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4-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS COLUMBIA'S PART IN HELPING PROVIDE EDUCATION IN CHINA

NEW YORK-(Havas by Mall) Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler. president of Columbia University, and Dr. John Dewey, dean of the Chinese American philosophers, were honoured here by Government with decorations in recognition of their part. and Columbia's part in helping provide education and leadership in China,

The decorations of the Order now head of the Chinese Red of the Jade were presented to Cross, was also a guest of honour the two educators by Chinese at the 'affair. Consul-General Dr. Tsune-chi' Yu

CHINESE GRATITUDE

in a special ceremony at Hamp- Drs, Yu and Yen both in brief shire House attended by many addresses stressed Chinese grati- prominent Americans and Chin-tude for aerican help in re- ese who joined in hailing the cent years and pointed out that close friendship between China most of the leaders in Chinese

educational and Political

Ufe were educated In the United States, the largest number of them at Columbia University.

and this country.

GENERAL

| POLITICAL Two British Police Officers

SITUATION Wounded In

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IN INDIA

QUESTION. ASKED

IN COMMONS

LONDON. FR. 2 (Reuter)-In the House of Commons yesterday, the Under-Secretary of State for India was asked about the poli- tical situation in India and about further discussions between the Viceroy and Indian leaders,

· MEETING ON MONDAY The answer was that Mr. Gandhi was meeting the Governor-General next Monday and that the Secre- tary of State had no further state, ment to make,

Among the hundreds present Were John D. Rockefeller Jr.,

RANGOON QUIET Thomas“ W. "Lamont. Winthrop

RANGOON, Feb. 2 (Reuter)—The Aldrich, William Chadbourne Jr. Dr. Butler was decorated with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Howard, the Grand Cordon Blanc aux sreets of Rangoon were quiet yes- Wellington Koo, Jr., Dr. and Mrs Bordures Rouges de l'Ordre du terday morning following Wednes- Lin Yu-tang, Mr. and Mrs. John Jade. Presenting the award, D.day's "peace procession" of Hindu L. Mots and others. Dr. W.W. Yu hailed the Columbia head as

and Moslem leaders."." Yen, former ambassador at "captain of a wonderful educa- Washington and Moscow and tional Institution that has im- bued thousands of Chinese students with Imperishable kieals by virtue of which they have be- come leaders in various walks of

fe in China.."

Dr. Butler accepted the decoru- tion as an "outstanding honour and w.token of great friendship between our two nations."

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"If China speaks to us with the voice of Confucius," Dr. Butler "said, "We speak back with the voices of Washington, Hamilton. and Jefferson We are separated In geography but bound together" In fact by the Pacific Ocean. Let It be our determination that the people of China, and the people of the United States will see to it that that ocean is kept pacific not only in name, but in fact."

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Dr. Dewey was decorated with the Grand Cordon Bleu of the Order of Jade and was charac- terized by Dr. Yu as "one of the

in greatest philosophers

history at philosophy, a master of human nature. enemy of no nation or men. but of interną- tional injgatire!

Expansion Of

Canada's Navy

PERSONNEL MORE THAN DOUBLED LONDON," Feb. 2 (Reuter) was announced in London that the Royal Canadian Navy has more than doubled its personnel since the war began and expan san still continues.

BIG RESERVE

Men from the shores of the inland lakes are hastening to. Join and recruits from the pro vinces are now training alongside the "natives of the Atlantic sea- board and British Columbia.

Gangsters. In Shanghai

SHANGHAL Feb. 2 (Reuter} -Two British officers of the Shanghal Municipal Police were wounded and two gangs- ters killed in a flerce battle In the International Settle- ment last night. Detective Sub- Inspector R. M. Moir was hit three times and his life was a saved by his steel-waistcoat deflecting two. shots, The. third penetrated · his left

Serreant C. E. A. Cooks was seriously wounded in the up- per chest

BATTLE BEGINS The battle began late in the evening when six gangsters rob- bed a shop. The alarm was raised and they were surrounded and they took refuge on the roots opening Are on the Police. A force of 15 Police, including a Re- serve Unit, surrounded the block in an all-night slege, while searchlights played on the roofs and windows and tear-gas wES used.

FOUR CAPTURED

Four suspects were captured, be- side the two killed, but this morn- Ing a house-to-house search was still being carried on for two more of the gangsters.

"STARVATION DINNER"

US. Girl Students Aid China"

NEW YORK (Haras by Mall In due course from the depths.By eating chow mein and rice

the interior men who never instead of their nsual

meat, before looked on salt water will

And vegetables,

dessert, girl been trained to

students at Mt Holyoke College seventy vessels to be constructed

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FRENCH NAVAL

In his response, Dr. Dewey

PROGRAMME vo'ced "the hope that Americans and Chinese would co-operate "to FARIS, Feb. 2 (Reuter) The keep the flame of knowledge extensive French Naval Building burning in China in spite Programme is analysed by the Journal des Deta 5. which en- umerates the following vessels under construction:

adverse winds"

MATERIAL ATD

In an informal interview at the reception, Dr. Yen admitted that

Four 35,000.-ton battleship; two China a getting the great part 13,000-ton aircraft-carriers; three of its material aid from abroad | 8,000-ton cruisers; twenty-nine des- from, the Soviet Union but said, troyers: Ave large submarines; that his country was also recely fifteen smaller: three submarine ing.considerable support from minelayers well as mine- the United States. England, and sweepers. gunboa's and other France.

auxillaries.

Professor, Lewoy has long brey a great intiuence on successive Chinese student generations, his visit to China just after the war having provided a remarkable impetus to the cultural "renais- sance then beginning to unfold there

Nazi Excuses Not Believed

PERSECUTIONS OF

CATHOLICS

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Dry & Sunny January

The dry, sunny weather which had prevailed throughout Decem ber continued during the first two weeks of January; temperatures were above normal.

The

meal to contribute $125 to medi cal aid for China's war refugees "starvation. dinner”... which would have been unimaginable feast to most of the refugees they are helping is part of 2 regular money-raising method the students use to coll tribute to various causes in which they are interested,

CHILDREN RETURN

TO LONDON

Battle With

Japan Plans Huge Naval Re-Armament

TOKYO, Feb. 2 (Reuter)- A Six-Year Navy Re-arma- ment Plan, entalling an -ex- penditure of about £585,000,- 000 was announced by the War Office and Navy Office.

It is stated that the plan is necessary for "the achieve- ment of Japan's goal in China as well as to cope with future developments in the complicated international situation."

JAPAN REPLIES

TO BRITAIN TOKYO, Feb, 2 (Reuter)——— The text of the Japanese reply to the British" Note on Jan. the 27, in connection with Asama Maru incident was handed to Sir Robert Craigie yesterday by the Vice-Minis- ter for Foreign Affairs.

It was agreed that the two notes will be published simul- "taneously as soon as the Bri- tish Government has had time to consider the Japan- ese mote.

MARTYRS' DAY COMMEMORATED

IN MACAO

From Our Own Correspondent MACAO, Feb. 1 Flags during day, and electric illumination at night decora ed public buildings in Macao yesterday as the Portuguese Martyrs' Colony commemorated Day.

The anniversary dates back to Jar. 31, 1891, when the rumblings of the Republican movement were first heard in Portugal. The at- tempt to stir the country to te volution was quelled in Oporto an not that eventful day and it was until some twenty years later that headway in the history of Por- the movement gained a pericarent

tugal,

FEAST OF DON JOHN BOSCO

A religious procession, celebrating LONDON, Feb. 2 Reuter)-The the feast of Don John Bosco, Minister of Health, Mr. Waiter founder of the Salesian Order, was Elliot, informed the House of Uvu- held.here yesterday evening at the mans yesterday that thirty-six por | Salesian Institute. The celebration cen: of the number of calliren was attended by many local re- evacuated from London at the be-sidents, in which many local priests grning of the war have returned, participated.

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"On the 15th there was a slight 1 Performed fall of rain, terminating a drought which had lasted for 49 days. This drought has been exceeded in length on only three occasions: BERLIN, Feb. 2 (Reuter)-The the longest period an record with- Vatican's denunciation of anti-out measurable amount of rainfall Catholic persecutions by the Nazis was 60 days, from November, 1909

to January 1910. was discussed in Berlin by a neu- tral correspondent.

VATICAN STATEMENT

It goes without saying, he points out, that the Vatican would be most careful not to make any state ments of this kind which could not be fully subs antiated in prin- ciple.

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It is known in Berlin that many Catholic priests were arrested for political activity" and even Ger- man Roman Catholics do not ас-

COLD SPELL

On

The remainder of the mon h was cloudter, but no more rain fell. A spell of cold weather set in the 22nd, and temperatures re- mained below normal until the end of the month,

The mean temperature for the month was 81.00F, which is 1.30 above normal. A maximum of 77,2 was recorded on the 7th, and a minimum of 43.2 on the 24th. The

cept the excuseg of the Nazis for mean relative humidity was .. 71. the "prosecusions,

per cent, against a normal of 75 per cent,

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193 HOURS OF SUNSHINE Sunshine amounted to 193 hours, which is 48 hours above normal. Only 0.02 inches of rain fell, dur- ing the month, the normal being 1.25 inches.

The maximum wind velocity in a gust-was 46 m.p.h. at 9 p.m. on the 10th.'.

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