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The Tokio-Communique

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French View

TOKYO, July 19 (Reuter) It is understood from au- thoritative sources that there was change in atmosphere this afternoon in the inter- view between the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Arita,

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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JULY 20

EJ PUNTS!

Our troops have brought down 250 Russian planes and 253 Britisdi Le Canard Enchaine." Paris? trousers.

NUFFIELD

and the British Ambassador, AIDS CHINA

Sir Robert Craigie, from the morning. The meeting had been adjourned at noon and was resumed at 4 p.m.

Sir Robert Craigie main- tained a conciliatory attitude but stood firm for Britain's claims.

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It cannot be said that any pro

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DONATION OF £500 TOWARDS ORTHOPAEDICS LONDON, July 19.(Reuter)

gress was made by the afternoonLord Nuffield has subscrib- meeting as compared with morning's discussion.

It is further understood

the

that

ed £500 towards the appeal by the China Red Cross to the there is no sanguine optimism British Orthopaedic Associa- out- tion which in co-operation warrantable regarding the come of the parley nor can it be with the British Fund for the said that there is no hope.

Government

circles are

Relief of Distress in China ap-has been asked to provide a parently taking a cautious attitude. unit of 250 men to be estab-

the lished well behind the lines.

Transocean" reports that

Lord Nufeld, who gives the meeting will be resumed on Friday.

At the morning talks, says scheme his wholehearted support. Reuter, Sir Robert Craigle gave says it is proposed to send a sur- Mr.. Arita a frank statement on geon to this point where he will the British views on the Japanese act as surgical director and wil wishes to extend the scope of the instruct Chinese surgeons. negotiations to cover questions of

POLISH PRESS ON IRONSIDE MISSION

WARSAW, July 19 (Reuter)-The newspaper "Kurjer Poranny" writes: "General Ironside's visit follows the joint review of British and French troops in Paris. These two events, which are so close to gether, are a partial mani- festation of the military entente, and collaboration between our three nations.

"There can be no doubt that General Ironside's mission will make a great- contribution to the triangle of" security."

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ROOSEVELT ISSUES GRAVE WARNING:

Fund To Aid HITLER MAY START Dollar When WAR ANY MOMENT

Necessary

PUPPET CURRENCY.

President Struggles

PEGGED TO POUND For

"LONDON, July 19 (Reuter) -Reuter understands that no question has so far been raised of further support of the China's currency by Anglo Chinese Stabilization Fund, although it is the general opinion in the City that such support will be available if necessary.

Some observers, while recogniz ing the effect on the dollar of China's adverse trade" balance, consider that a still more im- portant influence may be the suc- cess of the Japanese in exchanging quantities of Federal Reserve Bank notes for national currency.

Power To Act To

Save Peace Of World

NEW YORK, July 19 (Reuter)-President Roose- velt issued a solemn warning on the dangers of the European situation "at" a conference of Republican and. Democratic Senators at the White House last night, according to the "New York Herald-Tribune.”

Mr. Roosevelt stated that the European situation was much more dangerous than is generally suspect- ed and that Hitler may provoke war any day of the week or month; the newspaper adds.

MR. ROOSEVELT

Fierce Three Hour Debate Revealed

As first witness in support being summoned back to Washing-

WASHINGTON, July 19 of his thesis, the "Herald-ton for a special session in the

Europe.

(Reuter)-President Roosevelt Tribune" adds, Mr. Roosevelt summer should war break out in was able to elte, Mr. Joseph

argued long and manfully to HITLER'S PLAN HUAHSING CHANGE Davies, the American Am-

sway the Senators to his view- OF ACTION

point, according to informa TOKYO, July 19 (Reuter)-After bassador in Brussels, who was

WASHINGTON, July 19 (Reuter)tion obtained by Reuter's consultation with the Vice-Gover-quoted as saying to reporters, nor of the Huahsing Commercial after he had seen the Pre-President Roosevelt's press secre- Washington correspondent. Bank it was decided last night to sident, "I am not at all tary told reporters, after reading Both he and Mr. Hull were suspend the linking of the Hua-

hsing currency with the Chinese happy about the situation.” national dollar, according to an

announcement added.

Every possible effort will be made to maintaks of the pegged rate, the statement concluded

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statements on the neutrality deci

Mr. Davies is said to have paint-sion:

Paris.

The President is understood to have said at the Benators' meet- ing that Congress, by not consider

now risk jing neutrality, would

This simply means that emphatic that the risk of war

congress im

announcement made to-day by the ed a sorry picture of things to senators are faced by the chances existed in Europe, basing their come in Europe unless the United or a prolonged debate or a filibuster conviction on the most re China Affairs Board...".

The Huahsing dollar will now be States intervened with all ita moral and would prefer to go home now Hable reports obtained from A statement read by the Pre- pegged to sterling at sixpence, the forces on the side of London and and risk the chances of a new crisis American diplomats.

in Europe with "no

sident's press secretary, "Mr. Early, hand".

The "New York Herald-Tribune" after the three-hour conference, says that Mr. Davies, United States ↑ says that President Roosevelt Ambassador in Brussels, rave re- and the Secretary of State main- tained the definite position that potters & thres-pol warning.

fallure of the Senate to take im- mediste action would weaken the leadership of the United States in exercising a potent influence on the cause of preserving peace among the other nations in the event of a new crists in Europe between now and next January,

RECOMMENDATIONS IN REGARD

Members of the British Ortho- TO SUBMARINES ARE ANNOUNCED

general principle, though he empaedic Association and other doc- phasized the neutrality of the tors, who are not specializing in British Concession in Tientsin and orthopaedics, have already sub- demanded protection for British scribed £1,400 (exclusive of Lordi Nutfeld's doration) towards the rights and interests.

£5,000 required.

PRELIMINARY CONDITIONS

Lord Nuffield added that when TOKYO, July 19 (T/Ocean)-The the money is raised it is suggested Japanese paper. "Yomiuri Shim- that the man selected to go to be called in the report bun." commenting on the talks China

Jones emergency relief surgeon," the Japanese Foreign between

A-after the famous orthopaedic sur- the British Minister and bassador belleves that Japan made geon. Bir Robert Jones. the following preliminary condi- tions:

Britain is to admit a state of war without official declaration

of war:

Britain, in this state of war, is to keep strictest neutrality. also in the British concessions, carefully avoiding all action cal- culated to directly, or indirectly. imply Japanese military action.

THE HOUR HAS COME Henri de Kerillis, the French Deputy at the Extreme. Right, in an article headed "The Hour to

has Come " Counter-Attack "Epoque" deals with the situation in the Far East advising France "and Britlan to take energetic steps

against Japan.

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S'hai Again Threatened By Typhoon

SHANGHAI, July 19 (Reuter)- For the second time within a week Shanghai is threatened by a typhoon which at 8.30 p.m. was stated to be south of Ningpo, mov- but the pass by centre is not likely to TO-DAY'S BROADCASTng northwest by west,

Shanghai unless it alters its pre- FROM CHUNGKING

sent couXEC.

CHUNGKING, July 19 (Cen- Pan, tra!)-Mr.. Francis K. Secretary-General of the Min- istry of Communications, will speak in English on the deve- lopment of China's warilme communications over Station 25.21 NGOỴ, Changking on metres (119 megacycles), 10.10 p.m. (Hongkong time) to-day,

at

day Heavy squalls the whole drenched Shanghal residents while many districts were flooded.

The British Cabinet meeting yes- terday morning, says Reuter, dis- cussed reports from the British Ambassadors in Moscow and the Far East, and the text of the BI to facilitate police procedure in in- vestigating IRA activities.

Capital Papers To Appear After Long Suspension

He doubts that the Anglo-Jap- anese negotiations at present go-.~* ing on in Tokyo will lead to a satisfactory result and emphasizes that Britain and France should do exactly the opposite to what Japan

wants...

Kerillis admits the danger in that case, as Japan would con-" fiscale the French and British China but in. concessions points out that it would hap-" pen anyway, unless "Britain and France at last show "de- cisive resistance towards the Japanese.

THE DOLLAR

ON T.T. LONDON: 18. 21 ON T... NEW YORK: 281 - 'From Our Own Correspondent London, July 19. London silver prices to-day were unchanged as follows:-

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July 18 July 19 18-3/416-3/4 16-3/1616-3/16

JOINT EDITION, WAR'S UNIQUE PRODUCT, ENDS CAREER

CHUNGKING, July 19 (Central)-After more than two months' ceaseless effort, ten vernacular Chungking papers which were forced by the heavy May bombings to suspend publication and move their plants to places of safety in the suburbs, are expected to resume pub- lication towards the middle of next month.

During their suspension, a Joint-tion has served two purposes. Edition of the ten papers has been Firstly, it has shewn the spirit of the only, Chinese daily newspaper unity and co-operation among the in the wartime capital. Despite papers, and secondly, it has served multitudinous dimculties, the Joint to fill need during the suspen-

sion of the individual papers.

The ten papers which suspended Edition has been; appearing re- gularly without interruption and publication in May include the will continue itil after the inTa King Pao," the "Hsin Hwa Jih dividual papers resume publication: Pao, Bao Tang Pao," "Central According to its manager, Mr. Daily News," and the "China Hwang Tien-peng, the Joint Edi-Times."

Possibility Of Improving Air Conditions When More Than Normal Crew Aboard

LONDON, July 19 (Reuter)-Admiral Sir Martin Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, Dunbar Nasmith, announced at the inquiry into the loss of the sub- marine Thetis, that a committee, of which he was chairman, had already made recommendations re- garding submarines following the Thetis disaster. These included experiments to be made with a view to installing indicator buoys atted with tele phones and lights;

The possibility of modifying the construction of the "sub- marine stern so that the crew could escape from it if the stern were above water;

A device to prevent. the tor-

rear pedo tube

door being opened when the bowcaps are.

sh open;

The possibility of improving air conditions when more than

On Other Pages

PAGE 2-Basebal; and Lawn "Bowls nates. Wilde's fine

showing in doubita.

PAGE 3.The Services. Lon- don Gazette. Radio pro-

gramme.

PAGE 5. Cinemas. Fim pre-

view. Coming events. PAGE 6.-Newsettes, Menu, Bis-

hop blesses cottages. PAGE Alleged counterfei- Celebration, ter committed, aboard new motorship. A.RF. examination results, Airport news.

PAGE B-Leading article; Bri-

tain stands firm.. PAGE 10. Crossword puzzle. PAGE 11 Detention of Col pay for Spear Japanese damage.

PAGES 12 & 13.--Finance and

commerce.

PAGES 14 & 15, Shipping

and directory.

the normal crew are aboard is to be investigated;

The valve for the admission of compressed air to be more accessible to the diver.

Admiral Durbar-Nasmith

Firstly, that Hier would scon seize Danzig unless he is restrained by American infiu-»

ence.

Secondly, the annexation of Danzig would be followed by a fresh partition of Poland in which

possibly Eder and Stalin would igure.

Thirdly, encouraged by vic- tory in the east, Hitler would turn his attention to the West- the long ern Powers; - and dreaded bombing of Paris and London would horrify the world.

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ART CONGRESS

IN LONDON:

The immediate reaction of well- informed circles in Washington was that President Roosevelt will carry his case to the people during his tour of the Western states this summer.

EFFORTS GIVEN UP WASHINGTON, July 19 (Reuter) -President Roosevelt and Secre tary of State Cordell Hull have abandoned their persistent exorta to get action on the neutrality

Nearly 100 art experts from legislation during the present ses about 30 countries will attend the son of Congress after a discussion with Republican and Democratic sixteenth Congress of the History of Art in London next week. This leaders in the Senate.

time the con- will be the first

every three gress, which is held

An earlier statement read by the President's press secretary, statéd

years, has taken place in England. that Senator Barkley and Senator Discussions are laited to the art MoNary, leaders respectively of the an-of Europe but delegates from Democratic and Republican parties nounced that some of the recom-India and China will also be pre-in the upper house, agreed that it mendations were already being sent.---(BWS). carried out.

Admiral Dunbar-Naamith stated

Was the consensus of opinion among the majority of those pre-

Nearly a hundred RAF fighters sent that no action on the neutra

lity legislation can be obtained in at the inquiry that had not the left England yesterday morning for the Benate during the present ses- destroyer Brazen been sent away a training fight to France, says

Capt. H H Balfour, and to the patch of oil which was Under-Secretary for Air, was one aboard the seen, he was confident that the of the passengers Thetis would have been found by machines. The fighters left at 7. 10pm on the first night instead a.m. and returned to their bases of 8 o'clock the following morning, three horing later.

to find the buoy reported by plane Reuter,

Thomas Mackenzie, chief; salvare engineer, who is In charge of the salvage of Ger- than warships at Scapa Flow, sold at this morning's hear-,"

his ing

offered that be services immediately on re ceipt of news of the Thetis Joss,

At first he was told that every- body aboard was saved but later! his offer was accepted and hel Immediately summoned his divers who rushed to Liverpool by air and railway.

Mackenzie added that with the equipment available his divers could make a hold in the Thetis in five to seven minutes.

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The King and Queen attended the "Little Theatre on Tuesday night with Pritice and Princess Paul of Yugoslavia. They enjoyed a play and topical review and later shook hands with the author and members of the case-theater).

ston, and that the majority of its

but, would consider the neutrality members would concur in this view bill at the beginning of the nat session...

Mr. Early replied definitely in the afirmative to a reporter a ques- tion as to whether the statemente meant that no further attempts

EUROPEAN LADY'S would be made to revise the neu-

PRESENCE OF MIND SAVES LIFE The presence of mind of a European lady was responsible last evening for the saving of the life of a young Chinese who fell from the whicular ferry into the harbour about 6.30 p.m.

Immediately upon hearing the hue and cry and on seeing the youth in the water, this European lady, whose name was not divulged, picked up a lifebuoy and threw it over board.

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The youth succeeded grasping the lifebuoy and re- maining afloat until a member of the ferry's crew, who had dived into the water, managed to bring the young man back to the vessel.

trailty legislation during the pre- sent session, adding that there seems to be a diffcrence of opinn as to whether such a crisis will de velop.

He stated that the date of the adjournment of Congress discussed at the meeting. the Secretary of State, President Garner, and Be Barkley, Pittman, Bora and Austin were present

Republican Position Well informed quartam con that the Republicana are anx not to be manoeuvred into a tion espousing isolation, giving an advantage to the Den crats for the 1940 election, therefore thought that endeavour to settle the

issue by a free vote outside [lines as the first thing on the

gramme of the new comeT Bession.