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BRITAIN MUST MUST
A WELL-DESERVED REWARD
1 juvenile competitor receives his prize from Mrs. T. E. Pearce at the Hong Kong Riding School sports on Sunday. (Photo. A.C.P.).
CITY RESUMES WORK IN SERIOUS FRAME OF MIND
Stock Exchange Business Restricted At Outset
MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S STATEMENT
لل
EAGERLY AWAITED
London, March 14.
recess in a The city returned to work after the week-end serions frame of mind following events if the last 48 hours in Central Europe.
In not a single instance, however, hysteria.
there were
any signs of
Considerable interest was centred on the opening of the Stock Exchange and relief was manifested when it was soon apparent that members were not going to be stampeded.
Basiness, at the outset. was naturally restricted while dealers and brokers discussed the situation but it is noteworthy that there was no selling pressure and the lower trend of prices mainly re- flected a precautionary marking down.
PRINCE TA IS
A VIRTUAL
.
PRISONER
General
Utmost excitement prevalled in the Forelgr Exchange market where the French franc slumped from 156 to 162. owing to dis- appointment at the composition of the new Cabinet.
弍拜禮·日伍拾月叁年捌卅们玖仟谨英 Price
(Single Copy, 10 cts. (Per Month. 83.
REARM TO THE FULL
REARM
BRITISH GOVERNMENT WILL
HAVE TO CONSIDER
ITS PROBLEMS AFRESH
MUST LOOK FOR MEANS TO RESTRAIN FUTURE AGGRESSOR
T
LONDON, MARCH 14.
HERE IS A MORAL TO BE DERIVED FROM THE SITUATION IN AUSTRIA, STATES AN
EDITORIAL IN THE TIMES.
..
NO COUNTRY, LEAST OF ALL OUR OWN, CAN AFFORD TO BE LULLED INTO FALSE SECURITY WHILE THESE METHODS PREVAIL ON THE NEIGHBOURING CONTINENT.
IF THERE WERE ANY DOUBTS ABOUT THE COLOSSAL AND MOST DEPLORABLE SIZE OF THE DEFENCE ESTIMATES THERE WILL ASSUREDLY BE NO RELUCTANCE TO PASS THEM AFTER LAST WEEK'S EVENTS.
NO PRECAUTION CAN BE DEEMED IRRELEVANT IN FACE OF LAST WEEK'S WARNING AND MORE COMPLETE THE PREPARATIONS THE SMALLER THE CHANCES OF WAR.
The Manchester Guardian says that peace in Europe is now much more precarious and the British Government will have to consider its problems afresh. Rearmament is not in itself enough isolation, and will not help. The Government must, therefore, search for means to restrain the future aggressor and it must know that it can only be through some, form, other than collective understanding, that suck restraint can be constructed.
HITLER GOING
TO GRAZ
Vienna, March 14. It is now practically certain that Herr Hitler will not proceed to! Vienna until tomorrow.
is
He is expected to go to Graz today, but nothing official available regard his movements, (Renter).
ON ROAD TO VIENNA
Linze, March 14 Chancellor Hitler left at 9.45 am. G.M.T.
on a hundred-miles road journey to Vienna" accompanied by thirteen police cars and twenty-two other cars.--(Reuter).
CITY PREPARES
Vienna. March 14. The city is preparing to give Hitler the most tempestuous wel- come the capital has ever known.
It is announced by radio that the Bourse will be closed until further notice but exchange quotations for Joreign currencies will continue to be published-(Reuter).
THE DOLLAR
T.T. ON LONDON: 1s. 2.7/8d. T.T. ON NEW YORK: 31-1/16.
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London Silver Market
(Our Own Correspondent).
London. March 14. London silver prices today were down 1/16 as follows:--
Mar. 12. Mor. 14. Spot.........20-3/8 20-5/16
With the exchange restriction. Hankow, March 14. bogey revived by the creation of Prince Ta. head of the Alashan another Front Populaire Govern. banner of western Inner Mongolia, ment Saturday's bear covering has been taken to the Mongolian was not carried further. More- city of Ninghsia a virtual prisoner over. genuine repatriation of capi at the mercy of the Mohammedan tal from Switzerland abated thus
Governor, Mongol
Forward......20!- Ma permitting moderate recovery of the currency of the latter country. Hung-kwel
Commodities generally were Prince Ta arved in Ninghsia with his Mongol wives and Man-quietly steady, arid all sections of financial and commercial churian concubine, cousin of the Emperor Pu Yi of Manchukuo. but communities are eagerly awaiting without armed bodyguards.
the Prime Minister's statement in Official Chinese sources believed the House of Commons on Bri- Ma Hung-kwel remains loyal to tain's attitude towards the latest the Chinese Central Government. Europen developments. -International News).
ter).
TURNING THE PAGES
(Reu-
meeting. Chinese vessel
ashore,
Page --Huge claim falls. Wo- Refined antimony.. Urban Coun
trouble.. Prison men in
cil van damaged, 34 cases of small-pox. Pate 3-"Exam" marks that tell Pare
too little. 38 years as toast- master. New diabetes treat- ment
8-Leading article: The Naval Race. Personal para- graphs.
Page 9 -Famous Indian poet de- nounces Japan. Latest cables.
Pace 4-Hitler takes control of Page 10-Sport news and notes.
Austrian army. Austria made
a province of Germany. Famous lawyer passes.
19-15/16
GENERAL TERAUCHI RECALLED
KOREA COMMANDER TO TAKE OVER
Hsuchow, March 14. Generzi Count Haisalchi Terauchi, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese forces in North China, has been relleved of his command and will be replaced by Lieut.-General Obalso, com. manding Japanese troops in Korea.
The change is being effected in
DUTY TO REARM IMPERATIVE
The News Chronicle says there is only one thing for Britain and Europe to do in this critical hour and the duty to do it is imperative. We must rearm to the full and couple with rearmament the most energetic efforts possible to reconstruct the collective system while there is still time..
The Daily Express says there will be no war of any kind,
The Daily Mail: says that influential circles in Britain are ad- vising the Government to bind this country definitely to aid Cze choslovakia if she is menaced by Germany. Nothing should induce the Government to consider it for the moment.-(Reuter).
Starhemberg Arrested
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SCHUSCHNIGG ALLOWED TO GO ABROAD
Berlin, March 14. An official of the Propaganda Ministry. Interviewed by Reuter, stated that Dr. Schuschnigg had been conducted to the frontier and allowed to go abroad.-(Reuter).
NOW IN HUNGARY
Vienna, March 14.. Contrary to foreign reports about the alleged arrest of the former Austrian Chancellor. Dr. Schasch- nigg, it is pointed out here that he was escorted to the frontier, and is now in Hungary. (Transocean).
BROADBENT AT JODHPUR
Vienna, March 14.
Karachi, March 14. Prince Starhemberg, former Vice- The Australian airman, Harold Chancellor, was arrested by Aus- Broadbent, who is on a fight to trian police before crossing the Australia, which he hopes to com- frontler into Czechoslovakia, be-plete in under four days, arrivedi cause he had attempted to smuggle at Jodhpur from Basra at 9.30 money contrary to Austrian cur- GM.T. rency regulations. He was taken to a prison in Vienna—(Transocean).
3,000 JAPANESE TAKEN ALIVE
Durlag the fighting in south Shans! in the past four days, over 3,000. Japanese prisoners were taken alive, says an In- ternational News message from Hankow.
This is a new record in the war, as in the past very few Japanese were captured, and those that fell into Chinese
hands committed harn-kiri ́at the first oppostunity or went on hunger strike,
Broadbent left Lampe at 3 a.m.
on Saturday-(Reuter):
AIR LINE TO RUSSIA PLANNED
TRANS-SIBERIAN DIRECT LINK
Shanghai March 14.
A commercial air line joining. China with Russia is ander con- sideration by the Chinese Govern- ment..
The exact route has
not yet been decided but will probably include Urumchi, Chungking *will
order to avoid differences among CHURCHES' PROTEST be the southern terminus. Fare 11-Yachting. Travels of a high Japanese officers.
small log.
Lieut-Genera} Obaiso, Who will
Berlin, March 14. · After the survey flight, the Pare 12-New York Quotations. {arrive in Tientsin shortly, was one A manifesto was read from the Chinese authorities hope the ser- Page 5-Cinema notices.. Clayer Hong Kong Stock Exchange, of the leading figures in the Mak-pulpita of all Confessional Churches vice will begin operation in early
clothes for men. Duce defends Page 13-Radio programmes. den affair of September 18, 1931, yesterday condemning further im- { summer.
Page 14 and 15-Shipping newa. Prior to coming to China heprisonment. of Pastor Niemoeller, { It will provide a direct link 'for Arrivals and Clearances. Direc-served as Vice-Minister for War who atter being set free after trial, (passengers and mali between tory..
and also as a department chief in) was arrested and sent to a con-¡China and Europe via the Trans- Pare 7-Good business despite Page 16-Badminton title results. (the Bureau of Aviation.-(Inter-centration camp-Reuter Bul-Siberian Railway, with which it
War, Painting by the acre. Britain and Olympics.
national News)..
will be linked.—(Reuter),
goose step.
Pare 6-The Services. London
Gazette."
letin).
SHANGHAI-HANKOW HIGHWAY CUT BY CHINESE COLUMNS
Lull On Wuhu Front Continues
Hankow, March 14. The Shanghai-Hankow highway in the vicinity of Nankao, to the south of Minghong, has been cut by Chinese mobile, columas. These columns which have been most active In south-eastern Kiangsu, occupied Channska. Nanhslen and Fenghsien, three towns near the Kiangsu coast.
The full on the Wuhu, front continues, for although the wea- ther cleared up recently, snow and rain for the past fortnight 'turn- ed the roads and countryside into a sea of mud, hampering military movements.
In the western section of the These Cainese troops are under Taotsing Railway heavy fighting the dual command of Generals Fu is taking place.. Chinese forces, Tso-yi and Ho Lung. The Red by stategic moves. managed to atmy leader was originally order- keep Japanese troops on the run.ed to advance eastward towards They raided Esuiwu, west of Taiyuan, capital of Shansi. 'They Sinhslang, on March 11 and when actually reached, a point only Japanese forces rushed to meet twenty miles from Taiyuan when them from Sinnslang 'Chinese' de- the order to turn southwest was tachments from the Pelping received.--(Reuter). Hankow Railway pressed towards the town, thus sandwiching the Japanese..
MOKANSHAN REGAINED
Shanghai, March 14. Internalfled guerilla raids in the
At the same time. another Hangchow area caused the Japan- - Chinese column has been 'con- ese today to erect barbed-wire bar- verging on Ponal or Chinghua- ricades around the city and to in- cheng which 13 the eastern ställ anti-aircraft batteries at the terminus of the Taksing Railway. Klenkiao airfield, just outside the Chinese forces in north-western ¦ walls, Guns were also placed on Shansi have been ordered to turn the Luhota Pagoda. south-west. in the direction of Chinese forces have recaptured Chlauchen and Wenshui, in order several towns in Anhwel Province. W harass a Japanese column including Mokanshan, famous ré- operating in the western part of sort. and are threatening the re- the province with its base at cently reinforced Japanese gar Fengyang.
rison at Wohing and Wukang- (International News).
EXPLOSION TRAGEDY IN INDIA
Europeans Among
Dead
Hyderabad, March 14. Forty-seven persons were killed and 40 were injured in an ex- plosion in coal mines near here.
Three Europeans are among the dead.-(Reuter Bulletin).
BOMBAY 'QUAKE
MOVING BIG GUNS
Chengchow, March 14.
«Big guns were moved Into post- tions today long the Langhal Railway between this city and Tungkwan, stretching over a dis- tance of about 280 miles, The batteries and infantry units are considered to be smalicient to stem any Japanese effort to cross the Yellow River...
Five Japanese planes bonibed the railway and aerodromes here yesterday but failed to infilct much damage. One bomber was shot down by anti-aircraft fire. The same planes also raided Linchin- tien on the Pelping-Hankow Rail- way and Shushui on the Lungha! Railway, west of this town.
A Chinese official bulletin Bombay, March 14.
claimed the entry "of Chinese Severe earthquake shocks were troops into Hsiuwu, on the Tao- felt in Bombay and districts this ching Railway, where street fight- morning.
ing was in progress and over 40 Hitherto до casualties have Japanese tanks were destroyed- been reported. (Reuter Bulletin). (International News},"
Lai Wah Cup Final
The captain of the Army football team receiving the La! Wah. Cup, after the final when the Chinese were defeated by four goals to three. (Photo, A.C.P.).