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For the first time for many years officers of the German army recent- by visited Aldershot, where they were attached to regiments för a military course. Lt. von Wick, of the German army, was attached to the 2nd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards for about six weeks. Lt. vou Wick, who speaks English, was the guest of the evening at the Officers" Mess shortly after his arrival.

The Commanding Officer of that regiment, Lt-Col. R M. Kerans

PESSIMISM MUST BE FOUGHT

MENACE OF PERSONAL FEELINGS

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SICKNESS OF HUMAN

SOUL

(By The Very Rev. W. R. Inge)

IET us imagine an altercation Bulon Geuring te serlin wheat

between a Pessimist and an

to Bismarck was at the zenith of his Optimist.

fame and success, found him ex- P-You are the kind of person tremely depressed Bulow sug

said: "So far as we know, one of who would buy from a Jew and gested to his chief that if anyone entitled to feel himself a my officers have received any notice sell to a Scot and expect to make was

happy man..it was be." Bismarck that they are to pay a retura visita profit.

In any case I think it is extremely 0-You are the kind of person replied that he could not honestly, unlikel that any will go, as none who sold out your perfectly sound remember having been happy for have a knowledge of German and Australian stocks in a patic for more than three days in, all his

life, which had been one unceasing - half their value, that, of course, would be an essens,

P-You are always saying that struggle. He had been constantly tial part of their equipment. Many, however, would welcome such a there is a good time coming; and assailed by envy hatred, and 2 malice, and thwarted by the folly it never comes. Recently a German officer, was! O-You are always saying that and imbecility. of his attached to the 3rd Carabineers the country is going to the dogs, and subordinates..

No doubt it was so. and Bis- (Prince of Wales's Dragoon and it never gets there. :

P.-"Send me hence ten thou marck was

a pretty good hater Guards), but he returned to Ger-

sand miles from a face that al-himself: but can we doubt that her many last month.

enjoyed the game when he was not

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colleagues.

Two Writers' Opinions Nevertheless. I agree with Bor

It is understood that during the ways smiles. course of this year other German] O-I can't think why it is that in low spirits officers are to visit Aldershot and all the Christians I meet look so that British officers are going to melancholy.. Germany, where they will be at P-The sight of you, sir, would tached to regiments there.

make any Christian melancholy.

O-Go along with you, and of rather too rhetorical passage of two evils choose both.

"Lavengro." that, the optimists

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ENGLISH AS WORLD TONGUE

row. in a well-known though

At this point a bystander might| never do anything great in the Mr. H. L. Mencken's estimate of intervene. One of you is a baro-world. Why should they want to the English language is that to-day meter stuck at set fair; the other change anything in the best of all, English is the daily tongue of is a barometer stuck at stormy: I possible worlds? (This is the Dearly 200.000.000 people. He adds would not give six-pence of the American Debt Funding another 20,000,000 to whom Eagleither of you"

for best of all possible worlds.” said the philosopher Bradley, Hand Agreement on the principle of ish is their second tongue His The truth is that we often do everything in it is a necessary: paying all that was demanded "to Enal conclusion is that English is not know whether our neighbours evil" "Thou wouldst be joyous, Hong Kong, Saturday, May 25, 1935 the last cent." France and spoken by as many people as the are happy or unhappy. The wouldst thou? Then be a fool. Italy regarded the Agreement sext two languages-Russian and heart knoweth its own bitterness, who have been the wise ones, the as premature and as unfair to

German-combined.

doth and a stranger A Change of Premier them. because it destroyed the

rot inter-mighty ones, the conquering ones: As a first tongue he gives Ras-meddle with its joy." One of the of the earth?. The joyous? I be chance of a taited front to arrive sian approximately. 100,000,000 most woebegone faces that I have lieve it not." It would be difficult to imagine at "some more feasible plan speakers, and German 85,000,000 known belonged to a brilliant wit. any change in se important an Nobody, at that time foresaw the Japanese comes fourth with 70,000,-who, I believe, was really a happy the pessimist is equally ineffective. Of course, we may answer that office as that of the Prime Mini-big slump: but it was the loss 000, and Spanish and French dis- man. The laughing philosopher The typical pessimist in literature ter of England that would make of the reserve of gold used in

pate Sfth and sixth places with often pretends to be jolly just to is. Schopenhauer, who tells us that less difference of policy than the payment that did more than any-55,000,000.

show that fate cannot touch him; we alternate between discontent approaching resignation of Mr-thing else to aggravate the bad

Mr. Mencken's belief in the that was the boast of all the ab-and boredom. All the objects of“ Ramsay MacDonald and the re-times and loss of financial con eventual triumph of American Eng-lcient philosophers.

A more realistic, plan lish is based

human desire are just baits by sumption by Mr. Stanley Bald-fidence.

on the hundreds of

"Master," said ́, a scholar of which Nature seeks to get To would have stipulated for a fixed win of his former position.

have become Balliol to Jowett, a propos of these hook, in our nose and makes u begin with, the big majority of rate of exchange, such as had Americanisms which

part and pardel of the English paradoxes, "do you really think a serve her purposes, which are not Conservatives in the present ruled while the debt was being House of Commons have always incurred. And it was rather a language, on the greater inventive good man could be happy on the our own. "Then make them your Less of the American mind, and on rack The Master, after a pause, own, a stoic would reply, "Make made it certain that on any. im-big oversight to make

the the fact that of the English, words replied, "Well, perhaps a very them your own, and be happy." portant matter their leader could arrangement to

the nearer accumulation of charges on the which are passing into other for good man on a very bad rack The man who is always afraid' have his way:

eign languages a very high per-

"As for the' pessimist, he is a man of being duped will not make- approach of a general election item of compound interest has made it advisable to recog-intention however "was charac-centage are Americanisms.

who likes to be agreeably surpris-much of his life, and if the nature party; teristically honourable; and

ed when things tara out nise the claims of that

better of things is in-a-conspiracy to de- int

than he has chosen to the increasing confidence view of the fact that the Wash-

expect.ceive us. what escape can there be- and

"Blessed and authority which Mr. Bald-ington Government was, as he

is he who expects -no-jexcept by renouncing life itself? thing, for be shall never be dis-But there is no reason to believe: win has shown in all his recent said. "sitting on his doorstep." it Hiking

And such lovely scenery grand-appointed."

anything of the kind. speeches has indicated that he is easy to understand the in- was really speaking for the pulse to "sign and have done with ma; you should see the Devil's Government without fear of any it". One may contrast the Gorge. criticism from his colleagues-method adopted by Mr. Joseph Bush, dear, it's only their healthy His controversy has really been Chamberlain in negotiating, the appetites. with the die-hards among his own Newfoundland. Fisheries Treaty. followers.

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Your Daily Smile!

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a young man

After everything had been as be That Settled Him Of the three men who have thought sufficiently discussed he There recently added to their repute by drafted fair terms which have ever since -and interventions two- Mr. worked well Baldwin and Sir Austen Cham- then had his trunk packed and old booked a passage to sail that distinctly

of the stagers; only one, Mr. Anthony night. In the course

Accord-afternoon the Treaty was signed.

Berlain are

Eden, is a young man.

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Who went for a scorch in a mota

There remained of the car Just a wheel'and a bar,

Of the driver, he merest istas

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Our Own Feelings

"Everlasting Bliss”

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on a Saturday,sions which some great and suc-For myself I have had many trou-

themselves?

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But do we always know the truth; I do not know how to classify" about our own feeling? Perhaps

the worthy churchwarden whom we are never so happy or unhappy Frederic Myers asked to tell him of as we think we are. Superfcially what he really believed would I think the happiest people are the happen to him after death. " vain, who are entirely satisfied to suppose I shall enter into everlast- be themselves; and they are very ing bliss," was the answer, "but I do wish.you would not talk about. irritating to their neighbours. The proud, on the other hand, are such depressing subjects”

As regards our private affairs. almost always unhappy. But what ing to the conventions a Prime One rumour-of the return to Cup Final Outlook

and our own characters.. I think are we to say about the confes- carries office of Mr. Lloyd George-will The match was Minister's resignation

pessimism is to be fought against.. with it that of his colleagues. hardly be current any longer, for but the odds were laid on the Wed- cessful men have made about and there will be an opportunity the two men, have been colinesday.

|bles; most of them never happen-.

ed The best moralists from St.” to give some of the other younger leagues before, and found each men an opening. As for the other quite incompatible.

Paul to Spinoza, have warmed us. more domestic question of was Mr. Baldwin that proposed

jagainst despondency, which the Mr. Winston Churchill's

medieral casuists called by the the Carlton Club

of Acedia, and classed bition to see the Conservatives meeting at

among the seven deadly sins. We go to the county independently which smashed the Georgian

still Atea dance will be held' at] and not as part of a "National coalition, and the wound

A concert will be held at the blame our nerves or livers; but we Government," the present time rankles.

Repulse Bay Hotel to-morrow at Cheero Club, on Thursday next ought never to incur the censure- would hardly have been chosen) As his influence has waned 4.30 p.m.

A half-hourly, bus ser- commencing, at 830 pm: All which St. Paul lays upon the pagan will had not Mr. Baldwin's own pre- and his eyesight continued

vice to

operate during the Servicemen are welcome.

Isociety of his day-"having ference for the coalition been fail, the present Premier has afternoon., «e

hope, and without God in the. adopted; it is only a few weeks dropped more and more into what| 1

It is notified that Mr. W. 1 world" The Jews, on the con- since he asserted that for these his old friend Lord Snowden His Excellency the Office Ad- Carrie resumed the duties of Head trary, "against hope believed in g disturbed times he still thought called "Scotch metaphysics, and ministering the Government has of Sanitary Department on May 18. hope:" and the Jews have stood by the graves of all their oppressors a large majority was necessary, it is unsatisfactory, to have the appointed Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg. and that no one party could head of a Government constantly MC to be a Director of the

"His Excellency the Officer Adrians or Babylonians or Persians in turn There are no more Assy- secure it. It is easy in this can-afraid to commit himself Mr. Widows" and Orphans' Pensions ministering the Government has tion to see the result of the ex- Baldwin on the other hand has Fund vice Mr. H. K. Holmes, C.B.appointed Mr. Thomas O'Connor to Jews, in spite of Hitler, perience of the first general elec-¡been more and more clear-cut in) tion after his first Premiership, his pronouncements. It has A tea dance will be held at which sent to Farliament three been a real weakness that Repulse Bay Hotel to-morrow, Suz-) more or less equal parties, and foreigners have constantly com- day, at 430 pm. There is a half led to the formation of the first plained that they could not hourly bus service on Sunday after Labour Government. Once bitten understand what the British noon, twice shy,

policy was. There is not likely·· Mr. Baldwin's influence

Joy and woe are woven fine, was to be any further cause for com It is notified in the Government John's Cathedral, on behalf of His

A clothing for the soul divine. neper greater than it is to day. plaint of lack of clarity or can-Gazette that Dr. Li Shu-fan, J.P., but it is much more due to his dour.

Under every grief and pine M.B., D.T31. and E, FRCS.ng the Government, Sir Thomas

·Pam's a joy with silken tuine. steady devotion to the public

(Edin) has been duly elected as interest in the last few years

a member of the Sanitary Boards.

It is right it should be so. The aa Taima left Singapore on Man was made for joy and woe- than to the record of his former | Premiership or his tenure of

The annual general meeting of Thursday afternoon and is due here. And when this we rightly know

Safely through the world we go. office as Chancellor of the Mr. Peter Rernard, of South the Hong Kong Society for the next Tuesday morning. Exchequer. It may be that the ad. Chesham Bois, Bucks, escaped Prevention of Cruelty to Animals The RMS. Empress of Asia will be reasonably hopeful? Of course But about public affairs, can we times were too hard to allow any with scratches when his car turn will be held on Wednesday next at man to make his name, but it is led a double somersault and hit 5.30 pm in the private room at arrive in the Colony on Wednesday we may agree with Dr. Johnson, certain that his early career will two trees atter & tyre had burst at Messrs Lane, Crawford's Restau next at 6 am, and is due to sail who, when Boswell said, "If I were

for Shanghai at nous on Friday. Ame be associated with his signature

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are al

ways with us, and generally on the- top. At noon yesterday, Empire Day,

Dark Before Dawn Captain B. F. Walter, A.D.C., Laid wreaths on the Cenotaph and alsoj. One of my favourite mottoes is on the war memorial outside St. this, from"Blake:

Excellency the Officer Administer-

Sonthorn