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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1928.

THE MAGIC FLYING HARD TIMES FOR THE

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The proverbial freedom of the The R. A. F. dying boats have vagabond will soon receive. an- come and gone, but not without other crushing blow, for every leaving a trail in the life of many man and woman in Germany des 4 sleepy village; To village Inferibing him or herself-as à dians, little conscious of modern gipsy is to have a Angerprint progress, the acroplane has come taken and sent to the specfal as a revelation and a miracle, Gipsy Police Office at Munich The effect on the inhabitants of which attempts to exercise.a cer- Trivandrum, in South India, le tain measure of supervision over quaintly but vividly described by a the wandering Romany colonies of rrative correspondent, who writes all the German Reich.' ---- as follows:

As in this country, the genuine

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*It was ten o'clock in the morn-gipsy is outnumbered by tramps, | Ing when, the people of the town beggars, fugitives from Justice abruptly became aware of some and, so forth, who find the fo thing whirling aloft in the air.a. sort of pleasant substitute.' for Somo fancied that half a dozen joining the Foreign Legion, as ́ a motor-lorries, as if in virtue of geste of dissatisfaction with So somo hitherto unused soul force,ciety. The German gipsies have had risen above gravity and were steadfastly refused to carry per rolling in bombastic exaltation sonal papers, or bother about along a motalled air-road. Others birth, marriage and death certi- with less imaginative power feared ficates. The new measures, how- that some lawless sea-waves had ever, are expected to bring them risen into the air to feel what it to heel. would be like to fly and to awaken In Japan thero is deep unrest somewhat rudely the placid folks among the professional beggara, from their smug security into the who are nearly as closely organis- bargain. Practical people, absolute ed as those In China, where the ly unsullied by imagination, simply fraternity is handed together in refused to Hft their eyes, thinking | formal Guilds, over the precedent that it must be some untamed set by the Tokyo police, who have "road-hogs." I must own that I decided to prohibit the use of

children was too deeply involved at the time miserable-looking in the evolution of an intricate sen- Iures to snare the contributions of tence. to hear the noise at all. But the kind-hearted. If such of one of the flying boats came just these children as are not merely above the roof to dispense me from hired for the day but are actually the task.

their own are compulsorily sent to State-conducted Homes, they do clare that there will no longer be anything in the business.

To Paradise,

"As I was hastily getting out of my oom I saw my grandmother in the act of plous genuflexion. As at this time of the day such exhibi- tions of piety were unusun with her, asked her what the matter was. I should like to tell the reader that my grandmother is 75 years old and has been living all the time in the magic, perhaps epic is the word, age of India's past. She told me in sublimated accents that four heavenly cars were desending on the earth to bear bodily to Paradise the good and plous people of the place There was ng hint of any surprise in her words. It was all as it should be. Those cars had come before, to convey the right sort of | people to that place.

"My envy of her was 'inexpres. sible, 1, however, managed to look up and saw the four boats flying in the direction of the south. Later on in the evening when I went out for a turn, I noticed a cer- tain twinkle of spiritual upliftment In every face I happened to see. Everyone in Trivandrum is, indeed, nearer to heaven to-day than they over were. I also heard knots of whispers here and there about the visible glory of the British Em- pire."

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Italy and Skeily, which used to be the worst places in the world for professional beggars, have ex- perienced a miraculous change, since Mussolini abolished their oc eupation, by scribbling his sign- ture to an edict, abolished the greasy mendicant- organ-grinder abroad who, too, so notably impaired Italy's dignity in foreign estimation.

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Mexico is now following Italy's example and proscribing profes wional beggars. They proved such a pest in Mexico City last month, at Christmastime, that President Calles gave outspoken orders to them. A the police to abolish large number of arrests wero made, and orders were sont to all provincial authorities to put an end to the constant pestering of passers-by.

Czecho-Slovakia, too, has been dealing with the nuisance. Pra- gue introduced last winter an in- teresting system whereby tho charitably inclined bought metal dines from the city authorities and gave a diac instead of a coin to the mendicant, who then took this diac to a group of courteous and sympathetic (though not soft- hearted) social workers, called the Welfare Committee, who gave food, clothing, advice, and work The interesting discovery WAS made, however, that far more dises were given to persons ac- costing the passer-by for alma than were ever brought to the Committee, clear proof that most of the tales of woo were bogua. The Czecho-Slovak Government, was reported last summer to be drafting very comprehensive and 'drastic measures for the control of roving gypsies and vagrants, including the taking of finger. prints, the provision of identity books, and the registration of fire- arms. I have not heard, however, that the Bill conferring these powers on the authorities has yet been passed.

Lands for the Tramp. Morocco and Russia are almost the only countries in this part of the world where the tramp is still a quite respected and self-respect- ing member of society. So sim- iple is the standard of living in Morocco that It is very, dificult to explain to a native the differ- ence between being a tramp and going for a walking tour. The tramp needs only coffee and the simplest food, and this, he can always, obtain from his hosta in the next village by gifts of wild fruit picked as he goes along. In Siberia and Russia the tramp entera a shop, and walks up to the counter. The nearest assist- ant glances, at him and hands him a farthing. He goes. No word is spoken. The inevitable routine of the transaction is taken for granted.

Berlin, Feb. 5.-After. an all- night vigil in the Bavarian woods, Johann Hein, the bandit, has been captured.. A human ring had had been drawn around him, and gradually tightened throughout. Thursday night. Cold, hungry, disheartened, the highwayman managed to slip carly yesterday through the ranks of his pursuers. At the nearest village, however, he was challenged by the gen-. darme, and, after slight resistance, was captured and disarmed of his last pistol and fifty-six cartridges. A farm labourer held up in Thuringia by a village policeman' who mistook him for Hein, ignored this call to stop, and was shot .down.

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