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THE ·HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1937.

"DEFEND HAINAN ISLD.

AT ALL COSTS"

Nanking Newspaper Urges Big Move

To Safeguard Land

Nanking, Mar. 15.

Because of its strategic importance and great economic potentialities, Hainan Island, China's largest insular possca- sion off southern Kwangtung, must be defended at all costs, declared the Hsin Chin Jih Pao, or the New Capital Daily, in a leading article entitled "Defend Hainan Island" this morning.

Since the Pakhoi incident, the paper said, Hainan Island has attracted both national and international attention. In Japan, the island is regarded as the best base for her southward policy. There- fore, during the Pakchoi trouble a number of youthful Japanese army officers asked the Foreign Office and the Japanese Navy why the island was not occupied outright.

·

VALUE OF RAILWAYS During the Manchu dynasty there was n proposal to build a 480-mile

Whereupon a large number of the development of communication Japanese men-of-war were despatch on the Island in the future. ed to liniicou, the most Important commercial harbour in northern Hai- nan Island, which is situated at the neck of the Hainan Strait directly vast of the Bay of Tonkin. Mean- while, one of the demands the Japan-long railway to link Tsinglin in the ese Gaimusho made on China last north with Yulin in the south via Chiachch and Lingshui, two large year was the right to stution troops cities along the eastern coast of the at ports along the Yangtze River Island. If this plan is realised at and on Hainan Island.

present, It will greatly enhance both the military and economic value of

the Island.

Then Haikou, though is not excellent naval base, is also import- ant because of its Jocation In the

Although Japan's demands and activities regarding the island have so far proved fruitless, they have reveal- ed her aggressive ambitions which, on reason the paper sald, should be enough for Chinese worries. The Hainan Strait. A reasonably good geographic Importance of the island commercial harbour, it was made coupled with Japan's coveting glances port in 1885. In addition, other in- has awakened the Chinese people lets and harbours on the island are themselves to the paramountcy of the also valuable both from the military

and economic points of view. southern Island.

IMPORTANCE TO HONGKONG

All these harbours have close rela-

tions with Hongkong and French Speaking from the Indo-China.

Charica Loughton as the Emperor Claudius in the new Loudon Film "I Claudius" after the novel by Robert

Grave. Merle Oberon, who plays the part of Messalina, adjusts Cinudius'B hat before one of the scenes is shot.

Blue Lamps Hide Towns

In

War

Home Office Tests with 'Plane

out plans for its economie develop-{uce the strategle value of Hongmorning.

ment.

FOURFOLD, PROGRAMME

During the last few months, there

By An Aeronautical Correspondent have been much talk about develop- ing Holman Island. Lost November,

An experiment to see how far Mr. T. V. Soong, executive member

street lighting aids an aeroplane of the National Economic Council and chairman of the board of direc- British point of view, if, Hainan pilot in finding an objective at tors of the Bank of China, personally Island, should become the military night was conducted in a part. base of a powerful country, it would of Bedford. early yesterday undertook a trip to the island to map

as well kong

us threaten the line of communication between Hongkong For two hours, low-power, blue- tinted lamps were used in the main and Singapore.

from

the French point

of streets in pince of the normal lighting. In January. the Kwangiung pro-lininan

Island should be had a single Royal Air Force ner- vincial reconstruction department turned into a military base of a plane carrying an observer patrolled drafted A four-stage development powerful na

The

Home Office Inter issued the programme for the island. Then the dimcult in it would make it overhead to note the effects.

in

if not impossible for her to Chinese chamber of commerce. defend French Indo-China. That is following statement: "Some experi- Hongkong approached various circles In Canton and Shanghai to organise we as curly as on March 15, 1897 ments were conducted in the streets

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French Government secured the of Bedford in an attempt to establish an Industrial investigation party the island. Meanwhile reports have Manchu court's consent that it would the minimum amount of light that

never

ver cede the island to any foreign would be required under war condi- been

received of the organisation of

tions to enable essential traffic $1,000,000 company by Chinese in

Due to the balance-of-power forces, ceed with safety along streets and alzo Malaya also meant for the opening Hainan Island up to this date stili to observe whether such restricted

of

the island,

remains an integral part of Chinese lighting would be readily visible froin All these go to prove that the im- territory. This, the paper sald, must the air,

tance of Hainan Istand has been be regarded as China's good luck. ppzzly realised by the

Chinese people, the paper sald

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Hainan Island is not only rich in

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JAPAN AS AGGRESSOR

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LOW-POWER LIGHTS

pro

"The Borough Electricity Depart- inent, the police and the fire brigade co-operatal-with the Hame..Office. and the Royal Air Force in these

natural-resources-but-also-occupies.4. Continuing, the paper sald white unique place in China's national de-neither Great Britain nor France,

The Yulin harbour in the despite the close relationship of Hal trials. About a inile and a half of southern tip of the island is by nature nan Island with their possessions in streets, including Bedford Highstreet, an ideal naval base. It is also the the Fur East, is entertaining any were used. The normal streel

of call for ships coming to

itorial designs, the same thing first the Far East from Europe. Then cannot be said of Japan. The latter along the northeastern coast of the not only wants to seize the natural

resources of the island but also in island is another good harbour named Teinglan. These two harbours are tends to turn the island into a naval

base bound to play an important part in

for the execution of her south

Japan Is Losing Trade

INCREASING prosperity in the world is bad news for Japan

Her ability to undercut

other nations is going feat: she is threat- ened with financial erlals.

of

Supremacy in the collon trade is being gained by Lancashire, which is becoming stronger as the pros- perity wave rolls on.

Here are the facts in this paradox

trade- international Commodity prices are rising. Raw cotton has increased in price by 16 per cent, in the last year, by 50 per cent, in the last four years.

Other commodities have increased in price much more. Cocon, for example, has more than doubled in price.

cocca

NATIVES' BICYCLES This increase in price is spread out. Natives on cotton plantations In India or Egypt and on plantations in Africa, and all the other millions of workers producing the world's raw materials are earn- ing more...

light

Haxing Was replaced by low-power lamps, so coloured as not to be easily discernible from the air. Vehicles of various types proceeded along the streets in order to test the adequacy of the lighting.

wardalnan Island in her control,

With

Japan expects to deal a death blow

Hongkong

to

L

"When full data of aerial and ground observation are available, the and at the same time to Home Office will consider the nature cut off China's oceanic communication of restrlelion which would need to with the outside world. The ultim-be applied to street lighting generally ate aim of Japan's plan to seize in, time of war." Hainan Island is to dominate the whold South China.

LEAVE NOTHING UNDONE

The fact remains that light, which shows

up objects clearly to observers on the ground will also show them up clearly to observers in the air. A very dim form of lighting is leas Since Hainan Island stands in such easily seen from a distance, but it a danger of being snatched by Japan, must correspondingly reduce the China must leave nothing undone to mobility of ground vehicles defend it. On the one hand it Is Wing Commander Hadsell, head of hoped that every one of the 3,000,000 the Air Raid Precautions Department, inhabitants on the laland can be stated that the experiments went well trained to become soldiers and pro-and that the impression he formed ducers, strengthening their positions was that there was sufficient light to the defence of China's territorial permit movement of traffic on the for the sovereignty.

ground. On the other hand, the paper ex- TESTS AT NAVAL PORTS Government and financial groups in previous ones at Sheerness, Chatham, pressed the hope that the Central.

This experiment; together with the China will adopt a positive pro- Rochester, Gillingham and Plymouth, gramme for the economic develop may enable sufficient Information to ment of the island. The building of be gathered to enable advice to be railways and the opening of harbours given on lighting.

A great deal. misapprehension should be important parts of any such programme, which is indispensable exists as to the extent ale plots can for to the defence of the island against use lights seen on the ground foreign aggression as well as to the directional purposes. It was frequent- retention of China's sovereignty overly stated during the War that enemy. bombers had "followed" motor-cars the Island-Central News.

with headlamps. Such a thing was possible with slow, pre-War hero- planes flying in races, but not with modern bombers under war condi- tions.

“AMBASSADOR'S VISIT

FLAGSTAFF HOUSE LUNCHEON: LEAVES FOR MACAO

His Excellency the Ambassador, Sir What does this mean to Japan Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, Lady and the rest of the worldy

Knatchbull-Hugessen and their two

It means that these workers, daughters were guests at ringstal living in humble circumstances, House at luncheon yesterday prior demand belter quaililes of goods to their departure for Maran, with their increased wages,

His Excellency the G.O.C., Major They stop buying cheap clothes General A. W. Bartholomew, and Mrs. entertained at the sama Lieut -Col, and Mrs. D. M.

from

Lancashire. The African time

from Japan and buy, better quality Bar and Mrs. H. G. Seth native who once rode to work on chard, and Co Y, A. Burkhardt |

thirty-shilling Japanese blcycle now

bette

.to a- more expensive but and Miss Burkhardt. anch longer-lasting model":

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Following luncheon, the Ambas Britain

sadorial party boarded the Admiral's In the world of international com- yacht, H.M.S. Falmouth and left about merce this increase in the price of 3 p.m. for Macao. A salute of 10 materials means, too, that guns was fired by HMS, Cumberland Japan's margin of pronts is cut down as the distinguished guest embarked. The difference in the price of On Saturday, the Ambassador Was Japanese cotton goods and Brillan entertained by the Chinese business cafton goods in relatively less, men at lunchdon.

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