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MONDAY,

NOTES OF THE DAY

JAPAN'S "EXPLANATIONS":

APRIL 23, 1934.

TEAR GAS CRIMINALS

HONGKONG

IN

the persons of

The Very Idea!

GOING ON LEAVE

By George

Japanese efforts to render the "Hands Of China!" doctrine more palatable to Western countrica with

TEAPONS that have hitherto so. Their range is, much longer. Interests in China are hardly more Wbers and their efect dovnitatur. reassuring than the original

Colony through the medium of Revolvers und peremptory challenge, Other coun

automatics of

curious thing about this tries can trade with China with the penny dreadfuls and the yellow every conceivable make have also Colony is that you have full permission of Japan, and with prons of the United States have been found on that concession they must, whether

intely been making a closer and criminals and they range from the got to leave it before you they

find the friends you have like or not, be satisfied. the hands of local desperadocs.

it.

more unpleasant acquaintance, In latest silent killera to the crude Chinn's development is to be care-

old-fashioned shot guns.

made in it. fully controlled from Tokyo. If

Only last week three men were Naturally enough the most com- China advances too rapidly. It will mit an offence and two of them line is the toy platol and imitation covering these friends is to feentenced for conspiracy to common. instrument in the "gre-arID" be dangerous, She might tell Japan to mind her own business. carried arms of the most modern with theso a clover crook can blur announce that you are going

automatic sold by the shops for

gangster typo.

The easiest method of dis-

Ono of them, Indeed, was in the his way through and escape on leave or Home for good.

old

Take Dumbell for Instance. We heard on Monday that he

mer garb.

♫

It is, therefore, the corner-stone of Japanese policy that China's progress be kept within bounds, nature of a deadly novelty-a tear large percentage of the consequen-

ces if he is caught. Nothing will be permitted that gas projector elaborately fitted out might place China In the position in the guise of

Life préservers have attained a A revolving whore ale could decline to acknow. mechanical pencil.

variety of forms which could. bo ledgo Japan's suzerainty. All mea Snapped into the pocket in the admired for their ingenuity were was leaving shortly. aures of ordinary progressive de ordinary manner or held careless-Tho

they not such a sinister menace.

shining

We called round at his rooms velopment, the opening up of they in the hand, this apparently bludgeoner which originated in to find the place in disorder.

steel telescopie of living, the strengthening of her of a button fitted into the side, of the most favoured types. In brushes, pictures, and boots country, the raising of the standard harmless object can, at the touch the United States is perhaps one Suits drooped round chairs; Vauxhall. Even with nine months day-and-financial independence, unless dlreject a powerful blinding gas a the pocket it is a small steel bar, occupled the bed, and Dumhell night work the Vauxhall factory was not able ected and approved by Japan, may in cope with the rush of orders. And now

distance of some yards and in the easy and unobtrusive. Whipped was discovered onsconced in this cho anasia remave. Factory, extensions lend to this aituation and must,

hands of a cool criminal would out of the pocket it snaps into a cupboard wrestling with moths coaling over £300.000 now enable Vauxhall therefore, cease. That seems to be

temporarily incapacitate and per-length of two feet and becomea an for the possession of his sum- to meet the demand. Now you can get normal delivery of a Vauxhall Light Nix, the programme, lacking nothing In haps permanently injure a group effective weapon of offence.

Attention given to all enquirica

Interest or audacity. It would

of persons.

The sword stick was an and demonstrations afforded.

hardly be surprising to discover

The top of the "pencil" in fitted favourite which has practically that other people have something with a cap with a partly open been discarded on account of its Hong Kong Hotel to say about its application.

aperture. The cap contains an clumsiness. ordinary cartridge from which the Garage

A great many of these unlawfu! powder has been extracted and re-devlees are brought into the colony NAZIS AND PROPAGANDA

by powdered clay Impreg-by seamen from Europe and the General Goering's denial of Nazl cartridge is that of a 32 automatic and, surprisingly, from Holland.

with chlorine. As the States.

Many come from Germany ability to relax unmerciful pressure quite a quantity of this powerful on the one-per-cent, of the German mixture can be inserted and its of any lethal instrument in the We sensed that he hoped we had A Berlous view of the discovery Bi was polite but a little bored, population who still decline to em- strength can be adduced by the hands of an unauthorised person come in our official position as brace the doctrines of the Nazi statement of the faith, amounts almost to a confes analyst, who confessed that though little fear is entertained that the

Government is always taken, of course, but secretary of the Lude League. Bion. He virtually admits that he took the cartridge apart aa Colony is becoming a

Ilis face fell to the top of his thore is a large proportion of the delicately as possible, the powder for the makers. Many of them are collar when he found that we knew

a good market whose allegiance is of the lipa made them smart Inn painful the trade in them is so casual that rather than of the heart. They manner for some hours afterwards,

"Bit, you old rasen!," we said the Hongkong criminal can might easily, he says. be "suborned" Tear gas pistola have been con-exonerated from

beginyfully. "trying to keep your by the propaganda of the reaction- fiscated by the police who have systematicnily bringing his trade only just heard of it from Smith

any charge of departure secret, .ch 7 aries, were it permitted. And who discovered several types of this up to the horrific standards that and he was told by Robinson. should know better? If the Nazis much more effective but more prevail in other and less fortunate You might have gone unhonoured do not appreciate the power of pra-jobvious weapon, in the last year or places.-G.W.G. paganda, who does?

Stubbs Road,

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nated

Hongkong Telegraph.remaining ninety-nine per cent. effected his eyes considerably, and originally acquired as curios and

MONDAY, APR. 23, 1934.

U.S. NAVY PROGRAMME

WHITHER BRITAIN?

recalled with a pang that perhaps As we knocked at the door we

we had not done all we should have done by old Bill. Had neglected him somewhat. However, the old chap was leaving. We would cer tainly see him off on the boat.

and unsung."

We

"No fear of that," says Bill n trifle bitterly. "The Golf Club is coming down en bloc; I've gat two cricket teams, a bowls rink, and a band coming down to the ship and the P. & O. are making special catering arrangements for the party."

it

COLONY'S FINANCES Despite a fall of nearly a million and half dollars in revenue, when contrasted with the previous year, the Colony was able to show a surplus on

The excitement engendered by the 1933 working of over $976, consular official had dared criticise the mere suggestion that a British 000 and thus to finish the year the huge American naval building

"There is a revolution in this likely to succeed than within with its credit balance increased programme is not altogether a bad

world and we are in it. Our larger If you say that this is to well over thirteen million sign. It really amounts to this,

job in Britain is to do the revolu- economic nationalism I reply that tion, and dollars. The situation is

to do it better than economie nationalism is denounced na that Americans are themselves a nuyone else. But

"Oh well. If you think wo worse than was anticipated when little uncomfortable concerning

our develop by many people who have not real-shall be in the way...a little ment and our lenders cannot be ly applied their minds to the 1933 Budget was introduced; the implications and, for that

obtained by mutual hatred-by problems Involved and who speak

the anxiously. indeed, it is materially better reason, resent criticism all the

sudden convulsions involving a of economie nationalism as though "A mere one won't make any more. Mr. Gerald Campbell has than the expectations then held denied the accusation. He was

break with all our tradition and it were a disease instead of being, difference at all new. If you and an improvement on the posi-present at

all our continuity.

it dinner where Ameri-

cortainly is, a aymptom of the bring the Ludo League players, tion envisaged at the time of the can visitors attacked the Vinson Elliot,

In these words Mrs. Walter coming of the leisure State. won't be noticed at this stago." revised Estimates in September. Bill, but scrupulously avoided any gave his opinion of the future of greas with the new State we have

Minister of Agriculture,

"Before we can make such pro- "Suro Bill. They'll be glad to Actually, a deficit on working of personal reference to the matter. the country in the last of the radio to resolve the clash between liberty conic. We'll toll them; and what $1,196,672 was budgetted for, but That, however, is by the way. The talks on "Whither Britain."

about the choir and the Volun- from this figure there has to be Britten and his type are able to Elliot, "upon the necessity of be-

and security at home, interest lies in the fact that Mr. "I take my first stand," said Mr.

LESSON OF AGRICULTURE.

teera? Some of the chaps pro- deducted half a million dollars get hot under the collar about the lieving in the decency and kindli- greatest industry in our hand, and,

"Agriculture, which is still the bably don't know you're going." provided for in respect of the dislike aroused by the inference of mess of the others who are in the of course, Infinitely the most vital." chap was a little worn what with Bill sat down heavily. The poor transfer of the Naval Arsenal the Visson Bill, that it expresses turmoil along with me, whether continued Mr. Elliot, "had a sur-the strain of packing and the and Kellett Island, but not spont, American belief in force Looking at some of the items of method of adjusting international make this demand specially of nearly died-of-it

as they are working for me or against, feit of liberty lit sickened and thought of parting with bla revenue, we find that duties only disputes. yielded $5,833,467 on an estimate

the Radicals, the men, and indeed

"Any man was free to grow any-

friends. of $7,930,000, a fall of $764,381

the women, of the political Left.

thing he liked here under any con- when compared with 1932. The

ditions, and any man was free to ECONOMIC NATIONALISM.

We poured him out a tot' of grow anything he liked anywhere whisky from the decanter which decline in trade is no doubt res-

these conditions agriculture was burst opon and a little gang of without any conditions. Under just offering it him when the door abroad and send it here, equally stood behind the door and were ponsible for the fact that port

not prospering in Great Britain-friends poured into the room. and harbour dues produced only $679,385 on an estim te of $805,- 000, this representing a shrink-

We hurriedly drained the glass nge of $132,000 when contrasted with the previous twelve months. The Post Office income was $80,- 038 lower than in 1932, but none the less on a revenue of $1,883,- in none of the agencica act up by 664 there was a profit of $1,- European and other nations for 187,000. In other words, revenue adjusting their differences by reas was nearly three times the total son instead of force. Individually of expenditure, and this again sought to foster peace by reason; tempt to solve our problems within ducers

and informally Americans have raises the point whether there collectively and officially they have smaller areas of the world is more should not be some reduction

RELIANCE ON ARMS

Of course few nations are in a

are to go ahead to from that. I

"That was

position to say anything about level of subsistence and a reason "We must ensure a reasonable American navy building; nearly able level of security for all our every country is putting its own dependence chiefly on arms. But citizens. You ask me where we it was decaying. it would be well for Americans to Any without hesitation, to the new things bound to be so. The aver- hed. Our first thought was for theirs almost solely on arms. face the fact that they are putting state.

In the nature of and poked the decanter under the side of the vague Kellogg pact and Outa Out- a few innocuous arbitration trea- ties, the United States has joined

made in postal charges. It is ampered rather than helped the quite within the bounds of possi- that purpose. Nowhere has this machinery Het up for bility that the failure of the strange reluctance to cooperate in revenue of this Department to building up substitutes for war com up to expectations, big as been more evident than in the delay the Sum was, is in part due to about entering the World Court. the heavy rates persisting.

*

Land sales yielded $972,861 on SENATE ISOLATIONISTS an estimate of $1,300,000, # falling away of nearly four lakhs For reasons never adequately on the 1932, gures. Here is Senate has considered that the explained, a minority group in the evidence of the subsiding of the United States would be gravely building boom. Miscellaneous endangered by membership in the receipts were badly under estim-Court, although none of the forty- ated, yielding $406,439 on an nine members-including big and expectation of $248,700, but the small nations-ne perceived any. total was still considerably less auch peril. Te satisfy these fears than half of that of the previous the Senate attached five reserva- year. The really bright spot in tions to its ratification of the the returns in the steady increase original treaty of adherence. For in the carnings of the railway, States the other nations have the special benefit of the United the revenue being $334,821 bet- agreed to the Root formula, speci- ter than in 1932, with the result feally designed to fit the American that the year's profits come to reservations into the Court's con- well over half a million dollars. atitution. President Hoover, ad On the expenditure side, the vised

by the State Department that Colony's outgoings were some the United States, signed the new this arrangement amply protected four million dollars less than anticipated, due largely to the protocols. Yet Isolationist strength, effect of the improved dollar rate tione Committee, hes continued to centred in the Foreign Rela- on sterling commitments. The pigeonhole ratification. P.W.D., our biggest spending de

partment, absorbed quite a good

proportion of the allocations for as could be reasonably expected, recurrent and extraordinary and some ground for satisfaction works, the actual expenditure may be found in the fact that, in being only $614,000 below csti spite of the conditions prevail- matca, Taken all in all, the ing, the past year yielded a slight financial position is quite as good balance on the right side.

"You nek me how the jage man producing the average Bill.

new crop could not compete, and cannot State will look. I say it will be compete, and never will be ablo The newcomers were effusively

a State in which the people as to compete, with the selected man friendly, willing to lend a hand in

a whole will have a great deal in the whole world-area producing the packing, and determined to sco more spare time than they have the selected crop in the selected Bill off on the boat. to-day.

spot and putting it on the market The stresses and strains of the at the selected moment."

Bill was resigned to the worst. new era are so terrific that an at-

but he agreed to let them help It might be said that the pro- pack, more with the idea of getting and not the consumers some return for the coming binge (Continued on Page 5). than from any desire for help. The poor chap WLA quickly deceived.

"That's my husband; "he work at night."

"Say Bill," says Brown holding a tidy looking sult up with an air of disgust. You can't take this home. I should give it to the boy or let me patch it up. It'll just do for mucking round in the win- ter."

Skilly gave a whoop of delight from the corner where he had boon foraging among a heap of debris.

"My racket, Bill. I wondered where In thunder it had gone to. That'll cost you an extra drink." "That's a cute coat you've got Bull. How much to take it off your hands 7"

Stevens who had been trying to put six cubic feet of clothes in a four cubic feet trunk could only bo persuaded that it was imporalbla when the back of the trunk burst. Ho was blasphemously apologetle and Insisted on tieing up the whole thing with string with his own hands.

The boys broke two photo- graphs and a curlo or two be fore leaving heavily laden with sults; sports gear and odds and. enda.

"If I hadn't booked my passage. I'm damned if I'd go," said Bill as we retrieved the whisky bottle and took another drink.

"Well, packing will be cuay now," wo assured him. "You' have a trunk to apare and maybe we could look after that for you."-