HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
POPE PIUS XI LAID TO REST AT ST. PETERS
Vatican City, Feb. 15 (T/Ocean) The burial "of Pope Pius XI in the Crypt of St. Peters took place yesterday afternoon.
The public was not admitted to the funeral and the Basilica was closed yesterday at mid-day, Only the Cardinals and Prelates of the Papal Court as well as: the Chapter of St. Peter's, the Diplomatic Corps, the members of ancient Roinan aristocratic families, the late Pope's relatives and a group of pilgrims from Desto where Plus XI was born, took part in the ceremony.
AMERICA WARNED
INVÄSİON. NOT
IMPOSSIBLE
sentatives
47
Amidst the funeral chants by the choir of the Sistine Chapel, the mortal remains of the deceased were removed from the Chapel of Sacrament and placed under the huge cupola of St. Peter's.
COFFIN OF CYPRESS WOOD
CABLES
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 16, 1939. —PAGE
· CANDID CAMÉRA AT KWANTI RACES
PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN at the Faaling Race meeting at Kwant on Sunday. (Photo by Leica).
HONGKONG PESSIMISTS SURPRISED
INCRIMINATING DOCUMENTS FOUND
Bucharest Plane Crash Sequel
BUCHAREST, Feb. 15 (Reu- ter)-Polite visiting two young Injured Iron Guard air- men in hospital following the discovery of-incriminating documents in the plane in which they crashed near the Bucharest aerodrome found them talking to five beautiful
ོདྷྭ་ women.
First the coffin made of cypress wood was covered with red satin. Monsignor Baci read a blographical WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 Reuter-notice of the Aate Pope in which Opening the debate on the defence the various Canonisations and re- programme, Mr. Andrew May, chair- conciliation of Church and State. man of the House of Repre- in Italy were stated to be outstand-}
Contrary to expectations of a Military Committee, Ing events of his Pontificate.
bad "slump" in trade, exports warned the House that the time; The Pope's face was covered with from Hongkong for January this was not far distant when an a white veil.
year rose by $0.8 millions compared invasion of the United States The coffin having been closed with January 1938, according to would be possible,
and sealed was remitted to the care figures just issued by the Statis- Indicating that America might of the Chapter of St. Peter's and tical Office. Exports for January "be caught napping" if it procras- lowered through a special opening this year amounted to $40.2 mil- tinated in the strengthening of de-in the floor into the Crypt where Ilons, compared with $30.4 millions fence, Mr. May said that if France it was placed next to the tomb of last January,
and England should fall. they Plus X.
The present tension in South would inevitably to dictatorships" PREPARING FOR CONCLAVE. China, however, was responsible who would then be able to mobilise VATICAN CITY. February 15 for a drop in the Colony's imports, their army, navy," and air forces. (T/Ocean)-In preparing for the the Agures for January this year and would probably be able to Conclave, at which the new being $40.7 millions compared with Some of the women are alleged. establish air bases in the western Supreme Pontiff is to be elected. $81.7 millions for the same month to be the wives of former members hemisphere.
all care is taken to avoid mistakes last year,"
of the Iron Guard and one of them such as occurred at the last Con- Trade with South China was had been sought by the police fol- clave, when Achille Ratti was, elec- similarly affected, but the gulowing the sentence to a term of ted Pope and chose the name of of $2.3 millions during last monta imprisonment of two well-known PLANES
Plus XI.
is considered fair. The figures members of the Bucharest Society.. DESTROYED
The fact that Cardinal Schuster, last January were $10:5 millions.
The police made further seizures Archbishop of Milan, arrived in
Imports from South China toer important letters, found on the SHENCHOW, Fab, 15 (Central) Rome on the day of Entombment Hongkong also slumped last
young men, which they believe the Nineteen Japanese grounded planes of the late Pope is taken here as month, totalling $4.95. This com-women were to have taken away were destroyed and four others sign tha he may possibly be pares with $13 millions last year and hidden. heavily damaged when a squadron chosen successor.
cr a drop of 60 per cent, in the of Chinese planes raided the
twelve months period. In view of Cardinal Segura, Archbishop of Japanese aerodrome at Yuncheng Sevilla and Cardinal della Costas, the Japanese coup at Holhow south Shansi, last Sunday, accord-Archbishop of Florence, arrived in Hainan, the only port of trade in ing to reports received here...
Rome on Tuesday.
South China left open to Hong- kong is Yunnan, via Haiphong.
A
JAPANESE
at
Japanese unit massed Tsengchiayin near Yuncheng was also bombed by the Chinese planes, Heavy casualties were inflicted.
BRITISH PLANE
CRASH
LONDON, Feb. 15 (T/Ocean)--
GOLF CLUB MAY BAN ARTISANS
It is expected therefore that next month's South China trade
show a further drop.
Cardiff,
BOW STREET
SCENES
14
Inside the plane, which the police found loaded with sufficient petrol it is stated,
for a flight of over 800 miles were,
a
large number
of leaflets bearing Irọn Guard pro-. paganda, also letterstaddressed to members of the Iron Guaid who fed from the country.
MR. EDEN'S
BROADCAST
Action If Accused LONDON, Feb. 14 (Reuter)-The The Air Ministry announced late
Bow Street police court was again Remains Unknown last night that a bombing prane
heavily guarded to-day when 19 By speaking for three minutes belonging to the 14th Bomber
men and an 18 year-old girl were longer than his allotted half-hour Charges of mobbery, repeated charged under the Explosives Act. at the American Chamber of Squad on crashed between Am-recently at a meeting of Hastings ren, Transjordania and Lydda Town Council, may lead to the
The Arrests were made in Commerce Iurich Mr. Anthony Three members of the crew were artisan section of Hastings Downs and London.
Liverpool, Manchester. Eden cost the National Broadcast
tag Corporation an extra £15. killed.
Golf Club being closed.
This is the first 'cccasion on In the absence of the B.B.C., the At the council meeting a letter which all, of the accused have Corporation had to lease wires at. was read from an artisan player appeared together in a case, it was just under £5 a minute for trans- charging the regular members alleged. involving a widespread mitting the speech across with snobbery. The writer's identity Irish Republican Army sabotage Atlantic, where it was relayed over was not disclosed.
plot...
the whole network.
DEATH OF CHINESE JOURNALIST
(Continued from Page 1)
After the meeting a member of the club committee said the
Associated Newspapers of America, committee would expel him if
Chicago Daily News, Hongkone they could discover his identity. VICTORIA LEAGUE AND
Daily Press, Malaya Tribune, North Falling that, they would close the China Daily News, North China artisan section. Standard, and other publications At the meeting the council was and news associations,
again asked by the Finance He represented China at the Committee to make an annual World Press Congress in Hawati grant of £100 towards the main-] in 1821, being made Vice-Pres- tenance of the club's course and to dent of the Congress, and wn. I withdraw the condition made at the Canton press representative at last meeting that ratepayers should: the Washington Conference, 1921- be allowed to play at half-fees 22. He was for many years editor-
NEVER ASKED TO PLAY in-chief of the Canton Times and later founded and edited the After a stormy debate the council} Canton Daily News, retiring from.i.decided, by 21 votes to 11, to make these publications in 1923 due to the grant and to with draw the the political unrest.
condition.
From 1917 to 1920 he was direc- tor of the intelligence bureau of the Canton military government.
INDEPENDENT POLITICAL
VIEWS
In the course of his Journal- istle career the late. Mr. Wong at times experienced serious difficulties with the authorities 'for his independence of views
on the political situation and
In 1924 he was arrested and ordered to be banished from Canton. In 1928, however, he was invited by the Sun Yat-sen "College of Law
to teach journalism, being the first Journalist to be so honoured In Canton. Outside the newspaper field, he was interested in educational and social welfare activities in Canton
· Intendent of the Canton Govern-
Councillor Riddle, the originator
יי
the
ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS
In 1931 a local committee of the Victoria Losque, under the chairmanship of the Colonial Secretary, was formed in Hong- kong and since that time has investigated many cases of students from Hongkong proceeding to England who wished to.. avail themselves of the assistance offered by the League In London.
The axistance offered is gratuitous, and takes the form of meeting students, finding, quarters, advising on educational mat- ters and, as far as possible, helping in regard to admission to the Universities.
Students
*
:
F
CALDBECK'S
LIGHTHOUSE
ALE
"A Beacon in
Brewing
PER DOZEN QUARTS.
PER DOZEN PINTS
$7.25
$4.75
CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO., LTD.
T.T. HOCKEY MATCH
Club And Army
In Draw
The Army won the Triangular Hockey Tournament when they drew with the Club at King's Park yesterday, either side scoring once.
Lt. Hook played a good game for the Army at centre-half and V. Bond played well for the Club at right back. Osman. In goal for Army, thade some good saves. "Datta Ram scored for the Army in the first half off a short corner, 8. A. Fowler sending in the equalized for the Club in the second half with a centre. shot} from left.
The teams were:- ARMY: Osman; Carter, Datta' Hook,
THE
HONG KONG
PENINSULA HOTEL;
HONGKONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY HOTEL,
&
SHANGHAI
ASTOR HOUŠE; PAŁACK-HOTELI
HOTELS
LIMITED.
In association with the Grand Hotel des Wagons Lita, Peking.
Scots Death
Rate
Ram: Tara Singh, Lt. Lowest Ever
NEW PHONE LINK KUNMING, Feb. 15 (Central)—–—– The Chungking-Kunming long distance telephone service, which passed a satisfactory test recently, will be opened to the public on March 1.
Auston; Sha Wall, Umed Singh,
The call rate will be $2.80 per Pritam Nath, Narain Singh, and Scotland in 1938 had the lowest Gopal Ram,
general death and
infantile single unit. Urgent messages will CLUB: Benwel; Bond." E. V. mortality rates over recorded, an
be charged doubla.", Reed; Lowe, W. A. Reed, Whitley: the marriages during the year rose
Fowler, Pontius, Divett, Morgan,| slightly above the 1937 figure - and Bates.
EXPERTS BAFFLED BY WOMAN'S DEATH
At
the
Mr. Yên Teng-chfen, a ̈former graduate of St. John's University, "Those facts are contained in the Shanghai, and one of the most provisional statement of the distinguished Chinese scientists Scottish vital statistics which has and specialist in geology. con-- been issued by the Registrar-chology and gasteropods, has been General for Scotland.
invited by the Universities China
The death rate for the year was Committee to go to England and 12.8 per 1000-1.3 below that for the pursue his researches at the Bri- previous year and 0.7, below the tish Museum and also to deliver average. The figure is the lowest lectures. ever recorded in Bcotland.
Despite a minute examination by Bir Bernard Spilsbury and Dr. Roche Lynch, mystery still sur round the death of Emil Dorothy Brown 30, who, with her four-
Births during the year number-10 below the 1937 Agure and months-old daughter Valerie, was ed 17.7 per 1000, and was 0.1 above average.
Marriages, with an average of found
dead in a locked at in that of 1937 but 0.1 below the
average for the previous Ave years. 7.8 per 1000, is 0.1 above that of Trinity-road, Wandsworth,
resumed.,inquest at The record low infantile mortality the previous year and 03 above Battersea the coroner, after hearing rate was only 70 per 1000 births the average. the
the evidence of
experts, recorded a verdict that Mrs. Brown died from causes unascertainable, and that the child died from, ex- haustion due to deprivation of food, through want of attention. which was through no fault of Mrs. Brown.
The police were satisfied there was no suspicion of foul play, he said, and there could be no advan- tage to further adjourning the inquest.
CHINESE TROOPS NEAR :
HANKOW
The League also gives facilities out that of the two recent cases for visiting places of interest and of students sent down from Uni- generally in bringing students into versities one came over in defiance of the charge of snobbishness, contact with English social life of the advice tendered to him by read the following letter from a The League reports on the health the Victoria League and the other member of the artisan section. of students and will, if so desired. was brought over by his own which he declared established the act as guardians,
headmaster without consulting the charge he had made. He quoted
are furnished with League. Owing to the action of from the letter:
personal introductions to promin- the League Cominlitees these cases "The other day some of our chapa ent people, and are given the are fewer than they used to be”. were playing when four so-called opportunity of visiting the House? "The local committee consists of: gentlemen cut in Just as an of Parliament, Hurlingham, and --Hon. Colonial Secretary, (Chair artisan was taking his shot one of Ranelagh besides attending many man), The Vice-Chancellor, Uni the gentlemen said, "We are al-'large receptions, 'dances and versity of Hongkong, (Vice-Chair---Chinese military despatches [lowed "to" go through you.“ The parties. The League will furnish man), Hon, Secretary for Chinese artisan said. "We are sorry but you personal reports on students un- Affairs, The Director of Education, have cut in and so lose your der its care for the benant of Dr. 8. W. TWO, CBE, LLD.. rights
the
course." The parents and guardians. gentlemen refused saying, "You are only artisan members who are not of the same standing as u
to
- SECRETARY'S REPORT The report of Mr. A. G. Morki Joint Secretary for the Committee “As for the matches they claim which concerns itself with students to have played with us, we have from Hongkong and Malays, for ever had one since the club has the Arst half of 1936 contains the
formed. On behalf of following.
been
| Honourable Mr. T, N. Chan, CRE, Miss Allće...... Kwok, Inspector of Engilsh Schools, (Education Office) Joint Honorary Secretary, (Hong- kong), Mr. Tro Tsun On, Joint Honorary Secretary.
Buch persons as may wish to avail themselves of the assistance
and was at one time president of artisans, who, 1 am sure, are with," "The students as a body are of the League should apply to one Kwangtung College, general super me. I thank you for showing the pursuing their studies in their of the Honorary Secretaries, with ment Homes for the blind, aged the golf club are."
public what sobe 99 per cent of usual cheerful way and most of a view to obtaining a letter to the and infirm, and honorary Inspec-
them will make a success of them Secretary of the Leare in Len Councilor Riddle refused to give There is still, in spite of propa-] tor of Prisons of the Kwangtung the name of the writer at the sands, à tendency for half edu Bureau of Justice,
.... In 1913 he married Miss” Chân:
Hon-ming of Canton w
meeting.
don
cated men to come over before Return for Teritorial "Army they are qualified to enter a recruiting “ In. University. It cannot be repeated ano
In recent years he represented Kwangri at the Commerical Fair, of the Shanghal Office of the too often that such men have 4,192 Hanol, in 1978; was professor of Central News Agency,... 1934-35 great difficulty in gaining admis-ent Jouminijum, __ Misont - Venching and in 1936-37 was Professor of ston and should complete thei School of Journalism, Yenching Journalien in the University of education up to the necessar University."""19%;
standard. It is only fair to poin
Editor Shanghal.
yek show effect
|
•
CHUNGKING, Feb. 15 (Reuter)
from Shanel claim that Chinese mobile units have reached the outskirts of Wachans, opposite Hanbow, and that Chinese troops have also appeared in the vicinity of Lichinshan and the Wanhu (South Lake) Aerodfome.
EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO
According to reports received here LONDON, Feb., 15' (T/Ocean)-
early this morning Mexico an earthquake shook Mexico City yesë *tenday at 9:30 pm. Further detals
Are a lacking
Major-Gen. Alan Dawnay, of La Fermecroft Beaulieu, Director of Public Relations at the War Office, sinos - and formerly Controller" of Pro- do grimmer at the BBC, who was found gassed at his home left £1291 (np. £10,821).
4000
Absolutely to time
Don't
YOURS
for a Small Deposit and
825
risk-breakdowns in supply or use heat that only gives two or three variations. Choose the fuel that does not fail and gives any degree of best at the turn of the tap, Bee the Frontline New World Gas Cookers at our Showrooms.
THE HONG KONG & CHINA- GAS CO. LTD.
UKNTRAL, SHOWROOM
KOWLOON SHOWROOM:
Monthly
GLOUCESTER BUILDING
Phorse 34704 246-NATHAN BOAD