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My New York Misadventure

By the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill, M.P.

The Government House Ball, ar

Somo years age there was) all seemed to be tall buildings of ranged for Thursday, February 11, has been postponed indefinitely.

play at the Grand Guignel] fourteen or fifteen storeys. On called "At the Telephone," which the left Iny the dark expanse of Mr. Lee Kin-chee, of 126, He attracted much attention. A hus- Central Park. Rend, has reported the loss of his

At length we reached the twelve private ricksha, No. 437, from Lan his wife in their suburban home. hundreds and it was certain I had band. called away to Paris, leaves dale Street yesterday.

Every precaution la taken against overshot my mark. I told the cab burglars. There a the maid who man to turn round and go back will stay in the kitchen; there is slowly so that I could scan evory the door which is locked: there buliding in turn. Hitherto we the revolver in the drawer of had been moving up the right or the writing table: and lastly, of centre of the thoroughfare and Course. there is, if needed, the could at any moment have stopped appeal for help by the telephone, opposite any house.

plete disarmament. The most that has been attempted is to scale down naval and military strength, and even in this limited applica tion of the principle it has been found Impossible to reach general accord. We have seen it argued by a French militarist that the issue la, for all practical purposes, merely one of limitation, and that dianrmanent, no viewed, cannot in "itnell constitule a guarantee" "of #ccurity. According to this au thority, if the Powers are really aincere, they will admit that the chief object in reducing arma- menia is to lighten the burden of expenditure and to prevent a re- Rumption of competition which

The annual speech day of the Cen would be disastrous in these days.tral British School will be held in St. Viewing the situation thus, it is Andrew's Church Hall on Tuesday, contended that the only practical February 16, at 5.30 p.m. Mrs. W. Southorn will distribute the cert courne is for peaceful countries cates and prizes. which realise the need of arma-

The Ilangkong Realty & Trust Co., mant reduction to come to an un-Ltd., advertise that the ordinary year derstanding one with the other toy meeting of shareholders will be held render mutual assistance in case at the registered office of the com- pany, Exchange Building, on Wednes-

ay, March 2, 1032, at noon.

of altnek.

ern

January was for all intents and purposes a rainless month. The fall registered at the Botanic Gardena to talled only 0.1-inch, which was re- carded on the 7th

Now we had

One by one the usefulness of all turned. round. We were on the the measures disappears. The Park, or far side, from the houses, servant is called away; she leaves with a stream of traffic between as the front door unlocked so that sbo and the pavement.

At length I saw a house smaller call return. She takes with her the key of the drawer in which than the rest and told the cabman is kept. Darkness to turn in there to make Inquiries. the revolver comes on, and in the Bnal act the It occurred to me that as we must agonised husband hears over the be within a hundred houses of Mr. telephone his wife's appeal for help Baruch's address, and that as he while she is the victim of a mur- was so prominent n cition, any of derous outrage. An Impressive the porters of the big apartment effect is given of doom marching houses would know which his house forward step by step and of every was. A London butler scarly al-

or four houses on the right or left. preventive slipping allentir waya knows who lives in the three out of the path.

Tho porter of the apartment The Invitation.

house at which I inquired ro- Something of this impression cognised me at once and sald he rests with me when I recall my had served in the South African experiences of the night of De-War. He had no iden where Mr. Baruch lived, but engerly produced cember 13.

I had finished dinner and was in the telephone book, which could, clined to go to bed; but an old as I have stated, give no cine in my friend of mine rang up and sug-present quest gested that I should go round to hia house. He was Mr. Bernard Baruch, who was the hond of the War Industries Board during the

In order to stop opposite this house we had to wait until the two years I was Minister of Munlight changed, then turn round on tions. We made friends over a

to the opposite course, draw up at long period of official cables on the pavement, and thereafter make grave business, and have preserved a second turn, agalm being very these relations through the now likely stopped by a change in the lengthening years of peace. He light. When this had happened

mutual said he had one or two

In missing the permissive green in which a man nanied Man Chuen friends whom I was most anxious three times and we were unlucky is charged with receiving stolen to meet, and as the hour was light, I began to be a little im. property connexion with the little after half-past nine, was patient. robbery at No. 165 Portland Street readily enlisted in the project. It was now nearly half-past ten. in Jamary 17 was continued at the

I descended by lift the thirty- My friends know I had started an Kowloon Magistracy before

before. Ordinarily Fraser this morning when the defen, nine storeys which separated my hour

room from the street level. When journey should not have taken ton dant was committed for trial at the next Criminal Sessions. Detective. I arrived at the bottom

minutes. They might think some It was curred to me that I did not know accident had happened to me or Inspector Fallon prosecuted. stated that in a raid carried out by the exact number in Fifth-avenue that I had changed my mind and the police on the second fear of No. of my friend's house, I knew it was not coming at all. They would 231, Portland Street, defendant was, was somewhere near 1,100. I knew

Those who had hoped that the

The China Light & Power Co. Great War would once and for all (1918) Ltd., advertise that the supply show mankind the criminal folly of electricity to the Fanling and of armed conflict must be feeling Kwanti districts will be discontinued between the hours of 5 a.m. and 6 p.m. deeply chagrined by the Far Easton Thursday, and Friday, February

inhenval which threatens to 4th and 5th. umbroll more than the nctual Three men armed with daggers the gained admittance to 208, Tung Chat participants. Obviously

Street, the residence of Kwan Sau- Powers cannot indefinitely atand chuen, master of the Kung Sang Wo by and allow events to take their Knitting shop, at 6 a.m. this morning and stole money, jewellery and cloth own course. Apart from consider-ing to the value of about $50. ations of protection of their own nationals.

The body of a Chinese woman, aged athor issues are In-about 36, was found lying in Prince volved. In these days, a duty to Edward Road, near house No. 300 at humanity lles on peaceful nations midnight and was rumoved to the Kowloon Mortuary. It is believed to see that world concord is not that the woman either fell from a jeopardised and that the weak are moving motor vehicle er was knocked not trodden under foot. It is be- cause of these things that the next few days are likely to be fraught with grave developments. Let us hope that the influence of those anxious to serve the interests of peace will succeed in dominating

BROOKS-In London, on February

2nd, 1932. to Ester, the wife of the altuation. E.S.C. Brooks, a daughter.

VALENTINE--On 2rl

February,

1932, nt the Victoria Hospital, th

Dr. and Mr. D. J. Valentine, n

Bon.

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

What Next. Japan?

down.

Adjourned from yesterday, the case

Inin

in

Mr.

it oc-

Impatience.

back

the

The succession of events at found with two watches and a foun. the aspect of the house; I had be waiting about for a tardy guest.

pen which were identified Shanghai and Nanking have served

been there by daylight on several began to be worried about the some of the property taken away at occasions. It was a house of opt Rituntion at the house I was seck- at least one useful purpose. Br-robbery at No. 105, Portland Street of five or six storeys alanding withing. I thought I might have, aftor tain, the United States and the January 17.

all, to go

my hotel and go one or two others of similar con- to bed. League of Nations have decided to

struction amid large apartment We had now arrived, as I sup accept their responsibilities. Un-

buildings of more than double the less the Japanese view of the

height. I thought it probable I posed, at about the nine hundreds, were certainly houses incidents is upheld, Articles Ten

could pick it out from the win much smaller than the others. So and Fifteen of the League

dows of my waiting taxicab, Instead of going through this long after a vain search in the telephone ritual of cab-turning on to the Covenant are likely to be invoked.

book-only Mr. Baruch's business other side of the street with all while Britain' and America 'have DISARMAMENT & WAR already lodged a series of vigorous

address was there I started. the delays of the lights, and then A Search in the Night. returning again on its general

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1932,

of

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the storm

HONGKONG SHARE

MARKET.

OFFICIAL SUMMARY BY STOCK EXCHANGE.

protests. Shanghai and Nanking With the approach of China New have provided, seemingly, an un-Year trading to all intents and pur

Впусти.

Douglasen $24. Benguets $11. Yenz. Goldfields $2. Chinese Estates $95, Singapore Tractions 3/- Mackintosh $19.

Bellers. Indo-China (Pret.) $45. Indo-China (Def.) $32. Raubs $39.

Malabona $38.

S. C. Enterprises $10.

There 49 something more

mistakable demand for action RES is practically suspended, and 1hun merely incongruous

in which should have been taken rates are more or less nominai. the fuct that at the mosient long ago, in place of the feeble when the World Diarma fumbling and unwillingness to face Esserta ment Conference has opened in the issues. Japan still Geneva, the attention of the whole that she has no territorial ambi- world should be focussed on the tions In Manchuria or in China and still declares her complete "war" crisis in Shanghai. Here

Innocence of warlike intentions. we have at one end of the world | To-day, however, the world declines delegates assembled from some to be impressed. And the doubts sixty nations, professedly animat- are not lessened by the constant nd by the most pacifc intentions, repetitions of peaceful aims-fol

almost startling for the purpose of cutting down lowed with armies and navies, whilst at the rapidity by the employment of other there is presented the sight armed foren, Japan must not wonder at the scepticism with nation struggling which her words are now greeted. against a stronger Power, with Since September 18, when Japan- injor countries protesting against ese troops first drew the sword, a the aggression and themselves dual authority has heen manifest rushing troops and bluejackets to in Japanese policy. leaving the centres. The cynic Foreign Minister in the position of might well be pardoned for doubt being unable to define the faten- tions of General Honjo in Man- ing whether all the poets and churia because that gentleman treaties entered into since the owed no allegianco to anybody but Great War, niming at peaceful the unknown quantity called mii- solutions of disputes, mean any-tary exigency. Much the thing at all. The developments in applies to Admiral Shiosawa at the Far East during the past few Shanghal. This is indeed the story of all Japan's adventurea. Her weeks certainly

Buggent that

past record beare 11 close solemn promises may easily go by parallel to the events now pro- the board and when military ceeding. The record of her army factions are given an undue mea- lenders in Siberia, as act out in sure of latitude.

Gen. Graves'n memoirs, "America's Siberian Adventure, 1918-1920," shows a strange disparity between proming and performance. At that time the Japanese military talked, all the lessons of the war and all as they were beginning to talk re- the evidence which it provided of │cently, of "watering their horaca the folly of armed conflict. This.nt the Urals," and eventually auc In turn, rafses the Issue of the real ceeded in delaying rotirement. It epuses of war and of the factors should be the object of Japanese to remove the which tend to it. It has been statesmanship

world's doubts about Japan' and to nrgued that If all armaments are

prove that Japan is as good as her dono away with, there will be no civilian word. The sooner this la further risk of warfare. But Is done, the better. Tho work against that point we have to bear will be much more receptive of in mind another-namely, that the Japan's Just claims when the Powers have never yet agreed on sword In put back in the scab the desirability of general and com.bard.

The thought naturally obtrudes Itself that, after all, human nature has not grantly changed. despite

Rame

and hore

Fifth-avenue is an Immensely course. I told the cabman to stop long thoroughfare, and the traffic where he was on the Central Park upon it, as elsewhere in New side of the avenue; I would walk York, is regulated by red and green across the road myself and inquire lights. When the red light shows at the moat likely house. at the every vehicle must stop nearest crogrond. When after an

Deadly Habit,

In England we frequently eroas Interval of two minutes the lights) turn green they all go on an hard roads along which fast trafic is as possible until the light changes moving in both directions. I did into red. Thus we progressed by not think the task I set myself now either dimeult or rash. But at n aeries of jerks.

When I got near the eleven hun- this moment habit played me a dreds I peered out of the cab win- deadly trick. I no sooner got out down and scanned the houses as we of the cab somewhere about the sped past, but could not see any driver to wait than I instinctively middle of the road and told the like the one I was accking. They turned my eyes to the left. About

Just as I was trying to tell the dean; if I could drop chemistry and math it would give me more time for

courting."

200 yards away were the yellow beadlights of a swiftly approaching car. I thought I had just time to cross the road before it arrived: and I started to do so in the pre-. possession wholly unwarranted- that my only dangers were from the left. The yellow-lighted car drew near and I increased my pace towards the pavement, perhaps twenty feet away.

Suddenly upon my right I was aware of something atterly unex- pected and boding mortal peril. I turned my head sharply. Eight, upon me, scarcely its own length away, was what seemed a long dark cur rushing forward at full speed. There was one moment-1 can- not measure it in time-of a world

man aghast. I cer aglare, of tainly thought quickly enough to achieve the idea. "I am going to be run down and probably külod." Then came the blow.

I felt it on my forehend and across the thighs. But besides the blow there was an imunet, a shock, a concunalon indescribably violent. Many years ago at "Plug-street," In Flanders, a 4.2 shell burst in a corner of the little room in which we were gathered for luncheon, reducing all to dust and devasta- tion. This shock was of the same order as the shell explosion, In my case it blotted out overything except thought.

The Driver's Story. Mario, Constasino, owner of ́a' mediumsized automobile, was run- ning between 80 and 86 milos an hour on roads which were wet and greasy. He was on his proper hide. of the road and perfectly entitled (Continued on Puger.)