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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1937.
If Gossip We Must
(BY ELSPETII).
الوار
On Saturday we girded up out, T.. H. King looking beautifully loins and in the teeth of a howling; soignée in white. The latter had gale hled us to Causeway Bay to brought her two daughters both watch the Mounted Machine Qunlocking delightful, one in white Troop's Annual Gymkhana.
with a black hat, and the other in pink, Mrs. Mitchell was attrac- tively dressed in black with bold design in red. With her was Mrs. Potts who chose white with a black hat..
A
good show in the Tent-Pegging in which he made no faults thus tying with Captain Potts.
Mrs. Jack MacGregor brought, a large party. She was looking very smart in a Small people on large horses
pale shade of grey; with her was Mrs. Crakham who and large people on small horses, fred with the spirit of competi-
was beautifully turned out in tion galloped energetically through
white with a large black hat, and the various events. Of the smaller
Mrs. Grimshaw, who looked most attractive in dark red. Mrs. Nawili people Master Langley and Miss Miss Barbara Lord and Miss Fleming rode delightfully. Young Joan Old, who are running a most was smart in dark brown, and a good successful riding school in Kow-while, chatting to Mrs. Hogg was Langley not only has natural scat but manages his loan. came to cast a proprietary watching the horses with keen in-
Elizabeth Flem- | eye over some of the young com- horse perfectly.
terest. I saw Miss Gerard looking Ing perched on her large horse; petitors. Miss Lord was looking; very smart in yellow watching ap seemed at first glance to be in a delightfully sun-burned and had parently without envy, the exploita
hex
Mrs. chosen a tunte of blue and white of
contemporaries. precarious situation, but it soon became obvious that she was more to wear over her white skirt. Miss Akroyd Hunt came with her hus- band. They were talking to Mr. than equal to the occasion.
Old was in a deep shade of tur-
and Mrs. McAvoy. quoise blue. Mrs. Scott Harston. who was watching the exploits of her daughter Pamela, wore attractive sult of pink linen. Miss
the Scott Harston and
Misses Fair were keen entrants in most of the
His Excellency, the Officer Ad- ministering the Government, brought his daughter Miss Judith Smith, who wore a trim white ault, Mrs. Bartholomew, who later gave away the prizes, wore a grace- ful dress or dark green printed silk. Lady MacGregor, who was also in the official party, wore a smart suit of pink and grey checked all. With her was Mrs.
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events.. but Miss Betty and Miss Beryl Fair seemed to be un- fortunate in their mounts for the Handy-Hunter competition.
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which have been signed, and. in some cases, originated by the U.S.
waste than to
time travelling western hemis- throughout the
who naturally Col. Dowbigging. takes a great interest in Volunteer matters brought his daughter Anne who wore a cool shade of pink,"
At the end of the afternoon Mrs. Bartholomew gave away the prizes and so brought to an end one of the amusing sports fixtures of the year.
BAND CONCERT
The full Military Band of the 1st Battalion The Seaforth High- landers by kind permission of It- Col. J. Muirhead, MC. and on- cers, played a splendid programie of music at the Peninsula Hotel last night. The programme in- cluded: Grand March: "The Nibelungen" (Wagner), Two Cor- net Solos by L/Cpl. A. Meek, Bell
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world conquest., China is the key, much better to enforce the treaties, to the future peace of the world- for five hundred years at least. conquest of China by the Japanese now will result in a long series of war which will make im-phere signing and making new i Solo by L/Cpl. A. Day, and Regi- possible world peace for many treaties. What can these treaties mental Marches. centuries...
possibly mean to the underdog if
The Conductor was Mr. E. G. they are to be so lightly cast
Baker, A.R.CM aside?
"Many American nationals in the war zone have witnessed the wholsale
non-com- alurder of batants, the bombing of Women and children refugees, hospitals and schools, all of which have no military value.
SOLEMN CONTRACTS
"It is indeed a sad state of affairs when your nationals in foreign lands fcel, that being an American doesn't stand for as much as it did in the past, es- pecially when the present.policies of our Government are mentioned. "We. the undersigned, accepted our positions in time of peace as Aeronautical Advisers and signed contracts to that effect with the National Government of China, These contracts were signed in good faith by all parties concern- ed, therefore we do not intend to break this falth even though it may mean staying to the last
man.
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"We are certain that no Ameri- can be proud of these facts that the US. has to date abandoned her freedom on, the seas (in the Far East).
JAPANESE ORDER OBEYED Roughly speaking. this was done by order of the Japanese Imperial оп Sept. 19, The Government Commander of the 3rd fleet "We realise that the responsibl- Japanese Imperial Navy gave or- lity of remaining in the war zone ders, or warning, that all Embas rests entirely upon us. as it is.ap-sies and nationals should evacuate parent that the US. Government Nanking. does not want this responsibility nor does it want to hold the Japanese Government responsible.
FREEDOM OF THE SEAS "We have been informed through diplomatic circles that the per- centages pro and con in the US are as follows: 55 per cent neutral, 43 per cent. in favour of China: 2 per cent. for Japan with the un- derstanding that the larger part of the neutrals are in the middle west farming belt.
The Embassies were to board their respective battleships and sall up the Yangtse River to a point eleven miles from Nanking. This order, or warning, has been obeyed by the American Embassy with the exception of sailing the battleship, of which the Ambassa- dor is now command, to the designated point.
"It has been our impression that" the Embassy should be the last to evacuate. Where is this civilisa- tion, of which we were so proud, going to, if undeclared warfare of this type is to be allowed? How- ever, this is the Japanese plan of attack in their conquest of Asia programme. Always
Are we to believe that these farmers are un-American in spirit and are willing to sacrifice the very fundamentals for which their forefathers fought and for which
has the United States stood. especially the freedom on the beas?
Or is this the same old story of the politicians passing the buck to the farmer in an effort to save face? If the latter be the case, it may interest you to know that we, the Advisers. are, by a large ma- jority, Southerners; therefore de mocrats, but if this last thing you have pulled out of the bag, which stinks so much. is your new deal to China, the New Deal Party will lose much support in the future.
ENFORCE THE TREATIES "Looking at existing conditions from a purely practical stand-point, it seems as though it would be
BATTEN HELD UP
Darwin, Oct. 17. Jean Batten arrived here yester- day but owing to excessive o'l con- sumption, necessitating a complete overhaul, she won't leave until Tuesday. Reuter.
FAR EASTERN CONFERENCE
Nanking, Oct. 17. Through the Belgian Embassy, China has received an inv'tation to attend the Far East Conference
TO TO B→ "We have reasons to believe that the opinions expressed here are those of all'American nationals in China, else they would not have remained, therefore our answer to the orders or warnings of the Japanese Imperial Government is: Go to H-(note, Japanese papers please copy).
"In closing we wish to say that we congratulate the General'ss'mo and his new and unised China for the fight they are putting up in face of the obstacles placed before them by the UA. and the League of Nations."
Central News.
BUNNY
AUSTIN WINS TITLE
།། ་
London, Oct. 17. In the final of the Queen's Club National Covered Courts tennis championships here yesterday. H W. ("Bunny") Austin Great Bri- tain, beat Schroeder, Sweden. the holder, by 6-2, 3-6 7-5 and 6-2.
In the final of the women's sec- ton Miss Peggy Scriven Britain, Beat Mrs. M. H. King, Britain, 6-1, 8-2-Reuter
at Brussels on October 30. Accep- tance is a foregone conclusion.
GRAND ORDER OF
SOUTHERN CROSS
Vienna, Oct. 6- The Federar Chancellor, Dr. Kurt Schuschnigg, and the For- eign Minister, Dr. Guido Schmidt, were presented by the Brazilian Minister in Vienna to-day with the insignia of the Grand Order of the Southern Cross.-- Transocean:
WUCHOW NOT BOMBED
Canton, -Oet.-17---- According to a telegraph from foreign sources at Wuchow there was no bombing there yesterday as reported from semi-oficial Chinese sources.— Reuter.
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