Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-11
HigghIights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

tion-wide movement has been in full
HOOD for years past, sweeping all be-
fore it. The capital was fllled with
Prince Albert coats and silk hats when
the Emperor gave a garden party, and,
while they did not all wildly recall
Bond Street. they were not, as was
once the case, a collection Of museum
exhibits, JettiSoned on these shores by
many past wave Of fashion. The tai
Tors are getting more skill as we'll as
more custom, and the foreign dressed
japanese is nowadays quite neatly fitted
by native needlemen.
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Chinese Barred
From Elevator in Shanghai.
China Weekly Review, Shanghai
Although the signboardS reading Dogs
ana Chinese not allowed" that once
were erected in Shanghai's parks by
order OF the Municipal Council, have
been removed for some time, the spirit
which this arrogant, insulting piece of
enontery typifieS is not yet dead among
certain elements of Shanghais foreign
population. This was forcibly brought
10 our attention recently when we en-
tered an elevator in a foreign building
on the Bund. Two Chinese attempted
TO enter the same elevator, but were
stopped by the operator, who, pointing
TO sign which hung above his head,
indicated that this particular vehicle
chinese were indignant. They pro-
tested. For answer, the operator
closed the door in their faces.
Since that incident we have learned
that there are a number of buildings
in Shanghai which enforce this petty,
obnoxious ruling. In several of them
Chinese clerks are required to use the
rear entrances; in some cases they are
obliged to walk up the stairs, being
barred from the lifts. In one building
there are two entrances and two banks
of elevators one for foreigners and one
for Chinese. There is a sign in Chinese
and English hung in the elevators re-
served for foreigners, which reads:
Chinese employed in the building.
please use eastern entrance and ele-
Vators."
The other day we were descending
in foreign elevator with a Chinese
friend (since he was not employed in
the building this transgresSion of the
inferior race was tolerated), who upon
seeing the sign exclaimed "a leopard
does not change his spots!" The Eng
lish still harbor the intolerant views OF
their predecessors of many decades ago
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Firemen
Protest Cut In Pay.
impartial, Montevideo.-The economic
situation in which the political elements
of the republic find themselves placed,
especially in the departments of the
capital, instigated a movement of
protest on the part of the subaltern
personnel of the corps of f1remen, who
form in some respect a portion of the
Metropolitan Guard, and are under
federal supervision. The primal motif
of the protest is the reduction In the
wages of this important unit, the reduce
ton being necessary because of the
stringent financial circumstances of the
government. Numbers of the firemen
became insubordinate upon learning the
new scale Of remuneration, and refused
to go on duty, which has resulted in
their being placed under arrest other
constituents of the Metropolitan Guard
sympathiZe with the strikers, and are
lending encouragement to the protest,
Some fire houses have been closed pend
ing adjustment of the difficulty, while
others have been placed In charge of
infantry soldiers stationed in the city.
Thirty-eight Is the actual number of
these malcontents who have been
placed in custody by the police. It is
believed they will be severely disciplined
by their superiors unless they return to
their duties at the lowered scale, until
the period Of their service is completed.