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HONG KONG, JUNE 23, 1938.

MASTERLY TACTICS

HF CHINESE, as a race have never been regarded as mill- taristically inclined, but that they nre masters of the art of military strategy is now apparent not only f'te the Japanese, who have learned this by bitter experience, but also to competent,observers abroad.

EDITORIAL

£1,000,000 DAILY FOR

ARMAMENTS

London, June 22, Britain is spending about- £1,000,000 dally for arma- ments, declared the Secretary of State for War, Mr. Lesilo Hore-Belisha, yesterday when he addressed а meeting of Liberals.

In spite of this huge expen diture, he pointed out that Great Britain has €30,000.000 more for social welfare work zach year than formerly.-- (Transocean).

JAPANESE

AIRMEN'S

DISGUISE

Peasants' Clothes

That this is so was borne out To Avoid Capture

Canton, June 22.

by the published statement yester- day of Col. G, R. V. Steward, who

A peasant's outfit is provided for Was G.S.O. (1) British troops in

each Japanese airman engaged in China from 1929 to 1936.

bombing cities in Kwangtung, so Col. Steward commended Gener-that in case the machine ts shet alissimo Chiang Kai-shek for the down the aviator can disguise him- tactics he had adopted with such"

self as a farmer. good results in holding up the Invaders and drew attention to the

ADVERTISEMENTS. ADVERTISEMENTS. eficiency of the Chinese guerillas,

G.

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R.

PUBLIC AUCTION,

Order

of His Excellency the

PUBLIC AUCTION,

nowhere," declared this eminent

tatesman who shows a true ap

relation ol the situation

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Another tribute to the "methods of warfare adopted by the Chinese was paid. by Mr. Winston Churchill, Tho urged the Chinese, to make persistent use of guerilla tactics and not to attach too much im- positions er to fixed portance PARTICULARS AND CON PARTICULARS AND CON. DITIONS of the Sale by PublicDITIONS of the Sale by Public large-scale encounters.

Auction to be held on Monday,

"The Chinese maxim should be Auction to be held on Monday, the 27th day of June, 1938, at the 27th day of June, 1938, to fight everywhere and he fought at 3.p.m., at the Offices of the 3 p.m., at the Offices of the

Public Works Department, by Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the China, Governor of one Lot of Crown Governor of one Lot of Crown

Lang at Cheung Sha Wan,THAT Generalissimo Chiang will go down in history as one of Land at Cheung Sha Wan, in

in the Colony of Hong Kong the finest military strategicians the Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 75 years, commencing for a term of 75 years, com ever known is undoubted.

mencing from 1st July, 1898, with from 1st July, 1898, with the

the option of renewal at a Crown Crown eption of renewal at a Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for onc further term of 24 years leg one further term of 24 years less

the last three days thereof. arms and equipment. the last three days thereof.

Intending bidders are advised Putting up a strong resistance, Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis that immediately after the dis but refusing to fight & decisive nosal of the lot the Purchaser Posal of the lot the Purchaser battle in the open with the in- (if not the applicant) will be vaders, the Generalissimo drew the Japanese further and further in- required to deposit with

land until their lides; of .com - authorised officer who will be murication were tri hopeless con- present at the sales, the sum of fusion. two hundred dollars, ($200) In cash. This, sum will be refunded

(if not the applicant) will be required to deposit with AB authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars. ($200) 18 cash. This sam will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price. PARTICULARS OF THE LOT

No. of Bab

Lot No. 2611. New Kowloon Inland

Registry No.

Cheung Sha Wan

Cheung Sha Wan

New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 2623

Bondary, Mcnaure-

Input.

Ak

per

Ral plan.

da.

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Early in the war he showed that The realised the danger of engaging in pitched battles with the Jap-.

RISK OF PITCHED BATTLES

anese. who had the advantage of superior

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The scattered Japanese troops were placed at the mercy of roving bands of Chinese soldiers whom

on payment of the Purchase the Generalissimo had directed to, price.

"fade" into the surrounding coun PARTICULARS OF THE LOTtryside as the invaders advanced

and

wait their opportunity to strike.

About

A DOOR

49,500

19 500

682

123,750

New Kowloon

Cheung Sha Wan

6076

COLONY TRADE AFFECTED

The threatened invasion of South China by the Japanese has had an adverse effect on trade in, Hong Kong, a Dally Press representative learned yesterday in an interview with a leading Chinese banker,

It was stated that quite a num- ber of contracts had, at the last moment, been cancelled and this entalled.considerable trouble hus

for the hongs concerned.

Most of the contracts were for goods destined for Hankow, Canton and the interior generally, and the lines most affected were paper and iron warÙ.

RELIEF FUNDS FROM LONDON

Canton. June 22

A sum of $2,000 for the relief of the victims of Japanese air. bomb ings here has been received from

Boundary Measure-

mente.

ft. ft.

As per

sale plan.

MARRIAGE

About

15,000

206

18,750

For months. past. the Japanese have been faced with a problem they are unable to cope with-1 military problem in which there is no front and no rear and it is Impossible to point in any direction and say with confidence "there is the foe. we have to fight,"

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Two of the Japanese pilots cap-

tured alive following their crack- up on June 18 were found in the sarbe of farmers. They removed thus the Chinese authorities "have and destroyed their nying kits, and no means of finding out the name and rank of the airmen, most of whom claim to be petty or warrant

officers.

Courty magistrates have been instructed to hunt for Japanese

airmen in peasants clothes if a

Japanese machine crashes within his jurisdiction. If the fillers are taken alive, they must be well treated. International).

AMOY INSPECTION

Shanghai, June 22.. Lieut.-Commander S. Kitano, Japanese air ace from the Mauda Airport. Tokyo, went to Amoy yes- terday to Inspect the naval air fores in that port.

Thirty wounded Japanese filers. who have been undergoing.medical treatment in Nanking without much progress, arrived here yes: terday en route to Japan for fur- ther treatment (International).

Central Asia Earthquake

MANY VILLAGES DESTROYED

Moscow, June 22.

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A number of villages in Central Asia have been destroyed as the result of a severe earthquake which Occurred a few minutes before midnight last night,

Loud subterranean rumblings which preceded the shock woke many inhabitants,

The centre of the disturcance was 80. mdles southwest of Almaata, capital of Kazakhstan.

THERE has been no "fighting

anywhere near Shanghat for many months, yet Japanese "sol- A Goverment commission has 6077 diers are being killed and wounded been appointed to take charge of

in action daily and considerable relief for the sufferers-Reuter).

of Injured numbers

men are

ment.

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The wedding arranged between Mr. brought into the city and taken John Henry Fox and Miss on board Japanese transports to Patricia Carton Cooper will be carried home for hospital treat- take place on July 16, 1938 No invitations will be issued but all-friends will be welcome at the Reception to be held in The Jacobean Rcon of The Hong Kong Hotel at 5 p.m.

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BIRTH HOPES-On May 9, 1938, to Eileen (née Bonnar), wife of Lieut. John Ropes, Royal Artillery, of Westerham, Kent, a son.

DEATH" BRUEN.-On June 13, 1938, at the

Shanghai

General Hospita!

Mr. Friedrich Druen, aged $4 years of Eschweiler. Germany. the dearly-beloved husband of Mrs. Nangio Danen and father of Miss Minna Druen.

R.M.A. DAEDALUS The Imperial Airways' plane Daedalus arrived from Bangkok at 4.25 p.m. yesterday.

She had on board a Chinese passenger from Singapore, 270 kilos of mail, and 2 kilos of freight. The Daedalus will leave on her outward journey tomorrow.

PHILIPPINE CLIPPER Owing to a delay at Manila, the the Overseas Chiness. Anti-Aggres-Philippine Clipper did not arrive stom Association in London-at Kai Tak yesterday, but will ar (Central News)

rive this afternoon.

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AND

risona, seizing or destroying stores, and generally proving a serious

menace to the invaders. Motor trucks loaded with

In hundreds of ways the invad- are fre..

ing forces are be- heavily-bandaged men

quently seen moving OBSTRUCTED ing effectively no- FIGHTING along the waterfront

stricted and kept in the early morning GUESSING NEAR

where Kuessing SHANGHAI -evidence that

the next swift fighting is going on

and silent blow will come from. not very far away, although the

Even fishermery along the South Yangtze Valley has been officially China-coast have been organised pacined" for several months, and into guerilla units and have BVC- the area from Shanghal to Non cessfully repulsed Japanese naval icing is under enemy "occupation." parties coming ashore at various

Exasperated by the constant st-.

places: tacks of guerilla forces, the Jap anese have massacred thousands of civilians and burned their homes.

regarded

It is in the central and northern provinces, however, where guerilla warfare is most extensively carried ph, and these, mobile forces are Chinese

quasi-

being given all possible assistance querillas have been tortured and

by the peasants among whom they kified in unspeakable ways, includ-more, who know that these men ing cutting off of ears, noses and

are aiding very materially in mak- eyeballs.

ing it most dimeult for the in- Reprisals of this character, how-vaders to enforce the authority ever extensive and savage, will not. they have arrogated themselves on suppress the guerilla units who are the pretext of bringing pears and operating all over the territory now security to China."." under Japanese "occupation."

With the Japanese troops harassed on all sides by the SOME of these roving bands are guerillas and with Generalissimo acting under direct multary Chiang ably directing the cam- naign the people of China-need orders, others are moving freely as

have no fear as to the result of they feel inclined, intent upon cutting Japanese lines of com- their gallant struggle against munication, wiping out small gar-Japanese aggression.

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Hello

And

Goodbye

-BY A. W、 HYER÷

AL V. Boissevain

HOW DO THESE Datchmen

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do

This very modern ocean liner was the most comfortable place in Hong Kong. Wednesday a.m.

Customers, flowers, luggage, mes- senger boys, all being handled with the utmost of ease, no fuss or bustle, and only a half hour before sailing time.

The courtesy of the Boissevain's officers is to be complimented: their appearance, and they are all very good-looking gentlemen)"] Immaculate in white uniforms; and going all quietly and efficiently about their business.

This ship as you all know (and if you did not attend their per- fect. party on her maiden voyage, you missed something is the last word in modern design and interior decoration. You feel you are visit- ing in a large and extremely well managed home. Hospitality is well expressed, spaciousness, ser- vice, everything for a passenger's complete comfort and relaxation plus amusement.

We take off our hats to the K. P. M. Line in their achievement and Bouquets of compliments to the M. V. Boissevain's skipper, Captain David, Blanstein...

THURSDAY," JUNE 23, 1938.

A TYPICAL SCÈNE

Charming study of a local junk in the harbour.

PREMIER HORRIFIED AT BOMBING FROM THE AIR.

But Offers No Protection

For British Shipping

London, June 22.

Speaking on the horrors of air bombings in the Foreign. Affairs Debate in the House of Commons last night, the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, said: "If it were not that Chins is so far away and the scenes taking place there so remote from our everyday con- selousrless, I think the sentiments of pity, of horror and of indigna tion which would be aroused by a full perception of these events might drive this people to courses which perhaps they have never yet contemplated."

Opening the debate for the Op- First, it was against internation- position, Mr. Noel Baker (Labour) al law to bomb civilians as such accused the Government of failure and make deliberate attacks on Secondly. to take action to protect British civilian

populations. shipping such as their predecessors targets must be legitimate military had taken at the time of the objectives and be capable of ident Metropolitan Vickers case in Rus-Aleation. Thirdly, reasonable care sia. Owing to its sympathy with must be taken in attacking these General Franco.

objectives.

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Heading for more hot weather, but looking forward to an enjoy able trip to Shanghai was Mr. H. Rothe of Siemens and Company: During the next month Rothe will be in the north but not on a holiday, it's all work. He will be returning to the Colony by the end of July. Lots of luck and be sure you come back,

Master Bates and Miss Bates Journeying to Shanghai with their mother. Mrs. 1. Bates were quite shy and wide-eyed. They desired

KULES DISREGARDED to leave all the talking up to Mo-

The Fremier said that the Gov- Mr. Chamberlain observed that ther, who unfortunately. we could ernment was engaged upon a care he was bound to say that in the not locate They did like the ship. ful survey of the whole position opinion of the British Government, the idea of the trip, which"was ex-

with a view to formulating a praefar too many incidents had oc-. simultaneous pressed by

head tical scheme which could be put curred both in China and Spain nodding, but the cat he certainly before other countries for accep- where those general rules had been did catch their tongues..

tance or modification with the plainly disregarded. view to reaching some tional law which he thought were warfare as

Mr. R. T. MacDonald and Mr. A. 0. Fisher, two other passengers we could not locate. Next time this

hoppens we will be prepared; we

will borrow a bell and signboard arrangement, plus a small boy to do the paging act.

All of these people will have a perfect trip and find it only too short. You couldn't help it on the M. V. Boissevain, which sailed noon yesterday for Shanghai,

M. V. Victoria

SATURDAY, LAST, 3.30 p.m. found

Mr. and Mrs. T. Day of the Culong, quite hot, but very glad to be sailing on a vacation

Of-Bix months. Via the Victoria they go. to Genoa transhipping to another ocean liner which will take them to America.

EL

THREE PRINCIPLES

interna-

NO HELP FOR SHIPPING

The Prime Minister then turned applicable to aerial fully as they were to war on land to the question of attacks on Bri- tish ships in ports in Government Spain

Or sea.

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He repeated that, after careful and exhaustive examination of all

Hope For Peace possible methods of giving aid to

In Spain

PARIS PRESS HAILS NEGRIN'S SPEECH

Paris, June 22.

British; ships attacked in territória) waters, the Government had come to the conclusion that it was im- possible to do so short of inter- veniti in the war and cutting across the whole policy of Non- hitervention~~(British Wireless).

ter).

MOTION DEFEATED

London, June 22, That hope for peace is again

The Labour motion to reduce the growing in Spain and other Euro- pean countries is evident in the Foreign Office estimates was de- Mr. Day, attired in a becoming tone of yesterday's press, which is feated by 287 votes to 148.-(Reu- two-piece linen tailored suit of deep practically unanimous in declaring blue, a yellow silk blouse to con- that the speech of the Spanish trast, and a huge natural straw Prime Minister, Dr. Juan Negrin.

with a cartwheel brimmed hist

has at last opened the way to an COLONY CHINESE crown trim of blue matching her armistice.

TO OBSERVE WAR suit, was the receipt of good wishes

ANNIVERSARY from her friends.

"I do hate to leave Hong Kong but not this weather." was the expression of her sentiments. Mr. Day gave us a smile and reports he does not like newspapers, or the members of the Fourth Estate when" active. But we will blare It on the weather and hope this vacation will be "all for the best for the two of you.”

Le Temps calls attention to the decided change of tone in this and in the other past speeches of the Premier and Interprets his asser- tion that foreign intervention has prevented the Spanish people from settling their quarrel.

The paper emphasises in this connection the Important role that the Non-Intervention Committee can play in bringing the conflict to an end and also asserts that France will have the major part

Mr. R. Turner and Mr. B. Black of the Furness Line were en route to Singapore via the M. V. Vic-in terminating the Spanish crisis. toria.

There was a stag party in pro- gress, it appeared. We became bashful at that point and did not intrude. Didn't even listen at the door. We know you will have a good trip, best of luck, Holland American Line

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NOT REJECTED

Chinese residents in Hong Kong are expected to join the com- patriots In China to go vegetarian on July 7, the first anniversary of the Sino-Japanese hostilities:

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An appeal to the Chinese here to this effect was contained in letter to the local Kung Sheung Daily News from a Chinese lady, Mrs. Boo Chen-lum, who also ad- ¡vocated fasting as an alterative. She suggested that the money thus saved should be contributed

The Journal des Debats also to the Chinese Government as pen.

fallen heroes-(Central News), or probality. intimates that peace is at least stons for the familles of China's within the realm since the idea of an armistice and negotiations were not rejected by Premier Negria.

The paper, Information, declares that the new attitude of Negrin opens up the possibility for an early termination of the Spanish: war-Transocean).

NEW HUPEH

GOVERNMENT.

ORGANISED

Hankon, Jane 22.

SWINGING BACK TO our. Dutch friends again, news of interest to all travelleurs should be the 36,

The Hupeb Provincial Govern- 000 ton Nieuw Amsterdam, the 21

ment was reorganised as 'result knot flagship of the Holland

of a decision at the regular ineet- American Line, which has just made her debut..

being responsible for certain seeing of the Executive Yuan jenter- The most modem ship of the tions and rooms. Decorations were day.

Beatdes General Chen Cheng luxury lines, the Nieuw Amsterdam tett in a large part to youthful has made news because of the artists, the result being that the who had already been appointed radical manner of her construction Interior has been described as sen- Chairman succeeding General Ho Cheng-chun the following were Neither labour disputes nor a goy-zational. erament suhaldy, mainstay of ship- The greatest boast of this line named to form the new Provincial building in most cases were in is that their fagship contains the Government,

Mr. Yen Li-san (Commissioner of cluded during production. When largest air-conditioung plant of

work on the ship was to be cur any vessel añoat. Each cabin may Civil Affairs), Mr. Yang Men- talled because of a shortage of be heated or cooled to suit the chung (Commissioner of Finance), funds, Dutch labourers happily ac- customer. Further, each cabin Mr. Cheng Chia-chun (Com- cepted a wage ent so that their class room has been equipped with missioner of Reconstruction), Mr. Chen Chien-hsiu (Commissioner of Sountry's greatest ship might be completed w

Departing from tradition again, the company sarigned designing of the ship to several architect, each

a private bathroom...

It all sounds too good to be true Education). Mesars. Chang Nan- and makes us want to go for a haien. Shih Ting Wel Ting-sheng ride. But gre still say How do the and Chu Ke-shu (Members),

(Central Newa). Dutchmen do it, Congratuitions!