THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1936.
BRITAIN, FRANCE, GERMANY, JAPAN STRONGLY ENTRENCHED
Lifting Of League Sanctions Has Not Ended HENRY HEATH
Italy's Troubles: Fight For Old Markets
HARDEST
IS. ON
ECONOMIC
BATTLE
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS GIANT FOR HONGKONG
THE FRONT
WHILE ITALY MADE WAR WITH
ABYSSINIA OTHER NATIONS
ENTRENCHED THEMSELVES
IN HONGKONG, ELSEWHERE
"Telegraph" Staff Reporter
THE WAR IS OVER IN ABYSSINIA. THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS HAS LIFTED ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST ITALY. BUT--
Italy.
Hongkong so far has not exported one single item to
Italy's export trade to the Far East has received such
a set-back that it may take years to recover.
Canopus, Imperial Airways giant seaplane which recently concluded, test flights at Rochester, may make an experimental fight to Hongkong in December,
Twelve months ago, this tiny British Colony pugchased 1,200 per cent. more goods from Italy than we exported to j♫4 her. We were one of Italy's best customers in this res- pect, for we have had to pay in bullion for our deficiency in exports.
In July last year our imports from Italy exceeded $255,000. In July this year, a month after sanctions were lifted, they were only $30,643, according to statistics just
A Miracle Man", Says "Time" Of Former
Hongkong Man
issued by the Statistical Office of the Imports and Exports AMERICAN NEWS-
Department.
For two months-May and June--our trade with Italy dropped
to nothing. For the whole of 1935 it totalled $2,032,111, of which $1,901,836 was imports into Hongkong,
There are hundreds of Colonies, Dependencies and enuntries as small as Hongkong. Italy is desperately seeking to regain her staggering loss of trade in all of them. What is happening in Hong- kong is happening all over the world,
While Italy was fighting her costly campaign in Abyssinia, other countries were stepping in and grabbing her trade. She must now fight an even more desperate battle on her economic front to regain the position she has lost.
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Once upon a time we purchas- quantities. Italy has lost long ed all manner of goods from altid at $2,000 a month through the
established tencie
Hongkong Italy. Take, for instance the loss of this market. statistics for March last year, which were selected at random, In that month our purchases from Italy were:
Eviklings Materials Chemicals and Drugs... Dyeing: Tanning Materials
MAGAZINE ON
DR. ALEX. CANNON
"A Miracle Man" is the heading "Time", well-known American news-magazine, gives to an article in a recent issue on Dr. Alexan- der Cannon, formerly of Hongkong.
The article anys: "Disease can be diagnosed by its odlour,
allment having every differtat odour."
A
paper or walls should be is the bed-
"A steady green light and green
rooms of young male Children as Japan and Germany have also this colour raises the male sex urge benefited from Italy's loss of its in higher level. market for
ertain. Braids, These
"It sould be borne in mind that two nations now share the $500 a the high vibrations of red trans- mouth that formerly went to Italy.itled-light will, if played upon the 2075), Similarly with Embroidery and eyes for half an hour, remove
Excluding China and France, the symptoms of influenza." 1,050 1949 Itaty was at one time are biggest !
113427 acquainted 1110 supplier of these Items. Now Japan miracles."
....$ 11,79
Foodstuffs and Provistons Liquors
Metals
Paper and Paperware
"Pišce~Goods. ̈ ̄Texliles
Wearing Apparel.. Sundries
Total
1,845
In May and June our imports from Italy were mil. In July our imports were Paper and Paperware the value of $17.701; Plere Goods and
SLICH
with
#trapec several miles
RADIO BROADCAST
Dance Music From Hongkong Hotel
Z.E.K. PROGRAMME
From Z3.W. on n wavelengli of 355 metres (845 kilogycles):
fying in away.
A shepherd named Abdul Quab asked a French army captain in Algeria to think of some object in
Paris home, The soldier 7 pm. Orchestral Music.. thought of a valuable family por- trait. Instantly the picture appear- ed on the
wall in Algeria; the
5-8 p.m. European Programnie. 5-7 m A Relay of the Dance Orchestra from the Hongkong Hotel Roof Garden.
Concerto No. 7 for Organ und Orchestra (Handel); Lyric Sulle, Op. 54 (Grieg)) Summer Night on
stupefled Frenchman not only saw the River (Ding Local Stock
it but handled it.
He cabled his parents in Paris. Back came the reply: Port
"Portrait inexplicably stolen this morning. Pollec at work and Surete
announces arrest of thef imuninent."
Since publication of these marvels
Treatises women haunted by t
monthly exports used to be in the liald, round-faced Dr. Cannon is vicinity of $400, but it is only one co-authour of
of respectable item in any
on psychiatry and neurology, on ac-
of the Desperate efforts are being made tive staff member
London
Textiles to the value of $6,000 and by Italian trade representatives all County Mental Hospital Service. A tipoetitioner of
capable
and
7.30 p.m. Quotations.
7.33 p.nt. Two Songs by Jan Kiepura (Tenor),
L Sweet Melody of the Night; 2.
I mean to say I love you.
7.40 p.m.
The New Mayfair
Orchestra.
pro- A fre.
1
117 and the United Kingdom have step-| Serb affirmations as these, I made 0,800 in and taken the market.
by one of Southern California's ob- 229,661-year-Holy was our principal scure wizards, might pass-with scant-in-Jowers That De and The Invisi-
1,987 supplier of first-grade tobacconist attention. But they are the state le influence, Dr. Cannon has enjoy
Ballad Memories; Jerome Kern 500 sundries. Britain and France hontments of Dr. Alexander Cannon, une ed a voluminous correspondener with
Melodies. (urr. Henry Hail); Mile- after our wants in this direction. It of the most extraordinary figures in businessmen and occultists, parsons $255,000 doesn't add ap to much-Italy's British science.
colonels,
doctors and Indian
stones of Melody.
8 p.m. Local: Time Signal, Weather and hard-headed law judges,
Report and Announcements.
8.03 p.m. Chinese Studio Concert. This week Dr. Cannon published a
11 p.m. Close Down. thin volume called The Science of
8.05-11
Europeaл p.m. Since the author is a
gramme from ZEK. on of hypnotism and uses it every day on London's sane quency of 640 kilocycles.
8,05 and insane, U.S. psychiatrists were
p.m. A Cinema Organ professionally interested, regardless Recital by Reginald Foort. of what they thought of his diva- 1. Poem (Fibich); 3. An Autumn sations Into yogism, perfect numbers, Serenade
3. The (Decce); 3.
Blue colours.
Danube Waltz (Strauss); 4. Re- Dr. Cannon own methods but those. of such
8.20 p.m. pioneers as Mesmer and Charcot, of such well-known hypnotists as Bern- helus, Binet, Fere, Liebeault, Lloyd Tuckey.
Sundries valued at $0.942, making total of $30,043.
Norway as stepped in and taken
our pur
over the world to regain the markets member in good standing of the Bri- lost through Leagues of Nations sung-tish Medical Association, he was on tions. But it is an uphill fight, its Executive Council in 1934-35. Italy's market for Building Materials. Other nations are now firmly en Nevertheless he has delved so In March, 1935 our purchases from trenched and it will be many years deeply into Orientul mysticism that Norway were nil, while
before Italy will fully regains there has been elevated to the rank of
710. In July this year, Norway sold an adventure.
Lodge of the Himalayas, which he considers to be a survival of a great university in Atlantis, "sunk by the selfish
powers of mankind about the your 254,860 B.C."
chases from Italy amounted to $71,- position she held before the Abyssin- | Muster-the-Fifth of the Great White symbolism of discusses not only his miniscences of Friml.
.us $31,173 worth and Italy
JAPAN STEPS IN
Nearly all our Acetic Acid one came from Italy, To-day it comes from Germany which supplied $4,040, worth in July.
Give The Kiddies
Materials. Now Japan looks A Break----
Italy was also one of our bigger suppliers of Dyeing and Tanaing after this trade, her exports to Hong- kong leaping up from 5085 in March, 1935, to $2.528 In July this year.
Delicacies in canned goods, an Italian trade valued at almost $1,000 0 month last year, now come from Canada and France.
MOTHERS
ASK
ZBW
IN RADIO VOTE
:
He believes that man has not only ut astral body which leaves the cor- porni shell in sleep or death but an etherie body even more refined than the astral.
lle has composed a kind of "music" which consists of combinations of
colours,
He once offered to do the Hindu rope trick in London's Albert Hall for £50,000. He has invented (1
humous.
*****
"Sea Shanties." 8.30 p.m. Orchestra Raymonde. Chanson d'Amour (Suk); By the Sleepy Lagoon (Eric Contes); Pol- onaise Militaire (arr. Walter); Invita- 11 is generally agreed among pay- tion to the Woltz (Weber); Poupre chiatrists that hypnotism is of value Vaisante (Poldini): The Dancing in treating sinimmering and certain |¦ Clock (Ewing). hysterical neuroses.
the
8.50 p.m.
A Relay from London,
An eye-witness account of the Golf Competition for the Walker Cup. Relayed from America.
9 p.m. News and Announcements from London.
9.20 p.m. Soprano....Lily Pons.
Violoncello....Maurice
Marechal.
Programme
Dr. Cannon believes it is useful in treating tetanus, diabetes, prostatic enlargement, menstrual disorders and in relieving the pain of childbirth. pleurisy, scialien, lumbago, neural gin, cancer, ulcers. MANY ladies who entered the thought-reading machine called Hypnotist Cannon makes it abun- there is nothing Italian cheeses are now replaced by
recent Popular Radio Item uchastethokurtographman meter, dantly clear that
which he intends to demonstrate in mysterious or difficult about the Dutch, Swiss, English and Austra-contest sponsored by the "Tele- the U.S. this year.
technique. All that is necessary is 1. Songs Ah! I knew "La these four nations apparently graph" in
"He believes Armageddon may come for the subject to relax, drive all Flute Enchanted" (Mozart). Lo! here equally sharing a market that was feature with their accompanying in 1837. Like many another pro- thought from his mind, tx his at- The Gench Lace (1946); 10: 10 once worth $700 a month to. Italy.
British sausage makers
How Yeing with the local authorities to minent mystic, he has no sense of tention on some object (usually loncello Salon Dimanche de Paques place the famous Italian makes. Input on better and brighter pro-
bright light), listen to the operator's sur iu mer (Dupont). Indian Laument March, 1935, Britain supplied us with grammes for the children..
Dr. Camon relates wonders in the soothing suggestions of sleep, The (Dvorak); 3. Songs-I Dream too East which make the notorious rope ihypnotic resembles sleep except $152 worth of sausages. only
In July
state 'British exports to Hongkong amount-
Some of these letters from trick (an illusion, according to him, that the unconscious mind is in touch much (Kern). I'm the Echo (Kern); ed to $1,287.
parents have already been publish produced by inass hypnotism) seem with the operator and can be sway-4. Violoncello Solos-Intrada (Adu
jike small potatoes. Examples:
Habanera (Ravel). Italian vermouths, wines and ed. Here are some extracts from
A lama of the Kuna Bum Monas-ed by his suggestions. Almost every-kio) (Nachez). Piece en forme de
is body, unless he confident of being spirits have been replaced by other others;
9.50 p.m.
you were the only tery vanished into thin aie,
able to resist and docs resist, ean Continental brands. Six nations "L.F.T.":|_ Many children tell me now share this market, which, how that they do not like the voices of
A fig tree withered when a yout be hypnotized into the first "light" girl Mernortes" played by Carroll
Cibbons and his Boy Friends. pointed his finger at it.
state; three persons out "deen" !
of four can ever, should not be hard to recap- the present "Aunts" and
10 p.m. Big Ben from London. Three men made an appearance be brought to "Uncles." ture.
Dance Music · They use words that many adults, before the monastery's Grand state; and one out of wo will go BRITAIN, JAPAN SHARE let alone kiddies, do not understand. Lama, although they were actually into the deepest trance of all, the
11 p.m. Close Down. It is wheA We Come to Piece Why not open up the studios to
ommunbulistic. Highly susceptible DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES Goods and Textiles that we really Hongkong's kiddies, allowing them to
people my hypnotize themselves, uc- find how terrific has been the drop give their own songs during the appreciated both by children and
cidentally in Italy's market.
or intentionally, by star- Children's Hour?
adults. This could be composed of ing at a bright object. Great Britain and Japan now ex- "W.K." I suggest that the Child-nursery rhymes, ele clusively share Italy's portion of the ren's Hour could be brightened and
In doning with the insane, it is "Mrs. B.I.L. Give the kiddies sometimes necessary to resort to the Poplin market. All our Umbrella made more interesting by affording Children's Hours twice a week in- Binet-Fere method of fascination by Cloths last July came from Germany, local school children the opportunity stend of once,
which, if it is successful, complete while Japan completely stole Italy's of appearing before the microphone. "A.FR." Why not select Sundays automatisms is induced. The subject Having had personal experience in as the day for the children. The is usked to look fixedly at the In March last year, Italy supplied the studio of the former XCBL in most sullable time for Hongkong | operator's right oye, and the operator Hongkong with Artificial Silk Yarns Shanghai of this form of entertain-kiddies would be the hour after the stares fixedly at the subject's left to the value of $140,033, By June ment, I noted it to be an item keenly church service relays.
eye, at the same time grasping his year this market hud become enjoyed by both children and elders, "Mrs. M.K,V.”—I think the kiddies hands Brmly. In a little while the un exclusive one for Japan. Even A.C.The Children's Hour is should be given more than one day operator's eye appears to shine bril- in July, a month after sanctions had most terrible. Give the kiddies a week for their programme.
11 ended, Italy had succeeded in re-real break, and let them have good
Inntly and the patient's expressluri M.A.D.”—I am the mother becomes vacant. Dr. Cannon flada gaining only $0,000 worth.
The sale of hats and caps, which kiddies amateur
short stories, songs and, most of all, of three children who love listening, certain defects in this procedure: "1
hours, Surely we and I would suggest that the kiddles the patient Is refractory. and the was equally shared by the United might be able to find Д "Shirley be given programmes more often. Kingdom, and Italy last year, is now Temple" in Hongkong?
hypnotist is Ured, the hypnotist may "Mrs. A.H"--Give the fiddles | bel hypnotized by the patient. shared by Britain and Japan, with
"J.E.M."- think a "Children's more programmes, and institute The Brst sign of the hypnotism being several other nations supplying small tour on Sunday evenings would be Birthday Club.
reversed is very unpleasant."
market for Wool Blankets,
this
The following wave-ienatha and frequencles,
are observed by Daventry.
Blen Frequency Wavelength
8.800
49.50 metres .19 k. 31.59 metres 41.35 Thetres 15.43 metres
GRIA
GAD
GSC
,58 kt.
CAD
11,700 k..
CHX
11,845 ..
26.23
Gar
15,140 k.. 19.82 metre
490
Сал
GAI
£7.700 ka 16,50 metres ZLATE k.. 13.97 metres 16.280 k.. 12.46
Сял
GSL
21,500 kr. 19.64 PURLCOM 6.110k.c. 40.10 wetre
Transmission 1
(G.9... G.E.G.).
2.15 pm. lg Ben. "Pfdæln Roglih in
the Heath Bean."
2.31 p.m. The B.D.C. Empire Orchestra. 3.16 p.m. "Around the Coonitras." 3.4.p.m. An eye-witness account of the Galf Competition for the Walker Cup.
1.53 p.m. The News and Announcementa. Greenwich Time Sigris? at a p.m.
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Transmission 2
(0.8.6., G.B.25.)
7 p.m. Dls Den. Variety. 7.15 p.m. The H.H.C, Welsh Orchestra. · 8.15 p.m. "lackout."
141 pm. A Musical Interlude, 1.30 p.m. „An eye-witness srenght the Golf Competition for the Walker Cep. Groanwich Time Blanal at 9p..
p.m. The News and Antenneamente, 0.10 p.m. The Philip Whiteway Ensemble.
Philip Whitaway (Violin),
$1.20 for 50
Transmission 3.
(6.8.11, 0.8.F.). 10 p.m. lg Han.
D
The Central Band of His Majan's Royal Air Fores p.m.lesaurs on Parade,” 11.40 p.m. The Harp Trio) Tine fonifacial (Harp) Xarry Dyson (Pluto): Gothay Wakeham-Georgs (Violon rello 11.15 p.nt. The Naws and Announcements.
Greenwich Time Signal at 12 mm 12.15 8.15 Vance Music.