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SHANGHAI WELCOMES
MANUEL QUEZON
To Discuss Defence Question At Washington
GUEST AT MAYOR'S
BANQUET
Shanghai, January 28.
A warm welcome was accorded Senor Manuel Quezon, Pre- sident of the Philippines, when he disembarked this afternoon
from the Empress of Canada.
Interviewed by Reuter, the Pre-
sident said: "The purpose of my
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1937.
RADEK ACCUSES OTHER POWERS
Russo-Japanese War Prediction
Moscow, Jan. 27.
The prediction that a Russo- Japanese war is certain this year was made by Karl Radek, Russian writer and politician, when giving i evidence at the
mass trial of alleged adherents to the cause of, Trotsky and counter-revolution, at which he stands accused.
He said he had received message from the former Bolshe- vix president, Leon Trotsky, now a
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Jack Crawford Beaten By Youngster
TITLE HOLDER ELIMINATED
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A first class surprise was caused to-day in the Australian tennis championships by the defeat of Jack Crawford, Australia's -leading tennis player and hero of many Davis Cup encounters.
at the hands of a youngster.
visit to Washington is to discus UGAKI CABINET outcal fugitive abroad, delivered singles, title, was also eliminated in
with the War and State Depart- ments the questions of defence and economies of mutual interest to our countries."
As Senor Quezon and his party were descending the gang plank, aj Filipino band on the wharf played the "Star Sprangled Benner."
A host of Chinese notables greet- ed him, including the Mayor of Greater Shanghal. Mr. Wu Teh- chen, and United States consular officials.
Schor Quezon was the guest of honour at the U.S. Consul General's reception this afternoon, He will be entertained by Mayor Wu Teh-chen this evening at a banquet at which many prominent people will b. present.- Reuter.
AIR PARITY
WITH GERMANY
British Shortcomings Criticised
MINISTER OUTLINES
PROGRESS
London, Jan. 27. Progress of the air defence pro- gramme in Great Britain was out- lined by Sir Thomas Inskip, Min- later for the Co-ordination of De- fence, when replying to criticism of a Conservative member in the House of Commons to-day. It had been alleged that the Royal Alr Force was inadequate. Bir Thomas showed how its strength was in- →creasin.
EFFORTS
Army Leaders Still In Opposition
Shanghai, Jan, 28.
A report issued yesterday to the effect that the Japanese Army and Navy nominated ministers for Ugaki's Cablet and that the new Premier had offered the xnance
portfolio to Chuki Yuki, who was described as the president of the Industrial Bank of Japan, emanat- ed from Domei, the official news agency.
Enquiries by Reuter's Tokyo cor- respondent showed the report to be totally incorrect. No ministers have yet been nominated by the Army or Navy.
Army leaders to-day reiterated their opposition to Ugali's efforts to form a Cabinet.
Reuter.
BRITISH LOAN TO FRANCE
Definite Conclusion To Negotiations
Paris, Jan. 28. Mystery still surrounds the ne- gotiations for the loan of British business circles to France. The sum in question hae, during the last ten days variously been put at 50 to 200 million pounds.
Adrian Quist, holder of the
the quarter-finals by a newcomer, but his conqueror failed in the semi-fual stage.
through Platakoff, asserting that deal had been carried through with Germany in connection with the plan for bastilities. Trotsky pre-
In the semi-finals, John Brom-" dicted a war some time in 1937."
wich, an ambidextrous and unor- Radek sald that Platakoff, who thodox youngster, who is a Davis was one of Trotsky's agents, had Cup probable, beat Jack Crawford told him that Germany needed a 6-2, 7-9, 6-4, 8-6. Crawford's year for diplomatic preparation brilliance was unavailing against for war. Her military prepara-Bromwich's steadiness which lasted tons were already complete. But Germany wanted to be certain of Great Britain's neutrality in thy clash that might occur
Germany, sald Radek, demanded complete freedom of operation in
the Danube and Balkan country.
Kynazeff, another of the accused, said in evidence on this point, that the Japanese held similar views to those of Germany. supported Radek's evidenco
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He
No less than 1,500 train-wreck- 1934 and 2,000 more in 1935, ac2 ing attempts occurred in Russia in
former manager of cording to the admission of the
Ural Rallway.
the South man named Knyaze. In one accident 83 per- sons were killed and 184 injured,
Knyazen asserted that he was blackmailed into delivering mo- bilisation plans to the Japanese
two and a half hours.
Vivian McGrath, in the other semi-final, beat Hopman 8-4, 6-1, 7-5. Hopinan had beaten Adrian
Quist, the title holder, by scores of 11-9, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the quarter- final- Reuter.
ONE MILLION HOMELESS
American Flood Victims
New York, Jan. 28. by an agent who threatened to ex- to fall at Louisville and Kentucky The food waters are beginning pore his pro-Trotsky activities.
The prisoner added that the Japanese agent insisted that troop trains should be filled with deadly bacteria in time of war and that food trains should be burned. Itenter.
"WORTHY OFFSPRING'
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TWO THORNY DISPUTES
League Happy At Settlement
Geneva, Jan, 27, The League of Nations Council is in a happy mood, having sot-. tled two thorny conflicts.
The Alexandretta dispute was finally disposed of by an agree- ment to form a commisalon to pre- pare a definite text of the Statute of Sanjak,
Agreement was also reached on all questions affecting Danzig- Keuter's Bulletin Service.
DANZIG PROBLEM
Geneva, Jan. 27.
The Danzig question was defin- tely settled by the League Coun- etl in a public session to-day by the Acceptance of the report of the Committee of Three.
In a preceeding secret session it had been decided that the new High Commissioner, of the League of Nations for the Danzig Free State should be appointed by the President of the Council, the Com- mittee of Three and the Polish
for the first time for a week, as the bulk of the river sweeps to- ward the Mississippi Valley, where Foreign Minister. It is considered the War Department, has complet-practically certain in League cir- ed preparations to avacuate half cles that the former Chief of the Dutch Admirality, de Graaf, will be elected for the post.
a million inhabitants of the valley at a moment's notice. If necessary. According to the latest estimates, there are nearly a million people homeless and the deaths approach Ave hundred, with damage at over four hundred, million dollars,
From the waters at Louisville,
Moscow, Jan. 27. Although no oficial announce- ment has been made regarding the arrest of Trotsky's son, a resalu- tion passed by the workers at the The London correspondent of Krasnoyarsk factory, where Bergel the "Petit Parisien."
perworked as an engineer, is regard-120 bodies have been recovered.
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substantial confirmation. resolution says: "Worthy
Reuter.
WHOLESALE EVACUATION
The report, which was read by Mr. Anthony Eden, after defining the status of the Free City, ex- pressed gratification at the com- promise reached, owing to the con- cillatory spirit of the two parties
concerned.
At present. he sald, Britain which is in close touch with the ed a
The most important part is con- possessed 87 squadrons, 13 of which | Qual d'Orsay, states that the ne- The
cerned with the change of modus were on a one fight basis. He ex-gotiations have at last reached a offspring of his father, who has
in the procedure. While formerly plained that new squadrons were dennite conclusion, although the become a Fascist hireling, Serge!
Washington, Jan. 27.
It was the task of the League of formed by "hiving of
a night terms of the agreement will not be endeavours to kill the last group tion of the havoc of the Ohio placing them on the agenda, this Determined to prevent a repeti-Nations to deal with disputes by and gradually adding men and air-made known till a later date, and of workers with poisonous gases. doods, President Roosevelt has will in future be the task of the craft to it. He anticipated that that 100 squadrons would have been would receive a much larger credit destroy all these Trotsky vipers."-- | co
We request the Supreme Court to ordered the Army High Command than the above-mentioned 50 ml-Reuter
draw up an unprecedented on pounds.
plan for the wholesale evacuation of a hundred square miles in the Mississippi Valley, which comprises
land. some of the world's richest cotton
formed by the end of March, 1037, of which 22 would be one flight
⚫ unita.
the French
Government
It expectations were fulfilled the remaining 24 squadrons of the pro- gramme, or at least 20. would have been formed by July, Sirable in 1937-- Thomas stated. The production Transocean News Service. graph line was slowly rising, and the line of ascent would become steeper as the months passed.
MANY REASONS
He explained that the reasons for delay in expanding the Air Force at home were several, the chlef being the necessity for polic- ing the Mediterranean Sea.
They did not propose to use foreign-built ships. he went oh, owing to the delay in delivery and the possible difficulties to be en- countered in their equipment, particularly in war time. Foreign machine tools were being used to a considerable extent but it was hoped that deliveries would be completed from British factories by the end of the year. Shadow fac tories, Sir Thomas went on, would begin production in the autuma and engine production in January next.
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GLASS FACTORY STRIKE ENDED
* Increased Wages
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T
Committee of Three. After reading
Toledo, Ohio, Jan. 28. the report, Mr. Eden thanked the The strike at the Libby, Owens Polish Foreign Minister for his and Ford glass factory has ended successful attempts at settling the with an increase of wages, and dispute. The British Foreign Se-recognition of the Federation of cretary then once more emphasised Glass Workers follows the settle- the necessity of co-operating with ment of the strike in the Pitts A feet of 35,000 torries will be the Danzig Government, The Pre-burgh glass works. mobilised for the removal of 500,-sident of the Danzig Senate, Grel- ser, paid tribute to the fairness 000 people
and tact displaced by Col Beck, the Polish Foreign Minister. Trumanzean News Service.
On the other hand the "Figaro" "MALICIOUS FABRICATIONS". states that the agreement will be
Mexico City, Jan. 27. signed on Thursday, and that it will be a short-term loan, repay was how M. Leon Trotsky des- "An act of personal vengeance"
cribed the reported arrest of his son Sergei in Russia on a charge
who are anxiously of attempting to poison workers in the Krasnoyarak plants,
| watching Ohio's flood waters well Trotsky sald his son would pro- the Mississippi. badly suffer unbearable torturea. Whilst engineers hope that gen- "This is an act in keeping with feral evacuation will be unneces- Stalin's character." he added, "Hesary, they predict that the levees is already responsible for the will be unable to hold out when deaths of my two daughters."
the river reaches its peak, which
PRIEST AND
STUDENTS SHOT
Salamanca, Jari 28. One priest and 94 catholic stu- dents were shot on the orders, of the Bolshevist authorities Cervera because they refused to
at
utter blasphemies, according to a fabrications divorced from time Nationalist report.-
and space."--" Frantucean News Service.
Reuter.
CREDIT FOR POLISH ARMAMENTS
Warsaw, Jan. 28.
An extraordinary credit, amount ing to one milliard zloty has been THE BEST POSSIBLE
voted for by the Polish Parliament Great Britain's 'anti-aircraft, de- in the first reading, the credit to fence system was the best thebe spent on armaments. The ex- Government experts could devise, penditure of this amount is to be and it was believed it could pre- spread over four years, 250 million vent air attacks ever reaching sloty being spent every year their objectives. Sir Thomas de- Transocean Newwa Bervice. clared.
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In a statement to the press, is expected in about a week's time. Trotsky described the confession Reuter. at the Moscow trial as "malicious AMBASSADOR WORRIED
London, Jan, 27. The United States Ambassador, Mr. Robert Bingham, has salled hurriedly from London for his home town, Louisville, which has suffered severely from the foods. The death-roll is reported to total two hundred,
WOMEN ARRESTED
Warsaw, Jan. 28. Several relatives of, Trotzky have been arrested in Russla, reports the Polish news agency. Among them is a son and two daughters of Trotzky. The two women are ac- cused of organising to overthrow Stalin, and one of them who had lived in Siberia in furthermore ac- cused of inciting miners there to sabotage,
Trotzky's sister was married to Kameneff, who was sentenced to death and shot at the last Trotzky trial,—” Tennarezan News Senso
the
MR. DUFF COOPER'S COMMENT
ject of defence weapons," Bir
London, Jan. 28, Commenting on the notorious Thomas paid a tribute to the For-sald he understood the programme
of the Government aimed at 124 "Trotzky Trial" in Moscow in a eign Secretary: Mr. Anthony Eden, squadrons by March 31. Deduct-speech here on
Wednesday, for his resourcefulness and un- daunted courage in carrying outing 22 incomplete squadrons from British Secretary of War. Mr. Duft the policy of the Government in the 100 mentioned by Sir Thomas Cooper, said: the face of overwhelming difficul- Inskip, Britain could only expect ties. Mr. Eden's declaration of to have 78 complete squadrons by political appeasement and econo- March 31,
men,
Mr. Bingham will fly from New York to Louisville, where his wife, son and several grand-children are lying-
Reuter's Bulletin Service.
POPE IN BRIGHTER SPIRITS
SANJAK SETTLEMENT
Geneva, Jan. 27.
The report submitted to the Lea- que Council to-day by the Rap- porteur on the Banjak question. the Swedish Foreign- Minister Bandier, was approved by the Lea- gue Council.
Foreign Minister.
These together manufacture 90 per cent. of the automobile indus- try's glass and 70 per cent, of the nation's window, glass, Reuter.
GENERAL MOTORS
NOT RESPONSIBLE
Breakdown In Peace Negotiations
CRISIS BREWS IN BELGIUM '
Minister Of Health Resigns
Brussels, Jan. 27.
A political criats has developed in Belgium, owing to the resignation of the powerful Socialist leader, M. Emile Vandervelde, Minister of Health, but the Hfe of the Adminis- tration is not threatened at pre. sent. None of the other Ministers seem inclined to follow him.
The situation is dangerous, how- ever. M. Vandervelde is authorized, by the executive of the Belgian Labour Party and his resignation follows differences between him and other members of the Gorem- ment.
Barticularly
His quarrel was severe with M. Paul Spaak, Minister
The Turkish Rushdi Aras, expressed gratifica-
Washington, Jan, 27. tion that a settlement had been In the course of a statement for Foreign Affairs, with respect to reached, but
emphasised that addressed jointly to the public the Spanish situation.
He was everything would depend upon the and loyal workers, Mr. A. P..oggravated by manner in which the agreement Bloan, President of General Mo- stern attitude adopted by the Glov
the particularly would be put into effect.
tors Corporation, denied that the ernment with respect to the mur- After brier addresses by Mr. An-Corporation is responsible for the der of the Belgian diplomat, Baron thony Eden, M. Delbos, M. An-breakdown in the peace negotia de Borchgrave, in Madrid, tonescu
Mr. Sloan stated, that over s The resignation of M. Vander- hundred thousand workers dezired velde may mean the end of the to return to work.
Catholics, Socialists and Liberals.. coalition Government of Roman
chairman of the Counc. Dr. Well-
and M. Litvinoff, the Hona
Ington Koo, thanked the Swedish Foreign Minister for his successful intervention as mediator. Transocean News Service
ARAB DISSATISFACTION
Jerusalem, Jan, 27, The dissatisfaction at the Lea- gue's settlement of the Sanjak Vatican City, Jan. 27. question is rapidly increasing The Pope's condition remains among the Arab population of Pa- unchanged. He is enjoying a res-lestine and Byria, according to re- pite from the pains in his leg. and porta here, which state that a pro- consequently is sleeping better test demonstration was held at and feeling in brighter spirits.
Aleppo, Damascus, Alexandretta In the course of the day, His and Antioch to-day, followed by Holiness treatment with short-wave elec- shops in these towns.
underwent successful the closing of all Arab-owned
trical rays, in consequence of the Transocean" News "Service defective circulation at his hands and aboulders.
SUGAR AGREEMENT Reuter's Bulletin Sermee.
SOUGHT
The men now on trial played a leading part in the Bolshevist re- volution. Every day these mie co-operation alone should
"We shall not have parity with over whom the shadow of death
in 1937," Germany bring lasting peace, and the Gov- Churchill. He doubted strongly if crimes which would set aghast not said Mr. hangs are making confessions of ernment hoped that a general Britain could achieve that party only the inmates of our prisons. settlement would soon come. · · `
In-1938.
but also the inmates of our insane p Meanwhile, they would continue
The Germans. he said, were be- asylums. A very prominent mem that there is such a criminal lo lieved to possesses at least 160 ber of the Communist Party, who the world?"? the vast resources
squadrons, each of 12 fighting ma- was for many years in charge of Referring to the acts of sabotage chines. If the Lufthansa planes an important part of the Siberian in the British Navy, Mr. Duff were added, the country could Railway confessed to having at Cooper said: "We now at least can muster 2,000 aircraft in an emer-tempted 3,500 train wrecks, whilst easily pirture where these sabo gener.—
in office. Can one believe these! teurs went to school!”-- Reuter.
things at all? Can we imagine Transocean Newz Hernie
to arm for the defence of the realm
with
'all
that "this undefeated: country possesses." The benches cheered.
CRITICAL ADDRESS
Mr. Winston Churchill, during the course of a critical address.
Geneva, Jan. 27. An international conference of Nations will be convened in under the auspices of the League
London next April in order to consider the possibility of an agreement in regard to the pro duction' and marketing of sugar Beuter.
A message from Detroit states that about forty thousand men have resumed work in ten General None of the other Labour Minis- Motor Corporation plants which ters, however, seem inclined to have been closed down owing to a follow the leader's example and the shortage of materials, and not by life of the Government la not action of the strikers
menaced at present-- Renies
Beuter.
Madrid Withstands
Insurgent Attacks
numerous enemy attempts at con- centration,
S
Madrid, Jan. 28. Despite heavy rain and gales hampering military operationis, On the southern front the Gov- General Franco has been making ernment successfully checked the two attempts to cut Madrid's com-attacks of the Insurgents motoria- munications.
ed forces
both efforts have been unsuccess briliant advance" on the Quan- The Government claims that The Government also claims, a ful A communique states that the tas and Alcaudete sectors where Insurgents are displaying great they have captured several activity northward of the capital, villages-
but Government artillery prevented Rauter's Bulletin Barvice.
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