SOUTH SEA TREASURE BUNT,
KILLING PREDATORY
A Ship-Load of Optimists. A San Francisco report of December 12th. states:-
ANIMALS.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH; FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 3, 1933.
ELEVEN MONTHS IN KABUL
Afghan as a Negotiator.
Story of a Giant Grizzly. Devotees of hunting as a sport
Colonel S. F. Muspratt, Indian will read with mixed feelings the Army, was a military member off When the stunly three-mast raport of the work done by the the Mission hasded by Sir Henry bark Narwhal sets sail for the Biological Survey of the United Dobbs which, after eleven months) South seas on a search for hidden States Department of Agriculture of negotiation, settled the terms treasure in January she willin protecting the berds and flocks of the Afghan Treaty of Novem carry a crew of talent the like of of the West against predatory ber, 1921. In lecture to the which had never before put out to animals. The Survey regularly Central Asian Society, at the Be on adventure bent, accordiac employs at present no less than Royal United Service Institution to Captain Charles Arey, who will 150 trained and seasoned hunters, last month, be gave many interest- skipper, the expedition. Already whose work is supervised by 30 ing sidelights on the experience ten adventuresome young
men inspectors. The result has been and brought out facts which have bave been sifted from more than greatly to reduce the "tooth-and-not before been made public. He 100 applicants, and they re-fang tax "upon stockmen, which took the opportunity to pay a present a variety of high-class before this active campaign began, warm tribute to the fidelity of the professions, which suit the amounted to between twenty and late Ameer Habibullah Khan to redoubtable skipper from teel thirty million dollars annually. bi- engagements towards us by! to t'pm'at.
The scalps and skins turned în remaining neutral in the war
Of the ten already signed up by Captain Arey to search the South Seas for treasure trope, one is a physician: the second. attorney: the third, a former army officer; the fourth and fifth Stanford graduates in geoloss;
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during the past year furnish and be casa, a character sketch positive evidence of the killing of the present ruler of Afghanis by the Government's bunters tan. during that yeriod of nearly 31.-
The present Ameer was. Lei Dèu animals—including 27,185 | said, by far the most outstanding | protes. 2.927 bobeats and Canada personality the Mission met in mountain lions, and 114 stock bigger man than his uncle or bis pnxes, 687 timber wolves, 173] the country; he was a very much
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an Annapolis graduate, who was named by Waller Camp as one of the mythical all- American football team.
When the Narwhal sails forth from San
first mate the aforesaid former'
destroyed by poison. The cop-ous, and was inspired by a strong sequent saving in stock is believed desire for the progress of his He visited bis public for the year, to say nothing offices to amount to more than $4,000,,|country.
recular in
rotation,
on
& sum of $283,000 turned into and his personal supervision of the Treasury from the sale of the affair extended to minar details.
He was sking of the animals killed.
pursuing E vigorous Francisco, with Captain Ares on of the individual history of some ment. He lived a simple life The report gives some account policy of educations! advance- the bridge, he will bare as his of these animal brigands. There without ostentation, save football player from Annapolis was a grizzly bear in Arizona, for special zeremonial occasions. He The physician who has been instance, which had been killing) was not at all extravagant; indeed signed up. naturally will function cattle every spring for ten years. his tendency was somewhs: the
It is estimated that within four reverss. as the ship's doctor. The balance
If he had a hobby i will be compelled to stand watch,000 and 330 worth of live
years he had killed between $35,- | was for building. like all true sailors, although
The Ameer possessed and de- Captain Ares will carry as foes he was responsible for damages pulic service. This was good: stock, and that in his he-time manded a very high standard of
■ crew B. erer shook out a skysail. Of the core of applicants mounting to no less than $75,000, but one effect was to develoz Within one week he had killed | among the officials a form of who yearn for adventure is a
twelve head of cattle, among priggishness which fed them too! them a pure-bred Hereford bull constantly to ram their virtues weighing 1999 lbs. The stockmen down the threats of others. had offered for his hile bounties. the army and, therefore, is peranging from $100 to 1500 bar throughout
Colonel Mu-pratt said that
the fectly footloose. Two husky
long drawn young men from Saskatchewan simply wasted
private,hunters and trappers had negotiations the course of extera- their time ical affairs-such as the situation trying to ge: him. At last safin India, the varying fortunes of
former army oficer whose self recently bought his way out of
recommendation is
that be
might round out the crew.
offer their twin strength as an inducement and one chap wrote in to say that his good looks agent of the Department of the Turco Greek fighting, and the
Agriculture was successful after Bolshevist intrigues-was reflect-)
thrilling hunt in which the ed in the atmosphere of the dis- grizzly was stopped by a bullet cussions. If a chart on medical when only fifteen feet away. He lines had been kept, it would have was found to weigh 1,500 lbs, and shown hectic variations. An un- when standing erect could have favourable atmosphere was found reached up to a height of eight to extend to small details, such as the abstention of Afghan officials from continuing to seek the advice of the British medical ofcer, as was their wont. The tedium of the negotiations was varied by a succession of ultima- tums and last words. More than once the mission was packing up
A Standford graduate says he is "ravin" to go," and still a other Stanford graduate, a Chin ese, wants to take a chance Still another candidate for the crew is a polished geologist, who, by his feet. own admission, speaks Freach. German, Italian and English, and, therefore, might prove of value in) touching at various ports of the South sea. Each of the twenty men who will be named by Cap- tain Arey to sail will be required
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** MYSTERY " CATERPILLARS.
to post $300 as his share of out- Stowaways From South Africa, and on the point of departure. but fitting the Narwhal.
the dore with the olive branch. applicant wrote that he could not A number of exotic caterpillars. arrived in time. It was almost muster more than $800, but was which at first mystified the reliable bird. certain he could put in suficient authorities, have been installed bard work at any job to more than the Lot-ton Zoo. compensate for his lack of coins.
EXPENSES OF NEUTRALITY, Progress was best mide when The donor received a consign-numbers were reduced, and in the ment of lies from Cape Town end most questions were settled "We will sail out of San Fran and found the larvae busily between the Ameer and Sir Henry cisco Bay not later than January (devouring the remains of the Dobbs together. One of the
1. Captain Arey asid. "Our first plants, which were almost de Afghan negotiators put in a claim port of call will be Samoa. Atter mol-hed.
that our movements will be secret. Their identity remained
for forty million rupees (£2,665,] ua-656 for expenses incurred by the
I am convinced there is a large discovered for several days, country for temsining neutrali Amount of hidden treasure in the daring which time they were during the war. South mess. If we recover it, the fed with cose leaves, iris, and. The Afghan
said Colonel
treasure will be split, share and lettuce. They chose iris. and Muspratt, had no intention of abara alike. The crew will not seemed to relish it.
hare in our find, but will work for wages, just like any other crew."
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EARL OF BALFOUR ON TELEPATHY.
allowing their country to be ex- It has since been discovered that the caterpillars are those of natural tendency was to be ex
ploited by foreigners. Their the South African moth. diaphoneclusive, and they were ambitious, camels, which feeds upon lilies which encouraged them ia
at present unobtainable by the thoughts of territorial expansion. society.
The larver, which are much being very closely watched in The position in Central Asia was like those of the common silk Kabal. and any opening which? worm math, but with red and Russia might give would be black spots, are great drinkers. readily seized. The germs of One Soul In Several Bodies?
Whenever the keeper sprays future conflict between Ruesta their iris leaves they immediately and Istam which were beginning The Earl of Balfour, continuing lap up the water as thirstily as to appear were not absent in the his Gifford lectures at Glasgow the common drinker moth larve case of Afghanistan. University recently, dealt with take a drop of dew.
The ambitions of the country
monication.
the question of telepathic com- There is, I believe, no record southwards could best be held in of anyone having successfully check by our ability to hold what teared the new caterpillars in we had got. captivity in Britain.
He had practically no doubt, he said, that in certain rare cases what passed in one mind was known to another mind without that process of physical inter- pretation which, in the ordinary, was the only method by which some could communicate with soul.
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Concession under pressure was not theway to gain Afghan, respect.. He saw reason why the present satisfac- torg relations with Kabul sbould not be maintained. We should
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Lord Balfour said that his Honolulu, January 3.-Japanese the power to protect our own had considerable experience of brother Gerald bad advanced a picture brides" arriving here in intereste
diplomatic negotiation with him very interesting theory connected 1921 totaled 555, compared with Sir Hamilton Grant, who was and with Western statesmen, with multiple personality. He 1,288 in 1912, according to an an- Foreign Secretary to the Govern- and his conclusion was that the (Gerald) did not think it neces-nouncement made here by R. Lment of India during most of the Afghan was at least as trust- sary, or perhaps even probable. Halsey, inspector in charge of the war period, said the only endur-worthy in fulfilling his obligations that a particular organisation United States immigration service. ing means of maintaining good as his Western contemporary or should be the instrument of only) The reason for the decrease, be Indo-Afahan relations was to be competitor. one soul.
said, is that many of the modern on terms of friendiness and good His lordship added it was worth Japanese young men are seeking will with the Afghans. Too often THE WRONG BOTTLE. while keeping in mind the their wives among the native Whiteball bad forced upon the During a local League football possibility of this unconscious born Japanese and that the girl Government of India the unwise match at Millhouses, near Shef communication between mind from home" has not the charm of policy of arrogance and bluster.field, one of the visiting players, and mind. It would fit in with former years. The literary test. If we treated the Afghan well we felt unwell and went to the some of the best-established he said, has not deterred "picture should generally get what we trainer's bag for a drink of brandy. truths of religious experience, in brides.",
wanted if it was obtainable. Instead, he drank from a bottle which the individual, rightly or "Nearly everyone from Japan Sir Mortimer Durand confirmed of iodine used for training pur- wrongly, believed himself to be can read and write, and the test the views of the lecturer and Sir poses. Remedies were applied directly in communication' with is so simple that even a child can Hamilton Grant with regard to and the player recovered, but was higher beings'
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