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PROGRESS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE MAN WHO DOES THINGS, NOT BY THE MAN WHO TALKS ABOUT HOW THEY OUGHT NOT TO BE DONE-President Roosevelt.
CHINA SITUATION.
REFERENCES AT CHARTERED
BANK MEETING, "
The Very Idea!
At a recent lecture, Mr. Crate Speaking at the 74th ordinary Aitchison, K.G., gave two examples General meeting of shareholders of of brevity. the Chartered Bank of India, Aus- lawyer impressing upon a tralia and China in London on youth what taking the oath really March 28th, Sir Montague Cornish meant, eaid, "You know it's wrong Turner (Chairman) made the folto tell a lie, that it is sinful, and lowing references to the situation in that dreadful things will happen China:.
If you don't tell the truth, known that, don't you?"
"Yes, sir."
You
their greatest progress, and we fcar that in this regard its op- ponents do not do all that they might to offset the consequences of woll-Jald campaigns. We have again and again stressed the neces- aity of definite anti-Communis! activities here in this Colony,
The P. and O. 9.5. Morea, from Much could be done by the printed Shanghai, is due here at 7 a.m. on werd, in the vernacular, especially | Friday. by the dissemination of popular literatura specifically, designed to counter the propaganda which we
"Then you know the meaning of know to be carried on by stealth amongat our working classes.
Sir Victor, Sassoon, Bt. arrived to be a little better, but the deadly
twelve months ago,, and they seem an oath?"
"Yes, sir. Hell fire, your Wor. Take for example, the admirable in the Colony yesterday by the canker of civil war still exists, with ship." analysis by H. E. the Governor M.M. liner Athos II. He is prodire results to trade and Industry. yesterday of the role which capital | ceeding to Shanghai. must play if prosperity for all cinssos is to be served. Much of what he said could be translated into simple terms, printed and dis- tributed wholesale in pamphlet
NO PERIODIC REFILLING form hore in Hongkong. Similar-
APPARATUS NEVER FAILS NON-CONDUCTOR
of ELECTRICITY RELIABLE, EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE. Types for Motor Cars and all Establishments.
Yesterday's return of notifiable diseases shows two cases of amal). pox and one of diphtheria. All ware Chinese.
The Empress of Russia left Shanghai at 11 a.m. yesterday and is due here at 10 am, to-morrow. She leaves for Manila at 5 pm. on Friday.
As regards China generally, it is extremely diflcult to judge what are the actual conditions. They are certainly no worse than they were
The other "brevity" story con- Wo read of atrocities committed by cerned a minister who after having the Communist bodlea scattered described at great length how the about the country. Those reports Israelites walked across the Red may be exaggerated, but in any Sea, naked a small boy, "Well, ease the masses of the people suffer Johnny, how did the Lernolites untold. misery and will continue to cross the Red Sea?" suffer so long as civil war continues. "Fine," replied the boy.
Certainly in the South conditions
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"The Big Paratie," which is be-would seem to be better, especially The English holiday-maker has, ing screened at the World Theatre in the relations between Hongkong been reproached with knowing the until Saturday, is an unusually long and Canton, where the Moscow in Continent better than the home- film and only three performances fluence seenis to have diminished to land. can be given daily, starting at 2.90, a very appreciable extent, I think 6.30 and 9.15 p.m.
we can say that the tendency, both in the North and South, is to adopt conciliatory, attitude towards Great Britain in place of the hus. tile anti-British feeling which pre- vailed last year.
The difficulties
ly, other elementary economie facts could be given publicity in like manner. The polat is that it is no use making spasmodic efforts along this Hine--the campaign must
By the M. M. liner Athos II, be constant and unremitting, just there left yesterday Commander as Moscow's is. If there is no Davey, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Cal- organisation in the Colony which lagan, Mr. H. E. Arnhold, Mr. Har- take on this work, then riman, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. W. Jones and Mr. T. C. Payne, all for Shang Government,
conjunc-hai. tion with large employers of labour, might take the matter in Amongst the passeners who left hand. Of the value of anti-Com-by: the M.M. liner Andre Lebon were the Rev. Father Robert, for munist propaganda, there can be Saigon; Mme. R. Sarrault, for Sai-
But it would be folly to gon; Mr. J. L. Thomson, for Singa no doubt, postpone definito action until the pore; and Mr. A. S. Forsyth, for recently been done both in imports
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of transit up-country and the enor on goods before they reach their mous impositions that are levied
destination have naturally reflect- ed on the import trade, both through Canton and in North China. The only marvel is that trade is feasible at all.
I'm a notable exception, and
I'm proud to say I know The road that leads from Fen-.
church-street to Aldgate East and Bow. And I've wandered by the way- alde, where the famous highways fork,
One leads (I think) to Bristol,
and the other one to York.
I am more at home in Margate than upon the Lido front, And I've stood on Mudtown platform, watching local goods trains shunt. I'm no truly patriotic when a
holiday I take That I live on Devon'cider, Cheshire checse and Eccles cakes.
Our latest reports, from Shang- hai indicate that better business hus
and exports. At the same time we "Reds" had managed to get the ear
hear that robberies and kidnapping WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25. 1928 of those an whom they principally At the Marine Court this morn have become so frequent that the rely to spread their perniciousing, before Commdr. J. B. Newill, business section of the Chinese are D.S.O., R.N., the master of a cargo afraid to go about their affairs. I
What is known in medical par- THE "RED" MENACE.
junk was charged with navigating think we may feel assured that no lance as a miracle case has hap in the harbour without regulation' | opportunity will be neglected by
doctrines.
The Drug Traffic.
·Sir Malcolm Delevingne did not bent about the bush in sum- marising for the benefit of the Opium Committee, now sitting at failure in the attempts at inter- Geneva, the numerous points of national control of the filicit drug
tive,
In this way the population of Chin-death's door. He was unconscious cho settled down in Manchuria, for almost three weeks, but has chiefly on the line of the Chinese made a splendid recovery, having Eastern Railway, has increased by now, as stated, quite regained his two millions.
usual health,
CHINESE CHARGED WITH POSSESSION.
Medical text books do not even mention a case of such com-
such a series of complications exista, the average recovery is much less than one case. in one hundred thousand cases.
lights, and, pleading guilty, was our Government to regain the woodpened at Buckie, Buntshire, A fined $10, with the usual alterna-will and co-operation, of our old boy of eight years, the son of a The Government's interest in the
friends, the Chinese, to make trade fisherman, is to-day again in good commercial life, of the Colony was
feasible and the country more set-health after an extraordinary ex-
perience. once again 'illustrated yesterday,
A Chinese girl, fifteen years of led than it is at present.
A striking result of the continu- To begin with, he developed by the presence of His Excellency
age, was admitted to the Governance of civil warfare has been the scarlet fever, during which he the Governor at the annual meet
suffering from immersion. She the past four years of the country removal to hospital he showed ment Civil Hospital last night steady stream of migration during contracted pneumonia, and before ing of the Hongkong General Cham-
jumped into the Harbour at Ken folk-chiefly agriculturists from symptoms of peritonitis. By this her of Commerce. As on the o-traffic, and the members were nedy Town in an attempt to com- the disturbed district in North time the boy was despaired of, casion of the previous year's gather forced to admit that no improve-nat suicide but was rescued by China to South Manchuria, where and he was operated on imme when practically at peaceful employment is offering.diately, ing, Sir Cecil Clementi addressed ment had been effected since the junk people in the vicinity.
Committee last met. Perain the meeting, and a perusal of his exports with perfect freedom from Expressing the view that bribery remarks, reported elsewhere in this worry about League resolutions, was extraordinarily difficult to de and the smuggling of opium into text, and that when detected must issue, will show that he was able
Ching is still a highly-paying probe punished severely, Mr. R. E to Bay much of a reassuring position for those engaged in the Lindsell yesterday sentenced an In- European countries are dian tonstable to three months' character regarding the outlook for traffic.
Over and hard labour for such an offence, this Colony and South China by no means exempt.
over again during the recent dis- despite a plea that the man possess MORPHIA AND HEROIN. plexity, but, where evidence of generally. We were also pleasedenssions it has been revealed thated a very good record of service. to note his references to the bens-first that country and then another
It is understood that the first fits to be derived by young business is importing a far greater quantity
of drugs than required for legiti-automatic wireless alarm equip men from a knowledge of the
mate purposes, and the delegates ment fitted locally, has been placed
East Ham woman, when asked Chinese language, and also to the have devoted themselves princi- on the 8.8. Tinhow,
Tests have Mr. L. D. Turner appeared be- to give her opinion of her neigh- desirability of definite steps being pally to pointing out the errors of been carried out between the ves-fore Mr. R. E. Lindsell, at the bour: It is furthest from
other people's ways rather than to sel and Cape D'Agullar and the Magistracy this morning, on be-thoughts to judge a fellow crea- taken in the "get together" mave-dealing with questions much equipment has proved entirely half of a Chinese named Yeung ture.
Other vessels will Ching-ching, who is charged with ment between the European and nearer their own homes. While satisfactory.
he fitted locally during the next importing and possessing fifteen Your husband is at work to-day? Solicitor at Bow County Court: Chinese communities;; This latter this attitude largely persists, we
ment of the League ideals, unless, met with general approval.
of heroin into the Colony, Mr. H. and again if he feels like it. of things, must loom more pro-as Sir Malcolm suggested, the pro-
This morning's Harbour Ofee A. Taylor, of the Imports and Ex- minently as the days go by, and it blem is tackled at its source, and
Mr. Turner told his Worship It was near the conclusion of will be all to the benefit of the an agreement is reached to ensure reports gave 14 arrivals and 25 ports Office, prosecuted.
curtailment of manufacture.
In departures, with British holding that the head of the Imports and the Indian history lesson, during Colony as a whole if the friendly this as in many other League pro- top figures. Tonnage wha Com Exports Office, Mr. G. R. Sayer, which the teacher had told the com-bleme, national suspicion and preparatively good, with a great im-desired to see defendant, and he class that to this day the Princes munities can be strengthened by judice are difficult to overcome provement in through freights. would ask for an adjournment of India met, annually. She was
and thus we get delegaton declin-Japanese and Norwegian carried Continuing, Mr. Turner said that summarising the lesson. new social and sporting contacts.ing to think of placing a limita- the highest inward and German he would probably have to obtain The matter is one worthy of the tion upon manufacture, while the and British the best throughs. At evidence from Canton.
possibility exists that an equally 9am, there were 53 vessels in har- closest analysi...
sirict check will not be maintained For the present however, we in a rival country. A little mutual hour, of which 17 were British.
especially commend 'the confidence would be a great naset; timely exposure by Is Excellency indiced, without it, che League may ganized from Hongkong, resulted in carrying the drug quite openly and of the fallacies of Communism and tackle the problem over the con- the arrest on Monday night of a without any allempt at conceal questioned by the examiner for the
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question is one which, by the natur. can see no hope for the achieve few weeks, the equipment having grains of morphia and fifty grains Wife: Oh, yes; he does a bit now
[relations between the two
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"And what is to this day great yearly event in India?" she In answer to Mr. Lindsell, Mr. asked. Turner said his cllent did not deny Bright Pupil "Please, Miss, the physical possession of the drug, Calcutta Sweep." but denied knowledge. He was
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number of gamblers who were sur- prised in fan-tan dens at Cheung- hau. It was claimed for these fan-tan establishments that a fine The Law's Curiosities.
organization had been set up with We could condule with the coolie the view to safeguarding themselves who received a painful whack over against such emergencies as this, the head with a bamboo pole when but, despite the keen look-out kept, the low was intended for, some-the police were able, in a number one else, if the humour of the of cases, to surprise the inmates. incident was not uppermost in our
A number of Hoklos were bound The Magistrate's decision mind. when the wielder of the bamboo over while several Hakkas were dis- was produced in Court, an order charged at the conclusion on the to pay compensation amounting to Police Court yesterday of the, case $5, did, however, appeal to us in in which members of these two different way, since the proba-rival clans were charged with being Biliterant, why he would have concerned in two lights on the
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John, a Boy Scout, was being
ment.
gardener's badge. A remand un 11:30 a.m. on Saturday was granted, ball of inquired the examiner.
"What is a herbaceous border,"
$2,500 being granted.
A profound silence enaued, and then came the unexpected reply, "Our lodger, sir. He doesn't eat
CORRESPONDENCE. meat."
BOMB FIRING.
(To The Editor of Hongkong Telegraph.]
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his exposition of the part which capitalism must play in present- day life. There was no attempt by Sir Cecil to decry or minimise the essential part which the worker plays in the world to-day, but right
An operation on a girl of 12 ful stress was laid on the point that
was described by a doctor in the capitalism and commerce are as
King's Bench Division in London necessary to human welfare as is
recently, as a "miracle of British labour. The destructive doctrines
surgery (anys the London Daily Chronicle). The girl, Guisseppina of the Communists were well sum
Carrano, the daughter of TOB marised by His Excellency when he declared them to be "the violent.
Sir,Last night just at bed tuurant-keeper in City-road, Lon- substitution of an artificial and been involved in a much more waterfront. The feud between the time the good folk in Kowloon ex-don, had been knocked down by a
in occurred. The originated some 30 years ago and to alona. This
the the granite setts of the road Her arbitrary tyranny of the Pro serious penalty had his aim been two factions was stated to have perienced a series of loud exple motor car, striking her head-on
a little more accurate. letariat." As such, It makes a situation would have provided have lately broken out afresh in residential area and was, to say skull was so badly fractured that business competition in connexion the least, most alarming. Talking her brain was protruding. Two delighted in strong appeal to the "Have-Nots" Gilbert,
to a friend this morning; he g-operations were performed in and to the literate or semi-paradoxes, with an excellently with the sale of steerage tickets.
gested that the noise came from a University College. Hospital, and "The General," which is the certain military mess. I trust the now a circular area of the brain, educated classes. We have seen in variable theme for his satirical wit. Perhaps the law in Hong- China during recent years what the kong is that it is one's duty to feature attraction at the Star police will tako note, and if such about three inches in diameter, Theatre to-day, is a capital comedy cracker-firing took place without was unprotected except by ekin.. translation of those doctrines into keep out of the way of dangerous blending the historical with the the necessary permission, that The girl suffered from slight head- sets means, and whilst it is com-
burlesque. The picture has the they will prosecute those respon achos, but, except for unimportant American Civil War for its setting Leible-Yours, etc.,
nervous disabilities, was in good forting to know that the truth
RESIDENT.
health. Is gradually opening the eyes of the
The health return for the 24 and deals principally with the ex- Chinese people to the terrible hours ending April 28 shows two periences of Buster Keaton as & Chinese cases of small pox and one young Southerner who tries to en- menace of the "Red" evil, it is, as case of enteric fever, The return list in the Confederate Army but His Excellency remarked, still necessary for us to be on our guard. Moscow plays her cards cunningly
weapons,
who
Kowloon, 25th April, 1928.
I make Do rash electoral promises-Bir P. Cunliffe-Lister.
for the week ending on Saturday who is refused because he is of Wu Te-chen, the former Chief of I wish, there were an Act of shows that there were two deaths more value to the cause as the Canton Police and acting Commis-Parliament to abolish votes of from the four Chinese cases of engineer of a locomotive known sioner of Reconstruction to the thanks.--Mayor of Northampton. small pox and two can", one fatal, |## The General," How his Canton Government, arrived in Members of the Bench are more and skilfully, and she has her of diphtheria. Of the it casca of engine is stolen by aples, how he Hongkong by the Taishan on Sun- attractive collectively than in agents in all parts of the globe.
enteric fever notifede was Bri- gives chase, and how he dashes day and le now staying in the dividually; Mr. Justice Eve.
The problem of the Dominions, tiah, another Portuguess and the back to safety with his sweetheart King Edward Hotel. Mr. Wu was ethers Chinose. One case was im whom he rescues make an extra-accompanied by five Canton officials when you go there, is how to avoid. 'ported.
ordinarily amusing picture, ‚ on his voyage down here!
having a meal,-Mr. Amery.
It is by means of intensified pro- paganda that the Communists make