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Hongkong Daily Press.

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1933.

Kowloon Supplement A GLIMPSE AT KOWLOON

HONG KONG, MARCH 22, 1933.

BIG GUNS

LCITY

AN OLD WORLD DECAYING BESIDE

THE NEW

you are admiring an ancient door. from. They just happen. Perhaps

way, and wondering what prevents | it from falling to pieces in the first breeze, when an inquisitive sniff a your elbow tells you that the first

chap, comfortably dirty and in- nocent of clothing, and gazce up at you with eyes full of wonder and mild surprise that you should take any interest in the things ha has come to regard as commonplace.

WINDOWS rattled and doors shiver- ed in Kowloon yesterday morning old Kowloon City, or know the story How many people have been to

when the French warship Dumont of its romantic past 1 Those who D'Urville steamed into the Hars have not visited this quaint remnant hour, being greeted by ear-splitting of the days when most of the Main land still belonged to Chim have salvors from our own vessels. We missed a most interesting experi-child has arrived. He is a fat little attoo. Not only is the trip a plea on shore, slightly thrilled by the thunder, impressive in peacetime.sant one, but it is easy to make? but so terrible in war, shuddered A bus is taken from the Star Ferry to think that those salvoes might whart, quickly and easily transport be one day charged with no greeting one over the excellent roads, ing but with the agents of death through the shopping and residen and destruction. In the minds of tial quarter of Kowloon, through most members

of the pre-war Yaumati and Mongkok, and passing generation there was fostered a

the little Chinese shops and fruit sentimental regard for anything stalls, on towards the country, over

with and, everything connected

roads cat. through the hills. At 47, Peking Road warfare; the soldier in his red Kowloon Tong, that steadily grow

tunic was a hero no less than the sober-clad sailor in his straw hat. ing settlement, numbers of modern An air of braggadaccio surrounded maisonettes lie back from the road who is regarding your so innocently and still more are being built, Eventually the scenery changes and becomes typically Chinese

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and the mites that spring out of every camp and warship, and when

the alleys and open doorways with the trumpeter sounded the reveille

little whoops of delight. After that, tears glistened in the women's eyes;

First the grey walls of Kowloon its no use: you won't be able to when the guns thundered their City are seen, and behind them the go for without the little army fol. Balvocs every man felt a thrill of old world city, with its tumble-lowing at a respectful-and cau pride, and when

the regiment down grey house, its incredibly tous, distance. You might even geb marched past with the druin-major narrow streets, and its smells. to like the remarks in time, too, twirling his staff, the crowd cheer- ed. In those days, before the Great Taking a walk down what is appar. if you don't know too much Chi Catastrophe shattered men's illuently the main street, one is at once nese, and don't listen very hard. struck by the restfulness of the city: Anyway, its something to laugh over sions, there was glory in the prThe ornamental doors, each one later on... fession of arms; bayonets glittered with its tiny shrine, the big grey

A Garden, defiance at the unknown, but not

stones underfoot, the little armies At the end of one narrow street unwelcome enemy, for we were tired of pigs and chickens which walk is a particularly beautiful garden, of the sluggishness of peace. leisurely unconcern across the with a stone bench outside and an

poison

that

path and into the tins courtyard opposite, and the inhabitants paus ing in their work to gaze, open mouthed, at the intruder: all are strongly reminiscent of the China of the past, when Mandarin rule was

thing to be reckoned with.

took the War to teach us

gas and shrapnel are in struments of the Devil, and now our leading statesmen are urging their fellow-diplomats of the world to cast these horrors on the scrap heap. War has lost its glory and the new ideal of men is friendly relations between States, and Dis armament is the pipe of peace. Woodrow Wilson, inspired no doubt by the custom of the acalp-hunters of Milwaukee, smoked the first pipe and it has been handed down at Geneva ever since. Yet all the while the big guns boom their salvoes and we know that they could change their mood, were national hatreds fanned into fame by some overt act. Guns are the symbols of power and are grim even in Salutation." Disarmament seeks to destroy the guns, yet can it remove the causes of war or even war itself! We can always fall back on Nature, and, use tooth and claw. Madness is not unna- tural in individuals, neither is war amongst nations, and the nation. that is denuded of ships, armies, gung und poison gas will fight its Laws of Friendship" was held at by Messrs, H. R. B. Hancock and

open gate through which a glimpse of the garden may be obtained The garden is a riot of colour and birds sing in the boughs above the paved walk leading from the vine covered entrance Beyond the City walls is an old, old bridge across m stream. You cross this link with This Lovely Old Place.

the past and are soon back to the As one wanders through this main road and a bus takes you lovely old place, apparently forgot into a world that iq strangely new, ten by time, where no echo. of the having nothing in common with that cries of present-day China is heard, crumbling city which has been, the usual crowds of Chinese child-treated kindly by the years, but ron spring from apparently nowhere. which in a few years will give way No one can tell where they come to buildings of steel and concrete.

FRIENDSHIP

DISCUSSION AT ST. ANDREW'S

Malhland News In

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The wlook at the Kowloon

An interesting debate on "The Cricket Club which was presented

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expanies with economic weapons. It St. Andrew's Club on Monday even. E R. Mitchell D.B.E. has now COLOMBO JEWELLERY STORES is beyond the skill and the prayers ing, for the weekly Discussion been, installed and is keeping ex-

of statesmen at Geneva to destroy Class Mr. E. F. Fincher, in open-cellent, time and the member now the germ of war, for it is a germing the discussion, defined friend-| know, when to beat it? This

to be found in all living organisms ship as a strong and habitual 10-clock pats the nishing touch to a Those who know the dark recesses clination of two persons to promote very fine building

ing and, the ability to be of help and service when required. In con- clusion, Mr. Fincher pointed out that he that would have friends must show himself friendly."

PASSED FOR MASTER

The Kowloon Cricket Club's next

successful of the Club's enterprises. The band will be applied by. Mr. GW EzTrue and it is expected that a very large company will be present, aberto

KOWLOON WEDDING

of the jangle have seen the grim, the well-being and happiness of relentless struggle between the weak each other," and spoke, of the ne and the strong vegetation; the cessity of a similarity of tastes gorillas' fight for supremacy, the Trust, he-emphasised, was an essen-dance will be on Saturday, March insects' death-grapple over a minute tial condition, as wore understand. It promises to be the most morsel of food. War is part of the evolutionary struggle and to avoid it we must find out how to achieve its results without resort ing to its methods. There is a far harder task facing humanity than disarmamentthe control of popu lations, the regulation of supplies. the distribution of wealth, and, perhaps the founding of a Worle State. We have a long way to go in the Colony, will be interested to CHINESE EMILIES UNITED before these ideals are achieved. In hear that Mesors. A..G. Parker, J. the meantime there is no harm in Jackson and T. Barker have passed firing our big guns or telling the their Board of Trade examinations world what brave, strong men we for Master's ticket, whilst Mesire ars. It isn't the guns that do the A B. Sinclair and A. Baggott 06. Borian-geye harm. It's the men who make have passed their examinations for them.

Chief Engineer ticket. During their studies they wore all, staying at the Y.M.CA. We are informed that Mr. George Buchs Seamen's Institu

WHIST DRIVE

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NAVAL CONCERT PARTY

Two well-known Chinese fam were united yesterday aftern the marriage of MF, Henry

Road Cen

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tainers will give a grand variety concert at the European Y.M.CA Kowloon, on Friday next, they will present Splashesin The prize- Those who have previously had two whirlpools of mirth by kand dies: the pleasure of witnessing parfim- porinion of Captada A U. Wills, Tweedie;ances by the Invicta Concert Party D3.0. Tickets, costing fifty conta Men, lat, of H.M.& Kent, will be glad to each may be obtained at any of Brindley, hear that these celebrated enter HM abips or barracks

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