1938-03-22 — Page 19

AMERICAN POLICY CLARIFIED

Mr. Cordell Hull's Speech Delights Official Circles

WAR CUTS PROFITS OF H.K. FIRM

But A. S. Watson And Co. Pays Dividend

A considerable increase in profits which nevertheless would Washington, Mar. 21. have been much greater but for Mr. Cordell Hull's recent the outbreak of hostilities in speech is regarded officially as China, was mentioned by the a reaffirmation, instead of a new Chairman, Mr. D. E. Clark, at statement, of United

States the 53rd. ordinary yearly meet- policy. It has attracted interesting of A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd., in castern United States chiefly held at the Hongkong Hotel because of its connection with this morning. the European crisis instead of thé Orient.

Omcials pointed out that Mr. Hull's comment on the Pacife aren is a reiteration of the viewpoint previously stated, but that he gave a new emphasis to the importance of the co-ordination of the United States policy in the Pacifle with world polley of maintaining law and Mr. Cordell Hull had replied order, Mr. to the congressional advocates of withdrawal from the the

There were present, Mr. Clark, Hon. Sir Shouson Chow, Mr, S. Williamson (Directors), Mr. W. Paterson (Secretary), Messrs, N. V. A. Craucher, J, D. Humphreys, J. H. Tarrant, FW Stapleton, Peter Wong, P. C. Potts and R. Johannes- (shareholders), C. B. Brown

sen

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY, MARCH

SURRENDER ONLY WAY TO PEACE

Insurgents Won't Compromise

Burgos, Mar. 21.

an

FORGERS SENT TO PRISON

Chief Justice Points Out Unpatriotic Angle Of Crime

1988

RADIO BROADCAST

"Village Wooing" Play By Bernard Shaw

MOZART CONCERTO

Radio Programme Broadcast by Z.B.W. on Frequencies of 845 k.c.'; 5.82 m.c.'s. per second.

HIT.

St. John's

12.30 Songs by Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone).

It is authoritatively stated by the Insurgent headquarters that

Heavy sentences were imposed on there is "no possibility of

a woman and three men when they armistice, unless, as a prelude,sions this morning on

were convicted at the Criminal Ses-

charges of, 12.0-12.20 p.m. Relay of Service the international Marxists who possession of forged banknotes, pos- of Intercession from are carrying on the war make session of instruments for forgery, Cathedral.

United Press. an unconditional surrender." and conspiracy. They were tried be

fore the Chief Justice, Sit Atholl MacGregor, and a jury comprising of Messrs. S. S. Harris (foreman), Lam Ming-fan, Ll Lan-sang, T. H. Lunson, A. F. Paul, C. C. Robertson, and H. L. Go

Gooey.

British Cruiser For Barcelona

Aska Vatican To Protest

The Man In The Street (Long- stoffe); The Winding Road (Araby & Andrew); The Shepherd Boy's. Song (Pepper).

12.40 B.B.C. Wireless Military Black Domine Overturé Tho

La Arr. Winterbottom); Tarantelle De Belphegor (Roch Al- Defendants were Cheung

Sam- bert); Malaguena (From "Boabdil

Lake); Silver mul, married woman, Wong Yau- Moskowaici arr.

The Ho Po-ku and sang,

Jubilee March (H. Letts); Wong

Hon- Icong

March (B. W. O'Donnell) The woman

In passing sentence, his Lordship remarked that they had committed a Band. serious erime, and had done their country an ill service in it time of (Auber, need.

was charged with wander cond. by B. Walton O'Don-

London, Mar. 21. A British cruiser is arriving at Barcelona during the next few days for the protection of British interests. Britons have been advised to leave and J. E. Jupp.

the elty-Reuter Bulletin. The Chairman said: 11

Profit on trading for the year under review, Britons Urged To Leave viz. $180,313,42, whilst showing an sppreciable increase over, the past

Barcelona, Mar. 21. much less Advice to leave Barcelona is

of five engraved platesnell. assustion that much a proposal was than we had renove o auments by tive British Consul-General, who resembling those used for printing 1.0 Timo and Weather.

1.30 Variety. dangerous from the "viewpoint of remittances from our Canton Branch has urged Britons to take the oppor- 50 cent notes of the Yu Ming Bank of the

Dance Orch-Put Me Behind Bars preservation

He Klangs!; of peace." Mr. Hull up to the beginning of August last tunity of going to Marseilles.

three plates resembling had linked this remark to the argu-

showed marked Improvement and reminded them that embarkation on those used for printing $ notes of-Fox-Trot (Ramona, Kennedy ment that a popular referendum on gave every indication that this par-

ar-British warships might be impossible the Canton Municipal Bank; Pour Fox-Trot (From 'Life of the Party') Roses In December-Slow Carr); war would disastrously Impair the ticular account would compensate to in cosc of emergency-Reutersion of 1,278 forged banknotes pur-Fox-) Government's ability to safeguard some extent for the indifferent re-

re-Special.

porting to

to be $1 notes of the Canton Carroli Gibbons and the Savoy nallons interests.

Orpheans; Piano Solo By The sults experienced in the past. How-

Municipal Bank, and possession of Hole ever,

2,392 forged banknotes purporting to Sweat Of Your Brow (Meck-Reddle- be 50 cent notes of the Yu Ming Blake); A Foggy Day (From 'Dam- Des Voeux Road Control Bank of Kiangst, at an address insel in Distress')....Leslie Hutchin- son; Dance Orch Swing Is Here To Sway-Quickstep (From 'All Baba HAD LARGE STOCK

goes to Town'); Got New Pair Of

A Ho Po-ku Wong Yau-sang and

Shoes Slowy Fox-Trot were charged with possession of two Thoroughbreds don't cry')... engraved plates resembling those Roy & His Orchestra; Vocal-Con

Canton used for $1 notes of the Municipal Bank; possession of 151 versation- For Two (Mysels, Hues- ion, Emmerich); Star Gazing (Symes, pieces of paper upon which words; Nelburg, Levinson)....Elsie Carlisle

gures and letters had been printed

Viennese Romance Waltz (May- resembling those on $1 banknotes of with Grch, accomp; Dance Orch. the Canton Municipal Bank;

Versatile Five. the same bank.

was charged Barcelona Wong Hun-kwong life among

of 530 banknotes with possession been purporting to be $1 banknotes of the Canton Municipal Bank; possession of 11 forged $10 notes of the Canton two forged Municipal Bank and

the sudden and unexpected NEW DETERMINATION outbreak of hostilities, coming as It There is a widespread feeling in did while our nerated water season international circles here that the was still at its height, brought Can- speech newly emphasised the United 'ton trade in general almost to a com States' determination to safeguard plete standstill and, consequently, I the interests of American nationals regret on this account to state that in foreign countries, including the an adverse balance has again to be Orient, but that the predominant in-recorded. terest continues to be the main- As you will no doubt appreciate, tenance of the "orderly processes of in August last a large percentage of International relationships."

processes in the Orient appeared to be predicated not only upon an im- mediate effect in that area, but also upon the whole world.

Canton

London, Mar. 21.

It is authoritatively reported that Britain has invited the Vatican separately to protest against the Insurgent bombing of unforlified towns,United Press.

Condemns Bombings

London, Mar. 21.

and

1.30 Reuter & Rugby Press, Wea- ther and Announcements,

acrated water bottle stock Mr. Hull's emphasis upon continu-deniers the hands of our agents and there and, although this, for ing on influence on behalf of orderly the most part, was secured by de- Inform the Spanish Nationalist autho- possession of six forged banknotes of De Rance)... Jack Wilson and His

posits, we have deemed it advisable to make provision in the accounts now before you for possible losses in this connection.

rds North As regards

China, similar precautionary steps have been adopt- As an example of those advocatinged, namely, the writing down to withdrawal from the Orient,

ROAD TO CHAOS

1.40 Iotary Tiffin Speech relayed from the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel.

Speaker: M. F. Key, Esq.,

Sub-

Mr.nominal sum of certain accounts In His Majesty's Government desired to banknotes of 50 cents of the Yu Ming eel; "The New Gome of Commercial

that ares, although the amount in- sbandon and volved is not of much simmideance.

Hull said: "Those who contend that we can, and should, surrender the principle in that half

of the world, clearly show they have little or no conception of the extent

STABLE EXCHANGE

From the foregoing remarks it to which situations and developments will be concluded that our Hongkong in any part of the world to-day in business has participated to a gra- evitably affect situations and condi-tifying extent in the Improved cun- tlons in other parts of

of the world. The triumphs of this

ditions ruting and no doubt this lins scclusionist parlly been due to the fact that

In the House of Commons to-day the Prime Minister gave the reports of the British agent at Burgos to rities that the recent intensification of aerial bombardment of resulting in a heavy loss of life the civilian population, ad viewed with horror by His Majesty's Government, and by the British pes ple, and that in these circumstances, draw the attention of General Franco's Bank of Klangst at an administration to the fact that direct Connaught Road Central

All were in addition charged with Preference and Textile Quotas Legis- and deliberate attacks on civil popu-

allons were contrary to the princi- conspiracy to commit a felony. ples of international

fourth man, Yu Ham-hong, and ohal law, to the established practice

opposed

of the charged together with Wong Han- civilisation laws of humanity

the same counts, wag and the wong on dictates of public opinion.

yesterday discharged by his Lordship Chamberlain added that similar at the conclusion of the Crown case. presentations had been made by the

Mr. E. H. Williams, Assistant

prosecuted.

re-

^

address in ke

viewpoint would inescapably carry stable exchange has operated in our French Government and His Majesty's OUS ARRESTS

the whole world back to the condl-favour. tlons of mediaeval chops,"

I am pleased to inform you that Mr. Hull's endorsement of the trade returns covering the four naval programme was a reiteration

months of the present nonela, year of an earlier statement in connection show a marked Improvement la all with current congressional debates.

Hongkong departments as compared Coupled with the Houses' elimina-

with the corresponding period of the tion of policy clauses, Mr. Hull's speech has strengthened the opinion

year under review.

Our serated water machinery and that the United States still regards equipment, both here and in Canton, the Pacific, instead of the Atlantic, been maintained in excellent

have been

policy of

of your General Managers

a primary region of naval interest.condition and; as it has always been United Press.

HEAVY MILITARY

the

operate

to make ample provision for deterio- ration and replacements, continue to erate to a high degree of efficiency. Turning to the Balance ect, there

Sheet, is very little that calls for com

comment fact the Bundry

AMBULANCE UPSET Excepting perhaps the facts are some

Army

debtors.ond

IN COLLISION $80,000 higher than

а усаг ака. Your General Managers have given these

close and careful scru- figures Ple. Sentor, of the Royal

tiny and are fully satisfied that the Service Corps, had a narrow escape difference shown is entirely attribu yesterday when the military ambutable to the increased Iance he was driving was overturned trade.

in a

a collision with the Kowloon

Emergency Unit riot van in Lalchi-

kok Road.

R

volume

DIVIDEND PROPOSED

of

you

Government was inviting the Vatican to do likewhe-British Wireless,

Cordell Hull

Denounces

hearted

lation."

&

Ladders': a light- Imperial

of account

2.15 Close Down.

0.0-7.0 Chinese Programme, 7.0 Concert Waltzes.

A Thousand And One Nights

(Johann Strauss)....Fellz Weingart- ner conducting the British Symphony Orchestra; Dance Of the Fairies (Willy Rosenthal); Lovely To Kias (S. Dicker).. .Orchestra Mascotte,

7.15 Marek Weber And His Orchestra.

Viennese Memories Of Lebar (Arr. Henry Hall); Drinking Song (Schu mann)....Orch. with Mate Quartet. 7.30 London Relay~~'All Kinds Of People'--0:

A Personal Memory of King Al- rt of the Belgians' by Emile Cam- marts, c..., (Professor of Belgian Studles and Institutions in the Uni- veraity of London).

were all arrested in different places by the pollee shortly ufter

on February 10. The midnight first three accused were arrested the Des Voeux Road address, and large quantities of forged banknotes and materials for printing such notes were found in the premises, while Wong Han-kwong wan arrested the Connaught Road address, which was a boarding house bought by

short time before. of forged notes Was found in a safe behind the counter, The Crown alleged that the

7.50 Bongs by Tino Rossi (Tenor). al were printed Voeux Road and taken # Bella Ragazzina (from, 'Au Son the boarding house where they would Des Guitares'); Loin Des Guitares bo disposed of in

of (from, Au Son Des Cultares'); Un Violon Dans La Nuit (from, 'Parade

Air Attacks W

Washington, Mar. 21.

Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, to-day condemned the bombing of Barcelona in a state- ment to the world press. He said that no theory of war can Justify such conduct.

"I am speaking for the whole American people when I volco this horror, and the earnest hope that civilian centres will not be made the objectives of air bom- bardments

the future," Reuter.

FORTHCOMING WEDDINGS

banknotes

business.

the courec

Des

7.45 Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

In summing-up this morning, his Du Monde Time Signal, Weather

quantity

8.0 Local

Report and Announcements.

8.03 Violin Solce.

Lordship pointed out that the woman had paid the rent for the Des Voeux Road address, which fact placed her

her The Fountain Of Arethusa (From in possession of that floor. In cubicle was found

of Myths Szymanowsky - Op. 30); banknotes and a complete plant for Flight Of The Bumble Bee (Rim- was sky-Korsakov-Arr. Hartmann); Pat- the forging of banknotes. It

there that

werd no torale (Stravinsky). Joseph Szigeti unfortunate genuine banknotes available for the Piece En Forme D'Habanera (Ravel

the with Nikita de

de Magaloft at the Plano; forged Jury to compare the

onesLe Duc); Study In Thirds (Seria- with, but it was significant that none

no

addresses Baine

A comedietinna for two voices by George Bernard Shaw; The charac- ters are A, a literary looking pale and B, a gentleman under forty, aristocratic. The three conversations young woman presentable but not

The accident happened about noon. The proposals now before The van was coming out of Yen covering the payment of a dividend Chow Street Into Lalchikok Road amounting to per cent, and the allo- when It struck the ambulance,

cation of $50,000 to General Reserve

of the prisoners had attempted to bin-Op. 8 No. 10-Arr. Szigeti).... heavy six-wheeler, as it was pro- will, I trust, meet with your approval, The following forthcoming wed-say they were authorised printers of Joseph Szigeti with Nilita de Maga- ceeding to Shamshulpa Camp. The In recommending such transfer to dings are announced: Mr. Robert the notes, and that the bonit had loff at the Plano.

8.15 London Relay-Village Woo-. ambulance fell on its side and General Reserve, it is felt that, whilst Cheng Klat-low, student, Lingnan given them authority, Banknotes skidded for about nine or ten yards the immediate outlook is hopeful, it University, Canton, to Miss Bessie found in three different

found to bear the with Ptc. Senior Inside. Apart from is a matter of sound polley to pay Hau, of 3 Lincoln Road, Kowloon were bruises on his forcarm where it due regard to the prevailing unsettled Tong; Mr. Boniface Estaves Pintos, numerals. scraped the road, he was unhurt. state of affairs in this

part of the

LED TO FOURTH ACCUSED 27 Hau Wong Road, Kow- pensioner, The riot van's headlights and mud-world and, consequently, to conserve toon City, to Mrs. Chr. Tone Tens: and the boarding house, there was Referring to the fourth accused guards were damaged, and the road our resources against such contin- of the same address: Mr. Toni leng, was deeply scored in several places, gencies as may arise in the future. teacher, of 414 Yat Tak Rond, Can-evidence that it had been acquired take place on the lounge-deck of a

do not think that there are any ton

Des Voeux ton, to Miss Amy Yu, teacher, of 20 by defendant. In the further matters calling for spacial Maple Street, Kowloon; Mr. Lam Road nises, the police had found pleasure-ship and in a village shop on the Wiltshire Downs. Production mention and I now formally pro- Chin-wan, merchant, of 137 Kiu-envelopes, visiting cards, photographs by Windo pose that the report and statement of klang Street, to Miss Leong Wal-tak, and chops leading, without any ques-

8,0 George Formby, Gracie Fields accounts, as presented, be adopted, of 58 Argyle Street; Mr. Peter Wat- tion of doubt or error, to fourth do Margatroyd & Winterbottom, Bill and that the balance at credit of kin Williams, barrister-at-law, offendant. The envelopes were ad- Mayerl, etc., in a Variety Programme. profit and loss accounts as at Octo- 575 Route de Sieves, Shanghai, to dressed to him, there was a certificate

Plano SoloMistictoo (Billy ber 31, 1937, viz. $214,077.71, be

Miss Jane Dickinson Wilkin, of made out in his name, and one of Mayerl); Nimble Fingered Gentleman Yarty House, Axminster, Company appropriated as follows:

Devon, the

of him, photographs was

Mayerl; Humorous—Art England.

the chop bore his name.

Hval-Handley-Crick);

About After a short retirement ten minutes, the Jury returned a verdict

OVERCROWDING

CAUTION

The China Motor Bus

was this morning given a caution by | To pay a dividend of 50

Mr. H. R. Butters at the Central Magistracy on a summons stating that one of its buses had carried 10 passengers in excess in Electric Road on March 5.

The

Bus Company stated that the bus in question was a special one carrying people to Stanley to attend a function at St. Stephen's College, Extra buses had been put on the route but even so there was over- crowding.

ADMITS CHARGE

cents per share, sorbing

To transfer to General

ab-

Reserve

$75,000

50,000

To

transfer to Chinese Staff Superannuation Account

To write off Building 1m-

provements And Carry Forward to

next Account

After the seconding of this posal. I shall be pleased to

pro-

answer

to the best of my abilliy any questions shareholders may wish to asic in connection with the Ac- counts.

while

Cruises

of guilty on all counts against each Murgaf, Tankou-Handic

you of the

man's explanations, I am sure will all agree that the result in this connection would have been different had it not been for the unexpected outbreak of hostilities.

for

prisoners,

a

with not (Two minds accused. Wong Yau-sang thought) with Monte Crick at the who had originally pleaded guilty, Piano; Vocal-Ahl Sweet Mystery. was then brought up with the other accused.

sentence of Life (Herbert, Young); The De 10,000

sert Song (Siegmund, Romberg, Ham- Addressing the I am glad to note that provision Lordship said they had been convlet.merstein)....Gracle Felds with Cr- 3,874.86 has been made.

Vocal-Keep us chestra Accomp.;

Your for contingencies ed of a serious

erious crime, the worst fea- Seats Please (From 'Keep Your Beats likely to arias in the near future and 75,242.05 all must concur that this is sound ability of two cities of their

ture of which was the financial dia- Flease'); When I'm Cleaning Win- own dows (From "Keep Your Seats $214,077.71 Practice under the circumstances.

The Chairman then put the motion country in its time of need. He was Please') George Formby-Come- quite satisfied that fourth accused dlan with His Ukulele and Orchestra; to the Meeting that the report and

was the ring-leader in the affair, Orchestra-The Great Ziegfeld Film statement of accounts, and the pro-and he would get a heavier sentence Selection....Louis Levy and His posed allocation of the profits, be than the others. All of them, how. Gaumont British Symphony with Ed-- carried into effect. This was carried ever, would go to prison for a long ward Malloy, Vocalist. unanimously,

9.30 London Relay The News. It was proposed that the retiring

First defendant was sentenced to 9.50 Mozart Concerto In D Major Directors, Mr. J. Scott Harston, the Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, KL, and five years' hard labour on each of K.537 ('Coronation').

Played by Wanda - Landowska Mr.

S. T. Williamson be re-elected, the four counts against her, and to Mr. R. Johannessen said: I have Mr. Stapleton

seconded and the pro- nominal term of a year for cons- (Piano) with Chamber Orchestra piracy. Second and third accused (Leader Jean Pougnet) conducted by seconding the posat was carried unanimous, and were sentenced to six years hard Walter Goehr adoption of the report and statement Mr. Cuin A.C

C. Beranrd Brown, of accounts as presented for the year | Mr.

re-labour on each of the three counts 10,33. Mozart Songs.

for Don Giovanni (Act 1 'Madamina*); HAD HEROIN PILLS

ended October 31, 1937 and, whilst elected auditors of the Company for against them, and to a year so doing, I feel sure that I voice the the ensuing year at a remuneration conspiracy. Fourth accused received... Ollendorf (Bass) with Plano Admitting a charge of unlawful opinion of all Shareholders that the of $1,250 each per anness of the labour, and a year on the conspiracy

a sentence of soven

vesi years' alon 100, heroin pills at Lee accounts as set forth show

This concluded the business ing Street yesterday, in man, satisfactory results of the year' meeting The Chairman announced charge. All the sentences are to run

(10, Ewan fried $100 or

two working.

that Dividend Warrants were ready concurrently gykezeskano hard labour by Mr. H. A regrettable that Cantan und could be obtained-on application His Lordship discharged the Jury Kutithe Central | Magistracy Branch should again have shown an At the Registered Office of The Com-| after thanking them for their ser- unla ay haping by adverse, ba snoe but, after the Chair-*-

Mr. R. A. Rodgers was this morn Irig fined $5 by Mr. H. R. Buttera at the Central Magistracy for having left his vehicle unattended in Chater Rand outside Queen's Building from. 11.25 a.m., to 11.45 a.m., on March 5. The charge, was admitted.

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