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Irresponsible Statements Now To Be Curbed H.K. WATCHED APPOINTMENT OF NEW BLACK-OUT ON

WITH GROWING CONCERN

Tokyo, To-day.

Huge quantities of Belgian and Czecho- Slovakian arms and am- munition, seized by the Japanese in Tsingtao

EXPERT INTRIGUES

Washington, To-day.

It is reliably reported that parliamentary means

The

MONDAY WEEK: CAR LIGHTING

will be taken to discout apart Adminis CAR

tration considers to be irresponsible statements It is officially notified that a and tactics concerning the nation's foreign po-black-out" similar to that of 9th licy within Congress.

December last will probably be decision follows a conference between Presi-effected on 28th February, 1938, dent Roosevelt and Mr. S. D. McReynolds, between 7 pm and 11 p.m. and chairman of the foreign relations committee regulations under the Lighting Con- of the House of Representatives.

trol Ordinance, 1936, for this purpose are at present under con- sideration...

last month, were sold and The Administration does 'not 1 brought to China by Bri-favour the King-Maverick resolu- tish "merchants of tions asking for an international death," states the "Nichi-peace conference, and it is believ- Nichi."

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CHINESE CONCENTRATION AT HOFEI

Motorists are warned that the restrictions on lights on vehicles are likely to be considerably more stringent than on the former oc- casion and may include the fol- lowing:

ed that neither they nor the testi- mony of Congressman Hamilton The paper adds that if Bri-Fish (Rep.) before the House Na- tain really wishes to maintain] val Committee, advocating the neutrality in the current Sino-United States giving Japan

Nanking, To-day.

Prohibition of head lamps, Japanese dispute, she should fol-equal navy, will evoke

Japanese military circles state any real

that the Chinese have

rear "stop" lights and illuminat- low the example of France,support from either House.

concen- ed direction indicators. which recently declared an em-

SHAMELESS POLITICS

trated a number of regiments in

Lights to be limited the neighbourhood of the town side lights and one rear light.

to two bargo on the export of arms to Members of the Administration

of Hofei, in central Anhwei, ap- China and banned transportation were particularly aroused by the

war supplies through Indo-statements of Hamilton Fish which ing an attempt to outflank the Glasses of lamps in use to be of

No lamp exceeding six candle- parently with the object of mak- power to be used. China.

are characterised as shameless po-Japanese detachments which are covered with at least one thick- The paper concludes that thelities, Japanese Government is watch-

advancing north along the Tien- ing

with concera growing im- ports of war supplies through Hong do

Reater.

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CHINESE ADOPT SHOCK TACTICS

-Hsuchow, To-day-

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Mr. Hamilton Fish is accused

of advocating a policy which his party would never endorse if it

was in power.

ness of white

or yellow tissue sin-Pukow Railway and to pre- paper or other material having rent them from taking part in the same obscuring effect. the fighting for possession of Hsuchow.

a big engagement is expected to The Japanese command has take place during the next few ordered an attack on Hofer where days. of

Trans-Ocean.

Speculation has been aroused by the appointment of Adolph Berle, one of the original members President Roosevelt's "Brains Trust" and long the close adviser of the President, as Assistant Se

cretary of State.

-SPECIAL-TASK-

NEW

The Japanese forces, fully oc- cupied by the operations along been given a special assignment the Hwai River, have been sur-[for a few months to assist Presi- prised by extensive Chinese acti-dent Roosevelt draft plans for in- vities in the area west of the ternational appeasement, but State southern section of the Tsin-PuDepartment officials have no con- Railway, according to the latest]firmation of this.-Reuter. military report.

Mr. Berle is reported to have CONSIGNMENT

As a result of a series of light- ning attacks, Chinese troops are

FIRST POLAR

surrounding Kocheng, Fengyang RESCUE ATTEMPT

and Shuengyao and have cut all

Jines of communicatio

Japanese troops were ambushed midway on their retreat from Shuengyao and suffered hundreds.

ABANDONED

Moscow, To-day.

of casualties before they were dis- The attempt to rescue by air the ...persed. The Chinese forces are Soviet scientists marooned on a now in full control. of Kocheng drifting ice floe was temporarily and Shuengyao.

abandoned yesterday, when the ice Hostilities on the northern bank on which the aeroplanes had been of the Hwpi River were quieter landed from the ice

breaker yesterday and the situation, gen- Taimyr, began to shift under a erally, shows no change as the Ja-strong south-west wind. panese have failed in their thrusts The planes had to be hastily on the new Chinese positions. dismantled and re-embarked. Hua Nan.

Reuter.

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