phe 2nd Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment ated on Nov. 10 from the Santhia end acne their lie in. Great" Western marched dessleld Parke As the Ten marched fad tine streets in command of Liewt-Col oath eton, they. presented a smart ELL ough their areal in. Shang!
towing 40 the exigencies of the sla lshien resulted tu short Periods of service singapore and Hongkong. Their arrival in a SMPTE timely and. welcome. because. Startle Brilsh_ garrison strength: to two icttna and dlaposts of the unfounded and 2alaorad rumours that a considerable reduc:
Tgetgntfoops in this area. ten eds From the Brith point of views tempimmportant for i affords a relict to the Ketwnrked Seaforth, upon Whom fell. general tardwtor the departure of the last batalon, Since Shanghai became a garrison town in when British troops were frst seen here Mer decades, the familiarity with the presence British troops and the changes of battalions fave grown to be a routine measure which har tended unfortunately to lessen the interest appreciation of the British community in the altairs of these battalions which are here for communal defence. It needs but little thought to appreciate the tremendous service these men perform for the community, and vents of the past years only emphasize' what {done in less spectacular times. The Seaforths fave been doing a two battalion job with one tnttation and doing it well. The relief that ames {0 them by the arrival of another bat-{alion will be accompanied by the British community's thanks, D'Arcy Anderson Passes Residents of Shanghai who knew him, and sley will "be many," will learn with deep regret of the death of 'Mr. AL. slorony a well-known' gute "in" Shang:
ior "approximately. the last. Ally "years tino succumbed "on. November "17 after a ingering illness. 'D'Atey Anderson, "as. his friends called him, lived a ful, rich' life, and Sood ott 28 one' of the men Who spent much his tine in the. service of the local com-tuny. An all" round. sportsman, oarsman, Jachismon, sherman and big game hunter New Rules Iiiled 0 these setlities by: being something Mercantile Trade "an." explorer,. shooting "the. rst pygmy elephant on. the Niger River, discovering. the Anderson "Falls, Bagwe River, Sierra Leone, trine that the honouring of obligations is not tnt Anderson Lake in British Columbia, D'Arey only unnecessary but definitely anti-cultural, ur enponsible for the formation of the Special for it will be remembered that when the cen-Paleo in 1918, which he commanded for four sorship was established in Shanghai following years and was' eventually made a life member, the withdrawal of the Chinese forces, it was trid by x0 doing established a body of men Who stated on behalf of the Japanese. that there tive" served "Shanghat right loyally for. the Would be no interference with foreign mails. mat twenty: years. It is also interesting to newspapers, despatched by a fate that he was, Instrumental in founding the are definitely foreign mail. Shinghal 'Stock Exchange, of which he was This ig not, of' course, the only instance in airman no. fewer than "seven. times. A which foreign mails have been interfered with, fal ant. man of outstanding courage, "Anderson fand, while the-censorship has not been gener-for the happy faculty of making. friends and ally' applied to the letter, newspaper and book teaping. them, and his demise will be gener post, there have been instances brought to the ally mourned, "With. his fresh complexion, notice of the journal, as witness letters on the ior Blue eyes and closely cut, pointed, white subject recently appearing in this Journal, where teara, D'Arey seemed a figure drawn out there is direct evidence of such interference. tore romantic days. "To his undoubted qualities 'The practice which is apparently being ad-leadership has' to be added his organizing opted is all of a piece with that which has Stuties, "Lis" sterling character endeared. him been followed in Manchoukuo ever since Japan the largo: number of people. with whom he annexed it. The procedure for a time was Sine im contact, while to' very few men can be [Somewhat different, for copies of the Shanghai bly applied the last two lines of Steven: papers appear to have been read in Tientsin by the authorities responsible, who would then Homo ts the sailor, home from. sea, telegraph instructions to various post offices and the hunter home fom thei in Manchoukuo, the officials of which would then know which Issues to confiscate and which to hand over to the addressee. It would be reasonable to suppose after the repeated ob-"Marie Antoinette" fect lessons which the Japanese authorities have received of the futility of endeavouring The moat tragedy of Marie Antolnetio's lite to prevent the dissemination of news by the share excellently depicted. in therm tearing her name which now showing at the application of censorship, that they would have been willing to let the matter slide, but they Nanking Theatre, and ner ating. than that of still fall to realize that truth will out no Nonna 'Shearer and' Tyrone Power it would be diet tov find, There bout the plture.a matter how energetic the measures may be which fare taken to prevent it. That it does retard the ily of greatness, which, perhaps, might have rate of its spread is willingly admitted, but that been epic had more attention been paid to some anything in the nature of complete suppression ster Important dneldents i, Marie's ite which achieved is plain from the experiences of the thectnio writer appears to have overlooked.
Tos for Insonee. the story. of hee refusal past not to be the case. opt the. minitations of the priest selected bythe revaltlonaries for her, andthe. serer Sewing sven her from" an Upper window Paris Conference the ume eaeeying her to the guillotine passed Slee the streets, HE fs said tha, being unable (Continued from page 310)
ros here because. her hands were tied Send hier buck, abe endeavoured to make the interests in this part of the world, or even vith" Her ead, and it such an ner dent fail to take adequate steps for their protec-could have' been ingerred in the appropriate tion, Formidable as the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo "vould have given some better Idea of axis appears to be, it is not without its weak the indomitable. character of the. woman, Who, points, not the least of which is its artifhowever mistaken she may have been in her Eiality arising from the fact that the interests Me. ited by the manner abe accepted of Germany and Italy in the Far East are not there" were any eiiism of. the common with those of Japan. This is clearly Serb ing it would be that the parting demonstrated by the damage to the growing eres Uetween "Marie "Antoinette and" Count trade which Germany had with China that {el do Person were. om oeasion tte too bt that again isa matter of Individual has arisen out of political exigences created Sonn though It does eave the impression of by this tri-partite understanding. What ap-Srecsttaining for "poignancy. OF the beauly, be a political solidarity is weakened face ud charm of Norma Shearer there can by the fact that the economic interests of the (El be the slightest doubt, after seeing the {wo European Powers are just as much at stable performance. she has ven In this variance with those of Japan, as those of im he' clothes were gorgeous andthe har-other nationals who are. similarly suffering tosa revelation of the colfeurs art The from the latter's unjustifiable actions in Pstorrophy throughout Jo" good, and well China. It has to be admitted that at the tei'® with the tragic story which the lin moment the common aims of the parties to the axis would look all the brighter if it were possible to separate the democracies. For-Mail Interference Tanately the trend of events is to bind them 'Gocer together, and in the political resources dane "gute of the Post Office in Tientsin to The fai sus? Shanghat newspapers in that port, is Which they have at their disposal is to, be' Found the greatest justification for the bei due to a ban imposed by the censors that, in the event, they will emerge from this Sing getenee Of the cultural principles of the featurecranese regime, One of the essential present gloom much stronger than pessimists "sot that regime is apparently the doc-believe.
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