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FOREIGN POLICY.
SIR A. CHAMBERLAIN'S STATEMENT.
THE KELLOGG
TREATY.
References Made To Egypt And China.
THE BRITISH "MONROE DOCTRINE."
Sir Austen Chamberlain in the course of the debate (in the House of Commons yesterday) on British foreign policy, made a very interesting and important statement with regard to the Gov- ernment's attitude. Special reference was made to the Kellogg Anti-War Pact, Egypt and China.
REDUCTION OF BRITISH TROOPS.
London, Yesterday.
Treaty. There was, therefore, no
A debate on foreign affairs took contradiction as had been sug
gested between the obligations of place in the House of Commons the treaty proposed by the Gov- to-day, when Sir Austen Cham-ernment of the United States and berlain, Foreign Secretary, made the obligations of the Locarno
powers, statement on the various mat- ters raised.
not
In regard to disarmament, he said that undoubtedly the signa- ture of the Kellogg Treaty was a new faet to which all must pay attention and of which all should take account. But he would rather deal with the matter of disarmament apart from the Kellogg Treaty because whether that Treaty had been proposed or one would still have been faced with the question of the limitation of armaments. He had been asked what was going on in the Preparatory Commis sion for Disarmament at Geneva. At the moment the Preparatory Commission was not in session. But it was known to the House of Commons that some decision had been reached by the British Gov. ernment in the hope of reducing differences in the matter of armaments and in the hope of finding some compromise upon which an agreement could be renched and which might then be submitted to other powers and thus facilitate progress in the Commission. Conversations with France had been successful. He
WAS
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AN ITALIAN CRUISER ENGLAND'S TEAM FOR
FIRED AT.
THE ASHES.
TAKEN TO BE A FOE. CHAPMAN CAPTAIN.
$500,000 TRANSFER FROM
DUE TO MISUNDERSTANDING BY SEVERAL NEW "CAPS” TO GO TO ** PUBLIC WORK LOAN.
CHINESE NAVY.
AUSTRALIA. . ·"
MR. CHU AT GOVT. HOUSE.
·RESOLUTION IN COUNCIL. ·THE FINAL SINGLES.
SEQUEL TO SURRENDER. PROBABLY 17 IN THE TEAM.
Mr. Chu Chao-hsin, after having Amum of $500,000 under the France, by four games to one,
Peking, Yesterday. England's team to defend the contributed materially towards Public-Worka Loan is to be trans- retained possession of the Davis
the Italian cruiser Ashes in Australia has been an- the Canton-Hong Kong Entente,
[Cup, which
from "Sebastiano Caboto" was leaving nounced. Sixteen have is now on his way to Nanking, ferred from one heading to the America last year after resting Newchwang early on July 28, a Yesterday, he paid the usual cour- amount already earmarked for on the other side of the Atlantic Chinese warship fired on her chosen, including a number of tesy call on H.E. the Officer Ad- the local aerodrome and harbour for seven successive years.
somewhat heavily. Tilden, after his fine fight in
Mr. Chu Chao-hein.
As to the attitude of the British the question of self-defence in connection with the ministering the Government (the Kellogg Pence Pact, Sir A. Cham-Hon. Mr. W. T. Southorn, berlain quoted a passage from the C.M.G.) at Government House, statement made by Mr. Kellogg to prior to embarking on the "Pre- the effect that it was inherent in aident Lincoln."
During his brief stay in Hong every Sovereign State and was im plicit in every treaty that a nation Kong, Mr. Chu put up at the King was free to defend its territory Edward Hotel where Mrs. Li from attack or invasion and that it Chal-eum, wife of the head of the alone was competent to decide when Canton Government, has been circumstances required recourse to staying. The "Fresident Lincoln" declaring that they were, equivalent war in self-defence, reservations to the Monroe doctrine in the United States, He did not know why they should be prophets of evil. He did not know why they should already forecast that the whole proposal was going to be wrecked by the passage regarding self-defence in the reply of the British Govern- ment. He saw no sign of it in the communications which the Govern- ment had received from America. Did anybody suggest that the American Government, in proposing thia Treaty, meant to abolish or to change their policy with regard to the Monroe doctrine? Clearly not.
In about to communicate to every treaty of arbitration other powers the compromise at which the Government of the which Britain and France had ar- United States signed and in the rived in the hope that the com- very latest model for the treaties promise might be acceptable to of arbitration which they had sign- them also and thus a great obstu-ed they expressly reserved all ques- cle to progress would have been tions relating to the Monroe deci removed and a step made in ad- trine. vance. But until these proposals
Mr. Hu Han-min.
development.
It will be recalled that an Or- dinance was passed last year, authorising the Hong Kong Gov. ernment to float a loan of $5,000,- 1000. This amount was to be al-
located as follows:--
| 1.--Waterworks deve-
Jopment.
2-Aerodrome and
harbour develop-
ment
3-Other pah
worka
$3,500,000
1,000,000
500,000
$5,000,000
: Over-Subscribed.
Of the total amount, $3,000,000]
in 6 per cent bearer bonds were issued on Oct. last and soon over-subscribed.→
Authority will be sought in the
SILT BOUND.
Tientsin Out of Reach.
Tientsin, to-day. The Harbour Master has issued
a notice to the ect that owing
to the present sted condition of the upper rene the Halho "and the impracticability of malñë taining the swinging borths it is advisable for all vessels bound for
was won
Rene
Tientsin to remain at Tangku the opening singles of the final,
Reuter,
Legislative Council on Thursday
to transfer item No. 3-"others public works" (not yet specified) to No. 2.
In the Budget debate in the Legislative Council, the Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, then speaking as ¡the senior unofficial member, f. mentioned the fact that the Im- perial Government is contributing three-quarters of the cost of the aerodrome and the Hong Kong Government one-quarter.
BRITAIN'S "MONROE DOCTRINE sailed for Shanghai this morning, had been communicated to other
From Shanghai, Mr. Chu will go The British Government were stat-on to Nanking, to be appointed governments he did not like to Bay more about them. The first ng nothing unreasonable when they Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs serious discussion would take stated there were parts of the world in the Nationalist Government of place when the Disarmament doctrine because the integrity of celebrated in style by Mr. Chu's where Britain too had a Monroe China, an appointment which was Committee met. The proposals which he had mentioned
those countries, was part of the clansmen in Wanglik, in the Tung- those dealing with disarmament defence of the British Empire. Our koon district. which arose in regard to the naval doctrine was comparable exactly
X Miss Sou-me Cheng. issue in which, of course, we had with what the American Govern-
were
a particular intereat. Our miliment adopted. It was not a docare tary forces were very small com- trine of aggression, it was not à pared with those of other Powers desire for territorial expansion but but our Navy had always been a pure measure of self-defence the principal defence of our coun- necessitated by the geographical try and, therefore, naval quqes-conditions of the Empire. tions were those which interested us most; and it was on them that we had been seeking to recon- cile differences and find a method of making progress.
BRITAIN'S ATTITUDE.
"A SIGN OF THE TIMES."
Sir A. Chamberlain hoped that it might be his good fortune to go to Paris before the end of next month and to sign on behalf of Britain the treaty which the Government of
Other Nationalist personalities
moving about in all parts of
(Continued on Page 12.)
AIR ROUTES.
ALL RED ROUTE, LONDON-
- CAPETOWN.
INDIA SCHEDULE.
The Wording.
In the Legislative Council on Thursday, the Colonial Secretary will move the following resolution to give effect to the change:-
"Whereas by the provisions of section 8 of the Public Works Loan Ordinance, 1927, it is, (inter alin) provided that the Governor may direct that any sums which may not be required for a purpose specified in the Schedule may be appropriat ed and applied to any other purpose; therein specified subject to such transfer of money from one item of the Schedule to any other item thereof being approved by a resolu- tion of the Legislative Council and by the Secretary of State.
"And whereas His Excellency the Offcer Administering the Govern- ment has directed that the sum of $500,000 allocated to Item No. 8 of the Schedule, Other Public Works, be appropriated and applied to Item No. 2 of the Schedule, Aerodroma and harbour development,
"Now it is hereby resolved that the approval of the Legislative Council shall be and is hereby given to the transferr of the; sum of $500,000 from Item. No. 8 to Item No. 2 of the Schedule..
FORMER OFFICIAL,
SIR FIELDING CLARKE,
- CHIEF JUSTICE.
DEATH ANNOUNCED.
In regard to the Treaty for the
London, Yesterday. Renunciation of War, Sir A. the United States had proposed. In the House of Commons dur Chamberlain said that Britain had He did not think anyone could saying the course of the air estimates two clauses of obligations. There exactly the importance which this debate, Sir Samuel Hoare (Minis- were obligations of the Covenant treaty would have in the future. Itter for Air) said that the London- of the League of Nations. Under might mean very much for the India air route ought to be work- Article 20 of the Covenant, peace of the world, but it might ing to scheduled time by April, which some times got less atten- mean not so much and everi very 1929. Once it was working the tion than it deserved, there was a little. But it was a sign of the next principal route would be an binding obligation to see that the times that such a treaty should be all-red line from London to Cape new treaty which we were asked proposed and it was recognition of town. He would see whether they to sign was not inconsistent with what was now the attitude of all could make a start thereon be The death lis announced of Sir the terms of the Covenant. We the great Powers towards war that fore the end of the present Par-Fielding Clarke, ex-Chief Justice had satisfied ourselves that it was such a proposal should be welcome. liament. qua fatten of Hong Kong-Reuter.
London, Yesterday." |
not. We had also to satisfy our-We should be only too glad to co-As regards the spread of inter- His Honour Sir Fielding Clarke selves that it was not inconsistent operate, but he deprecated too est in civil aviation he said that with the Treaties of Locarno, great expectations being formed Light Aeroplane Clubs, which only came to Hong Kong from Fiji as There was no inconsistency befest they should be followed by too existed two years ago had a mem- a Judge In 1889. He was Chief tween those treaties and the great disappointment.
terms of the American pact, pro-
viding that all parties to those
WAR'S HORRORS,
bership of 2,744, who flew over Justice from 1892 till 1895, when 6,000 hours in the first six months he was appointed Chief Justice of of 1928, Jamaica, West Indies. Sir Field-
treaties signed also the American The Kellogg treaty was a re-.The increase in tonnage carried lag was born in 1861 and created Treaty. We could not be asked cognition of the horrors of war by the Imperial Airways had knight in 1894. His home in to act under our Locarno guarand of the fact that war was & risen 66 per cent, in the past three England was Coppid Hall, antee unless one of the signatories thing to which recourse was only years and the cost of operation stifford, Grays, Essex, of those treaties had already come to be had in the last resort and for was decreasing quicker than in -mitted an act of aggression and self-defence. That was something, foreign countries, It had fallen
if it had done so it had broken How much more it would be would from 51 pence per ton a mile în
depend not on any engagement 1924 to 22, pence, now.
Mr. Kellogg's Treaty no less than
It had broken the Treaty of
· Locarno and no less than it had brokan the League of Nations'
taken by the United States Gov. We were on the highroad to ernment, because, he assumed, they making civil aviation self-support-
(Continued on Fage 8.) Ing. Reuter
TO-DAY'S DOLLAR
The closing rate of the dollar on
to-day was 2/0 5/16.
went down comparatively easily before Cochet, and Lacoste beat Hennessey in the other singles.
Paris, Yesterday. France retained the Davis Cup
Mr. Dwight F. Davies, donor
of the Cap.
by four games to one against the United States.-Havas.
When
been
new "caps," but it is stated that there may be another selection to bring the number up to seven- teen.
The names of the 16, as cabled by Reuter, are as follow:-
A. P. F. Chapman (Kent),
- captain,
J. C, White (Somerset), vice-
captain,
D. R. Jardine (Surrey),
Hobbs, J. B. (Surrey), Sutcliffe, H. (Yorkshire). Tyldesley, E. (Lancashire), Hammond, W. R. (Gloucester-
shire),
Tate, M. W. (Sussex),
Lerand, M. (Yorkshire), Larwood, H. (Notts), Ames, L.
keeper,
(Kent), wicket-
Hendren, E. (Middlesex), Mead, C. P. (Hampshire), Duckworth, G. (Lancashire),
wicket-keeper,
Staples, S. J. (Notts), Freeman, A. P. (Kent).
A sigh of relief will go up now that it is known that Hobba is going out again, to open Eng- land's innings with Sutcliffe and, it is hoped, to delight the cricket crowds of Australia. In experi ence, Hobbs is the veteran of the team. The following shows the seasons in which those" chosen have played in Tests against Aus- tralia
J. C. White: 1921.
The "Sebastiano Caboto" re-
In England. turned the fire and suffered no A, P. F Chapman: 1928, being casualties.
When the Chinese warship dis-match which gave England back akipper in the last and deciding covered that the other vessel was the Ashes.. not an enemy she ceased fire. It is belleved that the misunder- standing is due to the fact that some of the "Northern" cruiser squadron have gone over to the Nationalists. Hence the Chinese warship was not sure who was friend and who was foe.-Reuter.
[Note: Newchwang, also known as Yingkow, is a Treaty port in Manchuria, 'at the head of the Gulf of Liaotung and at the
Hobbs: 1909, 1912, 1921, 1926. Sutcliffe: 1926.
Tyldesley: 1921, 1926. Tate: 1926.
Larwood: 1926. Hendren: 1921, 1926. Mead: 1921.
In Australia.
A. P. F. Chapman: 1924/5.
·Hobba:
1907/8,
Sutcliffe: 1924/5.. Tate: 1924/5.
1911/12,
mouth of the Liso River. Dur-1920/1, 1924/5. ing the week-end, it was announc ed that the four largest ships in the Chinese Navy, cruisers of the "Hal" class, had turned Nation- alist, deserting the Northerners, and were proceeding to Shanghai to await Nationalist orders.]
Hendren: 1920/1, 1924/5.
Mead: 1911/12. Freeman: 1924/5.
D, R. Jardine, Hammond, Ley- " land, Ames, Duckworth and Staples are new to Test cricket against the Australians,
J. C. White, Tyldesley and Lar- Lacoste beat Hennessey 4-6, wood have played at Home but 6-1, 7-5, 6-3,
not in Tests in Australia. Hammond, of course,
is the
A New Cochet, It was a new Cochet who beat great all-rounder of the side. Tilden. The winner added to his J. C. White, Tate, Larwood, love of fine, overhead volleying Staples and Freeman have been and the taking of risks a long chosen for their bowling. range control which made his "Ames is a good batsman as well game absolute perfection.
as stumper Duckworth not so When necessary, Cochet stone- much of a batsman but a good walled as steadily as Lacoste him wicket-keeper nevertheless. self and kept Tilden running. A. P. F. Chapman, D. R. Tilden much oftener came to the Jardine, Hobbs, Sutcliffe, Tyldes netbut Cochet was quite anley. Hammond, Leyland. Hendren moved and continued slogging and Mead are expected to make away from the baseline.
runa.
Cochet beat Tilden 9-7, 8-6, 6-4. | Reuter.
Tilden was conspicuous with
The Dates. terrific drives and brilliant flashes The M. C..C, have made a new at the net:
departure in selecting the team At the conclusion Cochet was comparatively early, possibly in carried off shoulder high, response to suggestions that those who are to go should know early. There may be some sur- prise that Hallows of Lancashire. has been left out. It is to be noted, however, that "there is "probably a 17th place." Will it be given to a batsman, another bowler, or an all-rounder "Ike Vallance Jupp of Northants 7. Ap The Test programme is as fol- lows; PART
First, Nov 80, at Brisbane. Second: Dec. 14, at Sydney. Third Dec 20, at Melbourne. Fourth Feb. 4, at Adelaide. Fifth, March 8, at Melbourne. There will be twenty other fix- |tures, some" of two days, - soma
three, and some four.
In 1924/5 overs in all matches: consisted of 8 balls; In the Tests of 1928/9, Test overs wit be of 6. balls, those in other matches of 8.
Henri Cochet,