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WAR FOR
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reached on a basis suggested by Sir Miles Limpson, who has played a very prominent part in the task of reconciling the conflicting view- points. Whilst tho procise naturo
NEVER BEFORE DID PEOPLE LIE AS of this agreement has not yet buon
DID DURING THIE disclosed, it is believed that the MUCH AS THEY
LIBERTY."____ arrangements provide that the "GREAT Commission shall have the right Trotsky. te report to the League the neglect of either side to comply with rea- sonable recommendations made by the Commissioners. How this will work out in practice remains to be seen. The main point to be kept in mind, however, is that the whole basis of the discussions and agree. ment rests on the eventual with
When drawal of the Japanese.
ment of the Shanghai situation. Then there in the far more com- the Man- plicated business of
faced, churian question to be Thus it will be readily seen that although there is promise of soon getting the machinery in motion' for an adjustment of the Shanghai
remains a problem, there
Friends of Mrs. Everest, wife of Mr. R. T. Everest, will be glad to learn that she has been able to leave hospital after her recent operation.
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The forthcoming wedding is pounced of Mr. Hamilton Lew Mars, No. 3 Rua Pedro, Coutinho, Maeno, to Miss Lily 0.Young, No. 78, Nanking Road, Shanghal.
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WHERE SHALL
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CRICKET CAPTAINS?
Asks H. J. HENLEY
TN many parts of rural England ha'pence. For a captain's duties notice boards proclaim that contain much more than tossing some big catate, once the property for innings, changing the bowling, of a single family for generations, setting the field, and writing out has been sold for building pur- the batting order. Thors to that delicato matter of talent money, to poson.
MORE in beauty, performance. erent deal to be accomplished fraud Co. I wives contre and distance if you do,"
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a willingness on the part of Japan See the wide have ever offered.
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The old system of granting
In London tall blocks of fints begin with. stand on ground at one time sacred to ancestral homes. And the shares fixed sum for a definite number of of numerous companies, recently runs scored or wickets takon is no A ten party in to be given át King's regarded as of rock-like stability, longer followed by the wiser clubs. from pounds to Talent money is allotted in accord- Bunk that is effected, a big step forward College to-morrow, Thursday, May 6 have
ance with the value of a perfor; will have been registered, but even
at 6 pm, by the finance committee of shillings.
At a glance there may not up-mance to the aide. An innings of more vital issues will arise when the St. Jolm Ambulance Brigudo, an it comes to getting down to actual honour of its members who have repear to be a connection between 10 that wins a match may be more peace terms for a complete settle. turned from work in the hospitals inch changes of conditions and the highly rewarded than an innings
Shanghai
difficulty which county cricket of 140 played when runs are cheap. It is part of a captain's duty to de-decide to whom and to what extent Kwok Wah-shing, aged 19, of 30, clubs have to find suitable cap-
tains. Actually, however, a
is behind bath talent money shall be distributed Konhing Street, was admitted to the!
and several professionals have told Government Civil Hospital yesterday,cline of fortune having it is stated, attempted suicide situations.
Very few fathers, proud of a me that they would hate to should- by taking a large does of opium dis-
Ils condition is not son'a prowess, happily conscious ofer such a big responsibility. Most solved in water.
reflected glory, are now in a post of them have special friends in tion to say, "Well done, my boy! their team. and they feel that in regarded as serious.
A little publiceation which should Of course you can captalù your certain circumstances they would very | be of the utmost value to mariners has county. I'll double your allowance be accused of favouritism.
No Short Cuts. It
Impoverished Heirs.
There is also the matter of diaci- tablen for the Hongkong-Taingine sor vice, calling at Swnlow, Foochow and
Deuth duties, super-tax, generalpline. When a team have been re- Shanghai. It is complied by Mr. W. A. Wickham, and all data has been depression have made it impossible galarly in charge of a professional Jaken from Admiralty charts. The for the heir to devote his life to a enptalà in the past insubordination Nor can men born into a has generally entered. For exam- iklet ads at two dollars.
business serve their counties and įple, after weary hours of fielding The health report for the week Jenve the central of the firm during i under a hot sun, with the pitch like Competition is too wicket falling remote, players have been known to defy an order to range of models, including the to recognise China's rights and to ending April 30 shows the following the summer months to a partner or concrete and the prospect of a
hend the considered opinions of casta of infectious diseases and the Sparton Automobile Radio.
There was a time when the eup-bowl. cases and 12 denths; small-pux 11 neutral observers. So far, unforth therefrom: Meningitis.
Now if the command of an cases and six deaths; diphtheria eight fain of a county team was a very tunately, there has not been much evidener of any such willingness, cases and two deaths; and enteric important person indegd-more im- amateur were disobeyed the n 67 were On the other hand, we cannot have
deaths from tuberculosin, On Mon-portant than the biggest scorer or tinaus "pro" would assuredly be the best bowler. He was not only "on the carpet" next morning. He sacked. L'oy
misguided day two cases of meningitis and one skilled in the game: he was also would be suspended or uny sympathy
The of small-pox were reported.
with But with a professional as skippér Chinese zealots, such
mn of strong personality. the level, subtle mind of a general, things are different
He does not care to get a com- student agitators, who, by such
And when age at lust can him
not in disgraceful methods as the attack on Mr. Quo Taichi and the some
rade into trouble. It is hand a lieutenant of long standing Tom's heart to take steps which may rob Harry of bread and butter. what similar outrage against Mr.
to step into his place.
The surveeding captain already And so nothing is done officially, C. T. Wang last year, intervene in
knew the styles and peculiarities although Tom and Harry may have matters with which they have not
Matters xo from bad to worse. or opposing foams; he was familiar a wordy war after the match. the slightest right to intermeddle.
with the temperaments of the play- Did they but realise it, they are
ors under him; he had a knowledge Discontent breeds ill-feeling. And doing their country a disservice The settlement by surh tactics.
At the South China Restaurant of the vagaries of the wickets of in the end comes senndal. Clearly every county ground, how the shasthere is no short cut out of the of foreign issues is a matter solely last night, Mr. 1. E.
But in there any cut-and-dried remedy for was the guest of honour at a fare low fell, the best end at which captaincy difficulty. Neither is
to put on a fast bowler. for the Government. Moreover, it is early in the day as yet to dewell dinner given by the President these changed times any youth who the other problems of the game, none the leaders in whose hands and Committee of the South China has the leisure to play cricket respecially for that pressing pro- Oficials of guarly as an amateur, and who is blem of finance. There are people the task of brat adjustment lies.Athletic Association. in any event, there can be a de- the Association present included the not exactly a novice at the game, who Imagine that if cricket were Hon. Mr. T. M. Chan (President), is greeted with thankfulness and | “speeded up" in some hectic way a fence of unconstitutional masthead Mr. Mok (Vice-President) and Mr. Pleted leader of the team. such as mal violence. In the 1940. W. Luke (Chairman). run, sheh tacties most evitably defeat their own ends.
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The
Hongkong Telegraph.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1932.
SHANGHAI PEACE
OUTLOOK
114
fever two
Case.
There
Kanager.
20 severe.
S.C.A.A. FAREWELL retire there was generally at
DINNER
MR. H. E. GOLDSMITH ENTERTAINED
the
for THEATIN
Gobismith
Professional Captains,
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new public wonid rush to the enunty, grounds. But there is the big probability that if everything During the evening, Mr. Mok, in presenting a handsome Chinesej There are
those who consider were suerificed for pace of scoring vase and silk picture, eulogised Mr. that the problem of captaincy the new publie might not come for Goldsmith's work in the Colony would cease to exist if the clubs ward after all and the old public and expressed Association's broke away from tradition when a might stay away in disgust.
the team And most of the proposals for . Approach to Disarmament.
kratitud
kindnesses difficulty arose and put The technical advisers of the shown by him, especially in con-in charge of a professional. They brightening" cricket would pro- American delegation to the Dis-nexion with the assistance always point out that the paid player may duce contrary results if put into affectionately armament Conference have revun-angrudgingly given in the sphere be as good a judge of the game as practice. Consider two of the United Simes of sport. le expreset the keen any amateur: they produce refer-houry annuals manded that the
regret of all present that Mr. and ence books to prove that the pro- fathered by those who apparently accept budgetary as well as direct
Mrs. Goldsmith should be having fessionals after beat the amateurs scee nothing interesting in the limitation as a possible method for.
The Colony, but trusted that the in representative matches; and gang unless the ball is lifted high reducing armaments. This recom-
gifts would serve as a reminder they suggest that only snobbery in the air.
A Game, Not a Show. mendation is of far-reaching im that they carried away with them allows an inexperienced, amateur
One of those annuals is that a portance, for the United States has the sincere wishes for prosperity of moderate skill to be made skip- per over the head of a professional
batsman should be declared "out" been the one great Power to hold and happiness in retirement.
In respending, Mr. Goldsmith of great reputation.
at a rate of out against the financial limitation
But anobbery is not the real rea-if he fails to score gave an interesting outline of soc of armaments. The orientation of
ver in the Colony during the last son. There are currents beneath fifty or so per hour. The other is the American attitude removes one thirty years, and traced the growth the surface of county cricket that that for every maiden over bowled of the drawbacks in the way of and popularity of the game since are hidden from the majority of a certain number of runs should be Gelding side. But a lttlo reflee- agreement 011 the it was taken up so sportingly and those who follow the game from deducted from the total of the preliminary
In the first place, professionalation on the matter should show methods of limitation. The direct enthusiastically by Chinese players, the crowd,
enumerates the emphasiseil the great value of
reluctant to take that if the fielding team were to method of limitation
sport in developing a true under-as a class are standing btween East and West, over the leadership of a county benefit by a slow rate of scoring, the number of ships, soldiers, guns tanks, and so forth a nation may predicted an ever closer liaison side. They realise that they would bowlers would set themselven fo receive many kicks and no extra check run-getting by pitching the
all well outside the stumps. this possess. The budgetary or
Cricket is a game, not n Wild trouble will be concluded
direct method limits the amount a week. Admittedly, the point on
West cinema show. It has its in- tellectual side AB wall as Its which immediate accord is expert-nation may spend on armaments.
physical side. It is read about a ed--the replacement of the exist-The United States objected to the
thought about by millions. But all ing cessation. of hostilities, which budgetary and contended for the
the county grounds cannot be is not due to any formal agreement, direct method because the cost of
thronged every day even when the by a definitely-accepted armistice maintaining her army and navy is
sun shines until the millennium that of any other
enters and no one works more than -only touches a preliminary point.higher than
seven hours a week.
Despite innumerable obstacles which have arisen, there now seems every reason for thinking that the first stage of the agree ment between China and Japan for an adjustment of the Shanghai
iu-
It by no manner of means iroplies nation. In the light of the League a final settlement, but it is a dis-of Nations budgetary experts' re- tinet advance thereto. The agree-port, allowing for the differences ment was to have been initialled fin. price levels and maintenance objection yesterday. but developments in-costs. the American turiered with the carrying out seems no longer valid. The direct of the first step in the formuli-method of limitation has worked ties. It is to be hoped that this well in naval armaments, where is only a temporary hold-up and the factors of comparison are re- that there will be no serious hitch Intively simple. But in the other branches of armaments. particu- in the subsequent proceedings.
The main question to be even-tarly that of land armaments, the tually faced is, of course, the with factors of comparison and the drawal of Japanese forces from technicalities involved are so com- Chinese territory into the Inter-plex that it appears wiser at this national Settlement and the Extra-stage of the problem to take the Settlement area. There has been easier course and limit them by wrent difficulty in putting this limiting the amounts which may be issus on a basis satisfactory to spent. The Ideal method of fimita- both sider. The Chinese have, tion perhaps would be the combina- very naturally, been anxious to tion of direct and indirect. The re- have a definite date fixed for the commendation of the American ad- withdrawal, but at the moment visors brings that ideal nearer to has not been found possible to reallsation. It is such manifesta- arrange matters on this basia. tions of reasonableness that justi The withdrawal is to be supervised fy the bollef of the londors that by a Mixed Commission, composed ultimately success will be achieved of representatives of the Powersnt the Conference. As well as of China and Japan. Considerable argumont has taken place in regard to the precise in- structions to this Commission, but agreement appears to have been
The president and members of the Y'a Mon's Club of Hongkong will hold the inaugural dinner of the Club on Saturday next, May 7, at Lane Craw. ford's restaurant, at 7.80 p.m.
in the future.
"I won't be working much longer if my husband keeps doing
ko woll. He made a thousand dollars at the Races Inst
Saturday."
Cricket is surrounded by many perplexities and pitfalls just now. But no doubt the problems will be solved, even as the more vital pro- blema of our national life are being sofved. And in the meantime, to quote the words of C. B. Fry. "the sume old game is with us to foster skill of hand and eye, suggest pleasant nequaintances, breed strong friendships, and coin strik- ing personalities."
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