DR. LAUTENSCHLAGER AND WORLD PEACE
League Of Nations Shortcomings
Speaking at the League of Nations Society's prize-giving for its youth competition at St. Stephen's Girls' College yesterday, Dr. S. Lautenschlager, Professor of Political Science at Lingnan University, commented on the League's mistakes and its need for
reformation.
enough
and
outraged
these
The injustices of the Treaty of powerful Versailles which resulted in the enough not only to abolish recent crisis, and the confllets In treatles by force but even to threaten China, Spuin and Abyssinia were dis- the existence of the League itself. eumed by Dr. Lautenschlager, who declared Uint a now or reformed League was cull the hope of the
world.
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The British compromise in the interests of peace with Italy over Abyssinia, and with Haly and Ger- many concerning Spain, is, in my mind much more open to the charge of injustico.
A so-called non-intervention com- mittee has left Italy and Germany almost free to help Franco conquer two-thirds of Spain, while the side motally legally, and in my mind right, has been deprived of such help.
TELEGRAPH,
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1938.
ARMS Minister For SMUGGLING Defence Gives Now Reason For Not An Assurance
Opening Yangtse Mines Danger
In my mind, Mr. Chamberlain's Mines
in
willingness to see Fronco win in Spain is not a case of legality nor of peace but a desire on the part of the propertied classes, which still rule England, to prevent socialism winning in Spain.
I think Mr. Chamberlain thinks more of the English propertied classes than of the British Empire.
Japan's Action
But Japan hna even less of a case in China than Germany and Italy in Spain.
Japan says she does not want Chinese territory. She wants more than territory. She wants to control China body and soul.
It seems clear that if Britain and France should fight, they should fight Asia and their own rights in China rather than to perpetuate an injustice in Europe.
Tokyo, Nov. 17. Amplifying the statement by n spokesman of the Foreign Ofice re- gardag Japan's replies to the roles of
London, Nov. 17.
A reassuring statement was made in the House of Communs to-day in the course of the debate on the establishment of a Ministry of Bup- ply, by Sir Thomas Inskip, who said:
may have been, we have galiant and
on
"Whatever disappointment there
efficient defence forces, which to- Great Britain, America and France
day, though incomplete, are sumelent: which asked for free navigation of
aggressor the Yangtze River, the spokesman of to give an answer to
two which he may not expect, but which the Admiralty has adduced more reasons for Japan's refusal to he will certainly rue." comply with the requests of these powers with regard to the Yangtse River free navigation,
Replying to a question from foreign correspondent this morning, the spokesman said the Commander- Yangtze River has received instructions from the Government to avoid any international complica- tion.
strict
However, a return to a new or a reformed League is still the hope of the world. We must have League which will not defend past wrongs, but which will work positively to schools, conslated
The competition, open to local Fight real grievances and which nt to defend freedom and Justice in In-Chief of the Japanese Fleet in the questions on local and word affairs the same time, will prevent milltary Seventy-one students sat, 12 gaining parties from making grievances, real prizes. The only girl to win a prize or imagined, an excuse to wage Was Paula Hollands, of the French aggressive war. Convent. Sir Robert Ho Tung pre- sented the prizes.
of a number of
Mr. Lautenschlager sald: Justice and peace is the desire of all peoples yet we are in the midst of wars and new vast preparations for
more war.
Everywhere we are told that the League of Nations is a fallure. The but the idden has not failed League nations in the League failed to make]
Lengue offencious the
In stopping war. The League's rocial and educa- ilonal work warrants ils creation and its existence. It even succeeded in preventing a few minor wars, but in spite of the League our world is to- day more milliarised and war-like than ever. Not counting the German advance into Austria and Czecho- Slovakia, which was really by threat of war, we have had 17 wars since the great war to end war. Two of the most brutal wars are going on right now, one in Spain and one in China,
Serious Mistakes
The League made several serious mistakes. It was tied up with the unjust Treaty of Versailles and instead of working for a new day in a new spirit it was made to defend the unjust and revengeful settlements of the last war.
Will To Fence
A well-prepared world conference should be called as soon as possible. It should make a sincere effort to deal with the grievances of over- In spite of wars and preparations for war, there is still a tremendous populated nations. It should deal
of immigration, will to peace in our world. This is far-sightedly and justly with the raw problems
markcis seen in the strenuous efforts which
tariffs,
and nations have made to keep out of materials, war, zometimes at the sacrifice of colonies. If the democratic empires justice. This goodwill for peace must demand an open door for their trade, organized into International over-populated, land-hungry notions be action before it is too late.
also have the right to demand an open door to raw materials and for On the other hand, A reformed League of Nations, Immigration. which is not an insurance society to totalitarian states should at once stop defend the spoils of past wars, must their military aggression and join a get the allegiance of this goodwill reformed League of Nations and a and must organize it into an inter-new system of collective security. national force, which will have the courage both to right wrongs and maintain peace.
or-
of
A permanent International gonisation, with a permanent stand- ing committee, not just League Many criticise Mr. Chamberlain for Council meeting three or four times a year and shirking responsibility. sacrincing Czecho-Slovakia, but war would have destroyed both Czecho- must be set up continually to discuss Slovakia and all Europe. Europe, and rectify injustices and prevent about
as large as China, has 20 further wars of aggression.
To achieve the new world nations and most of them are indus-justice and peace means hard work, trialised. In a few days, bombs honest thinking and sincere, unselfish,
destroyed, would have
not only. thousands of lives and houses and service, not only in our Individual great cities, but the Industries and lives but in ail our social, political and international relationships. This roads, which are the basis of the is the greatest challenge that comes people's livelihood in Europe.
War would have brought the in-to youth and to Christianity to-day. Justice of violence and loot und rape future depends on how we meet that and death on tens of thousands for each one which suffered unjustly by the Munich agreement,
Then it refused to welcome defeat- ed Germony into the League for nine War would also have been an at- years and, even after 16 years, when tempt to perpetuale by violence the Hitler had airendy come into power, injustice inherent in the creation of refused to geant her anything Bike Czecho-Slovakia. It is truc that military equality. Nations which Czecho-Slovakia is suffering an in- controlled the League refused to justice now, for one injustice always enforce the League's provisions for creates another. But Europenn treaty revision until the nations war over the Sudeten questions would chained and partitioned by the have been the greatest injustice of Treaty of Versalifes had become both all.
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Sir Thomas Inskip sald that the mollo the country should follow and adopt was: "Britain' Must Be Sate" (Cheers).
Dealing with aircraft expansion, Sir Thomas remarked: *Canada furtunately is beyond the practical country. We can establish there a wealth range of bombers from a hostile of experience bolh in management and labour that build machines to fly liere in increas
Casi
The Hampden type of plane chosen) for production in Canada at pre- sent could be flown straight across the Atlantic immediately upon de livery.-Reuter,
"Consequently," the "spokesman sald, "the Japanese naval authorities In the Yangtse are now doing every-ing streams."
but if free thing in their power to prevent inter-
comed
on the national navigation
who can any that a Yengise River mishap of one cort or another will ly in view of the drifting mines let never befall foreign vessels, especial- never be loose by the Chinese authorities in violation of the Hague Convention, and also of the remnants of Chinese troops and bandits still infesting the banks of the Yangise River."**
CHURCHOLL'S CRITICISM Sir Thomas Inskip's speech was 0ค motion in mau in me course of a debate the Liberal
opposition favour of the establishment Ministry of Supply, which was sup- Attlee and ported by Mr. Clement Mr. Winston Churchill. Chinese side
The spokesman referred to the re- cent case of the explosion of a float- ing mine near a foreign warship at Klukiang, which tho were quick to represent as the result of deliberate action on the part of the Japanese authorities.
of D
The latter declared that the equip- ment of the army was deplorable, though he acknowledged the navy was stronger relatively to the dani- The repetition of a similar caso or
the spokesman gers it might have to meet, and that mishap therefore, sald, would at once result in renewed in the air force the disparity Japanese tween Britain and Germany occusations against the naval authorities, so that it is only wider than when Lord Baldwin gave to be expected that they will take his parity pledge in 1935. every precaution to prevent such an
occurrence.
be was
Mr. Chamberlain, replying to the debate, said the Government could not accept the motion. He falled to and a powerful case for a Ministry of Supply in any of the speeches he bad heard. He was not convinced that the creation of a Ministry could or different results produce better
Arms Smuggling Another difficulty in connection with the free navigation of the Yang- the River at this stage iles in the smuggling of arms and ammunition by foreign merchant vessels for the Chinese troops and bandits, purely from the exlating system. Reuter. for commercial purposes and without the knowledge of their respective Governments. The Japanese Gov-
had
definite information ernment establishing many such cases,
"Some of the Chinese people sull remain anti-Japanese, but there are now many Chinese, the spokesman assertod, "who are favourably dia posed towards the Japanese and who- voluntarily submit, reliable informa- tion to the Japanese-authorilles re- garding the smuggling of arms carri- ed on by foreign vessels."
PRIZE WINNERS The prizewinners were:
Morley (Diocesan Doys Group 1-C. Setodil. S. F. Bux (Queen's College),
Group 2-6. el Arculii (La Salle Col- lege), b. M. Rodrigues (La Salle College).
(French Convent). N.VE Paula Hollands Singh (Queen's College), G. Rainer (Dio- crean Boys School).
(Diocesan Boys' Group 3.-F. Crabb School), Thung Lang-hoe (St. Stephen's College). T. Sequeiro (La Salle College), C. Semmeimann (Central Hellish Schools 1. Guterres (La Halle College),
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Explaining the first paragrogh in the statement made by the Foreign Office spokesman on November 14, namely, that the booms constructed by the Chiang Kai-shek regime at
31 ། Kiangyin have been removed by the Japanese forces only to such an ex- tent us to meet Japanese military that therefore the necessity waterway there is fully occupied by Japanese warships transports, the Admiralty spokesman admitted that, there is no reason why foreign vessels cannot pass the re-ope waterway at Klangyin when ese vessels can, but the booms Kiangyin are strongly built with sunken vessels and other materials and are very wide.
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it the waterway was 10-opened to general commercial navigation, "the Japanese would be unable to stand the increasing trouble," the spokes- inan declared, adding that the Japan- ese Navy now have their bands too full with the operations #tili
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Rescue Difficulties Stressed By Japanese Spokesman
Tokyo, Nov. 17. Regarding the question of the American gunboat Monocacy picking up the American refugees at Kuling, in the Lushan Mountain Range, and salling down the Yangtse from Kiu- klang to Shanghai, the spokesman of
considers the Admiralty
that the chief question will be how to rescue the American residents from Kuling, where remnants of the Chinese troops are still rampant, rather than thele transport from Kluklang Shanghai,
to
As regards the movement of the Monocacy to Shanghal, the spokes- man does not think the present time is opportune for such a purpose in view of the large number of drifting mines in the Yangtze River and also of the remnants of Chinese troops and bandits stiil infesting both banks of the Yangisa River—Domei,
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The following is the list of Jocal shure quotations laued this morning. TT, London
Banks H.K. Banius, $1,955_n.
H.K. Bank (Lon. Reg.), $82 n. 7. Chartered Bank, 20.
Mercantile Bank, A. & B., £274 п. Mercantile Bank, C. £13 n. East Asia Bank, $68 n.
Ipaurance
Cunton Ina, $220 p. Union Ins., $495 n. China Underwriters, $2 n. H.K. Fire Ins., $200 n.
Shipping
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Venz:
Goldfield, $3 n.
Hongkong Mines, 7 cts. n.
Philippine Mining Atamok, P. 481⁄4 sa. Atoks, P. 20 sa.
Gold, P
P. 24 sn.
Baguio
Benguet Consol, P. 12,805. Benguet Explor,
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Grove, P.
.51 62.
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E. Mindanao, P. — Gumaus G'fields, Ipo Go, P.-
Big
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Itogons,
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ds, Hotels, etc. Lands,
II. and S. Hotels, $0.48 v. H.K. Lands, $30 n.
G.
H.K. Lands 4% deb. 107% n. Shanghai Lands, Sh. $8.70 n. Metropolitan Lands, Sh. Humphries, $84 H.K. Realties, $5% n. Chinese Estates, ex. div. $98 n. Public Utilities H.K. Tramways, $10.50 sa. Peak
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TT. Japan
India
T.T. Batavia
Bangkok
T.T. Salgon TT. France ¡T.T. Germany
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U.S. Cross rate in London
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London, Nov. 17. Queen Maud of Norway, who has undergone an operation, was re- ported to-day to be going on satisfac- Lorily Reuter Special
H.K. Electrict, $80 s.
Macao Electric, $17 n. Sandakan Lights, $10 n.
$24,60 D. Telephone
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