1938-03-29 — Page 7

THE CHINA MATE MARCH 29, 1938

BRITISH EFFORTS TO

TO BRING NORMALITY TO SHANGHAI Labour Questioners Harass Mr. R. A. Butler

SEVERE FIGHTING

WITHIN 60 MILES

OF SETTLEMENT

London, To-day.

The main hostilities had moved about 200 miles from Shanghai, but severe fighting between Chinese guerilla bands and Japanese troops had occurred within 60 miles of the city, said

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KING BORIS

GROUP WINS ELECTION

Sofia, To-day:

Candidates in the Bulgarian. general election supporting King Boris's non-party government, won 103 seats as compared with the opposition's 57 sexts. Reuter.

Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary for Foreign ROBBER'S

Affairs, in a Common answer yesterday to Mr. A. C. Moreing (Conservative, Preston). The British Government, he said, was doing every-

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thing possible to assure a return to normalA BEDROOM

peace-time conditions.

Mr. Moreing pointed out that the

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International Settlement police MODERN ARMS A

were perfectly able to maintain or- der all over the Settlement, and wished steps to be taken, in the interests of British and other coun-1 tries' trade, for removal of the Japanese troops.

FACTOR

Shanghai, To-day. Foreign military observers here Mr. Philip Noel-Baker (Labour) attribute the Chinese military suc- asked on what grounds the Japan-cesses to use of modern armaments, ese justify retention of their troops in the Settlement.

"SAME RIGHTS?”

Mr. Butler replied that they had the same rights as other countries in regard to the stationing of

- troops in Shanghai.

Mr. Moreing asked if Mr. Butler really suggested that Japanese oc

employment of mechanized units, better co-ordination among divi- sions, support of the air force and new strategy

BRITAIN AND

MEXICAN OIL EXPROPRIATION

Answer concerning tion of foreign Mexico, the Under

for

Foreign Affairs said the Govern- ment had under ideration various steps which might be open to them to take to deal with the situation.

The Minister in Merics had kept them fully informed and they were in close touch with the British-in- terests concerned.

Sui Pui-mui, a married woman,

The House might rest ssured that the Govern residing at No. 1a, Man Cheong

their best to Fong, Happy Valley, has reported investments in that shortly after two o'clock this in the meantime, ferred Members to morning a man entered her bedroom

of the President of through an open window and stole Fed in the Press money to the value of $192

The intruder stayed for almost two hours, demanding that she open a safe. She endeavoured to do so, but apparently because of nervous-

Chinese morale is greatly streng-ness could not get the combination thened by the sweeping victories. International.

cupation of Hongkew and Yang JAPANESE CLAIMS

poo could be compared to our and the French action in stationing troops in the International Settle- ment

No answer was given Reuter.

HUNDREDS OF WOUNDED PASS THROUGH SHANGHAI

IN ANTARCTIC

right. The safe contained ovez $1,000. The thief then started to search the room and to threaten the woman She reached a window and attempted to call for assistance, but the thief menaced her with knife he found on the dressing table.

Shanghai, To-day.

In a struggle, the woman was struc in the hand, receiving a shi "Domei” reports from Tokyo, the Foreign Office will wound. The thief escaped by clin shortly claim certain regions in ing to the roof up a water pipe. the Antarctic Zone as belonging to Japan.

According to

Shanghai, To-day. In the last few days, although the

It is stated the foreign countries Japanese have attempted to pre-

have already been unofficially-in- serve secrecy, hundreds of wounded soldiers have been brought through formed of Japan's intention. Our Shanghai and placed on hospital Own Correspondent.

ships.

The majority have come

from

expropriation –

against the would not interests.

week that the

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hai where guerillas are reported have inflicted severe casualties

in

the area between Hangchow and Kashing, o fataka

re

that

The Royal Observatory reports that a weak anti-cyclone covers China, Japan and the neighbouring

seas

Local forecast: Et winds,

The garrison of Kashing is ported to be under siege.

The Chinese also claim

Pressure is highest to the north Kwangteh, which was retaken last of the Yangtse Valley. week by Japanese "mopping-up" } troops, is again in Chinese hands moderate; fair following a sanguinary encounter in which practically the entire Ja- panese garrison was wiped out- Our Own Correspondent.

TOKYO DIET'S SESSION OVER

Tokyo, To-day. The Diet has concluded its ses- sion affer

ving its approval to all the Government's bills, 110 in all, including the National Mobil isation Bill

SMALLPOX

After showing a decline for se- veral days, the smallpox returns for Hong Kong in the past 24 hours again registered an

In this period, 35 further cases were notified the local Health Department. Twenty-six were in Victoria, eight in Kowloo if one

Shaukiwan

Control Bill was fiercely contested and got through only Government had agreed to accept

certain amendments.

Japanese industrial circles press themselves highly

satisfied,

A series of bills relating to new taxation, and also the ordinary and extraordinary budgets, amounting with these results, which are re- to 8,400,000,000 yen, were passed garded as having strengthened the without demug-

position of the Government.

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