AM JAPAN WARNED OF FOLLY
OF NORTH CHINA ADVENTURE
WOULD BE THE ONLY
LOSER IN THE RESULT
London, To-day.
The Sino-Japanese situation still admits of three solutions states "The Times” in an editorial on the North China crisis this morning.
The first, says the journal, is a peaceful com- promise. This is not yet out of reach.
"China will pay a reasonable price for peace, but peace is the responsibility of Japan, whose grievance is very slight.
"It is the responsibility of Japan to keep her demands with-
in moderate limits.
The alternatives are
Full-dress War
A Local Military Adventure. To Japan, either of these deve- lopments offer a choice between major disaster and a minor disaster, between tragedy and anti-climax.
JAPAN'S DEFEAT BEST
It is no exaggeration to say that if Japan went to war with China the best thing that could happen to her would be a prompt and decisive defeat by the Chinese forces, which is inconceivable.
MORE SHANGHAI PASSPORT FORGERIES
Peter Lianin, 66 year-old Rus- sian, was leniently treated by Mr. K. Keen at the Central Magistracy when he pleaded guilty to having possession of a forged passport, and purporting that it was his, and with entering the Colony without a valid passport.
BRITISH
CABINET MEETING
London, To-day.
The Cabinet held its usual weekly meeting yesterday morn: ing.
Well-informed circles.... believe that the Ministers discussed the situation in non-intervention and the differences of opinion, reveal- ed at Tuesday's sub-committee meetingTrans-Ocean.
FRENCH MINISTRY ON RENTES FUND
Paris, To-day.
BISHOP HURT IN BELGRADE RIOTS
CONFLICT OVER CONCORDAT
Belgrade,
brok bet
The conflict that has out • in Yugo-Slavia Church and State over to ratification of the with the Vatican, and whi to serious street fighting grade earlier this week, càme for discussion in Parliament yes- terday..
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Pre-
A communique issued by the Finance Ministry this morning Dr. Kumanudi, a former states that the Rentes Fund will be mier, speaking for the opposition, over 6,000,000,000 francs, the said that the Concordat would the amount being separate from con- diminish the sovereignty of
the Yugo-Slav State and would give the siderable sums devoted by Sinking Fund to purchase of State Pope, and the ecclesiastical organs securities.
a greater measure of power than that possessed by the State.
The Fund was formed from the product of the revaluation of the gold reserve of the Bank of France on the basis of the low limit pro- vided by the Monetary Law of October 1, 1936-43 milligrams.- ex: Reuter.
be A punitive campaign would equally pointless, in the view of On the first charge he was fined
that it $25 or one month, while an "The Times", which says could not be otherwise than an un-pulsion order was made against profitable development.
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Above all, he declared, the Concordat would, if it became operative, give the Roman Catholic Church in Yugo-Slavia a privileged position as compared with that held by the National Church and other confessions.
on national and on political
STRONG PROTEST him on the second charge.
Many of the provisions of the in Detective-Sergeant Russell said grounds. Japan's economic interests
* BISHOP INJURED VANS Concordat in its present form, arrival North China, which are slow and defendant reported his
Medical certificates produced in would enable the Vatican to-inter- alfrom Canton on Saturday and it erratic already, would suffer
Parliament yesterday showed that fere in control of secular affairs serious setback if she were to was found that the passport was a
the Bishop of Shabatz; Dr. Po-and in questions of education of The passport he produc-povitch, who was injured during youth to a far greater extent than embark even upon a localised ad-forgery.
ed was supposed to be Czecho the ugly street fighting on Monday, in other countries. venture.
Whereas a genuine
is suffering from concussion follow- This, he maintained, was a mat- passport was in both French and ing severe injuries to the skull. ter calling for a strong protest, both
was only in Trans-Ocean.
Continued at foot of preceding Col Slavic, his passport French and many words were misspelt. The signatures were bad imitations.
"There exist no strategic, politi-Slovakian. cal or economic objectives which a military adventure in North China could make good."-Reuter.
Ban On Books In
Austria
:
Defendant told him that he pur- chased the passport for $100 in Shanghai and was in Hong Kong in the hope of opening a hat shop.
Vienna, To-day.
Emma Schmidt who was travel- The Austro-German cultural
ling on the same passport as thé committee, which came into being
defendant's wife, was also charged following the Agreement of July
with entering the Colony without 11, 1936, met in Vienna yesterday a valid passport and had an expul- and discussed the question of mu- sion order made against her. tual raising of the ban on books and pamphlets.—Trans-Ocean.
NEW CANTON SPORTS GROUND
Canton, To-day,
The Parade Ground in the East- ern Suburbs is to be thrown open to the public as a sports-field,
A sum of $160,000 will be appro- priated jointly by the Provincial and the Municipal Governments for the construction of stands.- Da-Dao.
CURRENCY CONVERSION
EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE DROPPED
Mere Carelessness
At the Central Magistracy this morning, Mr. W. Schofield granted the application of Mr. W. A. Brown for the withdrawal of charges against: Rache Ram, assistant manager of the Calif Asia Com- pany, who was charged on Monday Canton, To-day. with embezzlement of $246, money It is learned from semi-official received on behalf of Mr. W. circles that since the promulgation Grimm, the manager, of the law effecting the conversion In asking permission to withdraw of Kwangtung Currency into Na- the charges, Mr. Brown said that tional Currency, Canton notes re- after further enquiries it was found
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so far total about $80,000,- that though the defendant. may It is expected that the notes re- have been guilty of carelessness, it deemed up to the end of the month did not amount to anything criminal. will amount to one-third of the to-The explanation given was satisfac
|tory. tal reserve-Da-Dao,
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