1936-11-12 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1936.

Coroner Wants to

JAPAN'S DREAM OF

Ban

Chloroform as Anaesthetic EXCLUSIVE SILKS

SAYS IT IS "VERY

NETWORK OF AIRWAYS DANGEROUS"

Nanking, Nov. 1.

of chloroform s

Japan's long cherished desire to establish regular commercial Tanesthetic or criticised airways in the five provinces of North China with connections to by the coroner, Dr. L. F. Beecle, Japan Proper and Manchuria will soon be realized.

the Japanese desired is obvious.

her

SUPREME MOMENTS AT BATTLE OF JUTLAND

JELLICOE AS LEADER AND MAN

C.B., M.V.O.

The Life of John Rushworth, Earl Jellicoe. By Admiral Sir R. H. Bacon, with 40 Plates, G Folding Maps, and Charts. (Cassell. 25s.)

It

An illuminating chapter deals with the eflect on 4121 the contents. public. of the various Admiralty "Julland": those publications about

melally incest and those, for a time. offelally suppressed.

with an emphasis at an inquest recently on Mrs. By Vier-Admiral J, E. T. HARPER.1into the thoughts of the Commander-

in-Chief reveal. which no bald account could equal, Chinese and Japanese authori-¡tow, line, which can further be ex-Marjorie Allee Harrison, aged; 27, of New Century-rond, Lain-l

mastery of Jeilleve's complete ties in Peiping have reached an tended to Ninghsia and Sinking.

Judging from the above projects, don, Essex, who died during

the genius, the decisiveness, and the strategy and tactics. agreement on the formation of a

what joint Sino-Japanese concern and not only always within the Five operation performed at the Ministry of Communications Proviners, but also a bigger network home.

Dr. D. Chowdhury, of London, of the Central Government has reaching suchow, in North Khang, few hundred miles from

said on operation was necessary after Sanking, and Kaifengfu, the empitati tentatively approved the plan. about a

confinement. He d the womata'

The blography of great The new company will be formed of loan, in the heart of Chine, and her to pu into Herteny in-

stature" he man, "Small in along the lines of the China an extension to Chinese Turkestan, to

firmary, but she insisted having National Aviation Corporation. combat Russia penetrations there.

the operation at home, although be may have been, but in all else Primarily a military organization, pointed out the difficulties. He gave "great" is the correct world to Lord Jelliese during those seven jointly owned by the Chinese

her chloroform, assuming Government and Pan-American the Manchukua Air Transport Co at her

the Fleet Earl Jellicoe. Airways, and the Eurasia Avia-Diren uncle safe to do so because she had had apply to the late Admiral

Mukden, Changchun, chloroform for her confinement. tion Corporation, jointly owned Harbin, Jehol City, Manchall, and

She stopped breathing during the

Lord Jellicoe's memory will by the Luft-Hansn of Germany Sunfentio, and also "military linea" to

operation, which was performed by and the Chinese Government. Aigus, Molun, Hallar, Bulnor, Chile his partner, and heart injections and at only bernuse, as Mr. McKenna and in which facts were distorted or feng, Delouor, and Huining, enoperal-attificial respiration efforts falled toys its his excellent Foreword, be omitted at will, followed one, an-

ment.

the aging of

Th

"VERY DANGEROUS"

The

Coroner. Yo know

it was

"combined the

The mental strain experienced by

of years which followed the War was, we ser, severe, Accounts, official and unofficial, which for innecuracy and Intern it would be hard to beat,

live:

other at intervals.

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his great predecessora"-Fisher and Ever since

Throughout the whole of Wilson--"two Admirals of genius' Tangku Treaty of 1903 efficially end-of Tokyo, to operate the jolt trans- ing the Monchurian War, Japanese purtation betwene Manchuo, Korea,

not only because he will go down to period Jellicoe maintained a dignilled military planes have flown freely on er and dupán Proper,

that history, as General Smuts states in silence which undoubtedly prevented China reccully set another preeed.

commenced, from becoming the routra which the new commerdal {

bitter and prolonged, Dut arines will follow, ignoring the rent in her strict determination not a chloroform is now recognised to be its contribution to Chapter XXX, the controversy, which should never peated protests of the Chinese Clavern- jallow foreign airplanes to land in her a very dangerów form of anesthetens the man who did more than onyve

out. "The law still ai When British, nuthorities Dr. Chowdhary use it at least other to win the War for the Allies; mor

Lbiel because

Was He

universallyouth will

lows a blographer to state the truth t tos ar perarission to the pier a week, Parner stands as the refuelling The Coroner think you wouldj rósperted and foved,

and nothing but the truth, but debars WILL COMPLETE SERVICE

istation

The Austertal Airways probably be wise in dropping it. I

him from giving the whole truth,"

Nardon

In spite of having to skate over fur better not to use an anaesthetle Following Japanes

of Hongkong-Singapore Manchurin, the Central Government success is also respondtile for thes

thin fee," this chapter will convince 1111 venyunkablods withsteitish permission to the CNAC and

that "Manehoulan," Since dew posad Pan-Animrican Airways to land in the

those few who are still in doubt that credit and honnur are due to great, little Admiral who, from the intercourse, through railroad service Juttish Crown Colmay, the beautiful

when highest motivés, kept silence Strategie Hongkong and telegraph and telephone service and

assailed. have one by te boen te umed.

full augarntion of sie anal and prazenger service by the "Hi Tung Kungs. me of the new concern, will com plete the four points which stav Japan- Insisted upora at 1 Tangku negotiations and which the Chinese promised to "consider "

erased

exo

In Prest

Many diffentan were cutifronte 1 however, regarding the Japanese pers qui of opening alr coautskratinti Mady devine across the Great Wall were suggested, but enkel not las api- ! Droved by oth sides. The rest of The Pan-American Airways to larisa! their China Clippers at Canton was rejected by Nabilang for the

reason than the Government had no relycted Japanese requests to ta Japanese airplanes in Tientsin ami Peipong

BRITISH REQUESTS

United

Having obtaineri

11

concep-

The anth of this biography had no light task in compiling, from the at all than to give chloroform, don'ts of doruments at his disposal, you think?

The coroner Lecorded a verdict of an accurate tond interesting necount greatest the life of one of the Death, saying he Accidental quite satisfied the doctor did all he sonalities of the age.

Admiral Bacon's experience in could in the circumstances,

The marshalling of facta, plecing them together and sorting out the tin of the server rendered as Com- important from the unimportant be- marufer-in-Chlef of the Grand Fleet. fore drawing a

it is not surprising that the man who corruel conclusion, combined with his personal know-succeeded so well should have been December 4, 1916, an ledge of the late Lord Jellicos, has selected, on

ven as a mind-picture of the life First Sea Lord, -

At this time, more than any other. and character of the man, and 7113 insight into the real difficulties the Navy was faced with problems which fared him at critical stages of which were not foreseen and could fint have been foreseen. Safeguard- ilus emreer.

ing maar trade by a great network of

the convoys:

ingenious Kehemes nevessary

to combat enemy sub- reorganization of marines, and the the Admiralty Staff, were tasks which

I re calibre required a ma Admiral Jellicoe,

JEALOUS BENEFACTOR

LEFT £266,000

ECONOMICAL, BUT SPENT £ 100 A DAY ON HOLIDAY

The request of the Imperial Mir- wy 10 use the Chipes Paracels Islands in the China Sea as a re- fuelling station for the Hongkon Singapore (Peming;) run was rejectedl by the Nanking Government for the sume reason, to avoid Japanees pre-i "The stipulation made in his will that no man shall texts. But Nanking Onally found 1 difficult to continue its stern allude reside in this house is stupid. If my sister and I want to toward the Japanese, when the tatter entertain male friends here we shall do so, ban or no ban." opproached the North China

So declared Mrs. Georgina Todd, of Knapping Mount, N.A.C. and Eurasta. In the present King's Road, Harrogate, in a comment on the conditions Sino-Japanese project, the munges side will be represented by the Man- of the £266,000 will of Mr. William Henry Baxter. chukuo Air Transport Co., and the

By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

Harrogate, Oct. 25.

thorities for establishing an aviation corporation along the patterns of the

Chinese side by the Economic Cum-

Mrs. Todd, who is 75, and her sister, Miss Lillie Thorman,

:

was his,

the

EARLY CAREER

rise of the

man

mitter of the Hopei-Chahar Political ured 76, were left the mansion, its contents and £1.440 a year and thorough preparations, and the weaker man we might well have

Council. it will be recalled that in

We meet the boy Jellicoe, keen on his duty, however humble that duty muy be realising, even in those curly digs of his career, that hard work and devotion to duty were necessary,

He had shown, while serving as if he would at himself for the more

1508-11, that he was 11 the senior cutitroller responsible duties

hide-bound by traditional we see he wished to be not Franks, a

or backward in recepting fitted vest wholesome ambition methods

new proposals,

Considerable space is given to the The hidf-century of Admiral Jel-"convoy" contraversy. It is made leoe's active naval career saw our clear that Jellicoe was never on- with ob-tagonistle to the systern, but Navy rise from weakness and

thoroughness refused to solescence to a strength and efficiency his usual

Introduce it before making adequate unsurpassed in naval history,

preparations. In bis later

years this Arent "There is one point," writes Ad- "factor for world peace"-the British miral Bacon, "overlooked by Mr. Navy again declined to a level pa- Lloyd George and other who have worthy of the leading maritime criticised the delay in starting cun nation Many contributed towards voya, and that is that Sir John, by tography shows us that Lord Jel-until he and his co-workers were

Navy, and this] refusing to adopt the

convoy systern coe was second to none in his con- satisfied that it could be safely tribution towards that end.

started.....

made the system ul- timately a success. Had he been a He-hud-the-gift-of making-steady.

it became a incurred disaster ability to use the finished product

success because it had been soundly in the right way. When, after the

organised." War, our Navy was neglected by At 6 successive Governments, Jellicoe was Jellicoe "received Geddes' letter

p.m.; December 24, 1017. in the van of those who repeatedly dismissal." The details of this un- warned the country of the danger of warranted And tronic "sacking" this neglect.

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

NEW ZEALAND self to become a slave to the catch- words and slogans so cleverly poured The references to Lord Jellicoe's forth by "pacifist" societies for the tenure as Governor-General of New purpose of influencing the people to Zealand will be support a weakening of British Dominion. His high qualifications the welcomed in

as an administrator and his charm- Ing personality will long be remem- THE JUTLAND BATTLE

bered. (3) Dairen-Tsingtao line, which em "When I spoke to tradesmen, to, ECONOMICAL YET

He endeared himself to all classes; further be extended to Tsinantu and the gardeners or the chauffeur he SPENT 23DO A DAY

The Battle of Jutland, a subject-

been much at official functions he was a digni Hsuchowfu.

invariably asked me what had been

about which there has "During the last three years or controversy,

in

of fed and worthy representative of his and Jehol-Dolnnar-Kwellum-Pro- | sakl.

accounts

"high lone at so he would not allow any man to which many bitter recriminations King; he maintained a enter the house. Ho was always have been made, is treated in a way Government House on all occasions." economical with his money to the in which Admiral Jellicoe would in all the sports and pastimes of the was the perfect play- mean al indubitably wish it

treated; people he to be briefly, accurately, and without fellow, and at village cricket matches was the delight of the younger "Yet when he took us away for bias.

generation. holidays he would think nothing!

The case of the joint concern with for its upkeep on condition that no male person is allowed to PAA. and Luft-Hansa, the Chinesy roxide, there. side is represented by the Minusity of Communications at Nanking.

For 15 years the two sisters were housekeepers and com According to well informed circles panions to Mr. Baxter, who began work at the age of 10 for 4s, a in the capital, the air lines actually week. planned by the Manchukuo Air Trans- port Co. in North China included the; following:-

(1) Mulden-Shanhailewan-Ticuisin, which will further be extended to

Sailchlachwang, Taiyuantu, or Shun-

tehfa and Kaifengľu, or Tainan,

(2) Jchol Clly-Peking line, which can further be extended to Paoting) and Tatyuanfu.

(4)

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Mrs. Todd told me to-day that the only explanation of the curious ban imposed by Mr. Baxter was that he was a man of extremely jealous nature.

"I don't know whether he thought I might want to get married again at my age or not," she said with a smile, "but whatever he had in mind, there is no doubt that during his life-power and prestige. time he forbade us to talk to men if it could be avoided.

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

cription is an honest one of an all-an-illustration showing him leading

and one feels it his team of Admirals on

to the Important event. During the last 30 years of bis will receive the unqualified approval cricket seld to play in the annual Hfe Mr. Baxter devoted his timo between the business he had built of every fair-minded reader who has match against the Royal Naval

Cadets. up in Leeds as manufacturer of a knowledge of the subject.

Hly work as County Commis- stone-breaking machinery and well-

The reader with only alight sioner for London Boy Scouts and ing and publishing a series of pam-technical knowledge will and all he President of the British Legion "won phlets in which he set out a mode requires to know about, that great for him a secure place in the hearts of living in keeping with. his naval action; he will enjoy the style of the members." personal religious convictions.

and attain a sound knowledge of the Mrs. Todd told me that he spent main features. upwards of £1,000 a year "In "this!

Extracts from dozens of letters. point to Lord Jellicoe's love of his

his ellow-men;

sympathy, bis work.

The diagrams are simple, clear 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 facts most of life, civilian and naval, officers trustees shall distribute as many of people desire.

his publications as possible and op-|

point a paid supervisor to lecture

and men, are those whom he helped

There will be those who will dis- with sympathy and understanding

on his works and supervise their agree with some of the opinions ex- distribution.

pressed, but even they will not;

RISING TO EMERGENCY

Was

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

the only man on either side who made before the War, and fortunate "could lose the War in an after-infeed is the nation which possessCS Buch men, men able and ready to undertake the colossal tasks required

| MARLBOROUGH HOUSE

COURT CIRCULAR

· FIRST FOR 11 YEARS

noon."

For the first time since the death of hung in the balance." Queen Alexandra, 11 years ago, A Court Circular has been issued from Marlborough House.

CRITICAL STAGES

In this one particular, if in no of them in time of emergency, Father, the blographer is in agree- Jellicoe's character was formed ment with Mr. Winston Churchill when "guing through the mil" as a when he says, "In these twenty Junior officer, striving to perfect

every detail of his seconds (before deploying the Fleet) himself

pro- the fate of the Empire most probably fession. Character, devotion to duty. and I experience played their part in producing this great scu-commander, Jellicoe's lovablo character helped Additional Interest is given by re-him to a success achieved by row, It alated that Queen Mary, who ferences being made to the thoughts because na commander can be a per moved into Mariborough House this which went through Admiral Jel- fect leader of mon if he is not loved. visit from the licoe's mind as ho endeavoured to Sir Reginald Bacon has given us á month, recélved a Duke and Duchess of Kent, who re- pierce the mists and fog which sur- detailed and impartial account of the mained to luncheon. In the evening rounded him during the critical life of a man of character, honesty, the King dined with her Majesty. stages of the action. These glimpses ability, and sympathy.

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