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American Britain
Britain Asks
Museum
May 3. 1939.
Asks Release ALHAMBRA
Expedition Of Hongkong Steamer
Mammals Captured
In Burma
TOKYO, May 2.
SIR ROBERT CRAIGIE, the British Ambassador” to Japan, called at the Foreign Office to-day, and on behalf "We wanted mammals of all sizes from the mouse right on up," ex- of the British Government requested the release of a plained Dr. H. E. Anthony yesterday when he told the history of the ex-British mercantile steamer seized by the Japanese not pedition which he has just led into far from Cantori,
Burma on behalf of the American
Museum of Natural History, New
York.
The Japanese allege that the
think it can be considered a steamer was smuggling arms successful expedition," he added, re-into Chine porting that he and his four white
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companions had bagged 1,000 mam- The deputy Foreign Minister, mal specimens, 1,000 birds, and Mr. Sawada, took cognisance of 2,500 plants, along with perhaps a million plant seeds which may come the. British representations, to blossom in. American and Engilsh|without, however, '- defining his Kardens.
attitude to them.-Trans-Ocean, i Dr. Anthony, who is Curator of
The Trans-Ocean" the Department of Mammals at the parently refers to the Douglas Steno
message Americon Museum, arrived in Burma ship Company's Sagres, which, wh In November. There he joined two recently detained by the Japanese Englishmen, Captain Kingdon Ward, naval. authorities, and is all being noted botanist, and Mr. J. K. Stan-held by them, although the crew
Dresses ordered by dance hostesses ford, ornithologist and former De- puty Commissioner in Burma, and were released last week, after being employed by the Grand (or Kwong- subjected to revere questioning. chow) Cabaret. Hill Road, West the arrival of Mr. A. S. Vernay and
Point, from the International Com- Mr. Suydam Culting, Museum At the annual meeting of the pany, of Des Voeux Road Central, trustees, who had sponsored the ex- Douglas Steamship Company fast formed the subject of a claim brought pedition, completed the party. week, Mr. W. E. Kirby, Secretary of by the International Company painst
Big game hunting experience and the Chinu Coast Oncers' Guild, pro- Lindsell
the Cabaret before Mr. Justice N. E.
in participation in several earlier ex-tested strongly against the action of
Court the Summary peditions equipped Mr. Vernay for the Japanese naval authorities, claim-yesterday, Plaintiffs claimed $210.40
the undertaking. and Mr. Cutting. Ing that the detention of the Sagres delivered, and costs,
as balance due for goods sold and
who was with the Roosevelt expedi tion which captured several giant pandas in Tibet, had done much ex- ploring in both Tibet and India.
While chiefly pursuing the Museum's alm to make a represen- tative collection of mammals from all over the world, the expedition was charged to collect also such birds and plants us they encounter- ed.
110 People In Camp
was unwarrantable as the ship's papers had been found to be in order, plaintiffs, and Mr. W. BI. Brown for Mr. A. S. K. Lau Appeared for He then advocated a stronger line of
defendants. action by the Imperial Government regarding the intervention and de- tention of British shipping by Jupanese navy.
the
Mr. Lau sald in December a re- presentative of the Callaret called on plaintiffs and sald it was proposed to open a Cabaret. It was up to the Allegations Refuted'
Cabaret, he sald, to lend the dancing hostesses money in order to enable "There is definitely no truth in the selves attractive
them to buy dresses to make them allegation that the Sagres was carry-He also said that as the Cabaret had in their business.
"We were quite a party," recounting arms," said Mr. S. T. Williamson not yet opened, rendy cash was not ed Dr. Anthony. "With coolies, car-pargatan sa MALY
this morning.
2DAYS TO-DAY • TO-MORROW. tiers and skinners there were some- "The Sagree was loading salt when
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Japan Dissatisfied
times 110 people in our camp and she was seized, and this was her only. maybe as many as a hundred mutes, cargo." We pushed northward from Myitkyina, Burma's northernmost railhead, and pressed on and upward until the snow stopped us. There was sometimes a foot
of snow in our camp. The furthest point of our trek Was 15 days' march from Myitkyina.
SHANGHAI, May 3, Japanese dissatisfaction with the alleged lack of good faith on the part
avaffable, and asked plaintiffs to allow the girls credit, saying the Cabaret would undertake to pay for
the dresses ordered.
The manager told the representa- tive write offering terms and undertaking to pay for the dresses ordered within seven days. A letter was later received from the Cabaret, signed by Daniel LJ, who represented
of the Settlement and Concession himself to be the manager. It con-.It
activities flared again wibert
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authorltics In curbing politeal thined certain terms, but did not MORE TERRIFYING THAN EVER There were known head-hunters Japanese Army and Navy Issued a dresses ordered within seven days. NEW WEIRD CHARACTERS.. NEW THRILLS!
the mention the undertaking to pay for
Dr.
Government,
silence as consent.
on each alde of us, but they did not give us any trouble. In fact, joint stalement supporting the recent Plaintiffs wrote back, pointing this we found the hill tribes, who are representations made by Mayor Fu out, but no reply was received; and: very distinct types from the lowland Slao-en on the Shanghai and French plaintifa accordingly took. this Burmans,
very friendly and we en-Municipal Councils.. gaged them as porters. They wear
Soon afterwards, dancing hostesses. Included in the Joint statement went to plaintiffs, producing cards: colourful
and were excel- costumes lent subjects for the colour pictures Dying of Chinese Nationalist legs, countersigned
were demands for the prohibition of with the name of the Cabaret and which we took."
by the manager. said that along the suppression of activities of lawless They were given credit for dresses. Anthony
elements und the transfer of law) border of Yunnan and Burma” they
Exceeded. Credit courts to the Chinese Municipal| Cheng: Kin-eno, found growing the taiwania tree-
manager of the which is the real name of the coffin
International Co., said that when the. tree for whose wood the Chinese are
girls ordered dresses which exceeded willing to pay exorbitant rates for because their reliance on the police ed Li Yut-chung at the Caberet. Li was the cradit agreed upon, he telephon- use as coffin planks. The tree is power and good faith of the Settle undertook to pay for the excess and quickly disappearing and such trees ment and Concession, authorities that plastiffs therefore looked to the as remain are already earmarked. th Japanese Army and Navy Caburet as being responsible for any The expedition found that the tree authorities from the very beginning debt incurred by the girls. Former- was the medium of quite a pront of the present hostilities have endured ly. be used to send completed dresses able undertaking business. Growing like to a height of 200 feet, it yielded the numerous tactical handicaps into the Cabaret, but later he received The their operations for the drive against general instructions to let the girls as many as 80 coffin plants. Maru tribe sold a tree to the chine the Chinese forces in the Shanghai bave the dresses they ordered, if they ese for 40 rupees. The Chinese then tusk of eradicating elements
area and have subsequently left the signed for them,
The statement. said:
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transported the tree at a cost of Settlement and Concession to the 200
rupees, and secured a
a return a respective authorities. coffin planks of 1,200 rupees-mak-
Anthony, in Word.
Cheng said $669.40 worth of goods
had been sold and delivered to de- fendants, and only $350 worth had been paid for. He was claiming the balance. He had received acknow-
Fing a handsome prost. The tai- It is therefore much regretted that ledgment of the amount owing when wania grows only in Formosa and the local situation tended to become he sent an assistant to the Cabaret Burma.
said Dr. worse than it was at the time of the with a debt acknowledgment book, to his own satis- retreat of the Chinese forces from far a chop was placed on the book, faction that it does not grow In Shanghal and its vicinity.
Cross-examined by Mr. Brown, England, where, he considers, a plot
plaintiff said he had never agreed of trees grown from seeds brought "For notwithstanding, the frequent with defendants to look to the earn- home from Burma arc actually representations we have made, not ings of the girls to be deducted for juniper trees,
only have outbreaks of terrorism payment of the dresses. 'conf,ucu until this day but
Rhododendron Trees
Kiuklang Blockade
dresses within the time stipulated. He only undertook to pay for them after deducting their cost from the earnings of the hostesses. He denied being responsible for the debt.
The case was adjourned to May 13.
numerous organs of the Chungking i Daniel Li, manager of the Cabaret, Referring to their sced collections, Government are, carrying on their sald he had never made an agree- Dr. Anthony said: "We collected the various activities both in the Settlement with plaintiffs to pay for the seeds of many plants already intro-ment and Concession.-Domel, duced into England. We found many of them up in the snow coun- try where only hardy plants survive.
Landon, May 2. There we came upon
rhododendrons
Mr. Robert Morgan naked - the growing on trees several feet thicks. Premier in the House of Commons Captain Ward 18
that examination
whether will
to-day several residents
former British and merchants a new types among these plants,
"Mr. Stanford said, that the birds return to their property, and if not, Kluklung, had yet been allowed to included some of the
Anost speci-
what steps were being taken in the mens he had
seen.
There were
LONDON, May 2.-In the course some which had
which had never taken
never before been matter. in
Mr. R. A. Butler feplied in the day, the House of Commons rejected Burma, and some which,
of the report stage of the Budget-to- perhaps, had never been taken any negative to the first part of the ques- the Labour motion to reduce tobacco where in the world. For my own tion, and added that every opportun- and sugar duties. part, I am satisfied that examina- Ity was being taken to press fuc
discl
Budget Debate
tion of skulls, still to be made will matter with the authoritics concern- Both duties were confirmed with a revent that our collection includes aed-Router.
Jeubstantial majority.--Reuter. number of hitherto unrecorded mam- mats."
Dr. Anthony is the last member of the expeditlan to leave the East, Messrs. Vernay, Cutling and Stan- ford having flown to England and Captain Ward having доло by stramer. Dr. Anthony Balls for America to-day by the Tatuta Maru.
HONGKONG REFUGEES
Latest Position in The Government Camps
The numbers of refugees and des- titutes accommodated, in Government camps in urban and rural areas are given 'omelplly as follows:
In urban areas, ' civillang-King's Park 1,600 for the week ending April 20 as compared with 1,810 on April 23; Matauchung 029 as compered with 869; North Point 1,005, as com pared with 1,070,
In urban argas, soldiers-In Lal- chikok Hospital (Upper Ward) 18 on Apr 29 as compared
13 on
April 22; and: Matauch: 45
compared with 772,"121963010
In rural areas--At Kam Tin 1959. on April 29 as compared with 1325 on April 221 Tenling, North :721 as compared with 745; Fenling, Bouth 656 as compared with 883 and Man Kam To 78 as compared with: 977;i-
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