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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

NOTES & COMMENTS.

The Philippines.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6· 1921

DAY BY DAY.

THERE IS NO EDUCATION LIKE ADVERSITY.—Disraeli.

The text of the Wood-Cameron | investigation report has now been issued, and the gist of the recom

During the week and there wars mendations may be summed up two cases of diphtheria reported in the following extract:—“We (one fatal) and one non-fatal case find that the people are not of enteric favor, organized economically or from

THE SHANGHAI EPIDEMIC.

Our

CHINESE NEWS.

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

CHRISTMAS NUMBER

will be issued on Saturday, 10th December.

Sun Yat-sen Expected at Kweilin. Smallpox Still Raging. (From Our Own Correspondent writs: An official report from Canton correspondent Shanghai, Deo. B. Kwailin states that Dr. Sun Yat- There have been two more săn is expected to arrive there deatha among foreigners due to abortly. The necessary orders. amallper. Fifty foreigners are at which should have been issued on the standpoint of national defence The Manager of the Pan Shun present in the Isolation Hospital, his arrival will not appear, till to maintain an independent Gor-ping shop. of No. 1 Queen's hirty of whom have not been February, a delay of two months, pages, with handsome coloured Consisting of 24 illustrate i ernment. We are convinced that Street, has reported to the police vaccinated. Twenty deaths are in completing his preparations cover. it contains Interesting it would be betrayal of the Philip-that his shroff absconded with expected. There is considerable being inevitable. pine prople, misfortune for the $2,730 on the 3rd, instant.

Christmas stories by well-known correspondence in the North American people, a distinct step

Commander Li Fook Lum has authors; a pazo of puzzles; alt China Daily News blaming hotels been ordered to remain in Shui- about Santa Claus, which will backward in the path of progress

A boiler maker was yesterday for not protecting the general chow with his force, and not to delight the children; a special and discreditable neglect of our admitted into the Kwong Wab public. national duty, were we to with Hospital suffering from injuries Mr. Blackburd, has scathingly soldiers for the time being, pend-illustrated by Hilda Cowham; The British Assessor, proceed farther, but to train the story for children, written and Araw from the Islands and ter- received in an assault de two criticized the Foreign Consulates ing further order. minate our relationship there man, who have since absconded.

and a wealth of other things without giving the Filipinos |

typical of the Christmas Sesion. the beat chance possible bava

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OBITUARY.

Sincere Coy's Shanghai Manager.

An urgent telegram from Dr., Sun Yat-sea has been received to To-day's Command Ordera state,

demanding ten thousand cotton an orderly, and per-that leave of absence to United

This special number will be manently stable Government.Kingdom, has been granted to

jacke's and trousers to be sant given FREE with the Hongtong We recommend that the presint Major R.P. Culver, 2 Wilts. Regt,

before the 20th. inst. for the Telegraph on Saturday, ath general status of the islands con-and Bt-Major G. F. E. Rapson,

soldiers to resist the cold winter. December: The public will great- tinna until the people absorb and D.S.O.. 2 Wilts, Regt.

A Peking telegram received ly assist the management by (From Our Own Correspondent) to-day states The

Shanghai, Dec. 6.

Various demanding a copy when purchas- ready in their

Powers have agreed hands." This

to The Dairy Farm request their;

Mr. A. Oben, managing director increase in custom duties on

the lag the paper. quares pretty well with anticipa customers to return all small of the Sincere Co. has died as the condition tions. Those who followed the empty milk bottles in

that the their result of fojuries sustained in shall not be

increase inquiries pursued by General possession as they have run short motor accident while returning quarter of the present tariff, that at the sale of two lots of Crown more than one There was some brisk bidding Wood and Afr. Cameron Forbes of bottles and their next abipment from the funeral of Mr. Y. C. the Likin tax shall be abolished land at Shaukiwas yesterday could not well come to any other is not expected until the end of Tong, two weeks ago. conclusion than that the grant of the corrent montb.

and that the amount derived afternoon. independence at

from the increase shall be used 484, with an area of 4,700 square Shaukiwa lot No. the present juncture would be premature. In

UNIVERSITY SCHOLAR-only for development of industries feet, was disposed of for $4,540, The Health Return 6zures for SASSOON-COLETTI-On the 20th. October 1921 in London, many directions the Filipinos the past week are as follow

and shall be controlled by the or $1.840 more than the upest Hector William Sarsoon, late Grenadier Guards (S.R.), younger acabave shown aptitade for exercis-plague, two cases,

Inspector General of Marine Cus price. Inland Lot. No. 2,338, the of Sir Edward Sassoor, Bart., and Lady Sassoon to Baroness Giulia ing the functions of self-govern Chinese: diphtheris, one

ona fatal.

ciple, these conditions have been realised $8,850. toma. It is said that, in prin-upset price of which was $5,075. Coletti, daughter of Count Folchi Vici of Rome.

ment prescribed by the Wilson Chinese: enteric fever, one casef

case, Administration; they have also Portuguese; and one fatal case

accepted by the Ministry of shawn that they are still sadly each of paratyphoid fever and deficient in many directions. The cerebro spinal fever both patients disclosures in regard to the being of Chinese nationality, National Bankoperations revealed

Phone 616.

Marriage.

SCOTT-TILLING.-At St. John's Cathedral on December 3rd, Mr. J. H. Scott, of Hongkong, to Miss Dorothy Tilling, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Tilling, of Bromley, Kent.

Death.

a sorry state of affairs, and it was fortunate for the islands that they assistance. It is clear, neverthe less, that the independence issue

JORDAN.—At London, on December 4th, Dr. Gregory Paul had a big uncle to come to their Jordan By cable.

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1921.

ANGLO-FRENCH FOOLISHNESS.

It is becoming more and more clear as time goes on that Europe is suffering from the fact that it has the wrong men at the head of things. We said as much yesterday

...

In our reference the other day to the delay in the erection of the new A.P.C. building on the site of Bank Buildings we stated that the plans were being prepared

SHIP. Gift of Shanghai Rotary Club.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Finance and that only the ques- BURMA ON A PAR WITH INDIA. ..

Shanghai, Dec. 6. tion of control remains to be A Simla message says:---A The Rotary Club bas presented reconsidered.

Gazette Extraordinary has been five hundred dollars for a Scholar- The Chihli people are strongly issued announcing that Burma ship in the American School protesting against the opening shall be constituted a Governor's usable in either Europesa or of Caing Ho-kow 25 treaty Province, and that all the pro- American Universities.

port. It is feared that the matter visions of the Governments of may become serions.

India Act relating to the Gov. A Shanghai telegram received ernor's provinces shall apply to to-day states-Wa Pai-foo on his Burma, with the modifications way

back from Tiontuia to that the minimum percentage of Enpeb had an interview with elected members of the Legisla Ta Chung-yok, tuchun of tive Council shall be 60 instead of the Legislative Council shall of 70, and that the total strength

be 92.

TYPHOON WARNING

Observatory 2. 11.20

is still a very live one. Lord Home. This is not so, as the Northcliffe has lately been telling plans have been prepared locally the Filipinos that they are better by Messrs. Palmer and Turner. off as they are. The opinion of a but they have been sent Home third party, however distinguish for approval. It is the return of received by the American Coa-cussed military affairs at grest The telegram quoted below was Shantung. They privately dis ed, cannot, of course, be decisive the plans which is now awaited.sulate General, from the Manila length. is such A mitter, and the Nacionalista Party has just reaffirmed that independence was held at the Catbolic Men's

A very successful whist drive to-day- the first plack in its platform. Clab last evening. There were Long. E. 14 deg. Lat. N. moving At the same time it shows a 153 players present. The follow-NW. realisation that the question is ing were the prize-winners what has become of the proposal Andrews (15), 3. Mrs. Vinsli not ripe for settlement. Ba: Ladies-1 Mr. May (156), 2 Mrs.

Typhoon in about 139 deg.

Between Ourselves

By Robt. MacWhirter.

I miod fine once o' going to a George the Fourth Bridge and I

I submit the issue to the (162), Lowest Score: Miss BRITISH CINEMA SKILL. seance at the Linkcomdoddie wouldas' have bought it aven

the adverse trade balance that bas

In speaking of "fireworks

We

of the

Wonderful Picture; At Kowloon.

dariog

AMERICAN MISSION.

Touring The Harbour To Morrow.

in

rat.

in commenting on the riots in Vienna, but how much more Washington Conference? can that be said to-day in the light of the disconcerting

Lammerton (137). Mea:-1 Mr.

Literary Society and hearing the then if I hadna' been anxious to news which has come to hand by cable speaking of deep

Williams, (180), 2 Mr. Tapper (179).}

minister's helper lecture on look big in the eyes of the lass 3. Mr. Keot (173), 4. Mr. Rogers and serious differences between France and England. The Japan's Trade Balance.

Dante. He was a scholarly man, that served in the shop.

The (173); Lowest score: Mr Mann very existence of the Entente is threatened. apparently.

if quoting poetry from the palpit next day being the Sabbath, I Japanese politicians and in- (129). Mr. Pinches acted as M.C..

counted for anything. Ill be quite had a go at it between kirk times and the press of both countries is indulging in curt criticism dustrialists have been greatly con- and the prizes were presented by A picture that is a fine tribate to thought

honest and admit that 1 but I may as well have been read- and grave questionings. And what for? One might well cerned during this year and last at Mr. F.H. Dillon.

British cinema enterprise and thing to do wi' the

Dante bad some ing the Shorter Catechism back- ask that question because between the two peoples there is set in. The country s volume of

skill will be shown at Kowloon Ravolution. 1 fancy now that it bring to bear on it. Still, it was

French ways for all the interest I could cause and reason for nothing but the closest harmony, trade went up with a jump in the it was the reply given to a Symbol of Sacrifice" will be in mind at the time. Onyway, in handy as fine sounding am “We bave heard nothing about Theatre this evening when "The must have been Danton 1 had grand book to know about and came They have but recently shared a common sacrifice and warçeriod. The armistice brought Telegraph reporter at the Hong-screened. Stirring incidents in it was yonder in the Wee Free munition when it came to hold- sorrow in a common cause; they are desirous of a common slight set-back, as it did in kong Hotel and at the Dairy African life are depicted in this Kirk vestry that I first beard of ing my own in a literary show- blessing the blessing of peace, prosperity and good govern happened in other countries, endeavoured to obtain further realism, while the photography about it proper; in fall super end, though. other countries, and then, as also Farm this morning when he masterpiece ment. And yet between the two countries there is growing there was a swelling volume of particulare

with convincing the Divine Comedy." I heard off. I got a sickoner at it in the up friction and almost animosity. censures are being commerce.

falling conforms to best British standards.tatives. It was the sublimest of Sunday night walking ower the That was 058 In the early part of through of the amalgamation of The story is both interesting and the sublime in the way of ex Braids wi' a lass that I was try bandied about and the bond of sympathy and understand-1920 this boom gave out, not only the two Companies, as reported exciting, giving the players quisite poetry. ing which has bound the peoples together for so long is in Japan but all over the world. in a morning contemporary. At excellent scope for fine acting sentative It was repre- ing my best to impress. Of hand, being strained to breaking point. Diplomats and poli-very severely, and a crisis was in a position to know if anything Symbol of

Japan's trade felt the reverse both places, those who would be and

of all exploits.

the haman in the midst of a conversation ticians are making a hopeless bungle of things: they prate threatened. A carastroshe was bad gone astray wit's the scheme shown for two nights only, and averlasting monument to platonic reference to the "Divine Comedy

The emotions. Ay, it was that and that never really succeeded in Sacrifice" will be about friendship in one breath and talk of conflicting warded of, but the ill-effects are said they had heard absolutely as the great pageant requires not

a lot more. Above all, it was an getting personal, I made a casual interests in another. It is a tragedy over which the still very visible. The position nothing with regard to the less than eight reels for full Beatrice was one of the most the Boatrice bit.

love, Dante's passion for thinking she'd nibble, at least, at. historian will have cause to lament because it is taking is particularly aggravated, too, matter.

justice the usual gazette features beautiful things in all the ages. It either have been ower smart or s But she must place at a time when so much might have been accomplished in Japan by the inflated scale of

bare been omitted. The enter-was just sublime. No Clarinda liar, maybe both, for she told me in the other direction.

values. For the land] of the

Of great interest to the teloment in consequence starts ever inspired her Sylvander more she hadna' been at the Royal the Over the week-end we were reading the latest number geceral retrenchment appears to munities of the Colony was the picture itself. A matinee will be that effect.

Rising Sun, as for other countries, Enropean and Chinese comat 9.15 p.m. sharp with the big nobly, and many more words to week before but she had heard it of the Recien of Reriors in which Mr. Hamilton Fyfe, the be the chief remedy. well-known English writer, openly and in very plain language

wedding which took place at St given on Wednesday at 5.30 p.m.

was a fine show for all that! John's Cathedral this afternoon

Our assistant minister W

The fast I saw o'yon copy WM accused the Paris politicians of being the Great Disturbers

of Mr. Chow Yat Kwong and Miss

certainly and wi" the gift just before I left Edinburgh when of Europe. He said that to them could be traced most of the Fireworks.

Rene Helena Lee, both members

to the gab and had # tear my landlady begged it off me. I' of well-known Chinese families. petty intrigues so harmful to the peaceful re-establishment

his 'a like a travelling was flattered at the time, I mind, of the continent; that owing to their greed regarding re-displays with which our Chinese Chinese Legislative Councillor. The groom is the eldest son of are not alluding to the pyrotechnic Mr. Chow-shou-son, the Unofficial

I can see our President- but when I come to think of it, I Wattie Scott, the tailor through expect she gave it a permanent parations and indemnities, the central nations of Europe friends are ford of celebrating The service was performed by

the week and an elder of the kirk position on the parlour table, it were being kept impoverished and restless. It was a most their New Year and other festi- Rer. E. Copley Moyle in the

on Sunday and every third having a nice religious look, she damaging indictment. And in the same issue there was vals, but to Mr. G. R. Sayer's presence of a very large con-

Lord's Day his turn wi' the plate, once said. an article by a French writer in which the Paris policy astonishing performance with the gregation which included many Hongkong General Chamber of the very mention platonic taking Dante serious enough. getting red in the face and eitling Now I wouldna' for worlds like Under the auspices of the to was vigorously defended, in which France's unique position Service C. C. against the R.G.A service. A fuller report will be Commercial Mission to the Orient three times married himself but that he's ower serious for me.

bat on Saturday for the Civil members of the Government Commerce the San Francisco lova.

loosen his collar Mr. de Martin to think I'm no' was clearly outlined and in which her demands were made The Civil Service skipper's smit given ia to-morrow's Telegraph.

Wattie had been The only trouble wi' Dante is Justified. And if these two articles sum up the official ing was enough to call up the view (both writers claimed to have knowledge of inmost feats of auch mighty willow-

will be conducted on a tour offhe'd a proper notion of things But that's my fault entirely. the Colony's key industries to for all that And, what's more Voltaire, I think it was, once said affairs) then it is made manifest that whereas the two F.G. J. Ford, Jessop, and Alberting to the Flome papers, has been Docks (a launch will be witness-up, for Wattie was nothing if no increasing because nobody ever wielders as Thornton, Bogor, The planet Mars, which, accord-morrow, visits being paid to both forbye, he said so in his summing that Dante's reputation went on peoples have nearly everything in common the two sets of Trolt. Indeed, speaking without trying to get into communicationed at Kowloon) and other indus-partial, even to a dram. Poetry read him but after hearing you diplomats have very widely strayed. They are approaching the book", we doubt whether even with us, is uninhabitated, or that trial concerns. problems from points of view fundamentally different-tosay those heroes of the cricket-field Maconachie"

18 what the Rev., J.

was all right in its way, but it was lecture last night, I'm inclined which is the better or otherwise depends on the point of view. ever contributed such as over- interesting lecture on The Solar Commerce on the Hongkong-San was good enough for any man reminiscent of the comedian's In the morning a conference na' for married folk wi' a wheen to nk that that criticism no believes. In And yet one would fancy that men who had gone whelming proportion of the score System" at the Helena May Francisco rice question and at if he was to keep out o' trouble definition of the Bible as the will take place at the Chamber of bairns. One at a time, he said, long holds water. It's too through the past seven or eight years together would have Out of the 196 scored from the bat Maconachie said there was very the ss. Henry Keswick. The morning. as did Mr. Sayer on Saturday. Institute desired the same things. They all, surely, must see Europe Mr. Extras" being responsible little atmosphere.

last evening, Mr. two o'clock the party will board and be able for his work in the Book wi' the largest circulation, in ruins in which it is essential to work as a whole rather for 9 of the 205) be actually water and extremes of temper will be represented by the Hon getting a vote o' censure.

That night our but fewest readers.. than in parts. To help Europe back to normalcy, to heal subscribed 171, and was unbeaten ature, and although Mars might Mr. A. O. Lang, Chairman of

very little British commercial community No. 2 minister was lucky in no' To-day I'm still ignorant of the wounds of war, to feed starving peoples, to give the when the fonings was declared have been the abode of life once, the Chamber, Mr. G. T. Edkins, trying to

the "Divine Comedy" but I know unemployed work, to stabilise exchanges, and generally to batsman scored no fewer than 90 now. The lecturez illustrated his R. M. Dyer, Mr. J. Robertson, Library but

I mind later on that winter o' with nine wickets down. The it was absurd to assert that it was Mr. D. G. M. Bernard, Mr. Comedy" out of the Mechanics to listen to. If I could write the a lot about Dante after last heal the wounds of what we have all been through runs from four overs and more address with a number of in Mr. D. K. Blair

get the "Diving night. Yon lecture was a treat must appeal to them as the most essential task of the than a hundred from five (not structive lantern slides, and was of the Chamber), and Lieut. C. every Friday night and kept in his last sentence was the neatest get Wall Greirson, way yon man speaks I wouldna' moment. To belp Europe is to help themselves in the consecutive)! In all be hit thirty followed closely by a large and Hake, R.N.H., Harbour Master. head the only catalogue there away I ever heard in my life. (Secretary him that attended on the books call the King my cousin, You truest sense. And yet they go on squabbling, disagreeing nership with Witchell the Civil five boundaries. During his part. on this and that until one longs for the power to push them service captain rattled up 34

The Americas commercial com-ever was, said that the only thing As a tribute I feel tempted to sak all aside and give the job to a man of business. If they while his vis-a-vis failed to score.

manity will be represented by the left in the comic line was Mark Joe for the loan of his "Divine. continue "monkeying "very much longer the whole pack When the last man came in the "ducks." Capi, Tavien captured American Vice-Consul (Mr. H. I'd read it twice before, so I to have it, him being a bookish American Consul (Mr. Gale), the Twain's "Jumping Frog." Bat Comedy." Joe, he's simont bound of cards they are juggling with will fall to the ground. If total was 142, whereupon Bayer seven wickets for 79, despite 22 Miliar), Mr. Oram Sheppard, Mr. chanced it and took home Miss kind of lad. France and Brilsin should come to a parting of the ways as if the bowling was poor stoff; CS. battering-rain: Saturday was Company, Mr. George Hogg, of Dante for a time dropped out you" please sccept the thanks of

hit 58 off three overs. It was not been hit off his last over by the Cameron, of the Standard Oil Porter's Scottish Chiefs", and and if Allied policy becomes disintegrated and thereby on the contrary nobody except not an ideal day for watch the International Banking Cor. of wind.

Mr. de Martio, in closing, will less effective to preserve some semblance of balance, it will Bayer could do anything with it, ing cricket, but those present poration and Mr. Johnstone, of

one, who, though maybe hiidly bes case of God help the hindmost.

|five batsmen being dismissed for bad an abundance of excitement. the Shipping Board.

attentive audience,

Kirk

I didn' come across him in able to tell Boconcelo from book form till years after and Sauterne, enjoyed a very pleassist that was, in a bookery in and profitable hour last night]