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NOTES OF THE DAY

MAN OF DARING

JANUARY 8, 1935.

EFFECTS OF TANGKU ARMISTICE

(SPECIAL TO “TELEGRAPH")-

The bombastic Representative, Mr. Hamilton Fish, has declared himself in favour of the rocogni

This is the second of a serica of four articles reviewing and tion of Manchukuo by the United | analysing events in the development of Japan's advance inta North States, that the textile trade of Chine, with emphasis on present trends. This deals with the Tangku that country may be maintained Armistice and its effects. in the Far East. The United Press, reporting his outburst, does not go into detail as to his reasons

for such a move, and does not amplify his statement; and that is "probably because, besides being

Republican, Mr. Fish does not. possess any great influence with the Administration. It is there the sightest effect. Just how he proposes to save the textile trade by recognis

foro unlikely that his recommen dations will have

Peking. The military phase of Japan's invasion of North China came to a halt with the signing of the Tangku Armistice on May 31, 1933.

Following the Gilbert and Sullivan-like "Jchol War",

The Very Ideat

: ANTI-CRIME

"LOCKETS":

THE corollary to the Mika- do's principle of letting the punishment fit the crime is that a glimpse of the punishment prevents the

crime.'

That is not entirely a

new

in which a handful of Japanese troops occupied "imidea, but it has just been given an original interpretation by the pregnable" Jehol Province and established themselves Chairman of a Bench a Home. along the Great Wall, came the Japanese military in vasion of China Proper. Ill-equipped Chinese troops, this time really fighting, were battered back into Hopei far from clear. Manchukue is 'rovince along a wide front. Japanese military planes hardly likely to buy American fully loaded with bombs circled over Peking and Tientsin. textiles Just because the United A thin column of troops even advanced to within thirteen States makes a kindly gesture to miles of the walls of Peking and its capture seemed a wards the 80-called "puppet"

matter of hours.

ing Manchukuo's independence is

state,

1

WUS

known that

for. the

immediate

one

**

A man who pleaded Guilty to embezzlement thanked the Chair- and added: "I won't do it again man for dealing leniently with him, as I have seen the inside of the prison.

To which the presiding Solomon replied: "You had better buy a picture postcard of it And look at it every Elme you nre tempted to do wrong"

An admirable suggestion. Judiciously applied, it might re- duce crime statistics to a point which would put our Splendid Policemen among the Lelaured Classen.

All defendants with Inaldo Ex- perience would be presented with handsamely mounted views of the establishments where they had had their hair cut to help them to lay Outside,

The beat moment for the

Possibly, however, the large-size panorama would be found too clumsy and easily mislaid to be really effective,

At this juncture the Chinese | They have succeeded in retsoring HOPE REMAINS

Government sent General Huang comparative order by now, but the Fu into the breach. A returned situation is

of "unstablo Mr. Fish has had something to student from Japan, General Huang {equilibriam.” say about the naval problem also. Fu had occupied posts as Minister Immediately after the signing He believes that settlement is not of Education and Premier under of the Armistice great numbers of only possible, but very likely. It the Peking Government, and was Japanese and Koreana of the dan- la conceivable that Mr. Fish may Minister of Foreign Affairs of the gerous "ronin" type thronged Into have heard the opinion of Mr. Nanking Government at the time the Demilitarised Zone. Their Norman Davis, chief American of the Tainan Incident in 1927 activities have been ill-defined and delegate to the London naval con- Since 1927 he had resided in Taing- vague. Some have established verantions, before he made this tao, as director and stockholder in small businesses where Japanese prediction. Mr. Davis, when he a huge. Japanese-financed Sino-knick-knacks and cloth are sold at landed in New York yesterday. Japanese firm, active, in mining, ridiculously cheap prices, but by said the parley had been neither salt-production and general trade far the greatest number of them presentation, actually, would be a success nor a failure. It had between Japan and Shantung Pro-are believed by the Chinese to be not in court, but on their departure served to pave the way for future, vince,

actively engaged in the oplum and from the stately Home of Correc heroin trade. Not a few have tion. discussions, and, Mr. Davis added, an agreement which would make!

The picture wuld thus combine General been busy organising_groups of possible naval building restric- Huang Fu was persona grata to malcontents and rumans Into the functions of a souvenir ("A ilons and a fair ratio between the Japanese, and he was shortly euphemistically named "societies" Present from Pontonville") and a sations can be reached, He does able to come to terms with them whose avowed purpose is to agilate talisman against future visits.

agreement either for Independence of the One can just see the hardened not say it will be. Mr. Fish, how in North China. The ever, poes a step farther. In view embodying these terms the Tang-region or Its amalgamation with criminal, about to heave a brick of the French expression that a ku Armistice was one of the most Manchukuo. One of these, the through a jeweller's window, aud- aaval understanding is desired, curious truces of recent times. "Human Benevolent Society", with denly gritting his surviving teeth, the previously announced policy curious not because of its publish headquarters, in the Japanese Con- pulling a shent of Art Photogravure THE NEW URBAN'

of Britain and Americn to work ed terms, but because some of its cession in Tientsin, is financed by plates from his pocket, and break-

· COUNCIL.

for such an agreement, and the most important provisions were Japanese, and even goes so far asing into convulsive sobs in lieu of willingness of Japan to listen to apparently left officially unrecord- to promise its members protection the diamond dept. As far as can be judged from any reasonable plan which will ed but sufficiently on the record to from Chineae authorities under

guarantee her security, hope, give Japan practically carte blancheJapan's rights of extraterritoriali the outline of its functions must, remain that the Washington to demand what she wanted in the ty in Chinn. given in the draft Ordinance Treaty will be succeeded by an future.

There can be little doubt but that In that case, dainty lockets Just issued, the newly-created arrangement as blading as it is. The published terms were simple, a flood of optum is pouring into could be produced with weeny

equitable. With Mr. Fish's as Providing

North China through this Demili- | little pictures of Wormwood Urban Council appears to re-surance we can surely count the withdrawal of Chinese troops south arised Zone. Jehot Province, just Scrubs, Dartmoor, and the other and east of a truce line betwren present little else

an matter settled.

the Great Wall and the Peking-cross the Great Wall to the north, well-known resorts embossed on enlargement of the Sanitary PHILOSOPHY OF UNFREEDOM

Tientsin railway,

Is the official producing centre for them.. some twenty

The lockets could be worn either Board, which body it is to re-

miles distant from the latter. The the Manchukue State Opium Mono-

round the neck (In the case of Fascism, Hitlerlam, Bolshevism' vacated area was to be made into poly. Raw opfum in motor cars. in conjunction and Socialism, all place. Taken

subscribe to with the other changes which Hegel's deification of the State a demilitarised zone under Chinn makes its way down through female crooks) or on the watch jurisdiction, policed by Chin- the Zone by way of the pass at chain (which is, of course, invaria- Absolute, it was that "delfica ese, but with no Chinese troops alany, which is garrisoned by bly padlocked to the braces) In the are being made in the reorgan-to that Schopenhauer dubbed permitted to enter. The Japanese Japanese-Manchukuo troops. From case of the male of the species isation of the Colony's public "nonsense." Such a conception is troops were to remain until con Japanese Concession in Tientsin, sibilities of the scheme.

there most of it goes to the There is really no limit to the pon- health services, however, it can a definite challenge to freedom, vinced

Small but tasteful anti-tempta- be viewed as a step in the right, for it is the philosophy of uniree carried out the terms, then gradunt where it is re-processed and thence

It is this challenge that Mr. ly withdraw to the Great Wall, Northern Chinese provinces.

spreads out over most of the tion viowa could be stamped on direction. The Unofficial major- Wickham Steed says must be met retaining the right to send troops

cigarette cases, lighters, buttons, ity is to be preserved in the new and combatted. His idea is that into the area at any time to inspect! Another heritage of the Tangku handkerchiefs, and, in fact, any

Armistice has been the wide-personal effect, Council, and additions are to be there is no great dificulty in re-conditions there.

spread smuggling of other Japan- conciling the Hegelian and the The few Chinese troops remain-cse goods into North Chinh, made_to_the_number both of litlerian. conception of the State. ing within the area were quickly difficult to assess the actual volume Official and Unofficial members. One makes it an end in itself; withdrawn. The Japanese troops, of this trade, but the tolinwass the other makes it the means to in the other hand, dallied. Even incident, reported by the semi- Instead of the four Officials now

There is just one possible flaw in the end. Either conception 1s now the important Great Wall pass official Kuo Min News Agency is the psychology of the idea. The serving on the Sanitary Board, equally evil. "Reduced to theirat Manlanyu and the immediately illuminating:

Old Lag, surrounded on all side there are to be five, the Inspec- simplest expressions," writes Mir, adjacent area to the south are "Tientsin, November 29-A con- with mementoes of his past, might tor General of Police being added conceptions of the State are mere- chukuo, troops.

Steed, "the Fasciat

and Nazi garrisoned by Japanese and Man-signment of smuggled goods, con- get an attack of nostalgia..

With Chinese sisting of 24 sacks of cigarettes to the list, whilst the number ly modernized variants of semi- troops prevented from etnering the and 31 bales of rayon, valued at of Unofficials is to be increased Oriental despotism. They are region, and the local police units $20,000, was seized by the Customs bombustie apotheoses of personal utterly unable to cope with the Authorities in a special armoured from six to eight. Of these rule in the State liberal." What hordes of Manchurian mercenaries railway ear when it was stopped Mr. Albert Halpin, latter, three, instead of two, are Mr. Steed sees developing is a new left in the district by the Japanese, by the police at Tangku station. Portland, Ore.

and larger Kulturkampf which chaos ruled for months.

"The driver and two other per-Dear Sir: may mean a physical fight to the Japanese blocked or hindered every sons on the car were arrested and are to be chosen by the Governor, death between two Incompatible effort of the Chinese to send taken to Tientsin for trial. The the man I have bin lookin for for I am enclined to bellove you are three to be Chinese, instead of conceptions of civilization. He adequately armed police into the soldiers who protected the emug-13 years.

response of Demilitarised Zone, at the anmegied train, all the way thrck two as on the existing Sanitary asks, what is the

liberal and democratic Europe to time making no moves to deal with from the puppet state of Mana book vestpoket size wich will be If you agree to rite my idees in Board. An important change is the menace to be? The saving the situation themselves,

chukuo, however. made good called "How To Git Peopul To the designation of the Director grace of the situation is that forms

their escape."-United Pread. Think" I will be much obliged. of Medical and Sanitary Services of autocracy are at war between

however, special

The purpus of this book is to end themselves. Socialism does not Chincue "peace preservation corps" [To-morrow: "Secret terms" of the depreshun. as professional adviser to the approve of Fasciam or Hitlerism. were organised and permitted to the Tangle Armistice and Japan's One of my idees is to sock the Council in alt medical matters, it fghts both these forms of the enter the Demilitarised Zone."demands”.]

rich by stoping all Interiist on including matters of public illiberal State, but more or less

monie. health and sanitation. As suca,! allica itself with Bolshevism, he will obviously be able to guide which Is the most liberal form of autocracy of all that have been the Council on technical ques- tions, and, provided he has the experimented with in these latter right conception of his duties, ho should largely dominate its

to be elected; the remaining five

dom.

days.

activities. At the same time,ble that had the new body been the Council is to be permitted to given a greater degree of con lay down its own polley, instruc-trol over the specific questions tions for the carrying out of which come within its ambit, which are to be passed on by the and bean enlarged in scope so as Chairman to the Director of more closely to resemble a real Medical and Sanitary Services, Municipality, the attractiveness whose duty it will be to see that of serving as a member thereof the officers under his control put would be enhanced. Much of them into effect. The Chair-the present public apathy to- man of the Council is to bewards civic matters can be appointed by the Governor, and traced to the continued denial from, the fact that he is to be of the right of the public to responsible for the general manage its own internal affairs. administration, of the Sanitary That is why we should like to Department, it is to be assumed see some concession made in the. that he will invariably be the direction of the adoption of the Head of that Department. It elective principle in the choice of | remains to be seen how effec-| Unofficial members of the Legis- tively the now Council will work Intive Council. For this pur- under the re-divisioning of pose, the Urban Council elector- authority implied by the terms al list would admirably serve-as of the now Ordinance. The in- a start. It is certainly slur crease In Unofficial membership on this Colony that whilst the is to be welcomed and should elective principle is enjoyed by give further opportunities for the inhabitants of auch places civic service. In the past, thens the Bahamas, Fijl and the limited mensure of authority Barbadoes, to name only three vested in the Sanitary Board instances, Hongkong should, be has been a factor in the lack kept so long outside the influence. of public interest shown in the of the spirit of these democratic occasional elections. It is poss! times."

CAC

that

Gradually,

the Chinese

had

The

"The troubles, they'll probably just send us the usual socke and handkerchiefs."

One can Imagine the income Tax defaulter having tattoed on hlm("My-window-marked.

with an X".)

DUMB-BELLES LETTRES

By Juliet Lowell Sock The Rich

Then the guverment should lon everybody $30 to be-pade back In instalmints with a low rate of in- teruat.

I have other idees, too.

Respectibly,

John T.

(signed)

8-1

THAVE

OTHER

Maybe The Hens Will Object Mr. Charles F. Williama,

NRA General Cincinnati, Ohio

Sir:

I am a farmer selling eggs and my customers ask me for Blue Eagle eggs but I never raised no blue eagles, so would it be against the law to dye hen egga blue and sell them for caglo eggs? Please let me know at once.

Yours,

Abner

(signed)