1932-06-29 — Page 7

前

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1932.

Mr. MacDonald's Hopes Dashed Again

(Continued from Page 1.)

A speciali

THE CHINA

RECEPTION AT CHINESE CHAMBER.

Sp

in to

.M. Herriot was accompanied, believed to be inminent. by the French Finance Minister, meeting of the British Cabinet, to GEN, TSAI TING-KAI DEPARTS, M. Germain Martin, and Herr attend which three British delegates Von Panen by the German For-had returned from Switzerland, was eign Officer, Herr Von Neurath. held last night, and it is understood Secrecy was maintained as to it was called primarily to consider the lines along which the discus-the disarmament policy in the light sions developed, although it is as- of the Hoover Scheme. sumed that Mr. MacDonald and

General Tsai Ting-kai, hero of the Shanghai war, and leader of the 19th. Route Army, left the Colony by special train for Can-1 Special attention is being paid ton at 8.50 this morning, and is the other British Ministers were here to the naval aspect of the lue to arrive at that city at 12.12 engaged in a further effort to loover proposals, for it is felt thatp.m. effect accord in the Franco-Ger-in this field, man views.

further It was not until late yesterday The argent need for that the General decided at what

Causes

MAIL.

Of Cholera and Its Prevention

Essentially A Waterborne Disease

ONSET COMMENCES WITH SEVERE PURGING.

DR. LI SHU-FAN'S LECTURE

46

Britain has already The General was accompanied given an important lead, and has by about 30 of his staff.

'Cholera and its prevention" was the subject It was arranged that the meet-dune most to contribute to ing should be resumed to-night, discussions,

Mr. ilugh substantial naval reductions is ful-titre he would have, and conse of a most instructive lecture, delivered in Chinese, This afternoon, Gibson, Chief American Delegately recognised, but the opinion in quently he evaded many of the at Geneva, visited Mr. Mac-authoritative British circles is that crowd that has followed on his by Dr. Li Shu-fan, M.B., Ch.B., D.T.M. & H., Donald at Lausanne and discuss-them would prove less effective in heels since his arrival in the, F.R.C.S. (Edin) before members of the St. John's Ambulance Brigade at King's College on Monday ed the disarmament problem with the American method of achieving Colony.

evening.

him.

Private Meeting of Eight Nations.

results, and les appropriate to the

He was. however, accorded a present circumstances of different naval powers, than the plan favour hearty welcome by many passen gers who were awaiting for the The General Committee of the ed by the British Government.

for usual Cantau train, and rousing In regard to battleships Disarmament Conference is to meet again next week. Mean-example, it is urged that the re-cheers were given as the special

gunsteamed out of the station, the maximum

Tea Party Yesterday. while, the delegates of eight na-duction of

the at 16 inches by tions met privately at the resi-calibre fixed

General Tsai Ting-kai, of 19th. De-London Treaty should be effected,

the the Spanish dance

Army fame, was Madaria-and acompanyingi t, there should Route de Senor

a tea-party legate,

to be redactions in the tonnage of guest of honour at ં, at Geneva to-day, discuss the Hoover proposals, these units from 35,000 to 25,000 iven by the officials of the Chin- ese Chamber of Commerce yes- and it was decided to depute the tons.

The Hoover plan also contem- terday. Belgian Delegate, M. De Brouc-

Mr. Wong Kwong-tin presided. kere, to inquire from the Ameri-plates the extent of submarines up

A resume of the lecture is given below:-

Dr. Li Shu-fan said:-Cholera is (3) Flies. It is now an establishedj fact that flies do carry infection an acute infectious disease due to

to exposed food and drinks. It the inplantation of the cholera

was found that the house-fly harbours the vibrio as long as vibrin in the gastro-intestinal tract, characterised by repeated purging,

5 days. In a certain epidemic one-half of the in- elsewhere muscular cramps and rapid collapse. Origin and Causation.

fected houses were found withi This disease is endemic in certain

flies infected. parts of the tropics such as in India,

while it occasionally assumes

an

can Delegation for further de-te 1,200 tons, whereas in the Bri-

the complete and welcomed the General, and epidemic form in temperate zones the period between the infection and

tails regarding the proposed tish view, failing "Police component," contained in abolition of these vessels, they wished him and his soldiers the especially in the Summer.

the Hoover suggestions, and re-should be limited in garding land effectives.

London, Yesterday.

-

Important developments in the Geneva disarmament conference are

,cessant

muscular

The incubation period, that is, The the out-break of the disease, varies spread of cholera is very much from a few hours to a few days,

seldom more than a week. 200 greatest of success in their forth-favoured by excessive humidity.

coming campaign against the

Earlier records show that cholera What Are The Initial-Symptoms? The onset is abrupt, usually tors, which it is believed, would be Bandits in the Fukien Province, is a disease of the remotest anti- Sir John Simon flew back to adequate for defence purposes.

When

the appropriate occasion and added that the accomplish-

to time spread as an epidemic over severe purging followed rapidly by Geneva from London to-day.

arises the British Government willment of this expedition would quits in Bengal and has from time without warning, commencing with certainly save the Chinese from the rest of India. In 1817 it began, vomiting which may become in-

Very soon British Wireless Service.

put forward its

att yproosals

to extend all over Asia. the Communist ravaged areas, The vibrio is a comma shaped crumps appear, especially in the legs be agonising. As the Geneva, which with the important much suffering and hardship in

can only be detected which may After a brief reply by General microbe, and contributions made by other powers, will enable the Disarmament Con- ference to evolve a scheme for Trai Ting-kai, light refreshments by the microscope with a magnifica- result of the rapid loss of body in almost any food-stuff. Auid, thirst becomes extreme, while during the burden of armaments were served and a group photo-readily

tion of over 1,000 times. It thrives progressive exhaustion inevitably in such a way as will take into ac-graph taken. count the varying responsibilities The entire premises of the readily in almost any foodstuff. follows. The stools although at Chamber of Commerce were de-The vibrio may survive as long as frst are yellow, soon become white of the different powers.

corated with flags and flowers. 14 days in sen-water, hence the dan-thus the name "rice-water strols" The General was greeted by the ger of partially cooked fish, and al- was given, when the purging is .... The stools are odour- Direct discussions betwen the Chairman, Mr. Wong Kwong-tin though a few minutes of drying will frequent Prench Premier M. Herriot, and the and the Secretary, Mr. Lee Wan-kill it outright, it may live for less. The ten erature is generally German Chancellor, Here Von kum. Among those present were several weeks in moist linen. It is under normal and the pulse becomes The new building for the Chinese Public Dispensary, Kowloon City Pupen, and their colleagues, were the Hon. Mr. S. W. Tsu, the Hon. found numerous in the vomited con-feeble. Although consciousness is Mr. T. N. Chau, and Messrs. Litents and stools of cholera patients. retained at this stage, collapse may! ensue at any moment. The patient Kwok Siu-lau, Li

Mode of Infection. was declared open by Mrs. Halifax, resumed yesterday, and will the wife of the fion. Mr.. E. continued on Wednesday morning. Po-kwal

last night state Hoi-tung, Ma Man-fai, Wong Cholera is essentially a-water may now gradually. recover or passi C.B.E. (Colonial A communique

disease. There is therefore on to the next serious stage, ther Halifax, C.M.G..

that at yesterday's meating the Ping-shuen, Lo Yam-shuen, Chau borne Secretary), yesterday afternoon.

Finance adue-ten, B. Wong Tape, Thomas no danger of air infection. The stage of collapse.

I do not propose to describe this In welcoming the guests, Mr. Li German Minister of

vanced his reasons in favour ofw. N. Tam, Leung Put-yue, M. K. sources of infection are:- Yau-tsun, C.B.E., said, in part:--

"The Dispensary was first estab-cancellation, and

Jor-shan, Li Tze-chung, Ho Ki lished in 1905, and that was in the measures which Germany envisaged. In Lan-chuen, Ho Kwong, Li (1) Water. Water is undoubtedly stage or the final stage which in

NEW CHINESE DISPENSARY.

Opened by Mrs. E. R. Hallifax.

+ ground floor of

Sung Wong Toi.

later,

ese

loun

Dispensary premises.

time, Kowloon City was

a poor dis-

Discussions Resumed.

also the

be

first!

M. Germain-

simplest possible way on the rented for the restoration of Europe. Herrland many others.

von Papen then commented on, and Both on his arrival at the # house near

months completed from agenral point of Chamber and on his departure Some

Chin-view, the explanations of Hear vor General Tsai was accorded a of the 2 portion

Krosigk after which Mr. Herriot rousing reception, by hundreds School buildings in Kow-

made the reservations he judged of spectators who thronged the City

borrowed Wan

streets to catch a glimpse of the At that necessary.

It is anticipated that the French famous personage.

During his stay in the Colony, trict, and no great amount of sub- Finance Minister,

In ad- Martin, will give a full reply to the while in his room on the sixth scriptions could be raised, dition to subscriptions from houses observations of the German delega- floor of Gloucester Building and at his home at No. 55, Bonham and shops in the District, subscription at Wednesday's meeting.

For Sir John Simon, Foreign Road, General Tsai was closely tions were also raised from the

vil. Secretary, and Sir Herbert Samuel, guarded by a posse of Chinese

under inhabitants of the twenty-one

Sergeant lages there to the total amount of Home Secretary, who have spent detectives $800, each inhabitant subscribing the week-end in London will return Edwardes. The same bodyguard accompanied the General during 30 cents.

was his visits to the various func-i

to tions.

I beg to thank Mra. Hallifax and

ail who are present (Applause). Hon. Mr. Halifax Replies. The Hon. Mr. Hallifax said in part:~~~

to Geneva to-day.

Sir Herbert Samuel, who originally appointed a delegate

the Lausanne Conference, will take Accompanying, the General to

part in the

саков ог

a

the source of infection in al called the stage of reaction as the most every epidemic. Food and above descriptions are sufficient for fruit washed by infected water the public to recognise the onset of if uncooked is undoubtedly dan- the disease.

I will only add that during an gerous during such epidemics..

Either be epidemic all grades of severity: such 28 the apparently (2) Cholera Carriers.

carrier савед, cause of high bodily resistence occur

of Cholerine, of the individual or having healthy cholera been very mildly infected, cer

type of the disease only slight tain people do not develop the mild with

symptoms, disease and be apparently healthy. you

virulent vibrlos In certain epidemies a most sever are present in their stools, form appear called "Cholera Sicca," These persons are known as a dry form of the disease in which carriers. Food may thus be in purging is strangely absent and fected by cooks or attendents death is unusually rapid. I believe unaware. The duration of such this type is not found in the present infectivity is usually 1 or 2 cases. weeks, seldom longer than two months. In convalescent pa-1 tients the vibrio may be pre-is days and rarely longer than 8 weeks.

Mortality.

The average death-rate in cholera! Some about 50 per cent.

'sent in the stools for a few epidemics are Disarmament Confer-Canton were General Fan Kei-

ence at Gevena when it resumes.wu and Mr. Ho Lok, the Chief of

As an example of the increasing British Wireless Service.

work of the Kowloon City Diapen- sary, I may mention that in 1916

there were 3,264 outpatients, rising

in 1923 to 5,870, and in 1931 to

14,283, almost a 5-fold increase in

15 years.

It is not many months since my wife had the privilege of opening' the reconstructed and enlarged Yaumati Chinese Public Dispen- sary, and on that occasion I was given an opörtunity to make some. Brief remarks on the C.P.D.

or-

ganisation. To-day we are going one step further, and are opening a building which goes beyond and dispensary building that we have previously been able to achieve.

SHOTS AT PORTER.

Three shots were fired at á por¬ ter by a man armed with a revolver who made a midnight attempt to hold up the ticket office at Wednes- bury G. W. B, station. Mak

The porter, named Ward, while closing the station, heard a voice say, "Stick 'em up." He saw protruding round the door a hand holding a revolver.

Swiftly he dashed out the light and at the same time, with the uther hand, flung a bottle through the ticket hall window to attract the attention of the signalman y Then the shots Tang out, I wo bullets went through the booking office window

der, disappeared

Police in Canton.

ROYAL A POPULAR PRODUCT

WE

SOLUTEIN BUD

ROYAL

OWDER

MORE THAN

FIFTEEN

ROYAL

THOUSAND

BAKING

TINS

POWDER

OF

CHINA

HAVE BEEN SOLD IN

HONG KONG & SOUTH DURING THE PAST SIX MONTHS.

SUCH POPULARITY MUST BE DESERVED.

CONNELLER COMP

more deadly than others, 1 believe the case-mortality in the present epidemic is far below the above figure. The disease, peculiarly, is always more deadly in the earlier than the later stages of an: epidemic. Modern treatment with Roger's hypertonic solution: given intravenously has reduced the case-mortality enormously.

Public Preventive Measures. Water Supply. Fortunately the water supply in Hong Kong is wholesome. Elsewhere in which the supply is drawn from wells or rivers It is exceedingly dangerous during these titties. Whenever the water supply is suspicious, one reliable method is to add one dram of Potás sium Permanganate to every gallon of water, and at the end of 24 hours It will be ready for use, the purple colour would have then dis- appeared. Certain, people prefer bleaching powder, and if the odour of cholerine is not objected to, it is also a good method of water disinfection.

Quarantine Prevention

It is true that so far we have every confidence in the purity of our water supply, but it does not imply that because of this, the danger of an epidemic will not arise. For instance th was estimated that in

the Naples, epidemic of 1911, 90 per cent of the cases were direct contacts with patients healthy carrier. Further, f that with the existing

CENTRAL THEATRE

TELL

257

THE BEST NATURAL - VENTILATED THEATRE IN THE COLONY, THAT HAS THE GREATEST NUMBER OF WINDOWS AND ELECTRIC FANS BEING EQUIPPED WITH THE MOST HIGH-PRICED AND CLEAREST BOUND EQUIPMENT. AVAILABLE, AND FOR THE WITH LIFTS ALWAYS OPERATING CONVENIENCE OF THE DRESS CIRCLE, BACK STALL AND UPPER CIRCLE PATRONS.

SHOWING TO-DAY

at 2.30, 5:15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M. THE GREATEST UNIVERSAL SUPER SPECIAL PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR.

A UNIVERSAL SUPER ATTRACTION

Présented by CARL LAEMMLE

A FRIENDLY WAINING If you have a weak heart and ceanot stand intense excitement er'even shock, we advise you NOT to see this production. If, on the contrary, you like an unvei val thrill, you will find it in

**FRANKENSTEIN"

Produced by Carl Leomi mia, Sr., with 'COLIN CLIVE, MAS CLARKE, JOHN BOLES, BONIS KARLOFF, Dwight Fiya, ~téword-Yon Stauni Fredbric Kerr. Sol on the story by Mary Wat etonecraft Shalloy.. Adopted by John L. Balder- sion "from the play by Peggy Webling. Directed by JAMES WHALE,

FRANKENSTEIN

THE MAN WHO MADE A MONSTER

ADDED ATTRACTION-

"STRANGE AS IT SEEMS"

(Novelty All In Colour).

"HELLO, NAPOLEON"

.

(Universal Comedy in 2 Reels).

TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT, PLEASE RESERVE YOUR SEATS EARLY BY DIALING TO 25720.

-NEXT CHANGE-

THE MOST WONDERFUL RKO SUPER SPECIAL YOU HAVE LONG BEEN WAITING FOR.

A PICTURE THAT TAKES THE PLACE BESIDE "THE BIG PARADE," "WHAT PRICE GLORY," AND "ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT.”

SUICHLEET

THE NAVY'S BIG PARADE

WITH BILL BOYD, ROBERT ARMSTRONG, JAMES GLEASON & GINGER ROGERS.

DCL

"D. C. L."

MALT EXTRACT

WITH

COD LIVER OIL

made from the finest selected Barley and malt. ed with the care on the

www premises most scientific

of manufacture.

THE DISTILLERS COMPANY LTD.

EDINBURGH

Price: Per

Ib. Jar$1.29 Per 2 lb. Jar-$2.20

SOLE AGENTS:

GANDE PRICE

& CO. LID.