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EDITORIAL
MODERN DEMOCRACY WILL GO MARCHING ON: TIMELY
TIMELY TALK BY SIR A. CLARK KERR
General Wu Te-chen On
Two Opposing Camps
CORRESPONDENCE
"Y" DISCUSSION GROUP
The Editor, H.K. Valý Press
"Modern democracy is not old and outworn. It is in Dear Sir, I shall be glad tf 1 Hmay be allowed to draw the atten- its adolescence. It still has a long road to follow.
tion of your readers to the Y.M.- WILL GO MARCHING ON.
“To denounce freedom and glorify oppression, to hate CA Sunday Evening Discussion Group progtamine. The Group is peace and to praise war, to renounce truth and to wor-Inter-denominational and Inter- ship lies.... It is because these things constitute the racial and is open to all, including negation of civilisation that, if civilisation is to survive, ladies. The programme is arranged so that there are talks of a re- THE NAZIS MUST BE BEATEN."
ligious character on the first and Thus declared SIR ARCHIBALD CLARK KERE, BRI-third Sundays of each month and TISH AMBASSADOR TO CHINA, in a recent speech before discussions of a wider character Association in on the other two Sundays. Social the Chinese People's Foreign Relations
problems, with particular reference Chunging.
to Hongkong, are usually discussed on the second Sunday and World was introduced by GENERAL something has been abandoned. No one
The meetings arc conducted Call will be payable on the 6th denies that the ARP. De WU TE-CHEN, President, of through the roof of my office and Affairs on the fourth Sunday.
the Association, who said: with the writing table, the record with a minimum of publicity in Today the world is divided of the reflections I had made upon order that speakers may express their ideas more freely. Those in- into two opposing camps of the word democracy. In what
terested are invited to write to the
day of January, 1942.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
JOHN V. BRAGA,
Acting Secretary. Hong Kong, 23rd July. 1941.
partament. with its huge per- of wardens, sub- and sub-sub-war-
the sky The distinguished speaker and unaccountably from
heavy. which Came
pulverised my writing table and,
Yours faithfully. P. S. CASSIDY,
Acting President, Y.M.C.A.
THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1941-
-BBC 'BRAINS TRUST'
The photograph shows (left to right front row): Dr. Julian Hux- ley; CE.M. Joad; Commander A.B. Campbell; (back row); Ho- ward Thomas (who with Douglas Cleverdon presents the pre- gramme); EM. Delafield, novelist; Gerald Barry, newspaper Edi-
for: and Donald McCullough, Question Master.
EFFECTIVE
& NUMERICAL STRENGTH OF R.A.F. NOW JOINED, SAYS AIR EXPERT
au-
"To put up a complete defence, an air force must be much larger than that which attacks it," said MAJOR OLIVER STEWART, M.C.. D.F.C., the well-known thority on aviation, when he broadcast from London on Tuesday on some of the problems that face a defending air force, and discussed the increasing effective strength of the R.A.F.
Major
The above-mentioned Calls will sonnel be payable to the Bankers of the wardens
Hon. Secretary of the Y.M.C.A. Dis- cussion (roup, Salisbury Road. Company, the Hong Kong & dens, not to speak of the Democracy and Totalitarian-have called an atmosphere of com-
jism. Democracy upholds the parative peace and gulet,"
Sir Archibald continued ideals of liberty, while Totali-
Kowloon, for a copy of the pre- Shanghai Banking Corporation."higher-ups," must occasion- ally furnish proof to justify
When he is given a word and gramme o to look for the notlees xon Eng.
Larianisin aims at the en-
told to moke some reflections displayed at the entrance to the its existence and the tremen
slavement of mankind.
upon it-to make it the subject of
building. dous expenditure that the
BY TRADITION
an address to an audience of in- Colony is bearing on its ac-
"The Chinese people are demo-telligent people, a cautious man's count, but for lack of con-
For instance, first care is to make sure beyond crate by tradition, sideration and foresight in
rural autonomy has been in exis-all doubt that he understands the! selecting the moment for terke in China for hundreds of meaning of the word that has this public demonstration of years. Throughout the ages, vil been given to him.
When, therefore, I was given the
Stewart declared Britain than it has ever been 367 is
effectiveness and efflage self-government has been the
that in all his talks to date, the present war. ciency (7), the ARP. au- very foundation of Democracy in word "Democracy" and told that
I was to discourse upon 1, I be In England we see it making a he had not touched on the
"The effective strength of the Thorities will take a lot of
RAF has to jump to its highest Today, with the introduction took myself to the Oxford English brave splutter of sparks in 1215. In
the shape of the Magna Carta aspect of effective strength, point yet and the great question And so it came to
new dictionary and looked it up. a HONGKONG & SHANGHAI beating.
the Government of by
Like most dictionaries, the Ox- There were numberless people to because he felt that any is whether that effective strength pass, that in the most gruel-system of hsten or district self BANKING CORPORATION
the foundation
merely stamp upon the sparks, but they comments which might tend is strong enough to do enough English of; ford ling period of the summer, government,
in vah. Through the to feed optimism would be damage to the enemy in the time IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED and when humidity and tem-Democracy in China is made even served to confirm me in my belief stamped
more secure by adapting the best that I already had quite a good centuries the flame flickered en dangerous. It was now clear, available. Nobody knows how peratures (and tempers!]
passing, as it were, from the soul that ап faterim Dividend of
traditions of the past to modern notion of the word's meaning. were at their peak, the popu-conditions.
of one man to the soul of another; however, that the effective long that time will be it de-
pends on the German £2.10 per share, subject to
lace of this Colony were con- "The survival of Democracy in
I found, as I had thought, that until in 1649, in England. It burststrength of the R.A.F. had against Russia and bow long Rus- deduction of Income Tax, has
ned to. their homes from the world is a matter of paramount been declared for the HALFthe fall of night to the dawn importance to us. We have been it was Greek in origin and that into a new and beautiful bright-been' steadily increased: YEAR ending 30th June, 1941of day and faced with two fighting for the past four years was a compound of the two words they were called, brought forward
al rate of 1/2.7/8 per Dollar.
China.
dictionary
TWO WORDS
under the leadership of General-sypeos (people) and keatos !GOT alternatives-either to cover issimy Chiang Kai-shek not only rnment). To whit
best.
Government
THE DIVIDEND WILL BE up every window and crevice for our national existence but also by the people.
It is hard to compress a reason PAYABLE on and after MON which permitted light and to uphold the raure of Democracy able discussion at $ word SC DAY, 11th August at the offices air to enter their homes or to so that the democratic principles pregnant with meaning into some of the Corporation, where Share turn off every light in the advocated by Dr. Bun Yat-sen may fifteen minutes, but I shall do my
be gradually brought into effect! holders are requested to apply house, open doors and win- inte this country. So, the subject for Warrants.
dows and remain in total chosen by our distinguished Of darkness until the shining speaker is of timely and absorbing SHARES of the Corporation will morn came peeping over the interest, not only to this gather be closed from MONDAY, 28th horizon!
THE REGISTER
July to SATURDAY, 9th August TWO nights of misery and
ing, but also to the whole Chinese nation."
SECOND EFFORT
Some ten days or so ago I at templed some notes upon the sub ject. This cost me some effort, because of the heat and the day
to day affairs, which occupy the ilfe of an Ambassador in Chung-
(both days inclusive) during extreme discomfort for the At the beginning of Sir Archi-king. But the effort was made in
which period 110 transter Shares can be registered.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager. Hongkong, 15th July, 1941.
WANTED KNOWN
of Colony's perspiring thousands bald's address, he revealed that upon which he was passed like two years, while the notes A.R.P. wardens, both males rking were a second effort. His July 9 effort vanished on
354
and
the
Arst
an atmosphere of comparative peace and quiet.
Mr.
the souls of men, who hugged it and kept it alight
in
offensive
sla can pin down the German ress, when the Levellers, fox so
INCREASING STRENGTH air force on that front.
"In the meantime, Germany's their resolution
"We know that the strength of English in the
Industrlat centres, harbours, ports with "That the the R.A.F. is being bullt up House of Commons;
machines." sald and ships have been badly knock- people-under God-are the origi-more men and
Major Stewart, "but to put up
ed about by the R.A.F.", continued ual of all just power."
complete defence, an air force Major Stewart. "But for their
than that must be much larger
campaign against Russta, the Ger
which attacks it
mana assembled large stocks and have given these stocks good pro- "Take for example the case of
Bot this brightness Was quickly blacked-out by the heavy boots of Croinwelt--the father of all total tarlaus, And darkness fell upon us again - the darkness of Government by right of birth, by right of wealth, Government by strong men or priests or kings or sei- diers.
FLAME BURNED, ON
now no
a
five main centres of industry hav-tection, so that however serious ing to be defended. That means the German war effort is be- that the defending forees have to ing damaged, there will be be divided up into five parts. Most effect on these supplies at
moment, countries have at least five such
places widely scattered and cach
of these points must be ready to
Little
the
BACK TO THE WEST "We have had, information dur- asing the past week or so that the
west some of their fighter aqua- drons with the intention of trying to reduce the RAF attacks lön Germany, but will not neces- sarily hold up the movements of east. the German army in the It.
"80 the defending air force must be ready at any one of these vital points to bear the fall brunt of the enemy's. attacking formations, therefore, you want to defend your five vita centres with full effect, the air force you will want must be five times) the attacking.
force,"
declared that
That momentum may last some time, but the effect of the bomb- ing of Germany must eventually appear.
"We don't yet know whether the Russians can hold the menace of the German army long enough for our work of testing Germany's
na
and
"However, the campaign In the east goes, the weight of our air attack on Germany will continue to mount, con- cluded Major Stewart,
But still the flame burned on, go into action very quickly It was however wasted, for there until, the eighteenth century in the raiding air force is reported Germans have brought back to the
unreasonably dropped
and un Britain, we find it fanned into a to be on its way. accountably from the sky some-new brightness, which and females of the species, when there dropped unreasonably thing heavy, which came through man-priest or king or soldier.
Then suddenly. sauntered through
the roof of my office and pulveris dared to check. streets, tio hats elegantly
ed my writing table and, with the some 170 years ago, it flared into a blaze of glory. Not in Britain, the slung over their shoulders, three hours during a night, writing table, the record of the re
Over the lest wearing them would
flexions I had made upon the word mother country, but
of ber colonies, while the "lights-on" inter-
democracy, in what I have called water. in one ruffle.. delicately brushed coif-
vals will make it possible for
an atmosphere of comparative where her sons and daughters re- volted. against the tyranny of ત fures, complete with blue-lit
energetic wardens
to call on peace and quiet.
as strong as I am foolish and ill-advised monarch, torches, shouting out orders offenders and warn them to The notes upon which whenever a crevice of light take greater precautions in working today are therefore, who was attempting to do in a
GREATER SPEED appeared from some dwelling, the next. black-out period. second effort. But this second ef. colony what he did not dare to do
fort has not been made in an at-at home. apparently thoroughly After all, Hongkong's night-mosphere of comparative peace
Major Stewart I refer to the American Re-
R.AF. offensive, however, goes. Maison Abdulrahaman bin
enjoying a paid-for picnic life rarely continues after 2 and quiet. Far from it it has
volution, whose leaders may be that sort of argument did not, of strength to make itself felt. The said to have been the fathers course, apply to sea or land war-) on. It has gained effective Miran Merchant and Commission Nothing more remote from am. and from sunset to been made in the midst of the
fare, but it did apply to the air strength and is still gaining in of modern democracy, Agent Bunia, Belgian Congo, A.R.P. duties under wartime that hour judiciously spaced dust and smoke of bombs, sweat,
They set forth their ideals in a because of the enormously greater men and machines, via Mombasa, invite samples conditions could be imagined black-out periods might be the hammering and clatter of
workmen and the hustle and document which is immortal the speed, The defenders had from Dealers in all classes of and even when a fire-fighting| held with more effective re- bustle of too many people in anest sentiments expressed in the time. w rebuild themselves cotton, silk and woollen goods for squad turned out to put out sults. As far as fire-fighting confined space.
firest English prose
the defence in that ease was faced May I remind you of it "We with many handicaps. Ladies
and a small fire, they took half demonstrations are concern- and Gentlemen
In these circumstances I defy
be self- hold these truths to
"It is. amazing when one works Winston Natives, lancy goods, Leather an hour over the job, with ed, these might be held in anyone even
fout the theoretical possibilities of Shoes and Canvas Shoes, Toilet the result that the efficiency the intervals so that the pub- Churchill or Dr. Quo Tal-chi-t evident
That all men are created equal: last summer, that the RAF, put Requisite. Send through Congo of the methods employed fell lic might see for itself how do justice to so splendid a wou that they are endowed by their up such a strong defence.", con CANADIAN-MADE democracy. And I must beg you, bank Bufla or no value direct to far below required standards.they are carried out and therefore, to lend me all your in Creator with inalienable rights; tinued Major Stewart. "Still, logic
AERIAL BOMBS We also export Ivories in Generally speaking, there-learn to co-operate to the dulgence it appear to be as inade. that among these rights are Life, says that the strength of the R.A. big quantities.
fore, the black-out exercises best of their ability. It will quate to you as I appear to be liberty and the pursuit of happi- was not being used to the beat Canadian-made 500 pound serial
ness; that, to secure these rights advantage.
bombs will soon be falling upon were considered a failure. It also train the fire-fighters' myself.
Governments are instituted among "One of the maxima of military Royal Air Force objectives in is impossible to restrain the and police to handle crowds
men, deriving their just rights theorists is concerned with the Germany. Announcement was Chinese flat-dweller, after a and to clear the area of
from the consent of the governed; diminishing returns of the A made recently by the Department couple of hours sweating in civilians. It would, moreover,
that whenever any form of Gov- offensive, but that does not apply or Munitions and Supply that ernment becomea destructive of to the present circumstances in the darkness of his home, give the authorities a better
these ends it is the right of the the air. |from coming out on to the chance to see how the AR.P.
people to alter or to abolish it and balcony or going up on the army works and to correct
to institute new Government, lay roof and striking a match to misdemeanours and faults.
ing its foundations on such, prin- see just how dark it is It should teach them that]
ciples and organising its powers in such form as to them shall seem A European solder, driving Mill-though, In the event of an more can be accomplished by
most likely to effect their safety tary motorcycle No. 257, was actual air raid, with bombs kindly insistence than by
and happiness." slightly injured in a collision with falling thick and fast, he will peremptory and rudely-bark- I fancy that we can find the The ideal expressed in the De- private motor car No. 246 in Chung surely exercise the greatest ed instructions. These are frat glimmering of this name far claration of Independence were Hum Kok Road about 300 yards precautions to see that even points that are put forward back in Jewish history or Jewish echoed in the opening clauses of from. Island Road at 4.05 pm, yes his teeth and the whites of for the carnest consideration mythology whichever you care to the Declaration of Rights of Man
The new plant is devoted px- his eyes do not show in the of the authorities from whom call in the book of Judges. But which aprang from, the explosive A report of the accident was
the tax-payer expects alike ing the
It was no more than a glimmer emotions of the French Revolution MORE FAVOURABLE POSITION made to the police by Cheung darknesst
some years later.
"Probably our full strength cluaively, to bomb production. It Wah-sang, driver of the car. BLACK-OUT exercises of consideration, so that co- it again pierced the darkness BLOWLY AND FEACEFULLY still below that of the Germans has two seven-con electrosteel Cheung stated that the front mud- the future and we admit operation will be willingly more than two thousand years ago
They were re-echoed by the in the air and while our factories urnaces oecially designed mould- have been making stomendou ing equipment and batteria of guard of his car was dented, that these must be held, if given, instead of the present when, in ancient Athens, it shone wore the handlebars and startis only to keep the A.R.P. army grousing and grumbling with with a passing but exquisite leaders of the now strous and efforts the Germans are no doubt lather and other equipment for Rear of the motorayule.
Britain, where evolution was play The soldier fell off the oyle and in trim must be limited in which every decision of the brightness, only to be sufled back healthy democratie movement in doing the mine. But with Ger machining the bombs, The Dolbe
two fronte, tie sotual position in be filled with expidalvet/f; and sustained a slight injury to the duration and might be brok-ARP. to carry out their exersus the name was not ex is the part of Revolution; for in many's air force divided between are shipped to another plant to
mouldered an In Contra her 18 Col, 1''
the air is more favourable to the assembly of country en Into periods of two or cises is received."
terday.
'knée.
SOLDIER INJURED
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HIGHEST IDEALS
I do not, propose to review. more than extrentely briefly, the history of the growth of democracy through the ages.. It is enough to say that it has been one of the highest ideals of the sane and reasonable man-the man of good heart since time began. It has burn. ed in his soul, with a steady and unquenchable flame.
into darknew,
The RAF has now taken the offensive and thereby t has increased its offective strength, The German air 'force in the west is now on the defensive and is, there fore, weaker than it has ever been before, So the nummerkoa]- ly strength of the ILAF Is foined at the moment to its effective siténgth.
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production of these bombs has been under way for some time in a factory in Quebec province.
Construction of the plant was bagun last August and production," begun in March, already has proportions. reached ratifying
The factory is expected to tura out well over 100,000 bombs and nusity enough to enable the R.A.F. to drop 300 bombs, welches ing in all 75 tons on Germany every day in the Jual
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