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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY

1987.

RED-TIE CRITIC OF

Headline "Pep" In America

HUMORISTS OF THE

NARROW COLUMN

1

Not So Crazy As

Reputed

From A Correspondent

Washington, Jun. 15. Away back in 1925 the Chicago Tribune appeared with a hending "Midway signs Limey Prof to dope Yank Taik." and informed its readers that Professor Sir William Alexander Oxford Craigie, co-ediler of the English Dictionary, had been asked Chicago to by the University of supervise the production of a Diction- ary of American English. The first volume, "A to Baggage," has just appeared.

not

The newspaper man who wrote that headline was, us betted the subject, putting his best American fool foremost. I would have suld his best American tongue foremost. had

member not been 60 obviously in his check. The usual American headline, and still more usual American speech, does offer much concentrated idiosyncrasy habitual- any more than Englishmen

spheroid y talk of propelling the between the uprights, or scooping crustacem in the cerulean classic. gool, or They would say, score entrh a crab in the University Boat- Race. One magazine Variety makes a special point of this style of writing, and mystifies just as many Americans ns English.

The tradition that American news- paper headlines are slightly crazy is now firmly established. but I have

QUEEN TO-BE?

PRIMATE

REVIVAL BY WAY

OF

REVOLT

Students' Demands at

A

Lively Debate

From HUGH REDWOOD

Birmingham, Jan. 16. THE Student Christian Movement Conference has brought out one

very significant fact.

A revitalised Christianity, of course, is what the movement seeks to achieve.

But whatever may be thought of revival by student youth as here represented, it is clear that is line of approach for the most part is radically different from that of the Churcken.

The best attended of the scellonal Christian Weat was mere hypocrisy, meetings so far it is noteworthy that the old Christian West, in fact that its subject was "God's Call to has gone, and will not return for a Political Action"-warmly applauded very long time, if ever.

slaughtering criticism of the

We have Archbishop of Canterbury's "Back

no longer a common point reference to which, as Western to Religion" appool.

men, we can all appeal, together. So says the general secretary of the World's Student Christian Federa- tion, Dr. W. A. Visser 't Hooft,

Countess Hannah Mikes, niece of the former Hungarian Prime minka ter. Count Bethlens, who, according to rumours, is the future bride of King Zog of Albania. Countess Alkes is 27 years old and is said to be one of the most beautiful women In Budapest.

Boy Prince

Is Dazzled By London

BUS

USES made a bigger impression than the

scanned a dozen American pupers | Horse Guards or St. Paul's day without finding any hendline worth remembering for months on on little Prince Tomislav, end. The point is usually proved with examples yellowing with age.

nine-year-old heir-

There is the famous headline used presumptive to the Jugo-

by a New York Tabloid when the Slavian throne, during his furmer Poet Laureate landed in New York and refused an interview. first "King's Canary Won't Chirp": the

description of the 1020 Stock Ex- London, change crash, "Wall Street Lays ER."

selour than unconscious.

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adventure

"Tommy" to his

It approved the speaker's assertion that, if we wanted revival, we should de precisely the opposite of what the Primate had urged us to do.

Now it has to be borne in mind that the conference looks, for pro- vocative speakers, and that, with set ригрове, it welcomes na delegates quite a number of students who pro- fess no Christian beliefs.

TOO SOFT, TOO SELFISH There is a goodly sprinkling of Marxists here for that reason, and the speaker whom I have quoted, Mr. R. H. S. Crossman, Professor of Philosophy at New College, Oxford, began by telling us that he was not

a member of any Christian Church.

But whereas for Mr. Crossman the only coinmon point of reference is universal economic justice, for Dr. 't Hooft it is the Kingdom of Christ.

The West, he says, must redis. cover and revitalise its basto spirit- ual traditions or accept one of the totalitarian solutions.

Christianity must not always be preaching the status quo. I must preach not the bad news that things must remain as they have been, but the good news that the Kingdom of

God is at hand.

That means that we must begin all over again; that we must learn the ABC of Christianity and what it is all about, and then go out into a pagan world as missionaries,

But although Mr. Crossman was obviously out to be brilliant In a debating style, and to live up to his red tle and blue pullover, his speech was not merely that of a poseur, nor were they by any means all Communists who ap- lowed things up by taking a look at plauded him.

What is the matter with

This afternoon for an hour we fol-

Great Britain.

Dr. t Hooft said there were few

through Christianity, if I follow his argument other nations which "find it easier

Bright,

selfish.

is that it is too soft,

Our

Loo

to discover great' moral reasons for actions based on self interest."

Mr. Alan Booth, the conference's

**

"Look, mothert How big the buses It is no good getting around a very able chairman, "an independent

he said (they These were obviously intended toare! Why do they go so fast?" What conference table,

applauded this too) when revolution Irish Free Stater." cited Ireland as be funny. The humour in American does that sign mean, mother?..."

is the only way out; and Christianity showing "how little you care for the headlines is far more frequently con All this from young Prince in a state of transition cannot behave countries which you control."

mother, Queen as if it were lving in a stable system, The narrowness of American news- Marie of Jugo-Siavia, with whom he

"COLLECTIVE SINS" paper columns has an influence on arrived from Belgrade. In Afteen

used headline styles. "Troth", is instead of "engagement," "wed"days he will begin his stead of "married." It is also res-Sandroyd 'School, Surrey. ponsible for the, use of short pithy "criticise." con- expressions for demn." "disapprove," &c.

On my first arrival in America 1 remember sitting down to write an arilele on the lawless and violent tradition of the country based on a story headlined "Dry Agents flayed Then I read for Boating Citizen."

It and found that though the Pro- hibition agents had beaten the citizen all right, the outraged citizenry hadn't skinned anybody alive; they'd merely been critical.

It must proclaim that the old in- duties at dividualist notions are dead and out

POLICE GUARD Queen Marie 1ook the prince, ac- companied by his governess, on a walking tour through the West End.

They walked alone, were not recognised by passers-by, but were followed at a distance by a Scot- lund-yard detective and a pollee officer from Belgrade,

Prince "Tommy" paused before the sparkling windows of Burling- on Arcade as he strolled through.

of date; it must cease to be concern- ed with the sins of the individual, und look instead at its for greater collective and communal sing.

It must be ready for violence: It must "care enough to seek these who do not care," and "It must re- cornise that there are times when surgery is the kindest treatment.

It may be observed in passing that Mr. Crossman ignores the perils of surgery performed with unsterilised

instruments.

"MISSIONARIES ARE WRONG"

When

he had finished and liud Prominent Americans go through lite continually rapping, knocking.

He stood at attention, eyes spark- mopped up a handful of questioners trouncing and flaying each other ling, as he watched the Guards at he was himself rather neatly mopped without raising as much as a blister. St. James's,

up by a Cingalese girl student. SPORTING NICKNAMES

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4

She fell, she said, that the mission- heraries were wrong, and that they, as Is so often charged against them, dild

Should she urge her people to be complaisant or should she teach them to hate?

Next week Queen Marle will take

Di Another difficulty to which the Prince "Tommy," second reader rupidly becomes accustomed three sons, on a shopping tour to in fact uphold a system under which is caused by sporting expressions equip him for school. Elder brother | her people were exploited, and nicknames of teams. The first

of the young prince is thirteen-year- time I saw such a headline as

old King Peter of Jugo-Slavia, who "Senators Trounce Cardinals,"

was attending Sandroyd School In concluded that another attack had

Congress on

the 1934 when the assassination of King been made in influence of the Papacy in American Alexander brought him 10 the politics. (When the Catholic, E.

Smith, was defeated by Hoo the story goes, he sent a telegram to the Pope "Unpack.") Alt that had happened between the Senators and Cardinals, of course, was that one baseball team had benten another.

throne.

PREFERS STORM TO CAMERAS

Prince Tomislav of Jogo-Bluvia. blinked before a battery of cameṛ- as at Victoria when he arrived.

But Mr. Crossman could not tell her, save that she must do what she most felt to be best, and not be guided by "general 'principles.".

"MERE HYPOCRISY" Japanese and Chinese, Indians and Africans, sut with their western brothers and slsters and listened

One

of the African dele gutes, by the way, is a son of King Prempeh of Ashanti.

He held a red carnation, tugged keenly. Even the august New York Times had a headline recently, "Chapman

at the arm of his mother, Queen Homer helps Reds win." If Chap-Marie, In London for the first time man's Homer could inspire Keats to

since she attended Anishing school a Sonnet there was no obvious ren- son why it should not inspire the Just before marrying King Alexan-

But the der in 1922. Communists to victory.

Item was on the Sports page, and meant that Mr. Chapman's home- run had helped his side to win a game of baseball.

The Amerfenn Dictionary

which

the "Limey Frot” is edling does not

She was dressed in black, received the greelings

Slavko of Minister Grouitch and red and white corno- ilons from his wife.

SURREY SCHOOL

King

THE CLASS TRUGGLE Mr. J. L. Cottle. said that we in Britain must

open our eyes to the class struggle and make up our minds as Christians where we stood in re- lation to it.

Miss Dorothy Bally, who pre- sided, called for a revolutionary Church which would "turn the world upside down, that is to say, -right-nide- up."

Interesting and valuable as many of the other week-end discussions,

speeches and sermons have been, I have no space in which to speait of them.

RADIO BROADCAST

The Fourth Cricket Test Match

DANCE MUSIC.

Radio Programme, Broadcast by Z.B.W. on a Wavelength of 355 metres (045 k.c.'s), 31.49 metres (9.52 megacycles).

12.30 Memories-of Yesterday, 1 p.m. Time and Weather. 1.03 pm. The London Palladium Orchestra,

1.30 p.m. Reuter Press; Weather. Time and Announcements.

1.40 p.m. A Variety Programme. 2.15.p.m. Close Down.

5 pm A Relay of Dance Music from the Roof-Gorden of the Hong- kong Hotel.

6.30 p.m. A Light Concert Pro-

gramme.

Baritone Solos-When I grow too old to dream, (Hammerstein and Romberg); You are free (Le Baron) ..Nelson Eddy; Pianoforte Solo... Song without words (Mendeinschn

Ignaz Friedman; Soprano Solus Gitana, Gitano, (Prado and Romero): La Pena (Machudo and Collet) .... Raquel Meller; Violin Solos Variations (on a a theme by Krelster); (Tartini, arz. Corelli), Rondino (on a theme by Beethoven), Zina Franccicutti; (Kreisler) Tenor Solos-My old Irish Mother, (Dean); Danny Boy (Weatherley)

Donny Malone.

"Patricia Rossborough at p.m. Dames; Here is my heart; "Broad- Melody of 1930Selection; "Please Teacher!"-Selection; "Any- thing Goes"--Selection.

the piano.

why

7.20 p.m. Three Songs by Mal colm McEachern (Bass).

Gentlemen, Good-Night (Lockton and Longstaff): I'm a Roamer (Men- delssohn); Speed! (Flotsam and Jet- sam).

7.30 p.m. Closing Local Stock Quo- Intions and Hongkong Exchange Market Report.

7.35 p.m. The New Symphony Orchestra.

In Memoriam-Overture (Sulll- Istamey-Oriental Fantasy van);

arr. Cascila); "LA (Ponchiellt)-Dance

of

the Hours

8 p.m. Time, Weather and An- nouncements.

8.03 p.m. From the Studio,

A Chinese Concert.

11 pm. Close Down. 8.05-11

p.m. European Pro- gramme from Z. E. K. on a fre- quency of 640 kilocycles,

8.05 p.m. The First Act of "Faust" (Gounod), played by the Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham.

8.26 p.m. The J. H. Squire Celeste Octet.

Memories of Tschaikowsky (arr. Sear); Traumerel (Schumann, arr. Sear); "Mignon" (A. Thomas) Gavotte: La. Cinquanteine (Gabriel Marie).

8.15 p.m. 'Some of My Songs by Mabel Wayne.

8.55 p.m. London News and An- nouncements.

9.15 p.m. Australia v. England. The Fourth Cricket Test Match. An account of the third day's play-by

Kippax,

from

Adelaide. Alan (Electrical Recording).

9.35. B. Variety.

.p.m.

Accordeon and Orchestra-C'est une Valse Musette .... Mistinguett; Organ Solo-The Song of Songs .... I have thought it much more im- Quentin M. MacLean; Vocal-My portant that the public and the re-khadow's where my sweetheart used ligious publle In particulur, should to be: I'm sittin' high on a hill top know how youth is talking here of Tumble Weeds.... Jack Savage and Sam Browne; Vocal-Tumbling religion and political crises.

Mussolini Attacks The Jews

Milan, Jan. 18.

An attack on the Jews including a reference to M. Blum, the French Premier, is contained in an article, attributed to Mussolino, which ap- pears in to-day's Popolo d'Italia.

The article says:

Cow-Boys: "Electric" Gultar Len Fillis; Solo-Mood Ruby Vocal-You're All I need; In the middle of n kiss Connie Bos-

well.

10 p.m. Big Ben.

10.31 p.m. Syncopated Melodies by George Myddleton and Denis Gomm, with two planos,

10.45 p.m. Dance Music.

11 p.m. Close Down,

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"Anti-Semitism is inevitable in those countries in which Semitism is ex-emphasised by its showiness, its in- trusiveness, and its viciousness. much Semitism causes anti-Semitism

I wondered what they were think ing about the "Christian" West.

They had just been told, in full conference, thut the talk of the

GERMAN EDITOR

RESIGNS

AMERICA

to be born.

#

deal with slang, verbal acrobatles and She is in London for a month to literary exhibitionism. It would not see Prince Tomislav entered nt TO REPRESENT PAPER IN M. Blum, himself Д Jew. explain why the English were nick-Sundroyd School, Surrey, where his

brother, named Limeys, for example, any thirteen-year-old more than an English

Peter, was enrolled at the time of his dictionary would explain why the French were father's assassination. called frogs. (The first term, like the

second, was based on early gas-

Juice

tronomical observation. British

sailore drank lime

"Do those who have been noticing revival of anti-Semitiam in France want an explanation. Let them, then read the article in the last issue of the. Paris Weekly Gringotre. The writer, by citing names, shows ຢາກາ Jewlati cell has been consti tuted in all Ministries in France, with the head of the Government,

"The list of these names is in itself eloquent. Now, do you know what proportion of the French population is Jewish? The Berlin, Jan. 2.

answer is: only 2 In Belgrade the prince is the Herr Paul Scheffer, the editor of per cent. “Ulfe of the. palace," It's enthu- the Berliner Tageblatt, is leaving "It is futile to deny that the faci alarms are the same as his brother's that post to-day. This step, it is of proportion between the number -mechanical toys, fishing, swim- explained, is taken "in accordance of Jews and the number of exalted

with his intention for some time." positions they occupy is striking. ilor.

He will go to Amerića as correspon- "Now reverse the percentage and crossing Hom Calais dent for the newspaper. The rough

let us imagine a France in which £8 delighted him. An officer who found His successor wi be Herr per cent. of the people were Jews The theory that the English spoken him prowling near where the waves Schwarzer, formerly chief editor of and only two per cent, Christians. in America was a separate language were washing over the bow was the newspaper

"It is clear that in view of the was first popularised by Mr. H. L seized on to take him below and ex-ceased publication some time ago.

ferocious

ious exclusiveness of the tribe, Mencken in his book," "The Amer- | plain the engine room.

Herr Schwarzer apparently intends Christians would be totally banned 1010.

to bring full-blooded Nazi ideals to from public life and would be doom- the

ed for in his first leading that the Jews may be permitted to Hive as slaves toiling in order

• paper, fo summer with a preface in which Mr. England was absorbing so

he wrlies: The Berliner Tageblatt seeks to celebrate their Sabboth as a day of Mencken asserted that not only had Americanisms that it would become the American form of the English on "some not too remote to-morrow be the spokesman for German inter complete rest. language plainly, departed from its a kind of dialect of American, just eats and not the pale anxious repre- 1 waways and everywhers "le who creates and justifies anti- parent stem, but that it was now as the language spoken by the sentative of those dilly-dallyers who exerting a gravitational pull on the American was once dialect of do not know which way they really the

same-the Jew himself" English of England. The English of English.”.

ought to look-Reuter.

to prevent scurvy.) It would, however, con- tain all words which have a differ-

ent meaning in America from that current in England.

lean Language," published in

now edition was published this

many article

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to

United PresE.

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35,810 h..

Transmission, 1

(G.H,IL, G.8.0.. 0.8.0.)

Big Bang Thle je England." 4.16 p.m. Males) Interlude.

4.20 p.m.

4.40 p.m.

The Fourth Cricket Test Match i Australia v England,

A 620phong Concer 5.40 pm. The News and Announcementia. Greenwich Time Bienal at 8.45 p.m.

Transmission 2

(0.8.B.. 0.8.0. G.A.K) 1.. Den. The Jenry Bronkhurst

THO. 7.30 pm Was There's Fossicking for

Gold in Western Australia, 1.45 p.m. Ifaydn and hita Orchestra. 1.6 p.. 'Children of the Stary-2

the

London

8.25 v.m.

*Memori of Thestre ---3. 4.35 p.m. The News and Announcemenja. Greenwich Time Bignal, at 9.15 p.. 9.15 p.m. The Fourth Cricket Tret Matchi

Australiev, England. 9.35 p.m. Dance Musle,

Transmision 2 (GA... O.S.Y., G.B.IL)

Home*--*.

Ben, John Londoner 10 p.m. 3 10.81 p. 8yncopated Melodies, by George Myddleton and Denia Comm with Two Planos, patay

10.43

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11.8 p.n. The Fourth Cricket That Match Australia 7. England.

stem. A Boneta Itecital

11.30 1.31. The News and AmounoMERA TLEN,

Greenwich -Time Signal at 12.45 am, ** 12.50 . Dance Music.

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