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JAPAN'S LATEST POWER POLITICS

their

EDITORIAL

URBAN COUNCIL "PURE AND

MEETING

A meeting of the Urban Coun-

SIMPLE"

cil will be held tomorrow (Tues-VERY ENTERTAINING

day) at 4.15 p.m.

REVUE

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1940.

WHY ITALIAN ATTACK NEWSETTES

ON GREECE HAS BEEN

UNSUCCESSFUL

Orders of the day will be:

THE ITALIANS ARE LIKELY TO MAKE VERY Letters from Government signify-

A packed ing the approval of the Legisla-

audience at the STRONG EFFORTS TO RETRIEVE THEIR LOST PRES- tive Council to the amendment Helena May Institute on Batur TIGE and the next attack on Greece may be more powr- of the following by-laws:-(a) day night enjoyed every minute ful," said Capt. Cyril Fails, military correspondent of The Restaurants, Eating Houses and of a revue "Pure and Simple,"

of Milk arranged and produced by Tim Times, when he spoke in London on Saturday night on the Food Stalls; (b) Sale generally and Dairies and Milk Fortescue and presented by the purpose of the Italian attack on Greece and gave reasons Shops; (c) Hawkers-A General Nursing Detachment of the Hong-as to why it had been unsuccessful. and Licensing.

kong Volunteer Defence Corps.

Correspondence relative to the Among these present were H. E. "We have all heard a lot quickly but a little rashly, and Governor. Lt. Gen. lately about total, or totall-there was very little weight behind porary latrines at Kap Shek ME F. Norton, H. E the . O. C. tarian, war," said Capt. Falls. their blows. The coup did not

proposed erection of three tem- the

Acting

|

A services dance will be held m the West Lounge of the YMCA.. on Friday" next, Nov. 22, at 8:30 p.m. The 2nd Royal Scots Band will be in attendance,

Mr. Robert Ralston and Mr. Edward Samuel Wiliams have - been permitted to quit the Hong- keng Defence Reserve, with effect. from Nov. 6 and Nov. 9, respec- tively.

The name of Dr. G. E. Suther-

land. M.D., MS., of the YMCA, Salisbury Read, Kowloon, has been added to the Register of

•

The standard price for Engio,

the Italians pushed their Alpints 4 oz (sweetened condensed milk) into the Pindas mountains.

Village shown on the plan dated | Maj.-Gen. A E Grasett theIt has been defined as force along Koritza-Salonika road practise medicine in the Colony.

come off. Instead of attacking in Medical Practitioners entitled to October 30. 1940; Correspondence Colonial Secretary, Hon. Mr. N. L. relative to the standard type of Smith, and Col. H. B. Rose, Com-conflict between nations tak- which was the obvious thing to do, dry latrine.

mandant of the H. K. V. D. C. ing the place of conflict be Application for a food factory The local touch was introduced tween armed forces, which (A) Licence for No. 50, Gloucester in most of the songs and was means that every citizen is a Road, ground floor, and the Re-both clever and amusing.

combatant. guiar Returns.

Several sketches were presented

REVERSION TO BARBARISM including Missing Links "a drama for late-comers"), Air Raid Pre-I think we do our enemies too

SUCCESSFUL. cautions, Nursery Rhymes, British much honour when, we talk of

DANCE

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 Oficẻ, until 10.15 a.m. on the 18th WHILE the two partners at the European end of November, 1940.

the Axis combine have been The tenders to state the total compelled to watch the se- amount [in pounds sterling). vere battering which No telegraphic transfer will be war machine has been re- made for less than £100, but ceiving from the British tenders for sums above that Navy and the Royal Air Force amount to suit the convenience and are desperately seeking of the tenderers" will be cons to enlist further aid to save dered.

them from disaster, their The tenders to be in duplicate, Far Eastern ally has started and in sealed covers, addressed to another bit of tail-wagging the Treasury Chest Officer, Com The grandiose plan which mand Pay Office, and endorsed Japanese naval authorities, in The Master of Ceremonies, was Tenders for Government Bills, Shanghai announced to the Mr. George Chow, who helped to etc."

world on Friday last must be make the function an unqualified regarded as having a

two-

success. Miss Elyte Yuen and Mrs. The right is reserved (1) to:

Goddard sang a duet, Mrs Percy fold purpose. In the first Chen and Mr. Herbert Tong ren- accept or reject any or all of the place, it is a laborious at-dered a waltz and Miss Alison tenders, and, in particular (2)

tempt to conceal the loss of Fisher a song.

The dance committee comprised in case of equality of rate between prestige which Japan's mill- tenders amounting in all to wort tary leaders will be called

Mr. Geo: L. Chow, Mrs. G. G. Le than the total sum required, to

and Miss Evie Yuen, upon to face as a result of give preference to any tenders

the "strategic" withdrawal į received from Government in.

POPPY DAY FUND they have been ordered to stitutions or from the bankers to make from certain territories Previously acknowledged $25,- the Treasury Chest

which they occupied in China 251.36. Land Crawford Ltd. (Collec" Copies of Forms of Tender can at a huge cost and after over tion Tins) 23.70, Cheung Chau per Miss Mulliken (Collection. Tins) three years of campaigning 42.35, "Golf Match" V. R. Gordon he had on application.

In the second place, the an-5, E. "M. K. 5, Hongkong Signal ... Persons tendering for

nouncement of this latest Company 50. Further Street Sales (Bills) are hereby notified that having regard to the provisions be intended to divert atten-

show of power politics may 59. Total $25,448.41. of the Acts 22 George 111 Caption from the reverses which THE WEATHER 15 and 41 George 111 Cap. 52

Japan's western bed-fellows.

Maximum temperature yester-} the acceptance of "any such

are experiencing and also, to day was 78 and the minimum 66. Tender is subject to the express show the Axis headquarters, Total rainfall since Jan. 1 is

“Man.

nearer total

"This division was attacked. from all sides by the hardy Greek mountaineers. Numbers of Italians were killed, others died from exposure and in that end the remnants of the Italian division and their reinforce ments crawled back to safety, pursued and harried by the Greeks.

is 21 cents per tin. The above- order amends the standard price- fixed. by Government Notification No. 1205 in the Gazette of Nov. 1. 1940, for the article of food men- tioned.

Thomas

Workmen. First Steppes in Rus-totalitarian war, for if you look

Lt. Comdr. James Jolly, R.D., slan, Ministering Angels. Sen-at it from the historical point of

R.N.R.. has been appointed to act timental Interlude, In, addition to view, you will and that this to-

as Harbour Master and Director dance by talitarian war is, a near reversion The Canadian

of Air Chinese Club "Classical Variations"

Services, and Comdr. Scotcher (arranged by to barbarism, something like the held their

Peggy annual dinner arid

R.D... Charles Stiff, George Goncharoff). I Spy (Jack fighting amongst 'savage tribes.

"Along the coast, the Italians dance ng "the Peninsula Hotel on Saturday night where about 300 Grenar) and Mysto the Memory You could not have anything advanced In greater strength to RNR to act as Deputy Harbour Master, during the absence on- that the Kalamas River, but even here leave of the Honourable Comman- war than couples attended.

THOSE WHO TOOK PART Amongst the savages, if a small they have now withdrawn some der G. F. Hole. R.N. (Retired), or Those who took part in the tribe lay in the path of an invad- distance as a result of the reverses until further notice, with effect. successful show were Shella ing tribe and objected to their the centre. The Italian Com- from Nov. 14. Mackinlay, Jack Grenham, Mar passing through, they would be mander has now been given the garet McGuffog. Jess Graham-justified in fighting to stop the sack and the new commander who Mr. R. W. Cole will deliver the Parrow, Ted Bannister. Betty Invader.

has taken his place has started.

second part of-His-address-on Tebutt, Betty Richards, Eve Gray, So it is here. Treaties for out by completely reorganising his "African Skyways" at tomorrow's Olive Green, Peggy Scotcher, Nan neutrality, the rights of civilians forces, so that the next attack by meeting of the Hongkong Rotary Pritchard, Grady, Betty Longbottom, Pam and many of the rules of war to the Italians may be more powerClub. The speaker at the meet-

Rachel Smib, Joan which both Germany and Italy ful Banh, Cynthia Sanh, Cyril Brown. agreed, have disappeared as the Allson Black. Moyna Wilkinson, invader insists on continuing his

condition that no Member of that their eastern ally is 117.32 inches against an average the British House of Commons capable of making a better of 83.40. shall be admitted to any share display with her naval The Royal Observatory report or part in or to any benefit to strength.

arise from the Contract thereby made for the allotment of such (Bills)."..

states:

The anti-cyclone is stationary

L

BREATHING SPACE

ing of the Club on Nov. 26 will be the Rev. J. L. Wilson, whose subject will be "The Smith of Smiths."

D. M. Richards, Maureen Booker, path of aggression. In this serise, "Whatever may be the true ex- John Eager, June Booker. Maude therefore, total war is not a new planation of the Italian action, the Deacon, Nina Quin, Sheila Reeve | Invention or a new philosophy, but | Greeks have been given a breath The death occurred on Novem- At the plans was Major A. R. a dreadful principle, which has ing space and we have been given ber 10, at the Russian Orthodox: Colquhom, R. A... whilst the stage been made more dreadful by the time to go on increasing our as. Confraternity Hospital, 230 Route manager was G. Gilmore, assis application of science.

sistance to them.

de Bay Zoong, Shanghai, of Com tant stage manager W. A. Mackin-

Dimitriades, lay. Dances were arranged by

"If we leave out Eastern Mace-stantine Dimitriou donia, Greece is a very Carol Bateman and the dresses

moun- aged 57 years. husband of Mar- tainous country, with the huge garet, father" of Mary and Anti- were designed by Mrs. F. C. Hall

Findus range running down the gonie Dimitriades and brother of and Mrs E M. Philippens.

centre, separating the small plain Mr. Kyriaco Dimitriades. Funeral of Thesaly from the east. There services were held at the Russian are few roads and the few that Orthodox Mission Church, 55 Rue- have been built are narrow and Paul Henry, on November 13, and winding This explains why the was followed by interment at the Greek troops, used pack artillery Bubbling Well Cemetery. and pack transport to a large ex- tent and why they are expert in mountain warfare. Perhaps, it also explains why the Greeks are such magnificent marchers - hiUsmen

The Committee wish to thank the following for their kind-assis tance:

The Producer and his helpers. Helena May Council, St. John's Cathedral Council, the Cheero! Club, Tsang Fook Plano Co, for loan of radiogram, Miss. McGuffog for collecting advertisements. Mies J. Beavis for designing programme cover. Mr. G. P Ferguson for taking' charge of radiogram.

COLD-BLOODED ACT "These thoughts came into my mind when I heard of the Italian attack од Greece. What was this attack but a barbarous and cold-blooded act. There was no cause for quarrel and there was nothing' to justify the attack. Italy found herself in want of fresh air and naval bases and simply demanded them. When they were refused, she launched her forces in an attack on her neighbour.

"And now, because Signor Mus usually are. solini's ambitions have

been

"They are active and intelligent

THERE IS a certain signi- and unchanged over China, Japan Nestle's Milk Products for pre- thwarted. Greek women and child. fighters. They fought admirable in

ficance" in this ambitious and the neighbouring seas.

plan which the Japanese

The provisions in question Navy has taken the trouble:

do not apply to Contracts en to announce. It is undoubt-to occupy the whole of Indo- tered into by any incorporated edly based on the fact that China for the purpose of

sentation box of chocolates and the programme sellers.

PRISON RULES

Company in its corporated the Japanese were able to establishing naval and air AMENDMENT

capacity and made for the bring their brow-beating of bases from which the new general benefit of the Com Indo-China to a successful move can be operated has REGULATIONS

pany."

N. FORDE, Colonel, R.A.P.C.

Treasury Chest Officer, His Majesty's Treasury Office, Hong Kong.

ren are to die and Greek buildings the Balkan wars and again in 1914 jure to be destroyed by bombs.. 1918 when they fought in co-

That is total war.

That is the operation with the British army. example of the small tribe lying in the invader's path. There is no philosophy here, but only à res turn to barbariam,

COUP FAILED

PERIL STILL VERY REAL

Increasing

Telephone Facilities Of Baghdad

LONDON, Nov. 17. (Router)-- The local paper, Baghdad, pub-

of Baghdad which is now néaring completion.

The scheme provides for 10,000 telephone subscribers and gives in-

telephony:

"But the peril of Greece Is still very real. It is not on the sea

**So much for the act and row of our Mediterranean Fleet has be. elses the new scheme for in-

that this peril lies, as the mastery conclusion with their naval not been overlooked by Bri-

for the method. The manner in units and that they feel con-tain and America. It is also lishes the following:-

The Government Gazette pub-which the Italian carried out their, come more obvious. It is on the creasing the telephone facilities. rident of being able to do so probable that the authorities

attack has been a matter of sur- ¡land that the Italians are likely to In exercise of the powers.con- prise for everyone, including the make very strong efforts to re- again. This is an admission in... Indo-China with their ferred by section. I (2) (d) of the Greeks There was every reason to

İtrieve their lost prestige. In the that the Japanese themselves leanings towards the Vichy Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, expect a lightening blow in the air, as on the ground. It is not creased facilities for long distance have lost faith in the sabre-regime will not be in a post-1939, as applied to this Colony by manner of the Germany style, so easy to assist Greece as in the sea, rattling of their army and tion

the Emergency Powers (Colonia? to offer resistance to Defence) Order in Council, 1939, few days remaining before the land is comparatively slow.

as to take advantage of the last As you have learned, air action on

The Callender's Cable Company that the country's sea-power this move. It is from here, us respectively amended by the winter set in.

of London was awarded the con- 616 will be called upon to play a however, that the plan will Emergency Powers (Defence) Act,

"While we can rely on being able to tract. bring the Italian Fleet into action, Although the cables were, con- bigger part in their pro- begin to encounter definite 1940, and the Emergency Powers

we cannot be certain of preventing structed in a factory in the East gramme of expansion (their | snags. The appointment of

Colonial Defence) (Amendment) The Italians probably thought Italian planes from bombing End of London, near the Thames last gamble) than it has Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Hency the Officer Administering because the Greeks, were not quite power to strike at Italy by helping, continually bombing. the contract dér in Council. 1940. His Ex. they would be able to drive through Greece. We shall do all in our Estuary, which the Germans are. done hitherto. A point which Brooke-Popham as Comman- the Government makes the follow prepared, though as a matter of Greece to shout down Italian was carried out well ahead of has to be remembered in der-in-Chief of the Far East tng regulations.

fact the Greeks were not totally bombers and we can help by con- time. assuming that this is the has been made solely for the The Prison Rules Amendment unprepared, but only needed & ifte stantly attacking Italy's communi Japanese plan is that the purpose of co-ordinating Bri- Regulations, 1940.

tle time to get their defences cations with Albania and ralding Japanese Navy, since the tain's fighting strength to 1. These regulations may be working.

Not only were the cables manu her munition centres and factorles

factured in dangerous surround- Russo-Japanese war, has not meet just such a plan of cited as The Prison Rules Amend- "But no genuine lightening strike and I hope there will be some more yet come up against a first southward expansion by the 2. The prison rules published

ment Regulations, 1940) --

was delivered. The Italians acted positive measures taken later ones but they were transported Notice is bereby given that the class naval power. While it Japanese. The new com- on pages 181 to 257 of the Re EIGHTEENTH ORDINARY is recognised that the Japan-mander is already at his gulations of Hongkong, 1844-1925 YEARLY MEETING of Share ese Navy has, in recent years, headquarters in Singapore are amended as followe

SANDAKAN LIGHT

S POWER CO., (1922) LTD..

Government Notification650 of

viles 325 to 300 ad famended by HEALTH RETURNS Guaranteeing Office of the Company,' Bank of{quirements of modern naval to Britain's naval and air December 21, 1928, and Govern of enteric fever, four of chicken!

Fest Asia Bullding, Hongkong, on Monday, 18th ̈ November, 1940, at 12 o'clock noon, for the

purpose of receiving a Statement United States, as it is certain have obtained in the Medi- Imprisonment for more than one

pany.

American navies.

Thirty cases of tuberculosis, five

pox and three each of diphtheria and dysentery were notified, to the Health authorities on Friday.

Victory For Chinese

to China are hailed by the official

PEOPLE AMAZED,

over 20,000 kilometres of sea to Bairah and thence by rail to Baghdad Their safe arrival here well ahead of time amazed many people who see in the achieve- ment further evidence of British seapower and ability to get things done despite colossal dificulties;

warfare, It is still left to be strength in eastern waters, ment Notification 498 of June 30, seen how they will fare in a made possible by complete 1938, are rescinded and the follow

The scheme includes the pro- clash with the

vision of an automatic telephone naval mastery which the units of ing rules substituted-

exchange for Baghdad The con- strengths of Britain and the the Royal Navy and Air Force 328. Every prisoner sentenced to

tractors are the General Electric CHUNGKING NOV 17 (Renter) Company, Coventry, to whom of Accounts and the Report of

that any attempt by Japan terrariean, may soon be ex- provided rule 329...

month may earn remission as

The appointment of a British equal admiration is expressed for Directors for the year ended 30th to put her new plan "into pected. The Japanese Navy

period of imprisonment to be Commander-in-Chief, Far East, the the successful installation of the June, 1940, and to transact the execution will bring her into should, therefore, not labour son shall be determined by marks

329-(1) The amount of remis served-to-less than thirty days. Soviet dental of an agreement intricate apparatus again well ordinary business of the Comconflict with the British and under the misapprehension and the mark system shall be

330,--(1), No marks shall be with Japan and Col Knor's speech within the specified time. allow for mere good conduct ex promising greater U.S. assistance that they will have to deal carried out as follows

(2) The number of marks to be cept on Sunday Prisoners en Company will be closed from plan seems to be aimed at and air force. It will be number of days in the sentence selves well on that day shall re ng article this morning as “guar- Wednesday, 13th

CHANG TSE-CHUNG November, cutting off British and Ame- quite in keeping with the multiplied by four, or 1940, until Monday, 18th Novemrican interests in the Orient strength of these forces in (9) The maximum number of (2) Prisoners in the industrial These international developmenta

CHUNGKING, Nov 17 (Reuter) ber, 1940, both days inclusive,

from being able to get any the west and will be capable marks which may be earned in labour classes shall be allowed are taken to indicate the deter-The remains of General Chang assistance f from their home of meeting any challenge one day is six The maximum marks in proportion to their inmination of Britain, the United Ise chung, who was killed in ates and Russia to resist further action on the east bank of the By Order of the Board of

remission which may be ordinarily dustry on the same scale as other countries. The initial stages from Japan Apart from earned by any prisoner is one prisonera,

aggression on the part of Japan Han River during the Ichang bat- Directors,

of the move are to be special Britain, there is also Ameri-third of the sentence

(3) Prisoners in hospital shail in the Pac

We were finally laid to rest - ly directed against Britain ca's Asiatic Fleet to contend 4) The earliest date of release be allowed six marks per dien

Chinese dally concludes: "Aterday afternoon at Peipar, fam -(4)- Prisonera in sólitary new dawn is breaking for an in- | hotspringa resort in north Chi and, if successful, will isolate with and Japan should not on remission will be the day on

ement:

deper

endent, free and new China king, 2 Hongkong from her nearest fall to see what the conse which the pr

quired

esches of prison dis- We must seize this great oppor, » Generalisatimo Chiang

to make the greatest effort spec

proces Stór final victory, zi

„Chungking to attend the

The Transier Books of the THE CRUX of the Japanese with only a meagre naval earned by prisoners will be the titled to marks who conduct them CENTRAL DAILY NEWS in a lead-FUNERAL OF GEN

SHEWAN TOMES & CO., LTD.

General Managers.

582 sources of supply in Singa-quences be the carries

pore and India. The threat her bluffing too far

5)

Autho

the

ceive six marks.

anteeing Chinese victory