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NOVELIST'S TRIBUTE TO A GREAT PROFESSION

Hugh Walpole's Definition

Of Journalism

“Journalism is a passionate 'desire of some" human being to tell another human being a piece of news,” said Mr. Hugh Wal- pole, the novelist, when he proposed the toast of "The Institute of Journalists” at the annual dinner of the Edinburgh and Fast of Scotland Districi, held in the North British Station Hotel, and attended by a company of "about 120—Mr. Frank Moran, chair- man of the district, presiding.

Mr. Walpole paid a high tribute, to British Journalism and the In- stitute, and told some amusing in- cidents which occurred during his stay in Hollywood,

RAILWAY CONFERENCE

- Experts In The Capital

Nanking, May 20.-A National Railway Properties Assessment Conference (Kuo-Ying Tish-Lu Tsai Chan Ku-Chi Hul-I), conven- ed by the Ministry of Rallways, was formally opened here yester day at the auditorium of the Ministry.

Among those present were Mr. Chang Kia-ngau," "Minister of Rail- ways, 26 technical experts of the In this period we had a brilliant | Ministry and 37 représentatives of coruɛcation of authors, one after the various Railway Administen- the other, all dealing with the motions, including Dr. Pan Kwang- ment as it files and translating it chiung (Francis Pan), Chief Secre- into a kind of crystallized colour tary of the Ministry, Mr. Huang The Institute, Mr. Walpole said. that had its strength and aroma | Po-chiao, Managing-Director of the provided all kinds of camaraderie, now as then. There were Meredith | Nanking-Shanghai- Railway Ad- and, much more important, it saw and Hardy, and the greatest jour-ministration, and Mr. Wu Shao- that it kept high and clear the nalist we had eyer Enwn, Rudyard tseng. Deputy Managing-Director whole reputation of journalism in Kipling himself. What did they of the Tientsin-Pukow "Railway Britain. The problem.which was all do? These were ́all men who at ¦ Administration. of great and real importance to least were determined that the im- everyone was what in the first | medlate moment should be caught" place journalism really was, where by them. Literature" was simply a It began and indeed what kind of | question of the moment being work it was set in the world to do. given some kind of eternal rhythm.

Journalism was a passionate de-

EXPENSIVE SENTENCES sire of some human being to tell He had been for nearly two years another human being a piece of in Hollywood. There he discover-Shao-tseng. The various members .news. We were all, to that extent,ed why he was fot, and never could every day and hour of our lives. be, a journalist. He was there a Journalists.

long time, and nothing seemed to be happening. He had been brought out to revise the script of

that the English atmosphere was all right. They had a grand time but he began to get "anxious to do something.

Mr. Walpole described how he at

After that, however, the real pro- blem began. Not only had you to tell something, to 2,000. or 10,000,"David Copperfield," and to see or more than a million; you had to tell all the people of the world something in such a way that they would be so excited they would come out and buy your paper twice as often as before, (Laughter.) last was allotted scene, and how You had got to this--that the jour-after a considerable time he went nalist could go up to Arthur's Seat to inquire what was being done and have the whole platform be- fore him, the distant hills crowded with people as thick as flies, and he had to raise his finger and say, "Last night I lost my collar stud” -(Laughter) and he had to say it in such a way that the whole audience were wandering what was to happen next. (Laughter.)

QUALITY OF PERMANENCE There was something further. This thing they told this mass of people in such a way-had it got

PROPOSALS RECEIVED Minister chúng. Els Dial Dri- sided, and in the course of an ad- dress he explained the reasons for the convocation of the conference. Speeches were also delivered by Messrs, Huang Po-chico and

Wu

then paid a visit to the Sun Yat- sen Mausoleum where a wreath was placed on the torab..

The first regular session was held at 2 pm. The general principles governing the assessment of rail- way properties were discussed, and several proposals have been sub- mitted for consideration. Kuo Min.

INSPECTION OF

SMUGGLED GOODS

Tientsin, May 20-At the request

with it. He found on the director's desk in his cathedral-like ofice, his script lying with one word written of the Tientsin City Chamber of across it a word dignified and Commerce, the Tientsin Customs solemn in America, the word House has temporarily postponed "lousy." (Laughter.) In conver-inspection of the stocks of 61. stores sation with the director after-which have registered "smuggled wards, he was informed that he goods with the Customs authorl- had written eighteen sentences,

ties. and that there should only be Ave,

The date for the inspection will and one reason given to him was

be decided upon after measures for that every sentence cost 500 doi- paying the regular Customs Duties lars.

on smuggled goods, are approved by the Ministry of Finance Kuo Min.

After experience of all sorts of any kind of equality of perman-journalism abroad, he believed it ¡ence? You began then to propound to be true, that Britons had every ! the question "Is Journalism right in the world to be extremely terature-has it any charácter proud of their journalism. There beyond that first interest of news?"

were certain things he had You could look back a long time; realised to how low and how base and it was astonishing the names a use journalism could be brought of those you could find to illustrate until he had his two years in Los this point.

Angeles. Some - American papers had some magnificent journalists.

not

In Chaucer could we not dee the whole world contemporary with But so far as he could see, there us? Shakespeare, perhaps. In was no law of libel in America; or the middle of the eighteenth at least anyone bringing an action century you came into a world of against a newspaper would have some of the finest journalists shall chance of success. By al- solemn, portentous Addison, gay.lusions, hints, inuendoes, the life' Illogical Dick Steele, the caustic of every human being was, con- Swift, Daniel Defoe-tour of the stantly menaced and everyone was, greatest journalists in our history. frightened, and they were utterly Then there were Coleridge, Thac-defenceless. He hoped they would" keray, Dickens, and R. L. Steven-keep well above that sort of thing. with his little articles of 1870.

NEW G.O.C.-IN-C.

·FOR ALDERSHOT

Lieut.-General Dill's Career"

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SUPPORT FOR NANKING

General Liu Pledges Loyalty

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supporting the Central Govern- Chengtu, May 20-1 am firmly ment, and devoting my full atten- tion to drought relief." declared General Liu Hsiang, Chairman of

the Szechuan Provincial Govern- ment, in an interview with local civic leaders yesterday, who called upon him owing to uneasiness-over prevalent rumours.

The appointment of Lieutenant- General I. G. Dill as General Of ficer Commanding-in-Chief of the Aldershot Command, announced recently was generally expected in view not only of his recent work in Palestine, in circumstances · of great difficuly, but also of his pre- vious career. It is all the higher tribute because of his comparative juniority. Not for a long time has an officer been picked out to go above so many seniors to one of the highest appointments in the Army. If Aldershot has become more cramped as a training centre through modern developments it still ranks as the foremost of theeral Liu added Commands in the Afmy at home.

"The rumours concerning the situation in Szechuan are absolute- ly groundless, and I have explained this in a personal letter to Ger eral Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Military Affairs Commission." Gen-

General Liu has also despatched Mr. Liu Hang-aheng. Provincial

NORTHERN COMMAND

ND Commissioner of Finance for General Sir William Bartholo- Szechuan, to the Capital to offer mew was at Aldersbot at the same personal explanations. Mr. Lin time, commanding the 6th Infan will also discuss with the Ministry try. Brigade. Ela appointment to

of Finance measures for balancing the Northern Command is not un-

the budget of the Szechuan Pro expected, for, although he will not vincial Government and for the is quite have completed his tenure of sue of the proposed Relief Ioan. office as Chief of the General Staff

Arepart from Nanking states In India, he is now 60, which would that General Chang Chun, Secre hardly allow him time to hold an-tary-General of the Central Politie other appointment unless given ital Committee, will pay a visit to soon. Lake Lieutenant-General Dill. Szechuan shortly.

be was one of the outstanding | Kuo Hin,

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been closely associated with the m

final victory in Palestine as the and Intelligence, from 1831 to 1834) head of the operations branch of and before that had been Com Allenby's stafHe was also Lien-mandant of the Imperial Detence tenant-General Dill's predecessor College, the first provided by the es Director of Military Operations Army

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