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LATE POPE'S WISH: TOMB BRITISH BUSINESS Pope Was A Statesman,
NEXT TO PIUS X
Cardinals Gather For Election Of New Pope
ROME, Feb. 12 (Reuter)-The solemn rite of laying the Pope to rest in the Vatican, will take place on Mon- day or Tuesday.
In accordance with the late Pope's wish, his tomb will be placed next to Plus X, who died in 1914.
BRITISH SHIP ATTACKED BY
PIRATES
vessel
SHANGHAI, Feb. 11 Reuters
Britis
Alexandra. The owned by the Shanghai. Tug and morning Company, this Lighter had her second adventure with pirates in two days.
IN CHINA
(Continued From Page 3) light at night, light which is furnished by the Neon signs of the hundreds of geisha houses, restaurants, beer balls and brothels which the Jap- anese have opened in the past 12 months.
TIENTSIN SITUATION
In Tientsin, also the political and commercial situation is for from being normals There are The first of the nine Funer-several projects which it is sug- al' Masses will be offered at gested that the Japanese intend St. Peter's to-morrow and to put into execution, all of which three will be celebrated in the will prove extremely detrimentul Sistine Chapel in the presence to foreign trade. of the Sacred College.
In the Maritime Customs offices,
At this morning's meeting of the for example, I wis General Congregation of Cardinals schedule of goods on which it is in the Hall of the Consistory, suggested that an embargo*will be Cardinals Canall, Cacela, Dominion placed. This list was similar 11 and Mariani were entrusted with not identical with that in use in the task of preparing the Conclave Japan, and included silk, cutton. at which the new Pope will be land woolen clothing wines and elected,
spirits, tobacco, cosmetics, leather
message
No date has been Axed for the goods, glassware, etc.. in all com- The Alexandra was boarded by about 30 pirates..as she was an- Conclave, but it was decided that prising some 95 lens, all of which. the Lower It should begin as soon as all the I should imagine, were in daily use thered in port in
Cardinals intending to come have by foreign residents and which it Yangtze.
The pirates damaged the wireless arrived, without necessarily await-would be very difcult to replace. and forced the commander, Cap-ing the lapse of the eighteen days locally unless it were by Japanese
imported imitationa tain J. T. Inch, at pistol point to after the Pontiff's death.
reverse side On the
of the A Reuter
from New tow a goods-laden junk for three
York states that Cardinals mirror It seems that a proposal is hours."
of "Philadelphia, and on foot to require that all ex-- Dougherty, Mundelein, of Chicago, are leaving porters shalt surrender their for- for Rome to-day to participate in eign exchange to the Japanese- controlled. "Federal Reserve Bank" the election of the new Pope..
Cardinal O'Connell, of Boston, in return for a "permit to ship." who arrived too late for the last without which no business could the Alexandra and her occupants two elections in 1914 and 1922, is be transacted. It may be noted were drowned, while the junk also expected to leave for Rome that a similar measure has already which
being WIS
by next week.
The pirates disembarked at their destination, whereupcr the Alex- andra proceeded to Shanghal..
According to a message received of the pirate in Hongkong, one junks was rammed and sunk by
towed
the British tug-boat had to be released and it fell into the hands of the pirates.
PIRACY ON - FERRY
been tried in Tsingtao.
At the same time the Anancial situation extremely confused owing to the Japanese edict that
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HAINAN INVASION the Federal Reserve" banknote is
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the legal tender in North China. and is to stand a 30 per cent. pre- mlum over the Chinese national
It was reported yesterday that a minor piracy had occurred in the ferry plying between Hongkong
no great significance to the event. currency, whereas the latter money and Salkung on Saturday.
Taking advantage of the in-is actually at a three per cent. According to information at hund, four men travelling as pas difference of the Powers. Japan ex-premlum in, the Chinese money senkers produced revolvers when tended her aggression until now exchange shops. the launch was on its way, held after the lapse of only eight years or dominating East up the crew and passengers and she is bent robbed them of money and pro-Asia and even the world. perty to a value not yet ascer- tained.
No one was injured and the terry was able to complete Its journey after the men had decamped.
SHOULD BACHELORS
BE TAXED?.
The Wah Yan Debating Society
warned that if Japan is allowed to occupy Hainan Island, she would complete the preliminary stage in the con- struction of a big naval and air base within eight years. There! would then be a change in the 1 Pacific situation, and it would be too late for France to establish a naval base in her possession in Indo-China" and for the United
Generalissimo Chlang
States to complete fortification of j
Guam.
Scholar, Man Of God
Arms Thrown Out To Embrace World In Affectionate
Call To Peace
BY FATHER G. BYRNE) (Special to the "Hongkong Daily Press")
Below is published the con- cluding portion of a special article written by the Rev. Father G. Byrne. S.J., the first half of which was published in the "longkong Daily Press" on Saturday.
Two Milanese ladies brought him a bouquet of white flowers -emblems of the papal robes- "they will look better before the Tabernacle." he said; and there they went: but the white Dapat robes awaited him in the conclave
Oh the third day of the con- clave Cardinal Ratti received 11, then 14, then 24, and 27: fa cach ballot his votes mounted, till on the fourth day he sur- passed the requisite majority vote by xix votes.
to He turned round his colleagues and said: "I'protest before the members of the Sacred College that I have at heart the safeguarding and the defence of the rights of the Church, and all the prerogatives of the Holy see: that being said I wish that.. my first blessing should go out, as a pledge of that peace for which humanity is longing, not only to Rome and to Italy, but. to the whole Church and the entire world. I shall give, it from the outside balcony of St. Peter's "
restoration of peace and order was his; his as Pope, that is the Father of 400,000 000 children, looking directly to him; and a ran endowed with... a voice and an utterance which would be harkened te by more than those who claimed him as Father., A Pope is pre- eminently a world Agure. Pope Pius XI has been outstandingly so.
If one would seek a key to the last 1 year activity of his Ponti- ficate, he will find it in the ency- clical Ubi Arcano Det-in English The Pope and the People, published C.T.§.. London), The world is not at peace because it has turned its back on the God of peace. Laws are made, treaties struck, the foun- dation of family life is attempted without any reference to God. The young look for someone to give them the bread of heaven; they are denied. The document must be read in all its original simplicity and grandeur to realise the width or cutlook and the depth of love in the Holy Father.
HIGHER STUDIES
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1939. -PAGE 9
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Fanling Race Meeting
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cleared the last two hurdles ta
home with romp lagging far behind.
was a near record.
the field The time
Though carrying top weight, Mr. A. W. Raymond brought Sylvandale home to win by four lengths in the Kwanti Cup, with Good Morning (Mr. C. F. Chiu' up) second.
RESULTS
RACE ONE
"The Fanling Grand National" and Pierce Grove Memorial Cup" (13 Miles)
Mr. H. B. L. Dowbiggin's
Ebony Idol, 168 lbs.,
(Capt." Gilbertson; Mr. M.H.T.'s Diogenes, 168 lbs.
(Mr. R. L. Boddy)
lbs. .....
|
1
RACE FOUR
"The Queensland Handicap" (G Furlongs) Mr. J. F. MacGregor's
Strathcarrick, 152 lbs.
Mr. C. Gregory) 1 Mr. Threesome's Cape York. 147
lbs. ............ (Mr. Churchill) 2 Mr. Ellandee's Roolfly, 140 lbs.
(Mr. L. Lewis) 3 Won by three lengths, many lengths between second and third.
Pari-mutue);—
Winner: $7.
Places: $5.10, $5.40,
Also ran: Flummery, 155 the (Mr. Devaux).
Betting
Win. Place
2
Cape York
W 184
Flummery Roolily Strathcarrick
23
15
100
43
487
224
Total
774
370
(Mr. Haymes) 3 Won by many lengths. length between second and third.
Time: 4.11.
Pari-mutuel
Winner: $8.40. Places: $5.90, $6.60. Also ran:-Three Farthings, 163 lbs. (Capt. D. G. Levis).
Betting
That the scholar should concern himself with studies might be ex-Mr. M. F, L. Haymes' Zero, 160 pected; that he should be parti- calarly anxious about the various Catholic Universities and Institutes of Higher Studies is again natural. But here again to penetrate his mind we must turn to the text of his great letter: Deus Scientiarum Dominus. There we may see how When the election of a new Pope the Church which invented the te completed, white smoke slowly University, and to which we owe pours out of the famous "election" the fact that in 1400, when the chimney. A crowd, within some world had just 52 Universities, 29 twenty minutes, had swelled to of them were entirely papal foun- tens and tens of thousands. For the dations, and ten more were partly first time since the "Prisoner of at least originated by Popes, was the Vatican' had been preserving still in this her 281st Pope still
Isolation. his self-imposed
for
concerned with all higher studies. reasons only too well known, the
To promote the courage of the white figure of the new Pope ap- strugglers in this vale of suffering peared and gave his blessing. He he has added to the list of turned to go; and then, with rapid canonized saints some thirty-two. gesturé, he faced the crowds again with the enormous role of 531 and in one big gesture of affection Beatt fung his arms wide towards them
It was the characteristle ges- ture of the one who realised that to him was entrusted the flock of which even the straying shrep would be carried in the arms of love of His Master. But In what a world did his flock move. The cry of a stralened heart is heard in his first encyclical;
BUSINESS SUSPENDED During the past two months extended I have been on an tour of the main commercial centres in order to ascertain, if possible, the state of British business interests in China. En route 1 have discussed the situation with members of the British Chambers of Commerce of Tientsin, Shanghai, Hankow and Canton, the four nerve centres of China. I have also visited Peking. Chefoo, Tsing- 130, Weihalwei, Foochow. Amoy continued its aclivities on Satur-
and Swatow, in order to in day, February 11. when an inter-
vestigate condillons there. LAND. FORCES READY esting debate was held on the sub-
Roughly speaking. my findings ject, "Should, Bachelors be Taxed?”,
Regarding China's defence of may be stated as follows: Canton, The Government side. which was Hainan Island. Generalissimo as yet no business, Föochow, Amoy defending the thesis that bache Chiang sald that as China has no and Swatow. only a small per- lors should be taxed, commenced
navy, she is not expected to defend 'centage of normal business, while with an excellent speech, in which the coastline for long. But, she in the interior of South China, É the main arguments for their pos!- ¦ has made preparations inland.
should say, there was no business tion were put forward clearly and
Chinese land forces will put up at all. In Shanghai, there seems forcibly. There were several ex-
sum resistance in the interior of to be about 60 per cent. of normal cellent reasons. It was claimed,
the Island. They will not allow local business while in Hankow why bachelors should be taxed.
the invaders to occupy it eastly. there is no business at all unless One was, to induce them to marry However, he emphasized that the some is already being done by early: for I was strongly urged Japanese landing on the Island has Japanese, as is the case in Nan- that early marriages were of the
no great effect upon China's re-king. Along the Yangtze valley highest concern to the state.
sistance as the Sino-Japanese war only Japanese ships are permitted, Further, common Justice required will be decided on land, not by the so that no other nation has any that unmarried men, who had not
Occupation of a single island. opportunity, while in Central China tent the burden of a family, should
As to Japan's threat to invade no business is being done with the bear a larger share of the cost of Pakhol, the Generalissimo asserted exception of military supplies en- government than those, who were that China is fully prepared and tering via Chungking. already fulfilling a most important will inflict heavy blows upon her function for the common weal by if she actually makes such a move,
In Welhatwel, Tsingtao, and supporting a wife and children. which, as a matter of fact, wil
The Opposition side attacked the have no great significance in her Chefoo, only a small percentage of proposed law vigorously as being war in China but will only place normal business is being done, and thoroughly immoral and ill-con-herself in a more disadvantageous the Japanese are putting every restriction оп British possible commerce, banking and shipping. firm One British
which owES wharves there finds that its ships have to anchor out in the harbour and employ a Japanese-run lighter company, while Japanese vessels lle alongside and use, these same British owned wharves.
ceived.
position militarlly.
THE COLONIES: NO DOG IN
THE MANGER POLICY
LONDO., Feb. 11 (Reuter)-"The British Govern- ment intends to adopt no dog in the manger policy in regard to Colonies," declared Sir Samuel Hoare, during a speech in Plymouth.
He recalled that when hel
WAR EXPERIENCE
RESTRICTIONS
"
In Tentsin I should estimate that some 60 per cent. of normal business is being done, but in Pe- king and, in the Interior of North China foreign commerce is prac- had raised the question of As a result of war experience tically at a standstill. In connec- the world supply of raw and the developments made since tion with the foregoing estimate it materials in Geneva, he had the war ended, Sir Samuel Hoare may be worth nothing that mem- made this clear and he added said he was convinced that they bers of various British Chambers that that still represented the would never again be faced with of Commerce expressed to me their jopinion that unless unforeseen Government's views.
a submarine danger upon any- thing like the scale they had sur-developments intervened, British commercial interests in" China mounted in the Great War.
Referring to aircraft production, would be almost eliminated with- Bir Samuel Hoare said that ever in the next three years.
There are some 20,000 Bri- since the September crisis aircraft production had bounded: ahead |
Lish subjects in China" at the present time, and they and the British with the result that to-day the
the past their forebears of Premier's pledge to France, Sir British Air Force would make a
three or four generations have Samuel Hoare said: "Those are not very formidable foe against any
combined to build up our pre- the words of a feeble waverer whom possible aggressor.
sent commercial Interests, of Sir Samuel Hoare concluded by the Opposition disparage, but of a
an estimated value of more man bent on maintaining the saying: "We do claim that a great
than £350,000,000. Now they peace of "the, world and who is step forward has been taken for
are faced with ruin. maintain making this country safe. We equally determined to the vital interests of the British claim, indeed, that looking at our Empire and the country with defences and at the state of the concern conditions in China as. which the Empire's interests are world, there is no ground for they affect British interests," and I would be glad to learn what steps pessimism." so closely united."
If the supply of raw materials was likely to cause future disputes, there was no reason whatever why the question-ideed, every trade question-should not be settled by discussion and negotiation.
Referring
to
1J
They also "view with the gravest
"Nowhere, since the catastrophe of the recent war, has man found the peace he seeks for. whether we consider individuals, or groups or nations....the evils from which human society, as such, is suffer- ing react upon the lives of all its members. No one will, deny that, in every rank of society, the minds of men are restless, embittered, sul-
On the side of spiritual acti-. vity he is in a special way "The Pope of the Missions." In his encyclical Rerum Ecclesiac be" is said to have written the Magna Carta of the Missions. And, as in every question, the scholar, the Alpine climber, the man of God shows a width of outlook and optimism which one' may sometimes see in those of younger years, but which the dimmlag of age usually eloads. Not so with Pius XI.
To the last minute his great arms are thrown out, as on the balcony the day of his election, to embrace the world in an affectionate call to unity and peace.
The Lateran treaty stands apart. We can merely mention in, a pass-
He had past his sixtieth year: ing way that the work of the Anal yet he felt that the difficult task, jeconciliation between the Vatican far more difficult than the ascent and the Quirinal was a cf a Rosa, to atra chiefly at the
His Britannic Majesty's Govern- ment "propose to take to protect them.
HONGKONG'S FUTURE Hongkong at the moment is ex-. periencing satisfactory trade con- ditions partly on account of in- creased expenditure in the Colony,
finished
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sider the questions carefully I have little doubt that you will that they present, to afree quote his own words, "problems of the gravest national and International Import-
Aven
ance."
Now for the queries: One. "Do you expect to be con- by refugees from China, and partly fronted by the Japanese author- because the Japanese are using ties with a peace offer on the basis the bulk of their own shipping for of their evacuation of Central and the transportation of "trocps and South China, in return for recogni- suppites, thus leaving the larger tion of their puppet government share of the China coastwise trade in North China?
RACE FIVE
"The Kwanti Cup (1 Mil)
Mr. Braes Sylvandale, 161 lbs.
(Mr. A. W Raymond) 1 Mr. Wat Man-wel's
Good Morning, 140 lbs.
(Mr. C. F. Chiu) 2 Hoping's Flybynight, 151 lba. .......
3 Mr. P. T. Wel) Won by 4 lengths, 2 lengths be-"
Diogenes Ebony Idol
150
Win. Place
60
269
114
Three Farthings... 20 Zero
16
Mr.
77
'57
Total
516
247
tween second and third.
Time: 2.08.1.
KACE TWO
Winner: $8.30.
1-
"The Fox Hanters' Plate" (1 Miles) Mr. J. M. Smith's Finfarthings. (Mr. R. L. Boddy)
Mr. F: G. Nigel's Mortmain,
Pari-mutuel:---
Places: $5.80, $12.
Also ran:Cuban Love." 140 lbs. (Mr. P. M. Hoo: Tribute, 144 (Mr. 15. L. Yaen).
(Mr. W. E Orleve Mr. E. Dobson's Clowner.
(Mr. Dobson) Won by two lengths, five lengths between second and third.
Time: 2.52.3. Pari-mutuel:-
Winner $13.90.
Betting
Win. Place
Cuban Love
20
21
3
Flybynight
213
122
Good Morning .....
94.
53
Sylvandale
458
199..
Tribute
81
80
Total
886
456
RACE SIX
"The Au Tau Handicap"
Places: $7.10, $6.50, $8:40.. Also ran:Arablan Cat (Mr. G. W. Hook; Canary (Mr.. Ingram); Jack O'Lantern (Mr. J. P. Mur- phy: Malolo (Mr. G. Churchill); Public Hero No. 1 Mr. Hemans); Mr. W. T. Stanton's Heriot, 163 Widnes (Mr. A. H. R. Butcher).
Betting
Arabian Cat Садагу
7
Win. Place
17
8
14
Clowner
100
72
Jack O'Lantern
47
53
Malolo
€5
65
Mortmain
153
101
Pinfarthings
200
114
Public Hero No. 1 Widnes
В
15
40
51
Total
634
562
RACE THREE
The Australian Grand National Steeplechase" (2 Miles)
Mr. Treverton's Brutus, 168 lbs.
(Mr. Treverton) 1
Dr. Castro Bastro's Teviotdale,
155 lbs.....(Mr. G. W. Hook) 2 Mr. H. C. MacNamara's
Spark Plug. 157 lbs.
(Mr. Boddy) 3 Won by many lengths, two lengths between second and third.
Time: 4.07.4. Pari-mutuel:--
Winner: $8.60.
||
(6 Furlongs)
lbs. (Mr. & W. Raymond) 1 Mr. C.S.W.'s Mac's Adventure,
163 lbs....(Mr. F. Y. T. Wel 2 Mr. Chanol's National Dignity,
Won by lengths, many lengths
between second and third.
Time: 1.37.2.
Pari-mutuel:-
Winner: $13,50.
Places: $6.10, $7.10, $7.90.
Also ran:Latitat, 140 lbs. (Mr.
G. Treverton); March Brown, 163 (Mr. A. H. R. Butcher); Stymie, 163 (Mr. F. H. Churchill).
Betting
Herlotine Latitat.........
Win.
Flace
286 215
16
32
Mar's "Adventure... March Brown ...
203
115
236
154
National Dignity 101 Stymle
26
38
41
Total ......
880
639
RACE SEVEN
"February Consolation. Scurry”
(Unofficial) (3 Mile) =
Mr. Threesome's Cape York
(Mr. Churchilly". Mr. M. F. L. Haymes"
Scarlett O'Hara.
Places: $6.70, $6.60, $7.80. Also ran:-Flummery, 154 lbs. (Mr. Devaux); Helga, 153 (Mr. E
(Mr. R. L. Boddy) 2 Dobson); Salazar, "157 (Mr. In- Mr. H. Oliver's Bea Urchin
(Mr. T, W. Chattey) 3 gram); Scarlett O'Hara, 167 (Mr.
Won by length, 4 lengths. be- Grieve); Bea Urchin, 152 (Mr. T.
Spectrum. 158 (Mr. tween second and third. Chattey);
in the hands of British shippers Two. "Based on your experience for the time being. But the closure of this undeclared war do you of the Yangtze and the Pearl River consider that the 'foreign conces- has already caused the diverston slons' have proved their value to of enormous amounts of cargo to China as well as to foreigners, in Hanoi. Haiphong, and even Ran-enabling finance and trade to con- goon for transmission via Burma tinue to important extent?
Three. "At the end of this con- to the interior of China. And the moment the "undeclared war" as net do you consider that the Chi- It is naively termed by the Japannese would do well to reconsider esg. is at an end. their shipping for the time being their former will be released to compete on attitude in demanding the aboll-Tayers).
and of both 'concessions' more than equal terms with ours. tion and Hongkong's temporary affiu- 'extraterritoriality"?" enre will come to an end.
FOUR QUESTIONS
with points · In connection which I have already touched on In some measure. I would like to ask my listeners' in- dulgence, and put to them four questions which I recently posed to a very important Chinese official. I am not in a position to disclose what his answers were, but if you con-
Four. "Do you visualize the pos- sibility that the Japanese may de- mand from the British the aban- donment of their interests in Peking, Tientsin, and Shanghal, in return for the re-opening of Canton to British trade and the guaran- teed integrity of Hongkong itself?" Those were my four questiona, and I hope that they may start an interesting, train of thought in your minds.
Places: $5.10, $5.20.
Also ran-Helga (Mr. E. Dob- son).
Time 55.1.
Betting
P
Parl-mutuel:
Win. Place
Winner: $6.40.
Brutus Flummery Helga
328
109
40
53
€
13
Salazar....
3.
11
Betting
Scarlett O'Hara...
38
75
Win
Sea Urchin
26
28
Bea Urchin
35
Place .12.
Spark Plug
85
86
Helga
13
11
31
Cape York
221
110 136
Scarlett O'Hara... 54
Total
642
: 631
Total"
323
41
131
Spectrum Teviotdale