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REGRET EXPRESSED TO HONG KONG

The China Mall" is officially informed that Mr. T. Oda, the act- ing Japanese Consul-General in Hong Kong, called upon the Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith, Colonial Secre tary, at ten o'clock this morning, on instructions from Tokyo, and expressed the regret of his Gov. ernment at the bombing of HK. territory on Tuesday.

It is understood that no men- tion was made by Mr. Oda of the Japanese attitado to indemnity claims. The purpose of the inter- view was solely to express re grets, formally...

Mr. Oda sent a report on the incident to Tokyo after a visit to the scene of the bombing and ma- chine-gunning yesterday..

Expression of regret in Hong Kong is purely formal from an- other angle. The incident is re- garded as much too serions to be dealt with locally, and has been placed in the hands of Downing Street, from where the Foreign Office is dealing directly with the Government in "Tokyo.

NAZI OFFICIAL LEAVES EMPTY-HANDED

Bucharest, To-day. Herr Wohlthat, a German Ministry of Economics officia', has returned to Berlin after a week of negotiations on trade questions,

About The Bombing NO TRACE OF

And Shanghai

LONDON, TO-DAY.

TORPEDOED MYSTERY

THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR IN TOKYO, SIR SHIP

New York, To-day. There is still no trace, of the

ROBERT CRAIGIE, WILL MAKE A SECOND AND "STIFF" PROTEST AGAINST THE HONG KONG BOMBING, SAYS THE DIPLO- MATIC CORRESPONDENT OF THE "DAILY mysterious vessel, believed to be TELEGRAPH."

This time the protest will be made formally on be- British, which sent out an S.O.S.

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half of the British Government,

The correspondent adds: "Unless it is clear that Japan is prepared to offer full recompense voluntarily, this will be demanded peremptori

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reporting that she had been tor- pedoed in the Atlantic. «**

The British liner "Empress of Australia, after a vain search for the steamer, thought to be an oil tanker, in the vicinity of the

to the Canary Islands,

The Captain of the "Empress over the search to the Greek steamer "Mont Pelion," which has reach-

The correspondent also reports that the British position indicated in the S.0.3. Government takes an extremely unfavourable message, continued on her cruise view of the Japanese demands for a greater share in directing the affairs of the Shanghai of Australia" has turned Municipal Council. He concludes: "On this matter, as on the question of ed the vicinity, where visibility

Hong Kong, the British attitude has become and weather conditions are exce

39 lent. extremely firm and uncompromising. Reuter.

According to a Trans-Ocean report from Tokyo, a remarkable attempt to connect the Jews with the terrorism in Shanghai is to be made in the Diet.

It is understood, says the re- port, that the Japanese Govern ment will be questioned in the Upper House to-day about "the activity of Jews behind the ter rorism in Shanghai.”

AGITATION STARTED

He falled according to a high- Meantime, general agitation is ly placed Rumanian source, in a being worked up in the Japanese renewed attempt to secure wide press concerning Shanghai, great concessions for prospecting and indignation" being expressed at exploiting new oil areas in recent occurrences in Shanghai, Rumania.

and in particular about the "in- "It is learned that the Nazi Shanghai Municipal Council to adequate measures” taken by the official will return to Bucharest deal with the problem. shortly to continue the negotia The newspapers point out that tions, which also embrace possi- similar occurrences are reported ble-similar concessions for min from Tientsin, and are at one in ing principally for copper and threatening that "far-reaching bauxito. Reuter

measures" will be taken.

BROTHER OF LORD BEAVERBROOK PASSES

Newcastle, (New Brunswick), To-day. The death is announced of Mr. R. T. D. Aitken, eldest brother of

Lord Beaverbrook, owner London "Daily Express," at 'nge of 65.-Router.

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