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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 29, 1989

New Move In Neutrality

Act Controversy

ISOLATIONIST GROUP SEEK EXTENSION

Washington, To-day.

A new move occurred yesterday in the controversy

regarding the neutrality legislation.

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ROUTE TO AUSTRALIA

Melbourne, To-day.

A survey flight from Australia East Africa will be made in June in order to study the possi bility of an alternate route to Australia instead of the Sing- apore-India route,

The new route would be used in time of war.--Reuter.

On the eve of the meeting of the foreign relations committee of the Senate (to be held to-day), Senator Gerald Nye, Senator Bone and Senator Champ Clark introduced an amendment seek-MARRIED MEN ing to extend the cash and carry principle to all goods in wartime and not merely to imple- OF SEAFORTHS

ments of war.

The amendment also permits Congress to determine when state of war exists.

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Meanwhile the Presidents of 17 Chinese colleges have appealed to Congress to distinguish between the aggressor and the victim and not to enact the cash and carry provisions, which they say would assist Japan.

NO APPLICATION TO FAR EAST

SLOVAKIA

UPSETS GERMAN

COMMUNITY

STEVEDORES AND SHIPPING FIRM FINED

Messrs. Wang-kee and Co., No. 36, Connaught Road Central, were this morning_fined $5 by Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at the Central Magistracy when they pleaded guilty, through Mr. W. A. Mackinlay to removing from the 8.8. Pronto without a per- mit, 10 cases of tincture gentrianae compound, dutiable spirit.

Mr. W. M. Thomson, of the Im- port and Export office, said the tinc-. ture was medical alcohol. Wang Kee were stevedores of Messrs. Jeb- sen and Co., and had been warned several times before.

He was not pressing the case, but had brought it to court to show de- fendants that they must confirm to

regulations. RETURNING HERE

Shanghai, To-day.

After being separated for a year and a half, although only three days apart, married men of the 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, will be able to greet their families in Hong Kong in the near future.

News of this privilege was con- firmed yesterday by British military The German Party in

officials, who said that confirmation has protested against a decree issued had been received from the here.

Office.

Bratislava, To-day.

Slovakia

The decree stipulates that all law- entirely yers not resident in Slovakia

The Administration, however, recognises that help for China at present

almost goes through Burma and Russia, and hence is of the opinion that China would not be crippled by the cash and carry principle.

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October 31st, 1918, or whose fa- thers were Slovakian residents at that time, will have to discon- tinue practice.

War

JEBSEN'S FINED

Messrs. Jebsen and Co., agents for the Pronto, were fined $20 on each of two summonses for failing to supply the Import and Export Department with a statement of dutiable cargo within four hours of the arrival of the ship and with al- Flowing dutiable goods to be remov-.

ed without a permit.

Mr. Mueller, of Jebsen and Co., said the cargo was not on the duti- able cargo manifest. It was on one, which included Chinese medi- cine and they did not know that the goods was dutiable.

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Married

Mr. Thompson said it was men of the battalion, about 30 in all, will be given free duty of the Company to send passage to Hong Kong from Shang-tracts from the manifest of any hai-Reuter.

cargo that might be dutiable. The word tinctive should have given them an idea that the goods.might be dutiable. He had reason to com- Diseases notified to the localment on the slackness of the com- Health Department yesterday in-pany on previous occasions as too 14 tuberculosis, eight much was left to the Chinese staff. measles, four smallpox, four typhoid He had been informed that Mr. fever, and one each of diptheria, Mueller would personally supervise meningitis and dysentery.

similar consignments in future.

Furthermore, it is believed that however the Neutrality Law is amended, President Roosevelt will not apply the Far East any more than he did the old. Reuter.

The German protest argues that a large number of German law- yers, but only a small nuinber of

cluded new statute to the Jewish lawyers will be affected by

the decree.

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The protests says that the Slovak Government will have to decide whe- ther the law should generally

be

'MYSTERY' YACHT'S in favour of Jews and to the detri-

LOG IN ORDER

ment of Germans.-Trans-Ocean,

Capt. W. W. Woods, of the yacht PILOT TAKEN ILL IN

Vanadis, 1,450 tons, whose presence

in the Bay of Arcachon for several days has aroused curiosity, presented the ship's log and papers to the local

THE AIR

harbour authorities. They were Made Perfect Landing

found to be in order.

Mr. Michael Porter, 28, a ground engineer, of Westbourne-court, Lon-

The captain stated that his ship was owned by a Dutch tourist com-don, made a perfect landing at Gal- pany, and was subsequently char- tered for pleasure tours. It had come to Arcachon from Monaco, and

had, carried out slight engine re-

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pairs. He was now awaiting in-

lows corner at Romford, Essex, in civil 'plane after being taken ill. in the air.

Mr. Porter, who was accompanied

structions from the owners as to] by his wife and a dog, was flying

where next to proceed.

It was suggested that the yacht was standing by to take to Mexico prominents spanish Republicans.

BRITISH SKI-ING PUPIL KILLED

Buried By Avalanche

Bernard Atkins, of Leeds, aged about 80, was killed by an avalanche on a snow slope close near Zermatt,

from North Weald to Romford, when he was forced to land. No one was

hurt, nor was the 'plane damaged.

At Mr. Porter's request the ma- chine was flown to Maylands, Aerod- rome at Romford and he and his It wife returned home by coach.. is believed that his illness was due to an accident in which he was in- volved two months ago.

a ski-ing school party at Zermatt, was out with his fellow pupils in charge of an instructor. The spot Blouherd where the accident occurred is.

well-known practice slope where no Mr. Atkins, who was a member of danger is as a rule to be expected.

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Mary Shanley, the gun-carrying American women detective Southampton recently on the Europa fäkiing with her to the U women prisoner for whom she came over to escort back. Photo shows the woman prisoner "tepping aboard the Europa. Ma Shanley following her up the rankway (but is not shown in pleture),