Reasons For June 15 Default
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IMPOSSIBLE DECLARATION
BRITAIN'S HUGE
She has paid. over to the United
States all the amounts recovered-
If the United
Mr. Chamberlain continued:-from-war debts.
in
knowledgement of the without prejudice to
debt
their
sion,
ä
resources in war debts
America.
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1934.
6 WEEKS' HARD FOR WHEN FINED “BOY”
TEN CIGARETTES.
"Payment To Sleeping
Woman."
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The note pointed out that the British Government suspended
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States feel the burden of their For the theft of a package of "The, British Government would)
East $100 BAIL GRANTED have been prepared to make a fur-war advance of U.S.$10.050,000,000, cigarettes in Queen's Road
acagainst which they have received yesterday, Chu Shing, unemploy ther payment on June 15
After having been fined $50 for how much ed, was sentenced to six week's and U.S.$2,703,000,000,
the burden of the hard labour by Mr. E. W. Hamilton being in possession of a pair of right heavier is
it United Kingdom, which, with one at the Central Magistracy
this scissors for an unlawful purpose, again to present the case for
by Mr. Q. A. A. MacFadyen at the readjustment on the assumption third of America's population, has morning.
Accused who said that he gave Central Police Court this morning, that they would again have received had to meet the full charges of its
while Leung Chai, 26-year-old number 1 the President's declaration that hewar advances of U.S.$7,800,000,000 the complainant 10 cents
receipts against she was asleep, was chased by the boy at the Masonic Hall, changed would not consider them in default. Without any net
"But they understand that in con- the charges, and has, in addition, woman, until he was encountered his mind and pleaded not guilty.
Prior to the accused's arrest, a legislation made large payments out of its by a police constable, who arrest- sequence of the recent
quarrel over a gambling debt be- a hotel runner passed in the United States. that own
tween him and such a declaration is no longer pua-
named F. Baptista took place. chased by Leung sible, so that the procedure adopted |
Baptista was
Ice by common agreement in 1933 can-
with a pair of scissors to not be followed on the present occs-their claims on debtors in the hope
House Street and he was on the of a general decision, but cannot contemplate a step in which they Capt. Cannon played his usual point of stabbing Baptista when he Chinese cov- £50,000,000 ON JUNE 15
their obligations to sound, steady game. He was like afwas stopped by a "In fact, cur Ambassador was in-would meet formed by the United States Ad-others while continuing to suspend stone wall at the net and sound on stable.
the base line. He was ably assist- After the fine had been imposed, ministration on May 11, that any payments due to them. Government failing to pay in full As to Britain's improved bad-ed by Tallinton, who also played a Laung pleaded not guilty, saying
that there were two men attacking MAID OF SILVER the instalment due under the exist-getary situation, which is due to safe game.
They lost their first sel, against him. He anid that he would ing agreement on June 14 would unprecedented sacrifices made by have to be regarded as in default, the British nation since the war. Leung and Ng. Cannon and Tollin-secure a solicitur.
The case was remanded for 24] and on May 25, the Treasury of the they have been carrying a burden ton made a good start, playing even-
a ball of $100 United States addressed com-of £8.000,000,000 ($40,000,000,000) }ly they had the C.R.C. pair thinking hours, and munication to the British Governor £170 (8850) per head of popu in the first few games, but, after fixed. ment setting out the details of the lation, about one-fifth of which resettling down, Ng and Leung re- to the covered to go out at 6-4. Ng was various items, including arrears of presents war loans made.
the better of the Chinese pair, his Jast year Allied Governments. dur U.S.$196,000,000
UNPARALLELED TAXATION
service being consistently good. Among the passengers who ar and amounting altogether to a sum
For 15 years they have
bee Leung provided good support, but rived in Hong Kong on the Dollar paying taxation on a scale for Ng bore the brunt of the game liner, President Wilson of the Dol- were which it would be hard to find throughout.
lar Line was Mr. James King Steele parallel. During all that time, Hamilton and Ravenhill, although of Manila, executive secretary of faced with the alternative either of taxation has been heaviest in Bribeaten in their three sets, played the Philippine Tourist Association.
and for considerable well. They did not appear to bel paying this sum of £50,000,000 intain,
The forthcoming wedding of Mr. full and of paying a further sum of period, it was twice as high as in quite at home together, but Raven-
15 the United
States, including all hill with a fast, accurate. serve Lourenco Justiniano Castilho, clerk, over £20,000,000 on December
and of No. 75A, Wong Nei Chong Road, LEON MILLER
LEON MILLER BEN MCATEE next, that is to say, over 270,000,000 Federal, State and local taxation. secured a numbers of points,
This taxation, anmounting to Hamilton frequently baffled the and Miss Stella Candidia Joanilho
of the na Chinese players with good netplay of No. 75, Wong Nei Chong Road is! pending all interim payments pend-close on one-quarter
Kwok and Ho, the first pair they announced. ing final revision, by agreement, of tional income, has aggravated the
British problems over long met, defeated them more by steady the existing war debt acttlement.
The forthcoming wedding of Mr. DEMAND ON OWN DEBTORS period, and the necessity of main tennis than by brilliant tactics.
an army of unemployed Kwok is not very fast, but his base Nicholas Alexandrovitch Rojdestvin, The first of these alternatives taining
amply riding master, of the Victoria Rid- a corresponding has constituted a formidable pro-line play is safe. He was would necessitate demand by the British Government blem to national finance ever since supported by Ho at the net,
ing School, and Mrs. Antonina Lee and I were rather a shaky Petrovna Tatz, widow, an artist, of from their own war debtors, for it the war ended.
national combination, though their would not be possible to
indivi- No. 125, Fort Street, Hong Kong, is plate a situation in which Britain fcredit in 1931. the British people dual play was fairly good. A aumannounced. would be called upon to resume accepted patiently and hopefully ber of Lee's volleys lacked accuracy,
accomand found their way into the net. One case of small-pox, one case payment of their war obligations to the increase in taxation,
Slade displayed a fierce first serve, of diphtheria, and one others in full while continuing tolpanied by the rigorous control of suspend all demands for payment of expenditure, cuts in salaries, and but it aften went astray yesterday typhoid fever were reported in the allowances of the unemployed, and His second service was weak and Colony during the three days end- war obligations due to them.
The resumption of full payments but for these measures, the Budget simple to return. Stecker is quite ing June 4. to the United States would there-would have again showed a deficit a good player, but was rather out- fore revive the whole system of in-last year had it not been possible classed by the opposition ter-Governmental war debt ments, and would postpone finitely the chances of world covery.
of U.S.8262,000,000 or over £50,- 000,000 due on June 15."
His Majesty's Government therefore, in these circumstances,
for the current year, or
of
Aug-
contem-
In order
10 restore
a
pay-to secure, by a conversion oppera-day afternoon. inde-tion, a reversion of interest on the
re-charge proportion
debt.
After full deliberation, the Bri-
of the public
CROSS INJUSTICE TO PEOPLE This enabled the Government to
yeater-
CASC of
won with a well-placed volley. D. C. Luk, although playing well, was he exhibited SOUTH CHINA BEAT INDIANS not up to the form
against the Hong Kong Cricket (Continued From Page 5). Club. His partner, Lee, kept his opponents guessing with well-plac adopting 1931, and to restore part of the From 3-nil they recovered well,ed drives. the responsibility of course attended by such disastrous cuts of salaries and the whole of to lend the Indians -3 when Rum-
tish Government came to the can- clusion that they could not assume re-adjust the finances imposed In
consequences.
PAYMENT SUSPENDED
Ch
of which
and
After defeating S. A. Rumjahn the cut in unemployment allow-sahn won the ninth game on his and M. G. Hoosen 6-3, W. H. Be lances, the continuance
and W. 1. Lee held Madar Iservlee. "Accordingly," said Mr. Cham-was imposed ever since on the na- It was mainly due to playing to Minu to a draw, but totally col- berlain," they have addressed to the tion's conscience.
Hoosen, causing Rumjahn to cover lapsed before H. D. Rumjahn and United States Government a note in It would have been gross act of the whole court, that Luk and Wong I. M. A. Razack which, after briefly re-stating their legal injustice to have deluded the secured the set at 6-4,
Playing Madar and Minu, they views on the whole question of the British people into paying the Rumjahn's net play was out- were led 3-nil, but, through Ho's war debt, they state that while United States while suspending standing, but he was poorly sup-swift and accurate drives, and deeply regretting the circumstances war debts due to the United Kingported by Hoosen throughout the Lee's accurate net play, they drew which have imposed upon them the com, the vote adds-British Wire afternoon, and was forced to play aabead to 5-3. necessity for such a decision, they less Service. have concluded that they must sus.) pend further payments until it be
then com-
jone-man game. Although Hoosen, A ding-dong battle
The tenth game went to who le a "B" Division player, play-menced. For attempting to sleal a radiator ed steadily he was not up to the eight deuces, the players volleying Minu come possible to discuss an ultimate cap from private car No. 4044, be-"A" Division standard.
at the net for long spells. settlement of inter-Governmental longing to Mr. E. W. Simmonds, of Rumjahn's Volleying, won every service with a severe cut war debts with a reasonable pros the China Gas Co., So Kau, an un- H. D. Rumjahn and I. M. A. which swerved the ball in all direc- pect of agreement.
employed Chinese, was sentenced to Razack combined well in their settions.
"The British Government,." he six weeks hard labour by Mr. E. 1. against D. . Luk and W. T. Lee, The standard of tennis was high,) continued, "have again made it clear Wynne Jones at the Kowloon Magie-The net play of both pairs was and the Chinese deserved their that they have no intention of retracy this morning.
loutstanding, but Rumjahn often*victory. pudiating their obligations and will'
be prepared to enter upon further discussion on the subject at any time when, in the opinion of the President of the United States, such discussions would be likely to produce rits of value."
NO CHANGE OF VIEWS The British zote, which contains several striking passages, states that nothing has since occurred to cause the British Government to change its views expressed in their note of December 1, 1982, when reasons were given for their be- lief that the existing system of in- ter-Governmental war debt obliga-i tions had broken down.
The present settlement, it is ar rued, imposes a burden on the Bri- tish people which is unreasonable In itself and inequitable in rela- tion to the treatment, accorded to other countries.
In respect of war advances to tailing . . $4,277,000,000 pay- ments totalling U. 8. $2,025,000,000 have been made to date by the Bri- tish Government to the United 'States Government. Yet the nomin
al amount of the debt still ont- standing amounts to U. S. $4,718,^ 785,000,
J
While Britain borrowed U. B. $4,277,000,000 from the United States, they themselves made war advances to allied Powers totalling AZI,600,000,000,
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