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THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

MONDAY,

DECEMBER

5,

1938.

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Appeasement

Policy In Serious Danger

MEDITERRANEAN “SQUEEZE” NOW BEING APPLIED

LONDON, Dec. 4.

THAT MR. CHAMBERLAIN will face one of the most delicate tasks of his career when he goes to Rome in January is the belief of many well-informed observers here.

The prime object of his mission will be to carry his appease- ment policy a further step by bridging the ever-widening gap between France and Italy.

At the same time he is obliged to adhere to the pledges given to France to support her refusal of yield to Mussolini's "Mediterranean squeeze" in connection with Tunis, Corsica and

Nice.

Some cynical commentators have French Mediterranean possessions as result of t Home-Berlin-Tokyo| suggested that Mr. Chamberlain musta possess not only the diplomat's finesse, agreement for dividing zones in a

expansion, but the uality of a light-rope walker world-wide

Prunier!

If he is to reconcile these two ob- Daladier has summoned the Cabinet

o meet on Monday. jectives.

British quarters are not inclined to The meeting will also discuss re-t regard too seriously Musolini's terri-ports of the preparations for Herr torial claims irum France, which are Joachim von Ribbentrop's arrival en considered here to be so exaggerated Tuesday.

that they must inerely be a form of, Meanwhile the Fascist press con- applying diplomatic pressure in ex-tinues to make open references to tract concessions in other spheres

for "natural aspirations".

Italy's

German

Shipbuilding Contract Far British Firm

Ankara, Dec. 4. The Min.sury of National Economy has awarded the British

yarda of Swan,

Hunter and Richardson a

contract for 11 merchant-

men from 900 to 1,800 tons

each ot total cost of £1,200,000 payable through the £10,000,000 credits ob- tained from Britain last May-Reuter Special.

a

North China Swamped With Counterfeit Currency

CHUNGKING, Dec. 4. LOCAL BANKING circles!

FOREIGN SHIPS IN YANGTSE TO MOVE

HANKOW, Dec. 5. THE FIRST movement of foreign vessels from Hankow to take place since the Japanese occupation is scheduled for to- day, when the U.S.S. Luzon and the French ship, Admiral Char- ner, are expected to leave for. Shanghai, departing at 8 a.m.

No authoritative information is favailable with regard to the depar-

ture of the British unboats

Tern and (026 tons), Pecret (310 tons) Mantis (205 tons).

It is understood, however, they are awailing the arrival of relief ships from Shanghai bafore departing, and they may leave within the next fort- night.

The relief force of 110 British blue- Jackets which arrived in Hankow last aboard July will be accommodated the British gunboats Shanghai-Reuter,

bound for

Shanghai's Biggest Fire

determination of the axis Powers to reported that it the and Strin have many parts of reports from Kills Twelve

pressure.

China, while Italy and Japan

will

Shanghai, Dec. 5.

Barter Pact Between Italy And Rumania

Bucharest, Dec. 4. An agreement concerning commercial payments and barter, signed between Ru- mania and Italy is expected to lead to a considerable in- crease in volume of trade between the two countries. -Reuter Special.

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-RADIO-

Elvie Yuen (Soprano) From the Studio

LATEST VARIETY

by The Very Rev. Father Niganti; 4. (a) Under the shade of a plane- tree (Golinelli); (b) The Shepherd and die Country-Girls (Golincili). ...The Very Rev, Father Riganti at the Fano; 5. (a) Dedication (R. Radio Programme Brondens! by Strauss); (b) Night (R. Strauss); (c) ZBW on a Frequency of 845 k.c'. Spread over my brow thy raven half and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m.) (R. Strauss)....Elvie Yuen accomp. and B-11 p.m. un 0.52 m.c's. per by The Very Rev. Father Riganti. second.

II. K. T.

6.0 For The Children,

Nursery Rhymes; Intro: Hush-n-

bye

8.30 B.B.C. Recording-A talk by II. Granville Barker on "Shakes peare."

and

8.45 Excerpts from FF Edward Hot Cross Buns; Dame get up;

German's "Merrio England" Curly Locks; Tom, Tom; I saw three "Tom Jones". ships; There was a frog: What have "Tom Jones"-Selection....H. M. you got: Oranges and Lemons; Jack Grenadier Guarda cond. by and Jill; The Spider and the Fly: George Miller; *Merrie England"

Gems.....Miriam Hickery Dickery, Dock; Ban, Daa, Vocal Block Sheep; As Tommy was walk- Clara Serene Franels Russell, Dennis ing; There was a little women; A Noble, Robert Carr, and Chorus with Piper's Son....Uncle George's Party Orchestra. with Orch; Studio Serial Story | 0.02 New Light Variety.

Orch. - Bluc Devile' Morch "Seeing The Empire" Singing Games:

Licette,

For Children: Musical Chairs; Bee- (Williams, arr. Lotter)....The Lon- Be-Babity. Chalmers Wood's don Palladium Orchestra cond, by

from the Heart (Haydn Wood); Love Ever-- Girl....

losting (Friml)......................Ina

| Orchestra with vocal

Soucz

of Shirley Temple Songs Medley Pichard Crean; Vocal- I Want Your Allm Poor Little Rich Henderson Twings with Orchestra. (Soprano) with Orchestra; Vocal- 6.30 Closing local Stock Quotations, The Hills Of Home (Fox) Oh, Pro- .Nelson Eddy 6.35 A Variety Programme with mise Me (de Koven).. Frances Faye, Bing Crosby,

cond. by Stan (Baritone) with Orch. Holloway and Harry. Roy and

Nathaniel Shilkret; Orch.-"The Dream" Selection (0. Orchestra.

Straus)....De Groat and The Orch; Vocal Mon

Waltz

Dance Orch-Breakfast In Harlem Piccadilly -Fox-Trot (from Transatlantic Meilleur Ami (Berthomieu-Tobet).. | Rhythm'); I Hear A Song In A Taxi; Lucienne Boyer with Orchestra -Fox-Trot (from Transatlantic cond. by Izn Volpin: Vocal-Ah! Rhythm')....Harry

His Marla Roy and

Mari (Rusco-Di Сариа) Orchestra with vocal refrain: Vocal Guitarren Spield Auf (Schinidaeder- Would You? (from San Francisco) Siegel).... The Comedy Harmonists

Bing Crosby with Velor Young with Piano. and Orchestra; Guitar--Pickin's

9.30 London Relay-The News My

Way

(Lang-Kress)....Eddie

9.50 Bongs by Jan Klepura Tenor). Lang (Guitar) with Guitar accomp. Sweet Melody Of Night (Sim by Carl Kress; Vocal-You're Not Give us this Night'); I Mean To Say The Kind (Hudson, Mills): No Love You (flm 'Give us this Regreta (Tobias, Ingraham)... Night'); You, Me And Love (Alm 'My ..Frances Faye (with drums, guitar Heart Is Calling')....with Orchestral and bass accomp.); Dance Orch. Spanish Jake-Rumba (from (Trans-

London Relay - Topical atlantic Rhythm');, A Gift From | Gazette.

accomp.

10.0

Heaven-Waltz....Harry Roy and

A fortnightly review of things at His Orchestra with vocal refrain Home. Presented by Pascoe Thorn- And ton.

Famed Bandits Said To Be Refugees

CHUNGKING, Dec. 1. CHINESE newspapers report Humorous Monologue-Jonah

(Edgar),...Stanley 10.30 New Dance Biasio, that the "Big Eight Pickpockets" The Grampus

Holloway with Piano; Vocal-One, Quickstep-There's Honey On The of Hunan are among the recently-Two, Button Your Show (from Moon To-night; Slow Fox-Tro-This arrived refugees from Hunan Pennies from Heaven'); So Do Is My Night To Dream (film 'Doctor (from Pennies from Heaven') .Bing Rhythm'). .Victor Silvester and His province.

Crosby-with George Stall and His Ballroom Orchestra; Fax-Trot They The reports add that the Big Eight Orchestra; Dance Orch.-The High- Gave Hm A Gun To Play With; land Swing Quickstep (from 'Hauny Novelty Fox-Trol-When The Circus Colleen On Broadway--Fox-Trot.. His Band with vocal chorus by Sam Returns'); There's A Little Irish Came To Town. Jay Wilbur and Harry Roy and His Orchestra Costa; Tongos-Lorenzo; Ratintino with vocal refrain.

Orquesta Tipica

such as the Suez Canal and Djibouti. which the Government is convinced the demonstration in the Chamber UNDER CONSTANT PRESSURE

of Dipulies was inspired, and it is! What is particularly worrying to intended to ask Herr von Ribben

involv stipperlets uf Mr. Chamberlain's trop to explain any appeasement policy is the apparent ment for a situation, in which it is keep the democracies under constant agreed to give Japan a free hand the Japanese- occunied regions about the wide of counterfeited At the present mement Britain in give Germany domination of Central circulation beginning to feel the increasingly and South-Eastern Europe, and Italy Chinese legal tender, chiefly The biggest fire here since the Cha-are usually called the "Eight Kals" strong "squeeze" from the Berlin end is being urged to expand southward notes of the Bank of China and pei fire which brought the Shanghal because they all have the same first- hostilities to an end, occurred here name of Kal, though having eight of the axia In connection with herosa Africa.

yesterday within 50 yards of the different surnames. Many observers believe that Ger- Central Bank.

7.15 Johann Strauss-"Le Beau Canoro; Fox-Trots - Plastered In colonies, while Rome is applying

It is reported that Japanese ronins, beadquarters of the British forces in

It is said that they are very notor-

Danube"-Ballet Music. pressure

Paris: Minust For A Modern Misa.. France for territorial many is supporting the Italian bid

for Mediterranton power in order to White Russians, Formosans, Koreans the Shanghai arcu.

lous in Hunan, but have never been

Played by the London Philharmonic concessions.

The Six Swingers directed by supporting

The Bre broke out in a Chinese

Wood wilh George Scott As a corollary Mussolini offers to prevent Mussolint from

and Chinese are employed ny distri-,

vocal demands for EL

Polish-

village on the western outskirts of imprisoned because the Chinese Orchestra cond. by Antal Derati,

7.45 Studio-Talk on a Recent Visit|chorus; Fox-Trot-Fleur Bleut; One- mediate between Britain and Ger-

butors,

the International Settlement, and Government has never obtained any

to

Canton.

Step-Je Chante....Charles Tranet many in an effort to improve their Hungarian border.

However, the French Government

It is also stated that Cheklang, is estimated that at least 500 houses, definite proof of their crimes."

8.0 Time, Weather and Announce~ | (Vocal) with relations, while ilitler ollers his good

Wal-Berg and His offices to end the Franco-Italian im-cems to doubt whether litice will Shantung and Shans) are the chief were destroyed.

The newspapers add that Chung-ments.

Orchestra. Achi in order to give Italy Tunisia,

Twelve Chinese are known to have king police headquarters have In- B03 Studio-Elvie Ynen (Soprano) zones where an enormous quantity In each case observers here believe Savoy and Corsica.United Press,

of counterfeit colns are circulated, lost their lives in the conflagration, structed all local poiler to keep a with The that "mediation offers will be ne

British troops from the head- strict watch-out for the men.-United Riganti at the Plano. companied by a demand for further

Reports indicate that the Japanese quarters barracks assisted the French Fress.

und Settlement fire military authorities are maintain.ng Concession concessions as the "price" of inter vention,

a systematic manipulation of forsign brigades to cope with the raging in- terno, in which the flimsy Chinese

passe.

חנן

The British Government is In- creasingly worried that continuance

partieelar form of of this diplomacy may ultimately imperil Mr. Chamberlain's appeasement hopes.- United Press,

FRENCH CABINET TO MEET

Puris, Dec. 4.

Preparing to ask Germany for a

common

Important Chamberlain

Talk Awaited

London, Dec. 4.

Mr. Neville Chamberlain -han

|

Very Rev. Father A.

1. (6) Vient, Il mio seno (from "Cecchina o la buona gluoin" Piccinni); (b) Carl occhietti vezzosetti (from

11.0 Close down,

ST. ANDREW'S VICAR

amoroco"— The Rev. J. R. Higgs, vicar of St. "L'inganno by The Very Rev. Father Riganti: back from furlough with Mrs. Higgs

on Thursday, 2. Invocazione (Golinelli)......Thand their son

The Vary, Rev. Enther Riganti at the Vicar will preach at Evensong next social Plano; 3. (a) O'Del mio Amato Ben Sunday and there will be a (Donnudy); (b) No, non mi guardate gathering to welcome him in the (Donnudy)....Elvic Yuen accomp. Hall afterwards.

exchange and Chinese legal tenders were quickly burned to cinders. CZECHS SEEK TRADE gem!)....Elvie Yuen accomp. Andrew's, Kowloon, is due to arrive

by producing and circulating a large.

The cracking fomes sent out huge amount

counterfeited Chinese columns of smoke which hung over of

of the Settle- order to undermine thee western district notes in Chinese financial structure.-United [ment.

The fire was finally extinguished Press.

by 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. -Reuter.

"grunk explanation" of the reports promised to speak at the jubilee 6,000 MILLION YEN

ot. Italy's hostile agitation against anquet of the Fareizu Press Asso-

Soviet Seamen Arrested, Claim Ill-Treatment

Moscow, Dec. 4.

sation to held on December 13,

WAR BUDGET

Tokyo, Dec. 4.

This address is awaited with kern interest in view of the forthcoming Visit of the Prime Minister to Rome.

Financial eireles here predict that Mr. Chamberlain has asked for be tween 40 and 50 minutes in which lapan's special military budget for

deliver his speech, which will be the year ending March, 1940 broadcast in Britain and also to probably reach 0,000,000,000 yen. America.

will

|

PRESIDENT'S SON JOINS THE FILMS

Hollywood, Dec. 4. The President's son, Mr. James Roosevelt, announces his acceptance

WITH EMPIRE

Prague, Dec. 4. Hope of Increased trade with Britain and the British dominions was expressed by Dr. Hocha, the new President of Czecho-Slovakia in an exclusive interview with Reuter.

Dr. Hacha declared that

the

continuous development in the ex-

change of merchandise between the British Empire and Czecho-Slovakia

would prove to be the best support

for normalisation of the Czechi economic situation.

that with

Besides cultural relations, it is in of a position with the film industry the field of economic interest

Czecho-Slovakia's relations Of this, 4,000,000,000 yen will be as vice-Chairman of Samuel Gold-Britain can develop most favourably In addition to Mr. Chamberlals, allotted to the War Ofice, and the wyns.

Until h's retirement last month, 1lmost the entire British Cabinet ami total will exceed the current year's

GR served the "poropriation by 743,000,000 yen.-James Roosevelt Diplomatic Corps will attend

Reuter,

father's private secretary—Reuter. Allegations of the arrest and 11-anquet.-Trans-Oceani, treatment of eleven Sovlet fishermen, picked up in the sea by two Japanese vessels, have aroused public indigna- tion here.

According

to the Soviet authorities,

the ship-wrecked mariners, after being arrested and H-treated, were. held to effect an exchange for frontier violators detained by the Soviet, instead of being assisted to rolurn home-Reuter,

WARSHIPS SHELL

HAINAN ISLD

America Must Wake Up To Her Military Needs Says Johnson

CHICAGO, Dec. 4.

AMERICA must wake up to her military needs, declared Mr. Louis Johnson, the

Assistant Secretary of War in a broadcast speech to-day.

The report says that strengthening Mr. Johnson added that the true had begun to play a dominant role- Chungking, Dec. 4. condition of American defences may Reuter Special,

is necessary to provide even for the NO LONGER SUPERIOR minimum safely from attack. “Our Ten Japanest warships ore shelling be a secret to many Americans, but

Washington, Dec. 4, former technical superiority varlous ports along the coast to they wers certainly known in the

development Further emphasis on the need for aeronautical Hainan Island, including Halkow, foreign capitals. Yulin, Sinan and Teising, according The Un.ted States, which had been strengthening and improving Amer- longer clearly apparent. The recent to Chinnes ropatie,

rudely awakened from the existence lean defences appears in the annual advances in other countries have

not exceeded, It is believed this is to test the of a false sense of security, by the repart of the Assistant War Secretary, equalled, if strength of the Chinese defence shocking events of the last few years, which denis specifically with anti-arts," observes the report~~Rou-

ter. found itself in a world where force aircraft defence..

-Reuter.

and durably-Reuter Special.

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