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House Of Commons

"WE ARE MAKING REPRESENTATIONS”

The House of Commons was informed yesterday that recent British representations to Japan covered a wide field of subjects.

Replying to questions in the House, Mr. R. A. Butler stated that notes of protest dealing with some 22 cases of damage suffered by British subjects or their property had been address. ed to the Japanese Government since the start of the China ∙War,'

Apologies had been forthcoming in respect to nine cases, compensation had been paid in four cases, and promises made in respect to three others.

These are some of the sub- jects dealt with to-day..

"OPEN DOOR"

Questioned regarding the reply to

a recent note to the Japanese Govern-

ment on the subject of the China

"open door" Mr. Buller answered

H. K. Stock Market

The following quotations were

that the note recorded the Govern-'Issued on the Hongkong Stock Mare | ment's attitude to the Far Eastern ket this morning: situation in the light of official Japanese atatements of polley.

No reply had been received, and the question of sending one must be a matter for the Japanese Government to decide.

BANKS

H.K. Banks $.

East Asin Smi

INSURANCES

H.K. Banks Lon. £. Chartered £. Mercantile, A. &. B. Mercantile, C. £

Canton 5..

the

Union $.....

China Underwriter etc. H.K. Fire S........

1,420 5. 00 n. .9% n. £....274 n.

13 n. 40 b.

.223 b.

50 n.

SHIPPING

Dougins $.

Steamboats $,

BRITISH HOSPITAL BOMBING

Regarding the bombing of Jenkin Robertson Hospital In Sinn, Mr. Butler stated that the hospital suffered three direct bits, and much damage was caused to buildings.

adjoining

These premises were clearly mark- ed with

Union Jacks. One two Chinese nurse had been killed, but foreign members of the hospital staff were reported to be unharmed,

A strong protest was being made to the Japanese Government, with the right to claim compensation reserved. CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS

Questioned

the Japanese BH to demand for 32 places in the Canton customs, Mr. Butler answered that the Foreign Secretary was aware of the suggestion, but had no indication of the exact extent of acceptance. In any case, His Majesty's Govern- ment had made it clear throughout; that in their view the changes made In the Chinese Maritime Customs personnel was among the temporary mensures which must be the subject of reconsideration al the termination of the present hostililles.

TIENTSIN BLOCKADE

In a statement on the situation in Tientsin, Mr. Butler, said that the bad British Ambassador to Tokyo addressed a note to the Innese Minister for Foreign Affairs on March 4, in which he pointed out the scrupulously correct attitude of the British authorities at Tientsin, drew attention to the various actions directed against the British con- cessions there, and requested an early instruction to ensure modern- tion in attitude on the part of local Japanese authorities.

the

Mr. Noel Baker (Lab): Would it be correct to say that the British Concession has gradually become a Japanese concentration camp?

Mr Butler: No, il-would-not--but ---- the seriousness of the altuation is In no way minimised by my answer.

SEIZURE OF MILLS

1

Mr. Butler said that the Chuntah Mint Soochow was occupied on be- half of a Japanese textile company, and access was denied to the rightful British owners.

Renewed representations had re- cently been made by the British Ambasador In Tokyo in consequence of which the Japanese Government had sent fresh instructions, to the Tocal authorities at Shanghai which would be sufficient to ensure Impetus towards a setilement.

Asked if he were aware that this was only one of many instances of confiscation of British property by the Japanese, Mr. Butler said that he was aware of the difficulties, but in this particular case he had describ ed the steps which he hoped would lead to a settlement,

YANGTSE SHIPPING

Indo-Chinas, P. Indo-Chinas, D$ Shell Bearers 8/- Waterboats $.

DOCKS ETC.

Wharves $.. Docks (ok) $. Docks (new) $. Providenis (old) $. Providents (new) New Eng. Sh. $. Shin. Docks. Sh. $.

MIINING

Kailan s/-

86/10

Raubs $....

...(xd.) Venz: Goldfield $. Hongkong Mines cts. Antamoks Pa.

Aloks Pa

Baguio Gold Ps.

Benguet Cons. Ps. Coco Grove Ps.

Con. Mines Pa.

Demonstrations Ps. 1.X.L. Ps. Cumnus

San Mauricio Ps. Suype Consol Pa. Paracales Ps.

Hotels $ Lands $.

LANDS

Lands 4% deb. S. S'hai Lunds Sh. S. Humphreys $ (x.d.) H.K. Reallles $. Chinese Estates S

UTILITIES Trams $....... Ponk Trams (old) $. Peak Trams (new) $. Star Ferrica $..

Y. Ferries (old) $

Y, Ferrica (new) $. China Lights (old) China Light (new) S.

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

Refugee Ship Aground

London, Mar. 13.

A steamer which is carrying 700 Jewish emigrants is report- ed to have run aground off the bland of Crete.

A message from Bucharest says that the passengers who embarked at the tumanian port of Constanta had been promised that they would be smuggled

After saling into Palestine, number of days vainly off the coast of Palestine, they have now been laken off the stranded steamer-iteuter Builetin,

Soviet-Russia

POLICY IS MADE CLEAR

Congress Statement

A Look Through The "Telegraph”

50 YEARS AGO

March 14, 1880. The Parls correspondent of the San Francisco Chronicle Interviewed Protes SST Pastuur in the magnificent building of the Institute Pasteur, on the Ruo Rotat, which public subscription has efected in his honour, and, as a home fur the great scientist.

Yon, anid he with n pleasant smile, "I think I will be able to give pleasant hown to the New World. My able assistants, Dra. Houx and Yereiro, have disesvored the germ of the terribio dir easy iphtheria, which ravages in win- ter your large titles, bellave, in more viruluit form than it does any ohor, part of the world. Taking the morbid tissue from the throat of a victim, severn? animals baro been Inoculated with it, and all died in dun course with

μην λει A dincaro

thu objective symptoms of diphtheria.

Is how

stund--we have found the deadly gorm, but we havVO not as yet secured a prophylactic for in cure or prevention. My confererea are now at work solving the problem. From the succvas so far in this origindl field of research, I have little doubt that an inoculating fuld will be farth coming. We have virus bottled and corked. We can give any nutaber of rabbits or dogs the diphtheria and kill them as effectually as though they had caught at first hand in the regular coline of events.

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"We have not, however, succeeded yet in attenuating the virus, and no cannot invculate. 1 wish you would ny great stress on thle point, because i am

London, Mar, 13. The fight against capitalism und Fascism by mobilisation of Marxist movement in all countries will con- 185.tinue to govern the foreign policy of afraid a whole shiplead will be coming the Comintern, declared M. Minull-over to secure by a visit to the Institute frem diphthoritie 190 ski, Chairman of the Soviet delega- Pasteur Immunity

tion in the Executive Committee of affections. Tell them we are not ready for business yet, but pärlaps will bo là .67 b.

the Caminieri. In an address de-ammer. .16 n.vered before the Communist Party -00 .Congress now in session here.

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Since the last Congress in 1930 the number of professed Communists in all countries excepting the Soviet Union had grown by 340,000 to 1,- 110200,000. This did not include Com- 10.19munist youth organisations abroad 0.45 whose membership had increased to

746,000.

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INDUSTRIAL

The Comintern had, therefore, he said, an army of 2,000,000 organised members abroad and à potential strength to date, if one included the mass of unorganised communists, of 15 to 20 times this Ogure.

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Frinces And Rulers Study Problems

M. Pasteur then turned to the inspection of his glass tubes, filled with the deadly gorms, microbes or bacili, of many diseases which flesh is heir to,

and remarked, with aamile, "Our children are in luck. It will be much pleananter to live in the twentieth century, when spidemice will be done

away with."

25 YEARS AGO

Binrch 14, 1914.

Mrs. Pankhurst is incarcerated at Holloway Knol, which is picketed by

multrogista.

Cabinel,

понеж

March 14, 1939.

Week-End Snow Causes Deaths

New York. Mar, 13. During the week-end snow and micel caused; six · «leaths, grounded all. aeroplanes and endangered the highways.

A 200 mile wide sleet belt, bordered by snow on one side and rain on the other, extended from Chicago to the East Coast, Budden foods were caused in Illinois, Nebraska,

Indlane, Kentucky, Tennessee and Obio owing to the melting snow, highways and lowlands being Inundated and bridges wrecked, The authorities along the Outo and Missouri Rivers stated that there was, however, no danger of 3 actious RoodUnited Press.

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Of Dr. Sun

Yat-sen

Chungking Ceremony

Chungking, Mar. 13. The 14th anniversary of the death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Father of the

Chinese Repubile, was solemnly ob- served by Chinese throughout the country yesterday,

Mass meetings were held in prac- tically all cities, including Chung- king, Chengtu, Kwelyang, Wuchow, Kunming, Changsha, Yuanling, Heng- yang, Nanchang, Shanghai, Loyang, Sinn and. Lanchow.

In Chungking the occasion was ob served by the government leaders at a memorial service held at the audi

comes by the present war.

attil

have met

Com-

International Settle-

At Chengtu, Yuanling, Sian and

Dr. Sun's doth anniversary buing also named by the National Govern-

tarium of the National Government Headquarters. More than 400 people, including Generalissimo Chimp Kai shek, were present, with Chairman Lin Sen officiating. Mr. Chu Cheng, President of the Judicial Yuan, spälte on how to perpetuate the memory of Dr.

Sun

by furthering the war of Special telegrams from Stockholm any

resistance. .5 n, Spain had provided the biggest in- that according to the Stockholm "Eight

Despite Japanese control, the Chi- 444 53. crease. although the French Com-o'Clock Gazette," the abstication of the .39 sa. munist Party had in the last five King of Sweden in favour of his son here in Shanghal fittingly

14 Imtinent. Several Swedish news memorated the ocasion. All Chinese ...27 . years increased its membership from papers decture that the recent contre-shops in the 13.00 sa. 40,000 to 270,000 and could not countemps between the King and the Prime ment and the French Concession half-

47 a. on 1,300,000 supporters in the Unitedly by the King, in order to offect several. amusement

at poll.

Minister was brought about intentional masted their National Fings and The Communist Party in

establishments Liberal had

rupture with the .13 sa. States

grown until it was five complete

voluntarlly suspended business for .87 su. times

It was in the year 1935. what

one day. At noon, all the Chinese in The Comintern, he declared, would

Aviation still claimik its victims. the city observed a three-minute 2.25 sa. conduct a more active policy in fu- Yesterday we reported the death of a silence as a token of mouring for the 21 s. ture. Increased pressure would be noted British military oflicer, Captain inte Dr. Sun and the fallen herors in 73 . exerted on the democratic Powers, Bowser, and to-day

notably England, France

that Captain Allen and the telegraph

Livutenant Burroughs .0.00 a. United States.-Trans-Ücran,

similar fate while lying over Salisbury Lanchow, a publicity week for the .36% 53.

l'iain. Truly the British Aviation second phase of the wor was loun- Corps is being hardly hit. There will, ched yesterday along with the com of course, be folk who will argue that memaration, in piling themselves against nature. these men are needlessly throwing their lives away. But this is a weak stand- polat to take. If universally adopted, ment as National Arbor Day, trees such an argument would put an end to were planted yesterday following the nil progress and advancement In science.memorial services-Cuiral News, We may all regrel the ever-recurring fatalities, as we all do, but that is the prico we have to pay. The day will come when the art of dying will be Anally solved; thon mishaps such as we now report will be few and far between.

langkong Volunteer Corps orders by Generalissimo_Chiang Kai-shek de -New-Delhi-Mar-13 Lieut. Col. Chapman, V.D., state:- clared the

of the .10 8. The Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, at Joined. Mr. K. W. Mcintyre joined spiritual preparedness of the nation 11. the annual meeting of the Chamber on the 4th instant, allotted Corps No. On the most solemn occasion of the .221⁄2 n. of Princes, urged the rulers of the 1406 and posted to Scouts Coy. Mr.

A. G. W. Tickle joined on the 6th fourteenth anniversary of the death 7.30 an.States to make it their constant care .23/- n. to walch and remedy

legitimate instant, allotted Corps No. 1497 posted of the late Founder of the Chinese

to Civil Service Coy." .23/0 a. grievances in the odministrative

Republic and the Kuomintang Parly, Attatched.Col. Bergt. L. 1. Murphy, Leader in which the overwhelming field. He sald that no-one has Ceylon Plasters Ride Corps, le attached strength of the spiritual ...14 m. succeeded in devising a more sutis- to the Scouts Coy, from ded instant,

was em

ཀ- fuctory method in dealing with the Trooper Wilken, Rangoon Mounted phasised, and declared that he clear-

that Billen, in attached to the Scouts Coy, ly recognises .. b. problem of the Indian States than

the spiritual .11%, the federation scheme.

from th Instant.

mobilisation of the people is the base .4.10 b.

and Fifty princes

ruling chief

Leave-Seret. T. Sutherland is grant-on which the re-building of a new ed leave from March 11, 1014, to Decem army and a new nation, and victory, attended the meeting. Reuter ber 12, 1914. Pie. E. W. Petley should rest. .26% B. Speelal.

granted leave from March 10, 1014, to U .

April tv, 1914. Pte. W. 8. P. Ucas in ...An.

granted leave from March 6, 1014, to Japanese aggression and explained September 6, 1914. LeCpl. N. Golden-how far short of its ultimate goal the berg is granted leave from March 31, Chinese national revolution

still 1014, to March 31, 1914

falls. The

reason lay in the fact that Resigned-Sergt. G. B. McCormick In the Chinese did not keep their spiri- pernililed to resign,

tual strength awake, or that, despite temporary exertions, they lacked perseverence and constant exercise. March 14, 1920, The Generalissimo pointed out Major B. O. D. Segrave's tremendous that the mad idea of corrupting the adventurous experiment in quest for integrity of the Chinese people 18 speed has proved triumphantly success still being toyed in Japan. The exis- ful, the famous British racing motorlet

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Mr. A. C. Marcing asked whether the Prime Minister was aware that! more than 100 British subjects Hankow were requiring passage to Shanghai, in addition to those who, for business reasons, desired pro- 'ceed from Shanghai to Hankow, and what arrangements would they be able to make for speedy transport.

Mr. Butler, in reply, declared that Viscount Halifax was fully aware of the position, which at present was under active consideration.

Mr. Morcing-Is he aware British ships are not allowed to carry!

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10 YEARS AGO

of

Message by Chiang

Chungking, Mar. 13. The general spiritual moblitsa- tion of the Chinese nation began

yesterday.

In ti message to the people,

commencement

The Generalissimo referred to the

to-day setting a new world record for tence of this idea itself, he said, peed on Innd at Daytona Beach, eliould be deemed as an impeachment Florida, in "The Golden Arrow,”

of the spiritual solidarity of the Cal- Tokyo, Mar. 13.

He attained an average speed for the nese nation.

directions Bying mile in both Prices ranging from yuan 1,000 to

From now on, with the commence- Marsmans (Lond.) si- 18/9 n.yuon 5,000 are set on the heads of

231.86240 miles per hour!

ment

of the general mobilisation. Marsmans (HK) »/-

Japanese residents and members of

With the continuance of the spell of Generalissimo Chiang said, all the the Japanese. Consulate, Including dry weather, the Colony's water short people must help develop the re- the Consul himself, by Chinese unti- age problem is engagnly the further volutionary spirit as exemplified by serious consideration of the authorities, the late Parly Leader for the even- Japanese societies in Burma, accord-

There is now less than a 100 dara tual re-birth of the nation. ing to Mr. Toyoji Kaneko, Japanese Consul at Rangoon, who returned supply in storage on the island and, in

The triple guiding principles of connexion with the scheme to erect [here to-day.

Appreciation of the efforts made for the distribution of water brought and race over all, milllary and vic- Lanks in the western part of the city the people, he said, should be nation by the Burmese police authorities to over from the Kowloon aldo, we learntory first and foremost, and ideas and protect members of the Japanese that there will eventually be four of ideals in unison-Central News. Consulate

expressed by Mr. such tanka erected, if necessary.

The bonded warhouses at Rangoon

Portuguese Found Shot

that;

The condition of W. R. Beltran,

Portuguese, who are not aged 40, u

WHA

Kaneko.

out lawful trading on the Yangtse. and that British subjects allowed to travel In Japanese ships; found shot through the head in Sai

was

and will be consider consulting the kung Road, near Kal Tak on Monday were full of arms and ammunition Admiral commanding the China morning, was this morning stated to destined for China, including 5,000 Station to see what steps. can be be much improved. Laken to open this international high-¦ way?

Mr. Buller: We have already been In touch with the officer in question In view of the Importance of the matter.

"CURRENCY LAWS

After the Incident on Salkung Road, Bellrao went to Kowloon hospital of his own accord, He is detained, but in no danger.

5 YEARS AGO,

March 14, 1034. That the Sanitory Department will be

MARRIAGE STAGE

WAKENDA, Ma

tons of war materials which were | going thoroughly into the hygionic con- Mr. and Mrs. John Carroll Hollo landed by the British steamer Stan-dition of houses in slum diftrict, was way began their married life 65 indiented at the Kowloon Magistracy ale on November 6, last year.

Actual transit of arnTS and am-

this morning when the principal tenants years ago with a Bible, a feather bed, of the second and third floors of No frying pan, an axe and a shotgun. munition to China through Burma 108 Canton Road were summoned, be- They still have all the articles, and The police have not yet found any did not amount to much due to the fore Min weapon, and it la understood

young couples that fallure to pay imports duties on the

Wynne-Jones, for allowing belleve that most the mystery surrounding the shooting part of the Chinese.

more persons to live on the premises would get along all right if they. than slowed by law.

could stort out with such a stake. Jing been cleared up,

He added that there were rumours Bonior Sanitary Inspector Raid told Beltrao, who lives in Nathan Rand, that the arms being transported to the Court that there were 20 adults often and 10 children living on the second Roar, and 24 adults and 11 children on

Britain was making representations has been out of work for some time. China through Burma were to Japan that the recent Japanese Detective-Inspector A. E. Caray of seized by bandita in the western part the third. Both these doors were en currenty regulations in China are the Yumat!, Delective Office was of Yunnan Province-Domel. likely to Interfere with legitimate British trade interests.

Making this announcement, Mr.) Buller said it was explained that the so-called Provisional Government of China had announced that from March 11, the export of 12 specified commodities would not be permitted unless foreign exchange proceeds are Boll Thgainst. Federal Reserve Notes

'In charge of the case,

Emergency Service Spelling

For Victoria

2

Bee

How many of these words are cor

rect and what la torong with the Melbourne, Mar. 13.

others?

wigwam

voleyed The Promler of Victorin hos on- Volatile

Ökilato commodities together, ac- nounced the appointment of e will-o'-the-whispossculate sför tác hitis, proportion of the National Emergency Servicp',, com- English Oxford Dictionary spell

grade" in "northern” Chinta- miltteo to evolve protective measures! ings of these words will be found on |for-the-civil-population --Reuter- -page-0.

These

illed to have only 13 adults altogether, two children counting as one adult,

When he visited the premicos, Inspyre tor Reid went on, he found some of the children lying on the door, some under the Unda, and others all over the place. The floors were far too crowded." The Sealtary Department was aware of the overcrowded condition at some of the houses in Kowloon, but only in the worst' euvos" was antion taken, w

1th Worship-It is not that there is A shortage of houses on this side of the | | harbour?ak kadar pestle

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