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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 19, 1939.

LATE NEWS

No More Appeasement

Change Seen In British Policy

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHU

Labour M.P. Dies

Draw In Bowls Tournament

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEONAPH”. LONDON, Aug, 16 (Heuter),-Lou-

chlan MacNelll.Weir, Labour Member The following is the draw for the of Parliament for Clackmannan and Fourth Round of the Open Bowls East Stringshire has died in Glas-singles championship:

gow. Mr. Wale wan a journalist whoi

achieved considerabla pubiicity

ON MONDAY

through his work on the life of Mr. At Kowloon C.C.-B. A. Aivea v. Ramsay MacDonald, former Labour C, F. Kemedios,

Premier, to whom Mr. Weir WILS Al Heerelo.-W. C v. II. White; Parlamentury Secretary for seven A. R. Minu v. A. M. Omar.

At Civil Service C.C.-M. I. Abbas y, A, E, Contes; A. R. Dallah v. C. M. Silva,

LONDON, Aug. 10 (UP).The years. oMelal announcement of Britain's rc-

The book was written while Mr. fusal to discuss the Chinese silver MacDonald was Premier and con and currency questions with Japan tained a bitter and trenchant sinnçk unless the seven other signatories to nt him. the Nine Power Treaty participate Indientes that the British Govern- nicht has veered from the policy of appeasement in the Far East.

These developments denote 11 significant hall in the British retreat before Japan's advancing forces. The new stage of Britain's policy with

Sharp Note To Hungary

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

BUCHAREST, -Aug. 16 (UP).

ON TUESDAY At Kowloon B.G.C.-T. A. Madar. V. B. Basto.

ON WEDNESDAY

At Craigengower C.C.-G. Perkins v. C. Dowrivit.

ON THURSDAY

At Kowloon F.CA. J. Hall v.

Japan sharply contrasts with the The Rumanian Minister to Budapest U. M. Omar. Tokyn formula and the decision to to-day seat a sharp note to Hungary surrender the four Chinese in Tien-demanding

Stanley Isolation Block For Lepers

Joint Hunoran tel.

Rumanian Commission to investigatej Britain's firmer attitude towards the border incidents. Japan is believed to be due to the

Officials instated that yesterday's ) harmonising of the British and United incident occurred in Humanian ter- An Isolation block for lepers is to States policies in East Asia which ritory. They said the Rumanian be constructed at Stanley prison, ac- appeared at one time to be drifting soldiers were bayousted after theycording to the Government "Gazette" apart when Washington abrogated had been shot and declared that the this morning, which invites tenders the 1911 treaty with Japan and re-Rumanian soldiers had not red for the work. sumed the purchases of Chinese silver single stol at the Hungarians. while Britain was yielding to Japan-

ese pressure.

Dispel Distrust

The British stiffening is also ex- pected to dispel rome of Moscow's distrust of Britain and, to facilitate

the conclusion of the Triple Alliance,

fot

Military Talks Dissension

MOSCOW, Aus

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it is an open secret that Russia has "Tass" reports that the differences been closely watching and frowning which huve arisen between the Soviet Anglo-French military missions are not due to the Soviet

at what they considered to be British and appeasement for

for Japan.

The barometer of Britain's re-demand for military assistance in the levent of war in the Far East. The Intions with Japan is now likely 10

agency saya "The differences concern move from "Cloudy" to "Storm.

Japanese authorities in London an entirely different question."

have indiented that Japas will reject} the British offer to submit Chinese cconomic and financial questions to Nine Power consultations Or con- ference. The Japanese have further Intimated that they will refuse the British, proposal to conclude a the isolated separate agreement on isste of policing the Tientsin con- cession.

A complete breakdown of the Anglo-Japanese conference at Tokyo

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is regarded here as a virtual certainty. vast extension of Japan's anti- British

campaign in China will pre- sumably ensure, involving a tighten- ing of the Tientsin blockade.

Threat To H.K. Possible Foreign diplonials here are specula- ting as to whether Japan will launch

blockade of Hengknok.

of

If the safely or food supply British residents in Tientsin are more!

vely endangered, is now 05- sumed that Britain will

withdraw

from the Tientsin concession and evacuate the thousand Britons inside the concession and three hundred whoi are holidaying at Peltaiho six miles) Reway.

Three warships would suffice for this task.

Should such a move be decided upon it is believed that Britain would also remove the disputed Chinese silver which is stored in the Chinese: banks in the Tientsin concession.

Great Britain is now engaged in a bloodless war mu

on two fronts over 8,000 miles apart, with the acute danter of the European struggle being transformed into a blood bath. But the revolution of the British policy in Europe since March and the decision to build n "Halt Hitler" front now appears to be extended by the determination, if not to netually resist Japun, to at least refrain from appeasement and to materially help

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