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Following the wrifunaware that you are. pretending ing of our last fad, but also unaware that it is possible JEWISH CLUB AT BHANGHAL tasy of lunatics and to pretend tmawarely. This our kings there care itch for analysis has now made im- the "dreaming lady, possible, so long as you retain the bearing in her hands The Candle memory of the argument. of Vision by AE." u queer

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of companions, James Stephens. POETRY.

SHANGHAI, May 6. Such books are difficult to explain

hus memory of all The new Jewish club, nearing com without the cue provided in purits wisdom, or, as Keata puts it in pletion, has been seriously damaged meditations of yesterday. More- one of his letters them is an an- by are. Malicious arson is strongly over, explanation would be gratulcestral wisdom in man ard we can suspected. The club originated in tous impertinence in most cases, if we wish drink that old wine of the munificence of Kadoorie. In this it is sure that we will be heaven. This memory of the spirit asked to say what we think of it, is the rest basis of imagination, and when the lady of dreams asks, and when it speaks to us we feel there are only two possible answers truly inspired and a wightier crea- available, one bonest, the other ture than ourselves speaks through not. One would be to look soul-us. Ireuember how pure. holy fully happy. pesing like an ihter and beautiful these imaginations ate student of Science and Health with Key," and murcing that it is sweet." The other would be to explain it. Toxplain it we must discourse further and less pleasantly, on the psychology of Make-believe.

Any unspoiled child ART OF TREE will tell a trust PRETENSION. Worthy adult that

Over

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SHANGHAI, May 6. Mr. Lopes of Hongkong won the first prize in the Shanghai Champions sweep, which was the record amount of $127,000.

STRAITS' COMPULSORY

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SINGAPORE, May 4. The bill providing for compulsor

THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1920

VIRTUE BY VIOLENCE I

The tendency of the world today

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS.

is against the use of physical force, NOMINATIONS FOR OFFICERS

AND M.C.O's

in affairs both private and public, except when absolutely necessary and, despite the physical violences of the great war, or perhaps because commissions and other ranks of the

of them. the world now looks. askanco upon the man who expounds the doctrine of

The list of those proposed for

new Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps is now posted at Headquarters. physical force, even though the The force now numbers about 220 wielder of the weapon insists, like me. The nominations and dates of the parent of the unwilling child, ballotting are as follows. that he is acting for our own good.

RESERVE COMPANY.

In fact the whole idea of violence, Lieutenant: M. S. Northcote and whether moral or physical, the reG. M. Dodwell.. form by order idea, prohibition by Sergeants: J. E. A. Bullock and moral violence secured against the A. M. Thornhill. population of a vast nation in the time- Corporals: H. Sandford, J. EL: of their distress, must be repugnant Orberry, F. A. Wells, F. L. Cooke, to most of us. It is abhorrent to the W. J. Hatter. British, as well as it must be abhors

rent to the American, or any other nationality of liberty-lover.

Virtue of this brand, Indeed can "correctly be classed as such, brought about by deceit and moral violence, is a kind of virtue which we may well decline to practise. When underhand and violent methods are necessary to enforce it, an idea of this kind cesses to be a virtue and becomes a national curse.

We Britons must not lull ourselves to sleep with the fond delusion that whatever may have taken place in

Lance Corporals: J. A. Lyon, J. H. Oxberry. J. Macdonald..

Friday, May 14, 6.15 p.m. at Headquarters.

MACHINE GUN COMPANY. Lieutenant: A. Murdock. Sergeant: W. Brackenridge. Corporal J. B. Walter. Lance Corporals: A. E. Wright, C. F. Mason, H. W. Petley.

Wednesday, May 12, 6.15 pm, at Headquarters.

ENGINEER COMPANY. Lieutenants: A. Langston, W.

the materials of service in the Straits Settlements America, cannot take place in our Russell, R. M. Smith and A. E. Wright.

words,

They say, perhaps justly, that the is plainly underiie, we are able weaning of pretence tupplies con- scious comparison of that which is known to be with that which is pretended. The explanation of the Junomaly is that deliberate pretence shades off into conviction very easily and swiftly. A hypnotized person is not runsciously pretending. With him, that is which is thought to be. Metaphysics knock fiere, ask ing to be let in, disguised in a domino of logic. Nothing is that informative as a man who knows is not thought to be, offers itself as one end of a story, because it seems a suggestive postulate. We are not the Post Office, people are some-at home, however, to such visitors. times too busy to keep it up to date. To-day we entertain exclusively the Moreover, they do not yet seem to realities of pretence. have got any grasp on the idea that they represent a public service, and that their most important function is to be helpful and informative to idiots such as we are. Such pro- blems are really impertinent in, that

queer

LOCAL AND GENERAL..

Today's dollar is worth 45. 74d.

To-day's return of notifiable

disease is a blank.

own nation. The methods of the Sergeants: G. H. M. Bannerman, advocates of prohibition in Great BriR. R. Wood, R. J. Everest, J. H. tain are on a par with those used in Kynoch, E. W. Gardiner.

America in critical times by the Corporala V. D. Sorby, R. S same element which brought about Vergette, W. G. Fitzgibbon, W. J. the premature interference in the Eldridge, R. J. Everest, A. Langston, European war which is the principal | G. H..M.. Banner. A. W. Tickle. cause of the present distrust of each Lance Corporals: T. G. F. Flem: other of former friends, the conditing, L. Brewer, A. Tickle, A. G. ions of unrest, and the whole of Warren, F. P. Lanfestey, C. J. Poole, the internecine strife which is being F. H. Dillon, T. Bolt, D. J. Brown.

Tuesday, May 11, 615 p.m. at carried on throughout the greater

Headquarters. part of unhappy Europe.

be

Better, far better would it have

even for our enemies as well as ourselves, if the Allies had been free An article in an American publica.. to carry on the end! tion, the World's Work, although written for a different purpose,

"

INFANTRY. Company Commander. G. E. Stewart (six proposals).

Lieutenants: F. C. Hall, G. G. Wood. Entente Sergeants: T. P. M. Bevan, R. C. Witchell, F. Meade, W. H. Edmonds, C. Bond.

The result of the premature en-

MOUNTED INFANTRY,

Sergeant G. C. Moxon. Corporal: H. B. L. Dowbiggin. Thursday, May 13, 6.15 p.m. at

seemed, how they came like crystal water sweeping aside the muddy current of niy life, and the astonish meat I felt. I who was almost in- articulate, to find sentences which seemed noble and full of melody sounding in my brain as if another and greater than I had spoken! them and how strange it was a little later to write without effort to pretend properly verse, which sonte people still think you must forget that you are pre-has beauty, while I could hardly tending. This, we believe, is what because any reason had then not happened to the late artist and mastery port,A.E." This gives the tone thought. peu a prose sentence in-passed its third reading..

I am convinced that of sincerity that is lacking in aftelligently. poseur, like Chesterton, and the all poetry is, as Emerson sank, first Ltd tinge of solem foolishness that dis-written in the heavens, that is, it colou the Keltic imagery of Dun is conceived by a self deeper than! sany and Blackwood. As for us appears in normal life, and, when being of the average average, some-it speaks to us or tells us its times we remeber and talk fool-cient story we taste of eternity and ishly, sometinies we forget and talk drink the Soma juice, the elixir of wisely. Sometimes a light sur immortality, prises** with healing in its

In pla wings sometimes darkness be- 18 PLAISER the poet is a mere A male Chinese has been sent to comes morphous, and puts on the WORDS. Suenais, a hand the Government Civil Hospital suffer

ARTILLERY COMPANY. dress of science. Conscious inalte.

lef of the planchette ing from injuries to his legs, alleged

Lieutenants: J. S. McCann and M, L. Railton. believe puts tongue in cheek, and for ouija board. a stenographer em- to have been received by being Produces only a vulgar liar. Unployed by a timeless intellect of knocked down by a meter car in

Sergeants: B. W. Bradbury, M.: conscious make-believe evolves the which the normal mind is the Praya West last evening. His con-

Manuk, C, E. Frith, 1. 5. Greenhill. dreamer, the fanatic, the prophet, feeble diminuendo of an echo." This dition is not considered serious.

Corporals: M. L. Railiou, A. J. R the seer, the gouder of analysts to gives the quoted claim the sem-

The first price in the Shangbai scientific intolerance and its rages.blance of true modesty and humil.

how the hands of the Allies were McPheeson, B. W. Bradbury, E. H. Such people aver that a man canity, whereas in all siteh cases, where Derby sweep, amounting to $127,388 furnishes extracts which illustrate Martin. L S. Greenhill J. L comes to Hongkong, the winolog not pretend without awareness. Į such claims are made, pathological ricket, No. 3881. being held by Mtled, in time of greatest distress, beR. O. Farrell. A. B. Purves.

Bombardiers A. B. Purves, J. M.

to diagnose beyond all reasonable The ticket was purchased in Shang Allied Armies and ours (America's) Railton, T. Bateman, R.L. Moncrieff,

Lopes of the Tramway Company. Da of moral violence

"In the fall of 1918, when the Jack, H. S. Rouse, CE Frith, M. L. doubt the presence of a morbid and hai by Mr. Lopes brother and in had the German forces in full retreat, A.J. W. Posser. fofamed egotism, and to prescribe addition to himself there are two the President opened negotiations

Monday, May 10, 6.15 p.m. at salts or, in extreme cases, flagella-other shareholders.

with the Germans, over the heads of Headquarters. tion Such persons persuade them-

the Allies, without consulting any selves.they are set apart, they glory Two exchange brokers it is io being remarkable, and their itch- rumoured were caught in a lift of the countries with whom we (the ing vanity compels an amount of between two storeys of an office build: Americans) were co-operating.

Colonel Hause, representing the self-advertisement which is as nning, at a busy time, and held prisoners President, laid the proposals (of the trustworthy, as evidence, as adver- for a half hour before the lift could President) before the tisements usually are. Then they again be set going. It is understood leaders." forget that they began pretending that the conversation of the two

"Under the thinly veiled threat of and become, and are psychologic brokers, on that occasion, was not making a separate peace (with Ger Corporals: A. Grimes, F. Meade, ally sincere. The malingerer be of a financial nature.

many) unless they (the Allies) agreed M. Millington, M. M., F. Lobel. coines the hypochondriac: the

to his (the President's) terms-the Lance Corporals: P. S. Cassidy, romantic becomes the spiritualistie ; Chung Tau Tai, a boatwoman, re- fourteen points and various other F. A. Perry, G. H. Haskett, E. R. the amusing becomes the deadly perts that while her passenger boat, speeches of the President the En-Dorey, E. F. Aucott. hore. It is analogous with drug with a crew of four, was in the har tente agreed to accept them as the Thursday, May 19, 6.15. p.m. at Those who ('an adlirtion. The rosy illusions of bour at about 10 o'clock yesterday basis of settlement. They did it Headquarters. REALITIES OF enter a

nursery wine are

desirable and to be morning, it was caught in a squall hurriedly and under pressure, but PRETENCE. without bending praised the borrors of delirium and capsized opposite No. 3 Kowloon the moment they did it the settle and condescension. tremens are to be deplored. Be- Godown wharf. She and a foki were ment was bedevilled beyond all hope

delusion which ware of the intellectual delitium at rescued by a steam launch owned by of rapid solution."

the Blue Funnel line. Her sister-in- STEVENSON. On resent them bitterly, but cannot sons who lack that sense of pro- Humour is the prescribed and say drowned. The bodies have not yet

trulers in any rational life. und we possesses sane and dignified per present offering to be fashionable jaw and her four year old child were | forcement of peace by President / Headquarters. March 9, at Edinburgh, Charles help it when they do arise. For portion which would bid them there ing salts. If your humorist cannot been recovered. Hope Shields, Commissioner, of instance, yesterday, or this worn uncover with reverence, as stand-be a spiritualist, neither can be be the Chinese, Postal Service, to ing, or the day before, we reallying on holy graund have opport the materialist" you scor, for We are asked to inform those cannot remember now, but it was nities to discover the intensely real bamour itself is immaterial and attending the entertainment at the Peggy Stevenson. PROBART COLLIS-On April 27. quite recently, we "were obliged to reality of make-believe. It is not from heaven.

at Hongkong, William George ascertain the date of the next mail in the jurgen of art criticism, real- Probart. of Calcurta, to Elsie despatch to a place called Chefoo.isni," for that, would promote in- Collis, Changchow.

It was, of course, for somebodyfants to a level higher than any else, somebody who matters. Per-attained by trained eminence. It sonally, we cannot imagine ur- is het realish: it is reality. If it selves caring whether a mail ever be not real, reality has no niean- goes to Chefoo or not. The nails ing. does not exist. Now, this en from London, that bring us money, courages in the mystic who inter- interest us more, especially, when prets Jesus mystically the reflection The American troopship. "Presi

A Eurasian lad who 'recently they are late, and the stupid people that for of such is the kingdom dent Grant." with its comple. of Czecho-Slovak soldiers

Before and during the we owe money to seem to want of heaven" pisans much more than ment

America was our food depot. In arrived in the Colony from Batavia, us to pay quickly. However, we it is usually taken to mean.. Ex for repatriation to their homes in

At the Magistracy this morning, the interval employed in-training was this morning brought before Mr. went specially to look at the Post cept ye be as little children, the rope on board, is scheduled to sail

today.for. Singapore. She will before Mr. R. O. Hutchison, an Ameri- troops to cross the Atlantic, food NL. Smith. The Police said the Office notice board, refusing an offer realities of make-believe are not for call at Singapore,. Colombo, Aden, can named Thomas Lanier, a mess conservation_in_America was rigidly defendant was wanted in Batavia on of a drink en route lest we should you. The high verities of pretence pass through the Suez and call at man on board the U, S. Troopship" insisted upon-economy in use, as well a charge of embezzlement of 9,000 forget our errand, which, as you cannot bourgeon in your mental Trieste where the Czecha will be President Grant", was charged at as vastly increased production. The guilders belonging to his employers know, is the sort of thing that climate. You do not belong to the landed. The future of the ship is the instance of Inspector Kent of matter of making every sacrifice to in Batavia. A remand was applied sometimes happens. There was no family of holy innocents. You may uncertain, she being in the same No. 2 Pellée Station with being drunk alleviate the hunger of war-torn for pending the arrival of extradition mention of Chelos on the board. "help to entertain the child gratus as the other ex-Hamburg and incapable in Queen's Road East Europe was ever beld before the Papers from Java. so we asked a policenin who was you may feel that you are cun American Liner American," which last night. The Inspector said the eyes at the American people remanded for a week. standing near. He was a really descending to play a childish game. left here a few days ago... defendant, who was helplessly drunk, as the greatest of all intelligent officer, a mick thinker, or perhaps you are, but it is your Blake's Pier was filled with Czechs was brought to the station in a A and most belpful.. He got u per game, not the child's. That slight-boarding launches to be taken on ricsha The defendant admitted the in America, a party which had been come emboldened to hold the pistol fectly splendid idea right away.ly bored soul, dragged back from board the ship, after having made offence, and asked his Worship to the laughing stock of national of moral violence against the temple Why not go inside and ask? Suits real world into your unreal one, their irst few purchases, notably off give.bim a chance to rejoin the ship politics for generations, a party of John Bull and say Agree, or Fil we went inside the Post Office and condescends to your condescension: bananas, before leaving Hongkong, which sails this afternoon. A fine which was an unrepresentative of fire! We tay laugh at it now, we America clique of amateur politicians may say. "They will never take the of $5 was imposed. You do it to books: Owing to the inability of our re-

and social reform proselytes, taiding British workingman's beer away from asked the ruandarin, quite in our

DISRESPECT as well as to human presentative to understand

advantage of the absence of the most him," even as in America the slogan younglings. You are language. be was unable to get a

virile men of that nation in the ranks was mouthed, "No beer, no work,” partial to" quaint parting declamation from any of the THE BISHOP'S DEPARTURE. of the army, or of their engrossment but unless we take prompt action in civilian war activities, succeed and scotch the blaze in the beginning, books as you are Czechs. A British sergeant, who was

ed in fastening the "rider" onto we will be face to face, before we the next mail is going anywhere, showed it. He waved his arm, and and your professions ring as hollow serve

**fond of children." present on the Pier, and who had

In the vicinity... of Bishop and Mrs. Lander were "At urgently needed food legislation can realize it, with the same thing as and jest how much the postage will said we would find all that sort of in both cases as your love" of same regiment, said they were suceday to bid farewell to their The proposition, as put to the virtue) by violence! So much for

Omsk in Siberia with

this Home" at the Helena May lastitute which brought about prohibition. America. Virtue (if Prohibition be be, and all that sort of thing. As information on the board outside-God. You may love ofter as not. he has a set of postal We went again and looked, but it in such a way as to look ridiculous. excellent fighters, and went through friends prior to leaving the Colony American Congress and people, was British, American, or any other brand

did not mention Chefoo. By this

most unbelievable hardships in for Home A

"Vote for the bill as amended, which of liberty! KANAK ve ge soles. In all such, waye he is an time we were getting really keen fervour. But in that other love you were already complaining of the beat in presenting Mrs. Lander with a bibitionists will cause the whole bad piece of legal enactment, for the love some luxury with Siberia. He said some of the Czechs The Hon. M. H. E. Pollock, K.C.. includes probibition, or else we Pro- If we believe that prohibition is a admirable person, and a very help If we had been on our way to be are restrained, unemotional, self- but that he told them it wasn't a silver writing set and the Bishop legislation to fall through and let nation, let us act, and not be cowed. ful acquaintance; but whether he married, and heard a bystander controlled, always has a soul, or is happy, or how he mention Chefoo, we would have Men call you hypocrite; but here undergo in the Red Sea. With so many £500-on behalf of the members of of probibition in America in a proposed law which is nationally respectable."marker" to the beat they would with a silver salver and a cheque for Europe starve. That is the truth nor tricked, into acquiescence in a This cavire, we do not and stopped to ask him what he knew also you may be unconscious of pre-men, about five and a half thousand St. John's Cathedral, made reference nutshell 1 Virtue by moral violence repulsive.

about it. We crept inside again, teace.

Even as we would not permit the probably never will know. For us, and waiting till the mandarin was but you may be as sincere. It may, though the "Fresident Grant" is, the Bishop's ministrations repenting of their bad bargain, physical violence of Prussian tyranny

You may be less earnest, cramped on board the ship, big to the high appreciation felt for the again That the American people are when we have anything to post, we busy with a crowd of two people be that this explanation fits puzzl discomfort will be very great, Replying Bishop Lander thanked acceded to in time of national dis to lord it over us in 1914, so let us leave it lying about until we meet buying stamps, so that he need noting cases like those of Oliver Lodge. It is quite likely that the exper- Mr. Flock and members for tress, there is no doubt. Indications not permit moral violence-Virtue be jealous, we approached a noble and Conan Doyle, as well as offences of most soldiers during the their gifts. He would carry daily polar to their discontent. by Violence to hold sway over us some wrapping paper and string man in a brass cage, and asked him. Swedenborg and A E. In which last war, and during the demobiliza away with him many pleasant Similar methods are being used in now.

en one day we expect to be pass. He said a mail for Chefoo would be case, the present render has been tion period following, will be enough memories of Hongkong. He had Great Britain today, by the same ing the post-office, and we take it despatched this very day, by a feloniously robbed of his birthright, to discourage recruitment and cohesitated about coming to Hongkong type of people who foisted, unwelcome out with us under our arm, and we steamer (named) advertized as for it is fuel to acquire the clear scription for war purposes for some in 1907, but accepted the offer be prohibition upon America. The time leave it under the table at the leaving for Shanghai.

cut conception that the spray of the time to come.

cause Bubop Hoare had indicated him will come, if we permit the agita Sometimes we see the board outside except that before we left we had mottening the shores of matter, the war, burden bravely and deserve Bishop and Mra. Lander received awe will be bard up when, the Post Office, that is supposed to another peep, at the board, and it is nothing more than a reward of the full credit of having surprised all blackwood tray falaid with silver on for some reason or other which can tell the public where mails are being was still without any reference to auto-hypnosis. It is possible to the world by their fighting ability a stand, and a cheque from members not be foresten, Doctor Pussy Foot sent to, and when. It is about na Cheloo..

Johnson, or his prototype, will be believe in hypnotism, while refusand fortitude to enduring hardships. of St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon.

DEITH.

SMITH. On March 31. ar, his resi- dence Shalimar." Ayr, John Carrick Smith, lave of Nagasaki, Japan, in his 79th year.

The China Mail.

#TRUTE, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE."

HONGEONG, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1980.

WHO KNOWS THE MAILS?"

Sometimes we envy the method:

ical person, the sort of man who

always has string, and stamps, and

politest and most deferential man- wrappers, and sealing-wax where ner, when they proposed to send he can at once put his hand on mail to Chefoo. He was bored, them. Such a man knows when and did not concen! it.

(even slightly irritated, and he

He was

OF FANTASTIC

WRITINGS.

You muy

# a woman.

"PRESIDENT GRANT" SAILS TO-DAY.

the

Wilson and his small and un representative-of-America following, of office as rapidly as opportunity which following has been voted out for the general public to express its

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SCOTTISH COMPANY. Lieutenant: J. E. Gordon. Sergeant: T. W. HILL. Corporala. Ralston, J. M.

McHutchon."

Lance Corporals: A. G. Simpson, D. J. Purves, W. J. Crawford,

Thursday, May 15, 6.15 pm. at Headquarters.

R. A. Theatre on Friday and Satur wishes at the voting polls has been day as to the means of getting to afforded, we well know. Peace by Victoria Barracks: (1) From Queen's Threat! Pretence of Peace when Road level: Up Seven and Sixpenny there is no Peace! Failure to carry Hill (in front of Wellington Barracks), on to the logical conclusion-Uncon- (2) From the Lower Peak Tram ditional Surrender! To this unsuccess Station level: The road between ful effort to enforce peace by Murray Barracks and the Detention means of moral violence we are ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT. Barracks leads straight to the theatre indebted for the chaos of present There will be a ricsha stand out days! side the Detention Barracks.

war

virtues.

discredited political party

The case was

CAUSE OF DESPONDENCY.

restaurant, and forget all shout it. That's really all to the stora gigantic ocean of life, said to be The Czechs bore a large part of an his austresor tion "to go on unchecked, when SPONDENCY is often caused by

--indignation 422) constipation, and

ickly diapers, henchmberlain ablets are taken. These tablete streng then the digestion sech move the bowels For sale by all Chemists and Store Leapers.