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March 25, 1941

GONE

ARE THE HORSE AND CARRIAGE

And Gone with them are the old-fashioned methods of wax- ing the carriago.

Have you boon using the samo auto wax for years... simply through forco of habit?. Don't use a horse and carriago aulo wax.

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Hongkong Telegraph.

Tuesday, March 25, 1941. Wyndham St., Hongkong Telephone: 20615

THC prex "Special to the Telegraph" is used by the "Hongkong Telegraph to indicate hows which is atrietly copyright under the provisions of the Telecommuni

cations Ordinance, 1916, Rack news

Use Of

Use Of Air Force

Aims

Air Force RADIO

Restrained British

Meets Nazis' Divided

(By "Reuter's" Air Correspondent)

ZOW, 155 metres (645 kc.) and 3145

metros (9,520 kilo-cycles) Rachmaninoff Concerto In F. Sharp Minor LONDON, Mar. 24.-The R.A.F. is hitting Germany harder but there are

Outlined to me in Broadcast by Z. B. W. on a Fre- three reasons why at the moment it cannot do so very often. London to-day, was the policy of "first things, first" with the promise that the R.A.F.quency of 845 kc.c's. and on Short Wave from 1-2.16 p.m. and 8-11 p.m, will carry air war into Hitler's country on a growing scale and carry out the most on 9.52 m.c's, per second. effective means of hammering the Nazis for some time.

of

The factors are diversion, weather, and the sinte Britain's bomber strength.

Now that the German ale force is being used in support of the Navy h on "all out" bid to starve Britain of supplics and food, it follows that port of the R.A., offensive strength must be diverted to counter this threat by raiding the enemy's sea and other buses and other decisive points in the struggle.

front-line

Shortages in Britain's bumber strength must be made good before fulfilment of the Prime Minis- ter's assurance that he is arranging" that the "present" disparity between the weight of the ILA.F. bombing of Germany and the Luftwaffe raiding of, Britain "will be rather the other way round."

Tonnages of Bomba

Full Text of Notable

Lend

and

Lease Bill

The following is the full text of the historic Lend and Lease Bill (originally known as Bill No. 1776) which has now become law. Under this Bill Britain and the rest of the Democracies now fighting Totalitarian aggression

guaranteed fullest material aid from the United States.

Ere

A Bill--No. 1776.

Information fully protect the rights Further to promote the defense of of all citizens of the United States such article or information which is the United States, and for other who have patent rights in and to eng of purposes.

Be it enneted by the Senate and hereby authorized to be disposed House of Representatives of the and the payments collected for-roy- United States of America in Congress allies on such patents shall be paldi it will take time before the R.A.F.,ssembled, That this Act may be cited to the owners and holders of such facing a much bigger target one-third as "An Act to Promote the Defense patents.

Section 2 further away can hope to unload the of the United States." some total tonnage of bumbs, But here

encouraging As used in this Act. factors in the present duel between

ure

new

(a) The term "defense article

Section 8

The Secretaries of War and of the Navy are hereby authorized to_pur- chase or otherwise acquire prms, ammunition, and Implements of war

H. K. T.

15.16 ccasion:

1

p. Short Servico of. Inter- 12.30 Charlle Kunx at the Piano." · Charlle Kunz Plano Medley No. R. 20; Kunz Revicals No. 13.

12.40 Hawaiian Selections. 1.00 Local

Timo Signal.

ot

1.01 Weber--Fantasia on Melodies

Johann Strauss,

Marek Weber and His Orchestra. 1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press and Announcements.

1.45 Dance Music by Billy Cotton and Ills Band,

2.15 Close Down.

5.45 Indian Programme,

8.30

tlons.

6.32

7.15

Speaks'

Closing Local Stock Quota.

New Variety,

7.00 London Relay-The Nows.

London Relay Bellaln

Talk by J, B. Priestly...... 7.30 Portuguese Programme. 8.00 Local Time Signal and. An- nouncements,

8.02 An hour of Popular Classics. 9.00 London Relay The News. 8.15 London RelayQuestions of the Hour'.

9.30 A Scottish Programme. 10.00 London Relay-Talk; 'Scots

the RAF. and the Luftwaffe to be means

(1) Any weapon, munition, aircraft,produced within the jurisdiction of Abroad'.

faster!

any country to Whi

lo which section 3 is 10.15 Compositions of Bach-

11.00 Close Down.

Strike Averted

borne in mind:

vessel, or boat: The new British bombers are

(2) Any machinery, facility, tool, applicable, whenever the President maninoff. than ever and this will off-set the shortening hours of the summer nights material, or supply necessary for the deems such purchase or acquisition to be necessary in the interests of and should enable the winter bomb-manufacture, production, processing, the defense of the United States.

Section 9 be repair, servicing, or operation of any int campaign of Germany to carried on with much the sametlele described in this subsection;

The President may, from time to (3) Any component material or strength.

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" The families of German workers part of or equipment for any article (time, promulgate such rules and re- gulations as may be necessary and

BETHLEHEM, Pat, Mar. 24 (UP), continue to be evacuated from the described in this subsection:

(4) Any other commodity or article proper to carry out any of the pro-A strike at the Bethlehem Steel much-bombed Rulir and other Nazi cities and parts, Some are being for defense. Such term "defense visions of this Act; and he may cx- Company's plant has averted for ot sent to Austria and others are coming article" includes any article described ercise any power or authority con in this subsection: Manufactured arferred on him by this Act through west to Occupied France.

The German night blitz on British procured pursuant to section 3, or to such department, agency, or officer

which

United States the

any as he shall direct. ports has been checked for two nights in succession by the prevailing vari-foreign government has or hereafter able weather which may eventually acquires, tille, possession, or control. (b) The term "defense informn- have the effect of unsettling the Nazı

tion" mahus any plan; specification, time-table,

design, prototype, or Information per- taining to any defense article

Proportionate Losses

Nazi air formations of between 200 and 500 strong are experiencing heavy proportionate losses, observers are convinced..

Section 3

or

Chinese Study India

east 24 hours, because the balloting ployers Association has been post- and election of the Independent Em- poned until Tuesday:

The strike at the Aluminium Com- pany's plant at Edgewater, N.J., was brought to an end to-day. The plant Tho had been idle since March 12. CLO, voted to return to work rather NEW DELHI, Mur. 24 (Reuter).- than hold up $15,000,000 worth of de- An unofficial Chinese goodwill tence orders.

General !

Ford Plant Closed (a) Notwithstanding the provisions milltary mission led by

During slay: extending tu or any other law, the President may, Shang Chen, has arrived here.

SPECIAL TO THE "TILEGRAPH" from time to time, when in deems it Thursday, the mission will be enter-

Mar. 24 (UP)—^ German attacks on ports and other the Interest of national defense,

DETROIT, strike of 1,700 workers of the Mid- bottlenecks of American aid to Britain authorize the Secretary of War, the tained by the Viceroy and the Com either wholly or in part without previous form the second essential part of the Secretary of the Navy, or the head, mander-in-Chief.

It will leave on Thursday for a land Steel Company closed the Ford considered campaign to stop war of any other department or agency

three-week tour of places of military Lincoln plant and threatened to supplies and food, "somewhere, any of the Government where," between the producer over-

(1) To manufacture in arsenals Importance in Indio, including the close two others employing $2,000 frontier, particularly workers this week. The plant was factories, and shipyards under their north-west seas and the consumer here.

and also Foon and closed due to the lack of materials The first essential is the U-boat jurisdiction, or otherwise procure, any Calcutta from where it will return which were supplied by the Mid- campaign at sea.

land Company. The Luftwaffe's defense article for the government of to China. part in this blockade of Britain any country whose defensa the Pre- follows two big earlier failures, It is sident deems vital to the defense of pointed out. The first was to destroyne United States. our R.A.F. The second was to break the morale of the people,

bears the Indication "Uj”” is received in Hongkong on the date of publication by the United Press Association, who to serve all rights and forbid republications,

THE SOCIAL EVIL

THE suggestion mude by the Police Commissioner in his annual report that the time was ripe for experimenting with the creation of a Chinese women's police force for the purpose of stamping out sollefting by, u on behalf of prostitutes in this Colony, serves to bring once again before the public eye the gravity of this social problem.

French Convoy

Passes Gib.

in

(32) To sell, transfer, exchange, lease, iend, or otherwise dispose of, to any such government any defense article.

(3) To test, inspect, prove, repair, outfit, recondition, or otherwise to place in good working order any. defense article for any such govern- ment.

The idea of using Chinese women police officers in combating the evil is, in itself, feasible, but the effects

(4) To communicate to any such of their labour. 110 matter how

LONDON, Mar. 24 (Reuter)—A Covernment any defense information, any defense article thorough. can do no more than

convoy of French ships, escorted by pertaining to

furnis meratch at the surface-of-this-complex- destroyers, passed through the-Strails

Local Government attitude to of Gibraltar, heading for the southern paragraph (2) of this subsection. the issue has never been clearly Atlantic, yesterday afternoon, necord- drtined, and has largely been prompting to a Tangier telegram to ed by the dictates of well meaning, Italian agency, but possibly misguided people tur runovra om the scene. Lagy Astor

riddle.

the

was one of the principal proponents for the ubation of the beensed houses in Itongkong, while an even nore important inuence recommendations by the League of Nations for the suppression of whne Slave traffic and the mal tsal system in the Far East generally, and Hong-

in particular,

Rong

k

thefense art

to such government under

(5) To release for export any de- article to any such government, (b) The terms and conditions upon which

any such foreign government The agency adds that the British

nuthorized under blockade authorities did not try to receives any ald

subsection (a) shall be those which the President deems satisfactory, and stop the convoy.

the benefit to the United States muy be payment or repayment in kind or property, or any other direct or in- direct beneût which the President deems satisfactory

Section 4

New Philippines Defensive Area

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" All contracts or agreements made, WASHINGTON, Mar. 24 (UP) for the disposition of any defense pursu- President Roosevelt tc-day designat-article or defense information

shall contain A clause ed Subic Bay In the Philippines, as ant to section

government defensive aren, as well as the air by which the foreign

will not, without space reservation covering the terri- undertakes that t tory and waters adjacent to Suble the consent of the President, transfer title to or possession of such defense Bay Naval Station at Olongapo,

The President also designated article or defense information by gift, Kodiak Island a naval defensive seasale, or otherwise, or permit its use by anyone not an oflicer, employee, area in Alaska.

Chinese Stabilisation Fund And Sterling

or agent of such foreign government. Section 5

The Secretary of War, the Secretary

Hongkong's prostitution problem is yellow slave traille, created not so much by on organisation living richly off the earnings of duped giris,

but caused by ceoncmie ir- cumstances and the intractable law o supply and demand. The former factor has never been properly appre ciated by those who seek to abolish the social evil, and the Inttcr influence remains unneccptable to the majority whio go even as far as to porider the subject, Nevertheless, these are the basic factors and they

of the Navy, or the head of any other must be taken into fuil account by

department or agency of the Govern- those

wishing to eliminate the

LONDON, Mar. 24 (Reuler).ment involved shall, when any ruch scourge which has became such frightful feature of the Colony's While nothing ometal has been dis- defense article or defense information closed here regarding the position of is exported, immediately Inform the life.

department or agency

designated

by There is ample evidence that the the, Chineze. Stabillenton Fund it

the President to administer section G that Britain naturally closing down of the Red Light dis- believed tricts neither helped to abolish prosti- wishes to ensure any sterling credits-of the Act of July 2, 1040 f54 Stat. tution nor decreased the incidence of to the Fund against "high-jacking" 714), of the quantities, character, and des- value, terms disposition, venereal disease. Since tion Shanghai and against any other un-

to through the Nanking notes forced on tination of the article and informa situation, agravate an already acule

tion sa exported. there has been vast inilux of men- desirable dissipation. dicant refugees into the Colony, the Given satisfactory assurances in female section of which have turned tils connection, it is understood that in their hundreds to the practising sterling credits to the Furd would be of sly prostitution in order to make undoubtedly be implemented. a living. The futility of condemning the social evil cut of hand as being immoral, and leaving it at that, has

It is pointed out in Far Eastern been amply demonstrated in Hong-

(b) All money and all property. kong. A realistic conception of the banking circles in London that in any

case the main task of supporting the which converted into money

received problem by the authorities is urgently

Chinese dollar is being shouldered by under section 3 from any government needed. Distressing as it may seem, the United States, whose $100,000,000 shall, with the approval of the Direc- everything points to the necessity of

art credit amply secures the Chinese lor of the Budget, revert to the re- prostitution being accepted as

currency against depredations by spective appropriation or appropria- and parcel of a community's life,

tions-out which funds were ex- especially hore where the popu- Nanking or Tokyo.

With this credit, it is believed in pended, with respect to the defense lation is so heterogeneous and the

defense Information for London that the Chinese Stabilisation

or defense "respectable" labour market so over-

Fund could easily support or rally

such consideration is received, crowded,

U.S. Backing

out

of

Section 6

(a) There is hereby authorized to appropriated from time to time,

of any money in the Treasury not

otherwise appropriated, such to carry amounts as may be necessary out the provisions and accomplish the purpose of this Act.,

་

This being so, Government's duty the Chinese dollar whenever the and shall be available for expenditure for the purpose for which such ex- in to see that prostitution is controll-Fund thinks fit.

The

recent uncesiness of the pended funds were appropriated by ed no that its appalling effects as a medium of disease are kept within Chineze dollar wan nscribed in Lon-inw, during the Dscal year in which | the narrowest bounds possible. It don Inet week to the Fund'a un such funds are received and the en- willingness to support free market

year. Ruing scal may Involve, among other things, a return to the "Red Light District and not to lis inability to do so, system, but this at least, guarantees Negotiations were said to be pro- sume sort of medical control. While ceeding to prevent sterling help to prostitution remains underground, but the Fund from feeding the Shanghai unbridled, it will be an ever-growing market, which, it was pointed out, koclol sore and a threat to the entire was the main remaining loophole in social structure of the Colony.

the sterling exchange control.

Section 7

The Secretary of War, the Sverolary of the Navy, and the head of the de- partment or agency aball in all con- tracts or agreements for the disposi tion of any defense article or defense

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