WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1925.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Hongkong Education,
(To the Editor of the China. Mail).
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Sin--This "Fert:feated Tea chers" controversy seems to get) more futile pvery day. May I attempt to bring it back to sanity with a few points with which think everyone will agree,
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who was notoriously unit through his own Malt started wiving advice as to how to keep one's health, he would probably be discredited. So too if a man says, "1 donir hold! with this are education, hut what I dus say is.... I think we should take his opinions with considerable réserve.
ing the profession would have been far more proficient in their Work if they had secured a diploma or certificate of some sort. Both these universities have instituted diplomas in education.
What would people in England think if they knew the sort of things being done out here? employing uncertified intraine.
nd inexperienced teachers, when it could well afford to secure the right type of men.
Surely it is high time some thing was done.
Yours, etc.
'ASTOUNDED. Hongkong, May 12
Daylight Saving.
To The Bellor of the Chine Mail.
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STRICTLY BUSINESS.
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ARMS EVIL.
SOVIET REQUESTS TURNED VALUE OF PUBLICITY AS
DOWN.
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London. May 12..
In the House of Commons, Lt.-
DETERRENT.
A GENEVA DEBATE.
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LONDON, May 12. The Rumanian, Polish and
THAT PEACE ·PACT.
NEW FRENCH NOTE TO"
- GERMANY.
"PROFOUNDLY PACIFIC."
(Reuter's Servies.)
PARIS, May 12" The French viewpoint regarding Germany's guarantee pact. pro-
posals is embodied in a draft Note to Germany already handed to the British and Belgian Governments. The summary that has been published states that the Note, is profoundly pacific and emphasises willingness to cooperate with Germany in attaining supplemen-
Col, W. Guinness. Under Secre- tary of the Treasury, in the course of replies, stated that ap- plications by the Soviet trading Persian delegates in particular organisations Arros and Centre displayed much anxiety during soyus in Britain for guarantees of the important discussion of the £2,000,000, and £100,000, respec-treneral committee of the arms tively under the Trade Facilities conference with regard to the Act fast June were turned down obligation of giving publicity con- parely on their business merits.cerning supplies of arms.
He added it was the Govern-, They contended they should be ment's palkey to refuse credit exempted from affording informatary guarantees for peace, provided facilities to the Soviet or itation as long as neighbouring the present treaties and conventiona agents, until they had restored country, meaning Russia, was not are not weakened and the_rights their creditors' confidence.
party to the proposed convention. and Interests of the Central Mr. Burton declared the United European states are not impaired. States in all circumstances would give the fullest publicity to arms shipments The United States Government and people would be very disappointed if the conven tion did not sufficiently provide for publicity.
If us asserted the Soviet's Faithculties were complicated by the fact that it had to pay 24 per ceat. on the money market this couf! be attributed to the Sovier's nincial recordi of lack of
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FOE OF BOLSHEVISM. BORIS SAVINKOFF COMMITS SUICIDE.
The discussion was adjourned.
EARLIER CABLES.
GENEVA, May 12.
Ta dangerous to generalise. I remember suffer- ing at the hands of a wrangler
Sir. With reference to the re- who could not explain conic ported trial of summer tune or the sections, but that should not make daylight saving scheme by still me ponderan wranglers is re-mother local firm and the argu-security.
hers, So too I know of the ments for and against it as given hendamaster of Board School Ig your representative by other who has written one of the most business houses, I think those illuminating books, an elementy were, rost sound which pointed teanry criticism over published it the grisat inconvenience of any and who has obviously all the ulteration which was not mutually attribute of the perfect teacher. Fagreed to by other ports in this " The only hope is to plump for the anne bath from the point of view | system that gives the most rea-for actual shipping and keeping in sonable chance of success. taking touch with ach other's marken things by and large..
Again, the Bank. another 3. 1 think that most local pointed out, would be a big stum-1 educational authorities in Eng-bling block unless the new hours laid would jump at the, young were adopted owing to certain A few hours previously he committee pronounced in favour of enthusiastie Oxford honours man work being imposible to procted wrote to M. Djariinsky, head of the prohibition of the export of arnis etc., to private individuals, if they could get him at the price with until the exchange lists are the Police, begging for his libera-but favoured its being allowed It looks as though Hongkong were (jak
rion, He received a hopeless offering a fair wage if we can get
Therm is another way of loolding answer and threw himself from Case of governments under certain
conditions. such; or perhaps the said for it t
Who seriously thinks the fifth-floor window, being kill hypothetical enthusiast, is attracts that the tadpro will where) el instantly.
: here for his mali"
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(Reuter's Service).
Moscow, May 12. Boris Savinkoff has committed suicide in prison...
The technical committee of the arms conference has adopted the British proposal to exclude warships and aeroplanes from the category of objects of whigh the is 110t allowed. The export decision must be ratified by the general committee. The legal
HOW AMERICA STANDS. ed by the glamour of the Rasi und fitrietly to the pew hours? Ha! [Boris Savinkoff was a well-
WASHINGTON, May 12, Official circles. believe that the the chance of contact with an un- works late at night often enough | known, unti-Bolshevik: who was known civilization-it, good his own sweet with and in alleged to be the lewding spirit of action of the American delegation ck to him: he will certainly be to be expected that he will be up the west winter-revolutionary at the Geneva arma conference in mere likely to teach, the Chinese rain at some marthig hour in plote, recent years, operating supporting British motion to ex something than the man who the morning and if the taipan ostsin Ruskin. He was arreted clude warship and aircraft from is not to time in the morning on Russian Territory on August the operation of the proposed arma treaty, represents a desire to 4. After all the teaching of welk there is still & Rathe truth 20 He was tried and sentenco facilitate the conference reaching Chinese, with their amazing in the athuge when the ent's away, to death, but recommended to oleonional Laalitions to which wmited play? Sa tehetselwery in ung eugene of a particular attitude of the. Wash- an agreement rather than any we brave the paralled in the morning stunt, may lie markable statement, in which beington government on the question Bunge, is not the same thing as origia for the A P.C. fire of bust-eld that he considered all his immediately involved. It is de auming the three Rs in the pegs which can be closed down et counter-revolutionary tivities understood that the delegation did rising generation in Easton 130 jironpfly, but it certainly! Were mistaken. He Paternised not discuss the status of aeroplanes father things bong omad. I think wouldn't be for 16 or any the Justice of the reywater "and and warships prior to their the cully hope of achieving any-employee of a firm which his ang-jackowledged that he was guilty departure for Geneva. thing our berg is to have men who thing to do with Chinese brokers. of the charges brought against have "read... no; to remember it would take an earthquakes er a
him. uddings I recognise, the .............. Hut fu eraldatze, a but stick of dynamite to, move the power of the Soviet and say," "H weigh and consider". A gads Chinese brokers engaged in the who loves the Russian nation Elleon from memory, probably piece goods trade, for instance must recognise the Soviet power" inaccurately) ; mon whose first ind in my ense gesting earlier to I do not ask for pity."] and constant bought will be the office would be of no avail "What if anything. have we to whatever. trach them? Is it worth whi-% How Hur calf the best in Chinese
culture be combined with the heate
in Europe? Am 1 to aim al turning our typists or engineers
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Yours, etc., OVERWORKED ALREADY.
Hongkong, May 12.
for good citizen...and so the the Biitor of die China. Madly!
forth and so
I am far from
saying that such a state of mind
Sir-Re Daylight. Saving. Why
CATHEDRAL OUTRAGE"
FINES BESTIES DEATH.
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· Seday, May 12.
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CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.
PAVING THE WAY TO UNION.
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London, May 1ự. This Church of Sendütd Bill has Hoes trud a third time in the House
of Commons.
“{The (hereh of Scotland Bill was intrarest by the Conservatives in James, 1921, and again inte
NOT PAID YET,
MORE DEBTS DUE TOʻ.
BRITAIN.
(Router's Service.)
LONDON, May 12. In the House of Commona, re- plying to a question by. Mr. R. A.. Taylor (Labour) whether the five former Russian horder States, such as Finland and Poland, had yet settled the proportion of the Tsarist Government debt con- tracted by the municipal autho- within their frontiers. rities Lt.Col. "W. Gulness, Under Secretary of the Treasury, said none of them had made definite arrangements either in respect of the Imperial debt or the British bond holders of the Riga and Vilna loans.
The benefits of the overseas trade and trade facilities acts were available to the States noticed, but a factor in considering the grant of applications would be the punctuality with which govern- ments and municipalities had dis- charged their obligations.
FRANCE'S DEBTS.
PRESIDENT.COOLIDGE'S HOPES.
(Reuter's American Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 12. President Coolidge holds the opinion that the Erench and American debt discussions -have entered the stage of definite con- crete negotiations and he is hope- ful of a satisfactory settlement.
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CHINA MAIL'S CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
(These cross-word puzzles have been made by experts but our readers are, joarned to watch out for occasional phonetic spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho.),
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HORIZONTAL
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Gent
12—Pinoed,, as a'bală, on a tou
Melody, air
16A broad thoroughfare (abbr) 17—Order of Marit (abór.). 18-A policeman (alang) 20-Right (abbr) 21-Exit
22-Encountered 24-Over (poet) 25-Existed 28Mere brown 28-Largo Mah-hawks 30-Lowest commissioned army
oMcer (abbr)"
31-A river in Poland' 32-Scotch word for "gway” 33-Point of compass (abbr) '34-9mail' beds
38 The rainbow 30-Makes love ta 40-Eludos
42-A bank, a slope (Scat-) 43-Man's name 45-Associate of Arts (abbr) 47-Brother (abbr) 40-Everything. 80-Latin for that is" (abbr.) 81-Arranging setting in a partie
ular spot
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153--Having no uso 88-An Arcadian Wordiano spirit 56-A large door 58-Belos (abbr)
Prefix, me sa "ax”
BD-Musinal note
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162 163
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THE INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE,
VERTICAL
4-To. walk with unsteady: guit 2-A diminutiva suffix 3Combining form meaning
"naw"
4The quality of being demort
strabia
Boy's name (famillar). 7-interjection.
-The state of being irreparable 9 The kernel of certain frulta 10-A Middle Atlantic State (abbr) 11-Prepared for markat, as meat. 13-Enemy
18-Vortebrate (abbr) 13-One of the graine 19-A Malay boat
21-Horses of a certain, color (23-in a dirsation toward
25-Personal pronoun
| 27-Pertaining to the East 29-A coualing device (pl.)
| 24-A' strong, short-legged horse
36-Possessive pronoun
| 37-Suffix, samo 1"""
38-Senator (abbr.)
41-Soldier miners.
|44-The sitting together of an độ
ganized ody
48 Exclamation of sorrow 18m A. molding, having in action:
long 3 curve 149-Web-footed: diving birds of
northern: seas 50-Island (poet.) 52-Indefinite article 51-Erblum (shem sym) 67-A term used in tennis 80-A great body of water |63—Hoad covering
85-Older in years' (abbr) 66-Paronat pronoun 67-Tantalum isham sym). 68-A New England Btata (abbr.) (The solusion of the above cross-word puzzle will appear in 'to-morrow's “China Mail" along with -o, new
cross-word puzzle.)
of Orsok goddess of the Hawn 62-Interjection 84--East Indies (abbr) e-Third son of Adam (Bibla). 67-A ruler
Wandered off 70-Angle: In a fort
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HUGE SURPLUS.
AMERICA'S NATIONAL
FINANCES.
(Reuter's American Service.)
EARLIER CABLES;!
WASHINGTON, May 12. While the bare announcement | that the State Department is in formally negotiating with France
WASHINGTON, May 13. regarding the French debt is the only official information available, The Director of the Budget it is generally understood that in- Bureau has advised President creased pressure for the French Coolidge that he is confiden: a settlement of the obligation was Government surplus of $108,000,000 recently exerted in several in for the Fiscal year ending June 30, formal ways. It appears that the the amount by which the President French Ministers who recently has been hoping the receipts will the conferred with the Under Secre- exceed expenditure.
is incompatible with the holdingt put it up to the P.W.D.) 1 addition to sentodes of death of a certificate, but I rertainly Government Departments, etc.?son of Hire persotis sentimrod think That a long prelation in the business firms would soon action with bond cutie an d by the Latur overment educational terfiinique in England | follow suit. might quite possibly be an actual handicap. No one gets into e rut sooner than a teacher if he dnes not keep a constant Watch on himself. (No one in this con- troversy seems to have quoted our
It is refreshing to see that one
SUNLIGHT.
Yours, etc..
Hongkong, May 12.
"Brokers' Alley."
The Cathedral, mebading Primat, in the House of Lords last sumtiiter, have deep hard half a lion len Sie Job Cilmour, moving Lonely Zadgorski, a quarter of a second reading on March 10, the milson levas and Bhaskargh and year, stad dus the Bill aimed at Kambowolf #000h lewa, and 20,000) irrasing the control of the Church [less, respectively.
fover its properties and endow "Aceablegrum published yester mons. He believed that Civersity, which offers the restre the Baitor of the China Mail. Conuiste neused in connection early date to the mor desired he Churchill, on his visit to France, exceeds his estimate of last autumn day stated-The coors martial of meniure wound.op the way atary of the Treasury, Mr. Winston The Director's latest estimate illuminating comments possibile! on the points now at issue),
with the Cathedral outrage hás con- Khôên the Retablished Church and were clearly informed by the by $67,000,000. He attributes the Sin-1 witnessed yesterday, Fluded. Nine: what would have been an ace dent seristan Zagorski, and Friedman, ont du prospect of infinitely better desired that the French funding and the post office department's including the the United Free Church, Holding American government that it is increase to heavier revenue returns arrowly averted in Tee House have been sentenced to death, two christian service for the Scottish commission should be sent to receipts. Street. This street. is very have beenisentenged to is years people. The rejection of the Bill | Washington at the earliest moment narrow, and during business and three years' imprisorment was moved by a Labour member, in order to discuss the debt settle. hours, greatly congested. Cannot spectively," and five others have the Rev. J. Hürr Motherwell, but ment with an American committee the police close it for vehicular heen sentenced in their abuende.] Hongkong May 12.
traffic or disperse the crowds of] brokers and others who hang about there in great numbers? 77% the Editor of The China Mail The Law says "The right of the
public is a right to pass along a highway for the purpose of legitimate travel, not to be on
of your contemporaries has had the courage to stand up against this somewhat foolish clamour.
Yours, etc..
INTERESTED.
was supported by another Tabum headed by Mr. Mellon at Washing- member. Mr. Janies Brown (South ton." The Government, anyhow, Shanghai, May 12-The Chinese | Ayrshire), former High Commie does not favour the idea that the Admiral this morning called on sioner of the Church of Scotland. French debt to America should the Consul Genert and officially. Tu motion was defeated by 202 to depend on the sums France re- apologized for shooting on, the, 110 votes, and the Bill was mad ceives from Germany. houseboat Doric, and offering pay-second time. 1 Sir.Taking an impartial view." According to the dictum of a also compensation for Mr Lawson ment as indicated yesterday and of the whole situation of Hong learned judge the public are. ant Hall's injuries. It is reported the kong education, it seems to boil allowed to hold meetings on high-gunboat has already left Shanghai down to this: that it is getting ways. Something must be done if water-Reuter.
unqualified men cheap.
So many nowadays leave a University with little to do, and the best thing for them seems to be to hang on in a school for a while until the clouds pass over.
Is this going to be any longer the plight of Hongkong?
I would earnestly implore any self-respecting person to ponder over the question.
But of course, Oxford Honours men are born teuchter--and so are a host of others, who cannot seek their way elsewhere.
casualty is to be avoided. Enclosing my eard.
Yours, etc..
SAFETY FIRST. Hongkong. May 13.
"Unbelievers."
(To the Editor of the Chino Mail
Bagpipes.
(To the Editor “of the China Mail).
Sir. With reference to the note under "Shreds and Patches" sale of bugpipes in Glasgow, in concerning the smallness of the
preference to the saxophone, '[' Sir-With reference to the wonder if anyone can tell me if recent discussion in your valued there is any connection between paper on "Modernism." you may the pipes very often played at deem the following cutting from a Chinese funerals, and the Scottish It is said that the "Classics" Home paper worthy of notice: bagpipes. Also, I am told that men, so long famous at our two "The number of Church digni- in the Yunnan province there la venerable and ancient seats of taries' who profess to believe in a tribe bearing nó semblance to learning, can do anything, every- the 39 Articles is steadily decreas the ordinary Chinese,, who wear a thing and something. The world ing. I really think something hort of kilt. What is the deduc- belongs to them! That may be in cught to be done about it. It's tion to be drawn from this? administrative positions." where absurd to have a Faith which is
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Yours, etc.,
the best of it all in that a row of not thoroughly accepted by its clerks, stenographers, etc., de ail followers. Either the 39 Articles-Hongkong, May 13. the work for them.
should be scrapped and others
SASS.
Barneses should be scrapped and P
But when it comes to teaching substituted or the Inges and
-it-is-entirely different
Pirale Menace.
The man i knows all father substituted foodbine 140 the Editor of the Shiny Mail. calculus, the statics and dynamies Willie" said to me not long ago:
of fluid pressures and what not "The pillars of the Church, of
Sir-A simple was to handle
is not necessarily going to be a England are, in many cases, un-pirates would be to supply each food aviator.
believera" The question is: how ship with tear gas. It's a simple However, my contention is not long will such pillars support suggestion but worth thinking whether an Oxford, Honours or it?" "Cambridge Tripos man can teach or not, but rather whether, if such porsons had ever intended enter
Youra, etc....
LOOKER-ON.
Hongkong, May 12.
| about.
*Yours, etc.,
Hongkong, May 12.
-CANUCK
NOTED CHINESE ACTRESS HERE,
Photo courtesy "Woh Taz Yat Po!
Miss Kum Sut Fong, described as the Mei Lan Fang of the fair sex. Mei Lan Fang is the celebrated Peking actor who had a season in Hongkong some years ago, and has played bo mány distinguished audiences... Mísa Kum Sur Fong comes with no ises a reputation and will lead her own company at the Tai Ping Theatre.
SALE OF SHIPS.
JAPAN GETS "AUSTRAL" VESSELS.
(Reuter's Service.)
SYDNEY, May Iz The Commonwealth Shipping Board has disposed of the whole eleven ships of the "Austral" type for
£250,000, including
seven vessels sold to Japan.
WORLD FLIGHT.
(Reuter's Service.)
CALCUTTA, May 12. The Italian aviator di Pinedo has arrived here.
COMING TUSSLE.
(Reuter's Service.)
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION
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HIGHER TAXES.
MEETING FRANCE'⇓
DEFICIT,
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Paris, May 12. Submitting is financial pro posals, M. Cuillaux, the Minister of Finance told the Finance Com
ear-
mittee that France's share of the Dawes monuities should be marked for the purpose of complet ing the reconstruction of the de vastated regions and the redemption of inter-Allied debts instead of being included in the credits of the Budget.
He announced that the Govern ment proposed to issue loan liquidating the Dawes annuities.
He estimated the deficit in the 1928 budget at four milliards, for which he was half a milliard in respect of departmental economies. Three and linlf "would have të be found and these would be raised The Labour Opposition in the inter alia, by un increase in lie. House of Commons has decided indirect taxes on tobacco and alcohol to, move the rejection of the and #1) increas in certain Government's Pensions Bill,
schedules of income, notably, those [This refers to the great pensions affecting securities and agricultural scheme outlined in the Budget] profits, also by the, creation?
regies reportedly in contection wit oil and insurance,
LONDON, May 12,
@Paris, May: 12-According to official statistics concerning the elections, the reialis în îna towns of the department of the Sein und the chief towns of other departs |ments "abow, that the socialiste won 18 councils and the radical socialista $8 at the expense of the moderate republicans and cODEST
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