1938-05-06 — Page 19

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MAY

1938.

American Statesman Warns Dictatorships

DEMOCRACY MAY LOSE PATIENCE

Aggression

Must Be

Halted or War May

Sweep

CHURCHILL DISTRUSTS DE VALERA

Might Domand Whole Of troland In Time Of Crisis

the

Chamberlain's Defence

PRINCE JUAN MAY RULE IN SPAIN

Restoration Likely With Insurgent Victory Complete

Saragossa, May 5. Insurgent headquarters in- dicated to-day that the monarchy would be probably restored in Spain, with Prince Juan, King Alfonso's third son, as the new Ruler.

London, May 5. Moving the Second Reading of Eire (Confirmation of Agreement) R, the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamber- The monarchy will be estab- lished as soon as fighting ends in victory for the Insurgents.

lain, paid a World

Washington, May 5.

warn Germany, Japan and Italy that Dictatorships push democratic nations too the result will be a war.'

if

far,

This significant declaration was the Secretary of War, Mr. H. H. Woodring, in course of a speech to-day.

made

by

tribute to Mr. Malcolm MacDonald for his inexhaustible patience and sympathy in connection with the negotiations.

reviewed at the Anglo-Irish meetings

The spokesman declined to discuss now and when the present system would be changed.

Several persons closely attached to

RADIO BROADCAST

Helen Lockhart (Contralto)

In Hebridean Songs

"PALACE OF VARIETIES” ·

Radio Programme Broadcast by ZBW un Frequenules of 845 k.e.'s; 0.52 m.e't. per second.

Insurgent headquarters privately ad... Jungherr's Accordion Melodians.

The four questions which were were Partition, Defence, Finance and mit being in favour of the restoration Trade.

of the monarchy, which was replaceti The Partition question has been by the Republican system when King laid lde since Britain made it Alfonso abdiented, but they quickly perfectly clear that it was a subject add that the King's powers should the which must be discussed between, be limited.

Northern Ireland and Eire, al that The form the new Spanish Govern- Britain could not even think of putinent will take is still open to ques- ting pressure upon Northern Ireland tion. Some Insurgent lenders sug- Because the Japanese occupation of Man-to come to any arrangement which gest that it should be similar to the

commend itself to might not

the British system without n Parliament.

Others favour the Italian system churia was without effective opposition from the Northern Ireland Government.

"The Trade Agreement with Eire United Press. chain of Democratic Powers, it had started a

might be considered equally bene- theficial to both parties, Mr. Chamber- events such as

tain

told the House.

German re-armament, occupation of the Rhineland, the Abyssinian Spanish Wars and the Japanese invasion China.

and

of

if

Democracies were now most pacific, but pressed too far a wave of indignation may sweep over them, making it most difficult to keep peace.

"It is essential to halt this con- j tinued aggression before it gets out of hand." Mr. Woodring declared.

"I do not believe there danger of a general war, but world situation is such

is any

the

that the United States must build up its de- fences, because whenever a foreign war impends our own peace is less secure."-Reuter,

Japan Primarily To Blame

Himalayan Expedition At Bombay

German Climbers To Have Plane's Help

Bombay, May 5.

Washington, May 5. Speaking to the United States Chamber of Commerce to-day, and plainly addressing military-minded nations, Mr. Harry Woodring, Secre- tary for War, warned Japan, Italy and Germany that if they push de- mocracies too far there will be wor. Mr. Woodring blamed world chaos

Ulrich Luft, primarily upon Japan.

The party includes "There seems to be no question survivor of the 1937 expedition, who, that the Japanese occupation

in an interview, expressed optimism Manchuris in 1931 was the beginning and hoped that better luck would be a chain of events which led experienced by the present expedi- directly to much difficulty," he said.

The German Everest Expedition, led by Mr. Paul Bauer, which in-

ends to climb Mt. Nangaparbat, hasi arrived in Bombay.

of

of the

present

German

tion.

It will be recalled that Dr. Bauer led the rescue party last year when eight Germans and nine porters were kiled. Reuter.

RAID ON BARCELONA

Madrid, May 5. An unknown French steamer is "We believe that the coal-mining reported to have been set are when

6.0-7.0 Chinese Programme. 7,0 Latest Dance Music, Top-Dance Slow Tempo-Sleepy Time Gol; Tap-Dance Fest Tempo Marle....

Victor Silvesier and la Ballroom Orchestra: Slow Fox-Trot Little Heaven Of The Seven Seas; Quickstep-Smarty (From 'Double or Nothing). Victor Silvester and Hin

Orchestra: Ballroom

Fox-Trots--The Snake Charmer; Let Er Go.....Nat Conella and His Georgians with vocal Frankie Tram- refrain by Nat Gonella; Ostrich Walk; Riverboat Shuffle.

His Orchestra; Waltz- bauer and Little Anne; Intermezzo-Who Cares? 7.33 Closing local Stock Quotations, 7.35 Murgatroyd & Winterbottom. and Ley Day (Soprano) Frances Allen.

The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot: Afraid To Dream (From "You Lea Can't Have Everything')..... Allen with piano accomp.: What Is This Thing? (From Temptation');

Me The

Το Romance Way

Frances Show

of Course; If (From "Temptation'). Day: Scientifically, You Pretend You're Blue..... Mur- Winterbottom [two and gatroyd minds with not a single thought) with Piano Accomp. by Monte Crick: Moon At Sea; Goodnight To You All.

austry in particular will welcome Barcelona was again bonbed by... Les Allen with Novelty Accomp. the advantages that may be expected. Insurgent planes to-day. The vessel Lauri Day and Jimmy Turnbull on

good agreements for Great Britain,

8.0 Time, Weather and Announce. ments.

was later towed out of the danger two planos. "On the face of it, the Defence and Finance agreements do not constitute zone.

Fifteen people were killed and 25

because

make the largest and wounded in the course of a second they

Twenty housen most impressive concessions to Eire air raid on the city. without superficially corresponding were demolished.--Neuter. advantages to Britain.

"But one must look mutside the agreements for intangible, Imponder- able

invaluable but nevertheless

fruits which, on various

occasions

weaker

in the past, have rewarded an unsel- Ash act of generosity by a great and powerful nation towards and poorer state." the Premier said amid applause.

Financial Settlement Excluding Eiru's annual

payment

of £250,000 with respect to damage to property, the British claims have been capitalised at over £100,000,000, The Government of Elre did not admit this claim; nevertheless Britain bag £4,000,000 over receiving been annually from speelal duties.

All financial cluira are being with drawn in return for £10,000,000, Mr. Chamberlain informed the House.

"Nobody could deny that this was generous treatment, but if ever the Britain dispute between Eire and was to be ended, some compromise was inevitable.

"Further, we should recollect that

H.K.-BOUND JUNKS DESTROYED

7.

were The junks

then

8.03 Studio-A Recital of Hebridean Songs by Helen Lockhari (Contralto) Accompanied by A. T. Lay.

1. Kishmul's Galley; 2. In Hebrid Seas; 3. Plano Solo-Coronach (Edgar Barretil

A. T. Lay; 4. An Island Sheiling Song; 5, A Hebridean Sen-Rievers Song; 6. An Eriskay Love (Songs arranged by Marjorie Litt. Kennedy Fraser),

8.30

Cruelly,

A

B.B.C. Recording - Legui

Visit to the London Law Courts -As seen by Ian Hay,

8.43 Dvorak-Concerto In B Minor. Op. 104.

Played by Pau Casals ("Cello) and The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Georg Szell.

"The

flag A launch Aying the Italian was yesterday stepped by Japanese who destroyed the junks which it was towing to Hongkong, according

9.23 Songs by Theodore Challapine to a report made to the police by Chan Kou-sul, 20, one of the crew of (Bass).

Sun-Russian Folk Arise, Red the Legionalro. This launch, the

(Neirnsso-Nevstrucff-Manikin). agents for which are the Ping On Song: Song of the Needy Pilgrim Steamship Co., left Macho at 6.m.

9.30 London Relay The News. yesterday towing three junks with at $24,000. a general cargo valued

9.50 Mitary Band Selections. Hungarian Fantasy (A. Figedy). According to the report, an armed

Bund

Of The Royal Hungarian motor boat stopped the launch Inid- way between Tal O and Macau and, "Maria Theresia" Regiment conduct. after questioning the crew as to the ed by Alexander Figedy; Hiawatha- Band of cargo and its consignees, went back

Merch (Morct).

Guards conducted to a Japanese destroyer near by and H. M. Coldstream

The crews of we are not dealing with a foreign brought kerosene tins.

by Lieut. J. C. Windram. 10 the

Talace 10.0 London Remy-' Mr. Woodring included

It is worthy of note that an aero- country, but with a partner in the the junks were ordered on

this year, Commonwealth of Nations, and launch which was told to go on to Varieties. rearmement, conscription and occupa plane will be employed

Ernest Licensee and Manager, tion of the Rhineland and Italy's at- with a redio transmitter based at therefore we were dealing with Eire Hongkong.

on terms of partnership and not on burnt.

Longstaffe; Al and Bob Harvey (Our tack, on Ethiopia and armed interven. Srinagar to keep in touch with the

terms of competitorship."

Two Canadian Pals); Murray and tion in Spain in the same category as party during the ascent of the moun-

Charles (Two of a Kind): Hobbs the Japanese invasion of China. tain.

Defence Difficultics

Penrose na P. C. Evergreen, the United Press.

Laughing Policeman; Rence Houston Proceeding Mr. Chamberlain said

and Donald Stewart (The famous that no part of the discussions gave

Radio, Stage and Screen Stars); more prolonged or more anxious

"When experts were drafting the Down our Street' (A Scrap of Lon- moments than the subject of Defence,

written und played by and the request made by Elre that Treaty of 1921, the Admiralty advised on Life), Britain hand back full and unres- me that without the use of the Irish George Buck with Norah Blakemore, tricted possession of certain forts, and ports it would be most difficult and Fred Douglas and Company. The Impossible ta feed the B.F.C. Variety Orchestra conducted repral certain articles of the 1021 perhaps

by Ernest Longstuffe Chairman, Ver- Treaty, which gave Britain rights to British Isles in war time.

argue that non Watson. "I am not going to those forts.

might fall into enciny 11.0 Close Down. tion of all the circumstances, and hands in after due consideration by the Chiefs danger that Eire might be neutral. of Staff, we came to the conelusion De Valera might hold the pistol to that a friendly Ireland was worth far our hend, and say that he will make Thick fog between Shanghai and more to us, both in pence and in war, common cause with us only if we hourn the than our paper rights under the 1821 give him the whole of Ireland," Mr. Canton delayed by 7% arrival of the Empress of Russia at Treaty. These Treaty rights were Churchill concluded.

only maintained perhops by increas- Hongkong yesterday evening.

The Empress, on her 140th west-ing the old -will between the two

Captain J. F. nations." voyage, with

berthed at Mr. Chamberlain recalled Mr. de Kowloon Wharf at 5.30 p.m. Her Valeru's statement that Eire would MacDonald Replies

permit Irish territory to be used by any foreign power to attack Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, replying that to the Debate, sald that it was the

U.S. Prepared Evacuate Citizens

London, May 5.

Throughout American Consulates Europe, acting an instructions from the State Department, are preparing and re-checking plans to evacuate thousands of American residents In the event of war.

The preparations are designed to avold the confusions which resulted from attempts to evacuate Americans in August, 1914.

Thick Fog Delayed Empress Liner

routine, and similar to arrangements Wick, in command,

of which I am one of the few remain- ing signatories, has been repudiated and violated in every detall by de Valern,

"After the most careful considera- the Irish poime, but there is

13

Von Cramm

He suggested that the Bill might be Trial In Berlin

ports and ments regarding Treaty postponed pending further arrange- common Defence action.

Next Week

Berlin, May 5, Gottfried von Cramm, the

United Press has conducted a sur- vey of the European countries con- taining the largest number of Ameri- can residents. Most of the Con- sulates declined to discuss the survey, others insisted that It was merely which have been carried out in the Far East in past years.

The United Press survey indicated arrival had been scheduled for 10 not that the major problem would consista.m. in providing a sufleiency of shipping. For a greater part of the journey the United Kingdom, und and indicated that the United Sintes from Shanghal, the Empress engines, would put the forts in question into faith of the British Government that German tennis ace who has been

a proper stute of defence.

by the exercise of the same tolerance under detention since March 7 would probably be forced to rush were only working at half-speed.

Iteferring to the Northern Ireland and encouragement, and the same

on suspicion of moral delin- "As soon as we left the mouth of transports across the Atlantic to

had handle the evacuation.--United Press. the Yangise we ran into fog," said representations that some provisions mutual respect and trust Peace Rests With Dictators one of the passengers this morning, of the Anglo-Eire Agreement might achieved reconciliation between the quency, will be tried on May 14.

"On Swatow It was probably worse materially affect Ulster's economic French und Brilish in Canada and according to an

intercals, Mr. Chamberlain said that the Dutch and the British in South to-day. Reuter Special. Washington, May 6. than any other point."

the British Government had been Africa, another miracle of reconcilia- There were 578 passengers on the able to meet the very considerable tion could nchieved between the Senator Key Pittman, in an exclu- sive statement to United Press this linee for Hongkong, 485 bags of mall number of suggestions made to it.

British and the Irish in Ireland. morning, declared that the peace of were discharged at port.

He concluded by exhorling Referring to the anuncial agree

mind that the Europe, and probably of the world,

One of the prominent passengers on House to bear in

ment, Mr. MacDonald said that the hinges on the outcome of Hitler's board was Dr. Mel Lan-fang, con- conclusion of the Anglo-Eire Agree British Government confidently ex- to be conversation with Mussolini.

sidered the greatest Chinese dramu-ment had obtained warm upproval He foresaw a long period of Nazi De actor of the present time. He is not only of the United Kingdom bui pected the balance sheet not

we could receive from the In other countries, in the Dominions, simply a financial balance sheet. The Empress is expected to leave the United States, indeed everywhere. Government of Eire friendship in- Kowloon at noon to-day for Manila.

retrenchment and consolidation of recent gains, and a "hands-off" policy

'realistic

"Worki peace apparently revolves

on the strength of the part between Italy and Great Britain.

accompanied by his wife.

Chinn."

the

ла

announcement

JAPANESE LOSE 75 WARPLANES

Hankow, May 6. Seventy-five Japanese warplanes in Czecho-Slovakia if Mussolial re-

stend of hostility, confidence instead No Secret Understanding or distrust and co-operation instead have been destroyed, either in aerial fuses a military alliance.

"The two Fascist nations have a

ing the month of April, according to After the Prime Minister, in reply of opposition then, I sincerely be combats or by anti-aircraft fire, dur- splendid opportunity to bridge the Japan and would probably discourage to questions by Sir D. Reld und Mr.lieve, the giver will be twice blessed,"

the Chinese Aviallon Headquarters. World

of understanding Tokyo, paving the way for negotio Winston Churchill, had given un the Buld.

emphasised the

machines Mr. MacDonald

Japaneso which might terminale the Spanish tions for peace between Japan and

Thirty-nine nssurance that there was no secret : and China Wars," ho declared.

the Agree-Irish resentment at the British areu- were shot down by Chinese pursult understanding behind Senator Pittman said the Pact be- ment, Mr. Churchill declared thatpallon of Irish ports, and sold that planes. 31 caught fro in mid-air from various causes and crashed, while tween Italy and Britain must embrace Die Agreement seemed to have given the British Government, with its the idea of an eventual neutral everything away in return for £10,- naval and military advisers, had deve were destroyed by anti-aircraft A blunt warning from Mussolini government in Spain, a government 000,000.

liberately come to the conclusion that are--Reuter, he would not interfere if Britain controlled by the people of Spain The Agreement does not end the the security of Great Britain would

Thirty-six of the Japanese aircraft and Franco defend Czecho-Slovakia without the domination of other Anglo-Irish quarrel, because Mr. de be greater after evacuation was con-

were naval planes and the remainder against German aggression might at governments.

Valera and that he will never rest cluded.

"The Agreement puts Irish free 30 military planes, says Central News, loast temporarily check Germany's these suppositions are founded until Fartition has been swept away,”

dom beyond a shadow of doubt, and Ninoly-five Japanese airmen werd expansion eastward."

en fact, there would then be a splen- said Mr. Churchill. did opportunity for an international The speaker recalled anti-British with the removal of the causes of dis-killed during the same month. Among [understanding” that would quickly activities in Etre and the "dark pute between the two nations, friend-them were Bulto, Takotushl "Such a" development would terminate the wara in Spain and forces in the Irish underworld" dur- ship between Britaku and Ireland Okamoto. The number of wounded should inevitably and naturally Japanese pilots is not Included in the naturally weaken the anti-Comintern China," Senator Pittman addexing the Great War.

list. Pact between Italy, Germany and United Press,

The Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, grow"--Reuter.

that

Will Hinder Japan

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