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AUGUST 31, 1984.
NOTES OF THE DAY FAREWELL THE STATELY
PERRY'S DECISION
Perry's plain refusal to turn pro- fessional despite an apparently attractive proposition will afford relief although his attitude was expected. Experience has shown that professional tennis players, at the present in
time, cease to arouse enthusiasm after a shert
publieke season, and although
HOMES OF ENGLAND
LEGENDS OF VANISHED BEAUTY
IN A POST-WAR WORLD
By "SENTINEL"
The Very Idea!
THIS SOLDIERING WE SHALL never forget
our first camp, but first we must tell you how we came to join the Terri-
Perry v. Tilden and Ferry V. Vinca
ECENT weeks' have acon two, concern, the mililord arad a half kantorials, matches might draw big attend-
anniversaries of events which, melted in the flow of current expendi- ances while the capabilities of face of England. The great one com-thrown in. Was there over before cause we had fish for dinner sorting together, have changed the turo as fast an the cash could bo It was a Friday night be these performers against one an other remained uncertain, his
memorates the War; the other, which such a gigantic enting of our national career would 1 soon be finished com- Parliamentary Act little heeded at sipated would be fortifying State thrown the newspaper wrap- reaches back exactly twice as far to take? Left alone, the capital dis- that night, and had just mercially. This must always hold the time. These twin events, the venue, through income and super tax, Food ко while the public attitude to Parliamentary, stroke of a Liberal by a steady £30,000,000 a year: but ping into the gutter near the professionalism in tennis remains Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Government kar rambling Horse Guards when Lord what It is to-day. Things might terrible stroke of the World War, national vitality than of scrambling he vastly different if
if "Open" tour have between them confounded the funde for the present extravagances. Kitchener strolled up. naments were internationally ap
old, settled landscape we once knew, it would require a Finance Minister proved and if amateurs did not transforming it from a region where stronger than any we have lately He said "Howdy" and we said lose their status by competing inhabited and secure, to a territory robbing the estate roost. In Italy,
the great houses presided. gracious, known to resist the temptation of "Hi Kitch." against professionals. The apice bifurcated by bypasses and stormed Mussallal, among his carllent men- of real competition is necessary to by villa development, and which zures, abolished Death Duties keep spectator interest going after the country houses stand empty, treacherous national accounting, and of man we want for the Army, the first novelty of professional absent-mindedly, dreanting of yester- us an obstacle to the recovery of the 'ow abart it?" shows have died away. Perry in day as they await their fate to State. Will any tender seraw resolu- well advised to keep, out of it morrow.
tion to do the same here, or will the apart altogether from his recogni.
tax persiat till its last languishing tion of Britain's claim to him for the Davia Cup.
Although the large landowner still aury? There
proceeds have dribbled into the Trea. counted at Westminster in the year wealthy business mon and Industri- may long be a faw 1894, neither the House of Lords nor allata for pray; but the signs multiply the House of Commons foresaw that that the landowners, the countrymen Harcourt's Death Duties signified of England, are nimost plucked. Upton Sinclair's victory
farewell to much bealdes the men who securing the Democratic nomina-ready to be pugnacious, was almost in paid them. The Author, who Was
UPTON SINCLAIR
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He said "You're just the type.
So we said," Hoti ho," There were offices open at the time, so he 110 recruiting took us direct to the Prince of Walen, but this was closed also. Boho. look us to the Elephant & Castle, where we had a quick one. Thou we went to Salisbury
tion for the Governorship of Cali-disconcerted by the gentleness with will remain of those mellow houses By the middle of this Century, what fornia is only half the battle, but which his plan was taken. There was glimpsed through the trees and sur he has a wonderful opportunity of a small deficit to be met, and with rounded by gardens that hundreds of Plains, where he handed us over completing the triumph. Is the big housca stili staffed, stately seasons have wrought to loveliness? to a very high official (he was at "Epic" Plan is a rent contribution and serene, still proud in the trea. Such rare and stately places were a
to
Hongkong Telegraph. Merriam has not in
FRIDAY, AUG. 31, 1934.
LEPERS
asked, to keep what they fanhloned so supremely well?
On arrival in camp we were met by a very obsequious person called a Regimental Sergeant The saving proposals Lord Lothian tent, in which there was a com- Major who conducted us to our The yield during the first twelve sketched to the National Trust have fortable divan, surrounded by ten years afterwards the ex-Chancellor tres, jewellery, furniture collected in
(London Symphony Orchestro, conducted by Lawrance Collingwood). Į Sanitary Board, that the whole of the radical section of the voter months surprised Harcourt, and when won a good deal of notice. The pic-dateing girls and draught beer.
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the spate of idens aures for which Eighteenth Century part of English genius; they have no least 6 feet, 6 inches), whom wó on means tackling unemploy owners had scoured Europe (and Im-counterpart in any other landscape. later found to be an Acting, Un- nient, whatever
planted there an inextinguishabla Yot "within a generation hardly any may say about it, and his future milords), a tax on the fully capitalized ain, save perhaps a few in the neigh- and who took our particulare and critics belief in the wealth of English of the larger historic houses of Brit paid, Temporary Lance Corporal. opponent, the incumbent Governor value of land seemed not a uangerous bourhood of London, will be lived in, our breath and then hurled various
not improved his way of aiding the finances Noble certainly not by the families who prospects by his handling of the Lords and Commoners with broad crented them." The prophecy, uttered parts of equipment and uniform at San Francisco strike altuntion. If acres who let this legislation by com.at last week's meeting of the National us, such as Slings, Rifles, One; he has rallied to his support, the pincently did not guess that the im-Trust (which has rescued so much Boots Pairs, one; etc, etc. ad. lib. conservative elements in California, that a generation or so
post would mount up and un, and from the engulfing post-war years), and then barked "Report for camp. he has also bitterly antagonised the Socialist Chancellor of the Exchequer, founders of that old beauty are being
inter a was Lord Lothian's. Though the at 6 p.m. to-morrow night.” workers, and his losa must be ac- with yet more complacency, would driven away, cannot we contrive, he counted greater than his gain. observe that the tax was "dying up The vindictiveness In putting forward his motion, munist drive in California is an
of the anti-Com-to expectations." at Tuesday's meeting of the acknowledgment of the strength problem of lepers in this Colony Upton Sinclair, at his second at- should be reviewed, Mr. M. K. tempt, is as good as governor Lo charged the Government
passed through the money-mill he had these ancient homes and accounted of He left us bowing politely, but indifference on the subject. He with displaying an attitude of WAR PROPAGANDA
set grinding,
le limp, though not with admira Interest are exempt from Death him if we wanted anything. Such squeeze left him a "national, scientific, historic or artistic not before he told us to ring for by no manner of means
tion. It was told with a dash of Duties unless sold by the inheritor: a nice Sergeant Major! Mr. Demaree Beas, the well-malice at the time how "the Squire why not exempt the houses that make stated the facts. Actually, of the Far East, strikes
over-known commentator on events in Park and the estates of the Vernons, treasures? of Malwood, coming into Nancham the frame ficial concern over the issue has instant appent in an article dealing with a struggle to put his inheritance of profounder interest to England ayes but we were so comfortable we
and setting for these
It was some time in the middle steadily declined since
discovered that Death Duties left him historic or artistic interest? Usually awakened by the sounds of bugles,
Are they not of national, of the night when We 1910, with the Russo-Japanese tension. in order. And irony had not yet taken than what they contain: for their turned over and dozed off again. when an Ordinance was passed As he points out, the people of both full satisfaction. Before the year plenishings may have been fetched A few minutes later there was which envisaged the provision of countries are leper asylums and other men-one-sided picture of conditions in had perforce to be paid again. The and dignified dwellings of Georgian and we opened our eyes to see our obtaining a sadly was out Harcourt died, and the duties from abroad, whereas these square gentle tapping on the tent pole, Sures. Not only have the good the land of the potential "enemy" disabling burden of the intentions of those inys been Russia as
Japanese newspapers picture families twice bereaved within a short bethan brick, these pillar faendex of
on days, these warm gables of Eliza- friend the Sergeant Major stand passed over, but by 1931 the drilling aolders,
a country filled with "pan had been pointed out in debates the Renaissance are native, have risen ing before us with a steaming hot Government had so far permit-rapidly for war.
on the Bill, but Harcourt retorted faultless from aur soil, and are more cup of coffee, and our shaving ted its ideals to deteriorate as to Union Mr. Bess discovers that then mang an historie old house at Over and above their absolute beauty, Colonel's compliments and would all preparing that ordinarily the visitation would vivid documenst of the part than any water. Seeing us awake ho said And in the Soviet fall only ones in a generation. Since guarded by the Blaster of the Rolls. "I'm sorry to trouble you, but the declare openly that no liability newspapers picture Japan as-n rested on the Colony in respect country in which war is the only with brief interval has been deserted, charm of association, the flavour of ground."
which the Treasury has knocked twice they have now, alas, taken on the you care to join him on the parade of non-British Chinese lepers, serious study and soldiers
has vanished or at best passed to yesterday; they stand witness to an request one could not possibly take whilst in regard to locally-supreme. It would be more help
unfamillar bands.
At such a courteous Arcadian age which enn nowise by offence so after wo had finisher born sufferers its liability would ful if the peopics of these two be discharged if arrangements their newspapers about a subject prised its inventor, has continued to
countries could learn
born again. more from
The return from the tax, which sur were made for the treatment of of greater interest to them both: rejoice his harassed, successors in been turned into schools and hotels, where we saw a crowd of mon our coffee, shaved and finished patients in suitable leper asy-namely, children.
Some of these bygone sents have to a large space between the tents, ourtellet, we strolled nonchalantly lums outside
Whitehail. the Colony. In
Up to the War the declension in dignity perhaps, yet other words, the Government at- A HAPPIER PICTURE
harvest was £160,000,000. Does that better transformation than disappear. standing in nice straight lines. look an inpressive sum? The Trea-ance. Others might still be held by titude three years ago—and
Bury was only learning to play the rightful heirs and lend presence to the there has since been no in-
extortioner. It was Kipling who described 1914, according to a House of Com- abated, and others, yet again, would looking person wearing a red sash dication of any change of out-Japan as "the land of little chil-mons answer in May, the total catate bo preserved ifs Lord Lothian came briskly towards us and said As we neared the playground- In the two decades since countryside, if Denti Putles were parden, paradeground-a courtly look-was that there was no ing." That description, written 000. Ten Agures; since the tax was turned landlord, made neglected prop-you, Mr. Kelly, do you mind taking dren, where the babies are the duty collected amounts to £1,112,000,- further suggests the National Trust politely "We've been waiting for call whatever for this Colony It-many years ago, applies with equal devised, a millard and a half sterling; erties domestically convenient and let that blank file on the left" Well, self to undertake the proper force to-day. Of Oriental nationa a row of numerals the mind strives them to chosen tenants. Or, if worse we couldn't see any files and care and treatment of lepers, Japan is the only one which has with difficulty to valur. no matter whether they happen-made the welfare of the child one
days must still appear, if Englishmen we could have had nowhere to ed to be Hongkong-born or not. of the foremost considerations of
can no longer hope to afford spacious take it and were busy looking Even the supporters of a capitale in spacious surroundings, might The most that the Government the State. Every Japanese chill lovwhich, of course, Death Duties not the best of such building, instond round when a voice barked "FALL felt disposed to do was to admit Roca to school, and Japan's highly re-have always agreed that the of being taxed into obliteration by the
IN." a certain measure of respon-organised government devotes exaction must be used for paying off State, be preserved by the State? sibility in the case of the the child. This fact, would make a
much of its
money and attention to that would be excerated in any private
of debt. But with an unsoundness The domestic architecture that in stumbled and fell into a ditch. This scared us so much that we locally-born sufferer, but,
(Continued on Page 5). Then the voice came then, to pass the patient on to Soviet appeal to the people of
again. Russia, If they were somebody outside the Colony. In vileged to know more about it. pri-
"What are you doing there? I said Fall in', to which we replied, other instances, the line followed
For
Soviet Russin, with its large
"We heard you and we did." was and presumably still is--to Asiatic population, is striving to bundle the disease-ridden out of catch up with Japan in the trent- the Colony, even though it ment of ita children. In the Soviet meant condemnation to a linger-scars past, young children get the Union to-day, as in Japan for many ing death. Nothing could be best of everything. While the more unsatisfactory than the Soviet state Incks Government's attitude on this presont to give many luxuries to question. It is based on a to its adult population, it is deter- tally wrong principle to start mined that the Soviet child shall with-namely, that the Govern-lack nothing necessary to make it ment's duty is confined to Hong-countries were pictured to
hoalthy and atrong. If those two kong-horn people. To make the other as lands of happy children, accident of birth the determining rather than lands of factor in the matter of treating soldiers, their peoples and govern- drilling the sick is contrary to allments might be able to resolve humanitarian instincts. It is their differences more quickly and an obligation resting on the more satisfactorily than they have Government to see that there yet been able to do. are adequate menns of вис-
even
resources nt
cach
couring sufferers in our midst, Colony--the convenient excusa no matter what the disease which is almost invariably trot- may be. No-one would for one tod out when the question of moment argue that the Govern- Hongkong undertaking social ment should refuse to treat a welfare work is raised. This, small-pox sufferer merely be however, is a bogay which has cause he happened to have been been largely laid by the ex- born outside the Colony; it is periences in connection with the sheer callousness to apply that movement on behalf of street. method to lepers. For this sleepers. In
we regret that the surely far better.
any event, it is malion adopted by the Sanitary Colony should err, if at all, on that this Board on Tuesday suggested the right side. And we imagine "necessary safeguards" to pre- that nobody is going to blame vent any now facilities being the Government for seeing, in abused by people not residents the general public interest, that of the Colony. Here we have the leper problem is properly the old story of the fear of tackled instead of being, as it is outsidera flocking to the at present, completely ignored.
reason,
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"The men get ralees because thoy have families, The boss clocan't
know what it costs us just to keep our hair in shape."
Then the voice said, "Get out of that, I'll show you what being " soldier means." So we scrambled out of the ditch and the voice sald "Do you know anything about the Army?" and we said "No, but wo once had a sister in the Navy." "Silence", barked the voice, "I' show you what the Army is. Come hore. Have you ever been, on a reconnaissance?" and we repiled "No, can't say we have, but we oncé had a ride on an elephant."
"Hugh," said the voice, "a roan with such montality could only come from Hongkong-got your. equipment and follow me".
Then followed a brisk half hour, when about sixteen Sergeant Majors, two Quartermasters (four quartermasters 'equalling one tal pan), three batsmen and one bowler commenced attaching various ac- coutrements to our body-tin hata, gas helmets, rifles, bayonets in fact they lond everying but the field kitchen.
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And away we wont to meet the volce. We walked, and we walke and we walked, thien. suddenly, he stopped and barked "Do you sou those forty fications and we ald We don't care if there's so he said "You're under ap and we said "Thanks, wa
ncod. one.
That onded our first day in camp for wo spent the evening in the "Coolor", or "Clink", as it is called' by the Higher Command.