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WAGING WAR ON MALARIA

For ten years the Health tion of the League of Nutions has been fighting malaria and now has an excellent report to present to the world. This job by the League may be looked upon as one of the most useful

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1934.

NOTES OF THE DAY AN APPEAL FOR The Very Idea!

PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE

CHINESE UNITY

By H. T..

ONG

OLD HONGKONG-THE TRUTH!

By George

THE "Old Hongkong" series Tof articles gives away a lot

no

of other people's past but owing doubt to the inherent the Press, the modesty of weekly feature seldom touches on the history of the gewa- papers in this Colony.

Mr. Quezon declares himself to now bo well satisfied with the legislation granting independence to the Philippines and It le hardly to be doubled that his personal influence In the islands is such that the now proposals will be ac- copted by the Filipino people. Sir-In view of recent reports) getting the South West to give its They marke 6 distinct advance indicating a hardening of the at-wholehearted moral and political upon the provisions of the Harettude of political leaders in the backing to our Government. The Hnwea-Cutting

in- Act. Full dependence has been secured, South West against the National age of corrupt self-secking poltul becoming automatic within ten Government's efforts to bring them clans, who would sell their country years and during the period of within its fold, will you be good to fill their pockets, every Chineso transition, governmental reforms enough to permit a Shanghal sub- fervently trusts is past. will take place virtually conceding.

It is an open secret that the un- constitution similar to Dominion scriber of your paper a status in the British Empire. It space in your columns to voice the compromising South West потяратств were liviited can scarcely be denied, therefore, sincere regret of Chinese opinion stitutes the one and only romain. that the now legislation goes here and elsewhere in this countrying obstacle to perfect national far towards meeting the aspira-

little

of

the incomprehensiblej

Southern our

tions of the Filipinos. Doubt only against

rises when the economie provi- manoeuvres sions are studied and here the fellow-countrymen. same objections that caused the refusal of the offer made a year ago appear.

TEST TOURISTS

ная

con-

to

of our

There appears to have been so little news In those days what with the absence of local scandal and the foreign newa nervice, that the telling tales of ench other. Headings auch as those wore frequent occurrences:

Editor Imprisoned

Fourth Sentence On Upholder of Public Rights

Justice Blala Copy Book

Or again-

Government Wakes Up

Contemptible Contemporary's Convict Caged

to

So frequent were some of former scribes in their visits to the Victoria" that a Press Club Is believed to have been run there with the connivance of the Jallers, One Editor moved in with his family and furniture and hnd his letter paper headed "The Old Vic."

tha

The "Mac" yarn related by the Daily Pest the other day as a genuine and original joke against Scotch engineers is as old us Granny herself and nearly as feeble."

unity. Repeatedly it has taken steps which dolight the hearts of our national enemies, by proclaim- I have been specially impelleding a line of policy in direct' con- to raise at least such feable pro-trast to that of the National Gov- fest as is in my power, by the ernment. Independent notes ECONOMIC HANDICAPS present deadlock in the negotin- foreign powers, and to the League, The welfare of the Philippinentions for absorption of the branch and other similar action discredit- by the Centraling the Government in the eyes of re- political organ in the economie sphere has ceived less consideration than boy, which in recent weeks had the world, havo lent weight to the interests of American com appeared to be proceeding smooth. Japanese defamations petitors. The Filipino trade in ly to the complete satisfaction of country, as "distintegrating." "dis- Augar, cocoanut oil and yarn fibre all parties concerned, and which organised," and the like. The net le jeopardised. Perhaps Presid-culminated in the attack made on result is that the Government in ent Roosevelt hopes, by the ex- the Government by the circular the face of South Western critic- ercise of tariff powera which he in telegram of the South-West Kuo-ism, often is rendered holpicos to

Executive Bocking from Congress, that he mintang

Committee Adopt a steady policy. At times, can ease the difficultier certain to dated the 14th April, and reported in trying to please everybody it has ended In pleasing nobody, develop, but the powerful Ameri- in the Shanghai Evening Post, And on every occasion the South ean interests witch wrote Into the two days ago.

West, which alone could nerve and law a long at of specific pro-

The said telegram after warn-strengthen the Government's hand, visions threatening the economie

This club came abruptly to an stability of the islands are certain ing the Government of the political has been the foremost to consure

the implications of falling in with the lattor for weakness, for which end when an editor proved unfaith- to resist auch bonevolence to last ditch. On the political aide. Japanese claims for resumption of the South West's non-co-operation ful to the cause and rained a scoop over his rivals by publishing a the Filipinos are fully assured; the postal services and through itself is mainly responsible.

complete revelation of the enge on the economic they are required rallway traffic between this country

Any impartial study of the and corruption of prison life. to surrender a hard-won position, and Manchuria, concluded with

When warring with the Govern- which maken the grant of in- what appears to my mind to be a problems as they really face the dependence a shabby sort of gift. strikingly unjustifiable denuncia Government will convince one that ment becams monotonous Their association with the Unitedtion of Nanking's policy in regard whatever steps to the prejudice of papers turned against each other States has naturally resulted in to the Manchurian question and alour country and our cause have and we find little items such as concentration of Filipino trade in personal attack on General Huang been taken, they have been taken this.

If Fu, the Government's representa-out of sheer painful necessity, Bervlag the American market.

after all other possible avenues have been explored and found im- Sec-severance of political relations in live in the North.

volver also the loss of much of

I have no intention of indulging possible. The Government has their export trade to the United

National States, existence as an independent any special pleading on behalf been in the enviable plight of

of the

Government, coping not only with the most un- whether rightly or otherwise. precedented of eriacs, but is also republie may be started amid acute

But as a Chinese citizen I wish to saddled with the Herculean task This gained the subscription of economic distress.

register the resentment that all of cleaning out the Augean stables the Scotsmen but lust the support fair-minded loyal Chinese must of misgovernment left by its pre- of the few grannies in the Calony. Tho maligned and long suffering feel against the petty opposition decessors. Is it any wonder that The Australian cricketers have tactics of the South West, which the Government cannot perform humorist reports:-"We should like pieces of salvage done after the been received in England with the conalst wholly and solely of des- the superhuman feats, which to have an impartial opinion on the Great War. From

Oll warmest of welcomes. If it

Itructive criticism,

parently were the minimum that value of the issues of that penny- antisfy South Western worth of Alth and degradation tha wards, malurial mosquitoes had necessary, which it is dumcult to

As the cradle of the National Would

critics?

Daily Riff-raff. the time of their lives. Doctors bebeve, they have been put com-

"Our opinion of course is open to had other things to think about. pletely at their esse concerning the Revolution the South West, must

of the un- forever stand high in our esteem. Not one single contribution to efects in England Money could not be spared for fortunate leg-theory bowling con- Furthermore, no one will seriously National polley has been made by the charge of prejudice but wo anti-malarial work. Armies of troversy. No hard feelings have doubt the genuineness of the those that have been the foremost think very strongly that nothing

readiest to condeinn. The feebler in the newspaper line ha refugees caried infection across been harboured. The Englishman patriotism of the leaders in those and the frontiers. War and would feel a very serious void in provinces. But "Patriotism is not Government has said to each and ever been folsted on the generous

China is admittedly

Colony and we are not forgetting post-war conditions encouraged his cricket should anything occur enough".

lend your judgment to us, no the disease everywhere.

In to prevent the periodical tests of facing one of the biggest crises very one of those critics, "Comal and open minded public of this

we may be able to the existence of the Daily Slug."! still provided by the meetings of her existence. And the present is that jointly

"There must be some special Italy, during the war,, malaria England's and Australia's fore- not the time for empty talk of formulate the best possible polley."

charm in wishy-washy lucubrations mortality increased by over most players. The prosent tour which the most reprehensible form And this fraakness has, sad to any of the prattling scribes of our 500%. In Greece, the death- will proceed, we are sure, as is destructive criticism-but for apparently failed to be reciprocat

mudheaded contemporary but we rate doubled. There were thir- though the word "body-line" had action conalstent with one's poli-ed by equal frankness.

can remain assured that as long as teen-and-a-half million cases in never been solned or heard of, leal convictions.

In normal times the Government their lascivious and vacuous appeal Russia during a single year provided sensation-seeking scribes

Along with numbers of our would perhaps adopt an attitude la confined to the dubious and un- four times as many as in pre- do not set out to create mischief.

It in regrettablo fact that countrymen eincerely following the which may be summed up in less educated clientele for whom they war days. Similar stories came journalists far more than eric course of the negotiations between elegant parlance as "Either help enter, wo of the more enlighted from Poland, Bulgaria, Ruminis keters or crowds were responsible the central and branch political un, or shut up." But the present organ of public opinion and thought, and Yugo-Slavia, while the situa- for the bad spirit that arose as a organs, and hoping sincerely that is not the time for personal, class, have little to fear."

the When quoting from other local tion in Asia and Africa assumed result from the last tour In the result will give more power to or regional resentment. In

never failed the elbow of the men in charge of National cause, neither class nor papers, the quoters alarming proportions. So, in Australia.

the ship of State, I for one, cannot creed, party nor province must to apologise for printing this 1523, the League of Nations was

escape the conviction that the Na- raise a distinction: but all must "journallelic swill" and if attacked called into action. Its special TOP HATS

tional Government has done every-work with one heart and speak themselves retorted that they would sub-committee of experts later. The decision to form a club at thing possible to meet all reason with ona voice for the common reply if they could "detect the cir- the leaders of the culation of the alleged newspaper." developed into the Malaria Com- Westminster for restoring the able aspirations that could be weal. Can

When telegraame wero started mission. Fifty-four of the former glories of parliamentary entertained by the fenders in the South West fall to realise this world's leading specialists are to-headgear la a welcome sign that South West. Despite all this, no obvious paramount duty and still there was considerable apposition day helping the League to com- Great Britain still preserves unim-progress whatever has been made. arrogate to itself pride of place as to one paper attributing its news.

of ennnot yet believe that it is Chinese patriots? To this ques- to "Epecial Telegram."

obviously be only Saye plete its task. Three main lines paired her anciont standards

such: "Now why On the eve of the conquest entirely hopeless to expect achieve- tion there can

should this news-which appears of approach have produced satis value.

to have as much loent Interest as factory results. First, it has of Canada, as General Wolfe sailed ment, of the all-desirable end of up the St. Lawrence, reading Gray's

the death of the late lamented been necessary to find out why "Elegy" to his

men, he said, "I

Queen Anne-bave induced our malarla occurs in some countries would rather have written thint

notoriously stingy contemporary to and not in others, although mos-poem than tako Quebec." Soon

have gone to the totally unneces quitoes may be present in both afterward, he did take Quebec; and

anry expense of a telegram? But cases. Useful discoveries have on that occasion fow were his op-

did they pay for It?. No we think. been made by studying condi-ponents who would have appreciated

not. We think it was sent by tions in Great Britain, Holland, the jauntless of Mr. Walt Disney's

some friend who wanted the nows Nearly and Denmark. Secondly, the most celebrated villain.

made public and our contemporary two hundred years have passed production and sale of quinino

is therefor consummate hum- bug." has been dealt with. In order to since then, but Britain happily re- mains little changed in spirit, still overcome the world shortage, in- thinking of such matters as poetry teresting experiments have been where others would be meditating directed towards finding an effec on such things as war, For tive substitute for this drug. Just before the 1934 budget Introduced, the chiof Thirdly, In the most heavily in was

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fected countries, the League has topic of discussion in London was organised special epidemiological not the possibility of a reduction enquiries. The first study tour in income tax, but the desirability in 1924 revealed the local condi- of an increase in top hats, tions in Bulgaria, Greece. Italy, SYMBOL OF PEACE Rumania, Russia and Yugoslavia.

of

Next year, Palestine and Spain. The immediato object of the Top were visited; In 1920, Corsica Hat Club at Westminster is, and Sicily; in 1927, the United course, the restoration uf that States of America; and in 1920 article of attire to its former popu India. Albania, Persin and Siam Robert Lynd Reca far more in it iarity with M. P's. But Mr. also received assistance from the than that. Thomas Carlyle em- League. Meanwhile, in the bodied an entire philosophy in n course of a general enquiry, in-suit of clothes; and Mr. Lynd formation was collected from the balances a whole political system on health administrations of 93 the shining crown of the top hat. malarial countries and terri-This, he says, is a symbol of peace- torics. These, it was estimated, ful, satlefed, prosperous Con- represented three-quarters of servatism. It is imposalble to con- the population of the globe through by men in top hate. In celve of a revolution being carried Naturally hard work and Pa-other words, the Disarmament Con- tlence were needed to co-ordinate forence would go far toward calm. this mass of material. To-day Ing the angry passions of nations if the results are justifying the only it could persuade the haber League's vast expenditure of dashers to sell more top hats and effort.

fower coloured shirts,

and

one auswer.

"Look, mamma, be's got the operator crazy."

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But to come to more recent days we may say that we had the privi logo of interviewing an editar quito recently. He received us with a Telegraph in one hand and scissors. and paste in the other. We shook hands without galting cut or pasted and asked him for his views on this contemporary.

"I have nothing but admiration and envy for your paper," he said. "Your news is good, accurate and. well-lafd. out. I always know where to turn for my leader and the little stray bite that one's own staff is bound to miss and when I want to laugh I look up your little column and enjoy a good half hour. There is only one little point I would like to draw your attention to, and that is your court work. Recently have beon obliged to send one of my own mon down as your paper has not beon publishing quite enough of the COBOR 1 need. I'm sure you will not take this amiss and that a word in the right quarter will do the trick."

We apologised and withdrew to the sound of ringing bells, snapping scissors and the noft satisfying. amoosh of pasta anil paper.