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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1936.
STRANGE CASE OF
LIVING UNKNOWN
WARRIOR
Experts Baffled
the Pensions Ministry took up the London, Apr. 19. Amemory-less Frenchman who case, deciding on a complete
1 persistently claimed as a son byvestigation. thousands of parents and as a husband or sweetheart by
thou- rands of women wil be the cen- tra Agure in a strange drama to be played at Vincennes this week.' Called in France the "Living Un- known Warrior," the man will be examined by a group of doctors in a last attempt to discover his identity, the mystery of which has baffed French legal and medical experts and intrigued all France for twenty years.
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The memory of this cele- arify without a name, who is o'd. now about forty years goes back no further than the day in 1917 when, dressed la the uniform of a French sold ier, he was found wandering in Lyons, unable to remember who he was. To every ques- tion he replied, "I don't know." He was sent from one hos- pital to another, but special- ists could do nothing for him.
every Although sane in spect, he had lost his memory.
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A picture of Mangin" was published, and from that mo- extraordinary on- ment the Slaught
began. mothers of From every corner of the coun- try came women who claimed the unknown man as a rela- tive, while thousands of letters were received,
Under the direction of the Ministry of Pensions Afty claim- ants were selected from the thou. sands and
werc arrangements made to coniront them with "Mangin."
of
They gathered in the hall the hospital and "Mangin" enter ed.
The entire assembly charged towards him. calling him by different names! Each Was certain.
During those first years, the
ever pronounced month after
said year. although he
The name
WOMAN'S FAITH
to
In 1920. he was transterred the asylum at Rodez, in the de- He had partment of Rouergue. not been there long when a family who had lost a son in the w
30 cta, heard of the "unknown warrior
in the asylum and decided to visit. him in the hope of discovering their DOY.
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gin" appearance.
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TRIBUTE TO LORD WILLINGDON
London, May 5. Lord Willingdon, on his return to England after relinquishing the post of Viceroy of India, called on
Mr. Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minis- ter, at 10 Downing Street, this morning, with whom he had half an hour's conversation:
Lord Zetland paid a tribute to Lord Willingdon at the London
Commerce Chamber of
last night at man
dinner
In the course of his speech, ho
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ENGLISH INSTEAD OF FRENCH
"Hong Kong Dally Pross" Special}
"Berlin, May 8, The Minister of Education, Rust issued a decree that from the be
FROM THE
FORCES. TO
CIVIL LIFE
Difficulties Of
Ex-Regular
NATIONAL "ASSOCIATION'S GOOD WORK
The
DI
Luuuon, April 18. TBO ABALAR TRENI meeting Nationa aïsociation sur Employ ment o egular Sanors, Soldiers, and Airmen was held at the Royal United Service inanitation, White hall, yesterday. All extract from the anu report, shows an appreci. able increase the number of ex- Regulars tant. found employment during 1935.
Lord Rahelite, who presided, said that white he was Minister of Labour there was nothing to which ho attached greater importance than assisting ex-Service man to regain their employment in indus Iry, ile was glad to notice from the report. an increasingly close cooperation between the association and the Ministry. The claim of the ex-Regular that he should be given equality of opportunity with all others in securing employment or his return to civil life was un- answerable
country,
After this. visitors saw "Mangin"
Most people in this one by one. Day after day people queued up to see him. They tried Lord Kushcliffe went on to say
but desired the voluntary system past. to remind him of the
enlistment to continue. If that all falled.
The same
for system were to continue it was ob scene occurred
after vious that it should be encouraged month. year
by affording the volunteer a fair chance of securing employment on his retara in civil life. The cov try could not tolerate the prospect of many thousands of men leaving the Services every year and being left high and dry, with the possi bility of becoming a special "dere- lict area of their own, at a time when the flod tide of prosperity was returning to the industry and commerce of the nation. The best incentive to recruiting for the Forces would be to make the pro pect more attractive by an Assur- auce of a good chance of employ- claimants ment on completion of service with
the Colours
One woman showed her faith that "Mangin" was her son in She sold a remarkable way. her farm and went to live at Rodez, near the asylum. She is there to-day and sees "Man- gin" every week.
re-
After Afteen years the thou sands of, claimants had been duced to three by the legal A tribunal had to thorities. cide, however, that all three were mistaken.
au- de-
VESSELS DUE
Agapenor,
B., June 1.
Agra, Gilman's, June 1. Anas Blacrak. Jeixen's, Mny 3. Argun Mara, Q.8.K., May 18. Astoria, Jehson's, May 33. Beber, &, June 5 Benaldor,
Loxley's, May 21, Heuglue, Loxless, May 11 Baaludi, Loxley's, June 13, Bonelouch, Loxley's, May 1, Henrench, Loxley, June S Banvenue, Loxley's, June Bhutan, P. & O., May *** Biyo Maru, 0.8.K., May 30,
0.5.5..
May 23. Jane ป
Buenos Aires Karu, Burdwan, P. & D...
Calchas, H. & S.. Juse 1.
of Christ
of
Bank'ı, June 11).
May 2
Mulchers'. Jane 2.
li
Canada Mara, O.S.K., May 13. Cantou Mar, 0.5.K., May 13, Colabos Maru, 0.8.K., May 19. Changte, B. & S., June 12, Chenonceaux, Massagution. Mit 19. City of Eastbourne, Bank Line. May li City City of Mobile, Bank Line, May 12 City of Singapore, Bank Line, May 6. Cortu, P. O., June 10. Cremer, 3.C.J. Line. May 13. D'Artagnan. Mensageries, Hay 30.
Co., June 4. Danmark, E.A. Demodocus, B. & S., Jane 15. Deucalion, B. & S., May 10. Donan, Meichors', May 14. Duisburg, Jobsen's, May 12 Emp, of sin, C.P.S., May 13. Emp. of Caunds,
June 4. · Russia, C.P.3.. Emp. Emp. of Japan, C.P.S. June 19. Felix Roussel, Messageries, June 13. Foylabank, Bank Lino, May 25, .!. Friderus, Me Fakuken Maru, 0.5.K.. Mar 11. Falda, Melchers', May 19. G.G.P. Doumor, Mensagaris', May 15. Gansterkerk, J.C.J. Line, May 16. Gen. Pershing, State Co., May 8. Gen. Sherman. States Co.. May 20. Golden Mountain, States Co., May N. Ginyo Maru, N.Y.K., May 14. Gueisenau, Welchers', May Hakasan Manz, N.Y.E., May 8. Havana Maru, 0.8.K.. 31ay 31. Himalaya Maru, 0.5.K., May 20. Himalaya, Lloyd Triestino, May 30, Hong Kong Maru, O.S... May Hokuroka Maru, O.S.K.. May 10. Ixion, B. & B., Tune 5. Java, EA Co., May Jean Laborde, Messageries, May 15. Kashima
Maru,
N.Y.K., May 9. Koenigsburg, Melchers', May 9. Kulmerland, Jebsen's, May 17. Jardines. May 15, Kumsoog. Leverkusen, Jebsen's, June 8. Manila Maru, 0.8.K., May 27. Meranon, B. & S., June 7. Mentor, B. & S., May 17. Nako Maru, N.Y.K., May 12 Neckar, Melchers, June 4. Niel Maersk, Jebsen's, May 12 Now York. States Co.. Juna 1. Nordmark, Jehan's, May 28. Oldenburg, Jebsen's, May 20 Panama Maru, O.
0.8.K..
May Patrocius, B. & 9., May . 16. Peiping. Gilman's, June Penang Mara, N.Y.K., May 15. Pras, Garfield, Dollar's, June 5. Pres. Coolidge, Dollar, May 8. Pres. Great, A.M., Line, June 12. Pres Hoover, Dollar's, June 4. Pres Jackson, A.M. Line, May 15. Pres. Jefferson, A.M. Line, May 8 Pres. McKinley, A.M. Line, May 29. Pres. Monroe, Dellar's, May 8. Pres. Paik, Dollar's; Juns 19. Pres. Taft, Dollar's, May 25. Pres. Van Buren, Dollar's, May 2 Rakuya Haru, N.Y.K., May 11. Ranpura, P. & O., May 19. Rajputans, P. & O., May 15 Rawalpindi, P. & O.. M 27. Scharnhorst, Melchers', June 9. Silvegtesk, Furness', May 14. Sirdhaan B.I. (Apear), May 25. Mr. G. P. Barnett, of the London Somerville, Bank Line, May 20 Passenger Transport Board, said Sandan, P. & O., May 11.
Stentor, B. & S., June May 7
that the board recruited from 600 Sumatra, Lloyd Triestino, June 5. -20-1/4 to 800 men every year to meet the
Sunning, B. & S., May 9. 20-1/4 wastage in personnel, and of that Taiping. B. & S., May 6.
number a quarter to a third came Tai Shan, Dodwell's, May 17. from the Services. They obtained Taiyo Maru, NY.K., May 11. drivers from the Tank Corps, the Talma, R. (Apear), May 12, Royal Engineers, and the Royal Tamara, Gilman's, May 17.
Tanda. Army Service Corps, but not a
E. & A. S.B. C., May 5
J.C.J. Line, May 10 Force. Ex-Service men made good drivers and conductors, because Tjiradade, J.C.J. Line, May 12.
J.C.J.
Line, May they were well diciplined, gave no
Toulouse, Thoresen's. May 8, of the greatest enthu-back-chat," and were accustomed Toyooka Mora, N.Y.K., May 10. slasm marked the arrival of King to wearing uniform, to courtesy in
Tyndarous, B. & 8., May 16. Faroux here. A salute of twenty- address, and to personal clean Van Hentsz, J.G.J. Line, May 18. Victoria, Lloyd Triestino, May 21. one guns thundered out, and the linees.. crowds applanded
And meantime.. new were coming forward.
INCREASED DEMAND Now, after nearly twenty years,
Admiral Sir Martin E. Dunbar a last attempt is to be made to recall "Mangin's" memory. In a Nasmita, Y., Second Sea Lord villa at Vincennes a dozen special and Chief of Naval Personnel, A year later the War Ministry Ists will this week use all their said that a high proportion of the who left the Service were The knowledge to try to solve one of men stopped "Mangin's" pension.
France married, and had families to sup the strangest mysteries refused local administration also
port. All were at a disadvantage has known.
in competing in the open market for civil work, and they needed the expert advice and guidance which the association could give them. As
result of the work of the associa tion becoming better known among employers there had been a con- siderably increase in the demand for the services of ex Regulars. Steps would be taken to make the work of the association better known among all serving ratings in the Navy.
COMMONS DEBATE
(Continued from Page 3)
引
SILVER MARKET ·
(From Our Own Correspondent)
London, May 7. London Saver prices to-day were unchanged, as follow:-
May 6
Any action to be taken must be collective, he emphasised, and Bri- tain would play her part. It was reasonable for the Govemment to ask for a free hand, with the as- Government that the would pursue a policy under the Covenant, as it was laid down.at the next meeting of the League Forward Council, on May 11,
surance
·ACTIVE REARMAMENT
They should not blind themselves, however, to the periis of the pre- sent time, or the active rearma- ment which is taking place "every- where. Bome nations are appar- ently rearring to the exclusion of almost everything else in national economy. Britain, he said, had a great part to play in the future of world organisation, and could only an armed play it effectively in world if she had the means at her disposal.
,
With regard to the Germani ques-
Spot
20-1/4
20-1/4
FAROUK WELCOMED
Scenes
it
Cairo, May
new as the
King emerged from the railway
station.
The King's first act was to drive
to the Citadel and pray at
tion, Mr. Eden said the British Am-1 father's tomb.- bassador was probably presenting Renter'e Bulletin Service.
the British questionnaire to Ber Un to-morrow, aaking for elucida tion of Chancellor Adolf Hitler's peace formula, conceived as a re- sult of the reoccupation of the Rhineland, in violation of treaty Heuter.
ROME DECREE
13.
large number from the Royal Air P, J.C.J. Lize, May 8
Was u4-
General Sir Walter Braithwaite, whose motion that Major Astor, M.P., should be elected president for the coming year nisanimously adopted, said that Major Astor had been a soldier and knew that ex-Service men wanted,
Sir David Milne-Watson, Gover- nor of the Gas Light and Coke Company, in a letter commending the work of the association wrote: The reabsorption of ax-Service men into industry is a matter of national importance, and our ex- perience is that the National As sociation is carrying on its work a connecting link between the Services and industry in a very efficient way.
(Hong Kong Dally Press Special)
Rome, May 8.
The decree, restricting the vo lume of newspaper to afr pages, CONDITIONS OF STAY which was lagued some months 240
UNDER CONSIDERATION
London, May 6. The Foreign Secretary stated in a reply to Commons question the conditions generally of the Em- peror of Ethiopia's stay in Pales-
as a defensive measure against the effect of sanctions, was suspended for the limited time of two weeks, allowing the papers four days in the week
to appear with eight Dages,- Transocean News Service.
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CLEARANCES
17.
7TH MAY, 1936. Tin Seng for K C. Wan Klungchow for Canton Hai Yuan for Canton Tchekam, for Hofhow Kaying for Canton Huashan Maru for Shanghai Shun Chih for Swatow Ward for Los Angeles Hermod for. Hollow Beistan for Swabow. Orestes for Shanghai. Norviken for Swałtow Empress of Asia' for Manilla Kwan Ho for Mike"
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STRONG ATTACK
ON PREMIER -
Charge of Evading Realities
Mr. Winston Churchill strongly attacked the Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, for the remark that he felt bitterly humiliated by the outcome of the Italo-Ethiopian trouble, "
"We feel bitterly humiliated, too. And by whom?" Mr. Churchill asked.
He riticised Mr. Baldwin for not He participating in the debate.
ald one man was taking all the power and not facing the realities. The debate in the House of Com- mong had gravely injured-British affairs and if it continued must produce demoralisation, he said.” "Lord Cranbourne," replying for the Government, said the Govern- ment had every reason to be proud of its record in the Italo-Ethiopian dispute. "We have spent treasure and run great risks to support the principle in which we believed, and we have got cause for bitter dia- appointment," he declared.
The country must take stock of its position, and the stock-taking must be exhaustive and relentless, to see if the League can be made effective.
}
The Opposition motion was talk-" ed out by the Communist, Mr. Gallagher, amid ironical laughter from Government benches, and consequently there was no vote. Reuter.
WILFUL DAMAGE
SUSPECTED
H
In New Destroyer
The "Naval and Milltary Record"
at the was informed
Admiralty recently that there has been a sus- pected case of wilful damage in
Griffin. the new destrover
The damage, if it took place--and it is take not yet known that it did
SU place occurred the Vickers Yard at Barrow-in-Furness,
The Grifin, which belongs the 20th Destroyer Flotilla, ar rived at Devonport on March 7. after her trials, and left the port on Monday for Portland. *...
to
The Press Association, states a message issued on Sunday, is in- formed that the suspected case of wilful damage in a destroyer, which was the subject of recent questions in the House of Commons, involved
The H.M.S. Griffin.
suspected damage occurred while the destroy- er was at Barrow.
When leaving Barrow in January for her trials on the Clyde, the vessel was in collision with a tug. and had to put back for repairs for slight damage. ....
GREYHOUND CLASS
The Grifon belongs to the Grey- hound class of eight vessels, and, like the name-ship, has been balt by Messrs. Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd.. at Barrow-in-Furness, the total estimated cost of the pair being £601.971 (including 217,700 for guns). The vessels, which were laid down in September. 1934, have a displacement of 1,335 tons; and their dimensions are:-Length, 312 feet; breadth, 33 feet; draught, 8 feet 5 inches. With a horse-power of 34,000, they have a speed of 351 knots. Each vessel has four 4.7
guna.
cases in
At the beginning of this month was learned that attempts had been made wilfully to damage the 82,000-tons battle-cruiser Repulse and the submarine H 18. These two recent attempts were revealed after Lord Btanley, Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, stated in the House of Commons that there had been glx cases of dam- age or attempted damage to ships undergoing refit.
Previously-reported which sabotage was suspected re- lated to the battleship Royal Oak and submarine Oberon at" Devon- port and, the cruiser Cumberland and destroyer Velox at Chatham.. NO WORKMEN DISMISSED FROM NAVAL DOCKYARDS The "Naval and Military Record" learns there is no truth in the rumour that a body of workmen at
dismissed in those directions, especially for the yards have been benefit of men who had served long connection with the recent cases of periods oversea and were too often
As already reported in our but into the labour market without suspected, sabotage. any preliminary training or help
MUCH · UNEMPLOYMENT Lieutenant-General. Sir Harry Knox, Adjutant-General to the Forces, said that, while the in- cidence of unemployment among insured people as a whole in this aiderable improvements in both Chatham and Devonport Dock- country was something like 25 per cent, a high enough figure, that among insured ex-Regular soldiers was 38 per cent. The difference NO RESISTANCE
between those two figures indicated the measure of the handicap the fit them for civil industry, columns, there have been a num- Among other speakers were Pay- ber of cases of suspected wilful ("Hong Kong Dally, Pres" Special Service man auffered on returning
to civil life; his cbances of securing master Rear-Admiral Bir Robert damage in warships. the latest Rome, May 6. employment were twice as difficult Russell, Mr. A. Spencer (Royal being in connection with the hew After the Abyssinian collapse, as those of the man who had not Naval Benevolent Trust). Sir destroyer Griffin, but, as has been ("Hong Kong Dally Press", Special) the Italian advance on the South served his country. He did not William Acland, Mr. Morley pointed out at the Admiralty, the Front progresses without encoun- think vocational training was given (Boots Guards), Air Marshal Sir damage, if it took place--and it is tering any notable resistance, and to as many men as ought to receive. Frederick Bowhill (Air Member not yet known that it did take it, nor were sufficient facilities for Personnel), Mr. R. Rackhouse, giren for men to make contacts General Sir Felix: Ready, Mr. place occurred before the Grimə The Grimin lett Devonport for with civil life before they left the Julius Jacobs, Vice-Admiral G. O. arrived at Devonport on March 7 Bervice. He hoped that before long Stephenson, and Mr. W. Stuart the Army Council would make com Davenport (The Border Regiment). Portland on Monday,
ginning of next school year, Eng-tine were under condderation by
ih instead of French must be the Government- laken as the first foreign language British Wirelena. in all secondary schools in Ger- many except in purely humanistic establishments, whose number will, however, gradually be reduced.- Fransocean. News Service.
stated that if England had men foundations of the British Empire
of the calibre and far-sightedness could never be shaken
of Lord Willingdon, then the Beuters Bulletin Service.
Rome, May 8. The French Ambassador, Cham brun was received by Mussolini on Wednesday, Transocean News Service
is expected that General Cra- ziani will occupy Harar within the text fortnight- Transocean ry Service,
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