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TOKYO, Oct. 23 (Reuter)-The Japanese Foreign Min- ister, Admiral Nomura, plans to open informal negotia- tions this week with Mr. Joseph C. Grew, United States Ambassador to Japan, in an effort to "break the deadlock” In Japanese-American relations, according to the Nichi Nichi."
in
The paper stresses the im-emotionalism forms the basis of portance of the fact that Jap-American public opinion. He said an is taking the initiative to that he appreciated the straight- prevent relations becoming forwardness of the Ambassador, Mr. Grews, address and recalled a
worse."
COMPLETE BREAK WITH COMMUNISTS
PARIS, Oct 23 (Renter)— The National Council of the Miners' Unlon announces that 90 per cent of its affiliated unions have agreed on a com- plete break with Communists.
The National Council states that it places the interests of France above everything else and offera the Government whole-hearted collabora-
Its Mr. Yakichiro Suma. newly-passage of a British author's book;
tion. ("that a faithful diplomat should | appointed. Chlef bf the Informa- tion Bureau. Foreign Office, and try to convey the public opinion of his country to the country te who was Counsellor of the Japan- exe Embassy in Washington until quite recently, said, at a press con- ference to-day, that in his person- al experience a surprisingly great majority of American people were "deplorably ignorant" on the Far Eastern situation.
which he is accredited where he HEAVY ·NAZI
BASIS OF OPINION
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should make no less efforts to in- terpret faithfully the 'public opinion of the country to which he is accredited."
Mr. Suma recalled the statement by Mr. Hugh Wilson, a friend of Mr. Grew, and former American Am- bassador in Berlin. The spokes-
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· LOSSES IN. POLAND
Replying to a foreign correspon- man also recalled that Mr. Wilson FINE COURAGE OF
dent.
Mr. Suma observed
CHINA WAR NEWS
Continued from Page I place, has been returned Chinese control. More than Japanese were killed, while the
that said that the United States was so well situated geographically, that American publie opinier is apt to neglect the importance of foreign policy...
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1939.
FOREIGN MAILS
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, 24th OCTOBER, 1938, 230 AM
Small Packer Post to all countries is suspended.
ADDITION OF SENDER'S ADDRESS
Every article sent through the Posts should bear in the left-hand corner, or on the back, the name and address of the sender, so that the Post Office may be able in case of non-delivery. to return it unopened and without delay. A large number of un- delivered articles are destroyed every year at the Returned Letter Office because they contain no clue, outside or Inside, of the where- abouts of the senders,
Owing to the uncertainty of Sea transport the public are requested to post Christmas Parcels early, preferable" before the end of October,
INWARD MAILS
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Canada. U.S.A. Honolulu, Japan & Shanghai (Van-
couver. B.C., date, 4th October.
Japan and Shanghal, - LONDON, Oct. (Reuter) Calcutta and Straits.. There is every reason to belleve Shanghai that the German losses in men and Mr. Suma said that he hoped material during the Polish the United States Government and paign were much heavier than ap- people would pay full attention to pears in the German official state- w the Far Eastern situation, expect-merit. It is said that mechaniz- 100ing that any opinion or observa-ed vehicles particularly suffered re-tion from America regarding the severely.
Air Mail by "Air France Direct Service"-Paris
date, 18th October
Air Mall by "Pan American Air-ways Direct Ser-
vice"-San Francisco date, 19th October. Manlis.
maining enemy forces were cut Far Eastern situation to be madej Of those surviving, a large num- | 3hanghal into several sections and surround-on a practical and constructive ber need repair, but are not fit for Straits and Tourane.
ed by the Chinese.
With the Chinese re-occupation of Yitaltow and Muwangmiao, the Japanese retreat has been cut öf BOGUS CHINESE UNIT LOYANG. Oct. 23 (Central)- Yet another bogus Chinese force, about 300 strong. at Wangssuchen,
basis.
SIX CASES OF CHOLERA ON
SUNDAY
service again for some months,
POLISH AIR FORCE According to the same source,
Haiphong. Pakhal and Hothow
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Shanghai and Amoy Japan and Shanghal. Japan.
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the Polish Air Force acquitted it- Shanghai and Amoy. self with remarkable courage. Japan Pilots whose planes were disabled §. U. 8. A., Honolulu and Japan- (San Francisco hardly ever attempted to escape by date, 30th September), Six cases of cholera and thirteen parachute, but deliberately crashed Manila, northwest of Yangtal, on the Pei-cases of dysentery were notified to into one of the German machines, Manila.
the Health Department on Oct, 22,
ping-Hankow in south Hopel, de- fected and joined the Chinese fold last Thursday, according to a report reaching here.. Theyi brought with them more than 200; rifles, four machine-guns and two howitzers.
Haiphong
in addition to 25 cases of tuber-attacking them so that both might Shanghai.
be destroyed together, culosis, one case of enterte tever and one case of diphtheria,
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EASTERN PORTS
HEALTH
ATTACK REPULSED
The following is the Health Bul-' KAOAN, Oct. 23 (Central)-Jap- letin of Eastern Ports for the week anese forces west of Nanchang on ending, Oct, 14.
Cawnpore: 3 cases Calcutta:
the Nanchang-Kavan highway Plague: Rangoon; one case, launched several flerce attacks on Cholera: Allahabad: one case; Siangfukwan, important height north-east of Kaoan, during the week-end, but were repulsed with heavy losses.
The Japanese employed several feld pieces in their attack which falled to dislodge the entrenched Chinese from their dug-outs.
SOVIET RUSSIA AND LATVIA
No Red Attempts
At Domination 12 cases; Macao; 17 cases; ¦
RIOA, Oct. 23 (Reuter)-The Hongkong: 11 cases; Shang-Latvian Foreign Minister to-day hal: 22 cases,
declared: "Neither in the Fact Small-Pol: Delhi; one case; Cawn-between Latvia and Russia nor in pore: one case: Calicut: 3 the present economic talks was cases; Bombay: 2 cases; Cal-there any attempt at domination cutta: one case; Karachi; one by the Soviet. case; Madras: 5 cases; Ran- goon: one death; Saigon: one death; Shanghai; one case.
Japan.
Japan.
Calcutta and Saigon.
Japan and Shanghai,
Manila.
Shanghal Straits. Japan
Australia and Manția. Shanghai,
Japan.
"It is impossible to recognise Straits." Russia's interests in Latvis and it is better now to come to an agree ment than that Russia, increase her demands in the future."
CHINGHAT'S PART SINING. CHINGHAI, Oct. 23 (Central) -Far-flung Chinghai's (Kokonor) part in China's war of resistance against Japan was des- Hongkong Hockey Club "A" XI cribed by Gen. Ma Pu-fang, eat Royal Corps of Signals by two Chairman of the Chinghal Pro- goals to nil in a friendly hockey vincial Government; in an inter-game played at King's Park yester- The Finnish delegation arrived view.
day. Woolgar and Carter scored in Moscow yesterday morning, says Mongolians
Tibetans
a Reuter report from Berlin. ailu
in for the Club, Chinghal, Gen. Ma revealed. are actively participating in the war and have sent a large number of their sons to the front where their gallantry and bravery are ad- mired:
Members of the Chinghai Pro-| vincial Government, according to Gen. Ma. are working indefati- gably for the welfare of all the They lend races in the province. excellent support to the Central Government.
Working twelve hours t day. they receive probably the most meagre stipends for their service, the'r monthly pay being only 39. The co-operative spirit evinced by the civilian and military, popu-
SINO - SOVIET TRADE INCREASING IN WOOL, FURS, HAIR & CASINGS
CHUNGKING, Oct. 21-About "$3,000,000 worth of for- eign exchange was acquired by the northwest office of the Foreign Trade Commission in its wool, für, hide, and goat casings trade with the U.S.S.R. în 1938. An even greater sum is expected for the current year with better trans- portation conditions on the Kansu-Sinklang highway.
Haiphong and Holhow. Java and Manila. Manila. Japan.
Sandakan. Shanghai
Shanghai. Australia and Manila...
Straits
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Canton Fort Bayard
Manila.
TUESDAY
The commission's north-chow for the washing of wool be- Batavia and Sourabaya lace makes the enforcement of west office in Lanchow, estab-fore packing. spiritual mobilization comparative lished in February, 1938, with The production of sheep aking in ly easy, Gen. Ma pointed out the co-operation of the Kansu the Northwest, according to a con- Large scale reclamation work and the promotion of hand industry are proceeding apace.
COMMANDER CAPTURED -
Provincial Government, had servative estimate, is 150,000 kid
skins from Ninghsia, 200,000 sheep
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dae London, 1st November, HINGTSI, Oct. 29 (Central)the Central Bank, the Bank from Kansu The office bought The Japanese Garrison Comman of China, the Bank of Com-150,000 sheep skins for $210,975 ta der in East Hopel, Colonel Akaki, munications, and the Farm-1938, and bought for the Soviet was taken captive by the Chinese ers' Bank of China.
trading company 18,000 kid skins forces last September when fight- The main duty of the northwest and 8,000 sheep skins at a cost of ing with his men at the front, Five office in Lanchow is the buying $40,800, making a total of $251,775, of h's subordinates were also cap-and exportation of wool in this tured.
part of the country. The North- Bartering for Soviet goods, 31,666
WEDNESDAY west is the nation's leading wool pieces of ox hide valued at $268,- Fort Bayard and Haiphong ALIEN LIQUIDATORS producing district. It is conserva-813.55 were exported in 1838 Amoy.
tively estimated that Kansu pro-Other commodities exported by the Haiphong duces 113,080 piculs (old scale) offomce to the USSR Included
APPOINTED
BARTER WITH U.S.S.R,
By order of Als Excellency the wool each year, Chinghai 12,000 $31,945 worth of goat casings. Governor the following appoint-plculs, and Ninghsia 5,800 picula. 370,000 worth of camel's hair, and ments of liquidators have been
$475,000 worth of fox and otter fur: WOOL BUYING STATIONS made under the Allen Enemies
Besides, the office also sold $35,230 Winding Up Ordinance, No. 28 etj Four buying stations were estabį worth of different furs for Chinese 1914:
ished by the office in 1938 in the merchants. Messrs. Linstead and Davis: districts of Lanchow, Labrang on For transportation in the North- Mr. E. P. M. Schult formerly of Mee the Kansu Chinghai border, west, the cmde employs a caravan Yeh Handels Compagnie.
| Changchiachuan in eastern Kansu, of 12,000 camels and owns a fleet Messrs Lammert Broa:Mr. and Pingilang in central Kansu. of 300 mule carts to supplement and Mrs. H. O., Melchior, formerly A total of 44:780,31 pleuls of wool the large amount of 3-ton trucks of Carlowitz and Co.; Mr. H. Lacas, worth $1,877.120.71 was bought inplying on the Kansu-Sinklang formerly of Messrs. Otto Wolff; 1938. Of this amount, 44,000 highway. From its various go Mr. W, C. Rosenthal, formerly of piculs were sold to the USSR, for downs the commodities are sent to Schoeller-Bleckmann Steel Works, $1,888,100. To facilitate wool ex-the Baboon Path on the Kansa Ltd. Mr. H. Ruecker, formerly of portation, the office has also "es: Sinklang' border where trucka, take Carl Schlleper and Co.
tablished a $200,000-plant in Lan- them to the USSR-(C.LO)),
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