1939-08-21 — Page 9

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

GROWING TENSION

CABLE

IN

INTERNATIONAL

SITUATION: GERMANY WANTS BACK HER

1914 Frontiers:

Indication. Of

Of Coming Test Of Strength

PARIS, Aug. 19 (Reuter)-Reports of growing ten-" sion in the international situation chiefly originating from Berlin, find France calm.

At the same time, every possibility has been pro- vided for and much importance is attached to the credits granted to Poland for the purchase of defence requirements.

A semi-official statement sums up the French view of the inter- national situation as follows:

"The British and French Gov- ernments are watching events with the greatest serenity.

"The position of the two Govern- ments has been closely stated or several occasions and France and Britain are resolved to combat every attempt to resort to force, no matter what form it may take.

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MUSSOLINI

- DUE TO VISIT

A BANIA

TIRANA, Aug. 20 (Reuter}- Count Ciano arrived here this morning and made a speech in which he disclosed the inten tion of Signor Mussollat to visi: Tirana shortly.

Count Clano inaugurated a number of public works, in- cluding an aqueduct which is to be completed in sixty days,

CDR. FRANK

Hungary Must WILD DEAD

Resist

must

EXPLORER WAS

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Turkey Co-Operates With Egypt

MILITARY MISSION

ARRIVES

ISTANBUL, Aug. 20 (Reuter)- The Egyptian Military Mission headed by Gen. Elziyds Pasha, re- ceived a warm welcome when it arrived here for talks at Ankara with the Turkish Army chiefs and to study Turkish military organiza- tlon.

Meanwhile, the Mission is pro- ceeding to Adrianople to watch the last phase of the Turkish military manoeuvres now being conducted on the largest scale pet known in East Thrace.

BUDAPEST, Aug. 20 (Reuter)

WITH SCOTT In an energetic speech announcing

"& SHACKLETON his resignation from the leadership

IMPORTANT TALKS KLERKADORP. TRANSVAAL. of the Agrarian Party. M. TOET Eckhardt sald, "We

do Aug. 29 (Reuter)--The death bas Political circles here attribute "Whether the reports reaching everything in our power to resist occurred of Commander Frank great importance to the forthcom- Paris are indications of campaigns any threat against Hungary. We Wild, the explorer.

ing military talks as they follow of intimidation or a test of Hungarians cannot contemplate Born at Skelton, Yorks, In 1874. closely the state visit paid by Yehia strength. France and Britain re- the German theory that their! Commander Wild visited Australia Pasha, former Egyptian Foreign main calm, resolved, to stand by. lebensraum includes our homeland, In the Sobiaon in 1889 and from Minister, to the Turkish capital, their undertakings."

Apart from Germany, we have 1901 to 1904 accompanied Capt. Comment is also made here that According to French political and other valuable friends whose in- Scott in the Discovery.

Turkey and Egypt are included in diplomatic circles. the Internation-terests are connected with ours."

Commander Wild was with the the peace fronts of mutual, assia- al situation is likely to remain

late Bir Ernest Shackleton from tance and with Great Britain and serious for some time.

1907 to 1909 and with Dr. Mawson France, will act together as vigilant

of In the follow-guardians from 1911 to 1913,

Mediterranean ing year he took part in the Im-security. peria! Trans-Antarctic Expedition and in 1921 was second in com mand of the Quest,

Further military measures are known to have been taken in Ger- many where requisitioning has reached a pitch that disorganises the economic life of the country and hampers supplies for the civilian population.

TROOP CONCENTRATIONS Further reservists have been call ed up since August 15 and im- portant concentrations of troops are reported, particularly In East Prussia and Upper Silesia.

The numerous interviews which Count Csaky has had with German leaders is regarded as another dis- quieting fact, and the hurried journey of the Italian Ambassador in Berlin to Rome, and Signor Mussolini's talks with leaders of the Italian Army have also given rise to uneasiness.

PURE FANTASY

WARSAW, Aug. 20 (Reuter)-An emphatic denial was issued by an official agency of the reports in the German press of anti-German terrorism and atrocities in Poland,

The tales of mass arrests, tor- tures, and mass exodus of Ger- mans to the Reich are described a's pure fantasy and invented to stir up German opinion against year previous he had published ciation Poland.

In 1924. Commander Wild was One hundred and eighty scho- registered with the awarded the Patron's Medal of the lars have

A Hongkong Students' Rellet Asso- Royal Geographical Society.

Among them are 56 gir!

Shackleton's Last Voyage,

students.

ANGLO-JAPANESE PARLEYS ARE FACING

SERIOUS CRISIS OWING TO BRITISH

BRIGADE NURSE

SAFE AND WELL Miss Lam, Kin-hung, the St.

DECISION

SILVER & CURRENCY

John Ambulance. Brigade nurse QUESTION; TOKYO'S EUROPE TENSION who was reported missing on the

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called "Rome-Berlin-Tokyo" which says that the possibility of calm discussion of .. open questions between Germany and Poland scarcely exists.

FEVERISH ACTIVITY

ATTITUDE

face a

CABINET MEETING

ON WEDNESDAY

1

LONDON, Aug. 20 (Reatër) —

Commander Stephen King=" Hall, the English publicist, who continues to distribute his "News Letters" to the German population. Three

took years ago he again

up journalismi and his letters total 35,000 coples

dk- tributed all over the world.

PROBLEM OF VISITING SEAMEN

QUESTIONS ASKED" AT DISCUSSION GROUP

How conscious zle the people of Hongkong of one of the Colony's major social problems, the problem of visiting seamen? Where woulá Hongkong be if it was not for these sailors?

These two questions were asked last night at the weekly meet.ng of the European Y... Inscus ston Group The Rev. C. Strong led the discussion with an address on the subject. "The Church, and the Sailor." There were several men present at the meeting who had experience of social service work among seamen, and there was some very keen and enlighten- ing discussion.

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The seaman's major problem in ot foreign port, concensus opinion held, was his inability to find friendly people who did not appear forcibly charitable, added to a disillusioning realisation that a home atmosphere was not to be

Lord Halifax returned to London easily found away from home.

from Yorkshire yesterday and will probably return to Yorkshire this morning.

,

KORDE OF PROSTITUTES Chinese side of the burder shortly

Seamen of the merchant marine, after the Japanese occupation, is;

on shore leave in Hongkong. are, TOKYO, Ang. 19 (Reuter)--The safe and well at the St. Johni

The main purpose of his visit, it in addition to being left alone to Ambulance Brigade hospital at Anglo-Japanese paileys

"understood," "was. to prepare face" such a discouraging state of Nantau, the Daily Press" serious crisis owing to the British material for the report on inter-affairs, subjected to the onslaught. learned yesterday from an decision regarding the liver and national situation which will be immediately on

discussed by the Cabinet on Wed- Miss Lam, who is better known Baron Hirantima, Prime Minis (nesday. by her maiden name, was visited ter, has cancelled his week-end

authoritative source.

currency questions,

A German news agency message by Her husband on Saturday, and programme in order to confer with from Kattawitz. reports feverish he has since returned from the Minister for Foreign Affairs military activity on the Polish Namtan. She is taking charge at and the Minister of War, to decide side of the border, while compe- "the hospital of two Chinese female the Government's attitude, tent soutes in Berlin, "on the patients and two male patients. other hand, deny the reports that; the Germany Army is occupying Slovakia.

Everyone in Berlin Now realizes that tension is reach- "ing the maximum, but no one knows any facts to go on. The result is having an inevitable effect on neTVES.

of B landing. horde of prostitutes. ««

Friendless people are Likely enough to fall ir. with anyone for the sake only of companionship, and are easy enough prey if only for this reason.

The Shanghai Municipal Council called a meeting on Friday after-

Prostitution in the Colony s The newspapers demand noon to discuss measures to halt

an offence against the law, but editorials that the Government the continuous soaring of the

the law can make no provi- sion for a woman, not accost- PRICES INCREASED break off the parleys "forth with." price of rice in the International Settlement, according to a Shang-

ing a man in the street, until hal dispatch Mr. Tu Ya-ching, FOR VEGETABLES

it is proved she is a prostitute. prominent Shanghai resident and Councillor of the Bhanghai Then the man would be called upon to give evidence of soliciting, in the Municipal Council, suggested the

rice

but the average seaman to relieve the Import or

The shortage.

unprecedented great majority of instances would

TOKYO MEETING

A meeting of the heads of the There was a sharp increase in Foreign Office and the War Office the prices of vegetables since

border to-day considered Britain's deet Saturday, following the

sion not to include discussions on trouble, Japanese

movements the currency, and silver questions price of $32.50 per shih (Chinese Insist on" playing the gentleman!

a

re-

caused 9 shortage Of The people have been told that there the situation is now over-ripe for vegetables imported to the Colony a solution and they know that from Po On and other districts in each morning they may wake up the Canton, areas and, as

20 per and find that a solution has been sult, prices increased by started: They have already had cent during the past few days. two such experiences.

A DEADLOCK

DANZIG, Aug. 20 (Reuter-The to Rome Polish Commissioner in Danzig, M. Mussolini. Chodacki, the Fresident of the Senate, Herr Grelser, and Dr. Karl' Burckhardt, the League. Commis-

to report to Bignor

in the present negotiations on Tientsin.

Domel, the official Japanese news agency, reports that they reserved the right to decide. whether the negotiations should be resumed and to hold Britain responsible should they break down

with

measurement) has been reached.

no regard to be paid the The sharp rise is attributed to woman's calling, her status or her manipulations and hoarding by purpose, unscrupulous merchants."

calation in the British concession of the Chinese dollar.

Thus, one of the most crying be pioblems apparently cannot met with an adequate enough solution. It is left to the man in the street to meet the problem. The complete breakdown of the He can help by opening his home ACTION IN TIENTSIN

Anglo-Japanese talks in Tokyo is on occasion to the visiting seaman, not otherwise be got the atmos- Domel further understands that deemed to be imminent in Japan- and by thus providing what can- If the conference is resumed at ese circles...

Long "obituaries" for the Anglo-phere of home away from home. Britain's request, no check would ROME, Aug. 20 (T/Ocean)-The be placed on Japanese military Japanese conference are published action in Tientsin unless the dis-in the newspapers, some of which cussion followed the lines of the consider that the talks are already

"dead." Japanese contentions.

EUROPEAN PEACE

sioner, met yesterday. It is un-! derstood that in addition to the customs question, Danzig's status gravity. was discussed.

·ITALO GERMAN

TALKS

IN PERIL

of the international situation is emphasized on Satur- On the latter issue it is stated day by the Glornale d'Italia in an

The Kokamin Shimbun" states article signed by its editor, Signor that there was a deadlock...

The official agency understands Gagda

Danzig, according to Signor Gay-that the War Office officials, at that the abrogation by the United da, is no longer a question of an earlier separate meeting, re.States of the Treaty of Commerce denial of Germany's national solved to leave the sattlement of and Navigation with Japan is part- BERLIN, Aug. 20 (Reuter)-It rights, but, above all, a pretext the Tenfein issues to the Japan-ly responsible for the fallure of 18. reported, but not confirmed. for a clash with Germany, which ese military authorities on the the talks and adds that Britain, eign countries are playing the part that Bignor Attolica, the Italian is desired and is being prepared pot, "in view of the virtual the United States and other for- breakdown of the negotiations." of patient onlookers so long as Ambassador in Berlin, saw Herr by the encircling powers. Hitler In Berchtesgaden yester- Signor Gayda stresses that

It is pointed out that such a China and Japan keep fighting day.

the present hour is grave and

step might result in a further but they are ready to obstruct any that Eurpean peace is in im-

tightening of the blockade of the rapprochement between the two minent peril. The responsibi-

British Concession.

countries. MO lity for this situation is attri- bated by Signor Gayda to" the polley of encirclement' said to be "pursued by London and Paris.

The report states that Signor Attolico pave Herr Hitler the Italian reply to the question put at the Salzburg meeting and that the reply was unfavourable.

It is a fact that Bignor Attollco

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At his own request, Squadron Leader H L. Rough; D.F.C. who was among the first officers to join the Royal Flying Corps from the Cana- dian Expeditionary Force has just retired from the Royal Air Force after more than 22 years' service. Twenty-six successful bombing The "Chugal Shogyo" seye that raids and five long-range photo- Japan should not budge an inch graphic flights far over enemy ter- in her stupendous efforts to ritory are credited to Squadron construct the "new order in East Leader Rough during the seven Asia."

months of his active flying service It is understood that the Japan- The "Asahi Shimbun" asserts in France with No. 49 squadron be- Greig, Mr. Charles M. Hall, Mr Mrs Kathleen Shean, Rev. Frank that he saw Herr Hitler at eventualities and the war of Berchtesgaden were not confirm- nerves" has made no impression ese are co-operating with the that Japan must not limit her attore being invalided home.

He was educated at University Peiping Provisional Government" tention to the question of the on her. It is known, however, that he The article goes on to address a in the dispatch to Britain of "notes Chinese national dollar or that of College. Victoria, B.C. and joined telephoned, late on Friday night warning to Poland, who should with a time limit regarding the the British concession at Tientsin, the RF.C. at Farnborough in to Castle Fuschl, where Herr von not forget what Danzig implied Japanese demands in Tientsin, but must also consider the situa- March, 1917. In post-war years he Ribbentrop, the German Foreign for her by her geographical post- which include financial questions, tion in Central and South China served in Iraq, Egypt and in im- Minister, is staying. It is believed tion between Germany and the the surrender of the Chinese prin working out measures to deal portant administrative capacities

with home unita soners, and the nabbing from cir- with the currency question. that Bignor Attolico has now gone Soviet Union.

is away from Berlin, He was in

Munich on Friday." but reports

ed,

Italy must be ready for all

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