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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
January 3, 1939.
WANG EXPELLED FROM KUOMINTANG Gross Indiscipline and Endangering Country Allegation
"ABJECT SURRENDER
TO THE ENEMY"
CHUNGKING, Jan. 2.
AT A FULL SESSION of the Standing Committee of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang yesterday afternoon, Wang Ching-wei was permanently expelled from the Party. by a unanimous vote.
The meeting was personally presided over by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, Chief Executive of the Kuomintang, and at- tended by twelve members of the Standing Committee, including General Feng Yu-hsiang, Dr. II. II. Kung, Dr. Sun Fo, General Ho Ying-chin and Mr. Yeh Chu-tsang.
Slimming Out Of Fashion
THE founding
of
or
Chair pf Castronumy at Oxford Cambridge was suggested by M. Emile Aymoz, maitre chef of the Dorchester flutel, in an address there recently to a gathering of doctorn. He pleaded for study of cuisine, research in nutrition and the training of men to minister to the bodily needs of the nation.
At the same time,
a special meeting was called by the Cen- Supervisory Committee which passed the same resolu- tion, expelling Wang permanent- ly from membership of the Kuomintang.
The main charge against Wang for his expulsion was, according to the resolution, Kross indiscipline ankl endangering of
the Party and the country;
At the same time that he was ex- pelled from the Party, Wang was dismissed from all posts he held. The resolution, whilch has been made
public, alleges that Wang, while under the important trust of the "Your nation should lead the Party, surréputiously world in the study of food and the post and fled to alien land to dissi-
deserted cooking of food," said M. Aymoz. "pate opinions diametrically opposed say boldly that the man who grows food, whether he is a farmer or a coffee planter, and the chef or cook who prepares it, are as important to the nation's well-being as any scientist or physician."
Because good food is the concern of everyone, he argued, in English- speaking countries all menus should
to the National Pulley.
his
The resolution branded Wang's proposal as abject surrender to Ute enemy, basing as i docs on Prince Konoye's preposterous de claration, which was aimed at the complete extermination
the Chinese nation.
of
be in English as well as in French. i. Wang's action, the resolution de
SHORTER MEALS Other points from M. Ayınoz's address were:
el
that
was
CHIANG KAI-SHEK
BIG FIRES -RAZE 100 HOUSES IN NAGASAKI
TOKYO, Jan. 1.
were
ABOUT 100 HOUSES
razed to-day in two big fires Cooking, like learning, could not be to the enemy and will in effect din Miyagi Prefecture in north- Is tantamount to surrender which took place at a small town exclusive. Good food was the right-turb the very foundation of the eastern Japan and at Nagasaki, ful possession of the people, and must nation. be presented to them in their own
The resolution states that Wang's in Kyushu respectively, tele- tanguage.
action and utterance are bitterly resented by
not only phone advices received here the Central indicate. Party but will not be tolerated by the entire nation.
Four hundred citizens were render- The resolution reiterates
homeless nt Onagawa-machi, China's holy war of resistence
Oshika County, in Miyagi Prefecture | started because of her desire to save and continued to burn until 4.30 a.m. where a fire broke out at 1.30 nm. herself from extinction.
This war, in which over a million Eighty-one houses including the xoldiers were killed and wounded bulidings of a local bank and å post- and many times that number
efflee were destroyed. civilians sacriliced, is for the sole Stricken people are shivering in the alm of fundamentally uprooting the cold wave which is sweeping the slalsier aggressive designs of the northern districts following prolong- ed snowfall. Rescue works are being The resolution
that rushed by the Prefectural Govern- points more glow Proposal not only speciously ment.
Another fire broke out in Nagasaki, over the enemy's demands, but) this actually helps the enemy to deceive capital of Nagasaki Prefecture in
and mislead.
Kyushu, where 15 houses have been burnt to the ground. The are was
Dieting. The modern woman no longer tries to slim herself down to n skeleton. A few years ago three women out of five would refuse to ent potatoes. Now not more than one in ten will pass them by, Food In much lighter. Heavy, starchy foods seldom appeur on the menu of any restaurant which prides itself on its cuisine.
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Shorter Meals-Even banquet nowadays seldom includes than five courses. Where Is shortening of meris to end? Soon we shall eat a smaller amount of a greater number of courses.
Dinner-time-The earlier the din ner hour, the more gastronomically minded the nation. The French between 7 and 7.38 usually <line The Spaniard seldom alts down to dinner before 10. The English, who like to dine between 8.30 and 9, huve probably chosen the best hour.
NUTRITIVE VEGETABLES
ing
chemy.
out
of
The resolution declares that dur-,
H.K. Residents In Chungking Honour Lists
CHUNGKING, Jan. 2.
A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT mandate issued on New Year's Day listed a number of Chinese and foreigners who will be presented with medals in recogni- tion of their meritorious services.
Two of the Chinese in the honour ilat are Sir Robert IIo Tung and Sir Shou-son Chow; of Hongkong.
Others include Mr. K. P. Chen, General Manager of the Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank, Mr. Jian Chen, General Manager of the Central Bank of Chinn, Mr. Yeh Tso- tang, General Manager of the Farmers Bank of China, Mr. Y. M. Chien, Chairman of the Bank of Com- munications, Mr.
Tsu - you Pel, Manager of the Bank of China, Mr. Hai Te-mou, chief of the Bank- ing Department of the Central Bank of Chinn, Mr. Lu Tso-fu, Vice- Minister of Communications, General Chlen Tsung-sch, formerly Managing director of the Lunghai Railway, Mr. T. L. Soong, General Manager of the Manufacturers Dank of China, Mr. Huang Jen-ling, director of the Officers Moral Endeavour Society, M. Paul Naggio, former French Am- bassador to Chinn, Dr. Arthur Young, adviser of the Ministry of Finance. M. Henri Hoppenot, Counsellor of the French Embassy.
CIVILIAN MARTYRS
Eighteen
elvilian officers, chosen from among an endless list of coses of unflinching devotion and fearless
A Look Through The "Telegraph"
50 YEARS AGO
BIS DAT QUI CITO DAT
Soldiers and Sailors Families' Association
For aiding the wives and families of men of all branches of the land and sea forces of the United King-
dom.
Patrons Her Majesty the Queen, President: R. The Princess of Wales.
A branch of this most useful and now so widely extended over England and India, has been started in this Military command, under the name of THE BONGKONG AND STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SOL- DIERS AND SAILORS FAMILIES' ASSOCIATION,
benoficent Association. the time of war, any people of put under control shortly after 7 the nation are bound by the wartime o'clock in the morning---Domei. polley of the nation and any member of the Party is. mitted to net in contravention of the
12. absolutely Party's official decision.
not per-
There is beyond dispute, the solution states, that Wang's action wed in opposition to Party discipline
was in
the
would endanger the Party and
Territorial Army Strength
for tho
Territorial
Recruiting Vegetables. At the beginning of the country, and on this count he was Army created new records recently.
the season English vegetables arc mintang.
better than French. The English allow their vegetables to grow too. large before eating them.
permanently dispelled from the Kuo-The intake of 9,000
recruits
was the best for any November since the The resolution in conclusion en- War, and the net increase of 0,113 The Joins the whole people to safeguard brings the total strength of the T. A English method of cooking vegetables their spiritual solidarity from on December 1 to 200,190 all ranks retains their nutritive qualities far swerving by basing their conviction the highest figure ver achieved
Generalissimo's speech better than the more complicated and on the
of since the T.A. was reconstituted in attractive French methods,
December 20 delivered at the 1921. The total is therefore only Meat. England produces the best memorial meeting
of the Central a few hundreds below the establish- beef and lamb in the world, France Party Headquarters.-Central News,
ment fixed for the Territorial Army the best veal and chickens. America's
at November 1, 1938. A higher establishment of about 224,000 now in view.
finest contribution to gastronomy is the Hamburger, a form of minced beef,
M. Aymoz added that the, popular revival of interest in good cooking
would probably come from Amerlen, Americans took a greater interest In their food than the English.
LETTERS
Wang Ching-wei
To the Editor,
Hongkong Telegraph.
Sir, Mr. Wang Ching-wel's pence message loss its value when the Chl- nese people realise that a Great Na- tion and a Great People are reborn and that the Invaders are on the eve of a general upset. China must win the War in the Spring of 1039:
Joining hands with a Totalitarian Country is not a good polley, I gest Mr. Wang to read In "Les Fables de la Fonlaine Le Loup et l'Agneau" and he will konw his
H. T. LUK.
Wronk.
Sees World Wrong Way Round
A
GOOD YEAR
The London Division has moved A cable received by the Hong Kong up the list to second place with a Office of the Manufacturers Life percentage of 100.6. Five
anti- Insurance Company contained the aircraft divisions with a combined Hond wishes of the Head Office officials strength of 05,870 all ranks are in- to Mr. E. J. R. Mitchell and his asso- cluded in the returns for the elates, on an exceptionally good your time. In addition to the 18 divisions Business in force for 1038 exceeds from which returns $572,000,000 (Canadian) which is a there are to-day in the Territorini nre compiled, substantial increase over the total for Army many coast defence corps and
Jermy units.
1037,
SUPPORT FOR CHIANG
first
Wang Berated By H.K.C. Women
The Chinese Relief Organisations of Hongkong, headed by the II.K. Branch of the National Women's Relief Association, sent a telegram to the National Government and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek yesterday, voicing their approval of the measures taken by the Kuomintang and Government in de- priving Wang Ching-wel of membership in the Kuomintang and in dismissing him from all the government offices,
Additionally, the women pledge their support for the Generalissimo's policy of determined resistance.
The telegram
out points
that and his group from Chungking has Jopan, expecting peace offer from clarified the politient and diplomatie China after the fall of Canton and stand of the Central Government Hinakow, and astounded by China's which was secretly menaced by the more determined stand and greater sinister schemes of the pro-Japanese power of resistance, has resorted to elements hidden under its shadow." this mean trick of dividing China "As our firin determination to fight Internally.
the aggressor to the bitter end is The public needs to know that the thus better known to the world, we future prospect of the war of resist shall be brought into sull closer rela- By standing on your head and look ances, for "from being clouded by tions with those friendly Powers, Ing in a mirror you can get a glimpse Wang Ching-wel's betrayal," is on sympathetic with our course for the of the world as it appears to 8-year- the contrary much brightened by the defence of law and civilisation. old Richard Kenealy, of Chicago, revelation that Japan has been com- Concluding, the Hongkong Relief Richard suffers from that rare opticalpelled to employ political means to Organisations express their satisfac disease which causes him to see deal with the China problem as ation with the measures taken by the everything through his right eye in result of sixteen months' exhaustion Central Government and the General- revered. Doctors are busy trying to of her power of aggression, which is Issimo in dimplesing Wang Ching-wei Ar up a cure that will be permanent, no more capable of making further from all the government and party onable Richard to see the same things | advanco.........
Jofficos, "and: voice strong support for the spine way round pe his school- The telegram hiso calls attention Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and
to the fact that the flight of Wang his policy,
Dow
It is founded for the purpose of alding the Wives and Families of men of all branches of II.M. Forces Boring or who shall hereafter servo in Hongkong or in the Straits Settlo- ments, and co-operating generally with the Parent Association in England, by collecting funds and furnishing In- formation about the families of soldiers and sailors serving here, who may need Assistanco at home.
25 YEARS AGO
The wedding was solemnized at St. Andrew's Church of Mr. C. C. Stark, of the Vacuum Oil Co. Ltd., and Miss Anderson, at the Kowloon School. The Rav. N. C. Popa performed the care-
mony,
*
The
unusuri phenomenon of frost was witnessed ni Kowloan. Big tracta of genes were covered with a thick boar frost, which, on examination, proved to -lie in thick layers on all undergrowth. The sight was an extremely pretty one, nad it aroused much curiosity on the part of those who happened to be about
before the sun's rays had melted the frost,
The lowest temperature during the phet by dry bulb was 49 and by wet bulb 46. No record was kept of the Lemperature on the grase, but the con- ditions wore certainly most favourable for a low grasa-temperaturo,
it was as long ago as 1891 that a temperature as low as freezing point (32 degrees) was recorded in Hong
koog.
10 YEARS AGO
The Inst two days have been days
of grave anxiety for Is Majesty, the King For a period of nearly thirty- six hours, the doctors were unable to report any change in the King's condi- tion, and having regard to the extreme weakness, this fact has aroused deep
concern.
Yesterday evening, New Year's Day. however, a bulletin was issued announc ing that now enlelum treatment WRE having benefielal resuits, and that slight Improvement in the general condition was apparent.
A much more hopeful tone now pro- valls, though several days must elapse before anxiety in relieved.
Mr. T. Bullin and Mr. . . Forsyth have been taken into partner ship in the firm of Meanre. Linstend and Davis, Chartered Accountants.
5 YEARS AGO
The Governments of Paraguay and Hollvia have agreed to prolong the Christmas holidays truce in the Oran Chaco confict until January 14.
.
There are two Hongkong names in the Now Year's Honours List, the Hon. Dr. A. It. Wellington, J.P., Director of Medical and Sanitary Services, recely- ing the 0.1.0, decoration, and Mr. Tang Bhiu-kio, J.P., being made a Member of the Most Excellent Order; of the British Empire.
patriotism, were singled out by the National Government to illustrate the fine flower of civilian loyalty nursed by the fire and blood of war during the past year.
Halling from widely scattered places all over the country, these eighteen officers vie with the nation's soldiery in their undying deeds of devotion and sacrifice to the national cause. Many of them have given their lives to the country, a few are still living: all of them have won the recognition of the Government and the admiration and gratitude of their own people.
Heading the list is Fan Cho-sien, member of the Shantung Provincial Government, who died fighting re- cently at Liaocheng. Fan's youngest son find previously given his life dur- Ing the counter-attack on Telnan, when he charged the enemy bravely with a group of faithful followers,
Meng Shih, the faithful direclor of telegraphs at Pingyao, Shanal, is second on the honour roll. Meng and his wife, nee Wang, both hanged themselves when forced by the Japanese to hand over their charge,
The
magistrate of Linochenk, Shantung, who died together with Fan Cho-sien, after a whole day's gallant fighting, outside the city gate, is listed third in the galaxy of honour, while Lin Chuan-chien, the chief of police, who also died, is the fourth.
Next on the list is Chu Peng-shou. the chief engineer of the Tlenisin Telephone Office, who was kidnapped, by Japanese authorities and killed after indescribable atrocities.
The sixth, Wang Shih-tien, is still living -Wang wan the retiring magistrate of Ningkuo, Anhwel, and did wonderful work helping the military and
and evacuating the civilians, all at a time when he was inflicted with sickness.
Yang Tsi-vien, special administra- tive inspector of Shansi, comes seventh.
All
Yang's family are kid- napped by the Japanese, but. Yang fights on, placing the trust of his country ahead of the fate of his beloved,
The eighth and ninth, Wang Wen- kwei and Wang Sien-lin, are magis- trates of Changhing, Cheklang, and Tangho, Honan. They both have given exceptional
service
assisting
the milltary in the war.
Chang Hsl-won, the tenth. is the magistrate of Tsunyan, Shansi, and the lender of i militia corps against the Japanese invaders.
Wang Tion-yun,
the eleventh, magistrate of Hohsien, Anhwel, was twice responsible for the recovery of his magistracy from the Japanese.
Next on the list are LI
Shun, magistrate of Szchsien, Ting Shu-pon, special administering investigator of Hupel, Miao Chung-han, magistrate of Julchang, and Hsiung Kung-11. ringistrate of Ihsien, whose guerilla activities after the fall of their cities grenity helped the eventual recapture of these places.
The sixteenth and seventeenth honour goes to Li Shih and Li Tse- chia, both magistrates, who fought the Japanese unremittingly despite. the fall of their cities. Li Tse-chia has since given his life to the coun- try.
"Concluding the list is Ma Shih- hung, who was captured by the Shantung, fell into the hands of the Japanese when his city, Pingyuan,
enemy. Ma Was killed by the Japanese after repeated refusal to submit-Central News,
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opparently he opened the window to drive them off, aver- balanced on a rickety chate, and fell,"
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