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NOTE
THM HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15TH, 1933,
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BULGARIAN REVOLUTION. AGRARIAN PARTY WILL RESIST NEW GOVERN MENT.
Paris, June 11th.
Atlvices From Belgrade state that thr
CONCILIATORY REPLY TO BRITISH Rulgarian Agrarian Party appears to be organking resistates to the new Govern ment. In the north the peasants have gut the railways at various places, while fight. ing is reported from a shader of dis
Lustos, Jane the It-is anilerstood that the latest Russian Note, which is conciliatory in tone, regrets that land Curzon is unable met M. Chitciteran,
The Note nurrees to the compensation of £16,000 and 13.000 proposąst in the
Davidson and Harding cases and though elaining reelpriety it implies that if
genuine pront of misconduct can be ad- duced, the Soviet representatives at Kabu!! and Teheran will be recalled, but contends that a joint enquire is wrestry in urder to examine the charges and sounter charges, regarding propaganda.
The Note accepts Lord Curzón's new Formula for n mutual undertaking to!
abstain from propaganda.
Soria, June 1145," The Revolutionary Government has issmód a manifesto stating that it is «leterrined to loyally fiffil the Treaty of i Nently, “and_devaring that Bulgaria is spposed to any kind of warlike adven
turk.
The Russian reply to the British Note D[ May 29th. expresseso readings to meet the views of the British Government in Tegurd to a method for à provisional
timent of the fishing dispute, and, · mending a general conference, agrees to pay the compensation demanded by Great Britain in the cases of Daysian and Sta Harding Rusia is ready to arcpt the! craft declaration of-interferetive! suggested in the British mute, as a basis bemutual undertakings in regard to pragada. The reply emphasises that this means there can he me possibility of any Future British Government, or the
Governments
British Tominions, Co'mis or Protectorates assisting in any the Soviet hostile designs against Republic and its Allies and says further, that if as
result of joint, inquiry it sheild be founil necesury to recall and or othor of the Soviet representatives Kabul or Tehemo, the Soviet will not hesitate to do, shut stipulates full and unconditional_reciprscity. Russia alleges that British agate 'were impliented in the ridings in Turkestan and the Carasus. Losos, June 11th. The Sosiet is ready to compensate British subjects for losses, but only on a basis of full-efective reviprocity,
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The
tricts,
INTERNATIONAL COMPLICATIONS.
POSSIBLE.
The Serbian' Government's attention has
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REPARATIONS DISCUSSIONS. SOME HOPE OF REACHING AGREEMENT.
LONDON, June 11th.
FLOODS IN AMERICA
HEAVY DAMAGE IN SEVERAL STATES.
KANSAS CITY, June 11th. Three days of torrential rain have re
The Allies are activly conferring diplosulted in the flooding of the low-lying! matically on the subject of the German districts of the States of Kansas. Okla
homm and Texas. At least five fatalities i memorandum.
are reported, and the damage is estimated i ki several million dollars. Three thousand
persons are homeless in Kansas City and many hundreds in Windo!d.
IMPERIAL WIRELESS.
QUESTION IN HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Lord Curzon has
with the French, Italian and versed
The prospect of Belgian Ambassadors,
agreement is represented in soutie quarters as not being bright, owing to French intransigence, though it is stated elsewhere that ministers are not without Hope of attaining an ultimate agreement:
Losmos, Jun 11th. In the House of Ceminona, replying to and the conversations will be continued with the object of arranging, it possible,
the Hon. W. C. A. [questions, Capt. for joint reply. It is doubtful whether Ormsby-Gore said the question of Imperial the British Government will agree to urge wireless would be considered arst at the Berlin to end passive resistance in the Imperial Fenomic Conferener. Any is inrrying lack from Bukharest, where Ruhr area, unless she is able to hold out question of principle requiring the atten reasonable inilucements of something in tion of the imperial-Conference would be the nature of an armistice in the Rahr:ferred to the latter.
| been called to a report that. Bulgarian ex-fiers who were demobused under the Treats of Neuilly and 'so fresh classes are being called ap. The situation is Erdalas serious and King Alexanderį
hu has ten un à visit,
REPORTED CAPTURE OF PREMTER
STAMBULISKI
Places, June 11th.
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mediately senda Note to Germany de- manding the crisation of passive resist.
GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
LONDON, June 11th.
FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS.
(BY COURTESY OF ENS DAILY BULLETIN."]
THE FRESIDENTIAL CRISIS AT FEKING.
SITUATION
ENCHANGED.
PEKINA, June 11th Demonstrations outside the President's!
MACÃO NOTES.
[FROM A VORAPSPONDENT.)
THE WATER SHORTAGE.
{ am" informed that Col. Augusto Adrinus Trigo has asked His Excellency Dr. Rodrigo Rodrigues, Governar of Macao, to permit him to extingui h his pest as Director of Public Works, ter enable him to drvcte his energies exclu- The exep- sively to the water works.
sidete negarri to-day, but the partitionally long spell of drought has caused cipants were quietened by the chiefs of the majority of the springs in Maca to! police and gendarmerie,
dry up, and the situation is so serious 2 The situation is practically unchanged that Col. Trigo desires all possibly time sings yesterday,
to endeavour to expedite the extensive President Li Yann-hung, remains in operations commenced by him, on which office, and his opponents may now change a very large sum is to be expended. their tactics. Apparently, it is thought by intimidating likely candidates for the! Work is progressing satisfactorily on The opera Premiership to prevent a Cabinet being the Macao Harbour Works. fonard, thus radering the President'stions undertaken by the Government, on position nutenable."
MAAD HARBOUR WORKS.
activity and the end of this year sheuld
the Inner Harbour are making great Inasmuch as Tsao Kun and Wu Pet-fheadway: The Netherlands. Harbour are, suding delegates to the President, Works Co.. is displaying considerablä is expected that the position of those chiefs will lar made clear in the immedi
see the work well advanced. Micro-re-" ata future.
sidents are optimistic as to the success Bruter's correspondent is reliably of the seboué and the eveninal reestab-` Formed that Dr. W. W. Yen accepted the 'lishment of Macan as an eerin port, Premiership yesterday morning, but that Property values have increased slightly later in the day he declined the post.
turing the past six months.
After a conversation he agreed to con. sider the matter and give his final dei. siam to-day.
PRESIDENT
DETERMINED,
PEKING, Jns 11th.
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THE FIRE BRIGADE
The Veteran James Braid, with a round It is reported from Bulgarian suures GERMAN MEMORANDUM UNDER of eventy-two, led the held at the end of
CONSIDERATION.
the first half of the qualifying cmpeti. that Premier Stambulisk has been arrest
bon for the open championship, at Troon,
I had an opportunity of visiting the LONDON, June 11th. jed by his non military bodyguard,
There are 20 entrants, including twelve
Fire Brigade Station and witnessing the well-informed Renter learns from
Americans, two South Africans, the
hrigade at drill, through the courtesy of THE RUHR SITUATION..
source that M. Poincaré is,anxious, that Australizu, Kirkwood, a Spaniard and a
Lieut. G. Concricao, the Chief Superin MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED "AT the Allies, including Britain, should im French contingent, The Americans, with
Interviewed by a number of foreign teant. The engines are kept in excvilent ar housed in perfect RECKLINGHAUSEN,
the exemption of Macdonald Smith ad
went round in correspondents. President Li Yuan-hung condition and
leave office rondition. The brigade is most activé and Saraz, each of when Renius, June 11th.
eventy five, made a poor show, Hagen, declared that he would not
tres out as fast as and works as well as A French sentry was shot at Recklinghes in the Ruhr. It is understood that the holder, taking eighty-two. Barnes unless Parliament elects him successor.
President Li Yuan-hang pointed out the best in the largest cities. It is the Martini Jaw M. Poincare consulers that a necessary did it in eighty, Kirkwood 76, Tolley 77,
A feature that the meulees of the Chih'i fäction, l'opinion of those who have won both. that hausen en Snrday night. has been proclaimed in the town and a preliminary to an Allied discussion of re- Duncan 78, and Mitchell 79.
and implored him to take over the nin Lisbon. Maeso is to be congratulated, erfew from nine in the evening to &vs in ! Parations On the entrary, the British, was the fullure of the British amateur who last year came on their bended knees, Macao brigade is more efficient than any champion: Roger Wethered, who did the
ministration, are now doing their almost upon its brigade, “which is, dërtainly a the morning. Meetings of more than apparently consider such discussion, must round in eighty-might.
I.icut. to drive him out.
credit to its Superintendent. Conceicnn tells me that a small bleek uf four persons have been probibited, Two come first polies officials have been arrested
Chinese houses in front of the station pre rents the engings coming out quickly and hostages.
he is anxious to draw the attention of the Authorities to this.
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ANOTHER SUDOTING AFFRAY AT DORTMUND,
BERLIN, Jung
Five civilians were shot at Dortmund last night, and on seriously wounded. The deputy police president and deputy burgomaster have been arrested in einare. tion with the shooting of two French non-
It is reported that over a hundred arrests have been made. The French troops at Dortmund have been reinforced.
BERLIN, June 11th. Later news from Dortmund states that the five civilians mentioned earlier were shot dead. It is alleged that French soldiers fired on all passersby still in the streets at earfew hour. Two machine gans have been placed in position in front of the town hall.
MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED.
BERLIN, JUD 11th.
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LONDON, June ith.
The Cabinet discussed the German COTTON TRADE PROBLEMS. memorandum. also the French views,
ADVISORY BOARD SCHEME which it is understood have been commu- nicated by the French Ambassador in London
THE BUDGET DEBATE.
IMPERIAL ABOLITIOX OF
PREFERENCE URGED.
consumer
President Li Yuan-hung stated that D Welington Koo, Dr. W.-W.. You and others are refusing to take up the form tion of Ministry owing to military duress.
Sir Charles Macara. chairman of the Provisional Emergency Catton Com- President Li Youn Hong says it is the mittee, hus forwarded to the Press a copy aim of the militarists to block the forma of a schema for the formation of a Cottotion of a Cabinet, Advisory Board, drawn up in pursuanes
1. To pass measures for the regula- tion of supply in accordance with the demand on the market.
AND WT PEI FU. ·
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BALARIES OF DIPLOMATS ABROAD.
A LIBERAL ACTION.
The Macna Government is bringing an action against the newspaper ( Liberatin
the paper a short time ago.
PERSONAL
WHAT GERMANY HAS PAID. AN AMERICAN FINDING.
[FEO NEW YORK TIMES."].
"Mr. Charles H. Grasty gives the fellow- ing authoritative figures of the payments actually made by Germany on the repara TOTA. TO JANUARY 137, 192,
tions account:-
Casla (payments
In Gold Marke. (About 4 to the
dollar.) under
......1,905,865,845
treaty) Deliveries in kind (ral
of a mandate given to the committee at a PRESIDENT APPEALS TO TSAO KUNPs.ct of certain statements pu lishegi ia meeting of directors of cotton spinning! companies held in Manchester on March 13th and which was tentatively adopted
PEKING. June ilth. LONDON, June 11th.
on May 2nd at a joint meeting of thei
The departure of Lieut, H. Vald.z for President. Li Yuan Hung, last evening. The House of Commons, debating the Provisional Emergency Cotton Committee
friends. Lieut. Valdez was ex-Senator Budget, adopted a resolution authorising and representatives of cotton operatives addressed an urgent telegram to Tan the Metropolis is keenly felt by his A mass meeting of spin- Kun and Wu Pei Fu. and circulated it for Macau in Lisbon and his return to the establishment of a debt sicking fund organisations, of £40,000,000 for the current year and manufacturers, and operatives was cortents throughout the country, stating Lisbon will roable him to use his influence
heki at the Albert Hall, Manchester, on £15,000.000 next year, and thereafter May 17th, for the purpose of submitting that he bad endeavoured to retain Pre on behalf of Macro with the Government
the scheme to the whole trade. Si mier Chang Shou Tseng, but without in the capital. Charles points out that there is no sug success, and that he had requested others. £50,000,000 annually.
Imperial preference came up when Mr.gestion in this new effort which has not to form a Cabinet, but that they fear to A. J. Bonwick myed the abolition of len dealt with successfully in the past.
President Li Yuan Hung points out suggest a means of promoting, mest elect imperial preferencs contained in the 1919 that the Cotton Advisory Board scherne Budget. Mr. Bonwick dwelt on the pre-nally, harmonious relationship between that the present events are politically forence on tea, which he asserted was not the two industrial factors, Capital and inspired, and obviously are attempts to
than the original Labour, and that it can be applied equally at him illegally from the Presidency, only asting more
was also to any other industry in the country.
President Li Yuan Hung teils Tsan stimale, but the
same prior nj The following is the draft scheme :-- paying substantially the
(a) There shall be formed a Cotton Kun and Wu Pei Fu that they, as guar. Advisory Board, consisting of metabers dias of the State, cannot look on this before. Mr. A. Barnes, who is presidenti of the London Co-Operative Society representing the employers interests and state of affairs with indifference, and he asserted that ten preference was opposed ¦ members representing the operatives' in- adds that he awaits their reply. by the trade here, and bad sat 'conferred terests, with the following object', names
ly: any advantage on the Indian grower in forgiga markete, Dr. W. A. Chapple argued that the Dominions did not want any impot preference in order to main- tain their royalty. Col. J. Gretton cun- tended that preference did not go far enough. Sir W. Joynson-Hicks enumeral ng, and tightened up tho permit reguled the increased imports from the Empire Ations.
French patrols held up anen in of various commodities since preference the streets and in tramcars and searched had been adopted, and denied the asser
growers did unt them for weapons. Dortmund yesterday tion that" Indian tea
It is reported from Fukien that the (c) To give to the board the authority evening was like neity of the dead, the want proference. Mr. Borwick's amend
ment was rejected by 255 to 150 votes. necessary to make its orders binding on guerilla leader, Huang Ping Fu, who terrified inhabitants not venturing out of
Mr. T Johnston moved an amendment every member of the trade, and to prevent had been fighting against Sun Chusu Fang, was taken on June 5th and shot, to abolish the tea duty. Bir W. Joynamay individual firm or person from acting doors. The shops and restaurants were
according to its or his own with or in Hicks declined to agree to the abandon treat to the detriment of the trade as a and that the other guerilla leaders wore closed, and trims were stopped. It is ro
ment of the tax, which yielded £11,000,000 whole, the operatives representatives shal defeated.
ally. A further Labor amendment undertake to withdraw all the labour ported that the French still detain over å |bundred peopin
aimed at living the present tax. Both from the mill or mill of any such person
or firm refusing to comply with the orders resume his march to the coast.. the amendments. were rejected by of the bord. To bring this to pass in substantial majorities, and the clause con- the most effective manner the board shall tinuing the tes duty was adopted by 239 endeavour to arrange a compact between the Employers Federations and the Ope to 100 votes,
ratives Federations concerned, whereby THE the employers shall seek to get all their: workpeople under control of the trade unions, and the operatives shall seek to serve in none but federated mills.
Note declares that the lossess sustained by A message from Dortmund states that British subjects are trifling compared the French have proclaimed martial law with the terribi calamities to millious, throughout the city and suburbs. They of Russian subjrers owing to the blockade bare arrested prominent citizens as host
the intervention of the Kutente. The question of loyal coperation in the Tyturs should be made slependent, oni past acounts, which have remained un- selled through no fault of the Russian Clovernment. The Soviet would consider rupture of trading relations as not only an economie los but & political disaster,
but
meet the
sees a way to settle the questions exept through negotiations. The refusal of the British Governancat to Soviel Foreign Commissary shows that Alo obstacle to t settlement does not ariso on the Lussian side, and in the erent of
rupture the responsibility cannot by placed on the Soviet,
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BELGIAN SENTRY FIRED ON.. BECSELLA, June 11th. The Fedependence Belge reports that se persons shot with a revolver at a Belgian sentry guarding the approacha to the Germenich tunnel on the Aix In
PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT Chapelle-Tongres railway.
A REPORT DENTED,
NEW YORK, June 11th. The Prohibition Authorities deny the report that Customs bants firing on rum- French and British ships runners bi which were lying among the liquor flect,
GIFT TO BRITISH CANCER CAMPAIGN.
The entry
FRENCH LINER HAS TO GO DRY.
WASHINGTON, June 11th,
PEKING. June 11th.
2. To prevent the marketing of pro- Lu Cheng Hsiang, on behalf of the ducts at prices less than those which Legating bread, again wired to the shall from time to time be determined Government saying that if their salaries by the board.
3. To compensate operatives and em- are not paid they will all come to China ployer who shall be put to loss by in July. reason of compliance with the bourd's instructions.
(b) The Board su devise machinery to achieve the aforementioned objects,
GUERILLA LEADER SHOT.
PEXING.. June 13th.
value probably greater) 3,483,242,000 - State properties (in ceded
territories) ... ----- 2,504,342,000 Restitutions (property
found in Germany) 9,700.000,003 Allied expenses & Germany 1.206,650.000 Sequestrated property 4,000,000,000
.15,800,000,000
Total
Deduct loans by Allics to
Germany
290,000,000
15.410.000,000
Total in gold marks Total in dollars" (ap-
proximately).,850,000,000
Mr. Grasty's analysis based on a thorough study of statistics obtained from
the Reparation Commission and other
Hence Sun Chuan Fang will be able to sources, shows that. Germany's total pay:
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ments up to January 1st, 1923, amounted to between fourteen and Gifteen billion gold marks, or about $3,500,000,000. Oub of this sum only about $1,200.000,900 was ENGLAND AND AMERICA.
paid in cash and deliveries in kind." Tho remainder includes restitutions, which BULGRAVE INSTITUTION'S cannot properly be considered as repar
REGRETS.
ations, as they consist of property taken by the Germany armies and since return- The Sulgrave Institution, which exista ed, and also sequestered property abroad, further good relations which includes the German holdings in primarily to (d) All other matters of mochinery between Great Britain and the United this country, most of which will eventually Treasury officals, after a hurried con- details of articles, etc., such sa the ap- States, expresses much concere in its be returned. It does not include, how was not hit, and returned the fire of his ference, refused the request of the French pointment of offers, committeer, staff, annual erport, published last month, over ever, the valuation of the Sarre cont, nor
Entry for a relaxation of the prohibi- the fixing of the quorum, voting, remune the present state of those relations.
any valuation for the Gorman colonies. assailants, who decamped.
tion regulation in the case of the liner rations, payments of expenses, of modifica
According to the report, intercourse These figures, published for the first France, at prent in New York, which tions or alterations of objecte, rules, or between the two countries very distinct time in this country, should put an end sailed from France prior to June 10, methods. or of dissolution, to be deter-ly seems to be on a less friendly basis to the absurd claims of the Germans that mined by a selected committer for recom than for the past eight or nine years." they have already paid 100,000,000,000 gold when the regulations became effective.
mendation to the full committee.
A RUSSIAN THREAT. SWITZERLAND AND THE VOROWSKY
MURDER.
RIGA, June 11th.
US RAILWAY STATION BURNED DOWN.
PHILADELPHIA, June 11th.
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The
M. Chitcherin has despatched a note to The Pennsylvania railways Broad Street the Bwiss Government in which it is station has been burned down. declared Russia intends to chtain satis.damage is estimated at a million dollars. faction for the assassination of Vorowsky, THE AUSTRIAN REHABILITA and avers that the Swiss Government LONDON, June 11th. The British Empire cancer campaign were moral participants in the crime has received an anonymous gift of owing to their failure to arrest the
£20,000
casassins and accomplices.
TION BONDS,
New York, June 11th. Morgang announce that the Austrian bonds mentioned resterday, were over enbeeribed in a quarter of an hour.
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A number of reasons are assigned for marka, or about $20,000,000,000, Mr. this ill-feeling differences of view Granty points out that the indefinitencas concerning the settlement after the war, many of the valuations.makes it pos Sixteen boat-women pleaded guilty" the activities of organicntions striving to tile to twist the figures into a good cas muko illwijl between Britain and America, for Germany or for the Allies. He has the Marine Magistracy, yesterday and commercial rivalry.
endeavoured to make allowances for the before Commander C. W. Beckwith, R.N.,
The report complains of the class of claims of both extremes, and his study is nowe: Bent from America to British
sure to interest every one who is recking the Rabi problema and its in the Harbour Refuge at Causeway Bay periodicals, but is especially severe on the light on to a charge of allowing their boats to lie without written permission from the American ginimas films shown in England.solution.
it Harbour Master. Their excuse was that The character of the bulk of them. they had gone into the Shelter at 9 am,
FLYS
is us-American, they tend to be- on June 10th when the typhoon signal little and cause to be held in contempt
During 1924 the London County Council went up.
When low water came their American life, which, as it existe gener
the trams carried 720,000,000 passengers,, LTE boats grounded and they could not move ally, is as awact and wholesome as until the following day. The Magistrate home life of the people of any other increase of 30,000,000 over the previous dismissed the defendants with a warning.country."
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