HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
ITALY MAY CLAIM RIGHT TO PROTECT TRAFFIC IN BLACK SEA BY DESPATCH OF HER WARSHIPS
Cannot Remain Indifferent
ROME, Mar. 1 (Reuter)--- An obviously inspired state- ment, circulated here yesterday, says that Italy may claim for herself the full application of the Montreux Convention of 1936, which, subject to Turkish consent, allows the diş- patch of warships to the Black Sea to protect traffic.
The immediate cause of the statement is said to be an unconfirmed report that Britain has already sought Turkish permission to make such a move.
Starvation After The War
EXPRES. HOOVER'S PLAN FOR RELIEF
LONDON, Mar, 1 (Reuter)-ke- cording to a Washington telegram,! ex-President Hoover, testifying be- fore the House of Representatives * Foreign Affairs Committee, on be- half of a scheme for providing funds for relief purposes in Europe gald':
"I don't doubt that the whole of Europe will be in a starvation spot after the war."....
INITIAL STEP"
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Why Eckford Appeal Was Disallowed
LAW CORRECTLY EXPLAINED
CABLES
DELICATE POLITICAL
POSITION
TOKYO Mar. 1 (Reaser)-The Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Ktrahet Yuasa, has expressed & wish to resign" when a suitable occasion offers in view of his deli- cate political position arising from the fact that there been no less than four Cabinets since, the, outbreak of hostilides in China. according to the Miyako Shimbun.;
MUCH CRITICISM
The paper adds that in this SHANGHAI, Mar. 1 (Reuter-period there has been a progres- At a sitting of His Majesty's Full sive movement towards the com- Court yesterday, the grounds on
pletion of the wartime political which the appeal of Private David system and much criticism of Eckford at the Seaforth High-statesmen close to the Throne. landers. against the sentence of The newspaper also says that the death passed upon him by the Minister to Imperial Household, The statement declared Judge, Sr Allan Mossop, for the Tsuneo Matsudaira, has expressed that, by the Italo-British murder of Lance-Corporal James a desire to resign on a suitable Agreement of 1938, Italy. ad-Davis, of the same regiment, fall-occasion for private reasons. hered to the Montreux Con-ed on Tuesday, when his appeal vention and thereby assumed was heard. were read out by Sir the commitments and rights Atholl MacGregor, Chief Justice of of the other signatory states.
Hongkong. with Judge Moss0p. "It Is evident Italy must
Chief Judge of H.M. Supreme concern herself with the safety
Court in China and Judge P. of her own trafic, in there are unforeseen develop- ments in the present conflict. Italy could not remain indif- ferent to anything touching the Near East and the Bal- kang."
case
GERMAN FRONTIER CLOSED
SERGTS. MESS H.K.V.D.C.
Grant Jores. Assistant Judge, in ANNUAL BALL
attendance.
WRITTEN JUDGMENT
His Excellency the Governor, Sir The decision to read out the Colonel of the Hongkong Volun- Geoffry Northco;e, who is Honorary anding of court had been taken teer Defence Corps, was present at on Tuesday when Eckford's apthe annual Ball of the Sergeants'. peal was heard by Their Lord-Mess of the H K V. D..C.. held at
the Peninsula Hotel last might.
ships.
Present in court" were Mr. K. E Newman who fled the appeal on Eckford's behalf. and Mr. John McNeill, Crown Advocate.
In a written ludgment. It was pointed out that "the learned trial fudge correctly explained the law" and no exception to his sum-. ming-up can be taken.**
He suggested an initial appro-
AMSTERDAM. Mar. 1 Reuter) The basis of the appeal by Mr. priation of from $10,000,000 to $20,--The German frontiers with Hel-Newman, Defence Counsel. wa
Sir Geoffry was accompanied by Lady Northcote and attended by Capt. S. E. Batty-Smith, A. D.- C.
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WELSHMEN CELEBRATE
Prior to attending the function, His Excellency and Lady Northcote dined with Lt.-Col. H. B. Rose, M. C., Commandant of the Corps.
There was a large attendance; PATRONAL FESTIVAL including many officers, at the Ball and excellent arrangements made were carried out amoothly and
OF DEW! SANT... ·
The patronal festival of Dewi
000,000, but made no estimate of land and Belgium were practically that the trial judge, who tried the added much to the success of the Sant was celebrated by the Welsh |
the total costs, beyond recalling his commission for Belgian relief at the time of the Great War at a total cost of $1,200,000,000,
Mr. Hoover's plea marked his Arst personal appearance before & Congressional Committee for
twelve years.
closed from yesterday,
not
They will case, had misdirected the Jury.
movements of traffic and persons be closed completely, bat
will be restricted.
evening.
Netherlanders living in Germany NEW JAPANESE PUSH FROM
and now visiting Holland were in- formed by the German authorities that they would cancel their passes
He said a programme for Euro-unless they return yesterday. pean rellef would in no way violate American neutrality. and that
purely on a" humanitarian basis.
POLISH RELIEF
ALL QUIET
PARIS. Mar. 1. (Reuter)-All is
SANTANG CHECKED AFTER THREE DAYS' FIGHTING
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such a plan should be placed quiet on the Western Front, with CHUNGKING, Feb.
the exception of patro activity fighting on the Nanning-Pinyang highway, a Chinese mil- (Central) - Reviewing the west of the Vosges and machine-itary spokesman stated today that the Japanese launch- gun duels across the Rhine. Baded a new northward push from Santang on February 24. weather made aying almost im- They numbered about 3,000 men supported by tanks and
artillery.
He added that a minimum of 7,000,000 people needed relief in Polana,
'The Commitee went on to con- sider seven bills authorising ap- propriations of from $10,000,000 to $20.000.000 for Polish relief, to be expended through the American Red Cross, от whatever other agency is designated by the Pre- sident,
possible.
Postponement In Bogus CP.C. Meeting Foreseen
Avoiding the heavy con-break out shortly following the, centrations of Chinese troops arrival of large forces of Chinese on the highway, they ad- troops in Hellungklang and Kirin vanced along the two sides. Provinces and the influx of more As soon as they reached Chi-roops Via Inner Mongolia, says them and subjected them to these areas, the report adds. tang. the Chinese encircled the National Herald, Skirmishes with, the Japanese occur daily in fierce annihilating attacks,
|4jh VF-In |
postponed, according to a Shang- were, uten and rested south RESUMPTION OF
CHUNGKING, March 1 (Central) -There is every indication that the meeting of the bogus Central Political Coimell convened by
3 DAYS' FIGHTING ROOSEVELT MORE
Wang Ching-wet to be held in After three days' fighting, they POPULAR NOW ·
Nanking on March 6 will again be routed retreated Special to E.K. Daily Press hal message.
and 10 tanks, NEW YORK, Mar. 1 (Havas)—A | The resignation of Wang Keh-
the spokesman claimed.. Gallup Poll reveals that Presiden: min, Chairman of the bogus Pro- Roosevelt is pow more popular visional Government in Pelping, it
Chinese troops in pursuit. teach- than at his re-election in 1936. is stated, shows that the rift be-ed Santang on Feb. 27, where a "Sixty-four electors now approve of tween him and Wang Ching-we! stalemate
his policy against 63.6 in 1938. still exists:
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Far-reaching Plans For Settlement Of European Jewish Refugees On
:
Island Of Mindanao
..
MANILA, Mar. 1 (Reuter)-Far-reaching plans for the settlement of 10,000 European Jewish refugees on the hitherto uncolonised island of Mindanao in the Philippine Archipelago were disclosed here today in highly authorita- tive quarters.
It was intimated by Reuter's informant that Jews stl in Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Germany Proper, would be given priority in view of their desperate situation under the Nazi regime.
now exists. Ssutang. Wutang. Llutang and Chitang re- mained in Chinese hands through- out the Japanese offensive, the spokesman stated.
FULL FUNCTIONS
BY S.M.P.
folk in the Colony yesterday when about a hundred and forty mem- bers and guests of Cymdeithas Dewi Sant (Hongkong) foregather- ed at the Hongkong Hotel to honour the memory of the Patron Saint of Wales and also to enjoy the excellent Welsh dinner.
The President (Mr. E. Loyd- Jones) proposed the toasts of His Majesty the King and Saint
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David, which were loyally and TURKEY PREPARED: enthusiastically honoured
The Vice-President (Mr. W Aneurin Jones) proposed the toast of "Our Guests" to which the Rev. J. E. Sandbach replied.
The musical programme in- cluded community singing. Mrs. Cooper sang "Ar hyd y Now" and
AIMS & PURPOSES DEFINITE, SAYS
other Welsh airs accompanied by PRIME MINISTER
her gifted daughter, Yseult; and the songs by Mr. and Mrs, W. L.
LONDON, March 1 (Reuter)—After preparing intensively for the Lewis were delightful. Dr. H. Tal-past twelve months, Turkey is now ready for whatever comes, de bot led the community singing in clared Bey Saydam, Turkish Prime Minister, broadcasting from An- "Men of Harlech,"
kara last night.
Proposing the toast of Dew! Stating that Turkey has spent £30,000,000 on the Army in the Sant, the President said that the past year, Bey Saydam" said" that the recent application of the
gatherings of the Weish Society in Turkish Emergency law had been wrongly interprsted road and at
the past were not known by their home.
magnitude but they were always
"Whether we enter the war wil view of our national interests.” be decided only from the point of
A PRECAUTION
FOREIGN PLANES OVER HOLLAND
THE HAGUE, Mar. 1 (Reuter)- The repeated. German reports about fights by Brillen aeroplanes over Holland, at night are chal- lenged in a semi-official statement This refers to the dimerities of Identifying foreign plones av Certians' suggest, we are to ex- elade the possiblity that German planes may be among the foreta machinee reported over Holland were at night, the question arises why the German planes only appeared over ur territory in daytime."
The Emergency Law was intro-
sible to rely solely on the normal duced as a precaution when ex-ht and continues: "If, as the ternal upheavals made it impos- laws of the country.
War and
heavy
mobilisation
responsibilities for
remembered by their spirit of Rumours that Turkey had de friendliness and good cheer and clared martial law and bad order- song.
He sincerely hoped that ed mobilisation and was prepar- last night would be no exceptioning for defensive or offensive "AREAS NORTH OF
moves against the Boviet Union "OUR GUESTS"
were entirely baseless... SOOCHOW CREEK
Proposing the toast of SHANGHAI, Mất. 1. (Reuter) guests" the Vice-President said: "Our CHINESE ATTACK
Mr. Y. Miura, Japanese Consul- In these anxious times it is an HINGNING, Mar, 1 (Central) General and Mr. Cornell 8. even greater joy to gather to- Following recapture of Tenghal, Franklin, Chairman of the Shang-gether in a spirit of friendship the Chinese are attacking Chaoan bal Municipal Council, signed an and happiness and while not for- outside the city have been desing, inter alia, the resumption of grateful that we bere in Hong (Chaochow) Japanese defences agreement this afternoon provid- getting the troubles at home yet
troyed."
full functions by the Municipal Tong are saved so much. Fifty Japanese were taken Police in the Settlement areas to
Our Society. was prisoner and some 300 killed in the north of Boochow Creek and Hongkong in 1911, nearly, thirty founded in the engagement prior to the Chi-the establishment of a new police years ago, and I feel we should be nese recapture of Tenghai.
division headed by a Japanese. very proud of the members and statesmen of Turkey to bear and The head of the new police their friends who have done so warranted the closest considera- division is to be recommended by much to keep us together. We are heavy gun duel between the Chi-proved by the Shanghai Municipal members and past presidents, Mr.
LOYANG, Mar. 1 (Central)-A the Japanese authorities and ap-year pleased that one of our sidest measures when her national, in- tion. Turkey will take these. nese at Tungkwan and the Jap- Council.
terests and existence are vitally anese at Fenglingtu across the Yellow River, took place
The agreement provides
Wynne-Jones is able to be with threatened," said the Premier. week-end.
last
for Japanese police officers eventually
us just prior to going on leave.
SOVIET RELATIONS The Japanese gums taking charge of the Dixwell Road join in wishing him bon voyage, a and I am sure that you will all were silenced, and many Japanese and Kashin Road stations.
Referring to Russia, Bey Baydam erecting defence works near
pleasant leave, and be glad to said: "For the past six months Fenglingtu were killed..
. It is agreed that in order to welcome him when he returns there has been no change in our Chinese forces have been at-
ensure smooth and harmonious with his family.
relations. We do not make any tacking the Japanese at Fowshan,
police functioning in the area southeast of Linten in
to the north of Soochow Borth Shansi, and Chengtse in South-
Creek, there shall be held con- East Shansi.
ferences between' representa tives of the Japanese Consni General, Japanese Army and Navy and the Shanghai Muni-, cipal Police.
HEAVY GUN. DUEL
FIGHTING IN HOPE
It is also a great pleasure to learn moves against the Soviet and we that Mrs. E W. Davies, whose can see no reason for the Soviet to charm has been so much missed attack us". in our Welsh community during
He added: "Our aims and ': the last year is returning · very purposes are definite. The soon to the Colony,
question of our participation in the war and our foreign polley will not be influenced by any outside combination.
A. WARNING
SPECIAL CONSIDERATION | tributed to the principal refugee WOULD BE GIVEN TO THE centres. THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES NOW IN SHANGHAI, WITH~' OUT HOPE OF WORK OR MATERIAL SECURITY FOR THE FUTURE, IT WAS STATED. THE REFUGEES
It is understood that on October WOULD BE BROUGHT IN 13, 1938, President Manuel Quezon, UNDER A YEARLY QUOTA. on behalf of the Pillippine Gov- CHUNGKING, Mar. 1 (Central), They must be from 18 to 27 ernment, offered to open certainFghting has been raging in a years of age. Oply single men districts in the rich, but undevelop-wide area on the north bank of
SPIRIT OF SONG. and women, and childless married ed Island of Mindanao, for the the Tatsing River between the The agreement, concludes with couples, would be accepted. Among settlement of European political Peiping-Hankow and Tientsin an expression of hope by the Replying, Mr. Bandbach · said:] other qualifications, the would-be refugees.
Pukow Railways in Hopel, accord- B.M.C. that as previously promis-"These are anxious days and we' settlers must have had farming
ing to a Tlensin report,
ed, the Japanese authorities will need more than ever the inspira "Confusion and trouble reigning experience.
Experts were immediately sent Japanese forces based at Cheh continue their efforts to expedite tion and comfort of song, song outside our frontiers will not, and out from the United States to in-
sien. on
the Peping-Hankow the removal of the various exist which has the ring about it; song must not deter us from passing vestigate possibilities for large-
Rallway, Kaopeltien. Ku-aning restrictions as much as pos- which stirs the souls of men. We judgment and taking counsel with It is understood that the scheme scale colonisation and development. Langtang. Patsien and Hslung sible.
associate you with that sort of La supported by the American
halen have started a mopping' tip Their preliminary report was branch of the Inter-Governmental completed by the end of August, campaign there, encountering stiff Committee on Refugees. 1939. No detalls were divulged, but Chinese resistance.
Steps are being taken to select it was announced that the land the future settlers. It is learned offered was found to be favourable that questionnaires have been dis-for settlement by Europeans.
SCHEME SUPPORTED ·
EXPERTS FROM U.S.
Only 1.43 inches of rain felt in FIGHTING EXPECTED February, the highest recording CHUNGKING, Mar. 1 (Reuter)-being on the last day of the month, Large-scale fighting is expected to when 1:08 inches were registered.
song
The Rev. Egwys Jones made a speech in Webḥ,
There was a large attendance, and the festivities continued unti alate hour.
́acool : head.”
After warning the nation that "the crials which covered "" a large part of the world: Is now at our door," Bey Saydam · concluded: "I know every citizen will do his duty."
FORTHCOMING- WEDDINGS
The following notices of forth coming" marriages were given the Supreme Court Registry yas terday :-----
Lee Ting-chos, clerk Asia Life Insurance Cɔ, à Street, second floor and Miss Pung Tusc Robinson Road, bases kong.
No. 56 Hong
etor:
Tsui Po-ring, Police, Tranfie Office, Bangsme
and Cheung Book-kwan, Ho, 148, Yu Chow Street, second floo
Mr. George A. Chuterres, ottee assistant, of No 14 Observatory Road, Kowloon and Miss Beatrix Bldgs., Kowloon, M, Osorio, No. 10, Tung Cheon
salesman, No 15 Tai Yuen, Fơng, Mt Law Hoang-taan, travelling Avenue King Edward VII, Shang- hai, and Misa Tong Pal-chi, No. 98, Gloucester Road, frat floor.
Mrs. Flerty wife of Mr. G. Pierce, of the Insurance Dept.,. of Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. turned to Hongkong yesterday.