1939-01-26 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 26, 1939.

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America's Isolationist Forces Now In Full Cry "Undeclared War By U.S. Against Japan"

Mr. Anthony Eden's

Instigation Alleged

Washington, To-day.

TURKISH CHANGE OF CABINET

Ankara, To-day.

It is reported that the Turkish Premier has resigned and that a new Cabinet has been formed under the Minis- ter of Interior.

Reuter.

Any decision by the United States to ship arms to Government Spain might be met by seizure of the supplies by the insurgents, Germany or Italy, and might involve the United States in war, declared Senator Lewis in the Senate yesterday. Senator Lewis denounced "outside influence at- GUERILLAS

tempting to terrorise Congress into repealing

the embargo law," and said that far from be MOP UP JAPANESE ing removed, the embargo should be tightened. MOPPERS-UP

SETBACK TO BRITISH COTTON INDUSTRY BILL

London, To-day.

A severe setback to the cotton industry's Enabling Bill was de- livered at a special meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, which yesterday rejected a resolu- tion supporing the Bill by 281 vots to 237.

The decision is expected to em- barrass the promoters of the Bill in view of Mr. Neville Chamber- lain's assurance to the Lancashire delegation that the Government would give sympathetic considera- tion to any proposals commanding

of substantial majority

a

dustry.

the

POLAND ORDERS

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FURTHER MASS EXPULSIONS

Prague, To-day. A further mass expulsion from Teschen took place yesterday re- ports the "Ceske Slovo."

Notice given, which hitherto has always been 24 hours, was this time, according to

the ex- patriated only five hours; in some cases only one hour.

The Moravian-Ostrau authorities have erected 16 shelters for ex~ patriated and altogether 3,000 per- sons are being accommodated there.

when Polish ter- the frontier and

The Polish authorities explain Senator Reynolds, declaring that

this new action by reference to ä Hwaiyin, Kiangsu, To-day.

new frontier incident near Senator Lewis expressed his own

Japanese forces tackling

Michalkovice, although the Czecho- sentiments exactly, shouted: "This

Chinese guerillas operating along Slovak police assert that the inci- country is warring with Japan at

the Lunghai Railway, east of Hsu-dent occurred the present time. There is an un-chow, have encountered a severe prorists crossed

fired at -Czechs. declared war on the part of the blow.

The population has been warned United States against Japan."

The Japanese columns engaged by the police of Moravian (Ostrau against taking part in any such in the "mopping up" campaign attacks directly or indirectly. have all been badly beaten by the Last night, Chinese. The column at Tsochiayu, from the Tescheu district arrived in Czecho-Slovakia, declaring that east of Sutsien, suffered the most part of the frontier population in being the Teschen, district was casualties.

transported into the interior of thei country by the Polish authorities.

Trans-Ocean.

on

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He said "war began on the day

which the Export Bank thorised the $25,000,000 loan to China. ·

.

Senator Reynolds added: "I knew that somehow or other Great Britain would get us involved in the Orient, and now they have got us started on the way.".

Various villages in the vicinity including Tsaochiamiao, King- shochen and Yaowan, have been recaptured.

The re-occupation of Yaowan, Senator Reynolds' declared that in-the credits advanced to China were on the Grand Canal, followed an the result of an "agreement" with overwhelming Chinese victory.

The decision was completely un-Britain reached when Mr. Anthony Central News. expected as the Chamber's special Eden visited the United States. committee had previously pro- Reuter.

nounced in favour of the Bill,

Mr. John Grey, Chairman of the

Cotton

Spinners and

Manufac-

turers Association, however, ex-

pressed the opinion that while the SAME OLD

decision may delay passage of the Bill, it will not prevent its ultimate

passage.

Reuter.

TRICK WHICH

EGYPT AND NEVER FAILS SUEZ QUESTION

Paris, To-day.

and

Tso Sang, unemployed, Lan Mau, 22, a married woman, were this morning sentenced to two months' imprisonment_by Egypt's attitude towards recent Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at the Cen- developments in the Mediterranean, tral Magistracy for theft of a especially to those questions relatring by means of a trick. ing to the Suez Canal, was explain-

ed to the Foreign Affairs' Commit- Part of the money found on, se- tee of the Chamber yesterday by Mcond defendant, $25, was ordered

RAID ON EXCHANGE SHOP FRUSTRATED

Sudden raising of an alarm frustrated an attempted arm- ed robbery at a money ex- change shop at 347, Queen's Road West, at 8.55 a.m. this morning. Three men, two arm-: ed with revolvers, fled when the alarm was raised, but one was subsequently arrested. It is understood that he was found in possession of a re- volver,

Mistler, who has just returned from to be paid as compensation, as the VON KROSIGK NOT

a visit to Cairo.

ring which was sold for

Subsequently, it was decided to had been melted down...

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$21.50,

Det. Sergt. Hutchinson said de-

authorize the chairman of the Com- mittee to report on the extent and character of French/propaganda fendants met complainant near Ar- senal Street and told her that they abroad.

It was further decided to were refugees. They showed her thorize M. Mistler to obtain, from a parcel and said they wanted some

banknotes changed. M. Daladier and M. Bonnet, par- ticulars regarding supplies of raw materials to Germany by France and Soviet-Russia as well as details of deliveries of arms to Germany and Soviet-Russia by French firms.

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Mr. Forrest (interposing): The same old trick which has never failed?"

Sergeant Hutchinson "It did not 'fail this time.”

PLEASED

further refugees

SECRET REPORT ON EUROPEAN PROBABILITIES

Melbourne, To-day. The "Melbourne Herald” says, with reference to the meeting, of Mr. S. M. Bruce with the Austra- lian Defence Council, that the High Commissioner brought with him a secret report, prepared by the Foreign Office in London, outlining expected developments in international politics.

The journal says that although very close secrecy is being observ- Council. ed, it is known that the undertook an exhaustive survey of. Australia's defence policy in its relation to Imperial needs.

Mr. Bruce lunched with Mr. J. A. Lyons, the Prime Minister.

FIRST OFFENDER

A case of attempted larceny, was heard this morning in the Kowloon Magistracy before Mr. E. Him- here-sworth against Wong Shiu Cheung,

Berlin, To-day.

It is reliably reported that Count Schwerin von Krosigk, the Nazi Finance, Minister, resigned last week when the Reichsbank President, Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, was dis- missed.

Count von Krosigk's resigna- tion, was not accepted.

20, residing at 895 Reclamation Street, who was alleged to have 'attempted to snatch" a watch from Chan Lam, 23, goldsmith, residing. at the same address, Mr. E. Himsworth, as defendant was first offender, placed him on bond of $50.