1940-01-17 — Page 5

OVERNIGHT

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

January 17, 1940.

Mr. Hore-Belisha Explains to Commons

NEWS PAGE NO CONFLICT OF VIEWS WITH

GOVERNMENT COLLEAGUES

British Offer Of Assistance

London, Jun. 10.

Scandinavian Well Informed hources say both Sweden and Nor- way have received British written offers of assistance in the event of Soviet aggression.-United Press.

Other Neutral, Included

Paris, Jan. 10.

warned of

The Foreign Ofen, possible, simultaneous etion by Ger- and Russia in Western and many Eantern

Europe. hax · promised formidable uppert by Britain and France to any neutral fountry attack- ed by the Germans.

It is stated that increased German military preparalons are under way

ure

in

at the Netherlands fontier. There Indientions that German motorized units have

arrived Poland, south-eatern

particularly Lwow and Stry), apparently for con- certed Russo-German action. -Waited

Preis.

London Opinion

"It can be sold with confidence," the Times continues, "that both coun fries are better prepared than they were last November, but their view appears to be that the future depends on factors outside and more important

than their own defensive measures.

"Germany has made some errors which the since last summer, of biggest was the, bellef that Britain would not flight for and France Poland and would resign themselves

Many Homeless, Prime Minister Says No Turks Prepare

Two Dead

TOKYO, Jan. 16 (UP)--The fire which swept over a large section of Shizuoka, 120 miles west of Tokyo, yesterday after- noon until 2 am to-day, destroy- ed 8,000 buildings and 10,000 people are homeless.

It is reported that two were The fire brigades and froops

killed and eight injurel

Joined in the effort to put out the blaze. One-third of the elly is ira rains.

Relief headquarters have been established and U10 authorities have taken measures for the care of the homeless.

PREMIER REVIEWS THE HOME FRONT

relaxing some

Change in Army Policy

London, Jan. 17.

Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha in a tense House and amid some Opposition cheers, rose to make his personal statement on his resignation from his post of Minister of War in the Chamberlain Cabi- not and bogan by declaring he did not select his collaborators because they were complacent or acquiescent.-

:

It was not a dull or stagnant Ad- The Prime Minister, referring to ***** | ministration, and "if there have been the unfounded rumours, said there in the army differences of opinion, of outlook, cf had been no chango

to be anticipated in temperament or of understanding, polley as was

the these have been no deeper than must consequence of the change in

Secretary of Wor. Mr. Chamberlain occur."

added that there had been no dif- ference between the so-called "brasz hals" and Mr. Hore-Belisha over urmy promotion.

of the

Air. Chamberlain then stated that the special forces raised In Australl and New Zealand for overseas would shartly take their places where they were most needed.

Mr. Attlee's Speech Mr. Clement it. Atlee, Leader of

Dealing with his work, Mr. Hore Helinha sold it did not occtar to ham we were making the Army too de mocratle to fight for democracy.

"I declined

For Emergency

in

ANKARA, Jan. 10 (Reuter the Iit giving Bulletin)A Turkish Government further clr- powers

extraordinary cumstances wil be Introduced in The National Assembly to-day.

The extraordinary circum- stances are reported to be general of mobilisation, the possibility Turkey being involved in war, and the sllustion in Turkey while other

war.

nations are involved in

The Rill is expected to pass the Assembly before 1 adjourns to-

MOITOW.

WANG'S APPEAL

Peace Terms Sent To Generalissimo

Mr.

>> FROM PAGE ONE "While there are as yet no definite

"There has been, so far as I know,

No Army Pressure * indications that might warrant any!

П peaceful to conillet in view of policy with any

Mr. Chamberlain declared it was London, Jan. 10.

optimistic forecast ef

we of my Government colleagues upon to tribute the settlement in the near future, "It is difficult

Singhal, Jan. 16. [been any army pressure on the Prime anxiety in Tolland and Belgium to have welcomed the recent action by any point concerning my department pure invention to suggest there had

in the, or otherwise.

Minister

lispince Mr. Hore-

Mr. Wang Ching-wel has cabled any angle incident," writes the Times the Japanese Government

Chiang Kai-shek offering the Board of Trade Delisha, and that the Prime Minister Marshal military

"It has direction of correspondent. arisen, rather out of an accumulation restrictions which, from time to time, post because I could not feel the us had been faced with displacing Mr. peace terins on the basis of Prince or receiving the re- Konoye's declaration, and pointing of evidence painting to the possibill have caused difficulty and tension insurance of that consideration which Here-Bellsh

persuaded the Prime Minister 10 signation of high military and army out that if Chiang is willing, ty, though by no means certainty, the relations with thini Powers."

make a change which would allow of officers. Emphasising his prerogative Wang and his colicagues will go to that Germany entertains hostile In-,

my cuergetic discharge in the nu In Cabinet appointments, Mr. Cham-Chungking for negotiation, but 11-

continued berlain said he did not propose to Marshal tentions against them.

Chiang tlonal interest of another office."

would give detailed reasons for Mr. Hure reasonable opposition, when all the Mr. Hore-Belinha suld he

Chinese people wanted proce, Mr. He concluded: "At the moment have preferred at this stage to have Uelishit's replacement.

"I had become aware of dificultles Wang will be forced to negotiate with there is a full in the operations of left the matter of his departure from

It desirable o change deal with Morchal Chiang, the war, but at any time within a the Government upon the published arising out of the very great quali- the Japanese for pence on the part few weeks, or even a few hours, the correspondence and upon the message tles of Mr. llore-Belisha which in my of China and leave the Japanese to Mr. Wang Ching-wei emphasised lull may sharply be broken by events, which he gave his constituents, name-view made

Passing on to review the war, Mr. in his message thal conditions in the of winning the war. which will reshape the history of the ly that he had no thought but that should occur," sald Mr. Chamberlain.

Chamberlain said export licences are Interior of China gave China on hope world."

Full Agreement

being grusted for war materials need- of victory. ed by Finland, and the amounts in- Mr. Wang Ching-wel placed re "For two and a half years. busy volved were substantial.

ponsibility for the stationing of Ja "During the last few weeks we panese troops in China on Marshal to the acceptance of a fait accomplit Labour Opposition, who followed and urgent years, full of activity and

wili discuss evacuatlon it entertains the notion that the Allier Mr. Chamberlain, said that it would rapid changes, I have beli high once have been torrllied by the calculated Chiang Kai-shek. He stated

The brutality involved in enemy air nt-Jouan

resistance censes.United be ungenerous to deny that during as Secretary of State for War,

on unanned and unscorted armed will hesitate to initiale bombing his period at the War Office Mr. Hore re-organisation and development of tucks attacks against her communicatlens Belsha had effected some notable re- the army during this period has been trawlers," he said.-Reuter,

Terms Arranged In the event

carried out with a degree of agree- of a move aguinat

Hands In Scals

Shanghai, Jan. 16. Belgium and Holland she might be

On the other hand, it was ridicul-ment that offers a remarkable con-

some trast to the stormy story of mostl dinoser to try her fortune there.

London, Jan, 16. ous, as had been alleged in

foundation for peace has that reforms, I would not wish to have Otherwise it in considered that she

ja recollection that that endeavour was] Mr. Hare-Bellsha handed in his been laid in China, which will secure is likely to do so only if in a moodrxans of the populur Press,

terms which will not only lead to There undoubtedly had been aroong marred by any atmosphere of bitter-seals of clice to-day.

tie and Mr. Oliver Stanley, his national extension but will preserve soldiers the realisation of the need ness or controversy,

men I successor in the Cabinet, were re-her Independence and freedom and of the enable for moving with the times, and in "I selected the strongest

the reconstruction these reforms he was sure Mr. Hort could find and I respected them most ceived by the King-Reuter

nation on the basis of the Three Belisha had the active co-operation when they were most outspoken in

People's Principles to be completed," ¡Council. of many distinguished soldiers.

"I from time to time there have

states Mr. Wang Ching-wei to-day in Mr. Hore-Bellsha hinted that his resignation was due been differences of opinion. if there

shek urging him to co-operate in a to his reforms on the lines of de have been differences in outlook or!

united national prace front. macralisation being unpalatable in temperainent or understanding, they certain quarters, and it was right wont no deeper than occur in that they should have an explicit, association of men bent on pressing

ul

more than a transitory! dental from the Government that toskes There was any intention of changing nature. tho.pregress of democratisation of "Our achievement has

result-of-our-common--endeavours.

once Poland was overrun,

If she now

of desperation because, rightly or wrongly, close observers Believe, she desires to mut off competition in bambing as long as possible."-

·Router,

British Submarines

Said Lost

A High

Berlin, Jan, 18.

Command comingnique

forms.

he did them alone,

the army.

rather had

War Cabinet Criticised The Labour Opposition were

states that the British submarines happy regardng the change or

in Heligoland Bight by German de- fence measures. A part of the crews were rescued.--United Press.

were

UDY

been the

Press.

"The

that

A Look Through his telegram to Marshal Chiang Kai- The Telegraph

-Jan-17,-1890..

"We have had many frank and open-minded discussions with the Ja- panese leaders, both in the Govern- ment and outside, with a view to ar-

at an riving

arted scheme for 50 YEARS AGO

peace." Mr. Wang continues. "Both Particularly is this so regard to The journal "El Imparcial" of Mudrid skies have been willing to make-con-- from Barcelona cessions, and 30 we arrived at a. what has been called the democratisa- | publishes a telegram ilon of the army. This year there sta ing that the authorities in that elly mutual understanding.

have discovered some documents and "At present there is decidedly no the may be as many as three million casa proclamations destined for the hip hope of achievement of ultimate vic-

under arms, and I have always ine Islanda, tending to Dosen thei

nol

thal

his

d

the bitter end. It is necessary that

to the evacuation of

'Starfish and Undine were destroyed.; transfer of Mr. Oliver Stanley from thought of it as idles) that the ariny: bonds of union between that ealany andi fory through a policy of fighting to

the Board of Trade. They might

the whole nation be united in order not apart from the nation. quire a very strong man at the War should he part of the nation and the mother country. Once, and he hoped that Mr. Stanit should be a career on which every A Japanese paper gives additional that peace may be speedily nehieved.

"In regard the details of the plot to assassinate the would carry on the line of reforme, and make changes the organisation young men could enter with

knowledge that he could rise by King of Korea. It appears that there Japanese troops, the Chinese people of the War Ofice.

Ofisa widespread heller among the man

of the people in the peninsular kingdom hope this can be achieved as early as The public were surprised at this duracter and ability regardless

there

other his status or his mens.

that the regime of the present dynasty possible, nor do the Jananese wish to

retain troops eutake their own ter com-change because

"I had hoped, that in some Way is strawing to close.

ritory longer than can be helped. changes which they would have wel-

we might thus gradually bind

"If you continue to advcente erm com.

the members of the nation more closely

evacuation ed resistance how can The War Cabinet was

be in a mutual understanding. At any wrong basis and should not compescil busy departmental rate, I worked for that, and those

of

who were associated with me worked; minhters, he concluded.

with me. Stinting Praise

Three Losses Admitted

London, Jan, 10. The British Admiralty in munique issued to-day stated that the submarines Undine, Starost and Seahawk have falled to either repori or to return to their bases, and must therefore be presumed lost

The German communique states that two of these vessels, the Undine and Starfish, were sunk in a naval tom of the crews being rescued engagement in the Heligoland Bight,

Reuter.

Nazi U-Boat Attacked

Paris, Jan. 18. a revealed that a U-boat wDE either destroyed or, escaped by the nurrowest margin when it was a tacked by a French warship as li was about to dive, Reuter.

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Sir Archibald Sinclair, the Liberal;

"I hope it has been realised

25 YEARS AGO

Jan. 17, 191b. Reuter's correspondent at Rome re parts that the King, who has visited be talked about? If you put the fate all the earthquakes in his line, de- of the nation and the livelihood of before all other con- clares that this surpasses even Messian, the people as only 3 per cent. of the population of siderations and would make a bold Avezzano are alive, while at Messina decision to end this futile war and there were 30 per cent. The violence negotiate an honourable peace with war unprecedented.

Not Too Democratic Leader, said that the Opposition "It did not occur to me to consider

Japan on the basis of Prince Konove's Liberals had been erities of Mr. Hore that we were making the army too

decloration, it will be possible for Bellsha, but now that he had resigned democratic to fight for Democracy.

10 YEARS AGO

myself and all ecmrades to join with it was only fair to acknowledge the (Cheers).

Jan. 17, 1930, that be achievements which stood to hiaj

Britain's suggestion that battleships you in a united endeavour to secure treated ilke submarines and on early realisation of nationwide credit at the War Offee. At the same

abolished hat Komewhat surprised peace."-Renter. time was a great mistake to sup- the Secretary of State cannot divest

of his accountability tofelal circles in Washington, and it is matters, both beiloved that in vlow of the attitude pose that he was and remained the himself

[Parliament for all sole champlon of these reformá

Mr. great and small, concerning the army, of Japan and the United States who

BRITAIN'S COST They did not spring from Hore-Brilsha's mind and will alone; and that is so whether the questions farous reinfung battleships, the sug gestion will be rejected like the progo- be of the provision of defences, they represented the will of the pegs the adequacy or safely of their comial at Britain and the United States to

OF LIVING abolish submarines. pic of this

expressed in Parliament of which Mr. Ifore-struction, or the well-being

soldler and the conditions of 11 A great national stock-taking on the LONDON. Jan. 10 (Reuter).The Bells was the instrument,

service and the matter of his equip-advantages and disadvantage of Pro- cost of living Index figure on January "Dany It Absolutely" ment.

hibition was carried out today, the 7 was 74 per cent. above the level of LONDON, Jan. 17 (Reuter)-InThere has been, so far as I know, tenth anniveranry of "Dry America" July, 1914, and compared with 73 en

Deceraber 1.

country

cf

of the

the course of the debate in the House no conflict of view or policy with Debates on the subject were heard in

both the ilouse of Reprezentatives and}·

of Communs following Mr. Chamber any of my colleagues in the Govern Inin's statement, Col. J J. C. Wedgwood ment upon any point concerning my pressed Mr. Chamberinin to reply 1 departure or otherwise." the muggestions that Mr. Hore

dur to Belsha's resignation was preludices against his being a Jew.

The Prime Minister fold that he hardy thought that statement worth denying, but "I deny it absolutely."

Stock Exchange Trading Quiet

The food Index figure on January resolutions in favour of the repoal of was 37, witch was the same as on the Eighteenth Amendment being reDecember 1. ferred to committees.

the Senate, and both concluded with.

Graf Spee Captives Back Home

The New York "Leader": remarks tha:, the anniversary is being celebrated withi

and the most genuine enthusiasm gratitudo in 35.000 New York npenk casles, where a small whisky and soda in being setailed at a dollar instead of ten cents in former days, Chief Probiblion Commissioner Doran has LONDON, Jan. 18 (Reuter)—The

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Kaffir were very steady, but other LONDON, Jan. 10 (Reuter)- Their Majesties the King and Queen, groups were, inactive owing to the with the two Princesses, returned to imminence of the reassemby of London from Sandringham, where Parliament. they have been staying since just before Christmas.

The King held a Privy Counell at Buckingham Palace, and handed Mr.

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