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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1932.

HARMONY AMONG NATIONS

Understanding First Need Of World.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIDADE. ANCIENT ROMAN VILLAS FOUND

Public Vaccination Free of Charge.

Excavators Disclose with their mosafe floors and "cen- [next few months the problem of Too Ambitious?

tral heating" systems, a costly what to do with Verulamium will It is The different technique of the Chi-1

For general information

Fine Specimens. "Perhaps such an idea.may seem

weather-proof building must be have to be faced." nese artist compels me to try to

erected to prevent the rains and On a recent Sunday $12 in pen- understand his point of view. Dir too Utopian and it may be neces-notified that public street vaccina-

(Reuter'a Special Mall Service). storms from disintegrating the nies and sixpences were collected actly I do this I break through the sary to attempt something not so tla is being carried on by mem-

London. 2,000-year-old coment and washing from sight-seers at the ruins, narrow national barriers and be ambitious at first. Such an organi-bers of the St. John Ambulance sation as the Y's Men's Clab might Brigade, free of any charge what-

Archaeologists who have un- away the surrounding earth works. MR. G. H. HUNT LECTURES. come international.

"Three of the wonderful mesnic Young Diplomat's Hobby.

Ambassador's "So I would suggest the forma- think out a scheme it would be aoever, the lymph and sterilising

One of the new Government Medical Department. old Roman city near St. Albans, are pavements have been lifted and The local Y' Men's Club had as thef an International Cultural worth while to give it some consi-material being supplied by the covered Verulamium, the 2,000-year-

Employers of labourers may seeking some means of preserving placed in a temporary museum," hobbies when a young diplomat in speaker Mr. J. H. Hunt, Secretary Centre as a means of bringing the deration.

May be, some other idea may

He bought his own fighting bull of the European Y. M. C. A. at their people of the different nations to

The common interest in occur to us, but I do think we have their employees vaccinated at the Roman villaa that have been explained Mrs. Mortimer Wheeler, Madrid was bulighting.. weekly meeting at Messrs. Lane, gother. Crawford's Restaurant on Thura-art of all kinda would make a na- should do something very definite the factory on application to the unearthed. It is possible that the who, with her husband, is directing

go back under the dust where it been re-burled and another is at art of avolding it, when his chief College.. day, the 24th November.. Mr. tural and informal point of contact to bring the nations together in Assistant Commissioner, c/o King's ancient city may be re-buried, to the work of excavation. "One has and was becoming proficient in the present protected from the weather stepped in and brought his career as Schools will be attended to on was found. Hunt's subject was "By Way of which other means do not supply, Hong Kong.

"We have tried sports to effect a

To preserve the Roman villas by a wooden covering. Within tho a toreador to an untimely close. Understanding." He stressed the There would be no conscious effort importance of mutual understand-or stimulation to create an interna-better understanding and the result request. ing among different nationalities, tional feeling of goodwill-it would has not been all to be desired, now and

that be there by virtue of the general let us try some other line of ap told his audience

had been tried appeal of of the subjects that drawproach. many wayn

"Such a scheme as outlined would to promote understanding but the members together in fellow-

xuccessful. Even ship. The title of auch an organi-jappeal. only to a-limited number, sports, Olympic games, and Con-sation would have to be carefully It is well that it should for large cord Clubs could do nothing to com-chosen, and, perhaps, it would be members would take away that in bat nationalism; therefore, he advisable to omit the word interna-timate and cordial fellowship so Primarily the vital to the success of the under- The influence of small thought of approaching this pro- tional altogether. blem from a new angle, namely, by object would be the cultivation of taking.

Four Art interests, but the result groups of right minded people can- means of Art.

"Art is a universal language," would be a better understanding of not be over-estimated.

"I do not think.there is any great continued Mr. Hunt. "We can ap- each other's national point of view,

Nation's Best.

danger of such a group growing in- preciate the cave paintings of pre-

set of self satisfied "The art of a nation ropresents to a smug historic man done many thousands of years ago.

"We do not know its best aspects. So often we judge anobs-the right study of art anything about his spoken lau another nation by its weaknesses broadens the outlook and makes the had one, and are blinded by them to such an true democrat. The artist is judg- gge, perhaps he never but we do know what he wanted to extent, that we fail to appreciateed by what he can do, not by what ap- he has got in the way of posses- say when he painted that reindeer its good points. Well, let us on the walls of his cave. To many proach the problem from this new sions or social position. arlists of to-day the Greek ideal angle and through the study of in-and

nore

SYELY

Politics other disturbing elements

Dr. V. H. Taso, General Secre

of art still predominates. In ar-ternational art discover the best in would be strictly barred." chitecture we still copy the beauti- the nations.

"I do not wish to limit art to tary of the Chinese Y. M. C. A., on ful lines and the splendid propor- tions of the old Greek temples. The pictorial art, but would include all behalf of the Club thanked the Greek language is spoken of to-day branches-music, photography, 11-speaker for his inspiring talk, 'as a dead language, but their art terature, drama.

"Imagine, for a moment, a build- is a vital as ever.

"Some art, of course, is more na-ing set aalde for this object, con- tional in character and needs some taining facilities for the cultiva- aympathetic understanding.

PENNY-IN-SLOT WIRELESS.

But tion of the arts. A studio for the (Reuter's Special Mall Service.)

London.

A

he is a poor artist who cannot soa artists, a music room for the musl-

A penny-in-the-alot device for the beauty in the art of another cians; a library for the readers, a

small theatre for dramatics, a wireless has been invented. nation.

fixed Common Ground.

dark room for the photographera, coin is dropped into the wireless "There are some aspects of Chi-and, most important of all, a com- set which then gives a

as mon room for all. In a place like amount of programme. nese life I do not Hke, same

The device is a small box which there must be aspects of Western Hong Kong there would be little life that the Chinese dislike, but difficulty about the language for fits into any wireless cabinet, in when I am looking at a Chinese many of the residents here speak such a way that the set can receive There should be as fewno current until a penny is Insert- painting or a piece of Chinese English. craftemanship I am thrilled with rules as necessary and the scheme ed to operate a contract switch..

It is possible to manipulate the admiration for the Chinese, and for should not be burdened with too

the time forget all that I dislike in much organisation. Mutual inter-machine so that it will take any them. And I think this is equally course should receive every encour-coin, so that anything from one to true the other way round-the agement and I see no reason why it twenty-four hours listening-in may

be paid for at a time. Chinese looking at Western art, would fail?

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