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EX-MINISTER
Tuesday
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
DISMISSED
ROOSEVELT ALL POSITIONS
MAY THROW THE "TELEGRAPH” was informed this
DOWN THE GAUNTLET
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.
morning by an unimpeachable source that reports that Wang Ching-wei had departed for Shanghai by the Lloyd Triestino liner Conte Verde are absolutely without foundation.
The former Chinese Minister, it is disclosed, is still!
MANY VITALLY IM-in hospital in Hanoi. hang PORTANT issues
upon the deliberations of
He has not yet arrived in Hongkong and, according
the 76th Congress which to latest Information, may not come here, but may
assemble here will
to-proceed direct to Europe by air.
WANG DISMISSED
from HONGKONG
issued by The statement morrow.
The Presidential message Wang Ching-wei last week was which will be read to Congress telegraphed to Hongkong from on Wednesday is likely to con-Hanoi, and issued here by Mr. contrate on the intensification of Wang Ching-wei's agents. America's preparedness in the light of the deterioration of in- with ternational relationships, special reference to President Roose- "hemisphere velt's programme for defence and the extension of the Monroe doctrine to provide for the united defences of America by all the republic of the hemisphere.
Kramme.
Chungking, Jan. 2. At an emergency joint plenary: session of the Central Executive, níter- and Control committees of the Kuomintang yesterday noon, it was decided to expe!! Wang Ching-wei from the party permanently.
The President is expected to claim the that for many years to come burden of this ambitious programme
At the same tine a statement, ad- will have to be chiefly borne by the United States navy and air force, and dressed to the Chinese and foreign he will ask for a very substantial in- public vigorously denounced Wang crease in the existing armament pro-Ching-wei's so-called "pence move ment" ns completely violating party President Roosevelt will probably discipline. give expression to the serious view on the spread of totali lie now holds tarianism, and without mentioning the three Powers of the unti-Com- munist pact by name, he is likely to make it pinin that, in the face of Japan's torin to make herself over- lord in the Far East, of Italy's efforts to expand in the Mediterranean, Ger- miny's ambitions in Eastern Europe and the Ukraine, and the united drive of three Powers for markets and political advantages in South Ame- rica, the United States has no alter-
follow
the de- The statement reaffirmed termination of the Kuomintang and the Chinese Government to the polley enunclated by Chiang Kai- shek in his speech on December 20,
At yesterday's meeting, General- issimo Chiang Kai-shek advocated leniency towards Wing, proposing that he be given friendly advice frst, then a warning, and finally expulsion if he did not heed the warning.
CORPORAL'S DASH WAS IN VAIN
Mother Dies After Reunion With Son
cort-
THE DRAMATIC DASH of]
Walker from to England last Corporal John Hongkong month to visit his mother, Mrs. Ada Walker, who was lying dangerously ill in a hospital at Shoreditch, and who was tinually calling out for her son, although succeeding to the ex- tent of allowing Corporal Walker to reach his mother's bedside in' greet cach time for them to
1 note other, ended tragedy yesterday.
on
of
According to a "Reuter" cable received from London this morning, Mrs, Walker died in the Shoreditch
yesterday.
ATEDDY BEAR THAT SNUGGLES!
January 3,
1939.
WAR TAKES HOLIDAY
HONGKONG KIDDIES WILL EN VY this little Australian girl, who has for a Christmas present a xeni, live "teddy bear." The girl, with her litle konin, lives at Lone Pine. In Brisbane.-. N. T. A. Photo.
Dramatic Air Search
IN
FAR
EAST
FOR THE FIRST TIME in almost eighteen months
complete peace has reigned throughout China.
War took a holiday on LII fronts in order to celebrate the birth of the New Year.
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Not even isolated skirmishes have been reported, field despatches to Chungking say,
which
on
of MARCONI'S FORECAST
Chinese forces December 31 were closing in on Fahsien, 25 miles north Canton and 15% miles south- west of Tsungfa broke off their advance shortly before midnight on New Year's morning in order to join in the celebrations with the peasants.
Similarly, on the Hunan front, the Japanese delending Yoyang were allowed 24 hours respite while both New Your sides ate their meagre feasts,
It is believed, however, that the
lull will be short-lived. The Yoyang
COMES TRUE
Romarkable Television Feat By B.B.C.
LONDON, Jan. 2.
BRITISH TELEVISION
defenders are being hard-pressed by programmes from Alexan- the Chinese attackers, and the fall of dra Palace have been scen
Yoyang is believed Imminent.
arc be-
and heard in America.
Similarly, the Japanese lieved to be making preparations to drive into renew their westward Kwangtung, and the northward and Was
This astonishing news transmitted to the
nouthward drives along the Canton-B.B.C., by the Riverhead
Hankow Railway.
mado
Chinese military, planes their at raid of 1938 when they
Station in New York.
The official radius within
visited Nanking on the morning of which television reception is December 30, and dropped four
bombs on the old Arsenal, which guaranteed by the B.B.C., is 20 Is now Japanese military bead-to 30 miles.
missiles made The quarters.
direct hits, causing, it is claimed, large number of casualties..
For Imprisoned Wife White Russian
LONDON, Jan. 1.
SEARCH FOR A WIFE who was having trouble with the
native but to re-am as intensively us are stated to be most indignant the mother remained alive, despite Soviet authorities" was the dramatic motive, for an unauthoris-
she can without actually upsetting her domestic economy.-Reuter,
JAPAN'S DISCRIMINATION
Washington, Jan. 2. The Administration intends to lay before Congress data showing the extent of discrimination Dgainst American trade in Japanese-occupied China, and in Germany.
What action may follow depends upon the strength of sentiment op parent in Congress and the country. The President will not use the powers available to him under section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, unless he feels that the nation is with him, but if the publle gives a mandate, its understood that the Administration is ready for retallatory measures,
Section 330 of the Tariff Act empowers the President to impose prohibitive duties upon the imports! of any nation discriminating against American trade, and even forbids the importation of other nations" goods in offenders' ships.
nearly
The Kuomintang lenders, however: Wang's pence message, and unanim-
serious condition, for her ously adopted a resolution for his permanent expulsion from the party three weeks after the reunion with
The National Government Office Corporat Walker, and at one also issued an official mandate order-
entertained that might bring presence tag the arrest and punishment of alle
regime miraculous recovery, but after who participated in established by the Japanese as initial rally, due to the joy of seeing
traitors-Reuter.
the
(Full Report on Page 7.) "KNOW HIM TO BE A QUITTER”
were
Line
his
about
an
• came yesterday,
her son again, Mrs. Walker gradually and the end, not at all un-
usbar
It was the mollier's constant calls! for her only son which induced Mr. E. Thurtle, Labour M.P.. for Chungking, Jan. 2,
Shoreditch to intervene with the War Mr. Chow En-Ini, one of the most
Office and to secure telegraphed Walker's prominent leaders of the Communist instructions for Corporal Party, told "Reuter" to-day that the leave from Hongkong to be put for- peace move made by Wang Ching-ward
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be that
could rusli
wel came as no surprise to him since. immediately to England to see his
in my 20 years of association with dying mother. Wang, I have always known him to be a quitter,"
Chow, who played a leading part in the Sian incident, said that Wang, during his entire political career had "trequently changed alignments."
If discrimination continues there-
Wang had worked with the Com- after, the President could embargo all trade with the offender. It is murists at Hankow in 1027, joined understood that the threat of this the rebellion of Yen Hsi-shan and alone was aufllelent in the case of a Feng Yu-belang against Chiang Kai- European nation a few years ago to shek, and had also joined Hu Han- end discrimination. Her Ambassador min in the Canton revolt. was shown the text of the proposed
decree, and capitulation followed.
does
not Im-
Every time, however, Wang had! intrayed his colleagues no Loon as the guing was difficult, said Chow, he citai and being an opportunist, always pursued the line of least
resistance.
Corporal King missed the outgoing troopship Dorchester by one day, but he caught the Gneisenau from Hong- kong and reached Southampton December 14, visiting his mother in hospital the next day.
New Year Eve Tribute To Madame Chiang
0:1
The Administration
steps visualise these drastie mediately, but it is rellably learned
Chungking,. Jan. 2. that if pubile opinion continues to
A remarkable tribute to Madorne harden in the face of repeated provocations, the Government vi Chow went on to say that Wang's Chiang Kai-shek was paid on New
the limit, not hesitate to
nurses marched so first move towards negotiations with Year's Eve when 100 girl students, KO
streets carrying convinced is it, that particularly in the Japanese was made in an inter- Er guides occupied-China, American enterprise, view he gave "Reuter" immediately through the main educational und philanthropic, as after the fall of Canton, and just be-scores of silk banners to be presented
well
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Chungking, Jan. 2.
Pledge To Soviet
It is realised that reception over a bo distance of 3,000 miles may possible in exceptional clrcumstances but the event has caused surprise in the radio world.-Reuter,
B.B.C. Television broadcasts are made on ultra-short waves of ap- metres Or Jess. proximately 13%
These waves of enormous frequency were believed to have only quasl- optical range, i.c. a range similar to that of the eye.
with
static-free beam
During his visit to the Far East, the late Marchese Marconi told the "Telegraph" in an exclusive interview ed flight into Soviet Russia which cost Bryan Grover, 37-year-
MOSCOW, Jan. 1.
that this assumption had been proved old London engineer, a fine of 1,500 roubles, confiscation of his
of White incorrect by experiments he had just THE PEOPLE plane and an order. forbidding him to enter Sovlet territory for
and prophesied that ultra-short wave Russia, one of the Soviet con-conducted aboard his yacht Elettra, five years.
And Grover has not found his stituent States bordering Poland, would ultimately be used to girdle
celebrating the 20th anniversary the earth wife.
from of the proclamation of the Re- broadcasts. Grover disappeared Bromma Aerodrome, Stockholm, public, to-day sent telegrams of on November 16. Five days loyalty to M. Josef Stalin, M. Inter it was reported in a brief Molotov and M. Voroshilov. despatch that he had been M. Voroshilov in neknowledgment arrested near Kalinin, north of said that the entire Soviet was ready to fight for Socialism and indepen- Moscow, where he landed.
dence, and would rout all enemies.-- Reuter.
is being fore the fall of Hankow, when he
These bore Inscriptions extolling made a statement expressing China's her, such as the "Leader of Chinese readiness to discuss peace.
Women," and the "Saviour of the This
statement was
was vigorously Children."-Reuter. denounced by all commanding officers who participated in the military conference at Hanyo, in Hunan in November, including Chang Fo-kwel, who for many years had been a close
While Generalissimo Chiang Kal- A RECENT PHOTOGRAPH of the associate of Wang Ching-wat.
Chow revealed that at the National shek spent New Year's Eve studying Hon, Mr. I M. Henderson, who
attended People's Congress, which met at State papers, his wife
close dinner given under the auspices of figures in the New Year Honours Chungking in November, a
said the New Life Movement Association, associate of Wang Ching-wei that assistance from Britain, the which raised more than $18,000 from United States, France and Russla 400 guests for relief work among the and familles of Szechuen troops now go- could not be depended
upon, China must seek a peaceful solution ing to the front. of the
through the assistance conflict of Germany and Italy.
Chow ulso
that Wang made alleged overtures to the Japanese through his agent in Hongkong, who "visited Tokyo at least once."
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After a general collection, Madame Chiang auctioned a silver cup which went to Lu Tso-fu, Vice-Minister of Communications for $3,000.-Router.
INSURGENT TROOPS IN CUBELLS
SARAGOSSA, Jan. 1. THE INSURGENTS to-day
preminence to the demarche, and He added that Wang's action would come even totally ignore it.
China's affect
internal
Much greater attention is given to solidarity, nor the strength of her the American note to Japan, of resistance. He declared that Wang which, the "Timer" Washington cor had now practically no following in the party, the Government, or the respondent says that when the note army, except for a few associates like was given to the American press, it occupied Cubells, which has been Chung-min and Chu Ming-yi was accompanied by the intimation their main objective in the
must be considered as Balaguer sector. who never had amounted to anything. America's fundamental summing-up
Ho believed It whether
Ten
wel.
that it
A small British sports plane landed nt Bromina Aerodrome Stockholm on November 11.
It was piloted by an English- Richmond, aged Percy man, twenty-five, described as an officer helding a traffic pilot's certificate. Grover, the owner of the 'plane flew as Richmond's passenger,
LEFT NOTE FOR PILOT While his plot was away, Grover
Radio Patrols' Quick Work
London, Jan. 1.
The eficiency of the wireless ex-
climbed into the cockpit of his 'plane,quipment in pollen cars in London
and flew away.
In a note left for his pilot, Grover said that he was flying to Russia to fetch his wife who was in trouble there.
was shown last night when two cases of arrest were made soon after a wireless message had been flashed to police cars patrolling streets.
In one case a shop window was The pllot was astounded when he found that Grover had left. He said smashed and two men were arrested: that Grover had little experience of for the crime within three minutes | flying, having only recently obtained of the alarm being given.
his licence.
In the other case a house was
Weather conditions were bad, and the authorities feared that the little entered by thieves and the culprits 'planea Klemm Swallow machine were arrested five minutes later) with only a 70 h.p. engine-was not Reuter. capable of such a hazardous flight.
Grover brought the plane for £200 last October.
Behind the flight was the story of
a young man's repeated and vain efforts to get the Soviet Government
to allow his wife to come to London.
"WHAT IS LIFE TO ME?"
British Consular
Official Arrested
in-
Burgos, Jan. 2. "Reuter" is Authoritatively "When Mr. Grover was in Russia formed that Mr. Ernest Golding, Bri- Asiatletish vice-Consul in San Sebastian, years ago with the some member of the old Russian aristo-night by Insurgent military police. Petroleum Company he married a and his wife were arrested there to-
cracy,"
a friend said. "From her photograph she is extremely beauti-
the
The action follows a local juridical ful. For some reason she was not inquiry into the ramifications
was found by the Insurgenta to con- allowed to leave the country with affair in which a British consular bag her husband.
will try any way to get to tain what was described as an in- Russia and plead with the authori-criminating package-Reuter. lles personally," he said.
"I told him he might be risking hin
life, but he replied: What is life to Polish
me without my
wile?'"
from
Grover landed 30 milles Staritza, about 100 miles north-west of Moscow, at one am, on the non- ing following his take-off. He was
Interrogated arrested and political police.
Leader Dies
with
M.
Warsaw, Jan. 2. Roman Dmowski, former leader of: by the the Polish National-Democrats, died to-day from pneumonia at the age of His non-stop fight roughly 650 74.
He represented Poland at the Ver- in 1910, remarkable achievement under sailles Peace Conference miles from Stockthelm to Staritza was winter weather conditions and in such and signed the peace treaty on behalf
together of Poland, The capture followed two days a light 'plane. was doubtful of what had been contended in detail
Paderewski. Ku Meng-yu or Cheng in many of the earlier communica-bombardment by aircraft and artil-
He was, for a short Ume, Foreign Kung-po would join Wang Ching-| (ions, and as such, was designed to lery, and it is now claimed that the BRITISH EMBASSY INFORMED
Loyalists would thus lose their main i For over a year he had been at-
of communications with the tempting without success to obtain a Minister at the end of 1923. In conclusion, be absolutely refuted close that phase of the matter.
The Washington correspondent of line
Soviet visa to go to Moscow. Ile
Owing to the coup d'etat of Pll- the rumour that Wang's trip, to the "Dally Telegraph says the feel forces in north Catalonia. Itongkong might have been undering is growing in official circles that
The Insurgents claim they are ex-undertook his precarious adventure, audski in 1920, and the defeat of the apparently to call the attention of the National-Democrats in March 1028, taken
understanding with
something more is needed to meet the
than non-ploiting their success by advancing highest Soviet muthorities to his caso, M. Dmowski retired from politics- zitúntion Chiang Kai-shek.
along the Dalaguer-Seaduergel road, which has received scant attention Trans-Ocean. "I know, and I am confident that present
recognition."
from the lesser bureaucrats. absolutely Chiang Kai-shek has
Some London observers predict supported by tanks and cavalry. nothing to do with Wang Ching-wei's that Wang Ching-wei will get the Successes are also claimed on the action, he declared.-Reuter.
support of the Chinese business com- other fronts, and it is stated that the munity. The general feeling is that total number of prisoners in the the demarche will prove to be a offensive to date in 12,000. London, Jan. 1. damp squib.
It is claimed that the Loyalists are "It is
are hard The Block exchanges closed to-day,
to China's solemnly de- retiring wherever they honce there is no indication of the in- no differentiable but it will make fluence of Wang Ching-wel's declared policy" said Mr. Que Tai-chi, pressed, giving no inkling of where
loans the Chinese Ambassador to London, they will make a determined stand Far Eastern on
Reuter. spapers do hot - specially give in an interview-ztfuter:
marche
on an
LONDON REACTION
The Soviet Foreign Office, by means
QUEEN SUFFERING of a verbal note, informed the British
FROM SLICHT COLD Embassy of Grover's illegal landing at Staritza and of his detention pend- ing the Investigation of his identity.
London, Jan. 1. The British Embassy was also
It is understood that the Queen is furnished" with a description of the two-seater piano and of its identifica- suffering from a slight cold, and she
day, Reuter tion marks, which are B/ASUM, The remained indoors at Sandringham to- 'plane has been conficated..
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