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SUN FO OFFERS RESIGNATION Troops Called Out OVER 600 SIGN

New Development Reported

In Kuomintang Split DEMANDS FOR UNITY

Shanghai, February 15.

Dr. Sun Fo today offered 'his resignation as Premier, according to an unconfirmed Canton despatch to the "Hua Mai Wan Pao.” The report is taken with reservation but it is noted that Dr. Sun Fo's re- ported step follows mounting demands for Nationalist unity to talk peace with the Reds.

"Hua Moi Wan Pao's" report said that Acting President Li Tsung-jon has

not yet accopted the resignation. However, in view of the growing rift between Li and Sun's refugee government in Canton, acceptance is thought likely.

Dr. Sun Fo, who lately has 1 been reported to have iden tifed himself with the war group manoeuvring polley, is losing support inside the Gov- ernment, and there are indica- tions that the undercurrent of dissatisfaction is now explod. opposition

Ing into against him.

open

on moving the His insistence Executive Yuan to Canton was attacked as a hindrance in peare by

legislators and other many

Presiden! governmental clrcles.

L, Mr. Tung Kwan-haien and Mr. Yu Ya-jen, Presidents of the Legislative and Control Yuans, respectively, have failed in per- suading him to return to Nan- king.

An emcial source said Dr. Sun toid Mr. Tung he would rather resign than return to Nonking. Dr. Sun's latest reasons for re- maning in Canton are "high blood pressure and his mother is urging him to proceed to Macao for a rest.”

The majority demand among Legislative Yuan members in

Mao Tse-tung's message was addressed to Tu Yuch-shcak.

of former king the Shanghal underworld, whose deal with

1027 Chiang Kai-shek in broke the hold of Communist- led labour unions over the and delivered it into the Nation-

city

famous Demand For Return Of Generalissimo

Shanghai, February 15. First public demand that Generalissimo Chlang Kal- Ahak resume public life was heard here today.

More than 20 members of the Kuomintang Central Committee voted to invite the Generalissimo to start

party reform movement

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Fang Chih, director of the Shanghai KMT headquarters, chairman of the group which met at the City Bank Buliding-Associated Press.

alist camp,

Mao told Tu that trade would be strictly on a barter basis like that in which two ships 'have al- ready gone to Chinwangtao to exchange four for North China coal.

Peiping Talks

The Shanghai non-partisan

peace delegation, led by Dr. W.

radio-

In Shanghai

The Bund and, several straats in the vicinity of the Genitral Bank of China were cordoned "off to prevent further disorder, after Manchurian refugess Invaded the bank. The refugees remained inside the bank waiting their "retis!" funds which were promised them before they were forced from their homes last year, white police and soldlars kapt everyons away

from the building. (AP Photoj

Australia As Britain's

Arsenal In The Pacific

Canberra, February 15.

W. Yen, arrived late yesterday. Australia decided today to spend £1.48 million on a vast system of according to. Peiping telephone messages.

hydro-electric power stations feeding huge atom-bomb proof factories deep below the earth.

be

They are expected today to city, meet the Mayor of the Reliable reports said that Gen- General Yeh Ching-ying. The eral Chang Chlh-chung chief delegation is reported to archlicet of the Government's seeking to fix the time and place pence policy, threatened to re- for official negotiations between sign his position as Government the Nationalist Government and

Communists.

ainy in Nanking, and the holding/ Pence delegate because of dis- the hours after, tho delega- !

of the Control Yuan's regula monthly meeting here this morn ing is considered a severe blow

to Dr. Sun's position.

Censure Possible

The Control Yuse n:orning

this

Ballsfaction with Dr. Sun's re- A few

fusal to return to Nanking and tion began discussions, acting his presence in Canton, which is President Li, China's

persistant regarded as highly damaging to proponent for peace, was expect- General .Li's efforts to make ed to make a Nanking broadcast, peace with the Communiats.

unity and calling for national Meanwhile General Ho Ying- discipline, while the Peiping talks shin, former War Minister, gone to Nanking to take an im-

hasi progres5.

portant job at Ld's request, other Canton Decision

decided to hold Chinese reports say. regular whole house aesolone in

the capital-now still in Na king. according to members' Interpretation-inglead of In

Canton on, February' 10.

Ho's Advocacy

If true, a more solld Nation-

to be presented

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MacArthur Request Rejected

Washington, February 15.

The Army bas turned down a request by General Douglas MacArthur for more troops.

The Secretary of the Army Mr. Kenneth Royall, said today 'he Supreme Allied Commander In Japan had been-fold it would e impractical to send him any

The chain of 20 power stations harnessing the waters of the Snowy River, South of the Federal capital and the new defence production re- gion will take 25 years to complete. will mako Australia Britain," anonal" in the

Pacific..

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FOR NEW FORCE

The number who had signed up for the Hong Kong

Defence Force up to

p.m, yosterday, had topped the 400 mark. Those who had registered

totalled about 200.

This information was releas- Led by Volunteer Headquarters.

last evening. S

The numbers given do not, In- elute those who had signed up confined to Volunteer Head- Kong Cricket Club, Club Lusi- tano-vesterday

Ti is not possible to ascertain the. figures from those sources.

as the forms will not be returned to Headquarters until the end of the week.

Public recruiting yesterday was confined to Volunteer Head quarters.

för. the other services.

RUSSIAN ACTIVITY

IN BALTIC

Berlin, February 16, Extensive Russian troop movements in the Russian zone of German and dombin ed air and submarine man-

Officers here again had busy day, but there was none of the rush that occurred on oeuvres along the Baltic coast. Monday.

Forms Sent Out

A:

were reported here today by the American official German- language newspaper "Die Neue Zeitung."

"The strictest secrecy prevails, To ease the rush at Headquar ters, some. 4,500 registration particularly during night "manon

are being forms were sent out to theuvres and attempla various clubs as well as large made to camouflage the wide- commercial establishments for spread movement of troops," the

todded. ' their members who wish to enrol,

parne main body

of the Soviet to all in and return to Head-|-

la Germany is con quarters...

army of the Baltic and to

This Pxplained a recruiting centrated

is also for the convenience the North West in Mecklenburg.

of those desiring to register, and that part of Pomerania, that

• "Wo· khali · know more de- belongs to the Russian zone... finitely how we stand at the endThe strongest troop concen- of the week, when we got back trations are

the zonal border

some of thest forma," explained ||of Schlewig-EMA and Mock-

a recruiting officer at Headquer- lenburg, not

Mostly Chinese

By far the majority of volunteers for the Defence Force are Chinese, It is `re- vented.

eliz!-

According to reports by

Fugens from the Baltic, military strongpoints are being erected

at top speed and strategio: alr porte, Fallway lines and fuel and tank depota are being cons structed, dry, to The Bouthern

civilian population; fr

bility, is that they have to be able | Serin Estonia" has been con

One of the conditions of

· to help. construct... V-2 to speak English. All the a Inunching platforms.".

Important airfields have been plicants were able to all out the

buil near-Vilna and Lide, in forms themselves. Basten Lithuania, and our

Volunteers for the other ser- vlees are mostly for the Special. Kaudas, subterranean fuel depois Constabulary where a khohladitve been bully, the newspapers otsƐnglish" is not essential.

reported.--Heuter kee

CONFISCATION OF

* HK PAPER

Canton, February 10. The entire, lesua of the Hong

confiscated today, allegedly for publishing reports quoting the Communist radio.

The Weather

A conference of Federal and fully established at Canberra

Mr. N. Lemmon, Minister of State Ministers unexpectedly gave the go-ahead signal to the Werks, reminded the conference that most Australian key indus- project today, after the Defence tries and munition factories are Minister, Mr. J. J. Dedman, near the coast and exposed to af-Kong: "Sing To Daily News was stressed its importance to the tack.

At 6000 GMT (1 p.m. NKST) -China'and the neighbouring continue to be long-range defence plans and They were originally establish

dominated by the continental, anti-cyclone,. explained that it was linked ed by the Economic

while Japan by under the Influence of the with the recommendations made operation Administration because The "Sing Tao, also carried a intenie deprmation centred Bat Bakkaldo, Today's Forecast-Moderate; or freely recently by Sir Henry Tizzard, of the vast quantities of soul report that General Ho Ying-chin,

former Minister of National DeNRE winds: Fine

--Yesterday's Weatherf British chief of Scientific De needed to generate power. fence Research."

The new power stations will be fence, has left the Sun Fo camp. Mr. Pedman said it in impera -

from the coast, well dispersed and may be asked to form a new mums" 44.1 4g, Fah Mr. Royall made the statementtive that the scheme, costing and well protected from bombing Cabinet succeeding Dr. Sunimosi 48. des. Fab.

they will be mostly United Press. £185 million, get under way t to reporters on raturning from ce. It has been in the air for underground, he said. the

About three and a half million n Inspection trip to Japan where several years but was postponed

conferred with General Bloc because State Governments could tons of coal will be required by Arthur.

the project annually, which will Mr. Royall said that General The conference agreed to begin males of open water channels.

100 miles of tunnels and 540 have MocArthur previously

had ex- the

construction of

the power pressed hope that he could have stations immediately.

Vital de-Reuter. more troops and brought up the fence industries will be transfer- red from Britain to the protected defence area, linked with the power scheme.

more.

Representatives of 71 Legisla- live Yuan

members in Cantor The Yuan is holding a secret alist front

tonight decided to telegraph the other members -in- Shanghal n meeting his afternoon to discuss the Reds for negotiating purposes Nationalist parliament, to com Nanking of the badly divided consuring Dr. Sun, firstly for re-may be in the making. moving the Executive Yuan to

to Cant

Canton,

for the next meeting. In 1937, during an earlier "re- Canton in a disorderly manner

tirement" by Generalissimo The decision was made follow- and, secondly for his trying to

Hong meeting called by sell his house in Shanghai to the Chiang Kai-shek, Li and

formed

1 Premier, Dr. Sun Fo, and the a Junia and kept the Central Bank of China HK$600,000.

Goverment going with the aid Vice-Premier, General Wu Teh- at which the Premier ex- chen, of Li's Kwangsi partner in arms, General Pal Chung-hal, now pressed the desirability of main Pacification Headquarters Contining missioner of Central China at present situation, United Press, Hankow, and Dr. Sun Fo pre- Associated Press and Reuter. sumably will not be included in

for

Back To The Bad

Old Days?

Nanking, February 15. Troops. of Sikiang Province entered Chengtu, capital of Szechuan province today, rapidly bringing to a climax the dispute between rival war- lords in two of Nationalist China's South Western pro- vinces.

Radio

the present arrangemení. It has been known liable sources

from re- that Li's trip to Shanghai last week was mainly to persunde Ho Ying-chin to take hir old job, which is now called Minister of National Defence. Ho refused. If

First

reports sald

he has accepted, Li's hand would be greatly strengthened os Ho Ying-chin could influence army officers through Whampoa silqua connections as Kwangs! General

Tsung-Jen never could.

a

a united front in the

Broadcast By Li To Nation

Nanking. February 16. The Whampoa ogloors goner-

Acting President Li Tsung- ally follow the Goneralissimo's wishes faithfully but He Ving.jen declared tonight that the chin has been quietly advocat. Government is determined to Ing a negotiated deal with the do its utmost to make. peace Communists on the basis of his with the Communists and to [reform the administrative and military judgment. telephone mesages from While the terms he might military systems within the Chungking, wartime copital, said suggest are likely to be unac shortest possible time. that the Inner Cabinet Minister, ceptable to the Reds (he occupies General Chang Chun, command-a prominent place on their "war

er

request again.

"He was told It would be im- practical to put more troops over Here," Mr. Royall seid.

asked

then was Mr. Royall whether General Macarthur has mentioned returning to the Unitou States. "There was ne discussion at all about his, re- tur." Mr. Royali sofa "Ho did not say anything and I did't."

M. Royall added: "We do not contemplate, any change either

in troep strength command in Japan."--Associated Press.

Addressing civil servants and personality armed forces personnel in o na-A of the Nationalist Pacification criminals" 11) his

the Acting Headquarters in that area, who behind Li might help answer the tlor.wide. broadcast, arrived in Chengt yesterday to biggest question of all in the President urged all out efforts to

question, could a dis- clean up corruption, halt de mediate in the dispute, has order-peace

ed Nationalist troops underclplined turnover of troops beterioration and inefciency in the General Hu. Chung-tan to come guaranteed by the Nationalists? civil service and lighten disci

ine in the armed forces.

from

Sion,

• in neighbouring

Shansi Province, to keep order in Peace Clamour

the Szechuan capital said tha

Earlier repand Szechuan

Siklang troops.

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Atomic Energy

Key Industrias" and "research". laboratories requiring big power supplies will be able to operate In relative security under the Snowy River project.: Defence selentific research work including atomie energy experi- ments needing heavy electric sup- plies, will be possible when Aus tralia's National University is

Russians Arrest U.S. Newswoman

London, February 15. broadcast Tass despatch said today that Anna Strong, an American: newsppporwoman, has --been-arrested in the Soviet Union on a charga.

of spying. Toss, the official Soviet news news- quoted: Moscow, agency,

Tose added: "It is reported that

because

WARNING TO MANCHESTER

Manchester, February 15. Mr. E. A Carpenter, Preal- dent of the Manchester Char ber of Commerce, warned to- day that if Japan la compelled to rely on her cotton industry to maintain her economy, hopes of full employment in Britain's colton.industry will be vain.

Mr. Carpenter told the Cham- ber's annual meeting that the combined interests of the industry in the United States and Britain may yet evoke a policy by

American and British al

ments which will not Japan to rely almost entirely her cotton Industry to

maintain

| her economy.

on

f Japan le so compelled, then

·I, am afraid our hopes, and indeed the assurances that have boen

given of full employment in the Lancashire-industry swill. bava been in vain," he said Reuter,

to

MR. W. J. KEATES

muthor Miss' Strong, 66verzi books favourablo Fumala; was born in Peland, Tho, condition of Mr. W.. Nebraska. She was married. In Kentes, Editor-in-Chief of the 1932 to Joel Shubin of Mon "Chloa Mall" and "Bunday

cow,

By: Hèrald", who was injured in

She first went to Russia in trafic accident in Des Voeux

He announced simultaneously papere on saying that Miss Strong that the achievement of peses is accused of espionage and sub- Meanwhile popular demands and pollucal reforms are at pre- versive activity directed against

The sent the chief keynotes of Gov-the Seitet Union. forces from the Chenglu milltary for peace are mounting. academy are manbeuvrlibg- in Shanghai Peace Promotion Asso-ernment policy.. Chepatu's outer suburbs. Nociation ended a three-day meat- 1le sald: "Peace and political she will be deported from the 1921 on a relief mirsion and Road on Monday, evening. was Aghing is so far reported. ing here. Manifestos, strongly reforms are different policies butlimits of the Soviet Union in a while there was appointed cor-alated at Queen Mary Hospital few days." length ja respondent for "Heart's Interna~ at 2 a.m. today to be unchanged... The military has" followed urged both sides to negotiate with similar alms-solution of Miss Strong, 64, "had bẹm à tonal Magazine." She was y'o. the attempt to reshuffle Gov. peace with sincerity and in a the national crisis and to potournailst on the Moscow scone corresponder of North ON OTHER PAGES srnment... leaders in the South spirit of mutual equality, ple's hardships."- ¿

American Newspaper In West. General Liu Wan-kul,

manifestos laid down

Ruade in 1928 Arvociated Press. Governor of Bikiang. I said to seven principles which approach be, the contander thp Die Mao Tse-tung's eight points chuan governorships, now heldenunciated on January 14. The by: General Wang Ling-phli.~ only difference not clearly ada General Chang-Chun rejusiable with Moo's programme ported to bo dally. In contnet with the absence of any mention of tho Nationalist authorities in war criminals, vienigenaa Hankow-and: Cânión.- Cibservers |- 6honghal. business circles

The

bangla for many years.

General L1"'" Toung-ton de the "Moscow News, a publica- voted a major part of his lion for English-speaking people broadcast to bitter attack on in the Soviet capital, In 1930, The newspaper stopped publica- what he called, unscrupuitous chicials and army officials who on parlive this months.

listed Art abudo their powers and bully She was

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— BUS CONDUCTORS. the people, the representative of Allied la

Strong is one said the nation is facing our ndwa.

He

ASSAULTED

sold that the d

"disputh: le-the-Grs evince encouragement since Mania.rect critical period and warn the eight, accredited American Two conductors of the Kowloon favourably, to Fed it is at present in naveeranda COLICHEN be Motor Bus Company woro, assadil |

Indication that Nationalist Chino Tag-tung replied"

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scaped'? Liing

150600 ød, in their bus at Lai Kok Road may be crumbling back to wars their request to reopen shipping roform or "die.je lordiam because of the split bo to North Chinu. They are particule and We have talked at poterious intelligence agent" and fat night by passengers tween Nanking and Canton in Early anxious to got this goiria politica reforma but beginning and she got into Rusala through :tho: Central National V. Governs before the British in Hong Kong today we must not only talk but the negligence of certain forelan, one reč bit conductors had post

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relations. Officials,”.