1937-10-27 — Page 29

RESCUE FLIGHTS MAY HAVE SERVED ANOTHER PURPOSE

A sensational story of Anglo-American secret service intri- que in the Pacific in connection with the aerial search for ill- fated Amelia Earhart is told in a recent issue of Smith's Weekly, the Australian national weekly.

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

"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.

"It is a story of military tactics that went hand in hund with that search-hand in hand with the terrific expense of U.S.$2,500,000 spent on American naval planes.

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1937.

WOUNDED MAN TANDA'S CREW WINS

CHARGED

FAILED TO REPORT

CHANGED ADDRESS

Ivan Mortonfalvy, 27, Hungarian, came before Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magistracy this morning charged with entering the Colony without a valid passport, failing to notify of change of address from the Crell Hotel to the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital on September 11, and ugnin from, the hospital to the Luk Kwok Hotel on October 22.

SIZAA

Acting Sub-Inspector J. H. E.

stated 13wards

that Mortonfalvy sentenced. 10 four months* Imprisonment in Shanghai in August this year for embezzlement. He was released by the authorities

ut the outbreak of the trouble there. If arrived here in September to continue hin homeward-bound trip to Europe by the Conte Verde, but unfortun- ately, the Conte Verde was rrounded y the recent lyphoon. On arrival he registered with the Police, and was told to leave the Colony by the next available steamer. This he did : not do.

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 ashoro during a typhoon in Hongkong harbour on September 2.

SNATCHER CAUGHT

DETECTIVE ARRIVES

OPPORTUNELY

was

A young woman, Suen Po-lin, 25, who

walking along Queen's Road West about 8.45 o'clock last night, had her handbag, containing $27.30 in money, miscelleneous articles and private papers, matched from her by n man, who however,

only managed to run a few yards before he was stopped by a Chinese detective who was in the vicinity.

The snatcher, Yu Ken-tin, 23, un- Morionfalvy said, that

employed, was charged before Mr. R. he was A. D. Forrest ut the Central Magls- wounded in Shanghai, and after histency this morning, and sentenced "American planes did more than I then took a wide turn and went fur-registration with the police he went to two weeks hard labour and six the Tung. Wah Eastern hospital strokes of the cane. If he is found just search for Amelia Earhart. They

for treatment. the Pacifie cut a wide swathe over

unßt to receive the caning, defendant and circled near the Caroline and

The hearing was adjourned for 24 is to serve another six weeks” ́ hard on hours..

labour. the Marshall Islands, to the heart of the Japanese Pacific mandates.

"Under cover of the search for the missing - aviateix, America's naval to ghupse alternft were anxious

Ishanels two of the

believed by ter have been military experts fortified by 1/ Japanese. The Australian and British Governments ww know more about that each than has been disclosed publicly.

MISSIONARIES BANNED

"No one is permittel, to land on

island controlled the Japanese Missionaries who previously con- ducted religious propaganda anons natives there have been farbidden to return.

The Islands are held by uandate given to Japan when that country was a member of the Lemp of Nations, Now the is no longer a member--but she holds the islands in nn from rip. The position of the blonds and their possible fortillation in the Pacific were matters of grave concern to America, to Britain and to Australia.

"This group of islands dominates the Pacific-close to Honolulu, close

"So when Amelia Earhart went down and her faint distress sigobils located her plane around the Phoenix Islands, the search for her gave the pretest that was neciled. Sentiment comes second la secret service.

thero They clrcled on, covering the cas in which the Caroline and Marshall Islands are to be found.

"Amerien noufed out money this search. Allowing for the huma interest the search was so costly that' only these on the inside even guessed at the purpose of the expenditure of $2,500,000.

Great Britain, the U.S.A. between and Australia, regarding the Pacific, The U.S.A.'s quadrilaterat "It was an opportunity not to be for years,

overage over the Pacifle was a square missed, a real excuse to y

islands-by-mandate, to embracing the area from the Aleutian Japan's

Island. Panama, Samoa and Guam. obieve what the waters contained,

To-day the Australian and British But Japanese Infitration has pushed governments have been appraised of a Japanese erescent into the Puelfie,

ne of th knowledge gleaned, forcing American interest bade With the world situation as it is the cordingly. knowledge came us a godsend-pald for by the U.S.A.

"Yap stand is close to the Equator if u le were drawn from Japan 10

the Caroline lslunds, and then con- Unued to the Engalor, it would strike Yup. The later is outside Now

Guinen, and not far, therefore, from Queensland.

The Marshall Islands are between the Carolines and Honolult, bence Ameri's interest. From the Corn- Jines to New Guinea is little further than from Tokyo to Shanghai.

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

Thermometer Up Again

base NIKE

dition.

"Japan has a naval arsenal at Boil and, to the masked Caroline and Marshall stands (7,100 of them) has extruded to Guam and Yap.

"Furthermore, Japan's interest in

"Summerish" weather was again

experienced this morning. The tem- perature at the Royal Observatory ht 10 nm. was 77, Iwo degrees higher than the corresponding rending yes- the Pisilippines, which shertly altamterday, while the humidity was 72, independence from the United States, one per cent. more. is most extrusive, with one-third of the total population in the souther part of the islands.

"onin lies opposite the new Singapore Base and, with Formosa in the north, constitutes a threat to

Maximuna and inlnimum tempera- ture rendings yesterday were iden tically the same as those of the day before, being 78 and 71 respectively.

The presentation was made by Mr. R. W. MacDonald, of MacDonald, Hamilton 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 sald Capt. E. Pilcher, commander of the Tanda, In his report to the owners, saiu that the ship was ordered to a lyphoon buoy, and from midnight the squalls reached a velocity, at times of 100 miles an hour. At 3.40 a.m. on September 2 the ship's starboard cable parted, and the port anchor, which was mediately pald out, would not hold. Chler Oiler Colvin and the staff by 4 a.m. hnd accomplished the dan gerous and dificult task of shackling the broken cable to the starboard anchor.

PERILOUS DRIFT

Meanwhile the Tanda made

im-

*

perilous drift through the harbour, where many other vessels were adrift. At passengers were mustered in the saloon at 3.45 a.m.

Capt. Pilcher avolded colli- alons and kepi golug astern to keep the vessel from the shore.

The Dutch steamer Van Heutsz, with 1,200 passengers, drifted past the Tanda and later was wrecked on Green Island,

Suon after 4 u.m. the Tanda was able to anchor, She was two cables north of the reef fringing Green island. During the night, 24 vessels nad been driven, ashore,

SPEAKS FOR

PREMIER

SIR JOHN SIMON OUTLINES WORK

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London. Oct. 20. The Prime Minister, owing to an the attack of gout, did not attend No rain fell during the 24 hours opening of Parliament to-day, but PERTURBATION ADMITTED

ending at 10 a.m. to-day, the total the Chancellor of the Exchequer, bolh Singapore and Hongkong." "Feverish interest in the Earhart

since January 1 remaining at 80.83 who spoke in his place in the first. Smith's Weekly, commenting on ins, against an average of 01:03 ins slage of the debate on the Address to the Philippines, close to Hong-search acted, with shrewd newspaper

Australia's danger, makes the in-

increased said Mr. Chamberlain hoped to The anti-cyclone has a binniet over this kong and

lose to New reports o equally

sume his House of Commons duties! astounding aspect of the U.S. fights.teresting revelation that Port Darwin, further in intensity, and is moving Guinea and Queensland,

to preside The facts are known in the proper the Commonwealth's northernnast air into the Pacifle to the east of Japan. quite soon. Ife hopes

which

10 Hongkong admittedly terminal, a nearer Dre

Local forecast:-East winds, mode-over the ordinary weekly meeting of quarters,

the Cabinet to-morrow, which, how- over the pertmbed

Japanese Manila and Singapore than to

any rate, fair.

at ever may have to be held capital elty in the Commonwealth. tention in the Pacific."

Hobart, Perth and in the Melbourne.

Downing Street, where he still A former high offletal

further Away

resident. diplomatic service, commenting on Adelaide are much

from Darwin on are Hongkong and

Announcing the probable course of the allele, told Smith's Weekly:

business in the House of Commons "There has been an understanding Manila!

Sir John Simon said the debate Dn

the the Address would occupy muinder of the week and would be concluded early next week.

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

"US. naval planes swept over the waters Ground Phoenix Island und

The Sensation of the

Motoring Age!

FILIPINO SCOUTS' INDEFENDENCE ANTICIPATED

New York, Oct. 20. The Boy Scouts Headquarters of America has announced that 1,300 Filipinu boy scouts "expected" to become dependent organisation on January 1, in line with the In- dependence measures.

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Bills,

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Other bills most likely to be in- Chief Scout James E. West was troduced soon would be a Cinemato- Kreeted by Mr. Villa Corta who is graph Films-Bill, Sea Fisheries Bill, amed as the future Philippine Chief Blind Persons Pensions Bill, National Scout, who presented Chief Scout Health. Insurance Bill, Air Raid Pre- West with a carved water buffalo, cautions Bill, a Bill for appointing symbolizing Filipino perseverence. additional Judges, Itural Housing Bill Mr. Vita Curta has been in the for Scotland, and the Expiring Laws These Biis said United States for several months) Continuance Bill, studying scout operations.-United the Chancellor might be regarded as

the first batch.-British Wirelesss.

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