1939-01-30 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 30, 1939

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Defeat For Gandhi And India Congress High Command

Bose, Leftist Leader, Re-Elected President

B.F.R.D.C. COMMITTEE MAKES GRANTS

A meeting of the Board of Ad- ministrators of the British Fund for Relief of Distress in China,

Hope Of Federal FRENCH COMMUNIST

SEES FASCISTS ON TRIAL

Government Compromise Hit

Bombay, To-day.

Hong Kong and South China Subhaschandra Bose, the leftist leader, was

Branch, was held in the Council Chamber on Friday. The Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith (Chairman),

Hon. Sir Robert Kotewall (De- puty Chairman), Hon. Mr. W. J.

Paris, Jan. 22.

Italy is economically exhausted following the Ethiopian and Spanish campaigns, the costs of the China

un-hostilities are daily becoming more insupportable for Japan, Germany

expectedly re-elected president of Congress is finding her economic difficulties

yesterday.

increasing.

In these terms. Deputy Cabriel Peri to-day described the obstacles

Carrie, Hon. Mr. T. N. Chau, This is regarded as a defeat for Gandhi and the that the totalitarian States now find

Hon. Sir Shouson Chow, Sir Van- deleur Grayburn, Hon. Dr. Li Shu-fan, Hon. Sir Henry Pollock, KC., Rt. Rev. H. Valtorta, Mr. M. K. Lo (Hon. Secretary) were present, and Father Ryan at- tended by invitation.

in their way. He was speaking be-

Congress high command who backed the Right-fore the National Congress of the ist candidate, Dr. Pattari Sitaramayya whose

Communist Party.

M. Péri also spoke about France's said he foreign policy, which he

success had been counted as practically cer-would like to see based upon aid to

tain.

Congress The stiffening of the attitude against the All-India Federation project is now expected. Hitherto there has been consider-

the

MOTHER'S INTERVENTION

of

Republican Spain, resistance to the Fascist Powers, the Franco-Syrian The meeting received the Second

and Franco-Libanese Treaties Report of the Hon. Secretary cov- ering the period 1st to 31st Decem-

1936, which granted independence to Syria and the Liban. Close co- ber, and took note, inter alia, of the following: (a) That on the appli-

operation among the democratic States who find their re- cation of the Chinese Sub-Commit-

gimes threatened and tightening of tee' of the Fund, the Hong Kong

and Football Association had agreed to able talk of compromise between the

Yeung Mui, 46, of Po Kong Vil-links with the United States

support of the "great (anti- arrange a football match between right wing of Congress and

totalitarian) movement sweeping the S.C.A.A. and the Rest of the British Government on the matter.lage, was this morning charged at

the U.S."Havas. Colony, to be played on the 26th February, 1939, in aid of this Fund. (b) That the Chinese Sub-Commit- tee of the Fund was organising a Chinese Bazaar in aid of the Fund during the Chinese New Year holi- days, to be held at King's College, which had been lent by the Heading the Master with approval of Govern- ment.

Reuter.

CLOSE VOTE

The voting was Bose 1,580 and! Sitaramaya 1,375.

Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, address- Congress Committee at Lucknow, declared that India might face a crisis in a few weeks. The meeting decided to grant Gandhi, addressing peasants at $10,000 to the Tung. Wah Hospital Vadad on the occasion of the res- for initial expenses in connection toration of lands confiscated during with their Sum Chun Refugee the civil disobediance campaign in be Camp; to grant $3,000 to the Na-1930/2, asked the peasants to tional Association for the Care of prepared to lose the lands if the War Orphans, Hong Kong Branch, occasion arose.-Reuter. on the basis of $500 a month for 6 months, in aid of that Association in looking after orphan children; took note of the audited accounts of income and expenditure of the Emergency Refugee Council for the period 12th June to 31st December, 1938.

י

COMINTERN CONGRESS

Warsaw, To-day.

of the

18th

The convocation The meeting also considered the estimated budget of the E.R.C. for Comintern Congress after a lapse the 6 months of 1939, and decided of five years, is commented upon to make a grant of $60,000 to the by the Warsaw "Gazetta Polska.” E.R.C. in respect of their refugee The paper believes that the long work for the first six months of period

1939.

which

to was allowed elapse between the last and the The meeting. considered the ap-coming session was due to un- peal from the Shum Chun Rural settled conditions in Soviet Russia. Welfare Centre, and decided to Trans-Ocean.

make a grant of $5,000 in connec-

tion with their project to aid

Chinese refugee farmers in Shum

Chun and surrounding territories;

•

SNATCHER'S

and was informed by the Hon. Se-CONFEDERATE

Chan Ping-kuen, 25, was

this

cretary that Mr. J. H. Seth, at the request of the Hon. Secretary, had intimated that his firm would be prepared to act as Hon. Auditors of morning charged at the Kowloon this Fund, and the meeting accept-Magistracy before Mr. E. Him- handbag ed Messrs. Percy Smith, Seth and sworth with swatching a Fleming's services with gratitude, at Sa Po Road market. The de-

NEW SKATING SPEED RECORD

spead ́skater,

The Nors??a," To-day,"

fendant stated that he did not per- Bonally steal the handbag, but re- ceived it from a confederate, who passed it to him. He was fined | $30, with the alternative of 6 weeks'

hard labour.

covered in 2 minutes 13.8 seconds. The previous record of 2 min-

Engnestanges, Sunday estab- utes, 14 seconds was

held by

lished a new world's record over a Bollangrud; likewise a Norwegian. distance of 1,500 metres which he → Traus-Ocean.

Kowloon before Mr. E. Himsworth, with obstructing a Police officer. It was stated that B533, on duty at Po Kong Village, saw defendant's son selling sugar cane in the centre also tried to incite a crowd. of the road and arrested him

She stated that she had done so her Immediately, the defendant ran because the constable struck

She son.

A fine of $5 was imposed. and assaulted "the constable.

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