SOUTH'S REACTION TO NANKING SITUATION WASH THEIR HANDS OF THE MATTER
NO OFFICIAL COMMENTS
From Our Own Correspondenti
Canton, To-day.
THE CHINA MAIL,
SOVIET BANISHEEN ZESDAY, JUNE 12, 1935
500 Ordered To Leave Leningrad
48 HOURS ALLOWED TO ARRANGE AFFAIRS
* CHINA MAIL“ SPECIAL.
Short Story. M. Platapan's
Roof
By P. A Darbyshire
OU have collected the rent, "Oh, undoubtedly," she scoffed.
"You
of 31. Boulanger of the "But in the meantime, while they first floor?" asked Mme. Plata-are recovering their fortunes, there
is the roof."
"Ah yes," he sighed, "there is the roof"
*
Moscow, To-day. · jpan Over 500 persons formerly be Platapan shuffled uneasily, but longing to the middle classes, in-did not reply.. cluding may ex-business men and "He is a little short this week,
There was, indeed, the roof Czarist army officers, have been n'est-ce pas?" she commented acid-
It leaked sadly. In the attic notified during the last threely. "As he was last week, and the rooms "long. monzfal runners of Kuomintang circles here are very surprised by the order of Gen-weeks that the right to live in one before. and the many before rain trickled down the walls so eral Ho Ying-ching, Minister of War, to proscribe the Kuomintang or Leningrad has been withdrawn, by that again.” gans in Hopei (Chihli) province, in compliance with the demands of the order of the Commissioner for the Japanese military, as the charges that the Kuomintang organs there are anti-Japanese have not been proved.
that one might easily imagine one- "His pictures are slow of sale," self in an aquarium. Home Affairs.
te faltered, avoiding her eyes. Those concerned have been or-Besides, Mathilde. you know the dered to remove to towns at least boy has not been well."
And Mille. Carnot, of the third 1000 miles from either Moscow or
floorTM she went on. "No doubt The banished persons have been she, too, is financially embarrassed.” "Unformmately, yes.” he confess- Transed, "but she expects money any day
arrange
Among the terms accepted by the Nanking authorities as presented by the Japanese military in North China are the trans-Leningrad. fer of General Yu Hsueh-chung's troops away from Hopei, the de- militarisation of Peiping and Tientsin, abolition of the intelligence given only 48 hours to department of the branch Military Affairs Commission and the their private affairs. transfer of the third regiment of the central gendarmes from Pei Ocean" Service. ping to Xanking.
VENIZELISTS AID COMMUNISTS -
EXPOSITION IN TURIN
Display Of Inventions
Concluded
in North China, and
But Fail To Secure One
Seat In Elections
-CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL
Canton, leaders do not pay much attention to the situation
no official! comments are made by the offi cials or through their newspapers The Government leaders depend largely on press dispatches to! keep them informed of the latest development, and take the atti- tude that the matter rests entire
Athens, To-day. ly with the Nanking Government. That the increase in the Com- Turin. 10-day. « Canton circulated several tele-munist vote in the national elec- Sightseers by the literal thou-grams last year advising Nanking tions, which, however. failed to sands found themselves transported of what to do in dealing with the secure for the Communists a single into a wonderland bounded only by Japanese. but no further mess- mandate: was die to the fact that the dimensions of their imagina- ages will be issued hereafter. tions when Turin opened its first in- ventions exposition last month.
INNOVATION'S GREAT SUCCESS
The exposition, opened by the Duke of Bergamo, was housed in the Graf Palace. Under direction
of Italian Government officials: it ran until yesterday.
More than 1,000 exhibits of machines which have made modern
MILITARY TATTOO.
REHEARSAL
Firework Display Not Or Programme
the Venizelists voted for the Com munist list, is the assertion made
from a rich uncle.”.
TO-MORROW'S STORY
To-morrow's story will be "The Battle Of Killaloo, by Ronald Macdonald Douglas.
The walls were rapidly becoming "From Fiji I suppose." she sniff- led. "You are an idiot, Ludevic, covered with mildew, and it was You take all these flimsy excuses nothing short of a miracle that the and the tenants laugh at you, and spally vigilant health inspector and condemned the had not seen Ido not pay and do not pay-and
entire top floor. never pay." "They have been unfortunate," be mumbled.
HOLDING COMPANIES
BILL PASSED
(Continued from Page 1)
WATER SYSTEM CONTROL
Among the amendments accepted by the official news agency here. was one permitting regional holding which is confirmed by the state companies to possess or control a ments of the Venizelist leaders few non-competing utilities, such as Kafandaris and Michalakopalos, water systems. published in the Venta list Neos Kosmos on Monday.
paper:
Senator Wheeler, the chief prota-
"I must do something about it,"i he said dolefully. “I must.”
"You have told me that for yeam,” she said sharply." "Always I listen to your empty promises of which nothing ever comes-noth ing!
She sniffed "Nothing" She sobbed.
He stared at her in consterna- tion.
She had tried scolding often but never tears--and, to make it enough about the wretched roof,
worse, they were genuine.
"Do not weep about it, Mathilde. be begged her.
“Do not weep!" she echoed, the tears running fast. "When I think gonist of the bill, denied the 88-
of what the last twenty years have It is said here that the new Pan sertions that the measure was un-
brought me I could go mad. When was backed in London, to-day.
liament will not assemble before constitutional and
this matter by Senator Borah, who this house, and it was a smart place.
we married you had just inherited civilisation what it is were on-dis- Sixty thousand school children July or August, and that the ques} play, among them all the instruyesterday afternoon watched
the ition of holding a plebiscite on the expressed the opinion that control then with a good roof, At the ments which Guglicimo Marconi dress rehearsal of the Aldershot monarchical issue has not yet been of holding companies could be a same time my sister Gervaise mar-
plied through inter-State commerce. used in his electrical and radio de-Tattoo in the Rushmoor Arena. decided-Trans-Ocean Service. Prior to the final vote the bill was used to feel sorry for them, they ried Lombard, a mere plumber. I The Duke of Connaught, the
NEW NAVAL C.-IN-C. bitterly assailed by its opponents, were 30 poor, but now the shoe is
FOR PLYMOUTH
velopments.
Many of the exhibits showed the Duchess of York and the two little other side of modern civilisation-Princesses, Elizabeth and Margaret the destructive side. These were Rose, were also present war inventions submitted by the
Shortly before the performance
And W. Indies
among whom Senator Dieterich
on the other foot.” said: "The bill instead of a regu- latory measure, is an effort at the wild gesture. "They have done She spread out her hands in a
well, despite their large family of
ROOSEVELT MESSAGE
Army, Navy and Air Ministries began an army lorry loaded with Late Chief In America public control of all utilities.” They illustrated with gruesome fireworks caught fire and the chil- force the possibilities of land and dren much enjoyed sex artillery, bombs, torpedoes, gas and tank warfare.
MORGENTHAN ISSUES
STATEMENT
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All attempts to modify the bill five, while we have but one. Four
Lombard bought her aj display not on the programme. No
were met by the reading of Presi-years ago dent Roosevelt's message: "Any car, last year he got her a bigger body was burt, but the lorry was
Reginald amendment which goes to the heart car, and this year there is talk of destroyed-British Wireless Ser-Aylmer Ranfurly Plunket Ernie-of the bill's major objective would still bigger car. But what have) Erle-Drax, formerly Commander be wholly contrary to the recom- Merely an old house with a in-Chief of the America and West mendations of my holding company leaky roof" Indies Station, took over his duties.
"We have been unfortunate," he} message." Festerday as Commander-in-Chief,!
In view of the virtually con-protested. Plymouth-British Wireless Ser-tinuous concerted attacks against **And why ?" she demanded. the bill by the utility interests the "Because you have been too soft Senate vote is considered a great with the tenants and only because administration victory, and is most of that disappointing to those who in view **They would pay if they could”
NO FURTHER - ADVANCES (Continued from Page 12)
*Pay* Pouf! They will never
ON GOLD BULLION fore thought advisable to obtain ministration decision had hoped for pay. Godard, the famous tenor, fact that no enquiry concerning the At to-morrow's meeting of the the advice of Professor W. La more liberal and more cautious who once boarded with us-did be operation of the fund has come to Legislative
(Continued from Page:1) Council. Honourable Gerrard, Professor of Medicine at attitude in the Senate-Beater.. ever pay the thousand francs he the Treasury from any member of Members who are to be sworn or Hong Kong University, who left
owes? Flambin, the great film Congress or any other Government affirmed will take and subscribe the or Wei-hai-wei yesterday morn-| Hong Kong rainfall for the 24 star-where is his eight hundred The suspension is considered to be closely connected with the official. Only those primarily in- Oath of Allegiance or make affirming by H. M. destroyer Decoy. bours ending at 10 am, to-day was franes?" terested in speculation in
HMS. Decoy is expected to ar-0.17 inch. The total since January "How could one approach such Bank of England's action last week, requesting London" "banks would seriously question the
The Attorney General Mr. C. Give at the northern port some time was 17.30 inches, "against an people?" he asked plaintively. wisdom of this policy."
Alabaster, O.EE, will then move this evening.
average of 28.77 inches. He stated that the Treasury ac- the first reading of a Bill to regu-} quired in the period mentioned |late the payment of emoluments, 283,000,000 ounces by purchase, of pensions, gratuities or other allow- which delivery has already been ances due to persons certified to be made; and in addition they unable by reason of mental dis- bought 25,647,000 ounces newly ability to manage their affairs; a mined and 112,850,000 ounces Bül to amend further the law re-į, under the nationalisation order-lating to Merchant Shipping, and Beater.
a Bül to amend the Pensions Ordinance, 1932.
Currency Control
NEW EDICT ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT
silvertion..
The Attorney General will also move the "second reading of a B to amend the Immigration
and Passports Ordinance, 1934; à Eil. to amend the Companies Ordin-. auce, 1932; a Bill to provide for
tokens-
A Reuter's message from Danzig the segregation and treatment of announces the establishment of a lepers and a Bill to prevent the foreign currency control office to making, issuing and circulating of regulate the acquisition and export pieces of metal usually called of foreign currencies," gold and other precious metals. Danzig cuz-) rency and foreign currencies can only be bought and sold through | the State Bank of Danzig, which in future will announce the quota- tions of foreign currencies.
It is believed that the Danzig Government intends to maintain the currency at the present level Beuter
UNMANIFESTED CARGO
Confiscation Order Granted
Unmanifested cargo, consisting of 2,000 packets of matches, 700 cat- ties of rice and 80 catties of sugar, found on board the Hai Lee an
JAPANESE INTENTIONS REALISED) June 8, was this morning ordered
to be confiscated by Mr. Q A A Macfadyen at the Central Police
(Continued From Page 1 Regarding commerical interests Court, on the application
North China, zo- immediate geant Exynes.
expected, although the His Worship also granted the ap-
the foreign oil com- pleation of Sergeant nchukúo does not en- the confiscation of
Soptimism" în this colum
onban
work
HELEN WILLS MOODY TRIUMPHS
Wins Title From Mrs. Pittman
BETTING COMMISSIONERS "I do not know, but approach and bullion dealers to refrain
TAKE NOTICE them you shall," she snapped from forward dealing in gold for "Tell them you must have the speculative accounts. The prac
Weybridge, England, June Sm money, that you need ten thousand tice of following on gold and the
Mis. Helen Wille Moody, who is francs for a new roof, not to men- buying of gold forward is regard- tion another ten for painting anded as detrimental to the technical staging a comeback campaign after
Idefence of the exchange.-
an enforced absence of two years, repairs and 2 hundred other
It is believed in some quarters caught the eye of the experts things."
“You must. Thinks of Isabelle,
to-
that an agreement was reached be "I could not do it,” be faltered tween Paris and London, and pos- day when she secured an easy vic- inthe finals of the St. our daughter, without a sou for her sibly New York, to eradicate pri-tory
vate gold speculation, and the George's Hill tournament. đơt. It is a marvel- "thaf young" Bonnet, her fiance, takes it so well measures taken may be destined
to prepare the way for a general Wimming her first set, "Little Isabelle says nothing to you, but to
me she weeps out her heart that understanding of the exchange Poker Face" dethroned the former rates prior to de facto stabilisa titleholder, Mr. Elsie Goldsack she goes to him penniless.”
tion
Pittman, 6-0, 6nki "She does not," he said indign- Ently.
"You know it," she said hotly,
and he was silent.
the
It is thought that it is this idez
The betting commissioners of the alignment of the currencies changed their tune in a hurry. which is causing the London price Unimpressed by the way in which of gold to be chalked up to 28an Mrs. Moody had bowled over the ounce-Beuter
•
CABINET'S FIRST MOVE,
“You must do it, she went on.i "You must bear these people
set-ups in the early rounds of the tournament, they had offered Caine, let us draw up a list of the
A Trans-Ocean Service message to 1 against her ability to take possibles. Besides Godard and
states that gold bars will no longer the Wimbledon crown, goal of her Flambing there Mare
be accepted by the Banque de sculptor, and Odeon, the artist, and France as security for lens, is the she had disposed of the title
present
at campaign. To-day after then there are... Her per fer decision embodied in a decree issued
holder, and had previously defest- quickly over the pape
yesterday as the outcome of ed the very competent Miss R. M Next morning Matapan set lengthy deliberations between the Hardwick, they swiftly shortened out on his hated task, and never French Minister of Finance and the the odds to 2 to 1
dida
for he
who would
than
do so more
pleasant little
thought of the the
Governor of the Bank of France.
This step is the first to be taken an odds-on favourite in her pre- the new Cabinet, by virtue of its vious appearances at Wimbledon, plenary powers to carry out a came Mrs. Moody has been paign against speculators against some scepticism this
bench "franci
ook to period when bearish form that made was at its hef
If the
the
she
*into
the