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London, To-day.
While the International Rub- ber Committee's
decision to
Leader
Peipin
leave the quota for the second The police are combing the city fo quarter unchanged, has not sur- prised the majority of London rubber dealers, prices neverthe- less broke sharply yesterday, dip- ping under sixpence for the first time for four years.
Mr.
gunmen who last night unsuccess ed to assassinate Wang Keh-m. "provisional government esta Japanese.
Wang was returning with his J tary-adviser from a dinnersp motor-car emerged from a side main road, ten pistol shots rang
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The weakness is chiefly attri buted to outside liquidation, which found the market bereft of buyers, who, anticipating fur- ther liquidation of weak posi- tions, at present are holding off
Well-informed quarters recognise that the Committee had little option not harming him, but Mr. Yamo- One pierced Mr. Wang's clothes, regarding the second quarter quota, moto, his secretary adviser, was for, whereas a 5 per cent. reduc struck in the arm and face and is tion would not have afforded any now lying seriously wounded in material relief, a. 10 per cent cat, hospital. would undeniably have raised pro- Much excitement has been blems in connection with the labour aroused among the Japanese position.
community. The Japanese au- MERELY SHELVED While some consider the Composts at all entrances to the Le thorities have established police mittee has merely shelved the ques- gation Quarter, and are attempt- tion of a quota for the third quaring to hold up and search every ter, others consider it possible that one passing, including foreign non-Japanese they may be in possession of esti-Diplomats and foreign women. mates indicating improved United
FOREIGN PROTESTS. States consumption in the latter
The British and United States half of the year.
Embassies have protested to the The final recommendations of the Japanese Embassy in this con- Committee to the signatory guvernnection.
ments as regards renewal of the Meanwhile, the bodyguards of regulation agreement, contain, inter members of the "provisional gov alia, proposed alternations of the ernment" have been reinforced. basic quotas for the years 1939 to 1943.
HIGHER QUOTAS Compared with the figures put forward earlier, the recommenda- tions for Malaya, the Netherlands East Indies and Siam are unchang- ed, but Ceylon's proposed quota for each year is now 8,000 tons above those in the original recommenda- tion
years
Reuter
NAVAL POWERS
CONFERENCE
London, To-day.
It was stated yesterday follow-
Similarly, Burma is offered an ing the meeting of naval experts additional 1,500 cons each
representing the United Kingdom, North Borneo an additional 2,000 France and the United States, tons in 1939, 1,750 tons in 1940 parties to the 1936 London Naval 1641 and 1942, and 1,250 tons in Foreign Office under the chairman- Treaty, which was held at the 1943: Sarawak an additional 4,000 ship of. Sir Alexander Cadogan, tons each year, except in the case
that an announcement would be of 1940, when it is offered an extra
made later this week regarding the ¡4,250 tons.
discussions which have been pro- The full text of the final recomceeding between the three Powers, mendations will be published as soon as possible Reuter
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It is understood that these dis cussions have related to the tion of the invocation of tor clause in the Treaty.
respi
This question arose as
failure of the Japanese Go
Tento provide assurances in
Hamburg, To-day. reply to the joint enquiry of the
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A Leipzig working girl, Lieschen, three Powers drawing attention at Kiessling, launched the second. Tokyo to reports that Japan might ship built for the "Strength through construct battleships beyond the Joy" organisation Yesterday in the 35,000-ton limit which binds the presence of Herr Hitler-Trans parties to the 1936 Treaty-British Ocean.
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