1937-11-15 — Page 5

CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 15, 1937.

SHANGHAL

FOOD SCARCITY: NEGOTIATIONS WITH JAPANESE

Shanghai, To-day.

Negotiations are pro-

BRUNO

RETURNS

TO ITALY

Rome, To-day.

Bruno Mussolini, the Duce's son, who has been in Spain se- veral months and was erroneons- ly reported to have been killed, returned to Rome by air yester day.co

Bruno and his brother, Vittorio, attended a sports meeting Fester- day afternoon, the crowd enthu siastically cheering Bruno when

ceeding with the Japan- he was recognised-Trans-Ocean. ese to allow farmers to

bring food in from the BRAZIL'S CHIEF

country.

The food shortage menace in

Shanghai has been marked by an DENIES FASCIST

enormous rise in the prices of vegetables, meat, etc.

Altough SMC officials in POLICY

charge of the food situation main- tain that supplies at present are sufficient, general opinion is that unless new avenues of supply are opened within a week, the food!

Rio de Janeiro, To-day. "Our Constitution is not Fascist:

shortage is likely to prove acute. it is Brazilian Brazil is not inter- Fested in the Anti-Commntern Pact.

and her attention is concentrated

REFUGEE PROBLÈM.

In view of the large number of on a pan-American policy," de- refugees in the International clared President Vargas at a meet- Settlement, as well as the in-

creasing number of foreign ing with foreign press correspon- troops. it is thought the short-dents yesterday.

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EDWARD ARNOLD

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age will be felt there more than President Vargas added that the in other foreign areas of Shang-question of foreign debts would be hai.

7:20-9:30 examined immediately, and prefer Supplying of food and water to lence would be given to countries refugees in Nantao, where there with which Brazil had a favour are over 100,000 helpless and deable trade balance, especially the stitute, is presenting a serious United States: problem.

The Cabinet, he said. had decid-

In view of the fact that the for-led to pursue a campaign for re eign areas are already overcrowd-pression of Communism Renter. ed, the authorities refuse to let in more refugees.

WATER SHORTAGE

The water shortage in the native city is due to the fact that the Nantao waterworks plant and mains were damaged, and the Japanese have not yet issued passes to workmen to enter the district and effect repairs.

All water in Nantao is being ob- tained at present from the French Concession. Trans-Ocean.

GEN. MATSUI'S DONATION TO REFUGEE ZONE

Shanghai, To-day. General Matsui, Japanese commander-in-chief at Shang- hai, has donated 10,000 yen to Father Jacquinot, vice-presi dent of the Shanghai Inter- national Red Cross Committee, as a token of the Japanese. General's appreciation of the efforts made by the Roman Catholic priest and his asso¬ ciates for creation and main- tenance of the Nantao refugee

The sum was donated as an expression of the sympathy of the Japanese command

Chinese refugees in the 30-

lled "Jacquinot Zone

vmann, a travelling student on the 13 Prominent, has reported the loss of two cameras, valued $500, from his cabin while

port.

BASQUE CHILD REFUGEES

BACK AT IRUN

San Sebastian, To-day.

A further batch of Basque re- fugee children, numbering 164 boys and girls, arrived at Irun yesterday from England, where they had been. sent months ago by the Spanish Re- publican authorities.

The children, separated for SO long from their parents, were given ja warm welcome, those present in

cluding the Papal Nuncio, the Bri- tish Vice-Consul at San Sebastian land representatives of General

Franco. Trans-Ocean.

TATARESCU ASKED TO FORM NEW CABINET

Bucharest, To-day. The National Party leader, who had been entrusted with formation of a new Cabinet, was received in audience by King Carol yesterday after noon, when he announced that he had failed in his task. King Carol then received the re tiring Premier, M. Tatarescu, and asked him to reform a Government, insisting that the should be on broader lines than the last.

Parliament has been called for to-day (Monday).—Trans-Ocean,

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