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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1939. 三拜禮一號一月二英港香
CHAMBERLAIN TELLS OF PARLEYS WITH IL DUCE
"ATMOSPHERE OF FRANKNESS" DURING ROME CONVERSATIONS
LONDON, JAN. 31.
REPORTING TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS TO-DAY ON HIS
VISIT TO ROME, MR. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN SAID THAT THE CONVERSATIONS WERE CONDUCTED IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF COMPLETE FRANKNESS.
Statuette Of A Former Governor
This statuette of Lord Lugard, a former Governor of Hongkong, by Mr. Herbert Cawood, has been presented
to the Imperial Institute in London.
SOLD CAR
日三十月二十
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR visited the exhibition of Chinese Art on Monday and was photographed by the "Telegraph," deeply Interest- cil En
of the old prints.-3offer.
some
It was not expected that either side would accept all the arguments and points of view presented by the other, but although they were unable to report agreement on all points, they did achieve their purpose, since, when the conversations were over, each side had a closer If Japan Wins insight than before regarding the other's stand- points.
After reiterating that the discussions were explora- tory and informal, Mr. Chamberlain added: "Signor
in
Remain
Hankow
Troops will
and
Mussolini, first and foremost made it clear that the policy Canton
of Italy was one of peace, and that he would gladly use his influence in favour of it, if at any time the necessity aròse.
"Our hosts also nunde it clear that the Rome-Berlin axis was an essential point in foreign policy..
Commons Debate
LABOUR'S ATTACK ON POLICY IN SPAIN
LONDON, Jun. 31.
Mr. CLEMENT R. ATTLEE.
TOKYO, Jan. 31. JAPAN WILL NOT withdraw her troops either from Central or South China after peace comes to the mainland.
This position was made clear in the Lower House of the Japanese Diet to-day by the Minister for War, Lt. plain that close co-operation be- General Itaguki.
"We, on our part, made it equally
tween Great Britain and France was the basis of British policy."
THE MEDITERRANEAN Regarding the Mediterranean, Mr. Chamberlain said that Signor Musso- lini expressed satisfaction at the terms of the Anglo-Italian agree. ment, and repeated emphatically that
was Italy's intention to stand loyally by her obligations under the agreement.
In the event of a Japanese] victory, the Japanese Army will, it is indicated, remain in con- trol of such centres as Hankow, Kiukiang, Nanking and Wuhu in the Yangtse area, and in Canton and Amoy in the south.
As a basic cond.tion for the pro- gramme of "long-term reconstruc- tion in Chinn," the War Minister con- Į tidered it would be
to
BELONGING leader, of the Labour opposition, with inutual discussion of the adjust "zation troops at various parts in
TO FIRM
They agreed to proceed forthwith ment of boundaries between Italian led the discussion on Spain East Africa on the one hand, and when the House of Commons Sudun and British adjacent
terr!- re-assembled to-day after the tories on the other, as provided for Christrous recess. When the in the Anglo-italian agreement. -ALLEGATION Prime Minister spoke of Signor the Egyptian Government naturally So far as the Sudan was concerned, Mussolini's desire for peace, said would participate in the forthcoming AN ALLEGATION that he Mr. Attlee, the people of England negotiations. had sold 蟲 CAT which
"We made no concealment of our WAB were more impressed by the fact that the property of Messra. Gilman Mussolini had been intervening in France should recently have deteri
that Italy's relations with & Co., and had previously been the Spanish war for at least two and orated. It was clear to us, from a owned by Mr. D. Davies, Chiefa half years.
subsequent discussion, that the great Clerk of the Colonial Secretary's Mr. Attice was of the opinion that barrier between France and Haly was Office, was made against Kathe Prime Minister would find there the Spanish question, and until that Sai-man,
was a growing feeling of disgust in war is over, no negotiations between a 25-year-old unem-England at the attitude taken by the the two countries are likely to be played man, when he appeared British Government throughout this productive. at Central Magistracy this morn-struggle, and he added that all attempts to minimise the contribu- ing.
tions Italy was making to the offen- Ka was charged with uttering to sive in Catalonia were absurd in view Tsung Won-cheung, a clerk, a forged of the declarations made by Italy receipt for the sale of a motor car, herself. with Intent to defraud.
According to the prosecuilon the receipt purported to be signed by Mr. Davies
Appearing for
"GREAT ITALIAN VICTORY"
More than half of the detachments in the advance on Barcelona were
NOTHING TO ASK
COSTLY EXHIBITS
OF PHOTOS
Colony At Glasgow, China
for a considerable period." The stationing of troops in China,
New York Fairs General Itakagi decinred, would bo maintained for various reasons,
HONGKONG'S EXHIBIT of In- cluding national defence, the pre- photographs at the Empire Ex servation of peace and tactical opera-hibition at Glasgow cost the Colony $1,995, in addition to & similar contribution by the Hong- kong Travel Association.
tions.
FOR LONG PERIOD
This fact is revealed to-day in Memoranda explaining the Items in the supplementary expenditure for Finance Committee of the Legislative 1938, which will come before the Council to-morrow.
SINGLI COPY 10 CENTS $30.00 PER ANNUM
Half a century of Tyre Leadership
has culminated in the
DUNLOP Fort
The Tyre with 2000 tooth to bite the road !.
Ensuring the maximum of comfort, durability and, above all, safety.
The War In Spain
INSURGENTS OPEN ARTILLERY FIRE
ON OLD CAPITAL
MADRID, Jan, 31.
INSURGENT GUNS opened a heavy bom- bardment on Madrid to-day, which was answered by the Loyalists guns.
Awakened Madrilinios teft their beds and sought shelter in the undergrounds.
The bombardment started at 1a.m., and considerable damage was caused to central portions of the city.
arc
A war communique announced that "exomy pressure Is slackening on all Catalan sectors. Our soldiers heroleally resisting. Hard fighting is proceeding in the zone of Santa Eulalla de Oro, Moya, Caldade and Monte Bay.
GUARDS REINFORCED
A Perpignan report says that the French border guards have been reinforced to deal with the increas- ing animosity of the Spanish men, mony of whom are struggling to avoid surrendering their arms.
Members of the French Cabinet, M. Sarraut and M. Rucart to-day inspected the concentration camps
tional refugees.
GEORGE BURNS A JEWEL SMUGGLER Fined $8,000: Suspended Prison Sentence
NEW YORK, Jan. 31. SCREEN and radio star.
from where sume 20,000 refugees George Burns, wise-cracking have already been moved to the husband of America's No. 1 middle of France, while M. Sarraut comedienne, Gracie Allen, made received for final decision the tenta tive agreement to admit 25,000 addi- no wise-crack to-day.
Indicted in the United States Federnt Court here, he pleaded guilty. to charges of smuggling, and Was Oned U.S.$8,000 and sentenced to 365 daya Imprisonment. The
prison sentence was suspended.
Burns has already pald US$9,770 in penalties: thus he must pay a total of $17,770,
REFUGEES DIE
It is officially stated that nine refugees dled Inst night, including four children and two women at Perthus, and two children and woman at Praisdemollo-United
Press.
18,000 GO TO INTERIOR
Paris, Jan. 31. Aboul 18,000 Spanish refugees have, alnce Saturday, been transport- ed from the Pyrenean frontier into the interior of France, according to an official statement, and it is added that 60,000 refugees were all waiting this morning at the frontier to be
moved into France.
Improved weather conditions have contributed to the alleviation of the suffering of thousands of refugees, who, owing to lack of accommodation, have been obliged to remain in the which fell continuously for 36 hours. open air, and were drenched by snow
The health of the refugees, weaken- ed by the exposure, gives rise to grave anxiety, and the authorities are tak- ing extensive precautionary measures in conjunction with the Red Cross
frontier have been increased by the organisation.
Military
$250.1
were
Two scaled indictments naming the 9,000-a-year entertainment star ere handed down by the came grand jury that indicted Mrs. Elma Lauer, wife of New York's Supreme Court Judge.
FINGER-PRINTS TAKEN Burns, on his arrest, was taken to the marshal's court for Anger- printing.
It was known that Burns, along with other film and radio celebrities
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precautious along the China To
The Japanese Army was facing the future with the knowledge that its work in China would extend over wine areas and long periods. had no intention of withdrawing from The War Minister said that Japan either Central China or South China. Navy, Mr. Yonat, revealed that it was the expenditure on the Colony's x The Government agreed to share Similarly, the Minister for the intended to maintain an
biblt at the Glasgow Exhibition, adequate China fleet in
waters after
the equally with the Hongkong Travelourds already stationed there.
-Trans-Ocean. termination of the
to a maximum "Incident." Association, up
£200. The total cost of the Colony's
INSURGENT ADVANCE Exhibit was £247,
lint emphasised that when the Spanish
"At the same time, Signor Musso | Domel. conflict is over, Italy would have nothing to ask from Spain, and Count Clano spontaneously re-nfirmed the assertion already given to the British Government, that Italy had no terri- torial ambitions with
the Crown bir. Italian, and the fall of Barcelona wus portion of Spanish territore" to any
Davies sald that he was once the owner of the car in question. He hnd traded it in to Messrs. Gilman & Co. about twelve months ago, when he obtained a new car,
Mr. Davies denied that a document produced in Court had been signed by him.
hailed as a great Italian victory.
"Regarding disarmament,
Signor
SHOCKING TRAGEDY
The action of the British Govern- Mussolini favoured approach to the Girl Crushed By Bus
ment throughout the whole Spanish question by way of qualitative limita- question, with the solitary exception tion in the first instance, when condi of the Nyon Agreement, had been ations are more favourable for its dis- definite encouragement to aggression.cussion."
PREMIER'S REPLY
NATHAN ROAD TREES Experiment May Decide Future Fate
Upon the result of this experiment lles the fate of the high-and the people of the British Empire. way's famous lines of trees,
In City Street
front
ten
wheels
NEW YORK, TOO Meanwhile, it
ot
10,000 regular troops and the 5,000 Guard and cavalry to reinforce the despatch of contingents of Republican
to
Main operations took place south of Vich, where General Franco's troops captured Estany, 12 miles from Vich, and Feliu de Tarragola.
Abolish
Import Tax
It is learned that Import taxes on machinery entering China, including motor cars, locomotives and other types of vehicles, and materials to be used for production in the country, will be totally exempted or consider- jably decreased by order of the
Ministry of Finance.
Burgos, Jan. 31. Insurgent troops continued is revealed that Hongkong is also to be represented advance in Catalonia to-day despite at the forthcoming New York World dense fog. Fair by a display of photographs. This display of photographs may cost the Government anything up to $3,500, which sum has been set aside
This is in accordance with the in the 1939 estimates for participa-
principles of the wartime tax system, tion in the exhibition.
The New York World Fair open view given by the Loyalist leader, Plenary Session of the Executive A London message quotes an Inter- decisions made at the recent Fifth which was one of the important In April. Amblilous plans institat- General Minja to the "Evening Committee of the Kuomintang. ed by the Colonial Empire Market- Standard," in which he declared that ing Board la London have been his troops would fight until the last exporters sell their foreign exchanges Furthermore, all exports, If the whlitted down, in the case of Hon drop of blood has been shed and the of government banks, will be kong, to display of photographs last man idlled. demonstrating the social aide of the Colony.
contribute a proportionate share.
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the peaks of 1,700 metres, afford a natural defence for Vich and Gerona. It is assumed that the
will attempt to recéantee defence in
national revenue, it is said,
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CX-
A LITTLE Chinese girl, not The Premier said that they agreed Chick Chi-chan, who acted on! The Prime Minister in reply, caidgarding future developments in this a shocking traffic accident short- to keep in touch with each other re- yet identified, was the victim of behalf of the person who purchased that no one could read of the plutul question.
empted from export tax, according (Continued on Page 4.)
(Continued on Page 4.)
ly after noon to-day.
to the new plan. Regarding the Jewish question, The child, aged
"Nobody should think that the war about
All Colonies in the British Empirela over because Barcelona had fallen. in the country for factories which are Interport duties on raw materials Sigmor Mussolint fell that the matter years, fell in front of a travelling are contributing towards a Colonial There can be no question of surrender concerned with national defence or was an international one, which could motor bus.
Stand, where they will all be repres on the Madrid front. Our hope is not the primary livelihood of the people not be solved by any one Stale alone, and must be treated on broad lines.
Before the vehicle could
sented. Hongkong's contribution, it to be shaken." bo
understood, will be photographs of 1s stopped, one of the
will be also exempted or deceased. completely crushed the child's head. e Violet Peel Health Centre with strong opposition is being met by the inheritance tax will be enforced in Barcelona report Ваут that On the other hand, income tax and VISIT TO POPE
Death was instantaneous..
nurses, amahs and babies, the Techni- Insurgents in the northward advance the country in order to increase the Referring to his visit to the Pope,
the cal School, King's College, the Mary-through Catalonia. The accident occurred int Mr. Chumberlain said: "It was a narrowest part of Queen's Road East, knoll Convent school etc. TWO KOWLOON motor buses, on which wooden superstruc-privilege which neither of us will The bus was travelling from the city The Colonial Stand will cost a lotal The troops are now approaching the tures have been built to represent the height of the proposed easily forget, to hear from the lips towards West Point when the child of £10,000, of which longitong will Mont Seny mountains, which, with doubled-decker buses, will shortly travel along Nathan Road.
of His Holiness, expressions of ad- darted suddenly in front of it. miration and affection which he en- tertained for the King and Queen,
I was moved by the courage and humanity which aninuated his bearing
Later in his speech, the Prime
A WARRANT was issued at the If the tests reveal that come off
Minister declared: "We are begin- Government, with the approval of Kowloon Magistracy this morning for the trees will interfere
Street lighting le' understood to being now to see the results of the Legislative Council, la to make a the arrest of a man who failed to proposed service, there is every pos-fot clearance.
the at a height suficient to leave plenty long preparations for re-armament, special grant of $150,000 to the Tung anoar in answer to a summons of albility that they will fall victims to
and on all sides the public is realiaing Wah Hospital. that our a. woodman's axe.
efforts have resulted in Recent fears that alterations to enormous sikditions to our defensive annual grant of $121,000 provided in
This sum will be in addition to the premises. The Telegraph" understands that in connection with the introduction
Nathan Rood's lighting, system was strength.
The man la Kwong Chung, of 183 Government will most likely not of the double-deck bus service aro
estimates.
Temple Street According to a oppose plans for the introduction of not in accordance
PRESTIGE ABROAD
Government decision to
to make the friend who appeared in Court, Kwong the double-decker is service.
ant of $150,000 was made following has left Hongkong for Canton and his will facts.
As
"Our prestige abroad has never an a for additional funds to meet fenown explained by the Telegraph" recent-stood higher than it does-to-day, and Hospitat It is belloved that, at the most, ly, these alterations are being made Were was a time when our friendship the deficit of the hospital's finances
by the Committee of the present exact whereabouts are un only one or two trees will have lajin connection with the decision to was more eagerly desired by other for the year 1937. 10. Lopping the rarmainder will extend the gaseour discharge lighting countries WAY At The Secretary of State for the that defendant.
The Magistrate, Mr. Q. A. A. MBC- clear the wadway suelently for stem long, the entire length of "I got true what Mr. Attlee said. Colonico has approved the sdaltional
fadyen, in laguing the warrant, M Berg Nathan Road. V
The Telegraph" understands that, the tests will be made under super-boards are believed to be presenting
In addition to trees, certain alge- and outlook." vision of the Traffle Department. un obstacle.
with
|49|
$150,000 Grant To Tung Wah Hospital
grant
Warrant For Arrest Of Radio Owner
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TUBERCULOSIS IN H.K.
having an unlicensed radio set in h 215 Cases Reported in Ten Days
WITH A FURTHER 28 cases during the past 24 hours, the total number of tuberculosis victius In Hongkong since the disease was made notifiable less than a fortnight ngo, has reached the alarming figure of 215.
Pittent of the new nous allons pox were reported
+160th rrether with thre
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