1940-07-16 — Page 24

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Robo

JAKE DARWELL

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

PEACE IN CHINA

Great Britain Roady

To Give Holp

July 16, 1940.

Mischievous 200 DIE IN

French Lies NEW QUAKE

*

Statement By British

Shanghai, July 15. Well-informed circles, comment ing on the radio talk made by Mr. S. W. Jones, Officer Administrating the Government at Singapore, sald that nothing was known in Shanghai which would encourage the belief that any British action would result in an early end of the Sino-Japanese tee with

war.

Admiralty

Floods Follow Shako In Southern Tibet

LONDON, July 15 (Reuter)-Ai SIMLA, July 15 (Reuter).— statement alleged to have been issued About 200 people are believed to by the French Legation in Dublin have perished in a flood, accom- last night is the subject of an Ad- miralty communique, released to-day, panted by a slight earthquake, This statement from the French that occurred in the Chumbi Legation alleges among other that after the signature of the ammi Valley, in southern Tibet, last misWednesday, it was learned, here [French womens was never

to-day.

and Italy, the

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They recalled that Britain had pronched by the British-Foreign A number of vilinges in the valley previously frequently stated her Once or Admirally with regard to south of Yatung are reported to have willingness to do everything possible the future fate of the French Fleet heen washed away. to facilitate pence in the Far East and that no explanation was nsited A telegraph iline between India and and understood there is no change in with regard to the interpretation of Yntung. where several houses this polley. Elawever, they indicated the armistice clause relating to the collapsed, was destroyed for a dis- that the Tokyo negotiations thus far future of the Fleet.

tunee of six miles. have not yet reached the stnge where It can be said that Britain is on the verge of effecting any important clange in the Sino-Japan situation. United Press.

This statement also alleged that when attacked none of the French ships at Oran was in a position to manoeuvre or fre.

Mischievous Statement

The Admiralty communique issued to-day anya that parts of this slate- ment are so mischievous that it considered desirable to

moko the following comment:

No. Proposals Made

Loniton, July 15. Although nothing is known among British official quarters regarding the reported Japanese peace proposals

(1) By the terms of the armistice, regarding the China affair, responsible the French Fleet was to be assem- British quarters to-day reaffirmed bled at ports under Italian or Ger- that London continues to offer Itsman. control and demiiltarised CX- good offices whenever Japan ond

"those! cept in the German terms, China desire such measures.

the However,

It has been emphasised coast and mine-sweeping," and in the

ships necessary for watching that no proposals have been innde to Itation terms, "except the unite which the Italian or German Govern-

Whint-

'THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T TALK'sible British quarters saldments design for the protection of

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the broadenst by Mr. S. W. Jones, French colonial interests."

The Maharaj-Kumar of Sikkim has left Gantok with a relief party, and a medical officer attached to the Bellish trade agency at Gyantee is also proceeding to the scene of the digaster.

Code

Beam Tapped On Bar Counter

-Police Story

A MORSE code

message.

acting Governor of Singapore, op-over the Interpretation the French tapped on a bar counter was pears to have conspicuously exceeded Government may have given to these mentioned at Folkestone police the brief he holds, and inquirers terras, it was clear to the British court recently. were reminded that the British Em-Government that the Germans and pire is still governed from London Italians thereby provided themselves and not Singapore-United Press. with excuses for keeping the whole French Fleet in a state of readiness for netion against us when they

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The Oran Action

al

and Peter Lawrence Wagstaffe (20), Peter Roberts (25), of Leicester,

Canadian, both ex-R.A.F. men, were charged with communicating in- formation purporting to be in respect of signals to aireraff which might be uneful to the enemy. They pleaded not guilty

"Tapped Message

Detective Constable Butes sakd he

(2) Referring, to the action Oran, shortly after the arrival of the ships carrying the British proposals, the French warships began to pre-saw the defendants and a man named pare for sen and battle. Lengthy Maxted in an hotel bar and heard negotiations ensued and it was not Roberis fulsh a sentence with the until eight and a half hours after the word "aircraft." Wagstaffe tapped French had begun preparations that a Morse code message with his f The British opened fire. The French gera on the counter and Maxted Boid ships replied within five minutes and he did not know what it was. not long after the French ships be- Wagstaffe then imitated a message LONDON, July 16 (Router)-The gan moving out of the harbour. by making a noise with his mouth. "Times" diplomatie correspondent. During the afternoon our aircraft saying: "That is the code we re- referring to the Singapore broadcast were attacked by a total of 21 French ceive on the beam when about to by the Acting Governor, says that in acroplane regard to the Dublin Roberts then gave a demonstration land. There are two of these bears." the recent talks in Tokyo, Sir Robert statement regarding the torpedoing with his arm. (3) With Craigie was instructed to offer to restrict the transport to China of of a French light cruiser, the facts There were two other customers in certain

goods by the Burma Road for are that on Admiralty representative the bar, Defendants had been drink- three months, on the understanding interviewed the head of n Frenching heavily, but were not drunk, that the period should be used to naval. mission on the night of July 5 Roberts and Wagstaffe told the settle wider

Far Eastern Issues, of

tes, of and expressed the Admiralty's deep magistrates that the conversation which the Burma Road is only one.

regret that the French light cruiser related to American elvil aircraft. In this connection the British was sunk owing to the fact that in- Wagstaffe added that he had not Government repeatedly expressed its structions issued to submarines on divulged any secret, rendiners to assist in a Far Eastern completion of the operation of July 31 The case was dismissed, with a settlement on the condition that its that French ships were no longer to warning against loose talk in public. services

were acceptable to both be attacked had not reached one sub- China and Japan, and that

any marine, settlement reached should be on ni equitable basis.

Meanwhile, the American Guvern ment has been informed of the offer nade to Japan. Britain is not the only non-Asiatic country with im- portant interests in the Fur East, but our present tasks in the West induced Japan to turn her diplomatic pressure almost exclusively upon us.

TOKYO WON'T CONFIRM

*

The last action against ships a BIG AUSTRALIAN Mers-el-Kebir was on July 6 and at no time did any British aircraft fre on any sailors or civilians leaving disabled ships.

ARMS ORDERS

'MELBOURNE, July 15 (Reuler),—

Following the refusal of the French The Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Admiral at Dakar to necept any of Menzies, announced that munitions the four afternallyes offered him on orders from overseas totalling £6,- July 7, action was taken on July 8 to 806,000 are being filed in the Com- prevent the Richelieu from fallingi monwealth. into the hands of the enemy.

They Include orders from the Assurances that instructions were! British Ministry of Supply, the being given to stop all vitacks on Admiralty, New Zealand and India. French ships were not given until July 12.

The communique concludes by de- INTERNEE-FACES

MURDER CHARGE}

TOKYO, July 10 (Reuter)-Re-accurate and misleading.

scribing the Dublin statement as mej ports emanating from London and Washington concerning Britain's THEFT FROM MATSHED alleged agreement to close the Burma

Charged with the murder of Wong Road for three months on condition Works Department, reports the theft ment Camp on May 30, Yu Fal. 47, Mr. C. W. E. Bishop, of the Public Ko-you at the Argyle Street Intern- that Japan tries to negotiate an of a wrist-watch and other articles an ex-Chinese soldier was on remand honourable peace with China, cannot from his mutshed at Repulse Bay on before Mr. E. Himsworth at Kowloon be confirmed here.

"Reuter"

Saturday. The articles were valued Magistracy this morning. He was authoritatively in at $57. formed that the announcement that

further remanded for a week. an agreement had been reached is premature.

The "Asahi Shimbun" says that Sir Robert Craigle yesterday asked Mr. Arita to permit a few days to clapse before minking a publle announce- ment regarding the concrete content of the basic understanding as Sle Hobert has to report on the result of yesterday's negotiations to London.

.An announcement is expected elther on Thursday or Friday.

Japanese Start New Operations

SHANGHAI, July 18 (Reuter)--A Japanese naval force consisting of warships and marine aircraft this morning began operations in the Hongchow Bay area, which includes Ningno, Wenchow, Santuao

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