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No. 28,333
HONG KONG, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1933.
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DUNLOP
is the
SAFEST
TYRE
JAPANESE MILITARY PREPARATIONS IN HANKOW AND TUNGLIAO
TROOPS AND GUNS
MOVED UP
VOLUNTEERS ATTACK
AT CHIUMENKOW
MANY JAPANESE AND MANCHUKUO
SOLDIERS
KILLED
PEKING, TO-DAY,
CHINESE SOURCES REPORT THE ARRIVAL AT TUNG. LIAO YESTERDAY MORNING OF THREE JAPANESE MILLI- TARY TRAINS, CARRYING 2,000 INFANTRY AND CAVALRY, 80 MOTOR-CARS AND 100 FIELD-GUNS.
The belief is expressed that the Japanese will drive into Jehol from three routes, namely Kailu. Linnan and Chaoyang, at the same time exerting pressure on the Chinese troops at Chinwangtao. The reports add that another 2,000 Japanese infantry and cavalry have
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Battered and blistered, tho ruined hulk or what was once the luxury liner "L'Atianuque" (42,512 tons), pride of the French Mercantile Marine, was towed by many tugs into its destina- tion at Cherbourg. The battered "L'Atlantique" at anchor after having been towed into Chex- bourg Harbour.—(S. & G.)
arrived at Suichung, just outside the Great Wall, from Shanhalkuan. JAPANESE
BRITAIN'S
MOTIVES
EXPLAINED
Encouragement For
Conciliation.
INVASION
WITHHELD
Large bodies of Volunteers attacked the Japanese near Chiumenkow yesterday, ac- cording to Chinese repurts. The fighting lasted all day and
Jehol Attack Unlikely the Chinese claim they killed
Till End Of Month. several Japanese and Manchukuo soldiers. Chinese reports also
TROOP. MOVEMENTS ONLY ON state that wounded Japanese
MUKDEN RAILWAY. were arriving at Shanhaikuan SIR JOHN SIMON'S PURPOSE yesterday afternoon. Reuter, MISINTERPRETED. A
Peking, To-day. It is reported that railway passen- London, To-day. ger traffic between Mukden and The Times, in a leading article Shanhaikuan has been suspended. under the heading, "Japan and the Only military trains are being run League", says that there is no doubt but what troops are moving is not that although further attempts to clear.
Martial Law In Tientsin Concession.
Shanghai, To-day.
Reports from Tientsin state that Martial Law has been enforced in the Japan-
esc Concession after dark.
find a basis for a Sino-Japanese The belief is growing that the agreement by conciliation have Japanese are withholding their failed, Sir John Simon and Captain thrust into Jehol until the end of the
The garrison forces have been Anthony Eden's encouragement to month. increased by 200, while 300 the Japanese delegates to make
are on
GENERAL MOTORS INCREASE
STAFF BY 12,642.
26,376 Unemployed Absorbed Since September Last.
Detroit, To-day.
General Motor Corporation in. creased employment in December by 12,642. workers, bringing the total increase since Simber 1 to 28,876.
This increase was larger than in the corresponding period of 1031.
250,000 JOBLESS
| QUEENSLAND
BOWLERS MEET
WITH SUCCESS
Sutcliffe Scores 35 Before Small Crowd.
M. C. C. FAIL TO IMPRESS
--- Brisbane, To-day. The M. C. C touring cleven lost three wickets before lunch. today for only 83 runs in their watch agalnat Queensland. There were 9,000 people present
MARCH IN LONDON in fine weather when the M. C. C.
15,000 Police Detailed For Duty. TRAFFIC GUIDED BY
VOLUNTEERS.
Chinese reports state that the Ja-!· further endeavours for a peaceful panese aerodrome at Tungliao has CITY -plain-clothes volunteers
settlement has been rightly given. been completed and that twenty night duty. The military
It is clear that the Japanese planes have been established there. authorities have ordered all Jap-press accounts of the scope of Flights over Jchol are a daily oc anese males to be organised into the Anglo-Japanese conversations currence, the reports declare, with a volunteer corps, Reuter. at Geneva are exaggerated and!
that they have misinterpreted frequent bombings, taking place-
SERIOUS POSITION
AT HANKOW
Final. Preparations For Warfare.
Shanghai, To-day. According to the Chinese press, the situation at Han- kow is extremely serious, following a conference be tween Japanese naval and military officers.
At present five Japanese warships are at Hankow. Barbed wire has been erected, machine-guns placed at all the entrances to the Japanese Concession and military telephones, established at strategic points.
All Chinese police in the Japanese Concession have been dismissed and replaced by Indians and Japanese Marines.
Anti-aircraft guns have been placed in position at the Japan- ese Consulate and the head- quarters of the Japanese marines; It is also stated that the Japanese authorities have
Sir John Simon's purpose.
Sir John Simon simply offered advice which proved not wholly acceptable.
(Reuter.
There is no indication that the Japanese will make concessions in the matters they have hither- to consistently declared essen- tial, and seemingly there is no hope that a method of concilia-}· tion can at present prevail.
It is necessary to insist that there is nothing sinis- ter or improper in Sir John Simon's intervention, for there has been a 'curious whispering gallery against him at Geneva and an air full of knowing explana- tions of the Machiavellian motives behind the British polley,
SIR MILES CLARIFIES BRITISH POLICY.
Nanking, To-day. Chinese sources state that Britain's policy regarding Manchuria is clarified as a result of the meeting which Sir Miles Lampson has had with Mr. Lo Wen-kan, with whom he has conferred on Bix occasions since his arri- val here.
Sir Miles Lampson will probably leave for Peking to-morrow. - Reuter.
(Continued on Page 12.)
MR. DE VALERA
There is not the slightest AND MILITARISM ground for these assertions, the least substantial of which is a suspicion which has arisen, espe cially among the delegates of the smaller States, that in the last resort, Britain will not support the League Covenant.
Nowhere is it better realized than in England that there are many threatening elements in decided to serve out riflesEurope to-day, and that the best
and ammunition to all males as
a precaution against emer-
gencies,
insurances against risk of con- flict are a practical disarmament agreement and a strong League Rice la also being stored in pre-whose prestige the British Gov- paration for a possible siege.ernment will do nothing to Reuter.
weaken, "The Times" editorial continues.
The official trial of the Mas Kung, the first of the Vehicular Ferries, bull by the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd., took place this after, noon in Kowloon Bay.
China's Grievance, China as the complainant has a genuine grievance that the League procedure is unnecessarily Blow, (Continued on Page 18.)
Territorial Force For Free State.
Dublin, To-day. President De Valera, after watching the march-past of the Fianna Fail Clubs at Ennis in military formation, expressed an opinion that the men did not march "88 well as they did in 1917.
He wondered how long it would be before the Minister of Defence gave all young people an opportunity of learning discipline by form- ing a Territorial body which could always be available for National defence. Reuter
London, To-day. Unemployed, num- bering over 250,000 and headed by Mr. George Lansbury, M.P., marched in procession to Hyde Park to demonstrate against the Govern- ment's economic policy.
Fifteen thousand police were detailed for duty with the crowd after volun- teer "specials" had taken over traffic control in the City and Metropolitan areas. Reuter.
DOLLAR STEADY AS
SILVER RISES.
Pound Value Also Improves.
The local dollar remained steady, being quoted at 378 3⁄41⁄4% this morning. Bilver prices, spot and formgrd rose 1/16, opening this morning at 16-15/16 and 17, respectively.
at
The London on New York cross
resumed batting this morning at 6 for no wicket.
The Queensland bowlers gained little assistance from the wicket, which was in good condition, but Sutcliffe, Verity and Leyland were dismissed before lunch, when the score stood at 89 for 3-89 rung be- hind the home team's total.
Scores as cabled by Reuter were as follow: Queensland: 201 (Cook 58, Andrews 45, Litster 67, Larwood 2 for 24, Bowes 3 for 48, Verity 2 for 49).
·M. C. C.: 89 for 3 (Sutcliffe $5, Vority 21, Leyland 2, D. R. Jardine 17 not out.)
ULSTER STRIKE NOW SERIOUS
Company Dismissing All Employees.
VIRTUAL CLOSING-DOWN OF SYSTEM.
"REDS" ATTACK 10,000 PARADING NAZIS
WHOLE DAY'S FIGHTING
IN MUNICH
HITLER COMMENCES PREPARATIONS FOR MARCH ELECTIONS
Munich, To-day.
Serious political riots have again broken out in Germany and many were killed and injured in violent clashes between the rival parties throughout the country, the worst outbreaks occurring in Berlin and Munich. Tension has been increased since Adolph Hitler succeeded General Von Schleicher as Chancellor and the election campaign pro mises to provoke bitter and violent disorder particularly between the Nazis and Communists.
Many persons were injured in the repeated Communist attacks on the "Victory Parade” of 10,000 uniformed Nazis. Fighting lasted throughout the day and 100 arrests were made. Special police guarded the Nazi Headquarters where Chancellor Hitler arrived by air from Berlin to prepare for the General election.
General von Rundstadt, who
is virtually the head of Berlin, -
DUTCH
WARSHIP
STOLEN
Native Sailors Capture
Battle-Cruiser.
SQUADRON PURSUE VESSEL TO SOURABAYA.
Batavia, To-day.
An audacious act of mutiny or-
Student Killed.
Berlin, To-day. Clashes occurred this afternoon at Chemnitz be tween Nazis and members of the Republican Reicha. banner. Ode of the latter was killed and many injured. At Breslau, a student wearing ing the badge of the Iron Front wan wafabled to death and others were injured. Many arrests were made.
The Mayor of Stassfurt, near Magdeburg, was shot by a student. of 17 years because he ordered the arrest of a man after a poll- tical fracas. — Reuter.
Hitler Refuses Balary As Chancellor.
Berlin, Later. Chancellor Hitler, it is stated will not draw the Chancellor's salary, as he earns sufficient money from his writings.
The Nazis' Headquarters will remain at Munich. Reuter.
Election Prospects.
The calling of a 'new election, which will end the intervening virtual dictatorship, indicated that Hitler and bis ally,. Dr. Alfred. Hugenberg, hope to obtain com- plete power by using the general election to get more than 50 per cent. of the seats of the Reichstag. Hugenberg heade the Nationaliste
(Continued on Page 4).
curred at Oleleh, Sumatra, yester- while Hitler's party is the National. day, when a band of native sailors! Socialist. armed with rifles overpowered the officers and petty officers of the Dutch battle-cruiser, De Zeven Pro- vicien, and seized the ship. --.
The seizure follows the recent unrest among the native ratings resulting from recent pay cuts in the Dutch Navy. At Sourabaya 425 men were arrested on Friday for refusal to obey orders,
The Captain and part of the crew
Simultaneous-
FAMOUS
SCULPTOR'S
DEATH
Mr. G. E. Wade.
IN HONG KONG.
Dublin, To-day": The Ulster strike has were ashore at the time of the sei- EXECUTED CONNAUGHT STATUE taken a more serious turn. zure, but as soon as the news be- The Great Northern Railway came known, the Captain embark- are giving a month's dismissal ed on a Government, vessel and
London, To-day. notice to all railway clerks and
The death has occurred after salaried officials and a week's started in pursuit. notice to the lower paid servants ly, the Commander-in-Chief of the long illness, of Mr. George Ed- of the Company who remained Dutch East Indies fleet is rushing ward Wade, the culptor, who has executed important statue loyal to the Company during the his squadron to the scene.
work in Hong Kong Reuter, strike..
A wireless message was re-
Born in 1858, Wade was educated celved from the De Zeven Proat Charterhouse, and is the sculp viclen stating that she is, pra tor of a very large number of works
Tale will mean the virtual. closing down of the Com pany's system.
If the strike is settled be
fore the expiration of the notices, they will be cancelled automatically. a.
The strike was declared at mid-
ceeding to Sourabaya.
(Continued on Page 12.)
妳
NEW ASTRONOMER ROYAL.
of art all over the world na well is in the British Isles.
He executed the first statue of King Edward VII, and four others, also the only two statues which have
Mr. H.Spencer Jones, M. A., Sc. been executed of Queen Alexandra,
rate gained a fraction, being given night on January 80, after a mass D. B. Se, astronomer at the db-the only two statues of Their G$3.39% to-day, as against meeting of all grades of workers servatory at the Cape of Good Majestier, King George V and E-G$8.89% on Saturday, while the which decided upon the measure as Hope, has been selected to succeed Queen Mary, and the only statue of New York on London rate else a protest against a wage reduction. Sir Frank Dyson K. B.Sc. Dthe Duke of Connaught which at showed Improvement, rising from More than 5,000 workers are LL D., F. . S., as Astronomer present stands in Connaught Road, £-G$3.39-18/16 to £G$3.40.
affected-Reuter.
Royal from fat March 1938, # Hoa Hong.