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ers could hardly fail to locate them. They were like lions in cages, harried by hornets and scorpions. In Europe
to-day navies are obsolete; war would be a matter of hours; of conflict in the air, and the winners hover- "ing over cities, with bombs able to wipe out all life, not by direct hits but by the force of coricus
sion.
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THOSE CORAL ISLANDS
K'LOON CHINESE
APPEAL
THE BOMB MENACE
Still A Sore Point To South West Politi Lo Kai Hung Behind With The Chinese
Canton, Aug. 24. The Nanhai County Kuomin- tang and the Waiyang County Kuomintang issued circular tele- grams to the nation insisting that the central authorities should
cal Council
It?
(From Our Special Correspondant) (From Our Special Correspondent)
Canton, Aug. 24. Canton, Aug. 24. According to the local ver-
The police authorities and the nacular Press, Chinese residents gendarmes are instructed to ap the South-west Political Coun- those gangsters who planted
A RUGGER CRISIS
Threatened Boycott of Great Britain
BY AUSTRALIA AND S. AFRICA
Writing in the "Sporting Life of July 15 r C. W. Packford says:-
It is possible, as a result of recent happenings in overseas Hugby football, that in the near future the only inter- national engagements with which Bri- between the home Unions,
strive for the recovery of the Kowloon City have petitioned prelend with all possible speed tain will be concerned will be those"
nine Coral Islands now occupied by the French.
bombs
cil for relief from immediate bombs in tea-houses and tow- This is a prophecy which will come Though most of the a severe shock to thousands of The telegrams stated that the ejectment as ordered by the Hong boats.
"Rugger" enthusiasts. were merely enlarged It is useless for the so-called Inter islands are Chinese territory be-Kong Government.
It is stated that the Hong squibs and did not cause much national Board to be blind to the spirit ing inhabited by Chinese fisher-
e. They are rich in natural ong Government have required damage, the military authorities of unrest that exists everywhere in
the Chinese residents to vocate consider that such explosions the Empire.
The situation is serious. "Let there resources and occupy strategic
the premises before September 1often "create, a panic with disas- be no mistake about this. position in the South China Sea. The Nanking Government is and to move to Kum Tue Tong trous consequences."
(Gold Fish Pond) in the New Trouble-makers would demandUnion are on tour in South Africa and therefore urged to use all avail able means to reassert Chinese Territories and. have promised to a certain sum from the owner of taken advantage of by the two Unions
sovereignty over those islands.indemnify them. Central Press.
BATTLESHIPS!
Return To Smaller Vessels
CAPTAIN BERNARD
ACWORTH VIEW
This is the second time that the Chinese have sought relief from the South-west Political Council, who have referred the matter to Mr. Kan Chieh Hou, Inspector General of Foreign Affairs.
The vernacular Press
did not state whether the Council will espouse the cause of the Kowloon Chinese. They com- plain that having lived in Kow. loon City for so long that they cannot make a living elsewhere."
MORE PIRACY · PATROLS
The Kwong Kum Leaves For Swabue
The nation has become so accus- tomed to its battle fleet of Super- Dreadnoughts that the question, of their replacement in the not very distant future has received less át- tention than so important an event deserves, writes Capt. Bernard Acworth, The total tonnage of our twelve battleships and three battle cruisers is about 450,000, giving an average of about 30,000 tons. The average cost of each, ship was approximately 24,000,000
France and Germany, alone (From Our Special Correspondenti among the sea Powers, have battle- ships upon the stocks, the French. battle cruiser. Dunkerque, of 26,500 tons, mounting nine 13.2 in. guns,
Canton, Aug. 24.
a tea-house or tow-boat, and if he fails to pay his property will be bombed. The Police "have urged the public to report to them whenever a black-mailing or ex- torting letter is received.
Lo Kai Hung, the notorious bandit leader, is believed to be
behind the recent bomb outrages in Canton. He is badly wanted by the military authorities, but has so far escaped arrest.
Local newspapers are asked by the Press Censorship Bureau no to publish bomb explosions until the official version is re- leased for publication, as the Bureau says that such news re- ports are often exaggerated.
THE KING'S SISTER
GIVES FIRST-AID TO INJURED MAN
Brighton-Princess Victoria, the "King's sister," gave first aid to an
injured Territorial soldier.
Princess Victoria was staying at Sir George Lewis's house, The
On Another Chinese gunboat, the Grange, Rottingdean. the and the German battleships of the Kwong Kum, was sent to-day torials were in camp: among them
Downs, above the village, Terri waters around the City of London Signals. Deutschland class, of 10,000 tons, to patrol the mounting six 1.1 in. guns. Both of Swabue. Laden with provisions, these classes of ships, however, coal and ammunition, the vessel have characteristics which are unlikely to reappear in future Bri- sailed out of Canton shortly be
tish battleships.
The American Navy is known to
favour very large ships, whereas the trend of opinion in the Bri- tish Navy is towards smaller ships and greater numbers.
fore noon.
Swabne is very close to Bias Bay where pirates had their head- quarters. Owing to the presence
The men were marching through the village when a horse attached to a cattle cart bolted. Three of
them were knocked down.
One of the injured men was taken
to the lawn of The Grange. Princess Victoria hurried out, procured some water, bathed his
"At the momen; the Australia Rugby
the visit of the Wallabies" is being
to discuss their position in the game so far as it is affected by the attitude of the International Board,
There is, to my mind, considerable danger to the future of inter-Empire Raguy in sach a meeting:
The position is aggravated by a noti fication I have just received that New Zealand are sending two or three repre- sentatives to South Africa to confer
with the home Union and Australia.
A Final Effort.
with South Africa and Australia in a New Zealand are prepared to join
final effort to make the International Board of Great Britain and Ireland see reason in their justifiable efforts to obtain representation on that body.
If the whole matter was left to the English Ragby Union there would be no difficulty in the way of a mutual understanding...
For seasons past South Africa. New Zealand, and New South Wales have been willingly accorded representation on the Rugby Union Committee,
Unfortunately, so far as interna- tional matters are concerned, the Eng- lish Union is pot now the dominating. power
What I believe will happen when? the three greatest Empire Unions meet is that they will decide to os- tradise the home Unions unless they are treated with ordinary courtesy and consideration.
I believe that the Irish Union if uninfluenced by Scotland, would be equally averse to a severance from a into line is severance, will soon be hitherto happy relationship.
But unless the Scottish, Union comes
come an accomplished fact, for neither the English nor the Welsh Union would be disloyal to a majority vote on the Board.
I should like to see both of them. take a strong line in the matter.
of naval patrol guards and gun-head and generally attended to him BRITISH SCOUTS
The nature of the future battle-boats at Bias Bay and Mirs Bay, ships of all nations is, however, it is said that some pirates have. exercising the minds of responsible escaped to the vicinity of Swabue. naval authorities in every mari- time country...
British estimates of the minimum
under-
But in the wide emptiness of the Pacific Ocean-what ironic name indeed-fleets will be able to play the old game of hide-and- seek, after the manner of Rodney and de Grasse, Nelson and Villeneuve, Craddock, Sturdee and Von Spee. That will be strategy indeed, on the grand tonnage that will adequately girl it was one of her ambitions to scale, and worthy of all the won-mount an ideal gun armament,
enter hospital' and become a pro- armour. and Some adequate ders of military science. unes it is said that the need for water protection and sufficient sea fessional nurse.
endurance, vary between 22,000 fuel must tether the modern fleet tons and 12,000 tons. to ita base, and inflict again the dreary blockade. There need be no so such limitations. Tankers
that formula the myriad isles of the Pacific, for peace umong. nations, secret stores can be prepared Which "all the world is against the day of need... seeking," the board for the great What will the fleets scek. to
NAVAL POWER IN THE
PACIFIC
While the earnest Lord Marley
trying to find
FROM ANTWERP.LONDON, GIRKAL and his colleagues are busily can follow the fleet, and, amid
TAR, MARSEILLES, MALTA, PORT SAID, ADEN, DOLOMBO AND STRAITS.
YONSIGNEES of Cargo by the above pared Vegael are hereby informed. tast their Goods are being landed and pissed AT THEIR RISK in the Hong Kong
until a military doctor arrived. the injured..
She expressed her sympathy with
The men were taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton.
AT JAMBOREE
The horse finished up by crushing Folk Songs and Morris
the village. into the bar of a public-house in
When Princess Victoria was n (Continued on Previous Column)
LOCAL AND GENERAL
Two Schools Of Thought. One school of thought would make the gun and the tonnage dependent upon agreement with other nations, while the opposing fed on Wednesday. school maintains that our future
Four cases of enteric were noti-
The Rev. Ronald Hall, Bishop of Victoria and Diocese, is returning to Hong Kong this morning. The tour which the Bishop has made of the Northern provinces has been in connection with the work of the church and the diocese.
Dances
LORD BADEN POWELL ARRIVES
GOEDOELLOE (Hungary), Aug. 1. Mr. Evan Stewart, A.C.P., Prin-
British scouts 2,100 of them cipal, of St. Paul's College" and a arrived to-day at Goedoelloe, the popular officer in the Machine Gun Windsor of Hungary, for the opening Company, Hong Kong Volunteer the great World Jamboree in the Royal
Park. Defence Corps, returned to the The Chief Scout, Lord Baden Powell, Colony from Home leave on Wed- also reached Goedoslice to-day. He nesday. Mrs. Stewart did not ac- travelled some of the way by boat with company her husband, but it is
a party of American scouts who only expected that she will be return recognised him after 12 hours...
ng to Hong Kong shortly.
battleships should mount what "is, on balance, an ideal armament re- lated not to agreed characteristics In other ships, but to an obsolute game of naval strategy is being "do? In the first place to drive
fighting standard. which, they set. It is not as if any nation enenty commerce off, the seas. A maintain, can be authentically de- and Kowloon Wharf and Godowa wants to fight. Alt that each of few swift raiders will soon en-termined. Company's Godown at Kowloon, where
the Great Powers desire is to force the convoy. It is when sach Consignment will be sorted out
An important factor governing Mark by Mark and Delivery can be get its own way. With this feet finds a convoy that the set individual tonnage is the future obtained as the Goods are innded. supremely patriotic end in view battle is joined. The escort must
system of limitation, if limitations Optional Gonds will be lauded bere the Japanese Fleet has been Sght to the death, if only, as on cal reasons.
continue to be imposed for politi- aaleas Fastructions have been given to The contrary Six Hours before arrival of built almost to treaty limits; the Glorious First of June, to enable the battle fleet to an exact num
The present system of limiting the Bteamer.
United States is following suit, the merchantmen to escape. Goods not cleared within 8 days, in- and Great Britain shows no in-
ber of ships of a precise individual elading date of arrival, will be subject to tention of being caught napping is to attack enemy territory. For type mastodons" of enormous in-ceeding on their tour.
4. The other and greater objective tonnage tends inevitably, to stereo- No Fire Insurance will be effected by This is the beginning, after a few such a purpose troops are ob dividual cost. If a limit is placed, solete in these days. The aircraft in the future, upon the global ton- signee, and the Company's Barveyors, pires, and it is unlikely, that the carrier is the modern version of there can be little doubt that the opium tied round his legs, was; campaign would be continued by every four years in different parts of Mora, GoDVAID & Douglas, at 10 conference timed for 1935, on a the troopship. The power that
Rent.
u in aur case whatever.
Damaged Packages must be left in the the dreadnought holiday
years comparative hall. In 1936 Godown for examination by the Con
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ex-
aircraft carriers to within strik. commands the sea will rush its
ing distance of the enemy coun- try, and there seek to launch serial attacks on the civil populu tion, and break the will to resist ance by ruthless bombing. Not munition factories, or barracks, or dockyards, but dense centres of population will be the proper
nage of battle feets as a whole,
Before Mr... Schofield, a Chinese who was arrested with six taels of ned $1,800, or in default seven months' hard labour. Another offender who used a similar dodge: was fined $2,000 or, eight months.
national dances.
Great admiration was expressed here for the efficient way in which the British contingent detrained and The German Student Tourists of
Kalgan, August 24-A group of marched off, while the kilta of the the Neurother Students Associa-
newspaper men from Canton and Scottish scouts made a great impres ten, returned here yesterday. They Wu who personally received the nations, are encamped here for the tion who have been visiting Can-Hong Kong called at the head- non on the local inhabitanta.
quarters of General Fang Chan About 10,000 scouts, presenting 34 will be remaining in Hong Kong for a few more days before pro- Journalist. Appearing calm and Jamboree, which is to laat two weeks. alert, General Fang told the Some of them come from as far away pressmen that he did not hear of as India, Australia and South Africa General Feng Yu Halang's resigna-To-day they are busy pitching and tion until the last minute but as-decorating their tents. sured them that the anti-Japanese During the Jamboree (it is held
all means-Central Press.
the world) the Scouts will give displays of their various activities and
- Klukiang, "Anguist 24-About 240.
At the same time, leaders of the officers were drowned or badly movement are holding their biennial injured when an express train of conference under the direction of the An exceptionally heavy list of the Nanchang-Kiuklang Railway International Scout Committee. cases, numbering over a hundred lumped the rails and dived into
Human Alphabet. came before Mr. Wynne-Jones at the river yesterday at Chee Ka London Scouts will become a Of these over afty were for hawk There were altogether 600 officers "London" on the rally ground, the Central Magistracy yesterday, Miao, 30 miles south of Klukiang. humari alphabet to form the word ing offences, twenty were in con- on the train, and these young men They are also giving demonstration nection with the raid on boot-had completed intensive training of massed signalling and running
Aa party bead of the Blue Shirt are joining forces to present an his-
Party, who was ordered by General Chiang Kai Bhek to give special instruction to these young men. yung Tal, Secretary of General
Shanghal, August 24-Mr. Yang Central Press. Chlang Kal Shek's held headquar- ters at Nanchang, will be appoint to a local foreign paper, it was dances and gap games. perform
on Mondays and Thursdaya, within the possible renewal of the Washing Free Storage period.
Consignees are specially notified that ton Treaties, will even be sum- it is neccesary for a Ravenne Officer to moned. Who wants conferences
Present at the examination of in these days? damaged dntiable cargo.
All Claims against the Steamer must The design of warships will be be presented to the Undersigned on or once more handed over in toto to before 12th Sept., 1933, or they will the expert. He will no longer be restricted by treaty limitations: Good have left the Grodowed after the he will visualise the battlefield,
HACKINNON, MACKENZIE & Co. and build according to its require objectives for the air arm, so that den will be immensely reduced by blacks on Tuesday. and the rest at. Kuling by Colonel Bo Han Lal, a chariot race. Kont and Sussex
not be recognized.
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British policy will be to concen- trate on numbers at the expense of individual size, as it is numbers of ships, in view of our world-wide responsibilities, that British s23 power most urgently needs. A more numerous fleet of battleships. would cost a great deal less than was the original cost of our pre- Furthermore, though the cost of replacing our battle fleet must necessarily be considerable the bur
the disappearance of these old battleships, whose costs of repair, and maintenance in commission, are growing intolerable.
sent battle flect.
HMS, Barham, in the current financial year, is costing over million pounds for re-conditioning
of a miscellaneous nature. number had to be put back
- Shanghai," August 24.—— According
ed chairman of the Kiangsu Pro vincial Government. The proposal decided at the Kuling Conference will be approved at the next meet-; that the Blue Shirts Party, will be
torical pageant, "The Landing of the Romana," with cardboard armpur and chariots made from trak carta. The Scottish Scouts are to be accompanied in Highland dances and jiga by their own pipers. Berkshire will contribute folk songs and sword and 1
Morrie
Wiltshire Socuts are to perform, & ramatic version of the Wiltabire
ments. Already there is sharp
the Home Front will dis controversy, not in technical papers only, as to the size and solve in panic, the War Govern armament of the capital ship of ment be overthrown, and a peace the future. In the vast arena of party installed, the Pacific the warships of to- This is the magnificent pageant day, with their speed; and their of war which the nations of the terrific weapons, would have Pacific are, proparing. They do space for full use of their, power, not want it, they Bee what is faint voices in the wilderness is of the Executive Council. Mr. given official sanction at the Kuo dafoonrakers song, Warwickshire & lo In the North Sea the great ships coming, but moved like the pro-like Lord Marley's, urging Chen Hst Teens will be appointed mintang Firth National Congress. were crabbed by lack of room to tagonists of Hardy's Dyniasts, peace, but unless one greater Provincial Commissioner of In The question of recognizing this move They had no chance by the imponderable fingers of than Lord Marley, and the deleterior for Kianga The new party will have formal debate at They had to beware of minefields, the Immanent Will," the gates to the post war conferences, of running into submarines, of blind and witless weaver can win power in human affairs diment pilotage, and of being of buman affair they the hegemony of the Pacific will
at might in narrow waters, cannot escape
There are a few be fought to a pitiless terming
chairman is the leader of the dew the puming Congress. All the funct Political Studies Clique. Mr. delegates to the Fifth Congre
Chen Fat Tseng is at present chief; have been selected by the Tascist of police at Hankow and is one Party whose Indence over the of the pillars of the Blue Bhirts or gathering well nan Fascist Party Central Presi
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