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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1936.

Coroner Wants to Ban

Chloroform as

JAPAN'S DREAM OF

SAYS IT IS "VERY

Anaesthetic EXCLUSIVE SILKS

SUPREME MOMENTS AT

For

NETWORK OF AIRWAYS DANGEROUS" BATTLE OF JUTLAND

Nanking, Nov. 1.

THE use of chloroform as annesthetic was, criticised

JELLICOE AS LEADER AND MAN

Japan's long cherished desire to establish regular commercial Tu airways in the five provinces of North China with connections to by the coroner, Dr. L. F. Beccle. By Vice-Admiral J, E. T. HARPER,¡ into the thoughts of the Commander- Japan Proper and Manchuria will soon be realized.

at an inquest recently on Mrs. Chinese and Japanese authori-tow ne, which can further be ex-Marjorie Alice Harrison. aged

C.B.. M.V.0,"

tles in Peiping have reached un tended to Ninghsin and Sinking. 27, of New Century-road, Lain- The Life of John Rushworth,the genius, the decisiveness, and the

home.

was

In-Chief reveal, with an emphasis which no bald 'hecount could equal,

mastery of Jellicoe's complete Earl Jellicoe. By Admiral Sir strategy and tactles, R. H. Bacon, with 40 Plates, 6

An illuminating chapter deals with Folding Maps, and Charts. the contents, and effect on the (Cassell. 255.)

publie, of the various Admiralty publications about Jutland"; those officially issued and those, for a time, officially suppressed.

of

The mental strain experienced by Jelieve during thinse seven years which followed the War was, we sec, severe. Accounts, official anek unofficial, which for inaccuracy and Innuendo R would be hard to beat, and in which frets were distorted or

other at Intervals. omitted at will, followed one

tury

Judging from the above projects, don, Essex, who died during an agreement on the formation of a

what the Japanese desired is obvious- joint Sino-Japanese concern and ly not only always within the Five operation performed at her the Ministry of Communications Provinces, but also a bigger network of the Central Government has reaching suchow, In North Kiangsu,

Dr. D. Chowdhary, of Laindur, few hundred miles from sald in operation was necessary after tentatively approved the plan. about a

Nanking, and Kaitengtu, the capital

confinement. He ad- The biography of a great The new company will be formed of Henan, in the heart of China, and the woman's

into Billericay in along the lines of the China an extension to Chinese Turkestan, to ised her to go

firmary, but she insisted on having man "Small in stature" he National Aviation Corporation. combat Russian penetrations there. jointly owned by the Chinese

Primarily a milltary organization. Doperation at home, although he may have been, but in all else

her chloroform, assuming Government and Pan-American tie Manchukuo Air Transport Co atted out the difficulties. He gave "great" is the correct world to Airways, and the Eurasia Avia-resent operates commercial lines be safe to do so because she had his apply to the late Admiral tween Dalren, Mukden, Changchun, chloroform for her confinement.

the Fleet Earl Jellicoe. tion Corporation, jointly owned Harbin, Jehol City, Manchuli, and

She stopped breathing during the

Lord Jelene's memory will Bye: by the Luft-Hans of Germany Sulfenho, and also "military lines" to operation, which was performed by Algun, Mohol, Hallar, Bulnor, Chih-his partner, and heart injections and

not only because, as Mr. McKenna and the Chinese Government.

teng, Dolonor, and Huining, cooperal.

"combined the excellence of both revive her. Ever since the signing of the ing with the Japan Air Transport Co., artificial respiration efforts failed to says in his excellent Foreword, he his great predecessors Fisher and Tangku Treaty of 1933 officially end-of Tokyo, to operate the joint trans-

Throughout the whole of this Wilson two Admirals of genius"; ing the Manchurian War, Japanese portation betwene Manchukuo, Korea,

not only because he will go down to period Jellicoe maintained a dignified military planes have flown freely over and Japan Proper.

China recently set another preced-

that history, as General Smuts states in silence which undoubtedly prevented the routes which the new commercial airlines will follow, ignoring the rent in her strict determination not to chloroform is now recognised to be fils contribution to Chapter XXX., the controversy, which should never have commenced, frem becoming

bitter and

But peated protests of the Chinese Govern- jallow foreign airplanes to land in her a very dangerous form of anesthetic? as the man who did more than any

prolonged. territory, when British authorities Dr. Chowdhury,- use it at least other to who the War for the Allies: more

truth will out.

"The law still al- I but because, he

univerally 100 เษก succeeded to get permission to us once a week.

lows a blographer to state the truth Paracels Islands as the refuelling The Coroner think you would respected and loved,

and nothing but the truth, but station of the impecial Airways probably be wise in dropping it. It Following Japanese Invasion uf Hongkong-Singapore

This is far better not to use an anesthetic Manchuria, the Central Government success is also responsible for the at all than to give chloroform, don't

with British permission to the C.N.A.C. and i you think? "Manchouku," Since then postal Pan-American Airways to land in theĮ The coroner recorded a verdict of Intercourse, through railroad service British Crown Colony, the beautiful Accidental Denti, saying he was and telegraph and telephone service and stratente Hongkong-- United quite satisfied the doctor did all he personalities of the age. have one by one been resumed. Press Buguration of air mall and

ment.

WILL COMPLETE SERVICE

crased

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communications.

service by the "Hul Tung senger |

name of the new concern, will can- plete the four polnty which the Japan- ese insisted upon at the Tangitu negotiations and which the inese promised to "consider.**

Many difficulties were confronte.l however, regarding the Japanese re- quest of opening air communications across the Great Wall, Many devises were suggested, but could not be up-

The desire of! proved by both sides, the Pan-American Airways to lan their China Clippers at Canton was rejected by Nanking for to liter reason than the Government had also rejected Japanese requests to land Japanese airplanes in Tientsin and Pelping.

"BRITISH REQUESTS

The request of the Imperial Air- ways to use the Chinese Paracels Islands in the Ching Sen as a re- fuelling station for the Hongkong- Singapore (Penang) run was rejected by the Nanking Government for the same reason, to avold Japanese pre- texts. But Nanking inally found it difficult to continue its stern attitude toward the Japanese, when the latter approached the North China nu- thorities for establishing an aviation corporation along, the patterns of the

C.N.A.C. and Eurasia. In the present Sino-Japanese

the Japanese side will be represented by the Man chukuo Air Transport Co., and the Chinese side by the Economie Com- mittee of the Hopel-Chalar Political

run.

JEALOUS

"VERY DANGEROUS"

The Coroner. You

know

could in the circumstances.

BENEFACTOR

LEFT

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ECONOMICAL, BUT

SPENT

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By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

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The author of this biography had him from giving the whole trus In spite of having to "skate øver no light task in compiling, from the

this chapter will convince mass of documents, at his disposal, thin ice, an accurate and interesting account those few who are stilt in doubt that are due to that the fe of

of one of the greatest credit and honour

great. little Admiral who, from the highest motives, kept silence when

Admiral Bacon's experience in assailed. the marshalling of facts, plecing Having oblaloed full concep- them together and sorting out the lion of the service rendered as Com- importunt from the unimportant bemander-in-Chiet of the Grand Fleet, for drawing a correct conclusion, It is not surprising that the man who combined with his personal know-suerceded so well should have been December 4, 1016, s Lord.

edge of the late Lord Jellicoe, has Seil me, more than any other,

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At this

Elven us a mind-picture of the fe First and character of the man, ansi Basight into the real dimeulties the Navy was faced with problems which faced him at critical stages of which were not foreseen and could lls irror.

not have been forescen. Safeguard- ing our trade by a grunt network of convoys

Ingenious necessary combat enemy sub- marines, and the reorganisation of the Admiralty Staff, were tosks which required a man of the calibre Admiral Jellicoe.

EARLY CAREER

new

the

schemes

of

We meet the boy Jelliere, keen on his duty, however humble that duty may be, realising, even in those early days of his career, that hard work and devotion to duty were necessary,

He had shown, while serving as if he would it himself for the more responsible duties In the senior controller in 1908-11, that he was bide-bound by traditional ranks, as we see he wished to be not

or backward in accepting Atted beenuse wholesome ambition methods I was lils.

Casals. Considerable space is given. to the The half-century of Admiral Jel-"convoy" controversy. It is made lleve's active naval career saw our clear that

Jellicoe was never an- Navy rise from weakness und ob-tagonistic to the system, but

with solescence to a strength and efficiency his usual thoroughness refused to unsurpassed in naval history.

introduce it before making adequate

In his later years this great

is one point," writes Ad- "factor for world peace" the British miral Bacon, "overlooked by Navy-again declined to a level un- Lloyd George and other who have of the leading maritime criticised the delay in starting, con- worthy So declared Mrs. Georgina Todd, of Knapping Mount,nation. Many contributed towards voys, and that is that St John, by

Harrogate, Oct. 25.

"The stipulation made in his will that no man shall reside in this house is stupid. If my sister and I want to entertain male friends here we shall do so, ban or no ban."

King's Road, Harrogate, in a comment on the conditions of the £266,000 will of Mr. William Henry Baxter.

Mrs. Todd, who is 75, and her sister, Miss Lillie Thorman, Council. It will be recalled that in aged 76, were left the mansion, its contents and £1,440 a year the case of the joint concerns with for its upkeep on condition that no male person is allowed to PAA, and Luft-Hansa, the Chinese reside there. side is represented by the Ministry of Communications at Nanking.

According to well informed circles in the capital, the air lines actually planned by the Manchukuo Air Trans port Co. In North China included the j Mrs. Todd told me today that the only explanation of the curious ban imposed by Mr. Baxter was that he was a man of extremely jealous nature.

For 15 years the two sisters were housekeepers and com- unions to Mr. Baxter, who began work at the age of 10 for 4s. a week..

following:-

(1) Mukden-Shanhalkwari-Tienisin,

which will further be extended to Shikchinchwang, Talyuanfu, or Shun- tehtu and Kaifengfu, or Tsinantu.

(2) Jehol City-Peking line, which can further be extended to Paoting and Talyuanfu.

(31 Diren-Tsingtao lục. wilight căn further be extended to Tsinantu and Heuchowiu.

prebris.

Mr.

the rise of the Navy, and this refusing to adopt the convoy system biography shows us that Lord Jel-until he and his co-workers were liece was second to none in his con- satisfied that it could be safely tribution towards that end.

minde the system ul- started

imately success. Had he been a He had the gift of making steady weaker man.... we might well have and thorough preparations, und the incurred disaster it became a ability to use the finished product success

organised.

in the right way. When, after the success because it had been soundly War, our Navy was neglected by At p.m.; December 24, 1917, successive Governments. Jellicoe was Jellicoe "received, Geddes letter of In the van of those who repeatedly dismissal.

The details of this un- warned the country of the danger of

warranted und tragic #sucking" this neglect:

(Jellicoe's own word) of com- He was too profound a thinker petent public servant are fully dis- and too openly honest to allow him- cussed. self to become a slave to the catch-

NEW ZEALAND words and slogans so cleverly poured The references to Lord Jellicoe's "I don't know whether he thought I might want to get

forth by "pacifist" societies for the tenure as Governor-General of New married again at my age or not," she said with a smile, "but support n

purpose of influencing the people to Zealand will be welcomed in the whatever he had in mind, there is no doubt that during his life-power and prestige.

weakening of British Dominion. His high qualifications time he forbade us to talk to men if it could be avoided.

as an administrator and his charm- ing personality will long be remem- bered.

"When I spoke to tradesmen, to, ECONOMICAL YET the gardeners or the chauffeur he invariably asked me wint had been

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THE JUTLAND BATTLE

He endeared himself to all classes; subject The Battle of Jutland, a about which there has. been much at official functions he was a digni- "During the last three years or controversy, and in

offled and worthy representative of his so he would not allow any mun to which muny bitter recriminations King; he maintained a "high tone at enter the house. He economical with his money to the in which

was always have been made, is treated in a way Government House on all occasions," Admiral Jellicoe would In all the, sports and pastimes of the extent of being almost mean at

was the perfect play- people he home,

indubitably wish it to be treated; briefly, accurately, and without fellow, and at viflage cricket matches "Yet when he took us away for blus."

was the delight of the younger holidays he would think nothing

generation. of occupying a suite of rooms at Credit is

Always "sportsman" in £100 a day in a London hotel. due; and commendation in one truest sense of the word, Jellicoe "If the sisters cease to live at the quarter is not made to depend on maintained to the end his interest mansion the trustees are directed to condemnation in another. The des-In healthy games, as is evidenced by pay an annuity."

cription is an honest one of an all-un illustration showing him leading During the last 30 years of his important event, and one feels it his team of Admirals on to life Mr. Baxter devoted his time will receive the unqualified approval cricket field to play in the annual between the business he had built

of every fair-minded reader who has match against the Royal Naval up in Leeds, as manufacturer of knowledge of the subject. stone-breaking machinery and writ

His work na County Commis- ing and publishing a series of pam-technical knowledge will find all he President of the British Legion "won with only slight sioner for. London Boy Scouts and philets in which he set out a mode requires to know about that great for him a securo place in the hearts of living in keeping with 'his personal religious convictions.

naval action; he will enjoy the style of the members." and attain a sound knowledge of the Extracts from dozens of letters Mrs. Todd told me that he spent main features.

point to Lord Jellicoe's love of upwards of 7.£1,000 your in this

fellow-men; his sympathy, work.

The render

Cadets.

the

his

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The diagrams are simple, dear interest in others, depended not on In his will Mr. Baxter has direct-¡ and easily Interpreted by laymen. their social standing. In every walk ed, among many bequests, that his Facts are given and it is fucts most of life, civilian and naval, oflcera trustees shall distribute as many of peoplo desire.

and men, are those whom he helped his publications as possible and ap- point a paid supervisor to lecture

There will be those who will dis- with sympathy and understanding. on his works and supervise their agree with some of the opinions ex- RISING TO EMERGENCY distribution..

pressed, but even they will not we are left with the impression After 20 years he has authorised doubt the honesty and logte of these that it was not the War which made the formation of a private limited opinions. In "The World Crisis" company to carry on his work. Admiral Jellicoe was referred to as the man-Jellicoe. The man

MARLBOROUGH. HOUSE

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was formed ment with Mr. Winston Churchill when "going through the mill" 39 A when he says, "in those twenty Junior officer, striving to perfect seconds (before deploying the Fleet) himself.in every detail of his pro- the fate of the Empire most probably fession. Character, devotion to duty, For the first time since the death of hung in the balance."

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