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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER, 13, 1947.
Mr. Yeh astonishes me
NLY the other day there MARGARET LANE with a sort of smiling simplicity sensationalist when we consider the
were in China, it seems, villages so remoto, 80 self-contained, so calmly con- tinuing the pattern of the past. that they had never heard of revolutionary theory or the..ex- ploitation of the masses.
on the
new books
aware of their condition, and frightened and confused by the revolution which they are told is for their anke.
per-
which is as persuasive as the quiet technical marvel of voice of a practised
formance and the emotional shocks story-teller,
of his dreamlike and und the volce
sterile land- is unmistakably scapes.
On the other hand, thero is Chinese, for though the English la so much that is meretricious about written without fault, the images his work that one cannot take him are on Chinese as a paper kite, quite seriously either. "*"You know what Wang the Lion Dall, however, takes himself with looks like when he is killing a man. the utmost seriousness, and in His eyes bulged out, his teeth author's preface explains that one
is "because the story of the War, nant post-war period, had Inevitably and more particularly of the polg
to be written." So here it is, writ- ten by Spanish painter in French, ant now done Into English.
Well....
an
clenched, his face turned blood-red, of his reasons for turning novellat and his sword sailed aeross tho neck like a razor across a plece of The author, Chun-Chan Yeh, paper. It was ns easy for him no to was himself born in such cut a melon....*" village as he describes, and he
2
I grieve only that Mr Yeh, in.
in
I couldn't think, for a long time, the style reminded me
who
Nearly every paragraph awoke
of.
an
is not yet 30. With the revolu- spite of his simple Chinese dignity, tion of 1928 his village became has allowed himself to use the de- a Soviet Commune and a field testable word "slump" as a verb. It of civil war, so he knows what strikes a repeated jarring note he
writing about. He this writer's frugal prose, so I hope fought in the Chinese army that, by the time he leaves Cam their luxurious high-life in Paris, during the war, and four years bridge he will have got over it. ago became an assistant pro- ·
of
echo. The names of the characters, the descriptions of their
clothes,
the exquiclle tremors that run through their viscern when they so glances....Oh, much, as exchange who was 11?
"You
DUMB-BELLS
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PATENT OFFICE
THEY JUST · FOUND THE BODY OFA - MAN IN THE RIVER, HIRAM, WE THOUGHT IT WAS YOU!
HMM? NOPE WASNT
ME!
•MCKENNEY
ON BRIDGE
Underleading Aces Defensive Strategy
Fortunato villages! we Qx- claim, turning the first calm pages of Mr Chun-chan Ych's novel, The Mountain Village (Sylvan Press, 98. 6d.). Or, perhaps, What medieval dark. ness according to our idens.
Yet both nostalgia and indig nation turn out to be mistaken, for soon, across the placid rice- paper landscape, dotted with peasants at once civilised and primitive, two unexplained op- posing tides begin to flow, first this way, then that, swaying the bewildered people like so much seaweed, breaking up fessor in one of China's prin- FRUGALITY expression, ns their pattern. finally sweeping cipal universities. He was in- one would expect, is not a
the viled to Britain three
characteristic of Salvador Dali's many of them away from
are ravishing," said homes of their ancestors and go to lecture, and is now at son and Watson, 10s. Ed.).
yer frst novel. Hidden Fares (Nichol- Count to her, passing his hand light- By WILLIAM E. McKENNEY
ly over her furs. derelict Cambridge, pursuing his study
few experts relgn leaving others dead or in their wake.
of English.
The surrealist painter, who ċer- "Solange was dressed from bead!
upreme year after year In any tainly draws like a
old auelon genlus, and to foot in blue fox. that is to say, 'sport. A check of the whose work has
bridge unrivalled not only her coat but her turban
champions will show few of AM always fascinated and power of arresting the eye and was of fox and her shoes
them now at the top in contract. natonished by anyone capable of transilxing it with violent emotions, covered by tiny gaiters of the same no outstanding exception is Wal- writing good book in a tonguo generally of horror. Is--whether we fur...."
demar von Zedtwitz of New York, who, since the days of auction, has other than his own; and The Moun- like his work or
been winning prelleally all of the T that, of course, I knew. Elinor
major trophies and still is. winning Glyn! How could It have elud-them. ed me so long? Dall's great novel His most spectacular victory came of the war, in fact, is exactly what this year when he and his teammates Mrs Glyn might have produced were 2400 points behind when they after a week-end spent at the Ritz started the last 14 bourds in the in Paris during the occupation, cat-finals of the world championship ing chocolate, trouffles and glancing through the works of Havelock Ellis and Proust.
It is the beginning of politi cal consciousness and civil war in China--a sombre nnd tremendous theme: but to say that is perhaps to give a mis- lending impression of this on- dearing book.
It is not a bit like a foreign correspondent's best-seller, nor yet in the least like the sort of novel about China which gets made into a film for Katharine Hepburn. It is a quiet story by a young Chinese about violent events in a quiet part of China, und the picture it composes, most gently and affectionately. is of a people hard-working, hungry, scarcely
poor
and
Communications Problem During Olympic Games
The British Post Office is making a very special effort to
an
not one of the tain Village is a good book, with most baffing artists of our time. out any qualification. It is written He cannot be dismissed as a vulgar
BRITISH, U.S. SCIENTISTS RACE FOR AIR SECRET
FROM research they are now
nt.
carrying out, American aircraft scientists believe that airplanes which will fly 1500 m.ph. carrying loads 3000 or 4000 miles, are a definite pos- sibility.
But we do not expect such developments for some years; there is a lot of work to be
LOOKING AHEAD
The 1000 m.p.h, aircraft-an
impression
Americans have put forward
done before anyone flies from preliminary designs for a 10-| New York to London in two hours.
passenger airplane with speed of 1000 m.p.h.
#
four rocket
They have yet to learn how Suggested power-plants are provide all the extensive tele-to build an airplane which will four ramjets, three ordinary communications facilities re- cut through the "hard-as-a- jet engines of the kind we quired to meet worldwide de brick-wall" Barrier at the speed know today, and mands
when
Olympic of sound, 730, m.p.h., without the
the risk of the airplane being motors. Games are in progress in 1948.
The new Wembley automatic torn apart. telephone exchange will not be ready until 1949, and in order
10
exchange
Britain and
America are
British aviation scientists, too, are greatly interested in
bridge the gap a temporary manual racing to learn the secrets of the ramiet. Sir Ben Lockspei- exchange is being installed in the the supersonic speed barrier: chief scientist, predicted a long ser, the Ministry of Supply's new Wembley automatic Jwriting. Rather appropriately, this While scientists of the Royal time ago that aircraft with "Corin- Aircraft Establishment are ex- these motors would fly at 1700
perimenting with small rocket-
m.p.h.
will be named
At the outset, this rellef exchange driven airplanes off the Cornish will be required to deal mainly with the traffle from the Ganies, but
const, America is developing
it will also be used for subscribers piloted airplanes for the same
for whom there is not room at the Wembley exchange.
work.
be
A large number of lines will required to ensure Instant com- munication between the various points from which the Games will be
controlled. Arrangements Are being made to link the 800 press- men, who are expected to be pre- sent, with their oMees in London and most of the work's capitals.
The Internal lines. required by the
PRECEDENCE
PROBLEM
Am important decision the
British Broadcasting Corporation King has to make is where
and other broadcasting organisations
HRH Prince Philip, Duke of
throughout the world also present Edinburgh, is to come in the major Dalen,, which is being tackled energetically.
ARE YOU SURE?'
ANSWERS
table of precedence.
While tables of precedence pro- vide for sons, brothers, daughters ngd relatives of the Sovereign, there is no provision for the husband of a Queen or for the husband of an Heiress Presumptive. Queen Vic-
wueen toria gave her Prince Consort the special rank of First Gentleman in the land and pút him above the Drury Lane, where George Prince of Wales, but the rank was III. boxed his son's ears. 2. Three personal and did not -Essex, Middlesex, Sussex.
1.
Questions Page 9
Daniel Lambert, who weighed over
precedent.
establish a
52 stone. He was a jailer. 4. An- The King is the First Gentleman tennae of a male cockchafer, 5. New in the land, and the Duke of York, Alabama, West Virginia, Gloucester second. So the Duke of Arkansas,
Willlum Steel, Gloucester gets higher precedence £15,500, Derby County. 1. Etally than he would expect if there were Bronte, Thomas Hardy, Sir Waltera. Prince of Wales. Scott, Sir James Barrie. 8. Cocon.
crowns pleasure.
£0.
10.
the
0. The sixpences-£21 12, half- Princess Elizabeth is Third Lady
ile Ilves tof in the land, the Queen being
Grst and Queen Mary second. Princess Elizabeth ranks above the Duke of Gloucester because she is above the Duchess of Gloucester, who comics frth in the table women after Princess Margaret. Solution of yesterday's puzzle. To give Prince Philip his position Across: 1, Cheerless; &, Her; 9, as husband of the
and of the Princess
would be to
CROSSWORD SOLUTION
of
Deepen; 11, Arm; 13, Alp: 14, Sabre; Heiress Pre Second Gentleman in
15, Nationals; 16, Fatness; 17, make him to Altended; 20, Neaves; 21, Duo; 22, the land and give him a rank above Greetings.
the Duke of Gloucester. Down: 1, Chain gang; 2, Hereafter;
It is all so compllented that it 3; Em: 4. Red bonnet; 6, Learned; 0, may be some weeks before experts Sopals; 1, Snowshoes; 10, Pleased; are able to advise the King on the 12, Bait; 14, Statue; 18, Eve; 19, Dug. proper decision.
NANCY
Current Attraction
WHY DON'T YOU COVER UP YOUR
FEET ?
I DON'T WANT
THOSE COLD THINGS IN BED WITH ME
ELECTRIC
I'LL GET THE!.
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KEEP YOU?
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the
were
If she were alive today I would be the duty of them both, as artists, to talk over the future of Europe on the same tiger-skin.
CHESS PROBLEM
By O. FUSS. Black, places.
14
White, & pieces White to play and mate in thren.
Solution to yesterday's problem:
1, Kt" \KI 7, any: 2, Q, or K# (dia ch, or dhi ch) mates.
Rupert and the Three Guides-47
The three Guides divide up the work they are to do and run off to visit the cottages in all parts of the village, while Rupert takes the pearls and scampers homewards to where his mother is standing at thr garden gate. She smiles broadly when she sees what, is in his hand. "How on earth did you get them back so quickly?" she gasps. Did you find the thiet ?" Lots and fois al thieves," laughs Rupert, "Not very bad ones. They'd have brought these back tonight any
way."
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Skeleton
CLUES ACILOS4
They
heng about
nt Christ-
mas time
(two words).
9. Allegedly wine in low Latin.
10. It usualy comos tu aim who walts.
11. Treat t [Drociously, but rasenett the member of the air- crew Inside,
12. Material disaster.
14. Aparently
It is allowed
in so
thread.
13. bird bird,
18. Even if she gota equal pay, you
won't find her down
pit two words).
23. Prize kick to start with.
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24, Bolinve ilka a modern Paul Pry? 25. Our one becomes oppressiva. 96. Haggard female.
27. australia could find a uno for
one this year.
28. 2 XI. two words).
CLUES DOWN
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cho hit we sea the light.
2. A abologica they aatiaty, one hears,
should
3. Turklih governor who might
be a Welsh, #aint.
4. Encaged by a motorist, whos
Wants to go back (twb Words).
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Opening-42
20
masters team-of-four event. When, the 14 boards were played, they had won the match by 40 points.
Taking chance against von: Zedtwitz is alwavs dangerous. He
set his opponents 800 points on to- day's hand by underleading two ares. Decturer could not be blamed for allowing the opening club land ride up to his hand, but North won with the queen and returned the four
(South)
to
of diamonds, Declarer won this: with the ace of diamonds and led back club. which von Zedtwitz-
with the aco.
Now! without moment's hesitation, he led the five of spades. Here again declarer held the jacknine with the king on the board. Again he decid- ed to let the trick ride up to his fack, and again North won with the queen.
North
cashed the diamond king and played the third diamond, de- clarer tuffed and led a spade. Von Zedtwitz won this with the nee and come back with a spade. A
low club was discarded from dummy. North ruffed and led back
another diamond, on which declarer discard-
l
ed a suade. Dummy ruffed and u club was led. North trumped with the ten of hearts, and he could not be prevented from getting two heart tricks. Thus decinrer Jost three heart tricks, two clubs, two spades and a diamond.
Crossword
3. But it's improbable that Turpin
would have observed it two words).
6. This man is a ship.
7. Steal, atom or stride.
Thwart, perhaps.
Karily in a boat.
13. Mackerel, bait.
not neces
15. Buch tentimony dives on M
choice of directiona
COLVERS of the Surteton Cross word are required to 13 In the black
nlid eluc numbers is well as the words. To give you a Alurt, four numbers and tour black satures kunye barn given,
THE pattern symmetrical. The two aldey balance each other and the top and battom halves correspond. You can therefore 1131 yin 12 more black, squares at once
to correspond with fuse glieu.
Note that there i po 1 Across, so that the second square from the left la the top fine and the other three, corresiónding squares van be blacked. There is n B Down as well as an 18 Across, therefore the menace inmediately above that contabilog the ugure (B, and its corresponding one can al belles in.
Working on these lines yon, van Built up the puzzle. No words of less than three letters are used.
LAST WEEK'S SOLUTION Dusqu'sz OT
17. It takes a heavy blow to pus EN
ono to confusion.
10. When the black fellow in con
fused he's barond recovery, JD. Not quite the place from which
to got nylone in France.
20. To the troops it might be rum. 21.Deppity sawbones."-maybe, to
Lana Wallorism.
42. Exhausted, both physically and
noancially.
Hly Ernie Bushmille
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