CORRESPONDENCE.
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the
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH;
olusions; bis peculiar style of from the foregoing Independence expressing himself making con- to the Elks Club, whose members, fusion worse confounded.
one of whom I happen to be, are Do not imagine that I am ad- designated ne "chicken chasers." iniring Mr. Watson because Mr. Either your correspondent must Reverting to politics, Mr. Watson is Mr. Watson, but I see have served in some oapacity in Watson said that the Americanin bis letters a profound know attendance on those "chazera", people, speaking through Presi-ledge of the subject he is tackling whose hospitality he has abused. deat McKinley regarding the and an intense desire to enlighten or he may have been forcibly those who are unfortunately not ejected from the Club, and thus native people subject to rulce of Spain, remarked "Let Woll acquainted with the question socks a mean revenge by chesp sarcasm which is not at all in there be freedom." Quite right. of Phillipine Independence.
On the other hand, what has keeping with what is known as Mr. Watson, but I maintain that when this freedom is implied in a Mr. Silva shown up to now? "British Solidity," Thus the point distortion of the word "Independ-With the exception of revelling remains "Is he British p
Yours sto. ence" it is not the same freedom most inaptly in the past glories President McKinley meant to of his ancestors and drawing
comparisons between Hongkong, July 30th, 1923. convey. When we see
child faulty
his countrymen of yore I& further lettor on this subject crossing • traffic-congested and the present-day political is unavoidably held over until thoroughfare and rush to its assis-lendors of Filipinos, he has not to-morrow. Correspondents "ara tance we might "perhaps catch a glimpse of that great democracy been able to nail to the countor requested to condense their letters and freedom founded by President Any of the contentions put forth as much as possible, as too much Lincoln. Again when that child by Mr. Watson. And unless be space is being taken
has something substantial to say irrelevant points, Ed. HKT) he should gracefully retire from the controversy and bids his time rather more profitably in discus.
refuses
cur aid and attempts to negotiate the crossing alone, jeopardising his safety thereby, and we forcibly, yet kindly, take
it by its band to the sacurity sing with his compatriots in some
cosy corner of his club the evils.
AN ELK.
....
A
The Shape of the Earth.
on
Sir, Mr. W..B. Watson, writ
beyond, we shall perhaps gain of "gambling" and opiuming on Filipino independencé, an impression of the policymaking" connived at in the 20th. remarks that the Spanish and of Governor-General Wood's Contury by the very people he is Portugueso navigators by circum- government which Mr. Watson so ignorantly labele "autocratic." so glibly talking about.
I trust Mr. Watson will not say
I am giving a cheap illustration,
more
navigating the globe, proved that One would suppose that now the earth was round and not fiat, that Mr. Watson has once and therefore that "Moses, when replied ta all that he wrote the story of the Creation, because we can learn great things Mr. Silva had to say in bad got his geography badly, from little things. 1. for instance,
his letter which appeared | mixed." Presumably Mr. Watson am obly 23 and Mr. Watson, I believe, middle-aged man of in your issue of the 28th., except-refers to the first chapters of many summers, Mr. Watson basing bis desire of pointing out his Genesis.
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Anyhow, nowhere in the books
Yours etc.
Hongkong July 31st, 1923.
OBSERVER.
grammatical shortcomings." hej Perhaps he will inform ue yot to learn that "Out of the would be wise enough to refrain where, in them, it is said that mouths of babes come wisdom.
from waxing öloquent in your the earth is flat, "The Ancients" The Philippines is the child of my valuable columns again. But proper, as distinct from Europe in story and the whole world knows one cari almost picture Mr. Silva the Middle Ages, bad a very fair that she is still in ber juvenile dipping bis pen in gell like an idea of the shape of the earth, and dotage. When the Filipinos have combatted the superfluous incensed journalist and equaring indeed had estimated its size with bis elbows to the task of setting a wonderful degree of accuracy. education existing in their coun- down some terribly final word to If Moses was, as is believed, try; when they have demolished
Mr. Watson.
skilled, in all the learning of the this school of modern political
In your yesterday's paper I not- Egyptians," he may have known thought "and devote more of their
ice another gentleman, Mr. Char more geography.than Mr. Watson time to agriculture, commerce and industry thon, and not till lie Chan Fat, coming to the fray supposes. then, will they have begun to lay and throwing down the guantlet the foundation of a glorious and to Mr. Watson. His appearance going under his name is it said
in the press would have been that the earth is flat. lasting independence.
In a previous correspondence surely excusable had he confined himself to a strictly judicious Mr. Watson said that it was the Spaniards who introduced Ea. Consideration of the matter in ropean apparels into the Telande hand. But he seems to be more He is wrong again. It was the concerned with his business inter- Portuguese, Magallanes, who did ests rather than this question (of this introduction after he dia. Philippine Independence. covered this archipelago of 1,200 foar, Mr. Chan, that in case Inde- islands in the year 1521. History Pondence is granted to the Fili telle me that shortly after this pinos your lat would be unbear navigator landed in the Islands able and you would be persecuted he gave some of his personal by the native officials. is unfound. babiliments to the natives ined unless you are not a conscien
tious trader, because that would' exchange for food and other
bo the ultimate logical end of all tropical products. Magallanes (Magellan in English) named this those unscrupulous exploiters who archipelago alter Philip 11, of Srow rich at the expense of others. Your correspondent throws Spain. It was not until after this navigator was killed that the decency to the wind and presumes, Spaniards took possession in 1565. Mr. Watson from his "prejudiced Talking of Independence, I attitude and lack of knowledge of the subject under discussion" to assert that the word has beene a Filipino or a European with grossly misused and misconstrued ever since the dawn of creation, Filipino wife." This Mr. Chan causing more chaos and destruc-says is the cause of Mr. Watson's 'prejudiced attitude" (Save the tion than all the usages of modern
mark). Even supposing what warfare will over do. In the case of the Philippines it has been you say, Mr. Chan, is true, what substituted
the word has that got to do with a purely question? Evidently "Intolerance" Mr. Watson him- political
for
Your The Observatory report states that the typhoon at 6 a.m. to-day appeared to be about 500 miles to the cast of Manila, moving weet.
self admits that in nature's you wish to introduce in the con gigantic scheme of evolution the troversy points which have not the!
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the clock shown above
world's progress is made up of a remotest bearing upon the sub letters are used instead of num- thousand and one small develon.ject and which are likely to hers to denote the hours. Start ments that depend upon each create bitterness and bad feeling,
I wish to thank you, Mr. Editor, for this trespass on your valuable space.
other for its own development, eventually compelling the Editor at one of the letters, check it off, letters around to the right. Check So in reality nothing on the face of the paper to stop further end count a certain number of of this earth is independent, not correspondence on the matter.
Conscious of your own superior off that letter, and count the same even Mr. Watson.
tinue until all the letters have civilisation you indulge in cheap number to another letter. Con- rhetoric and most arrogantly declare that the "Filipinos includbeen checked off. If you have ing their so-called political leaders started with the proper letter, and of to-day were jungle wallahs or have used the correct "key" num-" sevagos before the Americanber, you will find that the 12. Occupation." We all were "jungle letters form two words, which wallabe" until we developed our give a very obvious answer.
Yesterday's answer:
Hongkong,
Youre etc.
H. M. SILVA. 31st. July, 1923.
Sir,-To any one who has dis-selves to the presont stage of
NO MELON, NO LEMON passionately followed the in-evolution climatic and ethnologic-
The line above, "No meloo, no teresting controversy about Phil-a conditions helping certain races lipino Independence now going to bridge centuries in decades. lemon," may be read either back- on in your valuable paper it must Besides it is of no material assis-ward or forward, when the words have been abundantly clear by tance to take into account the "melon" and "lemon" have been
inserted..... now that while the letters eo far paat glories or otherwise of a contributed to the subject by Mr. people in judging their com- W. B. Watson reveal a first-hand petance to manage their present knowledge of the political con- day affairs.
KRYPTOK LENSES
'ditions obtaining in the Phillipine With centuries of civilisation are the most perfect double focus Telands and a deep study of the and culture and enlightenment, glasses for both reading and aro the conditions in distant. In the ordinary bifocal question under discussion, the what
country to day? lens, the segment or part for A Filipino be justified reading is cemented to the distant
--
Own
lenghthy epistles inflicted upon your the readers of the Telegraph by Will your correspondent, Mr. H. Mif he flung back the retort lane, raising the seguent above the surface of the main lona. The to the numerous Bilva, fail to impress the mind pointing that he has even the elemental evils, political, social and what segment and the line of union are knowledge of the subject upon not, prevailing in China, at the always more or less noticeable. moment-ovila. wich In Kryptak lane, no cement in which he has been wasting so present much ink and paper.
would afford patriotic sons of the used, but the reading segment is electrically fused in a depression
I do not myself presume to the soil plenty of work to keep in the main lens, while the whole know anything about this Phill- their
pine Independence and would decade ?
minda engaged for
hesitate before rushing into print, Thanking you Mr. Editor.
F. Z. A.
correspondents in their respective Hongkong, July 31st, 1923,
but I have very carefully followed
Youre ale..
the arguments advanced by your
letters and I cannot help arriving
at the conclusion that while Mr.
Watson has consistently shown a
Sir,-la. your issue of to-day's
lens is ground smooth on both focus. sides to the desired Kryptok lenees of any prescrip- tion in either regular or Toric form are manufactured by The Hongkong Optical Co., successore to Clark & Co., Optical. Prescrip- tion Specialists, located in 53, logical and a well-balanced raidd date, I, either fortunately or Queen's Road Central. throughout bis correspondence, unfortunately, read a very vague maintaining still the original stand letter on Philippine Independence! taken by him without budging by a deluded gentleman named
A VICTROLA
an inch from the main point at W. B. Watson. In the first place, with Victor Lecords gives the best results issue, Mr. Silva's letters appear to a thorough knowledge of facts are
be the veritable examples of con- necessary for an argumentativa fused thinking and illogical con-basis. Secondly, it is a far cry
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