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EDITURIAL

What Our

Readers Say

LAICHIKOK BEACH

To the Editor, "The Hong Kong Dadly Press"] Sir-In the interest of the bath and Mrs, F. P. Anslow of Honging pubilc, I beg to ask for your favour to insert this letter in your paper.

Kong.

In view of the ever-increasing IPES popularity of sea-bathing coupled

The Daily Press

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

Tel. 24511. London Office: 63. Fleet Street

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N Hoya Koxo, JUNE 3, 1936,

with the Colony's Increased population, I think it is now high time that the Government should and it justinable in spending -a reasonable amount of money to improve the condition of the Lal- chikok publle "bathing beach, the only beach available for middle class people in Kowloon Peninsula. Dangerous and shell-laden rocks and rubbles are to be found every- where along the whole beach and it is out of sheer luck and special precaution that a bather can es- cape injuries after a swim.

Owing to the intense heat of the summer monthis, many thousand to this, beach daily, with the result that a great number of the less fortunate ones return home with some kind of injuries, especially in their limbs.

CHINA'S SPIRIT sea-bathers Rock

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TO RESIST

You:

COLONEL YANG STEPS INTO THE LIMELIGHT

The

most-written-about

man

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1938.

SHIP THAT VANISHED

WITHOUT TRACE

In the Chinese press in May was Colonel Yang Tseng-lan, anese-appointed militia comman

4 Jan- der in Hopel, who suddenly about. faced on May 5 by pitting. his anese garrison units at Linming- 2,000 men against isolated Jap- kwan and Wanghwapas, two cities safety device, of which nothing has been heard since an "All's Well" along the Peiping-Hankow Rall-wireless message, becomes a mystery of the sea as pursling as that way in southern Hopel, and wiped of the Waratah or the Marie Celeste. them out.

Huge Waterspout May Have Engulfed It

All hope has been abandoned for the safety of the British steamer Anglo-Australian and her 'crew of 38, missing since March 24 The fate of this steamer of 156 tons, equipped with every

Colonel Yang was a 58 year old retired army officer with his home in. Shihchlachwang. He was un-

Shipping experts can give' no reason for her disappearance beyond a theory that the steamer may have been engulfed by an under-sea disturbance

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captured the city last winter. able to flee when the Japanese Lawther, Latta and Company, Ltd., had a radio message reporting that

Subsequently he was forced by the invaders to organize a

SO-

Sir John Latta, chairman of "On the night of March 14 we

managers to the vessel's owners. the ship had passed the Azores and The message. has been making inquiries by tele-that all was well. called peace preservation corps phone and cable to many parts of was sent out in our code. to counteract Chinese guerrilla the world. He told me

"Nothing has been seen or heard. fighters. As he had no alterna- nothing further can be done. writes since. My inquiries only make the tive besides death, he complied 9 Evening Standard correspon-mystery deeper.

Ident

"Her captain, Frederick Parslow.

Stoke Newington. was one

but bid his time.

Ostensibly

hand in working glove with his alten masters. Colonel him

and machine-guns.

his fatherland.

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(

FIRE IMPOSSIBLF

that

abandon

of

;)

of

so

"I have had 50 years' experience the best of skippers and the crew Yang gathered around in shipping." he said. "and I have were mostly from South Shields. some 2,000 sturdy Chinese never investigated so deep a mys. Like the captain. they were not of villagers and put them through a tery. After many days of anxious the type to lose their heads in an strict training. By April they inquiries we must now

einergency: received plenty of Japanese riflesį hope. In these days of wireless it is "The Anglo-Australian was

A few hundred dollars will be ready for action as a "traitor to well-equipped ship could vanish in would not cause undue anxiety.

seemingly almost impossible to believe that aleaworthy that even a hurricane

this way.

TWO RADIO SETS SECRET CONTACT

"The Anglo-Australian was. In "An important point is the wire- What the Japanese" did not ballast when leaving Cardia on less equipment. The snip was know. was that all the while March 8 for Vancouver. Therefore fitted with two sets. If one failed, Colonel Yang was in secret con- the question of a sudden explosion the other could be working in less tact with General Sun Tien-ying, or fire can be dismissed. Commander-in-Chief of Chinese

than a minute. Both sets had long range.. mobtle fighters in the provinces of

"What was the nature of the Hopel and Charhar. May 5 was

sudden disaster which prevented an I have asked this question over and over again.

FUCKED AWAY in the mountain fastnesses of Shens. Slan was until recently only a name which travellers conjured witli but of sufficient

make a good improve which the outside world heardment. and it is highly justifiable little.

for the Government to spend even Today, with the Chinese High $5,000. or $10,000 for this matter of great public interest. The delend this strategic capital. Sian Government, must also not over- holds one of the key positions in look the important fact that small the Sino-Japanese war.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Military Command determined to

HONG KONG MINES.

LIMITED..

NOTICE TO

When the Japanese big guns

injuries will often result in dan- gerous and serious ulcerations

of fatalities.

surprise attack on the Japanese

slarted to knock at the gates of which may sometimes be the cause agreed upon as the date for a T'ungkwan. famous Dass on the Lunghai railway about 70 miles to- the east. Stan showed some signs of strain but the city was soon

able to recover its prominence as SHAREHOLDERS.

HEREBY

NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Ordinary Yearly Meeting of Shareholders will be" 1. All vehicles going to the held at the Registered Office of Review at Wong. Nei Chòng will

the Company, First Floor, proceed clockwise round Happy Prince's Building, Chater Road, Valley via Wong Nei Chong Road Hong Kong, on Thursday, the to the entrance gates.

30th day of June, 1938, at 11 2. Gloucester Road will be a.m. for the purpose of receiving closed to vehicular traffic from the Report of the Directors and 6,30 a.m. to 10 a.m.

the Statement of Accounts to 31st [ December, 1937. .

PARKING OF CARS.

The Transfer Books of the 1. Vehicles will be parked in the vicinity of the Race Course Company will be closed from

Wednesday, the 15th day of. June, 1938, to Tuesday, the 28th

the centre of patriotic activities in China's North-West

Sian has set an example worthy of the new spirit of unity now pervading China in the way in when

Its population is being organised and armed under the

efficient leadership of hundreds of youthful Chinese workers, many of

them graduates or former students

of the Central Political Institute at Nanking.

MOBILISATION of the masses"

is not

mere 2

slogan in Sion, it is seen in practice every- where.

Youths in Sian are preparing themselves for the most strenuous resistance to the Japanese

THOUSANDS

as directed by the Police on duty! 2. The stand at the public entrance is reserved for official day of June, 1938, both days OF STUDENTS ders

cars only.

3. Morrison Hill parking ground (opposite Civil Service Club) and Village Road are re served for private cars.

1. Ventris Road is reserved for public cars.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE

RECEPTION.

The trailic arrangements for the Reception at Goverment i House on the allernoon of June 9th, will be as follows:-

cars

inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

T. A. MARTIN & CO.,

Secretaries,

6042

CHINESE ESTATES.

LIMITED.

'PREPARE

f.

A SEA-BATHER Hong Kong. June 7.

Catholics' War Relief Services

Hankow, June 7. Thirty-six thousand Catholics in China, many of whom are foreigners, have been ministering relief to multitudes of refugees and wounded soldiers in the war districts according to a report issued by the Chinese Catholic War Relief Society, which has Its headquarters in Hankow.

Among the number. 3,000 are foreign priests, 2,000 Chinese priests. 1,500 lay brothers. 3,000 foreign sisters and 3,000 Chinese sisters 15,000 teachers and cate

KWANGSI HAVEN OS from being sent?

forces at Linmingkwan and FOR REFUGEES

1112-

Wanghwapao with the aid of part' of General Sun's elusive men. Catching the Japanese awares. Colonel Yang's Japanese- equipped militia shot their way Into the two towns. At Lihming- kwang they killed thirty. Japanese men and officers, including Colonel

eight

Canton Banker's Suggestion

а

"At no time was the Anglo-Aus- tralan more than 50 miles from." other ships. If she had disappear- ed shortly after her last message she would have been even closer to vessels

Canton, June 7. "I have been in touch with every Instead of allowing Canton re-ship in the vicinity and nothing Kato, the Japanese commander fugees to flock to Hong Kong, the unusual was seen or heard. It In addition, they seized 33 rifles. Kwangtung provincial authorities seems

that the Anglo-Australian five light machine-guns.

when almost within should devise ways and means to disappeared automobiles. They captured five

evacuate them to Kwangs!, where hailing distance of other vessels. Japanese soldiers alive.

"We have consulted experts con- the standard of living is lower than Immediately after his successful

In the British Colony, declared Mir.versant with the tides in that aren coup. Colonel Yang flashed short telegram through his private Canton branch of the Hank of where wreckage or

Chen Yu-chien, manager of the and nave made inquiries at places boats might radio set to Generalissimo Chiang China, in an interview today.

drift ashore. Nothing has been Kai shek pledging, his loyalty to

found. the national cause. He declared

...

by

UNDERSEA UPHEAVAL "Perhaps the ship was engulfed

a huge water-spout which" sprang up suddenly as the result of a submarine upheaval."

The Waratah. 10.000 tons.

left

Mr. Chen returned on Sunday, shall not flinch even if you from Harkow where he particip- should command me to throw ated in the recent National Fin- myself into boiling water or Into ancial

Conference called by the scorching flames."

Ministry of Finance. Colonel Yang's militiamen, hav- He suggested that the Kwang- inva chists and 1,000 students froming forged junctions with other tung Government should take up Durban with 300 people on board for Thousands major and minor seminaries. Chinese units, are now effectively the matter with the Kwangsi au- Capetown in July 1909. Nothing

MANY REFUGEES

harrassing the Japanese rear and thorities so that a sanctuary in

more was heard of the ship. but it estimated that between cutting up their lines of com that province may be provided for 5 000 and 10,000 refugees, munication in Hopet and Charhar. stricken Canton civilians-Cen-sized in a violent storm.

is generally thought that she cap- and between 500 and 2.000. wounded have been taken care of by the Catholics in each of the many mission territory since the out- break of the hostilities.

of students are being given rigid. It is military drill in the mountainous suburbs of the city.

Fundamentals of modern war- fare are being taught and prac tised but most attention is belag giver to the perfection of guerilla tactics for the military leaders of Sian realise that upon this form of strategy much will depend it ever the Japanese are SO fool- hardy as to attempt to take this mountain-girt city.

But activities in Sian are not being confined. only to mat- ters of direct military significance. FIRST INTERIM DIVIDEND The civilian population is playing a part just as Important in war- 'me as that of the fighting ser- vices.

4

the people are working inde-

1. OWNER DRIVEN will park in KENNEDY ROAD NOTICE IS HEREBY ́or the LARGE PARK opposite GIVEN that AL FIRST INF the Helena May Institute. The TERIM DIVIDEND for the wicket gate in Government House year ending the 28th February, grounds near this park will be 1939, of two per cent, that is open for use AS AN EXIT $2.00 per share, will be paid on

front. ali shares in this Company off 2. CHAUFFEUR DRIVEN Wednesday, the 15th June, 1938, cars will park on MURRAY at the Company's Office at China PARADE GROUND where Building, 5th floor.

ONLY.

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IAN is not yet threatened but

tatigably to provide necessities and comforts for the men now at the

Intellectually the inhabitants are being provided for by two dynamle and POWERFUL powerful publica- PUBLICATIONS tions, the Na- tional Salvation

special telephone to Government The TRANSFER BOOK of House will be installed. Guests the Company will be CLOSED 1 Weekly and the United Defence. requiring their cars should give from the 11th to the 15th June, the numbers of their cars to the 1938, both days inclusive. Police Officer on duty at Govern.

ment House steps.

3.

No car will be permitted to

park

in Government House

Garage or grounds.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

FUNG PING FAN,

Director & Secretary.

4. In order to avoid delay Hong Kong, 7th June, 1938.

guests arriving by taxi or public

car are requested to pay the färe

as quickly as possible,

6043

These two magazines sponsor periodical discussions of the war and many of its inter-related problems.

Bian has been the capital of China under several dynasties

Because of the fluctuating con- ditions governing the movement of the wounded near the WRI zones, no statistics are at present available to show the extent of the medical service of the Catho- lies, the report said. But it may be approximated by what has happened in the Wuhan elties. In peace-time, the Catholic dia-

this pensaries in area handled 800.000 cases each year, while Catholic hospitals received be- tween 8,000 and 10,000 patients.

STRETCHER-BEARERS Since the outbreak of the hos-

the tilities, however

sisters in Hanyang alone looked after filitary hospital with 1,000 beds which are in constant use.

(CIC.).

trai News):

The Marir Celeste, a brig from Boston, U.S.A.," was found abandon- ed off Gibraltar in November 1872.

' the affor cabin.

ECONOMIC POSSIBILITIES OF A ONCE There was a half-consumed meal

SECLUDED CHINESE PROVINCE

The vast economic importance of the ancient northwestern pro- vince of Shensi to China" in her war of attrition against Japan Shens!" was revealed in a talk on "Industrial Development in given by Dr. Han An, a Chinese Government forestry expert, at a Dr. Han recent luncheon meeting of the Hankow Rotary Club, has for the past five years been connected with the Sian (capit I' of Shenal) brauch of the Nationa}.Economic Council and is now heading the Bureau of Forestry of the Shenst Provincial Govern- ment.

ย

Shensi Agures prominently in kilometres road

Slan to the history of ancient China as. Poachi on the Shensi Szechuan Dr. Han pointed out. emperors border.

Another highway leads

from

of

many dynasties had their from Facchi to Chengtu, capitali capital there. Today, the tombs 0 Szechuan.

MARLENE

DIETRICH

IN ENGLAND

On Way To See Daughter

Some well-known #gures In stage and screen circles were of these emperors are. still to bei Much help. both financial and among the passengers in the seen, notably that

has been. of Huangti.technical,

rendered Queen Mary, which arrived at China's first emperor. The pro- the farmers in Sheris! through Plymouth from New York recently. vince which was the cradle of 3,000 Co-operative Credit So. Of the 1,400 passengers 500 dis- Chinese culture abounds with cleties established by the Na-lembarked. relies of the country's ancient tional Economic Council through. They included Marlene Dietrich, civilization.

out the province. These societies the Alm actress, who is on her way Turning to the physical aspect. issue loans for improved seeds or to join her husband, Mr. Rudolf and first aid attendants, the re- Dr. Han såld that Shenst is farming Implements to the far-Sieber, and see her 13-year-old

Members of two Catholic Orders, namely. St. John the Baptist and the Catholic Action, are directing 200 men worklag behind the front lines as stretcher-bearers

port revealed.

The report concluded that the Society fortunately has suficient supplies and financial aid.(Cen- tral News).

server, éven

to

distinct for its vast stretches omers out of a $6,000,000 fund in

daughter, Maria, now at school in loose soll extending from Tung-vested by the Bank of China, Bank Switzerland. kwan

on the castern border to of Communications, Farmers Bank Kansu Province.

Another mother anxious to see On these vast of China and the Shanghai Com-her child was Lady Hardwicke- expanse of plateau are grown all mercial Savings Bank,

Miss, Helena Pickard-whose hus- sorts of agricultural products. The Central Government had band, Sir Cedric Hardwicks, is many Chinese cotton and wheat predominating. placed at these societies $1.200.000 playing on Broadway in Shadow themselves. has Most of the farmers in Northern as interest 'security against the and Bubstance.". been the unani-Shensi bage their homes in caves loan jointly extended by the four "I had to come," she said, "be- mous and spon- carved into the loose soil that banks.

cause I have not seen Edward, my form cliffs rising hundreds of feet

The Government has introduced five-year-old son, since December, from the lowland.

new variety of cotton seed in and four months is a long time to ¡Shens. Province which is an be separated."

response

...... HUGE TASK..

Situated near the right bank of the Wet River, river of un- paralleled importance in the his- tory of China. Sian is the cradle FOREIGN

OBSERVER of the Chinese race. The city is famous both for its historical | ASTONISHED. taneous background and its strategical

of the citizens of location.

Chine to the call Yor aid by their country in her hour of trial.

The Japanese may continue to I acquired Its greatest celebrity i rain death and destruction On during the Tang dynasty when it Canton, they may continue their was called Biking the Western inhuman and brutal treatment of cording to Dr. Han. three main according to Dr. Han, amounted Capital.

the people remaining in the Irrigation systems have been built to more than 500.000 piculs. In Accordance with Govern- These vehicles will not be

Today the city is proud to be "occupied" areas but never, never along the valleys of Ching Chien. Dr. Нап revealed unlimited ment Ordinance, THE EX- the site of the Revolutionary allowed inside the grounds of CHANGE

will they be able to kill the spirit. Wel and Lo Rivers, watering' possibilities in Shensi as one of BANKS will be University of China. опе of the

to resist which has spread Government House except in the CLOSED for the Transaction nation's largest war-time. Institu- throughout the length and

breadth of China.

5. Sedan chairs and rickshas

will set down their passengers at the main entrance t8. Government House in Upper Albert Road.

event of heavy rain.

•

T. H. KING,

Commissioner of Police.

7th June, 1938, Hong Kong.

6039

BANK HOLIDAY,

of PUBLIC BUSINESS', on THURSDAY, the 9th JUNE, 1938.

(The Birthday" of His Majesty The King). Hong Kong, 4th Jụnc, 1938. .

6036

tions.

REFERENCE here is to the ac

tivities of the people of. Stan but the picture drawn 1s typical of any other city of China outside the insidious Japanese Influence.

Astonishing to the foreign ob-

By their barbaric invasion of China the Japanese have raised the banner of nationalism in every corner of the land and now. aroused, the Chinese will not rest until the last of the invaders has been driven into the sea.

The exploitation of this rich improvement on other existing

Lady Harwicke, who is to takė province has been the huge task varieties, in China. The total

part in the Malvern Festival, said for the past ave years of the production of this new variety of that she hoped to be joined by her National Economie Couricfl. Accotten crop in Shenst last year. husband.

►

Mr. Paul Vincent Carroll, the author of the play, which is earn- ing him £80 a week, also landed to return to his job as school-

receives 7 a week.

nearly 1,000,000 acres of land. the producing centres of all kinds master in Glasgow, for which he

All parts of the once secluded of fruits in China. The Bureau province have become accessible of Forestry of the Bhánst Provin- with the recent building of 2,700 cial Government has done, every- kilometres, of first class motor thing to encourage the people to highways, Dr. Han particularly plant fruit trees, supplying them along the mentioned the new traffic artery with a wide variety of plants of Bystem, upon the encouragement from Blan to Lanchow, capital such as; apples, pears. grapes, of the bureau planted 150.000- of Kansu Province, a distance of peaches, plums and walnuts, fruit trees within a month, Dr. 750 kilometres and the

Early this spring the farmers |Han revealed.—(CI.C.))

400-

Mel Hul Irrigation

t

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