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Course of nine public lectures
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POLICE PULLING BOAT RACES
Large Crowd Watches Annual Event At Stonecutters
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Air Raid Precautions Representative teams from all
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The Sixth lecture of this course
will be given in the
China Fleet Club Theatre)
on
Monday, 17th January, 1938
at 5.30 p.m.
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Subject: Beets and characteristics
of, and measures for pro tection against mustard gas. Lecturer: Lieutenant-Commander B.
M. Douglas, R. N. (Rtd,
Open to all members of the Public
without charge
Programnice of the course of leatures may be obtained on application to the Extra Assistant Colonial Secretary, Colonial Secretary's Office.
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FLATS TO LET
stations. cruising launches. and harbour launches took part in the annual Water Police pulling boat races, which were held yesterday morning at Stonecutters.
The winners were Tsimshatsui "A" team (Cox: PSA 38 Hudson), runners up being Tsimshatsu! "B" team (Cox: LSA 101 White).
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1938.
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The Daily Press.
友之國中
HONG KONG, JANUARY 17, 1938.
THE JAPANESE PEOPLE AND THE WAR
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Are the people of Japan satisfled with the war operations of their militarists? This is the question that peace-loving people of other countries are concerned about. The strict censorship of the mails and the virtual martial law in Japan, plus the well-planned government propaganda machine which has succeeded to a considerable degree in inciting nationalist sentiment. shave given the impression that the nation is solely behind the Gov-
ernment.
"In the first quarter of 1937, om- cial figures show 923 labour con- flcts involving 128,362 people while for the corresponding period of the
revious year there were 538 con- flicts involving 23,436 people. Strike struggles took on a mass character and the number of strikes in the bigger plants "Increased, especially thuse engaged in the production of armaments. The fascist Govern- ment was able to suppress, these mounting struggles only by launch- ing a war against the Chinese peo- ple, and under the protest of a
"national emergency" the Govern- ment has prohibited the working class from holding any meetings of a political nature.
The remarkable victory won by the Social Mass Party at the last national elections and at the subse- quent municipal elections in which The events, which were very
the party campaigns were based on keenly contested. took place in ex- the ght against fuscism and for cellent sunshine. A large crowd peaceful relationship with China including Hon. Mr. T.-H. King (Commissioner of Police; was pre-of Japani hate fascism and, conse- are proof that the common people
quently, the war against the Chi- nese people.
sent,
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Miss Janet King. daughter of the Commissioner of Police, pre-
at the conclusion of the races.
It must be recalled further that
| C.B.A. ACTIVITIES SZECHWAN
Annual General Meeting
The annual general meeting of the Central British Association will be held in the Private Dining Room on the first floor. Peninsula Hotel on January 28 at 4.30 p.m.
WELIST DRIVE
The Central British Association will hold a Whist Drive on January 19 at 9 p.m., in the Kowloon Crie ket Club's Hall,
In addition to prizes, refresh- ments will be in the capable hands of Misses Francis Best and Woolley.
Ir's
All proceeda are to go towards the new Clubhouse. Entrance will be $1.
CABARET DANCE
A Cabaret Supper Dance will be held at the Peninsula Hotel, Rose Room, on February 3, at 9 p.m. In aid of the New Clubhouse.
Tickets will be $2 single and 83.30 double, and can be obtained from: Miss Frances Best,,, c/o Loxleys": Miss McAlpine. c/o Gilmans'; Miss Iris Woolley, 'c/n' EK. Hotel: Miss K. Winch, c/o Lane Crawfords'; W. Muir, c/o
RECLAMATION PROJECT
War Refugees To Be Put On Vast Scheme
Chungking, Jan. 16. Calculated to solve the war-time food problem, a large-scale re- clamation project has been formulated by the Szechwan Pro- vincial Government,
According to the project, 5,000,- 000 mow of waste land in the districts of Tungklang, Nankiang, Pachung, Pelchuen, Pingwu and Yungchuer will be reclaimed by war refugees who have migrated into Szechwan.
Plans for exploiting the mines in the province are also under consideration. A geological rc- search institute will soon be established at Chungking to take. charge of the investigation of the mineral resources-- Central News
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STEADY PROGRESS
MAINTAINED
First Aid And Anti-Gast Lectures For Chinese
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London, Jan. 16.
Picture taken during the Triangular Rugby Tournament match between the Club and the Army on the Club ground on Satur-
day when the Club won. (Cheng Studio).
Singapore Naval Base
French To Attend Opening
Paris. Jan. 15.
also
Not only American, but probably French, warships are to
Ú. S. VISIT SURPRISES SINGAPORE
No Question Of Joint Naval
Display
Singapore, Jan. 15.
Most surprising feature of the
be present at Singapore when the British Navy holds the inaugura- tion ceremony of its new base, it much heralded and discussed visit was declared here to-day in semi-¦ of American cruisers to Singapore. official circles.
allegedly in connection with oyen-
In reply to reports that America | Ing of the naval base, is that' the intended to send three cruisers to local naval authorities have not been advised of the visit and en- tirely discredit the reports.
hurricane which raged all participate in the festivities, it was revealed that three French over England yesterday had not
warships, "Georges Leygues," abated by the evening. The storm
"Oire" and "Montralin" as well has, so far, caused four deaths.
as two modern submarines Mountainous waves crashed over stationed in Indo-China will prob- the coastal steamer Suffolk sweep-ably be sent to Singapore.- ing eight members of the crew
Transocean News Service. and one passenger overboard. "The officer were drowned. The others were saved,
severely injured. one member of the crew being
Transocean News Service,
The first aid and anti-kas lec-captain and Arst tures sponsored by, Mr. Lau King- Ambulance Brigade and Associa- tsing, Vice-Patron of the St. John
tion
and given by the Chinese Athletic Association Division " of which Mr. Lauis Patron, are pro- gressing favourably and already no less than 40 of the boys who have been attending lectures have sent in their applications to be members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade,
second group of 100 boys was com
On January 13 enlistment of a menced and will ead on January 20. Lectures are held in the Chin- ese Athletic Association Division's
IMPROVEMENT IN SHIPPING
and
Hamburg, Jan. 15. The improving passenger freight trade on the Europe-New York run is reflected in the Annual Report of the Hamburg-Amerika
new headquarters, No. 2A, Western Lane, issued to-day.—
sented the prizes to the winners speeches made in Parlament bit-Street, third floor.
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UNITED HOCKEY
TOURNAMENT Rajputana Rifles Defeated
In their
return match in the United Hockey Tournament played at King's Park yesterday morning, the Central British Association de- reated the Rajputana Rifies by five goals to one. Lieut. Pritam Nath scored for the losers while 8. Fowler (2). G. E. Fowler, D. T. Smith and N. B. Whitley were responsible for the winners" goals. At half-time the score was 1-1. [adji?
NO LET-Furnished, & Small Flat T
in Hong Kong. lent mod rat, available almost immediately. Apply Box No. 899, c/o Hong Kong Daily Руен,
NEW AMERICAN, JUDGE
Appointment By President
Washington, Jan. 16. President Roosevelt has nomin- ated the Afty-three year-old
Solicitor General, Stanley Reed, Judge of the Supreme Court in place of the seventy-six year-old Judge Sutherland.
There will now be only three septuagenarians among the Jud- gea. Stanley Reed's nomination will mean that President Roose- velt will have a majority of ve among nine judges--Reuter.
LIQUOR LICENCES HELD BY JEWS IN RUMANIA
Bucharest, Jan. 18. The Rumanian Finance Ministry yesterday, published statistics com- piled in the last few days showing the number of liquor selling licen-
DRAWN MATCH
terly attacking the military clique for their despotic measures received sweeping support from the great majority of the population. Thus it becomes clear that the Japanese people did not want the undeclar ed war.
It was this mass sentiment for peace
dictatorial against the orientation of the War
office. among other things, which the Japanese General Staff took in consideration when it decided to start what is one of the most brutal wars in the history of the world.
Napoleon's adage
was
To
keep the people occupied, make war without." and the Japanese General Staff appears to have. taken a leaf out of his book. The
Japanese people are being "united behind. the policeman's whlp. for example, the em-
Transceum News Servier."
JAPAN SEEKS PEACE
Sunday, January 16
According to messages received, from Tokyo, foreign relations occupy the chief place in recent statements given to the press by the Premier, Prince Konoye, and the Foreign Minister, Mr. Kokt Hirota. On examining these statements it is not surprising to find that both these astute politicians appealed to the world to take a "tair view of the Sino-Japanese" dispute. The Premier, after making a statement to the effect that Japan is receiving sympathetic encouragement ` from progressive nations," went on to say that "to overcome inter- national difficulties as peacefully as possible, it (the nation) will need a gigantic reserve of national power."
Of course it never occurred to this very clever statesmen that the first essential for promoting peace and goodwill between notions is to leave "the other party" alone and not interfere with its internal or Eanisation!.
With astuteness that matches the best that Japan can produce, Prince Konoye, the Premier, made two specific references to Japan's friendship with Germany and Italy, at the same time attaching "great"
In a friendly hockey match play ed on the USR.C. ground yester- when. day moming; the Nomads drew ployees at a certain factory com- with the Kowloon Indians Tennis plained of the quality of foodstuffs. { importance" to the attitude of Soviet Russia. In this connection Mr. Club each side scoring goal. The they were immediately visited by Indians led at the interval by 1-0 the police with revolvers in their the goal being scored by Pyara | hands. Bingh, centre-forward. In the sec- ond half J. H. Franco equalised for the Monads.
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JEWS APPEAL TO LEAGUE
London, Jan. 14. The Jewish World Congress has petitioned the League of Nations, asking the League Council to de-. fine the legal position of Jews in Rumania as the new government' is restricting the freedom of the Jews in that country.-
Reuter
EDEN HURRIES.
HOME
London, Jan, 15. The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Au- thony Eden, who arrived in Paris from the Reviera this morning, left ces held by Jews and of which immediately by rail for Calais en
route to London.
they are to be dispossessed, a de- cree having been passed to this effect.
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The postponement until January of the 100th session of the Coun- The statistics show that thee of the League of Nations w number of licences estimated to be afford Mr. Eden Fuller, opportunity held by Jews is far in excess of the for consultations with the Prime actual cences lasued to them. Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, The total licences issued in the and his advisers at the Foreign whole of Rumania with the excep- Office on various questions of cur- tion of the capital. amount to 39,- rent international interest before 450 of which 3,180 are held by proceeding, to Geneva, where he Jews and 4.000 by other minori-will be the principal British dele-
gate.- ties.-.. Transocean News Service,
British Wireles,
Some people seem to get away with a lot, and certainly the Japan- ese Government belongs to that
type. A week ago an Imperial Conference was held in Tokyo and up-to-date the world does not know the result of the Conference, much less the people of Japan.
TAT TAK SCHOOL
PRIZE DAY
The distribution of certificates and prizes of the Tat Tak School was held in the Ping Bhan ances- tral temple yesterday at 1 p.m.. Mr. Chau Chi-kong officiating. About 200 boys were present and 50 guests attended.
Speeches were made by Mr. Chau, General Chan Kee-yau, Mr. Lau King-tsing. President of the Hong Kong Anti-Heroin Society, and many others.
After the ceremony the prin- cipal guests were entertained to lunch at the residence of Mr. Tang Yau-shan, who is in charge of the Tat Tak School,
HILLSIDE FIRE
Hirota said that opinion in Japan had been disagreeably impressed by the Non-Aggression Pact concluded between Moscow and the Central Government. But nobody expected the Sino-Soviet Pact would create anything but an unfavourable Impression In Tokyo.
To use Mr. Hirota's own words, "great importance is obviously attached to the attitude of the Boviet Union. It is not going too far. to say that the conclusion of the Sino-Soviet non-aggression pact gavę. the impression that Soviet munitions supplies to China have been quaranteed politically." The Foreign Minister then goes on to dwel an Japanese-American relations, and says that "friendship has developed considerably of late."
We are tempted to remind Mr. Hirota that incidents such as the bombing and sinking of the Panay will not tend to bring about closer relations between the two countries, and also that there have been, since the beginning of the hoslitities, several anti-Japanese demon- strations in the United States. Yet Mr. Hirota speaks of the develop- ment of friendship.
"As a result of the recent complete abolition of extraterritor- lality," the Foreign Minister states, "Manchukuo has become a modern and unified state"--so modern and unified" in fact, that the Japan- ese troops which were sent to Formosa preparatory to the South China invasion had to be recalled owing to the "growing unrest" in
Manchukuo.
.
To return to the message of the Premier again, he says that' Japan's "real intention at present is to help China to recover from its degeneration and thus provide an unshakable foundation for the
development and stability of East Asia in order to make it one of the inainstays in true organisation of world peace." Almost in the same breath, however, he says that "Japan can only march ahead and for this purpose it must mobilise, more organically than at present, the whole strength of the whole nation on behalf of the objectives of the
State."
Well, Japan has mobilised the whole strength of the whole nation and yet, despite this, she now finds that the "objectives of the State" are, after all, not so easy to gain.
She then, to our mind, tries a colossal bluff and the Imperial Conference is convoked. The world calls her bluff and Anally Tokyo "defers Judgment"-which is another way of saying that further negotiations will not be scoffed at.
A small blaze was caused in It is not China who is now seeking peace. Rather it is the other Middle Gap Road yesterday short-way about, for Japan, having pitted the whole of her national strength ly before noon when grass on, the against China, finds that after capturing a few cities and murdering. hillside caught fire. It was put thousands upon thousands of Innocent civilians, she comes face to out, without difficulty by the Fire face with what appears to be financial ruin and the only way out
peace. Brigade.
is
They state that as far as is known, no naval power has been asked to be present, the Admiralty regarding the function as purely. of Empire interest.
The local naval authorities state that if there is a visit from American Cruisers (though they U.S. AND BRITAIN
have not yet been advised) it will TO BUILD
be "an entirely unofficial oce. with
no question of "participa- Washington, Jan. 16. tion" in any ceremony or in Britain and the United States "joint naval demonstration." 15 are prepared to disregard the described in the Hearst journal, the London Treaty of Limitations per- "American "...........
"ADVANCE BASE OF THE
BRITISH FLKET
taining to the size of battleships | Wenter, reports that Japan is building larger battleships are confirmed, according to high authorities here. An Administration spokesman
the expressed
bellef that the Treaty Powers might ask Japan visit of United States cruisers to formally for Information regard to her building programme nection with opening of the new
wita
Tokyo, Jan. 15. The Japanese press features the
Singapore on February 14 in con-
naval base.
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The "Yomiuri Shimbun," in an
forced seriously to be interested in
before taking action, and said if the reports are confirmed, the United States, Navy will unques- tionably seek authority to bulld editorla declares that Japan is battleships equal or larger in size the completion of this "advance Mr. Claude Swanson (Secretary base of the British fleet, with Japan of the Navy) said that President
as the objective." Roosevelt would probably send his naval expansion message to Con- gress on Monday or Tuesday.- Beuter.
Little Activity On Teruel Front
of
ceremonial opening may be regard- The paper considers that the
ed as demonstration against Japan, while the presence of the American
conceivably squadron seeks to create the impression that Britain and the United States have reached an understanding in the Pacific Ocean.
Questioning whether the United Madrid, Jan. 16. States is fully aware of the British Very little activity on the Terucl Government's "subtle and sinister front was reported by the Republi- politics," and forecasting the un- can Spanish defence ministry here favourable repercussion of such last night. In a Madrid suburb of actions on the Far Eastern altisa- Teruel, Republican troops succeed- tion the paper hopes that Britain ed in blowing up the enemy's store and the United States will consider explosives resulting in the this point carefully and will, adopt.. death of 50 Nationalist soldiers, a policy of discretion.— This momentarily caused great Reuter confusion amongst Nationalist troops and the Republicans then lodged a sudden attack, the latter retiring to their own lines after the enemy had brought up rein- forcements. From other fronts there is nothing new to report. On two occasions yesterday even-Richardson, of Wallsend, have re- ing. Nationalist bombing planes ceived an order from the Admiralty flew over. Barcelona at a great for the construction of two large height dropping. caused death to a few civilans oating calssons for Devonport Dockyard. One of the caissons: and only slight material damage will be built in the dock at Devon-
Nationalist headquarters announced last night that there was nothing to report from any of the fronts,
.The
bombs
Tranxuton Neve Service
which
Shanghai Municipal Police.
Promotions
Shanghai, Jan. 15. The promotion of two Japanese members of the Shanghai Muni- cipal Police to Chief Inspector, is characterised by B.M.C. oficiais as a purely routine measure.
NEW CAISSONS FOR DEVONPORT
London, Jan, 16. Swan Hunter and Wigham
Port and the other, will be con- structed at Wallsend British Wirelean
MARXIST UNION ̈TO- BE DISSOLVED
„
Bucharest, Jan, 16. The Rumanian Minister for La-
bour announced at a meeting of the Christian national workers or ganisation Phalanx" yesterday that the Marxist Union would soon be dissolved and the old guilds rein'- troduced The workers with the same calling, the Minister 'con- tinned, would be comprised in a
This declaration was made in an effort to refute allegations that the promotions were a result of the Japanese demand for greater permanent organisation founded presentation on the administration on the principle of Rumanian na-
tionalisth of the Council.".
Traniacean News Server.
Foreign circles, meanwhile,, at- tach more importance to vacancies which are scheduled to occur in the Police in the near future.
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soon to expire, and the question is It is stated that the regular term being asked whether these posts, of office of the Commissioner of formerly filled by Britons, will be Police, two Vice-Commissioners given to Japanese.-- and Assistant Commisioner, is Trunsocean New Service.