Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-19
is THE MONTE CARLO
FOR CT IlNESE GAMBL INCp
Lord Norcliffe Describes His Visit to This Interest.
ing City and the Peaceful, if Politically
Excitable, Folk.

In the following article. NTH
IN the series OF travel tales by
discount Northcllnc. noted
British, publisher. written during
his tour OF the world and pub
iished in the London Times.
Lord Northclifrc writes delight
fully OF visit to Macao.
Portuguese Pacific possession.
Hy Ei>count N"rthcIiGc.
When Portugal was invited to
take in the deliberations Of the
Washington conference about the
South China Sea. there was a lifting
oftthe eyebrows. until somebody re-
mcmoered Timor and Macao.
l., have only seen Timor from n
distance; ! have just visited Macao.
and found 1t a much more interesting
place than the average resident OF
The Far East had told me. The
Chinese Britons OF Hong Kong and
Shanghai are busy folk. They
came from home intent, as Il rule.
on making their fortune In n GER
tain, period. They work hard and
play hard: and not many of them
have time or inclination for his
torical research. In any case. in
dealing with Portuguese. who are Il
peaceful. II politically excitaOlc. folk
cestors were among the aggressive
European adventures into the Far
East. They We're at Malacca in 1911;
and III 1857 during the Ming dynasty
they. settled down at Macao with
many bloody encounters before them
Our yacht for the day vas n
Chinese River boat, with Scottish
captain and engineer and. .or excel
lent reasons not unconnccted with
ri, =, I,.r aug
We're barred on. az in n cage. from
the rest OF US. We set out from
IIonE-Kong. that young and lovely
daughter of British enterprise. IL
there is Il more beautiful harbor
than Hong Kong. ! have yet TO see
1t. The peak might be LA Turbic
behipd Montrc Carlo aud seemed
;o.i, see the lights OF Monte Carlo
when saw the lights of Hong
Kong by night.
We passed close 20 the famous Re-
pulse Bay. which is called the Men
tone o: tho East. For nearly an
hour We might have been cruising
along the French Riviera between
NtlIcfranche and Mcntonc and the
wonderful new road. thirty miles
long. which has been made by the en-
terprisinE folk OF IIongkong. lie not
unlike the roads on the Riviera The
sunshine was as bright as at Cap
dali. But. whereas that part OF the
Mediterranean is shipiess sea. here
were thousands-litcrally thousands
--of gold-sniled junks lacking to and
fro, with that absurd air OF sailing
backwards which they get from hnv-
ing poops thirty feet above the water
and bows about four.
Four hours o. delightfully."- peaceful
passage In historic waters, and some
whore near the mouth OF the Canton
River, about forty miles from Hong
Kong. we came In sight of Macao
Macao doing In the sunshine COM
frotabiy ut rest upon Il sharply jut-
ting promontory. which on the river
side gives good shelter to the pirate
chasers. no the people OF Hong cong
Macao is their Monte Carlo. but am
rot interested in Chinese gambling.
which can be seen secretly or openly
AZ san Francisco, as In Bornco or at
Macao, and is the same everywhere.
70 me Macao appeared az Il beauti-
fui little Portuguese city. There Is n
certain melancholy about II. but II Is
the neianchold. not OF solitude. hut
OF. ruins, OF avcnidas, OF lovely gar
dens tended by hands long forgotten
1t cannot bc regarded IN any other
l'Eh; than that OF a pleasurctpwn.
Allowing for small differences OF local
taste, Its counterpart might he foun,,
anywhere between San Reno and
Cannes, especially on the Italian side
OF the frontier.
There are not mG.S Portuguese In
the sunny and SHADE laws and the
ever increasing Chinese their rick
shaws and scdanchairs. and the sharp
crying OF hawkers remind pnc that
70. IT,,
Portuguese cities like .\Zimour MaZa-
gan. or Saffl, In French Morocco. Vet