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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY

10,

1938.

Japan Won't Disclose Naval Building Secrets

POWERS' DEMAND TO BE REFUSED, TOKYO REVEALS

But Government Ready To Discuss Whole Disarmament

Problem

LONDON'S ANTI-JAPAN DISPLAY

Notabilitios In Procession Cry

"Save China”

London, Feb. 0.

A pro-Chinese and anti-Japanese procession which formed at the Wil- liam Pitt statue in Hanover Square, London, this afternoon, marched by along Oxford Street, busy shopping centre of the metropolis, headed by the Rural Dean of Kingston, the

Tomburton Scrutton. Included in the procession

were

Vis-

CHANGSHA BOMBED BADLY

Big Casualty List Feared

Hankow, Feb, 10. Changsha, the capital of Hunan, a subjected to a terrific bombing Japanese aircraft yesterday morning, when Funchen, Ichung and Shashi were also attacked. are lucking, the German pilot of the Eurasia nir liner from Hongkong found it almost impossible to land his machine on arrival at Changshu im- be mediately after the caure of the numerous holes in the

While detalls of the Changsha rald

Mrs. Clement Attlee, wife of the Labour in the House of Opposition Commons, Mrs. Noel Baker, countess Gladstone, Viscount Hast-airfield.

Miss Megan Lloyd George, and her well-known personalities. other

At the head of the procession was L ge banner, inscribed in Chinese

large characters: "Pener! Peace! Boycott

WARSHIP BUILDING HOLDS Save China,"

NO MENACE FOR

OTHER NATIONS

'Tokyo, Feb. 10.

About 200 people carried posters urging sympathy for China.

The progress of the procession was watched by numbers of people. Itenter.

MADAME SUN TO ADDRESS LONDON MEETING

London, Feb. 9. Delegates from many countries will attend the International Conference

aid to China next Saturday and Sun-

BIRTH

Charging other naval powers with attempting to for a boycott of Japan and to give "lay at Japan's door the responsibility for a construction race," Japan emphatically denies building warships constituting a menace to others, an official statement, to be published later in the week, will declare. communique will be released simultaneously with the delivery of Japan's replies to the British, French and American notes, which asked for information regarding Japan's naval building plans.

The

on

JOWIT-At the War Memorial Nursing Home, Hongkong, to Florence Madeline, wife of W. 11 Jowit, Mercantile Bunk, a son. (Ceylon papers please copy).

bombing,

The pilot said he believed the rald took a heavy toll of casuallies, al- though he was unable to give curate figures,

C-

RADIO BROADCAST

"At The Black Dog" And Other London Relays

LUBA SHAFTAIN. Radlo Programme Broadenst by Z.B.W. on Frequencles of 845 k.c.'s. 9.52 m.c.'s per second,

5 p.m. Relay of the Orchestra of the Hongkong Hotel from the Moof

Garden of the Hongkong Hotel,

1. (u) Make a Wish, (5) Nice Work

it you can get it, (e) I Never Know; 2. (a) Sailboat in the Moonlight, (b) Smarty, (c) Moon got into my Eyes, (d) After You; 3. (a) Why Talk about Love? (b) Rockin' the Town, (c) Everything you said came True, (d) Naughty, Naughty.

6.0 Children's Hour. 7.0 Sca Bhantles. We're All Bound to Go: Johnny Come down to Hile: The Hog's Eyc Raymond. Newell and Chinese aircraft also conducted a Mun. raid yesterday morning when cleven Chorus: Fire Down Below: Hulla- bombers flew over the Pengpu front baloo Balay; Haul Away, Joe; What and bombed Japanese concentrations shall we do with the Drunken Sailor, on the Tientsin-Pukow railway... John Goss and the Cathedral

Mule Voice Quartet, Reuter.

7.13 Chopin.

Clever Thief Victimises Shop-Keepers

Magistrate Requests Press To Warn Hongkong Public

Polonaise No. 2 in E Flat Minor. Arthur Rubinstein; Mazurka in F Sharp

Minor..... Simon Barer,

7.30 Schubert-Waltzes played by the Symphony Orchestra conducted

by

Walter

Goehr.

7.10 Studio-Luba Shaftain (plano). Beethoven Sonata Op. 109.

8,0 Time and Weather.

8.03 Chinese programme-Studio Concert.

11.0 p.m. Close Down.

Radio Programme Broadcast by ZEK on a Frequency of 610 Kilo- cycles,

8.05 pm. Variety. Accordeon

Band Accordeon

Ils

Nights, Medley....Geraldo & Accordeon Band; Vocal-I'm A Spe- cialist: Taught Me How To Play The Second

Fiddle....Frank

Crumit

The frequency of thefi by trickery the Colony of valuable goods caused Mr. R. Edwards to request (Tenor): Dance Orchestra-It's The both the English press and the ver- Natural Thing To Do Fox-Trot; The nacular papers to give all possible Moon Got In My Eyes-Fox-Trot.... SO that Roy Fox & His Orchestra; Talking- prominence to such cases, shop-keepers would be on the look An Embankment Impression; Blue- beard A Bed-Time Story....Wish Wynne.

out for swindlers.

An emergency Cabinet meeting is being held

day, at which Madame Sun Yat-sen, February 12 to approve the text of the Japanese notes, wow of China's national here will which are expected to be forwarded soon after. It is be the most interesting figure.

Madame Sun will address a moss reported that the Japanese replies, while refusing to meeting in the Covent Garden Opera Magistracy this morning.

House on Sunday evening. The comply with the request, reiterate Japan's willingness to meeting will be attended by the prin-alding and abetting onether, not in discuss disarmament both on a qualitative and quantita-cipal delegates and will

conference to a conclusion.

tive basis.

Baker,

Before Mr. Edwards at the Central

young 8.30 London Relay-'At The Black Chinese, Li Pong, was charged with Dog."

Mr. Wilkes at home in his own bring the custody, to commit a larceny by a bar-parlour. Presented by Pascoe

trick, of 30 watches and 30 dozen Thornton, The British delegation, headed by leather wrist watch straps, property 9.0 London Relar-A Recital by Lord Cecil, will include Sir Arthur of H. T. Les Brothers, Des Voeux Osenr Lampe (Violin).

Melody

urr. Kreisler). Sir Salter,

(Gluck, Norman Angell, Mr. Road Central,

brillante (Wieniawski); Detective-Sergeant D. Davies, the Polonaise The offelal statement will further disarmament restricted only to limi- call upon Britain and the United tatlon in quality and unaccompanied Yyyan Adams, M.P. Mr. Noc!

M.P., Miss Megan Lloyd prosecuting officer, sald that about Cortege (Boulanger). Gigue (Han-, States, as the "biggest naval powers by limitation in quantity was not dis- George, M.P., Mr. Arthur Henderson, 1 p.m. yesterday an unknown Chi- del, arr. Burmester). In the world" to give up offensive armament, and that it was unreason-

{MP

and Viscountess

9.15 London Relay World Affairs'. Gladstone, nese visited the Lee Brothers shop able to involve notification of naval M.P. naval vessels, and join Japan In an

and asked for 36 watches and Lie A talk by J. L. Brierly, o..E.. effort at disarmament.

building plans in such a disarmament! Among the foreign visitors will be leather straps. He requested a fok! Chichele Professor of International The Navy Ministry and Foreign scheme. Japan (urther proposed M. Comille Huysman from Indo- of the shop to be sent along with Law, University of Oxford,

9.30 London Relay-The News. Office, after prolonged consultations, plan for establishing a common upper China, the distinguished scientist, M.hin to the San Chung-tang medicine

0.50 The Band of H.M. Goldstream decided upon the contents on the limit which would restrict both the Leon souhoux, representatives of shop in Wing Lok Street, to rolleet j

Guards replies, which recall Japan's express-quantity and quality of both the trade unions and ex-services as the money there.

The British trade union On arrival at the medicine shop. The Soloist's Delight (Godfrey); edobjection at the London Dis- possessed by the powers concerned. sociations. armament

Conference of 1936 to dis-

"The powers, failing to agree to movement will be strongly repre- he asked the foki-le-put-the-package Marche. Heroique De Szabady (Mas-

containing the watches and the senet, arr. Dan Godfrey). armament by restricted qualitative

straps on a stool, and to follow the! 10.0 London Relay-The House limitation unaccompanied by quantt-this proposal, the Japanese Govern-

defendant to another shop in Hillier In The Country." tative limitation, and the notificationment did not subscribe to the dis- armament treaty concluded, inasmuch

Street to collect the money

ther

of naval building plans, on the ground that such steps would not contribute towards real disarmament

It had only to do with the limita- tion of quality and the notification of naval construction plans. Therefore the requests of the British, French POLICY UNCHANGED

and United States governments for Even to-day the Japanese Govern- such notification to which Japan had ment's attitude concerning dis-not agreed, is quite beyond the under- armament has undergone no change, standing of the Japanese Government.

-Renter. the communications will declare.

in

Although Japan did not participate the treaty concluded at that con- ference, the Japanese Government is making efforts to bring about a self- sufficiency of armaments based upon the pre-established principle of non- menace and non-aggression.

UNABLE TO COMPLY WITH REQUESTS

With regard to the request for in- formation concerning Japan's raval plans, the replies will declare that this is "Incomprehensible" to the Japanese Government, which "regrets its Inability to comply." The com-

further munication

disclaim responsibility for the current rumoura that

Inpan Is building vessels of a size exceeding the limitation of the 1930 treaty.

will

menace

BRITAIN'S EXPORTS TO CHINA

Hongkong Benefits

London, Feb. 9. Movements of British export trade to China since the middle of last year were described by Captain Eun Wallace, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, to the House of Commons to-day.

rented-Reuter,

Kung Attacks Peiping's Finance Plans

Tampering With

Belonging To People

an

A programme written by Billy On their way to the branch in Iler Bray. The music played by Rac Street, they met another man who Jenkins & His Orchestra. Presented told them that the moster was out, by William MacLurg. Imagine They retenced their steps to Wing old manor house, deep in the heart of Lok Street, but the unknown Chl the English countryside. Here live nese and the package were gone,

the Squire, a typical John Bull Defendant ran towards Des Voeux character, and his wife Mary, Their Rend Central, und boarded a tram, house parties are famous. The Squire followed by the foki. Defendant always has an orchestra and singers Jumped off the tram and ran through to entertain his guests, and his bluff

Silverthe Wing On Co., Ltd, to Connaught hospitality and the warmth and cheer

down there, to listen to the musie

and conversation, and to share in the happy atmosphere of "The House in the Country."

Road Central, where he was even and friendliness of his freside are tally caught by the foki, and hand-much sought after. Let us take you ed to a district watchman.

His Worship passed sentence of The reported proposal for the dis- two months' hord labour on defen solution of the Tientsin Branch of dnnt, saying that I was his first the Currency Reserve Board by the offence and he might only be the tool regime in Peiping was denounced by of a clever miscreant. Dr. B. H. Kung, President of the Executive Yuan and concurrently Minister of Finance, in an interview here to-day.

Inasmuch as it was duly constitut- ed according ΣΟ taw, and all the

were members

from appointed amongst qualified persons by the Head Board, the Branch Board of course could not be dissolved or re- organised. Dr. Kang said.

SZECHUAN WANTS NEW GOVERNOR

pro-

10.45 Dance Muste.

Fox-Trots-Little Old Lady; In The Mission By The Sea....Roy Fox & His Orchestra: Lost Love: Don't You Know Or Don't You Care.... 'Fats Waller & His Rhythm The Donkey Serenade (film 'Firefly*). Ben Frankel & His Orchestra.

11.00 Close Down.

INDICATION OF DISSENSION

GALL-

Referring to the report that the

Hankow, Feb. 10.. Surprise is voiced at the invocation

Pelning regime proposed to establish Much anxiety is being caused in of the escalator clause, because of the

Silver Custody Commission to take Chinese circles by the continued re-) Japanese failure to reveal her build-

He said that the exports for the the place of the Reserve Board, and fusal of certain Jenders to accept Ing plans, as if her course of action

Hankow, Feb. 10. of 1937 were only to seek a loan of $12,000,000 from the general Chang Chun as Governor of was indicative of the construction of third quarter

The angazine "New China” to-day vessels constituting a

to slightly less than those for the cor-

Cominission against the shores of the Szechuan in succession to the late

recapitulating of a published an article responding period of 1930, but in the so-called Central Bank, Dr. Kung General Liu Istang. Fears

Army's Eighth Route others. The Japanese Government is fourth quarter they declined to about stressed the fact that as the sliver possible mutiny unless the Central the adhering to its earnest desire for

dis- one-third of their value compared reserve is held by the Roar an be-Government handles the matter akil- Japanese struggle and the services rendered 'in this direction by the armament, and is taking this oppor-with the previous corresponding half of the people of North Chinn, it fully are not completely allayed. tunity to announce that she is pre-period.

cannot be disposed of in any way,

Meanwhile discussions ure

former Red Army. This is the first pared to participate in disarmament

Any party scelting access to the grossing at Chengtu between the re- Communist counter-blast to recent which aims at limitation both of The decline was accompanied by a reserve would innde itself a public calcitrants and representatives of editorials praising the work of the the Wahan Dally quantity and quality.

lurge increase in exports to Hong-enemy and would never be tolerated Chiang Kai-shek. As yet no solu-Kuomintang in konit, but it was not possible to say hy the law of the country, Dr. Kung tion has been reached, and ChangNews and advocating a Kuomintang to what extent the increase was due | warned.—Central News.

Chun continues to remain in Han-one-party dictatorship. to the diversion to Hongkong ot

kow.

The Chinese military organ, Sao Attempting to win over the Sze-

Tang Pao. enstigating ધ "certain chuanese, the Generalissimo recom- mended that Liu Jisiang should be north-western army" for maintain- given a State burtul, and hoped this in its own system of organisation would somewhat appease the dis and training, even to organising its gruntled factions who feel that the own schools, newspapers and so on.

-United Press. Gov- ernor of their province involves loss of face-Renter.

RECALLS ATTITUDE AT PARLEY

The amelal communque, recalling dipments which might normally the Disarmament Conference of 1936, have been consigned to Chinese says that Japan took the stand that ports-Reuter.

Japanese Claim Foreign Legion Is Fighting For China

to

Steamer

River Bombed, Sunkpoint ent of an outsider u

Japanese Allegedly Fired On Passengers

MYSTERY OF MISSING No. 0 Star Street, Wanchal, suffering

SOVIET DIPLOMAT

Whiyeung, Feb, 10. London, Feb. 9. £1,000 to £4,000 for each Japanese

The steamer On Ning was bombed According

from plane brought down.

and sunk by two Japanese planes at mesango

Moscow, Fob. 9, Pelping, China now has the services The Legion casualites so far have point west of Sintong, on the Enst

The Soviet has strongly protested of a foreign leglon, judging by the been one French, and Russlon and River in Kwangtung February 0 to the Rumanian Government in con- figures issued by General Hisalchione American, killed.

whle on Its way from Walyoung. to nection with the disappearance of M. Terauchi's headquarters, which states Several train-londa of Japanese Canton, according to worst just re- Theodore Butenko, Soviet Charge that 651 forelanors are fighting for troops passed through Fengisi Junc- ceived here.

d'Affaires ni Bucharest, and demand- Chins. They include 57 British, 152 tion en route to the Peiping-Hankow The raiders scored two direct hitsed an immediate investigation, and „Americans, 124 French, 315 Russians, raltway front yesterday, and opera- on the fiver boat which sank instant-gevere punishment for those gulity. ́and five others."

tions aimed at cutting the Lunghatly. They also machine-gunned the Omeial circles hero allege URL M The bulk of these men are ongogod | reliway at Chongchow, in north passengers on board, killing one and Butenko was the vicllm of a politicai in aviation, the Chinese Government | Honan, are believed to be imminent, wounding over twenty--Central crime by a Fasolat organisation promising – bonuses ranging from --Router..

OPIUM POISONING

Lam Chung, 41, was discovered in

from oplum poisoning and was taken to the Queen Mary Hoaplial for treatment.

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WORKMAN INJURED - With a wound in the leg caused by Attempting to allght from, #. MOV- ing tramcar in Des Voeux Road West a wooden pile falling on him while yesterday, Wan Tung, 16, lving at at work on the alte of the now Cen- 22 Square Street, suffered internal tral Market, Wong Yushing, 61, was injuries when he fell, and was taken token to the Queen Mary Hospital

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