1937-10-27 — Page 17

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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1937.

WOUNDED MAN CHARGED

CHANGED ADDRESS

MAY HAVE SERVED FAILED TO REPORT ANOTHER PURPOSE

Ivan Mortantalvy, 27-Hungarian, came before Mr. . Edwards at the Central Magistracy this morning charged with entering the Colony without a valid passport, falling to nouity of change of address from the Ceell Hotel to the Tung Wah Eastern from the hospital to the Luk Kwok Hotel on October 22.

A sensational story of Anglo-American secret service intri- gue in the Paclic in connection with the aerial search for ill-Hospital on September 11, and again fnted. Amelia Earhart Is told in a recent issuo of Smith's Weekly, the Australian national weekly:

Behind the disclosures lies the reason why, the newspaper believes, Great Britain is refortifying Hongkong, and why the American Government has abandoned its policy of Isolation in favour of co-operation with Great Britain in the defence of Pacific interesta,

"Until now the real story has been withheld of the des- perate international intrigue that went on with the search for Amelia Earhart, when that intrepid aviatrix crashed into the Pacific somewhere near the Phoenix Islands," says Smith's Weekly.

TANDA'S CREW

WINS

REWARD FROM OWNERS

Officers and crew of the Tanda, lined up on her deck in Brisbane recently, were presented with £250 in recognition of

their having saved the ship from being driven ashore during a typhoon in Hongkong harbour on September 2.

SNATCHER CAUGHT

DETECTIVE ARRİVES

OPPORTUNELY

Acting Sub-Inspector J. H. E Edwards stated that Mortonfalvy was sentenced to four muntha' imprisonment in Shanghal in August This year for embezzlement. He was released by the nutitorities

A young woman, Suca Po-lin, 25, at the who was walking along Queen's outbreak of the trouble there. He Road West about 0.45 o'clock" last arrived here in September to continue night, had her handbag, containing his homeward-bound trip to Europe $27.30 in money, miscellaneous articles by the Conte Verde, but unfortun-and private papers, snatched from her niely, the Conte Verde was grounded by " mun, who however, only by the recent typhoon. On arrival managed to run a few yards before he registered with the Police, and he was stopped by a Chinese detective was told to leave the Colony by. the who was in the vicinity. "It is a story of military tactics, that went hand in hand text available aleanter. This he did

The snaicher, Yu Kan-tin, 23, un- with that search-hand in hand with the terrific expense of not do.

Mortonfalvy said that he

Jemployed, was charged before Mr. R. U.S.$2,500,000 spent on American naval planes.

wounded in Shanghai, and after is. D. Forrest at the Central Magis- sentenced "American planes did more than (then took a wide turn and went fur-registration with the police he went racy this morning, and Just Bearch for Amella Eartiart. They her on. They circled on, covering to the Tung Wah Eastern hospital to two weeks' hard labour and six

the Pacile the areas in which the Caroline and for treatment.

strokes cut a wide swathe over

of the ence. If he is found and elreled near the Caroline and Marshall Islands are to be found.

unfit to receive the caning, defendant the Marshall Islandu, in the heart of

The hearing was adjourned for 24 is to serve another six weeks' hard

Jabour. The Japanese Pacifle mandates.

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"America poured out money this search. Allowing for the human hours. "Under cover of the search for the interest the search was to costly thai missing aviatrix, America's nayal anly those on the inside even guessed aircraft were anxious to glimpse at the purpose of the expenditure of two of the islands, believed by $2,500,000. military expertu to have been fortifed by the Japanese. The Australian and British Governments now know more about that senreh than has been disclosed publicly.

MISSIONARIES BANNED

"It was an opportunity not to be missed, a real excuse to By bver Japan's islands-by-mandate, to observe what the waters contained.

"To-day the Australian and British governments have been appraised of rome of the knowledge gleaned With the world situation as it is the knowledge came as a godsend-paid)

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between Great Britain, the U.S.A. and Australia, regarding the Pacific, for years. The U.SA's quatiriinterai range over the Pacifle was a square embracing the area from the Aleutian Island, Panama, Samoa and Guam, But Japanese Infiltration has pushed a Japanese crescent into the Pacifle, forcing American Interest back ac cordingly.

Inspector W. Mair, who prosecuted, anid the total value of the handbag and contents was $31.30. No violence and been used by accused,

Thermometer Up Again

Wns

"No one permitted to land on 10 Japanese controlled inlands, for by the U.S.A.

"Japan has A naval base and Missionaries who previously con-

addition, "Yap Island is close to the Equator. arsenal at Bonin and, in ducted religious propagandu amok If a line were drawn from Japan to to the masked Caroline and Marshall

"Summerish" weather

#ain natives there have been forbidden to the Caroline Islands, and then con-Islands (7.100 of them!) has extended experienned this morning.

The tem- return.

pernture at the Royal Observatory "The islands are held by mandate nued to the Equator, it would strike lo Guant and Yap.

Yup. The lalter is outside New

sal 10 mm. was 77, two degrees higher ven to Japan when that country Guinea, and not far, therefore, from the Philippines, which abority attinterday, while the humidity was 72, "Furthermore, Japan's interest in than the corresponding reading yes- was a member of the League of Queensland. Nations. Now she is no longer " member but she molds the islands the Carolines and Holulu, hence is most extensive, with one-third of

"The Marshall Islands are between independence from the United States, one per cent. more. in an iron grip. The position of the America's interest. From the Carothe total population in the southern islands and her possible fortification lines to New Guinea is little further part of the islands. In the Pacific were matters of grave on from Tokyo to Shanghai. concern to America, to Britain and to Australia.

"This group of islands dominates

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PERTURBATION ADMITTED

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The presentation was made by Mr. R. W. MacDonald, of MacDonald, Hamliton and Co., who, explained that £125 was given by the marine underwriters and £125 by the Eastern and Australian Line, owners of the vessel.

Mr. MacDonald xald Capt. E. Pilcher, commander of the Tanda, In his report to the owners, said that the ship was ordered to a typhoon buoy, and from midnight the squalls reached a velocity, at times of 100 milca an hour. A1 3.40 am on September 2 the ship's starboard cable parted, and the port anchor, which was im- medlitely paid out, would not hold. Chlef Ofeer Colvin and the staff by 4 sm, had accomplished the dan- gerous and difficult task of shackling the broken cable to the starboard anchor.

PERILOUS DRIFT

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Meanwhile the Tanda made perilous drift through the harbour, where many other vessels were adrift. All passengers were mustered in the saloon at 3.45 am.

Capt. Pilcher avoided collf- alons and kept going astern to keep the vessel from the shore..

The Dutch steamer Van Beulaz, with 1,200 passengers, drified past the Tanda and later was wrecked on Green Island.

Soon after 4 a.m. the Tanda was able to anchor. She was two cables north of the reef fringing Green Island. During the night, 24 vessels had been driven ashore,

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SIR JOHN SIMON OUTLINES WORK

London. Oct. 20.

Maximum and minimum tempera- ture readings yesterday were iden- leally the same is those of the day The Prime Minister, owing to an before, being 78 and 71 respectively, attack of gout, did not attend the No rain fell during the 24 hours opening of Parlament to-day, but ending at 10 am to-day, the total the Chancellor of

the Exchequer, nee January 1 remaining at 80.83 who spoke in his place in the first ins, against an average of 81.63 Ins. stage of the debate on the Address The anti-cyclone has Increased aid Mr. Chamberlain hoped to re- further in intensity, and is moving sume his House of Commons duties into the Pacifle to the cast of Japan. qúlte soon. He hopes to preside Local forcenst:-East winds, mode-over the ordinary weekly meeting of the Cabinet to-morrow, which, how- ever may have to be held at 11 Downing Street, where he is stil

"Bonin jles oppoalle the Singapore Buse and, with Formos In the north, constitutes a threat to the Pacific-close to Honolulu, close "Feverish interest in the Earhart both Singapore and Hongkong." to the Philippines, close to long-search acted, with shrewd newspaper

Smith's Weekly, commenting kong and equally close

a blanket over itis Australia's danger, makes the in- New reports, no Guinea and Queensland.

astounding aspect of the US. Bights. teresting revelation that Port Darwin, "So when Amelia Earhart went The facts are known in the proper the Commonwealth's northernmost air down and her faint distress signais quarters, which fre admittedly terminal, is nearer to Hongkong. located her plane around the Phoenix perturbed over the Japanese Manila and Singapore than to islands, the search for her gave the situation in the Pacific."

capital city in the Commonwealth.ute; fair. pretext that was needed. Sentiment comes second to secret service.

"U.S.navul planes swept over the waters round Phoenix Island and

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A former high official in the Melbourne, Hobart, Perth and diplomatic sorvice, commenting on Adelaide are much further away the article, told Smith's Weekly:" from Darwin than are Hongkong und

"There has been an understanding | Munita!

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FILIPINO SCOUTS' INDEFENDENCE ANTICIPATED

New York, Oct, 20. The Boy Scouts Headquarters of America has announced that 1.300 Filipino toy scouts "expected" to become an independent organisation on January 1 In line with the In- dependence measures.

Chlef Scout James E. West was greeted by Mr, Villa Corta who is Hamed as the future Philippine Chief Scout, who presented Chief Scout West with a carved water buffalo, symbolizing Filipino perseverence.

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Announcing the probable course of business in the House of Commons Sir John Simon said the debate on the Address would occupy the re- mainder of the week and would be concluded early next week,

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Sir John Simon mentioned first the Cool Mines Bill which would be complicated measure and with which the Government hoped to make sub- stantial progress before the Christmas adjournment.

Öther bills most likely to be--in- troduced soon would be a Cinemato- graph Films Bill, Sen Fisheries Bill, Blind Persons Pensions Bill, Nationa! Health Insurance Bill, Alr Haid Pre- cautions Bill, a Bill for appointing additional Judges, Rural Housing Bill for Scotland, and the Expiring Laws Continuance Bill, These Bills said

Mr Villä Coria has been in the United States for several months studying scout operations,--United | the Chancellor might be regarded as

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