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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY,

COMMENCING MR. T. PAUL GREGORY'S

Personalities Of Old Hongkong

JAMES LEGGE, D. D., LL. D.

Of all the cities in the Orient, Hongkong has been the residence of an imposing galaxy of talented individuals, who, by their versatility and plodding endeavour have earned for themselves the reward of merited and enduring fame. One of those who made our Colony his home during a long sojourn of thirty years in the Far East was Dr. James Legge, the learned Sinologue and Orientalist. Perhaps no one has contributed more than he' towards paving the way for the cordial understanding, between China and the West; for his translation of and commentary upon the corpus of the "Chinese Classics"—a herculean labour entirely conceived and executed in Hongkong-have been the means of penetrating the veil of stygian darkness which formerly obscured China and all things Chinese. Indeed, so painstaking and accurate was his work that it is to-day yet held to be the standard, and is justly regarded as the vade mecunt for all those who seek to gain a comprehensive insight into the mode of Chinese thought; for, as all those who are acquainted with this remarkable people realise, the Classics, and especially * the "Four Books" of the great Sages, Confucius and Mencius, are in reality the foundation of Chineso ethics, and, moreover, were until quite recent years, the corner-stone upon which the entire struc- tural fabric of the Chinese system of education was Inid.

existence for many years unul it fin- ally merged into the present Queen's College.

Dr. James Legg®.

Huge British

DECEMBER 8. 1937.

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Mozart and Haydn Trios From the Studio

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Radio Programme Broadcast by Z.B.W, on wavelengths of 355 metres (043 k.c's.) 31.49 metres (9.62 m.c's.).

H.K.T.

13.00-12.20 p.m. Relay of Special Service from St. John's Cathedral. 12.30 Beethoven-Sonata In Minor, Op. 57 ('Appassionata').

Played b Frederic Lamond

F

(Piano),

12.46 Barnabas Von Goczy and His OrchesKTA

Skelliana (Apollonio); Blue Skies (Hixner); Fresh Breezes (Borchert); In Merry Mood (Haringer); Monika

Tango (Kotscher),

1.00 Time and Weather.

1.03 Carroll Gibbons (Piano) and Ilis Boy Friends,

I Was Anything But Sentimental (film Take My Tlp'); The Charm School-Selection; To Beat The Band -Selection; You Never Looked Sa Beautiful; You (film The Great Zica- feld).

)....Carroll Gibbons and His Boy Friends; Bubbling Over; Moon- beams Dance (Carroll Gibbons). Carroll Gibbons (Pluno); According To The Moonlight; It's An Old Southern Custom (Yellen and Meyer)

Another institution of modern Investment Ins

Hongkong-the Union Church Kennedy Road owes its inception to Dr. Lenge. Indeed, the beginning was in a very humble way, and arose out of the doctor's want of holding Sunday services in the drawing-room of his residence. Su lurge did the congregation that flocked to hear his preaching become that in 1854 it be- came imperative that more spacious quarters should be sought, so a meet-

Foreign Field

Illuminating Analysis By, Sir Robert Kindersley

London, Dec. 7. Sir Robert Kindersley contributes

.Carroll Gibbons and His Boy

1.30 Reuter und Rugby Press; Weather and Announcements,

1.40 Variety.

The

Orchestral Whispers AL Dance (from Meyer-Helmund's Liod) Maria Mari (di Capua)....Serge Krish Septet; Vocal No Regrets (Tobias, Ingraham) You're Not The Kind (Hudson, Mills)....Frances Faye;

Clarinet-Memphis Bluca (Handy) Somebody's Wrong (Ursell) Ern Pettiffer; Vocal and Plano- My Plano And Me....Turner Layton; Saxophone-I Have Lost My Heari

to the current issue of the Economic in Budapest (Milly, Beiner) My Journal his customary annual survey Kingdom For A Kiss (Warren, of British oversea Investments. He Dublin).

James Legge was born at Huntley,, name "Hongkong tever" was at one Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and like time SE term defned in medical many a Caledonian lad before and dictionaries: yet when we consider since, early hearkened to the call of that the real cause of malaria was the East, so that we first find him at still unknown, and that sanitary the age of 24 labouring as an instruc- { arrangements of the Infant Colony tor in the Anglo-Chinese school at were negligible with open drains Malacca. His few months of Chinese everywhere, we are not "ut all sur- study under the tutelage of Prof. prised at the wastage of human lives; Kidd at the University of London had for under such conditions "an atmos- only the fired him with a desire to thoroughly phere of disease, which maater the written language of these strongest constitutions and prudent leeming millions of Asia, and al- living were able to resist, might be though Malacca had a considerable said to envelope the Inhabitants day Chinese population, they were largely and night." merchants and petty traders who had Dr. Legge was, however, not a muning-house was erected at the corner little knowledge to impurt to a man to be deterred by even such a melan- of Peel and Staunton streels. This of Legge's impetuous ardour and choly portrayal; for he truly fore-edifice continued to serve the religious commendable assidully, so that there. Saw that the Colony was destined to needs of a considerable portion of the fore he determined after some years enjoy a great future, and that by community until 1886 when it was of more or less restricted, if not boot- temperate living the span of human demolished and the church moved to less effort, to transfer the field of his life would be just as great pa in Eng- its present site. labours to a more congental and pro- land or in America. In fact, the mortality statisties of Hongkong nt- Alable environment-Hongkong,

test that after the first decade, con-

Investments abroad at end of 1930 as Of course, the greatest accomplish- £3,704,000,000 against £3,788,000,000 ditions Improved enormously with Effectual drainage, a better supply of ment of Dr. Legge's sojourn was the the year before. He puts income Dr. Legge arrived in Hongkong water, and the planting of trees and translation of the "Chinese Classics.from these investments in 1936 at with his family in May, 1843, and as vegetation on the erstwhile barren This monumental task of profound C184,000,000, he said in his own words some thirty island. Indeed, the death ra for crudition was commenced early in his Of the £3,240,000,000 nominal Bri- years later, I have not forgotten the foreign residents, not including the loted in the year 1850, nlthough it end 1936 Sir Robert assigns £1,981,- (Tales Of Hoffmann Offenbach); residence here, and was finally com- |tish capital invested overseus at the In Tunastery Bells (Wely?; The Mill Forest (Ellenberg); Barcarolle Sensations of delight with which, militäry; averaged from 1860-1870 when we had passed Green Island, I little over four per cent.; whilst in was not printed until five years Inter. 000,000 to British countries and Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo contemplated the ranges of hills on 1860-an exceptional year--the mor Indeed, it was only through the gen £1,250,000,000 to foreign countries (Mascagni).....Orchestra; Had the north and the south, embosoming tality rate was slightly under 2 per crosity of Mr. Joseph Jardine The estimated amounts for the Horse; Shepherd, See Thy Horse's between them the tranquil waters of cent, rate said to be much lower Messts. Jardine, Matheson & Co. who dominions are Australia £500,000,- Foaming Mane (Hungarian Folk the bay. I seemed to feel that I had than that prevailing in England at kindly consented to defray the costa 000. India and Ceylon £443,000,000, Songs-Korbay); Song Dockn't found nt last the home for which that date.

of publication that it became possible Canada and Newfoundland £443,- Care (Alm 'Mayfair Melody')...... for the seven volumes of the work to 000,000 and New Zealand £140,000,- Keith Folkner (Baritone); Solemn be given to the world at all.

The 000. The sum ukt £236,000,000 is Melody (Walford Davies); Cavatina admirable translation received a place of European residence was tye and that Dr. Legge is mentioned acclaim of savants everywhere, and estmated to be invested in Europe, (Raff). Quotations and Heng-

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estimates the total of United Kingdom Film 77 Raymond Baled; Organ-

£372,000,000 in Argentina, . £160,-

..Sidney Torch.

2.15 Close Down. 4.00-7.00 Chinese Programme. 7.00 New Light Symphony Or

(Mar- chestra and Keith Falkner

Orchestra.

7.20 kong Exchango Market,

7,35 Variety.

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had left Scotland." Little do realise at the present day that at that time the declsion to make Hongkong In the Arst directories of the Colony truly a momentous one; for the newly is a minister of the London Mission- Dr. Legge's reputation as a Sinologue000,000 in Brazil, £50,000,000 in dediented Colony enjoyed during the jury Society with beadquarters in was firmly established. Indeed, so first decade or so of its existence the Hollywood Road. Indeed, it was due secure were his laurels that upon the Chile and £85,000,000 in other South

American countries.

Organ-Famous Tauber Melodies.. invidious reputation of being the most i largely to his vision and patient, eve of his impending retirement from

SOUTHERN RHODESIA LOAN ..Harold Ramsay; Vocal-A Little unhealthy spot on the globe, and steady work that the Society was the Colony la 1879, his admirers

It is sinted that arrangements ore Dash Of Dublin (ilm Feg of Old many a Briton of that era questioned enabled to accomplish so much good amongst the merchant community the wisdom of Her Majesty's coun- umongst the Chinese

people of contributed to the founding of a Chair in progress for a Southern Rhodesia Drury'); Kiss Me Goodnight (Green, sellors for retaining such a barren, Kwangtung. He realised, however, of Chinese Language and Literature 3 per cent. loan amounting to £2, Green)....Anna Neagle (Soprano) insalubrious and inauspicious island that in order to gain converts much at Oxford University with the express redeemable in 1001-British Wireless. Southern Plantation....Ken Harvey 250,000, to be issued at 101 and Banjo-Melodies of Yesterday; On A which was nothing more nor less than Hepended upon the formation of proviso that he should be the first BRITAIN'S FINANCIAL POSITION with Piano accompanyment; Orches- one vast cemetery. Indeed, so dread-native clergy, and with this end it occupant. This professorship Was ed was the place that those who visit- | view, he established

Landon, Dec. 7. | Iral-Raisin'. The Rent; Happy As £1 theological, led by him until his death at Ox- ed the Colony in the early forties seminary in 1848 for the training of ford on November 27, 1897.

The Exchequer returns show that The Day is Long (from The Cotton were "thankful to Providence that Chinese buys for the Christian minis- in conclusion, one might say that total ordinary revenue amounts to Club Review').....Paul Whiteman £435,394,700 compared with £412, presents Roy Bargy and Ramonu they had managed to come out alive. try. This institution he carried on few men have been filmer boy and 475,808 at the corresponding date Inst (Piano). and that if the truth were generally for years with unflagging zeul, untill in the greatness of our Colony and

0.00 Local Time-Signal, Weather.... known no sane human being would he finally saw that the students that in his words uttered shortly before he year-The-total-expenditure-less dare to make Hongkong his home; he so carefully instructed and pro- left our shores ring a prophetic note: self-balancing items is £592,927.346 Report and Announcements.

8.03 Stadlo Tria: Frue Lewis for in this fever-ridden spot life was vided for, did not seem inclined to be- "When I try to pierce into the future, compared with £544,037.258 at the

(Viola), Etore Pellegatti ('Cello) so uncertain, that of the graves dug come humble and self-denying prea- see u rallway from Kowloon to corresponding date of 1936.

Lindsay each morning, none knew who wouldthers of the

The total floating debt outstanding and

Lafford Gospel; but

(Piano). on the Canton. I see a trunk line from Han-

1. Trio No. 1 in G Major (Haydn); be the occupant before nightfall."bther hand availed themselves of, kow to Canton, and branch lines con-is at £71,395,000 compared with Legge himself remarked: "Although their English education to secure for necting with it from the great pro- £45,150.000 a year ago and repre- Andante; Poco Adagio: Rondo Al I was charmed with the general themselves more lucrative posts as vinces of the west, and from Chekinng sents a net increase of £273,465.000 Ongarese; 2. Andante from Trio No. appearance of the place, and the clerks in either the Government ser- and Fukien on the east. I see this since March 31-British Wireless. energy that was manifest in layingt, vices or else in the foreign increastile island the antural outlet to all Europe, out the ground and pushing on build-} establishments. It

was,

therefore, and by the Pacifle lines to the United Ing, I found many of the residents with great reluctance that he was States, for the mineral wealth and oppressed with gloom because of its forced to abandon this fleeting hope various produce of one half the great unhealthiness." As we look back of the speedy evangelisation of the Chinese nation. I see itself the home upon that period now nearing the hinterland; but soon the opportunity of a happy population, three times century mark, we can scarcely com-afforded liself of joining with the more numerous than the present, and prehend the feelings of those carly Government in the founding of the foreigner and Chinese dwelling to- citizens, and we are amazed that the Central School, which continued in gether in mutual appreciation.”

POOR SAND U. S. Building BARCELONA Building BARCELONA

ATTACKED

SUPPLIED TO MILITARY

Contractor's Agent Severely Treated

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That considerable trouble had been caused to the military authorities in an Important project at Lyemun Barracks as a result of the poor quality of sand supplied, was re- vealed during the hearing of summons before Mr. K. Keen at thei Kowloon Magistracy this morning.

The summons was against Hu master of junk T242811, for removing sand from Cha Kwo Ling; Kowloon, on November 17 without a permit from the P.W.D. He was fined $300,, with the alternative of

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Big Fleet Of BY PLANES Merchantmen

Washington, Dec. 7.

It is authoritatively learned that the Marliime Commission L ready to start within a fortnight a multi-million dollar programme to rehabilitate. the merchant marine,

An official xald flat bids would be asked for $20,000,000 worth of construction, including at least ten 9,000 ton cargo boats costing about $1.750,000 each-Reuter.

50 Believed Dead In Bombing

NEW BILL AIMED AT WAR CURE

1 (Mozart); 3. Allegro from Trio in F Major (Lafford),

8.38 Songs by Norman Alita (Bass),

Edward (Corder and Loewe); The Midnight Hevicw (Glinka); Htocked In The Cradle Of The Deep (Willard and Knight),

8.45 London Relay-World Af- fairs

A talk by The Right Hon. Si Mal- colm Robertson, e.c.14.o., K.B.Z..

9.00 Studio Series of talks "Ama-

(Leur Experta R. E. Lindselt on

Simple. Definition Of Aggression

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"Bridge."

9.10 Variety.

Organ Curly Top-Film Selec- tion; 'Broadway Melody of 1030- Film Selection.....Reginald Dixon; Vocal-I'm A Fool For Loving You (Wendling-Lewis); Lost My Rhythm, Lost My Music, Lost My Man (Film

Soft lights and sweet music”.

9.30 London Helap-The News 9.50 Gilbert and Sälliyan Excerpts HMS. Pinafore-Selection .....

Washington, Dec. 7. Representative John M. O'Connell of Montana introduced to the House Joint resolution to amend the Neutrality Act, which In the Arst Dinah Miller (The Personality Girl); place will permit the President to Danjo-A Musical Journey From define un aggressor and place an New York To California; The World embargo on all shipments of any Is Walting For The Sunrise (Seltz)..

..Ken Harvey. materials, take steps necessary Barcelona, Dec. 7. Planes ralded Barcelona and its protect American lives and to shorten: environs this afternoon but no bombsja war. were dropped in the centre of the { It is suggested in the second place town. However it was reported that that embargoes on arma, munitions The B. B. C. Theatre Orchestra; The some fell in the suburbs. The death and implements of war should be Mikado': The Criminal Cried....A. roll so far is estimated at 50 and the automatic after the proclaiming of Davies, II. A. Lytton, L. Sheffield and search for victims is proceeding. the aggressor, with a penalty for Chorus; See How The Fates.....D.

Clement

of five years' Fancourt, B. Lewis, A. Davies, H. A. Mr.

Attlee, British breaking this

Lytton and L. Sheffield; The Flowers Labour Opposition leader and Mem- Imprisonment and a $10,000 fine. |bers of Parliament, were present in

Spring....D. Thirdly under the amended net That Bloom In The Barcelona at the time of the rald, it will not be legal to sell bonds or Oldham, II. A. Lytton; Alone, And having arrived by special plane from securities

aggressor. Ii will Yet Alive....Bertha Lewis (Con- Madrid shortly before-Reuter. prohibit Americans from travelling trate); On A Tree....Henry

ATTLEE MISSES RAID on the vessels of warring nations, and Lytton (Baritone): There Is Beauty

Barcelona, Dec. 7.

finally will bin goods under embargo.D. Lewis and 11. A. Lytton; For He's Gone And Married Yum-Yum.. being carried by American vessels.

(Continued on Page 4.) The Bill defines an aggressor as a nation which declares war, invades territory or bombards territory, and defines civil aggressor as attempting to overthrow a democralle Government by forceful measures.-- United Prem

four months hard labour, after the orised benches was given to him. prosecution had stressed that both This list did not include Cha Kwo the Government and the military| Ling, and defendant had no right to It now transpires that Mr. Clement "authorities" took "serious" "view" of remove sand from there. As a result Attice, and his colleagues arrived 40 the matter.

of the poor quality of sand delivered minutes after the all-clear had been Mr. J. D. Bickerstaff, Land Bolliff, by defendunt, a lot of trouble hnd sounded following to-day's air raid on said defendant had a general permit been caused to the military auth- the city suburbs. Reuter,

200 DEAD ESTIMATED for removing sand from authorised oritles in an important project.

Barcelona, Dec. 8. benches, which did not include Cha

Defendoni said he paid $1 for each It he now estimated that over 200 Kwo Ling. On November 17, he went to the place in question and junk load of sand to a man named were killed in yesterday's air raid, saw defendant's junk being loaded Chau, who told him he would take which was mainly directed against sand removed from a point the responsibility for any trouble. the suburbs of the city-Renter.

feet inland. The sand was He admitted he was aware he had 200 of a poor quality and considerable no right to remove sand from the trouble had been entred to the place. Government

with

about

as a result of this!

NEW BRITISH NAVAL

- ATTACIJE-APPOINTED, · #rubbish" being delivered to them. Mr. Fraser pointed out that there The Government had a contract for was no reason why defendant should

London, Dec. 7. The King has approved the ap- supplying sand with the Lee Vick pay for the sand on the properly contractors, who in turn engaged a belonged to the Government. He pointment of Captain C. S. Holland number of junka, among whilch added that both the Government andna naval attache to Illa Majesty's defendant's

military authorities took a ser missions in France, Belgium, Spain, fr D. S. Frazer, Sond. Inspector, lous view of the matter, as the wand Portugal and the Netherlands, with stated that when the permit wai was used for the building of maga-headquarters at Paris to date from

Jantlary 17 next-Dritish Wireless, Issued to defendant a list of authzines.

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It is learned that designa havai been completed for gas-proof and bomb-proof roomu in. Windsor Can- Ue, of a much more substantial type than those with which Buckingham Palace is already equipped.United

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