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三拜禮 七月二十英港香 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER

7,

1938. ·

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The Tyre with 2,000 Teeth

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BRITISH ARMADA

GOING TO SINGAPORE

New Pacific Squadron to Include

"The Conder Is Two Battleships Slowly Sinking"

Lo flashed

Manila yesterday This was in dramatic radio message afternoon by American Army pilots who discovered the missing Condor planc.

An exclusive story of the loss of the machine, togelker Interview with the German Chief pilot, is given on Page Two.

with

an

Japanese Trawlers In Dock Incident

CONFIRMATION OF the exclusive pre- diction in a special article cabled to the Hongkong "Telegraph" yesterday by Mr. Hector C. Bywater, noted London Naval Correspondent, that a large Pacific Squadron would be created jat Singapore was forthcoming from official

sources last night.

During a defence debate in the Commonwealth House of Representatives at Canberra, the Australian Minister for Defence, Mr. A. G. Street, revealed that the British Government has already decided to create a new Pacific Squadron.

PAHANG

GRACEFUL LINES OF THE MOTORSHIP PAHANG, launched at the Taikoo Dockyards this week. The ship was built to the order of the Straits Steamship Co. Ltd., of Singapore, and will be ready for service In February.-Staf Photographer.

LA

be

will; in Parliament. An unspecified por- the tion of the £10,000,000

will

This squadron, which include two battleships of H.M.S. Nelson type, will stationed at Singapore.

"The British Government has jassured the Australian Govern- In a special article in the Hong-

be placed on the London market, and

CHINESE WORKERS at the Hangkong & Whampoa Dock Comment that this new fleet will be pany this morning downed tools and refused to work on adequate for the purpose of de- repairs to two Japanese trawlers.

The vessels were docked yes-i terday. This morning the men

were ordered to work but refus Duke Of Kent

ed. Persuasion proved of по

avail and the Company resigned To Become

itself to the attitude of the no incident oc-

Chinese and

curred.

The

trawlers,

by the owned Nippon Maritime Product Company, are till alongside the dock wall as they are not in a condition to leave immediately.

Hongkong dockers refused to do full reputes to the Asama Maru, t will be remembered, and that liner was taken to Japan after being suficiently patched, up to make the trip,

Grand Master

Succeeding Uncle As Masonic Loader

London. Dec. 7. The Duke of Connaught is resign- ing his long-standing leadership of English Freemasonry next year.

He is to be succeeded by the Duke

of Kent.

was

The two trawlers concerned in lo- The letter conveying his resigna- roud day's incident are considered by the lion as Grand Master, workers to be engaged in the coastal yesterday at the Grand Lodge Mark of Master Masons, when the Duke of warfare from Blas Boy to Canton,

The men feel that since trawlers Kent was nominated as his successor. have played such a large part in the It is understood that a similar Sino-Japanese war as armed craft letter will be read at the forthcoming and transports, besides molesting meeting of the United Grand Lodge fishing, they are entitled to regard of England, and the proposal that them as Oghting ships. It would be the Duke of Kent succeeds him will unpatriotic to China to work on the gain be proposed.--Reuter, trawlers, they say.

It is not known what repairs the

ships need but they are believed to

be fairly urgent.

Britain's Bill In China Is

Dud Cheques Land Publisher £230,000

In Prison

the balance in Australia.

BYWATER'S REPOET

Mr.

kong "Telegraph" yesterday. Hector C. Bywater, Naval Corres- fending the shores of Australia," pandent of the London "Dally Tele- the Minister

graph" revealed that the British declared amid

naval estimates, walch will be pre- cheers.

sented to Parliament next February, "Under these circumstances, the provide for considerably larger ad- Australian Government has now de- ditions to the British Ficct than has cided not to proceed with the pur- been expected. chuse of one or two capital ships) from the Britlal Government.

"Our decision has been prompted by the assurance made to us by Great Britain, this assurance being forth- coming after. enquiries bad been instituted in London with a view to purchasing the capital ship us arr addition

to the Royal Australian Navy

Money which was to have been spent by Australia on the purchase of a battleship and maintenance Werted to other defence channels. would, the Minister added, be

£60,000,000 DEFENCE VOTE The Minister then ellmaxed his drumalle revelation by announcing that the Federal Cabinet had de- cided to vole the record rum DE £00,000,000 for expansion of armaments between 1939 and 1941. The sum,

out, he pointed presented a per capita obligation of £10 for every man, woman and child in the Commonwealth,

Expenditure on the Australian Navy will be expanded to £20,000,- 000, which is

is cally a record.

re-

It will provide for the construc- tion at the Cockatoo Dockyards int Sydney of two destroyers of the Tribal class and twelve high-speed motor torpedo-boats.

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"The present standard of relative strengths between other Beets, which provides for a Britain's and maximum of 60 modern and ten old cruisers, Is no longer considered adequate to meet defence require- ments in Europe, the Near East and the Far East," Mr. Bywater cabled.

The new British. plan, be added, contemplated

considerable strengthening of the position in thei Far East, and Hems with reference to Hongkong and Singapore were likely to cause considerable sur- prise when the estimates were in- troduced.

Confidence Vote For Deladier

Socialist Protest Is Rejected

Britain May Soon

Act In Far East

AST NIGHT the House of Lords listened to a long debaté

on China, in which Hongkong's current position freely mentioned,

was

Lord Elibank claimed that the principal reason for the Japanese occupation of Canton was to embarrass Hongkong's trade.

He urged denunelation of the Anglo-Japanese trade agreement, as reprisal for the obvious Japanese offorts to upset British trade in the Far East.

"I would close Hongkong to all Japanese ships and cargoes between Japan and South China, and thus effectively block Japan- ese trade with Canton," he declared

Lord Plymouth, for the Government, admitted the unsatis factory state of affairs in the Far East, and added that the British Government was contemplating a firm stand.

Ho revealed that Britain was standing four-square with France and the United States in whatever action would be adopted.

"The Government is prepared to consider all possible measures to safeguard British interests," he said.

Full Report on Page Five

Frank Discussions Start In Tokyo

TOKYO, Dec. 7.

EXPENSIVE GREETINGS FROM HOME

P.M.G. Disclosos Much Surtaxed Mail Here

HUNDREDS OF CHRISTMAS CARDS and calendars in sealed en- velopes which have been forwarded to Hongkong under the new all-up air mail scheme are now in the General Post Office in Hongkong waiting for sur- charge to be paid,

Many of the cards and calen- dara were obviously meant to be sent by the old Suez steamer mail system and many are plainly marked "via Suez"-but. unfortunately, the senders scaled the envelopes. They were there- fore forwarded from Home by air mail.

In the case of some of the cofen- dars and small packets, which have. been so scaled that the postal nuthorities cannot inspect them, surcharge for over-weight are being charged to amounts up to $7.50- double tax being claimed.

If the

tion

sace in Hongkong addressee

can

refuses to accept delivery of the cards and

hey will be sent back calendars, THE FOREIGN MINISTER, Mr. H. Arita is to the country they came from and the sender will have to pay the defl. inviting the British Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigie, clency. Under the postal administra

laws, the sender

be and the American Ambassador, Mr. Joseph Grew on summoned if he refuses to pay.

Already, hundreds of people in Thursday, with a view to holding discussions in a frank Hongkong are complaining at having manner regarding the principles of the Open Door and to pay 30 cents or more on Christmas Equal Opportunity in China.

The discussions will be on the basis of the Japanese reply to he American note forwarded to Washington on November 18.

The Japanese Government's policy

to CHEERLESS CHRISTMAS

Paris, Doc. 6. The French Premier, M. Daladier, Expenditure on the Army will be today won the Brst test of strength since the general strike, when the increased to £20,000,000, the highest Deputies Finance Committee by 20

Australian peace-time history votes to 18 defeated the Socialist pro- for the readjustment of Sino-Japanese The Australian militia, which at pre-test against the appileation of sanc-relations, which was approved by an London, Dec. 0.

sent totals 35,000 men, is to be tions against the strikers,

Imperial Conference on November Replying to a question in the House

doubled.

In addition, the sum of £10,500,-) of Commons to-day, Mr. R. A.

Communists and Union Socialists Premier, Prince Koneye, in the form 30, will be fully enunciated by the Butler said that the Foreign Secret-000 will be expended on the Royal supported the protest,

while the of a puble speech, which he is ary had no complete record of the Australian Air Force. Provision is Radical-Socialists opposed it. Yap Sin-falt, former manager of ascertained British losses in China being made for an increase of the

delivering in Osaka next Sunday. the Oriental Advertising

Meanwhile, it is expected the and caused by the Sino-Japanese war. Australian Air Force to 18 Publishing Company and publisher but the total figures for claims. on squadrons, giving of a weekly sports magazine The the Chinese and Japanese govern- wealth a

Common French Cabinet will face difficulties total of 212 first-line Thursday-United Press.

at the next meeting of Parliament on Referee, was sentenced to six months' hard labour on six charges of oblain-ments actually presented so far ap- machines.

proximated £230,000. Ing goods and cash by means of false He added that the figure he gave pretences, namely by issuing false in reply to the same question on cheques, by Mr. R. Edwards at the April 6 Inat was based largely on Central Magistracy his morning.

estimates which, owing to the fall in Among the concerns, to which the exchange, had subsequently proved defendant had given folse cheques

excessive.-Router. were Jimmy's Kitchen, La Perla Del -Oriente Cigar Store, Messrs. Tsang Fook and Company, Queen's DIB- pensary, and Messrs. Lane Crawford, Lid.

At the previous hearing the defen- dant admitted the six charges. Four .other charges of fraudulent con- version were withdrawn by Deles-

Super Cargo Ships For

Uve-Inspector Hopkins, who pro- Italian Fleet

seculed.

NO RIVER SERVICE TO CANTON YET

Rome, Dec. 7. An extensive building programme of high-speed passenger and cargo ships is announced by the Societa Finanziara Marittima, which controla

watonnage.

40 per cent. of Italy's mercantile An erroneous Impression created by a coption published under- The programme comprises 44 ships. neath, a photograph of the ae. Fat-eleven of which are 0,000 tonners thin yesterday's Telegraph allocated for Far Eastern trade. The The Fatahan remains in Hongkong, lust will be delivered in 1941. where she has been alrice October 14.· ́All will be built largely by Govern

It is pointed out that: nó, regulár | ment subsidy, and most will enjoy an ziver, pervice has yet started between operating subsidy. Canton and Hongkong, the only sail-. The naval authorities lag: from Hongkong thus far being proved the plans of every ship, which the zu: Widiang, with refugee sup- Include emplacement for Rix-Inch

runs both fore and aft--Reuter.

have up

A

the

ase for naval aircraft will be constructed at Fort Moresby, the capital of Papua.

It

is significant that Port Moresby

is in New Gunta less than an hour's mandated territory, and is also with-

600 Quakes

flying-lime from the former Germani In Pacific

in striking distance of all Jupantse

South Sea Island possessions.

NEW SINGAPORE DOCK

Last Month

Plans have been drawn up, in During the period of the great co-operation with the British Ad- earthquake disturbance in the Preiße mtrally, for the construction of a Ocean between Japan and Alaska, second Singapore Dock at Sydney over 400 earthquakes of varying This proposed dock will be capable intensity were recorded. of docking the largest battleship This is believed afloat, and is planned as an ad-| record. Junct to Singapore.

Finally, it is planned to expend the

British

to

be a world

"

The new polley is understood to have been designed to lay down fundamental principles for the disposal of various questions with foreign Powers arising from the China Incident in the light of the proposed new order in East Asia.

FOR TRINIDAD

Fire Destroys Supplies From London

PORT OF SPAIN, Dee, 7. TRINIDAD WILL SPEND cheerless Christmas.

Yesterday, eleven blazing lighters

11 is without precedent in the poli- floating through the harbour spelt tical annals of Japan that the Prime a spectacular end to itopes ut

Minister makes publie an important

Aboard the lighters,

Government policy in a speech insteady festive season. of releasing in an offelal state- ment in a place other than Tokyo.-Customs Domei

П

In

also

cards sent from England. There is apparently little knowledge of this new scheme in some of the provincial (Continued on Page 4.)

LATE NEWS

JAPANESE LAND AT YEUNGKONG

and

Over 600 Javanese from soven vessels have effected a landing on warehouse which

Chepeh at Yeungkong. following a caught fre, were the bulk of Port of concentrated bombardment from the Spain's Christmas stores, just un-worships, according to the Sing Tao loaded from the monthly

Warships Sail from England, Down Yangtse

stcarner

Pao

Yeungkong is situated on Übe zuidwar western Kwangtung mast Christmas hams, wines, spirits,between Mano and Kwange turkeys, toys and all the other Üungs at the mouth of the Mikroung River, associated with December were con-

B-btine is rasine bebreen, Elizingchen sumed in the fire, biggest Brell ingeistal guard and the banding party Trinidad for six years.

in the vichuty, the paper said.

The Ughters were finally towel to

In Hongkong. nione, it was revealed

Shanghai, Dec. 7. Escorted by three Japanese War-[sea and sunk--Bruter, tum of, approximately £5,000,000 on this afternoon, over 80 earthquakes munition factories, as part of the were recorded between November 4 ships, the U.S.S. Luzon, and the Empire's decentralisation and December 8. Five of the shocks French sloop, Admiral Churner aațied cheme for the production of muni- recorded in Hongkong were of major from Kiukiang at 7.30 am. yesterday,

proportions which,

they had curred on land instead of on the bed and arrived at Anking Inter, from Munitions manufactured in Aus of the ocean, would have occasioned whence it matted for Wahu, where it tralian factories will be used by

and

destruction. was duo this morning, and for Nan- the British fortress and garrisons great loss of ille

One carthquake of minor propor- klag, which will be reached thin at Mongkong and Singapore.

tions shook Hongkong

evening.

Lions,

Of the tatal of £10,000,000 to bel raised within the next three years only £10,000,000. for defence Australia will borrow

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The 600 earthquakes recorded by Japanese selsmographlata were most ly imperceptible to any but the most delicate Instruments.

Twenty-four, however, thepi varle - The U.8.8. Monposcy., in "still

After a night spent at Nanking, the vemels will prooved to Chinking Flo-morrow morning.

For the purpose a Defence Loans! Bill is to be immediately introduced1ous parts of Japan.

NAZI FILM CUT IN SINGAPORE

Kingpore. Dec. 7.

• The Film sensor has expurgsbed

the intentamount reel referents to . GeressAY'S |Tøying drive, and also an