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A Fine Site Goes Begging
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NOVEMBER 15, 1933.
LECTURE AT UNIVERSITY
Professor Brown on "Venice"
An interesting lecture on "Venice" was delivered by Pro- fessor W. Brown at the Univer-
chce which included the Italian Consul-General, Comm, Bianconi, Professor Middleton-Smith, Pro- fessor and Mrs. Simpson, Mr. A. E. Bates, Mr. M. F. Key
What with all the town plan- their home here until they were ning that has been going on in alloted that fine piece of groundsity last evening to a large audi- Kowloon for the past few years.at King's Park which they now it is indeed surprising that no- occupy. thing is being done' to that sorry block of houses known as "Pun- jab, Buildings," for:", to my mind, they are hardly appropriate to such an admirable site. With the piece of land at the back, it is one of the best in "central" Kowloon, and if some enterprising Indivi- dual or syndicate, were to buy it from its present owners, whoever they may be, they should be able to make an excellent thing out of its development.
Yeats and years ago, when they were originally put. up. Punjab Buildings were used 13 quarters for the British officers and the Indian regiments stationed in Whitfeld Barracks. I sure, but I have an idea they were first occupied by a Punjabis Battalion, hence the name of the block.
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Since the Recreio "moved, how- ever. (and that was some years ago), nothing had been done the erstwhile tennis courts, it is a standing disgrace. one feels that such a valuable plot of land should be neglected. So it much can be done here that woud be difficult to suggest what type of building would be best suited to this particular, part of Kowloon but a good class resid- ential block, with tennis courts and possibly a private bowling green would seem to be as good as anything else."
From enquiries made. I learnt that the present owners of Pin- jib Buildings are not allowed to put up new houses on the new site unless they bring it to the same level as Kimberley roads. That ap- pears to be rathen reasonable the South side 1. after all, correctly In those days, the houses with level with Granville Road but as their grass and cement tennis
I said before, I cannot vouch for .courts. were considered very the truth of that statement. One smart and up-to-date, but they may even suggest
that another have long since been deserted by lot of buildings, designed to serve smart folk.
officers once more as would not be a bad thing, for the barracks are only just across the road so that such a step would made things very convenient for the officers, some of whom "now have to stay in hotels or out of
Quarters
When the officers were housed. in newer quarters, Punjab Build- ings were let out to private In- dividuals while the tennis Courts were handed over to the Club de Recreio who had a pavilion some little distance away, and for some the way houses for want of more years, the Portuguese Club had 'suitable premises.
A FAR EASTERN PEACE
·CONFERENCE?
Chinese Press On General Araki's Proposal
Various motives are attributed by the Chinese Press to the pro- General posni put forward by Araki, the Japanese Minister of called "Far Eastern Peace Con- War, for the convocation of a so-
terence.
Professor Brown began by saying that he was rather foolish to have consented to speak on a subject of which he had little knowledge as he had only been to Venice on two occasions, and both for only 56 hours. As a result he did not intend to say anything about Venice except its history
wi
Venice, he said, was one of the oldest cities in the world, it had not reached the respective, age of fifteen centuries. In the 18th or 20th century, B.C., at a time when the Mediterranean Sea W29 A Roman lake surrounded by coun- tries, there was no town called Venice but Venezia. it was then a Roman city, and not untid the fall of the Roinan empire did the City of Venice came into existence.
In 100 A.D the Venetians de-
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Professor Brown went on to des- cribe the beautiful scenery of Venice--the colour of the build- Great Britain, the United States,
ings, the canals and the gondolas. and the Soviet Union will agree to
He concluded by remarking" that Venice could well be regarded as participate in the proposed con- ference, the journal remarks. Bri-be visited by everyone if they a place, of wonder which should because it will be attended also by tain will probably not participate could manage,
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Thanking puppet
Professor Brown, The "Chen Pao" observes that state of "Manchukuo"--which the Comm. Blanconi, the Italian Con- according to latest reports from Members-States of the League of sul-General, said that although the Professor had only been in Tokyo, the
Nations, under the leadership of reasons for the pro- Great Britain, have unanimously Venice for 50 hours, he had given posal are threefold: (1) to pave the way for the Washington Naval pledged not to recognize. The such a vivid description of the Conference of 1935; (2) to secure United States will also probably place that none could have done better though he had lived thera the proposed con- the conclusion of a Soviet-Japan- not attend ese Non-Aggression Pact in order ference because she is scarcely in- 50 years! Venice was a paradise to solve the question
revising the Kellogg of romance, where both the news- of North clined to Manchuria;
Anti-War Pact and the Washing- papers and the carnival had their (3) to readjust the Kellogg Anti-War Pact and the ton Nine-Power Treaty (which origin. He concluded by thanking were concluded under her sponsor-
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ship). In order to justify Japan's so much praise to one of Italy's big aggressions in China. Further cities. more, because of her traditional (A full account of Professor policy of secret diplomacy, the Brown's lecture will appear in to- Soviet Union can hardly be ex-morrow's issue:).
The real motive of Japan, the Journal opines, is to arrogate to herself the so-called "police powers in the eastern waters" under the camouflage of peace. Dected to participate in an inter- General Araki's aim is apparently i national conference for the ton- to legitimatize Japan's aggresatons, clusion of a Soviet-Japanese Non- in China in the eyes of the world, | Aggression Pact. and to secure international ap- proval for the continuation of such aggressions.
With regard to the attitude of the Japanese Cabinet towards the
Affairs, the isolation of Japan re- Concluding, the journal observes mains unaltered... Moreover, in- that in view of these bbstacles the ternational changes of fare reach- proposal for the convocation of a ing" consequences are taking place. Far Eastern Peace Conference is On the one hand, the Soviet Union not likely to materialise. The has concluded a number of non-
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find a convenient protext, in, the likely to be contingent on the failure of ostensible efforts for satisfactory reply of General Araki
peace, te impose a military dieta- to *O important questions.torship in Japan.. Firstly, will the convocation of such a peace conference lead to Commenting on the same topic, European and American inter- the China Times observes that the ference in "Far Eastern - affairs? ↑ proposal of the Japanese War Secondly, will the invitation of the Minister is apparently motivated war Minister has therefore put Japanuse Government to the vari- by the desire to postpone the out forward the proposal for the con- ous Powers concerned to particip-break a world conflagration vocation of a so-called Peace con- ate in the conference be rejected, pending the completion of ade-ference on the Far Eastern situa- thus causing Japan to "lose face" quate preparations on the part of tion, so that she might gain time in the eyes of the nations?
Japan.
and complete all preparations to cope with eventualities, If Gen- eral raki really desired peace, he should first rectify the depreda- tions perpetrated on China by
Far East Kuo Mini,
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that the Japanese Cabinet, will The journal points out that postpone decision on the proposal despite the resignation of Count LIKELY ATITTUDE OF POWERS. Uchids and the appointment of himself--the peace-breaker of the Mr Hirota as Minister of Foreign
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