1935-02-28 — Page 17

2,000 Miles On Foot

SINGAPORE BOYS' ADVENTURE

PLAN TO TRAVEL

FOUR YEARS

Pelping..

Capture by baudits with collego

WANTED:

A GOD

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY

HSUCHOW LOSES ITS DEITY

MAGISTRATE MAULED

Hauchow,

Incredible China,

with ita

Censorship

Of Beach

Costumes

N.S.W. GOVERNMENT. BEARS A HAND.

BATHERS BARE BACKS

"Not unlike an upron bib" is the

diplomas, being taken prisoner by strange blending of races and re-term used to describe the bathing pseudo-Communist forces, recepligions, has chalked up another tions by high officials, freezing on northern plains and broiling in victory for the medieval over the semi-tropical forcats are a few of modern. the adventures described by a quintet of Singapore-born Chinese Lads in their teens who strolled into Pelping the other day, an- hoancing that they had walked up from Amoy.

As the magpie flies, Amoy is 1,200 miles from Pelping, but ns thicae five hiked it, the distance is well over 2,000 miles. They have boen on the road ten months so far, but they plan to spend at least another four years nt it before go- ing home to Singapore.

More than 3,000 citizens of this little inland community have risen in arms and crushed their lender because he sought to abolish ono of their ancient superstitions.

suit designed by the Minister for Local Government, New South Wales, for compulsory wear on the Sydney beaches after October 1936. The front part of the body must be covered to the shoulders, but the back will I not be subject to Govern.. ment regulations, Surfers can do what they like with IE,

The Government agreed to step in as dictators to help to end the For more years than anyone can controversy on beach attire which recall, Hauchow, has worshipped a has been raging for years among Town God, an ugly idol which ro-the various municipal councils. sided in a special temple in the heart of the city.

slon, Bays Austral News came one Simultaneously with their deci. from the Australian Women's Cricket Council in favour of a new type of divided skirt for women players instead of a frock. This is something like the pleated shorts worn by women tennis players at Wimbledon but less full and less

When hunger came the God was angry. Pestilence meant that he Two hundred years ago, the an- cestors of these Chinese boys was offended. But when the rains emigrated from Amoy to the Malay came and the rice filled every Peninsula to seek fortunes which stomach at regular. Intervals, the some of them, at least. found. town God was pleased and every-noticeably divided. Educated in Chineze schools, speak-

ing only Chinese and Malay, the body was happy.

boys felt that Chinn itself was an

unknown territory, well worth ex-

Now the Sikwan Magistrato

ploration. A year ago, much after realised that it is hard to maintain

the fashion of boyish adventurera order, hard to improve the lot of everywhore, they discussed plans ton people so strangely obsessed. run away and see the world-in He ordered the God destroyed. this caso China.

And his minions, with great fear and trembling, carried out the order,

FATHER'S GENEROSITY

Pooling their resources they took A rumble went through the steerage passages from Singapore town. Merchants deserted their to Amoy and, without so much as

by-your-leave to parents and home-musty shops and farmers trekked folk, not off.. Until leiters came from the fields. There was a huck from Amoy their parents had mass meeting in the Town, God thought them lost and had made Temple, where the Town God re- every effort to trace them, But alded no more. Journing of their plans from the Jetters, the parents finally gave their consent and blessing. The on the magistrate's home, beat and stoned him, smashed his furniture.

The angry mob of 3,000 marched

father of the leader of the group. But for the intervention of a group Д millionaire rubber planter, generously offered to finance the of Peace Preservation men, the boys, the total outlay involving, as magistrate would have been slain. they estimate, some $50,000.

own way.

IN BRIGAND CAMP

From Amoy they tramped over when they get into the great North- the mountains of Fukten Province west-Mongolia and Tibet. From into Communist-riddos Kinngai. Peining, their Itinerary leads them Somewhere on this journey they fell in with a fast-moving unit of into Inner Mongolia, then cast into the Communist Army. Although Manchuria, provided the Japanese their story is a little vaguo, it will permit them entry then west- appears that once convinced the ward again into Outer Mongolia boys had no money with them and and so to Sinklang and Tibet. that they were not Government sples, they were left to go their through the great stappes, deserts

and mountains of Central Asia.

Typically, their great adventure Their next adventure came In is not without grandiose purpose. Auhwei Province, where the two En route, the five boys seek to make American missionaries were recent public speeches wherever possible, ly murdered. Captured by a gang of brigands, they soon learned that "to awaken our countrymen to the they did not have Reds to deal with seriousness of the national crisis" this time. The lender of this band, and to stir a sense of patriotism. according to the boys, they soon

And when the last mile is done found had graduated from provincial university and was really and the boys turn homeward once a charming fellow. Boy-fashion, more, they intend to write a they enjoyed themselves immensely book describing China as seen in- while in his camp and were even-timately by Chinese who are really tually turned loose when the leader foreigners. The book, they hope. was convinced that holding them meant no immediate profit.

will be published and presented to

some

all the millions of Chinees whose

The tramp across the rice-fields homes and businesses are overscaa and plains and through the big and who are hence out of touch. cities was comparatively tame

homeland.United thereafter but the five expect with

further interesting

adventures Prens.

their

1935.

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