CABLES,
LATEST CABIEN, (THROUGH" RIUTER'I AGINCT.)
GERMAN REPARATIONS.
NOTE RECEIVED UNFAVOURABLY
IN LONDON,
LONDON, May 2nd,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 4ru, 1938.
LATEST CABLES.
THE IRISH TRUCE
DE VALERA'S OFFER RECEIVED WITH SILENCE.
LONDON, May 2nd.
LATEST CADLES.
INDIAN MALCONTENTS.
WARNED AGAINST - SLIGHTING THE UNION JACK.
NAUPER, May 2nd.
Government, grant and other disciplinary
The Free State Government is appar
In view of the recurrence of the ently ́determined to ignore De Valera's | national fing agitation, the Government offer at a truer, judging by the fact that has warned local bodies hoisting any flag The general impression regarding the
no allusión was made to the matter at other than the Union Jack that they will German Note in London is unfavourablyuterday's meeting of the Dail Eireann. be penalised by the refusal of the The proposals are regarded as inadequate and the cone is unfortunate. France is expected to brusqerly turn it down. though it is hoped in some quarters that it will hit to an exchange of views bes tween the Allies, and open a way for more favourable developments.
The Irregulars are at present strictly obeying the order to cease operations.
The inference drawn from President Cosgrave's siteace is that the Government does not intend to give Do Valera a
nieasures.
RUBBER COMPANY DIREC- TOR'S ESTATE.
LONDON, May 2nd.
FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS.
[Thocen BUTER'S AGENCY.]
ALLEGED SYSTEMIC
· large.
7
"PADDY'S MARKET."
WHERE THE HOTEL'S MISSING SILVER WAS DISCOVERED. The No. 1 boy of the Palace Hotel, Kowloon, whilst strolling through Upper Lascar Row the other Sanday, discoveriel-
mumber of
SQUEEZE.
GOVERNMENT OPIUM SHROFF BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE,
Allegations of squeezing on THE SHANGHAI LAUNCH SHOOTING scale by a Chinese Goverment servant
INCIDENT.
emplyed in the Importa and Exports in a second hand shop a Office as
n. shroff were made by the spoons and forks belonging to the hotel. Assistant, Crown Solicitor (Mr. T. M.
There were right spoons and three forks. Hazleriggi nl the Magistracy
He reported the matter to the Police anl yes-
Cutton afternoon. terday
The shroff whose inb-lyspector
Was plnosti charge of the case. The shopkeeper was Shiu - Hing: W33 charged ou four counts, two of which hunght to the Station and he explaisent involved the arceny of 25 and that he had bought them in all good
Government Opium
asked to produce the hawker. He did va
NERVOUS REBELS FIRE ON THEIR CO-CONSPIRATORS.
Ham
Sasama, May 3rd, Further disclosures from reliable source in connection with the firing on of a respectively from British launch belonging to the Shanghai Dock Co, have been published in the chance to resurrect old issues, now that Mr. Christopher Meikle, a director of that while the launch suffered no exsual North China Daily News. They reveal The July Ja'f terms the Acte, the Irregulars have evidently reached the the Anglo Sumatre and other rubber ties, gre man was killed and two injured... Melbourne.
pudent and insolent."
- The Morag Post says that the framers
end of their resources.
THE RUHR.
"ARREST.
have served up a tess of stale rejected | ANOTHER BURGOMASTER UNDER ingredients," and hopes that the British. Government will rally to the side of Franer and bring about Germunay's Burrender.
DUESSELDORF, May 2ad. The Burgoaster of Dilhausen has been arrested and the town fined 50,000,000 Tus baily Telegraph is of the opinion marks, following the throwing of a bomb
at a troop train.
SOVIET CLIMBS DOWN.
SKIPPER OF CONFISCATED TRAWLER RELEASED.
that the Note is ruined by its stiff-necked nititude, and says that the total offered is ludicrously short of the minimum Germany, cuid raise. The newspaper can discern no hope whatever for a re-
wowal of negotiations on the basia Inid down.
The 70me, condemns the Note as a
clumsy presentment, and says that it gives' only the vaguest guarantees; yet, the Note sargests points from which steps might be taken in the direction of
aastilement,
LONDON, May and.. The Soviet Government has climbed down as a result of the strong protest by Great Britain against the scizure of the Hull trawler." mentioned 'in a cable mes age dated April 25th. - Lieut.-Com Kenworthy states that the Russian Trade Delegation in London has informed him
companies, left estate valued at £116.868.
"GERMANY'S CURRENCY.
GOVERNMENT'S EFFORT AT
STABILISATION.
FARLIN, May 2nd. The Government has submitted to the Reichsrat a bit strictly regulating traffic
faith from.R
marine hawker
Ha us
for days later and the hawker in turn
stated that he had bought thems from an
licensees; the other two chatges were the fraudulent conversion of this monoy, the
amah who at the time was accompanied af. K. La aud the case was beard before the Palace Hotel where a parade of property of the Crown for his own use.
The defendant was represented by Mr. by a little girl, The hawker was takon-
amahs was beki, but he failed to recognise the original vendor of the spoons, though aboard the Chinese gunboat. It appears first to proceed with the charges relating the amah at the time.
Mr. Hezlerigg, said that he proposed be re gnised the little girl who was with Arising out of that two gunboats had been lying cloas to the larceny of the and the this the Inspector preferred a charge of alongside since they had renounced allegi.fraudulent conversion of that amount. receiving stolen goods against both men
The defendant WUS
the and the caso came up for hearing before employed in ance to the Peking Government on April Imports and Exports Office as a shroff in Mr. J. R. Wood yesterday morning.
In the course of his evidence the No. 1 11th. When the first warship opened fire duty was to deal with the licensed opium boy said that Recording to an inventory the opium department and his special
retailers. on the launch consternation arose on the commission by the Government, according tiften large spoons and fifteen middle These retailers were paid on of the bet's silver taken last November, other warship, which also Ared seme to the amount of opium they sold. In sized spoons were missing.
irrespective of the sales made and in in the box.
The little girl was produced and placed She did not even know her other cases commission was based on a own age and in answer to nearly every percentage. It was part of the de- question put to her replied “I don't fendants duty to receive from the know."
The Magistrale toll Mr. LeCallum, Superintendent of Imports and Exporta EARTHQUAKE IN LUHOH DISTRICT. certain money for the payment of these who appeared for the scoud defendant commissions and to receivo their (the shopkeeper) that there was no c380 signatures on the usual Government pay against the sound defendant, who he sheets. It was alleged by the Crown that thought, had neted in a quite straight on April 20th the defendant instead of forward manner. He would be dismissed.
licenseo. Lai Chau Po, $70, paid him only the sum of $43, but that he obtained the licensee's signature for the full $70 and that he misapproziated the
in foreign exchanges, empowering the shots, finding a billet aboard her cousort authorities to demand the surrender of and resulting in the aforementioned any foreign currency the possession of casualties, which is not justified by business needs.
MARKS AGAIN RECEDE.
LONDON, May 2nd. Marks receded to 153,000-158,000.
EARLIER CABLES.
ELEVATION OF NAVAL GUNS.
IDEA ABANDONED BY BRITAIN
The Daly SV is disappointed with that the Soviet has quashed the sentence Curzon asked for information regarding the Note, and thinks that Great Britain, of the Archangel Court, under which
Belgium and Italy would probably accept the affor, but it is idle to hope that France would be prepared to negotiate on this basis.
the trawler was confiscati and skipper imprisoned and fines.
EARLIER CABLES.
DETAILS OF THE NEW OFFER.
THOUSANDS OF CASUALTIES,
SKANOHAL, May 3rd. Chinese reports from Szechuen state that over 100 persons have been killed, 3,000 injured, and thousands rendered haniclear as a result of an earthquake in the Luboh district...
ASIATIC IMMIGRATION.
CANADIAN EDITOR'S PLEA FOR INDIA AND JAPAN,
LONDON, May 2nd. The Montreal Star whose editor has
AND AMERICA.
LONDON, May 2nd. In the House of Commons, Viscount the elevation of the range of heavs, guns the in the British and American deste, in view of recent remarks on the subject by the Secretary to the United States Navy, Comdr. Eyres-Monsell gave the figures, whereupon Comdr. C. Dellairs asked whether, as the Japanese also intended to increase the elevation of the gun on all their capital ships, we should not communicate with Ixoth Governments with been tearing the Far East, in a leading
view to stopping this further race in. armaments. Comur. Eyres Mans repl1article on Asiatic immgration, saya that ERRLIN, MAY 2nd. that we do not propose to alter the British Columbia must keep constantly The German Note to the Allies offers devation of our guns, and although the the Note requires a reasoned answer from thirty milliard gold marks payable by Americans had appropriated money for in mind that China is not to be insalted
this purpose they had abandoned the idea means of three international loans, on our assurance that we were not going for ever with impunity, and advocates CAUSTIC COMMENT BY FRENCH namely one of twenty milliards and two to do 10. (Cheers.) He added that the putting of India and pacific China
of five milliards." Germany offers as different question. PRESS.
Comdr. Bellairs had raised an entirely guarantees her entire economic wealth,
on as favourable a basis of treatment as and alternatively suggests that reference
armed Japan. CHESTER CONCESSIONS.
The Daily Chronicle says the amount offered is too small, but urges France not 4 prninng the quarrel.,
The Bestofuster Gazette thinks that
all the Allies.
PARIS, May 2nd. The intransigeant says that Franca of the whole reparations problem be
Some cases the commission was fixed
#
which was now the subject of the charge. He would, subject to híg Wor- ship's decision, submit evidence that this occasion wZLM not an isolated occasion of
under-payment and that other people had
be
underpaid.
kept and 3 to regulations.
Mr.
The first defendant (the bawker) was also discharged as there was no evidence that the property had been stolen.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEAR. ANCE OF MORPHINE. REVENUE OFFICERS DISCOVER EMPTY CASES.
cases-
Mr. D. J. Lloyd, Superintendent of Imports and Exports, said that the defendant had been abort nine years in Chief Provocative Officer Clark and the employment of the Cen.He had Senior Revenue Officer Watt were faced been in his present position since the with a
poser" on Wednesday night death of his father, is about 1023. His concerning the mysterious disappearance principal duties were confined to the of a large quantity of morphine from the Charge of the Government Opium German ship, s.3. Anne Erzer, which Hicensees. He would have frequently to arrived in port from Hamburg. Of the visit the premises nul see that the 60 lbs, which they expected to find they business hail not changed hands and check could find only eight and a half. Acting. the stocks of opium in the hands of thon reliable information they boarded the licensees, and also so that it was genuide Government opium. He would see that ship at 11 p.m. and commenced searching
the the balance of opium corresponded with covered the four cases corresponding to
carga. In the No. I hold they dis the Chinees book sales which had to be
slescription they had received. According to the manifest there then untlined the defendant's duties in paying out the commissions to they were consigned to
were shown as containing chemietis and Vladivostock, the licensed retailers. Those on the fixed having been shipped by a well-known firm rate received from $60 to $115 a month of chemical dealers in Hamburg. The 1 per cent, to 15 per cent. The money the Captain, but to the surprise of all and those on. a percentage received from four cases were opened in the presence of the Tr to pay the commissions was drawn from
Treasurer, on
the torterned two of the cases. application by.
were emper other two partly empty. Superintendant of Imports and
Each Exporta, Withes would draw a cheque for the
wae supposed to have contained amount to meet the commissions and this twenty lbs. of morphine, but only 88 email
tins were discovered. The mystery the defendant or 01
the Hongkong that the batches have never been off the Government. The defendant, he saide was not responsible for drawing up the pay sheets. They were made up by clerks made only one call and that was at the the office. The defendant only kent II record of the sales and this was used to
Sabang coaling station on the Teland of Sumatra. draw up the commissions' pay sheets..
How the cases came to be Witness handed in a number of pas they were bronchel before the ship left emptied is a mystery unless it was that including the name of Lai Chan Po. slirets
ant was not in any way entitled to make about $300 per th.. so that the value of
containing the names of licensees. Hamburg. Continuing, the witness said the defond-
The value of morphine in Hongkong is the amount seized is about $2.500 deductions or reductions from these coment missions, neither had he accounted to the
what the revenue office for any of the deductions made by made in connection with the affair.
officers expected to seize. No arrests have been him.
the
will not negotiate until Germany acknow-made to an internatiorial commision. She BRITAIN WILL NOT RECOGNISE HONGKONG NAVAL AND MILITARY ~ould either be made out in favour of increased by the statement of the Captain
ledges her defeat.
The Journal des Debute says that Germany demands the evacuation of the Buhr area in exchange for a shadow.
The Literte says the Note marks no Improvement in German good-faith.
GERMAN PRESS.
BERLIN, May 2nd.
says that passive resistance will continue until the Ruhr be evacuated.
LATER. Germany, proposes that twenty milliards of gold marks be raised by a hand issue on the international
at normal rates
7
IRAQ GRANTS.
:མ་
HOSPITALS.
AMALGAMATION
IMPRACTICABLE.
LONDON, May 2nd.
In the House of Commons, replying to
#y
No. 1-ho'd from the time the vesse left Hamburg. The vessel, on the way out.
r
or &
LONDON, May 2nd, In the House of Cammons, replying to questions, Lieut. Col. A. Buckley stated that the Government had just received a voluminous decument comprising the whole of the Chester Commissions" ig money market before July 1st, 1997, five missioner at Constantinople bad been in Mr. Gershom Stewart, Colonel Amery Anatolia. The acting British High Com Le Temps says that the French are in milliards before July 1st, 1920, and five structed to protest emphatically against aid that after-careful consideration by the Ruhr and will remain there.
before July 1st, 1831. The first twenty the Turkish Government's grant "of EXPRESSIONS OF DISMAY BY
milliards shall be offered for subscription rights within the borders of Iraq, and the Admiralty and the Committee on the to declare that the validity of such a immediately. The interest on, the bonds grant will not be recognised by Great amalgamation of services common to the up to July 1st, 1927, shall be paid into Britain. The German newspapers are by no a special fund under the control of the
Navy, Army and Air Force, it was
HANDLED $18,000 A DAY. means unqualified" in their approval of the German offer.
Cross-examined by Mr. Lo, witness' was concluded that there would not be asked "Can you tell how much a month Reparations Commission. If the twenty The Democratic and Socialist journals milliards cannot be raised by a loan be
am not making funny comparisons consider that the offer, is the best possible fore July 1st, 1927, interest at the rate
aufficient margin. of accomodation if the passed through his hands "What do you did.
you mean the daily takings, or other. Naval at present, but the organs of the Right
Mr. Ed then put a question to Mr. and Military Hospitals in wise?
Lloyd who for some time would not give profes dismay at the immensity of the of five per cent. shall be paid thereon
SANTIAGO DE CHILE, May 2nd.
The total amount which passed through a definite answer. The question S offer, and nouuse the Government of from that date, also
Hongkong were amalgamated.
This his hands The plenary session of the Paa
either way-in pr cut "Supposing the defendant pays over $70 weakness. All the newspapers agree that amortisation. If the two amounts of five American Conference has approved of the would be especially the case as regards Probably about 217,000 or 216,000 a day and gets a receipt for that sum and he is passive resistance in the Ruhr area musb milliards each cannot be raised fully be- compromise method. constituting 鼈
How much would be pay out in paid back, 820 would you say it was continua until an agreement has been
misappropriation fore the dates fixed, au impartial inter-governing board of the Pan Americancers, as there were only six beds for commissions 7-About $5,000 Pay out Union whereby every American country officers in the Military Hospital."` nationa) commission shall decide whether, shall be represented, "The schemo provides when, and how, the amount outstanding that any country not represented diplo matically at Washington may choose one can be raised. Germany, will also make of its citizens to sit on the board. The The majority of this morning's newer payments in kind in accordance with delegates adopted the political committee's papers are of the opinion that the existing treaties in an extent still to be German offer forms a possible basis for the anttlement of reparations; and should
renched.
NOTE FAVOURABLY RECEIVED BY U.S. NEWSPAPERS.
New Yoлк, April 2nd.
determined.
one per cent,
not be brushed aside. The only excep. GERMANY'S UTMOST LIMIT. tion to this opinion is the Tribune, which declares that the Note 'slows that in
PAN AMERICAN UNION. SPHERE OF ACTIVITY TO BE EXTENDED.
recommendations for reorganisation of the Union and extension of its sphere of activity. Permanent committees are be ing appointed to develop the economic and commercial relations between tho
SHANGHAI POLICE TORTURE
CASES
JAPANESE DETECTIVE "NOT
·GUILTY"
SHANGHAI, May 3rd.
&
He is guaranteed by a gentleman on a boudi-Yes.
But the amount of that bood is only $4,000-I won't say exactly, I had an idea it was $5,000,
Witness eventually replied: Prima facte I should say that the defendant had been guilty of bribery, and if the defendant was in a position to threaten I should say it would probably amount to Do you really think that the defendant larceny. was a dishonest man7 You soo he had
ALLEGATIONS OF BQUEEZE, plenty of opportunity to embezzle large sums of money and run away f-He would complainant in
then given by the the third and fourth have been found out before long. The charges. He said that on April 20th he -accounts are checked every day. He
received would have, been found out within an which he signed a document.
$45 from the defendant for bour or so.
Could he not have run away with
Evidence
ад
Mr. Hazlerigg: Were you actually
Did the defendant give you any reason way he should only pay you $43 when he should have paid you $70-I don't know the TTagement: between my what brother (from
hom
the witness obtained
Tho Noto declares that the proposal member nations.'' jured innocence and limitable self-pity 19 the utmost limit of Germany's; are still the foundation stone of the economic capacity, after the weaken- ABYSSINIAN SLAVERY. German attitude; The continued accuing the Gorman economic organism
At a preliminary hearing of the case $13,000 the day's takings-He would paid $70 out of which you re-paid $25, er pation of the Ruhr area is the only by the occupation
were you only paid $451-According to Rubr. DENIAL OF REPORTS REGARDING against Detectivo Bergessit Okajima on a of the
have been running a great risk. There the record it is 870, but he only paid me guarantes to Germany's creditors. ' The German Government even gravoly
INCREASE.
are three Indian guards se well as $45. I don't owe him any money. NOTE INACCEPTABLE TO FRANCE manyta capacity; but if the other side.
doubts whether it does not exceed Ger
charge of using the "third degree" to number of armed Chineza about, AND BELGIUM,
LONDON, May 2nd.
Do you seriously suggest he could not obtain
from ConfOBBIODA does not share this view the whole repar A White Paper containing the corres-
Chinese have done it if he had just strolled oat PARIS, May 2nd. ations problem should be decided by an poudence with regard
Blavery.. It is semi-officially reported that the international commission free from all Abyssinia contains the report on prisoner, in the Japanese Polico Court of the office-I don't think he could have Gorman Note is regarded as inacceptable Germany obligations depends on the March 30th, 1922,
political influence The falliment of British Legation at Adis Abeba, dated yesterday, the Publio Procurator found think it would raise sufficient.
If he went out in the morning, say which denies the
the the accused not guilty of the charges, these loft for a few moments at an
to be stopped, If he simply suppres the Treaty of Versailles, which it is essential that in future there brainis has increased. and points out evidence, being insuficient to frame and it in declared that the French and be no more forcible seizures or sanctions that the slave-producing districts are
unusual time do you think he would have April Belgian Governments will reply by inter- Germany is prepared to accept any frontiery of Abyssinin now march every being gradually depopulated, and the
searched 1-He would have had mifying the exploitation of the Bahr area. agreement, binding both on Germany and where with those of the civilised Powers.
prima facie "charge.
difficulties in getting away.
Supposing in went out at tifin time GERMAN CHANCELLOR'S VIEWS ON on France, to submit all conflicts which
what then-All the money has boon paid
by official French and Belgian circles.
The French contend that it would stabilisation of German currency, as to statement that the slave trade
The
cannot ho settled diplomatically to THE SITUATION.
arbitration, on reconciliation. The start- BERLIN, May 2nd.
ing point of negotiations must be the Chancellor Cuno, in a speech delivered earliest possible evacuation of the Ruhr when submitting the Reparatione Note tal and restoration of conditions in the State Presidents and Premiers, Rhineland according to the thineländ maid that on its success depended the agreement, as well as the liberation of ipeaceful co-operation of Germany with the arrested German, and the return of Franco, and even with Europe, Failure German exiles."
would mean the intensification of Ger many's defensive struggle, and the des Lruction of her last means of furnishing reparations. They wanted peace, but the arion must be payable.
(Continued at foot of meat columo.I
PARIS, May 2nd.
RUBBER SPECULATIONS:
MERCHANTS LOSSES LEAD TO BANKRUPTCY..
LONDON, May 2nd. merchant, in a statement of his affairs, In the Bankruptcy Court Cecil Bhrager,
showed that his liabilities amounted to. £258,000 and his assets to £134,000. His
got away.
been
suspicions
given
in by then.
Then I put it to you that this bond is practically useless-I don't know.
the drug business) and the defendant was. Did you ever have any explanation to yen for the deduolion -No, What were you paid before the 20th received 345 on. the 20th March. Lo at this stage lodged a formal that what happened before the date of the charge had nothing. to do with the present case. It was not
admissible as evidence
Mr. Hazlerigg said the defendant had boen
working on a system. It was admissible on the grounds alone. It was also admissible to show that the defendant was working with intent to
also defraud: It w
admissible erroborative evidence. Hazlerigg, alded, *! squeezé."
HOME RACING. THE TWO THOUSAND - GUINEAS.
A COMPARISON, Could be have run away if there was a conspiraby amongst the office staff-Yes, LONDON, May 2nd.
he could, just like the manager of the Two Thousand Hongkong and Shanghai Bank could if
be entered into a conspiracy.
Oh, I see, like the manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Why do was a system in use against all the you make a comparison like that I am licenses, but there were some. not going to make comparisons in the
Cuineas was as follows:
The result of the
Ellangowan (7/1) Knockando (25/1) D'Oray (60/1); Eighteen ran. Won by
As the German Neto confirms these in differences on rubber contracto cabled forecast, it may be taken for since January 1st, 1922 amounted to granted, that the Government regards the £141,000. He attributed his failure to proposals as entirely unacceptable as a fineen, and the fall of the price of rubber half a length between second and third. basis for discussion.
The examination was adjourned.
herd, with care.
(Continued as foot of next column.)
Mr. what we would call He did not contend that it
the witness who said that he had only Mr. Hazlerigg continued to examine
received 845 for the last three months.
The case was later adjourned..