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HONG KONG DAI

OVEMBER

1931.

SECURITY OF LIFE AND PROPERTY GERMANY'S PRIVATE

China Prepared To Assume Responsibility!

NEUTRAL COMMISSION FOR MANCHURIA

Little Progress At League Meeting

JAPAN'S PROPOSAL TO BE EXAMINED

"AT COUNCIL'S LEISURE

PATRIOTIC DEMONSTRATIONS AT

CANTON

JAPANESE FORCES SUFFER HEAVY

LOSSES

(THROUGH, REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PARI, November 21.

HE public sitting of the Councfi opened at 4.40 p.m. -

TM. Briand in summing up the situation pointed out that since tko. last meeting the Council had endeavoured to find a pacifie settlement of the question based on Article XI. of the Covenant. The resolution, passed by the Council on October 30 retained. Its force and the Council must seek appropriate means of realising the provisions therent as soon as possible. M. Briand appealed to the Chinese and Japanese representatives to limit themselves to expressing suggestions for ending the present situation.

Mr. Yoshizawa said that Japan had fully adhered to the rei solution passed by the Council on October 30, both in the spirit and the letter.

Mr. Yoshizawa suggested that a commission should be sent to the spot under the auspices of the League to gather unbiassed Information regarding_the"situation. It would have, no mandate. to Infervene in the Sino-Japeness negotiations 'nor supervise the movements of forces, but subject "to those conditions Japan is prepared to withdraw har troops to within the railway zone with the least possible delay.

Dr. Sze said that the Japanese military occupation of Chinese territory was a violation of solemn, treaties and the Covenant. The Chinese Government could not bargain for the withdrawal, or consent to the withdrawal being made dependent on, anything else than arranging details for, securing the safety of life and pro......... -perty, in the evacuated area.

- Dr. Alfred Szare affirmed that China was prepared to assume full responsibility for the maintenance of erder and security of Hits and property of Japanese, nationals in Manchuria outside the ares of the South Manchurian Railway. If further assurances were deemed necessary; reasonable' arrangements involving sentral co-operation under the auspices of the League would be šccepted.

BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S VIEW

Lord Cecil said the Council was anxious to examine the Japanese, proposal at its leisure, The British Government had always held it was an urgent necessity that there should be some means of obtaining accurate knowledge of what was happening in Manchuria.

· Dr. Sze re-intervened and referred to the resolution of Oct. 30 providing for the collection of information on the spot by neutrals. He asked bad sentrals been sent to Nonni Bridge and Tsitsihar? and emphasised that the principal point before tho Council at present was the withdrawal of troops proportionately to security and the cessation of hostilities,

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Von Mutius emphasised that it was essential to obtain loj. formation so as to be able to draw proper conclusions.

Señor Lerroux welcomed the Japanese proposal also the noblé kititude of the Japanese Government who were determined to carry out the conditions of the resolution of October 30. They had: already begun to withdraw their troops and had also declared they had no territorial designs.

M. Briand in summing up the debate said the proposed com. mission would undoubtedly appease the local situation and 'create' détente. He emphasised it was not a temporary solution that was belog sought but a durable settlement.

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Mr. Yoshizawa emphasised that the Japanese Government was ready to withdraw its troops as 5000 as the situation effectively assured the lives of Japanese nationals and the 'security of their property.

M. Briand said that the Japanese proposal would be examized and he hoped it would be possible to draw up a unanimous resolution. A fresh meeting of the Connell would be called as soon as sufficient progress was made.

WASHINGTON, November 21.

Mr. Stimson expressed to the Japanese Ambassador the view that the Japanese occupation of Tsitalhar in the Russian sphere of Influence threatens dangerous' complications,

JAPANESE CASUALTIES

no diplomatla action regarding tho Japanese crossing the line at pres sont

PARIS, NOV. 21.

Sir John Simon arrived at 11.45

"ARMISTICE REJECTED

KUOMINTANG CONGRESS

WÀNG CHING WEI DECLINES

·CANTON INVITATION

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(THROUGH, REUTER'S.. AGENCY.)

CABINET CRISIS AVERTED

NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NOT WANTED IN JAPAN.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,]

TOKYO, Nov. 2.

A Cabinet crisin appeared immin ent to-day when the Home Minis- ter, Mr. Adachi, advocated the 'SHANGHAI, Nov. 92. formation of a non-party National Wang Ching Wei has declined an Government for the purpose of invitation to go to Canton toiding over the serious financial and attend the Kuomintang Congrass there, on the ground that it is necessary for him to remain at Shanghai to discuss important de- velopments with the Nanking, dole- gates.

Hu Han. Min is similarly expect political circumstances. ed to decline.

would tie her hands in acting in self-defence against hordes of Chi- nese soldiers and banilius, which aro practically synonymous, declar- ed the official spokesman ir ex- plaining the reasons for Mr. Yoshi- zawa being instructed to reject the proposal.

Japanese papers and public are denouncing Mr. Yoshizawa for, it is alleged, agreeing to an uncon ditional 'armistice.

Some quarters are demanding his replacement by Mr. Tauned Mateu- daira the Japanese Ambassador to Great Britain. •

Both Mukden and the South Man- churian Railway, it is believed, are endangered by the reported concen- tration of 50,000 Chinese troops at Chinchow, and it is doulared that an unconditional armistice would enable the Chinese to concentrate at other points in a similar man-

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NO EVACUATION

LONDON, Nov. 21 While there is no definite indien- tion that a Sino-Japanese armistico has been agreed to, reports from Paris suggests that this will be the next stage in this settlement of the dispute

According to the Daily Herald's Paris correspondent, it is expected that at to day's public session M. Briand will be able to announce the basis of a settlement to take the form of an armistice and the cessation of hostilities pending an enquiry by the League Commission. It says that the Japanese, for the time being, will maintain their present position, but a neutral zone will be established between them and the Chinese......

The question of evacuation will not be pressed until the Commis sion has begun its work.

The Japanese, it is expected, will shortly appoint a local Chinese Government with Japanese advisers, at Tsitsihar, which, together with the local Governments in Mukden and Kirin, will be in a position to establish an independent Manchuria Government of pro-Japanese ten- dencies.

Meanwhile, according to the Daily Express, China and Japan have already accepted the Armis- tice in principla." (This is now discounted by the Tokyo cable pub- lished above).

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SUNDRY CONDITIONS? .. PARIS, Nov. 21.. It is anderstood that the Japan ese noceptance of a mixed Com mission to investigate the con ditions in Manchuria, is tied up with sundry conditions, but with the acceptance in principle of the

MURDEN, Nov, 22. The Japeness casualties in the fighting on Wednesday and Thurs day have been officially published. They show that the weather was the chief cause of heavy losses, p.m. frostbite almiming "300" victims out of a total of nearly 450, others being thirty-one killed, 104 wound. A Tokyo cablegram exived Commission the situation has lost

The in through Beuter's Agency statos all its acuteness. red and thirteen missing.

fantry suffered most, twenty-four that Mr. Yoshizawa, Japanese Dele- It is gathered that the Council being killed and seventy-seven gate to the League of Nations, has will insist on some sort of neutral wounded. No officers were killed | been instructed to reject the no- zone and on pledges for the con- but eight were wounded and one is called armistice.

tion of hostilities and of provoca- missing. No estimate of Chinese The suggestion of any armistice tion. casualties in offered, but they are presupposes war, Moreover, it

·believed to be much heavier,

would enable the Chineze in Harbin despatches state that the Manchuria to concentrate armies Soviet Consul-General states that totalling over 200,000 against the thuring the recent fighting the Chi Japan Army, of 15,000 neen Eastern Railway, was not dam Contoquently, it is impossible for aged and there was no interference Japan, to agree, to a truce, which with the traite. There would be (Continued on next folumn)

BOYCOTTING ACTIVITIES

It is understood that the condi- tions laid down by the Japanese include an investigation into acts of boycotting and anti-Japanesa activities in Chinese.

(Oontinued on mus 12).

diplomatic difficulties cafronting the country. However, following an exchange of opinions between Mr: Wakatsuki and Mr. Adachi it was agreed that Mr. Adachi's view was justified in principle hut "diffi- oult of realivation in the existing

WEATHER REPORT,

Yesterday's weather report, forecast and remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory at 8:30 p.m., stated:-

The typhoon is about 500 miles east of Aparri, moving northward The anti-cyclone is central to the west of Hokkai do, moving east.

Local Forecast:-N.E. winds, 'moderate;' fine to cloudy,

TYPHOON WARNING

The following typhoon warn- ing has been received by the American Consulate General from the Manila Observatory Manila, Nov. 22, 3.20 p.1 Cyclone on typhoon E of northern Luzon more than 300. miles distant, moving N.W. or N.N.W

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ORIENTAL DRUG TRAFFIC

THE REDS IN FUKIEN

TROUBLE BREWING

·UP-COUNTRY?.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

FOOCHOW, Nov. 18.

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CREDITOR COUNTRIES ASKED TO DISCUSS SITUATION

(THEOUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.)

BERLIN, Nov. 21.

The German Debtors. Committer has invited representatives of Ger imiany's eleven creditor countries, to como to Berlin to discuss further ar rangements regarding Germany's private debts after the expiration the standstill" agreement..

BRITISH WIRELESS BRAVICE]

· Ruoar, Nov, 21-

BENTLEY MINE DISASTER

THIRTY-FOUR-MINERS

KILLED

{THROUGH REUTERʼK" AGENCY. ]

London, Nov 29. The death roll as the result of

the Bentley pit disaster, in now

Já, excluding five men missing.

LONDON, NOV, 21

The death roll as the result

the Bentley pit disaster in now eighteen

Twenty-seven men are injured;"

Seven den are still entombed in day made "a formal application to the pit, which is blazing fercely,

The German Government yester

All is quite up country and the the Bank for International Settle-rendering, the work of rescue prno- invasion of Reda into Tukion was mounts at Basle for the appointment tically impossible... well to the south of Foochow For of a Special Advisory Committee,

Home

forces

provided for in the Young Plan, to make a full investigation of her economic, and financial position in relation to her obligations.

time past, however, there have been frequent raids by the Rods over the border, and I learn on very good authority that their are gradually growing strongere

Two days ago a traveller for a At the same time a consortium he could not go further up on firm here wired from Yemping that

of German debtor banks are getting account of trouble, and that he into touch with Committees of for was returning. He did not, how eign creditoors on the question of ever, state what the trouble was. of the Missionaries, and Catholic the "standstill agreement which Within the last ten days the last short term "credits, with regard to Fathers have returned to their expires in February, with a view to posts at Yeaping and beyond. I

the holding of an immediatement understand, however, that it was on the cards that a aumber would fing in Berlin, he returning back hors: From the These foregoing you will see that the truc position is somewhat obscure.

Thero wore 1,000 men unders ground of the time of the disaster. The death roll, therefore, may, be "greater than can at present be as-

certained.

A pathetic crowd of tight-lipped men and weeping, women huddled at the pit head waiting for newa-

Heroip attempts at rescue, aro being carried on in the blazing inferno of the shaft by parties of may be regarded 4 miners and doctors who rushed, from preliminary moves-following thố

the surrounding districts. No fresh troops are around Fou- | Franco-German disenssions which show, and we are still guarded by took plece upon Monsieur Laval's marines and soldiers. Marines takë

AMERICAN FOOTBALL

YALE BEAT HARVARD

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Thoy first explosion, was followed

by an inrush of gas, which overcome

number of men.

1

A second explosion occurred at midnight, one of the rescuors, being, blown to pieces,

Later Beven more me bave died in hospital, bringing the total to 25

Twenty men are still in hospital in a serious condition

this side, and soldiers the city return from Washington-in pre- side.

paration for an International Con- ference in the New Year on the problem of reparations; and debts,

In its note to the International Bank the German Government says, with reference to the Young Plane thas since that date the economir and financial situation of the world, and particularly in Germany, bas been fundamentally altered: by an unparalleled crisis, and, after allud It is feared that four are still ing to the hope that the Hoover missing, but it is considered unlikely proposal would bring about a deci-that they are alive. sive turn in the world crisis, states [The first message regarding the that, as a result of later develop disaster stated:-Eleven immers ments, the Hoover year by itself have been killed and forty injured Froved insufficient to banish the in an explosion which cocurred "at danger of collapse.

Bentley Colliory, near Doncaster.]

ĮTARDUGH REUTER'1; AGENCY, },

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts,

Nov, 21 the inter Varsity football match Yale beat Harvard by a goals to mil.

NAVAL WEDDING.

C.P.O. FOREMAN-MISS A. WONG.

A very pretty wedding was sole mnised in St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon, on Saturday afternoon, the contracting parties boing Chicl Petty Officer Clarence Chestyu Foreman, H.M.S. Berwick, and Mia Annie Wong of 241, Nathan

STARTLING REVELATIONS Road, Kowlcoo.

(THROUGH ARUTER'S AGENCY.]

"BABLE, NOV, 21. Startling revelations of wide spread traffic in illegal drugs with the Orient were made at the trial who is charged with engaging in the of Dr. Muller, a German, chemist, traffic.

It was alleged that the chief of the narcotic service in the Far East is a man named Hussein.

Maller Jacknowledged selling 89 kilograms of heroin to Hussein for 70,000 Swiss francs.

been arrested and imprisoned for A young Viennese girl, who had carrying drugs in a trunk with a double bottom from Basle to Vienna, said that she was connect- ed with the combine engineered by Hussen. Before this confession sho had denied ever being implicated in the traffic, but the Secret Service discovered that she was once arrest ed and heavily fined in Vienna.

The case against Muller is con- tinuing.

"A BANDIT CHIEF "

(THROUGH ZEUTER'S AGENCY.]

BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 21

An extraordinary case was heard here to-day in which Harold Jago, amarine freman, was alleged to have sent 813 postcards containing abuse and allegations to Mr. Neville Chamberlain, to the Admiralty, and to his employers.

Counsel described the postcards as the wickedest and cruellest things imaginible.""

Jago, it was alleged, referred to the employers as a gang of high Mr. N. Chamberlain as a bandit class crooks"; and he described, chief of rogues and robbers,

In the witness-box Jago said that the noxious fumes inhaled at his work chused him to write the post- cards?

He was bound over to keep the

peace.

[Mr. Neville "Chamberlain has succeeded Mr. Philip Snowden as Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1

The Rev. Walton Rogers officiat. ed and the bride, who looked" very charming in a simple dress of white satin, was given away by Mr. A. Mooney. She carried & and was attended by the Misses bouquet of white chrysanthemums Lee and Wong as bridesmaids, while the flower girls were the Brown. All four were attired in" little Misses 8 Harris and M

white silk. The bridesmaids' bou." pale green satia trimmed with quote were of vari-coloured chry carried baskets of roson. santhemums, while the flower girls

The duties of best man were car ried out by Mr. C. C Francis,

were the groomsmen, m while Messrs. Gray and Cotterell MAKE

After the ceremony a reception was held at 341, Nathan Road, The honeymcon Macao,

15 being spent in

& gold wrist watch and a writing. The bride's gift to the groom wa cabinet, while that of the groom to the bride was a tortoise-shell toilet sot..

MURDERED MAN STOLEN.

WHY MOSCOW ROBBERS LEFT

THEIR LOOT:

A party, of men drove up in a dark, abloon car to the Kuraki, wall-

way station, Moscow, at one o'clock ni the morning and left

a large bundle on the platform."

Some robbers saw it, and decided to stead it. But after untying the cord they quickly abandoned their loot.

The bundle, wrapped up in Ta blanket, contained the body of mathematician of the Moscow In Professor Ivantsoff, a'. 55-year-old

dustrial Academy,

He had been hit twice on the top of the head with a heavy club| and then strangled with a piece of cord and a belt

Mour, the Moscow Bootland Yard, says robbery was the motive for the murdar, since articles in the, dead man's room were bundled up "ready to be taken away.

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