CHINA MAIL HONG KONG, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1935
FULL TEXT OF AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Mr. T. B. Wilson, the President of the Independence Day Cam mittee in Hong Kong.
THEN
WEL
in the
which they should commit an
has abdicated Governmen here by declaring us out of his protection and waring
War
that Governments long established vasions on the rights of people. This will alone, for the term should not be changed for light He has refused for a long of their offices, and the and transient causes; and accord-time, after such dissolutions, to and payment of their
He has erected ingly all experience hath shewn cause others to be elected: where tha mankind are more disposed by the legislative powers, incap, new "ofices, and sent to suffer, while, evils are sufferable of annihilation, have re-
of officers to hara able, than to right themselves by tumed to the people at large for peo abolishing the forms to which their exercise; the State remain- they are accustomed. But when ing in the meantime exposed to a long train of abuses and aur-lall the dangers of invasion from times of peace, standing armies, pations, pursuing invariably the without, and convulsions within. without the consent of our legis free system of English laws in a ing large armies of foreign mer same object, evidences a design to "He has endeavoured to pre-latures
"He
· and eat out their
has kept among
parts of the worlds For imp fing taxes on us without our con- against us. sent For depriving na-in many He has plundered our 3833, cases of the benefits of trial by ravaged our coasts, burnt our Jury For trial for pretended of-towns, and destroyed the lives of
For transporting us be our people..
seas, abolishing the "He is at this time transport-
neighbouring province, establish cenaries to complete the work of reduce them under absolute des vers the population of these "He has affected to render the ing therein an arbitrary govern death, desolation and tyranny al- potism, it is their right, it is their States: for that purpose cbstract- military independent of and meat, and enlarging its boun-ready begun with circumstances duty, to throw off such Governing the laws for naturalisation of superior to the civil power-- daries, so as to render it at once of cruelty, and perfidy "scarcely ment and to provide new guards foreigners: refusing to pass "He has combined with others an example and it instrument for parallelled in the most barbarous, for their future security. Such others to encourage their migra to subject us to a furisdiction introducing the same absolute ages, and totally unworthy of the has been the patient shfference of tion hither, and raising the con- foreign to our constitution and rule into these Colonies. For head of a civilised nation. these Colonies; and such is now ditions of new appropriations of macknowledged by our laws, taking away our charters, aboliah "He has constrained our fellow the necessity which constrains lands.
giving his assent to their acts of ing most valuable laws and alter citizens taken captive on the high them to alter their former
Mr. Louis B Gourley, Ameri- can Consul at Hong Kong.
systems of Government The hise has obstructed the ad- pretended legislation. For quaring fundamentally the forms of seas to bear arms against their tory of the present King of Great ministration of justice, by refustering large bodies of armed our Governments For suspend country, to become the execution- ing his assent to laws for extab-troops among us. For protectinging our own legislatures, and deers of their friends and brethren.j of Britain is a history of repeated
them by a mock trial from claring themselves invested with or to fall themselves by their to the voice of justice and of con be injuries and usurpations, all havlishing judiciary powers
"He has made judges dependent punishment for any murders power to legislate for us in all hands- people ing in direct object the establish-
course
it human events comes necessary for one
to dissolve the political
bands ment of an absolute tyranny over
candid
which have connected them these States. To prove this, let with another, and to assume facts be submitted to a among the powers
of the earth 'world
TRONDHE
that
He has forbidden his Gover-
to
AMERICAN FIRMS IN COLONY
Fed Inc. USA, Asia Life Build-
sanguinity. We rust, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which He has excited domestic indenounces our separation, and surrections amongst us, and has held them, as we hold the rest of endeavoured to bring on the in-mankind, enemies in war, in peace habitants of our frontiers the friends.
merciless Indian savages, whose "We therefore, the representa- the separate and equal station to: "He has refused his assent to
known rule of warfare is an un- tives of the United States of which the laws of Nature and of laws the most wholesome and
| distinguished, destruction of all America, in General Congress as Nature's God entitle them; a de-necessary for the public good. The following``is a Est of
Seymour (China) Ltd, French Road, Ct The Texas Company ages, sexes and conditions. In sembled, appealing to the Sa cent respect to the opinions of
they nors to pass laws of immediate American firms in Hong Kong Pank Big Eastman Kodak Com (China) Ltd, Asia Life Bldg-every stage of these oppressions preme Judge of the world for the mankind requires that should declare the causes which and pressing importance, unless (Incorporated in US or Register pany, Asia Lafe Bldg, L. Everett, Western Electric Co. of Asia, 3 we have petitioned for redress in rectitude of our intentions, do, in impel them to the separation. suspended in their operation tilled in Shanghai): ACE Co. (Fed Inc. (Thos. J. Paterson). Queen's Wyndham Street, White-Chao Co the most humble terms. Our re-the name and by authority of the peated petitions have been an-good people of these Colonies, We hold these truths to be his assent should be obtained Inc. USA), S1 Hennessy Road; Bldg, Fox Film Corporation (A. Inc., China Bldg; Warner Bros
L Caplan), King's Theatre Bldg 1st National Pictures, (China) swered only by repeated injury-solemnly publish and declare, self-evident, that all are and when so suspended; be has American Asiatic Underwriters,)
Harking Import & Export Co., 199 Inc. King's Thestre Bldg and A prince, whose character is thus that these United Colonies are, created equal, that they are en-utterly peglected to attend
Johnston Road; Insurance Co. of West Coast Life Insurance Co,marked by every act which may and of right ought to be free and dowed by their Creator with cer-them
rights.
He has refused to pass other in American Express Co, Inc, North America, Bank of China Bornemann & Co, Agents, Prince's define a tyrant is unfit to be the independent States; that they are tain unalienable
ruler of a free people. Nor have absolved from all allegiance to among these are life, liberty and laws for the accommodation of 4, Des Voeux Road, Cal; Andersen, Bldg: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer of Bldg the pursuit of happiness. That to large districts of people, unless Meyer & Co, Ltd, David House: China (M. L. Davis), Shell House: Local American, Honolulu Chin-we. been wanting in attentions to the British Group, and that all
Life Insurance Company,
Muller & Phipps (China) Ltd., 22 ese Companies, etc-American four British brethren. We have political connection between them secure these rights, Governments those people would relinquish the Asia
Queen's Road CLL; National Eastern Aviation Co. B
Lana warned them from time to time and the state of Great Britain is are instituted among men, deriv-right of representation in the Asia Life Building, Ault & Wiborg
Aniline & Chemical Co. USA ing their just powers from the legislature, a right inestimable) (China) Ltd., 18 Connaught Bd-Aging's Bldg.; National City Bank Bldg., Kowloon; Anderson & Ashe/of attempts by their legislature and ought to be totally dissolved; to extend an unwarrantable juris and that as free and independent gove med. That to them and formidable to tyrants consent of the
Ctl: Calif.-Asia, Ltd. Mr. 0. Hof New York, 2 Queen's Road, Ctl: Queen's Bldg., Concrete Products, diction over us. We have remind-States, they have fall power to whenever any form of Goveza-only.
destructive of "He has called together legisla- Ochs), 4 Wing Hing Street; The Paramount Films of China, Inc. Ltd. St. George's Elds; Dragon ed them of the circumstances of levy war, conclude peace, enutract ment becomes these ends, it is the right of the tive bodies at places unusual, un-Chase Bank, 6 Queen's Road, Ctl: Asiatic Bldg.; Peacock Motion Motor Car Co., Ltd., 23 Wong Ne our emigration and settlement alliances, People to alter of to abolish it, comfortable, and distant from the China Electric Company, 5 Queen's Picture Corp'a, Asia Life Eldg: Chong Pd.; I Dibar & Co., Ex-here. We have appealed to their and to do all other acts and things Ctl: Chinese-American RCA Victor Co. of China, 745 change Bldg., Wallace Harper & native justive, and magnanimity, which independent States may of and to institute new Government, depository of their public re- Road,
Co. 6 Queen's BdNathan Road, Singer Sewing Co, Ltd, 223 Nathan Road, Kow-and we have conjured them by right do. And for the support of laving its foundation on such cords for the sole purpose of Trading principles and organising its fatiguing them into compliance Ctl: Commercial & Credit In-Machine Co., 12 Pedder Street; loon; Thom's Grocerteria, 27 Des the ties of our common kindred this declaration, with a firm re- formation Bureau, 9, Ice House Standard-Vacunm Corporation, Voeux Road, Ct Underwriters to disavow these usurpations,liance on the protection of Divine powers in such form, as to them with his measures
"He has dissolved Representa Street; Connell Bros. and Company. Union Bldg.; States Steamship Savings Bank, Asia Life Bldg which would inevitably interrupt Providence, we mutually pledge shall seem most likely to effect) their ́ safety and happiness. tive Houses repeatedly, for oppos-ltd., David House: Robert Dollar Company, Asiatic Elds; Swan, Wing Coffee Company, 119, Des our connections and correspon-to each other our lives, our for-
Queen's Vœux Road, Ctl.
idence. They too have been deaf tunes, July 4, 1776. Prudence, indeed, will dictate ling with manly firmness his in-Company, Podder Bldg: Douge & Culbertson & Fritz, 9
establish.commerce,
THE UNDERSIGNED PRODUCERS OF THE POPULAR
AMERICAN FILMS
WHICH ARE BEING SO MUCH APPRECIATED IN ALL HONG KONG THEATRES, TAKE MUCH PLEASURE
IN EXPRESSING THEIR APPRECIATION OF THE PATRONAGE OF THE "CINEMAGOERS" OF HONG KONG.
UPON THE OCCASION OF THE CELEBRATION OF “AMERICA'S GLORIOUS FOURTH"
COLUMBIA FILMS OF CHINA, LTD.
FOX FILM FEDERAL INC., U.S.A.
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER OF CHINA
PARAMOUNT FILMS OF CHINA, INC.
PEACOCK MOTION PICTURE CO. INC.
(RKO RADIO PICTURES)
UNITED ARTISTS CORP.
(General Film Exchange, Inc.)
UNIVERSAL PICTURES CORP OF CHINA.
WARNER BROS. FIRST NATIONAL PICTURES
hma) Inc.