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PRES. QUEZON DENIES "MISCHIEVOUS" TALKS
New Military Programme Not Connected With U.S.
New York. Apr. 4.
TRANS-ATLANTIC AIR SERVICE Portuguese Concessione
An emphatic dental that the de- fence plan of the Philippine Is- lands was designed to strengthen the military power of the United States in the Western Pacific was given by President Manuel Quezon of the Philippine Commonwealth.
Addressing the Foreign Policy
Lisbon, Api. 4. Association here to-day, he de- The Premier signed an agree- clared that he was not militarising ment granting the Imperial Air- the Philippines under the new ways and Pan American Airways military programme but was build-operating rights for twenty-five ing a citizen army of peace. years, and the use of the ports of The military training of the Portugal, Madeira and the Azores, youths was modelled on that of for the Trans-Atlantic air service. Switzerland, supplemented only by It is understood that the London a small professional force. His ob- Lisbon and. United States service ject was to strengthen the Philip will be starting in November, it be pines in preparation for the in- ing stated that the Pan-American dependence which the United Airways have chosen the Lisbon States Congress has set for 1946.
Azores route as the result of Col. "The charge that our national | Lindbergh's report after his sürver defence
intended plan, is
to fight in 1933.— strengthen the military power of Reuter. America in the Western Pacific, in the event of war with Japan is not only groundless but also mis- chievous-
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President Quezon added that he believed that with General Douglas, MacArthur as the Chief of Stam to direct the development of the new organisation, the Philippines could be made" "so expensive and so "costly in lives and money that no nation in its senses would attempt to do it," Reuter.
STRIKE ROLL REDUCED
Many Expected To Resume Work
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COAL STRIKE THREAT
Serious Situation In Britain
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 5,
WAR WASTAGE CONTINUES
More Men Called
1937.
CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF
London, April 3-Following the Tientsin, April 3.-According to publication of the report of the local Japanese newspapers, Japan- Advisory Committee on nutrition, ese troops have at last captured it is Bkely that the Milk Market- Wang Feng-keh, commander of a To Colours
ing Board will extend; to the new large force of anti-Japanese areas, the experimental scheme volunteers, who has harassed the Madrid, April 3-Renewed fight for providing a cheap milk for Japanese, for months past and ing on all fronts places the Gov-expectant and nursing mothers, had been especially active in the
and for children under the school last six days. ernment in a position of need re- garding man power, and the Gov-age which is already working in ernment has issued a decree that some of the depressed areas. The object is, to ascertain how the de- all Spaniards abroad should remand responds to the lowering of
to to "Spain
join the
price and what would be the cost colours. It is admitted that the of making the scheme" nation insurgents are making fresh at-wide- tempts to capture Bilbao but the British Wireinas.
claim that Government troops they repulsed all attacks. Reuter's Bulletin Service.
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MOORISH NOBLES Salamanca, April 3.-A colourful ceremony was witnessed here to day when General Franco, the re- bel commander-in-chief, received a thousand Moorish nobles who have returned from a pilgrimage to Mecca
Insurgent quarters here declare that the fact that General Franco welcomed the Moorish leaders dis- pela rumours of disaffection in Spanish Morocco.
The commander of the rebel cruiser "Canarias," which recent- ly captured a Government armed trawler, was awarded a navai me dal by General Franco.-- Reuter,
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CLERICAL OBSERVERS Bilbao April 3.—A party clergies of different dominations arrived Spain yesterday, according to an official Bilbao communique which observes that they came to examine the religious situation of the country and ironically adds London April 3,
that "they were given every faci Threat of a vast national coality. strike, involving some 400,000 In their presence Rebel, planes miners, is casting a shadow over dropped bombs at the doors of St. the British rearmament program-Mary's Church and they saw the me.
armen firing with machine guna Cause of the treat is long-
on women and children." standing dispute in the Notting- hamshire coalfieds. /
The dispute concerns the men's demand for the right to belong to the national or
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ganisation instead of the local ΜΠΙΟΣ..
It was then decided to take a ballot in the mining districts an the declaration of a strike, and April 15 has been fixed as the date when the men will record their decision.
The conference
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The Basques, who are Catholics, ridicule the insurgents' radio al- legations that the militiamen des troyed the churches at Durango near Bilbao which was bombed re- cently.-
Reuter's Bulletin Service.
NO PASSING OF
VOLUNTEERS "
New York, April 4. The nation's strike roll was sub- stantially reduced as the result of yesterday's coal agreement which is estimated to have increased the miners' wages" by seventeen million dollars annually...
According to Union officials, 1400 of the 130,000 idle of the draft terms for formation of one
Paris, April 3..... United Automobile Workers are miners' union In the Nottingham-
There is no sign of any clandes- engaged in the alt down strike in shire coalfieds, and the miners will are in
tine passing of volunteers or muni- the Ford assembly plant in Kansas be asked whether they
favour of tendering notice with tions from France to Spain by the City which the Union alleges is due to the fact that the company the object of obtaining recognition frontier roads, according to a ignored seniority rights and dis-of the Mine Workers Federation in Reuter correspondent who has just concluded a tour of the Franco- criminated against the Union the Nottingham area.
A very grave view of the situa-Spanish frontier. tion is being taken by the Govern- Thirty thousand General Mo- tors workers are expected to re- ment, as a prolonged stoppage of sume work over the week-end but work would gravely impede the resumption of work in the four-rearmament programme
workers.
week old Chrysler dispute depends on the outcome of the ween-end Conference.-
Heuter,
MOTOR INDUSTRY
TROUBLE
Strikers Evacuate Ford Plants
Kansas City, Apl 3.
Reuler.
STEEL WORKERS
Glasgow, April 3.-The engineers of the Beardmore Steel Works are standing fast by their demands for
settlement of the strike. They are receiving financial assis tance from other engineers in Clydeside, An apprentice strike is now affecting Afteen Arms The lads held a mass meeting to-day and appointed delegates to meet the employers to discuss terma-
The stay in strikers are evacuat-leuter'e Bulletin Service: ing the Ford factory late this afternoon; according to the Union leaders, after which mass picketing will be put into operation to 'pre- vent all Ingress and egress.
Five high officials of the Ford Company are flying from Detroit to investigate the situation.
TRADE TALKS IN DUBLIN
London, Apl. 3. The "Sunday Times" correspon- After the strikers had marched dent in Dublin understands that out of the factory to take up their the Dominion representatives vialt- -picketing tactics, a member of the ing London for the Coronation and
Strike Committee announced that Imperial Conference will be invit the Ford Company had agreed ed after those "functions to go to "not to fire a single man" because the Free State for trade discussions he was a member of the Union.- Reuter.
In Dubiln
Reuter.
EGYPTIAN DELEGATION TO MONTREUX CONFERENCE
Cairo, April 3. This, he stated, would be in the Extensive demonstrations mark- interest of all parties concerned, since time would thus be provided ed the departure yesterday of the Egyptian delegation to the Mon- for development and training of the Egyptian police and judicial treux Conference, where the ques tion of capitulations to Egypt will aystem. be discussed....
All political parties united in organising demonstrations in fav our of "Egyptian freedom" both in Cairo and Alexandria.
The Egyptian Government, he stated, understood the natural anxiety on the part of foreign na tions with interesta in Egypt but these interests would be guaran teed provided that the capitula- The President of the Chamber, tion Powers kept their demanda Dr. Ahmed Maher, told news-within reasonable limits. papermen before the delegation He declared that should thủ đêm sailed, that the period of capitu-mands go so far as to infringe on lations which will be definitely Egyptian sovereignty, the nation established during the Montreax would insist that the sistem of talks, will probably be fixed at ten capitulations be abolished. Transoccan News Bervice;
years.
Gendarmes and Gardes Mobiles keep constant watch and are com tinually patrolling the border.
The shortage of bread in Spain has complicated control in the Cerbere and Perthus regions, where Spaniards constantly come into the French frontter bread
towna to buy
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Recently he has been operating in the Tunghua area.
The report states that Wang's wife was also captured.—
Louter
Shanghal, April 3-According to the Chinese newspapers, Mr. Wu Te-chen, the new Governor of London, April 3-Negotiations Kwangtung, who did not leave in will shortly be opened between the Victoria for Hong Kong as ex- the Transport and General Work-pected, was delayed by pressure of Unfor, and the London Trans-business. He has now arranged
new agreement to sall for Canton on Tuesday. port Board for on the busmen's conditions to re- ! Beuter, place the one terminating on May
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1, by a month's notice just given Nanking. April 3.-Preparations by the Union. The Union's ac-the being made to extend a warm tion has been taken in connexion welcome to General Fu. Tho-yl with the preliminary exchanges Governor of Sutyuan Province, with the Board which have,· 80 whose gallant defence of the pro- far, proved unsucessful' on the vince against the Manchu and claims advanced on the men's be-Mongol invaders last year has not. half respecting the hours of work.
been forgotten.
General Fu is arriving in Nan- king on April 8.----
British "Fireclea».
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London, April 3-Their Magis-Reuter. ties the King and Queen will atı tend the Cup Final at Wembley Stadium on May 1- British Wireless.
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London, April 3. The control of traffic at Piccadilly Circus, the busiest
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London, April 3.-The King will broadcast a message to the whole of the British Commonwealth on the evening of "Coronation day, at the end of the Empire programme of homage in which six Prime and most complicated Ministers, including Mr. Stanley street inter-section in London's Baldwin, as well as the Viceroy of Weat end, is to be transferred India, will participate.- from police to vehicle-actuated British Wireles signals. The alterations will not be completed, however. until after the Coronation. Severi streets Converge on the Circus and it will require 30 standards to carry the signal lights- Reuter.
New Delhi, April 3-The Indo- Japanese Cotton Treaty has been referred to London for final ap proval and it is expected that it will be initialled next week. Renter.
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Danzig, , April 3.-A Polish Moscow. April 3.-M. Yagoda Journalst, Konrad Ruscgtoms. Commissar of Postal and Elec- representative in Danzig of a for-trical Communications, has been eigu news agency, was to-day removed from his post on account sentenced to two years imprison of alleged dereliction of his duties. ment for "malicious distortion of -Reuter cabled news.”____
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Prague, April 3-All Czecho- Slovakian armament Arms and Berlin, April 3 Alarge con- undertakings manufacturing goods
KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY
CHING MING FESTIVAL Special Trains
April 2nd to April 11th inclusive
The following trains, "which are supplementary to the normal service, will run between Kowloon and Canton during the period stated above":
Kowloon dep. 7133 am Canton arr. 10.89 am.
Kowloon dep. 7.07 am. Canton arr. 10:59 MILL
April 2nd
Canton dep. 11.40 am. Kowloon arr. 3.03 p.m.
April 3rd
3.10 p.m.
6.35 p.m.
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Canton dep. 11.40 am. 8:46 pm. Kowloon arr. 3.03 pm. 9.58 p.m.
April 4th
Kowloon dop, 7.37 a.. 3.10 p.m. Canton arr. 10.59 am." 6.38 pm
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Canton dep. 11.40 am. Kowloon arr. 3.03 p.m.
April
6th
Canton dop. 3.36 p.m...
Kowloon arr. 7.00 pm.
April 7th to 11th inclusive
Kowloon dep. 7.37 m. Canton
arr. 10.50 a.m.
R.
Canton dep. 3.35 p.m.
Kowloon art. 7.00 p.m.
D. WALKER,
Manager & Chief Engineer.
THE
HONG KONG
PENINSULA HOTEL;
HONGKONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY HOTEL,
&
SHANGHAI
ARTOE HOUSE; PALACE HOTEL;
HOTELS LIMITED.
In association with the Grand Hotel des Wagons Litä, Poking.
tract was concluded to-day be- for war inclustries are required by Coal
tween the Uruguayan Government Government to produce a list of and a German consortiura.
names of foreigners employed by The contract is for construction them. of a huge water-power plant at Rio Negro. Transocean News Service.
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Registration of foreigners em- ployed by these firms will enable Government, says an official an- nouncement, to ascertain whether
Coal Owners And Workers In New Agreement
London, April 4...
The prospects for good relations Parls, April 3-Between June they "can be regarded as reliable between coal owners and workers and December last year, strikes all from the Czech viewpoint and in the South Wales coalfelds in over the country cost France whether their continued employ- the next four years are streng- thened by the delegates to the 4,500,000,000 trancs estimates ment is desirable." writer in a financial, newspaper. Registration of foreigners em- conference of the South Wales Federation deciding, at Altogether 8,000,000 workers ployed by war Industries is one of Miners"
CORONATION MESSAGE
struck, each worker ceasing work the first important measures to Cardin to-night, to accept the King To Broadcast To
Berlin, April 3.-Germany win represented at the Interna- tonal Sugar Conference, which opens in the Locarno Room at the British Foreign Office on Monday, by a group of experts under Herr Moritz. an official of the Relch Ministry of Agriculture.
These comings and goings are be harrassing the French authorities, as it is felt that the object of the visits may be something more than the purchase of bread. tightened in these two regions
Control is consequently being
Reuter.
DUKE OF WINDSOR'S WEDDING PLANS
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Transoccan News Service.
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His People
London, April 4
for ten days on the average. be taken by Government under terms of the new agreement, as leaders. The The article is headed Business the new National Defence Law-arranged by the is not improving.”~~
voting in favour of acceptance re- sulted in 65.520 for and 23,550 Transocean New Service.
Paris, April 3.-The congress of against.
The King's-broadcast to the students
which The new arrangement provides empire on Coronation Day will be.. Social-Democrat has been going on in Parts for for weekly increases in pay rang-preceded by a brief address by several days, came to an abrupting from 29d to 10s. The owners the Prime Ministers of Canads end to-day when a conflict broke proposed Ave years agreement but Australla, New Zealand and South this was compromised at four in Africa, all of whom are attending out during the meeting.
The disturbance began when a view of the fact that in the past the Coronation as Dominions re-
had been only three presentatives. delegation of 22 members of the the young Social-Democratic group. who had been excluded from the Reuter. Paris, April 3-The BUITI of party, entered the hall and refus- 789,000,000 francs has been ap-ed to leave.
Fighting broke out and most of propriated by the French Govern- ment for combatting unemploy- the students left the hall,- ment during 1937, according to an Transocean News Service.
announcement In the
London, April 3-The Secretary of the All-India Congress Party has been placed under arrest, says a message from Patna,
The hartal organised in Bombay had
repercussioria
London. in
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Paria Apl. 3. The most positive information Gazette to-day- yet published on the Duke of
Moscow, April 3--An official re- Windsor's wedding plans appears
ligious census in the Soviet Union in the "Journal de Rouen" to-day.
The journal declarce that the reveals that 40 per cent., of the former King will wed Mrs. Ernest population are members of confes- simpson at St. Saens Castle, the slonal groups, while 60 per cent. Property of the Duke of West- declare themselves to be atheists minster, within a fortnight.
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Where Indian students held a demonstration in sympathy, with meeting which took the form of a
the Congress Party. Several re- solutions were pased.
The Duke of Windsor, according Vienna, April 3-The Nether- to the paper, will arrive in Parislands Minister, Jonkheer
One of the resolutions was that on April 10 and will meet Mrs. Hoorn, who has represented the the British newspapers were giving Simpson in the capital
Netherlands in Vierina, since 1933,
a false picture of the situation in has been transferred to Bucharest India.
The former Netherlands Minis- Transocean News Service. ¡ter'in Madrid, Jonkheer. Noosmala- Nepveu, has been named as his
They will then proceed to Bour ges, where the civil ceremony will take place.
The church, wedding, which will be held in the Castle, will be at- tended - by, amongst others, the Duke of Westminster "and friends of Mrs. Simpson.
the
The paper declares that wedding will be strictly private in nature and no official personages will be present- Trankorean News Service.
DINNER PARTY
BUCCESSOR.
Transocean News Service.
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New Delhi. Abril 3-The last cabinet has been formed, in the United Provinces and all provin- ces now have minority ministries London, April 3-Their Magis as the Congress Party has wholly ties the King and Queen will go abstained from forming, govern into residence at Windsor Castle ments. next Wednesday, for first time Reuter slace their accession. They will
CHARITY REGATTA
RESULTS
The Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia and a member of the Newfoundland commission of the Government. will also speak from London. The Viceroy will broadcast from India and thé Governor will also speak from Bermuda. A representative of the Paris, April 4 citizens will also speak from the Competing in a' charity regetta, dominions and different parts of the Cambridge University boat race the United Kingdom after which crew beat the Parissiene crew by Mr. Stanley Baldwin, in the clos- six lengths, their time for the three ing address, will lead up to the thousand metres course being 7
from the King to the mins. 28.3/5 secs, Oxford beat the people.- Paris Marne crew by five lengths
in 7 mins, 29.3/5 secs.- Reuter
SIAMESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION,
Siamese residents foregathered
message
NEW WORLD'S RECORD
White City, "April 4, Track Michaelson of Sweden at the Kowloon Tong Club ́on won the Amateur Athletic Asso New Year, which fell on April 1.world's record time of 50 mins. Saturday night to celebrate their ciation's seven miles walk in the
Mr. Vilas Ostenanda, Blamese 19-1/5 secs., beating the record of Trade 'Commissioner for Bong 60 mins. 28-4/5 secs by the Erl- Kong presided.
tisher Post in 1932. Walker Wake- Mr. Prachond Pintaruchi, pre-field of the Trinity Harriers won sident of the Blamere, Students the ten miles run in 52 mins. 33- Association, under whose auspices 4/5 secs.~- the dinner was held, thanked all Reuter. those present for their attendance.
Mrs. R. Langley, Corps Secretary,
a miniature town and five nurses, Misses. Fok Kum
remain there till a few days before Athens. April 3-Greece, will the Coronation but the King will will celebrate May 1 as a national come to London on April 20 to holiday, when the Premier. Gen- unveil the Guards Memorial toeral Metaxas. will outline Govern- pelin City," King George V, at Wellington Barment measures for the restoration which has riser in the last few Ying, Ho Yung Fook, Florence
weeks.
Mary Wong, Helen Lal, and Hung Mayor Tseng Yaris Foo, of the racks, and on April 27 both their of industry --
Here all employees of the Zep- | Lai Kwan, who will be representing Canton, Municipality, was enter-Majesties will motor to London to Trancean News Service.
pelin Company will be housed. the Colony in the Brigade, Jubilee tained by the Hop. Dr. R. H. Kote travel thence, by river, to Green-E
Trankfurt-on-Main, April 3A "Zeppelin City" was officially celebrations and the Coronation. wall to an informal dinner party wich for the opening of the Na-
left the Colony by the P. and O.. at the residence of the Hon. Dritional Maritime Museum
mile away from the Zeppelin opened to-day
Es, Ranchi on Baturday, Kotewall last night.
British Wireless.
landing field here is situated Zep-Tranincean News Service.
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