HONG KONG DAILY PRESS
RESIGNATION FRAUGHT
CABLES
UGAKI
OF GENERAL S.
SIGNIFICANCE
WITH
Japan's Political Downfall Foreseen Before Her Economic Collapse
Prince Konoye Intimidated?
THE JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER, General Ugaki's resig- nation on Friday and the Prime Minister, Prince Konoye's concurrent assumption of the portfolio of Minister for Foreign Affairs had so shaken the country that Japanese markets were temporarily affected, according to the "Ta Kung Pao."
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time that the Cabinet might It was considered possible for a have to go. It was not unill Prince Konore's investiture had been formally published and Mr. Ikeda, the Finance Minister, had denied rumours of his resignation that conditions returned to normal.
In spite of the efforts of the Japanese press to deny the gravity of the situation. the "Ta Kung Pao" considers General Ugaki's -- resignation as being fraught with signifleance.
Then on Septem-
To all appearances the direct an agreement. cause leading to General Ugaki's ber 23, the War Department con- resignation is the question at issue concerning the so-called "China Burrau," but, in fact, it is not so simple as it may seem. For some time past the "China Bureau" was
vened a meeting at which it was decided to carry out the proposal regardless of opposition, for it was assumed by the Army that this problem had already exceeded the
a matter for dispute in Japanese limits of law and had now become politics. Some quarters favoured ja political issue which concerned the establishment of a Ministry for the responsibility of the Konoge Eastern Asia to handle the China Cabinet.
alalts independently of the Besides. It was also considered Foreign Ministry, while others were as an inseparable part of the
"China Iconemic campaign in
China
Prince
In favour of a Bureau" and a "China Economic Konoye, being hard-pressed, had
PRINCE KONOYE
DEMOBILISATION OF FRENCH ARMY
Paris, Oct. 3. Demobilisation of the French Army is making rapid progress, A large number of reserves returned to their homes on Sunday, and in a considerable number of small towns and villages all reserves who were called to colours during the crisis have resumed their normal occupations
The Commander-in-Chief of the French Army, General Gamelin will arrive at Strasbourg on Tues- day to inspect the frontier forti- fcations in the Strasbourg region. General Gamelin will also inspect the fortifications opposite the Kehl bridgehead.
The Mayor of Strasbourg asked the population of that city to holst fags in honour of General Game- n's visit. After the inspection of fortifications by Gen. Gamelin there will be a parade of the 43rd Divi- sion in which a complete tank corps will also take part.-Trans-
ocean.
KWANGTUNG PREPARED FOR INVASION
Council. There were still others no alternative but to save himself OVER 100,000 TRAINED MILITIA
who proposed the expansion of the by sacrificing General Ugaki. Eastern Asia Department of the These were the events that lead Foreign Ministry.
At a Cabinet meeting." General Ugaki fought against the idea of splitting up the Foreign Ministry.
up to General Ugaki's resignation.
FOREIGN OFFICE OPPOSITION
In fact, opposition to this pro- and though Mr. Ikeda, Finance posal came not only from General Minister, supported his views, the Ugaki alone, but from the Foreign Army insisted on a unilateral or-jomce as well. It was the general ganisation: Invested with full power. opinion of Foreign-Office-circles- When the Konoye Cabinet was re-that the War Department, in mak. organised in May, both General ing this proposal, considered China Ugaki and Mr. Ikeda were coas not more than a protectorate,
with opted.
whom diplomatic relations were out of the question. This PROPOSAL AGREED
view was also expressed by a sec- Since then the same problemtion of the Japanese press. was repeatedly discussed in the It does not require much reflec- Council of Five Ministers." Ontion to realise that this policy will September 5, General Itagaki, War lead to nowhere: but as the War Its own Minister. submitted to the Council Department would have ar agreed proposal of the Army way and, Prince Konaye, the Pre- and the Navy, the outline of which mier, knew only how to please the
Army. General Ugaki and is as follows:-
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many
WILL
BECOME GUERILLA UNITS
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT).
Canton, October 3...
The much-heralded invasion of Kwangtung was revived to-day by a Shanghai report that warships and transports are coming south
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EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF FRENCH CHAMBER Paris, Oct. 3. An extraordinary meeting of the
TO INDIA BY CAR
Civil Servants Leave
The first of three parties of
According to Mr. W. H. Chamberlain, Tokyo correspondent of the garlan minorities and, in its own Christian Science Monitor," who visited Canton last week, the Jap-interest, not to wait for three anese Navy wanted to attack Kwangtung but was restrained by the months before the inevitable sur- financiers and industrialists who feared International complication. gical operation is carried out by
The Japanese Army, according to Mr. Chamberlain, is not en-the new four-Power agreement.
The semi-official organ states thusiastic in sending troops to the south far from the Yangtze front but desires to cut out Canton as a base of military supplies to the that the question of the Polish and Chinese troops, but the supply from Indo-China complicates matters. Hungarian minoritles was not on the Agenda of the Munich con- Chinese reports state that the leaving here and heading for ference but that Signor Mussolini, Foreign Minister, General Kazu- South China waters yesterday, ina written expose, called atten- shige Ugaki, who resigned, was not Though a small portion of the tion to the necessity of solving A in favour of provoking Great Bri-troops who landed at
Shanghal at an early date. Chancellor Chamber will be summoned to Indian Civil Service and Burma tain, but his resignation may alter a week ago have been taken up Hitler, as well as the British and morrow when the Prime Minister, Civil Service probationers who are It is the opinion of the "Ta Kung the situation
the Yangtze the greater part, it French Premiers, fully agreed with M. Daladier, will read a" "com-going gut by motor-car to take up Pao" that there were still some However, Japanese evacuation of is belleved, have been embarked n Duce-Transocean, other causes "underlying. General Walchow Island, 35 mlies south of for South China. These troops are 2. It will take charge of the Ugaki's resignation. One reason is Pakhol in the Gulf of Tangkin, believed to be fresh from Japan.— following: (a) To adept a China that he was comparatively more means that the Japanese Navy has
Reuter. policy, special emphasis being laid enlightened, and when he joined given up attacks on the mainland, on China's political and economic the Cabinet in May, he
gave because the Island can be used as problems; (b To Investigate proinises to exert his
The utmost to a flying and naval bose. China's political and economie bring the war to a timely end and stand would be useful as a base ff Military Information reveals that conditions and to draw up a plan break the diplomatic deadlock. an
attack.." on Kwangtung and the number of Japanese warships to put it into force; (c) To solve
eff the Kwangtung coast, as far as China's problems in close Co- "IMPROVEMENT OF RELATIONS Kwangsi is contemplated.
Kwangtung has
1 The establishment of a cen-important members of the Foreign tral organisation within the Office had to go. This is just" an Cabinet for handling the China indication of Japan's political affairs. with the Prime Minister as chaos at present. Its president and an official of Ministerial rank as its vice- president, "
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trained over
operation with the "bogus govern After his assumption of office as 100,000 militia, who will turn into ments": (d) To conduct China's Foreign Minister, he often gave guerilla units in the event of cultural and social activities; (e) suggestions in his talks that one Japanese landing on the mainland To control and supervise special would not need stick to the
of Kwangtung. These.. militia are companies; and (f) To adopt a Cabinet's declaration of January weil armed and have been under- uniform policy as a guiding prin- 15 (Le. Japan would have nothing going training for the past eight ciple for all the Ministries.
to do with the National Govern --
months. They are armed with
2. To solve important problemsment), and that it was imperative sumcient light weapons.
In conjunction with the "Council to Improve Japan's foreign' re-
of Five Ministers."
4. To establish "in"China special organisations to deal with econo mic problems, and these "will be directly responsible to the Central organisation.
MAINTAIN STATUS QUO
lations.
On hearing these remarks, a few of the politicians who used to fawn on the military men began to clamour against him. His conver- sations with the British Ambassa- I'dor also invited the opposition of the Fascist elements in military
5. To maintain the status quo and political circles, who even call- of these organisations, which willed meetings or wrote articles, to be incorporated into the central interpolate General Ugaki, and for organisation whenever possible. some time his personal safety was
6. To organise advisory com- at stake. mittees to supervise political
bodies.
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7. To include « as many able
KONOYE INTIMIDATED
As to Prince Konoye, he was so
.
INVASION RUMOUR
Shanghai, Oct. 3 There is some speculation here over large-scale Japanese troop movements which are reported by some observers. There is also a belief that large numbers of Japanese troops are at present on their way to China..
Persons arriving bere from Taingtao estimate that there are and Zu transports off Tsingtao 35 o Shanghai Some reports state that these transports hold officials and men as possible in the intimidated by violence that he a total of 35,000 men but the des- central organisation so as to bring was content to serve the military tination of the ships is not certain Throughout about a real national concentra- as a puppet, and this had done now for
much to discourage General Ugaki. Yesterday, Japanese troops were
transports embarked into
Some reports state that a total
tion of efforts.
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This proposal immediately .met- with strong opposition from the There were already indications Foreign Ministry, which then call that he must go even without the
"central organisation" problem. eda meeting of its important members on September 8, and. General Ugaki's resignation from after three hours' deliberation,the, Foreign Office points to this decided on the following:-
significance. From now
New military notes were recently 1. The central organisation in Konoye Cabinet will become all the question should not go beyond the more subservient to the War De-issued by the Japanese Army to be. bounds of a China Affairs Bureau, partment, obeying all that General used on the market in the Japan- which would communicate the de- Itagaki may dictate. In this way, ese occupied areng as from Oct. 1. Cisions of the "Council of Fire the life of the Konoye Cabinet, may The notes are in three denomina- Ministers" to the various organisa-possibly be prolonged until the tions, namely, $10, $5 and $1. The tions in China, and at the same War Department finally collapses. preylously issued military notes, time conduct the affairs of the so-
In the meantime war of aggres- having been considerably counter- called North-China Developmentsion on China will be pushed ahead fetted, are to be exchanged with and Central-China Rehabilitation even more blindly than ever, with the new ones at discount. Companies.
out having, the prospects of an end.
INDIVISIBLE POLICY
2. In view of the indivisible nature of the foreign policy, the Foreign Ministry absolutely op posed "central organisation to
There will be no place for liberais political downfall will occur even and pacifists on Japan's political earlier than her economic collapse. We do not consider it simply as platform, and all political and ideological conflicts will certainly a question of General Ugaki's per- assume a "more severe form, since sonal failure, but that the same. Since then, in spite of several all pacific methods will be doomed fate, will be awaiting many others like him," the Ta Kung Pao", con- meetings, the Army and the to failure. Foreign Ministry failed to reach It is most likely-that- Japan's cludes...
handle the China affsira,
17 WARSHIPS
Canton, Oct. 3.
munication from the Government." their appointments left Whitehall
It is felt in some quarters that recently Mr. J. C. Walton, Assistant a full dress debate would be inad- Under-Secretary of State for India.
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is ascertainable, has been reduced visable in view of the passions bade them farewell on behalf of
Hence, to only seventeen, including an which might be aroused. aircraft carrier, mother-vessel of vote may be taken the same
Lord Zetland, ".
The party consists of: Mr. "J." P.«
the planes which recently raided evening though, . M. Daladier Gillesple, who will be serving in Kwangtung, Kwangsi and Yunnan. consents to debate, it would take Bihar. Mr. T. J. H. Hetherington (United Provinces), Mr. P. Murray several days.-Reuter.
(Burma), Central News."
and Mr. J. Saddler (Bengal).
They are travelling in a shooting brake, and their route will be via France. Italy. Yugoslavia.. Bulgaria. Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan. "They expect to arrive at Kabul about November 10. This will be the first time that such a party has journeyed via Afghanistan,
TYPHOON REPORTED
S.S.W. OF COLONY
120
190
Mainy
Pea
100
TONG KING
Hapot
110
Wenchow
Poochow
Amoy,
Formb
Borneo
120:
110
10.
It was reported by the Royal Observatory last night that the typhoon was 150 miles south-s south-west of Hongkong, moving north. The position was given na latitude 20 N, longitude 113 E. - The No. I signal was hoisted yesterday morning and the No.7 signal at 1043 last night, Indicating that a gale was expected from the north-east.
The
second party left on September 24 and took the Belgian German - Austrian and Hungarian route through Europe. The third party will start in the month and propose to travel via Switzerland and Austria.
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CANTON HANKOW
LINE BOMBED:
Canton, Oct. 3.1 Japanese bombers wrought fur- ther havoc in Shipkwan on the Canton-Hankow Raliway during ‘a severe raid this morning.
Thirteen bombers rained scores. of missiles on the railway station and the town:
Shortly afterwards another squadron of 13 bombed Ngan-" channgau, Yuentam and other points along the railway.
The raiders passed over here,
Chinese drawing intense
anti- aircraft fire-Central News.
RUSSIAN FLEET MANOEUVRES
Moscow, Oct. 2. Large scale autumn: manOEUVIEN of the Soviet, Fleet have been tak- ing place in the Baltic Sea during the last few days, it was revealed in Moscow newspapers yesterday. 20 These exercises, it is stressed, were not confined on this occasion to the Gulf of Finland and have served to show, it is claimed, "that the Fleet is well capable of defend ing the Russian coast and or striking an ghnihilating blow against any possible attacker. Transocean,
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