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ITALY AND CHINA

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To Exchange Ambassadors

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1934.

LAST TWO-DAYS

AT

(2.30,5.10.7.15

& 9.30 P.M.

They'll be here aft- soons, those two un- killable crackpots

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE

TEL. No. 25313 25332

SUNDAY

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

KING'S:-

HONG KONG

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

Netban Road Kowloon. Tel. 57222||

SHOWING TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 P.M.

(From Our Own Correspondent

super-

Shanghai, Oct. 5. man commercial aircraft, and var- An event of outstanding import-lous types of American machines demonstrated to the admiration of ance in China's international re-

officials. almost every lations is the elevation of Sino- Chinese

The latest to come is a Italian diplomatic representatives month. from Ministerial to Ambassadorial Boeing P-26 fighter, described by rank, officially announced both in its introducers as "the fastest air- Rome and Nanking on September plane ever to come to China," and now being assembled at Hungjoo. 26. This latest step by Il Duce. marks the culmination of increas- It is declared that the Ing cordiality in the relations be-

charged Pratt and Whitney 500 tween the two oldest civilisations h.p. engine can reach a top speed of 235 m.p.h., climb to 10,000 feet of East and West, during recent

in 4 minutes, and be put through years. and the lead taken by

all kinds of manoevres, including Italy to treat China on an equal

terminal velocity drives realising. Booting has been received with

speeds. up to 400 and 500 miles per gratification as signifying the im-

hour. The Boeing fighter is claim- pending abandonment of the su- perciliousness with which foreigned to be the only airplane in the nations had been wort to treat things Chinese.

The reply of Mr. Wang Ching- Wei, President of the Executive Yutn, and Concurrently Minister of Foreign Affairs, reads thus:

His Excellency. Mr. Benito Mus- solini Premier of the Royal Ita- llan Government, Rome. I learn with utmost pleasure that the Royal Italian Government has decided to represent Italy in China by an Ambassador and to create here an Embassy. I am convinced that the friendly re- lations existing between our two countries which represent the two oldest civilisations of the East and West will become fur- "ther strengthened. I take this "opportunity to express to Your Excellency my very cordial senti- ments."

China hitherto had had only one Ambassador, accredited to Moscow, and her efforts for many years past to claim equality with other Powers had been baulked largely by the reluctance of Japan, France and Britain--the countries posses- sing the largest Interests in China -to assist the elevation of Chin- ese prestige. Indeed, there had been an understanding between including Italy. these Powers, against any independent action in the promotion of their Legations in China to Embassies, and foreign despatches from London and To- kyo have indicated that those, Gov- ernments felt rather bitter against a march Rome for having stolen upon them in winning Chinese favour. At any rate, China cannot but feel specially pleased with a voluntary manifestation of friend- ship and equality, such as has been shown by Rome, more than in cases where similar steps are sub- sequently taken with reluctance, and in the sense of making a vir tue of necessity.

U. S. air services on which no flight restrictions are imposed, and it should provide some thrills for excitement-craving Shanghaifan- ders when it is put through its 1 paces.

Tropical Medicine Congress

The Congress of the Far Easter Association of Tropical Medicine now in session at the nation Cap- Ital, with the Chinese Government

BERT slept:

WHEELER

ROBT

WOOLSEY

With meiria maident and wenches: faire to laoke upon!

RKO RADIO

Egad! Egad! 'Tis'o tayle of alde tyme chivairie that doth make the belfie shake!

COCKEYED CAVALIERS"

With

THELMA TODD DOROTHY LEE Directed by MARK SANDRICH. Pendro S. Berman, executive pro

as host, will terminate to-morrow THE ALHAMBRA

October 6. Upwards of 400 repre- sentatives, from Australia, India, China, Hawall, the Federated Ma- lay States and Straits Settlements, Hong Kong, the Netherlands East indies etc., are participating. That medical science in general, and the practice of medicine in China in particular, will derive much bene- ft from the discussions is eviden- ced by the fact that more than one hundred and seventy scienti- ne papers have been tabled for reading and discussion at the Con- grass.

The Association was founded in 1909 in Manila by a group of ex- thusiasts interested in diseases of the tropics and Far East, and, ex- cept during the War years, had

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Presents Excellent

Programme

"The Tenderfoot starring Joe E. Brown, a riotous comedy of a young fool with money to burn, is now showing at the Alhambra Theatre.

The story which is told from an unusual angle presents the hero as a modest ranch owner, who enters the metropolis with $20,000 in order to increase it and pay off a mortgage.

How he is shelved with a dude show which eventually turns out to be a roaring success and how the originators of the swindle are paid back to full in the traditiona) Joe E. Brown" method, is up-

held regular sessioris in Hong Kong, Salgon, Java, Singapore, Tokyo, Calcutta and Bangkok. The reu- sons why China had not invited the Assoication earlier to hold its roaricusly illustrated in his latest

Congress in the country were re- vealed by Dr. J. Heng Liu, Directon of the National Health Adminis tration, in the course of an address a few days go.

One of these was

that until recent years, there had been little public health work in China, which therefore could con- tribute little to the discussions in such a gathering. However, now,

as had never been the case under any of the previous Governmer.ts, China possesses a definitely well- organised national health service, which has a fine record of valu-

It is significant to note, usable work done, both in adminis- showing that no vaild reasons ex- tration and research. In this con- lat for continuing to treat this nection, the work of one of the country as an inferior--that the pioneers, Dr. Wu Lien-teh, in pla- Italian gesture has already set gue prevention, needs no review- Tokyo earnestly to consider estab-ing. lishing an Embassy, while rumour has it that Britain and France are also debating the same thing. It would seem, however, that the two Powers most likely to follow Rome In the near future will be Gremany and Japan.

The coming of the AssocÍA- ton to Nanking is one of the signs that China to-day is entering fully into the mulifarious aspects of International relations, and that she may confidently be expected to ernigibate her share to the scientific and cultural progress of

the world.

“VIVA VILLA!”

A Capital Show

Italian Scholarships

Following hard on the heels of the announced decision to estab- lish an ambassadorship in China. fualy has taken yet mather step Italy has taken yet another step to consolidate her position in Chinese favour. The Tatian Con sulate nagus, announced that the Itaan Far Eastern Goodwill as- ariation, under official supervision proposes granting schonships to

Chinese students, who desire to Those who have seen 'Wallace pursue higher studies in Italian Beery in "Viva, Villa!" will agree Universities, as a means of foster- that excellent though this star ing goodwill and cultural contacts has been in his past performances, between the two nations. The ap- he gives something on a different plicants may either be university plane altogether in his part as graduates or senior year stuleclė, | the modern Mexican Robin Hood. and will be classided into those

Wallace Beery has long since who major in philosophy of litera-

established himself a favourite ture, and those qualifying for poll- with local cinema fans and it tical science, commerce, chemistry would be no exaggeration to say or engineering In addition to an

that he has won for himself many annual grant of 5000 liras for each

& new admirer by the very clover' student, the latter will enjoy cer- way in which he carries out a tain additional privileges such as difficult role in his latest effort. paying only 30 per cent for steam-So much has been said about the ship fares, and 50 per cent for tul-story that it would perhaps be tion fees. Altogether a very laud- unnecessary. to mention it again able enterprise, indeed, and one here but a report of the picture that will doubtless be valuable in

would not be complete, if nothing strengthening the friendship exist-

was said about the cast. In ad- ing between the two countries.

dition to Beery, "honourable 'mention" must be made of Fay Wray and Miss, de. Mille, the The leading air-craft manufac-| pretty" daughter of the famXTILE turing firms from various countries "Cecil· B." while Leo Carillo, have been vicing had with each other latterly to push their sales in this country. We have seen Ita Han bombers, British Bghters, Ger

Monoplane Fighter

Donald Cook Stuart Erwin and George Stone all deserve some of the bouquet that are being hand- ed out."

vehicle.

The shorts" which precede the main item on the programme are very interesting and include a Mickey Mouse entitled "Mickey's Orphans " which alone is worth seeing. "The Lion Hunt" the

third of a series of adventures by a cameraman in the African, wilds and Gaumont Mirror go towards making the entire programme one of the best seen within the last quartera.

4.

TONGHURST RUBBER

·ducer- Music and lyrics by t

· Will Jason and Val Burton,"

MANDALAY

A Powerful Story

A tale of thrilling adventure with colourful romance comes to the Al- hambra Theatre to-morrow

with the First National picture, "Man- dalay." $

It is set in the picturesque back- i ground of the Orlerit, in that seċ- where the whites tion of Burma come in contact with the natives. The romance does not concem Orientals. however, though there

are

many of them, appearing in the production, but the white man; and particularly that breed of sol- dier of fortune who turns to gun running, traffic m women and other illicit trades.

The theme concéfïis a beauti-

ful Russian giri, an exile from her

own country, who is sold into vir- tual slavery to a resort keeper by her own lover.. Her escape on a boat to Mandalay and her pur- suit entails some of the most thril- rig action in the picture. Col- ourful scenes take place in the night club resort which is patroniz- ed by civil and army officers, travellers or any of the whites" who have the necessary money to spend, and aboard a boat on the Irawadi River where the principal characters meet again in conflict and romance.

CHARLIE CHANS COURAGI

A FOX Picture with

WARNER

OLAND

DRUE

|LEYTON

DONALD WOODS

ON THE STAGE

On SUNDAY at 9.30 P.M.

SERAPHIM STRELKOFF

แ

BERT AND BOB

At The "King's"

Just what is

meant by the re- cently coffed" "musical movie" and how, if and when it differs from the "musical feature". ur "musical comedy" is Hollywood's current topic of interest, as the result of RKO-Radio's "Cockeyed Cavaliers," starring Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey showing to- day at the King's Theatre,

whe term la simple enough." declares Mark Sandrick," who directed the picture, "for it means exactly what it implies. The pro- duction is the first effort to Alma a musical story by screen stan-. dards as opposed to stage, stan- dards, a wide variance-from any film with music, yet produced.

"In other words, it is a regular motion picture with a story and plot and comedy, rather than a haphazard weak tale made even less interesting by "interruptions for chorus ensembles, singers and tap dancers,

"It is a musical movie because it is an integral part of a con- tinuous symphony. Every action, every word, every mood, and even. every sound in it. from the swish

"Cockeyed Cavaliers"

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QUEEN'S:-

"Viva Villa"

ORIENTAL:

"Footlight Parade"

KOWLOON

ALHAMBRA

"Tenderfoot"

MAJESTIC:

"The Invisible Man"

KING'S:-

Coming

"Charlie Chan's Courage" "Thirty-Day Princess"

4 SHOWS DAILY

7.10-0.80

H. G. WELL S' The

INVISIBLE MAN"

WITH

GLORIA STUART CLAUDE RAINS

TAKE ANY TRAR OR HAPPY VALLEY BUB-

ORIENTAL

FLEMING ROAD WANGHAI

TEL. 30472

2 MORE DAYS-TO-DAY & TO-MORROW THIS IS NO EXAGGERATION HERE'S THE WORLD'S GRANDEST MUSICAL SHOW For georgeous spectacles, feminine beauty, wonderful song hits, clever comedy, beautiful music and marvellona dance creations THIS PICTURE ETOMIS EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE

300 Giris--1000 Surprises

20 Start-including JAMES CAGNEY RUBY KEELER DICK POWELL

JOAN BLONDELL

FOOTLIGHT

PARADE

of the horses' talls and the songs CHARLIE CHAN'S adventures around the character

of the hunters to the grunts of the wild boars, is an added part of the melody.

even

There is BM unusually strong

"It has musical continuity

ESTATES

cast which includes such players as

instead of a musical score, an in- novation in show world history. A profit of £1,310 is shown by Kay Francis, Picardo Cortez, War- the accounts for the year ended ner Oland and Lyle Talbot in the

"It

serves to introduce March 31 of the Tonghurst Rubber

featured rules. There is a long list | new songs, which I believe will of talented players among the

open up a new and hitherto un- Estates (1932), Limited. From this has been deducted the debit members of the supporting cast,

explored neld of entertainment. balance of £922 brought in fron

some of whom are Ruth Donnelly,

For, though the music of those the previous accounts, leaving Reginald Oven, Robart Cavanaugh, adhere to popular song standards

£388, which the directors propos. David Torrence, Rafaela Otfiane,

the lyrics are not lyrics in the to carry forward. The crop har-Etienne Girardot, Lucien Little-

true sense of the word. vested amounted to 378,14715, and field, Bodi Rosing and Herman

"Instead, they are part of the the average net price obtained in

dialogue of the play."

unchanged), and that £25,300 was 3,276d. a Ib

SHOWING

TO-DAY

Magnificent warrior

The picture was directed by Michael Curtiz from the screen play by Austin Parker and Charles

Kenyon which is based story by Paul Harvey Fox.

QUEEN'S

Adventurer

riding roughshod....... Ruthless us wait Vol. canic in romance! Villa, the magnificent, excaptures the world's im agnon in the gresiast epie i ficuonát adventure sunca. "The Big "Paroda"

ON.

the

Ar 2.30, 5.10

7.20 & 9.30

WALLACE

BEERY

iding vole of his extrem

COURAGE

For The King's

Charlie Chan, created by the late novelist. Earl Derr Biggers, has become a tremendously popu- lar fiction” character, newer and more interesting in the public mind than either Sherlock Holmes of Philo Vance. He is a type always hitherto treated as a villain, now become a hero, using his cunning to unravel 'mysteries instead of causing them.

Chan, the great Chinese detec- tive of the Honolulu Police, has become a very real character to millions of readers. He has en- joyed a vogue second to no other hero of mystery stories, affording a colourful characterizations' en- tirely different from the run of story book detectives.'

The five pictures in which he has lived on the screen have made him a distinct favourite with audiences. He not only has n uncanny gift of deduction but he also expresses a charming sense of humour in his quaint, philo- sophical wise-cracks, which have all the flavour of modernized paraphrasing of the wise ut- terances, of Confucius and” the ancient Oriental philosophers.

Now he appears-igain "Charlie Chan's Courage" comitig to the King's Theatre on Sunday,

Warner Oland, who once, agam essays Charlie Chan in this pro- duction, is recognized by millions of fans as the perfect physical embodiment For the fictional character. Oland is

and Changia Oland. He has played the character in all of the Fox Filmi depicting the adventures of Honolulu tective

Chan will insure patrons an splendid

for whose exploits they have. formed a periodically, stimulated appetite.

Drue Leyton and Donald Woods are the other featured players.

One of the most successful of Earl Derz Biggers" novels, "The Chinese Parrot," will be recognized by readers in this latest screen episode in the career of Charlie.

Chan. This author wrote all the novels from which the Chan pic tures were adapted, in addition to a number of other best sellers.

ALHAMBRA

JFSPEE

TO-DAY ONLY First National's Comedy Cyclone

BROWN

TTENDERFOOT

HUDER&ROGRES

"MALEWA CODIS

MICKEY MOUSE CARTOON

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