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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MAY

1938.

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BRITAIN, FRANCE MUST FACE BLACKMAIL OR WAR

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the new affirmations by Italy would stand. There was no probability that they were any more to be respected than the previous ones, unless the agreement related to the collective organisation of peace, which it did not. It was essentially an imperial- istic

of the agreement variety and it helped to make Italy a great imperial power in the Near Enst and unless Italy "plays the game" Britain can take credit for having helped to make her menace to British Interests there.

pro-war

Kreater

Mr. Morrison declared the agree- ment was contrary to British interests and morally repugnant and degrad- ing to the best instincts of the people and the best feelings of the world. It brought nearer the day when the British Empire and France would be Inced directly with the issue blackmail or wor.

Of Incalculable Value

of

Mr. L. S. Amery replied, saying the ogreement was of incalculable value In very dangerous and dificult times before the country.

The Prime Minister'a courage hod put into Britain's hands the initiative for peace.

Sir Archibald Sinclair, Liberal leader, declared that by compelling recognition of the nnnexation Ethiopia and by countenancing the Invasion of Spain,

of

the Prime

Minister had shirked his responsibili ties and sacrifled the principles upon which, alone, peace could be eslab- lished.

Mr. David Lloyd George main-

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U.S. COMMODITY PRICES

LATEST CABLED

QUOTATIONS

•

THE HOUSE

of JEWELLERY

J. ^ULLMANN

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A

Large

Selection

of

SOLITAIRE

RINGS

DIAMOND

WEDDING

New York, May 2.

-2-

New York Cotton

Opening Closing

8.66/66

0.71/70

0,07/07

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RINGS

3.83/03

B.70N

9.00/80

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0.07

May July October December Jan. (1030)

tained the Prime Minister's policy Mar. (1000) was one of retreat and capitulation. Spot

The agreement was an abject, dis-

honourable and cowardly surrender.

The Last Notice Day for May

The Duchess of Atholl asserted the Cotton is May 13. agreement proposed to "let down" Spain.

Premiership Of Humiliation

Mr. Clement Attlee, winding up the debate for the Labour Party, sild

New York Rubber

May

11.27b/32a

July September December March

11.09/13 11.30/20 11.40/43

11.43b/408 11.61 /01 11.70 776 11,92N

Sales for the day:-2,080 tons. The last Notice Day for May

that Mr. Chamberlain's Premiership Rubber is May 26. had been a year of unparalleled humiliation for the country. The Premier had been widely and justly distrusted throughout the country. May

Mr. R. A. Butler,

July Assistant- Secretary of the Foreign Omce, Sept...... 79%/704

winding up for the Government, claimed that the Premier's policy had been eminently successful. He gave

Chicago Whiral

7674/78 775/77% 7096/7831

78%/70%2

Saturday's Sales:-

23:607,000 bushels. The last Notice Day for May Grains

as examples the Anglo-Irish Agree-in May 20 ment, the Anglo-French talks and the Anglo-American trade agreement negotiations.

May

Replying to a question whether any July unwritten undertaking was behind Sept. the Anglo-Italian Agreement, Mr. Butler Armly, assured the House that

there was no undertaking with re- | Stay .... gard to a lean, or any other matter July.... to which reference had been made. Į Nelober

Reuter,

MANCHUKUO TRADE| BALANCE IN RED

PLATINUM

& DIAMOND

RING

SETTINGS

Chicago Corn

3714/57*4 58%/584 50%/60%

Also-

50/50% 60/00%

Winnipeg Wheat

CLOSED

1/

The Inst Notice Day for May Winnipeg Wheat is May 31.

BRITISH EXPERTS VISIT DAIREN

Changchun, May 3. According to official figures just

Dairen, May 3. released, Manchukuo did $69,002,000 Mr. E. L. Hall-Patch, Commercini worth of trade with foreign countries, Counsellor of the British Embassy to including Japan, China and Germany China, residing in Shanghai, secum- during the first 10 days of April, panied by Sir G. B.. Sansom, Com- with exports totaling $29,888,000 (In-mercial Counsellor of the British Em- clusive of $2,310,000 re-exported) bassy to Japan, were brief visitors and imports at $30,714,000.

to Dairen yesterday as they stopped This has resulted in an adverse here on their way from Tokyo for a balance amounting to $0,020,000 tour of inspection of commercial con- International.

ditions in North China.-Domei.

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Roosevelt Duels With. Committee

Acute Issue. Over Wage-Hour Bill

Stock Market Dull

Chinese Bonds Show Improvement

London, May 2. The London Stock Exchango was dull in sympathy with the week-end Washington, May 2. on Wall Street, and the uncertainties Electrifying the Wage and Hour of European polities. But gilt-edged Bi proponents, President F D. holdings were firm and Chinese Bonds Roosevelt har directly requested the higher as a result of the reports of House of Representatives Rules Com-an Anglo-Japanese customs agree- mittee to reconsider its netion of ment. bottling the Bill.

Among the commodities, cocon en- He supported a discharge of the countered considerable liquidation Tin was petition in the event of the Committee and closed above the lowest. refusing the request.

weak owing to a disappointing Wall Street and the sharp rise in the Meanwhile the House of Represen-world's visible stocks. lulives bi-partisan bloc held a con- ference to devise strategy to blast the BI from the Committee. United

Press.

CHINESE

GAINS ON MANY FRONTS

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chen, south-west and north-west of Tancheng

On foreign exchanges. there was covering prior to the publication of the financial decrees, which caused French francs to harden.-Reuter Special.

INDIAN MINISTRY TO RESIGN

About half of the 1,000 Over Appointment Of

Japanese troops at Chanchwang_ate reported to have been slain in action. The rest are being "mopped up" by the Chinese.

west of

Acting Governor

Calcutta, May 2. The Premier of the Orissa District and his stated to-day that he colleagues will resign on Thursday

In the Ylhsien sector furious flight- ing has been going on for the Inst two days at Tichchuchshun, a hill south-

the walled city, Three unless there is a development is the thousand Japanese reinforcements situation before that time: started an offensive on the Chinese The Orissa Ministry objected to lines under the cover of a heavy missioner Daln as oeling Governor the appointment of Revenue Com- barrage on May 1. The attack was during the absence on leave of the repeated with even greater violence

Governor. yesterday, but the Chinese defenders staunchly resisted and held their ground. Chinese reinforcements were rushed up yesterday to help check the Japanese offensive.

Artillery In Action

Bringing their heavy artillery into action, the Japanese troops north of Nikow on the Lincheng-Tsanchwang branch railway, bombarded the Chi- nese positions incessantly yesterday morning and last night as well as the night before.

The Ministry maintained that the Revenue Commissioner WDS sub- ordinate to the Ministry and that the Chief Justice should be appointed to the post-Reuter Bulletin,

TELLS OF GALLANT CHINESE DEFENCE

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turned their machine-guns on us and

On the Tientsin-Pukow Railway then left. the Chinese and Japanese troops are We were lucky that the bombs hit pitted against each other across the a car full of horses and missed the Grand Canal about 50 kilometres ammunitiun dump.

now in

apart. Hanchwang, which is

Japanese hands, is strongly fortined Railway Very Dangerous with mines, and barbed wire barri-

The eastern section of the Lunghal cades. A network of trenches, has railway is very dangerous. We also been constructed. The Chinese were in the first train to arrive at are besieging the town on two sides.

That was n They have launched a series of ntinaachen in a week. tacks but have so far been unable to

The railway officials say they are. break through the Japanese defences. allowed to evacuate only when they A Japanese fleld plece was destroyed see the Japanese. They are prepared during one of the engagements.

to dic.

mistake.

A full prevailed yesterday on the two radishes from the fields yester- Eating is very dimcult. I had only Pihsien sector. No fighting tools day. place at Lienfangsban, scène of many bloody battles in the last few days bandits who are satisfied with half The peasants, all of them armed Central News..

Japanese Deny Success At

Taierchwang

Peiping. May 3. Λ spokesman denied n report broadcast from Hankow to the effect

said

your money, are numerous.

The womded are the most pathetic sight. Scores of them I have sten crawling, and smiling in anticipation of rest, to the train.-United Press.

HANG ON MEETING

that the Japanese had occupied a PEACE OR WAR MAY corner of Talerchwang, He there was no change on the Shantung front. The Japanese were attacking everywhere, and were nowhere on the defensive.

He stated that Communists at Wutalshan,

north-eastern Shansi, were moving toward Couhsien, 05 miles north of Taiyuan on the Tal: yuan-Tatung road, "Intending to loat

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and cheered Herr Adolf Hitler as he and his suite drove to the rallway station to entrain for Rome.

food which they lack."-United Press. Joachim accompanied by Herr

год

Two special trains drew out at 4.40 p.m., in the first of which was Herr Hitler,

Ribbentrop, Foreign Minister, Dr. Josef Goebbels, Propa- and his lieutenants, Herr Rudolf Hess and Herr Hans Frank, the noted jurist.

JEWELLERY Chinese Attack Tamingfu gunda Minister,

Made to order

by

Experts

}

Chater

Road,

Hong Kong.

Estd. 1860.

Chengchow, May 3. After recapturing Lungwangmino on the south bank of the Wei River in south Hopel, a Chinese column has crossed the river and is attacking Taningfu, Important town on the north bank.

In the second train travelled the leading officials of the Foreign Office, leading members of the Nazi Party, the Army and Police Chiefs.

Field Marshal Herman Goering, who will represent Herr Hitler in the Colonel Taniguchi, commander of latter at the station; "Your meeting Fuchrer's absence, addressed the the Japaneso gorrison force at with Signor Mussolini in Italy will Tamingfu, is reported to have com- once again manifest the strength of miited suicide. Central News,

the Rome-Berlin axis. The meeting of the greatest men of this century Chinese Troops Attack will serve the interests of peace, the

Langfang

two peoples and the world."--Neuter.

Hankow, May 3.

ROYAL ACADEMY DISPLAY OPENS

A Japanese spokesman admitted on May 1 that the Chinese guerilla unita, which recptured Yungtsing on the Yungting River were pushing toward Langtang, midway between Feiping

London, May 2, and Tientsin, and were engaged by The Royal Academy exhibition Japanese troops, according to a mes-opened to the pubile to-day and a sage from Shanghai. Gunfire was large crowd 30W some beautiful audible at Langfang-Central News. paintings.

Much Interest was shown in a Chinese Recapture Hopei

Towns

Chengchow, May 3. Driving on vigorously, Chinese forces in Hopel province have re captured two more towns along the Peiping-Hankow Rallway during the past few days. They are Shaho. south of Yingtal on the railway line, and Chanhuanghsien, about 30 kilo- metres north of Shaho.

The Chinese attacked Shaho on May 1 and succeeded in entering the town by the west gate. The Japan-| ese troops withdrew.

After their entry, the Chinese placed the mayor, Wu Tsing-lien, | under arrest.,

painting of the Coronation which is

to be presented to the King-Reuter Bulletin,

TERRITORY BOUNDARY

AGREEMENT SIGNED

Rio de Janeiro, May 2. The Netherlands Minister and the Brazilian Foreign Minister algned an agreement to-day respecting the boundary between Brazil und Dufen Gulana-Reuter Bulletin:

`EAR DITING COSTS $2,000

BOSTON-One ear parily bitten The Japanese are rushing troops of equalled $2,000 when Joseph from Yingtal to the north and Hun- Hyan was awarded that sum in lan-to the south of Shahó for a demago suit against his landlord, counter-attack....; Fighting · ຂ້າຕະ Al Nicholas Chogaris. The suit prose ready broken out there-Central | following an altercation Now,

payment of rent.

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