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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1933

OFFICIAL OPENING OF BRITISH EMPIRE FAIR

(Continued from page 5)

THE DRUG BARONS OF EUROPE

BY ARTHUR DAVIES

Why read the fetitious detective stories of Edgar Wallace when you can read the true ones of which Russell Pasha is the recounter Perhaps because you have never heard of the Pasha or that periodi-

THE KAISER'S CUFF-LINKS

not really gold ones as Coquelin had always supposed.

You hear me, ladies and gan tlemen," he continued, "this mo dest token which the Emperor of all the Germanies wished to offer to the great Coquelin as a propt of his admiration was not even mada of gold.

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ALL IS NOT GOLD) **· Paris.A pair of "gold" cuff- links which the ex-Kaiser gave to the great French actor Coquelin, M. Chabert, to whom Coquelin after a performanos in the Em- left the gift, has described to ma paror's presence at Luebeck, has the circumstances in which it was made. It was after a performan been found to be only gold-plated.

This discovery was made as a re- ce at Luebeck, in which Coquelin Sando

had been magnificent.

dore II., Barrack, D.S.C.; R., Mrs. Kan Chia Hou, the Hon. Mr. A. E. Wood, and on the left of the Chairman, Lady Peel, Major General O. C. Borrett, C.B., C.M.G., O.B.E., D.S.O., Mrs. Liu al volume of thrills which he pre-suit of their being put up for auc,

The collec- At its close the Kaiser said: Chi Wen, Mrs. Justice Wood, Mrs. tents to the League of Nations un-tion at Fontainbleau. Marrack, H.B.M. Acting Consul.der the title of the Annual Report tion which was being sold. is that 'IF you were ear subiect, we would

of the Central Narcotics Intelli- of M. Chabert, a close friend of make you the tutor to our chil-1-

And he instructed his General at Canton (Mr. E 0.

| Chamberlain to present these things Jamieson, O.B.E.), and the Inspecence Bureau in Cairo. After Coquelin and at one time his so- dren.

retiring from the British Army, in cretary. tor-General for Foreign Affairs for which he attained the rank of Gen- The auctioneer started by ex- to Coquelin." Kwangtung, Kwangsi, eto, (Mr.eral, he accepted appointment un plaining that when the usual ex In spite of the auctioneer's warn- Kan Chin Hou), and the Hon. Sie der the Egyptian Government as part examination which precedes ing the bidding was quite keen,

once and 3 158. was paid for the qu Shot-son Chow, Kt. Facing the Commandant of the Cairo Police, sales was made. it was at Chairman, on the right, were and for some years now he has been realised that those cuff links were linke. the Hom Mr. A. G. W. Director of the "C.N1 Bureau, Tickle, Miss Mackie, the Hon. Sir which in. co-operation with the de- Henry Pollock, K., K.C.,

tective departments of other Govern Mrs.

ments is tracking down the illicit Edwin Taylor, the Hon. Mr. C. G. drug-traffickers of the world to their Alabaster, KO, O.B.E., and ou lairs and is seeking to stamp out the left were: the Hon. Mr. W. T. their iniquitous trade. Southorn, M.G., Mrs. Alabaster, the Hon. Mr. Edwin Taylor, Lady Pollock, and the Hon. Mr. C. Gordon Mackie.

No Country Safe.

a

No country is safe from attack as long as any other, either through, indifference or slackness of adminis On the right of the long table tration, allows the evil a perching ground upon its territory. This has were--Mrs. E. D. C. Wolfe, long been clear and therefore, even General Ho Lok (Commissioner of several years, before the League of Public Safety, Canton), the Hon. Nations came into existence, the Dr. R H: Kotwall, O.M.G., progressive nations, got together and LL.D., Colonal O. W. Leung (Coun- adopted encerted measures to con sellor to 1st Group Army Head, trol the growth of opium and the quarters, Canton), Mrs. S. T. manufacture of the various narcotic Williamson, Mrs. Wu. Pask. Shing, drugs so as to keep the amount pro- duced down to that needed for, legi- Mr. J. H. Taggart, Mrs. Kinnaird timate purposes by medicine and Watson, Mr. Hung Siu Hong science. The War, however, check- (Chairman of tho Canton Chinese ed this movement. When the League Chamber of Commerce), the Hon. wina started with its ideal of Dr. S. W., Tso, O.B.E., LL.D., international co-operation, it natur- Mr. J. A. Tonkin (from the Departally added this to its many other ment of Commerce, Commonwealth activities on behalf of human wol

The old Conventions were" of Australia), Mrs, Porter, Mr. fare. Chow Hok Tong (Secretary to the strengthened and adopted by

larger number of Governments. A Chairman of the Kwangtung Gov. special League Committee, on which ernment), Capt. F. R. L. Mears, all the nations concerned are repre and Mr. J. G. Pilcher. On the leftsented, has been continually watch- of the long table were: the Hon. Jing the working of these Conven Mr. J. P. Braga, the Hon. Mr. E. tions, and a Central Opium Board D. C. Wolfe, C.M.G., Mrs. T. E.

was formed at Geneva to collect the Pearce, Major V E. Duclos, Mrs. Scott Harston, Mr. S. T. William 900,, Mrs. S. W. Ta'o, Colonel A. H. Kinnaird Watson, Mrs. J. H. Toggart, Dr. Wu Pank Shing (Municipal Counsellor and Secre tary to Mayor of Canton), Mrs. Y. K. Chow, the Hon. Mr. T. N. Chau, Payr.-Lieut.-Comdr. F. R. Porter, Miss Esther Kotewall, Mrs. W. S. Lun (Secretary to the Commis sioner of Public Safety, Canton), Captain R. F. Walter, R.A., and Mr. M. F. Key,

The band of the 1st Battalion the Lincolnshire Regiment rendered a pleasing selection of music during the tiffin interval.

facts. One of the chief weapons in the warfare against the illicit manu- facture and trade has been publi- city.

Turkish Government Shamed. When for instance, three or four, years ago, the French authorities shut down some factories from which it was found much illegiti- mata trade was emanating, the man who owned then migrated to Tur- key and as Turkey had not then adopted the International Conven- tions was able to re-start the fat- tories, practically without control, in Constantinople. Egypt was one of the worst sufferers from his ne tivities, but when Russell Pacha brought the facts before the League the shame of publicity drove the Turkish Government to recognise her obligations to other countries, and to-day the Turkish police are among the most active in the sup- corated with flowers, the

pression of illegitimate manufac ture and trade. Russell Pasha's. dominating colour being red.

present Report indicates, however, Palma on pedestals made a hand-that Bulgaria, unhappily, is taking some border enclosing the area in the part which Turkey recently All- which the lunch party was seated, ed. Here again it may be expected Light music was discoursed by a that public opinion acting through small orchestra in the balcony and the League will compel reform, the quiet comfort of the party was in striking contrast to the busy scene in the ground floor rooms of the hotel, At the conclusion of lunch the Chairman proposed the toasts of "The King and "The Republic of China"

The table setting 60.occupied the whole of the centre of the Roof Garden and was beautifully de

pre-

The following was the manu:-- Les Raviers des Gastronomes Consommé en Tasse Saumon d'Ecosse Poché Sause Hollandaise Salade de Concombres

Pommes Persillées Chaud-froid de Volaille Royale Selle d'Agneau Braisée Petits Pois à la Menthe

Femmes Chateen Bombe Imperiale Les Friandises Miladi Lea Mangoes Peninsula Café Diable.

After lunch the Chairman led His Excellency the Governor, the Can ton visitors, H.B.M. Acting Consul- General at Canton and others on a tour of inspection of the Fair. Lady Peel, who did not feel equal to making a complete tour of the Exbibition, was accommodated in a private suita in the Hotel, but pai:l a short visis to the New Territories Section.

CRUELTY TO A DOG"

You're a very remarkable shot,", cominented the Grimsby stipendiary magistrate, when John Thomas Cor dom, wenty-three, a sawyer, admit- ted shooting a dog, but said that the only fired to frighten it away from this poultry,

He was charged with cruelty to a dog owned by Charles Momby, whose:

dered to

sagt: the

Complete victory has not yet by whom this Report calls "the drug any means been won, but those barons of Europe" are being gradually and surely defeated, and the tale of how this end is being ac- complished is told with entrancing vividness by Russell Pasha.

MEDAL FOR BRAVE P.-C.

The silver medal of the National Canine Defence League has been awarded to Constable Craig, of the Bristol Police, for his rescue of a terrier stranded on a ledge of rock. Constable Craig was lowered at great personal risk to the ledge by theans of a slender piece of rope, hastily obtained and which we hardly strong enough to hear his weight.

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