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PEN ANNUN
2013. O`z 4 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 19318+-+LE DOET IT UNCH
THE SKELETON EVACUATION OF CHINCHOW.
CUNARDER.
REAL CAUSE OF
STOPPAGE.
PREMIER NOT
HOPEFUL.
(Reuter's Spacial Service).
Strong
London, Dec. 29.
representations
on
[continue to be made to the Government, urging that no- tion be taken to enable the sarly completion of the super-giant Cunarder which work in the Clyde yards has been suspended. Replying to these requests to-| y, Mr. Ranay MacDonald id that the root of the trouble) not that of getting the ship ilt, but to get the Cunard ompany to believe that the rent ship, when built, can he n with some chance of paying! er way.
Several of the biggest ships on Atlantic are running at a loss Fare lying idle.
There would be no difßculty in reiting the money for the bulld- ng of the ship if there were any prospect at the mument getting the interest repaid and the loans refunded.
of
Ho did not think that there is
hope of a resumption of work
til about Easter.
FINNISH COAST DRAMA.
RESCUE PARTY
RESCUED.
LL DAY SEARCH FOR |
LIFEBOAT.
Helsingfors, Dec. 29. After scouring the
402
off
te Finnish coast all day long a howling gale, salvage ships port that they have picked up e lifeboat whielt disappeared is morning after going to the scue of the crew of a wreck-
ship.
When the missing lifeboat was
Part of the Manchurian Army, which has been ordered by Mar- shal Chang Hauch lang to withdw within the Great Wall from
Chinchow,
CHINESE RETIRING TO GREAT WALL.
CHANG HSUEH-LIANG TO GIVE "NO EXCUSE,
tu
the
Peking. Dec. 30. force to protect them, while issued orders to the commanders
Marshal Chang Haneh-liang has main forces withdraw.-Reuter. Paris, Dec. 29. of his forces in Manchuria, effect the withdrawal from Chin-muniention
Simultanconaly with
the com chow and its vietuity of the main Nations Secretary of the lengthy to the League of Ludy of the Manchurian troops. Japanese statement (published in Fac forces will move within the full in the Telegraph on Monday) Great Wall,
Symbolic
.of Japan's operationa ja Manchuria, our photo shows:y Japanese soldier raising his country's flag on bili-top captured in fighting round taning.
GANDHI CABLES VICEROY.
RUPTURE OR-- WHAT?:
indicating the intention of the TROOPS AGAIN IN
It is announced that the decision Japanese command in Manchuria to take this action has been induced to advance west of the Lisa River by a desire to prevent the Japanese where the bandits are alleged to military authorities from having have their buses, the Japanese any excuse to extend warfare into Ambassador in Paris has issued a North China, particularly in the statement. Tientsin and Peking areas, which
appeared to be threatened by the
Jarge Japanese reinforcement sent
10 Tientsin.
Japanese Deniales.
The Ambassador denies the
PESHAWAR.
Bombay, Dec. 29, Gandhi is making haste slowly with plans for his future procedure.
RESISTANCE
FORT
DUNLOP
The Tyre of Rugged Strength
"South China Mornie z Post Bldg." Fal, 24554.
Diphtheria "LUXURY" FOOD TAXES.
Menace.
Twenty Fresh Cases.
ORIGIN CERTAIN.
Although, according to the latest figures, the diphtheria epidemic shows no signs of abatement, Dr. G. W. Pope, the Medical Officer of Health, this morning expressed a confident belief that the worst will be over by the end of the week, and that the present "fearful figures," will at least be halved.
Half-a-Crown a Pound on Strawberries:
Epicureans to Pay.
London, Dec. 20. Britain's Epicureans must, in the future, pay heavily for so-called luxury dishes cons tain ng "carly" fruit and vegetables.
An Order which will have this R effect was issued lo-night from the' Ministry of Agri- culture, of which Sir John Gilmour, pictured on right, hus charge.
The Order im- poses duties on aj long list of fresh horticultural pro-
Into
The period of incubation for ducts which are imported diphtheria is roughly five days, the British Isles before the British
but since it was not untfimgîn crops are ripe. Tuesday that the public were able to realise the real need for preventive measures the effect of precautions ΠΟΥ being adopted could not make itself ap- parent until about Saturday.
Even then, said Dr. Pope.. We ahall not see the and of the epidemic, for there is bound to he a number of persons carrying the germ around, and we shall have to expect further cases when the susceptibles come into contact with the carriers.
"Persistent investigations, how. ever, have brought us into direct, contact with the origin of the epidemic, and shortly wo hope to able to free the milk supply entirely from the germs."
be
Twenty-one New Cases, During the 21 hours from 9 a.m. yesterday to 9 o'clock this morn- ing, sixteen new cases were noti- Bed, while between 9 and 10.30 to-day, another five victims were reported.
This latter batch includes one: his first important step towards
naval case and one Chinese infant, i With characteristic caution, The evacuation of the Man-ports in circulation that
found dead in the streets the: ebarian troops from Chinchow has Japanese military leaders are con activity in the political arena, CATARRATAMENTİNUZ DELAKOALIE INTERVIULIA already begun, according to Chang ducting a systematie
is a telegram to the Viceroy Hsueh-liang's headquarters, and against Chinchow, reiterating that (Lord Willingdon) asking whe-
Even diphtheria is not with will proceed, as rapidly as its insistence on the Chinese troops ther the promulgation of the
its humour as a reference evacuating Chinchow is due to a United Provinces, Frontier Pro
Page Seven will reveal.
faible.
advance
it is understood that the Pro-desire to avoid a collision with vince and Bengal Ordinances con- vincial Government will remain at the Chinese regulara. Chinchow for the present with a
Acovered, it was found that the CHIANG THE
ow had sovended in rescuing the ptain, the two males and six embers of the crew of the doom- ship, which was the Finnish
Orion.--Reuter.
INTI-SOVIET PLOT.
CHARGES.
HE REPLY BLUNT
BY CZECHS.
Prague, Dec, 29.
ALOOF.
"The Japanese Government," the
stitute a definite rupture be statement adds, have acquired a
tween the Government and Con- conviction that the Chinese milit- gress. Jary authorities at Chinchow sup-| Or, he asks, is he to seek the port the bandits, who have con- Viceroy's advice regarding future centrated in considerable numbers action. to the west of the Lino River."- Reuter.
REFUSES TO SEE A “DOG'S LIFE" AT
EMISSARIES.
Nanking, Dec. 30. Doubts are being express- ed whether General Chiang Kai-shek will be disposed to co-operate with the leaders of the new Government. Yesterday, General Chiang de-
Moreover,
It is added that "the unusual Chiang declines to comment on ste and the ardour of publica the prospects of the new Gov-
" do not conform with edings that should be observed
such affairs.-Reuter.
proerniment.
at
SANDRINGHAM.
ROYAL MINIATURE
CINEMA.
Mr. W. H. Parkin of the Royal Air] Forey was fined $5 by Mr. Williams
the Central Poller Court Feng in The Picture.
morning for parking his ear Inj Pedder Street. The defendant, in: Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang con-returned from the North and was not pleading guilty, said that ho had Just ferred with Mr. Sun Fo, the new Chairman of the Executive Yuan.ware that the park in Pedder Streat yesterday and will leave the copital
Congress Meeting.
The telegram which requests "a reply by wire," was the outcome of a meeting of the Congress Working Committee, at which, it
is learned, certain members told
Gandhi that it was useless to try and patch things up.
But Gandhi, it is believed, per Munded the Committee to delay their decision on the issuċa involved until he has ascertained the definite views of the Government.
Peshawar Incidents.
were
to
and discovered at the mortuary to be suffering from the disease. The remaining three are British. Fifteen of the new cases are from Kowicon.
The total up to 10.30 this morning had reached the rather alarming figure of 88, sixty-two of which have been notified since December 22.
Parties Cancelled.
Viscountess Snowden, reappointed a Governor of the B.B.C.
Empire Broadcasts.
B.B.C. STATION AT DAVENTRY.
CFGW
An example of the scale of the duties in that imposed upon atraw- berries, antely half a (28. Od.) per pound. The duty will apply only between April fat and May 31.
a
Cherries imported must pay duty of 3d. per pound between May 1 and June 30.
Asparagus is subject to a duty of a shilling a pound between January 5 and February 29.
Cnuli and Other Flowers. Cauliflowers abroad must pay a duty of four shillings per cwt. between January 5 and March 31. Cut Rowers are to be subject to a duty of 2d. per pound prac tically the whole year round.
are expected to be imposed short- Other duties of a similar kind y.--Reuter.
THE AIR WAR OF FUTURE.
DESTRUCTION IN CAPITALS.
GILBERT MURRAY ON SECURITY.
London, Dec. 27. Professor Gilbert Murray, ad- dressing an
Anglo-French Students Conference in London to-day, expressed the view that Europe could have no security without disarmament.
"We have, ΠΟ doubt," he unid, "moral guarantees, but no material guarantees against war from the air. You can destroy London. We can destroy Paris. But neither can defend. Even Germany with no military planes has enough commercial planes to destroy Paris with bomba.
London, Dec. 29. | The first stop to material Important, developments plan-military aviation and the inter- security is the prohibition of ned for the near future, like the nationalisation of commercial air- Empirewide programme which craft companies-British Wireless. will materialise within a year, Disarmament Conference, are stated to have influenced
Washington. Dec. 29, the Government's decision in Mr. Norman Davis, former connexion with the appointment Undor-Secretary of State, und of the Governors of the British well-known financier and Broadcasting Corporation; in miat, has been appointed a mam- consequence of the expiration of ber of the United States' delega
Dlearmament Con- Mr. Davis was the representa retive of the U.S. Treasury in Lon
the present Board's five-year tion to the
ference.
tenure of office.
and Dr.
a
econo-
That the public fully realise Lord Gainford has been the seriousness of the epidemic appointed Vice-Chairman for don and Paris in 1918, a member and are willing to follow medical period of five years, Viscountess of the Reparations and Finanelal advice, is shown by the ready man- Snowden ner in which a large number of Montague Rondall have been reference, and a member of the Montague Commissions at the Peace Con- public events organised for the appointed Governors for a period American delegation to the Inter- national Economic Conference at Geneva in May, 1927-Router's American Service.
20:ECİNİDASTASTIERA LANZ UNA MILKET DANCER
DAIRY FARM MILK.
Supplies Now Being Pasteurized.
The Dairy Farm, Ice and Cold Storage Co. notify that from to-day all milk and cream is being pasteurized and may be consumed as delivered to customers.
This step has the full ap- proval of the Medical Officer of Health, "
of one year year.
Finance Expert..
The King has also approved the appolalment of the well-known commercial and financial expert, Mr. Harold G. Brown to be n Governor for five years. Mr. Brown takes the place vaented by Sir Gordon Nairne, who has re- signed,
REPARATIONS,
+
U.S. WILL NOT ATTEND CONFERENCE..
Washington, Dec. 29. The United States has not been invited, oven unofficially, to at The now Empire broadcasting tend the Reparations Conference, station which the Broadcastingt and the United States will not Corporation is erecting at Daventry attend even if invited, according will comprise two transmitters, anch capable of working
(Reuter's Special Service).
A report from Peshawar state Loudon, Dec. 29. that although the Frontier Pro- After an examination of the clined to receive Government re-was converted inte
The ballroom at Sandringham vince generally is much quieter, se of M. Vanek, recalled from
a miniature ninety-two more Red-Shirts presentatives bicow at the request of the
who went to cinema, this evening when. Their arrested in Peshawar City to-day, vict Government. It is officially Fenghan to interview him, Majesties the King and Queen, the and thirty-two Volunteers were ated that the allegations that whilst it is further reported that Prince of Wales, the Duke and arrested at Bannu City.
was involved in a plot to cause telegrams sent to him by the Duchess of York and the Duke of The arrests in the Province now viet-Japanese tension are in Nunking Government have re-Gloucester saw Charlie Chaplin's total 1,128, of which 259 obable and incorrect,
have mained unanswered,
"Dog's Life" and "Gold Rush." already been convicted of various charges aud thirty-seven lave been released after apologising.
The British military were again enlled up to Peshawar City to-day owing to the collecting of large crowds
offering themselves for arrest but as soon as it was learned- that the troops were on their way, the crowds dispersed.
New Year have been cancelled to Many chiefs are using their avoid the congregating of large | personal Jalluence to suppresa crowds in stuffy atmospheres. afternoon
Shanghai,
the undesirable activities of thei where he will meet Mr. Wang the lendors had boon forgotton Rods in their areas. Reuter,
Admiral Sir Howard Kelly's "At ILCARS AND GUNS.mischun Commander-in-Chief has proach the national ionues in n Ching-wel in hospital. The Kuo-and they were determined to ap
Home," on board H.M.S. Kent,
New Experiments. · arranged for to-night, has begi also conferred with several of the spirit of co-operation and good-WINTER COMES IN several New Year's Eve functions work, the
postponed on this account, while In a review of the past year's Cantonese lenders ainco his will.
B.B.C. mention that Nanking, including)
have been cancelled by various their stations transmitted for organisations and Clubs, including nearly 68,000 hours and the per- the New Year's Eve Carnival at centage of breakdown time was Lane, Crawford's Restaurant..
only .03.
An interesting experiment in testing the suitability for broad- casting purposes of ultra short) waves will shortly be made in con- junction with Marconi's Corpora-
FOREIGN ORDERS
FOR BRITAIN.
London, Dec. 29.
this
in
for
heen abolished,
LONDON.
FIRST SNÓW OF THE SEASON.
a number of an announcement made by Mr. wave lengths so that the various Ogdon Milla to-day.
He said: "There will parts of the Empire will be reached;
ba 120 at
to the times suitable for local trip Europe this winter." reception.
The announcement comes as. the considerable surprise In view of earlier indications of America's probable participation. -Reuter,
It is expected that the station will be available for use, in
Car's time.
EXTRALITY
ABOLITION,
NOW POSTPONED INDEFINITELY.
д
The Rumanian State Railways arrival Je placed a considerable order General Li Chung-yuen, Li Liah Fang has telographed to Mr. Hu It is understood that Marshal railcars with the British chun, Wang Shao-hung and Mar-Han-min in Hongkeng asking him tinel Cammell Company. shal Li Chal-sum. this is a sequel to a vialt to
to proceed to Nanking to assume at Britain and other countries future of the Coalition Govarn-Council-Resisha,
Expressing confidence in the his duties in the Central Political General Jonescu the Director- ment, Marshal Feng said he be- eral of the Railways and other leved that the harmony reached:
London, Dec. 20. manian officials, who carefully among the Nanking leaders would
Eugene Chen Off.
London experienced Its frat pacted the different types of be
anow of winter to-day, when the Shanghal, Dec. 80. dars in service. he Belgian Minister for Na-themselves to their work with un-to-day by train, Fang Yu-hafang! The snow, 'was only alight in diphtheria has affected mainly stalled at Broadcasting House, the foreign nationals Why a Chinese--
Mr. Eugene Chen left for Nan-temperature dropped after the hoped the leaders would devote king from Shanghal at 8.80 sam mild. Christmas spell.
permanent. Honcoforth, he
al Defenca has placed an order selflak sincerity,
Mosara. Vickers the woll-
lo due in Shanghai at about mid London but was heavier in the wn British armament frm for Co-operation and Goodwill,
night. He will first call or Mr. North of England and Scotland, Wang Ching-wei and will later where winter sports are proceed At the moment it seemed that leave for Fenghua to visit Chiang ing at some of the holiday centres. all the past disagreements among Kai-shek-Reuter.
-British Wirsides.
Requipment of eight anti-air-
posta-British Wireless.
BRITISH SCHOOLS.
EXTENSION OF XMAS HOLIDAYS, Despite the
fact that
the
Nanking, Dec. 80. The National Government has tion engineers and a special trans-fasued a mandate stating that the mitter using waves in a 6.5 to a date for the enforcement of the matres wave band is being in 4th last for Jurisdiction over regulations promulgated on. May adulte medical and educat huge new headquarters, to which courts has hean indefinitel port authorities have decided
that the Corporation's activities are pond. the Hongkong shall be closed further Savoy Hill British. Wireitas and
five British schools in gradually being transferred from..
The regulations were, to have week from the-dato_normally ter-Reuter
been anforced on JanuarYSZ | 1952-Reuter