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TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1911.

THE

ed that amount of freedom, how over, It is probable that Mr. Hu's- public opposition to the drafting of the Constitution may have been Impropor. In that case the board of

DAY BY DAY

WHEN A MAN GETS INTO TRÐUDLE THE FIRST THING HE THINKS OF 15, "now sHALL I GET OUT OF THIS FIX WHEN A WOMAN GETS INTO TROUBLE HER FIRST THOUGHT 18,

consora (Supervisory Board), mumbers of which have now taken up the cudgels on his behalf, was the proper authority to deal with the matter. Instead of that, Mar- | MISERY?"—Winifred Black.

"HOW BHALL I DEST DEAR

THIS

FORGET SPEED.

By Captain Bernard Acworth, R.N. (Ret.).

URING the past month it has would_most assuredly have met been my privilege to discuss their Coronel.

shal Chiang autocratically took ac-

with senior naval officers of Flag: In short: speed obtained, as it tlon against him. Dr. Wang's post-

In attempting to run across the rank and below, in the engineer- must bo, at the cost of fighting tion must have been extremely de-road near the Canton Whart In Con- ing. as well as in the executive and restating power on a given naught Road, a small girl was struck branches, the merits of the Navy tonnage, can only be a source of licate. He carried on with the

by the rear wheel of a motor lorry of to-morrow that I have been weakness when action is joined. duty he had undertaken, but on the which was travelling west and suffer-rash enough to foreshadow.

ed Injuries to her left foot..

Furmore, speod can rarely eve of the meeting of the Conven-

It is, of course, understood that force action on an unwilling ad- · the number of ships of the threa versary. With an enemy looking tion, to which his work was to be submitted went to Shanghai and The return of notifiable diseases for classes in our future Navy forms for trouble it is superilous.

When once action is joined few took his passage on a Japanese boat last week shows two fatal cases of no part of the argument. Twenty-

battleships, 38 armoured scamen seriously maintain that typhold (ane Imported), and one non-five for Europe in order to take up his fatal case each of diphtheria and position at The Hague on the World deaths from pulmonary tuber-small submarines, and other auxilance, and for reasons which the cerebro-spinal fover. There were also eru 12 small cruisers, 161 high speed is of tactical import Court. Although he has cancelled culoels. Teaterday's return discloses liary craft, merely represent the layman can, I think, appreciate. Hect that our now existing total There is inevitably a tendency for the passage for the time being be one case of diphtherin,

tonnage makoa possible.

landsmen to think in terms of the has not returned to Nanking, and

The discussion has been confin-land, and of land warfare, but With reference to the report of an ed, very properly, to the first battles at sea are fundamentally proposes in a short time to leave.

attempted murder in Parkes Street on principles of fighting which each different to battles on land where The published summary of the Sunday when a Chinone, Rome class of vessel embodies, and here relatively high mobility may prove Constitution follows the lines alreason unknown was assaulted by I have been greatly encouraged decisive, and for this reason. On

another man, it is now stated that to find a remarkable volume of lond superior mobility rendy forecast. Two points, oc the wound which was inflicted by the.

ablon weaker force to reach, to instrument. The victim's condition is desirability of a return to more cur to us no calling for comment.nasailant was caused by some blunt support, and particularly on the without preliminary fighting: en- conservative speeds, so as to ac-seize and to hold, a vital strategic One is the extraordinary speed with still serious.

hlove an increase in fighting and position on the flank or in the rear which so important a law has been

resisting power, with a great re- of the slower opposing force. The passed. It was presented to an assembly originally called to meet only for ten days, and yet the form of giving it three readings was observed. It is clear that in an assembly in which the passing "Hay Fever" and "The Haunted its own peace and security, but of this law was only one of a mul-use." The purpose of the Univer the peace of the world.

sity Civic Theatre Is to offer the titude of measures to be considered theatre loving nudiences of Denver there could be little or no discus- the enjoyment of worth while plays well performed, thus flling a gap In the cultural life of the city.

FARMER.-One May

18. 1931. 1osion of the fundamental issues in Mr. and Mrs. W. Roland volved. It has merely been regis Farmer. !! Shameen,

tered by group of delugates by daughter. Both well.

whom detached consideration was

not not invited, but would

have been permitted. The other point Is that the preamble of the law seems designed to mystify the peo- ple. It claims that the Convention to which it is presented is the same as the meeting of the people's re- presentatives which is mentlonest in the Last Will and Testament of the Founder as a major aim of the Revolution. It is however general: ly recognised that the meeting was It is an irony that the draft of lo end the period of tutelage and the Provisional Constitution for inaugurate

the constitutional Peter Dawson. the government of China during period; its business would be to the period of Tutelage should be promulgate a permanent Constitu- C-2104-Harry Lauder-Vocal Gems (1st Record)

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tion in the absence of the distin- People's Convention was not the Harry Lauder-Voenl Gems (2nd Record)

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The Civic Theatre of the University duction in the future cost of the communications of the enemy and the of Denver, of which Mr. Walter Navy, an essential matter if the may thus be severed, Sinclair, formerly of Hongkong, is country in to be converted to a enemy forced to surrender in the the Director, has just staged a big recovery of its maritime supre presence of a strategical victory success with "Craig's wife, "a drama macy as the safest and most ami- by a swifter, though weaker, op-

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LOITERER ARRESTED BY POLICE.

at the

At sen, on the other hand, there are no positions which swifter,

In fairness, however, it must be but weaker, ships can hold and admitted that a few distinguished defend against a stronger, but officers, whose views rightly com-slower, fighting fleet, even though mand respect, maintain that high on occasions, rare if the strate- speed is a vitally important factor gical dispositions of the slower in men-of-war, sufficiently impor-flect are sound, an, initial position fact, to make the result-jof advantage be reached.. tent, ing loss of fighting and resisting The open sea cannot be entrench- power, on a given tonnage, aceep-ed: the sea has no hills or valleys, table. These. protagonista of rivers or ravines, that can be for high speed argue that without tified and defended by weaker those extra knots it may be impos-forces.

0

can

SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOUR THE CAUSE.

sible to bring an unwilling enemy, Ships that mean, business must to action.

oppose one another on their own "Loitering in a public place be Overlooking, with some impa-merits and fight it out, the victory tween the hours of sunset and 6 a.m. tience, the many examples of the going to the feet, if both fleets and unable to give an unsatisfae-failure af speed to force action are fought with equal akill and tory account of hiruself," was the in the into war-Jutland, the Eastbravery, that is best equipped for unusual charge brought against an Coast raids, the Goelen, and other the gunnery duel, and with the

Mr. instances they faster employed Chinese before

the greatest power of resistance to tha Schofieki to-day

Central Falkland Islands as the justifien-effects of the opposing gun-fire. Police Court.

Ition for their case.. But, the Bat- During an action in which both Detective-Inspector Kennedy said tle of the Falkland Islands was en-combatants intend to fight, nn the incident occurred in Main tirely exceptional in the circum-excess of speed is of no advànt- Street, at 9.30 last night. An atances which brought about.Inge, again for reasons that a hour earlier, when he passed that Faulty strategy in the first in-landsmau can appreciate. Not spot, he had seen the defendant stance was responsible for the only is the speed of the fleets re- examining the window of the Elec- eventual necessity of despatching lative, but the position of the trie Company's branch. He moved two great battle-cruisers to deal fleets by compass, that is to say away when he saw he was under ob. with two small armoured cruisers, the absolute geographical posl servation.

was an extraordinary chance, tions of the fleets, ean in a moment When arrested by witness on the not design, that sent the complete- be rendered relative by heim, a second occasion, he was examining outclassed German cruisers, state of affairs clearly impossible the glass. Two years ago, the early in the morning, and with in land warfare. same premises had been broken in-goot visibility, into the power of

There is, in fact, no such thing is convert to the view of Marshal government which it would have to to and valuable electric apparatus two Dreadnoughts which had theng "position" at sen, except in Chiang and other members of the make. It is difficult got to conclusie etolen.

whole day before them in which to such matters as light and wind. bombard the Germans at a range But the advantages of fighting up Government that the autocracy of that the Preamble deliberately Defendant declared that he mule outside the range of the German the Party must Immediately bé mixes up these two meetings, in or-ends. The Magistrate

a living by picking up cigarette-

for down wind are debatáble, while thought

the best light for engagement is modified by a rals of law, to which †der to add another bit of evidence that business was carried out bust Fatal to the argument of the a matter of time and change. even the Government must give al- to the plea of those who claim that in the day-time, not at the Intespeed protagonists is the fact that any case these cadvantages, if at that this Convention was in the original hour at which he was seen by Serthe higher speed of our battle-the-time-of-action they happen to cruisers enabled them to utilise a exist, will be seized by prelimin the arrest by the hend of theplan of the Revolution. This 1, His Worship ordered a surety of at a range beyond the capacity of obtained by eficient cruiser work crushing superiority of gun fire ary manoeuvre based on reports Government of Mr. Ha Han-min is of course, the point on which the $50 be turned in, effective for the opposing guns. Had the Gor-and not by a small excess to deny in advance all that the pro-bruch between Mr. Hu and Mar-year, failing which defendant was man ships mounted long range speed."

to undergo two months' imprison- 9.2in. guns, such as I have advo posed Constitution stands for. He shal Chiang took place.

ment, without hard labour. would presumably have fought the

cated for our future armoured apced in one fleet is the equivalent On defendant's replying that he cruisers, even 12in. gun battle of an increase in the other, and matter out in fair debate in the

could find the surety, he was al-cruisers would have | Government, and possibly, in view

lowed a remand of 24 hours to heavy punishment, while enable him to do so. of the unalternhle opposition of Mr. If Ian-min, have allowed the lat- ter to resign. But he will not countenance the detention of Mr. Hu, and the refusal to allow him to advocate his own views.

legiance; but that he frels

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www.

FRAUD AT KOWLOON.

Hetective Sergeant Robertson said the accused had been employ- ed by the Loong Hui-tong tailors' shop in Wingsing Street, and was sent out to collect eloth from dif-

CHINESE SENTENCED ON TWO COUNTS.

Charged with having fraudo- lently converted 37 yards of milk If we rightly interpret Dr. Wang's of which he was the balles to his attitude we cannot but fully sym-illegally pawned the same at No. lown use, and also with having

pathise with it. In effect it means 2. Canton Road, a Chinese, named that both Marshal Chiang and Mr.Mui Chi-yuen, admitted the offences before Mr. Hamilton, at The Marchal has the Kowloon Magistracy this Hu are wrong. acted with an arbitrariness that morning, and was sentenced to augurs ill for the new reign of law.six weeks' imprisonment on each

charge concurrently. Mr. Hu stands for a literal inter- pretation of the wishes of the Foun- fer which does not accord with the progress of the Revolution at this point. It may well be also that ferent places, mostly Indian shops, Mr. Hu's opposition to the Con- with which to make shirts. The stitution' during the time that it accused went to an Indian shop in was being drafted was not in ac- the silk from the complainant, Kowloon Hotel buildings and got

cord with good constitutional prac- Bader Din, with an order to make tice. The present organisation of shirts. Subsequently he pawned It for $14, though it was really the Government leaves an extra-worth $25. His master went to ordinary amount of freedom of ac- the Indian shop to collect some tion to the chairmen of the d-bills some time later, and he was ferent yuan: and there have been replied that he had not received then asked about the shirts. He

some curious instances of divergent | any silk, and Investigations led policles being followed by different to the arrest of the accused. departments, all claiming to repre- sent the Government. Mr. Hu's sup-

Fourteen days Imprisonment was port of the proposal tv borrow all- imposed by Mr. Hamilton at the Kowloon Magistracy thle morning, on vor from the United States of Wong Yes who admitted a charge of America at the same time that Mr. Jarcony of three water pipes from a T. V. Soong was condemning the Road, the property of the Hop Yick building under construction in Ashley

project is a case in point. Grant- firm of contractors.

geant Kennedy,

MKO, VI. S. PAT.

guns.

latest 10,000 ton

of her servICE, INC.

in

of

When in action a reduction of

received vice-versa, and the casing down our of the faster fleet is as likely to "greyhounds" be necessary for tactical reasons

"So glad to have run into you to-day, dear-You have. no idea how many times I've passed you on the street without attracting your attention.""

of avolding large alterations, of course as in an increase.

* •

Again, it is commonly believed ashare that a low ship is un easier target than is a fast one, but here again is a fallacy. It makes not one whit of difference which of the combatants is the faster because the necessary · ad- justments to the sights, and the laying of the guns, are identical both ships-again because speed, with two vessels in motion, Is relative, as travellera in railway train are quick to op. preciate when they pass, pregre passed by, a train on the Washer; linc.

In

Indeed, in the last analysės, the only use of superior speed is to enable a ship, or a fleet to avoid action. a result more simply and oconomically achieved by remain- ing in harbour. It is essential, however, to repent, oven at the risk of being tedious, that it in the effort rather than the achieve.. mant in the latest ships that is. outstanding. We, ko foreign nations, are installing vast horse- powers which are unreflected in aprod. Ships fight with their guns and armour and not with their engines and boilera.

In designing our future battle- ships, therefore, wo should die.. regard speed entirely. Our pro bloms not arbitrarily, and without reference to function, to select a great tonnage say 20,- 000 tons and on this tonnage to mount the greatest guns and armour that a predetermined; speedContinued on Page 7)

will permit. Rather is f