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Tokyo, To-day.
IMPERIAL Headquarters" and the Cabinet will be summoned for an extraordinary session, says the "Asahi Shimbun,” in or- der to decide the military and political terms of the peace to be concluded with China.
The session will be presided over by the Em-
peror himself, says the paper...
Political circles state that the fally?
of Nanking initiates a new era in! the Far East and is therefore "an extremely important event for Japan and her neighbouring states."
INTENSIFIED CONFLICT
"Responsibility for maintenance of peace in the Far East will in the future rest exclusively on Japanese shoulders," says the "Asahi Shim- bun," and the Japanese Empire will play a far more important role in internation politics than hitherto.
"It seems likely that the condict between Japanese and Soviet and other foreign countries' interests in. China will be greatly intensified in the future." Trans-Ocean.
ANNIHILATION”
FRANCO CLOSES FRONTIERS
Gibraltar, To-day.
General Franco has closed all frontiers, apparently in prepara- tion for his new offensive
No persons are allowed to enter Spain "for recreation purposes.”
The Spanish frontier adjoining France was closed some days ago.,
-Reuter
BRITAIN'S HUGE
Tokyo, To-day REARMAMENT
The Premier, Prince Konore, de- clared yesterday that "after the fall of Nanking, the Chinese Cen- tral Government is nothing more than merely a local Government”
The Premier said that military operations would be continued until Lall
THE HONG KONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY China, had been "annihilated"
11, ICE HOUSE STREET
PROGRAMME
London, To-day.
Sir Thomas Inskip, Minister for anti-Japanese movements in Co-operation of Defence, speaking în Londón, said that the rearmament programme would not slow down for four or five years.
Fall of Nanking clarification of the whole problem of China W|Trans-Ocean.
TWO YEARS IN SNOW BLIZZARD
FORGERY CASE
HITS NORTH BRITAIN
are in the
ondon, To-day.
Bruish Isles wintry England
TEWFIK PASHA JILTS AUSTRIAN
GIRL FIANCEE
Found guilty of possession of 17 forged (Kwangtung Provincial Bank) $1 bank-notes, 28-year-old Cheung Yok-fan, was sentenced to two years hard labour by the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, at weather and in the Criminal Sessions this morning and Scotland, heavy snowfalls have
The accused pleaded not guilty and isolated several villages and brought Surprise has been caused here by the following jury was empanelled: all traffic on country roads to a Cairo despatches which state that Messra: C. E. da Rozario (Foreman), standstil
London, To-day.
Expenditure on defence, which stood at £77,000,000 in 1913 to 1914, and in 1924 at £113,000,000, jamounted to £278,000,000 in 1937.
In 1938-1939, between $320,000,-- 000 and 3340,000,000 would be spent.
Government depended on the ingenuity and skill of manufactur- ers for assistance. If it had not been for the highest degree of will- ingness on the part of the manu- facturers, the Government could not, even if it had had a nation- alised industry, have done one-tenth of what had been possible.
Rearmament had not resched
THE OPTIMIST;
anything like the full momentum the former Egyptian Premier, which it might attain in about G. S. Rodger, Tsoi Sai-fan, F. F. Scotland experienced an exception-
eighteen months. Dunnett, EL O. Marcal, D. D. A.ally severe blizzard last night. The Tewfik Nessim Pasha, has now Alonce and Ng Chan-kwan. Edinburgh-London night express voluntarily renounced his intention There was no reason for the Outlining the case for the pro-was held up owing to a freight train of marrying the 17-year-old Aus-slightest lament of gloom or de secution, the Assistant Attorney ahead being snowed 1 up. While General, Mr. E. H. Williams, stated waiting, snowdrifts accumulated and trian girl, Maria Hueber. that the accused was arrested when the express reached Carlisle over It will be recalled that the ex- he was about to proceed to Canton seven hours late-British Wireless Premier, who is over 70, met the His rattan suit case was searched
lady last summer in a Vienna.
pression. Industry · generally was Ideveloping at the same time. There
were, in various parts of the country," new factories which, as yet were
tion, and at which hundreds thousands of men and possibly taken women would be employed
and it was found to have a false FOUR KILLED hotel, of which her father is the only in the early stages of prepara-
bottera.
When searched by Detective-Ser- geant E. S. Brookes, 17 forged notes were found in his breast poc
After other witne esses had
evidence, accused made a stat
denying that he knew that the notes were forgeries.
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now of the by an
The industrial strength of the coun- try was greater to-day. By of the
arman programme, we & new any of
Lomas Inskip said
the
had