ATTENTION
TURNS TO SPANISH WAR
(Continued from Puge 1)
MALAYAN TRADE SHOWS STARTLING
DECREASE
Singapore, To-day.
Malay's overseas trade last year The two Governments are in showed a decline of £54,000,000, touch with Dr. Negrin and his col- leagues on one hand and the Burgos according to figures released yes- authorities on the other, and they day. will continue to urge humanitarian considerations in the futherance of which their good office will remain available.
the Exports from Malaya for year totalled only £68,000,000, com- pared with £105,000,000 the pre- vious year, while imports declined from £81,000,000 to £65,000,000.
The startling decrease in exports to smaller ship- The British and French Govern- was mainly due ments have, it is stated here, tak-ments of rubber and tin.
APPEAL TO BRITAIN?
London, To-day.
en steps with the aim of putting an
Imports from Japan for the year end to the hostilities in Spain. In showed a decrease of 75 per cent. competent quarters, however, si- lence is maintained concerning! these efforts.
in political circles that both Gov- to ernments will do their utmost prevent further useless shedding of
It is officially neither confirmed blood. nor denied that the Spanish Repu- blican Government has addressed an appeal to the British Govern- ment to intervene and has inform ed Downing Street of the condi- tions under which it would be prepared to consent to an imme- diate cessation of fighting.
SPLIT IN RANKS
In the opinion of British political circles matters are complicated by the departure from Spain of the Republican Government as well as by doubts regarding its internal cohesion.
Similar silence is observed re- No indication is as yet forthcom- Govern- garding 2 report that General ing whether the British Franco has already rejected these ment will be prepared to assume a the conditions and insists on uncondi- part of the costs arising for tional surrender of the Republican French Government out of the re- troops. Political circles neverthe-treat of the Spanish Republican | lesa believe that this report, which troops into French territory. appears in last evening's newspa- pers, may be true.
It is believed that the question will also be discussed in the course
It is known that the British Gov-of the negotiations now going on London and Paris.- ernment is in close touch on this between subject and no doubt is entertained Trans-Ocean.
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COMMONS PASS EXPORT CREDIT MEASURE
London, To-day.
The House of Commons yester- day passed the Export Credit Guarantee Bill, which now goes to the House of Lords.
The Bill increases the maximum of the Government's liability of £75,000,000, and provides for guar- antees up to $10,000,000 in respect of home produced goods, export of which might not be undertaken as an ordinary commercial risk but which is in the national interest.
British Wireless.
N.R.C. CHAIRMAN
AT SHUMCHUN
Mr. Hsu Shih-ying, Acting Chairman of the National Relief Commission, inspected the Chin- ese refugees at Shumchun across the British border yesterday afternoon. He found there were still about 4,000 refugees in the care of various Hong Kong chari- ty organisations. About 98 per cent. of them are women and children. Practically all able- bodied men have returned to their native villages.
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