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TUESDAY 20th at 9.30 p.m. "THE LATE CHRISTOPHER BEAN"
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY,
JAPAN. NAVAL DISASTER
ONLY SIX SAVED
FROM WRECK.
Sasebo, Mar. 14. Of a gallant ship's company of more than 100 oficere and men. aix are alive to-day, plucked from a horrible death in the dark, water-filing Interior of a catsized меняе!.
TRADE WAR FEARS
Anglo-Japanese Parley Collapses
;
MARCH 1 15,
1934.
TICKET FOR, INSULL.
FOREIGN MINISTER OF GREECE LENDS AID'
Athens, Mar, 14.
The Greek Government is speed- ing the departure of Mr. Samuel In- sull, Sr., the much-wanted financial whom fraud operator against London, Mar. 14. After ten months of prepara- charges are waiting in the United hns boen tion, the Anglo-Japanese textile States. Mr. Insull
Icave Greece by the negotiations have broken down forced to and it is feared that the break-oted States' demand. unless the down is permanent,
The Foreign Minister to-day Government Intervenes,
The Tomoisura, newly commis-
A permanent breakdown would naked Mr. Insull to leave Thurs- sioned, sailed from her home port for manoeuvren with other units strengthen the agitation in favour day morning on the Orient Ex- of denouncing the Anglo-Japanese press and himself bought the of the Imperial Japanese Navy & Commercial Tronty of 1868. Such weket. He also secured the neces- few days ago. On Monday offlers were on the bridge, but her docks were clear, for she was steaming into a gale. Wireless operators were giving and taking menage from sister torpedo-boats and other vessela a fow miles away.
Suddenly, without warning, the Tomotsura capsized. The officers on the bridge were swept away, to drown. But the hulk floated still, with scores of living men trapped with her, without a hope of escape,
a move would probably result in a eary vista on Mr. Insull's Ameri- trade war, cutailing repercussions on travel papers at the United Statca Legation, which are issued in the world political situation.
An internal struggle, then, lain lieu of passports. likely to conue between the rival In whatever country Mr. Inall economic forces of. Britain which seeks sanctuary, the United States aro desirous of or opposed to will seek to arrest him by means of extradition treaties.-United cancellation of the treaty.
Press.
the demanding strongly
Textile intercuts, rubber goods, pottery producers and those in similar industries, who are suf fering from Japanese competition,:
The British delegates have decid ro
ed not to discuss the matter any companies, chemical industries,
In dispute to the Government. been reconstructed. About ten machine works and steel bar hours after the disaster, the de-manufacturern are eying the Japanese circles declare that the relict was found. She was towed lucrative Japanese markets and position is hopeless, to Sasebo Naval Yard, where doing their utmost to nvert a trade efforts were made to discover whe- war. ther any had survived the cident. Workmen tapped the hull' with hammers and when they
Up to this point the story has treaty's enncellation but shipping further and to refer the subjects
hole through the plates.
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The delegates to-day held a Joint meeting for half an hour and then
the British bankers, too, fear that separated for private discussion, breakdown of after which an Anglo-Japanese trade, strife!
heard a faint response, they cut a would Impede Japan's ability to negotiations was announced.
meet her foreign financial obliga- The British memorandum to the tions and recall that approximate-Japanese textile delegation, which 9, has ly Yen 160,000,000 in Japanese was mentioned on March long-term debts, are outstanding been published. in the London market. Hence, it
The memorandum contains the in likely that financiers will ad-
following concrete suggestions: vocato continuance of the treaty. That the British delegation
Should a trade war ensue, how-
F
Hours of Uncertainty. The work WIB slow, and the suspense for those men trapped inside must have been agony Finally, after a day and a night in the darkness, close to death. three of them were freed yester-ever, Britain might seek a joint would agree that the discussions day morning.
policy with the United States in should begin with one or more of Last night and to-day the work the Pacific and even to improve the undermentioned regions, which
Japanese to select. went on, and workmen went deep her relations with Ruanin with a the British delegation invited the The regions specified were into the ship in search of sur view, to off-setting Japanese ex-
pansion. vivors, and of bodies. By this
The most likely result of alAfrica, Asia, the Near and Middle morning, three more living sea-; meh and 25 dead had been brought breach would be a more compact Rast, Europe, South America and
co-operation between the Mother-Central America.
The markets Included #11 the out into the light of day, and laid land and the Dominions, since the Near and Middle East were not to upon the dock. Relatives were there, wives and children, and Intter are also experiencing com- be included in Asia or Europe.
It was suggested that in cases there were dreadful scenes of an-mercial set-backs due to Japan's guish when families recognised growth in trade. Moreover, Aus-of doubt in regard to the inclusion tralia and New Zealand are ap- prehensive of Japan's political of particular countries in one or other of these areas the matter could be settled by discussion be- There were 300 persons on the ambitions.
Sir John Simon's Japan policy tween the parties. the Tomotsura's dock besido
The markets within the British wreck. They waited for hour has long been a target of critic after hour as the bodies were ism, particularly in Oriental sec-and Japanese Empires were to be brought forth; to be identifed. tors of the British Empire, where regarded as separate groups Among the dead was not one of the desire is often expressed for discussion, when sullable progress ficer It is annosed that all of closer Anglo-United States colla had been made in connection, with
boration to check the Japanese bid other areas. them were washed overboard,
for supremacy in the Pacific.- United Press.
their dead.
Tate this 'ternoan it was re- ported that 49 corpses had been recovered from the bull and that there was no hope of any more and United survivors,-Reuter
Prcza.
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London, Mar. 14.
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