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No. 24781. #EXĦBA=# ##Я¤ET HONG KONG,

TUESDAY, JANUARY 25,

JAPANESE GOVERNMENT URGED TO LISTEN

Serious Disorders In Weihaiwei

BRITISH MARINES

LANDED

London, Jan. PL -British marines were landed at Walhaiwel, in the province of Shantung, this morning following an outbreak of serious disorders in that city which is now in the hands of Chinese irregulars, according to reports received in London.

३२

SIR EDWARD ELLINGTON

TO "SILENT VOICE"

OF NATION

Air Chief's Visit To Admiral Suetsugu Criticised

Colony

Sir Edward Ellington, G.C.B.. 'C.M:G., C.BE., Marshal and Ins-

Force, arrived in Hong Kong yes- pector-General of the Royal" Air

terday morning by the R.M.A Delphinus.

Accompanied by Squadron I^ad- er Nash, he was met at Kai Tak Airport by Wing Commanders W. A. K. Dalzeli and A. G. Bishop and Capt. Batty-Smith, AD.C., to HE. the Governor. The party imme-

The landing of marines was con- sidered necessary since the lives and property of foreigners living in the Chinese port were endanger-diately departed for Government ed by the disorders.

House, where Sir Edward will be a guest until his departure next Sunday.

Messages from Shanghai state that the Japanese landed troops at Welhalwel and that heavy fight- Sir Edward is engaged on a tour ing is now in progress outside the | of R.AF. stations in the Near East <-city.<

and Far East. He travelled out from England on the Imperial Air- ways service, and is expected to return by the same route.

Welhalwel, it will be recalled, was formerly a British possession but was returned to China in 1930. The harbour of Welhalwel, how- ever, is still being used by British warships in the Far East as a base during the summer- Transocean News Service

SOUVENIR

The

BOOKLET

Centenary Of P. And O.

Peninsular and Oriental

Steam Navigation Company have issued an excellent souvenir book- let in which are recorded in delall the various functions and speeches on the occasion of their Centenary on October 14 last.

Included in the contents is the text of an address by the Bishop of Willesden, at a commemoration service held at St. Andrew Under- shaft; while the proceedings at the, Centenary dinner held at the Savoy Hotel at which many dis- tinguished personages were pre- sent, including Eir John' Simon, (Chancellor of the Exchequer), Lord Chatfield (First Sea Lord) and The Right. Hon. Mr. Oliver Stanley (President of the Board of Trade), are also reported in Tull.

The P. and O. secured their first contract for the conveyance of mails in 1837, the year in which Queen Victoria ascended the Throne, from which date, over 2.. period of one hundred years, the Company has maintained record of courageous enterprise and faithful service in. the Empire. The annual report accompanies the booklet. In it the Chairman of the Company, Lord Craigmyle, makes reference to the effect which the hostilities in China have had on shipping business. Neverthe less, he was optimistic of the future when he said: "But one of the most wonderful things about

In House Of Peers

FOREIGN "POWERS STILL DEAL WITH CHIANG ADMINISTRATION

Tokyo, January 24.

'All Cabinet Ministers, with the exception of the Premier and Foreign Minister, should refrain from discussing Japan's diploma- tle relations in order to preclude unfavourable criticism. This was the suggestion made today by Mr. Kosaka, electric power magnate and member of the Minsetto Party a pointed interpellation in the House of Peers. It was greeted with lusty applause by the proverbially "well behaved" Members of the House who seldom cheer during speeches or debates,

Mr. Kosaka stressed that the pahile should maintain silence because of the current grave situation. He urged the GovernI- ment to listen to the "silent volce" of the nation in the effect and conduct of national policies along the lines desired by the nation, and take a cautious attitude in the personnel of the administration.

Formerly Chief of the Air Stan, Sir Edward was elevated to his

Mr. Kosaka then referred to an present position at the beginning I interview by the Minister for Home of 1937. His is the highest rank in Aairs, Admiral Suetsugu, which the Royal Air Force. There

was published in the January issue only three other Air Marshals, of the magazine "Kaizo." He ask namely HR.H, the Duke of Wind-ed what Prince Konoye and Mr. sor, Viscount Trenchard and Sir Hirota thought of Admiral Suetsu- John M. Salmond.

gu's airing his views He also

are

1938. 弍拜禮 日五廿月登年挝世佰玖仟堂英 Price

Han Fu-Chu Executed

FACED FIRING

SQUAD IN BITTER COLD.

DISOBEDIENCE" OF MILITARY ORDERS

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

FINDING PROTECTION

AGAINST GAS

How Safety Can Be Secured In Buildings

rooms

was

Emphasis on the importance of having gasproof made by Capt. R. R. Gillespie, R.E., in the seventh of a series of public lectures on air raid precautions given at the China Flest Club Theatre yesterday,

The subject of the lecture was "Protection of Buildings against Gas." The lecturer pointed out that it was the duty of every citi- zen to avoid swelling the casualty list, and expressed the hope that | employers and landlords would see the advantage of spending a little precautionary money to safeguard the lives of the employees or

Hankow, Jan. 21. Standing in the bitter colă under s cheerless drizzle, General Han Fu-cha, found guilty by a court- martial, met his end at ? p.m. be- fore a firing squad at Wuchang | paying tenants. across the river from Hankow, with the most expensive còfila proeur- able ready to receive his body.

The death sentence was pro- nounced by the War Minister, Gen- eral Ho Ying-chin, at the con- clusion of a lengthy final session of the court-martial,

General Han Fu-chu heard the verdict standing in stony silence, but his face grew-pals as the fatal words, which he himself so often prenounced, were nitered.

A large and interested audience attended. Capt. Gulespie said:

I need hardly stress the anty of every citizen to avoid swelling the casualty lists and "Alling the hospitals, and the most hard- heareted business man or londlord, (there may be some), will see the advantage of spending a little precautionary money to safeguard the lives of his trained employees or paying tenants.

Note that not be bullt

must like

sandbugs

vertically bricks, but the wall should be at. least three feet wide at the bottom decreasing as 1 goes up. The wand atould not touch the house walls but be as close as possible to it. Thinner walls and any sheet ma- terial will be ineffective, for ex- ample mild steel shutters would need to be 1 inches thick to keep splinters out, and you don't want to be punctured or gas will enter. The poor man will probably de- cide that this protection is beyond his means, but I would again" re- mind landlords that dead men pay no rent. I have some comfort for the poor man yet, there are alter- natives.

The main charge against him

The measures I will describe was his repeated disobedience of deserve to be thought out in peace, Powers still recognise the Chiang military orders "which east China and where they require to be Kal-shek administration with the loss of Shantung." The other provided on which they were dealing. Con-charges were for forcible sale of certain

a fairly large scale. sequently relations between Japan opfum to the people of Shantung. made. Work should certainly be provision of material and foreign Powers were most seturs of public fundi, exaction of put in hand on the declaration of delicate, so far as China was unauthorised taxes and legal war, should such procedure ever concerned." Therefore, continued confiscation of firearms Prince Konoye, Japan. must e-

The exécution is expected to re- between the warning of a rald and be in fashion again. The time Born in 1887 and educated at criticised the Home Minister for a deavour to secure understanding suit in the strengthening of dis- the arrival of the ruiders wit not) The next decision is:-Is there Cifton College, and the Royal Misstatement made on December 22 of reallties on the part of foreign cipline in the Chinese Army. tary Academy at Woolwich, he

when mass arrests of leaders of Powers, while both the Japanese Reuter.

be long enough to get the work served in

done. the Great War, being the popular front occurred. in Government and people will take

If which Admiral Suetsugu said that care not to give needless stimula-

there twice mentioned in dispatches.

both democracy, and liberalisth tion: He commanded the R.A.F. In the were the hotbeds of Communism."

protection to

Middle Eastin 1922-23, India in 1023-25 and Iraq in 1926-28. From

In reply, Prince Konoye pledged 1929 to 1931 he was Air Officer himself to be more cautious of the Commanding-in-Chief the Ar De-attitude in the personnel of the fence of Great Britain and was Air administration and said that Japan Member for Personnel on the Air had now refused to have any fur- ther dealings with the Chiang Kai- Council from 1931 to 1933.

shek adininistration, and at the same time expected the organisa- tion of such new regimes in North China and elsewhere in China as would co-operate with Japan. In the circumstances, however, the Premier observed that foreign

From 1930 to 1934 he was Prin- cipal Air ADC. to the late King George VI

THE DOLLAR

T.T. ON LONDON: 1s. 7/8d. T.T. ON NEW YORK: 30-15/16

London Silver Market

(Our Own Correspondent).

London, Jan. 24. London silver prices to-day were unchanged as follow:-

Jan. 22. Jan. 24. Spot.... ..20/-

20%- Forward..

20-13/18

..20-13/16

China is her capacity for quick recovery and for the speedy re- sumption of trade, and we are all hopeful that at an early date mare normal conditions will rule."

The construction of new ton- nage was also mentioned, and it is interesting to note that a sister ship of the Carthage and Corfu. 'hamed Canton, is at present being hullt for the Far Eastern service.

Photograph taken at Kal Tak Airport yesterday morning on the arrival of Air Chief Marshal Bir Edward Ellington, G.C.B. C.M.G., GEE. Sir Edward (with stick) Is seen walking with Wing Commander W. A. K. Dalzell followed by Wing-Commander A. G. Bishop.

Vaccination Is Urged

Immediate vaccination is urged

MISUNDERSTANDING Admiral Buetsugu, replying to the interpellation, said he regretted that his interview had invited mis- understanding abroad. This, how- ever, had been due to mistransla- tion and exaggeration of passages from the interview. If it had ail been read through dispassionately and without prejudice. Admiral Suetsugu declared, it would have become clear that the misunder- standing was due to exaggeration and mistranslation.

Admiral Suetsugu also remarked that the interview had been given before he assumed the portfolio ef Home Affairs. "In short, the use less resistance, if it is kept up by China, hoping against hope, will only result in reducing the whole of Chiria to ashes." he said. "I believe this would not only be a

GASPROOF ROOMS

any room which can be gasproof- ed? All European style houses complete have such a room, and even in the any room, am I congested areas first floors are

no

DEATH OF MR. going to the expense to complete possible. Many ground floor shops

J. GARDNER

Popular Local Resident

-

WAS IN COLONY

FOR 17 YEARS

Mr. John Gardner, a popular years connected with the Accounts local resident and for the past 17 Department of the Asiatic Petro- leum Company, passed away in the French Hospital last night. He died from peritonitis following an operation for appendicitis on De- cember 23 last.

The late Mr. Gardner was the

have wide open fronts which would be most dificult to deal with.

Next. On which floor should I pends. Here are select my room? Answer," 1 de- the considera- tions affecting the choice.

the blastproofing of any part of the house? The requirements as regards windows and doors is that they must have a wall of at least two feet: thickness of sand bags, or shingle between boards etc. cover- ing It all and some more. Such a

Cellars. Blastproof, but are lia- wall is heavy and must be founded on the solid ground or a very stouts broken. Gas naturally flows ble to be flooded if a water main ly built verandah.

FIVE CASES OF SMALL-POX

1:

Five cases of smali-per were re- ported to the bealth authorities for the 24 hours ending midnight, Jan. 23.

Three of these were from Vic-

to the outside world, especially by great misfortune to China but" also son of Mr. and Mrs. John Gard-toxia, one from Shaukiwan and one.

ner of ford, Essex, England, and from Aberdeen. by the local Health Authorities in Japan and Britain. Therefore, r/late of Hong Kong, and was 33

view of the alarming growth

of

the small-pux epidemic In the Colony.

think it is impossible for a wise Home leave in 1936 and on Febru- years of age. He returned from Britain to assist China and add to

and

China's misfortune. If Britainary 3, 1937, married Miss Sybil The general public is again should do so, however, my opinion Dalziel, the well-known Interport warned by the medical authorities is that Japan must endeavour hard hockey player, and sister of Mrs. to take the opportunity provided to seek Britain's reconsideration... Burnett. for free vaccination or to go to

In the former days, the late Mr. private practitioners for simple difficult to define liberalism and Hong Kong Football Club

Admiral Suetsugu said it was Gardner played soccer for the treatment.

democracy but he pointed out con- hockey for the YM.CA. He was The following is a list of hospi-crete cases in which the Kuomin- also a keen badminton player and tals and institutions where people tang had instructed its agents to motor cyclist. He was a member can be vaccinated, exclusive of make social democracy the hotbed about 400 St. John Ambulance for Communism. workers whe are systematic march Colony:

of the Hong Kong Volunteer De- It was necessary. fence Corps being a Lance-Cor- making a therefore, for the police authorities poral in the Mobile Section. through the to watch the social and democratic organisations in controlling Com

Queen Mary Hospital, Out maniats. Patients' Department Queen's The Home Minister, in conclu- Road, Kowloon Hospital. Travelling sion, said that such liberalism as Dispensary, N.T.. Ruttonjee Dis- negates private ownership, disre- pensary at Sham Tseng, N.T., Un gards the interests of state and Long Dispensary at Un Long, N.T., Aresses Individual freedom must be Lady Ho Tung Welfare Centre at reconsidered in the present emer- Fanling, N.T.. Tai Po Dispensary l'gency which is confronting Japan. at Tal Po. N.T: Bal Kung Dis-Reuter. pensary Sai Kung. N.T., Tai O

Dispensary at Tai O, N.T.;

Central C. P.D., 3, Aberdeen, Western C.P.D., 105, Third Street, Eastern C.P.D., Stone Nullah Lane, .Aberdeen C.P.D., 45-47, Main

Street. Aberdeen:

Shaukiwan C.P.D., Sal Wan Ho Street, Stanley C.P.D. (Near Police. Station, Stanley). Yaumatı G.P.D., Kan-Su Street, Shamshulpo C.P.D... 184, Yu Kuk Street, Kowloon, Kow- loon City CP.D., Kak Hang Chuen Road. Bunghom C.P.D., Koon Yan Street;

Tang Wah Eastern Hospital: Tung Wah Hospital; Kwong Wah Hospital; Vaccination Shed at the back of Harbour Office

Wa

Freemason and

The late Mr. Gardner was a connected

the Eastern Scotia Lodge. with the Lodge and St. John and

circle of friends and was a mem The deceased enjoyed a wide

ber of the Kowloon Cricket Club, Kowloon Tong Garden City A350- clation and the European Toung Men's Christian Association.

He is survived by his wife and a brother," Mr. William Dempster) Gardner, to whom much sym- pathy will be extended in their bereavement

The funeral will take place this afternoon passing the Monument, Happy Valley, at 5.30 p.m.

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downwards and the entrance may become a pocket of concentrated gas for hours. Don't pick a cellar unless there are two different exits. fallen debris, may trap you Inside and you wont Uke it. They have the best overhead cover and give a sense of safety. As most cellars in Hong Kong take the form of an ice chest I don't expect many will be chosen as refuges.

GROUND FLOORS Semi-basements. In many houses on sloping sites there is a semi- basement giving, or one or more (Continued on Page 8)

It Certainly Calls For Patience!