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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 27, 1937.
ACUTE SWATOW TENSION Kwangtung Military Leaders Under Orders.
OFFICIALS LEAVE
AFTER CONFERENCE IN CANTON
Canton, To-day.
The Sino-Japanese tension in Swatow, arising out of the detention and handcuffing of a Japan- ese policeman, may lead to grave repercussions.
Following rushing to the port of the cruiser Yubari, flagship of the Fifth Japanese Destroyer Flotilla, and three destroyers, come indications that the Chinese authorities at Canton view the situation in a serious light.
NOTABLE WAS THE SUDDEN RETURN TO SWATOW YESTERDAY, UNDER ORDERS FROM THE KWANGTUNG PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT, OF GENERAL LI HAN-WEN, GARRISON COMMANDER FOR EASTERN KWANGTUNG.
Official reason for the move is that General Li is to “look after military affairs". The Japanese have threatened to "land à naval party if necessary."
Meanwhile, General Tang Lung- kwang, Garrison Commander for the Waichow District, left Canton for Waichow yesterday morning, also under instructions from Gen- eral Yu Han-mou, Pacification Com- missioner for Kwangtung.
STATE BALL AT PALACE
Two Thousand Guests Last Night
London, To-day.
Pan-American Pact
Of Peace
Washington, To-day. President Roosevelt yesterday delivered a message to the Sen- ate recommending ratification of the Buenos Aires Pact.
The Pact, concluded as result of President Roosevelt's recent visit to South America, binds the 21 American Republics to co- operate in maintaining peace in the Western Hemisphere. Reuter.
PETITION FOR CLEMENCY DISALLOWED
Charcoal Murder
Execution Fixed
For June 11
WOMAN TO MARRY AT 107
TO HUSBAND TEN YEARS JUNIOR
Warsaw, To-day,
A bridal couple whose combined ages was 204 years, applied for a marriage license în Reszov yester- day.
The bride, Helena Wiedzialkov- ska, was born in 1830 and the pros- pective husband ten years later.
Appearing at the registry office, both declared themselves to be in the best of health...
Ground for the marriage, they said, was mutual affection and a wish to spend their last years to- gether. Trans-Ocean.
AT THE IMPERIAL
CONFERENCE
Principal Delegates Meet Again
London, To-day.
At yesterday's meeting of the Executive Council, when the peti- tion for clemency in the case of The principal delegates to the Chiu Yuk-fai was considered, His Imperial Conference met for the Excellency the Officer Administer-seventh time at No. 10, Downing ing the Government accepted the Street yesterday, Mr. Baldwin pre- advice of the Council to allow the siding. Two thousand guests, including
law to take its course and to dis- Sir Samuel Hoare spoke on the Added significance to these two thirty-one members of the Royal
allow the petition.
naval situation and “after further moves is given by the fact that the Family and seventeen foreign Roy-
The date for the execution of discussion, the meeting adjourned two Generals, while in Canton, held alties, were present at the second Chiu Yuk-fai was subsequently fix until this morning. a series of conferences with high State Ball of Their Majesties' reigned for Tuesday, June 11. Kwangtung Army leaders, at which in Buckingham Palace last night. Chiu Yuk-fai is held at Victoria military affairs were discussed.. The King attended in the full Gaol, where the execution will take
Another high official who sud- dress uniform of the Cameron
place. denly left Canton for Swatow yes- Highlanders. terday was Mr. Huang Ping-fan, Their Majesties took their seats Two of the Four Mary Brothers Mayor of Swatow, who has been in on the great crimson dais under-Chico and Groucho have been indicted The union of Dutch trawler-owners consultation with Kwangtung Gov-neath a canopy of velvet embroid-by a Federal grand jury in Los Angeles has made the first contract for 1937 ernment officials. Mr. Huang asil-ered with the Royal Arms, while on charges of infringing the United with Russia for 8,500 tons of salted ed yesterday evening on the Hai Queen Mary had a seat of honour States Copyright Law.
Lee.
CAUSE OF INCIDENT
next to the King and Queen
The Duke and Duchess of Glou- cester, Duke and Duchess of Kent,
The present incident at Swatow, the Princess Royal and the Earl of one of many which have occurred Harewood, Prince Arthur of
arose from the alleged manhandling of Athlone, were among the of a Japanese Consular policeman, British Royalties present, while who was reported to have been de-foreign Royalties included Prince tained in gaol overnight in hand-and Princess Chichibu of Japan cuffs.
and King Faroukh of Egypt. Chinese version is that the police-Reuter. man was merely taken to the police
since the beginning of last year, naught and the Earl and
station for questioning in regard to LORD PLYMOUTH'S registration of foreigners.
Meanwhile tension has ·also arisen at Tsingtao, in Shantung, where a number of Japanese are alleged to have been assaulted in the Kiaochao Bay area.
The Japanese also allege that numbers of Chinese irregulars have filtered into the Tsingtao area re cently.-Our Own Correspondent.
APPEAL TO CIVIL WAR PARTIES Plan For "Volunteer” Withdrawal
London, To-day.
MISSION
Goodwill Tour In North Europe
London, To-day. Lord Plymouth, Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office, will leave London on Friday morning by aeroplane on a mission described as one of goodwill to northern countries,
He will arrive that evening at Helsingfors where he will spend two days. Afterwards he will visit Tallinn, Kovno and Riga and will return to London on June 4
He visits originated in an invita- The non-intervention committee tion f from the Finnish Government will hold a special meeting on Fri- in return for Field-Marshal Baron day this week to adopt the appeal Mannerheim's visit to England last to the parties in the Spanish dis-September. British Wireless. pute regarding conduct of the war."
The committee yesterday decid- from Spain of non-Spanish nation- ed to submit a plan to the respec- als engaged either directly or in- tive Governments for withdrawal directly in the conflict. Reuter.
It is expected that at that meet- ing the delegates will begin a re- view of economic questions in re- lation to the Empire. British Wire- less.
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