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RUSSIA'S LABOUR SLAVES.

THE EIGHT-NOUR-DAY MYTH.

Prices are very high, but profits law. These, for example, are some of the prices prevailing:

Bread Flour

Boef ..... Pork

Rbis. 450

300-700 330-600

190 300

·S. C. WIP'S SUCCESS,

The institution of the corvée, or forged- Though there had been no such slaugh- ter of the English in all history, the The following reference, from an Eng labour, is the latest development in the acten! war was no more thas a large-scale lish newspaper, to S. C. Wa, brother of evolution of Soviet Russia-The-plan-is- repetition of national experience in the Ng Sze Kwang, tennis champion of Hong, to transfer the arined forces by gradual past. If an Elizabeth statesman or ad-kong. will be read with interest, S. C. stages'ta płace work, a measure rendered venturer had returned to England during Wo, whose other name is Ng Ste Cheung, necessary by the critical state of the rail. the war 1 think in`n very short time be is an old Hongkong schoolboy," who has, ways and the general disorganization of| would have been able to pick up his office in partnership with Wei Wing ok, an economic life of the nation. work where he had dropped is.

His re

ather Hongkong Chinese, been playing į The nominal eight-hong day is a myth. ports and his nips would have been en-

good tennis at Cambridge. If an in- and is further discounted by the necessity large, but otherwise he would have been surprisingly abreas of the situation, pected. Wu returns to Hongkong before of food hunting and quese standing. The Where the old English influences had next year's championship tournament. the latest thing in queues is that for burial. struck deep the world over, he would have brothers Le will have their work cut out All places of burial have been nationalized,

en help and comfort, hurried up to tha to retain their title against the brothers | front the world over without count or ha extract reads: The games which for days awaiting interment.".

including family vaults, and the dead lie Ng. reckoning-without word or bond to limit or confirm them, (Cheers.) Where the old were once played only in the British Isles allen influencen, that he knew so well, had or a one of our Colonies or Common- persisted, or where new influences inspired yealths of Dominions are now being played by the old were at work, he. would have in every corner of the world. seen, na he would have expected, every helpf Mr. Wu, a Chinaman, played his season. towards this war denied, withheld or doled in the Covered Court Lawn Tennis Cham out piecemeal at a high price. He would pionships, which have just been begun at hare recognised that what held firm in Queer's Club, West Kensington. Mr. Was the days of the Armada held firm at Arma- is a most promising player, and is exactly geddon that what had broken beneath the the player that one would expect & China- band in his time was rotten is ours. man to be. Allowing for a few minor differences of juipment, he would have felt like any sailer or soldier returning to some bitterly familiar job of sea-patrol or trench life between 14 and 15. Like those men, he would have taken for granted very many things on which other races might have In the second round be met a well wasted valunble time and thought. Our known player why always calls himself, stories of Coronel. Zeebrugge, of the bat Mr. Milton why, I do not kuon, is a very genial talions of county regiments not a year old Now Mr. Milton wbo died to the las; man--(cheers)-as a person, and no, in the least like a China matter of routine, on the front that they way, but be Chingo de tu were ordered to hold. would have moved when he played him. The lawn tennis in bim no more and no less than the little th's match was net of a very high class, affair of the late Sir Richard Grenville but a mach it was as interesting as off Flores in the Revenge. (Cheer) any we shall see this year. Mr. Wa was That troopers of yeomanry in Mesopo imperturbable bus Mr.“ MIMən tamia, picked almost at Fandom, could even more so. singlehanded and within a few days," by: sheer force of character conciliate and con- tro! turbulent Arab villages, would have amazed them no mere and no less than any story Panama, or our first venture round the globe told by any follower of Sir.. Francis Drake or some forgotten captain of that age. Being of the breed, he would have known the breed and taken the work of the breed for granted."

He is imperturbable. Nothing seems to worry bin, and you never know what he is going to do next.

He won his match in the first round very cleverly. His opponent was obviously worried by him,

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tobacco, sells at 5,000 to 8,000 roubles per b. matches are 75 to 100 roubles per box, and bad at that: cigarettes are sold at il to rumbles each. A traincar ride' conta The cheapest newspaper is six roubles. 12.50 roubles, and yellow soup 700-800 rolibles per lb.

In spite of these charges, salaries are comparatively low, a typist getting 3.900 soublox per month for an eight-hour day. without rations. "A hospital nurse gets 2.600 roubles per month and army rations. for a 12-hour day. Army, rations in Petró grad consist of:-

lb. horse Besh, Ilb. bread (fair quality).

(about) groats and small quantities of sugar and fats daily. Bread on civilian rations contains about 30 per cent, of beans and 1015 per cent. bird-wed (milkt, canary-and-hemp), the rest being rye four,

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Both looked bored with it all. but neither was so in 'reality." They were ench trying to deceive the thef. Time after time Mr. Wa thought that he had the wary Mr. Milton beaten and up to the net he came to finish off his opponent if he ever got to the ball 3ir. Milton The working population, that is, every appeared "less" interested than ever, and one except school children and-personis then suddenly he would stretch out a lungover GU. work under truly terrible candi aria and pass Mr. Wu, and neither would tions, and the workshops are cold. There is also very little light, and no soap or betray any foelick at all.

washing facilities.

It was most uncanny, but most interrat,

———-THE-STRENGTH-OF-THE-ENGLISH- "And herein, as I see it, lies the strength of the English-that they have behind them ing. this continuity of immensely varied race! experierice and race-memory. running

It is proposed to reopen the schools i in the spring. They have been closed since Octolyr owing to the fuel shortage. Free dising-rooms for the pupils have been continued throughout the winter, but the food offered there is of sach bad quality

when starving. This state of things in the school dining rooms is on a par with other Soviet " reforms," where word and deed are so diametrically, opposed---The Timien.

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DESPOILING THE TIERGARTEN.

through every, class back to the very dawn longer hours and criticism, that will cur- of our dawn, which unconsciously im-tainly not grow milder as the years pass, standards of achievement and comparison world. which some of us in our zeal to do hard it may be and a little unsympathetic, better than good have created, and which but not low, and, as all earth is witness, we must all inherit, is no new world, but not easily lowered. (Loud cheers.) That the old grown harder. The wheel has is the reason why, ie things nearest come full circle. The whole weight of that. Dur hearts, we praise so little world at the present moment" lies again, and criticise se lavishly, I is the only as it used to lie in the days of our fathers... compliment that an Englishman dares pay upon "two nations, upon England "and! his country. (Laughter.) As you know, France. The sole füree which, under the standards do not appear on the sur-God's good providence can meet this turpi face, or in men's mouths. When they do of our fate is not temperament, not op- they are mostly translated into terms of portunism, nor any attempt to do better sport or the slang, of various, games, but than good, but character and again where the English deal with each other character-(cheers) such mere ingrained or the outside world in carnest, these commonsense, hand-harpmered loyal standards are taken for granted, and it strength of character as one may humbly is by the things which we take for grant dare to hope fifteen hundred years of ed by all concerned during the war equality of experience love given to us that every day was St. George's day on (Cheer.) If this hope be true, us because one or other of our seven fronts, floud we know the breed we feel it to be true, and the gardens, the cost of the upkeep cheers.) And now we and our kin after our children's children, looking back of which has risen from 8,500,000 marks the great years are sick, shakes, and through the luminous years to where we to 12,000,000 marks since last year, that dizzy-like all convalescents, a little in here tambled and faiter, may say," Was it has been decided to tend and patrol clined to pity ourselves, a little inclined it possible that the English of thay age many of them no longer. Planting to live on invalid's slops as long as pos- did not know, could not see, dared not flowers and shrubs, it is pointed out, is a sible, and more than, a little inclined to eren guess to what height of strength, waste of money, as 50 or 90 per cent. are mistake the hysteria of convalescence for windunt, and enduring honour they had stolen. For instance, a public garden was signs of new life and thoughts." But bere lifted their land?" (Cheers.) But we planted with wallowers, not one of which

would

FLOWERS AND SHRUBS STOLEN.;

Demoralisation due to the, wretched con- ditions resulting from phenomenal prices and the shortage of necessaries of life has wrough, a remarkable change in the people of Berlin, formerly so well disciplined not to say police-ridden. So serious in the haros they have caused in the public parka

BRITISH AVIATION ABROAD

also instinct sells us that our national will be circumspect, gentlemen. For what remained the next morning. In some past has dowered us with a sufficiency of there in of it, for such as it is, and for cases gardening will be confined to main». ballast to navigate through whatever what it may be worth, will you drink to taining the grass plate, but the cost even storms or brain-storms may be ahead. England and the English. (Loud cheers) of this is prohibitive, being 420 marks, (Cheers.) We are threatened with several. After the company, silent and upstand- In the Tiergarten the conditions are One school of thought, Muscovite in origin, holds, as the Danes did twelveing, had drank to the immortal memory appalling, for not only plants but rhodo- of Shakespeare and other great English 'deadrous and other blossoming shrubs are hundred years ago, that rapine and seien men, Lord Emmott submitted the toast cleared of their fowers. This pilfering is tifie torture will elevate our ideals, which of The Imperial Forces" He recalled not confined to the poorer classes; even the up to the present have only taught us to that two years ago that day occurred the rich send their servants in the early morn. do our duty to God and our neighbours blockading of Zeebrugge Harbour, one ing to replenish their vases with blocaus |(Cheers) Others again are content to episode of the war to which the term "the from the Tiergarten, which it is impos work for the organised bankruptcy of Nelson touch might well be applied. sible to supervise adequately owing to the all things that are of good report, as well Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Tudor, in vast expense involved. In some districts as for the systematic betrayal of our response, said that we were tossing about the brass taps of drinking fountains are frienda: very much indeed on the same

on a heavy groundswell left, by the great wrenched off and carried away, and 'in lines as people used to panic after war. He wished that the toast had been the Bchoeneberg such park keepers an are crusade or a visitation of the plague. We responded to by a fighting admiral like retained will, in future, carry weapons are further promised an unparalleled put Sir Roger Keyes, (Cheers,) He did not in view of the frequent attacks made on break of education guaranteed to produce wish it to be thought that he referred to them.

standardised Btate-sided mind. The the gallant admiral sa a pirata, but he Church evolved a parallel system in the thought that for the English children of Middle Ages, which, much to her surprise, the future the term " Jolly Roger produced the Reformation. Lastly, est always have a somewhat different mesa. we should ever again lapse into pathetic ing from what it now posed. (Laugh aircraft and material in Great Britain by The purchase of the whole of the surplus contentment, the breed which organised tor.) The message to them from the Nury the Aircraft Disposal Co., Ltd., for which at a week's notice to achieve the impos was. Englishmen and Englishwomen, be Hundley Page, Ltd. are also managing sible and achieved it; by earth sea, and true to the Nary, and the Navy will never and selling agents, will enable British air achieved it-(loud cheers) is as a re let you down." (Cheers.)

aircraft to demonstrate its undoubted Ward to be ruthlessly roorganised in every In response to repeated calls for a superiority in foreign countries, where at detail of ite daily life, walk, and can speech, Rear Admiral Sir Roger Keyes. present subsidized missions of other States duct. This great work was begun by who was received with loud cheers, ex: are endeavouring to monopolise the trade William the Conqueror; A.D. 1063, and pressed his thank on behalf of himself and of the world's air markets. has been before committee or common those who sailed, with him on the Zee Briefly the plans of the syndicats are :---- erer since. (Laughter.) Norman, Papist, brugge expedition. We of the Navy," L-To provide overy type of British Cromwellian, Stuart, Hollander, Hanebe said, "feel very strongly that a great aeroplane, ranging

from single-seater verian, aristocracy, middle-class, des deal 100 much was made of that expedi

scouts to multi-engine passenger

and orady, have each in turn tried their fleet- tion, because the Army was doing that sort. freight machines. ing hand on “the man skin to all the of thing every day. I saw the landing at

To supply complete Air Forces. universe." From each in turn he has the beaches at Gallipoli. I was, during Such undertakings will embrace the forme taken what he wanted he has given them the final stages of the war on the left tion of squadrons of Sighting, bombing and each a fair trial, and, when he has quits Bank of the Army, and I saw the same reconnaissance acroplanes, and the supply finished, an equally fair dismissal

hangars, mechanical transport, repair thing done day by day.A great doal too

shop, zearchlights, and fares. Schools of much was said about Zeebrugge, and we What will be do in the future? We are of the Navy all feel rather hamestruction will be institute for the train- ing of pilota' and British-instructors pro too close to the "dust of the main battle to Lieut-Gol. John Ward, M.P., who re vided. se clearly. We know that England is phed for the Army, said that in the -To inaugurato air routes in various HONGKONG WEEKLY crippled by the loss or wastage of a whole future the country would not care for parts of the world.

generation. Her position from the civil war say more than it had done in the capable of carrying passengers and freight point of view is that of our armies in the past and agreement between the nations pleted for the institution of aerodromes,

would prefer the dictates of will be suppiled and organization worst days of the war. "That is to say, reason &ll leave is stooped for every man who can to settle disputes, reserving again its the training of ground personnel and the stand up to his job, no matter how sick right to draw the sword if occasion re-institution of meteorological and wireless or sale he may be; and there is undream, quired.

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