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EDITORIAL

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1938.

On Trial SPLENDID YEAR MR. EUGENE

For Murder At Sessions

Boarding House Crime Related By The Crown

Mari, allas Li Wai-man, 43, ship's greaser, was arraigned bo- fore the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell at the Criminal Sessions yesterday, charged with the murder of s named Pun Shing, at the Luen Hing Boarding House, 24A Connaught Road Central, on August 4.

man,

Li pleaded not guilty and Fing and Lung Pat, while the de- W&S Kitting the following jury were em, ceased, Pun Bhing

alleged, panelled:-Messrs. Ip Kwal-chung nearby. when, it was

REPORTED

St. Patrick's Society Annual Meeting

MR. C.G. PERDUE IS

NEW PRESIDENT

The annual general meeting of the St. Patrick's Society of Hongkong was held in the Jacobean Room of the Hongkong Hotel yesterday, when Dr. G. W. Pope presided.

Dr. Pope proposed that Mr. C. G. Perdue, Vice-President of the President. Society, be elected as He said that Mr. Perdue had a

CHEN'S

OPEN LETTER TO MR.

CHAMBERLAIN-III

Choice Before Britain: Soviet Russia As A Peace Power

following

the

concludes

open lettor addressed by Tho Mr. Eugene Ches, former Chinese Foreign Minister, to Mr. Neville- Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, with reference to Britain's pesos polity in relation to China under invasion and Soviet foreign policy: As in Central Europe and in the serve not only the vital Interests of Mediterranean so in Far Asia, you China and those of Boyles Russia want peace. "appeasement." Peace but the economic and political in- because peace is a condition of chief trading Power in China and

THE PARIS MURDER NO CIVILIZED MAN could defend

or, excuse the deed by which Botelho, Wong Ha-king, and H. U. the job. This remark was resent- i The proposal-was seconded by Mr. Peace in China can be re-estab- | interested in preventing any vio-

diplomat was not responsible for

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all will

Chan, Chan Chi-wing.

Ireland.

considerable period having been unemployed for almost two years. VACANCIES ON TTG

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that

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| (foreman), Ma 8hum-ka,» Joseph | defendant accused Pun of depriv~ | zpod knowledge of the works of the in China'is à vits! British interest terests of Great Britain as the P. P. ing him of his chances of obtain society and had done quite a lot. British trade in this region of Asia as an Asiatic and Pacific Power'

ed by Pun who told defendant to

D. J. S. Grozier and was carried lished in exactly one of the two lent break-up of the existing ter- when the ritorial system in the Far East and unanimously.

ways offered to you Mr. John Whyatt, Crown Coun-nind his own business. Herr von Rath, third secretary of

About 5.45 a.m. on September 4

Dr. Pope said that the successful Czech question confronted you: any menace to the status quo in of the the German Embassy in Paris, was

employees, named singled out as an object of dastard-sel. was in charge of the prosecu- ly retaliation for his Government's tion and was assisted by Acting one

Detective-Inspector L R Whant, Chang Kwal-look, was awakened year. both socially and financially. sacrifice China by yielding to Gen- Australasia. This is not unreal. To treatment of the Jews. The slain Detective. Somerset Fitzroy, by shouts from the deceased. He was in many respects attributable eral Itagaki, the Japanese war Japan, China is not only an end the room where he the hard working Hon. Secre- minister and representative of the but a means. It is a means to en- the revolting handling of the Jews instructed by Mr. F. X. D'Almada, rushed to

found Pun bleeding from a woundary. Mr. B. H. Collis Hallowes and milltary elements that actually able Japan eventually to conquer

space for her surplus population. with Soviet Russia at your side. in the Reich, nor with the brutal Jnr., appeared for the accused.

Mr.. Whyatt sald that the system in the abdomen. Defendant's bunk the Hon. Treasurer. Mr. P. J. A rule Japan, or stand up to him in Australls some of the necessary

You know and General Itagaki

SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY transport of the Polish Jews, in

RULE DELETED Germany to the Polish frontier: he under which the boarding house was empty. The door of the room Hamilton. had no part in the misfortunes was run was similar to that of was slightly ajar.

Investigations by the Police re-

It was proposed by Mr. C. G. knows that Britain alone cannot

A word from you, through the which had overtaken the young other boarding houses.

Pin Shing had been out of em-vealed that no person had broken perdue, and ceccnded by Mr. Jus- withstand Japan; and the Japan-|

tice E. H. Williams, to delete rule ese soldier knows that France will British Ambassador, may help to murderer's parents, which, it is

do nothing unless Japan actually subdue the misguided Chinese, few the playment since February this year into the floor.

total reads: The preyed 011

and SO

WENT TO OFTUM DIVAN

Indo-China

but inquential, who still hope for såld. had assailant's mind that he took this and he received free meals and

Continuing, counsel said that amount disbursed in charity with invades useless revenge which the Jews lodging until the day of the crime. themselves will be the very first to Defendant had also lived there for about 3 am, that day the defen-la any one financial year shall not America has not yet made up her assistance from Nazi Germany and dant went to an opium divan in exceed the income for the previous mind to practise what she preaches Fascist Italy, the allies of the deplore.

the basis of civilised e. But the enemy, on terms that may leave Wanchal, where he remained till 8 year. This rule shall not affect about the covenanted word being enemy, in negotiating "peace" with

the General

some measure of power in their pm except for brief Intervals disbursements by NEVERTHELESS since

agree that a great wrong was A little time before the crime a when he left the place and return-Committee of special donations to General Itagaki also knows that

squatting poses." and re-number tie sub-can impose peace without sacrine- the hands of slaves.

He knows what the committed in thas holding one man man, named Tong Yat-kwung, an ed. About 1 am. on September 5 the Society for charitable pur-Britain, with Soviet co-operation. hands even though the hands are Perhaps you may be moved in answerable "for something he had engineer employed on a Taikoo defendant was seen.

German High Command knows; done. so also the Jewish tag visited the house with a view under the verandahs on the pave- sequent, rules, was carried forwarding China.

and the Changkufeng incident has this sense if you understand the people can have no responsibility of engaging three men to all cer-ment outside the opium divan by by a vote of majority.

for the crime of altain vacancies which were pend-a Police constable. who on learn-

It was also proposed that the taught him that any war with governing fact that, since Soviet

and that no Nations. the external basis despairing youth of ing. At the boarding house, Tonging the defendant's name, arrest-date of the Annual Ball for 1939 be Soviet Russia will be fought on Russia's entry into the League of

left to the incoming Committee to

Japanese territory seventeen. There can yat-kwong saw Lam Chun, who ed him.

Counsel said that accused in his decide.

Japanese city is beyond the range! Soviet security rests on Communist co-operation with bourgeois de- be no sympathy for

was the accountant there.

A vote of thanks was proposed by of Soviet bombers.

mocracy against Fascism. The lat- the anti-Jewish orgy of savagery

Tong told the men that they evidence at the Police Magistracy

envisaged as ter is In these circumstances neither "In Germany which will send

would have to wait until the end said: "Pun Shing took away mythe Hon. Secretary. Mr. Hallowes thrill of

the General British nor Chinese vital interests enemy." horror throughout the of the month before he could be job and I had been unemployed for the retiring President. Dr. Pope.

The following is

type would be served if Britain alone entire civilized world, for the mob certain of the vacancies.

for over two years. The clerk in

should embark on peace mediation, presses instead of being outrages, which

Meanwhile a man, named Chau the club had always kept me from Committee:-

C. G. Perdue; condemned, appear to be condoned Fook, had heard of Tong's visit getting a job and he did not allow

At Committee:Mr. K. Begdon. Mr. as the British Ambassador's visit to by Dr. Joseph Goebbels, one of Herrand, being acquainted with Tong. me to board a ship to get it.

tler's lending Heutenants, as be- went to see him and managed to last I found a job in Talkoo and D. J. 8. Crozier, Mr. B, T. Flanagan. General Chiang Kai-shek, coupled and makes for war. This is one of ngjustified and comprehensible

obtain one of the vacant positions I was to take it on the 15th, but Mr. J. C. M. Grenham. Mr. A. H. with your recent references to the reasons why the policy of the indignation." There can be no

on August 30. Two other of his Pun Shing sent another person to Guinness, Mr. B. H. C. Hallowes, China, might imply in spite of

Mr. P. J. A. Hamilton, Mr. F. P. R. denials. clansmen Alled the other two get the job from me."..

W. P. Me- vacancies and began work

Counsel said that after the ac-James M.C.. Comdr. cused had made the statement, Carthy, R.N., Mr. J. O'Donovan. ACCUSED DISAPPOINTED he (Mr. Whyatt; had asked defen-Lt-Col. J. S. Smith, Mr. C. E. Terry. Whyatt said dant; "So you did stab him and and Mr. Justice E. H. Williams; Continuing, Mr. that defendant seemed disappoint-run away?" and accused answerHon. Auditors: Mr. F. G. Maunder

ran away to and Mr. W. B Finnigan. they could have had no part. ed and on September 2 he was ined: "Yes, and I

The hearing was adjourned to house. at about 11 p.m. together INDEED, THE PCOROMS becne of the rooms of the boarding, Wanchai."

every mark of careful organiza-

with two other men, named Wong 10 a.m. to-day. tion and also of official condona-

1972

never

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Notice of Declaration of Third

Interim Dividend.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Third Interim Dividend of five pence per share for the financial year ending 31st March, 1939. has been declared by the Direc. ters of the Company in Brisbane payable on 15th December. 1938 to Shareholders on the Registers at Brisbane and Singapore, on 11th December, 1938.

WORLD HORRIFIED

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sympathy for the anti-Jewish riots or with the suppression of Jewish newspapers and cultural activities September 1.

which has been ordered in Ger- many, for this is again to make the innocent pay for a crime in which

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two of in the morning and the Impotence

NOTICE is also hereby given ton. Otherwise, it would be im- that the Singapore Transfer Repossible to explain the simultaneous

closed be gisters will

from outbreaks all over the Reich at the l

hour Thursday, Bth December, to curious Wednesday,

December, 14th 1938, both days inclusive, for the preparation of Dividend War rants.

By Order of the Board,

DERRICK & Co,

.

Chartered Accountants,

Local Secretaries.

Hongkong Bank Chambers,

SINGAPORE, 12th Nov.," 1938.

196:

of one of the

most efficient OFFICIAL

police forces in

the world to stop

on

FOUND

clock ACCUSED

NOT GUILTY

CONDONATION

the wholesale looting of Jewisn shops. Such activity as the police'

directed. WB.S manifested against the looters but against

TIOL

Robbery Charge

At Sessions

Two men, Ng Ping and Fok Lun,

their victims and against persons who were charged before Mr. Jus- who were endeavouring to obtain tice E. H. Williams at the Criminal, photographic records of burning sessions yesterday with robbery by two or more, were discharged when synagogues.

a verdict of not guilty was returned

"

RELIEF SHIP DUE TO SAIL

S.

Supplies For Canton's Needy Formerly of the Yangtze River run. the B. and freighter Wuchang, 3,204 tons, will leave Hongkong to-morrow for Caatan, carrying on board her a large quantity of food and clothing for the refugees in Canton."

President: Mr.

STOLE DRESSING

MOVI

of

of

because capitalism

It is

which

the the

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state-

structure

that

rests

on

war

United Front in China and of the Popular Front in Europe has re- placed the doctrine of world re- CHINA AND SOVIET RUSSIA

volution as an active principle in the field of international" affairs to prepared If you are not

in this period of Fascist aggression: "mediate with Soviet Russia at As I am not and have never been a your side. "I beg you to reconsider Communist, I, do not pretend to your present or contemplated ap speak in the exact idiom of the proach to peace and try to imple-elect. But I believe that I am ex- ment British League obligations in

Government.

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a sense that leaves Britain without pressing the sense of the ideology GOWNS

any commitments towards "China underlying Soviet foreign polley: the doctrinal tinction between Sentence of alx weeks' hard la-or in any danger of a conflict with and on this point I draw no dis bour was imposed on Chung Wah-Japan. I have in mind the opinion ko, unemployed, when he appeared held in certain high Chinese circles teachings of the Comintern and before Mr. R. Edwards at the Cen-, that the British Government would the political views of the Soviet tral Court yesterday charged with not view with favour the establish-

„SOVIET RÚSSIA AS the theft of six dressing gowns ment of close Sino-Soviet relations

PEACE-POWER the in the spirit of the unwritten from a car parked outside

Kuomintang-Soviet understanding China Emporium.

which first enabled the Kuamin- There is another reason. Soviet the conquest of Russia is a Peace-Power in the tang to begin

in which Britain. THEFT OF HANDBAG national power at Wuhan in 1927 precise sense

the United States LTE

The fact that conditions differ France,

Appearing before Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Court yesterday on fundamentally from those of 1927 Peace-Powers; and she finds her- a charge of theft of a handbag does not appear to be convincing self opposed to Nazi Germany, trom a woman at Queen's Road to the right wing within the Na-Fascist Italy and Militarist Japan Government. Foreign im- for the same material and moral Central, Cheng Hon-chau, unem-tional

sentenced to ployed, was

six perialism was then on the defen- reasons which compel the demo- months' hard labour and was re-sive, wishing only to retain its cratic Peace-Powers to be opposed treaty rights and privilèges, where to the three Aggressor-Powers. The a structural re- commended for banishment..

as Japanese imperialism is to-day latter demand The first foreign merchant ship

It is reported that industrial on the offensive, determined to distribution of the world in viola- and tion of rights which condition the to go to Canton since its occupa- tion by the Japanese, the Wuching magnates in the United States conquer and annex China Mr. J. B. Prentis. Assistant Crown will carry, among other thing 5,000 have invested capital of G$8,000. necessarily to liquidate the treaty life of civilised men and in utter assisted by Sergeant Wilcox, Mr. Prentis said that

THE ONLY REDEEMING FEA- by a jury comprising Messrs. V. TURE about the whole hideous Walker (Foreman), Yu Fook-chin, affair is that, the Jews, with some Lim En-tet, J. G. R. Hamble, Wong! exceptions, were spared their lives: Wah-ding. Yuen Kwok-ching and as the tale of suicides shows, some

GUNNERS GIVEN they were spared nothing else, and B. Soltau.

TWO YEARS' PRISON

tiating between it and any other

of them chose death as the lesser Solicitor. prosecuted. and was pleces of padded clothes. 2.003000 for the establishment of an arti- rights of otherForeign Powers. disregard of restraints which dis-

evil.

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case of highway robbery by two or/ DEPLORED upon defenceless and junk was coming down stream Into!

the

BY

motor ambulances.

the women

IN BETWEEN RACES

AT VALLEY

within the If Greater Germany is being blankets. 5,000 pieces of winter cla slik factory." It will be in And equally unconvincing to the tinguish men from beasts of prey. In Government is the view that, be founded on the dead liberties of maclothes, 5,000 coats for children, troduced into the hosiery business doubting Thomases PROPAGANDIST NO FOREIGN

named Ng Min intended to bring 5,000 lbs. of knitted goods, 1,000 and it is hoped bent upon blackening Germany: "I have given careful considera-

Ings made of raw silk imported "dog in the manger." more es- the blood of slaughtered men in tion to your case and I cannot find before the world could outdo the 0 worth of steamed water grass plculs of beans and 5.000 picule of America will like to make their cause Britain cannot assist China, Europe north of the Alps and I

to Hongkong..

from Japan. Japanese financial pecially as the adoption of Dr. Sun China. It is because the social and any reason whatever for differen- tale of burnings and beatings, of from Chinese territory in junk rice. There are also a number products as substitutes for stock she will hardly play the role of the Greater Japan is rising, soaked in

blackguardly assaults

About 2 p.m. on October 10 the

It is estimated that 50.000 Chin-circles are said to be very wormed Yat-sen's foreign policy of co-class prejudices of the ruling bperation with Soviet Russin may bourgeoisie in Britain, in France, in the United States darken men's staymg in the refugee on learning of this news. Innocent

mind and vision and lead them to people

he New Territories when a boat ese are

see in Soviet Russia a foe. But if more persons. Moreover, your mill-

GERMANS which has disgraced

which contained four men, two of camps in Canton, most of them that country#Millions tary records hardly bear scrutiny.

peace is a vital British interest. The Wuchang will also carry a

then Soviet Russia must be re- You have brought disgrace not only

of Germans must detest the dis-whom were armed, ordered them being women and children,

cognised as a necessary ally of un yourselves, but also on

honour done to their name, and stop. Under threat of revolvers

ton, part of the lot of over 10091

Britain. Even with French war- uniforms of your regiment.”

pirate boat. Their in- These were the remarks made by the responsibility which they have the cargo was transferred to the few hundred bags of mail for Can-

Dower and American war-power, two accused" were at present lying at the Post Office. been made to share.

When the

The ship has been chartered by Justice, Bir.

British war-power will be unable fluence, no doubt, counts for little, Lindsell, at R. E.

to cope with the Aggressor-Powers. In the new world war which is now the Criminal Sessions yesterday now, and it is certain that foreign arrested they declared that they

armed men and had been forced Distress in China, when he sentenced John Thomas dignation counts for no more had previously been robbed by two the British Fund for the Reller of

in course of development, the de- cisive Power will be Soviet Ruiz with her immeasurable strength in men, in seroplanes and other fac- tors of war-power, and in her will and discipline of steel...

the Acting Justice

Chief

Immediately.

Phelan

and Frederick Thomas Hamer, both of the 24th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery to two NATIONS CANNOT be brought in book save by the consequences years' hard labour each.

to assist in the rebbery in question.

OPERATION ON BOARD SHIP

It will be recalled that on Friday of their own excesses, and the the two accused pleaded guilty to lessons of experience may be slow robbing a Chinese carpenter of 38 In coming. The education of one

A successful operation for ap- at Kennedy Town Praya on Octo- people by the opinion of

The prosecution alleged peoples is a vain hope. and dependicitis was carried out by a that the carpenter was struck and nunciation is an empty indulgence. woman doctor. Dr. Mary Saunders,

ber. 19.

after a search, the money wiS taken away from his person.

THE WEATHER

An ·untisual spell' of warm weather have come upon Hong kong.

The temperature for the best part of yesterday was little short of 80 and at lunch time it was actually 80.0 degrees.

This is expected to contlane for another 24 hours after which a cooler spell is anticipated.

other

or

board the Burns Philp

Was

JUNK PIRACY

Cargo Of Pigs Stolen

A cargo junk while sailing near British

THE GERMAN PRESS attempts, steamer.. Neptuna, while it Fu Tau Man Pasa, in

however distantly, to implicate an Its way from Hongkong to waters, was attacked by a virate

British statesmen such as

Mr. Australia recently.

woman Winston Churchill, Mr. Anthony One of the very few

there are. Dr. Eden and Mr. A. Duff Cooper, in ship's surgeons the Paris outrage.

Saunders adopted her vocation to see the world.

This is not merely BEITISH ludicrous but wholly STATESMEN intolerable. On the ASSAIĻED

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craft and robbed of its cargo of pigs on Saturday. A foki was wounded.

A report of the piracy was made to the police by Chan Mun-tsu, master of the junk. He stated that; the pirates fired on his craft before available, the youthful assassin had reason to fear than to instigate. boarding it and slightly wounded no sccomplices. His was an act of The Nazi revenge has been one of Lai Bal-change

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an isolated individual such as the the most terrible things of the Lal was taken to the Queen Jewish world had much better century and entirely unpardonable. Mary Hospital for treatment.

Eleventh Extra Race meating on

Hongkong's rubber is largel from Malaya. This is due to the..

*custome the local fact that authorities adopt protective mea- sures with regard to rubber; mer- chandise from the Dominions. Dar- ing the European crisis in Septem- ber, the price of rubber per plcul had dropped down to about $36. Recently it has rizen, to $70 per plcul, which is three times higher than the prices of three yearN SEO-LUS The market price of rubber is now gradually becoming stable...

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