THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 18, 1939. .
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"The Times" Questions Value Of Koo's Appeal To League Tends Chiefly To Accentuate Political Weakness Of Geneva Organisation AUXILIARY CONSERVATIVE
SEVEN POINTS OF DR. KOO'S
DEMANDS
London, To-day.
Dr. Wellington Koo's repeated appeals to the League are doubtful, comments "The Times" this morning.
AIR FORCE RESERVE
London, To-day.
The Air Ministry announces that in order to provide an opportunity. for ex-airmen of the Auxiliary Air
auxiliary flying squadrons in
RETIRES FROM ELECTION
London, To-day.
Force to return for service
In response to what he describes emergency, it has been decided to
with as a national appeal from the an Prime Minister not to split the form an Auxiliary Air Force Re- National Government vote, Mr. J. Candidates for enlistment, who tive and farmers' candidate, has F. Wright, Independent Conserva- must be under fifty-three, will
derve.
The journal adds that they tend chiefly to accen- tuate the political weakness of the League. "The Times" comes to this conclusion, with a pass-serve for a period of two years and withdrawn from the by-election in
ing reference to Dr. Koo's appeal to the League further periods of not more
may be permitted to rejoin for East Norfolk, so that only two yesterday, in the course of an editorial devoted two years.-British Wireless.
than candidates. to the Geneva scene as Lord Halifax, the Bri-
Mr. F. Medlicott (Liberal National) and Mr. N. R. Tillet (Labour)
tish Foreign Secretary, found it on his way NEXT MEXICAN poll on Thursday week.
home from Rome. The majority of the League's, members, "The Times" proceeds, have made it officially clear that they recognise now their obliga- tions under Article XVI only in a modified sense..
JAPANESE
OBSESSED BY
EXPANSION IDEA
PRESIDENT
Mexico City, To-day.
-will
go to the
The Government majority at the last election was 12,647.
to
In his letter to Mr. Wright, the Premier assured him of the Gov- President Lazaro Cardenas re-ernment's policy to do everything They do not say that the arti-
ceived General Manuel Camacho, possible to restore prosperity Minister for cle has lapsed altogether, but]
War, and General agriculture. their position is that action under
Francisco Mujica yesterday after- "The Ministry of Agriculture it is to be taken, if taken at all,
noon, discussing with them for two are now engaged in an exhaustive hours the question of naming can-review of the whole problem with voluntarily and on the merits of cach case.
Discussing the peace programme of President when his term of of- others.
didates to succeed him in the post the National Farmers Union and Dr. Koo enumerated financial Konoyo of Japan, Dr. Koo, in his
recently announced by Prince fice comes to an end in November, found necessary will be proceeded Whatever legislation is and economic measures which hejaddress to the League Council, de- 1940. believed would in this case beclared that acceptance of this pro-set up only one candidate for this
with as quickly as possible" The discussion is believed to have British Wireless. effective. Reuter.
China's demands of the League, Japanese militarism.
gramme would open up all Asia to as presented by Dr. Koo, are as
post and it is presumed in political follows:
The 20th century in Europe, he
circles here that the choice would (1) Financial and economic res-depth to which Japan is obsessed
stated, has no
fall on General Camacho.-Trans- conception of the
Ocean. trictions against Japan, with the idea of expansion which (2) Boycott of all Japanese has been cultivated for centuries.
goods by the members of the League of Nations,
In proposing the Japanese-Chin- ese- (3) Embargo on
Manchukoan raw material Konoye saw the entire Far East bloc, Prince
(4) Special embargo on
-
"CRITICAL POINT"
London, To-day. Indication that important Arab
OLYMPIC VILLAGE AT HELSINSKI
The
Helsinki, To-day. foundation stone of the
which would be utilized in under Japanese control and mem-decisions are likely this week, is Olympic village which will be the Japan for the manufacture bership of China in such a group contained in a telegram from the home of athletes from all parts of of war materials,
would mean surrendering
control Dominions and Colonial Secretary, the world at the 1940 Olympic aero- of foreign policy to Japan. planes and petroleum,
Mr. Malcolm Macdonald, to his Games (5) Effective economic support Comintern Pact, China
In declining to sign the
Anti-constituency at Ross and Cromarty. Mayor of Helsinki, Professor Dr. was laid yesterday, the of the Chinese wation by the signify that she was inclined to- cancelled his attendance at a pu- the organising committee of the did not Mr. Macdonald in the telegram Tulenheimo and the chairman of members of the League of wards' Communism or Nations,
that the blic meeting of farmers to-morrow 12th Central Government was communis- (Thursday).
Olympic Games making (6) Simplification of transit and tic in its outlook, explained the
speeches. transport of war materials speaker, who declared that China now been reached in the prepara-modate about 3,000 athletes and is He said: "A critical point has The Olympic village will accom- intended for Chinx,
made a definite distinction between tions for the discussions on Pales- situated in the immediate vicinity (7) Formation of a special com-internal and foreign policy. '-
mittee in the League Coun-
tine with the Arabs and In a sharp attack on the Japanese which necessitates
Jews, of the town.-Trans-Ocean. cil on which all nations with culture which, he declared, would London on Friday".-Reuter.
my being interests in the Far East be imposed on China would be represented and Japanese victory, the speaker de- through a whose task would be to con-clared that in this field China was sider ways and means for superior and that Japanese culture member States to resist Ju-was inacceptable. pan and to prevent Japan from continuing war. Trans-Ocean.
DANUBE SHIPPING CONFERENCE
Belgrade, To-day.
A conference of States interest-
Trans-Ocean.
MUNITIONS REACH RANGOON
Rangoon, To-day. The British steamer "Worcester- shire" with a cargo of American planes and machineguns arrived. here yesterday.
MANCHUKUO AND THE AXIS
Hsinking, To-day.
in
ANOTHER VICTIM OF CAR CRASH
The formal adherence of Man- Yui Sam-mui, one of the two chukuo to the Anti-Comintern Pact women who were injured in the will, according to statements here, motor car accident at North Point take place in the middle of on Sunday, when Private Jackson February when the pact will be of the Royal Scots was killed, died signed in Hsinking, the capital of at the Queen Mary Hospital at
Manchukuo.-Trans-Ocean.
9.50 p.m. last night.
This material is stated to be de-GALE STILL RAGING OFF ENGLISH COAST
ed in Danube shipping began yes- stined for China under the terms terday in Veldes, Germany being of the 25 million dollar loan re- represented by 17 delegates, Hung-cently granted. ary, ́· Yugo-Slavia, Czecho-Slovakia
one.
was
At Deal, a trawler overturned by a heavy gust, of nine or ten have been and it is feared that the crew
drowned.
LONDON, TO-DAY. THE GALE WHICH SWEPT ENGLAND END CONTINUED YESTER
AT THE WEEK- DAY, AND · MORE" STORMY WEATHER IS PREDICTED.
Roads and fields are under The shelters will be erected in water, and 1 rkshire and the is the English Channel, and many]Midlands
ships were unable to leave port." "from flooding,
are suffering badly
Further way material, it is add- by seven each, Rumania and Eng-ed, will follow shortly and a num- land by three euch and France by ber of American. instructors will be sent to train Chinese pilots. The existing shipping conven- Supplies will be forwarded by the tions are to be overhauled-Trans- new road from Burma which Ocean.
open to traffic.--Trans-Ocean.
Reuter.
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