The Archive · 1933

THE NORTH-CHINA

The Woman Pays contributor to a "Cay you tell me asks a: woman home Pay sao oan Atnpen fat eok ice for 5s., ace, massage, sil hot towels sad Bet avi rear tor'dese ling it heart for Paul Myron Linebarger, A, EA tis we read, works ings Seat eer ott S05 that Chine,'—ehiely "because. he one seeded theme Sta! epee adh Taegu) machine in a day to. move _one Wrote of the chief offender in this column as "talented as a journalist, and distinguished. by an'ability. interpret international problems," a litte™ inscription which is- always Kept on the desk to refer to. when ssulfeving from a recurrent inferiority amples. W's so bracing, don't you muddling round with the States Court for China, and hie has recently secured the introduc tion of a Bill before the House of Representatives in Washington for the amendment of the organic law of the United States Court for China, enacted in 1906. The Bill Was "introduced by Mr. Dyer, probably thoroughly at home with conditions prevailing in China, and was referred to the Conmuitee fon the Judiciary and ordered to be printed, A copy of it has just come to hand and whenever the depresston becomes too overpowering, can read over to. revive spirits that flag, hundred tons of coal—We might remark, also, that the work of some of the typists we know moves us to tears.

Changeable Ar the reception after a recent!

iding it was stated that the bride ould speak seven languages—This is expected "to make things less monotonous for the hushs Man Triumphant Tuene are some things onl man can do For instance, onl man can keep a wife, a house, a garden, a car, and five or six ehiling, and yet live only for:

ud be selfish to the core.

The Oasis at Last Reapine of the trials and tribuna. tions of the local Shriners as they negotiated safely the burning sands of the desert made us feel glad that their poor feet lasted out, until they stained the "inner recesses." ce Br that as it may Paul, between whom and In, Parenthesis as has already' been indicated there exist suggests that "Any party to any. Yonds of the greatest admiration, civil action in the United States Court for China shall/have the yight demand that such action determined in accordance with, the laws of the Chinese. Republic." Have you got the idea? Supposing two perfectly good Americans are at civil loggerheads one or other of them, ov both, i they prefer, will be able, if this Dill becomes' law, which i beyond the farthest bounds Of possibility, to slip one over on the Judge of the "United. States Court for China, the Clerk of Court, and if necessary, the Marshal him: self, by saying "No American law for' un; we "prefer the Chinese brand" And, "to paraphrase remark of an exceedingly wel Known character that will be all they'll want to know!

(Qhinibevio endeavour ta, arrange'

'THenearren the judge's first step mnciliation. between the parties.

nich easier if you can get them to agree after all, and is quite in Keeping with the best. Chinese principles. If, however, agreement cannot this be attained, the portion Will fight the ease out, necordins to Chinese law. "The methods of the trial of the said questions of issue shall be as informal and expeditious the dignity and deeorsin. 0 Sheed not. be sworn, but shai {itonised to tel' the truth. Rules of evidence shall be liberalized "all of which does make it ier for the litigants.

Bur Paul also makes it easier for the Judge-"In the event. that the Judge for the United. Star Court. for-China isnot. versed Ghinese lay and language he shall appoint a citizen of China, qualified {n'both the Chinese and 'American Hiwe and languages; for acta translator, interpreter, and referee: 'As translator, such Chinese citizen Shall translate. the bills of par: ticulars and.all other papers ied, both "contentious "and. conciliatory' as, interpreter, he shall. attend. th Judge and. interpret the testimony at the witnesses: as 'a referee. thallpetform al hose functions of Jnvest{gating facts. and. proofy a reporting Adin which' the judge hall deem necessary to ass judge: tnont on the sues."

Te is to be presumed that the refer wi ta Instruct the Ameri judge on the particular Chine 'Ametiean" judge. will simply sam afer, wilh tie along the dotted line, which he can Go'any old afternoon' after 8 round or two of golf Some Speed TALKING about the wende speed some of these short writers are said to attain, we have heard of one man who was 0 quick that when he turned off the electric light switch at night he was in bed before the room was dark.

A Corrective "Nor overproduction, but underconsumption is. responsible for rear deal of the present. depression," one authority' is reported to have alleged—it only requires a thought to realize how true this is. "If people would get in the habit of using' six tyres on their motor ears instead of only four the slump in the price of rubber would be corrected in less than no time.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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