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MONDAY, JANUARY: 17. 1927.

POWERS & CHINA.

MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1927.

DAY BY DAY,

NONE SO BLIND AB THOSE WHO

WILL NOT BEE-Matthew Henry.

*****4.

The Empress of Asla left Yoko- hama for the trans-Pacifle run on Saturday afternoon it is due at Vancouver on Monday next.

mariners.

SELF-CONTROL.

A.PRESENT-DAY LACK,

[By Dr. Frederick Graves.] Someone has lately and there fe to-day, perhaps as a legacy of the war strain, a marked lack of gener nl control.; "-"

The Very Idea!

A current London rausleal-show spills the following line concerning American divorce laws: "I say, I understund she was married threa ried three times, twice in Amerien times." Yes, indeed, she was'mar- and once in earnest."

Women's fashions during the last few years almost killed the corset industry. Now it is being revived in a strange way says. a Paris paper-tho men are buying From a growing demand frum fat men, young, and old, the shops are beginning to diaplay corsets for men.

friendship of other Powerd. As a Shanghaf commentator recently put it, the Powers are not so dis- sociated in interests and divided in objects that injury and offence to one will not affect the others.

The hope is expressed by Belgium that, by agreements willingly reached with Chins, "all

Four tons of unserviceable cor-1 It is very true. Almost every foreigners will be assured the same dite will be burned at Stonecut-day seems to bring its outbursta, treatment and the same guarantor's to-morrow, says a notice to law season, ussaults, suicides and murders. People seem to be in tees. That is a desirable end to

danger of losing their grit and aim at, but it is most likely to be

The death of a deck passenger their grip on the commonplaces of attained by all the Powers agree from consumption is reported by life and sanity, A man or a ing to a common policy in their the master of the 4.8. Kiangsu, woman. is pressod, worried, disap- them.

which has arrived from Bangkok pointed. Instead of facing the | dealings with the Chinese. Such

and Swatow.

music and putting up a fight us agreement, accor..panied by à joint

of old, the sufferer throws up the declaration, would do much to- wards removing. the present un certainty. It would, moreover, have

a sobering effect on the radical elements now causing so much trouble in the country. In Jany event, Britain will not take further insults and manifestations of enmity lying down. There is limit to her forbearance as Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, in his latest utterance, makes perfectly clear.

The dead body of a Chinese wo-sponge, has a breakdown, makes a man was found hanging at. hor scene, and disappears or does home at No. 280 Wanchal Road, something serious. early yesterday morning. The case

Scarcely a week passes but some was apparently one of auicide. young man, jealous or jilted, turns friends or his girl and amites, shoots, or alashos. And if he gets to the dock he feels him- sell a hero and fairly sure of sym- pathy in a court full of hysterical

Mr. Salisbury's popular company, "The Quaints," are at present play- ing to full houses in Rangoon, and are to appear at Penang on the 24th instant and then Singapore.

His Excellency the Governor, is

to conduct the annual inspection of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, on the Murray Parade Ground at 5.15 p.m. on the 26th instant,

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on his

women.

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There is to-day far too much

giving way to every wind of im- pulse. If anything goes wrong all the world is to blame and must know it. The ordinary, struggl-' ing, sane person is getting not a Wireless Wonder.

During the wook-end, a burglar little tired of the antics of these entered the first floor of No. 268,unbalanced people who want the The more

one learns of the Des Voeux Road Central, and stole world's spot-light focussed entire achievements in the realm of wire-clothing and jewellery, the properly upon their doings. less felephony the more is one ty of a Chinese, of the total value convinced that a great epoch- |úf $1,973. "

making and revolutionising dis-

covery has been minde. available We learn that the Sunning piracy for the general betterment of case will be heard at this month's humanity. Men on merchant Criminal Sessions, which Ships in the Arctic Circle Havemences to-morrow, and that It will been holding oral conversations be tried before Mr. Justice Wood, with each other, although the the Puisne Judge. boats were up to 2,100 miles

A correspondent to the Spectator writes:-Your correspondent from the 4thenaeum has unfortunately in his "test story given a version. very difficult to believe.

No counsel when pleading before the High Court in a "casa concorn- ing a public house," would say, as your correspondent states, "and by the way that reminda me only last week I saw your Honour (sic) going into such and such a public house."

The more plausible version as given in a recent number of a legal publication is, "A member of the Senior Borremarked by way of llustration, Supposing I saw your Lordship going into a public The old type of criminal is fud-houseComing in, you mean,' öb og oat but, on the other hand; served his Lordship sweetly." the crimes of young erratic peo- pic, the offences of jealousy, In-

One of the greatest changes in trigue, disappointment, and pas- the last 60 years in ocean travel, has com-xion are becoming so numerous as been in the amount of water allowed to provide a serious problem to persons on shipboard. Transatlan- The Belgian reply to the recent

our reformers.

tie steamers used to allow steerage Bitish Memorandum suggesting

Prison has little terror to-day.passengers three pints of water a and even the gloom of the scaffold day. Now the consumption of the future polley of the Powers in

apart, and from this it is very Whilst attempting to alight is to some extent mitigated by the water by third class passengers on their dealings with Chinu, is, like easily possible to imagine the from a moving buy in Nathan limelight of notoriety it brings to an average trip is never less than 15 the document which Inspired it, tiane when the penetration of the Road, a Chinese pitched on his a certain type of vanity. The gallons a day, and often as high extremely friendly and conciliatory world's solitudes by the human head and was seriously injured, time is coming when, if we are not as. 50 gallons a day for first class.

voice will make those solitudes yesterday. He was removed to the to emulate Chicago, where, accord-passengers. in tone. Indeed, in view of what less isolated. The results of the Kwong Wah Hospital.

ing to a recent work on American. has transpired since the British first week's public operation of the

crime, there have been 3,000 mur- Memorandyor was issued it can be. London to New York service has The P. and O. s.s. Kashgar, withders in the last ten years and there the English mails, left Singapore are estimated to be at least 100,000 AD outstanding success, described as indicating a measure according to the report made by on Saturday and is due here early murderers at large, we shall have of gondwill towards the Nation the Rugby station and it is ro on Friday morning. The same to tighten up our gentle prison aliata which might easily be mis-ported that the extension of the Company's s.s. Delta is also arriv-system and our kindly laws, and taken by extremists for something service to several of the big pro-ing on Friday from Singapore.

vincial towns in England is ex- other than it really is. That is pected shortly. At the moment, left Hongkong on Saturday by the Amongst the passengers who the danger of any policy based on there is a very elaborate organisas. Tai ping were Mr. and Mrs. conciliation, as recent happenings

tion of, "two-way transmission

F: R. Vida, Mrs. G. 11. Wilson, Mr. necessary and the restriction of in the Yangtze region have fully the service is inevitable, but A. Moncrief, Mr. R. J. Glen, demonstrated, and it thus becomes, research and experiment in the dinning and Mr. G. Harris, " increasingly difficult to get matters matter of wireless is perhaps put on a more satisfactory basis

all round."

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make easy-going and thoughtless offences and crimes exponsive and painful to those who commit thoni."

"THE BIG PARADE."

CROWDED HOUSES AT THE

QUEEN'S,

"I don't believe there are germs

in kisses," said the young man.

"For that you may have a kis9," said the girl, "Nor do I believe there are bacteria in ice cream."

Then it was his move!

解

An unmarried woman, asked at: Shoreditch County Court how shə would deal with her lodger who had quarrels with his wife, replied: I will wait till I marry before I talk of managing a husband.

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Solicitor at Lamboth: Did your wife give you a hearty welcome?. Man: Yes, she picked up a frying

pan.

If there is a parasite among human beings it is the honorary Terrell. member of a golf club-Judge

Willesden magistrate. It is more wholesome that couples should live

A Chinese arriving in the Co- direction and it is highly probable any on board the J.C.J.L. steamer Tjiboet, was charged before Mr. that the time is not very far ahead. W. Ainsworth at the Kowloon Belgium is extremely generous when wireless telephony will be Magistracy this morning,

made a much simpler and more possession of an air rifle and one with in her attitude with regard to widespread medium of communica-box of shots. A fine of $75 was extra-territoriality and Customs tion. We are as yet only on the

imposed. fringe of a great field. It is very autonomy, but the opinion is ex-gratifying to think that British pressed that the present moment skill and enterprise is in the very death of a Chinese coolie, occurred A motor-accident, involving the would be inopportune for the van of this new endeavour; and on the waterfront at Wost Point, issuing of a collective declaration that it has been the experiments on Saturday night. His view be at policy by the Powers. as sug-atation which have brought about slung across his shoulder, the conducted at the powerful Rugbying screened by the bale of goods gested by Britain. This objection the practical application of the ecolle was prevented from notic is based on a fear that, with the previously-known possibility whiching the approach of the car, and could not be made operative, he was knocked down and killed frame of mind existing in Chinat Telephonists of the United States on the spot. The body was re- present, such a declaration, how have added their quots to this moved to the Public Mortuary. ever liberal, in character, would great extension and the collabora

tion of British and American ex- give rise to erroneous interpreta-perimentalists is not the leasting to the Surreys when they were Miss Aileen Woods, whose sing tions. That, of course, is con pleasing feature of the past" ceivable, but it is equally to the week's wonderful happeninga, point to say that the absence of some such pronouncement has already been misconstrued by the extremists and has undoubtedly encouraged them to persist in a policy which in the long run must, Paris, if not checked, lead to a crisis. of.

Brussels Amsterdam the gravest possible character. Berlin The hct that practically all the

Copenhagen Vienna recent troubles along the Yangtzelsingfors have occurred in British Conces Buenos Alrea

Lisbon

sions is of itself sufficient to show Shanghai

Yokohama that Britain is being especially New York singled out for attack, but it must Geneva...

Milan

THE MOTOR CAR DIP. surely be apparent that if the Stockholm

Caddo movement is not stopped, the turn d

18,324 From the fact that the tickets of the other Powers will not be Madrid

10 from the motor car din at St. Paul's long in coming. In regard to the Bombay

6.25/32 Bazaar were nambered, some mis-

1/8 conception seems to have arisen. position in Shanghai, where there Hongkong is an International Concession, Silver (forward)

These numbers mean nothing Silver, (spot)

They were intended only for sale the Powers are working in unison,

checking. The car will be won not and it seems to us to be inevitable

by the usual draw system but by bankruptcy examination of Major the "lucky dip ayatem. It is Harry Balloy, Birmingham solici- that they will be drawn closer

The Kaflop Chinese

necessary for all holders of tickets tor, wore a metal watch, valued School, together by happenings in other under the auspices of the Society to go along to the bazaar, or send at 25. Gd., and he law books. parts of the country" as well. of St. Vincent de Paul, will hold someone, to dip for the car. H The old policy of playing off one Grand Theatre, Wanchai (by kind

its annual prize distribution nt the who draws "No I" is the winner. Tho car is still to be won and Power against the other is scarcely courtesy of the Hongkong-Amugo-"dipping" will be in progress to icely to work to-day, nor is it pro January 20, at 4 p.m.. Mrs. Tso

ments, *Ltd), on Thursday day.

my The Bazaar is at China Building bable that by concentrating Ku-po has kindly consented to dis-and it is intended to continue It against Britain in particular are tribute the prizes and Mr. A. E until Wednesday evening, at 9 Moppo, Koron, in 27 hours and 20 thank you. Thank God the soxes

Wood, the Director of Education, the Nationalists going to win the will be present.

Packed houses greeted the initial

the Queen's Theatre yesterday. This serechings of "The Big Parade" at

is the film which has had such a lengthy run at the Tivoli in Lon- don' and which came in for much It takes some two and a half hours criticism when it first appeared.

to screen, and owing to that fact there are only three sessions at the namely, 2.30 p.m., 6 p.m. and 9.16 much Queen's during the present run- pin. Those who wish to see it are married advised to book early, as people had to be turned away yes-

many together. terday, so great was the demand, A lawsuit had succeeded in secur- for sents.

As is generally known, "The Big workman who had fallen off a ing damages of £150 for an Irish

it is mainly concerned with the ex-sharing" in the settling up. Parade" is a Great War film and ladder, and the agent was "pront- periences of three sharply contrast- service in France. It is an intense- ing types of Americans whilst on. Pat was counting his shore over

and over again...

encamped un Murray Parade ground just prior to leaving Horg kong was marked by a tangible ex-

"You find the amount correct?" pression in the form of a silver gift, y "human" picture-dramatic and has received a letter from Pto. R. romantic, with some very clever asked the lawyer. Nunns, stating that the Battalion touches of comedy. There are some "Yes, the money is all right, but has settled down in India. He says very grim scenes of the actual I was just wondering who it was they all regretted leaving Hong "ghting, in which war is shown in that fell off the ladder." London, Jan, 16. kong, the memory of which will all its horror, and if one or two of 122.010 last for ever, and adds that they less there is plenty to grip the ima these are a little unreal, neverthe- 34.91 will never forget their "ttle..

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Magistrate (to seedy-looking man)Where were you born?"

"Dundee."

Magistrate "Were you brought - up there?!!

Prisoner (with a smile)"Aye. often!"

friend who did so much to make gination and hold the interest to the 18.21% their last moments in the Colony end. The film is shown yesterday :

34.44 so happy.

makes one wonder what all the fuss was about when it was first releas ed, for to us it appeared quite a natural and well-drawn story of life in those grim days of war, slowly de veloped to a romantic climax. There is much that is spectacular in the

The Archbishop of York, in the film, which is conceived and carried course of a rocent address, said through on large lines, whilst the it was not onay to keep high ideals acting of John Gilbert and Rence in those days when we heard a Adoree is extremely powerful and great deal about the equality of the comedy work of Karl Dane and the sexes. Tom O'Brien is really excellent.

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o'clock

Tho only assets reported at the

"I had a cúrious reminder of that the other day," he added," when I was travelling in the Tube in London. The carriage was, as usual crowded, and a lady was standing near me. I confess she was not attractive, Her aspect was very vinegary, and through her spectacles she looked out with Tokyo. The Osaka-Shanghai defiant eyce, and I instinctively aerial mail service may be opened felt she was a champion of her acx. in the near future, following trial. All the same, timidly. I rode, and flights, according to the vernacu from the old instincts of my man- or press. The schedulo calls for hood offered her my sont, Sho nights between the two ports via roplied in decisivo voice, No,

minutes...

are now equal,"