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A SCIENTIST'S VIEW OF LIFE

Y'S MEN'S CLUB ADDRESS

Dr. Y. T. Chiu. Professor of Chemistry of the Lingnan Univer- sily, was the guest speaker at the weekly luncheon of the Hongkong Y's Men's Club yesterday. Hig'sub Ject was "A Scientist's View of Life.'

Addressing the gathering, Dr.

Notice is hereby given, effective Night Easter (Wanchal Office). Chilu said that to a scientist, life

19th February, 1940, all rates of freight quoted in the above Tarif will be increased by approximate› ly 15%

A revised Tariff will be issued at an early date.

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As from 8th February, 1949, Freight Rates from Hong Kong to Shanghai, Tsingtao, Weihai- wel, Cheloo & Tientsin will be increased by approximately, 20% New Tariffs are being prepared, and particulars will be supplied on application to the undersigned

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HONGKONU, JANUARY 19, 1940

QUACK, QUACK A CIVIL WAR!

was a puzzle and a mystery.

Dr. Chiu cited the work of Nobel. who invented dynamite, and all though many had been benefited by his achievemen), m lllons had | died through the misuse of his, in- vention. No scientist would enjoy Hiša If he were to devote his whole time to invent some deadly thing fr order to kill.

Dr. Chiu also dwelt on the pati- ence and perseverance of the scientists in the laboratories to

IT IS A MATTER FOR SOME and ways and means to lighten

REGRET that the Shang-the sufferings of human beings, hal office of an agency as re- During discussion, the speaker putable as Reuter's should so disclosed that in the near future.

EDITORIAL

FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1940.

CROWDS HELPED CZECHS TO DODGE GESTAPO

Escaped Prisoners Fight For Allies

The Grech Legion are ready to go to the Front. This band of resoluté, determined men, each man a refugee from his own country, have been in training since the beginning of the war. Many suffered nights of starvation hiding in the mountains, were hunted by the Gestapo, were caught and imprisoned before they escaped across the frontler. From all over Europe they have come to fight with the Allies, writes an Evening Standard re

One of them told me how the people of Czechc-Slovakia; at great risk, helped these men to escape from the Germans.

Photographed at the Chinese Industrial Co-operatives Exporter hibition held at the China Emporium. Left to right:-His Ex- cellency the Governor, Sir Geoffry Northcote, Dr. C. T. Wang. Miss Lucy Liang, Miss Elie Fairfax-Cholmely. Dr. Chen Han- seng, Secretary of the HK Promotion Committee of the CI.C.. Hon. Sir Robert Kotewall and Capt. S. L. Batty-Smith, A.D.C. (Photo, S. H. Hala),

גבוס

Nazi Officer's Anxiety To

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See His Wife Led To The

"The people everywhere helped us. Everyone hates the Hitler regime, and those who cannot get out of the country serve their country by helping others to escape."

Nazi - Soviet

esh

Squabble

USE OF POLISH RAILWAY

BUCHAREST. Jan. 18 (Reuter)— The Czernanti-Łwow-Cracow Rail- way, by which the Germany hoped My informant was called one to import large quantities of Ra- day to the office of the Gestapo. manian produce following its Some Informer had given him opening in December, has again

censed to function.

away.

far be influenced by the Hongkong will see the product of Discovery Of German Plans

Against Belgium & Holland marched him off to prison.

environment of the occupied soya bean, milk He remarked that territories as to permit itself the ilquid was essential for health. not only to fall into the trap of accepting the Japanese version of happenings in the

and was Just as nourishing as Gcw's milk,

He was accused of treason and given over ta two Nazia, who

As they marched across the market-place outside the town hall

LONDON, Jan. 18 (Reuter)-A remarkable story of how the Bel- zian and Dutch Governments came into possession of the Nazi plans, interior of Free China, but CANTON UNIVERSITY which led them to take special defence measures, appears in the struck out at his guards.

Daily Telegraph...

also to perpetrate the sin, un- pardonable for an organiza- tion devoted to the accurate reporting of news, of com- menting on such happenings in the way must pleasing to China's enemies.

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CLUB'S MESSAGE TO I.P.C..

Mr. Fung Szi Min. President

of

the

anniversary

Through

IN THE GOODS RONALD OLIVER

the RU. Two hundred and fifty thou-and achieve at an early cate THERFURD late of Hay.sand men, it begins, are in-programme of national reconstruc-

volved, belonging to.. two hope. Yetholm, Kelso in the

Shansi armies under the com-

deceased.

It is stated that a German officer's haste to rejoin his newly- married wife was the prime cause in the chain of events which re- sulted in the plans falling into Belgian hands.

A German aeroplane containing two officers made a forced landing at Mechelen, on the Meuse, last;

One Wednesday.

them carried very secret documents relating to the transfer of twenty-two divi-

stans of troops from the neigh- bourhood of Berlin to the left bank of the Rhine. Some were to go to the Dutch frontier, while the great majority

were destined for Belgian frontler.

RECENTLY MARRIED

LEADERS BUY SAVINGS CERTIFICATES

TC-

ACCUSATIONS MADE The Germans accuse the Rus- slans of making difficulties for the.. transit of trains across Soviet-

the Czech broke his hands free and occupied Poland, while the Rus- slans say that the Germans and Rumanian failed to fulfil the serms.... of agreement under which the rallway resumed working.

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THEIR SECRET

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Crowds jostled the guards. and the prisoner · ran for

his bicycle, outside the Gestapo affice, and rode away. Nearly every man has samle story of adventure to tell. One story-

A German Commission is now in the frontier investigating the pos!- tion.

one of the most thrilling of the SINO - MALAYAN

war they will not tell. That is

the story of the "scape of 600 of CULTURAL ASSN.

Czechslovakia's "ace" plots who will now fight for the Allies,

it is a secret. The Nazis will never know how it was done

for

SINGAPORE. Jan. 18 (Central)- A suggestion has been made the organisation of a Sino-Mala- yan Cultural Association following the arrival in Singapore of the

CHUNGKING, January 18 (Cen the tral-At a meeting of the stand-

ing committee of the National ECONOMIC STRAITS Chinese Mohammedans Goodwill

govern-

Mission.

Meanwhile, a committee has beeri

Science Club. Mr. Lee Shut Hing. the "Canton University Political

President of the Canton University THE LATEST EXAMPLE of Economics Society, and Mr. Sunny this is the sensational report, Tal, President of the Canton Uni- given the dignity of a place versity English Club, have jointly on the poster of one of our cabled 3 congratulatory message local contemporaries, regard-to the President of the China ing the alleged menace of a Branch of the International Peace large scale civil war in the Campaign in Chungking, on province of Shansi. This re- occasion of the 2nd

Economy and Savings Commission port, issued, of all places, in, on Jan. 23.

Continued from Page 1 Shanghai, and quoting un- The cable reads: "It gives great

This officer belonged to the group held here on January 15, it was

announced that Generalissimo concluded, with neutral pleasure to send you this congratu- of armies with headquarters in Chiang Kai-shek Madame Chiang ments, must be regarded as one formed to collect medicine for the travellers" (surely atory message. named

your Cologne and nad been ordered to and Dr. H. H. Kung had all bought of the important things in the too flimsy a peg for a scoop untiring effort, we are absolutely take the documents from Berlin to

wounded soldiers and refugees.

Since its arrival here on January so resounding) is inaccurate confident that you will help pro-Cologne travelling by train, but he $1,000 worth of National Economy speech. from one end to the other.mote the anti-aggression campaign was only recently married and his Savings Certificates issued by the Commenting on the general 9th, the Mission has been heartily welcomed by Mohammedans, over- effect of British economic pres- wife was living in Cologne, and he Postal Bank, was naturally anxious to reach his Mr. Yeh Chu-tsang. secretary-sure, the Manchester Guardian seag Chinese and government off- destination as soon as possible. general of the Central Kuomintang says, "It will become really heavy tials: Sent by the Chinese Moham- medans' National Salvation, It Hearing that à friend was about Headquarters, who is chairman of only when Germany can create an to pilot an aeroplane to Cologne, the Commission, briefly dwelt on environment of victory and other is composed of three prominent he decided to take this chance of the very satisfactory progress made harder measures we shall have to Mohammedans, Messrs. Ma Tien- reaching wife much more speedily. In the promotion of the certif-use. before we snatch it. That is ring, Wu Chien-hsun and Ma. Ta- The pilot, however, made a navi- cates in the remotes: parts of the the thought which the "people. W.

It was decided at the should always remember." gational mistake and crossed the country.

CHINESE TO VISIT CLOSER CO-ORDINATION i Rhine northwards of Cologne and meeting that branches of the Na-

Several newspapers, while fully.

RANGOON found himself over the Dutch bor- tional Economy and Savings Com- der.

mission are to be established at all recognising economic pressure is He was greeted by anti-aircraft government departments to

CHUNGKING, Jan. 18 (Central) fur-one of the mast.vital factors upon Led by Dr. C. T. Warg, former Are and subsequently had to make ther the sales of the certificates. which reliance to win the war will chinese Ambassador to the United a forced landing.

The publicity campaign, which be placed, emphasise the need for states and Chairman of the Na- The officer tried to set fire to the! papers

with matches which he has achieved notable results, wil still closer co-ordination in var tonal Amateur Athletic Federation,

team and borrowed from. a peasant, but was be further Intensified under the ious directions.

direction of the Commission,

The

News-Chronicle, calls for volleyball team and a singing and prevented by Belgian soldiers.

The two Germans were taken to A full session of the Commis- the appointment of a Minister to dramatic troupe will shortly bour the nearest military post for ques- sion will be held in the beginning give new direction and impetus to Rangoon and the neighbouring dis-

the economic policy in the war-tricts. Höning and the Belgian Intelli- of February next.

a Minister with authority to co- rence Service was speedily able to

Mr. U Ba Lwin, head of the re-. confirm that the troop movements,

ordinate the work of several decent Burmese Goodwill Mission to mentioned in the documents were

partments and see that a boldly china and vice-chairman of the actually occurring.

conceived plan "is carried out."

Sino-Burmese Cultural Associa- The Times also, while agreeing tion, has already wired his wel- that the "kind of organisation to come to the party. wards, which Mr. Cross is working

CONFIDENCE IN CHUNGKING

County of Roxburgh, Scatmand of General Yen Hsi- land in the United Kingdomshan Yet it is well known to everyone with a glimmer of

Speaking at the Vagabond Rotary knowledge of the situation, that the total of all armies in meeting. held at Cafe de Chine the war zone of which Gen.yeste.day. Mr. T. C. Tal of the Yen is the head-including Bank of China, in Chungking, who arrived here recently, commented not only provincial units but on the confidence of the people in also many Central Govern- Chungking who lived confortably ment divisions under General in spite of the high cost of living. Wei Li-Huang and the entire Mr. Geo. Auyang presided at the Eighth Route Army, barely meeting.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Court has by virtue of the provisions of Section 58 of Ordin. ance No. 2 of 1897 made an order fimiting the tinie for creditors and others to send in their claims against the above estate to 11th February, 1940.

All Creditors and others are ac cordingly hereby required to send their claims to the undersigned on or before that date.

DEACONS,

Solicitors for the "Executor,

1. Des Voeux Road Central,

Hong Kong

WEDDING AT

REGISTRY

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reaches this figure. Fighting | Those present were Mes:rs Y. Y. against the Japanese, it says, Wins. of Amoy, T. T. Pon, Gock has been suspended. Yet we Ying, F. L., Tseung, H. Tars. Y: M. know of continuous Chinese Liu, Kat Loay, K. L. Liu Gin Lao, triumphs in the Chungtiao Park Fung. Jm Choy, Edward mountain range, and not even Shin, C. T. Wang, Fung P. Fan, P, K. D. Tyau, and Dr. Arthur Woo,

and Mr. Y. Y., Wong.

to

Domei has been bold enough The guests were Mr. Chow Sik-on

sensational! report the mopping-up

" of the de-) fending forces" that would 26 have been so easy of accom- plishment had the defenders truly turned from resistance

HK. QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS

to mutual strife. The tra- The quarantine restrictions im- vellers," who, having presum- posed by the Port of Shanghai ably come from the enemy against arrivals from Hongkong on of Shansi account of cholera have been re-

Quarantine

The marriage took place yester-occupied parts day at the

ac-

moved. Registry, Supreme to occupied Shanghai through

restrictions have Court, before Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith, other occupied territory are been imposed by the Government Registrar of Marraiges, of Mr. U Bing-yung, merchan;, of No. 23.

so well versed in all that is of the Straits Settlements against Canal Road West, and Miss Mar- going on behind the Chinese arrivals from Hongkong on garet Lim, residing at the Chinese lines have many other in-count of small-pox. Y.W.C.A. Mr. Koo Kwal-fan and teresting, "facts" to report- Miss Alice F. Kwok were witnesses all of the same calibre. of the ceremony.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The following forthcoming mar-

rlages are announced-

Sub-Inspector Chan Woot-yung,

of the Hongkong Police Force, phecy. "The Eighth Route precedent from which

58, Yu Chau Stree:;

the

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H.K.U. ARTS ASSON: PLAY

"The Professor From Peking"

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selves.

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a gris basketball

U.S. SAFETY ZONE

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The French Minister of Armar w doubtless secure the neces- ments has arrived in London for sary co-ordination between the Important d'scussions with Mr. Ministry of Economic Warfare, the & BRITISH REPLY Leslie Burgin, Minister of Supply Board of Trade and other depart-

WASHINGTON, Jan, 18 (Re- (Reuter) -

ments concerned."

doës says it not touch the larger problem of ter The US. Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull. sald he pre- Princess Chi of the West Ban- dovetailing this activity into a

ferred to examine all phases of ner and Princess Pa of the East whole campaign for stimulating The Hongkong University Arts Banner called on

Generals Yen export trade in general, of decid- the British reply regarding the Association, which successfully pro- Hsi-shan and Chu Shou-kvang, ing how much of export power safety zone before making a state- duced Prof. §. I. Hsiung' transla. Superintendent

should be used, if necessary, on an ment on the United States post- Assistant and tion of "Lady P.ecicus Stream" a Superintendent to the Sulyuan uneconomie basis to block Geron. Mr. Hull added that he had heard nothing from Germany, and access to supplies. and The quarantine restrictions im-few years ago, last night presented Mongolian Local Autonomy Coun-many's

how much of it must be used to France regarding the safety zone. posed by the Government of the the same author's latest play, "The cll at an undisclosed place

NAZI · ATTACK.. BUT THIS IS NOT ALL Netherlands Indies against arrivals Professor from Peking," in the January 13 when they presented pay for the supplies we need our-

LONDON, Jan. 18 (Reuter)-The from Hongkong on account of Great Hall,

flags to them as a token of res- From mere feckless report- cholera have been removed.

The performance was chledy to: pect.

German press is now busily attack- ing, Reuter's Shanghai writers

students of local schools, and the

And this in 'ftself is only part of ing Britain's reply to the American pass imperturbably into the

first public performance wil take Following an eight-day visit, Mr. the still larger problem of how, Republics" on the Graf Spee battle more attractive realm of pro-

place tonight, when R. E. the Gov-Chen L-tu, Minister of Education, we can best our sources in and the suggested safety zone.

The Deutsche Allegemeine Zet- no is expected to atte :d.

erb Kwelyang for Chungking on manpower, 'capital, equipment and COMPLICATED CHARACTER Tuesday. Prior to his departure, financial reserves to the win war tung, for instance, says that the and Miss Lam Kam-yee, of No. Army," they say, "may at any attitude of the anti-Japanese moment decide to go to the Eighth Route Army to any

Produced by Mr. HL Mackenzie, he told interviewers that he will as quickly as possible. For us, British reply proves that the Bridsh Mr. Lau Wal, manager of the assistance of their friends real mutiny in another army the play is an attempt to analyse bring up the question of the though not for Germany, transconception of neurality is different South Western Aviation Corpora- (one of the allegedly conflict- can be surmised the record the complicated character of Pro establishment of an Agricultural tion from peacetime to wartime from that of other countries rion, Nanning, and Miss Bo Yicking armies). If this should of the Bian incident.

fessor Chang, a revolutionary and and Engineering College in Kwel economy involved

And transition is st BRITAIN'S REVENUE floor;

AND EXPENDITURE troops would, it is declared SOURCE that spent many een designed to bring in the three after his return to Chungking. He far from complete.

main events in recent Chinese his said he was happy to note that

LONDON, Jan. 18 (BWS)-R£- South Western Transportation Ca.. (by whom?) have to be sent months of last year "report-tory: the 1919 students' rising in the universities and colleges in

LATE SERGEANT

rente for weak showed a surplus, Haiphong, and Miss Slu Kam-ping, to aid the other side. This ing" spurious tales of im- Peking, the Hankow aplit of 1927 Kweichow were able to carry on of No. 438, Prince Edward Road, Would mean open warfare be- pending Chinese surrender and the Japanese occupation of under taying circumstances

CRANK

of £37,289,000 over the week's ex- tween the Central Govern-and gave currency to such Nanking in 1937.

penditure, reducing the deficit to first floor:

SHANGHAI, Jan, 18 (Reuter-date to £280,247,000. as T. V. Mr. Luk Mang-hel plays the part Mr Akwon Lawson, merchant, ment troops and the Com-fantastic canards

The Chinese Labour Federation

Ordinary revenue for the finan- of No. 4. Hankog Road, and Miss munist Eighth Route Army." Soong's trip to Moscow," of the Professor, whilst others in on Wednesday held a mesting in That the fatal shot which hit the

"visit Tam Chung-chi, of the same ad-Apart from the aspect in-Prince Konoye's

to the cast are Mr. Leslie Bung. Mr. commemoration of the 18th anni- late Sergeant Duncan E Crank cial year to date totals £832.697,- dress;

volving the ethical respon- Hongkong" and the Soviet John Huang, Mr. Yu, Taul-sia, Missversary of the death of Huang Af was fired from the gun of a Chi-000, while ordinary expenditure to. £912,944,000. Total Able-Seaman Cyril Lumley Bossibility of 2 news-agencyAmbassador's flight to Shang-Catherine Lal, Miss Ng Tung-king, and Pang Jen-hsun, two Hunanese nese constable, Bheng Chi-ching, amounts well, of the Sailors' and Soldiers' giving currency to irrespon- hal" to negotiate peace be- Miss Wong Yu-ho and Miss Chang labour leaders, who were executed attached to the West Hongkew expenditure from

outside Liu Yang Men, (gate). Police Station, has been definitely stands at £362,862,000. Institute, and Miss Chang Ying. sible opinions, this entire "in tween. Chungking and Wang

Changsha, on January 17, 1923. established as the resul; of ballis- terpretation" is a cameo of Ching-wei" all in one hectic

LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuter)— Mr. P. K. Chu, Secretary of the They incurred the fire of the then tic examination," political illiteracy. Suffice it September week, this newest Hongkonz branch of the Chinese-government authorities through The constable was placed under į Eritish Contraband Control de- His Majesty the King spent to say that it ignores com- example of "political clair- American Institute of Cultural Re- their leadership in the labour arrest on the day of the incident tained 3.364 tons of contraband

Ma Chao-chun, that week and will be held until goods destined for Germany dur Wednesday with the troops of the pletely the history. through voyance, or is it merely wish-lations, who has been appointed movement. Mr. Southern Command and inspected all vicissitudes. of China'sful thinking, hardly merits Chinese Vice-General in Manila, former Mayor of Nanking, presidearly nex, month pending the re-ing the week ending Jan. 13. mak- divisions which are shortly to pro- unity in resistance and the compliment of seriour will sati for the Philippines on Jan, ed at the meeting and more than mult of the inquest on the Sergeanting a total since the beginning of

800 workers were present.

Ion January 28.

the war, of 47,000 tons. chooses to forget the obvious factual analysis. ceed overseas.-(Reuter).

iu. of No. 77, Stewart Road, third happen, Central Government COMING, FROM THE an opportunist. Its three acts have chow before the Executive Yuan location.

Mr. Kwok Tze-seen, of the

of No. 430 Peking Road, third

floor..

Pik-lin.

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