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Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 24, 1940.

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The Stamp Collector

FEMININE

ISSUES IN

NETHERLANDS GUIANA

Surinam, more familiarly known Ds Dutch Gulana, Is a colony of the Netherlands situated on the northeastern coast of South Amer-

lying between French Guiana and British Gulana, Since the time the Panama Canal was opened 10 commerce, Aug. 15, 1915, large numbers of far Eastern peoples have settled in the West Indies

es and

In certain parts of South Amerien.

Surinam (the Dutch spelling is Issued n

"Suriname") has ramps deplet.

set of semi-postal

ing four different types of these non-European realdents, as repre- sented by woinen. The 2c. plua 2c. (green), portrays the Creole type; the 3c. plus 2c. (brown), the Javanese; the

the 5c. plus 3c. (blue), the Hindustani; and the 714e. plus fc. (brown), the Native Indian

A collection of such stamps pic- turing native wonen from til parts of the world is a fascinating study, not only of the dress, but of the bale fashions and mililovry tastes of different sections,

There

are the Ubongi, the Ba- Tuba, the Babuende, and the Mang- bethu women of the Congo; the Pangawin women of Gabon: the Maori maid of New Zealand; the Samoan and Tabian maids of the South Scas: and any others.

in comparison we have the typi- cal young ladies from the various districts of Germany, of Austria, of Rumania. of Russia, and of Swit-

veritable zerland. A

array of

Feminine beauty and charm lies hidden within the pages of a well- ordered album; and a search will bring to light not only feminine

Inanity Fare

Alice Delysia

Is fizzier Than any fizz- She is.

Brighten your

BRASSO

METAL POLISH

MANUFACTURERS RECKITT & SONS, HUEL & LONDON AGENT IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES (CHINA) LTD. HONG KONG.

-by- Vice-Admiral

HARPER

Former

member of Anglo- American Arbitration Board and former Director of Navigation at the Admiralty. Complier of the official record of the Battle of Jutland, and Nautical 'Assessor to the House of Lords,

THE

THE laws governing the conduct of war at sea are drawn up by international agreement, to which all civilised nations have sub- scribed. Germany, 118 is well known, has been deliberately and systematically trampling on these laws.

We retaliate not by breaking the Inwa ourselves but by the legitimate means made possible by our control at sea.

We have now tightened up the blocknde, both naval and economie, What

Germany's

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OUR

ARE

swer? To flout still more cynical- ly the laws of the sea by attacking defenceless ships, both British and neutral, without warning arid without making provision for the of those on board; by safely lil machine-gunning innocent flating boats and by attempting to murder the men who man our lightships and lighthouses,

types, but women of history, of romance, and of power.

Récant Issues

special'' set

of

Colombla-A stamps of small format has been issucil for money-raising purposes, These stumps are of six values, and the funds are to be used to assist in financing the new post office building "Palace of Communica-

tions." The

of

the st design shows a view

structure.

Dominican Itepublic-A series of stamps marking the anniversary of the founding of the Pan Ameri- can Union will appear about April 14. The design will bear the map of the Western Hemisphere, with flags on either side and the dates. 1800-1940.

Yugoslavla A new semi-postal set of stamps of five values is re- ported as having been placed on sale. The surtax is to be used as a fund for postal employees.

Nicaragua-A special set of stamps has been issued to com- memorate the two World's Fairs in the United States and President Somoza's' visit,

Turkey-The 100th anniversary of the birth of Namik Kemal, poet and patriot, has been observed with a set of four stampsi com-

memorating the event. The stamps bear a full face likeness of the puset, and below are the dates 1840- 1088.

United States-The 80th anniver- sary of the Pony Express will be celebrated this year, and interest- ed parties are endeavouring to persuade the Post Office Depart- ment to issue n stamp for the occasion. This year no marks the 100th anniversary of the estab lishment of Fort Sutter, at Sacra- mento, California,

As Fort Sutter was the western terminus of the Pony Express, it may be possible that a stamp will be issued to commemorate both events. The Pony Express made Its initial trip from St. Joseph, Mo., on April 3, 1860; and this was one of the outstanding events in the nation's postal history,

Spotting the Rank

CAPTAIN (E) and ENGINEER CAPTAIN Captain (E) is the modern version of the older rank of Engineer Captain.

Over 30 years ago this rank was known as Inspector of Machinery and two survivors of this rank may still be found in the Retired List, with one Captain (E) and 337 Engineer Captains.

Of the 51 Captains, (E) on the Active List sovoral are amplayed as Fleet Engineer Officers

the staffs on

of Commandors-in-Chiof; somo os First Assistants to tho Managers of the engineering departments of dockyards; and others at the Admiralty, In the departments of the Engineer - in - Chlof, of the Director of Naval Ordnance, or of the Director of Aircraft Maintenance.

Othors

ongagod Aro Woolwich Arsenal or elsc- whore an the inspection, of gun mountings,

accus-

When dealing with a belligerent Ilke Germany more drastic action is required by neutrals whose ships have been sunk and crews mur- dered than the feeble protests to which we

have become tomed.

If in such

circumstances It neutral will not, cannot or dare Tot act to uphold the treaties to which he himself was a signatory, there seems to be no other course

but to meet illegality with justi.. flable measures.

The drastic action now taken by the Allies is, in any opinion, fully Justilled,

IT is recognised by all civilised nations that minelaying is 14 legitimate method of offence or defence in war. Mine laying, be it noted-not the indiscriminale sow-

ing of floating mines by Germany on the high seas, where these terrible engines of war may bring

death to the innocent as well as to the enemy,

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No nation worthy to be called elvilised would het in suelta manner. In one's own territorial waters minefields

be Inid at will and in secret provided due

taken precautions are

to ensure that innocent neutral ships enter- "Ang "or" leaving those waters "are" piloted in safely through the dan- ger zone.

Minefields may alsu, of course, be secretly laid by a belligerent in the territorial waters or harbours of the enemy, If this very difficult and hazardous operation can be carried out,

Due notice must always be given of the position of any minefield laid outside territorial waters, and if such mines are Jaid by us full information of the areas rendered dangerous is announced publicly,

over a

NOW we come to the recent laying of mines not in our own territorin waters. not on the high sens, but in the territorial waters of a friendly but neutral nation.

What are territorial waters? It has long

recognised that nation has territorial rights over strip of sen round her coasts, and In the days when the extreme range of cunnon was a mere len- Kite a distance of three nautical nulles was universally accepted as the limit of territorial waters.

Outside that mit He the 'high scus. And there is definite dividing line in civil as well as in international law between the two. There is no general law which for- bida belligerent ships, whether warships or merchantinan, passing through territorial waters provided no wurlike action takes place therein. But neutral States may prohibit such passage unless the waters form part of a highway for international trame,

THE Norwegian Foreign Minis- ter stated before the German in- vasion that it was out of the ques tion to treat one side differently from the other, and also that the free pasage of merchant ships through Norwegian territory more to the advantage of England then af Germany.

MINES LEGAL

of Norwny WAS abused by the Nazis long before their armies violated its territory. Her weak- ness was used as a inethod where- by our legitimate control of the high seas can be considerably stultified,

ARTICLE 3 of Hague Conven- tion V provides, that "belligerents ure forbidden to move Across the territory of a neutral Power troops cr convoys either of muni- tions of war or of supplies." As the Spectator points out:

the reference in this article to convoys of munitions or supplies It is the technicality. expression of the

the general custom- nry principle that as

as soon as the transport assumes the complexion of a venture organised by the bel- ligerent or under his control it loses the charneler of mere transit of goods whose passage is not pro- hibited.

a mere

"This principle was illustrated,

"

from a different angle, when dur- ing

the World War Great Britain strongly objected to the passage throws Holland of: metals from

of

then under German ee- cupation) to Germany, and sand and gravel from Germany to Bellum. The same principle was again illustrated in 1921 when Germany prohibited the passage

Kiel Canal through the

of the Wimbledon, a ship carrying muni- tions to Poland, at that time en- ganed in a war with Russia.

"The Permanent Court of Inter- national Justice held that

the prohibition was contrary to the express terms of Artlele 380 of the Treaty of Versailles, which pro- vided that the Canal-shall be open

to vessels of commerce and of war of all States at peace with Ger-

many.

"BUT it is of Interest to note the insistence of the German Judge in that case that the transit of the ship in question through the Kiel Canal was contrary to The Hague Convention because the dispatch of war material, even

when not under military control or escort, is to

to be considered as a convoy in the sense of Article 2 of the Convention when It does not take place as the result of com- mercial transaction, but when the himself assumes the belligerent double capacity of consignor and consignee, no matter whether the transport is effected by means of private ships."

"It is

is probable that in so far as the transit of iron ore and simi- Jar contraband

through goods Norwegian territorial waters is throughout, under the direct con- trol of the German Government it is a transit which Norway is bound to prevent."

By laying mines we merely did the job that Norway was bound, by international law, to do.

The laying of mines in Nor-

waters

war-like wegian

was o

was action, but this

not done secretly or with any intention of hampering Norway's legitimate trade:

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Full publicity was given to the position of the danger zone. If

observed ordinary care was innocent ship was endangered.

The Nazis have been using these waters for an illegitimate purpose and Norway was unable toprevent it:-

Crossword Puzzle

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Family 10-Found aned-capsule 14-Recepty deceased 16-Path of ROLES 10-Medley

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What were the German ships doing? They were creeping down hundreds of miles of the const steering a devious course in and out of the bays and inlets so s

Such a track is not a recognised highway for interna- tional trame.

silor within three miles of the

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