IN
THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 14, 1989
MR. STRANG'S MISSION
THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL
200 WOMEN WORKERS STRIKE
IN MACAO
MACAO, TO-DAY.
FRANCO-BRITISH GREAT BRITAIN
AGREEMENT ON INSTRUCTIONS
Paris, To-day.
REPORTS ON PALESTINE
THE
GENEVA, TO-DAY. PAST YEAR'S EVENTS
SOME 200 CHINESE FEMALE Details of the mission entrusted to Mr. William IN PALESTINE WERE OUTLIN-
EMPLOYEES OF THE TUNG HING MATCH FACTORY WENT ON STRIKE YESTERDAY FOL- LOWING REJECTION BY THEIR EMPLOYERS OF A REQUEST FOR AN INCREASE IN SA- LARIES.
Strang, the British Foreign Office expert now ED BEFORE THE MANDATES en route to Moscow, were given by the French COMMISSION OF THE LEAGUE Foreign Minister, M. Georges Bonnet, at a REPRESENTATIVES. meeting of the Cabinet yesterday.
YESTERDAY BY THE BRITISH
MR.
MOODY, WHO STATED THAT BY THE END OF APRIL
BEEN BROKEN UP.
The women and girls received M. Bonnet stated that Mr. Strang's instructions THE TERRORIST BANDS HAD
were drawn up by common agreement between the British and French Governments. some
their salaries in Chinese national currency. Owing to the drop in the
they found
Chinese dollar
difficulty in making ends meet. Last week they approached management of the factory with a petition for a temporary increase or allowance.
In May, efforts to effect the ille- gal immigration of Jews became an important factor.
Immediate Jewish reaction to the
the The British envoy, added M. Bonnet, must first as-recent White Paper was perceived certain the exact instructions of the Soviet and to be hostile, but it was too early then explain in detail the position of the Bri- to define the Arab attitude. tish Government and the motives which anim- ate it.
This was, however, rejected yes- terday and the workers immediatè- ly went on strike. They left the factory en masse and proceeded to the Tai Kwong Match Factory, with the object of requesting the Tai Kwong workers to strike in sym- pathy.
THREE ARRESTED They, however, were not able to Tai approach the workers of the Kwong Factory for when they ar- rived there, they found the gates closed, the management having been tipped off.
The women and girls crowded outside the factory and demanded admission, which was refused.
The police were summoned and the workers dispersed following the arrest of three alleged ringleaders. The matter has not yet been settled.Our Own Correspondent.
Having clarified these points he will submit the British obser- Ivations on the amendments pro- posed to the Anglo-French draft of a tri-partite pact, and finally will present a new Anglo-French formula for agreement. ter.
STRANG LEAVES
WARSAW
Reu-
BALTIC QUESTION
Moscow, To-day.
MUNITIONS SUPPLIES
Questioned by members of the commission regarding the charac- ter of the disturbances and the source from which arms and mu- That the Soviet still insists on Initions were obtained, Mr. Moody an Anglo-French guarantee for said the bulk of the arms and mu- the Baltic States, is the state-nitions used by bands were manu- ment made by the
factured during the War and were "Pravda."
largely derived from stores con- The paper asks if the guaran-cealed in Palestine itself. tees of Belgian and Dutch terri- Dealing with Trans-Jordan, Mr. tory, have meant that these coun- Moody said that despite the efforts tries have lost any of their in- of people to join in favour of ter- rorist activities in Palestine. Trans- dependence.
Jordan remained calm.
newspaper
Mr. Malcolm Macdonald, Colon-
Warsaw, To-day. The British envoy to Moscow, Mr. William Strang, who arriv-
It is quite obvious, the paper ed here by aeroplane on Monday, states, that if a country as pow- left by train yesterday for Mos-erful as Czecho-Slovakia, with its ies Secretary, will address the com cow.
large army, could not prevail mission on Thursday.-Reuter. against Germany, how could the
It is stated that he spent Mon- Baltic States, with their inferior day in conference with authori- | armaments, stand up to tative Polish quarters although Nazi?
HARRY SYMINGTON further information is lacking.
DEAD
London, To-day.
The death has occurred of Mr.
Trans-Ocean.
ALTERNATIVE PLANS
Paris, To-day.
The latest developments in the
A. H. B. G. ("Harry") Symington, Soviet pact negotiations were ex- partner in Symington and Wilson, haustively discussed at yester- the well-known firm of rubber brok-day's Cabinet meeting. ers. Reuter.
COAST RAIDS
Swatow, To-day.
The coast at Hoi Fung was heavi-
ly. bombed yesterday afternoon. Brief reports received last night state that some 30 villagers and fishing folk were killed and wound- ed.
M. Bonnet explained the new proposals in detail, and also de- tails of the alternative plans which Mr. Strang is taking to Moscow.
TEXACO DEPOT DAMAGED IN FOOCHOW RAID
the
FOOCHOW, TO-DAY.: THE OIL DEPOT OF THE
TEXACO OIL CO IN THE SOUTH- ERN SUBURBS OF FOOCHOW WAS REPORTED ΤΟ HAVE DAMAGED WHEN SIX
With regard to the Franco- BEEN Turkish negotiations, M. Bonnet JAPANESE PLANES STAGED A said that an agreement would RAID EARLY YESTERDAY shortly be signed.
M. Bonnet concluded by report- ing on the latest developments A lone Japanese plane visited
in the international situation. Swatow at about 6 p.m. yesterday, dropping four bombs. No material After the Cabinet, M. Bonnet damage was suffered.--Our Own received the Turkish Ambassa- Correspondent.
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Two other Japanese planes flew up the Min River, machine-gunning Shanghang.
HUNGARIAN THREAT TO RUMANIA
Budapest, To-day. Hungary was compelled to change her policy against Rumania, the Foreign Minister, Count Csaky de- clared in a speech to the Govern- ment Party, in which he dealt with the refusal of the Rumanian Gov- ernment to alleviate the position of the Hungarian minority in Transsylvania which made it neces-. sary "to seek a solution in a differ- ent way."
accor-
The attitude of the Rumanian Government was neither in dance with legal right nor was it morally justified or sensible.—Trans- Ocean.
FRANCO TO VISIT ROME
Changmen experienced a hectic day yesterday. Four raids were `staged over the city. Four planes took part in the first raid and six machines each in the second, third and fourth raids. More than fifty bombs were dropped indiscrimin-at the end of September, according ately. Central News,
NEW GERMAN CRUISER
Berlin, To-day.
A fifth. German 10,000 cruiser will be launched at Bremen on July 1.-Reuter.
Rome, To-day. General Franco is visiting Rome
to a message from Burgos.--Router.
SUGAR COUNCIL
London, To-day. The International Sugar Council, which is meeting for the purpose of approving the recommended' in- crease of 154,000 tons in the cur- rent year's quotas of Empire grow- ers, adjourned till to-day-Reuter.