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KONG..

PROBATE JURISDICTION.

IN THE GOODS of Paul Henry King residing at the Royal Hotel Guernsey in the Channel Islands and also care of Lloyds Bank Limited Guernsey, Retired Commis. sioner of Chinese Customs, deceased.

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All Creditors and others are accordingly hereby required to send their claims to the under signed on or before that date.

Dated the 13th day of Febru ary, 1939.

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HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

Notice is hereby given that the Ordinary Yearly Meeting of the Shareholders in this Corpora. tion will be held at the Head Office of the Corporation, No. 1, Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong, on Saturday, the 25th February 1939, at 11.30 a.m, for the purpose of receiving the Re- port of the Board of Directors together with a Statement of Ac. counts for the year ending 31st December 1938.

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both days inclusive) which period no transfer of shares cau be registered.

during

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HONORONG, FRARY 14, 1939.

EDITORIAL

CORRESPONDENCE

H.K. CHINESE

VOLUNTEERS -

(The Editor "Hongkong Daily Press"I Sir,-A few months ago a mass one of whom carried a retiver, en-..signation in No.. 3 Company of the KK.V.D.C, was threatened, for tered the premises.

the reason

Kong Nau, who occupied the flat, teld the police that the two men landing threatened her at the

en she pened the door in WAT le a knock. One of the men had some letters and papers in his hand.

When he raised the alarm, the other

* man fred shot which fortunately missed her. The men then escaped into the street.

No one was injured and nothing. was stolen.

Mr. Peter Kwong, and his bride, formerly Miss Ena Fung who were married on Saturday last. (Photogem Studios).

ADEQUATE DEFENCE IS SACRED DUTY OF GOVERNMENT WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 Reuter) In a world-wide, broadcast to- day. Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary for State. said that in the present world conditions. the maintenance of adequate defence forces was the any government sacked duty 1

at the offices of Messrs. Jardine, HAINAN LANDING and condlet raunting the world.

noon.

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Matheson & Co., Ltd., Hong Kong, on FRIDAY, the 17th day of February, 1939, at 12 o'clock to transact the ordinary business of the Company.

AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that the REGIS. TER OF MEMBERS of the Company will be CLOSED from FRIDAY, the 3rd to FRIDAY, the 17th February, 1939, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board W: F. SIMMONS, Secretary, Hong Kong: 25th Jan., 1939.

THE STAR FERRY CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO

SHAREHOLDERS.

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worthy of its name. 1

With the siretre of a new major the issue of war and peace became WHILE GRAVE apprenenaton an Intense personal one:

exists among the leading "As a nation we are convinced Democratie Powers as a result of there are no international differ- the landing of the Japanese forcesences which cannot be settled by at Hothow and Kiungchow, on the peaceful-adiustment; yet we also Island of Hainan, the Chinese know that circumstances may arise Government is inclined to look in when the nations will to re- upon the matter with unusual calm main at peace may be thwarted by and to treat it merely as another the action" of others."

the invaders. The point lost to

that it was believed that Chinese Volunteers were to receive less rate of pay than the European and other volunteers. The matter was sald to be settled by the authorities giving assurance that all volunteers would receive equal treatment and rate of pay. It was ex- Irrespective of race. plained, I was told, that only Chi- nese regulars received less pay than the European regulars.

It is said that, if a war breaks out, all the volunteers will automatically become regulars. In that case, will the Chinese Volunteers receive a lower rate

of pay on the same scale as Ex-

the Chinese regulars?

phasis must be made that it is not the pay that concerns the the Chinese Volunteers, but principle of equality.

A statement from the authorities w!! I am sure, be appreciated by all concerned,

The practical training of the vo- lunteers as a whole appears inade- quate. To give one instance, one company which is supposed to, be thoroughly efficient in the hand- ing of the pistol. practised only twice at the range in about a year. and, when the results were not as good as the O/C might have liked. he, blamed the men, which is not fair. The Chinese Police Reserves. I understand from very good su thority, go to the range with their

NEW CINEMA IN COLONY

CATHAY OPENS TO-DAY

The newly built Cathay Theatre in Wanchal Road will open to-day.

Suitably selected to commemor ut the grand opening, the man- agement has selected fine fim. "Battle of Broadway." for screen- ina.

The new Cathay Theatre.

TUESDAY.

The Dilemma of Japan

FEBRUARY 14, 1939.

Series I

HIRANUMA-LORD HIGH

EVERYTHING ELSE?

WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN JAPAN? Super-Fareir Hiranuma took the political stage with the flourish of a Kabuki hero to the accompaniment of the woude. clappers wielded by Wang Ching-wel. The strong mun of Japan, albeit an old man, had come to take over the destiny of that unhappy country from the hands of the weakling, Prince Konoye, who had failed in his boastful threat to beat the infamous Chinese to thetz. knees.". The highly geared war machine of Nippon under the hands of its high priest, Itagaki, was going to sweep down from Hankow and inwards from Canton --to finish the war and establish a new Order in the Sar East--Pax Japonten.

had the

avowed

Hiranumia the Mikado's Prime them as instruments in the. Ger. Minister,

alm man struggle against Great Bri- And this is exactly what has to quell the resistance which was stain. developing to an alarming extent been happening. amor the political parties against

the reckless ambitions

of the and

Tanaka-ites," who, young

III ANTI-FUREIGNISM

Anti-foreignism in the Japanese

old, visualize Japan as the con-is inbred

It is psychological with

queror of the world. He was the the ruling classes to fear the in-

champion of the Imilitary Fascists

BY

PERCY CHEN

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who expected

him to be and are

stllurging hin

to be "Lord High

lint.

The formation of Party ustensibly

Д

unifying

fluence ot

the foreigner. (and foreigner also in- cludes the Chi-

nese),because the

Japanese as a race

verything" or a Japanese Musso- is an unimaginative creature. The adoption of Chinese culture in the National past and the imitation of Western but methods since Commander Perry

really limiting all political activi- bombarded Yokohama rests like The new theatre embodies mosties to a small minority of military stigmas upon the super-nation- up-to-date architecture and the Fascists and their poëtical hench-alists who dream of the imposition And in of Japanese kultur on the entire interior is decorated in quiet, but men was the gual set harmonious colours.

well-informed Far Eastern circles, world. This is a dream which the The sound system and lighting though the goal was thought to coriquest of Manchuria was to be- be unattainable It was felt that sin; to be followed by the seizure are good.

urification North China; then all China, come semblance of would be achieved in view of the followed by the invasion of India

All this was. grave and dangerous position in and the South Seas. which Japan finds herself to-day to be done by the ever victorious united Japanese Imperial Army and Navy, It was thought that a national front would be created even if it meant the use of some- thing more than persuasion upon the leaders of the Minselto, and Selyukat.

pistols almost every other week. COLONIAL

FLS

No wonder, the volunteers are nowhere in pistol emciency compared with the Police Reserves. It is, of course, realized that it Is impossible to achieve 100 per cent. eficiency in the training of the antiquated Volunteers with

and limited funds equipment avaliable. but it is time that the authorities should remedy these defects.

The training the volun- teers are getting seems better suit- ed for guerilla warfare rather than front-line defence.

There are many unpleasant" things that one can say about Al the "amateur soldiering." same time, there are also many Rond points about it.

There is, however. one serious thing which cannot be allowed to One can. pass without comment. not see why the volunteers should be shouted about with profanc language as if they are beggars or coolles when they have to apply for things that are needed. Even beggars and coolles should not he treated in that way. Many of us have been shocked with the inel-

villty and the language of some

Although

one at Headquarters. most of these volunteers are pri vates must be remembered that they are only "volunteers" and are trying to do their little bit for the Colony, and some of them hold very responsible and respected positions in civil life. They are not used to such language and man-

than good to the H.K.V.D.C.. es- pecially with regard to recruiting. DESCRIBED by Generalissimo

I know many who would have en- Chiang Kai-shek as one of the Joyed "volunteering" in spite of its inconventences at times, but their major events since the commence- ment of the Bino-Japanese War, keenness has sadly deteriorated by the latest Japanese undertaking, the kind of "bullying" received at the ONE-THIRD the size of their successful, and there is no rea-

Headquarters. Whoever is

must not United Kingdom, Hainan, which is to believe that it will be, wi

responsible officer, he the largest island possession of bea turning point in the status forget that he' is a servant of the the Chinese Republic, is a spot of of the Pacific as it is Japan's in-public, who pays his salary, and the greatest strategie importance tention to dominate the ocean the volunteers are part of the since it commands all trade, naval, with her navy. The Japanese ap public.

not entirely a task which will prove to be by hers, which will do more harm

of the no means easy.

landing is the result of long pre- parations and was unexpected as Tokyo had drawn up plans for the seizure territory long ago in spite of her vigorous protestations that she dia not for a moment contemplate Buch action.

air and military routes to the Farparently hope, by gaining posses- East from Europe, Australia and sion of Hainan, to place themselves

A PRIVATE.

EXHIBIT AT

WORLD FAIR

(Continued from Page 1) welfare, health and social services rather than in the direction of trade and commerce.

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Ad American writer once stated that "the Japanese are not civiliz ed: they are merely mechanized." The sense of logic of a Japanese is weak, his knowledge of dialectics is undiscernible while his sense of proportion is faulty to the extreme. NEW NATIONAL PARTY

These racial failings are respon- The creation of a new National

sible for anti-foreignism.. Party has actually taken place. It

Diplomatic manoeuvres by Japan vis-a-vis the Anglo-American- I decided, therefore, that, while is but a shadow of the magnificent

com-Fascist one-party structure which French front. which is formed. not climinating everything mercial from the exhibit health. the would-be Lord High Every calls for some concession. Maybe It is In the form of the opening of the education and other social services thing" Hiranuma desired. should be given the predominant comprised of only the sprats among Yangtze or the Pearl River to for- the political groups in Japan which

eign navigation. Anti-foreigners emphasis.

in Japan, however, is so The situation may be summed have bowed to the will of Hir-

numa and the sabre-rattling ter- among the general populace that up as follows.

His Majesty's Government in the costs of Japan, the military Fas- the Government would be unable United Kingdom are "impressed cists.

According to Trans-Ocean, the anted to. with the essential importance of providing such a Colonial exhibit rew Party will include the Toho- at New York as will be really ka, Kokumin Domel, a part of the The Party is to effective and likely to make its Shokultaishutc mark on the imagination of the he led by the well-known oppor- unist, Seigo Nakano, who has fit- American people.

They have further decided thatted from group to group with the as a matter of high policy it" is inconsistency of a Mussolini,

The bigger" fisb of Japanesec desirable that the official Colonial

strong

to make the concession if even it

IV

GERMANY'S ADVANTAGE

The anti-Commintern alliance.

finitely more to the political and created by von Ribbentrop, is de- diplomatic advantage of Germany

exhibit should stress not the com- polties, the Minseito and the Bel- than to that of Japan. If the Japan- they are worse diplomats than can mercial side of the Colonial Em-vukal will have nothing to do with ese had failed to realize this, then be imagined. And the withdrawal pire but its achievements in regard the fascistisation of Japanese poli- instead of being

of the Germán military advisers to public welfare, and that thetical life and. work preparing the exhibit cowed by the threats and pressure from China was too minute in its should be put in the hands of a cf Hitanuma. are openly agitatins consequences to be considered an

"

and

single

organization, namely the against the war in China

trommitting herself to the policy of Colonial Empire Marketing Board. against the anti-Comintern Pact.ge gained by Japan from jantagonism towards Great Britain. Ir Not only would the expense, be

France, America, and the Soviet most practically prohibitive to

MOST REMARKABLE FEATURE

Perhaps the most remarcable Union. Dependencies if they set up in- dividual exhibits, but there are feature of the dilemma in which Antagonism against the anti- other powerful reasons militating Japan is to-day and the deadlock Comintern. Pact in Japan has been against the likelihood of success that has arisen out of the failure aroused particularly because the each Colony made its own arof the military operations in China invasion of South China was taken rangements.

is the reaction that is taking place as a direct result of that Pact. In my opinion, it is not too in all sections of the populace The expeditionary force drawn much to say that Colental exhi-against the anti-Comintern agree-from the best units of the Kwan- bits of a semi-commercial nature ment. And this antagonism is not ung (Japanese) Army appeared in such as were on view at Glasgow confined to the political parties transports off Formosa at the tline would be quite unsuitable for New which were originally founded on of the crisis of Munich at the in: York. The British pavilion (which liberal principles but has spread stigation of German diplomats.

The invasion of Bouth China was will house the United Kingdom.leven to the circles in which the Australia and New Zealand as well military Fascists ware supposed to Japan's contribution to the anti- as the Colonial Empire) is there-have had their roots and to which Comintern Pact for the purpose of fore being co-ordinated is a com- they looked for their strongest supbringing pressure to bear upon Great Britain in the Far East, The

port.

"COST OF EXHIRIT

In the programme of the newly failure of the invasion, has thrown The exhibit as at present plan-formed "party of concentration." It the Japanese war machine out of.. is stressed that the party will be gear and has brought her fave to ned will cost not far short

£10,000 (the

This realization is now entirely independent of any foreign face with the realization of the exact amount can

influence.

And whereas formerly defeat.'

the Philippines, as well as the in a strong position diplomatically PEN PALS WANTED plete whole. south Asian Peninsula and islands. Insofar as their negotiations with and the Sparsely populated, it comprises Great Britain, France

are concerned; to exceptionally fertile but undevel-United States oped land and its products are threaten France by forcing that mostly sugar-cane, сорга, rice, country to end the transportation

little of supplies to the Chinese Govern.space in your valuablė paper to still not be stated), and the co there were people in Japan who becoming clearer to widening cir- salt and fish, as well as a FIRST ORDINARY YEARLY rubber. The mineral wealth of ment via French Indo-China; and make a plea for pen pals from

NOTICE

IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE FORTY

[To the Editor, The Hongkong Daily Press "1 Sir-Will you kindly allow me

of

will in the first instance be borne

to

Later, it will become clear Hongkong or any other British of

by the Colonial Empire Marketing accused the Government of cater-cles of the ruling classes in Japan. colonies.

I collect stamps and would lice Board. I do not think, however, to British wishes, at the pre- to exchange stamps. I can ex- that it would be possible to justify et time the objection to foreign widening strata and clames of the the whole of the cost of the ex-influence is based more upon a Japanese population. And the laws change magazines for stamps.

February, 1939, at 11.30 am. elaborate plans for Hainan's deve! very serious situation. They are and would Uke to hear from any at the disposal of the Board (that mimation than the hopes of very studied from the military (silurer

MEETING OF THIS COM. the island has not yet been tapped to cut of the transportation PANY will be held at the Office but it is believed to be enormous further Chinese supplies with a her of Messrs. Jardinc, Matheson & and to include gold, coal and tin. view to bringing China to

During recent years, the Chinese knees.

·Co., Ltd. on Friday, the 24th Government has been making THE POWERS are faced with a for the purpose of receiving the opment and a railway track was watching with anxiety and It is Report of the Directors together to follow the immense coast-line. most likely that they will be com with a Statement of Accounts In addition, it was contemplated pelled to revise their positions so to spend millions of dollars for far as the Sino-Japanese War is concerned. Generalissimo Chiang

for the year ended 31st Decem. Investment. ber, 1938.

The Register of Shares of the Company will be CLOSED from Friday, the 17th February, 1939, to Friday, the 24th Februa. ary, 1939, both days inclusive.

By order of the Board of Directors,

of Kai-shek has uttered a warning ONLY A SMALL garrison troops and militiamen were re-which the Powers would do well sponsible for the defence of the to heed., Japan, he says, has dis- land while the maintenance of closed her true intentions arid it. law and order rested in the hands is up to the Powers to check her of a little police force. The Hal- from carrying out her dangerous

sturdy people, some of adventure, an

panese,

or girls.

I promise to answer all letters hibit being borne from the funds fear of German ideological do- of human conduct that can be concrete European Fascist ass and economic maladjustments of 1905 in Imperial Russia, and in one from 15 to 30 years of age, boysla in effect, from funds provided|unce to Japan.

the United Kingdom tax- by

Doubts are creeping into the 1918 in Imperial Germany will be payer).

minds of the Japanese of the obeyed in Imperial Japan in 19. If this were done, it would in-strength of the anti-Comintern The next article appearing evitably attract criticism in Pariance and the feeling is growing on Wednesday will be "The Hament and elsewhere to the effect more and more that Hitler and German Band Master and the that an exhibit representative of von Ribbentrop have been using Japanese Performers." the Colonies was being put up at New York and yet no money was being contributed to wards it.

Yours Sincerely,

(Mr.) MURDO- A. MORRISON, Box 48 Scotstown

Qué. Canada.

NORTH ATLANTIC

Colonial

#

means

territory under your administra- I feel that, as a matter of printion.

The total yield of a contribution adventure which

AIR SERVICE

ciple, there should be a token con- whom are aborigines, are known may ultimately plunge the world

'WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (T/tribution from the Colonial Em- of this amount would be in the

that you may region of £2,700; which to be excellent and determined into another disastrous war. So

American Airways pire; and I trust guerilla fighters, who will put up far as China's stand is concerned, Ocear)-Pan a stcut resistance against the the Sino-Japanese war will not be to-day applied for licence to open find it possible to make the neces that in any event the greater part

contribution to the New York Fair funds of the Board. Japanese should the latter decide affected by the landing at Hainan: regular air service to Europe via sary provision for a reduced token of the birden will fall upon the

on the North Atlantic,

I have, etc. to try and occupy the laland. The the war will be decided

(SD.) MALCOLM MACDONALD, invaders may, therefore, be assured) mainland, not by the occupation 34 that they have set for themselver of another Island.

C. M. MANNERS,

Secretary. Hong Kong, 30th Jan, 1939.

The date of opening of this new service has not yet been fixed.

of one two-hundredth part of one per cent. of the revenue of the

164 KILLED IN MADRID

LONDON, Feb. 13 (Reuter) Casualties in air raids on Mediter-

artillery bombardment yesterday' in Madrid are given as 163 dead ranean centres and the half-hour

and 143 wounded.