1939-08-14 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 14, 1939.

Alien Deported Every Two Days

London, August 1.

THE UNENDING STREAM of refugees smuggling| themselves into Britain is forcing the Home Office to turn them out again at the rate of about one every two days.

SUBSIDY FOR JAP INDUSTRY

Tokyo, To-day.

It is revealed that the Jap- anese Ministry of Commerce and Industry plans to sub- mit a draft departmental budget totalling more than 230,000,000 yen for the com- ing financial year, which opens on April 1st, 1940.

To outwit the immigration authori- ties they are jumping off ships as they come up river, bribing seamen to bring them ashire at night, coming from the Continent in rowing boats or motor boats.

In eighteen months the number of deportations has reached 216, accord- ing to the latest figures, But no one has been sent back to a totalitarian country.

The Home Office have an un- written rule that nobody shall be turned away from Britain to face possible death. or confinement in a concentration camp.

By methods they refuse to reveal, Whitehall officials believe they have

stopped what appears to have been the easiest way into this country the no-passport day-return trip from France and Belgium.

This large estimate results largely from the aggressive schemes to sub-an annoying trickle" of refugees But they have been unable to stem sidize national defence industries.

In view of the present unsettled in-smuggled over by secret agents work- ternational situation, with perplexing

ing from cafes in Continental ports. relations between Japan and Britain,

SWIMMING ASHORE and the American notification of the discovered. Siegfried Gambicki alleg

Some ingenious ruses have abrogation of the 1911 trade treaty, ed he had been tortured and whipped the Japanese Ministry of Commerce in a concentration camp, hoping thus, and Industry is determined to push by arousing pity, to be allowed to forward its plans to subsidize import-stay here. He was

- ant enterprises in such industries as petroleum, iron and steel, coal, non- ferrous metals, machinery, motor-car manufacturing, synthetic rubber and various other lines, which are allied with the manufacture of armaments and munitions.

months instead.

been

jailed for six

Henrique Molina, a Spaniard, arrived openly, pretending he had Invented an electric anti-aircraft ray. He was sent back by the next aeroplane.

Stowaways have been caught swim-

In addition to these aggressive sub- sidy plans, the Ministry has a plant toning ashore from ships in the Tyne, reorganise minor enterprises in indus- Wales ports. Some have paid from hidden in steamer holds at South try. Moreover, it is preparing to set

£10 to £300 to be smuggled in up a property insurance reinsurance system under State management in order to meet any situation which may be created by a major European

war.

These plans call for combined ex- penditures of some 230,000,000 yen as against 98,000,000 for the current financial year-Reuter.

TIENTSIN PORT RESTRICTIONS TIGHTENED

Chungking, To-day.

Restrictive measures applied by the Japanese authorities to British ves- sels entering Tientsin have been fur-. ther tightened, according to a Tien- tsin report.

the passengers are prevented

examination,

an.

Agents on the Continent are in touch with many disreputable men among the crews of small, privately-owned ships. They hide the refugees in ballast tanks or holds, or under boilers, while Customs mon aro Boarching, or they row them ashore or tell them to jump for it in the darkness be- fore the officials. come aboard. "One attempt to reach England end- ed in the wreck of a motor-boat on the Belgian coast. Another was dis- covered when two Austrian refugees were rescued exhausted from "a sink- ing rowboat on the Goodwin sands.

FINNISH ARMY MANOEUVRES

'Helsinki, To-day.

Vessels are required to drop chor outside the Taku Harbour and. A military review at Vii- landing on the pretext of medica Finnish Army manoeuvres, from puri yesterday concluded the

The 8.8. Shun Tien, of Butterfield the largest ever held in Fin- and Swire, was compelled to walt outside the harbour for three days be- fore she was finally, allowed to enter Tientsin.-Central Newà.

SLOVAKIA'S LINK WITH GERMANY

land

the

"White Party," assembled

During the. 8-day operations,

around Viipuri, checked the efforts of the "Yellow Party," which, coming from the south, attempted to break through the border barrage on the Karelian Isthmus.

The Swedish Minister of War and many foreign military attended the manoeuvres, which were intended to show that Finland was able to defend herself.

The Finnish Minister of State, in a

PRESSBURG, TO-DAY. DR. TUKA""THE-SLOVAK DE-

· PUTY PREMIER SPEAKING AT A PATRIOTIC MEETING IN HIS speech, once again emphasized the HOME TOWN OF SCHEMNITZ Finnish and Scandinavian policy of

YESTERDAY, DECHARED ENG

neutrality and stressed the successful "When I came out of a Czech prl-co-operation between Finland

and son, I sided with Hitler, the greatest Sweden on that question. Trans- figure of today's „political.

Speaking, of his conversations with Der Fuehrer, he added →→

"This man says what he thinks and does what he promises. We have done well to link the destiny of our nation to that of Germany and he leader.

Ocean

the

ef-assured the Government of loyalty of the Army and promised to build up the Slovak Army in the same spirit prevalling "In the strongest and most powerful army of the General Cundərlik, who spoke lát- " Germany:”—Trans-Ocean.

world.

QUEENS & ALHAMBRA

HONG KONG

KOWLOON

AT 2:30-515 7·20.930 PM ∙AT 2:30 5′20·7·20 & 9:30 PM.

SHOWING TO-DAY

More than a Love Affair

•

A story as deep, as strong as a woman's heart...! IRENE

FRED

DUNNE MacMURRAY

in

INVITATION

TO

HAPPINESS

ADDED LATEST POPEYE CARTOON

ADDED!

At

The

Produced and Directed by

Wesley Ruggles

A Paramount Picture

QUEEN'S Only “FRENCH GAUMONT NEWS”

WEDNESDAY At The QUEEN'S "BULLDOG DRUMMOND'S BRIDE" with

·4 SHOWS DAILY 2.30-8.20 720 -9.30

JOHN HOWARD

TO-MORROW.

At The ALHAMBRA “HERITAGE OF THE DESERT"

EVELYN VENABLE

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

DONALD WOODS

NATHAN ROAD HOWLOON TEL 57222

MATINEES: 20%-30%o EVENINGS, 201.-30c:50×70)

• FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY Romantic Stars of ROBIN HOOD Together Again Merry, Mad Modern Comedy-Romance!

The

AGAIN

IN EACH OTHERS ARMS A

The thrilling lovers of ROBIN HOOD

together for the first" time in a merry, med, modern romance).

ERROL FI

And Look Who's With Them

ROSALIND RUSSELL PATRIC KNOWLES

FOUR'S a CROWD

WALTER CONNOLLY - HUGH HERBERT MED ERGAR

TO-MORROW AND WEDNESDAY

Mile-a-Minute, Smile-a-Minute Romance !^ DENNIS O'KEEFE in “THE KID FROM TEXAS”:

A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture

FLORENCE RICE +

DANCING IN 6 HOURS

specialty,

Rapid easy lessons.

ginnors - Advanced dörn. Tap, Expe TON

◄ Brin” Your

PRINTING

to Us