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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1935.

SHREDS AND PATCHES.

Those who are members of the catheatre embrace

Hongkong public meeting of such THE COST OF IT. All out for many nationalities. Mr. Garratt

importance as yesterday's. How..

"direct action" - conchakës :-"There is one thing ever it must be remembered that should pause to consider what it that a travellor can say, and that the statement was merely an may cost.. "After several years' is that at whatever port ho lands, individual opinion expressed in a work the League of Nations has he is sure to find Scotsmen-r100 moment of excitement the finished the first complete record that has migrated all over the earth. of losses from the World War. Mit ever bound together by their officially compiled from all art id songs. As Sir Harry sources. They are:-

(Tander) tol An interviewer: Our songs fill us with patriotism, These love and justice. sem to keep na fairly on the richt The bond of music is the road! traveller's beat passport."

speaker was

little perhaps a carried away by the "hendy" experience of addressing a huge meeting--and it did not in any sense represent the feeling of the meeting, least of all of the Chair- man and his supporters, every thoughtful person knowing quite well that Britain is not the only nation with interests in South

9,998.771 known dead: 2,901,300 presumed dead; 6,295,512 seriously wounded; G$180,333,637,097 direct cost

of war; G$29,960,000,000 property fosa

of war: G$38,561,276,280 capitalised

value of loss of life.

in assessing the capitalised value

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The Cathedral "A LOATHSOME Chaplain in a FILM." recent germon had something

China, though the lead devolves

to say on the alleged representa of life lose the League figured the tion of British life in certain on her, of course, as her stake in value of a human life for war films. Here is a nota, taken from this part of the world, taking purposes at $4,720 for Americans. Home paper on another kind of Hongkong alone, far exceeds that $4140 for British, $2,900 for film which rightly bears the above

French, etc.

caption. of any other single Power. The

Moscow 18 exploiting the days of the "Arrow" Incident are

The Suckbut for July kinema in its insidious cam- past, and individual punitive THE BEST contains an interesting paign against Britain and British measures are no longer possible in PASSPORT, article called "East of prestige. Advertisements in the a world of international diplomatic Percival Garratt, Mr. Garruit wae Gaskinn. the Soviet Kinemato- Suez written by Mr. Moscow papers announce that the intercourse.. Apart from the a member of the World-renowned graph Trust, has completed, after purely minor incident we have Quartetto which recantly visited a month's hard work, a 16.000-ft. mentioned above, the meeting was Hongkong and the Far East, Mr. Alm entitled "The Yellow Race." Garratt has some interesting things. It depicts the life of the Chinese a signal success, and everyone to say of music in the Far East. He factory workers, and the villain with interests in South China-fers to Mr. Eber of "Singapore is an Englishman, who is repre- American as well as British-who is most enterprising in arrang-sented as the superintendent of a number of must cordially thank the pro-ing musical meetings where the best factory in which a

chamber music (classical and young Chinese girls are employed.. moters for enabling them to add moitern) can be heard. At Heng- The film could not be shown in their voice to the demand for keng 'I made the acquaintance of Europe because of its indecencies. immediate action to save the Prof. Danenberg, a distinguished The hero is a young Chinese Com- artist and teacher, who is the munist student, who is guided Colony and its trade from ruin.proud father of a won who is already and advised by his friend, e Britain, as we have said, is the known as Hongkong's Piano Russian agitator of the Third country that must take the lead. Prodigy

Josef International. The end of the The telegram which yesterday Tofnamn of the future?** . Mr. picture shows the Englishman evening's meeting despatched to Garratt continues: "Coming to boarding a steamer to leave China the Prime Minister is one that hanghai one was pleased to find and the happy factory under the makes the path of duty clear. If municipality that is making a management of a Chinese Soviet. Mr. Baldwin heeds the call, Hong-serious effort to encourage mushy by The Moscow bourd of censorship kong will be saved, and everyporting an orchestra that gives community. here, the American Symphony Concerts on Sundays, among the rest, will be able to d chamber music on Thursday rejoice at the common benefit thus ghts, Shanghai has a large popu lation of French, Russians. Talinis, English and Americans, and the

achieved.

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has passed the picture as having untold agitation value, and the management of the Goskine has been congratulated and ordered to make a hundred copies for distri- bution in Russia and China.

IN THE LONDON DOCKS.

One of the most interesting feat mumbers of sedge-warblers who tres of the whole place is found in were building their nests in the the number of strange foreign plante

It cannot be gainsuid that international complications might well result from a blockade of Canton instituted by the British Government not acting in consort with other Powers. In what light, which can be seen growing, and swaying reeds, when my attention for instance, would other Powers sometimes fovering, here, brought, was caught by a flower I had never look upon prevention which might no doubt, by the ships which are observed there before, and I found have to be forcible of the landing busy unloading along the quays and it to be a beautiful gludiolus brought, of cargo at Canton by ships docks on the water's edge. One no doubt, in some case from the is entirely different from the pro- running under the particular day, for instance, I found & gully Transvaal or other of its native

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British waters in the West River the castorving, with its red and theres were several there, having may be sent to Peking and may (and there is no necessity for yellow blossoms. It is true they had established themselves in the moist succeed in settling the Shanghai them so to do in order to get to dwindled in size since they had been soil which caught all the sum it incident in the usual diplomatic Curton). How, again, would any brought by some ship Trom Afro; could manage, and indeed the plants course. They may even settle it such cargo be dealt with? These but they had managed to survive, seemed to be doing well. Muny. are questions which must have and here for several years in succes beautiful natives grow in profusion within the first week of their stay: presented themselves to all who sion. I found the quaint flowers here ule, sneli us ragwort, which But meanwhile the trade of Hong- have given that particular aspect which are probably there now, ever is found in dence masses naud in the kong is being steadily ruined by a moment's thought and if Mr. dwindling in size yet strangely re-souson is covered with the ringed insidious forces in Canton, forces Fitzroya. argument had been miniscent of the rough river bed caterpillars of the cinnaber mot

along those lines his views would rom which they came in the days which in summer fly in vast numbers which will contemptuously ignore probably have been much more when they were bright from in the docks, making bright scarlet Africa in some packing-case. and black specks in those solitudes. any settlement in Péking and generally endorsed. The analogy pursue their malevolent purpose he drew between the proposed These eases are frequently broken. Other benatiful moths and butter- to the bitter end unless they are

measures to end the present open on arrival, and one sees multi flies love the docks. I have seen intolerable situation. in Southtudes of tiny plants of unknown copper hatterflies settling on the checked by some outside means. China and events in the South species coming up in all likely and great flowers of the convolvulus, and That was the vital point of the American Republic, Venezuela, in unlikely, pots, Thousands of tiny inded I never saw this flower sise- seedlings of linseed sprout between where growing in such beauty sit telegram adopted by yesterday's 1902, weakened his argument the trolley-lines which min along does here. Sometimes it covers the public, meeting. Nearly everyone considerably, however, although the quay-sides, only to be crushed, ground for a long way round with in the huge audience realized this, such as Mr. Best, the speaker who footing there. One man who lived in the small variety but with a not by reason of any inaccuracies but always trying.ofred to obtain a huge white or pink bells, it will witness the fact that the only followed him alleged, because Mr. the docks amused himself during a wealth and profusion of flowers dif- thoughtful umendment offered Best was obviously referring toebeor or two by planting musical ficult to rendize: Succory, too, makes related simply to a matter of incidents there which took place plants round his littl wooden many a bare patel of ground beauti- some years previous to those shelter, and here one could see flax fol, while in the season toadflax ab- wording only. Therefore, although referred to by Mr. Fitzroy. The with its pretty blue flowers, hemp,solutely covers the grind for great it was only to be expected that facts regarding these latter as anise, dill, and many of the spices distances. One more beautiful effect Hongkong. Wednesday, August 26, 1925. irrelevances should creep into recorded by historians are as which the ships bring with them must be mentioned, for in the 'some of the utterances, it was follows. The Government of Once, too, I found numbers of tumn starwort runs along the YESTERDAY'S MEETING. distinctly unfortunate that at Venezuela was at the time in the datura plants in flower, scenting the croake and canals like lines of bline hands of an oligarchy who air as they had done in their Eastern fire. And these are only a very few least one of these irrelevancies governed to suit their own con-home: and once a sheat of henbane of the flowers to be seen so near the Yesterday's public meeting was should have offered gratuitous veniences. The President (Castro) in far larger quantities than I have heart of London, such a signal success in almoat offence to a great friendly nation, ruled for eight years as a dictator, ever seen anywhere else, molester every way that we are distinctly There, is no need to repeat the revolutionary and in defiance of

his methods being corrupt. and here from year to year.

One day I was watching a reedy reluctant to utter a note of remark here-actually it was obligations to the foreign credi-gedly which bordered a little stream, Black-headed buntings are reproof. This reluctance is not negligible is itself and only tors of the country. The wrongs for the sake of observing the great due to any fear that our remarks acquired a seeming importance inflicted by him on companies and ^ "Individuals・・ of various will be quoted in a speech by Mr. from the fact that it was uttered nationalities who had invested C. C. Wu as evidence of disunity; from a platform-and the incident capital in industrial enterprises}

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In the springtime the air in liter ally filled with the songs of birds. Turks ar to be found in great num- common here, and robins ad wrens, and along the river-bank you enin always see long lines of gulls and tems feeding on the edge of the tule or resting on the roofs; of the wirehouses and other buildings... it is due solely to an anxiety lést may well be allowed to drop. in Venezuela led to a blockade of teeming with revolutions, became I saw a very pretty sight one day. we he misunderstood to be criticie. However it is timely to note the the parts by the British in con- considerably quieter." So far as Aves come in from South ing the achievement which the position of Americans in our Junction with Germany and Italy, results go, then, Mr. Fitzroy has America and berthed on the Nort and" as diplomsey proved of "no furnished with a stronger arga- Dock,that is, the one built out meeting represents. To have midst. Their loyal co-operation avail to obtain reparation, coercion ment those in favour of the near the river with a great stretch organized the largest public meet during the entire period of the had to be adopted. President institution of a blockade of of green land in front, and hera a ing in the history of the Colony strike gives the lfe to any idle America was at first in favour, mentioned at the outset of this landed, many of them so tame that Roosevelt's attitude on behalf of Canton, although the difficulties grent number of foreign birds were

and to have carried it through suggestion that they are out of of Venezuela, owing to what he article have still to be faced. The they were not confined but-were with the eclat which marked sympathy with our troubles, considered the violation of the circumstances of the two cases climbing out among the men, yesterday's proceedings is a. "Their strong repudiation of the principles of the Monroe doctrine. certainly bear the analogy and the Some of them were being sold cheap- triumph that cannot be belittled. attitude represented by the

This attitude, however, consider individuas of various nationali- lý by the crew, and you ably changed when it was found ties who have invested capital in could see lories and parrots Nor can anything but the highest Canton Christian College man that President Chatro treated the Industrial enterprises in South of many kinds, set well pralse be given to the principal festo stands to their lasting credit interests of Americans with the China would welcome any solune other species, fluttering about speakera and to the telegram against a hundred silly legends, same high handed contempt for tion which would lead

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