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THE LOGIC OF THE HUNGER STRIKE.

ITALIAN CONTENT (WEST POINT)

[By Bernard Shaw.] Whenever an irresistible Govern- ment passes a sentence of panish- ment, however trivial. on an indi vidual, it also passes a sentence of death on him in the event of his determining to die rather than sub mit to the punishment.

CORRESPONDENCE.

SPORT

FOOTBALL.

UNITED SERVICES LEAGUE.

THE CHINA MAIL.

UKIOKET.

INTERPORT FIXTURES.

The Hat. See of the Hongkong CC. advise us that the following fixtures. have beey arranged in connection with the coming Interport Cricket - macthes -

Shanghai v. Hongkong, November

A meeting of the United Services Football League was held in the Victoria Barracks yesterday evening. Lieut. DR. Hannam of the Wilts 5 and 6 presided, and the following teams Ware represented HMS "Tamar." HMS. Ambrose," HMS. "Carlisle," HMS." Curlew," R.GA, RE, and the Wilts.

£70,000 THEFT.

A TËLL-TILE CAT.

GERMAN DYE ON HER TAIL,

A nondescript but friendly cat of dubious ancestry, and of more or less regular habits, was responsible for the arrest of 19 young men ind the re Singapore v. Hongkong, November covery of £70,000 worth of German dyes, stolen two months ago from a 8 and 9.

Singapore v. Shanghai, November warehouse of the Hoboken Chemical 10 and 11.

Company, across the Hudson River Winner v. Rest, November 12 and 13. From New York. The Hon. Secretary read a letter It is hoped to play all matches to

The part played in the police drama According to present!, from the Hongkong F.C., regrettingTM" finih. their inability to join the League, arrangements, play will commence by the tell-tale rail of the wandering as the games are to be played in each day at 10 30 a.. Tin interval was related in the Jersey City ment detective, who had been tracing mid-week, and it would be impossible I to 1.45 pm, and draw stumps at 5. courts by Mr. Frank Srope, a Govern

He made his ren-: for them to feld a team at 4 pm, p.m.

Full particulars will be advertised the stolen dyes. on any week-day, excepting Saturday,

dezvous in one of the Hoboken docks. when they will be engaged with in the papers later.

While he was analysing his facts the Hongkong League fixtures, *-

Iriendly tabby approached and rubbed het back affectionately against the detective's inculate trousers.

An application from the South China Athletic. to join the League was rejected.

The following entries were accept. - ed-Tamar,

Car- "Ambrose," lisie," and "Curlew," RGA RE,

and the Wilts

It was decided to run the League on Wednesdays, as all Saturdays taken up up to March 5, are

On

To the Editor of the" China Mail."by the Hongkong League.

commences The League Sir.-The promoters and artistes of Wednesday, November 3, and is the United Service Concert being heldexpected to finish in the middle of in the City Hall on the 5th and 6th February next. November are to be congratulated on the good work they are doing in rais- ing funds for the Italian Convert

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If this consideration did not exist,(West Point). The good work dore Governments could impose their wills by this Institution is well known on their subjects by simple reckless all and it would be difficult to find persecution up to the point at which better Institution that voluntarily does they would provoke a spontaneous (so much good work amongst the Chi- During the present general revolution of an overwhelm-nese children ing majority of their subjects; and strile in Carton there has been a great they could persecute a physically increase in the number of admissions powerless minority without limit.

The Hunger Strike is the practical form of the determination to die rather than submit to a decreed punishment. A prudent Government will therefore be very careful how it decrees, any punishment, because in the event of its victim hunger striking, it will be forced either to reduce itself and the law generally to absurdity by an unconditional sur render, or else go through with it and become responsible to the public conscience for the victim's death.

If the victim is a criminal who has ircurred the punishment by some act which has excited general abbor- rence or even strong reprobation, the Government may safely go through with it But this case does not arise in practice. Scoundrels do not bunger strike, nor do ruffians, though the latter may in rare cases resist capture by violence to the death. When this happens the general verdict is "a good riddance"; and this would also follow a hunger strike to the death by an ordinary criminal Ordinary criminals know this very well, and therefore, having to choose between a period of imprisonment and "certain and unpitied death, accept the lesser of the two evils. That is why the repeated surrenders of Governments to hunger strikers have conferred no impunity, on ordinary crime, and why thieves, homicides, forgers, incendiaries, and even bigamists go on serving their sentences hopelessly when they have seen the prisoner in the text cell released at the cost of a fortnight's fast.

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With the hunger striker, therefore, "it is always a case of conscience. He

to the Content, which means a great

ASSOCIATION MEETING..

The

A general meeting of the Hong- kong Football Association is fixed for Tuesday next at 5.30 p.m. business includes the drawing up of the fixture list, the League, Kowloon players, allocation of grounds etc.

CLUB PRACTICE.

The following will represent the increase on expenditure upon this 1st and 2nd elevens of the Hongkong already hard hit purse. Many will F.C., in a practice match to be played recollect the concert, given early in on the Club ground at 5pm today.— the present year by this party in aid 1st XI-G Rodger. W. Gerrard and of Funds for the widow of the lare M. Trnkin: M L Railton, J. Rosser Warder Speed, and it is hoped that and P. W. McPhail; J P. Sherry, G. the public will again respond in the T. May, Boysen, E. Railton and De same hearty marmer for this very Groat deserving cause.-Yours, etc..

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2nd XI-C. Wilkie; Carriere and A. Medenald; A. L. Davis, Groot and W. Ireland; Riis, R. S Logan, Sand- berg, Goldenberg and J. B. Hamilton. It will be noticed that by mixing of the few men who can rise above himself to the pitch of dying for them up the players in the first and second gives him a sanctity that makes it im-strings of the Club, the teams are possible for the public to contemplate made as evenly matched as possible, his death without great uneasiness, or 35d a good match is sure to result. to feel satisfied with a Government Several new players are being (ried?" that has provoked a fatal contest between the law and his conscience. This may be unreasonable; but it has to be faced by politicians, for Cabinets cannot escape from the facts under cover of syllogisms. A fortiori,

out.

BILLIARDS.

PALACE HOTEL HANDICAP.

if his principle is one of such wide. Last night's match in connection Government with the Palace Hotel Handicap acceptance that the itself has done it loud lip service, and Billiards tournament, resulted in D. has even alleged it as the pretext for Urquhart (-100) beating C.T. Cade a colossal war, and his cruse widely (130) by 250-124.

Unquhart's best breaks were 19 and popular in the Government's domini-j ons, his death is very likely to prove 15, while Cade's had an 13 to his the door of the Government, and to credit. be obstinately, but by no means undeservedly, counted against them as an act of wilful murder in the form of morally compelled suicide.

This is clearly the case of the Lord

Mayor of Cork. "Whether he is alive or dead I have no means of ascer taining as I write these lines: all I know is that the Government has already gone further than it should have gone if it is not prepared to go

Tonight Ro Sai-man (scr.) mee's R. Potter (-100) at 6.p., and W.G. Gerrard, Jr. (75) plays W. E. Crocker (-150) at 9 p.m.

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INTERFORT TRIÄL.

K.CC.

CRICKET FIXTURES 1930-21. October 30. Staff and Departments, League, Home

November 6. Univesity; League, Home.

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He was startled to observe orange sarins where the pussy had made con- act with his nether garments. He hastened to the Government analyst and discovered that the dye was iden tical with that for which he was searching.

November 13. Taterport. November 20. Wilshires, Friendly,

The final set of the drama showed Hotbe.

November 27. Civil Service, League, police patrol wagon with detectives surrounding the tabby's lair, the cellar Home.

December 4.Navy, Friendly, Home. Tot a supposedly-empty house. December 11. RGA League arrest of the thieves and the recovery : Home.

of the stolen dyes followed within two December 18. Indian Rec. Clab, hours. League, Home.

January 1. Children's Sports January 8. Navy, Friendly, Home. January 15. Craigengower,League, Away.

January 22. Chinese Rec. Club, League, Home.

January 29. Wiltshires, Friendly, Home.

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A MYSTERY CHILD.

LIFE IN LUMBER CIMPS.

CHAINED IN THE STREET.

DIARY WRITTEN AT AGE OF SIX.

GRIM DUBLIN JOKE.

MAN STRIPPED AND TARRED,

The mystery surrounding the origin

They have a grim way of joking in of the child authoress must alone

Dublin. Passengers to and from arouse interest in the strange human document, The Diary of Opal White Amiens-street Station one morning ley," which is to be published shortly were started to see a man handcuffed y Messrs. G.P. Putnam's and Sons, and chained to a tramway standard ät the corner "of Talbot-street- and and part of which has been running Amiens street. Hung round his neck. serially in the Atlantic Monthly, in Anserica.

The story, indeed, of this girl of|

was a card bearing the inscription: "Scab. This is, who continned

6. living in the lovely lumber camps to drive munition trains on the of North America, and writing her GN.R." while his comrades were journal with coloured chalks on odd being dismissed." scraps of paper which she secreted.in a hollow log in the woods, is one which would have formed a fit subject for the author of the Lack of Roaring Camp.

For nearly half an hour the chained man was made the butt of a laughing February 5. Staff and Depts.

A French professor has told the

crowd mul three policeman arrived Friendly, Home.

Mr. Janes Murphy, son of James February 12. R. E and Ledian Academy of Sciences in Paris, it is

and with difficulty broke the chain.

stated. that after long residence in Army, Friendly, Home.

February 19. R. G. A. Friendly, Paris a person's eyes grow paler in

Opal Whiteley was born about 21 M. Murphy, solicitor, Tralee, County Kerry, was seized on Tralee golf colour and the hair endergoes a kindi years ago—when or where, no one tinks by a number of men, who strip" Home.

February 26 Chinese Reg. Cub of bleaching. In time, he believed,

Of her parents, according to a pre-ped him to the waist and tied him to Friendly. Away

dark-haired persons with brown eyes face by Mr. Ellery Sedgwick, editor gate. They then tarred him from

would be rare in Paris..

Rec. Club, March S. Indian Friendly, Home.

March 19. Civil Service, Friendly, Away.

March 26 H. K. Cricket Club, League, Home.

April 2-Ditto, Friendly, Away. April 9. University, Friendly, Away.

THE MALAYAN TEAM.

"Permainan "* writes in Malayan Leader -

knows.

loved her.

head to waist.

Mr. Murphy bad served through the was and reached the rank of cap-

tain. His assailants told him that they had intercepted correspondence show-

A medical correspondent writes: 1 of the Atlantic Monthly, she is sure of nothing except that she, lost them is well known that prolonged absence before her fifth year, and that they of direct sunlight produces lighter colouring of the skin, hair, and eyes. As evidence of this were two pre- Brown eyes are less sensitive to suc-is little copybooks, which held theiring that he was seeking a cadership 15 light than grey eyes a fact which er-

photographs, and into which her district inspector of constabulary. plains why northern races have light mother taught her with tender pati and southern races dark eyes...

ence to set down all that she learned, City people, whether in Paris, Lon- both of the world about her, and of DRASTIC LEGISLATION *. dan, or elsewhere, live much indoors that world of legend and history with | and the sunlight in cities is diminished which the child diarist shows such theby smoke and the dust-laden capricious and entertaining familiarity. Hence in time they lose the protective These two books have since mac- Blondes Bind their commbly disappeared. After her

The Malayan team will, if and dark colouration. when they leave for Hongkong, have best holiday ground on the east coast. parents' death, Opal was given to the my best wishes for their success in where there is much sunlight and little wife of an Oregon lumberman, whe had lately lost her first child—Opal | the triangular tournament, but no moisture in the air.

PROFITEERS TO BE WHIFFED,

SEVERE PENALTIES IN 'HUNGARY.

Budapest, Sept. 8.-A considerable one will be surprised if, they are Pigmentation (colouring) is in direct whiteley and whose name she now drop in prices and a nocable increase cave to the unknown newcomer, of goods offered for sale are the first beaten. I should imagine that they proportion to the intensity of the light

From that time, when she was about results of the Hungarian Profiteering But the change is skrw. As Dr. will beat Shanghai, who are not a in which people live. great bowling side, but "Hongkong:

Corporal punishment is a penalty been continued without serious inter- has a good all round side. Hongkong Buchan points out, 1,300 years have until quite recently her diary has Act, just became law.

for offences against the Act, one of the ruption.

most drastic pieces of legislation of was counting on Claxton, who I not, made the fair West Saxon of notice is going with the Malayan" Somerset and Gloucester similar in

When Opal was 12 years old, team. Hongkong bowling and should be a organ and Carmartben. great success on the tour.

He is accustomed to the complexion to the Welshmar of Glam-foster-sister, in a tragic it of chaudier Hits kind in the world. Profiteering, it

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It is found that short bruneties tend temper, unearthed the hiding place of the diary, and tore it into a thousand The Malayan team cannot by any to die out in cold, sunless climates Iragments. Opal picked up the pitiful stretch of the imagination be regard because they cannot eat enough food

scraps and stored them in a secret to keep them warm. ed as representative of the full

box, and it is from these myriad strength of cricket talent of the Per

Dr. Leonard Hill says that it would; insula. Indeed, the opinion has been be difficult to prove, in the shifting together, that the complete journal has pieces, painfully and laboriously fitted expressed that the Selangor eleven can beat the Malayan team. General Population of great cities, whether

Opal Whiteley is, in no sense a Her work, satisfaction will, however, be felt changes of this kind are inherited recovered. that Malaya is being represented at There is a constant effort to adapt our second Daisy Ashford.

Buying or selling above maximum is laid down, is, among other things:

price:

Charging there profits than cus

tomary.

Offering lower wages to a man then those laid down.

Speculation in foodstuffs and trying to make a "corner."

Penalties include:

5 years' imprisonment; £20,000 -

A third series of trial matches for (or she) is willing to die, not for on to the end. It is, however, such the purpose of selecting a team to or religion, which he identifies with ignorant Government that it is uring Interport Tennis tournament the team will leave with the best people from this climate were to go toliness of tomber camps, is full of the of political rights and trading licence; himself, but for a principle, or cause, za extraordinarly unintellectual and represent Hongkong în the forthcom- the cricket carnival at Hongkong and selves to changed conditions, and reduced in the vast silence and jonë ne, flogging-5 to 25 strokes; loss

-But these, he

wonder and beauty of the world and notice of the offence to be shown seen by child eyes and interpreted by in the shop for 6 months. a child beart.

**In everything," says Viscount Grey of Fellodon, who met Opal in)

the Arctic regions all sorts of freaks the public good. He gives his life likely that it knows clearly what it is against Shanghai, will take place wishes.

A Singapore correspondent of the would be produced. that these things may live, and die doing: therefore the case may as on the U.S.R.C. courts, when a new

that the says, tend to die out. ad majorem gloriam Dei. It is a well be stated clearly for it by some player in the person of Mr. T. Nelson Malayan Leader writes

Govern fairly intelligent person.

of the International Bank, will be Malayan team will be quite an excel- serious matter for "a

to kill such 2 man.. ment

I may add, in order that my per seen. Mr. Nelson was runner-up in, lept side in batting but somewhat Even when bis conscience seems silly sonal bias may be duly allowed for, the Canton championship, and from moderate in bowling. Of Singapore and selfish, his principle fallacious, that I am against all strikes that real reports is a player to be re-men who might have gone but can innings and also mixes his bowling America, and who contributes an in-would be intolerably poignant, but for not, Braddell, Scharengaivel and so thoroughly (inadvertently) that troduction, from the joy-light' in the fact that they seem to have afflict his cause subversive, and bis religion coil on the striker instead of felling, spected.

the adversary, and that I wish I No definite news has yet been Vasty, the two former splendid all the good ones are all the more likely inuman eyes to the touch of velvet the spirit of the child so little. heretical, still the fact that he is one could persuade the Lord Mayor of received from the Shanghai .Lawn rounders and the third cur best to get wickets, and Mitchell is an lingers of the shadows," the child sees Em real glad I'm alive; this is a very Cork to eat a hearty dinner and Tennis Association as to whether or bowler, will be missed. Of the six ex-public school boy, now a police beauty, and finds happiness thereby, wonderful world to live in,' gives the leave the silly Government to the not the Northern players will be able Singapore players in the side, Lieut, cadet here, who as yet has done little There are incidents in the diary that note of the whole diary,” anarchy from which his improvised to make the trip to Hongkong, and Caryll is just useful with either bat in Singapore but is said to be a Court, which is well spoken of and a little anxiety is being evinced ir or ball, Claxton is a real interport polished batsman Tucker, of "always likely to the side in bowling, with Hennessy. appealed to by the best people in some quarters. While some of the batsman if he can strike form, Selangor, will probably be the hope of Cork, rescued it. But if Mr. Lloyd Shanghai papers have made occasion- Griffin George really means to make a al references to the event, and men- collect runs without being brilliant Rhodes, Holmes Brown and Riches martyr of the Lord Mayor, I would tioned one or two possible players, with the bat, and is a very sound in support, and if they can all fust pot be in Mr. Lloyd George's shoes one looks in vain for any report of wicket keeper, Major Gunner is a find that extra bit of stuff” the trial matches or other indications forcing basman and very safe at Malayan side may not spend Long that the business of selecting players point, Riches is a sticker at the wicket days leatherhunting in Hongkong

and of the right temperament for big after all:

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