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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
GROWING SINO-SOVIET
October
Revolution
Celebration
COMMUNIST INFLUENCE NOT INCREASED
Changking. November 8.
Portraits of Leain, Sun-Yat-sen. Stalin and Chiang Kai-shek appeared in special supplements in the Chungking newspaper. "Kuo Min Jih Paa" and "the "Hd Hsu Pao" yesterday on the occasion' of the 21st anniversary of the October Revolution.
The occasion was celebrated here more prominently than is usual for such foreign anniversaries,
The special newspaper supplements contained articles by Lian. Ha-sao. Secretary-General of the Legislative Yuan, and Mr.. Sun Fo. whose photograph was also featured.
„At 2 pm. yesterday a gathering |dence of nations and liberation at
of about 4,000 persons, mostly an- the oppressed-are also our ideals. der 30 years of age, heard speeches
to
"Since the war. Russia has been
has by Mr. Sun Fo and M. Luganets | fair China" and
given Orelsky, the Soviet Ambassador. material help. She has no tefri-
and
Y
Dr. H. H. Kung, president of the torial Interests Executive Yuan and concurrently China's good friend.. Minister of Finance, also spoke on we hope this day will still mark Sino-Soviet friendship.
has
been Therefore
Summarising the past few years in Russian" history, the of "Hsin Hsu Pao," a daily good standing and of liberal and by no means Leftist views, declared: "Russia's past con- ditions were similar to China's present conditions is 3 fact which China should note."
The paper goes on: ""Our rela- tionships have been closer since the revolution because the ideals of the Russian regime-indepen-
aloser relationship between the two countries and also closer economic and military help."
NO INCREASE OF
COMMUNISM Despite the style in which the anniversary has been 'cele- brated." Chinese circles point out that signs of popular good feeling towards Russia as the result of her attitude in the Sino-Japanese conflict should not be mistaken for increased Influence of the idea.
Communist
A
CABLES
FRIENDSHIP
SLOVAKIAN CHIEF
Father Josef Tiso, Hirst Prime Minister in Slovakia, who is a theologian and for many years has been assistant to Father Hlinka.
DEMOCRACIES IN NEED OF TONIC
London, Nov. 8.
Changes In Australian Cabinet
TRADE MINISTER RESIGNS
INNER CABINET FORMATION
Canberra, Nov. 8,
Mr: Thomas Waller White, D.F.C., Y.D., Minister for Trade and Customs in the Australian Cabinet, has résigned in pro- test against the formation by the Prime Minister, Mr. J. A. Lyons, of an Inner Cabinet of alx Ministers which did not in- clude Mr. White.
He announced that the House" of Representatives will now be hand- ed over to the Inner Cabinet and said that he also disagreed with the country's defence polley.. -
MARKED
NEW PRESIDENT
OF CZECHS?
M. Malypetr, President to, the Czechoslovakian · Chamber of Deputies, who is mentioned as successor to Dr. E. Benes.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1938.-PAGE 9
The Prime Minister, Mr. JA MOBILISATION" ACT
Lyons, in reply to Mr. White, said that he had no intention of hand- Ing the Government policy to the Inner Cabinet and that Mr. White's | Tesignation could only be related to personal issues.
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Resistance Against Japan To Be Continued
Most Important Resolution At People's Political Council
Chungking, November 8.
"OF THE MANY RESOLUTIONS PASSED during" the session of" the People's Political Council just concluded, the most important was the one supporting the Government's policy of continuing the He added that Colonel Street, for the complete invocation of the armed resistance against Japan,” declared. Mr. Wang Shih-chich. "One of the many British pro- the new Minister for Naval, Mi-National Mobilization Act de Secretary-General of the Connell in the course of an interview to perty *Ownere in Hongkong and tary and Air Defence, would enter signed to marshal the nation's¦ day. Shanghai" in a letter to "The the Tuner Cabinet.-Reuter. Times" saya
that the Japanese [attitude to England, France' and"
America grows dally bolder
entire resources to carry on long term hostilities in China.
NEW MINISTERS IN
The Prime Minister. Prince SOUTH AFRICA
Konove, explained the measures Capetown, Nov. 8. | which will be adopted to put the "Are we to wait until all trade
Two new Ministers have been emergency legislation in fuli with China ends by order of appointed to the South Africa operation-Reuter. Japan before we intervene more Government in the person of Mr. It is recalled that a number of vigorously thar. merely by written w. R. Collins, who becomes Min- Communist publications were ban- protests? Only the supineness of Ister for Agriculture, and Mr. R. H. ned recently on charges of violat-the "three richest empires in the
Henderson, Minister without port- ing the press law. The showing of world makes the Japanese threat
rollo. WORK DELAYED Soviet films also would not be ao even possible. In the light of
easy if other fims are available recent events the democracies Mr. Oscar Pirow remains Minis- Reuter.
stand strongly in need of a tonic ter for Defence together with the of initiative and united action."-post. of Minister for Commerce and
Industry.-Reuter. |Reuter.
CATHEDRAL
Shortage Of Stone
Work
the On
dew Guldford Cathedral is being. delayed for a short time owing to a temporary shortage of the stones used in its constructiori,
:.
KING'S SPEECH
(Continued from Pare 1)
| weather,
The pageant of the The architect of the cathedral. crowns. 'coronets. scarlet and Mr. Edward "Maufe, declared that ermine recalled past centuries there had been an exceptional while three rows of peeresses, all demand for the stone. The delay in evening dress, and wearing "should not amount to more than diamond tiaras. added further to
a fortnight, which is not much in the colour of the scene. the lifetime of a cathedral," he added.
"A representative of Clipsham
At the head of the Chamber the two Thrones, raised on a dais, "were bathed in concealed lighting in
Quarry, Butlandshire, which supan ornate gilt canopy.
plies the stone, attributed the
Sitxy members of the diplomatic
delay to the fact that for the first corps sat in a box at Their Majes- time they had voluntarily decided ties right.
The King read his
to give their workers a week's speech slowly and his volce could summer holiday.
we
be clearly heard throughout the whole Chamber, Reuter.
ROOSEVELT HAPPY
This caused a rush of orders just before and after the holiday, but
New York, Nov. 8. the quarry will very soon be able.
"The President is very happy to to keep pace with the demand.
know that the King and Queen of are supplying not only Britain will visit the United States Guildford and Oxford and the next summer," says an announce- Houses of Parliament, but the ment from President Roosevelt's Guildhall at Cambridge, and some office, which aids that it is ex- of the colleges at both universities. pected that Their Majesties will be "The stone comes from a 600- able to stay in America for four year old quarry, which had closed or five days-Reuter: " down and was reopened after the war."
DISORDERS IN BOMBAY
The' ground level of Guildford Cathedral was finished last April. The skeleton of the domed roof of the ambulatory is now visible, The
London, Nov. 8. building.. 365ft long, will have a
The disorders which broke out in central tower 1501t high and a Bombay following the partial nave 701 high and over 40ft wide. strike in the mill factories has
AFTER HANKOW
CANDID CAMERA, AT THE RACES
Picture taken at the Tenth Extra Race meeting held at Happy Valley on Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Leica).
Arms Fraud Charge
Heard In London
Fictitious Documents Given To Agent
London, November 8.
DENIS MICHAEL CORRIGAN, Frederick Willing and James Her- assumed larger proportions.
Reports reaching "here this bert Willlng, were charred at Bow Street Police Court this morning morning speak of nearly 90 persons with having conspired with Chự Tin-shu to cheat Theodore Lafitte, being Injured in clashes with the manager of a well-known firm of armament agents, in Paris, of In Canton China had an
out-police who had to have recourse to £7,230. They were also charged with attempting to obtain a further
sum of £4,000 from “Lafitte. let to the sea
which, statistics their weapons. show, has been of great
Monday evening nine)
com-
Late
on
The prosecution alleged that the mercial advantage to her and persons were wounded when the three defendants along with Chu commerce means the acquisition police were compelled to open fire advanced a story that Chu was an ex to disperse the crowd, which had official of the Chinese Embassy in change. Now, neither as an exit adopted a menacing attitude-London and was authorised to buy
foreign
of much-needed
Transocean
for produce nor as a source Of
supply can Canton be relied on.
The existing Chinese Govern-
as it retains access to the Tun-
nan railway, and the roads to
known that Corrigan
mixed up in the transaction he would havẹ had nothing to do with it
prosecution.
VOROSHILOFF AND CHANGKUFENG
Moscow, Nov. 8: Marshal, Voroshiloff. 边
"I think that all who voted "were fully aware of the conse- quences," he said, "but they were of the opinion that there is no other alternative."
In reply to a question, Mr. Wang įment it being obligatory to submit declared that the vote was unani-all resolutions of the Council to mous except for one delegate who the Supreme National Defence did not vote, not because he was Connell and carry them out f not in favour of continuing the approved. fight, but because he did not ap- prove of the method of continua- tion.
•
HUNDRED" QUESTIONS Thirdly, the Counell had power Describing the constitution and to question the Government "and functions of the Council, the to hear reports. During the last speech before, the Red Army, poli-Secretary-General' said, "It is session more than 2 hundred tical workers and other organisa-doubtful whethe any. ectoral questions were asked. The.Gov- system could produce a more re-jernment, said Mr. Wang, were presentative body."
bound to answer all the questions except where the interest of the State necessitated the question not -
tions referring to the Russo- Japanese clash at Changkufeng sald: "Let those who should re- member that we are in no way ob- liged to always limit the operations
COUNCIL'S POWERS The Connell had
three main
of our troops in the area in which powers, namely, the right to con- being, answered.
we are impudently and "thlevish-sider new policies before decisions During the session
just erided."
ly attacked by the enemy. On the were taken-all questens on Ger-however, only two or three ques- contrary it is more
convenienternment policy must be submitted tions were not answered. The
and easier to rout the enemy to the Council before decision is People's Political Council will meet In his own territory.”—Renter, taken save only · emergency mili- again at the end of January, 1939. ̧
tary measures.
Meanwhile the Resident .. Com- Secondly, the Council had power mittee of 25 will at weekly until to submit proposals to the Govern- the next session.-Reuter.
EXTENSION OF ZONE OF HOSTILITIES
Birth Rate Warning
To Britain
Tokyo, Nov. 8. The Japanese Government an- nounced the extension of the zone of hostilities in official Notes ad- dressed to foreign diplomats and declared that the military objec- tives are within the western pro- vinces of China to a line connect- ing Suchow" in the "northwestern province of Kansu to Batang on "In every year since 1918 more the Tibetan border:
British lives have been suppressed Talifu. in Yunnan, is liable toby birth control than were killed attack by the Japanese Air Force In the bloodiest year of the war. while Shens!, Kwangsi and other What can enemies of Britain wish provinces outside the zone of hos- for more than to see her young tilities hitherto are now within the women cease to have bables?" zone.-Reuter
BRITAIN'S FUTURE IN CHINA
British relations with China
$
· ADMIRALTY "POLICY
It is another feather in the cap of our Silent Service that it alone was ready for the great emergency of a fortnight ago. This accords with tradition.
Our Fleets, by their unseen re- anything else to win the Great lentless pressure, did more than
War.
When the First Lord of the Ad- miralty, whoever he may be, makes he will reveal the Bea Lords' de- his next statement in Parliament,
cision to embark on an extended With these blunt words Professor programme of destroyer construc- Bir Leonard Hill warned Britain on tinn.
October 26 of the danger in which It is recognised by our navai she stands as a result of her ever-experts that surb additions are falling birth rate.
vital in the interest of Empire
Speaking at the annual general trade route protection, and also to yo back to the days of the Can-meeting of the Society for Con- cope properly with the submarine ton Factories, founded at the end structive Birth Control and Racial threat in home waters.
innumerable the partnership has
of the seventeenth century, and, Progress, he painted an alarming Destroyers of improved type may while there have been conflets picture of the future, when "the replace light cruisers to some ex-
aughter of children will be large- tent to the essential role of com been maintained because Greatly replaced by the complaints of merce protectors. (Nottingham Britain took as the foundation the old." of her policy the political tegrity of China,
Fri-
For
reason that very
Japan can hardly view the continued influence of Great Britain in At the |China_with_equanimity."
best she will take every possible precaution to ensure that neither the
nag. Bor British political
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Guardian)
In nearly all the democratic nations the birth rate had fál- len much more than in the dictator-ruled ones. The in- crease of the population of this country had been caused bytu, provincial capital of Szechnen,
fowered death rate, not by too high a birth rate.
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CHENGTU BOMBED Phungking. No. 8. Japanese planes bombed Cheng-
this
morning, coming from up- river. The alarm was also sounded
To put the birth rate up to twice in Chungking but there are maintenance level a change of no details.---Reuter. heart was needed...
"The Goverment must follow
jana social ideas. shall ever follow The prosecution intimated that any trade which she permits armaments in Europe.
Chu was now in America.
Britain to do. Lafitte was given to understand Counsel for the Willings sub- If Japan consolidates her vic-
JAPANESE PLANE SHOT DOWN that there were certain armaments mitted that they were victims of tory the Arst clause in any
Chengtu, "Nov" 8. ment will not be without door- TRADE NEGOTIATIONS for sale at the Woolwich Arsenal the conspiracy and had a perfect peace treaty will be economic co-the example of the dictators and The city was raided by eighteen. ways to the outer world as long
and Chu put forward fictitious answer to the charge.
operation between Japan and teach that it is a national duty for Japanese planes one of which is CONCLUDED
documents from the Chinese E Counsel for Corrigan declared Chins, and Japanese "advisers." parents to have three or four chil-omicially reported to have been London, Nov. 8, bassy and the Woolwich Arsenal in that he did not agree with the political and economic, will be dren, and disgraceful not to," said anot down. Over a hundred bombs Burmah and Soviet Russia. but The Anglo-American trade nego-gard to these armaments where accuracy of the statement of the at the elbows of responsible Chi-gir Leonard.
|wers dropped on the airfield.-- In the best-of circumstances these tiations can be considered as vir- by Lafitte was induced to part
nese officials, to see that Japan represent a tenuous substitute for tually concluded; it is learned from with £7,250.
gets the business she needs.
The change in thought and Reuter. Canton and the Canton-Kowloon
The hearing was adjourned to
feeling induced by Hitler has put well-informed quarters.
Later, the prosecution alleged, November 15. Corrigan was again railway.
the birth rate in Germany up to Mutual lists of goods for which the Willings displayed undue baste refused ball.
Within the twenty days or so, almost 19, while Mussolini likewise. The second King George Field Whether control over all sections a preferential customs treatment when endeavouring to secure a
ever since the Japanese landed at has kept the rate in Italy up to to be estabashed in Northern of the Canton-Hankow line will has been granted, have been ex- further £4,000, and Lafitte be Corrigan was fined £500 at the Bins Bay, over 300 tons of wol-241 be lost-another factor to be con- changed and the signing of the came suspicious.
Mansion House on November 1
fram have been smuggled ́ from sidered depends upon the
use commercial, treaty is expected at
when he was summoned for at the interior to Japan by way of Laffitte insisted on having the positions come the end of this week or the next arms cases examined when they tempted shipment to China of 55 Hongkong, and about 200 tons of
reached Marseilles
cases alleged to contain machine where they
George Thomas Chariton, were found to contain rubbish tools and motor-car parts and rou and lead have been smuggled As a result Lamtte refused to which actually contained bricks from Kwangtung Province in the who is on his way to Hedley Hill,
same manner. Accordingly, the Durham, to thank the villagers Henry Langford, 12, at Grove- price of wolfram in Hongkong has who raised £45 by whist drives road, Windsor," who died in the The alleged cases were shipped dropped from some $200.to a little and dances to pay his fare home King Edward VIL Hospital from 04 the steamer Merkland and over $100 a picut. This is accord- from Australia, where he has been injuries received in a road accl- seized and opened at Marseilles.ing to the "Tam Wan Evening for 11 years, does not know any of dent, wie for many years one of
News," Reuter and Special.
the contributors.
{thel Royal outriders.
of which presumably have beenTransocean.
made of hilly
prepared for defence.
As regards British interests, the
rapidity of the fall of Canton, has
At no time, the prosecution
probably eliminated military of More than 40 girls escaped from part with £4,000. casions of Anglo-Japanese tric-a double-decked 'bus which turned tion, but increased the kelihood over and burst into flames near of friction arising from economic Dysart, Fifeshire, only four being
injured. causes. (Spectator).."
ailored, did Laffitte know that Corrigan was concerned in the atair
and if Lafflité had
and rubbish
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Ireland was opened at Five- miletown: po. Tyrone, recently by [the Duke of Abercom, “ Gøvernor
of Northern Ireland.