Tsingtao, Aug. 22.
'There were 562,512 residents in Tsingtao at the end of July. according' to statistics made available now by the local police authorities.
Of this total. 34.129 were foreigners, including 32358 Japanese, Other foreign groups comprised 230 Americans, 258 Germans, 236 Britons and, the largest of these groups, 842 Whi Tussians—Havas.
Canton Worsens Canton, Aug. 22.
The already serlouy rice situation is now becoming more acute with the Tsrge increase in population, as a rex sult. of the evacuation of Chinese from Hongkong, and the frood menace now threatening the rice-producing districts around: Canton.
"Apart from the inundation of Tung-hoon and Sheklung, it Is. reported that' rice fields. in. 'Tsengehen" have been severely damaged by floods, In the regions of Suntong, Sientsun' and Shektan, along the Cinton-Kowloon Railway, the situation is more serious, In some' places, it is stated, the water high ay nine feet nnd many formers have been compelled to abandon their crops and seck shelter elsewhere.
With damage to local crops, the city will have to depend fo an'even rgcr extent than hitherto on the This company, according to local Ports, will raise a capital of Yen. 1,250,000, part of which will be subbed by the Chamber of Commerce partly. by Japanese and Chinese government officials, The aim of the proposed company:
to charter ocean-foing vessels for transporting direct shipments of rice to Canton from Central China and abroad, "Tt Is hoped: that with the formation of the company large ship= ments of rice will be imported aid thus, "besides relieving the present shortage, the abnormally high price will be lowered Reuter, Britain Wants Stata Quo in Indo-China London, Aug. 21.
'The British Government recently informed the Japanese "Government that Britain was interested in. the Maintenance of tae. status quo of Indo-China, reliable sources revealed today. Washington, they' believed, also conveyed a siniilar expression of policy of Tokyo. This, they sul, was 8 further instance of Anglo-American harmony.
The same quarters reported that the representations to Tokyo were made when the news frst appeared that Japan was seeking naval and ait bases in Indo-China, "Far Eastern Giplomats here also heard that Britain regards with disfavour the reported Thailand claim toa sector of Indo-Chinese territory, Tt would not be surprising, they added, if this British attitude has-been indicated to Bangkok—United Returned Prisoner Gets Reduced Sentence Shanghai, Aug. 21, A. prisoner who breaks away from detention but who later surrenders himself to the authorities may have his prison term reduced. This is the essence of a decision recently reached by the Judicial Yuan at Chungking commuting a fe Imprisonment sentence t0 a seven-year prison term, states a report published by the "Shun Pao."
The repentant prisoner is Jen Lins who was sentenced tong ayo by district court in Shensi to ite im= prisonment for murder. While being taken {0 the provincial prison for the rest of his life, together with several other conviels, he was forced to fee by the latter, 'While the other prisoners made good their escape Jon voluntarily ured to the detention quarters, In other words. judicial. imprisonment was preferred {0 forcible' imprison ment by his confederates, Jen's ve= duction of prison term was recently mentioned in a mandate issued by the National Government. a Chungking an* encouragement fo other criminals who may try to evade Inve atier being sentenced, Manchoukuo Creating Import Control Unions Changchun, Aug. 21.
With the adoption of a trade plan to be applied (0 Japan, Manichoukuo and China as a single ceonomie unit, the Manchoukuan Department Finance and Commerce has decided to form 92 new import control unions for all classes of goods. The "Man churia Daily News" reports.
"Among the'unions to be created be. those for soya sauce," soft Grinks, footwear, cosmetics, furniture, musical instruments and reed mats.
'Upon the establishment of" these new unions, almost all imports from Japan will' be under eontvol, the paper points out—Havas.
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