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HostKONG, TEZSDAY, FEB. 24, 1920.

PRESENT INDICATIONS.

Yesterday the ships in harbour were dressed in honour of the rebellious Englishnian who may fairly be de- scribed as the world's first success- ful Bolshevik. George Washington:

happened yesterday) and founded "a great nation. the world's present cus- rodian of democratic principles. Pru- sent indications are that in fear of more medicine of the same ser, the

Americans' are developing a title Red Tape and tyranny of their own. But éven so they are still in the van. of

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for Dainty Home-Sewn Lingerie and Baby Wear

THE CHINA MAIL.

alleging that its service is unsatis factory. Others, presumably not aware of that, have complained that they cannot get the 'phone installed, after walding a long time.

THE

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Today's dollar is worth 5s: 7.

TUESDAY, FEBUARY 24, 1920

LOGAL AND GENERAL.

u last week. One was a Japanese, Thirty nine people died of the an Indian, and the remainder

Chinese.

and one of es.

KOWLOON COMMENTS.

(BY THE KOWLUNATIC.)

mental epidemics, a disease accom- panied by delirium and delusions, for every member of an inspired mob supposes himsel in good faith to be following the dicmates of his own judg- ment and wilt. We hope the French

If challenged, we Mr. R. F. Mattingley has left then people will remember their history.

At a meeting held by Kowloon can tell many tales | Colony by the s.3. "Korea Maru."* ∙and not allow M. Le Bor: to play like SWITCH PEOPLE. of human faults at

sportsmen, during the rain on Friday a child with fire. They suffered from |

Central, where ap An "Asahi "report from Saigon

Notifiable disease last week was last, it was unanimously agreed that mab docility what we now call" disparently there is not autficient super states that Chinese merchants there four cases of diphtheria, and five of the clerk of the weather is a rotten cipline and bless. Then they re-vision. We don't want to do it, behave resolved to refrain from ship-cerebro-spinal fever. Since then there passed recommending that the e old spoil-sport and a resolution was belled excessively by means of exces-cause they are presumably young ping cargo on Japanese vessels.

were one case of enteric (British) be added to the Adversarian's list sive mob indignation. They have girls; and chivalry is our middle

of " M. Ga." Senefited long by the cultivation of name, and the banner under which intellect and the toleration, nay, the we walk. We have one witness who recognition and encouragement of always gets the most excellent ser personalities. The wi has revice from Central. When he rings awakened the crowd psychology; they up, he talks like this: “Central?! should beware of it and watch it. Oh, good morning. I'm so sorry to The British seemed to be encouraging trouble you; but would you mind, etc. individuality for many years with etc. If all people did that we have excellent results. Then the

no doubt complaints would be fewer, came, and the demagogues for their bat busy business men have no time for that sort of blarney. On the own ends revived the old game. pre other hand, we deplore the bad-tem ferring human sheep to men, Ameri

the 'phone.

indications

war

over

themselves.

Members of the Hongkong Horticultural Society are reminded that entries for the annual show will be closed to-morrow (Wednesday).

Consignees of cargo ex 5.3.Lt. Col. Humphrey, R.A. M. C. "Venezuela," are reminded that all cargo remaining undelivered after February 28, will be subject to rent.

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invitations for the 6th Annual Pupils" Prof. Danenberg has issued

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The Chine Mail understands that The first of the series of kinema L, Col, Crisp. P. M. O. (A), leaves entertainments arranged by

Mr. for Home next Month for good. Nightingale, for the pupils of Kow- He will probably be succeeded by leen British School took place on Saturday, in St. Andrew's Church lall The pictures.comprised educa- tional subjects interspersed with humorous Alms. Interesting scenes of the flora of California were shown and also a remarkable film depicting wonderful varieties of goldfish and

experimenting. 'The entertainment was somewhat marred by repeated Asixteen-year-old Chinese girlbreakdowns of the machine but this

The Swedish Trading Co. Ltd., Agents for The Swedish East Asiatic Steamship Co. Ltd., regular line of steamers between Sweden, India,

cans are in the like peril. Present pered bounders who use bad lan- Pianoforte Recital, as the St. Andrew's Straits, Chica and Japan, have sentustrating the results of Chinese

throughout the world Suage

They Hall, City Hall, on Wednesday, March us a handsome wa!! Calender. empt us to unter the daring nemarke cade, no matter what swells 10, at 5.30 p.m.

they may think that we should worship our few eccen And since switch operators are mics and treasure them since any of human, we cannot expect otherwise how Race Club will be held on Mon- Civil Hospital suffering from injuries time the next performance is given. The Spring Meeting of the Han. has been sent to the Government will no doubt be remedied' by the them may be in a sense a Saviour than that they will try to get even. day, Tuesday and Wednesday, April to her legs, caused by being knocked The crowd tends to crucily more thar:

"Unless

telephone 26. 27 and 28, with the off-day on down by a motor car owned by the to worship, and that is due to the

Connaught Garage in Queen's Road stance of the progressive ideas of ancient instinct. implanted

comply Saturday, May 1, when

SUPERVISION, subscribers

yesterday. Nature was rad in rooth and claw,

with our regulations

Mr. Nightingale, the headmaster of regarding faults or difficulties with Entries for the first Open Basket

Kowloon British School. Such in- A Vladivostock message states structive entertainments cannot fail.

and life itself precarious, the instinct the service (see pages 2 and 4 of Ball League will be received by Mr.!

The entertainment is another in-

Telephone Directory) we cannot J. McPherson, at the Chinese that popular opinion favours theto have a beneficial effect.

YM.C.A.. up till to-morrow. Play Soviet Government and is inclined to will begin in about a week.

resent intervention from any quarter. It is now characteristic of Mr. It is said that a boycott is being Nightingale that no sooner does he Admiral Waldeck, former Gov-crganized as a means of bastening get an idea for the welfare of his the withdrawal of Japanese troops. scholars than he proceeds to put it into practice. In this connection The rumour that there was a there is now a boxing class attached strike at Kowloon Docks last week to the school and a shorthand class does not appear to have had any is in full swing... As a precautionary measure truth in it. We didn't ask the Dock against the extension of Bolshevist Company (what was the use?) but influence, the Government has decid-we asked several men likely to know, ed to renew the censership of letters and they said nothing unusual had and telegrams. in the provinces, says happened. the Peking Daily News.

of fear and hatred of the strange. the unasual, the different. If the mob

guarantee good service." That is would regard the hypnotists as the fair. We endorse that. The public merate and make haste to crucify should do its part, in the public them, it would best serve its own it interest. Ba: even if it did, the Man- terests and the elevation of mankind ager could give no such guarantee. ernor of Tsingtao, and other German From the beast. "Great" politicians In one case to which his attention prisatiers of war and their families, are nearly always hypnotists. The was called, the Manager wrote: 650 in number; will leave Kobe on religious people have it right, when "We regret this, although we cannot March 1, by the str. Nankai-maru, they duphasise the need of individual trace the call as no report was made Perseverance to "grew in grace," to the Clerk in Charge at the time." It is so ulso in the cultivation of the We say that any proper system would mind. Over-study is a myth, and be able to trace such a call. The the chief cause of mental fatigue and operator must have known. Out of Its special head-ache" is not ex- his own mouth, you see, we reture haustion but stagnation. Mobs do the manager's improper suggestion not think. Crowds never cogitare.

that oar criticism was unfair." They imitate and we get literally the Here's another extract: "The load at foolish phenomenon of the blind Central during the whole of Thurs leading the blind" The more we day was abnormally high due to the study the sayings of Jesus the more approach of China New Year, and we realize what a great thinker, what the operating staff was hard put to it to handle all the calls. We handied a profound psychologist. He was nearly 80,000 calls on Thursday as Mental energy is not exhausted like physical energy. for its own expendi- usual busy day load." Well, didn't compared with about 65,000, the ture is its best food. The 'trouble is the manager know that China New thet so few men get

to that point Year was approaching? Couldn't where this is

apparent.

There is a he bave managed to prepare for dead centre, as machinists say which stops them. and they shrink from the initial fatigue of turning the

extra pressure? We knew it was coming, and we printed extra papers, and sold 'em. We know to-morrow's Thus they constitue coming, and we have some werk crowds, and the paradox is success-dane already for to-morrow's issue. fully established that the crowd If he couldn't put extra operators on,

monster over.

ADVERSARIA.

WHAT WE MISSED.

Upon discovering that his play. mate had been knocked down and killed by an electric train on the line near Kanagawa, a Japanese boy, 16 years of age, threw himself before another oncoming train and instantly killed.

was

The Hongkong Tramway Com- any's traffic receipts for the week ending 21st February were $18,205, or $4,603 more than last year. The $111,679, or $2,815 less than in the aggregate receipts for 3 weeks were

corresponding period of 1919.

in

A new "mess" has been started

Kowloon

and WAS duly christened," in approved style, on Saturday night.

Among the passengers leaving

Kowloonites had been waiting by the "Venezuela" is Snr. Pedro anxiously to hear the official Leong Hingkee of Leong Hingkse & planation of the raising of rents of Co. Macao and Hongkong, who le Humphrey's Buildings. They now going to America and Europe on a know. It is because all houseowners business trip. Mr. Hingkee is a are not wealthy. Member of the Macao Governing Council and during his absence Mr. Agostinho Leong Hingkee will take his seat.

At the annual meeting of the Com- pany, last Wednesday, the Chairman said that legal expenses had been heavier than usual" We are not

The Japanese Government is said surprised. The shareholders cannot to have been considering the or.expect to have their legal matter ganization of means for the control attended to gratis for ever. of Belshevism, Three police officers "It was not unexpected to see and six assistants will be added to

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The urgent need for a hospital in Kowloon was again emphasised last week, when a patient suffering from pneumonia had to be taken to Hong- kong in weather calculated to have

The Indian soldiers billeted in

the Home Office for that purpose, Mr. J. M. Alves with his face As an instance of the prosperous and representatives of other Depart to the shareholders this

For the Chairman. to have *** psychology" of Gustave Le Bon is that must mean that his plant is state of Japanese agriculture, it is ments of State, including Railways to reply to a long string of questions · not psychology at all. but sheep-inadequate. We don't care what the noted that farmers now frequently and Customs, are to be appointed to

and waste time at every annual roll into Tokyo? in motor cars, form a Commission. had not worried about the breach of "ology.' There is certainly in this cause of the trouble is. That's his

meeting cannot be tolerated. the treaty regarding Denmark. A article more real thought than the business. It is the trouble we have whereas their visits in former days

In advocating the policy of

However, now | “humouring” · Chica, the Yomiure

the tenants of 4 TRUTH, JUSTICE, PURE SERVICE" gross psychological blunder brought average reader is likely to take pains to deal with. The telephone is a were few and far between and Americe in after America was pracy to assimilate and rar, from the news-public service, and it should and necessarily made in the cheapest pos

corsistently begins with the following Humphrey's Buildings know that the rically wedded to neutrality.

Over- paper point of view, makes it a bad could be a lot better than it is. sible manner...

paragraph China does not want shareholders cannot expect more looking. German psychology permitted article. Newspapers cater for crowds Nothing can alter that.

Viscount Tajiri, Mayor of Tokyo Tsingtao back direct from Japan, than five and a half per cent. the German revolution. In armies in preference to individuals. for rea-

We hope you has been conferring with other auth- but would bave it through the League dividend under existing conditions, the effect of mixing seasoned troops sons too obvious to need stating. But "BELLA SPREE." Lave noticed the orities for the drawing up of a of Nations. This is a vazary that they will not object to their rents with raw recps has long been re-this article had to be written, and is

charming new great harbour works scheme for only testifies to the puffed up state of being raised. cognized. Mention of the battle of written. Are you being yourself, or note in journalistic literature that has Tokyo, involving an expenditure of the Chinese mind. That the Chinese

The Plassey in 1757 is made, by way of are you one of a crowd? At present been struck by "Bella Spree." We Y.350,000,000.

breakwater should have become so swell-headed example.. But the French psycholog-crowds are ignoble, though they can bad published several little things by would cover 23 miles, and would is the fault of Japanese diplomacy." ist does not explain why the majority and co accomplish things. A crowd her before we provided her with that effectively check tidal waves. of unseasoned proops does Hot infect of individuals, of thinking individuals, unlovely pen-name. The unfortunate

Russian refugees who arrived at Adversarian always gets into trouble the minority of trained men. There might be slower of achievement, but with the China Mail's lady writers, dent in Shanghai have had the been refused a landing. The Japanese

A section of the Russians resi-Tsuruga in the cruiser "Orel" have the most dangerous results. - regardless of the feelings of his family must be positive and negative poles in the end to what heights might they

The "Gossip has strafed him. and friends, fed up with Red Tape and of psychological magnetism that we not attain?

proposal before them for some time authorities decided to supply bread, "Maggie Mackay" has scalped him. of establishing a Russo Chinese news-canned beef, and other foodstuffs, as Kowloon have gone Marathon mad tyranny, cuncurned only for justice have yet to discover and study. Wel

Now Bella Spree" trounces him for and fairplay, took a very serious step. know of the force, but not yet how

his mild suggestion that he preferred paper, to be published partially in supplies on board were running short Nathan Road, in addition to doing (which would have made patriots and always to apply it so as to obtain in

Chinese and partially in Russian. Only those refugees who desired to duty as a cricket pitch, a baseball to do the China New Year street For the moment this project has go to China, the United States and pitch, a skating rink and a general patriotic newspapers rave had invariable results. If we did, a few

bazaar by proxy. She poohpoolsbeen delayed, but it has not been other countries were permitted to juvenile playground, is now a ranning great psychologists like Napoleon

the danger of 'flu, and in any case Would rule the world.

land, and then only provided they track. Crowds are

abandoned, The telephone wires says..the romance and picturesque more easily and

had suficient money to pay travelling more powerfully i

TELEPHONES. of this colony, if ness of the fair was worth some risk.

placed end to end,

The name of the Cutty Sark is expenses. affected emotionally than individuals

A very enjoyable dance was held "Oh Adversarian," to be adopted for a Canadian schooner are. Riots and lynchings and herd would not reach as far as the swear

at the Palace Hotel on Saturday worship and great political reversalsed. No one has a good word for it, words that the system has occasion-

writes our spirited constructed by Messrs. Grant and We are officially requested to evening last. A large number of guests colleague, "by-let Horne for the New Brunswick Ship say that the ship's medical officer were present and dancing was in-- are brought about in this way: wars,

ting me go to the building Co. Her name recalls the has forbidden Seaman Walters to dulged in from 9, til midnight. The these many days. Now, it smoke is are entered upon and won that way.

an indication of fire, there must be

Fair as your proxy you missed famous China tea clipper, launched fight in any contest for the present floor was in good condition and ex- progress, and more enlightened than Propaganda, rightly chosen and rightly something in this. Yet Manager the sight of the dowering-stems in 1969, which sailed many notable and that therefor the preliminary cellent music was provided by the the European statesmen who are applied, is more terrible thas an array Sennett writes to the China Mail in representing Shu-Mu, the famous voyages from the Red Baby at Woo- contest between Sky Kerrison for the band of the "Korea Maru at present endangering the valuable with banners. The cry of wolf" is a tene of virtuous indignation, com

general who disguised himself as a sung to Gravesend.

Welterweight Championship of the understanding established throughout more dangerous than the woll itself.plaining about The Gossip's mild and artistic panels representing Quak Sze shepherd. You did not see the

Colony, which it was hoped might The Spoon Competition arranged the English speaking world." The rel-The shour of "fire" has killed genial jeers. He has asked for it.

The following telegram has to have been arranged before the next by the K.C.C. (golf section) for grams from all over the world are not people when the

hre itself hurt Let us now discuss his system, and Gee, the patriarch of a thousand day been received at the Danish Con tournament, has had to be cancelled. Friday last, was abandoned at tiffin pleasant reading, We must depre- none. Men have blamed the god see if we can honestly apologise for descendants, who kept them all insulate from the Danish, Minister To avoid clashing with other fixtures tire, owing to bad weather. cate alarmist views, and contend with Pan for this, and called it panic. our contributor's remarks, and say Forbearance was his anotto; but he received from Foreign Office Ple-fixed for Friday March the 5th at one house and never heard a quarrel. at Peking - Following telegram the next tournament has now been After all, the various peoples Enishevism and anti-Bolshevism are that the Hongkong Telephone is the did not live in times when house rent hiscite in first zone Slesvig 75000 9.15 p.m. at the Theatre Royal. It are merely suffering war psychology, spread by the same methods and most efficient and buat managed in and the schwärmerei natural to five means. One mob runs to crucify the the Empire If we can say that, we not describe to you the little mite that means that Northern Slesvig is Welterweight Contest between Sky was increased every month. I shall Danes and 25000 Germans "unquote is hoped that the main event will be years of crazy chaos. The optimist Lord, another to praise Him. M. Le will, with pleasure. But a: present with a moon-like face, donning the now a Danish Province."

Kerrison and Iron Bux...... recognizes that mob psychology may Bon, in describing Europe as an im- we cannot. yer turn them áll as suddenly and as merse laboratory of psychology."

dragon's head to swing it rhythmi "Criticism," 1) unanimously in the direction of so has told us nothing new about human

he cally and comically.. Such pageantry,

Mr. Denman Fuller now that he In connection with the proposed HE IS WRONG Writes, "such as that old Adversarian, is worth a little organization of a university in Amoy. has returned to the Colony after an briery and peace. The general disrature in the mass.

All this was

referred to above discomfort." gust of war should have done that. known before. All this is history,

for which $4,000,000 have been absence of some months hopes to does not aggist ug in

Quite a number of the members and very pearly did, but the inbred

donated by Mr. Chen Kis-keng, a resume his regular organ recitals of the K.C.C., golf section' are due Eccentrics, self-willed, odd people, attempting to habit of countless generations was too unconventional and contrary folk, service,

During the past few for Home leave. The first to go is and

wealthy retired merchant in the shortly. Straits, it is now reported that an-weeks bowever, the Cathedral Organ Mr. G. Duncan, who leaves OK strong for the healthy impulse to pre- the sort we call Bolsheviks in joke, cursing the Telephone Company BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP.rther rich Straits merchant Mr. Wang has been strained severely by climatic vail. A French psychologist. Gus are probably the saving salt of society least." The facts contradict Eim

will help

Saturday. Yih-chu has given a further auth of changes the pneumatic work in tave Le Bon, whose views are now They preserve individualism from

$3,000,000 for the establishment of particularhaving suffered extensively. getting wide publicity in all languages, being drowned in the rush of collec. Since the Gossip strated it, the local

so much so indeed that most of it Many people were present at a medical college in the University. and whose principles are being laugh: tive involuntaryism.

telephone has, so far as we are in French military schools. General we may deny that the Gadarene swing We used it several times yesterday, the

Has had to be taken out for repair In this sense concerned, been a pleasure to use

the V.R.C., last night to watch ---

Cargo shipped per Mackinnon, and adjustment. This work in such Mangin being one of his disciples," were possessed by devils. One pik instead of sending out the Chit with the club's annual tournament N. Co., 3.3. "Nagoya" on Feb. 18, able length especially, as Mr. Desingle first match in connection Mackenzie & Co., Agents P. & O. s. a large instrument is one of consider. emphasises this well known sheep with a devil in him might have stopped coolie, on finding that we human mind. Lancashire's boast. prettily inverted parable, with that what Lancashire thinks to-day. thought in it worth pondering. All England thinks to-morrow, could as turns, we suspect, upon the cultiva fairly be made by any county or anytion of the intellect and the will to section of people, provided it makes think. Men are so mentally lazy, as as much noise and attracts as much a rule. Mental fatigue in the ever- attention. It is human nature" to age man occurs long before he ap

proaches the stage of physical fatigue:

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matters ic the

got

on Sunday, Mr. D. G. Nicol secured In the Bogey competition, played

Overy, J. Hyde and G. W. Avenall tied the honours, two down. Messrs. H.

for second place, the play-off in the afternoon resulting in a win for Avenall, two down.

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MARRIAGE A LA MODE.

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isfuness" or sequaciousness of the f and saved the herd. It is at least prompt, correct, and clear responses, for the Billiard Championship of the was-For London's 84 bales waste Fuller has in the main to work single Weary of work and worn with care,

go with a crowd, to join any proces

WE ARE

'DON'T COUGH.

Jaded and tired of strife,

In the battle of We

Dainty, care-tree, and gay; Flitting from pleasure to pleasure

And from pleasure to play.

The garments which deck her labs

limbs,

It was not a case of lines being out J. Parkes. This had not beer the case hitherto. Colony, between W. J. Langford and mats, 35 bales raw silk, 1 case fancy sufficiently advanced with the work war al day in the callous world

silk, 1,431 packages tea, 810 rolls handed. He hopes however, to have

of order, either. The fault was

bangles, 319 cases chinaware, 1 case to be able to announce the date of The players were both in excel" joss stick 75 bales canes, without his first recital of this series in a few She spends her day in the sunstimo, human

lent form and early in the game roots, 250 cases dry ginger, 425 cases days. "We might add," be there were signs of a very hard canepins, 21 cases blackwoodware, 3 says, that in view struggle. Parkes cook the lead cases silk, 312 packages tops, bot REPROACHED. of the China Mail's with a break of 22, after about toms, iron hoops and staves, 100 sion. M. Le Bon points out the Men tax the endurance of their bodies ment for all, we were extremely managed to over-haul him soon ware, 15 cases personal effects: for TT is abeord to allow a cough to hang

boast of lair treat hallan hour's play, but Langford bales tsinglee canes, 8 cases silver- psychological Influences of the war, and enjoy it as we gather from the surprised to note that you had afterwards with a break of 21: A Lyons:-40 bales raw silk; for Maron and Bsp: your ritality hen how an offensive stimulated armies adventures so amusingly narrated by permitted this unfair attack on neck and neck struggle followed, seilles-870 packages tea, 90-bales Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will cure By travail and labour of mine, depressed by delending, by menta! our Adversarian" yesterday. They us." If we had .contagion.

permitted." and when the 295 mark was reached; raw silk, 250 bales waste' silic, 574 | yes The German mistakes, in shrink from racking their brains in every letter to go in that, we, they were even Parka gradually rolls maiting. 90 cases regulus anti-cent cough will att the realm of psychology. were greater the same way. Were it not so, crowd received about the telephones, we forged ahead, thanks to steady play, mony, 4 cases embroidered silk and afford to your that are to than their errors in strategy, ignor-psychology would not be so dreadful would have bad little room for and established a lead of 50. He shoes, 224 bales galangal; and for thing to step into a cheant's shop She only sees me when she seeks

My vile, in truth no wife of mise, become diseased when it is such a simpla ance of British psychology caused Mob passion would be, less easily anything else. They have been won by 62 points.

No thought. For Me is hers;" them to bring Britain in to defend the spread and led.

Sam Port Said-1 case slippers, 2 cases get a bottle of Chamberlain's Longd These popular asking us to “ga for "this treaty regarding Belgium, though she emotions may be fairly defined as monopoly for a long time, Parkes, 500: W. J. Langford 438.

The scores were as follows -], ivoryware and silk shawls, 1 case Ham-dy. For sale by all Chemists san Another well-filled purse.

glass bangles.

Storekcoopers.

You don't know wheca a parsis"

Her gold and gems are to en

Bought with worry and pain.

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