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Hoзo Koso, AY 10, 1938.

FAIR PLAY

FOR JAPAN!

:-

"HOW ABOUT giving Japan fair

play?

"The sensational and "blood- curdling news broadcast by those masters of "propaganda, the Chinese, has given Japan a trying

time the world over.

"The Japanese have tried to show the truth in a dignified way. with that natural restraint of theirs, by rather cold statements and declarations which have had very little effect against the in- sidious fabrications playing on British sympathy.

Miss Lan Woon-to

Miss Lau Woon-to, the young

daughter of Mr. Lau King-taing.

was the most successful seller last Saturday when St. John Ambu- lance Brigade and Association held their annual Flag Day. She collected 8415.40.

This was the ith occasion on which Miss Lay has taken part in street sales of 'fowers or flags in the cause of charity and on each occasion she returned the largest amount.

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British Claims For Compensation In Shanghai

London, May 9,

In the House of Commons today, in reply to a question by Sir J. 5. Wardlaw-Mline (Con,), in regsed to Britons' claim for compensation for damage to their property in | Shanghai and how long they would" have to wait before receiving com- pensation, Mr. R.A. Butler, Under- Secretary for Foreign Affairs, re- plied that Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, British Ambassador to Chinx, has been instructed to forward claims to Sir Robert Craigís, Bri-

Picture taken at the opening of the Chung Sing Bone- volent Sodety' bathing shod on Sunday afternoon at Kennedy Town. (Photo, Kwong Lam Studio)

tish Ambassador to Japan, in Enal DELIBERATE

form for presentation to the

Japanese Government as and when ATTACKS ON

he received them.

Mr. Butler was unable to answer the second part of the question.

Asked if the Japanese are creat- ing any machinery in connection

BRITISH SHIPS

GAS MASKS FOR USE OF CHINESE TROOPS

with the payments, Mr. Butler said IN SPANISH PORTS JAPAN WAR OFFICE

that he was unable to answer for the Japanese Government. "From our view point, requlafte steps have been taken," he added.

Mr. Acland asked why the Burgos Government should be asked to pay at the conclusion of hostilities "What about looking into these

In 1935, on behalf of the Tung and the Japanese Government news reports with a more critical | Yee Tong, she collected $443.55." | during the hostilities. eye?

These news reports certainly were shocking news!

"Some of them were really too melodramatic to be true.

"Some reports were proved to be downright fabrications.

"Many were found to be hysteri- cal fights of imagination; others. sensational sob-stuff.

-ed

But the impression was creat- that the Japanese were a

The following year she collected Mr. Butler replied that that was $126.56 for the Confucian Society.no invariable practice. $200.34 for the Tung Wah Hospi- tal and 8828 for the Tung Yee Tong.

Miss Lau is also a very keen swimmer and last year won the 300 metres breast stroke open to Chinese, scholars in the Colony.

WALTER — ELUKIN--The mat-theinous gang of bloodthirty CHINESE COTTON

riage

"You wouldn't like to be called that, would you?

was solemnized at St. | vllains, Nicolas Russian Orthodox Church, Shanghai, on May 1. 1938 between Valery C. Walter and Vera A. Klukin.

DEATHS

LIU-On Monday, May 2, 1938, at

the Country Hospital, Shang- hal, Mr. C. F. (Burma) Liu, aged 53 years, the dear-beloved husband of Mrs. Dorothy Liu. FALKINE, KATHERINE.-On May 2. 1938, aged 34 years; dearly beloved sister of Stella Falkine.

SILYA-On May 3, 1938, at the General Hospital, Shanghai, Frederic Edmunds da Silva, aged 68 years, beloved husband of Mary da Silva and father of Rosie,,Marie, Joe, Fred, Olga and Julia da Silva.

PACIFIC ISLES DISPUTE

Joint Jurisdiction Now Agreed

"

Washington, May 9.

It is understood that the terms' of the Anglo-American agreement

NOTICE is hereby given that LEO LANDAU of No. 4, Shou-i son Hill Road, Shouson Hill, in the Colony of Hong Kong la applying to the Governor for providing cint jurisdiction over naturalization and that any person the disputed Pacific islands of who knows any reason why Canton and Enderby will be an- naturalization should до be nounced shortly.

According to the New York granted should send a written

Times, the negotiations will be

at

and signed statement of the facts extended to cover the Antarctic re- to the Colonial Secretary Hong gions where huge areas are Kong..

resent in friendly dispute he- 676 tween the two countries (Reuter).

CHINA UNDERWRITERS, LIMITED.

(Incorporated in Hong Kong).

WEST RIVER TRAGEDY

Efforts To Retrieve General's Body

Canton, May 9. Efforts to retrieve the body of

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NOTICE is hereby given thai the Fourteenth Annual Ordinary General Chen Tse-shing, who was General Meeting of Shareholders drowned near Samshul on May 6, of China Underwriters, Limited, are being continued. will be held at The Offices of the Ten other persons, including Compatty, 4A Des Voeux Road members of his family and bais Central, Long, Kong, on Monday, subordinates, were also drowned. the 16th day of May, 1938, at their way here by boat from Teb- The party met tragedy when on noon for the purpose of receiving ning on the West river in western the Report of the Board of Direc▪ Kwangtung. When the Vessel tors and a Statement of Accounts reached Samsaul it collided with for the year ended 31st December, steam launch and capedsed throwing the passengers over

1937, and of electing Directors board. Their bodies were washed and Auditors.

away by a strong current--~(Cen-

The Transfer Books and Registral News). ter of Members of the Company

will be closed from the 9th May,| BUDGET DEFICIT IN 1938, to the 16th May, 1938, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors, HERBERT R. STURT,

Managing Director, Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1988.

U.S. FORESEEN

Washington, May 9. The Budget will have a deficit of [approximately £74,000,000 for thr If President fiscal year-1839 Roosevelt's "Spend for Recovery" programme is fully carried out, ac cording to estimates made for Con- gress, by the acing Budget Direc 6758 tor, Mr Daniel Bells,(Reuter).

"Neither do the Japanese." HOW PRETTILŸ worded. What

a picture of injured innocence. What a story of good intentions misunderstood.

reader (to the

MILL OWNERS ARE ANXIOUS

Concern Felt For Future Of Plants

Shanghai, May 9. Chinese cotton mill owners are

anxious about the Inture of their plants at Yanftsspoo, In the Hongkew district, which may be taken over by thë Japanese.

But picase, dear continue in the strain of opening paragraphs) do not be misled. Our pen, try as it might, could not pen these quoted words. Actually," the one responsible is our old friend the Japanese spokesman again, and this time he has burst into print on his own

The mills" suspended operations account with a little booklet-30 during the war, and now efforts to neatly printed-entitled **How

send men to repair and inspect About Giving Japan Fair Play?"

the premises are denied by the The Japanese, as we have re- Japanese military authorities, who imarked on many occasions before, ask the Chinese owners to get in are indeed a re-touch with a Japanese merchant. REMARKABLE markable people known as Mr. Toyoda.

PEOPLE

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and this publica- tion is just an- other example of the strange workings of the Japanese mind.

It is feared that Japanese cot- ton mills will merge with the Chinese cotton mills, there being keen competition among them be føre the 'China incident."—"Inter-" national).

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EMBARRASSED

London, May 9, The captains of fourteen Britisk

Hankow, May & steamiers at present in Spałň havo telegraphed to the Foreign Minis- Chinese reports stated today ter, Lord Hällfar, that attacks on that gas masks are to be dis- British ships in Spanish ports by tributed shortly to Chinese troops Insurgent planes are quite de-at the Shantung front following uberate.

receipt of intelligence reparts that Recently, the Foreign Minister the enemy may resort to pay war- declared that there тал no fare.

evidence to show that bombing of One dispatch stated that two British ships in Valencia was debattalions of chemical units re-" CUSTOMS AGREEMENT After Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-berate, but the captains denied cently arrived at Tsingtao from Secretary of State for Foreign this, and said that the raids were Japan and are being shifted to Affairs, in the House of Commons, ruthless and deliberate. One ship the Tancheng and Linyi sectors had given the gist of the Chinese is at present in a sinking condition in south-east Shanting. ng the result of 'bombing Customs arrangements between Mr. Kaki Hirota, Japanese Foreign. Minister, and Bir Robert Craigle, British Ambassador to Tokyo, as

explained by the Premier Mr.

Chamberlain, on May 4. Mr. wu Thorne (Labour, Plaistow) asked if this did not deprive the Chinese Government of revenue..

Mr. Wang Weh-min; President A British destroyer rushed to the assistance of the British vessel of the Executive Council of the pursued by two Insurgent armed Peking regime, who is in Tokyo. trawlers of Gibraltar. At the ap- has urged the Japanese to use Tientsin-Pukow Railway from Han- pearance of the British warship every effort to force through the the armed trawlers made of.-

chwang to suchow in the north Reuter Bulletin).

and Pengpu to Hsuchow from the south, as he has been promised

Peiping and Nanking regimes.

A report from Japan. stated that the War Office is much em- barrassed by the long delay and costly sacrifice in men and money In the Shantung campaigns. "

The Cabinet, political parties and Balonji, the a view to preventing repetition of ese cruisers and one destroyer Prince Kimmochi récent incidents in Shanghal be-steamed near the forts at 6 pm.

elder statesman were assured

JAPANESE SHIP the premiership of the combined

Mr. Butler replied that he re- quired notice of the question. He confirmed that the Chinese Gov- ernment were aware of the terms of the agreement.

RECENT INCIDENT

SHELLS BOCCA TIGRIS

Canton, May 9. Mr. Arthur Henderson asked

A telephonic message from Bocca what steps were being taken with Tigris forts states that two Japan-

tween Japanese troops and Brí and the destroyer shelled the early this year by the military

tish servicers.

Mr. Butler repiled that incidents of this

national).

party that the fighting In Shan- Chinese positions ashore.

More than hity shells were tired tune could be successfully and Liquidated. (Inter- kind were always liable but most of them landed in the quickly" to occur in conditions ruling in sea. the Shanghal area. The, British Apart from keeping น strict Government is doing its utmost watch on the movements of the by negotiation and remonstrance invading vessels. the Chinese de- to avoid recurrence of such in-fence authorities did not reply to. cidents(Reuter),

the Japanese gunare.

SPANISH WAR FRONT

of Japanese and the "dignited way Republicans Occupy

That a few honeyed words back- ed up by some pictures of smiling Japanese soldiers could never wipe out the feeling of revulsion which swept the world as the result of Japan's merciless invasion China and the nameless horrors to which the Chlagze civilians

were submitted by the aggresSOIS, 13 so obvious that to any straight- thinking person the publication of a booklet such as this is merely a waste of time and money,

But in addition to that, our friend the spokesman is treading on dangerous ground when he asks us to look into these news reports with a more critical eye" History has moved fast in the past 10 months: the incidents of yesterday are dimined by news of the happenings of today.

A DISCERNING eye cast back

over the course of the hos- Wities would undoubtedly and many an untold story of wanton destruction, of rape, murder and looting.

And how flattered the Chinese must feel to be termed "those masters. of propaganda." Really the Chinese authorities feel for tunate indeed that they have been spared the expense of an extensive Propaganda department, hitherto considered an essential adjunct to modern warfare:

which they express themselves. It would take columns to adequately discuss thik booklet But one passage simply invites quoting.

"TREATING peaceful Chinese in

habitants with kindness and consideration. giving them food and supplying them with other provisions, Japanese necessATY soldiers are striving to lessen the

sufferings of these unfortunates resulting from the present hos- titles.

"The Chinese peasant, after the first moments of fear, ands that under the khaki uniform beats a Japanese peasant's heart, as stm- ple and warm as his own.

Enemy Positions

Madrid, May 9.

war

All three Japanese warships steamed away at 7 p.m.--(Central News),

MIAO TRIBESMEN IN PATRIOTIC

DRIVE

PEACE CORPS TURN AGAINST JAPANESE

Hankow, May 9. Meagre reports reaching here from Tientsin today state, that several hundred members of the Chinese peace preservation corps at Tabgku, Kolu and Talenshniku Kwelyang, May 9. Between 20.000 and 30.000 Misc on the Haiho have suddenly TE.... belled against the bogus east tribesmen have arrived here to

Hopel autonomous government an participate in the patriotic pub-

May 6,

Clad in

The Republican war bulletin laity campagn launched under the Serious clashes are said to have issued last night states that the auspices or the Political Affairs

broken out between these corps Republicans occupied several Department of the Military Head and the Japanese forces within the enemy positions north of Cueva | quarters in Hanków.

territory of the east Hopel regime. yesterday, capturing much

their native costumes,

(Central News). material and a large number of playing their native musical in- prisoners.

struments and dancing, to primi CHINESE CHECK. ADVANCE The enemy counter-attacks Intive measures, they present an in-

ON HOPEI the Morella sector were repulsed. teresting scene. (Central News),

Hofel, May 9. A Nationalist aeroplane was shot

'Striking back at the advancing down and was destroyed by fire GERMAN SALUTE invaders, the Chinese forces have within the Republican lines. The pilot was killed.-(Transocean),

NEWSPAPER WOKERS

RETURNING

4

PROSECUTED

removed the Japanese threat on Hofel by retaking Haiakochen, ten kilometres north of Tsachslen, to- day.

Prague, May 9. Several persons were arrested at Troppau yesterday for having Halakochen is the second Im- "Together they gather in the neglected crops of North China,

greeted each other with the "Ger- portant town on the Trainien- man salute".

Hotel highway recaptured by the **Hungry children go

Nanchang, May 9.

Another incident occurred yes Chinese forces in two days. The **** LAUGH to their big bro-

A group of Chinese newspaper-terday evening in Prague, where a other strategic point, Tokso, about "TOGETHER " ther for rice and men from Kwangtung and Hang- German chauffeur was assailed by five kilometres northeast” suf sweets, and they kong, who have just completed an Czechs for speaking, Germani. He Hadakochen, was retaken from the taugh together, Old farmers inspection trip to the war front, was injured in the face-Trans- Japanese yesterday. (Central smile when the weary boys thank-left here for Chansha on their way ocean). them in quaint Chinese for a back to Canton today. refreshing bowl of hot tea, just as their own would do.”

The group, headed by Messrs. Hu Chin-wu and Hu Ying, are: ex- pected to arrive in Canton on May soldiers 13.

While in Kiangel, the group made a number of calls on the local authorities (Central News).

We can almost imagine the kind-hearted Japanese China has no need for pro-

weaving dalay chains and beating paganda-the story of her cause

their bayonets into scythes. Al- and plight has most? Well, not quite.;; NO NEED been sufficiently The Japanese do not like being FOR clear to tell called "a heinous gang of blood- PROPAGANDA" "self."

thirsty villains." points. out our friend the spokesman. We can quite understand his perturbation: The it is not exactly a term of endear

On the other band the Japanese have been driven frantic by the cold recep- tion the world has given their tales of how their only motive In invading China has been to show their friendliness."

ment,

But then the Chinese did not ask the Japanese to invade their country, they did not invite them No comment. is needed upon the to burn their homes, lay waste sentence The Japanese have their fields, they did not seek to tried. to show the truth in a have their children murdered: dignited way with that natural their womenfolk raped. 手持 God"Bloodthirsty" vilinina?

restraint of theirs, an

The world is too well aware of The Japanese,

the "natural restraint of the!" friends?”.

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DORADO LEAVES '/

Imperial Airways plane Dorado left for Bangkok yester day at 6.10 am, with one passen- ger for London and two for Bang- kok and 188.568 kilos of mar.

Husband---" "When will you stop

News).

CONNECTING SIBERIA WITH

· OUTER MONGOLIA

Shanghai, May 9.

The Paris Midi reports, that the Soviet Government has decided to: execute the plans of constructing railways, to connect Biberia, with Outer Mongolia, which has been pending since the Czarist regime.

SABOTAGE CAUSES SOVIET PLAN FAILURE

Moscow, May 3. Sabotage and wreckings – in” the The first railway will connect Irkutsk with Ulan Bator, provin- chemical industry caused the failure of the entire 1917 Pien, cial capital of Outer Mongolia.

declared M. L M Kaganovitch, The construction of the railway Commiktar for Heavy Industry. has great military and economic M. Kaganoviteli added that more significance.

wreckers and sydes were found in

Prying to drive the car from the The new line is intended for use this industry than in any other in Oh, no, back seat?" Wite When you in making a foothold for ultimate the Soviet Union owing to vitar China'y stop trying to cook the dinner ly gaining an access to the Gulf of part it played in the nation's. De

fence(Reuter);" from the dining-room table.”

Chibli-(International),