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Chungking Department's Award In Local Court

The Chinese Government Salt Administration was awarded $221,327 damages by the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, nt the Supreme Court this morning in an action against Tsang' Pak- woon, trading as Tak Kee Hong, of 55, Bonham Strand East, and Poon Yuek-kwong, trading as Chuen Kee Cheong,' of 24,

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GERMANS POUR INTO ITALY

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and the foreign diplomatte corps nover' re-appeared, and when enquir ies were made, the answer invariably, was that they had left suddenly for an unknown destination..

n' growing

Restoration of Monarchy There is reported to

to be a element among the Italian aristocracy which advocates the restoration of ike monarchy to power and the over- throw of the Fascists. Mussolini's fear of the" influence ls eleinent might have on the army is said to lie behind the hurried despaten of Ger. man troops.

The report concludes, however. that it would be over-optimistle to i look for a real-anti-Fascist revolt ut present.

Trieste ́Demonstrators BELGRADE, Jan. 28 (Reuter) Fuselat forces have had to fire on de- monstrators in Trieste, according to people

arriving here from Italy to- day.

Their accounts follow reports

of rloting in Milan and Turin. A num- ber of casualties are sold to have been caused at Trieste among the demonstrators who shouted slogans

demanding peace and condemning the Fascist regime and denouncing Ger-

mony.

Similar demonstrations are report. ed from many smaller towns in the Po Valley, where public unrest is finding expression despite severe

·mensures by Furcists and the Gestapo.. U.S. Reports Anger Fascists SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" ROME, Jun. 20 (UP)-Mais de- monstrations against American" re- ports of disorders in cities in northern Italy were held at Milan, Turli und Verong today.

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At Turin; 16,000 people gathered in front of the Fascist headquarters cheering Mussolini and fler. The

Morgenthau Wants Aid To Britain

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material had virtually stopped in December.

According to the statement of Mr Lui Yan-sang, representative of Federal Secretary.. Pietro Gazotti, claim, contract entered into on the Chungking Government In cont-read a denunciation of the American November 23, 1939, was for the nection with the proceedings, said Agency's distribution of the riot re- danced | delivery of 8,000 tons of salt by the that he had been with the Adminis-ports from the balcony of the build-

firsi defendant. Second defendant tralon for 20 years, and until Ing. signed the contract as guprantor. January 1 10 he was Director of the Similar demonstrations of protests

Mr Eldon Putter, R.c. Instructed Hongkong Omec. The contract was

were made at Veróna. by Mr C. Y. Kwan, appeared for entered into on November 23, 1939 behalf of the plaintiffs, Defendants were not pre-and was slimed on

In Court, nor were they legally Administration by Mr Ho Shun-yung. rent in

then Assistant Director in Hongkong, represented.

Mr Putter wald

The contract provided for the delivery Ad- ministration was a department of the of 8,000 tons of salt but only 780 tons Government of China and under the bud been handed over. nuthorities it was entitled to sue or able to be sued in Hongkong. De- fendants had originally filed a state- Repeated requests for the remain ment of defence but this was ordered der to be delivered and attempts to to be struck out because of non-help defendants were of no

avail.

Urging speedy approval of the compliance with an order for dis- As a result of the fallure of the Lease and Lend Bill, he declared that covery, and Messrs Hastings and Co., who were then acting for them, had contract, the Adininistration had to it was a necessity demonstrated by purchase sait in the open market. A telephone conversation which he sluce intimated that they had

no total of 5,074 tons of foreign salt was had had yesterday. "Mr Knudsen further instructions.

bought at an average price of $52,575 (Director-General of the Committee (Hongkong) and the total amount to speed up United States arms pro Under the terms of the contract, paid was $308,800.00. At the time duction) called me up, and asked if went on Mr Potter, 8,000 tons of salt of the purchase, Chinese salt was something could not be done to permit were to be delivered at not less than scarce and the price for it was even the British order for 2,000 pinnes 1,200 tons a month, at a price of her than that of foreign salt, which they want but for which they $40.80 (longkong). Only 780 tons Administration had to pay for the

Under the contract, the price the had not been able to place orders." had been delivered and though; plaintiffs went out of their way time have been $87,537.55.

same number of tons of salt was to after time by delaying action, defen- dants had not been able to fulfil the When the contract was malle, the contract. As a result, plaintiffs had Administration deposited $10,000 with to buy the salt elsewhere at a price the defendants, and this bad not been higher than that quoted in the returned. contract, and suffered a loss of $221,-|| His Lordship gave judgment for gress, the British cannot continue to [327.

plaintiffs-will-costs-for-5221;327.64-Ught, Morgenthau-told-the-Senate Mr J. Watson, of the Colonial plus $10,000 deposited with defen- Foreign Relations Committee, Secretariat, produced a despatch from dants. the British Embassy in Chungking enclosing N statement from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the Salt Administration was a department of the Chinese Govern ment.

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Condition of Fighting WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (Router). -"If this Bill does not pass Con-

"The decision resis with Congress whether Britain, Greece and China SHANGHAI, Jan. 20 (Reuter).are to continue to fight."

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Thai And Indo-China Postpone Armistice:

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Ing: Chonga. In the Champasak sector, the French artillery fired, on Kaokuan in an abortive attempt to reoccupy the city; however, the Thai forces repulsed the attack.

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