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BEL. 1945. THE OLDEST - ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER IN THE FAR EAST ELJS
No 29,093 HONG KONG, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1935 PRICE $3.00 Per Month
Special Values in
WHITE AND KHAKI
GOLF STOCKINGS
(lightweight)
BERNARDS of HARWICH.
"GOD IS IN HEAVEN; THE DAY OF RETRIBUTION WILL COME"
HOLLAND'S
FINANCES
DRAIN OF GOLD
SUFFERED BY
NETHERLANDS BOLSTERING UP THE GUILDER
£7,000,000 LOST IN ONE DAY
Amsterdam, To-day.
The Bank of the Netherlands is estimated to have lost above!
£7,000,000 worth of gold yester day. The purchasers are stated to be France and the United States.
Preparing for a military
ext eer.
PROTEST AGAINST EMERGENCY
DECREES IN FRANCE
The drastic raising of the dis-College Sanders, marching past count rate from 3 per cent, to 5 per cent is regarded here as de- monstrating the firm intention of the monetary authorities to de- the fend the guilder. though at cost of heavy losses of gold:...
As a result of the intervention of the Bank of the Netherlands! sterling declined from 741 to 7.36, but the strength of the fraze and the dollar is still mov-{ ing above the gold export point. (Continued on Page 6)
C
Uneasiness Over..
Cabinet Crisis
*** CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL
Amsterdam. To-day.
The bank rate has been raised by the Bank of the Netherlands
from 3 to 5 per cent, as from to-day. the last change having occurred on July 18. when it was lowered by 1 per cent. to 3 per cent. This drastic action is the response
uneasiness to the shown by Dutch and inter national financial circles at! the Cabinet crisis now prevail- ing.
(Continued on Page 6)
SERIOUS SPLIT REVEALED IN U.S. SILVER BLOC
Pittman Statement Disclaimed
Railway Workers To Hold
Monster Demonstration
* CHINA MAIL – SPECIAL
Paris, To-day.
All the railway workers' trade
announced unions have
their intention of holding a monster meeting to-morrow at the mani- cipal employment exchange to protest against the Government's
de emergency retrenchment crees. Trass-Ocean Service.
HANNIBAL'S
ALPINE TRIP
Cadets of the Royal Military at the end-of-tern inspection.
PRESS BAN
ENFORCED
IN CANTON
Four Local Papers Concerned
SELLERS IMPRISONED-
From Our Own Correspondent]
2
GERMANY BEATEN
AMAZING DISPLAY
OF WILL POWER BY
WILMUR ALLISON
HENKEL LOSES. VITAL MATCH
BUDGE DEFEATS VON CRAMM
London, To-day.
For the second year in succes- sion America will challenge Bri tain for the Davis Cup.
Yesterday Wilmur Allison.
Leaders of the ultra-national Black Dragon · society, have" ap-
pealed to Mr. Koki Hirota, above. Japanese Foreign Minister, to see that fadequate measures" taken to settle the Italo- Abyssinian conflict.
America's No. 1 ranking player. GRAND CANAL beat Heinrich Henkel in straight; sets at Wimbledon to give the
United States the necessary
match for entry into the Chal lenge Round, and Donald Budge. playing for his place in next... Saturday's challenging team. beat a listless Gottfried топ Crama in four sets to give America victory by 4: matches to 1.
Detailed scores were:
W. Allison (US) beat M. Henkel
D. Bedge (US) beat G. Cramm 66, 37, 6663
Canton, To-day.. The vernaglar reports stat-6-1, 7-5, 11-9. ing that eight Hong Kong Chin- lese papers have been prohibited from entering Canton are incor- rect, as only four papers are in- volved
Over twenty newsagents have f been locked up for selling the news" papers in question, their terms of imprisonment raging from one to three weeks. Police are waiting
COMPLETED at the Canta-Kowloon Railway
"Miss Dolly" Meets Difficulties
BOTH DOING WELL
*CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL.
Station this morning to seize copies of the newspapers concert- fed coming into the city.
A secretary of the South-west Political Commil stated that the papers are denied admission to Canton, became they publish sen- sational news of political changes which is greadless. As a result Milan, To-day, The modern Hannibal and of this ban, the Tai Chung Yot Po Miss Dolly arrived at Aosta of Hong Kong has the best circu- lation bere. This paper is owned on Tuesday night at 11 abstantially ly Generals Chiang Both
are doing well. The
Ting-kai, local population, in high spirits, Kwang-nai and Trai gave Mr. Richard Halliburton formerly of the 19th. Route Army. and his elephant companion an enthusiastic welcome
Meanwhile it is reported by the
press that the American journalist struck two more forzeen snags. The first was that Government insisted A serious split in the Senate the Italian silver bloe was revealed when on his depositing at the frontier Senators Thomas and McCarran half the value of the elephant. denied
REPERCUSSIONS EXPECTED
SHORTLY
Washington, To-day.
17-
BIG LANDSLIDE AT CAUSEWAY BAY
Very Close To St. John Brigade Headquarters
No sooner was this paid, after A heavy landslide occurred at on Tuesday Senator Pittman's statement that the great difficulties, that it turned about 10.30 am. to-day close to repeal of the silver tax would out that the frontier could not be the new St. John Ambulance violate the compromise agree passed until the animal satisfied Brigade headquarters in Tai ment with President Roosevelt, a strict veterinary examination. Hang Road, Causeway Bay. both stating that the silver blocTrans-Ocean Service.
was not bound by any agree-
ment, and at the same time in- THE RESTORATION timating that Senator Pittman
could no longer be considered the spokesman of the silver group owing to his activity in
IN GREECE
connection with the merger of Ex-King George States
the Western sïver ́mines.
Farther repercussions of the above schism will be heard
shortly when Senator Thomas
His Conditions
-CHINA MAIL- SPECJAL
A large prtion of the hit side in the neighbourhood of the result of the recent heavy rains, building became dislodged as a
and left the main, thoroughfare partially covered with rocks and rubble. The P.W.D. soon had
the situation in hand, however,
and the road is now once again (open to moto traffic:
The St John building is in no danger and fortunately no one Budapest, To-day was injured as a result of the reports the Silver Tax Repeal Ex-King George II of Greece slide, which occurred opposite "Bill to the Senate. It is expect-
ed that he will then deal at declared immediately after his the servants' entrance. length with the entire situations recent London
conversations
Meanwhile President Roose with M. Kotzias, chief Burgomas- velt said, to a press conference ter of Athens, reports the Ber- that a reply was being prepared liner Tageblatt, firstly, that under
WEATHER REPORT
A weak anticyclone is centred
pressure extends from it to
to a letter from certain silver no circumstances would he re-over North Japan and z ridge of Senators, but he declined to a turn to Greece as the result of a plify his statement
Reuter coup d'etat, even if the restora- East Chros. A depression covers
tion was made possible by this Congking and is deepening
TEAMS NOMINATED FOR
are
BREACHES IN
SIX PLACES
MANY VILLAGES FLOODED
YELLOW RIVER LEVEL · SOMEWHAT LOWER”
•
ARDUOUS STRUGGLE
FORESEEN
ABYSSINIA TO STAND TO LAST MAN
COLOURED CRUSADE AGAINST
COLONISING NATIONS?
* CHINA MAIL.“ SPECIAL
Paris, To-day.
War between Italy and Abyssinia will be the signal for the alliance of all the coloured races against the whites-for a crusade against the colonising nations,” declared the Abys- sinian. Minister in London in an interview with the correspon- [dent of the “Echo de Paris, which the paper published yester-
day evening.
In the Minister's opinion Ita'y had spent many millions and had despatched 200,000 men to Africa, and it was too late for ber to abandon her plan
The Abyssinians, however, would defend their indepen dence to the last man. The slaughter would be ghastly and Abyssinia would be ruined if must be, but there was a God in heaven and the day of retribution would come.
In any case the campaign would be arduous and long. The Italian troops were already suffering greatly from the climate and it would be difficult to utilise the modern weapons against Abyssinia
IN ABYSSINIA
"If England and France care CAMPAIGN to give Italy territory from; their own possessions, let them do so." concluded Mr. Martin, for Abyssinia will not.”
A distinguished member of the
• Peiping, To-day Swollen by the Yellow River vom food Water, the Grand Canal
which has been bearing a berrific, British Parliament, states the
usually "well-informed « F'Oeuvre,} burden of water lately, burst its arrived in Paris on Tuesday and Įkanks in aðx places in 1 hours.
mer Taining yesterday. Thet a feeler out as to what politi- breaks xay from 20-lo 38 fees cal price England would have to pay for receiving the aid afterthe) wide, flooding many village
French feet in preventing the The six streams are now Italo-Abyssinian, conflict" which joining rapidly and are flowing would mean blocking the entrance. to meet the flood water which of the Suez Canal to Italim tran overflowed from the Nanyang sport ships and Lake the previous day, the teams.
CHALLENGE ROUND
Wood Displaces Allison In U.S. Singles Line-Up
London, To-day.
The following ́are for the Challenge Round of the
Davis Cup competition at Win bledon next Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday:
GREAT BRITAIN (Holders)
Singles... Fred
Perry and
Bunny Austin.
Dembico Pat Hughes and C R. D. Tockey.
PAMERICA
One optimistic feature of the Shantung floods is the reported tall in the level of the Yellow River-Beuter.
TWO TYPHOONS IN PACIFIC OCEAN
iney Wood Badge and No Immediate Promise
Steney
Doubles Wilmer Allison, and/ John Van Ryn—Reuter.
The incision at Wood, 1981 Wimbledon champion, is not sur prising in view of the 31-year- Allison's physical requires
old
menta.
ALLISON'S DETERMINATION
twice fell
Of Trouble
Messages received at 9.30 am. to-day, through the American Con- sulate General, from the Manila
that Observatory announce
two typhoons are în existence over the nearby section of the Pacific Ocean.
TO BE COSTLY Italian Resources- Queried
DUTCH PAPER'S REVIEW OF FINANCIAL POSITION
~CHIRA MAIL “ SPECIAL
Amsterdam To-day: That the silver arrow” is in the last resort the crucial fac- itor in determining the relations The paper does not taken this between Thaly and Abyssinia, is proposal seriously, but cites it ea evidence of England's desire to the opinion held by finance cir- prevent war at all costs...
cles here, which regard the fo ture of the lira with consider- A message from London states:
Jable pessimism.⠀ that no licences to export arms or The Telegraaf declares that munitions to Italy or Abyssinia have been granted during the last decree virtually means the abin- Signer Mussolini's gold cover
four months, the President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Walter
donment of the gold standard by
Runciman, told the House of Italy for, despite all the official
Commons last ̈' night-Trans- Ocean Service.
(Continued on Page 2).
Arms Exports From Japan?
assurances that the 40 per cent. cover will be resumed at an early date, experience shows that this is hardly attainable in practice.
The general financial situation of Italy is weak. Despite all the attempts to throttle imports the Italian trade balance remains consistently and strongly nega-
NEITHER CONFIRMED NOR tive, while the large sums forme
DENIED
grants in North and South.
1. One was situated at 8.25 -am.
erly:sent home by Italian emi- Allison's tremendous will to-day in Longitude 143 degrees power won him the marathon East, Latitude 17 North, moving
Tokyo, Yesterday America are no longer being re- Ger-north-west. This is a point about
Questioned concerning the received, so that the balance of third set which decided many's fate in the 1935 series 200 miles west of the Ladrones ported arms exports to Ethio-payments is also upset. Almost at the point of fainting Islands, and the typhoon is too far pia, the army authorities re- Italy's endeavours to obtain a from fatigue, Allison heavily from sheer exhaustion be lar damage. 15
sway from land to do any particu-marked that many irresponsible foreign loan to finance the Abys- rumours were in circulation in sinian action has hitherto been fore carrying Ameries into the
that connection, with the ap-fruitless. For these PERSONE, Challenge Road.
parent object of involving Japan concludes the Telegraaf, the cost in the Italo-Ethiopian dispute. of the military operations in But they refused either to con- Abyssinia will prove to be be- firm or deny them declaring yond Italy's "strength. — Trans- that they did not see any neces-Ocean Service.“ sity to state whether Japan exporting or is not munitions to Ethiopia
(Continued on Page 41
AMERICA AND GERMANY
(Continued on Page 9)
MONSOON WEATHER
P. & 0. Freighter Has Rough Time
The captain of the P. & 0. freighter, Behar, which arrived in
Diplomatic Relations port today from England reports
To Be Severed?
Washingto
into
Today
that his ship encountered the worst monsoon weather he has experienced for many years
From Suez the atmosphere con- tinued very sticky and when they entered the Sea of Arabia they had to plough through very, sexs, the result being that they could make very little heaway.
INTER
Japanese Society Takes A Hand
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