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FOUNDED TES No. 160102

50 - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24,

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SUNBEAM-TALBOT, DE SOTO, PLYMOUTH,

Chiang Kai-Shek Warns

Warns Western Powers of Aggressor Victory New JAPANESE AIM IS COMPLETE Tokyo

HEGEMONY IN

H. M. S. Wang Ching-Wei's

EXMOUTH

LOST

Crew Of 175 All

Feared Dead HONGKONG MAN IN COMMAND

SPECIAL TO THE "TELCONAPH" LONDON, JAN. 24 (UP)—AN-] OTHER BRITISH WARSHIP HAS

Secret Pact

CHUNGKING, Jan. 23 (Central)—Generalis- simo Chiang Kai-shek late tonight issued a lengthy message to the peoples of all friendly Powers con- corning Wang Ching--wei's secret agreement with Japan, exposed by Tao Hsi-sheng and Kao Tsung- wu in Hongkong on Jan. 22.

Generalissimo Chiang says that while the BEEN LOST. THE ADMIRALTY agreement, covering "fundamental points for OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES THAT THE 1475 TON DESTROYER EX- the readjustment of Sino-Japanese relations," EITHER BY A MINE OR A TOR- by an expelled traitor naturally holds no validity, IT IS FEARED THAT THERE yet it is of striking significance, as it confirms by Japan's own mouth the fact that whatever

MOUTH IAS DEEN

PEDO.

ARE NO SURVIVORS,

JUNK

The Exmouth is a sister-slip of

the Grenville which was sunk this her professions or protestations, her traditional

week in the North Sea,

Her peace-time complement is 175.

The Exinoufh Is the fifth destroyer

to be lost, the others being the Gypsy.

Blanche, Duchess and Grenville,

She was launched on February 7. 1934 and was commissioned on Octo- ber 31 of the same 'year.

She cost £320,000 to build, The vessel' was faunched at Ports-- mouth Dockyard. She was armed with five 1.4 in. guns and eight 21-in. torpedo tubes.

Captain Benson Lost

A "Rouler" message states that

II.M.S. Exmouth was commanded by Capt. R. S: Benson who, with the 175

more changed than a leopard could change its spots.

policy of conquest could be no

He then proceeds to say:

Complete

Domination

"The spirit of the so-called agreement for a new order in Asia speaks for itself.

"As revealed in the Twenty One Demands and later the Tanaka Memorial, which had as its thesis "In order to conquer the world Japan must first conquer China; Captain Benson is well-known in in order to conquer China Japan must first

members of the crew, is feared lost..

Hongkong, where he commanded

1935 to 1037. He was stalloned In

THE

"Hands

PACIFIC Off"

As They See It Abroad

2PAM

This war's got me beat

I'Melbourne Herald"

Why Graf Spee Was Defeated

LONDON, Jan. 23 (Reuter). The poor quality of the crew of the Graf Spee has been revealed to the Admiralty by British merchant captains and wireless operators.

said, were abnormally

The Graf Speels.crew, they young, conquer from 17 to 22. Some of them had never been afloat before and and un-

the Eighth Destroyer Flodils from Manchuria and Mongolia," the present policy of Japan, were inexperienced II.MLS, Dancan whilst on China as so baldly indicated in the agreement is complete bandy.

Stallon, and left here in 1937 to join}

the staff of the FLN. War College at military, political and economic domination of

Greenwich.

Captain Benson specialised gunnery and attended courses at the

China,

in making her a Japanese protectorate in all but name,

East

Staff College and the Imperial De- fence College.

He was in the Royal Navy for 35 years, serving throughout during the

last war, when he was a sub-

Superh, Grand Fleet.

Conquest of Far

"If there were any doubters it must now be clear to

leutenant and Lieutenant in I.M.S. all that as long as the Japanese militarista dominate their During the Jublice Naval Review.country, the policy of aggression and conquest will Montrose and the Tenth Flotilla remain unchanged.

Captain Benson commanded

Squadron.

September, 1905, Captain Benson was

1017, qualed as a Staff Ofect in

the Imperial Defence College.

:

:

"They were not seamen and did not know the first thing about it," said one captain,

"If they could do anything wrong- ly, they did it," he said.

Demoralisation

PROTEST REJECTED

No

Discrimination By Contraband Control LONDON, Jan. 23 (Reuter). -An explanation was given in London to-day concerning the The British prisoners watched the United States protest over the demoralization of the crew through a examination of American ships porthole. Many of the men were at Gibraltar. demorallard at the first sight of the The U.S. Government protested killed and wounded, and were physi-that American ships are delayed at cally nick, although when they were the contraband control base" much sinking merchant ships they were full longer than Italian ships, and asked of glee.

that this be speeded up.

is denied in London that there The British prisoners had the same has been any discrimination between food that the crew had, and in the American and Italian ships. Italian opinion of some of them, "It was not enough to enable a man to do it full ships get away quicker for various

day's

reasons.

Entering Osborne as a Cafel in "From conquest of China and utilisation of her selected to specialise in gunnery manpower and resources it is but a short step to the 1030 and attended the 1934 course at conquest of Indo-China, the Malay Peninsula, the East

work,

Sometimes they carry in bulic Trawler Crew Presumed Daad Indies, India and the Philippines, and to a hegemony of

The Graf Spee's crew were morlargoes of oil or grain which can be LONDON, Jap. 23 (British Wire-the Pacific clearly outlined in the Tanaka Memorial. fed when a merchant captain, whose examined more easily than the mixed

ship they had suck under the Impres- cargoes of American ships. "China has long realised the sins that it carried a cargo of wool, immutable aims of the Japanese told them (ence the ship was at the bottom) that in foet she had been ions of ment and butter and 'cheese,

lass).-The Admiralty antouneed that na a result of H. M. Trawler Valdors being overdue, the personnel

of len are missing. presumed drowned.

Increasing Old

Age Pensions

Armg

HERTZOG militarists and taken up

for resistanco regardless of carrying 8,000 DEMANDS whatever the odds against her.

PEACE

when

"We have engaged in more than

Thought. Graf Spee Invincible

Navicert System Advocated... Again, Italian lines are more ready to give hold-back guarantees under which a ship can proceed to its port and the line holds up the cargo if the British control Ands that it is con-

The British authorities are getting

two and half years' of ruthless war ther weakened because they had been

The morale of the crew was fur-traband. fare, enduring untold suffering.

Moaningless Gestures

"

that all traffic had ceased.

They also believed that all the capital ships of the British Navy had been sunk along with the Ark Royal.

them away.quickly, it is pointed out, ut a great deal of delay could be volded by the use of the navicert ystem.

| taught to under-estimate the enemy, le information In London concern- "Yet In

our resistance against said the captains. They believed ng American cargoes, and indeed, Remarkable Speech To Japan we are fighting not alone for that the Graf Spbe was Invincible, have received no information since

ourselves but against the grandloss They also believed that all British Christmas. Commons Statement S. African Parliament Japanese ambitions which take all ports were blocked with mines and) Everything possible is done to get LONDON, Jan. 23 (Brillah Wirc-] CAPE TOWN, Jan. 23 (Reuter)nalons in their purview. less).—As a result of the consideration The Parliamentary galleries were the Government has been giving to crowded

General Hertzogi

"Besides the domination et China old age pensions the Chancellor of moved a resolution that the time had

with All that I entalla, the state of war against

how the Exchequer outlined in the Com- come for

From the evidence of these cnp- meaningless are the gestures with peace mona this afternoon a plan for cup- Germany to be ended and

He said plementary pensions payable through. Testored.

that he would which Japan in her draperation is tains, the Admiralty concludes that Post Offices to those who, or on in- consider it a gross neglect of duty if now tempting the Powers, such as if this crew of the Grat Spee way The 'opening of the Yangtze under "a crack crew" the standard of the vestigation of household means, were he did not seize this first opportunity found to require them,

Japanican wallllary supervision, de Nazi Navy cannot be compared with to utter a warning and insist on à

that of the Gorman Navy of 1014. The plan also envisages enlarge-peaceful settlement, ment of the benefits of the Contri- Very bitter passions were being butory Pensions Scheme to include stirred and all previous opportunities wives and insured women over 60. to discuss peace terms were rejected.

Sir John Simon mentioned that This was reading to Armageddon.

"greement is clear, and that friendly while there are nearly 3,000,000 Ic "Itesponsible people must

foreign Powers will immediately take age pensioners the latest information that this dishonourable tale of positive measures to help China and showed that

They said that co-operation” by about 278,000 have lernational lunacy should be ended," refrain from furnishing Japan with LONDON, Jan. 23 '(Reuter).—In 'American' shipowners' Included ep- satisfied the Public. Assistance nu- he said,

the House of Commons to-day, the plication to the British authorities for thorities of their need for additional General Hertzog contended that the resources to conquer China,

Prime Minister was paleed if he would navicerts, supply of copies of their relict.

riccusation that Germany nimed at "It goes without saying that they reconsider the setting up of a central manifests by air mail and giving the world domination was completely should also refrain from any men-directing organisation for the so-called binck diamond or hold unfounded and unjust. He conclud-sures which, in the exigencies of the economic side of the war.

back" guarantees, memTANDA Nothing To Reported by saying that the detinution of moment, they may be tempted to Mr Chamberlain replied that the Declaring that American ships are

feci

limination of . Manchurian

and Mongolian boundary and cessailen} of the Tientsin blockadel

"I trust that the implication of the

ECONOMIC WAR

POLICY

Co-operation Claim WASHINGTON, Jún. 23 (Reuter), American shippers are co-operating "to an amazing extent" with the Bri- tish Contraband Control lo avoid un- pleasant incidents, declared the Jomeinls of the Stato. Department { waen, informed of the 'British alalò-

mont that Talian ships seemed more, disposed to co-operate than American

ships.

NEW TRADE warning

PACT NOT WANTED

America's Straight Reply To Japan

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH' WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UP).

NY.K. SHIPS MAY BECOME TEST

U-Boat Experts Aboard Asama

SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH" TOKYO, Jan. 24 (Domei).

-State Department officials to-Japan, through its clay made 11 plain to the Japanese

Ambassador, Mr. Horinouchi, Foreign Minister, Mr. R. that the United States will not Arito, has warned Britain negotiate for a temporary agree that it expects that the ment to replace the commercial Royal Navy will refrain pact which is expiring at raid- from further "untoward in- night on Friday.

cidents" with respect to the N.Y.K. liner's Ginyo Maru and Tatsuta Maru, now en route to Japan from the United States.

The Ambassador was told that no changes in the tariff nor other

under matters regulated

the treaty were anticipated as result of the expiration, but he was advised that the whole future of Japanese-American trade relations depends on deve- lopments.

It is nnown that a number of Germans who, like those scized aboard the Asama Maru are ex- employees of the Standard Oil Company, are aboard the Ginyo Maru and it is presumed that ntsuta others are aboard the

Japan

Specific Questions The Ambassador went to the State Department to make speelfie Inquiries egarding what could be expected after the expiration of the treaty. He Maru. had an appointment with Mr. Cordell In asking the British Ambassador, Hull, Secretary of State, but Mr. Hull] Sie Robert Craigle, to intimate to the is confined to his home with an British Government that incipient ecld. Mr. Horinouchi con- would regard further untoward "in- ferred for more than a half hour with cidents as unfriendly acts, Mr. Arita Mt. Adolf Beria, Assistant Secretary made known to Sir Robert the views of State.

of the Japanese Government regard- The Ambassador asked specifically in the situation arising from the whether the expiration of the treaty Arama Maru incident. would result in any change in the Japan, meanwhile, is 10 make Import duties on Japanese products publie the circumstances surrounding

the Asama Maru incident. or port tonnage rates against Japan-sentatives of all parties in the two- Repre- ese ships; secondly whether there was any possibility of an exchange Houses of the Diet and news agency

and newspaper of notes between the two govern- ment regarding the status of trade to be received at the Premier's official relations; and, thirdly, what would residence this afternoon to hear the be the status of Japanese merchants Japanese case.

U-Boat Exports Aboard and traders in the United States at-

Asama?

ter the expiration.

The Replies

In response to the first question,, the Ambassador was told that the expiration would not of itself bring

any changes.

the

In reply to further questions along. this line he was told that as United States has repeatedly cm- phasized, future commercial relations

depends entirely on developments

In response to the second question. the Ambassador was told it would have to be held open and would pre- sumably form a part of the discus- alons at Tokyo.

Depend On Japan WASHINGTON, Jan: 23 (Reuter), The course of comir crelal relations between the United States and Japan after the expiration of the present treaty on January 20 will depend un of Japan's attitude to the rights Americans in China..

This statement was made to Mr. Kensuke Harinouchi, the JapanesO Ambassador to Washington, by Mr. Berle, Assistant Secretary of State. In the State Department to-day.

In an interview lasting half an hour, Mr. Elerle told Mr. Horinouch', in reply to questions put by him, that the expiration of the treaty did not. of itself, imply any changes in import duties and tonnage rates. Further commercial relations would, however. depend on the developments in the Far East.

Mr. Berle added that Japan's aug- gestione for an exchange of notes de- fining the status of trade relations must be held open.

the

Japanese in America Regarding the alattia of

merchants now ́carrying Japanes

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DRASTIC CUTS IN NEW U.S. FLEET POSSIBLE

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (Iteuter).The possibility of a. drastic reduction in the now Fret's expansion programme WAN raised by Mr. Carl Vinson, Chairman of the House of Rourements- tives Naval Committee, when he asked the Navy Department lo submit plans for a two-year building programme, which will re war was the greatest blunder ever take that may weaken Chinese re subject was not one that could be not obliged to co-operate at all, place the three-year plan............. PARIS, Jan. 23 : (Iteuter)—-To- committed by South Africon states sistance, which is clearly so vital to dealt with by quastion and "answer, biicials stated that the 'possible fack |-

two-years-programme" was adopted? night's French communique statesmen and had made the Union sink maintain in the common cause of He understood that the Opposition of co-operation was not excuse för Mr. Vinson said that fewer cruisers but asserted that it would still provide that there la nothing to report.

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