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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1938.

New Ministry Big Indemnity

May Handle

China Affairs

Prince Konoya's Hint To Lower House

Tokyo, Mar. 23.

Sought For Panay Attack

U.S. Asking Japan For $2,214,007

Washington, Mar. 32.

The formation of a new Ministry It is revealed that Mr. Joseph C. to deal with Chinn affairs may be- Grow, United States Ambassador to come necessary, Premier Konoye Japun, delivered B note to the hinted to the Diet yesterday evening | Japanese Foreign Office to-day con- when addressing the Lower House cerning Indemnity for the bombing Committer which was deliberating of the Panay. The note read: Bills providing for the organisation

The Premier indicated that opinion was divided regarding the creation of a special Government department to handle the inultiple aspects of Jap- anese polley in China,

af

on

armed

of North China and Central China "With reference to the exchanges Development companies,

communications between my Government and Jopan regarding tho | attack on the U.S.S.

Pinay and American merchant Vessela December 12 by Japanese forces, and to the assurances con- tained in your Government's note of December 14, and re-affirmed in its

embe note of December 24, that the Japanese Government would make indemnification for all losses," I am instructed to state that my Govern- ment finds firstly, the amount of pro- perty losses Is $1,045,070.01, Bnd secondly the amount of indemulfen- tion which should be paid for death and personal Injury cases is $200,- 337.35. Therefore the total amount my Government is prepared to accept is $2,214,007,36.

A Bourd of Chinese Economic Affairs was being established to con- trol and to promote the development companies, while a Council of Chi- nese Economic Affairs had been set up to make the necessary_recommen- dations to the Japanese Government | regarding economic developments in

China.

The Premier sald that temporary agencles for large-scale machinery to enable the co-ordinated handling of as well as diplomatic

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alter the time as well. Why they do this it is difficult to say... The must- cal egg is certainly not worth the in- strumental cackle.

There is no musle inore full of solid character than that of our Scottish songs and dances. It is deep, true, and very strong. There is, perhaps, no music that is more abused aud misrendered at the present day. There is not even the excuse that its

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Highland dance music had a great and fumous exponent in the late Scott Skinner. Fine standard settings have also

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GRADUAL TRADE REVIVAL SEEN

New York, Mar. 22. In a radio symposium catliked "The spring outlook for business,” Hine spokesmen of big business agreed with the Secretary of Commerce. Mr. Daniel C. Reper. that "there is evidence of resis tance to further business and economie decline, indicating that the liquidation period has sub- Bided."

They forecast a gradual revival of trade, however, and saw no "dynamle" recovery to be likely. -United Press.

wants to hear the praises of Annic Laurie sung in a minor key? Or the blue of Killarney changed to washed out grey. Let us have new songs and new music by all means-if we can produce them--but let them be new.

Strong and bright originally in not Highland dance musle is essential- perhaps a market characteristic of ly dance music. Every beat of the our day. Whether or not it will ever tune corresponds to a movement of u again be possible to compose music foot in the dance. To extract a bar equal to that of days gone by, one or two of the tune and substitute an does not presume to say. The founts Incoherent flourish, a pointless wail, of musical composition may be ex- or an even more pointless pause, is hausted, or they may be inexhausti to break the symphony of the com- ble. I do not know. But let us at bined movement and music. To least distinguish between Art and change the melody is to interfere mere intellectual caprice; between with what is in many, or most, cases the twitching finger, and the pulsing a perfect sequence of sound idea. heart,

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