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NOTES OF THE DAY
WORLD CRISIS The Very Idea!
The only surprising thing about the rumours of unrest in Gor- many, the rumblings of a Second Revolution in the making, is that they have not come before. A suggestion has been made financler's game. Ho can gamble. Human society, even when nation- for the publication in pamphlet He la occasionally thrown a few al pride is appealed to, Instinctive form of the Articles, which crumbs. He is allowed a few nice ly rejects the Narl methods of recently appeared in previous careful, or he will be crushed and bludgeoning individuals into a issues of the Telegraph under wiped out. Blg hauls aro
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BIRTH.
SEIFFERT.--At Shameen, Canton, on
Mrs. R. W. E. Seiffert, a san.
order imposed by tyranny is a poor rubstitute for the natural outflow ing of life which is human nature's highest right and which it will always insist upon. When that right is recognised and no attempt is made to interfere with it, re- sistance disappears and a tendency to co-operate manifests itself.
The contrary view that common national offort can only be achieved by a super-imposed cen- tral force in the political sphere has been proved to be mistaken throughout history. Herr Hitler hopes
by threatening: he may succeed in putting it off; but it will come in greater fury when it does break.
to divert the atorm
BUS COMPLAINTS
Before this was done, I consider-
HELPING THE WIFE By Eddie Kelly, Egg-Beater
"YES, my dear," wo re- marked to ourself at breakfast this morning. "We will spend a quiet day and meditate on the failure re-of the World Economic Con-
ference.
little wins. But he must be very
served.
With which remark we smack-
The Super Financler's system Articles with they of revising the has been attacked politically, on Articles with the idea of enlarging a national basis, by Communiam. cd our lips and wiped away the and making certain points clearer. Socialism and forth. They traces of egg from our mouth.
I found I was tempted to re- have mostly, been appeased, or "Eddie-ic-le," called our sweet construct the whole and rewrite means have been found to keep young wife from the upper the Articles. This would not then them reasonably quiet.
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a reprint of the original But the greatest sufferer has Articles as desired. Therefore I been Industry. It has fought and purpose to leave them as printed fought again to keep its head contenting myself by making a few above water in spite of the hard casual observations, and giving a driving of its tyrannical Master further simple Illustration.
The whole theme of the Articles is an elaboration of the simple iden that "If there is trouble, the only thing to do is to obtain an ac- curate measure of the trouble, then find not the superficial cause, but the real cause, and remove it."
until to-day, due to its growth and development, caused by the very striving which has been forced upon it, it has bred that terrific Monster, "Prolific Production."
The Monster is there, ready, to avonge and devour the persecu. tors of Ita Parent.
It will eventually get him.
The Super-Financiers know this, They know It is almost too much for them to tackle-a different job from tackling national political troubles.
If we have trouble with a tooth, we go to the Dental Surgeon, who in the employment of his skill examines the extent of the trouble, If the Dentist discerns that the Complaints about the emelency cause is basic, and the tooth is They cannot cope with this now of the bus services in Kowloon beyond all hope of assistance from danger on a national basis, the more than national. and Hongkong appear to be grow the knowledge of his profession. Monster is Ing rather than diminishing. The he will finally pronounce that ex-They know that if they do not traction is the only solution. control it, other forces will use chief grlevance of the moment
Extraction will free the patient it. So they have called a "World concerns one of the most import from paina and aches, and will Economic Conference in order to ant considerations when efficiency eliminate this interference with enlist its help.
normal functioning of the is questioned, the maintenance of the regular schedule. Waits of from twenty to twenty-five minutes Ave and ten minute routes on both sides of the Harbour are so common that it is aurprising to note the When absence of police action.
on
body as a whole.
If we are wise, wo forthwith have extraction.
If we are foolish we continue to endeavour to patch up the rotten irreparable structure.
VALUE OF GOLD.'
Human Nature is strange in its behaviour. Although it realises truth-What has to be done, what must be done it is soaked and soddened with ideas and hopes which are 'foolish and false, and, these obstruct the freewill attain
of the advantages of the
true.
In this foolishness, we eventual eventually vehicles do come along y arrive at a stage, after having
been by constant agony and pain ment they are overcrowded, the condi-weakened and wearied, to a state the 2nd July, 1933, to Mr. and tion to be expected when the route of exhaustion, when we will agree It is mostly the case that human la clearly inadequately served. The to anything which will give relief. Nature has to be kicked into the travelling public appears to have In the end, we consent to the In- been given a poor deal by those evitable-the only cure extrac. right direction before it will ad-
just itsolf, whose chief concern seems to have tion. been the percentage of royalties.
Whe
Hongkong Telegraph.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1933.
THE CONFERENCE FIASCO
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the and
For
sense,
our Economie troubles
room, "Eddie-ic-lo,'
Some person with a grudge
against us once told our wife
·S
Binco
she could sing, but baby's
health
won't pormit
her to go be- yond
sho
bar, stonis
surreptit i o us 'noto from our
name,
"Coming-g-g-g", we coood in a
deep bass. We also cannot go be yond A bar without 0 elight
quaver.
of egg from our shirt sleeve and Whereupon we wiped the traces banished the W. E. C. from our
minds:
W. E. C. is, of course, an
ab-
breviation for World Economic Conference, the same as C.M.G., N.B.G., and H SO.
申
Editor's note: The same As W.P.B.
Eddie's
note: W.P.B. being "Won't Pay Back?"
Editor's note: W.P.B. being Waste Paper Basketi
charming wife, without the slight- "Eddie-le-fo" syncopated Our est suspicion of fortissimo.
"Coming-g-g", we trilled, and with a cry of anguish threw our- self up the stairs and flung open the bedroom door.
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Editor: (With feeling): Then came the dawn!
Ourself (B. and b.f.a.): Why? (At the suggestion of the proof- As an instance, our intelligence is aware of the low utility value reader we explain here that the ab- we consult our Specialist our of Gold--lower than common breviations mean "Bitterly and ordinary intelligence common Brass. We are as much aware of badly fed up", though we credit. The verdict is unquestionably it as if we could see it written our public with more understand- there, and it is the extraction of clearly across the skies; or as fic: Ah! I thought that was what has been termed In the it were just a simple division or Articles the third property
of multiplication sum. Yet we must confess that we should experience Money.
a pleasanter senaution in holding (not necessarily possessing) handful of Gold than a handful of Brass Logically this is reasonable.
Shall we be wise? Or shall we suffer to exhaustion?
So for the idea of extraction seems to be the last thing which the present Economic Conference proposes to think about.
a
un-
what he meant.
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"Coming-g-g", we mooed coyly, removing traces of egg from our right hand with a delicate move- ment of our other hand and. transferring the egg...............
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Editor: "We've had the egg be-
Eddio: That's Just too BAD! Ha!
Editor: Well, get on with the
Hai Hai story
Eddle: No, no. We really couldn't. Editor: What did your wife want when she flung open the door?
Ourself: It was we ourself who ung open the door, and our beautiful wife (who is also one of our readers) wanted a piece of soap to wash the baby.
Editor: Did you give her the
A FATAL DIVE
Drowning fatalities in Colony are fortunately few far between, remarkably so per: haps, having. regard to the extent to which bathing is indulged in during the summer months. Nevertheless, such a tragedy as occurred at Laichikok on Monday Any attempt to save the World warrants an investigation. The
Could the mind keep vividly Economic Conference now will youth apparently dived from a fair be a waste of time. The atmos-height into comparatively shallow
It la busy contriving means to before it that Gold hao value only forel water, striking his head on a rock phere has been wrong from the and failing to reappear. The im repair the rotten structure in an by virtue of its job as Money, and endeavour to preserve the power that if we take away its job it beginning. The keynote has pression gained is that the sad been national Interest, selfish-affair could have been prevented of the greatest perverters of this loses its value, and if we could property of Money-the. Super permeate the mind with this idea, ness has dominated. President were some form of control excr- Financiers, whose interests at the and treat all our other economic
cised. Youth is instinctively reck-
our troubles Roosevelt's uncompromising re-less and must be protected from moment, through their power of estimations in the same manner,
dictation, are made to appear from that moment,
But to ar fusal to consider the stabilisa- itself. The facts would suggest
paramount.
would begin to vanish. tion of currencies was the last that diving from a height to dan-
In the present age, we seem to rive at this state in our Economie gerous at certain states of the straw and it must be obvious de-
and if this have arrived at a stage where we thought we all have to overcome tide at Lalchikok
While it is possible to find in- spite the strenuous efforts of the correctly represents the situation, are missing the main point of a lifetime of suggestion.
things. We appear to be not so other Americans to pacify feelings as it does at one or two and to save their "face,"
"beaches, steps should be taken to much concerned about producing dividuals who in order to face the soap: It was we ourself who
physical wealth as using it as a facts squarely are capable of di- prevent repetition.
means of gambling,
Editor: Yes, yes, I know! What vesting themselves of all tradition-ung, open the door..
and selfish did she want? - that no progress can be achieved
conventional The Super Financler is at the al,
Ourself: We don't know. You see. in the economic field while sec-
head of affairs, Governments are economic thoughts, and letting tional interests demand the
his cutspaw. He is largely Gov-reason stand on its throne supreme it was we ourself who dung open the shelving of the crucial monetary Sponsors of the scheme for the ernment expression, because his and uninfluenced, it is highly im-door and we flung open the wrong questions. Atempts to apportion establishment of a Hockey Asso-system well pays and satisfies the probable that a committee of such door. It was not our beautiful Editor (axcitedly) whose room the blame for the collapse which cintion in Hongkong have accom- individuals who compose Govern- men could be found, let alone the little wife's bedroom.
plished the first part of their task.ments.
was it?, must be regarded as inevitable Birth has been given to the body
Ourself: It was the
of the person next to us, but she was would serve no useful purpose. and judging by the unanimity of
out. Judged by the needs of the world the meeting, the weening parlod should be easily survived. Dif- to-day, President Roosevelt is ficulties may come a little later. right in principle, magnificently The apparent demand in Hongkong right as Professor Keynes puts for competitions carrying trophies it, but grotesquely wrong in his is likely to be the main problem. The Association must be guided by method of applying the principle. the rulings of the English govern- One day it will be generally acing body, to which they are be- cepted that the gold standard coming affiliated, and at the same and the economic system it sup-time give sympathetic considera- porta are unequal to the needs of tion to the wishes of members. In the world. On the right track, the end these things may work however, he has raced too far themselves out quite naturally, but ahead of the rest of the field and the Association is to foster has forgotten that recovery can hockey in Hongkong, it must enjoy come only through teamwork, the fullest support and confidence He appears to retain a sneaking of local sportsmen, belief in America's economic in-
HOCKEY CONTROL
dependence; believes he can IS IT ENGLISH?
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or pro-
establish a measure of prosperity A recent British picture, we are while other nations are flounder told provides a classic example of ing. The immediate and satis-how English should be spoken. It fying effects of his inflationist la not clear whether the qualitles policy have blinded him to the are those of grammar realltits. Thus, while we can nunciation. Even more debatable heartily endorse the principles of is the exact definition of "English To- his programme, particularly in as she should be spoken."
few exceptions, the the monetary field, his dismissal day, with of the orthodox view seems to Englishman sprinkles his mother us to have been a fundamental tongue with Americanisms, the
effect of which is often mistake. The delicate situation than the full-blooded speech of at the Conference demanded a the slangiest and most nasal reasoned, persuasive statement. American. Englishmen are in- President Roosevelt presented clined to jibe at America and her. the gold countries with the atti-Idioms without worrying whether tudo: these are our views, with they can afford to. The language or without your association we of the Englishman is rapidly intond to put them into prac- changlug. Bernard Shaw foresees tice, take it or leave it. It was the time when pidgin English will Indianstrous attitude to take be the universal tongue, but it HITTORGAMA, More likely that America,
in the gold fetish with pathetic the radio, will have the greater loyalty.
Binfluence.
question of a whole Conference of The man in the street of busi-such men.
(Continued on Page 6.). ncan is permitted to play the
awdully: duli "compány, but he always take movie:uo:it doesn't make much differansen
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room
'A SAINT'S FLUCTUATION, Lady Sterling looked out from
Threadneedle Stree,
At the Bulls and the Bears
having tea,
And she sighed for the Golden
days of the past,
When they courted
chivalrously.
her
And she sighed for the days
before they ro-cast.
Hor value in hard currancy. There was little to do in the
Market to-day,
Because of that beastly Yank
Dollar,
And she couldn't descend to his
Standard at all,
Without making her own
hangman's collar,
So she almed her pea-shootor at
poor St. Paul,
And mado that brave Saint
loudly holler.
And he shouted "Dear Lady, if
you'll just stabilise,
The ratio of your exchange re-
action,
Fil discard my dome for a.com-
fortable home, t
And put the W.E.C. out of action. We'll pack Uncle Sam back over Bethe foam,
Reduced to four and a fraction." "I'm on!' she answered in accants
metallic, kre
And a glint in her golden o She cracked a loose joint and
pulled up a point,
And the Markets sent roart
highe
roky.