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FAMOUS RUSSIAN

PIANIST

CORRESPONDENCE.

The Far East Crisis

THE HONGKONG

A GUILLOTINE ILLUSION

CLEVER TURN AT THE KING'S THEATRE

One of the most novel acts, and remarkable Illusion, is being brought to the King's Theatre by Mr. F. A. Clare, to-morrow. when he will present his Wonder Show,

TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1932.

PESSIMISM AS BRITAIN'S KEYNOTE:

an-

(Continued from Page 1). measure for proventing fluctua- tions in sterling. He also nounced that a small impartint committee would be appointed to Inquire into the taxation of Co- operative Societies.

THI

RADIO

BROADCAST

RELAY OF DEBATE FROM THE Y.M.C.A.

Broadcast by Z. B. W. on a wave-

(845 K.C.). length of 955 metres.

G.00-7.00 p.m. Chinese Pro-

0.00-8.30

p.m.

APPEARING HERE

To the Editor. Hongkong NEXT WEEK

Telegraph.1 Alexander Brailowsky, the Ilun- sian "super-pianist," who given one Sir-Under the caption "Do not the Far. Enat" a recital here on Friday, 29th. April, meddle in

an at the King's Theatre in the writer, "A.A.D., contributed

Mr. Chamberlain recalled that course of bla seventh consecutivo article in your issue of yesterday.

at the time of the September American tour, stands in the front If he intended to be provocative, lie

The illusion is no well presented Emergency Budget, his predeces-gramme. rank of those few pianists of has succeeded admirably, but ono the younger generation wla are likes to credit a newspaper writer and complete that the audience sor was faced with a prospective

£74,000,000. Lord Concert. replacing to-day the grand old with a sense of responsibility and will not only be thrilled, but en-deficiency of

balance rather than with the per-tirely mystified. Miss Marjorie Snowden had produced a scheme | "7.00-10.30 p.m. names of yesterday.

"He has fire, a brilliant and veralty for producing something Leu officers her head to the gull- which was neclaimed at home gramme. scintillant style, and an acute provocative. If he does not in-lotine, und before the very eyes and abroad as a model of sovero sense of dramatic confrontations", tend to be provocative, then I re- of the startled onlookers, the knife but sound and salutary finance. and the distinguished critic of the gret his views are not broader, his descends. The head is then taken By a combination of economy and

new taxation. provision had been i Now York Herald Tribute, Law ethics and ideals are not of a higher away and placed on the binde of a

a chair, made for a reduction of the debt | Aword suspended acress All this spells ¦ plané. Gilman,

from which it speaks to the of 32% millions and surplus of "temperament* and temperament Brullewsky has, beyonil question".

Born in Kiev, Russia, the child

audience, answers questions put by 11⁄2 millions. developed so amazingly and hia talent was so obviously not an or- dinary one that wealthy relatives become interested and transplant- ed the entire Brailowaky family to Vienna where the great master Leschetizky was teaching. This

renee

Was

1911. Less the summer of than one year later young Alexan- der was the star pupil of the Leschetízky school.

The year 1914 brought the war and once again the family moved, this time to Switzerland, where it remained until the Armistice. The third and final migration was to France where Brailowsky after his first appearance became the talk of Paris. Success in every music cen-

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AUCCESS

in

tre of Europe followed, culminat ing in a triumphant debut in the United States, which was soon to be matched by similar South Amerien.

Brailowsky A born pianist feeling for the with an unusund romanties And " Chopin inter- preter to the manner born" (Olin Downes, N. Y. Times, March 3, 1930) but he repertoire embraces the entire literature of the piano. "His Bach is as noble and Scar- latti as delightful as his Schumann He has a loyal is lyrle and poetic". public in every music centre of the world and he has earned the acclaim of the most noted erities in Europe. South America, Aus-

tralia, and the United States.

NANNING NOTES

FOREIGN MILITARY

INSTRUCTORS

the

to

ирргсян of

robbers

the

The writer condones Japan's rasping designs on Manchurin. He many war- enlarges on China's lords; on her disorders and various other alleged shortcomings, But has it ever occurred to your con- tributor that

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matter how Well Japan, can run another's ter ritory-these can never be adequate excuses to justify one nation robbing another of her possessions.

irn

"Thou shalt not covet-thou shalt not steal" are not merely priestly exhortations. By all elvi lised peoples, through centuries of human experience, they are regard. ed as the codes of honour in denl- ings between man and mun and still more so they should be the codes of honour in dealings among the nations. A person of integrity would rightly shrink from being associated

with

The guillotine illusion illustrated.

Professor Martin, disappears lato anything that thin air, and returns a moment savours of stealing or robbing or later in its original form as part anything dishonourable, and yet unblushingly there are to be found of Miss Leu. It in one of the such writers as "A.A.B." with such most astounding illusionist fents

Hongkong has ever seen. perverted moral sense that they In addition Mido Van Camp enn calmly justify Japan's unmoral tortains with her troupe of train- aetions.

ed pigs, which answer names, open and shut gates, and Indulge in a the boxing two-round scrap in ring.

If morality does not function in the realm of politics, let us be that frank enough to proclaim might is right. I prefer, however, to believe that "A.A.B." belongs to sense that minority whose morni has been warped, and that most nations of the world have higher ideals and finer sense of morality.

people for another! And Chinn knows this too.

But if there is one qualification "A.A.D." undoubtedly has, it is

Į

The show is an additional

Remarkable Result.. They had to-day the satisfaction of recording that not only had Lord Snowden's anticipations been fulfilled, but in addition to n' small surplus of £364,000 there must be taken into account the fnet that instead of the £23,000.- 1000 which it had been proposed to take last April from Dollar Ex- change Fund, it was only necess arry to take £12,750,000. In short, they were about nine millions better off than Lord Snowden had anticipated.

"This remarkable result," said Mr. Chamberlain, "has produced a profound impression upon in- structed opinion in all parts of the world."

Economies had been more than

to

made good. In addition, a reduct- on in unemployment came thefr uld, so in the end, instend of economies of £22,000,000, they

showed savings amounting to en-£34,500,000. The taxpayer also had nobly played his part and

been

Children's

European Pro-

7.00 p.m. Mail Notice, etc. 7.05-7.25 p.m. Operatie. Song-Cavalleria Rusticana-Vel Lo

Sapete (Mascagni). Song-La Tosca-Vissi D'Arte

(Puccini).

Eva Turner (Soprano). L2118, Orchestral-Munon-Fantasy

(Massenet). Marck Weber and His Orchestra, 20046.

Song-Tannhauser (Wagner)-0 Star

of Eve.

Harold Williams · (Baritone). Song-Carmen (Bizet)-The Toreador

Song. Harold Williams (Baritono) with the B. B. C. Chorus. 0873, 7.25-8.00 p.m.

A Selection of the latest Dance Tunes. Quickstep-Now's the Timo to Fall

in Love.

Fox Trot-To be Worthy of You.

Savoy Hotel Orpheans. CB423. Tango-Three Little Times. Tango-Jealousy.

Geraldo's Gaucho Tango Orchestra. CB417. Fox Trot-All of Me. Fox Trot-I'm for You a Hundred

Per Cent.

Savoy Hotel Orpheans. CB410. Waltz-My Dreant. Waltz-Rose Mourse.

The Bohemians. DB746. Fox Trot-Just Friends. Fex Trot-As Time Goes By.

Savoy Hotel Orpheans. CB418. 8.00 p.m. Local Time and Wen- ther Report.

9.05-8.25 p.m. A Concert, Violin Solo-Koj Nidrot (Bruch),

Bronislaw Huberman. LX150. Song-O Lovely Night (Sir Landon

Ronald),

Eva Turner (Soprano). L1827. Pino Solo-Minuetto from Suite

(Suk, Op. 21).

made a magnificent response to the appeal for early payment.

Taxpayers Praised. The Budget had, in fact, The third act is a clever mind-saved by the income tax and super- reading turu by Princess Zenda, tax payers, who had shown that who succeeds in revealing the con- sense of duty and citizenship upon tents of everybody's and anybody's which reliance could always be placed in Britain at times of pockets.

crisis. Many had suffered hard-

Ignaz Friedman, L2200. ship, but it would console then to Song Son O' Mine (Wallace).

only Song-The Itebel (Wallace). know that they had not

Dennis Noble (Baritone); DB750, effected a substantial saving in the cost of Treasury bills, but the Cello Solo-Danzaa Espanolas,

No. stimulus of their example had

(Granados). strengthened and invigorated the peoples in many other lands who had looked again to Great Britain with fresh confidence and hope in her capacity to lead the world in overcoming financial difficulties. -Reuter and British Wireless.

RRITISH CITIZEN IN

U.S. INCIDENT ASSAULTED WHEN AIDING GIRL

New York, Mar. 27. Armed deputies of Bell County, amazing courage and unbounded Kentucky, and hostile natives greet- condence. Unabashed, he affects et parties of students from lead-

to know all about the Japanese

attempting

arc

THE TEA DUTY.

Concern About Method

of Collection..

London, Apr. 19. Mesars. Brooke Bond's the official

While I feel that the sympathies tertainment to the film "A Holy of the right-minded section of the Terror" and the King's Theatre world is with China, I am sufficient-management is to be congratulat- ly undeluded to believe that other on offering this opportunity of nations will altruistically fight to seeing one of the cleverest "turna" Have her. Nor can it be expected, which has yet left Amerlen. of them. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for a friend".... how much greater then must be the love that will induce a nation to sacrifice her Nanning. Apr. 14. The Government seems to hetmanhood and the happiness of her

its heat doing banditry, but Kwangsi have had too big a start to be eliminated quickly. Just recently the authorities here executed fourteen robbers in one week. Still there seems to be who dislike and despise the Ameri-ing eastern Universities who

enter the State for famous ten firm, in an plenty more at large, for

Cans," ...the Americans, whose Lhuchow-Kwellin postal bas was "scurrilous Press and its hectoring the purpose of investigating con-tatement, welcome the tea tax fired on last week and a passenger, puliticians merely excite the smiles ditions of alleged privation and op: because it will give a fillip to Empire producers. They do not the Principal of a High School at

of the Japanese."...."the Chinese pression in the coalfields.

Two advance parties of 70think it will have much affect on Liuchow, was killed.

masses who are detestably cruel" | within a few months, all ofete, ad nauseam. It is difficult to students were deported to the State consumption.

The Secretary of Messrs. G. boundary after an inquisition re Nanning's main streets will

flnd what else that "A.A.B." does garding their religious and political Payne and Company expressed the converted into molar ronda. new order of things is fast coming

Methinks, however, he has tor- views. While a menacing crowd opinion that the price of tea would the rise immediately if the tumour into being before our eyes. In what gotten one thing....the homely old surrounded the first party,

was true that all stocks over a was one of China's most back-English proverb..."there is many county prosecutor ordered them to ward provinces, We niay now a slip between the cup and the lip" court, where he demanded good be travel to all of its important Japan may have the finest arti-haviour bonds under threat of goal. cities by car, except Posch in the lery" and all that, but so had one The students refused to give the bonds and were escorted to the extreme western part of the pro- mighty nation in 1914, and history boundary and warned to stay away. vinec, to which a road is now reveals that one tiny nation, Bel- Passports were demanded of the being built.

gium, made that mighty nation Now that Kwangsi has its own miss her destiny. Napoleon met second group, who were accused of aeroplane aquadrun, it should fear with a similar tantalising fate, and being Radicals and Communists no further Invasion. It was Japan, with all her preparedness and were told they were not want- emotional welcome which Nanning and schemings....will history re-ed in the State. gave to the planes when they peat itself?-Yours, etc., arrived, for it had forgotten the nightmare of attacks by the Kwangtung air fleet only a year ugo. Now with British aeroplane instructors and a German military professor at the Military School and the Arsenal brought up-to- dato by German experts, the' citizens of Kwangsi feel they have no cause to fear.

A

In spite of the fact that Kwanzsi

is supposed to send an army to

assist in the suppression of the

not know.

S. W. P.

certain quantity already held in Britain would have to be declared and taxed.

The effect on the wholesalers, he added, would depend upon the method of collecting the tax- Renter.

The groups united at Knoxville, LADY SNOWDEN'S

GUARDIAN IN THE Mr. Garritt, an Oxford graduate

DOCK

Tennessee, after deportation to pro- test to the British Ambassador against the alleged manhandling of Gabriel Garritt by a deputy when and a Britlah citizen, went to the aid of a girl member of the party who was being roughly handled.

The group, augmented by new ILL-TREATMENT OF arrivals, prepared this afternoon, following the receipt of news of the BOYS ALLEGED

afety of a delegation of four sent whead to protest against their Charges of ill-treating two young treatment and the detention of tucky by another route and proceed man named Fan King-chung he-i fore Mr. Wynne Janes at the Central Police Court this morning. to the State capital, Frankfort, to

Reds in Kinngsi, very few, if any guardians were brought against their miner guides, to enter Ken-

have

to this time.--

up Hone Our Own Correspondent,

NEW SOLICITOR.

MR. G. S. FORD ADMITTED

TO PRACTISE.

Mr. W. M. Thomson (Assistant Secretariat for Chinese Affairs) appeared for the prosecution, and

interview the Governor.

Mr. G. S. Ford was for the de- BRITISH PLANES

fendunt.

FOR DENMARK

1. were

DEADLY

TORPEDO

CARRIERS

PLEA FOR MUSIC

"NEGLECTED IN HIGH

PLACES"

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Gaspar Cassado. L2046. 8.46-Dr. Radio will give his third clue of the radio treasure hunt.

8.25-9.00 p.m. Orchestral and Band Music.

The Caliph of Bagdad-Overture

(Boieldieu).

The B. B. C. Wireless Military Band. DB744. Der Freischutz-Overture (Weber).

Willem Mengelberg and His Concert- gebouw Orchestra. LX104. Offenbachiana (arr. Finek), Herman Finck and His Orch. DX327. Stradella-Overture (von Fletow,

arr. Balfour). Bournemouth Municipal Orch. DX326.

9.00-10.00 p.m. (Approx:). Relay of the Debate from the

European Y.M.C.A., Road, Kowloon. Motion-"That the Professions Hove Been Improved Through Their

by Women.'

Salisbury

Che Adoption S. Cassidy.

Proposer-bliss K. I Curton. Seconder-Miss K. M. Knill. Opposer-Mr. J. Crozier. Seconder-Mr. A. E. Jeffrica. 10.00-10.30 p.m. Variety. Song-You Didn't Know the Music. Mary Charles (Comedienne), DB756. Vocal Duct-Lies.

Layton and Johnstone. DB768. Organ Solo-A Faded Summer Love.

Quentin M. Maclean. DB769: Vaca! Gema-Bow Bells.

Columbia Light Opera Co. DX332. Song-Dancing in the Dark. vocal Gema Homilienne). DE765.

Columble Light Opera Co. DX381. Organ Solo-Whistling Rufus.

Terance Casey. DB768, Vocal Duct-Cuban Love Song.

Layton and Johnstone. DB767. 10.30 p.m. Rugby Mid-day Press News.

10.33 p.m. Close Down, All Columbia records in the above

"The widespread neglect and dis- regard for music shown by all those in high places" in England was deplored by Viscountess Snowden when she presented the awards at European Programmes are kindly sup the annual priza distribution of plied by Messrs.. Anderson Music Co. Trinity College of Music at Queen's Hall.

"This is the only great civilised country which has no Ministry of Fine Arts," she said. "The Gov-

Lady Snowden referred to

which struggle

the

many

BRITISH MOTOR INDUSTRY.

erument in this country has not. until the last year or two, dono

BIG STRIDES IN SPITE anything to subsidise this great

OF TAXATION, art, though it has purchased an in- finite number of fine pictures for

London, Apr. 10. our benefit. Music is still regard- ed as a luxury and not as a neces- In spite of the tremendous taxa- alty. In my judgment it is not atlon the British motor industry luxury, but a necessity of our has had to boor, amounting to being."

£60,000,000—or seven per cent, of the country's revenue-Britain has A fleet of British designed | bard "Horsley" torpedo planes is to be musicians were having, and said now taken her place as the world's built under licence In the dockyard that the introduction of mechanical second largest car producing na

to do tion, adjourned of the Danish Department of music had had something

Marine, and will be equipped with a with their distress. "The cinemas

This statement was made by British 800 horse-powor Armst are dispensing with their music

engine, and ulving us the artificial thing."Sir Herbert Austin, head of tho rong-Siddeley air-cooled

she said.

Austin firm, to-day, when the new "Another reason for the distressedel 10-horse-power Austin was Wat Lam, a 23-year-old inmate at constructed at Coventry:

These new torpedo 'planes will the Shanghai Boarding House at Pak

of carry a torpedo weighing nearly,als that music is overtaxed in this introduced. There was an affidavit fled by Hal Street, swallowed a bottle

neld carly yesterday ton at a speed of 130 miles an hour, country. Among other things, I Mr. Ford to the effect that he sulphurie

Mr. Ford applied for a date to be fixed and at the request of Mr.

children the Before the Chief Justice, Sir Thomson Joseph Kemp, at the Supreme examined before the hearing was Count yesterday, the Attorney adjourned. Mr. Thomson made General Mr. C. G. Alabaster, the suggestion that his Worship moved for the admission and en- should see the boys' condition be- rolment of Mr. George Stephen fore too long a period was allowed Ford to practise as a solicitor and to elapse.

The hearing was The Attorney General proctor. notifled his Lordship that Mr. until to-morrow afternoon. Ford had served his articles in the Colony, had sat for his examina- tions at the end of March and had satisfied the examiners.

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COMING SHORTLY TO THE KING'S.

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A FOX PICTURE

STRIKE AVERTED.

| NEW ZEALAND SEAMEN HOLD BALLOT

Auckland, Apr. 19. The threatened strike of · Bor-

SPECIAL SESSION. JAPANESE DIET MEETIN

NEXT MONTH,.

Tokyo, Apr:

·Cabinet has decided to cal

Sir Austin declared that the Civil surface of the sea to launch their like to tell you that in the Inst two tain's great industries. British

torpedo, they can attain a speed of years the State has taken-from the

cars headed the list of registra- men here has boon narrowly extraordinary session of the more than 200 miles an hour. Il Covent Garden Opera Company

averted. To-day employed seamen on May 20-Router. is claimed that one of these torpedo £23,000 and $25,000 respectively in tlons in a number of Dominiona

The situation here, however Istill uncertain-Reuter, 'planes costing approximately only the form of taxation. That falls and Colonies where American cars

small majority. a battleship very heavily upon musical enter had hitherto dominated the field. outvoted the unemployed by a

Router's Special Service. £10,000, could sink cooting several milHons.

pribo of all kinda."

Sir Joseph Kemp said he had Hospital. much pleasure in admitting Mr. Ford to practise and wished him evory success in his career. Mr. The P. and O. s.. Kidderpore, from Ford will be associated with Singapore, is dus here at noon on Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist.

Sunday.