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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY,

LOCAL WEDDINGS

MISS A. LANDOLT. MARRIES

MR. H. P. REES.

A wedding of much interest was Cathedral solonised at St. John's

on Saturday when Mian Amelio Patricia Landolt became the bride of Mr. Horace Peter Rees.

The Rev. I. W. Baines offteinted at the coremony, whilst appropriate music was rendered on the organ by | Mr. Lindsay Lafford.

The bride, who is the daughter of the Inte Mr. and Mrs. J. Landolt of Hongkong, lan well-known local hockey player, having appeared re- gularly for the St. Andrew's Club Ladies In the Caer Clark Cup hockey competitions and friendly gaines. She has proved herself a stalwart in defence. The bridegroom; of Wm. Powell's Ltd., is the son of Mr. and Mra. E. D. Rees of London,

Entering the Cathedral on the arm of her brother, Mr. J. Landolt of the Canadian Pacific Railway Co., the bride looked charming In a simply | cut white angel skin gown with train -created by Mme. D'Obry. A coronet of orange blossom held the lovely silk tulle veil in place. She carried a sheaf of white rosex

ETHIOPIA'S LACK OF ARMAMENTS

"SEND US BULLETS

AND GUNS":

VOLUNTEERS

NOT WANTED

Addis Ababa, Oct. 5. Ethiopia wants' guns and muní- tiona for her army, not, untrained men from abroad as volunteers. She could have had thousands of the latter: In the former she is sadly deflelent.

Foreign arma embargoes are the Answer. Shipments have been hold up in European ports when they werd already aboard ship. others have been stopped after being paid for.

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OCTOBER

1935

U. S. EMBARGO

STATE OF WAR OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED

Washington, Oct. 6. President Roosevelt has issued proclamation announcing the existence of a stato of war bo- tween Italy and Ethiopia, thereby automatically bringing into force an embargo on the export of

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munitions to both belligerents YOU'VE SEEN HIM FACE DANGER BEFORE

under the Noutrality. Act,

The embargo is confined to ac- tual munitions and does not ex- tend to raw materials. The list is identical to that for which export Hoenees aro required, namely rifles, machine-guns, all classes of ammunition, all types of war ves- sels, including aircraft-carriers and submarines, aircraft, assem bled or dismantled, designed for fighting, utilising guns or drop- ping of bombs, na well as aircraft engines, mustard gas and flame- throwers and includes all aircraft. both civil and military,

The figures issued by the Stato Department recently show that Ethiopia will not be affected by And the army is at war with this embargo but Italy will loso n Mas Gertrude White, na brides-probably the most heterogenous valuable source for aeroplane parts mald, wore a deep pastel blue collection of weapons ever put in and engines. The other munition gandle gown trimined with velvet the field. There are the shiny exports to Italy are not important. flowers and ribbons of the asme

President Roosevelt wirolossed shinde. She wore a frilled organdie modern Mausers of the Imperial

a handful of from the U.S.S. Houston, immedi-1 head-dress, and carried a sheaf of army; there are peach gladioli.

modern machine rifles, machine ately upon receipt of a message guns, artillery and anti-aircrait from the Secretary of State, Mr. units. And beyond that, in the Cordell Hull advising him official- provincial forces and in the levies ly that a state of war existed, which have ben mobilized to de-directing Mr. Hull

proclamation. fend the country, there is every conceivable type of rifle from Loefflers of 1870 down to their great-grand sons of comparatively modern make.

Little Wilmin Way and Wallace Landolt (nephew of the bride) wire flower girl and page boy, Winn wore a Victorian styled gown of old rose shot tallets and as a hend-dress a halo of flowers made of the same material. She carried'n posy of pink

TOXVA.

The bride's sister-in-law Mrs. J. 5. Landolt, as Matron of Honour. wore a royal blue marocain dress with shoe and hat to matel

The duties of best man were under. of the taken by Mr. T. D. Paton Dairy Farm Co.

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Whether many of them are safe to shoot off is still an open ques- tlon; and with munitions stores Scanty at best, where the scores of types of ammunition necessary to charge them can be found is a problem to turn any General Staff A reception was held after the wedding ceremony at

Wong-Kray, nelchong Road, the residence of the britle's brother.

Later the newly-wed couple left for the honeymoon, which will be spent in Japan. On leaving, Mrs. Kees wore a yellow crepe-de-chine dress with hat to match. Miss Bellrao and Mr.

Married on Saturday

Burros

.

"They should offer us guns and bullets, not their own services," say Ethiopians, referring to the volunteers from abroad,

to issue the

Must Recognise War

At the same time the. President made the following statement: Notwithstanding the hope we lind avoided and the exertion of our entertained that war would be Influence in that direction wo are now compelled to recognise Ethionta and Italian armed forces are in combat, thus creating a state of war within the meaning of the joint resolution contained

in the Neutrality Act.

the

"In these specifle cireumatoneer I deatre it to be understood that any of our people who voluntarily engage in trampnction of any shar-

neter with either of the belligerents do so at their own risk”.

"An: all-inclusive denial of, pro-, tection to citizens engaging in transactions with the hallicarente goes far beyond the wording of the Act though it accords with re- solutions introduced by Senators Nve and Clarke, but which were

PLENTY OF VOLUNTEERS There have been enough of them. There was Mr. Zab Angol of the Angel Brothers' Hospital, Franklin, N.C., who offered two The wedding took place at the coloured divisions, fully equipped Rosary Church on Saturday after with the best arms, provided noon of Miss C. Beltran, of the local Ethiopia had the ships to transport office of the Mitsubishi Kaishn, sad them. Mr. Angel was also ready, Mr. C. E. Barros, of the Neder- although he admitted he had none landsche

Bank. The Rev. Father Rossi on hand at the moment, to supply not passed. oflented.

The bride wore a satin and lace 20,000 hegro aviators trained for dress and carried a bouquet of white combat, provided Ethiopia has the Misses. N. Beltran, and D. Beltrus, been scores of other letters in the attended by the planes. It has eight. There have in yellow antin, and her nephew and same tone, alece, Master A. Remedios and Miss O. Remedios, in black and yellow.

A reception was held at the bride. groom's home, No. 244 Nathan Road, The honeymoon is being spent in Canton.

roses. She WOR

MARECHAL JOFFRE

FINE FRENCH-MAIL LINER ARRIVES FROM EUROPE

Though by no means a new ship, the Marechal Joffre which arrived here on Saturday morning from Europe and left the same afternoon for Shanghai, aroused a good deal of comment on she lay at No. 1 Kowloon wharf, for it was the first time the shin visited Hongkong.

The Marechal Joffre was built in 1931 by the Societe Provencale de Constr. Nay, and was originally in- tended to ply on the Madagascar run, but, like most of the ships owned by the Messageries Maritimes Co., she has now been switched onto the Far Eastern run for time.

on.

It presumably manne that, the United States would not officially

does not onoose a Longue or any protect phins or cargoes haid for

other blackade would not insist on any neutral

either bellicarent, namely that sho

and apparently.

rights for commerce whatever.— Reuter,

Nye's Timidity ·

There have also been applien- Wons from adventurers, jobless and ex-soldiers from every corner of the earth. It is estimated there could have been several thousund

Cedar Falls, Iowa. Oct. 4. recruited in Northern. Eurone

Senator Gerald P. Nve, Chair- alone, many thousands in America where negro feeling swings so

man of the US. Committee on In- strongly toward Ethiopia, and so vestigation of ine Munitions In- Political exilos-it is said dustry in an interview with the United Prena to-ilny, extirossed the many.Austrian Legionnaries.have applied-have been among them. opinion that the United States act- All have been refused. Excepting jointly with France and Bri for a French flying officer and the tain in the application of econo- handful of Swedes and Belgiansmic sanctions against Italy would in the military missions, there is be led into war. no foreign military man in Ethiopian pay. The reasons for the refusal of the others are clear, Firat, Ethiopia does not need man-power. Secondly, it cannot afford to transport. men from all corners of the world. Thirdly, it nooda all the equipment it can get for its own army. At the best, there are glaring doflciencies.

Finally, there are the mountains, The arrival of the ship may be tho

chasms, the fever-ridden taken, too, as an indication that the valleys, the bush, the discase, and speeding up of the Messageriee

the deserts where evon the high- Maritimes Europe-Hongkong service,

land Ambaras do not care to fight details of which were given in this paper some weeks ago, has begun. If they can avoid it. Foreigners This speeding up will be completed would be little use under such con- when other of the older vessels hare ditions, without long acclimatiza been fitted with now bows, and intlon. some casos re-juvenated engines, to give them greater speed, and when the now liner Paul Doumor makes her first trip to Hongkong,

The Line will then have five and possibly six, fast vessela running from Europe to the Far East, and will be able to maintain a service equal speed and comfort to the Gerninn, Italian, and British lines.

About the Ship

The Marechal Joffre is not as large. a liner as most of the express steamers running to the Far East, being of 13,000-tons; nor in she an

exact sistor ship to any of the other

Ethiopians believe the Italians will discover that, too, before very long--United Press.

MISSION TO JAPAN

SHANGHAI MERCHANTS AND BANKERS DEPARTURE

Shanghai, Oct. 6. Thirty-seven membore of the Chinese Economic Mission to

Shanghai Maru.-Reuter,

"The only way for us is to be neutral", he stated. "We muat move against neither belligerent. Ninety-nine per cont. of the American people are determined to vold war, but a few weeks of

propaganda may easily reverse that stand. We must remain ra- tional."

Sonator Nve said he feared the raturn of "the brutal days of 1014."-United Press,

Mr. Borah's "No!"

Twin Falls, Idaho, Oct. 5. Senator Borah declared to-day that "the Italo-Ethiopian war is It is a Borious thing, yet I would not purely one of territorial aggression. sacrifice the life of one American tinues nor how many countries are in it, no matter how long it con- involved."-United Presa.

CONFUCIAN WORSHIP

ACTION TAKEN AGAINST

MISSION-SCHOOL

Kirin, Oct. 6. The Provincial Government has decided to take "drastic action" against the Scottish Mission

allow the

Chinese pupils to worship the Confucian idole

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STARTS WEDNESDAY 9TH

SHIRLEY TEMPLE

IN

"THE LITTLE COLONEL"

mand until the arrival in December

matter are now being awaited by

The Anal instructions on the GENERAL'S FAREWELL short time ago, and, assumon com the Department of Education at CEREMONY AT QUEEN'S PIER

Changchun.-Reuter.

ON SATURDAY

of Mtfor-General A. W. Bar-

tholomew, Cu,' C.M.G., G.B.E., D.8.0. to fill the posti, art

Japan left this morning by the School owing to the refusal of the TEMPLE WILL BE PRESENTED TO EACH PATRON FREE,COME vels of her line which run here.

A GENUINE PHOTOGRAPH AND FIGURETTE OF SHIRLEY The most obvious difference is the

Earlier reports stated that the headmaster, Mr. MacWhite, to AND BRING YOUR CHILDREN ALONG.. ahlp'a cruiser stern. She is the only Mission expected to remain in the Messageries Maritimes ship running Island Empire for about a month. to Hongkong so built.

The vessel is a moter ship being The party is headed by Mr. Wu driven by internal combustion Ting-chung, general manager of engines-unlike hor nearest

slater, the Yenych Bank. Prominent mem- the Felix Roussel, which is an bers of the Mission include electrically driven ship,

Mosara. Liu Hung-shong, general At present the schedules of the French line which have been main- manager of the China Mer- Somo speculation was causod' early A large number of distinguished On arrival at Queen's Pier on tained for the past few years are still chants Steam Navigation Com- yesterday evening by the glare of local residents collected at Queen's Saturday, General Barrett took the in force, but gradually faster and pany, Chiang Kiang-nau, Vice what appeared to be a huge fire in Pier at 10.15 a.m. on Saturday to salute from guards of honour pro- better ships are being brought hore, president of the Central the direction of Shek-0. The blaze say farewell to Lt-General O. Cvided by the Royal Navy, and the either by transferring faster ships Bank of China, Chow Tao- could be seen distinctly from the Borrett, C.D., C.M.G., C.BE, D.8.0., 1st. Battalion, Lincolnshire. Regi- from other lines where there is less min, competition

Poak. It was learned on enquiry who left the Colony at noon by the ment... The General then said good- or by rebuilding older cheng Bank, and Jung Taung brushwood fire, of a rather extensive

the Chin that the confiagration was a grass and P. and O, Ilner Rafputana

bye to Service and civilian friends ships which are well known here. So ching, who is known as the "king nature, affecting the hillside not far pout of General Officer Commanding which conveyed him to the General Borrett is vacating the and boarded the launch Victorin far this process is incomplete and the Marechal Joffre is forced to main of China's flour industry,” from the Capo D'Agullar wireless the British Troops in China, being Rajputana at Kowloon tain a schedule much slower than On its arrival In Japan, the station. The blaze appears to have relieved temporarily by Major A large number of friends also that of which she is capable.

mission will break up into several started about 6.40 p.m., and fanned Coral F, S. Thackeray, D.8.0., M.C, want to the Kowloon wharf to hid Tho ship is 483. feet long, and 61 groups, each conducting an by the wind soon had a hold în the feet wide, and her internal appoint claborate inquiry into financial, dry grass and shrubs on the hillside. A.D.O., who arrived in the Colony a farewell to the General. manta camnere favourably with those of any of the liners running from economic and other conditions. A party, of men were immediately Europe, cabins, and room

Their avowed object is to lay the organised by the Botanical and like thuache on filho French all foundation for a Sino-Japanese Forestry Department, and they suc- ships being alry and spacious, economic rapprochement,

cessfully dealt with the outbreak. ment, preventing it from sprouding further.

manager of

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