1939-02-02 — Page 19

RACIAL THEORIES

Rev. A. P. Rose Speaks To Peace Pledge Union

At a meeting of the Peace Pledgo Union yesterday a discussion was opened by Rey, A. P. Rose on the subject, "Race and War."

Insurance Claim

China Underwriters

Sued By Fire Victims

in cer-

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

How Mail Plane Was Fired At

PILOTS STORY

NEW CLUB HOUSE

Yachtsmen's Handsome

Headquarters

February 2, 1939,

A Look Through The “Telegraph”

50 YEARS AGO

The Germans have burned the Ameri-

prisoners of sunte Americans, who were, however, afterwards released. The Cap. vessel were fired upon by German man- tain and Lieutenant of a British war

All is qulat at present.

The now club house and head-can houses and flage at Samoa, making quarters of the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club, now under construction on Kellet Island, will be o unique and handsome structure, when com-wf-war's men. pleted.

When the Club took over their new site. it

Truth anys: There are over a million presented dimculties in the girls in England who are not likely to shinpe of two massive powder get married. magazines and a small hill, which state of affairs, we would nuggest that In order to remedy this have now been turned to advantage the girls be allowed to propose-in fact, In making a V-shaped group crown-that courting and proposing shoul ed by the Club building, which will henceforth appertain equally to

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Mr. Rose said the consideration of

Detalls of the dramatic experience racial theories was of great import-of the Imperial Airways plane Della, ance to pacifists. If their faith was

which was fired on at sea on Tues- to be practical and suitable

day, were supplied by Capinín J. N. for woriting on the world, then it must Deneboin frem Bangkok yesterday Wilson when he brought in the be in accordance with the facts and laws of natural world. It must be

afternoon. Captain Wlison was in scientifle and not merely sentimental,

command of the Della on Tuesday.

Both the Delia and the Denebolo hold "Many exponents of racial theory

a commanding view at the BUXCL. have been led to conclusions which left flongkong with malls and pas-harbour. retard war as inevitable and even

sengers on Tuesday morning. The desirable for the strengthening of the Delia was about 350 miles out from old and stoutly bulit of fine granite

The magazines, which were very ruce," he said. "Are there dominant Hongkong and nearing Walchow

the walls were 14 feet and the roof or Inferior races? Is there Racini Island, said Captain Wilson, when he That the market price put in by in stocks? Is there Inborn racial/Decan. The wake of a ship, which

seven feet thick in places have not antagonism inherent

notleed two naturally

Junks burning in the

been

entirely discarded. They jutis at present serving out from the base of the hill «L ntagonism? Are Uiere innate and directly from this point. He could

in the distance, led angles to each other, and the be seen could

right Eldon Polier, K.c., at the Supreme race a myth and racial science only but he assumed that she had been moved and has been converted into servies on the China Station. She

irreconcilable differences? Or Ja

the west side has had to roof not make out the type of the ship, mo a pseudo science which is a menacing responsible for the destruction of the

boathouse and slipway, Rubble superstition to the modern world?""

and material from the hill have been The following series of opposed

Junks. the two points of view; quotations,

The Delia was flying at 1,000 ft. sald Mr. Rose, illustrated

dumped into the water from the end of the boathouse up to a small group when

she passed Welchow Island. "The Negro

of rocks, to form an almost natural Captain Wilson saw a cruiser In the race Is some

breakwater and pier. grades below our own, (the Anglo-box to the south of the island, and Saxon)"--F. Galton,

within two minutes the Dell had "What makes an individual set is the western point of the island. He passed beside another ship lying off the legion of his meestors buried in was watching the latter ship, which the earth."--de Lapouge.

looked like a transport, when he was surprised to see a puff of smoke from

the defence had been proved wrong t was the submission made by Mr.

Court yesterday when henring of thei $30,000 insurance clalm brought by the Cheong Shing flong firm against the China Underwriters Lid, woE contisurd before the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor.

u fire In plaints' godown nt Connaught

The claim arose out of

Road Weal on January 7, 1933, which caused damage to merchandise to the extent of $115,000. Plaintiffs claim edd $30,000.23, being the rateable pro- portion of the loss to be borne by defendants under three insurance policies.

two

"Mr. Dark very much minimises the Importance of race.

In any ens side. vironment the Jew, even if unortho- dox, even if a Christian, remains a Jew. He is a Semite, "even

os a

The defence alleged that out of the Chinaman is a Chinaman.-Sir Jolin 137 Items set out in the claim, 127 Squire on S. Dark's book, "The Jew were fraudulent and all benefits un-To-day." der the policies were, therefore, for- "Some try to maintain that there felted. They further alleged that some of the goods had been charged higher than the market price and that the Weight and Price Book had been altered.

most of which fell into the sea, but level is the plane. one of which exploded on the same

Bowling Alleys

one on re-

A new roof replaces the former arth over the boathouse, and four bowling alleys will be old en is. The servants'

quartera are in this vicinity, but well removed from the club house,

Captain Wilson and his

It was a moment or two before associate

The other magazine is in procesa pilet, First-CMeer J. A. Samuels, of alterntion, the foundation again ring at the Delia. The first shell condition. In this building will be realised that the ship was actually

being retained, as it is in excellent went high over the plane and Cap-housed squash courts and changing are no human races, that a SpanlardThen came at least five more shells.

tain Wilson saw t land in the sea. rooms for men and women, and the or an Eskimo, a Jap, a Norwegian, a

will be Kadir or a Siellian, a Patagonian, are

turfed until plans ure beings of the same species with the

nde for turning It to strvice. The two former magazines will same faculties with the same physio-

converge at the entrance lobby of the Mr. Potter and Mr. H. C. Maena theory is a gross absurdity."--Isaac logy, mentality and sensibility. The

Cruiser Did Not Fire

club house proper, which leads into maru wery instructed by Mr. Blumchen.

All the shots apparently come from

a circular hall. Cavidson of Hastings and Co., for the

the transport and the cruiser, as far plaintiffs, and

"The outstanding trait of the Geras Captain Wilson could see, did not the Hon. Mr. D'Almada and Mr. D. J. N. Ander of prestige domination or precedence; out the nationality of the vessels, but Leman character is that it has no need Bre any. He was not able to pick non were instructed by Mr. O. E. C. that it is sufficient unto itself,"-Bis- their presence near Martons for the defendunts.

the island of marck.

"The Klan does believe in white Japanese lends to the belief that they Weichow, which is occupied by the supremacy. It believes that never in were Japanese. he said. the history of the world has a mon-

Captain Wilson said that as soon as grel civilisation endured." Imperiale realised the plane was being fired, Wizard Evans, of the Ku Klux Klan.at he put on speed and sent a radio "What race do you belong to? A warning to the Denebula, which was while citizen of France is of French 30 minutes behind on the sanie

nationality course. She was able to give form for danger spot a wide berth.

It has been the Norway to Fort Bayard, which takes Airways to

flydom of Imperial from Isles the planes near Weichow Yesterday, the Denebola steered a Island. course about 40 miles south of this route and, to avoid the possibility o further incidents, this langer rout. will be followed in future.

When the case was resumed yes- terday, Mr.Potter submitted that the price in every item set out in the claim had been checked to the last

and cent

catablished whereas the market price put in by the defence had been proved to be

wrong.

correct,

Referring to the Weight and Price Book, Counsel said that six pages of it had been photographed by the defence in support of the charge that it had been altered.

Alterations

our

"if any fokl of

orm made these alterations, all I can ay in that he is an enemy in our camp, because I cannot find that our | caso tan be advanced by any one of these alterations. I don't know who altered them, but we say we did not."

Counsel then went on to comment on the photographs and said that the Agures appearing in most of them were as plain as any human being would want them to be. They did not require any touching up and yet In the book it could be seen that some of the letters had been thickened, There had been no material alter-

race and

French United States application citizenship papers.

"Cornelius Herz Is « foreigner, a cosmopolite of hostile race, of Ger- man origin, whom the accident of being born in France cannot make French."-Barrea.

"I am just an ordinary Briton of Aryan stock."-Sir John Simon.

Opposite View

this there is nothing new. That when "It may be answered that in all a philosopher cannot account for any thing in any other manner, he boldly ascribes it to an reult quality in some race."Bagehot.

The Scots (originally Irish but by now Scotch) were at this time in- habiting Ireland, having driven the Irish (Picis) cutest Scotland; while the Piels (originally Scots) were now Irish It is essential to keep mind."--1063

Arrival of Malls

She brought 1,447 lb. of mall, but 3 p.m., two hours ahead of schedule. The Denebola arrived yesterday at

carried no passengers.

AIR SERVICES Arrivals and Departures Of Planes

Outward

Fur

London, Australia, British Countries and Europe: Imperial Alr- Imperial Air-

and C.N.AC. service indefinite. Ways a.m. Feb. 7.

For Chungking, Sian, etc.: Eurasia

these distinctions in and All That, allons-In the sense that one gure blown the dust of the Churchyard ways 7 a.m. Feb. 3.

"And when a whirlwind hath had been changed to another-but into the Church, and the man swept apparently the defence brought the the dust out of the Church into the thickening of certain of the letters up Churchyard who in

order

to throw suspicion or doubt, sift those dusts

will undertake to The case for the plaintiffs could not

agala and to pro- be advanced by any such transforma- is the noble flour, this the yeomanly, nounce. This is the Patrician, this tion, and if some misguided foki of this the Plebian bran?"--Jolin Donne, theirs in a moment of zeal touched up. the letter, then he was just a crazy

"Masses of men will be massacring fool.

Guam: Clipper 6.30 a.m. Feb. 9.

For U.S.A., via Manila, Honolulu,

For France via Hanol: Air France, 6.30 a.m. Feb. 4.

Inward

From London, Australia and Bri-

From Chungking. Yunnanfu, Kwel- anite. Jin: C.NA.C. Eurasia Services inde- From USA, via Honolulu, Guain, Monika: Clipper 12.30 p.m. Feb. 8.

From France, vla Hanoi: Air France, 12.30 p.m. Feb. 2.

one another, for one degree, more or tish Countries: Imperial Airways 5 less, in their cephalic Index.-A.pm. Feb. 4; Imperial Airways 5 pan. The defence had specified two Faultlee. Itens on which they made their

"Proudly they learn all mankind

Feb. 8. attack, and the reason why it was to contemn. Impossible to give an explanation And all their race are true born with regard to these was because Mr. Englishinen. Davidson at that time had not re- A true born Englishman's ceived full instructions in the case, tradiction

a con- Mr. Davidson, however, did suggest In speech an irony, in fact a fc- to the defendants that they send in a list of the different Items in dispute A banter made to be a test of fools, or that the representatives of both Which those parties meet together and thrash the ridicules."Daniel Defoe,

that use it justly whole' matter out. If these sugges tions had been adopted, the would in all probability not come to Court.

were

Allerations Admitted

tion

"Of ali vulgar modes of escaping case from the consideration of the effect have of social and moral influences on the human mind the most vulgar is that

Wong Yun-tong, a director of the Bank of East Asia, told the Court that the plaintiff, firm, of which he was the managing director,

pacifist, he declared.

Social Items

TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS Four Fatalities During The Past Week

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both

Conquest, 2,380 tons, 2,870-hero power, The Admiralty havo decided to re- commission the unarmoured corvette Captain Charles L. Osley, for another term of foreign service. The Conquest 1 the Pucife Station, but she is to come to Hongkong shortly to undergo a thorough ever- haul and repair, after which he will be commilantoned with a new crew for to take the place of the Satellite, 1,420 tons, 1.406-horse power, Captain Thoriss P. W. Nesham, which will return to England to be refitted.

25 YEARS AGO

The tango dance, which has gained such amazing popularity la Europe during the puat low months, and which in the course of its adventurous career has the disapproval of the Pope, the Kaiser, the King of Davaria, the King of Italy, and the Duke of Con- nnuicht, has received its death sentence In England in the strong condemnation of lending hostessen given in an article

The tentlewoman bestled "The Danc of Mural Denth."

The following is a selection of the

criticiens

The Duchenn of Norfolk.-in my opinion such anees are not desirable, for the tango in Heelf and in the com ments that it leads to is nurely foreign to our English nature and idents, of which I hope we are mill proud.

Lady Layland Barratt.-I consider it an immodent and ruggestive

dance, altogether impossilite for any girl of refinement or modesty.

Lady de Ramsey--I strongly - approve of the tango, and would never let it be danced in my house.

Florence Lady Bacon.It would be a pits were it to become popular in our Engllah fullrooms.

A committee room and a bar cum- prise the ground floor, which is any sight on all sailing directions. circled by a large verandah giving Below the bar verandah will be the again, on the Time Keeper's room, and below that racks, will be the Starter's Box.

Lady Templetown-1 am happy to say The upper floor will consist mainly ot 让 14

I have never seen the tango danced, circular diameter,

lounge 60 feet in and, having regard to the many photo- than one hundred feet of windows forth its

round which runs inoregraphy, ate., which are supposed to set Attractions. It in great cominanding all

of aspects

the hopes that I ever may see it! harbour. Since this will occasionally used as a dining room, a kitchen servants quarters are provided. will also be on this floor. Che Club's library and cocktail bar

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Donations to British Relief Fund

The British Fund for the Relief of Distress in China, Hongkong, and South China Branch, acknowledges the following donations: Previously acknowledged $426,879.06 Mr. J. F. Grose in Memory

of Dr. Irwin Kew Messrs. Kwong Sing-loo Mr. Fung Hok

5

30

10

G. A. Harriman

50

The

Central

British School Messrs. Percy Smith,

Seth Fleming Messra. Ah Pew; Pong, Soo Kwong, Kong and Pak

30

250

17.60

The Chinese Staff of Geo. K. Hall Brutton & Co.

Total

79.40 $427,401.06

The S. C. M. Post has received the following donation to the British Fund for the Relief of Distress in China:

Per Mr. Oug Shan-tchow.from Sir Geoffry A, S, Northcote, $20.

STREET SLEEPERS The S. C. M. Post has received the following donation to the Street Sleepers Shelter Society In memory of the late Dr. J. S. Guzdur: Mr, and Mrs. V. Evans, $5; Mr. K. C. Cheam, $3.

Morri and Donald Whyte, $5; B. Taylor, $10; C. Featherstone, $10; Messrs.

Heng-chau, Long

$200; "Scotia," $20; Lady Masterton Smith $10; B. R. M., $6.

In memory of the late Mr. W. H. Bourne: From Old Friends, $5.

PROTECTION OF CHILDREN following donation to the Society for The S. C. A. Post has received the the Protection of Children:

Class 6, Diocesan Girls' School and Mrs. Rathmell, $5,

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The Maray Pest annonces that Colonel Seely, the Secretary of Statu for War, has decided to Abolish tho Mounted Infantry, which will be re- placed by Cavalry, whose numbers may be increases

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TO YEARS ACO

The new Wesleyan Sailors' and Sol- dlers' Home on the Praya East was opened by His Excellency the Governor yesterday, when 1977 opportunity War afforded for an inspection of the build- Ing.

The annual meeting of the St. David's Society was held in the Sanitary Board Roan yesterday afternoon under chairmanship of Mr. E. 1. Wynne- Junes.

the

Mesars. D. J. Lewis. D. Davies, and Capt. Jonen became fe members during the year while Mr. E. Lloy Jones and Capt. W. H. Williams. M.C. RA.SC. Joined the Soclety.

The following members were elected to serve for the ensulag year: I'real- dent, Capt. Thomas; Vice President, Mr. D. M. Richards; Ilon. Secretary and Treasurer, Mr. R. Price; committee, Mrs. Hooper, Mrs. Wynne-Jones, Monsra, 1. Owen Hughes, E. C. Thomas, D. Davies, and R. R. Davies.

The former Soanish Preiler, Senor

Sanchez Guerra, has been nerested at Torres de Cuarte in Valencia, and is now detained in a military prison there. It is believed that the arreat follows the discovery of the plot which proved abortive na Monday night, and he may be accused of conspiring agalant tho Government.

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it is notified that on 2330 after February 1, 1929, the call sign G.O.W., used by Victorin Peak Wireless Station, Hongkong, will be changed to ZBW.

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5 YEARS AGO

The Alhambra Theatre celebrated its fong-promised opening inst night with variety programme on the zereen whlen indicated to the crowded house Lin

quality which the management intende The fin. Dr. R. ii. Kotowall, C.M.G.. was the chief guest of the evening in the unavoldable absence of H. E. the Governor, and he declared the theatre open, while commending the enterprise of its promoters and giving an optimis- tte forecast of the development at the industry in the Colony.

to preserve in the future.

Vagrants Stump Court

Mr. Potter concluded by saying of attributing the diversities of con- that it was most remarkable that induct and character to inherent na- all the letters that passed there was tural differences (le, race)". S. ing the island. Kowloon and the In the Colony of Hongkong, includ- not a single word Bald of the main Mill. charge of fraud-claiming more than

New Territories, during the week Mr. Rose then went on to examine ending at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Jan- the true market price. The the defendants hnd

most the sources of racial theory tradi- unry 28, there were altogether 75 mentioned was tion, anthropology, philology and traffic accidents, as the result of that the plaintiffs some of the goods which had already bodes of knowledge were going out-33 persons were injured.

claiming evolution, and concluded that these which four persons were killed and been sold, and it was not until they side their province if they were ad- had come to the pleadings that they duced to support the racialists, Ilacial male, aged 40, and a Chinese girl, ότ the persons killed, a Chinese made the charge that the price claim-science was a pseudo-science which aged 14, were knocked down and

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ed was more than the true market need not stand in the way

The 5. C. M. Past has received the price.

of the killed by tram-car and

following donation to the St. John motorAmbulance Association: lorry respectively Whilst running Mrs. Whittaker, $3. across the road; a Chinese male, aged 24, died from injuries received on

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL falling from a motor lorry whilst

Sult Lake City, Utah. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul motion; and an unknown Chinese acknowledge receipt of the following but no one in police court could The prisoners would talk, all right, whilst algining from à moving bus. female died from injuries received Irwin Kew:

ese donation in memory of the late Dr.understand them. Two vagrants, buth pedestrians who were either walking

Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Pomeroy and stories. The judge could not read Of the persons injured, 22 were family, $2.

deaf-mutes, told the judge their

or running across the road and were

DONATIONS AWAITING

sign language. Sentencing of the struckt Lectures on Anti-Gar

pair was delayed until an interpreter by vehicles. One ricksha

Donations are lying at the Busl was found to inform the court the (Modilled driver was injured as the result of

71488 Offce of the one could obtain Full Course).

South will be held at the collision between vehicles and three Morning Post for the following:

China plen was "Guilty," a dally market price.

Volunteer Hendquarters at 10.15 torry passengers received Injuries

Tung Woh claim was based on the pricem, on Thursdays and not Fridays, when their lorry ran off the road Sleepers Shelter Society: St. John Hospital; Street obtainable at the time of the firm. as previously.

Ambulance Avelation; Dr. When the accounts were prepared, a foki of his made mistakes in more

Three tram passengers and

Homes: two nardo's

Dogs' Home; The forthcoming wedding is an bus passengers were injured willo B.F.R.D.C.; Salvation Army. than 10 items la respect of goods noticed between Mr. Vincent Mai-alighting from moving trams which were then not in the godown; born Benwell, sanitary inspector, and buses respectively, Two bur but these were remedied later. On Miss Kathleen Winch, of 180Asengers were Injured while attempt-

ing to board.

Was

started in 1900, and had been engaged irated lecture in St. Andrew's Church Mr. L. Starbuck will give an illus- in selling sea food on commission on Hall on Friday, February 24. His behalf of a Chinese company in Kobe. There were only five or six other subject will be "My Stars!"

Arms in the Colony which imported such goods from Japan, and there

place where

WOR

Tho

the day after the fire, the firm's Nathan Road, Kowloon. books were handed to the assessors,

way.

and

pas-

Dar-

Spelling Bee

and there had been no reluctance of TALK ON SPIRITUALISMsion between vehicles; 28 were col- How many of these words are

delay.

Witness denied there were any

To-night at 6 o'clock, Mr. C. A. §. false entries in the Weight and Price Russ will give a lecture entitled Book, but agreed there had been a "Spirituallem in the Early Christian terations in some of the contested Church" to the Manuk Lodge,

Theosophical Socisty. The lodge Sens The Own War adjourned to 10 e.mm, room is situated at 18, Chater Road,

und all interested are welcome.

Of the 70 accidents, 22 were colli- listens between vehicles and pedea- trians; 18 accidents were other causes.

dua. to the others?

The type of vehicles involved were: Prvate motor cats, 23 motor lorries,

corrent and what is wrong "with avalancht "mortuary sprockil

squalley spuricus mosky,

14; motor? buses 13public motor English Orford Dictionary spell- cart, tramcare, d; tricycles, aping of these words will be found on ambulance, 1; bitycle 14

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