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FACING

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Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

February 22, 1939.

IN

Opposition

GIBRALTAR DEFENCE

Commons Questions Adequacy Amendment

AS

LONDON, Feb, 21.

5 A SEQUEL to the recent revelation of the alleged inade- quacy of the Gibraltar defences at the time of the Septem- ber crisis, a question was raised in the House of Commons to-day, when the financial secretary to the War Office, Sir Victor War- rander declared:

"As regards the coast and land defences. Gibraltar was The anti-aircraft adequately prepared at the time of the crisis. defences were relatively weak, but are being considerably increased".-Beuter Spreial.

LONDON, Feb. 21. RESUMING THE DEBATE on the Bill for extending the borrowing powers of the Government in relation to the re-armament programme in the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Neville Chamberlain said that when he listened ATTLEE LEADS LABOUR to the debate yesterday he felt there was absence of the strong feeling of controversy, or were noticeable symptoms of anxiety which before.

an

ATTACK ON POLICY

unwarrmutable

ago.

the people.

Defeated

as

The Government's reply came from Mr. W. S. Morrison spokesman in the House of Commons for Lord Chatfield,

Mr. Morrison said: "The taking of defence meastires of a very consider- able character dues hot denote we are subscribing to the inevitability

of war."

Dealing with the part the army would play in the event of a Continental wor, Mr. Morrison said that the Government. fully afrot that once involved in war, we could not proceed upon the principle of limited liability, (cheers).

All our resources would have to be thrown in. What we have now to t was not the British way to Replying to Mr. Chamberlain, Mr.

which Clement Attlee, leader of the Labour Indulge in any vain and inglorious consider is the preparation complacency and to say that Britate could stand the stage of war, if it happened. He had derived the general impression that all parts Osition, accused the Premier of boasting: nevertheless, it was right would have to be made for the initial The Government have no difficulty strabi better than any country in the in giving bssurances that conver- of the House were being forced by the pressure of facts, brazen elfrontery,

Herald Lint Mr. Chamberlain world. That was from every point of sations have already begun between and realisation of the realities of the situation towards would have shown enthusiasm for view; not only from the financial and the British and French staffs, which

through something like a general agreement as to the necessityment and disarmament seven economie strength of the country, but will naturally cover the respective I was rather disgusting to find the at the the association of the whole roles to be played in the first loges

of a conflict. of the arms programme they were carrying through, and premier triumphing at the end of the It was a great comfort, and addi- "We don't contemplate un ac- of war security,

A Heale as to the manner in which it was being conducted, League. These arms were measures tonal that both opposition cumulation of reserves or

Premier's failure,

many grievous differ-material in peace time on of the

not his parties. success. There was a need for a rentences which existed, were in no way cumparable with that prevailing in particularly the way in which it was being financed.

The The events of challenging

the later stages of a great war. principle of Minister for Defence.

be cũn "We latend our plan to measure which the the Government but the past year had upset the balance exceptional

Government felt its duty to propose.tions, and war material alt to take sistent and complete-men, muni- He recalled that last year the course which

The coming year would see a very Mr. Attier maintained that froma Labour Party stressed the need adopted in not appointing a Minister of forces on the Continent.

accretion of our defensive their appropriate place in relation to

each other.. of a policy based on collective of Supply. The first result of such

charge would undoubtedly be to give collective security, Britain had been treat ace 16

set-luck in that production at the reduced almost to isolation with one strength. For the first time, British

amendment The Opposititn pircraft factories will be woning defeated by 310 votes to 127, and the security and the League. seemed to him to indicate that very time when it was in full swing, effective ally.

sums on a scale hitherto only attained £800,000,000 Government motion the Labour Party realised that when it was desirable that it;

was carried.—Renter. it was no use in the present cir- should proceed still further in the

same directions the! cumstances appealing to League, and that "we had to trust to other means of main- taining peace and this country's safety.

DESTROYED LEAGUE Replying to

Labour Intersection that the Government had destroyed the League, the Premier sal: think

the future historian will recall that

sacrificed

المارة

RUSSIA AS ALLY

He asked whether conversations in Germany. had taken place with Russin with regard to trying to bring more DOUBLING THE DEBT

stability into the world situation.

There was widespread dismay be Turning to the Banesat e peets.j

"I wonder whe-jeanse the people believed that the the Premier said: ther even now, the House has grasp Premier had sacrificed moral prin-

utmost importance. - ed the full simificance of the seate of ciples of the

i here contem- That

not dici expendline which

mean the Premier;

plate. Five hundred and eighty should take the side of the freedom inillion

pounds does not fall

Japanese Spy Scandinavian Suspicions Recognition

figure which of democracy, and the rules of law. U.S. Manoeuvres In For Franco?

far slurt

کرده

the The feeling was that Mr. Cham-

whole national debt at the beginning, berlain was on the side of aggression,

of

The Atlantic

was

Stockholm, Feb. 21. The Foreign Ministers of the four northern States, at present assembled in Heninki, are deliberating Joint

recommition of the Franco Gover-

Ation Badelt in the newspaper

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21. FEDERAL AGENTS are in- vestigating reports that Japan-ment, says a ese fishing boats from Los Angeles and Sandiego followed

Caribbean.

It is presumed that at this con-

the Great War. That is ly no wrong, and dictatorship. (Ministerial

| laughter). in the cause of the League there is near the end of the story."

Th Prime Minister recalled the

BLOODLESS WAR no country which has

Mr. Winston Churchill, who follow- much, took such a risk, incurred such statest by Mr. Pethick Lawrence

efforts yesterday that there would be only ed Mr. Attlee, described the present obligations, and made such

£250.000, AN to carry out the methods contem-power in borrow

period of history as a period of binnd- catslitution as over the fast two years of the five- less was. They hoped and prayed Plated in the Lees we any come your portal d

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suggested: this country that

101 to the conclusion that if the League; that the Chancellor wouki nave lit this war would remain blood- the United States feet to the iference the question of the neutrality

real that subsequently fails to carry through the policy of to the House again and ask

emerge. would further suli the sanctions, that

A Finnish newspaper emphasises In the present midway position, un. is not due to

was Benjamin Harrison, said that he was in this connection, that the relation- TRIP paralleled in action, or inaction of this country; borrowing powers for the last two,

history, the realisation of our informed that a number of boats budship to the League of Nations must sential to and indeed, the bling cannot be

1 full strength of appeared in the Caribbean Sea coin- ¡niảy be matte clear. Possibly all the attached to any one county, or group;

cidunt with The manoeuvres,

¡foar northern States will withdraw as countries; but the real explanation

"It seems

significant that these from the League simultaneously. is that it bad been sought to impose

bonts should be fishing there for the upon the League a task which was

time,"

he added. completely beyond its power.

"I DO NOT DESPAIR"

"I do not despair in the view that the party opposite may come to the! conclusion that the only chance the League hus of becoming an effective! factor in the preservation of peace will be when it has abandoned the Idea that peace can be imposed by force."

Referringt to Sir John Simon's) speech delivered yesterday, Mr. Chamberlain, after commenting upon; the apparent indiference of the Mem- bers to Sir John Simon's said: "It was only when he came to that part of bla in which he told the House! speech how he proposed to divide the expen-| diture between revenue and borrow-

3-3rta a certain liveliness became apparent. I am aware that con- clusions have been drawn from what; be then mold about his proposed division which did not take full account of the warning with which he ended his remarks."

BEARING FRUIT

Mr. Chamberlain added that te thought the strange attitude to which he referred was due to the sense) which was felt, not only in the House, but throughout the country, that the long period of effort in the prepara- tion and organisation of defence was now at last beginning to bear visible

fruits.

"We are conscious, all of us, thal even in the last few months, the out- nut in equipment and munitions of all kinds has shown a marked increase, and that we are now coming to new fruits in our labours."

CIVIL DEFENCE

the

After commenting that civil de-) fence had somewhat lagged behind the three chlef defence services, Mr. Chamberlain uld: "Even in case of civil defence, under Sir John Anderson's organisation, the neces sary measures are now falling into place. I think it will not be very long before we are able to say that our air raid precautions and kindred measures are giving us the results we desire."

The Premier paid a tribute to Lord) Chatfield, whose experience, he cald, fitted him for the work of co-onlina- tion. He explained that Mr. Morri- son's appointment as Lord Chatfleld's representative in the House of Commons was made to correct the dimeulty of Lord Chatfeld being in the House of Lords, but it did not mean Mr. Morrison was Minister of Supply.

The immense advances in the out- put of munitions, particularly in alz- craft and other supplies to the Air ¡Ministry, shower the wisdom of the

yeate

Mercur

"It may possibly be rught", su=; to go on borrowing

leus, peace

thal

it

clored the Premier, and if we have Britain, actual and potential, should

SCH further

after the end of the Bee-year period, then of course, there would be very httle significance in the inking Ital which is contemplated

the

under

triginal proposal of the favernment.

ANNUAL MAINTENANCE

be used to the highest advantage by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The United States attorney,

It was right, therefore, that the first Chancellor should use the powerful

of British credit.

of the Serndhavian countries will

also be discussed.

Mr.

Among other important questions to be dealt with by the conference He said that he was informed that is that of the fortilleation of Aaland several Japanese boats had been stand, economic collaboration in the the warships | event of war, and closer cultural It seemed that the right balance observed watching

"long-range glasses" -- relations-Trans-Ocean, had been struck by the Chancellor through between revenue and loan expendi-

"I cannot help booking even furtherture In defence. This massive Loan

pro- ! Bill had been a factor of confidence i than that, because when the ression

expansion

arjat be, ami a factor upon the side! (Continued on Page 4)

of stability abroad.

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United Press,

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as from February 2. Shanghai on February 21.

Hong Kong Lawyer's reputation endangered

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