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NOTICE

JAPANESE REPARATIONS

1. The British Empire repara tions claims against Japan will shortly be considered in London. It in necessary that aomi estimate of the Hong Kong claim should be obtained as soon as possible with a view to provid. ing the Colonial Office with the initial material necessary for the computation of the Empire claim.

2. It is requested, therefore that all Arma, institutions and private persons, irrespective of previous notification, will submit a brief summary of their claims classifying them na for.

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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1940.

VITAL PARIS CONFERENCE

Will Make Or Break Final Effort To

Get Agreement

LONDON, APRIL 21. AUTHORITATIVE DIPLOMATIC QUARTERS YESTERDAY

APPEARED STRÖNGLY INCLINED TO THE SOMBRE · VIEW THAT THE FOUR-POWER FOREIGN MINIS-

·TERS' CONFERENCE IN PARIS NEXT WEEK WILL MAKE OR BREAK THE PROSPECT FOR A UNITED PEACE SETTLEMENT IN EUROPE,

FINAL EFFORT ΤΟ ACHIEVE

possible under the categories THE FEELING WAS GROWING THAT THIS MAY BE THE shown below. It is emphasised that all that is required at present le an estimate of loss austained calculated on 1938 replacement costs if possible, if not the estimate should be expressed in present valuer together with some indication of the increase in costs since 1988. Justifications or evidence in support of individual claims will be

called for at a later date. Correspondenco . should be addressed to:

Reparations Claims Office,

1st Floor, Post Office Bldg., Des Voeux Road, Hong Kong.

The categories under which estimates are required areas follows:

A. DIRECT

DAMAGE.

PHYSICAL

This should not include damage due to under-maintenance ano should include damage due to:

(a) direct enemy action by bombing, shelling, burn ing, looting or denial; or (b) direct allied action by

bombing, sheiling, aabot age or denial.

Estimates may be classifed under the following headings:

1. Industry and Commerce.

Structures and equipment, stocks of raw materials and finished goods,

Shipping. Figures for occan going Vessels 600 gross tons akc over should be distinguished from sailing and small craft

2.

8. Harbour, port works and

installations, Wharves, buildings, harbour sond, etc., and the value of cranes and other equipmen destroyed or taken away.

4. Transportation.

Damage to road vehicles and civil aeronautical equipment

6. Agriculture.

6. Public buildings.

Churches, hospitals, school, and all other publi buildings. Estimates should make allowance for equip ment Da well

AN for otructures.

7.

8.

Household goods and effecta

Gold, silver, national bank potes, foreign securitisa, Jewellery, works of art and cultural objects.

AGREEMENT ON PEACE TREATIES FOR ITALY, RUMANIA, BUL- GARIA AND HUNGARY. SUPPORT FOR THIS VIEW WAS SEEN IN THE REPORT THAT UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE JAMES, F. BYRNES INDIC- ATED TO THE SENATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COM. MITTEE THAT IF THE FOUR POWERS COULD NOT AGREE ON THE PEACE TREATY WITH ITALY THE UNITED STATES MIGHT WRITE A SEPARATE

TREATY,

R.A.F. Man To Get Back His Job

Authoritative sources said that both Britain and America realize there is a distinct possibility that

Peace Settlement

Resistance Hitler Gave in Bavaria Her Blood

London, Apr. 21. Military mopping up will be needed this summer to quell a resistance movement in South ern Germany, said Dr. W. Hoogner, Prime Minister of Bavaria, in an interview with according to

Che "Obron

the

Boys

that, according to the Pre- mier, the movement, acting on the model of the French Ma quis, has nothing to do with other groups. —Reuter,

Dutch To Buy Our Warships

r

Money

Berlin, Apr. 21. Frominent among

the war EACH crimes accused to coma up for trial in the near future will be Helene Schwaeczel, a Nazi air- woman, who denounced to the Gestapo Dr. Karl Goerdoler, for mer Mayor of Leipzig, and a lea- der of the 1944 bomb plot against Hitler.

Helene Schwaerzel, who was ar rested by the French authorities! in Berlin last January, has been turned over to a German special court for "crimes against hu- manity." She received 1,000,000 marks for informing against Dr. Groerdeler.

Schwaarzel was arrested on her. The Hague, Apr. 21:44th birthday. She told Berlin The Herland Government: newspapermen after her arresti at present negotiating with that she had recognised Dr. Goor-

the Paris conference may produce Britain for the purchase of one deler in a public house in Koc a critical show-down with Russia,ght aircraft carrier and one nigsberg, East Prussia.

6-inch cruiser during this year,

Suecess

Sources

Goerdeler" and handed it to her girl friend Gertrude Bohr, who gave it to a Luftwaffe Pay-

ecas apparently depends on

She wrote a piece of paper, how far Russia is prepared to according to the memorandum of "the man sitting on the sofa is back down. Both British

Netherlands Navy budget

Dr. and e American

published here

today. their countries intend to remain build

emphasized

This

is part of the plan to firm on their announced policies and since there is no indication that Moscow will budge, little hope in held out of breaking the ex-eight months deadlock over the

writing of Europe's peace.

Major Issues

1954. It will be a navy of three

11 a new Dutch navy by master,

ship

adds.

12 four-engined reco

All this is estimated to cost

who

Britain The Whipping Boy

Dr. Goordeler

oler was later arrast lundrons and a reserve to each ed. in the street. Landon Apr. 21.

Hitler persona?- fleet carrier, two 6-inch cruisers she banked. The former mayor, squadron to contain one lightly handed her the reward, which George Philip Lambert,

and eight destroyers, brandum civiliane who collaborated with RAP. man, whose Application to return to his former employ

was the chief of the German and tanker, the memorandum ment as residential steward with

tho revolting generals in the boph the

Major issues facing the Foreign Berry Dock Conservative

The Netherlands will also build attempt on ler's life on July Club Limited was

Ministers on which there is no submarines for refused sub- sign of agreement include Mos poses, and a five-year plan has Nazis. Reuter.

training pur- 90, 1944, was executed by the stantially on the ground it Was contrary to the policy of the club cow's claims for trusteeship over been prepared

for a á Fleet Air to employ stoward and stewardess Tripolitania for a third of the Arm-to provide three

Italian Navy and for $100,000,000 with young children is to get his

of 12 job back.

in rep

reparations.

plance and bombers, six Decision to this effect was an-peatedly demanded that the tren-hers and three squadrons of 20

The United States has re-of 20 two-engined medium bom nounced by the Deputy Umpire under the Re-instatement in Civil ties with the Balkans countries

ries fighters and 20 transport aircraft. Employment Act 1944.

include guarantees that their most Lambert was paid £4 weekly, Danube, be open to tram the The Netherlands this year 148,

important communication including pay for his wife's ser-

of all 800,000 guilders, or 10 por cent vices us stewardess, by the club nations and that all nations have of

the budget expenditure.-- deney In British foreign policy A resolution deploring a ten-. to the trade of these Reuter. from

equal access to until joining the R.A.F. in January, 1941. At the demand, but Russia argues that

the countries. Britain

to follow the line of Imperialistic supports this end of his service, he informed the such questions should be left to

diplomacy was withdrawn at the ith that he and his

wife would

Cooperative Party's annual con- ould the countries themselves after the

ference here today, after the dele be available for

employment on

peace treaties have been signed.

gates had made a spirited defence Jan 5, 1948. When the club re-

a

of Treaty Blocked fused to re-instate him,

it was

Ernest Boyin, Foreign pointed out that Lambert and his

Moscow, Aur. 21. (While the Deputy wife were engaged in 1938 as the Ministers

Foreign The olitical cartoon in the Mr. Ballard, adelagato,

over Russian newspaper "Izvestia" result of an advertisement for these questions, Moscow has pro- yesterday depicted the purge of boy between America and Russia clared: "Britain is the whipping steward and stewardess. "without ceeded to negotiato special bila-he Japanese militarists as a on too many occasions. In giving children."

teral trade pacts with the Balkans. rame of blind man's bluff. The a lead, we have demonstrated that Of particular concern Is the chief purger, adressed in a top doing things without dictatorship.

Labelled "Purge. Com- there Ia Bulgakjan

treaty. Britisn peace

mission" Was and Antericin oßetals

concerned hat and and

spata

1938

have

wrangled

·

JAPAN THROUGH

RUSSIAN EYES

secretary,

Brighton, Apr. 21.

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BRITISH CENTRE, SYDNEY

PRESENTING

AN AUSTRALIAN REVUE

STARRING

JOE LAWMAN-

BAR BARA JAMES":

JOY ROBINS. A

KARINSKA and VADIE (AUSTRALIAN DANCING STARS) DOT HUBNER

MARJORIE PROWSE

AND

WILFRID THOMAS Service personnel may each bring one a way of life and of

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have another child aged with the treaty drafts point out a group of and dancing with either from the right or the left. The wage now payable wife. the same situation which threa- sin. aunt, unele etc..

is that this treaty can be blocked by grand-mother aphness labelled] Lop us not discourage the Labour

toned it last, Autumn.

bor

Later, Lambert's first child- now aged seven-was born. Now they three.

weekly including

grand-father, cou- Government at this early stage. The Deputy Umpire rules that

There In no

no reason to do

do 80 The "Red Star international Ahall employ Lambert the club

Authoritative sourcer said that reviewer, meanwhile, spid the so-

Mr.

Labour Mom- Raid: on or before May 18 next, as a as far as the drawing up of trencalled committee for investigat trying to pursue an honest dem

of

. Twe are steward at £3 weekly for his own ties goes, France generally has ing un-American activities look cratic path. The Soviet Union and wife's services, with free fanged herself along with Bri- on calmly" at what the reviewer must learn that we have our way accommodation, fuel and light,

and

America-Associated termed rejuvenation of the Krof doing things, and our way is and the club pays Lambert £7-10-0 | Press. weekly

Klu Khan-Associated Press. compensation, including

the social democratic way. We 30 weekly in lieu of accommoda-

want friendship with the Soviet tion, fuel and light, from Jan. 1,

Union, but we must have as much indication of that from the Krem- lin as we have from Whitehall,”*——. Reuter.

1040.-Reuter."

U.S. Forces In Frontler Clash

London, Apr. 21. The Milan Radio tonight re-

9. Heusen and buildings not ported that a frontier clash in-

included elsewhere,

10. Other items of physica

damage.

B.

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UNDER-MAINTENANCE:

This includes, besides under

velving United States forces or- curred i Caporetto, about 40 miles forth of Triste, last night.

tain

British Concessions On Jewish Immigration

:

The Anglo-American Commission on

Lausanne, April 21.

Palestine yesterday finished its report on a three-month investigation of what should be done about refugee Jews in Europe and the future of Palestine, a spokesman said. The report is to be delivered to London and Washington within a few days. There were strong

Killings Of Polish Jews

Warsaw, Apz. a1. Dr. Joseph Tenebaum, president of the American and World Fede erday that 800 Jews had been ration of Polish Jews, cald yos-

lain in Foland

tion

The announcement added that civil police was attacked and Palestine,

indica- concessions on Jewish immigra with fircarian during the night British members of the Com-quarters speculated that these was going everything in te bove

and that Jews the libera- were being intimidated daily, Informed

and and light American tanks and mission, sharply divided two included the strongly contested to give

government jeeps with machine guns went weeks ago, were able to reach demand by President Truman or for the allied Warto the spot when the alarra was

He ha given.

maintenance, losses due to the

exploitation of resources by the

enemy effort.

The clash ended at 2.00 p.m. today, with no casualties to the American forces or the civil

an

protection.

interview that study of the Jewish

agreement. It is believed that 100,000 displaced Jewa in a twofod in an

them

that the British made important Europe be allowed to immigrate situation convinced him that the to Palestine in the near future. Jews ware being Kuled mostly by The American attitude, it was bandits financed abroad by szents understood, was based on the of the former exiled government conditions found by members in

police, Four of the attackers ran Doubts

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C. CIVIL CASUALTIES. Although complete records are available of all military casual- ties, it is probable that records were left on the ground, the re- of civil casualties are not comport added. plete.. Persona who lost re. The announcer added that all lutives (not serving in the roads in the area leading from armed forces) and whose deaths the Yugoslav occupied area of were due (a) to direct enemy Venezia Giulia-diaputed pro action such as shooting, hang- vince between Italy and Yugos- ing, torture, imprisonment, etc. lavia and the Anglo-American or (b) le allied action as a occupied area wore being pat- result of bombing, etc., should rolled.--Router · furnish full particulars distin- guishing clearly between, (x)· and b),

On Russian Withdrawal

Toheran, Apr 21.

Ho

he camps they visited in Ger- Poland

President Beirut "of many, and

suggestions that Austria and one an,

agreement is conviction that the threat of necessary to open t forcefully relating an unfav paighbouring potries and per the frontiers of curable declafon would not hemit the Jaws to seek new homes carried out. It is open to both in Palestine, America and also An Iranian General Stair Omeer caphals to reject the findings where and that the issue should yesterday expressed doubt whe of the twelve Corumission membe placed on the agenda. off the ther the Russians have sufficient but this is considered un-prote

United Nations Associated ilme now to' move their troos likuly by officials on both sides, INVESTIGATION OF

from: Azerbaijan arovinco by May. There is a possibility that the 8, the

set in the Soviet release of the report might ha PRESS DEMAND

Iranian agreement.

delayed because of the Anglo- The above information is bo-

Soviet troops continued their Eusptian Treaty negotiations. ing called for In order that the

Liverpool, Apr. 21. steady evacuation of all regions in However, It is expected that Reparations Committee may balata, in closing its annual con- and the central government alung time for the two goverment which

The Nations Unlon of Journa- northern Iran, except Azerbaijan the findings will be published in In a poaltion to consider invention, urged, Investigation of tolia view that the Ruslans general terms the claim of the the ownerio, čontrol and fin. would fulfill their promise to quit Tropesnika on Palestins to be British Empire on Japan and anche of "British shawnhspers, the entire country, by the arched brought before the Unitad Na- the shores of the various Periodicals and news syances, in- dates the stain offoer Vloed his tions Assembly in Bentember dalmant Empire countries. Cluding the extent of monopoly doubts about the question, how Associated Press Nothing is known in regard to ritition the nonaked a foreign

(tkustajal irodi which miky tilti-

mately be "syadlable. 10. Claims

submitted will be placed

Erecord but it should be

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