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No. 22797. É✯✯ *** HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1931. 2# KJN4CFX Price Single Copy, 10 cts.

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

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DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS.

· Today,

(August 19.)

Soldiers' Club Championship Billiards Final, 8 p.m.

Lammert's Sale of Stock-in-Trade, Palace Store, Kowloon, 11 am

Queen's Theatre: "Abraham Lin- coln."

World Theatre; The Shadow !! (Chinese film).

Star Theatre: "The Divorced." Central Theatre: The Storm:"

King'e Theatro: "Don't Bet On. Women,"

Tea Dance at King's Restaurant; Dinner Dances at Peninsula Hotel [« and Repulse Bay Hotel.

Tides:--High at 1.05 and 1.22; Low at 8.53 and 7.22

Thursday.

(August 90.)

Soldiers' Club Billiard Tour- nament, final, 6 p.m.

Queen's Theatre: Crazy That Way."

"World Theatre: The Story of Kin Tan," Part I. (Chinese film).

Star Theatre:.“ Anna-Christie.” Central Theatre: "Bad Sister." King's Theatre: “Quick Millions.”

Prince's Theatro: "This In Heaven."

Dinner Dances at Hong Kong and Peninsula Hotele.

Tides:-High" nt. 1.40 and 2.30; Low at 8.15 and 7.55.

Friday.

(August 21.).

Soldiers' Club Billiards Tour- nament, final, 6. p.m.^

Queen's Theatre: "Crazy That Way."

World Theatre: "The Story of Kin Tan," Part I. '(Chiness film). Star Theatre: "Anna"Christio.?" Central Theatre: Bad Sister." King's Theatre: "Quiet Millions."

Prince's

Hoaven."

Theatre: "Thin

I

REAL LESSON OF THE

WAR.

92 RAIDS-24 IN DAYLIGHT-AND 55 TONS OF BOMBS.

ABOLITION.

INTENSIVE STUDY OF ITS POSSIBILITY

-OFFICIAL.

London, July 24.

The air manœuvres are over. They have provided London's millions—and, incidentally, the Statesmen of the Seven Powers, whose deliberations ended at the same time-with an overwhelm. "ing argument in favour of the abolition of air warfare,

Every competent observer now knows what would have hap poned to the capital of the British Empire if the raids had been the real thing. It is a vision sufficiently appalling by give parag oven to the most thorough going militarist.. -**

This fact gives added importancs to a statement by the Under- Secretary for Air, contained an official Parlamentary Report in the unobstrusive form of a reply to a supplementary question, by Mr. Mander. It is as follows

FOR DEFENCE ONLY.

Mr. Mander: Is a study being made of the possiblities of abolishing military aviation by agreement between all countries?. The Under-Secretary of State for Air (Mr. Montague): Certainly. A most intensive study,

An alternative proposal, also understood to be under "considera". tion, is that, heavy bombing machines should be prohibited, but light fighters, which are of use only for defensive purposes," be" · permitted in limited numbers.

The argument for that gourse is, that if military machines of all types are banned civil machines could, set out on a bomb- dropping, raid without fear of effective opposition.

Light fighters, which do not carry bombs, could provent such raid without being capable themselves of aggressive action on any considerable scale.

WHY IT WAS STOPPED.

The air manœuvres over London well have been staged. and South-East England came to

There has been a good deal of," an abrupt conclusion two days be- grumbling on the part of people fore the date planned by the autho-whose rest has been disturbed ana rities.

nerves tried (perhaps by reason of Officially, the reason given for war-time memories) because the the their cessation is that "due to the manouvres were held over continued fair weather during the metropolitan area. first three days of the exercises, sufficient information was obtained Dinner Dances at "Hong Kong to assess the operational efficiency and Peninsula Hotels

of the units taking part.”: European Mail-Iaward: Europe And, indeed, it is a sufficient rea

a possibility also. And the ria Suez (Hakusan Maru); Out-bon. The lesson of 63 hours is one only place from which to study the ward: nia, Siberia (Hakuaan which no thinking" Londoner can implications of air attacks on' Mart) 2.30 p.m.

possibly have missed. No more im- London and the chances of counter- Tides: High at 2.90 and 4.97; pressive prosentiment of the case ing them is London itself. Low at 8.51 and 8.30.

for the abolition of air war could (Continued on Page 3.)·

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The Raiders Triumphs. These complaints are scarcely reasonable. So long as air war is

a possibility air attacks on London

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