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Hung Kang. Friday, Sept. 11, 1931

China's Affliction.

It is all to the good that the recent calamities in China should attract great attention in the Press in Great Britain and ovokę expressions of universal sympathy from the League of Nations in Geneva. It was long ago-pemarked that the destruc tion of a million people in China affects us less than the death of a person at our own doors. But even those least interested in Chinese Affairs may well be con- cerned by the appalling series of disasters by which China has been visited in recent years, not only on the humanitarían ground that the awful misery of millions. of human beings/should touch the most callous heart, but because China's misfortunes are. In some measure the cause of ours, and may yet be the cause of more.. The long series of civil wars has torn the Chinese nation into incoherent fragments. Though there has been a supreme cen- trai Government in Nanking. it is flouted to-day by the recently created rival Government in Can- Lon and may be opposed any day by fresh "rebel" factions in the North. The worse feature, of course, of these civil wars is not so much the actual fighting as the fact that they exhaust the re- sources which China, sorely needs to consolidate and develop and; still more, that they have broken down law and order over great areas which are now, devastated by hordes of desperate bandits and Communists.

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cautions for keeping water with- in bounds. Thus, as with other evils, one thing leads to another and makes that worse which was bad enough before." civil wars and rebellions, ban- ditry, Communism, floods, and Tamine, China might well be termed in these days the martyr among nations. And there is still no visible end to her calamities.

Any effort on the part of Great Britain, and other Powers to allo- viate the existing distress or to Co-operate in restoring order out of chaos will ultimately renet favourably un themselves and hasten the economic prosperity of the world. The only note of warning needed is that all moneys transmitted from outside China for flood and famine relief work must be utilised for that purpose and not commandeered by any of the innumerable military fac

tions for their own sordid ends.

News in Brief.'

One "non-Chinese case of typhoid fever was notified from the main- land on Wednesday.

Quarantine restrictions' have been imposed against arrivals from Shanghai on account of cholera.

The total output of the Kailan Mining Administration's mines for the week ended August 29 amount- ed to 88,259 metrletons; and the sales to 89,260 metric tons.

Repairs to the submarine cable, between Murray Pier and the Kowloon Railway Station, are being carried out to-day, the vessel en gaged in the work exhibiting the usual signals.

Police Sergent and Mrs. E. W. Post, Lance-Sergeant. L. G. A. Boflin, and Lance-Sergeant L. C.

Pennell, returned from leave yester day on the P. & O s.s/ Mantua.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1931.

"RESURRECTION "

Very Modern Version of Tolstoi.

BEAUTIFUL SCENES.

The forged bank notes which a Chinese and a. Japanese are alleged

A number of years ago an on- to be trying to.dispose of are of the face value of $100 each and not $10 thusiastic producer gave London a inadvertently reported yester-theatre-goers what he was pleased day.

to term a "dress-suit" version of Shakespeare. It was an interest. ing experiment,

and it was salda at the time that thers were those amongst the audience who close their eyes and said, it was Shakes. peare. Others said was not.

When a concrete hood at a house under construction in Sam Kung Rond collapsed. it caused injuries to #watchnen, Ting Shing (52), of 37 Reclamation Street He was taken to hospit

to

Similar remarks might well apply to the 1931 version of Tol- Shun Sam (42), a married wo stol's "Resurrection," shown man, was sent to the Kwong Wah Prossmen at a special preview, at Central Theatre yesterday Hospital yesterday, suffering from the wounds in the head, which

are morning, Not that is presented

The orthodox' trup alleged to have been inflicted by her in dress suits.

very husband, during an altercation at pings of Russia, 1875, are 303 Reclamation Street, Yaumati.much in evidence, at least to the uneritical eye. But the accent is indubitably of the present decade, and some of the interior scenes, cause one to suspel-to use a printer's idiom that they have been "kept standing" The court

Leo Arthur D'A. Guimaraes faced further charges before Mr. Wit liams yesterday afternoon, in con nection with an alleged $8,000. bank note fraud in, which the complainant Is Ho Pui-yim,' a broker. After scene in particular is pleasantly evidence was adduced, Guimaraes familiar. was committeed for trial.

FINE GENERALLY.

The Royal Observatory's re- port issued at 10.35 o'clock this morning says ---- .

The typhoon is about 200 milca S.E. of Shanghai, moving North.

A depression is central to the South of the South of Hanoi.

Forecast:-W. winds, moder- ate; fue generally,

Typhoon Warning, The following telegram was received from the Manila Ob- servatory by the American Con- sulate-General. this morning?

Manila 11, 10.15 a.m.-Ty phoon in about 124 degrees Long. E., and 30 degrees Lat N., inclining Northward.

DISORDER AT STAGHOUND MEET.

Exmoor Crowd and Demonstrators.

ABUSE AND JEERS.

Minehead, August 5. Disorder occurred to-day when was held on the demonstration occasion of the opening moot, at Cloutsham, of the Devon and Somerset Staghounds.

The League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports had arranged to issue to mumbers free tickets from London to Minehead,

The attendance âld not, however, about reach expectations.. only twenty being present.

Early in the morning a group of demonstrators appeared at Webber Post, one of the points from witch the charo is viewed annually by thousands of people. On arriving banners with such they unrolled inscriptions 6:

"Civilisation Demands Justies for Animals,"

"Stag-hunting is not Cricket," "Play the Game,"

"Abolish the shameful sport of Stag Hunting,"

"See that your M.P. supports the anti-hunting, bill."

A High Level. Nevertheless, the talkie version of the famous work is not without its attraction, looked upon as one

The party were greeted with interpretation of an art that war abuse and jeers by hunting fak universal. And Lupe Velez, seen gathered at the spot, and they were for the first time by the writer warned by police officers of the (Rad confession!), works, very possible consequences if they per hard, and in the main, very sucsisted in their demonstration.

cessfully, to portray the tragic Marching to Cloutsham Hall, destiny of the unfortunate where the meet was in progress, Katoushka; reaching a high level the party held a short demonstra- in the scene where she is found,tion on the way, and after a wordy stupid with drink, numb with argument between them and the misery, in prison, by her tardily crowd, police officers took · some repentant lover.

rames.

Unfortunately, "Dmitri" is

Blows Exchanged. rather too much for John Boles.

The League had been warned by who gives a strangely uneven per Sir Francis Acland, owner of the formance. He is admittedly not land, that the meet must not be helped much by the text, which interfered with. The demonstrators jumps seven years in the course lined up by the public road exhibit- of one curt sub-title. This makes ing their banners to a crowd several it difficult to follow Dmitri's men-thousand strong tal processes, whkh have chang-

Speeches were commenced, and a swashbuckling for a ime there was no display of Guardsman to a. rather futile-feeling, but eventually one or humanitarian. It is most unfor-

two of the women folk, whose hus- tunate, as the psychological meta- bands depend on hunting for a morphosis of Dmitri is perhaps living, began to abuse the demon- the most absorbing theme in the strators. original work,

Rainfall. Rainfall for 24 hours ended him from ed at 10 a.m. to-day, - nil Total since January 1-67.80 inchea against an average of

39.55

1.69 Inches deficit inches,

Temperature.

The temperature at certain specified centres this morning. at 6 o'clock was—

Hong Kong Maeno

79

79

Pratas Island

31

Manila

77

Foochow Amoy

31

80

Chefoo Shanghai

68 76

Personal Pars.

Mr. and Mra. F. Mackintosh, of Hong Kong, have arrived in Shang hai and are staying at the Cathay Hotel.

Mrs. P. Lee-Duncan, wife of the late Lieutenant-Surgeon H. of H.M.S. Mantis, is Lee-Duncan, visiting Shanghal.'

The forthcoming wedding. Is an nounced of Bernard Joseph Murray, Kowloon Hotel, to Julia Marguerite Welgle, 11, Cambron Road.

Mr. C. B. Morrison, Mr. H. M. Kew, Mr. C. V. Munney and Mfr. and Mrs. R. A. Hudson arrived herei from Shanghal by the Dollar 6.s. President Wilson.

General

The American Consul and Mrs. Maynard left Singapore for a holiday in Java on September 4. They expect to return in early November. The American Con- sulate-General is in charge of Mr. Harold Shantz (formerly of Hong Kong) during September and Mr. Roy Bower during October.

Superb Crowd Scenes. The producers have handled the crowd scenes superbly, and the camera work is quite beyond re- proach what an object lesson to our still groping British directors! But, as may be gathered, the whole dish has a faint, but un- mistakable, transatlantic flavour for which it is necessary to be duly prepared. Preparedness is half the battle!

One woman on horseback rode in front of the ranks collecting anti- hunting literature, and before the distributors had realised her inten- tion she had torn it up in front of their eyes, to the amusement of the credi

One of the representatives of ine League then mounted a fence and attempted to photograph the crowd. His action

was noted by a looni farmer, who impeded him.

A struggle ensued, and the farm- "The film is advertised as an er appears to have been injured in "all-talking, singing classic, with the face. This was the signal for four big song hib," which might a general scuffle, and blows were not have pleased the Russian freely exchanged. philosopher; but it is only fair to say that the "song hits" are not

Police Protection. Horsemen moved to and fro jostl- too much in evidence, and in no ing the demonstrators, and the way disturb the tenor of the story. situation became such that the de- Not everybody will approve of monstrators had to seek police pro- the inlkie version of "Resurrec-tection against the temper of the tion" but It is emphatically crowd.*****

Under escort of police officers the worth a visit, considered as a seri ous effort to contribute towards party attempted to reach their the more modern microphonic moter-coach a mile and a half away, movie.

TENNEB.

UNUSUAL SUICIDE.

Clerk Who Sid Through A

Club Window.

An extraordinary way of com- mitting suicide was described at an Inquest on Alfred Perry (52), a clerk, at Greenwich recently.

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For that distance they were follow- ed by a large crowd on foot and on horseback, who kept up a running fire of boos, and hunting cries, mingled with notes from a hunting horn.

One woman attempted to photo- graph the crowd from a window on the coach, but a man on horseback drove his horse's head into the open window, causing her to withdraw hurriedly. When she tried to take a photograph from inside caps and hats were held against the window to prevent her from doing 80. Eventually the coach moved off, followed by the horsemen, amid prolonged cheers for stag hunting.

Years Ago.

Ten

It was stated that he went to a top room at the Blackheath Liberal The population on the Island on

Club, secured the door by placing up the bottom ash of the window. August 31 was estimated at $80,750

chair under the handle, and threw compared with 446,440 on the same

He then placed two small card- date last year. On the mainland

In the Dockyard Recreation tables end to end on a level with

Trom the “Chinà Mo!" of the population on August 8 was

September 11., 1921.). evening Mr. the inside of the window, laid him- estimated

yesterday at 289,600 as against Club The worst floods within living 176,620 a year ago.

Korman was presented by Mr. self on the tables, and appeared to

To-day's-dollar is worthTM 2/84. T. C. Wells, Inspector (in the ab- have allthered forward through the memory have added to the gen-

"The Social Lion" featuring sence of the Chlef Constructor) window which was only open about

The Yaumati Police raided No. eral destruction. Vast stretches

Mary Brian, Jack Oakie and Skeeta with a handsome, tortoise-shell Bfteen inches,

ATA He fell 35 feet on to the stone 4, Pine Street on Saturday after- of populous country have been Gallagher will be shown at the dressing set from the staff. Mr.

presided. Mr. steps at the entrance to the club, neos and seized a quantity of inundated; whole populations Majestic Theatre to-day and to W. Bickford

on Kerman is proceeding Home to and fed soon after being admitted Kwangal Bank notes, and engraved brak plates and stones. bearing. have been drowned like rats or morrow. The next change

to hospitali Sunday will be "Scotland Yard," Chatham Yard.

The secretary of the club, said facsimiles of the front and the flooded out of their homes and which stars Edmund Lowe and

They arrested Friendsofi

Lance-Sergeant that Perry collated subscriptions backs of the notes. fields, and reduced to hopeless Joan Bennett.

"Paddy" "Wynne, of the Police, the and managed some of their act men and women.When starvation Famine is inevitable;

footballer. counts. Everything was in order

they were charged before Magls- In a brilliant speech which was well-known interport. it is more than likely to be a thunderously applauded by the who was some time ago reported to A verdict of suicide while of un-trate Orme with unlawful posses- afon of forged notes, printing companied or followed by great League Assembly, Lord Cecil said be seriously ill suffering from acute sound mind was recorded.

counterfeit notes and possession of epidemics. Incidentally, it is that no Government, Icast of all dysentery, will be glad to hear he

counterfolting Implements, Mr. the British Government, could is making a good recovery and is

Although literature used to be A. E. Hall appeared for the defence worth pointing out that some part tolerate any proposal for the post nay out of danger. It wider one of the flooding is directly. due

ue Loponement of the Disarmament Con- some little time yet, however, before called a Heavenly Maid, she appearn and applied for a remand until he can be discharged from the to have a large progeny-Miss Rose Wednesday. The application was the civil wars and consequent ne- ference, says a Reuter cable from

Macaulay. janzten Hakowloon Hospital.

granted, but ball was refused; 2. glect of the dykes and other pre-

Geneva.