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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 26, 1939.

NEW AMENDMENT TO NEUTRALITY ACT

Strango Echo Of

The Great War

ARRESTED 20 YEARS AFTER

German Exile's Return To U.S.

NEW YORK, May 25. GROVEN Cleaveland Bergdoll, As American of German descent. who evaded military service in the Great War 20 years ago, and escaped to Germany, was arrested

Pootung Affair: Japanese Put In Protest

SHANGHAI, May 26.

THE Japanese gaval authorlt- les have vigorously protested to the British authorities con- cerning the incident at Pootung, when, it is alleged, British sentry challenged Licut-Com- mander Moji and an interpreter who was with him, and wounded the Japanese officer on the hand,

The Japanese authorities stalo they are at a loss for words to explain the Brillah sentry's ac- tlon.--United Press,

and handed over to the United Death Of Noted

States military authorities here 10-

day when he arrived in the finer | Astronomor

Dremen.

This decision was reached after the United States Department of Justice had ruled that Hergdoll was a fugitive from justice, and hence should be surrendered immediately to the War Department.

The Department of Justice also advised the Labour Department to adhere to its position that Bergdoll had forfeited lits citizenship by his almost 20 years exile.

Bergdoll now faces n five years

prison sentence imposed for this conviction.

Bergdoll, who travelled under the name of Bennett Nash, was asked in

Sir Frank Dyson

LONDON, May 25. THE death is announced of Sir Frank Dyson, former Astronomer-Royal.

He died at sea on a voyage from Australia to South

BRILLANT CAREER

a brief press interview whether be was still a conscientious objector.

He replied: "That depends on the Africa.-Reuter. circumstances." He added that he had returned to the United States after 20 years of exile in Germany because of homesickness.--Reuter,

Frank Watson Dyson, astronomer, SPY SUSPECT ARRESTED

was born at Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Rio De Janeiro, May 25.

January, 1888, the son of a Baptist The National News Agency to-day ministre. He was educated at Brad- reported that the police at Parainford Grammar School and Trinity have arrested a German captain of reserves. Captain Leopold Benesch.

The police seized "very significant und very compromising documents, affe ding a solid track for important Investigations," the report says.

It adds that the police have closed down the Sociedade Paranaense In

evidence of a political nature.

College. Cambridge, where he made mathematles his principal study.

ife carried off, the Isaac Newton! Studentship and Smith's Prize, and was Second Wrangler in the Mathe- matical Tripos.

was

CORDELL HULL APPROVES

WASHINGTON, May 25. CONGRESS is to consider a) Neutrality Act, worked out by) Senator Gilette, it was stated in political circles in connection with, the statement by Mr. Cordell Hull, that

he expected

the Act to be changed in the course of the present session, he would keep in constant touch with members of both Houses.

Complaint Against Loquacious M.P.s

LONDON, May 25,

THE QUESTION of the excessive length of speeches in the House of Commons was raised by Mr. A. Edwards, the Labour M.P., and Captain V. A. Cazalet the Conservative, in the House to-day, who complained of the loquacity of well- known politicians, which practically means the denial of free speech for the majority of members.

Captain-Cazalet particularly complained that during the.. Palestine debate, only six out of over 100 private members were able to speak.

Captain E. A. Fitzroy, the Speaker, expressed sympathy, and advised all members, including Ministers and Privy Council- lors, to curtall the length of their speeches.

He declared that the Palestino debate on Monday was

a flagrant case of a few members monopolising the time of the House. He said that with few exceptions, short speeches were the best and most effective.--Reuter Special.

The new revisional draft by SURVIVORS TELL OF DRAMA

Senator Giletto has met with Mr. Hull's complete approval.

Senator Gilette proposes that ex- ports of all kinds of commodities, inclusive of war materials, and raw materials vital in warfare, should be. free from all restrictions both in peace and war, and subject only to proviso that the President should be nuthorised to name certain war zones in which American citizens and vessels should only be permitted to enter at their own risk.

the

This, it is felt, would prevent American trade from becoming entirely stagnant during a war and from being debarred from those urcos where no war is in progress.

IN EXCLUSIVE STATEMENTS

"I SHUT MEN IN LIVING TOMB"

By LT. CMDR, OLIVER NAQUIN

The Commander of the Submarine Squalus

"I WAS in the control room at the time of the disaster.

The revision of the Act in this way, it is believed, would reveal to United States, in a The totalitarian countries that the to attempt to discuss before the ship is raised.

"Any accounts as to how it happened are too technical

case of War,

would give the democratic countries "The officers and men per- Naval authorities are of the opin

Trans-Ocean.

For drowned by the inrush of water

all the materials they required-formed 100 per cent., and there on that they were either all crushed was never a doubt in my mind or that they died from exposure in that we would come up, especial- the 30 degree temperature on the

.

To Enter Submarino

A YEAR OFly after we had heard from our ocean for

PROGRESS.

By Alice Memorial Hospitals

A year of marked progress From 1894, for eleven years, he was recorded at the annual which were found leaflets anct chiet assistant at the Royal meeting of the Alice Memorial Observatory, Greenwich, and WRS also secretary of the Royal Astron- and Affiliated Hospitals held at omleal Society from 1999 to 1905. the Challenge Book Shop at noon From 1905 to 1910 he was Astronom-to-duy.

One leaflet said, "German settlers must be grateful to the Fuchrer and an active campaign should be started in Parana and other southern States to neutralise the United States moves and aspirations”—United Press;

More Strife On Mongolia Borders

Japanese Protest To Russia

er Royal for Scotland.

He was then appointed to succeed

of stars.

Dr. S. W. Tse, C.B.E., was in the

sister-ship, the Sculpin, that the Falcon was on the way."

NO TIME FOR SENTIMENT

By

The diver's job is a perilous one, In view of the fact that it will be necessary for him to enter the sub- matie from the diving bell and fight is way through the flooded compartments.

surface.

It expected that several hours will be necessary to repair die bell, which was fouled on coming to the Oflents are virtually certain that FLOYD MANESS, L.T.O.. U.S.N.[nol a trace of life has been left inside the Squalus, but the divers have on the scene "Raymond O'Hara, Roland Blan- been told to remuin chard, William Isaacs, William Boul- until they are ordered otherwise.- ton and Robert Washburn escaped United Press.

Divers Descend from the after battery room before I

LATER-Two divers have des-

hope that there might be some more closed the bulkhead door.

cended on a final trip in the faint

They have been ordered to enter the Squalus and stay aboard pending further orders.

elosed the door.

survivors.

The sun broke through the sky us the diving bell descended in a warm,

culm sea.

True to the traditions of the Ser-

continue the search for

Sir W. H. M. Christie, the Astron-chair and others present were: the when several men shouted from the "I had partially closed the door omer Royal. At Greenwich he de- voted himself to the study of the on. Mr. T. N. Chau, the Hon. Mafter battery room.

A. G. W. Tickle, Mr. Taug Shiu-kin, "I let the door slip back and five structure of the universe and deter Mr. A. W. Hughes, Mr. S. V. Boxer,.

which I mined the movements of thousands Mr. F. C. Hall, Rev. H. R. Wells, Dr. men came through, after

R. M. Alderton (Secretary); Dr. There were no orders to close the He organised and accompanied

Ashton (Medical Superintendent), many expeditions for the observation

guard's initiative. bulkhead of total solar eclipses in various Mr. A. Sommerfelt and Miss M. Ward door-thia in considered to be the

(Matron).

"I realised there must have been During the paris of the world. eclipse visible in Brazil he made the In presenting the report and ac-men trapped in the after comport- vite, the rescue workers are deter- critical observation which verified that part of Einstein's theory of re- counts, the chairman said in order ments, but in an emergency of this mined to

of the kind every bulkhead door in all sec-survivora until forced to admit that

20 hands are lost".-United Press. Jaitely which postulated a deflection to maintain the emelency

tions-of-the-boat-are-fastened-us-a. work, more local trained nurses will

********Submarine Flooded of the light of stars in the same part be required, but the difficulty was

measure of safety.

Aboard The Cruiser Brooklyn, "In such times there is no time for of the sky as the eclipsed sun. HSINKING, May 26.

Sir Frank Dyson was responsible provide living quarters for them, as

May 25. sentiment. Home THE Soviet forces are engag- from Greenwich to Abinger near

for moving

"We are trained rigidly to act and magnetle department accommodation in the Nurses'

was limited. They were contemplat- ed in organized demonstrations 7th 14 This step was rendered ing enlarging those quarters or ind- 50 1 gave no consideration to the fate, sunken submarine to-day reported j along the entire borders between necessary by stray electric currentsing other accommodation for them. Manchoukuo, the Soviet Union from the South London tube and the

Dr. S. W. Tso was elected chair- and

Outer Mongolia, reports clecirle trams. He also reorganised man and Mr. A. W. Hughes Deputy

Chairman. from the frontier outposts as-

time department which now The following were elected to the sert,

possesses in the "Short" clocks time- recording instruments of practically Executive Committee the Hon.

T. N. Chau, Nr Tưng Shu-kn, the While Outer Mungul troops

perfect precision. continuing spasmodic Incursions inta since 1991, he was knighted in 1815 Hon. Sir H, Pollock,

A Fellow of the Royal Society Hon. Sir R. I. Kotewall and

are

the

the

A Naval diver who surveyed the

of my shipmates any more than I that the after torpedo room is flooded, would have expected consideration apparently dooming the remaining

occupants, "Not until the Brat impulsive action Meanwhile a tall, powerful diver had I been in their places.

red angry was over did I begin to realise the J. H. McDonald, with Mr. awfulness of the situation of the men scratches on his neck and lact from

In the after section-particularly the job he has been doing, told of; the Sherman Shirley, my chum-whose the laughter and high-spirits of the best man I was to have been on Sun- men who looked death in the face when the cable lifting the diving bell jammed last night.

the General

.the Manchoukuo territory near and received hon. degrees from Ox- Mr. H. J. Pearce and Mr. Fung Chi-day." Noronhan to the east of Lake Bulr, ford, Cambridge und Edinburgh. In ying were elected to about 700 Soviet troops on May 19 February, 1933, he retired under the Committee.

cross the border near age-limit and was succeeded by Dr.

to

emple on the eastern Soviei-Harold Spencer Jones, Astronomer

Manchukua border and attacked Royal at the Cape. Japanese-Manchoukuoan patrols.

On the following day, Soviet forces

Manchukuo again opened fire on the

The outposts near Lake Honka. Manchoukuo forces returned the fire and killed two Soviet regulars.

Frontier dispatches add but Sovlet gunboats and patrol boats are stag- ing demonstrations on Take Hanka. →→→Domel.

PROTEST

Big Drop In Temperature

At six o'clock this morning the temperature was 68 degrees, the lowest recorded during the past 24 hours.

Rubber Trade Opposition

Statements Through

"United Press"

ATTEMPT TO RAISE

The occupants of the bell told Jokes when the watery grave from which they had just escaped seemed about to close in again.

There was a moment of slience when the cable stopped progress towards the surface. Then some- body cracked a joke,

"We'd better lower the bell and go down to the bottom and start all over again," he said.

However,

PORTSMOUTH, May 25. THE sixteen pontoons used in reis- ing Submarine St are en route from Brooklyn Navy Yard on barges towed by Navy tugs. They will reach the scene of the disaster this afternoon.

Raising the Squalus with buoys

there was considerable may take several days, depending concern for the diver outside, whose

lite depended on the cable. Lieutenant Commander. Noquin McDonald said Lieutenant Com- and seven others of the crew who mander Naquin had told him hel LONDON, May 26. were the last to be rescued have "didn't know what sent the Squalus THE Rubber Trade Associa-spent the night in decompression down."United Press.

chambers. a special

Barter Plan With United States

The highest temperature recorded yesterday was 81 degrees at 8 am. tion of London at

on the weather.

They were in a worse condition

Moscow, Mny 25. The Japanese Ambasandor to-day lodged a protest with M. Molotov against the attacks by Mangollan troops on the frontier between Outer The temperature dropped six degrees meeting to-day emphatically than the others because they had Mongolia and Manchoukuo.

by noon and kept steadily dropping protested against the American spent four hours confined in the 66 At the

Ambassador during the afternoon. At midnight proposals for the bartor time, the

of diving bell, which was fouled when demanded that the authorities

the temperature was 09.4 and at 6

being hauled to the surface. cotton and rubber, according to Ulandator should be warned against a.m. was 08.0,

26 Doad repetition of such attacks.

began rising the "Financial Times." The temperature

any

samo

This is the Brat Ume the Japanese slowly again this morning, 00.8 de- have made an official protest régurd-grees being recorded at 8 am, and 70 ing Outer Mongoliu to Moscow.-degrees at 10 a.m.

Trans-Ocean.

Stock Exchange

Holds Firm

London, May 25.

Collision After Driving 6 Yards

Yu Chun-chung, 23-year-old house- boy at the Kwong Wah Club, appear-

After a sharp burst of netivity dured before Mr. 1. Edwards at the

ing which buying interest was fairly widespread, profit-taking Imported check on the upward trend on the London Stock Exchange

Central Magistracy this morning on cliarges of driving a car without a licence, and without the owner's per-

the final prices in most way, but mission in Jervols Streat on May 24.

were Sergeant Sargent prosecuted, and sald Yu was sent by the owner, Wong Lam, to get the keys from the car. Yu started the car, and drove off for about five or six yards when he col lided with a pubile car, causing

generally higher an balunce.

Oils were prominent, with Royal and Shell both active and Dutch higher on the announcement of the maintenance of the year's dividends, while Kafirs also attracted many damage to the extent of $12, Com

pensation had already been made to buyers at rising levels.

A hardening tendency, with an in- the owner of the public car. "crease in buying interest was pYu was fined $5 on the first count, parent among a number of commodi- and $40 on the second count. The ties which recently had been lifeless Magistrate remarked that there had Woll Street wes firmi-Beuter | boen no suggestion that he had taken Special

the car for any ulterior motive.

A diver will make a final trip to The speakers contended that such the sunken vessel to-day to verify plan would sound the death knell that the remaining 26 crowmen are of the International regulation scheme.dead before the hatches are sealed The meeting resolved to make for the slow process of raising the contact with other similar associa craft on pontoons. tions with a view to a joint protest There is only a very slight chance to the Government.-Reuter.

that even one.of the 20 is alive,

Germany Stocks Up Her Larder Against Der Tag

BERLIN, May 25.

OF considerable interest from the point of view of national defence are the official figures published to-day regarding general cereal stocks- on hand at the end of April, this being very much higher than at the corresponding period last year.

ef rye,

At the end of April the stocks included 3,050,000 tons 2,000,000 tons more than last your: 2,980,000 tons of wheat, which is 1,400,000 more than last year.

Altogether Germany now holde 6,940,000 tons of bread aralo. -which is twice as much no a year 180.

She has him 1,209,000 tons of fodder grain. Including Barley and oats, which le almost 1,000,000 - tona mord than twelve months, agai Trans-Ocean.

"Don't Think Much Of Your Defence"

-Magistrate

"If your plen for striking the girl is self defence, I don't think much of it," said Mr. R. Ed- wards at the Central Magistracy this morning when Imposing a fine of $20 or one month hard labour on Chan Pl, 85, for as- saulting a 13-year-old girl at the Central Market on May 21.

Chan admitted having smucked the girl in the face after having quarrell- ed over the price, at some fish, and wald ho did so because the girl chught| This sleeve and tore it.

The girl fell down on the ground after having been struckt, and was sent to hospital for treatment. She was discharged yesterday.

The Police stated that Chait was "not a toki or a stall holder in the market, and had no right to be hawking fish in the market at all.

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