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PARTICULARS AND CON. DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 11th day of Dec., 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 Tai Hang Road, 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.
Intending bidders are advised
that immediately after the dis
posal of the lot the Purchaser
(If not the applicant), will be
Notice of Removal.
As from 1st December, 1939,
our general offices and garage will be removed to the new premises at No. 153, Castle Peak Road, Kowloon, (near function of Tai Po & Castle Peak Roads).
By order of the Board,
LAM MING FAN,
Secretary.
November 23rd, 1939.
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EDITORIAL
Life On The Arctic Circle: Petsamo Where The Sun
- Never Sets For Two Months!
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LONDON, DEC. 5 (REUTER)—A TALK ON THE PETSAMO REGION WAS BROADCAST FROM DAVENTRY YESTERDAY BY MR. OWEN EVANS, LABOUR M, P, FOR CARDIGANSHIRE, WHO IS CONNECTED WITH THE ANGLO-CANADIAN NICKEL MINES IN THE NORTHERN 'REGION OF FINLAND.
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Petsamo, he said, lies on the Artie Circle and is a ́strip of land from 20 to 25 miles wide, separating Soviet Russia and Norway.
Its harbour is ice-free all the year round, thanks to the Gulf Stream."
In recent years, much em- ployment had been given by the Anglo-Canadian plant, which is situated some forty miles south of the coast. The mines had not yet reached the production stage, but if it had not been
for the present trouble, nickel and copper ore would have been smelted in a year's time.
PROMISING DEPOSITS The ore deposit is a promising one, although it does not compare;
BLPAS with the depositions at Sudbury. 報西剌子
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THE ADVENTURES of the Abe Cabinet since its required to deposit with an formation immediately follow- ing the conclusion of the
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Soviet-German
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Canada.
Empire's Air Strength
LONDON, Dec. 4 (BWS)-The first fruits of Southern Rhodesia's contribution to Empire's air strength was revealed with the departure from Bulawayo of 100 airmen for intensive training out- side the Colony.
DEEDS OF DARING AND
COURAGE
PARIS, Dec. 5 (Renter Ender the heading of "men- tioned in despatches," the official Franch Jourusi carrica a number of exciting accounts of daring and courare.
In one case, a Tank Corps Corporal had his tank put out of action. He continued to fre bis tuns until he ran out of amunition. He then dismantled them and brought them back safely to the French lines.
BROADCAST ON B.W.O.F.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1939.
CONCLUDING PORTION OF GENERALISSIMO CHIANG'S SPEECH
Below is given the concluding instalment of the full translation of the speech delivered by Generalissimo Chiang Kai- shek at the 6th Plenary of the Central Executive Committee of * the Kuomintang on November 12,
In the fourth place, we should realize that in setting up a puppet central government, the enemy will take the last step toward ruin, In reviewing the events of the past nine months, we cannot but feel enraged at the lawlessness of the traitors. Eut in the meantime, the foolhardiness of the enemy has really gene to ridiculous lengths. To-day he is in a dilêmms. Militarily," he cannot make · further advances. Not has he found any efficacious means at his command of averting an imminent economic collapse at home. Now that
has broken out in Europe, Japan's anxious longing for an early end to the hostilities " in China and her regret over past mistakes have become un- usually obvious. However, if there is repentance, it must be thorough,
WAT
1.
Japan has a good foundation! Ordinarily all facts and factors laid since the Tokugawa-Meijl era.¦ of normal conduct are obvious she had a clear conception of enough to anyone, but a man who the world and Far Eastern situa- has lost his way will go still further tion, and the revolutionary strength, into a blind alley when he is really given by China's Three People's looking for an exit. And this is the mind dis- Principles, and would accordingly natural behaviour of abandon her aggressive designs couraged by a hopeless task. The and refrain from violating interna Japanese militarists are ruthlessly tional righteousness. she "would engaged in aggression abroad, their know only, China's independence aim being to achieve hegemony in and prosperity are safeguards for the Far East, while at home they her own welfare.
Yet she Ignores history even her own position.
and
Continued from Page 1 has a centre for the Union Church, Mrs. Mackintosh and Mrs. Purves The men were in high spirits. at the Peak, Mrs. Maughan for the The present cost of training and "Busy Bees," Mrs. Perdue for the A large electric power maintaining Southern Rhodesia's Police, and Mrs. Pritchard for station is under construction; but military and air forces is estimated
Chinese Customs. "work on this and at the mines has at the rate of £825.367 yearly, but Mrs, Southard and Mrs. Biggar now been stopped for the time be-this is likely to increase to the ex- are running a centre for the ing."
penditure of £1,000,000 annually American women here. Miss Shin At this time of the year the sun after March 1940 when another Tak Hing has one for the Chinese
have forced on the people the Is never above the horizon, al-1,000 men will be called up and Y.W.C.A.. and Mrs, Willcock has a
General Mobilization Act, which though there is twilight of a few the air arm will be increased from centre at Stanley, Then at Kow-
they use as a lever to manipulate hours in the middle of the day. one to three squadrons.
loon, Mrs. Cock has a centre at
the government. oppress their In spite this weather, in summer With an adult European popula- Whampao Dock, Mrs. L. d'Almado
WILD AMBITION
people, and exact from the Jap- It is very hot, while for two mentha tion of only 35,000, the Colony's at the Club de Recreto, Mrs. In-
Such а wild ambition,
once anese the last ounce of their the sun never sets. In winter. Anancial and man-power con- gram for the Kowloon Union begun, can hardly stop. The wilder economic resources for & Anal however, the weather is very cold
Church, and Mrs, Phillips for Japan grows, the more exhausted throw on the gaming table. They and there is usually a lot of snow
Mrs. Smalley-at the U.S.R.C.
she becomes. The farther she are not only ignoring all principles after December.
DAILY CENTRE
proceeds. the more mistakes she and laws but are disregarding the There may still be some people, makes. She will end up after hay- future of their nation. who would like to work, but who ing done narm not only to othersĮ do not know where to go. May I but to herself, and after having take this opportunity of telling squandered them all, that there is a daily at Government House to which every one, is, wel- çome, from 9 t 1 every day ex- cept on Saturdays.
Fighting in this region is now going on under the most severe
conditions.
FORMER NURSE ENDS LIFE WITH LYSOL
Everything possible was done ta save her life, but she died an hour after admission.
A native of Sun Wul district, the woman. It is learned, was: formerly a nurse at the same hospital.
tribution are exceptionally high.
ARGENTINA SENDS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LEAGUE
BUENOS AIRES, Dee. 5 (Reuter)-The Argentine For- eign Minister has telegraphed to M. Avenol that his Govern- ment consider that the Soviet aggression against Finland justi- fies the expulsion of Soviet from the League of Nations,
BRITISH NOTIFICATION- LONDON, Dec. 5 (Reuter)-The
tion to be represented at the Council and Assembly meetings.
working centre
Many people I know, cannot spare the whole morning, but if they can come for an hour or two, it all helps, and I shall be delight-
them. Also I am sure that our
fled the Secretary-General of the The British Government has noted to do anything I can to assist League of Nations of their inten very kind Honorary Secretary, Mr. Raymond, who is giving the whole of his time to help us. will willing- ly answer any enquiries that any one may wish to make. His office is now temporarily at Govern ment House, but his telephone is still 22100.
QUESTIONS FOR LEAGUE
"OSLO, Dec. 5
(Reuter-It is
I am very glad to be able to add
officially announced that the Nor- that we hope shortly to send off wegian and Swedish Foreign nine large packing cases home to Ministers will arrive
here
on England, all Alled tightly with the Thursday at the invitation of the results of our labours. Norwegian Foreign Minister to discuss questions to be put before
The reason, for her action is not, the League of Nations. disclosed
for the national
CHINA WAR NEWS
Continued from Page 1
nese field dispatches.
Chinese forces to the north-east) jof Nanning, after the arrival of reinforcements, launched a coun- ter-attack on the morning of De-
WU PEI - FU
DEAD
CANNOT LIQUIDATE
all her national To speak the truth if constitu- substance built up since the Mej tional government is not restored Restoration. This point I made in Japan and if all Japanese troops amply clear in my message to the are not withdrawn from Chinese Japanese people last July 7. The territory. Japan cannot Liquidate Japanese will however keep on the Sino-Japanese war much as doing wrong until they will have, she would like to. In addition, the destroyed themselves.
accomplishments of the Japanese Of late their efforts have been nation-builders since the Meij! directed toward the establishment, Restoration will be wiped out by of a so-called "new central govern these militarists. Japan's case is ment, with the hope that this will a fatal one and no medicine can prove a short cut to early termina- save her life. tion of the hostilities. They forget that even by fghting us with an army of more than 2,000.000 men for over two years they have not succeeded in striking us down to our knees. On the contrary, our national spirit has soared higher.
are
The Japanese people powerless. They cannot do anything besides suffering their small number of senseless mitarists to dig their own graves. From now on. Japan's future is not only defeat but destruction for herself,
At present, they intend to force the Chinese people among, whom In conclusion, so long as Japan propriety, righteousness, integrity does not abandon ner aggressive and sense of shame are emphasiz-- policy on the continent and so long ed, to submit to their puppets, as her troops de not withdraw fiom. traitors and public enemies of the Chuna, Japan cannot end the Sino- nation.
How absurd and ridiculous are their schemes! I do not hesitate to say that anything which Insults Our national character and hurts our bonour will be loathed and hated by every one of our people. The net effect of such schemes will deepen the sense of enmity in the hearts of our people and of our future generations, At the fifth plenary session I spoke on Japan's military reverses, pointing out that Japan lost her Initiative and freedom of move-
Japanese war no matter what foul measures she may take or what baseless rumours she may create.
So long as Sino-Japanese war remains unsettled, no nations will compromise or come to an un- derstanding with Japan. This be- ing the case. Japan's wigh to utilize the European war to expand. her own productive capacity and to develop her industries and com- merce will be as futile as climbing. up a tree to fish.
PEIPING. Dec. 5 (Reuter)-Mar- shal Wu Pel-fu died .from! septicaemia yesterday evening after an emergency operation,
(Marshal Wu Pel-fu was bora in 1878 and he was a graduate of the Pelyang Military Academy, Tientsin. After being for a number of years commander of the famous 3rd division he was promoted general and appointed deputy high inspec-
CRITICAL SITUATION tor of Chihll, Shantung and Honan in 1920. He was created
Our enemy is in a most critical a marshal in 1923 but since his ment after her invading army had altuation. Whether militarily defeat by the nationalist re-occupied North China and Nanking. diplomatically or politically, he is volutionary army in 1927, Mar By the time the Japanese invaders proceeding in the direction of shal Wu has been living in entered the Wuhan area, they had collapse and defeat. He has already retirement in Peiping).
authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, ($200) in sion Pact are an interesting} cash. This sum will be refunded reflection of the facts of the on payment of the Purchase situation in the Far East, and
not only in the Far East.
Another suicide by polson, -be- BARON HIRANUMA, Gen-lieved to be self-administered, was PARTICULARS OF THE LOT eral Abe's Fascist, pro-axis, reported to the police last night.
The victim was Leung Mui-chen, predecessor had staked his all on the prospects of co- 25-year-old single woman, living at operation with Italy and Ger- No. 252 Queen's Road Central
Found in great agony in her many and prepared assiduous-
room after having swallowed two ly, in co-operation with these half- bottles of Lysol, she was rush amiable allies, for a joint at-ed by ambulance to tae Queen tack on Russia and on all Mary Hospital, where she arrived strongholds of British, French at 7.30 p.m. and
influence American throughout the earth. When the events of late August split the axis fore and aft, the Hiranuma Cabinet resigned in confusion and chagrin. To replace it came the Govern- ment of General Abe, pledged to "the liquidation of the China incident" in co-opera- tion with Wang Ching-wei, victories and the improvement of re- economy. In the meantime, The attention of British sublations with Britain, the So- the people of the country were viet Union and the United given a foretaste of the com- jects including corporations or states, so that Japan could ing "prosperity in the form been spent, according to latest Chi- companies incorporated to the profiteer on this war as effec- of an increase in the price of British Empire, is invited to the tively as she did on the last. rice and a huge surtax on.to- Order under the Defence (Fin- FROM THE VERY BEGIN- bacco, also an article of mass ance) Regulations dated 15th NING, the Abe Cabinet man-consumption." September, 1939, under Govern aged to lose every vestige of IT IS NOT SURPRISING cember 2. After four hours of ment Notification No. 799 re-popular respect and con- that the Government which severe fighting the Chinese are quiring them to make a return idence within its own coun- had given the nation the said to have recaptured Patang to Government setting out the try. The strike of Foreign defeat at Changsha, the de-"despite heavy aerial bombing by particulars and present locality Office officials, which ended finite deterioration of Japan's Japanese aircraft." of all securities held by them the successfully for the recal- position as a Great Power, the be quiet to the north of Nan- principal, interest or dividends of citrants, struck a great blow ever-postponed "new order which are payable in the car. at its prestige. Approaches to in China, and a serious aggra- the United States brought a vation of the burdens borne rencies of Canada, the United resounding slap in the face in by the "common man should
GRAVE CHARGE States of America, the Argentine, the shape of Anibassador seek rejuvenation through co- The Chinese column which 20- SHANGHAI, Dec. 5 (Reater) Belgium, France, Holland and Grew's speech, which Tokyo, opting the corrupt parliamen-peared to the north of Yamchow Private Eckford, of the Seaforth were pushed back by us. the Netherlands East Indies, conscious of the fact that its tarians of the "peaceful" par-is reported to have occupied Biao- Highlanders was formally charged Norway, Sweden or Switzerland. future depended on America. ties who have been out of tung on the night of December a yesterday with shooting Lance-
If any British subject has not hastened to forget even while office long enough to avoid "thereby cutting, the main high- Corporal Davis with a service pistolukewise walked into an impasse
Eckford did not plead, but re- already reported his holdings or the marks still burned on responsibility for the specta-way between Yamchow and Nan-
ning."
served his defence. Its cheeks. The Nomonhan cular bungling has not reported changes in his
"Yesterday, Japanese planes are with Russia
He will be tried before the Bri- armistice
was months. holdings he should immediately concluded after the Japanese
stated to have bombed Chien- tish Supreme Court. IF, IN THIS AGE of "moral chiang, Lauchow and Julin.' forces had been thoroughly embargoes" leaders on the COUNTER-ATTACKS. If any British subject has al-beaten. And, on top of every- other side of the Pacific could KWEILIN, Dec. 5 (Central) Nanning, the Japanese are com-strategy in their occupation of mental resources or all present will ready reported his holdings but thing, General Abe, aware at make up their minds to deal Fierce
counter-attacks pelled to abandon their offensive Pelping and Nanking. Since the be concentrated in re-examining has not received # written last of the need of courting faithfully with the Japanese) have turned the Japanese thrust and to dig in to wait for reinforce-establishment of the two puppet past events, in spurring ourselves acknowledgment from Govern- the former objects of Japan-aggressors who have bombed on the Nanning-Pinyang highway.' ments. After three days heavy regimes many new problems have forward, in freshening up party Closely besieged at Paltong, a, fighting. the Chinese pressure. Is arisen both at home and in their affairs, and in improving our ment he should apply in writing ese spite, began periodically to hundreds and thousands of
foreign relations.
political conditions. beat his chest and shed Chinese civilians out of exis-small town 30 miles north-east of yet unrelaxed. for such acknowledgment from crocodile tears concerning tence since 1931, instead of =:
Now, in setting up the third
We must strive harder in ́order the Assistant Financial Secretary Japan's unrighteous treat-concentrating their thunders
puppet regime, will the Japanese to add more military achievements. (Exchange), quoting the date of ment of China.
not be committing a strategical and to reap the entre harvest of blunder similar to that of occupy-which the seeds have been sown his original report.
ing the Wuhan area, and will they by struggles and sacrifices of our 4th December, 1939.
not be blindly walking ahead armed forces at the front during toward a final defeat? Buch the last two years; to attain suc serious mistakes in military and 'cess in our dual programme of "arm- political strategy have never been ed resistance and reconstruction; to realized by the arrogant and delud- bring solace to our Tsungli's soul eq Japanese militarists. On this ac- and to those who have made their count the third puppet regime will supreme sacrifices and to all others appear...
who have suffered in the war.
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CANTON, DEC. 5 (REUTER)~THE CURRENCY CRISIS, WHICH HAS BEEN CAUSING MUCH HARDSHIP AND INCON- VENIENCE TO THE "POPULACE IN THE CITY, HAS NOW REACHED A CLIMAX, WITH ALL MONEY-CHANGER SHOPS, CLOSING THEIR DOORS FOR THE PAST. FEW DAYS.
Apparently due to the manipulations of speculators, for many days past Kwangiang Provincial Bank notes of 35 and $10 denominations have been discounted as much as 20 to 30 per cent in exchange for single dollar notes of the same Bank, Mill- fary yen notes and. National currency, however, are not affected. Owing to the "shortage" of $1
ALL THESE MANOEUVRES, embargo would not, in any followed with dead serious-case, matter very much, all 861 ness by many people all over the internal weaknesses of the the world who should have ramshackle political and known far better than to economic structure of, Japan. assume that they denoted any would come, very quickly to modification of Japan's essen- the surface. Social convul- tial aims, were accompanied sions would occur much more by wild scramblings for mar- serious than the 1919 rice kets previously monopolised riots, and the basis would be by belligerents. But despite laid for a considerably more the tremendous efforts ex-rigorous limitation of aggres- and 10 and 20 cents notes in cir- Three young boys were arrested pended, the pickings were sion in the Far East than the culation, shop-keepers are finding in Queen's Road last night after poor, and the Japanese press Washington Conference ever it impossible to give any change they had attempted to match was compelled to announce achieved. The fruit hangs when purchases are under $5. fountain pen, valued at $5, froma insignificant rotten-ripe. Can it be that Hence, many of the small traders a man named Fung Man-yuen achievements as the Commer- those able to do so are afraid and street-stalls have been, forced The boys, aged 14, 15 and 16, were
out of business. ·
ad caught after a short chase. clal Treaty with Iran as great to shake it down?
even
· such
annk so deep into the quagmire, come to his wit's end and in his.
I that they no longer had any way utter helplessness will be found the
of extricating themselves. In their certainty of China's victory, recent attack on Changsha, they
NO EXIT Politically, the Japanese have
from which there is no exit. In their formation of the two puppet regimes in Peiping and Nanking.) they committed "the same blunders
Since we are assured: of "victory, and since the outcome of our armed resistance con- cerns the future welfare of the world,
must be more prudent, more alert and strive harder than ever so that we can keep on gathering strength.
We
I hope that in the course of this
as they did in point of military intportant plenary session
the
However, the day this ill-starred set-up comes into being will also herald the approach of doomsde e for the enemy, At present the 'There will be a Sale of Work i enemy belleves that this would lead St. Stephen's Girls' College fir ald to the success of his politieal of War relief, local charities and offensive, but in fact it would the M.C.L. on Saturday, Dec. 18: ultimately defeat his policy of Mrs. Woo Yee Kai will declare the aggression in China.
sale open at 11a.m.