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FINAL EDITION
China Mail
FAL. 1845.
No. 28,367
THE OLDEST - ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER IN THE FAR EAST
HONG KONG. FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1983.
SWEEPING PROPOSALS
The engagement of Prince Kund, youngest son of King Christian of Denmark, and his cousin, Princess Caroline Ma- thilde of Denmark, daughter of King Christian's brother, Princess
Prince Harald and Helene, bas been announced. (9. & G.).
OF
BRITAIN'S
FIXED RATIO FOR LAND FORCES
LIMITING POWER OF LIMITING
AGGRESSION
"WE CAN STOP WAR AND WE
MUST STOP
IT"
MR. MACDONALD SUGGESTS ENFORCEMENT OF TREATIES AND PEACE PACTS.
MILITARY
AIRCRAFT
Maximum of 500 For Air Forces,
SUPERVISION OF CIVIL AVIATION
London, To-day. Regarding air armaments, except LONDON, TO-DAY. DRASTIC CURTAILMENT OF ALL MILITARY LAND for police purposes in certain out- FORCES LIMITATION OF NAVAL ARMAMENT WITHIN lying regions, bombing from the air EXISTING TREATIES, REDUCTION OF MILITARY AIRCRAFT is completely prohibited by the AND EFFECTIVE CONTROL OF CIVIL AVIATION, AND PROVISION FOR A CONFERENCE TO ENFORCE INTERNA- TIONAL OBSERVANCE OF PEACE PACTS AND TREATIES ARE THE MAIN POINTS OF THE BRITISH DISARMAMENT PLAN OUTLINED AT GENEVA YESTERDAY BY PREMIER RAMSAY MACDONALD.
The London Naval Treaty should be extended to include France and. Italy, Germany should be free from the naval limita-
Plan.
With a view to effecting during
the next five years, reductions ne-
cessary to
facilitate further air disarmament after that period, the table sets out a figure of seroplanes capable of use in war, which, by the end of that period are not to be
Est. 1845.
PRICE $3.00 Per Month.
All that is known about tyre making is embodied in
DUNLOP TYRES
DISARMAMENT PLAN
&
Lieutenant N, Baillie-Stewart, of the Seaforth Highlanders who is at present awaiting trial by general 'court-martial on charge of committing breaches of the Official Secrets Act, exer- officer of the cising in the Tower Parade in company with an Guards. S. & G.).
tion clauses in the Treaty of Versailles, but her present position exceeded by countries which at pre- SINGAPORE NAVALI
must continue till the end of 1936.
France, Japan, Italy, Russia, United States and the United King- dom should each have a maximum of 500 aeroplanes capable for use A permanent commission No dirigibles should be built. should draw up a scheme for complete abolition of naval and military aircraft, conditional on the effective supervision of civil aviation
in war.
ANTUNG LOOTING prevent its misuse for military purposes.
PREVENTION, Shore Patrol Termed Unsatisfactory.
REPORT FROM FOLKESTONE COMMANDER
to
sent possess such seroplanes.
As regards other countries the status quo is maintained.
The figure to which each of the principal air powers of France, Japan, Italy, Russia. America and United Kingdom in to be reduced, is 500.
No naval or military aircraft, ex-
Chemical, incendiary and bacteriological warfare should be pro- cluding troop carriers and flying hibited
In the Disarmament Conference jat Geneva yesterday, at the con- iclusion of the speech in which Mr. Ramsay MacDonald urged upon de- legates the vital importance of reaching definite conclusions by was received yester means of mutual concessions, the day evening at p.m. by the
text was circulated of the draft of Naval Intelligence Comdr. N. D. B. Taylor, command- the British Disarmament Conven- ing
A HISHIK
G
C'entre frani
.M. Sloop Folkestone, which tion.
I standing by the wreek of the
China Navigation vessel
tung.
This important document
deals
8. An- comprehensively with all phrases of
the disarmament problem
and de-
Comdr. Taylor has considered that finite figures in regard to personnel by the and material to sea, land and air the shore patrol provided local authorities at Hoihow as an services. satisfactory from the point of view from preventing looting parties from boarding the wreck,
The first part of the convention deals with security, and is based on the existence of the Paris Pact, to which nearly all the signatories of
Tribute Paid To Mr. MacDonald.
FRENCH AND AMERICAN REACTIONS.
Geneva, To-day. M. Daladier, the French Premier, paid a tribute to the fine work and the generous intentions of Mr. MacDonald, and added that France was seriously determined to con- tribute to the work of inter- national peace.
Mr. Hugh Gibson, the American delegate, welcomed the British plan as a promis- for ing basis
durable convention. -
Reuter.
BASE
Heavy Engineering Work In Progress.
COMMONS DEBATE ON NAVAL ESTIMATES
boats are to exceed three tand, un- |
London, To-day. laden weight. No icona dirigibles Replying to questions during a are to be built or acquired.
debate on the Naval Estinniles Civil aviation is to be dealt within the House of Commons, last on the lines proposed by the Unit-night Captain D. Eunn Wallace, ed Kingdom in June 1982.
Civil Lord of the Admiralty, an- } A Permanent Disarmament Com- hesitatingly answered
in the mission is to draw up a scheme for affirmative a
question whether the complete abolition of naval and Britain still wants battleships military aircraft, conditional upon with 50 cruisers. the effective supervision of kivil aviation
to prevent its
misuse.
AVIATION SCHOOL REMOVED TO LOYANG
Many
EMERGENCY
POWERS FOR
ROOSEVELT
Reducing Production In America.
DRASTIC BILL TO CURTAIL PRIMARY PRODUCE
Washington, To-day. Startling emergency powers have been demanded by President Roose- 'velt in a special message to the Un- ited States Congress, submitting a Bill to authorise the Secretary of Agriculture Mr. Henry C. Wallace
a reduction, on acreage basis, in the following commodities: wheat, hogs, cattle, sheep, rice, tobacco or milk.
Compensation for producers by benefits granted from the funds of the Reconstruction Cor- poration is proposed.
secure
an
The Government would also be authorised to take off the mar Hangchow Aeroplaneiket all cotton surpluses held by Already Transported
Nanking. To-day.
The Chinese Aviation Bureau has officially announced the re- moval of the aviation school at Hangehow to Loyang. A large number of aeroplanes have ai- ready reached Loyang-Reuter.
Kan origin, this morning pleaded guilty to vagrancy before. Mr. Wynne-Jones at the Central Ma gistracy.
WORLD HIKER ROBBED.
Italian Reduced To Vagrancy, Britain wanted battleships, be Chemical and incendiary warfare cause, if they were abolished,
cruisers would replace them, and WISHES TO REACH INDIA is prohibited.
that would involve considerably The Permanent Commission is to
Enrico Carosi, described as make provision for the second Dis. increased expenditure.
On the other hand. Britain naturalised British subject of Ita- armament Conference to be held be- fore the expiry
of the Convention, could do with a battleship of which is to remain in force for five much diminished replacement, Searn, except for naval provisions, which terminate at the end of 1936, ay 22,000 tons. before which a further naval confer ence la to be held. Rules forbidding. certain metliods of warfure are to re- main in force definitely. The conven Ria message reads as follows:-
tion, together with the subsequent "This morning my chip's bout the proposed Convention are parties.
It is declared that war undertaken to standardise the armies of the ones to be concluded, will replace the lying the White Ensign, accom- panied the salvage party to the in a breach of that Pact, is a matter rest of the world in view of dif-military provisions of peace treaties of interest to all parties and a fering needs existing in other con-affecting Germany, Austria, Hungary
Bulgarin.
Finality Essential. "When guing alongside 3 rille breach of the obligations assumed, tinents. Once agreement has been
reached on the size of European In his speech recommending the shots were fired over the ship doing' towards each.
My boat then went ta. In the event of so damage. interview the shore patrol, one of threat of a breach of the Pact, there thought that it will not be difficult Convention Mr. MacDonald called formed the backbone of the they send him to India.
which the Conference was dealing, The Estimates were agreed whom went off to the wreck to dis-is to be a Conference between theo fix figures of limitation for attention to the great issues with scheme.
other countries. suss matters with the salvage party parties of any five of them, including |
A table of average daily effec- and the work done compartment upon. As a result it was considered that one at least of the great Power: tives, not to be exceeded in land by compartment on the disarma-
ment problem. interference would cease.
The Conference may be summoned "After ny boat had returned to through the League of Nations. the Folkestone, leaving the Taikoo's Any conclusions reached must be boat at the wreck, four Sampans put concurred in by representatives of off with the evident intcutions of all the great Powers and by albe stationed in home country are: boarding ber.
wreck.
The
a breach or
shore patrol majority of other Governments took no action and I sent my boat participating in the Conference. buck. The sumpans left for the It will be the object of the Con- shere again without boarding the ference, if called in view of a threat of a breach of the Pact, to agree
wreck.
"I cannot therefore consider thejapan steps which could be taken in shore patrol very satisfactory. The respect of such a breach and if a weather is very good now with only breach has actually occurred, to The wreck is ap-determine which party is to be held a slight swell. parently in the same state as in the responsible. beginning.
Effectives and Material
weather remains good."
CHARLTON SURPRISE
continental land
forces, is given.
iN foreca, it
Limiting Armies. Figures of the suggested totals to
Germany and
France, Italy, Poland 200,000.
Soviet Russia 500,000. Rumania 150,000.
Spain, 120,000,
Czechoslovakia
100,000 each.
Belgium, Bulgaria. Hungary 60,000 each. Portugal 60,000. Holland 25,000.
Each other continental European
That method had now exhausted) its usefulness. The British dele- gation had therefore drawn up a complete scheme.
trust.
་
As regards Singapore, the Government contemplated
Carosi who is a world hiker, told eventually having a properly
the Court that he had been robbed equipped naval base there.
of all his remaining money at his The work was at present pro-last port of call, Soochow
He had gressing satisfactorily though at tried to get a job in Hong Kong, present the Admiralty could only but had so far been unsuccessful. contemplate the completion of He expressed a wish that if the the heavy engineering work which Court intended deporting him, that
Reuter.
DOLLAR RISES A FRACTION.
Silver Prices Recover Slightly.
The local dollar gained slightly on of 1/35% yesterday's quotation standing at 1/3% this morning.
Silver prices, spot and forward, also showed a slight upward trend, being given at 17% and 17 15/16 respectively, again of 5/16ths both.
the Farm Board and other official agencies against an agreement with growers to reduce the forth- coming corps, proportionately.
President Roosevelt has requested quick action be fore the spring crops are planted, in order, to streng- then the hands of the United Staten when the Economic Conference is discussing world crop surpluses. Rou- ter.
A STEADIER
TONE SHOWN
IN WALL ST.
No Runaway Market On "Up-Side.”
STOCKS ADVANCE AFTER PROFIT-TAKIN.
New York, To-day. A steadier tone prevailed on the
Acting Sub-Inspector Thorpe told New York Stack Market yesterday, His Worship that arrangements and prices, which on Wednesday
were
now being made for the
rocketed many points, made only vagrant's transit to India.
His Worship committed Carost to slight advances. Business was again the House of Detention pending his
brisk, 3,300,000 shares being dealt departure.
C. J. FAREWELLED BY THE BAR.
Presentations By Legal Profession.
In
their market report, Messrs. E. A. Pierce and Com pany, through their local corres- pondents, Messrs. Ania Lands, Ltd., atate:
"There was more profit-taking to-day. It appears obvious that there will be no “run-away" mar- Selling, His Honour the Chief Justice, ket on the “up-side.” on Sir Joseph Kemp, received mem this afternoon, was well taken.
bers of the legal profession this
is to be on the long side as re- Cross rate prices showed a slight morning, at his Chambers, in the We believe that the local policy improvement on yesterday's quota-Supreme Court. Sir Joseph, who
utilities."
All nations must give their dis- tribution to disarmament. Armed nations must be prepared to make their contributions in disarmament and Yugoslavia and disarmed nations must be pre: pared to make theirs in helping to confidence, goodwill Greece and i establish
security, mutual understanding and
Five Points. Mr. MacDonald emphasised the "I am keeping a guard on board Part Two deals with effectives and her during the dark hours while material. Provisions, regards State is allotted a maximum, includ importance of bringing the work
effectives, follow the principle of coming overseas; of 50,000,
land material, the clusion. Adjournment would be a Regarding
of the Conference to a definite coptions, the London-on New York rate is leaving Hong Kong shortly, on Bards industrials and rails and puting effective by an average of thi
Rail verages remained un number of days duty performed,
mobile land guns maximum is 105 concession to fear and would mean was given at £~~G$8.46% as against the occasion of his retirement we would be cautious in buying being the fairest method of taking
retain exlating fallure. The substantial advance --G3.8.45% yesterday, while, the took leave of some of his many account of the armies with differing m.m., States to
New York on London rate was quot-friends. armament up to 155 m.m., but not towards disarmament and towards
On behalf of the barristers of changed at 20.19, but industrials, periods of service.
Regarding European land forces, to exceed 105 m.m. in future con equality would be measured by the ed at £3,47% as against £845-
Hong Kong, the Attorney General, utilities and bonds made slight advances. Bonds went forward bas been thought advisable, bearing in struction. Coast defence guns of amount of trust and confidence -
the Hon. Mr. G. G. Alabaster, K.C mind the proposals made with other 406 mm. are to be based on the size
0.3.E., presented His Honour with 1.81 to 76.45, while industrials delegations, to put all of these ons a comparable basis, and with a view to of the largest naval gun.
advanced a further..07 to 24.65. He outlined the five points of the
a allver salver suitably inscribed improved .85 to 62.95. Utilities
Mr. G. K. Hall. Brutton presented-Reuter. limiting
the
The maximum limit for tanks fa aggression
Convention power of them all to a
milit
16 tons.
The arst point related to the period,
the Chief Justice with a liver cigar Prohibited material is to be do which should not be Indefinite, the
rink would be too great, yesterday when they lost their being made in certain cases, to be destroyed, one-third within one year
The second point showed that the The fifth point showed that the box no behalf of the solicitors of The Chief Justice's Chambers home game against Chariton cided by the Conference, for an ex-and two-thirds within three years sin behind the principle of reduction British plan gave an opportunity for Hong Kong
political work to be done to reatore Athletic by the only goal scored, tension to 12 months..
An the result of their win Provision is also made for a fix-jof the coming into force of the Con-!of armaments was to present. taconfidence before the next meeting of were well filled and His Honour took Holcroft, broker, of Bhui Fai Terraos,
The third point contained the pro- the Disarmament Conference, we leave of each individually.
(Continued on ¿Page 12.). Charlton have exchanged places ed ratio of long service personnel 'vention-Beuter and British Wire-bona fides to the world,
posal of international control to would be placed at about two yoRTH with Burnley at the foot of the to conscripts in all continental] less Service.
ascure that the Convention, which time--British Wirelesa Bervice. Second Division table.
THE FOREST. Escape From Bottom Of Table.
reduce London, To-day.
to
by fixing eight months as the
Notts Forest suffered a reverse basum period of service, provision
land forces., No attempt is madel
(Continued'en Page 7.)
that subslated.
would be signed there, solemnly, by all of them, would be carried out.
The fourth point was the setting up of bodies to continue the work of disarmament until final disarmament Was Toschod
The forthcoming marriage of Bank Stubb's Road, and Edith Maria de Lourdes Boazen, of Temple Tower, Stubbs Road, has, been announced.