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Thursday & Friday, 19th & 20th "CAPPY RICKS"

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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 14th, 1927.

WOMEN GOING TO PIECES UNDER NATIONALISTS.

MORALITY BREAKING DOWN UNDER REVOLUTIONARY TEACHING.

ALL FORMER RESTRAINTS VIOLENTLY

RESENTED.

mens

FINANCE COMMITTEE.

870,713 VOTED.

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A meeting of the Finance Com mittee of the Legislative Council was held in the Council Chamber

when yesterday afternoon Colonial Secretary presided and there were present the Colony Trea- surer (Hon. Mr. C. Mcl. Messer), of Public the Acling Director Works (Hon. Mr. H. T. Jackman) and Hon. Mr. D. G. M. Bernard.

II.E. The Governor's message No. giving items of supplementary ex- penditure, Nos. 43 to 48 of 1927, was considered. The items totalled $70,712 and all were approved,

"Equality is one of the entch-

Some Typical Cases. Early betrothal, parental control words of the Revolution, and it is interesting to note how this rela and advice are fiercely rejected. Re- tionship is working itself out in ceatly in Hankow, a girl broke the one respect--that of the relation-engagenient made for her in child

to live with ship between

nud worden, hood and went writes a Correspondent to the notoriously had man, who already Her father endeav North China Daily News. In cou- had one wife. tinuance of the policy that women oured to save her, but the Women's shall be equal to inen, the Past Union took up the matter and de Office and other public services innounced the father in the papers Central China are now open to as anti-revolutionary.

after wonten

A competitive ex-! All kinds of folly and indis. | Point-840,000, Hon. Mr. D. G. M.

ipline are hallowed as furthering Bernard asked for further details. amination and it has become the Revolution. An orphan girl of The Acting Director of Public almost compulsory for an official to, living in a hostel, grew ap- have a

woman secretary, else he will be branded as reactionary and

old-fashioned.

With respect to item No. 45- Public Works Extraordinary: Re- construction of Nullah on the East

side of Marine Lot No. 131, North

noyed with the conversation of her Works stated that under the sale friends about their "boys," and, conditions of Marine Lots Nos. 130 going out for a walk, became en-and 431 the lessee undertook to gaged to a man she met an the construct a nullah on the east side In Wuchaug the Government has street. Her friends tried to per of Marino Lot 431, the Government

suade her of the unwisdom of marrying immediately, but again being committed to defray the cost the Union stepped in and declared of the eastern half of this mallah. that the marriage must go forward. desire of men and women to make was expected that further areas One has great sympathy with the At the time these lots were sold it their own choice of a mate, and would be sold to the east of this perhaps disaster is inevitable at taking, as she thinks; the modern sold and the nullah wall will, there- first, but only too often a girl, nullah. No such areas have been way, finds after some years of war-fore, be exposed to sea action which ried life that she is the second or it is not strong enough to combat. third wife and that she has mar- The sum asked for is to strengthen ried, not to freedom but to all the this wall so that it will act effec unhappiness of the old system,

tively as a sea wall.

gone a step farther and established military training college for women, to which, since few other sehools are open, there has been a rush of applicants. The cadets look very smart in their uniform of kharki breedes, tunic and cap, and with short hair and military swag Er are only distinguishable from soldiers hy their shoulder badge. The course lasts for 12 months and includes severt hours a day of strenuous drill, practice in rifle. and revolver shooting, and the

A Curious Ceremony.

Now that the ancient customs of

udy of Kuomintang principles.etrothal and marriage are stigma- The authorities state that they do ized as imperialistic, young couples

not intend to use the women as

anxious to marry find it quite diffi.

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SEVEN CHANCES

Based on David Befasco's

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soldiers except in gases of emer-cult to devise a ceremony. At a M. GROVER CLARK SAID TO revolutionary wedding in Hankow, geney, but that they are to accom- pany the army, be friends with tie soldiers, and instruct the pensantry the sins of the Revolution."

The slow but careful examination of the great inass of docuiuents seized in the Chinese police raid upon the U.sst Enisey 15 bringing to ligat much evidence of direct relations between the Heds and others of neither Chinese nar Russian intionality writes Mr. Rodney Gilbert in the North Chine Daily News. This information when is being assembled by the

a short time ago, the company met the Y.M.C.A. hall. The ser vice" began-as all public meetings must do in Nationalist China with the obeisance of the whole A Mad Sort Of School.

audience to the portrait of Dr. Sun Another interesting venture is and the chanting of his "will," Mrs. Suu's School for Revolution- The bridegroom was enlied upon are Leaders at Hankow. A preto make a speech; quite unembar sit the school contains about Isu rassed, le recited the history of his girls who look tidy and respectable courtship, telling how he had met and appear to belong to the better the lady on revolutionary business type of students; most of them are and loved her as they worked to graduates of middle schools but gather for the salvation of China. this is not compulsory. The fees The bride, who wore the usual red various Legation authorities is not are $8 a month for tuition; board satin dress, surmounted by a tulle precisely accret and certainly will and lodging are provided free. veil of Westera pattern, was a little.not be suppressed, but in not being more reticent and would not speak, In view of the pro "Nationalist". generally given out to the Press. The teaching consists of lectures on revolutionary methods and aims at but other friends made long and providing government officials to flowery discourses. A sort of im publicity in America which has un- organize the new era; the only text promptu-concert followed, the last doubtedly helped to shape the hooks studied are the works of Suniter being the Song of the Revela Washington Government's deplor able policy in China, there is one Yat Sen

item of interest to all Americans.in the Far East.

The teacher in charge admitted that the students who had alrendy finished the training had found it rather difficult to obtain work. "The time is not yet ripe" he said,

Deplorable Results.

lion, sung. to the old French Bur-

sery-rhyine tune, "Frère Jarques, dormez-vents,

The Russian files reveal clearly the connection between the altitude towards foreign and domestic affairs taken by Feng Yu Hsiang and his subordinates and agents. They also reveal that one of these agents,

The Plotures & Rendezvous. With this overthrow of all accept hut in spite of this, the schooled standards and manners, the is planning more to larger build most undesirable feature of the ings so as to accommodate more West are appearing. The pie-

71 tures,"

a happy rendez-vous for Mr. F. T. Sung, once of the Chung pupils"

illicit meeting are often of very Me News Agency as Feng Ya poor quality; Hankow has several Hsiang's publicity man, was in close With these two exceptions, the night-clubs and dance halls, of touch with Mr. Grover Clark, editor Nationalist Government provides course unlicensed and unsupervis- of the Peking Leader, and w no other education or training for ed, where the behaviour of men and giving hup Gnancial assistance. In the Russian Gics a number of re- the women of the coming genera- girls ia nost objectionable; and tion, and the result of the shortage even in the ex-British Concession, ceipts were found, endorsed by Mr. of schools is already deplorable. it is impossible for respectable girls Clark for respectable sums of money Girls crowd into the cities, some to go about without being followed. and across one of them is scrawled, times following soldiers they have One can but hope that the solid in his hand, a query about the ten The fact that these met in the country, sometimes in good sense of the Chinese people thousand." the hope of obtaining lucrative will asert itself before it is too receipts were all in Russian keeping posts which of course do not ma late. A storm of protest has ap- is certainly ovidence enough that terialize Conditions in Chiness peured from women of all shades the Reds were interested in the dis inns are notably bad, there are few of political opinion over the state-bursement of Mr. Sung's funds and other respectable places for them ment that appeared in a Hankow in Mr. Clark's attitude towards to stay, and often they have no paper on March 2nd that a parade Chinese affairs, money to return. They pick up of nude women would be held on Requaintances in A light-hearted May 1st. The Women's Union of Inaner, for the extremiata are

Wahan took up the matter vigor- preaching the doctrines of free ously and stated later that they munity hes in the fact that Mr. love," and even advocating the hud found the author of the fibel Grover Clark has been in America abolition of narriage. Last and punished him and the editor for many mouths, has conducted December, several thousand women of the paper. Perhaps in other mat- an intensive publicity campaign in Nationalist aime and students, including children of ters, as in this, the women of the support of uine and ten years of age, marched new age will realize that there are round the streets of Changsha with limits to all things, and that banera, calling on women of all China's true welfare is not to be nations to ronounce the unequal furthered by license and im- bonds of marriage and be free. morality.

LONDON VICAR'S LIST OF send to catch his ship, and one of

BEGGARS.

the newest the motorist whose car has broken down near at hand, and COLLECTIONS OF TALES OLD who must send two telegrams.

AND NEW.

"THE HARD HEARTED. UNDERTAKER."

Weeping At Will.

There are many who can weep at will. They tell some variation of the story of a daughter, wife or mother who has died in hospital, So many hundreds of professional and of the hard relentless under beggars are earning their livings by taker who insists on a pound de telling" tall stories" at vicarages posit, There is the so-called seafar that one London vicar is compilinging man who wants to sell the tron- a list of them and the tricks they sures he has bought from the cast. employ. He is the Rev. T. P. Some of them are well dressed. It Stevens, of St. Matthew's, New. depends on whether their story calle Kent-road, S.E., who has drawn at- for it. tention in his parish magazino to the fact that some of these beggara call when vicars are out and insult their wives if they will not give help. He told a Daily Mail representa tive:

I have about 25 of them already There are hundreds OB my list

There is the young woman who never asks for money. She says she has at last been given a job but can not afford to buy a season ticket. Would the vicar kindly ask her eun- ployers to pay her weekly instead of inanthiy, as she would then the money in time. I replied that going about, and in Birmingham I cortainly would, and at once. Sho there is an organisation that warns then pointed out that it was use local welfare workers about them leas, as the employer has just gons and describes their methods. One for lunch. She got nothing. These of the oldest stories is that of the people can always be found out if sailor who has to got back to Grave you question them long enough.

Boosting Nationalism In U.8.A.

The interest to the American com-

has been received by stateamen in Washington and taken seriously and has boosted Congressman Porter's resolution in the Lower House for the abolition of extraterritoriality.

HEALTH BULLETIN OF EASTERN PORTS.

The Health Bulletin of Eastern Ports for the week ending May 7th

atates:

:

Plague,

2 cases at Rangoon. ·

17 cases at Bombay,

1. cuse

2 cases at Rangoon. at Colombo. Cholera

2 cases at Bassein. 28 cases at Bombay. 112 cases at Calcutta.

1 case at Negapatam. D casos at Bangkok. 204 casos at Haiphong.

M cases at Saigon.

Small-pox.

57 cases at Bombay, 70 cases at Calcutta, 1 case at Karachi.

8 eager at Madras,

10 cases at Hangoon.

#cases at Singapore.

y cases at Bangkok.

1 case at Macao.

14 cases at Canton.

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