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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 27, 1989
'WAR" DECLARED ON SETTLEMENT
Direct Threat By "Nanking Government'
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Tokyo, To-day.
“We cannot but, announce a silent declaration of
war against the Shanghai International Settle ment and British and French vessels which are nothing but an extension of the Settlement, in assisting the Chiang Kai-shek regime with the Yangtse as base."
So declares a statement issued by the Japanese- sponsored "Nanking government," according to the Domei news agency.
The statement announces that the "Nanking gov
ernment has detailed troops and militiamen round the Settlement "as a precautionary mea- sure against further outbreaks of terroristic demonstrations."
It adds: "We will not hesitate to brand British and French ves- sels and the International Settle- ment as an enemy if Britain and France do not reconsider a change in their attitude of assisting the Chiang Kai-shek regime.” “RANG
Meanwhile the Japanese au- thorities in Shanghai are appar- ently dissatisfied with what they describe as the lukewarm mea- sures of the Shanghai Municipal Council and the Council's reply to the Japanese requests.
TIENTSIN PRESSURES
In Tientsin, says a message from the Northern port, Japan ese troops in the past few days have been hurriedly erecting bar- ricades and installing live electric wires round the British and French Concessions.
Exits from the Concessions, through which communication is now allowed, could be closed at a moment's notice. Reuter
TO CUT OFF SUPPLIES
Shanghai, To-day. It is reliably learned that includ- the "drastic measures" with which the "Reformed Government' have threatened the International Settlement and French Concession is a plan to cut off supplies to the French Concession..
BRITAIN'S
PATIENCE
WEARING THIN
Sir Gerald Campbell, High in Canada, Commissioner speaking at Montreal, declared that Britain's patience was wearing thin. "The Britlah people is near the end of its tether and. is not going to sit down and see Germany and Italy grab every blessed thing in Europe," he said.
Czecho-Slovakia brought us near to the end of our tether. Regarding Spain, we tried to steer a middle course and, al- though bound to wobble, have tried to keep it from develop ing into a world war.
"We are trying to save the world by peaceful means but are rapidly becoming prepared if our efforts fall,"
The heads of the Tetro Palice AUSTRALIA.
Force held a conference on Satur-
day discussing plans to deal with SUSPENDS
the tituation. Our Own Correspon- dent
MEETING IN IDZUMO
Shanghai, To-day.
The Japaneso naval, military and diplomatic chiefs in Shanghai hold.
further meeting in the Japanese flagship "Idzumo" yesterday, when the Shanghat Municipal Council's reply was discussed.
It is learned that Note, in strong terme, demanding immediate ly · · re-consideration of the S.M.C, "unfavourable reply, will be de- livered to Mr. O, S. Tranklin, Chair- man of the BMC-Our Own Cor- respondent,
INSURANCE ACT
According
Sydney, To-day.
the Sydney
“Morning Herald,” the Federal
This exclusive photograph shows Italy's famous Alpine troops on manoeuvres in the Italian Alps: These soldiers are quite at home on their skis, in fact they are fully equipped for either mountain climbing or ski-ing. Their equipment includes heavy climbing boots, special snow shoes and skis. They perform amazing feats over rocks and snow even hauling güns also carry portable radio apparatus. mounted on runners like a sleigh.
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De B stretchers. They Faithless Wife Was Unmasked By Robot
Vienna woman has just been wife was accustomed to receive her denounced by robot in the guests. With a deceptively casual strangest divorce case on record, air, he told his wife he would be when the miracles of modern away for the week-end, adding science combined with age-old that there were undeveloped and frailty of human mature produced important films in the camera, a matrimonial tragedy.
The husband, a scientific worker whose time is spent largely in laboratories filming the growth of plants with an automatic camera which makes single exposures each 10 hours, was awarded a divorce by the courts here, on the evidence of a film from his apparatus.
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For a time the couple had been happy in their married life, but the young wife soon become jeal- ous of the time and attention her husband devoted to his laboratory and his camera.
In between spells of filming plant life he was sent away for weeks at a time, travelling to dis- tant places, making newsreels:
During those absences the young wife formed a friendship with which to while away the hours and satisfy her wounded vanity. Friendship developed into a warm-
and oloser relationship.
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The rest of the story friend's arrival, his affectionate greeting, their embraces told in court by the unseen wit- ness, the camera itself. For the film it contained, operating at ten-hourly intervals; had made a pictorial record of the wife's infidelity.
The husband was granted his divorce, and the case has created a stir throughout the moving-picture world in Vienna.
There was a poignant scene in court when the public were order- ed to leave and the film was shown to the Judge and jury,
FORTY-THREE
The husband, became suspicious: KILLED IN
He decided to use his scientific knowledge to trap his wife and hor lover
He placed his camera in à corner of the parlour, where he knew his
NAZIS WELCOME NEW U.S. CHARGE D'AFFAIRES
MEXICAN RISING
Mexico City, To-day. Forty-three are reported to have
been killed in a clash between well-arded marauders, at La Palma,
Federal troops and a band of 100
in Sinaloa State.
The death roll comprised three Federal officers and ten soldiers and 30 marauders.
Berlin, To-day. Nazi political circles welcome
The remainder of the bandits are Cabinet has decided to repeal the the appointment of Mr. Raymond
the National Insurance Act owing to Geist, First Secretary of the reported to be dispersing
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