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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG
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PROBATE JURISDICTION
IN THE GOODS of Alice Sanderson Laurence, late of
INC.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, ⠀]
JANUARY 25, 1938.
BIRTILS
HESS-On Saturday, January 15, 1938, at the Country Hospital, Shanghal, to Ellde, née Valst. wife of Dr. Wolfgang Hess, a daughter... BROWN. On January 17, 1938, at
the Country Hospital, Shang- hal, to Mr. and Mrs. Harold P. Brown, a daughter. HAYES.-On January 17, 1938. at the Country Hospital, Shang- hal, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hayes, née Myers) a daugh- ter. Arline Beatrice.
ENGAGEMENTS PEARSON BELL. The engage
mett is announced between William Dearne only son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Dearne Fear- son of Shanghai, and Nora Grace (Heather) only daughter of the late Mr. A. D. Bell and
Jand,
CORRESPONDENCE FINDING
"A UNITED FRONT (The Editor, the "Hong Kong
Dally Press!!)
Dear Sir, I am encouraged by the tone of a recent leading article in your paper
In an old reader there was a brought up but bit its master one story telling how a little tiger was
day when its wild nature mani- fested itself. Isn't this quite analogous to the relationship be- tween Great Britain and Japan?
PROTECTION AGAINST GAS
(Continued from Page 1)..
sides, the protection of a cellar without the disadvantages of be coming a trap or flooded. Gas will tend to flow down the slope on to the back side of them.
Equally, they get all the gas there is. They are more likely to have a protecting cliff or other -house against them. As the ground everywhere here is distinctly hard. splinter effect may be expected horizontally, and a ground floor gets its fair share.
First Floor. This is the lowest that most houses go and they have all the overhead cover there 13, Equally they get all the gas there 19. They are more likely to have a protecting clif or other where here is distinctly hard, splin- house against them. As the ground every-
ter effect may be expected hor!- zontally, and a ground floor geta its fair share.
Ground Floors. This is the lo- As everyone who has studied n
weat that most houses go, and they bit of the modern history of Japan
have all the overhead cover there knows, her civilization is mostly
is. borrowed from China. At the time Western nations; she was still in when she came into contact with
a confused state, incessant nighting Mrs, Bell of Prestwich. Eng-between warlords prevailing. It was the material assistance given DESSART-BALLERAUD.-The en- by Great Britain to one party of
gagement 13 announced be-
the struggle that helped the set- tween Edgard Dessart. of ting up of the constitutional gov- Tangshan (Hopel), son of Mr. erament. It was Great Britain who and Mrs. Dessart (Shanghai) helped her win the Russo-Japanese and Jacqueline Ballerud. War some 30 years ago. Then she daughter of the late A. Bal-raised her head as a Arst class teraad' and Mrs. M. Baileraud power and her ambition grew big (Shanghai).
ger and bigger with the advance' of years. She planned to extend WYSOCKL-Un January 16. 1938. the Empire on the continent at the at the Paulun Hospital, Shang-expense of her weak neighbour. hel. Witold Etienne Francois | China. This ambition she has Wysocki, aged 34 years. the been realizing ever since the fall dearly-beloved husband of of 1931 through the tolerance of Mrs. Regina Wysocki.
Great Britain and other Powers MENDOZA.-On Friday, January notwithstanding their solemn un- 14, 1938, at the Shanghai Gen- dertakings in well-known inter- eral Hospital, following an ae- national Treaties. Now she has cident. Robert Mendoza, aged swallowed up the fattest part of 13 years,"
China and is bold enough to call old and crafty," She has even gone further to challenge Great Britain for a fight for supremacy in the Far East.
DEATHS
Refugees GARDNER-At the French Hos-Great Britain Misappropriated "
Admission By Daw Who Says Money Lost In Gambling
Alfred Joseph Daw, 25-year old unrecognized Briton, was charged in the First Special District Court Shanghal last week" with having misappropriated 53) bags of rice of the Nantao Refugee zone states the "North China Daily News" The rice was valued at over $258.
Daw made a full confession and told Judge Feng that he removed. the rice from a godown in the Settlement under the pretext that he was to take it to the refugee zone. He then sold it below the market price to a number of men. six of whom, all Cantonese, were taken into custody and charged with receiving and disposing of stolen property.
pital at 9.10 p.m. on January 24, 1938, John Gardner, be- loved husband of Sybil Gard- ner (nee Dafzlel) at the age of 33. Funeral wil pass the Monument. Happy Valley.. at 5.30 p.m. to-day. (Shanghai papers please copy).
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友之國中
The little tiger, which seemed to bave been quite tame all along, has grown up and its wild nature has manifested itself." Great Britain must be regretting the day she gave so much assistance to this ungrateful country. What would she do now? Would she yield and acknowledge the hegemony of Japan in the Far East? No, cer- tainly not, for honour and prestige! Would she then accept the chal- lenge even without the co-opera- tion of the United States and other Powers?
On the other hand, the other Powers should also realize that in LEBS, challenging Great Britain alone. while courting the: favour of the United States, Japan is not parti- cularly friendly to any one country but is playing her old trick of defeating her enetales individually by preventing the formation of a united front" against her.
HONG KONG, JANUARY 25, 1938.
FIRST FLOOR
First Floor, The Chinese reckon this as the second floor, I mean the one about 12 feet up. This floor is above the densest gas concen- tration and the angle of flight of splinters, makes the inside safer, especially if there is a stout and wide verandah to Intercept them. Such a verandah allows a blast- proofing wall to be built before the window. The disadvantegra that the overhead cover is lessened and the consequent reduction in the sense of safety. Some strongly built houses have roofs and upper floors of ample strength to justify the choice of a room on the first floor.
are
Conclusions. If you can do so safely, go underground. If your upper floors are strong. use the first floor. If not so strong go on the ground floor.
AIR LOCK
What about this air lock business? The air lock is worked thus. Only one of its doors is ever to be open- ed at the same time, and then only enough to slip out. There is gas outside, and every time the door 13 opened a little will enter." But, un less a great deal of traffic takes place. the quantity will diffuse so much that it will be harmless concentration over a reasonable
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Daw continued that he obtained SOUTHERN INVASION about $500 as a result of the deal. but the money was not in his pos- session very long because, within held by a small section of opinion The belief which has long been
a few days after he had sold the that the Japanese plan in China. No. I don't believe it. It is simply If you have no second room you
rice, he lost all the money in gambling with the other accused, one of whom, according to the po- ice, was wanted for having con- ducted public. gambling.
include active extension of the to be complete, must necessarily campaign to the South has proved
to be much more than die sur- mise.
despite "the sinking the Panay and the blowing to bits of a number of her sons even with out war. To borrow a phrase from your leading article, the spirit of the population of Kwangtung Pro-machine-gunning of the said boat those who died in the bombing and
Throughout the duration hostilities the fear of invasion has caused great concern among
CHINA REVIEW
Declaration Of War?
Much prominence is being given to the news that Japan is contemplating a formal declaration of war on China.“ It seems that the strain of maintaining the diplomatic fiction that this is not a war will have to give way to a mold effective blockade of the Ching, const, and to a demand for the withdrawal of foreign warships from the blockaded ares,
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The announcement of a state of war would have two important effects namely the invocation of the Neutrality. Act by the United States Government, thus putting into operation the embargo on arms to belligerent states and the legal interference by Japan with" ships of all nationalities carrying war materials to China.
At present, the world is not so much concerned with the causes of the conflict as with the probable outcome that a declaration of war may entail. As we reflect upon the probable results, we recall the passage which says: "Which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first and counteth the cost, whether he has suffi cient to finish it?" counted the cost?
Has Japan, in declaring war on China, Ikewise
The Forces Of Democracy
It is not only a question of financial resources, although that has also to be reckoned with; it is the fact that in every democratic country the general sympathy is with China. It is in the eyes of those who believe in the principles of democracy and individual free- dom, a struggle provoked by the belief of dictators that "Necessity
knows no law."
!!!
It may be possible that individual freedom is doomed and that democratic principles in all countries will be wiped out by the total- Itarian states and their leaders, but that will not happen before many millions of people in the democratic countries have sacrificed every- thing in defence of their faith. If there is to be this terrific struggle, no democratic country will remain neutral, not even the United States, in spite of the Neutrality Act.
POSSESSION OF OPIUM
Unusual Case In Kowloon
ACCUSED FREED
Remarking that it was a very unusual case of possession of opium, Mr. K. M. A. Barnett con- victed Hul Tal-pong, 42, tallyman, when he appeared at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday.
B
SEVILLE AIR RAID
Paris, Jan. 24.
women
Eleven children, three and ten men were killed during a Government air raid on Seville, according to a broadcast from Seville
Salamanca, Jan. 24. The casualties on the Seville air raid are giver offelally at 7 dead and 20 wounded.-
told him to take it from his coat. He thought that when this friend took the cigarette he (the friend)-
into his coat pocket. slipped one of the tins of opium.
smoker and had come from Can- ton a few days ago. Friends, he said, had given him two, tins of opium. He had refused them but Exercising on the train one of his friends his 'prerogative under Section 30 asked him for a cigarette and he of the Magistrate's Ordinance, his Worship inflicted no penalty.
searching
Detective 0344, Wong King, was
Aboard AL train Sheung Shui on Sunday afternoon at and in defendant's jacket pocket he found an envelope containing a tin in which was some oplum. have the opium but did not know Defendant pleaded that he did
how it came into his possession. The opium was confiscated and He stated that he was an opium i defendant was allowed to go.
His Worship said defendant had told his story frankly and he be- Leved him. He was bound to en- force a conviction, but he would not impose a fine.
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PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
M. Jacques Le Prevost, Governor! of Kwangchowan, accompanied by Madame Le Prevost, arrived in the Colony on Saturday by the ss. Paul Doumer. They are staying at the Hong Kong Hotel.
They space of time. would be falling into the trap set All that will get into the by Japan if they are so short-inner room when that door sighted. Are they really blind to is opened is an already well dif- the deceitful diplomacy of Japan? fused puff, and that will not hurt.
and the Government of the United passage, or make entirely, a tem- a matter of restraint. "The people can use, partition off part of the
States have shown a capacity for porary room with wood and gas, restraint,
proof material, with a door of the same made like a stiffened curtain, only lying at an angle to the vertical, so its weight keeps it close to the frame, making a gastight air lock is that its volume should joint. The chief thing about the
Mr. C. Encarnacao, the well- the presence of Japanese men-of-their government would not take
would cry out for vengeance if be as large as you can get it. known Shanghai jockey, is due in the threat very much alive. war in Southern waters hava kept revenge for them, but be thankful
Hong Kong on Thursday on the PLENTY TO DO
Empress or Ašia. Mr. Encarnacao Following the fall of Shanghai, Peace!
to be at peace. Peace! Peace! Oh,
So you see that there is plenty has been invited by Mr. Eu Tung- to do and that nearly as good sen, Canton
How much prestige has remains
the milkonaire race-horse the economic nerve centre of the country and a
been lost in thy name? Should results can be got with the cheap- owner, to ride for his colours at vital part of the national defence
peace be all that we want, "what" as the most expensive mate- the coming annual meeting of the scheme. With the exception of
is the good of having guns to play | Fials. The more elaborate works Hong Kong Jockey Club, out the rice on Jan. 5 and 6, al- overland connection with Soviet off? What is the use of drilling masses unless they are helped out
with if they are never to be les are beyond
the pockets of the GIVEN that the Court has, by though the witness, as the trea-Russia, Canton is now practically soldiers If they are never to fight?" | over it, but the poorest can get a coming here by the same ship is Probates Ordinance 1897, made no instructions to him to remove which can be considered as of any ing huge warships to hold mano-
of the surer of the Committee, had given the only point of entry and exit And what is the benefit of build-reasonable degree of protection if Mr. C. V. Starr, president of Ameri an. Order limiting the time for the same on those days.
measurable advantage to China. creditors and others to send in
It is therefore undeniable that a
euvres with if they are never to be sent out on an expedition to uphold
Mr. G. Findlay Andrew. repre- senting the Nantao Refugee Zone Supervisory Committee, stated they had about 4,000 bags of rice donated for the refugees and stor- ed in the Bank of China godown Field Cottage Sunningdale not store so large a quantity of in the County of Berks, the cereal in Nantao. There were England, Married Woman, two keys for the godown wherein deceased.
rice was stored, one of these be- ing kept by Daw. Witness said that, as far as he knew, Daw took
NOTICE IS, HEREBY
virtue of Section 58
their claims against the above estate to the 15th day of Februar 1938.
All Creditors and others are accordingly hereby required to send their claims to the under signed on or before that date.
Dated the 18th day of January,
1938.
JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER. Solicitors for the Executors, The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Building, Hong Kong.
6913
MACAO JOCKEY CLUB. FEBRUARY RACE MEETING REMINDER,
in the Settlement as they would
Six other prisoners, accused of
receiving stolen property having been questioned, the Judge reserv ed his decision. Mr. Paul Y. Ru. prosecuting. 'said 31 bags of the rice had been recovered.
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"ART OF DINING”
Excavating among the pyramids forty miles from Cairo, a 33- year-old Englishman, Mr. Walter Emery, has made the discovery of the century-s discovery that puta Tut-ankh Amen in the shade.
M. Emery has unearthed the
tomb of King Menes, who, 5,000 year ago, became the first King of Egypt
In the tomb were the skeletons of an aged couple.
Underground rooms around the tomb bore traces of wallpaper" nd mud plaster, on which were stuck coloured reed mats..
King Menes, who was worshipped by later pharaohs and by the Greeks as a god, was credited by
vince and frequent bombings and
serious blow to the city would in- capacitate, for a long time at least, China's plans of resistance.
the prestige of the nation?
Let the interested Powers, there- This may be so, but the future and send an expeditionary force to fore, come together immediately is obscure. However, one point at the Pacific to beat the Httle up- lenat stands out clearly, a point start to her knees. that we have stressed on frequent ständ, divided we fall" occasions.
Don't you agree?
This is: The Generalissimo by
*United we
FRIEND.
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Another prominent passenger
he knows what to do.
can-Asiatic Underwriters and own- Now how far should these pre-
er of the "Shanghai Evening Post parations go before the air raid and Mercury." Mra. Starr, accom- warnings begin? Obviously a fully panies him. prepared.room is barely habitable, and I assume that few people will be able to eliminate the room from their daily needs.
I suggest that on the declaracion
Mr. H C. C. E. Bonhoff, who has for the past few years been branch manager in Hong Kong of the West Coast Life Insurance Company, of war the following should be sailed for Shanghai last week by done. Pasting of floor, cracks and the $3. Felix Roussel. Mr. Bonhor's all those on the window except many local friends reluctantly said where it would stop it opening, goodbye to him, as it is learned Preparation of the air lock and that he will henceforth be station just leave the door curtains fixed ed in Shanghai, at the top and rolled up.
ALL THE STUFF
his brilliant tactics has forced the
Yours truly. Japanese to conform their move-
Hong Kong, January 24. ments to his will, which has re- sulted in, among other things, de-... laying the threatened
OFFICE REMOVAL war in South China.
Z.B.W. arrangements for Febru- These tactics culminated in the Government Trade, Commissioner, window.. and
Major V. E. Duclos, Canadian
ary will include a recital of songs empty victory at Nanking and in- will move offices from the Glou-into the chimney. If you intend possesses a fine baritone voice, has Making of the frame for the by Mr. Albert A. Barton, popular the bags to put local amateur. Mr. Barton, who clude the threatening of the caster Buliding to the Hong Kong Japanese laes of communication and Shanghai Bank Building, seč- and the harassing of the enemy's ond floor, as from February 1. war vessels in the Yangtze by alecraft, thus fully occupying in the North the entire Japanese forces in China.
Prince A. Urach, representative of the semi-oficial German news- paper, "Voelkischer” is a guest at the Hong Kong Hotel.
to build a blastproof wall it must not been heard for some months. be done early. I advocate the His supporters will, therefore, look reinforcement of the window glass, forward to his broadcast with keen even if it is to be paper, because interest. The Governor of Kwangtung. paper, though it will obscure the General Wu Te-che i, has stated window will be ineffective if the Whether the Japanese will even-
that the Japanese would meet paste is not dry when the time tually invade the Bouth only time with unprecedented dificulties if comes. can tell, but the gravity of the they should" attempt to strike at situation has been fully realis- Canton and he is speaking with the room all the star wanted Finally accumulate and keep in an ancient writer as the inventored by the Chinese Government, knowledge and conviction based on
which is understood. to have fact. carried out a scheme of defence that is as complete and inviolable as can be assured by the employ- ment of the best military strength It is the greatest discovery ever and other resources and by the made in Erypt," declared Dr. A. M.expenditure of vast sums of money Blackman. professor of Egyptology in the construction of Important 5926 at Liverpool University.
Owners are reminded that en tries for the above Meeting close on Tuesday, 25th January, 1938.
By order,
S. W. CHENG,
$
Secretary.
of the art of serving dinner. and eating it in a reclining position."
This is the first time any con- temporary reference in stone to Menes has been found
works.
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Undoubtedly the Japanese have already "chewed off more than they can swallow but the pros- pect of an invasion of the South should not be disregarded. The power wielded by the blood-lust past few months have shown the
ing war-lorda,
to complete, the job in a hurry, Friends of Mr. Jose P. Buen- plus some extra things. If suceso, formerly accountant of any person or corporation has a Messrs L. R. Nielson and Company's lot of blastproofing in view, I advise branch here, will be interested to accumulating at the site samih know that he is at present in of it as possible, as I am sure that Masbate (PI), where he is con- on the declaration of war there is nected with a large mining syn- labour and specially transport ent in Philippine freemasonry likely to be a shortage of both dicate, Mr., Buensuceso la promin-
owing to military requirements. circles.
Maestra Elisio Gualdi is busy organising a concert to be given by the Choral Group in the Rose Room of the Peninsula Hotel on February 14. The proceeds of the concert, it is learned, will be given. to the Chinese Red Cross,
Hearty greetings to Mr. Arthur W. Grimmitt, Senior Revenue Om- cer, who celebrates his birthday today. Mr. Grimmitt has been in the local Government service for the past 27 years, and commands high esteem in many circles.
A letter received by Madarne Sun Fo from her son, Mr. Bun Chi-
ping. states that he has entered Columbia University, New York. Mr. Sun recently flew to America. by the Pan-American service.
Capt. A. J. Power, C.V.O., recently as assumed command of H.M.S. in command of HMS. Dorsetshire,
Ark Royal, which is the British Navy's latest and largest aircraft carrier.
Comdr, H. T. T. Bayliss has been appointed commander of HMS, Folkestone in succession to Capt. J. G. L. Dundas,
The appointment of Comdr. Mc- Carthy to the post of Maintenance Commander in Hong Kong is an nounced. He will succeed Comdr. 0. D. Arbuthnot
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon, parents of Mr. Bough, second oficer of the the Empress of Russia, who have been spending a short vacation, in the Colony, are returning to Van- couver by the Empress of Russia.
Mr. Peter Grant, former. Assis tant Superintendent of Police, who ago, is now residing at "Stone- retired on pension a few months
lands, 49. Catford Hill, London.