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Owners of Motor Vehicles and all drivers are hereby notified that licences are due for renewal on the 2nd July, 1936.
• To avoid delay and unnecessary" waiting, licences, may be for. warded to Police Headquarters through the post and should be accompanied by a crossed cheque in favour of the Hong Kong -Government covering the neces-
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(84) T. H. KING, Inspector General of Police, 29th June, 1936
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HONG KONG DAILY
KWANGSI'S CASE
Marshal Li Tsung-jen In
Special Interview
POSITION IN SOUTH
Canton, June 28.
Firm conviction" that Marshal Chiang Kai-shek. seeking to gain political and military domination in South China and to destroy the anti-Japanese move- inent, will order his armed forces to attack Kwangtung and Kwangsi, was expressed by Marshal Li Tsung-jen, Conunander-in-chief of the Kwangsi Fourth Army Group, in an exclusive interview granted to "Reuter at his headquarters in Canton tri-day.
Marshal Li disclosed that in addition to the 300,000 to 400,000 troops already massed in Fukien, Klangs, Hunan and Kwelchow Nanking was shifting its armies engaged in the anti-Communist campaign
Szechuen, Co the south
In Accordance with Govern«
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milliary campaign against the South-west.
In the circumstances, he said. Cniang's armies will become agents ot Japanese Imperialism and Kwangtung and Kwangsi, being anti-Japanese and for self-defence," will be compelled to put up re- sistance and so the responsibility for a possible open clash will be on Nanking.
Marshal LI added that if Chiang Kai-shek actually starts the war. deliberately impeding Kwangtung
and Kwangst's anti-Japanese ex- pedition, he will be regarded here as a national traitor and will be dealt with as such.
NO FIGHTING Although the situadon is fraught with possibilities and tension is daily growing, actual fighting, has nat broken out so far. A
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Marshal Li ridiculed the report that Kwangsi troops had made an attack on Hengchow and that
fighung Seycre
there, ensued
PRESS, MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1936.
MOTOR CYCLE IS
MISSING
POLICE SUSPECT A JOY RIDER
The theft of a motor cycle from the Y.M.C.A. Garago, in Middle Road, is contained in a police report issued yesterday. Mr. Littlewood, owner of the cycle reported that the vehicle has beer missing from the garage since 3.30 pm. yesterday. it was placed in the garage at 8p.m. on June 27. but was not falssed until yesterday.
The police are of opinion that
has Joy rider
"borrowed" the vehicle. The machine is a B.S.A. 31 h.p. with a green tank and black muduards.
pointing out that not a singie SOLDIER KILLED
Kwangsi soldier was 15 that vicinity, having been withdrawn
to the border since June 12.
WHEN
4 Gossip We Must
(By "ONLOOKER")
The King's Birthday dawned with the greatest promise, and in spite of a very heavy shower at tiffin time the weather was per fect for the Review at Happy Valley in the afternoon.
Driving slowing along en route for the show, passing companies ot soldiera, bands" police; and an enormous turnout of St. John Am- bulance complete of course with dozens of stretchers), our spirits soared to the most festive heights. and we were reminded of the thrills we used to experience on
national occasions in our child-
dresses just alike. The whola family of Dodwell were there look ing as nice as ever, you may be
sure,
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But gossip writers should not dream. They have to keep their eyes open and study the rank and fashion of this year of grace 1936. Lady Caldecott-many of us met nice, and naturally there was a We were all so pleased to see Of course everybody looked very her for the Arst time at the re-large preponderance of white and.. view. She was locking quite well black amongst the dresses, with again after her recent fever, and here and there a purple was able to enjoy everything. mauve, or some other not too Everybody were congratulating | bright colour. Lady Caldecott her- Mr. Taylor on his new hotour, and self wore" a beautifully cut all it was so nice to see Miss Mary black dress, and 30 did Mrs. Taylor "back after her travels, Bartholomew." Jooking awfully well, and com- plete with her brother who bas come here for a holiday, which we hope he will enjoy.
And so exded one of the best
Mrs. North wore white satin with great success, and the stars in her hair were most becoming. Mrs. Smith-Wright looked etherial as ever in lovely floating white
hood days at home in England.
Arrived at the race course, sold-shows that has ever happened in georgette, and Mrs. Prior wore Hong Kong. The Army, I believe, black with intriguing ruching
He said the report was quite TRAIN CRASHEDs ushered us to our places with
absurd as since the Central Gov- ernment forces had already ad- vanced to Kiyang and Hungchlao it was impossible for the Kwangsi troops to remain in the neighbour hood of Hengchow which is north Klyang and Hungchino, and to launch an attack on the elcy.
In the Marshal's opinion the res port was a Nariking fabrication designed to discredit Kwangsi and to lay the blame for starting the war on the South-west.
KWANGSI'S CASE
In great earnestness, Marshal Ll explained in Reuter the antis Japanese stand which Kwangsi is taking. Mukden incident which led to the cccupation of the Three Eastern Provinces by the Japanese, Kwang st has been advocating resistance
He said that since the
against Japanese aggression.
During the Sino-Japanese crisis in Shanghal in 1932 Marshal Li was in Nanking and made every sendeavour to persuade Marshal Chiang Kai-shek to offer rests- tance. Up to to-day. he had not
...: changed this attitude.
Despite rumours of afaltations with the Japanese, "anti-Japanese feeling was running high in Man- ning and other Kwangsi cities and the Marshal invited the public to send an Investigation commis- sion to Kwangst to ascertain the real conditions prevailing in the Provinue.
Arabs Remove Rail And Fire On Wreck
MORE AMBUSHES
Jerúsalem, June 26. Further casualties were suffered by British forces in Palestine to
day.
A passenger train was derailed through the removal of a rail on the Lydda-Halfa line and. two soldiers of the Cheshire Regi- ment, who were escorting the train, were pinned under the overturned engine. One was killed.
The Àrabs subjected. the wreck to a heavy fire, wounding
several passengers and two more soldlerguards. It is reported that was killed and the enginedriver
Areman injured.
Later, a patrol of British troops arrived and dispersed the attac- kert.
Twenty miles north of Jerusalem a party of telephone linesmen, headed by a British engineer and escorted by four Cameron High- landers, were ambushed at dawn.
The engineer drove furiously to Ramallah for reinforcements, but when these arrived they found the Marshal Li carefully explained raiders withdrawn, and two of the that the anti-Japanese movement Highlanders wounded.." The Azabs in Kwangs was entirely genuine had suffered cäusualties, however. and that all the reports about | Reuter's Bulletin Service. Kwangsi receiving Japanese assis-
into either of these paths. For it Government is clear that the awaits.a sign from the nation....
And which course should we de- mand of our rulers? Which path {.tance were malicious ramours
the greatest hospitality, and at the organised everything, are to be appointed hour, His Excellency, warmly congratulated, and we The Governor arrived,
thank them for a lovely afternoon. THE RECEPTION.
As company alter company paɛs- ed the saluting base, I felt more and more proud of being British, and murmurs of admiration were heard from all sides. Once more that regal and marvellously hand- some goat belonging to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers took first prize for smartness. I am told he is as proud of the regiment as the soldiers themselves in fact he pretty well owns the whole Brl- gade in his own estimation.'
Photographers-press and other wise-were having a 'regular field day, and so were the ice cream vendors. The small visitors es- pecially, considered ice cream the perfect. finish to a lovely evening.
Among the grown-ups. I noticed were Mrs North looking charming
in white organdie with a large shady hat. Mrs. Sedgwick who, we were sorry to hear has been on the sick st wore a very smart dark gured dress, and so did Mrs. Bishop. Mrs. Bayer was in white. and the Kotewall girls looked as attractive as ever in gay printed
round the shoulders. Frau Gip- perich were black and white, and so did Mrs. Dedwell. Pamela. Dodwell wore white with a lovely midnight blue sequin belt, should-
ez straps, and sandals to match. Anne wore a slim dress of palest sea green, and her sister diaphan ous pink with pale applice flowers. on the skirt.
After a brief spell of home it was time to start out once more. for the Reception at Government House. The clerk of the weather favoured us, and apart from one shower it was a perfect evening complete with a real Dulac moon Mrs. James Whitham wore a shining overhead. **
lovely black dress, and Mrs. "His "Excellency and Lady Calde-Clough-Taylor slim white satin cott received their guests in the with a scarf affair of deep purple. ball room as usual, but this time Miss Peggy Murrow was looking the official party did not att on her very best in pale mauve or- the platform, but were able to gandie, off the shoulders, and with. wander straight out into the a large cluster of flowers at the grounds. Fairy lighs" illuminated neck. I wonder why more fair the whole garden, and from the people do not realise how extreme- balcony it was very lovely lookingly flattering pale mauve can be. at the gay scene below. A giant So many people, and it is so dif- palm of translucent green stood ficult to mention all the "lovelies" next to what looked like a Xmas-space does not permit. St. Johni tree, straight out of a fairy tale.) Ambulance nurses looked smart' in So tall it was, with little glittering | their white dresses and uniform. lights going right up into the aky. evening capes of black. Lota of One could hardly believe it was soigne Chinese ladies moved about June the 23rd-the King's Birth-the garden, amongst them I no- day, and a hot evening in Hong ticed Mra. Eu Tong Ben in palest Kong. It seemed more like some pink which set off her magnificent dream of the Arabian Nights. diamonds to perfection.
LOCAL AND GENERAL
Rainfall for the 24 hours ended 10a.m. yesterday was 23 points, making the total for the year 24.01 Inches, compared with 37.07 inches for the corresponding period of last
[3935 of the two? Alliances or Isola-spread by both Nanking and the BEST DECATHLON year
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tion?
We must demand Isolation.com- plete freedom from European com- mitments.
Japanese. Nanking, he stated, de- sired to discredit Kwangsi with a view to eventually" faunching an expedition against the Province,
No other policy can give us the while Japan desired China to re- assurance of peace.
main in a state of 'disunity and chaos.
Isolation was Britain's choice trom. 1822, when Canning took London Once: 53. Fleet. Street office, to 1904, when the Entente
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HONG KONG, JUNE 29, 1836.
THE CHOICE
Mr. Neville Chamberlain killed sanctions.
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Sanctions, he announced in his speech recently, have been tried, have falled, and must now be withdrawn.
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There can be no doubt that Mr: Chamberlain speaks for the whole, Cabinet. The League's meeting within the next few weeks will see the formal renunciation of this
semblance of a foreign policy which Britain has pursued since the Italians, invaded 'Abyssinia.
Azd without Britain's support
sanctions cannot go on
So an era closes. Mr. Chamber- lain has spoken his mind, and the minds of his colleagues, in forth.
Cordiale was launched. That was period of many and-bloody wars In Europe. Russia, Turkey, Aus- tria, Italy, Prussia, Denmark, France--all were involved in wars. Isolation kept Britain free of every one. Throughout that time her forces were employed in no Euro- pean conflict save the Crimean, and that war was the result not of a European commitment but of a blunder in statesmanship.
-To-day we have to take account of factors which make Isolation even more essential to us than it was in the last century. We have now to consider the attitude of our self-governing Dominians. set their faces reso- They have lutely, against entanglement with Europe. They would not join with the Mother Country in the Pact of Locarno. And Locarno was a re- gional pact approved by the League, of the type which Mr,
Chamberlain described In hig speech.
We can revive the polley of loining in European pacts and alliances only at the cost of alien- ating the Dominions.
Marshal
NO DISCORD Marshal La categorically denied that any discord existed between" Kwangtung and Kwangsi and re- marked that his continued pre- sence in Canton and continued oordial relations with Chen Chi-tang should dispel all rumours in this connection.,
- Kwangtung and Kwangs were standing together and Marshal Li said that there was no truth in the reports that Feng Jui, Direc- tor of the Kwangtung Agricultural Bureau, was entrusted, with the mission of conducting peace nego- tiations with the Central Govern- ment.
Marshal L was indignant over. the rumour emanating from Nan- king that Japan had lent Kwanga! 5,000,000 Yuan, secured on Kwang- s's magnesium mines, and giving Japan special privileges to make Investments in Kwangsi, declaring that it was without foundation. He said that to begin with. Kwangs! does not possess any
magnesium mines.- Beuler.
COLORADO ATHLETE BREAKS RECORD
Vancouver, June 28.
A world record for a decathlon contest was established during the Olympic trials at Millwarkes, Wis- consin, to-day by Glen Morris of Denver, Colorado.
Morris scores 7880 points which beats the record of 78245 es- tabished in 1934 by Bleverts, a German.-
Reuter.
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Two cases of Enteric Fever and six cases of Measles were reported to the Health Authorities for the 24 hours ended on Friday.
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The China Office of Milton Uni-
A concert in aid of the building fund of the new St. Mary's Church, was held on Saturday night at the China Fleet Club.
PERSONAL
Haven.
Notice has been given of the following approaching marriages:— the Naval Dockyard Police, and Albert George Long, sergeant of
Alda Maria Souza, of street, Hong Kong.
David William Yee, of Babington The programme WAS rendered Path, Hong Kong and Lucille partly in English and partly in Chi-Rita Kwan, of Pei Eo Street, Kow-
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Miss Nora Flint (violin) - Mr. 1 Chor Chi (songs) and Mr. Gerald Sydney (piano) contributed to the European part of the programme.
His Excellency the Governor, versity, Baltimore (USA), is or- Biz Andrew Caldecott will inspect ganising" a three-month travel- the Hong Kong Police Force in Central study group, based upon the gener- the compound of the al plan of the "Floating Univer- Police Station at 5.30 p.m. to-day. sity" which has received much sup- port in academic circles in Europe and America. The proposed itiner-
(A decathlon is a series of 10 ary is from Hong Kong to Pelping different athletic contests under- by the sea route and back by the taken by one man and is regarded "Pelping-Hankow-Canton Rallway. 18.a real test, of an versatility.)
athlete'
GOING NORTH
South-West To Submit Five Proposals
Canton, June 28.
Points of interest to be visited: in-
The R.E. Old Comrades' Asso- clation will hold a whist drive and tombola at Wellington Barracks to-night at 8.30 p.m.
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Commander J. B. Newili has besa appointed acting Harbour Master and. Director of Air Services dur- ing the absence of Commander G. F. Hole on leave.
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Under instructions from Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. W. R. E. Stephenson has been appointed an assistant auditor as from May 14.
During the absence on leave of Mr. R. R. Todd, the chairman of
B Burgess
clude Taishan, Chufu, Chientang There will be a tombola at the Urban Council will be Mr. G. and the Great Wall. Particulars P. to-night at the REWO'S may be had from the Office at 11A and Sergeants' Mess. Jordan Road Kowloon,
The Health Bulletin of Eastern Forts for week ending June 20 is as follows:--Plague: Bombay 1 case, Rangoon 1; Choléra: Basseln It is reliably reported that seven 11 cases, "Calcutta 108, Bangkok.8; Kwangtung and Kwangsi C.EC. Small-Fox: Bombay 33 caces, Cal- members, including Huang Lin-shu, catta 40, Chittagong 4. Pnom-Penk Teng Ching-Yang, Tsui Kwang-1, Shanghai 4. shiu, Li Yi-um, Lu Yiu-kong, Ou Fong-pu and Chang Yin-ming will attend the second plenary session and are expected to fly to Nan king on July 8..
The South-west will submit to the session five proposals.
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The diaphone fog signal at Wag- lan will be temporarily out of action
from June 30.
Dr. T. W. Ware will act as port The Accountants Ball at the health officer and inspector of Hong Kong Hotel, in aid of the immigrants during the absence on
leave of Dr. J. P. Fehily. Society for. Children, takes place to-morrow at 8.30 p.m.-
the
Protection
of
The King's Exequatur empower- ing Mr. Howard Donovan to act as A rehearsal of "King Olaf," by Consul of the United States of the Hong Kong Singers, will be Amerien in Hong Kong has recely- held in the Cathedral Hall at 9ed the King's signature p.m. to-morrow.
There will be a whist drive at the Cheero Club at 8.30 pm. to-
morrow.
Among the passengers due to arrive by the President Coolidge on Thursday are Master Donald Ballantyne, son of the Assistant | Manager of the Chase Bank, Hong Knocked down by a lorry in Aus- tin Road, Chan Min, a rickshaw į
Kong, and Mr. Herbert Rea, an 1 The Canadian Chinese
Club oficial of the Standard-Vacuum coolte, was admitted to the Kow- have sponsored a dinner dance at on Co. Saigon, accompanied by con- loon Hospital on Friday
the Peninsula Hotel Rose Room on Mrs. Rea and their two sons. Wednesday to celebrate Dom nion The dance will begin at 8
NORTH COMING SOUTH
Canton, June 21. There would be a further penal-. Commenting on Chiang Kai- destroy for all shek's statement regarding his We should
It is authoritatively stated that time the prospect of à closer un- policy towards the South-west, right terms deserving our grat-derstanding with the United States
the delegates will first proceed to Fu-chen declared tc-day Shanghai and may not Hsino tude and praise. But Mr. Cham-
of America, the prospect of an
that although Chiang Kai-shek tinue to Nanking if the five pro- berlain's speech has killed a policy: association which would confer expressed a desire for peace the posals are not included in the It has not given us a new one Immense benefits on the two great Central Government forces con-
Instead of defining our path for
agenda of the conference. English-speaking Empires ..For tinued pushing southwards, the future, Mr. Chamberlain offers
the United States is isolationist, us the choles between two paths. and, will enter upon on partner-
He said it was entirely untrue that the Kwangtung and Kwangs and he does not tell us which he
ship with a country pledged to forces had advanced into Human. prefers.
intervention in European wars, The first path is that of "Insur- Why should we pay these penal- ing peace by means of regional į ties? And why should we bind arrangements which could be‘ap- ourselves to sacrifice British lives, proved by the League," but which would be guaranteed only by the States vitally affected in each région. Trut is a policy of all ances under another name,
The second path is Isolation It is now within our power, within the power of the British people, to direct the Goverment
Kwelchow, Kiảngsi and Fukien..
He said that with the exception of Kwangtung men originally stationed in southern Klangal, not a single soldier was now in Fukten, Klangst or Kwelchow,
to pour out British wealth in European disputes which are not of our making and not of our con- On the other hand, Nanking cern? Our minds are made up.¦ had shifted éven its north-western We choose Isolation, the unity of army and Szechuen and Shers the British Empire, and a partner-: anti-Communist forces" southward ship with our American kinsmen with the object of starting civil which wit set an example of peace strife.--- to the whole world.
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p.m. and finish at 1a.m. Tickets The name of Dr. Szete Eng-kee, at $3 are being sold by Mr. Lyman of St. John's Hall, Hong Kong Quon and Mr. Lee Yuk-tong or University, has been added to the the Canadian Pacific Steamship list of medical practitioners. Dr. Company.
Szeto is a bachelor of medicine and surgery of the Hong Kong University.
The 8.30 a.m. Canton Express Day. General Fet Chung-hal, accom- was delayed for 6 minutes on Satur- panied by General Hola Wel, com- day morning at the Kowloon Rafi- mander of the 15th army, flew to way Station due to the Air pump the front on the Hunan-Kwelchow falling to function. border on Friday to inspect the defences and returned to Nanning to-day after spending the night at Lluchow.
The RMS. "Empress of Japan' arrived at Shanghai on the 28th The RMS. Empress of Asia". June (Sunday) at 8 am, leaves arrived at Nagasaki on the 27th Chinese evening papers report Shanghai on the 29th June. (Mon-June (Saturday) at 6.30 p.m. Ur. To Ying-fan, of Bassoon. that Kwelchow troops under the day) at 3 am is due at Kobe on lett, Nagasaki on the 28th June Road, has been authored to ag command of Mu Obou-hsien "have the 1st July (Wednesday) at 6.00 (Sunday) at 4.00 a.m.. is due at cause of death certineatas. declared their allegiance to the a.m., leaves Kobe on the same day Shanghai on the 29th June (Mon- Bouth-west - and will join im- at 4.00 pm. and leaves Yokohama | day) at 8.00 am, and leaves mediately in the anti-Japanese for Hcno'uln, Victoria and Van-Shanghal for Hong Kong and
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couver on the 3rd July (Friday) Mana on the 30th June (Tuesday) at 3:00 p.m.
at 4.00 a.m.
Reuter
Sir Frederick and Lady Leith- Ross left for London by the Fatal- 1pindi on Baturday.
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