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THE

HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

THURSDAY, APRIL

15,

1937.

THE DUKE PLANS 'MY LIFE STORY' New Arrivals

Non-Political And Non-Controversial

PERSONAL MEMOIRS FOR FIRST THIRTY YEARS OF CENTURY

THE DUKE OF WINDSOR HAS UNDER CON- SIDERATION AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY SPANNING THE PERIOD FROM ABOUT 1900 TO 1930, AND END. ING WITH THE RECOVERY OF HIS FATHER FROM HIS GRAVE ILLNESS.

He has sent for his personal papers and photographs taken on many tours.

What he contemplates writing, it is understood, is a book of memoirs which shall be non-political and non- controversial.

Publication in two

volumes has been suggested. Woman Who

The first would deal with the

Duke's life as child, naval Became A

cadet, and Guards officer in

the war.

- VISITS TO THE DOMINIONS

The second volume would cover

"Babbling"

his imperial tours and his private Infant

visits in Canada, Africa and else- where.

Such a book, would, of coume, Include intimate pen pictures of Queen Victoria. King Edward VII. King George V., and Queen Alex- andre, and many stories of cric brities,

Richmond, Va., Apr. 1. The weird story of a middle. mental whose aged woman growth was arrested by the shock of her husband's death and whe reverted to adolescence, child-

The King's permission for the autobiography would first have to be hood, "babbling, infancy," and obtained. It is thought there would

Book

ANCIENT CEREMONY — Queen Mary of Great Britain, in an ancient ceremony in London, presenta lecks to an officer of the Welsh Guards on Bt. David's day. The leek, cousin of the onion. is the national emblem of the Wehh, who wear its leaves in their hats on the festal day of their patron saint. Above, an nide hands the packages to the Queen,

be no likelihood of its being with finally died, was revealed here by 200 WARSHIPS,400 AIRPLANES

held since

nothing

would be involved.

controversial a Richmond psychiatrist,

In an article in the Virginia

Publication plans have already Medical Mouthly. Dr. Beverly been fully discussed and settled, but R.. Tucker told of the bizarre they are, of course, dependent on

in the Duke's final decision to write ease of "second childhood" the book.

which growing children watched their mother slide backwards

6-Seater 'Plane For

Duke Of Windsor

READY FOR WAR GAME

By Carroll Kenworthy United Press Staff Correspondent

Washington, April 15,

in life. running the inverse Sky fighting on a greater scale than ever known in gamut of 60 years of life in four sca "war" was ahead for the United States fleet to-day as

years.

Dr. Tucker said the wotann Wing Commander .Edward

terex! his sanitarium in 1931 when "'Mouse" Fielden, now Equerry to the King, and just back from Vienna she was 61 and her children were in with G-ADDD, famous red and blue their early twenties. He described her

200

As a

it prepared to steam into the north Pacific from California ports for annual naval manoeuvres.

Two hundred fighting ships, comprising most of the underaged combat units in the navy, were marshalled to take part in the games over an expanse of 2,000,000 square miles..

400 YEARS OF

THE H. A. C.

THE OLDEST REGIMENT

REVIEW BY THE KING

By A Correspondent

The Honourable Artillery Company, which claims to be the oldest regi- ment in the British Army, though the dste of actual origin has been lost in the mists of time, is busily preparing to celebrate the 400th ammiversary of the granting of Charter of Incorpora- tion by Henry the Eighth,

These celebrations might be sald to begin in May when the H.A.C., for the first Ume in half a century, will take part in the Royal Tournament, 124 men of all ranks appearing In the episode, "A Field Day of 1829."

Because these civilian soldiers, mem- bers of the senior unit in the Ter- ritorial Force, are "something in the City by day, the episode is being presented only at night performances, save on the opening afternoon, when the Tournament is opened by the King. Captain-General of the HAC.

Then in July the regiment holds high revelry for a week in taken of its proud record, and will have DE of the guests nearly 100 members Ancient and Honourable Artillery Massachusetts,

Company of Boston, who will be in England, out of com- pliment to their "parent" unit. On July 9 here is to be a ball, attended by 3,000 members and their friends, given in a great marquee erected on the Artillery Ground, Finsbury, EC. This is followed the following day by a regimental pageant and garden party, in which all ranks of the unit Through four centuries will be seen. SERVICE IN ST. PAUL'S On Sunday, July 11, there is to he

a regimental service of thanksgiving at St. Paul's Cathedral, followed by a banquet on the 12th at Grosvenor House, Parklane,, W... which will be attended by 2,000 people. Including the Duke of Gloucester, who joined the 13th lie A.C. in 1935. On the H.A.C. members will themselves be entertained by their comrades from

Boston.

At the Guildhall on July

strange, Rapide plane belonging to the Duke: "childish" Agure, hunched unnatur- of Windsor, will shortly fly a new ally in bed from shortening of cords

14 the machine out to Austrin.

In her legs which gave to her limbs

closely The "arena" ahead of them is a great trianglé 2,000 miles or

linked The Duke is taking over a new

m.ph. Envoy plane, now being the bowed effect of a baby's.

He said first signs of the regression, more on each side, reaching from California to the Aleutian Islands,.City Corporation, so assembled and tested at Portsmouth which he ascribed as due entirely to

turies, are giving a reception which, airport. It is a twin-engined mono-psychological causes, occurret when off Alaska, on one side and thence to the Hawaiian Islands near mid-wah the Company through the cen- Imember of the Royal Famby, and on plane, seating five or six plassen- gers, and cruising at about 160-174 her husband died and the woman, Pacific. The Midway Islands, 1,200 miles northwestward of Hawaii, it is expected, will be attended by a

daughter of

prominent southern will figure also in the operations, it was indicated. family, was "suddenly overwhelmed Air power was tested in this region by naval manoeuvres held Monday, July 18, the entire regiment

She began to feel that she should there two years ago, but to-day more squadrons of flying craft will be reviewed by the King. be younger In order to understand than ever before are available for the games, her children and be more com-

m.ph.

DISGUISED

GIRL 'SPY'

BETRAYED

EL

with responsibility."

panionable

with them." Dr. Tucker,

"So when the usual period of IF BRITONS mourning was over she dressed and decorated herself as younger wo- pan.

sought companionship of younger married couples and at-

She

| ARE 4,000,000

BY STRIDE tempted to take up their activities." IN-1999.

A

Moscow, Apr. 1. GIRL disguised as an old peasant woman was arrested on the western frontier yesterday as she was boarding a train for Moscow.

For three days she is alleged to have cluded border guards in the swamps and forests.

At nights she is said to have tied

persi

There Will Be No Germans

SIR W. L. BROWN'S CALCULATION

The men from Boston will be taken to Windsor and shown the house where of the The United Press learned that at the English emigrant-one Jeast 45 vessels in the United States H.AC.-who inaugurated their regi- fleet today are equipped' with flying ment in 1638 was born, and next year, 300 years from units, the total number of which is when the Boston unit is believed to be 493. Naval officials old, a delegation will set ou! would not disclose the exact number Armoury House to join in the rejoic

in ings. be used in of vessels or aircraft to be

2,000 YEAR LEASE indicated that the manoeuvres, b nearly all units would participate.we have our ground on perpetual- They include four aircraft carriers, lease from the City Corporation," I inden with a total of

274

plancs: Ofteen baitinships with A

total of 45 was told at Armoury House. planes; sixteen A-class cruisers with ars ago the lease was renewed for 2,000 years, so until the year 3033 04 planes and fen B-class cruisers we are not greatly concerned on the with twenty planes as a minimum. score of accommodation."

as

"Four

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This attempt to revert to her children's way of living apparently was unsuccessful, he said, and the en started going out with mother "then them, adopted their friends and dressed like her daughter."

children

he vald, However, the

In addition several squadrons of

When Henry VIII. granted his the grew older

naval seaplanes are stationed at Pearl mother grow

the Charter to a Harbour, Hawail, and along

company of citizen younger and she found she could

Professor Sir Walter Langdon Californin coast, which may be used archers, known as "the Fraternity or instructed not grow older with them.

"It was not long before she gave addressing a Birth Control Associas in the games. The Hawall planes are Guild of St. George," he the children considerable unxicly," tlon Conference at Nottingham by believed 1kely to sweep over the these men, in return for certain pri-

still Jealously guarded,

feat of Her youthful stride betrayed her the physician said. "They had to statisties which tried to prove that by Midway region in patrol duty, as they vileges

practise the "selence and shooting" with longbow, crossbow, and to the railway police guard.

dry to persuade to converge and the end of this century our popala- have done before in manoeuvres.

her have to four

BIG AIR ARMADE

handgun for the defence of the realm, She is being held as a spy.

the and with the change in polley flippantly. The mother continued to Ilons because on the same basis of get younger at the rate of a year calculation Germany would have

Thus at least 400 planes are ex-word "Artillery" crept into the tile. every few months."

ceused to have any population at all When she entered the sanitarium However much that might contri-pected to sweep the skies ahead of So began 400 years of City military units In the course of the history. In time the Fraternity be- she

"the Artillery Com- known "a nice little girl in short wns herself to trees and slept in an up dresses." he said. "She read simple bute to the peace of Europe, it was manoeuvres.

not likely to happen.

"Honourable" Control of the air means control of

The prefix things, but rather badly; she cruved

He belleved a higher standard of gunfire, and that in turn is the came into use in 1685, to be officially attention; she talked childishly and

wealth and more settled conditions greatest factor of success in battle, confirmed by Queen Victoria nearly pleasantly; she would play with ob- would lead to the production of more naval omcers indicate. United States two centuries later. The word "arti

was used and is, indeed, still Jects as if they were toys."Unitedchildren to enjoy them, and thus with warships to-day are able to discharge or in its old sense, meaning archery minor fluctuation the balance would full broadsides against enemy ships

weapon, and does be maintained.

from fire contro! exercised through or any other missile GOLDEN CANOPY Nothing, he continued, promoted airplanes thousands of feet overhend. not signify any connection with artil- physical, mental, moral, and spiritual in addition they. rely heavily upon lery in the modern sense. It was not the seas unul 1781 that the Artlilery Division MADE FOR KING well-being so much as happy mar-[patrol, flights, scouring, for know of the regiment was formed to work

hundreds of miles Bund We do not advocate childless ledge of the enemy's location. Pur-brass three-pounder guns presented, London, Apr. 1.

marriages," he said. "I doubt whether sult and combat units zoom through by a grateful City for H.A.C. services The golden canopy that will be any man, and I am sure that no the air to protect the patrols or the during the Gordon Riots.

The regimental muster roll, pre- held over the King and Queen woman, is complete without parent-fire direcing planes.

combined fleet 'this year will

served in The Great Vallum Book," during the anointing ceremony

divide into parts, probably called event English history. In it, we at the Coronation in May is being LIMITATION OF FAMILIES "black" and "blue" fleets. Sealed

and the signatures of Pepys, elected a made at the Royal School of It was precisely those with the orders, however, prevented even the Steward in 1077; Prince Rupert, the ill-fated Mon- Needlework by 35 of the finest deepest sense of responsibility who highest officers in control of the pros-Royalist leader; the needlewomen in Great Britain, were anxious to ensure that by limita-pective two units knowing what their mouth; Cantles II.; James II.; William

be until tion of numbers every child should forces or problems would

right position so that she would not be noticed.Exchange.

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The fine embroidery on the Queen's have the best possible chance. It/they are far beyond shore to-moToW.; down to the present day. dress and train probably will also be might be said that could be achieved The flagship of the combined fleet. he battleship Pennsylvania, will executed at the school, and the King's robe, which, was made there by a further extension of the Socialbear the umpire of the games, who

DEFENCE OF CALAIS Members of the regiment marched Services. But that could easily be

J. Hepburn, 300 strong in the funeral procesalon resisted in 1902 for King Edward VII, will extended to a point--if it had not al- Is Admiral Arthur

of Sir Philip Sidney; they be remodelled and renovated.

Commander-in-Chief, ready been reached-when the pro-

highwaymen and footpads; and with The King's robe is of cloth, em vident had to deprive themselves of

the Company TO LAST SIX WEEKS

splendid impartiality broldered all over with coloured

took part the funeral ceremony of parenthood for the improvident, and emblems, red Tudor roses,

The games will last six weeks and Oliver Cromwell and the triumphal green shamrocks, purple thistics and silver for those who had little sense of

responsibility towards children. will be known broadly as flect entry of Charles the Second into He was told that birth control problem No. 18. Only the Comman-London at the Restoration. Members Made of cloth of gold, the canopy meant defeat in war. It would be dor-in-Chief and a few of his staff also fought in the last defence of

be lined with white satin, truer to say that lack of birth control men know the nature of the problem. Calais. See the KIWI trade mark on appliqued with 18 raised silver eagles bred war. The fear of war had been a All details probably never will be every tin of shoo. polish you and finished with silver tassels.

deterrent to

disclosed to any many women

other officers,

It is unnecessary to dwell at length except powerful buy. It is a guarantee of Miss H. Girdlestone, who helped to

from having children.

those in

in the staff college and the on the recent history of the Company make the canopy used at King finest quality polish.

Last year in live births, and

In England and

-how it provided almost the entire Wales chief of naval operations ofee. Edward VII's coronation, is in charge

Ahere

Only were 000,000

barrier to the operations of personnel of the CLV. Battery and of the work

(although figures were naturally the ships will be the Invisible line also infantry and mounted infantry At the Queen's request the school dificult to obtain) It had been down through the Pacine marking the in the South African War: how be has submitted designs for the em- attented that there were at least at the ships, probably would not every front and supplied more than

180 meridian.

Naval officials sald tween 1914 and 1918 units fought on broidering of her. Coronation dress, 90.000

The logical con- 90,000 abortions. which will be of white satin and clusion seemed to be that proper cross it at any point, owing to a tacit 4,000, officers for the Armies. train of purple velvet. The designs, medical advice

on birth control understanding with Japan that the The H.A.C. is greeting its anniver- to be worked in gold, silver and should be avaliable rather than that meridian marks the limits for worry in the happy position of being diamante, include the rose, shamrock, thistle, daffodil and emblems of all 90,000 women should be driven each gumes beyond which the ships of over establishment, and at the moment 'Agents:

year to adopt such a terribly the other nation will not advance the total membership of the Company,

United Press. WR. Loxlay & Co., (China) Lia the Dominions and Calonies.United dangerous practice.

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