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PRESS CENSORSHIP

Observations & Commentaries

Two out of three books which the lication by one who, in addition to Chinese Government has recently being a property accredited cor- banned were previously most fav-respondent, was also actively, in- ourably reviewed in foreign lan-erested in Chinese politics-sub- guage periodicals published in mited to the representative in Shanghai We do not intend to Shanghai of a foreign paper for give further publicity to the ident- transmission to his home Editor, ity elther of the books or their 'was held up by the recipient in reviewers, other than to mention Shanghai who, instead of sending that one of the latter is himself Editor

month- ly publication which has been banned from the mails by the Chinese Government. The three books whose importation ̧ into China is now definitely prohibited have been on sale for months past In Shanghal, and copies can be still obtained in extraterritorial areas, so that the announcement of a Customs ban comes much too late to be really effective. Whe- ther action of this sort is advisable or not is a point upon which opin- ions differ widely. Some believe it is much better to allow books to cir- culate as they will, actracting such

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1935.

REARMING BY GERMANY

Violent Attack By French Deputy

[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright).]

Paris, Mar. 22.

MINERAL GAS

STREAM

ROOSEVELT REGIME

Strange Happenings Mr. Herbert Hoover's

in Austria

[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright).3

Vienna, Mar. 23,

Attack

Sacramento. Mar. 23.

A slashing attack on the Roose- velt regime has been made by An Immense escape of mineral | ex-President, Mr. Herbert Hoover A violent attack on Germany gas occurred on. Friday in the term a letter to the California Re- by the Diehard deputy, Franklin-ritory of the Europe, Gas Company publican Assembly.. Boullion was the main feature of in Enzersdorf South of Vienna He urges that the present con- it on to his paper abroad, reprethe Chamber debate on Friday where boring operations had been ception of national economy, bas sented the manuscript to be a con-

following the ratification of the in progress for two months withous ed on scarcity must be reversed fidential report written by the se-

Franko-Italian Rome agreement success. The outburst was so vio-

to economy based on production, cretary of a prominent political

by 506 to 9 votes, the Chamber lent that a considerable part of the

The most solenn Government leader. As such it was shown to

thes almost unanimously approv-heavy plant was nung high into obligations had been repudiated. certain other political leaders who

ing of the principle that any the air, the outfit, being totally he said, and the nation was fac- happened to be bitterly opposed to

unlateral action regarding the wrecked. The disaster occurred

ed with the greatest debt in its the group with which the unfor-

armament question is inadmiss- without the least warning. The history. The currency had been tunate and unsuspecting writer ible. Franklin-Bouillon demanded lower end of the bere reached "a

rendered uncertain, the cost of was associated. Such incidents

an immediate alliance by France depth of 650 metres when suddenly living was steadily, advancing and quite naturally lead to general dis-

with allles against the "robber thick mud began to spurt out of

more people than ever before were trust of the journalistic profession

nations." Germany, and Hungary

upper end. When this was

dependent on the Government for and an unwillingness to repose who desired to tear up the trea-stopped pale, blue and transparent

relief, while recovery WIS still any confidence in its representaties and make war, declaring

gas followed, roaring and deafen-

being delayed, tives here. Betrayal of confidence that Germany by rearming badingly. The workmen and engin- in this way-even if unintentional declared war on the whole civilis-eers fed. there being great danger Journalists of standing have been gulty of it merely demonstrates England was also not spared that the gas would ignite.

gas has been escaping for five

but up till now no method has been

ed world.

the

The

nutention as they may, rather than the necessity of an International the thrusts, by the fiery deputy hours with undiminished vigour

give them that generous and gra- tultous advertisement which comes from an offcial ban of any kind.. Moreover, since the proportion of China's population able to read books in foreign languages is so Judicrously small, and those who can digest such matter are intel- ligent enough to estimate its real value, it is argued that there is much more to be said for freely admitting books-even though full of misrepresentation, malicious or otherwise than for ordering their suppression. On the other hand,

some argue that unless strong action is taken to make known to

the world China's resentment at untrue or unfair references to this country and its people, fables may be-accepted-as-facts-by-those-un- acquainted with conditions in the Republic.

Protect Your

THROAT

and

CHEST

"The Remedy You

Breathe " to-day must

Before us is the sink in which one great nation after another is falling. America look, as previously, to the creative impulses of free men and women

for the economic recovery. The

Press Association before which who described Franco-British re- such cases could be brought uplationships 85 consisting of 儡

freedom of men to think and act and honourably settled without series of misunderstandings, the devised for getting the gas stream

and achieve is now being hamper- under control. The gas is "shoot-ed, he said- any personal il-feeling.

greatest of which was England's desire for Germany's participan up into the air to a distance Reuter. tion to the proposed conference of several hundred metres. En- at Como. This showed the British quiries showed that the outbreak Government to be totally blinded. occurred just as the boring rod was being changed. The police have blocked the roads for a great dis- tance around. The population has

LAVAL DEFENDS

ABUSE OF CONFIDENCE There are many matters which an International Press Association In Shanghai, comprising both for- eigners and Chinese here, would be able to deal with. Some things of a political nature it might be dim- cult to touch. Under present conal-lonial concessions made to Italy' tions in China-it is not necessary to mention foreign nationalities

After briefly replying to the few speakers who criticised the co-

by the Franco-Rome agreement and denying that this contained

by name-this matter of political anything prejudicial to the 12-

association could hardly be dealt with effectively, pat there are cer- tain elementary things which an International Press Association' might do. It could at least try to maintain principles OF ordinary decency and honesty between jour nalists themselves, prevent viola- tion of confidence, check the un- scrupulous swindling of writers by some publishers and vice versa, and deal with other professional

relationships.

SIMPLE PRINCIPLES We do not propose, just now to argue this point, or even to go into the general question of gen- sorship as applied to foreign 'books or even local periodicals. What we

Disciplinary action might be are more concerned about at the

taken, for example, against a moment is the self-censorship which could and should be applied some colleagues to take a certain member who having agreed with by local journalists to themselves.une of joint action in the matter We would like to see something of obtaining information-steals & done by Chinese and foreign

march on his fellows by taking in- editors and newspaper correspond-

dependent action. A "scoop" ob- ents to uphold and protect the best

a dis- traditions of their profession, and tained so dishonourably is we are of opinion that action in grace to the man guilty of it, and to the profession to which he be-

that direction is long overdue. At

the annual dinner of the Frinters

longs, but as things are there. Is по way of dealing effectively

dependence and integrity of Abyssinia, M. Laval then defend- ed

the French foreign policy against the reproaches made by Franklin-Bouillon, paying a high tribute to Mussolini and the value of the Franco-Italian agreement.

Dealing with Germany, the Foreign Mirister expressed the hope that the German, Govern-

mentis latest gesture would do

no more than retard the organi sation. of peace. a task from which France wished to exclude nobody. M! Laval then went on to lay great emphasis on his de- sire for peace and expressed con- ndence

the favourable out-

come of the forthcoming negotia- tions, stating that his desire was to reaffirm before the whole world- that the French policy was direct- ed against nobody.

Replying to further interpella- Моп on the part of Franklin- Bouillon who said he had hoped

Pension Corporation held in Lon-with one so lost to all sense of for a statement on the lines that

don a little time ago, Mr. Walter Runciman, Fresident of the British

throughout the world has been set in Fleet Street, and we have reason

decency. An International Press

"no co-operation is possible with Association could deal very speed-disregarded the treatles" M. Laval National-Socialist Germany which

Board of Trade, declared that "thely and effectively with a man guilty declared that every effort must standard of newspaper production of such unprofessional behaviour, be made to maintain the system as it could with a man who mis- tion used in controversy and had

of friendships and alliances- represented the origin of a quota-Transocean Kuo Min. neither the courtesy nor honesty to admit the fact." With such things achieved, it might be able to go ahead to other mattters But these are elementary. must certainly be ethical in their personal relations before we can look to them for higher standards in more involved questions.

་་

COURT OF HONOUR

Men

ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP

COMPANY

to be glad that wherever English is spoken with an English accent the same standards of honour are prevalent,"

Whatever one may think of Mr. Runciman limiting his declaration to “wherever English is spoken with an English accent." one might wish that the "stan-

[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily dards of honour" referred to were somewhat higher with regard to

· Press" {Copyright.}.] Bome foreign journalists in China, It is this view which prompts us to

Berlin, Mat. 2. urge the necessity for an Internt-

The German Zeppelin Airship tional Press Association in China

In this connection" it is worth Company-Deutsche Zeppelin Ree- to maintain professional standards, noting that in Europe there is deri GMBH. was founded on to see that news is given 'out fully

an International Court of Honour, Friday at a meeting presided over and accurately, and that any of established by journalists with the by the Reich's Air Minister, Gene- fences against professional ethics object of dealing with members of Tal Goering. The enterprise has not within the province of the law the profession charged with deli-its headquarters in Berlin, the courts may be promptly and effec- berate fabrication and/or publica- object being the organisation of tively dealt with. Apart from the

tion of information liable to dis- airship traffic, more especially the question of law--and even, then turb international peace. It was regular passenger, post and freight legal redress is not so simple when recognized that there was always transport.

The nominal share the possibility of a journalist act-

capital the delinquent stands amugly out

is 9,550,000 marks of reach of the law of the land in ing in good faith but in innocent which the

Zeppelin Airshipe which he lives there are some ignorance, without malice, or by Building Company acquires 5,700,- .000 and the German Air Hanza simple principles of propriety genuine misjudgment. It is the

3,850,000. The renowned aerial which journalists should certainly business of the International Court

navigator. Dr. Eckener has been

of

directors.

Transocean Kuo Min.

..

INTER-VARSITY SPORTS AT WHITE CITÉ

Pole Vault Record Established

of

observe, but which, in the absence of Honour to investigate the cir appointed chairman of the board

any disciplinary organization, cumstances attending an incident are frequently disregarded.

brought to its notice, and ascer- tain whether the accused party GENERAL DISTRUST' had "with malice aforethought". Information given to a journal deliberately set out to cause Inter- 1st in confidence, for instance, national estrangement. While should remain so, even when this conceding that guilt may be, ex- confidence is only implied-a mat-tremely difficult to prove, yet it is ter of elementary honesty admit- something that journalists should ting of no 'equivocation. And yet recognize the great responsibilities there have been cases in Shanghai resting upon their shoulders, and where foreign journalists of stand- voluntarily make an effort even ing have, on being questioned by though it may not be wholly suc the Chinese authorities, disclosed eessful to keep the record of their the sources of their political - honourable profession clean formation, in the naive hope, per- An International Press Assocta- haps, that such revelations would tion in China could attempt to do absolve them of all personal re- something along the same lines it sponsibility, but disregarding-no could at least show that the men double quite unintentionally the who are jealous of the good name fact that such a disclosure might of their calling were anxious to do seriously embarrass the person what they can to make the back Involved, who, after all, was not sheep among the number realize consulted about the way and the that their activities were known to extent to which his information and disapproved by journalists of might be used. In another case, all nationalities proud of their a signed article written for pub profession

Loudon, March 23. Cambridge beat Oxford by 7 Varsity athletics to-day at White events to 4 in the 67th Inter City,

In winning the Pole Vault with 11 ft 6ins, Webster later cleared. 12 ft. 0 in. to beat Bond English record of 12 ft. 6 ins.; which was established in 1630 Ph

Brown (Cambridge) won the MacMillan's 1919 inter-Varsity re- Quarter Mile in 40 secs to beat cord of 40-2/3 secs.- Kester.

been ordered to extinguish all fres· to avoid the danger of igniting the gas stream.- Transocean Kuo Min.

Your Weakness

may be a

Deficiency Disease

A few typical symptoms of mineral deficiency

are:

General Weakness Tooth Decay Nervous Irritability. Skin Troubles

Anæmia

Low Resistance to Colds & Infections Feminine Complaints

Always Keep

A Bottle of PEPS Handy!

LEPS

for

COUGHS

of medicine dealers everynkers.

Agenda-Mar.. Gilman & Co., Ltd., 44, Des Toux Road, Hong Kong.

"Whenever there is disfunction in the body, lack of minerals

is probably a contributing factor”.

The “South African Medical Record","

"I have no hesitation in stating that Kalzana is the most

eficient minerat food I know of”.

MR., MRC.F.

Lack of certain minerals in the body, physicians have dis covered, is responsible for many complaints-often of a totally differing character. Such diverse troubles as tooth decay, general weakness, dizziness, nerve pain, may have their root in one and the same cause: mineral deficiency. Drugs only relieve the symptoms and make the condition worse in the end.

With Kalzana, however, you can relieve the actual cause of your complaint, because Kalzana makes good the lack of minerals in your body. Kalzana contains the vital elements needed by your system, combined in such a way that they are readily taken up by the body and quickly reach the weakened organs.

Kalzana, moreover, has a strengthening influence on the whole body. It soothes the nerves and gives new health and increased power of resistance. Lack of minerals is a very common cause of ill-health, but a course of Kalzana will soon put you right again.

Give Kalzana to the children also, especially during the time of teething and rapid growth when there is an increased demand for minerals in the child. Kaizana tums pale, listless children into buoyantly healthy youngsters.

Remember, Kalzana is not a drug but a mineral food and must de you good. Start a course to-day.

Kalzana

THE MINERAL FOOD FOR BETTER HEALTH

Obtainable at all Chemists and Stores.

SANATOGENA FOR

The opinion of leading Medical Papers :

"The Tung-Chi Medical The Medical Paper,

Paper writes:

"The regular administra- tionof Kalzana in sufficient doses maintains

blood

loss of

Practitioner writes:

Kalzan

grouth