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Foreign Office Official

MR. J. GREENWAY

HERE

A passenger of note arriving in the Certu yesterday was Mr. John Greenway who has been sent out by the Foreign Office to take charge of the Embassy in Peking on behalf of the Charge d'Affaires, Mr. A. G. Howe, who will continue to reside in Shanghai,

After a distinguished career in many of the capitals of Europe.- including Rome, Constantinople, Prague, Moscow, Bucharest and also Rio de Janeiro, this will be Mr. Greenway's first visit to the Far East in an official capacity, al- though he states that be spent a delightful cruising holiday here guest in some six years ago 25 a HMS, Cornwall.

Needless to say the charm of Peking made a lasting impression. on Mr. Greenway and he is greatly looking forward to renewing his ac- quaintance with that ancient city of beauty and culture-even in these troubled times.

Mr. Greenway is a keen golfer, shot, and fisherman, and as an ex- perienced Linguist proposes to wrestle with the difficulties of the Chinese language.

Whether Mr. Greenway will be sent straight to Peking--or not-in these exceptional and ever-chang- ing circumstances is matter for

"conjecture, but wherever he goe

his unusual charm and adaptabilit

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Houses wrecked in the Soochow City bombing by Japanese planes.

AIR CHIEF TO VISIT COLONY

SIR EDWARD ELLINGTON'S INSPECTION

TOUR

London, Dec. 23: Special importance is attached in political cir- cles here to the Inspection tour, of the Near and Far East on which Air Chief Marshal Sir Edward Ellington., G.C.B, C.M.G., C.B.E.. Ins- pector-General of the British Air Force, will start on Wednesday since it became known that he will also visit Hong Kong. Sip-Edward---- who will be accompanied by several members of his staff will inspect the British air bases in North Africa. "India and Singapore before

will do the utmost credit to Dip-going to Hong Kong. He will travel partly in commercial and partly lomatie circles.

in military planes.---Transocean News Service.

PROTESTS TO SOVIET

· GOVERNMENT

Against Arrests Of Japanese Nationals

Tokyo. Doc. 22.

Questioned by a foreign corres- pondent 2 spukesman of the Foreign Office sald that the Japanese Government had made several protests to the Soviet Government regarding the arrests Japanese nationals in Bovlet tipry. The spokesman said he received satisfactory answers ng some cases but the

GENERAL YANG

IS WELL

Hankow, Dec. 22. Chinese reports to the effect

that General Yang Hu, formerly Garrison Commander at Woosung was executed here on charges of falling to carry out his duties, are officially denied. General

Yang Hu is at present in Hankow, 'alive and well- Better.

answers in most of the cases were unsatisfactory.-

Kruter

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BITTER BATTLE NEAR HANGCHOW

Shangha!, Dec. 22.

A counter-offensive against the

Japanese forces pressing on to Hangchow has been launched by General Chang Fah-kwel accord- Ing to Chinese reports, Gen. Chang is stated to have 100,000 troops in the feld and bitter fighting is progressing. Meanwhile Japanese troops advancing up the Tientsin-Fukow Rallway are

De- sieging. Chanpuling. 33 miles north-west ot Pukow. The Chinese are erecting strong de- tence works southward of Pengpu where according to reports they are making a strong attempt to check the advancing Japanese

YOUNG HEROES CARRY ON whose objective is Hsuchowin at

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Despite the grave danger of bombing in and around Shanghai, Chinese Boy Scouts have undertaken their duties of helping other people. Their services of helping in the hospitals and other places can be looked upon as nothing less than heroic, and under the inevitable danger they still persist, in carrying on.

who had received civic training, were summoned to the scene of terror to rescue the wounded.

Just after high explosives had, every available freman, policeman dropped on Shanghai young Chand Boy Scout, together with those nese Scouts performed heroic ser vice in searching for the dead, dressing the slightly injured with bandages, improvised from 'blood- spattered piles of material, and acting as stretcher bearers.

One of these young boys per- formed a task from which many a grown man would have shrunk. A lift in a building had been halted between the ground and first floors as the explosion cut off Bower. Blood streamed from the cage, the door of which had been partly opened by some injured per son before death had ended at- tempts at self-preservation. A ladder was run up to the cage but the opening was too small for an adult. A Scout went up, hesitated before what he saw, then threw down a pith helmet filled with blood and performed the gruesome task of removing the dead....

Boy Scouts, together with Girl Guides, are also helping in refugee camps, and attending the wound- ed soldiers. In emergency hospitals.

Officials of, the French Con- cession Service Sanitaire have found the Scouts and Guides ex-

tremely useful. The Scouts, and Guides have been attending in daily shifts.

of

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the junction of the Tentsin- Pukow and Tientsin-Lunghai Rail- ways.- Reuter.

SIAM'S CABINET

Bangkok, Dec. 22. The Siamese Cabinet was recon- stituted with only one change in members, this being the Minister of Justice.-- -Reuter's Bulletin Service.

THE DOLLAR

T.T. ON NEW YORK: 30-15/10 E.T. ON LONDON: 1., 2.7/8d.

London Silver Market

acted as disciplinarians for the Scouts have also

children, both with or without parents. Within 15 feet of each curred simultaneously-while- other two interesting incidents, oc-

(From Our Own Correspondent).

father held his screaming infant,

London, Dec. 22. London silver prices to-day a doctor swabbed its throat; and were down 3/16 for "Spot" and just opposite, in a roped-off area. 1/16 for "Forward," as follow:-" laboured the a Scout of perhaps 17 years be-

Dec. 21. Dec. 22, open palm

Spot........ ...18-7/8 18-11/16 youngster who apparently could be Forward..... An early morning bombing raid. I placed in the refractious class.

....18-9/16 18-1/2 raining death on Per-hsin-ching Village for twenty minutes, was

When a group of journalists were another scene described in which being shown round the hospitals Boy Scouts,

In the Chinese territory and were charity workers rushed to rescue taken to the Vienna Garden, a the wounded. The destruction dancing hall which was turned Cables „covered a wide area and up to a

Into an emergency. hospital almost Finance late hour scores of volunteers were overnight to accommodate the Leading Articles still busily engaged in extricating wounded, they discovered dancing Radiu Progralnines. bodies planed beneath the debris. partners and Boy Scouts were at Local Diary ... Simultaneously, bombing was go-tending the needs of the wounded. Mall Notices Ing on in Chowkachino in the Jess- The storica of the work of these Shipping feld district and many civilians gallant Scouts have been extractedThe Services.... were Elled. Shortly after the raid from the "North China, Herald.”, Bport

police

and other

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CHRISTMAS PARTIES

SPASMODIC

LOOTING IN

TSINGTAO

Military Hospital Gathering

City Defences Ready

Tsingtao, Dec. 22. Despite executions designed to discourage the practice there was spasmodic looting during the night. Some of the Japanese property was set on fire including dormitories connected to mits. The situation to-day is a little quieter and the change is attribut- ed to the resignation of the Com- missioner of Police and his replace- ment by the Deputy Commissioner. Meanwhile the Chinese authori- ties who have been fortifying the city in every possible way for the past three months

satisfied with the results and say they intend to offer strong resistance If the Japariese attack. It is an- nounced that curfew will be en- forced between 7 pm. and 5 a.m. until further notice.- Reuter.

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TWO FUNCTIONS

·IN KOWLOON

hursow

CHRISTMAS BINOCULARS

AT GIFT PRICES

Wo agaounce u timely sale of bew and shop Boiled Binoculars of the best makes (Zeiss, etc.) at greatly below list price.

LAZARUS

OPTICIANS

6, Pedder Street.

Single Copy, 10 cts Per Month. $3..

*PROMPT ACTION BY NEW

ATTACK ON. ·

CUSTOMS

CRUISER

Britain Sends

Note To Japan

London, Dec. 22: It is under-

near

MINISTER

RED ACTIVITIES

IN JAPAN

MANY ARRESTED

Board

A delightful Christmas party was

Tokyo, Dec. 22, given in No. 1 Ward of the Military

Wholesale arrests of alleged ra- Hospital, Bowen Road, by No, 27 Company. Royal Army Medical stood, that the British Government dicals were made throughout Japan Corps, to a large gathering of has presented a Note to the on December 15, following orders children 01 Officers, Warrant Japanese Government concerning received from the Home Minister, Officers and Non-Commissioned the attack on the Chinese Mari-Admiral Suetsugu, by the Police Officers of the Company, and their time Customs cruiser Cha Hsing

to suppress the Prole- wives. The word was tastefully on December 11 in British waters tarian Party and the All Japan decorated

Hong Kong. A Japanese Council of Labour as well as the The kiddies thoroughly enjoyed destroyer fired on the Customs Farmers' Unions, The arrests were themselves and were kept in con...

cruiser just outside the three-mile only revealed to-day following the stant laughter by the anties and

limit and the latter Immediately fting of the Fress ban.. frolics of Staff-Sergt. Bridges and rushed back and was beached in Territories. Later two Sergt. Castell, who very ably Alled the New the roles of clowns, while the con- Japanese motorboats entered Bri- juring performance of Mr. Adam-tish waters and towed the cruiser son was also very well received. Away.

To the delight of the children Santa Claus" appeared fri a chariot in the midst of the party and presented Christmas gifts to each one of them.

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Beater

SHELLS ON BEACH

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OUR AMBULANCE tant Director of Medical Services, was fired on somewhere in the

BRIGADE

Critical Financial Situation

It will be recalled that, accord- ing to information to hand the cruiser Cha Hsing, which Col H H Blake, O.B.E., ASSIS-

commanded by Captain G. Cook,

China Command, and Mrs. Blake. vicinity of Black Point, which is and Licut-Colonel C. Crawford about two miles outside local Jones, Officer Commanding No 27 waters. Captain Cook "sought the Company, R.A.M.C., were among safety of the Colony and beached those present.

his vessel at Yung Lung Wan, in At the conclusion of the happy Deep Water Bay, about two miles party, Cal Crawford Jones ex- from Castle Peak in the New Ter- pressed thanks,,to, the, entertainersritories. It was alleged that two who had given so much delight to shots fred in the course of the the children and concluded by con

chase landed in British territory, and two 47 shells, unexploded, the gathering.

were later found by the police on the beach, dednitely in British territory.

It will come as a shock to many to learn that the St. John Ambuying the season's greetings to lance Association and Brigade is languishing for lack of financial

succour, and with the sustenance

in hand can survive for a few months longer only. The situa tion is critical: the outlook omin- ous: suspension of service looma ahead.

It may not be generally known that the local Association and

KOWLOON DOCKS

PARTY"

Splendid Entertainment

Raids were conducted in all parts of the country and three hundred people were taken into custody for allegedly engaging in red activities in violation of the peace preserva- tion laws,

In Tokyo alone 108 persons were arrested while in seventeen other -

cities 282 people were taken into custody. among those arrested be-. ing several University professors, authors, publicists and pacifists.

The Home Minister ordered the drive only twę days after his ap- pointment in succession to Dr. Elicht, Baba who resigned from the post owing to illness. Admirat Suetsugu is an ardent nationalist and was placed on the Navy retired list on October 15, last. There is how some talk of his being groom ed for the next Premiership.-

Keuter

The crew of the cruiser, having NEW

beached their craft, walked to wards Lung Ku-tan and as the cruiser was later sighted outside British waters proceeding under her own steam, it was believed

A happy and successful func- the Japanese must have sent men

Christmas tree and tea

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Brigade receive no financial sup- tion was held in the Reading Room ( fri moter-boats to the beach, port from our Headquarters in Lon- of the Kowloon Docks Recreation | thereby entering the waters" of don, nor yet from publie funds as Club yesterday afternoon when the Colony, refloated her and sail- other organisation do, but is en- nearly 70 children attended the ed her off. tirely dependent upon the philan-annual

party. The room was gaily de- thropy of the charitably inclined. As memories are short it will not corated with coloured bunting while the centre of attraction was be out of place to enumerate some of the many free services given by a tree beautifully dressed and fully laden with gifts which were later members to the Colony→→

distributed to the children,

(a) Street Vaccination

(b) Attendance at Fires: Street

accidenta: Races: Proces sions: Collapses: Athletic meetings.

(c) Lectures in First Aid: Home Nursing: Air Raid precau-

tions.

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(d) An Ambulance service chief- ly for the poor. Incidentally the sum received in dona tion, from this source during 7 months amounts to $5.00: its expenses are in the re- gion of $300.00 per month. (a) Clinics and maternity wards in the New Territory includ- ing the island of Cheung Chan where poverty, is rife both amongst the villagers and the numerous refugees sheltering there, and where ittle work ands expression. (Continued on baca rage)

SPANISH WAR

Fall Of Teruel Claimed

Barcelona, Dec. 22 Heavy fighting is reported inside Teruel which Government last night claimed to have fallen into their hands. This morning's com- munique says that Government troops have taken the southern part of the city while Insurgents are still resisting in the old section of the town across the river....

The function was splendidly ar- ranged and in this respect great credit is due to Mr. J. Revie, Sec- retary of the E.D.R.C.

to

FUNERAL OF "GEN. LUDENDORFF

Hitler Follows Cortege

Munich, Dec. 22. Hage crowds lined the streets in the fog this morning to witness the The kiddies sat down astate funeral of General Luden- sumptuous, repast After

which dorff.

Chancellor Adolf Hitler, they gathered together to wit- General Herman Goering and the ness a delightful programme of commanders of the Army and entertainment provided by a party Navy were among those who at Mesars, W. C. Simpson and J. C. M. cortege. from H.M.S. Cumberland and tended, walking slowly after the Grenham, the popular local enter-Reuters Bulletin Service.

tainers.

The children later received their presents from the tree at the. hands of Santa Claus which role was admirably filled by Mr. Barry Parks,

PARTY FOR WOLF CUBS 'The St. Andrew's Wolf Cub Pack held an enjoyable Christmas party in the grounds of St. Andrew's Church yesterday afternoon. Each member of the pack was presented with a gift.

OFFICERS IN DILEMMA

Expectant Mothers On Capetown: No Doctor

Shanghal, Dec. 22: HMS. Cape- town resumed her journey trom Nanking this morning and was due at Klangyin early this evening. The officers aboard are in ́a” de- lente dilemma as one of two ex- pectant mothers among the pas sengers may give birth at anytime and there is no doctor on board. Permission has been naked for the mother and child to continue Insurgent reports make no men- aboard the Capetown to Hong Kong tion of the fall of the city but as the child's condition hardly per- cialm the Government attacks were | mits transfer to the tender at Woo- repulsed and that they captured sung in this case. The doctor will five tanks.

Reuter's Bulletin Service.

board the Capetown at Woosung.-

Reuter

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ROAD WILL LINK CHINA

WITH

RUSSIA

Speeding Transport Of Armaments

Shanghal, Dec. 22: Seven thou- sand labourers supervised by thou- sands of engineers' and foremen 'are working day and night to build a 7,000-mile road linking Szechuen with Russia, according to Chinese reports.

From Ezechuen the road will run, to Lanchow, in Kansu province, through the Gobi Desert to Hami, in Sinklang province, then on to Urunchi, also in Sinktang, and then through to the Russian border.

armaments to reach China from When completed it will enable

Russia in a fortnight instead of six months.--

Beuter.

Picture taken at the children's Christmas party held at the Military Hospital, Bowen Road, yesterday afternoon. (Photo,.. Cheng Stadlo)..