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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPII, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1938.

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DEATHS:

ISBISTER.-On December 17, 1938. at the Queen Mary Hospital, John Dunean Isbister, oged 67 years, late chief engineer of s.. Kong So, native of Greenock, Scotland. (Shanghai and Singa- pore papers please copy).

WHITE.-On December 18, at Kowloon Hospital, James Sin- chair White, aged 64, late Marine Engineer of s. Fok On.

On December 19, at Kowloon Hospital, Dorothy White, aged 57 years, beloved wife of James Sinclair White.

Funeral Services at Colonial Cemetery Chapel, Monday, De- cember 10, at 5.15 p.m. (San Francisco, Shanghai and Canton' newspapers please copy).

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

Wyndham St., Hongkong 'Phone 26615 December 19, 1938

Street Sellers

WHILE COMMENDING the

worthiness of the causes, we cannot refrain from voicing what we believe is widespread exasperation at the methods employed by street collectors for certain charities..

Hundreds of children, many of whom should have been at school, descended on the streets on Saturday to sell roses on be- half of a charitable organisation which, presumably, obtained sanction for the collection from the Commissioner of Police.

We hasten to state, by way of parenthesis, that there is no question whatever regarding the bona fidea of any collection pre- viously authorised by the Police. The methods employed, how- ever, are becoming so menacing that some system of control is not only necessary but im- perative,

Few Europeans, especially at this time of the year, refuse to support legitimate collections for charity, and Hongkong can justly any that it meets the many demands made upon its citizens with liberality and good grace.

Good grace was noticeably absent on Saturday, when each European, as he or she stepped from ferry, bus, tram, rickshaw or car, or walked from shop to street, was surrounded by ten or twenty screaming and im- portuning children, some of whose antic suggested that they had learned their lessons in good manners from the beg- gar children of Wanchai or West Point,

There is a distinction between an appeal and begging. On some occasions, during recent charity drives, that distinction appears to have been over- looked.

We would suggest that strict control should be exercised by the Police Department in grant- ing permission to organisations 10 launch street collections.

Either school-children should be prohibited altogether from be- ing used as collectors, or the number of collectors should bo'l limited.

AFRICAN

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GERMAN ENVOY arrived in

London yesterday. He is there in Africa handed over at Ver- to talk about Colonies.

Mallies to the conquering Power. When Germany discusses colonies were Togoland and the she means, first of all, the continent Cameroons, divided between Br!- of Africa. That is a part of the tain and France; German East world about which we in Hongkong Africa (now Tanganyika) given to are. going to rend plenty in out Britain. apart from a small plece newspapers lit 1930.

which reli to Belgium's idt: and German 8.W Afrien, which went to the Union of South Africa,

This article tells you who owns Africa and what its owners get out of it.

Africa has an area of 114 million square miles, It is owned-with the exception of Egypt, Liberlo. and the Union of South Afrien→→ by six Powers, whose total area is 000,000 square miles, seventeen and a balf times amailer than Africa.

The alx Powers are Britain," France, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Belgium. The two Powers richest in African possessions are Britain and France:

France has 41 million square miles of African territory--37 per cent. of the total continent. Her colonial subjects there number 30 millions.

BRITAIN'S territory ex- tends over 2,692,700 square miles-less than France, but her native subjecia, number nearly 62 millions.

British Africa, including areas Nations held under League of mandate, consists of Nigeria and the West Coast cofonte: Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika, and Nyassalud in the east; the self- governing dominion of the Union of South Africa with its manda- ted ex-German territory), Liss Rhodeslas aud the Anglo-Egypt Jan Sudan.

British African colouica produce 42 per cent, of the palm oil, nearly 50 per cent, of the cecon, and 3 per cent, of the copper in the world.

French Africm colonies produce 41 per cent, of the phosphates and 13 per ceni, of the ground-ats for edible ol in the work.

Belgian Africa, 940,610 square miles in area telghty-five times larger than Belgium herself), produces eight per cent, of the world's copper,

·IN 1038 Kenya, with two battalions of the King's African Rites perman- ently stationed there to defend order, exported 8 million pounds' worth of malze, coffee, sugar, ten. tin ore, cotton and cottonseed (for cultivation), hides and skins, ivory, tow and wool.

Of this colony's 7 million pounds' worth of imports 60 per cent, were pur- chased from Britain and her posses- slona,

Exports from the Gold Coast totalled 121 million pounds, and imports for which Ti mlillon pounds' worth came from Britain) 111⁄2 million pounds."

Exports from the Rhodesian totalled 11 million pounds. Imports totalled 91 millions, and half of them came from Britain.

The total exporte of British Africa in 1937 were worth $2 million pounds. Importa totalled 145 million pounds.

An approximate yearly total of exports from French Africa is 55 inii- Ilon pounds" worth, with Imports total- ling the name.

- Belgian African trade amounts to roughly four million pounda in exports and imports of seven million pounds. Italian exports and sports were two millions and sixteen inillions re- spectively.

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Portuguese exports totalled four million pounds worth and imports three million pounds' worl

The German Colonini possessions,

Bible Of 1600 Stolen

Covington, Ky.

Mrs. George Kiryland, returning from a four-month vacation, reported to police that $1,000 worth of valu- ables had been stolen including a 300- year-old German hymnal and Bible.

THESE German colottles had a total area of aboui. a million square mulle: and the total nitive populatio a was between eleven and twelve millions.

of the Lotal u1 208 · millon pounds' worth of exports from all Africa In 1938 only 12 militons were contributed by the ex-Ger- nian cotonics.

Incidentally, the share of the entire African contient in would production is relatively snel! Airfca supplies only 3.7 p of the world's raw materia 1938

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The most useful thing to do is to quote from an admirably formative two-shilling pamph

Germkay's Claim to Colonis. sued by the Royal Institute of Internațional Affairs.

Judged by their share in world production," says this pamphlet. "the ex-German colonies are present relatively unimportant sources of raw materials."

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THE only two materials of which they provide n large part of the world supply are sisal-hemp (Tangan- yika) and vanndlum-used for the manufacture of steel (Bouth West Africa).

"They also produce about five per cent of the world's phos- phates, palm-ull (chlefly Brilish Cameroons), copra-coconut ker- nels producing oil for soap, mer- garine, and candles (chiefly New Quinea). and сосоп (French Cameroons and British and French Togo).

The point in which Germany is Interested, however; is the relation of these territories' resources, not to world production, but to her own requirements."

The mandated ex-German territories could (according to figures taken from German source) supply Germany with more than zufflelent sisal, with nearly enough phosphates, and with about one-third of the cocoa, one- quarter of the bananas, and one sereuth of the vegetable oils which the -- ordinarily requires; while the gold from New Gulnes and Tanganyika and the diamonds from S.W. Africa would also be useful.

Dr. Dochbels has declared that "the basic materials of modern Industrial- 18m are enal, Iron, oil, cotton, rubber and copper." Not in one of these six materials could: Germany's require- ments be at present met to any serlotis extent by the Mandated territories.

The total exports of the ex-German colonies in 1936. It is pointed out. amounted to less than one per cent. of Germany's Importa

One other point may be worth a mention In view of Hitler's claims. The budgets of all these territories- except one, the smallest-when they were German possessions showed a steady di felt year by year,

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PROPHECY, or the revelation John the Divine among Christian

through supernatural in- people. Unfortunately, however, spiration of events to come, has the language of the book is like always been a subject with a that of, most oracles such as universal appeal. The possi- those of ancient Greece which . bility that one through the were composed in such an ob- perusal of some ancient text scure manner that they might may gain a concrete knowledge be interpreted to At any circum- of what may be expected to hap-stance.

pen is too intriguing to be re- For instance there are some

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sisted.

every nation may be said to have couplets which are interpreted its quota of allegedly divinely as directly referring to the pre- inspired prophetic works, and sent conflict, but as the same these exert tremendous influence eighty or more years ago to re- verses were interpreted some wherever they are studied.

fer to the presence of the Eng- Most of these prophetic books lish in the Middle Kingdom, it is originate, of course, in the East; difficult to place much credence for the Eastern races perhaps en- in the present interpretation. joy n closer and more perfect communion with Nature, and it

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* is therefore in order that the THE Chinese, however, like many. superstitious Western- continent which produced the ers ore accustomed to search great religions of mankind) should likewise take the lead in in order to explain the trend of through all their prophetic books

prophecy.

the times. Consequently, the. Thus, as is well known, the present national calamity has. ancient nation of Israel was dis-been thought to have been fore- tinguished in this respect, and those scriptural portions of the Old Testament which contain prophetic utterances have been greatly reverenced throughout the ages, and it is commonly be lieved that very many of them have come true.

By T. Paul GREGORY

as the

THE Chinese, even more per- told five hundred years ago, and haps than the ancient Hebrew by no less a prophet 'than Lau people, take interest in the pre-Pak-won, a famous worthy of diction of future events, and the Yuan or Mongol Dynasty. therefore prophecies of any des This individual is credited with Art Director Decorated cription have always received being n seer as gifted

the widest circulation. Every prophet Daniel, and it is interest- Sweden, Hungary and Italy have word of a forecast of things to ing to quote the following from awarded decorations to William M. come is seized upon with the a vernacular newspaper relating Millica, the Cleveland Museum art greatest alacrity, and if any por-to the recent discovery of a re- director, for his services to the arts of tion of it, turns out to be even markable prophecy in Siu Hing

partially true, it at once becomes in Cheklang province: sacred in the eyes of the masses of the people.

"On the 24th November, work- One of the most famous pro- the Sin Yin Bridge at Lo Fung | men excavating near the base of phetic books of the Chinese is unearthed a remarkable stone little volume known as the Tui-pooi-t'o, or "Chart of Op-feet in breadth upon which were

about 2 feet,jn length and 1

the three nations.

GRIN AND BEAR IT

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"YOU copmiain of a hard day at the officer Why, my work has

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posing Backs," which is said to have been composed by two or The Tablet that responds to graven the words: 'Wool-t'in-pei, celebrated. Individuals,

Yuen Tin-kong and Lei Shun-fung, disclosed that the stone bore a Heaven.' Further investigation who lived during the fifth cen-prophetic inscription signed by tury A.D.

was as follows: Lau Pak-wan. The inscription

These two men were reputed to he deeply versed in the secrets of nature which the Chinese call the Ng-hang Yam-ge3g thì Lởi, or the "Reasons of the Five Ele- ments and the Masculine and Feminine Principles." It is in reality a Chinese theory of the future course of history, and is based upon the hypothesis that every three hundred years, more or less, "a small rebellion is to be | expected, and every five hundred years, more or less, a great re- bellion." After the latter has subsided, a new government emerges out of the chaos, and the work of tranquillising the country begins.

It is to be expected that the Chinese believe that there are references in this little book to

'Hel ts'nt-tsat. Tsung ta'at- to'at. Kei-Ning-Yuet-lion. Om mo t'in yat. Yan Woo Sham- yap. Yat kwoo ts'im-mit. Ng Yuet ying hit. No-lik! No Bk?'

"(The war) shall begin with a double seven, and it shall end with a double seven. Upon Chihli, Nanking, Kwangtung and Hankow shall come such darkness as when the sun iş obllterated from the heavens.. Lure the Huns (Le. the Japan.. ese) to the heart of the coun- Ary. Sound the drums and destroy them ullerly! Ye heroes of the Kinngs and Kwangs exert all your energy !! Comment, of course, is super-

tho present crisis, and it is popu-fluous; for, the appearance of

larly regarded in much the same light as the Apocalypse of St.

such prophetic inscriptions is of

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