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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JULY 24, 1939.

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Here and on the right are stampa trsued to encourage sport in

Russia.

TOMINALLY the Tsar's Government included

a Minister for Sports, the first of his kind in the world. This office, however, must have been one of the many sinecures of the Rus- sian Court, or else the Minis- ter was far, far ahead of his time.

Anyhow, the kinnt Russian Empire with roughly 150 million inhabitants could only boast of 250 sports clubs, in which no. more than 30,000 athletes were organised. The terribly poor peasants and populace were un- educated and kept in the dark. Sport was a domain entirely re- served for the well-to-do, of which the masses knew literally nothing. Even among the wealthy there was hardly a

RUSSIA'S NATIONAL

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great desire for this pastime is parachute jumping, certainly the promotion of physical

fencing and a little tennis.

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in Great Britain which is In the main affected.

not allen to military preparation. türe.

At a time when the American

as well known and as much: talked of in the big Russian towns as over horo,

No amateur question bothers the Russians. After having raised the standard at a rate of over 150 new Russian records a year the leaders of the Supreme Council for Physical Culture are now stimulating popular ambition to beat world recorda.

The Government know very well what their promotion of the Russian equivalent to the British "Keep Fit" movement means, both to public health and . to the future of the fighting forces.

IN the 1938 Budget the U.S.S.R. provided 148 mlilion roubles for physical cul- ture and education, almost 50 per cent. more han the year be- fore.

In addition, 34 million were donated for the promotion of cul-

the tourists movement, includ- ing mountaineering and climb. ing, and another 13 million for To give one example, the the

main- construction and "Bird Man," the late Clem Sohn, production of skis has gone up tenance of huts and houses to showed his act of "flying" from 7,000 pairs in 1924 to provide NOT until after the war, through the skies like a human 800,000 ten years later, 1,700,000 sleeping accommodation in the these tourists with bat, Russia had already made a in 1937 and well over two mountains. not of a single daring individual, significant is that the supply is that this lavish endowment of film of this kind of gliding and million pairs last year. More The U.S.S.R. is convinced but of whole battalions. Many atiil far behind the demand.

or more precisely after the topsy-turvy years of the revolution, did Russian sport be in to boorn and to grow at a more astonishing pace than else-

where. In 1928 Rusola mustered from planes by

hundreds of soldiers alighted

769,000 sportsmen.

meana of

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W. W. Meisl

A Look Through The Telegraph"

physical culture must yield valuable interests in the form of economles effected in medi- Two years later sport became "wings" and parachutes during

NEITHER the production cal services, it improved health mass movement-by order of manoeuvres partly equipped with

of equipment nor the and fitness of the entire popu- the Government. The Supreme machine guns, light artillery and Council declared physical cul- even small tanks and landed construction of sports grounds, lation and in particular of the

swimming pools, club houses and younger generation, ture as an affair of the State of "behind the enemy's lines." the first magnitude. Suddenly In 1935 the Russian Post drill halls can keep pace with the rapid development of sport. progress became amazing.

Office issued a set of ten sport In Moscow a Stalin Studium is At this time the trade unions stamps.

being built which will offer comprised about 15,000 small The Soviet Union has at

accommodation scating sport circles, but in 1934 they present five universities for 108,000 spectators, and allow counted 30,000 clubs, to compare physical culture, more than favourably with the 30,000 in any other country. They are and gymnasts.

mass displays of 40,000 athletes dividual athletes of pre-war 'situated in Leningrad, Mos- The Russian authorities, of Russia, and Antipoff, the then cow, Tills, Minsk and Kiov. Of course, had first of all to try to President of the Supreme Coun- the 4,000 lectures every student introduce sport to the nation "Test Case"

cil for Physical Culture, proudly. has to attend in the course of and to concentrate on the announced that the Soviet his four years" training 2,000 masses. But already for some

SO YEARS AGO. THE extent

of Japan's plot Union boasted of. six million are devoted to his special sport, years past an ever larger group

July 24, 1889. against foreign rights in the organised athletes of both 1,000 to theory, as physiology, of outstanding athletes has Foreign Affairs, in reply to a question, The Under Secretary of State for Far East stands forth so that sexes, a number almost doubled biology, medical science, etc. been developed in nearly all said that England had entered into Je none can mistake its meaning. Tientsin has been selected for the by now.

For many years these uni- branches of sport. Nowadays engagement in case of war being de-

einred between France and Italy. Tokyo test case because there it

versities have turned out about the governing body is busily

. 25 YEARS AGO 1,000 qualified instructors an engaged in raising the stan-

July 24, 1014, dard and SPORT methods have been nually.

Reuter's correspondent at Chicago thus popularising

states that is the match between Aus- adopted to raise the in- About 40,000 instructors are sport generally.

tralia and Canada in the Davis Inter- national Lawn Tennis Competition, Powers. But neither the United dustrial output. Stakhanov was working in Russian physical

Brookes (Australia) bent Schwengers States nor France can have any the man who applied the sport- culture and sport education,

(Canada) by 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.

* doubts-that-if- Japan-were-to-wining spirit_and_team_work us a 4,000-physicians specialise in RUSSIAN-football-teams The disturbances in Russia are now her point there, further and larger means of increasing many aport. Sport and gymnastics

have visited plainly revolutionary. challenges would come as a matter times over his coal output, are compulsory not only at via, France, Czecho-Slovakia and strikers cut the telegraphs, upust van

Besides the smashing of trams, the of course. The British Govern- Stakhanovism dominated in schools and universities but other countries. The Arsenal with which they canstructed barricades, ment takes a very serious view of

nearly every branch of in- even in factories and large in- and other leading British cluba waved the red deg, inng revolutionary the situation, as it may well do,

songs, and ataned the police and troops, and if she deserted her treaty dustry. It has helped Russian dustries.

have received invitations to play who were compelled to fire, rights, ДВ Japanese reports industry enormously. Foreign There are about 7,000 sports in Russia. After their matches would have us believo, the consc- critics pointed out that this grounds in Russia, 250 buildings in Prague and Paris the Russian Institute building han kan definitely The site for, the now Helena May quences would be of the gravest new practical sport looked devoted to physical culture and footballers were compared with fixed, and is to be between the Fenk astonishingly like Bedcauxiam roughly 3,000 drill halls. The the best British professionals Tramway lower terminus and St. Japan apparently counts On France and the United States to and Taylorism, both systems output of sports goods is in by the Press experts. The stand aside: Hitherto joint action despised and

hated by all creasing steadily, 80 is the British League clubs and their by the democratic Powers in the Socialists.

annual Government grant for most famous players are almost Far East has been a restraining The Russians felt annoyed influence on the Tokyo Govern- and declared that Stalchanov ment, but as the campaign in had created

absolutely China drags on, heavily draining fresh idea, different from any Japanese resources, the military element becomes more and more other previously known. "ism" inpatient for definite results, with the possible. exception of especially at the expense of the Marxism.

In any сабе the foreign countries with interests in Stakhanov case showed impres- China,

sively how deeply sport had already set its hall mark on Russian life.

It is a cunning piece of sectional aggrcasion against the democratic

nature.

The challenge to treaty rights is no serious that there must be no weakening on Britain's part at Tokyo.

British Readiness BRITONS are always glad to

hear from Lord Chatfield, or any other authoritative spokesman, assurances that rearmament is making good progress. The De fonce Minister's

announcement

that "We are well on our way to nchlove our aim of being more ready for war in peace time than

The trade unions played a tremendous part. In the de- velopment of physical culture. The big industrial enterprises have also the biggest, best equipped and most efficient sports clubs and teams.

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SPORT is propagated and encouraged in every

we have ever been," has been possible way by the Government received with various expressions of satisfaction. But, taken liter- and all authorities, by wireless ally, what does it amount to? Not and Press. Many enterprises much, ono is bound to confesa. organise long-distance walks, The unpreparedness with which mainly, for groups, a very good Britain has hitherto entered upon general training of great mill- its wars is notorious. To say that tary value. A popular pastime

we are

"well on

the way" to achloving a better state of affairs

at present cannot be accepted, Chatfold to say that wo ATO therefore, as being so reassuring | atrendy more prepared to face the in the Minister doubtlоss moant it ordeal of war than we havo over

to be. Since our preparations have now been going on for a long period, and Intonaively since Inst September, when even the most |

before beon in peace time?

In the present European circum- stances, a continuance of our easy- going "muddle through" policy of

| pertinacious sleepors among va other yeara would probably be

bogan to sit up and take notice, fatal to the independent existence

it would auroly have been

EXCOSA

-по of the nation, if not of the whole

of confidence for Lord British Commonwealth.

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Router's correspondent at Bolgrade states that the Austro-Hungarian Note

has been delivered to Bervia demanding suppression of the Fan-Servian move- ment and the punishment of the ascom- plices in the arnesinations of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his Consort.

An answer is required by 6 o'clock this (Thursday) evening

The Austrian Nato demande publica- tion of the Sarvian Government's con- demnation of the recent anti-Austrian propaganda, the punishment of affen- dara, the suppression of anti-Austrian teaching in the schools, dianlasa) of ofcors, and functionaries whose names the Austrian Government reserves the right to communicate, the acceptance of collaboration by Austrian officials in the suppression of the anti-Bervian movo- *mont, and the prosecution of the necessaries to the Harajevo Crime, with the collaboration of the Austrian Gov- ernment representatives.

The Note also demands the arrest of the Servian Major and the State oflelal who compromised the results of the enquiry at Barajevo,

10 YEARS AGO

July 23, 1929. A plea for bettor pletures was made by Mr. C. Mancini, one of the share- holders, at the eighth annual meeting of the Hongkong Amusements, Ltd., held today.

Reference was also made at the moeting to the "Talkies," Mr. Backhouse saying that the Director had, considered tila new development, and painted out that the installation of the apparatos would cost betwkoen $30,000 and $40,- 000. He further added that if the Company gave way to the film pro- ducers, talking Alma would cont four or five times as much as flant alms, not.. withstanding the fact that the latter had been increnaing in coat from 10 to 20 per cent, each year.

5 YEARS AGO

July 24, 1934. In the House of Commons, in the course of a written reply to a quantion. Mr. Baldwin expressed the hope that i might be possible to make an announce- ment before the House rises with regarð. to the arrangements for the celebration of the 25th Anniversary of His Majesty the King's Accesalon to the Throne next year.