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JOURNEY FROM CANTON

Interesting Talk Before H.K. Rotary Club

An adventurous trip," "By. Foot irem Cantou to mônggung,” in the course of which he and a Chinese friend were captured as spies, was described by Mr. Kurt Jogison, formerly a Canton journalist; to the Hongkong Rotary Club at the weekly luncheon to the Roof Gardea of the Hongkong Hotel yesterday.

The Hon Dr L Shu-fan presided, and welcomed the following Visiting Rotarians: J. C. Hutchison (Peiping). T. C. Yu (Tientsin), J. M. Hansen (Nanking) and Gordon King (Tsinan). Guests were Messra. C. Y. Wu (Chungking), C. O. Lin (Hankow), T. J. Chen (Shanghai), Dr. R. G. Brown (Brisbane), and Mesays, Walter Hanming Chen, F. H Loseby, F. V. Jensen, R. S. Kerr, J. C. Eager, H. G. WI- llams and Dr. D. J. Valentine of Hongkong.

gigantic rambling den, they came to the environs of Bhekki, and with it their biggest thrill-arrest by the local authorities as spies.

The Chairman read Christmas After further travel by sumpan and New Year greetings trom Ro- and on foot, Curing which they tary Clubs of Hornsey, Oldham, niet with one or two minor ad- Norwich and Omaha, Nebraska. ventures, and entered & town Mr. Joelson Bald his talk was which was practically in the hands about a trip he had recently made of criminals who had turned it inta Tom Canton, surtly after its pc cupation by the Japanese, to Hongkong. He knew it was - possible to make the journey alone, as many other foreigners, mostly newspapermen, had attempted it and falled When ose tried to get Dut Di Japanese-occupied STORA one had to contend not only with the risk of being machine-gunned by Japanese planes, but also that of being shot at by Chinese guerillas His Search for a companion even tually ended when he came across

After suffering many hours of captivity, and going through 2 form of court-martial, in which a statement, allegedly signed by his companion, to the effect that he was indeed a spy, was read out, the speaker was taken to military

headquarters in Shekki under the guard of eight soldiers. There an- other hearing was held and the speaker and his friend were even-

a former Chinese officer who was tually released after It was reveal- also anxious to get to Hongkonged that the latter had been threa- They left the city on a Monday tened with death unless he "coa- mornung, the speaker having care-fessed."

dily hidden himself at the bottom After that the travellers' troubles a junk, for though the Japanese were over. They were given passes had inaugurated a junk service be, allowing them to roam around Canton and Fatshan, for. Shekki, and in the end they hired Ligners could not use it and there a bicycle and after a four hours' were guards on the river. This ride reached Macao and safety. particular junk was not searched

tween

and they got through

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Called upon to thank the speak-

From Cuntén to Fatshan they jer, Mr. R Ching said they had found the whole countryside de- listened to the address with in- serted. At the latter city "at which terest, adoration and gratitude. they arrived at 5 pm, they were Ms. Joelson seemed to have lived gladly .welcomed at the British up to the traditions of the pro Methodist Mission, which was then fession in "taking each risk as it being run by two gentlemen and came. He still had to face perhaps a tady, who were doing excellent the greatest risk.however.-that of work for the gufte. Ing.

'going back to Canton.

ANTI-RAT WAR

IN COLONY

According to Information receiv-

ed from reliable quarters the anti- rat campaign, started on January 1. 1939, has resulted in over 1,500, C00 rodent casualties.

The campaign has proved so started since it. successful that there has not been one case of plague-infected rat discovered. The last infected rats were found in

1929.

In addition to being carriers of disease, rats create er.ormous damage to stored food and goods. They probably cost the Colony at least $1,000,000 a year.

DEATH FOR

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HIGHWAY

ROBBERY

Drastic German

Law

The strictness of the new Ger- man law against "gangster crimes" is shown by the case of Heinfich Janys, aged 23, who was sentenced to death by the Hanseatie Special Court in Hamburg for highway robbery.

The Hanseatic court sentenced a 21-year-old man, Wolfgang Stock-

In twelve months, a pair of ratelossa, to death for highway robbery

can produce 1.200 offspring. It under the law. Both men had

probable that twice or thrice as many rats as human beings in- habit Hongkong.

The Hongkong Government once

robbed taxicab drivers.

According to an official inter- pretation of the law, which "has just been Issued," an offender

paid five cents for every rat cap-renders himself able to the death tured and handed over to the Sanitary, Department.

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penalty even if he halts a car by

waving to the driver, rides in it, But the payment of rewards as-und leaves it again without having sumed such gigantic proportions carried out a robbery, provided it that the offer was withdrawn. It can be proved that a robbery was was discovered that Chinese were importing dead rats from Canton and Macao in order to sell them to the Hongkong Government!

COLONY HEALTH

BULLETIN

The health report for the week ended midnight January 7, gives

the following figures:-

Cholera, 2 cases, 1 death; small- pox, 8 cases, 5 deaths; diphtheria, 10 cases, 7 deaths; scarlet fever, 1 case; enteric fever; 7 cases, 2 deaths; measles, 22 cases, 8 deaths; chicken-pox, . 2 cazes; cerebro- spinal meningitis, 3 cases, 1 death; dysentery, 18 cases, 8 deaths; puer- peral fever, 2. cases; 112 deaths of tuberculosis,

The return for Monday lists alx cases of measles five cases of dysentery, four cases of enteric

planned.

The mere placing of obstacles on the roadway with the object of stopping a car in order to robit may cust the obstructionist his head even if no car passes during the time that the obstacle is in position.

URGE STOPPAGE

OF SCRAP IRON

FOR JAPAN Proteste against the shipping of American scrap tron to Japan for use in manufacture of war materials have been sent to Washington by the San Diego Ministerial Association,, the San Diego Peace Commit- tee and the Women's Inter- national League for Peace and, Freedom.

Petitions signed by more than

fever, three cases of chicken-pox, 1,000 men and women of Ban Diego

two cases of cerebro-spinal men-have gone to President Roosevelt Ingitis and one case of diptheria.

ATTEMPTED ESCAPE

A further attempt to escape from camp was made on Monday night by a number of Chinese soldiers. who are interned by the British authorities at Malaucheong Camp, in Kowloon City.

and Secretary of State Cordell Hull, accompanied by a letter signed by Dr. Walter J. Sherman, and Kate H. Dewing, chairman of the Pance Committee and the Women's Lea- gue respectively.

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"We believe that if the State De- partment had the power to apply so unjustly the provisions of the Neutrality Act in the case of war- torn Spain, the State Department priacner. The man was recaptured can find a way to halt this trade

Kumaon Rifle guards were forced

to Are and wounded an escaping

and is now in hospital.

in those materials which are used

An attempt to escape on Christ to murder Chinese people, and mas Eve proved successful and the prisoner, in this case has not yet been recaptured

make possible the seizure of their homeland" the protest read, in part.

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