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DEATH.

CHEAH - At his home, No. 1 Beautiful Terrace at 10.30 p.m. on 14th October, 1957, Dr. Cheah Keng Sengaged 38 years. Funeral will pass the Monument at 5 p.m. to-day and the Service will be held in the Roman Catholic Ceme tery.

Just

could arise only from a that the one threat to to day lies in the existence. of dictatorships.

Threats

peace are never that cles, to

single, as increasing doubts as to the origins of the World War have indicated to most postwar students of history.

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Risk of war lies, as ever, in war-mindedness, in reliance arms rather than on reasonable good will, in the collision of na- tional ambition and national ada- mancy, in the clogging of trade channels with mistaken notions of national self-interest, economic and political. Realisation of this would hasten examination of national claims and seek to ad- just them. The view that the war risk exists only because one or two countries are bent on achieving their desires regardless of the cost to peace can encour- age only an ever swifter race arm. It is encouraging to find Britain prepared to exhaust her own patience to the limit before giving up the idea that common- sense can still prevail in inter- national relations.

Hong Kong, Friday, October 15, 1937. Minghong Incident

PEACE QUEST

Britain may protest to Japan regarding the attack on the Em- bassy cars carrying Flight- It would be folly to attempt Lieutenant Murray and other prediction of the course of events British citizens to Shanghai. And in the Anglo-French effort to then again, she may not It secure a show-down on the Span- seems after all to be little more ish problem. A crisis is nearing than a futile formality. The in- exactly and, for a change, the mood of cident itself reveals Paris and London is to hasten it what apologies and assurances rather than otherwise. Judged are worth. To demand a repeti- on the whole, however, the pros-tion of the half-hearted response pects are rather brighter than to the Hugessen Incident Note they were, say, three weeks ago. would involve a waste of time Britain and France have concur at the Foreign Office in drafting red in the counter-proposal of a note and a good deal of money Italy that the whole matter be in cabling it to Tokyo. "Twere referred back to the non-inter- better to leave to pure conjec- Hirota vention committee. Discussions ture exactly how Mr. will begin almost at once, plain would attempt to argue Japan speaking may be anticipated and out of the simple facts of the the air may be cleared. It is, Incident. Most satisfactory action moreover, a good thing rather would be to hasten the convoca- than otherwise that Italy looks tion of the Nine-Power Treaty upon the Anglo-British decision signatories.

as the retreat of Paris and Lon-

don." "Face" is becoming to Police Cases

play almost as important a part

in European diplomacy as it does

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While condemning the police in Oriental life, and, if a conces- sion which we regard as a fur-case book system in practice. ther demonstration of our monu-jand principle, it is possible to mental patience is hailed jubil-sympathise with the Hon

any antly as a diplomatic triumph, it pector General of Police in aquest he may undertake for can do no harm and may do

alternative and satisfactory considerable amount of good.

Britons themsel-method of keeping his native

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the strong nations can risk being the most to be expected from thought weak. Only the nation the present system, at its best. capable beyond doubt of defend Nobody believes that cases are ing its national honour" and a test of efficiency. Many have a- "prestige" can dare accept an shrewd suspicion that the very affront and to smile amiably reverse represents the truth, and that between "protective" ar- while others fulminate.

Other explanations than these, rangements and the Damocles' But Britain's decision against drastic are frequently "created" EXTRA CHARGE FOR MONTHLY CREDIT however, may be given of Great sword of the case book, offences action without giving Italy a accepting all that and justly cri- further hearing in a place of her ticising it solves no problems. Fervent advo-The Hon. Mr. T H. King recely- own choosing. cates of a stand by the democra-ed the system as a bad legacy cies against the dictatorships from his predecessors. It may be expected to speak their impossible to believe that either displeasure. In what appears in he or they found it at all to some lights to have been a lit-liking as police force admis- tle game of bluft-and-call be-trators or that alternatives tween Italy and the British not been pondered. Council

constructive Government, Italy seems to have fics could offer no

suggestion. Perhaps the exp gained her point.

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