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Drug Smugglers

At Macao

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Geneva, May 21. At a meeting the Opium Consultive Commission vester- day, Dr. Hoo Shi-ze (Victor Hoo) raised the question of drug-smuggling into China via Macao. Large quantities of opium are smuggled into Fukien from the Portuguese colony, he asserted, and asked the Portu guese delegate to report it to his Government so that ade-'.: quate steps might be taken to stop it.

The Portuguese delegate re- plied that a new Governor of Macao had just been appointed. who is studying ways to pre- 'vent smuggling, but added that Macao is surrounded by many small islands which are Chinese

under territory and

Chinese control. Fully half of the traf- fic reported from Macao is car- ried on from those islands, he declared, adding that they were real nexts :ƒ smugglers,

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HAYASHI TO AVOID PARTY ATTACK

ANTI-GOVERNMENT MOVES

The joint anti-Government front led by the Minseito and the Seiyu- kai was further strengthened when at a meeting of representatives of the two largest parties in the Diet. it was decided to establish an “Anti-Government......... Headquarters” with the sole purpose of wrecking Gen. Hayashi's cabinet.

A joint general meeting of the two parties, it was decided, will be called on May 28 when members of both the Miņseito and the Seiyukai in either the Upper or Lower House Diet will gather together to of the discuss measures to force the Gov- ernment to quit.

A joint committee of the parties will also be formed to handle their cabinet-wrecking, activities.

Immediately after the conclusion of the joint meeting, a manifesto was issued over the signatures of both the parties charging Premier Hayashi with ignoring the will of the people, and muddling with state affairs in egoistic complacence.

NATIONAL GOVERNMENT The Minseito and the Seiyukai, the manifesto declared, are now unable to suffer the existence of the present cabinet for another day, and are anxious to see the imme- diate formation of a national Gov- ernment representative of the people.

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The Paramount film of the Co- ronation was rushed to Hong Kong by the Imperial Airways service, Following the Minseibo-Seiyukai was given its first showings at the conference, a large number of Peers Queens Theatre last evening and who had previously formed a lea- attracted much, favourable com- ment.

gue opposing Premier Hayashi also met and decided to issue another It does not purport to be a full warning to the Government.

Shortly following the regular length record of the proceedings, but the points of key interest in Cabinet meeting a private confer- Premier Hayashi, the processions and the ceremonies ence between inside the Abbey are adequately Finance Minister Yuki, Agriculture and Justice treated, the whole conveying a vi- Minister Yamasaki

Minister Shiono was held to discuss vid impression of the pomp and

counter-measures against the grow- ing opposition from the parliamen-

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FRANCO-BELGIAN NEGOTIATIONS

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While details of the informal af- fair were not divulged, it was learn- that the four participating ministers decided to stick to their posts, at least until the convocation of the special Diet in August when the exact stand of the Lower House becomes clear.

SIR ROBERT HO TUNG

Sum For Famine Relief

A report on the outcome of the recent. Franco-Belgian negotiations and on the measures taken to ac-

Sir Robert Ho-tung, Chinese busi- commodate fugitives from Spain,ness magnate in Hong Kòng now a was given by the Foreign Minister, visitor in Nanking, has donated M. Spaak, to the Cabinet at a meet-$10,000 for famine relief in Sze- ing last night.

chwan, Kweichow and Kansu. Sir After the meeting, M. Spaak left Robert in making this splendid con- for Geneva to attend the League tribution, stipulated that half of the Council meeting. Trans-Ocean.

is to be spent în Szechwan, where the famine is most serious, and the other half is to be equally divided between Kweichow and Kansu.

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Sir Robert's donation was nounced during an interview be tween himself and Gen. Lù Chao, Director of the Military Affairs Departament of the National Gov- ernment. Gen. Lu called on Sir Ro- bert to return his courtesy on be- half of Mr. Lin Sen, Chairman of the National Government.

During Sir Robert and Gen. Lu's conversation the former was in- formed of the plight of the famine. victims in Szechwan and was told he would be welcome in Szechwan if he pays a visit to the stricken province...