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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 94, 1990.

RETURNING TO NORMAL.'

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THE CHINA MAIL.

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WEDNESDAY,

SPECIAL CABLE.

THE SHANGHAI COTTON CASE.

[CHINA MAIL SPECIAL]

larger share of responsibility than talk and hard hitting, and phrases memorial-everything you can this. They should be given a voice like gratuitous insuls don't think is wangled to suit the on the far more important preposi-connt more to us than counters in interests." It is said among tion of what form the meurial game sa it were poker chips. men that Hongkong is virtually should take, and where it should White chips, red chips, blue chips, the pockets of a small group, which be put. There are to subscribers our motto is les em all come."we usually refer to as the Gang yet, and after the way in which phis But next time the panjandrums or the panjandruma Everybody small group of men has gone about want to go for us, we recommend knows what the China Mail is up SALE TU JAPANESE FORBIDDEN. the business, arrogating far more then to put their man into better against, and a surprising number authority than was ever offered to

"We come out of this of people are wishing it success. truning. it, we fear there will be many hold rond withint a scratch, and But until they see for sure that it aloof who had fully intended to haven't bad enough exercise to is winning, they dare not come out.

SHANGHAI,, March 24. subscribe. Many of them are in-keep us warm.

in open support. That is the posi With one eye, on the sion. Thas is the issue.

Judge Sausmares has delivered an dignant, and are privately encour aging the Chind Mail to keep this

LLOYD

immediate gallery, that

Judging by the fact important judgment, declaring as point of view. to the fore.

GEORGE's redoubtable pugüist

ONE TO HIM, that many people ultra vires the proposed sale of the BLOOMER. Lloyd George, in re-

here are ignorant Shanghai cotton manufacturing com- plying to the delegation of the derivation of the ward ad-pany to Japanese Interests. An in- -ISSULT," ed in Saturday's of Indian Moslems about Turkey, versaris, and entertain the notion junction was granted.

adversaria were a overlooked the far larger audience that it somehow involves an ad- "gratuitous insult" to the mera-that will yell with laughter when vorsary, we fear that a sly dig in bers of the committee (some of Reuter tells the tale. There were the Rev. Mr. Maconachie's letter whom don't even belong to the seventeen different way of send-will be wasted unless we point it Club "Mr. Johnstone cannot have ing those delegates away satisfied, out. He refers to the Adversarian been aware of how widely those and be missed them all. Instead, as Adversarius, thereby suggesting views were and are entertained in the perpetrated this bowler, that that he is the D... See the the colony. Perhaps he is not we were not going to abandon in Erst epistle of Peter, chapter five, aware that, there is a large and the case of Moslem countries like verse fight Good, That's one to growingly articulate section of the Turkey the principles we had ruth-him. After all, we are a d public which feels is a real inanitlessly applied to "Christian coun-of a fellow.

In alleging that

"ORATEITOUR the views express.

that it should have its own affairs tries like Germany and Austria. taken up and dominated and de- Christian countries like Helvetis.

cided by small cliques of men in whose democratic sympathies it has

SUBJECTS.

Answering the argu- ment that we should

·· be- content to say

instead of

LOCAL AND GENERAL

no confidence. This is so.. Per- sonally, the adversarian considers, British subject"

Today's dollar is worth 5s. 1fd.

RICE TO CUBA.

SEVERAL LINES. NOW

́ENGAGED IN THIS

TRAFFIC,

OR 24, 1920 CORRESPONDENCE

IN DEPENCK OF THI WAX MEMORIAL COMMIFTES

[Te Etor of the " China Mil"]

Dese St-You state that you space is open to all shades of opini

so I trust that are partisanship v. got prevent your inserting the appreciation of the efforts of t Johnstone and is confreres at the Memorial Committee. Of War course, a Bolshevist organ, are unable to appreciate the sober

of

of the Committed a action in ferr lessly protecting the interests of a class from the revolutionary candle! who seek (1) to attack rested Interests by cheapening the ce budd land

(2) to And further offices and thus permit out siders to obtain a foothold is that trade which the present oligarchy has so capably handled up to sOW. "In conclusion, I would point out that this "Memorial is, to a great extent, in commemoration of our employees, men whom we have fed

The expert of rice from China to Cuba, with the vessels. Toading this cargo principally at Hongkong, is reaching inte - tonnage of con-and nourished, man who served our siderable figur (5.

interests during their lifetime, and Several "companies are new en who must (if they are permitted to gaged in this traffic. -

realize it) be gratised by the know Mr. Y. Yasuda, Hongkong Man-ledge that their very death has proved ager for the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, a furtherance of our interests.. alaims to be the pioneer inaugurator

of the Orient to Cuba service."

and so advises all his numerone" Britisher," writer in Shanghai friends and acquaintances, that the

says: The word subject" "has

Today's returs of notifiable very last man to be entrusted with acquired a continuously unpleasant disease shows one case of diphtheria,

sense, as opposed to "citizen." I two of enterie, and five of cerebro-months, will have six steamers of the have heard a leading Australian spinal fever. (M.P. at the time) say publicly,

so much discretion in public adaira should be the head of Jardine's, a frm on which the prosperity of Hongkong no longer depends, if it етет did. Especially, moreover, when that bead has gone out of his way to insult the public by openly flouting public opinion. Must wa for ever estimate the size of our public men by the size of the firms the happen to represent?

TAXES AND

No. Sir, am a subject of no man. I am a citizen of the British Empire." "Subject States, etc., have not a welcome sound.

Of the making of IRRITATIONS.. books there is no end, and for soul irritations there is nothing more

For the theft of a screw knut from the s.s. "Dirawongse," a Chinese was this morning sentenced, by Mr. R. O. Hutchison, to one month's hard labour..

British Catholics are holding a meeting in St. Patricks Hall, Carden Rood to-morrow evening at 5.15 with the object of establishing a Catholic Men's Club.

Yours etc.,

SAMIVEL

A 'CLUB MAN'S POINT OF

VIRW.

This company, commencing this

"A" Clasa, of 8000 tons gross, on a ran from Singapore, via Hongkong.. Japan ports, San Francisco, and the Fanama Canal, to Cuba, thence to New York, returning by the same [To the Editor of the * China Mall."] route. This means a monthly ser• vice.

The vessels designated for the Singapore to New York run are the "Amur Maru," "Alaska: Mary,

Amazon Maru," Altai Maru," "Alps Maru," and the "Atlas Mara."

Dear Sir-As a member of the Club, may I point out to you that your contributer of adversaria in the middle of many- very wrong

things said one very sight thing? - I believe it was absurdly unjust to In addition the Osaka. Shosen Kaisha wil have three vessels of suggest that in the selection of the "best site" the Club's interests were from 5,000 to 6,000 tors gross considered at all; and so far as I am engaged on a run similar to the concerned, I think it would be better above except that the ships, Instead for the Club, and better for the City, of proceeding from Caba to New York, will terminate their voyages to leave the open space, as it is, the

$300,000 monument is likely to be. the same route. These vessels will also call at Hongkong.. They The present lawn with its flowers are the Java Maru, Indo Maru and looks muck nicer than any colonade Malay Maru; but other ships are could do, and we have none to expected to be assigned as trade many open spaces. develops. At present the service

We do not seri-capable than printere ink. Some ously expect to Gilead where the printed word can SUBSCRIPTIONS. get the repre- never obtmde is the desire of the sentation that is soul that would know peace, Just supposed to go with British taxa-imagine coming across a reference. tion. The time is not yet. The to Nicholas Mercator, and a descrip- An examination of damaged difficulties are still too real. As for tion of that great man as

cargo by the s.a. Ecuador takes government and government affairs, descendant of the Kaufmans of place at 10 am on Thursday and we must continue to put up with Prague in Bohemia coadjutore with Friday. Rent will be charged an unat New Orleans, returning by encumbered by such a bulk as s ** nominated men,nominated Luther in the Reformation." That delivered cargo after Friday. committees, or committees that ap-is like saying that Charles Darwin point themselves. But in osten-was a descendant of a great grand- ibly public affairs, where public mother who was secretary for the addresses and public subscriptions Parish Sewing Guild of Married are called for. we say that the pub Ladies. Mercator was big enough lic should be allowed to select its to do without ancestors. own committees, give them ite own Instructions, and have its own way.

The principal export cario Of You may not believe it, but the

these vessels will bå rice. Hongkong Adversarian does not even now from the Rey J.-Kirk Maconachie,

The final of the Billiards Cham-is the loading port for South China ow who is on the sub-commitsee who seems shocked at the idea that pionship. (1,000 up) will be played and Lado-China rice, which is brought that settled this public business for business reasons men here may this evening at the V.RC. com-to this port by feeder lines and Until Mr. Johnstone stepped into occasionally conceal their real mencing at 6 p.m. The contestants assembled here for export. the limelight on Monday night as opinions. If he disbelieves that, are P. A. Yvanovich and Mr. S. its chairman, he didn't know that we admire his innocence, but must Gray, and the winner will meet K. K.

Through:a miaunderstanding, it was announced in yesterday's China Mail, that the film, It may be your daughter, will be screened at the Samirel's " letter Victoria Theatre. It should have LETTERS.-day speaks for it-read Hongkong Theatre.

senThere is n letter

and doesn't know. We should also Friday. object to his use of the word **hinted." We didn't hint it; we said it; and we say it again. Good Lord! It is notorious. Men them-

Entries for the tennis tournament

cossists of two steamers every three months.

Cuba is a vast consumer of rice. addition to the 80,000 tons er 80, Imported into Cuba from America,

THE MEETING OF THE WAR MEMORIAL COMMITTEE.

the Editor of the "China M

Sir-As one of those who, as you say correctly, at first refrained from holding up their hands" when

honestly recognizes, labour costs cannot possibly return to the porta of pre-war days. They were not even normal then, but sliding. Wahe was on it. It is none of his point out that he is not in businessLeung in the Challenge Round about 120,000 tons are estimated to Mr. Johnstone asked for a vote of are in agreement with our contem- business to know such things. But porary's warning with which it whoever they are, and without the concludes. The conditions which least desire to insult them, be determine how many hours a man would not pasa a vote of confidence shall work, the quality of his work, in them in such a matter and cn the scale of his wages, the reward such an occasion. They may be a solves bave come to us, supplied representative "committee, but us with bullets to shoot, and begged The British Chamber of Com. of capital, the relation of Govern

they represent the wrong crowd. us to be very careful not to reveal merce Journal has a timely article ment to business, the very objects, They are out of sympathy with the their cames, giving us their reasons on the glib use of this misleading even, of business itself, none of

Mr. Maconachie overlooks phrase, but scarcely does it full these is likely to return to what we subscribing public, and they will for it. justice. The phrase is not harm bave been accustomed to regard as find that the subscribing public is the now notorious fact that an at- out of sympathy with them, if they tempt was made by Mr. Jobartone less where it conveys the impres- normal.""

persist in their present unpopular to make the China Mail alter its

Shanghai Hotels Ltd made a net sion that things will ever again be

**tone **en pain of losing Jardine's prafit for the year of $596,437, an just as they were before the war.

advertising The opinions of Ad- mcrease of $223,196. They paid a That can never be. The status

versarius inay be hopelessly wrong, dividend of two dollars per share, quo ante such a bellum can never

as they are certainly unimportant; and transfered $330,000 to develop restored. The world war made Humpty-dampty of it, and all

Are editors pan-est is now being taken in that. but the Rey. Mr. Maconachie ought ment and building accounts, with to ascertain first whether freedom $15,837 for improvements. They ACTIONSTONE, jandrams? If not, It seems to the Adversariari that of opinion is tolerated here, or not, are going to build the largest hotel the clever inventors bave so far failed to discover a process of un-

in mentioning that Mr. Jobnstone versarian muzzled tried to prove far too much. He and then take a definite stand for in the East," and have got a site on scrambling eggs. Upon the Gram-

tolerance or intolerance. For which the Bubbling, Well Road. It will pian hills, young Normal's father Yesterday? To-day he will either would have been wiser to say sim- would be stand?

include a theatre, and cost two will no more, feed the same flucks; his say about the War Mem-ply that membership of the Club

Naturally, Adver- million taels. rial, and the committee thereof, had nothing to do with it. Many

A CLUEMAN'S "sarius rejoices over or there will be no adversaris. Then

men would have disbelieved that,

LETTER. the letter from a Clubman, admit-

they are gone with the snows of -yesteryear. For normal after all means now and the now of row is

means the name as the now that

was then. It is not, as the Journal

(even in economics) that remains

the standard er criterion for ever.

Peace is normal, and war should be abnormal, but it isn't. At one time war was normal and peace infrequent and briel, so that the factor of time must be included in any consideration of the meanings

of the word. Perhaps the closest

to an interchangeable term is the

ADVERSARIA.

AUT NULLUS... Why was the Ad-

course.

THE CLUB.

Which of them is not a member of the

Club 7 Great inter-|

see what the lads will say. If they as they still do; but on the other

Ana

be the Hongkong export cargo to confidence at the meeting of, the Cuba.

General War Memorial Committee, The Osaka Shosen Kaisha com may disclaim your suggestion that. connection with the Kowloon menced these Ceban trips in April of we might have voted differently had Cricket Club, close to the Hon. last year, and the trade is said to be we been allowed to ballot ?

For my part I had two reasons Secretary on April 4th. The events very lucrative, with cargoes plentiful include: Championship Singles, in season.

for reluctance?1. 1 was a member Handicap Single Handicap Doubles and Mixed Handi-man & Bucknall Line and some of mendations were presumed to be Other companies, notably the Eller of the sub-committee whose recom- A and

cap Doubles..

the Shipping Board operators, are impeached. 2. I thought the criti also loading rice at Hongkong for cism was receiving an undue com- Cuba. The export for last month is pliment in being taken so seriously. said to be upwards of 30,000 tons. [The latter, I believe, was the general The Saigon crop is said to be very opinion of the the meeting. it wa good this year, but exports of rice at any rate, freely uttered where st from Bangkok, it is understood, are happened to sit. Fresumably r prohibited.

Johnstone had reasons for fis action not apparent to the rest of Thanks for your interesting House of Rimmon" paragraph. It is pleasing to have it hinted that many of us may have convictions like those of "Adversarius" in private but have not the courage of them in a Commitee meeting. Ay

Yours ète. KIRK MACONACHIE Hongkong, March 24, 1920.

Finding himself amongst a crowd the antics of a little bird belonging which was very much interested in

to fortune teller, a Chinese pick-

MARIE TEMPEST COMPANY.

The second performance of "The Duke of Kilicrankie" at the Theatre Royal last night, was even better than the first, given the night before. Miss Tempest was at her best as

Mrs. Mulkelland, the widow with a

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119,

TENNIS.

TONGKONG G

TOURNAMR NIE.

don't yell. We want Adversaria, hand inore men would have pointed ting that he said one very right we don't know them. Moreover, out its justice, and that such an correctly points out, a synonym for that old ass who writes the leaders allegation cannot properly be ad- thing. It was a good point, tu score, wasn't it? On Saturday be re Journal says it does not, some style he affected yesterday to show witboat proof. It is, not for any the Club, be would resent the imtive in the crowd, and as he operated of Welby, M. P. Miss Hamilton read) average. It means, though the cannot be allowed in the pompous vanded against any body of men marked that were he a member of Pocket got busy. Unfortunately for temperament (or temper?), and Mr. him, there was a very shrewd detec- Graham Browne was his usual mirth-provoking self in the character thing we regard as usual, and condescension to a colleague of men to prove their honesty, but for

whom he is at heart jealous. He eritive to prove their dis- pertinence of shoving this monu on his victim, he suddenly felt a the part of Lady Addison perfecity, nothing is usual for ever. The

ment under ite, nose, was far too easy on the Clique. He honesty, if they suspect it. known at the time that it was to the next minute, be found himself and Mr. Roger Barry was very

Had be hand on the scruff of his neck, and Journal says that "the conception didn't say outright what he was matter of common gossip, it may be of a $300,000 size, he would marching to the Police Station with smooth, and fluent as "The Duke". | of time" must not be introduced; evidently minded to say. And the now be stated that the violence with have been even more emphatic. the constable, who this morning told

The play is a difficult one to in but there is nothing usual which is talk about treating the subject which Mr. Johnstone attacked the have be it must not now be over- Mr. Smith he saw the defendant take opportunity for action to reliave any usual for ever, and there is no norra seriously was, the most trans-arguments in this, paper has satis looked-that-Club interests are dea silver watch, and chain from the opportunity for action to reliave any

The games in this toumament, fast parent tosh nothing fed quite a lot of men that there Britely reled out. They didn't and pocket of as inspecting com of the situations, and everything evening resulted as follows more serious than satire, nothing is no further need to prove the wouldn't consider them

Championship Single-Major more fatal to pretentiousness than

Let us patriot, and grabbed him "red hand. depends upon the spoken word or

gesture. That the company present-Greenaway beat D. J. Valleatine, 6-1. connection between the sub-com- fun. Do you suppose that grown-mittee's decision, and the recognow, therefore, try to stick to the ed," with the watch and chain in bed this comedy so well is highly. 6-1, 6-0; MH. La beat Tew Man creditable to the organization. Teun, 6-0, 6-1, 3-6, 64; A. B. up businessmen, influential taipansized interests of the Club. When point of the public's objection, now possession. Three months,

MA Kyrie Sylvaney acted in a very. Raworth beat Kiwaguchi, 6-3. would have taken such serious and Tommy is seen coming from the Being freely, voiced all over the

For the first time since the out- natural manner the part of Alexander 6-1, 86; E Takenaga beat FL conspicuous notice of a circumlocu-direction of the pantry, without the colony, that it does not want a tory leader? They would not fightest jam stains upon hit, the $300.000 group of tombstones or It was the straight from the should worst that can be said is that be an $800,000 site. They are saying break of the war, two Netherland MacBayne, caretaker of the Duke's Sakuma, 6-2, 6-3, 45, 109; F. A. We are pleased to be able to say 6-2; Chua Sin Kah beat Major Leste to dateral, and this would jibes in this colume that galled came that way. But if he bursts understood, of course, that we don't ship the "Tramp," and there that the size of last nights audience Smith, 4-6, 1-6; 5-7 6-1, 6-2; --

that everywhere we go. It is warships visited Hongkong. These Castle in Scotland, Craz O-North" Redmond beat A H. Crook, 6-4, 6-2, Them, pierced their complacence, into tears when asked where he has go a long way toward obliging out and brought them apologising and been, and angrily criss that he/ 80 everywhere. The Adversarian from Holland via America, to join the previous night, and we hope that and E. W Hamilton (recs: 3/6) Wo

Hendrik, which are on their way was an improvement over that of Handicap Doables-FR Wood erudite contemporary" by shutting

moves and has his social being Dutch East Indies quadron, entered however, we come down to the open. Vote of confidence," in shrewd parent cannot avoid a car Do their opinions count? Perhaps few people were aware of their pre-/by Hongkong to Miss Tempest and (str) Alex KAMERA MA bat the factor of time. When, deaying and explaining into the never, never touched the jam, the among the submerged hine-tenths the harbour early this morning, and ever-increasing aupport will be given from G. W. Sewell and C. C. Stark sense in which company directors it in the sorest possible kind of look of beavenly virtue as must fus-But, their subscriptions do sence until the usual salutes were her company during their stay here. Handicap Singlea "B.Pay-Lieut. Cousin Kate, the England Robiason (owes 1/6) beat R. D. More business offices fired at 8.30 o'clock Capt. B van sit ill-upon any normal small boy EUSINESS are needed here in der Berg landed oficially shortly comedy written by Hubert Heury Cromartie (owes 2/6) 6-17-- Who-empowered and accuse the cat of gratuitous

orrices the centre of the city after 10:30 am. He was received on Davis, will be presented to night, and Handicap. Singles "A" Capt the committee that insult because it happens to be

They are very urgent Blake Pler by Capt. McGrath, A.D.Cater, another work by the same Marray (owes 4/6) beat A. Burnier {scr.), 6-4, 6-2; Capt. Monteith (scr.) appointed the subag is whiskers at that needed, and would let beröre to Hi E. the Governor, and a Guard author, Outcast," will be played.

wg, from C. C. Stark (rec. 1/6). time is gone. Those circumstances committee of which niament, what are we to think? completion. Office rents are high, of Honour composed of men of the bava departed for ever. Tha

Just, as we claim too high. What would happen if Wiltshires under Lt. James After chairman to empower that sub- AROCMENTS the right to ex- a block of business offices were inspecting the guard he was convived ja mee committee to decide what form the press opinions of erected on the finest site by motor to Government Hous. The soon as we make up our mind war memorial should take, to decide ail shades, emanating from all sides Rents of hasiness premises would squadron will remain here for five. The following will represent the that it is useless to yearn for the whatsite it should occupys and and sections, so naturally we con- come down a bit. Who wants days and on Friday night the Dutch Club in their League fixture-against dear dend days beyond recall" what it should cost? In proposing cede that right to others. We that? Of, more pertinently, who community will hold a reception at the LRC on the Club ground next What are being called normal note that only those who subscribe, would nither naturally, that Mr does not want that ? te

Repulse Bay Hotel.

Saturday, 27th Instant at 2:15 pin OMEN oftestenome nervous and despondent When this is doc prices should be called former should be invited to help in select Johnstone had replied in our own

For years the people

DF-Donnelly. (Capt.) Cu Blaker, to constipation it is easily outcasted by prices. It is more than doubtful ing the lesign. is not the committee columns, but the time and place be THE ISSUL.. have been grumbl.

A Brand: A. Burnie, E. W: Day, R- A- | taking an Occasional days of Chamber that they will ever again be doing the right thing in part only chose for answering us were both mg at the way

Green, WW Mackenzie, E. J. R. lain's Tablets. These tablets are easy normal example, as the and too late? Those who pay the correctly chosen. Even his tone everything here, noministration,

Mitchell, P. G. de Paravicini, D. Reid, taks and pleasant li affect. For sale by Chamber of Commerce Journal viper should be trusted with was justifiable. We like straight business, public affairs like this

ali Chieraists and Higrekoer and H. A Sawyer.

habitually use it, we find them promising shareholders a return tu conditions that were normsát o certain time pre-war) and in cer- tain (pre-war) circumstances. That

normal is the equilibrina that we

will no doubt soon get used to, a

deed. They wanted it and needed tain kuspicion. If he assume such

way. The cap had fitted.

COMMITTEES -AND-BUS-

Mr. Johnstone is

WALLA WALLAS double cross

the harbour but never double cross you. Phone No: 3510,

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