1935-12-05 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL" THURSDAY, DECEM

RS 1935.

PEACE PARLEYS IN OPEN LETTER TO Today's Short Story

PARIS

·POLITICS IN FRANCE

TESTING-TIME FOR M. LAVAL RADICAL SOCIALISTS HOLD BALANCE OF POWER

~CHINA MAIL“ SPECIAL

Paris. To-day. Political circles are not

sed from Page 1) Pending Discussion On Oil EmbargoTM

GREAT - INTEREST DEPLAYED

IN LONDON

London, To-day.

MR. G. DUNCAN

Tribute By Paper In Shanghai

PRIOR TO RETIREMENT:

The Singing Seals

By A. D.

Divine

HE seals came out of the drove is back as muchy-and-per-

T darbotos, but we teand have even more

sound of their coming a long sent us ahead. The windƐ made no "Nemo" writes as follows in the way off, and even when our eyes noise. Neither with ps nor with Shipping Review:—

helped us not at all we knew the sea did it fing itself about, **making idle sounds. ·Under oar Dear George-Word reaches where they were me from Hong Kong that you. The night was dark, and bows was a little crushing sound at seriously contemplate "Hame." strangely silent. What little wind times, such a sound as a naked toe that you and Mrs. Duncan leave there was came from the east of might make in the smooth side of Hong Kong by a Blue Funnel north, a light wind and uncertain: a silent duže.

gress

When the debate on the reply liner in January. There are a enough to keep the mains) bellied That was why we knew the seals to the Address from the Thrane thousand friends who must be out, and the foresail filled; enough were coming so early. They came was continued in the House of interested in the event, because to give us a fictitious air of pro- down with the drift of the wind over Commons yesterday the speeches your close association with

Actually the heavy swell from the north east, having per- optimistic in appraising the Laval dealt mainly with the home af more than one institution in the which rolled in endlessly and with haps heard is, for their ears are

the King's Crown Colony extends over & the awful inevitability of the infinitely sharper than outs.

We Government's prospects of surviv fairs mentioned in ing the critical debate on the na-Speech. Foreign affairs will be

long period of years. You African coast, from the westward, heard the cough of the d ball- tionalist political leagues, which raised to-day, when the Foreign would exchange "the call of the

perhaps he had some affction of will be resumed to-day but will Secretary. Sir Samuel Hoare, will East" for the sound of the DR. J. R. TEMPLES the throat, first very time be

the British policy with nibroch.

surfaced he would cough. (A ̈ probably not reach a decisive stage refer to

The regard to the present stage of the Man, you will never be lonely before

night.

curious sound, a' gubinial with an to-morrow

dispute and in dear old Scotland. I am tempt-

in it somewhere; our language names of 17 speakers, including M. Italo-Abyssinian

When you! Laval and the Home Minister. Mother current: international pro-ed to tell you why- Paganon, are still on the list, while blems Later this week Sir Sam and your generous helpmate find

зетед more interpellations announced.

vice.

LAVAL ACCEPTS DEMANDS

the

VISIT

Addresses To Many is not adequate for the copression

him.

Gatherings

of such sounds. "Aughrch,” would are nel will leave for Switzerland to comfort in your own ingle nook

be the nearest to it perhaps. take a much-needed rest, but he (and heaven. bas ́ often been

After his cough we heard the The Radical-Socialists, who hold will break his journey in Paris to brought into a bomely cottage)

For the second time in history noise of their swimming. as ret have a conversation with the you will-in those moments of the General Secretary of the Bri- They came in crisp rashes, skit- the balance of power, are

leisure which you have earned and Foreign Bible Society is tering along just above, or just undecided as to the line of action French Premier.

Great interest is being display and hope to enjoy have a rich visiting China Dr. J. R. Temple, under the surface. A neat, eager they will take. It is generally ted that if the debate should ed in this conversation, in view of abundance of memories to trea-who arrives in the Colony to mornoise, like tearing palm fronds. bring forth farther revelations" the approaching meeting of the sure and recall."

row, has already visited Manchuria (It was confusing at first trying to -Picturesque Procession -concerning the activities of the League Committee of Eighteen to nationalist leagues similar to those consider the question of adding Imagine for a minute the pic-and North Chins on his present sort out the noises. Ben said that produced by the Deputy Guernet oil and other key commodities to taresque procession of the friends tour, and during his stay in Hong it was a whole herd of seals-and Riorden said that it was in the course of Tuesday's session. the embargo list and in view of you made during 40 years in the Kong a full programme of meet-that they were still a long way a suficient number of Radical-the discussions proceeding in Far East. So many of them haveings has been arranged, to give 2w13.

23 not more than two or three, and I thought Socialists may swing over to the Paris between British and French passed over the border. Others as large a number of people

the possibility of are in distant lands-scattered by possible an opportunity of hearing that they were close

with Riorden. opposition, to seal the fate of the experts upon

Trans-Ocean Ser-devising proposals which might circumstance, and yet enshrined Government.

Dr. Temple is no stranger, to We saw them first out on the jprove, in the words of the King's in memory. You will, in

Hong Kong. At one time he was port quarter, perhaps a hundred Speech: “acceptable to the three silent hours of your Scottish Paris: The Radical Party met parties in the dispute, Italy, home, watch the marching throng working as a missionary near yards away, and we saw them by again and failed to reach agree Ethiopia and the League of Na-passing in review: the friends of Canton, and for a period he was the light they made There had in charge of the Methodist Church, been phosphorescence before they ment with regard to its attitude tions. The last occasion when other years. You will see Gra-

Wanchai, where he is to preach came, of course-There-is-always towards the Government and the Sir Samuel Hoare and M. Laval ham, and other representatives of Chamber debate on the political met was at Geneva a month ago, the "old crowd" at the dock. The next Sunday evening. On Sunday a good deal of it in these waters St. when the weather is warm, but it! morning he will preach when the League requested doors of their homes were never leagues will be resumed to-day.

had not been out of the ordinary. John's Cathedral Following an interview with M France and Britain to explore the locked, and seldom closed. These! Herriot leader of the Radical possibilities of hastening the re-were temples of hospitality. You, Among the meetings which have They seemed to bring it with them.

mark the approach of been arranged are meetings for or perhaps it was only because it! Socialist Party, M. Laval accepted establishment of peace-British will all the Radical-Socialist demands. Wireless Service..

Richardson, the Supt. Engineer of women at St. John's Cathedral, was there that they came

Anyway, we saw patches of MAJOR ENGAGEMENT the CPR.Co., and note the smart next Monday afternoon and at St. Government supporters are conse

entry of John Lambert, Lloyd's Andrew's Church next Tuesday brightness 'way out over the quar- quently more optimistic regarding M. Laval's prospects of success in Asmara, earlier: Strong Abys- surveyor (with more than a touch afternoon, and a tiffin for men will ter, and the sound came from there

alert be held at 1 pm. on Monday in the also. the Chamber debate to-day--Repsinian forces are stated to be ad- of the RN about his

I saw two patches of light, so vancing towards the Italian lines movements). Possibly, Carmichael Hong Kong Hotel Roof Garden. south of Makalle, according to re-will make a call, with Fletcher. A large number of invitations did Ben. Riorden said there were ports received at the Italian head- (who was his active lieutenant in have been sent out for this, but three. They came close up quite quarters. Abyssinian advance those dim and distant days).

if there is anyone who would like early, and Riorden said, "Three," to come who has not received an but Ben and I could still see only guards have already been sighted.

(Continued on Page 10)

invitation, he is asked to write to two.

ter

LOCAL NEWS

BREVITIES

EXPECTED

by Italian patrols.

The troops are probably those

The ss. Bangalore left Shang of Ras Kassa, who are followed by

hai last Tuesday and is expected the army of Bas Mulogata, which SILVER SMUGGLING

bere, on Friday morning.

recently left Addis Ababa The Italian command appears to anti-i

The following unclaimed tele-cipate a major engagement in this grams are lying at the offices of sector. the Great Northern Telegraphi

MEDICAL SUPPLIES

Co. Ltd:-Fukayama. Chichibu Ankara: About 100,000 packages Maru, from Kobe; and Miss Tre-of medical supplies have been ship- sider, Hong Kong Hotel. from ped to Addis Ababa by the Tur- Shanghai.

Eed Cross-Trans-Ocean;

There is to be a dance at the Cheero Club this evening (Thurs- day) commencing at 8.30 pm: but the dance next week will be

as usual on Monday, December

9.

kish Service. PROPOSALS FOR SETTLEMENT

(Continued from Page 13

CASE Unemployed Man Fined $1,000

GOODS ORDERED TO BE CONFISCATED

50 head

them

the Bishop's secretary and a place The log line fascinated will be kept for him. The cost will first. It was a short line, yacht pattern, and we could see the log Dr. Temple will also speak at a ship swimming in a little pool of mass meeting in St. Paul's Church phosphorescence that it made for on Monday evening at 7.30, and to itself, ragged and with streamers various smaller groups. No one hanging out behind.

should miss this opportunity of The big ball went at it first coming to hear so distinguished a He coughed, and then we saw him speaker-Contributed.

MASTER'S CLAIM FAILS

dive, and after he'd dived we still saw him for the phosphorescence lived him out with light. Hel sounded, as I said, and, he swam The case in which Wong Kan-

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up under water from astern, and The be yaen, unemployed, and Tse Chung-

nosed at the log ship. kmen, a shop foki, were charged Plaintiff stated that he entered plunged forward, still under water. with exporting 333 pounds of hospital on January 17 and had and came up to our counter almost. silver bullion and 12,945 silver o alcoholic drinks prior to and we could see the whole of him. It is believed that the sugges- tions, followed the wain lines of dollars, from the Colony by the that day or on that day, fall picked out in green fire. We the previous conversations, in-Fakajin Maru to Formosa, and On January 1, he had gone to the could see the beautiful oval shape The monthly Gaines Afternoon eluding the Italian cession of the exporting manifested cargo, that victoria Recreation Club where hof his head, and, though mostly he in connection with the Kowloon port of Assab to Abyssinia, to- cases of fish and silver, one had jomed the big gathering who moved them too fast the clean, Women's Charities Fund will be gether with a strip of territory basket of fruit and silver and a were toasting the New Year in. beautiful shape of his fippers

izz I doubt if there is anything held in St. Andrew's Church Hall on which a railway, to be super package of silver, again came up He had

a peculiar habit to-day at 3 pm: admission 50 intended by the League, could be before Mr. W. Schofield at the drinking, to throw half the con- more beautiful at sea. There was

of his

whisky-and-soda (something the poet said about cents, all ladies welcome.

built from Addis Ababa to Assab; Central Magistracy this morning tents

Mr. Peter Sin, who was for the

Bedrailing clouds of glory.” That's while Abyssinia would cede to The RMS Empress of Russia Italy the whole of Ogaden and two defendants, said that after

His Honour: A very expensive what he was doing. Green glory, Patent fiery green trailed behind him will call for Manila at midnight permit important rectifications of consultation with his clients be habit, isn't it? to-night, instead of 8.00 pm, as the Tigre and Harrar frontiers, was instructed to affirm their pleas

Plaintiff Yes, Your Honour, all shapes, because he was twist ing about and playing in his previously advised

together with the return of Ak-of guilty at the previous bearing considering I am a Scotchman!

Pleading in mitigation of the sen÷INCAPABILITY DENIED course. There were spirals of it, sum and Adowa to Abyssinia.

that he was and long streaks like a pennant Mr. T. J. Draper, attorney for With regard to Abyssinia pro-tence, he stated that the first de Plaintiff denied the Standard-Vacuum Oil Co., ac-per, it is believed that the pro-fendant was a merchant doing an incapable of handling his ship whipping in a heavy wind. There companied by his wife and family,posals of the Committee of Fif-import and export business with from January 1 to the 17th, the were little cures like baby comets, like the returned to the Colony to-day by teen at Genera were repeated.

Formoss, and he admitted that the date on which he entered hos-land big sweeping ores silver and bullion belonged to hivi pital. He had originally intend-spiral nebulae. It swept and the RMS. Empress of Russia.

and that he intended exporting ited to stay at the Carmoses Hogstreamed and flagged away behind to make a profit

vital for only two days, but when him as if an easy wind was blow- The second defendant was the be received his letter of dismissal ing light down through a deric exporter of the six cases of fish from the shipping company, he night... and the fruits, and was lured into stayed 28 days in order to have

After a minute the old but sur- the affair by the first defendant, some Injections for gastritis, with faced. We could bear the splash who asked him to allow him to use which he had been suffering for and rustle, and then he coughed

Anghrch Under the auspices of the his goods. He ridded to the some time.

Mr. George Henry White, Chief The other one swam up to him Jardine, Matheson and Co., accomDante Alighieri Society a contemptation. Comsel asked his panied by his wife, returned to the cert of Italian music under the worship to deal with him as lightly Engineer of the sa. Kwangsi, one then, streaming along the surface Colony to-day by the Empress of direction of Professor Gualdi as possible.

of the Company's vessels, testified and leaving a wake behind her. like Case

as to having been subpoenaed to is powerboat. She must have been will be given in the Rose Room+ (6th floor of the Peninsula Hotel,

Mr. A. W. Grzmitt, sase be appear as a witness for the plain his mate.

"Ah, the three beautiful ones,” Today is Parents Day at Mary by kind permission of the man would accept the ples that the time

He remembered Chinese New said Riorden. knoll Carvert School, No. 218 agement on Wednesday next at bolton and silver belonged to the Prince Edward Boad. There will be 9.30 p.m..

first defendant and that a nóminal Year's day last year when he had “Two,” said Ben, quite short for an exhibition of work and a short Admission is open only to time imposed on the second would together with many others, drank some reason. programme will be given in each members of the Society or on meet the esse. But the Superin- the health of the classes, beginning at 9.80 invitation by the Committee.

Mr. H. M. Gregory, of the firm

of T. M. Gregory and Co., return-

Reuter

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