1937-09-01 — Page 11

THE WANCHAI INCIDENT

Reply To Implied Comment On Our Report

THE BATON CHARGE

THE

COMMENT IN THE "SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST” THIS MORNING, OBVIOUSLY. DIR- ECTED TOWARDS - “CHINA MAIL'S” REPORTING OF YESTERDAY AFTER- NOON'S ANTI- JAPANESE DISTURBANCE IN WAN CHAI, COMPELS FURTHER REFERENCE - TO THE INCI- DENT.

It is essential to stress that our account of the affair was obtamed, not as the result of an official re- port, nor as the result of enquiries made afterwards, but from the per- sonal observations of two fully competent members of our staff. who were on the spot as quickly as the Emergency Unit.

GLASGOW AIR RAID

SCHEME

Glasgow, To-day.

The Glasgow Corporation has drawn up an air raid precaution scheme costing £800,000.

The scheme could be put into operation within a month..

The Corporation expects the Government to pay the entire cost of the scheme Reuter.

Change Of Policy In Iraq

TEN FOREIGN EXPENSE OF

PRIESTS CAPTURED BY BANDITS

London, To-day.

the

SPAIN SEA PORT CONTROL

Berlin, To-day.

Control of the Spanish coasts by Britain and France forms the subject of an article in the “Na- tional Zeitung," which is publish- seminary belonging to Mared in Essen and is connected with ist priests, situated about 20 General Goering kilometres north of Peiping, was The paper states that discussions invaded by a band of about 1,000 on this topic have recently taken armed bandits yesterday, accord, place in Paris, being motivated by ing to press reports.

the question of expense After plundering the building According to the paper, the French the bandits kidnapped all in-Government pointed out that con- mates of the Seminary, for whom a heavy ransom is being demanded.

Ignoring the demand for ransom, the Japanese authorities have dessible in a single case to observe We find it difficult to appreciate The new Iraqi Cabinet formed patched a strong force of troops to violation by any ship of the non- the employment of such terms as after the recent assassination of effect the captives' release. “very exaggerated" by a contem- General Bekir Sidki has now issued Ten of the captives are for- porary, which was not present to instructions to its diplomatic re-eigners, three of them French and see for itself precisely what hap presentatives abroad on the foreign one British Trans-Ocean. pened, particularly when it must be policy which it intends to pursue. conscious of the very natural dis- The instructions state that position of the Police Department, Gabinet will revert to the policy of an attitude which we do not for a the late King Feisal. moment criticise, to minimise any

Baghdad, To-day-

the

incident in the present emergency al attention to the fostering of The Government will devote speci-

THE BATON CHARGE

COMPLETE BOYCOTT IN MALAYA

trol of the Spanish coasts has cost Britain and France over 10,000,000 francs without it having been pos-

intervention rules..

REVISION SUGGESTED

The paper says that for this rea- son the French Government sug- gests that either the sea control scheme should be revised and im proved before September 16, or else the entire system of which Bri- tain and France alone bear the costs, should be abolished.

friendly relations with Britain,

Considerable part in his argu- which are founded on the Anglo-

ment, says the paper, is played by Again we assert that the police Iraqi Treaty, and will also cultivate

the fact that the Spanish Nationa- carried out a baton charge, by

friendly relations with all other

lists now control more than 100 which they dispersed a hooting and

¡States.

parts in Spain and that the London, To-day pense threatening crowd within thirty se-

Messages from Singapore state entirely out of proportion to

watching them would be conds. The charge occurred about

that the complete boycott of Jaladvantage which could possibly be any ten minutes after, the emergency Unit-had returned to Headquarters, Government intends to appoint diploin Malaya, has resulted in a food France

panese goods carried out by Chinese attained for either Britain leaving a picket of some twelve of-matic and consular representatives of orders being received by import-

Frans Ocean. ficers on duty at the point where

ers of English textile goods.

the first incident occurred.

.i

In connection with the instruc- tions, it is announced that the Iraqi

in the Yemen.

This step is generally considered to indicate that the Arab States

The Japanese losses in trade inputed to have reached the sum of Shortly after the Emergency wish to draw closer in their rula-Sino-Japanese hostilities are com--Trans-Ocean.

Malaya since the outbreak of the several thousand pounds sterling. Unit had left, the crowd, previous-tions to one another. Trans-Ocean

ly scattered by deployment, gather- ed again near No. 98 Johnson Road and rapidly increased Booing started and finally a European po- lice sergeant followed by four or five Indian constables again dis persed the assembly, charging with batons, with which they struck right and left, about the shoulders and backs of the demonstrators, catching an occasional head.

Mr. C. G. Perdue, Deputy Inspec

BRITISH JOIN THE ARMY SCHEME

London, To-day.

The War Office has announced

or-General of Police, had left some that the upper age limit for recruits ten minutes before, at about the for certain arms of the regular same time as the Emergency Unit. Army have been raised from 25 to

There is, of course, 2 technical 28 years. distinction between an arrest and a detention

BRITISH NAVAL

VISIT TO ITALY: GALA EVENTS

Rome, To-day.

The British cruisers HMS. Sus

and HMS London, under the

and of Vice Admiral C. E.

due at Venice

day visit

gala events have

The arms in question are the Household Cavalry of the Line, the Royal Artillery, the Royal Corps of Signals the Foot Guards, infantry of the line, the Royal Tank ( Corps and the Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Ex-Servicemen may be accepted for re-enlistment into these arms up to thirty years of

This is the latest of the considere

changes introduced in recen by the government with a

army service more re to the right type of recru

reless.

Bri

nnection with Dr. Holsti

naval

visit

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