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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS OAHU LEAVES

NOTICE.

It is mutually agreed, between

FOR SCENE OF

PANAY BOMBING

Mr. B. J. Lacon and the under Embassy Officials

signed that his representation of our interests as Sales Agent in Hong Kong is hereby terminat. ed, due to the suspension of our manufacturing operations here.

Our Telephone Number is Mail Address: Kowloon 59306,

P. O. Box No. 1653.

THE CHINA IMPORT & EXPORT LUMBER. CO., LTD. (Incorporated under the Com panies' Ordinances of Hong Kong}

90, To Kwa Wan Road,

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NOTICE IS HEREBY

Return To Fallen

Chinese Capital

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With a small party of American Embassy offlaltais and some divez on board, the USB. Oahu, sister ship of the ill-fated U.S.8. Panay,

salled for Nanking yesterday morn- ing, bound for the fallen Chinese capital and for the scene of the bombing incident which stirred the world, states the "North China

Dally News of December 29. The Embassy officials, who are to open up the Embassy offices at Nanking, consist of Mr. John M. Allison, Third Secretary, Mr. James Espy. Vice-Consui, arid Mr. A. A. Mc- Fadyen. Mr. Allison was formerly Consul at Daireq

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The Oahu sailed from her berth

GIVEN that I, the undersigned, alongside the U.S.S. Augusta at by mutual agreement, have rei | about 7 o'clock yesterday morning. linquished the representation as and is expected to arrive off Nan- Sales Agent of The China Import king by late this evening. This,

however, will depend on circum- and Export Lumber Co., Ltd., stances. The level of the river is on the suspension of their manu falling rapidly. facturing operations in Hong | In Kong..

B. J. LACON, Marina House, 15/19, Queen's loud, C.

addition, mine-sweeping operations are still continuing, as it is believed that the river between Woosting and Nanking is still very much alive. Arrangements for the safe conduct of the U.S.S. Oahu were made with the Japanese 5863 naval authorities, and she was to pick up a Japanese destroyer, and possibly mine-sweeper as well, as escort.

THE SOUTH 'CHINA WOODWORKING CO. MANUFACTURERS

of

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FURNITURE, . PANELLING, &c.

NOTICE is hereby given thai the above Company has been formed, with a Factory at East Point and is prepared to quote, competitive prices."

Enquiries which are respect fully solicited, should be ad dressed to:

The General Managers,

R. J. LACON & CO., Marina House, 15/19, Queen's Road, Central. Telephone 34042.

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The Oahu will stop at Nanking to enable the American Embassy officials to go ashore and open the Embassy buildings, and will then proceed to the scene of the bomb- the of her sister gunboat. There she will anchor while divers will go down and examine the Panay. It is too early yet to say whether or not she can be salvaged, or whe- ther this possibility is even con- templated.

PEER DUE IN HONG KONG

Lord and Lady Manton

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are

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1938.

DEATH HENRY.AL St. Blaaleh, Black Forest, on December 31, 1937, Elleen Joyce, Beloved wife of JE Henry and younger

her. vast armies need. The moral

support of the great democratie. powers are behind her. And, above all, China to-day has achieved the priceless heritage of national unity.

tory.

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H.K. POLICE

RESERVE

daughter of Geo. P. Lammërt. for the' Brst time in her long his (Orders by Mộ C. G. Pardue, Acting ·

aged":28 years. (Shanghai papers plense copy).

5885 EVANS-On December 23, 1937, in London, Algernon, Moniford Adama EyanË. SMITH-On Sunday, December 20, 1937, at The Country Hospital, Shanghal, Gladys Smith, aged 42 years, widow of the late Mr. LM Smith of the Standard Vacuum Oll Company.

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Editorial and Business Office: 15-19, Queen's Road Central. Tel. 30251. Night Editor (Wanchal Office):

Tel. 24511. London Omee: 53, Fleet Street"

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The Daily Press.

“友”之國中

Hose Kono, JANUARY 4, 1938.

Is this, we ask in all sincerity, a time to acknowledge defeat? No. no, a thousand times not China has morally won the war and there can be no prace save one with honour. Let Japan withdraw.every man and every gun from China and return to her every inch of Chinese territory before there can be talk of peace. Otherwise, the spirit of the Chinese masses lying dead in Chinese soil will cry out for vengeance!

Inspector General of Police)

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CHINESE COMPANY Strength. The undermentioned members, have been permitted to resign from the Chinese Company, as from December 11, 1937-

Constables: R13 Tam To Miss. R16 Kwok Chun Shing. R35, Lee Rai Sun, R50 Yim Cheuk Shan, RB6 Law Thackman, and R95 Kong Kam Yuen.

ant Gas Lectures-The under mentioned members will report dally at Chinese Company Head- quarters at 17.30 hours on Wednes day, Thursday, and Friday, Jan. THE COST OF LIVING 6 and 7, 1938 for And Gas Course

Lectures:

The rise in the cost of living is the most live domestic political is

sue of the moment. It is the one

ment of recovery. It is of Nttle use

Constables: R19 J. C. K. Wong, Kat Yan, R25 Lee Chee Leung. R32 R21 Wong Ping Kwan," R23 Kong

Yeung Po Kan, R30 Ho In Nam, R37 Leung. Wing Tseung, R38 Herry, "Wong. R43 Lau Cher Kal, and R45.

Chu Kwan Yu

18.00 hours and midnight by mem- Patrol Duty-Nightly between

that comes closest home, to the ordinary man and woman, and it is hardly surprising that both the pgfd | Liberal and Labour, parties should be making it the strong plank in their winter campaigns. Rising prices are, of course, a world-wide bers as detailed by the Officer m phenomenon and. an accompani-Charge of Company.

INDIAN COMPANY Commendation. Constable R236 merely to denounce an economie M. S. Dillon is commended for zeal trend the other side of which is

and alertness in arresting a Chi- greater activity and employment

nese Male on December 21, 1937 But that does not carry us the

who was convicted for Larceny. whole way. It is the Government's

Training Course (Part II)The duty to try to prevent the rise gel-undermentioned members of the ting out of bounds and to mitigate Indian Company will attend. In- dian Company Headquarters for point of the Liberal campaign Part II of Training Course on that the rise in the cost of living Tuesday, January 4, 1938 at 17.50

IS IT PEACE?-

It is quite clear that, whatever they have lost during the past few months, the Japanese still retain the colossal arrogance and conceit which has been such a marked characteristic of their dealings not only with unfortunate China, but with the rest of the civilised world. Flushed by a few superficial vic- tories and the capture of a handful of cities in a country whose vast- ress is proverbial, General Matsui has the Impudence to believe that the Chinese have already been "beaten to their knees," which the Japanese had set out to do. That is the only logical Interpretation that can be put to the latest peace terms advanced by Tokyo, which, in essence, are little different' from those put forward some weeks back through the German Ambassador. Dr. Oscar Trautmann, who is again acting as mediator.

These are the terms:

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its effects on the weakest, The

is due in part to unwise, Govern- ment action. If the Government pursued a more liberal fiscal policy food prices would be less high and the purchasing power of wages would be greater. The Cover ment has itself admitted that, the higher cost of food is hitting the unemployed hard; It has permitted the

hours:-

Constables: R240 M. Y. Khan, R297 Karam Khan, R211 S. Ares, R215 Feroz Khan, R219 Nur Ahmed, R223 Firdos Khan, R229 M. R. Malik, R230 Mohamed Asghar, R379. Mir Wail Khan, and R221 Hakim

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Patrol Duty:-Nightly between Unemployment Assistance Board to pay out more in allow 18.00 hours and midnight by men- ances. It will soon have to admits as detailed by the Officer in

Charge of Company. that readjustments will have to be made in the benefit scales un-

der

From those it will, unless it is wholly callous, have to go on to the pensioners, on, whom, among the widows and the aged, the wors privation will fall. "

unemployment insurance.

EMERGENCY UNIT RESERVE Strength-The undermentioned members have been taken on the

strength of the Emergency Unit Reserve, as from dates shown against them:-

CHINA REVIEW

China Not Guilty

"If China is driven into the hands of Communists, Japan will be to blame," declared Dr. E.' Stanley Jones, internationally known missionary lender and author, ön arrival in Singapore, recently after many months in North China during hostilities, y

"When Japan 'started her acts of aggression, Communism was at its lowest ebb in China. Now in her deep despair, and helplessness." China may turn to 'Soviet Russia," he explained.

"I do not think that Japan has been maligned in the British Press," said Dr. Stanley Jones. The facts speak louder than any 19- ports.

"China has her faults, but among them is not the guit of star- ting this war,” he continued,

Japan's aggression in setting up autonomous States in the north raade China Jash back when she found herself being devoured plece. meal, he said

added.

"The so-called "incidents' did not start the war," Dr. Jones

At Canton, Hänkow and Changsha, Dr. Stanley Jones said that he saw the bombing of helpless populations in areas in which there were no military objectives at all

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"After the first air raids, two thirds of the people left Canton. in panic, but half of these "came back and have recovered their calm, although the air raid signal sounded as often as three times a day.” be said..

Never before had Dr. Stanley Jones found people so responsive and eager for a missionary's message. Halls were packed in every town

Chinese Fortune-Teller.

The functions of a Chinese fortune-teller are varied. First of all, there are many kinds of fortune-tellers, in China, Some tell fortunes by calculating the hour, day and year of your birth and their relative influence to and from those of your nearest. family members. Some tell the future by arranging eight "golden coins" which actually are old and obsolete cash, each of which has A monetary value of one-tenth of a copper or one-thirtieth of a cent. some tell fortunes by looking at your appearance.. Some tell fortunes by asking the customer to pick out two characters for an analysis, in which they see the "future"

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Still another group of fortune-tellers claims to able to tell. futures by feeling your bones. Yet another group offer propheclea by feeling your pulse.

HOSPITALS ARE OVERCROWDED-

Government To Help

HIS BLUFF. WORKED

Story Of The Great War

A remarkable story of how a

plest way of tackling the problem

The Liberal case is that the sim- Willis, Dec. 23, 1937; and Constable Wah Hospitals have been" over land, during the Great War was is not to try painfully to catch up (under pressure of agitation), with

Constable R406 W. J. Priest, Dec. 23. 1037: Constable R400 D. N. 1416 H. R. Webb, Dec. 29, 1937.

Promotions. The following pro- motions to date from Dec. 23, 1837 R28 J. A. Bendall and R431 G. Frost to the rank of Crown Sergeant.

C. CHAMFKIN,

D.S.P. (R).

young Irish subaltern "bluffed" the Germans into surrendering Togo- told recently by Major-General Bir, Reginald Hoskins and Lord David son. They were speaking at the Bonar Law College, Berkhamsted, states the "Sunday Times."

1. China's adherence to a pact the rising prices but to put a have been approved:-Lance Bgta. or undernourished, and with the Ashridge Fellowship reunion at the

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against communism which directed against Japan and Man- chukuo;

2. Economic agreement, giving Japan

the participation in national resources, customs, for elgn trade, aviation and other transport and communication of

check on them by removing some of the artificial stimulants... A re- duction of tarifs would be the most rapid corrective. Many of the high prices of foodstuffs can be traced directly to the taxes and quotas that have been put on im- ports from abroad. Were those reduced the beneficial effect on the

Hong Kong, January 3.

It was learned from an authori tative source yesterday that the Tung Wah, Eastern and Kwong crowded for some time but with the Influx of thousands of ad ditional population, many destitute extra task of looking after even the healthy but poor Chinese re- fugees thrust upon their shoulders, Sir Reginald said that he and the directors had to house their Lord Davidson, in the early days charges in corndors and halls, of the war, helped in the hand- Due to this state of congestion the ling of code messages at the directors of these institutions have Colonial Office. One day they re- had to appeal to the Government ceived a code. message from a young subaltern in the Cameroons for assistance.

Government."has accordingly who "probably, Sir Reginald said. granted them the use of Lalchikok had under his command two men Prison, which was vacated by re- and a boy, announcing that he was A warning to shipping and air-fugees on Christmas Day, and is going to take Togoland. 5. An independent Inner Mon-house-wives petition that the craft that firing practice will be now hastily being prepared for this

Liberal Organisation is now pro- carried out from Mount Davis be-

new chapter in its varied history, moting. The Manchester petition,tween 8.30 am. and 2 p.m. dally

Already structural alterations are from which it sprang, was a

between to-day and Thursday, has being made but the biggest dif- spontaneous demonstration, and been issued by the Military Autho-culty will be in anding beds. This Its extension to other parts of the rities. country will be not only a useful piece of political agitation but a valuable service to the rebuilding

China;

3. Permanent Japanese garri-

sons in China;

4. Demilitarised zones in re- gions specified by Japan:

golian Government;

and

War

away more

6. Chinese payment of indemnities. Acceptance of those terms by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek will not merely mean, the acknow. ledgment of defeat. It will mean something far terrible. It will mean the end of China as a free and independent nation. If China, agrees to any terms laid down by Japan except such as would free the country of all Japanese aggression and op- pression, China will sell her soul and Chinese statesmen of to-day, responsible for such an act, will have to answer to posterity." Then, when future generations of Chi-

consumer would be quickly felt It is perhaps too much to hope that the Government will see this for itself. Hence the value of the

of Liberalism.

HONG KONG TANKER REFLOATED

nese, crying under the yoke of Toorak Set Free

Japanese oppression, look back upon these present days, they will have but one word on their lips- traitors!

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FIRING PRACTICE

Warning To Shipping

* And Aircraft

hours.

tacked and that all was well. "T do not know what his name was,” added Sir Reginald, "but I hope that he is a General now."

Before they could reply another. cable arrived. This said that he had made a réconnaissance of the enemy's position and intended to attack. Next morning another However, is being attended to, message stated that he had-at- The period may be extended to is understood. Friday, when firing practice may Though it is impossible to give be carried out between the same an accurate estimate of the in- crease of population. in the Colony In addition, shipping and aviation since the war started, rough have been warned that firing estimates place it at a quarter of a practice will be carried out from mitition and this figure does not D'Aguilar on January 11, from seem to lessen despite the continu- a.m. to 2 p.m., or, alternatively, atous repatriation of refugees which the same times on January 17. Is going on

Firing Area "D" will be affect- ed in the Mount Davis practice, and Firing Area "B" in the D'Agullar area;

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After Days On Reef persons of the Defences (Firing and have nowhere to stay during

What is the position in China. It is learned that the Hong to-day? Has Japan' won the war Kong-owned all tanker Tootak, ́en' that she dare to lay down terms route from Cebu to Palembang, of peace that will deprive China or Bumatra, has been successfully re- every vestige of national honour floated after being aground for over among the passengers due in Hong and prestige? To our way of a week on Tambolian Island. Kong by the Pan-American Air thinking, the real war for Japan The Toorak was reñpated during

Philippine Clipper,

on is only just beginning. Japan's the high tide on the night of Dec. Wednesday, Lord and Lady Man- troubles are just starting, and 31, with the assistance of the Sal- ton are malding a leisurely aerial, Japan is more aware of that fact vage tug Trabajador, which was tour of the "Paclic,

than is China. In Chektang, the despatched from Manila to assist Lord Manton boarded the Philip Chinese armies, most of which are the tanker. plae Clipper at Wake Island, where still intact, are regaining much lost The Toorak, which ia under char- he stayed over from the previous ground and many strategic cities ter to the Standard-Vacuum Oil week for some Bahing. From Hong have fallen to the advancing Company, is owned by the Stan- Kong, he will probably travel to forces. In Shantung the Japanese dard Transportation Campany Ltd., England by Imperial Airways plane. advance has been definitely halted, of Hong Kong. She arrived in Far In. Hankow, vast preparations for Eastern waters from the United #prolonged struggle are proceed-states in mid-December, with a fulf ing apace. The South is straining cargo of oil for Manila. She dis- every nerve to mobilise all min charged her cargo les Manila and power and harness all available Cebu and was proceeding in hallast, resources to aid the Central Gov to the Dutch East Indies when she Shanghai, Jan. 3: Paul F. ernment. The spirit of the nation ran aground on a coral reet. (* China's foremost pole-vauiter, is burns. more, luminously to-day The ship was never in any danger reported" to "have left Hankow re-than ever before despite the, terror and Captain J: Grant, the master, cently for. Nanchang to join the | of indiscriminate bombing and the and the 30 officers and crew re- air" "fores. Fu, whose mother is slaughter of thousands of civilians, mained aboard. “ Russian, représented China at the Road communication ..between The Toorak is a three-masted Far Eastern Olympic games in China and neighbouring, countries steel tanker classified as 100 A-1 at Manila "in 1934 and the World is being, so rapidly pushed ahead Lloyd's. She was built in 1927 by hi Olympics in Berlin in 1936-

that soon. China will have all the Lithgowa Ltd., Port Glasgow and is 5857 Reuter

war material and implements, that registered here.

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POLE VAULTER JOINS AIR FORCE

The old Government: Civii Hos- pital has also been used for the past fortnight for putting up large numbers of Chinese who ere Shipping, unless exempt from the arriving from Japan and elsewhere

Areas) Ordinance, is not allowed the period of arranging their re- within the firing area. Masters turn by boat or train to their of exempt shipping are warned to native provinces: Stme. have no assist in the carrying out of the money at all, and may have to stay

hastening here. Batches of 50 are daily des firing practice through the Firing Areas affected, patched from the Colony back to ur by consenting to be towed out China but others continue to take of the Firing Area, it necessary, their places and the G.C.H. will be. by any vessel acting under the used as a depot for these people

until the position, eases. Military Authorities,

by

An exclting moment during the hockey match between the ↑ "Civilians and the Combined' Services played at King's Park on Sunday when the former won by three goals to one. (Photo, Cheng Btalo).

ford Davidson,, taking up the story, said that this young officer converted his "two men and a boyih into a "stage army." Actually he split his tiny Torce into little parties, marched them up and down the country, and arranged. with natives to run into Kamena and report that there were enemy forces all over the place.

· RIFLE BOLTS REMOVED

The result was that the Germans were led to believe that there were 1,500, men instead of "two men and a boy." They were 'persuaded that a half-company of the West Afri- can Frontter Force were the ad- vance part of a great army, and decided that the best thing was to surrender.

The young officer made it a con- dition that they should pile their arts on the side of the town by which he proposed to approach and that the Germans, should retire Into the centre of the town.. - Dur- ing the night he had the whole of his force practising, how to extract the bolts from rifles so as to render the weapons useless.

Next morning he found the aims plied as he had commanded, He' and, his escort advanced further while the remainder of the force. removed the bolts, from the rifles.

It is understood that the oficer. concerned is now Lieut.-Col F. C Bryant,

Mr. Henry Alcock, of Chebsey Bank Cottages, Leigh, near Cheadle, Blaffs, who claims to be Britain's oldest bell-ringer, cele- brated, with, Men, Alcock," their diamond wedding.