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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER, 13, 1947.

Mr. Yeh astonishes me

NLY the other day there MARGARET LANE with a sort of smiling simplicity sensationalist when we consider the

were in China, it seems, villages so remoto, 80 self-contained, so calmly con- tinuing the pattern of the past. that they had never heard of revolutionary theory or the..ex- ploitation of the masses.

on the

new books

aware of their condition, and frightened and confused by the revolution which they are told is for their anke.

per-

which is as persuasive as the quiet technical marvel of voice of a practised

formance and the emotional shocks story-teller,

of his dreamlike and und the volce

sterile land- is unmistakably scapes.

On the other hand, thero is Chinese, for though the English la so much that is meretricious about written without fault, the images his work that one cannot take him are on Chinese as a paper kite, quite seriously either. "*"You know what Wang the Lion Dall, however, takes himself with looks like when he is killing a man. the utmost seriousness, and in His eyes bulged out, his teeth author's preface explains that one

is "because the story of the War, nant post-war period, had Inevitably and more particularly of the polg

to be written." So here it is, writ- ten by Spanish painter in French, ant now done Into English.

Well....

an

clenched, his face turned blood-red, of his reasons for turning novellat and his sword sailed aeross tho neck like a razor across a plece of The author, Chun-Chan Yeh, paper. It was ns easy for him no to was himself born in such cut a melon....*" village as he describes, and he

2

I grieve only that Mr Yeh, in.

in

I couldn't think, for a long time, the style reminded me

who

Nearly every paragraph awoke

of.

an

is not yet 30. With the revolu- spite of his simple Chinese dignity, tion of 1928 his village became has allowed himself to use the de- a Soviet Commune and a field testable word "slump" as a verb. It of civil war, so he knows what strikes a repeated jarring note he

writing about. He this writer's frugal prose, so I hope fought in the Chinese army that, by the time he leaves Cam their luxurious high-life in Paris, during the war, and four years bridge he will have got over it. ago became an assistant pro- ·

of

echo. The names of the characters, the descriptions of their

clothes,

the exquiclle tremors that run through their viscern when they so glances....Oh, much, as exchange who was 11?

"You

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PATENT OFFICE

THEY JUST · FOUND THE BODY OFA - MAN IN THE RIVER, HIRAM, WE THOUGHT IT WAS YOU!

HMM? NOPE WASNT

ME!

•MCKENNEY

ON BRIDGE

Underleading Aces Defensive Strategy

Fortunato villages! we Qx- claim, turning the first calm pages of Mr Chun-chan Ych's novel, The Mountain Village (Sylvan Press, 98. 6d.). Or, perhaps, What medieval dark. ness according to our idens.

Yet both nostalgia and indig nation turn out to be mistaken, for soon, across the placid rice- paper landscape, dotted with peasants at once civilised and primitive, two unexplained op- posing tides begin to flow, first this way, then that, swaying the bewildered people like so much seaweed, breaking up fessor in one of China's prin- FRUGALITY expression, ns their pattern. finally sweeping cipal universities. He was in- one would expect, is not a

the viled to Britain three

characteristic of Salvador Dali's many of them away from

are ravishing," said homes of their ancestors and go to lecture, and is now at son and Watson, 10s. Ed.).

yer frst novel. Hidden Fares (Nichol- Count to her, passing his hand light- By WILLIAM E. McKENNEY

ly over her furs. derelict Cambridge, pursuing his study

few experts relgn leaving others dead or in their wake.

of English.

The surrealist painter, who ċer- "Solange was dressed from bead!

upreme year after year In any tainly draws like a

old auelon genlus, and to foot in blue fox. that is to say, 'sport. A check of the whose work has

bridge unrivalled not only her coat but her turban

champions will show few of AM always fascinated and power of arresting the eye and was of fox and her shoes

them now at the top in contract. natonished by anyone capable of transilxing it with violent emotions, covered by tiny gaiters of the same no outstanding exception is Wal- writing good book in a tonguo generally of horror. Is--whether we fur...."

demar von Zedtwitz of New York, who, since the days of auction, has other than his own; and The Moun- like his work or

been winning prelleally all of the T that, of course, I knew. Elinor

major trophies and still is. winning Glyn! How could It have elud-them. ed me so long? Dall's great novel His most spectacular victory came of the war, in fact, is exactly what this year when he and his teammates Mrs Glyn might have produced were 2400 points behind when they after a week-end spent at the Ritz started the last 14 bourds in the in Paris during the occupation, cat-finals of the world championship ing chocolate, trouffles and glancing through the works of Havelock Ellis and Proust.

It is the beginning of politi cal consciousness and civil war in China--a sombre nnd tremendous theme: but to say that is perhaps to give a mis- lending impression of this on- dearing book.

It is not a bit like a foreign correspondent's best-seller, nor yet in the least like the sort of novel about China which gets made into a film for Katharine Hepburn. It is a quiet story by a young Chinese about violent events in a quiet part of China, und the picture it composes, most gently and affectionately. is of a people hard-working, hungry, scarcely

poor

and

Communications Problem During Olympic Games

The British Post Office is making a very special effort to

an

not one of the tain Village is a good book, with most baffing artists of our time. out any qualification. It is written He cannot be dismissed as a vulgar

BRITISH, U.S. SCIENTISTS RACE FOR AIR SECRET

FROM research they are now

nt.

carrying out, American aircraft scientists believe that airplanes which will fly 1500 m.ph. carrying loads 3000 or 4000 miles, are a definite pos- sibility.

But we do not expect such developments for some years; there is a lot of work to be

LOOKING AHEAD

The 1000 m.p.h, aircraft-an

impression

Americans have put forward

done before anyone flies from preliminary designs for a 10-| New York to London in two hours.

passenger airplane with speed of 1000 m.p.h.

#

four rocket

They have yet to learn how Suggested power-plants are provide all the extensive tele-to build an airplane which will four ramjets, three ordinary communications facilities re- cut through the "hard-as-a- jet engines of the kind we quired to meet worldwide de brick-wall" Barrier at the speed know today, and mands

when

Olympic of sound, 730, m.p.h., without the

the risk of the airplane being motors. Games are in progress in 1948.

The new Wembley automatic torn apart. telephone exchange will not be ready until 1949, and in order

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exchange

Britain and

America are

British aviation scientists, too, are greatly interested in

bridge the gap a temporary manual racing to learn the secrets of the ramiet. Sir Ben Lockspei- exchange is being installed in the the supersonic speed barrier: chief scientist, predicted a long ser, the Ministry of Supply's new Wembley automatic Jwriting. Rather appropriately, this While scientists of the Royal time ago that aircraft with "Corin- Aircraft Establishment are ex- these motors would fly at 1700

perimenting with small rocket-

m.p.h.

will be named

At the outset, this rellef exchange driven airplanes off the Cornish will be required to deal mainly with the traffle from the Ganies, but

const, America is developing

it will also be used for subscribers piloted airplanes for the same

for whom there is not room at the Wembley exchange.

work.

be

A large number of lines will required to ensure Instant com- munication between the various points from which the Games will be

controlled. Arrangements Are being made to link the 800 press- men, who are expected to be pre- sent, with their oMees in London and most of the work's capitals.

The Internal lines. required by the

PRECEDENCE

PROBLEM

Am important decision the

British Broadcasting Corporation King has to make is where

and other broadcasting organisations

HRH Prince Philip, Duke of

throughout the world also present Edinburgh, is to come in the major Dalen,, which is being tackled energetically.

ARE YOU SURE?'

ANSWERS

table of precedence.

While tables of precedence pro- vide for sons, brothers, daughters ngd relatives of the Sovereign, there is no provision for the husband of a Queen or for the husband of an Heiress Presumptive. Queen Vic-

wueen toria gave her Prince Consort the special rank of First Gentleman in the land and pút him above the Drury Lane, where George Prince of Wales, but the rank was III. boxed his son's ears. 2. Three personal and did not -Essex, Middlesex, Sussex.

1.

Questions Page 9

Daniel Lambert, who weighed over

precedent.

establish a

52 stone. He was a jailer. 4. An- The King is the First Gentleman tennae of a male cockchafer, 5. New in the land, and the Duke of York, Alabama, West Virginia, Gloucester second. So the Duke of Arkansas,

Willlum Steel, Gloucester gets higher precedence £15,500, Derby County. 1. Etally than he would expect if there were Bronte, Thomas Hardy, Sir Waltera. Prince of Wales. Scott, Sir James Barrie. 8. Cocon.

crowns pleasure.

£0.

10.

the

0. The sixpences-£21 12, half- Princess Elizabeth is Third Lady

ile Ilves tof in the land, the Queen being

Grst and Queen Mary second. Princess Elizabeth ranks above the Duke of Gloucester because she is above the Duchess of Gloucester, who comics frth in the table women after Princess Margaret. Solution of yesterday's puzzle. To give Prince Philip his position Across: 1, Cheerless; &, Her; 9, as husband of the

and of the Princess

would be to

CROSSWORD SOLUTION

of

Deepen; 11, Arm; 13, Alp: 14, Sabre; Heiress Pre Second Gentleman in

15, Nationals; 16, Fatness; 17, make him to Altended; 20, Neaves; 21, Duo; 22, the land and give him a rank above Greetings.

the Duke of Gloucester. Down: 1, Chain gang; 2, Hereafter;

It is all so compllented that it 3; Em: 4. Red bonnet; 6, Learned; 0, may be some weeks before experts Sopals; 1, Snowshoes; 10, Pleased; are able to advise the King on the 12, Bait; 14, Statue; 18, Eve; 19, Dug. proper decision.

NANCY

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If she were alive today I would be the duty of them both, as artists, to talk over the future of Europe on the same tiger-skin.

CHESS PROBLEM

By O. FUSS. Black, places.

14

White, & pieces White to play and mate in thren.

Solution to yesterday's problem:

1, Kt" \KI 7, any: 2, Q, or K# (dia ch, or dhi ch) mates.

Rupert and the Three Guides-47

The three Guides divide up the work they are to do and run off to visit the cottages in all parts of the village, while Rupert takes the pearls and scampers homewards to where his mother is standing at thr garden gate. She smiles broadly when she sees what, is in his hand. "How on earth did you get them back so quickly?" she gasps. Did you find the thiet ?" Lots and fois al thieves," laughs Rupert, "Not very bad ones. They'd have brought these back tonight any

way."

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CLUES ACILOS4

They

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nt Christ-

mas time

(two words).

9. Allegedly wine in low Latin.

10. It usualy comos tu aim who walts.

11. Treat t [Drociously, but rasenett the member of the air- crew Inside,

12. Material disaster.

14. Aparently

It is allowed

in so

thread.

13. bird bird,

18. Even if she gota equal pay, you

won't find her down

pit two words).

23. Prize kick to start with.

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27. australia could find a uno for

one this year.

28. 2 XI. two words).

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cho hit we sea the light.

2. A abologica they aatiaty, one hears,

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4. Encaged by a motorist, whos

Wants to go back (twb Words).

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masters team-of-four event. When, the 14 boards were played, they had won the match by 40 points.

Taking chance against von: Zedtwitz is alwavs dangerous. He

set his opponents 800 points on to- day's hand by underleading two ares. Decturer could not be blamed for allowing the opening club land ride up to his hand, but North won with the queen and returned the four

(South)

to

of diamonds, Declarer won this: with the ace of diamonds and led back club. which von Zedtwitz-

with the aco.

Now! without moment's hesitation, he led the five of spades. Here again declarer held the jacknine with the king on the board. Again he decid- ed to let the trick ride up to his fack, and again North won with the queen.

North

cashed the diamond king and played the third diamond, de- clarer tuffed and led a spade. Von Zedtwitz won this with the nee and come back with a spade. A

low club was discarded from dummy. North ruffed and led back

another diamond, on which declarer discard-

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ed a suade. Dummy ruffed and u club was led. North trumped with the ten of hearts, and he could not be prevented from getting two heart tricks. Thus decinrer Jost three heart tricks, two clubs, two spades and a diamond.

Crossword

3. But it's improbable that Turpin

would have observed it two words).

6. This man is a ship.

7. Steal, atom or stride.

Thwart, perhaps.

Karily in a boat.

13. Mackerel, bait.

not neces

15. Buch tentimony dives on M

choice of directiona

COLVERS of the Surteton Cross word are required to 13 In the black

nlid eluc numbers is well as the words. To give you a Alurt, four numbers and tour black satures kunye barn given,

THE pattern symmetrical. The two aldey balance each other and the top and battom halves correspond. You can therefore 1131 yin 12 more black, squares at once

to correspond with fuse glieu.

Note that there i po 1 Across, so that the second square from the left la the top fine and the other three, corresiónding squares van be blacked. There is n B Down as well as an 18 Across, therefore the menace inmediately above that contabilog the ugure (B, and its corresponding one can al belles in.

Working on these lines yon, van Built up the puzzle. No words of less than three letters are used.

LAST WEEK'S SOLUTION Dusqu'sz OT

17. It takes a heavy blow to pus EN

ono to confusion.

10. When the black fellow in con

fused he's barond recovery, JD. Not quite the place from which

to got nylone in France.

20. To the troops it might be rum. 21.Deppity sawbones."-maybe, to

Lana Wallorism.

42. Exhausted, both physically and

noancially.

Hly Ernie Bushmille

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