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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENTS The Daily Press.

FOR SALE

H.M.T. "CHERUB"

lying in the Chamber, R.N. Yard, Kowloon.

Tenders are invited for the above vessel as she lies at Kow- loon. Vessel will be open for Inspection after Wednesday, 8th and tenders should be addressed Ede the Naval Store Officer, H.M. Dockyard, to arrive not later than noon on Monday, May 20th, 1940.

CHINA UNDERWRITERS,

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LIMITED.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Sixteenth Annual Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of China Underwriters, Limited, will be held at the Offices of the

Company, 4A, Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong, on Tues. day the Fourteenth day of May, 1948, at noon for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Board of Directors and a "State ment of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1939, and of electing Directors and Audi.

Envelopes should be marked | tors. "Tender for Cherub.”.

The Transfer Books and Re. All material on board will be gister of Members of the Com.

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Editorial and Business Office: 15-19, Queen's Road Central, Tel. 30251.

Night Editor (Wanchal Office):

Tel. 24511.

London Office: 33. Fleet Street

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HONGKONG, MAY 7, 1940.

The Far East

Conflict

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TWO

MONTHS from today, Japan's un- holy crusade in China will enter upon its fourth year. For nearly three years now, China has struggled against an invader who has threa-

EDITORIAL

Mr. C. R. D. Azedo and his bride, formerly Miss Lucia Jorge, after their marriage at the Rosary Church, Kowloon, on "Sun- day afternoon.

sold with the vessel with the pany will be closed from the 6th tened to rob her of her in- WOMEN

exception of chain cable, anchors and gear, which will be lent to the purchaser för navigational safety within the port of Hong Kong.

Particulars of the vessel forms of tender and permits to view may be obtained on application to the Naval Store Officer. Ap plicants must be British subjects.

IN THE SUPREME "COURT OF HONG KONG

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"PROBATE JURISDICTION

IN THE GOODS of Paul derome Toad late of Canton in the Republic of China, Medical Practitioner, de.

ceased.

NOTICE IS

May, 1940, to the 14th May, 1940, both days Inclusive.

By Order of the Board of

Directors, HERBERT R. STURT,

Managing Director, Hong Kong, 1st May, 1940.

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THE CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

The Fifty Ninth. Ordinary Meeting of Shareholders will be

held at the Offices of the under

signed on Wednesday, the 22nd May, 1940, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Agents, together with a statement of Accounts for the year ended the 31st Decem. ber, 1939,

dependence and despoil her of her territories. What. then, has. Japan gained from her venture into China? To answer that question today is by no means difficult. Both from a military and economic point of view, the Jap- anese militarists, on, whose shoulders lie" the respon- sibility for creating a major war in the Far East out of the memorable incident at Lokou- chiao on July 7, 1937, have little to show for their thirty- four months of campaigning against a solid and unified Chinese resistance. In fact. the hostilities have

now

reached such a stalemate for the Japanese invaders, that during recent months they have made no advance terri- torially at all. The Chinese

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TAKE PART IN

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

Chinese women

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Prominent Hongkong at a meeting on Sun- day formed an association (Gr. making preparations to partici- the National People's Assembly to be convened in Free: China on November 12

pate in

BRITISH RELIEF UNIT

Continued From Page.1.

The Association, with headquar- since it was opened by the Lord ters at the Hongkong Branch of Mavor of Landon three years ago, the National Women's Rellet Asso-sympathy for the sufferings of the ctation, will undertake to promote Chinese people is perhaps mo in Hongkong the movement for deeply felt at the present time Chinese women to take part than ever before. That sympathis politics in their home country, has taken the practical form

The laws of the ascociation were sending a British Relief Unit to adopted at the meeting and a China. We are going to China be-

list of women candidates

to because the suffering there is pron

elected as delegates to the forth-ably greater than anywhere else in coming-National People's Assembly the world. will be cabled to the Chungking

association.

TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1940.

R.A.F. At Disadvantage In Norwegian War Operations, Away From Bases,

Greatly Retarded

LONDON, May 6 (Reuter) The experiences of the Allied Air Force in Norway has pointed to one clear conclusion that you cannot get local air superiority when you have to operate from distant bases against a formidable enemy with aerodromes "on the scene of action, comments the B. B. C. Observer.

You must have strength in the air for successful land opera- Jons, especially if you have, to disembark troops and equipment from ship.

Inland, your infantry is subject to constant observa- tion and bombing if you cannot keep the enemy away by fighters. Tha; has been the problem in Norway.

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The RAF had to carry their work with fighters arid bombers far from the home base: some hundreds of miles Across the sea. Our fighters were de signed primarily for Home de- fence and not intended to operate at that distance, while our bomb- ers were opposed

by fighters operating at a shor: range from bases on the spot.

ADVERSE CONDITIONS

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British" "Ace" Missing

R.A.F. CASUALTY

LIST ISSUED LONDON, May 6 Bruter)--The biggest Royal Air Force casualty list. just issued by the Air Minis-

We get some of our fighters ry, contains 119 names, listed as Chere, but all the same one could follows:-

KILLED IN appreciate the great dificulty of

ACTION: Seven, Installing them with their equip- previously reported missing and ment on improvised runways,

now presumed to have been killed frozen lakes and under the very

In action! nose of the enemy.

MISSING: 52;

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been

KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE: Under the circumstances the 18: way which our fighters did get

DIED ON ints action was

ACTIVE SERVICE: remarkable 12. achievement. It has not

Among those reported missing possible for the Alles to zalnia Squadron Leader Doran, the superior air strength to give more arst British air ace of the War. support to movements planned who led the famous raid on Kiel for the troops

the day after. Britain had declar- A; the same time, although our ed war on Germany. land forces are now out of Cen-

HONGKONG MAN tral Norway, the Germans have LONDON, May 6 (Reuter)-The communications latest RAF. casualty list issued

be no doubt that the RAF has Hongkong-born man. still open to attack. There can by the Air Ministry includes a

in the Norwegian campaign, the who had already won the Dis- proved once again, in its ralds He is Sergeant . L. Hawken,

daring of the pilots and the tinguished Flying Medal for gal- eficiency of the planes.

lantry.

Some months ago a special cums mittee was formed in London, turlong lines of Those taking part in the meet-the

purpusa Of equipping and ing included Misses Hu Mu-lan, sending out this Unit, and a Dubite by their ruthless war of fright-Wang Hsiao-ying and Lucy Liang. tures of a number of distinguishes

Fung-chi, Hsu Yun-chun, appeal was issued over the signa fulness have neither been cowed by fear nor cajoled into

whom they tried to subjugate Ma

Philatelists accepting conditions which

the

Japanese

aggressors any advantage.

The Share Register and Transwould give HEREBY GIVEN that the Court has by fer Books will be closed from virtue of Section 58 of the Pro-the 8th May, to the 2nd May, bates Ordinance 1897, made an Order "limiting the time for

creditors and others to send in their claims against the above estate to the 31st day of May, 1940.

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

Dated the 6th day of May, 1940.

JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER,

Solicitors for the "Executrix, Hong Kong & Shanghai

Bank Building, Hong Kong.

POSITION VACANT.

267

940, both days Inclusive.

JARDINE, MATHESON &

CO., LTD., General Agents.

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Hong Kong, 1st May, 1940.

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TWO WEDDINGS

AT REGISTRY Leading Aircraftsman.. Alfred John Bushe. of the Royal Air

Force, was married to Miss Doris May Scoggins. of No. 151 Tam Kang Road at the Registry.yes-

At Dinner

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The Hongkong Philatelic Society

men. The project had the support of the British Fund for the Reller of Distress in China and of a nun- ber of prominent people in Engi land.

A party of alx was celected, four

TO CONSIDER the milltary aspect of the hostilities first.held an Anniversary Dinner at the of whom are here today, and apart from their early suc-

Cafe Witeman last night when was arranged that the Unit should cesses in the north and their about 35 members. their ladles work with the International Red piratical depredations in the and guests were present. The

Cross Committee in Kweiyang. south, the Japanese have been Postinaster-General. Mr. R. A. D.

This station is responsible or unable to make any inroads Forrest, was the guest of the even bringing large quantities of mei into the heart of China itself. ing.

cal supplies in its own lorries frein As far as the occupied areas The President, Mr. H. W. Ham-

the toast by d'fficult, supply of China are concerned, the mond, proposed the Toast to His reptes, and it forwards them to Japanese militarists now find Majesty the King, and also a Toast Bolated hospitals over a large part that their position is utterly to the memory of Sir Rowland Hof Free China, hospitals which untenable.

have no other source of medical Far from being pioneer of penny postage, and undisputed

supplies. conquerors of James Chalmers, inventor of the these areas, the security and pastage stamp. The Toast to "Our safety of their military units Quests" was proposed by the Hon. and puppet administrators Secretary, Mr. G. L Eastgate. are constantly being threa-

The evening's entertainment was entrusted to the capable hands of involve the postage stamp in his

Our work will not, however, end there: for with such an increase in personnel at Kweyang, we hope that it will be possible to assist the Chinese Government and the

tened by the Chinese, who are Mr. Les Gibson who did not fall to /Chinese Red Corss. In relief work!

terday before Mr. T S. Whyte by no means ready to accept

Smith, Registrar of Marriages.

Kwan. of No. 57 Wongnelchong Road.

ANNOUNCEMENT

series of conjuring tricks for the occasion.

INTERNEE ESCAPES

different kinds.

Also married yesterday were Mr.

their dominance in those

HUMBLE SPIRIT areas without attempts to Wong Kam-ming, merchant of

This may sound an ambitioua No. 14 Pitt Street, and Miss Nancy invaders. As a result of this, harass the position of the

programme. but we have come to China in a humble spirit. Indeed the Japanese militarists have

no man from the West who claims to continue

A Chinese soldier who had been to any education could approach to keep large confined to the internment camp the home of the oldest civilisation forces of troops always at since the outbreak of hostilities in the world without being deeply hand in the "conquered" on the border, escaped early yes areas to preserve the rule of terday morning. He complained learn there than he can hope to conscious that he has far more to force they have introduced in tha, he was feeling two days give. Few of us could resist a feal- those territories. A serious ago and was taken to the Laichi-ing of intense excitement on sel- drain on "Japan's manpower kok Hospital from where he es-ting foot in what is not merely a has thus continued without caped. any relaxation a state of

The forthcoming marriage is an An immediate vacancy exists nounced of Mr. William "Fleming. wharf assistant, care of Messrs. for a junior demonstrator in the

Butterfield and Swire, Shanghal, Department of Pathology. Salary and Miss Julia Bernice Wilson. re- $150 a month to start with. Apsiding, at "Courtland." Kennedy plications with testimonials to Road. undersigned.

W. B. FINNIGAN,

Registrar.

Hong Kong University.

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THE INDO.CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,

LIMITED,

WIDOW ASSAULTED IN" KING'S PARK According to a police report, Tady Ping was walking yesterday afternoon with Lau Lai-kwan, widow, along a path in the hills near the Reugee Camp, King's Park, when four young Chinese came up and said. "We search for contraband."

The widow, objected to where upon being searched the marau- NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING. ders assailed her with fists, and stole $8.20 in cash, several pearls, The Fifty-ninth Ordinary Gen. a pawn ticket and a gold brooch. eral Meeting of the Company The robbers fled over the hills will be held at the Offices of the towards Chatham Path. General Managers, Messrs. Jar dine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. Pedder Street, Hong Kong, on Thursday, 30th May, 1940, at noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, pass ing the Accounts, and electing

Directors and Auditars.

The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the 23rd May to 13th June inclusive By order of the Board. JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD. General Managers, Hong Kong, 18th April, 1940.

One of them was arrested and reported, found in his possession, the police it is perty except the brooch.

the stolen pro-

great modern state, but a land affairs that has made the "been almost entirely depen three of the great religions of the Japanese civilians

which has long been the home of heartily dent on their "isolated and world, and one with an unsurpass- tired of the whole ill-advised meagre gains in China to meet led tradition of scholarship and and ill-conceived campaign. their expenditure.

civilisation.

As Confucius

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NEWSETTES

Mr. J. Cordova, a lawyer from Shanghai, arrived in the Colony on Sunday.

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Dr. A. Fung will address the next meeting of the Theosophical So- elety on Thursday at 6 p.m. on "Destiny and Free W."

Mr. Y. Yazima, manager of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, left for

Mr. E. R. Girard. President of Manila on Sunday.

the Automatic Telephones of China, Fed, Inc., Shanghai, has ar- MN. Justesen. of the Anglo-rived in Hongkong. Danish Shipping Co., Shanghai, ar- rived in Hongkong on Sunday."

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Mr. A. Masseur, agent, N. v. Java-China-Japan Lign, Amoy, ar- rived in the Colony on Sunday.

The Rev. J. L. Wilson, Dean of

St. John's Cathedral, and Mrs. Wil- son returned to Hongkong, yester- day from Shanghai.

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Mr. E de Chaffoy, managing

Mr. G. C. Roberts has resigned director, Orient Tobacco Manufac-from the YM.C.A. Board of Direc turing C: Ingenohl Ltd., left for tors, and Mr. B. G. Price has been Manila on Sunday.

elected to succeed him,

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Major-General W. G. S. Dobble, Mr. G. H. Wilkinson, manager of former G.O.C. Malaya, assumed the Messrs. Theo. H. Davies & Co., Ltd., position of Governor of Malta on Manila, who was recently in the April 29.

Colony. returned to Manlia Sunday.

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The annual meeting of YMCA. Amateur Dramatic Club will be held on Wednesday, May 15 at 9 p.m.

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Mr. H. W. Brooke, manager. Con- nell Bros. Co., Shanghal. passed through the Colony yesterday on his way to Manila.

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scholars, but we feel very in- "My friends and I are humble

experienced. We have come from

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A meeting of the YMCA Camera Club will be held on May 20 at 6 pm. All members and Irlends interested in photography are invited to attend.

"Mr. J. M. Pearson, of the Ship- ping Department, Asiatic Petro- Meum Co., Ltd... has left for Canada on a holiday accompanied by Mrs. Pearson,

Visitors to Tsingtao are remind-

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England to try and help the Chted that whilst there is a nese people. We count this a great shortage there at present, Laoshan privilege. We have brought a mes- which is perfectly safe and quiet, sage of sympathy. I hope that can offer accommodation. we may be able to be of some sinali service to China, I hope, Gentle- The next meeting of the Hong- men, that I have been able to kong Ye Men's Club will be held mäke myself understood.. I Am On Thursday, May 9, at 1 pm, at most grateful to you for your kind St. Francis Hotel. Dr. W. W, Yen,

ness in listening to me.

former Chinese Ambassador to So- viet Russia, will be the speaker. and the meeting is open to ladies and friends.

IT IS FROM the economic

THIS SOURCE of wealth, Realising our inexperience and standpoint, however, that however, is slowly drying up lack of knowledge, as well as the Japan's greatest difficulties under the exacting and ruth-dimculties of any kind of work in arise. Since the beginning of less conditions which the Japa country which is at war, we are 1940, in fact, her economic anese demand in these occu-at present engaged in preparations $ituation has reached more pied areas, while their hopes of various kinds, and we do not embarassing proportions than of subjugating China by force expect to reach Kwelyang untii the Japanese are ready to have almost entirely dis-the end of June. admit. From the start of appeared. her hostilities in China, it which the Japanese have do his work well must first sharpen The investments said, "The mechanic who wishes to became evident that Japan made in the territories under his tools" would never be able to obtain their control are already This is. I believe, the first time any foreign loans to help her proving illusory and their that a group of Englishmen have military venture. Her official militarists will soon find that been sent out to work as a Tinit spokesmen, of course, boasted it will be impossible to find for the Red Cross in China. that Japan would be able to any further assistance for other ways also it may be a new

DR. C. T. WANG Replying and expressing on be- meet her heavy military ex- their venture from the departure, for we are not sent out half of the Chinese people their penditure without any re- conquered" areas. With by any missionary body. We are deep appreciation" of" Mr. Barger course to such methods and this realisation will come the ernment, although, as a contribuT. Wang. former, Chinese Foreign police that during the night on Mr. A. W. Salter, of No 12. not sent out by the British Gov- The Rev. Dr. Albert K. Whallon. pointed to the development of fact that the freedom and intion to the relief of suffering in Minister and Ambassador to the Sunday some person entered lis and his colleagues, Dr. Chengting Robinson Road. reported to the formerly a Presbyterian missionary her foreign trade in 1939 as dependence of China cannot a friendly country, this project has United States and President of the floor by removing the run grill Cincinnatti early in Apr. a: the age the recent Japanese budget keeping these essentials of ira Paoting. Hopel, died in evidence of this. A study of be pillaged, for it is only by their sympathy and good-will. Red Cross Society of China, said on the window and stole a camera, scholar, went to Pacting in 1911 will, however, make it clear the nation's existence free committee in London, and I be a fine indication of the quality of total value of $304.

We are responsible to our special the coming of the British unit was a watch and some "money to a and remained there untill last year that only about two-fifths of and unhampered, will the leve that their one aim is that we real sympathy which characterised when fill-health forced his return her expenditure will be cover- Chinese people be able to should offer ourselves to the Chi-human relationship. to the United States (Havas). ed by her revenue and that develop their consuming pow-néte people and ther Government her interest payments on er to such an extent that will to do whatever we can do, and bonded debt will swallow up prove to the greatest econo- whatever we may be asked to do. one-third of the Governmic advantage of China her- the wide field of humanitarian ment's, income. Throughout self and the rest of the world service. the past two-and-a-half years and China is determined

IN CHINESENARIMSA South of her campaign in China never to give up her fight for Speaking in Chinese Mr. Barger

the Japanese militarists have these principles.

of 65. Dr. Whallon, once a Rhodes

Lieutenant Chiang Wel-kuo, Commissioner of the Fourth Ad- ministrative District in Klang, has mapped out a set of plans for the reconstruction 226' Klangsi,

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Mr. R. S. Harrison, of the Hong- There were different expressions kong & Shanghal Bank, who has and the active expression was MC.A since 1936 has resigned of this sympathy, sald Dr. Wang, been Honorary Treasurer of the worth more than words or materi-trom Office as he is shortly leaving als Sympathy of this kind was Hongkong Mr. H. F. Phillips, sub- possible, he said, "when the parties agent at Kowloon or the Bank, has had undergone the same expert consented to join the Board as Hon.

Treasurer.

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