1939-08-15 — Page 19

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 15, 1939.

SCEPTICAL

RECEPTION

FOR AXIS PEACE PLAN

U.S.

Denies

Invitation To GERMAN KITE

Disarmament Conference

14

WASHINGTON, Aug. (Reuter)—ASKED 10-day whe tter either Britain or France during the Dant week had invited the United States to participate in a conference for disarmament and the re-dis tribution of raw materiais, Mr. Sumner Welles, Acting Secrel- ary of State, replied emphatical- ly that no approaches had been made either directly or indirect- ly.

The question was prompted by widespread reports in the American Press of an alleged appeasement plan said to have been concocted by Count Clano, Italian Foreign Minister, and Herr von Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister, during their week-end talks at Balzburg. Informed quarters here are in- clined to give credence to Press assertions that the Salzburg conversations led to the con conven clusion that Danzig was not worth a war.

Reports that Signor Mussolini desired an Anglo-Frenchi-f"olisti conference with the Axis for a settlement of all problems, is characterised as merely the old four-l'ower formula with the victims invited this lime for ap-

enance sake. pearance's sake.

There is confidence here that the allies, with Russian assis- fance, are probably now in a position to reject firmly all such one-sided approaches,

£20,000 Compensation

Tokyo Parleys

Will Be

FOR BENEFIT Resumed

British N.C.O. Killed By

Sniper

JERUSALEM, Aug. 14 (Reu- ter). LANCE CORPORAL Leslie Hayes, 1st Worcestershire Regiment, was killed on Sunday night when a military patrol engaged a party of Arab snipers

on

tho highway between Bethlehem and Hebron. Cpl. Bayes was manning a machine. Fun. As a punitive measure, the milltary authorities have кил- pended Amb traffio οπι The Jerusalem-Hebron highway.

OF POLAND Wednesday VISITORS

LONDON, Aug. 14 (Reuter).-Polish circles in London regard the proposals for the settlement of the Danzig ques- tion as

a German kite to discover Polish reaction. It is emphasised that any such proposals cannot be seriously considered.

New Instructions For Ambassador

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”

FOR COL. SPEAR First For Ten

TOKYO, Aug. 15, (Do-|

Weeks mei). FOLLOWING yes British Government's inten-COL. Spear will see the first terday's indication of the PEIPING, Aug, 14 (Reuter). tion to reach a full settle. British face since his official ment of the Tientsin dispute, leased ten weeks ago, when to visitor, Lieut. Cooper, was re- it is understood that the morrow, Mr. P. G. Parker of the Anglo-Japanese negotiations British Embassy in Tokyo, and The proposals, alleged to have been reached will be resumed between Medical Officer of the Pelping Major Hennessey, R.A.M.C., between Count Ciano and Herr von Ribbentrop Mr. Sotomatsu Kato, the him,

Ambassador Craigie and Embassy Guard, will interview at Salzburg were:

Minister at Large, in a cou-

THE PROPOSALS

By special permission given in

nessey left here for Kalgan by nir to- day and will probably return to- marrow with the first news of the

The post of League High Commissioner to disappear; ple of days, probably on Tokyo, Mr. Parker and Major Hen The abolition of Poland's Commissariat General in Wednesday. the Free City and replacement by a diplomatic mission to secure Polish interests;

Danzig's statute as a Free City to be revised with its administration 100 per cent. German;

Gradual liquidation over five years of the Customs frontier between Danzig and Germany; DEMILITARISATION OF DANZIG

A German guarantee of demilitarisation of Danzig FOR WIDOW by an international agreement, Poland at the same time

OF SHOT DIPLOMAT

LONDON, Aug. 14 (Reuter).—

to abolish the munition depot on Westerplatte Peninsular;

The harbour to be controlled by an independent Har bour Board comprising representatives of Poland, Danzig and Germany,

more

More Optimistic Note BERLIN, Aug 14 (Reuter).—It is IT IS learned that the Govern reported that the "peace plun" al- ment of Iraq is to pay £20,000|thorugh apparently without real compensation to Mrs. Monck-feuzutation, has introdured a mason, widow of the Britishpimistic note into the International

situation as seen from here. Consul to Mosul, who was mur- dered by an Arab mob on April 5. "Revenge" Murder

The Press, which is still arrogantly Insisting on the solidarity, strength Axis to and determination of the settle the *Mr. G. E. A. Monckmason

problems which concern it, not so nienacing in tone as it was was shot dead by four men when on Sunday.

a large crowd gathered round The technical possibility of a peace- the British Consulate and ful solution is admitted but official agitators insinuated that British quarters remain agency had been responsible for the death of King Ghazi of Iraq, accidentally killed in a motor accident on April 4.

to the ground,

more than usually tight-lipped and no single detail of the decisions taken at Berchtesgaden has yet been divulged.

Most newspapers stress that Danzig Is the first problem to be considered but that it is only part of a general process of revision.

Germany's Power

Thief Returns

Stolen. Masterpiece "L'Indifferent"

Restored To Police

captive Military attache.

Well-informed quarters declare that a ray of hope was discernible as Ambassador Craigle, during his Inter- view with Minister Kato yesterday, is in good health but his letters re-

The Japanese report that Col. Spear

assured the Japanese delegate that cently stated that he was suffering the forthcoming instructions from from fever. London would cover bath the police

and economic questions and lead the talks to an amicable conclusion.

Japan And Europe TOKYO, Aug 15 (Domel).—

Japan's polley towards the European situation will be determined [Friday on the basis of a

formula drafted by Foreign Minister Arita when the Inner Cabinet meets after the regular Cabinet meeting.

hax

Foreign Minister Arita who been entrusted with the task of

I.R.A. Centre Blown Up Explosive Dump Discovered

LONDON, Aug. 14 (Reuter).

drafting a tcntative measure, The Coventry Chief of Police re- understood already to have completed

his plan. He will explain it to Pre-ports that a large shed which is mier Hiranuma to-day.

believed to have been the head-

In the event of the Five-Minister conterence reaching a definite

quarters of Irish Republican con-Army members, has been totally clusion on Friday, the Covernment destroyed by an explosion.

will immediately take diplomatic steps,

necessary

New Military Attache

LONDON, Aug. 14 (Reuter). Lieut.-Col. B. R. Mullaly of the Gurkha Rifles, is to succeed Major- General Piggott as Military attache to

Certain powder found afterwards points to the shed having been used as an explosive dump.

Dublin Rald On I.R.A,

DUBLIN, Aug. 14 (Reuter).-The Dublin police carried out a series of raids on the houses of persons be- lieved to be associated with the Irish Republican Army.

Three arrests were made. The raids are to be conducted al first under the provisions of the re-

PARIS, Aug. 14 (Reuter).—A 27- year-old Russlan painter, Serge! Bougouselavsky, walked into the Palais de Justico this afternoon and handed over the Wallacu master- pleco "Indifferent," which dis the British Embassy in Tokyo in cently enacted public safety Ionisia- appeared two mendis ago from the October.

tion. Louvre in broad daylight.

Police state that Bougousslavsky

Salzburg confessed to the theft of the pointing China And Tientsin Decision

is

Mr. Monckmason braved the fury of the mob and tried to pacify them. He was shot on the steps of the building.

The "Boersen Zeitung" summing The British Consulate was burned up the position after the

"Germany niretin says:

re-and made a statement in which he selved to solve the Danzig question declared: "I was disgusted at the when the moment comes; she has the restorations and repairs to which the power and will use it if forced to do picture had been submitted. In the 50."

circumstances, I simply unhooked the picture and took it home. There restored it to its original state."

Successor To

Gen. Booth

Secret Conclave

For Election

Axis Solidarity ROME, Aug. 14 (Reuter)Italo- German solidarity over the Danzig question is emphasised in all the newspapers.

Planned Exploit A Year Bongousslavsky is also alleged to

I

Strong Protest

To Ambassador

The Giornale d'Italia" says: "The have told the police that he planned year. For o Democratle Press hypocritically pre-his exploit for over a tends that Italy has no interest fortnight before taking the picture, at the Louvre in Danzig she does not wish to risk he spent his time war over a cause which is not her copying it and taking advantage of LONDON, Aug. 14 (Reuter), oh, but the problem of Danzig is the absence of the guardians to sever -A secret conclave of the High Germany.

for Italy what tailan claims are for Aradually the wire strands holding Have they not yet under the masterpiece. Then, on the day

the (Router).—IT of its disappearance, he Council of the Salvation Army stood in Paris and London that the

wire, hid the pleture wrapped In will elect a successor to General Axis has only one polley?

and stood of newspaper under his jacket and M. Vernes, Director of the National

Evangeline Booth at the opening

of the Army Headquarters at Clapton to-morrow.

General Booth has been at the head

of affairs for five years now and is: retiring under the age limit,

"French and British hopes

broke

LONDON, Aug.

IS

that the has

strongly

separating Italy and Germany and coolly walked out of the building. Government

The

describes newspaper

the

14 was deposited. It is now understood that it totals a little over $50,000,000 under- of which only $13,000,000 is in the British Concession, the remainder Chinese being in the French

Concession or In French banks in Pelping.

The money was deposited in 1035

the Central Government which

British and French Ambassadora to the deposit and requested that the it be safe-guarded under all circumn- stances.

reducing Danzig to the terms of an Museum, who arrived at the Palais de protested to Sir Archibald by the Currency Reserve Board of exclusively German problem must Justice in response to the Magistrate's have vanished to-day."

telephone scuminons. made Clark Kerr, British Ambas- specially drew the attention of the long examination and finally de- Salzburg meeting as "The last warn-clared that the picture really was sador to China, against the The Council consists of 55 officers ing to the Democracies who are "L'Indifferent" which is valued at from

40 countries and comprises couraging Poland to provoke Ger- Commissioners, Lieutenant-Commis-many."

sioners and Colonels, There are only

two women delegates,

One absentee from

High

Council deliberations will be Com-

missioner Samuel Hurren, one-time

office hoy to the Army's founder,

General William Booth. Com-

Office Boy To Chief Executive

missoner Hurren was the most NEW YORK, Aug. 14 (Reuter).—— favoured candidate for the world The death has occurred of Philip

command until he fell ill recently, Albright Small, an office boy who

bul illness may now diminish his became President of the International chances of selection.

Mercantile Marine.

NEW ANTI-JEWISH

CZECH DECREE

some 7,000,000 francs,

Premier Is Mis-Quoted

What Mr. Menzies

Really Said MELBOURNE, Aug. 14 (Reu- ter)-The Australian Premier, Mr. R. Menzies, who was report- ed yesterday to have said that Horr Hitler's policy was the sole cause of world tension, claimed:

obtained,

surrender of the four Chinese

The "Financial Times" states that prisoners in Tientsin and has the British Government has already received the views of the French and also cabled to Mr. Que Tai- American Governments on the North China currency, and it is expected chi, Chinese Ambassador to that the views of other members of |London, to use his utmost the Nine Power Treaty will also be

efforts to avert the surren- der.

Mr. Quo Thi-chi sces Sir Alexander Cadogan, Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign Oflice, to-day to intense feeling of the Chinese Government and of all China on this matter.

stress the

Silver Deposits

PRAGUE, Aug. 14 (Reuter).—THE JEWS of Prague are in to-day that he was mis-reported. on the prisoners has

The British Government's decision

future to be kept strictly separated from the Aryan population under a decree issued by the Chief of the Czech Police.

revived

the

The Premier stated: "What I said apprehensions of Far Eastern circles was that the tension in Europe was of a similar surrender of the Chinese caused by a real fear that Germany silver held In Tientsin banks. The decree bans all Jews from the Anti-Jewish excesses in Bratislavia would resort to force, or to the threat Leading members of the House of principal restaurants, cafes, public continued throughout the week-end of force, to solve the Danzig problem. Commons Opposition Party are ab- gardens and markets. Jewish-owned in the interior, and many Jewish and that tension could be effectively sent from London but further private restaurants and stores must display stores were completely wrecked and relieved if Germany announced that appeals are being made to the Gov large signs with the inscription

she was prepared to confer peace- crninent by various influential quar-. "Jewish Firm."

the fitings thrown into the streets, nbly. Britain and France would un- ters. It is stated that the purpose of the Although order is now restored, the doubtedly throw all their influence Some mystery has prevalled up to decree is the maintenance of public Jews tear a renewed outbreak of de-into the balance in favour of a fair now regarding the amount of the security and order.

monstrations at an early date,

and unprejudiced decision."

silver and whien, and by whom, It

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