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THE

HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JANUARY

24,

1938.

U.S. Still Watches Japan's Actions Warily

HIROTA'S PLEDGES CANNOT ERADICATE STRONG SCEPTICISM

Suspicion Remains That Tokyo Trying To Weaken Cordial Relations Of Democracies

in

of

No Mediation "ONE MORE FLIGHT,

Acceptable

Tokyo, Jan. 24. Slamming the door shut to third party mediation in the Sino-Japanese contitet, Japanese Government lea- ders have published the four cardinal points of the nation's future Chinu polley, These are:

1.Japan will not deal with Nationalist Government under circumstances.

THEN I RETIRE"

V

-SAYS JIM MOLLISON

Jim Mollison, now planning

the the last record bid of his career anyhe hopes to smash the Scolt and Black 71-hour record to

2-Japan may stili declare war on Australia has not flown for n China to stop foreign orms ship- ments.

year.

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China

n

foster

Ad-

3. Japan will act

He has not been up since December parent to the North

1936 when, attempting the England- ministration.

4.There is absolutely no possibl-Cape record with the Frenchman *Ilty

Malinter, he was forced down 200 whatever of third party

miles from Capetown, This declaration of policy is

mier, Prince Konoye and the Foreign

mediation. Washington, Jan. 23,

Even his pilot's licence has expired. For £1,350 he has bought the tiny, The moderation of Mr. Koki Hirota's speech to the generally regarded as tantamount to clipped-winged mew Gull single-

tine assertion that Japan, and Japan] Japanese Diet, with its pledge for the continuance of an alone, would settle the Sino-Japanese seater which won this year's King's be of within a month on what he "Open Door" in China, has been duly noted by officials confilet, and was made by the Pre-Cup at 233 m.ph. In it he hopes to Minister, Mr. Köki Iirota, in reply calls "my last trip-one big effort Washington. If scepticism regarding the course

to Interpellations at

Art before retiring" reconvened He is calling his plane Southern Japan's policy in China is not thereby removed, and the plenary session of keenness of America's watch on the Yangtse not relaxed, Diet.-Reuter. it is because of fear, based on past experience, that Japan's real policies are too often improvised by her forces in China.

Minister's

Consequently, the Japanese Foreign assurances have been received here with reserve.

There are certain tendencies here

to read into Mr. Hirola's speech, first,

ut

it

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a continued desire to play off the signatories to the anti-Red puct, in- cluding Insurgent Spain, against the democracles; and within the

weaken mocratle front to strive to

hy co-operation by Anglo-American flattering the United States

Secondly Britain's expense, appears to be Mr. Hirota's contention that despite the sinking of the Pandy, Japanese-American" relations have sultered no impairment. This is re- garded as a piece of over-optimism, comparable with the phantasies which the Japanese press has been publish- ing about the United States policy.

Saito's Warning

It in understood that Mr. Saito, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, holds no such foelle view and warned Tokyo urgently against an adverse tide of American opinion.

REASSURANCES

A third impression about the speech is the suggestion that the Powers should co-operate in an economic

Mr. Koki Hirola, Japan's busy respect in occupied China, which is regarded in some quarters as an in- Foreign Minister, has issued a state- vitation to provide loans for Japan's ment upon Japan's alms in the Far protege, Manchukuo, a form of ald East which insists that the nation's 19 3 to Japan which the democracies have Intentions are pacific.

cerlain amount of scepticism in the already refused, to provide.

United States, according to first com- Briefly Washington would welcome ment from abroad, however, Mr. Hirota's moderation if it were felt that his words meant a reali change in Japan's course. But there

is no hiding_that_fact that this is where the question mark comes in.

Reuter,

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LIU HSIANG'S SUCCESSOR

Chang Chun New Ruler Of Szechuan

Chungking, Jan. 24.

A mandate issued by the National Government appoints General Chang; Chun, former Minister for Foreign

be Chairman uf Affairs, to

the Provincial Government of Szechuan. in succession to the late General Liu Hsiang.

General Chang Chun is a member of the Central Executive Comunittee, vice-President of the Executive Yuan,, Secretary-General

of Szechuan.

Cloud.

DARTMOOR MUTINEERS GET REMISSIONS

SENTENCES CUT BY A QUARTER

ONE IMMEDIATE RELEASE

From A Special Correspondent. Each of the men concerned in of the Military the Dartmoor Prison mutiny of

假定成立

A Tokyo newspaper office dis- plays, besides the Japanese flag,

the German and Italian colours, symbolising the three-powor al- liance.

Cannon-Ball Zazel Dies

Zazel, circus star of the seventies, "the rage of the

of shot from a cannon, has died in an- London. the

This humorous little white haired widow-her husband was Dr. George Starr, who gave up medicine to join the management side of Barnum's-- was the first woman "cannon ball," wus distinction of which she enormously proud in her old age.

It was in 1877 that she was shot sixty

feet Into the air at the old Aquarium in Westminster, where

stands. the Central Hall now

a

Affairs Commission and Secretary January, 1932, who is still in London season" when she was General of the Central Poltical Committee.

He was at one time prison is to have a quarter This Mayor of Shanghai, and is a native his sentence remitted.

nouncement was made. by The

National Government las Home Secretary, Sir Samuel issued a mandate commending the inte General Liu Hsiang for his Hoare, in the House of Commons "profound knowledge and noble yesterday.

five men are character". It says that in his carly

I understand that life he served in the army and ren-

the still serving sentences Imposed for jdered remarkable services for

maintenance of local peace and order, their part in the mutiny.

One will be released immediately, and in the discharge of his duties as while the others will leave prison

Szechuan he Governor of

between the spring f of next year and proved his competence.-Reyter.

the spring of 1942..

One of the men hud

a 10-year terms, sentence, three eight-year and the fifth six years.

Sir Samuel Hoare announced that he had reached his decision after con- ferring with the Judge who tried the men. This was Mr. Justice Finley.

BALL ABOARD MAN-O'-WAR

fully

·

Another of her famous acts was to jump from a tight-rope. She went to America, and while doing this act in New Mexico she fell and In- In her jured her back, She was twenties then.

She could not act agalh, but she

nover

Macao, Jan. 23. Despite the piercing cold yesterday

prisoners Her husband was at the Crystal evening, a very successful ball took 1932. The trial of 31

for many years. Recently place on board the sloop Bartholo- charged with riotous assembly and Palace mew-Dins,-the-large-and-Cistinguish-destroying public buildings began at her body was taken to West Norwood

Princetown at Crematoriun, near the -Palace- ed company present being the Ruests a special assize

grounds. 15. 236 of Commander Francisco L. Rebello the end of April, 1932. 1s. 27%

Two other prisoners were charged and other officers of the Portuguese.

with attacking warders. 1044 man-of-war.

trial, which 'After a fortnight's

£3,000, the

The mutiny took place on Jan. 24, busine. Ost her interest in the circus

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The

Kuests included His Excellency .106 Dr. A. Tamagnini Darbosa, Governor cost more than

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of Macao, Dr. C. Sampaio, Colonial found 23 prisoners guilty. Five were recommended to leniency. The aff- Sampaio, .3011 Secretary, and Madame

Lt.-Col Joel Vieira and Mme, Vieira, gregate of the sentences passed by 551 Comm. Samuel Vieira, Harbour Man Mr. Justice Finley

.01

was

years

1404 er, and Mme. Vieira, Dr. Miranda, eight months. The terms imposed

Chief Judge, and Mme. Miranda, Dr. were:

.02 Chief

Penal pervitude. Imprisonment.

0.25 Brito Chaves, Chief of Health Dept., Years. Men. Months. Men. 70% Land Mme. Brito Chaves, Brig.- 1334 General Temudo de Vera, Mme. de 12 1/04 Vera and daughter, Mr. F. J. Gellion, 10 British Vice-Consul for Macao, and 8 .1/3% Mrs. Gellion, many important, per- .1/3.5/32 comages of the civil services and their ..31% wives, military and naval officers in- .9.90 cluding the Commander and officers .031⁄2

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of the mutiny.

found guilty of One man was causing grievous bodily harm to a warder two days before the mutiny. He was sentenced to 12 years' penal servitude and, I understond, is not affected by the remissions now an- nounced.

were

PREVIOUS REDUCTIONS Thirteen of the mutineers Inter refused leave to appeal by the Court of Criminal Appeal.

Home The then

Secretary, Sle Herbert now Viscount-Samuel, un- nounced that the sentences of 27 men at Dartmoor had been reduced by their various amounts owing to "meritorious behaviour" during the

serving mutiny, One was

Ho sentence.

Several men who Uus corned re- mission of sentence were later ar- rested and imprisoned for fresh offences.

Mr.

James Maxton, M.P. for Bridgeton, Glasgow, who asked the question, in reply to which Slr Samuel Hoare mude his announce- ment yesterday, raised the matter of the sentence last the reduction of

year.

A letter signed by a number of well-known people, including Mr. Maxton, Sir James Purves-Stewart, and the Countess of Oxford and Asquith, suggested that an amnesty should be granted to the men at the Coronation.

Sir John Simon, the then Home Secretary, stated in the House in November last year that a number of the men who had received extra sentence had already been released. There were still 12 In prison, of whom six would be released in the ordinary course during 1937.

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