1938-02-16 — Page 19

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1938.

Lord Elibank Attacks Japanese Policies

DEMANDS ARMY

WITHDRAWAL FROM SHANGHAI

Customs Seizure Could Never Be Forgiven

Dollar Ships Miss Colony On Westbound Pacific Run

HEROIN HIDDEN Committee

BY COOK BOY

The finding of 4,000 heroin pilis at

on February 8, resulted in the up- Deurance of Lau Chu 12 con boy employed there, beture Mr. R. Ed- wards at the Central Magistracy this |morning, charged with possession.

Deep Water Day Hours, Island Road,

Advises

Against Coal Oil

San Francisco, Feb. 10.

Senior Revenue Officer A. Grlinmitt

London, Feb. 15. The Dollar Company announce that stated that bis department viewed the curtalled schedule for the next the case very seriously and, asked his The Report of the Falmouth maximum Committee on the production of six months, during payment of the Worship to impose the subsidy, provides for an average of penalty. He further said that defen-oil from coal states that the three sailings monthly. Two sailings dant was in a position of trust and

Committee has reached the con- will be from California to the Philip was drawing good wages,

The house belonged to Mr. Q. E.jclusion that, in general, the pines, via Honolulu, Yokohama, Kobe, Manila on the outward trip and C. Marton, and was isolated at times. policy of depending on imported

Defendant was sentenced to A Hongkong. Kobe, Yokahama and! year's Imprisonment, und fined $2,500 supplies with adequate storage

The ahips working this schedule or six months' Imprisonment, will be the Presidents Coolidge. Cleveland, Wilson, and Tutt.

Honolulu on the return trip.

trading rights as soon as the situa- The Presidents Adams, Harrison.]tion permits.

SEES GRAVE MENACE TO Polk, and Garfield will leave every

war.

BRITAIN'S INTERESTS

London, Feb, 15.

21 days instead of the previous fort- nightly mailings on a trip round the world and they will follow the exist- ing Itinerary with the elimination of

Shoogbal.

The only inter-coastal service will be that portion of the round the world liner's trip between New York and San Francisco,--Ualled Press,

Wis

is the most reliable economic means of providing for an emergency.

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They cannot recommend reliance in war-time on supplies of oil from Indigenous

especially SQUITOS tablished for this purpose, unless any particular aspect of the ense can be shown to be exceptional,

be-

Shanghai Problem With regard to the International Settlement in Shanghai, the British, French and American authorities had Engreed to support the Shanghai

In view of the wide margin Council in opposing Japanese at-tween the relative costs of imported tempts to interfere with its fune- all and oil produced from indigenous tlons or to alter the character of materials, the Committee feels that administration. There

some the development of oil from force in the Japanese contentions and would not allow a concentrated pro- there was large measure of agree (duction of oil products for instance, representation in fuel oil-to become freely available be forgiven in ment that their

jadministration was hardly commen- at a very low price.

surate with their numbers and In- terests.

However, as regards those products That matter was under considera- | which are

more costly and

the Committee that tion; but the Japanese claim for in- readily available,

the creased representation on the Council strongly recommends a continuatice

out, would never Britain.

Demands Withdrawal

coa!

less

The House of Lords to-night staged its first parliamentary debato devoted exclusively to the China Lord Elibank's motion was responsible for the procedure, and he drew attention to the magnituie of British trade investments which precluded the country

Ellbank from taking a passive attitude in the Far East. He did Lad

demanded Japanese troops occupying not wish to be provocative towards Japan or China, but northern and eastern parts of the itself was quite a different matter, of guaranteed preference for twelve International Settlement be sub-Lord Plymouth averred. The Coun-years from 1930, with an Increased he declared the Japanese problem of over-population and situted by Manteipal Police and ell, he explained, is an international rate from faurpence to eightpence Jack of raw materials would remain while emigrationprotested, at the same time, against oxy hot under the control of any beyond the China Seas was closed to her.

On the other hand, China's population problem was just as acute as Japan's, and it was not surprising that she should resist when the Japanese were forcibly depriving her of land and laid waste others parts of her territory.

Lord Elibank, however, said he sympathised with Japan on the question of the Soviet menace, for Russia was trying to impress communism upon China. Japan could not look upon that without anxiety.

Revenue In Yokohama Bank

Japanese censorship.

financiers

to

particular Government.

Burdensome Restrictions

that no remittance was likely to be made until the position in Shanghai had been cleared up.

of per quallon, and the inclusion diesel oil for use m motor vehleles in the guarantec-Reuter Special.

SAW PICK-POCKET

Inspector W. Mair, stated that the

when

one

thing leads to another

THE REASON IS

ANCHOR

BRITAIN NOT WORRIED

BY MILD DEFLATION MOVE OF U.S. TREASURY

London, Feb. 16. The United States' Treasury's decision, announced last night, to limit its gold sterilisation operations to sums over $100,000,000 acquired each quarter, was the subject of a question by Mr. C. R. Attlee, Labour Opposition leader, directed to Sir John Simon, Chancellor of Exchequer, in the House of Commons last night.

The Chancellor said that as he understood it the announcement is that it is desirable in the present con- complainant and his riece were pur-ditions to modify arrangements which may have or may chasing a purse and were bargaining be feared to have a deflationary tendency and so act as a about the price when the nicce saw defendant take the purse from her

Urging wider Anglo-American co- necused operation. Lord Elibank

The restrictions under which Japan of disregarding the ethics of war and laying waste behind her some areas of Shanghai were being armies. He cited figures showing reopened, he went on, were extremely how trade had been affected by the burdensome. The Government was PASS PURSE war. Japan was raising against doing its utmost to have them re- herself the pubile opinion of almost moved. he sald, as soon as possible. TO COMPANION

Dealing with the administration of every nation; even Italy and Ger- many could not in their hearts agree the Customs, Lord Plymouth asserted

Sentence of three months' hard being carried on Japan made li closest consultation with France and fatuur was passed on Liu Sang, 31, to the way in which the war was the Government was working in

dificult for extraordinarily

her United States. No remittances had unemployed, when he appeared on raise funds abroad yet been made by the Yokohama remand before Mr. R. A. D. Forrest when her resources are exhausted.

Specie Bank to Shanghat to meet the at the Central Magistracy this morn- services on loans and he understood nig, charged with the theft of a purse Lord Plymouth Replies

containing $38 in Hongkong money and $0 in Canton money from Lau Japanese ambition in China trade every other customs station in the

Lord Plymouth, replying on behalf

Hol, 37, a factory hand, at Queen's In such a way as to squeeze_out_all | Yangise Valley.

of the Government, sald It was

Road West on February 13. other competition was exemplifted in.

always one of the Government's Difficult And Anxious Manchukuo and by the recent dis-

main duties to protect British in- criminatory import duttes and deci-

terests in China. Usually action was The position was undoubtedly very sions of the Government at Peiping,

taken in consultation with interest-dificult and anxious but so far the Moreover, Japan's netions in and

ed foreign governments, especially Integrity of the Customs Administra-

tion had been maintained. around Shanghai were most repre- Lord Elibank declared that the France and America.

Recent hensible and, like the sands of the revenue from the Tsingtao and

safety Efforts to arrange

in uncle's pocket. She saw defendant brake on business activity. He cordially agreed with sea-shore, likely to leave a gritty Tientsin customs stations had been with the Japanese had only partially Shanghai that they would not respect pass the purse to another man, who this view. tate in the mouth. Shanghal was placed in the Yokohama Specie Bank, succeeded, Lord Plymouth went on Customs revenue were very distur- also ran away, and the nicee told her foreign obligations secured on the quickly disappeared. Defendant

The American measure, he said, "We have no intention whatever of the centre of many hundreds of He asked what guarantee there was though undoubtedly something had millions sterling invested in various that the Japanese would not do the been achieved. British ships in the bing, the spokesman added. The uncle, who chased defendant and was in line with the general policy departing from it," he declared. parts of China. Britain's

of easy credits which he regarded as "Our methods are not quite the same share of same with the customs revenue from Yangtse River and at Canton had Japanese had no right whatsoever to eventually caught him.

as other methods of attaining the this investment was over £150,000,- Shanghai, and ultimately appropriate rendered invaluable assistance in the disregard the interests of foreign 000. If the recent Japanese demands it for their own purposes,

Ar protection

same results and I do not consider communities in the in-countries in these revenues.

The prosecuting officer also men-appropriate in this country. He recalled that Japan's General terior of China, he said.

Lord Plymouth denied that the tioned that defendant was formerly were granted Japan would acquire!

Replying to supplementary ques that because the United States has complete control of the International Matsul had been reported to have With regard to the trade problem,nsorship of foreign telegrams had-district-watchman, and had a pre-tions, Sir John-agreed that currency taken these steps it follows we Settlement and its International stated he was getting tired of long Lord Plymouth admitted that actually been begun, though he did vious conviction against him. arrangements in the two countries, should take exactly the same form

admit the character would be destroyed. Any discussions and might be compelled hostilities had almost completely.

press censorship Was Also appearing on remand,. Kwok Britain and America, were widely of steps. But we do desire to main- to take over the Shanghai customs. stopped shipping

Hop. 30, was sentenced power controlinig Shanghai would be

to three different. Britain and continuously tain the common position." in the Yangtse, operating

The Government had been in con- weeks' hard labour and able to injure the Interests of other | Lord Ellbank asked what steps the The Government was watching this

to six involded deflationary measures

It is indicated in London that Wall nations right into the centre of Government was taking to secure situation carefully and very closely, stant consultation with the United strokes of the cane for the theft of a he thought that existing arrangements

British interests and prevent this net and was Insisting that British mer-States on the great majority of sub-handbag containing $10.97 and mis- were adequate. He further agreed Street regards the Treasury action of aggression which, if it were carried | chantmen be allowed to resume full

Government would fects discussed in the debate. Action cellaneous articles from Miss Annie the

carefully as mildly inflationary, with the likell- had usually been taken independently Leung at Chung Ching Street, West watch the results of the new United hood of having little effect on the but almost invariably on parallet Point, on February 12.

States policy and act accordingly I credit situation. However, it is be- a considerable change in the exchange leved it may hold open the door for Another man, Lam Yau-cheung, value of the dollar occurred as a re-

still further changes in the monetary 24, unemployed, was charged with sult.

policy. the larceny of a pawn ticket from a NO DEPARTURE FROM girl, Jam Yer-ha. 18, on board a

AGREEMENT tramear at Des Voeux Road West yes- terday. Mr. F. X. D'Almada, Jr.,

China, while control of the customs

there would plainly imply control of

zones

lincs.

Japanese statements

Labour Party Stand Lord Strabolgl, speaking for the Labour Opposition, said the Labour Party suggested that the Government should take action, even

and

No sort of departure from the tri- if others appeared for defendant and pleaded party agreement had been indicated, were not prepared to do so, in dia- not guilty, and the ca was adjourn the Chancellor went on. He believed Fouraging the sending of munitions ed until to-morrow, Inspector W. the parties to this Annelal pact were to Japan. The Party also asked the Mair prosecuted.

respecting it. Government 10 discourage any ot- tempt to give financial assistance to Japan.

The Party advocated an individual boycott of everything Japanese, this peer pointed out. He hoped this would spread through all countries. He believed, in regard to China, that public opinion in Gre

Great

Britain was well ahead of the Government. That opinion way represented to-day

by the dock workers who refused to handle Japanese cargo, he contended. Lord Elibank spoke briefly a second time, saying he was sure the Govern- ment statement would allay to certain extent the feelings of those who were anxious about matters in Chin, The subject was then drop- ped.--Reuter.

The action is interpreted as a com- promise between Mr. Marriner Eccles' the reported desire to de-sterilise entire inactive gold fund and strong sentiment of Mr. Henry Mor- genthau and others for retaining it.

Reuter.

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