Word: hongkonger
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...member of the Imperial Family, exalted and unassailable, Alexander in his youth went first to a particularly expensive U. S. daughter of joy in Hongkong. Later he "went native" in Japan, an incident which he relates with a flourish en passan, not forgetting to add that "elder [Japanese] persons" often stopped him in the street to inquire whether his "wife" was giving satisfaction. He says that His Majesty the Empress of Japan and His Majesty the Emperor, "Son of Heaven bestowed their mirthful benediction at Court Banquet upon his sowing of wild oats. They laughed, shrieked...
...province of Yunnan, have been lukewarm in their protests to Tokyo. But the actions of Admiral Shiosawa changed all that. In London King-Emperor George V presided at a special cabinet meeting. Two British cruisers were sent racing to Shanghai from Singapore. Artillery and infantry were ordered up from Hongkong. French troops barricaded their concession against Japan. An Italian destroyer landed 150 marines. Even Portugal did her bit. She owns the little peninsula and famed gambling city of Macao in China. With her boilers wheezing bravely the 36-year-old Portuguese cruiser Adamastor made her way out of Macao. Shanghai...
...spring of 1929 Professor Ward made a voyage around the world, stopping in many ports, notably Shanghai, Hongkong, and Manila for Scientific work...
British police in Hongkong recently obliged their French confrères by arresting the terrible N'Guyen Ai Quac and sending him back to his execution. Bearded Sikh policemen in Singapore arrested the French Communist Serge La France and shipped a bundle of incriminating documents to French authorities. After studying this batch of evidence the French Colonial Office realized that the guillotine may not have been the ideal cure. Minister of the Colonies Paul Reynaud left his desk in Paris and hurried East for four months. While he is in Indo-China beheadings will be suspended. Said a spokesman...
...customs house at Nogales last week and tried to get into the U. S. Arizona jails all along the border were filled with them. Into San Francisco harbor came 49 Chinese merchants on the Panama steamer El Salvador. Their money was gone; they were gloomily resigned to returning to Hongkong and poverty...