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Hainan Invasion
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"Dear Youth, by the ring the pledge of love, I prize thee all others far abovel
I love thy temper meek and kind
Tucked underneath each raised group of flowers in
Bé. this old-fashioned Valentine was a pleture. neath the forget-me-nots the hero and heroine were to be seen at the altor.
Those Ardent
HE patron Saint of Crinoline, and Whis kers worn by Lord Dundreary, is with us once again. To-morrow is St. Valentine's Day.
Valentines
A. TOKEN OF AFFECTION
| CONQUEST
OF AN ISLAND
UNTIL the beginning of Sino-Japanese hostili- ties, Hainan Island, which is about the same size as near- by Formosa and which has a temperate climate similar to that of Hawaiian Islands, had been more or less a "Paradise Lost"-at least in point of public interest-to the rank and file of the Chinese populace and their business leaders. Indeed,
chivalry and gentle femininity. vapid whisperings and plaintive probably not more than half But these, alas! are hidden in gigglings behind small fans at of the European residents How pleasantly this most un- usual name falls upon the car; the limbo of unforgotten things; even smaller jokes made by Cap- of Hongkong knew exactly Valentine! Of the Saint himself, jazz strikes its queer, discordant tain Valentine, of the dashing where it was, all that I know is in his favour, note upon the harp a Sullivan 28th, must have been grim per- Geographically, Hainan is the
"Sweet maid, the look within my mother's eyes
IT IS NOT only France who the Japanese occupation of Hainan Island with apprehension.
True, French interests are those primarily involved. A Japanese submarine base at
But, pretty as the posies were | either of Hainan's two scaports which brought, on lace-fringed would effectively isolate French scrolls, Love's protestations, it Indo-Chinu in the event of war.tine versez
must not be supposed that Valen- were always those Take a look at a map of this whispered by a Romeo in part of the world, and see how Juliet's ear. effectively Hainan dominates southern China, the Malay Peninsula, the Philippine Is lands.
aceing that each year, near by once touched. the Ides of March, he hands to able from honeymoon to far man and maid tickets transfer-
Reno.
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"Be mine."
is translated into:
"Cheerio, old thing, let us get a kick out of seeing the Registrar bioke."
sons to deal with from a lover's point of view.
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southernmost possession of And were those maidens real-China, with an area of 14,000 ly so dismally innocent as they square miles. It is easily appeared or are supposed to have cessible by boat or air, being 30 been?
houra by steamer from Canton
It is hard to believe that their and three hours by air from open-eyed wonderment in public Hongkong. Lying midway be
I fear me greatly that the old, was carried to such lengths when tween Singapore and Shanghai,
old Valentine will never again they were closeted together, the island possesses the possi-
venture from its tinted album minus Aunt Tabitha. or its oval frame to brave the
bility of becoming an important
And then, too, the gentlemen buffets of outrageous modern
HAICHOW SLEEPY PORT
The printer of the day was fortune, although many bout of the Valentine period, as a col port of call for South Sens liners, anonymously were things with lace survives can still be bought thing but companions for whom well aware that insults hurled ful examples on which a hint of lection, if their chroniclers are correct, must have been any- which to swell his passbook, and to-day.
Pretty Custom
of
At present, the only harbour so without delay set about de- Maybe, phoenix-like, another their company.
to borrow money to be spent in note is Holhow, a sleepy town of 30,- 1000, lying on the northside of the signing atrocious faces, beneath Valentine will rise, for every which he get rhymes of the most generation gets what it deserves,
Island, facing Kwanglung. This hur- Wasp-waisted and pomatum bour is poorly constructed, shallow insulting kind.
and in This Year of Grace per- smothered, their humour, as we and exposed to wind. Steamers call- haps we'll see a picture of a sun- read it, would to-day seem "too ing at the island have to stop amid streams und in times of a small storm, bather and a Lido nymph with utterly boring." these delightful lines beneath: Love, we are told, was on boat passengers usually prefer to Valentine's Day a century ago wait for hours for the sea to calm Last night, old thing, I was G-
tremely tight,
chivalrous, courtly, and gentle, than to risk the crossing in sampana.
One of the first things that has to And could not say the things you Cupid seemed to have used
thought I might;
putter rather than a driver inj be done in developing the island is to` But if at the Berkeley Bar you'll those difficult times, and they build a new harbour, preferably on
meet me, Mabel,
A
Un-
LAS! It was the plain,
varnished truths that
Japanese planes, based on the island, would be brought for the first time within non-stop bomb ing range of the great naval base at Singapore.
Japanese warships or sub- brought the Valentine into dis- marines, operating from Hai-repute. nan, would effectively control all shipping cast of Singapore.
Hongkong would be as effec- tively isolated as if the Japanese controlled Lyemoon Pass.
The Philippines, also, would be within non-stop bombing range of Japanese planes. The distances between Manila and
the nearest point on Hainan Island is only 500 miles.
Hainan is the largest island off the China coast-larger than
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must have been difficult, when the south or west side. I'll pop the question and you'll say we remember that the ladies) Some 2,500,000 people, who
"Yes" if you are able!
arc
We are told to-day that Valen- tines will one day regain their former popularity. Let us hope; then, on lavender-scented paper,
were in meat safes and the described as "extremely Industrious," and not with a dandelion ram- Personally, I am all for to-day, gentlemen in skin-tight panta-populate the island. Among this pant on a hymn of hate.
even though the modern sophis Toons, which hardly
permitted number are some 500,000 aborigines. of Lolo, Miao, and mixed stock of tom flourish now, I wonder, in ling,
But will a bygone pretty cus- ticated maiden is a trifle start- them to sit, let alone to kneel.
If they had been attired in the Maloys, Indians and Siamese. these days of sex equality? I The ladies of the 'sixties, with loose lounge suits of to-day, they
The climate of the Island is dry, their down-cast eyes, their con--who doubt it much.
knows?-might have neither too warm in the summer nor tinual astonishment at the dis- conducted themselves very dif- frigid in the winter. A preliminary ankle-long pantalettes
(Continued on Page 11.) which guarded the dainty legs of covery of the obvious, their the 'sixties have gone for ever. Women to-day blush only from their dressing-table, on which the puff and lipstick sleep o restlessly side by side.
The
The cocktail of to-day is the Valentine of yesteryear, while! the dialogue of the sex novel in the love approach which was the song of the commercial minor poet.
In Dulcet Tones
Formosa. France has no desire to have Japan overlooking her rich territories on the mainland territories that are half as large again as France itself. That is why, since the Japanese first threatened Hainan Island last year,
the French rushed I estra troops, extra planes and extra warships to Indo-China.
But, as the totalitarian states jalways do, Japan choose well the
time to launch her raid.
.
once
bygone times the swain, beneath the shade of yew or elm, pleaded his cause and urged his suit in dulcet tones breath- ing a hope that
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No dove o'er head Would truer be
Than this poor heart
Flung at the feet
Of his adored
France is pre-occupied with Spain. With Franco's troops on For her to trample on. her frontier, with a quarter In 1987 this lovely key, used million refugees streaming to unlock the floodgates of an- across her borders, she has little other's soul, has given place to time at present to attend to her "What about it?"" affairs in the Far East.
I have grave doubts whether Not until Spain censes to St. Valentine, born in the pretty dominate affairs in Europe can buried in the unseemly bustle of silken hoop, la not for ever France or for that matter, our grandmama. Great Britain, afford to turn too much attention to the Far East. In the meantime, Japan pre-
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A Show Of Chivalry
WOULD that it were not so: would it were, possible once
- more to applaïd even a show of
GRIN AND BEAR IT
SIX DAY BIKE RACE
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survey indicates that rubber, coco- nuts, all kinds of tropical fruits, coffee, cotton and numerous other things enn be raised on the land. The
By Lichty stund, when fully developed, is cup-
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able of supporting at least 6,000,000 people, or three times the present number,
Underground there is rich tin ore, which has scarcely been touched. When proper modern mining fack- ties are used, the island can easily supply one-tenth of the world's tin Rupply. It was pointed out recently that Singapore, whore tin mines were undeveloped some 50 years ago, is to.... day producing seven-tenths of the world's tin supply ny a result of well- planned development.
VACATION SPOT
In a scenic way Halman should be оле
vaca- of China's future
!!on spots, if บาย Japanese leave again. Ita rugged I mountains, with its natural landscape enhanced by an abundance of trees, are good for hunting. Its beautiful rivers beckon the angler, while its benches provide a well-Inid- out oniurat swimming pool.
The Island in days gone by pro- duced many leading statesmen, au- thors and poets, whose names to-day adorn pages of China's history. Su Tung-pu, the famous poet of the Sung
island was once exiled to this
In modern times, Hainan cinima na its native song and daughters the family, of Mr..T. V. Soong, whose father, the late Ray. Soong Yao-ju.. was born on the Jaland.
in-.
But to put Halan on
on China's dustrial, ogricultural and tourist map, many things would have to be done. One of the moro urgent 1) Die?hghting of- malarió, which his ströpped up. „during the years, when. Hainan "wOE neglected by the nation's beenhānu thorities.