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NOTES OF THE DAY HOUSE OF DETENTION The Very Idea!

The world hopes for a reduction of tariifs are rapidly disappearing. The key position is that of the United States, and there the econo-

mie omens do not look too favour- able. President Roosevelt, armed with exceptional powers, is em barking upon great projects of economic re-organization. There are to be many more controls than before over the freedom of indus- triai enterprises. These may be good or bad, but all history aug- gests that their effect will be to raise the costs of American indus- trial production. And that will

| make strongly for raising the tariff further, or at all events - against lowering it.

AMERICA'S KEY POSITION

Now just na the world slump began with the American, slump, so it is probably true that the re- storation of the United States to

economic health must condition how can the United States become healthy again, until her regular exports-her cotton and tobacco and eereals and canned goods, hot to mention her motor-cars and oil- stoves and cash-registers can once more be exported freely nt good prices? And how can they ever be, until foreign nations can pay freely for them in goods? And how can payment in goods be made unless the American tariff comes down?

the restoration of the world. But

ENTANGLEMENTS

That is, with the Debt question, the crux of the economic situation. One may assume that it is not hid- den from Mr. Roosevelt. But there

IS NOTHING BUT A GAOL

STARTLING DISCLOSURES OF HONGKONG "POOR HOUSE"

MA

In this startling expose of condi tions and treatment in the Hongkong House of Detention, an inmate describes his experiences of a week- end spent in the Institution.

(Contributed)

ANY is the time you have read in your morning paper that another Briton has reached the end of his resources, and has been committed to the House of Detention.

How many of Hongkong British residents give this a second thought? Not one in a hundred, I warrant.

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I will explain here that the cloth. ing worn by the destitutes in the Hame as that worn by prisoners with the exception that there la no "broad, arrow" stamped on them, Having changed into this clothing am conducted to what is known as "D" Hall. In this Hall are housed European prisonera, destitutes and debtors. Why

I

RUNNING OUR HEAD '

INTO A NEWS

By Ed. Kelly, Sob. Sister And plly that poor reporter, As on the floor he lay, For the last ho heard,

Were the Great man's words, "I have nothing at all to say."

WIT

7ITH apologies to 0. Henry, or Kipling, or whoever it was wrote it.

All of which prompts the question "Do newspaper re- porters eat their young?"

And if not, should they be told. the facts of life?

Yesterday afternoon, after that interview with the I.G.P., we decided to set the Editor's. mind at rest by interviewing

all the other great men of Hong- a man who fa down and on kong on the subject. his luck should be housed with the

regular prisoners is quite beyond all Our first victim was none other

comprehension.

than the celebrated Mr. Edward Having arrived in "D" Hall I am Kelly, well-known journalist and conducted to a cell and told to enter, man about town.

which I do, and the door is locked.) The cell is exactly the same as that of a criminal, being seven feet long by five feet wide, and extremely hot and

stuffy.

cover,

"Should reporters be told the facts of life?" he mused in answer to our question, "Yes, I think so!

Readers, you cannot imagine what We bowed to Mr. Kelly and left it is like in this hot and sultry to collect other opinions. Here are weather, to sleep in the confines of a few of them: a 7 by 6 feet, with night soll close by your bed, the only ventilation being a steel grating too high up in the wall to be of much benefit

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to the It is now

Mr. Woof-Woof: "Decidely not! It is a dangerous precedent to tell newspaper reporters too much. Why, I have known them to actually publish I have told them before to- things in the forenoon. A day. Police don't ask me any further

prisonerned

by the European questions now. I am too PC."

warder arrives. I am handed "

ц

In the following article I will endeavour to explain to you in

Frankness will never hurt anyone, simple language what actually

and they should be warned of the happens to a man after he has *FURNITURE AND EFFECTS.

Jurking dangers of the Far East. given himself up. First of all he is questioned by the Police bed with mattress and

The furniture consists of one steel How many reporters, unsophisticat authorities with regard to his pillow and sheet, all marked with ruined their whole career simply one ed and just out from Home, have length of residence in the Co-broad arrows", and the word "Fri-through ignorance. They should lony, the positions he has held, soner" stamped on them in bold black not be allowed to go and interview letters. Other articles in the cell are and the reasons for losing same.

senior Government officials without one tin mug for drinking purposes, These questions answered to the one entisfaction of the Police he is tin receptico washing, and another a hint of the danger that lies before

with cover used as them."

a searched, and the following articles of commade. This is emptied once every wearing apparel are taken from him 24 hours. and locked up; braces, bolt, shoes, laces, necktie, studs and cuff-links. "LEAGUE OF

to premie this precaution is taken guard against the possibility of BRITISH WHITES"

committing suicide. As it is mostly ie daily evidence that it is ignor-late in the day when men give them- Not while local Britons still fed by masses of his fellow-country-

Reiver

up, they invariably spend one This is a retain the gift of laughter is men, and we must do nothing that night in the side room. Major Casse! likely to

would prevent him from carrying room set aside for this purpose at

Police Headquarters. make headway in the organisation of as we have just indicated, there is them with him. Unfortunately, his so-called League of British much danger of his preventing. Whites. Mumbo-jumbo and the himself. The whole problem is so secret society atmosphere may tangled, wheels within wheels, meet with some response in that it is dimcult for him to gratify large boys who will never grow popular demand at one point with- up and there is much in the out finding that he has blocked astonishing outline of Major progress at others. Cassel's nims and objectives which might commend itself to the immature:---But we trust and believe that Hongkong is definitely the wrong place in

cigarettes, and I smoked them. The must sit and smoke if he is fortunate From the report of which to attempt to implant the astronoméra

morning I was taken before enough to have anything to smoke. working in the the

SUNDAY'S "MENU". narrow aggressive type of Mount Wilson Observatory, re-vagrant, and committed to the House Nationalism which the promoter garding the amall percentage of The Magistrate inquired of the pro- are searched, and new arrivals warned The allotted half an hour is up, you

Mr. 11. T. "Hot Time") Br**ks of the organisation preaches. phere of Mars, the conclusion has secuting officer if there

oxygen contained in the atmos-

any that if they are caught trying to Superintendent of the Fire Brigade: For this reason, the project been drawn that life cannot exist chance of me being sent, Home. The smuggle any cigarettes etc., into their "Newspapermen should not play with scarcely warrants the compli- on this nearest of planetary

reply was

was "Yes, later on."

cell their leave will be stopped, and a fire, otherwise they will be burnt." ment of serious treatment. bodies. Thus by a single stroke officer that the Government were not bread and mean a period on |

But I was told by the same police second attempt

The President of the Ladies Secti There are, however, features of are we earthbound mortals de- prepared to spend any money on pass-

of the Hongkong Golf Club: "All Arriving back in the cell the last Bunkerum! Of course, they should the programme warranting prived of a sense of intimacy that ages for destitutes; this being "con- meal of the day. is served. This be told. Let us treat them the fair- brief examination in view of has grown up between us and our firmed by the fact that only two

consists of a mur of cocon and a way. They've got to earn. Martian

their certain statements made in the henceforth will cease to exist, even Canadian were put aboard a certain

neighbours. Martians weeks since ono Australian and one a pound of bread. On Sun- bread and putter, and they're only half a days cheese is added to the "menu". doing their dutee." course of the published inter-in the imagination. No longer steamer to work as "mens boys" on view.

Five o'clock is locking up time when can we draw our conclusions gentlemen concerned had spent from

the trip home, this after the two fall cells are

doubly locked for the should be held in such respect that by comparison with visitors from

"We believe that the Royal Family garding the frivolities of mankind three to four months, in the "House" night, not to be opened again on any | Hongkong Cricket' Club:

pretext until 6 a.m. the following morning. All lights are extinguished

The

MARTIANS ANNIHILATED ?-

DED FULL OF BUGS..

steaming hot mug of cocoa and half Dr. A. R. Well**gt*n, Director of The room is furnished with

pound of brend and told "There is the Medical Services: "Many nowa- two something to be going on with." paper reporters have been ruined for beds, a table and chair.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon cells life by being told too much. When I On the occasion of which I am are unlocked. All deitutes who know that my patient in connected writing there were three occupants have not obtained permission to go out with a newspaper, I tell him nothing. of this room; however, this made to town for the allotted hours, namely Old fashioned remedies are the best. very little difference До regards who would sleep on the two beds, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., are allowed half an Where newspaper reporters are con the mattresses being full of bugs he

hour for smoking; not in the cell, cerned I am a clynie." We all decided to sleep

They are lined up and marched over to The Hon. Dr. K'low'll: Every on the the recepion room, one end of which newspaper reporter should be fally floor. ---Smoking is prohibited but a friendly in in this "cage" where the destitute The shameful secrecies, half-hints and Ja fenced. off with steel bars, and it aware of the risks he has to take velled allusions of the Victorian ern ahould be ruthlessly swept away. Let us be frank and fearless. You can news this statement as you think

officer of the Law gave me

the fallostrate and charged

Detention.

was

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fit.

Mr. L. S. Green* Ill, Secretary of the

the prestige of the monarchy is Mars. All because the astronomers SAME CLOTHING. AS PRISONERS. 8owing day, being Saturday, man

to

maintained. We что unswerving supporters of the monarchy since it say there is too little oxygen there is the one

After being committed, I was taken to support life. But this conclusion element in the present system of government that realises is based upon the

to the "Reception Room" of Victoria the destitutes are locked in their cells theory that the Fascist ideal of "Government existence is limited

Gaol, again questioned and searched, for, the greater part of the day. The above party, class or section."

creatures the same articles of wearing apparel same applies to Sunday and holidays; We having a similar physical structure taken from me, and handed a mult or no permission is grunted for leave on should consider ourselves Justined to that of inhabitants of the earth, khaki clothing had a shirt all several these days, as I found out to my in using force against uny patriotic movement. The

un- and, consequently, they must be sizes too small for me, Into these regret later. reason similarly austained by

proper I had to change, and my own clothing

our

or-

re-

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up.

Breakast over' (this meal' was

(Continued on Page 5.)

for the existence of

existence gaalantion

to uphold

the oxygen content of the atmosphere. I handed to the warder to be locked exactly the same as the two previous monarchy against ali subversive Is this a fair conclusion? May movements and to bring about

not other forms of life exist, even form in our system of government. We as far advanced in the scale of hold that the present system of existence as we believe humans to government needs reforming because be, forms that would thrive upon it is falling to maintain the greatness even 1 per cent of oxygen, or upon and the happiness

of the British none at all? Buch Our attitude

a conclusion towards the

-Britlah sections of the Empire', denies the possibility that life may population is that the interests of the find expression except under the British nation come frat and the highly restricted conditions which other Empire peoples should have surround earth denizens.

rights proportionate to their loyalty:

and usefulness to the British nation."

This rends amazingly like a BEROLINA resume of the gallant Major's announcements, but is nothing

of the kind. It consists of an Alexanderplatz, Berlin has a sculp In the "Berolina" status of the extract from the officially authorised statement of policy than has been the equally famous tural work of art no less errant of the British Fascists. Yet "Eros of Piccadilly Circus in Major Cassel declares that the London. Eros, after long absence, League of British Whites in In back in his place. Barolina is "most certainly not" to be run still in her boudoir in a Borlin on Fascist or Nazi liues. Again, suburb making proparations to re- we may nak, what is this paltry Aume once more hor fashionable glorification of the "White sway. It is six years since a huge Briton" but a translation of with her in the dead of night from lorry, ten metres in length, cloped Herr Hitler's cult of the super- the Alexanderplatz. humanity of the Nordic Race? ponderous chariot has been char Everyone will sympathise with fored for her nocturnal return, for properly conducted efforts to Borolina In no ordinary dame. And Joba for unemployed She is many times life-size and of Britons and few would uphold such magnificent build that only Hongkong's governmental ays when traffic is at its lowest can tom an Ideal. But Fasciam enough space be found in the merely means the substitution gros is an alf bosids Berolina. stracts for her procession to pass. of a benevolent type of auto. But his absence from his post wa cracy by something far more from a similar cause. The reason, | alarming. If Fasoline anden AB ZET CUTTER PARTS EN SAN

A similarly

newspaper reporters know about body.

"Is that cricket? The leant the

lina the better. When I was a young

Mrs. Edward Kelly: "Irrramphl If you'd stay at home and mind the baby, you shiftless, worthless, good- for-nothing, leafing fool, your do moro good for yourself."

THAT HONGKong beer Wo are grievously disappointed. We got all hot and bothered this morning, looking forward to the official opening of the Hongkong Brewery this afternoon, when we suddenly discovered that ́ It fan't until next Wednesday,

We felt so sick with disappoint- mont that we had to drink a glass of water.

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