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TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1932.

between it and the provincial authorities. Canton, however, appears determined to have its own way, with the result that defiance of the Nanking orders Is in prospect. The eventual upshot is difficult to forecast, but it is clear that Canton- Nanking relations will not bo improved by this latest develop ment,

Infant Mortality

WHY SCOTLAND The Very Idea!

DESIRES HOME RULE?

By LORD DALZIEL of 'Kirkcaldy

THE ACITATION for Home Rule for Scotland has lately been gathering considerable strongth. In this article, Lord Dalziel of Kirkcaldy explains that his advocacy of Home Rule is "based on strictly practical considerations."

WHY do I want Home in the Imperial Parliament. Only Rule for Scotland? omo two days a year are devoted to the consideration of Scottleh Because I have always affairs. The result is that thers la wanted it since I entered no real control over the adminis

trative departments.” politics.

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WELL, WE'LL GO HOPPING.

By Edward (Itahikoo") Kally,

Lord Rothschild recently told tho British Association that many million billions of British Boss

would have to be collected to And two absolutely alike.

We are prepared to take Lord Rothschild's word for this

Any fleas we have collected have

been aliko in at least two respects.

They have been easy to collect and hard to find.

Dur fleas have also been pro- minent explorers, and they could be termed good acttlers with per- fect safety. But that is as much as we will admit.

We remembór an experienca we

Starting from scratch, we sear- chod for that fles for hours, Thon, Just when we thought we had him, we found out that the flos had flown.

Flown is past tense for flening. Modern dancing owes mach to the humble fea. It was a man with a fica who invented the chumba.

Flens were also known in the

BORG-

The tragic figures of the Colony's infant mortality rate revealed at the meeting of the Society for the Protection for Children should give treatment

OPINIONS OVERRIDDEN... of this problem a new stimulus. Forty years ago, immediately

For years Scotsmen hava kéon' Much good work is clearly ac after I came of age, I contested

They are not for instance, the Scottish the growth of a great bureaucracy backbone of the country. Quite complished by the Society and Kirkcaldy Burghs a a valuable effort is made by the Home Ruler and won the seat by a which is to all intents and pur the raverse. Their country is the Infant Welfare Centres at Wan-ery substantial majority against posca independent of the control of backhone. We got curvature of chai and Kamling.

the strong opposition of all the Parliament and is proof against the spine searching for our last Equally

existing oficial parties..

the wholesome discipline of pub flea, clear is it that the effort falls far short of the need. This is

lio opinion, The Local Govern- There were not so many Home, ment Act of 1929 has not, of course, the result of a Rulors in Scotland then as there' lack of public ambition or enter- ace to-day, but soon after I entered ed to the power of the bureaucracy had with a flea in Canton ane prisc. In the main, as far as getting the first rosolation in trol. The passing of that Act was take two ticks to find out that

Parliament I was successful in and removed local administration week-ond.

still farther from democratic con- } When we got into bed it didn't. the Society is concerned, the in favour of Scottish Home Rule flagrant example of the way in something was wrong. It only portant factor is the lack of passed through the House of Com-which Scottish opinion.is overrid took one flea. means, Το establish any mona, one of my warmest aup-den at Westminster. The Bill was sort of widespread organisation, portere being a young Welsh mem-strongly opposed by every Scottish bringing the whole problem of ber named David Lloyd George.

organisation for the administra infant welfare within its scope,

tion of local affairs. It was op is not going to be easy. All the

posed in the House of Commons by more reason for a sincere and

Some years later I introduced a la majority of Scottish represents the thorough examination of

Bill to confer self-government on tives and carried only by English Scotland. Now, after fofty years votes. It never would have been issues by the Government, upon of advocacy, I am more convined passed in a Scottish Parliament. which, ultimately, the respon than ever of the necessity of Home sbility really lies.

Scotland has many other griev Either by Rule, and if general agreement substantial financial encourage- can be secured among Scottish ances arising from the tendency ment to the Society for the Pro- Home Rulers it is my intention to of Parliament to look at things tection of Children or by em- Introduce a Bill Into the House of purely from an English point of

view. For instance, she has con Middle Ages. It WAB Shako- barking upon infunt welfare | Lords,

tributed millions to the sugar beet Hongkong Telegraph work upon a considerably larger I hold that the case is stronger subsidy and will have to pay her spear, or Dean Inge, or

scale than is represented by the than ever it was and its need more share of the subsidy towards the one, who wrote something about Centres at Wanchai and Kam-urgent. Within the last few uaranteed price of whent, though, one in "Romeo and Jullot." ling, however antisfactorily they months it has become a live issue, Scottish farmers will hardly bene- This chap Romeo ahinned up the may be doing the task allotted and everybody in Scotland is it at all from these payments. fire escape to the balcony of his them, Government's duty is to discussing it. Formerly it was a Thore in no compensating benefit, girl friend Juliet's flat. take a closer interest in this supported by one party; now it is which are her staple crops..

and barley, political question, intermittently in respect of oats

"Flea with me", oald Romeo. problem.

It is not recorded whether they One vital neceanity, a national question, and a strong, if the appalling child death rato virile National Party has sprung land la lamentable. Every day wa

The Industrial condition of Scot found the flea.. is to be reduced, is the establish-up to support the demand. Renorts from Canton of the ment of baby creches in different

hear of works being closed down likelihood of the

Persons of all shades.of political and business.transferred to the

THE WEATHER. Hongkong parts of the Colony for the re- opinion are in this National Party, favoured south. For the first Chinese Invoice Omice being clos- lief of coolle mothers who work which is rallying the youth of time since the census returns were weather. Usually our commenta

Now let'a talk about ed down in the near future all day for Д scanty living. Scotland in neway that no other taken Scotland shows a decreass upon the local brand are of one would appear ta have their Many of these unfortunate movement I know of has ever done. in hor. population. origin in the wish being father women are compelled frequently The eternal national consciousness

syllable and unrecognised by the to the thought. Allegedly on

Something must be done. The moro concise dictionaries. "Yes- to carry their children about of Scotland has been awakened.

Imperial Parliament is too busy or torday, however, our feelings to- the ground of inconvenience and the streets in wretched weather

too apathetic to deal with the wards the elements mellowed. A needless taxation, the Canton conditions while scraping for

situation. I want I am no sentimentalist, and my Parliament to redress the illa of our soul. We wanded our way to a Scottish measure of sympathy crept into authorities have, ever since the their daily brend: Even when the establishment of the Office, been weather is fair, the conditions advocacy of Home Rule is based on Scotland.

the Royal Observatory, hroused severely practical considerations, opposed to the new regulations, are disastrous to a child's well- but you cannot express the genius

around and our further outlook in The probabilities, however, are being. Five hundred deaths per of a people in balance sheets and

unsettled. that political considerations ac-

The bogies which timid op- thousand represents a shocking trade returns. Pride of race in a ponents have been raising have count for the opposition.

blot upon Hongkong's name. potent

factor that The latest stop by the Canton au-

The figures alone should compel ignored in politics, and Scotsmen not want separation from England, cannot be lost their frightfulness. We do thorities is to instruct the Pro- effort to remove it.

the Government to

an will see to it that when the and there is not the slightest dan

relations between Scotland and vincial Government and the Customs Offices to admit goods without consular invoices. The authorities even go further and tell the Customs people that they must not admit goods accom-

FRIDAY, DECEMDEN 30, 1932.

CHINESE INVOICE

PROBLEM

make

Simple Language

FACTOR OF RACE.

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NOT SEPARATION.

A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY

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the

tinually remove our hat since it. called the zephyrs which con- got so small, we have never called

them Katabatic. There are some things an Irishman cannot do.

PITY THE GOVT. SERV. Government service is a hard life. Farticularly if you are one of the higher-ups, drawing no more than $1,800 a month. We went to see one the ptor day. He was full of complaints.

"One night, I was knocked up by a man who had walked four miles. to tell me that he couldn't sleep for the pneumatic drills on the tramoways."

"Regarded as cure for Insomnia," wo wrote in the interview.

brouse we brouse. And in, that We can assure you that when we

clouds and eminent aunsate, room, hung with close-ups of WO broused into some books which England are readjusted it will beger of tariff barriers being erected called the weather nomes which

along the Border. on the basis of the recognition of

caused a deep depression in the the historic rights of their country-nexion with England and the Em- realise now that our education Scotsmen are loyal to the con- region of our auros patoris. We My aim is to devise a workable pire, in the development of which has bean sadly neglected. One scheme to overcome practical they have played so great a part. I of the exciting stories concerned difficulties. The laws of Scotland want to maintain that connexion "Katabatie winds in valleys." Talking to an audience of boys have never been assimilated to panied by such invoices. Thus the other day, the Parliamentary those of England. The eccles/and to make it more real, and that Now waatever else, we may have the issue boils down to one be Secretary to the Board of Educa-astical avatum, the educational granting the right of the Scottish can be done in only one way-by tween the Canton Government tion made a plea for the use of system, the juridical system, the people to control purely Scottish and the Maritime Customs. It simple language in the conduct systems of land tenure and licens affairs. is well to remember that the of human affairs. An audience land from those of England.

ing are all quite different in Scot- original notification of the put- of eldere would have as greatly ting into force of the new re-enjoyed his point. It was never

An Englishman does not unders gulations came from the Cus- more in need of emphasis than

tand. toms Inspectorate-General. The now, for the conduct of

Scottish law and procedure, and EXTRAORDINARY AFFLICTIONS ARD procedure laid down is that the human affairs tends to slip this ignorance unfite English mem- NOT ALWAYS 1119 PUNISHMENT OF invoices have to be forwarded by out of the hands of the era of Parliament to legislate for EXTRAORDINARY BING, BUT SOME the consignor to the consignec, humanist whose training gave business is scandalously neglected, GRACES-Henry.

the Scottish people. Scottish TIMES THE TRIAL OF EXTRAORDINARY for presentation to the Maritime him contact with his fellows Customs at the port of entry,' and into those of the expert Obviously, in such circum- who may evolve in his laboratory stances, the Customs authorities, or study plans that are perfect owing allegiance to the Nanking but, since they cannot be appre- Government, must see that the hended by the vulgar, leave the regulations are complled with. man in the street bewildered. In such a matter, the Canton The politician, as Mr. Ramabot- Government cannot take it upon ham-a politician himself— itself to order the Customs to humorously admits, is often ignore requirements prescribed studiously vague. His language by Nanking. Much less can the is simple but tactfully Customs hold up cargo which is

committal. The expert is not accompanied by the appropriate

intentionally vague. He has documents. Hongkong is only every anxiety to be definite, but indirectly concerned in the

he is apt to be unintelligible. Mr. Ramabotham accuses matter. The Invoice Office hore

the was established as the result of whom the present if not the economists, for instance, with an agreement between the future lies, of, having invented British and Chiness Govern, "a sort of verbal symbolism ments, which provided the neces- which conveys some meaning to sary machinery in the absence themselves but very little to of a Chinese Consular re- anyone else." But the presentative. This Colony is mist is using the only terms that not interested in the dispute as can scientifically be fustified, and between Canton and Nanking. if they are unintelligible to the It has done its part by permit bulk of the community so much ting the facilities which enable the worse for us all. The merchants to comply with the bridging of the gulf between the regulations, and it is to be as- mind of the citizen and the ex- sumed that shippers will con- port to the paint at which the tinue to do what is expected of former trusts the latter will not them. The question of the be casy. But if the world's necessity or otherwise of the troubles continue to be as much system is a matter

the economic as moral the next for Chincao authorities. Unhap-

generation will be found dis- pily, the Customs officials find with as much heat and under- cussing, let us.say, bimetallism themselves in a difficult post- standing as the last did a vio tion, as it is essential for lated neutrality, and it will be the smooth working of this sor the job of the Board of Educa vice that harmony should: exfst tion to see that they can.

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econo-

"Angela, darling, wouldn't you like to attend the movies

this evening with Bobby?".

"On another occasion, I Wha awakened in the middle of the night by someone who wanted me to atop a manhole from overflow- ing."

"Rogarded as spector," we wrote.

aantiary in

"Perhaps the oddest experience of all was an urgent telephone mesango to visit a house where, In her mistress's absence, amah was having twins."

"Regarded as '4", we writing when the pencil broke.

WHOOPEEI

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are.

And then there was our Christ

Wa mas shopping.

went looking like a man with a packet. of; nephews. We made straight for the modal railwaye. We ran fast trains, slow trains,, goods trains,

suburban trains, rival trains. Everything else faded. into oblivion. Another Pullman, miss. Switch her on down tho. main

line. Horo shegoss

Whoopee!

They rollaved us as super Intendent when we plled up the down flier in a two-dollar, tunnel. They also relieved us of $45.34 (ton per cent discount for cánh) for the debris. Never mindre. expect. Eric will be glad of 1133

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