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FOUNDED 1801 SMO OH WEDNESDAY,__JUNE 14,
No. 15037
1939.
日七十月四
TIENTSIN DEMANDS MET
CLAIM
JAPANESE
LONDON, JUNE 14.
ACCORDING TO THE JAPANESE EMBASSY HERE THE BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE YESTERDAY AFTER- THAT NOON NOTIFIED THE JAPANESE AMBASSADOR BRITAIN HAS DECIDED TO HAND OVER THE FOUR CHINESE "TERRORISTS” TO THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AT TIENTSIN, THUS SATISFYING THE JAPANESE DE- MANDS.
It is stated that the Foreign Office told the Japanese Ambassador that the latest investigations revealed evidence against the four accused Chin- ese which has justified the decision to surrender them in accordance with the Japanese claims.—United Press.
AMERICAN CONCERN
WASHINGTON, June 13.
IT HAS been officially announced that United States marine and military forces at all points in China will operate directly under United States orders for the protection of the best interests of the United States in the Far East.
- Further it is said the American forces will follow the tradition of cooperating with other nations in matters of community interest and the maintenance of order.
Slate Department ofcials nre following the developments in Tien- tain with considerable concern,
Records here show that there are Americans in approximately 400 Tientsin, most of them being in the British and French concessions.
owned property is
American estimated at more than 12,000,000 national currency, and the annual business turnover is estimated at 200,000,000 national currency-United Press.
Japanese Cabinet Meots
Tokyo, June 14.
The Tientsin situation came before the Cabinet to-day when Mr. Arita,
the Foreign Minister, is stated to have reported on "Japan's determination
with it."
Shanghai Also Ignorant
SHANGHAI, June 14.
BRITAIN MAKES
LAST MINUTE
APPEAL
LONDON, June 13. FOLLOWING to-day's meeting of the Cabinet Foreign Affairs Committee, reliable sources stated that Britain appealed to Japan not to impose the blockade in Tientsin.
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Britain Suggests Conciliatory Court
LONDON, June 13.
IT HAS BEEN disclosed that Britain intends to propose the establishment of a special conciliatory Court in the Tientsin Concession, composed of one Briton, one Japanese and ono neutral member, to avert the Japanese blockade and to prevent aggravation of the tension.
The Court will decide whether the four Chinese demanded by the Japanese should be extradited.
If Japan refuses to accept this proposal Britain will urgently consider means of coping with the blockade which will confront Britain with a very difficult situation in the Sino-Japanese war.
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the British Cabinet were discussing the Tientsin problem to-day-United Press,
CZECHS' DRAMATIC ESCAPE FROM GERMANS
WARSAW, June 13.
It is understood that this request; kong. The Chinese Government is was transmitted to Mr. Shigemitsu, pressing Britain for more effective So far they the Japanese Ambassador, from the economic assistance.
have used only a tiny fraction of the
IT was revealed to-day how President Benes' brother, Woxata British Foreign Office.
This motivated Japanese official commercial credits earmarked for Benes, his wife and three Czech generals, smuggled themselves
the British lorries. Chinese officinis sald sources into explaining that British Consul General In Tientsin Britain ought to be in a position to across the Polish frontier from the Czech protectorate by living for and his associates are examining supply anti-aircraft guns instead of two days in a scaled railway freight car. :
fresh evidence regarding the alleged merely lorries-United Press.
Czech Customs officials aided complicity of the Chinese captives in
them to escape, the April 0 assassination.
Spokesman Has
No Knowledge
Of Decision
LONDON, June 14.
A British Government spokesman has denied any knowledge of the alleged decision to surrender the four Chinese in Tientsin.
It was his private surmise that the Japanese Ambas- sador may bave been the victim of a hoax-United Press.
SYRIAN
THE British Embassy POLITICAL here to-day said they have not received any advicés saying that London-has agreed to deliver the four!
Although a British Government spokesman has disclaimed any know ledge of these developments, it ap pears that the appeal was made by a high oficial in the Foreign Offee.
Situation In Tientsin
Tientsin, June 14. Persons are allowed to pass through the barricades but only after a very complete search.
Herr Benes and his wife are at present in Warsaw while the Generals, whose names are a
.
According to the story of the escape
The "United Press" correspondent, closely guarded secret, remain Charles Gabb, said it required three in Crackow, On Monday Britain attempted to hours for him to return to the Con- avert the blockade by proposing the cession because the Japanese sentries creation of a threa man tribunal to took 15 minutes to search each person, which was revealed to-day, Benes decide whether the Chinese shall be The streets in the Concession are and his party quietly made their way to the Polish frontier where for two delivered to the Japanese which, it descried.
weeks to
is declared, would have denoted af climb down in the face of the Japan- ese threats.
PLIGHT OF REFUGEES
The British Volunteer
The Guards were sympathetic but Corps was mobilised last night but. they returned to their homes later realised the difficulties were multi- It is an open secret that the British when the situation remained quiet.plied by the fact that the five escapers authorities are divided as to the most United PreBS,
were all elderly people and therefore could not "run for it".
Defence Czech Customs Guards to aid the No Home For 800
desirable
taken course to be
In Tientsin-the local British authorltles
of favouring
the the fulfinent
Japonest demands, to which the
Home Government is
Onc
Serious French View
to a on
Germans
LONDON, JUNE 13. MR. TOM WILLIAMS. ΤΗΣ LABOUR MEMBER, ASKED. THE They finally hit upon a plan.
HOME SECRETARY IN THE HOUSE Paris, June 14.
On Saturday the Guards slipped the OF COMMONS WHETHER HIS Official circles here take a very party into a freight car at a deserted ATTENTION HAD BEEN DRAWN serious view of the Tientsin blockade, part of the frontier, gave thorn TO THE PLIGHT OF 800 GERMAN letion of the Government be- A Government spokesman
of REFUGEES said, supply of food and a couple
ON BOARD THE Hleves that submission in Tientsin "The situation is very serious."" pfilows. They then sealed the car STEAMER ST. LOUIS WHICH HAD will encourage the Japanese to seek!
It has been stated that the Govern-which, a few hours later, was switched NOW RETURNED TO EUROPEAN complete domination of all the
freight train headed
for WATERS. La consulting London foreign settlements in China willment
and Foland. The train safely crossed
Captain Peake, Under-Secre- their immense Brlish, United States Washington with a view to defining the border and dropped the sealed car
Office, tary for the Home The "Yomiuri Shimbun comment
and-French-investments and facili-joint policy to their mutual interests. at Polish station of Ciszyn,
Reports here indicate that the ing on the British compromise pro
British military authorities at Singo- On Monday morning the freight stressed that it was-of-first Others visualise Japan as not only pore invited French commanding yard workers heard shouts and knock-importance that arrangements aiming at is not the question of the Chinese to the Japanese, or SYRIA IS NOW FACING AN- seizing British Interests throughout officers in the Far East to discussing emanating from the car which for the emigration of refugees,
that the British OTHER MINISTERIAL
defensive CRISIS- China, but even allude to the_pos-joint
measures.-United they opened, and released the five should proceed under an orderly
stowaways. They were all very weak but apparently little the worse Programme but in the present case it appeared that there were" for their trip-United, Press.
exceptional circumstances which might justify, the admission to...
"What Japan is posals, states: British Concession at Tientsin alone.
She has taken up the question
ly.
Reuter.
America Watching
of even
CRISIS
tics.
DAMASCUS, JUNE 13.
UNCERTAIN POLITICAL SITU-
For some time there has been talk
No Change In Moravia, Bohemia Status Quo
oreign concessions in China gener- Foreign Office official had THE THIRD IN FOUR MONTHS.sibility of a Japanero bid for Hong-Press.
THERE ARE INCREASINGLY PER- seen the Japanese Ambassa-SISTENT RUMOURS THAT THE idor. Washington, June 13.
They said the latest adviceATION MAY LEAD TO THE RE- Close attention to the Japanese preparations for a blockade of the from London is that an official SIGNATION OF THE PRESIDENT Anglo-French Concession of Tientsin of the British Foreign Office AND THEN INVOLVE A CHANGE
IN REGIME, is being given by Mr. Cordell Hull called on the Counsellor to the Japanese Embassy on Tuesday House Of Commons morning and reiterated that of selling up a monarchial regime there is still insufficient evidence and various names have oven been mentioned ns ascendants to the to surrender tho Statement On
Chinese
throne. accused.
In any event, the present Cabinet He also conveyed the proposal for impasse which Page Five
when the WELL INFORMED CIRCLES SAID THE CURRENT UNREST то MAINTAIN THE arbitration and argued thint the issue Cabinet headed by Colonel Nassouhl HAS NOT AFFECTED HITLER'S DECISION is still susceptible to settlement by Bokhart resigned on May 15, shows | STATUS QUO. arbitration. United Press.
no signs of colution. The resignation
Secretary of State, and officials of his department.
It is learned here that notification of the blockade was handed to the United States Consular authorities with the implication that American business interests would be expected to observe it-Reuter,
Compromise Proposals
Tokyo, June 14.
Government And "Cheap Money"
arose
BERLIN, JUNE 13.
IT HAS BEEN RELIABLY STATED THAT HERR HITLER TOLD THE REICH MINISTER TO PRAGUE LAST WEEK THAT THE PRE- SENT FORM OF PROTECTORATES IN BOHEMIA AND MORAVIA
WOULD NOT BE ALTERED,
a
Mystery Talks England of proportion of tents
In Prague
refugees pending arrangements for their ultimate emigration, and plans were being made accordingly. He understood that Prague, June 13. the governments of Belgium and The Relch Minister, of Justice. Holland were also willing to take Doctor Franz Guertner, arrived in a share in providing a temporary Prague to-day and entered into con- versations with Reich Minister von asylum. Neurath.
The purpose of the visit has not been revealed.
There has been great perturbation is ascribed to the difficulties the In the meantime,. Nazi
angertion of Slovakia by German troops in Prague on account of the number Cabinet encountered in adapting its against Poland is increasing,
and the annexation of the country as of criminal murders during the past the third protectorate of the Relch, few days, five women having been jprogramme to the polley of the
Danzig newspapers chorged that writes the diplomatic correspondent murdered. French Mandatory Power."
three Poles, including one in the The Syrians are said to be dis-uniform of a Customs Guard, castrat-of the Daily Herald, Jappointed at the lack of assurances, ed a German with n penknife near
In the matter of the treaty of 1938 Graudenz. which provided for the release
ΟΙ
London, June 13. A question addressed to the Chan-Syria from the Mandate and comɔ
in independence
1940.- cellor of the Exchequer, Sir John plete say Simon, in the House of Commons. Reuter, Press reports from London that the British Government is pro gave him the opportunity to declare posing to Japan establishment of a that he saw nothing in present con- joint commission of extradition
Himmler's Movements
women
Capt. Peake emphasised that the this case special governments in could not be regarded as a precedent, -Reuter Special, e
-
Special Arrangements
LONDON, June 13,
In the House of Commons to-day In addition the murders of several the Parliamentary Under Secretary
past during the
several to the Home Ofce told the Labour remain unsolved United member, Mr. Tom Williams, that
PLEASE Turn To Pago 4.
German troops are already in some weeks parts of the country in accordance Press. with the frenly between Germany and Slovakia, and resistance is out suggestion of the question. The Herr Himmler's unexpected visit seems to have been made to Hungary to Prague, immediately on top of the that she could have back the greater Griman-Czech incidents growing out part of Slovakia for the cession to of the Czechs passive resistance to Germany of a slice of Hungarian
Inter- LONDON, June 13-Tho ofditions to suggest the need for any the suspected assassins of Cheng Hai- change in polley of Government re-national Sugar Council, meeting for German rule has aroused the un- territory west of the River Rab. situation in Tientsin.
relation to mended increase of 154,000 tons in the ler was sent to stiffen the German It is understood, however, that the which, he had frequently stated current. year's quota for Empire hold on the Protectorate. proposals would not be accepted Government's general policy-British growers, adjourned until to-morrow.
keng with A view to easing the wardi
garding the maintenance of "cheap the purpose of approving the recom- confirmable reports that. Herr Himan-
in
money"—a matter in
unless the British authorities properly Wireless. understand the new situation China and effect-sincere co-operation with the Japanese. for the proposed establishment of a new order in East
Asia..
Political observers point out that Japan is compelled to isolate the British and French Concessions in Tientsin by the refusal of the British authorities to recognise the situation in China.
new
that
No Intervention Informed quartera declare Intervention in the Tientsin situation by any third Powers would also be stoully rejected by Japan, while the Japanese authorities are opposed to any possible international conference for settling the present issue Domel.
Me
Tientsin Exodus
Poiping, June 18. Women and children of British and other nationalities not wanting to be PLEASE Tum To Page 4.
fleuter.
New British Ministry Of Information Proposed.
LONDON, June 13.
THE Cabinet will consider to-morrow a proposal to establish a Ministry of Information to deal mainly with the question of foreign affairs and the presentation of the British case more effectively to the world.
Lord Perth, former Ambassador to Italy, is expected to play a prominent part in the new organization in view of his special.knowledge of internationalʼaffairs and his long period of office as Secretary General of the League of Nations. There will, however, be a spokesman for, the new Ministry if the House of Commons approve the proposals?
Present plans are limited in character in order to cover poace activities but they will be considerably extended in the event of war-Reuter,
Spanish Loan Rumours Are Denied
LATEST
Compromise Came Too Late
The correspondent believes thut Hungary Grmly refuted to agree,-** Reuter. It is recalled that Herr Himmler,
Czech Strikes · Dannod-
London, June 13. ₤13. Police Chief, and head of the
In the House of Commons-to-day Gestapo, is in charge of "restoring
Prague, June 13.
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir order" in Austria, Sudetenland, The Czech Government has banned John Simon, answering the Labour Bohemia, Moravia and Memelland all strikes and lock-outs in the Pro-Member, Mr. Bellenger, said he had
Tientsin, June 14." after their occupation.—United Press, and labour trangility. Regulations no information regarding negotia- Local Japanese military authori
and labour tranquility. Regulations tons for a loan to Spain being ties informed the British lato last New Coup Expected.
on wages and working conditions organised by an International under- night that while appreciating the will be issued soon-Trans-Ocean, taking operating from Brussels.. London, June 13,
spirit in which the
compromise it was fell Herr Hitler's new coup is expected
"The consent of His Majesty's solution was proposed, within a few days with the occupa-
Government would be necessary bo that it had come too late.
The Japanese had made all ar fore British funds could be used, In' U11s way." he said. p
Exchange Of Raw
Materials
London, June 13.
7.
Exchequer Returns
London, June 13.
to
The Chancellor. referred
Mr.
rangements for the blockade and It was impossible to alter the pro- Bellenger to a previous statement is cramme at such a short notice.
The blockade started promptly nt. which he had announced - that "nój British financial interests were Ave, o'clock, barricades which had associated with such art undertaking been placed in position on the Cou
cossion's boundaries in the past Low United Press.
days being, erected and manned.
·Router.--
In reply to a question in the House Exchequer returns show that the of Commons, the President of the total ordinary revenue amounts Board of Trade, Mr. Oliver Blanley, £114,259,540 compared with £100,- said he did not wish to tie himself to 280,449 a year ago, Receipts from BUDAPEST, June 18-Members at a date on which to make a statement customs at £47,383,000 are more then the Chapter of Heroes, holders of the on the exchange of raw materials 20,000,000, up on last year.. The total highest war decorations, are forbidden between Britain and America. There expenditure less self-balancing Hems to belong to any Arrow-Cross organi- were a number of dimeuilles but £223,030,107 compared with sation Public officials have bero negotiations were making prozekas 189.934,358 at the corresponding similarly prohibited for some time
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date of 1938, British Wireless,