HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1931.
POSEIDON DISASTER.
STATEMENT BY CAPTAIN OF YUTA.
(THROUGH_REUTER'S AGENCY.]
Shanghai, Jung 12.
AUSTRALIA'S FINANCES.
LABOUR PARTY AGREE TO INTERNAL DEBT SCHEME.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOX,]
CANBERRA, June 12.
It is reported from Nowchwang A Labour caucus, held here to
CYCLONE IN JAPAN.
GENEVA LABOUR
AUSTRO GERMAN CUSTOMS UNION
CANTON
TWO DEATHS: ELEVEN INJURED.
(THROCON REUTER'S AGENOT.)
Toxyo, June 12.
Two people were crushed to. death and eleven seriously injured, when a cyclone suddenly descended
CONFERENCE.
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"WITHDRAWAL OF INDIAN | MR. A. HENDERSON STATES
DELEGATES.
(THROUGH REUTEN'S "ACENOT.]
BRITISH ATTITUDE,
[BRITISH WIDELESS SERVICE).
CUSTOMS
SURPLUS.
TAKEN OVER BY NEW GOVERNMENT.
A communiqué issued on Thursday by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Canton states
at
The Custom revenues collected Kwangsi (known as in the provinces of Kwangtung and the Liang
APPREHENSION IN
CANTON.
FEAR OF ATTACK FROM
CRACK DIVISIONS.
(From Our Own Correspondent.):
CANTON, June 19. Considerable apprehension is being felt here at the stenly south ward march of the 10th Military two rack" divisions of Kwang-
that Tadashi Iyushi, the captain of day, adopted the scheme regarding on the sericultural town of Fura Labour Conference at the with of Nations Parliamentary Com Kwang), yield a considerable surplus Route consisting of the so-called
the Yuta, when interviewed express ad sincere regret at the Poseidon disaster and profound sympathy
for the relatives of those who lost their lives. UNSUITE
Ho stated that shortly before the
collision he left the bridge to have lunch, leaving the Chinese mate in
control.
The Poseidon was seen to hove to four miles ahead and the mate thought the Yuta by holding her course would be able to pass the submarine as the steamer was doing ten knots...
At 12.08 p.m. the Poseidon began to move, and gathering speed up poared to be crossing the steamer's path. According to International Code he had the right of way and in consequenes the steamer tried to round, the submarine's stern,
Attempt to Baise Wreck To-day,
CHEFoo, June 12.
The American Navy's submarine salvnge vessel Pigeon arrived at Weihaiwol yesterday afternoon and her divers to-day have fastoned a wire eable round the Poseidon. To-morrow an attempt will be made to raise the wreck.
One survivor to-day entered bos- pital suffering from the effects of prolonged immersion.
Hope Abandoned.
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"RUGBY, June 19. Heavy ceas were to-day again hindering salvage operations on the submarine. Poseidon which
Bunk near Weihaiwei on Tuesday,
It is feared that no hope remains, for saving the eighteen, men en- tombed in the 'wreck.'
the voluntary conversion of the internal debt which was adopted at the Premiers Conference, by 20
votes to 13.
gonomachi, in the Gumma. Prefec ture, levelling seventeen dwellings, after a thunderstorm early in the
my morning.
A mossage dated June 10 stated
that after approving of the scheme regarding the voluntary conversion of the internal debt and the gon oral reduction of expenditure the Promiera Conference concluded in an optimistic vein,
S.M.R. PRESIDENT RESIGNS.
COUNT YASUYA UCHIDA AS SUCCESSOR.
{THROUGH RUUTKE'R ADENOT.)
An important decision reached was that holders who were not prepared to convert must notify their dissent within A fortnight from the launching of the appeal,
TOKYO, June 12. otherwise their stock will be auto-
After various contradictory re matically converted.
ports, it now appears to be estáb A sub-committee, consisting oflished that Mr. Sengoku, the Presi Mr. Scullin, Mr. Lang, Mr. Hill dent of the South Manchuria Rail- and the Premier of South Austra Way, who has been ill for a long lin, was appointed to discuse the time, tendered his resignation late question of New, South Wales' re-
last night. entry to the Loan Council, while
..."
the Opposition Party has promised its wholehearted support to the voluntary conversion campaign.
total of
Banks and insurance companies, whose holdings amount to £10,000,000 out of n £550,000,000, which is the mount of the loan, are prepared to convert..
DISAGREEMENT OVER LAND TAX PROPOSALS.
GOVERNMENT TO RESIST PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
[BRITISH WIRELESS HERVICE.]
Ruasy, June 11. The situation that will arise next week in the House of Com-
to the Land Tax is discussed was
described by Mr. Lloyd Gocrgo in a speech in Edinburgh today in support of the Liberal Party," and contemplates an important change. in the character of the proposed new land tax, which is based on the principle of general site value duty..
Bad Weather Handicaps Salvage.
Enquiries mado at the Commo-mona when the Liberal amendment dore's office yesterday afternoon elicited the news that no further detaile had come to hand regarding the ill-fated submarine Posejden.
Although salvage operations are being continued, divers are badly handicapped by bad weather. They have, however, completed a detail "ed survey of the outer hull and in a technical report of the durange itate that the vessel is badiy holed. The divers have not been able to get into the submarine to exumine the inner hull.
The World's Sympathy." Messages of sympathy have been received by the Admiralty from the navios of France, Greece,, Japan Yugo-Slavia, Spain, Sweden and the United States. Messages have alsa boan received from the Cana dian Minister, of Defence, the Sia mese Minister of Marine and Mesara. Armstrong Vickers, the builders of the ill-fated craft.
HONG KONG CURRENCY.
COMMISSION'S REPORT BEING CONSIDERED:
{THROUGH REUTER'E AGENCY.
LONDON, June 11. Lord Passfield, Minister for the Colonics, presiding over a largely attended dinner in the Corons Club to-night, said he hoped that the single phrase of the Colonial Ser- vice would be accepted throughout the Empire and that the Service would be as attractive as the Indian Civil Service had been. He feared now that the latter had passed its zenith.A.
on un-
Liberals propose that the tax should fall exclusively developed land by conceding to owners the right to deduct from the land tax the amount, paid on the same land as Income-tax.
The newspapers state that the Government will resist the amend inont, which the Chief Laboral Whip declares will be pressed. The amendment is promised the full support of the Conservatives."
Fair Treatment for Land Owners.
As a combination of Liberals and Conservatives would out- number the Government support, ern it, the House of Commous, the possibility of a Liberal Labour compromise is discussed in the Press;
Mr. Lloyd George this after-1 noon said that Liberale must ad- here to the decision they had taken unanimously. He added that they were taking this attitude not to create embarrassment for the Government, but because they de manded fair treatment for owners of land.
COST OF DOLE IN BRITAIN.
£95,020,000 ADVANCED BY TREASURY TO DATE,"
[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE.]
Arthur Henderson
both made
Ruay, June 11, The Parliamentary Labour Party As regards Hong Kong, he com- held a special meeting to day to mented on the complication of trade consider the first report of the depression by the currency prob. Royal Commission on unemploy lem, and added that the report of ment boneft. the Ezechiel Clauson Commission in The Prime Minister and Mr. that connection was receiving very | careful consideration,
Ho regretted the properity of reducing the temporary bigh cost of living allowances in the Malayan Civil Service and pointed out that the Civil Service in Britain, hnd been substantially reduced also:
BRITISH WARSHIPS TO VISIT YUGOSLAVIA.
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statements.
Bevoral questions were answered. and the meeting expressed con- fidence in the way the Government ware dealing with the matter.
In Parliament this afternoon tho Premier answered in the negative a question as to whether it was proposed to call the three- Party conference for further. consideration of the whole ques- tion of unemployment insurango now that the interim report has beon published.
The Ministor of Labour, Miss Bondfield, answering a question, said that the amount of TresBUTY Sun Moore, Jane nevadate the unemployment in H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth and part aurance fund to date was anexhausted" of the Third Orvisor Squadron will £85,620,000, leaving visit Yugo-Slavia waters in July and August
The viziting vessels will include three cruisers, nine destroyers and four other craft.
the balance of borrowing powers of £4,380,000. That was likely to be exhausted early in July and further provision would be neces sary before that time,
It is generally believed that i Governor-General in Formosa, will Baron Takic Izawa, formerly
succeed him.
LATER...
Resignation of Vice-President. Following his chief's example Mr. Ohira, Vice-President of the South Manchuria Railway, has also resign.
ed.
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LATER
Count Yasuya Uchida has been recommended to succeed Mr. Sen goku as President of the South Manchuria Railway,
GENEVA, June 19,
RUGBY, June 12. The Foreign Secretary Mr. A There was a sensation at the Henderson, addressing the Longue drawal of Hira Chand, one of the mittee, on which all parties are re- Indian employers delegates, presented, gave an account last Hose and Prasad Bagla, advisors night of the recent league meeting to the Indian employers' delegates, He said the uneasiness which had as a protest against the validation been created in Europe by the of the nominationof E. F. Tarlton delegatos, on the ground that he is reference of its legality to the as adviser to the Indian employers' Union had been greatly relieved by proposed Austro-German Customs
Permanent Court. However, there still remained the political and economic aspect of the question to consider.
not an Indian.201
LADIES OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
ALL BRITISH FINAL.
[BRITISH WIRELEÈSE SERVICH]
RUGBY, Juda 12. Two young English giris, each 21 years old, Miss Enid Willson and Miss Wanda Morgan, are to-day contesting the final of the Ladies Open Golf Championship on Port Marnock course,
All foreign competitors eliminated in earlier rounds.
were
The match is over 38 holes, and the finalists were all square at the
ninth
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had explained at Geneva that the The Austrian Foreign Minister
step" takon was due largely to Austria's gave economio situation.
or balance after deduction of the
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It appears that they are hending
cost of administration and the ser- tung under Generals Chiang Kwang vice of foreign loans and indemni- und Co. Tas Rate & Latest ties exclusively charged on the dispatches state that they have Customs.
arrived in Sun Fung, a town in the north-eastern part of Kwangtung.
towards Walchow in the East River district with some object in view. What their object is no one knows with certainty. Nanking e'aime that these two crack divisions" of Kwangtung are solidly on, its aido and that their merch southward into eastern Kwangtung is in no cordance with its orders,
Customs surplus to Chiang Kai As the continued payment of this
Shek's tax-gatherer would not serve the national interests, the National Government now established at Canton insist on the payment of Finance. the surplus to their Minister of
Negotiations Authorized,
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Mr. A. Henderson also expreased! the hope that the European Com- With this end in view, the Minis mittee, through its Economic, Fin-ter of Finance has authorized nego ancial and other sub-Committees tiations with the Customs authori would be able to adapt proposals ties on terms calculated to secure providing some alternative re reasonable settlement of the ques medies for the ills from which tion while anfeguarding the effici Austria, like other countries, was ency and integrity of the Customs Administration as a national fiscal suffering
institution.
After
the
posite 1 The propaganda deport But Canton claims just the op
that these two divisions are taking ment here has repeatedly stated orders from General Chen Tsai Tong and are returning to Kwang- tung to join hands with him in the movement for the overthrow of the The British Government, he said,
Nanking despot de was determined to make the most
an unusual exercise of Meanwhile, the people in Canton these Committees, and the work of patience and forbearance, the Can-are apprehensive largely on account the European Committee as a whole ton Minister of Finance finds that of their continued reticence. This had impressed him more at its re-
Customs authorities-acting state of apprehension is clearly re cent meeting than on any previous doubtlessly under the orders of the flected in the sudden fall in vahub occasion.
Replying to questions from Sir authorities at Nanking, are unwill- of the Hwangtung Central Bank Austen Chamberlain and others, 18 to give effect to an order issued notes. Two or three days ago these Mr. Henderson said
Government banknotes were quoted. that they him to the Commissioner of
at 78 or 70 cents to the paper British Government intends to pre- Customs at Canton, instructing the serve a strictly impartial attitude latter to remit to the Ministry of dollar, but to-day they dropped to in regard to the Austro-German Finance the surplus or balance of 3 cents,
the Customs revenues of the Liang Customs question.
Kwang after providing for (a) the, administrative expenses of the Cus. tomis Houses in the two provinces and (b) the Liang Kwang share of the service
of the foreign loact and indemnities charge on the Custome
COLONIAL DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE.
SECOND INTERIM REPORT ISSUED.
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Disciplinary Measures.
The foregoing terms being the anal word of the Canton Minister. of Finance in the matter and com- pliance with the same having been refused by the Customs authorities, the National Government formed in Canton have authorized the Minis.
CHEN MING SHU AT KANCHOW?
MYSTERY, SURROUNDS HIS MOVEMENTS.
(Wan Te: Fat Pao.)
CANTON, June. 12.
ter of Finance to practed inmedi. A report from official sources Ruger, June 12. ately to the. assertion of his states that General Chen, Ming The second interim report of the authority and power in and over | Shu" (ex Governor of Canton) has Colonial Development Advisory, the Customs Administration and to fled to Kanchow, a city in southern Committee, issued as a white paper, take the necessary administrative Kiangsi border, from Nanchang, shows that assistance amounting to and disciplinary measures to en- and, synchronizing with his arrival over £1,500,000 has been recom-force payment to himself of the there, extensive military move. mended towards a great variety of Customs surplus in the Liangments are evident in the southern development schemes of which the Kwang. total estimated cost is Over £3,500,000:
the 13-
Regarding the economic difficul. tics which British Guiana and certain West Indian Islands have encountered through remunerative price of sugar the report says, in discriminating among various applications which reached them from these quarters. that the committee have felt bound, in view of the international sugar position, toroject those which envisaged a direct assistance to the sugar industry and also such as were apparently designed merely ne measures of relief.
They, however,, have extended liberal encouragement to a number of schemes for promoting cultiva tion and marketing of alternative crops, such
a rice in British Guiana, fresh fruit and vegetables and bananas în Jamica.
MINE WORKERS' HOURS,
COMPLETE AGREEMENT -REACHED AT GENEVA,
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These measures have now been taken in the case of the Customs Service at Canton which has been formally brought, under the effec tice control of the Ministry of Fiumice and continues to function in a normal way..
TALKIES AT CANTON.
FOUR THEATRES HAVE. "SOUND APARATUS."
The development of Canton, the widening of its old streets, tho opening cf now ones, the erection of modern buildings, etc., are con tinually boing talked of in the Press and are fairly evident to the Canton casual visitor to the city.
is gradually becoming modergised and it has been stated that within a few years, it is likely to be a city quite as up-to-date as and" com parable with any similar city m the Far East One is not surprised therefore, to bear that Canton, is not only forging ahead from a municipal point of view but is also making progress in every other direction, even to the extent of providing the latest cinoma devices for the entertainment and of the citizens
Ruaaz, June 11... At Geneva to-day the Commissionment on Labour in Coal Mines arrived at a complete agreement on condi- tions for lignite mines.
The German Government made concessions which will make it pos siblo to arrive at a general conven tion that
The British Mines Minister, Mr. T. Shinwell, is reported to have taken a leading part in removing the difficulties which might have
led, as last year, to the throwing over of the International Agree ment on the hours of miners,
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section of the province, the, van- guard of the two crack divisions having advanced to Sun Fung, a point further south.
Mystery surrounds General Chen Ming Shu's present movements, It is doubtful whether his arrival at Kanchow in an indication of his active part to be played in the. much-talked of campaign against Canton or otherwise. He recently wired to the Canton Government leaders from Kiangai reiterating This advocacy of peace and declar- ing that the purpose of his presence in Kiangai is only to load the anti- Red campaign in person.
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WANG CHING WEI'S ATTITUDE.
STATEMENT TO PRESS.
REPRESENTATIVES. //
(From Our Own Correspondent. })},
CANTON, June 127 Mr. Wang Ching Wei, a member of the National Council here and leader of the Left fection of the Kuomintang, emphatically denied in an interview with the focal news papermen to-day that he was incit. amuse-ing, either directly or indirectly
labour unions to action, as reported in the Press. He said: VAI
Bago for Talkies,
My mission here is to straighten During the past year four large the affairs of the Kuomintang and up-to-date, picture palaces to work for the solidarity of its have installed talkies aparatus and members, to strengthen and deve are successfully showing the latest lop the two Kwange, the seat of productions from Hollywood, and the Nationalist Movement, and to we understand that three more enlist the support of the northern cinemas are now "wiring up" for provinces in the present move for "sound."
the otherthrow of Chiang Kai Bhek,
All this to meet a popular do This is the only object of my being
OBITUARY
mand, and proves that Canton has here. I have determined not to taken more to the talkies than it take any part in the administration did to the silent film. Considering of local affairs, partly because of that the majority of picture fans my limited time and strength, and at Canton do not understand Eng partly because there are already lish, this last statement may seem persone responsible for them." a little peculiar, but the enter prising theatre, managements, have. | got over this difficulty by providi ing captions written in Chinese: nad run on a smaller screen aimil taneously with the Alm. Also of course a Chiness programme pro RUGBY, June 11
|vided, gives a resume of the story. Dr. Drummond Shiels, Under Interviewed recently, director Bacratary for the Chlonice, leaves at probably the foremcat picture" to-morrow for Genera to attend the theatre in Canton, said that be forthcoming session of the Perman hoped in time to be able to pro ent Mandates Commission as the vide programmes mainly consisting accredited representative of the of Chinese talkies Bims 01 United Kingdom Government, for the stories and legends of China examination of the annual report that have been popular as stage on Palestine
plays for centuries.
DEATH OF THE REVA CE LINDSTROM.
THROUGH BETTER'S AGENOT.
SVP BTOCKHOLM, June 12 The death occurred here to-day
of the Roy CF. Lindstrom chaplain of Kukiang.