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NOTICE is hereby given that the ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEENTH ORDINARY MEETING of Shareholders in the Company will be held at the Office of the Company, Queen's} Building, Victoria, · Hong Kong, on THURSDAY, the 28th April, 1938, at Noon, for the purpose Bishop Paul Yu Ping. of receiving a Report of the Roman Catholle Bishop Apostolic Directors, together with a State of Nanking, who is making a ment of Accounts, and re-electing world tour to explain the position In China, held a reception recently Directors and Auditers.

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Hoso Kosa, APRIL 18, 1938.

Konoye Explains

"JAPAN

FLI

PAN does not seek ang ter- ritorial possessions in China." oft-repeated cry by the Japanese in their efforts to justify their present barbaric invasion of China.

Frequently, uttered as it is. this statement is always treated by the world in general with the du" belief it deserves.

So Prince Konoye. Premier of Japan. has endeavoured to "ex- plain" exactly what these words.

mean

To quote from a recent speech by him in the Diet: "Japan need not have such

ambition. There is no contradiction between the wish for the establishment of a new regime in North Central China and the spirit of respect for the sovereignty and territorial Integrity of China. Misunder- standing abroad' on this subject should be dispelled"

MISUNDERSTANDING abroad!

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EDITORIAL

IF GOSSIP WE MUST

(BY CHLOE)

The Grill Room of the Hong Kong Hotel was very gay on Friday evening. It was cool enough" to enjoy dancing and with the hot season so imminent people are anxious to snatch every chance of indulging comfortably in rythmic exercise.

TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1938.

"COURAGE” DRUG CHINESE POUR TROOPS

IS SMUGGLED

INTO AMERICA'

DAGGA AN OLD

MENACE

Dogra, the dangerous South African drug which, according to experts, gives a sensation of "well- being, courage and exaltation” but I saw Mrs. Middelburg who is eventually ruins the addict, is be- going on furlough in the Potsdam ing smuggled info the United in a party which included Mrs. | States from South Africa.

INTO SOUTH SHANTUNG

Determined To Protect Vital Lunghai Railvay

Hankow, Aprli 25.

The Japanese offensive in south, Shantung, which is being ear- ried on over a front of 50 kilometres froin the Lini-Tsaochwang road- .southwards in the direction of the Langhal Railway, was in full

'swing yesterday.

The Chinese, however... offered

Croucher The latter was dancing Crews of ships on the New York- stubborn resistance to the Japan- in a lovely parti-coloured dress. South Africa ran declare that ese advance and are said to The long graceful black skirt was ships arriving in New York are have succeeded in recapturing topped with white and finished off being closely searched, and that Schuchen. northeast of Taler with a white girdle, Mrs. Fleming the Customs men are concentrat-chwang, which was taken by wore a charming shade of wine-ing their efforts on the detection the Japanese on Saturday after red which was most becoming.

Mrs. Mackinlay was a striking Azure in white satin with a Juliet

head-dress of pearls and Mrs Murray was another who chose to adorn her hair with an unusual head dress: her crisp net vell was caught back with dowers.

of dagga smuggling"

Most of the South African dagga

smuggled into the United States is belleved to be purchased by seamen in Port Elizabeth, Cape Province.

largely supplied across the Mexican Formerly American addicts were

border,

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The United States Narcotic

noon. The Chinese likewise claim to have recaptured Chushen,

situated about 10 kilometres south-

west of Lini.

The Japanese are simultaneously

belt of Chinese troops in order to

their continuing

attempts In Yihalen to break the surrounding

be able to advance southeastwards

MAJOR BATTLE LOOMS

Mrs. Elliot's lovely blonde colour. ing was enhanced by a charming redingdore effect in black and Bureau has tackled the menace had to unite with Japanese troops.

coming from Lin!. white lace and I saw Mrs. Cansval and supplies are now more dift- Cancing in a long dark frock, with cult to secure. Thus the illicit a posy of white gårdenias. Mira | dealers have turned to South Africa Sherry who has just returned from as a new source of supply. home leave was with her husband and wore an ankle-length dress of soft green.

On a

Mr. Davis was looking lovely in black and Mrs. Gagsford had white

shoulder straps diamente dress of black crepe. Mis Bur chard was with a large party of young people and Mrs. Hunter was | looking delightful 'in a high-waist

ed organdi frock.

One of the most exciting dresses was of bias, candy striped linen in vivid colours but could not dis-

ginal creation.

-SEEDS IN MATCHBOXES

JAPANESE PAY

TRIBUTE TO CHINESE HERO

Captive Who Refused To Surrender

Chengchow, April 25. Another flaming page in the gallant history of the Chinese

soldiers has been written by a

nameless hero whose grave now ties in a deserted corner of the rulued city of Tsiyuan in north

who was a member of the "doomed

At Hanchwang the fighting is Honan. also exceedingly bitter. The This unknown Chinese soldier, Japanese continuously used their artillery to bombard the Chinese battalion" engaged in the defence Dagu leaf, ready for smoking, is positions on the south bank of the of a section of Taiyuan, had slain far more difficult to smuggle than Grand "Canal.

eight Japanese before he WIL the concentrated forms of opium. The Lungbai Rallway was over finally wounded and made cap- and cocaine. It is possible, how-¦ lozḍed, yesterday with Chinese ever, to conceal a large number of troop transport trains Multery Moved by admiration, his Japan- seeds in a matchbox, and to culti-observers, conclude from this, that vate the plant elsewhere. In New In the next few days the Chinese ese captors asked him to surren-

but he refused, choosing York State alone 200 tons of the will exert their entire strength in die an honourable death. growing weed were destroyed in an attempt to hold up the Japan- 1936.

Data in the form of cigarettes, an old menace in South Africa, Is.

States. The plant has been four-

ese advance-(Transocean).

cover who was wearing this ori comparatively new in the United DEALS WITH JEWS

Mrs. Armstrong wore a short ishing unmolested In, many areas satin printed in a design of soft cornise L.. white cape over a dress of dark simply because officials did not re-

There is no misunderstanding about this matter. The world sees all too clearly the falsemess of Japan's pretensions of desiring only friendship with China.

Whether Prince Konove's ex- planation will do anything to dis-

pel misap- DUKE OF KENT'S JOKE prehension

ALLEGED MISUNDERSTANDING

marlly

upon

colour.

abroad dè-" ON PAPER CAPS

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pends pri- The Duke of Kent, at the din. of ner of the Paper Makers' Associa:

the nature

the alleged misunderstanding of

Japan's desires and ambitions.

Obviously, possession of territory

"tion recently, sald:

"Good paper has become so com-

mon that we do not realise the

in the sense that Japan must, at once shoulder responsibility for the entire cost of upkeep and de-industry capable of producing a velopment of nearly 500,000.000 supply equal to this demand. people is something beyond the imagination even of Nipponese empire-builders.

The evil of dagga, which is of the Indian hemp or hashish group. Union and Sir Edward Thurnton. has been closely studied. in the

Chief Health Officer, has issued the following warning:-

The drug offers not only for getfulness of a diab environment but also a sensation of well-being courage and even exaltation. It is

ARE TABOO

Goering Decrees

Penalties

tive.

der

to

JAPANESE TRIBUTE Deeply struck by his gallantry, the Japanese troops dug a grave for the nameless hero' and fold his remains to rest. They also crected a wooden cross before the grave, with the words: "Here Bes a Chinese Unknown Hero, erected by the Japanese Kanishi Re- |gument."

The grave was discovered · BY Chinese forces which recently re- captured Taiyuan-(Central News).

who AUSTRALIA AND

Berlin, April 24: Field Maranal Herman Goering: has decreed that GermRNA for their own profit conspire to conceal the Jewish character of their business, thereby misleading the public, will be punished by

habit-forming; its indulgence penal servitude or, in less serious

cases, by simple imprisonment with a fine."

enormous amount of thought and care that has gone to build up an ceases in strength until it is víz- apt to induce a" craving which' in-

tually irresistible.

Those who conclude legal busi- "Yet the average man knows al-

"The victim soon degenerates ness on behalf of Jews and con- most nothing about paper and morally, becomes utterly untrust-ceal from the other party that paper-making. Had I been asked worthy, and will He and deceive they are acting for Jews will be They have other ideas-they the size of a Kent Cap I should without scruple. Mental instabil-similarly punished.—(Reuter). want a "friendly" regime in North have said 7 or 7. I should neverity leads to quarrelsomeness, and The Bishop thanked all in this meekly carry out Japanese in-

and/or Central China which will have dreamed it was 21in by 18in violence on the slightest provoca- country who had helped China

"I hope I am not really quite solori Recurring structions and "co-operate" in through their contributioris to the

-vollen-headed as that. Luckily it may end in actual insanity.” much the same way as the mana- Lord Mayor's Fund and other

is a fraction smaller than the Im- ger of

.. tea, rubber organizations, and spoke of a big

capraerial Cap my brother might have estate obeys the orders of his to deal with." development in the training of

directors m London or New York nurses and Red Cross workers to

though the plantation worked by tend the 200,000 military and civilian wounded in the Chinese be in territory belonging to hospitals.

Holland or France.

07

The Kent Cap is a trade term or a size of paper. The Imperial Cap, usually used for drawing and book paper, is 22in and 30in.

All that Japan wants is the proft accruing from the develop- ment of China's territory and re- MR. LLOYD THOMAS'S Aources without the anxiety and expense of actual possession."

SUCCESSOR

hallucinations

SECRET CULTIVATION

The secret cultivation of dagga

L

INSPECTION OF

ANDORRA....

Paris, April 25,

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DUTCH INDIES

Lord Gowrie On Good Relations

Amsterdam, April 24. of Australia, arrived here today Lord Gowrie, 'Governor-General

and is proceeding to London tomorrow.

In an interview, he expressed | admiration for Dutch colonial work and said that Australe Dutch East Indian commercial relations were

!!!

CIANO LEAVES

ROME

The Prefect of the East-Pyren-growing and a still further expan in South Africa is almost impossi-can Department, M. Didkowski, for was expected(Reuter). ble to stamp out. for seeds are car-permanent delegate in Andorra, ried by birds and grow In the was accompanied by the Conimis- gardens of unsuspecting peuple. stoner Extraordinary of the French of unsuspecting people. In lonely Republic in Andorra, Colonel Baul- The recent defeat of the

territories such as Basutoland.rd, on a journey of inspection of

Rome, April 25. Japanese forces in Shantung, he

dagga can be grown with Uttle the mountain valleys of Andorra The Italian Foreign Minister, said, was only what had "been

fear of detection Often the plant yesterday.

Count Clano,-left here for Tirana Expected by those who knew and

is screened with maize. understood the

M Didkowsky will ascertain | yesterday to attend the wedding of psychology and determination of

VERY difficult, in fact i The King has approved the European farmers have been what measures, are necessary to King Zog of Albania, the Chinese IT IS

Count Clano's departure means impossible, for the Japanese appointment of Mr. Ronald fon convicted" again and again on protect the frontier in view of the people. He constaered it was the beginning of a much more serious to follow up their parrot cry by Campbell as British Minister, in dagga charges. One farmer was possible developments in Spain that the Franco-Italian negotia- defeat for the Japanese.

going into details about this in- Paris in succession to Mr. Hagh | found in possession, of 2,000 lbs, of | (Transocean). genious scheme without saying Lloyd Thomas.

| dagga—it Alled a cell at the local The Invasion, accompanied by something which is sure to cause

Mr. Thomas was killed recently police station and the value was the barbarous bombing of open further misunderstanding.

at Derby when competing in aestimated at £750 wholesale. towns and the heavy resulting

The world is so suspicious of steeplechase.

About 6,000 people are prosecute casualties, had united the Chinese Japan's good faith when such Mr. Campbell, a counsellor in in the Union every year for being people in a way that nothing else

terms as "co-opera- the Diplomatic Service, is 47. He in possession of dagga. It is thus A sum of $81,759.96 has been 1938, at Noon, for the purpose of readily giving all they had to the SUSPICIOUS and "territorial in- Washington

WORLD tion. "sovereignty has been Charge d'Aratres at not surprising that an illicit export received at the headquarters of The death occurred today of Sir

NOTICE TO

SHAREHOLDERS.

The Fifty-Seventh Ordinary Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Offices of the under signed on Friday, the 6th May could have done. The people were

tegrity".

are

tions will be interrupted for a few days.(Transocean),

FUND FOR SHANTUNG FIGHTERS

Esuchów, April 25,

NOTED ARCHITECT PASSES ON

#London, April 25.

Bir Guy, whose speciality was the laying out and designing of aside Betting

$9,759.96 for garden. was Vice-President and. wounded officers and men. the Chairman of the Council for the rest of the amount has been for-Preservation of Rural England.

various units for distribution Medal for Architecture in 1928.--. among the troops.—(Central News). (Reuter).

MR. ORMSBY.GORE &warded by General L to the He was awarded the Royal Gold-

PRESS CONTROL Government control of the Press was condemned by Mr. W. Ormsbý.. Gore, Becretary for the Colonies. speaking at the “National Review" luncheon recently.

receiving the Report of the Government, and

and Acting High trade in the drug has been or-General Ld Taung-jen from various Guy Dawber, Et., RA, PSA, the the aation.

used Commissioner in Catro. He was ganised. The Union authorities sources as "comfort a fund los famous architect. General Agents, together with a hitherto unprepared, was

berin that

is unlikely that Prince made a C.M.G. in 1932, and trans are eager to co-operate with the the Chinese soldiers fighting on statement of Accounts for the ning to mobilize its strength.

ferred to the Foreign Office three United States Customs to prevent the Tsinpu front. Kenoye's explanation of current year ended the 31st December, In January there was a force of Japanese ambitions will prove at years later.

the growth of the trade, about 2,000,000 at the disposal of all convincing.

Counsellors in the Diplomatic 1937,

the Chinese Command; only few Perhaps later on, when the Service receive salaries of from The Share Register and Trans days ago he received a letter from Japanese Premler tells the world £1,150 to £1,450. The British fer Books will be closed from theļa rellable authority 11 Chins more about the "China should be Minister in Paris receives £2,000 22nd April to the 6th May, 1938, stating that 8,700,000 young men ruled by China" scheme, present with allowances.

were awaiting the call to the doubts and suspicions, will be re- both days inclusive,

colours.

moved—perhaps..

Meanwhile Ammunition supplies were be

Mr. Hachisaburo paying excessive heed to the coming available in greater volume, Hirao, economic adviser to the

moves of third Powers." and by the end of May railway Japanese forces in North China,

Full attention must be given to has communications would be com-

Biso made an interesting the feelings of the Chinese- pleted to the border, of Burma and statement--a statement

"friendly" Chinese to the junction with the Biberian gors much further than that of "EXCESSIVE of course, who will

Konoye in explaining | HEET" TO railway system, The Japanese Prince

do as Japan tells blockade, therefore, would not Japan's true attitude towards

COMPLAINTS them but it is prevent China from attaining China

unnecessary to pay exective help,

Biasfully disregarding the pre-excessive heed" to the complaints sent trend in hostilities, Mr of those who are not Chinese but

hi countrymen

who have legitimate interests in against excessive haste in de- China, Planet veloping North China's economy

The Japanese are indeed an as- and points out that Japan's firs

tounding people. One of their

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD. General Agents. · Hong Kong, 13th April, 1938.

cases,

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Hirao

warns

which

He said he thanked God that PERSONAL ublic opinion was still formed by

PARAGRAPHS

a free and unfettered Press.

Nothing was more important

The engagement is announced is proceeding on Home leave than the fearless expression of between Charles Harris, younger tomorrow aboard the Blue Funnel public opinion. The idea of Gov-son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Liner Barpedon next week. rent control of the Press was Butterfeld, lately of Hong Kong. pulsive to British tradition.

and Monics, younger daughter of Miss V C. Dorf, from Haiphong, the late Austin Harrison and Mrs, arrived by the s.s. Canton yeater- Harrison, of 29, Fitzjohn's Avenue, day and in residing at the Glen-

cester Hotel for ten days, Hempstead, London,

LOCAL HEALTH

Offcial: local health, returns for

The Chinese Air Force, hitherto the 24 hours entled midnight, Fri- day, show the following number of a small body. was new becoming a strong unit and playing a de- Small-pox 19 (Victoria: 8. Kow-cisve part. loon 12 and Shaukiwan 1); en- The Japanese had made the task is to provide for the weliare greatest causes for concern is the

OIL ENGINE teric fever 2; measles 6 (two im-mistake of penetrating too far of the Chinese population. Such lack of response abroad to their About 92 per cent of the large

Mr. W. Lucas Handyside, who ported); chicken poz. 1, cerebro-into China and attempting too reassuring words!

Dr. JL. Anderson," who arrived.

spinal meningitis 7 dysentery 2. much. As they advanced the re-.

attempts to win goodwill and yet tonnage of ships now building for was Headmaster of Queen's College from Haiphong recently, is leaving treating Chinese had burnt all MOST MAGNANIMOUSLY Mr. they cannot resist, as in the case Scandinavian owners, according to during the absence of leave of Mr. tomorrow board the French liner The returns for the 48 hours food and stores they could not Hirao declares "Japan must of Mr. Hirao, destroying all this The Motor Ship, a designed for of FT. de Rome, who has since re- Felix Roussel ended midnight, Bunday show the take with them, and the Japanese give full attention to the feelings work by broadcasting their true engine propulsion of the Nor-turned, yesterday took took over

wegian, Swedish and Danish mer the acting Headmastership of ME TV. Soong, chairman of following cases:

had had to bring all their of the Chinese" me by intentions: Emall-por--17; diphtheria 1 supplies over a great distance. But this is too good to last and Is it any wonder that no "onger cantile ships actually in service, Central British School

the Chinese Aviation Commisston and bead of the Bank of China, enteric fever 3: measter chicken- They had encountered transport sure enough Mr. Hirao reveals will any Power enter into an about 53 per cent in tonnage are pox. 2, cerebro-apinal fevers difficulties, which had proved himself in his true colours when agreement with Japan in which motor vessels, compared with 175 The Rev. G. E. & Upsdell, Head- returned to the Colony by plane dysentery L

their undoing!

he adds, "But there is no need for honour and trust are involved? Der cent for the rest of the world, master of Cential British School, yesterday morning,