1939-04-26 — Page 30

THE HONGKONG Telegraph, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1989.

Genuine Peoteh

While Labe

LE SCOTCH WYE")

HEAT A

fen Dewar & Son

"White Label"

DEWAR'S SUPERIOR WHISKY

Sole Agents:-A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD,

WINE DEPT.

The

TEL. 20616.

BABY PIANO WITH

A "GRAND" TONE!

THE MOUTRIE

"MINIATURE”

VIT

Your Children Will Enjoy Music On This Model

S. MOUTRIE & Co., Ltd.

'CHATER ROAD.

• YORK BUILDING

MAKERS OF THE FINEST PIANOS

Swan Culbertson

Fritts ста

Investment Bankers and Brokers

Members of New York Cotton Exchange

Chicago Board of Trade

Winnipeg Grain Exchango

Commodity Exchange, Inc., New York

Canadian Commodity Exchange, Inc., Montreal. New York Coffco and Sugar Exchango

Manila Stock Exchango

Hongkong Sharobrokers Association

Shanghai Stock Exchange.

SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, MANILA AND SINGAPORE

Cable Address: Swanstock

Always More for Your Money

The LATEST

IN AUTOMOBILS

ATTIRE

When you dress your car, do a com- pieta Job.... Don't stop with polish ing or waxing the body and cleaning the windows... dress the tires also with WHIZ WHITE TIRE COATING.

THE WALL OF

Ma

R. BALDWIN de- clared in 1934 that "The British fron- tier is on the Rhine."

In other words he us- serted that the centre of gravity of European peace rested on the Rhine. If at times it has appeared to shift to the Yangtse or the Nile, the Volga, or the car that sought after, North-West Frontier of In- smart appearance... that finished dia, to France more so than to England it has always been the Rhine that mat- [tered.

Give your

look that only white sldewall tires

can give you... use WHIZ WHITE

TIRE COATING.

White sidewall tires by WHIZ for the latest in car

Attire

Sold Here HONGKONG

The

HOTEL GARAGE Stubby Rd

Hongkong Telegraph.

Wyndham St., Hongkong 'Phone 26615 April 26, 1939

"PENNY POSTAGE" CABLE VERSION

To guard herself against any repetition of the invasion of 1914 and at gigantic cost, not far short of £100,000,000, the whole area of the frontier lino has been made by France as safe as possible,

The first and essential. fea- ture of this vast defence chain of steel and concrete, covering forts above and below ground, is that it is sited on the fron- tier and not miles behind it.

FRANCE has pinned her

faith on her military skill to prevent any invasion of her territory.

STEEL

Lille

Lang Stong Route :strilogically sited

Many Strong Points sided by natural

Shaded Arus-Gerauge

Rhineland

LLA

Thionvil

·Metz

Cobicn

Baret

KITERLA

Geneva

1 TALY

But with German forces not only near by, but bang on the frontier Itself, there is always dun, Thionville, Metz and Nancy the danger of defences being fortresses equipped with every neither soldier nor fort; under form a quadrilateral of mighty the peaceful countryside had For miles it appears as if IT IS A happy coincidence that The new instrument of war form of defensive protection, the green grass of the field and

the announcement of the new mechanical armoured weapons scorning any attempt at cover.

above and below. ground, yet the cultivated areas of many cheap rate for social cablegrams-has changed the entire mill- to all parts of the Empire except-tary situation, and an offensive fences rest not on fortresses as

Further southwards the de- all eyes.

acres the defences lie hid from ing Canada and India occure on planned secretly is an

ever such, but on strong points, all the twenty-fifth anniversary of the present danger.

connected and completion of the Eastern Exton-

After past experience it is sited, one supporting another strategically sion cable between Aden and

difficult to trust Germany and and linked together by an

IN other places concrete Hongkong,

gun emplacements rear to accept her guarantee of underground system of security that such will never munications of marvellous in- sunken roads and leafy dells com- their forbidding structures; in genuity and practical construc- are the entrances tion.

to under- ground barracks and ammuni-

the time

It might suit Hitler for France to scrap her mighty de- fence works built up by 15 years of labour and sacrifice, but to the outside world such a sincerity or a complete lack of suggestion savours of gross in- appreciation of the true French position.

A Press Review was held at the Queen's Theatre yesterday of a remarkable film. It is one of the famous "March of Time" series and is called "Inside the Maginot Line." Here is the story told by that film, which will be screened at the Queen's Theatre to-day.

when the lines are manned, lives disappear, and bastions of great Here the French soldier, tion stores; railways appear and underground. No German sys- strength, natural and concrete; tem of war dug-out, admirable terraces of defences spring up as it was, can begin to compare from nowhere and dive into with these. Fortresses com- mother earth like drain pipes or plete with barracks are under railway lines into a tunnel.

earth, safe from shell fire.

"For miles it appears as if the peaceful countryside had neither soldier nor fort; under ther green grass of the field the de- fences He Jild."

By Major Reade

objective, France."

"the

safety of

Yot France is greatly per- turbed. Germany has also built a line of fortificationa on her side of the frontier as much as to say, "We wait the day; numerically our greater man- population will swamp you?” And then

A Look Through The Telegraph

50 YEARS AGO

April 20, 1914.

perience of how our beautiful harbour If our friends of the Sanitary Board wish to have a genuine ex- can smell, we would recommend them to walk any night after ten o'clock from the old P. & O. wharf to Murray Barracks and from the Blue Buildings to Jardine's godowns at. East Point. And then the Colonial Surgeon and Dr. Cantlle might In- form the community what inauence the combination of stinks which makes night hideous would be likely to have on the public health during the hot weather.

BORANO

The statutory general meeting of the Peak Hotel and Trading Com- pany was held at noon to-day, in the might almost have been held in t City Hall. In point of attendance it Ticksha, for besides the Chairman (the Hon. P. Ryrie), Mr. J. Ander- son (director), Mr. W. Thomas (secretary) there were only present (manager), and Mr. C. Mooney E. W. Maitland, W. Parlane. J. D. Merara, W. H. Ray, G. Murray Bain, Sannaville, and W. K. Wylle.

A reference to the "Telegraph" | happen, files of 1914 shows that this cable, which was laid by the cable-ship Colonia, was spliced on April 23, 1914, at a point 200 miles south of the Colony, thus permitting direct cable communication be- tween this Colony and Aden (and thus England) the first ilme.

It is no far cry to

France is defended from the when cable costs were so exorbi-Belgian frontier to the Mediter tant that their uso was for tho ranean Sea at Nice. The sector which protects the Italian fron- moneyed few and commercial firms. To-day, thanks to Ed-consideration at present.

tier doos-not-enter-into serious ward Wilshaw, ono of the world's greatest authorities an international communications, the Cable & Wireless Ltd. intra-

IT is from the frontier at the S.W. of Switzerland Empire servico has become in (Lake Geneva), past the Jara

From cavern-like entrances that all the shares had been taken up, The Chairman simply announced effect a "penny-postage" cable Mountains guarding Valdahon, and water; poison gas cannot and hill and plain for miles and the proceedings terminated.

Steel doors protect from fire guns, protrude, covering valley and the business was progressing. scheme for the masses,

the Vosges Mountains guarding penetrate; lifts bring shells to around. Many of the reductions in cable Belfort, Nancy and Bitche to case-mates tolla in the past eighteen months Longwy, Maubeuge and Lille tion ample and comfortable; minds, working on its intrica-ber on Thursday there was an echo Wissenbourg, then N.W. to ventilation is good; accommoda- defences has had many expert and gun-turrets; This frontier line of massed

25 YEARS AGO have been astounding. The latest that is of interest, and most electricity for lighting and cook cles, though the design as a of the scandalous delays in the build-

April 26, 1014. In the Legislative Council Cham- reduction, effective on May, por particularly the sectors from ing is provided. mits every exile in this Colony, Strasbourg to Longwy covering

whole is simple, and the one whatever his or her means, to uso

ing of Hongkong's Post Office and Toul, Metz, Verdun, Thionville

Law Court. the world's greatest communica-dustrial iron-fields of Briey.

and St.. Avold, and the vital in-!

In the construction of these four times greater than the Inland defences France has never telegraphic service In England; contemplated jumping-off- that compares favourably, indeed, ground for an invasion of Ger- with the trans-Continental tele-

many, and hence they are not adaptable graph services in the United attack.

bases for

..'and more than ever to-day!tions service at a cost that is but

Always better, Florsheims to-day are the finest ever to leave the last. In fit and finish, in craft- manship and comfort, in stamina and style, these new Florsheims offer the greatest

values in By every

Florshelm history.

method of measurement, Flor

shelms give you more for your money.

FLORSHEIM Shve

Authorized Dealers:-

States. With the

promise of

radio telephonic development, linking Hongkong with over 90 per cent. of the world's sub-

A

an

MANY CYCB are turned

now to the sector along

ncribers, residents of this Colony the Valley of the Moselle and

havo indeed much to thank the genius who has made it possible.

southwards to Strasbourg, Ver-

A brief biographical sketch of Secretary of the great Empire the Chlef of Mesars, Cables & Wire- combine formed, when the Govern less Ltd. would not be out of place. [ment merged nearly all communica Edward, Wilshaw was born in Lon- tion systems throughout the Empire, don în 1880, and is a descendant of

His great ambition, now realised, Thomas Wilshaw, an Elder Brother has been to bring the Empire's of Trinity House who about 1690 cable and radio services within succeeded Samuel Pepys, the touch of everyone in the Common- famous diarist, as Comptroller of wealth. the Navy Wilshaw ontered the It has been a great work, from service of the Eastern Telegraph which the public has benefited Company immediately after leaving enormously. High cable tolls of school, progreased rapidly, and was the past have as offectively alded eventually appointed the company's isolation for the majority of exiles General Manager and Secretary, bo- from Home as if cables did not

THE WING ON CO., LTD.coming one of the best known men exist. Cheap toils have brought

in the City of London. He was ap- the four corners of the Empire pointed General Manager and much closer together.

GRIN AND BEAR IT.

By Lichty

IN TH

OF THE

Haven't you any country without

LET IS

PLAN YOUR VACATION

TRIAL SROO

*

A Bill which came before the Coun- ell for a first time was that which amends the existing Airships Ordin- ance by giving statutory power to enable force to be used to compel the descent of aircraft which disobey the law.. Hongkong must, of course, be thoroughly up-to-date, and it will be generally agreed that every means possible should be taken to our little fortilled island from

guard

tho

possibility of invasion. Every year now, aircraft plays a more important part in warfare, while the airship has come to be a most useful adjunct to would-be spics. Any step there- fore, such as the present Bill, which aims at immunity from espionage is. to be welcomed. There is only one point, however, and that is whether we are sufficiently Hongkong to possess anti-aircraft up-to-date in weapons with which to impose force on the disobedient aviator? If not, the Bill will be of small avall,

10 YEARS AGO

April 20, 1020. Hongkong's deep and sincere affec- tion for the Royal Family has been exemplified in the fullest possible measure this morning. Enhanced by the news of His Majesty's progress. to convalescence, the arrival in the Colony of the Duke of Gloucester, was made an occasion of great public. rejoicing, our Royal Vislior landing umid scenes of brilliant splendour and almost unparalleled enthusiasm.:

5 YEARS AGO

April 20, 1934. The shall land of St. Helena, historically famous as Napoléon' place of exite after the Battle of Waterloo, celebrated the centenary as a Crown Colony yesterday,

Page 30Page 31