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TELEPATHY.
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to whom such treatment is likely to be of beneft are few and far between and associated with the use of them are many dangers. Psycho-analysis has yet to prove that continual mind probing and analysis of the motives actuating one's every action do not create as many "complexes" and abnor- malities as the science sets Itself to remove.
But when
That fact is now clear from his masters at twenty-four hours get busy and secure more honour condemnation of it at a private notice. Moreover, he pointed out able terms for its members in the gathering of Civil Servants. But that "the Company had always employment of Chinese companies the head the considered it of prime importance the better. They will at least that knocks on theory that a Government gets to get their officers on 24 hours be assured of the strong support the kind of Press that it deserves. notice terms." In that case this of the general public of this That as much a delusion as the particular company and any other Colony. people get the kind of Govern- Chinese company with similar ment that they deserve-which, views ought to be thoroughly of course, is utterly absurd and ashamed of themselves to make ridiculous in a colony where the such a confession. The point was
If Prof. Langsner can sub- people have no voice at all either also emphasised that when Cap-
stantiate his claim that by auto Anderson was engaged as in the selection of the Governor tain
suggestion or hypnotism he can nor in the appointment of mem- master there were many men with bers of the Executive and Legis- masters' tickets unemployed, this We are all familiar with cure stammerers, no matter of lative Councils
that being more in evidence since the sudden start which makes one how long standing, then he will
What turn
confer life long benefit on those the head in the certain exercised by the Justices of the Seamen's Strike of 1922. Peace and the General Chamber on earth this has got to do with knowledge that one is an object Again, in that his undoubtedly suffering from this handicap. of Commerce). There are Press engaging a master mariner with of scrutiny. Few of us, probably,
exceptional powers have been rights and Press dignities to be the right of 24 hours' notice of but have not focussed our eyes used in the furtherance of detec- upheld and preserved equally with dismissal is not clear. It looks and endeavoured with varying tion of crime, Prof. Langsner has those of Governors and other like taking advantage of the state success to concentrate on the pro- demonstrated that a life long high officials of the Service. The of the labour market to secure ress of "willing" that someone study of the subject is not with- Press cannot be treated as school qualified men and place on them else should look in our direction. out beneficial results. children or illiterate coolies. The great responsibilities on any old Such, undoubtedly, are elemen-
il comes If a man is out of a billet, tary forms of telepathy, a scienti- and making lions "as quiet as the to driving blindfolded Press has a reputation to main- terms. tain no less than a Governor. The no matter what his qualifications fic exponent of which we have in docile cats of Angora" we are in- Press has a duty to perform to may be, he can be offered terms our midst in the person of Prof. clined to restrict our appreciation ward the public that is on a plane on a level with unskilled coolie Langsner. Involving consider of his powers to his capacity for equally as high as that of the labour.
Apparently it is not ably more complicated and. to the the spectacular. It needs a good head of the Administration. worth anyone looking on the non-expert mind, almost inexpli- deal more than that to justify his Furthermore, Governors come and Mercantile Marine as a profession, cable, mental processes are the claim that the science he is inter- go; their policies change. But so far as Chinese owned vessels not incommon forms of tele- ested in "will be the biggest the Press remains; its policy for are
Hundreds of pathy at a considerable distance science of the future," the common weal is unalterable pounds may be spent an working between persons allied by common and
The Press one's way from the bottom of the ties either of blood or of personal unchanging.
the position of chief sympathy and affection. seeks no kudos or votes of thanks, ladder to
These But let this be borne in mind- command of a vessel, only to sometimes take the form of the Press is like the thistle: it find that employment on a Chin- dreams as in the case of the owned vessel is impossible father of the murdered A.P.C. will not be trampled on with im- ese
STORM HAVOC. punity. It will not be spurned unless one agrees to the condition man. Mr. Phillps, and sometimes and degraded by any man, whe of getting the order of the boot a waking sense of uneasiness and regarding the at apprehension
At the moment of writing it ther he be a Governor or an out- without rhyme or
And safety of the other kindred spirit. is too early to attempt to assess law; nor will it brook unnecessary twenty-four hours' notice. interference by any who sit in the Chinese shipping companies The existence of such forms of the damage caused by the great high places!
prate that they consider this of telepathic or teleplastic powers storm and unprecedented rainfall "prime importance" in getting to give the capacity of seeing that followed in the wake of the T'hat the officers to work for them.
things in a dream its scientific typhoon One need not be a staunch designato-cannot be denied Colony has escaped the greater Trade Unionist or an adherent of although they are confined to danger-that of the typhoon-is the Labour Party to condemn isolated cases in which particular- naturally a matter for congratu- are con- lation. That it should emerge this system of twenty-four hours' ly suscentible natures
the notice as Inimical to the best in- cerned. Whether the mental pro- altogether seathless from terests of the master mariners, cesses involved can be analysed violent storm that raged all dur- From the report of the case in and of the shipping companies, as sufficiently to allow of the evolu- ing the night could not perhaps the Supreme Court in which Capt. well as of the travelling public tion of theories capable of gen- be expected, particularly in view J. M. Anderson was unsuccessful who entrust their lives to their cral application, is a problem in of the incessant fall of rain: and in his case against the Man Wing safe keeping. Human nature is regard to which scientists may the only thing to marvel at is Steamship Company for the pay human nature all the world over, express opinions but which time that the casualty list is not con- The prospect siderably higher than has been ment of three months' wages in and where will you find a master alone can decide.
Friday, July 16.
24 HOURS NOTICE.
concerned.
reason
Monday, July 19.
Menace.
lieu of reasonable notice, it is mariner who will put his whole of a world in which the capacity so far reported. clear that the status of master heart and soul into his duties for speech is superseded by tele- Within the memory of the mariners on Chinese owned knowing that he is liable at any pathic intercourse would, how oldest European resident nothing steamers leaves very much to be time to have his career blasted however, intrigue few and un- like the all night-storm has ever desired, In the particular case and his reputation damaged-per- doubtedly appall most rationally been experienced, alike for the mentioned the Court decided haps for ever-by receiving thinking persons.
continuity of the lightning and
against the plaintiff, and it is not twenty-four hours' notice of dis- More constructive in that they the vivid flashes, which literally for us to question that judgment. missal? In what other profes- have something concrete in the enclosed dwellings in one great What must be assailed, how- sion would such an intolerant and way of benefit to put forward are an unending sheet of flame on ever, is the practice of engaging vexatious condition be imposed? the kindred subjecta to telepathy two sides. The sensation was master mariners with the impli- It is not enough to say that be- in which our scientific visitor is nothing if not weird and eerie. ed or mutually agreed condition cause one man accepts such a also interested i.e. those of It certainly excelled the best des- of liability to dismissal at twenty- condition without cavil others auto suggestion, to the most cription of lightning ever penned
four hours' notice. Although should do the same. The whole modern form of which M. Coue in a novel. But even in the dense Captain Anderson did not agree principle is utterly wrong and has bequeathed his name. and Chinese quarters of the city there with him, Mr. Jenkin, as counsel grossly unfair to the whole Mer- influence of the mind by the sug was nothing approaching a panic, for the shipping company in ques- cantile Marine, and the sooner the gestion of others, the most ex- even when the storm was at its
Guild and tion, suggested that it is the cus- Mercantile
the treme form of which is hypnot- zenith; indeed, by many it was
tom on China Coasters to employ China Coast Officers' Guild ism. Here, again, however, those treated with contumely and in-
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difference. And evidence of the and the danger is over, attention disposal of the Fund has been dis- necessary to make concessions on lighter side of the storm
was will be confined to the work of re- cussed by the Associated Cham- such points of Chinese suscepti- forthcoming from certain Euro- habilitation. With that work bers of Commerce of China and bility in order to make the gener- pean houses
to the effect that there is bound to be some search- Hongkong; and local educational ous act fully appreciated. their servants slept soundly right ing questions asked with a view to and religious circles have seen in Chinese people do not expect, of through the night and innocently ascertaining if all possible precau- it a fit and proper subject for course, to have the funds turned enquired this morning when the tions were taken by the authori- debate. Now, of course, the time over to the Chinese Government thunder started!
ties to minimise the risk of disas for argument has gone. Specula- and placed at its free disposal, In our
news columns will be ter during a storm of such magni- tion is confined only to the recom- without the slightest limitation, found a complete account up to tude. It may be rejoined that no mendations that have been made to be squandered by the military the time of going to press of the one could predict such; and that, by Lord Willingdon's Delegation. satraps throughout the country. havoc and the list of casualties, therefore, such questions could From the Under-Secretary of Nor do they expect that none but As the rain has not yet spent it only be superfluous. Storms can- State for Foreign Affairs we learn themselves can decide upon the self it is obvious that the tale of not he controlled, of course, but that the Advisory Committee at uses of the funds. They only damage is not concluded. Houses storm effects ean and should be Home has already approved one hope that with the American and are in danger of collapse, and re- controlled. To take only one in of the Delegation's recommenda. Japanese examples in mind, the taining walls and bridges are stance that of the huge boulder, tions which His Majesty's Gov- British Government will not fail menaced.
That. again, is only almost the size of a small house, ernment has adopted in principle, to do the fully generous thing. what can be anticipated with a that crashed on to the Pumping subject to Parliamentary ap- It is, as we have said, idle now rainfall that exceeds anything Station near the University, reproval-namely, that, after the to discuss the question of the known in the history of the sulting in the loss of five lives. general lines of expenditure are allocation of the funds, seeing Colony since meteorological re- The existence of this particular isid down, the control and ad- that Lord Willingdon's report will cords were first taken. We can boulder must have been known ministration of the Fund shall be be available almost immediately
that merely pray that the Colony will to those who passed the plans for entrusted to a joint Board of and
will be the be spared a repetition of the Po the Pumping Station when it was Trustees in China. which shall time to
or criticise Hing Fong disaster exactly a year originally built. It may have to submit an annual statement of re- its recommendations. The educa ago on July 17-when a retain their minds seemed so firmly ceipts and expenditure to the tional people have been busy, in ing wall at the back of a block of stanchioned as to be perfectly Governments of China and Great season and out of season, ad- houses came down during a heavy secure for centuries to come. Britain. This decision will neces- vocating the cause of education; thunderstorm and demolished five that is, if they thought anything silate an amendment of the Act others have favoured the develop houses. 78 persons being killed and about it at all, which is not likely, and legislation will be introduced ment of agriculture; and others, 2 injured.
Kmwing the danger of boulders in due course. There will be three again, have contended that the Two deaths and two men injur in generd during rain storms in Chinese members on the Board of railways of the country should ed are reported as the result of the Colony, it would have been Trustees, but as to the number of solely benefit from the Boxer an accident at No. 3 Pumping thought that in the passing of non-Chinese members Reuter's Indemnity funds. Whatever may Stalion, and so far as is officially plans for publice works and dwell cablegram is silent.
have been recommended by Lord known this completes the list of ing it would be deemed impera- In anticipation of this new Willington's Delegation, it is at casualties. Several
narrow tive to remove all boulders in the body of trusters a fairly well- least satisfactory to know that escapes there have been, it is true. vicinity by means of blasting. known writer on Chinese affairs, the funds are to be vested in a but on the whole, the immunity Again, at the end of Russell Mr. G. Zay Wood, of Peking. properly constituted Board of from death or accident has been Street, two immense houlders fell stated in the "China Weekly Re Trustees, of which three Chinese truly remarkable.
Tout the hillside in a minor land- view" that on the permanent will be members; and the publi slide, one of them crashing into organisation which will be en cation of annual balance sheets The corner pillar of a house, trusted with the sole responsibili. should ensure that the money is Tuesday, July 20.
breaking off this support almost ly of handling the Boxer funds in not being squandered by warring at the top. where it joined the the future, the Chinese people militarists the curse of modern STORM PRECAUTIONS.
first floor. When the plans for must have a greater voice than China. this particular house were pass- they enjoy now on the present Public interest
ed, did no one in authority regard Statutory Committee. They hope in the have the proximity of these two im that this new permanent organ- created by the great storm is still mense boulders in the light of a isation will be established along very great, and is not likely to be possible menace during a storm? the line of the China Foundation diminished for some time. Pre-
Did no one dominant is the sense of relief ought to be removed by blasting and Culture. Whether this is
suggest that they for the Promotion of Education that the casualties have been com before building operations were satisfactory organisation remains record the death of Mrs. J. Fraser, It is with regret that we have to paratively negligible. The Colony ermilled? If not, then it ap. to be seen, but, Mr. Wood says, it wife of Mr. J. Fraser, formerly of has had a marvellous escape from
in future building has at least endeavoured to meet the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs what might easily have been a operations this phase of local some of the expectations of the and now District Officer North and
pears that catastrophe far exceeding that of storms might well be taken into Chinese the Polling Fong disaster of July consideration as
people. They expect resident at Talpo. last year. On that occasion the against future catastrophes.
insurance that the administrative authori Mrs. Fraser, who
over the damage was circumscribed, al-
funds now There are doubtless other as- and in the future will rest with missionary in connection with the but seven years ago as a medical though the casualties were un pects of the storm damage that the new permanent organisation London Missionary Society, was fortunately very heavy. On the warrant equal enquiry, but com- itself, instead of with the British then Dr. Gladys Turner. She was present occasion the ramifications ment on these can be deferred for Foreign Office, Members of the attached to the Alice Memorial and of the storm have extended the present.
China Foundation are all appoint- Maternity throughout the whole Colony,
Hospital (Nethersole ed by the Chinese both on the Island and on the
Government. and Affiliated Hospitals) And Although this is not a necessary rendered invaluable services in Peninsula. Scarcely an inch of territory has escaped the ravages
point to be insisted upon. Mr. connection with that institution. of the storm.
Wood haped that the In addition to the
Chinese After her marriage she kept up her usual perils of foods and land-
members will form a majority in connections with the London Mis- The slides, the menace of lightning
new organisation and that sionary compound in Bonham Road they will be designated-at least where she had many friends. Until was added to the frightfulness, Many in Hongkong are interest the Chinese members, themselves recently she had remained a mem- And yet the number of killed and ed in the work of the Ruger by the Chinese Government in- ber of the Midwife's Beard. injured, so far as is officially Indemnity Delegation, under Lord stead of by the British. The return known, can be counted on both Willingdon, and the report of of the Boxer Indemnity is a mingham and had studied at the Mrs. Fraser was a native of Bir- hands.
whom is anticipated to be avail- graceful act on the part of the University there, also at Aberyat- Now that the storm has passed able
The subject of the British Government, and it seems wyth and Giston,
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BOXER INDEMNITY FUNDS.
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