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THE MIGHTY GUN

Will America Again Force The Pace?

(BY SIR HERBERT RUSSELL)

When the London Näval Conference had boiled down to negotiations between three partice, with a Ja. panese observer looking on and the Italian representa- Lives refusing the assembly everything but their resent- ful company," the only question of any real moment was the conflict of views between the British and the United States delegations as to the future limitations of capital

This was

a technical ship dimensions and armament. controversy of first-rate importance completely over- shadowing the various other matters upon which agree-

reached without much difficulty.

ment was

The very vexed and acrimonious cheek. The Americans want 18in. -subject of "ratios" being effectually guns. They have definitely sald so disposed of by the action of Japan, on the alleged grounds that, where- not as their 14in. gun is no better categorical distinctions did really amount to very much so than anybody else's 14in. gun, their 16in. gun, for some undisclosed long as the signatory Powers re- mained free to build as many reason, is very superior to that of cruisers and lesser craft as they any other nation. I take this to be chose, they found it comparatively, the palimpsest easy to agree to limitations regard-dispensation" is written. ing these, which it is scarcely Uke- ly they would want to exceed in any case. But the capital ship presented quite another problem.

AMERICA'S IMPERATIVE

NECESSITY."

The British proposition was to restrict capital-ship construction during the term of any agreement to 25.000 tons displacement and a The Admiralty 12in. armament. held that such a ship, would be quite adequate to fulding all the functions of the primary unit. The United States proposi- tion was to adhere to the limitatons agreed to a Washington in 1922 35,000 tons displacement and 16in. guns. They were very resolute as Since to the Orst-named detail. America has practically no overseas

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over which this

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1936...

ALLEGED USE OF FALSE TICKET

Tramways Company

Prosecute

A MATTER OF COLOURS

MORE MONEY NEEDED

For Colony's Expenses

$26,698 ASKED FÖR

Votes totalling $26.898 will come up for appropriation at a meeting of the Finance Committee of the Legislative Counci. to be held this afternoon.

Serious charges of forging monthly tickets in an effort to The votes are all for the 1936 and of this amount swindle the Hong Kong Tramway estimates Company were preferred against $8,000 are required for the Fublic Ylp Chung-kay" at the Central Works Department being specta: Court yesterday. Another charge expenditure in connection with

of namely that attempting to short wave telephone transmitter.

Public the legal

Works Department:- evade the payment of fare on a tramcar was also added. Special Expenditure. Short wave The case was heard before Mr. S. telephone transmitter, 88,000.

Provision made in Estimates, F. Balfour.

$72.000.

The charges were: (1) on or about July 27, having fulled to six cents pay the legal, fare of while travelling on a tramcar; (2) on or about December 1. last year, did forge a document, namely a monthly ticket of the Hong Kong Tramways Co., with the intent to defraud: (3) on July 1, with hav ing committed the same offence (4) on July 20 having committed similar offences, and (5) on July go having possession of the said forged document.

Mr. W. A. Mackinlay appeared for the Hong Kong Tramways while Mr. M. A. da Silva" was for the defence.

SUPER CAPITAL SHIPS Japan has battleships mounting 16in guns, and, of course, she may But I do not think build others. she has any desire to do 30, Arst of all on the score of cost, and her strategical secondly because outlook does not really envisage the necessity for super capital ships. But if the United States resumes the construction of 18in. sun, bat- tleships, It is more than likely that Japan will respond, and so what this "dispensation" will actually amount to is a stimulus to rivalry.

Once again the sheer farce "of these academic, laborious, raval agreements is shown when, without any real breach of faith, they can be stultified almost before the ink, replied

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The cost of short wave tele- phone transmitter was estimated at 872.000, but owing to the heavy fall in exchange in the interval, the revised cost is now estimated at $80,000.

A supplementary vote for $8,000 is accordingly requested,

Medical Department:-Expenses of Courses of Study, and atten- at Medical Congresses, dance $2,500,

Provision made in Estimates, $3,000.

When the estimates for 1936 were prepared, it was assumed that the expenses of certain courses of study approved in 1935 COLOUR OF TICKETS

would be met from the 1935 vote. Opening, Mr. Mackinay `said

These courses, however, extended that the main point of the charges

over 2 longer period than The was the colour of the tickets.

and was anticipated.

most of wording was the same On ali

presented for The defendant the accounts were monthly tickets.

payment in 1936. had last possessed & monthly ticket in March. last year.. July 27 this year he was travelling the 1936 vote to cover these pay- when the ments in addition to current com- in tram No. 23. and

anticipated Inspector asked for his ticket hemitments, and it

that a further sum of $2,500 will monthly that he, had a

be required to meet expenditure on

this year. A supplementary, vote for this amount is accordingly re- quested.

On

There are insufficient funds in

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bases. they submitted the impera- upon them has dried. It is quitéticket. When asked to show the this sub-head for the remainder of

tive necessity that her big, armour-

ed ships should possess the widest possible radius of action-perfectly legitimate argument. although I think it unduly stresses the con- keeping endurance, especially when The bulk of weight goes in armour

nection between mere size and sea-

and armament.

A SURPRISE

he

wallet produced his wherein the alleged ticket was to all the time. Why should any be seen inside a cellophane cover. satisfied and great Power be placed in a post- The Inspector was tion in which it has to pretend? followed the defendant wher. he

the make-belleve is sustained, tileft the tram. The ticket inevitably causes zançour. If it is produced for the inspector's ex- not sustained, then the conditions amination and being found false. under which it was imposed are, they went to the Police station. reduced to a farce.

clear how that the United States ticket delegaton really wanted 18in. guns

OUR FUTURE BATTLESHIP

PLANS

Was

The ticket was found to be that of March, 1935, and pasted on the front was a red piece of cellophane which then gave the ticket the colour of that for December, stuck to the back of the old ticket was a piece of paper which was white in colour. thereby giving the appearance of the ticket for

July.

The case for the prosecution was based on

chose colours. In reply to the charge at the Station the defendant said that the red ccliop hane had been pasted there by He had taken the wallet ou to pay for the fare when the Inspector saw the old ticket in its

his son.

Further, the United States sub- mitted that in the view of thels technical experts 35,000 tons was a bare sufficiency of displacement

The question now is what are upon which to produce all that a

we going to do about those future capital ship should be and might

battleship plans which we have so a matter of be, implying that, as choice, they would have preferred magnanimously undertaken to cir- to go much over this upper limit.culate to the other naval Powers as Here, of course, we have the old soon as ever the blue prints can be completed. If the old adage argument of "no finality repro-

about building a ship to bear any duced in another form, an argu-

enemy still endures. I suppose the ment which would logically carry us

answer can only be that we must to the building of naval Queen

have a 18in. armament, too. But Marys.

is the size of the gun, beyond cer- tain limits. the decisive tactor beating the enemy? A capital ship must have a gun which can de- ledge that the United States dele-liver a smashing blow up to the gation carried, their, point as to tonnage, but compromised on the matter of armament, and that the London Naval Treaty sets the limits

If we put this elevation at 100ft. the conductor and the driver of for the period during which it re- mains effective at 35,000 tons stan above the water, it would give an the tram was then taken, all of horizon. of 13.25 milės. and, wench corroborated the case for dard displacement and, 14in, guns. The Admiralty did not pretend ady might add another two or three the proseculion.

miles for the hull profile of the particular satisfaction with the re- Ault, but it was really a question of target ship visible above the wa this or no treaty at all, since a ter rim. Is it conceivable that any bilateral agreement between Bri-engagement will ever be attempted tain and France would have been at a running range of 15 miles? Does any naval guriners officer to reduce the London Naval Con-

It is a matter of common know-

cover.

The above is to be met from savings under Medical Department Harbour Department:-Examina- tion Fees, $400.

Provision $1,200.

mad

Estimates.

HONG KONG

EVENING INSTITUTE

PITMAN'S SHORTHAND EXAMINATION

RESULTS

The following candidates have passed the Pitman's Shorthand examinations held by the Evening Institute (Central British School Branch) in May, 1936. Certificates may be obtained from the Educa-

Passed tion Office. Hong Kong,

TALLY

Ho Yan Chu 100 words a min. Phyllis G. Baldwin 80 90 Rosle Rocha ....... Sharifa Bux

80

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60

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Wong Yan Lung... Sung Ngan Yee... Nancy W. Banker 50

Theory (Stage .)-Wong Yuk King. Alvena Laihovestky. Phyllis G. Baldwin, Chung Puf Sun. Alice Ko.

Theory (Stage 1); Nancy Banker.

AIRWAY TRAGEDY CONFIRMED

MIRABELLA INCIDENT

RECALLED

Imperial Airways (Far East) Limited have informed us con- firming the announcement that the Imperial Airways flying boat "Scipio" sank at Mirabella on the 22nd August when alighting on a rough sea.

Seven passengers were on board, ave being rescued with super- ficial injuries one killed and one believed drowned.

The aircraft was carrying the air mal despatched from Hong Kong per R.M.A. "Dorado" on the 14th August. but it is believed that all mail and freight has been salvaged; further news of this is expected shortly.

H. K. POLICE RESERVES

During the period January to July, a greater number of candi- dates presented themselves for examination than was anticipated.

(Orders by the Hon. Mr. T. H. King, and up to end of July a sum of

Inspector General of Police) $940 was spent out of a tota vote

CHINESE COMPANY of $1.200. It is estimated that a

Training Course (Part II):-The further sum of $400 will be re- quired to cover expenditure to the following undermentioned mem- end of the year, and a supple-bers will attend Chinese Company mentary vote for this amount is Headquarters on Tuesday, August 25 at 17.30 hours for Part . of Training Course:-Constables R38 Henry Wong, R96 Edward Ho, and Ris Kwok Chun Sting.

requested

In-

Sanitary Department:-Animal Depots and Slaughter-houses. cidental Expenses, $100.

Provision made in Estimates, $1,300.

cxtreme range of visibility from the various tickets for past months in Hong Kong for export, expen-

elevation of her fire-control platshowing their colours.

The evidence of the Inspector,

form.

of

Owing to the large increase in Mr. A. Gillard, of the Tramways the number of lead seals, required for sealing cases of lard produced entered the box and produced

diture on this sub-head, up to the 30th July, has amounted to

a total vote 8935.57 out of 81,300. It is anticipated that the yote have to be increased by a sum of $700 to cover expenses for the remainder of the year, and

supplementary

for this amount is accordingly requested. Expenditure on this service is re- covered in fees paid for Official 'Certificates

vote

SON RESPONSIBLE Mr. Silva then addressed His worship and said that the defen- dant was earning the sum of 8160 a month and it was now the case for the prosecution that this man The above is to be met from ference to little more than a farce, seriously believe that salvo firing would go to the lengths of forging | savings under Sanitary Depart

And let it be borne in mind that at an, invisible target with the ald the signatory Powers only bind of aircraft spotting can result in "themselves not to go beyond these anything more than shooting am- limitations: they are under no munition into the sea? Of course. obligation to build up to them: I am speaking of a moving target; bombardment of shore fortifica- Anyhow. most of us who take an interest in these matters thought tions below the horizon might be that this very contentious subject very effective with aerial spotting.cribed the exact words that were

had been settle for some time to come. It now appears as though most of us were wrong. According

to Admi. Standley, who is Chief of Staff to the United States Navy and headed the American delegation to London, the Navy Department has found a "dispensation from the 14in. gun restriction which will justify the adoption of a 18in. gun, as originally desired,

AT CORONEL

"

At Coronel the two German

British battle-cruisers

tickets. In order to save the small sum of a few dollars.

ment

Prisons Department:-Conveyance allowance, $300

in Provision made

800.

was

INDIAN COMPANY Training Course (Part II):-The following undermentioned mem- bers will attend Indian Company Headquarters on Tuesday, August 25 at 17.30 hours for Part II of Training Course:-Constables R210 Abdullah Shah Mohamed. R213 8. B. Husslan, R236 M. 6. Dillon and R256 Sher Ahmed Khan.

FLYING SQUAD Instructional Patrol: The in- structional patrol for members of the Flying Squad will take place on Friday, August 28, 1938. Mem- bers will parade at Central Police Station at 17.15 hours. Dress: White Uniform, and Cap with white Cover.

(Sgd.) C. CHAMFKIN. D.SP. (R.). Hong Kong. August 24, 1936.

SPURIOUS COINS

Revenae Oncer A W. Grimmitt

The package was found on the

The above is to be met from

savings under Secret Service.

Kowloon-Canton Railway:-8pe- cial Expenditure. Typhoon Damage, $4,80D,

Counsel explained that the red

Estimates, one day by the defendant's eldest cellophane had been pasted there son, who after doing that pro-

A sum of $300 is due to the cured a piece of paper and trans- Superintendent of Prisons for con-

veyance allowance for the period brought in another haul yesterday written on the back of the old 1st July, 1835 to 31st December of a package containing 497 coun-

at ticket, which would explain why 1935

$50 per month, no terfeit ten-cent pieces the alleged forgery was inscribed allowance having been drawn by armoured cruisers were sunk be- with the words "ending March 31". this officer during these months s.s." Tin Yat, but no arrests were cause they were outranged. The Had the defendant purposely forg- pending decision as to the made as the owner was not traced.

were very ed the ticket it would not be likely amount to be paid under revised

in their that he would overlook that item regulations. "No provision little, if at all, superior capacity for withstanding punish- which, when seen, would at once made in the 1938 Estimates for ment. But they had a substantial invite suspicion. Again had the payment of this sum and a sup- ly higher speed and a longer range. defendant deliberately forged the plementary vote for $300 is there- Adml. Sturdee soon found that at ticket he wou'd have also inserted fore requested. anything over 15,000yds. the 3.2 in.

The above is to be some number or other, instead of

from German

runs were ineffective, which the allegen forgery was savings under Head 21, sub-head whereas his own 12in. guns reached blank.

20 "Transport". This "dispensation" is not lack-

their mark for as far as the gun- It touch of comedy.

The reason for the defendant's

Police. Force:-Rewards, $4,000. ing in a emerges from the fact that Japanners could continue to see, their stop buying the monthly tickets

Provision made in Estimates, adversaries. has formally notified that she will

was that he had done so by orders

amount provided in the not adhere to the terms of the It was a one-sided duel, for au of his doctor, who had advised London Naval Treaty. As she had the British battle-cruisers had to walking. This had happened just Estimates has proved ingumclent withdrawn from the conference at do was to keep their distance so as before the tickets were reduced in owing to an increase in, the mum-

bit without being hit back price. Earning 8169 £ month ber of rewards paid for the arrest $20,028. the very outset of the proceedings to and took absolutely no part what-Buppose, however, von Spee's 8.2in. having been a ticket holder for or returned deportees ever in framing the agreement guns had been able to range up some years, would the defendant ultimately arrived at by Britain, the full limit of visibility, who have gone to such lengths to saves requested. the United States, and France, one shall say what the issue might have the few dollars that he would have rather wonders why on earth any-

TOUCH OF COMEDY

$5,000 The

met

&

this

A sum of $4,800 is required to cover the cost of repairs to rail- way property damaged by the, typhoon on 17th August and supplementary vote for amount is requested.

Miscellaneous Bervices, $5,998. Provision made in Estimates,

Adm. Standley speaking with his tongue in his

was į

"

(Continued on Pare 11)

fa 1936 The provision minde A supplementary vote for $4,000 Estimates for these sterling grants.

was at the rate of $11 & The amounts provided have, la consequence of the fall in ex- been? The odds would be upon saved on the reduced price of the body should have expected her ad- the preponderance of weight, but monthly ticket, was the question cordance with the defence stated crianize, proved insuficient Sup

plémentary votes are therefore by Mr. Bilvá odds are not a certainty.

put by Mr. SUVE

The case was then adjourned requested for the sub-heads The defendant went into the

enumerated, "box and gave evidence in ac- until to-day.

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