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HONGKONG'S AERIAL FUTURE

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OCTOBER 26, 1934.

tia-"the

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NEW WORLDS TO CONQUER

By CAPT, OWEN TWEEDY

The Very Idea!

TEATIME TALK BY AUNTIE TUPPENY Poor old Kelly is still

Patrick's

Then

that.

American observers, mon close touch with the International naval situation, profess to ace be-- hind the Japanese demand for

IME was when the world was a strong in the hearts of us all as wrestling with the draft of equality in sea strength, a scheme strange and exciting place, evor it was. So which will make the Empire of the that the Nile flowed in a huge bend be done if inquisitive people know which he hopes to deliver to when some map-makers thought mains: "There is any amount to.

the unsher re the epoch-making speech Rising Sun the dominant power in eastward out of Morocco, and what they want to do." And thus the annual meeting of the the western Paelde. The present others thought had its source wo pass to the contemplation of ratio for the three major sea in an unknown southern Inke of the object of hugo dimensions whose further general sense.

exploration in

St. Its Hongkong powers in the well-known' 5-5-3, sot down In the

shoren wore the boundary of Atlan Washington

Broadly speaking, it is for the Society, but he hopes to Treaty. Any alteration In that tinent." great unknown con- purpose of discovery. But to-day, serve up something for his from the physical standpoint, the Great and Admiring Public ratio, one which gives Japan uný- Then, a few centuries later, a world is well-nigh discovered. A in Monday's issue. thing like equality with either much more enlightened carto last blank spot in the antarctic Britain or Amerten, would make grapher of the days when the falls on Byrd senda, in reports by

Meanwhile, Auntie Tuppeny has her practically invulnerable

would was still fint, made Jeru- radio; the upper Amazon is still once again stopped into the breach anlem the hub of his universe ferro incognite and the wilds of with one of her Teatime Talks. against the combined battle fleets which comprised a fairly accurate Siberia and the heart of Aus-lere it is: of the Anglo-Saxón nations. It is Europe, a shadowy Afrca and a tralla and the deserts of northern the contention of experts that one quite nebulous Asin.

Good afternoon, chlidren. This And even

Africa Arabia and Mongolia have is Auntle Tuppény, broadcasting Japanese fighting ship in home when Columbus aniled Into waters in the potentint equal of west to find India, many who bade of course, there will always be the about the proposed arms enquiry. the still to be properly mapped. And, again. To-day I want to tell you two attacking vessels of the same him farewell at Cadiz were con- stratosphere. But it is not a wild tonnage and armament from over-fident that in a week

1 dareany you've been reading or so he tatement to say that no traveller about that arms enquiry in Ameri- sean. Thus, the Americans argue, would sail to the rim of the plate of to-day is likely to lose his wayca, whore they've been having the n 5-6-5 ratio, for instance,, would which was the world and allde over in our twentieth century world, bont races? A lot of politicians onable Japan to snap her fingers at

the edgo into space..

though he the combination of the Anglo- To un to-day such a recital in danger in his struggle with the putting the arme manufacturers may still encounter and people like that have been American navies. She would be almost ludicroun: but WD must forces of nature on the more un-through what they call the third the undisputed ruler of the western curl our conceit. The Middle Ages, frequented tracts. Pacifle and the bright day of went it is true, knew little about our

degree. They keep on asking them Thus I come to my conception of rude, insulting questiona, ern influence op this shore of Asta world, but our grandparents-five exploration to-day. No longer in making all sorts of unkind sugges- and would dim to

pale twilight. Japan. centuries later were still pretty it a process of mere discovery. tions, and presently the witnesses it may be, holds the whip hand at deep in ignorance. As I write, 1 For the world now knows how its break down and say things that the conference table, for if the have at my elbow my greataunt's rivers How and where the moun-incriminate other two Treaty signatories do atlus, I wish I had lived in her tains are placed. That sphere of their name is mud, to use a rather

themselves. not agree to her demands she will generation. Then the centre of exploration has shrunk to almost vulgar expression. simply denounce the treaty and Afrien was a blank on the map, negligible limits, thanks free herself from naval building streaked ocenafonally with dotted Proplane, the motorcar and wire- to the restrictions of any sort. This both lines indicating, incorrectly, thes, telegraphy. But

Well, children, we don't want London and Washington are ap courses of the Nile and Niger and till thirsts for knowledge and it are always a lot of busybodies- the world anything like that here. There parently anxious to avoid, for any the Zambezi and far more enters the task of youth to antisfy that unsuccessful politicians moutly- expansion of the Japanese feet. talning-there were fascinating thirst. Their field without a governing agreement, splashes of shaded unknown tertion is boundless; but what re-sen into other people's business. for explora- who are only too glad to poke their. would almost inevitably precipitate ritory marked "Lions." "Ele-mains to be done by them is to be And this time. their clamour is an armaments race. Either that, phants,”

"Fierce Tribea" and accomplished by or the western nations must pre-

procena of being reinforced by pacifists, and observant investigation along the impracticable people like pare to relinquish what Influence Those were the palmy days of old exciting lines of discovery. they still retain in this part of the the explorer. And at this func-

They are saying, let's have a world. However, comment at this ture, I would postulate one theory B-6511' Drifting Tide--Foxtrot

It is to be hoped that the re-stage is tere guess-work, and the which no one will counter. To ex-ate?"

"But what ja there to investi-mid we can stir up over here. British arms enquiry, and see what Ray Noble & His Orchestra.purt emanating from a high avia-relations of the nations will only plore unknown territories in in- and I would reinforce this with munitions is Spellbound-Foxtrot

I answer in one word, "People";ing the game. Selling arms and Believe me, children, it isn't play- Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees. the prospect of a China brunch criticisms on one side or the other.

tion authority in London, that become

more complicated by initely more exciting than to ex- B-6512 Little Valley in the Mountains-F.T.

plore uncharted seas; and Mungo the emphatle comment that even other if we didn't supply them a business like any of the Imperial Airways seems The present naval talks are being Park on the Niger, Livingstone on in our more Ray Noble & His Orchestra. dend, will turn out to be an over-will be clarified when the official Stanley on the Congo lived far about each other is really alarm-take our trade-and business with heid in camera, but the position the Zambezi. Speke on the Nile and average ignorance of the nations China, America would step in and civilized weat the to Germany, and Turkey, and Freckle Face, You're Beautiful-F.T.

atatement of the actual outlook. conference opens in London, and Ray Noble & His Orchestra. Hongkong is vitally interested in the views of the delegates are

fuller and far more intriguingly. ing. DB-6513 Mr. John Mackay

Their knowledge of the poo-foreigners is bound to involve all Intereating lives than the great ples of Asia and Africa and sorts of shady little socrets. It Sir Harry Lauder, this question, since it is throughmade known At the moment, I've something in the bottle for the morning

seafarers of the fifteenth and six Polynesin, or of other fairly re-wonkin be business if it didn't. this projected service that we however, the outlook is not encour

teenth centuries.

mote areas their lives and cus- Sir Harry Lauder. were expected to be linked axing.

tons and languages and beliefs- Charles Fitzgerald, aerially with the Mother Country

In a word, even 70 years ago this is negligible.

So all that could happen is that hemisphere was still full of worlds irritating longing to know what smartest families have their money Charles Fitzgerald and Australia. The reason given STRATOSPHERE TRAVEL

If I had a son who Inherited my barrassed-a lot of

quite nice people would be em- for a pessimistic view of the

to conquer of which sighing ex-

our very Marek Weber & His Orchestra. situation is that China still de-

plorers took full and energetic other people look like, what they in munitions and no good to The other day we printed an clines to allow any foreign planes article by Professor Levy, a very

do and what they feel. I would trade would be done at all. Why, Marck Weber & His Orchestra. to fly over her territory, alleged-prominent scientist, born in Seol-

And so I pass to the Ume of my educate him very methodically; we don't know what mightn't come own childhood. Peary discovers First, I would teach him to talk out... So that's settled, children, (Please use number 20002 when telephoning for

ly on the ground that if she were fund and In Germany. He wrote jand, and educated there, in Eng-

the north pole and Amundarn the language other his own to give way on this point, she of the modes of travel two cen-

south pole. Then Garros flies to give him an ear for foreign but just carry on, as we always Military Searchlight Tattoo Tickets).

80 as fan't is no arms enquiry here; would not be able to discriminate turies from now, a visionary sort Valley of the Pe.

over the Alps only to crash in the languages. Then I would try to have done, in our gentlemanly, against Japanese machines. If of story, quite feasible in theory, later Sven Hedin and Sir Aurel and adventure. It is curious how everybody.

And 10 years interest him in history and maps British way this is a correct interpretation but unconvincing to the sceptic. Stein open Tlict and the terrific adventurous geography and his-

Good afternoon, of China's policy, it can only be There are always some who want Gobi Desert; while a

highlands of the Pamir and the tory can become if they are taught regarded as extremely short- to be shown. I'rofessor Levy pro | Citroen cars crosses the waterless/seen.

convoy of by man who has travelled and

THE SCENTED SECOND. phesied, among other things, cors which mercial air routes through

A girl we know just like a queen the Imperial Airways

the Sahara and expedition after

oft with us to concerts been and have

ex- Then I would act him to learning there exporienced the charma of upper air, maintained by planes pedition cats steadily into the more languages and would send Beethoven, Mozart and Brahms. had in mind Is

exten-specially sion of its main service from through the stratosphere at ten or the Amazon. And then suddenly Germany, but to Egypt and Persia away. filled with content, we've

equipped for flying forest, fastnesses of the sources of him abrend-not to Franco-and Singapore to

And sometimes when we've come Hongkong and fifteen miles elevation. Most fly-myself become an interest with and India-with instructions to heard her say: "The violins were Shanghai, and possibly to Japan ing men will agree that it is possi- a journey in a tiny car which takes talk to everyone everywhere and out of tune" as well. It involves the making ble. Now, it appears, it is very me from the Nile to the Niger and to talk in the of arrangements for flying rights probable; not two hundred years across the Sahara to the Meditor-when he was grown of an age, he with Siam, Indo-China,

from now. bit within the next

should icari

And then we say "Oh, Gert, 'for few months. The Italian Govern-

The

the China. No insuperable difficul-meat announces that it will send world-has indeed shrunk very understanding of the internal com-we thought the tunes were nicely clements of shame-'tis, not to pick such holes unexplored survey

work and the complete we camel Though no musician ties were considered likely to two squadrons of specially equipped rapidly. When, arise so far as the two first-air force planes from Rome

Inst, the bustion engine and the art of pho-played." to empty quarter-the Ruba el Khali tography, and then I would give named countries are concerned, Buenos Aires by the stratosphere of southern Arabia in conquerim his head and enough money to like that! Though here and there The moral? Why, that life's and hopes were strong that a menting before the unuguration by St. Jolin Philby, things have launch him into the world of fastidious soul reject the beauty of route, with the object of experied by Bertram Thomas and again keep that head above water and a note be flat, don't let your too- working agreement would be of a 30-leur service between the reached such a stage that ex-strange peoples. reached with China. It is now two continents. clear, however, that the negotia.

plorers, sighing as ever for new

the whole, world to conquer, are hard put to

And what should expect of wide plains of Syria and Arabia. find where they can concentrate him? I have seen the pygmies of have lived with the Hadendon- their energies.

the Congo, the strange pagans of Kipling's Fuzzy Wuzzits of the Equatoria, the desert Arabs of the Sudan--and the peasants of Tur- the possiblity, strongly held

name-Pandit day? Wanderlust is perhaps as

What are the explorers to do to- fringes of the Sahara and the key and Persia and Turkestan and a Jawaharlal Nehru. He has gone

Continued on nezt column) year ago, of being linked

Савравіз. to the correct English schools with the Imperial Airways ser- and prisons. He will probably be

But there has always been vice by the end of the current Gandhi. If Gandhi has been a

flaw in my utter enjoyment. I am the successor of the Mahatma

traveller and I love travel; but year. Actually, a continued re-

I was not educated for travel but fusal by China to make con-administration, this younger man thorn in the side of the British

for the civil service and when I ressions would not of neccssity will be a spear-thrust. Nehru is

cant the dust of office life behind cut Hongkong entirely out, since the son of one of the wealthiest

me it was too late. And though a feeder service to and from

men In Allahabad, he was educated

I knew many, I could not learn Singapore could be established at Oxford. He

more languages: for the time for spent his early

a man to learn them is in his without the need of flying over Years in an atmosphere of luxury Chinese territory.. This could

youth. So I could only know the which would make a westerner uncomfortable. Then he changed.

surface. I could not probe below ft and that is what I would expect this dream-son of mine to be able- and competent and keen to do. Ho could choose his own route-Chinn and Siberia or Central Africa or the Pacific islands or Brazil or Patagonia. Only I would him off the arctic and the antarà- tic and, of course, the strato- sphere, for I would have him macet many rather than fow prople.

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be done by planes taking the lie became an advocate of Swaroj aca-coast route from Indo-China-Indian independence. He rose nwards: But obviously this to a high place in the party, for would be far less satisfactory he had wealth behind him, his own than the land route

He became fanatical over newspaper. Chinese territory. Denied this Raj, making. Gandhi's ambitions in his opposition to the British latter, it would seem proble-seem mild and childish. At the matical if Imperial Airways moment he is about to challenge would consider it worth while Gandhi's power in the Indian to make the extension to Hong is just out of prison, having been National Congress at Bombay. Ho None the

less, it does scem inconceivable that sedition. He has a tremendous convicted in February last for with this Colony relatively backing, and there are many who 80 close to the great Empire belleve he will be elected to the service, Hongkong should con-high place Gandhi occuples before tinue to be isolated therefrom, that veteran retires or dies. British aviation interests will the other hand there are many more surely see that if they do not who are afraid of his fanaticism. Ostablish the link, others might he demands by peaceful methods,

For

if he cannot win the reforms seek the opportunity to do so. he will call to the nation to rise In view of the uncertainties of up and follow him, even against the situation, It is to be hoped machine-guns and bayonets. His that the local Government will will be a name to remember, and exert the utmost pressure in will be asked to choose between his the Congress which meets to-day appropriate quarters to see that policy of violent reformation and this Colony is brought within the Gandhi's conservative and method Empire chain.

end plan of action.

On

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ranean.

world--the

at

vernacular. And played bassoon "What a badly.

·

"Now I'm all turned around. Which side of the street did we start from?” ·

Warn

But, I am told, ho would in- evitably become a rolling stone. I would be prepared to take that risk. And I justify my temerity on what I think are solid grounds. Travel is not sheer amusement. It is hard work; it calla for ap plication and concentration and courage and stamina; and, to my mind, it is overy whit as much a profession and a selence as are the commoner walks of life. The serious traveller has a duty to- ward the world to supply it with Information which it needs about things and peoples about which it ought to know more and of which it knowa little or nothing. And if my son could supply a demand, there would be, reward for him, from a not ungenerous world.

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