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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

june 14, 1939. -

LETTERS

*

In Defence Of The

Schoolboys

To the Editor,

Hongkong Telegraph.

Sir, Your morning contemporary has seen to launch into a bitter diatribe in denunciation of the action of local students

sought

pointment of a mote the p-|

The state- ments of the Headmaster having been reported at length,

a prominent citizen having hastily called in to expostulate with the obstreperous ceclesiastical intervention and dire threats of Government

ent action" (1) obscurely hinted at, is it not within the bounda of possibility that there is something to be maid on the alde of the less articulate-though heavy artillery? Is our sense of pp: portion atrophiled and are our risible'. faculties benumbed?

Was

been worse than many of the

BRITAIN MAKES LAST MINUTE

APPEAL

LONDON, June 13.

FOLLOWING to-day's meeting of the Cabinet Foreign Affairs Committee, reliable sources stated that Britain appealed to Japan not to impose the blockade in Tientsin.

It is understood that this request when the situation remained quiet,- | was transmitted to Mr. Shigemitsu, United Press. British Foreign Onice. the Japanese Ambassador, from the

Serious French Viow

This motivaled Japanese official

Paris, June 14. I have been given to

understand sources

the into explaining that

Omcial circles here take a very that the students have stated their British Consul General in Tientsin serious view of the Tientsin blockade. case in writing and forwarded it to und his associates are examining A Government spokesman said, the local press, and that this attempt fresh evidence regarding the alleged "The situation is very serious." to justify their action has been

Il-hus been stated that the Govern- complicity of the Chinese captives in Possibly

ment entirely fanored.

their

Is consulting London and Washington with a view to defining a not up to high-brow the April D assassination. andard, but it could scarcely have Although a British Government joint polley to their mutual interests. spokesman has disclaimed any know- Reports here indicate that the fantastic effusions which, unhappily,ledge of these developments, it ap¡British military authorities at Singa=" commanding find their way into the corres- pears that the appeal was made by pore invited French pondence columns of at least one high ometal in the Foreign Onice. omcers in the Far East to discuss Joint defensive measures.United local newspaper. trust that. In

fairness, the "Hongkong avert the blockade by proposing the

On Monday Britain attempted to Press. Telegraph" will be sufficiently un-

creation of a three man tribunal to bassed, and possibly

courageous

decide whether the Chinese shalt boi enough, to state this case for the

delivered to the Japanese which, It defence:

climb down in the face of the Japan- is declared, would have denoted a

common

I

I am told-I do not vouch for its truth-that the nominee of the head- master, and persona non grata to the students is a Japanese (though pass ing under. a Chinese name) born in Formosa; at all events, whatever his nationally, it seems an undisputed fact that the nominee is ctly and openly of Japanese sympathies. distinctly that large

ese threats.

When it is remcdents are lieves that submission in Tientsial

proportion of the in Hongkong simply on account enemy activities; that some at least have had relatives

entirely unnecessary

authorities are divided as to the most It is an open secret that the British desirable course to be taken in

ent Tientsin-the local British nuthorities favouring the fulfilment of the Home Government is opposed.

the Japanese demands, to

which One section of the Government be- will encourage the Japanese to seck of all the complete domination killed and in- jured, property destroyed, family life foreign settlements in China with annihilated, can it remain a matter

their immense British, United States and French investments and facili- of surprise that they object to be

tics. under the domination of one who is either of

Others visualise Japan as not only seizing British interests throughout Japanese nationality or of Japanese China, but even allude to the pos- sympathies probably both?

am told that more than one de-sibility of a Japanese bld for Hong- The Chinese Government is kong. putation wafted upon the Head- master, at which the students' de- pressing Britain for more effective economic assistance. So far they legates courteously explained their have used only a tiny fraction of the objections. What special or unique

commercial credits earmarked for qualifications had this particular boy

British lorries. Chinese ofelola sald for the post? Were there no others

Britain ought to be in a position to available, whose appointment would supply anti-aircraft guns instead of have avoided infinite trouble, Heartmerely lorries.--United Press. burning, injustice and srarenrous threats.

The striking students know that they may be heavily penalised by their action; may lose the benefit of a year's work, may be barred from the Matriculation examination. Is to be supposed that they

in curred such risks without believing in

The "United Press" correspondent, the justice of their requests, and Charles Gubb, said it required three without deep and fundamental sent!- hours for him to return to the Con- ments and sentiments cannot al- cession because the Japanese sentries ways with safety be ignored. When took 15 minutes to search each person. the assistance of a leading citizen has

The streets in the Concession ore to be invoked, the power of the

deserted. the press

British to threaten "Government The

Volunteer Defence beguiled

Situation In Tientsin

Tientsin, June 14. Persons are allowed to pass through the barricades but only after a very complete search.

, and a cowardly suggestion Corps was mobilised last night but given

that the patriotism of the boys they returned to their homes later should debar them from entry to

the

other schools (should they wish to enter) the case would seem to smack distastefully of diluted, altered, em- asculated Prussianism; of the of the weak-natured; not of abble-minded who can graciously acknowledge an error made. Would the dignity of the school thorities have been fatally under- mined had they ceded a point and nominated a youth acceptable alike to students and masters?

au-

Patriotism is a fine thing some of the most gallant deeds of the world in- have been performed under its

this great quality fluence. Unhappily seems now to be allowed undisputed sway only among more virile notions than we--more's the pity-have be-

come. The crass, impossible ab-

normality of "neutrality" is every- where encouraged and exhorted to raise its miserable, craven head; all feelings of burning haired of in- justice and oppression must be sup- pressed; we must all be regimented into the ranks of the spineless nonen- tities fearful to disagree with the so- called "policy" forced upon Neutrality is the refuge af the weak and self-seeking; of the huddled, spineless, bleached and bloodless oc- cupants of the fence.

To

neutended is

us.

Chinese boy to be

asking an impos of him, an unneces-

sibleosition which he should

загу never have been asked to bear. To expect him unquestionally to accept the domination

alien of an enemy (or

displays even of a renegade)

abysmal ignorance of his mentality.

has

N. B. WHITESTONE. Our correspondenti has been mis- informed. No communication been received by this newspaper (or, so far as we are aware by others) from the dissatisfied students. It such a document had been sent to us, It would have been given the sams amount of publicity as the rest of the correspondence on this subject.→→→ Ed. H.K.T.

The Schoolboy Strike Sir, The local papers have all given an account of the trouble at the D.3.3., presumably from the Headmaster's point of view; but, in ali fairness, I believe the pubile would like to hear the boys version of the affair. The boys of the D.B.S. have long been known for their courtesy, and respect for their seniors, and their grievance must have been acute before they would have acted contrary to their best traditions Perhaps no one will gainsay that the choice made by the Headmaster war

#t the present time, and misguided they may be from the standpoint of discipline and loyally to their school, one cannot halp feel- ing some sympathy for those boys who have interrupted their school! careers over this unfortunate contro versy.

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