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Cinema Diary

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Diary of Local Events

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Echoes of 1859

Around the Couris

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"The Gateway to the Gorges" is an interesting article dealing with life on the Yangtze and Especially in one of the River ports Page 7.

The case of a Frenchman who was fined yesterday in Court appears on Paso 7.

Home Football News of the acti vities of Club appears on Page" 11.

Football Council Meeting is fully- reported on Page 10."

STAND BY THE

LEAGUE

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Mr. Anthony Eden's Interesting Address

When Mr. Anthony Eden, the British Under-Secretary for For- eign Affairs, was addressing a large audience of women in Lon- don a few weeks, "back, he paid them a high compliment., Many speakers, in talking to gatherings of this kind on international af- faire, are content with variations. on the theme that war is horrible, Not so the statesman who has shared with the Foreign Secretary the burden of recent negotiations at Geneva.

fessor Lessing, of a notable book covering from the Arst surprise, any of his chief 'advisers had been which everybody knows already.

on colloquial Chinese. He had only recently returned to Germany- Reuter.

NANKING TIRES OF POLITICS

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successfully beat them off with a

loss of about 120 casualties

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Urgent Call For Aid But this, and still smaller scrap at Marolles, caused such an Exaggerated impression at Haig's headquarters that telephone message. was sent to GHQ "Attack heavy from north-west. Can you send help?" This appeal for outside"help from.. an army corps 40,000 strong. which had scarcely suffered at all in the re-

Miss Butterfly Wu as treat compared with its neigh-

New Sensation

bour, is rather astonishing.

Nanking, January 8. Discarding for the moment the monotony of its political life, the Chinese copital has gone movie- crazy. The visit of the Chinese movie queen, Miss Butterfly Wu,even

were

"Neither the Field-Marshal nor near the fighting troops since the 2th, and he..seems to have been unaware of the complete recovery of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Divisions from the hard day at Le Cateau." French's dominant idea was to

Ho dealt so frankly and fully get away from the battle-line. Onlarly with regard to disarmament. with present difficulties, particu- August 31 he received telegrams

from Kitchener which

that his words surely deserve the

"Clearly showed the surprise careful attention of all Britisiz. and consternation of the Gov-citizens. ernment at the-course which the

The isolationists, who believe in. British Commander-in-Chief was

the "superficially attractive poli- taking in withdrawing the B.E.F. from the fighting line... ..."

French "replied that he, had already been left several times in the lurch, by bis Allies; that If there was a gap in the line It was their affair; and that the force under his command in its present condition could hardly withstand a strong attack from even one German corps."

Foch Disobeys. Orders

Nevertheless the Commander- in-Chief, Sir-John' French, direct- es Smith-Dorrien to meet Haig's himself in far greater peril, repli- request. Smith-Dorrien, who was

ed that his troops exhausted to move.

too

has created a sensation here only

Then at 1.35 a.m. Halg sent an more alarming report: "Situation" very critical". And a equalled by few important political little later, although the fighting events. among the most stringent,

at Landrecies had now dled down, - Despite Joffre's extreaties that The "Butterfly" is going to ap-be suggested that Smith-Dorrien's he would stand his ground, "Sir The scarcity of ten-cent pieces-pear in person on a local stage in troops near Le Cateau should John French issued orders for the

several dramatic performances. quite apart from the scarcity of

CO.112 to his aid by marching treat to be continued." She will be supported by an all-straight to Landrecies. coppers, which chiefly affects the

In the eventual "Battle of the star cast. She is scheduled to per-

Marne," however, the BEF. made Chinese shopkeepers and, small

A Gap In The Records, form here for three days but al "There is at, this point," says

the main contribution to the concerns, and applies more to the though the premier performance the Official History, "a gap in the strategio victory. Even if it had is set for to-night, all seats were records." This sornds unpleasant-

little fighting and did not push has on more than one occasion engagement two days ago.

sequally been destroyed to cover

"ed less. .It was battle of seriously inconvenienced public in- In compliance with public re- up what happened. The Official

shadows. stitutions. For instance, the Star

quest, the famous actress may be History, however, remarks: "It

The Orielal History also, shows Ferries ran out of small silver some

induced to prolong her engagement would appear from what followed that one of the chief brakes on the for another week. When she is off that Ger Hale must have been chance of exploiting the victory time ago which seems almost in- the stage, she will also be busily told by Sir John French that, in was due to Foch's disobedience of engaged in the filming of a talking view of the direction of the icers, by which he needlessly in- picture entitled "Black Mountains enemy's attack, he must retire volved Himself and his neighbours Silvery Streams and a Beautiful southwards not south-weat

in an awkward hole." Thus on August 26 Haig's Carps

Alsne Failure vent marching south, untroubled i There is another, important re- by the enemy. while Dorrien's, with its inner flank of the campaign.

Smith-velation on this next critical phase exposed, was fighting for its life September 13 the passage of the By noon on at Le Cateau

Alere had been forced by both

of cutting ourselves adrift from Europe, will find both science and history against them. "Clear- -ly," says Mr. Eden, after weighing up these factors, "a" policy. of isolation can avall nothing to keep this country out of a future war."

What, then, can we do to help with the restoration of political. stability? First, by consistent and loyal support of the League of Nations; Mr. Eden is too hon- est a critic to deny that the Les- gue has fallen upon difficult. times, but the moral which he draws is that "it is just in such times that. the

most League

needs its.

friends,"

the Country Hospital, Shanghai, poorer of the Chinese population-booked for the entire three-day ly as if vital documents had sub hard, its French neighbours push exactly how much we have, a right...-

JULIAN-On January 6, 1924, at the wife of C. Ő. JULIAN, 4f daughter. HAY-On January 6, 1934, at the Country Hospital, Shanghai, lo MARY, wife of C. E. Hay, laughter, MARGARET MAUREEN.

ENGAGEMENT

The engagement is announced of the Rev. E. K. Quick, Headmaster Shanghai, and Donts IRENE, caugh of the Cathedral School for Boys,

ter of Mr. and Mrs. Barber, "of. Ipswich, Suffolk.

Editorial and Business Office: 11

Ice House Street. Tel. 30251

Night Editor (Wanchai, Office):

Tel. 24511.

London Office: 53, Fleet Street.

E.O

The Daily Press.

HONG KONG, JANUARY 12, 1934.

SUBSIDIARY COIN

a rule: but

credible when one considers the stream of ten-cent pieces that this was during a time when in- enters their till as

tending passengers were them selves short-and they were very hard put to it to obtain small change In order to cash the notes and silver dollars of pas- sengers. Buses and trams have also run out on several occasions- to the benefit of passengers who have been known to be granted a free ride! But this is not all, large shops like Whiteaway's have also run short of small change many a time, which is an exceedingly awkward position for a shop to be in. tending to lose them the custom of a dissatisfied client.

Among offenders in this matter of subsidiary coin are money changers, who are suspected of A much-needed measure which hoarding, Admittedly they forina we are given to understand the convenient medium for the chang- By Order of the Board of Directors, Treasury is effecting very shortlying of money and are compara-

FUNG PING FAN,

·s the increase of subsidiary tively fair-the better of them-in Director & Secretary. coin, such as coppers and small the matter of rates, but it might Hong Kong, 9th January, 1634. [916) silver in the Colony. The neces be advantageous to Government, in sity for this lies in the mani- the matter of regulation of the, pulation of subsidiary coin quantity of subsidiary coin on the which, owing to its scarcity. is market, were money-changers more nore often than not at a premium. under control,

NOTICE OF REVOCATION This premium fluctuates as a rule. This matter of regulation is ex

OF POWER.

between Ave and ten per cent.. ceedingly important and has, no though it has been known to doubt, received the consideration TOTICE is hereby given that by reach as high as twenty per cent of the Treasury, for a flooded & Deed of Revocation made on Obviously this state of affairs market might react in as undesir- the 4th day of January, 1984, Mr most unsatisfactory, not to say in- able a way as a restricted one LOKE YUNG CHEONGE

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Woman's Heart."

The director of the picture is al- ready looking all over the capital for a pretty Chinese garden to be used as its settling.

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LOCAL AND GENERAL

Guest of Secretary-General Miss Butterfly. Wu was the guest of honour at a time given by Mr. Chu Ming-yi, secretary-general of the Executive Yuan of the Nat- ional Government. ception was help this afternoon A private re-

for the benefit of a group of local press representatives.

After vainly persuading "Butterfly" to have a drink with the them, the press correspondents made a concentrated attack on Mr. Wang Hafen-chieb, & famous actor who always takes the role of a villain in pictures. Assuring had a man as he looked on the the pressmen that he was not so

screen, Mr. Wang bravely met be given by Mr. and Mrs. A. M. A Plano and Song Recital will their wishes..

Bowes-Smith on Thursday Janu After to-night's premier perform-ary 18, at the Helena May In- giving a midnight dance in honour ance, the local Bankers' Club 1s stitute, at 5.30 p.m. of the visiting actress-Reuter.

THE STRONG ARM OF THE LAW

The Colony had a clean bill of a lecture on "Some One-Book Men" hours ended January 10. health during the twenty-four to the Arts Association of the Uni versity of Hongkong on Tuesday, January, 23, at 8.30. p.m., in the There will be a Dinner Dance at Union Assembly Room of the Usi Repulse Bay Hotel on night, January 13th, and a Tea of the Arts Association

Saturday versity: Mr. Birch is the president Dance on Sunday January 14.

تیره

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The Rt. Rev Bishop H. Valtorta, Vicar Apostolic of Hongkong, haal gone on a pastoral visit to Fan-lo koa (Waichow district) and will be absent until January 24

by the studenta.

In perhaps the most useful part. of his speech"the Under-Becretary for Foreign Affairs explained

to expect from the League, “It is neither & touchstone for all is nor a repository of all knowledge. It is essentially a machine for ··as- aisting consultation between na- tions. Its wisdom cannot be greater than the collective wisdom

of the statesmen who employ it. The greater the support we give it, the more it can achieve."

This admirable description prompts the réflection that, if the nations are loath to use the ma chine which is ready at hand, they are unlikely to find a solution" to their problems by relegating it to the scrap-heap. For that rea- son, the very magnitude of inter- "national complications makes the right use of the League more es- sential than ever before.

extremities of the British line. All depended on Halg in the centre.

“From all

the

information.

furnished to Gen Halg the gap ad not been closed which had existed between the "German First and Second Armies ever since the

"The prospects of a break-

The St. Agnes's Girls' College is Battle of the Marne, and there was at 8.30 p.m. at the Lee-Hy-San Hall strong force of cavalry.... holding a concert on Saturday next nothing in front of him but a of St. Paul's Girls' College, Mac- donnell Road, when a Chinese and through never were brighter" an English play will be produced by Haig's corps seems to have al But the excessive caution showa

s

lowed the golden hours of oppor- Sergeant Banks of the Kowloon "By the evening of September 13

tunity to pas City Police Station was admitted the situation to the Kowloon Hospital yesterday changed. German reinforcements had completely following a collision with a lorry were known to have arrived. while he was riding a motor cycle. His injuries, fortunately are not Haig's vigour on the 14th was This, as on later occasions,

belated. merely increasing the casualties. A

The wedding is announced to take place shortly of Mr. Owen Fitz-erious! William Hamilton, ships officer, uf the ss. Chak Sang, to Miss Kath of "Fulmer". Cantin Peak. leen Florence Heron, school teacher,

come,"

Berlin; January 11. tion of the new regime is afforded Another proof of the consolida-

Damage estimated at 610,000 was by an interesting order just issued

done when a fire broke out in the responsibility fell on G.E.Q.

But a still greater share of the by Premler Goering to the Inspec

buildings of the National Normal In the G.HQ orders there was Police and the Provincial Govering of the Hongkong University rooms, including individual studies no plan, no objective, no arrange- tor General of the Secret State

University in Peking on January 2no hint whatever of the im "There will be a general meet in the afternoon. More than twentyportance of time.... There was · several isolated cases compelled January 12, 1934, at 3 pm in the flames, which burned for two d'visions blundered into battle. nor. Captain Goering says that Engineering Society on Friday, and laboratories were gutted by ments for co-operation, and the

to recall to all concerned that Rooft K in the University main hours. but under the rules existing are the Police are not only authorised, hiding. All interested are wel-

The disappointing results of the under an obligation to take every

Madame Luthie Gordon is to give 14 after which a deadlock ensued, cperations on September 12" "and" person suspected of breaking the

L A concert, assisted by leading artis seem to have been due to the. purpose of ascertaining their iden, who has been appointed Assis- Saturday, 27th inst, at 5.m., in appreciate the situation and ex- law to a police station for 'the

Col. J. H. Morris, D.8.0.0.B. tes; at the Helens May Institute on allure of the High Command to tits, no matter whether the per- Transport to the China Command and the Link Scholarships and enemy's line."

tant Director of Supplice and aid of the Blind Home, Pokfulam, ploft the still existing gap in the son in question is in plain clothes in place of the late Col. A H Young Musical Artistes Fund. As a consequence the trench or in uniform-Transocean Ku Kinnaird Watson, arrived yesterday Soats may be reserved by telephon, wariate stalemate began.

aboard the a, Hanpura.

inx No. 387.

The battle of Landrecies was fought on the night of August 25-** Word has been received in 28, 1914. The first battle of the Feking that King Albert of Bel-Marne lasted from September. 8- stum, has conferred upon Bir Ro- 10, 1014. By September 12. the philanthropist of Hongkong, the treas to the entrenched line of bert Ho Tung, the well known Germans had made good their re order of Knight Commander of Aisne. The rat battle of Alme the Crown Sir Robert returned to begun.cn September 13, and may China in Beptember from an ex-be said to have lasted well into Mr. B. G. Birch, M.A will give tended trip in Europe

of No. 18, Bonham Strand East. cidious, and Government are de- in the interim between settlement Victoria in the Colony of Hong Kong termined to put an end to it as far times subsidiary coin would very Merchant has revoked all powers of as is possible. This move on the probably be at discount. Coopera- attorney at any time previously given

him to Mr. LAI TAT SAM part of Government should meet tion with the Banks would be one

of Victoria aforesaid Mer with general approval from all but way out as they could withdrawin chant which powers shall as from those who have been, interested in subsidiary coin at the request of

could with the said 4th day of January, 1984, manipulating subsidiary coin to the Treasury as the market dessa to, be of any force or effect.

their own advantage at the ex-required. Dated thin 4th day of January, 1834

pense of the public, DEACONS,

We fully endorse the Govern- At certain seasons of the year. ment's move in this matter and Solicitors for

the scarcity of small silver and are pleased to feel that an end Mr. Loke Yong Cheong. copper coin is more noticeable may be put to the gambling in 147 than at others This scarcity is this subsidiary, which is somewhat

different to general currency spe- culation-farbe it from us to justify that either inasmuch as is intimately concerns the every day cost of living of the poorer classes in the Colony,

The Prison branch of the M.C.L. is holding a grand Variety concert at the Helena May Institute on the programine having been kindly 23rd inst., at 9 p.m., an excellent arranged by Captain Petherick Tickets Sre 1:50 and 81.00