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No. 24302, 86##430 B÷ƑÆÆ#T\ HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1937. ƒØ [ƒÃƒ¶¤ Price
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HITLER'S ASSURANCES
ASSURANCES TO SWITZERLAND
DEFENCE AGAINST GAS
Instructive Talk At Rotary Club Tiffin
DR. DOVEY'S APPEAL TO PUBLIC
"Defence Against Gas" was the subject of an instructive loc- ture which Dr. J. E. Dovey, of the Medical Department, delivered at the tiffim of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong, held In the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel yesterday. The lecture was heightened by the exhibition of several models and practical demonstrations of the working of gas-protected chambers.
The tin was largely attended and included the following guests: Col. 1 C. Harrison, Col H H. Blake, Comm. White, Major D. II. Steers, Surg. Capt. Ferguson, Surz-Capt. Marks, Mr. John Red- man, Mr. A. R. Fullerton, Sr. G. White, Mr. J. Ralston, Mr. P. E Baskett, Mr. A. H. Potts, Mr. 11. Gifford-Hull, Dr. A. P. Guterres, Mr. H. Buster, Mr. J. Holzer, Mr. D. Drummond, Dr. P. K. Rao, Mr. V. C. Branson, Mr. R. E. O'Boclger, Prot. W. Nocht. Mr. F. C. Carter, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Thomas Waung, Mr. Burton and Mr. J. Holcker.
post of
Secretary of the Vocational Com-" mittee for the conference.
At the conclusion of the timin, the 81st Conference which is to be Mr, W. N. Thomas Tam, President held on April 13. Congratulations of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong.were extended to Mr. David Au on announced that "the Australian his appointment to the Goodwill Party would be arriving in Hong Kong on March 11, when it was planned to "welcome them
Mr. B. Montargis was welcomed at a luncheon party instead of on his retum from leave, and he ball as originally arranged.
presented the Rotary Club of Hong Rotarians were further reminded Kong with three pennants from that a delegation from Hong Kong the clubs of Le Bourboule. Le will travel to Canton next Satur-Monta-Fore and Cotre day to attend the annual dinner dance of the Rotary Club.of.Can- ton Mention was also made of an invitation from the Nanidng Club for Hong Kong members to go the Chinese capital to participate in
Rotarians were. further notified that Mr. E. M. Raymond would represent them at the convention in Nice.
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His Excellency Sir Andrew Caldecott is seen in the picture above with Mr. J. T. Bagram, Hon. Secretary of the Hong Kong Horticultural Society, inspecting vegetable exhibits at the Flower Show yesterday afternoon.
Urban Council
Several applications for licences. tive. Council to the amendments of were dealt with by the Urban the by-laws under which the head- Council at its meeting held yester- ing "C. Licensed (stallholders) day afternoon, which included the hawkers" set forth in the Schedule following:-
to the Hawkers Ordinance, 1935, were laid on the table. The Re ́gular Returns were also laid on the table.
Licences refused:-Food factory for premises on portion of Lot No. 500 Shek Kap Ml; food factory for
No. 136 Ki Lung Street, ground The list of licences granted by
floor: food factory for No. 305 Des Voeux Road West, ground floor: food shop (reult and vegetables) for No. 85 Chung. Yeung Street, ground floor; food shop (poultry) for No. 31a Graham Street, ground floor; food shop (poultry) for No. 22 Gage Street, ground floor; food shop (fruit and vegetables) for No. 801 Canton Road, ground floor; goat shed at the Green Island Co. ment Co. Ltd, Hung Hom; and pig-sty on Inland Lot No. 2213.] Causeway Bay.
the Urban Council between Febru- ary 10 and March 1 inclusive were as follows: Food factories 8. food shops, 3, food preserving esta- plishments 3, milk shops 1. swine 3. offensive trades 2, bake houses 1, laundries 2, eating houses 3.
The following members, were. present at the meeting:-Mr. RR Todd (Chairman), Hon. Mr. R. M.. Henderson (Director of Pubile. Works), Họn. Mr. R. AC, North (Secretary, Tor Chinese Affairs), Licences granted-food factory | Hon. Mr. T H. King (Inspector. for No. 93 Calne Road, ground floor General of Police); Dr. R. A de (subject to certain alterations on Castro Basto, Mr. L. C. F. Bellamy, premises); and food shop (fruit Hon. Dr. Li Shu Fan, Mr. A, el and vegetables) for No. 59 Dea ̈Arcull, Dr. S.-N. Chau, Mr. W. N. Voeux Road Central, ground floor. T. Tam, Mr. B. Wong Tape, Mr. C. A letter from Government sigut J. Roe (Becretary), and Mr. Im fying the approval of the Legisla Ping-treung (Assistant Secretary).
MR. WICKHAM STEED DEALS ANNUAL RACE MEETING
WITH WORLD AFFAIRS
DANGER OF WAR PRESENT
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Mr. H. Wickham Steed, a new speaker to the series, gave his first broadcast "World Amles" relayed from Daventry through ZBW last night. The announcer remarked that Mr. Wickham Stoed was new to the series but not paw to the microphone and probably had a greater knowledge of European affairs than any Uving English journalist.
Mr. Wickham Steed said that last week there happened something sma but which was very significant. Hitler told a representative of Switzerland that at all times whatever happened Germany would respect the neutrality of Switzerland." Why should Hitler have said this and why should he have given such amarance? There was a story behind it all. On January 30 last when Hitler made a great speech on the 4th anniversary of his Chancellorship of Germany he mention- ed the German nation's undertaklig to respect the neutrality of Belgium and Holland but he mentioned nothing about Switzerland.
During the past two or three years, said the speaker, Switzer- land had been very nervous about her territory and had spent a lot of money on defence. If Germany and France should come to blows again, Germany would invade France through western Switzer- land.
Swiss, French and German military writers had discussed this prospect.
Mr. Wickham Steed referred to the political conjectures contained in a White Paper by Mr. Ramsay MacDonald two years ago when it was stated that the protection of the smaller countries was the cardinal polley of Great Britain.
Germany was very anxious to make sure of Britain's neutrality In the event of another European war, said Mr. Wickhaza Steed. And that was where the importance of Hitler's assurances to Switzerland
COMBINED
MANOEUVRES
Hong Kong Prepares For War
The annual Combined Opera- tions Exercise will be carried out this year, on a large scale than has even been attempted before as it is desired to test the arrange- ments for feeding the regular troops in the garrison when de- played in the mountainous country In the New Territories, which in many respects"resemble the North West Frontler of India.
An official communique, Issued by Command Headquarters to the Prese yesterday, is to the effect that "the opportunity will be taken to exercise the personnel who man the anti-aircraft defence
and the forts at the eastern and
western entrances, to practice the vessels of the China Fleet in the techaique of landing troops on a "postile shore," and also to exer-
cise defending units in detecting
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and dealing with such landings.
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came in.
Bitzerland had tried for years to keep war cut of her country and they were neutral in the Great War.
On February 13, 1919, when Switzerland was asked to join the League of Nations her reply was that she could not come in on the. same footing as other members of the 'League because she had al- ways been neutral Following & subsequent resolution Switzerland joined the League where she held a special position.
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Mr. Wickham Steed then dealt with Czechoslovakia, which he sald, was an old alate that hat been re-born (after three centuries of suppression) after the Great War. The question to-day was whether Germany would also res- pect Czechoslovakia's republic. What answer Germany had given,
if any, was not known Ger-
many's reply might yet ald the solution to peace in central and south-eastern Europe.
In the United States of America, he said, the European outlook was thought to be very dark. At the Peace Conference held recently in Buenos Aires, President Roosevelt begged the peoples of the two Americas
to beat
Growing Popularity Of The Sport Of Kings
REVIEW OF PERFORMANCES
(BY "LAST QUARTER">
The 1937 Annual Race Meeting was successfully brought to s close last Saturday when punters had an excellent day collecting dividends on favourites which scored in seven out of the nine events. Tho outstanding feature was the vast attendance throughout the five days of racing, with the resultant increased turn-over in the Pari-Mutuel and Cash Sweeps,
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The Stewards and Officials are to be congratulated on the excellent organization and orderliness that prevailed, and which in no small measure contributed to the success of the meeting. To the official starter as well as the Judge and his able assistant thanks are also due" for the very efficient manner in which they carried out their difficult tasks. Disappointment must be express 10 wins, 9 seconds and 11 thirds. ed however at several of the small M. F. Marshall; a visitor from the felds which faced the starter. North was close behind with" 9. particularly in the races comaned wins, 1 second and 3 thirds. Some to the old China Ponies, in which excellent jockeyship was witnessed the top-notchers in the "A" Class during the course of the meeting had everything their own way, and all the jockeys contributed" similarly, in two of the griffin materially towards the many close themselves to races, the American Club Cup and finishes that face the
took place, but catastrophe that was the Lusitano Cup. there was a de-special reference must be made to pending.
cided lack of interest due to there Mr. D. 8. L's impressive exhibi- Mr. Wickham Steed concluded by being only three and two starteration of hard riding when he saying that he did not feel yet in
respectively.
brought home Dawn Star in the his bones that war was bound" to come. Yet there was a difference
Chater Cup and won the Northern. Stakes on Tiny Star: Mr. Pote between 1913-1914 and now. He
Hant's victory on Expansion Time did believe that at the given mo-
the Malden Stakes was also a ment and in given circumstances
meritorious one. the nation which desired arma ments for peace would be a sul- ficient deterrent to other nations. This was not to any that there was no danger because, he added, there was danger.
“PEACE AND PLENTY" | ENGLISH ASSOCN.
See Leading Article on page 8,
in which is dismissed the various
suggestions contained in the Na- tional Memorial on Peace and
MEETING
Economic Co-operation submitted Talk On "Heroines Of
to the Prime Minister of Britain and published in this newspaper yesterday on page 8.
Health Returns
George Meredith”
An interesting discussion by several speakers followed the talk given by the Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith on "The Heroines of George Meredith" in the Helena May In- Two cases of diphtheria, one or stitute yesterday evening on the chicken-pax, four of cerebro-spinal occasion of the meeting of the fever and three of dysentery were Hong Kong Branch of the English reported to the Health Authorities Association, His Excellency Sir An- for the 24 hours ended on Monday. I drew Caldecott presiding.
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A VICTORIAN
In the course of his address, Hon Mr. Smith said:-
George Meredith was born nine years before Queen Victoria came to the throne and died at a ripe old age 8 years after she did. He
JOCKEY HONOURS
Mr. Leo Frost once again proved bis prowess on the local track when he finished in the premiere position amongst the jockeys...with
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The Race Course at its best, A pretty picture showing the brass band and bagpipes of the Seaforth Highlanders and the very pretty flower arrangements.
R.M.A. DORADO DELAYED
Sir
British Ambassador To
Visit Canton
Copies of photographs of was thus, chronologically at least, Thick Fog Envelops china, will-visit Canton on March
be
Local happenings published in the "Daly Press" can purchased for 45 cents per single copy, or $1 for three copies of the same picture, at the City Office of the "Hong Kong Daily Press," Marina House, 15-19, Queen's Road Central,
Miss McKay, Mr. McAvoy and Mr. W. Keith Robinson at the Exces
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a Victorian in the fullest sense of. the word.
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THE DOLLAR
T.T. ON LONDON: 18. 2-27/32d. T.T. ON NEW YORK: 30-3/16.
London Silver Market
(From Our Own Correspondent)
London, March 2 London silver prices to-day were up 1/16 as follow
Spot. Forward
March 1
.20-3/16
NEWS INDEX
March 2 20-1/4
20-1/16
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Shanghai, Mar. 2. Hughe M. Knatchbull- Hugessen, British Ambassador to
1. He will make official calls on high military and civil officials here. Considerable inconvenience is The British Ambassador will pro- being caused to shipping by, the ceed up
river from Hong Kong dense fog which is enveloping the aboard H.MS. Tarantula and will coast at the present, but enquiries stay in Canton for three days. at the Royal Observatory last Faion News. evening elicited the information to the affect that the fog is "season- able" and for that reason it was not unexpected...
The RMA Dorado which was on her way here from Penang got as far Gap Rock, about 10.45, a.m.
yesterday when she was forced to put back to Kwongchowwan where she is expected to leave this morning, provided weather condi- tions improve.j
Japan-Netherlands
Pact Suggestion
Amsterdam, Mar. 2.
the Dutch East Indies and land and trade concessions can only be made individually and not collec tively with any foreign Govern
It is officially stated that the Netherlands Government will not fail in line with the Japanese sug- gestion for a non-aggression pactment. between Japan and the Nether- It is stated that certain cotton lands,
and wool concessions have been The Dutch Government will granted to Japanese interests. maintain the open door policy in | Ruter's Bulletin "ServiER.