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Motoring Conditions.
FORT-MOTOR CYCLE TYRES.
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YAUMATI MURDER WONDERFUL FINANCIAL AID FOR SLAVERY IN INDIA'S POPULATION WARNING TO ECHO OF POSEIDON
RE-TRIAL DELAY.
Further Indictment
Against Accused?
REMAND UNTIL MONDAY.
When the June Assizes were resumed before the Chief Justice
FLIGHT
GLOBE ENCIRCLED IN 8 DAYS.
(Sir Joseph Kemp, K.C.) this WEARY FLYERS morning, in connection with the Yaumati murder case in which
the jury failed to agree; Mr. H. Somerset Fitzroy, Assistant At- torney-General, said that he pro- posed to go on with the case against the accused, Wong Sik- cheung, on Monday next, with his Lordship's consent. Counsel
said that there was a probability of a further indictment being made against the accused.
Embarrass Defence.
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His Lordship remarked that if another indictment was to be filed the serious question could arise as to which should be pro- ceeded with first. If the Crown proceeded with the new indict- ment first it might embarrass the defence.
احمد
Mr. Fitzroy agreed that until
Remand Ordered.
Mr. Jenkin for the defence. made application for a copy of his Lordship's notes of the case, and permission was given for counsel to take a copy.
AMAZING. SCENES AT
AERODROME.
Cleveland, Ohio, Yesterday. The airmen Post and Gatty ar rived here at 4.15 p.m.
The flyers resumed their final hop to New York at 4.45 p.m.- Reuter's American Service.
Arrival at New York.
New York. Yesterday. Gatty and Post landed are at 747 p.m. Both were exhausted after circling the globe in 8 days, 15 hours, 15 minutes.
INDIA.
No Occasion for It
Yet Arisen..
CESSATION OF BOYCOTT.
Rugby, Yesterday.
The Prime Minister In the
House of Commons today an-
'swered several questions in re- ference to his declaration last
week of the British Government's
Intention to support if need be the financial stability of India. He said that the purpose of his statement was to remove appre- hensions pending settlement of the constitutional problem and the formulation of provisions which will ensure the mainten- ance of India's credit.
No occasion for giving finan- cial assistance to the Govern- ment of India had arisen and he trusted and believed that no such occasion would arise. If neces- sary the consent of Parliament Would, of course, be required and opportunity would then be avail- able to discuss the conditions under which assistance' could be
Earlier Cables,
INDIA
APPALLING STATE, OF WORKERS.
PROBLEM.
Birth Control and "Race
Suicide."
ECONOMISTS' VIEWS.
Interest had been aroused among legal, economists by the articles in
SWEATED LABOUR the Indian Medical Gazette regard- Ing the population problem of India and the remedy,
LONG HOURS FORed two well-known economista
A Statesmen reporter interview
SMALL CHILDREN.
Sir Jehangir C. Coynjèe and Dr. Pramatho Nath Banerjee, Mintó Professors of Economics, Calcutta University-an the matter and their views are given below,
FRANCE
HALF-MEASURES NOT WANTED.
HEAVY LOSS
WHAT GERMANY MAY DO.
DISASTER.
Commander Tried by Court Martial.
DISMISSED HIS SHIP:
*
Wei-hai-wel, Yesterday. The Court Martial held in con- [nection with the loss of the sub- marine Poseidon which was ram- med and sank in 20 fathoms of water with 18 of her crew, 'of Wai-hai-wel on June 9 last, has come to an end..
Lieutenant Commander B. W. Galpin, who was in command of the ship at the time, waS found Washington, Yesterday. guilty on the charge of hazarding The United States has his ship and the Court sentenced warned France that the failure him to be dismissed his ship and of the Hoover plan would un-severely reprimanded-Reuter. questionably result in Ger-Struck while on the surface by many declaring a Reparations the Chinese steamer Yuta, the J. H. Whitley, which conslet agreed that there was over-popula-
moratorium. ed of six Britons and six, tion in India vis-a-vis its food sup-tained in the Memorandum pre-up by the Yuta.
The warning to France is con- oficers and
Poseidon sank Immediately, five Indlang.
26 men being picked ply. Agricultural improvement and sented to France by the Ambas-two men
Two hours later industrial development, he said sador in Paris. It adds if Pre-were followed another hour later came from, below, and would mitigate the problem but that sident Hoover's proposal falls by was not sufficient. Some restric-France will lose in the forthcom-used escape apparatus.
four more, all of whom had tion had to be placed on the growth ing year over $100,000,000.
London, Yesterday. No fewer than, 357 recom. Both Sir Jehangir and Dr. Baner- mendations are made by the jee were not inclined to take Royal Commission on labour too pessimistic a view of the situa- In India, under the chairman-tion as the writer in the Indian ship of the er-Speaker, Sir Medical Gazette, But the former
Of the 50 men aboard, two died
of population and in Sir Jehangir's The French suggestions that later, 18 were trapped in the sub- opinion, one of the methods was the the credits established at the merged vessel, and 30 were saved. practice of birth control. He, how- Bank of International Settle-All five officers aboard were pick- ever, emphasized that this must be ments should be reloaned to Gered up.] preceded by the diffusion of educa-man industries and not to the tion on a wide scale. In common Government, and should be avail- with the writer in the Indian Mediable as loans to other central cal Gazette, Sir Jehangir also European countries, are described atressed the urgent need for the
as incompatible with President appointment of a commission to in- Hoover's proposal.
quire into the population problém. Dr. Banerjee, on the other hand,
“Really Cheerful,” did not view with favour the idea)
Washington, Later. of birth control. He argued that, manner in which Mr. Castle "Really cheerful," was the
IDLE INSURANCE BILL
Commons Passes Third Reading.
the particular charge under Gatty, and Post handed over given. which the accused now stood was their machine to guards and stag- Discussing preference to Bri- settled it would not be fair to gered to a waiting car which tish goods being given and a com- im to bring in another, He drove them half a mile to the ad-plete cessation of the boycott as would have to consider, as an ministration building. Crowds conditions of such financial sup alternative, the bringing in of a reckoned at over 1,000,000 broke port, the Premier said that the nolle prosequi in the present broke through the Police cordon Government had no intention of charge.
and the field became a bedlam. interfering with the fiscal auto- There were many fist fights asnomy convention-British Wire- the Police attempted to clear the less Service, way for the weary flyers, who eventually were seized and car-
Bombay, Yesterday. ried shoulder high, a bombard-
When the Indian Princes re- ment of flashlights making it a assembled in camera, the Mahara-
If anybody, it was the intellectual (Acting Secretary of State in Mr. triumphal progress.
jah of Patiala modified his attitude
classes who would practice it and if H. L. Stimson's absence), de- His Lordship then remanded
towards the proposed Federation,
they did so, it would amount to race scribed the outlook of the Franco- the accused until 10 a.m., on
to the extent of agreeing to the
auicide, because they formed the American "Moratorium negotia Monday, explaining to him that
The House of Commons late last As soon as the Police had re-formation of a Federal House.
backbone of the population of a tions. the prosecution had elected to stored order a car
a three-hour.
night passed the third reading of. bearing the In the course of proceed further against him, flyers and Mrs. Post (Mrs. Gatty Baroda and Mysore representa-ig
recommen-country. Dr. Banerjee seeracd to This optimistic statement car- the Unemployment Insurance Bill keen debate, the Hyderabad, dations in the report which think that more intensive cultiva ries all the more weight as it which Increases either on the same charge or on did not arrive in time), was tives took up a firm stand against form of advice to employers. The would meet the requirements of a conference in President Hoover's from £90,000,000 to £116,000,000.
unanimous, take the ion and industrial development was made immediately after a powers of the Insurance Fond the borrowing
cycle Police, but after efreling a whittling down the Round Table proposals are made remedy rowing population. He did not office.--Reuter's American Ser- There was not a large attendance few buildings entered the hangar scheme of Federation, and the the appalling state of "unregulate the utility of appointing a com vice. to meet Press men.
Maharajah of Patiala's proposal
in the House, though £25,000,000 la found but little support.
the biggest amount asked for at one time. The voting was 216 to 164 for the Government Bouter.
some other indictment.
ILLEGAL STORAGE OF FILM SPOOLS?
Summons Withdrawn by the Police.
A
Pressmen Disappointed,
driven under the escort of motor
The 'crowd, however, stormed
London, Yesterday. the hangar and the flyers hur- "No occasion for giving the riedly rejoined their car, which Government of India financial as- drove off to the City, The Press slstance has arisen. and I trust men left without. interviews. and, believe no such occasion will arise." said Mr. Ramsay "Mac- Col. Lindbergh, Chamberlin, Donald in the House of Commons. and Bert Acosta were among the Summonses for the alleged stor crowd of welcomers. The actual replying to questions on the sub-
LACK OF POWERS.
age of, spoels of cinematograph flying time was 8 days, 10 hours, films in unauthorised storage | 14 minutes and the average speed rooms, taken out by Inspector Ewas 145 miles an hour-Reuter's Bloor against the Queen's Theatre, American Service. Central Theatre; and the Para-
Britain's readiness ject of hla recent statement on to aid India financially. The Premier, said the statement's object was to remove apprehensions, pending a constitu- tional settlement and the formula-
maintenance of India's credit.— Router.
mount Films of China, Inc., were GOVERNMENT YIELDS tion of provisions for ensuring the
again mentioned before Mr. W. Schofield in the Central Police Court to day.
Inspector Bloor, said that he
TO LIBERALS.
had been instructed by the Inspec- Playing Fields Not to
tor General of Police to withdraw, the summonses as the Ordinance did not cover the offences under public places of entertainment.
The Queen's Theatre, were sum- moned in respect of approximate- ly 8,000 spools of films alleged to have been stored in the basement of the theatre, the management the
Pay Land Tax.
DEFEAT AVERTED,
London, Yesterday.
The Government has accepted
Liberal amendment
to
not having furnished to the Hon. exempt playing fields from the Inspector General of Police the ad- Land TaxWARAN dress of the premises or the na-
on June 17-list"
not being used or manipulated in
a place other than an approved are realating store- room, namely, za
Treasurer Reskins.
Most
Sir J. Whitley.
of the
JURORS WARNED.
mission, because he thought auch a commission would be of little help towards the solution of the popula tion problem.
Sir J. O. Coyajee dealt with the problem on the basis of the follow
-
How far can it be correctly as serted that India is suffering from over-population?
Meeting Adjourned.
Paris, Yesterday. Important Franco-American negotiations in regard to the Hoover plan were discussed this afternoon and were not concluded when the meeting adjourned. until to-morrow night. Reuter.
MORE BORROWING POWERS.
London, Yesterday.
66
A FISHY STORY.
Cumshaw" Excuse
Not Accepted.
Does Bengal share with the rest pulation as we would wish it to be.uy worked on board a German
The Chief Justice (Sir Josephing questions put to him:- Kemp, KC.) anounced in the Supreme Court this morning. that all jurors on this month's panel, with the exception “of ' those who had been engaged in: the trial of Wong Sik-cheung, in the Yaumati murder case, will have to attend Court on Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
of India this condition of over Such" aums are not available in the population?
What is the relation between the population problem and the middle clasa, unemployment in Bengel?
What about the necessity of birth
ship and was given them as present state of shortage of capital "cumshaw, pleaded Chan Kwai at throughout the world; and even if
the capital was provided, there the Kowloon Police Court this morn would be the question of organizing ing, when charged with having in and educating our labour so as to his posesion six sacks of fish, increase its efficiency. Nor should suspected to have been stolen."
He was arrested in Jordan Road Is there any need of a commis- wo forget that we shall have "to sion to study the question of Indian educate our masters" the Indian on June 30, and the sacke, had the
control in India?.
THREE INCHES OF ed factories," which are not sub-population?
entrepreneura... When all these appearance of being immersed in the Ject to the factory acts, notably,
Great Danger.
tasks are accomplished, India can Bot. It is thought that they had LAND.
unhealthy conditions, corporal
The writer in the Indian Medical support worthily an even larger po- been stolen from the ships stores punishment, long hours, and low Gazette, he said, had done well to
pulation than the present. But and dropped into the water.
Two months' imprisonment was pay-for example, "10 to 12 draw attention once more to what meanwhile we have on hand the hours daily for two annas for is perhaps the most important pro problem of over population, and any imposed. children of the tenderest years."blem in the range of Indian econo- to be paid for in the shape of low- postponement of the solution has Recommendations are made mice that of over-population. For
Judge Condemns Trivial and Costly Suit,
DAMAGE TO GATEPOST.
for an improvement of working over-population is as imminent and ered income, disease and a high conditions in mines, plantations, great a danger in some of the coun- death rate, yo
kailways and docks, and atten- tries of the East as race suicide" Let us turn to the population pro
An action in which Mr. Justice tion is drawn to the chronic in- in that of some lands of the West.blem as it presents itself even in Luxmoore commented strongly debtedness of the Workers, the of course, India is by no means Bengel which is in an exceptional. on the expense involved in liti- majority of whom are in- alone in the matter of the danger by favourable position as regards
cumstances.
REDS IN BERLIN,
Street Battle with Police.
Berlin, Yesterday.
FAIR TO SHOWERY.
ture of the business carried out Viscount Allendale has resign-
d the Treasurership of the eating what he described as a debted for the greater part of lone verpopulation, since China, agricultural conditions and poten- All aight long there have been The summons against the Cen. Liberal Party owing to its stort "trivial" dispute came to an end their lives, the interest reach-Japan and India an each facing the tialities. Even here there are un- disturbances in all parts of the city, tral Theatre and the Paramount fice of independence, especially in the Chancery Division in mailing 150 per cent. per annum. Jana na lang and agora mistakable signs of pressure on the following a street battle between Films of China, Inc. (alternative in regard to the Government a week at Relief from consequent oppressig to its own conditions and oir soil. We can pick a few very. In the pole and Communists, in defendants), was that on June 1. Land Tax proposals Reuter. Mr. Samuel Stephen Nutt, of sive legal steps-is recommended,
structive and pertinent propositions which a policeman was shot dead. they kept about 300 spools of films
[An earlier message stated: New King's Road, Fulham, sued also the reduction of working
Academic discussions abound as on the province by Mr. W. H.
from the admirable Census Report-Reuter, The prospect of a Government Mr. J. Howse, of Broomhouse, hours in factories from 60 to 50 defeat in the House of Commons Road, Fulham claiming an in hours with a maximum of five to whether there exists a state of Thompson. MrThompson tells
over-population in India, But there on Thursday was brought nearer Junction to restrain Mr. Howes for children Reuter.
ue that the cultivator of by the decision of a meeting of from damaging a gatepost In
can only be one answer to the quas Jessore and Nadia is in the tion in the face of facts like the best economic position where the the Liberal Parliamentary Party Peterborough Mews which the this evening to press their defendant said had been erected
unmistakable and constantly a population has been reduced by di creasing pressure on the soll, the ease to a decidedly lower level than JEALOUSY LEADS TO amendment for the exemption of "entirely or almost entirely on
playing fields from land tax to a his land.
steadily growing sub-division of the highest the country can sup cultivation and the decline in the division if the Government re His lordship said: Surely an
port. The progressively growing fuse to give way. Winch Cone way or the other is a
acreage of land per unit of agricul
pressure on the toil Is also well thing the Court does not con
tural population. When again we illustrated by the proposition that sider I am absolutely astound
envisage the progress of Indian the Incompletely developed Bakar- industries we cannot but feel that gant gives its cultivatora a decided- there is no possibility of
dressing room, on the first floor of the Central Theatre building.
A FIGHT
Indians Use Choppers
in Quarrel
BOTH INJUREDS
HEAT WAVE MENACE ad that two people, living side by
IN UNITED STATES.
Over 700 Deaths Due to
OSES
side, should...ight" about three inches much is the action It is an abuse the Co
SAYS:
tion
US, HARD HIT.
Treasury Returns Show
NW TRANS $903,000,000 Deficit.
EFFECT OF DEPRESSION."
in that dire
prox
esterday: 908,000,000 /1
flon
ilke
ly better return, than the neighbour. ing districts which are fully deve‹ loped, ma
Occupational Activities." Mr. Thompson" useful correlation
Instituted a tween the oc- vities of several dias density
Today's weather report from the Royal Observatory states: The northern depression is approaching N. Korea from the westward.
The depression of Hanol fa stationary,ZNO
Forecast S. winds; moder ata fair to showery.
Rainfall
Rainfall for 24 hours ond ed at 10a.m. to-day, 0.18 inch, Total since January 1-88,80- inches against an average of
39.98 inches deficit 3.18) Binches
erature.
The temperaturo at certain: this morning