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No. 29,004
HONG KONG, TUESDAY, API
91935
ITALY HOPEFUL OF SOLID FRONT MUSSOLINI TAKES NO CHANCES
Mina Maria Rasputin is proud of.
HIGHER GRADE OFFICERS
KEPT AT HOME
BRITISH PREMIER'S VISIT TO
STRESA ACCLAIMED
DOUBTS NOW DISPELLED
Rome, To-day.
Considerable satisfaction is expressed in offi- cial quarters at the news that Mr. Ramsay Mac-
the fact that she is the daughter Donald, the British Prime Minister, and Sir John
of Gregory Rasputin, the "Mad Monk" who dominated the Russian Court until he was murdered by a grand duke, and a prince, She is now in New York, appearing an au- animal trainer,
STEPS TO PREVENT WATER SHORTAGE
In Britain
Simon, the British Foreign Secretary, will attend the Stresa conference.
Official quarters opine that if German ambition is to be re- strained the three Powers, Britain, France and Italy, should es- tablish a solid common front at Stresa, but doubts are expressed
in some circles in regard to the attitude of England. Some bit- ter comments have appeared in the press' with regard to Bil- Lain's reputed desire to keep out of any further European com- ments.
£3,200,000 Expenditure Meanwhile the danger of war with Germany. is the common topic and the Government has shown its apprehension by countermanding or- ders to some of the higher grade officers to de- part for the colonies.
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London, To-day In districts which experienced the water shortage during last summer'a drought, measures now being taken, In many with Government assistance, to prevent a recurrence.
caset
State grants have been made in the rural localities for approved schemes with a total capital sol £3,200,000, affecting 1,100 parishes.
The average total rainfall of Britain for the last six months was above the average, and the tem- porary legislation, which remains
There is little doubt that Signor Mussolini will strongly, re-1 commend at Stresa that Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria shall be accorded an increase in armaments to counterbalance the "Nordic danger." Reuter.
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MR. EDEN IN BED
4/
Hitler's Message O
Sympathy
ndon, To-day
The Cabinet held further meat ing of two hours duration last evening in regard to the European situation. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald and Sir John Simon will report to London, To-day. the French and Italian Ministers in force until the end of the pre- Mr. Anthony Eden, the Lord the result of their foreign visits; eent year, places urban water- un- dertakings in a good position to Privy Seal, who is suffering from and it is expected that. Sir John obtain additional supplies should heart strain, resulting from his Simon's statement to the House of illness while flying from Prague to Commons to-day will not be cal the necessity arise.--British Wire-
Cologne and the strenuous nature culated to circumscribe the Stress less Service.
of his recent tour, is for the pre- talks or prejudice the League Coun- sent remaining in bed on doctor's cil proceeding on Monday next. orders.
TYPHOON STRIKES PHILIPPINES
Reichsfuehrer. Hitler is among the many who have sent him tele-
33 Known Dead: 21,000 rams of sympathy.--British Wire-
Homeless
Manila. Today, Thirty-three are known to have perished and many to have been injured in a typhoon which struck Samar Island. The entire popula tion of Borongan, numbering 21,- 000 are homeless and extensive damage has been done, Reuter.
TYPHOON WARNING
Reported To Be 385 Miles South-East Of Colony
less Service
MANILA CHINESE
WARMLY GREET
GENERAL TSAI
"Hero Of Shanghai” Acclaimed
EXPECTED IN HONG KONG
THIS WEEK
(Continued on Page:12)
Sympathy Extended
To Mr. Eden
CROYDON TO FÁRIS AIR RECORD ATTEMPT.
220-Mile Dash
Take
45. Minutek
#Lond
The De Havi Machine
Jones an
from Eng back in together, chine of the
bought by the Fren ment, will today be flown
* Croydon to-Paris in the hope of breaking the sristing record of 67 minutes' for the journey;
The distance in a straight line is £20 miles, and the Comet is expected to take about 45
· minutos.—British: Wireless Ser- vice
SHANGHAI TRAGEDY Scotsman Accidentally Shot Dead
POLICE-ROBBER GUN DUEL
Shanghai, To-day,
Mr. N. G. Macdonald, a Scots-
PRICE $3.00 Per Month
SALE
ALL DEPARTMENT:
LADIES WEAR
"KNIT SUITS SHOES "JUMPERS SAGA WINTER COATS #TWEED SUITS UNDERWEARA
PAUL RENNET et CIE
Tour Tour
AGAINST NORDIC DANGER
of the Italian-Abyssinian dispute is predicted a fleet of troop- Shirt troops to Africa. This view shows the former trans-Atlanie Menina, Italy, loaded from bow to stern with Il Duce's fighting men
SIAM SUBMITS
TO RUBBER
RESTRICTION
Rescinds Previous Refusal
WILL NOW BE SUBJECT TO CHANGES OF QUOTA
My Singapore, To-day
It is reported from Bangkok the Siamese Assembly has ap proved the rubber output quota. of 40,000 tons after negotiating with the International, Com- mittee.eu
The Siamese Government in September. refused to enter the restriction scheme on the basis of the Committee's offer of a fiat rate of output of 15,000 tons an nually
It is presumed that the output of 40,000 tons signifies that Siam, like the other major signa- tories, will henceforth be sub ject to periodical changea of out- put quota as decreed by the com-
FOREIGNERS EVACUATE mittes Reuter
KWEIYANG
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE BY GENERAL HSIEH
[From Our Own Correspondent]
Canton, To-day. Although Kweiyang is well fortified against the invading Communists all foreign nationa at provincial capita have moved to On which is about 70 miles distant in a south-weste fly direction.
MARKET UNAFFECTED
Singapore, later Siam's decision does not affect the market. It is pointed out that it is possible for Siam to produce anything like 50,000 tons, at least for a considerable time.
There is some danger of, rubber amuggling from north Malaya to Slám, but it is not believed that this will amount to much-Reuter
YOUTH HOSTEL, REMOVEMENT
Remarkable Growth Reported
Purely as a precautionary measure, General Hsieh Yoh, Officer Commanding the Nanking forces in Kweiyang, instructed the foreign resi dents and missionaries to evacuate the town last
London To-day The remarkable success of the Thursday. There are few foreign business men Youth Hostel Movement was en- target phasised at the Association's an- in the city, but the total foreign community in- nul meeting yesterday. cludes about nine missions of different denomina- It was founded in 1932, and at tions.
the end of that ship had grown to 87,000. The number of hostele in the United
FRENCHAMS TELL GRAPHIC TALE
Harrowing Experience At Hands Of Reds
GIVEN SEDAN CHAIR AND
MONEY ON RELEASES
* London, to-day-The Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, announced in the House of Com- mons yesterday that the British reman employed by the New En- presentativea attending the Stresa gineering and Shipping Works, Conference would be himself and Limited, was accidentally shot Sir John Simon.dead with bullets in his head
In putting a question on this and heart during an affray, be point to the Prime Minister, Sir tween police and an armed rob Austin Chamberlain Bald that he bery at Hongkew market as the expressad what he felt sure would was going to his office from his be the general feeling of sympathy nearby home this morning. in all parts of the House with the Mr. Nathaniel Gilston Macdon- Lord Privy Seal, Mr. Anthony ald rounded the corner of the mar Eden, and said that they hoped for ket and fell covered in blood, amid
a barrage of bullets as the steel tured his speedy recovery,
Jacketed police in the.
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LT. COL BURKHARDT5 APPOINTMENT:
-London, To-day.
street: caught up with who was feeing, after
two
nearby housew ions.
The robber was
Lieut. Colon rest
[From Our Own Correspondent] dar Canton, To-day, Considerable significance la at» tached here to the return of Gen- A meseage received at 9.30, a.m, eral Tsai Ting-kal, former G.0.C: to-day from the Manila Observa of the 19th Route Army, who is tory, through the American Con-expected in Hong Kong some sul-General, reports that the ty-time this week: Manila reports phoon was altuated at 3.20 p.m. In state that he has been widely about 119 degrees Long East and feted by the Chinese population el VR Burkhardt R. A., D.8.0. 19 degrees Lat. North. Inclining there.
O.B.E., has been appointed Gener northward.
As certain Chinese consula In al Sten Officer, first grad The disturbance Is about 385 the United States were dismissed Command, with effect in the Au miles away from the Colony, in a by Nanking for welcoming Gen-tumn Reuter South-East by East direction, mov-eral Teal, the Chinese : Consul ing in the direction of the Formoss General In Manila has been oblig Channel.
WEATHER FORECAST
A moderate anticyclo central and north Japay adjacent seas Pressur tively high over can The typh has fa! depre
deep
vors
Chin
about 600,000 strong,
Ten 5,478 beds. Overnight u
The invading Red forces are Kingdom how totals 212, bombing planes have arriv
Kwelvang, and, by daily ser
this at accommodation increased last year
from 187,000 to 221,000.
In addition to providing this ac
bombardments of the Commun-commodation for young people
ist positions have held up their touring the most picturesque parts advance.
of Britain, the Association has re- Having failed to penetrate into cently made special arrangemer
for Southern Szechnen or to capture
railway concessions eu-members, and for transport of bl Kwelvang, the Communists are cycles for parties visiting the Con London, To-day
reported to be proceeding east tinent Details of the captivity of ward from Haifeng Pingyuch,(Continued on Page 12)
Mrd. Frencham, the which is located about 35 miles land east of Kwelyang, is now the ob-
fective of the Reds
and
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the China
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rowded
wrongly reported murdered show
a Chinese policemania
acdonald, who, washi
came to Chind in 1981;
ed to ignore the hero of the Morbus Diplomaticus Germ
Shanghal war in 1931. Never tholeas the Chinese in the Philip- Ipines have been most enthusias- tie in welcoming General Tsai, because of his courage in resist
the panese, Instead
running av
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RAYMOND HAMILTON SENTENCED TO CHAIR
MURDER OF STATE PRISON GUARD.
NAVAL MOVEMENTS.
Admiral Dreyer Leaves
For Yokohama
*Kent,"fying the
Comm