THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 6, 1989
MR.
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BUTLER DIRECT
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EVADES REPLY
Labour Questions On Tientsin Stand
HANDING OVER
OF SUSPECTS
TO JAPANESE
London, To-day.
For the second time in the last few days the Labour Party in the House of Commons yesterday rais- ed the question of the four Chinese detained by the British authorities in Tientsin. The Government was again asked for an assurance that the men would not be handed over to the Japanese until substantial proof of their guilt was furnished.
Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said he had nothing to add to his an- swer on Monday...
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Mr. Philip Noel-Baker (Labour)
asked the Government to bear in MR. CHURCHILL
mind the lamentable effect which
would be produced in China and TO RESUME HIS
India, and throughout the East, if the assurance was not given.
Mr. Butler replied that this was one of the aspects of the question for discussion during the negotia- tions in Tokyo.
answer,
He recalled his last when he said that there was no question of handing the men over pending the negotiations,
LOCAL ISSUE ONLY
Capt. Wedgwood Benn (Labour) asked if reference to this incident by the Lord Chancellor on Tues- day night was made on the Gov- ernment's authority.
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Mr. Butler said he had not seen
1914 POST?
London, To-day.
The "Daily Mail"" says it is cer- tain that Mr. Winston Churchill will join the Cabinet as First Lord of the Admiralty.s
The paper
asserts that Mr. Chamberlain will shortly announce
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SOVIET
DIPLOMAT RECALLED
Tokyo, To-day.
The Soviet chargé d'affaires, M. Smetanin, is leaving for Moscow.
The Domei news agency says it is believed he has been summon- ed home "for a political reason," -Reuter.
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MAGISTRATE COMPLAINANT
A Magistrate took the role of [complainant in the Central Police Court this morning, when a Chinese motor-driver, Wong Yan-lam, was summoned for dangerous driving.
The complainant was the Senior Magistrate, Mr. R. A. D. Forrest, who alleged that defendant contin- uously drew his car out into the middle of Stubbs Road when he (complainant) attempted to pass.
Mr. Forrest stated that he was driving down Stubbs Road from
MEN TAKEN TO Repulse Bay Road. Defendant was
MENTAL HOME
Two, Chinese, belleved to be mentally unbalanced, were taken to the Mental Home yesterday after- noon by the Police.
driving car No. 4959 in front, Com- plainant sounded his horn, signal- ling that he was about to pass, but defendant drew the car into the centre of the road with the result that complainant could not pass.
Complainant made several successful attempts to pass One of them was found in Lock-Teach time defendant steered the hart Road, where he was shouting car into the middle of the road. and undressing himself in front of a number of people.
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*If I had been travelling at a higher speed, I would have crash- The other. was located in Queen's ed into defendant's car," declared Road West where he was acting Mr. Forrest. hysterically.
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Defendant was fined $25.
Mr. Butler Knows
Nothing About Stripping Incident
LONDON, TO-DAY.
the time when this change is to MR. R. A. BUTLER, UNDER-SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN take place.
The paper adds that in view of the stubborn resistance to Mr. Churchill's inclusion in the Cabinet from followers of the Government,
Mr. Geoffrey Mander (Liberal) |the appointment may have to be asked Mr. Butler to. confirm that postponed until September, the issues to be discussed in Tokyo | Trans-Ocean.
were to be confined to the local
issue at Tientsin.
Mr. Butler referred him to Mr.
Chamberlain's statement in which EXCHANGE MARKET
the Premier said that local issues would be discussed.
LORD MAUGHAM'S SPEECH
Captain Wedgwood Benn's refer- ence to the Lord Chancellor's state- ment was to a speech by Lord Maugham at the Lord Mayor's din
at Mansion House to, the Judiciary.
ner
FIRM
New York, To-day.
The chief European currencies
AFFAIRS, AGAIN STATED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS YESTERDAY THAT HE KNEW NOTHING OF THE JAPAN- ESE STRIPPING OF MR. JOHN ANDERSON, YOUTHFUL BRITON, AT TIENTSIN.
A question was put on the inci- dent by Mr. Geoffrey Mander (Liberal), who also inquired as to conditions in Tientsin.
Mr. Butler had nothing
to add to what
had said on Mon-
day regarding the stripping of Mr.
Anderson- which was exactly nothing.
MILK SUPPLIES
on the foreign exchange market No other incidents at the Tien were firmly maintained yester-tsin barriers had been reported day.
since June 27. The Lord Chancellor, responding Current uncertainty over the to the toast of His Majesty's fate of the Stabilisation Fund, as Judges, dwelt on the equality of well as the President's devalua- British justice wherever it was ad-tion power, appeared not to af ministered under the folds of the fect the money market. British flag.
GREATER THAN EXPEDIENCY
One illustration, and the most striking of all, he said, was if a powerful foreign government many thousands of miles away should demand the handing over by an outpost of Empire of some alleged criminals of a race foreign to our own, and we should take the view that the demand was not in ac cordance with the law the men would not be delivered up until the legal requirements were complied
These things are
ght. The
ter.
MARTIAL LAW IN CANTON
Reu-
Canton, To-day. Martial law was suddenly en- ced all over the city at 30 clock morning, and was lifted at
okesman.
attach it being a enforcement
for hospital use had entered the Only small quantities of milk British Concession since July 1, and the British Consul-General. had taken the matter up with the Japanese commander.
The position remained as Mr. Chamberlain stated on J 28.
WILL DO THEIR BEST
Mr. Mander asked if the Gover- ment were satisfied that pending the Tokyo negotiations everything can and will be done for Britons in Tientsin to receive protection from such ceive all the food Mr. Butler r ernment would best to effect
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