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WAR-LORDS HINTS OF ACUTE CONTROVERSY IN SHANGHAI.
OF
THE PRESS.
JUSTICE TWIXT NATIONS.
LYTTON APPEAL.
("Telegraph" Special).
Shanghai, Mar. 18.
The Earl of Lytton deliver- ed another striking peace speech at a tiffin given in honour of the League of Na- tions Manchuria Commission by the Chinese Press AssD- ciation.
Lord Lytton hand that they had all heard of the wardards in Japan and of the war-lords in 4hian, but no war-lorda exercised the power possessed by the warddurds of the i'ress.
He appealed to Hue Press 14 res gard the Lengue Contumission s "planters" and expressed the hop that the Press would made fruit- ful soll in which their geeds were planted.
RECIPROCAL.
THREE MAIN
POINTS.
JAPAN DESIRES SAFEGUARDS.
UNDERSTANDING HOPED FOR.
(Our Own Correspondent). Shanghai, Mar. 18, 11.33 a.m.
WHILE IT IS HINTED
that points of acute controversy have arisen between the Chinese and Japanese representatives at the informal peace negotiations now proceed- ing, an early understand- ing is hoped for.
Three main points have al-
Nevi storm troops on parade. Hitler is insuing instructions, following alleged terrorism by the Prosnian Minister of the Interior, which may land to serious de velopments during the elections to the Prutzian Diet.
ready been agreed though the HITLER WARNS
Referring to China's declaration terms of agreements on there that she asked nothing less thanjoints differs slightly according justice, Lord Lytton pointed out to the source of information. that an atmosphere of justice could not be secured' by one na tion pansing judgment upon an other.
Justice between States was u
it reciprocal relationship. could only be secured by reconelling. it possible, the needs and interests
of all States in relationship with
each other.-Reuter.
WAR ZONE VISIT. Shanghai, Mar. 18, 19,35 a.m. Mr. Wellington Koo and Mr. Yoshida, the Chinese and Japanese Assessors with the league Com- mission, are making arrangements for the Commission to visit Shanghai war grens,
The visit will place on Monday.
the
1 learn from reliable sources
SEVERING.
that the points of agreement thus TERRORISATION
far reached Involve
troups
(1) that the Chinese must remain in the position they occupy at present, namely, outside the twenty-kilometre zone, and at
the same time, the Japanese will
retire from the area which ther have occupied.
SAFEGUARDS.
2) that the evacuated areas be pudiced and administered by the Chinese authorities, with certain delinite safeguards.
G) that a joint Sino-Japanese Commission be appointed for thei purpose of supervising the with- probably take drawal of the Japanese forces
the non-advaner of the Chinese
Mr. Wellington Kou has suggest- forces. ed that the members of the Com
The Commission will have the mission should visit Chapel assistaner of neutral representle Kiangwan and Woosung. Mr.tives and will observe and report Yoshida stated that the Japanese upay the progress of the with military authorities would super-drawn) of the Japanese forces, al intend the safety of the, visiting the same time keeping a watch party.culer.
11003 the administration of evacuated area.
DARTMOOR MEN
FIND
TRIAL AMUSING.
DISCOMFITURE OF
Burats
WARDER.
London, Mar. 17. of laughter from the thirty-two Dartmoor engviets charged in connexion with the re-
h
ALLEGED.
PREPARED FOR BATTLE.
Forty Killed.
HOTEL COMPANY'S THE BOAT
PROJECTS.
IMPROVEMENT IDEA FOR PEAK.
BIG SHANGHAI OFFER REFUSED.
POPULAR BUSES.
RACE
OUTLOOK.
AN EARNEST BUSINESS.
(Reuter's Special Service).
London, Mar. 17. Judged by the lack of the usual "beauty contests" and the absence of the customary humorous press- stunting on the Boat Race per- sonnel, Saturday's contest will be the most serious for many years.
Munich, Mar. 17. Herr Hitler has informed
Reason for the proposed in- Herr Severing, the Minister
[crease of cupital by the Hong-
All attempts to prejudge, the of the Interior of the Prus-
kong and Shanghai Hotels, Ltd., result of the race from the worke aian Government, that he
were explained by Mr. J. H. outs of the crews incline as usuni may have war if he desire it.
Taggart when presiding at the to the Light Blues, According to the Nazi leader, annual meeting of shareholders! The Cambridge crew to-day the Prussian Government, under this morning. Chiefly, he said, watched Oxford de une of the direction of Herr Severing the Board had in mind the their smartest bite of rowing. its been pursuing rathless
Chadwyck-Henles. the Oxford paign Against the Fascists, but sirability of reconditioning and stroke going nii-out for two sage, the "elvetion manoeuvre developing certain of the Com- minutes, at 98 in the first and 15 will not
rein the second. Have Severing's party pany's properties without ro inevitable defent in the course to secured borrowing, Cambridge followed with EL ste, Lions To the Prussian Diet and among other works in this minute and a half, doing 34 in the next months.
direction under consideration fint minute and 16 in. the remain- was the reconstruction of the ing thirty seconds.
The great race starts at 10.20 Nazi Peak Hotel. Forty numbers of the "storm-troops" have been killed in It was highly improbable, he 4m. owing to the fact that high
tide at Putney is at 11.54 an, the streets and thousands of said, that a complete scheme others assaulted and injured in reconstruction will be undertakent London. Mar. 37. After some discussion regard. The last few weeks, alleges Hitler at this juncture, as it would
the course of his igorous necessitate a complete evacuation NEW REDUCTION IN ing the situation in Shanghal. the Lengee Assembly a Committer protest against the methods of the of the existing building, involv of Nineteen, which met at Geneva Minister of the Interior in regarding this afternoon, decided, in view to the Sazi Party's elretioneering Rather is the Board inclined to
neign. of the present state of the Rotiations being conducted at He emplains that Shanghai, to adjourn and to he of all Nazi offices is being carried called again only in the case of out all over Prussis ander. the arders of Herr Severing. and an emergency.
House of Witler further contends that the The stioned in the Commons concerning the steps! Nazis have been the victims of
deliberate vielence and terrorise taken in Shanghai to carry the proposals enntained in the tion by their political opponunta.
Battle Instructiona resulution of the League Assembly,!
GENEVA ADJOURNS.
out
in
search
of
total loss of revenue.
the view that improvements can be effected as opportunity per- is, with a gesulting degree of modernisation commensurate with rates the extremely reasonable charged,
BANK RATE.
WELCOME SURPRISE FOR CITY.
a
The rate was reduced a
the
London, Mar. 17. The City to-day received a wel- further Consideration would shortly-come surprise when have to be given to n athene for reduction of the bank rate, the extension and development of third within the mouth was an- the Happy Valley garage pronouneed.
week perty, while further requirements in connexion with property in go from Avo to four per cent. Shanghai must not be last sight of. To-day I came down to three and
a half per cent.
The rate is now back to Chairman's Speech.
world
⚫monetary
the
GRAND NATIONAL WAR DEBTS
HARD GOING.
ISSUE.
DRYEST COURSE STRONG FEELING
IN MEMORY.
FAVOURABLE TO GRAKLE.
(Reuter's Special Service).
London, Mar-17. Alr. Winston Churchill lands at Plymouth from the United States Tonight and immediately lakes train for Liverpool to witness the ¡Grand National,
IN U.S.A.
Storm at Mild Hint
of Revision.
Washington, Mar. 17. Newspaper reports that Mr. An- drew Metlon, newly-appointed Amerlean Ambussautor to Britain, wilt shortly open negotiations for the revision of the British war debl, has provoked a warning by Senator Robinson. the Demerat /lea- der, that the A
Stater
Thirty-seven horses will breast the tapes on the dryest course in living memory, but this is con- sidered to favour last year's win- ner, Grakle, who does not mind if United Aintree's stern test, comprising Government must
thirty-two fences,. is like a rand-
way.
It is important to note, how. ever, that not since 1870 has the same horse won the Race in twe successive years.
Grakle is in very fine form just now and his trafner is bubbling over with confidence,
regard the probleæti.. from the standpoint of the American taxpayer rather than that of the
British.
Senator Robinson bamos his warning on a story attribut- -
POSSIBLE SCRATCHED, ing to Mr. Melion
London, Mar. 17.
İvoDuson.
the view that Rritaln faces undue
currency.
One of Penaltles,
Pussible has been withdrawn from hardship owing to her dopreciated the Grand National and there has bren a re-shuffling of jockeys. The revised list of probable starters and jockeya is as follows:
Gregalnch (Thackray). Shaun Gollin (Williams), Graky (Fawcua),
Coup de Chapeau (G. Wilson). Inverne (Lyall).
Heartbreak Hш (O'Grady). Vinicole (Morgon). Son Soldier (L, Wilson). Apostasy (Parvin). Holmes (Beechener). Therma (Owen).
Near East (T. McCarthy). Merriment IV (Lord Haddington). Alike (Turner).
Annardale (Stuit). Glangenia (Ryan). Aruntias (Gary). Ergemont (Paget), Prince Cherry (McCann). Ruddyman (Brown). Evolution (Cullinan). Ottawa (Leaded). Hank (McKeever), Aspirent (Sir. P. Lawson). Gibus (Redmond). Felorus Jack (Fanshawe). The Ace II (Maxwell). Tamaahn (Elintt). Quite Calm (Gurney). Red Lynch (Goode), Dualy Foot (Speck). Farbra (Hamey).
K. C. D. (Mason). De la tue (Kidney).
Harewood (Warden), Tootenhill R. McCarthy). Great Span (Hardy).
-Reuter.
"MYSTERY" MAN OF THREADNEEDLE ST.
AGAIN NOMINATED GOVERNOR.
Senator Robinson argues that countries with depreciated currency have obtained a great advantage in foreign commerce, though one of the penalties is that they must meet their debt payments on a gold basis.
On behalf of President Hoover, Senator Reed to-day denied that the rovision of the British Dobt was under consideration-Reuter,
The Armstrong Disclosures. Great interest has been aroused by a letter published in the Morning Post drawing attention to the spirit in which the United Statet war lonne to the Allies were granted in 1917.
The letter was written by
Sir Ilarry Gloster Armstrong, who แรง British Consul-General in
New York for eleven years after the war. In it he pointed out that the loans were at first regard- ed in Washington as going to help win America's war."
Reference to the Congressional Record of the period-the Ameri- can "Hansard" and to other documents shows that the quota. tlons from the speeches of mem- bera of Congress given by Sir H. G. Armstrong to support his con- tention can be multiplied many timea.
at Princetown Town Hall to-day and Japanese representatives at anticipation of political attacks, After reading the auditors' re.level of July last year, before the Mr. Montagu Norman, the Gov-war on Germany, which was done
A renewed outburst heralded Udy's bewilderment as to the dff- ference between
"Are" and "conflagration", The convicta seemed to be in high good humour throughout the hearing-Reuter,
WIM
L.G. GIVEN A WARM WELCOME.
was
the
he
The loans, on the repayment of which the United States in insist- ing with such determination, were first mooted in Congress by Pre- sident Woodrow Wilson when he |addressed a joint meeting of the
two Houses on April 2, 1917,
President Wilson's Advice. cent muting with offences under the Foreign Secretary, Sir Jolia For this reason, he adds, the the Malicious Damage Aet, pune-Simon, said that during the last Nazi stormtroops when the date
President Wilson on that occa Alon' advised Congress to declare tuated the police-court proceeding day or two, on the invitation of of the election draws near, will Chinese be ordered 10 he prepared in Si Miles Lampson, the
Landon, Mar, 17. - disturbances ornor of the Bank
four days later. the substance of Lond guffaws echoed through Shanghai had been meeting with but
these port, the Chairman said:-Dunling
of England,
"What this will involve," the court when a warder named Sir Miles and the representatives instructions will be submitted to with the Profit & Loss Account were beginning to be seriously was congratulated at the half-
felt. Udy spoke of a convict named of Italy, France and United States. the approval of the Minister of I am pleased to be able to call
yearly General Court to-day on his said, "Is clear. It will involve the. To-day's reduction Wile "Arthur," who is known to the
the Interior of the Reich a week your attention to the substantial thusiastically received and
en-thirteenth nomination to the post, utmost practical co-operation in HOPEFUL PROGRESS. convicte as "Horthur."
¦before their despatch.--Renter.
Mr. Norman said that the pro-council and action with the Gov Increase in amount, compared His information was that these?
with the previous year, or the considered as a further wolcoments for the half-year ended Febru- eramente now at war with Ger- some
"Balance of Working Account," move to help the trade recovery-ary 29th, after making provisions many, and, as incident to that, the conversations had made
an for all contingencies, were £627, extension to those Governments hopeful progres, though they had FATHER OF HOUSE brought to credit in the sum of Coming so soon after the
nouncement of the Treasury's 201, making the amount of
of the most liberal financial cre- $1,760,383.45. The procending 116 million conversion offer to rest on that day, £3,671,430. dite, in order that our resources year's working produced $1,400,- Treasury Bondhilders, tim luced After providing for a dividend nay as far as possible be added to 139.35 under this heading and the increase of 8453,044:00, displayed bank rate naturally stimulated the of six per cent, lens Jacome tax, theirs."
The Intention was made this year should, I feel, ovoke and a cheerful tone developed interest would be £3,061,545.
plainer in a later passago, in entisfaction, having regard to the
which, after referring to the in- London, Mar. 17. For the first time since
fact that operations over the last other sections of the exchange.
British Wirelons, a
tornal measures of preparation his financial your did not embody a long loss, Mr. Lloyd George normal volume of transient tourist
necessary, the President added: At the moment, however, it is attended the House of Commons
In carrying out the measures Impossible to speak with
by which these things are to be [stringent financial plete confidence, and he desired to-day when he took the Oath al patronage, due to the somewhat
conditions IMMIGRATION IN
accomplished, we should keep cou jalgned the Roll. not to prejudice the chance of a
U.S. A.
tantly in mind the wisdom-of in- final agreement by a
statement ferences, Bir. Lloyd George as the blahments bothe
Despite acute political dit-which prevailed in Europe and the U.S.A. Nevertheless your e-
terfering as little as possible in regarding the points of contro"Father of the House" and the and
our own preparations and in the Opening the same as yesterday,veray.British Wirelean. -
PROPOSED, FURTHER outstanding figure in British poli and Shanghat experienced
oquipment of Gur
ur own military the Hongkong dollar dropped 1/8th
LONG during the year of a
forces with the duty for it will ties is very popular, and he re-j
QUOTA CUTS. In the couran of the forenoon, the
provide
be a very practical duty of anp to out exception, rate being is. 3d. The local KWANGSI REDS ACTIVE.ceived a warm greeting frer all sufficient to enable Hotels, with- sides of the House-British Wire General Working Accounts with
Washington, Mar. 17. The death, has occurred of the plying the nations already at war. THOOPS FAIL TO DISPENSER.
a much Increased quota of profit. A resolution for the reduction Rov. Frank Dymond, who had been with Germany with the materials THEM.
With regard to the item of of the immigration quotas by tena United Methodist missionary in which they can obtain only from many efforts made by the military $38,705.47,"Dividend on Invest-por cont..and placing countries in China for forty-six years, whille us or by our assistance, Wuchow, Mar. 16. to dislodge them.
Western Hemisphere on a on homa furlough, ments," this income has been de- the
F] Help In Evety Way,” A reliablo report just received The Rod River la a tributary of rived from the Company's holding quote basis, restricting by ten per The late Mr. Denta America bought at the decling. from the western part of Kwang-the Lau Chow River, which in shares, in the Grand Hotel dos eppt. the vions issued in 1980, was ta return to, Aunngisahor
si Province statos that a large turn drains into the West River Wagons Lite, Limited and, in a received favourably by the House He was associatedokt budy of Reds in still active in the at Kwel Peng - Our Own Corress measure, refbets the period of of Representatied Migration. Com, Sani Pontarda "Rod¬Rĺvor-Valley-In spite-of-the pandent--~-
(Continued on PANTS) mittasto
DOLLAR AGAIN DECLINES.
SLIGHT DROP THIS MORNING.
market is uncertain, with very little business doing.
London reported a drop of 1/8th in silver prices, both spot and for ward. China bought and sold, and
The markot ruled quiet,
in New York, "ailver dropped
/8th with the market dull;
also indicated sonte difficulties.
The Assembly Committee meeting again to-day and sincere- ly hoped that with the help of the food offices of the representatives of the four Powers, definite result might be achieved and su- nounced vory shartly.
com-
-the
whole, market for glit-edged stocks
British Wirelcar.!
FORTY-SIX YEARS AS MISSIONARY.
REV. FRANK DYMOND PASSES AWAY.
- London, Mar. 17,
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