1938-11-02 — Page 21

THE HONGKONG

A Czech Speaks On The LETTERS TO THE

Sudeten Question LETTER TO A FRIEND

IN HONGKONG

The following letter to a friend in Hongkong, written by a Czech last month, is illuminating. Penned before the Munich Agreement, it sets out the Czech standpoint on the subject of the Sudeten nrcas:

Czechs and Germans have been liv-population as ennnon fodder, Czech ing in Bohemia and Moravia side by Industries, Hungarian wheat, Polish side for at least eight centuries. The coal, Jugoslav ores and Roumanian present-day German settlements Infoll added to her own resources, Ger- Czecho-Slovakia are the result in the many will become really formidable. first place of immigration and later The day on which Czecho-Slovakia of Germanisation of the original has to submit to German rule, will Czech element, due largely to politi-mark the beginning of the end of the cal, economile and

pressure. British. Empire, Nevertheless the average Czech re cognises the Sudetens (Germans of Czecho-Slavallo) as co-citizens

cul.

EDITOR

THE WAR DEBTS

To the Editor,

Hongkong Telegraph. Sir-Imagine ny embarrassment upon learning from "Antonio's" letter in Tuesday's issue that Great Britain had forgiven the greater part of the wiped the state clean in some in- debis owed her by her Allies and tunices, and yet I had not heard of this action at all. Perhaps he will provide a reference.

original advances

It

TELEGRAPH,

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER

ART OF TEACHING

Rotarian Roplics To

Mr. Handysido

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Some new angles on education were provided by Rotarlon James Smith at yesterday's meeting of the Hongkong Rotary Club, when in an address entitled "A Parent's Reply" W on a Frequency of 545 kc's. he made comments on Mr. W. L, Handyside's education.

previous talk

on

The Hon. Dr. L! Shu-fan was in

were the chair, and the following visitors welcomed: Rotarians D. Lautenschinger, Trinan; Bernard Kim Wel Shaw, Ifangchow; W. O. Paul Deltz, Shanghai: Messrs. J. Nodes, Hornsey: T. C. Yu, Tientsin; Edwards, E. Grimm, D. Kossick and W. L. Handyside, Mr. Yinson Lee and Major C. M. Manners were admitted members of the Rotary Club.

6.0 Beethoven-Symphony No.? in D Major.

Sir Thomas Beecham conducting London Symphony Orchestra. 0,34 Beethoven-Sonata Major, Op. 66. (Cello) and Myra Hers (Piano)."

Played by Emanuel. Feuermann

6.55 tions. 10:18.

In

A

Closing local Stock Quota-

7.0 Songs by Bluart Itobertson (Baas-Baritone).

their co-citizens of other tongues, et tunt thee Judges, we C proximately 1,460,000,000. 1s innleces of material" to work on after drunken sallor; Will ye no come back

Putting the Clock Back

equal right with himself, and desires of the British Empire be a serious Will however the dismemberment

home in Czecho-Slovakia, and deve-loss to humanity, and is it not pre-ing agreements with her Allies week nor was lils reply entirely that in de cold, cold ground; Come, Land- sincerely that the Sudetens feel at lop and show the same loyalty to the crable to a world war? Apart from country and the same tolerance to Patriotic considerations of which the

British alone are

existence of the British

Commonwealth freely and cleanly governed, is at present the only hope for a bel- ier future for mankind, and that its dismemberment would put the clock back

probably for centuries to come. The only solution of this terrible dilemma consists, in Czech opinion, in

strong alliance of

democratic

the German Swiss. Why is this so difficult to achieve?

Czeclis and Germans are so inter-

mingled in Bohemia and Moravia that

division along territorial or even racial lines seems practically Impossible. The majority of German- speaking families have not only

Czech blood but very niten Czech-speaking branches Nationality hero Is a education and personal sympathies— In mixed districts one often finds

tion first

The American agreement

with

question not of racial origin but of Powers declarin toare" Great Britain called for interest at deal with reminded him of that say-

brothers, one of them prozech.

operation has been smooth

la

to

off Central Europe!

London Relay-Night Jour-

people too." et rid of So soon as the agreement was made see that they were in first class COD Report and Announcements,

the poison it her Germany might

that an Inle as December 1824 Mr. In consulting my Dritanulet, I find Winston Churchill made an official statement to the effect that Great Britain would expect any country making a funding agreement with the passu, with his country. Reading intending to be hypercritical of Mr. Kauw: Intro: Here's a liealth unto United States to come to terms, part

The speaker said he was not

Songs that Everybody Should further I find that Great Britala made

Handyside's address the previous His Majesty: Green Bottles; Massa's for in the amount of £2,137,747,000

of a parent. He had himself tried lord fill the flowing bowl; Who's dat totalling P-teaching when he had over 150 a-calling; What shall we do with the to note in comparison that of teresting

Ison that the school teacher had finished with pain; Goodnight Ladics....with the American funding totalled $11, the He was a parent; he had been Plano accomp. by Gerald Moore. 872,500,524 against original advances a student, an employee and an em- of $10,330,323,507, a considerably ployer for Government, and it was chestra.

7.10 Marek Weber and His Or smaller mark up than Great Britain's on these combined grounds that he Viennese Memories Of Lehor (arr. Both comparisons include the Rus-offered his views, though not rushing Henry Hall); Saschinka (Porpourri sian debt, not funded.

in where angels feared to trend,

of Russian Gypsy Songs and Dances) The human material and the hu-(Schiemann); The Skaters-Waltz man element which teachers had to

to (Gung1).

7.30 to achieve (rising to 34) which was less in "the bad workman quarrels with ney Greatness by peaceful and elvilised than the United States was then

"That maying was not quite tools." means it will be better for your own paying to her own nationals from true, since the good workman would Shapley be a German and the other a

heid in cheek, whom she had borrowed the money be the first to examine his tools In personal and business inter

at this onerous rate of interest", Brillion. The school course there two nationalities Ket

The mass of Czech people is united tain rushed post haste to Wall Street alone very welee month during in a calm determination rather to and borrowed $300,000,000 gold at a extended periods, for instance from fight to the hart man than to submit higher rate. Such private loans were to Nazi over rule, and thus not only in addition to the $400,000,000 which century. This healthy development to which would have gradually led to a tray the cause of democracy and of up to 1920,

true progresa. perfect symbiosis after the Swiss

If you talk to the model, was marred by outside in-n the street, you never hear sny settlement in 1923 was a little more The cash value of the British Auences at first

other answer. the Habsburg

We are looking with by

than $3.250,000,000. From then until method of "divide and impera" which apprehension to the British people 1920 Britain's new capital issues for

who once meant amongst oiler

were the leaders of the foreign countries things an un- justly privileged position for the Ger- or political and human pro-market amounted to $4,500,000,000 an the London

Separating the Material wondering mace, and then by the Pan-German reallar the Importance of their Í (Midland Bank Ltd. figures),

whether they

The secret of this classifying of the movement

which flared up first in

sion for the whole of humanity, and

human material was the knowledge 1848 and after 1871 grow more and

whether

"Antonio" makes a point of muni- of psychology, St. Paul, a great ten- more aggressive, until it culminated will say so betimes-rather to fight should be remembered that to save the word of wisdom, some with the they too will decide-and tions used in the common cause. It cher, had said that some children were born by the spirit, some with in Die present mass-madness, foster than to commit suicide. A timely shipping. Amerlen bought a quantity word of knowledge, the working of Phony Orchestra cond. by Loranzo

show of strength by the British de- of munitions in Europe and paid cash miracles

more likely to

the interpretation of a world war than

in pounds and franes for them.

8.35 Schubert-Symphony No. B divers tongues. This constant the 13 old billion of

the speaker In B Minor ("Unfinished"), cowardly giving way to brutal aggres reported as expenditures

filion of Amerienn

money took to mean that it needed all kinds sorn who-be it remembered--are Allies who borrowed

by the

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra it, less than 2 materials to make a world. There conducted by. Bruno Walter. after all giants with feet of clay. 20% was for munitions. Some was

used

to pay Morgan & Co. (always keep your credit. Rood with your up the exchange value of the pound, his material but preferred to go sole- bunkers!), much was used to keen demand for it.

The teacher was afraid to classify some was for silver for India, sold byly on the annual examination on a Shylock at a third of the ruling price, scale common to all, which much of it was for supplies sold to student had to pass before he was her population and abroad, and mil-considered tested. The percentage Acqua-Winterbottom)..... Clarinet: lions were used after hostilities censed of passes was therefore the most im- to enable Great Britain to build up portant factor to the teacher, since it her export trade.

was also the standard by which he

was judged.

was analogous to this and like the artisan, the teacher could draw on store for material for special pur- poses and keep back the inferior for man too, the teacher was able to alter the design of his handlwork, and he maturity before he could assess the had to wait until time had brought

worth of his labours.

the 16th, untli the middle of the 19th. I to commit sulelde as a nation but alsof Amerlea hud lent from the Armistice { sullable purposes. Like the work-cond. by Lorenzo Molojoll; La Danza

ed and kept up by Herr fitter and

his obedient mouth-piece Herr Hen- lein.

Willing to Grant Rights The Czech Government is willing to grant the Sudetens full autonomy within the framework of Czecho- Slovakia and absolutely equal rights Czecho-Slovakn proper-let the British

reader

der imagine that

Era speaking immigrants in London and Liverpool or the French and Italians of Soho are granted their own school, boards and administrative districts. strictly proportional

onal representation Parliament and in nil administrative,

branches, free use of Erse, French

will

and Italian on equal footing English at Westminster, in all deal- ings with civil and military authori- tles and in all courts Including the High Courts of Justice-but the Hen lein party still hesitates to accept this, and indicates clearly that if ae-

ping stone to further demands,

mocracies is much avert

decl-

CHANGE OF JUNKS

Piratical Affair Has Sessions Sequel FIVE-YEAR SENTENCE

waters on

of

or

A programme arranged by Olive and

8.0 Local Time Signal, Weather teacher's СПЕС 8.03 Allan Symphony Orchestra with Alza Korjus (Soprano) and Beniamino Gigil (Tenor),

"La Cenerentola"-Overture (Ros- sinl).

Milan Symphony Orchestra (Rosalni); Funiculi-Funicula (Denza, text Zanardini).

....MRiza Korjus (Soprano)

with Orchestra Chorus cond. by Brune Seidler- Winkler; "Manon Lescaut"-Inter- mezzo (Pucelnt)... Milan Sympliony Orchestra cond, by Lorzu Melajoli: Ninna Nanna Della Vita (Alm 'Solo per te-Cherubin-Dixlo).... .Deni- amino Gigli (Tenor) with Orchestra

Overture (Auber). cond. by Dino Olivieri; "Fra Diavolo" .Milan Sym-

phony

of Molajoll.

was no need of better material for educational purposes since

there seemed to be a greater supply than

foo

the

The teacher should watch for the "yield point" and when a student had at school but go where there was a reached that, he should not be kept demand for him-on the form, in the factory, or to sea, A boy's most im- pressionable age was between 14 and

his views,

und

6.0 London Relay-Empire Ex- change,

Points of view by travellers from

Grenadier Guards. the Dominions, and Colonies.

9.15 Regimental Band of 11. A.

Marche Mitaire (Schubert-God- frey); With the Swallow (Dell

und Oboe Duct by Sergt. Matthews and Musician Hurrington; March Of The Mountain Gnomes (Ellenberg); The Mill In The Black Forest (Ellen- ber).

9.30 London Relay-The News. 0.50 Songs by Charles Kullman (Tenor),

Good-

cepted, this will mean only a slepeat ord Chan Hing-fat, charged with Britain in the past or now is stil10: after that he began to harden in night (from The Cousin From No-

Why not then allow the Sudeiens

plebiscite without further

Under the reign of

ado?

a organised Nazl

A plracy In Chinese

And it should not be forgotten September 23, when

that when American money bolstered bananas was seized, led to the ap-

of the pound it cost America Just that pearance before Mr. Justice R. E. Europe.

much more for her cash purchases in Lindsell at the Criminal Sessions yesterday of two men, Chan Shu- The value of Protection for Great receiving stolen

property.

debatable, but I can't see any mat- Both accused were charged with erial connection with War Debts. I'll piculs of adinit readily that the Rolls Royce is the property of Li Hing, at a swell car Czecho-Slovakia are subjected, it is Un Long in the New Territories, almost certain that a large majority while

the first occused was ad- of the voles, irrespective of the real ditionally charged with

But as regards my advantages in unlawful the British Empire, I cannot find that of $8. QL the property of

I have any more privileges than the of annexation by Germany. Pang Shiu-kan. There ar

Briton has in America. probably are two groups of reasons for The which this proposition appears not found guilty on the first count, and lecture fees for criticising us.

were subsequently fewer. There, the Briton gets fat fou accused only unacceptable to the

I try average sentenced to five years' hard labour. to keep out of sight as much as Czech, but also useless as a solution of the dilemma and dangerous for prising Messrs. J. R. A. Pearne share of clyle duties and to enjoy n The case was heard by a jury com- possible, to pay my bills, to pay my world peace.

Chan Wing-fong, A. P. Sousa, F. H. Koverned. (Foreman), P. S. Lee, Ld Shiu-yuen, quiet life in a beautiful spot, well Donald and P. W. Osborne.

terror to which the mixed districts of receiving 80

favour of the voter, would go in possession

Bohemia and Moravin have natur- al frontlers formed by chains of mountains which have been their political and strategical frontier since.

Left to the Jury the dawn of history. If the political Both defendants declined to give frontier be shifted inland.

Czecho- Slovakia

will lose her strategical evidence or make statements, saying they preferred to leave the case as

frontier in the event of a military it stood to the Jury, attack, and both the territories an- nexed by Germany and these remain-

After his Lordship hat summed

up, the Jury retired for 20 minutes,

The speaker suggested there was no basis for saying that the alterna- tive to education was revolution; elementary education itself had gone through a revolution and the school teachers had formed their own union, The true alternative WIR manual labour, he submitted. Boys ought to love manual labour instead of avoid- ing it.

He agreed with tolerance where no certain knowledge existed, and sald Newton's discovery and his subse- quent "lawa" of gravity were an in- etance where uncertain knowledge Yet I shall continue to resent erl-was translated into downright state- tielsm of my country's acts whenments, though people had doubted conclusions. based on false statements and dubious them before. Now

people Hike Einstein were doubting

those laws.

SHYLOCK.

very

New Moon'); Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Lover, Come Back To Me (from Life (Young und Herbert);"

where'). To-night',

10.0 London Relay 'In Town

every walk of life, flashes from the Introducing unusual stories-from news of the week, and 'Standing on the Corner (interviews with the man in the street); Produced by C. F.

Mechan

10.30 Half an hour of Dance Music.

Fox-Trots-The Changing Of The Guard; Harbour Lights...Roy Fox and His Orchestra with vocal re- train; Alune At A Table For Two: Waltz-Lovely Lady (film 'King of Burlesque')...The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra directed by Henry Hall; Fox-Trot-My Little Buckaroo

range Laws'): Tango Fox-Trol Don Play With Fire....Bert Fir- Knowledge was power, bur Ignor-man and His Orchestra with vocal ance was powerful too when it mor- refrain: Tangos-Love Has Entered ed all opinions but its own and acted My Heart; Farewell, My Love.. with n dislike of change which was

Robert Renard Dance Orchest; Fox-Trots-Rockin' Chair; East St. Louis Toodle-Oo....Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.

11.0 Close down.

ing in Czecho-Slovakia will suffer 50 and returned a unanimous verdic ARMS COME FIRST rught on by age.

much economic distress through this unnatural division

Slovakia's independence

of

guilty against both necused on the tlint Czecho first count, and not guilty against the may crumble first accused on the second count. for economic reasons. Furthermore, the strong Czech, democratic Germain, Mr. Whyatt, in answer to his Lord- and Jewish minorities In the ferri-ship, sald both accused had no pollee tories annexed by Germany will be records, but unid he had n man

delivered to Nazi terror..

Only First Step

The second main reason is that for Nazi Germany the annexation of the

-first

named Chan Yau, who had been robbed of his junk In

n similar fashion about two weeks prior

the pricy of Pang's Junic.

Chan was then brought into the Court, and identified the accused us

Britain to Reduce On Other Expenses

London. Nov. 1. Cannon-r schools, streets and welfare centres?

An Old Meeting

possible Southern Russia, then hav-The defendants, he declared, sailed expenditure in favour of to Himlt ports for it in the shape of the techni-

Social Diary

Mr. Handyside had said that the educational system of Hongkong was dimeult to understand: it had n well-balanced curriculum but with a gap. The speaker recalled a meet- ing at the City Hall of Hongkong about 1021 when the Hon. Sir Henry Pollock

The Women's Guild of the Hong- presided and Mr. Tanner continually interposed. They came

kong Union Church will be holding Sudetens would mean only a step 1 men who had held up his junk] tion in favour of the former, accord- "map" still unclosed, further expansion and would whet

England hus answered this ques-away from the meeting with thea Sale of Work on November 4, at 3 the appetite. Herr Hitter

p.m, Mrs. B, Wylle has kindly con- told the In Chinese waters off Wong Tin Hau ing to the Dally Herald which states

"To-day that gap was being nor- world clearly that Germany must on September 10, und robbed him of that the Exchequer has

sented to open the sale. conquer Central Europe and if the vessel and its cargo of bananas Government departments

advised rowed and the bridge across had sup

The Connaught Road Club for Girls ing become practically invincible in away in his vessel, leaving him with and rearmament.

defence cal Trade School and the Aberdeen held a ten party and sale of work

Industrial School. Europe will proceed to challenge their boat. His junk was the one in

The final span at 39 Connaught Road, yesterday, Great Britain for the mastery of the which the defendants pirated Pang

would be a polytechnle school on a As a result of this Instruction, the par with those world. Czecho-Slovakia is at pre-

in England where Passing sentence, his Lordship said

The monthly Bridge and Mahjong Board of Education and the Minis- shorthand, typewriting and book-Drive organised by the Prison Branch sent the main obstacle, and must go accused had been'

rightly convicted,

tries of Health and Transport are keepint would be taught among other of the M.C.L. will be held at Stanley under as the first victim,

In his

view, of an offence which was considering their programmes, can- subjects. This might save parents Why however, asks the good-nn- very nearly akin to piracy, that was celling construction projects that are from having to do their children's

to-day at 3.15 p.m. tured Britisher, should Czecho- to

Fay

a capital offence. "Un- got Immediately essential. It is be-homework, but until that happened, Slovakia piny the part of a bulwark doubtedly, had you been caught by lieved that school and street con- he would ask the teachers not against German

the Chinese authorities in Chinese struction programmes will suffer give so much homework so expansion? Why not make peace with Germany?

waters, both of you would have been moat, and many housing schemes parents could get away to the club Czecho-Slovalila did not deliberate executed," he added.

will be postponed.-Trans-Ocean, or have a game of bridge occasion- ly choose this role-it is her

Dismissing the Jury, is Lordship position

ally. (Laughter). and geographical configuration, her aid, "Thank you, gentlemen.

Telephone Test

An alternative to homework would democratic sucial order, and above all though I find it diflcult to appreciate

London, Nov. 1.

be to extend the school hours, by half the aggressive intentions of Germany your verdict on the second count, that have forced her into this role, you are excused further attendance The system of air raid telephone

Mr. Handyside's reference to Ent- With equal right one might ask why at these Sesalons!"""

warnings, which is a vital part of ish people, forcing foreigners to learn Belgium and France chose to be the

the system for spreading informa- their longunge was rather odd, in ship will meet in the Church Hall at bulwark against German westward

tion throughout Britain, and North view of the fact that most Engilali- 3 pan. on Thursday, for a long Games expansion.

Ireland in the event of nie raids, was men had to learn from such foreign-afternoon, proceeds of which will be put to the test last night. It is cul- ora as Scotsmen, Irishmen or Welsh-given to clarity, culated that between three and four men (Laughter),

Carcho-Slovakia, though small, is Inwardly strong because of the social

DEPORTATION OF POLISH JEWS

al-

an hour or so.

to

thai

Justice

of her system of government.

minutes is the maximum time need- In conclusion, said the speaker, he Feudal Hungary and Poland, with

el for a telephone exchange to ad- would emphasise Mr. Handyside's millions of discontented and landless

Berlin, Nov, 1.

vise wardens, fire brigades, police, remarks that if one wanted to learni pensants, will go down

ke grass The venue for the negotiations and other A.R.P. organisations.

decontamination centres, ambulances something, one had to do it. (Ap- under a scythe, if Czecho-Slovakia between Germany and Poland on the

plause). falls, and Germany's rule will then question of the deportation of Pairs spread over the whole of Central will be Berlin instead of Warsaw, it Europe. With 200 million sturdy was announced to-day.-Reuter,

telephone calls through 3,475 The test involved nearly

changes.British Wireless,

Mr. H. E. Stone thanked the 15,000 speaker for an address which must ox-have given food for thought to many,

Including the educationists, he said,

The Social and Fellowship Club (Kowloon Union Church) will hold à Hallowe'en Party at 0.45 to-night. The Armistice Day Concert by the Hongkong Singers will be held at St. Jolin's Cathedral on November 11,

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