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Who are the other partners?! ranut tell

And then put your firm's

chop

on the b17. That may be so In- made rom the How much money did you put quiries must be

Toks.

Into Tare $2,000

And you don't kno partners are"

are

h

who the sure of

You'd better made these inquiries because we want to know more

Ye about that

I

Some

don'i

I am not aji 1 know some of them

Who would L 110 mail to re- Let's have time you do khow Tam Long ying is one

Scelve a cheque Trom Marsman's

Where

in the name dues

any, made out

and Tam? 1 Pang Chik where In Lorkhar: Rond

Who

others Kwong ! know The Ming kwong who lives i Row- But you

must know something Toom, and Lau Lal-ping, who used about the business, being the man- to live at Kawing to, but whose ager I myself never received any

1 witdress

ព′11 know presen!

Who would be the man to receive BE Y be Tam Those are al

chique? I know I don't, such a know who the others are

lang ying

Do you Manager"

Dr you Rw when the Tai Lee firm was formed". About Decem- ber 1940

A few months after Pang Cht and Tam had beer formed? There

far between None

was red Pang Chuk and Tai In 1939

Er call a year allerwards A little over year afterwards.

ALL OF A SUDDEN

office

GENERAL TOJO

URGES NATIONAL

GENERAL

WARTIME CENSORSHIP

SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 20, 1941. -PAGE 9

&

PREPAREDNESS Secrecy Is Exaggerated Says BLACK & WHITE

TOKYO, Sept. 19 (Reuter

The War Minister, Licut.-General

Tojo, in his capacity as

of the Manchurian Affairs

President

Board.

American Expert

(BY GEORGE CREEL)

The author. 1917 was charmat Gj the Committee in a 10-minute radio speech al

censor the United the

Public Information and was thus the first 'celebrating the banquet

**voluntary Mr. Creel feels that

censorship" States has had. Manchu- 10th Anniversary of the

won't work any better now than it did in 1917 when even gen- rlan Incident.. urged national pre-

erals and admirals disagreed on what should be shush-shushed. paredness to cope with the роб

Неге white editors never knew what they could publish safely the European stble extension of

he suggests a workable alternative. hostilities to the Far East

The War Minister declared "Actions of Third Powers vis-a-vis Jap- Jupan at last compelled the

the increasing to realise anese danger of the international crisis spreading further." 23

Minister Admiral The Foreign Toyoda, also spoke at the dinner

work in the Not always Who is in charge of the offer then? The man in charge of the ce and who stays there anost od the thne is the accountant

and

Would he receive the cheque from Marsman's one were sent to the !

fee

If there were any cheques ! made payable to Pang Chik Tam, the persons who wottid re- freter them would be Tam Long- WHY WAS

I don't

ying or Kwong Ming-kwong They i They turned the company would not be banded over to the KID & alfa sugden because they want -

aerovatani P! buy nine wond

Has your

gol 1 bank ac 11 Yes, with the Hongkong and Stranghal Bank

formed"

They formed this

po

for 15 put-

the

buying timber? For purchase of a lot of consignmen!

of wood

And therefore

11

hareque

i were given your by Marsman's it

Would I be correct in saying Ruld be paid into the Hongkung was formed for the purpose purchasing raliway sleepers? Yes

Would also be correct in say ing that most of your purchases were made from a man called K.

Leung? That Į don't know Since the purchase of the sleepers dlo not go through my hands. I cannot say

Who 19 the Manager of Tal Lee? Kwong Ming-kwong

Where does he live? As I have i said, he lives in Kowloon,

partners

He t rane of the

Yes

Is he any relation to you? No Let's get back to Pang Chik and You told us just now that

Tam

you never bought wood? Yes

Do you still say that? We never bought any wood.

Have you gold timber to Mars- man's Pong Chik and Tam never did

Pang Chik and Tam never sold) Umber to Marsman's? Never

Why did Marsman's say you have?

and Shanghat Bank? We have neves received any chrque Tromm

Marsman's

No.

SINO DELEGATES

to see 1

Dut What metropolitan, for country editora, the Bour- Kone down to the depoi

"the boys" off rarely failed to re. port their destination.

As many sears bear witness. I was the official censor during the World War. For two years I rode hard on the press, trying to enforce the concealments demanded by the Army and Navy Two long, hectic years, and at the end of the disastrous expori- ment I fell to my knees and offered up a fervent prayer that just as I had been America's first official censor so would I ve in history as the last.

furrs Unhappily,

ke aure fighting men Lyons They die but They never I Bu insisting that secrecy

With the best will in the world Ho much a part of war as ships

the un both aldes, Vitalions Som

10 be dally occurrences. CHUNGKING, Sept 19 Central and guns, a censorship of

General Press la again in operation, having came -. Mr. Kinn-wet Shaw

cens rs would kill to which Chicago Tierajs Secretary of the Chinese American been initiated as the Secretary of New York

A paper in Institute of Cultural Relations, and the Navy in conterence with the story

associations. offered no objection. bead of publishers' Mr. Chu Hauch-fan, President of

"voluntary arrangement, Kansas City or Milwaukee, asking Orly however. a the announcement is or the Chinese

Interpretation, would be not LO print.

story.

its rival altri punitive careful to explain lacking com-toid

features A

paper. pulsory

patriotic own

TO 1.L.C.

Labour Association are leaving Chungking for Amer! ca on September 20 to attend the ten-day International Labour Con ference scheduled to open in New York on October 27 as representa tives of Chinese employers and workers respectively.

The other delegate, Mr 11 Ping the Govern heng. representing

is proceeding to America ment from Geneva where he is now

اوز

Nothing pledge

Mure. teeth in

Have you received any cheques from Kin Lee?

Kwong Hip De Gaulle's Message

Gen. Terpoortenjg

Do you know 10 Shing Arm? Never heard of it

mort with

than

band on the land

an

a

exercising

pent Judgment. slapped

It's the

Finniko!

DEALS

ICOTCH WHISKY BLACK & WHITE

DICE OLD SCOTCH WHISH

wiches TAMM

ahead WELCOME RAINS

IN DECCAN

the story on the front page. Straightway 3

a

from: PUNJAB SWEPT BY STRONG MONSOON

Well. that is just what we had, scream from the city editor who other on the flag.

ruling andị and all we had, in 1917 and 1918. nad telephoned for

abided by 1. A lieutenant The war making branches, to be had

bar cainoured fur

one newspaper a law with 'would when Congress taking plane pictures and the next 11. but balked R plan was worked out day a colonel would give the right

POONA. Sept. 19 (Reuter) -- that made the press its own cente a rival sheet.

was The week

characterised by Along with intentional viola

·MIT". The desires of government

in monsoons

Panjab. with respect to the concealment tions there were many bold and strong

"milltary secrets" were set open breaches of the agreement; Kashmir and Deccan Do you know the Tat Lee Chan?: To

in There was heavy rain sent out of the average editor's sheer forth in careful detall, and

an "exclusive roung East and North Punjab and They are both supposed to be BATAVIA, Sept. 19 Reuter-On to every newspaper in the land. Inability to resist

The publication, for ex- Kashmir doring the first half De On the printed card that carried story." timber merchants, I have never his return to London Oenera}

"These ample. of testimony given by the week. Gaulle cabled Major General Ter- them was this paragraph:

larger au- Army or Navy men before urteu. Chlef of the General Staff requests are without

thority than the necessities of the posedly secret sessions of a con- of the NEI Army, as follows:

Their

mat engressional committee. As a "I hear you have accepted the war-making branches.

matter for of forcement is

the ter of course, the papers that had membership of the Committee

been "scooped' howled to high agree Friends of Free France in

press itself."

proper heaven ment with the Government. I wish

No

heard of them.

They were hat formed rod about the same time as the Tai Lee Lumber Co I don't know

And they were both formed for the purpose of putelyisting railway sleepers I don't know.

Do you know the National Fla-

ance Development Corporation?

I have never heard of t

"I DON'T KNOW"

Do you know the Kin Wah Co

No

These two companies were form-

France

of

Sumple

and enough

it

Scotch!

CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE'S DECISION

LONDON. Sept. 19 Reuter: The Cunard White Star Company

British: has decided to repay the Treasury

which £7.950,000

the Government had advanced to build the Queen Mary and Queen Eliza- beth.

and

of

the The Directors remark that building of passenger ships of re- for placement types suitable

trade peace-time in the Atlantic cannot be undertaken during the war and they consider their capl- tal resources should be available

sup-

formed A depression which the Bay of Bengal Infused vigour into the Arabian Sea. The mon

west spot over the Peninsula

to the Treasury for war purposes.

of

in

In order to minimize the the Central Province and west of RUMANIAN GENERAL

DECAPITATED Deccan to thank you profoundly for this enough on its face, but not only danger of submarine attacks, our Central India ushered in a spell of

VICHY Sept. 19 (Reuter! proof of your friendship towards ad the plan fall down in opera- first transports salled in separated most welcome rains

of Staf but out of tion.

came a long detachments, and the papers were during the second half of the week.

the General Yoanfttu, Chlet during falls Noteworthy Free

and guardian

eight of the Rumanian Army, has been France's bundur. I know your de-train of irritations that made for asked to print nothing until the

the four groups reached week were Bawal, Pubfab.

in alighting Nagar accidentally killed France. The Associated Press an- inches, Ateli, Punjab, six,

an aeroplane at Tigina. resentments of the bedeviled press termination to guard the N Elasting angers and I will. The last of

each from against all aggression and

says a Bucharest despatch. certain our common enemies wih deepened into revolt, equally bedenounced the arrival of the first and Pohrai. Rajputana. five

officials vilec

fumed and what group while the other three were and Jalpaiguri, seven.

the danger zone

He was decapitated by the and should have been a friendly and still in

rival associations

pellor. Vesuvian fury. A By way of adding to tragedy, erupted with operative relationship we ran straightway

never succeed

I arti

in compromising the work of civilisation carried on by your country and mine in the

ed some time ago.- don't know.

And Marsinan's purchased a lot We have never sold wood of Umber from the National Fin to Marsman's Perhaps it can be ance Development Corporation--I Far East

When

Gaulle " explained.

the Tai Lee I don't know anything about 10. Lumber Company was formed, the '

The sales were made through K.

(Styned) General De

eld

it soon became painfully apparent month later the Associated Press the whole business had no scored another scoop by ignoring i real print, 10 Justification in the agreement

that

tokis made use of our letter paper C. Leong-1 know nothing about NATIONAL COUNCIL¦ecessity.

which bore our name

But Marsman's have produced yourhers bearing the

name

Pang Chik and Tam for payment

that is 30.

themi

He is the manager of this Kin Wah Co I don't know.

ANNUAL CONFAB

Бер LONDON.

In

Howard

al Indian Defence Loans Sept. 13 amount to £65.572.000.

BOMBAY, Sept. 19 (Reuter!!

to the The total subscriptions

up to

His body has been Bucharest.

brought

19 BOMBAY Sept.

The Government

Dru

(Reuter)- of Bombay ap- construction of five hostels for children of Indian

for 40 boys at a total cost of about

£3,800

"In the name OI our papers essential 19 Secrecy

wired the cor throughout

country," the head of the nexion with many activities of the Roy 19 (Reuter)-war marhine, although the need is United Fress, "we Ale most vigor-censorship, and request reply as to proved the Has Pang Chik and Tam sold tim-Speaking at the annual conference | uften exaggerated beyond theous protest against action of As-what steps are being taken to pro of thousands of dollars Perhaps ber to anybody at all?--No.

of the National Council in London bounds of common sense, but cen- soclated Press today in publishing tect those who keep fatth from soldiers, each with accommodation

of American troops in Associated Press or individual pa- Why did you form the Company | yesterday. Lord Simon said it was sorship of the press in any form is arrival I don't understand L. But you ought to know, being then?-We

are bullding contrac-impossible to exaggerate the signi- not the answer, never was the an Europe in violation of voluntary pers which break faith."

ficance of the joint signing of the swer and never will be the answer.

Not in this country at any You never had any dealings in Atlantic Charter timber?---We would buy wood for! In reference to Mr. Churchill, just as it failed in the first World our own use but never sleepers. Lord Simon said there never was a War, so will fail again, for the Have you undertaken any con- more striking example of wise causes of fallare are inherent in statesmanship than when the the plan. I was a fool not to Any Government contracts?-- Prizue Minister after Hier's have seen it, but the "shush-- | Yes Work in connexion with roads treacherous attack on Russia, went shush" campaign impressed me. and waterworks.

to the microphone the same even- und "voluntary" was a magle

the Manager and one of the part- tors. ners of this firm?-Since I have not given the receipts myself. I

don't know.

Are you seriously telling the Commission that ás Manager you don't know whether your Arm has received thousanda of dollars from Marsman's for the sale of timber?--Perhaps. the transaction Was put through by Tam Long-ying, a colleague.

Have you ever kooked al books kept by Pang Chik

tracts for A.R P. Work?---No.

rate.

Do you know anybody by theng and told the world that Russia word that soothed away all sus- name of Kee?--No.

was frota that moment Britain'spicion of trouble.

Joint Organisation

Of Commerce

Witness was then told by the clase Aliy Chairman to produce the books of Pong Chik and Tam showing the the sales of materials during Decem- and ber, 1940, and in particular full de- tails of the sale of 5,000 sleepers to ever seen entries in Marsman's on December 24, 1940 at Have you these books about money recely- $3.35 per sleeper. ed from Marsman's for the sale

i I also want information from you of sleepers?--I have

seen of the payment, in December, 1940,

Tam? Yes. now and then.

such entries.

n-ver

DEFINITE DENIAL

So you are denying specifically that Pang Chik and Tam had ever sold sleepers or timber LU Marsman's?—I say definitely that not a single plece of wood had

been sold ever

to Marsman's. use Tal Lee merely bororwed the

of our bill paper.

Were you a partner in Tai Lee? -Yes.

to Pang Chik and Tam of the sum

of $3,434 by Kin Lee.

PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES The physical difficulties of en- forcement, for example, should, have been plain, for European countries présented no such pro- blem as the United States with its LONDON, Sept. 1 (Reuter} -

and stretch of 3,000 miles from coast The session of the French

its forty-eight states Commerce to coast. German Chambers of

scores of great cities. Ad- began yesterday in Paris and will and

Paris ministration, therefore, had to be last until Sept. 21, states a despatch to the official German broken down to every metropolitan

Do you know Kwong Wing of Kin news agency. Lee Company?—No,

PRE-PAID ADVERTISEMENTS.

The following dames of advertisements own charged at the price given below :-- SITUATIONS VACANT.

HOUSES AND APARTMENTS WANTEL.

HOUSES AND APARTMENTS TO BE LET. MISCELLANEOUS WANTS.

Announcements not exceeding 25 Words are inserted ander this heading at a Pre-paid Rate of $1.50 for THREE INSERTIONS. If Charges collected, $2.00.

GARDEN SUCCESS BEGINS WITH GOOD SEEDS THERE MAY BE A FEW OTHER SEEDS AS GOOD ABKERNEL'S,BUT THERE ARE AB- SOLUTELY NONE BETTER.

Branch: 188, Prince Ed. Road Kowloon Tong Kowloon.

centre, for it was obviously ab- itsurd to assume that San Fran The purpose of the session.

New You have never seen him in your is stated, is TO discuss

Ollice: Franco-cisco, Dallas, Minneapolis, Ulfe? Never.

Germam collaboration in the or- Orleans and Mani must telephone

Wing On Bank Bldg. Washington whenever a ruling 26, Der Voeux Rd. 6. Kwong Wing gave evidence be- ganisation of commerce.

||Boogkong fore the Commission about his

Tel 28158. Delegates taking part will be was required.

Now and then, however, some dealings with Pang Chik and Tam given the opportunity to visit

field man, would go off the deep and the Tal Lee Lumber Company Paris and a trip to Nante where

WANTED TO BUŸ end. One very rigid prohibition -Yea.

the harbour works will be inspect-

was against the photographing öf And be told the Commission, ed.

WE PAY HIGH PRICÊS tanks and although the papers after a few questions put to hhn,

unplored, the rule was enforced for all gold and silver articles. Imagine, then, our dismay when a Jade, diamonds, jewels, watches, newsreel concern burst forth with fountain pens. Apply Far East a complete set of tank plctures. Diamond and Gold Refining Co., | The press raged, generals thun Room 621, Chida Building, Getr In Slavery has been abolished

dered and an investigation disclos- His statement, then, is not eor-Abyssinia by the Emperor, Haille ed that a young captain had given floor Sundays and Holidays reet-It is not correct.

Selassie, and the Government of the required permission, thinking open. According to what you have told Addis Ababa has issued a

a help to recruiting. After { ua, four of the partners of Pang ment to that effect,

much stewing around, everybody KOWLOON OPTICAL CO.,589 | Chlk and Tam are also partners of

wanted The Emperor, who had

came to the conclusion that there Nathan Road, American graduate: Tai Lee?-Yes.

10 emancipate his subjects, took was no good reason why tank pic optician, test eyes and it glasses NOT SAME FIRM

but tures should not be taken.

at moderate terms. Thoroughly Do you still say they are not the the first step some years ago

hls reforms, which were

By way of adding to the magni-adfentific. Octilists prescriptions

Have you ever received dividends from the Tai Lee Lum-two firms were one and the same ber Co.? Yes, I received payment company-I say that he has no In full of everything.

Knowledge whatsoever about these WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 Reuter)

any that he agreed with me that these SLAVERY ABOLISHED

IN ABYSSINIA

Of what? Your $2,000- Tai Lee was in existence for only three months and Rt the end of that period all the money belonging to It was divided up.

What profit did you make your $2,000?-A little over $300.

Have Pang Chik~and Tam ever sold wood or timber wo Kin Lee and Co.7--Never.

According to the books or Kim Les, they say that Pang Chik and Tam. Hnd wold them timber to the value of $5,434.— We have never sold timber to them. It may be. that Tai Lee borrowed our bitt påper as in the case of Marsman's

Tal Leo borrowed the bill paper of your firmi?—Yes,

firms.

state-t

to be

same firm?--Yes, I say that they gradual, were interrupted by the tude of the task, It was not only filled Broken lenses duplicated,

are not the same.

I would not be correct in sky- hit those two firms were form- ed solely for the purpore of cornering the market of sloep- ers and then solling them to Marsman's and Hin Lee stan enhanced pelés?--That is not true,

Itallan conquest of Abyssinia.

KARACHI WAR WEEK FETE"

the news columns that had to be watched What good for the city desk to suppress transport gadings and troops movements when the society bolumns contalriod overy KARACHI, Sept. 19 (Reuter)detall in the account of the wed- Over $18,000 were collected from ding of an Army lleutenant or a the war wack fete held in aid of Navy captain Nor was the rural press any tem important than the

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