1941-01-25 — Page 7

HONGKONG DAILY: PRESS

CABLE

Treatment Of Overseas JAPANESE TAKE SERIOUS VIEW

Chinese By Foreign Countries

A petition has been sent by the overseas Chinese delerates to the National People's Congress, which has been postponed, to the Executive Yuan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, urging that ae- tions be taken to effect an improvement of the treatment of overseas Chinese by foreign countries, declared Mr. Huang Siang-wang, de- legate from Australia. In an interview with the CENTRAL NEWS.

This petition, Mr. Huang said. Chengtu. where they had a week's was originally in the form of a visit during which they called on proposal to be brought forth for General Chang Chun, Chairman discussion at the National People's of the Szechwan Provincial Gov. Congress. Since the Congress nas, ernment. Mr. Huang Chi-lu and been postponed, it was presented other officials to both the Executive Yuan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Following their visit in Chengtu, they started out un tour of the

at

southwestern provinces. stopping

During an interview between Mr. Lin Sen, Chailman of the National Kwelin. and Lluchow Government. and the delegates Kwangsi. Lelyang in Hunan and while at Chungking, "Mr. Huang, Shiukwan' in Kwangtung. They ova-

revealed, the Chief Executive ex- were accorded tremendous

OF KESWICK SHOOTING AFFRAY

as

SHANGHAI, Jan. 24 (Renter)-In view of the serious financial state of the Shanghai Municipal Council an emergency meeting of British and American Councillors, at which the British and Ameri-

to decided can Consuls-General" were present,

convene another special Ratepayers' Meeting as early possible if the Japanese guarantee complete peace and order,

The Japanese authorities have Issued statement taking a. serious view of yesterday's affair and are preferring charges against Mr. Hayashi.

ASSURANCE GIVEN

The statement admits that Ha- yash fired the shots bul claims that the act was unpremeditated that precautions and assures

would be taken to prevent any re- currence.

Best wises for a speedy recovery are extended to Mr. Keswick, Mr.

Okamoto and the other victims.

The standing committee of the Japanese Ratepayers' Association has decided to hold an extraordin-

SHOOTING OF MR. KESWICK

Act Of Japanese.

Condemned

SHANGHAI, Jan. 24 (Reuter)---- while expressing the view that the' shooting of Mr. W. J. Keswick,

head of Jardine's and Chairman of the S.M.C, at the ratepayers' meeting. by Mr. Hayashi was per- on the latter's respon- petrated

pressed grave concern about the tions everywhere they went and fry meeting today to discuss the sibility, all papers here condemn

welfare of the overseas Chinese were teted by various local leaders under foreign rule. He felt that and organisations. something must be done to better- their conditions and promised that

steps would be taken toward this. end.

EXTENDED TOUR

J

RAPID PROGRESS

unexpected developments.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Keswick has won the hearts of Japanese offi- cials and residents by visiting Mr. Okamoto in the Japanese Hospital

They were all deeply impressed b the rapid progress achieved in re-In Hongkew.. construction," Industry, and edusa-

PASSED GOOD NIGHT

tion in the places they visited. Mr. W. J. Keswick, Chairman of Mr. Huang arrived in Hongkong What struck thea most, Mr. the Shanghai Municipal Council, from Shiukwar. on Jan. 21 with Huang disclosed, was the intensive who was wounded in yesterday's Messrs. Huang Chi-sheng, Cheng army training in the various pro- sensational shooing afṛay, passed Yeh-chiu and Sun Hal shou, res vinces.

a good night. pectively delegates from Canada, General Li Hon-wan, Chairman Dr. Parsons told Reuter: "The Panama, and Chile, after an ex- of the Kwangtung Provincial Gov- patient's condition is very satisfac- tended tour In the southwestern ernment, Mr. Huang said, is spar- tory." provinces. They first went toing no efforts in far-reaching im- Chungking last November, where provements of the political admin they visited Generalissimo Chiang istration and financial structure of Kal-shek twice and also other the province.

leaders, including General Ho A native of Sunwuł, Kwangtung. Ying-chin, Minister of War, Dr. Mr. Huang. now. 63, has been in Wang Chung-hul, Minister of Melbourne, Australia, for over 40 Forelar Affairs. Mr. Chen Li-fu, years, dealing in the grocery busi- Minister of Education. Mr. Chenness. This was his fourth visit to Shu-jen. Chairman of the Over-China, the last one being in 1927. j Seas Affairs Commission. and When he returns to Australia, he General Feng Yu-halling. Vice said, he will report the actual Chairman of the National Military conditions in China to the Chinese Council.

there and exert his utmost in en-

The Generalissimo shewed deen couraging them to make capital! interest in the conditions of the investments in their mother ecun- overseas Chinese and expressed try and to co-operate with their profuse appreciation of their home Government.

unremitting support for the coun- į He is also planning to raise try's present cause.

Mr. Hayashi's „act

The American-owned CHINA PRESS deciired: "It was all the more regrettable the Chairman should have been the target of the laltack and the attacker should have been the chairman of the Japanese Ratepayers' Association." POLICE PRAISED

All papers praised the cool- headed work of the police, es- pecially the courage displayed by the Commissioner of Police who, practically alngle-headed, held back the surging crowd,

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The actions of Mr. Okamoto and other..Japanese officials, who, at- tempted to calm the shouting and pushing mob, are also highly praised.

Figure This One Out

WHO WRECKED THE HOME?

Antonio Fosas, a former jockey known to race track fans in the

Philippines as Joe Rivers, residing at 2160 M. Hizon. Manila, thought

he was seeing things when he re-

funds in Australia for the improve After staying in Chungking forment of the irrigation system i about a month,, they proceeded to his home district. Szeyap. In order

to increase the agricultural pro ducts there. In his opinion the The Lord Chancellor, Lord Simon, turned home early on the night of said in London yesterday: "When Jan. 15 and found his place "as irrigation systems throughout Free we see what is happening across good 45 bombed," reports the China should be improved if China the Channel there is not, one of Manila Bulletin.

Backbone Of Two-Ocean Fleet

is to increase her agricultural out

TS here who would not readily put and to attain self-sufficiency sacrifice everything, we have rather In "food.

than allow such a state of affairs Mr. Huang estimated there are to overtake this home of freedom."

20,000 Chinese

more

than

Australia and about 2,000 in Melbourne alone. Mostly Canton-

-(Special).

ད་ང་ར་ར་ར་ར་ག་ག་གས་ཏུ་རིང་ང་ཏུང་ན་སྟོན་པ་ཙོངས་པ་དང་ན་དང་་

COMPLETE WRECK

The house was completely Wrecked except that the roof was left intact. But, worse than that, everything that used to be shel- tered.

there, TOKYO, Jan. 24 Reuter-Theese. they engage in various trades

furniture, clothes. his five race horses, one polce United States is contemplating the including the

grocery, tea. silk, tented one. Extremely patriotic, dog,.one Dutch hound, one goat construction of seven mammoth rice. herb medicine, and fruit they have donated over $6,000,000 and even his wife wēre gone. dreadnaughts: displacing either business So far, their life in Aus to China since the start of the Only thing left in the house was 52,000 or 80,000 tons and mounting tralla has been a happy and con-urrent hostilities.

the telephone: 18-inch guns, under plans drawn

under the direction of Admiral

Harold Stark, Chief of Naval

Operations in the United States Wavell's Army Advancing

the NICHI NICHI SHIMBUN re- ported.

The armada of seven of the

world's largest battleships will form the backbone, of the two The

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was

"It couldn't have been a tor- nado." Foses thought as soon as he recovered from the

shock, "And neither could a bomb do any worse."

SATURDAY,

JANUARY 25, 1941. -PAGE 7

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ONE WEDDING .

AT REGISTRY

The marriage took place at the Registry, Supreme Court, yester- day, of Mr. Suck. Ying, pensioner of the US Navy, residing at No. 3 Kilung Street, Arst floor, and | Miss Lo Miu, of the sanie address. Mr. J. Reynolds. Deputy Registrar of Marriages, officiated At the ceremony.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

J

The following forthcoming mar- lages were announced at the Re- gistry yesterday:-..

Mr. Mak Wing-fung, printer, of 179 Third Street, first floor, and Miss Chan Wal-hing, of 64 High

Street, third floor."

Mr. Chof Chan-humg, civil ser- vant Chinese Government, re- siding at No. 60 Portland Street, and Miss Mak Sut-hing. of 414 Castle Peak Road."

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SOVIET PLEASED WITH LIFTING OF U.S. EXPORT BAN

MOSCOW. "Jan. 24 Reuter)-

moral embargo" on the The lifting of the United States export

of aeroplares to Russia has been announced on the Soviet radio but not yet in the

press as no news- papers were published here yes- terday.

Official circles are reticent on the subject but opinion here 13 that the lifting of this ban,

lations.

TELEPHONE NOS, 20075 & 30644.

ANNOUNCEMENT

WE TAKE PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE. THAT, AS FROM JANUARY 31st., 1941, OUR UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, BUSINESS HOURS WILL BE AS FOLLOWS-~~

SUNDAYS

From 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. WEEK DAYS From 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The WING ON

Calra

Rumanian Dictator Forms New Party

Im-state institutions."

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A policeman asked him what he thought could have reduced his march towards honour or shame. NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (Reuter-house to a shambles. Fosas didn't

victorious entry

Free Whole-heated 01

compliment know for sure. But, he said, that coupled with the establishment of ment, the rebels ared on the to the occupation of Rumania by ocean fleet, the construction of French forces into Tobruk count-given to Australian troops by the the night of Jan. 15 was the first an American Consulate-General at Prime Minister's office and other the German Army and, the second, which has already been authorised ed a thousand times more than newspaper, the NEW YORK SUN, me he

Vladivostock, suggests an had been home in 15 by Congress.

any words from Vichy-(Special) in an article on the development days since he had quarrelled with provement in Soviet-American re- HAILE SÉLASSIE RE-ENTERED in the Libyan campaign today.

The article says: "If the supply "My wife is not in the wreckage, ABYSSINIA

of Australians holds out, it looks so figure that one out for your- as if the army of the Nile may self," he said. soon be driving Graziani's Italian Army clear across Africa to the Atlantic Ocean."

MORE GREEK LONDON, Jan. 24 (Reuter

SUCCESSES

Emperor Halle. Selassie has re- entered Abyssinia on Jan. 15. It can now be revealed, writes Reu-. ter's Special correspondent on the Sudan-Abyssinian frontier.

PRISONERS FOR INDIA

More Greek successes are report- ed in Albania,.,according to a Lon-

An R.A.F. plane in which he A report from New Delhi, quoted don message, which states that a travelled from Khartoum landed in a London message, states that further 200 Italian prisoners, in-at the aerodrome, which was clear-India will accommodate 38,000 cluding eight officers, have been led with aid of land mines and Italian prisoners-(Special) taken.

axes from an almost impenetrable į

NEXT BLOW The Italians are retiring in the bush by his patriot army and A message from Australia stated northern sector with heavy losses. Ethiopian refugees.

his wife.

JAPAN DESIRES FRIENDSHIP WITH

AUSTRALIA"

לי

EMPHATIC DENIAL

at Ploesti, in the Rumanían oll district, were immediately shot, is contained in a Bucharest message An emphatic denial of reports to the independent Frerich News that sections of the Army have Agency.

the establishment of a Rumaniar Gen. Antonescu added that the military dictatorship ander the rebels, mostly irresponsible young segis of the German military people, were giving themselves up authorities. INDO-CHINA NAVY and that the authorities were everywhere in control of... the

EXTREMISTS SHOT CONGRATULATED situation.

LONDON, Jan. 24" (Reuter)-A The Resident-General in Tunis, He appealed to the nation to report that two Iron Guard ex- General Catroux, who was formerly rally round the authorities, army tremist commanders found hiding Governor-General of Indo-Chna, and the King. has asked Admiral Decoux, the pre- ! [ent Governor-General, to trans- The Japanese Vice-Consul inmit to the French ships which Sydney declared yesterday that took part in the recent

engage Japan desired real friendship with 'ment against the Siamese, his gone over to the rebels is con- The names of the men were Australia, according to a message congratulations on their splendid taimed in a communique issued by given as Szilaghi and Dimitrescu from Australia.

achievements, states a Saigon the Rumanian General staff today. Zapada, The R.A.F. continued their sup-i He was greeted by his two sons, next blow will be struck quickly many and Italy in the Axis Pact.

Although Japan had joined Ger- message,

The Army is doing its duty. A third commander, Ciorogáru. the Crown Prince and Duke

They have shown that. they everywhere, says the communique, was also stated to have been dis- Harmar and a representative of the Australian enthusiasm was very wanted to be friendly with understood their duty as French. In an order of the day to the covered at Ploesti, but his fate is GO.C. Briush forces in Sudan.

both sides. Japan however, would men", said General Catroux. Army, Gen, Antonescu 8378 a had been a great show, but a note special circumstances. and great. Everyone agreed that it

only enter the present war in The same message stated that batch of rogues and ruffians tried not General Weygand had inaugurated to seize power but, thanks to the TELEGRAPH RATES

of caution was also being sounded. merely if America was drawn into an economic conference in Algiers. Army's intervention, order was

The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. it. It was America's attitude that INCREASED

—(Special) A. W. Fadden, stated yesterday had forced Japan to join the Axis. OCCUPATION SEEN CHUNGKING, Jah, 24 (Reuter)

that the success in Libya was bril-(Special) LONDON, Jan. 24 (Reuter)-The liant,. but it would There will be a general increase

not win' the occupation of the in telegraph rates, both domestic

whole of war. The campaign was still not and foreign beginning on Feb. 1, Cyrenalca is foreseen by yesterday at an end. announced the Chinese telegraph morning's result of the capture of administration. All classes of do- ! mestic telegrams will be nearly

port of the Grecks in the central sector(Special)

After being blessed by a priest on crossing the frontier, the Em- peror himself hoisted the Ethio- plan Royal Standard.

Tobruk.

that it is believed there that the

giving the Italians no rest.

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much

unknown. =

KILLINGER ARRIVES BERLIN, Jan, 24 (Reuter) restored in less than 24 hours. General von Killinger. the new The country was grateful to the German. Minister to Rumania Arnty.

arrived in Bucharest on Friday All meetings are forbidden on morning, stated the official News pain of severe punishment.

Agency. SWIFT ACTION Mr. G. G. Acheson, former Under- Secretary of the United States. · LONDON, - 'Jan. 24 (Reuter)—

ADVOCATE OF AID TO BRITAIN

Treasury, and an advocate of giv-Germany is expected to take swift

DIVE-BOMBERS

• QUIET

HOLLAND UNDER

· The successes in Libya was like.

NAZI RULE killing a criminal's dog, leaving the THE TIMES says that General criminal at large and until the cri- News of Holland under the Nazi doubled, the new rates per word in Wavell's reports are almost as minal was killed, peace was not rule reveals suicides and

laconic as those of Julius Caesar, possible.

ing all possible ald to Britain, has and drastic action in Rumanis telegrams sent within the province but his achievements are begin-

nervousness among German sol-been appointed Assistant Secretary unless the Rumanian Government being, merit in Chinese 20, in Chining to promise results almost as

TRIBUTE TO AUSTRALIANS diers there who are apprehensive of State..

succeeds immediately in restoring nese coded 40 and in toreiz lan-

The New York Sun paid a glow-about being forced to take part spectacular.

Mr. Acheson, "states a London order, says the Washington corres guage 40.

The MANCHESTER GUARDIAN ing tribute to the Australian troops in the invasion of England, states message, is one of four leading pondent of the Associated Press Since Bunday, when they lost 17 says: "We are moving quickly in and said that if they continued as a London message."

American lawyers who published quoting. dispatches to diplomatic aircraft, Germen · dive-bombers Libya, but we, cannot move too they were doing they would soon The R. A.-F. are still most po-an opinion that the leasing of quarters.

have been noticeably quiet and Marshal Graziani's armypular and the people go to the bases and transfer of "destroyers The German authorities are said there have been no daylight raids U.S. AIR TRAGEDY quickly as so much has to be done, drive

The sooner we can dispose of the clean across Africa.

dykes in the evenings to watch |would be legal..

to have hinted" two possible on Malta. Italians in Cyrenalea, or al in To them went the chief credit for them. British broadcasts are The purchase by Britain of 13 methods in quelling the disorders; *. There' war' a raid on Wednesday Libya, if that is our intention, the for the taking of Tobruk, just as also liked but, as it le not prudent more ships, totalling 107,000 tons existed."

"night when a few bombs were spomer shall we free the hands of they had figured principally in the for the people to talk of them and valued at £700,000 is alko an- The first first is the establish dropped. No damage

was done our forces there for other capture of Bardia and Sidi Bar-aloud, they just speak about “Aunt [nounced by the US Maritime of a "protectorate" of the entire and there were no casualties tasks."

rani-(Special)

Angelina(Spectal)"

englanta Commission.—(Spécial)

country which would be tantamount| (Special)-

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 24 (Reuter)-Two

persona were killed and 12 injured when a commercial air-liner crash.

ed near the airport here this morning

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