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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1190,

CORRESPONDENCE.

THUS FOR: “POLICEMAN”

$1,000 REWARD.

FOR FUGITIVE BANK SHROFT.

POLICE SERK INFORMATION,

in to the cashier.

HAWK OR STAR VE,

CHILD REFUSED LICENCE.

WHY INCRSASID PINE?

Sergeant Kelly, of No. 2 Police fellow men would do in their daily Station, this morning charged a routine, and especially the CSP small Chinese boy before Magistrate who requires informers at his side. Hutchison with hawking vegetables

in Stone Nullah Lane yesterday with with it great difference with 'public' out a licence. and as Policeman suggested that I should send my first letter direct to the C, S. P. instead of to the Press, is one of his ideas which is in wrong working order. I believe Policeman

The lad admitted the offence. The Magistrate; Why did you not.. take out a licence

elimination of the struggle for exist-view. It was on the face of it a demonism on its hellish beanfeast, ence would remove all incentive to circular to be politely acknow- and the protesting shrieks of the progress. He who has arrived does ledged, with the intimation that whites would destroy his comfort not travel. The whole thing is a places like Hongkong were never and peace. In the same way of mere logomachy, as is shown when meant to be covered by it, as their mob antipathy to intellectual pro- wa boil it down to this, that pro-economic resources in the sense gress, his son cannot start where To the Editor of the China Mall.) gress means going somewhere; that of the circular letter are nil, and he left off, because he has to un- the somewhere implies a condition ns Hongkong in particular certainly learn the same things that his

Scientific research or father had to unlearn before him lester was of no startling surprise to Police is offering a reward of $1,000, SIR. Policeman's' reply to my The Captain Superintendent of where further progress is unneces- had no sary that the object of progress is economic exploration to review No stupidity seems to be perman- me as I had in my mind beforehand for information leading to the arrest therefore to abolish progress, as in the spirit of this well-meant com-ently unlearned. We have so far that, if there is an answer to my of Chari Sui Cheum, the ghroff em as racial mental development goes letter st all, the writer would. unployed in the Compradore Depart man works in order that he magmunication. retire (and not work). Otherwise, One realizes what happens. The the phenomenon of the climbingdoubtedly be "Policeman" He is

mcat of the Hongkong and Shanghai if the goal of progress is not stagna-Government must

said snail in the mathematical riddle, what I should really call him," a have tion, let us return to our former Here is something for the Cham. It climbed so many inches each faithful defender of his master! Ban who recently absconded with $22,000, which be received from a suggestion, that its only recogniz. ber of Commerce to play with day, and fell so many each night. 'Policeman's allegation of

ydient of the bank, and failed to pay able goal is happiness. In that case Let us chuck it at them and see At no time can it fall lower than hatred of the Police, is a thing which the law of Henry George what they'll say." So Lord Milner's, the ground, and the garden wall it equals to my supposed hatred of crumbles to mere verbiage, and our circular was forwarded on Aug. 13. is climbing has no ascertainable money. As I had said before, the proposition that progress is an with the request that the Chaniber height, so that while the snail sum Police Force is a fine body of men, illusion-bearing word that means advise what should be done about had an answer, our problem of and its future in generation after

has or nothing it along the lines suggested in intellectual progress practically nothing

not. generation is looked upon with practical, must be held to stand. | the despatch." One who has care-David Hume is dead, but the Rev, promising times. Nobody would Hke fully studied the despatch is tempt Vale Owen, author of "Life be to bear had of them, and it is just to ed to assume that the Government yond the Veil. is alive. Hume's save them, to keep their face up, that did'nt its lines were so clearly stupendously clean and clear think I pointed out that what they some inspplicable to this Colony. The ling is forgotten; it isn't even to times do is an error, and ought to be Committee of the Chamber on Aug. be found in the Club Library; but prevented for a further repetition. 'Policeman' might not know how his To have to read departmental 28 gravely suggested a Committee Lord Northcliffe and Sir Conan reports in the eighth month of the of Enquiry, suggesting lines of Doyle write puffs for the muddy year following the year they cover enquiry which were obviously not cerebrations of Owen. Huxley's is weariness enough God be good on the lines of the despatch. It works may be bought, yet there to all newspaper backs but when may be recalled that so far as the are people who buy Owen's. Our What is known as private carries those reporta are mere tabulations economic resources of the New Ter-intellectual progress, as a race, is Lof figures-wow! Here, for exantitory were concerned, we

ven-a thing the contemplation of which ple, is the report of the Police tured to observe that a committee plunges us into a profound melan- Magistrates' Courts for 1919. Any-of enquiry would be unlikely to find choly. Let there be beer. and thing about juvenile hawkers? Not any opportunity that Sir Paul laughter. Let us try to forget this Anything about curious Chater had overlooked. It is curi- most tragic of tragedies. oFences and disputed decisions?ous that in his letter the Secretary Nothing. Any human interest of the Chamber should have made Ltd. whatever? That's for the reader almost the same point, namely, to decide. This report starts off that no individual was likely to with number of paragraphs men- know more of the commercial pos- toring the names of officials who sibilities of the New Territories *acted ** from such and such a than that nobleman. By Sept. 5 date to so and so, when they went the Government had decided to on what Jack Tar calls leaf, and have the Committee, and asked the - on. They anʼas interesting as, Chamber to suggest names. and rather remind us of, that in-Chamber did. spiring warative which tells us these were their names of the tribe at Heuben. Slamiain the son of Zaveur. Of the tribe of Simeon. Staphat the son of Hori. Of the tribe of Judah, Calch the son of Jephannel, Igal the sun of Joseph, Oshen the son of Sun. Patti the son of Itaph." and so on. Then we learn that the number of cases was 12.99s as compared with 1005 in 1918 and the Revenue reapital Ro was $90.851.36 as com- pared with $69,603 in 1918. As the expenditure was only $30.774.3. we find our Goverment making a assessor. but no one else; or that profr out of crime of 55:23 per the lines of his despatch covered cent. If that isn't profiteering speculations as to the effect of When we recall the nature Chinese Guilds on the wage ques- of some of this "crime"

не- tion. but what's the use?. You" don't! really care.

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**RÚTA, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE"

BONGIONG, WEDNESDAY, AEG. 18, 1920

LOGOMACHY.

A reader of the Cling Mail,

evidently interested in our two

recent notes on the illusion of pro-

gress, and perhaps having pity on

ales.

Ltd.

3 word.

A SECRET OUT.

The

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Sergt. Eccleshall of the R.A.M.C, has been appointed a second class Sanitary Inspector.

Inspector Simmons of the Sanit. ary Department, has been granted leave of absence for three months.

that is how we got our com- mittee on economic resources, and the mystery is a mystery no more. Owing to unavoidable delay the We conclude that Lord Milner sailing of the ss "Nanking" has would be vastly surprised and been postponed to Saturday, August anused if he could realize how his 21 at 12 noon. chaner shot has spread, and. how,;

a

shooting at an imperial eagle, he £1,350,134,000 is invested in the has bagged lots of boxal sparrows. railways of the United Kingdom, He would certainly never have ex-sum equal to about onesixth of the pected data suggestion to enlist national debt.. scientific assistance for production would lead to rude questions to

The Club de Recreio, Kowloon, tradesmen the answers to which is giving cinema performances for might be calculated to assist 2 ts members and friends twice a week, namely on Wednesdays and Satur days.

At the Fall Court sitting, yester day, Mr. W. H. Drummond mention- ed that the case in regard to the "Kung Hong," now being heard, may

INTELLECTUAL PROGRESS? go before the Privy Council

ship.

Defendant: I tried to, but my ap- plication was refused.

The Magistrate: Then you must not hask.

Defendant: If I did not hawk, I would starve.

The Magistrate: $3 or five days. The lad is doing the five days.

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HARBOUR ACCIDENT.

PAINT SCRAPER'S DEATH.

FALL INTO SHIP'S EOLD

is misunderstood when he said 'that I need not publicly advertise the mis conduct of one policeman to the general disparagement of the Forte! As far as I know, there is a great number in the Force, but how many would confess that he had never been laying his hands on his capture except that he was obliged to hold on to bring him up to the station. Time and again, the Police treatment of prisoners has been greatly dis- cussed, and people exclaimed unfair- nees on the Police. They are right in doing so, as one very well sees in the public streets, the nature of treatment, a prisoner receives from the hands of the Police officer A Chinese paint scraper was yester- and especially the Chinese detective day removed to the Tung Wab who is no other than a common Hospital suffering from injuries re- citizen, and shows pride and dignity | ceived through faking into the hold just because he happens to be in the of the ss. "Kanking" while at work. Force. *Policeman #dmits that He died soon after admitance. there is 'bratality' in tl eir line, and It appears that the deceased was mercilessly blamed other Eines as standing on a jacob ladder when he well. Such is his own confession! missed his footing and fell from a Things keep on coming and going height of some twenty feet. The but it is earnestly hoped that for the mishap is recorded by the police as betterment of the name of the Force,

a pure accident.” an order is coming, and what is being commented on too much about Yours, etc., has nothing further to be said.-

**ONLOOKER.'

August 18, 1920.

VICTORIA RECREATION

CLUB.

1!

AQUATIC NIGHT FÈTE

LYON WINS CHALLENGE RACE.

THE STRANDING OF THE G.M.S. '"' CHINA."

FINDING OF NAGASAKI MARINE COURT,

A sequel to the stranding of the CMS. "China" in the entrance to Nagasaki harbour on January 18, 1920, while in charge of Capt. Sugi, Japanese pilot, was heard in the Nagasaki Marine Court, when judg- ment was handed down.

The Court found that the accident

Nothing could have proved the kong than the aquatic fete beld at ship to proceed when there was a baze popularity of swimming in Hoog was due to the pilot allowing the the V.R.C. last night. When a over the sea and the view of Kagenco function has to be postponed there Lighthouse, on which be depended, is usually a loss of enthusiasm and was obstructed by the lights of fish-

prised at the attendance.

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SHIPPING MISHAPS

** LA MARNE” DOCEED.

SYSTEMATICALLY LOOTED.

that in good and favourable clim- ates the mental power which can)

The wedding takes place shortly at first be devoted to Improvement

The intellectual, progress of a of Mr. A. H., Mangold, wharf super- is much greater. The orthodox

race may be compared with a num-intendent of Jardine Matheson and argument. we need scarcely point) Walking down Pedder Street, ber of people running away from a Co., Ltd., to Miss Jean Elizabeth out, has been and is that progress suppose yourself to be. Just in savage buil. The best runner of Ashton, of Sydney, Australia. is most observable in rigorous clim- front of you 2 stout gentleman the lot may have his wife or child

It is held that in warm, stops, puts his hat on the pavement, with him, and his speed is con- Mr. J. Powell, second officer of SABEL-On August 11. 1920, et lavish. fruitlul climates men be hope solemnly round it on his left sequently restricted by theirs. Thế

Shanghai,

Graham come sackers: in less indulgent foot twice, picks it up again, locks individual human brain may be the Indo-China s.s. "Hopsang." has Sabel, aged four months. only elites they develop greater at his watch and disappears into cultivated and developed until it is gone acting chief officer of the same What do far in advance of the average, and arrived out from home to join the Mr. Powell only recently son of Mr. and Mrs. F. L.capacity for co-operative striv- the Hongkong Hotel. Sabel.

ing. We do not embrace either you think? You will puzzle over when the individual dies, the Indo-China Co. arriving tere about one of these propositions as the his apparently unaccountable and mental power that he may have four months ago. exclusive antithesis of the other: purposeless behaviour, will you added to the racial capacity must we regard both as half truths. nut? If you find out that he is not be far, far less than the obvious Human association itself is more mad, if you learn that it wasn't progress he himself bad made. His Sub-Inspector Hedge, of the and when this fact combined with a ing vessels. 1-robable, because more necessary done for a het, you will go on won learning, cannot be transmitted to tired, leaves the Colony on pension, fete must have been pleasantly sur-master mariner's certificate and his Hongkong Police Force having re-wet evening, the promoters of the The Court suspended Capt. Sugi's in conditions that are hard and tax dering, will you not. It will abide his son, but only a little bit of his

The licences for Nagasaki harbour and man's energies to the limit. It is with you, as an unsolved and very capacity to learn, and perhaps a on Friday by the "Kalyan." He natural cbstacles and dificulties teasing problem. Even so was it morsel of his tendency or inclina- served in the force for 16 years. spectators were rather uncomfortably Inland Sea pilotage for two months. that account for gregariousness, if with us when the local Government tion to learn. The general aver-When war broke out he joined up as crowded in the stand running along Capt. Sugi will probably appeal to the one of the "Old Contemptibles.” the bath and it would probably be a Higher (Supreme) Marine Court it needs accounting for. Enemies sprang upon us that Economic Re-age, Fowever, is restrained (some

good thing if the Club could see its against the decision. cause alliances. But in the primal sources Committee. If you remem, times pulled down) by the intellec-

way to put some sort of roof over the associations and in modern societyber we wondered what it was-for,tual inadequacy of the rabble. In The 'death has taken place at stands at the end of the bath, which the effect of association is mised what the game was. What occa-view of the tremendous start that Leeds workhouse infirmary of Dora at present have no protection. in the saue way. Combination to sioned it? We pointed out that it the modern brain has over the an- Hansen, a German woman, who for The main event of the evening overcome external dificuties pro-looked purposeless. When we hap: cients, as regards things known, over 30 years successfully posed 39 a was the six lengths challenge race duces internal difficulties, and the pened on one of the questionaires one would expect the thinker of man: Her sex was discovered when between J. Johnstone, D. Lyon, G. struggle for existence feternally sent out by one of the sub-com-to-day to surpass enormously the she had a paralytic seizure in the Jack and D. Laing. At the start the She race looked certain for Johnstone our ignorance, has sent us a neat an individual affair) abides as a cittees, we went on speculating, thinker of Greece, or Arabia, but street about two years ago, little volume aade by revising and distraction and an interruption of Well, we see light at last. The we do not find it so. Herbert Spen- worked for many years in Leeds who gained considerably at the adapting the tenth book of Henry that mental leisure in association business had as is quite appro-cer is in no way more brainy, more under the name of Ferdinand Hansen, turns. Jack and Laing were soon out of the race but Lyon bung on to Creorge's famous work entitled which Henry George cites as the priate) a very simple origin. We mentally efficient, than Pythagoras as a canvasser for a photographer. **Progress and Poverty." Having fruitful source of social progress discovered the secret in the annual was.

The ss. "La Marne," which ran Our thinking, as theirs was,

Johnstone and overhauled him in the alreedy some acquaintance with He says himself - Men, tend to report of our Chamber of Com is conditioned, for us by past and "I am a great believer in the last half length to win by a second, aground near St. John's Island in a that work. We

a splendid race, and the typhoon about ten days ago, was were not long in progress just as they come closer merce.

current general beliefs. These in-future of the British Colonial Empire," It was getting to the point of this section, together, and by co-operation with Way back in June last year, after sensibly colour our speculations; or Lord Milner said in a recent public winner was heartily applauded. towed into the Taikoo Docks yester that association in equality is the each other increase the mental puzzling for some stunt to show if they don't, we find a natural speech. I am thinking specially of Lyons time was 144 2/5sers. law of human progress." That is powe that may be devoted to im-the electors that they were earning reluctance to offend them, which the tropical and subtropical posses To answer at all to our thesis that provenient; but just as conflict is their ridiculously large salaries, the reluctance colours the presentation sions of the Crown. I think their progress itself is an illusion. We provoked, or association develops Cabineters and other politicians got of the thoughts. The scientist, in- proper development is of enormous. D. Logan; 2, F. M. R. Jereira. cannot be expected to be excited inequality of condition and power, the idea of chanting the word Re-stead of going stark for- bis ob-portance, not only to the inhabit- over a formula for a something this tendency to progression is construction in various keys, and jective. dons the fig-leaf. of con-ants of those countries, but to this Miss D. Cheu; 2. Miss D. Spanton. whose existence we have (tenta-lessened, checked, and finally re- of ringing all the changes on it. It ciliation, and in order to be politecountry and humanity generally. tive and academically denied. versed." Now we do not know sounded as Bouthing as Mesopo to the bishop permits himself to be They are bursting with wealth, and medios; 2, Leach. However, in case we accepted the how our obliging friend read this tamia, and committed them to fara little unfaithful to his mistress.their natural resources are only part main assumption, we should sit chapter, nor how he regarded our less. Lord Milner's share in the Real thinking should be reckless of ially developed. Their future depends Lyon; 2, J. Johnstone.

more than anything upon the develop- feel entitled to claim that Henry own former essays; but assuming vote-catching chorus was. to write results, its object the truth, pleasment of the practical application of 1. R. G. A.; 2, H. M. S. Magnolia, George has not succeeded, so far that he desired us to correct our a long letter. He used to be aing or displeasing. You might as science." as we are concerned, in throwing conclusion in the light of this con- journalist, and be did it easily. It well argue that black is white, a great light on a dark matter.tribution by Henry George (a not had some quite noble phrases and parrots the fool, thereby closing the

Word has just reached Tientsin Association we have. beyond all unreasonable assumption) we have sentences in it. At the close of door for ever against any thinker, doubt; but association in equal to point out that Henry George is the prolonged struggle of the last humanly, requiring social peace, of the death on July 28 of Miss Sadie isy, by which Henry George for and not against. Analysing his four years, it began, and went on who might discover evidence in-Lethbridge, of the Canadian Presby: meant association in justice and formula that the law of progress is to utter the platitude that there was dicating the interesting hypothesis terian Mission after a prolonged freedom, we have not, never had, association in equality, and com- more need now than ever to develop that black and white are essentially illness from dysentery at Changte, and (until progress proves itself) paring his own admissions as to our the economic resources of the Em- the same thing. He would, in de Honan. Miss Lethbridge was one of two ladies whose house at never will. Expressed absurdly lack of progress towards equality, pire. The time," said Alfred, ference to the race of such fools, walking was attacked by robbers, the Georgian proposition is that we we find that his proposition would

is particularly opporture for a delicately intimate that the thought must progress towards that equality be less snisleading to the careless review of the activities carried on had occurred to him that perhaps last winter. From a precarions posi in order to progress towards pro-reader if the verb were transferred by or on behalf of your Govern- and possibly black might not be on on the upper verandah she wit nessed the wurder, ot Dr. Menzies, gress. Association itself entails (se to the mood to which it clearly pent in scientific research and absolutely black, and white not After the nervous shock of the Henry George himself saw) barriers more properly belongs. In effect economic exploration," and went perfectly white; and with a tactful experience a change of scene was to progress, entails unfreedoms that Henry George says that the law, of on at considerable length to make display of deprecatory betning advised and she removed temporary reports that while driving his vehicle do not release the unhampered progress (assuming the possibili the idea quite clear. (The local and hawing, he might hint that to Changte. She was just about to mental powers that be bimself an- of progress) would be association enquirers have gone a long way analogies between light and elec depart for Kikungshan to escape the in Queen's Road East yesterday after nounces as the servants of progress. on such terms as have not yet been from the idea, by the way) tricity, subject to the approval of terrible heat when she was laid on noon, he 'collided with ricsha No. One of Henry George's argumente found possible, terms which would This letter was inultiplied and the pulpit, might be tolerated tem, the sick bed from which she was not 1110 smashing one of its, wheels. an this section will strike even the lessen the rigour of the struggle for sent to governors, etc., all over the porarily for the sake of argument to rise. Miss Lethbridge was appro. The ricsha had no passenger at the unstudions reader as heterodox existence, and so allow of a surplus Empire. It came to Hongkong as but he would bot, he does not raching the close of her, Brat term of time and the puller was not hurt pcration of the bowels more than

The first timt for resistance to fof mental energy that would make it probably went to Gibraltar, in usually, state as a plain proposition, service in China and was characterized association," he said, will come for progress Even so, amended, due course, and not because Hong- that black is white. Because the by great devotion in the educational Six

row the conditions of physical it is still open for debate, because kong or Gibraltar could really be indignant denials of the blacks and evangelistic work ja which she cture and He went on to argue it could fairly be arg the considered to come within its par world immediately sound like pan was engaged.-Times.

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The results of the races follow:

The

day morning for repairs. damaged vessel was towed a distance Four lengths handicap (members): of some 70 miles after provisional

repairs had been effected.

It will be remembered that with the Two lengths handicap (girls): 1.

first news of the mishap came a re- Two lengths handicap: 1, Report that the vessel was looted by the local inhabitants. That the looting had been thorough and systematic was-apparent yesterday when the vessel was towed into har bour with her mast, winches, part of the steering gear, portions of the deckhouses, and everything inovable missing. Consequently the repairs

Six lengths challenge race: 1, D. Services team race (two lengths): One length dress race (ladies): 1, Miss Ramsay; 2, Miss Jennings. -

Ladies two lengths handicap: 1, Miss Wheeler; 2, Miss Windebank.

High dire: 1. D. Laing; 2. Cor- porál Ewing.

STREET ACCIDENT.

CAR AND RICSHA COLLIDE.

A-FORTUNATE ESCAFE.

The driver of motor car No. 15

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"MOHON" STILL AGROUND Efforts are being made to refloat the "Mohon" which is still aground on St. John's Island.

The steamer "Mohon," it will be recalled, went ashore in Shita Bay The Chinese during a typhoon. crew arrived in Hongkong on August

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