1939-01-19 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 19, 1989.

SHOT FIRED INTO

SHAMEEN STATION

A STRONG British protest has been lodged, it is believed, with the Japanese authorities in Can- ton in connection with an incident which occur- red on Sunday.

AT

T about 11.30 on Sunday morning, a Japanese sentry opposite the British Bridge, fired a rifle bullet which entered the police station on Shameen.

Representations made by Cap-i tain J. Ferguson, the Chief of Police, elicited the reply that the sentry was "shooting birds."

It is now reported that the Bri- tish Consul-General, Mr. A. P. Blunt, has lodged a strong pro-

BRITAIN, SOVIET

AND FRANCE

test with the Japanese authori- DISCUSS DR.

ties.

NAZI PASTOR CHARGED WITH

PRAYING FOR PEACE!

Berlin, To-day. Pastor Mueller, leader of the opposition Church, together with two other Pastors, is to appear in the courts on a charge of "mis- using the pulpit."

KOO'S DEMANDS

GENEVA, TO-DAY. THE QUESTION OF THE SINO JAPANESE DISPUTE, RAISED ON TUESDAY BY DR.

-

POLICE

1939 STYLE: YOU MUST LOOK NATURAL

are "out."

Fantastic shades in lipstick and nail-varnish Garish coloured nails, however smart, will be unfor- givable in 1939. At least, this is what the fashion prophets

say.

It will be essential to look natural in your make-up this year.

t

Gone will be the exotic dusky Romany, and the frail Dres- den china Edwardian. Nothing must be artificial.

Delicacy and femininity will be the things that every woman will aim at next year. The artificial woman will be "unsmart” in every way.

CRACK U.S.

PLANE SENT TO

FRANCE ASKS

POLAND TO

CHINA AS MODEL STATE POLICY

Paris, To-day. London, To-day.

Importance is attached in poli- An American-built military

tical circles here to a conversa- WELLINGTON KOO, THE CHIEF which has arrived at Rangoon M. Bonnet, had yesterday with aeroplane, with heavy armament, tion which the Foreign Minister, CHINESE DELEGATE, WAS and is being sent across the fron- the French Ambassador to War- DISCUSSED IN PRIVATE YES- tier to China, is a demonstration saw. TERDAY BY THE COMMITTEE model sent in advance of others

which

return Following the

of are coming in specially

Co- OF FOUR-FRANCE, BRITAIN, chartered ships.

lonel Beck to Warsaw, and his con- RUSSIA AND CHINA.

This is according to the Ran-versations with Herr Hitler at of "The Berchtesgaden and von Ribbentrop correspondent Times."

at Munich and Berlin. M. Leon American pilots, the correspon-Noel had been instructed to make dent adds, have begun to arrive en enquiries regarding Poland's policy It is not expected that any prac-route to China to train Chinese in in general and towards France in tical solution will be found at the use of the machines.

particular. moment to Dr. Koo's demands

A consignment of machine-guns According to French circles, the that his suggestion for formation for China arrived in the ship reply was entirely satisfactory.

No decision, however,

has yet goon been reached and the matter will. be further considered to-day.

or

The charge follows Pastor Mueller's request to his parishion- ers on September 30 to "pray for the maintenance of peace and a successful

the inter- of a co-ordinating committee will which brought the plane. Reuter. Nevertheless, M. Noel was invited issue to national efforts on behalf of be taken up.-Reuter. peace."

Pastor Mueller's salary was

stopped as a result!

Reuter.

COUNT CIANO'S BELGRADE VISIT

Milan, To-day.

Political quarters attach con- siderable importance to the visit to Yugoslavia of Count Ciano, for Conversations with the Premier.

It is hoped that the visit will bring about further clarification of the situation in Central Europe and strengthen the rapprochement between Italy and Yugoslavia. Trans-Ocean.

UNIVERSITY FLAG

DAY

SINGAPORE SPY SCARE

Tokyo, To-day.

to Paris to give M. Bonnet a verbal report.Trans-Ocean.

Dr. Ho Ko-chuen, of the Chinese Public Dispensary, Wanchai, has informed the Police that while travelling in a bus between the British police early yesterday China Emporiun and Wanchai, a January 7, University students and morning searched the premises wallet with $200 was stolen from volunteers from Lingnan University and shops of numerous Japanese his jacket pocket. and other schools managed to collect residents in Singapore, confiscat-

In spite of the wet weather on

the sum of $3,011.99. A sum of $1,000 ing a number of documents and Mr. F. Blakey, of No. 11 ̊ Tak is to be given to the medical corps of another sum of $2,000 is allotted to

Shing Street, has reported that a the new 4th Army in Anhwei, while business papers.

The visitations were made in radiator and motor car tools valu- repairs and maintenance of the electric connection with enquiries into ed at $100 were stolen from his and water works of the refugee camp alleged espionage activities. car, while was parked outside his in Shumchun.

residence yesterday.

A net sum of $805.85 was collected Trans-Ocean. from the Charity Dance held on the evening of January 7, 1939.

Storm Over Danzig At League Council

Geneva, To-day. Burckhardt should resign, arguing

A storm has been raised over that there had been definite viola- the question whether Dr. Burck-tions of the Danzig Constitution, hardt is to resign his post of and if the High Commissioner re- League High Commissioner in tained it, it was tantamount to the

League condoning what had Danzig.

been

At a private meeting of the Dan-done. zig Committee of Three, Britain Mr. Goldman declared that in and France favoured his remain-ordering the expulsion of Jews, ing at his post, while Sweden fav-Danzig had gone further oured his resignation.

than the Nazis in Germany.

even

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Mr. Goldman, President of the Council of the World Jewish Con- ing that Dr. Burckhardt should not gress, has

been urging that Dr. resign-Reuter.