1937-07-13 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 13, 1937.

TANKS AND GUNS ARE BAD COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS

Sir F. Leith-Ross Addresses Japanese Mission PROSPERITY OF CHINA BEST IN WORLD TRADE INTERESTS

London, To-day.

"Tanks and military lorries do not make the best commercial travellers," declared the econo- mic expert, Sir Frederick Leith Ross, at a diner given by the Federation of British Industries to the Japanese economic mission last night.

Sir Frederick was referring to the present situation in North China but expressed confidence

SEARCH- FOR BOMB PLOTTERS

Lisbon, To-day.

The Portuguese special police yesterday carried out a wide- spread search in the poorer quar- ters of Lisbon for men suspected of connection with the bomb' at- tempt on the life of the Dictator, Dr. Antonio Salazar. Trans- Ocean.

BLOODLESS

that commonsense would prevail to overcome the NAVY BATTLE

difficulties.

He was extremely glad to see, the expansion of Japanese trade with China in the last eighteen months but he believed this could be much improved by a better Sino-Japanese understanding.

Incidents such as the present af- fair were bound to recur so long as the territorial integrity and nor-

ANGLO-ITALIAN RELATIONS

London, To-day.

OFF SPAIN

Valencia, To-day.

A bloodless naval en- gagement took place at

BATTLE OF BOYNE CELEBRATED

Northern

Belfast, To-day.

Ireland yesterday

celebrated the Battle

the

Boyne when 40,000 Orangemen paraded 1 in Belfast before the Mayor of the city.

Addressing the men, the Mayor said: "We have our own co titu- tion and our own Par

we will have nothing.

Irish Free State.”

and

the

The day was made a general holi- day, with flags and bunting hung up in the streets of all towns

A member of the Cabinet yester- day stated: "We will have nothing to do with Mr. de Valera's scheme for a United Ireland. The Premier of the Irish Free State should stop interfering with: Ulster."—Reuter,

daybreak yesterday be- SNOW IN

Mr. Eden informed the House of tween three Spanish Gov-

mal sovereign rights of China were Commons that the British Ambas-ernment warships and BAVARIA AFTER

not respected.

CHINA'S PROSPERITY

sador in Rome had duly carried out his instructions to make, it clear to

an insurgent cruiser a

the Italian Government that the short distance off the

the HEAT WAVE !

Only by making China more pros-the Italian Press that Britain had

allegations which had appeared in coast.

perous could we hope to improve intervened in the Spanish war were escort ruiser came up. trade with her, and no country entirely without foundation.

was likely to gain more from more prosperous state of things in China than Japan.

Therefore it was in the best interests of Britain and Japan to co-operate in restoring a strong and peaceful China.

MUTUAL INTEREST

It was because of this mutual in- terest that he had confidence in the future of Anglo-Japanese relations, and he suggested that the present expanding trade provided a most favourable opportunity to eradicate misunderstanding and smooth the path of commercial relations.

Sir Frederick urged that the ex- isting system of quotas should be replaced by some other system mu- tually advantageous to Britain and Japan.

The Japanese Ambassador -plied-Reuter.

re-

ROOSEVELT'S MOTHER ON VISIT TO ITALY

Genos, To-day.

Mrs. Sarah Roosevelt, the year-old mother of President Frank- lin Roosevelt, arrived here on board the "Conte di Savoia" from the United States yesterday.

After a short sojourn in Genoa, Mrs. Roosevelt left by car for Flor- ence, where she will stay for some time as the guest of the United States Consul, Mr. Taylor, Trans- Ocean.

In reply to

Germany is

Berlin, To-day. xperiencins

unusual weather Condit

After a succession

most

heat

The Government ships were a freighter when the insurgent another question, dealing with the personal message either side's shells found their Fire was opened but none · of received from Signor Mussolini to mark. After an exchange of shots waves, broken by Bly cooler the effect that the Italian Govern- ment had taken all possible steps

the insurgent cruiser steamed off. intervals, the Reich yesterday was to meet the wish

The insurgents claim that 3,000 subjected to a freak drop in tem- of the British Government regarding avoiding ed in the northern sector of the tions resembling

Government troops have been kill-perature which resulted in condi- Autumn rather Madrid front in the week-end than Summer. fighting-Reuter.

the issue from the Bari Broadcast- ing Station of unfriendly .com- ments on the Palestine Report, Mr. Eden said the undertaking had been fully carried out. British Wireless.

The skeleton of the

sperm whale washed up at Bridlington has been sold to the British Museum, .

Heavy falls of snow were report- ed from the Bavarian Alpa and. hundreds of people are suffering from colds as a result of the chilly spell: Trans Ocean

The announcement that Chiang Kai-shek has ordered all air force units in China to stand-by ready for emergencies has excited considerable attention. The air arm is believed to be the most efficient section of China's military resources to-day. → Above a squadron of machines is seen in flight and be- low, a battery of anti-aircraft guns, in which department Chiang's personal armies are also splendid- ly equipped.