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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24,

ROTARY CLUB MEETING

TALK ON HAINAN ABORIGINALS

LIFE AND CUSTOMS

discover in a championship tourna- ment is the triple aqueeze. Oc- casionally after looking the hands A most interesting lecture was over at completion of play, the given at the Rotary Club tiflin yes triple squeeze might be found, but terday by the Rev. John F. Steiner, seldom is it reaily executed in ac- of Hoihow. The address was en- tual play. However, at the recent titled "The Aboriginal Tribes of All-American championship tour-Hainan," and denit fully with the nament in the contract team-of-lives and customs of the native four section, the following hand "Lola" of that district. came up. Only one pair made

In the absence of the President, the grand slam, and it was really the Hon. Mr. S. W. Ta'o, Mr. D. M. a poor opening on the part of an Maynard occupied the chair, and opponent that gave them the op-extended a welcome to the follow- portunity.

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South at every table opened with one o tramp. North sunily put in a foreing bid of three clubs, und at the table where the grand slam was made, South responded with four no trump. North bid five diamonds and South' went to six no trump.

Most of the tables played the hand at six clubs and, of course, six clubs can be made,

The Play.

At the table where six no trump wag bid, West unfortunately opened his fourth best diamond-the deuce which I believe to be a bad open- ing. The only chance that you have of making a trick is in the diamond suit-therefore, why lead into the opponent's lenaces? A spade opening would be much bet- ter, and in this particular hand would hold the contract to six odd. But with a diamond opening, lay the cards out and see if you can make seven odd. The play was as follows the first diamond was won with dummy's' jack. A club was led and won by declarer with the Another diamond finess was taken, East discarding a spade. The ace of diamonds was cashed in dummy.

ace.

The declarer now started to run his clubs-Orst a small club was won in his own hand with the king. Then the nine of clubs was return- ed, West dropped a heart and dum- my won the trick with the queen. On the jack of clubs all three dia- carded hearts.

The Rev. Mr. Steiner in opening his address suld that it gave him much pleasure to speak at the Rotary tiffin. Continuing, he said: I have not met many of you fellow Rotarians personally, ali though many of your familar. in Hoihow we have the Hongkong papers and minny names that I have noted on the Hongkong roll may be frequently seen in the papers,

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In limiting my remarks to-day to the aboriginals of Hainan Ishull not refer to the Hainanese. There is a great deal that could be said about Hainan, which until recently was little known. It is not so very long ago since a certain mau went to the office of a local shipping con- cern and asked for a steamship ticket to Hoihow. The clerk said that their boats did not call at Hoi- how, and then it came to the traveller that possibly the man did not know Iloihow. So he asked for a ticket to Hainan, which was im- mediately issued. Very few people knew that while Hainan is the. island. Hoihow is the port.

Aboriginal Tribes.

Even less is known about the in- terior of Hainan, which is occupied by the aboriginals. They formerly occupied the pluins, but like the American Indians, gradually fell back into the mountainous regions as new people came in from other, places.

The origin of the aboriginals- or "Loi", as they are called, seems clouded in obscurity, and this matter is the subject even now of a great deal of dispute. The con- census of opinion however, is that they came from Mainya. Their dialects are similar to those spoken by the Malayans of North Burma, and they are very different in type to the Hainanese, and have very few things in common.

The first impression when one meets them is that they are very simple and unsophisticatel. They have not come in contact with other civilisations-or with other peoples, They are a most interesting people.

On the ton of clubs, East be gan to feel the squeeze. He had to protect his heart suit, so drop- It is usual to divide the Loi red his nine of spades. Declarer tribes into two different classes. discarded the seven of diamonds Firstly, there are the wild Lois- and West the four of spades. A the untamed Lois who live in the small heart was led to declarer's region of the Five Finger Moun- king and when the heart was re- tains. They occupy the whole of turned, West was squeezed. He this beautiful country. The Hainan- could not drop a diamond ur dam- ese themselves have a

great my's six would be good and as population, but they occupy only soon as he dropped a spade, de- the seaboard. As soon as you get clarer's three spades became good.

hack ten or fifteen miles-oven less

While a spade opening would have held the contract to six odd, it will go on record as a hand play. ed remarkably well by the declarer.

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from, the coast you are in Loi country, where dwells nobody but these wild Loi tribes. The word "wild" just about describes the con- dition of these tribes in the region of the Five Finger Mountain, and I know of no more apt expression.

"Tame Lols."

The other division we call the tame Lois. It has always been held by people who visit the island that they have been brought in con- Bombay, Aug. 23.

tact with the Chinese for many Miss Slade, Gandhi's disciple. generations, until they are who was arrested Inst week for more or less assimiliated by the contravening

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made Chinese. Away from Hoihow the against her not to enter Bombay, Lois speak entirely different has been sentenced to simple im-languages, and as we get back into prisonment for a year-Reuter. the interior we meet still different

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Visitors to the island maintain that the tame Lois

were originally wild Lels, but because of their contact with the nese they have become more like Chinese. They have changed la not only their dialect bat in thefr dress and habits. A great deal of information on this subject that could be depended upon came only recently from several people who visited these islanda- scientific people who have authority to speak and we have had com- pletely to change any of the opinions we have held for years on the subject of wild and tame Lols.

It accms, that the Lols from the higher mountainous regions usually have a higher pitch in their voice than the lower Lols. They sponk a language similar to the Malayana of Northern Siam, and a great many Malayan 100t words are used hy the lower tribes. We recently had as a visitor a missionary who had spent some time with a tribe of American Indians. He found that a great many of the root wordy. of the Lois in Hainan were identical with those used by the Indians. Although this opens out fascinating possibilities we have not had time yet to study it, but we hope to get into the Bubject to see if there in any connexion.

Illiterate Class.

I think three things can be said. of the Lois of Hainan. Firstly, they are illiterate-a very illiterate class-und they know very little, Very few can write their names, and it is only through their contact with the Chinese that any of them are able to read or write. They know nothing about their fore- fathers, nor do they know where they came from.,

The various American Bible Societies that have been interested in trying to get the Loi languages reduced to writing have encounter- ed a great many difficulties. Our chief interest in their dialects has been to eliminate them as rapidly as possible, that is, teach in Hainan- esc. Later we hope to utilise broadcasting to spread our teach- ings., There are a great difficulties in the way of trying to reduce the Loi language to writing. The dialects of tribes even five or ten miles apart are not understood. Under the circumstances our chief work to eliminate these dialects and concentrate an the use of Hainanese, which is, after all, the language of the country.

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Believe in Witchcraft. They are very superstitious, and “ strong believers in, witchcraft. Only a few days ago I saw a man on the street who had quite ovident- ly lost, his mind. Upon making en- quiries I was told that he had just returned from the Loi country, where he had seen an old Lai woman who had the power of welld- ing an influence for good or bad, und in his case had wielded her in- fluence for the bad. The Loi poi (woman) had died suddenly and the spell she had cast over the man still remained. The Chinese are (Continued on Page 11.)

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