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"Hongkong Daily PressMay 26, 1939. · Temperature: Max. 84, Min. 72; Humidity 91.
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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1939.
LONDON PROTEST TO JAPAN REGARDING
BOARDING OF P. & O. LINER RANPURA
No Doubt Could Conceivably Man Chopped H.K. DAILY PRESS
Exist As To Her Nationality Her Nationality
Admiral Noble Requests Firm Measures Be Taken
L ONDON, MAY 25 (REUTER)—IT IS STATED THAT
THE LONDON PROTEST TO JAPAN REGARDING THE BOARDING BY JAPANESE OF THE P. AND 0. LINER RANPURA OUTSIDE HONGKONG, points out that the flag verification procedure, which was agreed upon sometime ago, only permitted the boarding of ships flying, the British flag when there was reason to doubt the nationality.
As the Ranpura has been engaged for some years between Japanese and British ports no such doubt could conceivably exist in her case.
In Full View Of Customers
EVENING ATTACK
was
IN WANCHA!
CONSIDERABLE EXCITE- MENT and confusion caused last evening at the Chui Lök Restaurant, No. 43 |Spring Garden Lane, Wan- chai, when, in full view of a large number of people pre- sent, a man who had gone into the place for a meal sud- denly got up and attacked another man with a chopper, inflicting extremely severe in- juries on the latter.
The attack occurred about 6.30
The injured man, Yu Tung, an unemployed seaman, aged 30 years, who lived at No. 22 Queen's Road
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POSTAL CONGRESS DISCORD
GERMANS REFUSE
Madame "Chiang Kai-shek being presented with the Gold Medal of Honour of the New York City Federation of Women's Clubs in Chungking, China's wartime capital,' on April 27, by Miss Katherine Bodye, President of the International Women's Club of Chungking. The medal was awarded Madame Chiang Kai-shek in recognition of her "Indomitable courage and leadership in the crisis of her native land."
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Colony Streets MENACE TO WHOLE To Be Cleared DEMOCRATIC WORLD
Of Sleepers
TO SIGN BUENOS AIRES, -May-25 (Ren- ter)-Because Czechoslovakia is re ACCOMMODATION presented at the Postal Union Congress now in session here the
IN REFUGEE CAMPS German delegation refused to sign The Medical Department is the convention regulating postal conducting a campaign to matters for the next five years. clear Hongkong thorough- The Italian and Hungarian dele- fares of street sleepers and times about the head and upper sation expressed themselves in a destitutes and to accom- body, and was removed to the cord with the German decision. modate them, as far as is Queen Mary Hospital, where his which has caused some constern-
possible, condition was stated late last night tion, as complete agreement had to be very critical.
on technical matters had been The alleged assailant, Lee Chau, reached by all comfries repre
sented at the Congrem. a carpenter, was arrested.
East; Arst foor, was hacked several
Consequently, the Com- FRENCH ADMIRAL mander-in-Chief of the China Station, Admiral Sir Percy
LEAVES KULANGSU p.in. when the restaurant was quite Noble, has asked for an ex-
SHANGHAI, May 25 (Reuter)full. Details were meagre, as po- planation of the incident and Vice-Admi. Decoux, Commander-lice investigations continued until has requested that arm mea-Fleet, left Kulangau waters
-Chief of the French Asiatica late hour. sures be taken to prevent terday aboard his flagship Lamotte yes- possibility of a recurrence.
Picquet, according to reports re- A Transocean message from
ceived here to-day. London states that Sir Percy Noble, in his protest, pointed out that the holding up of foreign vessels was only customary in the case of such ships being suspected to transport- ing war material and he requested the Japanese naval authorities to give an assurance that similar in- cidents would not recur in future.
STOCK EXCHANGE
A Japanese dispatch SAJI that the departure is regarded '- as showing a break to the "united front" by Britain. France and America at Ki. langsu, but foreign quarters. ridicule this suggestion. Vice-Adral. Decour, they bellevé, lett Kulangsu waters in order to get a first-hand report from the. captain or the "Shanghai-bound Messageries Maritimes liner Aramis
"BETTER THINGS which the Japanese boarded near
FOR MARKETS"
LONDON, May 25 (Reuter)
"The barometer certainly seems to
Hongkong yesterday.
MORE JAPANESE MARINES TOKYO, May 25 (T/Ocean More Japanese marines will be sent Kulangsu in the event of the
to
be going up and I am hopeful for situation there becoming "worse,
a perfod of better things as far as the Japanese Admiralty spokes- the markets are --concerned.” W3J
man, Vice-Admiral Kanazawa an- the remark of a prominent city nounced to-day. The spokesman authority to Reuter this morning said that the landing of British, The recent increasing public in French and American bluejackets terest in the stock exchange was in Kulangsu had unfortunately accentuated to-day with dealers produced a result of increasing in al sections encountering much tension and had also had the effect larger" demand especially for gilt-
of inducing the International
edged and other Arst-class securi-settlement authorities to modify ties.
their hitherto, conciliatory aâtțituđe The general opinion is that the towards the Japanese demands. Improvement reflects, a widespread bellef that the international situa. tion is definitely less tense. More: over, sentiment is holstered by the
expectation of an early Anglo-
·Soviet Agreement.
'DANZIG NOTES · TO POLAND DANZIG, May 25 (Reuter)-The
SENSATIONAL
PIRACY
IN WATERS NEAR H.K.
12 Men Thrown Overboard: Sole Survivor's Story
די
...
in Government camps which have been bullt on both sides of the harbour for refugees and others.
China Also
Fighting For Australia, Says Madame Chiang Kai-shek
THE FAILURE OF CHINA TO CONTINUE SUCCESS- THE
FULLY to resist until the aggressor is driven from her shores would mean the creation of a menace to the whole Démocratic world--a menace which would first jeopardize the safety and the security of Australia and then involve that peaceful land in catastrophe,” kald Madame Chiang Kai-shek in a special broadcast from Chungking to the people of Australia on the evening of May. 9..
This first step in attacking onet of the greatest social problems that] the Colony has so far, faced will not only be of value as far as; cleanliness and public hygiene is:
The following is the text of her speech:- concerned, but, by reason of the facilities available at the various "May I convey the greetings of
"At this moment. while I am camps for acquiring elementary the people of China to all of you speaking, I have in my nostrils the education and knowledge of differ-ho live in the smiling peaceful reek of bombed Chunrkinga city ent crafts, will certainly benefit lands of Australia, and to all who which lies 1,400 miles up the great live, elsewhere who may be listen-Yangtze River. Here was commit- the people directly affected.
ted wanton mass murder and in The Police Department is co-lag.
"I am speaking from a tragic cendiariam on a scale never before. operating to transfer the street sleepers and others to the camps., spot. All about me are the smok- experienced or recorded; and such and instructions have been given ing ruins of what were but a few as, I hope, no other city in the that temporary shelters erected in days ago parts of the prosperous, world will ever have to experience. public thoroughfares and vacant densely populated city of Chung- land are to be removed at the carliest opportunity..
STARTERS FOR OAKS
king. Because of that I have abandoned the subject I selected. when I was asked to broadcast, and I am going to speak on air raids and their consequences. Air bombardment. Is the most mon- strous invention, for... mass murder of innocent civilians, who are far This completed, they proceeded LONDON, May 25 (Reuter)-removed from any actual battle to tle up all the 12 persons with Probable starters and jockeys for front, that this civilized age. has rope which formed part of the the Oaks are as follows:- produced; but it cannot win a war. cargo, and hurled them one by one
RUIN AND DEATH "Throughout the whole of China air raids have spread^ ruin and death; but they have not spread defeat. "I have witnessed the bombing
"This shocking, triumph of The Japanese is, however, but a farge-scale repetition of the horrors they have already per- petrated upon thousands of other cities. It is a part of their deliberate policy to deso-, late. China and impoverish and demoralize our people.
"THEY CANNOT BEAT US” They have so far vainly employ- ed for 22 months every known death-dealing device to beat us to our knees. They have employed them all with a reckless and fero- cious barbarism, with an inhuman. intensity, that have shocked man
"They cannot beat us because
A SENSATIONAL PIRATICAL OUTRAGE WHICH OCCURRED ON SUNDAY WITHIN HONGKONG WATERS, and in which twelve persons were tied up and mercilessly thrown overboard, was revealed last night with the arrival in the Colony of the sole known sur- vivor, who was picked up by a passing junk after being several hours in the water. This man, who made a full report to the Yaumati police, is Wong Kwan-sik, aged 21
(Beary), Soft Impeachment years, a travelling trader.
According to him, he and eleven into the water...
White Fox (Elliott), Infra Red Wong Kwan-sik himself drifted (Stephenson), Castillan Princess others, including the crew, were travelling to the Colony in a Chi-helplessly for several hours, beaten (Clin Richards). Superbe (Beas- A feeling of optimism is als Senate has sent two. Notes ∙to.
nese registered junk, No. 288, con- about by strong waves and every leyl, Sugar Kandy (Marshall). spreading to the commodities with Poland regarding the incidents on
(Nevett), Avena rubber especially more buoyant on the Danzig. frontier demanding veying a valuable cargo of grass moment in danger of drowning. Curtain increased trade buying and more and recalling the Pulish Deputy rope and matting, when they were all he was observed by the crew (Burns), Royal Truce (Wing), Tit of towns all over China; I have attacked by a gang of pirates near of another junk. The latter went bit (Harry Wragg), Galatea Second travelled for days on end through encouraging advices from the Commissioner and his staff.
Warsaw is expected to reject the Tungku lighthouse, opposite Castle to his rescue and brought him to] (Jones), Aurora (Perryinan), Olein avenues of stark ruin. I have seen we are essentially an agricultural United States.
(Lowrey), Virginia (Crouch), Bal-Interminable lines of our stricken nation who have nowhere any con- Senate for the incidents.
lathie (Bibbritt), Arsenal (James people tolling, struggling over the centrations of destructible wealth Doyle), Kittyerisk (Thwaites). E-mountains following the will-o'- laa (8mirke), Wilhelmina Second the wisp of safety. And later I lose of which was cripple we (Taylor), Sonale Wench (E. Smith,), have heard how scores and scores and place us at the mercy of a Bonareba (Bezant), Romany Night cold blood by the machine-gun we will fight for our good earth,
of them have been murdered in vicious and better armed fo
"They cannot beat us because bullets of cruising Japanese air- craft.
demands as it blames the Danzig
Peak:
FULLY ARMED
Yaumati
FEARED DROWNED
1
Armed to the teeth, the pirates, The others who were tossed into BLUE PETER WINNING BLUE RIBAND travellers by suddenly appearing drowned are:
several strong, surprised the the sea and who, it is feared, were
BLUE PETER H
The Earl of Rosebery's BLUE PETER ridden by E., Smith,, winning the Blue Riband Trial Stakes af Epsom, Starting fa vourite, Blue Peter won the Der by on Wednesday by four lengths.
at the junk's alde in a small sailing boat. Ordering the Junk to stop. the pirates boarded. the craft and herded the helpless, terror-stricken | occupants into a corner while they
searched the cargo.
QUEEN MARY SENDS LETTERS
OF THANKS
Wong Tak, aged 70, master of
the junk;
His wife, aged about 55, whose
name is not known; Wong Kan-chal, their 15-year-
old" son;.......
Ah Chi (28), Ah Cheang (50), An Mow (45), Ah Hl. (41),
Li Hung (40), Wong Kai (45) and two others whose' names ‘are unknown, The Junkmaster's wife was the only woman of the 12.
A subsequent police report re- LONDON, May 25 (Reuter)—An|vealed that the junk had been official medical statement issued found abandoned near Ma Wan, in to-day states that Queen Mary, the vicinity of Lantau Island, but who was involved in a motor accf- the entire cargo was stated to be dent two
days ago, had a good stolen. night and her eye was more com- fortable.
The Queen Mother has sent a letter a thanks to the lorry driver who was involved in the mishap and who sent flowers to Her Majesty.
A letter of thanks has also been sent to the man in whose honge
THE DOLLAR
̈T.T, ON LONDON: 1s. 2 25/324. T.T. ON NEW YORK: 28 13/16, From Our Own Correspondent London, May 25. London "silver prices to-day were
the Queen rested immediately after down 1/16 as follow the accident
(To-day is the 72nd birthday an niversary of Queen Mary);
Spot Forward
May 24 May 25
20-1/16 20 19-7/8
19-13/18
(Lane).
Call
GUIDE TO THE NEWS
Page 2-Jockey Club's Whitsun meeting. Army cricket com- petition International foot- ball. UB. baseball. Water Polo League. Page 3 Women's Interests.
Confide in Faith Prior Page 5 Cinemas. Crossword. puzzle. Diary of local events, Page 6Newsettes. Co-opera- tives ball to-night, "Menu" Page 7 - Legislative Council meeting. Prison" inquests, Traffic accidents..
Page 8-Leading article: Ja- pan Hurls Challenge. Dis- putes between landlords and
tenanta
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Page 10 -- Radio programmes.
The Services.
Pages 11, 12 and 13-Finance
and Commerce, Pages 14 and 15
news and directory.
Shipping
Continued on Page S
Death Of Lord Duveen At 70:
Many Art Benefactions
LONDON, May 25 (Beuter) The death occurred to-day of Lord Duveen, founder of the British Artlats Exhibitions Organization for the encouragement of fesser-known British Artists, a Trustee of the National Gallery from 1928 to 1936, and a Trustee of the Wallace ``Collection since 1925, at the age of 70.
Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen. Among his art benefactions have of Millbank, President of Duveen been several galleries for modern Brothers, Inc. of New York and foreign works to the Tate Gallery Paris, was born in Hull the eldest
In 1926, also one devoted, works
son of the late Bir Joseph Duveen.
In 1890, he married Elsie, daughter by Bargent, and in 1987, a further of Sol Salamon, New York, and new building comprising three they have one daughter. He was large and two smaller galleries for || knighted in 1919 and created Baron modern sculpture.
In 1993
of Art:
also endowed at London
Presented with the Freedom of University a Chair for the History Hull in 1929, Lord Duveen wai awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Society of British Bculptors in 1938%
Lord Duveen's publication was Thirty Years of British Art.