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HONGKONG, NOVEMBER 18, 1939
SOLDIERS ON
THE WAR
Manslaughter Cases: Pleas
Of Guilty At The Sessions
Charged with the manslaughter of Li Wing, allas Kwong Tau Chan, a plea of guilty, was entered at the Criminal Sessions yesterday by LO TONG.
14 died following a fight between some bootblacks outside the Silver Dragon Restaurant. Des Voeux Road, about 10 p.m. on September 30. Defendant was alleged to have struck the deceased in the ab- domen, as the result of which he collapsed and spat blood and died
IN TIME OF PEACE there is on admission to the Queen Mary
Hospital.
ANOTHER CASE Yu Wal-tim, alias Tai Kau Lo, charged with the manslaughter of Yau Kam-hoi, also pleaded guilty.
available to the layman a¦ vast amount of literature on The case came before Mr. Justice military matters, written by R. E. Lindsell, who postponed sen-, military men, discussing the tence until Monday. latest modifications of the science of warfare and prob- every new able effect of weapon that comes to the public knowledge, weapons always do, much earlier than" is generally supposed.
as new
A smail gambling debt was said
to be the cause of a quarrel, which led to defendant picking up the deceased by the legs and bumping
•his head on the cement 'pavement at the junction of Luard and Jaffe Roads, Wanchai, on September 23. Yau Kam-ho died of a broken
THE OUTBREAK of war has brought about a sharp curtailment of such informa- tion appearing in the English neck language. That is perfectly natural. Officers
man on ...
Sentence was also postponed to оп active Monday, as was in the case of Lai service have their thoughts Kwong, who pleaded to the charge focussed on concrete operative of manslaughter of a problems and anything they | October 7 | write will naturally reflect the conclusions they have drawn from actual battle experience. What these conclusions are is u matter of great interest to
the enemy. It is, therefore, not surprising that a number of popular publications deal- ing with military matters have simply folded up for the duration of the war.
JAPANESE ARMY PLANE LANDS
IN COLONY
A Japanese military plane, a Douglas DC-3, landed at Kai Tak from Canton for the purpose of picking up a spare tyre for the IN VIEW OF THIS FACT | R.M.A. Dardanus, the Imperial it is particularly interesting Alrways' plane which is Bow on to summarise the opinions of Welchow Island, writers in the last issue of the United Services Review," now no longer appearing, which was published on September 28 and has just reached us.
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The arrival of the craft was not
expected and a 10-minute notifi- cation was given before the plane put down on the Kal Tak tarmac. On the plane, besides three mem- bers of the crew, was Commander Honda, of the Japanese Navy. The plane departed for Welchow island after a stay of 10 minutes in the Colony.
EDITORIAL
Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Loughlin after their marriage at St. Joseph's Church yesterday. The bride was formerly Miss Antonia" Melnik.
Hello & Goodbye
(BY A. W. 'HYER) -
An unexpected visitor from Canton called at Kai Tak yesterday afternoon en route to Welchow Island. It was a Japanese military plane which landed" at Kai Tak with Commander Honda, of the Japanese Navy.
After collecting equipment for the R.M.A. Dardanus the Japanese craft departed for the south. This is the first time & Japanese plane has landed in the Colony,
Speaking of the Imperial Air- ways' Dardanus, Capt. J. N. Wilson reports he is "sick and tired of the whole mess!" (He is referring to and the incident of the Dardanus) his travels during the past week
Mr. A. Cuadros, a representative of Chile, passed through the city en route to the Chilean Legation at Tokyo. However, this gentle man did not wish to see the press, according to reports,
The popular manager of the National Carbon Co... in Batavia, Mr. T. C. Stuart, is going to the United States on six months' holi- day. His welcome by friends and union. associates, was indeed gay re-
THE KEY ARTICLE, a`com- parison of the situation in, 1914 and 1939 by Lt. Col. J. R. J. MacNamara, M.P., ham 830 mers in the thesis that the In the near future the crew. of war will be neither easy nor the Dardanus. Captain J. N. Wil- short.. ** I shall try," says the son and First Officer J. F. Raeburn, During the week-end the har-
Another gentleman heading for writer, although a belli-accompanied by an Imperial Air- bour will be visited by one of the vacation days in America le Mr. M. CORRESPONDENCE gerent, to view the situation ways engineer, will proceed by a large Italian liners en route to E-Taylor. Publisher of the Manila impersonally and fairly. I Japanese naval vessel to Welchow rope, and an American commer- Daily Bulletin in Manila." Though am not, after all, a Minister Island from Hongkong. They will clal steamer, proceeding to the we did not have the pleasure of an of Propaganda and I feel that attend to repairs of the Dardanus United States.
and return with the plane as soon articles will be much more
as possible. interesting to the reader if they try and paint a true picture."
INCOME TAX [To the Editor, "Hongkong Daily Press"] Sir:-Surely it is significant that the greater part of the outcry against Income Tax come from the very prosperous of the Colony,
We are told, and we accept. that war demands the conscription of human beings. Men of Military age Pre "called to the colours Those of us with grown sons must
send them to the battlefelds and, if they are killed, recognize the Inevitability of the sacrifice.
If the effort for victory is worth « this price, surely there is no room ameng Englishmen for walls and protests against a little extra taxation. Why should money have rights above those of life? If life
can be conscripted, why not
capital?
An examination of the argu- ments against Income Tax shows that they ball down to one thing: "Tax everybody or anybody, but don't, God forbid, tax me. It also reveals the fact that those who
shout the loudest are the ones who
have the least right to do so.
M.A.C.
CROWN
Three lots of Crown land were
LAND SALE
sold at the District Office. South yesterday morning.
Let No. 292, Hang. Hau Demar- cation District No. 224. with an area of 78 acre, was sold to Mr. Bin Wang-bang for $202. Upset
interview, we wonder just how can
take six months' holiday! a gentleman of the Fress really
The Imperial Airways' week-end service, due in Hongkong on Sun- day from Bangkok, has been de- layed by the main Empire route and will not be arriving at Kai Tak DEATH OF MR, CHAS, LT.-COL. MACNAMARA be- aircraft, he drew the follow-until Monday afternoon with pas- gan by stressing the necessitying conclusion:
sengers and mail from all Empire JULIUS LAFRENTZ
IN "The Nazis (in Poland have
ports. of timely support for Poland.
LONDON He insisted on the importance
proved to the hilt that air gu- Air France of keeping the Germans en-
periority can assist an ordered gaged on two fronts because if the Reich succeeded in overrunning the country
its military machine will be available almost in its entire- ty to tackle the West. The morale of her people will be great. She will
have im-
pressed the neutrals and secured sources of essential war supplies." He found that this would to a large extent nullify the effects of the blockade, leading to a war of "satisfied bellies against satis- fied bellies, adequately served guns against adequately ser- ved guns."
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1939.
RISE OF THE CHINESE DOLLAR IS ANALYSED Improvement Of Trade And Decline Of Sterling Chief Contributors To Recent Rise
BY KUNG CHIA-LIN IN THE TA KUNG PAO The market rate of the Chinese dollar has weathered several severe changes since the Equilization Fund ceased to operate in the open market Recently the dollar un- derwent another major fluctuation-remarkable increase in strength. In sterling. It advanced from 314d. in the mid- dle of August to over 5d. at the present time: in U.S. dol- lars, from 6c. in mid-August to 8.35c.. now; and in Hong- kong dollars, from 22c. to 35c.
What are the main forces We have two arguments for this. pushing up the Hollar? What contention. Firstly, as a result of are characteristics of the pre-the big slump of the dollar in sent wave? How can
last July and August, the We
new orders for judge' the future of the dollar
Imports were very in the light of the recent reduced the actual imports in scarce. This must have further
fluctuations? The firmness of the Chinese Dollar recently the outbreak of the European war September and October, Secondly, shown may be attributed to will have the effect of cutting the following factors:
Imports from the belligerents- especially from Germany-and at the same time giving a fpir
LIQUIDATION OF OVER-
BOUGHT POSITION
In an article published by the chance for exports. This favour- Shanghal Bhun-Pao (Aug. 21), the able trend of the trade, of course, water "warned, the public not to have a good effect on the position. take too much interest in the of the Chinese dolar on buying speculation, when
change market the dollar ran as low as a little over 3d. In the light of the relative:
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WEAKENING OF STERLING Any currency is liable to de- Purchasing power of foreigri čur-preciate if the country to which rencies a 3 or 4-penny dollar is it belongs is engaged in large-scale hardly justfale. The specu- warfare. Great Britain is no ex- lators cannot hold out very long. céption. The pound sterling and In the event of a sudden turn all the other currencies linked in the political cr economical with it may consequently be ex- voria, it is only natural that the pected to weaken against the Chi- speculator shoud rush to sell for-nese. National Currency.
gn exchanges and the dollar
FLIGHT OF CAFITAL quickly recover, leaving the
Since the outbreak of the Euro- speculators themselves consider-pean War and the immediate in- able losers.
troduction of exchange control CHINESE VICTORIES
measures by the Hongkong Gov- Chinese victories in northern ernment in early September, Hunan and southern Kiangsi led Hongkong has been witnessing the people to feel more optimistic flight of capital In recent days about the future of the Sino- this movement has been intensi- Japanese war and consequently fled as a result of the proposed their confidence in the national imposition of income tax in the currency revived. At the same | Colony. In order to evade the time peace rumours
were rife, impending tax burden, depositors eading the people to believe that have withdrawn their accounts in the early conclusion of the war a great hurry and sold Hongkong. the government would try to re-rency in order to remit them to was possible, and that after this dollars for Chinese National Curl establish the official-fate. tides of feeling led to the pre- Chinese dolar to soar. The De- Such Shanghai, causing the rate of the dominance of selling orders of ex-preciation of the Hongkong dollar change over buying orders in the in respect to the Chinese Na- financial market,
tional Currency brought down TRADE BALANCE IMPROVED the sterling-rate down as they aren' Since the introduction of a new linked at around 154, set of trade and exchange con- SHANGHAI-HONGKONG TEADE trol regulations starting from The great slump of the Chinese Jure 7. considerable aprovement dollar in the past few months en has taken place in export trade abled Hongkong merchants to sell returns. According to Customs at a profit goods imported from Reports. the excess of imports in Shanghai. Payments for these and in June, 84 millions. In July, ng up the Chinese dollar. May, 1939, was about 90 millions purchase are a factor in push-
declined sharply to 37 millions
Judging from the foregoing and
and in August, it fell further to especially from the improvement 291 millions. Thus the trade of the trade balance and the re- balance is gradually turning more flative weakness of the pound. favourable for China. We can sterling in the course of the War,
attack in furtherance of a strate-THEVILLE DE A Former H.K. Mgr. Of safely predict that, in the remain-one may predict a tendency to-
gic plan in much the same way that clouds of skirmishers in former days would prepare the ground for the massed battalions to follow. Aircraft was made to
perform a dual role. Firstly, by bombing long-distance objectives, to disrupt the organization of the Polish armies and to destroy the economic channels through which the nation breathed. Secondly, in co-operation with the forces below, to assist direct attack. If the Germans had been worthily opposed in the air, there would
naturally have been advantages
on either side tending towards a cancellation on balance. .But
once the mastery of the air has been assumed that element or reciprocity immediately dis- appears.".
IN CONTRAST to the sober
France's craft departed for France, via Hanol, on Thursday, at € a.m.
し
Caldbeck Macgregor & Co., Ltd.
Mr. H. A. C. Kuhne, travelling "to Hanoi on private business, had three Chinese fellow-passengers all des- tined for Indo-China. Mail totalled Co., Ltd.. have been advised by
11 kilos.
Steamer Traffic
Messrs. Caldbeck, Macgregor and
ing months of the year, it will ward a stabilization of more last- show further improvement, evening nature, which will in the long to the point of an export surplus run, further strengthen the post- fin Customs Figurea),
tion of the Chinese dollar. "
telegram of the death, in London, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS CONSTABLE
on Nov. 12 of Mr. Charles Julius Lafrentz in his eighty-third year. Mr. Lafrentz first came out to China in 1877, when he joined the
IN THE COLONY
In the Colony of Hongkong in- cluding the Taland, Kowloon and
firm of Rowe and Co. in Canton New Territories during the week A In 1906 he became Manager of ending at 8 am. on Saturday,|
ACCUSED OF STEALING
Li Yee-tim, 23, police constable,
WHEN THE AMERICAN passen- ger liner arrived in the bay from a call in Manila, the berthing activities were quite tricky. large gathering of local residents, the Hongkong Branch of-Caldbeck, } Nov. 11, 1939, there were altogether
colles and stevedores held their Macgregor and Co., which position 30 traffic accidents as the result was remanded for 72 hours when breath while the big liner bumped he held until 1926 when he went of which 2 persons were killed and he appeared before Mr. T. J. against the end of No. 1 pler in to London as Director of the Lon- 45 persons were injured. attempting to come alongside. A con firm of Macgregor Caldbeck section of the steamer's plates. fair size dent in the port middle and Co., Ltd,
above the waterline, was the only damake sustained.
RETIRED 1 1935
pedestrians.
Houston at the Central Magistracy The persons killed, a Chinese yesterday, on a charge of larceny male, age 2. died from injuries of 312 from Tse Shing, 38, tra DEALING WITH THE POSI- TON of Italy, he pointed out
Feceived while attempting to board velling salesman. in Connaught He eventually retired in 1936. a moving bus and a 71-year-old Road, West... that pressure from both sides
And when you stand near a six months after his eightieth | Chinese male was knocked down would finally force Mussolini tone of the articles on the vessel of the size of the American birthday.
It was alleged that complainant by a public rieksha while walking was stopped by Li who demanded to define his position. "The general military situation and steamer and hear the crunch of Mr. Lafrenta was uncle by along the road or fell out from a to search him. After the search Allles will not forever tolerate the prospects of aerial war timber and metal, it is quite a sen- marriage to Lieut. Col. E. J. R. ricksha. He subsequently died The found two Ave-dollar notes and two one-dollar notes miss'ng Italy being one huge munition fare, the naval survey, by Sirsation though far from comforting. Mitchell and Mr A 8 Mitchell from injuries, received factory and supply back door Herbert Russell, struck a note plant on Set Bros. Co. in ng disposition Mr. Lafrentz was Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Kelly, Vice- Owing to his particularly charm-
Of persons injured. 22 wer from his pocket.
who were either to Germany while they have of confident optimism. The San Francisco," were warmly wel- one of the most popular men in walking or running across the Police Station. At an identifica
Tse made a report at No. 7 to keep a large part of their author stated that the U-boat comed by associate members of the Hongkong. forces immobilized in
road and were struck by vehicles, the was essentially no more for arm and friends. This traveller, His fine caracter, and has keen
tion parade, Li was picked out as Of 80 accidents, 32 were coll- Mediterranean simply be-midable a weapon than it was en route to San Francisco, will pay sportsmanship were an example sions between vehicles: 35 were the man who had searched him. cause they do not know which in 1918, while anti-submarine a short call in Hongkong and then to all whose privilege it was to collisions between vehicles and way she is going to jump." defence had developed to a proceed on his voyage across the know him; He was a Mason of pedestrians: 23 accidents were due
AIR COMMODORE CHARL- | considerable degree. TON, analysing the aerial war
A well-known visitor to the in Poland, pointed to the view taken of the impending Clipper for his trips is Mr. Andre SUCH, in brief, was the Colony who frequently uses the Lot No. 81 Extension, Hang Hau superiority of the Nazi air hostilities by the last British Savary. partner of Sage & Bavary. Demarcation District No 236, with force which "enabled Poland's military writers to discuss well-known restaurant owners and an area of 140 square feet, was enemy to range, with fair them for the benefit of, the managers in Manila. sold to the applicant, Mr. Lau impunity, over her entire ter- public. The general conclu- Mrs. A. M. Loptson, accompanied Sing-wing. at the upset price of ritory and to bomb at will" sion they arrived at was in all by her two young, sons, is visiting
while preventing Polish re- cases the same, that this war the Colony on a short vacation.pect of the estate in Hongkong of prisals. He dwelt on the would be a long and weari-greeted this traveller whose hus, died in New York City on Novem- Several prominent missionaries the late Mr. Wong Clouse, who value to the Germans of the some test of endurance, per- band is connected with the Chris ber 17, 1931, and left property in experience gained by their haps, in the words of Lt.-Coltian & Missionary, Alliance in the the Colony valued at $18,600 have pilots in Spain. Concerning MacNamara, "much longer Philippine Islands and is pro- been granted to Mr. T. J. Prior. the strategic significance of than the last."
solicitor and lawful attorney.
price was $110, and the annual
Crown rent is 80 cents, ́ ́
Lot No: 465, Lamma Demarcation District No. 7, with an area of 806 square feet, was sold to the appll- cant, Mr. Chan Kwai-stun, at the
upset price of $8.
Pacific.
minent for his work.
repute holding high office in Dia- tact Grand Lodge. He leaves a
daughters. wife and daughter and two grand-
LOCAL ESTATE
Letters of administration in res-
to other causes.
Type` of Vehicles Involved: Pri-
PRESENTATION OF INSIGNIA AT vate motor car; 42: Motor lorry 31; GOVERNMENT HOUSE Motor bus 19: Public motor car 7:
His Excellency will present in- Motor cycle 2: Tramcar 7: Tricycle signia at Government House on 8. Bicycle 3: Ricksha 3; Earth Thursday next, Ngy, 23, at 11.30. truck L
am, to the following:
O.B.E. (Civil Division): Prof. K. H. Digby,
A further week's remand was
Editor of the Wah Kiu Yat Po granted when Koo Pak-hian,
appeared before Mr. R. Edwards
MBE (Military Division): Capt. JC. Rodrigues, HK.VD.C
at the Central Magistracy yester- an instruction sheet for convert- day charged with the possession of ing the book into a secter code a code book in Chinese, and also book. Ball of $2,000 was allowed,