1937-11-20 — Page 23

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SATURDAY,

NOVEMBER 20, 1987.

Now the wintry days have arrived, the birds and animals at the London Zoo are being given cod liver oil to prevent colds. Even the Pelican gels his ration as the picture illustrates.

Sharks

+

Invade Shores Of Britain

WORLD MADE SAFE

FÖR AGGRESSORS

PRINCESS

TALKS OF

REVIVED

ROMANCE

MISS LLOYD GEORGE

INDICTS PREMIER

Margate, Oct. 16.

Miss Megan Lloyd George, in her presidential address to the conference of the Women's Liberal Federation. here Princess Lichnowsky, widow of the to-day, gave the Government, and Mr. Noville Chamber- man who was Germany's Ambas-lain in particular, one of the severest lambastings they Endor in London when war broke out have suffered for some time.

In

1014, will shortly marry Englishman, according to the Daily Express. She is now at her villa in Cap d'Ail, near Monte Carlo.

Major Halph Peto, her sweetheart

When she sat down the cheering lasted for more than

a minute, and a proposal that a full report of her speech should be circulated among Liberals in the country is to of thirty-seven years ne, proposed be considered by the Women's Executive. to her again recently on the Freneb Riviera. She accepted him.

With masterly irony, before been withdrawn within that time, the the legal Spanish Government, und at Southampton, on her way to the of Japan, Miss Megan assailed no "friendly advice would be given Interviewed in the liner Geslemanding an economic boycott arms and munitions would be given to Riviera, this charming, cultured wo- man of the world spoke shyly of her the Government's foreign record to France against opening the

Pyrenncan frontier for this purpose. during the last two years.

TREATIES DEFIED

romance.

"It is so kind of everybody to take an interest in two elderly people." she said.

The princess is in the nfties, tail, fair, dark-eyed, and looks ten years younger.

She went on: "Naturally, 1 very happy.

um

"It is true that we were very much In love many years ago. Now we are in love again.

"We met in Monte Carlo by uc cident. Major Peto mentioned marriage, and we discussed it once or twice afterwards.

"The actual proposal came letter

when he

nohing Wit Czechoslovakia.

by

in

"I expect we shall be married at a

or Dec. 1. Afterwards there will be

Eighteen months ago, she declared, one war of aggression was drawing

On China, the resolution urged the recognise Japanese

to u successful issue, Mussolini had Government to just brought civilisation to Abyssinia aggression as open war in defiance of method of treaty engagements; to lose no time by the very successful Wiping out of the backward natives, in following up President Roosevelt's speech, and to take a vigorous initia- "SO SENSIILE"

tive in pressing in conjunction with We applied sanctions to Italy, but the U.S.A. and other Powers for the very carefully. It was imperative restoration of the principle of the sanctity of international treaty obil- gations by taking concerted and effec- they should not be carried too far.

Sanctions on oil? No! No! Tuck Uve steps for the immediate stopping aceressors are no sensitive, so apt of all Japanese imports. to resent criticism!

Conference was then eloquently "And so sanctipas failed, because persuaded by Miss Aline Meckinnon they were taken off at the very mo- to pass a resolution calling on the ment they were beginning to be suc-Government to co-operate with the U.S.A., the Oslo Powers and all will- cessful.

"Never mind, the Government says, in Governments for the abolition of we kept the country out of war, but tariffs, quotas and subsidies, the question is this is our security

"Can there be aby security in a in world where aggression is not only

not punished, but is in danger of be Majoring rewarded and receiving the bless-

ing of the League?

SCIENTISTS ARE PUZZLED WHAT is happening round the sharks will be found in increasing register office in London on Nov. 30 against war less or more than it was?

shores of Britain to make numbers here."

Whitehall, represcaled by the church ceremony somewhere 1937 a record year for sharks? Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Paddington.

Will the 30ft. basking sharks which is not perturbed. attack Clyde fishermen, smashing "Sharks appear fairly regalarly in. boats, ruining nets, despeilings her the north, and the people in Scotland ring and salmon fishing grounds-seem very concerned about it," sald even causing the loss of three lives by an official. "But their appearance in capsizing a sailing skiff-become other places is spasmodic, and has not

reached serious proportions." permanent menace?

Will they infest British waters in greater numbers in future?

Fishermen of the South-East Coast grew apprehensive recently when ahoal of 2011: sharks appeared among the white-buit boats in the Thames Estuary of Southend.

"At the moment we cannot tell why sharks have appeared in such incredibly large numbers off Britain this year, said Mr. P. Hartley, of the Marine Biological Laboratory, Ply- mouth, to the News Chronicle.

THE HERRINGS' DIET

to the same cause.

·

Buckets Of Blood

2 Tons Used In Spain This Year

inlo a

Two-and-a-half tons of blood "From reports which have reached us we can only say that it has been have been used for transfusions on a 'good year for sharks, In the same the various battle-fronts-in-Spain- way that 1937 has been a good year since January.

The blood transfusion service was for mackerel,

"We attribute the mackerel to a started in January by a Canadian Dr. Norman Bethune. sunny spring, with favourable sen physician, conditions in March and April; but Since then, it has grown because of their migratory habits we tremendous organization, practically cannot altribute the glut of sharks all the work being now done by

Spanlords,

Blood is taken in boilies from the transfusios bases to the front-line When not immediately hospitals, required, the blood is preserved in refrigerators which keep it at a Unfortunately, plankton

correct temperature. ix the

The list of donors has increased staple let for herrings. That is why the Northern herring fisher enormously recently, and there are 5,000 people on the men have been having so much a roughly

books of the organization, who have trouble with sharks. "Thresher sharks, a species having given their blood and can be called, tonger tail than the basking ind upon to do so ngain.

"Temperatures do not scem 10 food, Their affect them:

natural plankton drifting, sea-lice, which they filler through their gills-thrive, however in cold waters.

some places.

The donors are mainly

"I am a Roman Catholle, to is ligh Church.

"I am afraid my children will not te present. My eldest son-ho is married-is in New York, my second boy is in Brazil, and my daughter well, I don't know where she is.

She went to Peking to lecture at the university there for two years. We have had no news of her since the Chinese trouble started. I am very worried about her."

SLANDER OVER GARDEN FENCE

“Cat-Burglar” Cry To Neighbours FARTHING DAMAGES AGAINST WOMAN

one

SAFE FOR AGGRESSORS "The policy that has been pursued by the present Government has made the world safe for aggression."

"Then

Miss Lloyd George con-

KING BORIS

DRIVES EXPRESS

EVER since he read of the re- tinued, "came another act of Italian cord put up by the LMS. aggression in Spain-but the tech-Coronation Scot locomotive, King nique was different this Ume.

"Mussolini sent a representative to Boris of Bulgaria has wanted to sit on the Non-intervention Commit- stand on her footplate with his tee.in London, while he himself hand on the throttle. poured troops and ammunition into Spain, and German troops wiped out, with fire and slaughter, one of the most ancient and beautiful Basque

He had his wish recently, and when he jumped off the engine, his white overalls covered with grease, smoke-stains and soot, "When I read of that I remem he said: "It was beautiful!" bered Lord Londonderry's com plaint in the Elouse of Lords that

He had driven the world-famous hend the utmost difficulty in pre-train from Eusion to Bletchley at u serving the use of the bombing top speed of 88 m.p.h. and on an “aeroplane-

other express made the-return trip. From Spain to Chino-3,000 Inno-ot 90%1⁄2 miles at an average speed of cents at Canton, said Miss Lloyd 023 m.p..

"I have been driving engines and George, were killed in 15 minutes.

riding on them for 27 years," he said BRINGING PEACE TO CHINA to a little group at Euston, "but That was the Japanese method of have never and such a wonderful bringing peace to the Orient, of seek-trip as this."

When the L.M.S. heard of the Ing China's co-operation to bring King's ambition they brought out the

about a new era.

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were

Miss Megun attacked the Minister's attitude.

Prime

Stories of remarks shouted by

Coronation Scot for a special run. women

acress neighbours

The complete Coronation Scot was garden fence were told during

used, with nine coaches, but there the hearing of a slander action

"These aggressors," she repeated, were only ten passengers, including in the King's Bencht Division.

"are so sensitive. They must be the King's A.D.C.; Mr. E. J. H. delicately handled, and the Prime Lemon, vice-president; and Mr. W. Dumages of

farthing

Minister is the man for that.

A. Stanier, chief mechanical en- awarded by a jury to Mrs. Emily

"He's got the touch. He doesn't xineer, who designed the engine. Annie Wilson, widow, of Carnarvan Itond, Barnet, who suet Mrs. Sarah mind a snub or two. He'll go cap in Mr. Frank Bishop, of Camden, one Road, and again and again, but I don't of the company's royal drivers, was Anu Gray, 78, of Supylion Wonton,

having think that is the way to deler or strike on the footplate with the King. have also played havoc with nets in some of whom have given as many, Barnut, for damages for

BACK ON FOOTPLATE as a dozen times within ten monthis. caffed her a cat-burger. Mrs. Gray error into the hearts of aggressors."

wards (Cheers.) Never

A special train waited ai Bletchley more

half-n-litre denied that she spoke the than NOT "MAN-EATER"

U.S.A.'S OFFER

to bring the royal party back. King (seven-eighths of a plat) are taken complained of. "But neither la 11 'man-enter from u donor at one time.

Giving evidence Mrs. Wilson sald

Referring to President Roosevelt's Boris preferred to travel on the foot- British waters would have to becomu The cost of ruming the organiza-

that she had her fence made higher recent speech, Miss Megan said it was; plate of the Royal Scot engine Duke of centres tropleal before the recognised mon- tion in the four nir

because of unpleasantness caused eating sharks appeared,

Madrid, Valencla, Barcelona and

through neighbours talising over the noble declaration which presented of Wellington's Regiment, which he was running in front of the Heysham "Because of their numadic hablis, Juen equals the expense of running

gardens about her daughter, who had an opportunity to retrieve the blund-drove at over 30 m.p.h. His special

ers of the past five years.

boat express, by the whether baskinga fairly large metropolitan hospital,; iven ill and was ordered

Japan was more dependent than

At Euston Sir Josiah Stamp pre- doctor to get all the sunshine sentmost any other country on her imsented him with a copy of the graphs could in the garden.

ports from abroad, and it was up to of the run and with an 18-ung On September 17, 1030, she heard this country to propose specific men model of the Coronation Scol. Before Mrs. Gray shout to another ne.gh-sures for an economic boycott of he accepted the gifts the King Jour. "I had n cat-burglar Just Japan at the Nine-Power Conference. alght. Mrs. Wilson broke into my "Let

5 take care," Miss Lloyd wiped His hands with a greasy rag.

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house." She had no doubt that it George concluded, "that we do not, a was Mrs. Gray's voice, shouting to n second time, throw away an offer of neighbour two gardens away.

American co-operation. (A reference to Mr. Stimson's 1032 offer.]

Mr. Justice Charles: Two gurdens away! What a jolly place to live! (Laughter).

"Mrs Gray," Mrs. Witson contin- ued, "held up a pair of trousers on a pole as high as she could so that everyono could see, and aid to my the daughter, "This is what is matter with you. This is what you want." (Laughter.).

denied

Mrs, Gray, in evidence, that she held trousers up on u pole and made a remark to Miss Wilson. The trousers were washed and hung up in the garden 10 months before.

"But I have an uncomfortable feeling, after reading the Frime Minister's Scarborougly speech, that he is more cordial in his wish for: an agreement with aggressor Italy than Lo his desire to tako aculoa with America for the restraint of the Japanero aggressor?” Mrs. Corbett Athby then moved an "international" resolution, which was unanimously carried.

After attacking the dilatory foreign | pelley of the Brit: Government and its lack of vision and constructive Initiative at Geneva, it urged a con- certed stand to save the peace of the "When Mrs. Wilson called round world, and welcomed the Nyon ar at my house," Mrs. Gray added, "the rangement as evidenco that the law- was in a temper and I asked her to abiding. Staics have still the power go. She put her foot in the door to and determination, on occasion, to prevent me shutting it. Finally Mrs. resist successfully the ever-increasing Wilson said, 'I will fetch a police-lawless outbreaks of violence."

It remanded that the Government man, and I said, 'Felch one for me, too," (Laughter.).

should steadily refuse to recognise the fruits of aggression in Abyssinia; that Asked whether she had quarrelled the Government, face of Musso- with another neighbour, Mrs. Gray Ini's insolent commendation of the replied: "No, I have not been talian armies in Spain should (1) friendly enough with her."

recognize the fallure of so-called non-

Mr. Justice Charles refused to intervention; (2) set a time limit to grant costs, and said that the jury's the Italian faction of delav; (3) phe a supervisory committee could report that a sub- stantial proportion of volunteers had

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