THE
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
INC.
tacorporated with Limited Liability in U.S.A.
REICHSMARK TRAVELLERS
CHEQUES
ON SALE AT
ADVANTAGEOUS RATES
Office":
No. 4. Des Voeux Road
Central.
KOWLOON RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION
THE RENTS QUESTION
The General Committee of the Kowloon Residents' Associa tion prophises, if deemed advisable, to make representation to the Government of Hongkong in support of tenants whose rents have been unreasonably increased or who have been evicted despite " prompt payment of rent.
To enable the Association to present trrefutable facts to Government, residents, whether cr not members of the Associa- tion, are Invited to fill in this form and send it to Mr. R. Bald- win. Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, 51. Kimberley Road, Kowloon..
All replies will be treated confidentially.
Nate: Whether your rent has been increased or not, please make
a return so as to enable the Association to judge approximately what proportion of tenants have been victimised.
?
Name
Address
Name of Landlord
Flat or House
Are you principal or sub-tenanty.
Rent pald on June 30, 1937 $
September 30, 1937 S
December 31, 1937 S
February 28, 1938 $
*
What was your rent when you first occupied the premises? $
Has Four Landlord evicted you?.
For what reason
Were you in arrears with your rent?
Are you a satisfied tenant?
Remarks
ADVERTISEMENTS. THE HONG KONG FIRE
THE INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
INSURANCE CO., LIMITED.
NOTICE TO
SHAREHOLDERS.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1938.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS WOMAN RUNS
ST. PATRICK'S DAY. HONG KONG CLUB.
THURSDAY-17th MARCH
1938.
NOTICE.
The Fourth Yearly Drawing A wreath will be laid at the of 24 Debentures (1934 issue CENOTAPH by the President $500, cach) of the Hong Kong and Committee of St. Patrick's Club, payable on Friday, the Society at 11.00 a.m.
30th September, 1938, will be held in the Club House at 11 o'clock, a.m., on Wednesday, the 30th March, 1938.
Members of the Society and their friends are asked to assemble at the North side of the Supreme Court prior to the Ceremony.
B. H. C. HALLOWES, Hon. Secretary.
St. Patrick's Society of Hong Kong.
AMOK
Chases Crowd And
Bites Policeman
If Gossip We Must
(BY ELSPETH).
There was quite a good turn out | at Fanling on Sunday for the Meet of the Fanling Hounds. The Meet was at Lok Ma Chau and the ines were laid by Mr. Nelson. It
A boatwoman, rendered suddenly insane. It is alleged, through over- worry over the loss of a large suma of money, caused considerable ex- citement in Shaukiwan on Monday afternoon when she ran amok.
She chased groups of people from
The first line skirted the foot- one end of the waterfront to an- other and even when the police arrived she was hot at once sub-hills round Lok Ma Chau, the second line struck Inland and finished near Dill's Corner.
Bearers of Debentures are in.dued. vited to attend the Drawing.
By order,
S. R. KERR,
Secretary,
A number of Chinese constables eventually took her to the station but not before she had bitten one of them on the wrist in the course of a struggle.
She was later sent to the Mental
Owing to the piercing cold there were few people out to watch the Meet 'move oH. (
were
Miss Scott Harston. Mrs. Butcher.
Amongst those hunting Mrs. McAvoy, Mrs. Godby, Miss
Gerrard. Miss Fair. Miss Beryl
is growing increasingly difficult to find country free from flooded Fair. Miss Smalley, "Mrs. Field, Mrs Rawstorne, Miss Priestley, paddy.
Miss Beavis, Mrs. Weldon
Dr. van Woerden." Major Oliver. Mr. Barrow. Capt. Douglas, Mr. Middleburg. Mr. Godby, Mr. Mc- Avoy, Mr. Archer, Mr. Dobson, Mr. Mr. Walmsley Cotham hunted Nelson, Major Murphy. Comman- and Messrs. Flelden, der Hopper. Mr. Edwards, Mr. hounds Butcher and Hook whipped in. Grieve. Mr. Murphy. · Mr. Nigel, Major Olive was Field Master. Mr. Pitt...
609) Hong Kong, 15th March, 1938. Hospital, where she is under treat CORRESPONDENCE |SIR HARRY LAUDER'S
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD.
NOTICE TO
SHAREHOLDERS.
of the Directors and the State-
dend, etc.
GOU
HONG KONG REALTY AND TRUST CO., LIMITED. (Incorporated under the Com. panies Ordinances of Hong Kong).
ment. It is believed possible that her condition may be only tem-
porary.
the Frenchman or the American in their love of family life, peace and
happiness.
AUSTRIAN CRISIS
BROADCAST
on
With reference to Sir Harry Lauder's, broadcast from Daventry To the Editor of the Daily Press. this evening, as announced
Sir. When all's said and done. Pare 13. attention is drawn to the wasn't the present Austrian crisis fact that he will broadcast In the direct result of Mr. Anthony Transmission 4 at 9.15 GMT (5.15
a.m. tomorrow local time).
4
Their present bellicose and belli-Eden's resignation?
As I see it, the position is this." gerent attitude is the outcome of a combination of most unfortunate | Italy threatened war, Mr. Cham-
Mr. Eden re-oplum circumstances. European history berlain got scared.
dens fostered by the Chamberlain being Japanese. is incomplete without German his-mained arm.
Germany Eden resigned.
↓ The threat against the tory and European culture without bass,
watched, saw fear. unmistakable health and morals of all nations German culture.
rear, on the democratic front and by their illicit traffic in narcotics. sprang her coup d'etat. What is 'S. The violation of all rules of The position of the humane warfare. In the destruc- Dictators is now infinitely strong-tion of undefended cities, towns
and villages.
But they have been unfortunate. Before the Great War the nation
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ORDINARY {YEARLY" MEETING of the
NOTICE IS HEREBY Society will he held at the HEAD GIVEN that the Ordinary Yearly OFFICE, Union Building, Hong Meeting of Shareholders of Hong Kong, on WEDNESDAY, 13th APRIL, 1938 at 11 am, for the Kong Realty and Trust Company, was misled by Kaiser Wilhelm II, the result?
Limited, will be held at the who enjoyed too much power.
Now they have thrust even greater. purpose of receiving the Report Registered Office of the Comer power on a former army corporal Of course, the original Italian 6. The destruction of the means ments of Account to 31st Decem.pany, Exchange Building (2nd who had previously attained to the threat may or may not have been or subsistence: and eventual death ber, 1937, and of declaring Divi. Floor), Des Voeux Road Central, high position of signboard painter bluff. But the moral to be learn- from starvation, of millions of
ed from the lesson is that the peaceful Chinese. Hong Kong, on Wednesday, the in an obscure Austrian village.
7. There lies the danger to the Germore the democracies give in and The deliberate inauguration 23rd March, 1938, at 11.30 .m., man people in particular and the pander to the Fascists the of a reign of terror throughout for the purpose of receiving a world in general even in greater stronger the latter will make their China to destroy the morale of the Statement of Accounts and the degree than in 1914.
Chinese people. Report of the Board of Directors for the year ended on the 31st December, 1937, and re-electing two Directors and the Auditors.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from Saturday, the 5th March, 1938, to Wednesday, the 23rd March, 1938, both days inclusive,
The SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society will be to 13th APRIL, Both Days in clusive.
CLOSED from 26th MARCH
By Order of the Board,
A. W. HUGHES,
General Manager. Hong Kong, 14th March, 1938.
THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE CO., LIMITED.
NOTICE TO
By Order of the Board,
F. C. BARRY,
Secretary, Hong Kong, 16th Feb., 1938.
MARRIAGE
at the
6013
Aharon
SHAREHOLDERS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the SIXTY-NINT ORDINARY YEARLY MEET· · ING of the Company will be COHEN-JACOB.—On March 6. held at its HEAD OFFICE,
Beth
Union Building, Hong Kong, on WEDNESDAY, 13th APRIL, 1938, at 11.20 a.m., for the pur pose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statements of Account to 31st December,
1937, and of declaring Dividends, etc.
The
1938.
Synagogue, Shanghai, Hilda,
position.
8. The barbarous execution of Why was that power conferred Against that no doubt, there is
-prisoners whose only on Adolf Hitler? It was not be the important time factor on the Chinese. cause of Hitler's personality, but side of the democracies, but the offence is that they defend their because he brought back to Ger- long and short of it seems to be country.
9. The merciless massacre of many all the tradition of pomp and that the evil day is unavoidable."
women and children. "Certain it is, by the latest deve-men glory which had been stamped on the German people since the days topments in Central Europe, that 10. The rape of Chinese women of Frederick the Great, and even strengh of purpose, and not, con-by Japanese Javages. before, and which had become life cessions, is the essential require-
The White Cross, which for a itself to them.
ment. That is the tragedy of Mr. thousand years' has fought for the That is where the deposition of Eden's resignation, I'm afraid poor, weak and oppressed, appeals the House of Hohenzollern was the future is going to prove this to every citizen in Canada and such a tragic mistake, for in Ger- still more clearly.
many democracy had an infinitely greater chance of success in the long run under a monarchy than under a republic.
The significance and implications of Austro-German units are vast. The Fascist bloc has created a con- nection running from the North Sea to the Adriatic, with frontiers in three directions.
The immediate danger is that of interference with the independence of Hungary and Czechoslovakia.
DEMOCRAT.
Hong Kong. March 15,
CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE
*AND. LIBERTY
fTo the Editor, ""The Bong Kong
Dally Press.
Sir:-May we request the in- dulgence of your columns. Mr. Editor. in a campaign for justice and liberty throughout the world?,
In reprisal for:
abroad to boycott all Japanese merchandise at once and forever.
F. E. BURNHAM, Brigadier-General, Grand Priory Order; The "White Cross, Halcyon Springs.. Arrow Lakes, B.C.
CHINESE LESSONS
To the Editor, "The Hong Kong
Dally Press".]
1. Indefensible aggression against Bir shall be greatly obliged
eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. for even if Hungary yields to presa peaceful nation which is in- If any of your readers can tell me
E. I Jacob of Shanghai, to Moses, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Cohen. also Shanghai,
The Daily Press.
SHARE TRANSFER The
BOOKS of the Company will he CLOSED from 26th MARCH
to 13th APRIL, Both Days in clusive,
By Order of the Board,
A. W. HUGHES,
General Manager. Hong Kong, 14th March, 1938.
BRITISH TRADERS' INSURANCE CO., LIMITED.
NOTICE TO
SHAREHOLDERS.
友之國中
Editorial
and Business Office: 15-19, Queen's Road Central, Tel. 30251
of
Night Editor (Wanchai Office):"
Tel. 24511. London Office: 53. Fleet Street
E.C.4.
HONG KONG, MARCH 16, 1938.
PEACE LIES IN GUNS
sure, the Czechs, jealous of the freedom won after long years of nocent of any act to justify a war. of any evening class in Chinese
2. The demoralisation of the lessons. struggle under Austrian oppression, Chinese people in the territories will fight, and France has stated in now under Japanese control by unmistakable terms that she will support the Czechs.
That would involve a world con- Hict from which Britain could not easily escape.
On the question of actual military and financial strength of the two
is little groups there
cause for anxiety.
Br lain, France and Russia are definitely A strong conbination against Germany and Italy, but war is out of the question. It has been renounced by democracy as an instrument of national or inter- national polley.
The only way to avoid war, therefore, is to demonstrate to those who would seek it that to go to war would be suicidal,
That can only be achieved by the piling up of armaments on such a colossal scale that it would cripple the opposition, to follow Euit. Great Britain's task now is to gather such armaments.
If the dictators are bent on war When the tumult and the shout-at the earliest possible opportunity
If war is to be avoided a spirit
NOTICE IS HEREBY ing have died away and the am-nothing can save the world, but it The Fifty-seventh Ordinary The Sixty-ninth Ordinary GIVEN that the SEVENTY-bassadors and miniaters have de- is to be hoped that such is not General Meeting of the Company General Meeting of Shareholder: SECOND ORDINARY YEAR. parted; when people have recover-the case.
It is certain, however, that they will be held at the Offices of the will be held at the Offices of the LY MEETING of the Company ed from the momentary shock and seeking concessions and the General Managers, Messrs. Jar undersigned on Tuesday, the will
ave had time to indulge in some are be held at its HEAD
sane thinking; when panic has future would appear to depend on dina, Matheson & Co., Ltd., 29th March, 1938, at Nood, for OFFICE, Union Buliding, Hong given place to reason. It will be how far the "haves" are willing to Pedder Street, Hong Kong, on
the purpose of receiving the Re Kong, on WEDNESDAY, 13th found that Hitler's action in Austria go to meet such demands. Thursday, 31st March, 1938, m noon, for the purpose of receiving port of the General Managers, APRIL, 1938, at 11.25 a.m., was the logical cutcome of the pecu-
together with ⚫ statement of for the purpose of re-elving the llar state of affairs which the of compromise, would appear to be
Versallics Treaty
on essential To this end, it is certain bestowed Accounts for the year ended the Report of the Directors and the
that the Anglo-Italian and Anglo- Europe. Statements of Account. to 31st
The mistake lay in the prolongs-German conversations will be pur- December, 1937, and of declaring tion of that condition after its sued despite the recent events in Dividend, etc. - '
Chins, meanwhile, is naturally It is just as well, therefore, even The SHARE TRANSFER
at this late hour, to let prejudice apprehensive, lest the European |BOOKS of the Company will be give place to common-sense, for incrisis has the effect of curtailing or CLOSED from 26th MARCH that alone would appear to lie the even stopping her supplies of the sinews of war. Buch pessimism, is to 13th APRIL, Both Days in path to peace.
unfounded.
the Report of the Director passing the Accounts, and elect
31st December, 1937. ing Directors and Auditors.
The Share Register and Trans. The Transfer Books of the fer Books will be closed from the Company will be closed from the 15th to the 29th March, 1938. 24th March to 14th April in both days inclusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON &
clusive.
By order of the Board,
JARDINE, MATHESON &
CO., LTD.,
General Managers, Hong Kong, 11th March, 1938.
BOBS
CO., LTD.,. General Managers,
The Hong Kong Fire Insuranc” Co., Ltd.
་
clusive.
By Order of the Board,
A. W. HUGHES,
General Manager. 607 Hong Kong, 14th March, 1938.
Hong Kong, 7th March, 1938.
folly had been realised.
|Austria.
F
That the Germans are not a peo- Dle to be kept in an inferior post-
China's fighting the cause of tion (according to their reasoning) democracy and, whatever the storm is writ large all the way down the and strain at home, she will not be forgotten or overlooked, for such pages of German history.
They are ambitious, but at heart would be the biggest betrayal of they are no different to the Briton, the cause of democracy.
encouraging the use of narcotics.
3. The revolting conditions in
Yours sincerely,
LEE ON NA.
SA Ashley Road, Kowloor
PHILIPPINE REVIEW
Language Of Philippines
The question of the national language of the Philippines has been settled. It is Tagalog. 'President Manuel Quezon has so an- nounced it.
But President Quezon's proclamation called Tagalog a "National," not an "official" language. English and Spanish will continue, to be the official languages of the Philippines, at least through the com- monwealth period preparatory to complete independence. President Quezon's proclamation complies with a clause of the commonwealth constitution requiring adoption of a national language, based on native forms. There are eight major languages spokeri on the archipelago. of which the three principal ones are Tagalog, Visayan and Пocano.
There was keen competition among proponents of these three. tongues. Tagalog, which has the largest literature of any Filipino language, finally won. It is spoken by less than half the Filipinos and is described as a Malay language, "small in scope and lacking in abstraction. but forceful." But it is the language of the Island of Luzon, and President Quezon is a native of Luzon.
Filipinos probably will continue to use English and Spanish after they have their. national language, just as the Irish continue to speak English, despite the revival of Gaelic. But it is a nice thing to have a national language, even if you don't use it right along. Nothing In Common
Dispatches from Washington hint that leaders in congress are waiting to get their cue from High Commissioner McNutt before de- ciding what to do about the newest move of Benator King for im- mediate Philippine Independence, says the Manila Bulletin. If such be the case, we are warranted in Jumping at the conclusion that Senator King might as well save the space in the Congressional Re cord required for the printing of his proposed bill
When Senator King gave out an Interview saying that "Filipinos seem unwise and almost foolhardy" to ask for immediate indepen- dence, but that they appear to want it and therefore he is ready to introduce a bill to give it to them, he struck a note which does not harmonize with anything which Mr. McNutt has ever done or sald to indicate his point of view. Mr. McNutt has given every indication of being an unqualified supporter of the theory that action should be planned and taken on the basis of what is right, not along lines that are unwise and foolhardy.""
We should be very much surprised indeed to see Mr. McNutt walking into a camp working for aetion admitted to be "unwise and almost foolhardy."
It is highly improbable that the King bill and the McNutt re- port ever will be. related. The record of King bills and resolutions is too well known to have any attraction for Mr. McNutt in the per- formance of his present task.