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vinces; the same policy was applied in Inner Mongolia,

Japan insisted on the malo. tenance of a puppet... regime in East Hopel

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Japan occupied North Chahar. Japan connived at smuggling. Japan stationed troops along the Peiping-Liaoming Railway regs beyond the castomary limit.

The Daily Press.

HONG KONG, August 14, 1937.

"STILL WILLING

TO NEGOTIATE"

Whilst the Japanese gunmen were yesterday blazing away at the Chinese soldiers manning the defences of Chapei, Mr. Kawagos, the Japanese Ambus- sador to China, officially an- nounced that Japan was still willing to negotiate."

Japanese aeroplanes repeatedly flew over Chinese territory with out authorisation.

Japan persisted in maintaining, special service agencies in impor tant strategic centres in North Chixa.

HONG KONG DAILY, PRESS," SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1937.

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Mosaic

Of Books

SEQUEL TO

BRAWL AT

Youth In Regents Park

A House in the Park, by Ronald Fraser, London: Jonathan Cape. Bs. 5d. net

MALAYAN REVIEW

STANLEY Need For Agriculture

Rifleman Chopped By Axe

The Twins, Bobble and Hella 1 In the rest of the book" the Stokes, were brought up in a house Twins, except when they meet.

become rather tenuous figures. Headquarters yesterday. elicited Enquiries from the Military on the edge of Regents Park, in

London, an "aleof, shapely house"

with lawns running down to the

the normal friction of life, and in

"The need for Malaga to extend her agricultural activities in "or- der to be less dependent on rubber and tin for her prosperity and in other countries for her tood supplies was stressed by His Excellency the High Commissioner when he opened the annual exhibition. of the Malayan Agricultural' and Hariticultural Association.

His Excellency, the High Commissioner (Bir 'Shenton Thomas) after referring to the improvement in the rubber industry brought about by the restriction scheme, said: !

It may interest you to know that, whereas in 1929-30 the area

unduly distorted in Hella's case by the Information that friction be- under paul (both wet and dry) was approximately 657.000 acres and lake, and "attics with day win-Bobbie's by emotional experiences bourers employed on the military

tween one "gang" of Chinese 18-the production 153,600 tons, in 1935-36-the last available figures-te

dows among the rooftops behind the balustrade, and little forbid-

den paths among the gables and chimneys. More than a third of the book is concerned with their childhood, and all of it is scarcely to be bettered in its simplicity, ta- Wight, and conviction, outside the pages of "The Golden Age. In addition, it implies the intricacies of "the contemporary grown-up lie. In 1914 the Twins are separated

bound up with his work as a

painter.

ents, are Victorian portraits drawn Adelaide and Edward, the par- with skill. Uncle Harry, the Twins* tutelary genius, with his silences and his devastating but Delphic utterances, is entertaining.

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Mr. Fraser displays his usual power of conveying a landscape to print, clearly, sharply and with economy of words. The even, sparkling flow of his prose, car

works at Stanley and troops of area was approximately 725,000 acres and the yield was 325,000 tons. the Koumaon Rifles stationed

That is to say, in six years the crop has been more than doubled

nesday, in the course of which there resulted in a Aght on Wed- although the additional acreage planted has been comparatively

one Rifleman was severely injured,

suffering from wounds inficted by an axe, whilst a few Chinese coo

lles were also injured.

the Military Authorities to investi

At a Court of Enquiry held by

gate the matter, it was revealed lottering in Army property where that, while a Chinese coolie was

small.

dry padi to wet padl to extended use of improved seed. But there is still much to be done.

White Rice

The increase in the crop is due to the gradual changeover from more emcient water control, and to the

The imports of white rice alone were greater last year than the whole of the local crop. sald Sir Shenton

There has been a real advance in the quality of copra produced

small holders.

for the first time by the war. | rying us swiftly along the course he was not allowed, a sentry on by small holders and by those who cure the nuts which they buy from

Bobble enlists, and is sent to

France; and then, for a few pages, the waste of Flanders springs to life

more, as certainly as

once

though Mr. Fraser's words were

the dragon's teeth of Jason.

The Anatolian

Greece's Anatolian Adventure and After, by A. A. Pallis, London:

H

Methtien. 10s. 6d.

Been through the perspective of

of events, is continually giving us

limpid reflections of beauty by the way. Some of these are memorable, and the book is almost as worth reading for them as it is for the

sake of the Twins.

Adventure

sponsibility for. Greece's defeat by | careful analysis of diplomatic and other documents. He reaches the conclusion that everybody Was 15 years after, the tragedy of partially to blame; that Great Bri- Greece's Anatolian adventure tain, France and Italy let their which Mr. Pallis has placed to ally, Greece, down and that all "gether with equal skill and pa- Greece's

tlence arouses the conviction that Venizeles to Constantine, also let

her down.

It was just as well for Greece and the world that she failed to tura Turkey into a subject province.

own statcamen.

♫

from

In short, Kemal Pasha's over. whelming victory over the invad-

brilliant leadership than ing Greek artales, was due less to to the munitions deliberately handed over to him by the French, with whom Turkey was still at war, and to the misconceived strategy of the Greek High Command. which,

duty asked him to show his pass which he did not produce.

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This is very largely due to the work of the Agricultural Depart-

in carrying out orders, was taking

The sentry, with a compatrolt.ment which was mentioned last year" The new type of kiln has on the whole, been most satisfactory, but experiments are still being him to the omce to report him to made to improve it. the Captain. On the way the Chi nese struck the sentry with a stick, | tem in vindication of which the sentry hit the coolle back with" same."

Other Chinese labourers who saw what happened came to the. scene and started throwing stones

On the other hand, the scheme for grading under the Mark sy:-. has had to be dropped. The trade ir. copra in the world's marketa la. so I am told, peculiar in that there is almost a complete absence of machinery for fixing the price ultimately received by the seller in any exact accord with the quality of his produce....

But, because the Mark Scheme is not feasible, it does not follow

that there is no need for improving the marketing of copra and no for help. Some twenty other sd-methods. at the two Riflemen who whistled possibility of doing so; and the Government will investigate other

diers came to the aid and drove the Chinese workmen away.

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which about 100 Chinese workarn In the course of the night, at

participated, one severely cut in

Pineapple Schemò,

Pineapples are another product in which the Mark Scheme sys- rijeman wastem has made but slow progress. The packers and exports have the leg with an agreed on all the major points, bat much delay has occurred in set- axe and had to be taken to hospi- | tling details. This is unfortunate, because some scheme for the re- tal immediately, where he was de- liable grading of Malayan pineaple is essential, continued His Ex- tained.

After the riflemen had driven the Chinese workmen away there was no more trouble.

vasion of Asiatic Turkey should Mr. Pallis argues that the in- never have been undertaken. It was a barely possible military achievement during the World War when the Turks were fully

The alleged Insulting of Chinese engaged in the Dardanelles and Falestine. It was not even a forlorn without adequate manpower or the Chinese at the Court of En- womenfolk was not brought up by hope when King Constantine. | supplies, rashly marched into a disregarding the best military hostile country nearly as far as quiry, during which many British advice, undertook it in 1921. Napoleon did into Russia during N.C.O's, who were present at the "scene on the day in question, gave But today, with the wisdom that his campaign of 1812, and with comes after the event, we are able even more disastrous results.

evidence regarding the situation.

No deinite action has been "The French had hoped,” says Mr. Pallis,

by dissociating taken yet, but it is learned that themselves in the eyes

or the Brigadier H. G. Seth-Smith, DSO,

anti-Assistant Adjuntant and Quarter Turks from the official save from Turkish policy of the Allies, to master-General in Charge of Ad- the general wreckage ministration, will give his decision

on Monday. the very considerable financial and Mr. Pallis, however, is not cori- | educational interests which France cemed with this, aspect of his possessed In Turkey before the subjest. His aim in which he suc-war. This, however, proved an ceeds admirably, is to assess re- diusion."

to see that if the Greeks had established

themselves tempor. arly as rulers over a large and hostile Turkish population, the Balkans would have been altered whole diplomatic situlation, the for the worse.

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A Country Childhood

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The Crystal Cabinet: My Chlid-on the farther side hood at Salterns, by Mary Butts. London: Methuen. 10s. ed.

When a child, in addition to be-

there was a barrier rising, Risen already on the arest of the low hills to the north of us, butcher-coloured acum

Add to this the Japanese attitude since the Lulmochiao incident of July 7, and it is reasonable to, presume that the person of normal intelligence will take the Japanese protesta tions of good-faith with a grain of salt. Yet in the face of all these damning facts and within hearing of the death-dealing Has Mr. Kawagoe taken per- stuttering of the Japanese gun- manent leave of his mental men, the Japanese Ambassador faculties, or does he think the Kawagoe has "the Merculean Chinese are a collection of nit-hypocracy to announce with ex- wits?

asperating suavity that "we are Officially Japan is not at war still willing to negotiate." We Ing sensitive, is brought up in un- of little houses, entting us off from with any nation, but by killing are rendered almost wordless usual surroundings, his or her the world land. And with the Chinese soldiers

story at once takes a step forward | scum, like straws in the foul, on Chinese almost.

from the crowd. Mary Butts spent | bright bubbles left by the Harbour We are reminded of an ex- her childhood in an exceptionally tide, the things that go with such territory, the Japanese have so poisoned the atmosphere as to perience when We were

beautiful place. Her descriptions human drift the tramlines; - and make calm discussion at a con-

"crime" reporter in a great of Salterns, her eighteenth-cen- raw spaces, the dumps for refuse ference of both parties quite metropolis of the Empire. Lucktury home on the still unspoiled and little shops."

Poole Harbour, are The narrative of her childhood impossible the Japanese temper (if one might term it more shore "or" being what it is. For an adult than news-sense guided us to poignantly lovely. Her whole life is richly told, with every charac- was coloured, perhaps even saved, ter and scene made vivid and with nation endowed with a much the scene of B gang braw! by her memories of it; and she that power over words which, in her publicised high percentage of Battered and bleeding, a man was forturiate in having parents | other work, made one wonder at intellectuals, the Japanese bave luy crumpled on the pavement who, though widely different. times if here. was perhaps a writer

ure while his opponents. bent menno-

who would be of the first impor- behaved, and apparently

tance. "The Crystal Cabinet" is a determined to continue to con- ingly over him." Kick im

fine book in many ways, and an duct themselves, in what may he's still breathing!" said one,

engrossing book, but it was written. reasonably be termed a most ex- but he was restrained by a traordinary and incomprehensible colleague who quietly, remarked, "Don't-1 guess he'll listen to

manner.

reasor now."

taught her to love beautiful things. Outdoors, even more than in- doors, the child learned to see. "It is by now my sincerest conviction that of all the crimes possible too soon. There is undigested, bit- against childhood. to deprive them terness in it-resentiment against of a country upbringing is the failures in her upbringing and her worst of all," she says. Even in | environment which later on, an her day. Balterns was threatened; ' everyone must, she would no

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In And Out Of Purdah

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"Moslem Women Enters New first time I have ever travelled World," by Ruth France Wood-alone and had my face uncovered. small (New York: Bound Table Of course when I go back E must Press).

wear the burga. At home I wouldn't dare go without it. But no one notices me here:

We protest that, having analysed the circumstances asso-

It would be ungracious, not now it exists no longer. "Only doubt, have come to accept. It is ciated with the present deplor- to say untrae, to attribute the between the Green World and as a book to make one regret it able crisie, the one and only methods and mentality of gung-between Salterns set in wood and writer as she regretted her lovely

sters to the Japanese, but the

marsh and sea and those houses and desecrated, home. accusation which might reason- ably be sustained by Japan facts show that they have batter- against Chine is that China ised China rather caflously in the anti-Japanese. When all is said past and at the present, and and done, we submit there is at Dow. just before they "put in least

for the boot" properly, they want SOLDE justification

to know if China will listen to China's attitude but only the slenderest cause for complaint reason" for they are still willing on the part of Japan.

to negotiate." Japan has done many things They think China is down which, according to the accepted but China is not out. Every code of ethics observed by na thing that could be done to tions of honour, are scarcely force her to surrender, without an actual declaration of war, has capable of being interpreted as. in any manner friendly towards been done yet China still China. A categorical list of breathes, and whilst there re- such acts would be too lengthy mains an ounce of breath in even for a leading article, but her she will fight to the very by the itemising of just a few end with that great and inspiring it will, we are happy to imagine, spirit of patriotism, which is the shed a little light on a rather manifestation of her indomitable dark subject, Here are a few courage. typical examples

"When the time comes, we shall not hesitate to make sacrifices, declared Chiang Eat-thek in 1985.

The time has arrived.

Japan has promoted secession and Zor defection throughout the

Intra-mur 1 Nouth 4 ChargË DIS

It is rumoured that a general or- der to unvell may be passed, but whether this be true or not, the Her phrase, vacation from pur

dah," expresses the trend toward famous injunction of Kemal Ata- turk to the women of Turkey ut lifting the evil away from the tered in the early days of the Re-home environment, that the writes public has already been widely has noticed with interesting varia- followed. Show your faces to the tions throughout the East. The world, and look the world in the Moslem woman in Lucknow who is face The essential fact about in close purdah at home, will the vell in Turkey to-day is not break purdah in, Bombay or per- that some women, still retain the haps in Kashmere. The Princess vell, but that wearing it has be of Bhopal, completely yelled, went come entirely a matter of person on board the steamer in Bombay, al choice and hence has lost its sailing for England. But as soon traditional significance.

as they left the harbour she dis- carded the burqa and was unvelf- ed until she returned..

The problem of the vell through- out the East, strictly speaking, affects only the women of towns and cities and not those of the rútal population

This is for me a vacation from purdahan attractive young Mos lem woman" explained. "It is the

RAILWAY PROFIT

cellency.

The English market for the cheap tin, which has hitherto been able to absorb most of the Malayan trade, appears now to be reaching saturation point, and other markets will have to be sought.

And, I would add, other markets in countries possessing a more certain climate than we suffer at home, because. I read the other day that owing to the cold summer of last year the demand for tinned pineapples in England fell off considerably.

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Now, in seeking new markets it is essentialɣthat" the quality of the article offered for sale should be exactly what it is stated to be. A cheap article need not be of high quality, but it must be of reliable quality. If, therefore, the Government should fall in its efforts to obtain the full co-operation of the packers in a voluntary grading scheme (and I sincerely hope we shall not fall), then we shall have to consider the introduction of a complusory grading scheme.

Uniform Roze Of Fees

The Province Wellesley Rural Board at a recent meeting dis- cussed the recommendation of the TMS. Transport Board for a uniform rate of fees for motor vehicles in Malaya. As litinga stand; at present, different States and Settlements havë a varying scale of fees. For instance, the tax for motor vehicles in Perak is much. higher than in any other part of the penlumula

St. Johns, Newfoundland,

August 13. The Newfoundland railway sys-

The case of buses is, however, somewhat different. Any increase tem has made a profit since the in fees will naturally result in an increase of fares and those affect Government had taken over con- Fed by this will be travellers in rural areas who traverse-long distances trol in 1933. The first period in for a comparatively small fare. which the Government supervised running the lines showed a big eut in the defcit while during the last half of last year the railways showed an operating profit of £19,000,- Reuter's Bulletin" Servsce.

BRITISH BLOCKADE RUNNER CAPTURED

London, Aug. 12 News was received here that the British steamer "Caper." attempt ing to run the Santander Blockade, captured by Nationalist Spanish warship.- Transoccas

was

THE LANDSLIDE

The local morning contemporary advocates one scale of fees for buses plying in rural areas and another and possibly slightly higher scale for buses operating in urban limits. It further recommends a uniform scale of fees throughout Malaya for motor-cars and lorries. The meeting also decided that the maintenance of an 'ambulance in the Province was a vital necessity, both in view of the number of road accidents and to deal with urgent medical cases. The matter. has been referred to the Director ‚of: Medical Services, BS., for his decision as to whether an ambulance or another travelling dispensary, with ambulance accommodation, was inare merul

Malacca Again

Malacca is out to prove to the rest of Malaya that she is no longer the "Sleepy Hollow" of repute, at any rate as far as civic amenities go. It was only recently that there was news of the initia- tive of taxi-dancers there who proposed to form an All-Malayan Union to safeguard their interests in a profession which is attracting an influx of recruits,

Now the Royal Life Saving Society have turned their attention to Malacca and are soliciting members. The main objects of this Society are:-

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To promote Technical Education in Life Saving and Resuscita- |tion of the Apparently. Drówned, but de

of swimming and life saving as a branch of instruction in Schools.

To stimulate public opinion in favour of the general adoption:

It is very gratifying to the public that the Peak Tramway Co were able so promptly to resume their usual service after the re- Colleges, etc.

small

cent

landslide which temporarily blocked their line.

Already plans for shoring up the spot are in preparation, and it seems as if some more

Carth must be cut away first.

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To encourage floating, diving, plunging, and such other swim- ming arts as would be of assistance to a person endeavouring to save Itre.

To strange and promote public lectures, demonstrations, and Competitions, and to form classes of instruction, so as to bring about a widespread and thorough knowledge of the principle which under- line the art of natation.

As a precautionary measure a partion of Barker Road has been closed to trade, this being the the curve of the road which almost EIGHTEEN KILLED IN France Unable overhangs a steep bank, and which lies below the heavy buttress sup- porting the high ground above the garden of No. 449 The Peak.

COLLAPSE

New York. Aug. 12. Ab least 18 persons lost -- their | lives to-day when two adjacent. houses collapsed,

may often lift it in the market. It is understood the foundations. place, but when she enters her own of the houses were undermined neighbourhood, down goes the vell by the recent heavy rains The Damascus women may wear Reader. thinner, vells in the Balahlyan, one of the suburbs where most of the

TYPHOON

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Accommodate Spanish Refugees

London, August 13.:

The French Government has in- mated to the British Government, according to Informed quarters - here, that France is unable to ac commodate any more Spanish" re- fugees and will under no circum- stances make any exception this rule

foreign residents live, but don an old-style charshar and thick vell for the bazaar quarter in the old The American Consulate General | Transocean zur Service Not only does the Moslem woman city. Similarly women in Jerusalem received the following typhoon often allow herself greater free- are quite casual about lowering warning from the Manila. Obser dom in different places, but also the well when in the outskirts of vatory yesterday in different parts of the same a foreign locality, but their ces place. The Turkish woman, of lara closely covered at the Jaffs tanbul who still retains the veil Gate or in the walled city,

Typhoca in abou Typhoon in about longitude 135 degrees east and degrees east and latitude 15 degrees re north moving northwest.