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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 22, 1933.

JAPANESE MAKING FEVERISH GERMAN GUNS FOR CONTROL OF CIVIL

PREPARATIONS

FOR LARGE MILITARY OPERATIONS IN

:

JEHOL

LITTLE RESISTANCE EXPECTED IN NORTH OF PROVINCE

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

PEIPING, February 21, A MESSAGE from Mukden states that the Japanese are making feverlab preparations for large-scale operations, at least two divisions at fill strength are being used and possibly more.

The preparations include many planes. ·

Japanese officials at Mukden state they do not anticipate much resistance in North Jehol, but are silent regarding the rest of the Province,

"NOT MUCH LONGER TO WAIT"

TOKYO, February 21, Though reticent regarding the date of launching the Jabol operations, the War Office indicates they "won't have much longer to wait.""

او

-ANOTHER ULTIMATUM!

LATER.

A message from Changchun states that Manchukno has decided to live a twenty-four hour ultimatam tomorrow after- noon to Nanking that Chang Hsuch Liang withdraw his troops from Jehol, otherwise they will be expelled by force.

CHINESE DENY REPORTS OF FIGHTING

THROUGH · HEITER'S AGENOT,]

PEIPING, Feb. 21..

Chinese headquarters are without information concerning the Japan ese reports of fighting at Chao- yangfu.

They state that on February 19

a hody of Volunteers made an at- tack near Chinchow, but that so far

as is known nothing of the sort occurred yesterday.

League Will Not Support China

In a War."

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

LONDON, Feb. 21. Japan's retirement from the Lea- gue of Nations would result in the most serious crisis since the Lea- gue's inception, declares the Daily Telegraph in an editorial to-day.

There have been withdrawals be- fore without shaking the position of the Lengue, but Japan is one of the four architects of the League. Moreover it will shatter what little tope still remains for a mea sure of success in the Disarmament discussions..

The folly of attempting coercion against Japan in the League's name is out of the question.

Chinese politicians: foolishly per suaded themselves that if they make war with Japan in Jehol, the Lea- gue will take their side in the fight- ing, declares the, Morning Post.

This is a most unfortunate illu- sion which will probably lead to much bloodshed. The League. will best serve the interests of peace by making it clear to China, without further delay, that there is no pros- pect of any such intervention, the paper adds.

Japan Buys Old British Liners,

· THROUGH. REUTER'S 105NCY.]

LONDON, Feb. 21.

front

The Daily Express in a page article declares that the pur

chases of old British linars destined

for Japan are believed in shipping circles to be part of a well-propar- ed plan to use them for war-like purposes in the event of full-scale It states that the vassels, which

hostilities in the Far East.

were stipulated by the British par ties to be used for "scrap" only, may be broken up and their metal used for making guns and shells, or oven used as troop-ships.

The article adds that recently, the steamers Baltic, Megantic, Ostonia, Arcadian, Keemun, Mar. charda and Malancha sailed to

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JAPANESE REINFORCE-

MENTS

[TABOUGH REUTER'S AGENUT.}

PEIFING, Feb, 21.

It is reliably repoited that two further Japanese brigades are be ing sent to Chinchow from the Mükden preå to reinforce the Eighth Division which will pre- Aumably attack through Chao. vangfu, on the Eastern border of Jehol.

TOKYO PREPARING FOR EMERGENCY

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

JAPAN

Among Scrap Iron Cargo

From Australia

OPPOSITION LEADER LODGES PROTEST

(THROUGH REUTER'S' AGENCY ]

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WELLINGTON, Feb. 1. AMONG the cargo of serap iron landed at Auckland by a freighter for Japan are several Ger- man guns mounted on carriages, nine of which have been stored since the War by the City Council because they were not wanted as tophies by any public body.

The guna told will now possibly form raw material for Japanese Armaments.

The Opposition Leader, Mr. Holland, has given notice to ask the Prime Minister whether in view of the fact that the supply of muni tions of war to nations engaged in conflict. ia violation of the League Covenant he will lodge a protest with the British Govern, ment against British armament firms supplying mainitions

to China and Japan.

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INDUSTRY MISSION TO

SOVIET RUSSIA

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)

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NANKING, Feb. 11. MR. CHEN KUNG PO, Minister of "_Industry, has told the Chinese Prema correspondents that the Chinese Government in operation

with private Chinese bodies. is organising an Industrial Mission to Soviet Frussia to study the industrial and trade situation there.

REVOLUTION OF PROCEDURE

0

LIKELY AT ASSEMBLY MEETING

[1HROUGH BRUTER'S AGENCY,)

AVIATION

British Policy Voiced

At Geneva

OCEANS NO SAFEGUARD AGAINST 'PLANES

(BRITISH WINKLESS SERVICE.

Rear, Feb. 20. THE task of devising a practical

STARTLING ORDER TO BERLIN POLICE

Enemies Of The State' To Be Shot

WAR ON COMMUNISTS DECLARED IN GERMANY-

(THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENCY]

BELLIN, Feb. 20. CAPTAIN Goering, the Prussian scheme, which in the words of ·Commisioner for the Interior Lord Londonderry, the British Air and Horr Hitler's right-hand man Minister, "will give to all nations in the Nazi organisation, to-day real protection against horrors to issued a somewhat startling order winch the imagination can put no to the Berlin police, limit, while preserving for their He has ordered the police to usa and convenience the beneficent shoot down Communists “and other development of peaceful dying," enemies of the State" without was begun at Geneva to-day by the hesitation and simultaneously in air committed of the disarmament structed them to protect and estab conierence.

|fish the friendliest relations with The Committea Sot, in pursuance Nationalist organisations like the of the resolution passed by the gen-Nazi storm troops, and the Steel eral commission, to examine the Helmets. possibility of the entire abolition of The order says that weapons may military and naval aircraft and be used ruthlessly against organisa bombing from six, combined with tions hastile to the State and pro- effective control of civil aviation."

tection is promised to the police Referring to the menace which the using firearms in the exercise of misuse of aircraft would constitute their duties, whatever may be the to civil population, Lord London consequences of the shooting. derry said:

The police are enjoined to remem Their development in the last ber that it is more reprehensible to twenty years has laid open to atomit a repressive measure than to tack cities and contres of popula make an error in execution. tion lying far behind the frontier. Each year has seen an increase ‘in the speed, range and carrying capacity of machines so that al- ready aircraft exist which could launch an air attack from one end of Europe to the other.

Ocaana No Barrier,

Even oceans are no longer a barrier and as aircraft, whether civil or military, are increasingly annihilating time and distance, the whole world is becoming as one con tinent."

PROHIBITION REPEAL

RESOLUTION....

PASSES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES -

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)

WASHINGTON, Feb. 30. THE House of Representatives to day passed the resolution for He was authorised to restate on the repeal of Prohibition which has behalf of his Government, the de- already been adopted by the Senate. claration made last November by The next step will be a special Sir John Simon, that the United Convention of the States. Kingdom Government are prepared to subscribe to the universal accep tance of the abolition of naval and

military aircraft, and air bombing except for police purposes, provid ed only that there can be devised an effective scheme for the interna- tional control of civil aviation which will prevent all, passibility of the misuse of civil aircraft for mili-

GENEVA, Feb. 20. THE forthcoming League Assemb-tary purposes.

ly is going to see something like a revolution in procedure;, na well as results there will be action

Misuse of Civil Aircraft.

AUSTRALIAN LOAN

BILL

PASSED BY HOUSE OF COMMONS

IQITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

RrGay. Feb. 20.

GHASTLY TRAGEDY AT SHANGHAI

RUBBER SHOE FACTORY

Workers Trapped In Raging Inferno and Incinerated

Indescribable Scenes As Mob Clashes With Police

(From Our Own Correspondent:)

SHANGHAI, February 91." ONE of the most ghasily industrial tragedies in local_bistory"

occurred this morning at a Chinese rubber shoe factory, in the Yangtszopoo district, resulting in an estimated' death-roll of over a hundred Chinese who were trapped in the burning bulld. ing and Incinerated...

The factory consisted of a two-storied brick structure with a hoiler-room on the ground floor where there were approximately three hundred Chinese male and female employees, the majority being children.

The main boiler, exploded, blasting the walls and immediately starting a huge blaze" which aovered the upstairs communica- tion.

The second explosion precipitating the majority of the ployees upstairs into the raging furnace below,

WHOLE FACTORY GUTTED

Within a short period of time the whole factory was gutted incinnating the majority of the inmates,

Seventy were taken to hospital in a terrible condition. It is believed the remainder, with the exception of a few, lost their lives though she authorities are unable to estimate the death- roll.

The Police Riot Squad was needed to control the huge crowd of oxcited Chinese friends and relatives who had gathered follow- ing the news of the disaster,

Indescribable scenes were witnessed when the mob assh with the Police, while the fire was raging.

Local authorities are now making the fullest enquiries, ince the lack of any factory legislation in Shanghai prevents the proper inspection of industrial establishments.

EIGHTY-ONE WORKERS REPORTED

KILLED

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGEṆOY]

SHANGHAI, Feb. 21. The carnalties are now placed at 81 killed, 50 seriously injured and seventy slightly injured. Ten are still missing.

Many of the injured are in a most critical condition,

"

The cause of the catastrophe has not been determined.

The owner of the factory his disappeared.

It was manifest that the probibi- with little talk. The meeting of tion of military aircraft and an IN the House of Commons to-night the Assembly on Tuesday will be agreement not to make use of sa purely formal, to hear M. Hymans powerful a weapon, could not give reading of the Australian Loan Bill

after a long debate, the third] GIRL WORKERS IN RAGING According to the local papers. give an account of the negotiations any real sense of security so long was carried by 227 votes to 1.

TOKYO, Feb. 21..

the Japanese Minister of Navy has given warning to all officers and men of the Japanese Navy to prepare for any emergency that may arise from the present situa tion at Jehal.

ENTIRE NATION URGED TO

BACK GOVERNMENT ·

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY]

No one else is expected to talk at and explain how conciliation failed.

this meeting

The door of conciliation will not be closed till a definite adoption of the Committee of Nineteen's Report.

At the meeting on Friday, Mr. Matsuoka and Dr. W. W. Yen will

no doubt speak and perhaps other delegates.

Not much progress hitherto has keen made towards the appoint- ment of a Special Committee, to watch the situation if one of the Party to the dispute does not

the Report

and the Negotiating Committee has not fee been summonsi

accept SHANGHAI, Feb. 21; The National Chamber of Com. this afternoon wired to merce the people throughout the country appealing for universal support to the Government at this time of national crisis.

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The message urges liberal con- tribution of acroplanes to the Gov- erament Air Force, unreserved support to the Volunteers in the North cast and

rigid anti. Japanese boycott movement.

Jn the telegram the Chamber points out that now is the only chance for the people to defend their country. The" rich should

for

China may invoke Article XVI. of the League Covenant of a slight modification may be made in the inachinery

convoking the Negotiating Committee to enable the latter to meet if negotiations do not materialise.

U.S. FLEET TOO SMALL

contribute wealth, while the poor should contribute man power for Adm. Leigh On Need Of

national salvation.

TO RECOVER MANCHURIA

Japan, and that the Baltic sailed CHINA MUST NOT RELAX

on only two days' notice,

EFFORTS

New Construction

MORE DESTROYERS AND SUBMARINES NECESSARY

{THROUGH EKUTER'S AGENCY.]

NEW YORK, Feb, 21. THE New York Times San Fran.

that civil aircraft could not be se as there was no effective guarantee

committee, therefore, was to devise misused The problem before the such an affective regulation of civil aviation as would make feasable the abolition of naval, and military air- craft and the prohibition of air bombardment.

gulation the danger to the world's Without such xe peace would otherwise be increased

SILVER MARKET.

LONDON PRICES

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

LONDON, Feb, 21, FOLLOWING ÅRE "THE » SILVER QUOTATIONE ON THE LONDON MARKET TO-DAY?

· Feb. 21 · Feb. 20 SPOT- 17.3/16 16.15/10 FORWARD... 174 17 A

Two Conditions/

Any such schema must astisly st least two conditions. It must pre-

INDIA'S COTTON

INDUSTRY

GOVERNMENT. INTRODUC- ING PROTECTION BILL

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY

New DEL, Feb. 21. THE Government is introducing a bill for the continuance of the existing protection of the cotton textile industry for six months, until the end of October, stated the Minister of Commerce to the Assembly in replying to the mill owners representative, He added that the Government had not yet come to any conclusion upon the Tarik Board's report.

SENTENCE. PASSED ON ZANGARA

Total of Eighty Years

Imprisonment

FOR ATTEMPT TO SHOOT MR. ROOSEVELT

INFERNO

SANORAL, Feb. 21.

lost by the explosion of two huge gasoline vulcanisers in the factors of the Zungdah Rubber Co. at Yangtazepoo this moming

The explosion mado horrible shambles of the two story bridic factory in which machinery, bricks, concrete, burnt wood and charred bodies wore indiscriminately miredő

There were two blasts followed the first while the second explosion blew out thờ wall and ceiling of the boilerroom pre cipitating 160 girl workers from the upper floor into the ging inferno, below.

Eights of the workers are report...

It is at present believed thated dead. 70 sent to hospital, while t

at least two hundred lives was 100 are still missing.

INTERNATIONAL HORSE

-SHOW

[BRITISH WIRELES) SERVICE.]

ROOBY, Feb. 20. ALTHOUGH the Company which bas run the annual · Interna- tional Horse Show decided today to be wound up voluntarily, efforts are being made independently, by Lord Lonsdale and other influential sportsmen, to hold the show this year on the same scale as that of last summer, which was the most successful of recent years.

MUTINY ABOARD DUTCH WARSHIP Committee of Enquiries

Report

COMMANDER RELIEVED OF HIS POST

{THHQUON "BEUTER'S AGENCY.]

BATAVIA, Feb; 90. THE Commission of Enquiry into

the sensational svente follow ing the mutiny aboard the Dutch battleship, De Zeven Provincien, have submitted a preliminary m port to the Commander-in-Chief,

vent all possibility of the resources of civil aviation used for, military purposes in the event of an out break of hostilities and it must not prevent or hamper the fallist de

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT] velopment of aviation in every country for civil and commercial:

MIAMI, Feb. 20 Purgases nor restrict freedom in the ZANGARA, the man who attempt cisco correspondent, comment-

realm of experiment, and research... ed to shoot the President-Elect The conclusions, resobed in the Fighting Hear. Chaoyangfu,

Regarding the first, Lord London Mr. Franklin Roosevelt, was to day interim report were cutlined by the ing on the manoeuvres just com- derry pointed out that the July sentenced to a total of eighty years Navy Commander in a statement pleted, reports that Admiral Leigh, (THROUGH RICHER'S AGENOT.)

Nanking, Feb. 15.--In connection Commander-in-Chief of the resolution contemplated that some imprisonment

before the People's Council to day; - with the draft report and recom- Fleet is emphasing the need of regions should be excluded, but theThere were four charges against He said that, sections of both the OBIRCHOW, Feb. 21. Severe fighting begun in the mondations on the Sino-Japanese new construction, particuinely the means were obviously required to him, all of attempted murder and native and European crew planned region of Chaoyangfu to-day, prepared by the sub-committen replacement of destroyers, sub prevent the civil machines existing he was sentenced to twenty years the outbreak, which was due to dis- of the League's Committee of Nine-marines and additional crisers in those areas being available for imprisonment on each charge, the satisfaction with the recent pay large forces of Japanese troops

sentencer to run consentively. being thrown into the firing line, the view is beld in political He declared that the Japanese had military purposes.,

circlen hers that although the Re- more than the United States, ex-

Pleaded Gully

The dissatisfaction was particu from the base at Chinchorr,

The Japanese assert that the port is likely to be approved by cept in battleships in which they

Zangera pleaded guilty to all the farly

among the native rata Chinese opened the fighting with the League Assembly, China must were equal.

charges, thereby putting an end to nevertheless adhere to her policy of an attack on the Japanese garrison, self-defence and continue prepara-

Chinese Blamad..

tions for resistance against Japan- 980 invasion. It is pointed out TOKYO, Feb. 21. that while the adoption of the Japanese despatches declare that Report may perhaps mean a moral the lighting was precipitated by a triumph for China, it would be too Chinese attempt to encircle the extravagant to hope that restora Japanese... garrison, which was lion of Manchuria would follow as promptly reinforced.

Safeguarding Future,

Regarding the second condition,

it was inconceivable that a conven- expectations that he would- tion designed to promote security to escape imprisonment by sla STATE OF EMERGENCY IN be such as to check the free deve the attack was under

and goodwill among nations should ing that he was insane MICHIGAN STATE

lopment of what was perhaps the

most important agent of the pre- sent day for encouraging peaceful communicatio ment of og intercourse

[THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENCY]:

LANBING, Feb. 21. a matter of course. Since the A STATE of emergency has been Following the Chinese attack, the Japanese militarists are apparently

declared by the Michigan - Speaking Leninese are ported to have ready to hurl defiance at the State launched a counter-attack." The League considered verdict and to Governor Japanese are expected to advance continue their illegal occupation of ers to exto to Peipino which is the terminus Manchuria, the Chinese must not holiday. of the branch railway to the Jehol relax their efforts to recover the bank

national territory. --Kuo Mine

border

HEAVY

Andly

· ERMITZIE WIRKIMAS: [KEVIČK.]

isto safeguard the .fn. much as the present.

FIFTH TEST MATCH

WALL UNABLE TO PLAY

[[THROUGH: BEUTER'S AOENCY]

ADELAIDE, Feb. 91. »

THE Victorian cricketer, H. Aleaz

ander will replace Wall: Who, has injured his hool, while moen- ley has been picked as twelfth min in the Australian "team" "for them fifth Test Match against the M:C.CF

try measures and ashore 2 of the senior officers and the majority of the petty afficers.

He added that it had not yet bach satisfactorily proved that, the off- cere acted sufficiently, energetically

XER mow fell to day over The Comman

of England, and in North Officer--hav

orkshire the drifts are some feet posts and discipline déen..

restored.

NUGGET

BOOT POLISH

THE NUGGETTIN

WITH A TWISTI

GOOD LOCAL

STOCK

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