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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1930.

MR. LLOYD GEORGE ON

WAR LESSONS"

lu the lionso of Commons ToogaĻ-

remain very largely a dead letter. NATIONAL DEFENCE. Vory necessary as they are, it, all too often happens that they aro placed upon the Statuto Book and thereafter remain Inoperatiye. As an example, we may cite the fact that no-one is permitted to employ ly Dr. Burgin (L, Lauton) moved i a child under twelve years of agement to use its utmost efforts to resolution calling on the Govern- for the carrying of coal or build-stimulate international action for ing materials. Yot how often do the study and eventual preparation we hear of a prosecution under of a treaty for the comprehensive reduction and limitation of naval, this provision? There is another military, and air armanients; and regulation which states that no declaring it dosirable to co-ordinate child may carry any weight which the defence forces of the country,

Rear-Admiral Beamish believed is unreasonable, having regard to that n Ministry of Defenon would the child's age and physical not conduce to the efficiency of the development, whilst no child what forces, "You would require a super

man," he aid, "to prosido.over u ever is allowed to carry any load Ministry of Defence, and I see none

Bench exceeding forty cattics. Here, such on the Treasury

(Laughtor) again, we cannot recall having encountered a solitary prosecution under these regulations; if there have been any, they have certainly

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Mr. Lloyd George (L, Carnarvon Boroughs) said he had always been strongly in favour of the co-ordina tion of the defence forces No Gov-

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DAY BY DAY.

TILE COMMON TALK ABOUT HUMAN EQUALITY IS MERE BUBBLE-KLOWING, --J. G. Greenhough.

The Very Idea!

One of the must unusual, motion picture films in the world-9,000 feet

The next issue of the Hongkong handa of the cinema censor of kisses in the Telegraph will be on Friday.

ship division of the Metro politan Police of Tokyo. The The Hongkong Chinese Amateur aim is made up of kissing scenes. Athletic Federation are giving a snipped from foreign films by the dinner in honour of the visiting censors as Japanese laws forbid the Shanghai football team, at the showing of "passionata”, kissing Tung Yat Restaurant, West Point, scenes. on Monday next, at 7.30 p.m. -

Among the passengers who loft Hongkong yesterday by the 8.5. Fresident McKinley were Mr. and Mrs. B.. D. F. Beith, Mr. G. H. Potts, and the Hongkong rugby and awwociation football teams who are to play interport matches

In Shanghai.

ernment had ever sat down to con- bean fow and far between. sidor the problem of defonce næ"a Fortunately, the increasing use whole, They land department com of motor lorries has done away not always the best case that won peting with department, and it was with the necessity of much of there between the Admiralty, War building material and con being carried by hand to the upper levels of the island, but, none the less, it is still quite a common.

fact that there was not merely warage. He was transferred from struggling up the hillsides with taking place in Flanders and Gaili- the Naval Hospital to the Isolation burdens far too great for their age pali, but there was a great depart Hospital on Monday afternoon. and physical development. And That was far and away the greatest mental war going on in Whitehall. the same is true in many other problem we had to deal with. It parts of the Colony, where would have been far better from the point of view of efficiency to have children are to be seen engaged had one man in charge instead of

The many friends of Mr. W..G. Trice, Expense Accounts Officer, Naval Dockyard, will be sorry to hear that he is lying at the Isolation Hospital, Kennedy Town, quiries made yesterday evening auffering from small-pox. In olicited the information that Mr. Office, and Air Force. It was the Trice is getting on fairly well best "angler" that had his way and that the doctors are satisfied ughter.) The problem of defence with his condition. Mr. Trice is was one and not three problems. comparatively new to the Colony, "How much we suffered during having arrived only about two

An Americau Alm exchange manager is reponsible for the un- usual film. He pasted all the cen sored kissing scenes into a single film, which was exhibited privately to foreign newspaper mon, and which left over hardened war cor-; respondents guaping, N

The film has a considerable con tinuity despite the fact that it is composed of red-hot clincbos' fromka" thousands of cinema stories," and nothing else, and it tras voted by the correspondents the best picture shown this year in Japan,

Incidentally, the film offers "ani the screen's leading Liners. The excellent contrast in technique of correspondents voted John Gilbert the most ccomplished kisser, while Lili Damita seemed to get the great est "kick" from being kissed,

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DODWELL &Co., Ltd. sight to encounter boys and girls the Great War," he said, "from the months ago. He Is 58 years of ways delivers my lettera?"

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pranch of Christmas) "Yes, mam." Postman (remembering the ap

“Well, you

have broken my bell."

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Passengers arriving in Hong- kong on the President Jefferson Mr. Justico Eve, in the Chancery! Included Mr. Edward Midgley, Division: The word by is an Mr. Lee Wai-tong, Captain and emphatic word but not necessarily Manage as the Eastern China offersive-in fact it in very often in carrying all manner vi loads. having the Admiralty and Wa Foetbal team which is playing a word of affection. If you add the The point is that so long as these Office each grabbing for men and series of games in Hongkong word food after it is abusive,

**** | materials and oven în strategy.

during the holidays; General Witness at Bow County Court things are tolerated without inter-

"There is no doubt when the Edgar Jadwin, formerly in charge She went by on her motorcycle like ference, so long will the evils con- whole story of the Dardanells is of the River and Harbour Naviga-n flash of lighting, but I had just tinue. To rely on sweet persua- told it will be found our failure was

largely due to lack of co-ordination,panied by Mrs. Jadwin;

tion of the United States, accom-time to notice that she was slightly sion in these matters. Is, in "our without, blaming anyone in par Henrik De Kauffmann, Danish

Mr. cross-eyed.

Man at Tottenham: I ran out tionlar. It was pre-eminently n

Minister to China, who is going to and a policeman and consequent- strategical problem that could only to Bangkok; Mr. C. Blaker. Mr.ly I could not find one. be solved by the most perfect har mony and co-operation between the Smith, Mr. D. O. Russell, General Court: I have known the debtor as Solicitor at Marylebone County forocs."

Hongkong Telegraph. opinion, useless:

WEDNE DAY January 29, 19 0.

CRUELTY.

that

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We are gratified to "note the Kowloon Magistrate, in ing with a case of cruelty to animale ycuterday, imposed more

Naval Issues.

Robert John Callen, Mr. William

"Without entering too deeply in

We could have a far more efficient. A. Cohen. Mr. G. 8. Eddy, Jones, Portman, a printer, a dairy- to matters of special interest to defensive force with less money New York and Mr. and Mrs. Han, and a nondescript manager,

Secretary for the Y.M.C.A. . of the Naval Conference, the Govern-spent on it (Heat hear.) The B. Wills of Toronto,

"Armed Peace."

MUSICAL TREAT SHORTLY.

ENGLISH SINGERS A GREAT ATTRACTION,

out. the

several

Constable at Marylebone; After I gave the defendant a glasa: of. water his attitude generally; was that of a man who had been drink. inge.

**Well," said the visitor to the Ut- the son of the famous motorist, “and how.are you getting on at school!” "Fine," said the little chap. I'm now learning words of five cylind

Whene'er a lady at a public meet-

ing is esplod,

It makes one miserable if one

sces that she's tongue-tied. But it is not on her account.one

feels it is a shame, adopte When meeting-rules proclude her gaining histrionic fame,

forced dumbness causes sympathetic minds to roaTA D

Her

To her husband and the flood of spooch sho'll loose when she xeta home!.

Mother: "You know,; that un-- breakable toy you, gave Joyce for her birthday?"

ment might properly give an ex-¦ jealousy of the fighting departmenta planation of the sudden decision with each other was something in- to cancel the orders for the con- conceivable (Laughter.) That WOR struction of H.MS. Surrey and fatal from the point of view of

.economy. It H.M.S. Northumberland.

"Enclr one of the fighting depart- seems an extraordinary thing to menta is milking the Treasury sow, do at this particular time, oven and if it can get hold of a different while it is asserted that the order | toat it is perfectly Imppy,' (Laugh- than a merely nominal fiae on has no direct bearing on the pro-ter.) The result is you have this junk-master who was guilty of ceedings of the Conference, but gigantic expenditure without getting

the best that might be produced in The English Singers of Londonera." eausing unnecessary suffering to merely Indientes a healthy belief the way of a defence force."! who will give a few of their uni- a number of pigs. The evidence In its success. Cruisers of this

quely entertaining concerts in

"It makes one feel miserable to showed that" over Afty p.

under ...the these type are cortain to provide the

Hongkong shortly

see a woman standing tongue-ffed management of A. Strokat a public meeting.”—Mier Jean A.' poor creatures were pijed' up on biggest bone of contention in the

Turning to our relation with

are pre-eminently the

Miller.) a junk alongside a steamer in naval discussions. Already the foreign powers, he agreed that we

standing novelty of attitude of Japan is one offering could not reduce our armaments

musical world of to-day! . As an crates four deep, with the result food for serious thought. Japan until we knew that other Powers artistic sensation, this little group that their protruding noses and considers she should have nor doing the game thing.

of six consummate singers caps President Hoover had made a legs were badly bruised. We are seventy per cent. ratio to the most remarkable speech on the sub anything yet offered in the way of

Vocal attractions. For quite prepared to believe, as the biggest naval Power in 10,000-ton ject. He did not cry pesos when years the Far East has been flood- aronder stated, that this has been cruisers, which, applied to the there was no peace. He had pointed with music, but it has been so the custom of handling pigs in basis of the tentative Anglo-ed out that if we had pence at the uniform of type as to become sene. what wearisome. We hear much the past, but it is satisfactory to American #greement, would mean present, timo it was an armed pence. note that the Magistrate let it be that Japan's cruiser stength would Ho reminded us that the men under of the same music dispened in sym- be equal to Great Britain's if the reserves, numbered almost thirty It is extremely difficult to get out Larms in the world including active phony, opera, chorus and recital. known that the practice is not to United States builds twenty-one as millions, or nearly ten millions more be tolerated. If all we hear is she desires. Japan anticipates than before the Great War. Proof the rut for the field has been Lrue, there is a great deal of that Britain would have no option sident Hoover was the first official thoroughly covered, and there is cruelty caused to pigs on being but to oppose the Japanese claim, representative of a great nation little by way of decided newness in anything along standard lines. Peo landed in the Colony, even of a and probably she is not for wrong. who had had the courage to point ple are tired of listening to recitals, more pronounced type than that The whole point as we see it is

What was the Government going consequently only the very greatest artiste can fl}}"a house. People disclosed in the case under notice. that Japan is approaching the to do about that! What was going want musical refreshment Patron We suggest, therefore, that the problem from a false angle. The to be done to force the Disarm age and support for anything that spirit with which Mr. Ramaayment Commission of the Lengue does not cater to that want there |S.P.C.A. might do worse than keen MacDonald has been endeavouring Nations to deal with it?

Mr. Lloyd George pointed 'out a sharp eye on the places where to inspire the conference does not that owing to the perfections of

The English Singers have been these landings are usually made permit of set standards. It asks machinery, it did not take as long bought to the Orient to meet this new need and to fill this now demand We make mention of this case that programunes should be settled to train men for war as it used to

which they do perfectly as has been WHO WAS. for another reason, namely, that according to definite defensive re-do. At the beginning of the

lato when it comes to cruelty, whether quirements. Bet ratios, even if we had only 127 heavy gumenal tours of Germany, France, to anintals or to children, much actual parity is not demanded, and during the war we manufactur Holland, England, Canada and

ed: 11,000 we had about 2,000 America. of it is caused through thought not an attempto foster, interna-240,000

postulate; rivalry. It suggeste machine guns, and we manufactured lessness. There is not always the tional amily, but potènial anta- The jam process was going-on is deliberate intention of being cruel, gonium. It would be highly uns every one of the other great con but, equally, it cannot be said that fortunate frein many points of

Tries. We also manufactured hv million rifles. The majorit ignorance is at the bottom of the view if the only arguments of the thour weapons were still matter. Even a moment's reflec- countries.remosented in London, tegico, both hers, and abroad tion would make it obvious that were based eldon tái iment cording to prosident Hoover," there,

that this country

wgrid-ten" (million – mom, mert » now. the treatment accorded must re-

being trained for war. Thero worek - certain numbers of Which brings sult in suffering.

moreover, in- existence weapons--of- that country is so us to the point that if people are correct procedură,

destruction which in number and lacroplanes should he confined to power, were five times more abatter really thoughtless, in ·

contribution to warli

to ing than those possessed by the matters, the best way of correct be mande, is to as the whole of the armies when war broke ing their outlook is to prosecute special needs of ed country, out

- "What is to be done the hsked. them. That is why tone the That is why-werare" prised by

"We have a Commission sitting at Absolutely nothing It is the

these

that out.

fore wanes each season.

it

demonstrated during their phono-

The personnel of the sextetté ís Flora Mann, Nellie Carson, Lillian Berger, Norman Stone, Norman Notley and Cuthbert Kelly.

The English Singers are Eng- land's greatest offering to the con- temporary musical world. No-one "should" miss" attending their unique

recitals.

those used for aggressive purposes, and that the air problem should be kont, as far as possible, soparate hom others. The agreement might first of all be confined to parity be tween England, France, and Italy, newly-formed Society for the the Admiralty, outer We were Goneve What uns it done! Mr. Alexander First Lord of the Protection of Children will not under the impression that Mr

Admiralty, maintained that no Gov. ernment had done more than the have any compunction in enforo Ramany MacDonald had for sworn greatest farce."

the making gesture, but unless) are not going to get peace present in a limited time to stimu ing the law when cases of cruelty we have mistaken the motite en-with millions of armed moon. The late international feeling on disar come to their notice. Propaganda, tirely, his dictum has got lasted chariot of posod canriot advance mament. He looked for nabetan

along a rond littered with cannon.tial advance as a result of the Five, admittedly, can be of value, but long in his memory. The only other You must break up the machinery Power Naval Conference only, in car opinion, in a supple-7 explanation as far as we can see of hatred and convert it do the 1. A beginning had heen made in the mentary sonse. As we took oc- ls that the Premiah la ultra mechanism of peace and progress casion to remark the other day, Quixotic and refuses to deal in (Cheers.) there are ample laws already in anything suggestive of the harudin,

Ing-counter existence for the punishment of the guilty, and to ignore these

Particulars of the Cantoness would be equivalent to condoning Class, to be held at the University infringement of such laws. The of Hongkong may be learned from trouble in Hongkong, however, laan advertisement appearing in

this issue, that so many of our enactmenta

Father: "Yes, dear. Surely the has not broken it?"

Mother: "Oh, no! But she has broken nearly everything else in the nursery with it." --

KATERFELTO?

Not many years after Bir Isaac Newton's discoverie ́ ́ had startled the intellectus).

world, and revolutionised cer tain. departments of scientific thought another gentleman; proclaimed himselfito bemains shagga philosopher of equal ability:he Pugplat and claim to distinction, and exhibited, in proof, a wonder ful solar micropscope. which ha he had invented.

This gentleman: was “Dr. Gustav Katerfeito;; who'das". cended upon London In 1782, ́and enjoyed a short period of *^fame as physician, scientist,

and inventor. A very impos=" ing figure he made, in his flowing - black robes, and quare academic cap. He gave out that he had discover, cd an infallible cure for in- fluenza, and patients. flocked to him. His alleged micros- copic discoveries brought him. -number of students. But be.

direction of co-ordination of the defore long ho was cappagan

The Government welcomed the Bir S. Ranze (C, Chelsea) remind ed McCloyd George that Britain resolution. The scorifice of arms had made great reduction in her monts, by one country alone would || fighting forens S not solve the problens A solution: Mr. Lloyd Goome-We have would be found only when all after all, done more than any other nations co-operated in cutting down country. I am wind to, invento a minimum armaments roquired opportunity of saying that

to maintain peace. AMANN

The resolution was agreed to without a division, ⠀

› Bir B. Hoare suggested that pro. posals, for limitation of numbers of

an Impostor, and patients and disciples deserted him he die gust,

Oblivion enveloped all of save his name, which has passed into our language: 38 2 term signifying "charlatan,

quack?