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ANGLO-ITALIAN NEGOTIATIONS TO BEGIN
Half Hour Tension Follows Shanghai Shooting
HOT WORDS BETWEEN BRITISH AND JAPANESE SOLDIERS
Shanghai, March 2
A semi-official Japanese report says that acute tension, lasting half an hour, prevailed along the International Settlement bound- ary, the western perimeter of which divides the British defence sec- or from the Japanese occupied areas, following the fatal shooting |resterday of a Chinese by a Japanese sentry.
The report asserts that the British troops closed the Great West- ern Road crossing in the face of Japanese objecilons. "Hot words' were exchanged between the British sentries and the Japanese soldiers-(Router).
JAPAN SUMS UP POSITION IN CHINA
War Minister On New Phase Of
The
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Russian Girl's Perfidy Draws Sailors' Blood
MAN LOSES EAR IN SHANGHAI STREET
FRACAS
Premier Denies Eden Pledge
LORD PERTH'S INSTRUCTIONS
London, Mar. 1.
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The Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, told the House of | Commous today that he could find nothing in the various statements made by Mr. Anthony Eden in the House, while the laiter was foreign Secretary, which could be inter- preted as a pledge bindlar His Majesty's Government not to un- dertake negotiations with Italy un- til all anti-British propaganda had ceased.
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Mr. Chamberlain stated that none but the British Ambassador Diningroom and Office Furniture. at Rome or his staff had at any Carpets, Rugs, Ornaments, Clocks, time been authorised to hold
Pictures. Curios, Brass and E P.
official or unofficial conversations with the Italian Government on Ware, Porcelain and Glass Ware. the subject of Anglo-Italian nego-Electric Ceiling and Table Fans, tiations.
Electric Lamps, Irons and Heaters. Gramophones and Records,, Cook-
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Lord Perth, British Ambassador ing Utensils, etc., etc., in Rome, who is in England to re- Shanghal. Mar. 2.
ceive instructions regarding Anglo- Passion ran high last night when Italian conversations to be opened speech in the Diet on the present French and Italian saflors engaged with Count Clano on his return to state of the Sino-Japanese çonflict in a free-for-all in Rue Chu Po-his post, called at No. 10 Downing and the chances of Japan bring-shan. "Blood Alley," a 100-yards- Street this morning and had a ing the war to a successful con-long street in the French Con- further interview with the Prime" clusion,
cession which is lined on both Minister.
Japan, declared the War Minis-sides with dance halls. ter, had succeeded in consolidating her position in Ching from a military point of view.
The
During the time Lord Perth was clash cause of the
a meeting of was at 10, there Was French jealousy between a
and Ministers, including Lord Halifax, Italian sailor over the fickle affec-Sir Samuel. Hoare, Lord Zetland, John tions of à Russian taxi dancer, One Sir Thomas Inskip, Sir man lost his ear in the clash, while Simon, Mr. Malcolm Macdonald. four others were
also injured Mr. Hore-Bellaha, Mr. Ormsby Gore severely enough to require hospital and Mr. Cooper.
treatment.
- CHIANG'S SUPPLIES "It is beyond doubt." he said. "that Marshal Chiang Kai-shek will be able to obtain adequate supplies of war materials to en-
EXPORT CREDIT able his new divisions to play an effective part" in the war. Ap- The French sailors were in the Asked for a statement on the after about 20 reported negotiations with the parently Chiang Kai-shek is still majority and counting on the intervention of minutes of fighting. In which nsts, Director-General of the Italian third powers and is induced for clubs and bottles were used with Ministery for Foreign Trade and this reason to protract hostilities."wild abandon, the Italians took Exchanges on the extension of The Chinese army was avoiding refuge in a few dance halls where facilities for credits for British ex- major engagements as far as pos- the run gates were hastily closed.
ports to Italy, the Secretary to the sible. axld the General, and pre-
The French police arrvied on the Department of Overseas Trade told ferred to conduct guerilla" warfare.
In view of the fact that the scene and forming a human ring the House of Commons today" that conflict was expected to be of around the Italians, escorted them negotiation on trade matters now long duration and might lead to to the wharf on the French Bund, proceeding with the Italian Gov- new complications. It was impera- where they boarded pinnaces for ernment, were concerned with the tive for Japan to proceed with the their warship in harbour (Re-provisions of the commercial and clearing agreements of November task of national mobilisation.
1936.
The moment had now arrived, continued the War Minister, to re- organise the Japanese front in China in order to inaugurate a new phase of the conflict and to pave the way for reconstruction of Northern China by Japan.
uter.)
Italy Spends
More On Army
.Rome. Mar. 1.
COLOSSAL SUM VOTED The session of the Diet was opened by a speech by the Finance Minister who submitted supple-
An increase of 100,000,000 lire is mentary estimates" to cover the shown in the Army estimates for com- cost of the Sino-Japanese war in the 1938-39 financial year 11938.
pared with the figure for the cur- The
that estimates provide for 3 rent year. It is estimated total expenditure of 4,850,000,000 expenditure will total 2,612,000'000
yen, of which 3,257,000,000 yen slire.
allocated for the Army and 1,043,- 1000,000 yen for the Navy whilst the remainder will be held in re- serve.
General Sugiyama's Following jdeclaration, which was undoubted- 1y devised to break the re- sistance which political parties had been offering towards the new mobilisation
the measure, Diet adopted the supplementary estimates by a unanimous vote. (Transocean).
Soldiers Shoot Policemen
ARMED HOLD.UP NEAR LONDON
London, Mar," 2.
and Two policemen were shot wounded, late last night in Bark- ing. Essex, when they attempted to arrest two soldiers, stated to be Andrew Vanderburgh and ginald Eddie Kaye, troopers' be- longing to the 12th Royal 'Lancers.' whom the police wanted for ques- tioning following a hold-up near Andover at midnight.
Re-
The report accompanying the estimates says: "All the world is arming today. States ruled by so-called democratic regimes Justify their armaments as the supreme guarantee of peace. But Itals, more than any other "nation, has always brought a realistic and fruitful contribu- tion in radical solution of the problems of peace.”
These agreements, he said, were now being revised, as outstanding. trade debts had been practically settled.
He hoped the discussions would' facilitate mutual increase of trade but stated emphatically that they raised no question of export credit facilities or of expansion of credit.
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S'hai Police Intimidated
HUMAN FINGERS SENT BY TERRORISTS
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GERMANY AND CHINA
Minister Hopes For Maintenance Of Friendship
Hankow, Mar. 2.
That the friendly relations be tween China and Germany would be maintained in spite of the re- cognition extended by the latter country to Manchukuo, which step "has been miserably regretted by the Chinese," was the hope expressed by Mr. Shao Li-tse, " Minister of Propaganda, when interviewed by Transocean yester- iday.
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Shangfal, March 2. Three high officers of the French
Mr. Shao referred.. to Herr police have each received a pack-Hitler's speech before the Reichstag age containing a humani
finger in which the German Chancellor with the warning to cease investi-stressed that Germany had gation into the dispatch of the territorial designs in the Far East. severed hands belonging to two This declaration, said. Mr. Shao, The report adds that a new or Chinese alleged to have been res- had been received with profound ganisation in the Aegean Islands ponsible for
It is alleged that two men answering the description held up with revolvers two police near mobile patrol officers London and stole their car. They later abandoned the vehicle and forced an RAF, officer at the point of a revolver to drive them to the East End of London, where they disappeared.
publishing anti-satisfaction throughout China. has been created in order to raise Japanese material" in local Chin- the garrisons there to the level of their importance in the Mediter- ranean.(Reuter). ·
ese newspapers.
Meanwhile, it is learned that the
The Minister then spoke of the serious consequences which Japan- еве domination in China would French police have succeeded in have on the trade of foreign Indentifying four out of the six nations. decapitated heads found in the French Concession since Feruary
Large areas, said the Minister.
SHANGHAI MAIL For Chinese ex-soldiers had been ravaged and completely
CENSORSHIP
IS CERTAINTY
belonging to an anti-Japanese impoverished by war, and the re- construction of China would be gang of terrorists. ・
Out of the remaining two heads placed in jeopardy for many years one is still unidentified. while the 1 the Japanese penetrated stin other-the first to be found-was further into the country. at the outset identified as belong- "The fact alone that Japanese editor of the industry is now placed in a more ing to Mr. Taai,
favourable position than its coin- petitors in Chinese territories oc- jcupled by Japanese troops, so that Japan is now supplying the greater
Experts From Japan Social Evening News (Reuter),
Ready For Work
Shanghai, Mar. 2. Despite repeated statements by Japanese spokesman that he had no information on the subject, reports persist that the Japanese authorities will institute, censorship of mail matter within the next seven days.
THREE POWER part of the people's demands in
NAVAL TALKS COMMENCE
this region, has already done a great deal of harm to the com- mercial interests of other nations," concluded Mr. Shao.-(Trans-, ocean).
London, Mar. 2. Informal parleys between Bri- According to the Chinese press, tish, American and French naval
a direct The consulations are Japanese. censor experts have ar- experts, for the purpose of ascer- rivéd in Shanghai from Tokyo and taining the attitude of the three consequence of Japan's evasive the. "escalator reply to the three Powers' notes are already installed at the General Powers towards
A dying squad has been con- Post Office, where they are com- clause" of the Naval Agreement of requesting Japan to reveal her ducting an intensive search, for pleting arrangements to begin their 1936, began at the Foreign Office (naval construction plans.--(TIZNS-
ocean). the two men,—(Reuter)...
work-(Reuter.)
yesterday afternoon.
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