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SATURDAY," MAY 13, 1922,

SPECIAL CABLE.

SHANGHAI SHIPPING SUIT

A GUILD CASE.

[China Mail SFBCIAL.}

Do not assume that compelled the police to reckon that

Shaw and Chesterton consider a man with £1000 a year a I'm thinking supersti-way: Theirs is the only department

__SHAW AND... must often be anney-poor man if he is all the time yearn- CONFINED TO tion has its only home that does, and it must make them

CRESTERTON ed in that way, I up-ing for things that would cost £2000 in the chapels of the uncomfortable at times Say they

pase. They are both I hold him truly rich who has a inco guid. Far from write to the P. W. Der setions men with a rense of dollar a day, if the attainment of his that am I... It is as human and as an otarrener 47 15 o'clock humour, consequently every champ wants costs him but that dollar. If common as a cold in the head. The in writing back the P. W. D. will who lacks both seriousners and hamDiogenes is content with his tab, it "spiritualists” in spite of all jeering tran-late it into 1 p.m. And so they oar, but is firm stanced in convenis wicked for the law to try to are proving that, and proving thaki so on. I'd like the other departments tional notion of things suspects them dragoon him into drudgery to earn the sucker census shows no numerical to come into fire with the police, but of clowning whenever they try a back room in sme slum.

SHANGHAL, May 13, dimination. There are lots of pro if they will not, then it seems to me to teach him. Here is a serious bit of The law never OWNE up, that fessed "rationalists" who cannot sit the police should go back to the old Chestertor, fom his new book: "Ait is working for

A test case of great interest to. the ere shipping was heard co-day in the thirteen at table without remarking system, for the sake of uniformity little while ago two tramps were sum-profiteer and luxury craver who is to British court. The plaintifs were the it, and who always "touch wond" What's sp. heeman without his unmoned for a magistrate, charged employ him. It pretends that its China Coast Officers' Guild, and the for an absit omen. The dears! It form!

with sleeping in the open air when concern is the man's own good defendants the San Peh Shipping would be enough to touch their own craniums. Perhaps the worst and the wickedest superstitionists are the pseudo-scientists, especially the me-

TRAMS

months ago.

CHITS

FOR

When a man with a mono-

The history of medicine is largely the history of changing medical

cle was up for getting fashions. We have universal bleed.

drinks at the King Ed ing at one time; mercurialisation at

DRINKS ward Hotel withoat pay another; huge doses of sloshol for

ing for them, the manager fevers at another. This characteristic of the hotel talked of his bad language, of ever-changing fashions was actiongh he wasn't charged with that knowledged by the British Medical Aid something was said about the Journal more than eleven years ago in bor offering the man a chit to sign the words:-

I thought we had a law which forbids Remedies and modes of treatment, hotels to take chits for drinks. What like systems of philosophy and fashions in dress, have their little day and cease to be. Back numbers are the grave- vards of dead theories of which the

about it?

.

It is not true that a

Socialist. I aut in.

CORRESPONDENCE.

to

I saw it stated within they had nowhere else to sleep. Each think that hypocrisy, and I needn't Company. The case rites out of an ROWLOON the last few days that of them eagerly produced about two-asy more about hypocrisy. Eat agreement signed in Hongkong in the Kowloon residents | peace, to prove that they could have assume that I am wrong, and that March 1920 r. ferring certain had just Irarued, from got 3 bed, but deliberately the law is sincere. Then still I say differences regarding #alaries disine men who believe in inoculation the K. RA correspondener, that didn't. To which the policeman that the law is wrong. Any law that arbitration. Paintiffs claim that the as their predecessors used to believe Kowloon ise have its trains. The replied that twepence would not tries to do me good. in violence to my defendants have broken the arbitra- is bleeding. As a commonsensible China Ni announced it over three have got them a bed: that they could own small wants and inclinations, tors' award and engaged numerous M. D. writes in Trich:

not possibly have got a bed: and that tries to uplift" me from cop-Ima ters and officers at reduced par therefor (argued that thoughtful tentment to discontentment, I call They pray for an order for the specific officer) they ought to be punished for Socialistic law, and the meddlesome performance and enforcement of the- not getting one. The intelligent idiot who made it the rankest award. magistrate was much struck with the kind of argument: and proceeded to imprison short, English, and I value my. these two men for not doing a thing freedom, to which I was bred. Thus they could not do. But he was it leaks out that I have escaped from careful to explain that if they had the proletariat, if I ever belonged to:

SCENES AT SHIUCHÓW. sinned needlessly and in wanton it, because bot even the English lawlessness, they would have left the proletariat is bred to freedom. It is

their bred to servility, and that is why the (To the Editor of the" China Mali court without a stain on characters; but as they could not policeman saluted a monocle and a avoid it, they were very much to bleating voice. To talk like this, Dear Sir-In the following. letter F blame. These things are being done says my friend, is to talk like a have made no attempt to dwell wither in every part of England every day. Bolsheviks! I really cannot under on the Political or Military Situation, Ther have their parallels in every stand how men can miss the point so bat mely wish your readers to know daily paper; but they have no blatantly. The 55 per cent. of Couli of the appalling state of affairs which parallel in any other earthly people tien Bolshie. Socialism that I am exist in the city which is at, present or period! except in that insane com-deploring and deacaccing in England the Military Headquarters of Dr. Sun rand to make bricks witheat stray is represented by 100 per cent. in Fat Sen's Southern Expedition. which brought down all the plagues Russia, where I would scarcely last a of Egypt. For the common historical day, unless it were a dumb day for the last two days and has bad Life were less amusing joke about Henry VIII hanging do not know what label I should bear, ample opportunity, of obtaining £rst- QUERNESSES bad it fewer queer-man for being Catholic and burning but I am no Bolshevik no communist, hand evidente.

him for being Protestant is a symbolic no socialist. The only State to which The whole city is closed from noticed how queer it is that in any joke only. The sceptic in the Tudor can be loyal, sad feel loyal, is the business point of view, every business roomful of men, the one abo aleats time could do something: he could State that interferes little as house and private dwelling bing full takes the conspicuous position in the always agree with Henry VIII. The possible with the liberty of the sub-of soldiers. Meat and vegetables are always the mallest there, and the For you cannot agree with a mania go at once and be naturalized t middle and strikes an attire is desperate man to day can do nothing ject. Where does it live, that I may atmest unobtainable, while the price queerest looking. The other addaises who sits on the beach with the straws sort of shyly shrink into wall-tower sticking out of his hair sad says positions; but the limelight one, who Procure threepence from nowhere! may have spinnaker ears, or a stomach and I will give you leave to do with- like a dagoba, or whiskers like a cast- of hearthbrush, or a face like a place of fried eggs. is the tomo-island

Among the passengers who aniv- That it serious argument, ed by the Empress Asia resterday seriously meant. If you con- was Sir Wiltred Peel. entirely surrounded by modesty.

sider the picture of the magistrate with the straws

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at the same time the face of the men theatres. So on this hill path, with luggage. About 3 a.m. one time I

Was rossed from a

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LOCAL AND GENERAL

The writer has been at Shinchow

of rice which is now extremel-carce ie as much as 7 catties to the dollar, whereas before the arrival of this military rabble it ranged between 12 and 14 catties to a dollar.

It is estimated that between fifteer ited on the city, the normal popula and twenty thousand troops are bil-

their uniforms in rags Little or no

to it.

CORTATIONS Certain Host Com

pany has bought the various forms of quackery are the Peak Trams and the Star Ferries in Ltd. ghosts"

order to cantect their attress, but ramour has it they may charter the We may not liken the British and American navies FELL OR anti-typhoid inoculators

transport their customers between TYPEOID to the bell-caaterising ports.

mother, firstly, because there is such a thing as typhoid, and secondly, because burning the baby's fingers would certainly fix an idea in its mind for keeps. There is much evidence that anti-typhoid inocula tion did harm, and none at all that it ever did good. But the super stition of the inoculators enrages me as the conduct of the baby beroer did for a like rearen, that its victims { were as helpless as babies. They were soldiers, who are not allowed to "reason why." Theirs is to be injected and die. You may tell me that it was optional, that some soldiers who refused consent were not

tion of which is about 30,000. More inoculated. As to that, Dr. Walter

Householders in the

Command Orders note that "it trope strive daily from the direction R. Hadwen tells us that They were

KLEPTOMANIA Pastern part of the less sober than it might be, I has been brongitto notice tha: certain of Canton while others are being sent put for lengthened periods spos

Colony are concern-asaure you it is merely the vivid oficers and other ranks are wearing which district the first brush with up the North River to Xamchung in anties usually performed by Cefacled about a new variety of petty method of a serious expeurder who helmets of a civilins pattern when in ters, such as cleaning up lavatories larceny which has began. Name quite honestly considers the magi- aniform," and add that this habit the enemy,

is reported to have All kinds of fatigue duties, refinatof plates on their doors are being un-strate su imbecile; and I agree with must cease forthwith.”

taken place. Tte soldiers- lease, and many other parishments screwed and taken away by some him. I did not so much as smile

themselves are hardly recognisable were res rted to in order to break the person or persons unknows. As the when I read that passage I have Capt. J. A. N. Noel has been as such, many of them being without will of some of the most intelligent intrinsic value of these name plates copied out for you. I frowned. granten leave from May 4 to August 15 arms and a large percentage with men who entered the British Army." is so small, they suspect kleptomania. I recognized the deadly truth of it for the purpose of proceeding to

It didn't pay to refuse consent, and It has even been surmised that the 1 am by profession a tramp myself. Tintain and Capt. C. S. Dodwell from discipline exists while gambling and most soldiers would notice that and culprits must be Europeans. If so, and bave lived for abole reasons en June. to September, to visit North opium smokinz are rife. be compliant. Even then, they and their identity be discovered, the road. One summer in England 1 China, Mongolia and Manchuria.

The writer wa particularly amused jumped from frying pan to fire. there may be a scandalous sequel carried a small tens of my own de

by sociog fire gambling tables (Fantan which they will not relish. "The whole system of

igd, and slept in it night after night Major-General Sir John Fowler etc) in full swing within a few hun- IS BRIEF inoculation is built up."

There was ranglare, on the rear side, being careful never and Lady Fowler returned to the dred yards of President Sun's Yamen, he saya," upon imagiaa- INCONURITY and there was the to put it where it could annoy traffic. Colony from Manila by the "Express Gambling houses are to be seen over the city, most ot tion and false and superstitious

res and the hills, Kaoxing as a 'act of experience what of Asia" yesterday. Captain C. S. all theories; and it is steeped from yet we talked of communism. Mese do not caually admit in print. Fisher and Captain R. Neville return which are owned and ran by the foundation to Eammit in commercial are like that. Put them in a that there is one law for one class and ed by the same steamer. Mr. JEH soldiers with the fall knowledge of terests." He says no official statistics monastery and they will talk of another for the other, I took pre Bibby and Mr. Dear, members of the the it commanding officers, who are associated with it are trustworthy. women, if only to denounce them. cantions to establish, in case of need, Hongkong polo team, are extending either afraid or too lax to put a stop

The endeavour to save the face of Wreck them on a desert island and my claim to belong to the privileged their stay in Manila.

It would seem incredible that Dr. the inoculation fetish at all costs-and they will talk of Picadity and class. I included a monocle in my

Mr. Henry Hellsen, a Danish and it is the opinion of many that he San is ignorant of this state of affairs

whose reputations (and even incomes; the ocean to look at, and the sun to

good sleep journalist attached to the staff of depend upon its 'ruccas-brushes feel, we talked of communi m. He

gratsy bollow

quite six the Berlingske Tidende, met with has not sufficient control to prevent

tit. every scientific consideration aside." said--this very bra ny man sitting by seven yards away from the a serious accident on April 21.

"Nah then," a con- He left Bangkok by rail for Denchai, streets due to the fact that patrols Few civilians are to be seen in the She is doing violence to her owu He gives his own statistics and ar-a-me--that the classwar theory of Kari motherly insti et on principle. She menta which convince me (until some. Marx is all bash. "Have you really stablish one was roaring, "Out with the intention of tramping from of soldiers commandeer the people for

o' that. Git a move on Can't have Phrae through Ching Rai, the Shan is (when fairly, analysed) a heroine, a one proves him a liar) that far too read Marx?" I asked him, ard he WALLER BRENT ALL-CL

April 29th, at St. John's Cathedr13, and a martyr, as well as most many of our brave lads were sacrificed confessed that he had not. Nor have your sort here." Screwing the monocle States. Tannso, and Kwangs to the coolis transport. The troops have I am always very sorry,” said 1, "and I never intend to into position, and crawling out so as yes: River and Carton. He was men and women for this purpose who already collected upwards of 4,000 Hongkong, by the Rev. Copier se calculating woman. Hell to to this fad.

her is worse than a scorched finger, for soldiers. I have previously given So we are in the first class, most ap to enter the light of his bull's-eye. I brought back to Bangkok on May 1, Moyle, Lionel Alfred, eldest en of the late Charles Alfred Waller of the child the loves the one that she I pity them and I write in order to in

and of two evils she is choosing for some of my reasons. This is another.propriate, and entirely usual position spike in an affected voice which with a broken leg. having been thrown are made to carry heavy weights which to argue about him. eat him to recognize as the Oxford from a pony at Phrae, and is now in enormous distances in the wake of the Penang and Kra. Waller of Hung thinks will hurt it least. It would be help to create a public opinion that You say he has some theory about a

accent. "Offical! "What evah is-ah hospital

expedition. Not only is this the Long. to Edith Dorothea, only

-the mettah! Why do yon

case in the city but troops are sent iaghter of the late Mr. and Mre insight to call such a high-tinued lavendered life-not all beer and I. P. or other to show that each s

abeurd for anyone of psychological will help them. Theira is ret s classwar, and you quote

presume to distabb ma in this very

out to the surrounding villages to In connection with the Tennis round as the country farmers and Percy Brentnall of New Castle on-

nother criminally cruel. Would we skittles.

thing as a classwas cannot be. To de mennah 2 He backed off, Courts at Happy Valley, Command their families in order 10, Tyne. (Penang Singapore and

allow it to be done to-day, if ws

me that is silly. Classwar is not s

saluting and apologising.

Orders state that the Hongkong Golf transport the military supplies. It Shanghai papers please copy.)

knew? I think not. As I said, I

What the soldier said theory; it is a fact. It also

Club have kindly consented to alter is

really pitiable think there would be a conviction;

WHAT THE may not be evidence, nothing new. There are long spells is behind this extraordinary law? the "tees" of the 5 and 6 tales, citizens of a peaceful country being and I think there ought to be. But

but it is. I trust, read-of class peace, as in the other kind of They want all the poor idlets to go to thereby minimising any chance of beaten and ballied by nothing better I would punish her vicariously. I

able. D'you recall it? war and peace, but class wars recur, werk to help some rich man to more sion of the Go! Club will be appreciat

accident. It is hoped that this conces than a horde of brigands. The China Mail would visit ber "in" on those who thee go for a Foldier,

and have done so for ages, and are profit, but they do not desire to

It seems extremely sad that the taught ber the nonsensical

ed by tennis players, especially when leaders of an expedition, which is belitis which made

what happened to me. They gave me kind of war." her -act so uncaturally.

the skilling, they gave me the clobber, That would be

courts. It is also pointed out that Chins, should start by shatting their As usual, he had to be

It is true that a man spectators and children should keep eyes to the fact that their own soldiers MAY 13, 1992. justice, and it ought to appeal to her and they gave me a number. Then

type of misleader as an object lesson at church parade, when the chaplain 45 USUAL · personal. “But you,”

must work or starre, clear of the Golf Course as far as indulge freely in gambling, opium he said,

"sre lin atonement.

punishment sings out my number, and rays Art

but not true that, it is possible and keep in the proximity of smoking, and every known vice. should fit the crime. The

"Only as you your t tou weary, art thou Janguid, and I Socialist." court's

his duty to work the tent, which is to be pitched on, officer should hold her minister'sps and says 'Yes, governor,' they are "I replied. "Under Socialistic

industriously and re- the further side of the courts.

Your etc.. laws we are all Socialiste, but Igularly for the fingers in the fame, and ask him; I gives me six weeks c.b."

benefit of this hell you profers to know all

personally dislike it, and would be glad is employer Not from

after be bar: I like the French way of to see all our Soctalistic laws repealed: camel his own needs.

Before Mr. J. B. Wood, Paine IN THE NAME horrid atheistical about botter than this?" Then the

FRENCH numbering the hours. I and our Socialistic legislator put customary to admit it, but most of day afternoon, Madame Flint ened an It is not Judge, in the Summary Court yester 'COORNESS. pamphlet, not from good man in duty bound would

think 19 o'clock much where they could do no more mis- these tramps do work. They work at ex-employee, Kong Hum, for $38.05, any rationalistic cri- answer yes. The officer would give

and chief. Chesterton points out that the odd jobs or odd days until they live the balance due in respect of money

GOVT. APPOINTMENTS. , "but from an evangelical the fire a poke, and force in the efficient and exact than 7 pm. In Condition has legaily established every accumulated enough for their simple advanced. Mr. F. X. D'Almeda, con preached on Sunday last, I dogmatist's hand again, and sk the case brevity is not only the soal bad feature of Soca list, while leaving wants.

Hotta than this?" And he would of wit. It is also the soul of precision out all the potentially good ones. All idling, of travel, and of freedom (from who admitted the debt, was zot appointed Dr. Charles Forsyth, They buy the luxury of appeared for the plaintiff. Defendant, His Excellency the Governor bas There are men now living whore keep on doing that until the expert "On the 10th inst at 12 p.m." Who paternal legislation is Socialism. I all bossing but that of police and legally represented. Judgment haring Robert Maclean Gibson, and George mathem held their childish fingers in

"I hae ma doots" is ever sure what that means, whether di like any government that meddles magistrate) by simplifying their been given for Madame Flint, Mr. Harold Thomas to be members of the candle fiamme to inspire them with now seem to be a cruel devil my it is porn on the 10 h or midnight on with my purely personal habits which wants. If they wanted a bed at the D'Almads said that when defendant Midwives' Board for a term of thre

self, and so i am, when enraged by the eve of the 11th? But 24 o'clock is the central idea of socialism, to Savoy they would have to work longer was working for plaintiff he was also years. such incidents where telpless infants or 12 o'clock on the 10th cannot be rale a people sa a governess rules a than they like. So they cut out the working for Mariame Fint's head Prima facit, at the lawyers say, are concerned. What seems to me another count in the what they like to themselves, and Bat this kind of commonsense only communistic government, too, for dos simplify his warts as they do is work. Madame Flint objected to the to be an unofficial member of the His Excellency the Governor has Fanatics may do matter for doubt. So far so good buttery. Ours is already a partly Savoy Now, a man who can and dressiker, who was doing sataide appointed Mr. Arthur Bylande Lowe adictment of superstition, a dreadful I'll remain unmoved. I've seen them works out right, like Christianity you cannot claim that private proeufi led to the fullest freedom, and head dressmaker doing that outside Legislative Council during the absence Sidence of what it does to decent torturing their bodies in the name when enough yeople practise it. One perty is much safer with them than it this persecution by the law is unfair. work because the was taking away on leave of the Honourable Mr.

eople whose only fault is ignorance gootna's. But I will not stand by and Christian in a crowd of sinners get in Bumi. Whereupon be said and surinking from truth. Alsee them pass it on to the bairns the worst of it. At least, he hardly that I was seditious, and we re um d edrin magistrate would probably who have no judgement, and no counts. So with scientife time our walk. I wasn't the least offend

It is quite clear to me custom which would otherwise come. Henry Edward Pollock, K. C. foonvict anch a mother, at the instaure icy t

THE POOR that blessed are the to plaintiff His Honour asked what His Exsellency the Governor has Fear is the father of reckoning. When there seemed aed, for they sometimes scopre megl

poor maint that poor Mr. D'Almada rapted, Mr.1 nominated Mr. Dalas Gerald Mercer the MBP.CC. Yet abiss good cruelty, and superstition is its motor. chance of our adopting it, Mr. Wolfe woe. Someames they say Howat wanting, these who simplify their D'Almads I want him to admit Bernard to be a member of the Comt het most devoted mother ac Perf et love casteth out less, but of the Police took the chance su you are leg pulling, which is santa. The poorest of the poor I that, because I want to use his of the University of Hongkong for acting logically on her belista, less it be free thought and Isos speech? named a pikase, still in force, which ing to low fatty, and it was to what shall east out superstition, un decided to head the perorasion. He iritasing reply to a serious pro- define as those who have much larger evidence afterwards. His Honour-term of three years; vice Sur Ellis-

Kadooris, Es, deceased;- desires than means to attain them, I Than you can see him outside,

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highway.

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game

to see the

Jad. I'll tell thee even more inevitable than the other nahfesh with an idle clase that has, walking to and from the roads to the about to attempt the salvation of

more scientific

position

they think, the right to idle.

WORK.

OR

STARTE

E.A.D.

Canton, May 12, 1922.