1940-02-13 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 13, 1940

Rumours Fly Of Agreement In Shanghai Dispute

SETTLEMENT

SAID

REACHED BUT NOT YET

INITIALLED

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

Shanghai, To-day.

INDO- JAPANESE DISCUSSIONS

New Delhi, To-day. The Japanese and Indian de. legates to the trade discussions between the two countries met

AFTER RUMOURS FLYING thick and high of a settlement of the outside roads question be- tween the Shanghai Municipal Council and the Special Municipality, the local English-language yesterday. The discussions are re- evening newspaper yesterday published a sensa- tional story according to which a settlement has actually been reached.

According to this report the Special Municipality is establishing a "Shanghai special police force

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presumably west of St. George's, whose jurisdic-

volving around the existing agreement for cotton piece goods and raw cotton.-Reuter,

COMPLETE ANSWER TO THE NAZIS

Parla, To-day,

the

The French Press agrees that vote of confidence in the Government passed by the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday In a complete answer to Nazi efforts to split French unity.

"Le Matin" says that the vote was more than a personal success for M. Daladier; it was also proof that the Chamber of Deputies was worthy by the high level of the debate and the patriotic enthusiasm of the final vote. -Reuter.

for the western district," with its own offices, SIBERIAN RAILWAY tion will not be interfered with by the other po- CONGESTION

lice forces.

All members of this force are to be selected after UP GERMAN

consultation between the S.M.C. and the Special Municipality, and part of the force, including the Superintendent, is to be selected from the S.M.P.

A liaison officer will keep in touch with the new force.

Affairs dealing with foreigners are to be dealt with by members of the force recommended by the S.M.C.

Disagreements of opinion regarding the administration are to be decided between the director of the new force and the Commissioner of the S.M.P.

S.M.C. DENIAL

If there is no agreement, cases will be referred to the Mayor of the Special Municipality.

A few minutes after publication of the story the Shanghai Municipal Council issued a denial, stating that no agreement had even initialled and

that the facts of the story were in-

correct.

A high Council official, contact. ed last night, stated he was un- able to say anything, though ra. ilable quarters here are of opin- ion that an agreement has actually been reached notwithstanding the fact that at present it hae not been signed.

INITIALLED 800N? Nevertheless the agreement is ex- pected to be initialled very soon.

Opinion prevails that while the above facts are possibly somewhat incorrect, they are definitely incom- plete, because the ratio of Municipal policemen is not given; furthermore there is no mention of the return of the areas north of Soochow Creek, which was forecast earlier.-Our Own Correspondent.

PUPPETS' MEETING IN SHANGHAI

Shanghai, To-day.

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CANADA

MOURNING HER LOSS

London, To-day.

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HOLDING GOODS

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Shanghai, To-day. REPORTS FROM MANCHULI, on the Russian- Manchurian border, state that the scarcity of freighters on the Siberian Railway is greatly hampering exports of Manchurian goods to Germany.

Six thousand tons of soya beans could not be shift- ed at Manchuli owing to the lack of Russian car- riages, while it had been expected that the goods... would reach Germany within 18 days.

administra- it is un-

In a special broadcast from the BBC, the Honorable Vin- cent Massey, High Commis- sioner for Canada in the tion has announced that The Siberian Railway

United Kingdom, said that able to guarantee the regular dis- the death of Lord Tweeds-large-gauge carriages, although

posal of a large number of Russian "all muir brings a deep sense of will be done to satisfy Manchurian personal bereavement.

exporters."

NAZI EXPORTS TO CHINA "Some of us mourn the loss of anwhile, state that German Arms there Reports from Vladivostok, mean- old and valued friend," he went on. have enlarged their staffs,

Lord Tweedsmuir's career perfect background

was a to the functions

since

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to large portion of German exports

Vladivostok instead of Dalren.

From Vladivostok German goods

he was to perform in his crowning the Far East must henceforth go via year. Not only in the sphere of let- ters but in public administration, in

the Army, in business and in Parlia- are shipped to Japan and thence to ment he played a full part.

He applied these qualities to the practical duties of his high office. Canada was like a open book before him and he turned over its pages with vivid and eager interest and gave his own interpretation of what he saw.

"Canada mourns the loss of her Governor-General," concluded Mr. Massey, "but she will always be grateful for the presence in her midst of one who understood her so well and who so fully won her affection."

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LATVIAN

MISSION FOR LONDON

LONDON, TO-DAY.

- THE DECISION OF THE LATVIAN GOVERNMENT TO SEND A TRADE MISSION

TO LONDON`SHORTLY IS WELCOMED BY THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES, WHO HAVE BEEN DESIROUS OF ADDING A THE THREE BALTIC STATES TO THE LIST OF NEUTRAL NATIONS WITH WHOM BRITAIN IS CONDUCTING SPECIAL CONVERSATIONS TO EN- LARGE WARTIME TRADE:

Latvia now becomes the first of these countries to send a trade "mis- sion to London.

Representatives of Wang Ching-political conference in order to wei's "Orthodox" Kuomintang, var- the finishing touches to the arrange- ious non-Kuomintang political leaders ments for the formation of the new and non-party national leaders, all "government.” “ supporters of Wang Ching-wei, · met Among those who are expected to here yesterday and unanimously ap-be invited to attend this conference proved the decisions reached at the are leaders of both the Pelping pro- recent Tsingtao conference in connec-visional and the Nanking reformed Having regard to the difficult posi- tion with the establishment of the new governments, certain members of the tion in which these countries find central regime, according to the central executive and supervisory themselves,, as between Germany and "China News Agency.}...

committees of the Kuomintang and Russia, the Latvian Government's

It is added that the way is now members of other political parties. cision is regarded as most encours clear for convocation of the central | Reuter.

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