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No. 30,563 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1938 Price: 10.Ctß.
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JAP. BREAKDOWN FORESHADOWED
Vernon Bartlett's Hopeful Signs For 1939
NEXT NAZI BLOW TENSION IN
DOIHARA ARRIVAL DISCREDITED
Rumours of the arrival in Hong Kong of Major-General Doihara, the not very successful Puppet-Maker, are discredited by authoritative quarters.
The Japanese Consulate-Gener- al declared that they had not been informed of any such visit, made or impending.
Other official sources confirmed that the report is without foun- dation.
GERMAN TIBET EXPEDITION GOING TO LHASA
Berlin, To-day.
Dr. Ernst Schaefer, the leader of the German Tibet Expedition, in a report to the "Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung" from Bangkok, says that the expedition, following successful exploration work in Sikkim, has been invited by the Regent of Tibet, to visit Lhasa.
PLANNED FOR HOLLAND?
London, To-day.
TOKYO RELATIONS WITH POWERS
Tokyo, To-day.
The leading Japanese financial
Light comes from the East, says Vernon Bartlett
in an article in the "News Chronicle" this daily, "Chugai Shogyo," forecasts morning, entitled "Three Hopeful Signs for that in 1939 the prevailing political 1939."
uncertainty in Europe will continue.
The masses of Chinese migrating westwards across the burned brown plains before the advancing Chinese may yet save us from another war. With hardly a slogan about democracy in their heads and still less experience of it in their lives, they are fighting our battle while Mr. Chamberlain makes appeasing and ineffectual concessions.
NAZI CRISIS
The failure of the British and The internal German situation French to see that greater quan-is now so bad that there must be tities of arms have reached the some new victory by April or Chinese armies may, in the long the complete disappearance of run, be to the advantage of the bullying attitude when dicta-] China.
tors talk to democrats.
Very important Nazi lead- ers believe that the next move will be against Holland or Belgium, but probably against Holland.
Chinese taxation per head has the war began, while in Japan it increased only 30 per cent. since has risen 160 per cent.
Chinese victory may be delayed in consequence, but it will be victory.
JAPAN'S CASUALTIES Japanese casualties hitherto are 740,000, and although gov- ernments can wage war for a It is the first time that such an short time without gold, Japan's invitation has been extended to Ger-reserves are now practically ex- man explorers.
The expedition consists of the five German explorers, Dr. Ernst Schaefer, Dr. Karl Wienert, Ernst Krause, Edmund Geer, Bruno Be- ger, twelve native servants and in- terpreters and 50 animals.
hausted.
The British and American Governments are recovering courage and are allowing a trickle of financial help to. reach China.
The City is not likely to do The expedition hopes to reach much to rescue the Tokyo Gov- Lhasa at the end of January, 1939. ernment.
The official Invitation provides The Russians are again show- for a fortnight's visit to Lhasa during activity in the Far East. ing which the German scientists The breakdown of the fishery ne- will have the opportunity to attend gotiations may have important the Tibetan New Year's celebration, results.
́the greatest festival of Tibet, at the CORNER OF TRIANGLE beginning of February. The ex- 1939 may quite probably see pedition will remain for another the open and utter failure of the year in Tibet and the neighbouring Tokyo corner of the triangle, countries before returning to Ger- Germany, Italy and Japan. many.--Trans-Oceán.
The other two encouraging factors are Spain and American Jabandonment of her isolation.
Mr. Bartlett says, that another
TWELVE DEATHS six months of the Civil War in
|Spain will bring terrible suffer-
New York, To-day ing to Barcelona but will bring |||
disruption and defeat to Burgos. He declares the real danger is. Jin Western Europe.
The cold weather in the United States has caused twelve deaths. -----Router.
Britain and America, the news- paper says, will not change their attitude towards Japan, while the Japanese military operations will not end.
The present--business deprer--- sion and erratic market con- "ditions in Japan will continue.
Mr. Wang Ching-wei'a flight will "prove a step towards the Kuomin- tang's decomposition," but China's reconstruction movement will make headway.
It is hardly possible that the stock market will worsen despite strengthening of the control and tension in Japanese diplomatic relations with the big Powers.- Reuter.
bit as harrowing as last Septem- ber, the democracies will emerge triumphant, and then we shall be Mr. Bartlett concludes: "I be-able to talk peace instead of ap- lieve that out of a crisis every peasement." Reuter.
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