Roosevelt Denies Use Of Guam As Political Lever
Washington, To-day.
President Roosevelt tòld reporters yesterday that he was in favour of the Bill authorising the ex- penditure of $5,000,000 for defence improve-
THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 21, 1989.
Colony
OPTICIANS to th
Sazamus
for
47 years
ments at Guam, the Pacific Island only 1,500 STOP PRESS
miles from Japan proper.
He explained, however, that the defence improve- ments did not necessarily mean fortification of the island.
THE "GAZETTE"
The President also stressed
the
¡ difference between authorisations and actual appropriations, declar- ing that authorisation did not ne- cessarily mehn that the project
The following official appoint-would be ultimately completed. ments and promotions nounced:
are an-
conditions A change in world
the might permit abandonment of whole project.
the
Mr. J. H. B. Lee.to be Chief Assist-
The President r'enied that ant to the Secretary for Chin-question of the Guam defence im- at provements was being pressed ese Affairs.
basis for a possible Mr. T. B. Low to be Assistant present as
Japan on the negotiating with Shipping Master..
Pacific problem.-Reuter.
2nd Lieuts. J. Watson and G. F. Rees to be Lieutenants in the H.K.V.D.C.
Mr. D. M. Gill to be
Technician, G.P.O. Dr. T. W. Ware to be
Officer.
a Wireless
a Health
T.B. NOTIFIABLE
Under an Order-in-Council pu-| blished in the "Gazette" to-day, tuberculosis becomes a notifiable disease. The order is connected
new be a 'with
efforts to check the Miss Leung Sheung-chi to
Member of the Nurses Board. 'spread of T. B. in the Colony.
Chungking, To-day,
was
An unconfirmed report from Kuling states that the house of
missionary a German wrecked by Japanese bombers. It is believed that the house
to belongs
the 70-year-old German missionary, Dr. Wup- perfield. Trans-Ocean.
-
The master of the s.8. Yo- chow, which was coming into Hong Kong, has informed the authorities that while passing the Ninepin group of islands just outside Hong Kong, two junks were observed firing on each other.
It is learned that a police launch has been sent to the
area.
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London, To-day.
Replying to the further de- mands of the Labour Party re- Chamber- garding Spain, Mr.
to lain, in a four-line letter
no- Mr. Attlee, says he has
he thing to add to the lettor
Mr. addressed to
Attlee on Wednesday.Trans-Ocean.
London, To-day.
The hangars at Hendon aero- drome were evacuated yester- had day after Scotland Yard been informed by telephone would that a bomb outrage take place there. The area was cordonned off. Searches for hidden time-fuse bombs were, however, without result.- Trans-Ocean.
"DAKS"
Enquiries are being made concerning the whereabouts of Mr. Kerslake, engineer of the Jardine .s. Hangsang, who is reported as "missing" since Thursday.
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The new British Ambassador to Soviet Russia, Sir William Seeds, left London yesterday to take up his post in Moscow.-Trans-Ocean,
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