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Hainan Invasion

IT IS NOT only France who

"Dear Youth, by the ring the pledge of love, I prize thee all others far above!

I love thy temper meek and kind

Those

Crinoline, and Whis HE patron Saint of

kers worn

Lord

Dundreary, is with us once again. To-morrow is St. Valentine's Day.

Tucked underneath each rated group of flowers in this old-fashioned Valentine was a picture. Be- neath the forget-me-nofs the hero and heroine were

to be seen at the altar.

Ardent Valentines

But these, alas!

A TOKEN OF AFFERTÍ

CONQUEST OF AN ISLAND

UNTIL the beginning of Sino-Japanese hostili- ties, Hainan Island, which is about the same size as near- by Formosa and which has a temperate climate similar to that of Hawaiian Islands, had been more or less a "Paradise Lost"-at least in point of public interest-to the rank and file of the Chinese populace and their Indeed, business leaders.

chivalry and gentle femininity. vapid whisperings and plaintive probably not more than half How pleasantly this most un-

are hidden in gigglings behind small fans at of the European residents usual name falls upon the ear: the limbo of unforgotten things; even smaller jokes made by Cap- of Hongkong knew exactly Valentine! Of the Saint himself, jazz strikes its queer, discordant tain Valentine, of the dashing where it was. view the Japanese all that I know is in his favour, note upon the harp a Sullivan 28th, must have been grim per-

Island seeing that each year, near by once touched.

the Ides of March, he hands to man and maid tickets transfer- able from honeymoon to far Reno.

Hainan

will

occupation of with apprehension.

True, French interests are those primarily involved. A Japanese submarine base at either of Hainan's two seaports would effectively isolato French Indo-China in the event of war. Take a look at a map of this part of the world, and see how effectively Hainan dominates southern China,

Malay Peninsula, the Philippine Is lands.

the

"Sweet maid, the look within iny mother's eyes I Yours-

"Be mine,"

sec

રંગ

is translated into:

"Cheerlo, old thing, let us get a kick out of seeing the Registrar bloke,"

Geographically, Hainan is the sons to deal with from a lover'a

southernmost

of posscasion point of view.

an area of 14,000 And were those maidens real. China, with ly so dismally innocent as they square miles. It is easily ac- appeared or are supposed to have cessible by boat or air, being 30 ́ been?

hours by steamer from Canton It is hard to believe that their and three hours by air from open-eyed wonderment in public] Hongkong. Lying midway be-

But, pretty as the posics were which brought, on lace-fringed acroils, Love'a protestations, it must not be supposed that Valen- tine verses were always those old Valentine will never again they were closeted together, the island possesses the possi whispered by a Romeo in venture from its tinted album minus Aunt Tabitha. Juliet's ear.

I fear me greatly that the old, was carried to such lengths when tween Singapore and Shanghai.

a

or its oval frame to brave the buffets of outrageous modern

bility of becoming an important

And then, too, the gentlemen

The printer of the day was fortune, although many beauti- of the Valentine period, as a col port of call for South Seas liners. well aware that insults hurled ful examples on which a hint of lection, if their chroniclers are anonymously were things with lace survives can still be bought correct, must have been any- which to swell his passbook, and to-day.

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HAICHOW SLEEPY PORT thing but companions for whom At present, the only harbour so without delay set about de- Maybe, phoenix-like, another

to borrow money to be spent in note is Holhow, a sleepy town of 30,- 000, lying on the northside of the their company. which he set rhymes of the most generation gets what it deserves, signing atrocious faces, beneath Valentine will rise, for every

Island, facing Kwungtung. This har- insulting kind..

Wasp-waisted and pomatum bour is poorly constructed, shallow and in This Year of Grace per smothered, their humour, as we and exposed to wind. Steamers' call- haps we'll see a picture of a sun- read it, would to-day seem "too ing at the island have to stop amid bather and a Lido nymph with utterly boring."

dis-

Last night, old thing, I was ex-

tremely tight,

Japanese planes, based on the island, would be brought for the first time within non-stop bomb-

Pretty Custom ing range of the great naval base at Singapore.

ALASI it was the plain, un- these delightful lines beneath:

varnished truths that Japanese warships or sub-brought the Valentine into marines, operating from Hai-repute. nan, would effectively control all shipping cast of Singapore, Hongkong would be as effee |tively isolated as if the Japanese

controlled Lyemoon Pass.

We are told to-day that Valen- tines will one day regain their former popularity. Let us hope; then, on lavender-scented paper, and not with a dandelion ram- pant on a hymn of hate.

thought might;

streams and in times of a small storm, Love, we are told, was on boat passengers usually prefer to Valentine's Day a century ago wait for hours for the sea to calm chivalrous, courtly, and gentle. than to risk the crossing in sampans. And could not say the things you Cupid seemed to have used a One of the first things that has to putter rather than a driver in be done in developing the island is to But if at the Berkeley Har you'll those difficult times, and they build a new harbour, preferably on

meet me, Mabel,

must have been difficult, when the 'south or west side. I'll pop the question and you'll say we remember that the ladies

Some 2,500,000 people, who are "Yes" if you are able!

were in ment safes and the described as "extremely industrious," Personally, I am all for to-day, gentlemen in skin-tight panta- populate the island. Among this even though the modern sophis- loons, which hardly permitted number are some 600,000 aborigines, But will a bygone pretty cus- ticated maiden is a trifle start them to sit, let alone to kneci. of Lolo, Miao, and mixed stock of tom flourish now, I wonder, in ling. these days of sex equality? I

"The ladies of the 'sixties, with loose lounge suits of to-day, they neither too warm in the summer nor

If they had been attired in the Malays, Indians and Simnese. their down-cast eyes, their con--who doubt it much.

knows 7-might have;

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The

The climate of the Island is dry,

ankle-long pantalettes tinual astonishment at the dis- conducted themselves very dif- frigid in the winter. A preliminary the 'sixties have gone for ever. which guarded the dainty legs of covery of the obvious, their

Women to-day blush only from their dressing-table, on which restlessly side by side. the puff and lipstick sleep

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The Philippines, also, would be within non-stop bombing range of Japanese planes. The distances between Manila and the nearest point on Hainan Island is only 500 miles.

Hainan is the largest island off the China coast-larger than Гогтова. France has no desire

The cocktail of to-day is the to have Japan overlooking her Valentine of yesteryear, while rich territories on the mainland the dialogue of the sex novel is -territories that are half as

the love approach which once was the song of the commercini large again as France itself. minor poet. That is why, since the Japanese In Dulcet Tones

first threatened Hainan Island

last year.

the French rushed IN bygone times the swain,

estra troops, extra planes and jextra warships to Indo-China.

But, as the totalitarian states Jalways do, Japan choose well the

time to launch her raid.

France is pre-occupied with Spain. With Franco's troops on her frontier, with a quarter million

streaming refugees across her borders, she has little time at present to attend to her affairs in the Far East.

elm, pleaded his cause and urged beneath the shade of yow or

his suit in dulcet tones breath-. ing u hope that

No dove D'er head Would truer be Than this poor heart Flung at the feet Of his adored

For her to trample on.

In 1937 this lovely key, used to unlock the floodgates of an- other's soul, has given place to "What about it?"

I have grave doubts whether St. Valentine, born in the pretty silken hoop, le

not for

ever

Not until Spain ceases to dominato. affairs in Europe can buried in the unacemly bustle of France, or for that matter, Great Britain, afford to turn too

our grandmama. much attention to the Far East. A Show Of Chivalry.

In the meantime, Japan pre- WOULD that it word not so; sents them with another fait

would it were possible once more to applaud even a show of

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survey Indicates that rubber, coco- nuts, all kinds of tropical fruits, coffee, cotton

and numerous ntber things can be raised on the land. The Island, when fully developed, is cap- able of supporting at least 6,000,000 people, or three times the present number.

Underground there is rich tin ore, which has scarcely been touched. When proper modern mining facili tles are used, the island can easily supply one-tenth of the world's tin supply. It was pointed out recently that Singapore, whose tin minos were undeveloped some 50 years ago, is to- day producing seven-tenths of the world's tin supply as a result of well- planned development.

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VACATION SPOT

In a scenic way Hainan should 10

of China's future vacul- tion upois, if the Japanese leave again. Its rugged mountains, with its natural landscape enhanced by an abundance of trees, are good for hunting. Its beautiful rivers beckon the angler. while its beaches provide a well-lotd- out natural swimming pool.

The island in days gone by pro duced many leading statesmen, au thor's and poets, whose names to-day adorn payes of China's history. Su Tung-pu, the famous poet of the Bung Dynasty was once exiled to this lalund. In modern times, Hainan claims as its native sons and daughters the family of Mr. 7. Về Soong, whose father, the late Rev, Soong Yao-ju, was born on the island.

But to put Hainan on China's in- duzirial, ogricultural and tourist map, many things,would have to be done. One of the more urgent is the fighting. of malaria, which has cropped-up during the yeare when Haldan was neglected by the nation's herithi wake. thorities.