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HONG KONG, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1927.

'JAPAN AND RUSSIA. IMPERIAL AIRWAYS.

Treaty of Commerce Mooted.

MANCHURIAN INTERESTS.

Movement To Secure Economic Co-Operation.

Shanghai, Dec. '10.

VITAL BLOOD TEST:

£11,461 Profit Made Last Decides Paternity Case

Year.

Judgment.

PERJURY CHARGE.

AVIATION PROGRESS.

Increased Empire Air Route Subsidy Urged:

State Doctors At Wartemberg Conduct Inquiry.

Berlin, Dec. 9.

London, Dec. 2. Mr. Fusanosuke Kuhara re- "This is the most important A Court of Justice, for the first ceiving local newspaper men turning-point in the progress of time in Germany, has delivered a to-day concerning the object of British commercial aviation," said judgment based on a blood test, the investigation by his party of Sir Eric Geddes, presiding at the in a paternity case. the economic conditions in Russia third annual general meeting of A man, woman and child were and the necessity of economic co-Imperial Airways, Ltd.

submitted to a test by State doc- operation between Japan and There was net profit of tors at Wurtemburg. Russia, said:

£11,461 for the year ending The doctors reported that the "Though there are some who March 31 last, compared with a man and woman belonged to a have a prejudice against Soviet loss of £20,414 during the preced- certain blood class and the child Russia, we are not at all pre-ing year.

belonged to another blood class.

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judiced against her, and intend; Sir Eric urged Government to As the blood class to which the to approach Russia in order to lay adopt a courageous policy by child belonged existed in neither a solid foundation for co-opera-assisting in the establishment of the man nor the woman, the tion and friendship between the Empire air routes.

child must have acquired that two nations:

It was inconceivable that the characteristic from another per- "I believe, therefore, that the business world would not pay son, mission of our party will have an well for a postal service whereby The man was acquitted. important effect on the further-an answer could be received to a The woman was found guilty of ance of friendly relations between letter sent to India or to South perjury and was sentenced to six Japan and Russia. I desire that Africa in the time at present months' imprisonment.-Reuter. Japan conclude a treaty of com- taken for the outward delivery. merce.with the Soviet Govern- He declared that during the ment after we have fully investi-past year 92 percent. of the WHITE CHRISTMAS. gated economic conditions in this flights had been completed to country. I hope also that Japan schedule in Europe and 100 per ere business men will, in case of cent. in the Middle East. nced and if possible, make large Over the total incorning mail investments for business with from Iraq was now carried by air. Russia.

Sir Erte mentioned that the Economic Relations.

company was negotiating with "The development of economic the Irish Free State regarding an life in Russia would. bring about air service to Ireland..

closer economic relations between The meeting adopted a resolu- the two countries. With the de- tion urging Government to velopment of national resources crease the subsidy.-Reuter.

of Russia, Russia will feel the

necessity of making agreements with Japan in Manchuria and

NEARLY THROWN INTO

·A LAKE.

FIVE MILLION TONS OF SNOW.

DRIFTS 7 FEET HIGH.

London, Yesterday, Like Wenceslas Londonera found: that the Arst Christmas snowstormi

for 21 years had supplied snow "deep, crisp, and even." It is eal-1 in-culated that five million tons fell

in Greater London.

Most people stayed at Home. Those complled to sally forth slithered and squelched through

There were drifts seven feet high in the north Downs in Surrey and some roads were complete- ly blocked.

Saghallen. Especially, in South WRITER ASSAULTED, the morans. Manchuria, I believe it is Instructive for the two cen-1: turies to co-operate. Espacial- ly, in view of the conflict of in-i terests between Russia and Japan in that district, I feel it absolute- ly necessary for the two countries to act in concert under good understanding."-Toho.

BANK OUTRAGE.

TWO KILLED, MANY HURT BY BOMB.

BUENOS AIRES' “REDS.”.

POLISH POLITICS.

Three buses and one lorry were buried near Guilford, Efforts to dig them out were unavailing. All public clocks in Guilford were stop- ped. Reuter.

Warsaw, Sunday.

Pope's Message. The playwright, Nowaczynski,

Rome, Sunday. The Pope, replying to Christ- who is also a leaderwriter for the) conservative Press against the mas greetings from the Sacred present regime, was visited last College, said he rejoiced at the evening by two civilians and an-appointment of the first Japanese other man uniformed as a genfor bishop, but was sorry for the police officer, who produced a war savage episodes, cruelties and rant showing he was required at atrocities in Mexico, Russia and the State Attorney's office China. It seemed impossible. that Buenos Aires, Saturday, Nowaczyski entered a taxi and all Governments should not rise Several bank employees were was driven to the outskirts of the and put an end to them. among the 15 injured in a bomb city, where he was brutally set on

Happy America.

New York, Sunday, explosion at the local branch of and beaten with rubber clubs and the National City Bank. The pre- the butts of revolvers.

Christmas la being celebrated mises were badly damaged.

most enthusiastically. Holly tied The assailants apparently in-with red ribbon to Christmas trees was similar to the explosion at the tended to throw him into a lake, iluminated by multi-coloured First National City Bank at to which they were dragging him, lights are to be seen everywhere. Boston and both explosions are but were frightened by the at-It is estimated that over 3,000,000 believed to be the work of Com-tentions of passers-by and made hollday makers are flocking from munists. They occurred simul-off in taxis. taneously at noon when the banks

The conservative Press which New York

The theatres, hotels and were full of customers-Reuter, stigmatized the incident as

cabarets are booked full to capa- It now transpires that two were "Mexican methods of fighting op-

city. killed and 20 injured in the bomb

ponents," threatened reprisals outrages.. Mr. Little, manager of and had its issues confiscated. the National City Bank and five The Government has announced clerks were injured.-Reuter's that the affair will be investigated and the criminals severely punish-

American Service.

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BAD FOR UNIONS.

EFFECTS OF BRITAIN'S BIG STRIKE.

Lahore, Sunday,

Figures indicating the effect of

the general strike and coal-mining stoppage on the membership and finances of Trade Unions are

ed.-Reuter.

FIREMEN KILLED.

BIG OUTBREAK IN GLASGOW.

London, Sunday.

Child's Warning.

Turkeys are very plentiful and plum puddings from England are greatly in demand as, owing to prohibition they compare most with favourably

the native variety. Bootleggers are very active in circularising clients an- nouncing the receipt of fresh "merchandise."-Reuter's Ameri-) ean Service.

OUTLAWING WAR.

SENATOR BORAH "AND FRANCE.

Washington, Saturday." given in the return of the Regis- Four firemen were killed in

The Foreign Relations Committee trar of Friendly Societies for Glasgow during a fire which des 1926. The statistics show there troyed a five-storey warehouse in of the Senate has recently been were 577 registered Trade Unions Graham Square in the Gallow examining M. Briand's proposal with a total membership of gate district on Christmas Eve for a treaty outlawing a Franco-

American war. 4,190,147 in Great Britain at the Reuter. end of 1926 compared with 6,981,-|

Senator Borah, Chairman of the 8.80 p.m. 750 in 1920, when membership

Committee, suggested that M. reached its peak. Funds of the "Santa Claus scratchin' Briand should be asked to extend Unions fell from £12,747,000 at matches," a phrase uttered by a the proposal to include other world the beginning of the year to four-year old boy while climbing powers. He would like to see the | £8,650,000.-Reuter.

the staircase of a tenement build-United States take the initiative in ing in Graham Square, which this regard and open negotiations commands a view of the district, similar to the treaty with Britain, SOVIET IN POLAND, was the first warning of fire re-France and Italy.

It is well known, however, that ceived by a policeman, He im- mediately summoned the fire President Coolidge and most of the brigade, who were holding a Bepublican party are opposed to Christmas party, holding any world conference of Warsaw, Saturday, The blaze was so menacing that leading, nations on the outlawry of The political police have rounded the fire master ordered 50 families war. Fresident Coolidge is strongly up Communists in various cen- to vacate their homes. Tons of of the opinion that the power of tres here. These include Soviet valuable machinery fell through Congress to declare war cannot be ringleaders and emissaries, one the upper floors of the destroyed circumscribed by treaty, and al- being the ex-Commissary building though he has often expressed Wadzicki. Several secret print The firemen were temporarily willingness to discuss means of ing presses have been discovered, called off in view of the dangerous outlawing war, well-informed tons of. seditious literature con- situation; and it was only when circles believe there is very little fiscated and copies of correspon-a-roll call was taken that it was chance of Senator Borah's sugges dence with Moscow seized discovered that four firemen were tion ever being put into practice/ Reuter

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