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五拜禮 號一月四英港香 FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1939. 日二初月三
No. 13000
ANGLO-FRENCH OFFER TO SOVIET
NEW STAGE IN LONDON PREPAREDNESS
POWER Ministry of Supply
THREE MILITARY
LONDON, APR. 20.
IT IS UNOFFICIALLY REPORTED IN ISTAN- BUL THAT THE ANGLO-TURKISH ANTI- AGGRESSION NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED.
It has been learned from authoritative sources in Paris that Britain and France have also informed the Soviets, through the Soviet Ambassadors to London and Paris, both of whom are on their way to Moscow, that they are prepared to conclude a tri-power pact for military assistance with Moscow, even if Poland and Rumania do not agree to accept Soviet aid against aggression. POLISH OBJECTIONS
Authoritative sources state that the pact is virtually completed, but negotiations are still proceeding to iron out the Polish and Rumanian objections to a line-up with the Soviet.
If these objections are maintained, Britain and France will conclude an "over-riding pact" under which the Soviet's aid would be utilised under a plan upon which the British, French and Soviet high commands will very soon hold conversations.
NO ORIENT GUARANTEE
are
PACT Set Up In Britain
PREMIER TO MAKE STATEMENT
LONDON, Apr. 20, DURING a discussion on the business of the day in the House of Commons, Mr. Clement Attlee, leader of the Opposition, asked the Premier if he would make a statement on the international situation
carliest at the
possible moment.
to
Mr. Neville Chamberlain
Rejection Of Peace Plea
WASHINGTON "DISAPPOINTED"
WASHINGTON,
LONDON, Apr. 20.
IN
IN THE House of Commons to-day Mr. Chamberlain announced the
creation of a Ministry of Supply, as the latest step in British preparedness.
警
The
new Ministry will take over war stores and will be responsible for the purchases and maintenance of reserves of essential metals and other raw materials.
The Minister of Supplies will be Mr. Leslie Burgin, who will be given full Cabinet rank.
He will deal with problems of army supplies, concentrating on the ter- ritorial army generally,
BRITAIN DECIDES
Apr. 20. because the Army and Navy NO DEEP SHELTERS'
AN OFFICIAL of the accounts are all in fighting
replied: "Yos. I shall be glad State Department declared shape under Government
to do that."-Reuter,
NEW U.S. PROTEST
Restrictions On The Yangtse
that Signor Mussolini's re-orders.-United Press. jection of President Roosevelt's proposals, while disappointing, might still leave room for co-operative action.
Should the President wish to pursue suggestions for guaran teed peace and the settlement of difficulties by the conference WASHINGTON, Apr. 20.
method, he might find a basis in ORAL REPRESENTATIONS, the fact that there were some in- the Japanese Government dications of, peaceful intentions
in Mussolini's response.
The reports that Britain and France are prepared to have been made by Mr. Sumner guarantee the Soviet's Far Eastern frontiers definitely untrue, diplomatic circles say.
They added that this is a subject upon which the United States "may have something to say-United Press,
China As Democracy's Partner In Far East
CHUNGKING, Apr. 20. CHINESE officials have wel. comed the reports from London saying that China might be invited to join the anti-aggres- -sion front..
Well Informed circles declare that this indicates that Britain and Franco have not yet completely centred their attention on Europe.
Typical to-day were:
of
Welles concerning the right of American citizens in the Upper Yangtse Valley.
Mr. Welles indicated to the Japan- еже Ambassador, Mr. Horinouchi, when the latter called at the State Department at Mr. Welles' request, the United States Government's dis- catisfaction with what he described as the restrictions on Americans in that area.em
It is specifically noted that Musso- ini did not altogether reject the idea of conferences, although he minimized the value of a large conference.
World Conference
The oficial said that President Roosevelt had got in mind a world conference on each of the three possi- ble subjects, namely disarmament, economic and political.
The largest conference he had in Mr. Welles requested that the rights mind would be on economie ques of United States businessmen and tions! disarmament would be limited missionaries in the Upper Yangtse should be befter respected.
to the extensively urmed nations, and political subjects would be confined to the European nations directly in-
Mr. Cordell Hull later indleated terested. a press conference that Mr. Joseph Chung-hul, Minister Foreign Grew, the United States Ambassador, Affairs, at the Foreign Office at ten to Tokyo might raise the mat- o'clock this morning
ter with the Japanese Government.
Japan's Assurances
The British envoy's call lasted Reuter. about fifteen minutes.-Central News,
New Ship May Replace Paris
Tokyo, Apr. 21. An assurance that Jupan does not intend to extend her lines of de- fence" to the Sprattley Islands, which Japan recently took over, was given by Rear-Admiral Kanazawa, chief of the Admiralty Publicity Bureau.
He said the islands were useless for
Typ understood that peace & Fire On Liner Saidat purposes us they constated
indivisible, and war in any area in the world munt affect everywhere." "Peace, to be effective, must be world wide.*
Some quarters declare that the situation is different in China where war is already raging..
Bring Japan To Knees
facilities
Due To Sabotage Reuter.
PARIS, Apr. 20.
for sca or
tand plunes.———
THE FRENCH Government, DELPHINUS
it is stated, reserves the right
to decide whether to substitute) the destroyed liner Paris by a
The reality of a combination of a new ship, adding that this would
United States and
from three to six months.
The policy, they assert, should unit. Include an econemle embargo against
new
INCIDENT
Hitler's Reply
Members of the State Department expect Herr Hitler's reply to follow on the lines of Mussolini's, but thai It will be much longer, and will re- fer to replies likely to be received from the Balkan nations, to whom Hitler has posed the diplomatie question whether they feel them- selves to be threatened by Germany, -Reuter.
London Impressed
London, Apr. 20. The London evening papers com ment favourably on the provisional reply made to-day by 11 Duce to the Roosevelt message.
All the headlines emphasise that Mussolini wants peace and not war.
The diplomalle correspondent of the "Evening Standard," dealing with Il Duce's speech, comes to the con- clusion that Italy does not altogether agree with the present German polley.
Envoy, Mot To
Return Yet.
IMMEDIATE MEASURE
LONDON, Apr. 20. Mr. Neville Chamberlainan. nounced that the Government had decided that a Bill be intro- duced as soon as possible to establish a Ministry of Supply under a Minister who would be a member of the Cabinet.
The Bill will be frumed so as to enable a Ministry of Supply in the! full sense to be set up.
The Ministry would take over the responsibility for certain stores of general
use, which the War Office already supplied to other depart-
LONDON, Apr. 20. THE CONFERENCE appointed in February under the chairmanship of Lord Hailey, to advise Sir John Anderson on air raid shelters, states in a report just issued as a White Paper, that it opposes the provision of deep bomb-proof shelters for the whole of the civil population, and favours a policy of dispersed shelters, giving protection against blast, splinters, and falling debris.
Reich Wins
rents, including certain civil defence Turk Contracting a considerable degree of
requirements.
It was
A splendid system which be progressively extended as found desirable.
would
The Ministry would deal with the problems of, the army supply which was now considerably expanded by recent decisions to increase the army strength.
Acquisition Of Reserves
The new Ministry would also take over responsibility for the acquisi- tion and maintenance of reserves of
and essential metals
other raw materials required in connection with the defence programmes.
Branches transferred from the War Offce to the Ministry would include those responsible for research, design and experiment, production inspection, and the Royal Ordnance factories.
and
There would be provizion to secure priority for Government orders. It was proposed to establish a Minis- the terial Priority Committee on lines of the contmittee which, to- wards the end of the Great War
questions of priority resulting from the demands of the several services.
ANKARA, Apr. 20.-After keen competition from British and Dutch firms, a German group has obtained a contract From the Turkish Government for the construction of an up- -to-dato-Turkish.naval..basa..at. Qualejukon, in the Gulf of ismid.
The contract involves the expenditure of nearly £2,500,- 000,
The Dutch concern which submitted a tender, had work- ed for three years on plans for the now naval baso.-Reuter,
MYSTERY
performed the duly of settling SUBMARINE Dr. L. Burgin, present Minister Canadian Warships
for Transport, would be the Minister of Supply.
Opposition Doubts
Mr. Clement Attlee asked why the new Ministry should deal only with War Office requirements.
The report states: "This policy represents the means- whereby measures, afford-
¡¡protection, can be completed within a reasonable time, which seems of crucial im- portance."
The Objections
The three main ressons given in the report for opposition to deep-bonib-proof-shelters are:-
1-Diversion of material, effort and money from active defence.
2-Technical difficulties of con- structing a shelter system which would Guarantee keedy
and aumclent access to lie population which would want to use it.
time factor of. con-
struction.
The report adds that it is estimated that it would require two years to construct 10 miles of shelter tunnels In London, and this would only provide shelter for 160,000 persons. The report endorses the advice given to Sir John Anderson con- cerning the value of steel shelters, and a design for strengthening boso- ments...
Ordered To Search John
OTTAWA, Apr. 20. THE Defence Minister, Mr.
Mr. Chamberlain replied that the Ian Mackenzie, has announced reason was that present arrangements that four naval vessels have for supply in connection with the been assigned to search for a Admiralty and air force were work mysterious submarine. which Ing 50 extremely well, that it was has been reported to be patroll- felt that to Interfere with those
arrangements would reduce, instead ing near Halifax.
題
.
and
and
the minesweepers
of Incrence, output. The Bill, how- The Deputy Minister has disclored, ever, would enable Ministry of that the destroyers. Skeena Supply in the full sense to be set up
Saguenay Mr. Chamberlain said there would be a new Minister for Transport,
Japan, refusing to sell her the needed the Mercantile Marine Minister, M. ed in Hongkong early this Roosevelt.wi 20-President' it considered desirable at any time. Gaspe and Fundy are at present
·who ́ ́ made
awalt Herr · Hitler's
Russian polley of anti-aggression depend on the need and the Chinese Soldier Fires Trans-car would bring Japan to her knees in prestige of the French mer-
cantile marine for such a
On British Plane
Premier Doladler, to-day received" THE RM.A. Delphinus arriv-
NEW YORK, war goods and refusing to buy de Chappedelaine, Japanese products, as well as post-detailed report on the Paris disaster through the starboard wing and taking any action with regard to the morning with bullet hicles answer to his pence appeal before Results of police investibus 80)
sending back of Ambusudur. Wilson was tail fin.
to his post In Berlin,, according to After leaving Fort Bayard "informed sources" quoted by the the statement that the yesterday, bad weather forced Associated Press-Reuter, the Government will decide whether to the pilot to turn around, and he
replace the Paris, it is pointed out
Mussolini's Speech: that the Government owns more than landed on a beach near Kwong- 76 per cent. of the Atlantic Company chowwan.
Rome, Apr, 20. shares, and moreover, pays to the
Replying to President Roosevell's company an annual subsidy of
itive aid to China.
Meanwhile ofciul circles assert far seem to indicate that the that in order to be effective the anti- due to arson. aggression front must include China, Explaining
because Japan is included in Axis.
They said Japan, Italy and Ger- many act in concert, and time their acts of aggression in accordance with the situation in other parts of the world.
Britain and France should have:
■ partner in the Far East to help them, in the event of war, from -disipating their strength first one
wway and then another, they declars,
United Prets.
Japanese Reports Donied
London, Apr. 20. The Japanese press reports that Britain has offered to medže in the Sino-Japanese. '', wart have been officially denied here. United Press.
Envoy Calls on Wang
Apparently under the impres- appeal, in a speech at Campo D'Oglio, 85,000,000 francs.-Trans-Ocean. sion that Japanese plane had Signor Mussolini said: "It is absurd landed, a Chinese soldier in the to place the Axis powers on the bench vicinity fired at the plane with of reuseds.
Normandie Bomb
New York, Apr. 20.. Omcials of the French Line deny that a bomb was found aboard the 5.5, Normandie-United Press.
Quezon's Visit To U.S.
WASHINGTON, Apr. 20-Reliable [sources "hero state that President Munuai Quezon will issue-n statement zoon saying that he is unable to go to Sir Archibald Kerr Clark Kerr, the the United States during this session
Chungicing, Apr, 20.
a rifle. The bullet missed one."We reply to this message by say- of the petrol tanks by an inch,ing that Italy and Germany are work- ing for peace:...We do not want to
Router.
APPEAL TO CATHOLICS
patrolling the area. The air base at Dartmouth is also co-operating in the search.
The submarine is said to have been hovering in northern waters for more than a week.
Commons Dobato
Sir In the House of Commons,
Anderson, announcing his A.R.P. shelter policy, declared that deep or bomb-proof shelters for the PLEASE Turn To Pago 4.
LATEST
Daring City Hold-Up
A daring attempt at highway rob bery in the heart of the elly was frustrated shortly after midnight to- day by the use of a police-whistle br the intended victim, a Chinese,
The incident occurred outside the
ester Hotel, in Des
Itoad Vocux
stone's Center o
Canadian navy oficials admit, thot Hey pożaess Information that a sub- marine was elghted". throw from Camperdown, near the wireless station at the mouth - of mea Halifax harbour.
**
Pope Asks For Prayers For Peace to take part in the search were dis-
and it is probable that both holes attack anyone. We want to be left pastoral letter inviting Catholics United Press. '
were made by the one shot.
The plane carried two passen- gers, a Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt, who were bound for Hongkong,
to work in peace."
Mussolini condemned
tho
"hysteria" which is gripping "certain
· PLEASE Turn To Page 4.
U.S. NAVY UNDER WAY
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, Apr. 20——The United States- baltio. British Ambassador to China, who of Congre, although he may be able fleet left Hampton Roads at 6.36 this morning to commence passage Brrived here from Kunming by plane to come inter in the year-United sesterday, called on Dr. Wang Press
through the Panama Canal to the Pacific—United Press...
o a police report, five approached a well- drewed Chinese ontside the Glouces . Rumours that the United States fer Hotel and were about to attack
him when he produced his
his police coastguard Champlain was en route
whistle.
After momentarily lieskating, the Asipated when the vessel went 110 | Vatican City, Apr. 20, Imparcyal five miles outside of the five men turned tall and fied. THE POPE has issued a harbour for fuelling purposes. When police rushed up in response to the shrill blaxis from the wülife, which also brought a large number of people out of the Gloucester, they were Informed of the Incident. Ottawa, Apr. 20.
A cordon was immediately, thrown Mr. Mackenzio, the Canadian (around the central district, ⠀ which: Defence Minister, atates that - the pwas combed for, the robbers, utmost vigilance is Sting exercised · Talf an hour after the Incident to - establish - whether"the" submarine | four auspects were arrested. * Vallean City, Apr. 20, The Pope har given instructions to did, as reported by Captain Latter, Cardinal Solotti to speed up the pre- veteran Halifax gler, enter Halifax Uminaries in connection with the harbour yesterday. beatification of Pope Pius XI, and to Ho sald that as yet his department submit a report on the subject at the had no confirmation of the report carliest possible, date.Trans-Ocean. | Reuter.
throughout the world to pray for ENTERED, HARBOUR?. world peace during the month of MayUnited Press.
Beatification Of Popo
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