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THE CHINA MAIL.

of life without stairs. Bungalow against an enemy will baulk, we Le otters an exception usually ten presums, at the borrible assertion porary. Sooner or later we go back, that the British troops at times to stairs, as we came from them, sell both their rifles and their am- just as our racial progress Illustratës munition, since the prices offered advance from tree climbing to sky- are very high. They do so, not out scrapers.

of any sympathy with the Irish cause, but merely because the money is a suficient lure." The man who wrote that was a clumsy liar. Our contemporary the Tele- graph had a clipping from the michester Guardian last night, on How. Atrocity Stories Circalate, which should be read in this cul, retion. We compliment our col. leagne on it. It should be pasted

STILL ON THE STAIRS.

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The dictionary wallabs tell that the word comes from the

Old English starger, a-stop, from stigan, to climb, Stile and stirng are mentioned, in this connection but not stagger, which obviously Qught to be. Why a lot of steps or stairs should be called a fight is

LOCAL AND GENERIL.

a mystery anything less like flyver every honest editor's desk. ing than our daily upward, journey cannot be named. The stairs on 3 ship are called the companion, which is another silly, nator. Egyptian architecture inclined planes took the place of stairs, but

ASQUITH'S

Some time ago a local HONESTY. BIRD was in a position to steal a large sum of He didn't money without risk.

The approaching wedding is an nounced of Mr Henry Ernest Scriven

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WHEELS AND WINGS IN. CHINA.

THE ARRIVAL OF THE

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 7:

ALLEGED ASSAULT.

CHINESE CHARGED.

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through the air. The petrol engine was developed for use in motor cars; but it was 20 evolution of this light motor which really made. It practicable for men to fy. Many years ago A Chinese was this morning Maxim built a large aeroplane near charged before Mr. R. O. Hutchison, London. It contained two compound by Inspector Kent, with assaulting a steam engines which, developed a

small boy." total of 362- horse-power. Unfort

The defendant. who denied assault, unately this meant a very rapid water said that he accidentally bumped into The coming of Captain Rieon to consumption and the machine could the child and knocked hira over. Hongkong, with his fleet of sex not remain in the air for long, because planes, did not attract as much the water was quickly exhausted. orator was entertaining a crowd near Inspector Kent said that a street attention as the event deserved. But Maxim, cautiously using check the Eastern Market yesterday after- Perhaps we are, in this decade, rails so that the machine could not noen, and when the child tried of things which seemed incredible demonstrated that it would lift itself crowd, the defendant was alleged to satiated with the frequent happenings ascend very far from the ground, to push its way through only a few years ago. We read of at a speed of about 40 miles an hour; have picked it up and thrown it the ninteenth century 23 the and he proved that it would lift not aside. It fell on its head and received wonderful century"; for Europe (only its own weight bar three men and America, especially, it was together with the engine, water and indeed a period of remarkable fuel. changes. But the first two decades. of the twentieth century have been more wonderful than any others In addition to difficulties connected which preceded them. In the Far with the engine there was some East, especially, changes have come trouble in learning the knack of with great rapidity. You have simp-balancing the machine in the air.

motor-car;

chaos to-day.

A PERSONAL TRIEUTE.

brothers.

GLIDING.

ELERIOT.

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a cut.

the

The Magistrate said he would like to hear evidence.

After making some enquiries, the Inspector announced that the child's father was in Court, but had failed to bring the child with him.

Replying to the Magistrate, the

further.

The Magistrate said he was not concerned with that matter; it was one to be settled between the parties. The defendant was discharged.

CURIO CONFISCATED.

„DAGGERS NOT LAWFUL.

Before Mr. N. L. Smith at the

He

if they were like some of the into Miss Jessie Frances Stokes. clined planes on the Hungkung peak, we couldn't have felt more

A Tokyo cable states that an inclined to climb them. In France assault on Dr. Wu Tirgfang is aply to know a Chinese Official, of the We cannot imagine a complete novice child's father said that his son they escalade an espalier, and in prehended and special police are pro- old school, and his Western-educated making a fight and bringing a craft was not well enough to attend Germany they trip up the truppea-tecting him at Miyanoshita.

son, in order to realise that in the back to earth. Yet, men did make Court He had called in a doctor heus, if you can imagine a German.

Far East only a generation separates up their minds to fy. A young to see the child since the assault, and herr or fran, tripping. An elephant Today's return of notifiable the ideas of two thousand years ago German Engineer spent many hours the doctor had advised that the child would, seem a cheap tripper, disease records one fatal Chinese from those of today.

of his youth in worrying about the should not be allowed to leave the comparison. The marble stairs in case of small-pox and two fataÏ

Recently a Chinese lady was lifted fight of birds. He saw how young bouse for a couple of days. Geños palices would be fine to ruil Chinese cases of cerebrospinal fever.up into the air from the calm waters storks practised the use of their

His Worship: Have you got a empty barrels down, hnt we never

of Repulse Bay on a machine the like wings, and he built a machine which certificate?--No. happened to have a barrel along

You must produce one, in such The sailing date of the CP.OS. of which millions and millions of her is now called the glider. It has two when we got the elance. Chinese "ss "Empress of Russia" has been countrymen have never even heard hight, wings like those of a bird and at cases you know?-I can get one if stairs in Hongkong are name and further deferred to Sunday, July 4, about. She, journeyed out to the the rear of it is a tail to prevent you like, sir.

Inspector Kent said that he had dark, with marrow treads and steep at noon. This date is given as luxurious hotel in a smoothly running it from pitching or diving. For five risers, and the people who designs, definite.

whereas her mother years this young Engineer practised inspected the child yesterday and he ed them should be excerated. They

always used a closed-in sedan chair.with the wings, the art of balancing did not think the injuries serious are rate stars. There is quite a Miss Doris Phillips of the Howitt There are millions of Chinese who himself in the air. Finally, he mer enough to send him to hospital.

his death. Then came the Wright result of the examination, the doctor" The child's father said that 'as the lot more that we know about stairs, Phillips Co, and a Mr. Chisholme would be unable to conjure up but we are now as tired of the share the first prize in the Calcutta mental vision of either the hotel or Sweepstake about seven lakhs of the motor car if detailed explanations

It was only in 1900 that the had discovered that hesides the cut subject as we are tired by it,

rupees (about £70,000) between were given to them of these new aids Wrights commenced their efforts at in the head, the child's spine had been Even a professional, them.

to our existence. The native dragon-gliding, but so successful were they hurt.".

The Magistrate said he had no politician may say

boats from Aberdeen fittingly appear that in December 1903 the first. ADVERSATIN right things. As Even babies are to cost more. ed at Repulse Bay as if to remind us power driven Eight was made. Two option but to discharge the defendant.

quith at a London The fees for midwifery and maternity that evolution in this age takes place years later the Wrights were fiyinge would, however, give the com meeting in May. on the Pulish cases are to be raised by the Chertsey at express rate. And as we watched for more than half an hour at a time plainant leave to summons the defen- adventure, repeated one of our Nursing Association. On the other those curious maritime relics of the and they demonstrated that they had dant if he wished to carry the matter adversarial opinions. The Bonar-hand-it is reported that the fees for past, and the mordern machine with complete control of the machine.

The complainant said that if the Winston gang has been using the weddings and burials at Byfleet are wings, thoughts of the slow and pain-

defendant was prepared to pay the Poles against Russia as cargave, actually 50 per cent. less, than inful ascent of man from the clambering. And then came Bleriot. Als u doctor's bill and for the medicine, he and lying to the British public 1851

frugivorous mammals to the Innovator expected dash across the English would let the matter drop. ahout t The Supreme Council

or Genins of to-day who appears to Channel startled Europe, if not the Must. Go. Here are Herbert's; The North China Star says that triumph so easily over Nature came whole world. Bleriot, by his successful wonis.. Get rid of the Supreme as an example of the extent to which hurtling one over another: finally fight across the silver streak" in Council. substitute for it the silver and gold is being hoarded in came the vision of a future when 1909, astonished even Mr. H. G. Wells. League of Sations, reinforced by China, the incident is reported of an Man. wonderful child of old mother The next day that most optimistic the admission of neutral Powers old woman paying for the purchase earth, shall live without physical, sponsor of flying machines wrote “I and our late enemies, and by Rus- of a cotton mill with $500,000 worth mental or spiritual scars

did not expect anything of the sort Perhaps it was Fia. Cheers.) And then at last of gold bars dug out of its hiding

a memory of so soon. This is a good fivè years Canton, with its vice and its misery, before my reckoning of the year you will have an authority that can plage.

its poverty and its squalor, that before last." Our British insularity speak and act without being sus-

caused us to be thankful for the was suddenly breached by the foreig pected of passion or interested motives, that can act for the world

achievements of the flying men ner who got ahead with his experi- at large in the name and in the

They have carried human beings into ments. Bleriot was the first to fly Magistracy this morning, a Chinese interests of civilisation and of of appeal that the feet of Paris ladies a purer atmosphere; they have lifted from Europe to England; Ricou, who arrived from Canada on the s.5. are smaller than those of London us all, in thought as well as in fact, fellow country-man, has inaugurated humanity."

'Empress of Russia, ladies and consequently a larger above our old environments. They sea-plane fights from Hongkong to with the unlawful possession of a was charged

usually insist on pronouncing Selt.

quantity of the smaller sizes was have done something which makes a Macao.

dagger. required in the French capital.

few of us sanguine that great achieve- It is hopeless to correct thez-the

The petrol motor which carried ments are also being registered in Bleriot across the channel in 1909 the weapon was a family heirloom. Defendant told the Magistrate that thing has too long a start-but, it

other branches of human activity. was a tiny little engine of 25 horse was originally in the possession is all a mistake. The Greek word Keltoi muvant all the fair-haired folk steal it. He acted honest, and hibited the importation into the F.M.S. They have encouraged us to believe power. Ricou had a motor in one of of a deceased uncle, on whose death found north of the Alps, the an handed the cash over to the rightful of all shaving brushes manufactured in and work for the future genera- his machines which developed 400 it was handed down to bine. cient writers thinking them all owner. These facts may be ad-In or exported from the Empire of an even though the world is in horse-power. The first engines used brought it with him to Hongkong 25

in aeroplanes were simply motor-car curio. He did not know the local alike, as we used to do the Chinese mitted. There is no doubt of them. Japan. The prohibition applies in

engines which had been robbed of regulations and was unaware that it The real Kelt if there ever was Only the other night. bowever, that the case of shaving brushes as afore-

It would be unfair to mention this most of their strength and their was unlawful to possess the dagger. such a race), was big and blonde. same man was boasting of the same said whether such shaving brushes

Inspector Moore who prosecuted, All the things now described as incident. He seemed to think that are exported direct to the F.MS. "or flight of the new sea birds without reliability in order to gain lightness.

recording admiration for Captain But when the pioneer aviators obtain said the dagger was of the variety Keltic are really Gaelic. This does it demonstrated his bonesty, and otherwise,

Ricou. He is of the type adventured a rotary, air-cooled motor, which used for slaughtering pigs, and it not mean that you should start call- most of his hearers. with that curi

There was a reminder of the ous. There are three great qualities was not a lightened motor car engine, was possible that the defendant had ing the Irish Gaels. It will beous lack of ratiocinative ability that quite suficient, for some time to seems to stamp the average, quite Lantao Island fire to Mr. R. O. which attract our wonder. The first but one which had been designed intended it for a curio. come, to call them Irish,

The Magistrate discharged the obviously accepted it as a proof. Hutchison's Court this morning when is disinterestedness the indifference especially for the peculiar conditions We have just been The most honest man of them all Inspector Gordon formally charged a MUSEUMS. looking at a list of wished he bad had the same chance Chinese youth with having assaulted humireds of suggesting that his honesty his mother, and with arson by setting

The fart

fire to a row of houses owned by her. museums in the empire which would have succumbed. #cannot be overlooked.

and granted. 5

no doubt about the courage of Capt. speed of 1,000 revolutions per minute. Hongkong museum is not mention hogest act showed that he wasn't

Ricou. Not only the courage which It has been said by Mr. Grahame thing to know that, within eleven honest, showed that he bad often ed, presumably, it căn.

A certain hospital for wounded enables a man to learn to steer a White that, at the present time, one years of Bieriot's spectacular dash Such a getting up-thought of the occasion, weighing

flying-machine Cr to trust his of the lightest aeroplane engines across the English channel, there is stairs." There's

it in the light of his own advan officers recently received a bottle of

life to his own resourceful will supply a horsepower of energy & service of commercial sex-planes in

South China." ness; but the courage of the for a weight of about two pounds. ten source, probably same chorus gretting it, like Maupassant's greatly appreciated and duly consumercial ready to foretell disaster. It is worth remembering that, for Wall of China and the aeroplane.

phrase from a forgot-age, probably sometimes half re-cherries in brandy from a kind lady. The contents of the bottle were

It is, perhaps, worth a moment's who will face

reflection if we think of the Great ** ology.

No doubt that de temps jutis. Perhaps it was honesty is merely a policy, it willed. But the question Eventually Concerning the finance of the new all the neglect of the past, the British The former was a wonderful piece

Frenchuan his virtue. When may be said of most words, even right." ele..., ** but why did you

word the letter of thanks. Eventually venture the writer knows nothing: aeroplanes at the close of the war of engineering work its purpose.. of many of whose origins we sp-kick me downstairs? That, for not wash. Sometimes honesty is Pose ourselves to be sure. Stunt, the moment, secċis to exhaust liter label attached, in good faith the folicwing was sent Dear Mrs. it may, or it may not be profitable, were as good as those of any other was to isolate China. The aeroplane

-, We are writing to thank you however, does seem very obviously ary allusions to stairs. unless our but mistakenly, to timidity-the for your delightful present, though although every true friend of pro- nation. Mr. Lloyd George sald enables man to triumph easily over to be a variation of the old English renders is lazy set when it comes sort of timidity that Shaw has not so much for the cherries, as for gress will hope that enterprise will "This is an engineer's war long all physical boundaries. The Great Ford "stent." If you don I do to helping end in some more called the influence of prudence the spirit in which they were sent."

reap its due reward. But concerning before the struggle ended; it is Wall is now as useless as a chalk fine. the mental results upon the Chinese amazing to read the details of the on the ground-isolation is a thing your stent, you get the cat." There It is impossible to reach the higher on rascality." If, again, bonesty stent was a task, allotted and de- levels of the Ching Mail without is an accident and an inadvertence

there can be no doubt at all. The output from the Engineering work of the past Mechanical inventions A lively controversy is at present sight of a motor car or an aeroplane shops of Britain, especially during are offering new opportunities for fined. The word survives, yet in climbing, any stairs, and so stairs like health, we have no right to northern England as stint."

virtue. Honesty should raging round the question of the in motion will do more to persuade the last year of the war. Just now interchange of ideas between nations. are often in our mind. We have dub it a ploughman's minimum performe no lift. Every lift in Hongkong be a principle. But what are prin- tibited carpentier, the boxer, the old-type literali, and his sons, we are much more interested in pre-Is it too much to hope that if Europe Fence on any one day being Eis stint. but one has a mirror.

ciples? Where a principle is a pre-exhibited in this year's Paris Salon. that Western knowledge is worthy blems of reconstruction than in des brings to China great gifts in the This use shows connection with have no mirrors, but only cobwebs, judice, it lacks moral merit. Where this work-the subject is shown of consideration than any cleverly traction. What is to be the future shape of mechanical inventions, he meaning of limited, e.g., stint-Land" eneigh fingerprints to keep/t is a reasoned result of considered completely nude. Paris both artistic spun verbal argument. Both of these of the aeroplane?" "We can only guess. China will supply to Europe some- and middle class, finds that although machines have come into being as Mr. H. G. Wells had been guessing thing of value-in philosophy? We ing supplies; but at the same time every detective expert on the Force expediency-regard Paul's claim Paris is used to complete nudity in a result of the experiments and in- and calculating for years before should be merely repeating the intel- brings in the idea of stunt. A cer- nccupied for a month of Sundays that all things were, lawful to him. ancient sculpture or in representations ventions of scientifically trained 1909; but Bleriot startled him. Some lectual arrogance of the Chinese of a fain area of sheep pasturage on the Ehysical exercise being good for but some were not expedient-it of figures of the past, yet on this Europeans and Americans."

times there are long periods of wait Century ago if we assumed that umbrian fells is also described as the mind-solvitur ambulando brings us back to the inferior status occasion the artist has overstepped The late Sir Harim Maxim said of ing for an invention; the steam only Europe can supply wisdom

stini. You will not find these perhaps our four flights explain the of a policy. St. Augustine said the mark of good taste.

the petrol engine that it developed turbine is a good example of that. to the world. For there have beers acts in the Oxford dictionary: ut excellence of Adversariu."

Be charitable, and do as you Being

"the power of a horse with the But often and often the unexpected great thinkers, in Asia in the past: Then, we are not responsible for the so like a treadmill, they should like. For the sake of the ignor "My mission to China has weight of a common barnyard fowi" has happened. In the Far East we it is not improbable that others will O.D., which, comprehensive as it console ur ill-wishers. with the ant, let us mention in passing that nothing to do with finances or with More than a hundred years ago, Sir are intensely interested in anything arise. We need to make progress. is, is far from being omniscient. thought that was Gilbert's, of the charity in such references does the Consortium. The mission is George Cayley wrote a most interest-that will accelerate travel. We are in all branches of knowledge. The

Lord French "is no punishment fitting the crime.

not mean the giving of alms, but purely educational, scientific anding paper on problems of flight grateful for improvements in the aeroplane is spectacular and a loving tolerance like that preach, technical and intended to lay the Sixty years ago, Stringfellow, another speed at which mails are carried; obvious triumph of man, and we There's another familiar ENJOY. was. At Belfast be LIVE phase by the way.

ed by Robert Burns in ig gently foundation for a more thorough English pioneer, built a model aero- thankful if we can shorten the journey of this generation have every reason scan your brither man." For knowledge of the Far East," declares plane driven by steam and using to and from Home." We watch, to be proud of, it. But there are ment was determined that Ireland Evidently a drawing roin expres

those who have been able to follow M. Paul Painleve, former French two bladed propellers The tiny with almost a selfish anxiety, pro- great achievements which do not should enjoy the same privi- sion. But stairs figure much more the rather saltative thinking of this Premier, whose emrival in Shanghal steam engine weighed about 13 gress in that particular branch of catch the public eye so vividly. leges as other constituents of the than that in all our lives. We run paragram, the disconcerting con- was reported in our columns. Mr. pounds and developed only one Engineering which is concerned They make us sanguine of the Union did. This reminds us of a down then bepefully, out into the clusion now looms, that honesty is Painleve is head of a scientific and bores power, but the fact remains with speed of transit, We know future for it is a comforting re- picture that appeared in Panch world of effort. We go down disa friend of Mrs. Gamp's more a technical mission to China, invited that sixty years ago, an Englishman that the commercial era of fight his flection that man is accumulating built a model which anticipated, in commenced. It is, however, un inere and more knowledge every long ago, showing an angry looking illusioned, as for another dhse of name than a thing This, of by the President of the Republic. -

many ways, the mechanically profortunate that there have often been year man dragging along the beach at disagreenlite medicine. We climb course, will never do, so we will

"It is understood in well inform pelled and man-carrying aeroplane long gaps between achievement and Stargate a howling small boy. The them wearily, seeking tired agree to assume, if you please, that fun was represented as saying Nature's sweet restorer,

commercial success. The electrical this paragram was never written: ed circles, as the Feking journalists of to-day. We

ay, that Mr. Obata, the Japanese I've brought yer daru 'ere to en march up them happily, hopefully, Forget it.

industry of Great Britain is, at Minister, has withdrawn his support by yourself, and enjoy yourself yer for such joys as come the normal

The Daily Press this from the North China Standard, replane there were three great pro- tion, but it passed through many

In the development of the zero-present, in a very durough THIS dioses to me dangerous, und au Ball, or

"way of men. We crawl up them With Ireland and the painfully, for that fatal spell of

LIBEL ON morning reprints marks the N. C. Daily News. If this blems which required solution before commercial crises in its earlier days pid in its development that "ery

mother of young children should HRITISH (from the London is true, it will be a big advertise anyone could fly. They were (1) in There is a very great deal of difference prepared for it. It is very risky & wals 24: Irish in the forefront of waiting that precedes our being SOLDIERS. Correspondent of the ment for our Peking contemporary obtain planes or wings which would between commercial success and until the attack of comp apneas and

the news, we naturally brought down them, feet foremost..

Japan Advertiser Official support never yet bullt up carry the weight of a man and the scientific success. On the other then send for medinine sullor the skill ncounter oftener than ever that old We tumble upstairs, full of two columns of transparent lies a big newspaper. Separation of Press engine through the air. 1) To hand there is every reason to be seher until it can be obtained Chu liche and fraud the keltir tem good spirits, to the reproaches, it purporting to be An Account of and State is almost as necessary to balance and control the air machine sanguine that organised research out effectual and has never been known

berlain's. Gough. Bemedy la prompt sad Berament. Any man who is may be, of a stern spouse, and hera Life under the Sinn Fein terror.

the healthful development of each when it was in fight. (3) To problems connected with aeroplanes tan is my esse always bara battle kly complected and a bit excit all our wazzerṇazzers are of no It is full of absurdities. Even that was the separation of Church and pain some engine sufficiently light will lead to many improvements, in the home. For asla þy mil Chemalagu ble they call shelf," which they avail Yes. It is not easy to link type of mind which enjoys lies told

and powerful to drive a machine Certain milestones in the path of pro--and Storekeepens.

The China Mail.“

*TRUTH, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE"

HONGING, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1920.

ADVERSARIA.

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to prospects of wealth or private ad of driving a flying-machine, the defendant and ordered the confisca vantage. The second is constructive reliability of the engine made long tion of the dagger. ability that which makes us admire flights possible. Even now, itlis difficult the man who can do things. And to believe that these very wonder

As the that the first man boasted of his A., week's remand was applied for the third is courage. There can be ful engines rotate at the surprisgresss have been pässed.' It is some

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