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TAIKOO SAFE: ESCORTED BY H.M.S, ADVENTURE TO TOURANE
The discovery of a new and deadly gas, a potential weapon in future warfare, which can be
exploded by the heat of the hand.
has-been revealed by Dr. George 1. Cady, above, of Pasuale, N. 3. hefure delegates at the Ameri
conference Chemical Cleveland. The discovery was made in a laboratory accident.
can
In
GENERAL SMUTS
DISAGREES WITH
WAR RUMOURS
"Real Temper Not Found
Anywhere"
SPEECH AT INSTALLATION AT
ST. ANDREW'S UNIVERSITY
London, To-day.
General Smuts, who was yes terday installed as Rector of St. Andrew's University. in the course of his address, stated that he did not agree with the view
INFLATION DRIVE
SILVER PURCHASE POLICY FAILURE LIKELY TO BE CAUSE
· Administration To
Oppose Tinkering
SILVER PLAN CRITICISED
SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL (By_Telegraph, Copyright, Telegra phic Messages Ordinance. 1804, Re- ečivéd October 18, 12.34 8.m.)
Washington, To-day.
It is learned that the failure of America's silver purchase policy to promote large commodity price in- creases may lead to another drive for inflation at the forthcoming Congress, despite the Administra tion's opposition.
It is believed that the Admin- istration has accepted the present| programme, largely because of the moderation of other measures before the last Congress.
The Adminstration attitude to
ward the new inflation agitation, particularly in view of the ineffec-
tiveness of the silver programme, is
believed to be contained in the re cent statement of the Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Henry C. Wallace, that monetary manipulation is mere ly a temporary remedy for economie
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ills.
- The Hon. Mr. C. &. S. Mackie, Chairman of the Court of Directors of the Hong Kong and Shang hal Bank, delivering his address at the laying of the foundation stone of the Bank's new premises by His Excellency the Governor, Sir William Peel, yesterday Seated left to right are: Mrs. Mackie, Mr. V. M. Grayburn, Lady Peel, Sir Thomas Southorn, Sir William Peel, Mr. G. L. Wilson, His Excellency the G.O.C. Major-General 0. C. Borrett, Lady Southors, one of the construction engineere, Mr. 8. H. Dodwell, Captain Manners, and Mr. 1 W. Amps Mrs: Borrett is hidden from the camera, by H.E. the Governor. (King's Studio).;
AMERICA ISSUES
TRADE NEGOTIATIONS IMPERILLED
“INDEFENSIBLE PRACTICE" BY
UNNAMED NATIONS
WASHINGTON, TO-DAY.
WARNING
THE AMERICAN-SECRETARY OF STATE MR. WILLIAM CORDELL HULL, AND MR. WILLIAM PHILLIPS UNDER SECRE TARY OF STATE, HAVE PUBLISHED A STATEMENT WARNING CERTAIN UNNAMED NATIONS THAT INDULGENCE IN THE INDEFENSIBLE PRACTICE" OF RAISING TARIFF BARRIERS JUST BEFORE ENTERING. INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS FOR LOWERING THEM, THEREBY SEEKING A BARGAINING ADVANTAGE, WOULD IMPERIL ANY NEGOTIATIONS WITH;
LONDON MARKET THE UNITED STATES.
STAGGERED
that the world was on the verge Sharp Slump Caused By I. G. P. RELINQUISHES
of another Great War. The issue round which the greatest battle of this and the coming! generation. would be fought, it the cause of civilisation was "to be saved, was the issue of free. dom,' he said.
Roosevelt Action
Materia
SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL.
London, To-day.
The London silver market was staggered yesterday, the sharp
COMMAND
After Record-Breaking Tenure of Office
It is indicated in other quàr-
ters that many
LONDON'S MEMORIAL SERVICE
FOR KING ALEXANDER
Prince of Wales To Represent King At To-day's Function
36-HOUR BATTLE WITH HEAVY SEAS
NAVAL VESSEL DELAYED THREE HOURS
TUG NOW UNABLE TO PROCEED
BACK TO HONG KONG
After battling heavy seas in the close proxi- mity of a typhoon in the China Seas for over 36 hours, the tugboat, Taikoo, is now reported to be safe and heading under escort by H.M.S. Adven- ture, which reached her at 2 a.m., for the shelter of the French coastal port of Tourane, Indo-China, about 600 miles from Hong Kong. The tugboat carried a crew of nearly 100 including six Britons.
Grave fears were entertained for the safety of the Taikoo throughout last night, when, following an S.O.S. call early yesterday morning, no further news was heard of the ship until this morning, when a wireless. report from the ship was received.
Trap
While making a third trip to Praias Shoals, the scene of the stranded Bank Line freighter, City of Cambridge, with a person nel of marine surveyors, including Mr. T. H. G. Brayfield, of Messrs. Carmichael and Clark, Marine Surveyors, the Taikoo en- countered heavy seas and attempted to put back to port. HRH the Frince of Wales willped by the tail of the typhoon, however, she was forced to make to-day represent His Majesty the for the nearest shelter, but met abnormal conditions en route. She. King at the Official Memorial Ser is unable to return to Hong Kong yet as mountainous seas are vice for King Alexander of Yuro-
being encountered. slavia to be held in London, The
London, To-day.
Foreign Secretary, Str.John Simon,.
des-1
and several other Ministers, as wellH.M.S. Adventure was as the Diplomatic Corps, are.
patched yesterday morning at Bmong those who will attend-Bri-
9.30 am. to render assistance, tish Wireless Service.
while a J.CIL. steamer, Tjine gara, bound from Batavia to Hong Kong, intercepted the
Σ
41 PERISH AS TYPHOON
DEVASTATES MANILA
are more or less banded together C.E.R. SALE .. call of the tugboating 55,000 Homeless And Damage
in a series of trade pacts to the exclusion and detriment of the United States.
Mr. Hull pledged that the
SETBACK
SOVIET STAGGER
United States would not indulge NEW DEMANDS BY in such tariff-raising practices. He added that they would seek shared the United States opposi to negotiate with nations which tion to such practices. -Reuter
drop resulting in a flurry of addi-IMPRESSIVE FAREWELL SPEECH "In the events of the times I ace tional business after the close of
TO POLICE FORCE much ground for anxiety, but none the official market. The slump is for real pessimism. Human nature attributed partly to profit-taking| is not so one-sided or ill-balanced and partly to heavy sales based on that we need look on our civilisation the belief that President Roosevelt Inspector-General of Police in Hong ROOSEVELT SEEKS
The Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe,
as doomed. In spite of scaremon- has decided to reduce purchases, at Kong for nearly 16 years, relin- gers and of the present lamentable least temporarily.--United Press, quished his command of the Force failure of disarmament, and in apite per S. E. Levy and Company. this afternoon when he
of the vague of silly drilling and
strutting about in uniform, and FRENCH AIR RACE
shirts of various colours, I do not find the real war temper anywhere," Mr. Stanley Baldwin, as Chan- cellor of the University presided at the General Smuts Installation. British Wireless Service.
COUNTY GUARD
COMMANDER TO
SEQUEL TO MUTINY AT CHUNGSHAN
TANG REFUSES TO RESIGN
From Our Own Correspondent?
ENTRY DAMAGED
handed
over the sword to the Hon. Mr. T.
H. King, who has been appointed Acting. Inspector-General of Police, at an impressive parade of Officers
and members of all ranks of the
Force at the Central Police Sta-
BY BAD LANDING Only Representative tion.
Scratched
London, To-day.
The only French entry in the s
Mra
TO IMPROVE THE
TEXTILE INDUSTRY FOUR EXECUTIVE
ORDERS
INVESTIGATION OF WORK LOAD ASSIGNMENTS
SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL.
Washington, To-day, President Roosevelt is amelio
boards to report prior to January 1, 1986, for a permanent plan.
He ordered that unless there are
The parade, comprising over 250, men, was drawn from every unit SEVERAL MACHINES DECLARED of the Force, including European,
were inspected by the retiring executive orders which will freeze STAND TRIAL CARRYING EXCESSIVE WEIGHT Indian and Chinese Police. who rating the textile industry with four Inspector-General for the last tinte. the work-loads at cotton and silk mills at their present status until Honoured and respected, not only February 1, 1935. by all residents of the Colony, but
He has also ordered an investi England to Melbourne Air Race, by the whole Police Force, the Hon. gation of work-load assignments at Bleriot machine,
had to be scratch: Mr. Wolfe leaves for Home on reslik, cotton and wool milis," the ed yesterday as it was badly dam-tirement, accompanied by aged when landing at Lebourget Wolfe, on October 23. by the Blue
Funnel steamer, Aeneas. yesterday morning on its way to Canton, To-day. Mildenhall, atrodrome, Suffolk. Mr. Wolfe, in hie oficial farewell The South-west Political Council
Yesterday's conditions of rain address to the members of the Force has appointed Mr. Leung Hung and mist prevented the pilots of said: kwong as acting magistrate of the 20 aeroplanes assembled at "It is now close on 16 years since not increase the work-load with- Chungshan ̈Model County during Mildenhall
Iarst took over the command of the the absence of Mr. Tang Shao-yl, flights.
Hong Kong Police, though my per- who fled during a recent revolt In the interests of 'safety, race sonal connection with the Force against his administration. Mr. rules provide that machines must goes back to 1908, when I was ap Tang is staying, temporarily. in conform substantially with the in- pointed AS.P. of the New Terri Hong Kong.
ternational Convention on serial tories N. In the intervening years, While the charges againat Mr. navigation, and technical experts, as Head of other Departments, Tang may not be proved, here is examining the machines, decided have been in close touch with the a strong feeling against him by the that several were carrying exces- Police, and I may therefore rea papermen, after touring Japan and
claim to people of Chungahan who desire sive weight. In these cases the cons
with some the three easterny provinces
inter arrived her from Nanding authority on, the fore his removal. Despite his advanced fuel carried will have age, Mr. Tang is firm and declines duced with the cansequent. acnal) as well as external knowledge spend, several days, Inspect
to tender his resignation.
(Continued on
making practice
tion of ranga British Wireless of it. Services.
Continued on Pa
good reasons to the contrary, the recommendations will include:
Firstly, that an employer shall
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US. JOURNALISTS IN SHANGHAI
Shanghai Today, party of mine American news-
MR. KOKI HIROTA
Payment In Foreign Goods Sought RETENTION OF PROPERTIES
Tokyo, To-day.
The "Asahi Shinbun" de clares that in an interview-on October 15, the Japanese For- eign Minister, Mr. Koki Hirota, commenting on the negotia tions for the sale of the Chin- ere Eastern Railway, said that
Soviet Ambassador to Tokyo, he was taken aback when the
M. Yareneff, "Inter alia”, de- clared that the Soviet proposes to retain possession of all pro- perties, excluding the railway, owned by the Chinese Eastern Railway, including the sites of Soviet Consulate General at Harbin and other buildings.
Mr. Yureneff also requested that of the two-thirds of the purchase price to be paid in goods, he Soviet shall be allowed to choose foreign made goods in addition: 3manufa
DUKE OF GLOUCESTER AT MELBOURNE
Melbourne
with
Duke of
ce
Chapel and Woosung war. fore returning to America R
er. a.m.
to her position to render assist- jance. A later report,, however, stated that the steamer reach- ed-within 60 miles of the tug, but was forced to abandon the at tempt owing to typhonic gales, H.M.S. Adventure, which was ex- pected to reach the tug at 11 p.m. last night, arrived at 2 a.m. this morning, according to a re- port received by the Naval Au thorities.
Two other ships, the s.8. Ron-
ley, a small cargo boat, owned by the Bolton Shipping Company, and the 8.8. Orantes also joined
in the search yesterday.
The Dutch steamer, Tjinegara is due here early this afternoon, having abandoned the attempt late yesterday.
(Continued on page 9.).
Estimated At $2,000,000
Manila, To-day.. __The_death_roll in the Manila
typhoon is now estimated at 41, while 55,000 are homeless. The damage is estimated at U. S $2,000,000 dollars-Reuter.
17,000 HOUSES ARE DESTROYED
Conservative Estimate Of Typhoon Havoc
Manila, Later.
A conservative check of the damage by the typhoon was pube
provinces hit.
2 COOLIES LOST ished to-day, covering the nine
IN HARBOUR Overloading Tragedy In Rough Sea
Thus far, 11 lives were lost in
Manila and 22 in the provinces.
Two thousand houses were des- troyed in Manila and 15,000. In the provinces, while there are 10,000 homeless in Manila and 60,000 in
Two Chinese are missing as result of the gverloading of a small sampan in Shaukiwan Bay yes provinces.
causing it terday afternoon,
Property loss in Manila is eat- to capsize. All the efforts of mated at 5,000,000 Fesos and 25- police launches to retrieve the 000,000 Pesos in the provinces. bodies have, up to the moment, Relief is being expedited, but the situation is not acute as the proved unsuccessful,
Five sampana, each carrying 20 weather is moderating-Renter coolles, left the Military pler, vee- mun, at 12.45 p.m. bound for Shaukiwan. About half way across, one of the sampans: WAS
The position of the typhoon le seen to be in difficulties, Another boat went to her assistance, but no uncertain, and appears to be stai sooner did she come alongsida tionary to the south-east of Mac-
id-she than the panic-stricken cooliea clesfield Bank, about 400 miles deserted their own boat and clam south of Hong Kong, according to the latest report this morning" by the Royal Observatory.
(Continued on Fage
According to latest statistics, issued
by the Commission On Overseas Chin
ese-Affairs, there are today 7,881,540
TYPHOON UNCERTAIN
WEATHER FORECAST
Chinese living abroad. 6. The majority Fair generally, with fresh porth-
of them, who are mostly natives of east winds, was the weather fore- Kwanglung and Kwangs Provinces,
here at 9.89 are residing in the East Indies, Malaya, cast for to-day, as issued this mor-
the Philippine Islands and Mexicuing by the Royal Observatory.