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WHITE MAN'S BURDEN.
SEA MONSTROSITY.
Changing Eastern Outlook.
Oceanic Adaptation.
LIFE IN THE TROPICS.
White Man's Position.
of tho
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From Canton daily at 8 am, and 5 p.m. (Sundays õp.m.onk Profossor J. W. which rested upon the civilized ilustration of adaptation in the Grogory, F.R.S., concludos that SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT 00, LTD pooples for educating the more locoanic anglor-fishos was describ-the white man in not phy- backward races of Asia
and od by Professor C. Tate Rogan, siologically disqus Ified evon Africa in modern olvilization and keeper of zoology at the British from manual labour in the troplos. Sailings to Macao-Daily at 8 a.m, & 2. p.m. (Sundays 9 a.m, only) for protecting them from its most Museum of Natural History, at dolotorious features. The whito a recent mosting of the Royal monts
A review of his argu- Bailings from Macao-Daily at 8 a.m. & 2 p.m. (Bundays 4 p.m. only man's burdon was exemplified by Society.
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the work of the United States in In those fish, which live in the merce. the Philippines, of Franzo in darkness of the ocean at a depth the four main Morocco, of England in Egypt, of between 300 and 700 fathoms, underlie the belief that tho tropics and ro on. Yot we hear vory the male has dogenerated and are unsuitable for the white Be of it since the war. Tho become parastic on the female, man, namely, heat, moist heat, talk is rather the other way. It boing permanently and organ-monotony in temporaturo, and is oritical of the "apisitation" of ically attached to her. Out-actinic rays, as well as mia-
thio
the backward racos by the growths from the male's snout collanoous factors, the Professor civilized. It is worth while to and chin units in front of the concludes:--"Provided the healthi examino why this should be so, mouth and fuse with a nipplo or conditions of tropical regions can for the chango symbolizes the papilla of the female. The skin in be made suitable by vant transformation which is go-thò male, which is black, fuses and control of factors that favour the striot ing on ovory whore in the rolations coalesces with that of the fomalo, spread of infectious diseases, and batwoon East and West, says the white vossols and fiores pass from that ample consideration be given Christian Science Monitor.
the body of the fomalo into that to matters of dist and continonce There are two main reasons. of the male until the latter be-in living, there would appear to The first is that the primary comes wholly dependent on the bo no serious rosson work of education is
why a accom female for his blood supply, and large plished,
of cortainly
part
vast In Asia, thus, indirectly, for his food. undeveloped hough not yet in Africa. Tho Quito apart from his parasitism, nat
tropics should oventually East has learned tho rudiments the male is utterly dogenerate, additional outlet and spacious
provido of Western civilization. It no His mouth is toothless, and oxists home for the European races," longer believes that the white only to supplement his gills for man ін endowed with
Most white residents of tho nome broathing. Organs of locomotion tropics will testify to the sound- superior and almost magical scarcely exist. Whereas tho powers which entitle him as
uporior being to rule the earth. much as a yard, he is only a tenth an authority they will be regarded female grown to a longth of ass of the Professor's conclus-, ions and coming from so sminont It holds that the supremacy of of the size. the white man was due to know-
Angler-fishen are to be found with considerable importance in edge and understanding which in the coastal waters of Groat conection with the development it is possible for other races and Britain, but this form of parasitadays offers a wonderful field for of tropical agriculture, which now- colours to acquiro, by diligent ap-ism is unknown there.
The
an
iplication and work. That familiar anglerfish is no called enterprise if only absurd bolofs knowledge and understanding because the first ray of the dorsal and prejudices could ho overcome. the East is oarnently and rapidly tin is modified into an appearance acquiring. The first in the field of a line and bait. The bait is a war Japan, but China, India.swelling on a kind of fealer, Pareia, Egypt, Turkey, are all which is moved to and fro to now in hot pursuit.
attract the fish on which it foods,
TIDES ON STARS?
New Theory of Solar Systems.
It is true that the East has not but the purpose of the line is un- Fot penetratod to the real socrot of known. The speelmons shown Wostorn ascendancy. It is still and described by Dr. Rogan 00 prono to ascribe it to devolop a luminious bait, which
A fow yours ago astronomers material equipments, as Japan attracts their proy,
and physicista generally accepted Thoy. aspecially has done, and too feed on fish, and are solitary and Lord Kolvin's estimate of the age little to the moral and spiritual sluggish, being practically all of the sun as probably about qualities which go to make up mouth. They are very raro, and
20,000,000 70&TS, an ostimato the charactor of people liko Abra- no froo swimming forms of the which geologists were unable to ham Lincoln or Florence Night- male have been found.
accept. Twenty million yours, ingale, whom the Wost specially AR An explanation of the they declared, was far too short a admires and takes as its muudeta. phenomenon, Dr. Rogan suggest period to account for the geolo- Weet bas gone, and the East, by maturo fish in finding a mate earth, writes the astronomical imperfectly perhaps as yet, but had led the immature males to correspondent of the Daily none the less surely, is learning attach themselves to the females
Chronicle. the secret of its power, and is at the first opportul ity, with the theroforo no longer willing to rosult thet in the end the males bow down in respect and awe became dwarfed and parasitic. bofore it. The famous lines of Matthew Arnold,
OUR GREAT ECONOMY None the lass the magic of the ed that the difficulty experienced gical phenomena observed in the
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The East bow'd low before the
blast,
In patient, doop disdain.
She let the logions thundor past,
And plunged in thought again) are now no longer true.
LOST CONFIDENCE.
:
in д
BRITISH BRAINS.
At
Thon came the discovery of radium and radioactivity, which compelled a drastic rovision of the Kolvin ostimato, and oxtended) the probable life of the sun to something nearer a thousand million years, giving the geo- logists more time than they wanted.
in-
Lord Riddell on Business
Accepting this longar period, Methods.
Dr. J. H. Joans, the secretary of the Royal Society, and a very "We live in an age when con-eminent The socond reason is that the
mathematician, West has lost much of its old tinuity of action is most noceas-vestigated the probability that confidence in itself. while its rop-ary," said Lord Riddell, in dis. other stars had solar systems, utation for excellenco has greatly tributing the awards the originated by stellar tidos aot up fallen in the East. The Great usual prize-giving of Pitman's by the oocasional oloso approach War, which originated
School, Southampton-row, at the of two stars. European quarrel and gradually Royal Albert Hall. "It is an age drow all the leading civilized of concentration and specialism,"
proceeded inations on to the battle field, was
Riddell. A a tremendous proof that some-great many people fail, not be thing was wrong with the vaune cause they lack brains or energy, od civilization of the West. The but because they do not stick to world-wide diecontent with the one thing. Concentration of offort results of modern capitalism, the and continuity of offort are most contrast of multimillionaires and necessary. It is also an age of olume. and the mad pursuit accuracy.
Lord
UNSUSPECTED FACTOR. His conclusion was that no in- nese are the distanco separat ing any two stars that oven is, a thousand million years such a critical approach of two atare could only happen once, or at most twice, and that the probabi- lity was that the only planetary of money and pleasure as unde in "You often bear foolish people system thus formed was our own. In the last two months an themselves, are yet further proof talking about the good old times, that the claim of the West to them. Do not boliavo a word of introduced into the problem, duo and what clover people lived in unsuspected factor has been authority and prestige on the it. The brains of to-day are as to Professor Eddington, of Cam- score of undisputed succoss can good as, if not better than, the bridge, who puts forward tho no longer be sustained-
The truth is that the difference brains of any previous age. If theory that the luminosity of a yov investigate the conditions of star at any time depends on its botwoon the levels of civilization trade in the last century you will mass, and that as it grows older in East and West has enormously diminished of lato, and that the find that it is carried on to its mass decreases because of the chiof burdon which rests upon officionoy.
day with greater accuracy and progressivo loss of light and host! the West to-day is the duty of maintains the proud position sheApplying this now theory of
Our country still by radiation into space. setting its own house in order.) That is not to say that the groat has always held. You hear stellar evolution to the sun, Dr. civilized nations have not still)"
Gorman, Am-Joans has calculated that the sun great obligations to discharge to rican, and Fronch brains boing is losing mane at the rate of about better than British. That is not 4,000,000 tons every second, and backward peoplos, especially in Africa.
trus. Our American friends are this has compoliod a further In Boo ways thoir duties
only too happy to import some of extension of the estimate of the aro grostor than over, for with
our braina. ovory advanco
aun's ago.. of civilization evil Booms to bo-
lot about
would leave
business
Donn Ingo had oritised our The most reliable ostimate of come more complicated in pro./commercial jargon, went on Lora the oartla's mass placos it at about portion as the good advancos. Riddell. Ho wished literary 5,500 trillion tons, and that of the It is far more difficult, for in- pooplo stance, for baokward peoples to people alone. We lived in this aun as .330,000 times groator, or protect themselves against war-country by business. The Bri. 1,815 quardrillion tons. like aggression or
As the mass of the sun-was tish people woro entorprising, and economic exploitation by organized capital from one end of the world to the much, it has taken it over 14 carried the flag of commerce probably at one time twice as than it used to be, unless they other.
Thoy thought of what billion years to reach its prosent have the advice and support of a they had got to sell and not of mass, losing 4,000,000 tons civilized power.
But that protective work itself what they wanted to say about second!
can only be done if the Western!
it.
stars
This oxtonda the time-senle of powers have overcome the evils.
the universe at least a thousand- which reign in their own midst.
|fold, and in the period thousands They can show the East how to to tosch it to avold war, or slums, of close approaches between two maintain law and order, how to for the arrogance and tyranny of
may have taken place, organize an efficient goverment, wealth, when they are the victims using tidal disruptions on one how to produce chespaommodities of those evils themselves? If giving birth to systems of planote. in abundance, because they have the Wont fa to be able to befriend It would soom, therefore, that accomplished (these things at the East, its first duty is to take our own solar system can no home. But how are they going the beam out of its own eye. [longer be considered as unique.
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