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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1937.

A Hongkong Governor Who RADIO

Spoke 20 Languages

BUT HE WAS NOT POPULAR AND LEFT THE COLONY

WITH SCARCELY A HANDSHAKE

Sir John Bowring,

Kt., LL.D., F. R. S.

HONGKONG since its cession to schemes. The convenience of the

reluctantly nd-

the British Crown in 1841 has new coin been blessed with a succession of milled by his opponents who colonial administrators of more than represented the bulk of the gentry. Average ability. Few, however, and the ultra-conservative hour- have been more truly versatile in geoisle, but Bowring secured thereby their attainment than that of the new laurels to augment his already Colony's fifth Governor-Sir Jonn glamorous reputation. It followed Bowring. He has been described that upon his seeking to enter the singular phenomenon of multifori-diplomatic service in 1840 he was outs accomplishments; for in addition awarded the post of H. M. Consul at: to being n far-sighted offelal of ffer Canton and Superintendent of Trade Majesty, he was also an advanced lat

that port 11

Is four years

ut liberal, an ceannist of reputation,Canton-interspersed by

Occasional a poet of merit, a profund scholar,; 4 literary genias, and a lingual of Periods of sojourn in the Colony und 31 Macao, were characterised by remarkable talent. Indeed, it was much iterary activity, and we have ginning. in the latter Held that he showe from his proiifle pen the keenest aptitude, and like his contemporaries, Giuseppe Mezzolanti, poems of his usual excellence. One

bymn

"In the Cross of Christ ['Glory" the ruined fasule of the Church of Sao Paule in our neighbouring Pore tuguese Colony. Another is his

number of

Sir John Bowring.

With the merchant portion

PERSONALITIES

OF OLD HONGKONG

that was urgently required; for at this time, the Tai-ping rebellion was sweeping throughout the Middle Kingdom, and the Manchu govern- inent. In order 10 reussert fts authority, Was arresting Chinese right and left without stopping to enquire whether they were danielied In Hongkong, or not. As con- sequence of the revolutionary move- ment, the Colony was thronged with Both revolutionaries and supporters

the Manchu restime. Normal trade with the provincial capital was stripesgabalis owing to the fact that Chinen junks were Hable to seizure by the Chinese Imperial Government

the excuse that either the gob themselves were rebel owned or ete that the crew were sais treme-onable arts; consequently, com- nice was paralysed; and Sir John in order to restors confidence to the Cinese formunity, authorised the passage of the legislation designed to amend the situation.

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the italian Cardinal, and Elibu Bu of these is the famous inspired by count of the fact that his scholarship taber 1855, a well-designed ship of

In his day.

Sir John Bowring was unr at Exeter, October 17, 1702, and diel near his native place on November 23, 1872. During his long life time: he was esteemed as a savant of tag Arst runk, and early distinguished himself by his Blerary attainment. Indeed, by the time he was thirty- | five his belletristic reputation wari Armly established, and his published works had already receiveri

The Czar of prase of monarchs.

"Gem

of the orient earth and lice saw

open sca

Macao, that in thy lap and on

thy breast

flust

gathered beauties ull loneliest

the

When the SUN smiles in

jesty

economical

BROADCAST

The Waikiki Trio From The Studio

LONDON RELAYS

Radio Programme Broadcast by ZB.W. on wavelengths of 355 metres (845 .c's.) 31.40 metres (9.52 m.c's.).

4.00-7.00 Chinese Programine. 7.00 Brahms Double Concerto In A Minor, Op. 102.

Thibaud (Violin) and Casals (Cello) and The Pablo Casain Or- chestra, Barcelona, conducted by Alred Corlet,

7.36 Closing local Stock Quota- tions and Hongkong Exchange Mar- ket Report,

7.40 Stadio-The Walk/kt Trio (The Ho Brothers).

1. Dancing under the stars; 2 Hapa Haole Hula Gizi 3. Wai O Minchaha: 4. Beneath a Banyan Tree: 5. Hano-bano Hawall

8.00 Time, Weather and Announce- ments,

6.03 Alexander Kipnis (Bass) and Ewald Bohmer (Baritone).

'Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg" (Wagner); The Feast of John, Mid- summer Day....Kipnis; 'Der Rosen- kavalter (R. Strausa); Herr Kavalier ....Kipnis with E. Bluzivzka (So- prona): The Magic Flute' (Mozart); A Fowler bold in me you see.......... Ewald Bohmer (Baritone),

8.15 London Iteluy-World Ar- fairs.'

A talk by J. L. Biterly. C.D.F.. Chichele Professor of International Law. Oxford.

8.30 London Relay-Musle in the Morning.'

The sixth of a series of pro- grammes featuring melodies by Bri- fish light composers with Frank Walker and His Oclet. Presented by Mark II. Lubbock and George Gor- don.

9.00 Spanish Music.

of of the Colony, especially, he was incident

which enused The never a persone prata, largely per- are up of hostilities was that lups, as some have hinted, on ac-of the now famous Arrow. In Oc ritt, the Yanker blacksmith, Was

had made him more cosmopolitan foreign lines, but rigged like the credited with possessing a prodigious

than British. His fondness, too, for typical junk of the China const and Spanish Dance No. 1-Oriental knowledge of over twenty language-

American.

German and Continental of a type then known in the Colony

(Granados); Spanish Dance No. 2- - fund of erudition which, prabeworthy Sunnet to Macao" de society was at that day regarded as a torchia, was registered by His

Andelouse (Granados)....New Light utilised for the publication of series of works un Continental liter-cated to Fortuna's famed poet and with inore or less suspicion on the Chinese owners under the name Ar-Symphony Orchestra Cond: Eugene ¡énvalier. Fais de Camoens. The part of the citizens of our "light" row. This vessel was intended for Goossens: The Lover and the Night- ature which won him much acchin |Megses TTU so highly regarded that little island; yet needless to say re-the purpose of promoting the carry- Ingale (Granados).....Eileen Joyce

they find a place in most poeticalgardless of what were the options ing trade between here and Canton

(Piano); Spanish Dance, Op. 54, No. antholosties:

5 (Popper)....Casata (Cello) with of his contemporaries his tenure of and actually made a number of trips,

the doubling of the Fin the course of one of which she Piano accomp. by Nicolai Mednikoff: Colony's revenue-largely due to his was raided by the Canton authori If I Could Forget Your Eyes (San- administration and the ties, and a number of her prowe doval-Albeniz): It is you (Sandoval) Beniamino Gigli (Tenor); Spanish sales of Crowu lands-so that the arrested under the pretext that they

rebels against colonial treasury showed an inerente were

the imperial Dance No. 3-Rondalla Aragonesa of £37.776. Moreover, amongst the authority. In this high-handed affair, (Granados); Triana (Albeniz orches legislation that he considered judici-the British flag was insulted, whether trated by Arbos)...New Light Sym- Orchustra Cond: Eugene ous was a recommendation for the intentionally or not it in difficult provision of facilities for student in- say, but the incident was sufficient histerpreters in the diplomatic service to fan into flame the long existing

between the -a far-seeing orcangement which is tension

Manchu now universally adopted; for as Sir oligarchy and the truculent "bar-

With Nikita abarians" from the West. Indeed, the The very clouds that top each John realised, in order to have

Piano; truly efficient foreign office, it must existence of "barbarian" colony' so be staffed with men who pre near to their provincial

10.02 New elty had Seem to repose there, lingering guage and customs of the peopic mandarins of that epoch-more GD,

thoroughly acquainted with

Records. the long rankled in the minds of the

lovingly:

to whom they are accredited,

since the Colony, they described Jull oj

was filled with rebels and the raca the

One of the first things which he dregs of the Cunton populace-mean- Cathayan tree

{did during his stay in the Colony was ing those who had fled from the tur- Bends to the breeze and how thy the accomplishment of a really res moil of Kwangtung province for the markable achievement—the opening more effectual security of British sands are prest

of Slam to foreign commercial inter- rule. The progress nud ultimate re- With gentle waves which ever and course. This he managed to do, not.sult of the war is, of course, too well as Admiral Perry did in the previous known for any comment here, bat year by a display of armed force in at the time, Sir John Bowring was order to open up Japan; but by the enstigated by the citizens of the employment of truly pacifle means-Colony in no unsparing terms, stat- pen. It seems that the younging that as a result of his policy "the Were these the scenes that poet king of Siam was a man like Fre- dogs of war fhad been] let loose in derick of Prussia in the extent of his fan immense Province, the casus belli looked upan

literary ambitions, and Bowring en-being the loreba Arrow." joying as he did a world-wide repu- lation as the belletristic "on" of his

Russia, Alexander I was impressed by his translations, t Russian

he bestowed poems that upon him a handsome damond rat. Likewise, the King of the Nether- lands, Frederick William t, hinseif a dilettante in the arts of no meani ability, presented the young English- man with a gold medal in token uf his admiration for an excellent work! upun Dutch literature. Moreover, in emulation pt the generosity

of its sovereign, the Dutch unt- versity of Gruningen conferred upon Bowring the honorary tle- of LL.D Such WAS the gree eminence of the multifold talents of Sir John that he was offered and

BY T. PAUL GREGORY

accepted

the editurship of

Westminister Review a post which)

to

well

belty?

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mountain creat

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Break their awakened juries-on

the shure:

Whose lyre, though known to

fame, knew misery more? They have their glories.

earth's diademis

liare naught 30 bright

genius' glided gems."

ing the great buik of his manuscripts. Bowring's

Governmship

and

like

it.

The remainder of Sir John's tenure doy, naturally became the idol of the of office in the Colony was marked young Siamese ruler who aspired to more or less by a period of legisla enjoy the friendship of the man who, tive Inactivity: for the greater part

Voltaire,

won the

steem of his lasting work was accomplished es and confidence of monarchs. Thus during the first three years of his Unfortunately, too, began a noteworthy correspondence administration. between the King and the Governor, the gulf between Government House and as a result a Commercial treaty and the mercantile community

Great Britain came wider than ever. The variance was signed between

of

over

(romniuinity.

thupath

of Sir

be-

of

in and Slam Blightly over a year after moz have been due to the fact that be held for many fablished iterary UPON his return to England

were mixumder- 1854, he was knighted by the Sir John's arrival in the Colony-Sir John's policies

stood, or as we have hinted, accentu- abilly, Bowring was also deemed queen, who graciously bestowed April 18, 1854.

ated by his inordinate opinion political economist of

upon lin lending disciple of Jeremy Bentham lonkong and the highly important Perhaps the greatest achievements ¦ "Number One,” ar to what may have the founder of the so-called Utilita- diplomatic part of Plenipotentiars and thetdentally those which were been more in accordance with ae- im doomed to misunderstanding in their|tualities he was simply too big a rian school of political economy. In-Extraordinary to China. The deed, so highly was he regarited by portance of the mission was moment-day-were the sincere attempts for man for the Hongkong of his day. that worthy that he was charged by us, and naturally the reception of the conciliation of the Chinese inhd- Far after all is it not said that "

Sir John prophet is not honoured in his own him with the Important task of edit- such a

a high honour to a man of bitants of the Colony.

Country?" more so than his contem- Was temperament,

Auch realised

poraries that in order to build the which appeared in print in 23 that hu became immersed

Hongkong of the future much de-that upon his departure from Hang- It is a pity, however, to record volumes accompanied by a bio- the atmosphere of self-exallation.

e incluciable result was that his ended upon securing the goodwi kong there was no ball given in his graphy, in 1843.

anet co-operation of the Chinese Justifiable egotism made him very a

tonour. Therefore, we find that him by the citizens of the Colony, no address was presented to popular with the people

ink of his efforts were con- whom he was to rule. His contem- ROWRING also sat in Parliament:

rerned with securing for them many no delegation of the European com- twice, once from 1835 to 1840raries have secused him of betri juf the advantages which are now imunity Presented themselves in the

a grandiose and vainglorious pedant, as the representative for Bolton, and and it may be mentioned here that days cominonglace, and regarded as drawing-room of Government House the second time from 1841 to 1840 there are passages in his autobio-matter of course in colonial fegis-to express their personal regrets at as the member for Kilmarnock. Ography which seem to amply supportation: but at that time were carried his leaving-none came, moreover, both occasions he distinguished him- their contention. One of those must

with much dinleulty and offer thanks or appreciation for self by his opposition to the Govern-often quoted contains, these words: position on the part of the English the great work which he had ac- ment, and managed to carry through To China I went as the representa-die-hards" of the Colony who were complished for the effulgent future

fearful of the consequences

of Hongkong. Nay, senccely a single in spite of the bitter antagonism of tive of the Queen, and was accredited John's over-zealous conciliatory

tory notice appeared in the local press the Tories, a bill providing that the not to Peking alone but to Jap, polley. Amongst STG57 revenues of all taxes should Siu, China and Corea, I believe to vacated by him were the recognition malice and bitter sarcasm: "He [the those things ad- unless it were to record in words of be paid directly into the Exchequer a greater number of beings (Indeed without having to undergo the suc no less than a third of the race of far as humanly possible of Chinese Governor] his moved off at fast- covered with shame and obloquy --- cessive "milkings" of Kovernment mum) than any individual had ever custoun und inw in legal procedure, withing wriggling, and flounderi

the establishment of Chinese ceme- departments. Fortunately, this been accredited before."

teries, and the granting to citizens in the meshes

vanily principle, in its day was re- Sir John Bowring Arrived

in of Chinese race the right of practis-and vault of disappoindeed, it

ambition." of radileservatives as the Hongkong early' in April 1854 to as-ing tow. However, it must be men-remained

the by

for the Chinese com- became the

the post of the Colony's tioned that one of the acts of his munity, with typical Oriental cour- which led to the thorough Governor. During his five years administration was singularly unlesy and deference, shyly to wait upon house-cleaning" a reformation of

of tenure of office from April 13, 1854 fortunate. and directly brought the departing Governor and his fady the system of Brilish national acto May 5, 1050, whilst he

ac-about the second

and convey to with

them what should countancy. Also, whilst he was incomplished many things of great Chinit even though the legisin have been the sentiments of every the House of Commons, he, amongst advantage to the colonial

adminis- tion

tion itself

citizen of Hongkong. Two delegations designed for the other things, advocated the adoption tration which are well recognised in obvious benefit of those Chinese who

of Chinese came to

to bld Sir John decimal currency for England our day, he was yet one of the most were domiciled in the Colony. This farewell and presented to him as 1 scheme which on account of its unfortunate of individuals who have was the granting of the rights of tokens of their community's high radical thoroughness naturally ever held office here; for all that he colonial register, and the use of the

JF number of rare Bnd aroused tremendous opposition from did for the good of the community British flag to ships of those of the

the valuable gifts, including a superbly the Conservatives, even although at large was regarded at the time Chiaese Bowring's

rogmunity who were the wrought vase, a

porceinin beautiful powerfully of its enactment in the most invidi-registered owners of land within the bowl and a bale of precious silk supported by the Prince Consort. At ous light, and Bowring himself was limits of the Colany and who paid

ald bearing an honorary roll of over two longth, however, a compromise was widely unpopular as a Governor and into the Colonial

the hur Treasury

hundred names. Their spokesman in effected, and a partial victory con una man, ceded him, which authorised

It is difficult for us at clipulated annunt Crown rent. This in his act of presentation expressed the the present day to comprehend the net of legislation was confirmed in the senuments which are echoed by Treasury to issue in 1849 a new sentiments of the citizens of Hong-two ordinances (No. 4 of 1855 and all those who live in our monetary unit of two-shlilings, called kong in the fifties of the last century, No. 9 of 1856). The primary object Colony that "his great work was

modern the florin, as mere or less of an ex- and we can scarcely conceive how of these two nets periment the success or failure of colonial Governor should incur the some means of protection to those towards the achievement of the true was to provide truly instrumental in paving the why which should determine whether the alike of even a small section of the substantial members of the Chinese spirit of mutual understanding and Government would go farther in act-community, Nevertheless, such was community who ing in accordance with Bowring's Sir John's fate almost from the be-trading with Cantona

were engaged in helpfulness between the great peoples

protection of Britain and China",

garded

acme

Unsi

of

which,

plans Were

sume

Wits

war

-!

|

phony Goossens,

9.30 London Relay The News, 9.58 Joseph Szigeti (Vlollu). Sonata In D Major (Handel).... De Magaloff at the

Dance

and

Variety

Piano-Gangway-Selection.............. Patricła Rossborough; Orchestra- Harry Roy Stage Show....Harry Roy and His Orchestra (Recorded at the actual performance al The Gurriek Theatre, Southport); Ru- morous-Slily, Isn't It?....Bennett

Dance and Williams;

Orchestra-

Swing As It Comes, Swingitis... Bert Firman's Quintuplets of Swing; Cine- * Organ-Esenendy (A Mexican Elopement--Phillips). Speak To Me Ui Love (Lenoir)........Al Bollington: Vocal--To-day Is The Day (Schultze- Buch); Wine Waltz (Gross-Steldi).. Ilerbert E. Grob (Tenor), Dance Orchestru-The Sheep Were In The Meadow--Fox-Trot (from "Going Greek')

Harry Roy and His Or- chestra: Vocal-Ã Little Co-operation From You (from 'Going Greek'). You're Here, You're There (Loeb- Kahal)....Judy Shirley: Dance Or chestra-Don't Say Goodbye Quick- slep; I Hum A Waltz-Waltz (film

This is my Affair')..........Victor Sil- vester and His Ballroom Orchestro.

11.00 Close Down.

Denies Sale Of

Dum-Dum Ammunition

London. Dec. 11.

A dental that there had been issued export Weences for dwn- dam bullets to China and else- where vas made by Major Oliver Stanley, President of the Board of Trade replying to a question nut by Mr. J. W. Hanfleld (Läb.) in the House of Commons to. day.

Mr. Banfield said that allera- tion was made by 1. Japancso news service issued to the House of Commons. He asked If any. thing was possible slop pro- paganda which causes friction be- tween nations, and Major Stanley said he thought the best way of counteracting false propaganda was to let the truth be known. Ite thanked Mr. Banfield for enabling him to state what the position was-Reuter.

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