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TUESDAY, JAN. 6, 1931.

WHAT THE

LIBERALS ARE THINKING.

for Free Traders to keep the Go- vernment in offico during the two years which would be required to forca the measuro through under the torms of the Parliament Act. The Nation, in commenting on this aspect of the matter, saya no- ono can foresee whether circums- tances would permit, or tempers stand the strain of such an enter

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THE GREAT DIFFICULTY. SURROUND ING MOST SOCIAL QUESTIONS 19 THAT THE GREAT MASS OF THE PEOPLE ARE INDIFFERENT.-J. G. Simpson.

mantor of Sing Wah College, han Mr. R. Shim, formerly Hood- bean appointed Manager for Hong Roug of the Asia Life Insurance Company,

IS BERNARD SHAW GREAT?

By BERNARD FALK.

prise, adding that if it were enr

H TTAVING incautiously mention-) Ho la the first philosopher

ed that I had my own views, world-wide reputo to appear in ried through, much more would be

about Bernard Shaw on a great plus-fours. I know of no other achieved than a reform of the elec-

man I have been challenged to set writer who at the age of 74 goes them forth.

hill-climbing and water-diving, As. toral law; "It would mean that

I do not attach, much importance untiring in energy at his advanced the same progressive forces of the

Lieut-General Sir A. E. Warto Mr. Shaw being our most con-ngo as Voltaire, Goethe, or Ans- country were virtually reunited." drop, who was formerly in command siderable literary figure. That is tole France, he has thrice their of the British forces in North success, not greatness, and the physical stamina. He could give There is no vital tople in politics China, has been appointed Colonel | competition in this orlá ogo is not Goethe 200 yards start in a mile - to-day, says this journal, on which Commandant, Royal Artillery. very fierce. Neither am I im-walk and beat him easily, assum- pressed by his popularity, his ing the German poet belonged to prosperity, or the develed follow-this ora and did not diedain such ing that acclaims with hosannas a prosale combat. all he does and says. The samo Forgotten How to Stop. applies to Ethel M. Dell; or, in a different sphere, to Greta Garbe Bernard Shaw is

а дуговоре and Gracle

and I should who keeps on spinning. If he hesitate to consider any one

of stopped he would be ordinary. Ho these ladise grent,

doesn't stop. He has forgotten The immense volume of work how. He reminds us of the sick Accidentally struck on the head

thirty bound tomes-credited to man who saved his life by not yesterday by a pick, Li Sam (30); Mr. Shaw is a sign of his indus- having strength enough to draw working at a concrete mixer ntry, not necessarily of his genius. his last breath. Sheklaipui, where the now dam is

it is possible to say that all Liberals hold one opinion and all Falling down the staircase of his Labour mon another; hence it is home at No. 122, Johnston Road, argued that co-operation is possi-Wanchat, yesterday. Les Woo (41), a hawker suffered injuries from ble without the sacrifice of poll which he died two hours later at the tical Integrity or of vital prin- Government Civil Hospital. clples. There should, it adds, be no pact, nor any need for one. It is illuminating to get thesO re flections of current political thought at Home, as they help to throw some light on developments which we, so far away from the coutre, are liable to misconstrue.

Without doubt, the immediate fate of the Government lies in Liberal hands; the point of interest is when, if at all, a rendly serious breach w reveal itself.

Lion

The historian of the twentieth being bullt, suffered fatal injuries. When I examino this mass of writ

fe died while being taken to hospi-ing, do I find myself in the pro-century will be grateful for Bor- gence of a great thinker, or annard Shaw. In his search for tal

original dramatiet, or a wonder-colour, anecdote, and character ful creative artist? I certainly the stylish clothes and aristocra- Rescued by a man who is his bro-do not. living on a Kowloon godown lighter, Argument. ther-in-law, Loung Tai-tal (10), No. 65, was taken to the Kwong

tie hautour of Arnold Bennett will yield him a trifte, but from the Rayings and doings and idiosyn- His numerous contributions to crasies of the giant of Whiteball.-- Wah Hospital yesterday after he the drama establish him as a court he will gather a bushelful. had attempted suicide by throwing mirthful, provocative, Ingenious, Our hero hides nothing from himself into the harbour.

arc, we see from the Home news-Government energy on this parti- applied for the confiscation of a menti This is Bernard Shaw; but Strachey of 1976 will relish the

SUGAR MARKET.

nard Shaw cuttings!.

tepical writer whose crusades posterity. We know the most in-. against conventional humbug, timate details of his life, how his For not keeping to the ronda tyranny, or faddiam are apt to be morning paper is propped up at specified in his learner's licence, a amusing, if not always convincing. the breakfast table, the care ba A P.W.D. Comparison.

Chinese motor cyclist, who collid-But they are innocent of greatnessstowed on his fine head and beard ed with a ricksha in Queen's Road in the sense that one would ap-by the Bond-street barber, his post- The work of gutter reconstruc- recently, was fined $10 by Mr. ply the term to the plays of passion for answering on

now proceeding in Lower Lindsell at the Central Police Shakespeare, Mollere, or even that cards the riddles of a thousand Albert Road measures the effect that inrange to the extent of about was by no means a genius, and in

Court this morning. It was stated more recent dramatist Ibsen, who correspondents.

They called Maria Studhalma in the Puble Works Department 34 was caused to the rickaha. quality the plays of Bernard Shaw the postcard queen" with what of a fatal accident to a Euro-

are decidedly inferior.

greater reason could Bernard There is not a single Bernard Shaw be described as "the post- pean. It is not, of course, a Action is being taken by the matter for criticism. The vision authorities against purveyors of in- Shaw character that one remem-curd king!

History will arrange in proper of the P.W.D. getting "a move on" decent pictures. For the second pers without an effort-not a soli- is a pleasant as

it is unusual. time recently, Inspector J. Murphy, tary line or phrase in that huge!

which proportion all those aspects of that contribute to of the Secretariat for Chinese Af ruck of unmusical prose

fascination Shaw's greatness. How the Lytton Liberals writera and speakers with the apt comparison which gistracy this morning where he

Our main interest, however, les fairs, appeared at the Central Ma-haunts the memory.

Argument! Argument! Argu-| papers, concentrating at the mo-cular work permits to be drawn. lot of postcards of an objectionable when it comes to deep wisdom how tit-bits he collects from the Bor- ment on the necessity of preserv. While the old gutter is torn up and character which he seized yester varied, but not original, and exist Personality.

Hght he travels! His types are

simply as mouthpieces for his pro- ing Free Trade and also on the deposited on the rondside, reduc-day during a visit to a shop in Den Voeux Road Central. The neces-

In my opinion, then, Bernard nouncements on every subject un- Elec-ing the normal width of the road aary order was given by Mr. Wilder the sun-and a few others, desirability of getting the

Shaw goes to the Elysian Floids toral Reform Bill placed on the by a couple of feet, the difficulty Hams.

But one has the feeling, all the by virtue of his greatness as a por- experienced by motor vehicles, Statute Book without delay. Some more particularly buses, in nego-

time, that he has cheated us, that sonality, by reason of his strong. there is in him the gift to produce marked, and picturesque indivi- of their critics have put forward tinting the hair-pin bend from

masterpieces which would entitle duality. cannot repress a feel-

rep hope

sin- the view that electoral reform | Upper Albert Rond. is greatly

him to greatness. No, he prefers ing of uneasiness. I to enjoy himself, to Indulge in the cerely he is not placed too near may not be essential to the pre-accentuated. The popular Austin

and fatal habit of wat or, at any rate, too often. pernicious

ten. next servation of Free Trade, and that Seven makes the turn with a fair

ching his brain function. Thus Shakespeare, for I would not wish The Government could be kept in degree of comfort. Largo care

his work reeks of the laboratory that gentle spirit to be disturbed office without a quid pro quo which and the twenty-passenger vehicles of the bus company as often as

is the hallmark of sense had to zing the burd on the weakness of and lacks the spontaneity which by his mocking laughter. The newcomer is sure to begin quiz- is being widely represented as a

If that were all, if we not are required to be put into

conclude that by resson of his his humour, or the poor construc- corrupt bargain. This, in turn, reverse before their drivers con

shortcomings 28 thinker and tion of his historical plays, brag- has raised the question ng to how complete the furn. Users of the

dramatist Bernard Shaw had lost ging, between whiles, of his im- long Liberals must save the Gov-road are aware, of course, that

his way, this article would come merise superiority an ernment from defeat in order to the trouble is not solely due to the

to an end now with some plous maker. regrets for a soul that had missed If Shakespeare, philosophically keep the Protectionists out. On fact that the roadside is at present "up" The bend in normal condi-

the light Happily for one's casting off the barbs of the other's this point, some have argued that tion is recognised as one of the

rounded verdict on the ange, he venom, floods the scene with hia thrusts forth another and more native woodnotes wild, what more by keeping the Government in most dangerous in the whole

legitimate claim to greatness, and likely than that Bernard Shaw office, Liberals are only postpon- Colony if the greatest precautions

we are bound to concede it to him. will rudely remind him he is hope. ing the evil day and are involving are not observed. One of thear

Bernard Shate is a great person-lessly out-of-date, that the Talkies Liberalism in the growing

ality. Not a great thinker, not at have killed all this poetical non- un-days, a very serious accident will

there.

great dramatist, but a great per- sense that what is wanted is Brakes will slip popularity of the Government, occur

sonality, nad with his tall, digni- rapid-fire retorts and action! nied

Even then I would not be 80 which many ultimately crash, with without warning on a wet day and

appearance and aristocratic a bus will charge the fron rulling Cubans 96% C. I. F., U.K. can head he looks the part. Whatever anxious. It is the thought, the Free Trade among the wreckage. on the south side of Lower Albert probably sell 5/6 prompt shipment. he says or doca interests us. Is terrible thought, that when Ber- What may be regarded as the Road and take the almost sheer London 6/1/31.-Advance in polemies may exasperate: we can-nard Shaw meets Shakespeare he remain ladiforent to his will appear in his plus-fours which attitude of many members of the seventy-foot drop beyond. At the market, owing to Chadbourne going not Liberal Party on these points has Coroner's Inquest, the jury will re-to Berlin, in order to meet Con-opinions; his physical activities makes me downright nervous and tinental Producers Wednesday, may make us smile: we cannot but uneasy. Would Shakespeare stand just been voiced by one of the commend reconstruction of the agreement is reached market will admire them,

the strain?... leading political reviews, which corner, and the P.W.D. with probably advance, but do not think says the attraction of the Alterna-usual celerity and with the advanced prices will be maintained

approval of II.E. the Governor will unless Java party to agreement. take a slice of about fifteen feet

tive Vote is not that It would

secure a fair representation of from the garden of Government Liberal electora in Parliament; House and provide comparative which is uncertain-although it is safety within a week or two. It is hoped that it may have that effect unfortunate that the work cannot but that it would secure the de-be done before. There is as yet no real proof of the danger, and the fent of Protectionism, unless

| urgency ́cannot well appear until there were a deanlte majority for such proof is forthcoming, We

THE LATEST CABLED QUOTATIONS.

at the close of the sugar markets The following cabled quotations yesterday have been received by Messrs. Pentreath and Co.---.

London Terminals.

March 5/8 up 34. May 5/104 up 3%d. August 6/1 up 3%d. December 6/6 up 4d.

New York Terminals.

March 1.27 up 5 pts. May 1.84 up à pls. July 1.41 up 3 pls. September 1.49 up 3 pts. December 1.56 up 3 pts.

SIAMESE RICE CROP.

FIRST OFFICIAL FORECAST ISSUED.

The first oeial forecast issued

it in the constituencies. The dan-belleve it is nine or ten years since by the Ministry of Commerce sud ger which these Liberals foreseca proposal for work on the lines Communications of the yield of that is a Government representing suggested

Government!

Was

approved

CANTON BLAZE,

GOOD WORK BY FIRE DRIGADE.

by the 1980 rice crop in the Seven Inner Circles is 49,530,000 piculs of padi, or 2,050,000 tons, from which it is estimated that 29,000,- 000 picule, or 1,725,000 tons, will be available for export.

a minority of the electors, like the Conservative administration of 1924-29, might carry out n fiscal | revolution against the judgment

The planted area, as known at of the majority merely by reason

the end of October, was 11,820,000 of the crudity of the country's

rai, or 4,528,000 acres (a now electoral Jaws. The Alternative

record), and the total damage is estimated for the present at Vole, it is felt, will remove that

Canton, Jan. 5. 1,000,000 raf, or 400,000 acres. menace, and it is therefore hold

The residents, of Shameen, the The grain itself is stated on the that in view of the Government's Shakee Bund and adjacent streets, whole to be of good quality l word aroused late last night by the heavy, and the yield has been enl Intention to carry that measure found of many fire-engines which culated, therefore, on several into law, it is in the public in- were called out when the alarm was of 4.8 picula per raf.

The terent for Liberals to exercise the given that a Bre had broken out in district which appears to have Sun Kee Ching, Middle York Street, suffered severely is that of utmost tolerance and restraint

The fire originated in the real Lopburi, where the loss is rockon- while it is passing through its donce of Mr. Kin Yuen, who cc-ed to be nearly 25% of the planted various stages. In some quarters, cupled the top floor flat. Adjoin-area, Samud Sakorn also suffered considerable damage, but the aren It is assumed that the House ofing premises were slightly involved,volved is relativoly a small one. Lords will reject the Electoral the Canton Fire Brigade in keeping from last year's crop is large, in b, thanks to the splendid work of

As anticipated, the carry-over to the fire confined, a very serious con- spite of the poor viold, and Is Reform Bill. That is open

flagration was averted, doubt, but, in view of the possible if not all, the Insurance reported to be in the neighbour lity, it is hinted that this would risks are borns, by: Chinese com hood of 200,000 tons Bangkok

Timis constitute a very strong incentiva |panies Our Own Correspondent,

genius.

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