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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1933.

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|foreign affairs by acting as an in- dependent Foreign Minister in Canton. His political past and especially his unexplained rela- tions with Japan; made hita in- effective at Nanking when, for a briof interval, he held office there, and we can but wonder

STILL TOO MANY SEX

abnormality,

NOVELS

By CECIL PALMER

Wha

The Very Idea!

SPILLING THE BEANS

weck.

By Edward Kelly, Tourist. what part ho is to play now. An hour ago 1 Anished reading The war has been blamed for WHEELER and Woolney are arriving in Hongkong next But the failure of Canton to line the manuscript of a novel sub-most of the ills from which we are up with the Nanking Gomitted to me with a view to Certainly, na a scapegoat, it has suffering at the present time.

Nothing strange about this. ment and to back Wang Ching publication. Its theme wet in implementing the promise

NOX rendered inestimable service for Hongkong is always having visits from movie stars, millionaire those who have sought an cody of support given two years ago

I have no intention to exagger- explanation of dificult problems. plumbers, millionaire ship-build- at the so-called Peace Confer

ser-nto the disquieting symptoms of It is true, no doubt, that an im-ers, millionaire bankers, and other ence between the various

unhealthiness in the literature monso wave of hysterical emotion-millionaires too numerous to mon- tions of the Party is far from and drama of to-day, but I do alism swept a large section of the tion, together with alators, bro- creditable. On the one

hand,

thors, mothers, Inthers, uncles, state emphatically that the de- civilian population off ita balance. Canton proclaims its bitterlineation of honest love is in It was markedly so in the case of aunts, sons, daughters, and other

this fact, in Forlod furniture. hostility to Japan and demands danger of becoming a lost art. Iwomen. Perhaps

Obviously, we must return the a more positive policy from the am old-fashioned enough to hold part, explains the most disquiet-

complimont. Hence the voyago to central government. It cries the view that reticence and re-ing feature of the matter we have

discussing. By far the the United States of the retallation out against any possibility of ctitudo in a matter of so delicate a been

the nature as sex are not only desir- greater number of "sexy" novels ship, the s.6. Walla Walla, which, negotiation. It pursuca

until its conversion into a luxury economic boycott energetically, able but preferable to the present published are the work of women to the extent of persecuting tendency to photograph the pri-writers, although it la signilleant liner, was regularly employed in vacles of our bedrooms for public that most of them hide their the service between Hongkong merchants. On the other hand,

identities behind male pseudo- and Kowloon... exhibition, it sends not one soldier and not

The ebb and flow of love are yma.

Those behind the вселен iu one cent of money for the sup-legitimate themes for the creative port of those at the front. If, faculties of the artist. Ha con-publishing will bear me out in indict- as wo understand to be the case, cern in immortality, not im- this admittedly serious the famous XIXth Army is to be morality. Thomas Hardy's "Teas" ment. considered apart from Canton, and his "Jude" contain more sex then General Chan Chai-tong to the printed page than many a may have some reason for his modern so-called sex novel. inaction; in that case the specta-minded reader

I defy, even the most prurient BELLS—MUSICAL cle of disunion is the more dis- tressing. For what does mean? Just that even one army which has saliently distinguish ed itself in the national crisia cannot be trusted. It means that its eyes are on the control of Canton, not upon the winning of fresh laurels along the Great There are endless subjects of a thousand years. Ripon's restor-

it

But

AND OTHERWISE

Edward Kolly in privileged to print in advanco interviews by the

American press with the Hong- kong great,

GLOBE-TROTTING GO- GETTERS HOLLYWOOD HANDS HOKUM ΤΟ

to detect 1111 indecent

Ine "suggestive" or In any Df Hardy's works. The artist in him saved him from the grave error of lumping hu-BY CHARLES H. MOODY, and Hongkong milionaire, in the

manity together as one homogene. ous mass of sex-obsessed fanaties.

OVERWORKED THEME.

At Ripon the curfew has been sounded continuously from one of the Minister towers for more than

Hongkong Telegraph. Wall and that General Chan pleasant conversation, but some ed peal is to be re-dedicated to-

FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1933.

never meet

at-

well

HONGKONG HOOTCHERS Edward J. Kelly, well-known writer

most interesting exhibit aboard .. Walla Walla, which berthed this a.m. with 187 globe trotters from the mystle orient aboard. Kelly bad cama to the good old United States to test out the Volstead Amendment.

Yesterday he flew to Hollywood and vas met by Mary Pickford, Mariens Dietrich, and many other movie friends.

WIB

Marlene's pants are not so hot, Kelly avers., but he fell for Biary's eyes. "They're like Himpid wolis," he said potically, in his usual original manner. Woll, Well, Well,

ZIEGFIELD HAS NOTHING ON HONGKONG CABARETS, FA- MOUS TOURIST DECLARES.

A HOT TIME IN THE OLD 19 HOME TOWN TO-NIGHT, MOTTO OF FAR EAST CITY.

"Your New York Follies are a pain in the ant's pants," said Edward J. P. Brogg 3d., Night Club racketeer_azd across the Paclic last night. millionaire tourist, who arrived from "Down In 'l ole Hongkong, we've got some of the best cabarete in the Introduce the split world. Say, what Flo Ziegfeld wants is a littlo per.

morrow, and once again the 80 Chai-long is busy warding off Individuals can

talking about Iomn music of the bells will echo Invasion

home. The cripple without nearer XIXth Army has made slower feet. Misshapen things and the over the rivers and dales.

Bella, which were introduced to progress than expected in Fukien manifold uglinesses of life and has not been available for tract them with a fatal fascination England from Italy in the seventh akin to the math's blind cestusy century, are prehistoric in origin. CANTON AND the further drive against the within the orbi of a lighted globe. The first church bell of which we Reds in Klangsi. It has been But with this grave difference. have authentic record was placed CHINA'S DISUNITY

paralysed by the local politica Whereas the moth itself is the sole in the tower of Wearmouth Abbey There are Chinese so pessimis-of the province and, the auspicion victim of its zealous courtship of in 680, and less than a hundred arises. by its desire to possess light, its humun counterpart is an years later bells were ordered to tle of their country's prospects itself of Kwangtung. The incipient germ carrier and is be tolled at appointed hours.

A peal was installed at Croyland of retaining its independence South-West Political Council may capable of Infecting all who come

Abbey in the tenth century, and that they say: "The end is com-have reason to fear it. If this within range of its malignity,

" The exploitation of sex as from that time onwards the ring- every ing; let it come quickly." This is true, the more reason then to major theme in novels and plays ing of bells from almost pessimism is not based upon give moral support to Nanking has been griveously overworked. steeple became common. fear of the armies or the navy and accept its direction. In- The assumption that it is impos-

The development of bellringing of Japan, nor on her power instead of that Canton seizes upon sible to write too frankly is both is due to the vision and fervour of the air; nor is it based upon the the proposal of Nanking to hold false and insincere. It is false ecclesiastic in the Bilddle Ages, proper place, for and it is a curious fact that ring- A Party Conference whose aim because the

a Ingin peal" is, with the excep- failure of the League of Na- has been described variously as details of abnormalities la tions to apply the sanctions of the creation of a dictatorship medical textbook. It is insinceretion of a few "rings" in America the Covenant against Japan. and the abolition of the one because thuso who do not hesitate and the Dominions, peculiar to These factors come readily to the party system (each with a view to write indelicately are

where every important belfry has bothered. Why, in Hongkong, wo'vo

better display than these ninaica." mind and the second is constant to national unity) to crystallise aware that if they sald such things England. In the Low Countrios, skirt and get the lads all hot and would be deservedly ostracised. number belonging to Antwerp J. P. is a member of the Log ly urged. But the real reason its set

opposition. We have in ordinary human society they from 20 to 85, bells-the latter got a Leg. Council that'd put on a written with Southern politics

There is one reason, and one Cathedral-the bella are either Council, which, it is stated, was. for pessimism is the continued more in mind. They are indeed reason only, why some authors played mechanically, that is by formed in Hongkong for the purpose deep internal disunity. The of vital importance. But the cannot resist the teraptation to means of a revolving drum, or by of bucking up the night life of the Lytton Report emphasised the deep disunion of the country is write down to the sex-obsessed an expert carillonneur, who con- Ray city. peril of Communism, a peril to to be seen also in conditions in minority. They think it pays to trols them by hands and feet in from Szechuan, in the Mohammedan do so. It may take them a year or the same fashion as an organist his Instrument. The be sharply distinguished bandit troubles, and even from revolt in Sinklang and doubtless, two, but certainly not longer, to controls

too, in the difficulty which the learn how griveously, they have usual number of bells in an Eng- dissension and separation within Nanking Government must have erred in their judgment of what lish peal is from six to twelve.

There is something inexpreseib- the Kuomintang Party ranks, in taking over Chang Hauch- the public wants.

ly soothing about ball tunes, and BLAMING THE WAR.

Victor Hugo, in spite of a sleepless because it challenges the whole liang's officers and civil officials.

The public loves to be thrilled, night engendered by the carillon system of government. The Pessimism is certainly justifled Communist forcés apparently at this juncture.

but not thrilled vicariously. The of Mechlin Cathedral, could scrawl reader of average intelligence and on the window-pane of his room a cannot be bought off. They are

Ballyhoo Express reporter this morn- fighting not for place and power What Children Dream the average intelligent patron of glowing tribute to the beauty of

the theatre are not interested in those old-world chimes. In Eng- Tickle, who derives his sobriquet About

are people Authors who land,

from the fact that he is at the head. neurotic eхсеваев. but for an idea: and though "Com- much that is dubbed

set out to appease the appetites of accustomed to such music, thereof the "Drink Water for Health" What do children dream the hothouse of artificial excite would be protests against noc-campaign in Hongkong, arrived from munist" is merely local banditry,

Walia yesterday. about? A Columbia Univer-ment, but a time comes when its turnal music, however lovely it the East by the tourist ship Walla.

atmosphere asphy-might be, but fow would object to there remains at the centre of

sity psychologist, Dr. Arthur suffocating the movement an orthodox and T. Jersild, decided not long xintes those who have fallen be the carllion during the working racketeers in Hongkong," he said, devoted nucleus, rigidly organis- ago to find out. So he neath its serfdom.

ed and linked up with Russian interviewed some 400 young- asking them about Sovietism. This is doubtless the sters, most potent factor in the na- their hopes, their wishes, their tion's disunity. We may think dreams and their fears-and he learned some rather surprising that even this element might things. To begin with, the bulk have called a truce and lined up of childhood's dreams are not Fur- with the government against the happy or pleasant ones. foreign invader: but two reasons thurmore, fear plays a big part weighed against this possibility. in these dreams; and this fear usually ignores Buch actual dan- The Communist Party would

gers as accidenta, illness and the have lost its identity, for it could like and deals with ghosts, corp- not trust the government to ses, murders and cerie, darksome maintain it: and communism is places where nameless terrors lie not interested in national in-in wait. The realm of childhood terests as auch. Its creed cuts is a queer sort of place; and al- across national divisions and though all of us have been seeks to establish an internation- through it, wo nevertheless have al class affiliation. There are a way of misinterpreting it, and some signs of a possible change our memories of it are not al- in the attitude of the nation to ways very accurate.

For a child Communism, but we leave those faces a world which is utterly. for the moment to consider other unknown; a world which may and fundamentally less credit contain bright miracles able elementa' of disunion in the which also holds plenty of nation to-day. As wo see it, shadowy cornere where practic- the central government is ally anything can happen. paralysed in its action either There is much in it that a child against Communiam or against cannot hope to understand; it is Japan by the implacable opposia world to be explored distrust- tion of the South-West Political fully, lest it disclose hurtful Council. No stressing of the things unexpectedly. As claim that this organ is a "coun pass out of childhood we forget cil" and not a "government" can about the hobgoblins and reniem- disguise the fact that it func- ber only the Bunny places; we tlons independently of Nanking forget that every enchanted land and frequently in direct op has its ogres as well as its fairy position to it. It was Mr. princesses. But children know; Eugene Chen, who is now down and we might remember, that al- South, who first destroyed the most every child wants, unity of the national front in badly, to grow up.

but

We

very

where

hours of the day.

"I'll need a rather large studio, in caso I decide to stop writ

ing, and take up music or sculpture."

un

"Some of the boys in the Council

would be sure tickled pink to hear that I've given old Zingfield the razz," J. P. concluded.

Water Booster Says That They Don't Need Prohibi tion in Hongkong.

are

Boot-legger in Hongkong having a tough break, Hiram J. "Pussyfoot" Tickle, well-known Hong-

kong, prohibition agent, told

"We sure know how to handle these

"Our organisation is so complete that

it is absolutely impossible for anyone living in Hongkong to obtain a drop of water during the daytime. If thin drought will only keep up, we'll have every racketeer forced out of business In six months.

"Wo control the supply of water in Hongkong, and if we say the poo-. ple are not going to drink-well, they wan'uf We're up against a protty tough proposition, because the water runners are allied to the other rac- keteers, the soap and tea gangs, but they can't buck our organisation for long

"OAD TO BENO NOW IS ACROSS

THE PACIFIC

Hongkong Reno-Vates Matrimonial Laws.

"Reno lo a back number. Parla is a washout. Go Enet, young man!"

This is what James J. Patson, one of the prominent passengers aboard the Walla Walla, said to a Frisco Judge rep. last night.

J. J. In in the talpan business in. Hongkong Selling ties and pana ho has amassed a fortune that would rival J.D's. You've got to hand it to these lada from the East. “And am I mortified," said Rockofeller whion ho heard the nowa.

REPORTERS ROASTED

nowx

"I DINNA LIKE YOUR COUN- TRY SAYS SCOTCHMAN.

Robert MacWhirter la not going to be interviewed by American reporters if he has any way, Last night when newspapermen triod to. interview im in his suito aboard the Walla Walla he had them ejected. Idlinna Like Your Country," said MacWhirter indignantly. "When yo gio me a hundred cents for my Hong- kong dollar, I may change ma opinions. This evening, th thlovin' robbers in yon city only offerod me 25,"

MacWhirter, who hails from Scot land, in a Scotchman

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