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GERMANY AND SWISS

NEUTRALITY

Federal President's

Explanation

A Spontaneous Statement

Berne, March 10.

The German Chancellor's recent declaration that Germany would respect Swiss neutrality, and the comments which this aroused in the German press, were the subject of a lengthy in- terpellation in the Swiss Federal Council.

In answer to the question whether conditions of any kind were attached to this declaration from Berlin, the Swiss Federal President, Dr. Guiseppe Motta stated that the German Chan- cellor had made the statement spontaneously"in oqurse of a con- versation with the Federal Councillor Schultheiss, and that it was entirely voluntary in nature and has given rise to favourable comments throughout the Reich and the whole world.

Dr. Motto continued that the re-

ports stating that German politl-

clana had demanded reciprocal BIG LOAN BILL

promises from Switzerland were untrue, Councillor Schultheiss would never have entered into any such negotiations and it would be insulting to the German Chancellor

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HONG KONG ĐAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1937.

FUTILE WASTE

OF LIFE

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The advancing force, with tanks in the vanguard and troops trans- ported in trucks at the rear, encountered stubborn resistance in certain well-held positions, but the defenders were

eventually ousted by intensive artillery fre without “and-to-hand fighting.

The ernment is also rushing

up tank on this front, three of which the insurgents claim to have captured.

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JAPANESE HOLD CONFERENCE

New China Policy Discussed

Shanghai, Mar. 10. Under a heavy" veil of secrecy, high Japanese Army and Navy, omcers from various parts of China have opened a series of con- ferences which are reported to have been called to discuss the Japanese military faction's policy towards China, according to the Chinese press.

WORKING FOR JUNCTION

The newspapers add that mea- The insurgent advance in the

Bures aimed at eliminating the southeast in moving from Arganda friction between the Services and along the Valencia road with the the Japanese Ambassador in deal- object of consolidating the post-ing with China will be brought up tions there in anticipation of ef- at these conferences. In addition fecting a junction with other in to ranking Japanese officers from surgent columns advancing down Tsingtao, Nanking and elsewhere, the Aragon road, thus achieving the conferees are reported to in- the investment of Madrid.

clude. General Hashimoto, Chlet- of-Staff of the Japanese Garrison, in Tientsin, Major Imát from Pel- ping, Major Nakahara from Tien- tsin, and Major General Kita, Military Attache to the Japanese Embassy in Shanghai.

The advance has so far forced

the Government to retreat to the second line of defence on the 'Arganda-Morat de Tajuns road."

A Madrid message states that some 15,000 Italians under General Pozzi are fighting, for the insur- gents on the Guadalajara front according to statements made by four Italiani prisoners taken in that region-

to assume that he had made the Armaments In France Reater.

offer with a snag to it Transocean News Service.

FINDING WORK IN BRITAIN

New Industries Planned

London, Mar, 0.

Faris, Mar. 9.

The Chamber of Deputies to-day passed France's big Armament Loan Bill by the substantial ma- jority of 407 to 46.-- Reuter

PREMIER'S VIEWS

Paris, March 9. "The Defence Loan Ell passed the Chamber of Deputies' Finance Commission to-day,

TERRIFIC FIGHTING"

Madrid, Mar. 9. After a day of terrific fighting on the Guadalajara · front, the Government forces, attacked by a numerically superior enemy, have been obliged to retire. This ad- misalon is contained in a Defence Council communique issued to-day, The attack was delivered with great power on the lines north- east of Madrid'.

M. Leon Blum, the Prime Minis-

The Government troops fell back ter, confirmed the Government's before Cogollor and Vela and the

The official reason given for presence of the conferees in Shanghai was the opening of the new offices of the Japanese mili tary attache. Nevertheless it is understood that an important ex- change of views occurred regard- ing Japan's -new China policy.

The majority of the conferees strenuously opposed any weaken- ing of Japan's position in North China, Heuter.

• CHINESE PRESS VIEWS

Shanghai, Mar. 10. The Chinese rejection of "the Japanese overtures" for a renewal of negotiations for the re-adjust- ment of Sino-Japanese relations, until conditions are more favour-

Chinese journals this morning.",

The good impression created by the speech of Mr. Sate the new Japanese Foreign Minister,

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M. C. C. TEAM

FETED

Allen Pays Tribute To Team's Loyalty

Sydney. March 10. The New South Wales, Cricket

| hostlity to all exchange control.communique admits that the in-able, is foreshadowed by several Association gave a farewell party

The Senate wil debate the bill to-morrow.--- Reuter

vance.-

GAİLOR'S STORY

and said the general policy would surgents are continuing their ad- In a speech in which he ex-

not be changed without first re- plained and defended the Governferring the matter to the three

Reuter. ment's proposals for amendment parties represented in the Popular and extension of the special

Front1 measures of rehabitation already applied to regions where particu- larly severe unemployment obtains, the Minister of Labour was able to announce in the House of Com-. mons ȧ number of hopeful deve- ments along lines which the Government is hoping to encour- age, namely, the establishment of new light industries offering" a broader basis for employment.

BEFORE SENATE

Paris, Mar. 10. The defence loan bill › which passed the Chamber yesterday will be discussed in the Senate to-day after which final arrangements will be made to launch the loan, It is believed the loan will be re-

deemable in 50 or 60 years, but the rate of interest is not an-

Great efforts are being made to rally the public to subscribe to the loan and many public bodies have declared their intention to subs- cribe even though the rate of fu- terest is unknown- Reuter's Bulletin Service.

The Minister-informed the House that in South Wales, for example, a Drm was arranging to set up anounced. glass factory and another firm a biscuit factory, while a sewing machine factory at the Merthyr engineering works at Aberdare and a reinforced concrete factory at Port Talbot were also planned. Negotiations had also been pro- ceeding between the Government, the Nuffield Trustees and the Low Temperature Carbonisation Ltd... for the establishment of a "Coalite" low temperature carbont- sation plant on the southern out- crop of he South Wales coalfled, and they had reached

a point which will enable a large plant to

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FRENCH REPATIATION

'London, Mar. 10. -French sales of Kafürs and American securities, the latter ex- plaining the weakness of the dol- lar "in terms of sterling, are in- terpreted as the first signs of French repatriation.

enter.

Everyone is awaiting the terms be erected by co-operation between of the French loan before deciding the three parties, provided the whether the present movement is proposed new legislation was pass-kely to blossom out into a large acale repatriation. The French The total capital involved in authorities are selling francs these alx new undertakings in spasmodically in order to steady South Wales would be about 10, the rates.- 000,000 and they would ultimately give employment to 3,000 people.

Mr. Ernest Brown also announced that the Government proposed to appoint a Royal Commission to make an authoritative and com- prehensive study of the problems raised by the southwards drift of industry and or the question of location of industry as a whole.- British Wireless.

JAPANESE TRADE

MISSION

Welcome Preparations

Shanghai, March 10.

The local Sino-Japanese Trade

BRITISH CABINET

CHANGES

London, Mar. 10.

It is definitely, though unofi- cally, stated that Mr. Stanley Bald- win will resign immediately after the Whitsun holiday,, presumably about May 26, as his engagement book for the week previous is full, and includes a dinner with the | King and Queen on May 25,

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for the M.C.C. cricket team here. last night.

Mr. Smith, President of the As-

the cordial

been somewhat abated by Tokyo'ssociation, apoke of Arcachon, Mar. 9.

reaction to the statement of for spirit in which the matches were A seaman from the Mar. Can-

eign policy made by Dr. Wang played. tabrico, who was rescued at sea by Chung-hui, China's new Foreign G.O.B. Allen, captain of the a French ashing smack to-day, has Minister, in which he stressed the MC.C. team, paid tribute to the disclosed details of the sinking of

and said maintenance of China's territorial loyalty, of his team his ship by the insurgent cruiser rights.

that England lost the "Ashes" in Canarias. The Mar Cantabrico was

Adelaide when they declared in Press reports from Tokyo sug- carrying, a £500,000 cargo of war

gest that Japan's new friendly the second Test match." materials from New York and polley towards China does not in-

The M.C.C. cricketers have left Santa Cruz for the Spanish Gov-clude an intention to abandon her for New Zealand where they will special claims in North China. In play a series of three matches be- this connection, the Chinese press fore returning to England. almost unanimously rejects the Heuter's Bulletin Service. thesis that the Chinese must ex- pect the autonomous regimes in North China as a fait-accompli.

Meanwhile, 2

ernment.

He, said there were 17 passengers, aboard the ship, including Ameri- cana, Italians, and Mexicans.

The master changed the name of his vessel to Adda of Newcastle "for the sake of prudence" and in the hope of fopling the watching reber patrols. But the Canartas was not deceived. She began to shell the Mar Cantabrico almost as soon as she sighted her.

"A shell penetrated the bold and started a fire. We sent out an SOS, using the Adda's call signal,

semi-official re-

port from Nanking admits Dr. Wang Chung-hut's latention of re opening the question of the abolition of the so-called unequal treaties with foreign Powers.— Peuter.

and the Canarias put out boats and ALL MAIL BY AIR

boarded us, taking off the crew," the sailor related.- Reuter.

Hong Kong-Penang

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London, Mar. 10.

COLONY BADMINTON

CHAMPIONSHIP

Quarter-Final Results

The quarter-finals of the Colony Open Badminton Singles Cham- plonship were decided at King's Sir Thomas Beecham has just College last night. The results finished arranging the Coronation

were as follows:- programmes of Covent

P. H. Wong beat K. 8. Liew 18-11, Garden opera. Apart from various 15-7; festive performances, there is to be one gala evening at which the. King, all the leading personalities of the Empire then in London and the Diplomatic Corps will be pre-15-10, 15-9; sent. The April-June part of the M. A. Oliveira beat TJ. Ong programme will be remarkable for 6-15. 15-10, 15-12. the number of German perform-

Washington, Mar. 9. About 10,000 stay-in strikers nave occupied the eight Chryslerances. factories in the Detroit area, com-

DUTCH STEAMER STOPPED The Dutch steamer Triton,

pletely suspending operations. The bound from Barcelona to Holland.

action of the workers is a sequel was stopped in the Straits of

to the Chrysler Corporation's re- Gibraltar by an insurgent armed

London, March 9.

jection of the Union of Automo The Secretary for Air trawler yesterday, obliged to put

anbile Workers' claim for recognition that it is proposed to into Ceuta and there surrender a continue the experimental. Hong

ALS the sole labour bargaining valuable cargo.

agency. Kong-Penang air service until al She was forced to unload 200ternative arrangements are pos- tons of plece goods and 30,000 cases ble, whereby the service may be of oranges before she was per improved with a view to arrang mitted to continue her, voyage.

ing for the carriage of all first As a sequel to this incident, the class mails to and from Hong Dutch cruiser Java has been order-Kong by aircraft. ed to these waters to act as escort to Dutch merchantmen.--- Reuter

PLENARY SESSION,

DECISION. Extrality Abolition Negotiations

new back to Detroit from a holiday Governor Murphy of Michigan trip to-day, fearing the situation might become threatening, as it aid when the General Motors Cor-. poration workmen closed the com- pany plants. But at the moment all is quiet and "negotiations have been resumed between the Chrysler Corporation and the unton.

Meanwhile, leaders of Mr. John

It is therefore proposed to con- clude an agreement with Imperial Airways for the continuation of the present weekly service in each direction, over a toute from Lewis Committee of Industrial Or- Penang to Tourane to Hong Kong, ganfaation have decided to post for a period not exceeding twelve pone the attempt to bring into montha," from March 23.

their union scheme" the oll · feld However, the Secretary of State workers. They will concentrate reserves the right to terminate upon the immediate enlistment of the agreement at a fortnight's 1,000 workers in the textile indus- notice in the event of other ar Abolition of extraterritoriality as rangements being made for an al- adopted by the Third Plenary Ses-ternative service, connecting Hong sion of the Kuomintang Central Kong with the Empire air route, It is taken for granted that Mr.ried out by negotiations between drst class mails or otherwise.

whether for the carriage of all Neville Chamberlain will be the the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The maximum subsidy payable

Political correspondents suggest that he will take an earldom and that Mr. Ramsay MacDonald may also go to the House of Lords.

Exécutive Committee is to be car-

the Goodrich Tyre Company's fac

A series of sit-down strikes in tory at Akron, Ohio, last night tied up production.

Wall Street believes the Detroit tie-up will be settled speedily, al-

Association, in an informat session new Prime Minister and Sir Samuel and the Powers concerned. Dr. with respect to the temporary ser-1 though sporadic labour troubles of the board of directors on MonHoare and Mr. Walter Runciman Wang Chung-hul, the new foreign vice will be £25,000 for the full are expected to continue through- |

day, began preparations for re- celving the Japanese industrialists -to-return--the visit.of the 1935

Chinese economic mission...

MAJ-GEN. WATSON

·GETS NEW POST

are both mentioned as possible minister, will look into this mat- Chancellor of the Exchequer.——

year and a pro rata amount for ter" after attending to routine Reuter.

any lesser period The Hong affairs.

The Tokyo Foreign Office was Kong Government has been in- vited to continue Its contribution among the first to be informed of of one sixth of the subsidy this decision. Mr. Naotaké Bato,

Reuter. Japanese foreigà minister. stated that Japan viewed this move with sympathy, provided the Chinese London, Mar. 9.

Judicial machine is efficient tot has been appointed Inspector Gen-

Major General H. W. M Watson cope with this matter.

Other decisions of the Kuoniin- eral and Military Adviser to the tang session are also referred to Following the session a formal Ministry of Defence and the Bri- the ministries and other commit- Invitation will be sent

tish Military Mission attached to tees, concerned for action and en- Japanese mission.

Mr. Chou Tso-min, president of the local, sociation, left for Nan- king to make preliminary arrange- ments with Government ómcials, and a general meeting of the organization will be held to-mor- row to decide upon the welcome programme.

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STRIKERS RETURN TO WORK

London, Mar. 10.- The strikers in an aviation fac- tory in Middlesex returned to work this morning after walking out about a week ago— Renter's Bulletin Service, -

out the country for some time. Reuter

KING TO RECEIVE BATON OF FIELD MARSHAL

London, Mar., 10;

His Majesty the King will re celve the Field Marshal's baton on Mays from the hands of the Duke of Connaught who is the senior Field, Marshal in the Britian Army Reuter's Bulleton Kervice.

The same

P. K. Hul beat C. E. Chang 15-8.· 15-3;:.

P. C. Lee beat" AL. Fisher

Dr. Furtwaengler will conduct Frieda Leider. Herbert Jammer, the Ring with a cast and pro- Bockelmann and Paul Schoefiler.. duction that will almost equal that Fritz Wolff and Ludwig Weber famous singers will also appear in contralto, Margareta Klose, of the of Bayreuth" in. 1936.

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