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THE CHINA MAIL.
OLD SCHOOL.
romance of the old
WEDNESDAY JULY 18 3.1924
aid would be difficult to render, and would be of doubtful ultimate, utility.
To-day's Poem.
*
Against this resolute front we
Miss Lyon's lande, a former president of the have the strike leaders' equally
sult in the Court Manchester Law Society £76,374
SHAMEEN FRICTION. determined stand not to allow any
ROMANCE."," of Sassion, by Mr. William Jack, of St. John's Chinese to enter Shameen until a prefix to her name, a place in years Professor of Mathematics in of large assistance to the sorely which she gains terrace, Hillhead, Glasgow, for 30 that the non-Chinese world can ba
But it needs no adding SETTLEMENT SOUGHT BY
BOTH PARTIES. the regulations have been with- Debrett, and a prince for a the Glasgow University £45,782. harassed Republic by anch indirect INTELLECTUALS NOT UNFRIENDLY drawn. Obviously this deadlock relative-by-marriage, is quite a Mrs. Florence Wells, of Lower cannot continue indefinitely with Miss Bowes-Lyon, as she must £2,500 to the Dean of St. Albans act of the United States, making From Our Special Correspondent.)
school Rock-gardens, Brighton, who gave helpfulness as is emodied in this out very serious trouble being now be called, is the grand towards the musical services of the for, broader, and deeper and
It is understood that the Maxi invited. The actual dispute in of the present Earl of Strath don Orphan Asyluni and the In- those millions who must exercise favourably inclined towards the daughter of a younger brother cathedral, £2,500 each to the Lon- generally stranger Education of cipal Councils in Shameen am awkward enough, and there are more and stands, therefore, to fant Orphan Asylum, Wanstead, the guiding influence upon the request of a committee of Chinese, added dangers that the strike the Duchess of York in the £1,000 each to several other chari-land to-morrow. may take a political turn, Canton relationship of a first cousin once ties £38,832.
removed. She has two younger Mr. Thomas Woof, of Western- being infested with mischief-brothers.
.. Tho case revives road, Sutton. Surrey, mechanical makers. Already there have been memories of the celebrated engineer, formerly. president of "Douglas Causs," which occupied the English Bowling Association veiled suggestions thrown out- doubtless to hearten the strikers teenth century, and in which James
the Scottish Courts in the eigh£23,233- that the movement will result Boswell was one of the counsel at road, Brockley, Kent, late of
Mr. Percy Peet, of Breakspeare in the concession being handed its final hearing in the House of Messrs. T. Peet and Sons, Lant back to China. Little anxiety Lords. The issue there, was the street, Borough, S.E-£9,614,
legitimacy of a boy put forward need be felt that any such thing by the sister of the last Duke of will happen-luckily for the Douglas as heir to his uncle's Chiffere-but the possible danger to have been born (one of twins) in estates (not to the title), and alloged liea in the fact that these political France in her fifty-first year. The hopes may be used to provoke claim was rejected in the Court of incidents that might otherwise Session by the Lord President's casting vote, but that declalon was never occur. Accordingly it is to reversed in the House of Lords. be hoped that the strike will bo The case has often been re-tried in settled without delay for emphati Print, and although Boswell (who was for the claimant) protests that cally the possible consequences "no fact can be more respectably are too grave for it to be allowed ascertained than by the judgment to drag along interminably.
of the most august tribunal in the world," we are afraid the general opinion is that a fraud was crowned with success.
Church Support.
(The Piper.) Piping down the valleys 'wild, On a cloud I saw a child,
Piping songs of pleasant glee. And he laughing said to me:
man, of Warren-road, Kingston-on-Pipe a song about a Lamb!"
The Rev. Frank Robert Chap Thames, formerly Archdeacon of everything to his daughter Helen, "Pipe, pipe that song again; Sudbury and Canon of Ely, left So I piped with merry cheer. "who for some time has sacrificed her enjoyment of life to attend on
So I piped: he wept to hear.. the sufferings of her old father" £8,857.
* ྩོ ་.
Mr. Harry Edward Bickerton, of Barbourne-terrace, Worcester, who won many trophies as a sprinter in his early days, directed that the following should be inscribed on his tombstone:
"His race well run, The Goal well won. Now comes Rest."
MISUNDERSTOOD,
£5.156
Sweet young Thing
and kiss me both of you
MotherWall, well! Comelhere
Current Comment.
Criticisms of slipshod Even the lay mind can grasp
"OFFEN." English such as that i the fact that expenses in connec
made by Sir Henry (coming in with attentive partner tion with the maintenance and Hadow, when he complained about from room where a hard bridge work of a cathedral must neces- people saying "offen" led them match has been in progress)-Oh, sarily be heavy and the appeal nowhere, said Mr. Dover Wilson, Mother. I've just captured the which the St. John's Cathedral has at Bedford College, Regent's
addressing the English Association booby1 issued with a view to the reduc Park. It did not represent the tion of the very large deficit with realities of the situation. He need which they are faced will no doubt only quote Queen Elizabeth, who raeet with an immediate response. pronounced
"often" off ea Many not connected with the which they know, because she Cathedral no doubt regard ita spelt it "offen." maintenance as more or less of a responsibility on the whole Colony and will send along a contribution but there are others who are:
it hus been said at times that is not such a long time the United States has no definita enquiring whether it is right in after all, but the great advance in policy in China, and there have view of the large number con- the world's knowledge of Palestine been international moments when nected with the Cathedral to and of the ancestral lands from justification for such belief could whom it would cause little hard which that country drew its be found, Witliouf too much look- ship to wipe off the entire deficit, primary culture, that has been ing says the Christian Science. that letters should have been sent made by the Royal Asiatic Society Monitor. to prominent business and other since it was incorporated
the Americul
ONE HUNDRED
YEARS.
One hundred
and one ycara
in
Dr. Schuinn and His Work in China:)
But
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"Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe
Sing thy songs of happy cheer" So I sang the same again,
While he wept with joy to hear, "Piper, sit thee down' and write In a book, that all may read." So he vanish'd from my sight,
And I pluck'd a hollow reed.
And I made a rural pen,
And I stain'd the water clear, And I wrote my happy songs
Every child may joy to hear.
-William Blake.
WEATHER CALENDAR.
JULY 16.
most of wholf Being business men having daily döntact with hongs there, to revise the traffic and police regulations so as to remove all possible cause for complaint. Several members of the British Municipal Council and their Chinese friends are now inform- ally exchanging views in order to form new rules agreeable to ait concerned as far as possible, while providing adequate protection to Shameen and giving the 'nïinimum inconvenience to the residents and their friends. The more thinking Chinese in Canton are not behind the recent circular attacking the Americans as well as the British and the French policies in China the Cantonese actually concerned desiring to treat the issue as local, according to a compradore with a large foreign firm. in. Shanicen. Moreover, the Americans have nothing to do with the British or the. French Municipal Council there,
NAVY AND EMPIRE. FAIR OPENED BY LORD BEATTY.
IN AID OF LEAGUE.
Admiral of the Fleet Lord Beatty recently opened an All Empire Navy League Fair at Australia House in aid of the Nayy League and its Sea Cadet Corps.
He welcomed the opportunity to 1764. I am almost crying to find
the glorious morsel of sum- extend a greeting to so many of mer that we
have had those who came from the great turned into just such a Dominions overseas, and whose watery season as the last. interest meant a great deal to the Even my excess of verdure, that in the great Dominions and in Navy. He often thought, he said, which used to comfort me the outlying portions of the for everything, does not satisfy me now.
Walpole
POINTS OF VIEW.
I believe that marriage is the Colonel Fremantle, M.P.
Empire people were better able to judge of the vital importance of the Navy than those whose homes were in the Mother Country; not that it was possible to extinguishi that sex sense which was inherent *||0|0|0|0|0||0|09060nQianqiaoneve hold pews or ever attend. It opinions held at that time. This is giving reason to suppose one thing that sobers women. League primarily consisted in ty men irrespective of whether they 1823, has profoundly altered the Minister to that land, Dr. Schir,
in every inhabitant of the British Isles. The work of the Navy certainly a strong argument and of the society, emphasized in his or whole, it is to be true no longer: Br. Ramsay MacDonald strikes all the importance of the Navy in
point Lord Chalmers, president that if this has been true, in part
ing to inculeate into the minds of many whose memories can carry address at its one hundred and In the past ten weeks this trained me as a pure Conservative-The the defence of the Empire, and as them back to the times when they first anniversary. To our grand administrator were connected with churches at fathers," he said, "the new light diplomatist has visited every con
and experienced Duke of Sutherland. home will compare unfavourably was so dazzling as to obscure salur district in the Republic to striving to get back to the normal eften a most stern critic of the a guarantee for the pence of the Nature herself is constantly world. The Navy League was the attitude of people connected their vision of essentials, in co which he is accredited, discussing average.-Mr. E. J. Lidbetter. with a church who allow it to get tradistinction to details more or less with all groups of Americus there
The absolute dissolution of criticism, for they were sure it into debt with that of many relevant." No thinking man or
Admiralty. They welcomed such church supporters at home who woman, however, he urged, would the matters which affect their Russia is taking place at an appal was fair, just. and based on although often not in the best of now wish to obliterate the reinterests, and, thus doing, not only ling rate.-Sir Arthur Shipley: circumstances themselves
national and imperial interests. cords of new knowledge of, the hus secured information of high
Our care for economy had pro-They knew at the Admiralty that always eager to do what they can century or to prevent the further Washington, but also, under the throughout our
ancient world-won-in-the-past-value-to-the-State-Deputien at quced--dulness-and-greyness the objects of the Navy League in support of their church and enriching of the human mind direction of Mr. Hughes, hus Leverhulme.
cities. Lardere identical with their own. Its -who-in-spite of the difficulties they with discoveries still to be made. co-ordinated the parts of the policy
charitable work was world-wide. are often up against would never He added:
What we want in politics is the Ever since its foundation" the think of appealing to outsiders for help.
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The China Mail.
Boxomers, WEDNESDAY, July 16, 1924
THAT SHAMEEN STRIKE.
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of his homeland in the country of spirit of enterprise and adventure League had never failed in its his official residence. The details which youth possesses. Mr. activities to assist distressed and world, the one fatal thing is to say of Dr. Schurman's labours -hive to the moment "Stay, thon art
Foot, M.P.
suffering among men of the Royal fair? Fair as our past century murked an are from the protection
A stout, unequivocal, unhesitat-Navy and the mercantile marine Ambitious Macao Scheme. has been, we look forward to a of life and property, through taxa defence of gambling is a long-felt and their dependents.
Now that it has been definitely hold of our second century.
still fairer prospect on the thres. tion of American goods and trade-want-The Hon. R. Erskine of With regard to training ships announced that work is shortly, to There is a moral in this senti of the fixed court at Shanghai to diminish. We cannot afford such succeeded, in instilling into the
mark registration, to the relation Marr.
and the sea cadet corps, the be started on the race-course atment for all to contemplate.,
As Bishops multiply, the clergy League had endeavoured, and had Macho, statements are being made
the central government (so-called). Į * public of the plans of the pro
Quite special attention has been Bishop of Durham.
a plethora of commanders. Lines written in
young generation the sex sense moters for making the scheme a THE FALLEN reply to a most aid the subject of how China is
upon which the foundations of the financial as well as a popular
The average person is some- Empire were built, and its work in unfortunate re- to spend the money remitted her times inhuman, not because he that direction was a great national success. If present plans 'mature
quest-there be from the Boxer Indemnity fundslikes it, but because he is untrain- asset. The oversea branches of the first meeting will be held ing no dictionary available for a Seven-twellthe of America's ed. Rev. E. L. Macassey. quring next China New Year passage from a notice of Romeo and i: 190%, but by Act of Congress on the will of the people do not all success in instilling into the
translation of the following thare in those dues were reinitted
the Navy League were an asset holidays. The date proposed is Juliet In one of the weekly full remission is made of "all pay-exist, have never existed, and public mind what our require- Governments based exclusively of great value, and he wished them well chosen as it will not, clash reviews: Still, he (Romeo) was ments which would have been probably will never exist.-Signor ments were and what the Navy with racing in Hongkong, which a great improvement on the epicene demanded under the agreements Mussolini. will, we understand, be expected ephobe who is usually served up that closed the anti-foreign up,
HIGHBROW.
to furnish support in the shape of torus. This has provoked "Lucio”
entries and riders. Local owners in the Manchester Guardias to trill rising in the century's opening
have already signified their inten, tion of sending their ponies to Macao and the 'services of some bewailing this fact, As the of our gentlemen riders will doubtless be available for meet- scamen's strike proved. Nothing ings during the holidays. the European can say counts statement, credited to Mr. W. L. against the blind, unreasoning Gerrard, that the new company fear which besieges the Chinese intends to hold meetings every mind. Taunts, threats, promises Sunday throughout the year, at
first blush appeara
rather
The
as follows:-
at us,
months. The balance thus due I'll sing thee songs of Araby, or would have been something in chat about Herodotus, excess of $6,000,000. What was Supply the rules of poker or remitted sixteen years ago was to the law of tithe and glebe, be spent "for educational pur-" Explain an ohm and other terms poses, and went to Tsing Hu with which the learned prod University, nor, despite the tur Contrast the works of Sardou moil of China's past mensy decade, with the plays, achieved as there been failure or delay in by Scribe;
the turning "over of such payments. I'm very hot on vitamines; I'm Speaking of his transaction before
ready with a homily
the Chinese Chamber of Com- On axolotls habits, or the merce, the other day, Dr. Schur
Great and Lesser Grebe; man called attention to the. I know my atlas through and preamble of the bill just passed by through from Wrangel Isle the Washington legislators, label- to Romiley,
from Ravel to Delibes,
In fact, I'll talk on anything the
totem rites of savages, The incidence of measles, or
statistics of ineb
riation's horrid pitfalls and its
dreadful urban ravages But, on! You've got me guessing with an epiceno, ephebe!
SHADOWS BEFORE.
Coming Events Advertised In The Mail.
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ENTERTAINMENTS.
meant to the Empire.
BIG HAUL.
HOLD UP WITH TOY FISTOL
AMAH UNDER ARREST.
Robbers who held up the only man in the house with a toy pistol have got away with $1,326 worth of jewelry and other articles from 346 Des Voeux Road W...
July 16. Coronet Theatre "The Prince and the Pauper."
July 16 The Star Theatre; Society Snobs."
ChauFei Fong, a manied woman, Now reports that carly yesterday July 16 World
morning she was awakened by the. Forgive and Forget"
screams and kicks of her sister... July 16.-Queca's Theatre; in-law, who slept in the same bed. "White Tiger.”
She saw two men in the room, PUBLIC AUCTIONS. *
one holding her sister-in-law by the July 19-Lammert, Bros., at throat; the other immediately
COMPANY MEETINGS
other jewelry they could find and
| —all are unavailing. The workers ambitious. However, with the] meekly accept the decree that they support of between 50 and 60 must leave 'under threat of violent Chinese-owned stables, there death and out they walk to a man. should be no difficulty in provid- This the Shameen exodus is by case in Manila some years ago ing the horse-flesh as was the no means a new feature in when races were held every.
And music never baffles meing the return on an act of Sales Room, Brandy, Whisky, caught hold of her by the neck Chinese strike tactics. None the Sunday. We are inclined to doubt,
friendship." This is precisely the hock, liqueurs, etc., 11.30 am. pliraseology used in the remit-
and told her not to make a noise.' less it is as we have suggested however, whether sufficient public
tance in Mr. Roosevelt's Pre-Sales Rooms, office requisites, gold neck chains and a watch July 19 Lammert Bro, at He then stole from her person two above an extremely disturbing support will be forthcoming to
sidency, thus clearly indicating noo Extremely disturbing is the event. Presumably when it all is said and done, the new com- justify so many meetings. When
that the United States regards her
with appendages valued at $240. news from Shameen that, the framed the
The two men took all the offending traffic pany will, to a great extent, be
relations with Chinu as entirely 180, The Peak, saluable caeshold July 28-Lammert Bros., at friendly, Chinese office and house employées regulations the Shameen Muni- dependent upon the commission
no matter what dif ficulties and differences of official
property, 3 p.m. have left the Concession as a cipal Council was actuated by earned on the totalisator: and protest against the regulations motives that had been very care the public is prepared to spend
view have marked the past few experience has shown that whille recently adopted by the Shameen fully weighed. Presumably also generously during an anal meet- LATEST WILLS. Norris Midwood which must be reciprocated Yours. Then the Ambassador con Mr. George tinued: But it in a friendship Municipal Council. This move the Council, knowing the restless. ing. attendances fall during ment is net unlike Hongkong's state of feeling, among the the extra meetings. The scheme Congleton Cheshire, and of to coase to be friendship. And OTHER MEETINGS.
of North Rode, Friendship that is one-sided is apt famous seamen's strike, amount-Chinese, gave due thought to the for racing at night during the Manchester, calico printer of ing as it does to a boycott of the possible consequences of the new little to recommend it from a Co., president of the National to American business interests Problems and the Ancient Wis- summer, is a weird one and has Messrs. G. Norris Midwood and cannot hold the petty impediments July 16, Lecture on Social European community. Nor does laws. Consequently it is hardly horseman's point of view We Polo Pony Society, who left Ease here, and illegal taxation dom at 16, Queen's Road Central, the resemblance end here for we likely that the Council will could advance many arguments to his chauffeur, John Slaughter, altogether friendly. When it are told that intimidation has feel inclined to succender the against it, but as we wish the newe
£228,245
is announced that the new Fat 0 At Hater May Ln the phatol with which the man had
5.45. p.m. played a large part in the exodus, more as it has never been venture.every success, let it sufft.. Rodent Ashimusid gary of Cannot effectively sot China #titute, Mrs. H. L. Clift of Em-been held up. It was found to be"? Booth street, Manchester, Heaton house in order, it is meant (and manuel Medical Mission, Nanning, a toy one. PANA for us to go on record that the Moor, and Llandrillo in Rhos truly) that no outsiders can do for West River, give stepunt of her The amah of the house is are told, to plan if attempted will soon be Denbighshire, solicitor, head of this great Asistic people what they work, 10.30 am,
regulations. abandoned.
Messrs Boote, Edgar, and Ry must do for themselves, Direct
suspected of befag in the plot and has been arreated..
!!!
Intimidation is a potent weapon approached, we with the Chinese. There is no use | reconalder.
an attaché case and got away. The woman then found than a third- Tobber, had been holding up the September 16--Extraordinary only man in the place, who was Registered Office of the Company, that he had even chase ime general meeting of The China sleeping on the couch is the Sugar Refining Co., Ltd., at the sitting room, with pistol and Pedder Street, noon
mediately the men had gone..
The robbers, were lost sight of In found in Third Street, inside being Whitty Street by this male relative. several private papers which had The attaché case was afterwards
been among the stolen things, alan
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