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THURSDAY, JULY:: 7,:: 1932.

THE CHINA MAJL

NO UNEMPLOYMENT The Tragedy Of The

IN RUSSIA.

Lord Passfield's Vielys.

STEADY ADVANCE.

Moscow, Yesterday. There is no unemployment in Russia. Perhaps the Soviet Re- publics are the only countries in the world where such a state of affairs exists to-day.

Territorial

Fair Play Urged For The Officer

BLANK WALL WHICH SHUTS OUT PATRIOTIC MEN.

THE

CHECKING SOLDIERING AS A HOBBY.

BROKEN PLEDGE··

CUSTOMS OFFICER

ARRESTED.

Norwegian Held in Manchuli.

CERTAIN EVIDENCE.

MILITARY SECRETS AT HANKOW.

Strict Censorship Enforced.

CORRESPONDENT HELD...

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Shanghai, Yesterday. Strict censorship of military

Shanghai, Yesterday. Sir Frederick Maize, Inspector- General of Custome, has been ad-news of all sorts is being ent vised by the Commission-forced in Hankow and the state er of Customs of Har of affairs existing there is more hin, Mr. H. E. Frettejohp, or less a mystery. For the con that a Norwegian subject, Mr. [cern of the authorities is not exi Etschjoth, Customs officer'In plained:" charge of the Manchuli station, -The correspondent of the has been arrested. · ·

Shanghai Shun Pao has been ar- He was taken into custody on rested for sending a telegram July 4, according to unimpeach-concerning military movements, able information, says the report, although the substance thereof Mahchull is on the Siberian had already appeared in the Han- frontier.

kow newspapers. has been notified of this illegal has been largely increased since The Norwegian government The number of guards on duty

the arrival of General Chiang act. ----

Kai-shek, and although martial law is not officially enforced, everyone is liable to be stopped and searched after nightfall.

Reuter.

S.M.R. NEGOTIATING DEBENTURES.

In consequence there is a grow- ing unrest on the part of the people. of the place. And else- where, political watchdogs are

Lord Passfield, Secretary of State for the Colonies in the last Labour Cabinet, after a 4,000 mile tour of the country, with his wife and sister, Mrs. Sidney Webb, gave an interview here in which he drew attention to the abounding hope and confidence displayed by the nation on every

"A stream that is long dammed that the Order followed the an side.

becomes ap

of a a torrential flood,nouncement of the names "There exists an immense bursting the banks for lack of a fresh batch of Regular officers to amount of energy not merely intimely outlet. Such a flood seems fill all the divisional commands the Government but among the now to be gathering behind a. dam that fell vacant in 1923. This people. In all the cities we were that the War Office has built, a seemed to them to ensure that four struck by the high degree of dam of privilege that shuts off years would elapse before the unity of purpose and policy. from further service perhaps the commands became vacant, and any There has been a great advance most patriotic and self-sacrificing Territorial officers need be con- made not only in Industry, but in body of men in the country-the sidered for them.

Cynics are certainly justifled. universal education.

officers of the Territorial Army," "Russia was the only. country writes Capt. Liddell Hart in the But many Territorials have not for- in which production is rapidly in-Dally Telegraph. creasing and where there is ab-

In face of these facts, this all They have waited patiently for solutely no unemployment." promises to be fulfilled, but at too obvious failure to fulfil pledges, Mrs. Webb said: ."I very last they are growing impatient. can anyone be surprised that feel-

Tokyo, Yesterday, Death of Capt. W. 'much admire the clothes of thIt is a wonder that they have been ing is growing and storm clouds It is reported that the South gathering? The rumbles have al-Manchuria Railway Company is

McC. Maturin. young women in tlf cities, butį patient so long. Some of the dresses of the young When the Territorial Force was ready been heard in Parliament.

negotiating with bankers regard- The feeling, significantly, is ing debenture issues totalling ladies on holiday were far too first created in 1907 the Secretary!

FORMERLY IN CHINA. smart for Communist ethics and of State for War, Mr. Haldane, ex-strongest among the best and keen. Yen 40,000,000. Agreement has the party ought to issue a decree plaining his scheme in the House est citizens soldiers. They have been reached, it is reported, for The death occurred on June 7 of proved themselves by rising early to the issue of debentures to half of Captain Willian McCarthy Maturin, against painted lips." Reuters of Commons, declared:- Special Service.

"Of course, the new force the highest rank-that of colonel-this amount, with interest at 6% B.N., retired, at the age of 82, must be represented at the War and highest command--that of a per cent. for five years.

He entered the Navy in 1884, and But that will not be battalion, or, in a few cases,

The remainder will be arrang-was promoted to lieutenant in 1876. In the following year he was appointed to the Wolverene, screw corvette, then flagship of the Commodore in Australia, and from

CROWN CASE CONCLUDING.

Fung's Brother Cross- Examined.

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The Fung murder trial, in which Cheng Kwok-yau (20) is charged with the instigation of the murder of George Fung at Village Road ou March 24 jest, entered upon its

Office

gotten.

题

Total Amount to Besnuffing the wind.

Yen 40,000,000.

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the only connection of the troops brigade which is open to them ined for later. Reuter.

of the country with headquarthe Territorial Army. And they

tara. Who is to command these find themselves "finished," shut off divisions? There will come a from further opportunity and fuller

OBITUARY.

tima when, no doubt, they will scope just at the height of their SIGNOR ANDROVANDI 1880 he commanded the schooner

be commanded by civilians who Fowers and enthusiasm. have so trained themselves that they are able to control great bodies of troops.

"I look forward to a time when the brigadiers, at all events, and possibly the divisional generals, will come from the ranks of the auxiliary forces."

Pledge Not Yel Honoured. twenty-fourth preliminary sitting Mr. Haldane went on to explain at the Central Police Court, before that, to start right, the command Mr. Wynne-Jones yesterday after-of each of the divisions would to begin with be given to the best

noun.

examination.

Brother Examined.

Mr. Lindsell stated that he lent bla immensely strengthened, brother $300 towards his Nathan Hotel bill.

Cross-examined by Brutton, witness said

Mr.

Their disappointment is bound to react harmfully on the future of the citizen force. For it is a check on enthusiasm, on the keenness of the best type of young men, who are drawn to

Territorial soldiering as their hobby. Seeing the prema- ture disappearance of the seniors they most admire, they are' liely to ask themselves: Why take up as a hobby a line that ends in a blank wall?

a waste of

ACTING.

In Lord Lytton's Illness.

Tokyo, Yesterday. During Lord Lytton's illness. which is not considered serious nor likely to be of any great dura- tion, Signor Androvandi, Italian member with the commission of investigation now in Tokyo, will act as chairman of the special League of Nations body Reuter.

Beagle on that station.

During the naval and military operations in the Eastern Sudan

In 1884-5, he was mentioned in dis- patches and awarded the Egyptian medal, with Suakin clasp, and the Khedive's bronze star.

He commanded the gunboat Mer- in in China for three years, and on January 1, 1889, was promoted to

commander.

FUNERAL.

Mr. S. Ashworth Laid to Rest.

"Old Age Pensions" While this means Mr. R. E. Lindsell (Crown Pro-Regular soldier obtainable." ecutor) intimated that he would The three-fold pledge implied in ability and patriotism, it also, to be calling two very short witnesses, these words was given, be it re- some extent, means a waste of after which the Crown's case membered, when the Territorial money. For a Regular who holds a against the accused would be closed. Force had still to prove itself in Territorial Army post costs the more than a Territorial

Over 60 persons followed the re Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton, who is war, and before its own higher country

mains of Mr. Sydney, Ashworth to defending reserved his cross-officers had the long war experiholder of the same post. In these

have a definite gift for training in the Protestant Cemetery, Happy ence that is possessed by so many days of financial stress this is a fac

minor tactics..

Valley yesterday evening, where serving to-day. Viewed in the tor that deserves consideration, It

¡A -Regular's Preserve,

the Rev. G. T. Waldegrave conduct- Quentin Fung, a younger brother light of to-day, the reasons for has received it-in a different sanse.

But if these essential rules were ed the burial rites. .For the real obstacle to the ful-! of the murdered man, in reply to fulfilling that pledge have been filment of promises and of the Ter- applied there would be no difficulty Among those present at the How far has it been honoured? ritorials' expectations has been, and themselves in the brigade and Hole, Harbour Master, and Mr. H. in finding room for Territorials graveside ware Commander G. F. In the Territorial Army to-day, at is, the professional interests of divisional commands. A first-rate M. Hasegood, Assistant Harbour Hall not one of the fourteen divisional the Regular. The creation of the Regular will always be welcomed Master, representing the Harbour that his commands is held, or has ever Territorial Force was like manna in the Territorial Army, but a Office, Mr. T. T. Laurenson, Joint brother George returned to Hong been held in peace, by a Terri.from heaven, providing the senior rat-rate Territorial is better than Branch Secretary of the Officers Kong from Shanghai in January torial officer. Out of forty-seven professional goldier with an in

a second-rate Regular, or a Regular and Marine Engineers Guild, Mr. brigade commands, only eight are crease, of well-paid posts, which he Mr. Hall Brutton-You told us held by Territorials. And of this has naturally become loth to re-hose qualifications. He in other p: T. Farrell, President of the

spheres. that in the last year before he died, handful only five are purely Terlinquish..

Engineers Institute, Mr. T. Ram- The relations between the whole- he had regular occupation with the ritorials, the rest being retired Re- As the motive does not lend itself time and the part-time soldier have Cock; of the Hong Kong and Wham- say, of Williamson and Co., Mr. E. to public avowal although it has at never been so good as to day. In poa Dock Co., Mr. W. Greig, Mana- In the Territorial Army Direc-times been admitted, the keepers of creased sympathy and disappearing ger of the Taikoo Dock Company, ment immediately after his return torate at the War Office the Ter the preserve frequently make the ex-condescension on the Regular's part Ltd., Messrs. J. R.. Kinghorn, and from Shanghal, but

two ritorial Army is not represented cuse that Territorial officers would have met a ready response from R. J. Cameron, of Messrs. Butter months afterwards.

by, a single officer.

Among the not be able to give up the time. But the Territorials. The one hin- field and Swire, and Mr. W. Bus Where was the office of the China fourteen commanders of divisional they have refrained from putting drance that does not dimmish is this sell, Chief Surveyor of the Govern Talking Film Company7-In Ex-artillery, there are no Territorials, this excuse to the test of asking the question of the higher appointment Marine Survey Office change Building,

although there have been one or Territorials concerned and offering ments. The citizen soldier is be- Who were the partners?—I think two in the past.

Other officers of the Government them the appointments. From incoming fasistent that the Territorial Marine Survey Offca present In- 'it was a limited company.

quiries I and that comparatively Army is the Territorials Army cluded Messrs. E. Hall, K. C. few feel that time is an obstacle. He does not wish to make it a pre-Hamilton, T. C. Stiff J. Hunter, Scores of the best commanding serve, but he feels It should no long- TE. Jackson, N., Garland, and officers are hoping against hope that er remain à Regular's preserve

Chan Fo-po. Practically every

last year.

Is gulars.

China Talking Film Company. that right?—He did not get employ-|

one or

Do you say it was a registered limited company-I can't say whe ther it was registered..

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were also present.

No Territorial at War Office. Before the war, indeed, there] was a Territorial officer, Lord Scarbrough, ae Director-General- Then you can't say it is limited. for the express and natural pur such appointments. Lack of time, brigade commands should go to sented. Representativas of the they may be given the chance of A far larger proportion of the local shipping company was repre- Who was connected with it-Many poss of having the Territorial Indeed, is hardly a reasonable ex-Territorials, and would be available, Victoria Masonic Lodge No. 1026 people.

view directly represented. But cuse, for many keen battalion com- If the forgoing conditions were BP and of the Kowloon Bowling Club Who were they? Give me the since the war every Director-Gen manders put in more real work plied, to the selection-of Regulars were also names of any of them?--So far as era has been a Regular than some of the holders of brigade One or two, at least, of the divi. know Mr. E. G. Osborne was one. The prospect to which Mr. and divisional commands.sional commands should also be all-

Is that business still in existence? Haldane looked forward so con- www.No.

There might be better ground ad by Territorials, as an encourage Adently remains always on the for excuse if the supply of suitable mant to those who do well-as-bris In what capacity was your horizon; it becomes no nearer as Regulats was equal to the demand, gadiers and as a just recognition of brother occupied ?-H card showtime passes and the citizen soldier But, it is not so, although in the the citizen army. cd he was the Chiness manager. advances. Indeed, there is a re- last few years, there has been much The Director General

A Former Hong Kong $600 Salary.

trogression.

more discrimination in selecting Further, the latter abould” be Yet, there have been fresh pro-Regulars for Territorial commands, directly represented in the higher Do you know that or did he tell mises. Nine years ago an Army In the past these postě have been counsels of the War Once. It has

Order (No. 101 of 1828) amended too often used as old age pensions" been suggested that, the Direct you, that He told me that.

Will you take it from me that the the Royal Warrant so as to throw for officers who will receive no fur- General abould have a Terri Company did not start until Octo open the appointment of divisional ther employment. ber, 1990, and ceased In March, commander to Territorial officant

Do you know what his salary was7--4600 a month."'"

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