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ALLIED CONTROL TO EXTEND.
L
TO THE ADRIATIC?
German Ships Reported Due In Dubrovnik
LONDON, APRIL 2 (REUTER)—ALLIED CONTROL MAY SOON BE EXTENDED TO THE ADRIATIC IF RUMOURS PROVE TRUE THAT 27 GERMAN STEAMERS ARE, EXPECTED IN DUBROVNIK FOR THE LOADING OF YUGOSLAV WHEAT AND MINERALS FOR TRANSPORTATION TO THE REICH VIA THE ITALIAN KAIĻIVAYS.
This new round-about transportation" of Yugoslav goods is said to have been decided on because the Yugoslav railways are not suf ficient to transport all Germany's requirements.
PALESTINE PUBLIC SECURITY
NORMAL
非
።
(Reuter)
LONDON, Apr. Public security in Palestine is normal, announces the Ministry of Information.
The rumours are not given much
credence, as Germany knows her
ships will be seized as soon as they
venture outside Italian territorial waters.
WILL HELP EMPIRE WITH ALL RESOURCES
CABLES
Admiral Sir Geo. Egerton Dies At 88
Admiral Sir George le Clerc
Exerton, K. C, B., R. N, (Retired), Commander-in-Chief, who was Plymouth, from 1813 to 1916, died in London yesterday, at the age of 88 years says, a Reuter message." Admiral Sir George Egerton en- BHOPAL, Apr. 2. (Reuter)"I tered the Navy in 1880 and served have made up my mind to help with the Arctic Expedition 1875-76. the Empire with all the resources He was Naval A. D. C, to E. M. of my State," declared the Nawab the King in. 1905 and second-in- of Bhopal when opening the fifth command of the Atlantic Fleet session of the Bhopal Legislature | 1908–07. today.
His Highness added: The Em
pire finds itself in the throes of a struggle to maintain and safe.
guard the world order which we
have all learnt to cherish and which our enemies "are out to
Meanwhile Allied intervention in destroy, the Black Sea is Improbable for the "If the field of hostilities is ex- time being, and is entirely depen-tended. there is every possibility dent on the amount of help Ger- of India being faced with all that
many receives from Russia.
The conviction is gaining ground here that Russia is seeking by all
means
to avold.. open hostilities with the Allies, being, conscious of her inability to face Britain and France either in the military or economic fields.
READY TO COME TO TERMS
Certain Soviet circles have even
given it to be understood that
Reports reaching London show that the excitement in the earlier part of March has died down and that, since Mar. 8. there has been none of the Jewish demonstrations which followed the issues of land Russia is ready to sign an agree- and transfer regulations.
ment with the Allies binding her The rest of the month was en-not to retransmit to Germany any tirely quiet but for an attack on gonds imported through Soviet har a Jewish truck near Nablas on bours. These semi-official Indica- Mar. 17 when a Jew was killed tions are received at the moment
with some distrust. and another wounded,
鲁
NEW AIR SERVICE
LONDON, Apr. 2° (Reuter)—A Royal Dutch Air liner, it is learned, in London, left Amsterdam today for Lisbon, inaugurating the con- necting service with the Yankee Clipper for America.
The service will be run twice weekly in both directions, giving a four-day connexion with New York...
For the time being only freight and mail will be carried.
SWEDISH ORE EXPORTS LONDON, "APT. 2 (Havas)-AU- thorized comment from local Nor- wegian quarters points out that over ninetenths of the exports of
Swedish iron-ore could probably be sent directly from the Swedish port of Lulea, near the top of the Gulf of Bothnia, instead of using the Norwegian port of Narvik as in the past.
These
same circles emphasize the transit of Swedish iron-ore via Narvik benefits Britain as well as Germany.
In fact, exports of Swedish iron- ore to Britain exceeded the same exports to Germany.
They conclude by stressing that Norway permitted this transit without discrimination as to its destinations, thereby strictly abid- ing by her obligations as a neutral .state.
NEW RUSSIAN
DEFENCE WORKS
BUCHAREST, Apr. 2 (Reuter)— Reports from Cernauti state that
Meanwhile. - the seized Soviet steamers will not be released and other seizures "will eventually be made.
GERMAN TRADE IN SCANDINAVIA
war stands for."
POSER FOR TELEKI
•
From 1911 to 1912 he was Second Sea Lord of the Admiralty. He was knighted in 1910,
J. A. HOBSON PASSES
LONDON, Apr. 1 (Reuter)-The death has occurred of the famous economist, J. A, Hobson, aged 81. John Atkinson Hobson, M.A., at Derby School was educated and Lincoln College, Oxford. He was Classical Master at Faver- sham and Excter from 1880 to 1887. Lecturer in English Litera- ture and Economics for the Ox- ford University Extension Dele- gacy and the London Society for Extension of University Teaching from 1887 to 1897. PARIS, Apr. 2 (Havas)-Coming
Hobson was the back from Italy-where he
The late Mr. ex-author of many publications on amined the most delicate inter- economics, and other well-known national problems the Hungarian books. Premier, M. Teleki. Is facing the most dificult home situation. diplomats here point out.
ON RETURN FROM
ROME VISIT
SIR JOHNHERT HOTZE
CAPE TOWN, Apr. 1(Reuter)- The pro-German faction-which | The death is announced of Sir represents the middle classes in Johnhert Hötze, former Judge of opposition to M. Teleki, who re- the Union
Appeal Court and presents the big landowners-have formerly Chief Justice of the late owing to the population's fear yaali. He was aged 91. gained considerable strength" of South African Republic (Trans-
of a German" Invasion.
AGRARIAN REFORM Hedded by the former Premier, Bela Imredy, the Opposition seeks
LONDON, Apr. 2 (Havas)-Dip- lomatic circles here report that the Allies have adjourned the question of examination of Intercepting German trade in Scandinavia and that consulta- tions between Paris, London and the Scandinavian capitals are against the big landowners. temporarily interrupted.
This does not mean the Allies will indefinitely allow the abuse
of territorial waters but merely that certain decisions which Bri- tain and France intended to an nounce Immediately to Norway
and Sweden are delayed pending the elaboration of the technical detalls.
NOT RENUNCIATION
This delay should not be con- strued as a renunciation by the Allies of their determination to tighten the blockade.
WAR
|
RECORD WEEK
MARRED
LONDON, Apr. 2 (Reuter)— What was thought to be a re- cord last week, when it was announced that
no British ships were aunk, has been marred by the announcement that the Barnhill, 5,439 tons, which had been bombed and set afire, must now be consi- dered as a total loss.
WEEKLY SHIPPING LOSSES
Lowest Since January 1
LONDON, Apr. 1 (BW8)--Losses due to enemy action for the week ending March 31 were one British ship, Daghestan (5,742 tons) and four neutral, totalling 8.150 tons,
The neutral ships include two Cometa, Norwegian, Burgos and and Danish Britta, and Dutch, Protinus. The Burgos
in convoy when she struck a mine and sank.
was
The British Barnhill (5,439 tons) bombed last week and set on Are is cow considered a total loss. This week's total losses are the lowest since the Arst of the year and the fourth lowest since the commencement of hostilities. They represent only one-third of the average weekly losses throughout the 30 weeks since the war began. and only one-tenth of the aver-
age, weekly losses during the first seven months of 1917.
During the past week, another German "vessel, Mimi Horn (4,007 tons) was intercepted in Northern waters, scuttled and set on fire by
VETERAN DIES the crew. This brings the total German losses from capture. scuttling and sinking to 303,946 PARIS. Apr. 2 (Havas)-Admiral a rapprochement with Germany. Bonarch, who gained fame in the tens. Up to noon, March 29, 29 lost in British Its stand is reforced by the Nazis last war as commander of the ships had been open, sponsoring of agrartan re- French marines, who "stopped the convoys out of a total of 14.934 form favouring the middle class German thrust on the Dixmude British, Allied and neutral ships
Sear front. has dieu nure at the convoyed, or one in 515. Molotov's speech has further age of 75 .. complicated matters.
During the last vears of the M. Teleki promised Mussolini Great War he directed the anti- that Hungary would postpone her submarine defence and invented a claims against Rumania. The system permitting the sweeping Opposition feels that Hungarian from the seas of mhies by the pretentions may be satisfied in U-boats. favour of a Soviet aggression
After the war, he became Chier against Rumania, just as Hungary of General Staff of the French benefitted from German aggres-
Czechoslovakia. sion against
It Navy.
will require all M. Teleki's ability As a young man, he saw service to handle the extremely delicate in the Far East. including the
situation.
Boxer campaign.
The Allied decision to postpone POLL REVEALS DECREASING
the tightening of the naval con-- trol around Scandinavia came
Only three neutral ships were"
lost in convoy out of 2.215, or
one in 738
QUIET MONTH FOR LIFEBOATS
1,851 Lives Saved Since War Began
LONDON, Apr. 2 (BWS)-The month of March was the quietes since the war began for the life- boat service but the busiest March as compared with that month in
somewhat as a surprise. SYMPATHY FOR THE NAZIS other years in the history of the
Informed circles. however, say that the delay should not be in- terpreted as a sign that the Al- lies will eventually desist from preventing German abuse of her neighbours neutrality but rather that it is only due to a desire to work out thoroughly certain
technical details.
Diplomatic reasons probably also played their part in the Al- lied decision...
SEAL
NEW FORK: April 1 (Reuter)-The 31st Gallup poll held by the New York Times reveals that "American sentiment overwhelmingly behind the Alles in the first seven months of the war. Eighty-four per cent of those questioned wish for an has been Allled victory. The small group favouring Germany reduced from two per cent to one per cent."
N.Y. STRIKE THREAT
The period of comparison was six months.
One voter in every six says tha he is less sympathetic to the Allies. and is beginning to feel that the Alles are nearly as much to blame as Germany, or that the
ITALIAN MARINES MAYOR TAKES ALL Alles are not doing all they could.
CALLED UP
PARIS, Apr. 2 (Havas)-Ten
PRECAUTIONS
NEW YORK, April 2, (Reuter}
or that the Allies did not do enough for Finland.
Most frequently such criticisms
Those favouring the Allies are a follows:
with the construction of concrete Reserve have been ordered to re-by 27,000 employees of two of the 21 and 30. Russia is going ahead rapidly classes of the Italian Marine-A general strike is threatened are from younger citizens between
But for every person who feels. defence works along her new port immediately to concentration
City's underground railway sys- frontier with the German-occupi-points, reports the Rome corres-
tems and Mayor La Guardia has less sympathetic to the Allies. ed Poland.
pondent of the "Paris Soir."
feel more sympathetic. The inhabitants are stated to At the same time, all Ashing ordered the mobilisation of all nearly two persons say that they
the City Departments in pre- have been warned to evacuate craft have been ordered to return
paration for any emergency. the frontier regions and to move to their harbours, he reports.
Twenty thousand police bave Into Soviet-occupied Poland,
Official confirmation is lacking.
been ordered to be in readiness to cope with the situation. The Workers' Union is seeking to re- tain the closed shop. principle when the City authorities shortly take over control of the systems.
If the strike materialises it will affect the travel of 4,300,000 per Bons daily!
R.A.F. Pilots Fight Two Heinkels Over North Sea
LONDON, APR. 2 (REUTER)--THRÉE R.A.F: PILOTS FOUGHT TWO GERMAN HEINKELS ONLY TWENTY FEET. ABOVE SEA LEVEL OVER THE NORTH SEA TODAY.
The three pilots had never The Heinkels then made off but not before the Hurricane pilots had before been in a battle.
in several effective bursts,
service.
There were 72 launches of life- boats and 77 lives saved. Rewards of nearly £2,000 were received by crews from the National Lifeboat Institution.
Since the way started 1,851 lives were saved by lifeboats, making an average of 62 per week.
DENUNCIATION OF WANG
-
Continued from Page 1 to complicate the international situation.
AND HE HOPED THAT WITH THE · ·END OF THE SOVIET
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OPERATION WOULD BE EFFECTED AMONG "THE POWERS, PAR- TICULARLY RUSSIA, BRI- TAIN, THE UNITED STATES AND FRANCE FOR THE ES. TABLISHMENT OF PEACE. IN THE FAR EAST. Generalissimo that the Japanese
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On The Chinese] Japan Still
War Front
SOMEWHERE IN WEST ́SUI- YUAN, April 2 (Central)—Another
Anxious
defeat has been suffered by the WANG OR NO WANG!
counter-
Japanese launching a
LONDON, Apt 2 (Reater)- offensive on Wuyuan, important" | The Yorkshire Post yesterday de-. town in west Sulyuan recently voted its main leading article to recaptured by the Chinese. The Japan's programme' in China Japanese, totalling more than Unfortunately, from the point (10,000 men, counter-attacked with of view of Wang Ching-wel" and
the support of artwiery and a-his Japanese sponsors, saya thứ - craft. They were alleged to have, paper, there is still a formidable also used polson 'gas. Aften four obstacle in their way. days' bitter combat, they were put to flight "last weekend. Chinese forces in pursuit of the retreating enemy are rapidly advancing on Anpei, east of Wuyuan.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai- shek fo`still in Cirungking' and public -Support for him bas been strengthened rather than weakened by the Japan- ese assault.
More sympathetic: 28 per cent.
KINHWA, April-2. (Central)—. Less Sympathetici 17 per cent.
His army is still intact and well Chiang stated Tatungkiao and Tangshan, two The Same .....1.55 per cent.
intended to important points near Biaoshan, supplied, and his guerilla bands DISASTROUS BLOCKADE
play the powers against each on the south bank of the Chien til harass the Japanese. The NEW YORK, Apr. 1 (Reuter)--
other in the hope of strengthen tang River opposite Hangchow, Japanese may talk of ending the The New York Times says: "The ing her own position in the Far were recovered by Chinese units China Incident and speak of the strangling effect of the Allied East but such a policy had falled on Sunday. The Japanese have present disturbances, but they plockade until now has been un-
He declared that despite pressure retreated to Bisoshan, cannot hide, from the world their |der-estimated in foreign countries and threats from Japan the po
anxiety, for despite Wang Ching... Dut not in Germany. Semi-otti-Ley of the United States Govern economic conditions of Chinese wel, the China Incident threatens to be a drain on her resources WE WILL PROTECT cal sources in Germany have ad- ment in the Far East is becom farmers.
embarrassment mitted that in February the Alfed ing stronger dally.
The Generallaxing, attired in and be a serious... FRENCH SOIL”
blockade wiped out 50 per cent of
military uniform appeared to for her statesmen for many days BRUSSELS, Apr. 2' (Reuter) the German foreign trade.
be in excellent spirits and health to come Le Soir reviewing events of the
"Even from friendly Japan, Cer-
as he presided at the meeting. He frequently smiled and nodded to past weeks, says: "Our role is not many's Imports in the first four
members.
POTATOES FOR NAZI COMMUNIQUE .../
the voluntary sacrifice of our months of the war, were down to country in à cause which, although eight per cent of the normal. If
ANIMAL FODDER BERLIN, Apr. 2 (Reuter)-To- our own, is beyond us in many of the Germans admit so much, one can suspect that the true extent
LONDON, April 2 (Router)The Three Hurricanes were patrolling day's High Command communique its aspects. over the North Sea before break claims that a British reconnais-
"But whether we will or not, we of the damage has been greater":
he pointed the strides, made "to- of Nankai University, announced Ministry of Food announces that wards the early establishment of that the formal statement de-six factories will be built to con- fast when they came upon two sance plane. was shot down by a protect French soil. Nazi raiders searching for mer-flight of Messerschmidts over Hell- "We should make much of this WASHINGTON, Apr. z.(Rentera constitutional Government in nouncing Wang Ching-wet would vert surplus potatoes into animal chant shipping.
goland Bight.
solidarity with the Aitled cause in The Maritime Commission an- China. After explaining the imbe discussed and adopted at to feeding stutts. They will probably be built on the east coast, vi As the leading fighter pilot open- The communique admits that one a purely defensive way, because nounces that it has approved the portance of economic reconstruc-day's session of the Council.
The draft had been discussed. Scotland, Yorkshire and Lincoln- ed with his eight guns, one of the German reconnaissance plane fall our destiny is inked In the com- sale of the steamers Texas Bank- tion during time of resistance.
of at an informal tea party of mem- shire, and are expected to handle Heinkel gunners fired a short burst ed to return and further claims bined power of the two Allled Em- jer, Texas Trader and Texas Rang-he stated that the creation and then stopped suddenly. He that German reconnaissance plaries pires: .
er, all of about 2,600 tons, to Bir the new Ministry of Agriculture bers on Sunday. Foreign press about 100,000 tons per year. They did not fire again during the ac-shot down two French machines It is an act of faith in our William Reardon Smith with and Forestry was for the specimen were invited to attend this are regarded as only the first of
of improving the morning's opening ceremony. over France yesterday.
transfer to British registry future...
One pilot, who received axot flesh wound, landed his ma- chine as soon as he crossed
the British coast.
tion.
:
After stressing the internal difficulties of Japan and also Japan's Isolated position In international relations he pre- dicted an early collapse of Japan's adventure in China. ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION.
WANG'S DENUNCIATION Mr. Chang Po-lin, Vice-Chair-
Referring to domestic affairs man of the Council and President
purpose
many.