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No. 24554.

Hongkong Daily Press.

Registered as a Newspaper at the General

Post Office in the United Kingdom.

ESTABLISHED. 1857

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MONGOL IRREGULARS PLAN NEW

PROPAGANDA AT HOME AND ABROAD

Measures To Strengthen Foreign Relations

Nanking. May 2: The Central Political Council nas decided to increase the appropria- tion for officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Chinese dip- lomatic" posts abroad in order to strengthen China's hand in for- eign relations.

Dr. Wang Chung-hul, the Mints- ter of Foreign Affairs, is instructed"

PROCLAMATION

A proclamation published in the "Government Gazette" states that H. E. the Officer Administering the Government in exercise of the po- wers conferred on him and with the approval of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury and of the Sec. of State for the Colonies has PROCLAIMED and DECLARED that the British Dollar shall cease to be legal tender as from the first day of August, 1937.

to

work out details concerning salaries for diplomatic officials and appropriations for propaganda at home and abroad.

The "department of inteillgence and publicity of the Ministry of

STATE

FRESH INVASION

INVASION OF SUIYUAN BISHOP HALL'S MISSION

MAY FOLLOW

ATTEMPT TO RECOVER LOST STRONGHOLDS

Peiping, May 2.

Mongol irregulars under Prince Teh called a fonterence of all banner leaders in Chahar on May 1, the anniversary of the birth of their famony ancestor, Genghis Khan, to discuss measures for the eventual establishment of a Mongolian puppet state in Northern Chahar and the eventual expansion of the area to Sulygan, reports from Pelping stated to-day.

The meeting was convened at Huateb. Northern Chahar, and a

Foreign Affairs will be reorganized IMPROVEMENT OF fresh invasion with the aid of the SHIPPING IN

with a view to greater efficiency after more funds are allotted for propaganda--Union News,

JOSEF LAMPKIN

KWANGTUNG

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"Manchukuan" forces of Sulyan will follow the conference. Prince- Teh and his followers are said to be anxious to recover his strong-

which last year formed the mill- tary bases in their invasion of Suiyuan and which were captured by gallant Suiyuan cavalry units.

Considerable rollitary activities stül are going on in Northern Chahar and more than a division of troops are being concentrated at Speaking at the memorial ser- Shangtu, Chahar-Suiyuan border., Lampkin. America's most famous vice at the Kwangtung Provin-The Butyuan defenders are taking Violinist. who is to give a recital | cial Government House,

Governor Wu's Views holds in Tamdao and Pallinmiao,

On Reconstruction

Another Recital Arranged

For This Week

Hong Kong is to have another opportunity of hearing Mr. Joset

Industrial Development

Is Essential

Gor-

2 the Oriental Theatre this week, ernor Wu Te-chen outlined his phor to his departure on His views on the reconstruction of Manila tour

his native province, and em- phasized that reconstruction must be divided into political, economic, i cultural and rural reconstruction.

· Salvage operations on the sunken ferry boat Night Star. Since this picture was taken the submerged vessel was dragged Afty yards away from the whart to facilitate the work of raising it.

CANTON TELEPHONE

REGULATION

Canton, May 2. The use of telephone is confined strictly to subscribers, as the Umft of 1,000 calls a month has come Into effect since May-1 in spite of opposition by many subscribers.

bave Non-subscribers

to public telephones at the rate of five cents telght coppers). a call, Shope have refused to allow out- siders to use their phones.

use

A charge of one dollar will be made for calls exceeding 1.000 a month, and if more calls are re-

HEALTH RETURNS

One case each of small-box, cerebro-spinal fever and dysentery were notified to the local Health authorities on Friday.

quired, a subscriber has to instal an additional telephone, according to an official of the telephone ad- ministration

Opposition against this new gys- tem is so far ineffective. There

Governor Wu Teh Chen

"The first pré-requisite of poll- tical reconstruction, is honest and clean government," declared the

new Provincial Governor. "The

all necessary precautions although immediate outbreak of hostilities 14 not expected.--

Union News,

Coronation

Services At

Cathedral

PRAYER AND

DEDICATION

Special services in connection

with the Coronation of Their ma- jesties King George VI and, Queen Elizabeth will be held at St. John's Cathedral next week.

Sunday, May 8-Day of the Dedication of the People--

Holy Communion

11 a.m.-At this service it will be possible for all the people to ac- company the King and Queen in spirit by treading the same path as at the Coronation service, of de- dication and Communion. The Collect, Epistle, and Gospel will be. those of the Coronation; while the hymns and psalm will be those

CHINA WATERS

TO KOWLOON

Striking Sermon On Religion

The Bishop of Victoria, Right Rev. R. Owen Bail, commenced his special mission to Kowloon yesterday morning when he de- livered a striking sermon on "The Heart of Religion" to a full congregation in St. Andrew's Church.

The Bishop commented that there were two religions com- Deting for the souls of men, and one of them was a religion of sacrilism which flourished in many European countries, notably perhaps in Russia, and its followers believed that something in- evitable would happen in this world and in that faith one would And men killing their best friends for the sake of national order. In the course of his sermon the Bishop said:

Japan Far Behind

Britain In Every u

Respect

"British influence in the Chinese shipping world is much stronger than Japanese," admitted Mr. Hor, president of the Nisshin Kisen Kaisha, when interviewed on the Bhanghal Maru which arrived in Kobe recently.

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Mr. Hori visited China member of the Economic Mission, and has been touring the Yangtze districs since the break up of the Mission in Shanghai some me

· ago.

"The shipping problem was not discussed at the Sind-Japanese. Economic Conference in Shang- hal," Mr. Hori declared.."Nor did I take the initiative in the sug gested amalgamation of Japanese and Chinese steamship companies in China The time is not ripe for such en undertaking."

Continuing. Mr. Hori said that Britain to-day-occupies a dominant Chinese shipping. position Along the Yangtze the Nisshin Kisen Kaisha is the only Japanese shipping company running a re- gulär service, its fleet consisting of 16 vessels or 36,000 tons. There are two British, concerns, and their tonnages reach 66,000 tons. Chinese vessels total 75,000 tons, As for the coastal service, the ag- gregate tonnage of Japanese ships is only 100,000 tons, although British tonnages 170,000 to 200,000 and Chinese tonnages from 130,000 to 150,000.

· range.

from

commended by the Archbishops for CHILD BEGGARS

second aspect of political recon-

use on the Bunday morning before struction is improvement of dia- the Coronation. The sermon will trict administration which involves

follow the Gospel, and will lead Action By Authorities

the selection of magistrates quali-immediately into the Act of De fed for their task and the enforce-dication here printed. ment of the Pao Chia- system."

(Continued on Back Page) ・・ Governor Wu went On

to say that attention must be paid to the police administration and that

.".

are a total of 12 public telephones public health and social welfare OFFICIAL TRIAL

in the city.--

Union Nera.

Chinese Fliers

Arrive Here

Two Chinese airmen, Messrs. Che Kai Hing and Chan Yee Ngan, landed at Kal Tak Air Port in their monoplane од Saturday afternoon. They arrived on pleasure flight from Java and are on their way to Shanghal for which city they will leave in a few days.

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Blew direct to Hanoi where they stayed the night. On Saturday, a 9.58 am, they took off for Hong Kong arriving at Kal Tak at 1.35 p.m.

work must be extended throughout the length and breadth of the pro- vince.

(Continned on Pare 8.).

DOLLAR A WORD!

SEE COMPETITION

DETAILS ON PAGE 3

Fifty dollars for the best Afty- word letter is the first prize offered in the competition which is adver- tisement by the distributors of "Ceet" on Page 3 of this issue.

There are fourteen other prizes as well, and they are all detailed

The filers were entertained by in the advertisement. Mr. Wu Man Fu at the Kam Loong Restaurant yesterday, and among the guests were Mr. Chan Ki Yau, special representative of General Chiang Kal Shek in Hong Kong, and Mr. Ip Kwai Chung.

COL H.C. HARRISON

Among the departures by the P. & O. liner Rajputana on Saturday

For M.V. Legazpi To-morrow

The new motor vessel; Legazpi, which was launched at the How- loon Docks on February 17, will undergo an amicial trial to-morrow morning leaving the Docks at 10

a,m,

Urged

[To the Editor, "The Hong Kong Daily Press."}

Dear Sir,

Religion is ours; It is not some thing we believe, or think, or do The heart of religion is God, what God is and what God does. Jesus in the heart of religion because He is the heart of God, active amongst the sons of men. The prayer He had used is very near to the heart of religion because it is our answer to that activity of God. God has given us leadership and friendship through Jesus Christ who has called us to obey Bim so that we may do His will day by day,

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It is well that we shall at this time take stock of the world In which we live and of what is hap-` pening in It

Someone has said, and it is a fair description of the world in which we live, that there are two religions and only two, competing for the souls of men. One is dying and other is just in the first vigour of early birth.

**NATIONAL ORDER The latter is a religion of sacri- lism which flourishes in many European countries, notably, per- haps in Russia in which followers believe that something inevitable would happen in this world and in ing their best friends for the sake that faith you will and men kill-

of national order.

(Cotinued on Page,8)

The C.N.A.C. Sikorsky amphibian surrounded by a crowd at Kai Tack when they attended to watch, the arrival of the Hong Kong Clipper.

THE DOLLAR

T.T. ON LONDON: 1. 2-21/326. T.T. ON NEW YORK: 30-1/2

London Silver Market

(From Our Own Correspondent)

London, May-1. London silver prices to-day were up 1/8 as follows:---

Despite the prominence you gave

Spot in you paper sometime ago to the Mendicant Menace, I regret that Forward the powers that be have not con- sidered it fit and proper to rise to action" yet, On Friday night I had occasion, to walk down the Chinese section of the town-near

the three big Department Stores-- and when I was near the Kam

Loong Restaurant I was simply surrounded by beggars-men,' wo- men and children, and there was one little fe'low, who could not have been more than six years old; carrying a baby who could not have been more than three months old.

The Legazpi is a single-screw passenger and cargo motor vessel, with an overall length of 22 feet, and was specially bullt for service in the Philippine Islands to the

We have a Society for the Pro- order of La Naviera Filipina, Ind.,tection of Children here and if the Cebu.

Police are too busy in other direc- tions, I suggest that the Society should begin at once rounding up these child beggars and after due' investigation, punish the people responsible for sending them out, and then where necessary send the children themselves to the Remand Home, Salvation Army Home or the Po Leung Kuk.

Yours etc.

Hong Kong, May 2, 1937.

The vessel is classed Lloyds' 100 Al and has cargo, holds forward and aft of the machinery space which is situated amidships.

The steering gear and windiasses are electrically driven, while the

They started on their flight from Java on April 29 at 7.10 a.m. and five hours later landed at Binga-

The monoplane in which Messrs. was Col HC. Harlson, D.SO..|"propelling machinery consists of pore where they stayed the night che and Chan are making the former. General Staff Oncer, one Diesel engine, direct reversible, and then proceeded to Alostar end | fight is of British make and was Grade 1, in Hong Kong, who has single acting, 2-cycle, having five the following morning they set off built in Java. It has a craising been appointed. to take command cylinders and developing 1,750 for Bangkok, arriving there in the speed of 127 miles per hour and its of the 14th Infantry Brigade in BHP.at 180 afternoon. From Bangkok they two engines are of 95 h.p. each. Catterick Camp..

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