1941-03-05 — Page 13

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

March 5, 1941.

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CHINESE COMMUNISTS TONE DOWN DEMANDS TO THE CHUNGKING GOVT.

By F. M. FISHER Special to the "Telegraph"

CHUNGKING, Mar. 4 (UP).—The absence of all seven Communist members of the National People's Political Council from the first few meetings of the current session, while reflecting serious political differences between the Kuomintang and the Communists, does not necessarily mean an open break leading to civil strife in the opinion of informed neutrals in Chungking.

Soviet Rebuke To Sofia

Reveals Her Anxiety

LONDON, Mar. 4 (Reuter). The important statement broadcast from Moscow in regard to the German occupation of Bulgaria has given rise to much comment in diplomatic quar- ters in London, learns "Reuter's" diplomatic correspondent.

The present abstention of the Communists from the Council is felt here as indicating that the long continued. mutual efforts to reconcile political and other There is nothing, howover, to suggest that it means more differences have not yet been successful, although some progress in this direction has already been made.

NEW ZEALAND

than it says, namely that the Soviet Government does not share the views of the Bulgarian Government that its attitude will lead to preservation of peace, Both sides have grievances. Consequently, the Soviet Govern- However, Government authori.ment is unable to support the Bul- ties, saying they are unwilling tion of its present policy.

garian Government in the prosecu- to aggravate the delicate situa- is an obvious rebuke tion, indicate that it is not per Government of Bulgaria and gives missible to enumerate or discuss contradiction to

Bulgarian. the arguments advance by papers which were spreading reports that Russia was in full agreement with the latest developments.

Changsha Bombed, Landings to the

On S. Kwangtung Coast

CHANGSHA, March 4, (Central News)-After a long res-oither side just now.. pite, 30 Japanese planes staged a raid over Changsha yesterday morning. They were greeted by thunderous Chinese anti-air- eraft fire and were forced to break formation. After unloading their bombs haphazardly, they flew away in a northerly direction. Damage caused by the raid is understood to be slight

Fifty-six Japanese planes in several squadrons raided Yushan and other towns in Kiangal yesterday.

Kwangtung Landings

CHUNGKING. Murch 4 (Central

News), Military

advices from

Kwanglung indicate that heavy light-- ing has flored on the Taishan and

up

Yeungkong coast as Co result of Japancae landing there.

д

IS.

DEFENCE Congress Opinion

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHY

of

Cent is viewing thei

The

as

to

It must be recalled that the Bul-

merely a question of military discl- truc circumstances, and, underlying

the

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Twelve Demands Following the disbandment.of the garlan Prime Minister, in his speech WELLINGTON, Mar. 4 (Reu- new Fourth Army, the Communists nt Vienna in signing the Tripartite published a list of 12 demands asking Pact, re-affirmed his resolve to deve-ter).-Including the Home Guard for the feinstatement of the new lop further the traditional friendly and members of the Expedition- Fourth Army and the release of its relations with the Soviet Union. ary Force In training, New Commander, General Ych Ting; seck-

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Well over 30,000 New Zealanders; occasion,

(he added, were serving 'overseas in Underlying Motive Early on

Monday morning Ave

matter as rubber Japanese warships and 50

More will have to be known.of the the three services and a large pro- portion of New Zealand's adult popu- boats with about 1,000 Japanese

lation was actively engaged In pline. Apparently it could not agree motives of the Soviet statement national war service in one form or aboard; arrived off the coast at

with these demands from a minor fore any considered judgment would Kwangliol, south-west of Toishan,

WASHINGTON, Mar. 4 (UP). political Party. However, conversa- be possible so far as

British quarters Under the protective bombardment of

Senator Lister Hill, chief tohs and negotiations have proceeded are concerned. It is clear

that op- planes the Japanese forced eight

been taken in the state- landing and pushed toward Toishan, Democratic Whip and a Military in which both parties gave evidence portunity ling

Chinese resis-Affairs meeting with strong

Committeeman,

f a willingness to make some conces ment. to underline the Soviet's at- pre-of

lude of non-invent in

LONDON, March 4 (Central tance.

dicted to the "United Press" sions,

the An- This was the position when the struggle and her

that opern- News) Commenting upon On Monday night Japanese troops

nouncement that under instructiona from Sunwui in a number of rubber overwhelming approval of Philip approach of the Council session made tions should not be extended.

By implication, blame for the of the Ministry of Finance the boats Tanded at Taino and headed for pine defence measures.

the question more important The

Central Bank of China will resume Shachung

He said, "I think we have a definite Communist's demands had not been spread of the conflict has been put Cen Under a protective barrage laid by responsibility to protect the Philip-advanced as conditions for attending on Germany's shoulders, as the state-buying and selling of foreign ex

"The Times" City Editor their naval guns units of Japanese pines and it will remain our primary the Counell but they made it known ment clearly implies that the occupa- change, troops tried to land at Paktsunkong responsibility to do so until they are that they would not attend with the tion of Bulgaria is to extend the wrote that no confirmation or ex-

planation had

received in operations. In the district of Youngkong this Independent. The purpose of the de-, question still completely unsolved.

eastern banking circles in London. morning.

fence measures is to put us in a

Special Committee. a posi-

"In view of the recent cre

credits tion to defend the Philippines; addi- It is authoritatively stated that

granted to China by Britain and the tionally,

the measures are steps in certain northern Kuomintang mem-

United States," he added, "it is possi bers approached Generalissimo

ble that the Chinese Government are One

Republican Military Affairs Chiang Kai-shek, suggesting that the

now able to provide exchange on a Committeeman said that most Re-Council appoint a special committee

freer basis than formerly and to put publicans would "go along" with the designated to consider the friction

their financing on a less essentially Philippines defence measure ny between the Kuomintang and the

batter basis. The official rate is 4d. matter of firmness in our Far Eastern Communists to which the Generalls- policy.

as against the market price of 3rd, simo agreed.

and the statement that exchange can be made available at the official rate may relate to overseas business con- 1,340/45 sa.ducted by various government agen- 73 ncies. The action of the govemment 75 may have been prompted by political

considerations."

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INDIAN AIR of our Far Eastern policy."

FORCE UNITS

-Boys' Prospects DELHI, Mor." 4 (Reuter)How young Indians from civil life ure be- ing trained as ground personnel for the Indian Air Force was shown to me when I visited the school of Force technical training at

"There are several hundred

writes Reuter's special cor

under training und

over India, including

creeds. The

extraordinarily

school

all

all

castes and

Covera an

Jarge variety

of

and only men with extreme-

Why R.A.F. Is Giving Hamm A Miss

Hamm,

once

the favourite

Upon the suggestion by non-Kuo- mintang members, the Generalissimo approved that one Communist mem- ber be elected to the presidium of the Council provided the Communists

attend the sessions. Mean-| would while, the opening date of the session arrived and the meeting was held without the presence of the Com- munists.

H.K. Stock Market

The

J

following quotations were issued on the Hongkong Stock Mar- ket this morning.

BANKS

HK. Banks $...... H.K. Banks £ H.K. Banks (H.K.) £ Chartered £. Mercantile, A. & B. Mercantile, C. £. East Asia $

Union $.

INSURANCES

7 n. .23 n.

.11% n. .76 b.

Cantons $..

215 r. .417 80.

China Underwriters

1.

H.K. Fire $.

Douglas $..

170 n.

PING

135 .

60 n .43/D п.

11.

Council. The modi-Steamboats- § ---

Indo-Chinas P. $. Indo-Chinas D. S. Shell (Bearers) 5/- Waterboats $

of the Counelt on Sunday,

training

It was nearly midnight of the first ly educational qualifications are target of the R.A.F., has not day of the session that the Com- munist representatives at Chungking accepted."

been bombed for several weeks.received authorisation from Yenan to The basic training course, in- cluding Instruction in the duties of Perhaps people have wondered advance a greatly modified form of Alght mechanics light riggers, why the Bomber Command could the 12 conditions under which they

could attend the wireless not be satisfied with attacking fed it excluded three of the pre- electricians, Ccrator

photographers and many

for six months after this railway marshalling yardvious demands which the Govern which the man qualifies and goes once a week or once a month, ment had said were quite inadmiss- ible. The modified list was present- instead of every 24 hours, into a unit."

Promotion Hopes

to the Secretary General ed The answer is that damage to a

directly "Owing to the rapidity of expansion railway can be repaired in a time

Government circles By the con- of the Indian Air Force, the prospects which must seem Incredibly short to

tents

of the 12 conditions constitute are the best, and there is keen the layman, competition for enlistment, it being Major Girouard, who was the Bri-matters over which the Council has

and official and au realised that expert training given tish Director of Railways during the authority,

thoritative circles I say that the Coun. will subsequently be invaluable in Boer War, was faced with this pro-cil members do not wish to create

blern. pence time.

"I visited several workshops where Within five weeks in 1000 he had a precedent by which any party can tuition is proceeding, and after zee- to repair 27 bridges, 41 culverts, and dictate the conditions of attendance. ing

The possibility of further mutual intensely 10 miles of line. how absorbed the recruits were in their He repaired them all

Hotel S... rapidly adjustment is apparently not exclud- their work, I felt that my guide spoke that working was scarcely jed since it is understood that both a willingness to sides are Indicating a truly when he spontaneously paid affected.

make some concessions. Some eir- tribute to the lads, saying that they Great War Damage

cles are optimistic that an eventual were as keen as mustard."

for

myself

QUO TAI-CHI

SEES MENZIES

The last Great War caused even compromise may be reached, even if more damage to rallways. During it comes after the present session of 1918 French and British engineers the Counel! has terminated. had to renew 2,000 kilometres of line, 1,583 bridges, 13 tunnels, and 500 stations.

KING GIVES

AUDIENCES

LONDON, Mar. 4 (Router),—The King gave audience to-day to three important statesmen.

LONDON, March 4 (Centeni News). "Wartime repairs to, a railway are -Mr Quo Tal-chi, Chinese Ambassa-rough and probably last only a year dor to the Court of St James's to-day or two. They are often accomplished on Mr P. G. Menzies, the with the use of timber "piles." driven called Australian Premier, and had Dinto the soft earth and rubble which friendly exchange

of views on the ts hastily stuffed into the crater Pacific situation and other questions made by a bomb or shell. Upon this affecting the mutual interests of the steepers and lines can quickly be

fald. Australia.

The highly-emelent German en- The question of the exchange of

it is to diplomatic missions between China gineers, whose weary task

The first was General Charles do and Australia was also discussed.

keep

the Hamm yards in order, are Gaulle, leader of the Free French Australian circles belleve that Mr probably using this method, for they Movement. It was the first time that Menzies is anxious that such an ex- have plenty of good timber at hand His Majesty had received General de change should take place soon. in the forests of the Harz Mountains. Gaulle, though he met the French when he Inspected. Free Speech Construed

But even by using timber plles, the leader Interviewed after his talk with Mr Nazis take at least 24 hours to make French units Jest autumn.

by British Menzies, Mr Quo said that the speech good the damage done made by Mr Menzies to the Foreign bombers.

Control Smashed Press Association yesterday should

long?

The second visitor was President Roosevelt's unofficial representative, Colonel W. J. Donovan,

The third visitor was Mr Winston

not be interpreted as indicating that Why, then, it railroad repairs cat Australia is prepared to give way to be effected so quickly, have we left Churchill force or to kauckla under to an Hamm in peace for so aggression, though she is anxious to The probable reason is that Hamin's preserve peace in the Pacific, make control system has been smashed.

The lines in a railway system can friends and continue to seek friend- ship with Australia's neighbours. He be repaired with great speed, but the was so convinced in view of the controls cannot. Probably Ilamm's active defence measures in Malaya control system is oat of action for and the Pacifle recently undertaken, the time

being

Menzles.

Japanese Envoy Flies To Iran

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" by Austraila, and particularly after Four miles long and nearly a mile

TOKYO,

(Domel).-Mr Mor. 4 his exchange of views with Mr across, lamm is able-when working Kikotaro Ichikawa, newly-appointed normally-to deal with 10,000 wagens Japanese Minister to Iran, will leave a day, and the yards are essential to Tokyo on March 7 on an eight-day the smooth operation of from 500 toate journey to reach his post. This is 11,000 German factories.

the first time that Japoneso diplomat is proceeding to his post by cir.

Chungking Posts

Parcels To Britain

CHUNGKING. Mor. 3 (Central News) ——Generul Ho Kuo-kwang was sworn in this morning.ns Commander of the National Gendarmerie and con- currently Deputy Garrison Common- der of Chungking, Simultaneously, LONDON, Mar. 4 (Router), —It is General Chang Cheng assumes his omcially announced that any parcel offices as Vice-Commander of the despatched to Britain, containing more Gendarmerie,and concurrently Dean than two pounds of tea, will Eo con- of the Gendarmes' School,

fiscated.

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Gauss Leaving

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SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" CANBERRA, Mar. 4 (UP)--The American Minister, Mr Clarence Gauss, who was recently designated as United States Ambassador to China,

bade farewell to Australians 100 to-day. He said that the United States exchange of diplomats with Australia was a "wise and successful move."

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Trawler Sunk

Travel by sen from Japan to Iren has been practically cut off. The Jand course through Soviet Russia to Iran is still open but Mr Ichikawa has decided on an aerial schedule LONDON, ・ Mat,-24 (UP)---The from Tokyo to Talhoku, Bangkok, Admiralty announced to-day that the Calcutta, Karachi, Basra, Bugdad and trawler Ouse of 600 tons has been Teheran, a course of 6,000 miles. sunk with some casunttler, ..

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