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Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 3, 1940.

JAPAN'S TRADE WITH UNITED STATES

ABROGATION

OF

Italy Loses Half Of

OF

PACT

LITTLE EFFECT

By OTTO JANSSEN

United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, DEC. 2 (UP).—DESPITE THE STEADY DE- TERIORATION OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN TOKYO. AND WASHINGTON SINCE THE UNITED STATES DENOUNCED

Her Trade ITS TREATY OF COMMERCE AND FRIENDSHIP WITH JAPAN

In a study of Italy's economie EARLY THIS YEAR, TOTAL TRADE BETWEEN THE TWO COUN- circumstances the Man cos TRIES HAS NOT BEEN REDUCED, AND LATEST FIGURES EVEN pondent of the Berne newspaper Bunds shows that by entering INDICATE SOME DEGREE OF IMPROVEMENT. the war she has lost 43 per cent. of her imports and 47 per cent. of her exporta.

iter

Industry has lost 61 per cent, of its raw materials and 37 per cent.

of the semi-finished articles it needs.

Italy no longer receives any wool,

cotton, fute, rubber, coffee, tea, and

pil.seeds..

Trade in certain commodities, notably pétroleum products, scrap iron and steel, refined copper, automotive and aircraft parts, has declined, but the total trade be tween the United States and Japan has held up better than was expected,

Preliminary and hitherto unpublished figures for trade during the first eight months of 1940 show that the two countries exchanged goods valued at about $147,- 500,000 (M) or an increase of more than $12,000,000 (M), over a similar period in 1939.

The Treaty of Commerce and Friendship was denounced by Things, nevertheless, are not too Washington January 26, 1940, as implied evidence of United bad, as Italy had time to prepare States displeasure over Japan's Far Eastern policies. At that "non-belligereney." She gets much time it was widely predicted that trade with the Island Empire from Germany for instance, 4,000, would be adversely affected by the action, despite the fact that 000 tons of coal a quarter. Liquid abrogation simply laid the legal groundwork for "retaliatory" fuel, however, very scarce, in apite economic action against Japan and did not, of itself, affect trade of the annual output of 3,000,000 tons in any way.

anythetic petrol which covers

herself during her nine months of

of

only fifth of the need.

However, it was felt in some some "punitive" economie steps The pooling and State distribution quarters that termination of the might follow. of agricultural products is giving] pact would 'cause hesitation | As a matter of fact, some two hesitation was manifested in the among traders of living has greatly risen and is now nations due to the fear that both countries, but trade quickly returned to normal after the early fears were at least par tially overcome.

much satisfaction, but the cost ot

higher than In Switzerland,

PUPPET KING—Expected to do whatever Germany tells him is. youthful King Michael of Rumania, shown reviewing delegation of German Youth Movement, in Predeal, Rumania. With him is Commandant Teofil Sidorovici,' youth leader.

Woman

Underground

In Shelter Five Weeks

Belgians Cut German Army Wires

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TIN HEIRESS-Mrs. Chrostina Patina, wife of Simon Patino, Bolivian tin king, as she arrived In New York by ocean plans. She is called and of best-dress- ed European women.

NAZI CALLS FOR BREAKFAST

Just after 6 a.m., In a village on the South-east coast, came limping down the road n man in drab uniform, with one boot missing, From: the window of their bungalow a young married couple named Whit- mere saw him and went, to accost thim.

"I am a German officer," he explain- ed. "I have had the misfortune to be brought down. My comrades are down."

All released men of the former

It was breakfast time in rural Eng- Belgian Army now living three districts of Liege Pro-enter, and gave him two rounds of

in land, so the Whitmores bade him vince are to be seized by the bread and butter and two cups of tea. Germans as prisoners of war in great interest in a toy acroplane with He expressed his gratitude, evinced reprisal against an act of sabo- which their son had been playing, tage.

On the basis of present statistics,

discussed the breed of their dog, and The German-controlled Brussels laughed heartily when shown a car- some exporis believe that trade be- tween the two countries in the nine radio, announcing this, said cables toon of the Fuehrer in the morning months since the treaty was abrogated belonging to the German Army had paper,

The breakfast routine was over, the may be higher than during the been cut. similar period a year ago, Statisifes It the guilty partics were not din- Whitmores got out their 7 h.p. for this entire period pro not yet covered shortly, more reprisals would requested the captive to enter and avaliable but there are several factors take place,

| drove him to the police station. which may bear out this belief:

(1) Japan is believed to

The announcer, appealed to the

be in Walloon population not to "impede her puchases of 60me the good work" the Germans were materials. In embargo on scrap iron doing by acts, the consequences and steel was placed on this item to which would fall on the civil popula- take offect October 16, and Japanese lion. ships were reported to be loading large quantities of this vital war pro- duct in order to beat the "deadline.” Predictions Difficult

SURPRISE FOR NAZI PILOTS

cor,

Explosion Wrecks Large Glasgow Starch Works

Ten persons are feared to have lost their lives in an explosion, followed by fire, which wrecked u large starch works in Glasgow.

Authorities said that several fac-

Three bodies, including that of a tors, including future steps which the An eighteen-year-old Nazi pilat, woman, have bean recovered. United States take in her politico- wounded after a parachute descent Twenty-eight other workers pre in economic relations with Japan, make in northwest England, was taken to hospital suffering from burns and difficult any predictions 19 to the hospital and, wblle his wound was other injuries, the condition of some future course of trade.

being dressed, asked the nurse, "How of them being serious. Two firemen However, it is understood that far away are the nearest German were injured.

Fire spread rapidly after the ex- Japan during several years has been troops?" building up relatively large reserves

The nurse found it impossible to plosion, so that the whole block was o could of some of the products which have convince him that no German soldiers blazing mass before firemen been, or in the future might be, were in England. He had been as-reach it.

that baitallions of embargoed.

Improvements were being carried As a result, Japan's sured, he said, purchases of scrap Iron and steel, cot-German soldiers were scattered over out, and about 40 employees, as well ton and petroleum products were England and that they had instrue-as a number of contractors men. lower during the first seven months tions to keep-out and take care of were in the premises when the ex- shot down during plosion occurred, apparently in the of this year yet the total trade was German airmen higher.

As a result, the embargo on Berap

Iron and steel, and any possible

future embargo on certain other pro- |ducts, may not be as decisive a factor In the total trade between the two countries as might have been be- lleved.

For example, Japan voluntarily drastically reduced its imports of United States raw cotton in August and September of this year, as com- pared with the same months of 1930. The Imports in the two months 1940 were 10,108 bales valued at $583,000, compared with 77,138 bales valued at nearly $4,000,000..

New Situation

of

When announcement was first made that the Japanese-United.

States treaty would be denounced, It TC- sulted in widespread speculation as to the possible economic and political consequences.

. However, new and more specta- cular developments, principally the Japanese-German-itallan mutual ns- sistance pact, recently have eclipsed the treaty abrogation.

Prior to Tokyo's agreement wlik

Rome and Berlin, there had been

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Surrounding tenements were, bur- Nazis Fake Photos Of riedly evacuated, and shop and house windows over a wide area were _R.A.F. “Raid” smashed by the explosion.~~

On Prague

PHOTOS in the Germon Press pur- porting to show damage caused by the R.A.F. in Prague have been ex- posed as fakes by the New York Times,

The photos showed wrecked streets and ruined houses,

Coloured Margarine For Eastern Market The prohibition on the colouring of margarine for export to the East has been lifted at the request of pur chasers, says a Canberra message.

·Colouring matter used must be ap- One photo showed what was proved by the Department of Com- reality tramway collision, and an- merce. other showed a university building Merchants in the East want mar- which was demolished many years garine coloured to make it easier to ago.

sell.

The Times looked up its files and found that the photos were old ones. In

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this country and Japan. There appears to be little respondent with the British Army in the Desert.

now Every morning the British troops wake to find the desert

Two doctors who have been working among East End people since the big raids on London began two months ago, discovered in a large shelter an old woman, who had not been above ground possiblilly of such a development littered with what appear to be vacuum flasks. But if anybody for five weeks.

In a joint statement to The Times appealing for a more comprehensive policy to meet the combined effect of bombs and the rigours of winter, they said that in some London districts there were few people who did not spend every night in some sort of shelter.

Women and children, after leaving a shelter at dawn, often return and queue up before midday to ensure a place for the next night, they declared.

because of the growing tension tween the two countries, and some |quarters are now urging further cur- tallment of commercial relations through embargoes on Imports and exports.

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Something had already been | nation" as quicklý na possible. dono to make the more popular; Londoners had quite enough to en-to the Commonwealth of the Philhe first of these secret weapons shelters habitable for long dure without the hardship and waste ippines, Major Hugh J. Casey, corps dent. I spent the morning watching

of time involved in queueing up for of engineers, U. S. Army, was award- our engineers deal with them. Step- You can't lay up a sick stomach. perlods, but much must be done shelter, he said. before the winter if disease is to

Service Star of ing carefully among the loose sand Your body must be nourished even Miss Ellen Wilkinson (Parliamen- the Philippines be prevented from spreading like tary Secretary to the Ministry of Major Casey, as assistant to the and camel scrub of the desert the though solid food and most liquid a plague,

Pensions) invited 28 women who use military adviser, helped in the devel soppers were locating and marking foods cause pain and vomiting.”

petrol tin or red various types of London shelters to opment of the corps of engineers of each "nash" with

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The problem hur always been 10 meet her at the Home Office and dis-the Philippino Army and made an

find a food that soothes the inflamed cuss shafter problems.

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Then they were detonated by rifle Doctors and mirses agree that Hor- After the conference, she said: "I food control projects.

nce or disposed or by skilful Ingoing leks la such a food. It places, no with a rope.

strain upon the digestion, but provides Bath methods produced a quell the body-building, elements that

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They urged that all damp shelters, and especially trench-shelters, should be condemned.

They also advocated, proper dis- Infection, sanitation and ventilation for other shelters, to supplement modiest-care and supervision already

'heard more 'sense from these wo- men than from expert committees.”

undertaken by the Government. The delegates voted unanimously Stricter Black-Out prisingly loud and spectacular, ex valescence is shortened, new strength

avalant separating men from women,

The Minister of. Supply (Mr. Her bert Morrison) has ordered that an and emphasized, the failure of efforts "expérîinoht: berande laxing ad to prevent wives and husbands

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