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FRIDAY. MARCH 23, 1928.
RUSSIAN TEMERITY,
and
FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1928.
DAY BY DAY.
THE BOOTLACE.
(A Gem From Official Correspondence.)
HAPPINESS COMES FAR MORE FROM WITHIN THAN FROM WITHOUT.. Freeman Clarke,
The following interesting "akit" There was a clonn bill of health on Service red-tape is taken from The Afalla Racing and Sporte in the Colony yesterday.
Gazette:
As from Sunday, the Sal On and the Tung On will gail for Canton at 10.30 p.m. Instead of 11 p.m.
as heretofore.
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volution. Wo only need to look at the present state of Chinn to dis cover support for that submission. In parts of the country where there is little or no power to back up authority, we find banditry and terrorism to be rampant, and re- volutionary upheavals constantly recurring. Let all the nations of the world, in the present state of civilisation, scrap all their armica and navies then we should have these ovils on an intensified scale.
Among candidates recommended For, regret it though we may, man-for election as Fellows of the kind has riot yet reached that happy Royal Society of Edinburgh is Mr. George Brown Barbour, M;A. stage when all precautions for the (Edin.), M.A, (Camb.), Professor defence of national rights can be of Geology, Yenching University, thrown to the winds. Total dis- Peking. armament is no doubt a very fine
This morning's Harbour Office ideal. It is something towards roports gave 18 arrivals and 12 which all truly peace-loving nations departures, with Japanese holding can aspire, in the hope that the top, figures, leaving 61 vessels
in harbour, of which 23 day may some when it will be with-
British. Tonnage was compara- in the sphere of practicality. But Lively low, while freights were by that day in not yet. There needs no means good, Japanese carrying to be much lovelling up in the the best cargoes and the only four figure registries of the day. The 1088 civilisations of many countries,Be total of British cargo wis fore we shall be able to regard the than 2,000 tone. scrapping of all implements of war as feasible.
were
The Straits Times, in chronicling the death of its editor, Mr. A. C. Wentworth Lowie, says he was taken ill about six weeks ago and, after three weeks at his house, was removed to hospital. After further examination it was decided that an abdominal operation was necessary, and this was performed. Although of a serious the operation was character Mr. Lewis appeared to be making a very good recovery, and excellent reports were received as to his progress. Later, however, he suffered a relapse which proved fatal, and it was with a very deep. use of shock that the staff of the Straité Times heard the news of his
The Commanding Officer,
H. M. S. Tragedy...'
I havo the honour to submit That I may have, should you see it,
-Gratuitous, Issue of one lace
To keep my starboard boot in pinco For yesterday, the 3rd. of June. While dressing for my lunch at
noon,
I parted one in thirtoon places Although both boots had Service
laces,
Report of loss was made by mu. I have the honour, Sir to be,
B. Dupp, Lloutonant.
The Admiral Commanding, -Squadron
The Very Idea!
A Scotsman and an Engllahman wore alone in a railway carringe In South Africa, on a 200 miles. journey. The Scot sat in dend silence, while the Englishman was gasping to enter into conversation. At last the awful quiet got on the Englishman's nerves.,
He leant forward towards the Scot. "It's a long, dreary journey, [this,” he said,
“And_why' should it no "bo a long, dreary Journey?" snapped the Scot, "It's costing £31"
An Italian minor, Giuseppe Scarponi, who works in the Longwy coal mines, has suddenly found himself confrented with an embarrassing choice of would-be brides, for he is a bachelor, and. It became known' recently, that, họ... was sole heir to a fortune of | $1,000,000 left by an uncle.
The effect of the news was very
Submitted for consideration, This officer going to his station For lunching ship, had hardly soon to be soon in his postbag, for
started
** |instead of bringing only an occa- Before the lace in question parted.slonal note from his aged mother- As I consider there's no blame. It brought Letters from all parta Of wilfully destroying same,
of the world. Up to the present Submit the other lace be matched.time Scarponi has received 187 . (A pink defect list. is attached), Voro A. Shackle, Captain.
The Commanding Officer. H. M. S. Tragedy. Attention la directed to Article 6, lines 1 and 2, Of Home Fleet Order Book, which
atato
Domands should be in tripliente. As to the lace, describe that
fracturo
With details as to longthi and size, How many kinds of knots it ties. Its colour (whather black or blue), Ita pattern number, price when now, And also (to the nearest ponny) Its market value now, if any,
Crockott Knott, Admiral.-
The Admiral Commanding, -Squadron
offers of marriage, many of them from young girls, of good family, who point out that his now Anar ciál situation makes it Imperativo that he should achieve, social standing by a marriage with a girl who, aftor coaching him in etiquette, could introduce him into the right milieu.
His mail also included 214 offers of directorships in various com mercial and Industrial concerns, while 150 other missives have been classified 118 purely begging
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Solicitor (to soft-spoken wit- ness): Some of you men are like women with your meek courtroom voices.
Witness: I'm no loud speaker. Prosecuting Officer: Two of the defendants were found under house in Kangaroo Point;' the other two were found under similar circumstances.
Submitted. In compliance with Your minute 111, demands herewitha Prints of the facture are enclosed The lace itself, it is proposed To keep until the dockyard, send To take on charge its broken ends, The detalls as required by you Have also been attended to.
Awards for gallautry at Wan- hsien, on Sept. 5, 1926, were made One gratifying sequel to the at the Royal Naval Barracks on Geneva debate has been the admira-Feb. 17. Ordinary Seaman Joseph Baldock, A. B., William Kell, and tion expressed in New York over A.B. Francis Herbert Image were Lord Cushendun's castigation of awarded the Distinguished Ser- the Soviet, which is hailed as the vice Medal, and Petty Officer Frederick William Warburton, who grentzat. speech delivered in the showed conspicuous courage and history of the League. That is a fourlessness in taking command high tribute, but in view of the of the boarding party after Lieut. effects which his utterance has A. E. Higgins, R.N., was killed,"
letters, was presented with the Conspicu- since had; the compliment does not ous Gallantry Medal. All were appear to be too lavish. Apart serving in H.M.S. Kin-wo at the"
time. from the matter of motive, there is the further point that the precious Russian scheme did not even take note of the existence of the League of Nations; indeed, many of its aspects were at complete variance with the Covenant of the League, Which only illustrates yet again the temerity of these Soviet For sheer audacity hypocrisy, commend us to the plotters. Soviet delegates to Geneva. Under the guise of accking, world-peace, they have brought before the As- sembly of the League of Nations their hare-brained proposal for complete disarmament, which is at last being assessed at its real worth. But it has taken the out spoken utterance of Lord Cushon- dun to convince the majority of the Powers' representatives that the scheme was not only utterly impracticable but was conceived in Insincerity. Until the British de- legate brought his crushing logic to bear on the issue, there was an obvious inclination on the part of other speakers to temparise on the subject. But it le gratifying now to note an almost completo un- animity of opinion according with
Bible.
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death.
ABERDEEN JUNK. PIRATED.
Naval Ratings, /. Rough arithmetical progression Informs us that the United States proposes to spend £72,000,000 on naval development in the next fin- ancial year, and that this figuro is more than 25 per cent in excess of the appropriations for the corres- ponding period by Great Britain. The total represents the largest sum sought by the Navy Department since the Washington Conference, while it is important to note that further upward trend is anticipated by the Committee in the immediate
Another Junk piracy is reported future. It may be taken as estab lished that the polley of the United to have been carried out in the States is to increase its naval ex- Colony's waters, the master of a penditure, while it has been fishing boat stating that he had an sustantially proved that Britain encounter with pirates who inter- will proceed in the opposite direc- cepted his craft off Tum Kon Shan, tion wherever possible. We have yesterday.
GANG SECURES MONEY AND FISH CARGO,
away.
al
MANY IN TO-MORROW'S "TELEGRAPH.”
Vore A. Shackle, Captain.
The Secretary Admiralty, Be' pleased to lay before the Board The details of this most untoward Disaster to a Service lace. Request permission to replace The same with pattern #a (large) And make the issue free of charge, Observing, that the deed was done By accident and not for fun.
Crockett Knott, Admiral.
CORRESPONDENCE.
SUNDAY OBSERVANCE.
[To The Editor of Hongkong:
Telegraph.1
Raymond came home from SUD- day School fairly swollen with im portance. He explained the cause- to his mother.
"The superintendent said some thing awful nice about me this morning in his prayers."
"And what did ho say, dear?" the mother inquired, concealing her astonishment.
The boy quoted glibly and sincerely. "He snld, O Lord, we thank Thes for our food and Ray- mond."
A man has just surprised his relatives by returning home to Potsdam. He claims that he was taken prisoner by Russians during the war, and had been among the lost in Siberia for 11 years. Ho declared that 150 Germans were still prisoners at Kanak, in Eastern Siberia.
An inquiry has been ordered."
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Sir-We hear a great deal now-
A slightly hilarious gentleman adays about the neccessity of had mistakenly thrown his arms stricter observance of the Sabbath, about a totally strange woman, and I think the Church should take He hastened to apologiso,
One of the conditions of Hong- When a respectably-dressed man kong Government contracts, is, I believe, that no work must be done named George Frederick Freeman,
summons for man- Shelgrove Road, Stoke-Newington, our secular authorities, can teach answered a the Church how to observe the Sab- alleged assault on a girl of 11, Mr. Barker, for the police, told the bath?
I certainly think there is some Magistrate at North London Police thing Incongruous in clergymen Court that he did not propose to criticising Hongkong people for not detail the circumstances in an respecting the Sabbath whilst the opening statement, and would at Cathedral Church Body allows once call his witnesses.
Mr. Basil Watson, the Magia Chinese workmen to spend Sundayg in manual labour on the actual trato, said he knew the circum Cathedral building, and I am sure stances, and was most anxious that that many others will agree with the girl should not be subjected to
the ordeal of giving evidence, me-Yours, etc.,
CONSISTENCY. Hongkong, Mar. 22nd, 1928.
not drawn attention to these simple They are believed to be the band facts in order to criticise the one which on Wednesday committed a policy against the other, but for similar outrage on another fishing the purpose of indicating their supjunk from Aberdeen.
the lead in this matter.
"'Scuse me, madam," he gasped. the British viewpoint, Keen as port of Mr. W. C. Bridgeman's pro- In the present ease, the pirates Some time ago, I noticed Chinese "I thought you were m'wife."../
"You're a fine husband for any the United States ia on securing nouncement of the realities of the did not open fire, but effected on workmen engaged in repairing the
situation. Many accusations were easy capture, putting off in a roof of St. John's Cathedral on a woman to have, you so!" scream- pledged adherence to the outlawry levelled at the British Government dinghy and boarding the fishing Sunday, whilst on Sunday after-ed the lady in a rage. of war as national policy, even the following the failure of the Geneva craft,
noon last I happened to be passing "There, ace!" ejaculated the American delegate was impelled to Conference, but now it is possible
They stole $56 in money and the place and again saw workmen gentleman triumphantly; " talk to review the discussions in their transferred over $50 worth of fish busy repairing the woodwork of the jus like her, too." describe the Soviet plan as impos-historical light, Britain has abun into their own boat before calling Cathedral windows.
dantly proved that the rupture was When we consider the record of attributable not to British stub- bornness or her naval intentions, the Soviet in stirring up trouble but to misunderstanding of our in practically every part of the unique necessities. It has now THE WEEK'S PICTURES. on Sundays. Does this mean that
bean tacitly decided that each of globe, it is difficult to conceal a feel the countries concerned will tackle ing of amazement that M. Litvinoff ita individual problems without re- should have the temerity to put ference to the other, and while neither Britain nor America shows forward any scheme for world- any signs of taking advantage of peace. Lord Cushendun evidently this freedom to stimulate rivalry: had that point in mind when ho no complaint will be offered. bluntly asked whether Russia was
Amongst the weddings of which now against civil war. The an-
photographs will appear are those awer, of course, is that she is not
It would be interesting to know of Lieutenant R. A. Peyton and for it is part and parcel of Soviet if Sir Cecil Clementi in bis forth- Miss Iris Thornhill;. Mr. T. L policy to embroll other countries in coming lectures at the University Christie and Miss Joan. Mitchell; on "Elements in analysis of thought and Mr. James N. Wong and internal disturbances, China and and its activities" will make note. Miss Winnie Chan. India, to say nothing of European of the recent attempts in America In the sphere of sport, there countries, know from experience to prove that thinking is a chemical will be a group of the Navy and process. A number of Chicago Sacred Heart College football what Soviet propaganda means scientists have decided that thought teams, and another of Hongkong how the whola concept of it is de processes are no more mysterious lady golfers taken at Fanling.
than the contraction of a muscle, structive, and how it seeks to shat and are endeavouring to make the the Governor at the Tung Wah Brussels
Other pictures will include H.E. New York ter the very basis of civilisation. human brain give up its remaining Hospital, and some excellent photo-Geneva In coming to the League of Na- secrets by a study of nerve re-graphs taken at the inspections of Amsterdam
actiona. Once it was believed that the Volunteer Defence Corps and Milan tions, therefore constituted as the "soul" left the body each night, the St. John Ambulance Brigade. Berlin the League is of countries regard that emotions wore generated in
Stockholm
Analysis of Thought.
ed by the Soviet as "Capitalistic the heart and anger in the spleen, and our ignorance in the mat-
To-morrow's issue of the Tele graph will again, contain a most variod selection of pictures of local interest.
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States"-Russia' WLS obviously ders having been removed, scien- penned, these lines: "I would Vionna animated, not, by pacific Instincts, tists are now trying to solve boldly teach the antique faith that Prague but by a desire to appear in the the ultimate mysteries. They fighting is the only noble thing, Helsingfors
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Shanghal discussion when he put forward the aro mechanistic accidents in a head-plus b equals c. Man de x-an un-Hongkong less universe, proceeding blindly in known quantity, and, puzzle over Yokohama view that complete disarmament obedience to chemical actions which him the scientiste may, but there silver (spot) would expose : All 1 nations to we cannot control. A few years ago will always ban residue which will giver (forward) brigandage, adventurers and re- an Irishman, condemned to death, escape the test tube,
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