1938-01-18 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 18, 1938.

BRITISH SHIP

SAVES

CHINESE TREASURES £10,000,000 Works Of Art London Saw

STORY REVEALED CHESS-PLAYING FOR FIRST TIME MINISTER OF

EFFECT OF

TOKYO'S

STATEMENT

Government on

a

Tokyo, To-day.

from

The Chinese art treasures, which were valued JUSTICE

at more than £10,000,000 when they were exhibited in London last year, have been rescued from Nan- king by the British river steamer Whangpu, 3,204 tons.

Moscow, To-day.

of People's Commis- was immediately com- missioned to form a new Cabinet.

sars,

The statement of the Japanese

Apart from the appointment of policy towards

M. Kalinin, yesterday's chief poli- China gave a powerful impetus to How this was done was revealed for the first tical event was the resignation of the movement for organisation of time when I met the master of the steamer, Capt. M. Molotoff, Chairman of the So- a formal government replacing the W. G. McKenzie, of Inverness, writes the Shanghai viet present provisional one, according correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph.” to Japanese despatch.

Packed in 5,000 cases, they were Peiping.

Well informed circles believe stowed in the war-scarred Whàngpu that a formal government of the a week before Nanking fell and tak- Republic of China will not be in-jen up the Yangtse, amid the crash- augurated until March and willing of bombs, to Chungking, the new.

presided over probably by temporary capital of China. General Chin Yung-peng, Pre- When the treasures travelled from mier in 1919 and 1920.

London last year in the 17,000-ton; The formal Government is P. and O. liner Rañpura they were likely to treat Hsu Shih-chang, escorted all the way to China by a Tsao Kun and Marshal Wu Pei-relay of warships. On the journey fu as distinguished senior states-from Nanking they were guarded by

Reuter.

four Britons, the officers of the ship refusing a Chinese armed guard lest

be

men.

CANTON NOW FEELS SAFE

/

it should be considered a breach of neutrality.

LOADED AT NIGHT -

JAPANESE TAKE OVER CUSTOMS

Tsingtao, To-day.

Mr. Campbell, the British: Com- missioner of the Chinese Maritime Customs in Taingtao, will hand over administration of the Cus toms to a Japanese Commissioner at 11.30 this morning-Reuter.

**I agreed to take them," Capt. BRITISH

McKenzie said to me, "because it

would have been a crime to have left AIR

such treasures to the risk of des- truction. It was our last journey before the bombing on Sunday, Dec. 12, when we were nearly blown out of the water.

RECORD

Yesterday afternoon's session of the Supreme Council ranged from a demand by the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Commit- tee for sterner action to curb

to Japanese hooliganism" caustic attack by the Baku de- puty, M. Bagiroff, on M. Krilen- ko, the Commissar for Justice on the grounds that he was neglect- ing his duties for mountaineer- ing and chess playing.

“We do not want a Commis- sar of Justice who is only a chess player," he stated. Reuter.

VETERAN LEADER

Moscow, To-day.

Bolshevik

M. Kalinin, veteran leader, was yesterday appointed Chairman of the Supreme Council

The appointment created some surprise as it was expected that Stalin would assume the position.

of the Soviet. London, To-day. British Airways yesterday estab- lished a new record for a commer- cial air transport company in fly.

Reuter byling an aeroplane from London to

Paris in 60 minutes.

Canton, To-day. Canton is now China's main out-

"The treasures were carried let to the sea and appears rapidly to be assuming a mantle of greater coolies on bamboo slings to Nanking political importance, as many minor wharf and were stacked in the open. Chinese officials, formerly of It took four days to put them Shanghai, have found their here.

way

aboard, as loading was possible only at night owing to Japanese air raids. Meanwhile, indicative of the during the day.

"The Chinese- crew, not knowing sense of security which has taken the place of the fear of a threat to their nature, spat carelessly on the South China, many boats have ar-packages containing the priceless ob- rived in Canton during the past few jects, and ate their meals perched on days from Wuchow, laden with eva crates of ivories and jades. cees who had hastened to Kwangsi to take refuge there and who now consider it safe to return to Kwang-

tung.

Also noticeable is the complete unconcern showed by the populace during each new story of Japanese landings in South China. Yester day's story of a heavy concentra- tion of warships off the Ladrones

"The cases weighed 1,500 tons. We got them all safely to Hankow, and from there they were transhipped to Chungking.”

GALE DISRUPTS

has caused little or no comment SHIPPING

Meanwhile, air raid alarms con- tinue apace, and another was sound-

Four

ed at 7 o'clock this morning. planes were sighted at the usual

LONDON, TO-DAY. THE GALE WHICH SWEPT points in Tongkawan but have not ENGLAND DURING THE WEEK- visited the city. The all clear is now being sounded-Reuter.

S.S. CARTHAGE

The 8.8. "Carthage" is expected to arrive at this port at 4 p.m. to- morrow and to sail for Shanghai and Japan at 5 p.m. on Thursday,

END, LEFT BEHIND MUCH DAMAGE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

A Swansea steamer was lost off the South Coast of Wales, while members of the crew of a number of vessels were washed overboard during the height of the storm.

two

· As a result of the gale, the tide in the Thames rose higher than us- ual at Southend, and reached inches above the normal line.

The Cunard liner. “Aquitania" which was due at Southampton yes- tion to Northern Ireland yesterday terday was delayed by the heavy

· London, To-day. The War Secretary, Mr. Hore Belisha, ended his visit of inspec-

and returned by

British Wireless.

London.

seas, and is now.

to-morrow (Wednesday)Reuter

The 205-miles journey was. com- pleted in half an hour less than schedule time.--British Wireless.

JAPANESE PILOT

The

ISCHISA NOW SAFE

Italian steamer

Ischisa,

PHOTOGRAPHERS which asked for help, yesterday as

she was reported to be drifting helplessly between Hong Kong and Manila, reports this morning that that she is continuing on her way. her engines have been repaired and

Canton, To-day. Railway officials, Japanese planes, According to Hankow-Canton

after periodically bombing the railway, frequently return to dive The s.s. Sagres which was racing within a few hundred feet of the to the distressed vessel's help. late 19 NOWE "COL- ground to take photographs-Reu- yesterday afternoon,

ter.

tinuing on her normal course,

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