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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1932.

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suffers from a lack of clear-cut policies either on-domestic or ex- ternal issues. There are many questions on which Liberalism has to make up its mind. Included in these are the colossal expenditure

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DAY BY DAY

Do NOT SURRENDER YOURSELF TO THE TASTE YOU SAY YOU HAVE FOR LIFE. IT 19 THE CONTEMPLATIVE ONLY AN INDOLENCE OF THE SOUL. Rouescon

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WHEN YOUR CHILD

KNOWS BETTER.

THAN YOU

By DR. MARIA MONTESSORI, M.D., D. LITT.

And this is work which only they If a foolish mother frog said to her little tadpoles in the pool, can do. The greatest halp we can "Come out of the wator, breathe the give them is to stand by and sec fresh air, enjoy yourselves in the that they are free to develop in young grass, and you will all grow their own way. We can on the The Royal Observatory reports into strong healthy little frogs. other hand make their work very form their growing intellects and that the anticyclone is central over Come along now, mother knows hard. If we persist in saying the Pacific to the South-cast of best!" and the little tadpoles tried "Mothor knows best" and try to we shall only succeed in destroying Tokyo. Local forecast: East winds, moderato; cloudy, some fog or mist. to obey, it would certainly mean characters by our own standards,

the end of the tadpoles.

And yet that is how so many of self-discipline, we shall break the On the occasion of the birthday of

anxious that trying to ix ha attention on mat- H.I.M. the Emperor, the Japanese us are trying to bring up our child's power of concentration by intelligent, ters which he is not yet interested Consul General and Mrs Yoshida children. We are de-ure holding a reception at their re- they shall grow into

sidence, 7A, Condult Road, on Friday, useful citizens, with fine charactors in, and he will grow deceitful if we

and good manners. And so we insist too harshly.

But if we change our whole at- from 12.46 to 1.30 p.m.

spend our, time and patience cor- reeting them, telling them to do titude, and any to ourselves, "Baby this, not to do that, and when they knows what is best for him. Let want to know, "Why mummy?" weus of course watch that he comes don't stop to find out why we inter-to no harm, but instead of trying him freedom to live his own little fere, but put them off with "Mother to teach him our ways let us give

armaments, world monetary problems, trade barriers (which everybody condemne, but nobody abolishes), the paradox of over- production and the Increasing capacity for production, which in contradistinction to consump. tion and diminishing power

doca Liberal purchase. How philosophy react to these issues? True, many of these matters are outside the sole determination of any one country, but they have to bo faced, none the leas. There in nowadays No more discredited epigram than that of "aplendid isolation," for every nation pends upon others for Its exist ence, and any attempt by one na- tion to solve these large issues must renet en the politics and What policies of other countries. Liberals, in common with other parties, have to do is to decide on their contribution to the general solution of these problems.

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Hongkong Telegraph.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1932,

VITAL DAYS FOR LIBERALISM

on

The manager of the firm of Schmidt & Co., of Gloucester Building, reported to the police yesterday that some- time between 11 am, and 4 p.m. some person stole from the shop a pair of binoculars valued at $300.

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known best."

We are in exactly the same poal-life in his own way," then perhaps oh- In connexion with the celebration of tion as the foolish frog if only we we shall learn something about the the Russian Easter, services are to be could see it. This little life that ways of childhood if we are held at St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon, we are trying to mould needs no servant.

This a new way to look at the which this week, by a Russian priest. The forcing and squeezing, no correct-

ing or fault finding to develop its problem of responsibility morning services commence at 8. a.m. and the evening services at 7 p.m.

intelligence and character. Nature weighs no heavily on many parents, -looks after children in the same Those of us who have tried to learn The work of demolition of Sassoon way as she sees that the tadpole the ways of childhood from children Building, at the corner of Ice House rows into a frog when the time is (instead of from our own ideas) have been amazed at the discoveries -Street and Des Voeux Road, ha ready.

all agree- "But," I can hear you say, "shuliare have made. And there is one already begun. When the work has been completed a new building will he erected, which be accupted by the we leave our children to do ns they point on which wo National Commercial & Savings Bank. like? How can they know what is children live in a world of their best for them when they have had own interests, and the work they what do there must be respected, for no experience? And think. little savages they would grow up though many childish activities nature is using them for her own te be if we did not teach them man-may seem pointless to grown-ups. ends. She is building mind and as bone and as well character muscle.

The greatest help you can give to 20 your children is freedom about their own work in their own way, for in this matter your child knows better than you.

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YOUNG PEOPLE'S

SOCIETY

ENJOYABLE SOCIAL

EVENING

nert....

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LOVE AND LET LOVE

And I would answer. "Have you ever given your children a chance even for one day of doing what they like without interference?"

Try it and you will be natonished. Watch and

something see how catches

their interest. Perhaps The closing sorial of the winter they see you turn a key in the season of the Young People's So-lock and want to do it too, or help ciety of Kowlton Union Church you sweep..or just make some funry | was held in the hall last night little pattern with pebbles on your when a most enjoyable time was tidy floor, and on any ordinary day spent by the large number present you would say, "Don't get in the

The Rev. Dr. E.L. Allen and Mrs,way, play with your toya." Allen, and members of the Society

But today give them the key, try ware hosts to the gathering which to find a little brush for them to

By HELEN ROSE. included 25 Chinese Christians weep with, leave the pattern on

Meddling is weapon of the from varions Churches in Hong- the floor and see how absorbed they "come-back".kong, these being introduced by become. It is often not enough middle-aged. Young people usually the Rev. Frank Short and Mrs. for children to do a thing once or leave one another's affairs alone. Short Other guests Included twice, but they will perform the They love, and let love.

are apt to be people from Ying

name simple action over

parents too often College, Ying Wah Girls' School, again until they seem to have satis critical when the family comer to and a number of service men at-fed some inner urge. You will be the love affair stage.

Of course. parents have every surprised how they keep out of mis-. Of late a growing section offended by special invitation.

Miss Wong Yuct-laan opened chief, when they are allowed to right to wam à son or daughter public opinion in England has be come increasingly hostile to hunt-the evening with a pianoforts solo busy themselves with something against a really undesirable marri

and she played several times dur-that really interests them.

age, but a great many of them are ing the social. Happy games were But if you interfere impatiently hostile to their children's sweet- played and those present indulged and stop some absorbing occupa- hearts, just because they don't like in hearty community singing.

whether the now sannolent Party can be galvanised into fresh file

and stage a new We very much doubt it.

King for Sport.

ing, shooting, and kindred so-call- ed sports; but the numerous at tacks which have been launched against them have provoked sin-

ularly little

replies to the allegations

of

young

Wah

and over

But

the

During the evening, Dr. Allen tion, you will destroy your child's them.

concentration and perseverance It must be confessed that the on the de- larly few and feeble have been the guests and expressed the hope self-he will be dissatisfied, and tensive. They are. running

that they had enjoyed themselves filled with a sense of disappoint family gauntlet, and the family are. The organisation was in the ment and restlessness, and will often hard hitters! Quite probably cruelty brought against stag hunt hands of the Young People's Savery likely fund an outlet in dell-they have been warned in advance

berate mischief.

that "mother may be pretty sniffy." ing. There are, however, two ex-

And what is this troublesome- It is a pity for mothers and ceptions to be noted to this gen-

ness that we are so afraid of if we fathers to alienate their children eral silence among the devotees of

of do not correct little children? We in this way. Mother simply doesn't first is "The thought. It is consequently hunting. The Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man." great importance in this matter say that we correct them for their count when a boy is in love, and which Siegfried SasЯeon published that grouse shooting is not one of own good, and a great deal of the father doesn't exist beside a girl's

time we honestly believe it.

ciety Social Committee.

sive

before the bar of

But

young man.

This may seem cruel,

Fathers and mothers cannot ex- pect their children to choose the sort of sweetheart that they would themselves. A dull dog in a good position may be a better match for Mabel than a gay dog in a poor one. The stolid young

Important decisions on the fu- anonymously. Mr. Sassoon is too them. If these two replies repre- it is strange how often what we feel but it's nature. Parents have to ture of Liberalism are likely to be fastidious a writer to make his sent all that can be said in behalf to be their good amounts to the take a back sent eventually. They of killing for sport, the conclusion same thing as our own comfort! should try to remember their own made at the annual conference of book a polemic on hunting; he de the Party this week. It la becom- jfends hunting only by description seoms inevitable that hunting for We are all ao busy with our grown youth, and the hostile criticism that that the and implication, as is the manner pleasure is decidedly on the defen: up, froggy work that we forgot they probably endured from their public that the little tadpoles have work own parents. To remember is to

of their own to do-the work of forgive. ing increasingly clear

growing into men and women. Liberal cause has suffered badly of an artist. "The Memoirs of a As a consequence of some of its Fox-Hunting Man" is indeed a opinion. leading figures having joined very beautiful book; it is full of English countryside. bands with the National Govern- the atmosphere of the leisurely ment and thereby tacitly accepted southern

Professor Ram-But it does not owe Its beauty to it contains; its tarif policy. say Muir, the Chairman of the the hunting scenes Party Executive, wants the con- rather does its value lle in its pic- ference to declare Liberal inde-tures of such things as Mr. Sas- pendence of the Government. He soon's slow walk home many years does not doubt the patriolle mo- ago in the gathering twilight of Ministers, a winter evening by the side of hie or the cricket tives of the Liberal who must themselves decide how horse Harkaway;

Sunday far they can go in supporting the match between the teams of rival Administration, but he thinks the villages; or a country time has come when the Party morning, with church bells ring must be free to go its own course. Fing in the distance, and the local the Liberal Anglo-Indian colonel reading from Obviously, unless

Party strikes out on a well-defined Isaiah. The book would have lost Bell's line, it will be in danger of com- little or nothing had bunting never

mentioned, Clive plete extinction. Indeed, the pos-been sibility of such a development, do radiocast speech on "The Morality what the Conference may, must of Grouse Shooting" was a defi- not be ruled out. The question nitely controversial affair. It was for interesting, but not convincing. whether there is any room Liberaliam in British politics is He admitted that killing was on still pertinent to any considera-essential part of the supposed en- joyment of grouse shooting, and tinn of future trends.

The trouble Is that Liberals that it produced an undesirable have become largely a colourless montal condition. But in answer when we group, with little to distinguish be anyorted that often

for them from the moderate Labour feel at our noblest we are really in

a bad montal state. Often, outlook. Sir Charles Hobson re- cently admitted that when vacan- axample, our supposed virtue may cies occur in Parliament, Liberalsbo only solf-righteousness. This but it merely. think are unable to contest them-not le truo onough,

wo are because it is a question of Anance means that we sometimes or organisation, but because the ourselves virtuous when Party cannot find sufficient sup. not. It does not in the least mear, port to justify the running of can. as Mr. Dell seems to think it does, didates. In other words, he in that there are no occupations tha dicated that Liberalism at present produce desirable conditions of

"We could have been to work on time this morning, if you hadn't insisted on bolled o gas instead of scrambled.?

woman

who can cook may make a far bet- ter wife for Johnny than the darling little bit of fluff that can't, There's no incentive like opposition, and nothing drives a young couple into each other's arms more than a parent's stick. Sons and daugh- ters are often accused of being rude and deflant, of never being at home if they can help it. In nine cases out of ten it is the result of antagonism in love affaire. It is far wiser of parents to pre- tond to like their children's sweet- hearts. even if they don't. If they make them welcome. and give them the run of the house, one of two things will happen. Either young people will got tired of each otber or the family will become quite united.

Nothing drives a child farther from its parents than unfair dia- approbation of a sweetheart. No- thing makes. for more bitterness between them. Home ties count for little when they're making ties of their own.

Besides, this interference and hoatility don't do a bit of good. No boy ever gavo up his sweetheart because his mother disapproved of her, and no girl loved a man less. because her father didn't like his looks.

No. It's always belter to accept the inevitable gracefully. Parents will gain respect instead of losing

it.

HELEN ROSE