Chinese Steam - Roller Presses On
PROGRESS ON WUHU- HANGCHOW FRONT
Tunchi, Cheklang, Jan. 21. Steady progress is being made by the Chinese troops now fight- Ing on the Hangchow-Wubu front who are mostly robust young sol- diers, fresh from training, according to a Central News Agency correspondent who toured the Chinese line during the last few days, The Une" extends from Hangchow in the eart to Wuhu in the west, passing through Yuhang, Wukang, Anchi, Szean, Kwangtch and Hsyancheng and measuring approximately 300 kilometres in length.
Since the fall of Nanking and | land, whilst Anchi, important town Wuhu, up till January 15, the Chi- nese forces had been on the de- fensive, but since January 16 alter the arrival of reinforcements and redispositioning of the troops, a counter-offensive has been launch-the city,
ed.
CHINESE CLOSING IN Gradually, but steadily, the Chi nese forces are closing in on the Japanese at Hangchow and Wuhu, the two moet strategic points on the whole front. Flerce "street fighting was going on last night at Wanchih, the gateway to Wuhu, on
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on the Cheklang-Anhwel border was retaken by the Chinese co- lumn operating there, which is pushing down to Hangehow to a3- sist in the attempt to recapture
In the Hangchow area where there were previously as many as 20.000 Japanese troops, only be- tween 4,000 and 5,000 are left. Of these about 500 pre stationed around Fuyang, and 1,000 around Yuhang. Peace and order in Hangchow city is maintained by a unit of 300 Japanese gendarmes - Central News.
CHINESE GIRL FOR AIR FORCE
A ́Chinese girl ́has Just arrived Force, reports the Canton Gazette.
a native of Fukien, Province,
Canton, Jan. #L
to join the Chinese Arr"' She is Miss Lin Feng-si,
Mism Lin Peng-si has lived In America for several where she learned to fly and studied seria} warfare, leaving for Hankow shortly.—
Beurer.
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years She la
JOSS WATER AND BIRTH CONTROL
PILLS
Story Of A Pain In
The Chest
Accusations and counter-accusa- tions were exchanged between de-
fendant and complainant at the Central Magistracy yesterday when, before Mr. R. A. D. Forrest Li Tai.
47. married woman, was charged with theft by false pretences of a gold medal on November 2, 1937,
Complainant was Lo Kim, 30, married woman, residing at No. 190 Queen's Road West; and Detective-. Sergeant J. Allen.
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The facts as alleged by the com-. plainant were that on October 28 she was ruffering from a pain the chest and said so in the defen..... dant's hearing. The latter told her she could cure her by giving her some Josa water and pilis. She asked for $18.60 which com- plainant paid over, on October, 30. In addition complainant gave her $4 and $6.10 for various foods with which to worship joss,'
Later defendant asked for a lucky gold medal and complainant bought one for $31 and gave it to her
on November 2 Defendant promised to return this in CRO months time when her pain was cured.
DENIED KNOWLEDGE On December 31, complainant went to the address where she had removed. "One of the tenants took her to defendant's "new "address and there complainant asked for her medal back. Li promised readily that she would return it eight or ten days later, as there was no move from her, complain- ant again went to see Li and she now denied all knowledge of the affair. In reply to the magistrato complainant said her pain did not in fact get better.
Defendant, in cross-examination,
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Urged For At Least First Year Of Marriage
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1938.
WHAT JAPAN
FREEMASONRY IN 1937
REALLY WANTS
Asiatic Empire
Memorable Year Of Progress
Canton, Jan) 21.
General Wu Te-chen, Goyemor
of Kwangtung Province, in an ex-¦ THE KING AND GRAND
clusive interview with Prince! A. Urach, representative of the semi- official German paper "Voelkischer Beobachter" made the following remarka:——
LODGE
Coronation Year has been one of much activity in the world of Freemasonry culminating in the great meeting of Grand Lodge at the Royal Albert Hall on June 30, at which, unfortunately, the Grand Master, the Duke of Con-" naught, was unable to be present. The presence of the King on that occasion would have secured # record attendance in any event. but when it was believed that the Sovereign would take an" active part in the proceedings, the in- terest was increased,
"The Japanese believe they are able to teach us through armed force that it is our duty to become friends of Japan. But in reality It is our turn to teach Japan that she cannot make friends by making war. Japan takes the mistaken view that only our Government, is the enemy of the Japanese, and not the Chinese people. But to- day the entire Chinese nation is the bitter enemy of the JapaneES invaders and is Ormly decided to resist them to the bitter end. The The King, who had accepteti on Japanese armies may win victories | March 3 the office of Past GranÓ on the battlefields, but in the end | Master, was invested by the Ear China will win the war.
of Harewood, Pro Grand Master, in that office, and subsequently occupied the chair, when, an be- half of the Grand Master, he lavested the brethren appointed to Past Rank, including the late Mr. R. W. Bingham, the American Ambassador, 2.S Past Grand Warden. Although the Royal Family has for nearly two turies been prominent in Free- masonry, this was the first OC- casion on which
a Sovereign presided in Grand Lodge.
Apart from this national and in
"Japan professes as her aim the fṛtendly collaboration of China and Japan in an Asiatic empire. But the facts are very different from these Ideals What Japan really wants is an Astatic empire under the sole domination of Japan.
"In case the Japanese decide to attack South China, let them come. We are quite prepared to give them a hot reception. They will have no easy time with us, and new front to fight on.”
cen-
"We have to be very grateful to Germany," Governor Wa Te-Imperial event. Freemasonry chen concluded, "for her untiring England has continued its steady efforts to mediate in this confict Progress. There were at the end Through unsurmountable difficul-
of September 4.997 Lodges under tles these efforts of your country and.. an increase of 54, of which The United Grand Lodge of Eng- had to fall without success.”— Frascent Nora SereTCR.
21 art new London Lodges, 31 Provincial Lodges, and two Lodges oversea; in addition, there were 1.880 Royal Arch Chapters, an in- crease of 23 (eight London and 15 provincial).
JAPANESE TROOPS
KİLLED
In
Shanghai, Jan. 21: Japanese barracks at Yongking, Chouch schu and Kaochlao Pootung were attacked last night The suggestion that birth con- by Chinese plain clothes men, the trol should be practised by all battle being waged until 4 am to- young wives for at least the arst day. year of marriage was made by Mr. were killed, while the plain clothes Over 50 Japanese soldiers
L C. Rivett, obstetric surgeon to men suffered very small casualties. Hospital. when lecturing recently Pootung. was captured by the plain in-patients at Queen Charlotte's Shachuer, an important town in at the winter school for health clothes men, some of whom ad- visitors and school nurses at Bed-vanced southward and captured ford College for Women. Regent's Fenghsien south of Bhachuen. Park, London,
It is believed that these Irregulars will be able to hold out for some
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The Grand Lodges of Ireland (established 1725) and Scotland. (established 1736) are in complete amity with England and have the Empire, where there are many many Lodges scattered throughous
independent Sovereign Grand
Hemisphere there are; in addition Lodges-Canada, 9: Australia. 6: New Zealand, 1. In the Western
to the 49 Grand Lodges in United States, màny, others Centra and South America, the Eastern Hemisphere there are Mexico, and the West Indies. In
14 Sovereign Grand Lodges "recos Scandinavian group Sweden, Nor- nized" by England, of which the
the
in
"When woman is going to embark upon motherhood she time because of their guerillaway, Denmark, and Finland-are
should consider what she is letting herself in for!" he said. "I myself
do
a
not consider pregnancy normal physiological process, as some people seem to think it ought to be. To my mind it is obviously a very great complication.
"It seems to me that it would be very much wiser if in the course of the development of education we could arrange things so that a woman does not embark upon
settled down to her new life and pregnancy until she has completely
until she has learned how to manage her own home.
"It would be an extraordinarily valuable advance in the race if we could have girls, before they were likely to get married, in- structed fully in contraception with the idea that it should be practised for the first year of marriage."
Among English girls the years between nineteen and twenty-five were the best for having a first child, Mr. Rivett added, and he said that he favoured birth control for the proper spacing out of familles.
tactics and the insufficient number of Japanese troops for mopping-up campaign in Pootung.- international News Agency.
perhaps the nearest to the English model.
the
Most of
other European Grand Lodges have fallen under a political ban or are otherwise inactive.
In Switzer land, which har German and GLASGOW BRIDE IN Italian influences on two sides. a
SINGAPORE
referendum was recently taken on the question of the suppression of The Presbyterian Church, Singa-masonry), but by more than two all secret societies (including Free- pore, was pretty decorated for the to one the Swiss electorate de- wedding of Miss Amelia Campbellclared against such legislation.
Caldwell and Mr. Scott McMurray Kirkpatrick.
Miss Caldwell arrived in Singa gunde- and she is the daughter of pore, by the Marnix V. St. Alde Mr. and Mrs. William Caldwell of Glasgow. Mr. Kirkpatrick, who is with Sungel Tiram Rubber Estate, Ltd.. Johore Bahru, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Kirkpatrick, or Eastbourne. His father was for- merly in Singapore known out here.
and is well Mr. W. J. Warin gave the bride away.
TRAFFIC OFFENCES
FIVE FRESH CASES OF Kowloon
SMALL-POX
Five
Before Mr. H. R. Butters at the Magistracy yesterday, Cpl. J. Bowler, of the Royal Corps of Signals, was fined $10 for driv (threeing at a speed of 40 miles per hour
in Nathan Road.
" alleged that the whole business had been instigated by the prin-
cases of small-pox elpal tenant of the floor in which from Victoria and two from Old she first stayed. This woman, ac- and New Kowloon) are reported in cording to her, had 3 grudge the latest official returns for the against her and had once accused | 24 hours ended midnight, Jan. 20. her of attempted arson."
Complainant retorted she knew nothing of this and no one had incited her in the prosecution.
The principal tenant, Leung Sham-lam, was then called. She said 'defendant had stayed with her for two months and during that period they had had quarrels over rent. She had made à deport
at No. 7 Police Station as the re- sult of which defendant had been advised to move out. She did not. however, bear the
woman By grudge nor, so far as she knew, did the complainant. She had neither asked complainant to pro- secute defendant, nor to go to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs
At this stage bearing was ad- journed for 24 hours.
In the same period there were two cases of diphtheria (Kowloon), two ceses of enteric fever (one Victoria one Kowloon), one case of meningitis (Shaukiwan) and three cases of dysentery (two Victoria and 1 Kowloon),
James Volgin, residing at No. 5. Hankow Road, first floor, was fined $3 for driving at a speed of 38 miles per hour in Nathan Road on December 29.
A fine of $10 was imposed on Anderson when he pleaded guilty to a summons for driving in the Nathan Road controlled area at a speed of 30 miles per hour,
BOYCOTT CRUSADE
London, Jan. 21. The attitude of the British Trade Union and Labour move- ments towards the boycott of Japanese goods is being deter- mined at a series of meetings in London.
No statement was issued at the conclusion of the meeting of the National Council of labour to-day. The question of policy to be adopted is being left over for a joint meeting of the General Council of the Trade Union Congress, the excentive of the Labour Party and the executive the Parliamentary Labour Party, Reuter.
of
POLITICS BARRED
Grand Lodges are not only the England and the two sister oldest regularized organizations
but are also the most emphatic in the prohibition of political....or religious discussions in the Lodges
women as members. At the Sep- as well as in the prohibition of
tember meeting of Grand Lodge at Leeds, the Pro Grand Master, Lord Harewood, referred to circulars which had been sent various
to
GIVE YOUR GUESTS
DEINHARD'S
WORLD
HOOKS
RENOWNED
& MOSELLES
"THE SIGN OF THE PERFECT HOST
SOLE AGENTS:
CALOBECK, MACGREGOR & CO., LTD.
SHE KISSED THE COMPOSER
No Excuse For Breaking Engagement
A Vienna magistrate has dead- ed that a girl's close friendship for a composer, who dedicated a collection of his songs to her, was Lo reason for the girl's fiancee to break off the engagement.
The girl and her fiancee, ac engineer, had known each other since childhood, and it was un- derstood that they were to marry as soon as possible.
But every summer the girl used to visit Czechoslovakia where she stayed with another man, & con- fectioner, who was well-known as. a composer of songs. The fances.
these visits, and his indignation. working in Vienna, heard about balled over when he learned how the girl had publicly kissed the his songs were played. composer after a show at which
He broke off the engagement, and the result was that the girl had him prosecuted on the crim- inal charge of "seduction under promise of marriage.".
A large number of witnesses were heard. including the com- poser from Czechoslovakia, and at the end of a long case the magis- trate found the engineer guilty and gave him a technical sentence of 14 days' arrest, instead of serv- ing which he was bound over for two years.
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DR. JOAD EXPLAINS
HUSBAND
Vanished Man
"GHOST"
May Have Dual Personality
CASE OF "THE SAINT".
belief in ghosts, Dr. C. E. M. Joad, Although he hasn't very much
"The Saint is engaged to nice young man. The second per-
head of the Department of Philo-sonality insults and shoere him, sophy and Psychology at Birkbeck and he won't have anything more College, London University, does to do with her. believe in dual personality.
He told me, writes a Home cor- respondent, that he thinks the theory of dual personality pro- vices an explanation of the strange case of a missing husband which was recently brought to his notice.
"There were two other person- alities, "besides.
"I think this is a case of that kind, and that there may be some queer influence about that roam which calls the second personality up into consciousness, like pulling a psychological trigger.
The magistrate decided on the evidence that" the girl's relations The husband and the girl he
RETURN EXPECTED with the composer were nothing married met at a house in the Personality No. 1 doesn't know more than "musical enthusiasm." West Country, in a room supposed about Personality No 2, but Per- "Even a kiss from such motives," to be haunted by a ghost. He sonality No. 2 does know about be added, "especially if it was tock not the slightest notice of Personality No. 1 and, as in the publicly given, is no obstacle to her, and, walked out without say- Beauchamp case, wants to make the keeping of a promise of mar- ing a word in reply to a question, | things awkward for Personality but she subsequently saw him in Flage."
No. 1 by running away from the London, was introduced, and they wife. married.
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"These personalities alternate at About a year later they went to fairly regular periods, 20 the same house. While they were would expect this second person- fore the man walked out-and the personality to come back after a together in the same room as beality to lose control and the first
ASSISTANT CAMP CHIEF OFF TO WEST INDIES
Camp Chief of Gilwell Park, the Mr."A. M. Chamberlain; Assistant
Chingford, left England recently Boy Scouts Training Centre at wife has not seen him since. in the Queen Mary for New York en route to the West Indies.
He will pay visits to Antigua, Barbados. Grenada, Trinidad, Ja- malca and the Bahamas, where he will conduct Wood Badge Courses and District Training Courses, and nelp with Bcouting generally.
He will be away for about four months.
TWO IN ONE BODY "Dual personality in a fairly well credited thing," said Dr. Joad.
"Broadly speaking, it means that there are two different per- zonalities inhabiting the body. Call them X and Y, Then you have all sorts of combinations.
same
knows what is going on in Y, or neither knows what is going on in the other; or Y knows what la going on in X.
Masonic Lodges asking for support ou practically political grounds for Abyssinian refugees, and pointed out the inadvisability of acceding to such requests. Such strict ad- herence to the well-defined prin- ciples of Freemasonry is in striking contrast to what has happened in other countries where different opinions have prevailed and where interference in politics and re- ligion has been the cause of either complete or partial suppression. The Grand Lodges of England, Ireland, and Scotland have for many years not been in relation- ship with the so-called Masonic organization in those countries, been forbidden, so that there is a and' the exchange of visiting has In addition to the United Grand Lodge or the "Craft" (as it is complete gulf between Free-properly called) and the Royal masonry in these islands and in Arch, which is its ancillary, there other countries which are less rigid are several other Masonic DI- The original person was known as in their adherence to principle ganizations. Of these the largest HEADQUARTERS EXECUTIVE Is the Grand Lodge of Mark This year
a new member has Master Masons, which controls been added to the Headquarters 809 Lodges, and has in project the executive. in the person of rebuilding and enlarging of Mark Brigadier-General W. H. V. Darell. Masons Hall. Mark Grand Lodge who, as Assistant Grand Master. has its own benevolent fund, the will be in frequent attendance at sixty-ninth anniversary of which Freemasons Hall, and will under-was held this year, when £11,000 take some of the duties which had was, received. The Mark Bene- been carried out by the late Grand volent Fund has distributed Secretary,
Philp Colville €100,000 since the inception of Smith. Mr. Bydney White, his the fund, and now has 90 an- successor, has had 20 years' ex- multants, and also contributes to perience as Assistant OT Deputy the education of a number of giris
and' boys,
Bir
Grand Becretary.
"The best-known ease of this kind is the one we always talk about as the Bally Beauchamp case.'. She had four personalities.
"The Saint--a high-minded giri who went to church and all that sort of thing.
́INSULTED FIANCEE "Later another personality took charge of the body. She was entirely different from the original character-a really high-spirited young woman and an outrageous flirt
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period.
"So, I this, hypothesia is the right one, the wile will get her husband back. But he will come back knowing nothing at all about this second personality or about This business."
THIEVES CAUGHT
Lo Chuea, 23, unemployed, was fined 350 or six weeks' imprison- mont by Mr. C. B. Burgess at the Central Magistracy yesterday when he admitted the theft of a foun- tain pan from a Chiese in Gilman Street on Thursday.
In another case two men, IA YIU, 26, and Chan Chol, 30, were charged in connection with the theft
of a purse from a kir. Chan Kwong at the Ping On Wharf. First de- fendant admitted the theft and was given four months hard la-' bour and ordered police supervision for two years.
The other man pleaded not gulity and was discharged.
"In this case the second per- Complainant failed to appear in sonality knew all about the first Court and it was state be had re- personality, "The Saint,' and turned to China. The sum of $1.19 took a particular delight in do- which was in the stolen parse was ing things that would make ordered to be placed in the poor things awkward for The Saint! bor.
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