1939-06-19 — Page 38

Declaration of War, Says Noted Admiral

LONDON, June 18.—Events in Tientsin, with the support given to Japan by Germany and Italy, really amount to a declaration of war against the British Empire, and it is a challonge which must bo mot, declared Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, addressing a parade of A.R.P. volunteers in London to-day.

Admiral Koyes said hoɑwas convinced that if Britain was resolute and firm, and showed the whole world that she was ready to enter the strugglo, making full use of her wealth, industry and man-power, she could win without a clash of arms,Reuter.

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The Telegraph'

50 YEARS AGO

June 19, 1880. The Committer appointed at the public meeting held in the Council) Chamber, under the presidency of tils Excellency the Governor, on the 23rd May inst, have recommended that Voluntary Machine Gun Corps and a Mounted Rife

Corps be formed in Hongkong

25 YEARS AGO

June 19, 1014. Much has been heard ́al Hongkong during the past few years of "Daylight saving" schemes, and although no Ruccone has attended the efforts made to put the suggestions into effect in England by Parliamentary enactment,Į there can be no doubt that the move- ment in attraeting the sympathy of a growing bulk of sane public opinion,| The basis of all the scheman is, nở tạ speak, to put back the hands of the cfack to us to make more use, in bust- ness, of the earlier hours of the day, and, as a conanquence, to set free, for recreative purposes,

Inspired By Friends

LONDON, June 18,-Japan is doubtless inspired by her friends In Europe to deliberately and Imprudently flout both Britain and her own International

obligations, declared Mr. Arthur Greenwood, the Labour

ALF.. speaking at West Bromwich to-

day

He said that 8 must be made clear to the dictatorship and milliarist Powers, whether in the East or West, that Britain and the other democracies would not tolerate this organized attempt to undermine the foundations of international law, and to impose the rule of force on the world.

Peace was imperified, not be- CAUTO of the desires of the people of Germany, Italy and Japan, but owing to the ambitions of their rulers. Such ambitions must be curbed.

Mr. Greenwood criticised the policy of the National Govern- ment, to which he ascribed the present threatening situation. Reuter.

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

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June 19, 1939.

LADIES MANHANDLED IN TIENTSIN

JAPANESE

ASSAULT

ON BRITISH GIRL

A YOUNG BRITISH girl, whose name is at present unrevealed, was severe- ly man-handled by a puppet-Government Chinese policeman at the Racecourse Road exit from the British Concession in Tientsin yesterday afternoon, accord- ing to a special message from the London Correspondent of the "Hong- kong Telegraph."

The message states that the girl is believed to have been partially stripped by the policeman, who carried out the assault under the eyes of the Japanese guards. The girl was subjected to foul abuse.

man-

According to a "Reuter" message, which confirms the London report, the young English girl was handled when she attempted to leave the Concession to visit a house near the race-course Japanese Concession.

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Judges In Colonies

THE SECRETARY OF STATE for the Colonies, Mr. Malcalm Mac- Donald, has decided to suggest to the Governments of all colonies where statutory qualifications do not already exist that legislation be introduced to provide that those appointed to be "Reuter" also reports that a British

was Judges of the High or Supreme Court must be barristers of not less than ave years' stand wi

This was

with sallsfretion at Several tins of canned foods which he was carrying a recent meeting of the committee of were prised open with the point of the Japanese sentry's the Straits Settlements (Singapore) bayonet.

Frog Death Follows stripped naked at the same search point.

perlod at the other end of the day,

In strange fact that, with all thei altention and thought which have been? devoted to this question at Home, It! I never been seriously advocated in Hongkong. If there are grounds for the application of such a glan lọ Eng-

land, there are infinitely more in this there, in the difference in climate. And

Colony of ours. First and foremost

in this connection our hat and steamy summer Instantly occurs to one as thei period in which" greatest benelt woul}}

Long Illness

Mrs. Burton Dies

At War Memorial

Mrs. Dulcie Burton, of No. accrue from a rearrangement of bus-114, The Peak, died in the War

A hours. The general run of the working day in Hongkong in from a Memorial Hospital at 8 a.m. to-

man

The two incidents have stiffened the determination of British residents to see the blockade through," states the "Reuter" message.

Association, when a letter containing the information from the Straits Settlements (Penang) Association was read."

STOCK MARKET REPORT

The blockade took a more threatened turn yesterday when supplies of fresh food were cut off or turned back from the Anglo-French Concessions by machine-gun armed motor-boats patrolling the Haiho River. No craft of any description are allowed above the former German Concession or below the summary issued on Saturday says: 8 o'clock, provided they were released ton, the well-known dental surgeon. Halian Concession. between which the British and French Con- dull and inactive.

cessions lie.

to 5 pm, with an hour for in-anday. eight-hour day. Now, it is obvious that

it would he na hardship di employees)

to require them to commence lütfen at

She was the wife of Dr. C. II. Bure

at 4 pm. We all know that the early and had been for the past two morning lathe best part of the day in months, cdimmer, and the man who goes to thei

office at our cariler than at present Besides the bereaved husband, she will not only feel more comfortable is survived by a seven and a half linnolf-ho will render better servicen] to his employer. Then there is the year-old son, Urlan.

which an employna gives after 4 o'clock,

olher end of the day. The servicen Deceased was resident in the after a boiling hot day, nas prartleally Colony some 10 years and leaves worth nothing and, what la more, his many friends to mourn her death.

mental state after that hour, tu The funeral Service will be held at

nay

nothing of physical exhaustion, in such the Colonial Cemetery Chapel at 5.30 that he is doing himself Injury to a p.m. to-day. Lempt serious work then. And in nine|

cases out of ten it is only an attempt!

the man In not at for exertion at that

time of day. Therefore, from all stand-

BLOCKADE SUCCEEDING

Mr. A. E. Tipper, Chairman of the British Municipal Council, admitted that the Japanese river blockade was the most serious step yet taken to starve out the British and French Concessions, He told "Reuter" that the river blockade had proved com. pletely successful.

As a result of the intensification of the blockade, stocks of fresh foodstuffs are almost non-existent in the Concessions now. The refusal of the Japanese to permit blocks of ice to be taken into the British Concession resulted in the condemnation

pofita sume revision of working hours "Honest Scot" Pays of a considerable quantity of fresh meat, fish and eggs which

eminently denirable,

10 YEARS AGO

June 10, 1920.

Several flights were made. Inliang-

kong yesterday by the Royal Air Force

For Stolen Ink

was stored in freezing chambers,

ice

Hongkong Stock Exchange ofcial

This morning's session was rather

Buyers

H.K. Bank $1,330 Providents $4.00 Raubs $8

HK. Lands $334

J.K. Tramways $10.35 China Lights (Old) $8.20 Canton Ices $1

H.K. Govt. 45% loan 4% pm.

Sellers

Canton Ins, $230 Union Ins. $400 China Lights (Old) $81⁄2 Telephones (Old) $231% Dairy Farms (Old) $22 Dairy Farms (New) $21 There has been £1 run on. British ocean-going ships arrived

Sales H.K. Bank $1,340 stopped-at-the Japanese control-point-Providents $4.65- WINDSOR, Ont., June 19-A min private homes possessing electric at the British Bund without being

H.K. Lands $35% make purpose of carrying out rain who filled his fountain pen in the post refrigerators, and small

are fetching fantastici because his conscience prices.

The temperature has hovered be

degrees to Signing himself "Honest Scot", hetween 00

of the foreigners Sent Postmaster General Norman C. the discomfort

All Powers Affected

making experiments. These, however, office every day for 20 years made cubes were not successful. In all, no fewer restitution than Keven lights were made by RAF hurt him. machines, and about Mix hundred- weight of powdered koolin was dropped on likely clouds. The results, however,

and

1000

wern nil, no rain being induced by the McLarty only 10 cents for 7,300 pens-marooned in the two Concessions.

]rdeeck.

Amongst the votes to come before the full of ink on the ground that the lak Financy Committee of the Legislative was of such poor quality, 10 cents Counell to-morrow is one for $300,000 would be more than ample to cover the to cover expenditure incurred of einer its cost-United Press. gency works and importing of water on, account of the drought.

It is explained that owing to the con-

iinuance of the drought it has become portation of supplier. Its vessel wil{ addition to the -majority

the bring water here from Manila.

5 YEARS AGO

June 10, 1934. An intensive ale search by British

are

ail

on the Haiho River.

Consequently, owners are cabling their Shangal offices to resume ship- ments of cargo to Tientsin, which were suspended on the advice of the British consular authorities.

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20%

Masbate Consolidated

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271%

San Mauricio

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since

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United Paracale

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Mr.

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U.S. Newspaper Banned It is noteworthy in this respect that

TIENTSIN, June 18.-The Ameri- blockade is affecting nationalities. The American, Nether-can owned "North China Star" has Innds, Swiss, Swedish, Norweglan, been banned from the post German and Danish Consulates, in Friday last week.

The publisher of the paper, of

Churles James and of these

other necensary to import water into

Fox, from Boston, nationalities

in the Massachusetts, is understood to be Colony, and the vote in requiend to mest

European this, together with various other works

countrics, are suffering drawing the attention of the United British Concession and necessary to meet this emurgency,

with the British and French. States Consulate to this ban.-United which faces the extra international

settlement. The sum of $100,000 has been pro vided for by special warrant,

Considerable anxiety is being feit Press.

British troops are still stationed With regard to the Intant's reservoir navni pllots for the ferelen Viet regarding the future for women and

Anti-British Campaign opposite the station-United Press. Rupplies, we learn that practically all the Shuntien pirates in apparently ra children marooned in the Concession.

British Sanctions the water now available in in Tytam posed, as H.M.S. Eagle, the aircraft- Under ordinary circumstances, they

TIENTSIN, June 19-While not LONDON, June 18-Contrary to other three reservoirs carrier, has left for the mouth of the depurt in mid-June for Peitano or relaxing the barrier restrictions in tears entertained here on Saturday at Tytam, as well as the Weng Nei Yellow Htiver, the scene of the gang's other summer resorts, In order to the slightest, the Japanese have night, the situation in Tientsin hos Cheong and Pokfulum reservoirs, are departure, H.MS. Eogle was accom escape the Tientsin summer.

intensified their anti-British empty for all practical purposes. panied, when nhe left Weihnlwol, by

pro not deteriorated, and as a result it Ships Run Blockado

paganda, and the Japanese press is Regarding suppiles from outside, wo, two destroyers and, a Customs revente

not considered certain that a learn that the Jaya-China-Japon Line in eruiser, to aid in the quest for trace off

Notwithstanding the severity of carrying out a

virulent campaign, plenary meeting of the Cabinet now joining in the scheme for trann- the junks with the prisoners.

the blockade on fresh foodstuffs, two supported by handbills.

They are also using broadcasts for liberations of

would be convened after the de- which

the committee on loudspeakers have been foreign affairs on Installed at all the searching posts.

Monday, The food situation Is causing

however, in the course of the week, there should be no Improve- growing concern.

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the

supply of rice and flour is available, these by depriving Japan of the Japanese launch patrols on the right to the most-favoured-nation river have effectively cut off

treatment. the

vegetable, meat and fish supplies. The view prevalls in many quar-

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Briton. to

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barrier on the way out, but were TIENTSIN; Jung 10.--The Hain Min firmly refused admission upon

re Hul (New People's Society), only turning

political organisation amilated with Eventually, after much fruitless the "Provisional Government has argument, they made a two-mile trip decided to organise a committee in to another entrance where they were Tientsin in proparation for an "anti- permitted to pass.

British muss movement" In connection Despite the repeated requests of with the Japanese blockade against the Consul-General, Mr. Jamieson, the British and French Concessions. the Japanese are still detaining the Domel, Briton, Mr. GA. Smith, who was Aid Democracy, U.S. Urged arrested on Siturday after an argu-i SHANGHAI, June 19-In a leader ment with a Chinese · policeman on the Tientsiri situation, the "Shang- Reuter,

hai Evening Post", the only "America"! newspaper in Shanghal urges the United

States

to stand by Britain and Franceer

Shanghai Situation

SHANGHAI June 18-The Muni- The paper warns that American elpal Council to-day issued a state- failure to co-operate, on the technical ment saying the Tatao police will be grounds that America has no terri

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