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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1936.摔拜體 日拾月式拾年世佰仟登英 Price
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EPICURE TASTES HONG KONG
Criticism From Inside
In the belief that one's best friends are invariably the harsh- est critics, we publish the following article written by a young business-man whose residence in Hong Kong has been charac terised by considerable success. For obvious reasons we do not disclose the author's name. Suffice it to state that he occupies an executive position in one of the leading commercial organi- sations in the Colony.
this
His comments are interesting and pertinent in view of the criticisms which have been spoken by Sir Leith-Ross and those. which have been written by Mr. William Teeling in his provoca- tive volume," "Gods Of To-morrow."-THE EDITOR.
Much has been written, parti As your palatial liner docks at cularly during recent months, of Rowloon, you will probably pro- the beauty and the amenities of ceed forthwith to sing the praises part of Britain's far-flung of the view of "The Island of Empire. (My opinion, and I ven- Sweet Streams" and at once set ture to state that it is also the cut to explore it. opinion of others is that this portion was not fung far enough), { I must confess however, at the outset that even I, myself. guilty of having contributed my small way to this deplorable misrepresentation. Indeed, I burn- ed a considerable quantity midnight of and used much ice in the preparation; of cold compres-, ses for my revered brow in the production of my modest contriby. tion.
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CONSTITUTIONAL The Yankee At:
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Increasing Anxiety
COMMONS
STATEMENT
TOMORROW
London, Dec. 9.
In the House of Commons to- day. Mr. C. R Attlee asked the Prime Minister whether he was now in a position to add anything to this statement made on Monday.
Mr. Stanley Baldwin: I regret I am not in a position to add any thing to-day but I hope to make a statement to-morrow,
Mr. Attlee: Can you give us good hope of a statement to-morrow as the anxiety is continuing and in creasing?
Mr. Baldwin: I can assure Mr. Attice and the House that nëne realises that more than I.
Right! The first step is to em- Park, upon the farry. The journey across the harbour occupies be-
Mr. Bellenger (Labour) drew at- tween 8 to 15 minutes, according tention to the great anancial in-. to the number of 'thy, dilapidal-convenience being caused by the ed Junks that for some obscure delay in coming to a décision and reason have to be avoided, and requested the Prime Minister to the ferry, having reached the pler kindly make a decision (eries of at Victoria. takes about as long "Ohl"). again to manoeuvre into a suitable position for the lowering of the not escaped me,” replied Mr. Bald- crude draworldge, because
the win. ferries have only been making about a dozen trips per day for the last two decades and have not
"I can assure him that it has
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Now, however, stung by remorse blatant lyings for what they are up alongside at the first attempt I intend to soothe my troubled
Leaving the landing stage at conscience by telling the truth last you proged tanland" besalged about Hong Kong the truth and how of geny urchins de nothing but the truth, but NOT
manding "cumshaw" or turning. the whole truth, because, unfor-cart-wheels and somersaults for tunately, there are laws of libel and slander in force; these must necessarily cramp my style a tle but anyway-here goes!-
DEAR
VISITORS, TOURISTS. NEWCOMERS, ETC.
Hong Kong is a little island off the coast of China. It IS inha- bited. It has a very fine harbour which,
being naturally formed, spares me the distasteful duty of banding anyone bouquet for that
your special benest
desire to shine your shoes: you. Others are: Bitten by a, fervent
however, are blissfully ignorant of the translation of the language that is shouted after you when you decline their attention..
All manner of deformities and sores are exhibited for your in- spection along the pathway, whilst newspaper vendors thrust their wares upon you forebly.
You will be jostled by unwash- ed coolies and you must walk
It produces nothing of note un-warlly to dodge the violent, tre- less it be swollen heads, "thick quent and indiscriminate expet heads and bone-heads, and these.
forations of passing pedestrians however, are seldom exported (unfortunately).
MR. T. V. SOONG'S MISSION ENDED
Fi
or loafers.
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of the Canton Government, when landing at the Tin Ho Aerodrome, and shook hands with all.
CONSIDERING
London, Dec. 9. The "Times" in n. leader declares that the king has proposed a cer tain course of action and has been Constitutional form advised. £n that it is impracticable. Theref is no reason the doubt that he has accepted the advice. In extreme cases where
a Sovereign doubts the authority public opinion be- hind his Ministers and Parlia- ment's Constitution provides him with a means to appeal but this iu clearly not such a case and there is no uidication that his Majesty supposes it to be so. The plan for a morganatic marriage is there- fore, abandoned King has been considering is whe- ther he shall take any other ac-
and what
the
tion, To take none is to acquiesce in fallure in what is known tò be his heart's destre but no positive action has been suggested except one wherefrom the whole Empire shrinks. To urge the second al- ternative by direct or indirect persuasion is a course no Con- stitutional Cabinet could have any excuse for taking and it has not been done. All a Minister can do
It is understood that Mr. T. V. Mr. T. V. Soong. Chairman of the Boong and party left Canton for National Economic Commission, Hong Kong on Tuesday night by returned at Canton from Kwellin night boat, and arrived here yes- is to answer such questions as the by aeroplane at 11.20 a.m. on Tues-erday morning.
King may put in order that he day last, after discussing with It is said that Mr. Boong will
may have fullest possible under- Generals 1 Tsung-Jen and Pel leave here for Shanghal by the standing of the nature of conse Chung-hsi and Civil Governor RM.S. Empress of tapan on, Fri- Wong Kuk-cho, important matters day, when he will make a full re- connected with the economic and port of his mission to Dr. Kung currency questions of Kwangsi Chang-hai, Nanking Finance Minis- Province.
ter and Mr. Wu Ting-chang. Chief of the Department of Industries.---. Transocean News Service.
Mr. Soong was greeted by the leading civil and military officials
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quences of any action he may choose to take... Reuter
USUAL WEEKLY MEETING
London, Dec. 9. The usual weekly meeting of the Cabinet was held at 10, Downing Street this morning under the pre- sidericy of the Prime Minister, Mr. Baldwin, who yesterday spent ave
hours with the King at Fort Bel- vedere. It is assumed the situa tion created by the King's``mar- riage project was further discussed by the Ministers.
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King Edward's Court
Condensed From "The New York Woman"
BY
GRETTA PALMER
is the friend of a King. Photo- Mrs. Ernest Simpson of Baltimore
You go to a tailor to measure your suits, To a maker of footwear to fit you with boots Then come to N. Lazarus who'll measure your 'face
And make certain your glasses are in the right place
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The former Miss Wallis' War- feld's ancestry goes further back in Britain's history than the King's own House of Hanover and Wind- sor. The Warfield family is de scended from that noble knight, Pagan de Warfeld, who came to England with William the Con- queror in 1066 and distinguishedą. himself at the Battle of Hastings For his services he received 2 knight's fee of an English manor, henceforth known as Warfeld's Walk, one of the 16 walke” into which Windsor Forest was divided. Richard Warteld, direct descen dant of Pagan. came to Maryland in 1662 Furthermore. Mrs. Simp son's mother was a Montague of the Virginia Montagues, who ro back almost as far.
-Frederick Lowis in "Liberty.”
Braphs from the yacht Nahiin, in Majesty, Edward VIII, rowing the Mediterranean waters, show His.
American girl in a skim, or rollick- ing through the parts with her on his arm. Meanwhile, Mr.. Simpson "The young Walls, as she is call- that are giving London its best girl of spirit. When she was 22, endures as best he may the rumours jed, is remembered in Baltimore as
gossip fest since the last King Ed-she made a suitable match with ward - was paying court to Lily Winfield Spencer, Jr. of the NavY, Langtry.
now a Commander. Their wed- ding was a fashionable one in Christ Church.
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MR. E. A. SIMPSON
After their marriage, the Spencers · were moved to Pasadena, Cal., by Government orders. A few years later Mrs. Spencer returned. Bast and obtained a divorce from the young Lieutenant. Grounds: in
mpatibility. Two years later. Le young divorcée married Ernest simpson, a Canadian ship's broker. He soon moved to London, and Introduced his wife to society there. Her popularity was imme- alate and immense. She had a sub, quick tonque, an ability to absort opinions from books and people and make them her own, a tireless yitality-and vast allure for every hy man who came her way.
This was the woman who broke in London less than ten years ago. and took its mare. Bohemian' so- Ernest Aldrich Simpson was born at eireles by storm. Wallis was of a British father and a U.S. mo-
daring, Wallis pulled the hair of ther in 1897 in Manhattan. From
the stuflest statesmen and made Harvard' ('18) he went to Britain's them love it. Before long she was Coldstream Guards and into his a member of the social group of father's London firm of ship char-which the Prince of Wales was terers. Simpson, Spence and the much adored center. Young. He married in 1923 und in
1925 was divorced from a Man-hip between Mra Simpson aud "For three years now the friend-
hattan Social Registrite now in re- duced circumstances, by whom he has a 12-year-old daughter Audrey. In 1926 he married the present
Mrs. Simpson.
the Prince, now King. has been srowing. Discretion has never marked their friendship. As early as August of 1934, the then Prince of Wales was so entranced with dancing the rhumba with Mrs. Simpson in a Biarritz cafe that he sent back the plane which had come from Marseilles to take him to Paris,
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Mrs. Ernest Simpson, born Res- sie Wallis Warfeld, is 38 years old, spirited. versatile, dark, sleek and well dressed the is said to re- semble Miriam Hopkins, in a bru nette edition. It is agreed that she treats the King with flip- pant irreverence. calling him "Daver" instead of the more usual MANILA GOLD SHARES
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LONDON SILVER
MARKET
(From Our Own Correspondent)
London, Dec. 9. London silver prices to-day were 3/16 down as follow:
Dec.: 8. Dec. 9: 21-1/4
The President of the Philippines Commonwealth, Senor Manuel There no indication whether Quezon, arrived in Hong Kong by. the Prime Minister will be in the s."Empress of Japan" rester- position to make a further state-
day on a pleartire trip, accom- ment on the alination in the House panied by the Secretary of Justice, pf Commons to-day. Some re- the Hon. Mr. Yulo, and his wife férence to the subject may be Mrs. J. Yulo, and other members of made but a full statement is not the Philippine Administration expected,
Office. Consultations yesterday at Fort Local pressmen were waiting on Belvedere continued far into the the Kowloon Whart when the Spot ........ night. The Prime Minister. who vessel arrived shortly after 6.30 | Forward ... 21-1/4 had not seen the King since am, but it was not until 9 o'clock Saturday arrived for a further that they were permitted to board audience with His Majesty at the vessel to seek the President about five o'clock and remained for dinner. He returned to Lon don about eleven o'clock and was In consultation with the Home Serretary for; some time. The King's brothers, the Dukes of York and Kent who were also at Fort Belvedere did not leave until about
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