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EDITORIAL

CORRESPONDENCE VOLUNTARY

ROOF-SQUATTERS

IN KOWLOON

EVACUATION OF WENCHOW

JAPANESE CLAIM

To The Editor, HLX. Dally Press.

Sir, Your worthy championing of the poor squatters of Tai Hang whose huts were so ruthlessly IS RIDICULED razed to the ground by certain in-

CHUNGKING, May 9 (Central) sane officers, purdon, I mean sani- enquire if these zealous guardians and Halmen, important towns an tary officers. has prompta me to The Japanese claim that they voluntarily evacuated Wenchow of public health would carry out the Cheklang const, "after com- their bunting a little further and pleting their objects," but "con- clear the roofs of certain houses in tinue to remain in Wenchow and Kowloon City of beggar-dwellers Halmen waters engage and' 'squatters' of side-walks whose blockading operations" was ridicul- presence is not only unwelcome but ed by a Chinese military spokes- decidedly objectionable.. The Kowman at a press conference here loon Police were most courteous and 'yesterday,

to

In

FIRM BELIEF IN VICTORY 246 FIRM BELIEF in final and prompt in attending to a personal According to the spokesman, two complete victory for the request from myself in seeing that chinese columns made a counter- cause which Britain and her the beggar who had made a dwell attack at Wenchow at dawn on allies were fighting was the of my roof-landing cleared out May 2. They first re-occupied the key-note of Mr. Churchill's Without delay: but their duties do key positions south-west of the not include a visit at all hours to town and at 11 a.m. broke inte reply to the debate in the rooftops of private properties, and the town itself by the west gate. House of, Commons on the it is for the Urban Council to see

After street fighing, the Japan-

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It is one thing to be charitable a night's attack.

where and everywhere. 'If ten- ants of these. "premises do not

and clear clean

this

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Yours faithfully,

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they commandeer Chinese labour-

WHO'S WHO AND THE POLICE

While waiting for, the "arrival of His Excellency the Governor of Macno and Madame Teixeira, the following incident was wit- nessed by members of the local Press

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Approaching the Queen's Pier was a well-known Chinese gen- tleman, dressed in foreign-style clothing. After having passed through the Police barrier, near Queen's Building, he was stop- ped within ten yards of the Pler and asked by a Chinese acting Sub-Inspector to produce his pass!

"I am sorry," said that gen- tleman. "I do not possess Police pass as I only happen to be a member of the Legislative Council"!

What the Sub-Inspector felt might better be left to the imagination!

New Fire Sub-Station At Wanchai

Haimen and Huangyen after their entry into Talchow and send out fllth

The new sub-station at Wanchal tank units to patrol it. Didn't of the Hongkong Fire Brigade

ese farewell

will

the

HENRY LUCE IN CHUNGKING.

and

FOOD PRODUCTION

SATURDAY, MÁY 10, 1941. MILITARY EXERCISES AT HOME DESCRIBED: NEED FOR ARMOURED VEHICLES

"Active warfare" on land came to an end a short time ago in the Balkans, and it is still going on in parts of North and East Africa. Britain's own land forces may have to strike at very short notice. Even if not on their home soil, they might have to go elsewhere," said CAPTAIN CYRIL FALLS, military correspondent of THE TIMES, when he broadcast from London yesterday.

our

"I thought, therefore, that selves into troops moving steadily it might be of interest if, for forward. There were no tanks on this occasion, but Bren-gun car- a change, I talked about. the

riers were moved forward. The exercises given troops gradual weight of the attacking here and which I had an op-torce pushed the enemy's advance portunity of seeing a short troops back across the stream and time ago," continued Captain the advance closed up to its banks. "The operation covered too wide Falls.

an area for me to see everything and the detalls could only be dis-

A DIFFERENCE · "Here I must first say as a word cussed at a conference which took about the difference between a place some time later. I was war correspondent, which I am particularly struck by the kech- not, and a military correspondent, ness and efficiency shown by the which I am A war correspondent officers. It was as I said, a beast- is a man who lives with the armyly day. Rain turned to hall and and who sends reports to his one could not make out land- hewspaper of army operations, or marks a few hundred yards away. If there are no army operations, reports on its exercises.

"At first I thought there was not enough boldness in the at- tackers. The reconnaissance unit which had pushed on ahead took

the up

Une to which the local troops had been forced back, but it did not try to work "its way" through everywhere.

the error of over-caution rather

The Seventy second Ordinary that had been made of the

and quite another to permit althy! LABOURERS PRESS-GANGED General Meeting of Shareholders Government when he himself people to make a dwelling of one's

The spokesman asked: "If the will be held at the Offices of the upheld the great traditions residence, and these people not!

"A military correspondent is a commentator and he can. undersigned on Wednesday, the and principles of democracy only dirt. on the premises, but theyapanese claim was true, why did

only occasionally get away to 21st May, 1941, at Noon, for by demanding that a vote of also obey calls of nature any ers to build a highway between

see the army at work. He has the purpose of receiving the confidence should be taken on:

rather to sit behind and watch the news. For myself, I like Report of the General Managers, the Cabinet's conduct of the

statement of war, since, to quote Mr. Chur-the health of the community would these actions indicate that they should be completed by the end of

to watch the troops better, be- together with a

"In favour of this method was 'cause if you don't do that Accounts for the year ended the chill, "the Government have be seriously endangered.

from time to time you are apt

that it is always valuable to find a right to know where they From the verandah of my house intended to make a permanent oe-August, said Mr. J. C. FitzHenry 31st December, 1940.

to get out of date..

out the strong and weak points, but against it was the fact that stand with the Commons and I can see over the roots of houses cupation? Moreover, if they think M. I. Fire E., Chief Officer of the The

"Most people here Share Register

to the Hongkong and

can only strong forces were moving up be- where the Commons stand opposite where beggars make their that naval blockading operations Fire Brigade,

guess at how the average military hind these reconnaissance units Transfer Books will be closed!

dwellings. They draw their water are enough, why don't they eva-Daily Press yesterday. with the country." The

Three fire fighting appliances, exercises are run and therefore, and therefore they should have from the 7th May to the 21st

With regard to the Japanese and two ambulances,

be would like to explain how it works. been kept under cover. May, 1941, both days inclusive. Prime Minister made no at-supply from the uush-water tanks cuate Foochow and Swatow too?"

on the roofs, and hang out their

new station It is laid down, for instance, that tempt to evade the important ragged clothings to the sun, making claim that Chinese civilians, bear-transferred to the

"If anything it seemed to me JARDINE, MATHESON & issues raised during the dis- most disgusting sight to these ing Japanese flags bid the Japan- which will have a personnel of 50 a certain situation has arisen and that if there was an error. It was

cussion, nor did he fail to re-loaking on. Ablutions are made re- their warships, the spokesman ask-

when they boarded men under a Chinese sub-officer. that certain troops will deal with CO., LTD.

Referring to the strength of the It In a certain way. A number of General Managers;

cognise the gravity of certain gardless of modesty.

ed whether anyone would teel Brigade, Mr. FitzHenry said that umpires are appointed to see how than over-rashness and that the aspects of the war situation:

For a change, let the sanitary thankful after experiencing looting, there are, at present, approximate the troops can go on advancing operation was rather on the slow

side." officers stop playing Guy Fawks, The Hongkong Fire. Insurance which were stressed by mem-and chase away roof-squatters and raping and other atrocities.

ly 1,000 men, including members and when they may have to be

ARMOURED VEHICLES of the Auxiliary Fire Service, stopped by fire. Blank ammuhi- bers. He dealt with every reap the reward of thanks from a

which should be sufficient for the tion is used and smoke bombs and

Capt. Falls said that tactics of 1941. phase of the war from the long-suffering community.

number of appliances in

sometime the artillery fire over the infiltration could still have been 227 military and political points

Brigade-15 fire engines and ave heads of the Infantry

practiced by well trained troops in lorries.

THE OPERATIONS

| modern; warfare. He was not pre- pared to say that he was wrong in "In this particular

exercise his

the which I saw.

first impression that the enemy, were troops he saw at work could have supposed have made a landing been more enterprising.

small port. The garrison The Kwangtung Provincial Goved there, with the aid of the Home Under the sponsorship of the Boothe, arrived in Changking by ernment has formed a Food Pro-Guard held him up and orders Hongkong Chinese Journalists plane from Hongkong. They are duction Directorate (447 to 3) was reaffirmed was Association a three-day bazaar was the guests of Dr. H. H. Kung, Vice-Huang Yuan-pin as Director and inside to retake the port. Two with Mr.were given to a division further a token of the manner in inaugurated at the To Un Restau-President of the Executive Yuan Mr. Liu Yung-chi and Ho Po-ping brigades were to move up and de- which every man and woman rant. West Point. yesterday morn and Minister of Finance.

ploy for an attack on the town. The Seventeenth Annual Gen-jin Britain share in their ing to raise funds for the pur- After being entertained at lun- The Ministry of Agriculture and

"The object was to drive the eral Meeting of Shareholders leader's belief that final vic-chase of Chine's war-time bonds cheon by Dr. Kung, Mr. and Mrs. Forestry has promised to appro- enemy back across the river which the sale of which is being pushed Luce interviewed Generalissimopriate a total of $781,000 for vari- he had crossed. Next day a third will be held at the Company's tory will culminate the strug- here.

Chiang Kai-shek.

ous agricultural and food-produc- brigade was to retake the port. Office at the Jordan Road Ferry gle in which they are now Hon. Sir Robert Kotewall de-

The Luces are planning to re-ing projects in Kwangtung. It will One of these brigades had to cover Pler, Kowloon, on Saturday, the engaged.

main in the war-time capital for be given in three instalments. The about five miles in a night and 17th May, 1941 at 11.00 a.m,, MR. CHURCHILL'S depre- Mr. Huang Yen-pel, Secretary ten days, leaving HongKong by first instalment of $150,000 has when you think that no close con- for the purpose of receiving the cation of over-emphasis on General of the War-time Bonds Clipper for America on May 21 already been received.

Commission 101 Chungking. also Taking advantage of their pre-

centrations were permitted, that is report of the Board of Directors the sentimental issues of the

It is learned that the Ministry ja fair distance.

"You all realise the risks en- spoke:

sence in Free China, they hope to of Agriculture and Forestry plans Articles contributed by about be able to pay a aging visit to to increase the production of food-worked like clock-work. It was a Germans together with a statement al conduct of the war-issues

eral Wavell was able to take in his "All this part of the exercise Libyan offensive and which the Accounts for the year ended 31st. which, he rightly declared, 100 Chinese factories, schools, pub- Paochi in, Shensi to inspect the stuffs throughout Free China by horrible morning, but everything counter-offensive.

should be given their proper lie organisations and individuals Industrial Co-operatives there. 27,000,000 piculs, Kwangtung "will significance by historians

were on sale. The bazaar will be

Mr. Melville Jacoby, United Press be responsible for one-third of and the troops were then set on strong attacking forces supported was smoothly and efficiently done have been useless unless based on when they wrote the full story today and tomorrow.

open between noon, and if pm correspondent, has also arrived the amount (Central News). of the present struggle-was,

He started work over the Interna- tional Radio Broadcasting Station, indeed, the best point in his

relayed via Manila, and picked up speech and his, intention to

via San Francisco.

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"SENSATION" AT LAND SALE

of view with that frankness and fearlessness which has distinguished his leadership of the country. The over- whelming majority by which the peoples bonfidence in him

O' SQUATTERS.

SINO (QURNALISTS HOLD BAZAAR

clared the bazaar open..

FLAG DAY TODAY The St. John Ambulance Brigade show that there was no will hold their annual Flag Day ground for despondency or today and a record "taking" is defeatism. It was in this vein confidently expected.

that he rebuked the former

war leader, Mr. Lloyd George,

for the latter's unhelpful security of the Nile Valley, criticism. It was in the same which, Mr. Churchill deciar-

spirit that he assured Mr.ed, Britain could not afford

Mr. Henry Luce, editor

publisher of Time, Life and For- tune, accompanied by his au- thoress-playwright wife Clare

Another notable visitor by the same plane was the Bishop of Hongkong (Central News).

THIS IS HOW

IT IS DONE

Yesterday about 3 p.m. a Chi-

DIRECTORATE

as Vice-Directors.

More About Brains

at a

"An attack, continued Capt. Falls, "must be based on· STM- oured vehicles supported by aircraft. Indeed, if an attempt

Is made to wrest the defence without armoured vehicles, not only will the attackers -suffer losses, but if they break through his very vulnerable communica- tions will be cut to pieces. Sections of the defence wili te off, let the attacker pass and then pounce on his transports and cat him off.

have taken in their

Both would

their business of moving to their by armoured vehicles and aircraft. " next objective across the country.

"This view was impressed upon Then as the night Improved, we

ART EXHIBITION

at the District Office, South, yea- to be considered in relation himself to utter, but his assu-held a parasol. In the other, she weighing four pounds. ten ounces, Yesterday morning.

was

Australian Chinese Savings Drive

moved towards the enemy's lines. us by Mr. R. G. Merizles while he this country. We need WIDE AREA COVERED

armoured fighting vehicles, he said. "We got into Bren-gun carriers and we still have to work like Medical experts who performed to see things as they got closer beavers before we can consider the recent autopsy on Leon Trotsky and I saw little dots resolve them ourselves rully armed. were impressed by the size of his brain. It weighed three and a half pounds, one of the biggest ever encountered by Mexican me-

A large number of people" visited. dical authorities. Hore-Belisha, a former War to lose. This was the only

'The largest brain in

recorded the exhibition of Chinese paint-

CHUNGKING, May 9 (Central)...... Minister, that his anxiety over note of gravity which the nese lady was walking down the medical history was that of Ivanings by Professor Chang Shu-chi,

Economy A mild 'sensation was caused the production of tanks had Prime

Turegenef. The nineteenth-cen- of the National Central University, More than $2,500,000 Minister permitted shop pavements near the Southerntury Russian novelist had a brain which was opened at Hotel Cecil Savings Certificates have been

Playgrounds. In one harid "she

subscribed by Chinese in Australia......... terday when two bullding lots and

More than 120 paintings, repre- The money has been femitted to four agricultural lots were sold by to the huge advance which france that all the resources held a handbag.

Next largest known was the brain

of Professor the Chinese Ministry of Foreign public auction by Mr. S. F. Bal- this form of mechanised war-would be thrown into a fight Two street urchins, who had Daniel Webster, the Americansenting the cream

Chang's works which he is shortly Affairs. fare has made since the last to the death here was proof evidently followed her for some statesman. A building lot at Tai O, with an war and even since Mr. Be-that he was convinced that time, drew up closer to her. Welle Does the size of the brain afford taking to the United States for ex- The subscription ́campaign, in upset price of only $60, realised lisha himself was in office. the position could be satis-one ran on a few steps past their a true measure of mentality? Ithibition, are on display in three

unsuspecting victim the other has never been proved that $1,170 or nearly 26 times its upset The production of tanks was factorily secured. Pursuing walked up and, with a short oversize brain, connotes genlus, but Birds, flowers and trees are the price. Another bullding lot, at now being so speeded up so as his explanation of the poll-club which he held in his hard, there is evidence that diminutive dominant subjects done simply and Ping Chat, having an area of 8,800 to double the number that tical developments in the struck the lady on the wrist of brains go with mental defectives unobtrusively yet with intense and square feet and an upset price of was available to the army a Middle East from this point, the hand which was grasping the Dr. H. A. Berry, formerly Professor mation.

A number of these paintings $83 was sold for $1,070.

An agricultural lot at Ha Kwai year ago and this in addi-Mr. Churchill hinted at

With a cry, of pain, she dropped Melbourne, made thousands of have already been sold at prices Chung, measuring 36 acres with tion to the American produc-likely shake-up of the British her bag which the other urchin skull measurements and found that varying from 340 to $400. an upset price of $40, was knock-{tlon which" would swell Bri-Intelligence Service "which made off with, while the one with mentally defective children had The exhibition will remain open

tain's tank strength consider- has apparently lagged some- the club ran off in the opposite brains on the average 20 per cent, until tomorrow. On the other side of scale, were ably.

what behind its record as be- direction,

smaller than normal. one agricultural lat at Ting Kau

FEARLESSNESS and frank- ing the best in the world in yards and then gave it up, while the skull sze, of living university The victim gave chase. for a few Professor Berry also measured (1.05 acres), and two agricultural lots at Yau Kam Tan (91 acres ness again characterised the the last war. And so on, to the hooligans around her openly teachers, students and criminals,

four.

area of 3,000 square feet and ar

ed dowth for $510,"

and $17, respectively.

V

a

handbag.

+

Ar

jof Anatomy at the University of

spaces-follows:

Teachers

1,524 cc Students

........... 1,507 cc Criminals 1438°er

rooms.

GUN BATTLE SEQUEL

died in the Kowloon Hospital the following day.

Australia is in charge of Mr. Pao Chun-chien, and Mr. Wang Lang-. run, respectively Chinese Consul General and Vice-Consur in Bydney, The result so far is considered. as excellent, considering the small number of Chinese there, only about 20,000. It is expected that the $5,000,000 mark will soon be reached.

NEW YORK, May 9 (Reuter) Sentence of three years' imprison- ment was passed on Captain Wil- son and the Cnler Engineer of the Italian cargo vessel, Villarperosa, 6,255 tons), for violating the

ship's engines. Sentences of 18 months' imprisonment, each were passed on eight other members of the crew.

and 15 acres) were sold at the res- Prime Minister's reference to the end of his speech, "the

He estimated the room for brains One of the two alleged robbers pective upset prices of $114. $89, the Middle East where, he Prime Minister maintained

within the skull from the outside who were wounded in a gun battle MELBOURNE, May 3 (Reuter) Aimensions). The result--in aver- with a party of police in, the New admitted, "technical mistakes his firm belief in final victory: Following a two-day conference of age cubic centimetres of brain Territories on Wednesday morning Sabotage Laws by damaging the and mischances had occur- not forgetting to point out Australia's man power experts, the $68,200 ESTATE red." Corrective action has that while the Germans were control of manpower and produc- Local estate sworn under $88,200 no doubt been taken and the continuing to make more tion is foreshadowed. had been left by the late Mr. John House was given a satisfac enemies, Britain was sur-† Mr. H, E Holt, the Common David Humphreys, merchant, who tory explanation of the cir-rounded by a proud array of wealth Minister of Labour and He also investigated the differ- died at the War Memorial Nursing (cumstances leading to the friends, including the might National Service, speaking of this ence between various categories of The body of an unknown Chi- Home on Feb. 28, 1940 at the age present situation and the en- of the United States, which by the Conference had shown group of embezzlers had 100 cc alleged to have jumped off the roof Indo-China was signed in Tokyo at

possibility, said that data obtained criminals and discovered that of 47 years. A petition for probate couraging news that South stood on our side, or at our that the nation's manpower was more brain capacity on the aver-of, a house at Chinese Street, was 10 o'clock yesterday morning, Ja- Douglas Edward Clark and John African forces were already side or, at any rate, near our sufficient to meet the present war age than a group of common cattle removed to the Victoria Mortuary pan time, according to a Vichy dis-

on the move to fight for the side.”

of the will has been granted to

Edmund Jupp, merchants.

programme.

thieves.

JUMP FROM ROOF

anese male, aged about 45, who was

at 1.50 p.m. yesterday.

LONDON, May 8. (Reuter)-The Peace Treaty between Thailand and

patch to the German news agency.