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RUNAWAY
NEW WAR RISK
CLAUSE
THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 19, 1937.
ADVENTUROUS
PAIR MARRIED
RESULT OF SPANISH NEW KWANGTUNG LORD REDESDALE
HOSTILITIES
MARINE INSURANCE POLICY CHANGES
The Institute of London Under- writers has announced important changes in the clauses used for in- suring cargo against war risks. These risks are customarily exclud- ed from the marine policy by a special clause.
GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE YUAN'S
APPOINTMENTS
HSU KING TANG'S POST
Nanking, To-day. The Executive Yuan has official- The new war righ clause reinstates ly announced the reorganisation of
the cancelled risk by stating that the Kwangtung Government as fol-
the policy covers it, and also covers
lows:-
GIVES CONSENT TO MATOH
(SPECIAL TO THE "CHINA MAIL")
Paris, To-day.
A romance which was interrupted by the Span- ish civil war and other vicissitudes and which has intrigued Europe for many weeks had a happy ending yesterday in marriage.
loss or damage caused by hostilities, Mr. Wu Te-chen remains Chair warlike operations, civil war, reman of the Provincial Government. volution, insurrection or civil strife Messrs. T. L. Soong, Hsu Sung- The two concerned were Esmond Romilly, the arising therefrom, and from mines, ching, Li Yu-wen, Hu Chi-yen, Chou romantic 18-year-old nephew of Mr. Winston torpedoes, bombs or other engines of Men-chai and Ou-yang Chu, and Churchill, and his cousin, the Hon. Jessica Free- pointed Members of the Govern-man-Mitford; aged 19, daughter of Lord and Lady
Redesdale.
war.
General Hsu King-tang are
ment.
ap-
COVER NOW GRANTED.
War risk insurances do not cover Mr. Wu Teh-chen is to act con- claims based on the fact that the currently as Commissioner of Civil carrying ship cannot deliver | Affairs. her cargo at ber scheduled Mr. T. L. Soong is to act concur- destination because she is rently as the Commissioner of Fin- prevented from doing so by "ar-ance, and Mr. Tseng Yang-fu is ap- rests, restraints or detainments." pointed Acting Commissioner of While previously these arrests were Finance during Mr. Soong's illness.
YOUNG ROMILLY LEFT LONDON A FEW MONTHS AGO TO FIGHT IN THE SPANISH WAR. HE JOINED UP IN MADRID WITH THE FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE AND LATER FOUGHT ON THE BASQUE FRONT, WHERE HE WAS WOUND- ED IN ACTION.
His fiancee, whose love affair with Mr. Chur- stated to be those of "Kings, Prin- Mr. Hsu Sung-ching is appointed chill's nephew was strongly opposed by her par- ces or Peoples," the new clause goes|Commissioner of Education. on to add "usurpers or persons at- General Hsu King-tang
ents, ran away from her London home and joined tempting to usurp power.” pointed Commissioner of Recon Romilly in Bilbao.
Very obviously this wording is struction. aimed at making sure that Spanish Messrs. Li Yu-wen, Hu Chi-yen,
is ap-
is ap
For weeks the couple endea-| insurgent forces and ships are to be Chou Men-chai and Ou-yang Chu voured to find an authority who NEW ROUTE considered as being on the same are members without portfolio, but would marry them, but without plane as "Kings, Princes and Peo- Mr. Ou-yang Chu is to be Secretary- success..
FOR AIR RACE? ples."
General of the Government.
They were checked by the British Another important alteration isl General Miao Pui-nam
Foreign Office, which instructed Possibility Following that claims falling within the terms pointed to succeed General Hsu the Spanish authorities and British of the new clauses will be paid with-King-tang as Chief of Staff to Gen-refuse to marry the young couple. Consulates in Spain and France to
U.S. Action out any reference to the "franchise" [eral Yu Han-mau, Commander-in- of the policy. This is a clause which chief of the 4th. Route Army.- excludes claims unless they reach a Our Own Correspondent. certain percentage of the insured value, and is in common use in ïn-' surance against sea perils as dis- tinct from war perils.
BUOYANT BRITISH
REVENUES
Treasury Figures
London, To-day.
JAPANESE PARTIES
Two
JOIN FORCES
Anti-Government Bloc Created
at
&
8
an
After a vain effort to get mar-
Paris, To-day. ried in the South of France; the
The Air Minister will cancel the lovers returned to Spain, where New York-Paris air race in agree- Romilly rejoined his regiment ment with the International Aeron- and his fiancee did war work in autical Federation, according to an the besieged Basque capital.
announcement here yesterday.
PARENTS CONSENT
This, however, may lead to legal action by the participants in view All efforts by the couple's parents the Federation may agree to
of the engagements undertaken, and induce them to return home other course, possibly over the South were met by a stony silence until Atlantic.
to
an-
yesterday, when the parents gave The Air Ministry has no intention in and consented to the marriage. of making the starting point Canada, Romilly, his fiancee, Lady. Redes- since the reasons for refusing licen- dale and Colonel and Mrs. H. S.
GERMANY'S NEW AMBASSADOR
RADIOTELEPHONE TO AMERICA Formal Opening This Morning
Tokyo, May 14. weeks after inflicting crushing defeat upon the Govern- Buoyant revenue is still the fea political parties to-day formed
ment at the polls, the two major Romilly met in Bayonne, where theses by the United States are equal- ly applicable to a Canadian start- ture of the national accounts, “
young couple were married at the ing point. Reuter. joint anti-Cabinet front Exchequer returns
British Consulate. show that
hour's meeting between Mr. Mata- The parents had flown, to Bayon- total ordinary revenue amounts to jiro Koizumi and Mr. Tsuruhel Mat-ne from London after having given £79,195,039 compared with £73,042,- Buno, respectively secretaries-gen-
consent by their 534 at the
telegraph. corresponding date of last year.
eral of the Minseito and Seiyukai Trans-Ocean. The yield of income tax is £11, mon front, the two officials left the parties. With creation of a com- 569,000 ・ against £9,789,000 last formulation year and payments for estate du- measures to a special committee of of anti-Government ties at £11,770,000 are over £1,000,-tem leaders from each of the two
Shanghai, To-day. 000 up on a year ago.
Dr. Receipts from customs and ex-
parties.
Wang Chung-hui, Acting President of the Executive Yuan, cise are also higher by nearly Senjuro Hayashi, to-day continued Undeterred, the Premier, Gen.]
arrived in Shanghai from Nanking $3,000,000. Total ordinary expen-
yesterday evening for the opening - diture is $102,914,058 compared to press for the adoption of Army-
of the radio-telephone service be with £103,879,376 at the correspond-declared to be vitally necessary for ceived the retiring Chinese Am-morning. Dr. Wang will first speak backed national reforms, which he President Roosevelt yesterday. re-tween China and America this ing date of 1986.-British Wireless coping with the crisis, currently bassador, Dr. Alfred Sze, and the with the American President and confronting Japan, in an address new German Ambassador, Dr. Hans then Madame Chiang Kai-shek will at the inaugural meeting of the Dieckhoff.
speak with Madame Roosevelt. Board of National Planning, the Dr. Dieckhoff presented letters of Our Own Correspondent. creation of which he defended. credence and personal wishes for Domei.
Death In Shanghai
Shanghai, To-day
Presents Credentials In Washington
Washington, To-day.
* Convey
President Roosevelt's well being The King and Queen returned to from Herr Hitler.
London yesterday afternoon The death occurred here to-day
from President Roosevelt, replying, ask-Windsor where they spent the week- from malaria of Mr. Liem Goan-
ed the Ambassador to
his end at Royal Lodge. lian, aged 36.
Sir Robert Ho Tung, according to cordial thanks for
personal Mr. Liem, who was a prominent present arrangements, will not leave greetings, which he reciprocated, The R.M.S. "Empress of Japan” Chinese merchant from Batavia, Nanking till May 21. No definite together with sincerest wishes for left Vancouver on Saturday and is had only arrived from that coun- date has been set for his return to the welfare and prosperity of Ger- due at Hong Kong on the 4th June try on Saturday Reuter.
(Friday) morning.
Hong Kong
manyReuter.