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he would study the future status of imports of Japanese gold, silver and the merchandise in the light of abrogation.
He declined to say whether he had consulted Mr. Cordell Huli before the abrogation of the 1011 treaty was nnnounced, und said he had previous- ly not thought about the heavy Japanese gold shipments.
However, since the question of the status of Japanese exports has been raised, he intends to study the maller.
In the period 1037-38 Japan shipped U.S.$415,000,000 worth of gold and $4,000,000 worth of silver to the United States, bringing criticism on the United States for providing dollar balances for Jupan, and thus making possible the Japanese purchases of war materials-United Press,
Serious Blow To Japan WASHINGTON, July 27-Accord- ing to Dow Jones Agency. there is considerable speculation in Congress clrcles whether denunciation of the trenty might foreshadow invocation of the Neutrality Act in the Sino- Japanese conflict.
Such action would automatically cut off supplies of American mun- tions both to China and Japan. Curtallment of American gold and silver purchases would be a serious. blow to Japan---Reuter.
Britain Asked To Follow
LONDON, July 27.-The executive committee of the League of Nations Union hos passed a resolution calling on the Government to follow the lend of the United States by giving notice to terminate the Anglo-Japanese commercial treaty,—Reuter,
Congresional Opinion WASHINGTON, July 27.--The majority of congressional opinious strongly endurse Mr. Cordell Hull's netion, and many prominent congres- "sional”leaders" have” interpreted"the" abrogation of the 1911 treaty as d' warning of what might happen, instead of being intrinsically import- ani.
They believe it will tend to make Japan responsible for future rela- tlons.
As an example, Senator Walter F. George, who was one of the keymnen in the defent of President Roosevelt's neutrality monaure, to-day told the "United Press" that he endorsed Mr. Hull's netion as being Justifled by
events in the Far East, ..
He added that it was exactly what many members of Congress favoured and that it left the next step in Japanese Amerlent relations "in suspension", clearing the why for whatever protective steps the United States may desire.
There was, he said, considerable sentiment at present for an embargo against Japan, while some opposed such action. The decision on such action, he added, depended on events in the Far East during the next few months.
J
Isolationists Silent
One of the most famous propments of isolation said thut Mr. Huli has handled Japanese relations admirably for years but that he would not wish his nume lo be used in connection with the trenty abrogation. This is a strong Indiention of the apparent popular opinion on Mr. Hull's action throughout congressional elreles, some of the isolationists obviously not wishing to publicly endorse the abrogation for fear of strengthening Mr. Hull's hand in future steps in neutrality or embargo measures.- United Press.
Next Move Up To Japan WASHINGTON, July 27-Omcini quarters slate that the next move la United States-Japanese relation de- finitely rests with Japan.
The United States has unequivoc ally defined her position, and, there- fore, no new diplomatic steps are contemplated unless Jupan acts. These quarters are generally unti- cipating a formal reply from Japan within a few days, but omcials de- cilned to speculate on its nature, bo yond the expectation that it will not ikely aid United States-Japoneso relations,
Retaliation?
Some officials and many diplomats belleve that Japan will immediately
· Janve lowards; economie`retallution.
to
The Register of Shares of the
from Company will be closed TUESDAY, 8th AUGUST TÚUNSDAY, 17th AUGUST, 1939, "both"days" inclusive.
By Order of Directors,
C. M. MANNERS,
Hongkong, 27th July, 1939.
G.
the Board
of
Friday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
G. R.
PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS - of the Salo by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 31st day of July, 1999, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of Illa Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Lai Chi Kok, In the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, commencing from let July, 1898, with the option et renewal at a Crown Rant to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one fur- ther term of 24 years less the last three days thereof. Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the diapo sal of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant) will be required
дл
July 28, 1939.
Churchill's Hypothetical' Query Members Fear Crisis
During The Recess
LONDON, July 27.
WITH Parliament due to
adjourn for the summer recess on August 4, sugges- tions were made to Mr. Chamberlain during ques- tion-time in the House of Commons, to-day that the House should not disperse at the present time.
Taking Care
Of The Old ·
Labour Demand For Higher Pensions
LONDON, July 27. 'THE LABOUR demand for Mr. Chamberlain said he would increased old age pensions, announce next week the date which is likely to be an important to deposit with authorised for reassembly in the autumn.issue at the next general elec officer who will be present at the It was proposed to take the tion, was the subject of an im sale, the sum of two hundred motion for the summer adjourn portant statement by Mr, Cham- dollars, (200) in cash. This summent on August 2, and the berlain during the debate on the Secretary and Manager. will be refunded on payment of usual power would be taken for Labour motion of censure in the
the Speaker, on representation House of Commons to-day. PARTICULARS OF THE LOT. made by the Government, to despite the heavy burden of re-
R.
PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction, to be held on Monday, the 31st day of July, 1939, at 3 p.m., at the Ofcen of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of two Lots of Crown Land at Cheung Sha Wan Road, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, commencing from 1st July, 1898, with the option of renewal at n Crown Rent to be Axed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one fur- ther term of 24 years less the last three days thereof.
Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dispo-| an of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant) will be required to deposit with an authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, ($200) In cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of
tho Purchase price. PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Lot No. 2711. Junction of Shan
BAR DEON Sai
No. of Sale |
Sex Kowloon Inland
New Kowloon Inland
Registry No.
Locality
P
Cheung Sha Wan
S
Inland Lots Nos. 2312, Between New Kowloon Lot No. 2712.
Road. Cheatsak
.
Boundary Measurementa
(N. 12. | E. W.
{Spet|ft|feri/feel}
as per sale
plan.
da.
1.9
Contents
sq. feet.
ALD. Rent.
Upset
Price
25,710
8354
3.672
Exchange At A Glance
SELLING
T.T. London Demand do, T.T. Shanghai
T.T. Singapore
T.T. Japan
T.T. India
T.T. U.S.A. T.T. Manila T.T. Batavin T.T. Bangkok T.T. Salgon
T.T. France T.T. Germany T.T. Switzerland TT. Australia
BUYING
4 m/s L/C London
do.
4 m/s L/C U.S.A.
4 m/s D/P
4 m/s France
30 da India
---819'618
the Purchase price,
Registry
Locality
New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 2705. Opposite New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 2511,
Wing Hong Street,
Boundary Moaromete
N. 8. E. W.
||FoutBees|feet|fast
na pret male
plan.
MR.
pset Price
9,000
PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 31st day of July, 1939, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Wong Nel Chung, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one further term of
75 years.
Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dispo- sal of the lot the Purchaser (If not the applicant) will be required an authorised to deposit with officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
No. of Sale!
Registry No
Locality
Iolaud Lot
No. 5537.
· Adjoining Inland Lat
No. 4543, Blue Pool Road
Wong Nei Chung.
Boundary MeasuremenIÊN
N. 8. E. W.
feet feet feet)
As por valo
plan.
Contents in
About
ay, feet
Annual-
Rental
88$
002
International Optimism
Leads To Brighter Tone On Exchange
LONDON, July 27.
Upect Price
$7,950
A MORE hopeful international
outlook was responsible for a
general improvement in London
1/2.19/32 1/2.10/32
.310
513
104
81
20
.57 $
.6312 152
..107
10.73
70%
12591
1/04
Gilt-edged, dominion and colonial
issues responded favourably to the
announcement of the New Zealand
.1/2.27/32
1/276
..29 11.16
.03
US.. Cross rate in Lon. 4.83.5/32
Mr. Arthur Greenwood" said
that
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MAIL FOR CANTON
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ặt 8 p.m. on the previous day, INWARD MAILS
From
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Direct 22nd July
Service"-London dalo,
Japan, Shanghai and Formoss Japan
Shanghal
Japan and Shanghai Japan
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fo
Manlia
call the House together at an armament, the Labour Party main-
determination never earlier date such a course was tained its
sacrifice normal progress of sucial necessary in public interest.
services. He proposed that old age Mr. Arthur Greenwood asised Mr pensions be increased to £1 a week Chamberlain if he would give con- sideration to the suggestion that there for one person and 35s, for two, auch should be regular meetings of the payments being regarded as retire- House, and that Members should not ment pension, and payable on the understanding that the beneficiaries disperse for a considerable period.
Mr. Chamberlain said he had seen allusion to sucli a proposal in the press, although It was not formally made to him. On consideration, it did not seem to him to be an advisable course to follow.
E
state
of
leave wage-carning employment.
£200,000,000 Annually
Mr. Chamberlain pointed out that
tax- such a reform would cost the payer between £100,000,000 and £200,000,000 annually, which the [country could not, at the moment,
Per
Emp. of Canada
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Hakozaki Maru
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July 20
July 28.
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July 28..
July 26,
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July 28.
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.July 26..
Taiyo Maru
..July 28..
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July 20.
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.July 29.
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July, 20..
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.July 30..
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.July 30..
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July 30..
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.July 30,
.July 31..
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July 31, .August 1..
Juty. Air France Plane
August 2
Halphong, Pakhol, Hothow and Fort
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Halphong and Fort Bayard
Shonghol
Shanghai and Amoy
Shanghai
Straits
Air Mail by "Imperial AirwBJE Direct Service-Londen date, 26th July
Calcutta, Straits and Saigon' Calcutta and Straits Alr Mall by "Air France Direct
Service"--Paris date, 28th Stralis and Europe via Suez (Papers He was sympathetic towards
etc.) London dote, Oth July and the
London Parcels — London date, iden, however, provided the present
employers
Stato Of Susponsa "It is one which is likely to keep jafford. the whole country in suspence". he added.
Sir Archibald Sinclair declared contributors, both that "in view of the possibility of workers were grave events abroad" It was un-their contributions, and desirable that the House should burden was imposed on
chequer. separate for a prolonged period.
20th June
willing to
and Increase no undue the Ex-
Japan
Tientsin
Japan
Mr. Chamberlain in reply, sald he He undertook to start immediately thought that the only reasonable an Investigation in order to decide way was for the Government to what modification was possible, and watch the course of events, and the he hoped to arrive at a conclusion be- House might depend upon it that fore the end of the recess. Reuter they would exercise their powers Special. with a duo sence of responsibility. No Pledgo
Making on extempore reply to a: Mr. supplementury question by Greenwood, the Premier said he did not want to tle himself down to precise words of a pledge, but broad- Ty speaking, if the Government contemplated some important depar- ture from their foreign policy, he thought it would be an occasion for calling the House together.
Cotton Deal With Europe
PS
U.S. Sells To France And Switzerland
WASHINGTON, July 27--Senator Mr. Winston Churchill thereupon
to-day announced that asked: Doesn't he (Mr. Chamber- Byrnes
the negotiations had been completed for lain) consider that if, during early days of Augusi, mobilisation the sale of about 175,000 bales of of the German army is steadily cotton to France and Switzerland.
The sale will be made for cash at 1.12- proceeding, it would appear congruous to announce that Parlis-a minimum price, equal to the world ment is adjourned until October price, minus the Government's carry- 25.
ing charges for 18 months, thus the Mr. Chamberian replied: That minimum price is some $0 à bale be-
1 hypothetical qucation. low the world market price. Reuter.
Is
Consuro Motion Lost LONDON, July 27-The Labour Party's motion of censure On the Government was defeated to-day by 350 votes to 103.-Reuter.
CRISIS IN HOLLAND (Continued, from Page 1.)
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other formation would have Impossible, and he added that he was the Chamber prepared to resign I
could formulate a clear statement, showing willingness
to provide
ព
working majority on which another Cabinet could be based.
It was after Dr. Colijn's statement
that
the Opposition motion
adopted. Reuter.
Short-Lived Cabinot
was
Dr. Colijn's Cabinet was formed
on July 24. It consisted of:
The buyers must agree to store the cotion for five years as a reserve supply, except in a case of war. He said that negotiations under way with another country for la similar sale.
were
Senator Byrnes to-day introduced an Enabling Bill authorising the C.C.Cto self-sgriculture-commodi-· ties abroad for reserve storage. Reuter,
Woke At 1 a.m.: "Now I'm 100:" Slept Again
AT 1 a.m. the other morning Mrs. Mary Langdon-Bruce woke up in a Morden, Surrey, nursing home.
"What time is 17" she asked, They told her.
"Then I am 100 years old," she
Prime Minister and Minister for said, and went off to sleep again.
A descendant of Robert the Bruce,
General Affairs-Dr. Colijn. Minister of Justice-M. de Vissers. Minister for Foreign Affaire-and a widow for 67 years, slie blew put all the candles on her birthday Minister for Ilome Affairs-M. van cake at her party.
Paliin.
She was offered wine with her Boryon Minister for Defence-M. van Dijk, dinner, but she said she would rather Minister of Finance M. Boden-have her usual ale,
hausen.
Minister of Colonies-M. van den!
Bussche,
The Mayor of Brighton called on Minister of Public Works M. van Miss Mary Davey recently.
Lidth.
It was her 107th birthday. She is Minister of Education-31. Schrieke the oldest woman in Britain. Minister for
Social
ASTaira-M.,
Born in the village of Clayton, near Damme. Minister for Economic Affairs-Brighton, she stll remembera cele-
de Vooys.
brating Queen Victoria's Accession.
Stock Exchange prices to-day, FRENCH DEFENCE PLAN
with active trading.
IS RE-ORGANISED
£10,000,000 conversion loan, while PARIS, July 24-FRENCH, becomes a sort of auxiliary army," Industrials, Kaffies and ells showed passive defence organization
good gains.
"General conditions of passive de- fence," the Gazetto stated, "depend would henceforth be thoroughly on the following principles: Commodities were quietly steady.militarized, the Official Gazette The Bank of England return vealed a new high record nole clr- culation, largely owing to holiday re- | quirements,
disclosed to-dny. -
Supreme authority would be wielded by the War Ministry
iration expressed the opinion thel Special.
One high member of the Admin/s- f Wall Street was steady-Reuter / instead of the Home Ministry. Japan would undoubtedly attempt to improve her economic position in
British Bank Returns
Latin American countries, purchasing there whatever products are possible Bank returns featured an
LONDON, July 27-The British all time lo replace the purchases now made highest note circulation of £510,007.-1 in the United States, particularly $10 which is an increase of £3,205,- cotton, minerals and oil.
526 over last week's returna.
Element Of Compulsion "Organization of passive defence is compulsory.
"The Ministry of National fence is to give instructions relative to this organization.
De-
"It designates the public or private establishments which must organize their own passive defence.
"The preparation of such passive
defence is to be organized by public
Prior to the crisis in September, last year, the whole organization depended on the Home Ministry and was neither compact nor centralized. Authority was exercised by municipal
serviens and by designaled private and department bureaus. Simplification
establishments elther under the Reforms have since been effected, direct authority of the competent however, and have ampllled the Ministries or under the Prefects La acting on orders from the Ministry of In auch an event, he
organization until, to-day, it sald, the
National Defence. United States
This is attributed to the holiday placed under military control. would undoubtedly demand and also reflects higher em- The War Ministry, the Official In the latter case, the establish- tako "appropriate measures" to safeployment Ogures due to the boom, Gazette revealed, would be aided in ments affected will work upon in- guard her own financial and economic position in order to combat the pos
its task by die General Staff_of the|structions issued by all the The previous high level was £609,- sible infiltration of foreign pollucal 316,640 at Christmas 1937, United Army and by the Inspector-General petent Ministries within the frame- work of directions received from the of Passive Defence, Ideologies.United Press,"
The organization itself, therefore, War Minister-Havas.
Press
com-
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Direct Service"-San
Straits
date, 20th July,
Tientsin
Straits and Manila Strails
Carthago
August 2.
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August 2.
.August 2
.August 2,
Francisco Pan American
'Airways Plane
.August 2..
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August 2.
Yunnan
.August 2..
Ajax Eurytochus
.August 3,
August. 3.
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For
Haiphong
Shanghai
Air Mail
for
"K.L.M.
Direct Bervice"-due Amsterdam,
- 10th August
Date and Time,
OUTWARD MAILS
Tsinan..........Fri., July 28, Noon. Regensburg Fri., July 28, 12.30 p.m.
Fri, July 28.. KP.0.
Airways Kasima Maru
July 28, 12.30 p.m. .....July 28. 1 p.m.
G.P.O.
July 28, 12.30 p.m.. ...July 28, 1 p.m...
Fel., July 28.
K.P.O.
Reg.
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Ord.
Salgon, Siraits, Ceylon, India, Aden, Kasima Maru
Egypt and Europe via Marseilles -due Marseilles, 28th August
Reg.
July 28, 12.45 pm..
Ord.
July 28, 4.30 pm..
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Ord.
July 28, 12.45 p.m.. July 28, 1.30 p.m..
Amoy Bongkok
Tinegaru
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Mul Hock... Fri. July 28, 3.30 pm.
Manila, Australia and New Zealand Kilano Moru
vin Thursday Island-due Thurs- day Island, Oth August
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Bangkok
for
Straits
Fri., July 28. X.P.O.
Reg,
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July 28, 5.30 p.m.. G.r.o.
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July 28, 5 p.m.
Ord. Emp. of Canada
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and Talma
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Dairen Saigon Manila Halphong
Amoy
Saturday
Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, USA., Central and South América vin San Francisco, and (Papers only for Canada)-due San Francisco, 18th August
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Parcels Reg. Ord,
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(Parcels and Papers only) for Coi- cutta
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...July 20, 4 p.m. ..July 20, 5 p.m. July 29, 5:30 pm..
Mon., July 31..
July 31, 11 ... July 31, Noon..
Fort Bayard, Hollow, and Pakhol. Szechuan ..Mon., July 31, 1.30 pm.. Halphong
Conton....Mon., July 31, 2.00 p.m. Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Imperial Airways Plane
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Japan
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.July 31. 5.30 pm.
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July 31, 7 p
Thisaluk ....Tues., Aug. 1, 9.30 am. Jean Dupuis Tues. Aug. 1, 2 p.m.
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Sulkapit
Fatshan
Wednesday
...Tues, Aug. 1, 2.30 p.m..
Tues., Aug. 1, 7 pm
Tues., Aug. 1. 7 p.m. Tues., Aug. 1, 7.15 a.m.
(Papers only for Straits, Ceylon, Hawalt Maru Wed., Aug. 2, 2.30 p.m.
India and Mombasa) Beira,
Lourenco Marques and (Parcels
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Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Hono- Pan American Airways Plan
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due San Francisco, Bth Aug,
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