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KULING PARLEY

CHANGES IN-NATIONAL

MILITARY COUNCIL Y

Nanking, July 26,

concerns changes in the organisa- tion of the National Military Council.

This iden, 'it was said, 'le for economy-reducing expenditure to a minimum while trying to Increase the offelency of China's highost

Commenting on the agenda for military organisation. the Kuling conference, the Chinos

The authority quoted denied the press to-day quoted a high military rumour that the Coperal Staff official as declaring that the chief Department of the Ministry of War. Laubject on the conference agenda would be abolishads Renter

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

WEDNESDAY,

JULY 28, 1933.

THE WE.C.

PREPARATIONS FOR PLENARY SESSION

FRENCH ISLANDS.

PEACE AND ORDER

OCCUPATION OFFICIALLY-

NAKAMURA'S TROOPS

ANNOUNCED

MOVE

Paris, July 25.

com.

London, July 25,

Tokyo, July 25. The only meeting of Economic The French occupation of the A communique Issued by the Conference bodies to-day was that coral lalands in the China Son, War Offee says that aftor reaching Indo-Chino, the necessary understanding with of the Steering Committee, which Bituated between. applied the finishing to the material Borneo and the Philippines has Chinese and foreign authorities; which the plenary Bureau meeting been officially announced. It is Llout.-General Nakamura. will consider this afternoon. At stated that the Islands will be mander of the Japanese garrison this meeting the Bureau draws up under French sovereignty here at Tientsin, has decided to station the_final resolution which will be after.

his troops temporarily along n Inid before the full session of the The statement specifies the section of the Shanhaikwan-Peking Conference on Thursday.

following islands as French terri- Railway, cast of Tangku. Thursday's meeting is expected torios: Cayo and Dambojad, oc- This move, it la stated, is for the to last the entire day.

cupied April 7; Ituaba and Les preservation of peace and order in At the morning session, Mr. Mac- Deux. Illes, occupied April 10;that section.-Router Donidd will probably speak, to be Laito, occupied April 11; Thilu followed by Mr. Chamberlain, and Spratly, occupied April 12, Governor Cox, Signor Jung and M. and dependent islets-Router.

Bonnet.

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Dr. Schmidt, the German Minister of Trade, had a half hour's conversation with Mr. MacDonald to-dny, wherent no Conference matters were among the subjects discussed, according to reports

Reuter.

***Flag Raising.

According to recent dospatches, the French despatch boats Alberta and Astrolabe took the islands in the name of France and raised the French flag with appropriate coremonies.

The position of the islands is given as ton degrees north intitude MYSTERIOUS DEATH. lands are almost due chat

and 115 east longitude. The is

POISONING SUSPECTED IN

STRANGER'S CASE'

Ip Sun-kui, aged 35, a resident at the Tai Loi Boarding House, who was admitted to the Govern ment Civil Hospital at 8.16 last night, died within two hours after admission. Before Police called te investigate the case, arrived, the man was dead.

Beyond the information that he came here from Foochow only two days ago, nothing is known of the decensed. Poisoning is suspected.

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COMMONS QUESTIONS ON SITUATION

London, July 25, The new, Chinese customs duties have been discussed with Mr. T. V. Soong by members of the British Government, during the Chinese minister's recent visit here, accord- the House of Commons to-day. ing to an announcement made In

Saigon and between Saigon and tention of the House to an inquiry Sir John Haslam drew the .at- the leland of Luzon. They ap respecting pear on some maps as dots with affected Lancashire cotton mills. the duties as they Mr. E. L. Burgin said he had heard have never been claimed by any Mr. Soong, and that discussions For some reason, the islands the duties had been discussed with nation, presumably because they were continuing. Reuter. were occupied almost exclusively ------ by Chinese fishermen.

names.

·

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