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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JUNE 20. 1932.

FOR EXAMPLE

IN 1926.

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Other makes have followed. More will follow. Respect for human life and human welfare demand it.

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means also Britain's security--and help to save the peoples from an other costly conflict. Moreover it in not true to any that the Die- armament Conferonco has nothing to show for its labours. What has definitely emerged is that substan- tial results can be accured if the Governments represented--includ- ing our own-are really determia ed to succeed. Furthermore, the prospects have improved as A result of the "Left" victory in the French elections,

nature of a profitable investment.

For the Prime Minister has al- ready declared that the alternative to an effective disarmament agree ment may be Increased building by Great Britain under the esculator clause of the London Agreement. If that should eventuate, the addi- tional cost to taxpayers will not THE HONGKONG HOTEL | be a few thousands of pounds, but several millions of pounds. And GARAGE

Britain is already apending over £100,000,000 a year on armaments. Real economy means wise expendi- ture, and there is surely no wiser expenditure than that incurred on efforts to lighten the burden of armaments, increase international security and make the resort War unnecOSBOTY".

The Hongkong & Fhankhini total. Itd. Inearporsted In Nangkang. Sub Iton

Happy Valley

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1930."

DAY BY DAY

OUR MUDDLED

Why Youth Awaits the

Coming Crash

By "THIRTY"

THE ARTISTS OF THE COUNTRY ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY HOW THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE THEY HAVE THE CLOTHED, FOR KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT WILL SUIT THE HUMAN FORM.-Oscar{ so" bad!” Wilde,

Mrs. Knight of the Peninsula Hotel has notified the Folies that she lost her hand-bag in Des Voeux Road one aum of money and personal articles, afternoon. The bag contained a small

copy.

this

Lo Shu, the foki of a passenger boat, was fined $20 or two weeks imprisonment by the Hon. Comdr Hole, at the Marine Court morning, for having made his craft to the President Coolidge while she was under way in the harbour this morning.

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grasp

have to

ELDERS

It is

For

and optimistic deductions from | history about "muddling through." "Civilisation, of course, is crack-TII the exact reason for the trou- BEST ing up: but otherwise things aren't blo is found the ear will not go.

Such instances face my genera- tion every day, and naturally in- THE SPEAKER was a clever duce an uncompromising attitude Toung busincas man and the dan

When wo apply this remark was made as casually an outlook to the present state of reference to the weather, for it the world we find that the world represents the point of view of has gone hopelessly wrong, and many men and women of the that those in charge of it, who If by an expenditure of £40,000

A new weekly journal made its ap-younger generation. The coming are largely responsible for its | Britala can assist in the formula-

pearance in Hongkong on Saturday. collapse of "civilisation," as we present condition, ean advance no tion of an agreed plan for inter- Named The Critic, it follows, in for- know it, is regarded as something coherent explanations and morely national reduction of armaments, mat, Truth, the well-known London too obvious for discussion, like hurry from one nonplanned con the expenditure will be in the Periodical. It sells at fifty cents per the incompetence of politicians, or forence to another.

the burden of taxation. The only:

Meanwhile, the great machine point in discussion is when the Whilst shopping at the King's Din-collapse will come, and how. What of civilisation is obviously plung- ponary on Thursday evening last, older people are just beginning ing headlong to disaster. Miss S. G. Farrell, the daughter of timidly to hint to their incredulous not surprising, therefore, that we Mr. F. T. Farrell, lost her handbag contemporaries, younger people should have no confidence in the which was stolen from the counter have long regarded as self-evident. ability of the drivers to apply the where she had left it,

And the reason for this is that brakes, however many beautiful [phrases they invent. If they knew A watch and fob to the value of the younger generation has a more how to apply the brakes thay $20 was stolen from the bed room realistic outlook. of Mr. Mitarea, who occupies Tuom To older people this may seem would have applied them long No. 31 at the Trocadero Hotel, Peking both sweeping and startling, so RICE. It is obvious, from the Road. The watch was taken some perhaps I ought first to explain the existence of so many divergent time during Friday afternoon.

reasons for the different outlook. political and economic theorien,

not know. of those of us who have been born that they do since the beginning of the century.clearly all those theories cannot One reason is that we have been be right. And no amount of op- born into a more difficult world timism or reference to history parents. In order to books can convince us that disaa- than our

History, In exist we

examine pro-ter will be avoided. blems that never troubled them.any case, is far too young to show They were born in the piping any close parallel to the present times of prosperity, and when situation, even if history were Mr. A. E. Bates has arrived from they were young the world was ever an infallible argument. New Zealand for the purpose of taking comparatively comfortable and If one sees a car plunging over over the activities of the New Zealand stable place. Despite the convul. a cliff, it is not convincing or en- to, Perpetual Forests, Ltd., in Hongkong.

lie is accompanied by Mr.. L. Asions of latter years, they cannot couraging to the onlookers to as- Falkner,

East visualise a permanently different sure them that in a previous case IN the Fur who

order of things. They do not of the same sort the occupants Business Manager; and is resident at

the significance of the emerged unscathed. All the in- Repulse Bay Hotel.

changes that ne taking place dlentions are against it happen-

ing again. Too Many at the Universities? The British film version of the under their eyes.

hand, can We, on the other Viennese operetta, "The Beggar

Let us look at the presont in-. Sir Denison Rosa has implied Student", now showing at the Queen's, barely remember a stable world.

kuown the com- dications. The world la com- is an extremely ereditable production. We have never that too many young men and we- Shirley Dale and Lange Fairfax, who fortable assurance that prosperity pletely out of control, economic- men in England go to the univer-share the musical honours, Mr. Fair- breeds, and our view of the future ally and politically. Conditions There are, we fear, still very sitles. This is an opinion so fre- fax avg a particularly fine voice, is not clouded by any get notions are getting worse and politicians. play their parts with restraint, while as to what life should be like. financiers and business men are many people who are dissatisfied quently voiced that some examina. the humourous interludes are provid- We have open minds to expect any powerless to do anything. with the Lengue of Nations and ton of it may be profitable. At ed by Jerry Verno (Jan Janiki) and thing, or nothing, from the future. the indications, therefore, point

Mark Daly (The Sergeant). the outset it may be remarked.

to a complete collapse. with the World Disarmament Con- that if England errs at all in this

Several older men to whom I Eight Chinese were brought before Another reason is that our up-have suggested this have replied, ference. It is, however, note-respect, it does not err so griev-Mr. Franer, at the Kowloon Magis bringing and environment have in almost identical words: "I worthy that the critics are generously as some

countries. tray this morning, charged with been different from that of pre-admit that it looks as if things

stowing away from Macassar to vious generations because of the ally those who have never shown One in every 1150 English per- Hongkong on the Dutch steamer

aro going to collapse, but, of Almost sons has had a university educa- Tleboet. It was stated that after advent of the machine. any roal anxiety to assist in mak- tion, compared with one in every fendants were found in the steerage interested in scientific or mechan They cannot afford to let civilisa- the steamer had left Macansar, the from the nursery we have been, course, it will never be allowed. ing the League an effective and coo in Germany. From the point quarters without any money to pay cal things. Subconsciously, per- tion go."

Who "they" are is never clearly. powerful international instrument of view of those who regard a their passage. His Worship imposed hapa, but inevitably, this has given explained, but it is hinted that

a fine of $76, or six weeks, the fine us a different mental approach to or in encouraging the idea that i university training as a danger being equivalent to the cost of thelifo because association with any "they" are the master-minds of the

shallous possession, the English record passage.

If this is thing mechanical or scientific in politics and finance. compares even more favourably achieve positive results for a redu-

duces exact thinking, which is 80-and this is the only argu- with that of Scotland, where one

Bunished for life seven years ago,

ment against collapso I have tion in national armaments.

hoard-my generation may be in every 450 has a degree. In the an elderly Chinese was charged be sometimes mistaken for Irrever-

fore Mr. Fraser, nt Kowloon ence or a sense of superiority, Strangely enough, the suggestion United States the proportion is Magistracy this morning, and was If our cars, or our wireless gets, forgiven for having no confidence that the Powers in general, and still more startling, being one in sentenced to nine months' hard or even our homely electric lights "them" for letting things get is high time "they" Britain in particular, should tarn | 125. The argument

go wrong, we know that there is 80 far. It usually ad-

was convicted some time ago of arm-an exact reason for the trouble stopped playing and put an end their backs upon both the League vanced against opening the doors ed robbery and kidnapping and was and that, till we find it, they can-to the joke.

It is clear that the country in and the Conference, is usually put of the universities too widely is sentenced to 11 years hard labour. not go right again. Therefore we forward in the name of "economy." the desirability of keeping up the When he had served his sentence, he

standard of work done in them. hnd intended to impose a sentence of which

was banished. His Worship said he are moulded in a frame of mind which things are most hopeful is demands-and gets an England, and that if any country Objection is taken to what is Even to-day some things are done 12 months, but in consideration for exact answer to curiosity in so can reintroduce stability to the called "the growing expenditure in universities which really have accused's age, he would take three many of the things in which we are world it will be our own. examine interested. When our curiosity in us.

and of the League of Nations and the no place there. These Are not

omnipotent the wider problems of life is not mysterious If a heavy outlay connected with inter-confined to any one country.

gratified by an exact answer, be- "thoy" of England to see what cause age cannot supply it, we lose we can hope for from them. national conferences." In this United States college has award-ly affected by this, because

case the require- confidence in age. Age fails to Turning to the politicians, we ed a Ph. D. degree for a treatise every single

that the present National connexion, it has been pointed out

ments of the university's entrance impresa us, because age's mental and enfeteria, an that the cost of the Disarmament on a high school

examination have been fully satis- approach to a problem is so dif- Government is composed of the English university-considers that

ferent and---to UB-80 unsatis- very men, of all parties, who by Conference is some £175,000 to the

fying.

their action-or inaction-in the it furthers the cause of learningfied before the question of public League, while the cost of the Bri-by giving a

If my car breaks down on the past are responsible for the state contrary, this development has road it is no use adopting the of affairs to-day. Such remedial tish delegation is estimated at If the tendency, to teach this sort raised the standard of univeralty technique which age employs to measures as the Government has

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The favourite argument put for.mitting more people to the univer work in England by considerably solve its problems. It is idle to so far taken have been the result. and to be content with a com- of fear and necessity. An emer- ward by these critics is that there lice, or if enlarging the univer-widening, the field from which the form a committee of investigation not of vision or leadership, but universities may pick their

promise decision, a majority vor-gency has compelled them to do, Ritles area of recruitment meant

students. is really nothing to show for alling them with students incap-

dict, or with mere unreasoning too late, what. foresight and these Conferences, and that the able of deriving benefit from the old plan of negotiating by diplo-genuinely cultural studies pur- macy was certainly enormously sued in them, an irresistible cheaper. It seems to be forgot- for keeping down their numbers But would have been made out. ten, however, that in the days of would this be the natural effect? "the old diplomacy" the Great There are two ways of getting War cost Britain about £9,000.- more students into English 000,000; that it left her with a universities. One is to lower the National Debt in the region of standard of the entrance examina- opening them up to £8,000,000,000; that she had near-tion, thus

ly a million dead and over two those who can afford to pay their fees but cannot pass the intellec- militon wounded; that the damage tual tests they act for admission. to property in the British Empire The

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to was estimated to be something ap- and more public assistance proaching £400,000,000; and that those who can pass the intellee- Britain lost mercantile shipping of tual testa but cannot afford the

fees. The first method undoubt over 9,000,000 gross tonnage. edly would lower speedily the These items do not exhaust the standard of scholarship main- full list of costa-direct and in- tained in Britain's contre of high- | direct-but they are sufficient to er learning. But fortunately remind us how terrible in the toll there is not the smallest prospect is a that war exacte. It is strange of its being adopted. It that the word "economy" is seldom partial putting into practice of tho Becond method that has used in relation to the expenditure brought about the density of on war. The critics do not raise population in the universities any protest against the expendi- which some authoritics view with ture of millions of pounds a day alarm. Obviously, their alarm is for war purposes.

But they bo- without foundation. In the Inst grudo the comparatively Infinite- few years numbers of young men simal amount that is being pont and women who would not other- by Britain on the collective efforts abled by public assistance to got to secure a real measure of disa university education in' Bri- armament which will strengthen tain. Tho standard of learning i world peace and security-which of no unversity has boon adverse-

wine have done so have boon on-

If I don't get home by 12, I'll be drunk-so don't worry.",

courage should have accomplished voluntarily years ago. The fact that some of them foresaw disns- ler makes thoir responsibility heavier. But responsibility plays no part in modern politica. In faet, plain defection from duty is usually rewarded by a peerage, Meanwhile, it is idle to expect salvation from Government which cannot achieve the team- spirit of a village cricket club, is afraid to institute the drastic measures of economy which are essential, can be scared by a few hundred post-cards, and dare not aven take a strong line in such

trival matter

Sunday cinemas.

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Apart from the politicians, to whom we will return lator, we have to consider the financiere und the business men. Discard- ing the jargon with which it is the fashion to cloak financial incompetence, we are confronted with the pin fact that our in- telligent finansera have lent the resources of this country to bankrupt foreign Statea to assist them in competing with our war- shattered industries. They have Just realised that they will never sco their money back, and now spond their time discussing how much good money to throw after bad.

In this money-worshipping`ago, It is perhaps the crowning blas- phemy for a young man to suggest that the "big business man" must Lako his share of the blame for the present state of affair, aven if it is not the largest share. But, (Continued on Page 0.)