1938-04-05 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH,

TUESDAY, APRIL

5, 1938.

Chiang Kai-Shek, Interviewed by Vernon Bartlett, Says HILHOUSE & Co. CHINA WILL OUTLAST JAPAN IN WAR

British Coldness

Towards League

By VERNON BARTLETT

London "News-Chronicle" Special Correspondent

Hankow.

AR

RMED with General Chiang Kai-shek's invitation I crossed the Yangtse to Wuchang in a launch reserved for military officials. By automobile I drove through the ancient city to the small grey house which is the temporary home of the Generalissimo.

His wife, who is among the most beautiful and most efficient women I have met, left her work in the organisation of the Air Force in order to interpret.

The Generalissimo ant militarlly upright, asking more questions than he answered. Madame vivaciously translated my attempts to explain British coldness towards the League.

Stronger Pacific Defences

Amsterdam.

The announcement by de Herr Koolhoven, director of one of Holland's wiggest aeroplane fac- tories, that this year he is to establish a factory for military aeroplanes in Java, Dutch East Indies, has caused grent satisfac- tion in Holland.

It is regarded as a further indien- tion that Holland is Increasingly strengthening her defences in the Dutch East Indies, the total land area of which is almost 1,250,000 square miles.

I am able to state that Holland, with her present sea forces, cat make it a risky business for any power who may wish to invade the Dutch East Indies or land forces

anywhere in the archipelago, says correspondent

same

Netherlands defence policy is the

in the colonies as at home policy of independence, whereby no agreements or pacts are directly con- cluded and all agression avoided. All that is aimed at is defence of her territory.

POSITIONS REINFORCED The sea defence of the Dutch East Indies is based primarily on the mobility of its fleet, which, in the event of invasion, would constantly attack and worry enemy sea furces. The main naval base of the Duten East Indies Fleet is Surabaya, on Java's north-east coast, centrally situated in the

the archipelago.

fence.

sea

Surabaya a fully prepared for de-

From this

point all activities would be directed.

There are several other reinforced positions, such as Tarakan and Balikb-

The generalissimo was particularly interested in the effects on the For East of the British crisis,

"I believe an Anglo-Italo-German approchement to be dictated solely by European polities which do not affect events here," he said.

WOULD BE BETRAYED

"I cannot conceive British recog nition of Manchukuo whatever' hap- pens elsewhere.

"I admit I am disappointed, al- though not surprised at the German decision to accord recognition, but the Chinese would consider a similar British move as a betrayal destroying Sino-British cordiality.

"China has scrupulously carried ont her international obligations," he continued, "and agreed to accept the League decisions.

"It must surely be recognised that we have done our utmost not to embarrass the Bellish and other Governments when they shrank from those decisions which Justice and the categorical wording of the Covenant clearly demanded," Concerning the Chinese situation, the Generalissimo wus

quietly and confident. Impressively

process of soldierising such u vast country is inevitably slow," he

FREEDOM FOR AUSTRIAN NAZIS

RELATIVES IN VIENNA reet political prisoners freed from decrco gaol, after changes in Austria's government produced a releasing more than 3,000 persons held for political offences, The amnesly included Nazl dynamites, bomb-browers, incen- diaries and conspirators, as well as those arrested on charges of lesa serious crimes.

21 Die In Wall Of Water From Broken New Zealand Dam

A wall of roaring water tearing down a gorge from said, "but we have three advantages a broken dam swept to death 20 men and a woman while which are generally underestimated. THREE ADVANTAGES

they slept in tents and huts at a construction camp in New

"First, our currency cover is stilZealand. exceptionally high, whereas that of Japan is low.

The disaster, which occurred at Kopuawhara, south Second, the Chinese people have of Gisborne, is thought to have been caused by a cloud-

realised that since the establish- ment of a National Government. a burst. sincere, sustained effort has been made to improve the Rving stan- Thirty-five people were in the dard, while the Japanese have not camp. Of the 14 survivors, two are beca encouraged by a similar con- children who had an astonishing es- cape. They had been holsted to the Third, we have unlimited man-roof of the only building which was power for defending our own soll." not entirely destroyed by the flood.

viction.

asked whether the Japanese were There was hardly any warning of now advancing westwards instead of pushing south along the railway to- the disaster. At 3 a.m. some of the wards Hankow because they hoped men, were awakened by the sound of to destroy Sino-Russian communica-rushing water. They ran outside to

see the torrent bearing them through the gorge.

tlons.

Chiang Kai-shek was most doubt ful about the success of this attempt. "They are advancing westwards hecause they are still unable to cross the Yellow River," he said.

down on

Huts and tents were torn up and carried away with men still inside.

Two men were drowned in a gal- lant effort to find a woman whose hut had been swept away. Although warned of the danger they plunged "In any case the Importance of into the torrent, struggled for a time,; is constantly patroling every part of the archipelago, including the Rhip these advances is easily exaggerated and disappeared.

papan.

in Borneo. The Dutch Navy

"WE ARE NOT AFRAID"

The Japanese hold only a narrow zone along the railways and around

INKY HORROR

seemed to rise in a spilt second, Inky | darkness added to the horror.

islands, near Singapore.

For the defence of the Dutch East the citles. We are not afraid ni One survivor sald: "The water Indies, Holland has available three advances, which lengthen the Japan cruisers, the De Ruyler, 8,450 tons, a ese lines of communication and In- new ship, and the Java and Sumatra, crease their vulnerability to guerilla 6,670 tons each.

A new 8,000-ton attacks." cruiser is being built. She will have

As I

his

"I clambered on to a large log and

waters. It was responsible for the escapes of most of the rescued.

Two camps lower down narrowly escaped destruction. They were both flooded, but in each case, warned by the roar of the approaching flood, reach the occupants managed to higher ground.

RADIO BROADCAST

Recital by Nura Kanis From the Studio

ROTARY SPEECH

Radio Programme Broadcast by Z.B.W. on Frequencies of 845 k.c's. 9.52 m.c's. per second.

12.00-12.20 p.m. Relny of Service of Intercession from St. John's Cathe- dral.

12.30 Joseph Hislop (Tenor) with De Groat and His Orchestra.

Other Days (Selection of Popular Melodies-Arr, Finck)....Orchestra; Bonnie Banka O' Loch Lomond; My Joseph Hislop: Mother (Marsden).

In the Night (Tate); Under The les Toita Roofs Of Paris (From 'Sous de Paris'). .Orchestra; Bonnie Wee Thing (G. Fox); McGregor's Cather- ing (G. A. Lee, arr. P. Kahn).... Joseph Histop; Waldteufel Memories (Arr. Finck)....Orchestru.

1.00 Time und Weather.

1.03 Debroy Somers Band. What's Yours?-A Convivial Med- icy, (Arr. Debroy Somera); Intro: Some Landlord Fl The Flowing Bowl; Little Brown Jug: Barley Mow: Whiskey Johnny; Drinking; Here's To The Malden; Down Among The Dead Men; Dixieland-Selection; The Open Rond-A Hiking Medley (Arr. Debroy Somers); Glamorous Night Selection.

Reuter and Rugby 1.30 Weather and Announcements.

Press,

1,40 Rotary Tin Speech relayed from the Roof Garden of the Hong- kong Hotel. Speaker: James Smith, Esq. Subjeel "Locomotive Improve- menta."

2.16 Close Down.

0.00-7.00 Chinese Programme.

7.00 Dance Music.

Fox-Trots-Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (Creumer and Layton);

Nightfall (Benny Carter).... Scott Wood and His Six Swingers; Tango Con Canto-Madrecite De Pompeya Laino); Jose Martinez Francisco

Musa From 'Boliche')

Orquesta

Francisco Canaro; Fox-Trots-Empty Saddles (From com Rhythm On Rhythm On The Range'); I'm An Ambrose And His

Old

Cowband (From

The Buryin' To Myself (Carmi- Orchestra: Lyin chuel. Adams); Ev'nude chue

Cormi- Orchestra: Slow Fox-Trot-Did chael)....Lous Armstrong and His Remember? (From 'Suzy'): Waitz The Dance Goes On (From 'Over She Goes')....Mantovani And His Tipica

Orchestra,

7,31 Closing Local Stock Quota- tions.

At one of these camps, a desire to dress nearly cost three women

1.33 Variety.

Beauty- their lives. They remained be-

Orchestra-Home And

Theatre Or hind and

danger of Selection....Adelphi drowning until rescued by some chestra conducted by Francis Col- young men.

linson; Orchestra-Summer Breezes Daddy Long Legs (K. A.

were

Three thousand sheep were last (R.) The Bohemians; Organ and the countryside was strewn with debris and dead cattle,

Not So Sour Vinegar

6-in guns, and a modern anti-aircraft optimism-namely, that Chinese units reached the roof and grabbed other Thespian G.P.O., London," hoping to

Is stendily increasing.

"Although the cutting off of foreign MEDITERRANEAN PATROL

munitions would terribly augment the The Java was built in 1028, but she suffering of the Chinese people," he has been modernised In Holland. said, "we are convinced that China She is now on her way to the Medi-can outlast Japan." terranean, where she will help in the patrolling of the Straits of Gibraltar to defend Dutch ships against sets of piracy.

The cookhouse was the one bulld- ing to survive the onslaught of the

Play The Quentin Lea

Old

The Org I Heard (J. G. Gilbert) Don't Forget Folks (Noel and Pelosi).... M. Maclean (Organ) Allen

vocalists:

and Quartette; Orchestra- Double Or Nothing-Film Selection; Mr. Dodd Takes The Air-Film Selection. Carroll Gibbons (Piano) and His Boy Friends.

8.00 Time Weather and Announce- New York.

ments. Eighteen-year-old Diane Garvine speed down- had a good idea when she wrote rode at breakneck

8.03 Songs

Tauber by Richard I departed the Generalissimo stream, crashed into the cookhouse, from New York

"Youthful (Tenor), to a speed of 33 knots, and will carry 10 added another explanation

Once There Lived A Lady Fair people as they swept by.

discover a youthful actor to whom (From 'Blossom Time'); Love Lost Jefence.

Three men on one roof shouted: she could write.

For Ever More (From 'Blossom For news of the letter was cabled Time'); Had You But Known (Denza 'We'll die game. Soon after they

back across the Atlantle, and within -Bruggemann); Rekoko Love Song went."

(E. Meyer-Helmund). a few hours Diane had

Broadcast to millions of listeners;;

8.10 London Relay Empire Had her photograph taken six) Gazolte"——),

times and

A topical review of events over- Her story had appeared in news- seas. Edited by James Gilroy assist- papers up to the stald Newed by Kenneth Baily. Presented by York "Herald-Tribune,"

Pascoe Thornton.

8.45 Studio A Recital by Nuri Kanis (Plano)-Russian Programme, 1. Fairy Tale Op. 34 (Medtner); Her real name is Dorothy Essig- man;

the German 2 Pastorale (Liedow); 3. Prelude 4. Volsc and letters No. 12 (Rachmaninoff);

Fairy Tale Op. 20 5. rearranged, read (Arensky);

(Mediner) 0. Prelude (Arensky),

0.05 J. II, Squire Celeste Octet. I have seen her. As she claimed in her letter, she is blonde, green-

Phantom Minuet (Hope); Souvenir eyed and cute.

(Drdla, arr. Willoughby]; The Wed- Diane is out of work. If this ding Of The Rose (Jessel, arr. WWII- publicity gets her a job "that will be loughby); just marvellous."

During her modernisation she was fitted with a new director tower and new anti-craft defences comprising 10 muchine-guns, each capable of firing 110 shots a minute.

RED HEADED GIRL GOT £3,500 NOBEL "LOAN"

Berlin,

Two new destroyer leaders, each HERR KARL VON OSSIETZKY, forty-eight-year-old German pacifist and winner of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize, released

armed with six G-in guns, are being:

built

Now here are some facts about Diane Garvine.

for

of

The first, the Tromp, 3,450 fifteen months ago from a Nazi concentration camp, sat recently

tans, will make her trial run in April, in a Berlin court and heard how nearly all of his £8,500 prize money These shilps will strengthen Holland's had been spent by other people. East

Indies

Navy.

In the Dutch East Indles there are also available eight 1,310-ton des- troyers, each capable of 35 knots. Four 1,000-ton destroyers are being bullt.

Twelve submarines are also mailon- ed in the Dutch East Indies. These craft, the pride of the navy, can operate over great distances. Nine more are being built.

42 FLYING BOATS

available.

2,000 Executed

After Bilbao

Within six months 2,105 people in Bilbao and Santander have been

His hands trembling, his skin yellow from Ils long illness, Ossletzky looked across the court at stout, pink- faced Dr. Kurt Wannow, afty-one- year-old ex-lawyer, ex-officer, ex- playboy, on trial on charges

breach of trust" and with having mis-appropriated £4,500 of the prize money when acting as Ossletzky's lawyer.

:

the

Arabs Armed By Italians

sentenced to death by the rebels. of Prussian militaris brought him Professor Gilbert Murray, chair

0.15 Studio-A talk by Sir Henry Pollock on the Work of the Salvation Army.

9.30 London Relay-The News. 0.50

Songe by Eva Turner (Soprano),

Lovely Night (Sir London Ro- nald); Good-Bye (F. Paolo Tost!).

10.00 London Relay--'All Kinds of People-7. Milestones in an Air- man's Life.

A talk by Wing-Commander S, L G. Pone, DF.C., A.F.C.

Powell.

The German pacifist, whose hatred According to an official statement four years in German prisons and man of the League of Nations Union, The East Indies Navy has a num- the number of people prosecuted in concentration camps for "treason," in a speech at Oxford, referred to ber of Dornier DO 24 K ying-boats. Bilbao between the capture of the showed nu emotion ns the ex-officer "perfectly incredible" broadcasts by

10.15 Gracie Fields and Sandy Soon there will be 42 of these formid-city, on June 19, and December 11 admitted having lent £3,500 to titan- Italy throughout the Moslem world

fostering ablo fighting machines

ill-feeling against the British nineteen-year-old Fraulein

What The Stora Foretell (Hu- was 12,503, Of these 601 were scn-alred They are excellent for reconnoitring, tericed to deaths and 3,057 sent to Lotte Lenz. The money helped to Government.

morous Sketch)... Sandy Powell; In buy the fraulein a cinema.

Palestino and capable also of carrying more

ho said, 60 Italian Gracie's And Sandy's Party: Gracie prison. thon a ton of bombs each.

It was also revealed that Dr. agents disguised as chauffeurs had Fields and Bandy Powell entertain: In Santander (captured August 25) Wannow, with part of the money been distributing arms to the Arabs. Charllo Kunz, Joe Peterson; Reginald Other naval aircraft include big

Mr. Eden was right when he sald Dixon, Jay Wilbur; Larry Adler; Fokker seaplanes capable of carrying 14,231 were prosecuted. Death sen- entrusted to him, had set up house bir-torpedoes. The Dutch Army in tences were passed on 1.004 and 4,620 with Fraulein Lenz in a luxury fat that Mussolini must stop that before Prime Scule: The Photograph Of

in the fashionable Budapesterstrasse there be any conversations, with Mother's

(Har Wedding Group the East has a number of heavy were imprisoned.

in Berlin, Glenn Martin bombers and many

and Damerell)

...Gracie greaves A decree suspending all divorce

Ossietzicy told the court: "Dr. Referring to the suggestion of a foan Fields. Fokker."planes..

proceedings in rebel Spain had been

as a

aby Britain to Mussolini, Professor Wannow passed himself naval war in the Southern Pacific approved by Franco's Cabinet

10.30 Half. An Hour Of Danov lawyer and I gave him a full power Murray declared, "Could anything be Music, would probably involve more than

This constitules' the Brat official of attorney. He obtained the money. more absurd than to bo compelled to Fax-Trots-Lambeth Walk (Rose, two navies. In such circumstances

of but all that I have seen since was build up a large reserve of armaments Furber and Gay); Me And My Girl Holland feels sure that any neat step towards, the cancellation directed against the Dutch East divorce, which did not exist in Spain £1.000, which went in hospital ex- and at the same time be lending (Furber and Ony)....Ronte Munro money to countries against whom and His Orchestra with 1-Vocal res Indies would and itself opposed by, a until after the Republican regime was penici."

The trial was adjourned until possibly those armaments might be frain; You've Gotta Take Your Pick modest but mobile, and therefore proclaimed in 1931, the divorce laws

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THE CENTRAL TRADING

CARDINAL DEFIES POPE

Orders Churchbells To Toll For Plebiscito

Vienna, Apr. 3. Cardinal Theodor Innitzer, Bishop church of Vienna, has ordered all bells to be tolled on the eve of the plebiscile. A spokesman at the Cnz- dinal's palace made it clear that the Prelate has no intention of budging from his pro-Hitler stand, regard- less of the Vatlean attitude.

Some runours state that Cardinal Innitzer may possibly found a Ger- manic Catholic Church, but the ma- jority of Austrians believe that the Pontiff will eventually appreciate ulti- Cardinal Innitzer's land and mately consent to his recent appeal to Catholics to support the German Government In the plebiscite United Press.

CARDINAL TO SEE POPE

Vatican City, Apr. 3.

are under

is understood that Cardinal In- It nitzer, Bishop of Austria, has arrived to explain to the Pope the action of formally the Austrian Church In

Some be- recognising the anschlus lieve that negotiations way, whereby Austrian bishops will reconsider the position and modified instructions to the 4,000,000 the Catholics in connection with plebiscite balloting-United Press.

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And His Versatile Five; Fox-Trot-Glamour

(Strauss-Dale); One-Step Amazon Goes A-Wooing (Bid Phil- lipa)Jack Harris And His Or- chestra; Fox-Trois-True Confession (From the flim); Please Remember (Denby and Watson)

Carroll Čibbons and :the, Bavoy..

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11.00 Close Down.

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