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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 29, 1938.
Japanese Emperor's Birthday Celebrated
distinguished gathering am happy in believing that such which included His Excellency feelings are not more than super- the Governor, HE. Vice Admiralfficial and transient and that the Sir Percy Noble, HE. Majer-traditional friendship, to which the General A. W. Bartholomew, and Consul General of Japan has allud- His Honour Sir Atholl MacGregorjed, which has endured for, so long celebrated the birthday of the between our two countries is Emperor of Japan at a reception injured thereby held this morning by the Japan-I cannot close without express- ese Consul at Conduit Road.
not
Mr. Nakamura, Consul-General, ing my gratitude to you, Mr. Naka- mura, not only for your hospitality said:
It is my great honour and pri-to-day, but also for your constant vilege to have the opportunity of endeavour to smooth paths which celebrating to-day in the presence for the time being are regrettably. of the Governor of Hong Kong and beset by difficulties.
other distinguished guests, the "Your Excellencies, You Hon- 37th anniversary of His Imperial ours, Ladies and Gentlemen, I call Majesty's birthday.
upon you now to drink to the health I am very pleased to inform you of His Imperial Majesty, the Em- that the health of His Majesty is excellent and note that under His peror of Japan.” Majesty's gracious reign the rela- tion between Japan and countries represented here are as cordial as ever.
other
On this occasion of celebration in Hong Kong I cannot but remem- ber the traditional friendship that has been happily
existing
be-
tween Japan and Great Britain.
It is one of the greatest world
GERMAN HELD
STOWING AWAY
TO JOIN
events that Anglo-Japanese amity FOREIGN LEGION
in the form of an alliance once saved the Far East from Russian invasion.
was
David Barder, a German, I am confident that the same this morning charged before Mr. spirit will continue to serve as a R. Edwards at the Central Magis- great contribution to stabilising tracy with entering the Colony without a valid passport and with the Far East.
to
His
It is in this hope that I beg stowing away from Shanghai to hereby, to be permitted to ask you Hong Kong by the ss. Soochow
drink to the health of
He was fined $50 or one month's Brittanic Majesty.
imprisonment on the first charge and sentenced to four months' im- prisonment on the other.
defen- Sergeant Loughlin said
TRAITS IN COMMON
"H. E. The Governor said:-- "It is with very great gratifica tion that the British people heredant first came to the notice of the assembled have listened to the elo-Police in 1936 when he was charged of quent speech of the Consul-Gener-as a vagrant and with breach
He was al of Japan and have heard him the Passport Ordinance.
De- propose the health of His Majesty committed to the House of
In my
turn Itention. He then stated that he had" King George VL rise with great leasure to propose vast property in Germany and bad The local Jewish the health of His Imperial Majes-lost everything.
some ty the Emperor of Japan on this community assisted him to
and the Police wrote to anniversary of His Majesty's Birth-extent
Be- Germany to verify his story. day.
which fore a reply could be received, de- many traits our two nations, the Japanese and fendant disappeared and left the British, have in common. We Canton. A fortnight later he was are both island folk, our national arrested in Hong Kong and
month's imprison- hemes lying but a little way apart tenced to one from immense continents inhabited ment and expeiled
In 1937, he stowed away to Swa- by vigorous and progressive na- tions: behind protective waters, se tow but the Police there refused to parating those island homes from let him land and sent him to Hong their neighbours, the Japanese and Kong at the same time informing the British peoples have in the the Police here. Defendant managed past been able to develop in peace to escape ashore before the Police the political, cultural and moral in-got him.
"There are
stitutions which to-day are the
for
sex-
Defendant said that he was on
He arrived from Shanghai and framework of their national lives. was on the way to Haiphong, when Again, as seafarers, whose ships arrested take them the world over, as trad-1: jers, as manufacturers and in many the way to Haiphong to join the
French Foreign Legion. other walks of life it is easy trace other parallelisms between
our two peoples.
to
"The triumphant progress of the
Engineer during the last hundred FRENCH FLAGSHIP
na-
years bas, of course, had, a pro- found effect upon all the tions of the Earth and upon their relations one with another.
INTENSE COMPETITION
VISITING H.K.
The fagship of the French Far On the one hand the world has Eastern Naval Squadron is arriving grown far smaller owing to the in the Colony on Tuesday next week, Ad- amazing development of its com with Vice Admiral Le Bigot, the munications and, on the other, the Commander-in-Chief aboard. productive ability of the manufac-miral Le Bigot will call at Govern- turer has increased a millionfold. ment. House during the morning The natural result has been an in-land His Excellency the Governor tensification of competition in the will return the visit.
The Lamotte-Piquet” will be held of
international commerce, and of no two nations is that truer staying in the Colony for several than of Japan and Great Britain. days, and on Thursday there will But strong though that rivalry is be an official dinner at Government and though on occasions it may House in honour of Vice-Admiral Le give to irritation on both sides I-Bigot.
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