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EDITORIAL

THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1940.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS The Daily Press B.F.R.D.C. APPEALS FOR COLONY HEALTH Hello & Goodbye

GOVERNMENT BİLLS, ETC. "A"

TENDERS for DOLLARS current in this Colony, for tele. graphic transfer, on the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, London, up to and for the sum of £150,000, will be received by the Treasury Chest Officer, Command Pay Om;e, until 10.15 a.m, on the 11th January, 1940.

The tenders to state the total amount (in pounds sterling). No telegraphic transfer will be! raade for less than £100, but tenders for sums

above that amount to suit the convenience of the tenderers will be consi. dered.

"The tenders to be in duplicate, and in sealed covers, addressed to the Treasury Chest Officer, Com. mand Pay Office, and endorsed "Tenders for Government Bills, etc."

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„HONGKONG, JANUARY 11, 1940

PROFITEERS IN JAPAN

$400,000 FOR 1940

Audited Account Of Fund For Second Half Of 1939

1)

The following letter has been re- for orthopaedie hospital (CNS18- ceived from Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo, 000)—$5,142.85 ̧ ̧

Hon. Secretary of the British Fund By Wal Chow Commitee-$10,- for Relief of Distress in China, 000 Hongkong & Souch China Branch:—/

I shall be graceful if you will be so kind as to give publicity to this letter, and to the accompanying audi:ed account of the Fund' In respect of the second half year of

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The Board destres to express publicly its sense of appreciation and gratitude to Messrs. Percy Smith, Seth and Fleming for hav- ing undertaken the audit of the accounts of this Fund entirely free

RECENT EDITORIAL in A

the Japan Chronicle pro- vides such a valuable side- light on the state of law and order" in that country and

practices prevalling of charge. the among the mercantile section of

By Canton International Red Cross, Fong Pin Hospital-$5,000

By Canton International Red Cross Service Corps-$29,000

By Hongkong Refugee and social Welfare Cosnell (Food Kitchens July-Dec., 1939)-$15.000

FIVE CASES OF SMALL-POX

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Five cases of aniall-pox, all from Kowloon, were notified to the Health Department on Jan. 9, in addition to thirty-three cases of tuberculosis, “one. of chicken-pox (Imported), two cases of diphtheria and one case of dysentery, ・

FIRE INQUIRY

Case

Continued from Page 1 Leung Hol. 32, blacksmith testi-

ded that he lived in the cockloft above the third oor of No. 482, Shanghai Street with his wife and By Rev. R. J. Harris (Rellef, mother at the time of the fire. shermen) $3,600

He was at home when the tra By Rev. R. A. Wittenbach (Re-started, and the people on his floor first learned of it when they Hef Chungshan District)$6.000

By Foreign Auxiliary National opened the door on to the stairs Red Cross (blankets)-$16,000 to And these ablaze.

By Rev. E, A. Wittenbach (emer- He took down the cookloft lad- was launched in gency hospital. 3rd Camp Ngan der to the door below where be a supposedly patriotic November, 1938.

Hang)-$1,000

propped it up against the stone According to population at a time when

the audited ac- By Foreign Auxiliary National work on the front verand. The thousands of Japanese sol-counts in respect of the period Red Cross Society (Kwangtung and ladder did not reach the roof, but diers are perishing in China November 1, 1938. to June 30, 1939, Hongkong Chris lan Relief Com- he managed to grasp an iron ring that we devote to it today the the amount expended in actual re-mittee at Yan (Ping) (CN$12,000) above his head and hauled him- self to safety. He called out to whole of this space. The lef during the period amounted to $4,285.71

$318 933.62 (previously published in. By Foreign Auxilary National the others below, but they were article follows: +

the Press), and according to the Red Cross Society (quinine. Kwang- either afraid to risk the climb of

were overcome by the smoke. latest accounts the amount expend- tung and Kwangs)—$16,200

IT HAS TAKEN rather a

ther the new

The right is reserved (1) to accept or reject any or all of the long time for authority to tenders, and, in particular (2) make up its mind on the pro- in case of equality of rate between Eteer, and. for that matter it tenders amounting in all to more still remains to be seen whe

Profiteering than the total sum required, to Control Regulations are going give preference to any tenders to be enforced with the received from Government strictness which the situation stitutions or from the bankers to requires. the Treasury Chest.

Capies of Forms of Tender can be had on application.

"Persons tendering for (Bills) are hereby notified that having regard to the provisions of the Acts 22 George 111 Cap.

45 and 41 George 111 Cap. 52 the acceptance of any such Tender is subject to the express condition that uo Member of the British House of Commons shall be admitted to any shere or part in or to any benefit to arise from the Contract thereby made for the allotment of such (Bills).".

The provisions" in question do not apply to Contracts en. tered into by any incorporated Company in its corporated capacity and made for the general. henefit of the Com-

pany,"

This Fund

ed for actual relief for the second By Hongkong Refugee and Social He made his way along the roof half year of 1939 amounts to $126.- Welfare Council (Food Kitchens. to the fifth house in the block. which was then under repair, and 728.56. making a grand total of Jan.-June, 1940)-$15,000 expenditure for rellef from the

climbed down by the scaffolding commencement of the Fund, in November 1938, to the end of 1999,

of $443.682.18.

If the Fund were to attempt to undertake relief work on a scale 1939 the HITHERTO the anti-pro- approximating that of fiteering laws, enforced by amount required for 1940 would be roughly $400.000, of which, as can erdinance, have been restrict-be seen from the sudited accounts ed in application to specified the amoun: in hard is roughly only new re- $59,407:97. commodities. The

gulations have been broaden-

By Rev. H. A. Wittenbach (special grant typhoon damage)—$500.

Ey stationary and cheque book-

$89.20

By balance being cash at Bank at Dec. 31, 1939, as per certificate $59,407.97

* Total $186,225.73.

TRAP DOOR OPENED The trap door between the second and third floor was open- ed, witness sald, and he saw a woman climbing through it. From the roof he could not see anybody on the third floor verandah of No 480. The fire hoses were being played on the burning buildings as he was making his escape, Leung Ho said, and he got wet

The inquiry will be continued

In view of the smallness of the RELIEF FOR NORTH, while descending.

ed to include everything, and amount in hand, and of the large

REFUGEES

this afternoon.

DETERMINATION TO RESIST ANY AGGRESSION

LONDON, Jan,

,

10 (Reuter)—

the maximum prison term amount required for relief. the KWANGTUNG WAR becomes three years. Pro- Board of Administrators has very Ateering by the retailer.I seriously considered whether they! though dealt with by the should not close he Fund. But SHIUKWAN, Jan. 10 (Central)- same new law, entails much realising the widespread distress Dr. Chung Kao-to and Mr. Chon lighter penalties, offenders prevailing in South China, includ- Chu-hsten, representatives of the being liable to penal servitude Hongkong. the Board feels that National Reller Commission. arTİV- for three months or a fine n spite of the numerous other ed in Shinkwan several days ago!

calls on the public of Hongkong, with $300.000 10: distribution not exceeding Y100.

they would not want this Fund to among the north Kwangtung war The firm stand taken by neutrals be closed for want of support, in refugees.

against the German and Savlet view of the urgent necessity for its

In addition to the amount ap- threats is among the topics dia continuance, and that they would propriated by the National Relief cussed by the British press. readily respond to an appeal, which commission, the Kwangtung Pro- HELP FOR FINLAND the Board now ventures to make vincial Government has also allot "Germany's attempt to frighten through the Press.

ted $50,000 for relief.. A represen- the Scandinavian countries into All donations will be gratefully tative of the Provincial Govern- not giving assistance to Finland," received by the Fund's Bankerment will accompany Dr Chung says the Daily Telegraph, "has The Hongkong & Shanghai Bank and Mr. Chou in their tour of in- merely made then more determin- ing Corporation..

AFTER ALL, there has been reason to think that had the courts always regarded pro- fiteering and breaches of the economic control regulations as grave crimes, respect for these ordinances would have been instilled long ago. The trouble began with the fixing of official cotton prices and the effort to keep pure cotton

SUMMARY fabrics off the domestic mar- ket. Literally there were The summary of receipts and wholesale breaches of these payments from July 1, 1939, to regulations. Even reputable December 31, 1939, is as follows: and leading spinners were in-

RECEIPTS volved, as well as the execu- To balance brought forward be- 16 tives of industrial organiza- ing cash at Bank at June, 30, 1993,

tions, but although the police as per last account-$162.131.73.

To subscriptions and donations proceedings which resulted in prosecution doubtless led from July 1 10 December 31, "1939. to many unpleasant mo-

T. A. MEER,

Major R.A.P.C. Treasury Chest Officer, His Majesty's Treasury Office, Hong Kong.

Sergeants Mess R.A.F. Station,

spection and distribution.

ed than ever to resist aggression.

Of the total. $50,000 will be used). "Sweden has not modified her exclusively for the relief of refugee determination, despite Naz bla

children,

T

ter."

Prof. Brierley

Brierley Discusses Legal Aspect Of British

Nazi Exports

in accordance with certificate of Blockade Of Kal Tak, will not accept responments, the culprits finally Hongkong ang Shangha! Banking

sibility for accounts of any firm whose trading with the Mess has not been approved by the Com- manding Officer.

had no special reason to re gret their enterprise. They were left with a large part of their profits, and in many 13 cases these were enormous.

FOREIGN TRADE OF JAPANESE EMPIRE

TOKYO, Jan, 10 (Reuter)-The foreign trade of the Japartese Em- pire last year totalled 7,060,392,000

Corpn.-$23.552

To Bank interest $542- Total-$188,225.73.

PAYMENTS

By Foreign Auxiliary to the Na-

THUS MR. SHIONO, the tional Red Cross Society of China Minister of Justice, had to

warn procurators and judges

attending the conference of 56 merchants divided ¥300,- law officers held in June last, 000, the profits of a series of that special measures ought cotton deals. Similar sums to be taken against those have been made out of iron, violators of the control re-in fact out of every regulated gulations who went into it commodity, and in each case with their eyes wide open. the profit has finally come There were some, said Mr. out of the pockets of a public

As It Affects Neutrals

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LONDON, Jan. 10 (BWS)-Professor J. L. Brierley, O.B.E., J.P.. D.C.L.. Chichele Professor of International Law, Oxford, in a broad- cast talk, discussed the legal aspect of the British blockade of Ger- man exports as it affected neutrals.

German violation of the Declaration of Paris by sinking both Ailled and neutral merchant ships. regardless of the nature of owner- ship or destination of their cargoes, violation of the Submarine Pro- tocol by which she undertook, as recently as 1936. not to sink mer- chant ships without assuring the safety of their crews, violation of the Eighth Hague Convention which bound her not to lay mines without taking every possible precaution for the security of peace- ful shipping, rendered perfectly justinable, according to internation- al law, British retaliatory action of seizing German exports.

yen, including 3.127,496,000 yen Shiono, who carefully totted which has wondered why Tanker Sinks

Imports and 3,932,896,000 yen ex- up the cost of being found prices are soaring. ports. with an excess of exports out and who decided that the

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PRESENT JAIL ACCOM-

over imports o: 805.400.000 yen. certainty of discovery was no MODATION admittedly would In North Sea

According

were

Admittedly neutrals were ad- versel affected" but the British Prize Court was laying down good law when, in similar circumstances. during the last war, it stated. ""The

right of retaliation is the right of

a belligerent, not concession by a

LONDON, Jan 10 (Reuter) neutral."

"PARIS, Jan 10 (Reuter-As

the other.

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(BY A. W. HYER)

4.

THERE WILL BE 'GREAT ACTIVITY over at the shipping wharves. tomorrow, The American President Line's flagship, will call at our port, Canadian Pacific's "Empress" will salute us "Adios." as she departs for ports across the Pacific, and the Burns, Philp Co.'s trim white motorship will be in from the land of Australia.

day.

from

Imperial Airways inward; Mr. C. A. Arbogast, representa- service is on schedule and tive of Universal Leaf Tobacco, im arrives at Kai Tak this after-Shanghai, is on one of those ex- noon with passengers and tensive business trips. He has just

returned

Calcutta where mail. Pan American Air-

business is splendid and is en route ways' schedule is proving to to Manila. be a "headache" for many Imperial Airways:.. people.

Adverse weather and flying con- WEDNESDAY'S SOUTHBOUND ditions have kept the clippers at service to Bangkok departed their bases and the Philippine fy-at 7 am, Captain J. Davies super- 108-boat due here this week will vising the RMA. Denebola..

Miss D. Hawkings, a teacher of not be here before next Wednes-

the A.B.Cs. is en route to Singa- J.C.J.L. Line:..

pore on a holiday. This passenger from Shanghai suffered a broken THE DUTCH STEAMER in from ankle recently and is enjoying air the north early this week travel and vacation until her in- proved quite a popular transport.jury is healed.

Mr. C. J. Schaap of the Nether- Sydney-bound by air was Mr. R. lands Trading Society in Shanghat A. Colyer who has been on busi- arrived business chiling. Mr. and ness in the North and Japan for Mrs. P. Nicholson, connected with his firm in Australla. the "Shanghai Manufacturing & Mr. R. A. Levi completed the Lumber Co., are combining busi-passenger list; he was travelling ness and a holiday on their visit down to Bangkok. here.

Monday's inward service' of Im- And arriving home was Mr. A. B. perial Airways included Mrs. A. Raworth. director "and branch Wood, of Hongkong, and her two manager of the General Electric young daughters, aged Ave and Co. of China.

three years, respectively. This Twenty-fours hours

the family hati travelled from Dutch steamer was southbound. Southampton by air and were ac- Mr. W. Carroll, brother of the companied by young Mr. R. Clemo, motion picture actress, Nancy Car- relation and student from Eng- roll, has terminated a dancing en-land. The whole family and many gagement here" at the Gloucester triends, including Mr. F. C. Clemo, Hotel and was looking forward to executive engineer of China Light his first visit in Manila with sever- & Power Co. in the Colony were al months engagement at the on hand to give these travellers a Marco Polo Hotel and theatres in gay welcome. the south. After his performances

and

in the Philippines this artiste ex- pects to continue to the United States.

Accompanying the traveller is Miss G. Bond, dancer and Carroll's partner.

Mts. D. McAvoy, one of the most charming visitors to date in our etty and well-known in social, literary and sporting circles, sailed for Manila. It will be recalled that lately this keen young woman met with a severe accident while riding horseback here and con- sequently her health has suffered. She hopes to be returning - but when she did not divulge to the many friends who bade her "bon voyage." Air France;

IT WAS THE VILLE de Hongkong

which called at Kai Tak on Wednesday at 3.40 p.m. on the Air France service.

A very excited and pretty little

blande young lady, accompanied

Mr. R. Clemo, son of Mr. F. C. Clemo, and a recent arrival from England by Imperial Air- ways' service.

by her well-dressed mother, attired British Line: In a costume of navy silk with

The small and jolly Mr. R. R. Roxburgh, brass hat over at John

matching accessories, greeted the A CANADIAN LINER arrived ear- head of the family, Mr. H. Sanger, ly this week from a southern with gusto. This plane voyager call but, sorry to say, there were and Manager of South China Ter- many empty cabins. ritory for the Standard Vacuum Oll Co. was returning home after a week's business excursion.

I Thornycroft & Co., Ltd. returned An interesting visitor and one of home from à business call in Mani- ̈ kind charm is Mr. F. Isako whose la. Mr. S. Howard, of the same short and very heavy figure and a organization, accompanied him. face showing the marks of a rigor-| Mr. and Mrs. T. Harrington were ous and full past attracts atten- residents returning from a busi- tion wherever he goes; arrived ness and holiday visit in the south. from Bangkok." His mission here and Viscount T., Inouye. President is to secure a permit for an en- of Mitsul Bussan Kaishan and" a gagement of his well-known Eu-member of the House of Peera in ropean circus. If he does so be Japan returned from a brief busi- will return south and bring hisness visit in Manila. This famous. troupe to the Colony. We wishi Japanese personality will pay a him the best of luck, a circus is short call in Hongkong en route to

Tokyo. something!

Finding In The

\

Equilibrium Balkans: Italy's

Relations With Turkey

PARIS, Jan. 10 (Havas)-Considerable importance is attached to the meeting of the Council of the Balkan Entente on Feb. 2 in Bel-

grade. It is considered that meeting will establish whether the new cquillbam plan for South-Eastern Europe which was worked out at Venice has chances of success.

Meanwhile, further Italo-Hungarian conversations are taking place and Count Casky will soon be bringing a detalled answer to Signor Mussolini.

It is considered possible that Hungary will agree to forget pro.... visionally her revisionist claims, but this concession is considered in- sufficient for establishing Balkap security. .DEFINITE POLICY.

The active co-operation of Yugo- ! It was a definite policy of the slavia's consent to the passage of

Britain, Italian troops through her ter through neutrals, by illegally sink-ritory. ing neutral shipping to prevent Such co-operation will be ac- them trading with us. All that cepted in Belgrade and Bucharest could be done was to ensure that retaliatory action inflicted as little inconvenience.. ás possible on neutrals. That certainly was be ing done in the present British re- taliatory action.**

Germana

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attack

to official figures re-

barrier to the illegal deal they be insufficient if all offenders leased by the Finance Ministry.

Compared with 1938, the fureigi. contemplating. That were to be given prison sen-Daring the week-end, the Brillish Retaliation was à legal right, trade of the Japanese Emplie in- was a shocking confession for tences. The making of a few tanker British Liberty (8.580 tons) which could not always be exer- creased by 1,327.402.000 yen or 23 & Minister of Justice to make, examples on the other hand sank in the North Sea after an eised without affecting neutrals, per cent., imports by 201.276,000 but Mr. Shiono knew what he undoubtedly would exercise a explosion. Twenty of the crew of and for the law to lay down that, yen, or 10 per cent, and exports was talking about, and the wondrous effect. The leni-3 it is feared have lost their lives. In no circumstances, must it do so, by 1.936,126,000 yen, or 35 per cent. figures of the prosecutions ency of the Japanese courts Eighteen survivors were landed in would be to take away with one The xavourable balance of trade that were being undertaken in matters such as these, in- France and have now retumed hand what the law had given with fast year was attributable partly at around that time were cluding bribery and the like, home, to the sustained brisk trade in the evidence enough of the con- never ceases to astonish. zen, blog countries and partly to

tempt in which profiteers THE INVESTIGATION con- 'cording to Le Journal, 1,080, vessels the outbreak of the European war which created an increaalag de- were coming to hold the law. ducted by Hyogo officials is were convoyed by the French Navy mand of Japanese goods in the In Osaka alone there were not far short of staggering in, since the outbreak of war and

over 10,000 persons involved.

Its findings. In twenty-five only two were lost through enemy A TYPICAL CASE or two per cent. of sugar, meat. and action.. CHUNGKING, Jan. 10 (Central) reveals what the gains have kindred purchases the custom-. -The Chinese Federation of "been. A textile firm in er has been accepting obvious Charity Organisation of which Dr. Osaka, buying waste cotton, short weight, yet complaints

MEETING H.A. Kung and Mr. Hsu Shin- cotton yarn and staple fibre are not made because it is

BELGRADE, Jan, 10′ ́ (Reu-' are respectively chairman and turning it. into the do- mutually understood between

ter)-The Balkan Entente of and vice-chairman has handed mestic market, made $200,000 the shop-keeper and the cus-

Rumania, Turkey, Greece and (national currency). over $50,000 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs profit on an original outlay tomer that in a time of shor- Yugoslavia are

to hold an- to be forwarded to M. Eminal of 300,000. If all the prin- tage the retailer's readiness other of its regular meetings The meeting Sipahi, Turkish Minister to China, cipals paid 5,000 each, a to part with any of his stock next month

all is worth a little wil be held In Belgrade' on for relief of retugees of the re- handsome margin would still at

be left. In another instance, premium.

February 2, 3 and 4. cent earthquake.

world market.

ying

BALKAN ENTENTE

ANOTHER JUNK ROBBERY

Salling for about 10 hours, after only if there are no means for the, having left Shaukiwan Harbour formation of a block directed not tor San Mei City, on January 8, at only against Russia, but also am, with a cargo. of cloth, tyres, against Turkey and Greece, who beans, matches, pigskins, red dye are Yugoslavia's and Rumania's powder, cooking spices, rice, nails, partners in the Balkan Entente,

Under the Order-in-Council, a It will be satisfactory if a Rome and kerosene oll, junk No. 1877, neutral ship incurred no penalty Ankara settlement is possible and owned by Wong Fook, was fired but was merely required to dis- hopes of this are further increased upon by a farge fishing junk, off charge goods Jaden in a German by the announcement that a Tur-Ban Mun Custom Station.

The total valle of the goods. port or which were of German kish Ecotiomic Misstem has arrived

stolen amounted to $2,100). origin:

in Rome,

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