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RED DEVASTATION IN

HAINAN ISLAND

VIEWED DURING 25 MILE MOTOR TRIP

CAR OWNERS IN OUTLYING VILLAGES

Kaomax, Fob. 19. Recently a trip was made by car z a village some twenty-five miles cast and north of Kachek. Several things of special interest were, ob served. The road went through the fourth and sixth townships of Kheng-dong district, which were long centres of communist control. of the fourth township that they say where in former years there were a thousand to twelve hundred adult men on the rolls there are now only two or three Fundred. Many wers killed by the Reds; many joined the Reds, by killed or captured in battle; many, more have moved to other places to live. Now that the military have reduced the country to a much more quiet state, people are filtaring back

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tip the car into the in this case sweet potato patch four feet below. But poles and prying and pushing overcame the difficulty safely and we arrived,

Motor Owners in Isolated Village,

one & truck, both Fords, are owned Two cars, one a touring ear and by a family in this village. There are four brothers in the company; all back from Singapore because of the hard times there. I was in vited to their home--and stepped into the main room, to find a com- pleto auto mechanie's outfit in twɔ

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1933.-.

CAMERA ART

University Photographic Club Exhibition

MANY CHARMING. PICTURES

There were over 400 photographe, entered by a competitors, on dis- play in the Union Assembly Hall University Amateur Photographic yesterday, when the Hong Kong

hibition.

has been remarkable. There were a

year.

DR. HU SHIH ON THE MIND

OF YOUNG CHINA

OLD CHINA IN A NEW ENVIRONMENT

STUDENTS' BELIEF IN REVOLUTIONARY METHODS

In the

compulsion or otherwise, and ware corners, carefully arranged in cup-consistent winner since the form and so vague that it was extreme-with politics, Regardless of life and

to their homes.

A Now Bridge.

Only a few miles east of Kachek, or the road to the district city or county seat, is the river which is to be spanned by a new concrete bridge. Originally there waa fairly good stone bridge across the stream, but it was wrecked by 'Reds, and so was the temporary wooden structure later put up. Now Cars Cros8 on a ferry scow poled by two men. The approach on each side is rather steep, and the men are very careless about pulling the ropes of the ferry taut and tying them, when they put the skids on the snow. Car are sometimes .thrown into the river when the skids spring loose from their hooks, due to the impact of the front wheala striking them, and the rear wheels of the cars go into the stream. The new bridge is to be one hundred and thirty Chinese feet in length, or about one hun- dred and seventy feet, foreign ruensure, and the contract price is said to be $42,000.00 local currency.

Imperial Lotus Plants.

women,

Mr. P. A. Dragon-who has been boards made of motor oil and gaso taking two prizes in the Advance tion of the Clab, again did well, line boxes. The company's desk, with acounts, files, abacus, etc., Workers Section. In the Begin stood before a window. There were the most successful, six of his en other windows in the room, with tries being given premier hoccurs.

ners' Section, Mr. Paul Braga was glass panes. In one corner a stand held a rack in which plates, cups known photographer, who, with Dr. Mr. E. A. von Kobra, the well- and saucers were stacked, and we Th. Nagel and Mr. A. M. Bower is-lated village, please remember the winners, gave expert advice to wers served coffee. This in an a tremendous witness to the charges the competitors yesterday after Smith acted as judges in selecting wrought in village life in China the prizes had been presented by the motor car. cars customs of other places are wore an exhibition, and explained communications catablished by the He picked out several photos that permeating the most isolated com- the merits and demerits of each munities.

The following are the prize winners:-

Through the

A big drum for holding perhaps seventy-five or a hundred "gallons

1st

Advance Workers' Section. Mr. P. A. Dragon (Curves). Mr. P. A. Dragon (Backlane Mr. H. Luer (soametresa).

Gossip).

Beginners' Class.". Mr. Paul Braga (wrinkles and

six others).

Defects.

The defects of Young Chion are those of Old Chins. Young Chins both in prose and poetry. It thinks is essentially bookish and unwieldy

Phrases posses a magic for them. in terms of works and slogans. They use "glibly long streams of words the meaning of which they often do not take the trouble to verbal phenomena, the returned define, and in this partiality for students are not exempt from this sccusation.

Club held their fifth annual ex-ject of the mind of young Obina," China pupils in the schools know Speaking at Tientsin on the sub-To-day in the remotest parts of The exhibition this year attract-Dr, Hu Shih the famous philosopher and feel most strongly about the the progress made by competitors which he was to speak he had and General Tasi Ting Kai and a record number of entries, and and liberator said that when he happenings in Manaluria. They was assigned the subject 00 dan talk, of General Ma Chan-shan large number of photographs, both taought it an easy one but when that is one great difference to be in geate and still life, and the he started to prepare his discourse discerned entries compared well with exhibits he found it very much more dif sent by foreign professionals last fault than he expected

Fourthly, they are more active first place the mind of Young China and are capable of doing many was so very young, so immaterial unselfish action. The old pamirity

is passing, especially in connection" ly difficult to define. The longer liberty there is active political par he worked on it, the more vaguetisanship in the schools and both Mind of Young China, all he could boys and girls have laid down their it became de would be to set forth the vague-othere are serving terms of impri

In speaking of the

lives for their political oreeds and ness that he had discovered. to imagine a people or a country China.

sonment for their political beliefs.

asleep for a century able to awake

It is a very pleasant day dream This spirit was very rare in Old

quisitions of a new world. It is pleasant to imagine a Chine sleep. and make use of all the new ac- ing for a thousand or two thousand green flower of change. Unfortune years awaking and enjoying the ately history is not so pleasant and we cannot enjoy the green and pleasant flower of change without; long and arduous effort to try and outer into possession of this rich Mind of Young China. It is young sequisition and the result is the in the new life, but old in ancient background. Young China is Old China born in a new age and she has everything to learn and has

They suffered from a lack of re- to adapt herself to this new age.ality and proved to be equally That is new China. It needs im alavish to authority even though agination to understand the task the authorities were new. Though of Young China, She is expected they refuted the teachings of the by the now world to perform this old Chinese sages they were swift gigantio task, to make the change to render lip service to new goda from old to new to match the new Kropotkin, Hagel, Lenin, Marx, world but it takes time to learn Stalin and Trotsky while the more a much; so much that is now that conservative were fervent in their it is impossible for her to learn declarations of faith in the dicta anything at all. The result is in- of James, Dewey, and the poetry. digestion and all its attendant ills. of T. 8. Elliot, and Chumming. whose poems they understood not at all. The Mind of Young China is More dogmatic and is too readi ly given to over-simplification It is prone to dismiss modern ciri- lisation and institutions by such. "Imperialistic," while everything sweeping terms as "capitalistic" or

and admit of no analysis. They are revolutionary. They are dogmatic that is good is lenoted by the term

tical. They believe in wholesale hopelessly superficial and imprac changes by means of revolution and slow reforms are waste of time and Eave no faith in amelioration. All energy. They think in terms of social and political revolution Young Chins believes that to act need for solid knowledge and real is easy and that there is really no training,

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gasoline was lying on its side near the house, very rusty on the and outside. On inquiry we were told it had been eald to these men by and villagers from a small hamlet on the seacoast, nearby. They had found it cast up by the waves after น stormi, still containing. considerable among of gasoline. They think it must have been from 3rd a steamer or motor vessel wrecked Dear the coast at

time, though they knew nothing of any such wreck having occurred recent 15.

some

Slamesa Cement.

The men in this company haul Hoihow, or make any other trips passengers and freight to and from as desired. Just now they are using the truck to haul cement from

2nd

st

and 3rd

Mr. E. G. Tan (Handmaiden

of neptune). Mr. E. F. Foo (A young hoat

man).

Contact Print Section, Wah Yan Photographic Club

(Not too old). Mr. F. H. Ong (Silhouette). Mr. A. B. Tata (wrestlers)...

SOUTH CHINA NOTES

Mental Background of the New

The new world has weapons of are new but to learn of these is not railways, steamships, all of which war, methods of communication,

weapons and vehicles there are new sufficient, behind and beyond these forms of Government, new laws, beyond these again there are other new industrial developments, and things even more profound: Philo sophy, Religion Science; and all this Young China has striven to assimilate within three decades. Each item has taken the world on is expected to learn them all in tories to learn and Young China

tion is one in which the cry in "Swallow or perish," We have had t swallow in face of destruction and Young China bas swallowed s lot of this forced feeding:

The mad for some distance is a low level stretch lying just even with the ricefields, and goes around the district city, between it and the famous lotus ponds from which a small barbour near. It is Siam came the lotus seeds sent as Kheng 812.00 per barrel. When the man cement and is selling for about dong's special tribute to the Emers asked if they could make peror, in the olden days. Before

American Football at Canton lia, a rather high rocky hill which, not a great deal as the cars needed American football to Canton. The long sa were in sight of Toa-bu- money at their business they said

Two local teams will introduce was headquarters for the commun-hought their cars in the South and afternoon, on Police ground, East constant repairing. They had game will be played on Sunday Ists and where there was heavy used them there about a year be- Wai Fook and Wing Hon Roads fighting last year. As we were re- turning from the village in the late local roads as they are, frequently Lingnan University, and the other, fore bringing them in here. With The two teama are one from the afternoon, we met many laborers,most impassable during wet weaa ton organised by Mr. Li Chung both men and fieavy knives.

carrying ther, it is easy to see why cara ara Chun. Director of Public Utilities They are clearing not profitable investments after two Bureau. all the rush off this hill so that it can no longer afford shelter for

or three years, any onc. Each adult in the dia-

An exciting game is expected as trict naar must work at the clear. nun ber of cars.

The military are still using a both teams have had previous ex- ing so many days, or pay a sub-are making arrangements with cor- the American Consulate will act as At present they perience in Amerion. A member of tain cars to be on their service by referee, and the Municipal banda sort space of time. The situ Forts and Ruins,

the month. One Chevrolet touring will be in attendance. cur, rather battered as to looks but The proceeds of the gabe receipts Further on we came

to Do-fo with a smoothly purring engine will be given to the support of the market. The ruins of houses at one still, is hired at the rate of end of the town were visible avi. 8130.00 per month. The chaffour dence of previous attacks. So too and mechanic are given their board, were the dilapidated railings of and necessary gasoline is furnished Public Bonds are to be issued for some of the small concrete bridges by the military, but repairs on the construction of an electric plant along the road. Forta dot the land the car are paid by the owners at Lungchow, Kwangai Province, scape all along the way, with look Trucks or busses are paid about outs on guard, and suddenly at one 8180.00 per month. Car men say place we came upon a militia man the rate is fair enough if repairs in uniform and armed, probably are not large.

stitute.

patrolling, though he gave us no

more than a passing glance. This stretch of road is supposed to be

Magistrate ad School Master.

a provincial one and later may Last winter the studente in the carry Hoihow traffic when the big Thirteenth Provincial Middle bridge is in, but at present it is School had difficulties with the rather a poor excuse for a main Principal of the school, road.

Fu: A complaint was sent to the provincial educational authorities;

Mr.

North-Eastern Volunteers. Bonds for Langchow Electric Plant.

Chinese Professors.

Old China Reborn.

of Young China je subject are but The defects to which the Mind the natural quture of the fact that Young China is only Old China reborn in a new environment in a new age and the very small proportion of book-learning which The amount to be issued is $100,000 he was in Shanghai in school for the old habits and traditions of the The speaker recalled, that when a sufficiently strong armour against it his assimilated cannot supply and a committee will be appointed to take charge of the issue under eigu teachers, many Japanese, had literati. Triviality, supervision of the Kwangri Pro-to be invited to teach such subjects bookishnese; these criticisms apply unreality, as trigonometry, geometry, botany, equally to old and Young China Mayor Liu Chi Wan recently innogy and other modern sciences; and the reason that they have to electric power plant in the North faculties in Chinese universities are old things while forced to assimi speeted a proposed site for a hydroads generally all of the science cause she has been in the midst of

But now, twenty years later, he be applied to Young China is bei West of the Kwangtung Province.

staffed by native professors and, late much that is strange and alien qual in more, in the field of geote these surroundings, logy Chinese are making valuable hus learned a great deal under this contributions to the world. China

vincial Government-

Kwangtung High Court, We turned off even from this and a new principal has been: se- reorganisation of the Kwangtung Approval has been given for the road to go to the village which was lected. He is Mr. Sin Hi Fok, a Provincial High Court in accord-urgent call to learn cur destination. Approach to this Hainanese, and brother of Bin Kiance with the report of the In- village by car is now possible-if Fok, military leader in Hainan for vestigation Commission. you do not run too near the edge some years. Mr. Bin is a teacher the newly-widened causeway of long experience, and has been a across the rice fields, get bath district magistrate in Hainan for wheels on the one side of the car number of years, also, The so than one-half that number in ships down into the soft dirt and all bat lection should prove a wise one-

OF

NAVAL MAN-POWER

thousand years of history and it "China is country with five takes a long time to build up s Numerically Young China is build up the necessary institution faith in higher education and to superior to the Chins of twenty to encourage this faith takes men years ago. Then modern schools of and money. A lang period of pesce they have primary schools nearly Life in the new world compels primary standard, were only found and order is also necessary to de in a few cities now, not only do velop, a good educational system. on home service: The United States Navy Estimaten for 1634 providserywhere but there are 18,000 se uz to learn quickly but we are ill för 79,900 enlisted men and 18,600 condary schools. Numerically equipped to do so. We have pri of the Marine Corps. These latter speaking progress has been made.

inary schools but inadequate second- figures show a reduction from the present strength of 15,343, due

Growth of Knowledge.

ary schools in which the scholars of mainly to the withdrawal of the

to-day can continue their studies. I Marines from the Panama Canal not differ greatly, from that of Old to the lack of funds, lack of mea The mind of Young, China does able to proceed to universities owing Becondary school children are un nen personnel has been "pared to on The United States NAVY China in some respecte but in others and lack of equipment. the bone, and the increase of anm maintains a relatively small pro it does. First of all Young China bers shown by the new term of portion of its strength on perman is better informed of the world at cadets which entered Dartmouth foreign service, a condition large Twenty-six years ago in College in January is regarded as manning requirements In the composition was to trace how has produced the Mind of Xpung which is not without influence upon Shanghai a subject assigned him for Royal Navy is out 92,000 officers get the pendulum-swinging in the British Navy it has now become a Japan became a great Power, and Chinproduced the

The present personnel of the evidence of Admiralty intention to

This then is the background which and men. The present person of other direction: The fact that the serious problem to maintain on the speaker admitted that be hard to those of us who, hayan the United States Navy is about big ships of the Home Fleet only quitable balance between the for

a disappo 110,000 officers and men. Although go to sea now with four-fifths of sign service and home rosters, and knew where Japan was. His son, Fed hopes or YOUR ACNE the American Navy will be deve their seamen complements forms a

no such trouble can be experienced

however, was later, able to speak speaker mid-1 10200, loped to parity" of total toy fronic commentary upon the little nowadays of the extensive in the American Navy. We hear

of astronomical phenomena. page with the British Navy, accord-

tradition that the British Fleet in dotertion which proved such a diffeman

Secondly,

BRITISH AND U.S. STRENGTH COMPARED

ing to the agreement reached at the Being is regarded as always on cult state of affairs in the past,

London Naval Conference, this

active service. equality cannot be reached for some Foreign and Home Service, years to come. It would therefore and a Rhear that either the British Navy United States Navy

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and it may be animed that,

is great improvement in which ter Probably

is very much under adequate larger ratio of man-power to disend strength in man-power or the placement is carried than in our American Navy is very much over Own Fleet Roughly speaking, w it Probably the truth lies some have about 30,000 men raflost on where between the two extreme foreign stations and, little more It is pretty certain that our own. (Continued at foot of nest Coldean)

Disappointment and Hope.

not oni Leconomica hile extensive

ey think more in terms nation and are more nations have also been institut

into historical and artis Thirty pora ago his village gical research is being heard of the Powers without any indignation or especial emotion,

ducted (Continued on Page 11.).

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