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ASAMA MARU INCIDENT SAID Gandhi Maintains That

TO BE SOLVED"

Britain To Return Certain

Number Of The

Nazis

LONDON, Feb. 6 (Reuter)-Unofficial circles here state that Britain and Japan have "virtually agreed" on a sola- tion of the Asama Maru case, by which a certain number of the captured Germans will be allowed to return to Japan.

The Japanese, it is report- ed, will, in turn, refuse to BRITAIN AGREES TO carry any more Germans of

GIVE UP NINE

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TOKYO, Feb. 6 (Reuter- Actuated by a desire to reach amicable s tlement the British Government, in a Note

on Feb.

military age on Japanese ships, while Britain will un- dertake not to search Japan- ese ships.

AT OWN RISK SHANGHAI, Feb. 6 (Reuter)- 5. agreed to surrender to Japan nine of the Asama Maru Germans German passengers of milltary age at a date and place to be mutually Will not be permitted to travel by agreed upon, Mr. Arita, Japanese NYK. steamers according to the Foreign Minister, informed the local press.

House of Peers.

Intending German passengers.

He added that the Japanese must certify that they are not Government is not satisfied with members of the fighting forces, but the partial surrender and will persons having passports with "J.". continue to demand the delivery denoting that the bearer is a Jew of the other 12.

PARIS, Feb. 6. (Reuter)-The French Minister for the Navy, M. Campinchi, announced yesterday that at least forty Nazi U-Boats had been sunk by the Allied Navles! since the outbreak of war.

and is permitted to travel by N.Y.K. vessels without hindrance.

OWN, RISK

Officials of the NY.K. said that while Germans will not be barred from travelling in the Cómpany's ships. they will be informed that they are doing sq at their own risk.

INCIDENT?

INTERNATIONAL Viceroy's Proposals Do Not Meet Demands Of Congress Party Fully

SAN FRANCISCO. Fab, 6 (Reuter)—A protest against the confinement of 512 sai- lors from the scuttled--Ger- man liner Calumbas on an Island in the Bay, has been voiced by the German Con- sulate here.

The German Vice-Consul denounced the action of the United States Emigration De- partment in cancelling shore leave for the crew of the Co- lumbus and has forwarded an official report to the German Embassy.

This may develop into an international incident if the German Embassy sends formal protest to the Depart- ment of State.

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ILLEGAL ENTRY WASHINGTON, Feb.'8 (Reu- ter)-Officials stated yester- day that no leave could be given to members of the crew of the Columbus (now -de- tained in Angel Island, San Francisco) as they, Illegally entered the United States.

NEW DELHI, Feb. 6 (Reuter) —Mr. Gandhi had a two-and-a- half-hour conversation with the Viceroy yesterday morning. The conversation has been awaited with expectancy, as it was arranged with a view to making a further effort to solve the constitutional problem and reach a settlement of Hindu-Moslem differences.

An agreed communique, which was issued following the conver- sation, sald:

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"In response to an invitation The Viceroy added that the offer from His Excellency. Mr. Gandhi he had made in November of an today came to see the Viceroy and expansion of the Governor-Gener- a prolonged and very friendly dis-al's Council remained open and His cussion took place, during which Majesty's Government was prepar- the whole position was exhaustive-ed to give immediate effect to it. ly examined.

On the subject of consent by the MR. GANDHI'S POSITION parties affected, the Government "Mr. Gandhi made it clear from was also prepared to reopen the the outset that he had no mandate Federal Scheme Order to expedite from the Congress Working Com-the achievement of Dominion mittee, that he was not empowered status and to facilitate a settle- to commit it in any way and could ment, after the war, of the issues speak on behalf of himself only. to which it gave.

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"His Excellency set out, in some detall, the intentions and posals of His Majesty's Govern- ment. He emphasised, in the first place, their earnest desire that India should attain Dominion status at the earliest possible mo-

NEUTRALITY ment and to facilitate the achieve-

OF BELGIUM

FLEMISH LEADER

In ALIGNS HIMSELF

Signs Of Inflation In Germany Are Becoming

WESTERN FRONT

NAZI PATROL

GETS WORST OF ENGAGEMENT

FARIS, Feb. 6 (Reuter)-A Ger- man reconnoitring patrol got: the worst of it when it advanced to wards the French lines east of Bile, and made contact with the

• French advance posts.

In

HURRIED RETREAT

More And More

Evident

WAR FINANCE PROBLEM STILL UNSOLVED ZURICH, Feb. 6 (Renter)-A Berlia telegram to the Neue Deutsche Zeitung says that all new taxation and war plans, which

economy were ventilated. In Germany last month, have been shelved for the time being.

UNWISE STEP pl

WITH GOVERNMENT

BRUSSELS, Feb. 6 (Reuter)—A speech last night by M. Canplate, President of the Chamber and leader of the Flemish Right Party, in which bẹ aligned · himself with the government on neutrality. has aroused considerable in political circles.

NOT FORCED

interest

He rebuked certain Flemish Na- tionalists, who he said. believed

that the test of neutrality was solely respect for Belgium's fron- tiers and added "our neurality is freely undertaken, not forced upon us.

"If Southern Holland were in- vaded, we should be in a posizion to revise our viewpoint

What guarantees for the main- tenance of our independence"could w possibly have it Holland Is It is considered psychologically attacked? We must beware of unwise to place fresh burdens on; adopting à passive attitude.” the public, while they are suffer-

There was a brief engagement ing from the present shortage of which bombs and machine-coal, potatoes, vegetable and fruit, guns were used before the Ger- mans hurriedly retreated leaving

twn. prisoners

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A War Communique issued yes- terday stated that there WGS nothing to report

N.Z. CENTENARY

Continued from Pare I

The dispatch adds that the difficult problem of financing the war thus remains unsolved, with the result that signs of innation are becoming more and more evi-1 dent.

"BLACK MARKET"

10,000 - TON C.P. LINER TORPEDOED

ment of that status by all the means in their power,"

COMPLEX ISSUES

TALKS DEFERRED

Mr. Gandhi expressed appre- ciation of the spirit in which the proposals were made, but made it clear that, in his view, they did not at this stage meet the full demand of the Con- gress Party.

He suggested, and the Viceroy agreed, that in the circumstances, it would be preferable to defer, for The Viceroy drew attention" to sions with the object of finding a the present, any further discus- the complexity and difficulty of solution of the dimculties which certain issues that called for dis- have arisen. posal in that connection, in par ticular the issue of defence in the Dominion position.

He made it clear that His Majesty's Government was only too willing to examine the whole field in consultation with representatives of all parties and interests in India when the time came. He also made clear the anxiety of His Majesty's Government to shorten the transitional period and bridge It as effectively as possible..

FEDERAL SCHEME.

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COALITION PROPOSAL NEW DELHI, Feb. 5 (Reuter)--- Apart from the official communique issued last night, nothing more has been revealed about the talk be- tween the Governor-General, and Mr. Gandhi yesterday.

Mr. Gandhi has already been in touch with Moslem opinion as a result of his conversation with Sir Sikander Hyatkhan, Premier of the Punjab.

Another prominent Moslem. Abul Kasem Pasul Huq, Premier of Bengal, put forward the aug- gestion on 'Sunday that Coali- tion Cabinets be formed in the Provinces for. the duration of the war, He considered this would pave the way for unity between Hindus and. Moslems. There has yet been no reaction

The Viceroy drew attention to the fact that the Federal Scheme Act. while at present in superse, afforded the swiftest stepping stone towards Dominion status and its adoption by consent of all con- cerned would facilitate the solu- tion of many problems that had to this suggestion from Congress

to be faced in that connection.

circles.

Between

Vital Difference

Congress Demand And Lord Linlithgow's Offer

Despite the control, prices and IN ATLANTIC difference between the Congress demand and the Viceroy's

wäges

are going up and the shortage of goods has given rise understood

LONDON, Feb. 6 (Reuter)-It is reception yesterday at which all to a flourishing "Black Market" Pacific liner Beaverburn, 10,000 that the Canadian parts of the Empire were repre-in which objects, change hands tons, was torpedoed and sunk in sented.

at prices far above normal.

the Atlantic.

."

A message of greeting from the New Zealand Premier was read which contained £177 assurance

Minesweeper

to Founders: Big

Loss Of Life

"that the Government and people of New Zealand are determined to take their full share in the British Commonwealth's Aght for world freedom and the right of nations to make progress in peace. ALL though far from the Motherland this outpost Dominion is close to her in unswerving loyalty to the Throne and effective cofradeship with their Majesties' people"

New Zealand's determination to play her full part in the present war and the immense contribution she made in the Jast war, in which 128,525 of her then population of ons- million served in the Forces wers referred to by Majör General Sir Mark Sykes and other speakers.

The New Zealand High Com nissioner in London. Mr," Jordan. after recalling that a 100 years ago New Zealand, was practically

LONDON, Feb. 6 (Reuter)-- Hls Majesty's Minesweeper Sphinx (875 tons) foundèred with considerable, loss of life while being towed to port.

She was attacked on Satur-" day, by enemy aircraft. The Sphinx was one of the seventeen vessels of the Halcyon Class and was launched nearly a year ago.

GOODWILL MESSAGES. WELLINGTON, Feb. 6 (Reuter)-

The Beaverburn was bullt in 1927, by W. Denny & Bros. Ltd., for the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. and was specially strengthened for navigation in ice.

SHIP STRIKES MINE LONDON, Feb. 6 (Reuter)-The 1,000-ton London steamer Portlet struck a mine and foundered in the North Sea yesterday. Two were klied by the explosion and nine survivors have been landed at an east coast port.

BOMBAY, Feb. 6 (Reuter)-Mr. Gandhi istued a state- ment on the conversation he had with the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, on Monday, in which he states that the vital offer consists of the fact that the offer contemplates the final determination of India's destiny by the British Gov- ment, whereas, Congress contemplated just the con- trary.

Mr.

Gandhi's statement continued that the Congress position is that the test of real freedom consists of the people of India determining their own destiny without outside interference.!

"I see no prospect of a peaceful and honourable settlement with England unless this vital difference is obliterated, and England decides on the right course, namely, ac- cepting the position that the time has come when India must be allowed to determine her own son- stitution and status." "

"NAZI EXAGGERATION LONDON, Feb. 6 (Reuter)-Un- official circles in London describe 23 grossly exaggerated the Nazi When this is done, Mr. Gandhi claims of sinkings of Allied and said, the questions of defence, neutral shipping-in-air-raids-off | minorities, the. Princes and Euro- the English coast.

to 200,000 tons.

NAZI AID TO SOVIET DENIED BERLIN. Feb. & (Reuter) Official circles scoff at the reports that Germany is send- ing arms and munitions to Soviet Russia. Such stories are unfounded nonsense, Is the official comment.

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POLICING OF OUTSIDE ROADS IN SHANGHAI

JOINT POLICE

FORGE PLAN SHANGHAI, Feb. 6 (Beuter) No. documents in connexion with the outside roads issue will be signed by the Municipal Council and the Chinese authorities until the return of Mr. Franklin, who left for Dairen last Saturday, the China Press learns...

Anti-Nazi Disturbances In Poland

GERMANS ALLEGE ALLIED INFLUENCE "ZURICH, Feb. 6 (enter)-** Disturbances in the southern part of German-occupied Poland were reported by the Berlin correspon→ dent of the Basler Nachrichten Yesterday.

NAZI ALLEGATION.

This correspondent adds that similar disturbances which · oc- curred among Polish refugees in Vilna territory were ascribed in Germany to "secret Allied in- fluence."

The

to

A CERTAINTY While it is not yet known whe- ther the Consular body has ap- proved of the agreement, well-in- formed sources state that en-

newspaper Voelkischer dorsement of the Consuls' is a cer- Becbachter and other German tainty.

newspapers give prominence Settlement of the problem is said object, it is believed in Berlin, of the cidents in Vina with the to be based on the joint police justifying a new series of oppres- force. This separate body, to be sive measures in Poland." headed by a Commissioner no- minated by the Chinese Muni-

by a deputy ap The severity of these measures pointed by the Bettlement authori-is defended on the ground that-- ties, is to take over complete con- | Germany requires to ensure her trol of the outside roads area! security in the rear while she is

MANY DIFFICULTIES

Supreme War cipality, aided

Council

pean interests will be automatical- GREATER EFFICACYject, the Ching Press says: "Al-

NOTIFIED

IN CO - OPERATION. BY ALLIES

AN EXCUSE

at war with the Allies in the

In a leading article on the sub-west.

though it is learned that both par- ties, have agreed to the formation of a joint police force, there seem to be many dificulties which are not yet ironed out.

position is made more dificult because the Chinese Municipality. In the past. not only approved of

particularly proud that the New that 150,000 tons of allied and

The German broadcast claims ly dissolved. Zealand cruiser Achilles was ass-neutral shipping was sunk between clated with the ships of the Royal January 21 and 31. Yesterday Navy in the battle with the Graf Zeesen Radio Increased the figure Congress demands were not modi-...

Mr. Gandhi emphasised that Spee.

PARIS, Feb. 6 (Reuter)~~~The Afth fied as a result of yesterday's inter meeting of the Supreme War Coun- view with the Viceroy and that theell was held here yesterday. "The two major problems are the vice deas, but even encourag- Congress Ministries would remain The British delegation comprised the question of courts, on the need their growth with a view to me out of office until the main ques- Mr. Chamberlain, Lord Halifax, Mr. hand, and, on the other hand, the orcase the revenue." tion was settled.

Churchill, Sir Kingsley Wood and ticklish and unpleasant situation may be taken for granted Mr. Gandhi added, "The Viceroy Mr. Ollver Stanley, who were ac- created by the existence of that the Municipal Courell would and I parted, friends. I am not companied by Sir Bonald Camp rambling houses, oplum houses not agree to a merely nominal disappointed that the negotiations bell, Sir Alexander Cadogan, Sir and whoking dens.” pe

role in controlling the area once falled. I am going to use that Dudley Pound and Sir Edmand

it signs the agreement," the paper fallure as I am sure of Viceroy. I Ironside, am going to use it as a stepping

Meetings were held in the morn stone to success,"","

ing and afternoon.

all forest and swamp, dwelt on its Goodwill messages have been sent rapid development and progress by the King, M. Dalodier, the and on the growth, not only of its King of the Belg'ans and the European, but of its native Maori Foreign Minister of the Nether- population All, he added, were lands.

Nothing Heard Of 80 Chinese Arrested By Japanese In Taian: Grave Fears Aroused

TSINGTAO, Feb. 6' (Reuter)-Grave fears have been aroused in Taian regarding the fate of some eighty students who were arrested by the Japanese authorities in their recent purge of the Sulying School operated by the American Methodist Episcopal Mission in that city, according to reports reaching here.

Nothing, it is said, has been heard or seen of the students, who include a number of girls, since they were rounded up shortly after the New Year on charges of possessing papers connected with the Communist Eighth Route Army.

The actual figures of allied and neutral losses between Jan. 21 and 28 is 29,000 tons. Figures of losses from Jan. 28' to Feb. 4 will be issued today or tomorrow.

CREW OF 70

It was later leamed that the Beaverburn was sunk off the south-west coast yesterday.

She was registered in London as a cargo Huer and carries a crew of 70. It is believed some sur- vivors were picked up by other ships.

Mr. Gandhi declared he was will ing to return to New Delhi to re- sume discussions whenever Lord Linlithgow, wished.

FULL AGREEMENT

A communique states that various questions were given, particular [consideration, with the obječt, of ensuring a still greater efficacy in 90-LIINUTE TALK Fazal Karin, 24, police constable

real Franco-British collaboration. NEW DELHI, Feb. 6. (Reuter)- Questions of supply were given 756, was charged before Mr. Following Mr. Gandhi's conversa-special attention; and complete QAA Macfadyen at Kowloon Court tion with the Viceroy yesterday, agreement was reached on all yesterday with larceny of $24.66 Mr. M. A. Jinnah, President of the points examined. from the Hongkong Government Moslem League, had a 90-minute France was represented by M. on February 3. The cane was re- talk with Lord Linlithgow this Daladier, M. Campinchi, M. Guy la manded to February 10 when Mr. morning.

Chambre, and M. Deribes, who were It is expected that an agreed accompanied by M Alexis Legers, statement on the interview will be General Gamelin, Gen Darlan. Issued later.

Gen. Vuellemin and Gen. Decamp,

M. A. da Silva will appear for the defendant. Ball of $150 was allow ed.

MORE DIFFICULT The newspaper says that the concludes.

Padre Who Married Duke And Duchess Of Windsor Plans To Become An American Citizen

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 6 (Renter)-Exiled because he married the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, the Reverend J. E. Jardine has com pleted plans for becoming an American citizen:

As soon as birth certificate and other papers arrive from Eng land, he said, he wants to apply for his first papers. He indicated that this should be within two months.

He will make his home in Hollywood.