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THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1929.

"EN PASSANT "

War and Pestilence in China [By C. L. C

To-day there are no fewer than sixty millions of Chinese whe are facing death from starvation. Their only hope for succour must necessarily come from the outside world.

Chind the land which gave birth to this mass of suffering humanity is too deeply plunged in the throes of party, warfare to give even a passing thought to the problem. Millions of dollars are being expended on sinews of war, and for what purpose nobody seems to know. Yet the people of the famine area must perforce fend for themselves!

Surely a more anomalous state of affairs cannot be found in any other civilised country. But then queer things are done in Cuthay!

Nanking's In:lifference

The question therefore arises as to what the National Government has done for the relief of the famine districts and the sixty millions of cuple who are facing starvation and death as the result of drought, flood, Ineusts and dis- case. Practically nothing.

Nanking has so far shown an Indifferent attitude and, instand of helping where help is mort ur- gently needed, it amuses itself in Party warlare, thereby causing more hardship to the people.

to

How to Combat Famines Modern economic organisation poes a long way to allay the fre quent recurrences of famines, Posts and plant diseases are cou- trollable, and nature is not the only contributing Inetor in Famines.

WATER PROBLEM

THE CHINA MAIL,

CHINESE REPRESENTATIONS TO GOVERNMENT

OPINIONS EXPRESSED

A large number of prominent Chinese residents met yesterday at the Tung Wah Hospital to discuss means and Avays of easing the prevailing hardship occasioned by the water shortage.

It was decided that the Chinese, unofficial members of the Legisla- tive Council should urge the Gov- ernment to take steps to transport more water, with the aid of water junks and other vessels, from other places to Hong Kong.

The Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall said that what was urgently needed was the erection of more water tanks and that these tanks should be available to the public the whole day long and the greater part of the night. He said that he under- stood from the authorities that three additional tanks would short- ly be established in Wanchai, one more in the Central district and one

The growing importance of in- dustries renders the proportion of those who are untirely dependent upon the products of the soil teat Kennerly Town. be smaller and smaller, Better farming methods and wider ap plication of machinery all tend to produce a better condition in life. Nationalist China and those who are at the helm of State can

Already we are burianing hear that in certain districts aid will new arriva Loo late. The strickon people are now entering do much in this direction for the

that stage of the famine where those who have been on the verge of starvation since the meagree in warfare. harvest are finally sucumbing in great numbers.

Kansu is doomul

Thousands are dying daily in the streets. Cannibalism is resorted to and

hatterment of the whole country than by being ungeasingly engag

The wealth that has been and is yet to be spent on shot and shell may well be applied to the building up of

a great country, Improved means of transportation children dare not venture out of will greatly mitigate the severity tif famines, Grain and other foodstuffs can be brought in from ather districts, other nations and ather Continents, if necessary.

The Causes of Famine

doors for fear of being eaten. And yet what is Nanking doing to meet this terrible situation? The world has a right to know.

Is Chiang Kai-shek a Patriot? Nanking has done and is still

doing practically nothing to alleviate the sufferings of these

people.

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that

Seven Hours Insufficient

said Dr., Kotewall

the increase the time period when these Government should be asked to

tanks will be opened to the public. hours a day was inadequate. He The present allowance of seven

was also of the opinion that the Government should assume - the that more responsibility to see water is conveyed by vessels to fill these tanks. and also to bear the expenses incurred therewith.

in connection

ROUND THE CINEMAS

EXQUISITE SCENES IN BRITISH FILM

"THREE PASSIONS"

Alice Terry and Ivar: Petrovitch: are co-stars in Rex Ingram's latest picture, which comes to the Queen's Theatre today. It is the third picture in which they have played under Ingram's direction.

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BANKS will be CLOSED for the transaction of PUBLIC BUSINESS on MONDAY, the 3rd June (His Majesty The King Birthday),

Hong Kong, 28th May, 1929,

PUBLIC AUCTIONS.

Founded on the novel by Cosmo, Hamilton, "The Three Passions” is the first enterprise of the new British company, St. George's Production. Ltd., of which Capt.HE Undersigned have received Alastair Mackintosh is the instructions to sell by Public maraging director. St. George's | Auction is thought to have made a splen- did start in production by captur- TUESDAY, the ith June, 1929, ing Ingram when so many were commencing at 11 a.m., anxious to have his first story of at No. 231, Nathan Road, Kowloon British life.

(2nd Floor).

British scenes in "The Three Passions" have as backgrounds the famous Balliol College at Oxford University, the Arm- strong engineering works at Newcastle, and London in its most fashionable "West End" and "East End" aspects.

Interiors made at Ingram's studio at Nice include sets repre- lionaire's mansion in Park Lane, senting a huge shipyard, a mil- London, and an ultra-modern re- staurant also in London.

Money, religion, and love are The Three Passions" which, clashing in the surroundings of modern London, provide Rex Ingram with the motif for this latest film.

Shayle Gardner, well known on the British stage and screen; mui concurred, and it was decided spearean actress, Andrews Engle- Mr. M. K. Lo and Mr. Li Yick-Claire Eames, famous as a Shake-

that due representations should be man, the Russian actor who made made to the Government accord- a name in "Mare Nostrum," and ingly.

Leslie Faber, well known both in London and New York theatres,

The Hon. Dr. S. W. Tao said that

ON

A Quantity of

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE.

(Particulars as per catalogue).

On View from Monday, the 3rd. June, 1929.

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers.

Hong Kong. 30th May, 1929.

THE Undersigned have received Tinstructions to sell by Public

Auction

ON

TUESDAY, the 4th June, 1929, commencing at 2.30 p.m.

at No. 38, Rose Terrace, Ground Floor, Nathan Road, Kowloon.

A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF

Comprising:

CURIOS.

Celadon Vases, Bowls, Plates, Powder Blue Vase, Old Bronze Ware, Jade and Crystal Orna- ments, Ivory, Wood and Bamboo Carvings, Old Chinese Paintings,

Peking Rugs, etc.,

That such a sad state of affairs as 75 per cent. of the water con- are leading members of the strong Table Screen; Old Embroideries,

should be found in a great coun-sumed by the Chinese was for try which has an old civilisation washing purpose, it was therefore like Chinu is indeed deplorable. obvious that if mare' water were Nature cannot be blamed for re- brought into the Colony for that current famines in China, The purpose, the famine would be solved

upon those to a very large extent.

The leaders seem to have time to go into the problem and the interest provided by the poli-responsibility falls tiea! fiasco and warfare is too en- thralling for their attention to be diverted to other channels.

If Chiang Kai-shek is the patriot, the strong man, and the saviour of China. us he has been acclaimed by some to be, now is the golden opportunity for him to show his worth.

self

Let personal desires. aggrandisement, hate and jealousy be subordinated by the altruistic desire to work for the common weal-the weal of the people and the country.

who failed to make the best use of their opportunities.

The poorer the people become, the more do they aufter and the foebler their effort in withstand- ing the encroachment of Hunger and Want.

The people of China have been hard pressed.

They have been surely taxed. Civil Wars and bunditry have left their marks.

WATER "POACHING"

Short-Lived Scramble. With Buckets

east of "The Three Passions" which will be shown at the Queen's until Saturday,

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A Picture Made in the Tropics

Thrilling adventure and exotic romance feature the new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer pro- duction, "White Shadows in the

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Large Quantity of.

Blackwood Ware.

Catalogues will be issued.

Termo-Cash on Delivery,

On View from Saturday, the 1st.

June, 1929.

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers.

Hong Kong, 30th May, 1929,

THE Undersigned have received

Auction

ON WEDNESDAY, the 5th June, 1929, commencing at li a.m.,

at No. 14. Knutsford Terracė, Kowloon,

Chinese living in On Lan-street South Seas," which will be shown instructions to sell by Public last night engaged in a midnight game of water poaching. The water was turned on to enable the Fire Jr China wants to be placed in Brigade to cope with a small out the family of nations, 03 she break of fire in a house is Jervois maintains she is, the

one and strect. The On Lan-street foun- foremost thing for her to do istain was on the same main, and to provide economic security for when someone discovered that the her people. Security from the fountain was functioning, he passed ravages of we, of militarism; the word round to his neighbours. securily from wicked appropria- The opportunity was too good to centrate on the work of rehabilitions and exactions; security from be missed and, within a short space tation. In this good work he will the dangers arising

from the of time, there was a small queue have the whole-hearted support raveneus nature of ravenous men. with dozens of buckets eager to fill

Chiang Kai-shek can do all this. figuratively speaking, with one stroke of the pen. All he has to do is to call off the war and con-

of the country. The people of China are tired of warfare and Chiang Kai-shek is only flying in the teeth of pablic opinion by ever und anun renewing strife and turmoil in China.

The "Maskee" Spirit Unfortunately rehabilitation is not yet to be. Chiang Kai-shek must fight and the people must

suffer.

of

Furthermore, the leaders China are imbibed with a spirit of "maskee-ism." They can well "maske" the sufferings of the people, knowing quite well that certain foreigners will sooner or later comme forward with money and personal labour to help the sufferera,

As in the great famine of 1920-

21 the problem of relief work and; the money in connection there- with all came from the American Red Cross. Even now a contin- gent of workers are on their way to the famine area from America. They are bringing the money, too, so why should the National Gov- ernment worry itself?

ernment that

The

Until she

can provide sound them with the "precious Auid."

security for her people, it will be j Like all good things, the flow did

ut no use for China to demand not last long,

however. The

the abolition of extraterritoriality, Jervois-street fire was quickly extin-between greed and a desire for for if she cannot safeguard the guished and within a few minutes lives and interests of her own people, much less can she do for the foreigners within her gate And when such security is pro- vided, famines will he dangers ed.

at the Queen's Theatre from Sun- day to Wednesday.

The plot is built on the re- generation of a doctor, who, after the level of a having sunk to beachcomber, pulls himself to- gether to avenge a wronged child, and as a result of his chivalry is lured on board a plague ship, lashed to the mast, and set adrift. The ship wrecks on the reef of a tropical paradise where, after a series of thrilling and romantic adventures, he is adopted by a na- tive tribe and wins the love of the most beautiful girl on the island. What happens when pearls are discovered on the island, his fight civilisation, and his love for the the main was again turned native girl forms a story of in- with the result that many of the tense dramatic appeal. On Lan-street water poachers had to return to their beds disappoint doctor.

Monte Blue plays the role of the Opposite him is Raquel Torres, one of the new sensational dramatic "finds" of the season. Robert Anderson is also in the cast. A large group of native gan questioning the woman and islanders supply the authentic writing down the answers. The third accused the electrician) re- turned to the fat, and Gifford and the second accused scolded him for installing the fittings.

Eventually Gifford told woman that he would have to pro- secute her and, in her presence, told the second accused that he two Chinese pleaded not gulity would be dismissed from service. yesterday at the Kowloon Magis- The third accused then took the

of the past,

FALSE PRETENCES

ALLEGATIONS AGAINST EURA

SIAN AND CHINESE

A BOGUS TAIPAN

A Eurasian, Douglas Gifford, and

the

tracy before Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith woman aside and told her that, as she had got him into trouble, it

to two serious charges.

The prosecution's story was that would be to her advantage to settle

the complainant; a woman, residing the matter by giving several tens

at No. 870, Canton Road, was intro- of dollars.

duced to one of the Chinese accused

by the caretaker who said that the

A Bolt and a Chase

To this the woman replied that

accused was an electrician and could she would settle the matter in the fix up her fittings for her.

A Quantity of VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE ALSO

One Victrola and Records. On View from Tuesday, the 4th June, 1929,

Catalogues will be issued. Terms:--Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 30th May, 1929.

and

picturesque atmosphere. The company, under the direction of W. S. Van Dyke spent five months in filming the scenes on the island of Tahiti.

The picture is said to have broken all cinema records, includ- ing "Ben Hur" and "The Big Parade," in New York, where it was recently shown.

THE ROMANTIC SENSATION

- actually filmed in the South Seas!

WHITE

SHADOWS

One, therefore, cannot help pointing out to the National Gov it is its bounden duty to shoulder responsibility and to go that both money and transport are provided at the earliest possible moment. events in the North-Centre and in the two Kwangs must not be, al- lowed to overshadow the pressing accused. On May 14, the

fan, and she again called in the had been waiting on the staircaso needs of no fewer than sixty mil-

other landing) joined in the run. Chinese accused called on the woman lion soula, In any

A Trump Card event the public should be made aware of what is being done..

The precedent of active relief set by the late Manchu Govern- ment is

which Nationalist one China may fellow with credit to itselt.

accordingly engaged him to do the had caught a Tartar in the person

She Police Station. On seeing that heN THE SOUTH SEAS work.

of the woman, the third accused

On May 3, the woman decided to lost heart and made a bolt for it. instal an additional switch for a Gifford and the other Chinese (who

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with a screw driver in his hand. Chase was given by the woman's He said that he was a representa son, and both Chinese were inter- tive of the China Light and Fower cepted by a Police sergeant. It was Co., and had come to tell the woman then Gifford played his trump card. that she had been stealing current. He coolly walked up to the sergeant

This the woman denied and the and told him to arrest the Chinese. man then made a pretence of The pursuer came up in the mean- examining her meter, after which time and as a result, all parties. he told her that he was satisfied were taken to the Police station. that she had been stealing elee In the charge room, the Inspector," tricity. He pointed out the serious before he had time to obtain the ness of the offence and reminded facts of the case, saw Gifford, but her of a recent case in which a¦ not knowing that he was implicat- proprietor had been fined several ed, ordered him to get out. hundreds of dollars. He suggested' Gifford at once made himself to the woman to "square", him and scarce. After he had left, it dawn- he would say nothing more.

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The case was adjourned.

Thirty buns and a collecting box

be the 'taipan" of the China Light were stolen from Lingfield mission

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