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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1939
日安廿月融年政拾叁佰款千意宾
NEW OIL LAW IN SIAM
ne Five Little Girls Are Quietor
Price Per Month: $3.00.
HUGE CROWDS ACCLAIM KING, QUEEN ON
RETURN FROM THEIR TRIUMPHAL TOUR
*QUEEN ELIZABETH
GREAT FIRES IN SWATOW QUELLED
Japanese Occupy Main Points
BAD WEATHER PREVENTS
WELCOME BY FLEET Princesses Board Royal Liner From Destroyer
C.V.O. Conferred On Master Of Empress Of Britain
LONDON, JUNE 22 (REUTER)—AS THE EMPRESS OF BRITAIN NEARED SOUTHAMPTON, BRINGING TO A CONCLUSION ONE OF THE MOST MEMOR- ABLE, JOURNEYS EVER UNDERTAKEN BY’A RULER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, writes Reuter's special correspondent on board the Royal liner, King George VI conferred the insignia of Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) on the Master of the Empress liner, Captain Sapsworth, and on Surgeon Capt. Max- well and Paymaster Capt. Ricci. His Majesty also made a number of personal gifts to the ship's officers.
Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. boarded the Empress of Britain from the destroyer H.M.S. TOKYO, June 22 (Reuter)-The
Kempenfelt, in which they had travelled from Ports- Japanese are now mopping up
mouth, to meet the King and Queen in the Solent. The Chinese forces in the suburbs of
Princesses boarded the C.P.S. llner just before lunch Swatow. The landing party has
"and joined Their Majesties on the bridge. occupied the Chinese customs house and naval air base, and the Rain and general bad wea- Japanese succeeded this morning ther conditions did nothing. in extingulahing great dres start
Ing.
"
returned to Swatow this morning each carrying a Rising Sun flag
detachments Japanese
which entered Swatow late last night occupied the municipal govern- ment offices and other important points this morning. It is an- nounced.
where
He was bound over
KING GEORGE"
Socony And A.P.C. May Withdraw Business
LONDON, June 22 (T/Ocean)- The Standard Of Company and. the Asiatic Petroleum Company have decided on principle to with- draw from Slam if the " Siamese Government should not agree to revise the new oll faw which is due to enter into operation in, the middle of July.
The new Siamese oil law stipu- lates that all companies should store in Siam enough all to cover Slam's requirements for six months. Since storage would maan for the oll companies addi. tional expenses for construction: of tanks and financial losses, owing to the fact that the quan-
JUNK BOARDED titles to be stored are not available
NEAR LING TING ISLANDS
TWO SHOTS FIRED BY ROBBERS
for marketing. the Standard Oll and Asiatic Petroletim Companies are at present negotiating with representatives of the Slamese Government with a view to ob taining either a revision of the
storage regulations or the grant- ing of a financial subsidy.
The King
ablo Was
to contrast the two hemispheres. (The Boston Transcript).
If the negotiations should fall SITUATION IN TIENTSIN
Lau Yee, master of junk No. the Companied would liquidate T200H, reported to the police yes- their businesses in Siam.
terday that be set ball with his tokis and a cargo of kerosene |(1,600. tins) from Laichikak on
COUNTER-MEASURES FOR
June 19 and when two miles from CANADA PROTESTS PROTECTION OF BRITISH AGAINST BARTER RIGHTS AND INTERESTS
Ling Ting Islands on the night AGAINST BARTER
June 21, a sampan, with eight [men, armed with revolvers, on OTTAWA, June 23 (T/Ocean)
board," approacffed the junk. They The Canadian Government," It is red two shots and then boarded learned, has lodged another pro- Lau Yee's boat."
test with, the British Government
LONDON, June 22 (Reuter)—It is stated in omchi. quarters in London that while there is every desire to treat the present situation in Tientsin on the basis of a local issue; nevertheless, if the present methods are. continued' they must inevitably lead to counter-mea sures for the protection of British rights and interests and the situation could not be allowed to continue in definitely..
to damp the enthusiasm of POLICE INSPECTOR ed by the Chinese troops in three Their Majesties' welcome in FOUND GUILTY places in Swatow before retreat-Southampton water
JERUSALEM, June 22 (Reuter) speedboats in plenty put outInspector Harry Goddard, of the According to a Japanese des to greet the liner as she paSS Palestine Police, was found guilty The master and his fokis were against the planned barter agree- ratch, over 10,000 Chinese refugees ed slowly through the grey of charges in connexion with the bound and put in the bold whiment between England and the United States, Canads would con- mist amidst the forms of ships of the Home Holy Land.
shadowy smuggling of refugees into the the robbers ransacked the craft.
sider the agreement as a serious On leaving they took Lau Yee danger to her British wheat mar- Fleet. Yachts and other in a sum of £400 for a period of and his men into their own cam-ket since the agreement provides vessels in Southampton water two years.
pan and, after about an hour's for the exchange of British rubber
In the meantime, no reply dressed over-all and were
sailing, the robbers put their cap and tin for American wheat and has been received from Tokyo crowds lined the decks cheer-
The Supreme Court in Ottawa istives ashore and then left.
cutton.The reason given for the ing the King and Queen withholding its decision as to
Lau Yee and his fokis made Canadian protest is that such an to the British enquiries re- their homecoming.
whether the Bill abolishing appeal their way from Chinese territory exchange of goods would violate garding the attitude of the pleasure to the Privy Council is constituto Ping Shan where they reported the provisions of the commercial Japanese Government toward
LONDON, June 22 (T/Ocean)— treaties between the three States. the blockade, and efforts are
wreckage of the plane being made to get the nego- tiations transferred from which James Crouch, first jockey of King George's racing stable, Tientsin to Tokyo.
was flying to Newcastle was found At the same time, Reuter un- on Wednesday evening after al- derstands that a list of various most 24 hours search in York- means of bringing economic presshire. Crouch and two
other
COUNTER-ATTACK
TOKYO, June 22 (Reuter)-Chi- Meanwhile
crowded
(
The Empress of Britain dock-
nee troops, who retreated before steamers circled the Royal liner tional. the Japanese march in Swatow, and the crowds roared greetings carried out a counter-attack, ac-while destroyers fired the Royal cording to Japanese despatches. salute, Japanese claim that the Chinese who constructed barricades in Sunshing Road were thrust back beyond the city boundary after ä half-hour's fighting.
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MEXICO ORDERS
ARTILLERY
MEXICO CITY, June 22 (Reu-
ed at 2.50 (GMT) and as soon as the gangway was lowered Queen Mary, with the Duke. and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Kent, the Princess Royal, Lord Hare- wood and Admiral of the Fleet Earl of Cork and Orrery went aboard to greet Their Majes- ties.
While an aerial escort roared
ter) The Minister for Defence overhead the bands played on the has decided to place a big order dockside. ・・
BRITISH UNARMED
DEATH OF SIR
T. M. WILFORD
Their Majesties disembarked at High Commissioner
For N. Z. 1930 - 34
for artillery with the United States. A military mission will 3.20 o'clock and were acclaimed by go to the United States to super- Inter the carrying out of the order.
a huge crowd while Londoners gathered in thousands to add their
LONDON, June 22 (Reater) The greetings during the carriage pro-death has occurred of Sir Thomas cession from Waterloo Station to Mason Wilford, K.CM.G., K.C., The fist aide-de-camp of the Buckingham Palace.
Deputy Chairman of the" Federa- Hungarian Regent Admiral Von The Empress of Britain entered
tion of Chambers of Commerce of Horthy, General Fischer, arrived Southampton escorted by HMS.
the British Empire. on Wednesday in Sona. The Gen-Southampton and H.M.S. Glasgow.
He was High Commissioner for After the reception at the Civic eral will present the highest Hun-
New
Zealand from 1930 to 1934 garian decoration to King Boris, Centre, the Royal Party will arrive It is believed, moreover, that Gen-in London at 4.52 (GMT) where and represented New Zealand for eral Fischer is in Bulgaria" on they will be met by the Prime four years as Chief Delegate to special mission.—(T.O.).
(Continued on Page 9)
Soviet To Pursue A More Active Policy In Far East
.. LONDON, June 22 (T/Ocean)-According to "The Times," it is probable that the Bovlet Government will begin a more active policy in the Far East In the near future. The paper reports that the Soviet Ambasador to China, M. Lubanetz Oreiskl, kas been summoned to Moscow, to report on the situation" and that the newly appointed Deputy Foreign Commissar Lowowski has taken over direction of the Far Eastern Department of the Bo-" viet Foreign Comminuerfat
the League of Nations and as
Chier Delegate to the. Disarma- ment Conference.
He was a member of the Wel
the incident to the police.
TROOPS
REINFORCE
POLICE GUARDS AT
MATAUCHUNG CAMP
C
Mass Escape Attempts By
Chinese Internees
Special to the "Hongkong. Dally Press" ATTEMPTS AT MASS ESCAPE. BY CHINESE SOLDIERS INTERNED IN MATAUCHUNG CAMP during the past few nights necessitated the calling out of British troops to reinforce the regular unarmed police guards.
From an official source it is learned that the inter- nees, who number about 700; have for many days past shown renewed restlessness. Individual efforts, to escape had by the beginning of this week given way to mass attempts involving the greater majority of the men.
thigton Harbour Board for "tèn The situation during the past disarmed and interned in ac years and was Mayor of Welling-few nights grew rather serious cordance with international law.
sure on Japan, if no solution can be achieved, "has already been drawn up.
At to-night's Foreign Affairs Committee meeting, when Mr. A. C. Moreing initiates the dis- cussion on Tientsin, It is expected that they will consider sending a deputation to the Prime Minister.
Feeling is undoubtedly. strengthening" among members of the House of Commons of all shades as delay in acting firmly only "encourage" the more violent section of the Japanese army to make more-- difficult ultimate settlement, If not, actually lead to more, ""aggression elsewhere."
The
KING'S JOCKEY
FOUND DEAD
Locenpants of the plane were killed:
Tientsin and Swatow compete with the preparations for the reception to the King and Queen for, the most prominent position) in the newspapers.
There is no oficial "news" in London f the reported Japanese ultimatum to foreign shipping to leave Swatow The question of evacuating foreign residents is left to the local authorities, but it is
son from 1909 to 1911. He was ap-The internees crested unusual dis- A number have since escaped, recalled in authoritative circles pointed King's Counsel in 1929 and turbance and strmed the police while those who were caught have that experience shows that for was knighted the following year guards who tried to hold them been dealt wit hby the courts, eigners, once evacuated, never re-
within bounds.
Among those still at the camp are turn. Military assistance was found three officers. necessary to restore order, the ap pearance of troops with fixed bayonets achieving the desired
-ALLEGED PLANNING
OF REVOLUTION
LISBON, June 22 (Router)--The
military tribunal began the trial effect. About 30 British soldiers of 87 persons who are charged are now on duty at the camp. with planning & revolution in the country Ave years ago. The accused include a number of
Marshal Chiang Kal-aheks M. Losowaki can claim to be Fortuguese army officers and pro
diplomatic representative in Mos- first class organiser with confessional men.
cow called upon M L080wski some derable experience in Chinese days ago and it is believed, ac
No untoward incident ̈-has been reported, and it is on- derstood that the situation, which, more than once threa tened to ret out of hand, is
now imp the chi
cording to The Times that the affairs, says The Times which A widespread secret Communist inte appointment of M. Losowaki is a refers to the fact that M. Losowaki organization was discovered at
aign that the Bovlet Government played a prominent role in Boylet Intends to pursue a more active.
in: China from policy in the Far East Fo
1928 to 1928
Galatz im Bucharest, Forty-1 members have been arrested
nvestigation 187
EMPRESS OF ANNAM
Surrender Demanded TIENTBIN, June 23 (Reuter)- The surrender of the British Con- cession and the, cessation of busi-
nes
with Britons are among the The Empress of Annam, Nam demands splashed on the front Phuong, accompanied by the heir ages of the Japanese-sponsored
press,
4, which publish long diatribes to the Throne, Bao Long and two against Britain, auf
of his sisters and numerous culte, The British Consul General re- arrived on Wednesday aboard the ceived a personal message of en- liner Paul Doumer in Marseilles. couragement to the British com- She olde -the--" Empress wi 15munity in Tentain from Lord staying
Halifax, the British Foreign Betre- tary to-day
this morn
and only m Aare centered the Core
THE
ME DOLLAR
T.T. ON LONDON: 12. 2. 11/168. TE, ON NEW YORK; 284.00
From Our Own Correspondent
London, June 22, London silver prices to day were up 1/4 as follows:--
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