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April 21, 1939.

Prayers For Peaco

Pope's Urgent Appeal

ROME, Apr. 20. POPE Plas XII bas' Instructed Cardinal Secretary Maglione, to order that throughout the whole ́ of Alay, public prayers are to be held in all churches to intercedo for the main- tenance of peace.

The official organ of the Vatican, the "Osservatore Romano" publishes in Latin and Italian, the text of the Pope's latter to M. Maglione under the heading "The Holy Father pro- claims a crusade of public pray- ers for peace."

and

In this letter to the Cordinul Secre- tary, the Holy Father opens by say- ing that he ardiently desires, and be- seeches God that at last the souls of men have now turned towards the desire

for justice human service and that lasting and Christian peace may take a concrete form among all the nations and peoples, desplie the concern that now prevails hout the world.

GUERILLAS WRECKING TRAINS, COAL-MINES

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Determining Antarctic Nationality

TOKYO, Apr. 21. Pope Pius calls not only upon all

THE State Department of the SONR In Christ scattered over the whole carti, bat

but also all nations and United States Government is

All Governments to preserve peace. planning to convene an inter- The Pope cordially desires that dur-ational conference to determine ing the month of May, anered to the the territorial claims to the Virgin Mary, public prayers for pence Antarctic Continent, according will be offered in all churches.

In particular. he calls upon all to information received by the children in the Brat bloom of

life Japanese Foreign Office. from whom still emanates innocence, affection and grace, to offer their Government is sending Rear-Admiral It is understood that the American prayers to Almighty God that brotherly accord among the peoples to the Antarctic in the near future to Byrd, the famed Antarctle explorer, will be established.

The hope in justified that it every-carry out extensive inquiries into the where in the cities, villages and the results of past explorations by na- most distant parts of the world,onals of various countries.

pligrims offer up their pleng to God thut the rancour, that al present divides the nations, will pass away, and after a settlement of the differ- ences that now set nation nation, hoppler Umes

gainst for the Trans-Ocean Ples of

will dawn

the earth-

Beatification Of Pope

national parley will be Japan, Aus- Invited to the projected Inter train, Great Britain, Germany, and Norway.

It is recalled In this connection that Germany recently announced annex tion of in Antarctic area of 279,000 square miles as the result of four months of inquiries.

Vatican City, Apr. 20.

Lieutenant Shirase of the Japanese Army also participated in the Antare- The one has given instructions to tie exploration in 1911 and Jupan is Cardinal Satott! to speed up the pre-also entering a claim for territory.

Domet.

liminaries in connection with the beatification of Pope Pius X, and to submit a report on the subject at the earliest possible date-Trans-Ocean.

HUNGARIANS SEE POPE PIUS Vatican City, Apr. 20, Count

Teleki, the Hungarian Premier, and Count Casky. Foreign Minister, were received by Pope Plus XII to-day.

the

His Holiness recalled with especial pleasure his visit to Budapest Jast year and expressed fervent wishes for the moral and material welfare of Hungary-Trans-Ocean.

Why Gneisenau

Is Late

LOST A PROPELLER BLADE

IT IS revealed that the cause of the late arrival of the N.D.L. liner Gneisenau, which is due at 7 am to-morrow, was the loss of a propeller blade before she renched Singapore. She should have reached Hongkong last Wednesday,

The speed of the Gnelsennu, which is one of the fastest liners on the Enstern run, was reduced from 20 knots to 18 knots by the mishap. She went into dry dock at Singapore, being the largest merchant ship ever to be docked there,

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PEIPİNG, Apr. 21. WRECKING trains and blowing up coal mines are among the latest activities of Chinese guerillas in North China,

Travellers arriving by the Peiping-Hankow Railway describe seeing a very long military train completely wrecked at a point a few miles north of Paotingfu. It was apparently derailed during the past few days.

Very reliable foreign sources learned that last week Chinese guerillas captured from a Japanese garrison the Toli coal mines, 25 miles south-west of Peiping, and held them long enough to ex- plode charges in all the shafts, completely wrecking the mines, before they fled to the bills again.

The Japanese had been getting considerable quantities of coal from these mines during the last year.-Reuter..

New Government For Hankow

SHANGHAI, Apr. 20.

THAT THE two pro-Japanese Chinese local governments in Nanking and Peiping are soon to be reinforced by a third government in Hankow was stated to-night by the Japanese press in Shanghai,

The newspapers point out that the, formation of a commitice for organis. ing a new government in Central China, whose authority would extend and over the provinces of Hupel,

langsi, is a preparative move in this direction.

into office when the administration of the Wuhun silles-Hankow, Wu- chung and Hanyang, are handed over by the Japanese military, authorities, The chairman of the newly-formed Government is Ho Pel-Jung, on ad- herent of Marshal Wu Pel-fu.-- Trans-Ocean;

The new government is to come

America Is China's Ally

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JAPANESE SENTENCE RUSSIANS Dramatic End To Adventure Trip

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TAMOKU, Apr. 21. FOUR Russians who entered for- iftied zone near the Pescadores oft the southwestern coast of Formosa in a sailing boat on March 8, and who have since been undergoing examina- tions at the Takao District Court, were sentenced to one year penal ser- vitude with their ship confiscated on Washington, Apr. 20. Before the House Foreign Affairs April 18, it was revealed here to-day. Committee, Doctor Walter Judd, a It is pointed out that the four medical missionary from China and Russians, residents of the Inter- the United States is "morally an ally national Settlement and French to China,"

He said Japan would be unable to Concession in Shanghai, illegally continue the war for three months landed at Chomosui in the pesca If they were denied American mar-dores on March 6 and after in- specting the neighbouring dis- Ife contended that the United

to deny trict, attempted to escape States has every markets to Japan because of Japan's 'their sailing boat. violation of the Nine Power Treaty. They were subsequently arrested "Japan's war on China is a deli- by local Japanese gendarmes. After berate and cold blooded attempt to preliminary examinations were car wreck

a civilisation and culture," he ried out by the Japanese gend-, declared.

armerle sub-station in the Pescadores, He maintained that after Chinn, the Russians were sent to the Talcao Japan will turn to the Dutch East District Court on March 17 for formal Indies, and that then the Philippines Prosecution. would be essential to Japanese in-}

The

accused pleaded that they terests.

reached the Pescadores due to a de- fective compass while proceeding to U.S. POLICY IN ORIENT Manila. They were prosecuted on Charges of having violated the Mili- tions Committee to-dny, Mr. Ray- Before the Senate Foreign. Iela-

tary Secrets Protection Law. mond Leslie Buell, President of the Lobota, 31, Tutukov Anatolee, 29, The four Russians include B. B. Foreign Policy Association, to-day Walent Bivalov, 28, and improved, endorsed Senator Pittman's prope-Wolkonsky 30.-Domel.

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Stock Market Strikes Better Tone

London, Apr. 20. The Stock Exchange showed all- round improvement following yester- day's speech by Viscount Halifax, and sentiment was further helped by Signor Mussolini's broadenst marks in the morning.

Gilt-edged holdings

re-

reuson

while Industriais benefited with good j salwald in the event of the pro-}

dividend announcements, and Cable

and Wireless strengthened on the posal being approved, an exception March traffic Index of 74,8 compared should be made in the case of the with 70.5 in February.

Sino-Japanese war, because Japan's Kaffrs received local and Paris large navy gives here an advantage. support, closing around the day's

He said

he believed Congress price.

should deal with the situation in the Among commodities, sugar carly Orient separ

best

open

advanced on nelive covering of near door pocrately because of the

and "our

"our traditional positions, but Inter it eased owing humanitarian interest to profit-taking. Wheat was a fea- gether with the Washington

in

China, to-

ture to-day provided by the sale of and our position in the trea

50,000 tons to the United Kingdom,

Unc.

He warned that a totalitarian at-

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U.S.

COMMODITY PRICES

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May

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Opening

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Foreigners Seek Japanese

Cables Patents

TOKYO, April 21.

GERMAN, Italian, British and French wireless and telephone companies are reported to be negotiating for the purchase of patents on the concentric cables for television use, and on the non-loaded carrier current cable which will be used in the Japan-Manchoukuo

New Uniform Telephone Service to be inaugurated next month.

LONDON, Apr. 20. TOMMY

Atkins' new uniform, details of which were announced in the "Telegraph" some time ago, is to be issued to all troops. Details of the new Army service dress were finally issued by the War Office to- day.

The new uniform, which will be worn by Officers and men alike, will

Look Through The Telegraph

50 YEARS AGO

April 21, 188 In the Italian Senate, M. Criapi con- Armed the news of the death of King John of Abyssinin. He said that the Italian Government did not intend be- ing erduced by a prospect of easy

carefully consider what course was best to pursue in view of the death of the Negua, Nothing, however, has yet been decided in the matter.

The new cnbles were invented by Dr. Shigeyoshi Matsuyama and En- gineer Kiyotada Shinohara, of the Engineering Bureau of the Ministry of Communications.

The single line eable of the typo evolved by the Japanese scientists permits of scores of long-distance conversations being conducted at the same time.

This cable will be used not only over the Mukden-Tokyo service of 2,000 kilometres to be inaugurated ext month, but for the telephone cireults between other cities in Japan, Manchoukuo and China.

The concentric cable which enables

consist of a combination blouse and annexation in that quarter, but would undreds of conversations to be con-

trousers which will button at the ankle.

Webbing anklets wlli cover the

lower part of the uniform, replacing the old-style puttees,

The uniform has the appearance of a skling suit.

In addition to issuing details of the new uniform, the War Ofce has re- vealed plans for a re-organisation of Army cooking-British Wireless,

Appeal To Investors

Not To Send Money Overseas

of which 25,000 tons were Canadian, tack on this hemisphere could be 15,000 Australlan, and 10,000 Argen-expected if Britain and France

London, Apr. 20. destroyed in European war.

In the House of Commons to-day, July Wall Street was Arm-Reuter

He asserted that the United States|Oct. Special.

Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the would be much safer

Dec. as long as

Exchequer, appealed to British in- Britain, France and China are resist Jan.

vestors not to purchase foreign secu- ing the Axis powers-United Press. Mar.

7,40 /40

ritics. 7.39 N Spot

8.07 N The First Notice Day for May Cotton is April-25th, and the last Day is May 10th.

STOCK MARKET

REPORT

The Hongkong Stock Exchange oficial summary issued at 4.00 p.m.

The Gaelaenau carries a party of yesterday, says:

reporters from leading German newspapers, head

headed by

an offelal

from the Foreign Ofee. The party is on a tour of the Far East and the United States and is expected to stay about a month in Japan.

The Gneisenau will sail for Hong kong at 7 a.m. to-morrow.

Mr. Eden Has Three-Fold Peace Plan

London, Apr. 20. Addressing an audience of 7,000 at Bridlington this evening, Mr. An thony. Eden advocated a threefold pence polley.

that

Firstly

It should be made. plain aggression had had ita day; secondly, the restoration of confi dence in international good faith by the creation of a peace front; thirdly, the maximum effort by Britain in every sphere, domestic and foreign, including the marshalling of all forces in wealth, man-power und industry.

Mr. Eden declared: "The world cannot continue staggering day to day under the constant threat of a universal catastrophe. We have got to devise and accept some system which will put a stop to brigandage, or all of us are going to suffer. Those who come after will suffer still more."--Reuter.

Henderson To Return To Reich

LONDON, Apr. 20.-The British

A further large parcel of H.K. Ambassador to Berlin was granted a Banks were placed at $1,355, Kow short period of leave after completion loon Wharves come to business at $69, of his report on the situation, and will. Lands at $32/324, Trams at $15.00 before long, Toturn to his post, and Ferries at the reduced rate of stated the Prime Minister in a written $65. Enquiries filtering into the reply to a question in the House of market are over a slightly broader Commons to-day-Reuter Special. area, but buyers and sellers prices are at the present rather too diverg- ent to lead to any good volume of trading.

Douglases $79

Buyers

H.K. Steamboats $12 HK. & K. Wharves $39

II. 8. Hotels $5

lik, Lands **

K. Tramway $18.05

K. Electrion $5916

Canton tees $1

Entertainments $0.40

H.K. Govt. % Loan 3 prem.

Ballers

Union Insurance 40 Telephones (Old) $225,

Bales Hongkong Bank $1,353

China Underwriter $1,30

1.K. & K. Wirves 400 Providents $4 -

HK. Lands #2/3211⁄2-

ILK, Tramways $10.00

Star Ferries, $85

Cements $13

May

Sept.

Dec. Mar.

New York Rubber

10.85/80 16.05/05

15.83/83

15.83/88

15.05/05

15.00/00

15.04 N The First Notice Day for May rubber is April 27th. and the last Day May 1st.

To-day's Sales-2.400 tona.

Chicago Whicat 09/2/69-74

49%/69 08/08% 00708% 00%/00%

May

July

Sept,

Wednesday's Sales:-

6,801,000 bushels. Chicago Corn

49%/494 4054/491⁄2

May July

504/50%

5044/50%

Scpt,

81%/514

51/51%

Antamuks P#. 311⁄2

Winnipeg Wheat

Atoka Pa. 2015

May

01/01

Barulo Gold Px_2134

Benguet Connol, Ps. 11.30

July

Coco Grove Ps. 2

Oct.

Demonstrations P

42

Itagens Pr. 23

North Camarines Pa. .45 Ran Mauricio P. 1.00 Suyoc Ps.

United Paracale P. 09

Non-Intervention Committee Ends Its Unhappy Life

LONDON, Apr. 20.

THE PLENARY committee of the Non-Intervention Committed held its last seminn to-day under the chairmanship of Lord Flymouth. Afterwards, it was announced that the secretary of the commit- tee, Mr. Hemming, had been instracted to wind up the affairs of the committee.

He was further authorised to pay out money still held by the commilitce to member Btates proportionately to their contributions. The Italian delegate naked that the money due to Albania be paid to the, Italian Government. This Zdenent, was not approved by the chairman of the commlitee; who latimated that he desired to reservo his final verdist on the päin.—Trans-Occan.

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ABYSSINIAN WAR

Interesting Lecture A+ European Y.M.C.A.

An interesting lantern lecturnsjon the Abyssinian war was given at the | European Y,M.C.A. ---Inst night by L-Col. H. B. Holt, who from 1030-5 was Commander of the British mill- tary unit in British Somaliland, and from 1035 British Military, Attache In Addis Ababa,

Asked whether the Government proposed to taike sleps to prevent

dicted simultaneously, is also indis- pensable for long distance television. The Japanese type cable has al- ready been patented in Great Britain, The Kinkiang brought over fifty first- United States, France and Italy, while class passengers from Macao yesterday patents are also now pending in Ger- morning record for an ordinary trip. many. Beyond the Faster religious ceremoninis Cable and Wireless Company, of and the customary dreary procession.

there was no specin inducement In the London, recently applled through the Holy City to nitrnet auch a large num- London branch of Okura Kumi to ber of Europeans from Hongkong. St. purchase these Japanese concentric Fantan WAF, of course, extensively cables, The Nord Deutsche Company patroulsed, and we hear that the play has also offered to buy the patents was exceptionally heavy. For once tho on the concentric cablo now being tiger" had a good deal the worst of the manufactured by Fujikura Cable game, several Hongkong operators being Company, Japan, The French Minis- heavy winners.

try of Communications are also con- ducting enquiries over the new con- cenirle cable through a private com- pany-Doniel,

25 YEARS AGO

April 21, 1014. There were 116 cases of plague. notified during last week and 88 deaths.; Two of the casen werd Japanese and one was a Malay. The rest were Chinese.

Last evening Wanchal was the scene of considerable excitement among the;

procession Chinese populace. when a was made through the streets with fichi lanterna, fires and musical intruments) for the purpose of frightening away the devils responsible for the prevalente of plague in the district.

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Arabs Protest At Terrorism

·Jerusalem, Apr. 20.

A significant move was taken in the Arab town of Nablus, when lead-

An important deviation in the servicing notables, representing all political or control the export ok British of the Canadian Pacific Railway Com- parties, held a meeting to-day at capital for the purchase of foreign pany's new liners, on the outward ren Which terrorism was unanimously securities, Sir John Simon replied from Vancouver, is about to be made condemned, and it was resolved to whereby these vessels will make regular unite low-abiding citizens in opposing that the purchase of foreign securi-

calls at Manila. The boats affected are disturbance to the peace. ties for re-sale is already regulated the Empress, of Asia and tho Empress by the Foreign Transactions Advisory of Russia. Committee.

Ho expressed the hope that 110 such purchases would be made for Investment.

am sure the good sense of in- vestors will indicate to them that the export of capital at the present, when requirements for national de fence are so great, would be dele- terious to national interests," con- cluded Sir John-Reuter Special.

More Relief To U.S. Farmers

10 YEARS AGO

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This followed an incident when the Mayor's bodyguard was instrumental in the apprehension of two terrorists, one of whom was wounded while at tempting to escape.-Reuter Special.

Apeli 21, 1929. The new cruiser Konigsberg has bein placed in commission, under the com- mand of Captain. Von Hotha The Prince of Wales heartily supported tho occasion was one of great rejoicing and | modern fashion of woman's thorts on stirring | the jawn tennis court. 'This is what ha Captain Von Rotha made address to the crews of the now ship, | said: "1 use no resean on earth why recalling the deeds of her two pro- | any woman should not wear shorts, für decensors during the waT.

lawn tennis. They are comfortable, and quite the most practical costume for the

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An acute stage has been reached at me, and I don't think that shorts lose the Disarmament Conference in the dis- anything in looks."

This vivid pronouncement follows cussion of whether the Soviet proposals directly upon a simuliar statement at the should be discussed instead of the Fair by the Duchean of York Preparatory · Disarmament Committee's

own draft Convention adopted in 1927.

Mr. Litvinoff yesterday argued that security could be obtainable "by die armament and asked for an unequivocal reply as to whether his draft was ne ceptable or not.

Washington, Apr. 20, The Commodity Credit Corporation has ruled permitting producers to obtain the release of any part of the It is learned that the Baviot disarma 1937 loan cotton against payment of ment proposals provided for the com- the loan price, plus Interest-carrying plete abolition of tanks and heavy charges.

artillery, for the suppression of "alf- Heretofore, growers could repossessment of battleships by vessois not craft-carriers, for the gradual replace- only lots pledged under loan, which oxceeding 10,000-tons within a period of aften assorted the grades of staples. 13. years, and for the limitation of

Under the new ruling, the mills tonnage and number of submarines, are now believed to be able to obtain. specified grades-Reuter.

5 YEARS AGO

Spelling Bee

arc

He outlined the start of the cam-How many of these words

correct and what is wrong with paign 'from all angles, touching on the others?! his personal experiences which were

rigourous ... ostentacious lustrated by a fine collection ok

rythmical

*mendacious finished with a strychine |photographa.. Ho.

riddence careful study of the Emperor Halle English Oxford Dictionary - spell- Seinase, and gave reasons for bis tngs of these words will be found on. downfall.

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April 21, 1934. -Tort Barry, one of the most_pro

South minent Republican 'leaders in Ireland; had been arrested on a ebargo of illegal possession of a machine-gun and S84 rounds of ammunition. Ils will be tried by military tribunal, Barry led the LRA, In West Cork dur- ing the Anglo-Irish troubles and Tater Look the Republlenn alde against the Free State.

Speaking at the British 'Industries]'

·Fafe, at the 'Whits Olly, London, -- the

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