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The
Hongkong Telegraph.
SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1931.
THE DANGERS OF QUACKERY.
DAY BY DAY
prosses the view that there should be a ban placed on such treatment
BEFORE MARRIAGE THIS QUESTION WILL YOU CON- of young sufferers. He also thinks
SHOULD BE PUT: that cauterization of the skin should TINUE TO BE SATISFIED WITH THIS be prohibited in Hongkong, remark-WOMAN'S CONVERSATION UNTIL OLD ing that there have been patients ACEP EVERYTHING ELSE IN LIFE IS who required about a fortnight's
The Ben Line n. n. Benalder, from treatment to cure the Inflammation caused by the cautery. It should be one ports via Singapore, is due
here about the 7th instant. explained that cauterization is quite
common
cvcn
TRANBITORY—Nietzsche.
form of treatment
At next Tuesday's meeting of the amongst the poorer classes of Chi-Hongkong Rotary Club, Rotarian A. Swann, M.A.. D.S.C., will speak on nene for all manuer of complainta-Rowing."
for such minor ailments an toothache and boils, or nervous com- plaints generalis. These poor peo- ple are persuaded to believe in the offency of this crude method, which aften does far more harm than Kal.
Beiths:
TH
Even If the Crash Came.
By BEVERLEY NICHOLS,
HE'man with the restless honds lles in the fact that your prido is
was talking, and everybody at wounded.
You know that people are talking the dinner-table sat enthralled.
He was a brilliant expositor of about you, with sympathy or con- what one might call the Tchekov | tempt, discussing your misfortunes, School of Economics-by which wondering whether you will ask mean the school whose members sob them to lend you money. whenever they seen pound. note, mindful of the fearful fate which les in store for sterling...
are
But if you live in Number 10 de Luxe-street, and you are suddenly confronted by the necessity of liv He was nearing the end of his ing in three rooms, your tragedy is infinitely lightened ff the occupants His Excellency the Governor has
peroration: appointed Mr. J. J. Paterson to be n
"And after the number of anep-of Number 9 de Laxe-street Member of the Authorized Architects"
Sacrificing the Car. Consulting Committee during theployed has been brought up to moving out on the same day.
India, the entire economic structure once an leave of Mr. B. D. F. ten millions by the total anarchy of
of Europe will collapse, under the In fact, you are not quite sure His Excellency the Governor has first crashing blown of Russia's whether it is a tragedy at all, when Mr. G. G. Wood, to be a Five-Years Plan. The pound will you remember how that tiresome It is to be feared that far too pointed the Authorized Architects stagger and fall up to ton shillings, old Lady X, who lives in Number Our im-11, will be forced to let her Consulting Comunittes during the to a shilling, to a penny. much latitude is permitted to peo-brence on leave of Mr. A. S. Mac-ports of food will cease overnight. Pekinese sleep in her bedroom, In- The vast populations of the north stead of snoring away in its own Kichan.
of England will march south, pillag-private suite.
If you have a car however It is notified that during the ing, stripping the houses of the
large or small ... and you are absence on leave of Mr. Karsten rich..
in for Denmark Larsson, Consul
Then his hostess interrupted forced to give it up, you will mins She spoke quietly, and her it terribly, of course, But not so Hangkung. Mr. Birger Naess will be him. Acting Consul in charge of the eyes were fixed on the tranquil terribly when you get into an omni- Danish Censuinte.
lawns outside, that were It by the bus and see your neighbour, whose pale candles of a June sky.
ear you always coveted sitting op- "I wonder what they would take posite to you.
ple who set up in business here as practitioners according to Chinese methods, We do not desire to con- demn all such doctors, for we are quite prepared to believe that some of the remedies they prescribe, like ximple herbal prescriptions, may be extremely beneficial. Rut
Arc
there His Excellency the Governor has
If everybody is shabby, the ating the of Member
Authorized can be no doubt whatever that there appointed Mr. C. G. S. Mackle to be here," she said.
ग
"There are some bantams, 1 beis taken out of shabbiness. Consulting Committee
If everybody drinks beer, you will are hundreds of Chinese practition-Architects'
paragus beds. And I know there not be greatly disturbed when the ers in this Colony who are nothing during the absence on leave of Mr.lieve. And the remains of two as-
John Owen Hughes.
tins of soup, because we lost bottle of wine is taken out of
if you your cellar. more nor less than cuacks making
had it this evening The
If everybody is too pour to dress It is notifier that during their living out of a credulous popu-
1st know the truth."
I fall to see Her grey English eyes turned for dinner, well lace. According to the local law.bsence on leave of Mr. Karsten Larsson, Consul for Norway in
who looked down to the feeble-minded. any Chinese can practice medicino Hongkong, Mr. Birger Naoss will be gravely, met the eyes of the speak-how that could be tragedy, except
ther. It was he
first. or surgery, according to purely Chi-Acting Consul in charge of
Norwegian Consulate,
Drastic Reductions, nese methods, without registration. provided he does not use a name or title calculated to induce people to known through the medium of your columns, that we are asked to state believe he is qualified according to that the Chinese Maritime Customs modern scientific methods. This having effected payment on the Boxer opens the door to very considerable Indemnity, the coupon No. 13 of the 5 Gold Loan 1925, will be redeem- abuse, with consequent danger to able at any of the agencies of the the public. We suggest, therefore. Banque Franco-Chinese from the 16th
July, 1981. that a widening of the range of re- gistration is called for, and, indeed
that the whole question of Chinese medical treziment be closely inves firated.
France and the Dealschlands.
Even the Snobs... Even the snobs need have no fear. be exclusive in a back bedroom.
Lots of people are being exclu- sive in Mayfair stables even now.
If you are proud of your family, if you glory in your name, there will be no need to worry because the house that bears that name has been commandeered by a govern- Both contentions are reasonable. ment of economic manines. On the Yot I think that the average render contrary, you will be able to show will nympathize with the woman, that your name is not an empty published for the week en plague, because she expressed the sort of echo, that it needs no lofty ances
We shall be obliged by your making You may say that she was a tire-If you want to be exclusive you can some woman, blind to economic possibilities, a woman who deserved to have her house invaded by hungry mob.
Or you may say that he was tiresome man, a Jeremiah of the Stock Exchange, obsessed by the fall in securities.
The health bulletin of Eastern ports
the following:-Plague Alexandria I cano and 1 death; Port divine common sense that la wo-iral halls to give it resonance, that Said 1 and 1; Baghdad 6 and. 3. man's greatest gift to the world.
you can make it heard, and Cholera-Calcutta 74 canes and 38
go, I hear people pected, above the shouting of the
tha about
forthcoming mob. It in a very good
thing
deaths; Rangoon 2 and 1; Chittagong
17 and 0; Bangkok 1 and 1; Saigon
res-
Edwardians could not say they were poor.
Perhaps a few add daring women,
A glance through the report of the Superintendent of the Alice Memoria) and Affiliated Hospitals provides encouraging evidence that the work of these admirable in-
13 and 9. Small-pox.Bombay
It that they should talk about it. case: Calcutta 2 cases and death; stitutions is becoming naire widely
French genius exerts itself in Cland 7 ans au 1 ile highly desirable, for example, appreciated as time goes on. What many curious ways. Only a French-Vizaganatam 3 and 1: Pondicherry that the holders of Government who smoked cigarettes in public
have man could
hil upon the and 1: Negapatam 1 case; Shanghai 3 securities should realise that those restaurants, might have said it. is even more satisfactory ill is
denthe. Meningitis,Shanghai 4 securities are not gilt-edged by any but they must surely have embar- that the Chinese are gradually but charmingly simple scheme where deaths.
law of nature that they are only rassed their friends dreadfully.
Govern- Nowadays, Georglans would glit-edged as long as the surely being weaned away from by Germany would contribute to
ment which issues them is fed by cause an equal embarrassment if primitive notheds of medical and the checking of competition in over hér
the industrial activities of those to they let it be known that they were surgical treatment and are taking armaments by handing
whom they are issued. In propor-rich. with growing avidity to scientific two finest warships, built under the restrictions of the Versailles ideas. Dr. Gibson records the
And only a Treaty, to France. readiness with which permission Frenchman would have ventured was given to early operations in the the suggestion during case of a number of women patients I whose lives were saved thereby.
It
is also most gratifying to know that there is also a growing de- mand for trained nurses to attend
discussion
WATER LEVELS.
DETAILS FOR WEST, NORTH AND EAST RIVERS.
2
ed.
tion to the reduction of profits from There are a few very rich men those activities, the gili is tarniah- left in England and they deserve our admiration and respect, for There seem to be many reasons they are mostly knights who have believing that the people of this emerged victorious from an un- country may soon be compelled to paralleled economic affray. But endure a drastic reduction in their most of the fairly rich people keep standard of living.
for
per.
The following table, issued by on the type of battleship best the Kwangtung River Conservancy suited to outclass the ships in Commission, shows in English feet
quiet about their riches. Partly, Battleships in minia- the water levels on the West River,
That is no excuse for wild talk one supposes, in order to avold new question. lure, the most remarkable fight-North River and East ftiver on the of revolution and national starva- Indignities from the income tax tion. When the reduction has authorities, but also because they ing. craft ever produced, the dates named:
July July actually taken place. I believe that have a real feeling that to be rich, Deutschlanda may well excite
3 it may be a little less difficult to in these days, is slightly impro- eases of pneumonia, fever, etc.. iti |French interest. But to nak Ger- West River at Shiubing 31.8 34.6 bear than we imagine.
For we shall all be in the same That is emancipation to be able the homes of patients. The Allermany to hand them over to France, North River at Samshul
North River at Tsingyuen 24.2 24.3 Memorial and Afiliated Hospitals even as reparations In kind, East River at Sheklung 12.8 125
boat!
to admit one's poverty. To be able There is solid comfort in The highest levels recorded are:
that to throw off the mask, to relax in are doing a splendid work in the even to save France the trouble of
Ing. 41 feet; Tsingyuen, consideration. If you have been the terrible social struggle, to be training of Chinese girls in this building a new 23,000-ton battle- Shiuhing,
ship to meet this potential 29.2 feet; Samaki, 27.3 feat: lots of servants and event, with oneself
several motor-
please, before sending any work. There is without question threat" would be a subject for Sheklung, 11.5 feet.
The lowest levels on record are cars, it is a very real personal anonymous letters, pause a great future in this movement.
levity were it not quite certain
It. But nine-tenths of the tragedy account of the possible state of minus 5 feet at Samahui and tragedy for you to be forced to leave aider that this a purely imaginary minus 2.7 feet at Sheklung.
society after the threatened econo- mic collapse.
There are two questions touched upon in Dr: Gibson's report which deserve emphasis. First of all, his remark that the ravages of pul- monary tuberculosis continue to go unchecked in this Colony, due to
especially since it has been clearly that the proposal was advanced in demonstrated that many of these all seriousness. The French men- young ladies turn out to be well tality in the matter of armaments, adapted for such work. As time as thus exhibited, is a puzzle to goes on, we hope to see increasingly the world, and offers the biggest large numbers of Chinese girls handicap to limitation. The hug- adopting nursing as a profession.bear is, of course, her insistence un Security, which means to Paris They could find no nobler occup-that France is entitled to possess ation.
greater military strength than all neighbours who may attack it. If the argument is valid for France, it must be valid to other nations. France could not protest against its arguments if it found them in the mouths of other nations. In the end, unless the Security, argu- ! the lack of a sanatorium where mont is totally dismissed, the early cases can receive the beneft, world must arrive at this prepos- of open-air treatment. The ter-terous proposition: that' cach na riblo toll taken by this scourge tion is entitled to possess, for pur- can be imagined when it is pointed poses of self-defence, armies, na out that, on an average, fully fiftyvies and munitions greater than deaths a week are recorded from are possessed by several of Ita neighbours, north, south, cast and tuberculosis, Under exlating oon-west, and that each of its neigh-i ditions, the evil appears to be' grow-bours in turn is entitled to greater. ing worse rather than otherwise. armament than the first nation Assuredly the time has come when and its possible allies. It is, of this grave problem: should be faced, of course, a reduction ad abaur not only in the interests of sufferers dum, but it is the inevitable con- themselves, but also from the stand-clusion of the French thesis. The only nation, which has considered point of the general public health, the Deutschlands to: danand the The other point to which attention building of a competitive ship is is directed is the question of treat France. Their wartender would ment given by unqualified loctors avoid that particular form of com pructialing Chinese medical methods, petition, but to ask Germany, thus Dr. Gibson, after referring to high to subscribe to French doctrine is mortality in children suffering madness, if herole madness.
art crying.
-And Habit.
to con
I am not pleading for a general reduction of wages partly because I have not the faintest influence and partly because I should be only too delighted If everybody had twice as much money as they have now.
Nor am I anxious to see a nation on one flat drab level of poverty. I hate flat, grey countries, geo- graphicaly and economically. ing fiercely competitive myself, I like to think of life 88 a thrilling race for glittering prizes. If prizes are not to be had, or if they reduced by Sociallat legisla- tion that you cannot see, them glit tering, life becomes a comparative
dull affair.
nro 80
ly
the
All I wish you to believe is that if the worst comes to the worst it will probably be not quite so bad as we imagine..
"method
There is a well-worn maximi of tho military historian, that of defence march hand in and with methods of attack."
In plain English, that means that If X makes a gon twice as powerful as ny gun previously made, Y will create a barrier to resist it twice. as powerful as any former barriers. The same maxini might bo appli- ed economically Adjustments can ba be made, Emergencies can met. There are so many watchmen met warning us of disaster, that their voices may be heard serika
And Habib-that strange, un- Boen cement of nations is a larger Item on the balance-sheet; 62: this country's wealth, than, most of us. réalisé..