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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1937.

MORE ACTIVE POLICY BY BRITAIN IN CHINA TO PROTECT HER INTERESTS

AWAITING AN EVENING'S ENTERTAINMENT

After the Rotarian Dinner party last week given at the Isal Country Club, Shanghai, the guests enjoyed some community singing. Seen here is Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Falkner's party conalsi- ing of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Nult, Bir. and Mrs. Pai Carey, Mr. Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Keggle Meyer,

Mr. Phillip Ho, and Mrs. K. Friedman.

CAMELS OUSTED Modern Marco Invention

BY CARS IN ARABIA

Effect Of Opening Of New Road

Aden, July 16.

Polo Dies

To Aid Big

On World Trip Air Liners

HAVING travelled over 2,000,-

Los Angeles.

1.-To Remain Friendly

With Nanking

2.-To Assist In China's

Economic Development

3.-Increase Financial

Stakes In China

fly enry Wood

United Press Staff Correspondent

San Francisco, Cal., for a number of railways. Further-

Great Britain has determined more, British Arms are likely to co-

to adopt a more active policy in operate extensively with Chinese and China in order to protect and ex-of Hainan Island."

French interests in the development

tend the British stake there, ac-

However, as regards trade in China,

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cording to a survey of the In-the institute Ands that Great Britain ON SALE AT ALL LICENSED STORES stitute of Pacific Relations.

Britain, It is declared, will be mant

The new policy adopted by Great fested along three lines, as follows: ment of the Doonsider any adjust

A governmental policy that

will still have to compete with both Germany and Japan.

000 miles in the past 27 Lewis W. Imm, young Department years, America's Marco Polo, of Commerce engineer, twirled the

trade to China," the survey finds, *The future of Britain's export Mr. Julius C. Brittlebank, who knobs of a 5-pound mechanical brain First: THE Governor of Aden, Sir was in Singapore 17 times, has and promised his invention will be

British manufacturers can success- "depends upon the degree to which Bernard Reilly, accompanied died at Honolulu, He was on a major help in getting airliners offent of the political situation in the fully compete in the market for in- by the Air Officer Commanding his way to Singapore on his the ground in scheduled time.

Far East that would be unfavourable dustrial goods. Here the credit issue at Aden, Air Commodore 18th trip round the world.

to the present Nanking Government. in of primary importance and Ger- Imm invented a gadget he calls the

Second: McClaughry, is going on a fly- At the age of 79, Mr. Brittlebanl; "brascope" which calculates in two Chinese Government in its plans for latter's low priced goods, is Britain's Direct assistance to the many, rather than Japan, despite the. ing tour of the eastern part of was 17 days older than his age, forminules how an airplane should be "conomic development. the new Crown Colony of Aden. each time he travelled round the loaded; where the cargo should be

chlef competitor. German

German firms are world he went in a westerly direc- stawed and the passengers seated, to British fancini interests in various the export credits guarantee deparl-

Third: Increased participation by willing to

to grant exceptionally easy First stop will be Mukalla, some tion, adding a day cach

credit terms. While the facilities of time he 300 miles eastward from Aden, androssed the international date line.

avert "nose heaviness" or init dragstruction of railways that are calcu- rms exporting to China have been economic projects, especially the con- ment of the British treasury to British thence about 30 miles on, to Shihr

Airport staffs normally spend a lated to yield an immediate retura extended, this will not enable British KNEW THE WORLD both coast towns of the Hadhramaut,

long as half an hour figuring this and at the same time increase Great goods to be sold at lower cost and so-called "Arabia Felix."

In his 27 years of travelling after but, often with an airliner walting Britain's financial stake in China. From Shihr Sir Bernard will travel retiring from the brokerage business past take-off time, he said. some 100 miles inland by the newly-in South Carolina Mr. Brittlebank

This change in attitude of Great Germany and Japan."

she will sl have to compete with completed road that leads to Tarim, saw every country except féeland One dial on Imm's box of rods and Britain towards Chinese develop- In the country of the Kathiri tribe, and Siberia.

levers tells to a fraction of a poundment and towards an increase in her Thence he will visit other places In the interior.

second shows the loaded ship's centre in marked contrast with that of the total weight of plane and cargo. Anancial stake there is found to be; of gravity. This reading

tells United States, which since the famous whether the plane loaded is in balance but ineffectual Stimson notes during for perfect flight.

the Japanese Manchurian alfair has shown

a marked tendency to with- draw both her political interest and ADMIRALTY SCOTCHES financial stake in China.

The Governor will formally open | the completed Shihr-Tarim rond. Its completion is likely to have a pro- found effect on the life of the Arabs of the interior.

Hitherto, by camel or mule caravan, they have been separated from the sea by a journey of several days. Now, with the new r

posal, they will be able to travel to Shihr by motor transport in a matter, of a few hours.

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In that time he saw a world in ferment. He was on hand for the Russo-Japanese War, the Chinese Revolution 1911, the Balkan Wars of 1912. Peruvian revolt and left Germany on the last safe day in 1914.

with

"Sea alr agrees Brittlebank told the

me," Mr Straits Tinica when he was last in Singapore, in Octuber of last year.

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If the libroscope shows the plane is nose-heavy, cargo may be shifted to the rear compartiment or a couple of passengers moved to rear seats.

BRITAIN GETS U-BOAT SCARE

Various causes are cited by the DEPTH CHARGE YARN Institute as having led Great Britain

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trast with the twenty year alliance German submarines operating sub- that existed between Great Britain merged off the naval harbour and Japan, which ended, with the Portsmouth were forced to the sur-

it

at

to

crew

It is mis-

signing of the Washington Treaties, face when a British destroyer drop- and which served to protect British ped depth charges near them last and Japanese interests in Asia against week have threatened an internation- Russian encroachments,

al "incident." But the First Lord of While Great Britain has endeavour-by stating that when the destroyer the Admiralty has scotched the yarn ed even since the abrogation of the Wolfhound was Anglo-Japanese alliance to maintain British sabmarine off Portsmouth ahe exercising with 11 the friendliest relations with Japan, sighted the German submarine U 34 is now apparent, the Institute's on her way up Channel from Spaln survey finds, that she is no longer dis- to Germany, and fearing that the sub- posed to do this at the expense of merged China, or rather at the expense of her collide

British submarine might financial stake and future possibilities dropped a small depth charge

with the German visitor. in China.

signal her to the surface. Where, during the crisis over the Another persistent tale, that H.M.S. question of Manchuria, England did Warspite, sistership of the Malaya, nothing positive to prevent the crea- was unable to put to sen from Ports- tion of the new Japanese puppet state mouth recently because the of Manchukue at the expense of refused duty, has proved false. China, the institute finds that at the admitted that there present time she is no longer disposed understanding about week-end leave to permit of any Far Eastern adjust for the lower deck, but this ment

that would be inimical to the speedily cleared up. The only reason interest of new and stable China, why the vessel is in dock still, instead

One

the things has most alarmed of in the Mediterranean, Ls that trials Great Britain and influenced her in after her "large rent" revealed a de- formulating her Institute flads, has been the repeated-

new policy, the feet in the propelling machinery.

But Jy manifest intention of Japan to end

Intriguing Service rumour docs appear all western influence in China and the RAF are hoping to

to be well founded that recapture leave Japan as the controlling voice the world's In the regulation of all Chinese ques-record (held now by

long-distance flying Just ) this tions. In other words, with the nutumn with United States showing less and less Britain to Australia,

a non-stop hop from It is calculated interest in the Far Eastern situation, that the flight would last about 55 England has made it clear that she hours, at an average speed of nearly has no intention likewise of clearing

220 m.p.h. out "Lock, stock and barrel" and leaving the Far East to the full con- trol of Japan.

A second thing that has alarmed Great Britain relative to her position in China, the Institute Onds, is the alarm and hostility reflected in certain

one

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WORK BEGUN ON

U.S. BATTLESHIP

sections of the Japanese Press re- PROOF AGAINST BOMBS

lative to every undertaking or evid- ence of enterprise which England has manifested there.

OR TORPEDOES Finally, it is found, China's pro-

WORK on the first United States battleship to be bullt since 1923, gress towards stability and national as begun in the New York navy yard unification has created on the part of a Brooklyn employing 7,000 men. British financial circles an increased

She will be called Washington, and desire to find there a field for further will be of 35,000 tons displacement. Investment. Recent currenest e-Special fentures include lightweight forms, many of which were suggested construction by a special welding pro- by the Leith-Ross English Mission, cess designed so that the weight may and the readjustment of defaulted be put into heavy guns. railway loans, also suggested by the

It is intended to weld 35 per cent. same mission, have done much to of the plates, thus eliminating rivets. restore the confidence of English in- now arrangement of a novel type vestors and renwaken the conviction of high-pressure bollers and turbines that China still remains one of the will be carried out, thereby saving great future markets of the world.

As a result of this new change in the Washington's sister ship, North Identical plans are being drawn for British polley with regards China, the Carolinn, which is being Institute hide that the whole future Philadelphia. The ships are expect- built at balance of political forces in the Fared to develop a speed ranging from East may likely undergo change. From a China left entirely

complete 17 to 30 knots.

400 tons.

They are theoretically proof against

to the mercy of the Japanese and air bombs or torpedoes through a new with a strong tendency on the part of method of sub-dividing watertight the latter to enforce

Japanese the

Monroe Doctrine in the Far East,

compriments.

The

new British policy in China is calcu-to a maximum of 14 Inches led to the The Japanese refusal to limit guns Sated to protect the latter from this decision to mount three 10-inch guns

From the purely economic point of in each of the three turrets: view, the survey finds that "British secondary batteries will have eight Arms are taking an active interest in or ten four or five-inch guns, and

programme for economic develop anti-aircraft gunk, ment now being launched in South

the

China. British capital is to be invest-ous machine guns, observation nero-}

The vessels will also carry numer- ed in a large steel and iron plant near planes and dive bombers. They will Canton, and it appears probable that cust £12,000,000 each, and the plans British credits will be granted for the require, 14 months work before the purchase of materials and equipment keels are laid.

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