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prohibitive tariff walle against foreign commodities and at the same time expect foreign countries to buy her goods. A Canadian commentator, writing on the Ottawa Conferenco outlook. recently remarked that the Canadian. Conservatives appeared to combine

a fervid passion for increased Imporial trade with an unanny skill innvoliling mention of the commodities which are to be bought from Britain in Increased

DAY BY DAY

EVERYONE 18 USEFUL TO SOME- BODY, FOR HE ALSO BERVES WHO ONLY STANDS AND WAITS.

ROBERT LYND suggests that

HOLIDAY MAKERS SHOULD BE CERTIFIED

REGRET to see that the French you will hear no more complaints Government has withdrawn the of ragging at Eton. And during Knocked down by a private motor decree calling on all foreign the great match at Lord's you will car driven by Mr. Fung Wo-lu, in visitors remaining more than two ece such an array of shining faces will bo Queen's Read West, yesterday, Tang months to produce certificates of that the very batsmen dazzled by the radianco Tak-sang, aged eight years, sustained character. injuries to his head.

Whilst cutting pork at his stall in

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trialists who have been visiting Canada have been careful not to offend the Buspectibilities of Canadian manufacturers; this they

If none but the virtuous were When I first read of the decree, I rejoiced in it as a step towards permitted to attend the Cup Final a better civilisation, in which the At Wembley, and the Rugby

moral my belief that an immense change cidentally cut his left wrist and had to be taken to the Government Civil be more interested in the

would come over the spirit of Hospital for treatment.

character of a visitor than in the

young Englund. The nineteenth colour of his eyes. Due to the fusing of an electric

If such a decree were generally century believed in whipping the young into good behaviour. The would undoubtedly wire at 63, Haiphong Road shortly enforced it have done by urging only the free after midnight, a small fire broke out make for better international ro-twentieth century will show its superior wisdom by gently enticing on the first floor, but the outbreak lationships. If only the best kind them into good behaviour. admission of those classes οι

was extinguished without any damage of Englishman and Englishwoman Some of those who object to the British goods not at present made being caused.

were allowed to land in Franco, system of good-conduct certificates what a high opinion the French do so on the ground that in Canada. Here we have reflect- ed one aspect of the problem of more extended inter-Imperial trade.

are

All sensible Britona, of course, wish to encourage trade between different parts of the Empire. But that should not rule out the idea of stimulating trade with and between foreign countries as well. Imperial economic co-operation must be developed in ways which not exclusive. This can be done in numerous ways. But it would not be to the benefit of the Empire to attempt to shut it off in a watertight compartment from the rest of the world. That would be bad economics. More than that, an

exclusive economle im- perialism would be just us harm ful 215 #1}} exclusive economic nationalism can be and is. Despite the difficulties which are being en-

W. Steel, Newark-on-Trent, countered at Ottawa, however, we

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Miss Marjorie Mason, a teacher of would have of the English! No the Diocesan Girls' School, has re- longer would they be shocked by man should be regarded as a well- ported to the police that some time the spectacle of middle-aged Anglo-behaved person till he is proved

to be otherwise. But, wastrelo between 11 a.m, and 6 p.m. yesterday Saxon

flinging away

has to produco a doctor's certificate some person entered her room at the fortunes at the Monte Carlo tables, in order to be admitted into the school and stole a travelling clock. ur of

English-speaking Civil young

Service, what logical idlera descerating the morning in objection can there bo to his The residence of Mr. S. K. Loo, of the cocktail bars on the Nice front. having to produce a clergyman's I do not see why, if it is im-certificate before he is admitted 300, Boundary Street, was entered by! some person between midnight and portant for a country to send only into Clacton or Margate? 8.30 a.m. yesterday when $12.65 its best cricketers to Australia, it

We do not feel insulted when an in money, a gold pocket watch, a gold should not be equally important to insurance company naka DE pencil and a piece of green jade were send only its best tourists to whether our habits are temperate. stolen.

France and the other countries of Why, then, should we be offended Europe.

If the Mayor of Brighton insists A charity performance of Raja

Many people, no doubt, would

to the upon getting an answer Harishchandry in play in Hindus-resent the necessity of carrying same question? tani) is to take place at the Po Iling certificates of character about with I admit that the cortificate Theatre on Saturday at 8.30 p.m. them.

mind, ia ayatem would be by no means easy Proceeds of sale of tickets are to be absurd. A good man has much to put into practice. The idea of devoted to the Child Welfare Centre, less reason to feel ashamed of his Indian Troops.

what constitutes good conduct character than of his passport varies from place to place. What seems good conduct at Torquay. might cause grave offence on the Riviera, and conduct that passed

This, to my

Mr. and Mrs. James Ormiston left photograph. yesterday aboard the B.. Menelaus on Earning a Day in the Country. an extended holiday. They expect to bo in the United Kingdom for approx. imately three months, and to return to Hongkong via the Panama Canal, New Zealand and. Australia.

I should like to see the carryingį for good nt Oban might be frown- of certificates of character madejed on by the Lido. compulsory, indeed, not only for

No Certificates for Cash, foreign but for home travel. man should be given a ticket at n At the same time, if we agree railway station for a trip to the on the general principle, we shall Bome means of making It And by the time it has certificate, signed by a clergyman, work.

not been working for even a year we undertaking that he would throw sandwich-papers about the shall no longer have to put up countryside and that he would not with the spectacle, so humiliating pick more wild flowers than he to a lover of human nature, of could carry home in his two arms. that odious and distrustful notice, Scalp wounds were received by Again, pelicemen might be staticu-"No cheques cashed," staring at us woman named Cheng Chuen, aged ed along the roads approaching in so many South Coast hotels. 37, of 1B Queen Victoria Street, beauty-spots to compel motorists Such notices will be superfluous was knocked to reduce certificates declaring in an age in which a man will be yesterday, when sho down by public rantor car in that they are not the sort of able to produce his certificate of Connaught Road Central. She was persons who believe that a deposit character along with his cheque- taken to the Government Civil Hos of empty bottles, cardboard cake: book. pital for treatment.

The engagement in

announced be- tween Derrick, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Milne-Day, Malabar Const, Indin, and Betty. elder daughter of the late Mr.

Cheung Tim-fa, aged 15, of 7 Hennessy Road, was knocked down Englund, and Mrs. Steel, long believe that this great gathering of 1 by a Star tuxi in Connaught Itoad country until he had produced and

Central yesterday when riding 0 Imperial statesmen cal still accom-bicycle. He sustained injuries to his plish much of value, even if the right knee and was admitted to the Government Civil Hospital for treat- dreams of the more ardent spirits ¦ ment. are not fully realised. But it is essential that nothing shall be done by shortsighted policies which will prove really harmful to the true interests of the Motherland or the Dominions.

The

Thongkong Telegraph.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1932.

OTTAWA PROBLEMS

Whilst there is evory, hope that arrangements will be concluded at Ottawa which should materially increase inter-Imperial trade, the logic of economics is apparently modifying the expectations of

These Conferences.

Practically the whole of this year

has been taken up with interna- tional conferences, all purporting

boxes, and gooseberry skins im- I believe that, in such circum- proves the look of the countryside. stances, cortificates of character On receipt of complaints from Can one imagine anything more would be so much sought after. Messrs. Thomas Cook & Son, three likely to raise the average of good that a good man would be able to the lone running from Chater Road to bestowal of special privileges on large sum, Chinese who were found gambling in conduct in the public than the sell his certificates for quite Connaught Road, were arrested by the everybody who can produce good- police and on the appearance Livo

of the men before Mr. Wynne-Jones conduct certificates and the stern

to solve the world's difficulties by at the Central Police Court this refusal of these privileges to all

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united action. What is the out-morning, fines of $ench were who are unable to do so? Children ONE WHO FOUND BEER

imposed. The third man had his bailare or used to be, given good con-

of them all? Must it be of $5 estreated.

that the ideals of

those who had hoped for miracles. come In other words, it is becoming confessed evident that whilst it is easy to talk loosely of Imperial economic unity, it is much more difficult to translate the idea into actuality. Snags are already being encount- ered, and although there is cause for pessimism, it would be the height of folly to expect the impossible to happen or to shut our eyes to what is well described it is still

no

League of Nations enthusiasts are all day-dreams and impracticable? Even in critical times like these, there are vested interests who are so near-sighted and prejudiced as to desire to wreck All ments tending to promote inter- national peace. Internationalism is challenged at every point. Yet too early to declare Con-

move-

WATER LEVELS.

WEST NORTH AND EAST RIVERS

The following table issued by the Kwangtung River Conservancy Com- mission shows the height of water in English feet on the dates named to the West, North and East Rivers: Highest on Lowest Aug. Aug

as the hard reality of facts. One bluntly that International thing, however, is certain, name-ferences have no good result and over t

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ly. that if substantial agreement certainly it is folly to deduce from

the slow progress that is being: cannot now be reached, moment when Britain is no longer made that the ideals of the League

Nations on a Free Trade basis and when of

are impracticable.

the

British delegation i# un-There is no other medium which trammelled by traditional policies, could be substituted which would then we can never expect the enable the opinions of all nations, Empire Free Trade movement to great and small, to be collected become a reality. This fact is and reconciled into one formula. now doubtless realised by the It would be a confession of futility Dominions

and the Mother to admit that nations will never Country alike and it will at least be at peace with one another; that cause every effort to be made to nothing can be done to prevent the achieve as large a measure of accord recurrence of war. In that case as is possible.

our present civilisation is doomed

One circumstance which has and all progress the last thousand probably not received the con-years have seen has been in vain. sideration which it should have There is no question of military done is that the position as be- or religious domination in the tween the Mother Country and minds of world state advocates the Dominions has immensely to-day. Modern science has made changed since the days when Mr. nations inter-dependent; the risk Joseph Chamberlain brought for of war is probably greater; but it ward his idea of Imperial Pro has also enabled nations to come ference. In those days, the to a better understanding of each Dominions were very largely pro- other'a points of view. At least, ducers of foodstuffs and raw the League has given permanent materials, and of very little else. machinery to tackle international 1. scientific and In the interim, many of them have problems in

manner. become relatively highly indus- methodical

There has trialised, millions of pounds ster been more open diplomacy and ling having been sunk in innumber-less secret intrigue than there was able enterprises. Naturally, there-in prewar days and more candid in- fore, there would not be too much ternational discusalons. This is all enthusiasm for the free imperinto the good and we certanly have tion of competing British manu to thank League of Nations for factures.

On the other hand, this advance in international ro- Britain obviously cannot afford to 'lations.

(By Edward Kelly," Imbiber).

duct prizes at school, but in later life à saint is often no better! rewarded than LL rascal. The rascal with money is admitted to Beer! the same seaside hotels saint with money; he enthusiastically welcomed at the

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best restaurants; even in the allot- beer, we have argued, ment of the stalle at a theatrical would strong, silent men weep over first night no priority is given to it, or lean on each others shoulders, the good man over the bad. and sing, and sing, and sing.

Now, if a good-conduct certi- ficate were mude cssential as 3 Passport to the pleasures of life, would not this influence the con- duct of the rising generation more than even the best preaching? Let a schoolboy know that only by A prolonged course of good con- 228duct can he hope to be allowed to buy a ticket for a Test Match, and

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We have passed the adolescent stage, but last week we felt reck- Icas. We decided we would Bow a couple of wild oats; we would see what beer was like.

In the course of our experiment met two Australians. They NA what

Raid they would show beer was like.

The Australians said that, first of all, we would have to drink some Resch'.

Besch's, theyah shaid, WEA goodsh, Oshtralian beerah.

Show we hash two botlesh of Resh.

We inveshed ourshelves wish enthusiasm andah mor bearsh.

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