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"A PURE
NOTES OF THE DAY
WORLD CRISIS The Very Idea!
BLUNT WORDS BY A BLUNT MAN
BY FREDERICK COPE, A.M.I.E.E.
: INFLUENZA By Eddie "Aspro" Kally.
ALL joking aside, we are a
sick man, Yesterday, we got the flu. So anything we may say to-
The outbreak of malaria at Bhing Mun was, perhaps, to have beon expected. The very nature of the countryside, beautiful as it is, a warning and an indication that
If we are to place any value on In addition he bees souring into malaria cannot be entirely eradi-the results of logical or mathematic- Bolshevists, the loyal village stock cated, although the vigorousal conclusions, we are compelled to that have centred round his grand- measures now being taken to accept the fact that there are finans father's life, his own life and the cial aspects of the economic system, factory's. A stock from which in as we know it to-day, which are to past days has been bred some of be definitely discarded from the the finest statesmen, sailors and day should be taken with a realm of practicability. Try as we soldiers the country has known. may, they cannot be made to work
All this pitiful and regrettablo in any permanency.
picture is the outcome, he knows, If we could retain the present of a rotten financial system.
He is a type of man who is system, it might be worth an at- tempt. Many of us, no doubt, have sturdy, honest, straightforward and should starve a fever and enjoyed phases of the system and human to a degros. He is simple feed a cold, if you know what are reluctant to part with them. in manner, and devoid of finesse. we mean. In fact, they
The system is basically wrong but In feeling he has a peculiar vacilla. human nature in practice indulgestion of pathos, humour and serious that we are exactly what we
combat the trouble may furnish effective mitigation. The most Interesting fact disclosed, how ever, concerns the high incidence of the disease among the labourers
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THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1933.
LOCAL AIR MAIL SERVICE HITCH
the
men.
in a little wrong.
ness.
grain of salt or five grains of aspirin.
Doctors tell us that we
eat.
the Colony over a long period has revealed that Northerners Üre highly susceptible to maladies of malaria type when their Cantonese cousins remain prae- tically immune. The moral would
Every indication supports the appear to be that when labour Is Iden that a large percentage of engaged for the work on the people have decided that life is ex- Gorge Dam, closa attention should cited and made interesting by the be paid to the origin of the work-streaks of gambling which run
through It. This is near the truth, The next he paints such pathetic however much we may desire not to pictures that the delegates are acknowledge it. But if we are nearly in tears.
He then bluntly flashes out some good gamblers, we shall switch
com- stark, unvarnished home-truth, and gambling operations from merce and industry and turn them at times irritates the delegates on to something else. Industry is almost to the limit of their on- going to be a bad thing for specula-durance. tion. The more we win to-day, the We see delegates jumping up pro. worse we shall be "cleared out" in testing at this uncouthness. They the near future.
are not accustomed to raw truths, Perhaps there are those who, at and Mr. Joe Thorpe does not know these plain. statements would, in the first thing about diplomatic horror metaphorically, cover their decorum. face with both hands.
He is addressing the delegates in
were In that case, we his direct and incisivo, speech,
One moment he has the Confer-egg this morning. ence rearing with laughter.
RUSSIA AND JAPAN.
L
. It is fortunate for the peace of the Far East that the mood of Moscow differs vastly from that which seemingly has governed the actions of the Tokyo Government In the last twenty months. In- cident after incident involving disputes between Japan and Russia have occurred recently and. a militaristic spirit in Moscow must have provoked conflict long ere this. We do not suggest that Japan has been in any way wilful ly provocative in her relations with Russia. But it is very obyl- ous that if Russia had sought casus belli in this year of grace, she would not have had long to wait.
say
a bad
We were speaking to the doctor about it only last night.
"What's the best curò for a cold. Duck?" we asked..
Editor's note: Mr. Kelly doubt- less meant to write "Doc."
Eddie's note: Mr. Kelly doubt- less meant to type "Duck". Our doctor is a quack.
#
He is holding up their false ideals
Anyway, the doctor put one of phonograph to ridicule. He is shaming them! those old-fashioned
With these people we have no concern, as one of the objects of
So exasperated do some of the tubes to our chest and made us say these Articles is to unravel, in or delegate become, that one eventually "09". Then he prescribed a course and lay bare that which has its and objects to the continuance of bed. Which was just too bed: der to find the real truth of things, Jumps up and persistently protests of treatment and confined us to foundation in hypocrisy or
any the speech. He fluently indicates other uncontrolled human vico. the digressions and especially, the |- Not that doctors aren't useful One wonders what will be the irrelevancies, of the speech. He sometimes. We remember just be-' verdict of future generations when emphasizes the most important fact foro wo were married visiting our this period is under review. In- of all, the wasting of valuable old family doctor and asking him telligence they are bound to por- time.
for some advice.
"Doctor," we said, "we are think- ing of getting married."
"I wish I had", he replied. "What, get married?" We ask-
"No," he said, "just thought
ceive. But when it is recorded that The last remark touches Mr. Joo we suffered all the
and Thorpe's ire. pangs
of miseries of scarcity in times "Wasting time"--he shouts. abundance, they will also be com- "I can stand being accused of A RIGHT PERSPECTIVE
pelled to accredit us with a fair Irrelevancies and digressions, but- measure of imbecility.
wasting time-that puts the "tin After the stream-of complaints The existing economic position hat" on it, because I've come to tell ed in Britain, particularly among the can be viewed from almost an un-you, in about two minutes, what Conservative backbenchers, about limited number of angles. If we you've been trying to see for your-about it."" the "abnormally low wages and look at the face of a clock from self for years, and you'll never eco bad conditions in Japan" permitt-different angles, the appearance and it, in your way, in the next ten
Germs is what does it. Oh, yes even the time will seem to change, years. Ing her success in trade competi- but the face of a clock does not
It is. It's those little wriggly "I want no fancy words like "re things that make a man blow and tion with Britain, it has been left actually alter. It is only the angle monetisation" and such like words snort and cough and sneeze. The suggestion that official objections by the Hongkong Gov-to Major Attles, the Labour M.P. from which it is viewed that isI'll tell you the cause-listen-
to give the House of Commons an: different.
there is nothing technical about it Whon germs come in at the door, ernment may interfere with the other side of the picture and ation, on the lines of that given at it is-Greed.
We will venture another illustrà either it is just a simple fault-in-flow-enza. Cravings of pardon, commencement of an air mail truer perspective of the position, the Tenth Economic Conference,"
but wo thought that one too aneezy "Now I've told you, I shall have, to leave out, line between the Colony and As he points out the Japanese but from an altered angle of vision. to correct myself a bit. Shanghai will provoke consider-cotton industry is an extremely The principles upon which this will "We can hardly say, the cause in
Which reminds us that it's time. able discussion. Here is a ser-efficient organisation. Lancashire be built, are the same as those Greed because we are all Greedy for our medicine. Pete just tele- vice, equipped with four of the must not sit back, in despair but have been drawn. They must bef
from which previous conclusions. To be exact, it isn't Greediness. Phoned us to let us know. It was
"It le-over-graediness.
prepared. latest amphibian machines, must put her own house in order. They are basic and simple, Their "Your Government runs you, but "When," he asked, s ready to commence operations In the stress of the world's in-virtues have been known throughout who runs your Government?
homme coming avec les snifters?!! at a moment's notice-as early dustrial, economic and social the ages, as also have the vices of "I tell you these chaps who
We always pride ourself on our as Saturday. It would bring problems of to-day, there is too the present system, which we have are "Overgreedy."
pretended not to.sec..
"How am I going-to-alter French, and nobody-wad-going-to- Hongkong within nine or ten much readiness to attach the blame
For this altered view, let us be things"
got away with that. hours' journey of Shanghai and to one's neighbour instead of come acquainted with
A special
"That's easy. My idea is this.-- would provide facilities
"When there is no Spending, n constructive effort to delegate at "the last of all Economic of in- making estimable value to the Colony, discover one's own shortcomings. Conferences." An Industrialist there is no Trade. All you've got a Factory Owner-the product of to do; la to get that idea fixed firm- In an interview with the Tolc-The general attitude suggests that five or six generations of hardly in your head. graph yesterday, Mr. H. M. the world is afraid, to face up to work, making a living by producing "Those people that are mean and Bixby, who is organising the realitics, or to risk experiments things, by doing things, by giving won't spend, you've got to make 'em new service, spoke as though with a new cure for a malady service, and not by mere juggling spend. there were no obstacles to be which has refused to yield to the
with money.
"I should make everybody spend, overcome and outlined the high-treatment by the old medicines. none the less. Illustrative.
The view might be humorous, but and pay by cheque. Then if their ly attractive features of the A new outlook is needed.
jaccount at the Bank at the end of He is a man who sadly sees the levery month didn't show a certain project. Enquiries in official
results of the accumulated hard turnover, I should take their money
WE ARE MISUNDERSTOOD. work of his forefathers and their from them, because they don't know Life is very hard for a reputed workpeople and his workpeople how to use it.
and/or alleged humourist some- vanishing, and all that that means "If they spend; they can earn. times. Here's dear old lady writ-
nobody spends; nobody can carn. Ing to us, appealing to our com "And you can work it out as you passion for our wives and kiddy like, you can't get past that, and as a result of our littlo remark (Continued on Page 5.) about whether we should pay the
rent or the wine-merchant,
quarters, however, revealed that
•
no authority has been given for ABOUT WHISKEY
the landing of machines in
regular service in Hongkong British and German distillers, a heartbreaking goodbye to old and that permission would be not to mention members of the workpeople, sad farewell to old subject to negotiations now pro-legal profession, are experiencing servants. Everything that means ceeding. It would
severe heartburn over whiskey. life to him is slipping away. be easy to The point in disputo is whether dismiss objections as another the German distillers have any indication of the longths to legal, moral, national, hereditary which red tape can be made to or commercial right to use the stretch, but in actual fact, there word whiskey? And a delightful are cogent reasons for the Gov-academic argument is likely to be ernment's attitude. It is well-provided. In the meantime there known that China has been seems to be no injunction against peculiarly insistent upon terri- the continued use of the beverage, torial rights as far as they con. and renders who may have been air travel and that no such a controversy, can relax and alarmed by the possible results of foreign airman is permitted to regard the issue in a finely detach- land in any part of China with-ed manner. Whlakey will prob out having first gone to con-ably taste and. cost the aiderable trouble in obtaining whether you ask for it in German permission from Nanking. The or Scotch. Hongkong Government, Wo
cern
understand, is perfectly prepared A PROFITABLE PURGE to allow the use of Kal Tack as
samo
Paris. Under this schome all
a base for machines engaged in There is something sneaking- regular air-mall and passenger ly attractive about the plan for a service in China provided the national ill-will week" put for Chinese Government is prepared ward by a group of intellectuals in to enter into a reciprocal agree Frenchmen would set aside ene ment, under which the Imperial week in each year "to purge them- Airways, for instance, would be salves of their latent evil and go permitted to land on Chineso in for a fine week of pure male- territory when they extend their volence, calumny, hate, envy and service to the Far East. Never" sin.” Towns, cities and provinces theless, it seems unfortunate could designate the most villainous from every angle that Hongkong citizens under their jurisdictions should reject the first really and hold them up to public execra valuable, service offered to it tion. Such a scheme, like a heavy a point of principle which may clear the air a little. The great thunder-storm, ought at, least to be speedily met, delaying the amount of rantour and bad feeling facilities, it may turn out, that is automatically, generated in necessarily. A reasonable way the breast of "each citizen in, the out which suggests itself is the course of the daily routine might granting of provisional permis- get a chance to discharge itself. alon to land here, extension After such a period it might ba contingent upon tha conU a little daaler to practice the ideals
ment now being sought.
#triving lip-
this is
"Bon ami," we replied, "Honi soit qui mal y pense?"
"Not a drop loft in the place," ho Bald.
"Mars done!"
So it will have to be rum and lomon, after all.
•
And we thought we wore forming. We hadn't let the land- lord enter into consideration -be- foro!
MISSED OPPORTUNITIES.
These bus companies should come along to see us if they want to learn their business. There's'a mint of money to be made out of it,, especially on the Hongkong side.. Imagine the trade if a híro car servico was established at the Pank Tram station and anothor at the corner of Kennedy Road. 'We'd simply take our buses up to these points, let 'am break down in the normal way and hoy, presto, our hire cars would be chock-a-block. We have plenty of ideas like this one. We're ready to give them just for the asking.
TUT, TÚY, TẠO BAD.
Did you see the other day, somo- one broke into the Soviet Trado Commissioner's Olloo in Tokyo and wrecked the place, just to prepare the way for another gentlemen who had ambitions to assassinate the official in charge.
This is very wrong. It seems to suggest that the man cancarnéd -- could not havé boen educated in'a, very good school.
How much better is the Hong kong way when:Bindignation Xís | rampant, ire is roused and tampers - frayed. A roar gradually, subsid- Ing into the little, babbling: Illos
dence, polumns axd? honour.