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Sir Eward Griggs Says Word For Japan's Ambition
TELEGRAPH.
MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1938..
THE DUKE OUGHT TO GO TO U.S.
-Says G. B. S.
Mr. Bernard Shaw, commenting on
a Sheriff of
All Powers Out Of League Are Not Brigands
London, Jan. 9. "We must guard against the danger of language or netion on the Far Eastern crisis which might divide the western civili- sation against itself," says Sir Edward Griggs, journalist M.P., in an article in the London Observer.
".
The European Issue Is frave We cannot enough, he says, "and afford to have it still further com- plicated by violent passions unleash- ed in the Far East."
Dealing with the Japanese case, the depreentes Sir Edward Griggs view that all the Powers who have quarrelled with the Covenant of the League are brigands, and describes Covenant, the provisions of the guaranteeing the territorial Integrity and political independence of every member State, as a fatal knot, fram- ed for the "Haves"..and bound in time to be challenged by the "Have Nats".
suggestion by Sherless should cease
BRITISH CARDINAL," WELCOMED Great Crowds Out
In London With Titled People
London, Jan. 9.' Cardinal, the Most Rev. Arthur
Hinsley, former Archbishop of West-
to publish news about the Duke of minster Cathedral, was given a great welcome on his return from Roine Windsor, writes in the weedy paperwhere he was made a Cardinal on Forward:t
December 13.
the
Duke of Lord
The notion of the ex-King of He was frst given an enthusiastic England vanishing from the news as a private person is not workable ception at Folkestone, where
large crowd awaited kim. Thou- untess Edward proves a genuine hands of Londoners gave the Cardinal noneality, which is hardly consistent an ovation upon his arrival at
Victoria Station, the crowd on "It is a great pity his American pintform including the with his abdication. trip Fot
Lord up with Mr. Bedaux Norfolk,
Flizalan, mixed und s
Ma rationalisations and had to Ranketlour and many other pro- be abandoned.
minent people. "It would have been enormously
bis Hinsley handed to Cardinal Hin useful to us, both diplomat Person More, the insignia
Secretary his red hat and of his tier, and his secretary handed them to the Westminster Troop of Rover Scouts, of which Cardinal Hinsley is patron. The Cardinal then proceed- ed to Westminster Cathedral by ear amidst cheering and hymn-singing. while flowery were strewn in his path as he walked up the cathedral
commercially,
and the couner 1 is revived under auspices congenial to American labour the better."
Honour Among-
steps.
were
The cathedral was packed for memorable service and after his re- Southampton. turn freni the cathedral, Cardinal While a football fan was watch-Hinsley, in response to the appeals crowd, appeared on the ing a game here, he took a distike to of the a loud slik handkerchief his friend balcony of his residence and blessed
who of people was sporting, and very qulcity ex numbers
of tracted it from the pocket his kneeling in the streets.
After Cardinal insley bad handed friend.
the Raver wallet his Int and cloak to
who Scouts al Victoria Station, they were know given the privilege of carrying them The Cardinal delivered an impressive address to the cathedral. At the cathedral, which he concluded with "one word of especial significance, peare."
A moment later his own was handed him by a stranger, remarked, "Sorry, male; didn't you were in the sune game."
He says that the first challenge to the law in the name of justice is made by Japan. Her case is worth consideration since her increasing PIPE AN "OLD MAN'S success has brought into being an allianes against the League which the League Itself is powerless to reconelle or defeat.
BRITISH MODEL
'The
Japanese he problems very like the
solve and they
says, have British 10 face far greater dificulties. The
were Japanese forced into expansion by the same compelling needy and to a large ex-
themselves trut had modelled
on
Britain, and for 13 considerabie plod, Britain and the United States alene among the Western peoples, showed sympathy with them and gave them support.
Sir Edward recalls the Japanese loyalty to the Anglo-Japanese alliance and says the propusals of the Lytton Commision hardly justify the view that Japan might have secured all she needed by diplomatic means.
from The writer concludes that 1921 Lowards Japan was determined, make herself at all sacrifice, to
and mistress of the Far East
her military leaders have now taken the
bit between the teeth-Reuter.
Censorship Is Secret
Correspondents Kept "in the Dark"
Shanghal, Jan. 8.
SMOKE"
CIGARETTES FOR THE YOUNGER
Big Change In Taste For Tobacco
The pipe is an old man's! "smoke," and sales of tobacco are likely to go on declining as pipe-smokers die off.
Sales of cigarettes, the "smoke" of the
younger to generation, will continue rise. But the cigarette mar ket is more sensitive to trade the market depression than
for pipe tobacco. These comments on Britain' smoking habits
in the are made Imperial Economic Committee's re- pori on tobacco, published by Stationery Office. The report, shows that five cigarettes are now smoked for every one which was smoked 30
the
At the conclusion of the service, the Cardinal left his red hat on the faltar-Renter.
STOP PRESS
NEW COMMUNIST PAPER IN CHINA
Hankow, Jan. 10. t'reminent-Chinese-Communist
in
Only Just over one-quarter of the 174,000,000 lbs of tobaeen the country leaders, including Wang Ming and
1907, Cheng Pang-hsten participated consumes goes into pipes. In pipe-smokers accounted for two-the reception given to the local official the Chinese Communist thirds of the consumption. The re-organ port suggests that the pipe-sinoker Party by the new China Daily News. inay be altering his habits slightly The first edition of the paper wil and becoming increasingly a smoker appear on January 11. of elgarettes.
BETTER FOR THE TRADE The change benefits the tobacco The Japanese Einbassy spokesman trade, for it is stated that a confirmed probably consumes cigarette-smoker
of leaf than a cen M. firmed
Piper. But experience!
years of depression
a greater
the
or
Mr. Wang Ming, political head of the Chinese Communist Party, was vestert in Tientsin some years ago, a joint petition from distinguish- personalities all over the world, including Professor
rofessor Albert Einstein, Ronin Holland and others, brought his release.
writing
said to-day that he is still unable to tell forelim newspaper correspon- dents whether censorship will even- during tually be open in order
to inform showed that while the pipe-tobacco under the pen-name of "Paku" is the correspondents what has been delet-trade suffered little, cigarette sales leading commentator in the Chinese
sent.
United Pre88.
fensora
Objectionable Messages
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Mr. Chang Pang-halen,
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were sharply affected. Cigarette cun-
Mr. Wang Ming briefly addressed Ite sold radio
communication sumption did not decline, but its communist ranks.
rapid Increase was severely checked.
the
gathering of operated only in the daytime at pre-
of Chinese intellectuals Between 1024 and 1930 cigarette
and announced that the editorial sales had been growing by 5,000,000-policy of the new China Daily News The Censor's office has no phones, 6,000,000 lbs A year. With the follow the programme of the and all contacts must be personal.financial crisis the increase dropped Chinese Communist Party, asi tim
to about 2,000,000 lbs. Now the for the Journal's immediate object would
agaln
prebe. to strengthen co-operation_be- tween the Kuomintang and the Com- Shanghai, Jan. 8.
decline. From more wide resistance against the Japanese. A Japanese spokesman unnounced continues to to-day that schders of telegrams than 5,000,000 lbs in 1907, national Reuter would be inforined it the Japanese consumption has fallen to 1,500,000
change in the HOFEI'S LOSS DENIED considered any message lbs. Not even
tobacco duties greatly favouring cigars would bring them back into
Hankow, Jan. 10. The spokesman deflued the fern everyday favour, says the report. Reports that the town of Hofel has "objectionable" as anything inimical The growing importance of Em-been captured by the Japanese are to Chinese according to the operations of Japanese forces.
pire-grown tobacco is stressed in the unfounded, He
the Japanese report added that
United Kingdom Imports despatches received here, telephonie authorities were now conferring on have increased at the rate of 2,000,- communications being maintained at hard and fust rules of, sensorship. 000 lbs a year during the last decade, 1 p.m. yesterday afternoon, and would notify them in due course.
Hofel is an important strategic and Empire tobacco now represents -Reuter.
per cent of this point, and if lost a Chinese more than 23
This is largely drawal would be Indicator.-Router. country's purchases. due to improvement in the quality of Empire leaf.
depressiooking, like pipe-smoking, munist Party and to foster na lon-
Japan Church Breaks Away From England
Tokyo, Jan. 10.
The Episcopallan Church of Japan has decided to break away from the Church of England as a result of the Archbishop of Canterbury's address against Japan at the protest meeting held in the Albert Hall last October. It has also been decided to decline the
financial support which has hitherto been received from the United States and England.
by
NEW CASES OF SMALL POX
Eight cases of small-pox reported to the health authorities for the 24 hours ended midnight on Saturday brought the total since the beginn- ing of the year to 34,
The number of cases reported an Saturday are the highest for any day since the present outbreak occurred. Nearly all of the cases so far.re- ported this year have occurred on
two СПБС Only
hayo the island. been reported from the New Terri- torics. Six of the eight ensen report- ed on Saturday occurred on the ja
This
Kction unprecedented Japan's 43,000 Episcopalians was fore- enst last October by leaders of the Anglican Church in Tokyo, following land. participation by the Archbishop of In addition there were two cases of Canterbury in a protest rally against diphtheria, three cases of dysentery, "Japanese-aggression In China. and one case each-of-meningitis und
puerperal fever.
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Sinclair Quits Police Force
After Boating At Hands Of Japanese
many of them may prefer realgning rather than continuing to suffer in- dignities and attacks at the hands of Japanese soldiers and anilors.
"It is feured that unless foreign members of the Police force are Riven adequate protection against unprovoked altacks by Japanese marines and soldiers, the Inter- national Sellièment will shortly lose Shanghai, Jan. 8.
the services of some of its finest Pollee Superintendent J. Sinclair, police officers," says the American- who was one of four British Police owned Evening Post and Mercury.
manhandled by Japanese Reuter. Roldiers in Shangha!, has resigned from the Police force.
ofcern
J.
JAPAN IGNORANT
Tokyo, Jan. 0. The Japanese press has not puo- It in belloved that the incident: may have prompted the decision but lished news of the attacks by Japan-
In any event, feeling among British ere soldiers on British police officers Police officers is running ligh, and in Shanghal-Reuter.
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