LEADERS OFFERED FORTUNE
To Sell Canton To Japan's. Agents, Report States
Canton, Feb. 0..
A million dollars was the tempting offer allegedly modo to two leaders here by Japanese agents for ensuring the active assistance of the two in making it possible to capture Canton. Such is the story which is being circulated.
Not less than 200 of those proven to be involved in the plat that failed were expeuled here yesterday. Most were leaders in the movement to put of Canton, the enemy in possession
Yat San News tlic according to Agency.
Last year all beggars in the city were registered, and the police are questioning all whose names they did not get at that time. Several days ago quite a few persons posing as refugees from Shanghai tried in stet into the Canton Hospital. There being nothing the malter with them, they were not admitted, Supposedly, these were men connected with the trallorqus tan who thought they would not be found if they were occupying hospital beds.-Our Oum Correspondent,
MARTIAL LAW LIFTED
Canton, Feb. 10, Martial law which had been en- forced here since February 2 Was virtually lifted this morning.
A watch is kept over hospitals where wounded soldiers from the front undergoing treatment. These coldiers are more susceptible to enemy propagands, which keeps on spreading alarms here.-Sprelat.
Declaration Of War Delayed
Need For Materials From Abroad
Shanghai, Feb. 10.
THE HONGKONG
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SIR TRUBY KING
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Wellington, Feb. 10.
The death occurred to-day of Siri
LIGHTER TAXATION
Truby King, noted authority on child Motion Moved In House
welfare and obstetrics.
Telbutes to the great services ren- dered by Sir Truby were paid by Mr. M. J. Savage. Premier. and the sinister of Health, Mr. P. Fraser.
Mr. Savage suld that Sie Truby was inrgely responsible for saving the lives of more than 1,000 children in the Dominion each year.
Sir Truby King was founder of the famous Truby King system of baby care which is world renowned. A State funeral will be accorded. Hruter Bulletin.
Of Commons
London, Feb. 10. Allention was colled in the de- bate in the Commons last night to the growth in national and local ex- penditure when a motion was moy- ed urging the Government to do everything in their power to tighten the burdens imposed upon all classes of taxpayers and ratepayers.
To meet
In moving the motion, Captain Balfour said that national expendi- Frederic Truby King was born in fure in 1937 to 1938 was £254,000,- 1058 and educated at Edinburgh Uni-000 more than in 1928 to 1920 in versity where he was an Etties Scho- spite of a saving of about £140,- Jar. in 1907 he founded the Royal 000,000 on debt services. New Zealand Society for the Health this, direct taxation was standing at of Women and Children, known wartime level. In policy only was the Plunket Society, and was then fent by the New Zealand Government to organise a Babies Hospital and Mothers Truining: Centre In England. From 1921 to 1927 Sir Truby was Director of Child Welfare in New Zealand,
Sir Truby had pubBshed several books on child welfare.
MRS. 1. CALL
Link With the Past Broken By Recent Death
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
11,
1938.
LADIES HOCKEY Brawn Cup Fixture For Saturday Postponed
BACHCHANDFORCISTELLE Andrew's Liles in a Cuer, Clarke
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LINDRUM LEADS
OLYMPIC BOYCOTT MOVEMENT
Italy And Germany Indicate Support For Japan
London, Feb. 10.
A canvass of European reactions to The Brawn Cup match between St. the Chinese elforts to boycott the Andrew's 2nd XI and the "Olymple Games to be held in Tokyo Ludies has been postponed t111 in 1040, disclosed that the Italians Thursday next, February 17, at 5.10 and Germans are definitely opposed countries the move while other p.m. on the "y" ground.
have adopted a "wait and see" policy. A spokesman of the. British "Boycott Olymple Association sald: talk is a bit previous just now, since we have not received an invitation for the 1940 Olympics." He said the British Association would not decide whether It would necept the invita tion until after the Cairo meeting in March, "As yet there is no indica- tion of any strong boycott movement In Britain," he added.
Sydney, Feb. 10.
At the close of to-day's play Lin- drum had a lead of 3,100 paints over to be found a way of altering drass opponent in the billards match. fically the relation between revenue Lindrum made a break of 1,445 in the
expenditure. and
Revived Inter-afternoon. national trade and -saving on arma- The scores were Lindrum 0,855, ment expenditure by means of a McConuchy 3,740.-Reuter Bulletin. limitation convention must be look- ed to for this.
On behalf of the Government, the NEW YORK STOCK Finunelal Secretary to the Treasury approved the motion. He said the increase in national expenditure since 1932 had been due to defence SWAN, CULBERTSON &
Defence expenditure
by
services and social services. Supply services showed An The death a Cannes on January 20£180,000,000. of Mrs. Laetitia Calf breaks a link accounted for £93,000,000 and civil showed an Increase of with the past of which many people serviens
She was £54.600,000, While the increase in may have been unaware.
Edward expenditure was accounted for the daughter of Captain Trelawny, who burnt the body of the cost of services which the Com- Shelley in 1821 and took the heart to mons agreed to be necessary, it would be wrong to leave the im- Mrs. Mary Shelley.
Trelawny was born in 1792, and his pression that it was viewed with daughter, born after he had settled equanimity by the Government. down in England, was 90 last year.
It was realised that the present She married in 1882 Colonel C. F. burden of taxation made it impera-
that no
commitments fresh Call, 5, who survives her with one five
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An official of the French Com- mittee in Paris suid he had not re- ceived the Chinese communication, and entled attention to the fact that such matter must be treated with caution, since "the the utmost authority of the Federation In making a request of this nature
would have to be verified before the French Commaltice could act."
increase of FRITZ LATEST REPORTS
A spokesman of the Danish Olymple Federation al Copenhagen, New York, Feb, 10.
wald Denmark would adhere to any S. C. & F. Dow Jones summary of decision reached by the International yesterday's markets:
Federation, and added that he be
the Rails were heartened by reports leved
other Scandinavinn that the Inter-State Commerce Com- nations would adopt a similar at Inission will grant freight increases titude.
week. Business news Was The Finnish Olympic Committee next mixed. U.S. Steel
Inished-ship- has not yet discussed the matter. ments for January were 0% above However, general sentiment is in those of December, but 55% below favour of cancellation of the games these of, January last year. Con- in a country at war. struction awards for the week were of their two sons. Throughout the should be entered into unless they 23% below those of last week, but latter half of her life she was cum-were justified on the clearest post above those of the corresponding pletely deaf. Otherwise she was, sible ground of publle interest. The
week of last year, Revising their unt last year, when she had a slight Government were alive to the dan-
Arst Impression, traders now con- stroke, physically stroms with a reer of the effect of high taxes.
sider, that the US. Steel contract markably tall, upright Bgure. Her They were also alive to very real
with its workers is favourable, since mint was always active and neute, and universal desire to economise on
It provides for adjustments in wage Her answers to questions written farmaments as soon as possible.
scales if conditions so require. The down for her were shrewd and some Government intended to effect that times disconcertint in their direct-reduction by agreement at the earlindationary aspects of relief plans are noted. The price-structure of ness. For many years Colonel and est time when it could be safely non-ferrous metals is weak. Mrs. Call lived mostly abroad, visit done.-British Wireless.
ing England in the summer. To the
Jast they travelled unattended,
for
she would seldom accept the care of
The
anyone except her wholly devoted Bombs Hurled
husband, who was a little older than
[ her.
In Shanghai
PETTY OFFICER'S DEATH
Wirt Hargove, 41. Mr. Gerrard from retired first-class petty ofleer, United Two Chinese Newspaper
States Navy, died at Shanghal from A former hemorrhage. cerebral member of the crew of the U.S.S. Luzon, flagship of the Yangtze Rives Patrol, he retired from active service one year ago, taking up his residence
Japan needs war materials abroad at the present time and wants trade. said promote overseas to Foreign Minister Koki Hirota in the no war is Dict in explaining why declared against China, according to a despatch from Tokyo.
"China and Japan are in a state
of war, but it is not an international war. We especially do not want to claim rights as a belligerent.
"It is most necessary that Japan improve her relations with the United
Offices Wrecked
Shanghai, Feb, 10. Two Chinese language papers pub-
Settle in Shanghai. He is survived by his lished in, the International widow, Katherine, and three child-ment were bombed this evening. The ren,
first was the Wen Wei Pao, under the
S. C. & F. New York correspondent cables:
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Rome indiented full support for the Japanese. A spokesman pressed the bellef that the Chinese Federation was engaging in a poli- tical manoeuvre "which has nothing to do with sport."
Non-opposition to holding the games in Tokyo is also reported from Vienna.
From Berlin It is reported that Germany will oppose observance of the Chinese request, However, no authoritative statement will be forth- coming until after the Cuiro meeting. Estonia and Latvia have definitely
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Corn: Reports that the Argentine! bomb contemplates restriction of the ex-
Shanghai, Feb. 10. port of old corn were a steadying In- Two of Japan's best young tennis fluence, but-ndvences-are-still-ex-players, Takeo Matsumoto-and-Yasuo pected to increase offerings here. Tsuruta, passed through Shanghai yesterday on the Empress of Canada on their way to Manila where they will play In un all comers tournament next week.
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This is the second time the wat Ali Pao has been bombed, the first time being on January 10, when the cashier's office was wrecked. Chinese were Injured.--Acuter. CONCESSION INCIDENT
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