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TALK ON INDO-CHINA. the qualified Fronchmen in

FRENCH RESIDENT SPEAKS

the

country and cited as an examplo the fow Annamites who had ob- tained their medical degrees. They coukt not regain the enormous their Bums of money apent on

education.

NOTABLE CAREER

NEW COMMANDER OF THE TO LOCAL STUDENTS

EMPRESS OF JAPAN In 'n witty and most interesting

Sallor, explorer and son of a dis- manner, before members of the

Annamite Representation. tinguished British army surgeon, Law and Commerce Society of the Referring to the Government of whose exploits earned him the Vic- Hongkong University, Monsieur! the country the speaker men-toria Cross, such is Captain Lionel Gerondal, who is on a short visittioned that the Annamite bad Dale-Douglas, R.D., R.N.R., the now on commander of the Canadian Pacifle to the Colony from Indo China gave been given representation

Ilner Empress of Japan, which ar a delightful description of the the Chambers of Commerce and river from Vancouver this morning. country in which he has lived for also on the General Colonial Coun-He is a man who turned to the sen the past 12 years.

cil in Franco.

nt an early age. Born at Richmond, He remarked at the outset that Coming back to the exports of Yorkshire, ho sought recreation as a he was going to talk about an old the country M. Gerondal said that youth in yachts, and canoes, lending woman, an old woman who was Lnos posacssed rich gold mines eventually to training on H. M. S.

Conway. sick but had gold feet. Ho called and other metals which could ba

His Conway time completed, Cap- Indo China an old woman because found in the ground as well as

tain Douglas joined the four-mast- the outline of the country resem- in shareholders' pockets. bled a woman sitting down. She The question of transport waned barque Silberhorn, and in three- and-a-half years sailed six times had gold fect because some two a very interesting one, in the way around the Hora. Leaving sail for she had abandoned the French had covered Indo steam, he entered the Clan Linu, in years ago

China with ronda. The French the meantimo obtaining is extra; silver and rushed on the gold standard which has made her alck were builders of roads whereas manter's certificate. A two months' ever since. Owing to the adoption the British were builders of rail- cruise with the Royal Navy followed, The ronds they had were and in 1900 he took a three months of the gold standard her exports roads.

the Canadian Pacific had fallen, with the result that very good and one of the most transfer to

went trade in the country was very bad, enjoyable pastimes was to motor Steamships on the Atlantic, and

afterwards to

Pacific from the North to the South.

¡flect, M. Gerondal said that the counThe building of roads was one of press of India, Empress of China and serving successively in the Em- try was also hampered by a dle the most wonderful things that Empress of Japan. ense which was contracted four years ago when it developed min- the French had done to the coun- Ingitis-not meningitis.

The Irs. people of the country went crazy on mining but the only gold found was in the pockets of the share

holdera.

Tiger Shooting. Speaking of shooting, M. Geron dal said that there were two ways

tho

ia

Then followed an interesting in:] terlude in his career, as he embarkod on a mineral-seeking expedition northern Canada, ane

and his adventures have been

In "Lands Forlorn, which tells an absorbing story. Cap-

Search for the Emden.

of shooting tigers, by day and by tain Douglas and his expedition com night. Shooting tigers by day wan pleted a geographical survey, which, Natural Richness.

not very exciting. One had to to-day, 20 years later, remains the Indo China was a very wonderful kill a buffalo, and leave it for standard map for the district. This country and had wonderful possibi- three or four days. The hunter was due in no email measure to Cap- lities. It was not like Hongkong, then went as near the dead animaltain Douglas and his skill as a co- which was a port of transit, but as the smell would permit and if grapher and pathfinder, at which he seemed equally profielent, whether on it was a good producing country. there was no tiger there to shoot land or at sea. It was good because of its natural he would have to wait for the

In 1913, he returned to the Cana- richness. In mentioning the pro-ger to appear and then shoot it.

By night the hunter walked dinn Pacife's service as chief officer ducts of the country M. Gerondal

about with a lamp, which had a of the Empress of Russia, which, in said that rice was its greatest ex- port together with rubber, but at beam of about 150 yards on his 1914, was commissioned by the Ad- present the less he said about rub head. He moved about shining miralty at Hongkong to join in the ber the better. Coal was plentiful the light ahead until he discerned search for the German cruleer Em- den. When this vessel was destroyed in Tonkin and was good. It was two eyes, of course he might only I.M.S. Sydney in the Cocoa Is ikely to remain good for many ce one eye as there were tigers lands the Emprees of Husein took with one eye. The hunter the prisoners on board, and trans would then aim between the eyes ported them to Colombo. which Another disease

Captain Douglas then spent 14 hampering the country was its pro-and shoot the beast but the only tectionism which was worse than anger was that there might be months with the British Navy in the another tiger behind the hunter.Red Sea. Towards the end-of the any disease. They protected in

The elephant. however, was the war his took command of the Princess Into China what was manufac tured in or out of the country. Being himself a free trader it was perhaps better that he should not ★ 11. ፕ

too much. Perhaps his audience were protectionists and what he might say might result in an election brawl.

years.

Was

except men.

the

most dangerous animal and was Je

Juliana, and transported American

He retired from the navy

with the only thing to he scared of, troops from New York to Liverpool: rank of fieutenant-commander, R.N.R., and following the conclusion of hostilities conveyed returning Canadian troops from Liverpool to Halifax.

Business in Indo China was in the hands of the French us foreign firms could not do busi- Bess there.

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In speaking of the development first command of an Empress The French, he said, bad of the country the lecturer said liner was in 1921, when he took over colonised the place in an admir that the French were like the the Empress of Asia, and in August, able way. The system was not Scottish. They were rather 1931, under his command, the Em- trans- preas of Canada lowered her was perfect, "tight" perfect; no system

with their money and Pacifle time by five Bours making bat the French had gone about it in thought of the present Instead of average speed of 21.6 knots. a clever way. The Annanlte was the future. Nativen had entered

Captain Douglas numbers aniong given many liberties but he was business and were good in bugi-his warm friends lundreds not on the same standard as the jnnas, especially the women, whominent people in all parts Chinese for instance, as they were made money better than the men. world. He was previously Comman-i not quite up to the Chinese who in Cochin-China the Chinese had der of the Empress of Asia, and las

been a regular visitor to Hongkong. had self-Government. Therefore most of the business interests. the French bad treated the An- M. Gerondal remarked that it namites like good children. They seemed parodoxical that coul from where they went to after reaching sent to Maine in Hongkong but the ships always had allowed them freedom in busi Tonkin whe

returned to Indo-China loaded ness and given them openings, per- Amerten via Suez. haps too much.

Buffalos were exported to Hong-with sheep. kong in large numbers although

The speaker mentioned that the native was unable to compete with

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SOVIET ACCUSED tions into the recent dynamiting of the Japanese troop trala prove BY MANCHUKUO.

{Communistic complicity, It is un- HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR likely that it will strain Japan- DISTURBING PEACE Soviet relatious, as it is belloved to have been merely the act of Tokyo, Apr, 28.

individuala," declared Press reports from Harbin state office spokesman to-day, comment n Foreign that tho Manchurian poiles authorities in charge of the ing on Manchukue's accusations of Harbin Special District lasted a Soviet plotting to disturb peace statement yesterday afternoon and order in Manchuria. directly charging the Soviet Gov- A similar view appears to be ernment with responsibility for hold in military circles the plot to disturb penco and Nichinichi quotes the War Minister order in the State of Manchukuo. 25 expressing the belief that

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