1938-02-04 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1938.

SELF-DESTRUCTION PREFERRED TO CAPTURE

SOLDIERS FEEL

SUICIDE RAISES

JAPAN'S HONOUR

By I. O. THOMPSON

United Press Stuff Correspondent.

Tientsiri.

A party of dignified members of the House of Peers, the uppor chambor in Japan's Parliament, stood in a dusty roadway of Toh- chow discussing plans for continuing its inspection of the North China battle zone.

O

Some of the men

be the plane they Suddenly the ship

An airplane appeared from the south. cast casual eyes upward, thinking it might were to use for the return trip to Tientsin. dived and there was a furious rattling of machine-gun fire as the Chinese gunner strafed, the street.

ESCAPE FROM

MP

The

ducked for shelter, dignity thrown aside. They dived in doorways; one took refuge under cart, Bullets kicked up clouds of dust. Here was warfare in earnest,

FOREIGN LEGION more than the inspection party had

One Killed And Three Wounded In Dash For Liberty

ONLY ONE SUCCEEDS

anticipated.

No one was injured and a Japanese' statt

captain, gulding the party, said that there was more excitement than real danger in the incident.

"Really nothing at all" was the

"It wasi way Capt. T. Santo put it. no more dangerous than a cup of water thrown from a mountain-top." But he had a difficult time making the Peers belleve it.

One member of the French Foreign Legion has been killed, three others

Captain, Santo, a brave soldier and wounded, and a Afth has escaped in

horseman, told me about the expert a daph for llberly made by the five attitude of the Japanese toward death men on Saturday night from the' the field of battle. Members of

an cutpost at Aln el lludur, through the his own family had written him, he Mckerra Forest, says Exchange from said, saying that white they hoped his Orün.

health was excellent there would be The dead man is Rudolph Trenlich. great honour attached to his death During the night of Christmas in action.

Day, two Legionarles named Walter Other officers told me ther had Sans and Rott Reyberg went to a been frequent cases of officers and post where three others--Trenlich, men cominitting suicide at the front. John Nelson, and Jean Strandan-Japanese soldiers frequently choose to capture and feel honour were on guard, and the five of them death broke into the armoury and took bound to destroy themselves if they! two rifles, 480 cartridges, und four feel they have not acquitted them- bayonets. They then made off to-selves well or if they have failed

IT WAS GOUT—HE right foot, well protected, while he uses a cane, hero Great Britain's Prime Minister, Neville Cham- berlain, who has been suffering from an attack of gout. But re- cuperating, he is shown leaving 10 Downing Street,

CANADA

wards Morocco, intending, it is be-their Emperor in an important ser- SPEEDS

lieved, to join the Spanish Army. vicu.

They met a motor car driven by a captain in civilian clothes. He asked

munoeuvres

und

Other officers told me there had UP DEFENCE

them what they were doing, and they leer, was recuperating in Tientsin

Toronto. told him they were returning from from wounds received in the storming their of the city walls at Chenting during

Canada's duty of supporting Great had lost detachments. Being suspicious, the the southern Hopeh campaign.

comrade's Britain in her struggle for peace was IS story of a

emphasised by Mr. captain ordered them at once to lay told me

Mackenzie, down their arms.

Dominion Minister of National

car.

STOPPED BY GUARDS

ronds. The car reached one of the

He

De-

New Baronet

Works In

In Bank

Sydney.

Here in Sydney there has been found, after a world- wide search lasting nine months, the heir to one of England's oldest baronetcies. His name is Frederic Farrand Trollope. He is a bank clerk-cares little for baronetcies.

He becomes the fourteenth holder of the baronetcy of Trollope of Case- wick, Lincolnshire, created in 1842, and owner of the South Lincolnshire estates of Braceborough and Great- ford.

I saw the new baronet to-day. He

Is nixty-two years, old, single. He

EMPIRE NEWS

lives in Shirley-roud, North Sydney, SOUTH AFRICA TO

and is employed in a Sydney bank. He was most reticent about his plans, said to me:

MAKE GUNS

Johannesburg.

"I expect to visit England next Following successful tesis with a year, but I don't believe there are trench mortar made locnily, 4.5-in any estates in South Lincolnshire.

The title won't make any difference and 3.7-in howitzers are to be manu- factured here within the next eight to my way of living."

Search for the fourteenth baronet months as part of an experiment to can manufac- began when the thirteenth baronet, which South Africa Sir Arthur Grant Trollope, Bled last ture her own ordnance from local | February.

material.

Iis heir won Franic Anthony Trol lope, a distant cousin, and grandson of Anthony Trollope, the novelist.

DID NOT MARRY

It is not yet certain whether the guns will be made in private fac- tories or by a State department.

Air Defence Plana When the Arst batch of the 100 acroplanes ac- Frank Anthony Trollope lived Inquired from Great Britain arrives Australia, but he died. It was the

In March the Union will have 250 need for definitely establishing whe- frat ne defence aircraft, exclusive ther he had married and left a son of the South African Airways fleet. which began the nine-months' search. The Government hopes to have 500 Now the search has ended, Frank Arst line machines plus reserves and Anthony Trollope did not marry-1,000 pilots by 1041. Mr. Pirow, and Frederic Farrand Trollope sue- ceeds to the title.

Minister of Railways and Defence, said to-day that when Britain could sell something better than Junker planes, the Government would buy with pleasure,

Icin

The title was held by the second Lord Kesteven, on whose death, in 1015, passed to his bachelor

Union's Best Customer-At the nephew. Captain Thomas Trollope. Within a few months, however, he United Party Congress at Bloemfon-

to-day M. Pirow, when the troopship

answering lost his life Mercian was torpedoed off the Egyp-criticism of the Government's pur- chase of German locomotives, sald lian coast.

that the prices quoted by Germany were the lowest and those of Britain the highest. Despite this disparity the Government had decided to spend £500,000 with Britain, Union's best customer.

New Tailless Plane May Solve Air Problems

bravery.

In command of the infantry ut fence, in a speech at the Canadian The five men ren him and overcharged with attacking Chunting Military Instituate banquet. powered him, and he was bound and Mizoguchi found that the artillery Schemes for fortifications along Augged and thrown back in the car.

detachment backing him

up was the Pacific and Atlantic coasts have The men then drove away in the commanded by a Capt. Kobayashi. been completely revised in e- "He was my classmate at the cordance with the Government's an- Military Academy." Mizoguchi said.

Washington, Jan. 5. By this time troops had been "The success of our attack was ducunted policy," said Mr. Mackenzie. The new fortifications were already

The U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce thrown out over a wide uten wid largely to a renewal of friendship and under way. "At present," added the is.building for experimental purposes barriers erected at points on the bravery by Capt. Kobayashi.

Minister, "we are concentrating on a tailless, straight-wing plane which We were about 150 metres in front expenditure on the Pacific coast for may solve several problems of the barriers and was challenged, but the of the enemy and they opened strategical reasons which yoll will

aviation industry. driver swerved round the barrier, rifle and machine-gun barrage. Capt. all appreciate." only to be brought to a halt by other Kobayashi Instructed his men by field "During

While government experts make guards further along the road, telephone to direct their Are at the anxiety." Mr. Mackenzie continued, no promises of performance, they say gun-bass and thus cover "Great-Beltain has always shouldered pilots will put the plane through All five of the men jumped out machine-gun-L

our advance.

very great responsibilities. She tests which may result in: and got awny. A Bitle Inter, how-

"Then Kobayashi, instead of re-should and must be supported in her ever, a patrol came across them maining back with the guns, ad struggles in this regard."

1. Increased safety. and in the battle which followed

vanced to

the infantry positions and

2. Great speed in fight. He added that the Government was three of the men, Sans, Reyeberg,

negotiating for a supply of unti- and Trenlich, were wounded, and charged the walls side-by-side with

In fact, he helped me command aircraft and Bren guns-Neuter. Trenlich died a few minutes after me. they were captured. Another, who my troops.

"It was one of the rare times when was wounded, was captured Inter. One man got away unhurt and is still the artillery has gone right to the at Iberty.

The three who were taken alive are now under arrest at Sid bel Abbas.

Four of the men are belleved to be of British or American nationality, but this is not definitely established,

front-line fighting instead of occupy Ing the usual position at the rear. Hej was a true friend.”

“MEANEST MAN" BOBS UP AGAIN

This city's

Pajaro. Cal. candidate for

the

ns a man scarcely ever gives his "meanest man" entered the aviary of correct name and nationality on Mrs. W. H. West and wrung the necks Joining the Legion.

of five canaries.

and this period of stress

3. A lower landing speed.

4. Partial removal of the need for larger airports to accommodate huge transports.

6. Lower construction cost for com- mercial air liners.

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TREASURER "CRACKS" SAFE Ogdensburg, N. Y.

of 6. Development City Treasurer M. M. Morsc

low-cost "cracked" the sate in police head-"fivver" plane for private flying. quarters vault when he solved the

The plane is being constructed at mystery of the missing combination. The safe had been closed since New Philadelphia, Ohio, at a cost of activites about $15,000 and will be completed abandonment of T.E.R.A. here. Morse worked half an hour be- early in January, officials say. fore arriving at the proper combina- Ition.

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COAL INDUSTRY'S PROSPECTS

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Calcutta, The latest report of the Geological Survey of India is an encouraging

recovery, especially record of

A coal quotation standing at 49 Od a year ago is to-day Bs. Gd, and share values have substantially risen. It is many years since the industry enjoyed such prices, which are in

main a reflection of general the economic recovery.

five- Five-Year Health Plan-A year health plan is being considered The by the Government of Burma. proposed scherne Includes some 300 rural dispensaries, fionting and tra- velling dispensaries, the provision of medicine chests for villages and sub- sidies for medical practitioners.

Canada

BLOW FOR SOCIAL CREDIT

Lethbridge, Alberta. The by-election here has resulted defent of the Social Credit In the candidate, Mr. A. J. Burnup.

Mr. Burnup conceded the seat to Dr. J. M. Campbell, the "Unity Con- candidate, representing

The Army recently has been test-vention" ing a high speed bomber equipped four parties opposing Social Credit, with "pusher" engines and reports after the count of votes at 34 out of 33 polling stations had shown that that they attain an efficiency 15 per Dr. Campbell was leading by 3,869 cent. greater than motor mounted

votes to 3,167.-Reuter. in the usual manner. *The reason is that the wings "direct" ale cur- rets toward the propellors and they obtain a better "bite" on the alt.

Anti-Jew Propaganda--Numerous complaints are being made by mem- bers of the large Jewish community In Ontario that the province in be ture.

This fact, combined with the possi-ing flooded with anti-Semitle litera- bility that elimination of the fuselage would reduce alr resistance, may tend to increase the flight speed of the plane,

Safely development, as well as the probability of slower landing speeds, are matters which the plane itelf must prove in tests.

Snow-Ploughs for Britain-Part of a consignment of 300 snow-ploughs ordered from Canada by the British Government has been shipped from Montreal,

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that tests are now being condueled which would reduce landing speerts thereby solving an airport problem described as "chaotic."

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