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No. 28,075
ESTABLISHED 1845.
HONG KONG, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1932.
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AGREEMENT IMMINENT-SHANGHAI CONFERENCES
A MORE HOPEFUL
OUTLOOK
JAPAN AND THE NEW MANCHURIAN STATE
MR. YOSHIZAWA SPEAKS
LINDBERGHS' BABY "POTTED" MUSIC AS SENSATIONAL ESCAPE
WELL.
In Contact with Kidnappers.
BABY IS WELL.
Norfolk, Yesterday.
Curtis, the boatbuilder, has announced that he has establish-
ed contact with the kidnappers
PEACEMAKER.
Reconciles Famous Comedian and Wife. "CAN'T WE TALK IT OVER"?
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OF SIR R. SQUIRES. City Patrolled. by War Veterans.
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT?
St. John's, Newfoundland,
Yesterday. (Reuter's Special Service.) Beverley Hills, California, Quiet has been restored and ****Yesterday. Parliament is to meet this after- Gramophone records have been avon.
The riot last night was precipit-
of the Lindberghs' baby, and instrumental in effecting a recon- that he has been informed that ciliation between the famous come-ated by mishandling of the crowd
ANOTHER JAPANESE SPOKESMAN SEEKS the baby is well.
TO VINDICATE JAPAN.
HEARTENING REPORT.
London, Yesterday,
It is authoritatively reported from Shanghai that the Sino-Japanese negotiations are progress ing favourably, and that an agreement is immin-
ent.
Reports from Shanghai warmly pay tribute to the efforts of Foreign observers to obtain a pacific settlement. Sir Miles Lampson, whose efforts in this direction have been unremitting, is especially! mentioned.
It is believed that although a date has been mentioned for the withdrawal of the Japanese troops it will, probably, not be included in the settle ment. Reuter.
YOSHIZAWA INTERVIEW.
Paris, Yesterday.
A concise statement of Japan's attitude to the new Manchurian State has been given by Mr. Yoshizawa in an interview accorded to the "Petit Parisien's" special correspondent in Tokyo. JAPAN AND THE LEAGUE.
Curtis, who is assisting Col. Lindbergh in the search for the baby, and who had been absent since Saturday on a mysterious mission, returned this morning and said that he saw Col. Lind- burg personally but was not free to say where. — BACK ON THE FARM. Lloyd George Retiring from Politics.
Reuter.
London, Yesterday.
It is understood that Mr.
formerly Natalie dian, Buster Keat Keaton first sent
and by the mounted police, who were ordered to charge, using their batons indiscriminately.
Mr. Croaker, the Minister with- out a portfolio, has tendered his re- signation which has not been ac- cepted. Mr. Croaker is of the opinion that Sir Richard Squires must resign owing to the charges made against him.
Sir Richard Squires's escape was] sensational. He was knocked down!
DARING ROBBERY IN THE CITY
LADY VISITOR'S PLUCKY STRUGGLE WITH ROGUE
$2,000 INVOLVED
SIX MONTHS' HARD AND THE BIRCH FOR THIEF,
Mrs. Bird, a visitor to Hong Kong, residing at the Repulse Bay Hotel, was the victim of a handbag snatching, incident which occurred in the heart of the city, Queen's Road West, at midday yesterday, whilst she was purchas- ing some jewellery. The bag contained $1,500 in cash, be sides jewellery, which brought the total amount close on to $2,000.
Imadge.
clergy prevented the mob from, en- and his wife, and badly mauled but four of the
It appears that Mrs. Bird had, land Street. The bag, with all a record entering the house where Sir Richard
in Queen's its contents was recovered. made a purchase The
The culprit, named Ko Nam titled "You've Got e Between The Squires had taken refuge.
West and was walking (44), unemployed, and of no Devil and The Deep Blue Sea" but mob remained outside the house Road nothing happened. He then tried howling for three hours before along with a lady friend, out fixed abode, was brought before Lloyd George has decided vir- her with "All Of You" but yet realising that Sir Richard had side shop No. 149, when the de- Mr. Schofield in the Centra
to retire from active without result. Then he sent her escaped.
Cendant approached from be. Police Court this morning, when Meanwhile, other members of the hind and snatched her bag, which he had yielded to temptation he pleaded guilty, stating that tually politics in the House while re-
Government disappeared. The city taining his seat in the Commons "Can't We Talk It Over"? and this
She when he saw the lady buying is now patrolled by war veterans, was under her right arm. and to devote himself principal-brought his wife home, ly to literary pursuits and his
whe prevented the mob from raid- chased the culprit, who fell in jewellery at the shop. He wa
Kong Yuen Street and was out of work and had no food. favourite hobby farming.-Reu-
Ing the liquor depot,
Detective Sergeant Kinnear Ung streets together with the police to break loose and continued to produced evidence of a previou run, falling a second time. Mrs. conviction-against the defendant kept order in the city to-day.
Government has not resighed, Bird caught up to him and a for breach of the Opium Ordin and a report current to that effect struggled ensued in Ko Shing ance four years ago, which is due to the fact that the Finance Street, but the thief again man- admitted.
His Worship passed sentenc Minister, Mr. Cashin, tendered his aged to escaped. He was, how-
ter.
playing, renewed activity. Three notes have been addressed by Dr. Yen to Sir Eric Drummond. gram from various public bodies
One of them embodies a tele-
in Chahar Province protesting against Japanese proceedings in the three Eastern Provinces
nexation.
the
According to that Paper's correspondent, Mr. where they are establishing an Yoshizawa declared, at the outset, that the story legal government," thus pre- of Japan's deciding to quit the League of Nations paring the way for future an was a fabrication. He said that there was no ques- tion yet of recognising the new Manchurian State as everything depended upon the circumstances and proofs of wisdom and steadfastness shown by the new State.
MANCHURIA.
'The protest requests League to do justice to China, rights and uphold the sanctity of the League Covenant and inter-
and to restore China's sovereign
national instruments of peace.
The other two notes deal with the bombing of Anting by Japan- Japanese troops have destroyed
Bands of ex-Service men patrol- caught. He managed, however, STOP PRESS.
Peking, To-day. Foreign reports from Har- bin state that the Soviet Gov- ernment has ordered the mobilisation of its forces in the Trans-Baikal area.--Rou- ter.
own resignation and asked the ever, finally caught by a district of six months hard labour with Governor to demand Sir Richard watchman on patrol in Suther-fifteen strokes of the birch, Squires's resignation and to induce
the crowds to disperse.
It is expected a national govern- ment will be formed to clear up the
KREUGER AND TOLL situation. It will, probably, be
ISSUES.
Heavy Trading in Wall Street.
headed by Mr. Alfärdyce, Leader, of the Opposition.
Sir Richard Squires, however, has not yet resigned, and is still in hiding.
Lady Squires was injured in the face by missiles thrown by the mob into Parliament building.--Reuter.
COURT.
Washington, Yesterday,
New York, Yesterday. The Kreuger and Toll revelations Mr. Yoshizawa is also reported as having said ese planes, and declare that that Manchuria was an entirely new independent public property and seized mer-resulted to-day in heavy trading in U.S. AND THE HAGUE
Huangtu, where Kreuger and Toll issues. Kreuger State formed on the principle of self-determination, chandise in
are stated to and Tall fell to one-half and Inter- treaties, Japanese troops existing As long as it respected
have been increased by four national Match to two. Stocks gen-
erally are one to three points lower. Japan resolved to support and help it in thousand.
The notes also refer to the The day's turnover of two million Question of Adherence.
been the largest for every way. He pointed out that advances
Mayor of Shanghai's report. dat-shares has would not be granted by the Government ed April 4 stating that the Jap- several weeks-Reuter's American but by Mitsui Mitsubisi Banks. It was evident that anese are appointing Chinese to Service. Japan's relations with Manchuria were destined to important posts in the so-called Political Bureau of Chapel and become closer still. Japan would abandon neither are organising the police--Kea- her enormous interests nor her residents in Man-ter. churia. She meant to keep the fruit of her sacri- QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT fices of blood, energy and money. The feeling of the Japanese people on this point was unanimous and should not be challenged.
SHANGHAI INCIDENT UNFORTUNATE.
New Manchurian State and League Commission.
Rugby, Yesterday.
In the absence of Sir John was attending the
CLOUDY AND RAIN.
The Royal Observatory's re- port issued this morning stat- ed:
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The anticyclone has weaken-
The Shanghai incident, he said, was most un simon, who fortunate. They had not contemplated making Four Power Conference, the Under- conquests on Chinese soil, but had been driven to Secretary for Foreign Affairs, re- plying to a question in the House: act as they did by a series of vexatious coincidences. of Commons,, said that Sir John Tongking.
--Reuter.
No answer
Regarding the movements of the
Simon had received a communica- tion, purporting to be from the Mr. Matsudaira's Unconvincing procrastination. He stated that Minister for. Foreign Affairs of the
Speech,
Japanese Interests in Shanghai New Government in Manchuria, res London, Yesterday. were purely economic, and that questing the opening of formal Emphasising that the Japan- from a Japanese standpoint Man- diplomatic relations, ese Government had no intention churia. was different, for in Man-an yet, had been returned. to do anything harmful to Anglo- churia Japanese political and Japanese friendship, Mr. Matsu-strategic interests were involved League Commission of Enquiry, he dalra, speaking at a Japanese therein in addition, to economic lunch party given to forty of the interests. Renter. most influential financiers closely associated with the Far East, de- nounced the Chinese allegations regarding Bhanghal as "mis- representation of facts." He! stated that Japan's only an. xiety how was that the Chinese nerollators In Shanghai were re: sorting to the usual practice of
said that the Secretary General of the League was informed on March 26, that the Commission had pro
CHINA'S THREE NOTES TO posed to leave Shangbai that day
LEAGUE.
Protests Against Japanese
ctivities.
Geneva Yesterday, Chinese delegation fadis
for Nanking, where they would stay for four days, and that they would reach Peking at the end of this week. They expect to arrive in Manchuria at the beginning of the third week in April British Wire less Ber
ed considerably and is shown a belt of relatively high pressure extending from the Yangtaze Valley across S. Japan to the Pacific.
Depressions are situated, to the East of Hokkaido and over Forecast:-E. winds, moder ate; cloudy, fog, mist or light.
Hainfall.
rain.
For the 24 hours ending at, 10 a.m. to-day, 0.12 Inch. Total since January 1-4.87 Inches against an average of 7.18 inches deficit 2.26 Inches. Temperature. Hong Kong Macao
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OLD RESIDENT OF HONG KONG PASSES AWAY
POPULAR AND WELL- KNOWN BUSINESS MAN
THE LATE MR, M. MANUK
The death occurred at the Canossa Hospital, Peak Road, Mr. Stimson appeared before 10.30 this morning, of Mr. M. Manuk, an old resident of the the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate to-day and elabor- Colony and well-known business man, being Secretary and Director ated his view that the Elihu Root of the Dairy Farm, Ice and Cold Storage Co., Ltd., and Director of formula for the adherence of the Hong Kong Brewers & Distillers, Ltd., of Messrs. Wm. Powell the United States to the Hague
Court would fully protect the Ltd., of Messrs, Lane, Crawford, Ltd., the Local Printing Pream rights of the United States. as well as Secretary of the Hong Kong and Canton Ice Manufse
Senator Borah, chairman of
the committee, said that the turing Co., Ltd.
prospect that a vote would be His Early Years in the Colony, was responsible for the introduction taken, during the present session, He came to Hong Kong in of Australian cattle at the Farm
on the question of the accession
vice.
INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS.
of the United States to the 1899 and for about two years Pokfulam. He also studied moder in Government service, dairying methods and introduce Hague Court was reasonably was good.-Reuter's American Ser-working in the Post Office. Then them to Hong Kong.
Keen Volunteer. he entered the employment of
During the war Mr. Manuk serve the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, where he with the then Hong Kong Volunted Corps, holding the rank of Se served for about 11⁄2 years. Association With The Dairy Farm. geant in what was then known In 1905 he joined the then the Right Section Machine: Dairy Farm Co, as a clerk, the Company, in which the writer following year was appointed the pleasure of serving with; him Secretary of the Company. As in business, Mr. Manuk took promotion which speaks well for volunteering seriously and was his business ability even as a thoroughly efficient N.C.O., who young man, and throughout his well liked by his comrades of- In consequence of the civil dis- 27 years connection with the Company. He was a obedience campaign the Govern- Company he had given ample and won many shooting troph
Theosophist. ment of India has decided to pro- proof that the trust reposed on
At the time of his death: hibit the usual annual session of him had not been misplaced.
Annual Session Banned.
New Delhi, Yesterday.
the Indian National Congress The vast strides that the Dairy Manuk was Presidential Arvut this year. It has been arranged Farm had made, particularly since China of the Theosophical to hold the Session in New Delhi the war, are in no small measure dus in which he took a very keen under the presidency of the to Mr. Manuk's business acumen and often gave lectures veteran leader Madan Mohun He made many visits to Australia ciety's rooms.
(Continued on Page Malaviya Reuter
in the interests of the Company and