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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1932.

SPARTON

RADIO

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DAY BY DAY

TROUBLE IS A THING THAT WILL COME WITHOUT OUR CALL; BUT TRUE JOY WILL NOT SPRING UP WITHOUT

OURSELVES-Bishop Patrick.

The Empress of Rusath will leave here for Manlia at 11 a.m., to-day, instead of 0 pan. as originally advised.

THE RED CLOUD OVER CHINA

By O. M. GREEN

HERE is much danger that, all over the Far East, and that for amid all the moral castiga some time before their arrest they tlons of Japan, the most important had been sending considerable part of the Lytton Report may be sums every month to the Chinese

That is the part Communists. which deals with the internal dia. orders in China, and the urgent

The destruction done by the need of Western help to get her "Reda" in China in the past four out of them.

years must aggregate £100,000,000

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troubles which the Hoover plan was designed to alleviate still con- tinus. That, assuredly, was a very pertinent reason why prolongation of the moratorium should be consi- dored. The argument might be ex- pressed by saying that the very reasons which made the mora torium necessary make ita continu- anco' destrablo; the world depres alon and political uncertainty still continue. The second reason ad- duced was the fact that repara- of Russia this morning included overlooked.

Passengets arriving by the Empress tions payments are no longer com-F. Hayley-Bell, Mr. and Mrs. H. lng in. This represents a funda- Humphreys, and Mr. L. A. Andrewes. montal change in the põsition since Whilst engaged at work at the the moratorium was put into opera-Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Li Kwan, aged tion, since, with the cessation of 24 of 10; East Torrace, Quarry Bay, received injuries to his right foot America's debtors, if still required when a press bar fell on him. to meet their obligations, would naturally be immenoly Increased. These may be regarded as the main points in the case for suspension of

with conspicuous sharpness, the tion which Communism is exercis Report will be of the highest value, ing on the discontended young the December payments. They

If only the League of Nations intellectuals. If the Communists could have been reinforced by fur-

Mr. S. J. Hicke, Managing Director begins at the right end of it, and could gain a sea port (they vory ther argument, but both Britain from Homse leave by the P. and . Manchurian problem by gradual through which to obtain munitions of Arts and Crafts, Lid, returned so approaches the solution of the nearly did get Amoy last June) and France doubtless felt that the liner Maiwa, accompanied by his wife stages the only way in which it from Russin, Nanking's position force of these facts would be suff-hey are staying over for a few days

in Hongkong before proceeding to can be approached.

might be desperate. A most attractive console with 'elent to induce America to con-Shanghai. butt walnut control panel and tinue the moratorium. However, pleasing design. Has a remark the appeal has apparently fallen on able five tube Superheterodyne deaf ears, and, contly as the process chassis with Pentode and Screen :

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The attention of all attending St Androw's Hail is drawn to an adver tisement appearing in this Lasuo Elving particulars of a special ferry

scrvice, and other information.

It cannot be too strongly cm-worth of property, half a million phaaleed that the fount of all Fur lives, and four or five million Eastern unrest, and the only point people driven from their homes. from which a start ean be made These calculations are based on a China, and nowhere else. to secure ultimate harmony, is in number of official reports, which thero is good reason to believe bringing out this fact, as it does, still more pornicious is the attrac In aro by no moans exaggerated.

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The one hope in the situation is The Report pleada carnestly for that the mon now in control in Tit Hong Lane, eao of the workmen, operation in the internal recon- Lytton Report) "the vital problem,

During painting operations at 3, "temporary international

Nanking are fully alive to it. Ho Chow, aged 24, of Ship Street, lost struction of China, as suggested the real national problem" for Co-They know that (to quote the

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received injuries, including it is fear it adds this Impressive and per-munism v. Nationalism, completely shielded and includes , President-Elect Roosevelt hased, two broken ribs. He was sub-fectly true injunction: an antenna compensating con-made it clear, in his latest state-Civil Hospital.

These men are undoubtedly in- sequently, removed to the Government All the other claims of her spired with more practical ideas denser, Beautiful tone quality and

(China'a) newly-awakened nation than any Government of the last a marvellous performance.

ment, that the immediate problems

alism-legitimate and associated with the war debt issue plays to be seen in Hongkong lately, subordinated to this one dominat- the main purpose they appear suf- urgent twenty years. There is still too Among

the effective window dis-though they may be should be much senseicas bickering, but on Height 33 inches. Width 23

must be handled by the Hoover Ad- the one of Messrs. Dodwell & Co. in ing noed for the effective internal fielently united. This is, briefly, inches. Depth 10%1⁄2 inches. Weight 40 pounds.

ministration. That is quite a na.

Ice House Street is attracting con- reconstruction of the Stato. tural attitude to adopt, since the dows, advertising a well-known brand show more plainly where the real by force," which merely

siderable attention. One of the win- The Commission could hardly the old futile policy of "untication to be done with civil war, to drop Democrate would scarcely. be likely of liquor, is particularly effective and trouble and the only cure are to endless fighting, to carry the responsibility which

apt, showing a a diver at the bed of rightly belongs to the Republicans. There will, however, be many who will disagree with Mr. Roosevelt's idea that this question is best settl ed by diplomatic action on the part of individual Powera. Whilst it is something to feel that representa tions made by any nation would be sympathetically and thoughtfully received, the issue is of such gen- eral concern that it cannot best be the Hongkong Telegraph for the The following extracts are from

settled along lines which would in. week ended Nov. 26th, 1911. volve separate bargaining.

How-

ENGAGEMENT.

overcome

that

the Ocean stumbling scross a chest be found. Like the old Imperial districts temporarily to their own of treasure the liquor in question. Rescripts of Chinn, it has kept devices while they concentrate on tention to a well-known brand oftions for the last paragraph. Another window erectively draws at the real meat" of its recommenda- the Yangtze Valley and strive to cigaretten.

It is not sufficiently recognised only

Communism by the ofFectivo that there are in China to-day retrenchment and reform.

weapons--pence, three Governments, as independent, It can only be said here of Nanking, in fact, if not in name, there appears no doubt about the as Manchuria, namely Canton, carneatness of theac Yunnan, and Szechuan, The North fortunately the forces in opposi. aims. Un- is split up among a number of tion, not only Communists but all military chieftains, each king in his own domains. Above tens on disorder, are very strong. a little the political riff-raff which bat fall, there are the Communiste.

21 YEARS AGO

EXTRACTS FROM THE "TELEGRAPH" FILES

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The engagement is announced to-day between Arthur N. Braude, A. E. (E.E.) A.M.A.LL.E. of the Hong- kong Telephone Co., son of the late Rov. A. St. Claire-Braude And Mr. Braude of London, and

ever, the Democrats may have was 1s. 10d.

The rate of the dollar on demand Irene Maude, only daughter of other ideas when they come Mr. and Mrs. S, Deacon of Hong-

into kong.

The

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But it is more than doubtful whe- ther the realists of Nanking, as The outstanding menace in the they are called, can succeed with- Far East, indeed, to all Asia, is out help from abroad. the appalling growth of the "Red" power, in and on each side of the It is regrettable that the Report. Yangtze Valley, and stretching appears to say

so little power, though we do not shut our The wedding took place at St. Fukien. The Communists prob-be the danger spot for the next few well down into Kwangtung and Shanghai, which undoubtedly will eyes to the fact that there is a John's Cathedral of Lieut. 6. J. Jably control some 300.000 aquare weeks, The boycott has

and Miss M. E. miles of territory, including much

Aston, E.; strong body of opinion in America Edwards. against any concession whatever

Hongkong Telegraph. being made.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1932.

AMERICA'S WAR DEBT DECISION

House.

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about

sprung

conse-

of the richest land in China, and up again vigorously, and, as be- Whatever happens, it Mr. Sidney Webb (now Lord courac, thriven furiously on mis-been done to clear away the old 190,000,000 people. They have, of fore, the Chinese courts decline to punish the rioters. Nothing has Pasefield) paid a visit to the is not to be assumed that either Colony, accompanied by his wife. lofficial rapacity, and the dreadfui corabustible material, which might

government, clvil war, provincial Britain or France will default on They were guests at Government floods on the Yangtze and else-plosion like that of last January. at any moment cause another ex- the payments soon due. It is, none

where of the summer of 1931. the less, a thousand pities that

The most strenuous efforts of Nan-but possibly worse in ita there should be an absence of real was appointed Colonial Secretary, indeed, as often as not, its ill-paid the future of Shanghai has been Mr. (now Sir) Claude Severn king have failed to suppress them; quences. The whole queation of of Hongkong.

troops desert to the Communists.tance to China, as the backbone of ¡far too long neglected. Its impor- Although the rank and file are her finance and nerve-centre of just bandits (which in China genius for rebuilding. Only one merely means hungry peasants), er commerce and industry, is man in a million could equal him at the top there is a regular Soviet actually greater than to foreign- even with his chances. The world branches all over China.

organisation, with cells

ers, and the political turmoil of and China is gravely undermining its to-day presents much the same as-are certainly in touch with the

They stability as the "Island of security" pect as did London after the Fire: Third Internationale, as conclu-wealth it shelters.

Hit has always been for the vast London has been celebrating the morally it is suffering from shock. sively proved by the recent trial of is to be regretted, since it does torcentenary of the birth of Sir not the work of one man but of in- as they have several different the value it can have, it will be by

To rebuild its moral structure is Noulons and his wife in Nanking.

Who these people are is uncertain, If the Lytton Report la to have reflect a disinclination to take nc-Christopher Wren. The City dividual governments representing aliases and passports. But their inducing critics to clear their eyes count of the realities of the situn- Churches were once again pro- their people and working together papers showed that they were and to see the facts

Expectations have been realised in President Hoover's refusal to postpone payment of the war debt Instalments due from Britain and France to the United States next month. None the less, the decision

statesmanship at this juncture in dealing with this legacy of days whose shadows'still linger to darken the world outlook.

Art and Peace

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tion. It must not be assumed,minent and, as in the last decades for the good of all. however, that this by any meana

of the seventeenth century. Wren's masterpiece, St. Paul's Cathedral, represents the last word on the war debt position, for, whilst the was the scene of admiring crowds. Do those hundreds of men and December payments will evidently women who gathered to praise the have to be made, the larger ques-grent architect's work realise how tion of the future of these obliga-much the preservation of such tions remains to be settled. Presl works of art depends on the main- dent Hoover himself evidently tenance of peace? Did they re- realises this point, since he is reflect that one of the world's noblest commending that Congress create buildings, the Parthenon, was des- an agency for an exchange of viowa troyed by gunpowder when used as with America's debtors on the gen-

a storing-houso for that agent of war? The castles on either side of eral question of international

the Rhino have been similarly des- obligations, whilst he still talks of, troyed in past warfare and over arranging the debt issue on a basla that country of romance hangs the which would wipe out cash pay- sadness of departed glory, menta,

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country in Europe could not furnish One of the points made by Pre- additional examples? Sir Christo- sident Hoover, in his statement, is pher Wren designed his famous that the debtor nations have not churches, chiefly in the Renaissance style. Did visitors to London supplied facts justifying a suspen-compare his works with those of alon of the payments immediately other famous architects in Europe? due. This is true only in a limited Did they think of St. Peter's and sense. When Britain presented her the Renaissance buildings in other recent Note on the question, pains parts of the world? If so, their were taken to point out that the visit to St. Paul's will have a last- Hoover moratorium was designed ing effect as it will link them, if in to relieve the pressure of the dim thought only, with their fellow men culties resulting from the fall in in other lands. They will begin to prices and the lack of confidence in rallae that all nations have some- thing in commen. Art can be economic and political stability, and appreciated by every nationality, In the hope that this move would whatever the language. It is the help in the removal of these difsame with music, dancing and cultles. Unfortunately, however, 'sport. The Great Fire of London these hopes have not been realised, gave Sir Christopher Wren a won- with the result that the economic derful opportunity to display his

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of the Far agents in "Red" plots extending East as they are. There is no- thing to be done directly about Manchuria, excopt to aggravate Japan still further by injudicious jeriticism and probably make the situation worse. Meanwhile the "Red" cloud overhangs landscape. Far more is at stake than to save the Lytton Commis- sion's exponses from being 80 much money wasted-nothing less indeed than the peace of all the Far East, perhaps of all Asia.

"Now you run along, mother. I haven't time to hear about all your little squabbles with your girl friends."

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By. Edward Kelly, (Auchtermachty). A wee braw moonlit nicht th nicht will be had by all to-nicht at St. Andrew's Ball.

For weeks past, residents on the Peak have been unable to sleep, wondering whether it's the bagpipes practicing, or the squeals of the haggis being pulled out of their hiding places.

The Peninsula Hotel, where the Ball will be givon-no, not given, will be held to-night will be a scene enthusiasm.

of galety and

At the door, first aid facili ties have been arranged for those who try to get in free. Tentative arrangements were made last week to relay the func tion through the local broadcast- ing station, but a serious break.. down occurred at ZBW during n preliminary test.

The trouble was finally trocad to an Instrument · called· the "MIKE," which refused to func--

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