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THIRTY FACTORIES BEGIN WORK IN SHANGHAI ON WITHDRAWAL FROM CHAPEI
Shanghai, To-day.
More than 30 factories have resumed work during the last few days by order of the Chinese Municipal Trade Board, since immediate danger to the industrial district has been removed by the withdrawal of the Chinese troops from Chapei.
The factor
concerned are
mostly cotton and silk mills and cigarette factories employing thou- sands of workers.
According to estimates of nen- tral observers published in the Chinese press, damage to house property and furniture in the war-stricken Chapei district alone "amounts to more than $200,000,000.
The largest part of Chapel is nothing but a heap of ruins. Trans-Ocean.
JEAN WEEMS PIRACY OUTRAGE
London, To-day.
Asked in the House of Commons for a statement m regard to the bombing and sinking of the Bri-
HERTZOG RESIGNATION DENIAL
Pretoria, To-day.
The South African Premier, General Hertzog, yesterday per- sonally denied press reports that he intends resigning after the forthcoming elections.
General Hertzog stated that he continued to enjoy the best of health and hoped to be able to serve his country for a long time to. come-Trans-Ocean."
B.B.C. FOREIGN LANGUAGE BROADCASTS
LONDON, TO-DAY.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR BROADCASTING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES WERE
tish freighter Jean Weems, the B.B.C. Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony ANNOUNCED BY THE CHAN- Eden, yesterday stated that the CELLOR OF THE EXCHE- British Ambassador at Hendaye QUER, SIR JOHN SIMON, IN THE HOUSH OF COMMONS had already lodged a strong pro-
YESTERDAY.
Sir John recalled that the U test with the Nationalist authorities,
ter Broadcasting Committee re who had undertaken at once to
commended that the appropriate make a most searching inquiry.
The British Consul-General at use of languages other than Eng- Barcelona has also been instructed fish should be encouraged, and to submit a full report of the enquiries since made of British representatives abroad led to the incident.
Meanwhile, the British Govern-conclusion that broadcasts from ment were making contact with England would be welcomed, parti- the French Government, with a cularly in Spanish and Portuguese, view to considering arrangements by listeners in South American to strengthen the measures against countries, and in Arabic by listen- air attack now in force under the ers in the Near East. Nyon Agreement.
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Asked whether this was a case of piracy, Mr. Eden replied tha was exactly how he should regard It on
his present information. Reuter.
CHIANG'S ENVOY IN BERLIN
Berlin, To-day.. neral Chiang Pali, pers emissary of General Chiang Kai shek, arrived here yesterday
Replying to a question, Sir John said that German, Italian and other
be languages would not be excluded, but that a beginning would made in the three tongues men- tioned.
ACTION AUTHORISED The B.B.C., fully realising the im- portance of the issues involved, had been examining the problem for some time and had made it clear that if the Government decided on action on the lines of the Ullswater recommendations, it would be de- sirable that the Corporation under- take to provide a satisfactory ser- vice as speedily as possible.
The Government had now re- quested the Corporation to take ac- It is anderstood that he is to tion in this connection...
contact with German poli-
It had been agreed that nothing should be done to prejudice the existing Empire service.
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