1939-06-20 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 20, 1939.

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CABINET DISCUSSION RETALIATORY MEASURES

Three Possible Steps Considered

London, To-day. Much speculation is going on regarding the deci- sions taken at yesterday morning's meeting of Cabinet Ministers.

Among numerous retaliatory measures thought to

have been discussed at the meeting are the following:

In the economic field, Britain is considering cancel- lation of the Anglo-Japanese Trade Agree-

BRIGANDS ROUNDED UP

British

Jerusalem, To-day,

troops, co-operating with aircraft, accounted for an en- tire gang of nine brigands near Jericho yesterday.

Eight brigands were killed and one captured.-Reuter;

ment of 1911, and abolition of the most-favour- THAT'S A GOOD ONE

ed nation clause for Japanese imports into Bri- tain.

London, To-day.

In announcing in a anwer yesterday that the

COWS WITH FALSE TEETH

Paris, To-day.

Cows with false teeth are the sensation of the Moscow agricul- tural fair which has just opened, it is reported from that city yester- day.

Three cows were the patients of the best veterinary dentist in the Soviet Union, it is declared and came from a Ukrainian collective farm.

It is declared that the dental work on the cows represents an im- Commons portant advancement in veterinary British science and that the experience of

-Trans-Ocean.

It is hinted that Britain mightĮtain's political and strategic posi-Ambassador in Berlin is applying the dentist is of "national interest." -establish punitive customs duties tion in the Far East.

for an exequator for the Consul- -on Japanese imports into Britain. An alliance with Moscow would | Generdi at Prague, thẻ Under-For- Britain will keep the door open check the Japanese policy. eign. Secretary stated that while for additional China credits in or- The "News Chronicle" says in the British Government's opinion -der to support the Chinese that as soon as the Anglo-Soviet this step implied de facto recogni- silver Dollar against the new pact is signed, it would become tion of the present position in Boing sentenced to two months' hard Chan Hung, 19, was this morn- Chinese currency introduced by doubtful whether the Japanese hemia and Moravia, it did not in labour by Mr. R. A. the Japanese.

would fight Britain, France, the volve any modification of views at the Central Magistracy for the If the indications made by Soviet and probably also the already expressed by the British theft of two packets of cigarettes. yesterday's newspapers are based United States. Trans-Ocean.

Government on the question. -Bri-He had one previous conviction. -on facts, reprisals regarding the

tish Wireless. shipping trade are likewise un-

der consideration.

No details are yet revealed of the nature of such measures, but

political circles

seem to expect

positive results of the Anglo- French military conversations in : Singapore.

NAVY READY

The "Daily Telegraph" writes that British warships in the Far East are at any moment prepar- ed to sail if necessary for new stations.

ac-

The closing of British ports to Japanese ships, discussed last week, is mentioned once more.

Such threats are always companied, however, by the re- marks that the British Cabinet is still prepared to consider events în Tientsin as a local incident and to treat it accordingly.

An "independent committee of three" still plays an important role in the comments of the press and seems not to have been aban- doned as basis of settlement of the conflict.

PACT WITH SOVIET Meanwhile, in connection with the growing tension in Tientsin, the press urges a speeding up of the Anglo-French-Soviet pact ne- gotiations.

The Liberal and Labour pupers demand that Britain yield to Soviet wishes whatever they might be in order to improve Bri-

HEAVY HEROIN SENTENCE

Appearing before Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magistracy this morning, Tein Lo-kong, 42-year-old Chinese, was sentenced to four months' hard labour on a charge of keeping a heroin divan; $100 or two months on a charge of posses- sion of 104 heroin pills, and $200 or three months on a charge of possession of eight heroin pipes.

The sentences for the first and last charge are to run concurrent- ly and the second to cum consecu tively with the first.

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