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tense atmosphere charged with war rumours wo embarked, September 1. upon our 61th, scholastle year writes the Rev. Brother Direc- tor of St. Joseph's College. The classes were full, and to accommodate the new apTM plicants who had passed the entrance examination, "extra classes had to be fitted out for about 80 boys so that in the re- shumle of the class-rooms"the matriculation students found themselves squeezed'out of the school building proper.

GENERAL

China And Its Problems

6d).

SIR ERIC TEICHMAN'S STUDY

AFFAIRS OF CHINA. HY SIR ERIC TEICHMAN (METHUEN I2s

DURING

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URING HIS 30 YEARS IN CHINA, except for two years

"special service" in the Great War period and three years at the Foreign Office, Sir Eric Telch man was at headquarters of the British Leration ar Embassy at Peking or Nanking, writes Edwin Haward, former editor of the "North-China Daily News in the "Daily Telegraph.”

He Managed to include in that experience an important journey to Tibet, a tour in North-West China and, at the end. in 1935, a cross-country trek from Peking through Turkestan to India-a feat cf endurance which won high commendation and produced a book "Journey to Turkestan") described by Sven Hedin as the best written on conditions in Sinklang at the time.

Official duties, as the expert ad- He concludes that if that unity viser on Chinese politics to suc- stands the strain, and resistance cessive Ministers and Ambassadors. continues, "no military victories They now occupy the very room put Teichman "behind the scenes" will in the long run avail the Jap- in which the Sendor Class

was during the whole, of the periodanese."

housed from 1918 to 1921. Newly- which saw the rise of the Chinese In thus tracing the course of redecorated and

refurnished, it Republic from the ashes of the events in China he gives an in- looks quite cheerful.

old Empire. through the vicissi- formative account of the various When the Double Tenth came tudes of that violent revolution, to problems with which the foreign. it found a group of over a hundred within measurable approach of Powers generally, and Great "Bri- enthusiastic students of the upper unity and reconstruction under tain in particular, had to deal. classes gathered round a dozen of General Chiang Kai-shek. The The "treaty port" view of extra- their teachers to celebrate the oc-merit of his. survey is unquestion- territoriality concessions. Chinese casion in such a manner as be-able.

traiff autonomy and allied sub- fitted these troublous times. Pa- Unfashionably discreet, as some jects is gently but authoritatively triotic speeches were given by the might think he lucidly explains rebuked. chairman of the meeting. by Rev. the political issues which have Understandingly. Sir Eric re- Brother Cassian, Sub-Director, and dominated China's relations with cognises the causes of the hostility the West and her constant strug-displayed by the British In China zle for unity in the face of Jap-to British policy, but he is able to anese "blows and obstruction.” show that time has proved the

sees that the "reaty" system which put China and the wisdom of the policy. It pre-war unsoundness of that intransigente in semi-subjection to the major is one of the tragedies of foreign Powers-however necessary situation. that system was at the time of its

Just as the Japanese militarists Inception 100 years ago and have been the tail wagging dog Japan's failure to respond to of a less unsympathetic Goveni- modern standards have been chief-ment in Tokyo, so, too often in responsible for the struggle the last 20 years, have the ob- now proceeding. "

scurant prejudices and self-interest

some teachers.

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Prayers were offered for China, for her leaders and her valiant armies, and all were urged to con- tribute to the war fund and the relief of refugees.

DISTINGUISHED VISITOR About the middle of October, Rev. Brother Director, the Rev. Bro- thers, the lay staff and the boys had the pleasure of entertaining

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The very efforts made by the of a small but vocal section of Assistant Superior-General of the disunity, most frequently heard merce and the professions been Brothers of the Christian Schools from Japanese lips, engendered allowed to hamper the beneficent He arrived from Rome via Canada, a nationalism which brought them diplomacy of the" representatives Japan and Manchuda, where he had been visiting the establish–

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of their own Government in China. ments

Chinese "nationalism lays itself

Sir Eric does not put it like of the Order on his Ave-open to the charge of having ad- that, nor does he complain yearly inspection tour.

vanced blindly and without regard spirit of kindly aloofness be He was guest of honour at a to the inevitable consequences into implicitly ascribes the lack of co- concert here. At its conclusion he a head-on thanked all those responsible for The

collision with Japan, operation to ignorance of the nations of Europe and facts, which he patiently such a fine entertainment, especial-America were, it was obvious, pre-

End convincingly expounds. The ques- ly Rev. Brother Louis and his tiny pared to surrender their strangle-tion is whether that orance tots and the Scouts; he also thank-hold on China'a economic and should have been allowed ed the student body for the address political existence.

persist. given to him, and to the great, joy of all, he gave a half-holiday.

On the other hand, the Jap-" anese, with much greater and more vital interests at stake, had clearly INTER-CLASS COMPETITIONS shown that they would yield Under the management of the

Anothing without suitable return.! Sportsmaster.

Rev.

It was common knowledge that Brother Al-

their generals would strike f phonsus, the inter-class competi- tlons in football, basketball and Manchuria. Yet it is easy to be; sufficiently provoked 17 Booth softball are in full swing. Such wise after the event.

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"A FURY OF RESISTANCE" But, although there was this

The extreme nationalism of the the playground every period had the bit between the day resour.ds with cheer in the teeth, and, morning, at noon and after school attitude of Britain and America, encouraged by the aim of such competitions, pressed forward without regard to apart from fulfilling that of the physical fitness campaign, is to select boys for league games, for which the College, every year enthusiastically enters at least amount of justification for Japan's three teams.

action in Manchuria in 1931 the "provocation". be accepted as "In this connection it may be proved-Sir Eric is unhesitating in metioned that we have won the condemning the insatiable appetite" Inter-School- Swimming Shield, of Japan's militarists who, in the and have "entered the Softball, the years which followed."."roused a Basketball RTI the Football fury of resistance in a China unit- Leagues.

ed as it had never been before."

GASTRIC TROUBLE OF 'BUSMEN

More Liable' Than Other Workers

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The effect of the working condi-report presenta valid evidence] tions of London 'busmen on their that the busmen were, in the health is the subject of an interiin years covered by the investigation, statement presented to the Minis-1933-35. rather more liable to 111-1 ter of Labour by members of alnesses attributed to the digestive conference who were appointed system than a group of operatives after the bus strike in May last who may be taken as a reasonable year, says the "Daily Telegraph." and possibly somewhat Bevere

Evidence submitted to the Court standard of comparison. which inquired into the stoppage It is pointed out stuce the issue showed there was a widespread of the report a new agreement has feeling among the men that their been reached providing easement work was unduly exacting in its for conditions, but it is too early conditions and injurious to their to say what effect these changes health in its effect.

have had on the health of the men.

While Anding that the evidence did not provide can-

The members of the conference clusive proof of the conten-

are Mr. John Forster, chairman, ilon, the Court said a prima

Dr. D. Munro and Dr. A. Bradford facle case had been made put

Hill, Medical Research Council, Mr. for further investigation.

T. E. Thomas and Mr. F. A. A. Making the appropriate. al-Menzler, London Passenger Trans- lowance for differences between port Board, and Mr. Harold Clay the age distributions of the cinnland Mr. J. J. Mils, Transport and bus and tramway workers, it was General Workers Union,

found that in 1933-35 the omni-

bus drivers had a relative excessi

of gastric sickness, in proportion

to sickness from all canses of 12-14|

The body of Alcraftman' Maurice

per cent over the figure shown by Kennedy Cameron, 20, was found

the tramway drivers, while the on the railway line at Laverstock. omnibus conductors had a similar two miles from Salisbury. excess of 15-18 per cent, over the j

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figure shown by the tramway con- More than 500 men on strike at ductors.

A "SEVERE" COMPARISON

the White City, Bhepherd's Bush,

housing estate returned to work

It is agreed, however, that the the dispute with the contractors Industrial Health Research Board (being settled.

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