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HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1932.

A HONEYMOON

TRIP EXPENSES.

Question Raised in Canadian Parliament.

(Reuter's Special Service).

Ottawa, Yesterday,

of

THE SHANGHAI SITUATION.

(Continued from Page 1.)

the Counell must remain vigilant, and he auggested that they await further reports.

Dr. Yen asked leave to submit to

BRITAIN AND SHANGHAI.

British Policy Defined.

-Rugby, Yesterday.

Questioned by the Opposition

the Council, later in the evening a Leader, Mr. George Lansbury, on full statement of the Chinese case, the Shanghai situation, Mr. Bald- and said that not only were hos

The honeymoon trip to London of Major Herridge, the newly appoint ed Minister at Washington, was the tilities proceeding at Shanghal, but win, in the House of Commons to aubject of a motion in the Canadian also in Manchuria. Therefore, it day, replied that the British

on three Parliament, when a special Commit. Was impossible to limit himself to Government had,

the lamentable events. at Shanghai.casions, made it clear to

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the

tee was appointed to investigate Referring to the first part of the Japanese Government that they charges made against Premier Ben-report, Dr. Yen said the boycott could not approve of the use of the nett that he had approved payment

Settlement, except for defounive purposes.

of Major Herridge's expenses from public funds.

Major Herridge, who married Premier Bennett's sister, was en- gaged on personal legal business during his honeymoon. The allega- tions were indignantly denied by Premier Bennett.

UNPRECEDENTED EVENT.

Triplets to A Nonagenarian.

Cairo, January 27. Triplets, two boys and one girl, were born yesterday at Alexandría to the twenty-seven year old wifej of a nonagenarian, an event which; is believed to be without precedent. The marriage had been consum. mated only a year ago, and was. the first matrimonial venture both of the man and the woman- Transocean Kuomin.

WILE

CANADA AND FREE TRADE.

(Reuter's Special Service).

Ottawa, Yesterday.

GENERALLY CLOUDY.

The Royal Observatory's report issued this morning statca:--

The northern portion of the anticyclone has moved East- ward, leaving a separate anti- cyclone over China.

A depression is about 200 miles south of Kobe, moving N.E.

t

Forecast:-N. 'winda, freah, generally cloudy.

Rainfall

Rainfall for 24 hours end. ed at 10 am. to-day-0.04 inch. Total since January. 1 ~1.75 inches against an ever- age of 2.04 inches-deficit 29 inch.

The role of the British forces was strictly confined to the defence. of Settlement.

Answering further

B

questions, Mr. Baldwin said, their aim, all the time, waD to bring about praceful settlement. between the Japanese and Chinese and to avoid embroiling themselves on either side British Wireless Service.

BELGIAN BANK SUSPENDS PAYMENT.

Press Campaign Blamed.

Brussels, January 27.

at

Temperature.

Hồng Kong

46

Macao

41

.Pratas Island

69

Manila

87

Foochow

62

One of the largest Belgian banka the Banque Commerce in Ghent | suspended payments to-day.

bank has a capital of 40,009,000 francs while its deposits estimated

100,000,000) francs. The capital is believed to have been lost.

The

are

over

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29

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In a statement published to-day,) the bank's directors attributed the failure to the recent run of depost- tors, which were followed by large

Amoy

Chefoo Shanghai

"Freer trade within the Empire," was not the cause but the result of withdrawals from other banka advocated by Mr. Mackenzie Japanese aggression. The boycott This panic was stated to have been King, ex-Liberal Premier as the would die a natural death, when caused by the press campaign policy of the Canadian Liberal Japanese troops were withdrawn against a number of enterprises with which the bank was closely Party to-day. He declared, "We from China. There WAS MO connected. Transocean Kuomin

will trade on a reciprocal basis with animosity against Japanese mer- any other countries willing to trade chants. with us."

Baron Sato contented that they]. Premier Bennett replied "Our rad rights, and the object of dis- proposals are mutual preference be-crimination could not separate the fore mutual advantages." Unleas

boycott from the political measures

KING AND QUEEN RETURN TO LONDON.

Rugby, Yesterday. this principle was accepted, the com- taken by the Chinese. Government Sandringham this afternoon, and The King and Queen arrived from ing Economic Conference would be which was not merely a question took up residence at Buckingham a failure.

of driving Japanese goods from Palace-British Wireless Service: | China bat driving Japanese re- Įsidents away also.

FINLAND GOES WET.

Helsingfors, January 27.

Baron Seto also sald, that in hai. Like other Fowers, Japan Finland's dry era ended officially Shanghai- we have many thousands had the right to send warships

of Japanese. to-day when parliament, with a

The Japanese Gov-into Chinese waters.

large majority, passed the govern-ernment was obliged to protect M. Paul Boncour said, the Coun- ment bill abelishing the prohibi- their nationals, know public cil would give impartial considera- tion statutes and restoring com- opinion is somewhat hostile to my tion to Baron Sato's statement. plete freedom in liquor traffic. country. If, however, Japan with First, he said the impartial re- The Government's original inten- drew her troops defending the port received from Shanghai show- tion to establish a monopoly for the Concession, perhaps, public opinion od how complex and dificult was manufacture and sale of alcoholic) would Be satisfied, but the the situation. He then expresse-l beverages had been abandoned, Japanese colony would be exposed the urgent hope of the Council that while on the other hand the printo grave danger and, perhaps, a neutral zone with neutral forces (ciple of local option will be applied masacre. No Government could be speedily realised, which would

to all those districts which voted take this responsibility.

assure the cessation of hostilities {for the continuation of the dry Baron · Sato · referred to the and the preservation af ørder.

regime in the recent referendum-events at Nanking in 1927, when Turning to Dr. Yen, who had Transocean Kuomin

his Government, also one of the said that a neutral zone wouldn't victims, auffered equally at the settle the whole matter, M. Boncour

An early, reversion from the type- hands of the Chinese authorities, said, “sufficient unto the day the writer to the kitchen on the part of but bore it with patience, but the evil thereof." If a neutral zono our women in. not the least of our experience was so eloquent that could be realised, the Comell national needs-Frot, H. E. Arm- Japan wouldn't allow a repetition would have good reason to com- strong.

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