Hongkong, Feb, 11, My, George Bernard Shaw, accompanied by his wife, Hongkong at seven olelock morning on the Empress of Britain and, in the course of a very interesting interview, proved quite as epigrammatic as usual and showed his customary biting sarcasm.
'Mr, Shaw's arrival in Hongkong marks the halfway milestone on a trip which, for the first time in his life, may' take him to America, where, as he remarked before leaving England, he "understands the language very well".
He was greeted in Hongkong this Luft, China ought to be reminded hat the dipomatie section of the feagve is the inimportent part of
about Office is the only reality in body. The Into national the League at" present. The League Secretariat has been knock-led out by Japan and the League fesnnot do anything."
Speaking of the death of John galsworthy, Mr. Shaw said: "Galsworthy and I'were friends, It was Fidiewous that he should die before me. It is time for me to go."
He, then praised Noel Coward, who "perhaps is the only one of the to speak at public soon as he reaches Shanghai_and Peking. One such request offered him a trip over the sat Wall of China in return for a tiffin speech.
Before Mr, Shaw left England he voiced two definite resolutions: that he positively will sign mo autographs, and, two, that he will sell no film rights to his plays.
Mr, Shaw greeted the correspon dents with the words: "You do not look very much like a Chinese" and expressed surprise at the entire lack of Chinese pressmen. "Where are the Chinese?" he asked with his usual genial impertinence. "Axe they so primitive that they have not heard of me?"
Asked regarding proposed playwright "1 can't imagine fight over the Great Wall, the
anything more uninteresting, What use of the Great Wall to Hadrian's Wall is more then asked for his opinion regarding the Sino-Japanese situation and gave another characteristic reply. Mr. Shaw said that he did not know what the situation really was, but he then, with a" touch of sarcasm, said: "Japan has behaved correctly in not. declaring war on China"
Referring to the League, he said; "The League is, virtually ceasing to exist. Japan has called the League's
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