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FRENCII-ELECTIONS.

"LEFT" PARTY.:WINNING..

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 1STR, –1924

IRISH BOUNDARY DISPUTE FAR EASTERN CABLE THE MARCH OF EDUCATION. PRINCIPLE OF "GIVE AND TAKE "

ADVOCATED.

LoxDow, May 11th."

Sir James Craig, in the course of an interview regarding the Irish boundary,

PARIS, May 11th," question, declared that the only courses

NEWS

(THROUGH RECTEN'S AGENCY |

FAR EASTERN EPIDEMIOS,

SINGAPORE BASE

Faxis, May 12th.

YEARS RECORD OF PROGRESS

LONDON LANDMARKS.

"Coincides with the Fraine Arofete, Commission, which aims at-an-arkitrary Filter of the League of Nations has for the last-wars-of-she 19th-and-first, schools, and secondary schoula provide mente And what

· general elections to-day, « which | open were to drop the whole idea of a

The deficiencies of the dementary school AN ENGLISH POET IN EXILE. Larry well known in the present writer, but

teso do not provent him from striking Mr. E. J. Massingham writes in the balance of progress and achievement | Daily Herald ;—— greatly to their credit

A few days ago it was announced that THE INTERMEDIATE FIELD. Mr. Edmund Blunder had been appointed Sin Robert Blair, who has just retired. Much has been done for higher educa Professor of English Literature in Tol from the position of Education Offer for tion. The intermediate field, that between University, London, gives in the article which fol- the ordinary elementary school and the Perhaps his friends feelings were lows a review of the chief events in the university, has boin largely reorganized,mixed, some may have said: What development of the public educational sys-extended, and reconstituted Lentral a fine thing for & young English post! The second session of the Health Court during the 20-years 1004-1024 schools, trade schools, junior technical

more numerous What

Fears of the 20th century public interco

timer education for trebig, the

to be displayed by a Univer- story and a million miles away a thari ended. The Committee, in accordance in educational questions, was so much of the esther your The Council

aroused that Parliamentary netion became

provided |10,000 new moondary school, while the remainder felt their hearts sinks with the replies received from interested inevitable

places, while the number of pupila over 10 and thought." A fine thing for Tokyo, Governments, has decided to propose to The Board of Education Act 1900, of age in the Stafreit but a very bad thing for England f Provisional estimates of the elections settlement by mutual agreement between the Council of the Teague that Singapore the superintendence of matters relating to700 Than 32 schools Alt Blunden for many reara but it ist.

(Coured's own) and

509 aided. second charged one Government department with are schools bas.

from 1300 to the the seat of offer dealing with in education in England and Wales, and by senatally of the endowed grammar school

aided roondary seme ground, principally, in the south, principle of give and take, which can formation concerns epidemies in the placing too by and local eduotype could not have played their part with which is recognised as a Radical strong-leave no grievance, or bitterness bohird, hald, but there sa ne marked change in and which will command the assent of the

people and of the two Parliaments. the state of the parties,

were carried out in fine weather.

HEAVY: VOTING..

indiente that the Loft Party is gaining

Voting is considerably beavier than in the fast election." The Ministers Met

settlement that can only directly lead to serious trouble, and alt instead at a

the two Governments concerned on the

It is no use pretending that any other settlement can assure peace and concoral. ginor and Marin, and the ex-Premier A settlement can not be reached by out

siders who are ignorant of the fact

Briand have been elected.

EARLY RESULTS

PARIS, May 11th. Three hundred and nine results have been declared out of the total of 504 seats, Thore elected include 12 Conservatives, Gi Republicans, 41 Left Republicans, 21 Radicals, ez Radical-Socialists, 20 Re- publican Socialists, 68 United Socialista and 5 Communists.

Among the well known people returned "are the ex-Ministers M.M. Thomson, Colrat, Reidel, Malvy, who has been banished from France, the Communist, Barty, who was imprisoned for his parti cipation in the Black Sea mutiny, Frank in Bouillon, the author of the Angora, Agreement, and Herriot, the Radical- Socialist Mayor of Lyons.

The defeated candidater include the ex-linister Lasteyrie and Prince Murat Tardien, bitter opposeat to M. Foi

ALEXANDRA DAY QUEEN MOTHER NOT TO. PARTICIPATE.

Lopes, May 11th.

Far Eas

Education abolished school

Couvail

the

thehorities choola

game

I have had the happiness of knowing":

places me in the last group. For if his friends enn ill spare him England even less can afford to let him go

not entirely a personal feeling which

the nanstance which tion Cuthorities. The same Act (1902) laid them. Their building traditions, and on the local education

a valable public prestige were

One of the least attractive characteris The Committee also drew up a proof maintaining t

The (except ficient The

respect of the fabrich and of Council's policy has been to ties of English people is their complacence

London Coun

treat aided.

maintained"

Schools The national vanity of the Latin races, Stimme providing for a wide enquiry into keeping them the

alike in

than the expectation

their their sacro egoismo This suficiently the prevalence and treatment of malaria Ket of 1903 took over (May 1st, 1001) the the community would be equal. In 1001 nation on earth can take itself for granted

the tree to ludicrous, but parate London tradicions under the

were. different their

think that any hardly different countries The Commission Powers and duties of the School Board and the com

££50 £10,000 a year, to Low- as the choose P will pursue its investigations y Jugo-and catered upon its further commission Office wa Thonjta race con moard

English op Slavia. Grecce, Bulgaria. Cemania, Italy, other as, alementary and to promote the to supply or aid the supply of education stral coordination of all firms of tour Iation

the Ukraine and Rassia

THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND THE MIXED COURT.

QUESTIONS.

PEKING, May 12th.

It is oficially announced that Queen SHANGHAI PORT AND BOUNDARY Alexandra's health continues to be satis factory, but in order to avoid unneces sary fatigue it has been decided that it will be better, for her not to take any personal part in the public celebrations on Alexandra Day: July 25th.

THE WORLD'S SPORT.

OLYMPIC RUGBY---

U.S. AND FRANCE AS FIMALISTU.

Pasts, "May 11th.

den

out of raten)

College a school of the University- £9,000 spent on the London Day of £35,000 a year on university work in polytechnics addition over the 20 years a total of £187,000 has been granted for land, buildings, and equipment.

Enrolment in technical institutions and orening schools in the boom rear 1820-31 touched a total of 200,000, splendid body of voluntary students What is even more important, the average number of hours areedance Fer student has large

en from 38 to

to the extent that the

you ead speeches and public dia of all kinds, you will know what

I fancy that we all literally beliori chit we are not Angle and harms, or are ho that we are not as other mon, Yet country in

in the world hears so sorry a record of neglect towards its great mer p our own.

and

Heplying to the note addressed to it was not prace here are no mechinéressed, that of 1: Council's evening ours and favours upon the money-makers

schools alone havin

in 17 years.

men of letters from the Aliddle Ages up- Read the biographies of our poeto and wards, and in how many cams have n'e not rewarded them for their sweetness and light with starvation, persecution, the y jum the jail, and poured out hone the oppressors of their countryme, the men who have left England a little gray

a little harder than

than they found 107 In just the same way we allow Mr. Blunden, a great Engibbon in a ver

thankless COURTTY be has praised and enriched, for a foreign one which, albeit Ko diferennt in fact and traditions an ciate hi Shepher

The first half of the period under re view was one of constructive activity, the cond was mainly conservative: War work of technical institutions cannot, how ever, be averlooked, they became for tories, and their output in precision gauges and trained munition workers re moted, for all time, it is hoped, the unde served reproach trohnical instruction

by the Diplomatic Corps on April 12th, so much social legislation and activity anical means of measuring the effects of the Chinese Government agrees to three The writer is therefore reduced to record * COORDINATHOLE

impressions and conclusions

In 1909 the Council surveyed the whole conditions: Firstly, that satisfactory as it can be said that a great the system of evening schools was reargin. I mal seus to go into wife to leave thi

ield of technical education, and in 1913 With cor rangement be made to meet the expenses improsement has been effected in the phyized Buch heavy tasks resulted in Asy

certainty of the Court;-scrondly, that the Court in the sementary schools; and that each of the great institutions, in da habit of mind, does know how to

seal character and conditi20 of the child overlapping and a clearer objection for decisions, be executed throughout the Re this result is attributable to greater alten.

undus 1 inadequately prepared student's public thirdly, that assurance he given fal) treatment, to personal cleanliness, tenies, technical institutes, and schools of won to feeding,ito medical tracluding "tien-

17 years of age from the polytech.

art and in that arrangements between the Diplo prored mhods of physical education;

for them in evening to sargely extended facikties for open-air | institutes of a shall be duly executed by local author ers, pctors purs and care committee was re-distributed in specialized

she so dyed in our great pastoral herit of junior and senior tipe, and specialized | age, so blest by the intangible and mos institutes for women students were estblish gracious spirit of the real England, the ed. Finally the creation of a considerable

sodial glitter, a and its industrial squn-

that few can have any doubt o

of his among the immortals,

rep

Nature

* The Waggoners,” and other

The United States beat Roumania by natic Body and the Chinese Government games and za the inuring efforts of teach- by the 4 lized type maintained volumes has shown a truth not so much:

points to mil in the rugby competition The Americans played in hard dashing game, but "rough "stuff" was conspicuously absent. The centre-for-

itics

workare and organizare.

*SMALLÈG CLASSES.

Commercial inst Antre Naturens to rural England, so exqui.

As regards the other questions brought hits to places of educational interest number of whole-time permanent posts for land behind ita competitive anants.

•Le Vothy points out that although the ward, Byland, was brilliant. He scored up the Diplomatie Body's Note, such as school journey chiefly towards the sea the heads of the more important

rare.

&

Left Party is apparently winding in rather large number of departments the Nationalists remain steady in several departments.

LATES

A rough division of the parties shows that fat of the Right have been elected viz., Conservatives, Moderate-Left Re publicans, Dissident Badicals.

165 Lefts have been elected, viz., Radical Socialists, Republican Socialists, Unified Socialists, Communists.

The Rights had 20 gains and 130 losses, showing a net loss of 194.. The Lefts won 97 and lost 19 seats, & n

a net gain of ra 31-Peret; Prouident of the Chamber, has been re-elected.

THE FRENCH FLIGHT.

BANGKOK, May 11th. Duisy has left for. Baigon.

AMERICA AND AFRICA

TOTI GOING." RED "

Toa, May 11th.

A message from Moscow says a meet

two more:

four tries and was largely responsible for sin of the settlement boundaries, etc., LATER: the Chinese reply says that while these

bave me liest bearing on the sublet of the Mixed Court, the Government is willing to prepare for negotiations pro-

The Americans meet France in the End of the Olympic rugby tournament on May 18th. The odds are regarded in favour of France.

AMERICAN BASEBALL RESULTS

NEW YORK, May 12th.

"AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Cleveland, 8; Philadelphia, á.

NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Chicago, Brooklyn, 4.. Cincinatti, 0: Philadelphia,

St. Louis, 3: Now York,.

EARLIER TO IBERS, (REUTERS AMERICAN SERVICE U.S. NAVAL AMBITIONS. WHERE THERE ARE DEFICIENCIES

WASHINGTON. 3iny 11th.

Ir. Boosevelt, Assistant Secretary to the Navy, in his report to the Chairman of the House of Representatives Naval Affairs Committee, agrees with the sug.

12.

प

en

vided that these questions. benefumily vests of age whe bare never sinne has led to a continual rise in We raise an outcry about one picture

affect both foreigners and Chinese...

The Chinese Government considers the rendition of the Mixed Court to be no urgent matter.

evening coast of the bome counties, and other brief institutes started off evening ctuention or books and formal lessons to

fortunate in secula

the co-operation bodies and translates the music of the mid of children ordinarily limited by of the governing bodies the polytechnics English landscape as it has been mellow the circumscribed necas in which they live in the general polier of London education; and sanctified by the toils of generatio Unfortunately it is still true that thou and in return the governing Bodies have after gentration of our nameless forefa sands of London children, not babies, have had very material help in the form of ere. He Blunden & the Baglish hamle never seen the river à circumstance-par- en ace the rour guavation, to natural cottages, its births half Nature' with its half-wild orchards its half alleled by the fact that in a famous sta

reorganization, down there are many children of ten Fether with the increasing few of second and half man's, and its placid boasts, with

thpported by improved

school pupils into evening institutions that honey-scented breath and over them Sip of classes has been a dominant

and at a light, strong and serere, pray equipment ove the whole' period: Byggreement with the Board of Education a great reform quality of work, which in the sporo impergolor to America; we ill kaguos of print was initiated in 1912 The Council

ant institutions clawreetbeel in relatively B

apprebessions about capit- to reduce.. all class-rooms in London large numbers the highest honours degrés al go

1 going abroad, but this English poet, schools to an accommodation of do (bor standards of the University

whose rhynes breathe the very dew- and and girk) and 43 (infants) within a Such efforts on the part of students, perfume of our native land, we let him go. [The Diplomatic Body informed the period of 15 years at a cost of £3,000,000 staff, governing bodies, and local due to the other end of the world with no more Walchisonu on the 10th ults, that it is capital expenditure, provided that Loudon tion authority must be invaluable to an salf-examination than if he were a trus prepared to discuss the rendition of the was exempted from the regulations of the industrial and commercial community of hay Shanghai Mixed Court, but in agreeing

as to clasge below 50 during the The Act of 1918 required a scheme of eda.

of to such a discussion, to which the Chinese -

reconstruction. An agreed, in casion for the Authority area. The

to be Government attaches much importance nium The plan was brought to a stand Education in 1990. The same Act gave completed trien- scheme was submitted to the Board of

SAFER FLYING. the Diplomatic Body desire to point out still in 1918. By line in owing to the the s that there are other outstanding matters affecting the welfare and development of prodigious efforts of the Seb-Committee the opportunity for compulsory dax com. WING DEVICE THAT PERMITS

tinuation schools the results of years úl

SLOWER LANDINGS. the International Settlement at Shangamaunt had been faithfully accomplished and employment of the adolescent The concerned, much more than the allocated pioneering work in respect of the education hai, to the speedy solution of which that sich means and ethers the average size schools were opened in London on Januarying to Boat down through the air The A new aeroplane which seems on alight- Diplomatic Body and foreign communities class which was 50 in 100r has becoar 10th byt after. The brief:

Lull of Shangbai attach no less importance. 40 in 1024

no slowly does it approach the earth; Amote these are the enlargement land scholarship scheme had been chish the end of the summer tem 1922 The Descents can be made during a cross

of brilliant promise, they word

closed at being tested at Edgware, Middlesex, improvement of the port and the exten

cost of the educational sion of the present boundary of the ed by the Fechal Education Board. Its Bra 12,500,000 for the eyes on country flight in practically any field. Settlement and the question of Chinese Cornell. Every year 5,000 children cial year. Before 1913 mething like 16 and his staff of engineers at the

operation, has been greatly extended by pacy in

Devised by Capt. Geoffrey de Havilland. Foreign representation on the Munkapal pass on to central schools for a fire your per cent of the cost fell on the rates Cospels of the International Settlement course from 11 to 16; every yes de trasto ick of 1918 tonnstituted the finta- zatomatically their curvo or camber

cent, coming from Government grants D.H. factory, the new wings vary and the adjoining Chinese areas. The 3,000 children are awarded places in Diplomatic Body therefore ask the secondary schools with a maintenance in basis of grants, dud: from April the This is achieved by hingeing the rear while the aeroplane is in actual flight. Laxey-bave shared the Chinese Government to embark upon grant in appropriate cases and t negotiations affecting, these matters as 50 of the Council's scholars amire from grous expenditure in equal amounts,

It is difficult to visualize the education- springyen mating it ou

portion of each wing and Cambridge and

and London

Calverai Court.]

honours 21 changes during 20 years of such a vast When the engine is running at full- some having carried off the

the cons and

ment

ruch

1319, rates

Lad

70

ing of the executive committee of the gestion made during the controversy now well as upon the rendition of the Mixed first of second clashest organization of schools, and colleges with power the air pressure flattens out thị:"

Communist Youths' International on the proceeding here, that a fair comparison

5th instant discussed communiem in of the fighting strength of the British, for COURTEST OF TI" DAILY BULLETLS"

MORE MONEY FOR CHINA.

America. It was stated that nine new America and Japanese navies is repre- organisations had recently been started seated by the figures 5, 4 and 3, instend

BONDS.

in St. Loung for communising young of by 5, 5 and 3, provided for, in the CASH FROM ENGLAND ON GERMAN miners and factory workers. It was glad Weshington Naval Treaty. These figures reported

is two new Communist or do not take into account, strategically

had been started in Africa located bases, nor the relativis strength bere propaganda, was being carried on of the various merchant marinca. among the natives.

A GERMAN GLIDE.

BERLIN, May 11th..

how

prizos Bad: AR Ari Brod disinensis, since onts and 10,000 teacher pails sad kad: wing against the section of the spring aughter of clans and artigas a new every bo unhesitating! It may drawing the flaps downward. When the

in

which always exercise their in said that the stream of ability has a brought in tganization is now a coordinated whole pilot throttles down his engine for slow- Supplement the balance of the old I and that the work has been immensely dying or sughing and outer plan 1013 the professional

In

fair, stream: is lessoned, the springs come Hall contained 7,500 Count extended and it standards raised.

Volume

to day

act, the young Indoner of today has into play, inereching the camber of priscases 50,000 And, haz 10,000 readers far er opportunities of developing his the wings and giving them mare, o PEKING, May 11th,

eft nulating Fectures health and fatell penco than his parvi grip on the nic by she most distinguished mon atd women hail, and they would be the first to acknow The House of Representatives summon in their bites organized by the Coun-edge-Time

but laborly ref ed San Pao Chi yesterday, asking for a

if supporting, reriser a carolment of 20,000. Gr Mr. Roosevelt refers approvingly to statement regarding the Gerwagon of young

it. A Wilbur rece endations' in his negotiations. ⠀

butter materiale conditions

all helpot to Last annual report for the complate The Premier informed the House that the London wcale

the results promised to be greatly to the produs &haper spirit in the schools and Of many calculations recently made to arrangement to pay the French indianity more writing reforms must not, however, day occupations, the results of our of in gold francs, which Parliament voted bellowed to overshadow the cumulative them, in which the surgy expended by

fect of but the discussions had not yet

many" Jerú imposing “charger reached the stage where they could be Equipment has been more round with antes pour to those who are used to thinking T

a fost average typist in a day of KiM, boon muitably planned. | hours is esiculated, has been surprising subtaitted to Parliament.

Faded The schemes of manual training and torma of energy. On moet typewriters It is understood that the negotiations, domestic economy in fiabd by the whole a force of at least two and a buff ounotă

Adored in methods of Pie hemimer 40

from

THE ENERGY EXPENDED BY A TYPIST.

A message, from Koenigsberg says toodernisation of American battleships advantage of China, differing from the to improve the quality of the output The find the amount of energy used in every-

is the course of a compétition for Ger- mann-script gliders near, Memel the fyer Schulz remained aloft for a hours, 4 minutes, seconds, which is claimed to

o a world repord

POLICE AND GERMAN COMMUNISTS.

BUBLIN, May 11th, Ten Communists were killed and a number wounded in the course of a coli- sion with pohco at Boellberg, nor Halle. Ons policeman wan fatally injured.

cost of $20,000,000, and also to the fact that Congress has been asked to authorise the modernisation of six coal-burning battleships in bnstruction and eight 10,000 ton light cruisers.

Mr. Roosevelt says that the navy is in good shape, except for these deficieneles

U.S. WORLD FLIGHT."

MAJOR MARTIN SAFE,"

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Q REÊU06 45 A TRAPPER'S CABIN..

CORDOVA (Alash), May 11th)

importance of being able to slowly without losing, control is revealed by statistics which show that nearly 10 per chat of Beroplano accidents baTE Bees due to a pilot in same, emergency allowing the speed of his machine to slacken till its wings cesse to exercise their normal lift, and songe dive!' ur

side slipeneus.

HEADMASTER AT 36.

WINCRESTER'S NEW. CHIEF

The Rey Alwys Terrell Petro Williame

which are being carried ou secroly be Sabool Board have boon ~kompleted is need to depress a key and the key then has been appointed, at the age of 36 tween the German bankers and the The curriculum luss, takers on a mere moves through at least half an inch. This Headmaster of Winchester Collen in Ministry of Finnteo, provide for the re-l practical direction, and rigid discipline corresponds to roughly, one hundred and succession to Dr. H. Hendall, who is lease of the reserve in London sgamat has bon superseded by frear and more fiftieth of a foot pound of obergy. If the resigning the Gorman drawn Foods and cougane sympathetic tonations of the Reorganisations Loan, amounting approximately to813,000,000, which wil

CHILDREN LOVE SCHOOL,

the

2

typist were to work at the rate of sixtyr. Willians was at Borzall School ande wards a minute and the words had an Josus College, Oxford and has be average of six lettera sach, its can be second master at Winchester for

The Rev. G. F. Fisher to Bento The Rev, RH Oven to Mr. H. H. Hardy to Cheltenham

KL MiJacks to Mill-Hill at 28. Mr. Norman Whatley to Chiton st 38

be paid to China "in" caah by instalments wo millica direula?! H, reador ALTS shown that if the depressing of the spararea A Germany will be responsible for the pay been added to the ordinary apply of schooling key between words and the miqve Other instances of young men appoint ment of the outstanding German bonds.books, more intellignt methods of instrument. backwards of the carriage afe takened to important headmastershine are and coupons of the Reorganisation Loan, havbo hammered out by the staff into account, she will expend three foot Major Martin and his mechanic have and also the Tintain Pukow and H

the ssh of argument and crificiam in' "safely arrived at Fort Mollor (Alaska) kuang Loins, which will be revalidated, otićtéru, z masoolations, and conference pounds of energy esen minute 180 Toot

Major Martin, in a wiroleer message, the obligations on which have been piling cal and unofficial; and

wark of the

Blade en hour and in my hours WOTE states that bis aeroplane wan totally

food pounds This

of energy up airco August, 1017.png teachers has been

-a. Iyot, wrecked, Having crashed, on a mountain Germanyła quid pro quo votleists of the operation of a kakupported by the enrichita foot through“

of inspections. in a fog on April 20th

sun saggiamo fares funlugs of the ave buch Ooo rehabilitation of the Deutsche Asiatische Organizers, and other Major, Martin and bis companion Bank

means the elementary school has become rage typist af confronted with a ton of El locally an all-powerful scola!

stool sed saked to raise it through thei rived exhausted at a trapper's cabin on. There is reason to believe that the of officers of the White Amy have May 7th, where they found food and arrangement will be submitted to Berlin form, to its requirements, and on any is called upon to do every day, and illus Repton in 1810; and his predecessor, the

children love is the homes distance. Yet this in the work which The Bishop of Manobentar, Dr. Temp rusted for three days Martin says: and if approved there it will be formally open day the parents may be hard trate strikingly, the Tomarkable cumula Rev. Lionel, Ford, now headmaster of Ekaterinoslay and oneOur existence is due to the concentrat taken up by the German Legation and orphe by declaring that school in much tvo total obtained by the expenditure of Harrow, yas 35 when appointed

ed food and our nerve,

the Waxhiaopul

better than it was in their jung days quantition" of energy

Repton

STILL REVENGEFÜL WHITE OFFICERS EXECUTED.

Moscow, May 11th.

was, when hớ hemma headmaster/i