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JAPANESE

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

March 29, 1939.

ANTI-BRITISH

OFFICIAL ADMITS IT IS NOW VERY

POWERFUL

No Chance of British Mediation in China

LONDON, Mar. 28.

A RESPONSIBLE Japanese spokesman to-day told the "United Press" that Japan would refuse British mediation in the Far East. Ho denied that Mr. Quo Tai-chi's talks with Lord Halifax yesterday had been in connection with possible British mediation.

He argued that Britain is too deeply involved in China to be an impartial peace- maker, pointing specifically to Britain's credits to China.

Also he said that unit-British feeling runs so high in Japan that Brial intercession would be utterly unacceptable.

It is believed here that the con- ference between Sir Robert Gralgic and Sir Archibald Clark Kerr to be held in Shanghal is primarily due to British anxiety to relieve the ruinous effects of the Japanese closure of the Yongtoe and Pearl rivers, and also from fears that Jupan wlli em- pioy Hitler's methods and gain con- trol of the International Settlement: in Shanghai.

NO PEACE PARLEYS

The Japanese In London also ex- press the belief that Skr Robert Craigie will also see the Japanese Charge d'Affaires and local Army and Navy chicfa in Shanghal, but they doubt whether he will invite peace parleys.

The wish to relax the acute Anglo- Japanese tension is resulting in a controversy in the British Conces- sion in Tientaln which, the Japanese say, is a hotbed of Chi

Chinese terrorists, and which has prompted the Brilishi decison to send a Military Attache from Takyo soon to Tientsin.

The British counter charge is that the Japanese are trying to provoke Incidents in Tientsin as a pictext for encroaching on or taking over foreign concessions.United, Press.

Chinese To Forego Shark's

Wife Of Seaforth Dies Here

Florence Waller, 35 year-old wife of Sergi. Waller of the Seaforth Highlanders, died at the Queen Mary Hospital yester- day after an lines of three months, Her husband has been stationed at Shamshulpo, instead of going with the Battalion to Shanghai.

Deceased wAS a native of London. She leaves a widower and three children.

The funeral takes place at Happy Valley at 4.30 p.m. to- day.

HUGE

WARSHIPS FOR U.S.

Roosevelt Says Japan Is Cause

WASHINGTON,

Mar. 28.

IT HAS been revealed

from the White House that

President Roosevelt has

approved the Navy Depart Finstruction of 45,000 ton war-

Chungking, Mar. 28. "There shall be no shark's fin for any feast from now on. This noti fication has been issued by the Shanghai Chinese Chamber of Com- merce to all merchants' guilds, ne cording to a Shanghai report.

ment's plans for the

ships.

con-

However, Mr. Stephen-Early, the President's secretary, did not state how many it is proposed to construct..

Chamberlain Denies Cabinet Split

London, Mar. 28.

FEELING

Press reports and rumours in political circles to the effect that there exists a divergency of opinion within the Cabinet on matters of foreign policy were emphatically denied by the Primo Minister in an address before the members of the conservative St Stephens Club, when Mr. Chamberlain was the guest of honour at a dinner this evening.

Mr. Chamberlain once more reviewed the political developments since Munich, and expressed to conviction that the polley pursued at Manich by the British Government was completely justilled, since no other course was possible at the time.

Neferring to his reocht stalement la the House, Mr. Chamber- lala said that the Government was sharing the anxiety of many members of the House, but was unable to make's comprehensive statement on the situation, due to the fact that extremely delicate negotiations were going on at present-Trans-Ocean.

BRITISH REVENUE DOWN

£38,500,000 Short Of Budget Estimates

LONDON, Mar. 28. THE FINANCIAL year ends at midnight on Friday. Up to last Saturday the total ordinary revenue amounted to £906,108,619.

"GRIEVOUS, SHOCKING This was an increase of

i.

EUROPEAN EVENTS” But Pensions Minister Sees Some Good Come Out Of Them

LONDON, Mar. 28.

GRIEVOUS AND SHOCKING as the recent European events have been, they have had a good result and provided a powerful stimulus to the enrolment in Briton in the various forms of national service, declared Mr. H. Ramsbotham, Minister of Pensions, the course of a recruiting speech at Middlesborough to-day.

When a great European Stato gives a solemn and deliberate pledge, he said, it has hitherto boon legitimate to assume it to be of some value. But now that pledge has been broken and our course was clear.

It was the duty of everybody, re- gardless of occupation, to take part in some form of A.R.P. work, and with the establishment of our military forces incomplete, no sound man could find a better place to serve the country in the hour of danger than In the armed forces,

"HALT HITLER" PLANS

nearly £48,000,000 on a year ago, but was still £38,500,000 short of the budget estimate. The principal source in which

has short of the

estimates is death duties, which compared with £87,800,000

have so far yielded £76,140,000,

year ago, and against an esti mate of £88,000,000.

Total expenditure, less self-balanc- ing. Items for sinking funds, is £017,100,922, compared with £826,- 408,051 a year ago.

Ordinary expenditure niso looks inke being less than the total bnd-

yound Premier's Statement

There may be, at the moment, a feeling of jubilation among some sections of the German people at the spectacle of material success, but the price of it in the future

inny be heavy, concluded the speaker.-. Reuter Special.

Franconia

To Commons

LONDON, Mar. 28.

geted for, and provided by the sup- plementary estimates, which £981,725,000.--British Wireless.

Anti-Dumping Legislation Not Likely

London, Mar. 28. Asked in the House of Commons If, in view of the growing volume of subsidised German Imports, he would consider the imposition by legislation of special anti-dumping IN THE HOUSE of duties on the lines of those imposed by the American Government, the of the Board of Trade Commons to-day the President

subject of subsidised Prime Minister indicat-replied that the

competition in the United Kingdom ed that Britain's plan for market had been considered on

number of occasions, and he saw no A Four Power "Halt reason to differ from the conclusion

reached, that the existing

Tarift Hitler" front includes system was adequate to deal with competition of this kind.--British concrete measures wireless.

Due On A against future aggression

World Trip

in Europe.

He did not say that a military alliance had been SIXTY-EIGHT ears, divided into four parties of 17 each, will proposed, but he declared be required for sightseeing tours that Britain's proposals go of Hongkong and the New Ter-beyond mere consultation in ritories which Messrs. Thos.the event of aggression. Cook & Son have arranged for He refused to reveal details of the the Franconia tourists when the consultations which are still in It is believed, however, that President approved the construction great Cunard White Star luxury progress. of two for which the funds will be liner berths in Hongkong to- sought during this session of Con-morrow.

U.S. COMMODITY PRICES

LATEST CABLED

Replying to the Labour Member, May The ban is imposed not only in

Mr. Hugh Dalton, who asked the July order to boycott a Japanese principal export, but also for the sake of dress.

The oral approval given to

The Franconia is due at 7 a.m.Premier to explain the proposed con- October economy at this emergency time.

Ad from Annam in French Indo-China, sultation agreement, Mr. Chamberlain December The shark's an is a favourite mirni Leahy was based on informa-Her passengers, who number. over said: "What the Government hos in January Chinese food. Before the outbreak on that foreign powers

con 200, will stay here for only one day, mind goes good deal further than March structing warships in excess

¡Spot of during which they will be taken to consultation." 35,000 tons.-United Preas.

of the war, there was a large import every year-Central News,

New Slovak Law Raises German Protest

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QUOTATIONS

New York, Mar. 20.

New York Cotton

Opening Closing

8.14/13

7.03/93 7.54/54

R.15/15 7.06/08

7.57/57

7,50/50 7,63/62.

7.496/50a 7.5IN 7.62/52

7.50/56 8.DON

New York Rubber

15.95b/10.03

15.09 /00

10.06N 10.05/05 10.05/05

the Peak, round the Island, and Mr. Dalton queried whether Britain JAPAN THE CAUSE

through the New Territories. At would join other countries in hiding night they will be left to their own Poland in the event of aggression. March Washington, Mar. 28. devices.

To this, Mr. Chamberlain declined May President Roosevelt in a statement The Franconin salled from New to answer but he said, "The Govern- Sept. to the press said that among other York on January 5 and is due back ment has mad

made it perfectly clear to December 18.00b/10,05 10.05/05 factors causing him to approve the on May 31. She will then have tra- other governments with which they To-day's Sales:-710 tons. construction of 45,000 ton battleships velled 30,300 miles on a route which are prepared to

to consult, exactly what The last Notice day for March was the refusal of Japan to agree to has been attractively varied from the the Government is prepared to do" Rubber is March 20th. adhere to the imitation of construc-route taken in previous years. The President of the Board of Llon to 35,000 tons.

The President refused to specify any other reasons.-United Press.

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are responsible for administering the The Indian Assembly, by. 50 votes law to act firmly, in doing what they to 47, refused to-day to approve the can to suppress such illegal and Indo-British trade agreement... dangerous acts.

The Moslem Lengué abstained from voting-Reuter,

Pressbury, Mar. 28.

Among the now poris of call are Trade, Mr. Oliver Stanley, told ques- The German Party In Slovakia has

Suntraptam Bligh is said to have Germany have been suspended. protested against a law decreed here,

where landed the men he saved from the United Press. The law stipulates that all lawyers not resident in Slovakia on October

mutinous Bounty, Port Darwin, and

ACTIVE CONSULTATIONS 31, 1018, or whose fathers were not

London, Mar. 20. the South Sea ports of Fila in the Slovakian residents at that time, will

New Hebrides, Noumea in New

Replying to Mr. Harry Greenwood have to discontinue their practice.

Paris, Mar. 28.

Caledonia, Jukualofa in the Friendly in the House of Commons to-day, Chief of the French General Staff, Islands, and Pago Pago In Samoa, Mr. The German protest argues that a

Neville Chamberlain stated: Gamelin, Vice Admiral

The Franconia will call at San Tho large number of German lawyers, Marshini

s Government actively July but only a small number of Jewish Francols Darlan, Air Force General Francisco for the Golden Gate Ex-continuing consultations with other Sept. lawyers, will be affected by the Georges Vuillemin together with the position before returning to New governments on the Isles arising decree.

hend of the British Supreme War York via the Panama Canal.

from recent events. During the progress of these consultations, the Perhaps the most noteworthy The protest says that the Slovak Council, General Viscount Gort, have Government will have to decide whe- arrived to inspect the Maginot Line ther the law should generally be in and to discuss plans for joint opera-te 36 ports of call on the Franconia's House will appreciate itat it

lonellest island settlement favour of Jews, and to the detriment tions in the event of war-United nerary was Tristan da Cunha, the essential their conidential character July

British Empire. The visit of such a fürge liner was an event in the hit tory of this island, a tiny

extinct volcano midway between Montevideo and Cape Town with a population of

ahipwrecked sollors. 172, most of them descendants

of Germans,--Tranz-Ocean,

Italy

Italians To Celebrate

Air Force Day

Press.

NEW HOSPITAL Appeal for Money to Cover Cost of Building

London, Mar. 28, Efforts are being made to complete the entire cost of rebuilding West- minster Hospital on the new sito

opposite close to that

the Abbey which it has occupied for over 100 building is years, before the new

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DEFENCE PARLEYS

be respected.

"The House will not expect me to make a statement which cannot be complete until we are in possession possible moment, but there is more of the final views of the other govern- than one government involved, and These men regard themselves a

decision is not solely a decision of patriots. Let them bo patriota. Lo! menis concerned.

Mr. Greenwood asked the Premier His Majesty's Government."Reuter, overy Irishman who thinks there. whether, in

remove order to

ought to be an Irish Republic be apprehensions, he would go a little!

IN WELLINGTON /

patriots. They are perfectly entitled further and say whether the declara-:

London, Mar. 28.

to be. tion which had been submitted to Making a written reply to a ques- "But these men are charged with certain Powers was one for consult- tion asked on March 24 regarding the committing a criminal offence." allon, or whether it involved military proposed Pacifle Conference, in which

The eight accused were all found commitments.

representatives of Great Britain, New guilty and sentenced. One was sent MORE THAN CONSULTATIONS Zealand and Australia: will partito penal servitude for 17 years, "It cipate, the_Prime Minister in the another for 15 years, a third for 14 Mr. Chamberlain replied: will be understood from what I House of Commons to-day sald that years, another for 12 years, two for have previously said, what the; the Government was satisfied that 10 years, one for reven years, and Government has in mind goes a the composition of the United King-the eighth to 18 months hand labour. great deal furtum than com- dom delegution was suitable for the Router, rultations. I do not think I should question be discussed. like to go into any further detall Lieut-Commander. Fletcher naked

If the Prime Minister had not In reply further questions, the sidered that events, which had demonstrations in Poland and the Premier said that the Government transpired since the conference was subsequent reism voleed against had made it perfectly clear to the summoned, rendered it of far greater Poland in the German press, which other governments what Britain, was importance than originally contem- at the monument of the Unknown Soldier in Piazza Venezia in the tives of 30 airmen who fell in Spain compinined that the Treaty of Friend-prepared to do. There would be a plated, and from that point of view, ship of 1934 was not working satis-discussion on the matter at the would be consider strengthening re- presence of Signor Mussolint and recolved commemorative racdals.

earliest possible moment in the presentation so as to make, it one of 14,000 armen. Including 3,000 Signor Mussolini, accompanied by factorily.

first-class importance. ond members: of the Government

No official statement has been House, Legionarice,AM DA NAS

Mr. Chamberlain added: "The The Prime Minister, replied: "The In front of the "Allar of the numerous other leading personalities, issued here, however, and strictest Fatherland 11 Dues subsequently afterwards watched a parade of silence is maintained by all con-Government fully realises the urgency matter has been carefully considered. Engilas Orford Dictionary: spell-

sutcome--Trans- of this matter and the dealenbility of Ind I am satisfied we have the right decorated a number of airmen with 31,000 hairmen, in Via Impero.cerned on the

coming to a conclusion at the earllest composition."--Reuter, the gold service medal, while rela- Trans-Ocean;

Rome, Mar. 28.

Warsaw, Mar. 28. Considerable importance is attached Italian Air Force Day, destined to opened by the King next month. Anto the long conference which took commemorate the enactment of the appeal for £100,000 was issued on place yesterday between the Pollsh law of March 20, 1023, creating an March 8 and so far £60,000 has been Foreign Minister, Colonel Becir, and autonomous air arm as an Integral raised, including a gift yesterday of the German Ambassador, Herr von Chairman of the Moltke. Ia importance is increased part of the fighting forces, was cele £25,000 by the brated throughout the country to-Hospital, Mr. Bernard Docker In view of the recent anti-German day. In Rome, a wreath, was fald, British Wireless,

by two Italian Legionaries from Spain

at tho. moment“

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