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CORRESPONDENCE
"POUND DAY"
(To the Editor, The Hongkong. Dally Press).
Bir-Would you grant me space in your valuable paper to thank every one who helped to make the Pound Day such a great success The interest that was shown, the gifts, and the beautiful spirit in which they were given, were truly an evidence of the public appre- ciation of the work, that is being carried on at 2. Embankment Road: and has inspired us to make "Pound Day" an annual event;
WRAITHS IN hoping that the Chinese Com-
GENEVA
WHAT WAS TO BE the Par-
munity will also co-operate in the future, as the Home is entirely for the welfare of Chinese women and children.
EDITORIAL
SCIENCE LEFT OUT
OF WAR?
Services Not
Being Used
No lead is being taken for using science for national purposes, de- clared Professor J. D. Bernal dis- cussing, at the annual council meeting in London of the Assocta- tion of Scientific Workers, the question of a proposed Ministry of
I especially desire to thank the Illament of Nations. on organisers of the Pound Day, Mrs. Science. He argued that the or-
Costeloe, Mrs. Yale and Mrs. Rush-
Helena May Institute, The Women's worth-Ward, and Major Manners, of the Star Ferry Company. The Auxiliary, S.F.C. Old City Hall, and
the shores of Lake Geneva days. Compounded of equal has indeed fallen upon evil
parts of the Treaty of Ver- sailles, the "Cordon Sanitaire" against the westward advance of the revolutions, which marked the end of the last
ganisation of science had very largely broken down.
"We have the case of our own president, who has not been used the Press for their kind co-opera-by the Govertinent, and of many tien and help.
experts who have not been called on at all," he said.
W
Also Mrs. Purves, 275. The Peak, who gave a Tennis Tournament the war, and the true and deep same day, which resulted in a che desire of the peoples of the que for $100, being gratefully re- world for peace it never over-solved at the Home.
To every donor and well wisher came the contradictions of
we desire to express our gratitude. which it was born. Today, we
DOROTHY BRAZIER, are compelled to recognize
DORIS G. LEMMON... that the League never had
O.1.C.
NAVY" any existence or alm, in the
broad political sense, apart MR. EDEN ON
from existence and aims of its Individual members, which remained pretty much what they had been before its
Merchantmen's
Engagement foundation. With U-Boats
ALMOST AT BIRTH, the
HIS TOUR
The situation 85 It affected
REPRESSIVE NAZI DECREES AGAINST JEWS
BERLIN, Dec. 11 (Reuter)— Two further repressive Nazi decrees have been issued.
The Arst states that Jews will no longer have clothing rationing cards, which means they can neither get new clothes nor materials to repair their old ones. They are also forbidden leather for footwear.
The other decree imposes the death penalty for all in- volving the use of firearms or other dangerous weapons.
L.M.S. LEAD THE WAY: FIRMS BACK,
IN LONDON
London" is getting a little nearer
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1939,
COMPLETE MANIFESTO OF SIXTH PLENARY SESSION, KUOMINTANG
SECOND PERIOD OF RESISTANCE SEES LAYING OF FOUNDATION FOR VICTORY
The
Reaffirming that the two rent tasks facing the Chinese peo- ple, Reconstruction and Resistance, are of equal importance, the Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang Isɛned a stirring manifesto, when it adjourned In Changing on Monday afternoon, November 20. The statement not merely outlines the basic principles for carrying out the dual work, but gives cogent reasons why not only the people of China.. but those of the rest of the world should seek security and well- being. The first Instalment of the manifesto follows: For the sixth time we have sat maze of his dimculties in plenary session, and sure we traitors and puppets in his employ assembled on the anniversary of have meanwhile been thrusting Dr. Sun's birth we have heard re- themselves and their conspiracies: ports on the state of party. mallt further into the light. All save tary and political affairs and ac-them among our fellow-country- dounts of what investigation parties men have, however, asserted with sent to the front have observed increased vigor their unshakable and experienced of the popular spirit of integrity and endurance. feeling and morale prevailing
ARMY, PEOPLE CO-OPERATE It was in great part progress in
there, in the war areas, and be-
hind the enemy lines.
scientists was today deplorable and normality. It is announced that sense of the profound significance and the army that brought about The session has to record its co-operation between the people dar.gerous, Scientific knowledge lighting good enough to read by is of the progress that has been inade the recent victories on the battle- was not being used to the best ad- to be restored in LMS, suburban and the victories that have been fields of Shansi, Hupeh, Klangal, vantage in connection with pro- trains.
won during the past ten months, and Hunan. The edge has definitely blems of health and food supplies. |
All that has been achieved is to been taken of the enemy's strik- be attributed to the bravery of ing power and the foundation of officers arid men at the front and victory stands firmer than ever the unyielding exertions of the before.
"The scientists's solution will not! be accepted except in the greatest and most dangerous emergencies," he concluded.
"NO JOB AT ALL"
1
The L.N.E.R. and Great Western will make a similar announcement very shortly, and the Southern Railway is also working out a scheme.
people in the war areas; while the Generalissimo Chiang described London Transport has also ex-unsparing efforts in the service of to us in his inaugural address the perimented, and is now awaiting their country put forth by those reasons for the enemy's growing The president Professor F. sanction from the Ministry of positions of responsibility in impotence; and he pointed out in Donnan) declared: "I have no lob Transport, the Air Ministry and
the rear, among whom technical its full proportions the duty in- at all. I am regarded as one who the Home Office to install better
experts have shown themselves cumbent upon us of seeking may have done something in the lighting on the Underground, in second to none, and by public national salvation that will prove last war, but not now. Perhaps in buses, trolleybuses and trams,
servants and social workers gen-both our own and that of others. the next war I shall be all right,
erally, deserve no less recognition. He reiterated the irrefragable con- These signs that common sense for the immense contribution they statency of our national policy. He 1 leavening the spirit of emer- have made to the prosecution of told us what the outbreak of war On'an amendment from the ex-
gency are supported by the ex- the war and advance of recon-in Europe would require of us in ecutive it was decided that the periments which Home Office ex-struction. We reverently salute the the mind and in action. He gave association should in the present perts are making to provide street memory of all those officers and us still clearer insight into the for the Ministry.
League of Nations found itself tion by the Duke of Devonshire, but I am not very busy now.
faced by situations in which its members threw professions into the discard and adjusted themselves as best they could,
boats had been disabled by ships using the machinery osten- beer an impressive and inspiring circumstances abandon its plans lighting without making Lendon men who have died in the fulfi- fact that our victory or defeat will
Behind the statement by Colonel Leonard Ropner. Conservative MP for Barkston Ash, Yorkshire in the House of Commons that two U- of "Ropher's Navy" and anally sunk by destroyers, is a story of the skin of the British merchant
service
Colonel Ropner is director of
Mr. Eden and the Dominion Ministers arrived in London re- cently. and were met at the sta- Parliamentary Dominions Office, and a number of Under-Secretary.
officials."
"Our visit," said Mr. Eden. "has
sibly designed for very experience. On the British Front different purpose, to the old we found everyone working hard and unpleasant game of and in good heart, despite the Power politics. When, in weather conditions. It is the same
old mud. 1921, Poland, a member state,
"On the French Front we all seeing the unmatched French army and the superb defences which the French nation has created for its
a
conspicuous from the air.
BUSINESS FIRMS BACK
gard.
abroad
the firm of Sir R. Ropner and Co.. tore Vilna from the body of greatly valued the opportunity of consisting of representative sclen-Mon Council Emergency Committe, wealth or
td., controlling a large number of cargo boats, and he said in the debate following the statement by of
Sir John Gilmour. Minister Shipping. on the success of the "convoy system: "I am told that in the Admiralty 'Ropner's Navy' is almost as well known
as his Majesty's "
A reporter learned that one of th Ropner ships was homeward) and the other outward bound when
the submarines were seen to rise to the surface. When the U-boat attacked the captain of one of the ships gave orders to man the guns, and the men took on with zeal the
Lithuania, another member, nothing was done. Disarma- ment conferences and talks or reparations failed consis tently until they were render- ed obsolete by the old lawless method of unilateral action-- take it or leave it. By the time Japan invaded Man- churia and precipitated the
own defence and ours.
grateful for the untiring glance "We have special reason to be
of the French ärmy, whose calm confidence is an inspiration for all."
Mr. Eden, formerly an officer in new world war which has now, the King's Royal Rifle Corps, Spread to a large proportion served in France in the last war.- of mankind, the impotence of Dally Telegraph. the League was already an old story.
WITH THE WITHDRAWAL spelled the doom of Spain. task of engaging the raider. Shot of Japan, Germany, and, later, The formal condemnation of was answered with shot and the Italy, the organization began, Japan and the appeal to in"] ship was able to outmanoeuvre the for a time, to have a different, dividual member states to do U-boat by zig-zagging swiftly. complexion. No longer ham- what they could, in their in- There was a running Aght for pered by the presence of its dependent capacities, to ald nearly five hours. One of the shells avowed enemies around the China, created a legal basi from the ship scored a direct hit Council table (Italian de for the considerable aid re- on the U-boat's conning tower. The legates declared repeatedly ceived by this country from ship was struck, too, by a shot that they attended not to the Soviet Union and the from the submarine, damage was not sumcient to dis-help the League but to show varying degrees of assistance able her.
it up) its composition began from Britain and, indirectly, really to correspond to that the non-member part of the world's countries | States. which was really interested in
bottom.
but the
United
ment of their duty: and to those involve the alternatives of security It was agreed, however, that the
now facing the enemy we offer and peril, well-being or miserv, executive should take the Initative,
Again London's government is the warmest assurances of our re-for the world at large. in pressing for the establishment of a national council Independent shedding its entergency overalls.
To our fellow-countrymen
FOUNDATIONS OF VICTORY who have given. their
LAID of Government administration and It is expected that the City's Com-
thelt services to the
During the period of our de- tific and technical personnel with will announce that they have national cause we express our deep
Ilberations, we have reflected in all the object of achieving the e-scrapped the plan to govern the respect and approbation. cient organisation and adequate city for the rest of the war, and
earnestness upon the future of Inational affairs, and our conclusion use of the scientific resources. of have reverted to normal procedure. St. Marylebone has abolished · Its the country.
Emergency Committee, and L.C.C. is now meeting regularly.
Regarding war-time conditions with extra work and no overtime pay. Professor Holman said: "The general attitude seems to be that
scientists are people who expect lower salaires than those in com- parable positions in other spheres." |
After other speakers had said that industrial scientists were suf- fering financially it was decided to call conferences in London - and
other centres to deal with pro- blems of war-time conditions.
BRONZE STATUE OF MARSHAL ·WU-
CHUNGKING, Dec. '11 (Cen- in fral) Chinese circles Shanghai are planning to erect a bronze status ta perpetrate the memory of the late Mar- shai Wu Pei-fu; according to A Shanghai report. Funds for this purpose are now being collected by the various news- paper offices.
the
Many business firms have come back from the country; London's elementary schools are to reopen; more buses are running; and the big hospitals, which were almost entirely cleared to make way for war casualties, are resuming their normal work.
AID TO DISTRESSED
To the distressed wherever they is that the military foundation for be, especially to the "women, the victory has been well and truly children and the aged, the nation laid What is now required of owes succor and sustenance at every single fellow-countryman la ary cost. The familles of men active participation in the faith serving in the armies of Resistance the Taungli (Dr. Sun Yat-sen) must also be cared for effectively gave us in his testament. Let our and thoroughly. This session has "whole weight be thrown into the therefore resolved to recommend mighty task of Resisance in order to the particular attention of the that a day may come when the Government measures whereby it nation stands fully rehabilitated. may enhance. the people's sense of the Three Principles are realized, Its benevolence towards them and and the people are advancing into thus stimulate them to feats of that future which their immense that courage which is found among responsibility to mankind demands men who teel they are united by they shall tread. What we have fellowship in the face of a common called Victory and Reconstruction have by now committed us not only to an irrevocable decision, ENEMY WEAKER
but also to an inalienable personal Since the beginning of the obligation. They are two ideals, second period of Resistance the the attainment of which lies at enemy has lost himself more the end of one road, irretrievably than ever in
the
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Remember, too that shops in London are now open till 7 p.m., and that 20 West End theatres are open till 11.15 pm, and half the cinemas in central London till 11 enemy. p.m.-Evening Standard,
IS
FINNS RIDICULE
SOVIET CLAIM
"
HELSINKI, Dec. 11 (Reuter)——
The Soviets have been claiming WANG CHING-WEI'S CHUNGKING ACTIVE
NEW "MILITARY-
ACADEMY":
PICK TO RESPOND Meanwhile, wireless messages had
that when the Soviet troops land- beer sent out, and British
BY THE MIDDLE of this
ed on one of the islands in the destroyers were quick to respond. the preservation of peace and year, the prestige and effec-
Gulf of Finland, the "inhabitants Then the fate of the submarine the curbing of the rampant; tiveness of the League had
greeted them with open arms,
SHANGHAI Dec. 11 (Reuter)-- became. certain.
international robberies taking relapsed again to the point
Finnish circles In Helsinki smile The Hung|10 Sanitarium, on After a similar engagement the place in the East and the West where it was hard to see what'
at this report, painting out that Hungjao. Road, which has been submarine which attacked the--the small states whose exis- further service its machinery Tom Mooney, who was pardoned "the inhabitants" on this particu- lying empty for over two years second ship was also sent to the tence was menaced by the im- could render to the cause of after nearly 30 years in prison for lar island consist of four coast-flying the Italian Flag, has been pending confict of the titans peace. Appeals from China his alleged share in a Ban Fran- guards and a lighthouse-keeper. taken over by the Japanese Army. and the strong. ""peaceful" were rejected out of hand. cisco bomb outrage, is seriously nations which, between them, The fate of Austria and Cze-in a Pittsburgh, USA, hotel. He shelled, but the Ave men escaped possessed the power to really choslovakia failed to revitalise treatment when he is well enough. Soviet soldier set foot on the island. will be moved to hospital for to the mainland before a aingle arrest the spread of war. This it. The Peace Front against was the League's great op- Nazi aggression never ma- portunity, the moment when terialised, either under the the hopes which had been re-aegis of the League or out- posed in it by the world's side it. CHARITY MAY LOSE peoples seemed really and
When the captains of the ships tuned to post they spoke with pluck" of their crews, They went
enthusiasm of the "extraordinary
into action with the submarine as if they had been used to it all their Ives," said one skipper-Man- chester Guardian.
Eastbourne.
£300,000
4.
Mr. Diplock died in 1928 at the age of 95, leaving estate valued at over - £500.000. Now, three years later, an elderly man living in Australia who says he is a cousin, has challenged the win.
concretely to be capable of fulfilment.
The island was bombed and
REFUGEES PRODUCE IN SHENSI INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATIVES
Refugees from east of the Yellow River and from the Yang- ize Valley are being provided for in the southern half of Shensi Province, it is learned from the Hongkong Promotion Committee › of the Chinese Industrial Co-operatives,
Set up in small industrial co-operative units over 3,000 re-. - fugees are producing close to the front-line areas.
Laval ramp, and, as the China, or the highly suspect working order recently given to Alo
on a 400,000 woollen,{
SOCIAL IMPROVEMENT
The purpose for which the place
"Continued from Page 1
in Chungking would ruin strip- ed trousers but the dampness has not prevented pretty hearty crop of growing and ambiticus people from over- coming seemingly impossible tasks.
"People who have been living is to be used has not been an under severe Japanese censorship nounced, but it is believed in some have absolutely no idea of the at- circles that it will be used as bar tempted development and energy racks for the Tsian (Japanese of West China and the Free China sponsored Puppet) Police or even areas. It is amazing. I gather the for Wang Ching-wel's new "Mill-power to resist and reorganise is tary Academy."
INCOME TAX IN....
CHUNGKING CHUNGKING, Dec. 11 (Central) The total amount of Income Tax collected in Chungking is expect-
80 per cent better today than a year ago. Take the other side of the mirror and the Japanese are about 50 per cent, of in productive capacity and offensive spirit
WORTH TRYING
יני
TODAY, awakened uncere- moniously from its slumbers, Hospitals and other charities
the rump League appears on THE IMPOSITION of sanc- the scene shorn of prestige may have to give back £300,000 upas upon Italy, while it did and meaning, a sad shade of which they received from the not have the desired effect, lost opportunities. In the estáte of Mr. Caleb Diplock, of
ed to pass the $5,000,000 mark by The story which appeals to the Southdown Hall, Polegate tient was the high point of the great crisis through which the
the end of this year. The amount American public is the magnificent existence of the League as the world is passing, each State
from January to the end of No-undertaking of handling children," embodiment of the desire of will, of course, follow its own Right in Blan, the often-bombed making is filling a rush order that vember already reached $4,800,000, orphans, refugees, reorganising hos- men of good will for peace. interests, whether they are ancient capital of China, are some call for 20,000 lbs. of sterilized according to estimates.
pital and medical units, industrial However, the Abyssinian the legitimate interests of nine of these worker-managed cotton and gauze urgently needed It is interesting to recall that co-operatives, establishing and re- episode also had its Hoare- self-defence, like those of shops, The three largest arcia the surrounding hospitals,
the Income Tax estimate for the uniting educational units-all these" whole country was put at $5,000,- under hardships-yet everyone League machinery appeared speculative ones of a country the Chinese Industrial Co-opera-
200 in 1836.
seems wholeheartedly behind the Along with the organisation of to acquire power, the forces like Italy, which, being, it is tives, while the others turn out these refugees for work have come which was to begin ás from Jan-back-it's worth trying, anyhow!
Levy of the Excess Front Tax, ask. The answer always comes conspiring to wreck it grew suddenly discovered, not quite clothing, bandages, shoes, and
Ideas of social Improvement in uary this year, has been postpon- also. To the tragedy of out, seems to be ready to re-printed matter.
nursery schools for their children. ed to January next year.
One thing I learned on this Spain, the body had nothing appear on the rostrum in a
common kitchens that save both total amount to be collected year- porters for his movement," the
The trip wang Ching-wel has no sup to contribute except the blare of demagogy. Consider-
time and fuel, and public health ly is expected to reach $1,000,000. writer noted, cynical farce of non-interven- ing the unfortunate history of tives is made up entirely of wo-nurser
One of the tailoring co-opera- lectures by visiting doctors and tion. The outbreak of the the Geneva Institution and men refugees who have come from December 1 of the British. Over-Sino-Japanese war gave fur- the fact that it has operated Mukden, 1,000 miles to the north-borne by groups of co-operatives All these community costs are
seas Airways Corporation.
ther illustrations of its endless only on the sufferance of the east. They are working on double after the members vote in their The other members are Bir John capacity for trimming on powerful national units which shifts to Anish, an order for 20.000 weekly meetings to support such Keith, chairman, and Mr. Clive Issiles of principle, though it it was designed to supersede suite of clothing, and 20,000 pairs projects. In this way, the will of Fearson, deputy chairman. The led to a more satisfactory nothing different can, of of leg wrappings.
formula than that which course, be expected.
the group is directed for the wel The co-operative for bandage-fare of all the members
BRITISH OVERSEAS
AIRWAYS
Mr. Walter Leslie Runciman was appointed, chief executive mem- ber, with the title of director- general. at the first meeting on
Tunes.
WOMEN REFUGEES
After a few days here Mr. Young COCKNEY COMMENT will sail for Shanghai to meet his Overheard. In the Strand: "Why family who are arriving there from didn't they sound the sirens for Tokyo He commented that he the air raid on the Forth?"
had written enough material for "Oh, Scotsmen don't care. The a book and had enough pictures for only time they take cofer is on a a museum" after visiting Chung.. flag day."
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