1931-10-08 — Page 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

CIVIL SERVANTS. PAY: THE WORLD

CURRENCY CRISIS.

[To the Editor, Hongkong Telegraph.]

Jually having to throw them back on the market for what they were worth commercially after years of

Sir, "Bewum Why" appears over-production. have had an glorious day amongst

seriously, tite "words".

Inst

il

would seem that he or she has not

Maggive a vough outline of the avenue that I am convinced the world will ultimately fallow? studled his, or her, proprating. Controversy is undoubtedly the So trember of the public is experts beat pecans of havin one'a idens and to nuk the rouen whe;

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that ther cafirmed or aileented. alhusiasm to-Peranje some of your dal curreny expected is an

va anything or privintangy n

will sopreng azaleant s

oblieg tearing they oue fa pieves, The opportunits they crave of bo

The Comabtu Correateg ss levelled

Standard open, die 100 ml sensina,

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THEN AGRICOLE,

Che il Servants are men d prend qubit and endowed with war- They are gentle. neo capabili drugi wank tydur

15) on

1 function

Tarbiation

231 exchatures of commodities, and The esential merit of any exchange motum i that as vabie rotalas, dabidly in thior, Practice, delu hard praelation to the world's commodi- free is respanted in this, and meel as a where,

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The mearest we ban aporunch fise labesad po appen Will no "Recon Why" realitat representing the total salse

pedeftrained

all on tiffurred in the Town Coune Mi Commodit

el belt Hane for

or ask, and anless we keep m Privam Thema more, they at fikely to beat The and meet n

picturing th start outlook, a Colony without

ל יוני ◄

Trade. The

chmodity depends up the eplating

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Many mate y

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The Pee, shugung, trade ele, susiting ca coppiotities. which say the rodents are quantity is controlled by the rafo et intered charged ng wonders of silver

The currency t

and in the vase of urokon the rules his akang whether the new unit we should have to The gun for conanmpton only.

revalate the

the supply to machuthin a or i Tury can be allowed to breiļ orrasionally Their only set is jeleng power or sp

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"Reason Why", really at 207 prined as you the Governac Pay equality

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They cannot afford to pravo up ap Thin, 14 must then th

finely must Yours, ele

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able to

To the Salite at what the hit representa In one wordy, spol should have to maintain a stealy reneru palun devel.

In activcimp this cul, assertio. probable future deviants ter decoupalilies would be the rat consideration, and whole it in the Tousines of

of importers zale dealers to anta aporte theses demands, e laukt not have far to

Tu deal with all JIN uch a would, however, be unmerim carlis clarity in the fact that Romplicated. We should contine

Sir. "Reason Whe

as touching In the extreme,

oge begins to thank th When #po examined eradicalis. The only punt 1

Why

is very annoyed.

It is unl

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Fundamentals even clear that he knows himmel: iret, end, whend, wed, cotton, obr. exactly what amoye ham.

and statistics thereon for would b

THE

HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1931.

ROUND-WORLD CYCLE TOUR.

RADIO BROADCAST

Nico Marin, Rumanian engineer and sportiman,

with his wife, photographed in Hongkong yesterday, They are making a world tour by steamer and motor cycle, and will leave here for Bangkok on Sun. day. Then they will tour India, South Afrwa, Germany, Fernce, Eng- land, China and the United States. Their machine is a Harley David.

8.

дет г.

WAGES DISPUTE

SEQUEL.

The etion of high wagten antlid creatly increase gold's purchasing power, and help to allai a inore favourable balance between exports and anports would finally dard of living would amprove a the burelen in relief For

ploved that tall on em ployed woubl

semoved through the higher purchase- ing power af jókl, riviny far more employment.

theniployment MAN WITH IRON BAR

tran

The repression that machinery invredes unemployment is entirely Wrong. The fewer needed in par dore newssities, the more in thes pecktive vocaforts and commandation; also them, or turn, become, through babil, breessities. Praduction uť commodities is without lath, and all can be exchanged for necessities aus koup as "the cast of production

A higher and first standard of al right

To begin with, let me attemptparative purposes. to pacify him he rodering a teplied to

for the national bank whose prints. Ish and know havalare, duty it would be t

t tires firm publishing The Boo Olsrodes Free in ordane with dar vondy reterence on this, but any ameipated in or fall in the living sets 13 Bor I am willing to mimit Hat there

Alrwebes in alation

tinn, are indicarent | wapper. by pridital commodity demands. A bored dutienatioqui Valme Standard.

Jare HDaY

Governmenal

ernats better path than be. inter that he bar antite asi: tart, and that, angry

as he is, he will not

For trade between countries a wh to have his salary comparefjunit inularly based upon contrave- except with the Government i

the atyrevale would be vant of the ame qualifications, asid amild all finanemad transient

singest the Clerical ad

would be in terms ad that uzait.

womit would found to

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egunting Stall, and 1 venture the The anggeation that he will not final

dom stav above mentioned.

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ARRESTED.

A chumor at prisverstand an treh bar at for an unlawfu: por penge was brought against a Shang- lau Chinese who appeared before) Mr. Sotheld at the contral P

in Court this morning.

The defendant pleaded guilty and remarked that several person had attached him

at her

Dectective Sub-Insprefer Bezer) skwy told his Court that a message was received that a fight was in Eurogress at the new Jurkey (uli Stables Sergeant Alexander, in hater t In picket, went to the serne, hut the tight had concludevi, He made a seared if the place The right as rare ware per day and found the defendunt with an should be taking old as one list teen too commented in his trousers atable values the avenure webcht Te sit gold prendimod in the world por man and ber das

Money is wather me for gold, Practically very prosination of

14 appested that workmen on aile hnd demanded from the defendant's friend an extra day's

to makand represents 13 wages for to-day's Testival (ton-

Furius Birthdige but the

man

Hot

as it must be produced just liked refused, and they had

Paper mopy is only sa enth an exorindant difference lethactuate drhtly elative to it. mum 1, 4, 1's for a certain weight | upon him. The defendant in- tween molemmats of meantiles, but the international units of gold, and might or not be hommediately ran into the shed and asistabla And Germent value would be debately vest, oured on presentation

ured ther irin bar to amint strand.

what appent to a panor Government convent,

Torer

Wit

Liti....

flory.

In reply for his Worship, the

The defendant was bound over a personal hond of $50 to be and informed that he should seek for grid behaviour for six months f

The wid of the law in future sti

Clerks, Oleourse, “M muy be thereby ensuring that all inter- Above is all levelling eine at the anlucky ones, in whole national debts world retain Upeir a. supply and demand will always case be is no more ty pốcal of the intrune salar no matter what ¦ le moviste above or below the same, theer said that nobody had born

When waves fake advantage of alum. mask tha are the one or two or phantomed to any individual coun- more whan, to ans Lurendere, love tres

Conversion from † temporary greatry sienand. the made, as terantal a-tama domestic curreney into the inter- madamest must, and will come. international The opposite happens with to have lected wages, as in such entries where purchasing parsiles krep wares ton lows, re that power of 1!! fronter WIEN

apinternational value standard, and it wont be in the interest and all concerted to maintain as strank a rehaure rate

4 passille. The commodity dandand trim a

standpoint wood a

bas

fatura.

"R.W." ene 1. joget Chvernment servand

speries apart, and the thest us have brakliora

Comineretal life.

Bid mon

in

11h those salaries we may compare vest own;

these brek gere tha

i.

colinius went inte men at hudherest the world e

Loven för many

actions and i.

The tariffs, releet, jol, Hearma. į patas. ment are all paklintives arat do not i rate depression; thy hide the facts for a time.

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The diffieties of reducing wages | manifold as nobody like their! wages pulved in the fear it will either because they were not liars, and I think any greation hit their standard of living. That

In a sed

standand

will happen but only partly and tom.. it merits. perarily as Labair wild at the

international

tu sommes had,

Jently gaudited for a tenerum samfel be the possibility ni a beginning miss the respective lower |

post or be they

The prospect,

There is no suchị thing as nomination for the

Does "RW."

Country busting The intrinsic

Tid

tunes on the market. The S¥¥¥°t-

LADY MAY CAMBRIDGE

THE RING GIVES CONSENT TO MARRIAGE.

London, Oct. 7. His Majesty the King held a ham Palace at which he register-

vice in this Colons at any rate, value of its debtor tubilities by Piers till their claper proider |Privy Council to-day at Bucking- Wah sa himselfMation. as the USA dit after porta retain flat wages rouust first fed his formal consent in Council from the consergileners of his own, war, and trade woukl no be reduced to bring down cost of the marriage of Lady May Can | choice by eating our salaries longer be restricted by the fear If so, will be allow the argumento netructions in the value at this livit und avoit unemployment in-bride to Captain Henry Abet

Tot bethi

Way?

mrreny in which Habilities were One does not need to be a Hip incurret. Youre, etc..

X. Van Winkl to remember the days

am the present writer. of bourses, is very willing to relire from this fray if only he ventet against his present salary. Far payment in arrears of home for the good years of his service at the same rate as ther were then paid to his brothers at eugins in commercia life.

diminished

Pressity,

smith, which will be solemnized on The

greatest employment is October 24.--Reuter. int in countries with bigh wages and it is quite negligible in these tenured Parly last August. Lady

engagement with moderate wages. Sir,--Since leaving Southamp

It is really necessary that at least ay Cambridge is the King's niece histon on a world tour and coming for the beginning we patriotical Marquess of Cambridge (former- by marrige, her father, the late through Canada and the States. I

endure some hardships by Duke of Teck) being a brother have heard and seen much about depression, unemployment, etc, | aegepting the readjustment off Queen Mary.17 and how a good alandard of list is in the country ang cant kept up, that auter many out of the trouble it has fargamenta with expert esoumists How far the idea of high wages

and different people, I have been

strengthened really

in Ray oldo-employed: they, begange theory that hist

WIDTEN are the products are cheaper, consume a enuse of the trouble.

lot of fruit and vegetables grown in

Where there is vision wilfully unused. The Government servant Auffers. Yours, etc..

BECAUSE

en earng a people we find with outr

the

1. High wages are no advantage France, cereals grown abroad, eggs

no lower wages rule else | ****"

and cheese grown where.

in Holland, und Germany, High wages mean taking ad- commoditles made in

'while they retain idle, although at vintage for the time of the lower wages they could, themselves, People with lower wages, High wages are altimately beaten by lower wages, also

ir

Sir. I think we all agree that) "every avenue to a solution ni the World

should problem ,explored," but why retrace our steps along one. that has already proved a cul-de-sne?

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be

#.

Had it not been for the inter- national war debt, position, gohl world probably still have been giving satisfaction as a Standard and with brinetaliism the end would undoubtedly have been the same. Where the debtor countries are to obtain the par- chasing power for nequiring the necessary silver reserves is yet to Ef, but assuming, they trendy the supplies, what is to prevent the white metal from following gold to the ereiliter

Fixing its price production would prove. montansatisfactory arrange-,

We

could

ment for the U.S.A. hardly expect her to accept tous -of-1

-metal-with-a-Retitiously

enhanced value by way of repay- ment with the possibility of even-1

3.

7.

as ilundry emigrates to mutries with low wagtes.

pure a great part of such con

unption at Home

}

"Doctor Depression" will cure alt with tire but let us readjust wages of ships-Canine with social convul.

(b) The

available, and it was nude quite clear that the H.K.F. A. have nothing whatever to hide."

statement by Mr. Ormiston that "There is no meeting of the Council un- October B. and I think the public mught to be made. aware of the facts of the situation in justice to the H.K.F.A.

SELECTION OF RECORDED MUSIC TO-NIGHT--------

The radio programme to be bron- enst by %. 3. W. on a wavelength of 456 metres to-day is:

4.00-8.00 pn. European pro gramme of Vietor records kindly rup plied by Messra, Tsang Fork Plano Co.

500-5.30 p.8.

Orchestral.

Moment Musiende (Schubert)

Philadelphia Symphony Orch, 3312, Egnant Overture {{frethoven).

Victor Symphony Orchestra,

In

Clock Store (arth),

A Hunt In the Black Black Forest (Vociker).

30T00

Victor Concert Orch. 35792 Raymond Overture (Thomis).

Victor Symphony Orch. 36924. 5.30-0.40 p.m.

European children's programme from the Studio, 6.00-8.45 p.m. Variety.

Homoroan Duet-Down by the Winegar

Woika.

Alleen Stanley and Billy Murray. Humorous Song-Roll 'En Gris.

Billy Murray. [1834. Hawaiian Song-linuo Hano Hawati, Hawaiian Song-Hawaiinn Moon.

Kane's Hawaiians. 20704. Instrumental-Jolinson's O

Gry Mule. Insrumental-Pass Around the Battle. Georgia Yellow Hummers. 20560. Buet for Two Pianos-Dance of the

Paper Dolls.

Duet for Two Ptanus-Ragamullin.

Victor Arden-Phil Ohmas. 21929. Humbras Sung-That's Where Yua

Conte In. Humorous Sung-It's Unanimous Now, Chick Ender. 22161.

6.35-6.51 p.m. Organ Solos. Prelude in E Flat (Saint-Saens). The Swan (Saint-Saens).

Marcel Dupre. 1430, In a Monastery Garden (Kételbey),

Persing Market (Ketelbey).

In

Reginald Foort. 35821. 7.80 p. (Stock quotations, mail alice, etc).

6.51-7.15 p.TE. Operatic,

Song Thais-Love Has Lang Bern a

Bare Virtue (Massenet). Maria Jeritza (Soprano). H. Choras-Samson et Delila-Dawn Now Heralds the Day (Saint-Saens). Metropolitan Opera Chorus, 4162. Orchestral-Die Fledermaus-The Bat-

You and You (Strauss). Chicago Symphony Orchestra. 1481. Song Damnation of Front-While You

Play at Sleeping (Berlloz).

Marcel Journet (Bass). 1124. 7.15-7,32 px. Instrumental. Piano Sale-Spinning Song

(Mendelssohn).

Sergei RachmaninofT. 1326. Violin Solo-Caprice Antique (Balogh-

Kreisler).

Frita Kreisler. 1093. Piano Solo-Etme Tableau (Rachmaninoff).

Sergei Rachmaninoft. Violin Solo-Estrellita (Ponce-

Heifetz).

Violin Solo-Valse Bluette (Drigo.

Auer)

Jancha Heifetz 32. 732-8.00 p.m. Musical Comerty. Gems from "Coronnut." Geme from "Sunny." Gems from "No No Nanette," Terms from "Rose Marie."

x.00

report.

Victor Light Opiera Company. 36769-335754. Loent time weather

17.11.

8.0-10.30 p.m. Chinese programme, 10.30 p

Rugby mid-day prus Close down.

neww.

10.33 p..

FRENCH POLITICO-

PHILOSOPHY.

Continued from Page 63

d'Estaing anikos

21 interesting contrast of French and German financial methods. If France hax been recently attacked, he says, it is not because it is responsible for Germany's financial distress, but because it is prospereux, France has a inmense colonial domain, a great stock of gold, and a habit

thrift. But

the riches of France do not

depend

apon gold miges or oil wells; France has the

poly of no

no essential product, The constructive efforts of Ger- many have been admirable, but

is and here

the rub-they have hven beyond the means of Ger France has been asked which with wonderment.

to

since the beginning

the development

the

fish asama reduce thy deby reason and not walt for hard-est,

then it would appear that ways al canals, the

mand by reducing the pious to do sYours, etc..

sible number of purchasers

who čaput afford high-pric- ed articles. High wages lead to

unem-

by demanding more for a day's work than enn be produced in the same time.

A HUNTER.

The Soccer Dispute.

If we are to take the allegation Interested Supporter" as cor- H.K.P.A.. has had something to hide, that the full facts of the situation have not en

the

of its ports, its mund- schools, its popular swim-

•minx

baths, its sports grounds, made These things are to be commended,

and in some far behin respects France Ings Hut then France frat counts the cost. It asks whether it can afford each

Improvement.

public, and that the attitude adopted by the H.K.F.A. has not heen so frank after utt.

Sir. The allegation regarding) In any event, a reply is due front the Services' reason for reusing the H.K.P.A. either refuting "In- to play with the Malayan Chinese terested Supporter's" allegation as set out in the second paragraph or admitting the same to be true, High wages represent, influe of "Interested Supporters" letter and the earlier this reply is given. tion as well as issue of paper appearing in yesterday's issue of the better it will be for all con

O. U's without cover.

your paper, and the Following cerned. The HK.P.A, has ap. The improved standard of liy statements appearing in the issue pealed for frankness, and if it ing is a fallacy because if of your paper for 1st inst,, seem expects frankness on the part of all wages were reduced by rather contradictory:

others, must itself inke the land

ball, cost of living_is_llko—(a) The statomunt-by-Wan--by "practising-what-it-prouchon, wise; therefore standard of

dorer" that "all the corYoura etc. respondence waa made

living" "unchanged.

BIASSED.

It does not work in the vold, with out relation to the necessities of its daily financial life.

France fs concerned not so much with immediate needs; it labouts,

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as all its ditizons labour, to gaar-taken tou literally, especially as hand in hand with caution and rantee its future. Germany Is they apply to Germany. Yet it is thrift, and that the character of nilao laborious, but it works for the true that France does endeavour the individual Frenchman is, do present, and, like its citizens, in to wave, to accumulate riches, to spite the annonymous and occult hertless of the future...

increase its margin of security, administration of which. Danial Those generalization.ot be that in France laboriousnuss goes the French State.

like all There can, I think, be no doubt Halovy complains, the character of generalizations, should