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LITERARY NOTE:

"THE O'MULLINGAN'S” LIFE

Vivid Portrait Of Last Of Duellists.

CLEVER RECONSTRUCTION

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To those who regard reason, temperance and moderation

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Bomething unimaginative and res tricting "The O'Gorman Mahon,"

"WHITE" EXILES FROM REDS

Moving Record Of A

Revolution.

BRITISH SKIPPER'S STORY

Goodbye Russia. By Capt. Evan Cameron, (Hodder Stoughton. 128 Gd.)

The Admiralty transport Rio, 2,892 tona, arrived off Odessa on Negro, an ex-German vessel of

February 4, 1920. having steam- by Denis Gwynn (Jarrolds. 18) from Sebastopol through is recommended. James Mahon heavy pack-ice, dense fog and was born in 1803 and died in 1891 the centre of an imperfectly as a young man he was, even as charted mine-field. She had been Trelawny, deeply influenced ordered into the Black Sea by Byron's "Corsair," and this unfor tunate influence rendered

Adml.. Sir John de Robeck. him Commander-in-Chief In the untruthful, unreliable, swashbuck Mediterranean and High Com

ng and foolish.

missioner. in Constantinople, to He emerged into prominence as assist in the evacuation by sea the supporter of O'Connell in the of the thousands of "white" re- Clare election of 1828, and in his fugees who had streamed into the last years he lingered on as an South Russian ports before the Irish member-arthritte, lazy and steadily advancing Bolsheviks. odd. Even as Trelawny, he was The commander was Capt. Evan disloyal, not very honest, restles Cameron, R.N.R., whose "Good- and nomadic. He served several bye Russia" is a fire and moving masters. becoming u Cotonel un record of a year's adventure. der Louis Philippe, a member of The Odessa evacuation was the Tour's bodyguard, a General carried out. in bitter weather, In Costa Rica and Peru, an officer under the direction of the officers In the American Civil War, and of H.M.S. Ceres. The Don eventually a company promoter in Cossack cadets. "mere boys," the City of London.'

Isacrificed their lives in arresting

Again like Trelawny, he manage the progress of the Bosheviks on ed to impress important people the outskirts of the town until with his own sincerity, and such the swarms of famished and de- diverse figures as O'Connell, Bis-stitute refugees. "mostly women marck, Palmerston and the second of the upper classes, charming

Duke of Wellington appear to have and refind," could be taken aboard

taken him quite seriously.

the British ships.

Thackeray Character

The Rio Negro sailed at length He was pushing, violent and for Constantinople fantastically snobbish: he is credited with have overcrowded with 1.400 of thes ing fought a number of duels: he fugitives, many of whom found Was the original of Thackeray's to be suffering from typhus. In "The O'Blulligan"; he married an nine unemotional pages that are heiress, consumed her fortune and among the most stirring passages left her alone and in penury

of sea literature one has read,

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1934.

Fear of nations: invaalon from the skies.

Count de Brocqueville. :

IN

Parliament, London.

Belgium's historical neutrality, the violation of which at the beginning of the World war caused England and others to enter the conflict against the centrel powers, is being suggested again for the first time since it was ended after the Versailles treaty in an all- ance with France, Nazi Germany's thunder has compelled Belgian lenders, like Premier Count de Brocqueville, to confess that their liny nation would stand little show again against the Relch. Eng- land, which realizes that the day of the battleship is over as far as a purely European defence la concerned against aeropiane attacks, wants to "guarantee" Balgium's integrity again in order that hostile airfields will be too far from the English channel to serve large masses of attacking bombers.

NEW ROMANCE IN

HISTORY

Graphically Described Horrors.

MR. C. P. SCOTT'S SECRETS

"Loved And Admired” War Premier.

LIBRARIES FACING SHORTAGE

Definite Crisis In America,

INCREASING DEMAND

Pasadena.

POLICE RESERVE.

Orders for the Current Week.

Orders by the Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, C.M.G., Inspector General of Police.

General

Life Saving Class. The follow-

FUNERAL OF MRS. L.M. Y. NORONHA

Large Gathering At Graveside.

FRENCH CONSUL PRESENT

The funeral took place yesterday

With a 40 per cent Increase in ing members of the Police Reserve at the Roman Catholic Cemetery of the demand for books accompanied have qualified for the Life Saving

the late Mrs. Leonore Maria Yvano- by a 34 per cent. decrease in Certificate and Bronze pédallion:-vitch Noronha, wife of Mr. J. M. library income, the

Noronha of the Credit Foncier American

Crown Sergeant R87 Wong Extreme Orient, who passed away public libraries to-day face a de- Chung, Lance Sergeant R30 Thong

.

oa Saturday after being an invalid

fialte crisis in meeting their res-Po Hing, and Constable R55 Wong for the past five years.

ponsibilities to the field of educa-Yuk Pul. tion.

Sub. Inspector (R) David Lole has

The chief mourners were Mr. J.

That was the message brought qualified for the Instructors Certi. Noronha, Mr. H. Noronha and

Mr. A. Noronha, (sona). by Miss Jasmine Britton, pre-ficate, 1st Class.

The Rt. Rev. Bishop Valtorta, sident of the California Library

Chinese Company assisted by the Rev. Father Rossi Training Course-Part II-All officiated at the Chapel-and-at-the- Association, to the thirty-ninth annual meeting of that organiza-recruits of the Chinese Company graveside.

gram.

it

Indian Company

tion, held here recently in the will attend at the Chinese.Com- Among the large gathering were Hotel Vista del Arroyo. Two pany Headquarters on Tuesday, M. Dafaure de la Frade, Consul avenues of approach to the pro- August 14 at 17.80 hours for In- General for France, Mr. Mi C blem described by Miss Britton struction.

Renner, Vice-Conaul for France, were suggested by numerous

Brother Aimar. Director of the La speakers during a four-day pro- Training Course-Part, IL-All Salle Institute, Kowloon; Chev. J. M. recruits of the Indian Company Alves, and Messrs. Leo d'Almada e Libraries,

Was generally residing at Kowloon will attend 4, Castro Snr., Lee d'Almada e Castro agreed, would have to become Chi Woo Street, Kowloon on Jnr., F. X. D'Almada e Castro Jnr., more useful, projecting their in-Wednesday, August Auences to inform the public, and hours for instruction.

15 at 17.30 V. C. da Rocha, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Rosselet, P. J. Rodrigues, C. M. S. making themselves indispensable All recruits of the Indian Com-Alves, E. M. Remedios, F. X. Silva, through £ greater number of pany residing at Hong Kong will A. C. Botelho, J. J. Basto, P. M. N. activities. At the same time. It attend Chinese Company Head- da Silva, W. Lawrence, R. Charles, was suggested that strict economy 'quarters, 17, Queen's Road Central J. M. da Rocha, F. H. Barnes, A. M. should the the watchword in on Thursday, August 16 at 17.30 Xavier, D. Yvanovitch, R. A. Silva, library affairs.

DIVORCE PROBLEMS Shrewd Light Thrown

By New Novel.

"To-Morrow We Part" is some-

hours for instruction.

J. M. V. Remedios, F. X. Botelho, A. F. B. Silva Netto, 0. P. dog mem-Remedios. R. Choa, E. M. V. R. de the Souza, A. V. Gosano, E. L. Gosano,

N. Deitz and others.

Flying Squad Strength The following bera have been struck off strength of the Flying Squad as from August 7, 1934:-

Crown Sergeant R802 Harry

Kong, Constabler R805 Lo Shiu SCOUTS' JAMBOREE

AT MELBOURNE,

Wah, R310 Wong Po Man, R311 Young Sul Tin, R312 Michael

thing of a Viennese comple- Lim, R316 Chan Tee Fal, R818 Hong Kong Represented

The only point at which he dif. the author describes how he sent The Scarlet Beast, By Francis the excellent blography of G. P.But in the few hours intervening

B

Watson. Se. ed.).

Poon Wing Fook, R324 Harry Chan, R329 Harry Kew, R338

Robert Chan, R340 Chung Sul Two local Scout officers, Mr. R.. Yuen, 1843 Mok, Fung Yee, R844 Dormer, Group Scoutmaster, Kow- Poon Lok Chi, R345 Charles So, loon District, and Mr. R. H. Wong. R348 M. Campbell, R351 A. Bush, Bistant Scoutmaster of St. An- and R952 Suen Wah Sang.

drew's Troop, will represent the Instructional Patrol. The nextion at the Scouts' Jamboree which Hong Kong Boy Scouts' Associa- instructional patrol of the Hong is to take place near Melbourne in

ment to Mr. A. P. Herbert's A ROLLICKING STORY

A great

"Holy Deadlock." Elizabeth journalist and famous editorship are recalled in divorced on

and Erwin Lennart are to be the day following. Gerard. (Ivor Nicholson and Scott, of the "Manchester Guar- each makes such startling dis- fers from Trelawny is that he was his ship through snowstorms

dian," by J. L. Hammond (Bell, coveries about the other that the unable to write. Had he composed and blizzards while his surgeon.

Ian MacKinnon, a Canadian, who Mr. Gerard may or may not 12s. 6d), which was published bored. indifference which had a record of his own adventures, we might have had a book as en-had been sent to the Mediter- have road "Quo Vadis?" and the last month,

been the cause of the contem Scott, who died, aged 85, in plated divorce gives place to a trancing as the "Memoirs of ranean to regain his health after rest of the family of classically

wrestled single-handed with dis- ancient history is romanticallydian for 75 years. "Records." A few acattered papers seem to have descended to use on the teeming decks be garnished and improved. But he ! proves himself; a fully worthy Mr. T. Blake Butler. And from

A Floating Home

member of the company of semi- these Mr. Gwynn has composed an

Later in the year the Rio historical novelists in this floridly ingenious, if intermittent, recon-

Negro lay off Mudros as a float-entertaining book with Its struction.

There is a certain sympathy for ing home for refugees. Food Matania "jacket" of a handsome Brunnhilde, presumably repre- Mr. Gwynn in this task. The log-Was available in sufficient quanti- end was so appetizing, so sensaties, but all other supplies, in-senting Rome, sitting on the prone tional. The papers which he has eluding clothes, were lacking, body of a many headed creature been able to rescue are so slight, and typhus, scarlet-fever, and which from the context one takes

to stand, or lie, for Carthage. Capt. so thin. Upon the O'Connell elec-measles raged aboard.

For Carthage is the villain of

Younger Son" or as exciting as the service on the Western front, caparisoned fiction in which 1932, edited the Manchester Guar warm anger; and Miss Kaus had Kong Section will take place on December in connection with the

This is how he spent 24 already made the point that so'riday, August 24 at 17.80 hoursMelbourne hours at the age of 80 (writes long as there are anger and sharp, at Central Police Station-tions. They will leave Hong Kong

low.

fine

Dress

Centenary Celebra-

Unit Reserve as from August-7, 1934.

All-members will attend;" quarrels, a couple will not parti Mr. Hammond). He did his

late in November. This is a very wise and human-White Uniform, Cap with White evening's work at the office, little book, excellently translat Cover, and Belt with Brace. and then took the night trained by Miss June Head, and it does

Emergency Unit Reserve to London, He had break throw some shrewd new light on Strength.-Constable R415 Ivan fast with Mr. Lloyd George, the divorce problem so far as the Alexander Staritain has been taken spent most of the morning human factor is concerned. discussing Balkan questions

with M. Venizelos, lunched with Lord Cecil, returned to Man- chester by the afternoon train, and wrote a long leader in the evening.

Almost until the end he al-

Scott was deep in the con

them.

Cameron and his officers, with tion and the O'Shea business Mr the assistance of a charming the place. These are the days of Gwynn is fairly well documente; it

Russian woman, who later met Hannibal and Hasdrubal and does him great credit that the with a tragic death in Con- Scipio Africanus, and there is no pregnant interval which extende stantinople, and others chosen doubt as to which way our sym-ways cycled to and from the between these two ascertainable from among the refugees, chang-pathies are expected to tend. The office. phases has not been filled withed what might have been a float-cruelties and bestialities of Carth- imaginative writing.

ing hell into a happy home. age are set forth in detail; with a fidence of Liberal Ministers, and Mr. Gwyn invents no duels and One is grateful that the au-realism, indeed, which at times al- on the closest terms with Mr. constructs no unauthentic adven thor's modesty has not prevent-most amounts to gusto. The gal-Lloyd George, whom he "loved tures. Obviously, much must ed him from printing some

of lantry of the Romans is equally and admired" before the Irish have occurred in Costa Rica or the touching tributes from the emphasised-and of course Rome question for a period estranged during those evenings in St. Peters refugees that is services evoked. won in the end.

Mr. W. P. Crozier, the present burg. Mr. Gwynn has to fail back Back in the Black Sea, the Rio Rather curiously, the chapter upon the O'Shea tangle. Yet in Negro took part in further recounting the victorious advance editor of the Manchester Guardian, Epite of these difficulties ha has evacuations; but the outstanding of the Roman consul, Nero, on the contributes a chapter of fascinat "last of the duellists" and written book describes how the destroyer the dedication "To Benito Mus-vivid account of a great person- conveyed a vivid portrait of the passage in the latter part of the invading Hasdrubal is headed with ing interest to all journalists on "CP.S. at the Office." It is a & volume which, although highly Swallow (Cmdr. Bodham-Whet-solini and his Indomitable thou-

ham. D.S.O.) towed from the sanda, who marched on Rome inality at work. crowded harbour at Batum a the year one thousand nine hun- blazing oil tanker that threaten-dred and twenty-two, that she ed to explode at any minute and might live." It makes a good rol- wreck harbour and town alike. licking story, anyway, in the best! The courage and seamanship re-romance-of-history manner, though quired in this manoeuvre were the horrors are too graphically de- of the highest order and Capt. scribed for one to recortimend it to Cameron, still refusing to be the very young or tender-hearted. shaken out of his quiet narrative

romantic, is at no point fictional.

PHILIP GIBBS'S SHORT STORIES.

Real Life Drama Of New Volume.

Paradise for Sale. By Sir Philip Gibbe (Hutchison. 76. 60). Sir Philip Gibba's flair for the topical incident that can be made to yield - real-life drama is well in evidence in this new collection

of short stories.

We see the economic difficulties

of the world, for example, in gen-

style, makes the feat live again. "MODERN" ROMANS

THRILLING BOOK.

FOR BOYS.

Swift Narrative Of Smugglers.

European Society Creators.

FASCINATING BOOK

AN INTERNATIONAL THRILLER.

Exciting Story Of A Bomb,

"Death Takes The Stage" is a good thriller, of the international type.

We begin with a meeting of the chiefs of half the detective ser vices of Europe in the back room of a Soho restaurant, to lay their heads together for, the confound- Mr. Jack Lindsay, who will being of "one of the most during remembered for his clever white-criminals that ever challenged the

eral and particular aspects in Treason Under Seal. By w.washing of Cataline in "Rome for police systems of Europe," where-

several of the stories. "In Octo

ber, 1929, fate the mysterious fin-

ger of destiny - was

¡Sale," has translated certain Victor Cook, (Harrap, 78 selected passages from Latin up a bomb planted by the gentle.

man in question promptly blows. writing A tale of various adventure in

literature and publishes them the restaurant to smithereens strange things on the tape-ma-the time when England stood under the title of "I Am A-Roman." which served these distinguished chines In Wall Street" In the by" for Napoleon's invasion

The purpose of the selection is to

people right for being so melodra“ title story this writing interrupts What befell Peter Barton, em- show that "Rome created. European matic and not staging their meet the love affair of an American boy ployed as a smuggler's agent; society and that "every new ing more prosaically but a great and's French girl; it sends Joseph how he confronted the great effort to co-ordinate our production

deal more safely, in a bomb-proof

A Molina and his family from Bonaparte, and came through and distribution, and to achieve a room at Scotland Yardr America back to Italy, in Italian many a storm to haven. Pri. reasonable world-soclety......... derives Anyhow, a thoroughly exciting Born and in "The Price of Gold" marily, this is a book for boys, directly from Rome. it Indirectly causes an old lady to but many a grow up who has not However that may be, the book story follows the bomb, so perhaps Imagine that a few worthless trin forgotten the salt savour of makes fascinating reading; and

kets are valuable enough to save press-gangs and preventive men, the the colloquial trana

a debt-ridden farm will find it enjoyable. Mr. Cook teh ma

These episodes are represents has the secret of swift, direct

tive of the book's quality All narrative and is unfailingly re

thirteen stories are vivi

fy-told and eminently

sourceful in devising tight cor-

ners to be got into and out of.

Cicero's

how oddly tiested people of years ago ren

they knew what they were doing

Sir George Macdonald vised and almost rewritten his work.

for the Oxford Press:

C. CHAMPKIN.“ Acting, D. S. P. (R.).

on the strength of the Emergency Hong Kong, Monday, August 13.

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