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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1932,

U.S. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.

THE OLD TROUBLE IN NEW CANTON.

TOO MANY STRONG

PERSONS.""

MANY CITIES FACED WITH BANKRUPTCY.

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TEACHERS PAY HELD IN ARREARS.

(Contributed).

Recent issues of this journal have coutained interesting articles con-

WOMEN PETITION

COMMISSION.

PLEA FOR JUSTICE FOR CHINA.

DETERMINED TO USE BOYCOTT WEAPON.

New York-Bankruptcy, or noGr That the women of China will! cerning the development of the new it, is doing scores of towns in the hot hesitate to use the boycott Cantón. Anyone who remembers United States. The burden of pro-weapon in the interests of peace, the City of Rama of twenty years|viding for the unemployed, which nob only in this country but agò and visits it agṣin to-day must is stated to have doubled in many throughout the world, is the bur neknowledge that there has been a communities in the past year, cop-den of a declaration made by savon great transformation in two de bined with the distress of many Chinese women's associations to endes. Perhaps we ought not to ratepayers hard hit by the slump, expect too much. There are now

and the extravagance of grafting wide ronds, wireless and many councillors, bas left inany a city other pieces of evidence that prove treasury bare. Canton's desire to be up-to-date, But the old Adam remains in this now Paradise.

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'B'long_My_F'lend,"

The following news item from the eurrent issue of Enstern Engineer- | [ing and Compneree is evidence that

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members of the League of Nations | Commission of Inquiry during their stay in Shanghai. Their declaration, briefly reviewing the Chiengo is the most notorious horrors of Shanghai's undeclared example. A long-drawn dispute war," emphasises the determination over the legality of tax-assessments of mothberg of the seven societies has enabled citizens to withhold concerned never to shrink from the payments of most of the rates for uttermost use of comemic retalia two years. Schooltonchers and tion until justice has been due other civic employees have been Members of the Commission of In- puki only a tithe of their salaries

quiry are stred of China's depen a change of heart is more difficule for months "past and many are in dance and faith in the Longue to to effect than, let us say, a change desperate straits. The city Govern

this ond. in the manner of transport. Thement must ang most of what “little

The letter is signed by the chair, sudan chair in Canton has been money. it can still raise by the sale repinced by the automobile but of tax-bonds to pay the police, or Shanghai Women's Club, the Wo mew and representatives of the alo custom" and squeeze have submit to the rule of thugs and men's Right Association, the Shang. not disappeared. That statement

gangsters, Aad Dow is confirmed by the extract alluded decision has ruled that tax assesssociation, the Women's Suffrage

hai Young Women's Christian As to above. It reads as follow.B.;-

ments made in the past three years Association, the Women's Christian are illegal The Windy City,"

National Temperance Union, the... one of the wealthiest in the world, League of Women, and the Nasional is literally bankrupt. A spesial Council of Women of China T session of the Illinoise State Legis lature has had to be called to deal with this desperate situation.

"Of the fourteen bus companies in Canton four have. desiared bank- ruptcy, and none of the remaining Eton made any profit list year. It is alleged that there are too many strong persons". in Caston who refuse to pay fares," most of them in Government employ."

If as we may suppom, the cm- ployees of the Canton Government now the sayings of Confucius they will remember the Master's words of wisdom, which are, in theory at any rate, accepted in all

civilised countries to-day. For Confucius said The higher type of iria secks all that he wants in himself; the inferior man seeks all that be wants from others." On this statement we must write down the too many strong persons in Canton as "inferior" men, for it cannot be denied that they take all that they can get from others.

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Trouble in New York Also.

follows:-

Ten Times Worse.

bankers Chinese. You know too well what

It is not the wish of this group of Chinese women intelligentsia in New York city is in trouble, too. Shanghai, to harden you with de It has had to curtail the miserably tails of the tragic events following inadequate relief it has hitherto the undeclared war" that. Japan provided for a portion of its 730,000 ese militarists have waged "upon. would agree to advance a loan to formal war is; you can therefors unemployed, until the

meet some $75,000,000 of" short-well imagine that an "urideclared term bonds falling due shortly.war" is ten times worse for inno his the financiers refused to do, cant non-combatants with no pre- unless the civic badget was over-vious warning whatsoever. Your hauled drastically...

personal inspection of the balle Detroit, fourth city of the US scarred and desolated areas must has had to cut salaries, and curtail leave on your minds no" delusions public construction, thus increasing as to what it means to our people, unemployment, because it cannot "On behalf of the womm "of raise a loan either. Philadelphia China, we avail ourselves of this The New Sportsmen.

has had the site trouble and has opportunity to express to you the also reduced the pay of its em-hopes of our women and to suggest, And yet Canton has elements which inspire hope.

ployees. Many other local govern- if we may, some constructive pro- One of the

ments have offered tax bonds for posals in the cause of peace. grontent trasformations of the

sale but found no, buyers. The many that have taken place in

For the success of your mission twenty years has been the change most shining example of the more and for that of the League peace in outlook of young twenty one of irtuous manicipalities is Milwaur machinery, we, the victims of both sexes in South China. Lasikee, stronghold of Socialism in Japanese violence, cannot too fer week there was an inter-University USA, which ended the year with vently hope for its early, trium Athletic meeting at Canton. There a balance of $3,000,000 nits

phant, and permanent functioning, Though we would all have rejoiced": Blame for this distress of many had the League been able to work American cities is hurled frequent

the pick of the Chinese athletes of Hong Kong and Canton met. And sho youth of both sexes proved them. selves to be good sportsmen in the

best interpretation of the world. Last year the Hong Kong Univer Isity team lud the victory; this

year they were But in each case the losers acknow-

treasury.

ly by the less responsible sections out, an amicable adjustment before Shanghai became involved, never of the Press at "the bunkers," who

theless we hold firm our faith in appear to be generally unpopular with the public at the moment, the League; we appreciate its diffi- soundly beaten. The bankers retors that they encullies and labours in endeavouring

not land themselves up with a lot to settle so complicated a dispute. of the unsaleable paper in the form of municipal honds, especially when the serves of the public are so jumpy that

may start at any moment.

ledged, quite frankly, that the best tem won. There were to childish recriminations, but a clear recogni tion of the fact that if you want to win in any competition you must. train hard to achieve your sucess,

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"We are, however, resolved to re- ist Japanese aggression by econo mic means which we feel are in keeping with the spirit of Article 10 of the League Covenant. The struggle will last so long as Japan does not restore to China what the tom" dies slowly. The tentacles Chinese people rightly ow. Be uf the Chinese octopus, the family, cause we stand for humanity and strangle those who would "play" righteousnesi, are not frighten - i the game. For unless the needyed by Japanese threats of massacre relative is found n cuahy job

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Superficial Disunity,

ences; on the territorial integrity of our country, we are one" and inseparable. If the world fails

We cannot help wondering how this new phenomena in China, the amateur athletic contest, is going to affact officia) life. Will it re-

there is much loss of face." ready spoken through the mouths sult in a new slogan "Play the And yet there is another side. of cannon, the screaming of bullets game to be applied to work as Look around in Hong Kong and with bombs, tanks, warships, and, well as to play. There can be no see Young China on the temais, seroplanes, and her cruel language doubt that the loaders of young cricket, hockey

and football is not misunderstood. Bhanglini other country similarly circumstane Jaina are very different from the grounds. Watch the crowds that go was rocked with great explosions, ed. It may be that Kipling way old style Mandarins in physique swimming. Particularly contrast blazed with incendiary Ares, her and" in many other ways

the Chinese girls of to-day with low-lying alouds lit up by ashes right in the economie ause too, now to uphold and to enfores the Yet cynica still relate the tales of thow of twenty years ago.

of heavy artillery, whose splitting when he wrote that "The female of League Covenant that binds mem the too many strong men." Wa My arst surprise in Hong Kong reverberations made the days and the species is deadlier than the brotes to respect and to pre servo as against external aggression should, of course, not believe all was seeing a Chinese gentleman nights for more than a month an

the territorial integrity and exist- that we hear; and sometimes there taking the bird for a walk. He inferno. In spite of the heavy male

ing political independence of all are inocurate statements in print was carrying a cage inside which losses, wa wamen are not, dauited

members of the Lengue," will be. But it is, is say the lenat, dia, was in singing bird. When the by the tragedies of the past weeks,

We believe that you will allow more helpless still when, Japan turbing to hear it so frequently songster was silent, the owner we, who are living, will not fail stated that "squeezo "' and the per- walked, along slowly." Á soon as to preserva our civilisation from no ulterior motives to block the becomes strong enough to embark secution of the underdog continues, the bird began to warble he waited bankruptcy.

larger good of the whale. China, upon the latter stages of her policy The only real remedy is publicity. to hear the music. Young China- The Chinese people have wen realises that Japan's invasion of of expansion, world peace will then For that reason it is fair to on the son or grandson of the man thered many a storm throughout Manchuria and her undeclared be irrerivably destroyed.

It is because we women sincere? quire what has happened to the described abortakes his girl to their long history; we will remain war in Tientsin and Shanghai, money collected for relief purposes the Repulse Bay Hotel where they independent. In the present crisis, are but preludes to the final con-ly believe in peace, pence not only vast imperialistic for China, but penes for the whole in Shanghai Has there been any dance to the tune of a jazz band our people have demonstrated their summation of audited statement of how the money and she praises his tennis or foot firmness noter to bow to armed plans which she had long harbour-world which is so interlocked in was spent?

ball. And both of them return force, ultimatum or no ultimatum, ed. To-day Japan is a menace to mutual dependence, that we beg of next day to the beach and swim out our government may or may not China: to-morrow she will be a you to lay true foundations of peace to the raft.

yield but neither Japaness nor our meance to the world. Our govern in the Far East, by ferroting out In the not too distant future they government can force us womenment has thus far been loyal to all the facts upon which enduring It is pathetic to think that with will denounce the "too strong against our will to buy Japanese the League. Our people all hope justice may be done, and building really efficient Chaton could be one men at Canton. In the meantime goods. The boycott is the only offee that the Longuo will fulfil its aner-well the structure of international of the wealthiest and finest cities publicity will help' them, For it tive instrument to our hands unded duty promptly and fearlessly goodwill which alone must lead us the fork Thong tainly are introns meni unhesitatingly as It is essential we feel that your all into the Hight of a now day. men there determined to serve their to "lose face." And it will be it aven if the League people shrink inquiries be made in the tenti We thank you for your kind and fellow countrymen. But olo cus long time before loss of face" is from it, and we will boycott not ment of our people. Everywhere we patient attention to these our con

(Continued on next column.) not an important matter in China for China only, but also for any rony be divided by political differ-sidered

The Failures in Canton,