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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

TUESDAY,

JULY

1934.

IF IT IS

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NOTES OF THE DAY

VAUXHALL Light Six 14 h.p.

THE GERMAN SCENE".

MY 1934

NATIONS AND THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT

By R. J. CRUIKSHANK

The Very Idea!

A BILLET DOUX.

By George

AMONG our correspond-

It is now possible to get a closer glimpse of the German picture.

ence to-day we detect- The frightfulness of the decimaHE biggest man in the Roose- has only served to heighten his tion of Brown Army lieutenants; volt administration after the conviction in the complete econ. guilty of little more in most cases President himself a Mr. Honry omic rightness of the Old Testa-ed an unusual envelope, pink than an overbearing sense of their Wallace, the Secretary of Agricul-ment prophets and of the Sermon in colour and faintly scented, own importaner, itself an attitude ture. He grows steadily in etature. on the Mount. It is noteworthy Altogether a quite uncom induced by the duties demanded of His speeches thoughtful, tempor- to and the most influential ment-

tion except that the name them, in summary disciplining ofte, philosophic-havon quality all ber of the President's Cabinet mon member for our selec-.

their own. He has no small asserting;

"For nineteen hundred years it

was spelt wrongly, the German people, stands out change of conversation. In priv-

cconomic nonsense. mere sharply. The first-glance ate life he appeara a buttoned-up, acemed that the Sermon on the verdiet, that the Hitler ceteria almost dour man. But on the plat-Mount was were struck by moral panic, re-form he convoys the impression of Now its realisation is not only

chaos. quires little amendment. What a profoundly honest man thinking possible, it is the only way out of

aloud.

"The world in 1010 ripe for a type average Briton would re- further emerges emphasises the precariousness of Herr Hitler's cognise and appreciate his quality of religion which is truly catholic position. New political upheavals at once; In physical appearance, in the original sense of the form may be confidently expected, for as in the cast of his mind, he is I wish that in someway it might vold misunderstandings, we opon. at one with those carnest, am- be so universal as to embrace it is impossible to believe that such bitious and lire se Scots who have Buddhists, Mohammedans, violonce as swept Germany during made so great a contribution to the Protestants and Catholics,

"It should be possible for the the week-end can ever be anything material and moral strength of the at home the first time

people in all these religions to have You feel completely

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The

Hongkong Telegraph.

TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1934,

THE MULTSAI STATISTICS

THE CHOICE

•

DISARMING THE STORM-

TROOPS

Tho

Empire. He la the Shorter Cate chist of the Administration, the custodian of its conscience.

Jowe,

It is no secret that the Secretary of Agriculture has always fought

л

We opened it. It was from Bane-Awfords who had used this novel disguise in an attempt to get us to read their monthly plea,

We appreciato enterprise, and throwing the envelope away to ed the letter and read as under:

"Dear Sir or Madam,

We beg to draw your attention to our account amounting to $200 which, we think, might possibly have been overlooked by you. We should appreciate a settlement of this account with a view to keeping our books up to date. Thanking you in anii- cipation,

We are, Dear Sir or Madam, TMR/MJ

Yrs Fly.

•

It is appropriate that it should have been loft to Mr. Wallace to expound the religious basis of the Boneath the relatively calm sur-New Deal, dfis new book, "States- those Influences in the Roosevelt face intrigue will continue to go manship and Religion," la a valu- Administration which have tended. on between Nazi leaders and Nazi able guide to what is happening in towards a narrow nationaliam, but the United States to-day. It shows in "Statesmanship and Religion" factions and between the Nazis the great moral forces that lie be he comes out into the open against

them with trenchant force. He The Editor being away there and powerful and exceedinglyhind the "Roosevelt Revolution."

was practically nothing to do in For Mr. Wallace represents the writes: patriotic German groups which

"It is true that we can have a the office, so we peeled off our bearing Bane-Awford's are not Nazis, but which, for the Puritan tradition at its finest, moment, have been compelled to There are many thousands of men very high standard of living if we jacket toe the line. Nothing is more of his type in this country, particu- develop a spirit and economic name, took out our pen obtained larly in the Middle West and polley of intenso nationalism such at the same establishment and the first number of that obviously inevitable. The instincts Western States. Their old faiths has been followed by certain wrote

shall famous bundle of correspondence of self-preservation compel a one-has been modified by contact with countries. Spiritually we way decision, complete surrender the machine age, but their funda-have been defeated indeed, and which stands now as our memorial

remains shall have accepted pagan to our fight against dictatorship.

Doar Bane-Awforda (wo beau active mental attitude to life of fear to discretion, or

"From the religious point of spiritedly) Re your communication tako it standa believe in the supremacy of the! working for the downfall of Hitler. profoundly serious, and they still uationalism as our God.

moral law in the Univers. They view, I feel confident that we must TMR/MJ (which are more humane, more kindly expand our vision to embrace the for Trumpeter Major though this than their ancestors, but they re-far-off countries and must take item is not charged to our account) to adjust our economic we are deeply hurt at being again tain the old, grave sense of man's steps high destiny and urgent-respon-affairs so that we are benefiting obliged to point out to you that: the far-off countries at the same our name and your rendering of sibility.

Mr. Wallace is an interesting time that we are benefiting the it are still far from unanimous The most signifiennt of all com- Official statistics in regard to ments on the situation comes from example of a Puritan who has rank and file of our own people. and though admitting that the

abandoned the dogmas of fe "A modern Isaiah, seeing this fault may be ours, it is such the mui-tsai system show that Herr Victor Lutze, new chief of people, and, driven, forward by an possibilities of modern transporta- longstanding one that we trust you whereas in 1929 there wore staff of the Storm Troops. The inner necessity of his nature, is tion and communication and obear-will find it possible to fall into

by addressing u 4,290 names on the register, at main task now, he says, is to build seeking a new religion which mayving the national barriers imposed line with Somerset House and our our grandfather's the end of last year the number up the Storm Troops as a "purely be described as politics trans-by the nations against each other intimate friends

that the orthodox Protestantism in international injustices. He would Smythe wan had been reduced to 2,726. To political" organisation, implying gured by divinity. He believes since the war would cry out against in future as Smythe-ballintore,

abandonment of

military which he was grounded is inadego to the people of the different name and he left such a meagre those unacquainted with the

the organisation. quate to the needs of the modern nations with his message and call local estate that we are loath to for a New Deal among nations. give up anything to which, he had' aspects of facts, it, would appear that the

It implies, too, fear in Nazi world.

This faith, he says, was enor "Religion to my mind is the most the remotest legal claim. In case total disappearance of the system circles of the instrument of their

mously useful in building up practical thing in the world. In your shroff should be obliged to from the Colony will be only own creation, a weapon intended America, for, out of the proud and so saying, I am not talking about call upon us personally, the name matter of a few years, since last to guarantee continuity of power, rugged individualiom which it in church-going, or charity, or any of is pronounced Smythe-bylilatone n the other outward manifestations as spelt and the hyphen is omitted year revealed a reduction of well No attempt is now made to deny spired, the pioneers carved over four hundred mui-tsni. that Iltler can no longer count-upon nation from the wildernces. It of what is popularly called re-in ordinary conversation.

corps of the Brown was not surprising that these ligion. By religion I mean the The position is not, however, the entire quite so simple as that. Actual-Shirts. This private army in-hardy fighters turned to the Paalma force which governs the attitude of David for spiritual meat and of men in their inmost hearts to- ly, the official figures have very cludes extremely radical elements, drink. Calvinism made a virtue of wards God and their fellow-men.

"To-day I am glad to say that little real value. They start out and it is hardly possible that all work. So did Lutheranism. So on the assumption that the only have been roped in, despite the mui-tsai in the Colony when re-hundreds of arrests. gistration was introduced four

the

...

a

As regards the comparatively small matter of initials we feel that it is wasting your time and ours to re-iterate that A.J.M. doce not stand for JAM; does not indicate Maj. of army rank, and is not an abbreviation of the girl's name.

did Wesleyaniam. And as hard economies, science and religion are work and careful saving were all re-examining the facts under essential to the existence of the pressure from the common man country, these faiths were of the who is appalled by the tragic non-However if you could convince". highest social value.

sense of misery and want in the your clerk that we are absolutely years ago were those actually THE REICHSWEHR

The pioneers lived in an eco-midat of tremendous, world stocks sure of our Christian names and can attest them if necessary with registered, and the same idea is

nomy of scarcity. But to-day we of essential raw materials.

"Science has given us control birth certificate, we feel aure apparent in the statements re-

Herr Hitler, Goering and General have come to the economy of garding the reduction which has von Blomberg, Reichswehr com- abundance. "Because we have not over nature far beyond the wildest that he could be provatied upon to ance," writes Mr. Wallace, "men But unfortunately the religious which is as embarrassing for our since been recorded. Actually, mander-in-chief, recently went for learned how to live with abund-imaginings of our grandfathers. see eye to eye with us in a muttor all that can be stated is that a cruise in a German warship. go hungry and ragged. Because attitude which produced such keen wife as it is painful to the memory. a secret our great business institutions scientists and aggressive business of Grandpa from whom we also- there were 4,299 on the register What they discussed

Trusting that we have dealt on December 1st, 1929, and 2,726 they kept to themselves. Never-saved too strenuously in the fat men makes it impossible for na to inherit our initials.

of the years, and accumulated huge cor- live with the balanced abundance on December 31st, 1933. Intheless, the little birda

their workers' purchasing power, willing to accept it with clean, you in your charming letter of

yesterday, wo close on a note other words, of the number Unter den Linden are whisperingporate surpluses at the cost of which is ours as soon as we are fully, with, the matters raised by

of To enter the Kingdom optimism, as regards the 1084 in- originally registered 1,573 have that the chief topic was the modus demand lagged far behind supply understanding hearts.

Heaven brought to earth and cxdustrial outlook and express the since disappeared from the re-operandi in the event of such a depression came and mon lost their gister either through leaving the development as marked the week-jobs,"

Mr. Wallace believes that laissez-pressed in terms of rich material sincere hope that your esteemed Colony, by restoration to re-end. Is Herr Hitler now looking faire and dog-cat-dog economics life it will be necessary to have firm will go on from prosperity to latives, or as the result of marri- to the Reichswehr to

ars the natural outgrowth of the reformation even greater than prosperity in the golden days old-fashioned religion. This loss that of Luther and Calvin. I am which we see just beyond the

horizon. (Continued on Page 4.) of faith in orthodoxy, however,!

lage. It is safe to assume that order?

only a small percentage of the

maintain

mui-tsai in the Colony in 1929 THE FUTURE were registered, and that many more have since arrived here.

A week ago an acknowledged No. check can be kept on these latter, by reason of the fact that expert on Germany foreshadowed there have been no fresh regis-the collapse of the Hitler regime trations during the past four within a fortnight, naming the years. The ban on the engaging suspect von Papen sa the next of mui-tsni other than those who Chancellor! The prediction was were in employment in 1929 does not entirely a product of a vivid

Pleeing not mean that the only mui-tsai imagination.

together now in the Colony are those apparently ill-assorted, fragments whose names appear on the re-produces clear hints that the pro- gister. There must be a con-phecy may not be entirely falsified stant coming and going of un-by the Hitler swoop. Reliance on registered mui-tsai, of which it the Reichswehr is in itself highly is impossible to keep track. The dangerous to a Nazi looking for prosecutions undertaken from time to time only touch the power. And for this reason. No fringe of the problem, although matter what may be the cause of in course of time the knowledge Hitler downfall, his regime would that the system is illegal in almost certainly be followed by Hongkong will doubtless gain a military dictatorship with Mon- wider currency and some impres-archist leanings. Von Blomberg sion be made on the continuance and the ex-Crown Princo prevent- of the system locally. But the ed Hindenburg from resigning. process must by the very nature Doos that mean nothing? Or is of things be a very slow one, the army prepared? Hitler would Within the limits not by the staff probably remain as

a sort of available for anti-mui-tsai work, figurehead for a while. But the and in view of the enormous diffi- milltary group would actually con- culties presented, a really useful trol, the destinies of the country. and beneficial contribution ia beuntil out of the resultant chaos ing made to the solution of what there emerged a Restoration or a is an immenso problem, but nothing is to bo gained by shut. Communist Static The national ting our eyes to the fact that the dementia that has pormitted the many long years, whether the may only too readily be diverted to local register shows.one entry or other and perhaps more cataclys. la thousand.

mie channels.

LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.system aimed at will persist for Intolerances of the Hitler regime

"This would be perfect if we only had a murder mystory to road.

of

We have the pleasure to remain, Dear Bane-Awfords,

Yours respectfully,

A. J. M. SMYTHE-BYLLINTONE. A.D./1934.

R.I.P.

Joejeobhoy is dead...is dead. No more with light and airy

trood

Will be traverse our pages Whilst taking out-the fatuous

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His dainty little looking glass At for too-frequent stages.

And Madgo? That darling of

the Peak,

Uncouthly handsome; masculine.

ly chic.

Will Airt with us no mora:

We left her apread out on the

става

With skewers through her hair

made fast-

Her Soul has Gone Before. How sad it is that Love's sweet.

way:

Should always make the woman

pay w

For every situation!

For though dear Madge got off

hall-way

She paid for both and lost the

day.

A bitter combination!

But when young Reg'a

pont,

youth is

To his Arst love he may relent And bring her consolation.uv And if Madgo-then applies hor

too Be sure it's 'cause she loves him And not for castigation l

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