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The
Hongkong Telegraph.
FRIDAY, MAR. 13, 1936.
into
international questions moral questions. We no longer talk of cant. Cant seems to us
The English were credited, to have disappeared along with people." The pleased with their inscruta- or debited, with the dubious crinolines and abundantly phrase sums up what we in bility. We know at any rate quality of liking to create an Germany, and indeed all over that they are not disposed to illusion of moral perfection to feathered hats, the Continent, think of the be worried by the opinions of which they could lay no claim. After your Foreign Minister's English,
And it was added that they great speech at the opening of But the
knew very the Assembly, we ‚”. The English explain, if they English like
well that
do
others.
which this description discussing By Paul Scheffer they could well on this
tir e mselves
role ascribes to them by the fact that they live on an island. But among them- Editor of the "Berliner Tageblatt"
selves. They the English Channel grows nar- rower daily and the English are the only
to it.
this
ed In special
lay no claim inclination, this special tendency of the English, dominated their The word thoughts. Unexpected results "cant" has arose at this juncture. The
| remain as mysterious as ever, people which keep its recog. not passed through the fine aleve Longue, drunken with a deep compared with other peoples nised court-jester, G. B. Shaw, through which so many things sleep, was sturtled into wakeful- MAKING HONGKONG whose contours we believe we Yet even he has admitted that were
understand.
passed during the Great
his influence on the English is War. Per aps, in view of the ness. Not because of the Em- zero, although they like listening general inxity of conduct in-pire, it was stated definitely and duced by the experiences of the beyond possibility of contradic to him and reading his books.
It is difficult to judge, the war, it does not pay so well as tion. Not because of Lake Tans.
NOTES OF THE DAY English without having grasped it did to appear perfect.
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Already, before sanctions
And
inducing most
AN AIRPORT
History will be made in Hongkong this month, when a
this. (I must confess that I That is the less friendly inter- or Malta, or Suez, but because regular air service linking up the Colony with the Imperial BACHELOR KING
think I know most about the pretation. It is to a certain "wars of conquest give moral Airways system, serving both
English when I watch the be- extent contradicted by the fact offence." London and Australia, will be
Edward VIII is the most eligi-haviour of a well-bred Scotch that the English have, after all, remained moralists. That is to inaugurated. As a start, the ble bachelor in the`world—and the terrier.) service will be at weekly inter-loneliest.
We regard the English as say, they produce genuinely vals, but it may be extended
as maintain- ethical justifications of their were imposed, England had The King is the centre of attrac- very steady, and later if circumstances justify tion everywhere he goes. Whether ing their spiritual equilibrium in conduct, particularly of their spent Inrge sums of money. She the step.
The extensive ex-surrounded by officialdem or in all walks of life.. They are politics, far more strongly and succeeded in perimental flights recently circle of friends. But always, always anxious to keep their far more emphatically than League, members to assume carried out between Penang in reality, alone with his burden habits and their interests con- other peoples.
highly inconvenient burdens; and Hongkong have clearly of responsibility which there is cealed from others. This they
They had to to, in order not to demonstrated the feasibility none to share. That is the secret call fair play. Actually it is GERMANS have the discreet of the King to-day. He echoes the art of disturbing your
England slogan: "The moral is al- blush,
established of the link, and We may in rely
It dates herself, dictatorially and in- on the fine record of the widowed Queen Victoria In the past As a by-product they have de back
the present the ery of the neighbour as little as possible. ways self-evident."
to the period when we disputably, as the most moral Imperial Airways, both for "I am alone." punctuality and safety, result-
veloped a highly effective were called the people of poets country in the world. He has more cause than she had. technique of defending their and thinkers. ing in the needs of this Colony
thla when a bare fifty when Ruler of half the world, he is less interests
they are The French said: "Safety years ago she was the land of being adequately catered to. When the service is instituted, humblest of the millions who are
free
to do as he likes than the disturbed.
First." The English, in greater cant! What a performance! or lesser degree, but on the Hongkong will for the first time.
his subjects. in its history have direct and
THERE is one point where the whole with increasing emphasis, That is not all. Hitherto- regular aerial connections with This is the bond against which English have been credited claimed that their policy was England has spoken softly in the outside world, a step, which the King has struggled for forty with a very specific quality, not determined above all by moral the council of the nations. As
typewriters only by us Germans, but, accord- principles. is long overdue when we bear years, and is still struggling.
ing to circumstances, by all in mind the rapid development
I hope that the English will after the
so England Determined and Inflexible of other peoples who have come be pleased when I say that after followed her political aims of this form of transport in the purpose once his mind is made up into contact with them. They the
half-tones. But Far East and elsewhere. It is, the
war people on the whole muffled King has striven from his
And here the tended to believe them. The now, driven by her moral urge, morcover, appropriate that the earliest years for personal freedom must moralise, Arst service to come here should to choose his own friends and his whole world becomes critical belief was naturally tempered she changes her tactics. She by the reservation contained in declares her plans in no uncer be British. That much assured, own amusements. To a great ex-land sceptical in turn. the next step to be taken should tent he has achieved his end. There is an interesting fact, the words of the New Testa- tain voice.
ja strange fact, to be noticed. Is ment: We are sinners and lack England created the phrase" be to open the Colony to other One subject only rouses the the nineteenth century there the grace that we should have "muddling through." Foreign- services covering routes not King to anger and he can be as were two words always before God. within the Imperial Airways royal in his wrath as he is charm-
ers accepted this judgment on associated offhand with the We, and others with us, re- her policy on an equal footing system. We have particularly ing in his smile. No one must talk
Those who English,
common gard the English as people who with the other slogans. mind the Pan-American to him of marriage. trans-Pacific service and the re in the inner circles of his sense, the other cant.
gaily and skilfully turn all system operated by the China friendship say it is unlikely now National Aviation Corporation. that he will ever marry. Golf and gardening, the pursults of a man It has long been rumoured that who has settled his way of life, both these services are willing are the two hobbies which appeal to come into Hongkong, and it to him. Hunting and horse riding should now be the business of he gave up when the King, his the authorities to see that they father, was ill, and dancing no are invited, to make this Colony longer attracts him as it did," a port of call. In the case of And yet he himself talks of the the former, Macao has already been selected as a terminus, but House of Commons!
marriage in his message to the
in
there is no reason why. Hong-
kong should not also be utilised
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as a landing-spot. One of the PEDESTRIANS' DUTY obstacles so far as landing
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It has come at last-a case in facilities for China are concerned which the pedestrian is reminded has been the disinclination of that he, no less than the motorist, the Chinese authorities to grant is under law and must conform to a quid pro quo in the form of t. Four men have been fined at flying rights over Chinese cerri- Home for having, as foot pas- tory to British concerns. But sengers, remained unlawfully upon it is clear that this Colony has a pedestrian crossing for longer everything to gain by proceed one side of the street to the other
than was necessary to pass ing in this matter quité
with reasonable dispatch last year. irrespective of this question of The offenders stood about six feet reciprocal rights. Admittedly, from the kerb talking or arguing there would-be some value in an with one another, and the traffic arrangement, whereby British had to move to the centre of the planes could fly over Chinese road to pass them. The principle territory, but this might ultimis clear; there must be mo...-–- un- ately be made possible by the necessary delay or obstruction. In formation of a subsidiary Sino-the-case under notice the fine Im- British Company. Be that as it posed was only one shilling, but it, may, the right policy for is not expected that after this Hongkong is to attract all the warning, the penalty will again be
so slight.
aerial: facilities it can to the Colony. In this way, the Colony would in course of time Airways for their enterprise become tho radiating point of a and forethought in adding whole network of services. another link to their Empire- Meanwhile, congratulations wide services, in which Hong- should be extended to Imperial kong is proud to have a place.
One Was
SIDE GLANCES By George Clark
“Yes, it's a lot of extra trouble, but I figure they'll never make
him a talpan unless I keep him looking like one.""
in
became noiseless war,
Now all that is changed. Precedents are being created- at the expense of Italy. Beside the Bolshevist experiment and Roosevelt's ideal of a regulated N.R.A. economy, the planning of world peace is the most grandiose enterprise in political foresight that our twentieth century has yet seen.
The Germans have been re- proached for their love of weay- ing policies far ahead into the' future. To-day we follow the principle (also to be found in the Bible) that it is enough that every day has its own trouble. We would think that the English had turned right about, were we not aware of their love of moralising in. a hundred different forms,
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WE Germans have the same
wish to be moral as the English. We admire their breathless flight with the [League of Nations.
But unfortunately we consi- der that club a dangerous ballast. We confess to distrust- ing the means whereby England seeks to satisfy her thirst. for. ethics in international life. We are afraid that her flight may end in her being dashed against, for example, the Pyramids. We have profound doubts, the fruits of much experience.
Perhaps they may be dis- pelled. Who knows?"
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