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Hold Everything "Solection. Bhe's Funny That Way.-Now

"Mayfair Orchestra-01083. Follow a Star"-Vossl gems.

Light Opera Company.-02087. Follow Through”- Medley, --- Edgar Fairchild and Robert. Lindholm (Pianoforte Duet).- B3189.

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1931

Song Tho Empire Party HARVEST FEARS IN GANDHI AND HIS

Seng."

Song Fat Fiat Fish"-Leslie

Barony with orch a-83473.

Sootch Song Bong Othe

Hoose."-Sir Harry"

Lauder

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Operatio.

Song" Boheme-Addio t (Pu

сіпі).

RUSSIA

FAKED RETURNS THAT

"MISLED.

PEASANTS UNWILLING TO DELIVER GRAIN;

PLACE IN INDIA.

(Continued from Paga 1):

My quotation is taken from the Indian Review of January, 1919, a strongly Nationalist peper, and it should be remembered that it is addressed, nos to Indinne at large, but to the Congress members in Particular.

Influenced by Books,

Uncertainty as to harvest pros. pects, together with the failure of Hong-Louise Ever Since the industry to achieve the standard Day" (Charpentier)-Luerozia laid down for 1831 in the Five Year Bori (Soprano)-0331.

Plan, it is learned in well inform-The great influences which have Band-"Faust" Selection (doned circles in London, is causing moulded Gandhi have been books, nod).The Band of HM. Cold-grent anxiety to the Soviet Govern- not men, though the personal ex-

stream Guards.-1677;

ment

was his idea of the simple life, his great ideal To the Sermon on the Mount he owes his idea, of the means whereby, to attain it- Batyan Braho, or Truth force. (He is at pains to distinguish this form pas

ampler of his father and mother "Song- Andren Chenier Tho||| With regard to crop prospects it seem to have unconsciously affect War that the figures ined him greatly. To Tolstoi he Enemy of His Country !?? (Glor-is now clear

respect of areas sown last spring Bong "L'Africana Adamastor, were faked. Local Soviet author Ruler of Ocean" (Meyerbeer) ties responsible for the sowing, Titta Ruffo (Baritone).-7153. cluded in their returns to the Coh 8.30 to 9.35 p.m.---"Symphony No tral Government many areas which

9 in D Minor (Choral ") (Beethoven Op. 128) Symore either not properly ploughed, phony Orchestra, conducted by or were sown to late in the seasonsive resistance, for Satyagrahs bids Albert Coates.-M-13;:

to yield a proper harvest this one love one's enemies while hating their systems, and methods, and [year.

never believes in resort to violence, which he thinks Passive Resistance does

9.35 to 10.15. p.

A Concert.

Song Valley of Laughter"

(Sanderson);

The amount of grain, to be sir rendered to the State, however, was Axed by the authorities on these to optimistic reports, and the Soviet Government are, accordingly, in a

dilemma 2

There are three possible ways out. The original programma must be adhered to and the peasants must surrender the whole of the quote originally demanded, irrespective of their

Song "Bird of Love Divina" (Haydn Wood).-Mavis Bennett (Soprano)-Bes72, Pinne Solo-" Song of Love

(Stojowski). Piano, Bolo Reflections on the Water" Debussy)Ignace fan Paderewski-6633. Vocnl duet Moon Enchanted"

(Besley).. Vocal duot- The Thought Never Entered My Moad" (Novello). Winnie Melvile and Derak Oldbari-33270. Song "Oh My Warriors"

(Elgar). Song" Song" of the Flen" further reduced.

(Moussorgsky).-Peter Dawon (Base-Baritone).—C1579, Violin Solo Blue Skies" (Ber-

lin-Kreisler). Violin Solo Dance of the Maid- ong" (Friml-Kreisler).—Tritz Kreisler. 1233.

10.16 to 10.29 p.m.-

Organ Bolor.

In the Heart of the Sunset"

(Nicholls). "Forever! (Ager). Reginald

Foort-B5014. Sylvan Sosnes" (Fletcher).-11.

Vincent Collier.

Now I'm in Love" (from !! Dar- ling I Love You"-Yellen and Shapiro). Reginald Foort 13301.

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own requirements; the pro- gramme of grain export must be abandoned or modified; or the food rations of the towns must be still

The Central Board of Collective Farms, it is said, has strongly jected to the taxation of uncultivat ed land, and has pointed out that if this taxation in insisted upon, the whole collectivist movement in the villages will be crushed. It is also stated that the Central Board has attempted to insist that stocks of grain sufficient for the needs of the peasants shall be set aside and that only the surplus should be sur rendered to the State.

Industrial Necde.

SPOTTED FEVER.

"HOW IT 13" SPREAD,

A big, increase in cerebro-spinal meningitis spotted: féverin England and Wales is recorded in

Ministry of Health roport dealing with the prevention and treatment. of the disenso

The number of cases in the first,

quarter of this year (ees, uncorrect ed) exceeded the total number of canes for the whole of last year (664, provisional)

-The report shows that the major- ity of cases occur in children under five. "Oldor children and young adults are susceptible, but cases over 40 are rarely femboy A

Epidemics often follow in the wake of other infections, especially after influenda outbreaks. ↑ Infec- tion is seldom spread by patients, bus usually by persons who ar unrecognised carriers of the disenac. disease, has a very low case-to-çaas Unlike smallpox and measles, tha infectivity, and multiple cases in one house are not common except

severe epidemics Precautions advised by the Minis-}| try are the avoidance of kissing, children while the diecast is pro valent, prevention of overcrowding and adequate ventilation in schools. and dormitories.

Oity for Independence. tionally after two years, following When he was released uncondi

an operation for appendicitis, he found all he had striven for in ruins all but handful his lowers und deserted his cause fol sently he abdicated a leadership that was no longer his, to dedicate himself to the social questions the spinning, shock (bution of hopes to bring India back to the simple life), to Hindu-Moslem unity, and to the removal of untouch- ability."

Gandhi saya..he is an orthodox Hindu, and believes in its Scrip tures, though not beyond the point at which his reason is insulted. He also believes in rebirth, cow pro- tection, which he interprets as taking no life, and he does not disbelieve in idol worship."! The idea of rebirth, or reincarna But the warring parties in India tion, though, seems very theoretical presently found they had need of I have nowhere come to which no Indian why ap- him again The Simon Commission with him. across any allusion to it, yet when wointed-and Miss Maya' book, strongly held, as many Hindus do "Mother Indin," united them not hold it, it profoundly alters their only against the English, but against the West as a whole, and raised whole outlook; and, indeed, many a very strong party for Independ historians have put down the apence.

It was ty unite this party, with parently meck acceptance of foreign that which claimed Dominion dominion by Mohammedan and Status that Gandhi was called back Christian invaders from outside to take charge at the Congress. BP where he spoke the words, which India during these past nino hun-I have quoted earlier. And in spite dred years to those fundamental of those words he, caquiesced in a beliefs of Hinduism-Reincarnation resolution that made his futile and Dharma-the latter having no struggle for independence last year a certainty There is the incon exact equivalent in English, but it sistency of the man-the blunk means generally religious, duty and against which one comes in

nearly first class intelligenc acceptance of one's lot.

A Revolutionary.

But Gandhi has no such idea. He is a revolutionary of the West ern type; only his method is that of the East... M

Out to Saire Power.

The Indian National Congress, once practically the only political The Commisaar of Supplies, how.

lady in India, started by an Eng ever, refused to agree to such a pro-

Hishnan, with the full approval of the then Viceroy, Lord Dufferin "is posal because under such "con-

now but one of several such bodies, ditions he would be unable to meet

and can by no means" doim to the requirements of the industrial Gandhi's influence, was at its speak for a united India. That it population. A special Government height in 1919-21. As is almost in speake with as much authority as variably, the case in political trou-it does is largely due to the areat committee under the chairmanship bie, there were strong underlying homage paid by uneducated India of Kalinin was formed to deal with economic reasons then There had to, great man, and a very great been bad harvests in 1919 and 1020.saint, if poor politician and the dispute. It was decided that Influenza had swept the country in statesman, whose aim in life differs the original programme must be 1918, even as it did Europe There very much from that of the chief

leaders of the Congress,"ENA adhered to, and the local authori- was the slump of 1920, with n phenomeniul "rise and fall of the

They are out to seize power, for ties wero instructed to carry rupee exchange, which left the trad themselves; Gandhi wants it to grain collection without regard to ing classes badly disgruntled; there benefit the 40 per cent of the the needs of the members of the rol were the demobilised sepoys, find population-rural India And now Jectiva farms.

ing life very dull in their villages the chances of looming as large on It is feared, however, that this the war; and last, but most im done on that of India doring the after their exciting times during the horizon of the Round Table Conference in London as they have decision cannot be carried out, le portant, there were some thousands calise of the reaistance of the the educated classes who had past few monthe seem, after much taken the places of Europeans dur. vacillation, to have made irresist peasants. Signs of a generaling the war and done their work ible appeal to the Congress lead- agricultural strike are alrendly just as well, in their own opinion CTS. making their appearance in several who now had to take lower seats village in India was for a long Gandhi, always thinking of his districts, and it appears that many of the peasants will prefer to leave

Then, too, he had the Moham time undetermined what course to grain to rot in the Gelda than to medans, on his side. They were take. He has done many surpris surrender it to the Government.

anxious about the Caliphate. With ing things in his life. Perhaps, his the coming of Swaraj in India they visit to England may prove in the There is pessimism on the pros foresaw themselves in consider result the greatest. pects of exporting the large quan-able minority; they wanted all the tities of grain originally anticipat ed for this year.

Five Year Plan,

agnin.

help from outside they could get.. If Gandhi could save the Caliphate. for them as a protection against bie own co-religionists, they were only too pleased to help him,

On the subject of industries under

But Gandhi's campaign failed. the Five Your Plan, the informa Three times he called it off because Liop is that the Soviet authorities of the violence of his followers. find it more and more difficult to It was characteristic of the courago finance industry. Difficulty is ex and sincerity of the man thus to perienced in paying wages. The reown himself publicly in the wrong. sult has been disorganisation, fall to do what was obviously stapid ing of of production, and dissatis from a political point of view, to faction among the workers court the condemnation of his fol- A plan for the abandonment of lowers. Then came his trial in the construction of all new factories March, 1922; probably the politest and works and utilising the money trial ever staged, with judge and thus saved for the supporting of prisoner complimenting each other, existing industrial undertakings it the judge consulting the prisoner as appears, had been proposed. This to his sontence, the prisoner asking. suggestion, however, was turned for the heaviest that might be in- down because its adoption would ficted gif have "meant an open admission of He received six years, and seams the failure of the Five Year Plan. to have been quite genuinely pleas

Another circumstance which is ed about it. In choosing the site causing the Bovict Joadors consider for his Ashram, or religious school- able anxiety is produced by the pre-settlement at Sabarmati; ho"meñ- sent economic position abroad. tions how gind be was to find one Germany will be unable to give the quite close to the gaol, for, he said, sama credit facilities to the Soviet a Satyagrahi must constantly be us hitherto, while the conditions of expecting to enter it. There was the London money market are also no fuss over his arrest considered to be unfavourable for His calling off' of civil disobedi- any great extension of credit,ence the month before had disgust Since the Soviet credits are fored many of his most earnest follow- the most part of a short-term nature tra the others had become con- any sudden recall of the money, or vinced of its fatility long before. refusal to renew loans as they fall Very few of the leaders of political due would place, Soviet Russia 1 thought had been with him. Many dangerous position, which might, had been actively against his policy. indeed, lead to bankruptcy,

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