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London, June 14.
This year's "Who's Who" says that Mr. J. E. Thomas was born a New port in 1874, writes a cor- respondentë
VIENNA- SHANGHAI BY CAR
Two Austrian Motorists 16,000-Mile Trip
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Shanghai, June 19.
DECISION SOON ON THE FLEET AIR ARM
PROBLEM OF DUAL,
CONTROL - *.
The
Government inquiry into the present condition of the Fleet Air Arm, with particular reference to the system of dual control established after the war. when the Royal Air Force came into being as a separate service, "is now well under way. A decision either to continue or to modify the existing arrangements is due very shortly.
Nanking, June 17, Generalissimo. Chiang Kai-shek It adds that he was educated at suys that he has no intention of the Council schools; "commenced being
President. a candidate for
work at nine years of age as an This statement was made to a re- errand boy; from that to engine-
A 16,000 miles trip by car from presentative of the "North China
cleaner, and stage to stage as fire-Vienna to Shanghai over road that Daily News" in the course of an
man and engine-driver (G.W.R.)," were good, båd, and impossible has interview to-day. When question. He became Labour M.P. for Derby, beef successfully completed by two young Austrian motorists who have ed about the forthcoming assembly "Who's Who" records, in 1010. in November, and the great impor- I had cause to-day to
now arrived in this city, and are tance of its agenda, Generalissimo Debrett's "House of Commons and making arangements to return by Judicial Bench" for 1911. ship writes the "North China Dally Therein I came upon a surprising News," Mr. Max Reisch and Mr.ving in ships afloat. entry under the name of J. H. Tho-Helmuth Hahmann, both of Vien mas. Derby. It said:
Chiang Kai-shek decidedly express- ed the view that he would not be- come a candidate for
President, and added that "the purpose of the: November Assembly is to en- able the people as a whole to par- ticipate in political affairs; to take upon themselves' the responsibility at saving the country, and unitedly to solve national problems."
"The Kuomintang feels,” added the Generalissimo. "that unless the whole country is together it is in- possible to save China. Therefore, the November Assembly has been called to promulgate constitution- al laws to return to the people political power, and to invest them
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ernment to take over the respon- sibilities of the tutelary period of the Kuomintang. This is the un- animous opinion of the whole Party, and I am not aware" of any member having any presidential ambitions la his mind. Every member realises that only if we can all accept responsibility, be law abiding, and willing to sacrifice all personal feelings concerning posi- tion, power, and benefits, can the country be saved."
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London, June 10, The Archbishop of Canterbury will take the chair at the annual reunion of the Victoria, Hong
Asked why he is unwilling to be- Kong, and South China Diocesan Association on Tuesday, at 3 pm,
come a Presidential candidate, the Generalissimo explained that "at in the Merchant Taylors' Holl, 30,
this critical juncture of the coun- Threadneedle Street. The chief speakers will be the Bishop of Vic-try's history everyone should exert toria, Hong Kong (the Right Rev. R. O. Hall, the Ven. H. St. B. Hol- land (Bishop-designate of Welling- ton, N.Z., and the Rev. C. B. R. Sargent
Diocesan Boys' School). Cards of invitation will be supplied on application to Miss M. C. Knight, Rose Mount, Mead Vale, Redhill, Surrey. The meeting will be followed by a so- el and tea at 4.30 p.m. Preceding the reunion gathering there will be a celebration of the Holy Com- munion 11.45 a.m. in All Hallows Church. Lombard Stret, B. C. 2. ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. AND CHINA
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The Archbishop of Canterbury. presiding at the annual reunion of the Hong Kong and South China Diocesan Association, held at Mer- chant Taylors' Hall, salg that to him China was increasingly a rid- dle to which it seemed impossible find a clue. But behind And beneath all that seemed to us in- explicable restlessness and contu- sion there was the inheritance of an ancleut civilization and the underlying character of the pea ple, Governments came and weat generals moved hither and thither, but the Chinese people seealed to remain steadfast in their Industry, in their patience, in their good humour and trustworthiness. Ele was certain that a nation that had
must have a great future. There was also an age-long enthusiasm for education, an enthusia.mA which seemed to transcend differ- ences of Governments and regimes, Everywhere throughout China there was ceaseless endeavour to provide schools and education. One could not but think that in this restlessness, and uncertainty there
himself to the utmost for the bene- fit of the nation, and I do not feel that I would be doing "that if I sought presidential honours. feel that my greatest contribution to national needs comes through being able at any time to visit near and distant parts of the country, to observe the requirements of the people, and be available at any time to assist in the solution of the various problems connected with military reorganization, education." al reforms, economic reconstruc- tion, rural amelioration, Inter- provincial communications, and all other questions affecting the fundamental welfare of the peo- The." "
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na, started cut from Europe a year ago, in an attempt to complete the journey out to Shanghal in as short
time as possible.
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The present situation is that the Fleet Air Arm is inder two mac- ters The navy provides 70 per cent. of the plots "and all the observers for the service.
gund
control all aircraft actually ser-
The training of pilots and obser- vers, and the control of all aircraft other than those actually in' ships. rests with the Air Ministry. The
navy has always bitterly resented this dual control. which it says has resulted in emasculating the service entirely, and has given rise to a whole series of anomalies.
James Henry Thomas, 18—; în early life emigrated to Australla and was Pres, of. Amalgamated Miners Asso., and a member of As far as Calcutta, they made Strike Defence Committee, Broken good progress, covering some 9.000 HI, Australia, 1890; spt in NS. miles through Palestine, Trans- Wales Parliament 1894-1901. A Jordania, Iraq. Persia, Afghanis
UNPOPULAR IN THE NAVY Labour Member: hus sat for Derby 'tan, Baluchistan, and India'in four
The Fleet Air Arm is popular Jan. 15th, 1910. Address | months. This. they told the
in the navy, owing to its unsatia- House of Commons, Westminster, "North China Daily News" yeater-factory conditions of service and S.W.
day, was the easiest part of the the uncertainty of its advance. trip, with the exception of one or
ment prospects. so that the very two bad spots in Afghanistan. They class or officer from which the "Who's Who" credits Mr. Tho-belleve that in a few years a motor bulk of the pilots must by agree-
with a spectacular career;
trip from India to Europe will be ment; and by reason of qualifica- and, incidentally, "Who's Who" of quite commonplace.
tion should be, drawn, is reluctant 1911 gave precisely the same ac- Most round-the-world tourists to offer itself in sufficient numbers... count of his early struggles as does ship their vehicles from Singapore Whatever may be one's opinion the 1936 edition. But it Debrett's to a port in Slam or Indo-China, as to the advisability of continung "House of Commons" for 1011 is but Messrs. Reisch and Hahmann the present system. It cannot be to be believed, "Who's Who" gross- claim to be the first to have avold- denied that our Fleet Air Arm at
ly understates the facts.
ed that difficulty by crossing present compares very unfavour- For during those years when, ac Burma, the southern and northern [ably with those of other
great cording to "Who's Who." Mr. Too-Shan states, northern Slam, and naval powers. mas won his way from errand boy the provinces of Laos and Annam
The USA. navy has close on a to cleaner, and cleaner to fireman in Indo-China. In support of this, thousand airplanes and Japan has and driver on the Great Western they produced a document signed eight hundred We have 217 sea of Railway, he nevertheless found by a high official of the govern-borne machines only, while
ones time, according to Debrett, to go ment of Indo-China, attesting to those few additional
ear- to Australia and achieve a meteoric the truth of their statement.
marked for co-operation in trade rise in Labour and political sphères
protection. none is manned by there.
naval personnel.
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This portion of the journey was actually the most difficult, and fre- And meteoric is the word. True, }quent delays, were experienced, due Debrett gave us the date of Mr. to the "almost total, lack of roads whomas's birth only to the nearest the Jungles of the Shan states century; but if we accept the and in the Lacs province. They make up.
statement of "Who's Who" that he took nearly a month and a half to was born in 1874, then he was Im-cover 130 miles with the assistance parting wise counsel to the Broken Hill Strike Defence Committee at
the age of 16, and to the New South Wales Parliament at 20.
WHEN WIRELESS WAS NOT UNIVERSAL
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The passing of Sir Archibald Denny recalls to a reader an in- cident which illustrates the grip that home has on the Scot in exilu.
On
of thirty coolles. In Laos, the car had to be dismantied and shipped over the Mekong rapids, while a great deal of valuable help was given them by the different rulers of the Shan states. In northern Siam itself, however, they found excellent motor-roads.
THROUGH S. W. CHINA They will carry pack with them, a voyage from the Clyde to they said, a pleasant memory of Burmah in 1913 our contact with travel in China, and will not fail to the world at large and 'knowledge | carry back news of the excellent of passing events depended on the progress made in road-building. In reply to a question as to his news we received at different ports From indo-China, they travelled Impressions gained during his of call At Perim we heard of the | via Nanning and Kweilin into Hu- numerous trips to distant parts of | winning of the Derby and other nan. On the Kwangsi-Hunan bor- the country during the past few years the Generalissimo said: "Ex- perience has shown that more pro- gress has been made during the past two or three years at places I have been able to visit than at any Previous time because of the per- sonal contacts that were made and maintained with provincial
items of "national" importance.
der, they found the road had not been completed, but with the help THE NEWS AT RANGOON
of the local authorities finally got Thereafter. we were completely through over the rice-fields. They out of touch with things.. until we proceeded on into Kangsi, visiting arrived at Rangoon. After an ex-Kingtehchen, the "porcelain city," 'change of greetings with compat- en route, and arrived in Shanghai
riots from Dalla Dockyard, who by way of Anhwel and Cheklang. and bad come on board, we were na- They have, they say, "made the local officials and people, and that Į turally keen to know what nacel trip primarily to show the world is why I feel that maintenance of been happening while we were that there is such a place as mobility on my part is of extreme on the high seas, so some one ask-Austria, and are to carry back with importance. It follows that such | ed, "What's the news?" Instantly them records
in the form of a
of national policy, have brought to the people a growing sense of the oneness of the nation and inspired
the Central Government." a quickening of national loyalty to
LEADING THE HIGHLANDERS
contacts, removing as they have came the answer-"Dumbarton is cinematograph film, as well as a. done difficulties and misunder-into the First League and Archie | report which they are to give the its foundation in such a character standings, and simplifying the aims Denny has been made a baronet!" Austrian Touring Club, and which will later be sent to the A. A, in England. Their car has an ex- The Duchess of Atholi, M.P., isceedingly, novel appearance," which to lead the procession at the Royal is accentuated by reason of the fact Caledonian Ball on Friday, at that the wheels are extra large, in "As President," the Generalis- which Highlanders will dance the order to afford good ground clear- simo added, "It would be impossi-old Scottish reeis.
ance over muddy and badly rutted ble to continue such wide and far-
roads. Young girls who will help to re-
The body was specially flung contacts, for the simple rea-
present their clans in the rets in-
made for the trip, and can be dis- son that presidential duties require clude Miss Caroline Bowes-Lyon, mantled from, the chassis in ten were the signs of a great people almost constant presence in the who will appear with the Cameron minutes, with the loosening of awakening to a new life. If that
capital. As I have said." the Gen- Highlanders in an eightsome, Lady seven screws. It is fitted with an were so, then they must all have
eralissimo concluded very earnest Hersey Boyle, who will dance in extra petrol tank, giving y. "I feel that mobility on my part The Black Watch eightsome, the cruising range of 600 miles, and a Is my best contribution to the up- Hori. Elizabeth Elphinstone and water-tank holding 18 gallons. building of China, and because I Lady Elizabeth Murray, who are do not wish to have that mobility dancing 25 Atholl Highlanders curtalled I have no intention of The Master of Elphinstone, is ap- allowing myself to be nominated as
pearing in a sixtcensome. a candidate for the presidency.”— (N.C.D.N.).
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great desire that Christianity should have a place in the mould- ing of the inevitably great future which was coming to China.
EMPRESS OF BRITAIN'S COM-
• MANDER
Captain R. N. Stuart, V.C., D.8.0., relinqulahes command of the Canadian Pacific RM9. En-
preas of Britain to assume the position.of general superintendent of Canadian Pacific Bleamships at Montreal, to which he has just been promoted.
The Marchioness of Tweeddala, the Countess of Lindsay and Vis countess Dunedin are among those who have taken tickets for the
cord in the war, and won his V.C.ball for services in connection with the" "Q"ship Pargust. After hostilities
BEDTIME- TUEOLOGY
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This is Mr. Reisch's third trip of this nature. In 1932, he completed A journey through the Sahara, and and in 1933-1934, made another of over 8,000 miles from Europe to are, to remain in India. They Shanghai for about a week, return- ing to Vienna by way of the Suez Canal:
he was appointed first officer of A Cambridge woman has sent to with "A" followed by one begin- Captain Stuart has been in com- the Canadian Racine liner Empress the Mayor of Boston an infallible" ning with "B" and so on alpua- mand of the Empress of Britain of France, later coming captala cure for insomnia for the benefit betically. "Before I am halfway for nearly two years. He is a of the Minnedosa and Duchess of of an American millionaire who is through the alphabet," she adds. tive at Liverpool, and comes of an York.
unable to sleep. The chier virtue "I am asleep. If we are to be- old seafaring family, hit ancestors Captain G. EL Parry, commander of the "cure" is that it combines lieve some critics of modern times, having been captains of the mer- of the Duchess of Bedford - has inducement to sleep with a neces- most sufferers from insomnia chant service for generations, been appointed to succeed Captain aary knowledge of the Bible. The would find the night and their,
Captain Stuart, who was born in Stuart as the commander of the inventor says that she things of sleep gone before they reached the 1888, had a most distinguished re- | Enipréas of Britain.
a verse from the Bible beginning fourteenth letter
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