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THURSDAY.
Oct. 23.
1930.
OTHER WAYS THAN TARIFFS.
of
ties, and the abolition of double taxation. Here and the Bat might be extended-is a formid- measures for able array of
1930.
stimulating Empire trade, ́ ́and
THE FUTURE WILL BELONG TO THE serious application thereto might RELICION THAT FIRST FITS ITSELF TO well be more effective and potent THE FUTURE-Israel Zangwill. than "any kind of preferential tariff."
Yesterday's health return shows
These subjects, while peculiarly one non-Chinese case of puerperal A
or
fever.
Professor W. I. Gerrard will pre- side over the debate on "Private
to
be
to-day held
MISS SACKVILLE WEST says
YOUTH IS PERPLEXED.
One's
DAY or two ago I was talking nine when it ended. The war can't to two young men. One of have affected me very, directly or them was 21, and thus had personally. But I have to suffer suited to Imperial co-operation
not been to the war; the other was from the direct, or indirect effect can also be said to fall within the
The
Hongkong interport golf 33, and had been right through it.on millions of people. range of activities of such a body
Let us call them respectively We are left with no beliefs be- team returned from Shanghai by as the League of Nations. The s.s. Empress of Canada to-day. Stephen and Ronald-which were, yond a vague pessimism. We are in fact, their names. Stephen was inheriting the full sense of the plain fact is that the world to-
both by inclination and profession futility of the war. That's what day is econcically and political-j
Mr. M. Manuk will speak on a poet; Ronald worked by profes makes us feel so lost. ly sick, and much of that sickness
"The Way to Liberation" at asion in an office, but by. Inclination
Lost Values. arises from the failure of the public lecture at the Hongkong was a philosopher with a scientific
Ronald Lost? Yes-I suppose nations to co-ordinate either their Lodge of the Theosophical Society, mind. He liked scientific facts, and
ueen's Road Central, 2nd he liked general ideas: he respect one does feel lost. Exposed, and
ed, though he did not specialise in, naked, and vulnerable. foreign
policies. economic
With the Floor, to-day at 6 p.m.
art and literature.
burden of making a new world, and · There are some who argue that
The War.
nothing to make it with. All the because progress is slow, the
old values gone, and no new ones idea of co-operation should be
Stephen, who had just left Ox to take their place. Besides, dur given up altogether. These are Practice should be entirely replac ford, was an idealist and a vision-ing the war one had a sense of irre they who would attempt to cure ed by Hospitals of the State ary, with a good working know-sponsibility which amounted to a
at 5.15 ledge of his own contemporaries. sense of personal liberty. the evils arising from armaments.m. in the Union Assembly Hall, Clearly a lot went on in both their life was arranged for one; one was by increasing armaments, and the Hongkong University. evils arising from tariff walls and finanelal anarchy by the im-
Struck in the stomach by a piece position of more tariffs. The of wood which he was sawing at the time, a Chinese named Loung logical outcome of such a policy Sum-muk, employed as a carpent must be to divide the world into ter at Ah King's Slipway,
and removed to the Government Civil groupe, each restricting"
with other Hospital yesterday for treatment. hampering trade groups, fighting them diplomatical- ly for concessions and spheres of influence, discriminating against their shipping, and wrangling with them over tariff concessions. That is not the way to remove world depression or to build up zeonomic prosperity, but it is the way to kill co-operation and eventually to lead to war.
in
host
William
was
heads. I asked them what they ordered about; one was treated as thought of the post-war genera a parcel.
tion as compared with the pre-war, But, ultimately, someone else They both said, in a breath, that was always answerable. There was the war had made all the difference. always some colonel or general on I agreed. The war made a gulf whom one could put the blame. four years wide. But what, ex- Stephen: 1 daresay. But what about us? It's. our world now-so actly, was the difference?
They eyed each other, and me, we are told-to reorganise, but, mistrustfully. Englishmen mis- personally, I feel rather like a child trust generalisations-how right-set down to make out a complicated A Chinese named Chan Kai (19),ly-und dislike giving themselves journey from a Bradshaw fifteen employed by the Kowloon Godowns, away-how wrongly! Nothing is years out of date. No wonder we was admitted to the Kwong Wah more interesting than a person will want to shelve the problem, and
Then run off to play! Hospital yesterday suffering from ing to give himself away. injuries to his hand which was they decided to talk, crushed whilst working cargo. His
No wonder we try to hide our condition is not regarded as seri Ronald: Well, in the first place.
Jan absence of sentimentality..
sentimentality and our anxiety. ous.
Stephen: Never! People of The fact that we hide them doesn't my age (Stephen, remember, is 21) mean that they aren't there. I am Passengers who arrived to-day are profoundly sentimental. Only, convinced that we are all profound- put by the Empress of Canada included they will take infinite pains to dis-ly unhappy and uneasy. So we put, the Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton and guise it.
Mrs. Shenton, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
* *
Pursuit of Pleasure..
Elaborate Bluff.
up an elaborate bluff,
Taggart. Mr. P. Tester, Mrs.E.
Ronald (ignoring the disagree- a Stone, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hickling,
It our
in
ness.
They had quite forgotten my pre-
that
The Colony's Educational Policy.
Somewhat submerged With the delegates to the Im- perial Conference now engrossed speech dealing with a of Mr. and Mrs. A. Prismall, Mrs. ment): In the second place a pur-sence in the room. They were talk- in Committee work, it is inevitable mutters of high and perhaps more F. Maitland, and Sir Elly Kadoorie suit of pleasure. The typist in my ing seriously and eagerly, in an office goes out every evening, either honest attempt to get at what they to dance or to the pictures. The did think and at what they did Although their words were that very little can at the moment immediate moment, Sir
Peel's views on the Colony's Mr. T. V. Soong, Finance Mini-clerk in my bank spends every week mean. be divulged regarding what is go-educational system have received ster to the Nanking Government, end rushing about on his motor-pessimistic, their very seriousness ing on behind the scenes. It is less attention than they deserve. arrived here by the Empress of bicycle. I, myself, suffer in my and honesty persuaded me apparent, however, that, by the His Excellency was brief, but Canada to-day, being accompanied own way from the same feverish-there was hope in the young. They might be perplexed, but they were method adopted, the Conference is very much to the point, and we by three secretaries. He was met
You see, one's daily work has be-not empty.
They were horribly worried be- proceeds to Canton to-morrow to coming to grips with the multi-welcome his proposal to seek the by several Canton officials. He farious issues upon which it is advice of the Education Beard as investigate Kwangtung finances, come so automatic, so impersonal,
a mere had not yet found anything else to an interest and becomes hoped to reach decisions to the the promise of a step towards the and will remain in the South for se standardised, that it ceases to because they had lost something and routine. The days when the junior take its place. They knew that a in an office felt himself to be part gospel of despair was not going to mutual benefit of all parts of the rationalisation of local education. about two weeks.
Greatest Empire.
interest That some measure of reform is
is
of a small, friendly, family concern take them very far. They did at Residents desiring to send gifts are over. Similarly, the hand-least know that.
They went on talking, and I naturally centred on the delibera- desirable must be obvious. His
Excellency has clearly perceived overseas will read, with interest craftsman has given place to the tions
the
on Committee
the greatest weakness of the the announcement appearing in worker in the factory, who spends listened. They were talking now Eddington, they advertising columns, by his time screwing up a certain nut, about science. Economie Co-Operation, which is
present policy, namely, that
ing, though one couldn't understand considering numerous schemes allows pupils to stay at Govern- Messrs. Thos. Cook & Son, Ltd..and scarcely knows what he is help- agreed, was tremendously inspirit
which solves the packing problemi.ing to make. designed to stimulate interment schools for three or four Packing and forwarding is usually Everything is on too big and un-it all. But it was a difficult, world, Empire trade. The tariff pro-years longer than is justified, an irksome task for most people, and manageable a scale. One is obliged they agreed.
One knew too much, and one Still they said, posals are very shortly to be re- and, of course, that the longer realising this, Cook's undertake to work for one's living. But one ported upon, and it will then be they stay the greater is the cost to carry out this work, paying tries to compensate oneself by knew too little. disclosed whether this method is of upkeep of such schools to the duty where necessary and deliver squeezing every ounce of pleasure they would rather be living now than at any time in the past. "And ing the packages safely to the into one's private life.
This facility, Stephen: I think it goes deeper what about the future?" I asked. likely to be acted upon. At the Government. Doubtless many of addresses desired.
will doubtless be much appreciat- than that. Mind you, I was only Oh, the future! Nobody could tell. them enter upen education moment, the various Government
five when the war broke out; only about that. schools rather late led. English Departments in London are
in life. Nevertheless there is a examining this aspect of the
certain incongruity to be found in question.
the fact of youths of 20 and up- married It is satisfactory to observe wards-many of them that this matter of Empire trade
men with children-playing the development is not being con- part of schoolboys. The fees they sidered solely from the standpoint | pay scarcely begin to cover the of possible tariff changes. There cost with the result that, in per- are, in fact, many other methada mitting them to remain at school, of stimulating trade besides in-a Government seeking to retrench of has perforce to reduce its outlay terference with tariffs, some
in other and probably more fruit- which
certainly least
ful directions, Subsidies to objectionable and possibly far vernacular schools appear in the more practical. The writer of a Budget at a lower figure than frankly. Protectionist article in last year to the prejudice probably the Times recently went so far as of some hundreds of children of to Bay that "the adoption of the poorer classes. This is bad common standards by the various economics, as pointed out by the
Hon. Dr. T8o. The constituents of the British Empire might in certain industries have schools of this kind there are in existence, the lighter is the re- more effect on the direction' of
aponsiblity of Government in the trade than any kind of preferential matter of popular education. It the tariff." In other directions, also, would appear, reverting to
age of there is no lack of fields for problem of the high constructive co-operation between numerous pupils at Government Com-schools, that if they can afford to the natione of the British monwealth. Touching on this continue their education, they can point, a writer has shown that the afford to contribute a larger pro- portion of the cost of such educa- establishment of a permanent Im- tion. The Government is com- perial Economic Secretariat for mitted to no definite course the purpose of facilitating the ex-action but it is satisfactory change of commercial intelligence know that the educational pro- of blems of the Colony are to be ex- and joint consideration economic problems, would certain-plored from a new angle.
ure
..
more
of
to
ly have a beneficial effect. Then there are such matters as the co- Theft of a quantity of telephone ordination of credit and currency, cable and soldering in Hennessy Road was alleged against a coolies co-operative industrial and agri- who appeared before Mr. Lind cultural research, improved sell at the Central Magistracy this methods of grading, marking, morning. The defendant was also who stated packing, and marketing, the incharged with receiving stolen pro-
perty. The accused, provement of communications, the that the material had been given organisation of emigration, the to him by an electrican of the unification of mercantile and Telephone Company, was remanded on the application of the police to maritime law and practice, the endeavour to arrest the principal simplification of Customs formall-offender.
You can't fool her.