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$100,000,000 Loss of Imports, Exports Since 1938 Royal Air Force Bombs' France

AMAZING FLIGHT

COLONY'S TRADE WITH BY 200 PLANES

CHINA:

Neutrality

European Flare Up Imminent

Grave Warning In Official Circles

WASHINGTON,

July 19.

HONGKONG TRADE

BIG DECLINE

with China declined in BRITISH WARSHIPS TO

remarkable fashion dur-

ing the first six months TOUR MEDITERRANEAN

ro-

of 1939, according to official statistics leased by Government sources in an interview with a "Telegraph” re- porter this morning.

The decline since the first six months of last year, in fact, totals almost $100,000,- 000.

It is almost entirely attribut-

THE GRAVITY with able to the Japanese capture of which . official

LONDON, July 19.

MR. GEOFFREY SHAKESPEARE announced in the House of Commons to-day that British warships would shortly pay a number of courtesy calls in the eastern Mediterranean.

Fallowing their recent visits to Athens, the British war- ships will call at other Greek ports, while carly in August the Commander-in-Chief aboard his flagship would go to Istanbul.

Several other warships would simultaneously visit Smyrna, No arrangements had yet boon made for the warships to visit Russian, Rumanian or Bulgarian ports, but the question of such visits was under consideration.-Tiana-Ocean,

American Canton and Kongmoon and to Soviet May End Japanese Rights

This decline does not include the

circles view the situation in other restrictions on the China

Coast. Europe was indicated in no uncertain terms to-day by Mr. Stephen Early, Secretary to the White House, in a statement to the Press.

The information aynilable to the President, said Mr. Early, indicated that the prospects of escaping a European crisis with- in the next few months were distinctly not good.

considerable loss of trade rendered certain by the Japanese occupation of Swatow, and blockade of other ports Fukien and Kwangtung provinces, since these blockades did not become effective until this month.

Other Trade Increases Whilst trade between Hongkong

German Activity In Eire

Nazi White-Anting

Now Alarming

LONDON, July 19. THE "DAILY EXPRESS”. declares that the Dominions office and the authorities in Eire are carrying out a joint

investigation of Nazi pro- in Eire which, although it has been dis-

paganda

seminated throughout the For seminated throughout the

Chamberlain Hopes For Early Moscow Alliance

LONDON, July 19.

“I HOPE 80," said Mr. Chamberlain when asked and Chinn declined to a serious ex- whether the Moscow talks would be concluded in time to tent, the Colony's total visible trade

with all other countries has Increased, make an announcement before the House went into recess

The total visible trade of the on August 14.

There was every prospert, he de- Colony (treasure excluded) for the MOK **** (No. VII) **** MOK clared, that the world would be first six months of the current your faced with a European fare-up be- Was $570,068,240, compared with "We certainly have no agree- fore the end of summer;

$612,986,240 in the corresponding ment yet," the Prime Minister semester last year. "I am certain of one thing," he

added, when asked by Mr. Hugh dcelared. "President Roosevelt wil Total visible trade with China phly Dalton whether they were any pray, as he has never prayed before during the first six months of this nearer agreement as a result of in his life, that the crisis will not year Was $167,260.400, come to Europe until Congress

of which the frequent new instructions re-$99,033.238 was with ports in North convenes,"

China, all of which are under Japan and transmissions,

Disappointed

Mr. Early made no secret of Pre- sident Roosevelt's disappointment and anxiety regarding the decision of Congress not to proceed with a re- vision of the neutrality legislation..

Despite the President's anxiety, Mr. Early doubled whether the issue would be carried to the during Mr. Roosevelt's lour of the West.

country forthcoming

ese decupancy.

Mr. Chamberlain replied in the This is how Hongkong's_trade-withgative when Mr. Wedgwool-Benn China has declined since the beginning asked whether he had my informa~ of last year:

tion regarding a proposal for a loan to Russia from Germany of £25,000,000. $260,371,147 Reuter. $203,620,669 $167,255,440

First half of 1938 Second half of 1938 First half of 1939

Talks In Tokyo Communique On Negotiations

TOKYO, July 20.

ed to an alarming degree.

LONDON, July 19. MORE THAN 200 Royal Air Force planes carried out a mock raid on French territory to-day, some flying to the Mediterranean 'round trip of more than 1,800 miles. ́

on &

More than 500 men were involved in the manoeuvres and the planes carried full war loads.

Each detachment had its objective given shortly before the start of the flight, simulating actual war conditions in every respect.--United Press.

Hammered and Heard Tappings Diver's Dramatic Story At Thetis Inquiry

LONDON, July 19.

hearing further evidence by Captain. Oram, until it is known whether salvage attempts will be successful.

THE THETIS enquiry is to be adjourned, after

Intimation to this effect was!

given by Mr. Justice Buckmill at

country during the past five this afternoon's hearing. He years, has recently develop said there was #t reasonable prospect of the salvage being successful, and he wished to hear evidence from the divers

reveal new facts. now engaged, who might be able

The newspaper states that Nazi agents have recently been contacts with Irish Republican extremists and other Left Wing Attempting to establish personal

proponents, while anti-British propaganda is much stronger than before.

The authorities in Eire are making efforts to discriminate between purely anti-British Irish Republican Army extremists and those who are botl anti-British and pro-German.

It is believed that Nazi sources subscribed to the L.R.A., in the first instance and terrorists have been extensively financed by the Nazis.

Gorman Visitors

1

on

The regular German colony-in-Eire- is only about 250, the majority of whom have little connection welth Nazi activities. The police, however, |are keeping very close watch THE Japanese Foreign Office visiting Germans, including one with Report Received

Issued a communique after yester-a University degree who attempted to S. China Decline

LONDON,

contact I.R.A, and other Republican 19-Reuter's day afternoon's conversations, organisations within July diplomatic correspondent understands which lasted eighty minutes.

fortnight of Comparative figures show that Im that the report received from Moscow

landing in Eire. ports from South China (Canton, from Sir William Seed regarding his general background of the Tientsin that

The communique stated that the! The police have ulso established "It President Roosevelt does take Holbow, Kongmoon, Wuchow, Klung-conversation with M. Molotoft has altuation was again discussed, and the closely associated with

another German student is the issue to the country, the Opposi- chow and Yunnan) declined from Licen tion will match him," said Senator $00,924,005 tu the frst half of 1933 Government.

considered by the British meeting adjourned "to give tirue for was one of the signatories of the man who Hiram Johnson, one of the strong to $24,060,404 In the first half of the

consideration.",

LR.A. proclamation which heralded proponents of Isolation, in an inter-current year.

It is unlikely, however, that any Jupanese news agency stated that it

Following the morning's talk, a the recent outrages in England. View to-day,

reply will be despatched this evening. was "autberllatively understood that struction of letters to certain weekly "The odd phrasing and curious con- "We will go to the country, too, Iniports from Middle with the slugan that this country does (Swabue, Swatow, Amoy and Foo-ment has been consulted regarding Arita clearly of the stiff attitude pre- German

China or Indeed, until the French Govern- Sir Robert Craigie informed, Mr. newspapers, expressing strong pro- chow) rose from $8,270,703 in the its standpoint.

and anti-British

viewk, Eater to-day. the President's Arst half of 1938 to $11,062,055 in the Secretary announced that, in the rst half of 1939, All this trade will It is expected that the delay in event of war in Europe, a special cease in the second half of this year, sending a reply will be very brief, session of Congress

due to the Japanese blockade un-Reuter, called to take appropriate action nounced this month.. United Press.

not want war.

would

be

British Disappointment LONDON, July 10-The post ponement of the revision of United States neutrality is a deep disappoint ment to London which feels Britain and France have been deprived of a strong weapon.

The Liberal newspaper "The Star" says: "It is useless to disguise our dis- appointment at President Roosevelt's fallure to persuade Congress to tunend; the Neutrality Law,"

The lasue of freedom or tyranny has been posed as a question that the world as a whole must answer and America cannot shirk its res- ponse forever".

Imports from North China (Man- churia, Chiakiang, Chingwangtao, Chefoo, Dairen, Hankow, Harbin, Ningpo, Shanghat, Tientsin, Tsingtao, Weihaiwel, Wenchow and Yangtse Ports) increased from $52,481,700 to $71,297,334,

Imports from all ports declined from $119,670,538 to $107,420.453,

that

Russo-Japanese Disputa

MOSCOW, July 19. Japanese sources indicate the dispute over the Japanese oll and coal concessions si Sakhalin la assuming more serious proportions than the recent border Gghting.

Japan thereupon made representa tions to Russia demanding answers

of

vailing in Britain, but in view of his suggest that the writers are neither awn manifest desire for conciliation, Irish nor English-United Press, there was no reason for pessimism." After the second meeting, the same news agency stated that it was "au thoritatively understood, that

the atmosphere. "Sir Robert Craigio maintained conciliatory attitude, but slood frm: on Britain's claim."-Reuter

i was no change

;

Appeasement?

there

Text Of I.R.A. Bill LONDON, July 19--The Govern ment's emergency bill to deal with published to-night. Irish Republican Army terrorism was

to

Rush To Rescuc

A dramatic account of how three deep-sea divers were rushed from Scapa Flow by fast motorbaats, cars and aeroplanes was described by Mr. Thomas Mackenale, their chief, who has been engaged for 14 years in raising the sunken German fleek.

at the time, and he lmmediately He was working on the Derflinger offered his services to Cammel Lairds.

They first said that everyone aboard the submarine was safe, but later he was told the situation was. desperate, and the Admiralty ac- cepted his offer.

Two divers at the time were work- Ing 23 fathoms below surface. He ordered them up and they removed their diving dress while being rushed ashore in a motor boat. Then they hurried to the scene of the disaster.

Landing On Huff

Sinclair McKenzie, the first of the Scapa divers to reach the Theta, described landing on the hull of the vessel. Everything was In total darkness. He got hold of something which he was afterwards told was the wireless most and he slid down

It..

He hammered and heard faint toppings, but the tide was too strong to stay in one position long, and he could not concentrate on listening to the toppings.

A passage at arms occurred between the Attorney-General and a witness during the testimony by a antvuge expert named Cox, who worked on raising German warships In Scapa

Cox asserted that if salvage men of experience with compressed uir were on the apot, he would drill holes In the stern of the Thelis, connect air into the submarine, them to the air compressor, and force

When the stern was on the surface it should have been left alone. The PLEASE Turn To Pago 12.

It contains drastic powers, with heavy penalties for non-compliance. [Flow."

The IRA, however, is not de- clared on legel organisation, und no TOKYO, July 10-According to action will be taken on A bill On July 11 a Russian Court fined the "Nichi Nichi" the British Am-necessitating passports for people the Japanese concessionaires $113,000 bassador, Sir Robert Craigie stressed travelling from Ireland, for their failure to make good their the following three points during his

The bill, which will remain in Big Declina In Exports obligations to Russian workers. second conversation with Me, Arita force for two years, gives the Home Secretary power to make orders for Exports to Chinese ports showed

to-day: an even more remarkable decrease,

expulsion against people who have 1.That England is, willing to give lived for 20 years or less in this the total for le first half of 1930 to a series of inquiries regarding the friendly

consideration to all the country, and who have been con- ($59,845,947) being only 30 per concessions, the answers to be de- Japanese demands connected with cerned, in sent. of the total (5140,004,580) for Hvered by midnight yesterday.

the preparation or the Sino-Japanese conflict, an con- Instigation of sets of violence, de- the corresponding period last year, Exports to South

The deadline for the payment

dition that everything is avoided that signed to influence public opinion, or Lord Beaverbrook's "Evening during the first half of the current and Japanese

China ports the fines expires at midnight to-day might give the impression that Eng-Government policy with respect to Standard" says: "If war occurs. year were almost non-existent, the companies involved face the threat pressure.

informants say the land was giving way to Japanese Irish affairs. is safe to assume Congress would ask total being $11,621,883, compared with of confiscation if they do not pay.

Power la also given to prevent for isolation, upon which the decid- $00,083,005 In the corresponding

their re-entry to, this country. 2-That England would take into, The Japanese authorities, my consideration: the changed situation

Suspect Persons Japan considers the dispute in North Chide by deciding for her-

The Home Secretary may directly involving Japan's prestige self the practical measures to be prohibit and that they might be "forced to taken for a settlement of the various Britain, persons who are suspected from entering Great tako serious measures" after the disputed.points. deadline.—United Press.

of instigating or preparing any such 3That the putting forward of acts of violence, Cancel Concessions

any one-sided "demands

Persons attempting to evade ex- nyoided during the present negotia-If found in Great Britain while the pulsion and prohibition orders can. MOSCOW, July 10-The Soviet tions. Government la considering whether The paper adds that Mr. Arila told order against them remains in force,

Ing question has now been post-period of last year. poned". United Press.

Special Session WASHINGTON, July 19.-The de- cision to postpone consideration of the neutrality" legislation has meant that President Roosevelt would be forced to call a special session of Congress in the event of a European crisis developing between now ́and January, according to Mr. Stephen Early, who told reporters thai all in- 'formation from diplomatic repre- sentatives and intelligence services Indicated the possibility that such a Ceritis might develop.

Exports to Middie China rose from $17,050,841 to $10,088,100, while ex- ports to North-China declined from $37,355,883 to $28,535,904.

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KING INSTALS DUKE AS PREMIER MASON

LONDON, July 19. VISITING Freemasons from Hongkong and other Colonles and the Dominions helped swell the total which thronged Olympia to-day to 11,000.

The occasion was the Installation of the Duke of Kent as Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England.

The Installation ceremony was Masonic activities when he proceeds

to cancel the Japanese concessions Sir Robedt Craigle that Japan must servitude on conviction, or indictment who, before his Accession to the

be sentenced to five years penal carried out by His Majesty the King to Canberra later this year.

on Saghalin Island,

This step would make it possible to eliminate Japanese observers from the Soviet part of the island. Trans-Ocean,

Canberra, Australia Statistics prepared by the Civil Aviation Board, and declared to be In no way lighty, show that Austra Asked whether President Roosevelt llans take more dights per capita than was going to take neutrality issue to any other people in the world. In the country during the forthcoming the year Just ended there were western tour, Mr. Early said:,"1_arm | 8,448,018 miles flown by 80.480 certain that from the time Congress passengers out of a total population of from Fort Davis between the hours Firing practice will be carried out PLEASE Turn To Page 4. a few million.

of 10 a.m, and 2 p.m. to-day,

on

of course, Ingist on the demand that England cease all actions which were ceeding three months on a summary

term of Imprisonment not ex- Throne, was himself Grand Master of Today's ceremony was ari impres hindering or detrimental to Japanese conviction.. military operations in China,

the Scottish Constitution, and is now sive affair. The richly embroidered Grand Patron of the English lodges, gold collars and blue clothing of the Power, is also given to make sus- The Duke of Kent succeeds the Grand Lodge, logother with the light Mr. Arita stressed that compromise pects register. This power is based Duke of Connaught, who has resigned blue collars and aprons of Master proposals or mulusi concessions such on the Administration of Allens Act, owing to 111-health, as Grand Master Masons, provided a brilliant colour on suggested by England could not be discussed during a discussion of fun- dealing with the mattor of search, but land. The new Grand Master, who

The bill also contains a clause of the United Grand Lodge of Eng-cheme, damental prtheiples.

this is restricted to those suspected is Governor General-designate of the installed Grand Master in 1901, has The Duke of Connaught, who was Japan warted a clear Yes or No of terrorm.

Commonwealth of Australia, is ex held the office for the longest term PLEASE Turn To Page 12.

pected to take an active part in of any head of the Order-Router.

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