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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 4, 1987.

DR. H.H. KUNG IN LONDON

Warm Welcome By

British Officials

GROUP-CAPTAIN WILLOCK AMONG RECEPTION PARTY

London, To-day.

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The Chinese Minister of Finance, Dr. H. H. Kung, accompanied by the Minister of Navy, Ad-¡ miral Chen Shao-kuan, who are representing China at the Coronation, were met at Dover yesterday by a distinguished group.

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Mr. Quo Tai-chi, the Chinese Ambassador, in London, who was among those who greeted" Dr. H. H. Kung on his arrival in London yesterday. Mr. Quo is also to act as an official Coronation delegate.

STOP FALL IN

UNEMPLOYMENT Striking Figures For April

INCOME

TAX FRAUD CHARGES

New York, To-day.

The multi-millionaire indus- trialists, Pierre Du Pont and John J. Raskob, appeared yester- day before the Board of Tax Appeals in answer to Govern- ment charges of under-payment of income tax in 1929.

Mr. Du Pont is alleged to owe. the Internal Revenue authorities the sum of $617,316, and Mr. Ras- kob $1,026,340.

The Government alleges the two men engaged in fictitious "wash. sales" of stocks and shares to each other in order to show losses in their income tax returns for 1929.

The defence maintains the sales were legitimate and honourable and were made to each other rather than in the open market, in order to avoid still further depressing the market at the depth of the 1929 slump.

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AMONG THOSE PRESENT WERE THE CHINESE AMBAS- SADOR, MR. QUO TAI-CHI, ADMIRAL MEADE FEATHER- STONHAUGH, REPRESENTING THE KING, MR. A. H. GEORGE THE FOREIGN OFFICE, GROUP-CAPTAIN WILLOCK, UNTIL RECENTLY AIR ATTACHE IN CHINA, REPRESENT-

London, To-day. ING THE AIR MINISTRY, COMMANDER HILKEN, REPRE-

A marked fall in the numbers of SENTING THE ADMIRALTY, AND MAJOR FIELD, REPRE- unemployed in Britain is shown în SENTING THE WAR OFFICE.

the figures published last Night,

The Ministry of Labour estimates Mr. Du Pont is head of the fam- ON ARRIVAL IN LONDON LATER, THE PARTY WAS that at the 19th April, WELCOMED AT VICTORIA STATION BY A LARGE PARTY OF{number of

the ous explosives firm of Du Pont de PROMINENT CHINESE, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF

persons in Nemours, with which Mr. Raskob THE employment in Great Britain, ex-is also connected. Reuter. CHINESE EMBASSY.

clusive of persons within the argicul- tural scheme, was approximately 11,394,000.

Dr. Kung, accompanied by Ad-] miral Chen Shao-kuan, Mr. Quo Taichi and Admiral Feather- stonhaugh, rode in the King's carriage to Langham Hotel, resi- dence of the Chinese delegation.

Dr. Kung, in a statement to the press, expressed pleasure at repre- senting the Chinese Governiment and people at the Coronation.

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He wished to take the first op portunity of conveying the message of sincere felicitations which had been entrusted to bring from China to the peoples of the great] British Empire.

CORDIAL RELATIONS

Relations between Great Britain and China, he said, had always been friendly and cordial.

AIR RAIDS ON N.W. FRONTIER

AMPLE WARNING

GIVEN

London, To-day. In case of aerial bombardment on the North-West Frontier of In- dia, ample opportunities are al- ways given by the dropping of warning notices for the evacuation of the area under bombardment and the areas of safety are notified.

This assurance was part of a During the last few years they Commons answer by the Under- had had occasions for active econo-Secretary for India regarding the mic co-operation with a view to stabi-use of aircraft in co-operation with lising trade and financial conditions, land forces in Waziristan. which was calculated not only to be of mutual benefit to the two coun- tries but also of great benefit to all

Under the leadership of Gen- eral Chiang Kai-shek, China had now reached such a degree of financial equilibrium and politi cal unity as she had never known before.

as was

He added that so far known no casualties had been caused to non-combatants.

No dams or reservoirs have been destroyed and the damage to crops was negligible.

Speaking more generally, Mr. Butler said the policy of the Gov-

ernment of India was to maintain

the peace of The border and to en- the ter into good relations with rural

trîbes with a view to their gradual civilisation and economic better- ment.

Efforts were being concentrated on economic, industrial and reconstruction, and in this gigantic task she would welcome the operation of her friends.

PLANNING INVESTIGATION

Co-

Present operations to peace and order have been neces- sitated by the activities of raiding

With a view to furnishing the gangs against the inhabitants of Chinese Government with first-hand British India and frequent attac information to assist and guide them on British forces and communica in the new programme of recon-

tions. -British Wireless. struction, he proposed, after the Coronation, to investigate and study economic and industrial progress in this part of the world.

Hindenburg Off To Lakehurst Frankfurt-on-Main, To-day, China realised her growing re-

The airship Hindenburg Teft sponsibility for the maintenance of Frankfurt yesterday evening on the peace in the Far East, and would first flight this year to Lakehurst, endeavour, as she had always en- deavoured in the past, to contribute her full share towards this cause

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New Jersey.

In command of the giant dirigible was Captain Max russ,Frans- Occan. *

insured

This was 152,000 more than the month before and 609,000 more than the year before.

WUTE CHEN TO TAKE OATH

Canton, To-day. At the same date, the numbers

Mr. Tan Chen, Vice President of of registered unemployed were 1,454,-the Judicial Yuan, now in Canton, 443, comprising 1,254,646 wholly will inspect the Kwangtung High unemployed, 128,655 temporarily laid Court and the Canton District Court off and 71,142 normally in casual this morning. It is stated that after employment.

administering the oath of office to This was 146,758 less than at the Mr. Wu Te-chen, the Kwangtung 15th March and 376,787 less than Governor, he will go to Kwangsi to

there. at the 27th April 1936-British inspect the High Court Our Own Correspondent. Wireless.

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