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HONG KONG. MAY. 4, 1837.
THE NAVY'S WINGS
"The Ark Royal, latest addition to the Navy's strength of aircraft- carriers, was launched at Birken-
head & fortnight ago when the special photograph on our front page was taken and sent to us by air mail. She is a ship of 22,000 tons, and has been nearly two years building,
Undoubtedly
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The "Hautes Etudes." college of commerce and Industry con- ducted by the Jesult Fathers at Tientsin is to open two new Depart- ments beginning this autumn. A Department of Architectural Engineering is to be added to that of Civil Engineering. This will emphasize not the creative aspect of Architecture but the more practical side concerned with building materials and structural "de- sign, which appears to be the element of first importance in China of the present day.
The laboratories for both Civil and Architectural Engineering will be considerably enlarged, especially the section concerned with the testing of materials. There will also be a new laboratory for Heat Engines, and the laboratory for Electrical Engineering is being transferred to a new building and further improved.
The second new Department will be that of "Imports and Ex- ports," which is being added to the "Finance Department" of the Faculty of Commerce. The new Department will devote special attention to the commodities imported into North China or exported from it through the port of Tientsin. A special laboratory for the testing of these commodities is to be created by the Rev. L. Watine, S. J. as soon as he returns from London where he has been engaged in special study with this object in view.
New Embassy In Nanking
The preliminary plans of the new British Embassy in Nanking are now under consideration in London, and work on the Embassy is expected to begin in the autumn of the year. The Embassy will. take four and a half years to build, and the total cost will be in the neighbourhood of £200,000. However, some members of the House of Commons have had some pungent comments to make on the score of "extravagance," and the plans have been subjected to re- consideration in the cause of reasonable economy.
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Silver Clause And Stack Holders
aircraft-carriers, of which Britain has already five, represent an important aspect of naval power. They are mobile bases for a force of airplanes ·
In this section last Tuesday we commented on the proposal of whose task in oceanic warfare the Shanghai Power Company to make certain far-reaching amend- would be to carry out long-rangements to the "silver clause" in debenture stock. The "North China offensive Daily News" publishes a letter on this subject, in which the cor- reconnaissance and
respondent quotes from a leading article in that journal, and then operations against enely makes his observations thereon as follows:- fleet, establishing its position,
enabling our own battleships to overtake and engage then..
an
HONG KONG CRICKET DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP crippling its battleships, and thus
CLUB.
COMPANY, LIMITED.
TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
FINAL OPEN DOUBLES
TO-DAY
H.D. & S.A. RUMJAHN
vs.
E.C. FINCHER & W.C, HUNG|
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il
Entrance to Stand $1.—(incl. tax). Limited number of scats
on opposite side of courts at 50
cts. (incl. tax). -
Prize giving at conclusion of match.
„NOTICE,
NOTICE is hereby given that Joseph Jacob Edgar of the Hong
At the same time, the aircraft- carrier, though an essential ele- ment in a modern fleet, has cer-
have
"If further confirmation were needed of the complete ineffentire, of the protection offered by these clauses, however carefully word. ed, this action would be cunclusive... The Company could taken no detion at all, wat tight, and relying on the decisions of the courts in London and Washington, arbitrarily settled its obligations. on the new betais without further ado,"
There seems no ground on which your general statements as to the ineffectiveness of metal clauses can be based. In short, under the present state of laws, American courts would undoubtedly up-
The Ordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders in the above Company will be held at the Company's Offices, P. & 0. tain disadvantages. It is parti-hold silver clauses, and English courts applying English Law will con
Building on Wednesday, the 19th May, 1937 at Noon for the pur- pose of receiving the Report of the General Managers together with a Statement of Accounts to the 31st December, 1936. "
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from Saturday, the 15th May to Wed nesday, the 19th May, 1937 both days inclusive.
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK' & Co., General Managers. Hong Kong, 3rd May, 1937.
OFFICE LTD.
NOTICE TO
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cularly vulnerable, and would first certainly be one of the targets sought out by hostile bombers. At an early stage of some naval battle of the future the flight decks of aircraft- carriers inight be so damaged that airplanes could neither take off from them nor land on them.
Fortunately, the aircraft-carrier is not the only instrument by which air power can be adapted
and cruisers may also carry air- planes which they launch by Were the aircraft- catapult. curriers put out of action in battle, the feet would be com
frm the validity of gold or silver clauses. The latest decision of the House of Lords dealing with the Bonds issued in 1917 by the British
Government in the United States does not affect the validity of metal or metal value clauses under English Law because the House of to ap- ply American Law, the effect of which on gold clauses is plan, The King's Regulations (No. 1 of 1936), "The Payment in Silver Value Exemption Regulations" considered valid, "are limited in their effects to subjects or matters under British jurisdiction in China and can have no legal bearing on the Kability of an American Company.
"These remarks are not meant to criticize the action taken by the Shanghal Power Company but to attempt to give in short a fairer view of the actual legal position.”
Extrality"
to naval needs. Capital ships: Understandable ambition on the part ofan important section of the people of China is forcing the agitation in favour of the abolition of "extraliby" in to the leader Columns of the Chinese Press. Ac- cording to international Jurisprudence consular jurisdiction is con-" ferred by the territorial sovereign on the citizens of another state domiciled in the midst of the former country. Such being the case, It is certainly within the competence of the territorial sovereign to withdraw such privileges. The system of consular jurisdiction has existed in China for nearly 100 years. More than 30 years have passed since the Powers agreed to abolish it. The reason why it is still enjoyed by the Powers in China to-day is because they are divided as to the steps to be taken by China for securing its abolition. One fact is quite clear, however." There must be a definibe quarantee of legal stability before "retraliley" can be regarded as
ried on its battleships and cruisers for air reconnaissance, gun- spotting and attack.
Kong Hotel, Pedder Street, Hong THE CANTON INSURANCE pelled to rely upon aircraft car Kong is applying to the Governor for naturalization and that any person who knows any reason why naturalization should not be granted should send a written and signed statement of the facts to the Colonial Secretary.
WILKINSON & GRIST,
Solicitors for the Applicant.
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The question now arises with SHAREHOLDERS.
some force: Are we depending too much on aircraft-carriers for The Fifty Sixth Ordinary
our air strength on the high seas? tieneral Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Offices of the Are we starving battleships and undersigned on Tuesday, the cruisers of the airplanes. which 18th May, 1937, at Noon, for they could curry? the purpose
of receiving the Report of the General Agents, together with a statement of Accounts for the year ended the 31st December, 1936.
NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given that Joseph Jacob Edgar of the Hong The Share Register and Trans Kong Hotel, Pedder Street, Hong for Books will be closed from the Kong is applying to the Governor 4th to the 18th May, 1937, both for naturalization and that any days inclusive. person who knows any reason
why naturalization should not be granted should send a written. and signed statement of the facts to the Colonial Secretary,
WILKINSON & GRIST,
Solicitors for the Applicant. 5230
THE HONG KONG
| JOCKEY CLUB
Draft Programmes and Entry Forms for the Filth Extra Race Meeting to be held on Saturday, 15th and Monday, 17th May, 1937 (weather permitting) may be ob rained at the Secretary's Office, Exchange Building: the Club House, Happy Valley; the Hang Kong Club; the Sports Club; and the Stables, Shan Kwong Road."
Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON on Thursday, 6th May, 1937.
By. Order,
C. B. BROWN,
Secretary.
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD. General Agents. Hong Kong, 27th April, 1937.
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Attempted Theft
From Constable
There is reason to believe that Of our we are, in fact, doing so. fifteen capital ships, only three carry aircraft.
Yet it is probable that every
within the realm of practical potiles.
Whilst the initiative for the abolition of extraterritoriality. should come from China, we feel that such abolition must be effected in a gradual manner. In this connexion we are of the opinion that the various suggestions advanced by Chinese and foreigners both "during and after the Extraterritoriality Conference of 1928 still merit consideration by our authorities to-day.
Speaking more concretely, we suggest that the National Govern- ment årst notify the Powers of its determination to abolish consular jurisdiction. This should be followed by negotiations between the Walchiad Pu and the interested Powers, at which the question of a... transitional pertad should be discussed.
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American and Japanese capital Poor Relief ship carries at least one airplane. and that most of them carry
three or four..
In the case of our cruisers, the position, although better, still compares badly with that of the cruisers in the American and Japanese navies.
The position, therefore, in re- gard to aircraft borne in the fighting ships; as distinct from the special carriers, calls for investigation. The deficiency may
Concrete steps are being taken with regard to poor relief. The Szechuen Provincial Government has received instructions from the Generalissimo's Chungking headquarters to take immediate steps in this connection by establishing large relief camps, both in Chungking and in Chengtu: Running expenses for these camps are to be met by local revenue receipts, a plan which we commended in our Lead-
ing article yesterday.
At the same time, the Chungking municipal council has been Instructed to draw up plans for the assistance of the beggars, who are a disgrace. Many of these beggars can be seen in the streets, dying in alarming numbers of hunger and disease. The Mayor and the Chief of Police are understood to be trying to raise a loan of $150,000, which will be used to employ people in work involving the removal of graves,
be due to lack of aircraft, or of Philanthropists Educational Scheme
police constable found himself be- disquieting.
E. Himsworth
"
or
A Chinese who unwittingly chose catapults, to shortage of to extract à cigarette case from a personnel. In any case, it is
t the fore Mr.
This disquiet will certainly not Kowloon Magistracy on Saturday morning charged with attempted be lessened by the suspicion that larceny from the person.
the deficiency is, to a large Defendant was LA Chun-chuen, degree, an outcome of the dual 17, unemployed.
control of the Fleet Air Arm. Under that system of control the Air Ministry supplies the airplanes, the Admiralty supplies the catapulta, and both furnish the personnel.
Inspector R. Shannon said that whilst Yuen Po. P. C. C468, was
watching a médicine hawker sell- ing his goods at Temple Street about 10.30 p.m. on Friday, defen- dant tried to extract his cigarette case which was kept in his hip. pocket.
The constable felt a tug at his pocket and caught hold of defen dant's wrist.
Defendant was convicted and fined $5 or, in default, two weeks' 5233 bard labour.
Any question relating to the aircraft strength of the fighting ships is a matter which must be discussed between the two depart
Mr. Aw Boon Haw, the Malayan philanhropist, has stated that he is planning to establish 1,000 primary schools throughout Ching. The scheme will take five years to complète. It is predicted that ter years after the establishment, these 1,000 schools will have produced hundreds of thousands of educated young men who are capable of matataining internal order and external defence.
"I am sending delegates to different provinces to consult the authorities in this matter," stated Mr. Aw.
ARMED ROBBERY AND WOUNDING
ANGLO-JAPANESE CO-OPERATION
Press Indications
London. May 3.
It is probable that the Japanese Ambassador, Mr. Shigeru Yoshida, will call at the Foreign Office this week in order to put forward pro- posals for Anglo-Japanese operation in China, declares Ver- non Bartlett, writing in the "News Chronicle" to-day.
Co-
The growing military strength of Britain, Russia and China herself, the failure of the Japanese policy in Mongolia, and now the en- rouragement of moderation by the result of the Japanese general elections combine to support the policy of the Foreign Minister, Mr. N. Sato, which is one of friendship for. China, says Mr. Bartlett.
"But one cannot go further than to say that any proposals from Mr. Yoshida, will be studied with sym- pathy and answered, helpfully f they really show a change in the attitude of Japan for China," this commentator adds.
obvious fact of Japan's special post- tion in China..but she cannot view with sympathy the attempts to consolidate that position by the methods that have too often been employed during the last six years."--.
STRONG ARM METHODS Strong-arm methods had not been successful the "Times", pro- ceeds. The Army's forward polley on the mainland and south of the Great Wall has an unsensational but unbroken record of failure. It has, from time to time, excited the | suspicion not only of China but of other nations whose interests were adversely and unwarrantably
axected.
NOT REMARKABLE The results of the Japanese eleć- tions are not remarkable says the "Times" in the course of editorial comment, adding that the situa"sincerity" has become tarnished tion, which is none too easy to de- termine in the light of Western ideas, appears to be much what it was before the dissolution of the Diet.
For the moment, says the journ al, diplomatic rather than electoral developments are arousing interest the here, in which connection "Times" says it became known dur- ing the week-end that negotiations have for some time been a foot in London to place Anglo-Japanese relations on a firmer basis
CONCRETE PROPOSALS
AWAITED
It is understood, 'continues the journal, that the negotiations bave now reached a point at which the Foreign Office is awaiting concrete proposals from the Japanese Gov ernment. Such proposals, if satis- factory, would be warmly welcomed.
"There are, happily, signs that Japan is in a mind to adopt a more moderate attitude than heretofore." remarks the "Times," "on the ques- tion-fundamental, if she seeks closer friendship with Britain-of her relations with China. Britain is fully prepared to recognise the
be
FASHIONS ON THE COURTS
China, meanwhile, has gained strength, the "Times" asserts, and her mood grows almost daily less tractable. There has never been a better moment for extremists in Japan to recognise what Japanese statesmen have known all along. that progress for their country and' the Far East depends upon the genuine co-operation, of China and Japan. There have been many empty reconciliations. The word
when applied to these matters, and even faintly ridiculous, yet sin- cerity is exactly what is needed.
A STRONG CHINA The evolution of $ strong. friendly and prosperous China is the Arst step towards the solution of Japan's internal problems and most of her external ones, the "Times" argues. Single-handed she can do much to assist Chinese de- velopment, but in the economle sphere China and Japan will need the co-operation of other friendly and interested powers. Hitherto a certain waywardness in Japan's ac- tions has been a bar to co-opera- tion."
Once her deeds prove her inten- tions towards China 'are" honour- able, as she protests." Japan won't lack sympathy and assistance from Britain; nor can it be supposed that the United States would be slow to collaborate.
Japan's geographical position and economic structure entitle her to the lion's share of China's markets, but the lion's methods are not the best way of securing it, the "Times"
concludes. Heuter
CHINESE GUNBOAT
LEAVES DOCK ...
The Chinese gunboat Shiu Wo which has been in the Talkoo "Dock undergoing repairs for the- past six months, it is understood, will be able to leave dock and re- turn to Whampoa to-day.
From the feminine point of view the final of the open singles re- solved itself into the triumph of shorts over tennis-trousers! H.D. and Sirdar Ramjahn fought a thrilling battle in which no shot was too remote or too difficult to
retrieved and the rallies ran up to eighteen and twenty Chinese Evening Press, Etrokes) But in the end H.D. in"
lke cool and business
tennis shorts had the better of Sirdar who was "Just about done in."
Conventional white flannel trou- sers are very smart for garden- party wear, but when it comes to a five-set match in the tropics the shorts have it! It was good to see Mr. Justice Lindsell Lip On the umpire's chair once again. He is definitely one of the best, umpires in the Colony and speaks rlearly so that one can always hear the
It is stated, that when the cruiser left Canton her speed was 14 to 18 kriots, but since being repaired her speed has been increased to *20 knota.---
score.
Mrs. N. L. Smith and Miss Judith Smith were with soine friends and watched the match with much interest. After one of those freak spin-shots (which Sirdar returned
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PLAGUE IN FUKIEN
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Province.
Army robbery and wounding by a gang was reported to have taken place on board a trading junk No. T18H near Tap Moon on Saturday.
According to Mr. Yang Wing- Que Chinese male was sent to the Kowloon Hospital suffering from nin's report, there have been ten Mon 10
Bome deaths' at Chuen and Afty deaths severe chopper wounds. ments. And these questions are. cargo and $100 in Chinese money in the Pu and Chang, districts. inevitably, numerous and difficult. I were stolen.
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be almost somersaulting at her feet) I noticed that Mrs. N. L. Smith shared a sympathetic smile with him. Another match warth watching Was the Handicap Doubles between Richardson and Wood, and A. C. L. Bowker and K. Valentine.
There again, some truly splendid and the rallies were witnessed, play was fast. Richardson volley- ed well and Wood got in a lot of e his clever spin shota, but in the end
and Bowker
Valentine triumphed. The former was excel- while lent on the back line, Valentine's volleying from mild-
·WEATHER REPORT
· 10 a.m., May 3. Barometer (at sea level), 29.95
ins.
Temperature, 75 F.
Humidity, 91 per cent.
Wind Direction, E.N.
Wind Force (Beaufort),
Temperature maximum yester-
day, 88 F.**.
Temperature minimum last. night, 73 F.
Rainfall for 24 hours ending ish. to-day, nil
Total rainfall since January 14, 8.78 ins...
Against an average of 11.88 ins Sunset to-night. 6.51 pm. Bunrise to-morrow, 5:49 a.m.
4. p.m., May: 3. --Barometer (at sea level), 29.00. Temprature, 75% Humidity, 86 Wind Direction, E. Wind Force. A Maximum Temperature 10 am, to... 4. p.m. 80: Rainfall 10 am.” tố 4 p.m. nil.