1936-11-14 — Page 13

THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH. ́. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER

ARAB PIMPERNEL'S" EXPLOIT

Outwits British Officers Who Hunt Him

POLITE TALK

OVER

COFFEE CUPS

"PLEASED TO MEET YOU": GOES FREE

From A Correspondent

Jerusalem, Nov. 1. FAWZI KAWKAGI, Scarlet Pimpernel of the Desert and leader of the Arab Revolt, whose exploits are already becoming legend- ary, this week performed his most audacious feat, which I am now able to reveal for the "Telegraph."

For half an hour ho sat sipping coffee and chatting in 'a sheik's house with officers of the Dorsetshire Regiment which is combing the Palestine desert day and night for him.

Then, bowing with true Eastern courtesy and murmuring in perfect English: "It was so pleasant to meet you," he backed out of the roam and disappear- ed into the night.

Next day the British offlers were speaking of their visitor to the British Assistant-Superintendent of Police at Jenin,

"I'd like to meet that 171227 ngain." said a Heutenant of thei

"he was really a courteous bloke."

The Navy Makes Dorsets.

*

A Film

STOUT WORK OFF A

PORT"" "SOUTHERN Heroine In Hands Of

Rebels

A Special Correspondent

Weymouth, Nov. 1.

A "rebe!" warship steamed up and down off Weymouth-to-day, her guns trained ominously upon the town.

"He didn't look anything like this, did he? asked the police officer, producing a photograph from the breast pocket of his tunic,

"Well, I'm hanged," exclaimed the astonished offleer. "I didn't know he | was friend of yours"

"Ife isn't," remarked the police officer grimly, "but I'd like to meet him just the same. You chaps entertained Fawzi Kaw- kazi!"

Somewhere in the Nablu Hills un- lees he has escaped over the border

Her ensign, fattened smartly by into Transjordan, the rebel lender is the breeze, bore a strongo device of fat black crosses on a white back-laughing up his sleeve at the expense ground-o design unknown among the navles of the worl.

And wiscarres on the front, peer- ing through strong glasses, saw that her crew were weirdly and wonder- fully attired in white and red uni- forms and caps from which dangled huge scarlet tassels.

Yet Weymouth, although a little curious, was not alarmed, since the great grey vessel, despite the name El-Mirante" painted conspicuously on her bows, had a remarkable re- semblance to His Majesty's battleship Royal Oak.

The reason for her strange appear- was simple. Work has just ance started in carnest on the new film "The Navy Eternal" which Mr. Her- bert Wilcox is producing with the full collaboration of the Admiralty and the Navy League.

of these disconsolate British officers.

It happened like this. Early in of the the week a detachment Dorsetshire Regiment, tired out after

14, 1936.

'Scenes at the Armistice Day ceremony at the Chinese Memorial Arch. Top, H.E. the Governor laying It wreath: bottom, Chinese members of Councils, will the Hon. Mr. W. J. Carrie, Secretary for Chinese: Affairs, during the wreath-laying ceremony,

(Photos: Mee Cheung).

Housewives Killing

Social Credit

PREMIER Aberhart of Alberta, Canadian

apostle of Social Credit, forsees the failure of his "Utopia”—the collapse of his plans for state dividends to all adults.

Two important developments pccurred recently.

Recently Mr. Aberhart introduced a form of social credit--not day of heavy marching in search to be confused with the Douglas Social Credit Scheme which in- of Kawkagi, entered a small village volver a scheme of prosperity Certificates. These have to be stamped

one of the Samaria | each month to retain their face value. at the foot of

bills.

Here, rather to their surprise-cy found open-handed hospitality await- ing them.

The idea was to keep money and retail sales moving. To facilitate clearances his scheme of state credit houses agreed upon by a special session

The men were regaled with coffeeof the State Parliament in and fruits and the officers were cor- dially escorted to the aged Sheik's August came into operation.

According to plun they were to ac-

house and served with mocha coffee.

Mutual salutations followed and celerate the Arab host expressed the honour were to be in full swing by the mid- that was done to his house by the dle of November. visit of the illustrious British officers.

THE STRANGER As conversation was passing in the The story tells of a British cruiser going into Bellon to rescue nritionals flowery language of the country the who have been involved in un insur-Sheik suddenly rose to his feet as und another guest bowed his way into the rection in a "Southern Port" several of the incidents, although chamber of hospitality. they were devised some time before the event, bear a striking resem- blance to recent happenings in Spain.

AUTHENTIC FILM

This is the Brst time the authorities have co-operated so whole-heartedly In the making of a picture, and as result it will undoubtedly be the mosi authentic film of life in thei Navy ever made.

AFRAID HE WAS NOT

the enrush of prosperity; UNDERSTOOD

A Minor Operation

R. L. F. BECCLE. the

RADIO BROADCAST

A Programme of Dance Music

RECORDED PROGRAMME

Radio Programme Broadcast by of 350 Wavelength Z. B. W. on a metres, (845 k.c's.). 34.20 metres,

Megacycles). (8750 k.c's), 31.49 meires,

(0.52

|

12.30-2.15 p.m. European Record- ed Programune.

12.30 p.m. A Variety Programme.

I

I p.m. Time Signal and Weather Report

1,03 p.m. Dance Music by the Casani Club Orchestra.

1.30 p.m. Reuter

Press,

Rugby

Press, Local: Weather Forecast, Time and Announcements.

1.40 p.m. A Light Orchestral Con- cert.

2.15 p.m. Close Down.

4-7 pm. Chinese Programme.

7 p.m.-12 midnight. European Pro gramune.

7pm. Irish Music.

Jigs-1.

3.

When the first lesues of "pros- perity

were begun in certificates

D'Essex coroner, is concerned Orchestra-Irish dissoci Jin 3. of the Cabinet August no member volunteered to take his salary in at a statement attributed to him The Unknown; Irish Reels. The

Malds of Tulla; certinentes.

Their lack of enthusiasm has be- at an inquest at Laindon recent- Pledge; 2.

ly that it would be safer to Mooncoln; Songs Sweetheart Darlin' come infectious.

(Kuhn); Love's Roses For Mr. Aberhart himself greeted the new law yesterday with a speech operate without an anaesthetic Danny Malone. (Tenor);

Patrick's

NightPaddy O'Brian at Coronation, Alberta, in which he than to use chloroform.

He was investigating the death of gives a Party"; Orchestra-Medley of said that the prosperity certificate

col- Jigs; Medley of Hornpipes; Violin scheme had been only a partial suc- Mrs. Marjorie Harrison who

lapsed and died during an operation Solo-Medley of Hornpipes....Sean cess because:

"So-called social credit supporters at her home. -housewives and other shoppers→→ Dr. Beccie subsequently sald:

可 had refused to accept the certifientes am afraid my remarks I guld as change

misunderstood. What from shupkeepers.' Then he released his ultimatum: that in the circumstances

ite was

a stalwart, Anc-looking man. clad in grey shirt, khaki riding breeches, and high boots,"

was escorted Kareheaded. he to a corner of the room by the host, and, too, given a tiny egg- shell of aromatic coffee to sip. Meanwhile the British cofficers sat cross-legged on carpets in Eastern "If people.do not co-operate better particular case we were considering fashion, while the Sheik und the vil-in the use of Alberta's credit system, it would have been better not to

used un anaesthetic thun For the next week or so, during loge headman conversed with them it is possible within six months-per-have daylight hours, the Royal Oak and in halting English. The newcomer haps three months- will have to have used chloroform.

throw up my hands and say, 'I can the cruiser Curacon are transformed alsu joined in the conversation.

the El-Mirante und HMS.

·Into

Audacious respectively, while Wey- Then the stranger rose to his feet do nothing for you."

mouth and Portland become, in im- and bowed the assembly. Copy- agination, towns in a warmer land. Ing the example of their Arab host, This afternoon, surrounded by the Dorset officers also rose and bow- vanished and Fawz! Kawkagl "rebels" and cameramen on the decks

vanished

again.

take

ous.

were was

of the

Nolan. 7.30

p.m. Hongkong Exchange Market Report.

7.33 p.m. Old Tunes by Debroy Somers Band."

Waltz Medley-The Gay Ninetles" Selection-Ballads We Love"

7.50 p.m. Three Light Violin Solos by Albert Sandler.

10

The

operation was a minor one

2.

ing

8

l was

Weather

1. Spanlah Serenade (Heykens); on a rather debilitated woman who An Old Violin (Taylor); 3. Look- for some reason insisted on its being for you (Taylor),

Time Signal, p.m. carried out at home rather than of

port and Announcements. CANCER RESEARCH

Report the hospital, which was quite close

A Variety Programme, The chloroform was

8.03 p.m. to her house. INTERNATIONAL PRIZE

being dropped from a bottle on to a

Pinno Duet-Dolls Medley....Ivor FOR BRITISH DOCTORS

Innelkerchief. It

light Moreton and Dave Kaye; Vocal- of the El-Mirante, I watched her at- tempts to shell the British Consulate

The International Union against anesthetic, and 1 consider that in Billy Songs-Medley....Carzon

Girl' Dlick"Poor Little Rich being thwarted by a smoke-screen Robert Douglas, as Captain, will pre- Cancer, whose headquarters are in those circumstances it was dunger- Robison and His Ploneers, Veenl flung out by 11.M.S. Audoelous,

of the Paris, has awarded a prize for scien- command tend to

HEART LIABLE TO STOP

Medley of Shirley Temple Songs.... British naval uniforms

Audacious, and Hazel Terry will go tifle work on cancer to Prof. E. La

"Everyone knows that in a case Henderson Twins; Humorous-About and mysteriously, to be replaced by red through ngonies on board the El-Kennaway and Prof. J. W. Cook, of

Art.....Murgatroyd and white-clad "insurgents" hurry-Mirante in the hands of the rebels, the Research Institute of the Royal like this the heart is liable to stop. Cruises;

un-Winterbottom; Orchestru-Flower of ing to their posts, occasionally ex-

Cancer Hospital (Free), Fulham-und it is Inodvisable to take changing words that sounded strange-

necessary risks if they can be avoid my Dreams; Allee Blue Gown...... The crews of both the Curacon and road, London.

Henry Jacques and His Orchestra; ly English for a foreign country. Royal Oak ure thoroughly enjoying The prize, which is the gift of the ed.

"The operation was being carried Planoforte Solo "Going Places In a few minutes Audacious came their new profession of "ilm stars," Union Miniere du Haut Katanga, the sweeping by, tremendous clouds of One thing, however, is n triile worry- Belgian mining firm, consists of out quite close to civilisation, with a Piano Medley....Vivian Ellis; Vocal handy. In those cir-Poor Dinah....The Rocky Moun- inky moke pouring from her fun- ing both officers and men In the £350 and 50 milligrams of radium hospital

of taineers; Piano Duels-Parade of the nels. Suddenly the world was hid-latter ship: In the Bght with the for use in research work. den in olly, adoriternus darkness and Curacos they have, os belts the The presentation was made re-chloroform in drop form was Tin Soldiers; Nola....Rawicz and Landauer: Songe-Cryin' my heart It was impossible, in the time-hon- rebels in the story, to be a little slip-cently in Brussels, during the second justified.

(Continued on Page 5.) oured phrase, to see one's hand be- shod and inemcient and, which is International Congress on Cancer,

"I made no general statement that fore one's face. And then, as worke still, they have to lose the Mr. Cecil flowntree, Senior Surgeon it was preferable to vse no anaesthetic swiftly as I had been hidden, the battle,

to the Royal Cancer Hospital, read at all in operations rather than use sun shone again.

valce said in a

"Strowth!" exclaimed an "Insur a telegram of congratulation from the chloroform. "Excellent,"

Barl of Granard, the President of the pleased tone. One little episode had Rent" do me to-day as he watched

af chloroform--particularly in mid- the victorious cruiser pussing, "we Hospital. been shot.

could blow those blunks out of the

Professor Cook, expressing thanks wifery cases-is most useful. The water in Ave minutes if this was the for the award, paid a tribute to the case I was dealing with had nothing essential part played in the develop-to do with midwifery, and I think real thing!" In a day or two the full cast will

ment of the research by four that doctors generally will arrive and work on the intimate. Life is hard, sometimes, even for colleagues, Doctors Mayneord, Hieger, that in the circumstances it was very scenes, and "close-ups" will begin. naval film stars,

Howell and Haslowood,

A HARD THOUGHT

cumstances I thought the use

not

"Every doctor knows that the use

"dangerous."

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