1932-01-14 — Page 7

THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1952.

A PAIR OF STRIPED TROUSERS

SYMBOL OF RESPECTABILITY.

An Interesting Bit of Psychology,

By JOHN BROPHY.

"The respectability of the Eng- ace Egyptians. with pale blue eyes. ish." said the Canon, sipping his He passed right out of the ken of! the British community long before

He

iced lager, "is one of the biggest, 1 came out here. problems a parson has to face." "I only saw him twice before be I had no He gazed round meditatively at dled, and the first time the cane chairs, the vine verandah, notion he was English. It was out!

of al that tree they say Mary rested and the sweating orchestra Lemonin's.

under during the flight to Egypt.: "You mean," I suggested, "that Nothing but a legend, of course, Anglican Cairo would disapprove of but interesting, and I was taking your coming here in the evening?" a party of visitors round Cairo, so

The Canon shook his big round I stopped there and told them about! head. "That's a mere personal in-it. There was an old man in rugs: convenience."

grinned, a'sitting in the shade with a begging, boyish, uncanonical grin. "And, bowl. There is always one of that as you see, I don't allow the disap-; sort, and I would have paid no att proval of the righteous to rob me tention to him but for the fact that of my beer and conviviality. But I thought he was attending to what what I meant was the English ten- was saying. You know, a man's dency to smother religion in respec- eyes look quite different if he tability. They don't see any divid-' understands your language. ing line. If you have a certain thought this poor old beggar might. position to keep up you go to once have been a student with church, in much the same way as smuttering of English who'd fallen you keep a car and dress for din- un bad days. But when I spoke to ner. It's better at home, I believe,' him he answered in Arabic, aa if: ADOW, Churchgoing is rather dis, he didn't grasp a word, whining for reputable, in the towns at any rate. money. I gave him A little and Curries no social kudos. Conse. went off.

khuck and Levantine."

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LOCAL › SHARE MARKET.

Prices Remain Unaffected.

QUIET TONE.

THES CHINA

The official summary issued by the Stock Exchange to-day states:-

A very quiet tone prevailed at the morning session, but prices were still more or less unaffected. Sales.

Hotels (old), $16.30. China Lights, $26.90. Trams, $22.60.

Cements (combined), $19:65.

Buyers.

Douglases, $232.

Chinese Estates, $95.

Trams, 922.40,

Canton Ices, $5. Ropes, $18.

Dairy Farms, $29.20. Constructions (new), $1.80. Providents (old), $5.30. Providents (new), $2.40, Singapore Tractions, 3/. Cements (combined), $19.60. Cements (old), $124. Sinceres, $16.

Sellers,

Indo-Chinas (pref.), $45. Indo-Chinas (def.), $32.

Telephones (part paid). $282. Entertainments, (old) $162. Raubs, $39.

MAEL.

MARSHAL CHANG ASKS

TO BE PUNISHED

LOSS OF CHINCHOW

C. E. C. MEMBER ALSO PETITIONS THAT THE MARSHAL BE PUNISHED.

Nanking Jan. 7.

out to him by the Government in Holding himself responsible for accordance with law,

the loss of Chinchow, the former provisional seat of the Liaoning | 'STRONGLY WORDED PETITION.

Provincial Government in southern

"

Liaoning, General Chang, Hauch-

Nanking. Jan. 4. lang, in a telegram to the National

Mr. Taou Lu, member of the Government, petitions to be severe-C.E.C., In identic telegrams to the ly punished so as to uphold the Central

Party

Headquarters, prestige of the Government.

Central Political Council and the Chinchow being A strategic National Government, petitions point in Liaoning, the petition that General Chang Hsueh-liang atates, he exerted his utmost to be severely punished for with- preserve the city in accordance drawing his troops from Chinchow with the repeated Instructions of In disobedience to the orders the Government. Consequently, the Government.

while ordering his subordinates to

:

of

of

to

resist the attacks of the Japanese, Risking public criticism, the Gov- he had also repeatedly telegraphed ornment has been lenient towards to the Government for the despatch General Chung even though he lost of reinforcements and supplies. Liaoning and Kirin and failed

"But the large contingent of despatch supplies and reinforce- II.K. Government Loan, $2 per Japanese troops heavily concentrat menta to General Ma Chan-shan, cent. premium.

ed in south Manchuria and their Chairman the Heilungkiang superior weapons were too much Provincial Government, thereby re for the Chinese forces. In ad-sulting in the loss of Tsitsihar, the dition to their infantry units, the petition points out. Japanese were also assisted by The Central authorities have re- armoured trains, tanks and a large peatedly instructed General Chang squadron of airplanes. After eu to defend Chinchow at all

costa. gaging the Invaders for ten daya, This instruction was also repeated the Chinese units" with their 're- by the 1st Plenary Session of the sources of ammunition and pro- new C.E.C. "But contrary to ex- visions exhausted, were finally pectations. General Chang with forced to retreat. Chinchow, the drew his troops from Chinchow on then provisional seat of the Lias- the very day when the new Na- ning Provincial Government, was tional Government was inaugurat- occupied by the enemy on the 3rd.ed. Of what use are national Realising his fallure, General orders if he be exempted from Chang in conclusion earnestly re- punishment?" the petition asks in quests that punishment be meted conclusion-Kuo Min.

Ewas, Tls 161⁄2. Dairy Farms, $291⁄2.

FLYING SQUAD

DINNER.

AT

Work During Recent Riots Appreciated.

Those

of the Police Reserves expressed

POSITION OF CHINA'S NEW GOVERNMENT.

(Continued from Page 6.)

his appreciation of the very valu-¡ able services which members of the Unit had performed during the Anti-Japanese disturbances, and night

reminded them that the fact that 'sent national crisis. Such unity even-they were on duty nightly during can not be real unless Messrs.

pre- that time

was ample evidence of Chiang Kai-shek, Hu Han-min, and King the value which was placed on the Wang Ching-wei come to the Police work.

the leadership. Capital and take For not until the political centre stabilized of gravity has been through their presence will it be possible to reach a satisfactory solution of the various outstanding questions. For example, a new orientation of foreign policy has yet to be decided upon. While the

Aa-

quently what congregations they! "The next time I saw him was in get are willing. People who want my church, at the Christmas even- to be at church, not people who song service. He was sitting right, think they ought to go even if it at the back, next the door, with his bores them. But here in Cairo it's tarboush in his hands and his long,.

We're still living dirty white hair tousled all over another story. in the Victorian Age. People turn his head. And his galabeyah was up because they are part of the tucked into a pair of black striped' APPEAL FOR MORE MEMBERS. British garrison. Keeps up their trousers! Some of the congrega prestige. Shows they haven't gone tion-God forgive them; I suppose The first annual dinner of the they were young and knew no bet- Flying Squad of the Hong Kong "That's not a bad thing," I pro-ler!-kept turning their heads and Police Reserve was held at Lane tested gently.

tittering among themselves. Just Crawford's Restaurant last The Canon looked surprised. "imagine it! Through years of, and ม most enjoyable wasn't suggesting it was, But it's filthy beggary he had kept a pair of ing Was spent. not religion. It's respectability, respectable trousers, and now he sent included Mr. D. L. Sometimes I think respectability is had come to church in them because Deputy Superintendent of

Mr. E. R. Dovey, (R), the toughest, most fundamental, it was Christmas. most enduring quality in the Eng- "Being a sentimental fool, I was sistant Superintendent of Police, Jish character. There was that touched. I made up my mind to, (R), Sub-Inspector A, L. Hopkins,! SOVIET CROCKERY. man with the striped trousers, for get hold of him after the service. Musketry Instructor.

but he was too quick for me. He Sergeant R. J. Hunt, Police In- example."

"You never told me about him." slipped out during the last hymn. structor. The gathering was presid- "Didn't I?

C. F. Alexander, Well; I suppose I've made inquiries everywhere, but it ed over by Mr. nover made up my mind what his seemed hopeless. And then one officer in charge of the Unit. motive was. He was a renegade,, evening a schoolboy came to вес The Chairman, extended a hearty He'd gone native, very poor native me. His English wasn't very good, welcome to all present and hoped That the Communist ideology is Ministry of Foreign Affairs is do- too, years before the war. I buried and I was only learning Arabic at that this first annual dinner would spreading to the kitchens and dining everything possible to cope him under the name of Charles Fen- the time. But I gathered he lived be the first of many more to come.fing rooms of Soviet Russia is re- with the situation, it is only when wick, but I've no idea if that was at Rod el Farag and went to the Although the flying Squad, was in-corded with gratification by the the above-named leaders have joint- faked or not. Nobody knew any secondary school there. He told augurated in 1927, this was the Prees in Its reports of the opening ly taken up the responsibility that thing about him, and the people he me that an old beggar they called first time that the members, as a of the exhibition of modern crack a definite polley can be formulated, lived among out at Rod el Farag El Ingelisi had died in a mud hut Unit, had had an opportunity of ery and kitchen utensils in the His- Moreover, the National Emer- knew him only as El Ingelisi. He and had left a note to be given to joining one another at a dinner torical Museum yesterday. It is gency Conference is to be convened hud tried to forget his birth and the parson at the English church. of the kind.

stated that "bourgeois designs such shortly. The People's National

and Policeį

BOURGEOIS 'DESIGNS DISAPPEAR.

Moscow, Dec, 29,

his nationality, to submerge him was quite a short note, in a He made an appeal for members as butterflies, angels, shepherds and Salvation Conference, which will self in Arab Cairo completely. feeble, literate scrawl: Bury me to endeavour to obtain recruits and the like have completely disappear- also be convened at an early date, Drink started him that way. Christian in my striped trousers. bring the strength' up to 50 ored from our plates, cups and will be composed of people's repre- Whisky before sunset.

Its membership is open to saucers. Then He signed it 'Charles Fenwick, and more.

Instead of this, these sentatives. The Conference will be hashish. While he was an English- that's the name I put on the head- anyone in the Colony who is in articles, including even the cut consulted with regard to various man he found he starved. Nobody stone.

I found the trousers care- possession of a motor cycle. He glass, are now ornamented with the important issues of the State, after wanted him, nobody would stand fully folded and wrapped in brown rentioned that the duties are not pictures of the heroes of the Rus decision is made by the Central him a drink or give him a bed. paper under his head when I went tedious, and in fact were quite in-sian revolution, Marxian slogane, Political Council. As regards the That was after he'd taken to the out to see the body."

teresting, as well as providing a peasants, workers and other pro- question of war or peace with hashish. But he found that if he "A very interesting bit of psycho- means of performing useful service. letarian designs." Trans-ocean Japan, if the entire nation is un-

Mr. D. L. King Superintendent Kuomin. wore a galabeyah and a tarboush logy:" I said.

he could always beg enough to buy "I dare say," the Canon return. the drug, and poor people would ed. "But I wish I could make up! give him enough food to keep body, my mind whether he wanted me to and soul together. So he became, bury him because I'm a minister of to all intents and purposes a native, religion or because I'm a symbol beggar, alcoping in doorways and of English respectability. If I cattle byres, He got dirty, of knew the answer to that question course, and developed sores all over I'd understand my congregation a his body. His skin went dark and lot better than I do."-Manchester rough, and it's not uncom mor to Guardian.

PIG BREEDER ROBBED.

Stock, in Trade

Carried Away...

BOUND AND GAGGED.

went back to his hut, leaving the door open.

About three hours later, the four men entered the hut, eacli carrying a pole. Two of the ment

BRITISH NAVAL FORCES

VISIT INDIAN PORT

་ ་ཏེ ༔,་,-་ཞི༴*”“k¥

HOT-BED" OF TERRORISM

*** DEMONSTRATIONS OF STRENGTH IN

VARIOUS CITIES HAVE DESIRED EFFECT.

Calcutta, Jan. 6.-

animously in favour of either of these courses, we are prepared to adopt it whatever may be the sacrifices involved. What is need ad at present is a united front..

It is for two reasons that I have assumed, without hesitation, this important responsibility, firstly, to Eide over the transitional period and, secondly, to cement the unity of the Party and Government. It is hoped that all Party and Govern, ment leaders and the entire nation will accord their whole-hearted co- operation in accomplishing this difficult task-Kuo Min

TO THE KING'S ??.

The most dramatic incident to-day in connec-«COMING SOON scized, bim, pulled a pair of trou- tion with the steps taken by the authorities to sup sers over his face, and gagged: film. They also tied up his four- press the Civil Disobedience campaign in India was year-old son, who was also an the visit of the British Naval Commander-in-Chief occupant of the hut.

to Chittagong. Having done this they xan-

How a pig breeder was robbed sacked the hut, and then went Chittagong was the scene of a former out

of his stock is narrated in Police cutside. The victim heard the break of terrorism and it was decided to day reports this morning,

pigs squealing, and concluded therefore to make the visit of the Commander-in- Lau Cheung, (38), residing in that the robbers were stealing an un-numbered matshed near them, After about an hour the Chief the occasion for an imposing demonstration Tin Wan Chai, Sai Kung. Dis- men returned, and the victim of British strength. trict, the victim, was in his hut heard one of them say, "Ah Fuk,

on the night of January 12, if you want rice, I have prepar when his dog started barking, edrit.”

Sallors and marmes with guns were lauded from H.M.S. Effin hâm

and marched through the principal streets, accompanied by

He went outside and saw a small After the robbers had depart- body of troops.

bost, with a brown sail, lying ed, Lau managed to bite through At Dates, there was also a display Ustrength close inshore. There was no one the string that bound him andits wereh

in the boot at the time, but four released, himself, and his soull men were walking up the foreafterwards reporting the inci shore in the direction of his hut. dent. men

They halted nud sat down on a The livestock stolen was 110 grase rid; corde distance from pigs and 45 chickens, and in ad-h the doom. The farmor saw no-dition some clothing and money, things extraordinary insthis and the total: lug being $281.50.

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