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THE SHING MUN.

MALARIA

The true position of affairs re- garding the outbreak of malaria

NOTES OF THE DAY

The World Economic Confer- ence suspense is over for the pre- sent, Discussions are to go on, though It remains to be seen what good is likely to be achieved. The European gold countries are de- clining to participate in the 'work' of the monetary committee. Their been vlewa ori this issue have

a brilliantly eloquent speech.

THE BEST POLICY

1933.

"A VISIT TO THE

INFERNO".

(By H. R. Wells)

THE FIRST STAGE

The Very Idea!

'WHEN IS WHISKEY

BY EDDIE KELLY, SAY WHENT

WE noticed in the Tele-

graph the other day that a great dispute is being waged between British and German distillers over the word whiskey.

anyway.

CHAPTER IV

All the lletors broke out into loud As they entered they saw people {laughter, and even women who were crystallised and nothing but with heads of cows and

faces of hung up near at hand undergoing complete volte face will undo the horses, who were as cruel as wolves for it waste to laugh damage of President, Roosevelt's and were beating the sinful spirits, ing, though it was unintentional.

the ghosts of men.

In this place there was also a very initial bluntness. To Mr. Cordell The sinners here were tied up with large and spacious shed in which

When, the Telegraph ask- Hull goes the entire credit for hempen cords and the demons who people were hung up here and there. ed, is whiskey not whiskey?

nt- punished them had iron rods like pipe They were not more than five feet tacked the attitude of defeatism which they beat the sinners from aaving Conference. Ho

Lamboos, about four feet long, with apart.

We've waited two days vigorously and swayed opinion in head to foot, and after beating them part of the shed and as the lictors Now that we are sure that One person would be hung up in a for someone to ask us. let them down, and hung up other beat him wildly with the rods another sinners whom they beat in the same near at hand would laugh at him. our opinion is not going to be way.

The spirits (ghosts) wept without Some were beaten three hundred sought, we are going to give it censing, and cried out, e dare not strokea, some five hundred, some eight offend any more," "Do not beat us so hundred or a thousand, the smallest

number was two hundred. Some were Our association with whiskey much," Please hit with lighter men and some women, some old and dates back to the day when we an one lot wont wore hit on the head with a bottle blows," "We have hind enough," and Kuch expressions like children being Rome young, and

nway another lot came in,

by the old man and told to consider beaten on the earth.

There was an official present mark- ourself launched. When we wore a ing off their names and punishments baby we were bathed every morn In a book, and when they had been ing in pure alcohol, the hundreds of beaten he sent them away to report interested visitors who came to themselves and afterwards they were led to the ruler of Hades, and ne- watch the operation afterwards cording to his orders they were re-dipping clay pipes into the tub and leased or changed into animals or he-blowing soap bubbles. came men again, or they might be But this was many years ago, detained for further punishment. bofore Australia was half civilised. through contact with visiting Eng- BLUECOAT'S PHILOSOPHY.

lish cricket teams, and half At the sides of the place where civilised through contact with it-- the official sat, a pair of antithetical self. scrolls were hanging. The writing In those days, a girl who went was in black characters on a white petting didn't let fools hug them.

The sentences were as or hugs fool them, and there were ground, follows:

no such things as trains or buses. (1) Instruct all men about the Everyone had to travel by motor-

sсems

The cattle-headed Hell police said, you have beaten people a great deal, and it is now our turn to beat you. if you were not beaten you would not know how painful and

„grievous it is to others to be beaten "

Some of these sinful spirits were women, most of them had been cruel to slave girls and concubines.

Many others were police and cruci people who had extorted money from others. Some, too, were masters who had ill-treated their apprentices; and others teachers who had been cruel to their pupils, and not having a heart of love, they had followed their own evit bent and unjustly punished those under them.

importance of not doing evil,

un-

The circumstances suggest that adjournment of the Conference might still be the better policy. The monetary and the economic problems cannot easily, as Preal- dent Roosevelt suggests they might, be separated. It futilo to discuss tariffs, for instance, while high barriers are being automaticallly erected by the process of currency deprecia- tion. The gold countries may be In a position to discuss oconomic problems when they are satisfied has that the American dollar reached the bottom. It would be unreasonable to expect them to

"YOUR HONOUR". commit themselves while one of

The offenders of different types in their the principle factors

This is called evolution. A Scotch culprit caine in twins. Suddenly a calculations remains an unknown was brought in who was wearing an

sclontist once predicted that the Yet people do not believe these quantity.

oficial hat and official boots, and awards, and here they beg the lower world, finally, would be managed by lang robe, and having a string of officials to make their punishment big lizards walking on their bind beads round his neck. He came step-light, just as in the world they seek legs; and yet they say that Scots- ping forward without any sense of to influence the officials. It is really men are a comparatively dry race. fear.

most difficult to carry out justice as The lietors took off his clothes and it should be meted out according to The American Navy Department removed his hat and bouts, but he

he decisions of the higher officers. is asking for $77,000,000 to moder-kept trying to kick the lietors with

asked why Ting

Laan-kat

It is that his big feet. The lictors were afraid so many people commit in. nise and raise the gun elevations of and said, "What is the matter with

Bluecoat said, "As heaven and earth its battleships. At a time

when you? Are you pretending to be mad?" are so vast, and men and women are costs sixpence a nobbler back there. being

The prisoner said, "You are mad, very numerous, think for the spirit of the world is influenced towards disarmament and the reduction of

militant forces, such a request appears to be peculiarly out of place. The new American naval policy docs not seem to be in harmony with the

THE U.S. NAVY VOTE

Σου

(2) Lest after death they receive punishment.

instance

car.

Whiskey was invented in Scot land, where the water is said to be the purest in the world. They use the water to wash the glasses in.

That's why Scotland is such a cheap place to live in. It only

do not know how to distinguish how many people there are in the

We had a Scotch friend who one person from another. You bold nine states and eighteen provinces of was killed by whiskey. He was villains taking off my clothes. Do China. Now in some places the out fishing for hake one day and you want to rob mer

All the lietors put their hands to beople have and amongst the good before throwing the line overboard. good customs and in dipped the baft in a mug of whiskey their mouths and laughed at him: there are bad people and amongst the The coronor's jury brought in a He said, "Who do you think I am? bad there are some good. How can verdict of "death by being hit in

the stomach by a hake." Even

I have been a magistrate, and have the officials in the world find out all a great man (or Your Honour'), Do

in one small district

at Shing Man is a matter of professed desire for reducing the governed the people, and been called the ovil ones and punish the many. public interest. If the menace implements of war. Action Buch as this will do nothing. togards which is present is not removed, restoring the world's confidence in

the

The lictors said, "You were an

and a

a criminal."

Which is, of course, the same

as death from stomach hake.

*

1

•

THE NEW SUIT.

you think there is any comparison criminals escape punishment ?" between you and me, you robbers 7” · "Are there not hundreds and thou the engineors to be responsible the nim for peace. The reaction oficial, but now you are on offender isands of people who are unfilial and unloving, and unbrotherly and un- for constructing the Gorge Dam in the Pacific is almost bound to

The omelal said, "What offence have their parents and brothers, and offend yourself a new suit; I am sick and "It is about time you bought righteous, failing in their duty to will plainly, be'seriously handi- be one of disquietude and

I committed?" and the lictors replied, may "A short time ago your case was ing against the great principles of tired of seeing you going around capped and the ultimate cost will even

like a influence Japan to, press tried before the King of Hades, and love and righteousness?

bottle. It is positively "Besides this, the officials when shameful the way you, go to the be considerably increased. For-harder for a revision of the ratio it was said that you oppressed and

robbed the people much rse than punishing men only judge their ac-office and, really-I am ashamed to tunately, in a way, the danger of vessels agreed

upon in

robbers do. Yet you come here and tions and do not judge the thoughts be seen with you. In the street. has early made itself. manifest London Naval Treaty. The pro pretend that you know nothing about of their hearts. But in the other That shabby old suit of yours

Pre-It, and that you are silly,"

world, when sin is punished, not only

"But, dear, it is still a good suit," and the active anti-malarial posed voto may be part of

are actions judged but the thoughts of the offenders as well.

wo said. "Thoreau_says that the work now being undertaken un-sident Roosevelt's scheme to pro- vide employment, yet surely, there

"Such evils as covetousness, lascivi- man who is always getting now der the direction of Dr. Jackson, a dozen other more desirable talk to him so much? It is simply cusness, cruel thoughts, wicked minds, clothes is no better than a clothes the Government malariologist, channels into which the money a waste of breath, and absolutely use disobedience, envyings and other dis horse. Now, you wouldn't like us and Mr. Bach, an expert with could have been diverted to assist less. The King of Hndes has ordered positions which are contrary to the to be a clothes horse, my dear

that he be beaten elght hundred duty of men ono to another, even "I think you are an ass! Your considerable experience of simi- in the effort to relieve unemploy-strokes, so you must just beat him though externally there may be no clothes are a disgrace to your firm.

the full number. Why should there be all regarded by the

evidence of these evil thoughts, are look at the stains. And the trou lar problems in Singapore, apment, pears to be sufficiently compre-

TC-

800. STROKES.. One of them said, "Why do you

all this talk about it? If an official that cannot be forgiven.” ~ 45 ains sers are-frayed at the cuffs. And

has been a bad man, he should be beaten with greater severity. Hang him up."

While we were getting measured who said that she would run out and buy some shirts and socks.

But when we got out to the car there she was-her arma full of parcels. ··

"Good heavens, woman," we said. "You have bought enough shirts to last us twenty years."

"But they are not all shirts, darling," she answered sweetly.

"Not all shirts?" -

"No,' sweetings! We ha to get · a few new frocks to match with your new suit. You wouldn't like to have your wife looking, shabby when you have a nice, now, sult, would you?"

"Although a tiger in mountains the knees are baggy. You will hensive to ensure satisfactory | POLICE BOMBING

has not yet eaten a human being, simply have to get a new suit."

It mattered nothing that the car results, although the preventa

Now this official was fat, and his those who see it regard it as a wild tive measures will not reveal Sir Austen Chamberlain's critic-skin was white. He was fleshly but and ferocious animal. Although there wasn't paid for and that two in- their value for some little time. ism of the British policy regarding his bones wore small. After he had is as yet no human flesh in his mouth, stalments on the wireless were ow the wifo came with us to see that heaven, and said in a loud man," Extensive draining and oiling air "police" bombing will be wide-aloud to ten ve row strokes he cried the tiger desires to devour the whole ing. We had to have that vult ow

Ting Laan-kat said, "Really, you we got it. form the principal features and ly endorsed. The contention that voice, "I will not claim to have been

te have a most excellent way of express- being a rabber."

(Continued on Next Columns.) the success of these efforts will under certain circumstances and an official. I prefer to confess

In certain areas aeroplanos carry- doubtless be judged by the dimi-ing bombs of destruction are the nution or persistence, as the case most humane instrument because may be, of the present outbreak, they prevent the spread of trouble which appears to have heen go- Is Impressive only when divorced ing on for some tima post, al- from principle. The fact though only recently has it be- maine that whether the spreading come public knowledge, and, of trouble fa, or 'la not, pre- consequently, the subject of vented, an aerial raid on a village, somewhat startling rumours. thrusting death upon innocent persons is displaying remarkablo Enquiries from various sources inconsistency. We are not forget- resolved these into the informa-ful of the necessity of dealing tion that although the outbreak firmly with the periodically hostile was serious, the true position borders of India, and the deserta tribes which haunt the Northern

could be stated in this wise, that of Iraq. But control of these each day over some, period of elements must not bo at the ex- time, from forty to sixty work-ponse of innocents, still less of the fundamental principle which men had reported sick and had the British Government professca been compelled to absent them-to support, that the bombing of civilian populations is a crims selves as the result of the ma-

against humanity. larla opidemic, causing a delay in progress, though only slight. Mr. L. W. Innes, the chief assist- ant to the resident engineer, now

Persistent rumours that Mr. T. writes stating that during June V, Soong has been negotiating a sixty-four cases of malaria were loan in London are now brought to reported and treated, giving an a head by a definite assertion thất a prominent London firm of bank- average of two' (fresh) cases

ers are considering the Finance dally, in several instances these Minister's overtures favourably, cases including labourers who Detalla are necessarily brief, and had suffered an attack of malaria there is, as yet, no assurance that

Mr. Romer's authority is unim during the earlier part of the peachable. The question being put month, reporting for further to Mr. Chamberlain sounds eminent- treatment. Mr. Innes desires to ly reasonable however, and it may correct any impression that may lead to a statement of British possibly be abroad that scores policy. The present time would for au are being added to the sick list appear hardly suitable daily, "sin". Much circumstances thorising large foreign loans to a

possible.

THAT LOAN STORY

Tag difficulties in meeting its oblign=

but I'm' afraid to risk ruaking him bollave

bro

ing yourself. I have heard state- ments made about punishment for the avil thoughts of men's minds."

CHAPTER V. THE SECOND STAGE

He was then taken on to see the.. second stage, er grade of Holl, and there he saw hundreds of beds-laid. crosswise.

Some had thorns laid all over

or the bods and those who were Jying on tho beda

on their backs had large stones pressing on their chests. The hands and feel of those lying on the

were also bound so that they. not got up nor free themselves

Fat. 1853

They

wero in' great pain and

ed day and night without

Some of them, were on separato beda,: In some cases two> were:}/in one bed, in some casos there were INOIL only and in other cases women only,

Bometimes, there would be one-man and one woman, sometimes one man and several women, and occasionally one woman and several men,” morib times & there wore (RÄVEN ZON