1938-12-20 — Page 8

MUTT AND JEFF

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TO LUNCH TODAY! HERE,

DID

YOU

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RING,

AND A BOTTLE OF MILK

SIR?

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FOR YOURSELF!

·SAY, WHAT'S THE IDEA? YOU GET ME A SANDWICH AND A BOTTLE OF MILK AND YOU ONLY BROUGHT ME THIRTY CENTS CHANGE OUT OF MY TWENTY-DOLLAR BILL?

WELL, YOU TOLD

ME TO GET SOMETHING FOR MYSELF!

-"THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 20, 1988.

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JAPANESE FOSTERING OF

ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFIC

London, To-day.

Mr. Hamilton Kerr (Conservative, Oldham) drew attention in the House of Commons yesterday to the large trade in narcotics developed in eighteen factories in the Peiping-Tientsin area. Mr. Kerr asked whether the Japanese military au- thorities were encouraging and sanctioning the trade.

Mr. R. A. Butler, the Under-1 Foreign Secretary, replied he was. aware of the existence of the fac- tories, but had no evidence as to the attitude of the Japanese mili- tary towards them.

Mr. Philip Noel-Baker (Labour, Derby) asked whether it was not a fact that wherever the Japanese were in control, traffic in drugs de- veloped.

in

He suggested that the Govern- ment make representations Tokyo.

GOVERNMENT AGREES

REVELATIONS

IN COSTER

SUICIDE CASE

New York, To-day. Further startling allegations were

Mr. Butler: "Perhaps Mr. Noel- made yesterday against Donald Baker will give me any further in-Coster, the "Stavisky" of America, formation in his possession. ` Our head of the chemical firm of information tends to show that McKesson-Robbins whose Jekyll

what he says is correct."

Mr. Hamilton Kerr: "What steps and Hyde existence was uncovered have been taken to counteract the a few days ago.

illicit importation into England-of

drugs turned out in vast quantities Mr. Brian McMahon, Assistant from in Chinese territory under Ja-Attorney-General, arriving

Washington, described Coster panese' control?” `

Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd (for the (whose real name was Musica) as Home Office): "There is no reason "probably the biggest illicit liquor to suspect that drugs manufactur-dealer in the country, having con- ed in the Far East are entering nections with practically every big Britain."-Reuter.

name in the nation's underworld."

ORDER FOR BURMA LORRIES ALREADY GIVEN

London, To-day,

It is understood that the bulk,

Α Boston lawyer, Mr. Wingersky, testified that he drafted a contract at the behest of Coster for purchase of 200,000 Lee-Enfield rifles for delivery to non-belligerent na- tions, but as far as he knew. the contract had never been carried out..

Mr. Thomas Dewey, New York if not the whole of the £500,000 State District Attorney, accused credit for China will be used for the four Musica brothers of having purchase of motor lorries, in collected cash commissions of over tended mainly for use on the $3,000,000 on sales of crude drugs Burma-Yunnan road, says Reu-and other chemicals, ostensibly ter's diplomatic correspondent. made to fictitious firms created by An order for these lorries has Philip Musica but actually never already been placed.

made. Reuter.

Meanwhile the closest attention

is being paid in London to the situation at Tientsin, where the Japanese are controlling. the move- ments of Chinese into and out of the foreign Concessions.

The Japanese action appears to be prompted by uneasiness at the position created in their rear by Chinese guerillas.

There is reason to believe that the attitude adopted by the Japan- ese has caused annoyance not only to Britain and France but also to Germany and Italy-Reuter.

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