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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 7 1938

LABOUR CHALLENGES ARMAMENTS

RACKET

Eight Licences Issued For Japan In 9 Months

AMERICAN ACTION ON POST INCIDENT

Shanghai, To-day.

The United States Consulate- General has made representations to the Japanese authorities-request- ing full investigation of the cen- sor's banning of the "Evening Post and Mercury."

GOVERNMENT CITES TREATY

London, To-day.

UNITED STATES

RECOGNISES ANSCHLUSS

Eight licences for export of war material from the

United Kingdom to Japan had been issued Washington, To-day. since July 1, 1937, said Captain Euan Wal- The United States has lace, parliamentary secretary to the Board of declared its acceptance Trade, replying to Mr. B. Riley (Labour, Dews- of the Austro-German bury) in the House of Commons yesterday. anschluss in a note pre- The total value of arms, ammunition and military sented to the German

and naval stores registered as consigned to Government. Japan from July 1, 1937, to February 28, 1938, was £61,000.

"The result of this investiga- tion is being closely followed, since it is felt that the "Evening Post" incident raises the whole question of Japanese rights to of the fact that the Japanese Gov- interfere with foreign mail.

Mr. Riley asked whether in view

ernment was carrying on an ag-

In an editorial on the config-gressive war it was consistent with cation by the Japanese of the the League Covenant that the Bri- newsapers, the "Evening Post" tish Government, as a member of says that the authorities of the the League, should issue licenses paper have received indication to the aggressor.

that the ordinary postage payder the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Captain Wallace replied that un- ment made by them for trans-

1911, no prohibition may be im- mission on the banned copies of the paper will not be refunded. posed on exports to Japan unless a similar prohibition applies to all destinations.-Reuter.

Further, there will be no com- pensation for the papers confis- cated, which the journal says it has reason to believe have been destroyed-Reuter.

FALMOUTH

BRITISH CLAIMS COMMISSION ON JAPAN OIL REPORT

hostilities.

London, To-day.

-U.S. EMBASSY

SEEKS A BETTER 'OLE

Barcelona, To-day.

In view of the critical situation, the United States Embassy and Consulate-General, have moved their offices to St. Andres de Ha- vaneras about 50 kilometres north of Barcelona. -- Trans Ocean

UNION'S REPLY TO GOVERNMENT

The note asks Germany to pay Austria's debts.

The State. Department an rounces that the note does in no sense constitute de jure recogni- tion of Austria's conquest, and it therefore is no departure from the principle to which the United States is committed that there must not be recognition of terri- torial changes effected by armed force.

Another note states. that the United States Embassy in Vien- na will henceforth be changed to 2 consulate-general Reuter.

CHINESE CLAIM AT HANGCHOW

Hofer, To-day.

The Chinese claimed another im- portant victory over the Japanese around Hangchow and Fung fol- London, To-day. A brief debate took place in

lowing a series of heavy engage- Several Commons questions yes-the House of Lords on the re-

London, To-day. ments in the past few days, culmin- terday referred to the China-Japan Commission which recently re-representatives who recently met strategic hills including Lion Hill commendations of the Falmoutfi Amalgamated Engineering Unionating in the recovery of several ported on the various methods of the Minister for the Coordination and Green Dragon Hill, permitting The Under-Secretary for Foreign extracting oil from coal

of Defence, Sir Thomas Inskip, the Chinese to dominate the Hang- Affairs, Mr. Butler, answering said The Lord Privy Seal, Earl De La have issued a manifesto appealing chow-Fuyang Highway. The Ja that there had been no serious Warr, for the Government, agreed to their members to work volum panese garrison at Hangchow is hostilities in South China and con-with other speakers regarding the tary overtime on behalf of the menaced by the Chinese troops, sequently only minor interference vital interest of the question to Spanish Government.

who are maintaining close co-oper- with British interests, there or at the nation in time of war and also

The manifesto which is a longation with the guerillas. Hong Kong. Such matters as had in time of peace.

In a single battle at Esinchiao document suggests that workers

ed to have inflicted over 800 dead

arisen had been the subject of He was unable to say what steps who cannot afford to give money near Hangchow, the Chinese claim- representation. A certain measure the Government proposed to take should give time, work and skill to of satisfaction had been obtained regarding the Commission's recom- make things

for Spain-British the enemy-Hua Nan. and several matters were still mendations. He recalled that the Wireless. under discussion....

Committee did not refuse to con-

ed.

Berlin, To-day.

Nobuyoshi Kobayashi, of the Domei News Agency, was this morning fined $20 by Mr. B. Ed-

All passport rules formerly in wards at the Central Magistracy

Mr. Butler later said that he was sider any of processes of extracting unable to give the exact figures or oil from coal providing they had details of British claims against reached a stage from which it was the Japanese Government as they possible to draw economic conclu- had not yet finally been determin-sions and added that the Govern-force between Germany and Aus-when he was charged with failing

tria have now been abolished. to notify the Police of his change - ment had the whole question under Trans-Ocean:

of address on two occasions. According to reports which had serious consideration and were, at so far reached him the amount at the present time, taking action and present was in the region of £300,- were examining a number of me 000 and a settlement would be ex-thods but could not go into details.) pected as soon as the claims had been thoroughly investigated.

British Wireless.

OIL SUPPLIES

Referring to the suggestion that

FIRE ON SANCHO the country's oil-supplies were.. no

ISLAND

Canton, To-day.

better than they were a few months 2go, Earl De La Warr assured the House that not only had Service stocks gone up but the Government had been giving attention, in con- A fire broke out yesterday on junction with the oil companies, to Sancho Island and gutted a Chinese the increasing of civil stocks A temple, according to reports from great deal of consideration had also Chung Shan District

been given to the rationing of oil in The temple was used by Japanese Itime of war. Progress had marines as barracks-Our Owr made or all these questions- Correspondent.

tish Wireless.

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