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1939.日七十月六 2,
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TIENTSIN SUSPECTS
LONDON, Aug. 1.
IT WAS stated in informed quarters in London_to-day that British and Japanese press reports that the British Governi ment had accepted the Japanese demand for the handing over of the four Chinese suspects in Tientsin are inaccurate."
It was added that no agreement on the subject has yet been reached at the Tokyo talks.—Trans-Ocean,
Britain Refuses To Give Way TOKYO PARLEYS REACH DEADLOCK
TOKYO, Aug. 1.
THE sub-committee of the Anglo-Japanese con- ference, which met yesterday afternoon, failed to reach any understanding on the currency and silver questions.
Both sides stood firm on their
Shooting Across River Continues Until Morning
RUMANIAN BORDER GUARDS OPEN FIRE ON HUNGARIANS
British Women Stripped
Anti-British Wave In Interior
SLOVAKIA
RUMANIA
JUGOSLAVIA
fleet. Dillerly
BUDAPEST, Aug. 1.
RUMANIANS at Tescoe are alleged last night_to have opened machine-gun and rifle fire on a Hungarian village across the river.
The reports say they also opened fire on Hungarian soldiers guarding a bridge across the Tissa River. The Hungarian frontier patrol replied, the shooting continuing until HUNGARY, a kingdom without a king, ruled 7 o'clock this morning.-United Press.
Admiral without resentful of peace treatles which reduced her TRADE TALKS CANCELLED area by two-thirds and deprived her of her acaboard on the Adriatic. Rank of present Regent, Admiral! Horthy. Is reminder of days when Hungary had a navy.
Germany absorbed Austria, luas been compelled
RUMANIA, Brst heard of as a Roman colour Inter formed
BUCHAREST, Aug. 1Following a clash of Rumanian and PEIPING, Aug. 1.
Polically was Hungarian frontier patrols at night time on the banks of the Tissa, the TWO British women mis- formerly closely filentified with Italy but, since Rumanian Government, it is reported, has decided to break off the Hungaro- respective claims, the British sionaries were stripped in to pay closer attention to her new neighbour. Rumanian trade negotiations, which opened in Sinaia a few days ago after delegates insisting that the the presence of a man, silver specie held in the British HONGKONG Concession belonged
part of Turkey in Europe, months of difficult preparatory work. either a Japanese the
or Proclaimed Hs Independence during Rt580- National Government, and the Korean, when they reached Turkish War, 1877. As result of 2nd Balkan War and Great War. Rumania's area was
CHINA CURRENCY
to
STATEMENT Japanese delegates demanding the Japanese-occupied town greaus increased, having obtained territory
Searching Questions
In Commons
LONDON, Aug. 1.
MR. F. J. BELLENGER asked
Resumption of the talks has been postponed indefinitely. The Rumanians declare that Hungarian barges, contrary to the
surrender of the white metal on of Kaifeng on a journey from three neighbours Russia, Hungary and agreement, attempted to advance into the Rumanian part of the river, and the grounds of the "extraordi- nary circumstances" prevailing through the interior.
with the Liffle Entente anti-revisionist polles, when frontler guards ordered them to stop they refused.
in North China.
With another British mission-
The British delegates confirmedary and a Danc, they were tra- that 14,500,000 yuan worth of sliver
is held by the Chinese Bank of Comvelling to Peiping from Slan, They insist, however, that, as the munication in the British Concession. capital of Shensi,
Sir John Simon in the House of Commons to-day whether the
lalement on the Chinese cur- in force shice the enforcement of
The anti-British committee has sent.
Britons and British concerns in Pel-
Silver Nationalisation Act has been letters to 516 Chinese servants of rency issued in Hongkong on under custody belongs to the Chung-tion" unless they leave their em- currency reform in 1835, the silver ping threatening them with "final June 8, to the effect that the king Government.
statement Was
not issued by the
Belongs To China
ployment. Some have done so.
The British Embassy has made It is stated that the silver specie representations to the Japanese Em- was found in the cellar when the bussy. British Consulate rented the build-
ing of the Bank of Communications
Tsingtao Scarches
Bulgaria. For this reason was closely Identified
7,000,000 Troops Man Frontiers Of Europe
LONDON, Aug. 1.
The guards then opened fire and the bargemen fired back, receiving assistance from Hungarian river patrols,
The firing continued all night, but the number of casualties is not yet known-Reiter.
Appeasement Buried LONDON, Aug. 1.-Appease-1 ment has been buried forty fathoms deep..
Inatond, the Government is embarking upon a policy of
to
ALMOST 7,000,000 soldiers are to-day on guard along building up a peace front European frontiers in a demonstration of armed power resist further acts of aggression, double that of the combined armies of the big Powers saya Mr. Anthony Eden, in a A Shanghai report says that British at the start of the World
letter to his constituenta. and olier passengers entering leaving Tsingtao are searched and War 25 years ago.
or
- ability of the authorities to maintain exchange was not to be uestioned, still represented the British Government's views.
Sir John Simon replied that the
and that the British authorities are British Government, which it still obliged to recognise the fact that time expressed any view with regard the holder is the Chinese Bank of to the future exchange value of the
all Chinese national currency in their j Boys who were not born when Communications. Chinese dollar.
Britain has recognised the fact that possession confiscated by the Japat Austria - Hungary Mr. Bellenger recalled to the Chancellor that he (the Chancellor) large-scale hostilities are going on in
It is stated that an American against Serbia are now on duty hud quoted these works and the China as i situation of fact, but that
Wornan Was deprived ut several among th crapidly expediting Hongkong statement on earlier does not mean that the Chungking Decision. Was he to understand that Government is in a state of hustlity hundred Chinese dollars.
British subjects, however, are being military forces, preparing quoting this statement, and was Sir cannot allow conveyance of the silver side it for special attention
"there was to purpose whatever ingainst-Britain-Britain, therefore..
John Simon aware that since making from the Concession unless it is done it, the Chinese dollar hat depreciated by the Chungking Government or the
further.
Bank of Communications..
Someone Is Wrong
Sir John Simon said his recollec- tion was that Mr. Bellenger sought information and he referred him to LONDON, Aug. 1. "Beuter":" the statement issued by the authort- Ixtiplomatic correspondent understands ties in China.
that though the subject was raised in Mr. Bellenger persisted and asked the Tokyo conversations, no demand what, was the purpose of referring has yet been made by the Japanese in to that statement if Sir John Government for the surrender of Simon did not take it to be sub-silver in Tientsin. stantially correct.
Sir John replied that he thought If the demand is made, there would. the statement to a large extent was as Mr. Chamberlain said yesterday, a statement with regard to future have to be consultations between the prospects. Obviously, attention must British Government and other in- nail to the opinion of the crested governments. No such con- sultations huve taken place, though PLEASE Turn To Pago 4.
France and the United Sintes are kept fully informed of the progress of the negotiations.
bo
CHINA IN THE COMMONS
It is expected that instructions will be sent to Sir Robert Craigle very shortly, possibly to-night-Renter,
Prohibition Rioting
Police Fire On Tax Protestants
BOMBAY, Aug. 1. inauguration of pro- produced rioting here
ese,
according holiday-makers return- ing to Shanghai.
One passenger] estimated that 6,000 Chinese dollars
had been seized aboard the ship in which he returned to Shanghai.
marched
CRISIS IN SPAIN
against-a-new-threat of conflict-Franco-May-Lose-
Army Support
Men who served at Jutland, Yres and the Bardenelles have already donned their uniform and are training the youngsters, Governments have turned to new
J
*
Mr. Eden adds that during the next few weeks we shall no doubt be subject 10
succession of rumours, kome optimistic, tome pessimistic.
We shall be treated alternatively to assurances that no danger exists; and threats on what will happen to 125.
British The
people are nol interested In auch inetics. Hence- forth, the British people will believe neither promises nor assurances. PARIS, Aug. 1.
They will
be persuaded GENERAL FRANCO is apparently deeds.
only by He added that several British pas- and greater expenditures on atma-still having the greatest difficulty in sengers nbaard were searched four ments of the latest and most devasta-gaining the Army's support.
There is only one task for British times in succession.
ting types.
He has resumed bis conversations Statesmanship to-day-to convince! Questioned this evening, a Japan-) The increased armies and ese Embassy spokesman said that greater destructive force of modern able to hasten the conclusion of the determination. If we can do this; if the with the generals and hopes to be the rulers and peoples of Germany of
the unshakeable Armness of since last May transportation and guns and sirplanes indicate the difficult negotiations, because agita we can convince others what circulation of Chinese national cur- disaster of "The next war."-tion is spreading to the provinces. rency had been banned. Be argued
Coineldent with General Saliquet's British people, there will be no war. know to be the true temper of the that the measures had been taken
arrival at Seville, where he succeeds-Reuter. by the Japanese at Tsingtao, and therefore it was quite legal. denied discrimination against Britons. -Reuter.
Importance Of Petroleum
He
POLAND'S DRIVE AGAINST SPIES
General de Llano, reports reached
the border that he had neted swiftly and severely to put a stop to the de- monstrations by General de Llho's partisans against his removal.
Several Arrested?
Third Frontier Clash
Dur
we
BUDAPEST, Aug. 1-1 is ari- WARSAW, Aug. 1.
nounced that a third frontier clash has occurred with the Rumanians on AN official communique, is-1
the Theiss River, where sharp flight- sued to-day said:
Unconfirmed reports have reacheding with machine-guns and rifles took "During recent days, the au-Hendaye that Saliquet ordered the place last night. One Hungurinn thorities in several south-eastern arrest of several anti-Falangists to guard was wounded.
curb the trouble, LONDON, Aug. 1.—Mr. Geoffrey Provinces have discovered that Officially, however, no confirmation It is said the Rumanians placed an i Lloyd revealed In the House of certain persons are maintaining has been received of the reported artillery battery on the River bank Commons to-day in view of the vital constant contact with organiza- trouble, although it is admitted that but have not yet used it. importance of petroleum products in
General Saliquet has gone into im- The Bucharest radid announced war time a comprehensive plan lind tions abroad,
with been prepared for the maintenance of
General that several serious border incidents themediate conference "A number of members of supplies, accumulation of reserves; Nationalist organisation were arrested. Varelo, the Civil Governor of Seville, have occurred during the last ten An official report has been publish=¡days, culminating In the exchange of organisation of transport and inland All of those arrested have
Courts ed that the Commander of the Civil shots bewteen the guards last night. distribution, for the control of prices handed over to the and for rationing private cars.
Guard will replace the Chief of They described the incident as Police at Valencia.--United Press, PLEASE Turn To Pago 4.
Reserves of petroleum products in Britain had been greatly increased. Investigations as to the possibility of
a wider use of substitute fuels in war
Lloyd-Reuter,
United Press,
been
Hua Hsing Notes
that
Frontier Incidents PARIS, Aug. 1-Reports from the SHANGHAI, Aug. 1-Circulation Spanish frontier to-day state Geofrey Lloyd Actie, added Mr. of the Ifua fising Bank notes, repre- Moroccan solillers belonging to a senting the new currency introduced detuchment stationed at Trun held up into Central China which ia pegged at a passenger train, between Pamplone
and the exchange fate of sixpence per
Irun and escaped with the baggage, Jewels andi dollar, has increased by three times travellers' during the last fortnight, and on July money.
Two Morocenn leaders are reported 30 amounted to $1,500,000.-Trans-
to have been arrested. Ocean.
National Service
In Poland
It is also reported that a French- man, M. Charles Daudet, of Monte-
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"We Would Deprive Aggressors of Chance" TASS AGENCY DENIES BUTLER'S STATEMENT
PLEA FOR AID FOR CHINA LONDON, Aug. 1.-Mr. Ar- thur Henderson asked in the House of Commons to-day whe ther, with a view to assisting China, the British Government proposed to give guaranteen for the purchase of United Kingdom goods by the Chinese Govern- ment on the lines of the agree- ments made between the British THE and other foreign governments. hibition
Mr. Oliver Stanley, President of today. the Board of Trade, in reply quoted Police were forced to fre upon a his earlier statements of March 6 and crowd of rioting Moslems who were July 14, and said that a proposal to marching us a protest against the give guarantees to the benefit of Government's exira taxation levied Brish manufacturers in respect of as compensation for the loss in liquor exports to China had been" under revenue,
peller, convicted of explonaga by
MOSCOW, Aug, 1-The statement which Mr. R. A. Butler- negotiation for some time, and certain Five of the demonstrators were in-court-martial in peace time as well
Spanish court-martial, was sentenced made in the House of Commons on Monday regarding the Anglo- technical and legal questions were jured, two of them seriously.
to death and shot, together with two Soviet negotiations, is criticised by the Soviet Government. still being considered.
Simultaneously, 20,000 women and
·Basque autonomists, Manuel Lan- Mr. Henderson asked if Mr. Stan-|60,000 textile workers, most of them
It issued an official statement“, "The "Tass' Agency is authorised ley would make a statement before Hindus, paraded the afums
A further decree makes it obliga-Labour, will raise a further debate on
LONDON, Aug:1-The Opposition dress de la Rozas and Jose Espinn, at of
Burgos.
"Tass "Agency to declare that if Mr. Butler really August 4, and Mr. Stanley replied Bombay, singing anti-drink ballads.tury for all men and women
Basque reports state that 100 Bas-through the
did make these statements, he was 10 foreign affairs on the summer recess
ques are imprisoned at Larrinaga which states:
misrepresenting the atitude of the Prison at Bilboo having been "During a session of the House of Soviet Government towards this They will pay particular attention condemned to death and awolling Commons on July 31, the Under-question, since hetually two States,
|execution.---Ünited Presn.
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. that is the Soviet Union and England, R. A. Butter, declared that according are now engaged in negotiations as to press reports one of the principal to how the Baille States are to be reasons for delay in the Anglo-Soviet guaranteed. negotiations is the question of treat- ment for the Baltle States, le de- clared that serlous divergencies of MOSCOW, Aug. 1-Subscriptions PARIS, Aug. 1.-It is learned that opinion bad drleen with regard to disbanded this question, which were delaying Chinese Currency
test against the property tax Imposed from his uncic, Sir George Hamilton for the now Soviet internal loan were 742 aviators who were partly to meet the dafcit consequent | Kenrick, who died recently, according opened to-day,
when the Czecho-Slovak airforce was the negotiations. The question at LONDON, - Aug. 1-Replying to upon prohibition.
to an announcement made to-day, The loon is destined to help carry dissolved, have arrived in France to issue was whether presuro should questions in the House of Commons The latest estimate of the casualties
forces ar should not bo exerted 'upon the Sir George Kenrick was formerly out the third Five-Year Plan--Trans-Join the French figliting
Baltic States, PLEASE Turn To Pago 4. 'in to-day's disorders is 66,--Reuter,
United Brean. Mayor of Birmingham.—Trans-Ocean. Occaй,
WARSAW,
1. Offences
against the State may be tried Another Debate On as war when the interests of State Foreign Affairs
defence so require, says Presidential derroo published to-day.
that he could not say when. There Altogether 1,100 polleemen were register immediately for national adjournment motion on August 4. were these technical and legal, ques-called up for "extra" duty,—United | service in the event of war.-Iteuter. tions, some of which depended upon Press. -answers received from China,
Mr. Henderson asked if it was not
Curfew Imposod
clearly a question of great importance BOMBAY, Aug 1-A curfew was as the Chinese Government had been imposed on the northern quarter of limited in its purchases during the Bombay following this afternoon's last 18 months, and Mr. Stanley re-disorders in connection with the pro- received-Reuter,
low,
to the Far East altuation.--Reuter.
£25,000 Inheritance
For Chamberlain
Soviet Starts Third Five-Year Plan
LONDON, Aug. 1-Mr. Neville
piled that it depends on the answers crowd gathered in order to pro- Chamberlain has inherited £25,000
Czechs Join French Air Force
The Soviel Government is at- templing to draft à formula in such
en way that aggressors are deprived -of ever a last chance of aggression. "The.Erlilah formula, -on the other hand, leaven open such a clunde to the aggress0%","=====\T\CLTUNG Occast.
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