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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1933.

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1933.

INFLATION' IN

AMERICA

NOTES OF THE DAY

MR. HENDERSON

type.

AND DISARMAMENT

in

IS SPORT OVERDONE?

Bu "SENTINEL"

and

The Very Idea!

SHAW THING

By Eddie Kolly, Shawt OT so Shawi.

NOT

Wait till he comes here on his

Mr. Arthur Henderson secured

sport out of England but an easy victory in the Clay Cross HERE are two mainsprings THE puritans well-nigh_sniffed

which keep this crowded na-

There is no such bye-election; It was a safe sost. The interest is less in the result tion on the move the necessity even the Inspissated gloom of of work and the necessity of at-those cadaverous gangsters could than in the fact that Mr. Hender- tending the festivals of sport. not extinguish an instinct. Sport thing as a Superman, said

or another, until son will return to the House of These avocations are, so to speak, and games crept back, taking og George Bernard Shaw, in a Commons after an absence of two the bread and cake of our exis-popular form

thousands get the astonishing athletic revival in recent letter to a Shanghai many tence;

newspaper. years during which the prestige through the plain fare of the week the middle of last century-a re- of the Labour Party has been with their thoughts fixed on thevival which in a generation or twe

Jealousy, pure jealousy. the week-end has threatened to transform the steadily falling. It is just as treat coming, at

Does Mr. Shaw forget that recreation into pre-

between he mot us when he was in Hong- weil that a check, should be put Except under pressure of sports play in life into its business, and upon the irresponsibilities of over and games, which demand ample to intensify

and regular Interludes, the English occupation. The years zealous of the Sir Stafford Cripps might never have invented the the Fifties and the 'Seventies dif- kong?.

week-end, and the world would ferontiated and settled our winter have one reason less to be grate-games, Rugby and Association ful to the leland genius. As it is, Football; it was a period of ex-next trip around the world. the trains which carry exhausted pansion in sport that matched We hope the Editor will give us only the task of interviewing him. citizens home on Friday night are expansion in trade. The

overalght gener- The Times and other Journals packed next day with a populace opportunity our forefathers missed Our interview would go some-

The thing like this; blither mood, travelling in was tennis, an have asked how Mr. Henderson will

or renew their ously repaired since the War. droves to watch

George Bernard Shaw arrived combine his now tasks with those favourite recreation. The Greek rest has been taken over which he has already undertaken peoples would suspend even war- elaborately developed, so that to- in Hongkong a few weeks ago,

the day sport prospers and

pays passing through the, Colony with- comment. as President of the Disarmament fare and flock amicably to Conference. But why should there Olympic Games, but the compulsion dividends though half the specta out occasioning any be any difficulty? The Disarma came only once every four years. tors are on the dole and the rest. He travelled third class on a end- Mr. Show was wearing a suit of We observe a truce once every six of our industries trail through class tourist ship. ono contemp- the bankruptcy court. Who cares mont Conference will not go on days. It is, when for ever; and, above all, the phase lates the matter, a terrific pheno- if there is not enough cash for a wide-checked plus-fours, in which responsibility for its con- menon. this hurly-burly and com- couple of light cruisers if stakes rimmed spectacles, and tinuance has been thrown on its motion the community undergoes, can still be found for a couple of

at set intervals all the year round, heavy-weights ?

subservience to sport. The President's shoulders, cannot last in

Passenger Transport very long. Mr. Henderson has London made his tour of the European Board would

craze for competitive games was talking to the Telegraph re- Foreign Offices, and the Bureau is way without the receipts of Satur THE defendera of the present-day famous false beard. When his assert that they foster "the spirit presentative, an albatross flew out of team-work," and have made of his whiskers. This startling reassembling next week. The Con- day to Monday.

England a fitter nation. The first incident Mr. Shaw absolutely dis- ference itself resumes in October.

used to sub-claim is merely a cant phrase:regarded.

Jasts He said he intended to stay in Parliament does not meet again

divide the passions neatly and the "spirit of team-work" till November; and the intervalTHE ancients (which will include the meetings allet them to their proper "seats"; precisely so long as a team is in Hongkong for at most half an On Monday the best of the mui tsai problem, water short- of the Counell and Assembly of but they scarcely gave prominence action, but is not carried off the hour, and would write a book on age, coal dump scandals, cabaret never forwards does not hopefully run

government surpluses, the League of Nations) should see, enough to Competition, which led-field.

the heart, and Mr. Henderson's conciliation efforts gcs next

(it is to be hoped) near the spleen, his department like a scrum, nor evils, ended, one way or the other.

This partisan spirit and rivalry, does an oaraman vaguely conceive cathedral white ants, and other which to-day blossoms mightily in his office to be a boat which the subjects upon his return to Eng- sport, ought now to be called the manager la stroking. At work land. master passion. If it cannot move another set of loyalties comes in- mountains, it summons mountain- to play, and will be exhibited by ous crowds; it stimulates a large men who have never touched a share of human conduct, and mani- ball down or slogged a full toss to fests itself as soon as the individu- the boundary. The "team-work" The English have been make a case for something vastly a walks certainly as soon as he argument is used by devotees to

overdone. persistently bitten with a desire to skill against test strength and each other and against all comers

POLITICAL SCANDAL

Whether true or not, the allega tions made by Commander Ken- worthy in raking up the history of events in 1931 are certainly not calculated to improve the public estimation of the Labour Party Viscount, Snowden has vigorously accusations against denied the himself, throwing back a counter- charge which again may or may not be true, but can only have the

can run.

soon be in a poor

•

man". volumes of special meaning.

ears has given the term "sporte-

and

horn- smelt

the most marked influences of his visit to the U. S. last year.

Mr. Shaw also had on

strongly of hootch. These were

Mr. Shaw was accompanied by Asked what he thought of the Mrs. Shaw and the twins. white ant menace in the Cathe dral, Mr. Shaw advised church-

Questioned on the possibility of ants will then be red," he said. goers to turn communists. The

life in the Hereafter Mr. Shaw replied "Vote Wet". When cor- rected upon this issue, he said: "What you need is more Logisla papers." tive Councillors and less news-

Asked to give his impressions of Hongkong and the Peak, Mr. Shaw He said that he had received a said he hadn't noticed it.

•

ANOTHER PARTY

The latest news from the Rc-

trait which has served the THE contention that games have improved physique and health and which in later covery Front in the United

race well, States seems to suggest that the

of the spectators the majority in Administration has now entered

the universal army of sportsmen? upon the most difficult phase of

is valid for all who play; but what effect of showing, this much: no

No one yet benefited his health by the campaign. All the weak matter who were the black shoop, points of resistance have been there was "dirty work at the cross-

ly tried to put sport down had sce (for example) a London con- pierced; the obstacles are becom- roads" somewhere. What useful the great who have occasional standing in November drizzle to ing steadily stiffer, as exhibited purpose can be served by the

land) beat a goalkeeper whose the Rotary Club. He would cer in the attitude of Mr. Henry tactics of either is past compro-meditated its hold from antiquity, tre-forward (bought from Scotwireless Invitation to lunch with they might have saved their un transfer price was almost as much. tainly complain to his friend successful ordinances. Most minda

Mr. Shaw said that the Jews in Ford, who is typical of many im- henstos.

turn back to the Greek and Roman A good deal of fun has been poked Marconi about this, portant individualistic interests.

amphitheatres as the cradles of at the now legions of hikers (thoy

At this moment the albatross Labour trouble are adding to

public contest, but the athletes of will dress up sol), and It must Germany were not really happy.

admitted that they practise the difficulties of President "BRITISH WEEK"

Ireland, Egypt and other lands be Roosevelt and General Hugh

"British Week" in Finland, were training to win centuries be- neither a game nor a sport, but returned, carrying in its beak a

fifteen-mile kers, and was lost to sight. Johnson,-while-doubts-arc_now.

Yet the effort of a

"Say, bo", Mr. Shaw exclaimed, that boird is-a-great-family direct outcome of the new polley Ineked rewards and honour, and tramp is more to be respected than arising concerning the efficacy which commences to-day is the forehand. Whe so excels has never only a very pedestrian pastime. large fish. It flew into his whis-

told that victors in the in of the codes achieving of reciprocal trade agreements we are

Bort any effort of contemplation; further absorption of the un-

which Mr. Runelman has been Olympic Games obtained employed. Altogether, the out- steadily pursuing. At the me- of annuity from their cities. But though thousands go home, when man."

better satisfaction when 'ho takes look cannot be regarded as ment, we sell Finland goods to a did the Greeks (who loved pro- their side has won, swelling with

We have received the following bright; the pace of recovery value one-fifth of that of our importion), spend interminable hours personal glory, the hiker has a

communication from one of our is slowing up; commodity prices ports, a disparity which is de- debating sport, interviewing sport, his boota,

inconsistent with the writing sport, thinking, and look-

pals, and how! :

Dear Eddie-Good morning, or are erratic. In these circumstan-cidedly ces strong pressure will, it is policy. The Finns fully realise ing at sport, as do the British?

be sure that IMELIGHT and over-specialisa-

tion are the two spoil-sports: is it mourning? Yesterday I had 1 birthday? You might have certain be brought upon Presid- that they must alter it, if they are They would have shied from auch

to retain their valuable exports to puerility. We may ent Roosevelt to embark upon a ue. And it is quite possible for less was gleaned of the home-life policy of further active expan- them to do so if they substitute of a winner of charlot races than Every game suffers from an ab- sion of credit, of using the in- goods bought from Great Britain is known of the winner of the wo-surd banging of the drum; in- heard the ships firing a salute. This morning I am in possessin flationary powers granted to him for goods bought from countries men's singles. Betwixt festivals, ternational matches are acclaimed it was really for the Queen of

no margin for the last Not weightier topics, those matters of leaves

following: by Congress. The recovery im- which give them far less custom. the ancient publics turned to by many newspapers in type that Holland, but we share everything. petus will wear itself out unless Hence the "British Week."

over moment and destiny to which we trump; significant and important (lot of s-s's in that word!) of the

(Continued on Next Columns.) inflationary action is taken. This only in the capital, but all

the country, some thousands of spare a little aide-attention in be- nowe is banished if a fast bowler view is strongly held by the retail shops are displaying British tween the week-end trances. Royal Bank of Canada, which goods. Prizes will be awarded for points out that the true value of the best displays. The towns are the U.S. dollar is much greater flagged and luminated; the Ad- than is indicated by recent quo-miralty have sent a cruiser and tations in francs. As yet there the War Once a military band; a has been but little positive in-team of athletes has gone from the flationary action in the United A.A.A.,, a team of folk-daneers under the auspices of the E.F.D.S.; the States and the decline in

there will be British tannis players value of the dollar is largely in and some British films. With the speculative anticipation of future facts of world trade as they are, action. The dollar has been sold and the failure of the W.E.C. this short. Since even the present seems to be an inevitable develop-: balance of trade is favourable toment in international trade rela-

tionship, the United States, a slight rever- sal in speculative sentiment could easily drive the dollar much

nearer to parity with gold. Car-money, but if there is close co- ried far, an upward movement ordination between plans for fin- of the dollar would be likely to lancing and the expansion pro-i

Jects themselves, this increased weaken confidence. in recovery. The position of the United States demand for credit can be met; is such that positive steps toward without advancing rates. It is expansion of credit are still the degree of co-ordination ex- necessary if the strength of the hibited which will reveal to the upward trend is to be maintain outside world the capacity of the Adequate ed, yet this statement does not United States to maintain the imply that active steps toward pace of recovery. expansion are not contemplated, handling of this situation will It is anticipated that the govern- also give a basis for hope ment programme of expenditure that the government will bo on public works, on reafforesta- able to maintain stabllity of a tion, and the assistance to the dollar regulated in relation programmes of the individual to price fovel rather than States will be well under way by in relation to gold. Any undue October. These government ex-tightening of money rates, how- penditures should provide stimu-ever, at a time when the govern- hus at the time when the normal ment is seeking to encourage ox- autumn upturn shall be carrying pansion, bodes til for that type busincas activity to better levels, of co-ordination which is neces- The need for credit for this au- sary in order that the stability tumn expansion, together with of the dollar shall be permanent- the necessity for credit to fin-ly, maintained. It would repro ance the government projects, sont either lack of understanding Hamlight in exposted to tighten for lack of co-operation.

"

"Now don't be so rough with him. He's not

horse, you know."

truck

1 bot. Whiskey (good)

1 Hang Over (bad)

1 Invitation to Chinese dinner

2 Cables

1 ingrowing toenail

1 Ivory Ornament

1 Bot. Boda (warm)

1 Loving Disposition,

I also had a temperature, but

the doctor took that. That's all there was left. Could you come ovor and see me.

This morning I am not so good. With love and kisses,

The dirty crook. He lied to us. There was no whiskey there when we called,

pricks a finger; and the everlasting Jerseya natics of young, men in are a worso bore on the plature page than the everlasting bathing belles they supplant. No frippery about anyond "who made the win- ning hit must be withheld from the idolising public, Sport has cheapened journalism, and journal- iam sport. And when M. Borotra protests that "sport is not an end

Itsell In

and Mr. Austin ("Bunny" to the myriad) observes that sport is on "an entirely wrong pedestal," these two fa vourites are suspected of socking subtle advertisement...

WITH games so critically watch

ed, oror-spacialisation has en- sured naturally. No one far off perfect can risk the cascade of contempt that pours on Inefficiency. The performer must dedicato himself solely to his pastime if ho would be in the first fight

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