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CHIANG KAI-SHEK THE ON HER MAIDEN JAPANESE

FIRST, FOREMOST

CHINESE PATRIOT

BRITISH PRESS COMMENT

ON CONFERMENT OF

DICTATORSHIP

London, April 4.

THE TIMES, COMMENTING ON the Kuomintang's conferment of dictatorship on Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, mys, “Amid the rises und fails of factions and generals in the past twenty years, Chiang Kai-shek alone has never ceased to count, despite the extraordinary vicissitudes of fortune, and has never ceased to be the first and foremost Chinese patriot,

"His powers of leadership Bow from qualities that are eason: tially Chinese supplemented by his own indomitable nature and versatile talents."

THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SAYS that in the past ten years the ruthless young "warlord" of 1926, has developed into a statesman who relies on political skill more than the use of force. Chiang Kai-shek, the paper adds, has made for himself what to few dictators are indispensable-Neuter).

GENERALISSIMO'S POSITION IS

MADE STRONGER

VOYAGE

The motorship Bossevain, the last of the three new motorships of the KP.M. Line, is due here this morning on her maiden trip.

She Is of 14,134 tons.

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Anglo-Italian MR. TSE TSAN-TAI

Agreement

NO REFERENCE TO ABYSSINIA

The

London, April 4. Anglo-Italian agreement, which was expected to be signed at an early date will, according to

Hankow, April 4. 18hao Li-tze pointed out that the press reports published this after- The important decisions reached Kuomintang is the supreme au-noon, assume the character of a by the Party Congress of the Kuo-thority and that the present gentlemen's agreement and will intang which will result, above Government is composed of mem-contain no reference to Abyssinia. all, in the considerable strengthen-bers of that Party. The Kuomin-

Concerning the Abyssinian ques

ing of Generalissime Chiang Kai- tang would direct the work of the tion, both parties have agreed shek's position, were explained by Jovernment and the conflicts be-that the League Council shall be the Chinese Minister, Mr. Shao L-tween the Government and the asked at its next session to autho- ize, to a representative of Trans-Party would thus be avoided in rise member States of the League ocean. Jullus Eignerin, in an inter-future.

to recover their treedom of action CONCENTRATION OF POWER whereupon the British Govern- By the new

arrangement the ment will immediately recognise concentration of power, which the new Italian imperium.

lew here yesterday.

These measures, he said, would remain effective not only for the duration of war, but entire hitherto did not exist, would be China

It is further reported, with re-

PASSES

JOURNALIST AND INVENTOR

has become a modern, kept secret and the conflict be-gard to Palestine. that Italy will united, strong nation under the tween the Central and the Provin- make her agreement to the British

The late Mr. Tse Tsan-tai- Kuomintang.

cial Governments, which was un-partition plan dependent on the

Mr. Tse Tsan-tai, journalist. Marshal Chiang Kai-shek. re

avoidable under old conditions, is undertaking by the British Govern-author, inventor, artist and a col- added, would, as supreme leader of

prevented.

ment that south Palestine the Kuomintang, be in a position

shall league of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen to realise principles outlined by the it would be wrong, however, to call State.--(Transocean).

The Minister then stressed that not be included in the Jewish passed away at his residence, No. tounder of the Chinese Republie, Marshal

Chiang

Kai-shek the

Dr. Sun Yat-sen in the administra-gictator, although the Marshal's

tion of China.

In reply to a question as to the relationship between the Kuomin- tang and the Government.

Mr.

Kuomintang's decisions. position had been strengthened by

He then pointed out that the Permanent Executive Committee, consisting of 15 persons nominated by Kuomintang. has been co-

DR. SUN FO TO ordinated to Chiang Kai-shek.

LISTEN TO DEBATE IN THE COMMONS

SEEING PREMIER THIS WEEK

The Marshal, however, will have the right to refer Party decisions to the Executive Committee for re- examination. Although the Kuo- mintang will thus be the supreme authority in China, other Parties will, nevertheless, be tolerated.

The Kuomintang, however, would not allow its power to be restricted during the war and during the period of national reconstruction. Other Parties will, therefore, be London, April 4. allowed to submit their proposal to Dr. Sun Fo, President of the the Government only through "the Legislative Yuan, is visiting air- Peoples Political Council" which craft installations at Hatfield this will be newly formed. This Coun- moming and this afternoon he cft, which might be regarded as will listen to the debate on the the successor of the former "Ad- Labour Party's vote of censure on visory Council" will have 150 mem- the Government in the House of bers and will be constituted in the Commons.

| near future.

Tomorrow, the Chinese diplomat The Council will comprise of re- will address the All-Party meet-presentatives of all parties, pro- ing of the China Campaign Com- vinces and classes and wil thus mittce in the House of Commons. take the place of the parliament, It is undertood that Dr. Sun whose convocation is impossible in Fo will see the Premier. Mr. war times. The Council will advise Chamberlain, this week though the Government regarding war and the date has not yet been fixed.-reconstruction measures.—(Trans- (Reuter).

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ENGLISH SOCCER

ELEVEN

London, April 4.

The following will represent England against Scotland in a football match at Wembley on Aprit 9:-

Woodley: S. Prosten, Hap- good; Willingham. Cullis, Cop- ping: Matthews, Hall, Fenton (Middlesborough), Stephenson

Leeds United) and Bastin (Reuter),

WAS

| 239, Hennessy Road, in the 'early | houts of yesterday, following a short illness, at the age of 66 years. He is survived by three sons, Dressrs. S. W., S. H., and S. M. Tse. the latter being a member of the

DETACHMENT

500 JAPANESE

PLANES LOST

Hankow, April' 4.

As far as he knew, at least 400 to 500 Japanese aeroplanes had been lost since commencement. of the Sino-Japanese hostili- tics.

This statement is alleged to have been made by a Japanese pilot captured on March 5 near Yubsien in an Interview with Chinese pressmen.(Router).

RENTS ENQUIRY CONCLUDED

Commission Sends Report To Governor

The Commission appointed by His Excellency the Governor to in- vestigate the recent rise in rents in the city of Victoria and in the Kowloon Peninsula has now con. cluded its enquiry and submitted Its report to His Excellency the Governor,

The Chairman and Members with to thank all those who have pro- vided written or oral evidence, and who have thus greatly assisted the work of the Commission

The Commission-comprised Mr. W. Schofield (Chairman), Mr. W. J. Lockhart-Smith and Mr. E. J. Minniti.

General Manager

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ANNIHILATED

AN IMPORTANT CITY IN NORTH SHANSI RETAKEN BY CHINESE CAVALRY

Enemy Planes Destroyed In Surprise Raid At Tawenkow

A

Hsuchow, April 4, DETACHMENT OF JAPANESE TROOPS, moving westward from the west bank of the Yi River in an attempt to form a junction with their comrades at Talerchwang, were challenged and completely wiped out by Chinese troops under General Tang En-po today following several hours' heavy fighting.

NINGWU, IMPORTANT CITY IN NORTH SHANSI, just inside the Great Wall, was recaptured by Chinese cavalry forces in the early morning of April 1, a belated report reaching here. states today.

The Japanese forces have retreated in the direction of Yang- fangkou to the north.

EIGHTEEN JAPANESE PLANES SHORTLY after 2 p.m. conducted an aerial attack on a number of cities and towns in central Cha- kiang, including Tsingtien, Yungkix, and Lishui.

Altogether more than thirty bombs were dropped, killing and wounding a number of civilians and demolishing many houses-- (Central News).

JAPANESE TROOPS OUTMANOEUVRED,

Hsuchow, April 4. the Tientsin-Pukow Railway. In Besides the Tierchwang sector, this battle, the Chinese seized more Chinese forces have also outthan 340 Japanese rifles. manoeuvred the Japanese troops

About 500 other Japanese sol- In the Chiehshou-Langhslatier diers, he stated, were killed on sector.on the Tientsin-Pukow Rall-March 31 in a fierce battle which way, according to a Chinese army resulted in the Chinese récapture officer here from the front..

of Liangbalatien, north of Chichho on the Tientsin-Pakow Ene.

More than 430 Japanese soldiers, he said were killed on March 29. during an encounter with Chinese troops who pushed as far north as Chiehshou. northwest of Talan on

ENEMY PLANES DESTROYED The officer also revealed that eight Japanese planes were burned and destroyed by Chinese forces which conducted a surprise raid

JAPANESE COTTON YARN LIABLE the Japanese airfield at Tawen-

TO CONFISCATION IN CANTON

NEW TARGET FOR ARMY

RIFLE MATCHES

staff of The Hong Kong Dal Absence Of Definite

Press Ltd., two daughters and a number of grand children. To them the deep syrupathy of a large circle of friends is extended.

Aiming Mark

(BY AIR MAIL). Targets of a new type will be

central

kow. south of Talan, on the night af March 27, More than 10 Japan-. ese pilots, who were asleep at the time, were killed.

Canton April 1. Japanese cotton yarn, to the On the same day, a Japanese value of 8370,000, has been dis plane was shot down by Chinese covered in a certain warehouse cavalrymen with rides near here and is able to confiscation, Chiangchlachi, in western Shan- despite the change of label. Con- tung. Two of the three Japanese

was also shot dead when found by the Chinese force.

siderable cotton yarn from Japan airmen were killed while the other

is being shipped to Canton secret- ly to avoid the boycott.

A member of a War Aid Asso-

clation stated that 50 per cent of the cotton yarn in Canton before the hostilities came from Japan. and the rest were from Japanese cotton mills in Shanghai.

Public bodies charged to

en-

He further revealed that the railway tracks between Yenchow and Tawenkow, Yenchow and Tal- ning, and Yenchow and Lincheng have been damaged by the Chinese, thus rendering it difficult for the Japanese to rush reinforcements to the front(Central News).

out Japanese CONFIDENCE IN

The late Mr. The was born in Sydney, New South Wales, on May 18, 1872 and was the son of a pros- perous merchant in Australia He used in the Army Rifle Associa force the boycott are making a came to the Colony in 1887 with tlon's

and non-central thorough investigation in an his parents and continued his matches this year, states The effort to stamp education at Queen's College.

Times. Two targets have been de- goods regardless of the value in- (Continued on Page 7)

signed and they will take the place volved, or who are the consignee of the familiar 6ft. big target with International). its tin hat" alming mark, sand- colour bottom half and grey top.

The convertible landscape tar- get has a Ift. white strip across the top and the rest is sand-colour on which are placed horizontally three triangular strips, One of these strips is grey and is at the

AVERY BONA FIDE MEMBER OF K.F.C.?

Discussion At Meeting Of

Football Council

"And Mr. Chairman, it is in your rules that an honorary mem-

bottom of the target.

MORE ARRESTS

IN MOSCOW

FINAL VICTORY

የ፡

Hankow, April 4. Confidence in China's Roal xic- tory in the current war of resis- tance is further strengthened as a result of the continuous successes of the Chinese forces on the Shan- tung front, the Ta Kung Pao de- clared in an editorial,

The Japanese lines, the journal observes, are beginning to show signs of collapse.

TOTAL BELIEVED THOUSANDS The "others are brown, pointing to the right immediately under the

Moscow, April 4. white strip and to the left across

It is announced that numerous the middle of the target. The arrests of "Trotskyists and B- ber of any club is not regarded as a bona fide member," said Mr. Convertible bullseye target is simi. charinists" were made during the calls, are reported from Taler- Chinese victories, the journal re- lar but is without the dark brown week-end by order of the Peopleschwang and Lini. The Japanese strips and has a "tin hat" aiming Commissariat for Home Affairs in at Talerchwanz

are reported to Moscow, Leningrad, Kharkov and have been driven away while those (Continued on. Page 8.).

Kler.

at Lint have also found their All the arrested persons were em-positions untenable.. ployed in various public depart-

During the recent battles, Gen- ments notably in the Water Trans-erals Tang Ea-po, Chang Tse- port Commissariat,

W. E. Hollands at the Football Council meeting last evening when The discussion about A. Avery, i mber of the Islington Corinthians, playing for the Kowloon Football Club in their Senior Shield match against the Middlesex Regiment ws resumed.

It will be remembered that at the last meeting of the Council It was decided that the Association should write to the - Kowloon Football Club stating that they disapproved of the cliab playing Avery

the match in question....

WHAT FRANCO POSSESSES

L

Yesterday Mr. C. D. Carter, Hon. Secretary of the Association read the reply from the Kowloon Foot- hall Club to the meeting, the letter stating that the Kowloon Football Club deprecated' the unwarranted attack on the sportsmanship of the Glub,

Mr. J. McKelvie, representative of the Kowloon Football Club, sald that nobody can question the sportsmanship of his club on the football field. ....

guerillas. Five year plan in Kwangtung Small-pox cases. Fare 8-Leading article: Water. Britain will have bigger war-

Saragossa, Apr 1 4. The last concentration of enemy ships. Girl hidden in war zone,

resistance' was cleaned up during Personal paragraphs. Page 4-Chinese commence gen-

Page 9-Chinese guerillas eral offensive in Talerchwang.

the night and this morning civil Leride in hands of Franco's Page 10-Sport news and notes.

crease activities. Latest cables,ards were pollcing the city where

all is quiet, troops. Horthy warns agitators Pate 12-New York Quotations.

General Franco now possesses in Hungary.

Hong Kong Stock Exchange. 37 out

BONA FIDE QUESTION, of Spain's 50 provincial Mr. W. E Hollands: Nobody is Paxe 3-Cinema notices and news. Fare 13-Radin programmes.

capitals besides a footing in several questioning the sportsmanship of Diary of local events Anxiety Pare 14 and 13-Shipping news, other provinces. and discomfort, in Shanghai.

the Kowloon Football Club on the Arrivals and Clearances. Direc Meanwhile, in addition to a head-held. The question is whether this Page 8-The Services London tory.

long advance by the legionnaires articular player was a bona fide Pare 16-Basket ball team tour. en Tortosa, General Valina has member of the Kowloon Football

Yachting, Mort race increas-captured Mom only 20 miles from Club. Ing.

the coast.-(Router).

(Continued on Page 9)

Gazette, China travel service. Page Funeral of Mr. W. Lam. Famous, professor now leader of

mark in the centre.

FINANCIAL PROBLEMS

OF FRANCE

They are accused of, attempting to organise a counter-revolution ary movement among the per- sonnel of the Soviet merchant

navy.

Paris, April 4. The Premier M. Blam's new Bu Although no official ngures are to deal with France's financial pro- forthcoming It is believed that the blems was approved by the Cabinet number of arrests total several this morning. The Bill was com-, thousands-(Transocean), (vosed of two short active clanses.

These provide the Government HANKOW MANIFESTO with limited powers, to rule by decree on certain aspects of

PUBLISHED IN ancial and

SHANGHAI national ecopam Secondly, it fixes the date whereby all decrees must be ratified

Hankow, April 4. The Wen Wel Fao. the Tai Mei The BI devotes, partly, reasons Wan Pao and the Hwa Mel Wan why, Government is asking for Pao, foreign-owned Chinese daily these powers arguing that they are newspapers published in Shang- necessary if Government is to bear hal. today published the full text the financial burdens anticipated of the manifesto issued by the especially under the head of arma- National Kuomintang congress.---. 'ment(Reuter Balletin),

(Central News).'

tinguished themselves. Due credit chung and Pang Ping-hsun' dis- should also be given to General Liu Ju-ming and his men who re- captured Pingyuan. News)

THE DOLLAR

¡Central

T.T. ON NEW YORK: 30-3/8 T.E. ON LONDON: 1s. 2-11/168.

London Silver Market

(One Own Correspondent). London, April 4. London silver prices today were up 1/10 for

and

"Spot**

unchanged for For-

ward," as follows:-

April. 2. April 4..

Spot..... Forward

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18-7/8.

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