1937-12-30 — Page 15

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. · THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1937.

South China Prepares To Resist Attack

ISOLATED FARMERS INDIFFERENT TO NATIONAL ISSUES

Travelling Correspondent Tells Remarkable Story Of Interior Conditions

BY SPECIAL TRAVELLING REPRESENTATIVE

tung that one could drive a car on. In fact, there were no cars twelve to Biteen years ago. For some years now, there has been a good "rond from Pakhol to Limehow and from Pakhol to Nombong, as well as from Recently, cently,

rona road

it must

2

Exhibition

Aids Cause

Of Peace

Noong to Llemchow. however, the main road from Llem- chow to Yamchow, a distance of some). seventy-five miles, has been com- pletex und buses are now in

Glasgow, Dec. 29. In operation, i it was difficult task to construct this A peace pavillon will be included in the Empire Exhibition at Glasgow ross

mountain} $1 range and there are five rivers to next year. The pavilion will consist cross, The bridges are not yet built,jof a number of halls in which will be but ferries carry the cars over. In demonstrated that a collective system I days it. was a trip of three brings security to the world, very hard days' travel from Pakhol One ball will depict the work of to Yamehow by land, more than the International Labour Office, while likely four days. That trip can now uthers will show that work done by be made in four hours, and when the the League Secretariat in soclat and bridges are built it can be done in economic activities. three.

the old

аге over

A record attendance is expected at The road from Yamchow to Nan-the Exhibition. No less than 8,750,- ning is now finished, connecting Liem-000 tons of eatalogues have been chow and Pukhot with Nonning. In printed in nine languages anci the old days, an overland trip from already being distributed all Pakhoi to Nunning took five or six the world.----Reuter. days hard going. This trip can now be made in eight hours by car. Busca are running up as far as Siutung, 30 miles north of Yamchow. But there is no regular service from there to Nanning as yet. Buses will soon be put on this road, however,

EXCHANGE RATES

Dec. 20. 147.0/04

Dec. 20.

147.10/04

21.0141

Paris. Geneva. One may now travel by bus from

Beriln. Pakhol tu. Onpo down to Kwong-

Athens. howwan French territory, on the Milan coast of Kwangtung, and from Pakhol¦

Inda-Chian border. One travel

I am now on a 1,300 mile trip through the south of Kwangtung province. For weeks I have lived among the natives, lived as they lived, conversed with them in their own tongue, eaten with them with chop sticks around their tables and slept in their houses at night. I have travelled by steamer, junk, sampan; by rickshaw, bus and on foot. I have listened to their ideas about the war

west 1o Tunghing, vin Liemchow, Copenhagen hours on end, and to their opinions as to what the foreign Yamchos. Fongshing, on the French Stockholm. nations should do to assist China in this hour of need and

from Pakhol 10 fors ow, on the Luichow

Peninsula, distress. I have talked with military men. police com-

Hoita, by bus in a few New York.

Vienna missioners, educators, officers of the Customs and the hours; or one may continue direct

to Onpo, Mouiluk, Sul-Prague, From Pakhol

Amsterdam Salt Office, merchants, students, soldiers, coolies and tung to Kongmoun; where one may Madrid.

board steamer for Hongkong. The farmers, both men and women. I have tried to feel as

trip costs about half the amount of Lisbon.

Hongkong they feel and put myself in their place; see things through Hongkong. It takes about a day Bombay

the steamers running between Falthoi

Montreal Chinese eyes.

les to come up by bits. In fact the Brussels. fures are very reasonable on all these e

Yokohama lines.

Belgrade. miles of Montevides.. thousand

may

At least

one

21.02 12.4014

12.40

5471/2

5472

95

.22.40

22.40

19,40

19.40

.19.90.

10.00

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22618

1/2

1/2

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4.99.9/39

.2012

2612

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8.00

14214

142 14

Nom.

Nom.

.110 f

110

.1/3

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20.15

29.463

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101%

-British Wireless.

highways have been built in recent Rio de Janeiro....2is rears in southern Kwangtung.

Plenty Of Food

I find that there is plenty of all

On every side I have noticed that the people are preparing to resist the Japanese should they try to land troops anywhere along the southern coast of the province or to start an invasion of the province. In every town and in every village men are training. The governments of food in this section. The is furnishing instructors and all men between the age of 18 and 40 are required to register and report in the late afternoons for instruction in the art of defence, and they go about it gladly.

Silver (Spot)........18 ¿Silver (forward). 18%

War Loan.. . . . . . 101 *

FISHING PROTOCOL

41

rice crop is one of the best in years. The government is not allowing any; exports at all; therefore rice is cheap. cheap. There was There are plenty of pigst so pork is

Moscow, Dee. 20. il big potain crop,¦

The Japanese Ambassador and the so the people are well provided for

for Assistant People's Commissar this winter. Business

the in

small

Foreign Amirs have signed. a I was going down a certain street; 1 was soon to observe that there were

market towns 1 I observe be brisk.

protocol establishing temporary In a southern town a few nights ago] not enough shelters to take care of Taking advantage of the absence of fisheries regime for 1938.-Reuter, and ran into a group training under the total population. Many, how-su nuany soldiers who have been sent a street lamp. A military man was ever, I was given to understand, to the front, rubbers and bandits have giving Instruction about

to

ten would thee to the country in the event beemme active. The village of Chong citizens, the oldest was about thirty-of an attack. In fact thousands have Kong itu, between Liemeney and safety, mly displaying what they had five, the youngest were mere school already gone to the small villages to Yunchow, was looted recently, some to have daily. boys about Afteen years of age. Alive with relatives until all danger is being killed. However police have rounded up eleven of the bandits who large group watched while the ulcer past. put this group through the various exercises. In many sections those under training are using wooden guns, as there are not enough rifles to go

around.

Bomb-Proof Shelters

In

king.

Ignorant Of The War

as to what it was all about. When

are now in prison In Liemehow. This correspondent found that many spite of the war stare the peoplest of the fishing fleet has now been of the villagers and mountain folk remain quiet. It is absolutely amaz-armed to fight the pirates that are sere almost totally immorant of the ing how philosophically the majority i of the people loolt upon the war and gain infesting the Gulf of Tung-war. They had but the foggiest ideu the dangers attending upon it. While

have just talked with one of the talked about it the old farmers simply they are making all the preparations ponsible to protect themselves, yet largest merchants in Pakhoi. He Is answered: "We are farmers and they are not fosing much sleep over an old friend. This merchant told know nothing about the government. If it comes to their town, well, me that business was quite as good The offlelals come and collect the The bow as it was this time a year ago, taxes, and we pay because we should ! will come so that is that.

This-was-A

was-a-great-surprise to me since do so. When asked what they would people are calm."

hact supposed that owing to the war do if the Japanese tools the country. seare business had fallen off at least they answered simply: "If they

taxes.

xes. We one half. I find that the stocks in they will collect the

In September Japanese war planes few over most of the southern elties. A few small bobs were dropped in Pakhol. This gave the people quite a scare and induced them to build or dig bomb-proof dugouts. In some of these cltles I was taken to see the dugouts. Many of them were put-pushed throughout the South for a covered that this was due to the fact come we pay side of the city, built into the hill-good while now. Ten years ago there that the merchants had stored away our farming, so it does not side and were in good shape. But were few rontis in southern Kwang-much of their stocks in places of difference who the officials are.

Highway Construction Highway construction has

UB

SHANGHA

come

pay

been most of the stores are low, but dis- our present if the Japanese i

DARK

Undoubledly

BEER AT ITS BEST

and go on with make much

whether Japanese or Chinese; in any case we must pay." They have little Ideu of the national issues now at stake. They can neither read nor write and spend their days with the) hoc and the spade and let the world inove on its way.

A

But in the towns we find a different situation. People aro Interested in what is going on. In the larger towns

sinall

paper is issued and daily is read with great Interest. While much of the news is sensational and largely rumour and cannot be relied upon, still it is better than no news at all. Most of these small dailies are run by young men just out of middle school and cannot be expected to be up to par. But they are doing their best for their country.

Salvation Bonds

House to house canvass is now being

SHARE PRICES ·

The following is the Ilst of local share quotations issued this morning,

Banks

HK. Banks, $1,445 b.

H.K. Banks. (Lon. Reg), £871⁄2 b. Chartered Bank, £12% n.

Mercantile Bank, A. and B. £324

n,

Mercantile Bank, C., £15 n. East Asia Bank, $80 n.

Inauratices

Canton Ins, $270 n. Union In.. $3ir-n. China Underwriters, $1.50 n. H.K. Fire In., $235 n. Shipping

Douglas, $40% b. HK Steamboats, $9.20 b. Indo-Chinas (Prof.), $51 n. Indo-Chinus (Def.), $43 n. Shell Bearer, 95/75% n. Union Waterboats, $0.30 1.

Docks etc. HK. & W. Wharves, $113 n. II.K. & W. Docks, $38 n. Providents

mis (old), $2 n. Providents (new), 20 cts. s.

New Engineerings, Sh.- Shanghai Docks, Sh

Kalian Mining Adm. 16/0 n. Raubs, $7% b.

Venz: Goldfeld, $5 n. Hongkong Mines 13 cis. s.

Philipplae Mining

Antamok, P. 49 n.

Atoks, P. .17 11.

Baguio

Benguet

Gold, P. 14% n.

Consu

Benguet Expl

Big Wedge,

P. 0.80 n.

Coco Grove, P. 30 n.

Consolidated Mines, P. .011 n.

Demonstrations, P. 331⁄2 n.

E. Mindanao, P. —

Gumaus C'fields, P. --- Ipo Gold, P.-

I.X.L

P. .57 n.

Itogons, P.-

Masbate

Consols, P.-

Min. Resources, P.

Northern Min., P.

Paracale Gumaus, P. 16 n.

Mining. P Salacot

San Mauricio, 1, 41 m.

Suyoc Consol., .14 n.

United Paracates, P. 41 n.

Lands, Hotels, etc.

II. and S. Hotels, $5 s.

II.K. Lands, $3: n.

H.K. Lands, 4% Deben, $100 n.

S'hai Lands, Sh.

Metropolitan Lands, Sh. - Humphries, $814 n. H.K. Reuities, $431 s. Chinese Estates, $83 n. Chin Realties, Sh.- Chino Debent,

Public Utilities H.K. Tramwayy, $12.80 b. Peak Trams (old), $715_n. Peak Trams (new), 53% n.. Star Ferries, $80 n.

53.

Yaumall Ferries (old), $241⁄2 n. Ching Light (old), $9.80 b. China Light Rts. $1.40 no. ILK.. Electric, $5031 Macao Electric, 10% n. Sandakan Lights, $14 n. Telephone (old), $20 n. Telephone (new), 39 n. China Buses, Sh. -- Singapore Tractions, 23/9 n. Singapore Pref., 234

23/- n. Industrials Cald: Mack. (old), Sh. - Cald: Macg (Pref), Sh.--- Canton Ices, $1.70 n. Cement.. $12.20 b.

11.K. Ropes $3.00

Stores, &c. Dairy Farm. $23 n. Watsons, $431⁄2 n. Lane Crawfords, $8.00 n. Sinceres, $1.75 D.

Wing On (H.K.), 340 n. Wm. Powells, 75 cts. n.

Cotton Mills Ewo Cottons Sh. $12 n. S'hai Cottons (old). Sh. 555 n. Zoong Sings, Sh.- Wing On Textiles, Sh.

Miscellaneous

H.K. Entertainments, $5.20 b. Constructions (old), $14 b. Constructions (new), $1.10 b. Vibro Piling, $6 n.

Ch. Govt. 5% 1915 GSBds, 74% n. ILK. Govt. 4% Loan 5% prm. n. H.K. Govt. 31% Loan 1 prm.

b.

Wallace Harpers, $5 n.

Marsmans Ins. (Lon.), s/ 18/D . Marsmans Inv. (H.K.), s. 4/6 15.

EXCHANGE

Selling

made in the interest of government T.T. London finance and the people are being Demand urged to subscribe to the Salvation T.T. Shanghal Bonds. There is a gratifying response T.T. Singapore and the various towns and counties

T.T Japan are meeting their quota. Branches T.T. India of the Bank of China ave been T.T. established in all the large towns to USA. facilitate the change-over from local Manila currency to the National Currency. Batavin T.T. Bangkok At the present time one Hongkong TT. Sulgon dollar is worth approximately $1.50 T.T. France

T.T. T.T.

1s. 27

la, 2%

104

1061

3071

0132

.6514

1403%

.90%

.0.10

.70%

13314

1/015

Buying

...1/31%

In the local money of this district. T.T. Germany

It is now necessary for foreigners T.T. Switzerland travelling in the Interior to have in T.T. Australia their possession passports in order. My advice is: "Don't try to get by without it as you will more than like- ly land in prison and will have no end of trouble."

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Thousands of sufferers from Kidney

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30 d/s India

U.S. Cross rate in London

.1/3.6/32 ..31

..0.05

.03 ...4.80%

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