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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
August. 11, 1939.
Man Petitions For Own Bankruptcy
Illness Sent Him To
Moneylenders
Court this morning.
LATE NEWS ALHAMBRA
(Continued from Page 1)
of the Federal Reserve Banke at Tientsin, to the Chinese Municipal Governinent of Tientsin.
Anti-British Movement Widening
OPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
A petition for his own bankruptcy was made by Omar Hoesen, clerk of the Union Insurance Society of Can has been authorized to announce the The Ambassador revealed that he ton, before the Chief Justice, decision in Tokyu at 8 o'clock this Atholl MacGregor in the Bankruptcy evening us
us the
result of Instructions received from London. Petitioner told the Court he was Referring to the delay in the de- married and had two children. He patch of instructions from London.
Cralgic told Minister PEIFING, Aug. 10 (UP)--The Cran fell into debt with money-lenders to Ambassador
correspondent to-day the extent of $1,880 through illness Kato that it was due to the careful United Press
consultations and deliberations belag mingled with the Japanese demon- in his family,
made by the Briliai Government uu-strators leaving Pelping's Japanese If his petition were granted, he thorities in London In view of the theatre--a good-natured crowd herd- would pay $50 down and $10 every importance of the issue at state. He jed into two linen carrying two anti-
added the
that these month,
In British horners. arrangements The Official Receiver (Mr. L. R. London were being conducted an ex- Andrewes) said petitioner's employ-peditiously as possible.
After consulting Foreign Minister ers were in support of the petition and considered that the offer of $10 Arita and other high oflleials of the
Foreign Office, Minister Kato inform a month was fair,
The crowd numbered about 500 and ed Ambassador Craigle in his second Interview
this morning that, the after they had listened to the anti- Japanese military delegates have British speeches in the theatre they decided to return to Tientsin early walked about 100 yards up Hatamen The Mercantile Manufacturing next week, and that if the Instruc-Street when strugglera begun to reached Tokyo after their break the ranks, and the remainder Company, against which a Receiving tons Order was made last month on the departure, the Japanese Government gradually dispersed. petition of the American Express, would reserve the right to determine. Co., Inc., was adjudged bankrupt. whether the conference should be
The Omeial Receiver said the ap-resumed or not. plication for adjudleatlon was the Minister Kato urged the British result of a resolution by the credit-envoy to resume the negotiations for a full settlement of the police and economic questions Immediately."
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A Receiving Order was made.
Company Bankrupt
JAPAN'S LATEST BUDGET
Some thred calldren were being car- ried In their fathers urn there nere bables who were crying. uncomfortable all overheated nod from the stuffy theatre.
were
Implied Throat
At the first press conference for four days to-day the Japanese spokes- man said "We do not expect much from the Tokyo parley. Things will be much more serious if the parley collapses."
Asked whether it is true that the Hongkong and Shanghat Bank branch losing its Chinese staff here, the
Parley Stalling Officially Denied spoken replied," I don't know, but
Meanwhile the sin Min Hui TOKYO, Aug. 11, (Dumel).--Cale- director, Miao Ping and the ve gorically denying Press reports tat delegates from Taiyuan have left for Britain is deliberately delaying the Tientsin to attend the Anti-British Tokyo conference, the British Em-Congress meeting. The chief diele- from 7,000,000,000 Yen his men issued the follow-rate said the representatives
ing statement.
lionan and Shantung are already en There is truth wholever in the ronte. He also said Selicht Watanabe, Is Estimated
reports circulating in the Japanese the Executive Member of the
the Japan- Press that the temporary suspension ese Social Mass Party. lus favourably of TOKYO. Aug. 11 (Domel),- the Anglo-Japanese meetings on received the suggestion made by Sung Japan's Budget for the 1940-41 seal the Tientsin question is been due Chleh, Director of the Cultural year, apart from the extraordinary to the deliberate delay in the des Department of the Hsin Min Hui that military budget for the China Affair, patch of instructions to the British the anti-British campaign be unified
representatives. will amount to Yen 7,000,000,000.
throughout Manchukuo end China. That the question at issue is both The Japanese spokesman denied The Budget plans of the different complex and important is shown by the reports of an anti-American move- in Kaifeng although he ad- Ministries for the next fiscal year the fact that even after the arrival ment
representatives from Tien-mitted that Americans had been the Finance Ministry yesterday. The tsin.
to which the Americans estimates include about Yen 3,090,- fortnight for preliminary consulta-property 000,000 in new demands, and about tions and deliberations and the stage agreed after some delay. Yen 3,400,000,000 for basle items. has now been reached when similar
New Incident consultations and deliberations are The Ave British Baptist mission- required in London.
urles who huve remained at Talyuan These are proceeding as expediawaiting transportation have report- tiously as possible, the statement ed a new incident which occurred on August 2 when Taiyuan Buddhists. Mohammedans, 'and Confucianists jorganised an anti-Christian demon-
were submitted for deliberation to of British authorities required ajasked to hand over evacuated British
It is understood that the Finance Ministry will commence appraisal of the estimates for the different Ministries early in September.
Main demands in the Budget for. the coming year, which marks the fourth year since the outbreak of the China Affair, ure for the
rection of national defence, national production, promotion export, trade, military rellet, develop-| ment of forming villages, preventive measures against natural disasters, and public engineering works,
Tightening Tientsin Restrictions
of
Special to the "Telegraph" TIENTSIN, Aug. 11(UP)-The
adds.
Thailand And The Rome-Berlin Axis
station. However they made no
threats to the Britons.
British nissionaries have also re-
ported that a Chinese official warned
an American missionary, Miss L. S. LONDON, Aug. 7-It is rumoured Hock, that the American abrogation here that Thailand has adhered to the of the 1913 treaty was an unfriendly anti-Comintern Pact.
net
towarify
China but he made no to the Quarters closely
with direct threat to connected
lady.
British Major C. Sowion, of
of the the Foreign Office declare that they have received no official confirma- Salvation Army has sent a message
to tion of the rumours up till now.
the Salvaiton Army headquarters Well-informed circles here are well at Pelping requesting to be relieved aware of Tokyo's efforts to bring by another officer wlio is not British, Thailand within her orbit, but accord due to the continued threats against ing to latest reports Bangkok was res himself and his Chinese staff. Hon luctant to lak Its fate with that of ever, he has refused to evacuate until Japan. These circles refuse to com- his relief arrives. ment on the rumours until a Ilrmation is received.
con-
The missionaries at Taiyuon have left their properly in the care of Chinese gatemen to whom the Chin- ese authorities have given badges.
barrier restrictions around the British Buying Of Chinese The Governor of Shanti person-
Concession have been stiffened.
regulations ДOW include
Indians who are being subjected to
The
E
very strict examinations by Japanese sentries,
the
It is worthy of note that Indians
Silver, "Routine"
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (UP)— were allowed to pass the barriers Under Secretary of the United States without even showing their Bellish Treasury, Mr. John W. Hanes, to- consular identification cards, prior to day said the purchase of 6,000,000 the arrival of Indian reinforcements ounces of Chinese silver was at Singapore.
"routine transaction."
No Tombola At I.R.C. To-night
Owing to the inclement weather, the weekly tombola of the Indian R.C. will not be held this evening.
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He said China would be pald In United States dollars-but-hut-he-had- no knowledge of what China would do with the mency.
He asserted that he had not heard of the Chinese purchasing wheat and trucks from America.
Further he indlented that the silver is en route to the United States but declined to reveal the route.
ally gave the Britons passes to return In a momth "after they have had a holiday."
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