1937-10-12 — Page 7

THE SERVICES

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1937.

(By The Air Mail. London Sept. 251

PLANS DIVISION Commander A. W. Buzzard is to Join the Plans Division, Admiralty, for duty in succession to Comman- der J. Hughes-Hallett, who has been appointed to the cruiser Nor- folk, Commander Buzzard. the elder aun of Sir Farquhar Buzzard. was a cadet at Osborne and Dart- mouth in 1916-18, and gained' five "firsts" passing for leutenant in 1923. He specialized in gunnery. and served as gunnery omcer in the Barham and Mackay and at Shotley training establishment until selected for the staff course. In 1933. At the time of his pro- motion to commander in 1935 he was gunnery officer of the Queen Elizabeth, Mediterranean flagship. During the past two years he has been squadron gunnery öffeer in the Galatea, nagship of the Mediterranean destroyer notillas.

CAPE HOSPITAL Surgeon Captairi H. M. Whelan has been appointed in charge of the RN. Hospital at the Cape of Good Hope, in succession to Sur- gron Captain H. F. Briggs, ap- pointed in 1934. Dr. Whelan com- pletes 25 years in the Navy on October 4, and during the War was medical officer 0: the cruisers Essex and Adventure, and at the R.N. Hospital. Granton. He was promoted to surgeon captain in 1934, and for the past three years has been surgical specialist at the R.N. Hospital, Chatham

THE ARMY

LIEUT-COL TYRINGHAM Lieut.-Col. Gifford L. Tyringham, who has assumed command of the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards, at the Tower, will take the unit to Alder- shot for duty. in the 1st Infantry Brigade. He becomes O. C. at 42. He was nearly six years in the Special Reserve, and served with the Guards and as A.D.C. to the Commander of the III Army Corps in France. He was transferred to the Regular Mist in 1920 and posted to the 2nd Battalion. Scots Guards. Lieut. Col. Alan F., C. Swinton. M.C.. has relinquished command of the 1st Battalion after 23 years in the regiment.

CHINA SQUADRON DISPOSITION

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The following is the disposition

EM. ships in North China- Shanghai: Danae; Sandwich, Tsingtao: Duncan.

Chefoo: Defender."

East Wall: Duchess, Cicala. West Wall: Cumberland. Dock: Orpheus, Proteus Pan-

dora

Talkoo Dock: Delight, Lowestoft. No. 2 Buoy Medway and the Fourch Submarine Flotilla.

No. 6 Buoy: Suffolk.

No. 7 Buoy: Daring. Diamond.

FOREIGN MEN-OF-WAR American: Asheville. Barker. Chinese: Chun Hsing. Chinese Customs Cruisers (15). Gunboats (2). Transports (2)

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ADMIRAL IN HONG KONG The Commander-in-Chief. mira Sir Charles Little, who is making a tour of the constat ports, arrived in the Colony from North China

E a.m. yesterday. aboard H.M.S. Cumberland, Flag- ship of China Fleet.

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A salute of 17 guns was from H.M.S. Tamar, by order of the Commodore, to which the Cumberland replied with 11 guns.

Commodore E.B.C. Dicken called on the Commander-in-Chief at 10 a.m. yesterday while the latter made an informal call on the Ot- ficer Administering the Govern- ment, Mr. N.L. Smith. at Govern- rent House, at 10.30 a.m. yester

day.

Three flying boats from H.M.S. Cumberland were in the air yester day morning while the ship was steaming into the Harbour. After circling the city the boats landed at. Kat Tak.

MOVEMENTS

H.M.S. Eagle, aircraft carrier at tached to the China Station, left" Taku Bar on Sunday and is expect- ed to arrive here to-day.

H.M.S. Suffolk arrived in Hong Kong. from Weihelwel on Sunday with a target and will be here for several days before proceeding north again

H.M.S. Dainty has arrived At Amoy from Hong Kong

The British Nay's specially char- tered train which brought 200 ratings and 12 officers from H.M.S. Capetown' to Hong Kong on Satur day, was reported to have travelled by the newly-completed loopline. Inking the Canton-Hankow and Kowloon-Canton Railways, which was used by a passenger train for the first time.

SUBMARINE EXERCISES

Submarlines of the 4th Subma- rine Flotilla will be exercising from to-day until Friday in areas to the | South and East of the Colony.

Submarines may

Admiral Sir Charles Little, KCB,' Commander-in-Chief of

of the China Station, who arrived yesterday from Shanghai aboard H.MS. Cumberland, flagship.

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DEATH OF MRS.

V.M. SILVA

It is with regret that we have to record the death of Mrs. V. M. Silva, at her residence, yesterday. Her sudden demise, through heart failure, will come as a shock to her large circle of friends.

"WE WILL WHIP HER!" We welcome Japan's attempts to pursue "punitive measures" be- cause we will see who, la the end. receives the punishment. In a fair fight, in which cowardly met hads, such as the bombing of épen towns and defenceless cities and barbaric frightfulness resorted to anchor in Port only by the arrogant uncivilized Shelter, Junk Bay or Taltan Bay Japanese, are

not resorted to, I at night time, during this period. am confident that China. In spite Masters of British shipa should of her supposed weakness, would Welhetwel Folkestone. Adven- report Immediately by wireless administer on Japan an ignomin- telegraph to the Commodore, Hong lous whipping. When I speak of a Kong, on all occasions of being fair aght, I do not mean, the stopped or delayed by armed ves- Japanese method of trying to in- sels, in addition to actual board-timidate innocent non-combatants, ings. Such reports should be con- by needless slaughter, by the In-to accept such a hand of friend-Emilia Silva, to whom the deepest firmed in writing as soon as pos- human 12se of poison gas, by even fishing cowardly attacks on junks. etc. We are Chinese and not Japanese and we are proud to say that we are too high-minded and civilized to resort to such tactica

ture.

Tangku: Grimsby.

Chinwangtao: Decoy.

Hankow: Capetown

Amoy: Cumberland...

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WARSHIPS IN HARBOUR The following warships were in port yesterday:-

North Arm: Westcott. Thracian.

Dunera.

South Wall Falmouth.

WEDDING

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CAHEDRAL

Groom's Air Trip For Ceremony

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The Transport Dunera does not leave Hong Kong until October 15 when military and naval personnel will be going on board on leave, retirement, and transfer.

We are to be punished by the Japanese sons of Mars because we SWINDLED HOSPITAL have "blundered" by presuming to

Two Collectors Sent To Prison

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Cheng Ho 26, and L Ming 38 fund collectors of the Kwang Wal

enforce peace. Can the Japanese. conscientiously talk of "the restora- tion of genuine friendship between China and Japan" while, with typical Japanese barbarity, she is resorting to her present tactics of annihilating Our helpless non- combatants, mutilating thousands of Innocent persons and throwing thousands and thousands of others

and on the verge homeless

of starvation? Is this the way to win friendship? | Can friendship be won by a country which extends, on the one band, the hand of "triendship" and points a bayonet at our hearts with the other? Can we be expected

ship? While they are slicing away one plece of our territory after an- other and intimidating us, as only the Japanese can intimidate, they have the

temerity to Proless friendship and become offended be- cause we decline to become friends with such barbarians.

put up resistance against their un- warranted invasion, by defending our territory, by trying to uphold our sovereign rights, and by fight ing for our honour and very ex istence! How very typical this is of the Japanese Fascist mind!

Nevertheless. I am sure that most readers of this journal will agree with me that, if there has been

The late Mrs. Silva is a widow and is survived by eight sons, Messrs. PM.. FE, LG., FX, D.L.. LA.. in Shanghai), George and Carlos Silva, and a daughter, Miss

sympathy is extended in their sad bereavement.

The funeral will take place this afternoon at the Roman Catholic Cemetery, the cortege passing the Monument at 5.30 p.m.

BACK FROM LEAVE Mr. C. W. E. Bishop, of the Pub- lic Works Department. accom- panied by his wife, returned from Home leave aboard the 8.5. Aeneas on Sunday,

PATIENCE EXHAUSTED "It is amazing to say the least. How can we give our friendship to those who would exterminate us? would we become friends with a gang of robbers who are pointing pistols at our backs and depriving us of our belongings? Have we not

are "fully turned the other check" to the people of Japan who Japanese to slap time and again prepared" to support Sugiyama" until we could tolerate the slap- and his crowd in the punitive em- pings no longer? And Japan is ployment of arms in China to con ang blunder at all, it has been on offended because we refuse to allow vince us of our "blunders." I ha'e

me doots as to whether the Japan- the part of Tokyo and her miltar-her to slap us any more!

As I have said. China welcomes ese people are actually behind the friendships and we would welcome militarists in this mad-dog adven-

of China has absolutely no ground peace, but we want an honourable ture for regretting what Sugiyama des- peace, not, however, on Japan's Japanese, in the past, have ex theirs because various

Defendants were employed at the of the Hankow branch of the Im-Kwang Wah Hospital as

fund cribes as "her misguided policies" terms.. We have had too many pressed to me the opinion that the perial Chemical Industries. The collectors for some years.

and she will refuse to sue for peace.protestations of Japan's solemn militarists are acting in this in- of China on their own bridegroom is the son of Mr. and The procedure adopted was for We leave it to the Japs to sue for pledges" and of her "incerity" vasion

The wedding took place at the SL John's Cathedral yesterday when Miss Helen Carey, daughter

Hospital each received one year's ard labour when they appeared

before Mr. E Himsworth, at the Kowloon Magistracy, yesterday on a charge of possession of 83 forged receipt books and two forged chops and unlawfully collecting $95 bė-

of Mrs. F. W. Carey of Shanghal, tween September 28 and October 8.

was married to Mr. A. R. Kinross

Mrs. A. R. Kinross, late of the B.E. the collector to fill in the amounts

& Whampoa Dock Co., now of Pin-collected on chopped blank receipt ner, Middlesex.

forms and at the end of the day hand in the money collected to- gether with the receipt book.

The bride was given away by Mr. F. Stafford Smith, of the B.A.T. and Mr. J. `C, M. Grenham of the Manufacturers". Life Assur- ance Co., Hong Kong was the beati

maz.

The bride wore a beautiful dress of pale pink lace matched with a small pale pink satin cap and a pink tulle vell. Her going-away dress Was of dove-grey marocain and she wore a black felt bonnet trimmed with wine. coloured velvet and a short black Vell.

Beeing a good chance to make money defendants made two chops printed a great deal of forged receipt forms and set to work.

When this was discovered by the hospital authorities defendants were arrested. On being question- ed defendants took the police to

crepe their houses where two chops and a large number of forged receipt books were found.

The Rev. W. Baines officiated and Mr. 6. Oliphant of local branch of the H.K. & Shanghai Banking corporation. acted Ba usher.

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A feature of the wedding is that the bridegroom flew from Hankow

the

After cetemony.

the honeymoon' has been spent at the Repulse Bay, Mr. and Mrs. Kinross will fly back to Hankow.

GAMBLERS FINED

A fine of $40 was imposed on Chung Klu, 32, married woman who was brought before Mr. E. Hinsworth at the Kowloon Magh tracy yesterday on a charge of keeping a common gaming house. Six others charged with gambling were fined $1 each.

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NO REGRETS

peace. We are a peaceful race and and are prepared to accept them initiative and contrary to the will we desire and seek peace but we only with more than a grain of of the civilians. do not want pauce at all costs. salt.

We demand peace with honour The real Japari has been up-

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FAR FROM THE TRUTH Personally, I believe that Bugi- and full equality in negotiating musked. Her "solemn pledges" are yama's statement is far from the and settling the terms.

worthless. Her definition of "a-truth. I can say, without con- We will refuse to sign any docu-cerity differs from the meaning tradiction I think (except possibly any terms that given to that word in all re- from Japanese sources), that the ment or accept may be humiliating or detrimental cognized dictionaries. In Japanese good, innocent Chinese people can to the interests of the Chinese dictionaries, apparently, the word do well without the praise and the people. who may be assured that "sincerity" means "insincerity."

and his sympathy of Sugiyama not only will we not surrender any

SUCH GENEROSITY!

clique and I say, quite frankly, that further territory, but we will re- The naughty Nanking Govern- we will support the National Gov- ernment and our loyal military over all the territories which havement and its "outrageous" military

leaders are to be punished, accord-leaders (not the traitors who have been selaed from as by Japan.

Of course, the Japs would wel- ing to the Japanese son of Mars, been bought over by the Japs) come whole-heartedly (as Bugi- and not "the good, innocent Chin- and, furthermore, that we will yama says) any expression of re-

ese people." How very generous of not allow our confidence in Gen. gret from China but they will get these worthy warlords, who, how, Chiang Kai-shek and his patriotic. none because we are not going to ever, are absolutely blind to the associates to waver. apologize for faults which we have fact that the good, innocent peo- not committed.

ple of China are united as one be hind the naughty Chinese Govern Sugiyama and his crony, Gen. ment and its outrageous military Matsul (Commander-in-Chief of leaders. the Japanese Expeditionary Forces

TYPICAL BARBARITY

Typical of the Japanese style of contradiction, Sugiyama' expresses his sorrow over the international situation which has developed be cause of Chinese propaganda..

The removal of the Japanese "This does not he speak well of

in Shanghai), speak of Japan's de- censorship would probably enlight-the hundreds

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