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1937 CHEVROLET

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The

FINAL

EDITION

Supremo

Hongkong Telegraph.

FOUNDED 1881 一拜禮 號五十月三英港香 MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1937.

日三初月二

No. 18

BRITAIN MAY SUBSIDISE SHIPPNG

Examining State Of

Far East

East Trade

FOREIGN

SHIPPING HAS

CUT INTO BUSINESS

Repercussions of an exclusive interview given by Lord Rothermere to the Hongkong Telegraph, and of a sub- sequent campaign in the London Daily Mail are seen in the decision of the Imperial Shipping Committee to hold an inquiry into the position of British shipping in Middle and Far Eastern waters.

Official notification that the inquiry has already com- menced is contained in a Press communique issued by His Excellency the Governor this morning.

The communique reads:

"The Imperial Shipping Committee has commenced. an enquiry into the position of British shipping in Middle and Far Eastern waters, having regard to the changing conditions of sea-borne trade in these waters, and particularly to' the increased competition of foreign flags."

It is an established fact that heavily-subsidised foreign ships are eating deeply into British seaborne trade in the Far East. Since the Great War British shipping has hardly increased. But foreign shipping has nearly trebled in Hongkong.

SOME FIGURES

In 1917, 5,500,000 tons of British ocean-going and 7,000,000 tons for foreign. ocean-going shipping enter. ed the port of Hongkong.

Seven years later the British quota had increased to only 12,000,097 tons. The foreign snipping, however, in- creased to 10,000,000 tons.

Since then British shipping has been stagnant. In 1930 it totalled 11,000,000 tons and in 1035-the last year for which statistics are avail- able- was 12,000,000 tons. 1935, foreign ships entering Hong- kong totalled 18,000,000 tons,

By

WEEK-END

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KING GEORGE VI HOLDS HIS FIRST LEVEE

His Majesty the King driving in State from Buckingham Palace to St. James's Palace, for the first Levee of his reign. His Majesty

was enthusiastically received by the crowds who lincil the route.

REBELS CHECKED ON GUADALAJARA FRONT

BUT LAUNCH NEW

ALONG JARAMA

ATTACKS LINES

Madrid, Mar. 14.

Starvation faces Madrid to-day while slowly advancing columns of insurgents tighten the ring of steel about the city. The Defence Junta, in emergency session here, is reported to be considering the problem of "food supplies and transportation."

It is believed the Government leaders plan a general retreat and the establish- ment and consolidation of their defence line immediately outside the old capital.

Meanwhile, although the Valencia Road remains open, the rebels are con-

MOTORING stantly shelling it. To the north-east, a rebel pincer movement threatens to cut the

FATALITIES

OFFICER INVOLVED IN ONE ACCIDENT CONTROL AREA

The exact 1935 figures show in FOR QUEEN'S RD.

3,092 British ocean going ships, with total tonnage of 12,510,000 tons, Hongkong. 6,802 foreign entered ships, totalling 18,195,573 entering the harbour in the same period.

The Brush figures represent an Increase over 1934 of 475,911. tons. But the foreign floures represent an increase of 1,325,134 tona!

in

Lieut. D. H. N. Baker-Carr, of the Royal Artillery Mess, Lyeemun, a well-known polo player, was volved in a motor car accident in this morning carly King's Road which brought the

total of trafie victims over the week-end to three.

to have

Guadalajara highway.

From Hendaye it is reported that the Guadalajara civilians are in a state of panic following four days of artillery bombardment, and that many are fleeing to

Madrid. Meanwhile, the defenders are striving to keep the rebels in the foothills, since if they reach the plateau they would have a straight sweep to Madrid, especially favourable for their strong motorised units.

Well-informed quarters believe the present lull in the rebel offensive in the north-cast is merely a temporary respite, though the newspapers in Madrid claim the "Hindenburg Line" has halted the rebels,

Counter Attack Succeeds

losses.

Chlef contender nguinst British

The car which Lleut Baker-Carr:

It is now definitely stated (says supremacy is Japan. Last year 1,042 was driving, collided with a Chinese Japanese ships, of a total tonnage of man at about a quarter of an hour a later Madrid message) that the 2.000,308 tons, entered Hongkong. after midnight. The man is stated Government troops counter-attack The most remarkable advance, oul-

been walking on the left! has halted the rebel advance side Japan, was made by Germany, side of the road and was 50 yards Guadalajara. There have been heavy which sent almost 1,000,000 tons of from the junction of Electric Road shipping to this Colony. The United when the car, travelling from west States tonnage totalled 1,452,205 tons, to cast, struck him. Mr. Baker-Carr and the Dutch 890,745 tong

picked up the injured man and took Each of these countries heavily him to the Tung Wah Hospital, but

removed from there subsidize-elther directly or indirect he was

Government Civil Hospital where he| lytheir ships calling at this port.

was pronounced dead.

MORE SPEED NEEDED

The car, a Ford V-8 owned by a Lord Bothermere, in his interview friend of Mr. Baker-Carr, was badly with the Telegraph and subsequent damaged by front, the radiator being campaign in the London Daily Mici, bent in and the ornament surmaimt- suggested that, more speed being esing it broken off. sential to the maintenance of trade, nil British liners capable of 25 knots and cargo steamers of more than 15 knots coming to the Far East should have theit. Suez Canal dues returned by the British Government.

The P.&O. line, through an official spokesman in London, doscribed this as one of the most hopeful: proposals that could possibly be made.

One of the questions which will be theshed out before the Inquiry now in session will be that of Suez Canal dues. It has been disclosed that 30 per cent of the cost of a P. & 0. voyage from England to Bombay is accounted for by the canal dues on ships, passengers and cargo.

The

total payment of the P. & Q. line in

1035 was £608,0001

} The deceased was Tang Mai-yang. ared v4, Birect,

of No. 85, Chun Yeung

Simultaneously with the cessation of the rebel attack in the Guadalajara area, the insurgents struck on the Jarama sector. They apparently hope to divide Madrid's defenders.

Prisoners Executed Talavera de la Reina, Mar. 15. Prisoners admitted when question- ed at rebel headquarters here to-day that the Government troops had shot 400 prison on the Guadalajara front as a reprisal against the cap- ture of Jadraque.

A communique says four Govern- ment planes have been shot down on В Chinese child carried or, It the Guadalajara front, three of them American purcuit ship—United Press,

Only A faw hours previously

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"KING AND CHORUS GIRL”·

OFFENDS BRITAIN

London, Mar. 14. The Sunday Dispatch to-day publishes an article carrying the headline: "Duke of Windsor: Advertising Outrago," and attacking a United States film trade paper which advertises Warner Bros' film "King and Chorus Girl."

Mr. W. Kirkpatrick, who is Just concluding a special mission to the The Dispatch, charges that the Gravet, who resembles the Duke of Far East to study conditions, has advertisements carry illustrations in- made a special study of the shipping cluding one of the featured star who Windsor, plays the lead in the film, problem, and is understood to have resembles the Duke of Windsor-King and Chorus Girl.". minde important recommendations United Pres

regarding measures which should be

met to meet competition from heavily- subsidised, foreign ship

shipping

Studlomen deny that the picture HOLLYWOOD DENIAL

Hollywood, Mor, 14. han a plot which connects It with the rained Fernand Duka's abdication-United Press.

"A': Frenchman.

London, Mar. 15. The Spanish Government is taking heroic nieasures to stem the insurgent onrush. Lieut.-Colonel Rojo, former Chief of General Miajo's staff, has ment's General Staff.

AUSTRALIA MAY HELP

DEFEND HONGKONG

PORT DARWIN TO BE FORTIFIED DEFENSIVE STRATEGY

Australian warships, and Aus-

Soviet Owns. Huge Gold Reserve

Moscow, Mar. 14,

The Soviet's gold reserves are now the highest in the iworld. barring those of the United States, It was officially stated to-

day.

The exact figure in nat, given but officials assert that it exceeds

£1,400,000,000,--Reuter,

INFANTRY BRIGADE FOR H.K.

£1,726,900 FOR BIGGER GARRISON...

NEW RESIDENCE

FOR G. O. C.

That the Hongkong garrison will soon include a full brigade of infantry, and, that the Singa- pere garrison will be raised to the same strength, is predicted by. the Military Correspondent of the Times,

This forecast, cabled from London, adds that a fourth Infantry battalion will be sent to Hongkong in the hear future. The Singapore unit is exprelet to leave Lolidon next month.

Penang defences figure in the Army Estimates for the first time, provision of £10,000 being made in 1037 out of a total estimated cost of £147,000 to be spent over a period of

accommodation at

been appointed Chief of the Govern- tralian trops, may come to Hong. years on the

kong to participate in combined The Catatonian President Com-operations next year. panys hus ordered the rear guard

This is one of the possible forces to hand over, their rifles im- mediately for use in the front line outcomes of the Imperial Con- and Madrid has appealed to theference, to be held in London on Catalonlang to assist her with men. May 14. orms and food and to accelerate the formation na regular army Reuter.

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Italians Defeated

Valencia, March 14. The Italians, attacking on the hilly Guadalajara front, have met with u have been tunning defeat and terribly punished by Government aircraft, according to a communique Issued to-day...

It is stated that the Italians are in

of flight and suffered hundreds losses during the whole operation. Their dead and wounded were even more numerous than yesterday, when one of the most furious battics. of the

campaign was frnment here bar!

The Spanish

New residences are being

in Hongkong and Singapore for the General Officers Commanding the Troops in China and Malaya, the old Flagstaff House now in use in being replaced in present Hongkong plans by a more modern building.

A commencement will also be stlitude The

which Australla made this year on the work of con- adopts at the Conference in regard to structing new barracks in Kowloon, Empire Defence will have a vital at an estimated cost of £2,000,000. bearing on defence strategy in the Effective expenditure during 1937 For Eust.

for the China Station, including the It is known that negotiations were cost of garrison accommodation In afoot for vessels of the Royal Aus-Hongkong, is estimated at £1,720,900, tralian Navy to participate in this and this sum has been allowed in

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the Army Estimates.

PASSENGERS FOR FIRST H.K.-ALAMEDA FLIGHT

Two American tourists 'aboard the Canadian Pacific luxury liner Empress of Britain, which arrives here next Sunday, are' completing their trip around the world by aeroplane.

DUNLOP

TYRES

make every road

a SAFER road

IL DUCE SEEKING MASTERY

FRANCE FEARS HE WILL RULE EUROPE

IF PACT PLAN IS ACHIEVED

Paris, Mar. 14. Officials to-day charged Italy with seeking to revise the Locarno Treaty along lines which would make Benito Mus- solini, Italian Dictator, "the arbiter of war or peace in Europe."

It is stated that Italy's and Ger- many's counter-proposals to the Anglo-French suggestion for a close Locarno pact re "entirely un- acceptable."

Germany's note to Britain and France, it was suggested, would re sult, If its recommendations

Were ehrried out, In de destruction of Bri- tish and French mutual guarantees; the nullification of the French system of alliances, Including the Franco-Spviet treaty; and, finally, would establish Italy in a position Irom which Mussolini would be able to dictate European political and military action.

One commentator writes that the German and Italian plan would be disastrous to French security. He writes that Germany has already Jabandoned the League Covenant and remilitarised the Rhineland, hence France's guarantors

security would not help her unicas Frencit Koil were actually invaded. Moro- over, Belgium has departed from the French military orbit and soon will resume her traditional neutrality, as a guarantor power.

He points out, too, that the French army is relatively weak compared to that of the time of the first Locarno Treaty's signing.

France believes the German plan would lose her Britain's support even If she were attacked.- United Press.

REBELS EXPRESS .REGRET

FOR BOMBING OF FRENCH SHIP

A

Marseilles, Mar. 14. regrettable misunderstanding, according to the rebel interpretation, was the cause of the attack by a the French Spanish war plane on steamer Djebelantar. This was the statement issued to-day by the Naval Command here,

In The Governor of Majorca, response to A protest from the French Consul at Palma, said the insurgent plane involved in the attack was searching at the time for a Spanish ship resembling the his Djebelantar. The fier used machine-gun and dropped a bomb In order to make the ship show her colours.

The attack ceased the moment the French flag was shown, it is stated, -Reuter.

Giant Dredger Sent To Bottom

CAPSIZED, MENACED.

SHIPPING

London, Mar. 14.

The Kantoring, reputed to be the which world's largest in dredger, went aground a mile off the Cornish coast near Polperro on March 1, has been sunk. The Harbour Master at Fowey, Cornwall, took the responsi bility for scuttling her in the interests of shipping and cut-40 holes in her.: She went down with a tremendon's grinding of steel girders.

British ports prohibited the Kan- toong's entry in a capsized position as there would have been a grave risk of blocked harbour entrances, In- asmuch as the dredger: had virtually a draught of 60 feet.

already protested to the League of Nations over the presence of Italian

They will leave the Empress, llner, Airways, and left the Empress of soldiers in. Spain and its latest re- ports, from Captured Italian officers, In Hongkong and from here will be Britain again at Bombay, chartering estimate the strength of the Italians the first passengers to By across the special plane in which they toured India. They rejoined their ship at on the civil war fronts as between Pacine on the now Hongkong Colombo, and are travelling by her 40,000 to 80,000,

|Alameda air service.

to Hongkong and China.

A flight to Felping is part of their itinerary in China, which they will thoroughly tour by air. They expect Both flying enthusiasts, Mr. and to arrive back in Hongkong—also Mrs. Morris have used aeroplanes by air-in time to connect with the wherever possible on their holiday maiden flight of Pan-American Air.. trip. They flew from Europe to ways China Clipper from Hongkongcently completed at Schledara after Calro and Jerusalem. by Imperial to Alameda..

In any event, the Government maintains that the Insurgents' pro- gress towards Guadalajara has been checked since this morning's actions. Government troops have now taken the initiative capturing three lost miles of the Aragon Road and thrust Ing further afield. Reuter,

The passengers are Mr. 5: W. Morris, a retired Philadelphia banker, and his wife.

The Kantong, which has a dig placement of. 3,500 tons, was

10 months of work.