1940-08-21 — Page 13

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 21, 1940

QUALITY OF THE THE DUTY OF MAORI TROOPS SQUAT HONGKONG & SHANGHAL

THE CITIZEN

·

R.A.F. WRITTEN IN WAR

INTO LEGEND

THE NEW YORK "TIMES” in a an article

By BRITANNICUS

TO HEAR ADDRESS BY CHIEF'

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Maori troops. inspected by Mr.

BANKING CORPORATION.

Authorised Capital Issued and Fully Paid-up [Reserve Funds:-

Sterling

"

Hong Kong Currency Re-

serve

..$50,000,00

$20,000,000

.E 6,500,000

$10,000,000

.$20,000,000

HEAD OFFICE? HONG KONG.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: H.. V. Wilkitson, Esq., Chairman.

W. J. Jordan, New Zealand High Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietora Commissioner, greeted him with a smart general salute Instead of The threat of invasion caused their famous war-cry.

When Mr. Jordan addressed. many people in Great Britain to

somewhere clamour for advice on the rights them in their camp and duties of civilians when war in England they laid down' their comes close to their homes. Must rifles and bayonets. and squatted|

custom when we remain passive if the invader on the grass, the arrives, they asked, or may we Maoris are addressed by a chief. Mr. Jordon served as a ser geant-major in the last war.

Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson, Deputy Chairman.

J. K. Bounfield, Esq., A. H. Compton, Esq., Hon. Mr. S. H.

Dodwell

0. Miskin, Enq..

K. 8. Morrison, Eeg. T. E. Pearce, Esq., C. O. Roberts, Esq., Hon. Mr. A. L.

Shields,

Sir Vandeleur M. 'Grayburn, Chief Manager.

entitled "The Royal Air Force,” says the ex-use what weapons and strategem

we can to repell him?

In a series of instructions the traordinary feature of the titanic air battle over Britain is that it has failed to demon-Government have answers on this has a duty to himself and to his point and that. But the cardinal country, to fight and strive to re- strate the overwhelming superiority of the

clouded by the details of the ad- This fact throws into relief the vice. The citizen's duty, be he other three parts of the citizen's Amoy

Bangkok luftwaffe that everybody took for granted.

man, woman or child, is four-duty; passive resistance, obedience Batarin or-to his own authorities, and enrol-Bombay

principles may perhaps have been pel the invader.

Although Axis officials continue to mini-fold: (1) To join whatever

ganisation for defence or na- ment in organisations for national Calcula

mise the effects of British raids, the order for bidding letters from the Ruhr district to be sent to other parts of Germany suggests that grave damage may have been inflicted in that great industrial valley forge of the Nazi war machine.

thet

During these crucial days quality of the R.A.F. has been written in great legend, this time! not on earth and water but in the sky.

claims if only because the 'Ger- mans are obviously claiming too much.

Something New!

Franc-Tireur Red

Herring

Canton

Dairea

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Muar (Johore) Tokyo Mukden . Teingino

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Peiping

Penang

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tional service he may be fitted for, service. If the invader comes, the Chefoo before the emergency happens, civilian must "stay put," both be- Colombo and to get all the training he can; cause the authorities

have told Foochow

the Hankow resisting (2) To obey the authorities of his him to do so and because that is nichons own country, civil or military; (3) the best way of

Harbla floilo To do nothing to aid the enemy; enemy. (4) To do everything in his power;

Few civilians in the British Em- pire see the

Current Accounts opened in Local enemy mfore to repel the enemy.

closely than the shape

of his Currency and Fixed Deposits received aeroplanes. Yet the duty to share for one year or shorter periods in Local in resistance by being prepared is and other currencies on terms which

will be quoted on application. a duty that extends throughout|

ALSO up to date SAFE DEPOSIT each country at war. Every BOXES in various sizes TO LET,

Hong Kong, 28th February, 1940, The problem of the franc-tireur citizen has his duty: it may be a is a red herring across the trail duty to join the armed forces, or of civilian duty. According to the it may be a duly not to join the laws of war, civilians not in re-armed forces but to stay in some agriculture, muni- For a

defender over his The "Herald-Tribune" says it is

own cognisable uniforms are forbidden occupation

their lion-making, civil Government, for use arms against striking that after a week of in-ground to suffer four or five times to tensive pounding, the British the casualties sustained by the of-enemy behind his lines in territory instance where he can make his The Business of the above Bank is cables all speak in a tone of con- fence is against all reason.

which he has occupied. If they best contribution to the common conducted by the HONG KONG AND The week of lightning war has do So, they

effort. It may be only the hum- SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, are francs-tireurs fidence, even clation, while there

HONG KONG is exaggeration and confusion in produced no lightning results.

liable to be shot on capture. So drum duty to work hard and save, Rules may be obtained on application. the febrile propaganda being giv-

long as a citizen is repelling the money. But a duty it is, as certain The Hitler war machine has enemy's advance,

of and as imperative as the duty of SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

V. M. GRAYBURN, en out by the Nazis, which might

Chief Manager. possibly imply uncertainty over run for the first time into op harassing his rear, he is no franc-the soldier in the front line.

This is a citizens' war. It is the Hong Kong, 1st March, 1937. what to do next.

position that is tough and strong.| tireur.

duty of the citizen to help win it. A citadel which is not to be Between the two sets of sta-taken by treachery and cannot be by tanks, which can tistics, as to 'plane losses, it is over-run

this Impossible not to feel much trade blow by blow in the air,

British is something new.--Reuter.

greater

confidence

In

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The citizen has not only the right to fight against his country's invader; he has the duty to do

so. In common law it is the duty THE CHARTERED BANK of every citizen to assist the au- thorities to prevent the commis- sion of crime, acting alone. if need be, and to use such force as may

be necessary for the purpose. This rule must also be applied to in- vasion.

But there is another reason why we should not be distracted by the france-tireur red-herring. The so- called laws of war were written down and codified, when wars were conflicts between rulers, not peoples-the kind of war that Marshal Petain must have had in his reminiscent mind when he sought "an honourable peace as between soldiers." To-day, war is totalitarian, and no citizen

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Current Accounts opened in Local Currency and Fixed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods in which will be quoted on application.

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KAN-TONG PO,

Chlef Manager.

It is not merely territory that the FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Local and Foreign Currencies on terma Nazis lust after. nor merely the Banking Business transacted. overthrow of hostile Governments:

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and

it is the mastery of the life of FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Year or sharter periods in Local or every citizen. They demand the other Currencies at rates which willį soul as well as the body of any be quoted on application, nation in their power. If they were SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in to conquer, every citizen and every Local Currency and Sterling with in- home would feel the horrors of terest allowed at rates obtainable on their rule. Every citizen therefore application.

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Manager.

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