1937-11-15 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER

NANTAO NEUTRAL ZONE NOW IN HANDS OF JAPANESE No Attempt Made To Interfere With Red Cross

REFUGEES TO FORM OWN POLICE FORCE

Shanghai, To-day.

The so-called "neutral zone" in Nantao is now completely in Japanese hands, Japanese troops having reached the boundaries of the zone yesterday and formed a closed ring of bayonets round it.

The work of the International Red Cross in the zone, however, is in no way disturbed by the Japanese, especially as the Japanese them- selves have no organisation of their own on the spot to care for the tens of thousands of Chinese refuges.

Japanese naval units are now FRENCH engaged in removing the barriers

placed by the Chinese across the EXPLORERS

Whangpoo.

After a narrow passage had been broken yesterday, two Jap- anese gunboats steamed up the Whangpoo and captured four Chinese gunboats at Minghong, as well as getting into touch with the Japanese front lines at Sung- kiang

Small Japanese craft are en- gaged in mine-sweeping, and have collected 15 mines so far.

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MASS AT PARIS WORLD FAIR

Paris, To-day.

The Patriarch of Antioch, Car- dinal Tappouni, now staying in Paris, celebrated Mass at the Pa- pal Pavilion of the Paris World. Fair yesterday.

The choir of the Syrian Mis- sion in Paris assisted at the cere mony.Trans-Ocean.

CZECH FOREIGN POLICY CRITICISED

Berlin, Saturday.

The Czecho-Slovakian For- eign Minister made no construc- tive contribution towards alle- viation of European difficulties,"

declares the "Voelkischer Beat MODERN ARTISTS Dr. Krofta's speech on foreign

HAVE MURDERED

BEAUTY

Architect Attacks Royal Academy

bachter, in adverse criticism of

affairs.

disap-

"In spite of repeated pointments during the past year, Prague has fearned nothing as re- gards her foreign pol the journal.

"Her hopes that the French

Modern artists have murdered hegemony in Europe would re- beauty" in the opinion of Sir main supreme have not been ful- Charles Allom, 72-year-old architect filled, and her expectations than and art expert

the Danubian Powers would form an opposition alliance against Addressing the annual conference Germany have not been realised. of the Incorporated Association of

"Nevertheless, the Prague Gov- Architects and Surveyors at Oxernment believes it has embarked ford, Charles said: "I feel that when on the correct political course, the Royal Academy of Arts, once although this is leading the ship of state ever deeper into troubled standing so high, has let down art waters as regards relations with in the shameful way it has during Germany.

The first Europeans to explore the last 15 years especially, one has the wild valley of the Salween a right to object. I feel that mo Other small craft are now pro- River on the borders of China and dern artists have murdered beauty, ceeding unhindered up Soochow Tibet, M. M. Guibauta and Lotard, and architects must be among those Creek to contact the Japanese have returned to Paris. troops west of the Settlement.

The two Frenchmen were sent on

Japanese naval aeroplanes a geographical mission to Central bombed the Chinese yesterday Trans-Ocean.

REFUGEE POLICE

Asia by the Ministry of National Education and various French-so- cieties, and successfully made their way into the mysterious “Lissu Country" so called from the tribe

inhabiting it, on the borders of Tibet, China and Burma.

who must endeavour to restore the quality and taste of the people.

Epstein

"In mentioning Epstein's Tazne with contempt for the horrible crea- [tion 'Genesis," I would pay tribute to his vast ability. He is a mighty artist who has allowed himself to be debased by this modernist craze. This country has a very inhospit-There is a great deterioration in armed able reputation, and repeated at-

tempts to cross it by French, Eng. taste in our profession. We must lish and German, expeditions have cooperate to create a public that is failed in the past.

architecturally-minded.

Shanghai, To-day. The Nantao refugee area is to be policed by guards chosen by and from the Chinese refugees them selves. The guards will be with revolvers and batons.

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Japanese military patrols occa- sionally inspect the area though not officially on duty.

In 1910 two Germans, Brunhuber "When I look upon more than and Schmitz, tried to reach Tibet three-quarters of the buildings to The zone will be under the care by way of the upper valley of the day disappointed. of the International Red Cross. Salween, and were massacred by

since the Japanese have no facilities the natives. Since then no Euro- at cept when she is

on the spot for caring for the peans have ventured into this re. 250,00 refugees.

FOOD RASES

gion

New Maps And 2,000 Photographs

Guibaut and Liotard explored the Meanwhile, the difficulties over gorges of the Salween, which run lack of food and water are being up into the last foothills of the overcome by the establishment of Himalayas. This part of their ammerous bases to which the re journey was made particularly dif- fugees come for meals and water

destructive mood and is represented by an earthquake, has never shown such a profound change as has hap- pened in taste in this and other countries during the last 15 or 20

ficult owing to the fact that in Non-Intervention

In a few days it is expected that many places the river runs be- the normal suppply of water, light tween almost sheer walls of rock and telephone will be resume

OUT OF BOUNDS

Meeting

They finally crossed into Tibet, covering some 1,550 miles in all,

London, Saturday. 500 of which were done on foot. A meeting of the non-interven- The explorers have brought baction sub-committee has been call- The zone is out of bounds to the much geographical and ethno-fed for Tuesday next to receive general public of Shanghai, and all graphical information, including the reports of the technical ex- desiring to enter must have a special new maps, and they have taken perts who have been working on

om the French police 12,000 photographs.

No further refugees are allowed

enter the Settlement with

most

exception

among the weand

They are so

the ants of their journey sick plan to organise

tion into

Central

various questions in connection

ith the re-with the proposals adopted by they the non-intervention committee

at their Wirel

ting

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