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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 24th, 1927.
STATEMENT BY MR. BALD. THE QUEEN SEES CHINESE
CHINESE PROPA GANDA AT HOME.
A
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OF COMMONS.
PAMPHLETS DISTRIBUTED TO THE TROOPS.
QUESTIONS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Commander Fanshawe (Clack mangan, Western, U.) in the House of Commons on February 15th, asked what steps had been taken with regard to the Communist pro- paganda among the troops under
orders for China.
[BRITISH WIRELESS, AKRVICE.]
the
FILM.
CONGRATULATIONS FOR BRITISH PRODUCER.
"SPIRIT OF WILLOW PATTERN LEGEND."
"
country.
Bussy, March 22nd. The Premier made a
statement in the House of Commons regard ing the situation at Shanghai. Ec said that at o'clock last night The Queen was extremely pleased tonese troops in the area immed at the New Gallery, and, discussed, there were reported to 23,000 Can-with the Chinese film which she saw iately south of the French Settle-it freely, after the performance, exaggerated Chineso police stations ment but that number was probably with her friends and the staff. outside the Settlement had been the willow-pattern legend," she said. It really breathes the spirit of taken over and their arms seized and the exterior scenes are extra- disorder on the settlement borders, looking person the villain is And by agitators, who were creating ordinarily beautiful. What a fierce- At the Municipal Council's request inel I think it is most poetical and what D graceful and pleasing hero Colonel Woodcock (Everton, U.) Forces concerned, were, guarding dramatic. She turned to Captain med guards of the National asked the Home Secretary if his property outside the cordon. There N. A. Pogson, the impresario of attention had been called to the were three Japanese posts in that this British enterprise, and said. distribution of leaflets to the troops district and six British. The Royal well indeed, have done it very
I think prior to their embarking for China; side
Marines had landed, at the river- and, with regard to the leaflet protecs British lives and property more pleasing novelty than
area opposite Shanghai to
The Queen's opinion is fully justi fed, says the beaded War," published by the there.
The Northern forces wore Legend of the
Daily Express. A The Communist Party of Great Britain and it was reported that General public at the New Gallery, next reported to be evacuating Soochow, Plate, which was presented to the Willow-Pattern and Young Communist League, 18, Chang Tsung Chang was preparing week, has never been shown in any King-street, W.C.2, and printed by to defend Nanking strongly. Presa the Dorrit Press, Limited, 68 and Settlement the situation is com
telegrams indicate that in
Chinese Players, 70, Lamb-street, S.E.1 what steps pletely under control. Several at-
The technique of the producer had been taken with the distribu- tempts have been made by Chinese leaves a great deal to be desired. tots of the leaflets, the publishers troops to break through the bar. His methods of story telling and of and the printers.
riers. One large body of Norther-mera Sir W. Joynaon-Hicks, Homeners temporarily succeeded but were beautiful, and the acting of the manipulation аге alike clumsy, but his photography is Secretary (Twickenham): I
finally disarmed or ejected. Several Chinese players, who follow their aware that the leaflet headed shells, presumably mis-directed fell "War!" and other leaflets have
in the Settlement, without loss of
own native devices, is profoundly been distributed.. that some of them contravene the piping into the Settlement has Im advised life to foreignera. Considerable
interesting. Inw, but that others do not. former bear ao imprint and ap have replied and men of the Du
The taken place. Japanese marines pear to have been distributed ham Regiment were compelled to sparingly and with great castion. retaliate in one case, though they Inquiry is proceding, but I do not did not reply to other sniping for yet know whether evidence will be fear of hitting innocent peradus, available to support a prosecution. Senthera Nasionalist forces control Colonel Woodcock asked whether practically all the native city, but the Home Secretary had seen the in Chapei district, adjoining the pamphlet entitled "War and if settlement, some Shantungese are be was aware that an officer took still resisting. In this area, hooli, away a
whole bunch of those gan gangs are looting and burning pamphlets and threw them away,
Chinese property. Sir W. Joynson-Hicks-said that he had read the pamphlet with very great care. He had consulted the law officers, and he gravely doubt- ed whether, as this country was not at war with China or any other Power, it contravened the law. If we were at war it would clearly contravene the law."
Replying to Sir F. Hall (Dul wich, U.), Sir W. Joynson-Hicks Bid that the pamphlet bore an im print and the Home Offer knew the publishers. With regard to the other
pamphlets, which were much worse, there was no name on them, and he had not yet been able to get evidence to connect the distributor with the printer.
Mr. Looker (Essex, S.E., L.): Is it not time that the distribution of pamphlets of this nature was made A pedal offence? (Ironical Labour cheers.)
Sir W. Joynson Hicks: I think the answer to that is to be found in the very old proverb, "First catch your hare; then cock it!"
SOOCHOW SILENT AS DEATH. "OMINOUS QUIET AS THE EXECUTION SQUAD PASSES."
The Soochow correspondent of the - Daily News, writing on March 10th says:-
move-
There were large troop ments from Soochow yesterday to-1 ward Tiensan, but beyond this a war seems no nearer to Soochow thau Alaska, Australia, or some other such front. The war front south of Wukiang, about 20 miles south of Soochow still is as quiet na the grave. Because of martial law after 10 p.m., there is absolute silence throughout the city, and in my 400 odd years memory of Soo- chow never have I known a more deathlike stillness.
pro-
TO REVOLUTIONISE THE
RUBBER INDUSTRY.
(TERUTCH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
fidential aside." a sort of self-com- They specialise in a kind of con-
much head-nadding, fan-waving, munion in gesture, emphasised with and body-recking.
These methods occasionally look the players grips, holds, and even- tually weaves a spell which makes comic, but the intense sincerity of
the final tragedy that overtakes the young lovers one of the most moving episodes I have ever seen.
by Mary Let, as the mandarin's Chief acting honours are collected daughter who runs away with her father's secretary
rather than
marry the rich old merchant. Her lover, played by Pin Wan Ting, struck me as being a slightly effeminate type, but who knows what types were admired in Hankow seven hundred years ago?
•
LONDON, March 22nd. A new Company, calculated to industry, has been formed under Fei, is superbly unctuous and ag- cause a revolution in the rubber
Gorgeous Costumes. the chairmanship of Sir Eriegressive, and the girl's father, play- The villain, played by Wi Yei Geddes, Chairman of Dunlops.ed by Gee Fan Sen, is, if i may with an influential international borrow a phrase overheard in the directorate. to develop new processes royal enclosure, a perfect - pet!" relating to the manufacture of That describes him exactly! goods The principal feature is the motor tubes, tyres and other rubber deposition of the rubber direct from the latex by means of electri natural fiquid state as latex, thus city.
The rubber will be used in its considerably smaller quantity than strength and requiring a
strength.. hitherto to obtain the necessary new process dispenses with a quan It is claimed that the tity of plant, power and labour and preserves the natural nerve of the rubber. The inventor is Dr. Paul
description, and the resemblance of Hankow
The costumes are gorgeous beyond
to the willow- chinaware is startling. pattern standardised in Shropshire
originality of its setting, should, ing production, and the quaint The simple pathos of this appeal-
win the hearts of the public wher." ever it may be shown
enter.
prise enabled the Queen to see her-
A feat of Pathé "topical" self on the screen of the theatre an hour and ten minutes after she
zoods of a Hungarian rubber arrived.
factory, who is Managing Director of the new Company. Separate Companies will be estab liah for the United States and France
SIR RONALD MACLEAY, APPOINTED MINISTER AT PRAGUE.
[THEODON REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, March 22nd. Sir Ronald Macleay has been appointed Minister at Prague.
Until recently, when he resigned for reasons of health, Sir Ronald Macleay was Minister at Peking.]
CINEMATOGRAPH BILL. SECOND READING, (THROUGH AZUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, March 2nd.
During the day, when the execu tion squad passes along the street, every one seems to stop talking: Second Reading of the Cinemato- In the House of Commons, the and are could almost hear the verbial pin drop! Because of these graph Bill was passed by 243 votes Bilent fact, our whole community breaks forth into even more than smiles when one reads of newspaper battles.
[Since the above was written, Soochow has fallen, to the Southern- era.]
BRITISH MILLIONS. VAST INTEREST IN CHINESE TRADE.
The following figures of British trade with China and Hong Kong are supplied by Sir Philip Cunliffe Lister, President of the Board of Trade, in a written Parliamentary reply.
Imports from China. Hong Kong
£ 13,915,282 1920 13,447,020
17,554,135 60%,502 Exports to
Year. 1924
1928
2
700,341
718,118
China Hong Kong.
£
Year 1993
£
20,346,613 *.. 8,554,434
1024
14,833,309 5,300,808 *1025 10,420,859 3,181,280
to 135.
DEATH OF GREAT ARCHEOLOGIST.
SIR CHARLES WALSTON,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
CHINA COAST.
THE PAY OF OFFICERS TO BE REDUCED.
It is learned that the European officers of the China Navigation Company (Butterfeld & Swire) have been circularised by the Company. that their pay will be reduced 10 per cent, as from April 1st next.
BRITAIN'S NAVAL NEEDS. DISARMAMENT PROBLEMS TO BE LEFT TO THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
The disarmament proposals of President Coolidge have not been received with favour in
naval circles.
tentions of the President, it is un- While recognising the pacifc in- likely that Great Britain will either
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