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ECONOMY SHOULD BEGIN..

AT HOME

BY R. G. EMERY,

BAXTER, AND WHAT MIB-"Economy" is being crfed from CARRIAGES WILL NOT FACTION HIDE. -Murley.

the realities. What hope in there, it may be asked, of finding a way out of this made tungle of claims and counter-claims? The main hope les in the pressure of hard, ugly economic facts. The collection of gold, as both France and America ban Heen, daca not help. offer no solution, as the export trade of both these countries in In seri- Dus decline. The unemployment Agures in the United States stupendous; they are steadily mounting in France. And Germany is squeezed nearly bone-dry. All these things are realities. It is

Upon enquiry this morning, It was Idle to go on talking of justice, gen-learned that Mr. E. R. Dovey, the Government Analyst, who is in the erosity, the sacredness of treaties Government Civil Hospital suffering and contracta, and the rest. Plain from pneumonia, had a restful night. and that his temperature has lowered. self-interest should drive the na-He is, however, still seriously tions out of their nationalistic fool's paradiscs,

tre

The Lausanne Conference will be of no value unless it takes account of the great world crisis and seeks to work out a comprehensive set- tlement. The fact has to be faced that the capitalist system has been

Dr. W. S. New of Shanghai will make an address to the members of the Hongkong University Medical Society to-morrow at 5 p.m., in the Univeralty Union Assembly Room.

With reference to i paragraph published yesterday reporting an at- tuck on a Chinese by a dog belonging to a resident of Queen's Gardens, it rect, and that the dog has not been is learned that the report was incor- sent to Kennedy Town for observation,

A

of

Such a change in proceduro as i the house-tops. The business have outlined has been suggested man, the Guaneler, members of time and again. Mr. T. P. O'Con Parliament (always excepting the nor, the late "Father" of the House Socinuts) join in the chorne. was the last to bring it forward;

to be increased.

But

a

rc-

A step towards it has been taken and more than 30 years ago the in Mr. Neville Chamberlain's Bud- Morning Post advocated Ket, but nothing that is permanent form of this kind. The idea is that the nine classes Into which the will ever be done till the House of Civil Service ostimates are divided Commons resumea its old control should be remitted to, say, five over the spending departments of the State. That control has dimi-Committees and the defence es-

timates to a sixth. diminishing and ought nished,

Their examinations would take It is true, too, that the Treasury the loase, and discussion of their the place of the Supply nights in has regained some of the power itandings would be the Report stage once had to revise the estimates of of the rutes. One refilt would be, the departments, a power nearly of course, that the Committee.. destroyed when, under Mr. Lloyd

taken in tho House instead of by department.

the House of Standing Committees. The volume George, it became itself a spending stages of Billa would have to be Commons han in effect ceased to money goes which it votes every examination of Billa which, under have any oversight on how the of legislation would be reduced-- In itself a good thing-and the- year by hundreds of millions,

the present system. pass almost unnoticed Ira the newspapers,

previou of "Secreta

There can be little doubt that would have much greater publicity. Secretary," which opens at the King's this loss of power in largely dueMoreover. time would not be strained nearly to breaking point, Theatre to-diny, indicates that here to the change made by Mr. Arthur wasted by going through trumpery we have a flm which is well worth Balfour when he induced a too-proposals by private members. and it will stand very little more. The collapse of Germany, with all seeing. There is plenty of excitement docile House of Commons to limit which have managed, to get a

in the story, and some fine Acting by the consequences that that would Claudette Colbert and George Metaxa, the number of days allotted to second reading, but have no earth- Every Government, as might be involve, would not signalise the end The other parts are niso well taken, Supply to twenty. What happens?ly chance of passing.

and interest la maintained to the lant The Opposition or Oppositions de

cide what subjects are to be de- expected, opposes any reform of of capitalism und its immediate re-flicker.

bated on Supply nights; a certain procedure on the lines here sug- It would placement by Socialism.

vote is put down, let us say the rested. They argue that it would Banished for life from Singapore Home Offlce: the discussion inwenken the control of Ministers more likely bring ehnos--and then

of Socialism after in 1926, and from Hongkong for 10 never, or hardly ever, on adminis (and of the Treasury) over their only a chance

years in January of this year, 2tration but on policy; the kind of own departments, and that the un indefinite period of misery and Chinese was charged with larceny.

9ything which ought to be raised by Committees would inevitably con- before Mr. Fraser at the Kowloon

comes to an end the vote is with which, they say, “supply" hay no- struggle. That is not a cheerful pro-Magistracy this morning. He was direct motion. When the sitting cern themselves with policy, with

the convicted and sentenced to perhaps Communist Party. But it is one of unths' hard inbour for urceny, and drawn for the time being, to be re-thing to do. In one sense, of from vived and redirected if the Oppo- fcourse, expenditure does depend on ordervi sition so wish.

polley, but the converse is 130 The Government cares very lit-true to a less extent. fle. It has a "Supply night," and

Last session a Select Committee On the occasion of the King's birth. at the end of twenty days that celebration at Government vote and all the others which are day House, the management of the Hong-outstanding are put automaticallyn Procedure with rather narrow kong and Shanghai Hotels, Lul, un from the Chair. Millions and mil-terms of reference was set up and nounce that there will be no dinner lions are voted without a word; it has been re-established in the dance at the Peninsula Hotel en Frand members whose division represent Parliament. It might very Krill however, a special dinner will be

their scores Lo avoid awkward matter which is the cause of grout day, June 3. At the Hongkong Hotel cords are bad turn up and add to well turn its attention to another they meet their expense-the growing number of. debts from off our necks, the retic-served from 7.30 p.m, and during the

questions. They have declined constituents.

somewhat in this House, probably tion of armaments, the ordering of inner selected music will be played questions when

by the Hongkong Hotel orchestra un-

It is true that a Committee is set because the new members have not up each session which chooses yet found their feet. our curreneles, and the re-estab-der the direction of Mr. J. Futera.

which of the estimates it will ex-

It was eatimnted some years ago fishing of international trade. If

amine in detall; but, as often that the cost of answering each not, by the time it has presented its question averaged about £1. the world's leaders are not prepared to strive for such a polley, they

report these very estimates have either been passed or are never might as well do nothing and wait

reached till the guillotine falle. Moreover, this Committee is strict inquiries for for the crash to come.

ly forbidden to go into matters of the member could ascertain for The following table issued by policy.. There is also a Public himself from official documents, or Conser Accounts Committee which doesare of purely local interest, the the very valuable accountancy work; answers to which could be readily obtained in other ways. There are from the Right to oust the Bruen-height of water in English feet but the misdeeds or carelessnesses not a few, too, which are obviously ing Tart to-dny is that the whole ing Government by alienating the on the dates named in the West, it discovers are a couple of years put on the Paper, merely to adver- old before anybody knows anything lise the member to his constituents. May about them.

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

WIHINESDAY, JUNE 1, 1982

A DARK OUTLOOK

speel, except

fo thren

nim months for returning

Worship the prospects which, we hope, thenishment. His politicians and industrialists and the sentences to run consecutively. financiers of Europe and America will realine. It is for them to make their choice between chaos and construction. Construction means So far from the Lausanne Con- ference having as scope widened to concerted measures for getting the take in, beyond war debts and re-millstones of reparations and war

parations, the whole problem of ik now world depression, there every prospect of the agenda being | restricted to matters of immediate mament, until such time as the poli- tical outlook in Europe is more

Trist regret composed. This is table. In fact, it seems that the longer international consideration of world economies is post penisd, the more diffèult will it become tu

solve the problem. The outstand-

economic structure of the world is

European Uncertainty

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TRUTH ABOUT

CANCER

Cabinet comes at a most unfortun- ate moment in European history, hope to settle of itself. Unhap adding to the complications of the F pily, the United States declines to political situation in France and Lausanne Con-threatening to destroy all prospects participate in the ference, while a further factor of a of a valuable outcome of the Lau most disturbing character is the saune reparations conference. In new politient crisis which has deve-France, as in Germany, the future is not FLt all clear. No loped in Germany. The outlook is

definite nanouncement of policy far from reassuring.

bus yet

made beca

31. by The American attitude still re- Herriol, the most probable fatore

Minister. It mains based on the idea that war Prime

is ken. Dr. J. H. Montgomery gave that the Radi- debts and reparations are not con-erally exported

continuation of his address Sected. Indeed, the United States cats will attempt to form a con- expects its debtors to pay up, re-ceratration government on the basis of Centre and Left Centre Farties.

DR.

MONTGOMERY'S

ADVICE

It is

now probably nearer 30s. A con- siderable proportion of them are information which

I have been assured that if this

What I wanted is detailed ex-plague of questions could only be nmination of the estimates by Com-abated, it would be possible to re- mittees with real power-power to duce the staff of one important de- examine officials or even Ministers,partment by a fourth.

and to hold their sittings if they The same is true of other Gov- so choose in private. It is com ernment offices. Enormous and men knowledge that many of the costly files have to be kept up so Government offices

over that the Minister who replies may staffed; that heads of departments be furnished with all the details and sub-departments not unnatur-

are

ally are always anxious to increase necessary to answer the Inevitable

supplementary. the importance of their 'section.

To this end they press their poll- It may be that democracy and tical chiefs to introduce and pass economy are incompatible. Close what are called "Departmental observation of the House of Com- Bills" which always mean more mons for more than half a century money. One Under-Secretary once tends to support this view. But Atold me that his first experience on a good deal might be done to put

on a business, on taking office was the presentation the Civil Service

to him of a dozen auch Bills, which basis, if the House would go about were declared to be urgently neces- its principal task in a businesslike

"The Truth about Cancer" (com menced at the previous meeting of the Hongkong Rotary Club)

gardless of what may be done in Its success will depend largely on yesterday's luncheon, held

nt

Bary-

in

Messrs. Lane Crawford's restau- rant under the Chairmanship of Rotarian P.S. Cassidy.

the way of an adjustment of the the attitude of M. Tardieu, and in reparations issue, although a hint the event of the latter refusing to serve under M, Herriot, the Radical

The speaker male most interest- is thrown out that when Europe enn agree on reparations, America will chief might be forced, in spite of as- ing references to the cure of can- suranees not to revive the Cartel, eer, by surgery and radiation be ready to consider war debt pro-

to attempt co-operation with the radium and X-rays), dening with the effect of radiation on Bring posals. Some little time back, Mr.

Socialiste. This prospect is na-

cells and explaining the dieuf- Mellon represented to Congress the

turally viewed with alarm. The ties encountered in its ane. He intolerable position that Britain is anxiety inspired by and the pro- also spoke of other treatments and in rewarding war debts and repara-hable consequence of Socialist parti- denounced "quack" remedies, add- can be gaugeding, "It is essential that the public tions owing to the depreciation of cipation in power

ters, and in some countries, al- sterling. He was on sound ground, from the fact that merely on the should be educated in these mat- strength of the first ballot results, ready, there are strong voluntary since Britain receives her payments which were far from decisive, there Associations with this aim in view, from: Europe in sterling and makes was a general slump on the Paris and this work is being taken up more and more in other countries:" her payments to Amerien in dollara. Bourse; most of the slinres

It had been suggested, he said. The result is that something like covered when it was realised that

or woman of 40 fifty per cent. has been added to there was still hope of a Moderate that every man

years and upwards should undergo In thorough medical examination the British burden. It is interest. nujority, but it is absolutely cer-

tain that if there were any suspicion by his or her doctor, every six ing here to recall the terma of the of Socialists entering the next Gov-months as a matter of routine, and Balfour Note of 1922. It declared ernment there would be a collapse certainly, if this were done many that Britain would ask no more of confidence, followed by whole- cancer which now in detected so late that palliative treatment alone In possible, would be discovered in time for successful treatment and

re-

a general from her debtors than was neces-salo stock selling and

of capital. Such an mary to pay her creditors, but add- exodus el significantly that "while we do eventuality is already envisaged in cure.

financial circles, and it cannot be

not ask for more, all will admit that said that this indientes merely a

unemployment,

we can hardly be content with panicky state of mind or that there extensions to cover-workers' riska and the lesse." As matters have worked out, aro not serious grounds for fearing and

reduction of mili- we have certainly come out on then semi-Socintlet Administration. immediate

without further wrong side. The point to be kept M. Leon Blum, the Socialist leader, tary expenses in mind, however, is that neither has, in fact, stated as the conditions international guarantees. M. Blum of collaboration: the nationalisation also declared In his most recent Britain nor anybody else can expect of rallways and private insurance address that he did not think the to get more from Germany. The companies, the completion of the Socialist Party would be stopped by Developments this week United States and France, none, the national insurance schemo with legality.

will be awaited with some anxiety. less, do not spem inclined to face

[fashion.

"This rascal came dashing through my tent while I was sleeping.

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