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EDITORIAL
WHERE WILL THE BOMBING ATTACKS LEAD JAPAN?
ONG KONG, JULY 17,
THE
TAKE machine-gunning of civilian refugees and the shooting of captured Chinese soldiers by the Japanese invaders at Amoy recently, frightful in themselves, sink into insignificance, compared with the diabolic savagery, and "cold-blooded flerceness with which the Japanese aviators have subjected Canton to mass raid after mass raid during the week just come to an end, adding' suffering upon suffering, horror, upon horror, and making to very name Japan synonymous with Inhuman barbarism of the worst contemptible type.
It is nothing new for Japan, this bombing of non-military objec- tives. In fact one is convinced that it is one of the first lessons taught to the Japanese fighting forces-to kill as many civilians (women and children for choice) as possible, the idea no doubt being that as the civilians are not armed they cannot hit back. But here the Japanese have again blundered for the civilians can" and do hit back-in a "way more effective than with shell and shrapnel. Each bomb dropped on the non-military areas only serves, as we have repeatedly stated in these columns, to strengthen the determination to fight to the bitter end, and it will be after the last shot, has been fired that Japan will feel the full effect of the war-a situation brought about entirely by their own stupidity and greediness.
While the war is still in progress the Government in Tokyo, due' to the fact that their attention must needs constantly be devoted to the actual fighting, cannot be made to realise fully how adversely the hostilities have afected trade. Their exports have already drop- ped to almost zero and before long the imports will suffer a same fate. It is in this connection that the attacks on open towns and cities must affect the country for the whole world has been so shocked with this that none will have anything to do with Japan after their first class exhibition of barbarism.
THERE
THERE has already been a number of protest meetings against these ruthless attacks on civilians but the Japanese, with characteristic disregard for anything decent, have ignored all such protests com- pletely. Their huge squadrons of bombing planes continue to fly over Canton and loose horrible death from the skies.
The people behave gallantly during such visits but the attackers bear down over Canton by the sheer weight of superior numbers and bombs drop, like hall from the skies over the thickest populated parts of the city, destroying mansions and matsheds alike. Huge bombs tear holes through the ancient city walls while others explode within the alty, wrecking proud edifices which might otherwise have with- stood the ravages of centuries. Hamlets are blasted out of existence "and railways, roads and gardens are wrecked beyond repair.
Canton proud and ancient city, still stands, partly in ruins and partly in the quiet dignity that has won for the city such a "ne name. The city may be completely wrecked and ruined but the spirit "of the people will not so much as bend. The Japanese may, through superior numbers of craft, be able to bring complete devastation to. this southern city of China but to conquer the people--Dever! WHERE then will this savagery lead Japan? Is this the way the Japanese want to convince the world in general that this war was prompted by the laudable desire to bring about the salvation of China? And lastly, have the Japanese ever paused to think how the Chinese feel about this unwarranted invasion of a country which has not asked for more than being merely left alone to work out its own future?
The Japanese have more than once been wrongly accused of being an intelligent people. For the past twelve months they have been showing the world the true state of their mentality and they will continue to do so till they fall-completely and thoroughly from sheer exhaustion. They will then find that to put themselves on their feet again will not be such an easy thing after all there will be And so will end another chapter in the history of Japan-unce claimed to be a first class power, but now?
nobody then to help them
JAPANESE WARSHIPS
DAMAGED
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Hankow, July 17.
Five warships were hit
ANNUAL PICNIC OF MERCANTILE BANK STAFF
What Our Readers Say
PRESS REFERENCES
MONDAY, JULY 18, 1938.
Hello & Goodbye
BY A. W. HYER
Somewhere along the line we decided to become "worked-up "
and angry over the week-end.
(To The Editor, Hong Kong Daily Press)
We kicked airplanes around out at Kal Tak thumbed our noses Sir, Recent references in the at fat waddling plutocratic steamers, cussed taxle drivers," and wish press to Mr. Arthur Henderson, theed we could see all Walla Waltas sinking to the bottom of the bay. Labour MP., in connection with Yah! Yah! Fah! · China affairs, tend to give the
And when it comes to the travelling customers, you ain't heard impression that this gentleman 13 nothin'" But we can see old man "Libe!” fixing us with the glare— the same person as the distin-So fooey, we won't talk, guished Labour statesman-diplo-i
JI
| Daedalus Arrival
We are not beserk, yet--just AND NOW for a dose of Imperial mat, the late Rt. Hon. Mr. Arthur
Airways. Henderson, who strove so honour-letting off steam. ably and faithfully during the last Hakusan Maru days of his life in the cause of ——— peace.
SIX PM THURSDAY, all passen- WEDNESDAY, 5.00 PM.. Imperial's plane was delivered by Capt. Actually, the Mr. Arthur Hen-
gers and baggage were aboard: derson referred to, in the opening the last goodbye Yaps were over J. N. Wilson at Kal Tak
Mr. C. U. Grange, u Londonu lines of this letter is the son of and N.YK.'s Hakusan Maru salled the veteran Labour leader. Like for Shanghai and Japan.
passenger, was on a business trip: An executive of the" father, like son, he appears to be a Mr. Darts Leon, a very nice to Hankow. worthy son of a worthy father and French person returned to Shang-Hankow Power and Light Com-
pany, he will take care, of business. I am sure that, as a worthy son hat
and follower of his father, Mr. His friends and relatives, here, for said company and return short- Henderson would be distressed to have been aiding him in two weeks 17 via air to Southampton. learn of the failure to distinguish of vacationing. Tilke Hong Kong.| Mr. IL L. Wilson, another cus- between the two persons.
and I think I had too good a time tomer, stopped off for a short call on here." he shyly remarked. But the on his way to Manila.
spell is over, back to the importing Daedalus Departure and exporting business in Shanghai he sailed.
[JP AT 5. BUT OH! so darn sleepy, to see the magnetic Captain J.
There is another matter which I would like to draw your attention, namely, the use of the title of "Lawrence of Manchuria" after the name of General Dai- We found a "High Muckamuck" hara, the Japanese military leader. with passage to Yokohama, des- N. Wilson take of for Bangkok.
It would appear that this title tination Tokyo. It was the Ger- Two sleepy passengers were Mr. was first conferred upon Dolharaman Consul Fon Sancken from and Mrs. Peter Fleming on their by the newspapers of Japan and Hankow.
way to London. However, their de- that the European and American With much graciousness and parture was delayed until 8.50 a.m. papers 'copled their example.. charm the Consul refused to in- First, something in the engine In spite of the fact that I dis-form us of any plans. He will department did not please the like immensely. Dolhara and ad- however, visit relations while in Captain Wilson, and after a de-. mire Lawrence of Arabia, and Japan and expects to return in the lay of half an hour, ou flew the knowing that fact and discounting near future to his post in Hankow. Captain for Bangkok, only to re- It as heavily as I can, I find it
Incredible that the two can be Eurasia Aviation, Corporation compared because they have noth- THE 7 AM. EURASIA plane was
ing in
of
содтог... Lawrence Arabia may have been a inisguld-
off ten minutes ahead
turn again--this time the radio was on the fritz.
Co-pilot J. A. Bamuels righted the
or trouble, and finally all was well'
ed idealist, whereas Doinara, on schedule Friday with that good- and safe for the trip to Bangkok the contrary, can claim to be noth-looking Captain R. Rathje at the Delia Arrival
controls. ing but a materialistic war monger,
The French Doctors C. Calami FRIDAY, 5.00 PM., Captain L. J. Therefore, for goodness' sake, do drop this slily title when refer-and F. Slollosi were off for Han-M. White dropped in at Kal Tak kow. Again, we could get no news. from Bangkok with his Co-pilot W. ring to Dothara, please.
These gentlemen, in their most A Cash, and what a Bangkok sun- charming manner, refused any in-burn Mister!
Lieut. Comdr. A. D. S. Murray formation regarding their activi- ties, but did say they "hoped to returned from his tour of inspec give us an interview on thela re- tion in the South. The charming" turn."
Mrs. Murray was out to greet Hang Kong's Imperial Number One. President Cleveland
WALTER HANMING CHEN. Hong Kong, July 17,
U.S. PROPERTY
IN CHINA Japan Answers Recent Protest
Eurasia's Mechanical Man
THE YOUNGSTERS HAD their inzing Baturday noon when Dollar Line's Cleveland sailed for
THE EURASIA AVIATION. Cor- poration's "ground. crew is super- vised by a very intelligent and in- teresting Chinese, Mr. F. S. Fang.
Under his charge are ten capable Japan and San Francisco.
Mrs. A Fitsimmons, with her industrious mechanics who
and
Washington, July 17. The State Department announ service and care for Eurasia planes daughter and son, were big happy landings by Papa Fitzimmons, of had at Kal-Tak, ced yesterday that Japan promised to allow the gradusă re- Mr. Fang graduated from Pel-Socony Vacuum, and many friends turn of Americans to their goyang University, North China, in and school chums.
Another interesting passenger 1935. One year of work with the perty in Chinese territory cupied by the Japanese.
Yeng Lee Chemical Industries, and was Miss C. C. Chow, who is on her way to college in the United States. The Japanese authorities. how he landed his job with Eurasia. ever, reserved the right to decide There is very little he does not! Her main ambition at this point whether actual conditions at any know about the mechanical side of is to secure a teacher's certificate
oc-
damaged yesterday morning wEnjoyable Outing To given ares warrant the return of aviation, but now here is some- and teach the 4 BC's to the
In the decade before the present there had been a steady growth, the number of institutions having increased by some 50 per cent, while the enrolment was higher by about 70 per cent. Just before the present hostilities there were 111 universities, colleges and technical schools with a total en- rolment of about 45,000 students, Chinese aircraft bombed a concen- or one per ten thousand of the tration of Japanese vessels in the Yangise River at Huayangchen. population.
Seventy of these institutions opposite Siangkow, were located in areas which are Columns of fire and smoke were now either war torn or in Japan-sighted by the Chinese airmen bil- ese occupation. This is due to the lewing up from the, warships hit fact that China's institutions of by their missiles.
Clear Water Bay
The annual staff picnic of the Merchantile Bank was held yester- day and an all-day excursion to Clear Water Bay by launch was thoroughly enjoyed by the large higher learning were concentrated! The Chinese raiders were chal-sathering. in the coastal cities, their dis-lenged by nine Japanese pursuit Those present included Mr. D. tribution being accidental rather planes. After a brief dogfight, they Benson, Manager of the Bank, Mr. than due to national planning. safely returned to their base. W. H. Jowit (Accountant). Mr.
The universities and colleges (Central News). have become the mainsprings" of the national spirit and are begin- ning to re-make China into a mo- 6130 dern nation.
(54.) T. H. KING, Commissioner of Police.
15th July, 1938.
PARACELS ISLES OCCUPATION
China And France
Negotiating
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universities, colleges and technical schools happen- ed to be in the war zones Over UP to last November, 24 Institu- 30,000 students were, therefore. tions of higher learning-not thrown) out, this representing
BOM Deane and Mr. J. B Stewart.
The presence of another launch at Clear Water Bay aboard which were men of the Royal Army Ser- vice Corps added much to the
U.S. citizens.
note
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thin' he has yet to learn-flying youngsters here in China.
Miss Chow was given a huge VIEWS - DIFFER
But some day he intends to take This intimation was conveyed it up, "no time now," reports this farewell by many friends who through a
from
General busy little person whose men per- crowded her cabin on the President
Cleveland. Ugaki. the Japanese
Foreign form like clock work. Minister, to Mr. Joseph C. Grew. Imperial Airways American Ambassador in Tokyo. although everything possible would has been Mr. H. Morris, Eng!- while Captain Jockstad enjoys a
The Japanese note stated that QUITE UNDER THE WEATHER
Up on the bridge of the President Cleveland we found Captain Otto Kohlmeister who has the guidance of this comfortable Dollar Vessel
The Captain's main, interest. in
be done to meet American ex-neer for Imperial Airways. Due to San Francisco vacation.
were gent is suffering from a breakdown pectations, American and Japan-overwork and strain this pleasant ese views on the subject "fundamentally divergent."
The note was a reply to a pro- test lodged on May 31 by Mr. Grew. ~Reuter).
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of nerves.
We hope you will soon be back at Kal Tak and feeling your old self again.
life outside of his Skipper activities centres on his family in San Fran- cisco. He and his wife have been the architects for a new home which sits atop a hill overlooking. the Golden Gate.
We hope you have a pleasant trip
joy each day till the tie-up ja the Pacific Port. Goodbye Now!
success of the party for a keenly POPULATION OF HANKOW CALMER and know your passengers will eri- to speak of countless middle about 70 per cent. of the collegiate played betwen the soldiers and the
contested water polo match was
schools as well as elementary ones enrolment in China. Four in bank men. The result was a win -which had moved from Tientsinstitutions with foreign connections by four goals to three for, the milf- to Canton and from Shanghai to are still operating on their original tary side.
The parties also indulged in a the Interior had been reported sites and three, formerly in bombed or otherwise destroyed by Greater Shanghai, have been re-Berles of relay races in the ma- the Japanese, and during the last moved inside the foreign settle. Jority of which the. Mercantlle
Bank teams were successful. eight months this number had ments. Most of the other i
The Mercantile Bank party ar- been considerably increased. Some stitutions affected by the war-have were partially·· damaged, others been either closed down or moved rived at Clear. Water Bay about Hankow, July 16
Timn and tea were taken completely ruined while others into the interior. spokesman of the Chinese were occupied by Japanese troops. There has been a general west on board and the party left on the Governinent stated that the Para-
The most notorious ward move of China's institutions return journey at 6.45 p.m. after a case was that of of higher learning. The National very enjoyable outing. the Nankai Uni-
Tsinghua University, verkity in Tientsin. GENERAL || National Peking This was the first WESTWARD, University and
A
cels issue has been an outstanding | NANKAI Issue between China and France UNIVERSITY and that negotiations for a settle- OUTRAGE · ment are now under way.
** were grouped to gether into a joint university; ~at|
"There are no French troops on tu suffer destruction, being bomb-TREND ·Nankai University į the islands," "continued the spokes-ed, shelled and then burnt to the man. “Only': Annamite policemen ground. bave been landed."~~(Internation- al).
NATIONAL BREEDERS' STAKES RESULT
noon
KING GEORGE'S FIELDS
Generalissimo Gives Reassurance
Hankow, July 16.
The population of Hankow, which a fortnight ago was deeply concerned at the rapid Japanese advance up the Yangtse, has since grown calmer despite the air raids and frequent false alarms of Im- pending bombardment such as given yesterday morning.
This improvement In the morale of the population is to some extent due to the declaration of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. be- fore the Political Council that it was his opinion that the safety of flankow was assured for another three months.
EGYPT TAKES PRECAUTIONS
A notification in the current issue of the Government. Gazette is to the effect' that" passengers travelling from Hong Kong by air will, in future, require certificates of inoculation against cholera be- fore they will be allowed to land
of the Japanese in Egypt. every advance first to
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The Chinese supreme 'command is the custom
This is the first time in history does not intend to evacuate the after
com-Egypt has adopted cholera restric- Wuhan towns in the near future. strengthen their lines of The interval of quiet on the munication and assure an unnam tions against Hong Kong, g Yangtse front that has followed pered approach for reinforcements. Before the advent of air travel the fall of Mukow is being used at the order of the Generalissimo to strengthen the lines of 'defence and to concentrate reinforcements in the Yangtze sector.
'IMPORTANT CHANGE
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the period of cholera incubation: CHINESE CONCENTRATIONS"
did not necessitate such restric-n Chinese military circles point tions, as the disease, invariably, de out that the Japanese might next veloped before ships reached;
Egypt...
The same precautionary men, sures have been adopted by Slam.
It is difcult to estimate the first established at Changsha and
Memorial Foundation
attempt, not as expected: to ad- material loss sustained. Bince the since removed to Kunming, provin-
Makes Further Grants
vance eastwards, but to push for- hostilities broke out so suddenly | cial capital of Yunnan, while some
Passengers arriving at porta in London, July 16.
ward southwards from the Yang-French Indo-Ching are also re-t and spread so rapidly, most of the other universities. have been moved
At a meeting of the administra- In this connection à change in tse along the Institutions involved were not able to Blan, in Bhens, and others have tive council of King George's the important positions of
Wahu-Kinghun quired to produce certificates of to remove valuable books and gone to Chungking. Chengtu, Wan-Fields Foundation held yesterday, military command will be made vince of Anhwel
the highroad in order to take the pro-inoculation against cholera sclentine instruments from the halen. Kanchow, Kwelyang, Chi-az grants were confirmed to a number. The Chinese are building up their affected areas. In Greater Shang- and Chungting.
There, just as in the north of London, July 16.
hat alone no less than 14 univer. "
of new schemes for "King George's system of defence particularly in Felda," The National Breeders' Stakes Įsitles were damaged or destroyed į
the region of Nanchang, the capi-Klangsi, strong masses of Chinese
Five schools for newspaper haw- run today resulted as follows and the loss has been estimated It will be readily seen, therefore, Total grants made by the Foun- tal of the Kiangat province, also troops have been assembled in
1. Applering (100 to 6)). 2 Inch at $6,000,000,000,
of the International amount that there has been a general dation amount to 187,000. the nearer towards Hankow along the order to be able easily to attack kers have been opened in different.
the Japanese attempt to march Settlement in Shanghai under the.. Malone (11 to 4); 3. Meadow (5 to would be considerably larger if in- movement westward for practically number of approved schemes now frontier of the Klangal and Hupeh the Japanese from the rear should sections
stitutions ander Japanese occupa-all the universities and in this being 291 of which 227 are in Eng-provinces.be
auspices of a group of educational There were 14 starters and Ap- tion were to be counted as total connection it is interesting to note land, 38 in Scotland, 11 in Wales, That at present the Japanese further en Hankow. plering won by a neck, two lengths losses. No figure for the entire that China is determined no three in Northern Ireland one in are not pushing their offensive It is estimated that 20 Chinese leaders. The school in the central separating second and third country has yet been made avall matter how dire the circumstances, the Channel Islands and one in the more strongly is explained in divisions have been assembled east district, it is reported, has already (Reuter),
military circles by the fact that it of Nanchang-(Transocean).started its class work. abla
to maintain these seats of learning. Isle of Man (Britian Wireless)
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