grinned all over and rant whenever he refers to human bour because of the fact that she standing could bara continued to took off bis mask. "How ye teu beings North of the Tweed. His has less crictions per thousand the point it has Σα absence of details, the inference question to ask anyway. Man, logy and good manners.
the it was me he speired. What is an offence alike against philo-to her discredit. Now what is But the obvious thing that comes to is that there is bad faith some bairn could pick yon crab-like what's the use of being ignorant us mind after reading such a where. This readers the Govern-shanchle o' his out from among a if ye don't show it.
statement? Why, that up North ment's appointment of a court of thousand, "Look here," says I Mind ye, among my own kind more attention to their work. By the police and the bailies pay inquiry timely, unless it be con- "what are ye supposed to be dis. I am myself acquainted wi' folk the same process of reasoning it THE JUBILEE HOSPITAL.ended that the step might with guised as anyway? If so wanted who are themselves members of might well be said that Canton is
advantage hara bean taken to look properly out earlier, which is an open question.alement why didns' ye put on who lay flowers once a
o your Something or Other League and trear of crime than is Hongkong. Elsewhere in this issue, in the The court has no arbitral powers, your kilt, like yo do on St. around the Bore Stone on Ban-every reason to believe that it is year Comparing convictions, I have extracts from our files of a quar-but a pronouncement upon the Andrew's Night?”
nockburn Field and on sundry so, but even a Cantonese wouldn' ter of a century ago, will be merits of the issue will assist
Would y believe it he got monuments public opinion in making itself felt.
dedicated to found the decision which resulted Considering the high percentage
the be guilty o the same kind o' terribly offended And for memory of cartaio bloody-minded fatuous reasoning as is our per- in the erection of the Victoria
after 3 Hospital on
bit be But these proofs of patriotism and diagram to ridicule his great In entitled to sympathy in their Barker Road.
attitude respecting overtime.
He was loyally carry them no farther;" wi country. view of the concern at present assuming this to be their motivean Irak Sheik, he was. I said he them the mere obsession of the felt in some quarters that the and not a pretext for sinister looked even worse than that and sentiment anent the divine right The Bawbees. - hospital accommodation available) activities.
was most likely in the running of kings is purely an academic for the first prize, A sheik "says seizure. To me there is nothing ticg tirad of this sort of thing for I hope you're ΠΟ get- for the general public will in the Labour Disputes Here. 1. "No, that's no the way to pro more distasteful than hearing one I'm jus: beginning to enjoy my near future be insufficient for the The S.C A. is having his hands nounce it: shake' says he, no country praised at the experse of self. Naturally on the subject of. needs of the Colony, it will be of full these days. After the long sheek Quite sa" says I, another. The true national senti-the bawbees you must grant a some interest to recall precisely bout with the seace came dewi the soft as in jelly" ment, like charity, vaunteth not a Irak shake". itself, is not puffed up, doth not
Scolsman every licence. mands from tramwayman and AF" says he how this particular institution barbers, which, however, were But I didna' argue wi' him. As I behave unseemly, seeketh cot
A whole page o" The English Race came into being. As indicated settled pretty promptly, assuming said afterwards, from the smell o her own, is not easily provoked, is devoted to his most important subject and there's no' ony doubt in the report of 25 years ago, it that the consorial operators have him he might have quite easily thinketh no evil.
that, for a country of its popula- was decided to erect the Vistaria come to the end of their differ-been mistaken for the Shaik o'
tion, the Old Country does won- eaces. The stevedores trouble Shackiwan and run out of Keat. Hospital and to complete the has taken longer to adjust, but aning's at that.
Now wit your permission, Ilders in the way o' collecting road 'round the island in com.arrangement WAS reached on Pestiferous Patriotism.
would like to discuss some o' the taxation. I know it will bore you memoration of Queen Victoria's Thursday after an all-round con
figures published in this Ruff's to be treated to strings o' figures ference between the General and
back. Yon Guide. Some one once said that in this connection but in fairness Jubilee. The original intention the Chinese Chambers of ComEditor a the Journal of the there are lies; there are damned to England the fact must be so- was to build this hospital, to-merce, the Guild, and the S.C.A, Royal Society of St. George, to, lies and there are statistics. To knowledged that she contributes gether with training institute an increase of 225 per cent. my way of thinking, would be lie statistically doesna' require the vast sum of over eight bon- dred million pounds sterling for for nurses, in the Government being agreed upon by way of in Dose the worse of a few words o' much skill All that is necessaryImperial and local
demnifying the stevedores in wisdom to cool his perfervid, is to delve into a few Blue Books Civil Hospital compound, but respect of the increase given to rst to psy dus bonour to a sane, Returns and carefully take outllion souls. The periodical under brow. Mind ye, I'm the vory and Local Government Board Her population is thirty-five mil this idea was later abandoned, cargo co lies. An important and as Barker Road was thengestion was raised by the Coolies controlled and practical nation what suits ye and leave well alone review in saying therefore that
Guild
being slowed alism but most of what's con what doesna. Let us examide, head of population has something England contributed £17-3-9-per under construction it was resolv-contracts direct with the shipping tained in yon book is neither sane, for instance, the diagram ed to secure a site there for the people. It was decided
controlled nor practical that
llu trating the Death Rata in the to be justly proud of. In stating. the 123 hospital, the nurses institute to
should be givea Even wi'countrymen o'my own United Kingdom. Staring me in however, that this amount is in be added to the G.C.H. later on.opportunities of proving this to be I've more than once gotten into the face, in bold fat type and wil exceas of that contributed by ons a feasible proposition: Remember-bot water for trying to keep them strips of black. thermometer other country in the world, its The Barker Road institution, ing the seamen's grievance in in their place when they try to fashion, I find in this connection Editor was cireless in the ex-
trame. which was intended for women relation to deductions by middle- mesmerise themselves into that England bas 13.7 deaths as
I put it no stronger than that Scotland which turns In o' self-adors3ion. I'll against Scotland's 15.4 per and children of all races, classes men, it is as well to be that the frenzy
merchants are ready to have the always be the same wi' ony that thousand o' population. Now to | £113,487,000 with a population of ani creeds, was opened
question investigated. Perbapsit imagine that nationality is an compare the death rates o ony 44-millions, works out at a slight- 1903, and the money for its would be in their own as well as end in itself. Consequently, I two countries sed forget to give as higher figure, namely over construction was obtained by the workers' interes'. It was canos' but take notice o' the staff & parallel the birth rates is no £23 per head. I hate like onything -
good to find the two Chambers of contained in yan magazine. From only manifestly unfair but grossly to tear ony man's figures about. public subscription and Gor-Commerce acting together in cover to cover it's fail o spurious misleading into the bargain. No but what can Mr. Ruff expect if ernment assistance. The total reference to this dispute, bith aspational Bentiment; it's load, having onything in the Blue he will give the total revende of expenditure On the hospital a sign of amicable c-operation, odious and selfish; it's a pestilent Book line beside me, I borrowed the two countries and make a and quarirs
and also because of the Chinese thing; an international dangar. Joe's Daily Mail Year Book far boast like that without giving the wag close 03 members understanding of the It breathes a patriotism most 1922 and quite enjoyed myself population figures to back it up. $119,000, and at the date of its native ways and mentality. The arrogant and exclusive and is for the matter of fifteen minutes Let's Spend Our Own. opening it was announced that launchmen and tally. clerks bound to redound to the discredit or so. The latest figures given
Haring finished with The the amount available for the remain to be settled with. The of its publishers, it's abscribers are for the year 1919 and I foun!
latter were considerate enough to and to all associated wi' it. I'm that England's death rate was English Race, I think this is hospital and jubilee road, from hold over, their demands until truly sorry for them all.
13.7 per thousand, right enough, Sitting opportunity to examine, in the sum subscribed, was 8182,424, after the Prince's visit. When Ruff Luck.
and Scotland's 15.4; so you see the light of the above-mentioned and that this amount was to be these were first presented a ship
we're both now on the same set of figures, how it is that many ping man acknowledged to us that Starting away almost from the figuras belonging to the same Scotsman to-day desire Home equally divided between the two the conditions appertaining to the beginning with a paragraph anent year. Ay, at first they looked Rule. Mind ye, I'm no' talking projects, e sum of $91,212 going tally clerks of the C long left a the proportional predominance bad right enough, but turning to about a Free State. I do not wish to each.,
good deal to be desired, Besides of England, which in effect is the birth rates of the two it to be thought that all Scottish
be the plaster countries. We are unable to go into the their pay, which appears to be intended to
on gived
the taxes should be used in Scotland lower than is paid at other big before the kick, the readers of The opposite page, I kinda alone. Scotland is part of the financial side of the matter Far Eastern ports, the general English Race sis loformed of the brightened up a bit. There British Empire and as such has a further than this, owing to lack arrangements, we were informed, good things which lie before them found that the birth rate for right to contribute ber share of of handy information on the sub call for improvement in the em before they lay down the book. England was given as 18.5 per Imperial expense. I want ye to ject, but it will be seen from the players' as well as the employees' Then follows an article by Lord thousand and pair Buld Scot get that right first.
interest, the checking system Hagh Cecil on "Nationalism, the land's, 21.7. Now if ye work this While rejoicing in the Empire, figures quoted that the pullic being defactive, Negotiations are Curse of Europe" reprinted from, out by the simple process of sub-it may, I think, be fairly asked, bore a very large part of the proceeling, and apparently the The Times. An excellent article traction you'll see that whereas respecting our Parliament, whe-
Scotland Is tally clerks are shoving more it is tos, bal qwer broad-minded in England the birth rate exceeds ther
getting cost of the institution. Later on
Westminster. reason that has been displayed for the patriotic editor who, in the death rate by 4.8 per thousand, fair share at the hospital was solely used for in some labour disputes. More effect, says that because of Lord the birth rate in Scotland is 6.3 When the Scottish Estimates maternity purposes, but w are obdorate are the carpenters, or Hugh's sentiments contained higher than its death rate. Strange come along, one night each set apart for now informed that it is exclusiva, rether the joine's, who refuse the therein, he is no longer good how Mr. Ruff should. overlook year
25 per sent, advance awarded by Englishman. An account of the that. It seems to me that he could a debate on Scottish affairs; one ly set asile for women and;
the Bev. HR. Wells and accepted festival dinner at the, Guildball hate compared the death rates evening's talk is supposed to children. It would be interesting by their brethren of the plane comes next, all of whion is quite only for the reason that be some-cover everything in bread Brot
much of out,, to learn the number of cases it and chisel. Trouble was brewing, permissible when que considers how or other wished to prove England. Ay, too deals with monthly, but we do too, at the Taikoo Sugar Refinery. the occasion and the atmosphere land the more healthy country, legislation is like Jonah's gourd, the difficulty being arerted by enzond.red by ii. Follow yet in the very vital particular which came up in a night and not think ita full capacities are the reinstatement of a dismissed reports of various branches which all statisticians take for perished in a night." A Scot's ever utilised, for it seams that worktaan. Finally (at least we equally in order but the stuff that such a purpose, he is sa mum as a Parliament, worth its salt at all, it has accommodation for at less must hope so), the wasbermenstuck right in my gullet is sweet potato. You'll agree wi would be a fine economic ma- forty beds. The question there thought it was their turn for contained in the pages devoted me that this was hardly an im-chice. It would revise Scottish more, and they got it with to diagram relating to the Rev- partial kind of procedure. The administration in every detail. fore arises as to whether further surprising rapidity,
enue, Birth and Death Bates, index of a country's virility is ite (Continued on Page 7)
as to