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BECAUSE OF ILLNESS

OF POPE PIUS

Manila, Feb. 1. Aware that Pope Pius XI FRA taken more than usual in- terest in the 83rd International Eucharistic Congress, which commencer on Wednesday, Catholics in the Philippines-- only Christian nation in the

Orient

were particularly

grieved when he was stricken with illness,

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TELEGRAPH.

TUESDAY,

FEBRUARY

1937.

Hongkong Foot Is

Cause Of Exit

Tokyo, Feb. 1. "Hongkong Fool" to-day forced Col. Hikomburo Ista, chle" 1. Prem. Rection of the War Office, to reilre temporarily from the political imelle

to

I was admitted this morning Tokyo Red Cross Hospital. the The malady wa diagnosed "complications caused by Hong- kong fook

Fool"

at Colon-1 Hata's aides the War Omice said his temporary withdrawal from political life was not connected with rester- day's attack on Premier-designate General Kozushige Ugaki, ren- erally credited to the War Ofce.

-Domel,

Lawlessness

In Canton: Food Shortage Blamed

Canton, Feb. 2.

A virtual famine is existing in Canton as a result of the' acute shortage of rice, the principal diet of the local populace.

With rice selling at $1 per six or seven cattles, which is unpre- cedented for the last ten years, the poor class has been thrown nto extremely straitened cir- cumstances. Common sights Jon, the stroots are

begging for food. Most of them are farmers and workers in the suburbs who are starving.

groups

of

ANDRE JAPY TAKES beggarly men, women, and children,

FIRST WALK

Fukuoka, Kyushu, Jan. 26. For the first time in two months, M. Andre Japy, French avintor, walked to-day.

on

Dr. Shichiro Goto, who operated on the left thigh of the Aller November 26, sanctioned this exer- sise in view of the rapid recovery of the patient.

The presence of these groups of

constitutes roaming "paupers" the city. Robberies of rice and other constant menace to the rice shops lu ereals are frequent occurrences. As a precautionary measure, the shops have to hoard their rice and other

only Cereals In secret quarters; limited amount of rice is kept in the shops and even this is carefully protected with wire covers.

In face of the disturbed situation, restaurants suffer no less than the rice

shops. Driven by starvation, a gang of five or six starving men will boldly enter & restaurant. After a sumplubus feast, they decomp with- out paying the bill. If they oro caught, they willingly enter fall, pro- fessing that they can not get food in any other way.

Others who are

Church lenders went aliend with their preparations to give the con- a special "missionary" aspect, gress believing such to be the will of the known 19 the aged pontu

Particular Papal interest in the 33rd congress-which has already drawn

400,000 Bome

persons Manila's spacious Luneta, is indicated by the arrival of four representatives of the Vatican bezides the Papal legateshop

gate. Cardinal Dennis Dougherty,

This, Archbishop of Philadelphia, congress officials say, la rare,

M. Japy was allowd to proceed as The representatives of the Vatican hallway adjoining his

mmunion who have arrived for the

| hospital room. are: Mons. Paschal Robinson, orge aposto-

The French dier was injured when lic nunclo to Ireland; Mons. 3. Caruana, apostolle nuncio to Cuba, the neroplane in which he was at- and Mons.

apostolic tempting to set up a speed record for 3. Dreyer,

Indo-flying between Paris Tuc (Annam),

and Tokyo delegate to Ching.

Each was given special crashed into a hillside in North- sumcient food have to reduce their Papal permission to leave his Western Kyushu on November 19-daily railons. A partial fasting"

Especially welcome is. Mona, Domet.

movement has been staried in Tapel, Caruana, who went to Cuba after

Shaopel, Hongsha, and Tungsha missionary work in the Philippines.

where the poor Lahabitants are cat- He left the Philippines in 1907, He

ing as little as possible, or substituting is the guest while in Manila, of Dr.

rice with potatoes for the sake of Augusto Cortez, widely-known local

economy physician

Mons. Caruana's name is one of a large

1st of former Catholic mission- aries in the Philippines, who have returned to the islands for the con-

papal legate is likewise. press. The a former missionary. Another is Mons, Walter Panis, vienr apostolic of Celebes, Manado, Dutch East Indies. Ile was b mission worker in Surigno for 13 years. He arrived in Manila with Fathers II. Brocker and H. Croonon-United Press.

LABOUR TENSION REMAINS

EMPLOYERS MOVE TO EJECT STRIKERS UNION MEMBERS IN CLASH

Flint, Feb. 1. At the conclusion of a four-hour hearing of the General Motor Cor- poration petition for an injunction to eject the sitdown strikers from two factories here. the Court announced it would defer its decision until Tuesday next.

The petition was filled lost Thurs- day but the Court gave the union until to-day to

to show cause why the injunction should not be granted.

The Corporation alleges that the strikers are no longer employed by it, but that they are malicious and wilful trespassert

Fighting brokke out

among 300 members of the Automobile Workers' Union at the Chevrolet factory here to-day after a meeting at which it was announced that a union member had been thrown out. Several shots were fired. Men outside the far- tory broke the windows with clubs. -Router.

Jew-Baiter

Gaoled For

His Insult

DIPLOMAT STUNG BY ABUSE

an

Berlin, Feb. 1. George Preuss used 10 be enthusiastle supporter of Herr Adolf Hitler's nail-Jewish policy. He will be more careful now that he has five months in which to study the inside of a German prison.

toly Jews."

',

He daw three dark-complexioned men walking together, in a West End street

and strouted in decision:

Later in the day he started a five- month prison term. He was con-

HOAM victed on D charge of Insulting forcigacra.

The three men at whom he shout- ed his insult were neither Jewish nor dirty. One was the Secretary of the Iraq Legatlon, the others two of his Turkish friends.-Reuter.

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NEW CAPITAL ISSUES

London, Feb. 1. New issues of capital in the United The shortage of rice has intensified Kingdom in January were of greater the unemployment problem in the volume than in the previous month, city. Many families of the middle but not so large as in the first month class have to dismiss their servants of 1930. The total was £27,014,000. and amalis in order to save the wages own food. Servanta For the twelve months to the end of for their January, the total was £218,872,000, agencies are crowded with these un compared with £200,105,000 for the employed servants seeking for new corresponding period year ago Jobs but employment chances British Wireless.

extremely scarceCentral News.

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Some Roads Lead To Rome, Some To Stanley Gaol

Since the new Stanley prison was opened last week, more than 700 prisonera, have been transferred from Lalchikok. Prison and Victoria Gaal to their new quarters.

Transfer of Laichikok prisoners involved their trans- portation across the harbour from Kowloon to the island. Over 600 men were brought across in small batches, and Laichikok

Male Prison is now empty.

No ca:vlets-men who are sen- after 15 or 20 years' imprisonment. A lenced to serve terms in excess of life sentence is for life and the con- two years have yet been taken to vict can only hope for the Governor's

convicts Stanley. The

housed ai clemency. Life sentences are brought Latchikok have been temporarily re-up for review after convleis serve

seven. moved to Victoria Gaol.

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YEARS TO SERVE The present century will have run more than half its span before many of the 280 convicts now in prison are released.

The future of Lalchikok Prison and

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