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M. POTEMKIN

HAS TALK WITH

M. GAFENCU

Soviet Guarantees To Smaller States

WARSAW, May 9 (Reuter) M. Potemkin, Soviet Vice- Minister for Foreign Affairs, Is visiting Warsaw en route to Moscow after visiting Ankara, Sofia and Bucharest. At Bu charest he had a three-hours talk with M. Gafencu, Ru- manlan Foreign Minister.

It is understood that the Soviet) has proposed to give guarantees to the smaller states on her border similar to the guarantees pro- vided by ritain and. France for Rumanla and Greece.

visit

· M. Gafencu is paying a shortly to Turkey. Greece and Bulgaria

WILL STAY NEUTRAL STOCKHOLM, May 9 (Reuter)-- Foreign Ministers of Sweden. Norway Finland and Denmark.

this morning to met

discuss -Germany's non-aggression over-

tures.

The conference will last a day)

and

the expected that

it

is

Ministers will aim at Anding a formula which will Armly declare the northern countries' deter-

.mination to stay neutral in peace or war, yet convince Germany that such declaration implies tio, alight| mistrust in her motives and in- tentions....

GOERING TO SEE FRANCO ROME. May 9 (Reuter)—Field-|| Marshal Goering left San Remo to-day after a short holiday for Valencia and he will later re- turn to Germany by sea. He is not likely to attend the victory parade in Madrid as previously re- ported but it is extremely likely that he will see Gen. Franco be- fore leaving Spain.

PRINCE PAUL FOR ROME BELGRADE, May 9 (Reuter) Prince Paul, Regent of Yugoslavia, is now...en route to Rome on a three-day visit. He is accompanied by Princess Paul and the Yugoslav "Foreign Minister, M. Marko-

vitch. They will be the guests of the King and Queen of Italy.

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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1939.

New Ambulance For Red

Cross Work In China

PICTURE ABOVE SHOWS the ambulance which was presented to Madame Sun Yat-sen for Red Cross work in China by Messrs. John L. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd. on Monday. Below are shown Madame Sun, Generat Morris Coben and Me. S. D. Begr, Secre- tary of Mestra. Thornycroft. (Photos by Leica).

"KAI PO YU”

POISONING

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THE DOLLAR -

Dr. P. B. Selwyn-Clarks, Director of Medical Services, Hongkong, directs the attention of the public to the death which recently occurred Kowloon as the result of exting of the fish known as “Kal Po Yu."

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This fish is poisonous in the spawning season and the public are warried against, using it for food purposes,

T.T. ON LONDON: 1s. 2.-11/164. T.T. ON NEW YORK: [284'

From Our Own Correspondent

London, May 9. London silver prices to-day were down 1/18 as follows:-

May 8 May 9 20-5/16 20-3/16 20-1/8 -20

Spot .... Forward

MAN WHO TORE

TORE SPECTACLES. FROM WOMEN'S FACES

COUNSELLORS

OF STATE BEGIN DUTIES

LONDON, May 9 (Reuter)--The Counsellors of State appointed to act on behalf of the King during his absence in Canada in the United States began their duties last night when they signed official documents.

Although there are four Coun- sellora, including the Duke of Gloucester. Duke of Kent, the

Munich Arrest Arouses Psychologists' Interest

MUNICH, May 9 (Transocean)-Much public in- terest has been aroused in the city of Munich follow- ing the arrest of a law-breaker whose sole misdeed con- sisted in his tearing spectacles from the faces of wo- men he met in the streets and in destroying the. spectacles, either by trampling under foot or by laying. them on tramway lines.

For many months the police of Princess Royal and Princess Arthur the city had tried in vain to arrest of Connaught the documents were the man responsible, but as the signed by the Dukes of Gloucester thefts were made always at night! and Kent, as two signatures are sufficient."

and

00 different occasions. In various parts of the city, there be- ing periods when no woman was molested in weeks, the identity of

SINGAPORE BUSINESS

MAN MISSING

SINGAPORE, May 8 (Renter)-A

COUNTY CRICKET the perpetrator of these strange wide search is being made for a

RESULTS

Gloucester Beaten By Ten Wickets

LONDON, May 9 (Reuter) County cricket. championship matches concluded to-day resulted as follows:-

Lancashire beat Gloucestershire by ten wickets. Gloucester: 267 (Barnett 120) and 79 (Phillipson 7 for 18); Lancs: 208 and 39 fut no wickets,

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larcenies remained unknown.

.. business man, Mr. Lyttleton Hay, The Munich police, however, who left Kuala Lumpur yesterday made widespread plans and issued, in bis own. plane for Singapore. through the press, warnings to It is feared that he may have women not to permit strange men had a forced landing. In the to accompany them in the streets, province of Negri Sembelan. as the mysterious law-breaker was wont to do.

Finally, they succeeded in catching the man who turned out to be about 40 years of age and in regular and remunera- tive employment.

Three hours' tour of the London docks undertaken on Monday by the Princesses Elizabeth and Mar- garet, accompanied by Queen Mary, was one of their regular Monday afternoon educational visita, to places of interest.—(BWB),

The man, who appears never in his life to have committed any breach of the law other than this Kent beat Essex by 116 rims. snatching of spectacles from wo- he appeared ordered that a medi- Kent: 269 (Taylor 5 for 50, Nichols men and girls, admitted his guilt, cal examination 'be made of him, 4 for 88) and 132 (Ray Smith 5 declaring he had no intention so that a solution would be arrived for 27); Essex: 109 (Watt 6 for other than to destroy the stolen at of the reasons for this strange 77 and 178 (Wright 4 for 57), articles. The Court before which criminal-psychological enigma,

NEW COMPETITION NOR CHILDREN

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DEATH OF REAR- ADMIRAL C.A.

R.F. DUNBAR

Was In China In Boxer Troubles

LONDON, May 9 (Reuter)— Paymaster Rear Admiral" Charles Augustús Royer Flood Dunbar, C. B. E, R. N. (Rɛ- tired), who served in H.. M. S. Barfleur in the Boxer troubles in China, în 1900, died - to-day

at the age of 90 years.

He was educated at Vickery's)

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JAPANESE FREIGHTER BREAKS

IN

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TWO, SINKS, FOLLOWING GROUNDING IN A HEAVY FOG

M. MOLOTOV

Naval School, Southsea, and entered ANGLO - SOVIET

the Navy in 1866.

....

He retired in 1908 but volunteer- ed for service and served in the Näval Transport Service at Bouthampton from August 1914 to

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July 1918. He was again employed Envoy's Report To

from December 1918 to January 1919 reverting to the retired list on January 10 of that year..

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Crew Of Malacca Maru Rescued By Moller Tug

MISHAP 130 MILES FROM SHANGHAI

SHANGHAI, MAY 9 (REUTER)—AFTER RUN- NING AGROUND IN HEAVY FOG ON WOOD ISLAND, ABOUT 130 MILES FROM SHANGHAI, THE JAPAN- ESE 5,374-TON FREIGHTER MALACCA MARU BROKE IN HALF AND SANK.

A Portuguese ship, Pluto, rushed to the scene catching sight of the doomed ship on the morning of May 6. The Pluto prepared to receive the crew who were setting out in a lifeboat.

Suddenly two Japanese destroyers, No. 1'and No. 4, appeared and the Captain of the Portuguese vessel, turning over the rescue work to the Japanese navy, proceeded on his way.

When the Nippon Yusen Kalsha Line here learned of the disaster they chartered the tug Caroline Moller in an attempt to salvage the freighter.

Upon arrival of the tug. the Malacca Maru was still aground and there was no sign of the Jap- anese destroyers while the crew

非

EXPLOSION IN

CELLULOID"

FACTORY

TOKYO, May 9 (T/Ocean)

were killed and

LONDON, May 9 (Reuter)- He received the C. B. E. in 1919. A full report on the British were all aboard their own vessel.

They immediately reabandoned the Eighty workers P. AND O. COMMODORE

Ambassador in Moscow, Sir ship and set out, for the Caroline about two hundred injured as the William Seeds' conversations Moller.

result of an explosion which po- LONDON, Máy (Reuter)-The with M. Molotov, Soviet For-

carred in a celluloid factory in death has occurred of Mr. Gordon eign Commissar, has been re-

* BANK SŁOWLY

Tokyo. The explosion gave rise to Manley, late commodore of the ceived in London and will be numbering 50, were taken aboard pletely cutted the nine factory The crew of the Malacca Maru, a big confiagration which corn- P. and O. Company.

carefully studied by the the tug and the steamer then buildings and forty dwelling houses.

CHINA'S APPEAL TO LEAGUE ON

MAY 15

LONDON, May 9 (BW8)—At the

Geneva which opens on May 15, meeting of the League Council at

the British delegation will be led by the Foreign Secretary, who, With_officials, will leave London or Saturday.

Government.

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It is assumed there that the

cracked in two and slowly sank,

The crew were taken to Shang- The entire Tokyo fire brigade finally succeeded, with the assis- Soviet Government will care-hal arriving here last night. fully consider the observa-

The fact that the two Japanese tance of a detachment of pioneers,"" tions made by Sir William destroyers were not seen in the in mastering the flames. Seeds during the conversation vicinity of the helpless freighter: when the Caroline Moller, arrived and a second interview will be gives rise to the belief that the TOKYO, May 9 (T/Ocean) arranged in a few days. Japanese naval authorities thought First dispatches reporting the ex- the Malacca Maru would stand up plosion seem to have exaggerated until the salvage tug arrived. They the number of victims. It is off- accordingly put the crew back on

ANGLO - TURKISH TALKS TAKE ACTIVE TURN .. LONDON, May 9 (Reuter)-

learns

OFFICIAL CASUALTIES

to the Malacca Maru, and proceed- cially announced here that so far. ed on their way.

nine are dead, 99 severely and 152 |slightly injured. It is possible,`of' course, that the deathroll might be increased.

BUILT IN 1920

that the screw ship and was built by Mit-

Among the questions for conal-Reuter's diplomatic corres- The Malacca Maru is a steel deration at the Council meeting is pondent the Chinese Government's appeal Anglo-Turkish conversations subishi Zosen Kaisha Ltd., Kobe, in to the League and it la probable have recently taken a more 1920. Her length is 400 ft., breadth the Palestine question will be active turn, and it is predicted 54 ft. 3 ins, and depth 30 ft. raised.

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The usual private exchanges on various topics will take place be tween the delegates, and it is likely a meeting of the Danzig commit- tee of three, namely. Britain, France and Bweden will be held.

GUIDE TO THE NEWS

Page 2 Interport Boccer team return. H.K.C.C, ten- nis title. Davis Cup tles. H.K. Rifle Association. Page 3-Radio programmen.

The Services.

Page 5-Cinemas, Crossword puzzle. Diary of local events, Page 8 All the fun of the fair. Brighter Health out- look for women,

Page 7. Wanchal robbery sequel. Bummary Court claim. Red Cross ambulance presented to Madame. Ban Yat-sen. Charity ball, Page 8. Leading article:

"Ideological" War Pact, Page 10-Home football finál

league tables, Page 11. Irrigation systeins being developed. Control of Imports into China. Cable and Wireless pront. Page 12 Finance and com="

merce.

Page 13 Japan may not Inst six months. Bhrapnel lay In heart,20,years. New Em-

·pire air terminal. : Pages 14 and 15.-Bhipping.

news and directory.

Page 18-Monthly water re-

turns.

that a statement regarding the present position is likely to be made in both countries before the end of the week..

F.R.B. NOTES LOSE AGAIN CHUNGKING, May 8 (Central)-

The National dollar has won en- [other round in its test of strength with the Federal Reserve Bank (note as the puppet authorities in the North formally liftéd the ban on hoarding and carrying of notes of the Central Bank of China, the Bank of China and the Bank of Communications, yesterday.

Open circulation of the Na- tional dollar in the market is still not allowed, according to sa announcement of the puppet authorities in Tientsin.

M Leon Bhim arrived at Croydon yesterday morning to confer with | Mr. Clement Attlee, Leader of the Bix officers, headed by the Com-Labour Opposition, and other La- mander-in-Chief, Aldershot, reach-hour leaders. It is understood the jed Parts yesterday toʻcontinue the conversations will embrace con- military talks begun recently by scription and Russia. Later M. Lord Gort, C.V., Chief of the Ini- Blum will probably see Mr. Anthony perial General Staff, says a Reuter Eden, says a Reuter message from message from Paris.

London.

FLANKING MOVEMENT

SUCCEEDS: CHINESE

OFFENSIVE SUSTAINED

counter-

SIAN, May 9 (Central) Following attacks and. attacks, the Japanese in south-west Shans, have finally been' defeated by, the Chinese in a flanking movement, according to despatches just to hand; The Japanese are reported to be fleeing in great disorder, leaving some 400 bodies on the field. A Japanese unit pushing east- ward from Changtienchen, south of Hslahalen, has been driven

fierce encounter.

In north-west

Shanst,

Plen-

· EVIL LIES IN WAR ITSELF

LONDON, May 9 (Renter)

It is understood that Wen Shih-back by the Chinese following a tseng, puppet mayor of Tientsin, recently called a meeting of Chi- nese bankers, at which he warned kwan, just inside the Great Wall. Morally it may not be worse" for them not to allow the National 15 reported to be now under the Japanese to kill a thousand dollar to rise. further against vigorous Chinese stege. The Ja- Chinese in an unjust war than a panese in the western outskirts of hundred on one: the erii Hey In Federal Reserve notes.

the strategic town have been badly the war itself, declares the “Mari- beaten by the Chinese,^

At a conference with foreign bankers, Wen also requested them to maintain the Federal Reserve notes, but was met with the rebuke that the best way out would ̈ap- parently be the re-institution of the National dollar.

ATTACK REPULSED

chester Guardian" commenting on China's struggie in general and the Changking air raids in particular. KINWA, May 9 (Central)---A The paper adds, "In practice, Japanese detachment of about 400 however, we are forced to indre men launched an attack on the actions by their effects on humzan Chinese positions in the vicinity happiness or human suffering and of Fuyang, south-west of Hang- by such standards”-

Members of Parliament left the chow in Cheklang on Sunday. The huge disaster that has House of Commons at 5.30 o'clock Following a fierce encounter, they fallen upon the Chinese people re- vesterday morning after an all were driven back by the Chinese mains the most urgent and most night session which was the longest defenders with scores of casual-terrible of all problems to confront.

ties. for many years, says Reuter."

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