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The China Mail

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Budget Criticism

now

HERE, THERE

EVERYWHERE

THE BRENYA ROUTE

This is a black year for moun-) taineering accidents. Ten people met their deaths on Mont Blanc alone in August.

The latest disaster, in which four! Italians were killed, occurred on the] Brenva glacier. The original) Brenva.route to the summit of Mont Blanc was one of the classical Alpine climbs of early days, and is] brilliantly described in Mr. A. E W. Mason's novel "Running Water."] Some years ago a large fall of) rock rendered this route impossible. Mr. George Mallory, who later! vanished on Mount Everest, Imme-| diately invented a variation which is still climbed.

DANGER FROM THE WEATHER

IS DEMOCRACY NOW PLAYED OUT?

ABSOLUTISM WILL BE

OVERTHROWN”

INCOMPETENCY CLAIMED

(By Henry L. Stimson.)

Mr. H. L. Stimson, the writer, imposed immense new burdens ugon of this article, can be taken as government. That is elementary. representing # section of American opinion. He upon distant sources of its food and very important The dependence of mass populations was Secretary of State in Presi- other supplies; the great accumu dent Hoover's recent Cabinet, and lations of capital, with the inherent earlier was Secretary of War tu dangers and evils of monopoly; the that of President Taft.

diiculties of specialised labour to

the Great War he went with the capital-all of these features and After his country's entry into protect itself in bargaining with troops to France, where he served many others in the New World pro- from December, 1917, til near duced by these new powers have The dead Italians, like the two

the Armistice.

brought problems requiring more parties who met with disaster.

efficient methods of government and earlier on the Matterhorn, were

IFTEEN years ago American much greater use of government.. climbing guideless, and in both troops were returning vic-| But this a very different from rases death came through adversatorious from the Great War. saying that these new conditions weather conditions.

American citizens were flushed with require that the individual should English mountaineers who dis-the enthusiasm of success. We had give up his essential rights. The pense with guides are usually cau-been called out to save the world. essence of our system of democracy,." tious and experienced Alpinista, Our President, Mr. Wilson, had for which we have been fighting and. In consequence there have been told us that it was a war to make during these long centuries, has few casualties among them.

the world safe for democracy. been freedom of the Individual as The Italians, and even more the That old world had seemed against the tyranny of government Germans, who easay these long pretty good world and well worth and equality of rights among indivi ascents are often tourists, with no saving. For centuries our race had duals. previous knowledge of the Alps and been witnessing a gradual growth their sudden storms.

in Individual freedom and justice.

The essential test of man's securi- The death-rate among them is

In the war we felt that we had in that freedom, and in that very high. Weather forecasts are been fighting against the forces of underlying conception of his re- equality, lies ultimately in the as vital to a mountaineer as to an violence and despotism. Whatever laviator.

the original causes of the war, by that government exist for him in lation to his government. Does the time we entered it the issues order to secure individual rights which had developed along the which are superior to government? Western Front, as those issues were Can the individual man, standing on defined to us by our President, were his own right, make, secure als free "to vindicate the principles of dom by means of free speech, free peace and justice in the life of discussion, a free Press, and in the. the world as against selfish and last resort by the invocation of the autocratic power, and to set up aid of an independent judiciary? amongst the really free and self-i governed peoples of the world such a concert of purpose and of

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Museum. Pieces

* * * Weeks Ahead

The

First Senator: "Do you believe In

Second Senator (absently): "Yes,

Age-Long Rights As Freemen

action as will henceforth ensure Or, on the other hand, do all his rights come from his government, and does his security depend solely

the observance principles."

of

those

After the great victory it seemcaupon the privileges which that the as if it would be a comparatively government sees it to grant to easy matter to make secure these him? These are the two essential objects for which we had fought, conceptions of Individual rights The great enemies, violence and which have been fighting in this autocracy, had been overthrown. world during the past thousand-

Now, fifteen years afterwards, years, gold all my speeches are carefully prepared these hopes seem to have crumbled into ashes in our hands. The miseries of an unparalleled economic depression have enveloped the earth. Instead of peace we see violence all around us. Instead of law and stability, revolution and

of

LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES

They met on the battle front in the recent war, and the issue was decided in favour of our system... We shall not reverse that deci sion. Certainly no English- speaking nation will. We shall devise modification of

country, and the fluctuations of the paper dollar depended on the

Your Daily Smile! state of trade. The silver re- serve was abolished in order that Experts are developing a larger and the dollar and gold should move firmer cucumber for pickling. together, and the dollar could be New Dill for the schoolgirls.

* freely used to purchase gold bul-

* lion. The great era of prosperity

The Game "Horace is going to teach me to play then began; and at the end of the cards so that I'll know all about it Those who listened to the dis-war the States had a reserve after we are married," cussion of the Budget might be stock of gold. It is on that that think he called it patience."

which comprised half the world's "That's right. What gume le he go- pardoned if they hesitated to use the exchange value of the dollar

[ing to teach you?” the word "criticism" at all. The Hon. Sir William Shenton found now depends. The purchases of one report after another to eulo silver to be locked up in vaults

"I want to buy a petticoat." gise; many achievement worthy of capital, and the issue of notes third floor."

merely sterilises a certain amount "Yes, miss; period costumes on of congratulation; and retiring to the value of the silver bought officials to be complimented. The will keep the paper dollar below other "unofficials" made several the gold price; to put the same preparedness?" constructive proposals; some of thing in the reverse way it will which are more open to discus increase the premium on sion than others; mostly they are which has already come into exis.for me in advance." things like the Wanchai market tence; and it will thereby throw that are probably only held over out of gear the currency It cannot be said that the dis France and the other countries cussion was an accurate reflection which are still on gold as their of the sort of criticism. amount aole standard. ing sometimes to denunciation of have already begun to

These results every act and omission of the themselves; and they will do so to arrive here on Tuesday.

The s.s. Santhia left Singapore change have swept over most of the our machinery so as to make our show Administration from January to

last Thursday afternoon and is due nations, Instead of the spread of division of the rich rewards of December, that one hears

more clearly as time goes on.

democrney, we are confronted by a modern industrial civilisation more and then from men who have not Nor will China benefit by the

reversion from democracy to arbi-fair and equal, but we shall do this, had the same opportunities of rise in silver, except very tem one case of meningitis were report-several of the most powerful nations lying rights and equality of an in- One case of typhoid fever and trary forms of government by not by abandonment of the under reading reports and weighing the porarily Chinese exports willed in the Colony during the 24 of the earth. amount of urgency behind each be harder to sell; and in the long hours ended September 27.

dividual, but rather by a fulfilment proposal; but what alternative is run only exports can provide the there to the policy of budgetting means to buy Imports.

of them... Even

I think, therefore, we are safe in for necessary works and waiting now the movement of silver coins

forecasting that the tide which has to see how the tide of commerce from the Interior to Shanghai is The Nan Chin Tobacco Company, us a spirit of the most extreme and been running so steadily in Europe is going to flow?

throwing agriculture out of gear. Limited, will, unless cause is shown selfish nationalism which cuts at towards individual freedom and, the For the current year

the Both the Nanking Government to the contrary, be struck off the the very foundation of what we popular forms of government will amended estimates were drafted and the Shanghai Banks have ex-register, and the Company dis-were fighting for.

not permanently be checked by the in prospect of a deficit if the dol pressed their fear of the results solved. lar remained low which might be of a sudden or large rise in the wiped out if it rose. The proba price of silver. The President'a The next general meeting of the bility, with three months to run, reply to such representations has Hong Kong University Medical So- is that accounts will balance. If so far been what he told the ciety will be held on Wednesday, at the dollar remains considerably World Economic Conference; 5.25 p.m. in the School of Surgery. over one shilling and fourpence, that he was too busy with Ameri- Professor L. J. Davis will deliver 1935 will work out to much the can problems to concern himself his Presidential address on. “Medi. same result. In other words the with the rest of the world. The cine and Medices-Ancient. and Government is "bulling the ex-pity of it is that these currency Modern." A group photograph will change in the sense that it re experiments the results of trying be taken at 5.15 p.m. in front of serves the power of cutting down to revive commerce without re the University Main Buliding, and expenditure when exchange is sorting to the one policy that tea will be served at 5.10 p.m. in allsm and democracy against the unfavourable, and holds the ex-would enable commerce to revive the Union Tea Room. pected favourable exchange as a itself a return to the old De reserve. Our public finances democratic policy of a low tariff. pend upon the purchases of sil- Wealth is not money, but gooda. ver made by the American Trea The Treasury has been buying

The long history of the associa sury, over which we have no con-all the silver produced or held Finance, arrived

Mr. H. H. Kung, Minister, oftion of nationalism with democracy trol whatever.

in Shanghai has not indicated any real reason within the States at a price well from Nanking on Thursday Mir. to believe that nationalism The price of silver coming so

above the market value; and is Kung called on officials of the destroy democracy. close to our business and our not anxious to buy more than can Central Bank of Ching in the trary, this history shows that demo- On the con- bosoms" compels us to follow the be seen to be necessary to satisfy afternoon." course of American politics with the Western States which want a

cracy grew up and forced itself) upon an earlier: nationalism as a As a further step towards, restor-

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Nationalism And Democracy

It is notified that the name of We seem to see everywhere about

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Is democracy played out? Is it economic post-war difficulties which: not steadily showing itself more it has met. incompetent to deal with the pro bleme of to-day?

What is the relation of nation- allam to democracy? Will not nationalism ultimately destroy democracy and replace it with arbitrary government?

The real issue as I see it is not an issue of nationalism against de- mocracy. It is an issue of nation- problems imposed by the Industrial revolution and the possibility of wat..

would

When the miseries, consequent upon the war pass, and as means are found of restoring trade and bettering employment conditions. autocratic government, will, prob-| ably gradually shrivel of its own volition, Otherwise it will ha forcibly overthrown in the future Just as it has always been over- thrown in the past...

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RESTORING VIRTUE IN CHINA Removing Temptation From Students

for

college

an attention which would be an cheap dollar. The speculators Mr. David Ellis, of Messrs. Ellis growth which was at least as strong ing the old virtues, a ban has been SHAMROCK impertinence if our own plans have so far been correct in their and Edgar, returned to the Colony and potent as its predecessor. In imposed by the Cantonese authori

did not so closely depend upon it;

anticipations that considerable by the President McKinley from the early ages nationalism was for ties on young maidservants in and the first point to be clearly purchases would be made before Manila on Thursday. envisaged is that the silver policy the Primaries; and they are now

a long time associated with auto-boarding houses is purely political and not econo-buying with one eye on the elec Miss Virginia Boyer, of San insistent desire of mankind to rule The practice is being suppressed

cratic monarchy, until later: the students. mic The system now establish- tions for Congress, expecting a Pedro, California, was the only its own destinies and secure indivi- on the ground that it has brought: ed is that which was in force up

rise in November. The sale of passenger for Hong Kong on the dual rights took possession of the moral ruin to many a student and to the year 1875. The metal roeven a small quantity of silver President Hayes, which arrived old partnership and ousted the 18 certainly much worse than mixed serve was held as to three quar

bars by, the Treasury would send on Thursday.. ters in gold and one quarter in the price down with a slump, or

former partner, autocracy. silver. That system was aban-even the cessation of buying.

I believe that our modern nation. The measure, was originally-pro. doned because it was a measure

Passengers for Hong Kong on alised democracies can and will posed by a college professor who the NK 3. HakozakiMaru, solve the problem impo

alleged that young female servants which arrived from the north yes-law order of the industrial were being kept in student quarterá la terdays were Miss F. Allen, Mrs tion without a surrender of for questionable purposed and the W Candy Miss R A.Fowlera

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