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THE

HONGKONG ·

Denies U.S. Responsible For Failure

Brussels Parley Result Causes Wide Disgust

Washington, Nov, 20.

The first week of the special session

unsatisfac-

af Congress did not yield any con-

This structive move, tury progress is attributed manoeuvring for and against sident Roosevelt's foreign polley.

TELEGRAPH.

MONDAY,

Twenty People Die-For

a Song

"Gloomy Sunday," the. "Tune of the

Death, Pre-

Ita I still dragging out mournful melody.

Widespread disgust is shown by Congress at the outcome of the Brus sels Conference. Some of the Con- United gressmen assert that the Sintes has been manoeuvred into taking the blame for the Conference's! Inilure, while others declare that all the democracles were to blame for not taking a stronster line.

Lobby comment suggests that the Anglo-Ameriena trade pact Wag pushed forward to cover the Brussels debacle in order to give the public something to think about instead of the pusillanimous record of Brussels.

-RCHICT.

THE NEUTRALITY ACT

Washington, Nov. 21. Interviewed after his conference with Mr. Cordell Hull (U.S. Secretary Pittman, of State), Senator Key Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, characterised as "absurd" the other Powers contention that the United States was responsible for the failure of the Brussels Conference. He asserted that he never expected anything from the Brussels Con- ference. Nevertheless, he regarded the result is most discouraging, be- cause it was the culmination of one failure after another

preserve

pence. He said: "The charges that the foreign countries cannot pet be cause of the restriction imposed by our Neutrality Act are ridiculous. Even assuming a chunge in the Neutrality Act, which i sincerely doubt, how can Congress net until Fame Government fold t concrete proposal before it? None opposed any affirmative action by the Brussels Conference."

Senator Pittman expressed the opinion that the United States future nction would be purely independent and her own responsibility, although she would co-operate to the greatest extent with the others. He said that the visit to Poland of Mr. William Christian Bullitt (American Am- bassador to France) was entirely bersenal, and If he recommended any- thing it was entirely unauthorised,- United Press,

RUSSIA WATCJIFUL

San Francisco, Nov. 21. The Sevict Consulate here has made public nu article appearing in the Journal de Moscow in which Russia branded Japan as the aggres- sor and issued a warning that if the Brussels unsferees "remain passive" the calculations of the Japanese Imperialists will be realised.

Japan The article charged "that would accept only such a settlement of the conillet as would permit her to secure complete domination over China and the quidatfor of the position of other States in the Far East."United Press.

THOUSANDS ARE IDLE

LABOUR WARFARE COSTS TO UNITED STATES

Portland, Nov. 20.

The labour warfare has entered is 99th day and at least 5.500, and possibl;" 10,000, men are without work.

Extra politig is costing the City thousands of dollars daily and the loss to labourers and other building trades cannot be estimated.

The National Labour Relations Board hus intervened and ordered the regional director in Seattle to proceed to Portland to institute an inquiry to determine whether there Is any possibility of ensing the creep- Ing paralysis of business, lending public ofclais and elvie officials to be more hopeful of an eventual settle- ment than at any other time since the Inception of the labour war.

The Portland-Columbia Basin Sow Millers' Association report that the daily payroll loss in the lumber in- dustry alone is $33,000, of which 510,000 is by Portland sawmillers and $14,000 by woodworkers forcibly ousted from employment.

The Association states that in addition the loss in rail, water and freight rates is $20,000. daily.

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EMERGENCY MEETING

Detroit, Nov. 20.

Mr. Homer Martin, President of the United Automobile Workers' Union, has summoned the Union executive board for an emergency meeting in an effort to end the Fisher Body strike and to overt a possible strike in two other General Motors plans. It is significant that Mr. Martin said he was faced with a treat

Union. to his leadership of the United Prest.

PLANTS EVACUATED

Akron, Nov. 20, Workmen have evacuated both Goodyear plants. Officials announc- ed that they will open the gates for the usual Sunday work.

Meanwhile the Union has hastened. the programme for a mass meeting to-morrow (Sunday), Guardsmen

and

allt ordered to stand by. United. Prest.

Last month 27-year-old Miss Irene Popps was found dying in her Brix- ton lodgings.

"

The gramophone at her side was silll playing ... and the record was "Gloomy Sunday."

This morbid Ilungarian song is held to have been responsible for more than 20 suleides.

It has been suppressed by the Budapest police, who called it #0 menser to the community."

NOVEMBER

22, 1937.

Urge End Of Anti-Japanese Propaganda

Note From Tokyo To Sattlement

Shanghal, Nov. 21 (7.11 p.m.).

A Japanese *pokesman #11- Bounced to-day that in view of the changed situation in the vicinity of Shanghal, the Japan- forwarded the mo authorities following requests to the ad ministrations of the International Bettlement and French Conces plon:

To suppress all anti-Japanese pro- paganda, whether by posters, cinema, "Iraitor hunt- theatricals, radio Ing" and to disband anti-Japanese organisations, including the Kuomin- tang.

To close all Chinese Government organs in Shanghai, whether antional or local, and to supervise effectively the activities of the Chinese Gover- ment and party leaders,

To prohibit Chinese censorship of both postal and The B.B.C. banned it. Later they communications,

broadcast allowed it to be

telegraphic.

| "straight" ballad.

as ก

MADE A FORTUNE Although neither words, nor music of the song are of outstanding merit, fortune to they have brought a Laszlo Javor, who wrote the lyric, and Rezso Seress, the composer.

The song becume notorious bc- cause of ils suleidal effects,

A girl of 14 poisoned herself and left a letter saying that the song had forced her to take her life... A Budapest shoemaker who committed sulelde left as his last message a re- quest that the 140 roses mentioned in the song be put on his grave..

Javor wrote the song in trogle elrcumstances.

To suppress Chinese censorship of the Chinese press and news services. To suppress unauthorised wireless communications by the Chinese.

"Should the steps taken prove un- satisfactory, inasmuch as they do not create the desired result, the Japan- ese reserve the right to take what- ever mensures they consider neces- sary," he declared.

He added that the Shanghal Muni- cipal Council, governing body of the Settlement, had answered agreeing to lake steps to comply with the re quests in so far as it was able. A similar reply was received from the French Concession nuthorities.

He had fallen in love with beautiful girl. They quarrelled.nl She took her fe

in despair Javor wandered around cemeteries in Budupest. The words came to him:

"Sadly one Sunday "waited and

wulted,

With flowers is my arms for a

dream I'd created;

I waited til dreams, like my heart,

were all broken,

The flowers were all dead and the

words were unspoken,

The spokesman, replying to question, said the Juponese required acknowledgment of the principle that they had the right to take over sovereign rights within the Settlement and Concession formerly held by the Chinese Government. Reuter.

SHANGHAI CENSORS

Press Freedom Restored After Seven Years

Shanghai, Nov. 21, The latest branch of Chinese au- thority to ctase functioning In Shanghai is the censors who, quietly

The grief that I knew was beyond and unannounced, have been with

all consoling.

drawn from the Eastern, Northern, Commercial and Pacific Cable offices. The beat of my heart was a bell Consequently there is no censorship

that was tolling...

Saress put the lyric to music, and now the song is believed to have made £40,000.

STOP PRESS

cables here, for the first time since 1931. This does not unnecessarily imply Japanese censorship---Reuter.

STOCK EXCHANGE SUMMARY

The Hongkong Stock Exchange oficial summary issued at 12.30 p.m. Saturday says: The market was very spict

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Chinn Lights (Old) $11.30 I.K. Electrics $54%% Cements $11.80

Dalry Farms $24.30 Wm. Powell, Ltd. $0.05

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ILK. Govt. 4% Loan 94% più.

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HJ. Tramways $13,40 China Lights (Old) $11%1⁄2/.40 II.K. Electrics $55

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|STEAMER STOPPED FOR INQUIRY

London, Nov. 21, The British

steamer Euphorbis, 13,380 tons, owned by the Stog Line, was stopped in Spanish waters to- day by the cruiser Galatea and or- dered to Gibraltar under the escort of the destroyer Hasly for inquiry under the Merchant Shipping (Cor- ringe of Munitions to Spain) Act. This is the second 'British' steamer seized by a Brilish destroyer under

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The Ministry of Agriculture cal- culates that Tots cost the country £70,00,000 a year,

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