1937-06-18 — Page 24

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 18, 1937.

HONG KONG CLIPPER'S TRAGEDY OF THE

UNUSUAL TRIP

Flies To

Guam To Take Passengers From Clipper In Trouble

The Hong Kong Clipper which arrives în the Colony from Manila and Macao this afternoon, was completing an unusual trip.]

She had come here from Guam

BRITAIN'S

POLICY

ON CURRENCY

PEASANT IN TIME OF WAR

Amsterdam, To-day.

The seventeenth International Congress was opened here yester- day in the Bernhard.

presence of Prince

Addressing the distinguished gathering, which included

the

AND INTERNATIONA Premier, Dr. Colijn, and the

CREDITS

CHANCELLOR'S

STATEMENT

London, To-day.

FRENCHAIR FORCE

MOST POWERFUL EXCEPT SOVIET

Paris, To-day.

.

"France to-day has the most powerful air force in Europe, with the excep- tion of Soviet Russia."

This was part of the speech de- Agricul-livered by the Air Minister, M. Pierre Cot, at the opening of a new airfield at Bordeaux yester- day...

Netherland Minister of ture, Dr. Decker, the Chairman of the organising committee said that the problem confronting the farm ing community to-day could be solved only on the basis of inter- national co-operation.

The Swiss representative said

having gone out from Manila at Answering а Member who that he wanted to remind the world dawn on Wednesday on a flight wanted him, before relaxing re- that the rural population invariably to Guam to take up the pas-strictions on foreign issues, to had to make the greatest sacrifices sengers, mail and freight aboard take certain action in respect of of life and property in wartime, and the Hawaii Clipper and bring foreign borrowers who had de- he appealed to the statesmen of all them to Manila on schedue. faulted in the past, the Chancel-countries to strive for the establish- lor of the Exchequer declined in ment of peace grounded on justice The trans-Pacific flying boat de- the Commons to discuss, the sug- and veloped motor trouble after leaving gestions stating,

neighbourly love.Trans- Guam and had to return to the is- "I do not contemplate any land base after having been two change of policy regarding foreign hours in the air. The Hawaii Clip-issues, therefore the question does per will undergo a change of mo-not arise." tors at Guam which will require se- In the course of another answer re- veral days.

[Ocean.

100 CHALLENGES TO DUEL

Dr. Palffy, Mayor of the Hun- lating to gold, Sir John Simon re-garian University town of Szeged,

disposed The Hong Kong Clipper, which is marked: "I am not

to has been challenged to duels by 100 used as an auxiliary ship on

accept the view implied in the ques-members the

of the local Hungarian tion that gold appears likely to lose | Nazi Manila-Hong Kong airway, landed

organisation, the its importance as a medium of in- Press" party. the passengers, mail and express from Guam yesterday afternoon.

ternational exchange.”

GOLD RESERVES Then this morning she left for

The Chancellor was also asked to Macao and Hong Kong. To-morrow estimate the total of British short she will leave Manila for Guam. term obligations to overseas credi- At Guam, the Hong Kong Clip-tors in relation to the gold avail- per's load will be transferred to the able as a reserve against them. Hawaii Clipper, which is scheduled He replied that he was not in a to hop off on her return flight to the position to give any formal estim- United States on Sunday, arriving [ate. at Alameda Wednesday, June 23..

"From such evidence as is avail- The Clipper brought no fewer able, however, I am satisfied that than .fourteen passengers to Hong any increase in our liabilities in Kong to-day and left later for the last six years, which includes Manila with none.

AMERICA GIVES JAPAN NEW CHANCE

ON 14-INCH GUNS

Washington, To-day.

an increase in our liabilities to other parts of the Empire, has been far more than covered by the growth in our reserves.” Biitish Wireless..

SOVIET LOAN FOR DEFENCE

Moscow, To-day.

The United States Government The new Soviet Defence Loan, has asked the principal Naval announced recently, will total be- Powers if each will agree to limit |tween 3,000,000,000 and 4,000,000,- the calibre of battleship guns to 000 gold roubles.

14 inches.

The official Government state-

All the Powers except Japan ment on the loan declares that the have already agreed to a 14-inch || "Soviet Government finds itself maximum, provided that the compelled by the united will of the limitation is universal, and the people to consider seriously the Navy Department only requires question of offering а National to hear Japan's intention before Defence Loan for general subscrip- embarking on construction of tion."-Trans-Ocean. two new battleships.-Reuter.

Sir James

Barrie Sinking

BRITISH OFFICER AND MEN OF S.W.B. WOUNDED

Simla, To-day. Major G. L. Tomkins, 1/10th Baluchi Regiment, and Privates Price and Owens, of the Wales. Borderers, were wounded in operations in Waziristan yes- terday.

South

London, To-day. Anxiety is felt at the condition of Sir James Barrie, the famous au- thor and playwright, who is suffer- Two Gurkhas other ranks were

ing from bronchial pneumonia.

A bulletin issued by Lord Horder states he has lost ground since

killed and four Gurkhas, and two Indian other ranks wounded.

The enemy casualties are esti-

last night and that his condition is mated to have been forty- less satisfactory-British Wireless. Reuter.

"Arrow

Compared with June, 1936, he continued, the material side of the air arm had been modernised and increased 110 per cent. and would undergo an increase of 190 per cent. by the end of 1938.

reserve air force will also have been increased 80 per cent.

By then, he said, the French

- BOMBING EFFICIENCY.

The bombing efficiency of the air force had been raised 40 per cent., he revealed.

There had also been great pro- gress in the domain of the aircraft industry, whose output capacity had grown 30 per cent. in the past year, and at the end of 1938 would be double what. it was in 1936.- Trans-Ocean:

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