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NOTES OF THE DAY
HU HAN-MIN AND NANKING
GOOD TEMPER The Very Idea!
By ROBERT. LYND
moat
posed new Constitution, 'possiblity of a shortage that, if it) popular English novellat who
are oc-
In Mr. Hu Han-min to be invited to occupy the post of President of the Chinese Republic? The ques
We seem to be suffering just humour and sentiment of Dickens, tion crops up almost automatically.
now in most parts of the world both ns kindly as the sunlight on following the visits of General Ho
Trop * drought Chien and General Wang Shao-
of good temper. the walls of an English villago; hung
The gentle rain of good humour and it is largely because of the Hongkong to
and the
hus consed to fall at the usual prodigal kindiness of his books promised call of Mr. Sun Fo
the rate; and we are faced with the that Dickens became the in taken conjunction with important revisions in the
continues, may become dangerous, over lived. Every reader envied There is, I imagine, logs good the much-tried charitableness of now invests the President with
temper at present in the home Mr. Pickwick, the Imperturbabls The Constitu very wide powers,
goud-humour of tional
Sam Weller, programme as amended is politics of European countries than one that should appeal to the there has been for a long time. serene even when he hated most.
I do not heart of Mr. Hu Han-min, whether Never has the principle of "Live
suggest, of course, that or not he is offered the Presidency, and Lot Live" been more con- the entire political life of England thrown απ the could be carried on in the spirit It insista upon civilian control of temptuously
of Sam Weller. Thoro One would almost every branch of government; it is rubbish-heap of a nature that will best satisfy imagine from the speeches of some casions, again, on which it would the objective of securing more of the newer pollllelane that good be asking too much of human natare to expect everybody to sit than merel
lip service to the central temper is a crime,
down under misery, with the in administration. "Always an 01- It is to be hoped that the ponent of military dictatorship, idealisation of bad temper will not Tapley. Nor did Dickens him- flexible rosy optimism of. Mark n dif ficult to point out many surface spread to England. England has) self wish human beings to remain Mr. Hu Hau-min must And objections to the revleed Constitu- the home of good humour; and a permanently good-humoured. lle tion. It cannot, however, succeed long procession of her writers, w, we see from his books, of its own excellence in draughts from Chaucer to Dickens, seems to But he believed that good humour
when it was well to be
angry. manship. It needs the unreserved justify her boat. It a tous that was the normal mood of backing of such elder statesmen the Englishman has taken that
rational human being. He would have what car should be. This is our Meal. It becomes a live and genuine and man-farmer, John Bull, as his seemed to believe that it was a have been building up a mental picture of as Mr. Hu Har-min to ensure that somewhat iraselble-looking gentle- caricatural
any politician who representative
national figure, rightly normal thing for human not a mere paper Constitution.
But that, I am sure, was, like the beings to be in a bad temper. British lion, only to frighten R.A.F. EXPANSION
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Most of us have tempers, but Despite the Daily Mail, which is colonel began to look as Irascible we do our best to control them or, at least, believe that we anxious to loosen Britain's na John Bull In home circles this ought to do our best to control was put down, not to his English them. Today, however, in various.
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TRAMMING THE PEAK
By George
FROM A PEAKITE.
ALTHOUGH its scarcely
fitting
As a dweller on the Peak, That I should put my mit
în
Where the Public has its
beak,
I feel it is my duty To suspend being snooty During this Centenary
week.
think the fashioned
trama ýold-
I
Be Gad and I'm convinced, That it's cars we have the
pash on,
Though the dollar's on the
wince;
And when free passage we
can't steal,
We can always use free wheel And we'd walk up for two
pina!
Dear George. As an old Peakite
purse-strings for new R.A.F. cx- pansion, the programme is certain blood, but to the Indian climate, political movements, bad temper of longstanding (I removed to the to be alow in development, even
Foreigners visiting England is apparently widely regarded as Peak when Kowloon Tong went nasuming that ultimately it will be. completed. Experts estimate that have often been struck by the good teat of aincerity. Good temper white) I am determined to get to the cost of 600 new machines, humour of people, even when an ace to be looked on as a mark the root of the Tramway question together with ground equipment orgy of tongue thrashing was go-
shilly-shally and demand to know what steps and staff, will coat over 36,000,- ing on. They have noted as some-natural. Extremists 000. Few people in Britain will thing peculiarly English the laugh sides shout hymns of hate at each
of the crowds who other, not comically, but serious- Road.
of weakness and a
ол
both are being taken to provide for an extension of the service to queen's
friends who visited her husband | toss their caps in the air, in unisoning he orators at the ly. They not only holieve what
Tike
Hongkong Telegraph .
THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1934,
HOPE FOR EUROPE
If, 18 seema indicated, M. Barthou's, visit to London has
on
The
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Our
crowd than
suggest that all
the
times have behaved like the usual than his accusers, and, fundamen the time for the company to give
crowds at the Marble Arch. There tally, he
the patience.
WAA infinitely more
28
I think for instance that now is
This might prove a costly busi- Bess but if the original designers had had any acumen they would
the rails to Queen's Road during
the Lower Station in the winter
pingpong and at home "At Homes."
Yours Airily,
J. 'Pinwheelie.
WITHOUT MUSIC
(Contribúted).
Mr. James McLellan Walker wishes to thank most sincerely all
during ble illness, also those who sent such beautiful flowers and with the Daily Mail group, if a gather
of even a Marble Arch. Here it was possi- they say, but believe that it would Remembering that all men are attended the funeral, or have supplementery budget sent donations to the Benevolent quarter of this amount is intro- blent least unill recently to be a sin to any it without a scowl. liars I am prepared to look at the
almost
There is, so far as I can dia- matter impartially and have sever- or other Funds.
duced.
none-too-popular utter
any conceivable Cabinet now in power would not opinion with no more danger from cover, no warrant in history for ai suggestions to make quite apart have the iron to press it.
vigorous hom the theory that bad temper and from the plans of you and your con-
too far to sincerity go together. Socrates temporary. guess is that the scheme will be It would beshmen at all was infinitely more good-nature- spread out over six or seven years, with the hope always in mind that the threat of a race for military air supremacy will cause compet-have been plenty of "scenes" at serious and sincere. In our own the Colony a lead in becoming air. Ing nations to think again and political meetings to break the time Mr. Shaw has carried on his minded and that they might do thia
Blown have agree to limitation that will enable monotony.
been propaganda all the more effectively by running a gliding service from the full scope of the British ex- struck and collars have been torn because he combines ainecrity the Lower Station to Queen's Rond, pansionist projects to be shelved.. from their studs even in the House with a good nature that is the tho. take off to be from the Helena
of Commons.
despair of those who disagree May roof. At the same time, the day after with him (of whom I am fre DR. COEBBELS' ATTACK
a disturbance in the House of Com- quently one).
Good temper achieves more The Nazi Minister for Propa-mons the members used to go about DB-2148 Concorto A Quatre, No. SL'Estro Armonico" (Vivaldi policy in regard to the rearma- manner in which the events of elves by behaving more like excit-on railway trains. Other thing the summer and to draw them in to resulted in France revising her ganda complaina fiercely of the with a hangdog expression, feeling than bad temper-except, perhave allowed for the heat to expand
that they had disgraced them haps, in getting windows opened ment of Germany, the prospects foreign press. According to Dr.
June 30 wwere, reported
in the able foreigners than like
strong
being equal-strength of charac- of placing the European situation Goebbels, the whole situation was
allont Englishmcu. ÅB G rule ter, courage and so forth-the a better and more stable misrepresented and grossly ex-they attributed the whole thing to good-natured man will nearly al-when the Peak confines Itself to basis, leading to eventual agree-aggerated, although he admits, by the Irish members, who had no ways beat the bad tempered man, ment on disarmament, will have implication, that the campaign of Mother of Parliaments. And
reverence for the traditions of the since he has necessarily greater been immeasurably increased. Į “iles and malice was purmused
with one voice, cried: French opposition to the German without collaboration
It seems reasonable, then, to between Paper" demand for equality of treatment foreign journaliste, They all
hope that the present idealisation A wave of bad temper vept of. Lad temper as a political prin in respect of arms has hitherto the same false nature acting in the war-possibly an early warn- would not be worth living with-
suem to have gained information of
Into politics in the years before ciple is only temporary. Life been the main stumbling block independently, which must seeing of the tide of violence that out good nature the way of a general European passing strange to the impartial was to drench Europe in blood for atmosphere. An occasional thun- ita norma! settlement. Following M. Bar-observer. Doubtless, a good many four-yours thou's visit to Brussels in April, inaccurato details did appear and
derstorm of temper may"clear"the"] Even during the horrors the French Government appear doubtless some of the interpreta-
and air, but we
сап have too much ed inclined to agree to a moder- tions were not favourable to the ordinary Englishman held on as
of war, however, the thunderstorm. ate and regulated increase in Hitler regime. That was only to hard as in the circumstances it the necessity for good temper in So strongly am I convinced of German defensive armaments, on be expected in an atmosphere
was possible to do to the national politien that, much condition that Britain and Italy where there was little official aid liked Ole Bill. He sang Pack up times think would rather be
alive with the wildest rumours, tradition of good tempor.
as I dislike He Communism and Fascism. I gave special guarantees in return in sifting the false from the true your troubles in your old kitbag ruled by good-tempered Fascists some. and France was not called upon Not even the leadera know at the and smile, amiic, umile." He sang than by bad-tempered democrats. to make any reduction in time exactly what was happening the "Hymn of Hate" as a comic. material or personnel. Not everywhere. Only afterwards was song.
So far as I can see, however, many weeks later, however, it possible to secure all the
democracy is the only political there was
It would be ↑ disaster to theory which Inks on good tem- original French standpoint of
a reversion to the material facts and assess them objectively,
When
sensational civilisation, it seems to me, if this per as the essential basis of making no concessions whatever events are occurring, it is not sur- good-humoured type were to dis-political and social life. It is be-
prising to find. so-called appear. One of the finest to Germany. The change was popular press making a sensation tributions that England has made prefer it to any of the modern con-cause I believe this that 1 greatly attributed to opposition in high out of them. But the habit will to the happiness of mankind is the substitutes for it. quarters in Paris to the Barthou not be cured by threatening to policy. Be that as it may, expei offending correspondents, Britain has in the meantime made it abundantly clear that NAZI NEWSPAPERS she is not disposed to enter into any further security commit- Dr. Geobbels may have a certain ments. The position thus ap-justification on his side, but he peared to be deadlocked. A the main, the credit for publishing must give the foreign press, in welcome change has now come only what they believed over the situation by the report- true. There is more in newspapor to be ed willingness of France to work than control and censorship recognise the justice of the as the Relchaminister discovered German demand. It is to be recently when he scourged the noted, however, that the French formity and lack of originality.
Nazi newapapera for their concession is made'conditional on Germany joining the suggested editors in Germany have paid the He forgot that many newspaper Seven-Power Eastern European penalty for originality. He follo Pact of Mutual Assistance. The too, the pet Carmany experiences, next move therefore lies with the press in
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Berlin. So far as can be seen, until he received a letter from a there should be no reason to fear small East Prussian paper. "In German rejection of the proposal.our town," it read, "the local Nazi Germany's leading statesmen leader delivers speeches, three have again and again repudiated slats that we print his address in
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Each time he in- any intention of aggression in full, with his photograph. We Europe and have declared have done that 60 times now. willingness to enter into the it continues the paper will go out most far-reaching pacts of non- of business and we out of aggression with neighbouring mind." This much should be countries, It is true that the added, Dr. Goebbels took steps to suggested Mutual Assistance relieve the editor's angulah. Pact goes a step further than .o
If
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THEATREVAI 231T1A0532
"Nothing but conferences and directors', meetings. I used to.
have more time to myself,"
"I think that I shall never Bee A poem lovely as a tree." So sings a famous songster, wet His name I cannot recollect, At times I also think of things As sloppy as this poet sings: But never tried, so much the
worse,
To turn them to immortal verse. For instance, when the sur'a
ablaze
And in the heal lic and laze, I think that I shall never hear A sight so sweet as pots of boer. I know that I shall never sniff Suck melody as cold roast bill. I think that I shall never eat A picture like Threadneedle
Street.
I'm certain shall never feel Such scenery on ham and veal. have a hunch I'll never know A horso like Edgar Allan Poe. In fact i think a lot of things As soft as those the poet singer And should these lines leave as
doubt
Regarding what they're all about, ' The reason let me thus explain; I've just been walking in the
rain,
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And talking of love, which we were doing a few minutes ago, when the Sing Sust fokli was parked on the back doorstep; talk- ing of love, I saw a sad tragedy the other morning.
To begin at the beginning, some five months ago my friend Oscar decided to go to bed for the winter. So he crawled under a thick hodge, acooped out a hole, tumbled into it, and covered himself over with Jeaves like Babe in the Wood. And there, through all Novembar and December, Jan, and Feb. he slept and slept and slopt.
Guy Fawkes Day didn't interest him; Christmas loft him stone cold; tho glad, Now Year thrilled him not. He merely anorod and snored, snug as a bug in his dug- out.
But last Thursday morning he stirred, ant up, rubbed his eyes. and said "Wasser time?" I told: him it was Jaly something where. upon Oscar crept slowly out of bed and stretched himself.
Perhaps I ought to mention that Oscar is a Hedgehog and that there aint so auch animal here,