1927-07-14 — Page 10

10

GRAND CLEARANCE

SALE

Must be cleared to make room for

NEW STOCK.

LADIES' DEPT.

RAIN COATS &

CAPES

$5.00 to $12.00

LADIES' PYJAMAS $1.50 to $2.00 NIGHT GOWNS $1.50

ENYELOPE CHEMISE & COMBINATIONS

50 cents

LADIES' WHITE

SHOES

$1.00 per pair.

ALSO

Remarkable Reductions in all

Departments.

YEE SANG FAT

K. M. A.

CO.

CERAMIC & REFRACTORY PRODUCTS

CLINKER,

PAVING,

BUILDING

& FIRE

BRICKS

STONE

WARE

PIPES &

GLAZED

TILES

Ask for our Illustrated Catalogue-Compare our Prices and Inspect our wide Range of Samples

THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION,

DODWELL & CO., LTD., Agents, Bangkang.

CHY LOONG.

New Season. Preserved Ginger. Best quality Prompt attention to Exporters.

Office:-231, Queen's Road Central, 2nd floor. Tel. Central 2530. Factory:-500-504, Canton Road, Yaumati Tel. K. 869.

MASSAGE Mr. SHIMIDZU

Mrs. HONDA.

No. 24, Wyndham Street. Tel. C. 4945.

MASSAGE NAKAMURA

No. 23, Stanley Street, 2nd floor.

an

THE CHINA MAIL.

THE WORLD OF BOOKS:

POPULATION OF AUSTRALIA,

porters in Australia,

A German Best Seller. A hovel, "The Man Who Was

the Great War, when his long quest end, the attainment of perfection. of goodness reaches its triumphal

WHITE OR YELLOW?| prevent intermingling, or pene- compiled by Miss Nea Walker, and tration of the white arcas by furnished with a prologue and those of the yellow race. We epilogue by Sir Oliver Lodge. doubt the practicability of this solution. South African experi- ence suggests that it could only end dianstrously to the interests Born Again," by Paul Busson, has No Australian who has

of the white population, and it is been attracting a great deal of at- thought seriously upon the ques-certain that no thinking white tention in Germany and Austria. tion at all can imagine that the citizen of the U.S.A. would en- A translation of it, made by Prince

dorse it. Even

Mirski and Mr. Thomas Moult, is to presupposing be issued here by Heinemann. The "White Australia" policy can

success (a rash presupposition) successfully be maintained for it does not interpret the "White story concerns the adventures, in successive incarnations, of one indefinite period, without Australia" policy, but replaces Melchior Dronte by name. He is tremendous additions to one it with a half-white Australia first met as a scion of the incredi existing white population. The policy, for which it would be ex-bly savage and brutal German aria- anxious stress unhappily un-ceedingly difficult to find sup-inally he is seen as a soldier of tocracy of the eighteenth century. accompanied by concerted action Whatever one may think of on a grand seale--which is being Mr. Chidell's conclusions, how placed upon the need for migra- ever, one cannot deny that his tion, both here and in Britain, book is provocative of very It is not an serious thought. is symptomatic of a fear which hysterical overstatement of the

The Dream and the Business, is none the less real because position and its dangers, but a has a aurer following here

No American writer of fiction than generally unexpressed. Deep sober review of the situation by Mrs. Edith Wharton, who, at her in their inmost minds the rulers a keen and practised observer. French home, recently completed of Britain and Australia know It should certainly be read by another story. She calls it "Twi that a handful of people cannot those parochial-minded people light Sleep," not in the now fami- for ever justify monopoly of tion, preferring to shut their deals. This is the desire, felt by liar menning of that term, but be- who oppose extensive immigra-cause of the subject with which she eyes to facta and to live in a most of us in some degree, to pro- fool's paradise playing "two-up" tect ourselves from the cruel ac- on the edge of a precipice. Not tuolitles of life and to delude our- only this minority of the people selves su that no unpleasantness of Australia, but every Aus- or pain can be feit. Mrs. Wharton tralian who thinks and desires and women with their devices for takes a group of luxury-loving men his

country's good, should eliminating mental and physical acquaint himself with Mr. pain. She reveals their personali- Chidell's arguments, and there-ties, awakes them from their state after think hard over the of self-delusion, and brings them inescapable conclusion, that our up against hard reality. national safety can only be as- sured by immigration on a large

more

Australia: White or Yellow? by Fleetwood Chidell,

William Heinemann, Ltd. 10s. 6d.

huge, rich continent, while the nations of the earth call for expansion within territorial boundaries which grow exiguous with the passage of time and the increase of popuin tion. A large fraction of the globe is very seriously over- populated, and in face of this simple fact the moral right of six million people to pursue what must appear a dog-in-the-scale. manger policy in a huge contin- ent cannot much longer go un- challenged. We may subscribe whole-heartedly to the "White Australin" doctrine as an ideal transcending any possible alter- native: we

attempt to may justify it on ethnic, eugenic, economic and sociological grounds; but we cannot hope to win the concurrence of those whose interests lie in another direction, and who insist upon putting the plain, embarrassing question: "Can you justify it on moral grounds? Have you, the happy and fortunate few, any right to exclude the miserable and unfortunate millions who are living cramped lives in the world's densely populated areas?"

ODD NOTES.

*

-

Stories of Several Sorts,

fiction about the childless wife. A We have had much in English story which Thornton Butterworth Announces, "Race of Leaves." by Mrs. H. H. See, concerns the tragedy of a man who is torn be tween love of his wife and father- hood. A Whitechapel man comes to influence and ease at St. Stephens in "Power" by Miss Naomi Juceb, Mr. Robert Hichens, who writes which the same publisher pronuses. ass, perhaps, than any other Eng- He also announces for an early date ly finished a new book. It is en- Wind," lish novelist of his position, recent-Richard Dehan's "Sower of the tale of pioneer titled "The Bacchante and

the days in Australia. Fourth- Nun," and is a story of the stage iny. Mr. Butterworth is about to novel will be published in the early Romain Boland. It belongs to his England during modern times. The issue "Annette and Sylvic," by autumn by the house of Methuen, new, very long novel and is a study which has most of Mr. Hichens's of the souls of two sisters. work, including The Garden of Allah,"

peace..

has

+

Fact and Fiction.

་

Sketches by Trollope.

Ex-

As a Mandarin Sees Us,

Sir John Murray has several A Chinese mandarin of the books coming out between, now and the end of the London season. The Hwuy-ung, fourth button,

diary of Lady Frederick Cavendish. written "A Chinaman's Opinion of-edited-by-Mr. John--Bailly,will! Us and of His Own Country," and

9001 be ready. We may Chatto announces it. The book Upon this moral issue, Mr. takes the form of a series of letters Pect early publication of the re- Chidell thinks, a war might which have been translated from miniscences of Lord Sydenham, the Chinese by Mr. J. A. Make- "My Working Life," and the Court easily be fought, "The moral

This is a book," the pub. "By the Clock of St. aspect of the debate," he says, lishers say, "which does not 'date'

of Mr. Percy Armytage. "will be more dubious than it nor is its significance ephemeral about Jutland" is also

Rear-Admiral Harper's "Truth was during the European war."

on every page there is matter for ready, and the same is to be said of nearly Writing without extravagance thought." Hway-ung presents as, Mrs. Gertruds Atherton's new of the baneful effects of the pro-and the civilisation which we repre- novel, The Immortal Marriage, fessional sensation-monger, he Bent, through the mind and eyes of which is woven round the love of A cultured Chinaman. Similarly, builds up what appears an un- he looks at his own countrymen und Aspasia and Pericles. assailable case, based upon data their civilisation and offers his im collected from Italy, Japan, pression on both. China and even France. One

A revival of Anthony Trollope feels, at the end of his lengthy

A Labour Leader.

has been in progress for some time. review of existing circumstances

Elkin Mathews announces now Mr. Harry Gosling, M.P., now a short dozen sketches on the subject and possibilities, that it cannot be very long before our moral has just written his reminiscences, tope contributed to the "Pall Mall veteran among the Labour leaders, of London tradesmen, which Trol- right to Australia is called into under the title "Up and Down Gazette" in 1880. They have lain question. In that case, he points Stream." It is a very happy title, hidden in the files of that journal out, opinion in Britain itself because Mr. Gosling was born until now, when it is thought worth would be divided, the British among the Thames watermen, and while to resurrect them, both for Labour Party having already his life's work has lain among them their own interest and because they committed itself to a policy of and other transport workers in Lon were the work of Trollope's last

don. He gives a picture Interested Thames as a water-way

of the days. This is following what has nations, he thinks, would seize when he first knew it, and an ac- "Household Words," to which, no it was been done for Charles Dickens in upon the first opportunity pro- count of the changes which time doubt, Anthony Trollope contribut- vided by some European imbro- has brought into its face.

The ed glio or menace to make their great dock strike of nearly forty demands. Britain's hands thus years ago finds an Intimate personal

Keats and Shelley. tied and her forces tethered, record in this book, which Methuen

Mr. Noel Douglas is adding two Australia would be virtually will publish.

interesting volumes, the poems of helpless. Not a pretty picture.

Keats and the "Adonais" of Shelley, When Mr. Chidell attempts to

Memoirs and Portraits.

to his recently begun Replica formulate a solution however, The memoirs of the late Lord Series. "Adonais," is, of course, o he is confronted with a task Ribblesdale are being edited by his funeral elegy on Keats, and which one cannot but think is daughter, Lady Wilson, who has present reprint is made from that beyond his powers, says the nearly completed the task. Sir printed at Pisa in 1821. Of it "West Australian."

Frederick Maurice is preparing the Shelley himself said that is Was He sug-life and private diaries of Lord "beautifully printed, and, what is gests that Asiatic immigration Rawlinson, who was one of our of the more consequence, correct- to certain large and defined areas most successful generale In the ly." The Keats reprint is done of Australia should be per- Great War. Mr. Arthur Irwin from the 1817 "Poems,"

a copy of mitted and welcomed, and visu- Dascent has done a full monograph which is said to have been found in Alises a continent half white, on the private life of Charles the the bosom of the dead Shelley. The

Second, half yellow, in which the white promised for the autumn by Cassell, copy has a note to that effect by Those three books are fly-leaf of the British Museum section would dominate and who also announce "The Lure of Locker-Lampson, who had the in- govern the yellow, and maintain Speed," by Major Segrave, and a formation from Robert Browning in a frontier vigilance which would volume on survival after death, a quite definite way.

non-interference.

the

THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1927.

DAILY CROSS-WORD`PUZZLE.

(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho.)

19

10

12

13

14

16

18

150

22

123

12M

12.8

335

34

35

36

39 (40

मा

42

143

144

145

146

147

29

150

151

-52

54

155

56

58

59

©THE INTERNATIONAL HYNDE-TE

HORIZONTAL

HORIZONTAL (Cont.)

VERTICAL (Cont.) 17-Embankment to

1-The swell of the ava}43–8ystem of signata 4-Shove

146-Long pointed teeth

7-Put on

B-To make use of 10-Cooking vesso 12-Musical noto 13-Massacre '16-Boy's name.

(familiar)

18-A sorid song 20-To pacify 22-Pronoun 23-Young bear 25-Southern State

(abbr.) 26-Article 28-inn

30-Pronoun

32-A spiritual being

33-A seasoning 34-Queer 35-Transmitted by

telegraph

37-Aptitude

-Euthix densting

43-An exclamation of

Joy

49-A strong Impulse {62-A diminutive

ButTix

63-Street (Fr.) 65-Over (contr.) 86-To prod 158–To conspire

59-Osculate

VERTICAL

1-In such a manner

2-A male relative

8- fuzzy covering 4-Vegetable

protect lowlands from inundation 10-Corrected

|21-Exet indian sailors

28-An acute pain

experienced by

bables

24-Harassed

27-Possosaed 20-To hack

20-Boy

81-Posive pronoun 34-Exclamation of pain 36-To startle

138-To try by

experiment

40-Repulse

42-Money

5-To frame worde out 44-Part of a boat's.

of lettera

-Exclamation

་

7-Prefix, Azurder

9-Projecting part of

beat's hand

11-A beverage

comparative deprecisa-A

41-A narrow bed 42-Country of Curepe

(afbr.)

petty 'quarrel

aquipment

|46-A continent (abbr.)

a 46-Preposition

|47-Small barrel |80-A drunkard

51-To bothor

16-Part of verb "to be" 84-Toward a higher 12-Couthern State

(tbbr.)

level

67-Part of verb "to be"

(The solution of the above cross-word puzzle will appear in to-morrow's issue along with a new cross-word puzzle.)

SAND-LIME BRICKS.

Best machine made bricka. Highest tests and uniform qualities.

For Economy, Quality, Beauty, Durability and

Satisfaction unsurpased. YEE YICK SAND-LIME BRICK CO.,

CHING IU NAM

Manager. Factory:--Canton. Hong Kong Office, 148, Queen's Road, West, 1st Floor. Telephone No. C.3882.

Hong Kong's Artistic Photographers

The

YING MING STUDIO

Queen's Road Central

(Official Photographers of the “China Mail.”)

CHI WAH. TAILORING.

Once known as Chison. Perfect fit guaranteed.

9, Wyndham Street.

TANG YUK, DENTIST

Successor to

the inte SIEN TING, 14, D'Agullar Street.

TERMS VERY MODERATE Consultation Free,

BRINGING UP FATHERS.

FOR SALE.

SCOTT-SEALED PACKETS,

guaranteed to contain

Genuine Stamps Only.

Seal. by Scott for Safety and

all packets sold by us carry their "unqualified guarantee."

You can be sure that every stamp

in the packet is listed in Scott's

Standard catalogue

GRACA & CO.

Dealers in Postage Stamps, Gar- 'den Seeds, Pictorial Post Card,

Toys, etc.

No. 10, Wyndham Street,

P. O. Box No. 620 Hong Kony.

I'VE LOST AN ELEPHANT!

WHERE DO YOU SUPPOSE ME COULD BE?

WHY, THEY

GENERALLY

CO BACK INTO THE

FOREST YOULÉ,

SURELY FIND

HIM IN THERE!

WELL-HERE'S

YOUR FOREST-

LET'S CO IN!

JUST A MINUTE UNTIL I TAKE A LOOK AT THIS COUNTRYİ

JIGGS

| IF THAT ELEPHANT IS IN THERE-LAT, HIM STAY THERE!

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

© 1927, by Int! Festurs Serviós, Ime.

· Grant Britain righön seserved,