THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.-
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 14, 1937.
Vigorous U.S.Representation Prepared RADIO
NATION TREATS
ENGLAND'S 20,000,000
PANAY BOMBING GAS MASKS
WITH CAUTION
Borah Sees Nothing In Incident To
To Call For Any Drastic Action
Record In Mass Production
Some 200,090 volunteers had al-
Convictions Quashed
Magistrate's Ruling -In Several Cases. Upset On Appeal Convicted Men Set Free
BROADCAST
Eva Turner and L. Lafford From the Studio
NURA KANIS
Radio Programine Broadcast by Z.B.W. on wavelengths of 355 metres (U45 k.e'a.) 31.49 metres (9.52 m,c's.).
4.00-7.00 Chinese Programme, 7.09 Selections from Grand Opera. Tannlinuser-Overture (Wagner) ....Symphony Orchestra conducted by Albert Coates; Aida-Heavenly Aida, divine Alda (Verdi); La Bo- heme-Your tiny hund is frozen.. Jussi Bjurling (Ten); 'Der Rosen- kavaller (Richard Strauss); Waltz movements from Act 3....The Ber-
Bn State Opera Orchestra, Cond:
Alola Melichar.
7.30 Stuck Quotations and Hong-
7.35 kong Exchange Market.
Studio Eva Turner (80- and Lindsay A. Lafford
1. Spring (Handel); 2. The Chest- nut Tree; 3. Dedication (Schumann)
rung) (Piano).
London, Dec. 13. During the debate in the House of Lords on the Air Bald Precautions Bill the Air Minister Viscount Swin- ton, referring to anti-gas precaution work already accomplished, sold a school for Instruction in Gloucester- An appeal against a conviction by shire had been turning out instructed Mr. R. Edwords at the Central Magis persons at the rate of 120 per month, tracy on November 8, was heard be Chief Justice, Sir Atholl A second school would shortly before the established In the neighbourhood of MacGregor, In the Court of Appeal York.
this morning. The appellant, Yip
Yau-sing. aliny Li
40, Ken-chuen, ready been instructed in anti-gas was charged at the Magistracy with abinin $1,000 by
Plano Interlude; 4. Sweet chance measures. In addition, every police having attempted to man in the regular forces has also false pretences, between September that led my steps (Michael Hend); and 13, from Chan Chun-yl, of No. 5. Sweet Suffolk Owl (Elizabeth been trained, us well ng very large York Road, Kowloon Tong, by send-Puston); G. The Lover's Maze; 7. number of the speelal con
constabulary, A special system of training had beening her a letter purporting to be writ Rest sweet Nymphs (Peter Warlock). instituted for doctors and
8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather ten by her husband in Honolulu ad- samcibing ke 10,000 doctors and 10,000 nurses Vising her to pay $1,000 to LI. Yau-Report and Announcements.
8.03 Studio-Nora Kanis (Piano) had been instructed as to how to give in, of No. 65 Wing Lok Street, as
setNument of an account between Li's playing Schumann's 'Carnaval", medient treatment in gas cuses.
It was essential to prevent any
and sen-chestra, thing in the nature of pante in the
tenced to six months' hard labour. giving security and this he
The Hon. Mr. Leo D'Almada, Jr thought had been achieved.
Referring to the provision of res-instructed by Mr. H. L. Kwan, of Wilkinson and Grist, appeared for the the old witon inili was taken over on appellant, while Mr. E. II. Williams, the principle of the "shadow factory" Assistint Attorney-General, was for for making of gas maske. This fac- the Crown. tory had produced 20,000,000 Bas
The Hon. Mr. D'Almuda said the Britain was the only country that had appeal was made on the grounds of su developed mass production of shsullicient evidence. The evidence masks on such
a scale. Arrange-udduced by the Crown was that the letter pur- would each hold something like Honolulu telling her to pay a sum of 3,000,000 gas masks. Five of these money to Li Yau-sing. She went to depots were already in existence, the address given in company with British Wireless.
two other women and interviewed the defend:unt there. She later re- ecived a subsequent letter from LI. Yau-sing, and took the police to or- I rest him.
BUT PITTMAN DECLARES
IT IS INTOLERABLE
uncle and Chan's husband. He was 8.25 Marek Weber and His Or- convicted of the charge, Washington, Dec. 13.
work of
Mr. Condell Hull, Secretary of State, has prepared vigorous representations to be presented to Japan regard-pintors he said that in July last year ing the sinking of the U.S.S. Panay in the Yangtse on Sunday. Mr. Hull held conference with a group of Far castern advisers before drafting his protest.
masks or respirators and he believed
a
There is no indication at present whether the re- presentations will include demands for indemnity covering ments had also been made for pro-woman China received the cost of the Panay and suitable compensation for the central store depots which porting to be from her husband In casualties involved.
Before despatching his note Mr. Hull is expected to confer with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
DEMANDS SWIFT APOLOGY Washington Press Impatient Of Procrastination
Grudging Excuses Will Not Do
1
Washington, Dec. 13. A warning to Japan to make her apoipay for the Panay incident whole heartedly and speedy is given by the Conservative newspaper, the
the Wa- shington Star, which says there will be little disposition on the part of the United States to wait as long as Bri- tain did for un explanation of the Japanese bombing of her Aintingsudor, or to be content with as grudging and half-hearted an, apology as London was willing to accept.
The sinking of the Panay and the o tarkers can have only deplorable consequences If Japan, by failing ndequately to atone for her mis- demeanour, adds arrogance the
to injury.
To tolerate such conduc! marauders who
putting were now China to sword and flame would be to stamp with approval Japan's whole campaign of brigandite and interna- tional inwlessness,--Reuter.
"LE TEMPS CRITICAL
Paris, Dec. 13.
ودا
"If the facts as related by telegrama
It was stated at the White House to-day that the Government's policy with reference to the sinking of the Pasay
011 would be decided national, patriotic basis, with the complete absence uny politient consideration. President Roosevelt is represented as being hopeful that the American people and the press would give him their understanding support.
Later.
President Roosevelt's inessage and the Government's demands have been transmitted to the Japanese Ambas-
sador by Mr. Cordell Bull, who told the Ambassador that the President was "deeply shocked and concerned by the news of the indiscriminate bombing of American and other and requests the Emperor to be so
advised.**
1
Ready For Emergency Mr. Stephen Early. Assistant Secretary to the President, who made the announcement of the dining to rejoinder to the Panay bombing the press, sald President Roosevelt had made all his engagements on tentative basis so, if necessary, he could give his entire time to the Japanese situation.
phe views of some of the leading Senators on the subject of the Panay's sinking are interesting:
Senator William Borah does not
Japanese Buy Much Oil From Borneo
Not All Facts Are Available
London, Dec. 13. Japanese imports of petroleum were
Deutschmeister Regimental March Intermezzo (About); Mighty Lak (Jurek); Spring's Delight-March- Rose; The Rosary (Nevin): Salut D'Amour (Elgar); I Kiss Your Lips (Rudolphe); Where My Caravan Has Res
Rested (Lohr); Love's Old Sweet Song (Molloy); Potpourri Of Waltzea, No. 3 (Rebrecht).
Of His Majesty King George VI.
8.55 London Relay The Birthday
Sutute of guns at the Tower of London, and
description of the
London.
a
scene, broadcast from the Tower of 9.10 London Relay-Military Band
Music.
9.30 London Relay-The News, 9.50 Dance Records.
Fox-Trots On Your Toes; There's A Small Hotel (lim 'On Your Toes')
Jack
Hylton and His Orchestra; Tangos-Punto Arenas (Codevilla); There was nothing to prove that San Fernando (Codevilla).
Heinz appellant pretended he was authori-Hupperiz and His Orchestra; Fox- sed by Wong Kwai-lung, Chin's hus- Trol-1 Need You; Novelty Fox-Trot band, to receive the money, neither Dancing Moth....Jay Wilbur and was there proof that he wrote the second letter which was purported to have
been signed by hun. The Crown, he admitted, had proved that the letter from Honolulu was a for- gery, and also that Li admitted he was Li.
MAGISTRATE'S DECISION
Band; Quick-Step--I Wasn't Lying When I Said I Love You'; Waltz-Oh, Mr. Man In The Moon..
Henry Jacques with His Correct Dance Tempo Orchestra.
14.15 London clay “Entertain- ment At St. George's" 1867-1937.
The story of a London hall of en- tertainment through seventy years. Written by Leslie Baily; producted the subject of a question in the House lant at the Magistracy and had sub-
Mr. Kwan had appeared for appel-by Charles Brewer and broadcast in of Commons by Col. 1 W. Burton mitted he had no ease to answer. the opening of St.
the seventieth anniversary year of (Cons.), and in a written reply Cap-reply to that,
George's Ifall, tain Euon
the Magistrate held originally the London Academy of Secretary to the Board
Wallace. Parlimentary there was a case to answer and said Music, subsequently the home of the of Trade, that it was not necessary for the pro- German Reed Entertainments, and of oficial trude statistics, Japanese im- forged the letter from Honolulu. He and to-day the headquarters of the ports of crude and refined petroleum also held that there was suillclent B.B.C. for 12 months
Variety Department. ended July 1937 prima facie evidence that defendant programme totalled 1,102,500,000 gallons of which had represented himself
compered by Jasper 2,000,000 were recorded as imported thorised
to be au Maskelyne and John Watt. by Wong to receive (he from British Borneo.
11.15 Close Down.
money.
The highest the Crown.could put
NO CONNECTION
The
fátse
countries were relatively unimportant. Imports, if any, from other British
the State account by service depart that defendant represented himself pretenées,
Direct purchases of petroleum on their case, counsel.submitted, was attempting to obtain-money-by- ments were not included in these to be authorised by the uncle and not statistics. Separate particulars of im-by, Wong. Defendant had been used ports of petroleum had not appeared as an innocent tool. Counsel sub- in the Japanese monthly trade returns mitted that the conviction should be since krst July-Renter.
quashed.
Mr. Williams said he had nothingThere was nothing to support it, and been proved a forgery by the Crown. to say, as he could not support the
see anything in the situation calling ITALIAN CHARGE
for drastic action,
Senator Elbert Thomas discounts
the likelihood of a serious situation
rising since the Japanese have assumed full responsibility.
Intolerable Incidents
RIDICULED
SECOND APPEAL
A second appeal against convie
written from Ocean Island had not
The letter purporting to have been
No
decision of the Magistrate. there was no evidence to prove that His Lordship thereupon quashed Ng Fu did not authorise anyone to
collect the money. the conviction, and discharged appel-1
Regarding the Jant.
letter written to Kwan Hong-kl there was nothing to connect Li Yau- sing with
it, neither was there any- thing to connect Taul Kwong-yan with it or suggest that he had con spired with Chan Ming-cho to per- petrate the fraud. holding that defendants had a case The Magistrate in his reasons for to answer, appeared appellant in the floor where Kwan importance to the presence of second had visited. In the letter written to the woman Chon, there was no proof of first appellant's handwriting. In the Ocean Island letter, there was its similarity to the other two the no proof of fraud, but because of Magistrate held against defendunt.
London, Dec. 13. Replying to a question whether hel Senator Pat McCarran declared: was aware of a statement published We should have been out of Chinese in the Government-controlled tailan tons by the same Magistrate at the waters long ago."*
Senator Henrik Shipstead demand-the Azores Islands, now Portuguese was then heard before the Chief press that Britain intends to annex Central Magistracy on November 19 ed the withdrawal of all American territory, Mr. Anthony Eden said, "I Justice. Appellants were Yip Keng- military forces from Chino,
am aware of the publication of the chuen, alias Li Yau-sing, and Tsui statement but I am confident it will Kwong-yan, convicted on n be everywhere appreciated that no conspiracy to defraud by stealing charge of significance need be attached to letters in the course of transit for the fantastic statements of this kind, be- purpose of obtaining money by false cause they are entirely devoid of pretences. Both were sentenced to In my view fabrications six months' hard labour.
make them."-British Instructed by Mr. H. L. Kwan, of The Hon. Mr. Leo D'Almada, Je, Wilkinson and Crist, appeared for appellants, and Mr. E. H. Williams, Assistant Attorney-General, was for the Crown.
foundation.
Senator Key Pittman, on the other hand, described the Panay's sinking as a climax of an Intolerable series of ocidents designed to frighten Have little satisfaction to have the People who Japanese Government express re-Wireless, grets on each such occasion. Some
be allowed in any suvs Le foreigners out of China. He said it of this kind, only do harm to the
from the Far East are true, they des- cribe an illegal action which could not
ergunised society or civilised state," Temps in a lender dealing with the Japanese attacks on foreign shipping. The latest incidents at Nanking are of a particularly grave nature as
is a t is a question of real sets of hostility against British and American war- ships without any provocation
it
high Japanese officers were respon-
and
sible for such outrages, he said, and full compensation, apologies their names should be determined, guarantees against a repetition of onThey should be punished; for only such an attack.-Reuter.
such punishment would demonstrate the good faith of Japan.
their part. It is understandable that a warlike net against the gunboat Panoy should cause the greatest con- cern in Washington.".
PREMEDITATED ACTS?
The Japanese Government sub- jects itself to reasonable suspicion
Bombing Debated
President's Dictation
attach some
Counsel submitted that there was nothing to connect the Sydney case with the other two. The association of the fo the algina being proper led the Magistrute to they were associated in the alleged frauds. There was no evidence at all on which the Magistrate was en- titled to Infer 41. common criminal purpose. The general impression of
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Li You-sing was alleged to have sent a letter to Tin Ying-pong, of No, 74 Apliu Street, first floor, purport- ing to be written by Tin's friend, Ng Washington, Dec. 13. Fit, In Ocean Island advising him to that such incidents are deliberate, State, personally presented
Mr. Cardell Hull, Secretary of pay a sum of approximately $90, with the purpose of frightening the Hirosi Saito, the Japanese Ambassa defendunt. He was further alleged fraud had confused the Magistrate
Mr. which was held for him by Tin, to The leader adds that there is reason
nationals of neutral countries so that to believe the incidents
were pre- they will demand that their Governor, a protest concerning the sinking to have written a letter to Chan and had tended to lead him to forget (Continued on Page 4)
ments withdraw all their represa velt personmily dictated and handed York Rond, Kowloon Tong, request submitted that the convictions should of the Panny, which President Roose- Chun-yin, married woman, of No. 4 the rent charge of fraud. Counsel meditated acts on the part of certain
talives and nationals from China," Japanese forces, and declares that
Senator Pittman declared.~Router.
to Mr. Hull.
ing her to pay him $1,000, This | therefore be quashed. British, American and French war-
The memorandum stated: "Please letter was purported to have been Mr. Williams, in reply, submitted ships have absolute right to be in the
tell the Japanese Ambassador when Honolulu.
writen by the woman's husband In that there was sufficient evidence to Yongtsc. The Governments princip-
you see him at 1 o'clock that the
show fraud. ally interested in Far Eastern affairs
Washington, Dec. 13. President is deeply shocked and con- Tsui Kwong-yan was alleged to had given suffelent proof of goodwill The Panay Incident was debated in cerned about the news of the india huve sent a letter to Kwan Hang-kl.victions, said that whatever justinien- His Lordship, in quashing the con- for it to be impossible to suspect them the Senate to-day, and demands for of wanting to use the present crisis the withdrawal of Americh naval other ne bombing of American and merchant, of No. 7 Cumberland Road, tion there might have been on the non-Chinese vessels in the Kowloon Tong purporting to be evidence in the direction of register- as a pretext for checking Japan and craft from China were expressed Yangise, and that he requests the written by Kwan's friend in Sydney, ing a conviction against any of the CIGAR STORES "LA PERLA DEL ORIENTE" forcing her into a general war.
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Emperor of Japan be so advised. instructing him to pay $1,500 to Chan defendants, he could find no justifico- The leader concludes with a warm- Senator Alben W. Barkley replied ing to Japan against taking action that such action could not be under the facts be assembled and shortlye Hon. Mr. D'Almada suld the not put it any higher than a slight Secondly, that he requests that all Ming-cho, of No. 02 Des Voeux Road tion for the grounds on which the
first floor. which could not be allowed by Powers taken.
Gloucester Bldg. Magistrate chose to stand. He could. tor Hiram W. Johnson presented by the Japanese Govern-
Hong Kong Hotel Bldg. who have any sense of their dignity urged Senators to withheld their ment.
Des Voeux Road C. Pedder Street and duty in protecting foreign comment until
in this case was also on the suspicion against the appellants. more fnets were Thirdly, he expresses the hope that
of insufficient nationals. Reuter,
Tel. 28365. evidence. obtaleed, but added: "Lel Un
The convictions were quashed.
Tel. 30085. re-in the meantime the Japanese Govern- There were originally other men member we are Americans and ne-
Both men were immediately. set
Macau: A LUZITANA, Avenida Almelda Ribeiro No. 1B ment will consider definitely the charged with the defendants against free, cord protection to American citizens presentation to this Government of whom the police did not proceed, throughout the world."-Reuter,
full expression of regret and a proffer and
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of full compensation, and methods by the Maglatrate, except for guaranteeing against a repetition of who jumped his bull. Counsel sub- Washington, Dec. 13, any atmilar attack in the future,
mitted that throughout the evidence President Franklin Roosevelt has
memorandum was aigned adduced by the Crown, there was "Franklin D. Rooseveit," conveyed to the Emperor of Japan;
and was nothing to entitle the Magistrate in an expression of his deep concern at the second protest within 24 hours, finding any common design, concert the bombing of USS. Panay. a cable having previously been seni or ngreement. The Crown had Simultaneously the United States to the U. 5. Ambassador in Tokyo to proved, or thought it had proved, Government transmilled to the present to Mr. Kaki Illrota.-United only that there were two attempts E Japanese Government a demand for Press.
il to victimise and one actual care" of
Support Ready
Paris, Dec. 13, M. do Tesann, French Foreign Under-Secretary received the United States Ambassador, Mr. William Hul- litt to-day and it is understood they discussed the Yonglse, Incidents.
Political circles believe that France and Britain will support America, but at prosent are waiting to see definitely what the intends to do Reuter.
Senator
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