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The
China Mail.
ESTABLISHED 1845.
HONG KONG, TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1932.
JAPANESE TRUCE NO JOKE FOR THIRSTY
PROPOSALS.
"Must Be Carefully Scrutinised."
SAYS MR. WICKHAM-STEED.
BERLINERS.
Restaurants Enforcing A "Beer Strike.”
GUESTS OFFERED' LEMONADE. AND SODA WATER.
IMPORT DUTIES BILL.
Lord Snowden's Vigorous Opposition. CLAIMS UNJUSTIFIED.
London, Yesterday. The Japanese proposals must be carefully scrutinised, declar- ed Mr. Wickham-Steed in a speech to-day at a League of Nations' Union meeting held in London. If they meant that Japan had been so affected by the failure of her military plans and the boycott of Japanese goods in the United States, then they might mean a real move; but, if they merely represented a strategic It is intended to enforce a hoyed the Bill. move on the part of Japan to cott until Government reduces postpone the League of Nations' heer tax which, it at present meeting, while preparing further firmly refuses to do. attacks, the position was entire- ly different.
Rugby, Yesterday. A debata Berlin, Yesterday.
on the Import Duties The "Beer. Strike" which, at Bill took place this evening in the first, was treated as a joke, has House of Lords. Chief Interest in now become a matter of serious the debate, which marks a depar concern to thousands of thirstyture. from Britain's traditional Berliners, for even the famous free trade policy, was centred in eer restaurants now offer guests the speech by Lord Snowden, ex- cmonade and soda water, while Chancellor of the Exchequer, who, brewers are sending out drays. in exercise of his rights under the Hundreds of operatives are tem- Cabinet's agreement to differ on porarily unemployed.
the, tariff issue, vigorously oppos-
Serious Crisis Facing British Empire.
The speaker expressed the opinion that the British Common- wealth of the Nations was faced to-day with the most serious in- ternational crisis since July, 1914, and that the main issuc
was that Japanese domination in China and the Pacific inevitably would lead to conflict between the United States and Japan. In
In the course of his speech hel said there was. no evidence that Britain had a permanent adverse balance of trade. Exchange value
́CHINA `AND “SOVIET of sterling was not falling. It had
RUSSIA.
Resumption of Relations.
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT'S
DECISION.
Nanking, Yesterday.
that conflict, Canada, probably The Foreign Affairs Commis- also Australia and New Zealand,sion of the National Government could hardly remain neutral-to-day lecided to resume rela- Reuter..
GERMAN IN POLICE CUSTODY.
Inflicts Wound on
Himself.
Detained by the C.I.D. in
tions with Soviet Russia, which relations were broken off in 1929 at the time of the Sino-Russian fighting in North Manchuria.--- Reuter's Pacific Service.
LECTURE.
Bullding
when the
been stable for the last few months, and was showing a ten- dency to rise. He submitted that no case had been made out for a departure from the present fiscal system, and that the claims made for the Bill were unjustified.-Bri- tish Wireless Service.
RESTORE SPANISH MONARCHY.
Manifesto Circulating Privately.
(Reuter's Special Service.)
Madrid, Yesterday.
A joint manifesto, issued by ex-King "Alfonso and Don
Prof. W. Brown, M.A., B.Sc., Alfonso De Bourbon, urging F.RSE, A.M.L.E.E. will deliver a Spaniards to restore the mon- con-lecture to-morrow at 8.80 p.m. archy, is reported to be circulat- nection with the Import & Export in Boom "K" of the Uni-ing privately.. Department, following his arrest by versity Revenue Officer Humphreys in the next meeting of the Education Se- course of a raid yesterday, Mr. ciety is held. The subject will be Henrich Hoffman, a German busi-"A Journey to Samoa." The lecture ness man, is alleged, according to a will be illustrated and is open to the Police report, to have inflicted public. wounds upon himself in Police Headquarters cells at five o'clock thia morning.
He was discover-
the terms which had been discuss-
NEW JAPANESE GENERAL EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TO-DAY.
Shanghai (12.54 ‘a.m.),
To-day. General Shirakawa and his
It is stated that he severed the ed had been referred to the respec- Staff are arriving aboard a war- arteries of his left wrist with a piece tive Governments in Nanking and ship at Woosung at 10 o'clock
Tokyo for consideration.
to-morrow morning. He will ed in time, and sent to the hospital,posal mentioned above, and invited
M. Boncour then made the pro- land at Woosung. where his condition is reported to be not serious.
of broken glass.
GENEVA PEACE PROPOSAL.
(Continued from Page 1.)
Mr. Wellington Koo and General Wang represented the Chinese, and
Simon
It is also stated that the re- China and Japan to indicate their mainder of the Japanese Eleventh adhesion to these proposala.
Division is due to land to- Sir John
It is uncer- emphasised morrow morning. the passage in M. Paul tain yet whether they will pro- speech subordinating ceed up river, but well-informed everything to a cessation of hos sources declare that is General tilities which he hoped would take Shirakawa's intention that they place immediately.
should disembark at Woosung.
Boncour's
Baron Sato Replies.
suspected.
Suicide is
Admiral Namura and Mr. Matsuoko Mr. Sato, on behalf of Japan, represented the Japanese, The said he had not yet received full sent to the mortuary the body of an Police at West Point, yesterday, meeting lasted for two hours and details, and was not yet authoris- unknown Chinese male, aged about a half. The British Admiral, Sirad by his Government to accept. 80 years, found hanging by the neck, Howard Kelly, WRS present but he would let the Council know by a cloth belt, from throughout and reported that the as soon as possible. He agreed scaffolding, in the basement of the a bamboo meeting was most friendly, with the ides of a Round Table now Tai Ping Theatre.
The meeting discussed the prin- Conference and declared ciple of mutual and simultaneous Japan had no territorial aims in tbat withdrawal of troops, and the Shanghai. second point considered was how Dr. Yen Says China: Accepts.. the evacuated area should be con-
It is now possible to measure Dr Yen, on behalf of China, anergy put into noise. If 1,500,000 trolled.
Bald his Government fully appre- people talked 12 months the energy Sir John Simon.said he did not clated the efforts of the League of the sound would be equal to that want to suggest, that a thorough and the United States, and they required to boll water for a cup of fagreement had been reached, but would accept the proposals Bri- tea.Sir William Bragg, English
the telegram went on to say that tlah Wireless Service.
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