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PHOTO TAKEN ON THE ROOF of the St. Francis Hotel yesterday showing Dr. Paul Monroe, Ph.D., LL.D., President of the World Federation of "Education, standing with Mr. Y. President of Lingnan University of Canton.

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CHINA WILL ATTAIN MORAL, ECONOMIC LEADERSHIP IN EAST

Dr. Paul Monroe Speaks On Impressions Gained

THE REMARKABLE CHEERFULNESS AND UN- WAVERING CONFIDENCE OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE regarding the present war have left a deep Impression on Dr. Paul Monroe, Professor of Education, Teachers' College of Columbia University, who gave an interest- ing "talk at a reception given in his honour by the faculty of the Lingnan University at the St. Francis Hotel yesterday.

Dr. Monroe arrived in Hongkong On the other hand he observed a week ago to attend the annual Japan is getting weaker hourly. meeting of the China Foundation This is at least manifest in her for the promotion of Education and economic conditions. "He also Culture. He is leaving för Ameri- gathered the impression that there ca to-day in the Empress of Russia is a rift between the Japanese to attend the World Federation of people and military regarding the Education Conference in Brazil China campaign. next month.

The American educator opined

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Labour Amendment Endorsed LONDON Art (Ruter)

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joint meeting of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress, the National Executive of the Labour Party and the Executive Com- mittee of the Parilamentary Labour Party, unanimously en-

GERMAN PLANE dorsed the Labour amendment in

SETS RECORD

BERLIN, APRIL 27 (REUTER) —–—–

the House of Commons regretting that the Government had aban- doned the voluntary principle, de- claring that conscription was

conceived...

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A NEW ABSOLUTE WORLD SPEED RECORD OF 472 MILES FER HOUR IS CLAIMED TO HAVE The National Council of Labour BEEN ESTABLISHED BY A GER- will meet on May 1 to consider the position in the light of to-day'a debate.

MAN PLANE TO-DAY.

Transocean reports that the piloti was Fritz Wendel, aged 24 years.)

who reached a speed of 755.11lo-WAR CHEST metres in a Messer Schmidt-189 R-plane, fitted with a Daimler).. Benz engine DB 601 of 1,175 horse-

DOWER.

OVERSEAS

The absolute speed record so far. CHINESE

was held by a German, Flight- Captain Dieterle who reached 8.65 kilometres in a Reinkel Machine. on March 31 this year.

In recognition of his achieve-

CONTRIBUTE

ment, Wendel tias, been appointed HUGE SUM

|Flight-Captain by Field Marshal Goering who has also conveyed messages of congratulation to the designer of the plane, Prof. Messer Schmidt, who was awarded the national prize last year, and to the director of the Daimler-Benz

works, at Kissel.

THE DOLLAR

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TT ON LONDON: 1. 2. 21/32a. T.T. ON NEW YORK: 28. 9/16 From Our Own Correspondent London, April 27.

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Spot Forward

Reichstag Meeting To-day Will Be Biggest In German History: 862 Deputies Attending Kroll Opera House

BERLIN, APRIL 27 (REUTER)—THE REICHSTAG MEETING ON FRIDAY WILL BE THE BIGGEST IN GERMAN HISTORY AND WILL CONSIST OF 862 DEPUTIES. THE PROTECTORATES OF BOHEMIA AND MORAVIA WILL BE REPRESENTED BY FIVE DEPUTIES AND MEMEL-LAND BY TWO..

IT IS INDICATED THAT HERE HITLER WILL GIVE GERMANY'S ANSWER TO BRITISH CONSCRIPTION IN HIS SPEECH. REUTER IS GIVEN TO UNDER- STAND THAT THE FUEHRER HAS ALREADY COMPLETED HIS SPEECH,

WHAT ROOSEVELT

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WILL DO

WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuter)

Herr. Hitler in to-morrow's speech before the Reichstag makes counter-demands or does not flatly reject the idea of a world economic and disarmament conference as proposed by President Roosevelt in his message to the Fuehrer and Il Duce, it is considered probable by many well-informed people that Mr. Roosevelt will seek concrete expression on these points.

SARCASM FROM "

ROME PRESS

ROME, April 27 CHUNGKING, Apr. 27 (Reuter)

(Reuter)- Overseas Chinese contributed at Britain's conscription is the subject least $100,000,000 to the China war of sarcastic comment in Popolo di Rome which writes, "The new chest between July 1937 and February this year according to from France upsets the funda

measure adopted under pressure spokesman of the National Over-mental British nabit of nghting its seas Affairs. Commission.

The largest portion. he said, was from Chinese in the Straits Settlement and Nether- land East Indies.

wars with other people's soldiers. It conscription is meant to have an effect..on Italy and Germany and on other nations of which London and Paris" declare them- Of the total amount the Straits selves to be champions, the cal- Settlement contributed $28,000,000.culation is completely false." Java $7,000,000, Philippines $4,- 500,000, Sumatra $3,500,000, Burma $2,500,000, United States 12,787,000. Canada $1,238,000, Kawall $400,000, April, 26 April 27 Australia $375,000, New Zealand 20-1/16 20-3/16 3534,000, Britain: $250,000, according 19-7/8 20 to the spokesman.

Dr. Monroe said that the Ameri- that the present conflict in China London silver prices to-day were can people are greatly worried and is a conflict of characters. He be-up 1/8" as follows:-- concerned about the suffering of leved that"in the end China will the Chinese people and the possible attain economic and moral leader- outcome of the present conflict. ship in the Orient. But he was glad to note the high spirits of the Chinese when he came out here.

Another impression he gain-

ed during his, present trip is the entre lack of enmity `against the Japanese people on the part of the Chinese. From his talks with Chiness leaders, he gathered that the Chinese feel in some ways sympathetic with the Japanese because they afe suffering from their mill- tarists.

Dr. Monroe also noted the great changes achieved by the Chinese during the last two years. In this regard, he mentioned the strong unity of the people. He felt that the Chinese are stronger every day as a people and their culture is solidlied. This is a real achieve- mient which will contribute tremendously to the prolongation of the present struggle.

British Note To Moscow

CHINA'S PROGRESS IN SIX BIG AIR

THE INTERIOR

Impressions Of Former Governor Of Kwangtung

CHINA'S REMARKABLE PROGRESS IN THE IN--- TERIOR WAS STRESSED BY GEN. WUTE-CHEN, FORMER GOVERNOR OF KWANGTUNG, IN AN IN- TERVIEW YESTERDAY.

Gen. Wu said: "I was deeply impressed with the Chinese activities in the rear during my half-month tour by highway through Kwangtung, Hunan, Kwet- chow and Szechwan for a distance of approximately 1,600 kilometres.

"Generally speaking, it is most, stimulating to we the rigid life led) by the people in this war time, the firm conviction."of the significance of armed resistance on the part of the masses, the establishment of new factories and heavy industrial enterprises, the tightening of mili-

LONDON, April 27 (Trans-tary service, the strengthening of -ocean)—The British Ambas-

currency credit and other similar activities either for this war or in

sador in Moscow, Sir William preparation for the time after it." Seeds, according to the "Daily said Gen. Wu. Express," has been instrücted to hand Moscow a note from the British Government ask-1 ing for an assurance that

"The South-Western Pro- Faces connected by .. many waterways and with fertile söll form an ideal base for produc-

Soviet Russia, if a neighbour-tive reconstruction.

ing State should be attacked, "As a result of the war, targe would immediately come to numbers of people have migrateg assistance of that State.

from the cities to rural districts: British political quarters and from the seaboard. to the in- believe this British Note.to be land. Men of ability and inaterial the resources in the Northeast and the a counter-proposal to

Southeast are now concentrated in Soviet Russian suggestions the Northwest and the Southwest. made on Tuesday.

This enormous migration' which

It is asserted in London the Government would not be able that Poland and Rumania to carry out for decades in ordinary have consented to the new times has now been accomplished British proposal to Soviet in a short time".

Russia.

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NO CHANGE IN

TIN QUOTA

It is reported by Reater from The Hague that no change in quota was made at yesterday's meeting of the International Tin Committee. The next meeting will be held in Paris on June 14.

Entente Cordiale Formula

PARIS, April 27 (Reuter) -British conscription is again the main foreign topic in the newspapers.

"Le Jour" reports that the French Foreign Minis- ter, M. Bonnet, sent con- gratulations of the French Government to Mr. Cham- berlain through Sir Eric Phipps, British Ambassador in Paris.

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"Le Matin" writes, "The entente cordiale also has a formula-two peoples, one frontier, one army,"

"Petit Parisien " says, "The ruin of Europe cannot now be con- summated."

"L'Epoque". writes.

"When

а

nation, eamest as Britain, accepts the reversal of centuries-old trad!- tion, it can be certain that the will is steeled and the decision taken

PREPARATIONS AT OPERA HOUSE

- BERLIN, April 27 (Reuter)-An army of workmen and charwomen are preparing the Kroll Opera House for the Reichstag meeting on Friday.

Big-scale decorations erected in honour of Herr Hitler's birthday will greet the Fuehrer when he drives from the Chancellery to the Opera House.

A few people will be in the streets as workers in factories, offices and school children, obeying Dr. Goeb- bels' order, will be gathered before communal wireless sets.

Field Marshal Hermann Goering, as President of the Reichstag, will declare the session open and then the Fuehret will speak.

Her Hitler, it is understood has arranged to speak in the day time in order to give time for his speech to be printed in the world's press the following morning with considered ofl-' cial reaction from the capitals, JAPAN'S VIEWS

TOKYO, April

27 (Reuter)-

to go to the end. Those Germans British conscription is certain to who imagined Britain would re- Bive France and other democratic sign" herself to a limitless series of countries a feeling of security falts accomplis have to revise their writes the "Asahi Shimbun." Re- Judginent."

gret is expressed by the "Hochil Shimbun" that the action will

M.. "Leon Blum,

writing In

Populaire" says, "Britain, by prove a "strong. factor in aggra- making such a tremendous move, Tating the tense European situa- gives unanswerable proof of her to The newspaper continues resolution and willingness."

that the decision was apparently taken to modify Hitler's speech but it is feared it will have a con- trary result,

CONFUSION IN NANCHANG:

NORTH ATLANTIC STREET BATTLE: JAPANESE

LONDON, ADEL: 27 (BWS)-8LX TROOPS GO TO KONGMOON

big air liners in construction at Short Brothers factory include three land planes designed for the North Atlantic which wilj, have a cruising speed of between 240 and 280 m.p.h. and a range of over [3,000 miles

UTTER, CONFUSION

KAOAN, KIANGSI, 26 (CENTRAL) REIGNS IN NANCHANG' as the Chinese hive - smashed into the city and are engaging in street fighting with the Japanese, according to field dispatches.

The sizects, are' strewn with fallen Japanese and Chinese Two are intended for flying at soldiers, while huge fires seen for miles around Aro quickly normal heighta but the third. reducing many houses to ruins." which is a 31-ton four-engined

Other Chinese units are said Chinese captured two Japanese machine, is desiatied for greater to have forced their way to the light machine-guns and 21 rifles. heights and is expected to do more Japanese aerodrome in the eastern than 330 m.ph at about 25,000 suburbs of Nanchang and to be feet.

engaging the Japanese troops The launching of the three sea-there. plane air liners of similar tonnage,

Lientang, south of Nanchang,

VIOLENT FIGHTING YUNGYUN, KWANGTUNG, April 27--The Japanese have dispatched 4,000 reinforce- ments fɔ Kongmoon and· Sun- wul to enage the Chiness' who are fighting back violently.

The Japanese have been

HOME FOOTBALL LEAGUE TABLES Owing to pressure on space the Home Football League tables to date, which usually appear on the Back Page, are held over and will be published in to-morrow's issue.

STRATEGIC HILL CAPTURED BY CHINESE

making full use of their bomb After 48 Hours Severe

which are building at Rochester. has "been abandoned by the will precede that of the land

Japanese who have been re- planes. The first of them, Grena- dier, la due to begin fying tests called to Nanchang as reinforce

ments. The Japaness unit at [next month.”

| Halehtowshin, a point northeast of Lientang, has been defeated. Seventeen Japanese officers and soldiers were taken prisoner and Besides Kongmoon and Bunwul, eight Japanese machine-guns and sharp fighting has been taking

DEATH OF MR.

A. A. BRADY

Gral and Bt. Andrew's Church. Member Of Shanghai

NewBettes.

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SHANGHAI. Apr. 27 (Reuter):

-ing planes and tanks in the "fight but falled to repulse, the

stubborn Chinese.

Fighting

CHUNGKING,, April 27 (Reuter)

A Chinese delà despatch claima

81 rifles were seized by the Chi-place in the outskirts of Hokshan that the strategie hit of Fashik,

nese. A Japanese captain com- and on the Hokaban-Bunwul high-ling, three miles north-east

mitted suicide when he

Wan Way. surrounded. Kaoyushih, between Japanese attempts to land at Koan, has been captured by the Chinese and adds that, over 1,600 Карат and Nanchang, has also Tanshuthow In the district of

Japanese, who were firmly been regained by the Chinese. Holping and Tachai In the dis trenched behind block homes,

trict of Sunwul with the intention barbed wire entanglements Meanwhile, the Chinese column of outflanking the Chinese have

strong defences there, wore af-

The death occurred to-day of Mr. counter-attacking Fengshin, west been repulsed with considerable tempting to use the hill as a bass

of Nanchang, is pounding at the casualties. gates. The Japanese inside

the

"According to a report, a group

for a counter-attack on Krona. Realizing the importance of

Andrew Augustus Brady, a member of the Shanghai Stock Exchange,

city have set fire to many civilian of 30 Japanese guarding the Kong- at the age of 62 years.

Born in Ireland in 1877. Mr. houses. They are said to be pre-pel Bridge, north of Tsengshing, shihling the Chiness comma Brady fan sway from home at paring for withdrawal,

was totally annihilated by the ordered a determined the age of 24 and landed in To the northwest of Nanchang Chinese in an attack on april 18. After forty-eight hours sever Shanghai in 1901 where he be the Chinese tightened their hold The bridge was heavily damaged ghting, it is claimed that the came engaged in business. He on Wuning. Fighting continues Japanese reinforcements which Chinese troops occupied the ba was Chairman of the Shanghai in the suburban hills. In an arrived the following day vented yesterday morning. Stock Exchange In 1929 and 1930- engagement at Chillshan on Tues their wrath on the Chinese civi- He is survived by his wife.

day a Japanese unit was routed. Hans, killing thirty of them.

"The Japanese left behind 800 dead," states the Chinese despatch