WOMAN'S PAGE
(CONTD.).
PERSONALITIES IN CRICKET.
THE MERRY GODS OF AS "GREAT NOW AS EVER.
OLD JAPAN.
There is something very human about the gods of old Japan. The fat and smiling little men of ivory who greet you from a showcase just inside Komor's door have none of the dreamy aloofness of their Chi nese brothers.
Omar, the Tent Maker, may well have
beed a collector of Japanesa Natsuke for much of his philosophy in their's.
Dai Koku, the god of wealth, sita on two bags, one of gold and ans of rice, and smiles like a profiteer. In his hand is a henry hammer, perhaps to discourage robbers, and. ta emphasise his moral If you want gold and rice you have to work for them." - Dai Koku is a favourite subject for Japanese artists and appears in carving, painting and embroidery; the old yen notes used to have his picture
on
them in order to encourage
- thrift.
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THE CROAKERS DISARMED,
**(DY
TIT-WILLOW."]
The old mournful cry that cricket without striking personalities is being heard in the land again.
If an enthusiast has the patience and time to dig ints” old newspaper files and wade through volumes of dead an gone periodicals "devoted to cricket, he will find that this petty moan has often been printed before.
Cricket has always been "do- plorably deñcient" in attractive personalities.
In the age of Shrewsbury, Wil liam Gunn, Water Bend, George without Dafts and Carpeaters and Lohman and Johnny Briggs, it was Lillywhites.
In the era of Ranji, Maclaren, C. B. Fry, Richardson, Lockwood and Kartright it lacked the titanic types that had just passed out of the game.
eration that has just gene.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th, 1927.
SAT: THE QUEEN'S.
THE WANDERER. OF THE
WASTELAND."
THE BROADWAY FOLLIES.
[UX OUR FILM CHIC]
AMERICA'S GROWING LOANS TO
EUROPE.
VITAL INFLUENCE UPON FISCAL POLICY.
TARIFF CHANGE OR FORGO FOREIGN LOAN INTEREST.
[BY THE RIGHT HON. PHILIP SNOWDEN, M.P.]
Over
Tho Wanderer of the Waste Far-Reaching Alterntios. and is particularly interesting as it is the first film we have seen here male financial rehabilitation of America's confidence in the ulti. photographed entirely in techni- Europa is evidenced by the fact colour. We have become so accus- that sho has advanced tomed to the silver screen as it has | #19,000,000,000 in
foreign loans film in colours seems less real at the six years to 1926. Been termed, that, strangely, and other participations during first than the arbitrary greys of a photograph. Possibly the colours fact, for good as they are it has themselves are responsible for this
not so far boen"possible to elinia- ate a certain chrome lithographic hardness. Yet as the picture pro- gresses one begins to accustoas oneself to the new medium and sense of pleasure overrides the feel- ing of unfamiliarity.
new
If the productive power of the
the product internally will corres Enited States continues to ex- pand, the difficulty of absorbing
pondingly increase. Two outlets investment and the. aro now being provided-fore** system. Both of these methods are probably creating future difficni- The question accordingly arises ties. With the latter we are not ins to what the effect of such in- concerned here, except to this ex- vestments will be upen world tent that if the hire-purchase trade, in view of America's pro- system should bring about serious ductive capacity nad policy of economic dislocation it would have keeping out the goods of coun- its repercussiona on Amerionis tries in which she is investing. position as a large foreign credi- Mr. Philip Snowden, ex-Chan-tor. cellor of the Exchequer, in the fols, lowing article discusses this aspect the position and suggests that America's fiscal policy will have abroad is to continue. to be altered, if free lending
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the United States. which before Aim at Foreign Products. the war was a debtor nation, has become one of the world's chief creditors.
Great Britain has been a world creditor for generations, and to- day her foreign investments are United States. But Great Britain still far larger than those of the took her payment from her foreign debtors in the products of these countries. Her trade balance has shown a large visible excess of im-
It would be unwise to dogmatise as to what effect the large invest- Certainly this Alm is excellent
ments of a country like America abroad will ultimately have upon material on which to try a
Much of the story
world trade and economy. It is experiment.
something quite new and strange takes place in the Colorado de
One of the most far-reaching in world commercial and financial tert, a background which presents very few opportunities for a pleas-cronomie situation is the fact that
post-war chazipes in the world | afsira. - What does this oft-repeated anding effect in the range of colour dreary croak really amount to?
tones obtainable with the ordinary That a certain type of sentimental camera, and fewer still for arriv enthusiast and critic is always in at a stereoscopic effect. The craving for the players of the g tufts of dull coloured cactus gains tributed to this change is that waste of, and broken only by
The main factor which has can enormously in value by being shown while Europe was impoverished by in its natural colouring, and makes the war, the United States has en- an admirable. Geld against which
joyed unparalleled prosperity. to pose the somewhat over coloured The abounding increase in her human protagonists in the drama,
Most of the scenes in technternal capacity for absorption.
wealth has been beyond her in- porta. colour" which we have seen before It has been fortunate for Europe bave been gorgeous interiors, the that this has been the case. coronation scene in Her Love Story" for example, and the effect has been rather garish than beauti- ful and decidedly unconvincing. Certain of the "Prizma" pictures have been successful notably those in which there were
An old international, who has seen all the great players for the last four decades, writes in a gun- temporary that Hobbs, after W. G.. Grace, is the greatest player of
them all.
certainly when he is dead, everyone When he has retired, still more
will admit it. They'll erect a statue to Hobbs at the Oval some day in the future. At least they is. ought to, and" will if there enough imagination on the county committee of the moment.
Encient Anywhere.
Well here are we able to go to
Had America not been in a position to lend freely to Europe, the reconstruction of the Continent would have been im possible, or, at the best, painful
ly slow and protracted. w hanan figures, but as a whole they have not come up to the standard of this film in colour effect,
Ebysu, god of the sea, is much like Dai Koku in face and figure but carries a big fish in one hand and a red in the other. But it is Inary the Fox who is chief favourite with both artists and story tellers. He is not unlike our Robin Goodfellow in some respects, although a more sinister figure. Japanese Fairy Stories bear curious resemblance to Grimns Tales in that they are simple and direct, and are dominated by half human animals, which unlike Hans Anderson's, are quite unmeral. Inary is the hero of many of these
The story of "The Wanderer of Japanese Fairy Stories. His puckish
the Wasteland has been adapted humour leads him to assume the
from a novel by Zane Grey. That shape of a young gir! who lures the
it is not of very great interest in lads of the village into the forest;
itself, might be considered an ad- vantage in this case, as one has or he becomes a priest and when Wally Hammond, with his leisure to study and enjoy the the maidens come to him to be dazzling a diamonds, would not Billie Dove and Jack Holt who take incisive, aggressive style, hard and colour photography. Noah Beery, blessed he "spirits them away.
be regarded as precisely a drab the leading parts, are all efficient Sometimes these jokes lead to a mediocrity at any era of cricket actors, and the staging and dress sinister ending and Inary Iures his. Anyone who talks to him won't finding of the story has been very well
him wanting in
executed.. personality victims to a deserted. spot where either. Any umpire, Doc. Young; they are torn to pieces by his wild for instance, or Len Braund (and bretberen. All over Japan temples what the umpires don't know about are dedicated to the Fox god whehe game is not worth room is Wisden's) will tell you that there site in elligy on either side of the has never been a finer or more ver gateway and receives aderings of satile fieldsman than this youngster. food and money.
He has the extrordinary gift of be ing efficient anywhere.
The Badger in also said to be a mischief lover and delights in tor menting house wives. There is one delightful story which tells how badger turned himself into a tea kettle with the idea of frightening an old priest when he went to make tea. However, when the badger suddenly resumed his own shape the priest seized him and he was un- able to change back again. In stead he was led about on a chain all over Japan and made to dance for the villagers, by which means the priest collected rufficient money to build a temple, probably in. honour of his cousin Inary.
BASEBALL.
are Hobbs at his best, playing in- nings that never were surpassed since the game began, and the same old grumble intrudes into sports columns, and disturbs the old gea- teen enjoying their siestas, in the paviljona.
Dot
The Broadway Follies. · The Broadway Folles are giving a ballet to-day, but instead a whirling dance, with a suggestion top speed. of the Charleston, is performed at The earlier part of their programme is as good as ever and includes a Tartar dance which gained much applause.
From that point of view, there fore, it may be admitted that the American loata to Europe have been a boon and a blessing.
But the United States is in a different position. Sho he no need to import, except certain tropical products like rubber. Her trade balance shows an excess of ex- parts
She can only, ultimately, take the interest upon her foreign investments in goods She shows no disposition to facilitate such imports. On the contrary,
her tariff policy is aimed at keeping out the products of the countries in which she is invest- There is ari apparent incon- ing her capital sistency between the political For a time, she may get over the policy of the United States in difficulty by the reinvestment of holding aloof from participation the interest upon these foreign in- in international affairs and at the vestments- same time contributing so freely But unless America' alters her foreign countries. This is all the ducts of ber debtors, it does seem to the financial assistance of fiscal polier and admits the pro- more remarkable when we remem that a time must come when she ber that before the war foreign will be unable to continue to lend loans had very little attraction for freely abroad. the American investor..
There appears, apart from a Indication of Wonfidence. change in her tariff policy, only The fact that America has lent one way in which America can con such huge sums to impoverished tinue to lend freely, and at the European countries since the war
same time receive payment upon shows that she has in reality great her loans, and that is by Americs confidence in the restoration of buying the natural products of upon such a Europe. A foreign loan has no tropical countries
receive recurity beyond the promise of the large scale that she can borrowing country, and the payment upon her foreign invest maturity of the promise is always ments through the machinery of & gezeration or two ahead.
triangular trade.
Patacy Hendren is anything but average type,, who cannot be cast. In response to popular demand, into the limbo of past players yet. their season has been extended for But if Hendren belonged to the two days, Saturday and Sunday,
Some idea of the extent to which
Tariff and Debts. top-hat time (I would willingly August 11th and 12th, when the the United States is now the credi America's enormous demand for bust a bob to see Patscy playing company will give a farewell proter of foreign countries may be rubber has so far prevented the Haudonald cumbered with a top-gramme, including by special re- gathered from a few facts. The dislocation of her economie "life in New York in 1913 was about But it is probable that her capa- total of foreign loans outstanding from her large foreign lendings. $2,600,000,000, the leans to Euro city for consuming rubber is now pean countries representing only near its maximum. If the con- about one-eighth of this sum. tinues to lend during the next six years at, the rate she has lent dur-
per-pereimists would now be de claring in melancholy numbers, "Ah, we don't breed Hendrens in these decadent days.
Struddy'a Eclipse?
It may be Bert Strudwick's "sunset-reason?" I hope not; tens of thousands of jolly enthusiasts hope the same. But supposing that it actually is. Struddy" belongs to this age. He can't be used as an argument to prove how inferior are the keepers of the day. No, the
qucet, the Arctic Bullet. This new will give general pleasure to local theatre-goers, with whom the Broadway Follies Eave won high
favour.
At the Star Theatre..
In the six years from 1921 to 1998 the total foreign loans issued The King on Main Street," in New York, exclusive of refund clever movie play adapted from a ing operations, amounted to over New York stage hit, opened as the 84,750,000,000, In addition to Star Theatre: yesterday. Adolphe these loans, it is estimated that Menjou, Greta Nissen and Bessie private American participation in Love are the leading players.
foreign. companies The story opens with a scene $3,000,000,000. Further short-term
the king of a amall European | 81,500,000,000,
amounts to
8 the last six years, so far as
one can see at present,
sho will be faced by the choice of the alternatives of altering her tarif policy or forgoing the payments on ber foreign invest ments.
It is not Ekely, however, that
AVERAGES OF TEAMS AND little modest, brilliant, untireable filmed in agtural colours abowing credits issued abroad are put at there will be the same need for
PLAYERS.
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Batting Average of Teams.
At Safe H. Aver bat. hit.
in. age Japanese ... 7 248 60 90 0.28 Filipino. 8 935 50 78 0.2% HEB.B.C. 8
63 238 45
0.21 Recreio ..... 7 200 41 60 0.00 Dragon7 193 20 51
0.19 Tiger... 7 138 17 21-0.19
hero of a score of Test matches, and hugdreds of great county games, is part of the present. He proves that those who prate about the absence of interesting actors on the broad green stage of the grand old pastime ought to buy a book of poetry to brush up their im- aginations and a pair of field glasses to fortify their eyes.
Wilfred Rhodes is still the main girder of Yorkshire in defehra with
or attack with a ball.
凸
17
0.83
realm reviewing a long line of Since the outbreak of the war American capital. especially in
cavalry from a dais.
The king" elects to go to America vid Paris to get money for his country, and his adventures in the French capital and in the United States are the main part of the story. The final scene is deze, in natural colours with another
reviow of the troops.
the number of foreign securities on the Chiengo Exchange has risen from 6 to 328. The American for eign investments are spread very widely over the whole population of the country.
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Small Investors' Big Share. An analysis of the foreign bond boldings, which has been recently made, shows that the smaller in- vestor takes a large section of each
Europe, in the future which there has been since the war. As the re construction of these countries, pro- gresses they will be able to greater extent to finance fature de velopments from their own savings. The security for the loans which America has advanced for Euro- pean reconstruction, depends upon the Continental countries being able to secure a surplus of exports to meet the payment of interest
At the World Theatre." bat Fielding Averages of Teams. G. A. Macdonald, one of the
The principal picture at the Put Aver-mightiest fast bowlers (and this is World Theatre yesterday, and until of the foreign issue. It is esti- upon their external debts. Unless P. Ers, Asst.. out. ages. benefited from importations: what lent Western comedy, "Hey! Hey! present about one-fourth of the rest value of the foreign loans not the first English age that has to-morrow. is foot Gibson's excel-mited that foreiga bonds now re- they can do that, the exchanges fall, and the capital value and about Albert Tratt, Fraak Tarrant, Cowboy" a story of wild adven- average investor's; holdings. Ranji himself 7), is the big gun inture in the cattle country, which
America has been able to invest will depreciate. 0.53 the artillery of the champions.
was screened at the Star Theatre J, C. White, Somersetshire's in- last week ́spiring captain, bowlers of overs of unshakeable accuracy, the ideal cricketer who plays for the love of the game, keenly, chivalrously, and without snobbery--what is the mat- At Safe H. Averter with him? P., bat, hit. in. agen
Dragon 7 46
131 73 Japanese 7 43
144 0.83 H.K.B.B.G. 8 49 60 162 Recreio 7 4-1 57: 121 0.80 Filipino B 64 80 100 0.80 Tiger
"O 71 107 0.65 Batting Average of Individual (Who Flayed More Than 8 Games). Best 12,
Figueiredo
(Recreio) 7 15 7 S 0.47 Y Hachiuma.
(Japanese) 7 Noronha
(Recreio) a T. Leonard.
(Filipino) 8 McArdie.
(HK) ... 5.-. Gozano:
Netts' Glant.
Then up in the Midlands,-at-Not- tingham, which has given so many good fellows and splendid cricketers '31 14 13 0.43 to the roll of honour, there is Arthur Carr. It is questionable 0.45 whether the whole history of the game can show a captain who more completely plays and looks the part that this blonde giant, who marches 0.35 to the wickets and swings the game bis dide's way, with fours and sixes. 60.35 Why the crape-hung chorus would go into restasies about Carr if he was in a cemetery.
11
3
29 10.
13
17
B
(Recreio) 5 IT
Murata
(Japanese)3
Zafra
Burrell
(Filipino) 7
(ELKY Takatomi
(Japanese) 7 S. L. Leo
(Dragon) (Japanese)
Saido
30 10
0.35
16 *0:33
0.33
+4
What rot is talked about as good. company of players an ever inter- _proted_cricket's bat and ball 0.33 drama
I don't believe there ever were 0.32 more captivating elevens in the field since somebody frst sent down 0.32 a ball, somebody elsa had
a dip
Well
and somebody else shouted
0.30 hit, sir-and the game began.
HOME FOOTBALL.
WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS.
{THSOUGH~REUTER'S ̈AGENCY.}.
LowDox, September 7th- The following are the results af matches played to-day-
Division 1. Manch. U. 1, Wednesday 1. Sunderland 4, Birmingham 2,
Division II. Chelsen, 5, Notts County 0. Division III. (Southera)) -Bristol R. 3, Plymouth-L
Exeter C. 2, Crystal P..2 Gillingham-1, Q.P.R.—2. "Southend 3, Bournemouth 0.
Torquay 0, Milwall 1. Watford 4, Walsall 8."
Division III. (Northern) Durham 2, Chesterfield 0. Wigan 1, Táncoln 3,
so largely abroad in recent years If America wishes to maintain because, as I have.anid, she has had the value of her foreign invest surplus savings out of her abun-ments she must encourage interna- dant production which could not tional trade, or she will find even- be reabsorbed internally,
tually that, though she has render- The per capita income of the ed great service to continent in United States, in current dollars, aced by her timely loans, she has has risen from $320 in 1914 to lent too freely in her own in- #776 in 1926.
terests.-Financial News.
WOMAN'S ACTIVE ADVEN
¿TURES: :
'HEAT AND MOSQUITOES.
Mrs. Victor Bruce, who set out a month ago to drive a motor-car to the Arctic Ocean, was benten by the swamps of England when 270 miles north of the Arctic Circle, and within 10 miles of the goal the North Cape. “
Progress for the last thred miles was made almost inch by inch; and to retrace this distance occupied 24 hours.
was over 30 in the shade when we ercased the Arctic Circle.
"The air was simply black with mosquitoes. They were much more. numerous than in Africa, although they were not poisonous. But they bit continuously. We looked for wolves, and only found mosquitoes,
"In Sweden we encountered & terrible storm, and the lightning set fire to the forest. It meant a race for dear life over fearful roads-The Sre spread rapidly, and we could almost feel the flames scorching our enamel":
The party, which consisted of Mrs. Bruce, her hashand, and Mr. R. W *** The curious thing,” said Kra Beare, covered about 6,000 miles, "Bruce," "** was first the further north and two punctures and a cut tyre
we got the hotter it became. It were the only mishaps.
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