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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1938. 日六十月十
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DUN LOP
SUMAKSJATINANGOM
DUNLOP Fort
· The Tyre with 2,000 Teeth
HONGKONG DANGER IS STRESSED IN DEBATE
Far East Situation Threshed Out EDEN MAY In Long Lords' Sitting
RE-JOIN CABINET
May Take Dominions Portfolio Soop
London, Dec, 0.
IT 18 REPOUTED that there is a strong posibility that Mr. Anthony Eden, former Foreign Secretary,
Tċ-join the Cabinet as Secretary of Blate for the Dominions.
Il
appointment depends on fourien developments, after the
MR. ANTHONY EDEN..
visit of Mr. Chamberlain and Viscount Halifax to Rome.
This would not cause the displacement, of any officers, since Mr. Malcolm MacDonald al present holds the portfolios of Secretary of State for-the- Dominions and the Colonies.-- United Press.
Italy And The Suez Canal
London, Dec, 0.
LONDON, Dec. 6.
ELABORATING THE ENQUIRY as to what the Government was doing to protect British trade in China, in view of the fact that British trade interests were daily becoming worse, Lord Elibank, speaking in the House of Lords to-day, regretted that Viscount Halifax was unable to be present owing to his departure for a well- earned holiday.
GERMAN ENVOY ARRIVES IN PARIS
Complete Text Of Agreement
PARIS, Dec. 6.
HERR JOACHIM VON RIB- BENTROP, German Foreign Minister, with his suite, arrived in Paris to-day for the signing of the Franco-German declara- tion.
He arrived at the Gare u Invalides, where he was met by M. and Mac. Bonnet, and other French officials. After an half-hour visit to President Lebrun at the Elysee,
Von
Lord Elibank referred to the conditions ruling at Tsingtao, Tientsin, Shanghai, on the Yellow River, Hankow, and throughout North China which were operating against British trade and shipping due to the Japanese action in the shape of prohibitions, preferential duties, the commandeering of public utilities and Japanese trade monopolies.
ill
Chinese are successful in this war, from ali-Lace heard, they will be just as upset to British trade as
Japanese 2 Leinst at the present.
"I wish to tote that something must be dons to telp Chins in ber real trouble.
Lord Ellbank referred to the
The fact is, said Lord Elibank, was that the Japanese were leaving no stone unturned order to upset British trade and to bolster their own failing economic system.
One of the principal reasons Anglo-American trude agreement, for the capture of Canton was that and said that many see behind the created the gravest danger to agreement the question of closer Hongkong trade.
collaboration between
BREAD FOR STARVING REFINEES—Trucks, each loaded with hundreds of loaves of bread, form constant procession along the Taipo Road from Kowloon as they take food to refugees in the concentration camps in the New Ter Iteries Staff Photographer.
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Dramatic Story of Last Flight of Condor
French Unions Willing To Co-operate
PARIS, Dec. 0. The readiness of the Con- federation of French Trede Unions to re-establish rocini peace is expressed in a resolu- tion of its excentive committee. which declares that the Con- federation is prepared to enter Into "any discussions conducive towards potting an end to the conßict."
The resolution declarea. that In face of the national and International situation. it Is necessary to bring an end to the "ocial troubles engendered by the illegal and repressive Government and employers, and to restore the urgently-needed industrial peace."
e."---Reuter.
Не them. Lord El bank wanted to know what suggested a special occasion had where that collaboration the Government proposed to do to arisen carry out Viscount Halifax's state-should be made effective.
He concluded by urging the Gov- ment of July 27, Herr
"If the Japanese nation are to ernment to take some action in this
measures of the Ribbentrop lunched with M. defend their interests, we have the awful case, the vital importance of
rights Edouard Daladier, the Premier. Herr Sme
with regard to our which did not seen to be fully ro- cognised in every direction, and lo von Ribbentrop was wearing the new interests", he declared."
"Nobody in Britain has any idea of take retaliatory action before it was German diplomatic uniform, which retaliation militarily, but there are too inte. he has worn only once before, on his visit to Roine.
There wer
were no anti-German de- monstrations on his arrival in Paris. The station Wis decorated *apestries, flowers, dwarf pine-trees, and tri-colour and swastika flags intertwined, but no Bags were dying n the streets, and no crowds gathered the roule from the station to the hotel.
TO-
"DON'T DOUBT JAPAN"
many who believe that if we zaliate in the economic scrise,..we should make some impression on the Lord Barnby expressed the opinion Japanese."
that it would be wiser to wait until with Lard Elibank said he had pre- we were further along the road of viously suggested denunciation of what was going to take place before the Anglo-Japanese trade agreement we doubted Japan's repeated asser- of 1911 with regard to Japanese tlons that she had no ambitions of rading with the colonies.
territorial nggrandizement in South China.
Two Thousand uniformed and plain-clothes policemen were on duly in the route.
Herr von Ribbentrop was greeted nt the station by M. and Mme. while Republiem guards Bonnet, formed a guard of honour.
Herr Ribbentrov told M. Bonnet; "I'
m very happy to be in France. aw France all the morning in the magnificent sunshine."---Reuter,
TEXT OF DECLARATION
Faria, Dec. 6. The Franco-German declaration
CLOSE HK. TO JAPAN
·was natural that there should "The second way I would choose that Britain had given active help, be continued representations in Japan would be to close Hongkong to all and that had caused natural mis- Japanese ships and cargoes between givings and suspicions, which were, Japan and South China and thus however, unfounded. effectively block Japanese trade with Canton, he said.
I
be
to
JAPANESE THREAT TO CHUNGSHAN
"Central News" Confirms Kongmoon
Loss
MANILA, Dec. 7.
THE CONDOR, pride of German civil aviation, lies
in a hundred feet of water in Subic Bay, within sight of the Philippine Islands.
The story of her crash and the subsequent rescue of her erew is one of the epics of aviation in the Pacific.
"I WAS FORCED DOWN AT SEA"-See Page Six
It is interesting to note that the four Germans are the first airmen to be rescued from the clutches of the Pacific Ocean.
Brophy, flying from Hong-
kong to Manila, Charles Ulm,
flying from Canada to New LATE NEWS
Zealand, Amelia Earhart, flying from New Guinea to California,
and Charles Kingsford-Smith, en
route from England to Australia, were never seen again after they were lost in the vast expanse of ocean that borders three con- tinents.
The Condor's last radio report to' The Manila Air Port was sent at ap-! proximately 3.30 p.m.
Was
Naval Arsenal
Site In H.K.
Question In Commons
Surely, asked Lord Barnby, there
After this routine report, which had been often enough statements
zave the plane's position, there was "Another Way would
the by responsible Javanese statesmen, YUNGYUUN, Dec. 7.
complete silence, despite continuous closure of all Indian and Straits which coincide with the fact that
CHUNGSHAN,
to one of efforts by Manila raise Settlement ports to Japanese coastal Japan's main desire was to assure a
the shipping.
stabilised Goverment in China, and the
Germans. richest districts in make sure it was free from Com-
At 4 p.m. Mr. 1. Sakowsky, the "Yet a further way would be with
munistic inßuence and anti-Japanese
Consul General, regard to Japan's desperate need for activities.
Kwangtung, is threatened Japanese
worriedly pacing in front of the air- foreign exchange and credits,
"I am credibly informed that the pression of lack of sympathy with
He did not wish to give any im-by the Japanese.
Jori
office as American Air Force, It has been completely cut planes sent out to search for the The Prime Minister, Mr. Neville which will be signed this afternoon Japanese gold reserves pro down to China but he pointed out that there off from the interior after missing Germans reported that there Chamberlain, suid in the House of by the Foreign Ministers of the twotion has reached the low level of there should be strict impartiality, the fall of Kowkong and
£30,000,000, and their gold produce was a moment when in any debole
was no sign of the Condor. Commons that no communication had countries is, according to reliable in-
£12,000,000 a
London, Dec. 6. A year. taken place with the Italian Governformation, worded as follows:
giving encouragement to neither side, Kongmoon.
tespatch simultaneously with the of other search planes from ment regarding the administration of
"Is it intended to re-purchase the With regard to the suggestion that "The German Reich Minister for "I venture to urge that as Japan
Manila Captain Mark Lewis, in Naval Arsenal site sold to the Hong- the Suez Canni.
Foreign Affairs, Herr Joachim von will not listen to reason, the time Japan wanted to exclude all foreign A Japanese aircraft-carrier charge of the original search fight, kong Government last year?" asked
ibbentrop. Asked if the mattetr would be dis- Minister, and the French Foreign has definitely come to take special interests in China when' the recon- and three warships are reported flashed the following dramatic radio Lieut. Commdr. Fletcher In the
have economic steps to enforce our view struction took place, he thought to have arrived off the Chung-message. cussed during his visit in January to the occasion of their meeting in point, to avoid being driven out of Britain should jeok at it from the tone arr Roure, the Prime Minister said he was Paris on December 6, 1038, conclud- this trading field.
angle of practical commonsense. not prepared to make any statement.ed the following agreement, in the
He asked if it was possible to see
General Chang Wal cheung, Reuter.
name, and on behalf of their respec-
that China could be reconstructed magistrate and concurrently com-
mander' of
-units guerla tive governments:
KILLED FOR NOT
REPLYING TO
NAZI SALUTE
Kaunase, Dec. 6.
M.
JAPAN'S OUTLOOK
"There is very Hille doubt that by ments are agreed in the conviction in Japan to-day towards China and foreigners. that peaceful neighbourly relations her trading problems. between Frunce and Germany .con- "According to the Tokyo Times on
to
House of Commons to-day.
Istitute one of the most, essential | December 1, which mentioned the obviously the assistance most, zaught and put up silf resistance against wreck and they landed in Subic Bay the rite could be ucquired; but no de-
In
All except Herr Junge refused to
takén ---Reuter.
Mr. Shakespeare, for the Govern- "SHE IS SLOWLY SINKING"
ment, replied that the sile of the old "I have Lighted the Condor. Arsenal-yard in Hongkong, which was vacated on terms agreed with the - She is slowly sinking." nf
Dozens of Filipino ashing vessels local Government, was never the 1, The German and French Govern- there is an entire change of outlook to Or by China and Japan Chungahan, on whose shoulders resta were clustered around the Vagina property of the Admiralty. There
no question of re-purchase. "Commonsense shows there
there will be defence of the district, has issued machine, and they took off the Ger- fore
arises. anted for foreign assistance and orders to all guerilla troops under man crew.
ពត
Enquities were recently made by Amphibian planes were despatched i command to take strict vigilance
from Manila to the scene of the the Admiralty in regard to terms, on which possession of part or whole of elements of the consolidation of con-new order in East Asia, foreign for will be Britain's," he declared. ditions
He suggested collaboration with any invasion.
from where they rescued the Germans Europe, and of the main-interesis and foreign trade will play
Meanwhile, there indication that tenance of general penca. Both
very smali. part in the future the United States, which had only the Japanese are planning to inter from the fishing vessels, and brought (elsion on the matter has yet been
situation in China," economic
aubsidiary covernments will, therfore, devole
Interests, and therefore
them into Hongkong,
The fillers were all cheerful when #ll
Lord Elibank referred to the ro- patience in dealing with the subject their drive up the West River. their efforts to bringing about and Assuring the security of such rela-acnialives of foreign chambers of ducing a situation which is going to proceeding to the West River area discuss the crazit.
cent meeting in Shanghal of repré- "We wish, above all, to avoid pro- About 1,000 Japanese reinforcements they landed at Cavite. A Lithuanian was killed by two tions between their two countries.
equipped with tanks are said to be Memel Germans when he refused to
Both governments
commerce, and the identical repro- moka sotllement all the more dim- reply to a Nazi Salute,
to attack Szewul on a tributary of ure agreed sentations each Chamber had made cult," no concluded.
Herr Junge briefly gave details that no questions of a terri
territorial
the river. Japanese planes re-
of the crash and ádded: "It was The Lithuanian Government has natura" are pending between their to its government with regard to the oxlating Japanese trade aggression in
GOVERNMENT REPLY
connoitred over the district yester-
Just one of those things that withdrawn the Security Bills from countries, and they solemnly China.
happen." Parliament in order to avoid the ecounse the exliting frentiers
bate, sald, that Lord Elibank had
the north-east of Canton,
Philppines defence regulations complications regarding
Memel dividing them as definite and final action is necessary, that, although | vibus deliborations, and he had al-locked in a bitter struggle between a direct routo over Corregidor and
To much an extent do they feel neked, whent rerults had come of pre- Chinese and Japanese
troops
are | prevent civilian alternft from flying affairs-Reuter.
Both governments are de termined, subject to their special they know any retaliatory action fuded
certain matters in respect Taipingchang and Trunwohu, lying he Cabalio islands, the German relations with third Powers, to re-might seriously Inconvenience them,
south of
which Tsungia,
1 were forced to approach Manila by main in touch with each other con- they are prepared to face up to those of He maintatos, I think, perfecily approximately 35 miles from Canton. a roundabout way over Suble Bay. cerning all questions which interest foreign trade in China," he said.
rightly, that British Interests are Japanese reinforcements have been their respectivo countries, and to consult each other whenever the sufficiently is the attitude of China
"Another aspect not usually noticed receiving unfair treatment at the rent to Tapingchong and Trunwohu
hands of the Japanese Govern- | to
ate their positions. future development of such questions towards Britain
morning several hundred may lead to International difficulties."
*** "perret I am unable to report | Japanese infantry and cavalry men, satisfactory progress, but I should preceded by tank units, started a "Hice To Inform the House of the
on tho
Chintst anti-tank guns and machine- guns opened up and repulsed them.
POPE PIUS IMPROVES
Vatican City, Dec. 6. Pope - whose condition has |-
fat for a drive in a motor Les Vatokat Gardens · this
DECLARATION INTERPRETED. The Franco-Clermon declaration tnterpreted in quarters clos fociated with the Germans del “accompanying the Fore! m gion time Htla Hölinkus las meaning that the toine ajet dode since his recent | forth, no longer VIDEO NE
Inconveniences for the future · of
"I'KATO' Person to believe there it's strong feeling being mɣender»
Lord Plymouth, replying to the de-day
dav
ment.
*ad in Chianʻragaitzel Melisin ovrtnar - pezinātāons with regard to theeo parti- | walter-attack
ITALIAN YOUTHS
DEMONSTRATE
Rome, Dec. ́§.
attidenta
Fivo hundred Italian.
Palavat lo natal them in Firstly, the phelton in Tsingtao is About 10 Japanese were killed. Two demonstrated outside the ind
tarikan were « damaged."--and--two | Consulate ab ́ Genoa shouting: Sosed on shipping machine guns and inany rules were Cornionio Pare
emptured by the Chinese-Central pe by