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THE CHINA MAIL- SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1935–

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TRAFALGAR RELIC

HOW I WOULD SOAK THE RICH

WEAKNESSES IN THE

SYSTEM

A silver breakfast dish which CAPITALIST STRUCTURE DISCLOSES

saw service at the Battle of Tra-

falgar was recently sold in Loo- |don.

It belonged to Lord Nelson, and is engraved with the coats-of-arms

of Nelson and Bronte. The crests

of the Victory and the Vanguard also appear on it.

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FUNDAMENTAL FAULTS

(By Oliver Baldwin)

London perity, and no amount of finan-

is not generally realised cial juggling will take away the that out of our total adult fact that so long as the earth population only 4 millions gives us food and clothing and come within the scope of income shelter there will always be THREE BROTHER AUTHORS tax and of that number only people who want to sell -and-

Mr. T. F. Powys, who has been 22 millions pay full taxes people who want to buy.

This they are prevented from awarded a Civil List pension for without rebate.

It is because the wealth of doing: not because they cannot his services to literature, has

jour country is in the hands of produce or transport their pro- been a poor man all his life.

He is one of a large family of so few that increased taxation duction but because there is not Welsh brothers, sons of a country is necessary and equally limited sufficient medium of exchange in the pockets of the masses to parson. Three of them live and in its possibilities

autumn.

Why?

write in different houses in the If this country were a busi-complete the exchange of goods. same Dorset village, East Chal-Less concern it would close down

Why is it that the millions in dón. Mr. J. C. and Mr. Llewellyn to-morrow: for instead of its Powys are the other two. A book people receiving dividends from China or India or Africa cannot on the three by Mr. Richard Her-its colossal production it is con have cotton goods. radio sets, on Ward, will be published in the stantly paying out money in the motor cars, tinned foods, books, shape of taxation to keep it and anything they would care going- Consequently a con-for, when there are all these Mr.. T. F. Powys writes, in the

tinuous increased taxation of things to be had and more to Hardy tradition. about Dorset the rich is bound to produce be made by people now out of Deasant life. Apart from a single financial panic. against which work? It is because the con- : volume of soliloquies he did not attempt to publish his work for present financial methods are trollers of our destinies will not.

fallow money to get out of their Present System

hands while they still claim in- visit David Garnett happened to

It has long amazed me why terest for the purpose of sup- East Chaldon, "discovered” him, and saw to the publication of his those who believe in the capi-plying them with the medium first volume of short stories. "The talist system have not brought of exchange.

Surely, sound finance should it up to date or even tackled its Left Leg."

Nobe neither more money in cir

LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.any years. Then one day Mr. impotent

Perfumery Dept.

The China Mail

Hong Kong, Saturday, Sept. 7, 1935.

Exchange Bldg-

Since his son Theodore was in- fundamental weaknesses. ed in Kenya Mr. Powys has adopt-capitalist Government can ever culation-as happened in Ger The Treaty was

bring prosperity back to this many after the war, nor less merely recognised, to have been "onted a baby girl.

country on the shoulders of the money than there are goods

as in Britain to-day, but an Lived Since then the Coven-

present financial system. ant has been drafted and sign- jed by Italy as well as the "Pact

of Paris." and the whole object!

Your Daily Smile!

Reminder

No Labour Government can equal amount of money and ever hope to produce anything goods a balance of production but financial panic should it and money. It is all very well

The English Case

of Mr. Eden is to lift those in- A schoolmaster, giving a music attempt increased taxation of to point to idle money in banks struments off their dusty shelf lesson, inquired whether the pupils the, rich. No Socialist Govern- and say that it is included ir

introduce the amount of money we In recent issues we have and make them living factors had any favourite anthem, they

would like to sing. stated, we hope with impar-in the calculations of statesmen God Save the King', sir," said Socialism until the financial sys-"allowed," and that therefore tiality, if not with sympathy. The procedure adopted was per- one of the lads.

a

But what

+

yet:

are

ment could ever tem is altered, and the Soci-an increase would mean infls- the case which each of the "liti-haps generous on a legal inter- Now, tell me what made you alists of England. unfortunately tion; but money left idle should

R$ think of the National Anthem.” gants"-if we may use that ex-pretation. but justified

"Because, replied the boy, for them, have not realised this automatically become a differ

ent medium, and should be in- pression-had prepared for the proof that there was no wish to

time to go home.”

The great weakness of the dependent of fluid currency, so Council of the League in this seek a solution that would not

capitalist system is that money that inflation could not arise. Last Three very interesting litigation, and satisfy all parties.

A Strange Thing it is worthy of notice that the really was important and new One evening spinach was served at is of two kinds national and

the game It is a strange thing that resemblance to plea and rewas the revelation that M. Oliver's home, and, as usual, there international-and joinder in a Court of Law is Laval and Mr. Eden, on behalf was a struggle to get him to eat it actual form of money does the when our Governments set up had "But, dear," said his mother perwork of both. This is too much commissions of inquiry on any itself a justification for the of their Governments,

suasively, "I know thousands of little action taken by those who are offered to use their good offices boys and girls who would be only to for it. The system of loans and other subject but finance they anxious that the method of and a combination of the glad to get spinach all the year interest in their financing is will go out of their way to archaic and ludicrous, and the nominate men and women who argument and compromise shall three countries would be very long

"Hi" Oliver grunted skeptical-method by which a bank lends a know nothing of the subject replace the method of bombs difficult for Haile Selassie to and slaughter. Anticipation in resist in securing an applica- by: "name three of them" this case was not difficult, for tion of the mandate system, the facts lie on the surface, and whether called by that name or

M

Wasn't Listening Mother: "What are you

debtor more money to pay in-under discussion, in the belief terest on a former loan is only that such people will be un

biased. reading worthy of the mad-house.

Money was invented 238 On the other hand, an inquiry: medium to be used in the ex-finto: currency or finance is

Tommy: Yes, but I wasn't listen-

The

Mr

The

it is not to be expected that not under which the League about, Tommy anything very new will be add-would supply expert advisers. Tommy: "I don't know. ed to them. A few years ago with the Italian advisers in a Mother. "Well, you were reading change of goods and, if people merely a collection of bankers want it to speculate with, then whose interest is to keep things there would have been no sift-specialy defined and influential aloud

let-them have a special specu-as they are in case the "delicate ing of the grievances; there position. The word "mandate"

lating medium whose rise and fabric of finance" should be would have been a declaration is not yet familiar perhaps, but

fall does not affect the econo- upset. of war or even war without it is simply an appointment to

Not the Time"

The way out is in the hands declaration; and the legend be a trustee for a ward who is

"Next to a beautiful girl, what do mic existence of a country-

consider the most interesting

Great Weakness

of the capitalists. but if they would have been inscribed in recognised as having a funda- you

claim to ownership thing in the world? Be

To realise that a group of will not take it, then the cry of the history books that the mental

"When I'm next to a beautiful Ethiopians so far from being which is not to be taken away.

ren funds from one country's stronger and stronger, since if "blameless" as Homer always If the word, with its precise girl I don't bother about statistics financiers by withdrawing bar-Soak the rich will become called them. on the principle meaning in the Roman Law

that country's import trade is to ordinary man will try all the that only civilisation, with its arouses prejudice, or is unsuit CORRESPONDENCE capital to another can cripple the sane way out is closed the

appreciate that we have no con- doors. standards of right and wrong, able to a ""State-member” of the made it possible to impute League, there can be no objec- Accountancy Exams.trol over our destinies and are The day a political party goes wrongdoing to a savage had tion to dropping the word and

at the mercy of international to the country on currency re- [To the Editor. "Chius Mail" asury will be the dawn of hope for form pure and unadulterated wantonly provoked a war, in defining the function After

To realise that our great which they had been backed by all the Negus and his Council Sir: Kindly allow me to the greedy English. So far as flors would have to give their utilise the valuable space in the nation gives a monopoly of the economic civilisation.

columns of your esteemed paper creation and issue of fluid money Tory Party could do it. the Geneva proceedings have adherence. brought out any new evidence.

Some years ago, when a in confirming the brilliant suc- to a private institution and then Lloyd George could do it. it is a bit of evidence that has loquacious Member of Parlis-cess of local candidates in the borrows it back from that Labour Party could do it Un- had great effect on popular ment was giving his views of June 1925 Intermediate Examina institution at interest is to see fortunately the former is not feeling, the evidence of the what Italian policy ought to be, of the International Institute of that in 1698 we were caught interested; Mr. Lloyd George cannot see the wood for his very generous offer made to Disraeli warned him against Accountants.

fruit trees, and the Labour Italy by France and England in "teaching diplomacy to the I have just received reports the three-cornered conference compatriots of Machiavelli and from the Board of Examiners of

To realise that under a gold Party is, as usual, too orthodox under the terms of the Treaty Cavour." With that warning the Institute to the effect that standard, however great may be

KOWLOON WHARF of 1906. Those two Powers in mind, we do not intend to Teo Chak Chun received first.

our increase in capitalist pro- have continued to negotiate in emlate the MP; but it does place, and is the recipient of the duction, the amount of money the same spirit of "sweet rea-appear that the course of these gold medal awarded for this ex- sonableness." Signor Musso- negotiations has reduced 11 amination by the Australian Pre-Deeded to circulate it must lini seemed to feel that he Duce to the simple doctrine of sident to the candidate, obtaining exceed the total amount of gold Loose Gangway Falls

dng up in some far corner of would be at a disadvantage if "War for War's sake and the highest marks in the the globe (except for that arti On Two Men the proceedings took the form that is in tune with his latest whilst Mr. Foulser, an Australian ficial piece of nonsense, the of marely requesting him to address to troops, when he told candidate, is awarded the New "fiduciary issue") is to perceive BOTH SERIOUSLY INJURED observe the provisions of that them to fight because they South Wales vice president's gold that we are crippling industry Treaty, which is not only still could conquer." That will medal which is similar to the one and keeping down the standard valid but was signed on behalf raise the question that we have won by Mr. Thomas K. Young of living for no other reason engaged by the Kowloon Wharf of Italy with Powers that he to answer definitely: whether also a School of Accountancy & than that of sheer stupidity. cannot dismiss as "barbarians. we are to save civilisation or Commerce candidate in the De This has come upon us owing Chan Ching-sing 41, a wharf But Mr. Eden made no attempt destroy it. We do not believe cember 1934 Intermediate Ex- to our acceptance of such coolie, were seriously injured at to press the point that the three that civilisation is yet ready for aminations.

It is also pleasant to note that Powers had pledged themselves suicide.

Mr. Pau Ka Din received second place, and Mr. Young Kong Lowthird place, while Messrs. Pau Ka Ping and Alfred Fong, all of Hong Kong, passed with honours in the same

not to attack Ethiopia or annex its: territory without the con- currence of the other two. That would have been a strong A Gazette notification debating point, but would prob- the recognition ably have only led to a repudia- tion of the Treaty. For that Honorary Con

revent pre Howo Kong,

there are so ma

cedents that

make it an

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|napping:

Caught Napping

ACCIDENT

Chung On, 26, a tally-man

and Godown Company, and

slogans as Sound, finance, about noon yesterday when the

Delicate fabric of exch and ""Safe as the

Medium

There is no need to

the

aft gangway of the General Pershing, which was alongside Kowloon Wharf at the time, worked loose and fell on the wharf

the tally-man sustained Ken left les hile the coole is suffering injuries to his

as a head and hip

were rusk

was loon Hospital

now-lying in ition.