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成陸拾捌聯仟伍蕊弍第
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1939.
CHINA RESOLUTION IS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED
BY LEAGUE COUNCIL
MEMBERS INVITED TO EXAMINE PROPOSALS FOR AID MEASURES
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GENEVA, JANUARY 20 (REUTER)—THE CHINA RESULU- TION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED by the League Council this afternoon when the 104th session concluded. The resolution re- calls the resolutions adopted by the League Assembly" on Octo- ber 6. 1937, and by the Council an February 2 and May 14. 1538, and the Council's report adopted on September 30, 1938, and goes
on' to 593:—
"Having heard the statement of the Chinese representative in which he rejected the claim by Japan to establish a 'new or- der' in the Ear East and outlined certain proposals of the Chin- ese Government;
MID-ATLANTIC DRAMATIC RESCUE
JAPANESE
ATTACKS
REPULSED
Attempted Advance Along West River
(From Our Own Correspondent) "CHUNGSHAN, Jan, 20.-Japan- ese advances from Talpingchang. about 35 miles north of Canton, and from Sunkal, on the Canton-: Hankow Rallway, were repulsed by a Chinese counter-attack, accord- ing to a communiqué issued by the Fourth Route Army yesterday
alternoon.
Japanese reports stating that Chungfa and Fahslen were cap- tured tre without foundation. There was no material change in the situation added the communi-
que,
"Taking note of the fact that a number of States have been taking individum action in alding China: "The Council invites members of the League, parteularly those dir-
One Chinese report stated that ectly concerned with the Far East: Chiknal. north of Samshul, was oc- to examine, in consulation, should cupled by the Japanese following this appear appropriate, with other the complete destruction of de-
similarly interested Powers. the fence works by enemy gunfire.
Fanling Race ITALIAN
Selections
The Gawk"
BY * STEEPLE?)
'RACE 1 (2.30 P.M.)
Merry Jester
3
RACE 2
2
3
Malolo
Estover
Double Chance. Diogenes
RACE J "King's Parade
Jack O'Lantern Pinfarthings
RAGE 4
March Brown National "Dignity Wenning
RACE & Coronation Day Racing Boy Plain View
MISSION
BEAKEREGATIK
BOMBED
Chinese Servants Killed
CHUNGKING, Jan. 20 (Trans- (cean) - Japanese planes on Thursday morning bonbed the [town of Tungchow, on the Yellow
River.
Several bombs fell into the grounds of the Italian Catholic Mis- sion which are situated outside the town and clearly marked by an Italian đàg on the roof of "one of the buildings.
Bishop Moretti, who is in charge fot the Mission, informed the Italian Embassy in Chingking about the incident.
2
Three Chinese servante
at the
RACE 6
Mission were killed and "eight
1
2
3
Chinese students badly wounded. The buildings are reported to have been badly damaged.
Brutus Glorious Star Spectrum
mid-Atlantic. when a Norwegian measures, particularly measures of As the Japanese are attempting ST.
tanker broke in two,
LÖNDON, Jan. 20 (Reuter--A proposal made in the statement The Chinese-forces retired to new dramatic rescue occurred to-day in of the representative of China of lines completed some time ago.
aid to China.”
to advance along the West River, This happened so suddenly that Transocean "adds that a resolu-large numbers of Chinese troops the vessel had no time to send an tion dealing with the bombing of have deployed around Shluhing.
Chinese guerillas are Spain was also
active in S.OS.. However, seven of the crew open towns in who were in an open boat were adopted but no: unanimously, the the outskirts of Canton in Sackpel, soon picked up by passing Bolivian and Peruvian delegates, Shluping and Namkong steamer, while the other 30 were who represented South America later rescued, clinging to half the on the Council, abstaining from tanker which was still afcat.
voling.
OLD QUEEN'S COLLEGE
1
BOYS' REUNION
Ages. Total Over One
Thousand Years
SINGAPORE RAID ON JAPANESE HOUSES
“I think I can do nothing better than to echo your feelings this evening by saying, "Thank God we are here once again and there is no vacant chair,' said Captain Walter Bosnfan, host at a reunion dinner at the Kam Ling Restaurant last night, when twenty old schoolmates of the Government Central School (Queen's, College), with an average agë af 71, met together again after a year.
Sir Robert Ho Tung, who is one of us present to-night to express of the old boys of the School, was our very great appreciation of the unable to attend last night owing fact that Capt. Walter Bosman is to illness.
able to be with us all again this the
•
SINGAPORE." Jan. 20 (Beu- ter)-Seven Japanese bad their premises rulded by the police who seized documents and correspondence, The Jap- anese were questioned - 10- garding allegations of espion-
There were no arrests.
age.
Gandhi Calls Hitler Mad Tyrant
ST.
GEORGE'S BALL A BRILLIANT SUCCESS
Witty Presidential Speech Of Hon. Mr. S. H. Dodwell
NIT. GEORGE'S BALL, ONE OF
THE most brilliant social
ST. Get Jon's calender, was held at Peninaals
Hotel last evening when the Hon. Mr. Stanley H. Dodwell, Presi- dent of the Society, and Mrs. Dodwell entertained His Excellency the Governor, Sir Geoffry Northcote and Lady Northcote, and a distinguished party to dinner before proceeding to the Ball.
....... As usual with St. Georre's Ball, the Peninsula Hotel was taste- fully decorated for the occasion and the тапу hundreds of guests who attended were unanimous in voting the function "an- other brilliant success.”
The Ball opened with the pro- cession from the West Lifts which
PRESIDENT OF REICHSBANK
Schacht Released
From Post
BERLIN Jan. 20 (T/Ocean)-
The complete achievement of all additional tasks imposed in the reconstruction of Greater Germany demands a uniform control "over. all economic affairs and the money' and capital market policy.
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| WOMAN DOCTOR
ARRESTED IN TIENTSIN
CHUNGKING, Jan. 20 (Heu- tor)—A woman, · Dr. Miting, Superintendent of the Felgang. Women's Hospital for many years, has been arrested by the Japanese police in "Tientsin, Recording to Information reaching here.
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She received her medical de- gree from the University of Michi... For this reason "the Fuehrer degan and was prominent in social creed that the direction of the work in Tientsin.
DR. SCHACHT
Reich Economics' Ministry and the Reichsbank should be in the hands of the same person.
According to information, the Japanese arrested Dr. Miting “be- cause she refused to let doctors and nurses of her hospital to leave. the patients to join a paradë in, the city."
CHAIRMAN OF P.P.C.
CHUNGKING, Jan. 20 (Central)-- Generalisalmo Chiang Kai-shek haa been elected chairman of the People's Political Commell by the Standing Committee of the Central Executive Committee at its 111th fegular meeting. It is announced here to-day.
ex-
Generalissimo Chlang succeeds at Wang Ching-wel, who WILS pelled from the Kuomintang and discharged from all his substan- tive and concurrent posts, includ ing chairmanship of the 'People's
THE DOLLAR
In consequence of this decision Political Council. the Fuehrer released Dr. Schacht. of his function of President of the Reichsbank Directorate and appointed In Mis stead, for the period Of four years, the present Reich Economics Minister, Dr, Walther Fmk, who retains the post of Reich Econo- mics Minister without portfolio and will be called upon to colla- borate in the solution of special problems.
Reuter adds that Hitler has ap- pointed. Dr. Schacht as a Minister new tasks, for the solution of though what the new tasks are is unknown.
T.T. ON LONDON: 15. 2.7./%d T.T. ON NEW YORK 15.
London Silver Market (Dar Own Correspondent).
London, Jan. 20. London sliver prices to-day were unchanged as follows:
Epot .......... 20-1/16
..... 19-3/4
Forward
Jan. 19 Jan. 20 20-1/16
·19-3/4
UP AERODROME British Naval Estimates
are situated at the end of the cor- ATTEMPT TO BLOW rido: farthest from the Rose Room. The procession: formed at 9.30 pm, and, headed by eight Beefeaters, entered the Rose Room at 9.32 p.m.
After proceeding half way down the room, the Beefeaters halted and turned inwards; this was the alghal for the band to play the
National Anthem.
LONDON, Jan. 20 (Reuter) "Palestine belongs to the Arabe in the same sense that England belongs to the English. It is wrong" and inhuman to impose Jewy on Arabs," declares Mahatma Gandhi, writing in the
England of
of $50,000 and a scholarship to
Gandhi paints out however. PRESIDENT'S SPEECH since we last met together. Hongkong University last year that he does not defend the ex
cesses of the Arabs, and refer.
Old boys present, besides the evening. guests. were:-
I wish to refer to with gratitude Church Capt. Besman's
gift paper." generous
دم
News-
"Why
At the conclusion of the National Anthem, the Governor and Lady Northcote were met by Mrs. Dod- well and party. ".
Captain W. Bosman, 72: Messrs. Frank White. 71; K. F. Lay 63: Shi Yu-man. 68: B. Wong-Tape.
The chairinan. Mr. Dodwell, in *64: Pun Yun-Tong, 71: Hung Hing-
We are specially glad to see that ring to the cry of a national addressing the gathering, sald:-- fat, 86; Pang Shau-shun, 72; Ho Kam-teng, 73; Ho Sing-chow, 75: we have no less than 20 old pupils home for the Jews asks: When Kipling wrote those Aye Government Central School should not they, like the other verses in his "Actions and Reac- Châu Ho-ping. 72: Yeung Chu kat, 78: "Ip Lan-chuen, 72; 13(now Queen's College) here to-peoples of the earth, make that tions" which he called "The Puzz-Į Sing-lau, 72: M. Razack, 69: Honight as against 14 last year. It country their home where they ler," he must have, written, them is good also to note that almost are born and earn their livell Chau Ngan-ting, 68; and Lo Buea-Without exception these Old Boys hood?" wing. 68. Total, 1.104 years.
Capt. Bosman, in his speech, said which In part:-
Wing, 58; Pong Tsol-ching, 72:
of Government Central School Referring to the persecu- have made a success of their lives, goes to prove the solid foundation we received at the old If China had begun to build a Government Central School under Navy with the rise of Sun Yat-Dr. Steward and Dr. Wright as sen there would have been no Headmasters.
tion in Germany. Gandhi says: "The tyrants of old never went so mad as Hitler seems to have gone." Regarding Jews
Germany, he writes: "I am convinced that someone with courage and have not with us to-night Bir vision can arise among them to
occupation by a foreign Power of It is with much regret that we it Shanghai and Canton to-day.
especially for the benefit of the
Presidents of St. George's Societļes for these occasions, to belp them break the ice, and put our Scot- tish, our Welsh, and our Elre-ish guests, as well as our guests from (Continued on Page 7)
Apart from this error. China has Robert Ho Tung owing, I believe, lead them in non-violent action. GUIDE TO THE NEWS
been benefited by the Japanese to sickness, and we wish him althe winter of their despair can invasion.
The army is better speedy recovery. equipped. the mobs and guerillas:
are
are being brought under military discipline. Traitora
being weeded out and the people's love of country is unbounded.
Generalissimo Chiang Kal- shek has made himself a worthy leader of a mighty people. The Japanese is slow- ly but surely sapped of his
Пе vigour.
is weary and · financially broke!
red
in the twinkling of an eye, be turned into the summer of hope. What has to-day become a de- grading man-hunt, can be turn-
FILIPINOS FIRE ed into a calm, determined stand
ON JAPANESE
men and
offered by unarmed women, possessing the strength suffering has given them by Jeho-
MANILA, Jan. 20 (Reuter)—A | vah. Japanese-Filipino incident occur. "It will then be a truly reli-
at glous yesterday afternoon
resistance. against the Lauyenkbayat, on Luzon Island.godless fury of a dehumanised when twenty-six Japanese sub-man." jects, probably from. Formosa, who How has the war individually were alleged to be pirating lum- affected us? We read of the peak year of Hongkong trade in 1938.
ber were red on by the Filipino military.
Ask yourself this one question. One Japanese was wounded and Have I been a loyal son of the British Empire, and loyal to China? If yes, continue your kood work,
if not mend your ways and repent
before it is too late.
MR. WHITE'S SPEECH Mr. Frank White said:-
It is the sentiment of everyone
BUDDHIST MONK ARRESTED RANGOON, Jan. 20 (Reuter)—A captured, while the others escaped bomb was thrown to-day at a car to their ship.
in which the children of the Pre- The prisoner is being brought mier were returning from school. Manila and is being charged The car was slightly damaged, but with illegal entry, pending in- no one was hurt. vestigations.
A Buddhist monk and two other Meanwhile. Luzon has requested persons have been arrested and military remforcements.
charged with throwing the bomb;
PAGE 2-Notes for annual race meeting... Senior cricket league. Steel Coulson's Leagues. Page 3-Radio programmes: London Gazette. New gun- boat for Yangtze. PAGE 5-The cinemas. 'Crosa- word puzzle. Diary of local > events.
·PAGE 6-Women's page. New-
settes.
PAGE 78. George's Bali. Amateur IOTE contest, Theosophy and brotherhood, PAGE 8-Leading article: New life for Hongkong. The Dead Return. Hello and goodbye. PAGE 10-Church news and
announcements..
PAGES 11, 12 and 13-Finance
and commerce.
PAGES 14 and 15.--Shipping
news and directory,
AT HENDON
LONDON, Jan. 20 (Reuter)— Following the receipt of a message stating that an attempt would be made to blow up the aerodrome at Hendon, all available police were sent to watch the aerodrome to- day while planes were removed from the hangars.
Nothing suspicious was found. however, and hitherto no attempt has been made.
FORTIFICATION OF GUAM
US. Government's Attitude
Will Include Big Sum
For New Construction
LONDON: Jan. 20 (Reuter)-Mr. Hector Bywater, the "Daily Telegraph and Morning Post" naval expert, learns that the forth- coming British Naval Estimates include a large amount for new construction including battleships, cruisers and destroyers. This, added to the 600,000 tons at present being built, will raise the naval construction to the highest total ever known in peace time. Mr. Bywater says that the Gov- ernment has thus implicitly re-
lected the view of some continental BADMINTON
authorities that the future war
will be decided by air bombard CHAMPIONSHIP:
ment of enemy cities.
The correspondent draws atten- tion to the fact that on completion of the present" programmes, not counting this year's additions, Bri- tain and France together will pos-' sess 33 battleships, 130 cruisers, 14 WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (Renter)
aircraft-carriers, 230 destroyers ~~President Roosevelt's secretary
and torpedo-busta, 105 sub- states that the President had not marines besides a swarm of patrol seen the Bill providing for new and anti-submarine craft, naval · bases before it was intro- duced and
not necessarily committed to support the pro- posed expenditure of $5,000,000 for the development of Guam.
Was
The secretary said that the Government's attitude towards the question of Guam is well reflected in an article by the publicist. Walter Lippmann.
UNEMPLOYED
ARRANGEMENTS.
Junior Title:
For Men
Arrangements and entrance fees in connection with the Colony Badminton Champlonship were the subject of discussion at a meeting of the Badminton Association Council held yesterday. The Rev. J. R. Higgs was in the chair. It was decided that a Junior Championship be intro- duced besides the Senior Cham- ptonship, on condition that the LONDON, Jan. 20 (Reuter)-A entries for the senior Champion- party of unemployed last night
MEN REFUSE FREE MEAL
"It would not be prudent, but it demonstrated outside a London would be an act of obvious defence hotel where the Wine and Food to fortify Guam without offering Bociety was holding a dinner.
discuss to
the question with Japan," Lippmann stated.
ship were 10 or more.
men's
It was also decided that instead
of the Ladies Singles this year only, the Doubles Championship will take place..
The demonstrators protested that while members of the Society were having dinner, costing £10 per bend, they had to go hungry.
Regarding further detalled The hotel manager said he later arrangements a sub-commitfee was
for men's The entrance: fees singles will be $2, doubles $4 and ladies double $3 per pair.
*** Congress should authorize for- tification of Guam and then the State Department should Invite the Japanese to discuss the ques- tion under Article 19 of the Wash-invited the unemployed. Into the formed as follows:-8. A. Gray, C. hotel for a free meal, but the men K. Summers, R. & Lee, H. Kew and ington Treaty."
declined the invitation, eating M. A. Oliveira.. their own sandwiches instead.
Herr Joachim von Ribbentrop, Replying to the second letter sent No less than 250,000 inhabitants Foreign Minister, will leave Berlin to him by Mr. C. R. Attlee, Labour of Budapest, totalling one-nith of next Wednesday for Warsaw. He leader, the Prime Minister refused the city's population, are Ill with will return to Berlin two days to summon Parlament to discuss influenza. TWO haricred later.
the Spanish question.
already died.
have