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PLOT TO BLOW UP PARLIMENTARY
(Continued from Page: 1).
courageous action of the police..
Sir Samuel Hoare, sald that time afler time the polles had been bauiked by the absence of power to search and control suspects whom they were convinced were terrorist leaders.
Bullion Seized
British Ship Halted
In Tientsin
July 25, 1939.
London Told Of Parleys
Opposition Irritation At Moscow Delays
LONDON, July 24. SIR WILLIAM SEEDS, the The British steamer Siang Wo, British Ambassador to Moscow,
about watched (2,595 tons), with
3,750 has transmitted a full report on and actively stimulated by forciza kilograms of silver bullion valued at the negotiations which
$3,000,000 aboard, was stopped and
Ife added that he had reliable 'Information' thai the ER.A..cam.
paign was being closely
organisations.
Tientsin, July 24.
/
werd
The Home Secretary declared that examined by the Chinese police of carried on with M. Molotoff on nothing was less likely than these the Tientsin Special Municipality on Sunday.
lower reaches of the Polho The report was received at the outrages to bring about reconciliation the
on Saturday Belilsh Foreign Omce to-day, but ne without which a united Ireland was River near Tangku
night.
Mr. Chamberlain Informed the House impossible.
127 Outrages
It is understood that the action of Commons, it had not yet been Since January there had been 127 was taken by the Municipal polfee subject to examination.
When several members of the Op- outrages, of which 57 were in London upon learning that silver bullion had position expressed their frcitation and 70 in the provinces. Experience secretly been shipped, from the
over the way in which the Moscow showed that the terrorism was to be foreign settlement.
talks were being conducted, and de intensified, and If, in August, or
mand that the House should not adjourn for the summer recess until these negotiations had been brought to a conclusion, the Premier replied that he could not consider such n
He said that he was asked by a Chinese money exchange shop in the French Concession to take the silver bullion to Shanghal
The silver bullion was confiscated on the authority of the Provisional Government. Police authorities are continuing inquiries into the plot to export
the.
"contraband" . " metal. abroad. Dowel.
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September they were faced with war When the police, accompanied by officials, reached the or an emergency the danger of sori-Customs ous sabotage would be immeasurably steamer, its crew at first, refused
examination but finally yielded. increased.
Blow Up Parliament ·
The øllvér bullion was found care- | proposal. Sir Samuel Hoare mentioned fully wrapped up and hidden in the The chances of reaching an agree- preparation of a plan to blow up hateli. A Chinese, Chen Yuan, was ment in the Moscow talks were not The House of Parliament, sad quote arrested ori д charge of having dependent upon Britain alone, he ed from a notorious plan which shipped silver bullion without per-sald-Trans-Ocean. simed at organised terrorism from mission. general, headquarters, particularly against public services, NGAY He hoped the bill would only be necessary as a temporary measure, hence its currency was limited to two years. A search warrant could only be obtained under the bill
12 there was evidence to convince magistrate that the suspect had ea plosives or firearms in his possession, The emergency powers given to a superintendent of police to make a
Thrao Chinese Hold search without a search warrant was bused upon actual police experience
October Tientsin. July 24.
December of the astuteness of the terrorists in
The British steamer Slangwo, be- rapidly changing residences. Druatic action was necessary, and the bill longing to the Indo-China Steam January
was stopped March
May must be passed quickly, but the Gov- N.vigation Company.
was prepared to consider and scorched for two hours to-day ernment
Spot impartially any proposal to improve by awned Japanese down river from July It, provided the that form gives the the Conecasion. Executive and police effective powers
Two bars of gold and several bars July to deal in
grave emergency with
10.74 /75 while September of silver were, confiscated, cases of suspicion to which legal pro-three Chinese members of the crew December
10.80b/85a cecdings were not practicable.
were arrested, handcuffed and taken March 16.91b/856 16.76b/70a A DRAMA THAT ONCE SEEN WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED! Indefensiblo
The last notice day for July rubber jaway-Reuter. Mr. Arthur Greenwood for the
Is 27th, July, the Opposition, regretted
events which called for new executivo powers. He sympathized with a kind of united Ireland, but the minority had chosen methods which would defeat their object such action we completely indefensible and repugant to British public opinion,
Tientsin Silver
New York, July 24. New York Cotton
Closing Opening
8.71/71 0.7474 8.04/05 8:62/02 8.51/51 0.50/80 8.40/41 8.41/41
8.32/31 0.23/24
8.31/32 8.21/21 9.54N
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10.00 708 16.74b/75a
Total sales for the day-500 tons.
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London, July 24.
that Asked to give an assurance the Chinese silver reserve in Tlent-May sin, which is estimated at two and a half million sterling, will not be surrendered to the Japonese authorl- He thought there was a serious ties, Mr. R. A. Butler sald the Japan-
to the December "Peck's Bad Boy with The Circus" manufacturabotage in the factories ese have never formulated
manufacturing means of defence, and British Government any proposals May wi he asked whether there was not a regarding its disposal. probability that this technique might not be used in war time.
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September He said he desired notice of a October question as to whether the reserve December Foreign Encouragement Referring to Sir Samuel Hoare's was lodged with a British bank and guarded reference to foreign Powers, Whether it would be advisable, in Mr. Greenwood sald that if this was view of the unsettled slate of affairs
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to be velled and indirect aggression at Tientsin to move it out of harm's No War This
the situation becomes even more way-Reuter, •
serious. The Labour members would
nct oppose the second reading of the
bill, though in some respects they were not satisfied with it.
ነ
-neHongkong Market
Year
In Hongkong the national currency opened yesterday morning ot the
New York, July 24. ̧ Some of its proposals were some Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange at
Confidential diplomatic reports what alarming. They had had ex the rate of 31.30, 1.c. H.K. $31.30 10 from Europe indicate that a general perience of the operation of the every $100 national currency. European war is Improbable this Omelal Secrets. Act, passed for pǹe Throughout the day the currency |
but when the year's big purpose, and later shamefully used remained steady, reaching its lowest showdown occurs In September or for other purposes. He thought it at about 31, but closed, with a steady October a dangerous crisis will be wrong to give powers of detention tone at 31,075, Native bankers ox- without a charge being made in an plained that the newspapers pub-reached in Europe making it almost
licution of the Tokyo
unspecified period,
agreement
year,
a much nowd an an outbreak of
Sir Hugh O'Neill declared that the failed to induce heavy selling, due at says a special correspondent.
Hitler must have a victory. If he Eire Government had recently enact-to the fact that such bad effect was is balked at Danzig he will probably ed more drastic legislation than this anticipated during the week-end snatch a cheap Victory in south- bill.
when the national currency reached eastern Europe at the expense of The Liberal, Mr. Dingle Foot Its lowest point at about 20.50.
Slovakia Hungary_and_Yugo÷Slavin, thought that nobody would quarrel
After bringing the German people to with the aim of the bill, but even
the present plich he is hardly able the gravity of the circumstances can-
time indefinitely-United mark Presa.
not altogether justify some of the FORBIDDEN TO LAND provisions. He complained that it
Allowed in Japan
removed safeguards for innocent Marcus Show Players Not persons, adding: "Let us have un opportunity for an accused man to know what charges. he has to meet and to make his defence; and expul- sion orders should perlodical review."
The House adopted the second reading of the bill by 218 votes to 17. --Reuter Special,
come
From Woman
HANDBAG SNATCHED The Japanese Consul-General, Mr.Three Months for Larceny under A. Tajiri, was unable to give any explanation yesterday when he was asked why the members of the Mar- forbladen to land when they arrived was charged before Mr. T. J. Ilou- cus Show, numbering about 70, were Wong Ching (21), unemployed, in Japan recently on the Empress of
terday with larceny, of a hündbag Japan. He said he had not heard ofson at the Central Magistracy yes- from Szeto Yip-ming, a married Though the Marcus artists did not woman. intend to play in Japan, they were Sergeant J. E. Jessop sold that going to make a short tour of Japan about 5.30 p.m. on Saturday, com- and had tentallvely arranged through plainant was walking along Des the N.Y.K. in Hongkong to continue Voeux Road Central, near the Cen- their journey to Americs on the Talyoral Fire Station, when Wong came Maru in August,
up from behind and snatched her
WEEK-END BURGLARS Resident of Taikoo Dock Among Victims
the affair.
Mr. G. Bird, Talkoo Docks lost jewellery valued at $205 from his quarters between 2.30 and 7.30 p.m. on Sunday.
Money and Jewellery valued at In Japan, however, for some rea-bag which contained about $1.25 In $250 were stolen from the residence son as yet not known in Hongkong, cash. She raised the of Mr. Tang Wal-fong. at they were forbidden to set foot on Wong was caught.
a last- No. 118 Tai Nam Street, while Mr. shore. This necessitated.
ip Hong-chung, No. 25 Des Voeux minute change in their plans and they Road East, lost a jewel box contain-continued their journey on the Em- ing $576 In money on Thursday. press of Japan,
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