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APCAR--9» April 6,

1931, at

general public, however, will' And amall comfort in these assurances.)

We do not imaging that anyone for DAY BY DAY

a moment took the Government's

decision to imply any intention of

The P. and D. Ká. Karwala, from Shanghai, in due here at 6 am. on Friday.

placing barbed wire around

HE 19 HAPPY WHOSE CIRCUMB- the

¡TANCES' BUIT`HIS TEMPER; BUT HE benches and preventing public access IS MORE EXCELLENT WHO CAN BUIT thereto, but, falling other interests IIS TEMPER TO ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. stepping in and providing the --Hume. facilities hitherto suppiled by the Government, the beaches will be just as effectually closed, to the in- dividual who cannot afford to erect his own shed, as if this were done. What

lo the Government fails realise is that there is a very con-

aidorable section of the publie, people who are pot members of any of the bathing clubs, and who do not own motorer.rs or mataheda, who will be barred from enjoying summer bathing if the niggardly

polfey now

The P. and 0. xx. Malwa from Hongkong arrived at London on the Brd April at 5 am.

Treaty Revision Talk.

By H. WILSON HARRIS,

OR reasons of no consequence, long remain where it is. But as a here I have just been re-read-mere academic pronouncement ft ing-In part at least the Treaty | ought to go.

of Versailles. Talk about the re- Another very vulnerable clause vision of the Treaty still fills a|is that forbidding the union of good deal of the air, and in view Austrin with any other State ex- of the disturbing tendency of copt with the unanimous consent Europe to divide itself into, rovi- of the League of Nations Counelt.

-and The health return for the five days sionists

anti-revisionista, Does the Trenty need revision

I think not. Rovision is of the holiday shows that threa casca there is reason enough for con- of diphtheria were reported. Apart sidering the problem of revision cumbersome process. It would from this, the Colony enjoyed a clean afresh. bill of health.

Mecars. Mouérie & Co., Ltd. have

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need the concurrence of all the original signatories. If Austria really wanted to part with her in- dependence it would be much ensler to get the 14 members of

Disarmament.

It would clarify controversy con- siderably if we could dispel once received a cable from Mr. A. Strok for all the don that the maligned

the League Council than the 27 advining them that the perfomances Treaty standa In urgent need of by the Snkbaroff Dancers have been wholesale rovision. announced is nut re-enneciled for Hongkong:

It stands in need of nothing of signatories of the Treaty to agree to that, and the result would he the sort. versed. It is for these people that

Chnu Pat-chu, an electrician of the; To put the thing numerically, the same. we make a strong plew, which, if Hongkong Electrie Company, was re- the Treaty of Versailles consists to the Government Civil of 440 articles. To at least 400 of not responded to, will give support moved

Hospital yesterday suffering fram thom no moderate German could! In regard to the disarmament to the view expressed by the Rev. burns to his face and hands caused reasonably take serious exception provisions there is equally little Mr. Armstrong that the Govern-whilst working on the cable box benot to the point, at any rate, of need for revision, unless indeed

tween Nox, 46 and 47, Hennessy Road, ment is making a law for the rich it is thought that the man ererived demanding their revision. Of the someone seriously desires to give

[remaining 40 (1 doubt if there Germany the right to re-arm. against the poor.

the bearms owing to a short circuit.

would really be anything like 40 what we really want is to persunde when we got down to close examin- other nations to disarm, that calls ation) any moderate Frenchman for action outside the Treaty, not would probably be willing to dis-revision.

dozen or 80. The The reparation clauses are card half a ground of acute controversy might elastic enough, as they stand, to very well get narrowed down to permit of extensive changes, and extensive changes in the amount and method of payment have in fact been made. No revision ques- tion, therefore, arises here ofther.

When we come to the territorial far from clauses the problem geta more The few complex. Alsace-Lorraine is set-

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The Colony may be badly hit na result of the currency crisis, necessitating a regime of cenung, ut it surely cannot be seriously contended that we are so hard put to it that we must deprive the public of the opportunities for zen-bathing | Mr. 11. B. Evans, were discharged. during the hot and steamy days of Binder, This argument is just ne

Convicted of a churge of unlawful pussession of 1,080 heroin jus at 148, Hollywood Rond, a Chinese woman who appeared before Mr. Williams at the Central Police Court this morning was ned $50 or four months' har labong by default. Three other men, two of whom were represented By

about 20 articles.

Not A Twentieth. Of course, the numerical method Fire broke out at the Wong Kati fallacious. The 440 articles of Chau Verilen Factory of Kowloon the Treaty aro

very

V. ApearUtteonvincing as the unsubstantiated City shortly after mid-night and having equal value.

London Arratoon died of heart failure.

The

"Pieds Hongkong Telegraph.

John McCormack

Jeaze Crawford

WEDNESDAY, APRIL. 8, 1931.

fénused élnmange to the extent of about

to the rafters of the premises, round which controversy centrestled. So, on the whole, is the I thought that the outbreak was may come near out-weighing at destiny of the German colonies. duc to over-healing of white lead the rest in intrinsic importanen. Germany's only demand then is for rubes. The Kowloon Fire Brigade But it remains true all the same, a mandate for herself, and even were summoned to the scene and that so far from needing to re- |tinguished the nutbreak before

twrite the whole Treaty we need to could rench a serious dimension,

re-write less than a twentieth part of it.

If, indeed, we need that.

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excuse of lack of patronage. The Government seems to have an un- fortunate knack of discriminating, anintentionally it may be, against those who are not blessed with an abundance of this world's goods. It may be due to thoughtlessness, bnt, whatever the remen, it is most regrettable. If the wish to live down this impression, they cannot do better than, with out further delay, to announce that reconsideration of the matter has theproduced, a conviction that en-public will suffer if the derision, is figures

the enforced, coupling The announce- Tep made of The Colony'sment with an intimation that ac- Fard Oliver public beaches within the past year comaudatioar will continue in bed by the polier in Victoria. In ather, hand, be both disagrecable} proached always with the greatest

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The "War Gulle Clause.

eastern

circumspection.

The question here is ther whether it might not be well.

if that ware conceded it would not involve any revision of the Treaty, Complaint is made of the manner of the transference of tho, amali For taking their boat; outside the harbour limits, the mistresses, of two

areas of Eupen and Malmedy to not worth I am not at this juncture, ad- Belgium, but that is cargo bonts were charged before Commur. J. R. Newill, D.SO., RN.,mitting that need for a moment. reopening now, and the Snar wili

than authoritiesnt the Marine Court this morning I want simply to examine the qnes- settle itself in lenn

and were fined $10 each. pleaded guilty, saying they had been mind, that the fact that Germany

Defendantation. And with this always in years' time."

The Polish Corridor. engaged by the Texas Company to may particularly dislike a certain take kerosene to Kwai Chong, near article in the Treaty is not in itself. The one serious issue is over Gin Drinkers* Bay. They were found in Ching Hur and they did not to be revised. Germany (or any again it is necessary to insist that

any proof that that article ought| German's

frontier, and know that that was outside the bar other nation in like case) is apt the fact that Germany dislikes the to attack a provision in a Treaty frontier is no proof in itself that Dwing

the not because It is unjust, but be- the frontier needs modiscation. various reasons, S.P.CA. have until recently been cause it is disagreeable. It may, Frontier-changing, indeed, is a unable to save the stray dogs captur- of course, be both. It may, on the highly risky diversion, to be ap-

ur two-will naturally create in the provided,

future they will be taken to the and just. Dogs' Home and kept if possible until minds of the public a belief that the

reclaimed or sold. This should give great satisfaction to all dag-lovera. use for refusing to supply dress-

Anyone in the island now missing his On that basis consider one or worth. Poland's while to try and ing accommodation for bathers

dog should enquire at the Page Home two specific points, Germana are reach some new madus vivendi The result of the exhaustive in an well as of police beenuse the apt to put in the forefront of with Germany regarding the re- cannot be strongly supported on the quiry into the loss of the R.301 S.P.C.A. has arranged to elleet all everything the notorious Articlcgime in the coast-territory be alleged ground of lack of support. eaves the question of airship de strays from the Kennedy Tour ken-231, ascribing to Germany and her tween Weat and East Prussia in Thin, however, was the reason-velopment in the future as open us Home,

Dors' nilies sole responsibility for the return, for example, for a definite

war. There are, no doubt, die-acceptance by Germany of the situa the only reason---given by the it was before. The findings, brief-

hards In most Allled countries who tion in Upper Silesia as she has Colonial Secretary when he any. are that the airship was not The League of Nations health would defend that mendhefous and accepted the situation in Alsace- nounced in Council last week that subjected to proper trials after a week ended March 26th shows the dacious in so far as it ascribes to

hulletin of Eastern ports for the provocative declaration stili (men-1

Lorraine.

the public matsheds

On those lines you might obtain at Tai Wan, new section was built into her, that fallowing case the Burdind Germany not merely 90 per cent a bit of revision by consent. You

the stormy. conditions prevailing dicated in brackets--Plague, Bagdad | Laichikok, - Repulse Bay and North

would not normally have been severe Colombo (2), Prom-Ponh (1); per cent.

3-(1) Bombay 1-(1), Rangnan 1:(1), or 95 per cent, but an unabated 100 | can, of course, get it in no-other- Point are not to be opened this enough to cause disaster, and that cholera, Calcutta 129 (69), Chitta- out

of war-responsibility), way, But the general point to be made-and it seems to mo very season. Obviously, if the Govern- the downward plunge to destruc-gong 2, Madras 7 (2), Pondicherry 20

well worth making is that it is ment could back up its contention tion was caused by a catastrophic cerebre-spinal fever, Balavin (1)

Most levelhended people in all better for the stability, of Europe, (4), Bangkok 1 (1), Saigon 1 (1):

countries would be willing to and far better for the individual by facts and figures, it would not tear in the envelope and sudden lous Shanghai (12), Greater Shanghai is

wipe it out to-morrow, provided countries concerned, to concen. hesitate to do so. Refusal to re- of gas. The suggestion that the(); small-pox, Bombay 4 (2). Cal- its removal was without ppetrate on the few points in the

judice to any other stipulation Treaty whore lease the statistics is like to in- R.101 was in difficulties from the

in the Treaty,

revision may be claimed with some reason than to crtuse public hostility to the Govern-start of her lust fatal cruise is not ment's policy rather than to allayborne out by the evidence or by the Report of the Court presided over Having drawn from the au- by Sir John Simon, although it is thorities an announcement of its clear that the vessel was dying at decision, the Hon. Mr. Braga would a low altitude. The main criticism be serving the public still further of her structure concerns the pre-

it.

if he demanded, on their behalf, thesence of protruding points within tabling of the gures which, for the framework likely to chafe the reasons best known to itself, the Government at "resent dons Bút foet inclined to disclose,

Possibly realising the

un-ags and cause teakages. These facts stated and admitted. There appears very little in condemnation of the airship, or rather, of fur- weak-ther airship experiment. Experi- news of its case on figures, the Gov-jence will certainly remedy the de- ernment now falls back on re-fects in the structure of the R.101; trenchment as an

excuse for not une assumes also that the greatest continuing to provide the facilities care will be taken to ensure ade- which have hitherto existed and quate trials of future lighter-than- nir vesacle; while the American which, despite official statements to Government has already indicated the contrary, have been freely used willingness to provide non-in- widely appreciated. "The flammable gas. The result of the

and

| period of retrenchment" may serve enquiry, therefore, will not end the as an explanation for the holding controversy, It is more likely to new discussion. There is up of various schemes and plans, create but to apply it to the case of the Bome Justification for the contention that the development of the aero- public bathing beaches, the yearly plane must soon be retarded, and expenditure on which is a mere that when the most has been made flenbite, is absurdity itself. Indeed, of this form of aircraft there will It is retrenchment gone mad.. Mr. still be need for the airship. The Creasy was yesterday at great time when aeroplanes will be able pains to emphasise the point that to carry the same paying loads an the Government decision does not le-day for distances of 1,000 miles A G00-miles mean the closing of the public non-stop, allowing

margin for hondwinds, is not even benches, which will bo still avail-in sight, while the slandered and able for anyone who likes to apply now defented R.101 has already de- for permisalon to croet a matshed. (monstrated, to some extent, that He also spoke of Government being the perfected airship would be quite willing to consider applica. capable of performing regular tions from syndicates wishing to transport duties over even longer

distances. erect sheds for public use. The

nels and take them to the

cutta 75 (50). Chittagong . Cochin 14. Karachi 0 (2), Madrax 9 (1), Moulmein 3. Negapatam 1, Rangoon 2. Vizagapatam 3 (1), Pondicherry (4). Penang 2(1), Saigon 0 (1), Shanghai 1, Part Arthur 2. Canton 2, Shanghal 0 (2), Greater

If Germany intends to say "talk as if the document deserved am no longer delared responsible, to be torn' up and re-writton- therefore I cannot be asked for re-which is palpable nonsense, and parations," then Article 231 wvery dangerous nonsehse to boot.

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