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Hong Kong, Friday, Nov. 11, 1932,

Armistice Day.

HERE. THERE

and

EVERYWHERE.

A Beggar's Ride,

Quite a stir was caused outside the Hong Kong Hotel on Wednesday: night when a crippled Chinese men- dicant of youthful visage refused to go to the Police Station with a constable. So determined was he that it took three policemen to handle him. A sedan chair was hailed and with much difficulty the

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1932.

Democrats To End U.S. "Dry" Laws

Some Amendment Is

Believed

Certain

NO MORE SALOONS

In spite of "Billy" Sunday.] 1981-1982 to create à hard, solid Police put him into it. Once seat Henry Ford, and all the hoat body of discent. ed, the beggar boy became quiet]

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Argument Of Bad Trade. and rode majestically to the Station, which fought liquor and the

"First, and most important, a policeman walking by the side of evils of the saloon, for

the realisation, that some the chair!

giving the impression of victory positive economic act was re- Prohibition is about to be "re. quired to start the wheels of in- dustry going once more. From Two European Indifs were notic, formed" in America. Mr. Roose this sprang the widely express- new Democrat Pre-ed belief that the revival of

Painting The Harbour.

ed painting a harbour scene from velt, the the unused Section of the Kowloon sident, has made a solemn pro-liquor manufacturing under pro- Ferry Wharf. Such a sight is odd, mise.

per restraints would provide the

for, although these are many local Modification of the law, now so necessary new opportunities for artists, few, if any at all, paint rigid as to be unwieldy and im- the investment of capital and from the Ferry wharl, which place possible to administer, is neces- the employment of labour. commands an excellent view of the sary.

"Second, the necessity for de- harbour.

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"Dizzy's" Cabinet Table.

discussions.

Mr. Louis M. Hacker in Cur-veloping new sources of revenue, rent History, a leading magazine lest National and State Govern of thought in New York, sums ments place heavier burdens on In the Cabinet room of No. 10, up the situation which has led to the well-to-do, was a considera- recent events. He writes:- tion of no light weight. Would Downing-street the Cabinet ait

"The first real cloud to appear not, therefore, the re-opening of round an oblong table. The Prime on the horizon, though it was no the old and rich vein of exciser Minister usually sits in the middle. larger than a man's hand, was furnish a desirable form of re- with his back to the mantelpiece.

It was generally stated the very complete report of Prelief? The Cabinet did not always sit sident Hoover's Commission on that taxes on spirits, wine and in this way. I have been shown Law Enforcement and Obser- beer would alone bring into the in a top room of the Junior Carlton vance. This body, made up of Federal coffers fully $1,000,000,- Club an enormous round table eleven distinguished citizens and 000 a year, which was used in the days of the headed by George W. Wicker-

Crime A Problem. Earl of Beaconsfield for Cabinet sham, had been created on May "Third, the existence of organ- 20, 1929, to make a generalised crime had become a national "Dizzy" always had his own par- ticular ideas on everything, and study of the processes and de menace. Ending the illicit liquor fects of law enforcement; on traffic would not put an end to this table was devised so that at January 15, 1931, it submitted its criminals, but it would drive them the Cabinet meeting everyone was

into less excusable unsocial acti.. This is the time of year when equal. It was an idea borrowed findings on Prohibition.

"Not many thoughtful persons vities against which public opin- book publishers cry their wares from the Arthurian legends.

The table nowadays is used for who read the entire volume could ion could more easily be mobills loudly and put forth their special banquets.

fail to agree with the bluntly ed and a greater effort demanded worded conclusion of Commis- from police authorities. sioner Monte M. Lemann: '.

"Fourth, politicians of both that the Eighteenth Amendment parties hesitated to stake victory cannot be effectively enforced in the forthcoming national elec without the active general suption on the single issue of Pro- port of public opinion and the hibition. A campaign of genera Jaw enforcement agencies of thelities, in which both Republicans States and cities of the nation; and Democrats could appeal to I read of a cannibal king who that such support does not now the support of all sections and

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IRISH CATTLE MEN CHINESE SIGN PACT. EVADE DUTIES. WITH TIBETANS.

Peace Returns To Frontier Country.

To-day, as in nearly all parts volumes pour from the presses in This year, of the world, Hong Kong ob- ceaseless stream.

hard, the serves one of the most signi- though times are ficant occasions of the year - Autumn output is rising again Armistice Day. A military par-almost to its accustomed level ade will be held and special ser-There are fewer books than last 4 said to have eaten half the exist; and that I cannot find suf-classes without directly alienat vices conducted in the Churches, year, but the falling off is not ing on his capital, so to speak..

population of his chief town. Liv-ficient reason to believe that it ing one large group was more in can be obtained. I see no alter-conformity with American politi- while fitting tribute is paid by spectacular. It would be sur

native but repeal of the amend-jcal procedure. the observance of the annual two prising if it were, for many of

ment.

"The ensuing action of the minutes' silence. It is held by these new books were contracted

"If the effect of the Wicker-two Conventions took the trou some that over-much pomp and for when times were better. and who are unable to beat it." sham Commission report was in bled question of Prohibition out

And, of course, hope springs

itself hardly decisive, other fac-of politics. Both promised re- ceremony is attached to Armis- eternal in the publisher's breast;

tors were accumulating during form. tice Day and that the martial dis-accustomed to delightful as well A famous Welsh revivalist was He is plays are inappropriate when as distressing surprises, he can once an insurance agent. peaes movements are afoot. But never be sure his ugliest duck-still very eloquent in advocating all agree that the memory of the ling will not turn out a swan.

If in quantity the Autumn lists) millions who laid down their lives offer no startling change, they Communist Revolt in Chill, in the greatest war the world has do surprise by their quality. experienced should be horioured, Not in several years has a roster and it is only fitting that the Last year's round-up was trif- so impressive been unrolled. tribute should be an impressive ling by comparison, Judging by

Shanghai, Yesterday. The occasion would be those volumes which, have al-

Protracted territorial conflict Remarkable scenes were wit-

between Chinese and Tibetan justified alone on the ground that ready appeared, and the promise parking the plane on the roof." nessed in the northern districts troops on the western frontier has it affords a pause for reflection. contained in the list of those to

follow, literature, at least, has oh, Awfulty Good...

of the Irish Free State yesterday been settled, following the conch- It is fourteen years since the guns

not fallen upon evil days. Every According to a scientist, London when the Irish farmers strained stan of peace met at Sikang on were silenced in Europe season brings its trash, and this the world's noisiest city. He every effort to remove their castle and more than a little doubt and one is not without blemish in

The pact provides inter alia that. means Londin

over the border into Northern the Chinese and Tibetans shall ob bitterness arise when we ask that respect, but the number of ourselves whether the awful sacri- its offerings which command at-

Ireland territory, in the effort to serve the Chingaha river as a fices in "The War To End War" tention is unusual. Partly this

avoid the increased British tariff boundary line and refrain from:

hostile activities.-Reuter. have been worth while.. The is no doubt due to the exercise of

on Irish products. noble ideals of the late President more careful choice on the part

Many special trains were char- Woodrow Wilson and his col of the publishers; partly, as al- Collapsible life rafts that can be tered, but the railways were quite leagues at the Versailles Confer- ways, it is fortuitous. Consider, stowed in streamlined containers unable to cope with the enormous ence have not been fulfilled and for example, the new fiction have been invented to be carried on quantities of livestock rushed to the compilers of the Versailles which this season brings. Al-scaplanes.. Treaty have been mocked by the ready there have been published

one.

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Making it Red hot. * A Peer at 1950.

"Great Scot, the house is rock- ing. Look out, it's going to fall down!"

"It's all right; it's only mother

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Facts You Did Not Know.

events of recent years. Despite at least half a dozen notable, The water used in some Algerian the efforts of sincere internation- novels. To-morrow comes Mracities is hauled in 18-ton tanks by alists and the names of the Pearl Buck's sequel to "The Good motor tractors across the · North late M. Aristide Briand and Mr. Earth," and we have recently African desert. Ramsay MacDonald instantly oc-had the finest work of Ellen

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cur national security and Glasgow's long career; a new There were 722 acroplanes con- guarantee of peace are still as novel by Mrs. Wharton, a volume atructed in the United States in the fdistant as ever, and the

war of short stories by Willa Cather, first six months this year, of which! threat looms as prominently as new novels by Hugh Walpole and 61 were exported. before 1914. Armaments are Sigrid Undset, John Gals-

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Rush Stock Across North Border.

London, Yesterday.

the Free State railhead. Many cattle failed to cross the border.

GALSWORTHY WINS NOBEL PRIZE. English Writer Given Coveted Award.

November 8.

CHARITY SHOW AT PENINSULA.

Chinese Performs On Way To America.

At the fancy dress dinner dance: at the Peninsula Hotel on Saturday, November 12, in aid of the New Territories Medical Renevolent So- ciety, there is to be another excel- lent attraction. Paun Yu-jen and Stockholm, Yesterday. the other members of the Joy Fun The Nobel prize for literature has Toy. Company of Chinese jugglers

piling high and the competition worthy's new book is soon to To aid natural history students a) for power is unabated Confer-come; Elizabeth Madox Roberts, London museum exhibits mechin- been awarded to John Galsworthy. and acrobats, who have enjoyed a ences have failed with monoton- Sherwood Anderson, J. M. Barrie, (cally operated skeletons to show He has been one of England's sensational success in the various ous regularity, and now the world William Faulkner, Booth Tar-how various animals move. 5- most prominent authors for some theatres in which they have recently years and has been a prolific writer appeared in Hong Kong, will give is on the threshold of a decision kington, Theodore Dreiser, which must be made within a Somerset Maugham-these are An electric clock invented by a of plays, short stories and novels. their farewell performance. few months, and when made, will but a few of the workers in Pittsburgh man tells the time with Born in 1867, he was educated at Perhaps it is not generally known be fraught with tremendous im-fiction whose new books will changing figures for, hours and Harrow and Oxford and has been that this intereating group of art... · portance. The forthcoming Dis- shortly be published. One caniminutes instead of hands.. armament Conference may well only hope that some of the new-

be termed, the last chance for comers in the field will prove of The Argentine government will] pacifists as in the event of failure equal mettle. In biography, enforce a law forbidding the use of any hopes for agreement will be history, science, poetry, public weights and measures. other than doomed for at least a decade and affairs and belles-lettres, the those of the metric system. the consequences may be dians lists are more than usually

writing since 1898..

Personal Para.

ists are members of one family of which Paun Yu-jen is the eldest son. Their ages range from 13 to 25, They are natives of Peiping, and have been carefully trained from Diwan The Khalsa

(Sikh childhood. The company will have Temple) notify that the Birth- concluded, a successful season here of Sir! Guroo Wanak and are to leave Immediately for JI will be celebrated Shanghai to fulfill theatrical con-

trous. As the ceremonies pro-strong and diversified. Already Booth, to name but a few. The day ceed to-day statesmen and na- there have appeared such dis list of those to come which are Dev tions may reflect on the tragic tinguished books as Ortega's strong in promise is too long and at the Sikh Temple on Sun-tracts there, subsequently sailing for folly of war. If their thoughts "The Revolt of the Masses," too varied to permit of easy dey, November 18, 1932. Heads of the United States where they wil influence their policies at the Bernard de Voto's "Mark Twain's selection. The authors and the departments and private firms are appear for five months in connection approaching Conference the oc- America, Claude Bowers's life publishers have done their part requested to grant a holiday to their with the Chinese Government's Ex- canion will have been well worth of Senator Beveridge, the first They deserve, and should re- Sikh employees to allow them to hibition at the "Century of Pro- the observance.

really satisfying life of Edwin ceive, the public's response, attend the temple on that day,gress" in Chicago,