PAGE 6-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
EDITORIAL
WEDNESDAY,
DEFEND
SEPTEMBER 27, 1939.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS The Daily PEOPLE OF CHUNGSHAN THEIR HOMES
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DEFENCE (FINANCE)
· REGULATIONS.
Members of the public are re- minded that it is An offence under the above Regulations, punishable by fine or imprison. ment or both,
(i) for any resident in the
Colony to conduct any foreign exchange business either in the Colony or
elsewhere with any per
son other than an 11.
thorised dealer in foreign exchange,
(ii) for any person to expert from the Colony without permission gold, securities, drafts or currency in any form, except Hong Kong and Chinese bank notes,
(ii) for any British subject, without distinction of race, who is the owner of certain advertised for eign currencies, including
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PUBLIC AUCTION.
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Editorial and Business "Office: 15-19, Queen's Road Central. Tel. 30251. Night Editor (Wanchal Office).
Tel. 24511. London Office: 53, Fleet Street
E.C.4.
PARTICULARS AND CON- DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 2nd day of Oct., 1939, «at 3; p.m., at the Offices of the Public |-**** Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of
one Lot of Crown Land at. Ma Tau Chung, in the Colony
HONGKONG, SEPTEMBER 27, 1939
of Hong Kong for a term THE WAR &
THE SOVIET
of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be
fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one für ther term of 75 years.
"SIGNOR MUSSOLINI'S sug-
gestion that when the Allies did not declare war that immediately after the dis Red Army's march into Po- Intending bidders are advised against Russia following the posal of the let the Purchaser land, they weakened their (if not the applicant), will be moral case against Germany required to deposit with an is not understood. here," authorised officer who will be states the British official present at the sale, the sum of commentary on
the Italian two hundred dollars, ($200) in proposals for the ending of cash. This sum will be refunded the European War. on payment of the Purchase price.
"VISCOUNT HALIFAX this evening received M... Ivan Maisky, the Soviet Ambassa-
United States dollars, or PARTICULARS OF THE LOT dor," reads another message, securities expressed in
those currencies, to fail to
report such ownership to
-"Government.
Z6th September, 1939.
W
733
PUBLIC AUCTION.
PARTICULARS AND CON.
DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction; to be held on Monday, the 2nd day of Oct., 1939, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor ei one Lot of Crown Land al Wong Nel Chung, in the Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 75 years; with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Ma- jesty the KING, for one further
term of 75 years.
No, of Bale.
Locality.
of Ma TauTM***
Kowloon Inland Lot No. 4178.
Tau Chung.
Chung Road & Sung Wong Toi Road,
Hegistry No.
0.
Boundary Measure
menta,
An pay
sale plan
Contents in
Ausual
Rental.
Unset Price.
28 2,400
Square fact.
R.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
009'1
also dated yesterday.
FINALLY, the United Press reports that a new Anglo- Soviet Commercial treaty may be negotiated shortly, one of its objects, from the British point of view, being to take up the surplus of raw materi- als that might otherwise go to Germany,
COMING ON THE HEELS of the realisation that the Soviet advance into Poland has both cut the Nazi Reich 731 off from Rumania and intro- duced an entirely new factor into the balance of power in Central and Southeastern Europe, these statements are highly significant. They in- dicate that, in the difference of opinion, which has existed in Conservative England since the Soviet action, the view expressed on the first day by the Daily Telegraph that it was a precaution against Germany, has prevailed over The the interpretation of Times" which forgot analysis a haze of vituperation. IT WILL BE REMEMBER- ED that the first warning of ment was voiced by Stalin A Soviet-German rapproche- several months ago as warning to those who were holding back the Peace Front negotiations, that Molotov said even after the conclusion of the Non-Aggression Agree- ment that the Anglo-French- posal of the let the Purchaser Soviet talks did not neces- (if not the applicant) will be sarily have to stop, and that required to deposit with
an Voroshilov explained their authorised officer who will be eventual rupture not by the present at the sale, the sum of, treaty with Germany but by two hundred dollars,⋅ ($200) in the fact that the Red Army cash. This sum will be refunded was not allowed, in case of on payment of the Purchase war, to take up positions in
Land at
PARTICULARS AND CON DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 2nd day of Oct., 1939, at 3 pm, at the Offices of the Public Intending bidders are advised Works Department, by Order of that immediately after the dis. His Excellency the Governor of posal of the lot the Purchaser one Lot of Crown (if not the applicant), will be Mong Kok, in the Colony of required to deposit with an Hong Kong for a term of 75 authorised officer who will be years, with the option of renewal present at the sale, the sum of at a Crown Rent to be fixed by two hundred dollars, ($200) in the Surveyor of His Majesty the cash. This sum will be refunded KING, for one further term of on payment of the "Purchase
75 years. price.
Intending bidders are advised PARTICULARS OF THE LOT that immediately after the dis.
Registry No.
Locality.
Inland Lot No. 5592.
Adjoining Inland
1- No. of Fale,
Sing Woo Road. *::* Lot No. 3043,
Wong Nei Chung,
Houndary
Measure.
ments.
Annual
Rental
About
Contents in
0,480
Square feet.
358
5740 .
¦ Upest Prico. Į
No. of Sale.
IN THE SUPREME
COURT OF HONG KONG.
730
PROBATE JURISDICTION.
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IN THE GOODS ROBERT INGLIS of 3, Cleveland Row, St. James's Street, London, S.W. 1, in the United Kingdom, de. ceased.
price.
in
a
Poland and thus establish a front against the aggressor. There is no doubt of the fact
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT that uncertainty as to whe-
Locality.
Kowloon Inland Registry Ne
Boundary Street | Lot No. 4179.
"between Fa Yuen Su & Tung Choi.
St, Mong Kok.
Boundary! Measure-
ments.
ft. ft.IFF
År per
sal pluss.
| U} squash
About
19,000
Square foot.
Annual
290
Rental.
$7,000
• Upset Price
NOTICE is hereby given that FORTHCOMING
the Court has by virtue of the provisions of Section 58 of Ordin- ance No. 2 of 1897 made an order Itmiting the time for creditors and others to send in their claims against the above estate to 13th October, 1939.
All Creditors and others are ac- cordingly hereby required to send their claims to the undersigned on. or before that date.
DEACONS,
Solicitors for the Executor,
1. Des Voeux Road Central.
Iong Kong
712
ther the other parties to the Moscow talks would really co-operate in preventing a German advance to the Soviet frontier was at the back of much of the mutual suspicion which characterised these conversations.
TO-DAY, realists are com- pelled to admit that the So- viet have taken steps to coun-
ter-act the German menace
Repeated Japanese attacks on Chungshan district have
proved unsuccessful chiefly due to the staunch resistance put up by the troops and people's militia of the district. Below, we give exclusive pictures of the latest operations in the area, outstanding of which was a large scale skirmish at Wangmoon on Septem-
ber 12.
Left to right, the Colonel in command of the Chinese forces at Wangmoon; General Chang Wei-châng, Magistrate of Ching- shan, who spent 'much time at the front and personally parti- cipated in the fighting: General Wu Fei, Military Commander
of the district.
*Chungshan troops advancing to the front over the torn-up sec- " tion of the Shekkl-Macao Highway. The deep pit dug in the roadway is a tark-trap. It gives an idea of what difficulties the enemy will encounter if they try to advance Inland with heavy equipment and supply transports..
This is all that can be seen, at low tide, of a Japanese armoured launch sunk by a mine on the Chungshan front. At high water
"the entire vessel disappears from sight.
These wounded, en route from an exposed field dressing station to a safer spot, are camouflaged with leafy branches. Friendly peasants carry them from place to plaće.
to their own borders in their are the United States, the
Do Not Give Way To The Irrational Feeling That News Is More Important Than Strategy-Z.B.W. Talk
A Studio Talk from Z.B.W. on "Comments on Current Events" was given last night, as follows:
Why is there so little news about the war in Europe? This question is being asked by many people, and it seems as though some of them feel that news is being withheld from the public..
.
Let us examine the ques- But does not the fault He with our tion. First of all, is it true selves who believed in the sensa- that we are hearing too little tional decriptions of "the next. about the war? Is it not war and how it would start" which merely a feeling of impatience years? These descriptions predict- We used to read of in recent which makes us want to hear ed tremendous aerial and land more and which finds ex-offensives which
30 take pression in a reproachful place even before war was declared attitude towards those whom and which might bring to a we suspect of withholding swift end. These predictions were from Us information that wrong, ought to be available?
were
I
Even now, with all the tremen- dous mechanized armaments piled up.on all sides, war is slow and the stronger side, that is the demo- cratic side, is naturally, inclined to make use of the fact that the time element is in its favour.
Everywhere in the British Empire and France the people are free to listen in to the broadcasts of other countries, including Germany. In neutral countries at least the dis-
Britain and France need not be semination of news is not im- peded by any censorship.
in a hurry. They can choose the best possible strategic plan, even Journalists who are travelling if it involves delay of large scale. from one of the, belligerent eaun-actions at the outset. In fact we tries to a neutral one are quick at ought to be grateful that such liberty to report what they have strategy is actually being chosen learned. Yet if you compare the and that no alleged popular im- news which you find in the British patience with the lack of dramatic press and hear over, British wire-news is allowed to interfere with jess stations, with that published it. and broadcast from neutral.coun- tries, you will scarcely find any difference.
It is only if you contrast the in-) formation which the German people receive, with. that which is available to the public of other countries that will you be aware of a discrepancy, and indeed of a great one...
à huge and hurried offensive at the Western tront, pre- maturely started by the demo cracies, certainly would have produced news and possibly good news as far as the imme- diate military results were con cerned, but it would certain- ly have entailed tremendous casualties, greater casualties indeed than are to be expected from a well-prepared offensive at the proper time.
... It is Germany alone which actually withholds important news from its people. Britain and France, however. are obtaining just as full reports about developments in Europe as the United States or any other country. Censorship may occa. sionally have delayed information no operation we will not under- in the early days of the war but take provided our responsible ad-
It has never suppressed ary news.
NEWS SCARCER Just the same, it is true that news has been scarcer during the Arst three weeks of the war than most people would have expected.
GENERAL PLAN Mr. Chamberlain clearly defined when he said "There is no sacrifice Britain's general plan of campaign
from which we will shirk-there is
visers, our allies, and we ourselves are convinced it will make an ap propriate contribution to victory. But what we will not do is to rush into adventures that offer Uttle prospect of success and are cal- culated to impair our resources and to postpone ultimate victory. One military history teaches is that that road leads to 'disaster.
CORRESPONDENCE lesson which
ST. JOHN AMBULANCE
BRIGADE
[To the Editor, the "Hongkong
Daily Press"],
over,
Sir, Now the black-out le and St. John Ambulance members ploved their loyalty to the Colony,
F
"Strategy is the act of concen- trating forces at the decisive me ment."
Mr. Chamberlain went on to say: "I will not hazard a "guess at this stage of the" war as to when or where decisive forces will be.
when the decisive assembled or
That must I as one of those members would moment will arrive. like to protest against the dis- can foresee. But the scale of pur depend upon events which no one
Bown."
graceful treatment meted out to
preparations and the fact already our leader by some who announced that we are basing wish to reap what others have them on the assumption that the duration of the war may be at The Brigade is known through least three years ensure that our cut not only Hongkong, but China, strength will increase progressively on account of its great services to to meet whatever may come." mankind, even the "London Times" Let us be patient and confident, has specially mentioned our work. therefore, and not give way to the Now, we and “Strangers, in our irrational feeling that news is more midst.” Our leader has "folded up Important than strategy. hia tent and is prepared to steal
732 own way. When, faced with British Empire and the Soviet | NO TENSION?
the inevitability of a German Union. Germany, who is now overrun Poland, Moscow or matched against Britain and dered its troops "to take un-France, is formidable indus- der their protection the lives trially but lacks the other. and property of the popula- characteristics. tions of Western White Russia WEDDINGS and the Western Ukraine? it The following forthcoming mar- was obvious that, under the lages are announced:
clrcumstances, there was only one threat against which they could be defended-the threat of Nazi domination.
IT IS OBVIOUSLY of the greatest importance to both belligerents to secure the aid trality of America and Russia,
or at least the absolute neu-
ON BORDER
AIRPORT NEWS Imperial "AirwayK:
NORTHBOUND Sunday, Bangkok, Hanol, Hong-
kong.
Dardanus-4 p.m.
SOUTHBOUND
Wednesday: Hanoi, Bangkok. Delia-7 akko
May I beg of the Press to insti- tute a public enquiry as to why this grand voluntary organization and its members should be so Resorts of tension along the New Territories border were scout-petitions and cables
ruthlessly pushed aside; all our have been ed by the military authorities yes-treated like the Munich Agreement terday, who stated that the situa-scrap of paper. We are volun- tion remained quiet and had
teers, give our services, pay most undergone, no change.
The Japanese troops on the other of our travelling expenses, yet are Air France: side of the frontier were estimated treated by an unknown committee aa being so much material to be to be about 1,500.*** both of which remain outside
used. the conflict.
"There is no trouble at all,” said "America has. Lilli Eardley of 102, Waterloo ONE OF THE BASIC facts
the military'. spokesman, "They made her attitude to Hitler Street, Hongkong.
of the situation in the world abundantly clear. The Soviet
make notea. They look at us and Mr. Leung Wing Yan, draughts-of to-day is that it contains
of 16, Fleming Road, third only three great Powers in Union, it is now becoming ap- we look at them, and that's all floor. Hongkong, and Mas Au Laithe real sense of the word Parent, has effectively limited Yung, 2. Shaukiwan Road first Powers which are industrially the possibilities of Nazi ex-
strong enough, sumciently pansion in the East.
Mr. E L Strange, of the Hong- Kong Civil Service, of 8. Ventris
Road, Hongkong and Miss Nance
man
floor.
Mr. Chan Shut Tstang, shipping populatious, and possess the SOBER HEADS In London clerk of Chatham Road, and Miss territory and raw materials to understand this perfectly Wan Biet Nul of 250, Chatham make them self-contained in well, and even at this late Road, second floor.
time of war. These Powers hour it is by no means certain
France, Hanof
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Hongkong
Our Headquarters, the Cheung Chau Hospital, the Au Par Accident
Fok Chi Ting Ambulance, the New Station with its Free Service, the Territory Chinese are silent testi- Pan Man manfer to the work of the Director, bu that the Peace Front, as yet he has gone without s "Good- originally envisaged, has been bye" who did so much work for altogether killed by the us, we are entitled to know the handling which it received full fact during the months before the outbreak of the conflict.
PERPLEXED AND S UNHAPPY MEMBER,
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