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the matter appears remarkably narrow and we could almost believe In their readiness to allow things to drift until March, if Germany

had not forestalled the possibility by lodging her appeal to the Young Committed and thun mado tangibly certain of an early discussion of the whole problém. We can only hope that the Committee, when It alts, will not take the line of least resistance and recommend merely

DAY BY DAY

I WOULD CUT OFF MY OWN HEAD, IT HAD NOTHING BETTER IN IT BUT WIT; AND TEAR OUT MY OWN HEART, IF IT HAD NO BETTER DIB- OSITION THAN TO LOVE ONLY MY- BELF AND LAUGH AT ALL MY NEIGHBOURS.-Pape.

"Pebble!"-although your

The Dole That Killed An Empire.

By H. STANFORD SMITH.

ex-THE DOLE, so prominently be-

A department of the State was fore us to-day, is no original organised for this purpose and

Mex. W. T. Southern is to distri bate the prizes at the Victoria British School Prize Distribution, which will be held at the Sailors and Soldiers Home, Ilennessy Road, on Monday, December 14, nt 6.15 p.m.

Miss Luba Pecker will give a

a further moratorium and standstill periences are interesting, we cannot open our corresponderco columns

discussion, of the respective or even modern political expedient placed under the control of officers arrangement. It is time the world to a

merits of different proprietory It was instituted some tweny-thron called the aediles cereales. faced up to the facts. Germany's wirelces sets.

centuries ago by the Roman Re. As time went on the number of plight is neither a sudden nor a

public, remained in vigour until Individuals in receipt of the the fall of the Empire, sapped the anons increased unceasingly. In transient development. Palliatives

manhood of the Roman people by the year 58 B.C. 320,000 persons In the case, putting off the evil

depriving the most laborious of are computed to have been granted hour that is, would mean an even

ita population of all incentive for it out of a population of about more serious state of affairs to

tolling and brought about the do- 600,000. esy of Italian agriculture, seri-i adjust when the issu could no

eus contributory cause of the col~{ Although the burden on the 131 WHEELBASE $2640 longer be avoided. It hale been

lapse of the Roman State.

treasury was enormous, this drain frequently charged against Ger-pianoforte, recital at the Helenn May

Present-day conditions are by on the revenue was not apparent 157" WHEELBASE $3080

many that she does little to help Institute on Thursday, December 3 atno means parallel with these In till two centuries later, ewing to 5.30 p., with music from Chopin reader will find analogios where quests, when immense sums in pre- ancient Rome, but the thoughtful Rome's continual foreign con- VEHICLES MAY BE INSPECTED herself. If there ever was found...

and Biszt. Members wishing to AT OUR STUBBS ROAD GARAGEtion for the criticism, no impartial reserve tables for tea are asked to they exist. Moreover, insurance cious metals, goods and slaves were benefit should not be confounded brought in to the capital and also observer could find it to-day. The telephone to the Matron, No. 22160.

with the Dole proper or improper to the levy of a perpetual tax on THE HONGKONG HOTEL

continuance of strong suppert for

aynonymous terms, it is true, the conquered countries. Li Tai-koo, widow, Inte of No. 248. but ones which can be employed GARAGE.

Hollywood Road, who died on July usefully to draw a distinction be-ories of the Empire, and the rural Sicily and Egypt were the gran- 10, 1929, at Sha Chung Village, left Hongkong estate to the value tween two different classes of population of these provinces oxist- of $31,300, all of which in directed people.

jed for no other purpose than that to be used for the benefit of her The workman who throughout of feeding the unemployed of Rome. ideat grandaan, whose mother, Be years of honest toil has paid re- The most deplorable aspect of the Shi, widow, temporarily residing at gularly into the State insurance) annona was its effect on Italian. the Hollywood Road address, la ap fund not only his own quota butjagriculture and on the Italian

The Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels, Lid. Incorporated in Hongkong, Buble!

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action shots. In an endeavour to emphasise the value of "noises" as compared to dialogue. enthusiast points to Charlie Chap- 's "City Lights." and argues that the introduction of sound

polated the sole executrix.

that of one or two of his leas for-1 small holders. tunate or less virile brethern, is Unable to compete with the A Trading junk which left Ha like a man who has prudently cheap Imported grain which flooded Cheung, in adjacent Chinese tee taken out a life policy in a na-the market, these latter fell into ritory, on Tuesday for Hongkong, tional insurance company. On] decay, sold or surrendered their with a cargo, has not since been the other hand, the position of the holdings to their creditors, and heard of, and fears of A pogible habitual skirker or work-shy drifted to the towns to swell their piracy have been communicated to youngster who regards the inaur-already teeming workless popuin- the Police authorities by Cheung ance benefit, in his case aptly ter- tions. Cheung, a New Territories farmer, med the Dole, as a private income The annona has an analogy with who is the son of Cheung Fat, the and who intends to live on State our import of cheap foreign corn septaguensrina master of the miss bounty with a minimum of effort, to-day

has something in common with As time passed, urbanisation and that of the recipient of cheap, depopulation of the countryside As the Shamshuipo ferry, Sang, was crossing to Hongkong last State aid in Roman times.

Man and later of free, corn through went hand-in-hand. Italy

censed evening, a Chinese woman, travelling

to be a corn-producing country. By the early part of the Fifth | The forms of the peasants were ab- on the third class deck, threw her Century B. C. pauperism had be-sorbed into the estaten

of the

self overboard. Some littlo time

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SINCERE'S SALE.

SPECIAL DOLLAR BARGAINS PROVE ATRACTIVE.

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the policies of Dr. Bruening seems to show clearly that the majority of people in troubled Germany are determined to put their shoulder to the wheel and struggle through. somehow, to economic and financial equilibrium." Her

industrialists, by high pressure methods, pro- duced a September balance of trade of over 400,000,000 marks. An Germany eas pay her debts only by the selling of goods, the record established in September will stimulate her to further efforts, An even greater encouragement, ing erafl however would be recognition With the approval of France, abrond of the futility of expecting to collect reparations on the scale Germany bat submitted memorandum to the Bank of Inter- provided by the Young Plan, - #ational Settlement requesting

elapsed before the woman was picked come sufficiently widespread to wealthy und were turned into parks out by the crew of the steam launch alarm the ruling classes. An or pleasure gardens or were devot the early convocation of the

Asia and taken back to the Man palliative, the Roman Governmented to the cultivation of olives, special Young Plan Advisory Com

"Talkies" or "Noiies"?

Sang. Her condition was grave, and began the practice of buying up vines, and fruit. although artificial respiration was large stocks of corn from abroad, The sturdy Roman yeoman dia- mittee, to enquire into the "Is there too much talking in the applied, it was without success.

Steily, Lucabin, and afterwards appeared. His decadent descond economic and funnein) position of talkies'?”. We ask because 1

Egypt, and distributing grain free ant became a vicious, effeminate the country. In other words, she plan has been put into operation America, and a general holiday is poorest of its citizens at a price cowardly to be entrusted with the To-day is Thanksgiving Day in or, more often selling it to the parasite, ever ready to riot but too is applying for one of two things, by the British producer. Mr.

observed in the United States. The annsiderably being the market rate. defence of his country, which was a further moratorium on repara-Alfred Hitchcock,

to supernede American Consulate and other Ameri.

delegated to barbarian merecen- tions pastorats or a scaling down talking by sound. Actually this can establishments in Hongkong will

Firat anems merely a reversion to the will be so afflcial recognition of the was known as the announ.

runnin open for business, and there This charitable corn distribution aries. By the end of the of the amount of those parments.very early days of the talkies day, as it is usually celebrated in the at first an emergency measure and pire had reached its fullest expan- It was Century of our era the Itoman Em- And her application canust be liver screen. when the technique homen There will be several private an act of grace and compassion onion, art was able no longer to refused. The gravity of the Ger-of audible dialogue was not fully celebrations including оло the the part of the Government, but continue pillage of vassal States. from the time of Culus Gracchup, At this period depopulation maan financial sitantion is self-understood, and sound effects were American Club on Saturday night,

ንግልና acelerated by civil wars avery needy Roman citizen had a right to 5 bushels of

between rival emperors and by that Germany cannot resume the

barbariar

irruptions. What Imunth at half the normal price, und | burden imposed upon her under

after 58 B.C. this grant was made mined of the free rural popula- the Young Plan and suspended at

gratis.

tlon crowded teror-strickon into. By this means,

the turbulent the towns. Even the small amount the behest of President Hoover in

Roman mob was kept in a state of of tillage carried on at that epoch July, but also that, unless some

quiescence and the ruling aristo-censed. The towns were inundat- thing is done in the meantime, effects in that film to the extinc- The Sincere Company are

erney found a guarantee agulasted with destitute refugees, famine another scramble for Germany's tion of the speaking volee, great-holding a very successful sale, the quired complete freedom of poll-heights, bringing with then auch isible sedition and thereby ac appeared, prices rom to dizzy

with will hely added to the merit and general store being crowded remaining liquid assets

of trade tical action, for the masses Fractal severo restriction While this in chasers. witnessed in March next, and on effectiveness of it.

true of "City Lights." it would be A novel feature is the "dollar" their suffrages, to any

abdicated their rights, giving both craftsmen and merchants be-

politicni gan to desert their callings, foulish to suggest that the same scheme and the worrying problem chief who assured them the con- Tu obviate this tendency, technique could be applied to the easily solve. Every department rendered their birthright for a mea- his trade, punishing desertion by

of "what shall I buy?" can

tinuance of the anona. They sur government chained the worker to average film with success. "City has a dollar counter. This is

the severest penalties and decree. At the beginning of the year, it Lights" was essentially a

new venture on the part of Chinese

One of the greatest responsibilling it hereditary in his family. is estimated that Germany's short- and the gruff stuccato notes of a departmental stores. and promises ties of the Roman Government, was also planted peasants on the de- feature very largely in the the maintenance of repalar sup solate land. The peasant was at term loans stood at 12,000,000,000 onsaphone to represent the voice to marks, of which approximately inspiration in farce. One can, |

of a worthy public speaker, was future.

plius of grain for the consumption tached to his holding by force, as On Saturday next a special day of the capital, for it knew that if were his descendanta after him for 5,000,000,000 marks have since however, well imagine the horrify is being arranged when winea and these failed the existing order was over and his labour was remunerat

Full provisions will been repaid. This includes the ing effect of a clarinet used to re-

be largely in danger of being swept away by ed bra fixed share of the product featured and sold at growtly

worked. These draconian lawa failed to one of her

revive prosperity or even to be to withdraw before the

the

affective. Crisis followed crisis, Government definitely stopped the straight drama pictures, ar

production dwindled, currency be rot by taking control of the bank-adoption of a muted trumpet for..

came scarce, trade stagnated, and Clive Brook's typically English ing facilities of the country. The delivery! While "nolsce" any yet

poverty and wretchness increased.

At this period the defence of the greater part, therefore, matures be used to more effect In comedy

empire demanded ever greater ex- under the so-called "atandati)and farce, the "straight" film must

penditure, and the sources of re- agreement" in March,

Lo demand human A small continue

venue wore drying up, consequent- ly taxation became absolutely part will be repaid at specified voices and plenty of dialogue.

Many American voices on

crushing and effectually stilled any Intervals under that agreement, serech still leave their hearers tear-

revival of commerce. but the bulk, about 9,000,000,000 fully bewailing the lack of tonal marks will still be outstanding beauty and clear enunciation, but when the bankers recover their it is doubtful if even

the most freedom of action. It is perfectly severe crities of the audible screen plain that these heavy demands would prefer "sound effects" cannot be met. It is also clear, place of language. One in Inclined when the rat charge on German that the day is coming when peoplo to disagree with the suggestion : earnings abroad Is the service of will prefer to go, not to the "tal- Gorman bonds hold by investors, kles, but to the "noiales.". that there is very little chance of the bankers getting their money within a period not of four months, but four years. Even then, the collection will depend upon whether reparations have been waived or reduced.

such a scale that it will be years before she can possibly recover

from the resultant clinos.

farce.

amount that foreign banks were present the beautiful voice. of ducet prices at all counters.

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The short-team loan which is not won uk Pan $80; Mr. S. I

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Tai 120; Mr. Chouk Yan Ko dobt. Yet the bankers are curious 825; Mr. Wong Chi Nam $10; Mr. ly loath to regulariso the position Tang Fan Son $10; Mrs. Chan Shok Shan $5; Mrs. Wong Shiu Kim $2; and give formal registration to an Mr. Loung Ka Kl $3; Class Sub- accomplished fact. Their vision inscriptions $31,40.

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With the exception of

a few

brief

Interludes under such capable

omperors as Diocletian and Con- stantine, the period A.D. 250-476 was one of the blankest misery for the Roman people, during which they lost, beeldes their wealth, their civilsation and their nation- ality.

It is, however, a fact of some significance that the final collapse did not come till after Rome had lost command of the sea. Although the Empire was being attacked on all its frontiers, which were break- ing down under the weight of bar bartan pressure. its borders were more or less intact until the first half of the Fifth Century,

In A.D. 429 the Vandals overran North Africa, seized New Carthago ten years later, deprived home of her African naval base, wrested from her the command of the Mid- dio Sea, and interrupted the

con voys of grain.

Province after province now fell into the hands of barbarian In- vaders. The soil, of Italy itself was to longer inviolate. The end came in A:D. 476, when the last of the Ruman-Emperors stepped downs from the throne, of the Caesars and.

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