HONG KONG DAILY PRESS
The Repudiation Of A THE COLONY'S
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Puppet Father
By "PERCY CHEN
YOUTH IN CHINA, no matter whether it is from the North or
west, knows only one noyalty--the Chinese Republic That the daughter of China's No. 1 Traitor should flee from the control of her father, and renounce him publicly, is not so much a victory for Nationalism in China as it is a manifestation of the Youth National Front which binds all young men and women "Into an indissoluble whole and the fgatification for which can only
be National Existence and Victory
Mis Wang Tsuen-kung is the fourth daughter of Wang Ke-min, the puppet head of the Reformed Felping Government. Rer life has been passed in a Republican China, whereas her father's was mostly spent in the yamen of the Manchu bureaucrats. And the mark of a Manchu bureaucrat is that he will serve any master for the rice bowl. Wang Ke-min has remained true to type and serves the Japanese invaders and would-be conquerors of his fatherland.
FREEDOM TO LIVE
FINANCES
Healthy State Of
Revenue
The Colony's revenue for June this year was $17,847, less than In the corresponding month last year, but it is stated that Hong Kong is on its way, towards a record sur- plus.
Total revenue for June was $2. 591,186, bringing the total sinte
GENERAL
DONATIONS TO AMBULANCE BRIGADE
The Director of Ambulance Re- | knowledges with grateful thanks receipt of the following donations: Mr. J. E. Joseph
$500
Star of the East Precep- tory 277, Singapore £10- 10-0
Dr. Y. 8., Wan (Per Mr.
Bank K, Yip)
Mr. Man Kai, Kam Tin
January 1 to $18,027,842, which with |Man Kow Chai, Kam Tin six months of the year still to Messrs. Ka Foong Hong come, is within $12,237,078 of the Mrs. A. Whittaker (Per estimated total of $30,254,920,
S.C.M.P.)
Mr. Li Hon, Kam Tin
187.20
100 10
4
3.
k
CANTON RELIEF FUND
£75-0-0
The estimate will be exceeded by at least $8,000,000, if the present income is maintained.
Revenue for the first half of the Per Chartered Bank, Lon- year exceeded expenditure by $1.
don The Illustrated London 372.372, bringing the Cony's sur- plus balance of assets" over lla- News and Sketch, Ltd...E 1 9-3 billties to $15,274,850, which is al
new record.
EXPENDITURE “ Expenditure during June was
.
APPOINTMENTS GAZETTED
"The following appointments are notified in the Government Ga-
IN THE CRISES through which have left their homes and have Nationalist China has passed. marched to the front fred with there have arisen incidents which the determination to drive out the threatened the old customs and enemy from our land. traditions of our people. Flitai dutles have been those which come under a heavy strald when deLIFE, if the end of the struggle mocratic equality, and patriotism finds us alive, means Freedom $2.551.509. making the total for the govern the ethics of a society. And to Live. And Freedom to Live first six months of 1938 $16,755,476, China is taking the place before means the integrity of our terri-almost two millions more than in family, and before Father and tory. We are not diplomats, nor the corresponding period last year. Mother, in the minds and hearts of are we lackeys of the remnants of Principal increases in expenditure zette: Young China,
the Manchu bureaucracy. We do this year have been for the Har
Mrs. Alta. Frances Stout, M.B. 'And
the bour Office. Medical Department, Ch.B (Edin.), to be Secretary to not accept the conquest of reverse: What is a Nationalist family? Chinese Three Eastern Provinces as a fait Kowloon Canton Railway, Milltary the Midwives Board and Super-
Pensions for lady of the old school commenting accompli. The issue is not closed. Contributions and
visor or Midwives. It can only be closed with the civil servants. upon the Western mothers.com.
of Victory
China and the plained that "and the Mothers ac-
Principal Increases in revenue
Mr. David Charles Edmondston restoration of our brothers to the during June were in the
nominated tually sent their sons
as a Member of the to fight."
Post According to her-they are tools. arms of our people.
Office, which will almost certainly Court of the University of Hong The concept of China's Youth on have a record surplus for the year, Kong during the absence from the the internal life of the Nation is the Kowloon Canton Raffway and Colony of Sir Vandeleur Molyneux based on the need for helping the land-sales. Government which is leading the struggle for National Freedom. In
the
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let other women's sons die. My sons will live!
RAILWAY REVENUE
Grayburn.
Mr. Philip Daniel Crawley to act as Controller of Stores during the absence from the Colony of Mr. William John Anderson,
an Assistant Superintendent of Im- Mr. Walter Morris Thomson to be
ports and Exports.
On a tour of Kwangtung not long ago I met a family, a Nationalist family. The man and his wife prosecuting the war the Govern Revenue from the Kowloon- were of middle age. I asked them ment of the Chinese Republic has Canton, Railway, for June was $169. of their sons. "The first son joined the faith of the entire People. As 512, exactly double the revenue for the Chinese Air Force and he was one entity towards winning that the corresponding month last year. killed," And the second? The war. China's Youth bends all ener- The railway revenue for the first second son also is in the Chinesegles towards the Common Cause. six months of the year totals $1. Air Force." Two sons have been
Life and Peace is the Heritage of 013,022, which is four lakhs in ex-
Mr. William James Lockhart given to the Country,
Youth. And China is fighting for cess of the revenue for the corres-Smith resumed duty as an Assis-
ponding period in 1937 and exceeds tant Crown Solicitor. the Astimated revenue for whole of 1938.
Decline in Hong Kong revenue during June was caused by a slump in miscellaneous receipts, which fell to $120,828, compared $557,018 last June.
VIGOUR AND JOY HOW DOES the Youth of China
think of the Motherland?
"Five Thousand Years Young"
A book of this name was recently published in England. It was a
both!
OFFER GOLD CAMPAIGN
..
Hong Kong's "Offer Gold" drive collection of drawings and pictures (officially concluded оп Saturday
the
Mr. Toyolchi Nakamura, Consul- General for Japan at Hong Kong resumed charge of the Consulate- General for Japan on August 17.
His Excellency the Governor, with under instructions from the Secre- tary of State for the Colonies, has been pleased to recognize Mr. Tadahisa
Matsudaura t Vice-
Land sales still continued buoy
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by young artists. The compost-when all who had taken part in tions radiated vigour, joy, hope and the campaign opened up their confidence. And the slogan of "boxes" and took count of the ant, the total for June being $115. "Building a New China" is not just money that had been contributed. 759, compared with $221 a hackneyed phrase. It is the Altogether a sum of over $200 same month last year.
China's Youth has to fight and numerous various gold and silver est features of the Colony's Reing, to be the members of a new on the Tin-plate and Can-making |
1720, which, in the first six months body styled, "The Volunteer AG- Industry in China at tomorrow's family. See the stet that was too, during the last two days of the of 1938, has already been exceeded Visory Committee” to replace the riffin meeting of the Hong Kong
heartfelt wish of China's Youth. 000 has been contributed besides
struggle to attain its ends. Often ornaments. the struggle is within Its own Local fruit stores did their share
cast on Wang Tsuen-tung. the campaign by selling fruit and put- burthen from which she had to ting all receipts into the subscrip- free herself before being able to tion boxes.
In the Consul of Japan at Hong Kong.
His Excellency the Governor has Land sales are one of the bright-been pleased to appoint the follow- venue. In 1937 the total was $145,
by "$285,259."
be devoted to to
come back to take her part in the Buyers of fruit did not receive struggle for our National Freedom. any change as it was explained Wang Tsuen-tung can say with by one fruit stall-holder that dur- conviction "Beware of the reming Friday and Saturday the total nants of the Manchu bureaucracy, takings was enemies of the Chinese People. In China's cause. 'he open they are 'Wang Ke-min, te Puppet of Pelping: they are "the supporters of the Japanese.
they are the Yin Yu-kens.
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GROUNDS CLOSED
existing Hong Kong Volunteer De- fence Corps Advisory Committee and the existing Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Advisory Committee:----
His Excellency the General Om cer Commanding the Troops, China Command (Chairman).
Mr. John W. Y. Yuen will speak
Rotary Club.
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Madame Sun Yat-sen, left for Canton on Saturday on a visit. In accordance with Regulations
She was greeted on arrival at the 8 and 5 of the Regulations set out
Kwangtung capital by General Wu in Second Schedule of the Pleasure
Te-chen, Governor, Mr. Tseng Grounds and Bathing Places Re
The Commodore-in-charge, Yang-fu, Mayor, and other high gulation Ordinance, No. 29 of 1936. Naval Establishments, Hong Kong. government leaders. It is hereby notified for general | information that His Excellency Kong Naval Volunteer Force.
The Commanding Officer, Hong
the Governor has found it ex- pedlent to close temporarily from Three cases of cholera, three of September, 1, 1938, and until fur- "Hidden under gulses they are dysentery, and one each of diphther notice, areas "O" and "P" at the spies of the Japanese, the cor- theria, enteric Yever imported) King's Park Recreation Ground rupt officials, the 'squeeze mongers" and 1 cerebro-spinal fever were allotted to the Hong Kong Chinese and the 'peace mongers'. Some notified to the local Health au-Y.M.C.A. and the Director are old and some are young. But thorities on Friday.
Education respectively. their eyes are shifty because their minds and their hands are not clean."
DOUBLE DUTY
WANG TSUEN-TUNG 118 а double duty to her country. She has to do her share, the equal of that of each and every patriot. But she has the task of causing her father to repent for having be- trayed his people.
For Wang Tauen-tung, as for the rest of us, it is the will to victory that has become the driving force dominating the mind of China's
HEALTH RETURN
Bottle Thrown Into House
ol
Of Japanese Vice-Consul
In connection" with the incident which occurred at the Japanese Vice-Consul's residence on Friday afternoon when an empty bottle
was thrown through a window of his house in Conduit Road, the following statement was issued by the Hon. M. T. H. King, Commis- sloner of Police on Saturday:—
k
At about 12.30 on Friday after Vice-Consul was out but his nine Youth. Out of this emerges the noon, an empty mineral water year-old son was in the room. concept of Life. It is the deter bottle mination to sacrifice all including open
was
thrown through an Police investigations Indicate window of the Japanese į the bottle was thrown by a student
A meeting of the Chinese Cham- ber of Commerce will be held on The Commandant. Hong Kong Tuesday at 2.30 p.m. to receive a Volunteer Defence Corps.
report on the "Offer Gold" cam- paign in the colony
The Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson.
C. F. Bellamy, M.C.
The Hon. Mr. S. H. Dodwell. E. Cock, M.BE.....
D. C. Edmondston.
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Anemographic apparatus has now been installed at the Royal Obervatory which is capable of Colonel H B. L. Dowbiggin. registering wind gusts up to 200
miles per hour.
O.B.E.
The Hon. Mr. Leo D'Almada e Castro, Jr.
J. Barrow.
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Mr. W. V. D. White, manager 'of the China' Journal Publishing Company. Ltd., is in the Colony
W, H. Lock, temperary in place on a fortnight's visit, and is stay-
lof J. R. Masson,
H. V. Wilkinson, DS.O.,, tempor ary in place of M. T. Johnson.
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A. G. Langston. "temporary, in place of V. D. Sorby.
An officer of the General Staff, China Command (Secretary),
ing at the Hong Kong Club.
FORTHCOMING MARRIAGES
Two forthcoming marriages are announced:
Mr. Leslie John McTavish, pri- son officer, Stanley Prison, and Mias Gertrude Gladys Ruppert.
The Rev. J. T. B. Evans, who nurse, of Detroit, Michigan, USA.
life for the achievement of victory [Vice-Consul's residence at N. 5 trom an adjacent school, who was Hon. Becretary of the Rugby Mr. Lo Man-pan, alias Lo Tsz- over the Japanese aggressors,
Conduit Road Arst floor.
packed up and left shortly after section of the Royal Naval Re-hing, clerk, McCallum and
Co., Life for China's Youth under the The bottle landed in the floor of the fncident..
creation Club, is going Home in solicitors,' and 'Miss Leung Bau- yoke of Japan would be worse than the room without injuring any The thrower of the bottle has October and has relinquished his ying, of No. 128 Johnstorf Road, death. So young men and women body. At the time of the incident, the not been traced yet.
duties to Lt. Comdr. R. R. Helbert, third floor,'
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FIGHTING BREAKS OUT AGAIN ON POYANG LAKE
Nanchang, August 21. After a lull, fighting has broken out again in the Poyang Lake area
Taking advantage of the rise in the lake caused by heavy down-pours the day before, a number of Japanese warships and steam laquches steamed to
Matouwan, north, of Bingtze early yesterday morn-. ing, and heavily shelled the Chinese positions ashore.
Chinese batteries on both the east and west: shores replied with brisk fire. Later, the Japanese vessels moved up to Tuchang on the east shore, Opening a Berce barrage they tried to protect the landing of two batches of Japanese troops - Chinese. resisted with heavy fire
Failing to break through the Chinese line, the Jap- anese at Taxhubsla on the north bank of Chihu Lake are reported to be withdrawing (Central News),
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