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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
WEDNESDAY, JULY- 12.
1999
Reorganisation of Diplomatic
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No nationally-minded Ameri-] There is said to be a plan on can can fail to sympathize with fast for encouraging the use of Secretary Hughes in his plea for the Roman character in Japanese A better and a more efficiout telegraphic masagen. Apparent T Shanghai foreign service made before ly it is a mechanical question.) PT Singapore......... reces: conven' ion i - Washington Telegiacos are congested, and the IT Japan of the Casmotrs of Commerce of transcription of them is a stos | {/T India... the United States, and American and very uncertain joh. Thaidaa | Demand, India ...... business men in particular seems to be to introduce sape T/T San Francisco) 5734
New York./ be quick to see the merit in his mactones and typewriters using argument for a reorganisation of fine wulinary alphabet insiest af! Dr Java ..... the diplomatic and consular serden: these inachin s to that D«? Stacke rises. In his address at Washing (kand, ways the Japan Paros de France ton, Mr. Hughes showed that he No doubt th• dinary machines, Jemand, Paris fully appreciated the needs of the if imported, could be supplied very two services of which, as Secre much quicker. The applicant tary of State, ha is the responsible for head, and his clear analysis of to the fanations that the personnel get his machine simply because of these two services may pro-they insist upan hutne-made ones:
used. party be expected to perform will being
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The telegraph be received with satisfaction by department, it is said, has it in the large and growing body of mind to adopt the mors practical Americans who believe that the method of importing machines. foreign service of the UnitedIt has lately introduced- type- States should, in point of useful writers for transcription, and the nasa and efficiency, and in the making of typewriters is 80 calibro of its personnal, be second specialised a trade that it is recognised that it would be Mr. Hughes does not share | ridiculous to set up & Government with certain of his countrymen factory for them.
In this connection it is reported the belief that a diplomat is ami Ornament goleas ornament that the Romaji Society is wild of international society, and with delight because its Vice that diplomacy is a career open President, Kamada Eitichi, has to any Toai, Dick ar Harry. become without training or special apti- tion.
to no other.
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4 m/s. Marks .......... 4 m/s, Francs jma. France........ 770 Demand, Germany. Demand, New York 573% TT Bombay
demand, Bombay .... 199 T/T Calcutta
Demand, Calcutta... 199 30-Yokohama...... 130 Demand, Madils ... 117 Semand, Singapore. 11? Demand, Batavia
Minister for Educan Haiphong They look forward to On Saigon
tude. On the contrary, he holds the school text-books containing On Bangkok
that consular
and diplomatic the
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characters, and Sovereign
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officers must be broad-gauged even to the Chinese character fold lesi per Tao!... -
the literary styla being | 3ay Silver, ready....... 3599 men, competent to handle in and
If Roman characte's
3579 forward creditable manner the conduct of abolished. our foreign relations. "Every are intro-fuced into til-graphy i'{Bank of England rates 396%% American," be maintains, "should would certainly be a good oppor New York/Londen... 4.4496 fool ashamed that any country in unity for making their acquisi the world. should. base a better tine compulsory, and simple book diplomatic organization than the might be printed, by way of in-kong 50 ct, piscos United States. This is not atroducing the idea, with the pair. matter simply of national prid of Roman letters instead of the it is a matter of national securkan beside and below the Chines ity."
characters. This would lead to the abit of writing in romaj, the UNDERPAID OFFICIALS
Chinese The Secretary of State finds writer putting in that it is impossible to make the character now and then to make meaning certain. In thr improvements in the diplomatic his and consular services as they are course of time, this would lead at pant constituted. In the to certain common contractions oved to indicate vari. first place these a-rvicea are being
underpaid. At the existing ealous words whose pronunciatio
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Hongkong, July 12, 1922.
WEATHER REPORT.
July 12. Th. 50.-Warning
by word in of Japanese have already consignel No 4 hoisted.
July 12d. Th 50m. Local signal No. 6 hoisted.
ary scale it is next to impossible was confusedly duplicated; or, to Hongkong, Coast Forts we for a man, without means to enter more likely, it would lead to trphoon of acknown intensity permanently into the foreign toption in doubtful cases 0: within 60 miles of Lat. 20° N. employ of his Government Our Japanised forms of English or Lang 113 E. moving N.N.W. underpaid diplomats have for Latin words Indeed, the needs
July-121. Ih. 14m Local generations been a
the industry of th the capitals of the world. Low beyond walsries have restricted the choice makers of new words. They hav of cadidates in the classified tailed paintulle and made up
July 128. 11h. 25m.-Pressure diplomatic service to young men thousands of Chinesa combine of means, who are both able and tions for every technical term in has increased considerably over willing to pay part, if not, most ofscience and engineering, achiev N.. Japan and moderately from thereby preposterou Vladivostock to central Japan. It their expenses out of their own g
b vocabulary which cannot
has decre13ad moderately pockets.
"It is most serious thing." pnderstood in speech,ompelling Hongkong. remarked Mr. Hughes, "to be facturers to use a blackboard of
Honrish In the air compelled to say that. a young man without means, who desiresaforce their meaning.
spila of this endear. to marry and beng up a family in alter the American tradition, our to keep to the Chinese char
tongkang Rainfall fife ine 24 cannot be encouraged to enter acters and to pari y of derivation, un one of the most important more and more Eglish words get bours ending at 10 am todas the anzusu. 4.62 inch. To'xl since Javiars caree.s that the country has to intre dued into
22.75 inches, ainsi offer. I say bluntly tha: especially in philosophical and fisk.
verage of 43.42 inches. American can face the facts with-political mastere. out a sense of humiliation, and be
to
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A: & a.m. this morning the Anphoon was about 10 miles S.S., of Gap Rock, moving NN W. apparently.
It might be supposed that it is
ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.
District.
Forecast. N.E. winds, moderate.
is compelled to qualify his boss-preciesly in such subjects as thes-FORECAST FOR THE 2 HOURS ing of our intelligence and civiliz. that th Chinese characters wooll tin so long as the condition be found adequate. So they are, continues. Obviously the rem-xcept for one thing-ther philo-1 »dy is an American salary ecal-opters and po vicians live b
talking, and they must have Formosa Übennel on that will permit able mer, without means, to choose the words that they can understand. foreign service as their life's They also like to have wort
that coabote just the idea- |
Strong that are expresse in Western Niterature instead of some-13 South Coast of E. to 3.E.
Con e hing sub'ly different.
Jhina between I gale, H.E. & Lemocks. › moderating:
otarcast,
work.
ABILITY AND TRAINING RECOGNIZED.
Hongkong
Gap Hock....
Mr. Hozhes makes two other quently, after it had se-med that recommendations. Not only mu-the prospect of romanisation bal Uncle Sam pay ita foreign officers receded one of sight, there has 4 South coast of rain. reasonable axlaries, but it most reappeard some small chance of affar men of ability a chance to the needed reform The Japanese rise toward the more important seem to be agreed that they have porta. Trained and sblo mea will no time to learn their language:
China between H.K. & Hainan.
EF CLAXTON, Director.
Lo stay in the service if they in its present form It would nn! | 7.5. Observatory, July 12, 1927 have only one chance in a thou seem like Japa at all were tho sand of being promoted. Hence wonderful flourishes that gree he suggests that a much larger the eye ev-rywhere to disappear. number of trained diplomats b but that is the concern of the given the rank of chief of mission Japanese them-elves. They can Ebao at present. He does not be not contious to carry a burden lieve that all such posts should unwillingly simply to gratify the go to service mp, but he believes eye of the tourist.
that the prosen' practice of send-
ing inexperienced men abroad »•.
ambassadors and ministers, Mr. Hughes believes that the stead of men who have risen from two services should be "drawi the ranks, la detrimental to the together and
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best interests of the Goverment. interchangeable unit." Bach
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The third recommendation is no merger, in short, would give uk Jarometer lers important than the Two single, anified foreiza service. Temperature
The time is soon coming. Humility -preceding ones. Mr. Hugh FEES the bed for a greater £xibility indeed has alr ady roma, wh
Wind Direction between the consular and the the United States, in all-d-fener diplom-tic services, and finds that and in order to protect its own Wind Force there is no really valid dis inction commercial interests, mus: & Weather between the political interests of vitalize its foreign service the the diplomatic service and their will meet the existing demand. commercial interests of the con-of the twentieth cotory. Sec. Highest open. Tanist gifvice, Politics and acon- "szy Hughes's recent address by omies, after all, the world is Washington indicates that the Copatiated-to-day are virtually Administration krenly desiren interchangeable. The diplomat, that such a reorganization be as never before, must know the made. The next step, mưa needy and the problem of bust come from
iving this truth
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