1937-12-03 — Page 19

THE HONGKONG

Viscount Gort Heads

Younger Men Appointed To Army Council

TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY,

DECEMBER 3, 1937.

General Staff RADIO

KING GETS

GREAT

RECEPTION

Cheered Warmly By West Country

Crowds

London, Dec. 2.

The King retired to London this evening having concluded his two days' tour of the estates of the Duchy

The BROADCAST ODD

Macao Marks Professor Harry Ore. From

Independence Anniversary

Bright Ceremony As New Dofonco Unit Gets Colours.

(Special to "Telegraph")

The Studio

LONDON RELAYS

Radio Programme Broadcast by Z.B.W. on wavelengths of 355 metres | (845 k.c's.) 31.49 metres (0.52 m.c's.).

H.K.T.

12.09-12.20 p.m. Relay of Special Service from St. John's Cathedral.

12.30 Violin Solos by Kreisler. Shepherd's Madrigal (Kreisler); Gypsy Caprice (Kreisler)....Plano accomp. by Carl Lamson; Serenade Espagnol (Glazounov, ars. Kreisler); Join (De Falla)........Plano accomp, by Michael Rauchelsen.

THREE VETERANS RESIGN of Cornwall in the west country, dur- from foreign domination, following 12.42 Bournemouth Municipal Or-

FROM HIGHEST POSTS

London, Dec. 2.

►

Viscount Gort succeeds Field Marshal Sir Cyril John Deverell as Chief of the Imperial General Staff and the post of Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff is to be revived and given to Sir Ronald Adam.

a

way.

local populations.ugh

day a few weeks

towards the

chesira.

(Suppo); Pique Dame, Overture Dancer Of Seville (Grunow): The Two Imps (Alford).

1.00 Time and Weather. 1.03 The BBC. Orchestras and Dennis Noblo (Haritone).

Mneno, Dec. 2. Commemorating Portugal's freedom ing which he had an enthusiastle re- the unfortunate political union with ception from

Spain from the year 1581, December On the morning drive

1, the anniversary of the regaining of Somerset, the royal car was delayed Portuguese independence in 1840, at different points by floods. At was marked in Macuo with a display several

of patriotic fervour places the car drove through Mother Country. water two feet deep. Throughout Revolutionary changes in the constitution of the the whole morning rain tell steadity! The day was observed as a holidny

but did not deter the large crowds and 2,000 persons, representing.every Monckton Melodicg (hrr. Stanford Army Council designed to keep pace with modern warfare who gathered in towns and villages section of the community, gathered to Robinson)... The B.B.C. Theatre Or-

along the route.

witness the full-dres parade of chestra, cond: Startford Robinson; Son development are announced by the War Office. The

In Taunton the royal car was sur-naval, military and pallee units which Mine; The Rebel (Freebooter changes involve the resignation of three of the four mili-rounded by an enthusiastic crowd and were assembled.

.Dennis Noble SongsWallace) .... police had diflculty In

elearing

C. B. Cochran Presents: Bitter Sweet; Ilminster AL tary members of the Council, and their replacement by

50 packed Participating in the parade were Fun g' the Fair: This Year of Grace; were narrow streets that the car was almost 1.500 troops, consisting of one

...The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra younger men.

hardly able to proceed. At Manor company of naval officers and men England's oldest woman-Mrs. Emma and the stoop Goncalo Velho, one Mary Ellis (Compères Christopher Farm, Curry Mallet, His Majesty met from the warship Bartholomew Dins cond. by Henry Hall with Alice De- lysia, Les Allen: Peggy Wood and artillery company. one Infantry Coate, who celebrated

celebrated her. 107th birth

company, the company of the recent Stone); A Feather In Her Tyroleum ('Comedy Novelty-Annette Veeks ago. The afternoon run was in pleasantly-formed volunteers, five companies

The MIUS);

Travelling Saleman- weather. At all the villages and at of Mozambique African troops and Comedy Waltz (London)....The B. Bath, large crowds lined the street company of the municipal police.

Orchestra cond. by One of the seaplanes of theB. C. Dance

Henry Hall. As the royal train drew out of Bath station for Paddington there were Bartholomew Dias flew overhead.

The parade commenced at 11 am. open window of the saloon and when the various units entered the waved. British, Wireless.

grounds and occupied their respective command ot positions under the

Joel Lieut. Coloncl

Vieira.

At Governor 11.40 am. H. E. the Macao, Dr. A. Tamagnini Barbosa, arrived and a salute of 10 guns was arms, fired. The troops presented and, after returning the salule, H. E. the Governor, accompanied by Major L. P. Lelo, Chief of Staff, Lieut. R. Abreu, A.D.C., ond Lieut. P. da Costa, reviewed the forces. At noon the national flag was hoisted at the Mast of Honour adjacent to H.Governor's pavilion and a salvo of 21 guns was fired. The band then played the National Anthem.

The resigning members of the Army Council include Sir John Deverell, General Sir Harry Knox, and Lieut-loud cheers and the King stood at an General Sir Hugh James Elles. They will be succeeded by Viscount Gort, who becomes the new Chief of the Imperial General Staff and Major-General Clive G. Lid- dell, who becomes Adjutant-General.

Director-conditions of warfare.

Engineer Vice-Admiral Sir Harold primarily iLL meeting the new Arthur Brow, who, General of Munitions Production is already a member of the Army Coun- cil, will retain his title and take over The duties of Master-General of Ordnance from Licut-General Sir Hugh Elles. He will be assisted by Lieut-General M. G. Taylor, who will have the title of Deputy Master General of Ordnance. The posts of Director-General of Munitions Master-General of Ordnance merged.

and

are

Snatch Thief Caught By Reservist

noticed

+

1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press; Weather and Announcements.

1.40 J. H. Squiro Colesta Octet. Memories Of Chopin (orr. Wil- loughby): The Wedding Of The Rose (Jessel, arr. of

Willoughby); Hearts And Flowers (Tobani, terr. Wit- loughby).

the

the

1.54 Variety. Vocal Vienna

Bonbons -Waltz (Joh. Song

Strauss-Bodenstedt); Gypay Love. (Lehar-Willner- Bodonzity)................... Joseph Schmidt (Tenor); Underneath The Old Pine Tree; The Trail of The Lonesome Pinci Folly Wolly

Big Rock Candy

"Mountain....The

Rocky Mountaineers accompanied by the Bunk House Boys: Orchestral Sun- day On The Swance (Samuels-Whit- cup-Powell); Za Zoo Zo (Shay- Holzer-Shoup-Large)....Herble Kay

2.15 Close Down. 4.00-7.00

p.m. gramme.

Chinese

Pro-

7.00 Dance Music. When Two Love Each Other-Slow Quickstop-Don't You Fox-Trot;

Care What Anyone Says....Gerry Moore (Plano); Tangos-Fireflowers; Moonlight On The Rio Grande..... Heinz Huppertz and His Orchestra; Fox-Trots-In A Liltie French Casino: Smile When You Say Good- bye (from The Show Goes On').... Jay Wilbur and His Band; The Merry-Go-Round Broke Sweet Leilani (from Waikiki Wed- Down; ding').. Billy Cotton and His Band; Waltz-The Greate

Saw A ShipA Life: Fox-Tortest Mistake of My Henry Jacques with His Salling. Correct Dance Tempo Orchestra,

7.30 Stock Quotations and Hong-

Exchange Market.

For the first time war generation which bore the brunt of the Great Wor us juniors or started their war careers us juniors, had now come into control.. For example, Viscount Gort

Yesterday afternoon Mrs. was a Lieutenant the day war was Maunder of Kimberley Road was in declared and was promoted Captain Chatham Road with a friend. Mrs, the next day, but he had not W. R. Grant, when an unemployed commanded a battalion until 1917. man named Chan Sze, aged 28, stole COLOURS FOR VOLUNTEERS

her handbag containing $101. At the

At 12.10 p.m. H.E. the Governor Brings New Vitality tine of the theft Mrs. Maunder was

wheeling her baby in a perambulator presented the colours to the newly-and His Orchestra. For the first time in history a junior and had left her handbag beside Mrs, formed Volunteer Corps.. The flag Major-General Archibald Wavell Major-General had been chosen as Grant, who was sitting knitting on

was received on behalf of the com-

After will be General Officer Commanding Chlef of the Imperial General Staff. a seat by the waterfront.

pany by Lt.-Col. Vieira. the Southern Command in succession | It was a very sweeping change which

Happening to take her eyes off her brick, address to the troops HE, the to General Sir John Burnett-Stuart, |should bring considerable vitality Into work for a minute Mrs. Grant Governor left the grounds to receive who ja due to vacate the appointment the Service.

the salute at the March Past from a hand creeping over the next April. Major-General R. H. Haining will be General Offeer Com- The new appointments would not back of the seat to snatch the purse, the specially-built dais facing the Macno's City hall. and a few seconds later she saw Leal Senado, manding in Palestine and Trans-bring to the fore men specially expert Chan running away with it. She Crowds lined the streets leading to Jordan in succession to Major-Gen-in mechanised warfare, but Viscount gave chase and her cries of "Thiet it, while others flocked to the main

Gort and Sir Ronald Adam eral Walvell

were attracted the attention of an Indian

thoroughfare in order to witness the closely acquainted with air problems, Police Reservist, Mr. F. Khan, who March Past, and indeed Vincount Gort taught

Much interest was vested in himself to fly and is the only General stopped Chan in Hart Avenue and holding a pilots licence, points out later handed him over to the Police.

lice. Volunteers. The Company is still in Chan Sze was charged before Mr. its infancy, having been commenced K. M. A. Barnett at the Kowloon! Magistracy this morning, and Det.-only two months ago.. The present Sergeant J. F. Scott, after having strength of the company is 128 men. given the facts of the case, stated that The company consists of infantry and Mrs. Maunder on leaving her home machine-gun detachments which have for Chatham Road had seen her been undergoing regular exercises.

The parade

httended husband's pocket book lying on a

members of the Consul kong table and had taken it with her

Chief Judge, Church functionaries, for safety's sake. The handbag and

the Chief of Police, the Harbour its contents were recovered.

Master, the chiefs of the civil and

Shaftesbury Theatre Orchestra, Lon- Barnett remarked: "I keep my money W. P. McCarthy and other officers of And Daisy And The Tandem (E. and tary officers, while Lieut. Commander

don Comediennes-Huntin'; Gert in the bank. I never carry it about 11.M.S. Seamew, and Mr. Laborinho, D. Waiers)... Eisle and Doris Waters; Defendant will be sent to Kong-Portuguese Consul for Hongkong, Vocal Duets--A More Or Less Volga moon, his birthplace, after the prison were also present.

Boat Song: Tricky Little Tune (Me- Gill)....Major and Minor; Come- dienne Bluebeard-A Story (Wynne).....Wish Wynne; Vocal Duet Fancy (film That's good girl')....Juck Buchanan and Elsie Randolph.

8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.

8.03 Variety.

Average Age Reduced The changes will bring down the average age of the milltury members of the Army Council from 03 to 52.

It is noteworthy that Viscount Gort -is-one-of.the.few Guardsmen.to_be~,; come Chief of the Imperial General Staff,

The announcement follows the visit. Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha (War Minis- this ter) paid to the King earlier week.

Announcing the changes, the War Offee stated that it was the intention in future to bring Generat Oficers holding principal commands at Home into closer ussociation with the cen iral direction of the Army policy. It ix expected the changes will be com- pleted by the New Year. The retire- ments of Field Marshal Sir John Deverell and General Sir Horry Knox are regarded as a graceful gesture on the part of these two officers who are ready to make room for younger

men.

| Mr. Liddell Hart.-Reuter.

No Word Of

Peace Move Heard Here

Japan's Consulate Denies Overture Made To China

no

The Japanese Consulate- General in Hongkong has word at the moment of any peace plan being advanced by Ger. Question of Adaptabilitymany's representatives to China, The Army changes follow a very or anyone else, it was learned close investigation of whether the to-day. existing machinery was really, adapt-

ed to carry out the policies insepar- Simultaneously, the Consulate-

able from the vast scheme of re- General.

confidence was

denied

was

by

The Crazy Days'-Selection

Before passing sentence of six health services, and naval and mill-Eyton, Carter and Moyer)....The

| weeks' hard labour on defendant Mr.

with me."

term.

COMPLAINANT SUGGESTS SETTLEMENT

AND COURT AGREES

and other

All ships in port were dressed and public buildings were decorated. At night all of the warships as well as government om:49 establishments were outlined with lights. A dance was held at the Military Club.

Governor.

the Band

Д to

Bed-Time

Our Meeling

SEAMEW ARRIVES Under the command of Lieut. Orchestra "Crest Of The Wave'-— Commander W. P. McCarthy, H.M.S. Selection (Novello, arr. Prentice).. Seamew arrived in Macao on Mon-The Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra day afternoon. An official call was cond, by Charles Prentice; Plano John Manners and Co., Ltd., of No. Paid to H.E, the Governor and on the Viktoria And Her Hussar-Medley the report Queen's Road Central, brought Seamew were the guests of Mr. F. Accordeon Band-At The Close Of same evening the officers of the (Abraham)....Raie Da Costa; Piano- armament und defensive measures published in Hongkong recently summons against the Wah Shing-loon 3. Gellion, British Vice-Consul for A Long, Long Day (Moll and Mar- now being undertaken. It in pointed

ut that this was largely a question that Mr. Shigeru Kawagoe, the firm of No. 29 Tung Man Street, Macao, and Mrs. Gellion, at a dinner (vin)...The London Plano-Accordeon

was Japanese Ambassador to China, ground floor, before Mr. R. Edwards Klven

honour of H.E. of psychology, and

at the Central Magistincy this expressed that by placing a younger had sent a telegram to the morning. It was claimed that on generation in charge, Mr.

Here Chinese Foreign Minister, Dr. November 20 they had in thele: Calls were returned on Tuesday tures of Sherly and Conky in A Belisha would have an instrument for Wang Ching-hul, asking him if possession for sale or for the purpose and, following the military parade in imparting a fresh flow of ideas China would discuss peace terms. trade description, namely the Chle pincers

of trade, Blue Dye to which a fulne] Mucao, yesterday, the Scamew's throughout the land-forces. It was

entertained were stated that preconceived ideas and

amictal denial has

been equivalent to "John Manneer und Juncheon given by the Governor at "red tape" would find no place in the received from Tokyo, the Consulate Co." had been applied.

Government House. The Seamew's 2 re organised administration of the

General explains.

Meanwhile, affairs of the Army.

Mr. M. A. da Silva was present for afeers were among the guests of The learned In

to dinner Lire complainant, and said that with Mr. and Mrs. Gelilon It was pointed out that the new

Hongkong last night that the Ger-out any authority or excuse the de- yealoriday evening. H.MS. Seamów Amateur Experts' I. L. T. Ride on appointments would bring the army new to Nanking from Hankow on Chinese with the style "John Monners

Ambassador, Dr. Trautmann, tendant had printed blue labels in nailed this morning for Canton. into new relations with the modern Wednesday to act as mediator, carry and Co," for their blue dye. This developments of warfare and ensure ing concrete truce conditions pre- dye, he wild, his elfest had not the resilience required to meet condi-sented by Japans stated that nighthe complainant had reached at

imported to the Colony, tions likely to be imposed at a time of strain. They were also an Indica- that Marshal Chiang Kai-shek is understanding with the defendant te tion to the whole Army that merli reslating all peace proposals, and ability are the criteria to adopted in the future and the con- ception of promotion by age and seniority falls to the ground.

Another noticeable feature is that principal fighting Generals, like Gen- eral Dill and General Wavell will be left: In Commands from where they will be ready to take their places at the head of forces in the field in a time of emergency. They will bo more closely associated with the War omce.

What is anticipated is something in the nature of the French plan--a superior War Council-Reuter,

Historian's Views

London,-Dec: 2- Mr. Basil Liddell Hart, eminent miliary historian, in an Interview to-day expressed the opinion that the Army Council changes were ained

This

man

However, It

It was

the pence effort see Page 5

the tontter of foster and Mrs. Hilva (For details and earlier reports of naked His Worship to bint the defen- dant over in $200 for a yeur. This would meet the can, in paid.

After considering the ente, Worship bound defendont over in $200 for a year to be of good behaviour.

Fear Wolfram Supply May

Be Cut Off-

London, Dec. 2. Nervous lest Japanese' opern- tions Er Bouth Chins Inay Interfere with future suppiles of wolfram ence the existing Hong- | kong-stocks are exhausted," tocar and Continental operators bought fairly heavily, and business done.

for the December shipment was

at 68 shilling-Reuter.

North

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8.20 London Relay--The Adven-

Day's Fishing' by Franklyn Kelsey.

8.30. StudioA Schumann Reelial by Prof. Harry Gro (Piano).

1. 2nd Sonata in G Minor, Op. 22;

Romance in F Sharp Major; 3.-

Contrabandist (arr. Tausig). 8.50 Studio-Series of talks by Rowing

9.00 Leopold Blokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra,

STOCK EXCHANGET

EASIER

HAPPY OMEN FOR CHRISTMAS

Londen, Dec. 2. Koffrs were supported on the London Stock Exchange to-day, but elsewhere buyers were slow in open ing fresh commitments, consequently the turnover was small and prices in the majority of sections displayed on easier trend. Cominodities were featureless.

Tone-Poem Finlandia'. (Sibelius- Op. 20, No. 7) Gavotte (Mignon') 9.15 London Relay. Topical Talks for Seamen',

9.30 London Relay-The Now 9.50 Rachmaninoff-Concerto No. 1 In

C Minor, Op. 18. Played

by Sergel Rachmaninoft (Piano) and the Philadelphia Sym- phony Orchestra. conducted by Leo- pold Stokowaki,

10.22 Yehudi Menuhin (Violin).

Op. 7 Dls (Paganini); Tzar's

Cambrid

•Song Of The Bride (Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. Franko). Plano accomp. by Hubert Glesen Hungarian Minor (Brahms-Joachim)....Piano Dance No. 17 In F Sharp

Accomp. by Marcel Gazelle.

10.30. Light Variety.

The Orchestra-'On

Avenue* Selection........Louis Levy and __ Ila

"Holly Without The states that the Cabinet is discussing a | 000 in note circulation.

Moon (film 'Mayfair Melody')..... change of name for North Ireland, Wall Street opened irregular and Kelih Falkner (Baritone): Lawallan but no decision has yet been reached, then became quietly)-Masdy | Murlo-Mysli tulene Love-Medley -Reuter.

Reuter's Special, ps

Another Name

Belfast, Dec. 2,

A happy oman for Christmas Trade' was contained in to-day's Ehak of England weekly statement whielt

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