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WHITEAWAY'S
Hongkong Telegraph
No. 15434
royo 188 回拜禮 號四十月一十英港香
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24,
1938. 日三初月十
Lord Nuffield Sets Aside £500,000
"Iron Lungs" " For H.K. Hospitals: Colony Included in
EV
Gift
Local Institutions To Receive Respirators
VERY HOSPITAL IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE, INCLUDING THE QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL, KOWLOON HOSPITAL, ALICE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND OTHERS IN HONGKONG, WILL BE PRESENTED WITH AN "IRON LUNG”—THE ARTIFICIAL RESPIRA- TOR USED IN INFANTILE PARALYSIS CASES BY LORD NUFFIELD.
Lord Nuffield
BATTLE
NEAR
SHUM CHUN
Japanese Land Near H.K. Frontier
The munificent gift was announced by the well-known British philanthropist last night.
Up to 5,000 “iron lungs," costing appro- ximately £500,000, will be manufactured in the Cowley Works for distribution free to the Empire.
It is probable that one of the major Government hospitals in Hongkong will receive two or three of the respirators, while one each will be presented to other hospitals.
AVAILABLE IN MARCH
LONDON, Nov. 23.
LORD NUFFIELD, the well- known British philanthropist, to-day announced that he intends to provide every hospital and institution in the British Em- pire with the "iron lung." Some of the large hospitals may have three or four.
It is expected that all of the iron Jungs required will be available by next March.
It is proposed to give up to 5,000 iron lungs, which will represent a total benefaction of £500,000.
Lurd Nufield's announcement of his benefaction was made by him to the press in his office at Cowley, Oxford.
He said that the artificial respira- tors will be manufactured in the Cowley Works.
At present they cost £98 each, and he was prepared to manufacture any
number.
Afer the demand had been satisfied. stocks would be kept at Cowley in case of need.
FRANCO
GERMAN POLICY
Joint Declaration To Be Published
Paris, Nov. 23. Publication of TE Joint Franco- German declaration of policy would appear to be imminent, according to Information supplied by diplomatic circles here,
They state that complete agree- ment has been reached between the two governments concerning the con- tents at the document, the text of which is said already to have been drawn up.
Although the average time a person The declaration is further stated to occupies the lung is from 10 to 14 be very restricted in its scope, and days, nine months might be the period to be confined to generalities. needed for a patient's recovery.
Lard Nuffield said: "It seems
Britain Willing To Mediate
LONDON, Nov. 23. ASKED BY MR. ARTHUR HENDERSON in the House of Commons to-day to make a statement on the recent discussions between the British Ambassador and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, Mr. R. A. Butler, Under- Secretary for Foreign Affairs said that the Ambassador recently visited Central and Western China in the course of his duties in order to maintain contact with members of the Chinese Government.
GERMANY
of Various aspects
Sino- British relations were discussed In the interview with Chiang Kai-shek.
LEVIES FINE plied in the negative when he
ON JEWS
Thin Edge Of Wedge For Confiscation
BERLIN, Nov. 23. A DECREE has been issued levying a fine of 20 per cent. on all Jewish property holdings above £400.
It is believed that by this means the authorities will col- lect the £80,000,000 fine payable instalments, each amounting to five per cent, of the value of the property.
Photos show A.RIP. exercises in progress outside the C.8.0. ofices in four yesterday-Staff Photographer,
Pact Between Germany
And
Czecho-Slovakia
Diplomatic that aiste affairs when
will declaration
contain Grstly, Infantile affirmation of Franco-German friend- suffering from paralysis might be saved, and in a ship, secondly, affirmation that the JAPANESE TROOPS large percentage of cases, cured, frontiers feelings of the two countries
andreadful dife of the to me declines, cries beleve at the Settles Nationalities
armed launches.
dle."
03
nature, thirdly, that the two cour-
The instalments will be payable on December 15, February 15, May 13, and August 15.
The
ment.
or
Mr. Malcolm MacDonald re-.
was asked whether the inter- view
sought on the was instruction of His Majesty's Government.
Replying to a supplementary question, Mr. Butler declared that the Government naturally would consider any suggestion made by both sides touching upon mediation.-Router,
LATE NEWS
Kaifeng Taken By Chinese
to
.i..
HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT RESIGNS
'Chinese forces recaptured Kol- Foreign Jews are exempt, while in cases of mixed marriage only the feng, capital of Honan Province on Lung-hal railway yesterday property of the Jewish partner will the
according
reliable rnorasing, be taxed.
However the non-Jewish partner Chinese reports from Loyang.
The Japanese are retreating east- must stand surety.
German Government may wards with considerable casualties. reduce the lovy even to the limit In northern Honan the Japanese reached prior to the last instalments also suffered reverses in Poal, which being paid, and the levy may also has been retaken. by the Chinese. be increased in the event of the total Fighting is now raging at Yentsing
on the right flank of the Pelping BERLIN, Nov. 23.
come from it being Insufficient. The Government has empowered Hankow railway north of the Yellow
(Further 'Late News on effected a new South China without this machine they is stable, and that Germany has no AN AGREEMENT which will come into force on November the Ministry of Finance to x the River, the reports: add.
demands on France of a territoriol 20 has been concluded between Germany and Czecho- conditions under which securile
Page 12.) Lord Numeld explained that On landing in the Po
It is further provided that Infantile paralysis was most prevalent tries are agreed to consult with each Slovakia concerning the questions of citizenship and the right real estate will be accepted as pay- the levy is to be exacted only in district, a few miles from in warm climates, it was Intended to other in the event of difficulties of of option that arises out of the cession of the Sudetenland to
any sort arising. supply the big cities first.
the Relch.
cases where assets exceed liabilities and further that over £100, and the Hongkong frontler.
in the first three months of 1940, Enquiries at the Qual d'Orsay Under the terms of this agreement, and reciprocally to Germans living by
clalma on property nearly 100,000 lungs would be ready elicited the reply that no informa- Czecho-Slovak nationals residing in Czecho-Slovak territory,-Trans- insurgence
damaged during rioting are to be The landing was effected for distribution in preparation for the tion could be furnished regarding the areas which were incorporated in Ocean.
turned over to the date of publication of
Immediately declaration, the Reich on or before October 10 JOINT DECLARATION ISSUED Berlin, Nov. 23.
Government as part of the levy.- by about 2,000 troops from Bummer.
They had worked very closely with but informed quarters believe that last will, on principle, become Ger- that they the young Australlan inventor of the it will be published on Wednesday man citizens, provided
A joint declaration by the German United Press. machine to improve it, although the evening-Trans-Ocean.
were born in the said areas prior to and Czecho-Slovak governments was
LONDON CONFERENCE Talpengshing, a coastal town present was most successful. ILS
January 1, 1910, or lost their quality published to-day in which the op
London, Nov, 23. of German citizenship on January pointment of a permanent German- in Talchun Bay, about twelve chief advantages was its lightness,
10, 1030 in consequence of the Czecho-Slovak Committee is an- In the House of Commons to-day mile, from the Canton-Kowloon which aided transportation, and it
nounced, whose duty will be to Mr. Malcolm MacDonald announced Political circles here maintain Treaty of Versailles, Railway at the border town of could be worked by hand, if electrical
settle, by negotiation, all questions that formal invitations to the Pales- power was not available.
complete silence concerning French Shum Chun, and about five miles
Persons, other than those of Ger- relating to the "ethnical character of the London Conference had been Originally produced for cases of in-press reports concerning the alleged
man lineage who settled after the national groups in either country, sent to Egypt, Iraq, Arable, Trans- from the Hongkong "frontier, fantile paralysis, it could be used in projected visit to Paria of the Belch January 1, 1910 in the areas which The committee will consist of four Jordanin and the Jewish Agency.
IN A VOTE to-day Parlia- was captured by the Japanese other forms of lung failure, and in Foreign Minister, Herr Joachim von were united with the Reich on permanent members, namely one re
The Government desired the Arab after a bitter fight with Chinese cases of gas-polsoning in war-time. Ribbentrop, at the end of November October 10 last, murk Leave them presentative of the Home Office and delegation to be representative of nil ment, by 118 to 95, over ruled
Premier Imredy.... self-defence corps.
It is noteworthy that the reports before July 10, 1938, should thres Foreign Office aspectively in Berlin important groups and
Hit defeat was caused chiefly by the are not denied, and the general months' notice to this affect be given und Prague. In case of necessity, Palestine. impression
German them by the German authorities, the committee may call in representu prevailing In
Mr. MacDonald added that he was defection of numerous Deputies from political cireles appears to be that The Czecho-Slovak Government lives of other ministries in boll also in
the Government Party majority in to be striking overland towards Clock Conserves Time both overnments
The Guion with Yemen: are anxious to undertakes to admit such persons in countries in equal numbers,
attitude regard protest against limitation of debate Shum Chun, and are stated to
encourage the establishment of so far as they are of Czecho-Slovak Meetings of the committee will being the Mufti of Jerusalem was well-on Important Bills, and charging the San Jose, Cal.
in Germany and
of "dictatorship" methods. have reached a village called:
held in rotation George Jorgenson, student at Ban neighbourly relations, and to develop nationality. Shulbul, which is not shown on Jose State College, has perfected for a polley along the lines laid down
conceded by the Czecho-Slovakia, and the chair will known, but If, after consultation, it uze at Munich,
agreement the War Office maps of the area, the inmates of the co-operative house
portees should be members of the towards the Jews. an alarm clock that reduces getting
It is believed that these matters Government in the case of Czecho-Czech delegates.
Should no agreement be reached on delegation, the Government would Premier Inredy has resigned,
The National Socialists are jubj- The apparent objective of the up in the morning to the lowest were discussed in the course of the Slovak citizens of derman descent
conver. who settled after January 1, 1910 In any given question by the committee, provide faciluer.
Mr. MacDonald hoped that the dis-lant, and declared that: to-day' Japanese is to take over control possible degree of waste of energy, new Franch Ambassador's
Herr the present territory of the Czecho-s provided that the two govern cussions would start within the next events which divided Parliament Into
menta aball forthwith enter Into
A two almost equal sections, had of the entire length of the The clock automatically rings the sation with Herr Hitler and
few weeks. Canton-Kowloon Railway, which alarm, and then turns it off, starts von Ribbentrop, but it seems certain Slovak. State.
The right of option is granted direct negotiations.
Asked whether attention had been greatly weakened the parliamentary semi-official German the radio, and puts into operation, an that no step will be taken on either
com- In under" nominal Chinese, con electrical toaster, all without the wide before the conclusion of the until May 29, 1920 to persons not of
and United Pres trol butRAM- the Hongkong necessity of anyone getting out
(Confinued on- descent living in areas mentary, published simultaneously drawn to statements appearing in the Government of Hungaryteuder or visit of the British statesmen to Paris. German
(Continued on Page 43 *-* ? ----Trans-Ocean..
recently Incorporated in the Reich, TAMMER AKA Bheklung.
1bed.
The Japanese are now stated
Router.
RIBBENTROP FOR PARIS
Interests In
Adverse Vote On Dictatorship Charge
BUDAPEST, Nov. 23.
Similar rights are scho-Slovak)be taken alternately by German and was considered that any Arab de- Others protested against the policy
to the