1938-01-06 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1938.

"The Oxygen of Civilisation Necessary For the Lungs of Abyssinians ” K SHOES

ITALY ACCUSED BY HER OWN FILM

IRONY OF ETHIOPIAN

WAR

PICTURES

(By A Film Critic)

The Film Society has pro- duced a dramatic and ter- ribly ironic documentation of the Italian invasion of Aby- seinia.

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It has been achieved by dovetailing the official film glorifying Italian arms un-! der the title of "The Path of the Heroes" with film made by two Russian cameramen on much more simple lines and bearing the title "Abyssinia."

flaving been shown hi the Russian picture something of the peace-time lives of the amiable and placid Abys- sinluns, we pass to an elaborate tallan sequence and see the tremen- dous concentration of activities in preparation for the campaign.

"Confident of its courage and con- scious of its civilising inission," says the Italian commentator, the force inoves on.

"OXYGEN OF CIVILISATION"

And then, disturbed by the scope and immensity of these wonderfully organised preliminaries, we are taken buck to Abyssinia to observe, in- cidentally, the calma dignity of the Emperor and to contemplate with dismay the pitifully inadequate

resources of the

coloured warriors

as they mobilise to meet a foe of remorselessness whow strength and they can have little conception.

There follows more of the Italian might bringing inexorably nearer to the Abyssinians what the super- charged commentator calls

the

exygen of civilisation necessary to enable their lungs to breathe more fulls.*

Here Italian road making has a marvellous demonstration.

The claim that the Italian forces, "with truly Roman energy, are per- forming a miracle whereby new roads) seem to be born as the wheels Ko over them." is a pardonable extrava zance in the circumstances,

BOMBING THE RED CROSS

The menace of this grim, advancing! strength gives a deeper poignancy to the spectacle of the poorly equipped Abyssinians moving up bravely to the front, where they are inspirited by the presence of the Emperor himself Aeroplanes, guns, gas and tank are all massing against them.

"For the first time in history," says

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Mm! This Is Good!

Happy Photograph taken at K.CC. Childrens' Party-Stný Photographer.

MARY PICKFORD

IS HOLDING UP

HUGE FILM DEAL

Around The Empire

INDIAN CONGRESS ALARM AT UNREST

Bombay.

The Central Executive of the Con- gress party is becoming increasingly alarmed at the spread of agrarian and industrial unrest. According to the political correspondent of the Timer of India a political crisis of a serious nature is fast developing.

The actions of the governments in Congress-ruled provinces are loudly criticised not only by Communists und other extremists, but also by moderates. They say that they are similar to those of past governments,

The activities of students, coupled with the unrest due to unemploy raent, are causing anxiety.

Members of the Congress Central

Executive are demanding an early meeting to review conditions.

number 50,000 Petition

D

by Congress

bullock carts, est by red

volunteers and

E RADIO BROADCAST

Tchaikowsky Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, op. 61 CHILDREN'S HOUR

Radio Programme Broadcast by Z.D.W. on Frequencies of 845 K.e's. 9.52 m.e's. per second.

H.K.T.

12-12-20 Relay of Special Service from St, Jul's Cathedral.

12.30 Gracle Fields (Comedienne). Like The Big Pols Do (Long); I Thlak of What Used To Think Of Me (Turk, Hanley, and Lyman); The Photograph Of Mother's Wedding Group (Hargreaves and Damerelt).

12.40 Ambrose and His Orchestra. Fox-Trots-Old Sailor; Nun-Yuff And Sun-Yul: When The Poppies Bloom Again; Slowy Fox-Trot- Serenade In The Night; Fox-Trots- Fin An Old Cowhand (from 'Rhythm on the Range'); Emply Saddles (from Rhythm on the Range'); Lost My Rhythm, Lost My Music, Lost My Man (from 'Soft Lights and Sweet Music).

flags bearing the hammer and sickle device, have unloaded 50,000 peti- tions outside the Patna house of Mr. Sinha, Premier of Behar. The peti-Report. tions, which came from the peasan- try, enumerated grievances against the landlords..

three

1 Local Time Signal and Weather 1.03 Rossini-La Boutique Fan- tasque.

Played by the London Philharm- Witchcraft Murders-01 R3 mur- ders committed in Bihar in the past onje Orchestra conducted by Eugene

months

Goossens. officially nine are 1 ascribed to witchcraft. The victims were killed either to propitiale an evit spirit or because they were sus pected of harbouring one.

Marie Antoinette's Necklace-Cus.

mp duty amounting to £7,500 has

been

by the Bombay authorities on Marie Antoinette's diamond necklace which was sold at, Sotheby's on July 1. It was bought by the Maharaja of Darbhanga for

£15,000.

1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press; An- Loen! Weather Forecast and nouncements.

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Dreain-Polpourri

1.40 Songs by Tino Rossi (Tenor). Reviens Cherie (Cyrleroy, Gardoni und Patruno): Colombella (de Pier- Marinella (Scotto, lus-Fernay);

He Corse Pujol and Koger); D'Amour (Koger and Scotto).

1.54 Viennese Waltzes 'A Waltz (Straus, arr. Dostal)....Marek Web- CI and His Orchestra; Vienna Blood (Strauss); Blue Danube (Strauss) and The Piccadilly ....De Gruat has

Orchestra; Moonlight On The Alster (Feiras); Wine, Women And Song (Strauss).... Marek Weber and His Orchestra.

Close Dawn. 5-8.03 European Programine. 8.03-11 Chinese Programine,

Under Five Governors.-BhagwaR- dni, one of the oldest servants at Calcutta Government House,

messenger sue- served as personal cessively Cessive! under five Governors of Bengal. They are the late

Lord Carmichael. who assumed offer in 1912, the Earl of Ronaldshny, now the Earl of Marquess of Zetland, Lytton. Sir Stanley Jackson and Sir Juhn Anderson. Bhagwandni hopes to be able to complete a term with Lord Brabourne.

Retired Officer's Sulcide. A ver- rlet of "sufelde while of unsound mind" was returned, at the inquest at Colombo on Mr. W. R. P. Eyre, a retired lieutenant-commander of the

-Reports Hollywood Royal Navy, who died from a gun- shot wound. He was first secretary of the Ceylon Planters' Society. SOUTH AFRICA

Mary Pickford, reported from Hollywood to be oppos- ing the £1,200,000 Goldwyn-Korda film deal, is said to have telephoned her former husband, Mr. Douglas Fairbanks, Senior, who is now in London.

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"Doug" is stated to have urged her to accept a the Italian commentator, "whole de-offer for the control of the United Artists' Corporation,

led by aircraft at present held by "Doug," Mary and Charlie Chaplin.

tachments were squadrons."

We ree Juter the bombing of the British Red Cross in Abyssinia and !

Hollywood trade circles believe that the big deal will the damage to a prominently display- not go through owing to Miss Pickford's attitude on an alternative proposal, different from the offer made to her by Alexander Korda last summer.

ed cross itself.

There are clusters of the primitive ||

native dwellings bombed and in

Games, and so on.

CHAPLIN MAY BUY

The new offer, it is stated, would leave Goldwyn and Korda ample funds to finance productions with the money so far obtained.

Under the original plan no money would have been available, as the was due to expire on Decem-

The only wounded Italians shown are those travelling comfortably from the firing line by car and aeroplane. AID FOR BEFUGGEE FUND The double flim winds up with scenes of wild rejoicing in Rome, a review and a speech (delivered pre- sumably by Mussolini himself) telling the populace again of the glory of ber 15. victory.

On Sunday, December 19, the Em- peror Haile Selassie himself these pictures at the Regal, Marble Arch, on the occasion of a gathering in aid of the Refugee Fund.

saw

option

Luxury Home

In London

"Mary Pickford and Douglas Fair- (Meals Found)

once

as known senior, banks,

were "Hollywood's ident couple," divorced in January, 1935.

Fairbanks

In March, 1936, Mr. married Lady Ashley (formerly Sylvin Hawkes, the actress); and last June Miss Pickford married Charles ("Buddy") Rogers, the dance band

'MR. PRESIDENT leader-Reuter. I'M IN LOVE.

New York. as well as the Real-e glamour glamour of the stage is shown in this) letter which pretty eighteen-year-old Grace McDonald, of New York, has sent to Mr. Roosevelt.

"Dear Mr. President,-1 nm in love with a young man, Bradford Greene, who has written the music for a musi- cal play on Broadway and is about to be one of the most successful com- posers In the country.

DOCTOR'S "REMORSE" Killed Himself After Confession to Wife

-45s. A Week

have If you are a bachelor and lived in longkong for over a year. and thus qualify as a Colonial, you

when live luxuriously

you are home in London for £2 55.

can

EMPIRE-PARACHUTE- RECORD

Cape Town. Mr. William Kerr, a young com- of Johannesburg. merim K and formerly a parachutist, set up Empire record to-day by

il new

was

jumping from a height of 22.385ft.

The camp was inade near Stander- ton; Transvaal, and Mr. Kerr was unconscious when he landed.

The previous Empire record 22,000ft. The world record. is over 36,000ft..

Russlan the made by Kaitanoff.

United Party Congress.-G. Smuts. Minister of Justice, will open Congress of the United party at Bloemfontein to-morrow. Six Cabinet Ministers

the are attending, and chief

topic of discussion will be the 1038 election campaign.

Record Bunkering. Table Bay harbour officials set up a record yea- terday by bunkering the American steamer Ulysses, 10,700 tons, at the rate of 812 tons of oil fuel per hour. The Ulysses took 5.500 tons, which is a record amount here for one ship,

CANADA

BY-ELECTION IN ALBERTA

Felmonton.

feet. W.C., you can have a large Polling takes place to-morrow at week, In London House, Guilford

for a member of the bright, thickly carpeted room, tiled Lethbridge

Legislature. The by- bath, alcove, a chromium wall lamp Alberta

election bus been necessitated by the for reading in bed,

Your private room includes modern: resignation of Mr. Hans E. Wright, Dr. Ivor Nicholas Lewis (32), New book shelves, cupboards for shirts, Social Credit member.

The candidates are Mr. A. J. Bur- and Dr. J. M. Cavendish Street, London, killed him-man-size writing desk.

At no extra charge you can have nap, Sucini Credit, self in a fit of remorse after being

breakfast and dinner un weekdays, Campbell, who has been chosen as unfaithful to his wife.

This was the opinion of Mr. Ingleby all meals on Sundays, squash courts.Unity Convention" candidate to re- Oddle, the Paddington Coroner, in and the use of a private dining-room present four parties opposing Social

Credit. Reuter. recording a verdict of suleide while to entertain women friends.

"It's awfully highbrow" Was the of unsound mind on Dr. Lewis, who was found dead on the floor of his conclusion of 108 students and pro-NEW ZEALAND with anaesthelle fessional mes from Conadu, Rhode- recently

they sia, and Australia when study apparatus attached to his face.

Mrs. Mary Lewis said that some spected the new building. Eighty-five

Wellington. weeks ago her husband had told her will be moving in next week.

Queen Mary unlocked the ank door that he had been unfaithful and he

The bill introduced by the Govern- same thing again. Ile of the new house recently after must be sold the

seemed very upset about it. By na-speech by Mr. William M. Good-ment reducing the life of the New

enough, chairman of governors

Zealand Parliament to three years ture he was rather temperamental.

The Coroner Do you know of any the Dominion Students Hall Trust passed the House of Representatives other reason why he should take his which he founded in 1030. life?-Ile was a little worried by some stocks and shares that had gone down.

"However, last year when the play did not seem as though it was going to be sold, Brad enlisted in the navy, and it means six years, and besides now that success is on our door-step we would rather be together.

"Mr. President, there something you can do to get Brad out of the Navy."

Toast of "The King" Is Loft Out

Calculta.

soning.

was

in-

a

of

of

the Royal College of Surgeons and Sir Thomas Skene Keith sald that licentiate of the Royal College teath was due to nitrous oxide pol Physicians, held several posts as an anaesthetist. Ife studied medicine

The toast of "The King"

The Coroner said that Dr. Lewis at St. George's Hospital, London, omlifed recently when a banquet had left a letter to his wife, contain-where he later became house surgeon was given in Calcutta to Professor ing some money. In it he said, "This and physician and resident anaesthe Syed Hussain, of California, under is the only recompense 1 can make tist. He was honorary anaesthetist for the wrong I have done you," at the Metropolitan Hospital, Bremp There was also a document purport-ton Hospital, and St. Andrew's Hos ing to be a will, in which everything pital, Dolls til. At the iloto of his was bequeathed to Mrs. Lewis, death he was assistant anacathetişt

Dr. Lowls, who was 8, reember of at Bt. George's,

the chairmanship of the Hindu peer, Lord Sinha.

Instead of testing the King, the Premier of Bengal, Mr. A. L. Fazl al-Hug, proposed "India."

SHORTER LIFE FOR PARLIAMENT

recently.

The last Government extended the life of Parliament to four years.-- Reuter.

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2.15

Relay of the Dance Orchestra. from the Roof Garden of the long-

kong

Hotel.

Cause

1. Night over Shanghai: 2. my Baby says it's so; 3. I itnow now; 4. The Lady who couldn't be kissed. 5.15 Interval of recorded dance musle from Z.B.W.

5.20 5. Where are you?; 6. Feel- Yours and ing like a Million; 7.

my Mine: 8. Your Broadway and Broadway.

3.35 Interval of recorded dance music from Z.B.W.

5.45 9. More Power to you; 10. You're my Dish: 11, I've got my heart set on you; 12. Swing is here to Sway.

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Studio Children's Hour.

Songs by Elisabeth (Soprano).

Schumann

Wiegenlied Der Kuss' (Smelana); Frukslingstraum. Op. 89, No. 11 ('Winterreise-Schubert); Der Ein- sane, Op. 41 (Schubert).

7.10 Closing Local Stock Quota- tions and Hongkong Exchange Afar- ket Report.

and

7.15 London-Yascha Krein H Gypsy Orchestra,

Armenian Dance: Rural Songs of Russia; Ronanian Folk-Songs; Tabor Folk-Songs (Caravan); Hungarian (Trad.).

7.45 Ballads.

Belleve Me, If All Those Endear

arr. ing Young Charms (Moore. Clutsam)....Danny Malone (Tenor); The Devout Love (White); Joggin' Along The Highway (Samuel).... Percy Heming (Baritone); Devon- shire Cream und Cider (Curzon and Somerset Up From Sanderson); (Weatherly and Sanderson).... Mal- colm McEachern (Bass).

Local Time Signal. Report and Announcements,

Weather

8.05 Chinese Programme-Studlu Concert.

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8.03 Variety.

Music Novelty Jublice Parade, 1922-1935... Including Jack Dnd Hylton: Sir Harry Lauder

Trumps Gracie Fields; Vocal-Melody No. 2....The Four Aces (The Vocal Of Orchestra): Orchestra-Memories floratio Nicholls....Debroy Sommers Band: One Never Knows, Does One?

Mal Hallett and His Orchestra. 8.30 London'At The Black Dog.' Mr. Wilkes at home in his own bar- parlour. Presented by Pascoe Thorn- ton.

9 Chopin.

Etude In A Minor (Winter Wind) Op. 25, No. 11...Irene Scharrer (Piano); Mazurka, Op. 24, No. 4; Mazurka, Op. 33, No. 4....Imaz Friedman (Plano).

Wagner's

0.15 London-World Affairs' A talk by the Rt. Hon. Sir Malcolm 9.39 London-Tho News, Robertson, G.C.M.G., KBE,

from Extracts 9.50 Operas.

The Flying Dutchman-Overture ....Bruno Walter conducting the Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Tannhauser-Blick' Tch Umher.... and Friedrich Schorr (Barilone) New Symphony Orchestra cond. by Albert Coates.

10.10 Tchaikovsky---Sysxphony No. 5 In E Minor, Op. 64.

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