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HONGKONG GOVERNMENT UNDER FIRE
OFFICIAL STATEMENT BY H. E. MR. N. L. SMITH
"WAR CABINET'S DECISION
"In view of the widespread criticisms of the Govern- ment's evacuation policy ex- pressed in the local Press and elsewhere I consider that it is desirable that I should make a short statement to supple- ment the replies just giveri by the Honourable Colonial Secretary," remarked His Ex- cellency the Officer Adminis- tering the Government, Mr. N. L. Smith, C.M.G when he addressed the Legislative Council yesterday afternoon.
His Excellency continued:
As he has stated the final decision lay entirely with the War Cabinet in London. It would not be proper for me to discuss the steps which led to that decision but I can assure this Council that the Secretary of State was kept fully aware of the serious" disturbance to the life of this Colony entailed and of all other considerations which presented themselves to me.'
FINAL ORDER
We Wonder Too!
There was an amusing, in-
GOVERNMENT FORFEITS
terlude in the Connell Cham-COMMUNITY'S
ber yesterday afternoon during the debate on the $10,000 "token vote" for evacuation expenses, when the Acting Colonial Secretary, Hon. Mr. R. A. C. North, chairman, of- fered his seat to Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson.
The ·latter · suggested that Hon. Sir Henry Pollock take the seat and Sir Henry was heard to remark that ha would gladly accept the port if he was to receive the same salary.
The remark was greeted with loud laughter.
The incident was preceded by a remark by Sir Henry Follock that if the Govern- ment were serious in saying that they washed their hands off the whole thing, what was the use of a Government at #]!!
Hon. Mr. Paterson: I have often wondered at that!
U.S. Baptist Mission Destroyed
CHUNGKING, July 25 (Renter). Chinese official reporta from Chengtu concerning yesterday's
CONFIDENCE
A STRAIN UPON, LOYALTY
Opposing the $10,000 "token vote" at the Finance Com- mittee meeting yesterday, the Hon. Mr. Leo D'Almada, Jnr., said that he did so on the ground of discrimination.
Stating that the Colonial Secre- tary's replies to questions 8 and 9 seemed to him to be curious, it was difäcult to understand why the occasion should have arisen in the case of Mrs. A, the wife of a civilian, and should have not arisen in the case of Mrs. B, the wife of a volunteer.
On this question of evacua- tion or deportation, as Sir Henry Pollock had aptly call- ed it, spid Mr. D'Almada, the Government had for. feited to
great extent the respect and confidence of the community.
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This, of course, was entirely Government's business but that was not all Government had also placed an appreciable strain upon the Toyalty of a large section he the of
community and
UNANIMOUS OPPOSITION BY THE
UNOFFICIALS TO SCHEME FOR COMPULSORY EVACUATION
Discrimination" Disclosures By
Daily Press Have
Sequel
"Deportation Of Women Against Their Will"
t
CHARGES THAT THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT had forfeited to:
a great extent the respect and confidence of the community in the Colony and had placed an appreciable strain on the loyalty of a large section of the people, were levelled by the Hon. Mr. Leo D'Almada, Jnr., yesterday when he joined in the
unanimous opposition raised by unofficial members of the Legislative Council in the course of a lively debate at the Finance Committee meeting on the item a token vote" of $10,000 for expenses incurred by the compulsory evacuation scheme.
Sooner Face tot, the Hon. Mr. B. A. C. North, if he could, in the presence of the press," say whe
Bombs
This is an extract" from‹ a ̈ letter received by another. husband whose wife is an evacuee in Manila.
Other extracts follow: " "We were shifted to a-Ho- tel from Fort McKinley. It.. WS terrible. I couldn't describe it. It was the biggest brothel hotel in Manila.
"This is hellish (Mr. D'Almada) was not going
I would to be an accessory after the fact
sooner face bombs in. Hong- The final crder to evacuate wo-
kong than go through this men and children of pure European raid claim that the American Bap-to any measure which had brought |
again." descent was received on the after-st Mission inside the city was this about.
completely destroyed,
Hon. Mr. Dodwell remarked that noon of Friday, June 28 and a
The Chinese air force claims that special meeting of the Executive Council on the following morning over ten of the 38 Japanese bomb as the evacuation order was by approved the order for compulsoryers participating in the raid over the Home Government the ex- The expenses, he Government. evacuation the text of which is on the city are believed to have been penses should be paid by the Home record. As there was a suitable shot down by the Chinese fighters ship available on the following while the wreckage of one Japanese said, would be well over £100,000 and children" had been Friday (July 5) the Evacuation bomber was already located in At present, four or five thousand Committee at once got to work on Nanpu city, north-east of Chengtu, women
eracusted leaving some 600,000 to the basis of the list of voluntary Szechuen.
Parachutes and aeroplane parts 700,000 Chinese women and chil- applicants for evacuation prepared in 1939 and since then kept up to were found in many cities and vil-dren. If it was the Government's lages in northern Szechuen along purpose to turn Hongkong into s As accommodation was not un-the route back to the Japanese base fortress then there was no neces- alty tor the evacuation to be con- limited the question of compulsory in Shansi
The Chungking air defence head-fired to selected persons, registration of all women was not
In reply to the Colonial Becre- enforced until July 6 with a fort-quarters stated that Japanese air- night's grace for all concerned. All craft, originally entered Szerhuen, tary, Mr. Dodwell said that he was exemptions granted by myself on via Nanking, north of Chungking was not suggesting that they the first list as well as all names heading straight for China's war-should refuse to obey the War! now registered for the first time time capital turned towards Cheng-Cabinet. are at present under scrutiny." tu due to bad weather, conditions.
Cont'd Page 6, Col. 7
date.
There.
VITAL CONFERENCE IN SHANGHAI: FUTURE
OF SETTLEMENT
SHANGHAI, JULY 25 (REUTER) — FOR THREE HOURS" "THIS AFTERNOON the Consular Body held a discussion which is likely to have a vital effect on the future of the Shanghai International Settlement.
The British and Italian authorities were represented at the meeting which considered the appeal made by the Chairman of the Municipal Council for co-operation in combating the wave of terrorism which is sweeping the city.
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It is understood that a resolu tion considering the action to be
S'HAI RUSSIAN taken was proposed by the senior
REGIMENT TO
CEASE
Consul M. Poul Scheel, Danish Consul-General.
"It is believed that the Japanese objected to the motion, urging the only satisfactory solution will be Acceptance by the other SHANGHAI, July 25 (Reuter) the The Russian Regiment, well-known Powers of "actualities"-recogni- for its services bere during times tion of the Nanking regime, and
of trouble, is to cease to exist as the suppression of pro-Chungking
activities in the Settlement SPECIAL POWERS
a military organisation
The Council has decided to trans
Sir Henry Pollock said that the War Cabinet was some 10,000 miles away and did not form any in- tegral part of this Colony and they had no means of putting questions to them about their motives.
The Hongkong, Government had in fact, by the answere given by the Colonial Becre- try to Mr. D'Almada's questions, Cont'd Page 12, Col. 3
On Other- Pages
PAGE 2-Terse replies to ques-. tions on evacuation scheme; 8. P. C. A annual meeting: Tennis League. PAGE 3adio programmes; Crossword Coming events; Spuzzle,
PAGE 4-Special article on books; MacDonald and Hitler's threat: Japanese shilp seized. PAGE 6-Airport news; Round the Police Courts; Toll of road; Registry weddings and announcements.
PAGE 6 Leading article:
Government Under Fire. PAGE 8 Important Govern-
shelved ment sche
fer the regiment to the police as- The Press today generally pre- partment, as retention as a military dicted that the Consular Body would confer special powers on unit is no longer Justified
The regiment wil move from its the Municipal Council, with the present headquarters on the Bund result that stringent curfew hours PAGE Scheme to improve to the Amoy Gaol Buildings, which will be enforced, barricades erect
will be converted for its seed in all the important street closed down
The Council has also decided to corners and extensive co-opera-PAGE disband the mounted unit of the tion afforded by the military de
Shanghal Police.
fence forces.
Chins
on Indo-
"There were 50 of us, · all, with young children, and we spent the night nursing them in the first floor passage. Not one of us went to bed.
"Most of the children were sick and we were removed by the British Conml the ' next -morning'at 9 am. After being treated for a week at Fort McKinley by the Doctor our daughter has been admitted to hospital with dysentery and a temperature of 104"
Good Crops In S.W. Provinces
Commenting on the recent disclosures of “disgraceful discrimination” meted out the evacuees in Manila, THE HON. MR. M. K. LO asked the Acting Colonial Secre- ther Government received such complaint and requested that the Government should resolutely hold an inquiry and punish the persons responsible.
PRESSED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON. MR. H. E. BUTTERS, FOR A MORE DEFINITE STATEMENT, MR. LO DECLARED THAT. HE HAD SEEN LET- TERS AND NEWSPAPER REPORTS WHICH REVEALED THAT THERE WAS. “WEED- ING OUT" AMONGST THE EVACUEES BY MR. T. J. HOUSTON AND THE VERY REV. J. L. WILSON ON THE EXPERT ADVICE OF TWO LADIES FROM HONGKONG.
Hon. Mr. Lo asked the Colonial THE HON. SIR HENRY POLLOCK, Senior Unofficial Secretary If he could, in the pre- Member, described the evacuation as "the deportation of sence of the Press, say whether women from the Colony, against their will," while THE the Government had received HON. MR. J. J. PATERSON remarked that the whole of the Complaints of the disgraceful dis- évacuation scheme had been very badly handled" by the crimination shown to the women Government.
in Manila by those who had been sent by the Government to take charge of the evacuees.
The Colonial Secretary: "I made a statement to the Press yesterday. 1 forget which paper. (Mr. North then quoted the statement that appeated on the front page of our issue yesterday).
Hon. Mr. Lo suggested that It would be well if a thorough in-
He re vestigation was made. quested that: Government should resolutely hold an enquiry and punish the persons responsible."
The Colonial Secretary 'replied |
That the evacuation was entirely wrong was the con- tention of THE HON, MR, A. L. SHIELDS, who emphasised that the Government must have a policy.
The Hon. Mr. Stanley H.
that Dodwell stated
the eventual evacuation ex- penses would be well over £100,000 and was of the firm opinion that this should be met by the Home Government who had ör dered the evacuation.
SOONER SCHEME
that Government officials sent to IS ABOLISHED
Manila had nothing to do with the allocations of accommodation.
WEEDED OUT
THE BETTER
Sir Henry Pollock said:
The Acting Colonial Sec- retary said he would not wish to make a statement on this issue of expenses and added that the Govern
sent to ment officials Manila had nothing to do with allocations of ac commodation.
HUSBANDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUFFER
Hon, Mr. M. K. Lo said:-My col
Hon. Mr. Lo said that he had rellable information that the wo I regret that I must vote agalast leagues and I (as representatives men evacuees in Manila were this item of $10,000 for evacuation of the Chinese on this Counch) weeded out by the Government expenses, because I do not agree have very anxiously considered our CHUNGKING, July 25 (Reuter)
oficials on the advise of two with the Government's evacuation position in regard to this vote, and I feel it right that I should make -Extremely optimistic reports ladies. It was of no use merely palley have
submitted to the to send a cable to enquire into
I am of opinion that, aparta short statement to explain why Government authorities on the the matter because.
the reply from women with children the we have felt it our duty to vote return to Chungking of the Special could very well be that there Government ought not to evacuata Omcial Investigation Mission sent was nothing in ft.” to the various provinces,
been.
Hon Sir Henry Pollock, agree Good crops were reported in
ing with the views expressed by all the south-wertern "pro-
by- unorucial members, argued vinces," including Hunan, Yan-
that the expenses be paid from nan and Kweichow, where
the Home Treasury,ka generally, the crops are pour. The Colonial Becretary then In the south-western provinces, said that Instructions were re- the lying conditions of the far-ceived from Home that the Gov mers labourers and merchants are ernment should evacuate women improving with the high prices for and children of European race, the farm products, higher wages and better business profis
In the villages in the Interior It used to be a big event to kill a pig for food generally once in 10 days on such occasions the VI- Lagers- Kō around
For what reason and how at the moment, he (Mr. North) did not know, but some non- European women had been sent to Manila and it was only logical that they should be brought hack;"> Hon Bir Henry the Government ser the they wash their hands
the use of having
hter) Government
Cont'd Page 12, Col 5.
¡ Now no beating of agr, is neces
eryday
bllock:
Does say that
anymore British women from this Colony.
I am further of opinion that British married women with- British out children and single women, who have al- ready been evacuated from the Colony, ought to be given by the Government the option of reimening to Hongkong from Manila, instead of being sent on from Manlia to dusi
cannot see any justification for these two classes of women, provided that they are willing being to in the risk of Hon invaded, being kept in enforced
ont'd Page 7 Col acts from
Page
questions
against it. 2:
This fem contains sa ominous, but perhaps inevitable, warn that it is not at present possible estimate what tiria expense amount to the supplementary of $10,000 which is now must therefore be regardes token vote.”
This Council was never sulted on the question of pulsory evacuation. ance Committee is now asked to give a blank chaque respect of an expenditure which this Council has never spDROT ed and for an object which dumbfounded the Colony caused universal compla
certain
From which have appe It would appear
Cont'd Par