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U.S. URGED TO BREAK OFF RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA

PROTEST AGAINST

PEACE TERMS WASHINGTON, Mar. 16 (Reu

OBITUARY

ter)-Senator Claris today intro- Duke Of Hamilton

duced a resolution in Congress

for the severance

of relations

with Russia as a protest against the peace terms imposed Finland.

Senator Clark

по

And Brandon

Delay Over Purchases In America

By Allies

GENERAL

NEWSETTES

Ball fell in Kwelyang for about seven.cen minutes at noon on

The drought in Szechwan since the arrival of spring was relleved on Friday by rain in various parts. of the province which continued for the to fall on Saturday. Farmers were Yaumad elated.

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NEW YORK, 16 (Rueter)-- | Friday. gotiations by the Allies for the purchase of additional American Tenders are invited 'p'anes were suspended yester-reconstruction

of the LONDON, Mar. 18 (BWS) day. No reason was given, but

Slipway pler. The Premier Peer Scotland, it is thought that possibly

of

the

The concert organised by the the Duke of Hamilton and B. an- suspension arises out of the Con-

Mr. Henry John Cruttwell Ladies' Working Centre of the don, died this morning aged 78... gress enquiry into the sale 01

resumed duty as District Officer USR.C., which took place at the The succession of Squadron planes to European powers which the Southern District of the Kowloon Cricket Club on Wednes- Leader the Marquess of Douglas starts next year.

New Tertiories on Mar. 13.

day, March 13, in aid of the and Clydesdale, who at present

B.W.OF., realised $444. La or active service with the R.A.F and 18 well known in connexion with the Everest flight, will necessitate a by-election im

Russia accuses of an indirect violation of the -50-called Litvinod Agreement, under which the United States re- cognised the U.S.S.R. In 1933.

RUSSO-ITALIAN

RELATIONS

BERNE. Mar. 18" (Havas )----The

Rome correspondents of several Renfrewshire, which he has re- Swiss newspapers quote, Italian

presented as a Conservative since political dircles

displaying 1930. " as considerable scepticism regarding reports of a volte. face in Russo- Itallan relations.

The suspension does.

not, ap- Dy to repeat orders for types already released for export.

ONLY WAR MEASURE WASHINGTON, Mar. 16 (Reu- ter-The "British Ambassador. Lord Lothian. has issued statemen; on the British strictions on imports of certain American goods,

Mr. Arthur "Robert Brown has been appointed

be Acting Corporal Kenneth Sub-Lieu :enant in the Hongkong Robertson Naval Volunteer Force.

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and

Stuart Corporal Ian Phillp Tamworth have been promoted Second Lieutenants in

The order prohibed the im- the Hongkong Volunteer Defence reportation of wolfram from Macao Corps.

rescinded, the Government Gazet:e notifes.

NOBLE PRIZE, NOVELIST "STOCKHOLM, Mar. 16 (Havas)

. He said it was solely 3 war They poln; out that the attitude

novelist, measure and was not -The famous woman

"designed of the controlled Russian press Selma Laggelof. died today of

to cause a permanent division of towards Inly has shown no signs cerebral haemorrhage.

She was trade. of change.

the first woman to be awarded The Secretary of State, M. the Nobel Prize for Literature. Cordell Hull, safe, today that the

with Her ness was brought abou; consultations

the British enconomic experts by the strain of propaganda work and French

were continuing. in favour of Finland

Italy's zone of interest is declared, is bound to conflict with

the Russian ambitions,

Italy's relations

ате described

with Turkey most cordial

and both countries are bound to oppose, Russian expansion.

RUMLANIAN-SOVIET

DISCUSSION

PARIS, Mar. 16 (Havas-The Rumanian Ambassador to Russia has conferied with the Foreign Commissar, M. says a Moscow despatch

Sovieti Malotott.

The meeting 13 described ini the Russian capital as the first step in improving

relations

tween the two countries.

RUSSIAN POLICY IN

SCANDINAVIA

be-

WAKAMA SINKING: PROTEST MADE TO BRITAIN

WASHINGTON,

Mar.

17

(Reuter) Twenty-one Ameri- can Republics have protested to Britain against the sinking of the Wakama in Brazilian "waters.

They appealed to the bellig- erents to keep the war away from the American neutrality

HELSINGFORS

Mar.

18

Zone.

(Havas)-Reason the

Russians

insisted 011 obtaining certain railway lines in the peace settle- ment is sated here to De Soviet desire ίο seize the portant iron mines in the of a Russo-German war, .

To avoid disruption of the tele- the phone service by air raids, under- im- ground cables will be shortly laid evehti. Chungking and an automatic service will shor ly be inaugurated,

Chungking's Public Works Programme

CHUNGKING. Mar. 16 (Central)There is no danger of Chungking's water and light systems being completely dis- organised in future air raids, assured Dr. William Wu, Director of Public Works here, in a speech before the Y's Men's Club at the Chungking Hostel on Tuesday.

Keferring to the steps that have been taken by his Bureau to evacuate the city's popula- ilon and prepare against eventualities. Dr. Wu disclosed that five locations outside Chungking have been chosen to accommodate the evacuees. Transporation between the city and the suburbs" is being improved

from various banks for the purchase of 80 new buses to expand the bus service. Roads are also being repaired and the houses in one section of Klang- pel on the Chialing side are being torn down to make fire lanes.

Turning to the rebuilding of the wartime capital. Dr. Wu said that 籍 city planning "programme is being pu, into force, In this connection, Dr. Wn staz- This involves three phases: laying ed, the City Government has been out a road system, zoning and aucho.ised to borrow $1,000,000 enforcement of building regula-

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He also revealed that there will soon be a bridge spanning both. sides of the Chialing River and

bund starting from Lin Chiang Men on the Chafing side to Chu Chi Men on the Yangtze side. measuring over four miles and entalling a cos; of $20,000,000.

Dr. Wu also revealed that un- derground cables are being laid inside the city and the city proper. will scon have automatic telephones

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government and will proceed to: assume, bis new past. in the

It is notified that His Excellency middle of July. the Governor in Couricil has ap- DUBLIN, Mar. 16, (Reuter)-pointed the hours of 8 am, to 6 The strike of municipai emp.m. as the hours between which. ployees has entered the third blasts may be fired by Messrs. week and the 'capital was further Kin Lee & Co.. contractors, in harassed today by the lightning connexion with Work at the unofficial strike of 2. section of Jubilee Reservoir.

the city's bus company em- ployees.

H.K. Defence Reserve

The Government Gazette notifies the enrolment of the following persons. between the

kong Defence Reserve:---

STREETS NOT "CLEANED stree, refuse is becoming a ages of 41 and 54, in the Hong- After some hours the men re- menace to public health" and turned to work,

householders have been warned People today trudged along to burn as much as possible. streets which have not been The military and fre brigades cleaned for a fortnight.

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FOR KWANGTUNG 10. Bource of street harmony.

SHANGHAI, Mar, 18 (Reuter)

The pro-Wang Ching-wel news agency, quoting

authoritative

sources, denies the report that a Kwangtung Provincial

Govern-

ment is expected to be inaugurated simultaneously with Wang's new "central regime."

The agency adds that the ques- tion of organisation of a Kwang- 22. tung Provincial Government is a matter for the new "Central Glow ernment" to decide after its in- auguration

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Key-Posts Group:-T, K. Abbott,

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