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Agents,
HONG KONG, October 18, 1937.
The China Navigation
Co., Ltd.
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CHINA PROVIDENT
NOTICE:
HONG KONG PROTESTS
It thus long been or convie- LOAN AND MORTGAGE, view of the somewhat watery attitude of Great Britain CO., LTD.
towards Jupsanese depredations in HONG KONG.
China since the Manchurian Incident, that the respect and prestige which Britain ouce"en- joyed in the land of the Rising Sun had been gradually giving place to a state of mind not far removed from one of contempt by the military classes of Japan. Indeed, flushed by her military vertones in the Pasty towards which the only opposition ad- vanced by the so-cdled forces uf civilisation and democracy bud been, and stilare, mere bleatings about "horror, and indignation." Japan had heën firinly convinced when she began her war with China three months ago, that the whole world feared her..
Notice is hereby given that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the China Provident Loan and Mortgage Co., Ltd., holding partly paid shares will be held at the Jacobean Room, 1st Floor, Hong Kong Hotel, Hong Kong, or
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS | ADVERTISEMENTS. Monday, 8th November, 1937 &
NOTICE.
We are pleased to announce that there is still a limited space to accommodate "open storage cargo at our Yard, North Point.
For and on behalf of
CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO.,LTD.
J. C. GUTERRES, Secretary.
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NOTICE.
HONG KONG CRICKET CLUB.
The Amual General Meeting will be held in the Pavilion on Monday, the 25th October, 1937. at 5.30 p.m.
A. K. MACKENZIE,
Hon. Secretary. Hong Kong, 16th October, 1937. 3677
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
The Ninth Extra Race Meeting will be held (weather permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY en Saturday, 23rd October, 1937, commencing at 2:00 p.m.
The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m.
By Order,
C. B. BROWN,
Secretary.
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Hong Kong, 18th Oct., 1937.
NOTICE.
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Notice to Consignees of Paper ex M.S. HAVEL" arrived 10.10.37 and ex S.S. "DONAU" arrived 10.10.37.
Having received advice from the Hong Kong and Kowloon Whart and Godown Co., Ltd., that owing to congestion no more paper can be accommodated in their godowns, we hereby notily consignees that we have made the best possible arrange. ments for storage of such cargo. at their risk and expense. signees are therefore requested to make arrangements for taking delivery of their consignments as soon as possible.
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CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD. HONG KONG,
NOTICE..
Notice is hereby given that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the China Provident Loan and Mortgage Co., Ltd., Holding fully paid shares will be held at the Jacobean Room, 1st Floor, Hong Kong Hotel, Hong Kong, on Monday, 8th November, 1937 a. 12 o'clock noon, when the sub- joined Resolution "will be pro. posed as a Special Resolution:
That 15,633 shares of $5.00 each of the authorised Capital of the Company unissued be cancelled, and the Issued capital of the Company be reduced from $4,421,835.00 divided into 589,378 shares of $5.00 each fully paid and 294,789 shares of $5.00 eac! upon which the sum of $2.50 has been paid to $2,210,917.50 divided into 589,578 shares of $2.50 each fully paid and 294,789 shares of $2.50 each upon which 75 cents per share shall be deemed to have hern paid and that such reductior be effected in the following manner :—il
(a) By cancelling Capital
which has been lost or 18 unrepresented by avallable assets to the extent of $2.50 per share upon each of the 589,578 fully paid shares of the Company which have been issued, and to the extent of $1.75
12.30 o'clock in the afternoon, when the sub-joined Resolution will be proposed as a Special Resolution -
That 15,633 shares of $5.00 cach of the authorised Capital of the Company unissued he cancelled, capital of the Company be reduced from $4,421,835.00 divided into 589,579 shares of
and the issued
divided into 589,578 shares of
And there is reason to believ that she is still of that opinion.
During the past two months suine of her actious with regard
in China have been so high- 294,789 shares of $5.00 each upon which the sum of $2.50del and so amazingly bruzen, has been paid to $2,210,917.50 he must be more surprised than anybody else that they have been taken so calmly by the nations concerned --such, for in- stance, as the attack on British Ambassador, and later,
$2.50 each fully pald and
UNPREMEDITATED
(October 17, 1837)
It is not to be presiuned that Jupan has taken her present infinitely idiotic policy without great time and talent having been lavished upon the general speech. To us it appears that one of the regrets which we must all entertain concerning the present crisis is that ability. which might have been concentrate on constructive matters have been devoted; rather dedicated, to The business of nutilation.
That Japan had contemplated the acquisition of China is made perfectly clear by the now notorious Tanaka Memorial to which we made reference in one leader, yesterday. In that memorial Tanaka clearly indicated what should be done-and that memorial was presented to the deified Emperor of Japan in 1037.
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We consider the plan of operation precedes even the Tanaka Memorial, which means that for 13 considerable time Japan has been contemplating an act of aggression against the Pacific generally and China in particular.
Recently, we heard the comment, The Sino-Japanese War, Is Drugging On. We are sick of it! So are we. So is of decent everyone who has in them at least the remnants feelings and understanding. We feel that we are right in saying what we believe is the interpretation of liberal-minded sentiment. amely, that no man or woman to-day would resort to force if there was the slightest hope of affecting an amicable sentiment which would give to both parties to be conflict that which the world is craving for peace.
As far as China is concerned the world will realise that
whatever peace muy come unist be peace of her own making. By that we mean it must be peace with honour. How els eld China retain her position as a nation in the world which
Those Stands for Truth, Virtue, Honesty.
téu i three alone China's life to sovereign power and China's sovereign power bas never been, and we hope, never shall be dedicated to domination over any other power in the universe.
It is
unions
We have received rótumunications from various sources of They all indicate one thing. the English speaking world.
We would namely, that, the world is morally against Japan.
which in quote
one particular letter comment from symtomatic of the feelings of the masses. It was to this effect: There is only one way of defeating the purpose of the Japanese In our shops and that is by carrying out a thorough boycott.
That extract from Japanese gods are not displayed or sold," that letter is typical of many which we have received. hortening in view of the that it gives a very definite idea of $5.00 each fully paid and the interests of third parties the feelings that are now. imating the people of the world.
Japan is in the wrong.
No matter what government may
trade one of the greatest decide to do, it is what the masses decide to do that counts. From the organiser of functioning to the world we have information to the effect that its members have agreed to make a nord vow that they will the not, under any condition, either handle or serve Japanese goods. We quote one instance of which we have personal knowledge and on three other British Embassy that concerns one of the greatest Trade Unions in the world. that Union have decided to institute a It was only yesterday care, after having given a specific The members of assurance that they, would exer- complete "boycott of all things Japanese. case "the greatest care in safe that we walked into a shop in Hong Kong and asked for a guarding non-combatants." But fountain pen. The salesman remarked "No pens only Japanese.' of all these acts of nadulterated That tons is indicative of a spirit which should animate every brigandy, nor is inere calculate metaber of every liberal community.
We cannot stress too melt the pregnam pronouncement to inspire a sense of open rebel- lion in the minds of all self- by the Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek when he gave his respecting Britons and British pronouncement of the policy of China after the Lukuochiao inci- subjects, none so unworthy of a dent occurred. Chiang Kai-shek neatly epitomised the position great power, as the deliberate and China's policy when he said there were four points. and persistent attacks made on the Canton-Kowloon Railway by Japanese bonders iuring the
294,789 shares of $2.50 each upon which 75 cents per share shall be deemed to have been paid and that such reduction be effected in the following
manner:
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(a) By "cancelling Capital which has been lost or is unrepresented by available assets to the
extent of $2.50 per share upon each of the 589,578 fully paid shares of the Company which have been issued, and to the extent of $1.75 per share upon each of the 294,789 partly paid shares of the Company which have been issued. (b) By releasing the holders of the said 294,789 partly paid shares which
have been issued from liability in respect of their shares to the ex-
tent of 75 cents per
share.
By Order of the Board, J. C. GÜTERRES,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 30th Sept., 1937.
week-end.
Firstly, any settlement must not infringe on territorial intregrity or sovereign rights; the status of the Hopel-Charhar Council has been fixed by the Central Government and conse. quently China will not allow any illegal alteration; China will are fully aware not agree to the removal by outside pressure of local officials The Japanese of the international nature of the appointed by the Central Government; and fourthly, China will ailway. The railway is aol not permit, of the restriction which the Japanese desire to be merely Chinese concern-large placed on the positions held at the present time by the Twenty. British interests are involved ninth Army which is virtually the representative of China in but that has
acted noi
as that area. Much the slightest deterrent. damage has already been done to the permanent way, resulting in the suspension of traffic inde finitely. and if the object of the raiders is to demolish the bridges
Those terms are clear.
They have been stated in all seriousness and in all sincerity by the man who not only re- presents the armies of China, not only the Executive Yuan- but, what is most important of all, the sentiment of the people of China.
We headed our article "Unpremeditated." Japan has been
as well proves successful.' which prepared for war of aggression for years. She has insulted in a is more than likely, it will surely manner that proves her unadulterated contempt for the decencies 565%
he many a day. perhaps, oven of international contact over a period of years. She has betray- many a week, before the service fed the basic honour of herself by her acts of aggression against is resumed. This with the nation which never provoked her, · Diver and railway traffic blocked i
per share upon each of LORD CAMROSE WINS the 294,789 partly paid
shares of the Company. which have been issned.
LIBEL SUIT
Lonach, Oct. 15.
A special jury to-day awarded completely isolated. Remember (b) By releasing the holders Lord Camrose and the "Dally Tele-too, that the piration sets of the
of the said 294,789 | graph" £12,500 and £7.500 dam-
We are not in a
Is it to be presumed that the nation at which she hurled and telephonic communication her insults and levelled her attacks is "unprepared" also? severed, this Colony has been
position to quotę names from the sources much prepared for the defence as Japan is for the attack. of our information, but we can honestly say that China is as partly paid shares which ages respectively in a label action Japanese Navy in sinking There is this feature which shall give rourage to us, whilst Japan
newspaperjunks plying between this and
is prepared in the matter of facts and figures. China is prepared have been issued from against the Fascist
"Action," which implied that Cam Chinese ports has considerably
in spirit. Hability in respect of
rose" was a Jewish International curtailed the Colony's sources of i their shares to the ex anancier with no loyalty to the food supply. tent of 75 cents per Crown and no sense of patriotism, share.
and in the conduct of the "Dally Telegraph" he allowed his duty allowed
By Order of the Beard, J. C. GUTERRES,
Secretary. Con Hong Kong, 30th Sept., 1937.
MELCHERS & CO., Agents:
·NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,
BREMEN,
Hong Kong, 11/10/37.
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Good words, great words, symbolising as they do the sen If this state of affairs werd timent of the greatest nation that the world has ever known. for China's numerical strength is almost astronomical-we think of it in terms of millions, in fact where China is concerned the numbers reach hundreds of millions.
to continue for any to the public to be subordinated to length of time, conditions in this Colony would become intolerable and at this early hour we deem
his own financial interests.- Reuter
AGA KHAN'S TALK WITH GOEBBELS
Berlin, Oct. 16.
it our duty to place, on record
our most vehement protest and
Such power cannot be suppressed.
te demand that the local Govern British Colony. As British sub- or by China; such transportation violation of any inter mment, as the only honourable and jects the people of Hong Kong is not & decent course open to it, shall refuse to be the victims of national law or code of ethics H.H." the Aga Khan, who is forthwith forward to the Imperial Japanese lawlessness while strict | It is a perfectly legitimate openi spending a short time in Germany Government, in the strongest ly observing the laws of rentration and opinion in this Colony, and probably of the whole E- in the course of a tour of Europe, possible terms a similar protest lity. to-day called on the Germany Min in the name of the million in- It is freely admitted that wir pire, has been greatly outraged ister of Propaganda. Dr. Joseph habitants of this Colony: umterials are transported from by this disgraceful interference The British Empire is not n this Colony to China, but no war with the liberty of the subjects war with any nation. This is a having been declared by Japan of a friendly power.
Goebbels.
The talk lasted over an hour.- Transocean Neson Service.
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NO MARTIAL LAW
UNLESS SITUATION
WORSENS
PALESTINE
IN
Jerusalem, Oct. 17.
It is understood that unless the situation in Palestine worsens con- siderably martial law. is not likely believed to be proclaimed. It is this decision was reached follow- ing a number of meetings between the acting High Commissioner of the Police and army chiets.
Rome: Signor Mussolini has re- ceived a telegram from the chiefs of most Arab tribes in Libya as- suring him of their solidarity with the Palestine Arabs in consequence of the events of the last few days.
It will be recalled that during Mussolini's visit to Libya in April he claimed to be the protector of Islam.
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GRAND MUFTI FLEES
Jerusalem, Oct. 16.
The British Government has tak
over
Moslem the
Trusts hitherto controlled by the Grand Murti who
voluntarily has abandoned his self-imposed impri- sonment in Mosque Omar and is reported to have fled to Syria.- Reuters Bulletin Service.
SIR ANDREW
Sir
CALDECOTT
New "Governor Arrives In Ceylon
Colombo, Yesterday. Andrew Caldecott, former Governor of Hong Kong. arrived In Colombo to-day to take up the Governorship of Ceylon.
Sir Andrew succeeds Sir Edward Stubbs, also former Governor of Hong Kong. Reuter.
SIR HUGHE AT BALI
Batavia, Oct. 16. The British Ambassador to China, Sir Hughe Knatchbull- Hugessen. who is to recuperate in. the Netherlands East Indies from the wound suffered when his car was attacked by Japanese planes. will, it is understood, arrive at Ball together with his family on October 21.
Sir Hughe will stay at the Palace "of the Governor-General, thus renewing a friendship form ed when they were together in Brussels.
Reuter.
"BRAINS TRUST"
DOCTRINE
Tokyo, Oct. 16. Admiral Suetsuzu, known for his. advocacy of 'energetic. action against China, stated in a declara tion made on the occasion of his appointment as member of the newly created 'Brains Trust" that the present conflict with China has given rise to a far more serious situation than that which extated during the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-05.
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The Admiral appealed to the Ja- panese nation to put forward its whole strength in the struggle against China, as this was essen-.. tial to success.---. Transocean.
More Italian Troops For Libya
Rome, Oct. 16. Further Italian military relá. forcements left for Libya last night, according to an official an- nouncement.
The troops leaving constituted: the Staff of the Cirene Division which is proceeding to Libya, and two battalions of the 225th Infan- try Regiment belonging to this division.
The men embarked on the trans- por "Roma."--- Transocean.
DUTCH NAVAL AIR CRASH
The Hague. Oct. 16, Five were killed when a Dutch nuval plane crashed near the island of Banda, in the Nether- lands East Indies, to-day--a Reuter.
POTATO HARVEST
Berlin, Oct. 16. The Ministry of Food reports that
this year's potato harvest in Ger- many promises to be a record one such as has never been known in.
the country.
Trùnanthan News Service.