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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1937.
ANNOUNCEMENT "Glory to God in the highest
The engagement is announced of and on earth
Miss Margarete Kulps, only
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.
Kulps, Hong Kong, and Mr. H. M. H. Tiefenbacher, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Tiefenbacher,
Shanghai.
SILVER WEDDING
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DAVIES HAY—At Melbourne. Der,
19, 1912. Eric, son of the late
Mr. David Davies and Mrs. Davies of Llanelly, Wales, to Nell, daughter of the late Mr. Peter Hay, and Mrs. Hay, of Clare. South Australia.
MARRIAGE PALMER-GRUNSPAN-On Dec. 15. 1937. at H.B.M. Consulate-Gen-
eral, before Mr. A. G. N. Ogden Berta, youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Slegmund Grunspan of Vienna, Austria, to Walter Ronald Blything second son of Mr. and Mrs. John Palmer of Manchester, England, and Shanghai.
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BIOGRAPHY OF BIOGRAPHY OF
toward men." Some may say, CHIANG KAI-SHEK
HOURS OF WORK
But
Continued from Page 1)
EARLY LIFT
how tragically ironic." surely we may be forgiven for worshipping the loveliest things at Christmas time. The world is bad enough but there.AL In the first volume is given un lovely things here after all, th absorbing account of the General- our western tradition at its beatissimo's early life, which at once and in a troubled time like this, shows how well that period was influenced by his parents. "There there are opportunities, too.
is no doubt," says Mr. Tong, "that hospitality to the highest that we the normal child, when he learns know, that should be encouraged. that the Iamily of which he is a "Come, then to Church ou member, has won exteem, if not Christmas Day not immindful of distinction, in the past," determines that neither by thought nor deed sufering and the tragedy of the win ne disgrace his forbears. It world but determined to see and may, then, be supposed that Chiang to worship that many splen- received one of the most powerful doured thing" which is the Hope aspirations of his young days when he learned that' on his young of the World, and the joy and
shoulders rested. the reputation of the pence of our hearts."*
an honoured family."
This aspiration has been the keystone of the Generalissimo's lie ever since, and throughout his work AND WAGES
the authors shows how the prin- ciples of his early teaching guided Amongst the services perform and influenced China's leader in ed by the International Labour everything he did. In those early Office at Geneva is the collation day Chlang submitted himself with good grace to chastisement from of statistical and other infortius mother when he did wrong, and tion bearing upon the conditions in his birthday message of Oct. 31, uf labour in a variety of indus- 1837, the Generalissimo paid high tries and countries und the tribute to his mother when he said: recently issued Year Book of "She impressed on my mind that to be merely a dutiful son does not Labour Statistics, demonstrates in all the exacting duties of the value of this function of the nital piety, the principle demands Office. Although, as is pointed also an unflinching devotion to the four, the great diversity of method cause of the nation." The welfare of China has thus been the gulding in compiling the different nation-
principle of Chiangs" life. i statistics renders international comparisons possible only with substantial reservations, the de- tailed material presented in the Of all the festivals celebrated valome constitutes an important year in and year out there is addition to the statistical data Bone that brings more joy into contemning recent developments the world than Christinas Day affecting the working wopulations, and in the illuminated path of [of the anore important nations. this spiru of joy there are mes- One of the features of the
situation in post-War | graphical terms-to sages of heard, goodwill and labour Cables were also read from Lord happiness among all peoples, years has been the Linilthgow, Viceroy of India: from Father Time creates, as it were, attending the movement for re-
progres manhood. As
Sir Patrick Duncan Governor- General of South Africa, who said. & new atmosphere of brightnessducing and standardising hour "Glad to send message for inap. and gately into which one enters of work. The principle the guration of Kipling Fund," no more, wholeheartedly forgetting trou- 48-hour week won general ae appropriate tribute to his memory bles and cares. It is a day forceptance soon after the War and a number larships; from Lord Tweedsmuir herebildren and there is real joy recent developments in Governor-General of Canada: in the spirit of giving and mak- of countries mark the growth of froin Lord Gowrie, Governor-ing them happy. The laughter movement towards a further General of Australia: "Realising and merriment of children in reduction. In his Report issn the truth of Kipling's noble line.
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EMPIRE'S DEBT TO KIPLING
MR. CHURCHILL'S TRIBUTE
"The whole Empire which had sprung from the will and stamina
message. which was read by the chairman. Lord Athlone:
of our ancestors in this small "I am glad to know that repte- Island, excited his lively interest, sentatives of all parts of the Em- sald Mr. Winston Churchill, pro-pire are united in planning a fl- posing the toast. "The Rudyyard
ung memorial to Rudyard Kipling. Kipling Memorial Fund," at
whose genius
the common dinner held in London to inau-
heritage of all who speak the gurate the Fund.
English tongue."..
a
The structure and pageant of
British rule in India gave him his first and main inspiration," said Mr. Churchill. **To read with faithful eye Kipling's Indian
stories is to gain a truer know-
ledge of that great episode, the
British contact with India, than
will be found in many ponderous
Blue-books. or in much of the glib, smooth patter which is now In fashion.
"Even should the British Empire
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than foundation of Empire scho-
The Daily Press.
友之國中
HONG KONG. DECEMBER 5, 1937.
CHRISTMAS DAY
in India pass from life into His-What should they know of Eng-every home throughout the world
tory, the works of Rudyard Kipling will remain to prove that while we were there we did our best for all.
SPACIOUS PANORAMA
"But from India he travelled for aneld. Those were the days when
called what
Im- was proudly perialism or 'Greater Britain' were the dominating ideas in British 16. Kipling set himself portray.
vivid cutline and gleaming colour every part of that spacious panorama.
ת!
to
"No one has ever taught Downing Street what the Austra- llan Nation and people feel about themselves and towards the Mother Country so well as Ruayard Kipling. In his verses we see the --recone liation of divergent or con- flicting forces, many 01. which have now become the common stock, and, we pray, an enduring Inheritance.
Africa-were all adorned and in- terpreted to us by strokes of hs wand. The strong movement" of hope and resolve for the greatness and glory of Britain which cheered the closing years of Queen Victoria received from him coherent ex
pay
The tables round, this room their tribute from English countles and far-off Dominions to the ser- vice which he rendered."
in March last. the Director of land who only England know?' we to-day, from the rigbest to the the International Tabour Office in the Antipodes wholeheartedly imbles, will ring with the declared that "nothing is perhaps join with you in honouring the spirit of Taletide...
more surprising than the effects memory of our great poet of Em..
Christmas, that is, the Mass of of the alump on hours of work. pire who more than any other writer of our time has shown us Christ, in the Christian Church, In the past, the general tendency is the festival of the nativity of in bad times had been to lengthen the value of our splendid heritage. We wish every
success to theJesus Christ. The earliest iden-hours rather than to reduce them Fund." and from Lord. Galway fification of the 25th of Decem in order that more might be Governor-General of New Zealand.
ber with the birthday of Christ produced for the same or is in a passage of Theophilus of for a smaller wage." SPECIAL TABLES ARRANGED
Antioch (A.D. 171-183), preserv. An interesting feature of the ed in Latin by the Magdeburg Banquet was the number of special centuriators. to the effect that *tables arranged. Every branch of
the Gauls contended that as they the fighting services were repre- seated, including the Irish Guards. celebrated the birth of the Lor Navy and the Royal Marines. the Royal Engineers, the Royal
ling
had
arranged
United,
READY FOR ALL EMERGENCY
even
Adequate plans have already
Government to deal with any pos-
South China. Such plans, How-
Young Chiang's early life con- tains a wealth or colour, and the has cleverly introduced author Ettle incidents of the leader's pri-
mary and secondary school days which Immediately grip the in- terest.
MILITARY TENDENCY
He tells of the young Chiang passing from childhood-a pertod when China was spoken of by the rest of the world. only in geo- youth and 蕊 youth Chiang showed a distinct tendency towards At the early age of 18 he first met China's great
a military career.
leader of the revolution, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and in the following year Chiang joined the military college
at Paoting,
Mr. Tong" then pays a very fair tribute to the military training which young Chiang received at the Preparatory Military Academy in Tokyo until his graduation at the age of 22. Two years later Oct. 10. 1911) followed the Re-
MALAYAN MALAYAN REVIEW
Trained Estate Conductors
Recently the Adviser on Agriculture, Federated Malay States, Mr. O. T. Faukner, made an appeal for educated young men to make ap- plication for enrolment at the School of Agriculture at Serdang. 'Mr. Faulkner announced the granting of scholarships as an inducement to non-Malays to join the school for training as rubber estate conduc-- tors. He pointed out that there was a noticeable absence of Indians, who would be more desirable in view of the fact that rubber estate forces were mostly Indians and trained Indian-conductors were there- fore required, says the "Times of Malaya" At the present moment the full strength of the School of Agriculture is 80 boys. Owing to insufficient accommodation it was necessary for 20 applications for It is a peculiar fact that the school has failed to attract In- admission as private students, mainly from Chinese, to be refused. Are urgently required. dians who in the opinion of Mr. Faulkner, The reason for this may lie in the fact that in the Federated Malay States there are six major and six minor scholarships which are only open to Malays. In other words no special encouragement or th ducement has been offered to Indians.
Proposed Remedy
...The Government. however, now proposes to remedy this and for a start will offer. four scholarships, to be open to non-Malays. in the new year. It appears to be doubtful that the scheme, no matter how Without doubt trained praiseworthy It inay be, will prove a success. Indian conductors for rubber estates would be welcomed by estates but at the same time it cannot be wondered at that there is no such labour offering. The scale of payment on rubber estates of itself is nu particular inducement to the right type of young man to present himself for a course of training and study which will occupy a period of two years. So for a total of 90 major students have passed through the school since its inception. Of these 23 joined local Departments of Agriculture, 29 joined the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya, six went to other Government departments and dive became proprietory agriculturists, while only nine went to estates or firms .There were 18 about whom no particulars could be secured. The matter appears to be one which could very well be taken up by the Planters Associa tions with a view to raising the standard of efficiency amongst the Asiatic employees and also to offer them some inducement..
NEW REGIMENTAL ENGINE
"Royal Tank Corps" Named
CAMBRAI ANNIVERSARY
Major-General Sir Ernest Swinton naming the LM.S. locomotive "Royal Tank Corps" at Euston Station
volution and Chiang took up his first command when he success- fully led the "Forlorn Hope" at Hangchow. Later he organised and trained Infantry regiments at Shanghai. From that time began
A locomotive of the LM.S. Patriot, driver. Mr. H. R. Prince, should. Chiang's real graduation into the
class was at Euston Station on have served during the War in sphere of leadership the ardent Nov. 21 named the "Royal Tank tanks (he was mentioned in dis student began slowly to blossom Corps," the corps crest and name- out into the serious-minded, de- termined, and at the same time sympathetic and understanding soldier-statesman. The, he "made
clear the distinction between him- self and the militarists and at the same time revealed the aspirations of young China."
plate on the engine being unveiled by Major-General Sir Ernest Swin- ton, representative Colonel Com- mandant. There are now mora than 50 LMS. engines named after regiments or 'corps.
"The date lent significance to the naming ceremony. It wos the twentieth anniversary of the Bat- The story of the revolution is
tle of Cambral, where tanks were vividly narrated and the important the dominating factor. They were zole which Chiang played during that horrible period of China's 'his-
HORRIBLE PERIOD
led into action by Brigadier-Genar- al H. J. Elles (now Lieutenant-
The first certain mention of ever, are for the time being kept tory is told frankly and with due General Sir Hugh" Eles)-nine
secret by the authorities.
The problem of housing the re-
sible that the Lalchikok Refugee
justice. "As a revolutionist I am fighting for the people," Chiang said at the time. And now,
twenty-six years later, he is still Aghting this time it is the great
battalions, consisting of 378 fight- Ing tanks and 98 tracked ad- ministrative vehicles. Each tank carried a big bundle of brushwood
patches three times), and that the fireman, Mr. G. H. Sorrell, should have served in tanks from 1918 to 1920
A guard of honour was mounted by the 22nd. (London) Armoured Car Company (Westminster Dra- goons), Royal Tank Corps. Terri- torial Army. which was accom- panied by the Corps band. Mr. W. A. Stanier, chief mechanical én- gineer of the L.M.S., welcomed the troops.
Sir Ernest Swinton, unveiling the trest and name-plate, alluded to a claim made on behalf of the Royal Corps of Signals that it was
He said that the Signals had des- cended from the Royal Engineers, the youngest Corps in the Service.
whereas the Royal Tank Corps, like It came out Topsy, "just growed." of the blue, or, as some might sug- gest, out of the primeval slime. do As the curtains across the name-
to drop into trenches and SO facilitate the 'crossing of such ob-
est fight in the history of the country for the people. The stacles. The assault, launched in world is aware of the tragedy of
secrecy, smashed the enemy's line this cruel war, but in fighting it.
in a few hours. Chiang has attained the one dream
of his life, an end for which he Ernest Swinton, who had to
It was appropriate, too, that Sir
had been working for two decades
en the 25th of December, what-been completed by the Hong Kong ever day of the week it might sible rush of Chinese across the There were also tables arranged be, so they ought to celebrate the border to the Colony in the event by societies interested in the wel- fare of the Empire-the Royal Em-Pascha on, the 25th of March of any outbreak of hostilities in pure Society and the Overseas when the resurrection befell. League, Canada, Australia, New Zealand. South Africa, India, the December 25 is in a Latin "Canada, New Zealand, South West Indies and Southern Rhode-chronographer of A.D), 354 first fugees who are staying in Hong
sia were all represented.
The Universities which had con-published entire by Mommsen. Kong has become a less burden to ferred Honorary degrees on Kip. In runs thus in English: Year the local authorities and it is pos- I offer Christ, in the consulate Centre will be closed soon in view Universities table, and there were of Caesar and Paulus, the Lord of the departure for Shanghat of also representatives of the Royal Jesus Christ was born on the about 35 refugees. pression and a formidable Impulse Society of Literature, the Peets 25th of December, a Friday, Although we are expecting the
Ecclety, the Kipling Society, the
arrival of over 200 refugees' from Counties of Devon and Sussex, and and 15th day of the new moon." the Builders of Silent Cities Lodge, Chrysostom, in a sermon prea-
Hankow by the "Christmas Ex- and more, namely, the moulding or from the first with the conception. pläte were drawn, the guard of press," the situation will not be so named by the poet-all men ched at Antioch A.D. 386 or 388.come any more
acute, for the German Consu- says that some held the feast of American and December 25 to have been held lates in the Colony have promised in the West, from Thrace as far to take care of their respective as Cadiz, from the beginning. there is ample room in the Central "BLACK OUT”" Tt certainly originated in th British School which is now hous-
IS ENDED
West, but spread quickly easting about 35 persons, to provide wards. As early as A.D. 400 in for accomodations. Shanghai, Dec, 24.
Rome an imperial rescript in-") A Christmas dinner will be held Ending 130 nights of total dark- ness enforced by the Shanghar cludes Christmas among the three at the C.B.8. centre and it is hoped that those coming from Hankow hostilities, street lights in Hongkew feasts the others are Easter and will arrive in time to participate. blinked forth on Thursday night. | Epiphany) on which theatres | Although the lighted districts were must be closed. limited to main streets, Japanese residents can now enjoy a stroll without using electric torches. Reuter,
THE KING'S MESSAGE The King sent the following
EMPIRE EXHIBITION AT GLASGOW
Five Premiers Will Be Honorary Presidents
London, Dec, 24. Besides the King who will open
the Empire Exhibition in Glasgow
on May 3, 1938, the Prime Ministers Fof Australia
(Mr. J.A. Lyons),
South Africa (Gen. J.C. Smuts), New Zealand (Mr. M.J. Savage), and Southern Rhodeata have ac- cepted invitations to become Hon- orary Presidents of the Exhibition to which 12,000,000 visitors are ex- pected between May and October. The cost of the Exhibition is estimated to reach £10,000,000- Heuter's Bulletin Bervice.
associated with the Imperial War'
Graves Commission and all Free- masons, as was Kipling himself.
FALL OF TERUEL DENIED
Balamanca, Dec. 24.
The Insurgents denied the fall
of Teruel to the Government troops and stated that the garrison there is holding out with great bravery and that reinforcements are rushing, towards its relief... Reuter's Bulletin Service.
And so through all the ages Christmas Day has been the festival of the year. We with- draw from everyday life into happy retreat..
The Vicar of St. Andrew's recently wrote:--
"Christmas will be with as in week or two, and here, though we have war on our doorstep. shall come to worship the Babe at whose birth the Angels sang,
nationals. It
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estimated that
ST JOHN AMBULANCE
BRIGADE
The following are the successful candidates who took the First, Ald
Examination held on December 18... 1937,
Miss Y Young, Mrs. Chin Fen. Miss Li Sau' Man, Miss Li Wan Bik, Mrs. V. L. Spink, Mias Eleanor Thom, Mrs. Irene Law, Mas N. Nazarin, Miss Jullet Hassan, Miss N. Z. Nazarin, Miss M. Lee, Miss J. Hall, Miss Bessie Kwan, Miss L. Gooey, and Miss M. Gooey,
the nation into a single, unified China. Whatever the immediate
must gladden his heart more than
and provision organization.
of honour stood to attention and the tanks, should carry out the nam- band played the Corps march. B further The driver and fireman were pre- ing ceremony. It was
result of the war, that one thought happy coincidence that the engine sented with tankards as souvenirs. any other single thing in these anxious days.
FOR MURDER
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goal than it has ever been bef re. | FOUR ARABS TO DIE The author relates how Chlang
The author gives a detailed ac- earned the reputation for, saying count of the unfortunate incident things that were considered indis involving the detention of the Gen- creet. This is stated to have been eralissimo by Marshal Chang
Jerusalem, Dec. 23. the reason for his being styled the Haueh-liang. Gripping extracts úl
Four Arabs were sentenced to Theodore Roosevelt of China, not only the Chinese but the death at the Jaffa Assizes for the "There were occasions," the author this story which astonished the murder of another, Arab during a points out, "when Chiang declared world at the time are quoted from highway robbery near Ramieh on himself in open opposition to some Chiang's own diary. It is written July 20 | pet projecta of Dr. Sun," but the with dimidence, but throughout It Eleven Arabs were estimated to whole country began to rely on all the reader can determine the be killed when police and troops him for the solution of military moral courage of the man to whom engaged a pig Arab party near not only the Chinese but the peo-Arrabeh, west of Tibertus. The and political problema.
ples of the world pay high tribute engagement followed a pincer-like In the second volume the author
Finally, I must mention that the
movement, carried out over several presents to the reader a new two volumes which form this re days by police and Trans-Jordan Chiang the accepted leader of the markable biography are well print frontiersmen,
co-operating with country and quotes many of his ed and produced and will and an
troops and aircraft.-- famous speeches. "We wish to be important place in the libraries of
Renter. equal among the family of nations" every country of the world. It is sald the Generalissimo on one oc- a work that the author and his casion, and to-day, though ridden friends may well take pride in for, mere geographical terms and that by a ruthless war of aggression it will show the world that Chins the greater measure of credit for China is closer to achieving this to-day is not to be spoken of in this is due to Chiang Kai-shek
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