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RELAXATION OF EUROPEAN TENSION

Britain Rules Out Need For Emergency Steps

MR. M. K. LO

CURIOUS ABOUT

WATER FINANCE

FIGURES

OF CURRENT

Ambassador To Urge German Cooperation

London, To-day

WATER FINANCES ARE BE-The result of the meeting of the British Cabinet

ING SOUGHT BY THE HON. MR. M. K. LO IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO-MORROW WHEN THE NEW ORDINANCE "TO PROVIDE FOR AND REGU- LATE THE SUPPLY OF

FIRST TIME.

SUBMARINE JUNK OUTRAGE REPORT SECRECY

Failure of Government to publish

yesterday is regarded in diplomatic circles in the MacGregor Commission's Re- London as a sign of considerable relaxation of port on the submarine junk mas- sacre outside Hong Kong, is to be the tension, such as had scarcely seemed pos- the subject of a further question sible at any time during the last 24 hours.

WATER" WILL BE READ A It is pointed out that the British Cabinet does not consider necessary any kind of immediate mea- sures and that it was now thought possible to await further developments.

Mr. Lo has given notice of the

following questions:

In regard to revenue in respect

of water, consumption:

(1)-According to actual re-

ceipts from 1st January, 1938, BLOODY PURGE

up to the end of July, 1938, (or up to the end of the latest month

in respect of which actual figures IN SOVIET'S

the

are available), what was amount received in respect of 2% of the rates?

(2) In respect of the same period what was the amount re- ceived:-

(i) For meter and fire service

rental?

NAVY

by the Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo in

Legislative Council to-morrow.

Mr. Lo will ask:

with reference to my question

in this Council on the 9th March, Well-informed circles attribute 1938, and to the Hon. the Colon- this to the fact that in the last 24ial Secretary's reply, is Govern- hours reassuring reports have been ment now in a position to give received from Prague,

any indication as to when the Lord Runciman is said to have Report will be published? received a favourable impression from his

with last conversation

Henlein.

On March 9, the Colonial Se- cretary said that the Report had to the Imperial Great hopes are thus entertained been submitted that the new Czech proposals will Government and no instructions prove to be the starting point for for publication had been receiv ed. The outrage occurred on reaching an ultimate agreement.

The concrete result of the discus-September 22 last year and the of Ministers yesterday, there- Commission sat in October last

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London, To-day. "The Times" Rega corresponsion dent states that, for the first time, the Soviet Naval Ministry has ad-

(ii) For excess consumption? mitted that the Soviet's chief Rus- sian Admirals and naval experts were shot a few months ago.

(iii) For shipping and con-

struction supplies? SESSIONAL PAPER FIGURES

The correspondent adds that off- cial announcements state that the (3) In respect of the same G.P.U. shot Admiral Orloff, C. in period what would have been the C. of the Red Navy, who represent- revenue received if the charges ed the U.S.S.R. at the British Cor- for water had been on the basis onation, Admiral Sivkoff, Comman- set out in Appendix 2 to Session-der of the Baltic Fleet and Admiral' al Paper No. 4 of 1988, with, Ludry, Head of the Naval Academy. separate figures for the separate

categories therein shown? thus: Others, who are stated to have Flat rates......million gallons at $0.80 disappeared with the stigma of

$.

Peak Supplies ..million gallons at $0.50 High Levels „million gallons at $0.40

Shipping and Construction sup- plies

million gallons at $1.00

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"traltors and enemies of the peo- ple," have almost certainly shared the same fate.

́ ́These include Admiral · Orloff's Ad- successor, Admiral Victoroff, miral Kireyeff, Commander of the Pacific Fleet and Admiral Kadataky Commander of the Far Eastern Amur Flotilla.

"After this massacre the Red Navy has not to-day a single of- ficer who occupied a high post last on building a defensive navy, con-year," the correspondent states. sisting of submarines and small units, whereas the U.S.S.R.

ob-

THEER, ERROR

viously required a strong navy, The Ministry says the Admirals capable of offensive operations with and experts treacherously insisted big battleships and cruisers. These are now being built---Reuter.

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