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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1932,

JAPAN'S TERMS.

оп

DAY BY DAY

A. P. GARLAND protests

"I DON'T BELIEVE IT." Myths About Red Tape, History, Vanity.

If the Japanese Iden of a with- drawal of Chincao troops is based ou considerations of avoidance of contact between the opposing. forces, surely the most effective and reasonable manner in which

IDLESS 18 WonST; IDLENESS ALONE to attain this end is for the in- WITHOUT HOPE. WORK EARNEST- vaders to leave Chinese territory. LY AT ANYTHING, YOU WILL BY DE- It does not require much per-GREES LEARN TO WORK AT ALMOST spicacity to see that it is the pro- ALL THINGS-Carlyle, renco of Japanese forcos

Amongst Chinese soil, together with their

wilo passengers warlike activities, which la arrived from Home by the P. and O.

ausing the friction and maintain-liner Carthage were Mr. and Mrs.carliest days we accept this prin- and drawing valuable conclusione ciple as an axiom. Yet history is from his thoughts, while the “go- ing the strained relations which W. Jeffries, and Mrs. H. Balean..

at beat but a fascinating narra-getter on the-next floor may be exist. But from the very start of the, whole Sino-Japanese trouble,

tive from which we can draw what penning begging letters or pushing

fraudulent prospectuses.

Some of the most valuable philo the Japanese have claimed the

conclusions we like. right, in face of their pledged

twenty years away. Millions of Bophy and some of the nobleat word to the contrary, to infringe

participants in it are still above Poetry in the world have been the Chinese novereignty. It is this

earth. In spite of that and of the outcome of periods of idle relaxa

tion. circumstance which is the primary

vast documentary, evidence na to cause of the whole erisia,

Civilization and "the Next War." For perhaps the first time in history, the nations of the world

| are faced with a common problem and united by a common purpose to prevent "the next war."

In considering the move toward the establishment of peace, the issue is being clouded by generaliza

tho

The Empress of Canada is to leave for Vancouver at noon on the 20th instant. Sho wil borth at Kowloon hard, after her annual overhaul, at 5 p.m. on the 17th.

【OST people agree that his-| Novertheless, the man in the From our armchair may be contemplating life

Mtory teacties.

The Into Grent War is less than

The Empress of Russia is dus here the fnets, there are endless die Analogous with the foregoing in from Manlia on Saturday at 7 amputes about the battles of the the view that there is something in. She will He in Kowloon Bay prior to Marne and Jutland and other herently more valuable in the prac dry-docking for annual overhaul, and mighty events. And if agree-tical mau than there is in will leave for Vancouver at nuon on March 4th.

Mr. M. Manuk will speak on "How to Cultivate the Real Life" at the usuni weekly public lecture at the Hongkong Lodge, The Theosophical Society, 17 Queen's Road Central, to- day at 6 p.m.

the

standstill until the

ment regarding such recent mal-theorist. The concrete luns over a tera cannot be obtained, how can greater appeal than the abstract.

But we all know that the theorist It be expected in the case of far- off events, such as the vanishing comes first; that the practical man of the Vandula or the rise of the theorist has taught him his bual-

in always at Hanseatic League?

ess; and that when the practical Even where historians agree as mon has broken down on the job he Lo the main facts their conclu- has always to go back to the theo- sions are frequently violently prist for guidance. posed. Who shall over tell us con-

Robinson Crusoe was eminently a During the absence of Mr. Cervaira vincingly what was the root cause practical man. He had to be. de Albuquerque, the Consulate General

ifons about war operations on the for Portugal will be in charge of Mof the fall of the once mighty Among other things, he built a ser-

It

C. A. da Roza. Mr. Albuquerque left Roman Empire2 the Colony on home leave yesterday by the s.. Gange.

Incomplete Farts.

viceable boat. But not being a theorist, he built it so far from the water that he had in the end to dig in canal to get it afloat.

The Specialist.

Another provalent belief that

The truth is that history, like experience, is upl to mislead LIN. Mr. T. H. King, Deputy Inspector We argue from admitted facts and

by General of Police, accompanied

tang leave in England, on the But the whole story is never be needs much modification is that this Mrs. King, returned to Hongkong base certain ronclusions on them. steamer Carthage yesterday. Mr.fore us, and the parts that are is an age of specialists. King was met by the Inspector Gen- omitted may well be nucli na would i eral, Hon. Mr. E. D. G. Wolfe. alter our whole train of thought.sary sub-division of labour in our Historical deduction 18 inrgely complex civilisation has created ex-

guess-work.

Here I will admit that the neces-

an

one hand, and technical discus sions concerning the limitation of armaments

other. the un should not be forgotten that the abolition of all war depends pri; marlly on the prevention of the next war; and disarmanment will be achieved only as the nations of the world reniize that virtually no sacrifice can be too great to in- sure prévention, because it is dif Among the passengers on the P,

The man whose eyes are and O. liner Carthage yesterday was

Another popular superstition is Ports in all branches of human de ficult to conceive of any sacrifice Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Kirby, who are that red tape is a curse,

Probably him wisely seeks there were more gibes hurled oculist. And when the radio goea that can compare with the loss and on their way to Shanghai, after In face of the continued hostili- destruction which another worl visit to England. Mr. Kirby isagalust it in the Great War than off the rails tile cobbler is not ask-

General Secretary of the China Const against anything else. Humoristsed to oblige. tics in and around Shanghai, it is war would entail. The threat of Officera Gulid at Shanghai. He was and cartoonists revelled in pillory- But there is a mistaken notion a little wearisome to find the Len-"the

War" is

Laurenson.ing It. not really met by Capt. T. T.

that around each phase of specialis

barrier Yel, stripped to its essentials, cd endeavour is bullt n gue of Nations Council still de-against any one nation or group of Branch Secretary In Hongkong.

red tape. Is nothing more than sya- which holds off intruders. bating, the pros and cons of the nations. It is against civilization:

At times it is irkaome. When For the tendency of to-day in for Sino-Japanese

Continuing its attractive and varied tem. crisis. The Inteal | itself. If civilization is to con-

programme of entertainment, Ilarm- bureauerat spends a shilling in one science--I use the world in ite discussion would

appear to have tinue its forward march, or even ston's Circus yesterday played to big order to save three-pence we pro- broadest sense to overlap another. served no useful

For instance, the physical cul- merely a repetition of similar pre- next war" must not come.

purpone. being to maintain present levels, "the house both at the matinee and in the test. We demand that he shall cut

The

evening. The principals were in ex-out all these absurd regulations and turist and the bonesetter have had vious exchanges of view which question is as simple as

cellent form and kept the audiences use his common sense.

a good deal of influence on the that. In a state of excitement and appre For all that, we know that in any modern medical scientist. The poli- concerned, led nowhere. It must tion is worth preserving. have, so far as effective action is Most persons believe that civilian- ciation with their feats. The pro- great organisatition, unless a rigid tical economist I now hand-in- gramme will be repented to-day, this The being the third change since the eir system of administration la adher glove with the statesman and often have been realised by members of believe that the long, slow werk cus arrived in Kowloon, while the ed to, chaos will result. Ask at any determines for him his course of the Council long ere this that the of mankind has not been done in last two matinee performances will of our big departmental stares and action. High in the counsels of the world has become impatient at the vain, and that on the. whole the be given on Saturday and Sunday you will find that cut-and-dried me-soldier is the chemist, as he is in

next

impotence of the League in dealing world is a better place to live in with this crisis, a crisis which may ta-day than it has ever been de- very easily expand into far more fore." The tendency toward pro- serious dimensions if mattera ure

greas. has neither renched nor allowed to drift. Yet meeting after passed an imaginary apox, NOT meeting results in little else but talk, coupled with pulite uimoni-need it ever do so. The problems tions to both China and Japan. If faving civilization offer unlimited the League falls to prevent an appertunity for the continued de- aggravation of the altuation, its velopment of strength, courage. prestige, already at a low obb, will resource, and kindred qualities be completely lost.

SUGÅR MARKET.

made on Sunday night. next and the Bnal appearance will be thods of procedure are indispensa those of the agriculturist. So the

ble.

waterpartment theory of Actually, we are all red tape ad-the

goes by the board. diets. Building a battleship, writ- Was it not, in fact, a teacher of ing a sonnet, and making love alike singing who invented the delicate require red tape.

instrument whereby medical spe- Trum

where

the system comes to cialists are enabled to study the in- be considered more important than terior of the human throat?. the ultimate goal, in obnoxious Lastly, I would indict the conven- state of affaira arises. But that tional opinion among us males that Is not the fault of red tape. Mother women, as a sex, are vainer than love is not to be blamed because men. at times it spoils children. Excess

THE LATEST CABLED QUOTATIONS.

The following cable at the close of the sugar market yesterday-has will-dam the noblest virtue. for lack of which alone a civiliza heen received by Messrs. Pen-1

trenth and Co.

A hurried reading of Mr. Sato'sion gan decline. These problema observations at the latest Council can be best solved only as the meeting might create the impres-threat of war is removed. For sion that Japan is anxious and will this reason the urgent need of pre- ing to end the crisis in Shanghai: venting "the next war" constitutes indeed, he specifically stated that problem virtually unique in the the new Admiral had been instruct history of the world. Its success- ed to bring about a cessation of fu consummation is imperative. hostilities. But closer Investiga-War itself has always been a chal- tion shows that there are very-im-lenge to the peoples engaging in portant conditions attached to any it, to meet which the atmost in nction along these lines. Indeed, it heroism, sacrifice, and leadership has now been disclosed that Japan has been required.

The same needed to provent is not even prepared to negotiate qualities are unless and until the Chinese forces the next war as have been requir have been driven out or have volun-ed to carry on wars in times past. tarily withdrawn from Shanghai Will they not be forthcoming to Farther than the range of their big-meet the unparalleled challenge gest guns. This statement is in-which mankind faces to-day? teresting when taken in canlune-- tion with the recent declaration by the Japanese Minister of Navy, when be asserted that the Japanese forces would be withdrawn GA soon as "the immediato task" la completed, adding that the opera- ilona might spread over somo twenty or thirty miles. The point to be borne in mind is that the Japanese are at present operating

CORRESPONDENCE,

Old Picture Identified,

To the Editor. Hongkong

Telegraph.]

Dear Sir,-A Lieutenant

war

J. C.

on Chinese territory, and thai, soRocha, N. R. P. G Eanes, far from intending to withdraw, Portugese they are quite prepared, if able, to penetrate still furthor. If it were the Chinese who demanded

transport, has written to me after seeing the lustration in your Pictorial Sup plement of November 25th of one the withdrawal of the opposing one with the Victory type of man- of my pictures (the unidentified forces as a condition precedent of-war in the foreground) and

to any nevotiations, this would be states that It is the Tagus at Lis- quite understandable, since it is bon, with the Praca do Comercio, the Japanese who are the in-known to the British as "Black valera. But we have the unusual,Horse Square." In fact, we can if not the presumptuous, claim by see the statue of Dom Josa 1st, Japan that Chinese troops should white pedastal and black horse.

etc. move out of Chinese territory. "It

I write this to thank you. It is not a question, as Mr. Sato in very curlaue that after all the suggested at Geneva, of Japanese enquiries I have made the picturo troopa bring withdrawn from de- should be identified via Hongkong fending the Settlement; they are and your paper. engaged in much more than that Anyone coming to-England who task at present, In plain fact, may wish to boo my collection of thoy are invading China," and picturas may do so on mentioning engaging in actual warfare to your namba Yours, etc.,

drive the Chinese from Chinese

soil. No amount of special plaad- Fing can alter this dominant fact,

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Inactivity,

The notion has, I believe, been largely fontered-by-the generally admitted fact, that women aro more. interested in their personal appear-

are

Next there is the widespread (ance than men are in theirs. opinion that never to waste 2

No Self-Flattery. tainube is a valuable guide to life.

But there is a distinction-and Yet how futile is the saying! No- body less than a god could always an important one. Women tell whether an action is wasteful or realists. They know their own profitable.

best poluts--and their worst. When To certain people, of course, the they look in a mirror they look sight of a man doing something critically. Not a wrinkle anything, is inspiring. He may be blemish escapes their scrutiny. But benting the air, but he is not in- ja man who looks in a mirror does nctive; whereas the man relaxing so with self-appreciation. "Not In an armchair is a positive affront bad looking chap," he's prone to to the et-us-then-be-up-and think.

doing" brigade.

"Now, James, If you're not interested, in making this trans- Atlantic fight with the rest of the clam, you can just stay after school."

ON

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Again, to woman her personal ap pearance la a vastly more important factor in her happiness than man's is in his. Therefore her greater attention to it is to bo understood.

But, in general, how can

oman with being overbur I with vanity when it has been for countless ages

alm.of

of the majority of men to impress on her that she is

is an inferior order of being? Why, if the so-called in- complex had not been in- venous to hor we should havo in- flicted it on her!

the

Such, then, are some of the out- orn beliefs that our habit of loose thinking induces us to cherish. But tradition being the line of least re- sistance, most of us are content to let it be our guide.

Instead of the Glad

Eye...

QOLDIER, sailor, "he-man"-

comes and goes, but something of the "hero" is traditionally part of the ideal.

What of the flirt-the dashing beau of the eighteenth century; the wicked young man

of the last when there wore many, many wick- ed young men; the glad-eyeing officer of the Great War? Those types survive, perhaps, but a new company le rising now among us.

1,to-damanner of man is the firk

The burly six-footer whom, girls gaze at as

an"cafior tackles an opposing

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