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五拜禮 號三十月二十英港香 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1938.

"Hongkong Government Unable To Cope With Situation"

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INSKIPPLEDGE BY

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COMMONS ATTACK ON DRUG SAYS GOVERNMENT

POSITION IN FAR EAST

ATTACKED BY 1) ALIAN “Legionary" bombers, Barcelona, capital of Catalonia, photographed from one of the raiders, with limbs bursting on the quays and among shipping, and one ship mak- ing off to sel

China Approaching 1939 With Confidence

LONDON, Dec. 22.

"CHINA APPROACHES the new year with confidence, based not only on the impregnable position of the National Govern. ment, pur fender, and the valour of the Chinese people, but by virtue of increased international readiness to help China," said Mr. Quo Tai-chi, the Chinese Ambassador to Lodon, in an inter- view 10-day.

The reasons for supporting China become daily more formid-

JAPAN MAY able through Japanese depreda-

RECALL AMBASSADOR

Resentment At Soviet Attitude On Fisheries

TOKYO, Dec. 22, JAPANESE RESENTMENT

tions of British interests, added the Ambassador. The United States, by granting China credit and borrowing facilities under- lined the spirit of financial co- operation, saying that this may: well be only the beginning.

"I am gratified by the many indica- tions, even definite steps, that Britain, with still more vital interests at stake than the United States, is now fully

realities. used to the menacing herself so "Japan hus over

about the lack of conciliation on conspicuously that even the most the Soviet side regarding re- hesitant British business interests

newal of the fisheries agreement rentise that only by China's triumph is so strong that the recall of can the legitimate Western interests the Japanese Ambassador from survive in the Far East.

"Now L this Chrismas season. Moscow, in case the negotiations every Chinese feels heartened and fail completely, is believed not happler by this development. added to be out of the question.

to the constant British benefactions

The "Kokumin Shimbun" claims for Chinese sufferers in the de- that such a measure is being con- vaslated areas. sidered in Government quarters in

I am confident that the new year

order to stress the importance which will work a turn of the tide in Japan attributes to the protccilon of China's favour."---Beuter.

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Its Ashing rights,

Ambassador Togo, following conference between Premier Prince Konoye and other Ministers to-day, received a new set of instructions for Immediate discussion with Litvinoff, the Soviet Foreign Minister. -Trans-Ocean.

Chamberlain's Visit

To Italian Capital

Rome, Dec. 22.

Representation On

Home Of "Turn Again' Whittington Destroyed

LONDON, Dec. 22.

MANOR COTSWOLD. the residence of Sir Alan Anderson, M... for the Cly of London, was almost completely destroy- ed by fire to-day.

For centuries I was the home of the descendants of Diek Whittington

The flames spread so quickly that Lady Anderson, who was trapped in her bedroom, only escaped by lowering herself from the bathroom window by a rope of knotted towels.

The Cheltenham fire brigade had a desperate struggle to reach the scene of the fire through a blinding snowstorm, and had to be three times dug ont ot Know-drifin-Reater Special.

Agreement

No Longer

Suez Canal Board Valid, Say

London, Dec. 22.

The present national representation on the board of the Suez Canal Com- Dany is French 19, British 10.

Egyptian 2. Dutch 1, said the Secre

Italians

PARIS, Dec. 22.

REPORT

LONDON, Dec. 22.

CHUNGKING, Dec. 22.

THE KOREAN PEOPLE'S SIR THOMAS INSKIP, Minister PARTY has issued the following for the Co-Ordination of National Defence, has tendered his resignation to message to the Chinese people, Mr. Chamberlain, according to the pledging support for the leadership of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek The Premier has refused to accept and China's resistance to Japanese the resignation.

3,000 Dens London "Evening News." In Colony, Speaker Alleges

LONDON! Dec. 22. LIEUT.-COMMAN- DER R. T. H. FLET CHER (Lab.) raised

A statement from official quarters regarding Sir Thomas Inskip's intention to resign has not yet been made.

According to the "Evening News," Sir Thomas offered his resignation to the Premier in order to fucilitate the eventual re-organisation of the Cabinet. -Trans-Ocean.

invasion:

"It is more than sixteen months now since China began to fight her war of resistance against the invasion of the Japanese militarists.

"The entire Chinese army and people, under the leadership of Generalissimo Chiang, fighting with undaunted spirit, have not only smashed the Japanese

matters in the House Ickes Speech Brings

of Commons to-day on

a motion for the Christ- mas adjournment arising from the report of the advisory com- mittee on rugs at Geneva.

Strong Nazi

Protest

BERLIN, Dec. 22.

military's dream of 4 *qufck' war. but have also been able to take offensive measures, and achieved results in prolonged warfare.

"Japan has sent more than one million troops to China, invading from south and north and cast with all her might.

"Innumerable cities have been destroyed by Japanese yan dalism. But the opposition she

she is now on the verge of collapse. Now mired deep in

THE GERMAN CHARGE AFFAIRES in Washington has made a demarche to Mr. Sumner Welles, Assistant Seeromet has greatly tired her, and tary of State, energetically protesting against the speech deliver ed by Mr. Harold Ickes on December 18, in the course of which be He reviewd the proceed-hotly criticised Fascism, Nazism and the European dictators. ings there, and asked what In an inspired statement to the was the "vigorous action" foreign press,, the Charge being taken by the British d'Affaires described Mr. Ickes' FAREWELL Government in accordance and defamatory declarations" with a resolution regarding Well-informed cireles consider the the drug traffic passed at incident of Mr. Haroid Ickes, whose Geneva, which reiterated anti-German speech has called forth

remarks as "vulgar invective,

an official demarche, merely as one

that the situation in China of a series of events during the Japanese influence."

was deteriorating under few days exemplifying the stiftening of the American policy against the anti-Comintern Powers, the other in- dications being the credits extended China, and the food to be sent in Spuin.

Lieut. - Commander Fletcher referred to the situation in Hongkong, where the local Gov- ernment was unable to cope with the drug traffic,

He said there were over 3,000 heroin dens in Hongkong, and over 300,000 opium and heroin pills were consumed there daily, and there

were 10,000 oplum addicts.

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Licul.-Commander Fletcher men- tioned Russell Pasha's report, and aid: "s allegations are in respect to the drug traffic in areas under direct and indirect Japanese trol.",

JAPAN UNDOING GOOD WORK

The speaker charged Japan with undoing the League's good work and of fostering illicit drug traffe throughout the world us an instru- ment of policy to promote the degradation of the Chinese. If those chorges were true, he would like to ask the House how far we could sall Japan a civilised nation.

34% bet never had a very great admiration for the Brfilshi slogan that trade follows the flag, but he' preferred it to the Japanese logan that drugs follow the flag. Lieut. Commander Fletcher quoted reported fnets and figures in the course of a scathing indictment of Japan in connection with drugs.

Mr. R. A. Butler, replying, gave

It is recognised that if all the men-I

bers of the Cabinet expressed them-

aloud what

other

a

LETTER BY FINANCIER

Blackmail And Wall Street Plunder

NEW YORK, Dec. 22. "AS GOD IS my judge, am the victim of a Wall

LATEST

U.S. WON'T APOLOGISE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.

Mr. Sumner Welles disclosed to day that the United States had re- Jected Germany's demand for an offi- cial apology for the speech delivered by Mr. Harold Ickes on December 18,

which he denounced Fascism as a "crueller,

more refined voodoolam,"

United States, France and England.

selves as freely as Mr. Ickes habi- Street plunder and black-and an ever-present threat to the

unlly does, the Government would

mail in a struggle for Mir. Welles' atatement to the Ger- be embarrassed, but Mr. Ickes has a special position of being the "whip- honest existence," concludes man Charge d'Agaires, Dr. Thomsen, was couchied in strong and uncom- pink boy" for the Administration, often

saying

note by Coster-Musica, promising terms, which the Unlied

States

rarely

uses in diplomatic dis- eminent members must reserve for written on the night before their Intimates.

cussions with a friendly Government, his suicide. The note was The exchanges have brought an ex- Hence the Administration can turn liscovered and made public German-American relations.

strain tremely sharp and new

Air. Welles told Dr. Thomsen, that Germany's request came with singu- Jarly ill-grace and impropriety from so persistently and officials to attack American leaders,

over un apology to the Relch without

hyprocrisy. Moreover, members of by his lawyer. the State Department are thoroughly

irked by what they regard as the at- The note exonerated his wife tempted sabotage of the Lima con- and brothers from any blame, a Government which

ference by totalitarian and are not in a

mood to concillate

on

emissaries, saying: "my poor loving wife permitted its controlled press those who are belleved to be guilty was ignorant of conditions", and including President Wilson and Frest- of provocation elsewhere.--Reuter. that his brothers merely acted dent Roosevelt, and present members

on his instructions because they of the Cabinet. believed it to be right, and lekes' remarks represented the teel- trusted him.

Iraq Exiles Five Opposition Chiefs

Baglided, Dec. 22.

The Iraq Government to-day exlied five persons, including one former Prime Minister, to the interior of the country.

its

He advised Dr. Thomsen thaná Mr.

ing of an overwhelming majorily el that Caster (whose real name is Musica) the American people, and said declared: "Bankers, lawyers, aud!- the recent policy of Germany had tors, appraisers and Incompetent high-shocked and confounded public salaried Executives have bied opinion in the United States move McKesson, Robbins white,”

profoundly than anything that had occurred in many dreades, The note sald that the company should have been in the receivership's pressions of publlo Indignation such He warned Dr. Thomsen that ex- hands in 1930 and again in 1932 if

as that voiced by Mr. Ickes were Ja- profits had not been bolstered in ovitable, and that Mr. Ickes' criticism frantic effort

save it.

of Mir. Henry Ford and Colonel Lind- and alcohol were involved in

The letter denied that narcotics borgh was purely a question in whiel his Germany could have no Concert deals, and declared: the Government from various parts The Government has thus taken up tried to ruin the company

"I have not whatever, and which he could not dis-

or the cuss. of the Far East,

the fight against the opposition, which stockholders. Instead, I am a ruined'

As long as German altacks on One very serious feature of the cließy consists of former parties man through the treachery of legal American officials continued, the growth of the traffle was the growth hostile to the present Government intrigue. Nobody has worked harder German Government had right to In the use of heroin, which was far Trans-Ocean.

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suppose attacks of the mme character more serious to use than oplum-

would not continue.—Reuter. itself. a terrible gripping vice."

After referring to the steps now

A number of opposition leaders were exiled to the some place several

the House Information derived by days ago.

tary to the Treasury, Captain Euan TT WAS STATED to-day that being taken by the British and Wallace, when questioned in the

the Italian Government in-Japanese authorities in mutually House of Commons to-day.

communicating information regarding

Mr. Neville Chamberlain's visit to Frenchmen, len British, Rome will be followed by a journey and one German-Reuter Special. by the Itakan Foreign Minister.

Count Galcazzo Clano to Belgrade,

is stated in diplomatic circles

here.

It has already been

announced

that the trip of the Hungarian Far- eign Minister to Rome will not take place until Count Clane returns from

Delgrade,

in

This representation compared with formed the French Ambassador the proceedings and movements of the previous Board comprising 20 to Rome some days ago that persons known to be engaged in the one Dutch it regards. the Franco-Itallan licit traffic. Mr. Butler Bald that agreement of January 7, 1935 although it might not give an im- as no longer valld, because it is, mediate solution to a grave problem,

it at least meant that we were no longer responding to the close touch with the representatives requirements of the situation. of Japan, and that thus we were able It may be recalled that the agree to illustrate the gravity we attached ment in question, which was con- to the matter. cluded on behalf of the French

NOT DELIBERATE Government by ex-Premier Lavel

Empire Air Mail Disorganised

London, Dec, 22, Imperial Airways announce the

AIR RAIDS PRECAUTIONS Opposition Questions Measures

Mr.

LONDON, Dec. 22.

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the interior, she will be soon forced disadvantageously to fight decisive battles in mountainous regions.

THE ADVANTAGES of the measures advocated by Sir John Anderson with regard to national defence and air raid precautions in the House of Com mons yesterday, were called into "On China's part, her resist-

question to-day on the motion for the adjournment.

ance is for national existence. Arthur Henderson (Lab.) ground shelters made of reinforced Under such circumstances, the quoting Barcelona's experiences, urg- concrole. One advantage of under greater sacrifices she makes, The Italian press has been stress-severe weather in Western Europe various problems qutstanding raid that from information in the the streets, with tunnels 48 feet deep. In pence time as a solution of Lon-reaist. With the entire nat

on a vialt to Rome, was intended to Reviewing the position. Mr. Dutlered a deep tunnelling system under ground tunnels was that they serve the stronger will be har will ing for some days past the desir- and the Mediterranean, and the

Viscount Welmer expressed dis- don's traffe problem. ability of closer relations between frozen Intermediate ports of call in between the two countries, including possession of Viscount Hallfax, there

Sir John Anderson thought Budapent and Belgrade, and it is Central France

that determined to fight to the was no evidence that the increase in appointment that no provision was have necessitated that of Tunis, generally assumed that the vislis of on interruption of air services, and Exchange of the railfcutions of the drug traffic in China was the outcome made to use concrete instead of steel deep tunnels, did not provide a it is certain that the fÄSU The two Foreign Ministers will be therefore there will be some delay treaty have never taken place, and of any deliberato plan on the part of sheets, which had created enormous sufficiently quick means of shelter, will be hers, and the

namely enemy devoted largely to the realisation of in malls to and from the Empire the view was recently expressed in the Japanese Government, or that it casualties in Barcelona. Barcelona The provision of concrete shelters, he objects,

Reuter Special.

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had now adopted a system of under-" said, was not ruled out-R¢ut#T.

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