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terest-and by that I mean the in- terests of British subjects as well as material interests--are accorded due the treaty provisions. respect, and which have been in more than one direction called into question by Japanese action, are, as far as we con secure, respected.
"I can assure the House that we shni do everything In our power in conjunction with other Powers to pursue that polley.
China Was Pleased!
"Lord Snell referred to what re- cently passed with regard to China at Geneva, and was good enough to ray that he had formed a particularly unfavourable judgment of the quality of sympathy in my speech when the maller came before the Council. Dr. Wellington Koo formed a different view, and when he spoke he thanked me for the sympathy with which I had spoken of the Chinese appeal. Therefore Lord Snell will forgive me If I say that my conscience isn't particularly wrung by his proaches,"Reuter,
the
of question Dealing with negotiations with other countries. Viscount Halifax said that Britain had endeavoured to take account of the special situation of each country with whom it had been fu contact, and was trying to make a practical approach to a practical problem.
IC-
"The House will understand that I cannot give detailed particulars of the discussions now in progress."
Poland And Britain
Regarding Poland, Viscount Halifax recalled the declaration made by Mr. Chamberlain in agreement with the Polish Foreign Minister on April 6, and he added that by that declara- tion the assurance given to the government of Poland was made
that and I hope reciprocal, permanent agreement between the two countries will shortly be con- cluded.
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PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS PARTICULANS & CONDITIONS
of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 12th day of June, 1939, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land nt Ventrin Road, in the Colony of' Hong Kong, for a term of 76
the with Yents,
option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one fur- ther term of 75 years. Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dispo-
tho
June, 9, 1939.
600,000 GREET KING AND QUEEN
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tumultuous
The King, looking bronzed though A Httle
tired, accompanied by the Queen, Mr. Cordell Huil, and the Ronald Ambassador, Sir British Lindsay, atépped on to the pluttorm and walked slowly through a double row of troops to the reception room, where President Roosevelt was wait- ing to welcome him,
There was no bowing or curtseying, but just friendly greetings. The Pre- aldent, smiling cordially, grasped the Lindsay Introduced Mrs. Roosevelt to
hand, and then Sir Ronald
the Queen, after which the whole of the United States Cabinet and a
of the Sale by Public Auctionly walling burst into to be held on Monday, the 12th cheers. day of June, 1939, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of Is Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Mount Cameron Road, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75]
of option years, with renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one fur- ther term of 76 years. Intending bidders are advised number of very high army, navy and that immediately after the dispo-murine mcers were presented,
King wore the full dress uni- sal of the for the Purchaser (Ifal of the lot the Purchaser (If form, of an Admiral and the Queen-
was
grey. Mrs. not the applicant) will be required not the applicant) will be required to deposit with an authorised to deposit with an authorised The party then entered cars to take officer who will be present at the officer who will be present at the route to the White House.
them on
the two-mile processional The guard sale, the sum of two hundred sale, the sum of two hundred of honour stood at attention as the dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum.
band played "God Save the King" and will be refunded on payment of will be refunded on payment of while the King stood at the salute.
the "Star-Spangled Banner," the Purchase price,
The King sit on the President's right hand in the first car of the long OF THE LOT. procession, and the Queen sat on Mrs.
Roosevelt's left hand.
the Purchase, price, PARTICULARS OF THE LOT. PARTICULARS
Inland Lot
No. 5529.
North of Inland
Ventris Road.
Registry No
No. of Sale
Locality
Boundary Measuremonts
|reethrust feel rent
As per sald
plan.
Contents in
#g. feet
Annual
Rental
Upset Price
About
opet
$15,973
Re-fortifying Heligoland Germany Prohibits All Tourists
BERLIN, June 8.
. FOREIGNERS will no longer be able to visit the island of Heligoland in the North Sea, and the island will no longer be carried on as a seaside resort.
This measure is based on the fact that Heligoland has been declared u milliary reserve, and therefore comes under the restrictions issued time ago for districts German west frontier ure under construction.
some
where the fortifications
Ileligoland, nequired from Beltain in 1890 is of some strategical im- portance, and Germany has been re- fortifying the island for some time past.--Trans-Ocean.
(Soc 25 Years Ago-Page 5)
JAPANESE-H. Q.-
GUTTED
2.
No. of Sale
Koral Building
Lot No. 423.
Registry No.
Locality
South East of Rural
Building Lot No.
Cameron Road.
583, Sloan
Boundary Mousurementa
H.
feet feet fretifel
as per sale
plan.
Contents in
nq. feet.
About
13,100
$150
Ann. Beat
G. MR.
years,
Upset Price
$1,572
PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, the 12th day of June, 1939, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Ngau Chi Wan, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 commencing from 1st July, 1898, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the KING, for one fur- ther term of 24 years less the last three days thereof. Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dispo- sal of the int the Purchaser (if not the applicant) will be required to deposit with an officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred -dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of
Authorised
the Purchase price. CHUNGKING, June 9.--The Jap- PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
anese Gendarmerie Headquarters opposite Hallwangssu in the anese Concession, Tientsin, was gut-
Jap-
Morning Post Building ted by fire on Jun 2, according to a
Hongkong
Turkey's Agreement Regarding Turkey, the first stage of the negotiations was brought to a successful conclusion on May 12.
Recalling the declaration made by the Government with regard to the agreement reached, Viscount Halifax sald that further consultations for which the declaration provided, were being actively pursued "and I hope in a very little time to announce to the House that they have been successfully completed" (Cheera).
"The attitude and friendly co- operation of the Turkish Government adopted throughout discussions
the has been
source of ver
very great satisfaction to the Government and whether a conference by itself, what-
a
belated report
Tientsin. from Eleven Japanese gendarmies Chinese prisoners
were burned
death while 15 others were injured.
Explosions of bombs were
to explore the whole economic ques-during the confiagration. tion, not only for Germany, but for all European nations.
"With regard to the possibility of an international conference sug- gested as a solution, I. venture to
doubt -same
regarding express
and
to
heard
才
On the same day, a fire also occur- red in the barracks of the Japanese Saito artillery unit at Halkwangssu, partly damaging the barracks. The Are was preceded by a loud tonation, Central News.
de-
the whole country, and is the best ever may be its appeal to natural BRITAIN'S SYMPATHIES augury for the consolidation of peace EH!
feelings and emotions, offers any re
in the Mediterranean area and South-medy. Not all of Germany's claims WITH CHINA STRESSED
Eastern Europe.
Departure In Policy
After recalling the Government's decision to send a Foreign Office re- presentative to Moscow to accelerate negotiations, Viscount Halifax said that the action of the British Govern- ment during the last few weeks re- presented a significant departure in British foreign policy.
Viscount
general situation, referring to the
said that above all We
sensible of the extreme must be importance of doing our utmost to understand the viewpoint of other
and to get them to under
our own
"I am encouraged by Signor Mus- solini's speech of Turin, when he said millions are asking whether we are on the road to war and he declared
are open to consideration around u
table, and Great Britain is only an- xious to see rival claims adjusted
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on a basis which may secure lasting reached; and, what action was being peace.. We are concerned to see taken. these things settled by negotiation and not force, for on no other terms than those can International life go on."
War Not Unavoidable
Registry No.
Locality
Kowloon Inland
Lot No. 2695
Adjoining
Inland Lot No. 1969, New Kowloon
No. of Sale |
Ngau Chi Wan.
19
Boundary
Measurements
N..E.IT.
[fert|fant fert|fert
as per salo
plan.
sq. feet.
Contents
About
4,000
$90
Ann. Rent.
Iceberg Threat To Shipping
routes. Trans-Ocean.
Bpset
Price
$2,800
was dressed in steel
Wild Enthusiasm
A huge crowd cheered wildly as the first car started, and the second car halted for a moment for the bene- fit of photographers who cheered loudly in appreciation of the Queen's courtesy.
It was intensely hot as the royal procession drove along the Pennsy- İvanla
Avenue and the Queen opened her white parasol, whlie huge crowds clapped and cheered alons length of the route,
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Flying Fortress Escort The great "Flying Fortresses" of the United States air forces flew In formation as aerial escort.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt fiest met Their Majesties in the centre of the reception room before a huge tenkwood table on which stood a blue bowl Alled with American beauty
roses,
Mr. Cordell Hull stopped forward and said: "Mr. President, I have the honour to present their Britannic Majestles."
President Roosevelt, with a broad smile, stretched out his hand and I am glad to said: "How are you? see you.'
Their Majesties and the Roosevelts then briefly conversed before the presentations were made. knowledgment along the cheering The King saluted repeatedly in ac- route to the White House, Their Majesties reached 14 minutes, ahead of schedule.
which
The Queen waved from beneath parasol protecting her from the blazing sun.
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At one point the procession passed between long lines of cavalry, and an officer's horse
reared suddenly
only ten feet from the cor bearing President Roosevelt and the King. Spectators screamed and scrambled the King apparently, did not notice for safety. No one was injured, and
the incident.
Shirt Sleoved Onlookers The crowd lining___the_two-mile. roule was estimated at 600,000, con- trolled by some 6,000 men of the de- fence forces as well as the police. Thousands of the crowd were in shirt slceves with their heads protected from the flerce rays of the sun by newspapers.
Investiture On Station
It is revealed that the King held what is believed to be the first in- vestiture carried out by a British sovereign on foreign soll.
As the train
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Knighthood on the King conferred to Washington, Amoy his acting Frederick and the insignia secretary, Alan
of the Royal Victoria Order on the press liaison
Frederickofleer,
figured
in
Mr.
George
both of whom arrived at Honours 1st.
the Birthday When Their Majesties Washington they were welcomed a wild burst. of enthusiasm Buch
With I
Las is normally reserved for the in-
new Presidents. auguration of new
Immediately after the presenta
and tions, the royal
presidential parties omerged from the reception room and stood beneath the portico of the station where military honours were rendered.
Informal Chat
tracked" by a group of people as
Mr. R. A. Butler replied that it was by coincidence that
BOSTON, Mass., June 8.-Owing the Am-to the great danger from leebergs, the bassadors and naval commanders American coastguard authorities to- Then, during the firing of a 21-gun found themselves together in Shang-day issued a recommendation to all salute in front of the station, the King In concluding, Viscount Halifax any formal meeting, doubtless they normal shipping
hai, and while he was not aware of trans-Atlantic shipping to shift their and the President, the Queen and said that he did not share the view took the opportunity to
routes 150 miles Mrs. Roosevelt enjoyed their fini exchange southwards in order to evade
the informal chat, talking freely while that war was unadvoldable, There views on various matters of common great masses of icebergs moving in they smiled. were complicated problems in Europe concern.
the vicinity of the normal shipping only too likely to lead to war, if roughly handled, and there were men who have it in their sole power what action was being taken with asked to precipitate conflict.
"If the issue were ever to be join the Japanese Government relative to ed i have no doubt at all about the the arrest of Lieut-Col. Spear, and ultimate outcome, whatever may be had been taken up urgently with the Mr. Butler replied that the matter the varying fortunes of war or the duration of the struggle.
appropriate Japanese authorities.
Spear's early release, Reuter.
Col. Spear's Arrost Licut-Commander Fletcher
there were no questions justifying "I and it very difficult to believe with a view to securing Colonel
war, but if these problems are to be resolved by negotiation, there must
however, that with the certain pro- spect of resistance, with the aware-
be goodwill on both sides and a ness of the fearful consequences
readiness to make allowances for the must follow, and with the knowledge Plane Crashes, Big
viewpoint of others,
"There must be conviction on boll sides that the word of the other will 40 kept.
Desire For Ponca
"So far from wishing to embarrass Germany in the economic field, wo know that a prosperous Germany would be good for Europe. Our one desire is to throw all our weight into the scale for a peaceful settlement.
But the day has gone by when the Independemos of European nations can be dostroyed by unl- Iatural setion, and it is clear thai
for
that
peace
of the desire of all peoples and the readiness of all ste matters settled by peoples to negotiation, tempted
that those who might feel"
Fire Spreads
COUNTY CRICKET
London, June 8, Latest cricket scores are:
Cambridge 411-8°deë; Army" 21-17′′ Derbyshire 150 und 179-2; Wor- cester 102.
Gloucester 289-4; Surrey 236. Hampshire 434; Lancashire 132-3. Kent 471; Glamorgan 152-2. Northants 107 and 18-1; West In-
to risk
BERLIN, June B.-The German arbitrament war, would military plane which crashed into adles 382. an not feel, if they might once con-house in Gelnhausen near Frankfurt vince themselves of the good faith of on Main yesterday, started a fre those with whom they have to deal, which spread to 12 additional houses. that it would be wiser and more pro- In addition to the three members ailable to resolve by negotiation, the of the crew, three inhabitants of the difficulties which inevitably arise in village were killed, six were seriously the adjusting of claims and the satis- injured and one hundred slightly ---- changing world."Reuter. fying of the needs of a constantly Trans-Ocean.
Notts 1-6; Essex 531-7 dec. Oxford 281, Minor Counties 215-8. Somerset 354; Middlesex 182-5. Sussex 178; Warwickshire 217 and 51-3,
Yorkabire 182-2: Leicestershire 230.
Reuter Bulletin.
minutes
The King was momentarily "side-
President Roosevelt entered the car. Officials_fussed around and smoothed.. down cushions, and at least two elapsed before someone realised that the King should have followed the President..
From the very commencement of the procession, the crowd began to cheer itself hoarse. The Queen, per- haps, raised the greatest enthusiasm | for her perfect poise during the whole. of the drive, and she captured Washington's heart.
British Gown
Mrs. Roosevelt, despite the intense heat, fulfilled her promise to wear dress of azure blue sent to her by British wool-growers.
People perched on every corner of every building, statue and fountain,
and all cheered madly,
Ahead of the procession went motor-cycle police and light _army tanks which led the way through un- broken, ranks of soldiers, sailors and marines standing stifly to the salute. Time and again the King, and Mr. Roosevelt engaged in animated talk, Its Excellency the Commander-in-President Roosevelt, was bareheaded. LONDON, June 8-The Colonial men are again being engaged by the Chief of the
China Office Birthday Honours at includes German postal authorities to help Admiral Sir Percy Noble, will leave frequently laughed heartily ARTE, Squadron, his silk hat lylog at his fent, and he " wide and resolute resistance,
a Knight Commander of the British | alleviate "the shortage of. akilled Hongkong on Friday, June 10,” in Washington crow rarely cheer, Provided the Independence of Empire for Captain Donald Petrie labour by giving postmen an oppor-ILMS. Kent for Singapore...
and old observers of many State nations, is recognised, the Govern- | Simson, hon, secretary of the British tunity of training for skilled profes- Sir Forcy Noble's future move-l occasions described the plaudits a ment la not only willing, but anxious Empire Service Loigue,disuter,sions/Trans-Ocean.
ments will be arranged in Singapore, unprecedentede-Reuter,
any attempt to do so will meet with
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