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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1934.

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TIME was when the world was a strange and exciting place, when some mapmakera thought that the Nilo flowed in a huge bend eastward out of Morocco, and others thought it had its source In an unknown southern lake of bugo dimensions whose further shores were the boundary of Atlan.. tis-the rent unknown con- tinent,"

The Vary Idea!

TEATIME TALK BY American observers, men in close touch with the international

AUNTIE TUPPENY naval situation, profess to see be-

Poor old Kelly is still hind the Japanese demand for

strong in the hearts of us all ever it was. So equality in sen strength, a scheme

the answer re-wrestling with the draft of maina: "There is any amount to the epoch-making which will make the Empire of the

speech be done if inquisitive people know Rising Sun the dominant power in

what they want to do," And thus which he hopes to deliver to the western Pacific. The present

we pass to the contemplation of the annual meeting of the ratio for the three major sen

the object of exploration In Its general sense.

Hongkong St. Patrick's powern in the well-known' 5-6-3,

itrondly speaking. it is for the Society, but he hopes to Het down in the Washington

purpose of discovery. But today. Treaty. Any alteration in that

from the physical standpoint, the serve up something for his ratio, one which gives Japan may- Then, a few centuries inter, a

world is well-nigh discovered. A Great and Admiring Public either

much more enlightened carto last blank spot in the antarctic in Monday's issue. thing like equality with

grapher of the days when the falls as Byrd sends in reports by Britain or America, would make

would was still flat, made Jeru. radiu; the upper Amazon is still n Meanwhile, Auntlo Tuppony has her practically invulnerable even

salem the hub of his universe term incognita and the wilds of once agaip stepped into the breach against the combined battle flecta

which comprised a fairly accurate Siberia and the heart a of Aus with one of her Teatime Talks. of the Anglo-Saxon nations. It is Europe, a shadowy Afren and a tralia and the deserts of northern flere it is: The contention of experts that une. quite nebulous Asia. And even Africa. Arabia and Mongolia havo

Good afternoon, children. This Japanese fighting sidp In home. when Columbua anlled Into the still to be properly mapped. And, in Auntie Tuppony, broadcasting west to find India, many who bade of course, there will always be the again. To-day I want to tell you waters is the potential equal of two attacking vessels of the same

him farewell at Cadiz were con- stratosphere. But it is not a wild about the proposed arma enquiry. tonnage and armament from over dent that in R week or so he statement to say that no traveller

would sall to the rim of the plate of to-day in likely to lose his way about that arms enquiry in Ameri- daresay you've been reading ses. Thus, the Americans argue, a 5-6-6 ratio, for instance, would which was the world and slide over

In our twentieth century world, ca, where they've been having the enable Japan to snap her fingers at

the edge into space.

though he may still encounter boat racon? A lot of politicians To us to-day such a recital in danger in his struggle with the and people like that have been the combination of the Anglo- American navies. She would be almost ludicrous; but We must forces of nature on the more un putting the arms manufacturers' the undisputed ruler of the western curb our conceit. The Middle Ages, frequented tracts,

through what they call the third Pacific and the bright day of west-it is true, know little about our Thus I come to my conception of degree. They keep on asking them ern influence on this shore of Asia world, but our grandparents-five exploration to-day. No longer la rude, insulting questions, and would dim to pale twilight, Japan, centuries lator-were still pretty it a process of mere discovery.making all sorts of unkind sugges- As I write. For the world now knows how its tions, and presently the witnessen it may be, holds the whip hand at deep in ignorance. the conference table, for if the have at my elbow my greataunt's rivers daw and where the mous break down and say things that other two Treaty signatories do atlas, I wish I had lived in hertains are placed. That sphere of incriminate themselves. not agree to her demands she will generation. Then the centre of exploration has shrunk to almost their name is mud, to use a rather simply denounce the treaty amul Atrien was a blank on the map, negligible limits, thanks to the free herself from nuval building streaked occasionally with dotted aeroplane, the motorear and wire.

vulgar expression. restrictions of any sort. This both lines indicating, Incorrectly, the less telegraphy. But the world London and Washington are ap- courses of the Nile and Niger and still thirst for knowledge and it anything like that here,

Well, children, we don't want There the Zambezi and far more enters the task of youth to antisfy that are always a lot of busy bridles- expansion of the Japanese Beet. taining there were fascinating thirat. Their field for explora- unsuccessful politicians mostly- without a governing agreement, splashes of shaded unknown ter- tion is boundless; but what re-who are only too glad te poke thair would almost inevitably precipitate | ritory marked "Lions." "Ele mains to be done by them is to be poses into other people's business. An armaments race. Either that. phants." "Fierce Tribes" and accomplished by a procces and this time their clamour in

Forests."

observant Investigation along the being reinforced by pacifists, and or the western nations must pre- pare to relinquish what influence Those were the paliny days of old exciting lines of discovery, [ihey still retain in this part of the the explorer. And at this June-

impracticable people like that." world.

However, comment at this ture. I would postulate one theory

They are saying, let's have It is to be hoped that the re-

stage is mere guess-work, and the|which no one will counter. To ex-j

"But what

is there to investi- British arms enquiry, and see what B-6511 Drifting Tide-Foxtrot Ray Noble & His Orchestra.port emanating from a high avia-relations of the nations will only plore unknown territorica is in- Rate?"

mud. we can stir up over here. Spellbound-Foxtrot

tion authority in London. that become more complicated

1 answer in one word, "People"; | Believe me, children, it isn't piny hy finitely more exciting than to ex- Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees. the prospect of a China branch criticisms on one side or the other plore uncharted seas: and Mungo and I would reinforce this with ing the game. Selling arms and. The present. naval talks are being Park on the Niger, Livingstone on the emphatic comment that even munitions is a business like any B-6512 Little Valley in the Mountains-F‚T.

of the Imperial Airways seems held in camera, but the position the Zambezi, Speke on the Nile and in our more civilized west the other if we didn't supply them Ray Noble & His Orchestra, Įdead, will turn out to be an over-will be clarified when the official Stanley on the Congo lived far average ignorance of the nations to Germany, and Turkey, and Freckle Face. You're Beautiful—-—F.T,

statement of the actual outlook. conference opens in London, and fuller and for more intriguingly about each other is really alarm-China. America would step in and Ray Noble & His Orchestra. Hongkong is vitally interested in

the views of the delegates are

interesting lives than the great tak. Their knowledge of the pro- take our trade-and business with known. At the moment, seafarers of the Afteenth and six ples of Asia and Africa and foreigners is bound to involve all Sir Harry Lauder. this question, since it is through made

however, the outlook is nut eñente teenth centuries.

Polynesia, or of other fairly re-sorts of shady little secrets. It this projected service that we

note arens-their lives and cus-wouldn't be, business if it didn't. Sir Harry Lauder, were expected to be linked aging.

toms and languages and beliefs aerially with the Mother Country

is negligible. Charles Fitzgerald. I Never had a Chance (1. Barlin) Charles Fitzgerald. for a pessimistic view of the and Australia. The reason given

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FRIDAY. OCT, 26, 1934.

HONGKONG'S AERIAL

-FUTURE

STRATOSPHERE TRAVEL

In a word, even 70 years ago this hemisphere was still full of worlds to conquer of which sighing ex plorers took full and energetic

note.

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Then

So all that could happen is that

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If I had a son who inherited my quite nice people would be em- irritating longing to know what barrassed a lot of our very The other day we printed an

other people look like, what they smartest families have their money article by Professor levy, a very

And so I pass to the time of my

do and what they feel. I would in munitions—and no good to prominent scientist, born in Scot-

own childhood. Peary discover educate him very methodically, trade would be done at all. Why: to fly over her territory, alleged and, and educated there, in Enged the north pole and Amundsen the First, I would tench him to talk a

we don't know what mightn't come ly on the ground that if she werend and in Germany. He wrote south pole. Then Garros alles nuage

other his own so na out. So that's mottled, children, to give way on this point, she of the modes of travel two cen

over the Alps only to crash in the to give him an ear for foreign | fan't it—no arms enquiry here; would not be able to discriminate turies from now, a visionary sort

Valley of the Po. And 10 years languages. Then I would try to but just carry on, an wo always against Japanese machines. If of story, quite feasible in theory, later Sven Hedin and Sir Aurel interest him in history and maps have done, in our gentlemanly, this is a correct `interpretation but unconvincing to the sceptic.

Good afternoon, Stein open Tibet and the terrific and adventure. It is curious how British way highlands of the Pamir and the adventurous geography and his- everybody. of China's policy, it can only be There are always some who want

Gobi Desert; while a convoy aftory can become if they are taught regarded as extremely short, to be shown. Professor Levy pro Citroon exra crosses the waterless by a man who has travelled and S. MOUTRIE & CO., LTD. sighted. The scheme

THE SCENTED SECOND. phested, among other things, com- which.

mercial air -routes

scon. through the Sahara-and-expedition-after-ex

---A-girl-we-know-just-like a queeo- the Imperial Airways have

upper air, maintained by planes pedition eats steadily into the Then would set him to learning oft with us to concents been and had in mind is HIT exten- specially equipped for

more languages and would and there experienced the charms of flying forest fastnesses of the sources of sion of its main service from through the stratosphere at ten or the Amazon. And then suddenly him abroad-not to France and Beethoven, Mozart and Brahms. Singapore to Hongkong and fifteen miles elevation. Most fix myself become an interest with Germany, but to Egypt and Persia And sometimes when we've come Shanghai, and possibly to Japan ng men will agree that it is possi journey in a tiny car which takes and indin-with instructions to away, filled with content, we've as well. It involves the making ble. Now, it appears, it lavery me from the Nile to the Niger and talk to everyone everywhere and heard her say: "The violins were vernacular. And out of tuno" or "What a badly- of arrangements for flying rights probable: not two hundred years across the Sahara to the Mediter-to talk in the

when he was grown of an nge, he played bassoon." from now, but within the next ranean. with Siam, Indo-China, and few months. The Italian Govern

The world--the unexplored alould earn the elements of And then we say "Oh, Gort, for China. No insuperable difficul- ment announces that it will send world-has indeed shrunk very survey work and the complete shametle not to plek such holes ties, were considered kely to two squadrons of specially equipped rapidly. When, nt last. the understanding of the internal com- we camel Though no musician

Rome arise so far as the two first-air force planes from

to

empty quarter-the Ruba el Khalibustion engine and the art of pho we thought the tunes were nicely named countries are concerned, Buenos Aires by the stratosphere of southern Arabin is conquer-ography, and then I would give played." and hopes were strong that a rate, with the object of experied by Bertram Thomas and again him his head and enough money to working agreement would bementing before the inauguration by St. John Philby, things have keep that head shove water and of a 30-hour service between the reached such a singe that ex-launch him into the world of reached with China. It is now two continents.

plorers, sighing as ever for new strange peoples. clear. however, that the negotia-

world to conquer, are hard put to tions with the Chinese Govern-

find where they can concentrate their energies, ment have not yet been success- NAME TO REMEMBER |ful, arid the consequence is that Hongkong has been robbed of

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Gandhi. If Gandhi has been year. Actually, a continued re- thorn in the side of the British fusal by China to make con-administration this younger man cassions would not of necessity will be a speurathrust. Nehru is cut Hongkong entirely out, since the son of one of the wealthiest feeder service to and from men in Allahabad, he was educated Singapore could be established at Oxford. He spent his carly without the need of flying over years in an atmosphere of luxury which would make a westerner Chinese territory. This could W

uncomfortable. Then he changed. be done by planes taking the Ile became an advocate of Swaraj | sea-const_route from Indo-China Indian independence. He rose onwards. 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

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ន out of prison, kaving kong.. None the less, it

convicted in February Inst for does seem inconceivable that sites

sedition. He has a tremendour with this Colony relatively backing, and there are many who so close to the great Empire believe he will be elected to the service, Hongkong should con-high place Gandhi occupies before tinue to be isolated therefrom. that veteran retires. dica, On British aviation interests will the other hand there are many more surely see that if they do not who are afraid of his fanaticism. For fr f he cannot win the reforme establish the link, others might he demands by peaceful methods, seek the opportunity to do so. he will call to the nation to riso 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 nam to remember, and exert the utmost pressure in the Congress which meets to-day appropriate quarters to see that will be asked to choose between his policy of violent reformation and) this Colony is brought within the Gandhi's conservative and methodi- Empire-chain.

cnt plan of action."

ur

been

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What are the explorers to do to- day? Wanderlust is perhaps as:

The moral? Why, that life's

like that! Though here and there note bent, don't let your too- fastidious soul reject the beauty of the whole.

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And what should I expect of him? I have seen the pygmies of

One On The Lawyer the Congo, the strange pagans of Judge Ben Lindary, Equatorin, the desert Arabs of the Denver,

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Dear Judge Lindsey:

In answer to yoor kind note asking if we have a lawyer, we don't want one, we've decided to tell the truth.

Yours truly,

Hubert C

(signed)

Heaven KnowK!

The Director,

National Museum,

Dear Sir,

Please answer by return male, where is the Garden of Eden.

Paul T-

(signed)

fringes of the Sahara and the wide plains of Syria and Arabia. I have lived with the Hadendon- Kipling's Fuzzy Wuzzits of the Sudan--and the peasants of Tur- key and Persia and Turkestan' and' Caspasia.

But there has always been a flaw in my utter enjoyment. I am a traveller and I love travel; but I was not educated for travel but for the civil service and when I cast the dust of office life behind me it was too late. And though I know many, 1 could not learn more languages: for the time for a man to learn them is in his youth. So I could only know the surface. I could not probe below' it and that is what I would expect. this dream-son of mine to be able. and competent and keen to do. He could choose his own route-Ching and Siberia, or Central Africa or

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"Now I'm--all turned around. Whielt wide of the street dfd the Pacific islands~or~Brazilor:

we start from?"