GERMAN SITUATION AGAIN DISCUSSED.
STIMSON TO INTERVIEW
·PRES: VON HINDENBURG.
(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
LONDON, July 23, Mr. A. Henderson, accompanied by Sir Walford Selby, left for Ber lin to-day to return the visit to Chequers of Dr. Bruening and Dr. Curtius.
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald is loas- ing by aeroplane for Berlin to- - MÖTTOW,
Mr. Stimson in Berlin,
BERLIN, July 25. Mr. Stimson arrived at Berlin this afternoon and is staying at the
MEXICO ADOPTS SILVER CURRENCY.
ALL GOLD COINS TO BE WITHDRAWN.
(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.)
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 27, 1931.
FLOW OF GOLD FROM GREAT BRITAIN.
ZEPPELIN'S NORTH POLE FLIGHT.
£29,000,000,000 SHIPPED TO FRANCE.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
to
"New York, July 20
LONDON, July 2 Citycorrespondents are perplex- Silver will henceforth be the solo
drain" of gold bullion from the legal tender in Mexico and all golded as to the reasons for the heavy Frances coins will be withdrawn from cir- Bank of England oulation, according to a decision. amounting to £28,000,000 in a fort- reported from Mexico City, reached night and showing no sign of cens by Mexican bankers in consultation. In view of the soundness of the British financial situation, it is with the Treasury Department,
generally opined that obscure French political considerations are responsible for the flux.
The Bank of Mexico will become n Federal Reserve, Institution under the direction of ex-President Calles and will cease to bo a competative
American Embassy.
Ambassador Sackett gave a din-concern. ner in his honour at which all members of the Government were present.
Mr. Stimson is seeing President von Hindenburg on Monday and will inter proceed to London,
Rugby, July 24.
The stage of practical application of the decisions, reached by the Seven-Power Conference with a view to the immediate alleviation of the German situation opened to-day. The Committee of Anan- cial experts of Belgium, France, Italy, Britain, Germany, Great Japan and the United States, which is considering the measures necessary to give effect to Presi- dent Hoover's plan, met under the
TRIAL OF LORD
KYLSANT.
SECRET RESERVES PART OF PRUDENT MANAGEMENT.
1J
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
The Daily Telegraph's diploma tie correspondent alleges that there is close connection between the withdrawals and Mr. Arthur Hen- derscn's visit to Paris laat week,
cd discussions, Mr, Henderson used words which are interpreted in Parin to mean that a moratorium in Germany would be followed by a moratorium in Britain, and much Alarms was created in French poli tical and financial circles that gold shipments not in immediately.
Seven neroplanes yesterday con veyed ton tons of gold from Lon- don, thus creating a record for one day's consignment.
GIANT AIRSHIP LEAVES FOR THE ARCTIC.
İTHROCOK DEUTER'S AGENCY.]
BERLIN, July 24,
Th Graf Zeppelin left for Lon
LENINGRAD, July 20. ugrad at 4:40 4.m to-day,
The Graf Zeppelin left for the Anctie at 13.10 am. local time.
JOHN THORBURN'S HEAVY FLOODS IN COMMUNISTS AGAIN
DISAPPEARANCE.
CHINA ASSOCIATION TAKING UP CASE:
ĮTHROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
LONDON, July 24.
The China Association in Lon don is taking up the case of Mr. Therburn and has published by broadcast a telegram from Shang-
[An earlier message stated:-The. Graf Zeppelin started in its scien.hai. A meeting has also been ar- tile meteorological flight to the ranged for a number of questions in Arctic, from Friedrichshafen, at the House of Commons and has ap 3.45 nm. It will land at Berlin proached the Government. No de this evening, and continue. fight to Leningrad at dawn to finite action, however, has yet been morrow, thence going the Arctic via notified from the Government nor Archangel.
a reply received."
PRINCE OF
the
OF WALES
HOLES OUT IN ONE.
PLAYING AT WIMBLEDON
GOLF COURSE.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
Ruony, July 25.
The Prince of Wales, during a round of golf on the Royal Wimble- don Golf Course laat evening, holed out in one stroke at the sixth
and twenty yards.
Demand of the British Government,
NORTH CHINA,
10,000 PEOPLE RENDERED
"HOMELESS.
(THEOJOH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
NANKING, July 20
As a result of the heaviest rains
been.
ACTIVE.
PLAN TO OVERTHROW CANTON GOVERNMENT.
(From Our Own Correspondent.).
CANTON, July 28. The Communists and bandits are p in the past fifty years 4,000 houses again becoming active in the Chiu have collapsed and 10,000 people Mui districts on the East River, have
rondered homeless.according to a communiquid from Parts of the city are submerged These outlaws who have been
here Swatow received
to-dný. to a depth of joveral feet,
Other Yangtazo cities aro aim suppressed for the past several years are evidently taking advan- larly suffering
inge of the 'disturbed conditions in Kinagai, Fukien and other southern provincer Several raids have been made, and it was unearthed that they were colluding with their fol- low Communists in Kinngsi, and elsewhere for the overthrow of the present wystem of government and the establishment of another Soviet government. Considerable quantities of literature of an in flammatory and seditious nature have also been unearthed,
THE KING'S CUP
· RACE.
FLYING OFFICER EDWARDS WINS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, July 25, It is authoritatively learned that the British Government is making strong representations to the Chin- ose Government regarding the-de- tention of Mr. Thorburn. It has reason to beljavo that he was arrest- ed by the authorities and handed over to the military, following aage speed of 117 m.p.h. fracas between him and gendarmes and sines detained, ':-
The British Government is de
LONDON, July 25. Flying Officer Edwards won the King's Cup Air-Race with an aver
.Crairmanship of Sir F. Jeith Ross, box at the Old Bailey to-day to strong rumours that the Indian bale, which measures two hundred manding that he be handed over to Spooner, crashed last year in the would pull off their mask and make
Silver to Hong Kong?
LONDON, July 20.
Some special selling of silver zis Lord Kylsant entered the witress proceeding in London and there are
of the British Treasury,
give evidence on his own behalf in Government is selling here, but con- The International Bank at Basle the case against him and Mr. Mor-firmation is lacking. It is reported that the Indian Government has has acknowledged the notifention | land." from the Prime Minister, Mr. Ram- In reply to his Counse,, Sir John sold 10,000,000 ounces direct to say MacDonald, as President of Simon, he told the Court of the Hong Kong,
A Dental, the Conference, of the parts of the patriotic services he rendered in final declaration which concern the coping with the shipping problem Bank and stated that it is proceed-after the War, and denaro that ing without delay to examine the the equalisation of dividends was best and most expeditious means of a recognised prae tn well-man- giving effect to the recommenda- aged shipping concerns. This in tions within its sphere of netion.
Needs of Germany.
PARIS, July 25. Mon. Laval emphatically denies that Mr. Henderson hinted that a moratorium by "Germany might be followed by a moratorium by Great Britain. volved setting aside reserves..
was nd-
The "creation internal recrét reserves was part of the prudent The Conference recominended
management of all great businesses that the International Bank be of this sort, but it was not in the invited to "set up a committee to interests of shareholders publicly Enquire into the further credit to announce the amount thereof. Heeds of Germany, after the ar
Witness then denied ever having rangements for maintaining the knowingly made false statements in present volume of credits had been connection with R.M.S.P. affaire. completed and to study the possi-He had never.. speculated in ship- bilities of converting the portion ping shares in his life. of short-term isto, long-term credits, The cross-examination An exchange of telegrams has journed until July 27. taken place between the French Premier, M. Laval, who returned to Paris to-day, and the British Prime Minister and Foreign Score- tary. M. Laval, in thanking Mr. Ramsay MacDonald for the recep- tion accorded to the French dole- gates, remarked on the cordiality of the discussions, the results of which he hoper would benefit alike Britain and France and the whole world.
Replying to M. Laval's telegram to him, Mr. Arthur Henderson Ex- pressed the hope that the useful collaboration which had begun in London would continue to the bone- it of all countries.
[RUO MIN WIRELESS SERVICE.]
COMMONS SNUB·
PEERS.
RESTORATION OF LAND BILL CLAUSES.
[TISH WIRELESS SERVICE]:
HOSPITAL FIRE TRAGEDY.
TWENTY-TWO DEAD: TWENTY MISSING.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
"
are
PITTSBURGH, July 25. Twenty-two persons
dead and 20 missing and over 100 are in hospital na result of a fire which destroyed the home for aged of the Little Sisters of the Poor."
The fire started in the men's in.. firmary and nuns and brothers rushed into the blazing building to. rescue the inmates, many of whom jumped from the windows.
Death-roll Now Thirty..
LATER. The full death roll is now' 30, The heavy loss of life was due to Ruday, July 5.
the fact that most of the inmates There was an unusually large at
The Police, with the wero "abad. tendance for a Friday in the House utmost difficulty: ccntrolled a crowd of Commons to-day when, after a of 15,000 which rapidly collected, German Bank, Fallure. number of divisione, the House reimpeding the firefighters. Berlin, July 19.-The Darmstaed-stored to the Government's Agri- cultural Land Utilisation Bill the ter and National Bank whose failure a week ago did much to clausos rejected by the House of precipitate the Reich's Anancial Lords carlier in the session. The crisis will probably be salvaged provisions which were cut out by and resume business in the near the Lords and which while nccept- future, according to a statementing minor amendments, the Minis- made to day by the Public Trustceter of Agriculture, Dr. Addison, of the bank, former Secretary of insisted on restoring, related to the establishment of large scale. farms, State, Dr. Bergmannsive to the setting up of demonstration declared that an exhaustive ex- amination of the bank's status had farms, and the compulsory recon convinced him that it was still ditioning of neglected land... fundamentally sound and that it
had been decided by all concerned
to avoid its liquidation, if at all SEQUEL TO INDIAN
possible, because the winding up of
the bank would be a permanent injury to Germany's soonomie structure. The result of his efforts, however, Dr. Bergmann added, de pended largely upon the course of events after the Paris and London Conference. If there Germany ob- tained financial relief, the bank would probably be saved if not, it will just as probably go under definitely and with it much else."
New Bank. Formed.
:
TRAIN MURDER.
RAILWAY OFFICIALS PLACED UNDER ARREST.
(BRITISH WIRELESS HERVICE)
BOMBAY, July 24. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]. Two men, believed to be minor railway officials, have been arrest BERLIN, July 20ed in connection with the attack Following a conference between on Lt. Hoxt, and Lt Bhechan in & Government officials and repre- sleeping car in the Punjab yester sentatives of the Reichbank and day." other, Jending hanks, it was decided, to found an "Acceptanes, and Guar antee Bank" with capital of
Beer gardens and the pleasure. Mks.-200,000,000 designed to restore quarters of the city are still bril:
Bank to re-opon.
EVERYDAY LIFE IN GERMANY.
!
OBITUARY.
DEATH OF CHARLES
THOMAS STUDD.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, July 26.
A private cable received in Lon- don and published in the Sunday
News, announces that Charles Thomas Studd died in the Belgian Congo on July 16. It further re- lates that he was the famous "CT" of the trio of Studd bra. thers, the celebrated Cambridge and Middlesex cricketers,
Charles, who was converted dur ing the Sankey-Moody revival, abandoned his career at the Bar and a fortune of £100,000 and form. ed the famous "Cambridge Seven," who undertook missionary work in Chine Studd later suffered a severe breakdown in health. He conducted a mission in India, after which he founded a mission in the Congo in the heart of Africa, in 1918. since when he had never been in England. He carried on the work despite the precarious state of his health until he was seventy years of age.ProCute
BLIND ORGANIST PASSES
'AWAY.M
an unhampered currency circula-lienty illuminated at night time. tion and enable the Darmstaedter Cabareta have announced that
"cheques on any bank will bo ||[THROUGH ARUTER'S AGENCY.]. taken instead of cash." Dancing girls ait knitting and waiting for
LONDON, July 5. partners, but there are no custom. The death accurred to-day of the erses a well-known blind organist, com Stern police measures have supposor and recitalist, William Wols BEER GARDENS. CABARETS presad disorder in Ruhr and Rhine tenheime, Mus. Bac, Oxon.
FUNCTION AH USUAL town between National Socialists The deceased, who was well
and Communists. The ex-Kaiser's known in the musical world for Barlin, July 17 While anxious third, son, August Wilhelm, has his short works for orchestra, housewives are still queuing up out-gured in a street fight at Hame chamber music for strings and side municipal savings banks with lin. He was rescued from an angry piano, also for wind instruments, market bag on their arms the life group which objected to a Hohen madrigals, part songs, and anthems. Church, St John's Wood NW. London, since 1924.]
of Main Street seems to be going zollern prince appearing as had been organist of All Saints on almost as if there was no crisis propagandist for the National (Continued at foot of next column.) Socialists.
course.
This literature revealed that a comprehensive scheme was undon way for the realization of a Com- munist form of government. Dear truction of the present social fabric was the keynote of the Communiat movement, and in order to achievo their object members of the Com second with a speed of 100 m.p.hermy and other military organs in Flight Lieutenant Gibbons was munist party are urged to enter the Rain and clouds made the race a disguise. In so doing propaganda could be spread to advantage, and most difeult one
Flight Officer Edwards, with Miss when the time is opportune they The last occasion on which the the International Court for trial Mediterranean and swam ashore.
known their presence. The support. of the people of the lower stratum. Forty Competitors. Prince holed out in one was during as he should have been in the first
of society--the labourers, farmers his visit to Brazil last March, when place.
LONDON, July 25 and coolies—was earnestly solicited. the Santos golf he played on
A Disgraceful Incident.
Forty fliers, including four wo- LONDON, July 26. men, took off this morning at Hes An article by O. M. Green is ton Aerodrome for the annual 989 CANTON LEADERS CONFER. published by the Sunday Times milea air race round. Britain, for recapitulating the incriminating the King's Cup. The women star
(From Our Own Correspondent.) incidents in connection with the ters included Miss Winifred Brown. disappearance of Thorburn. It Clast year your's winner), Lady concludes: Nobody neks for a re Bailey, and the Misses Delia turn of the days when Rutherford Crossley, Diana Guest, Jean For and A. C. Cock could threaten to bes Robertson (the actres), and hold up Shanghai's trade until Peggy Salaman, aged 21, the youn. justice had been inflicted on mis-gest competitor. sionaries' assailants, but, at least, The weather was unpromising. we should make it plain to Nanking The landing places are Norwich, Heston, and that no, change of British status in Leeds, Liverpool, China can even be discussed while Bristol, finishing at Heston about a disgrace like the disappearance 1,000 miles. A number of competi- of John Thorburn is possible..
tors retired early in the race, in- cluding Lady Bailey, (the most heavily handicapped woman en trant), and the scratch flier, Lieu: tenant Wincots.
แ
WEATHER REPORT.
Yesterday's weather report, forecast and remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory at 6.33 p.m., stated-
The northern depression is moving eastward and is now. central over the eastern part of the Sea of Japan. The depres- sion over Tongking has decreas- ed slightly in intensity.
or
Loen Forecast; -SW. variable winds; moderate, to light; fair to showery.
EXHIBITION OF FRENCH ART.
TO BE HELD IN LONDON
NEXT YEAR..
J
DAVIS CUP LAWN
TENNIS.
FRANCE BEATS BRITAIN IN DOUBLES.
PARIS, July 24.. Perry beat Borotra, 4-6, 10-88, 6-0, 4-6, 6-1,
CANTON, July 26.
In compliance with the request of the high authorities of Kwangsi, Mr. Wang Ching Wei, Mr. Sun Fo, General Tang Seng Chi Gonern Chang Fat Fui and other high officinis of the Canton Government left "Canton yesterday for Wuchow where an important conference is being held. The Canton party was accompanied by General Li Taung, Ten, Commander-in-Chief of the 4th Group Army, who has been in Canton for some time craferring with General Chen Tas Tong
Government Changes. (Wah Tie Fat Pun.)
CANTON, July £3 The Canton National Govern-
Only One Lady Continues Flight.
LONDON, July 24. Flight. Lt. F. G. Gibbons, R.A.F., who started ninteenth, in lending the King's Cup. He was ninth n Norwich and fret at Leeds, Liverment has decided to expand the pool and Heaton, where he landed at 2.56 p.m.
There were fourteen withdrawale by the time, Loods was reached owing to serious casualties due partly to the unfavourable weather and partly to the visibility, which was probably the worst ever experi. enced in this race.
Flying Officer Edwards was se-
p.xn.
ROYAL JOCKEY.
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
RUGBY, July 5,
Jean Borotra in his match with The exhibition of French art; which for the first two months of Perry played an entirely different
All women have now withdrawn whole game, his strength and agility con- from the contest with the exeep next year will occupy range of galleries at the Royal Academy, is conceived on the scale-trasting strongly with Cochet's retion of Miss Crossley. of previous exhibitions of Flemish, strained game. Dutch, Italian and Persian art, He smashed the young English-cond at Heston, arriving at 3.30 and will comprise paintings, drawman's lobs and found the side lines ings, sketches, tapertries and with searching drives to win the ubject d'art covering the period first set at 6-4. Perry, undismay from the fourteenth to the end ofed, stood up to him well in the the nineteenth centuries.
second set, his forehand becoming This exhibition, to which the sttach to the works of the nine Borra's appetite for lobs and the DUKE OF GLOUCESTER RIDES greatest weight of interest will steadier, but his backhand fed. gaines went alternately to 9-8 in teenth century, is being bald en favour of the Briton. Porry then the initiative of the Aunciation
won the set with a beautiful pass- Francaise Despansion, et des Bring shot at 10-8.Perry dictated change Artistiques, in conjunction the tactics for the third set, Boro with the French Ministry of Fine
tra obeying him by remaining on Arin,
the bass line. The Englishman led at 3-1 in the fourth set but Boro- tra took advantagó of his errors in the grim struggle. In the final set. The French committee will under Perry found the antidote to Boro take to supply about Ave.hundred tra's overhead tactics and captur paintings and three hundred drawed the tenth game, the set, and the ings from the Continent of Europe; match, to place Great Britain while the English committee will collect about one hundred and flty again on level terms. paintings and afty drawings from various sources in this country.
The Royal Academy is solely responsible for the organisation on the English side.
PRIMATE
ON
INTERNA- TIONAL MISTRUST. NEED FOR SPIRIT OF MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING.-
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
RUGBY, July 251 Addressing five hundred United States citizens at a meeting held in connection with the Friends of Canterbury Cathedral Festival, the Archbishop of Canterbury uttered a warning against international mistrust and jealousy,
Doubles Game.
PARIS, July 28 In the doubles matchin', the Challenge Round of the Davis Cup between France, the" bölders, and Britain, France gained a meritori ous victory over the British pair after a four set encounter
IN WITHENS PLATE.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE)
function of the Central Govern- ment Administration by treating four Ministries, namely, Ministries of Education, Communications, In dustry and Military Affairs,
It is learned that General Hsu Chung Chi will be Minister for Military Affairs, while Mr. Chow, Lu or Mr. Ching Heng Yi is ex- pected to be appointed as Minister of Education
BLAZING PLANE CRASHES TO EARTH.
SEVEN PASSENGERS KILLED.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGEXOY.]
BUCHAREST, July 25 Four Dritions were among thọ Bavo occupants of an aeroplane Rugar, July 25. CD the Constantinople-Bucharest: H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester service which caught fire in the air flew today in his private acro-over Karnabate and crashed in plans to Liverpool where he rode fomes. All the occupants were Curtain Two in the Withens Lilled and burned unrecognisably. Walter Plate for Amateur Riders. The blazing plane started a fierce. An excellent landing was made in forest fire. a field adjoining the Aintree Racecourse.
MOSLEY PARTY :
DESERTIONS.
Other Victims.
DE CONSTANTINOPLE, July: 25,/! There were two Britons, Meers Williams and ⠀⠀ Crouch, from Smyrna, among the seven occup ants of the French aeroplane bound" for Bucharest that crashed in fames near Kududjevo, Bulgaria. Other passengera were M. Hep-
Constantinople, and an American lady and youth whoso names are. unknown.
Full results were as follow on FURTHER MEMBERS RESIGN pen, Norwegian Consul General,
HL Cochet and J. Brugnon
(France) beat P. G. T. Kingsley
and G. P. Hughes (Great Britain) 0-1, 5-7, 8-3, 6-6.
two matches to one, and on to
This gives France the lead by morrow's singles matches hingos the destiny of the Davies Cup for 1931, 900
a
{THROUGH REUTER'S "AGENCY"]
· ECONOMY REQUIRED.
TREASURY DEFICIT MAKES. HOOVER CAUTIOUS,
[RZUTEN’B-AMERICAK SERVICE}}|
LONDON, Jaily 28, The new political party formed few months ago by Bir Oswald British Flayers Outclassed. Mosley when ho seceded from the Sunny weather favoured to-day's Labour Party, is suffering from There could, he and, bo no match afterzisht. The Englis following the resignation this
the security for peace so long as the throughout the night, The English- spirit of fear, lealousy, suspicion men were outclassed in the first work of Mr. John Strachey and and mistrust prevailed among set, but after winning the first Mr. Allan, Young, two out of its
WASHINGTON, July 25. nationa. Nothing could change or game in the second set, they warni- six Parliamentary representatives
Faced by a possible Treasury shift that harmful epirit except the ed up to take the games alternate (including Sir Oswald and Lady incoming of strong spirit of ly Three times they were within Cynthia), comes the news that C. deficit of two successivo years, mutual understanding. Each of the set point before winning at 7-5 E. M. Toad has retired for the President Hoover has naked the great nations had its own problems, Cochet was fochlost, Hughes bril same reason as they vis. "becauso heads of all Departments in pre bat on what they stood for is the liant, and Kingsley provided the of what appears to be the Party'sparing their Budgets to enhet world's life they must be united weakest services. In the fourth see, growing Fascist" tonnieres Page It was not too much to say that the British players led at 4-1 but was one of their first adherents Only last week the President ank the future of the world depended veral misunderstandings enabled and responsible for the productioned them to include in their Budgets. on the maintenance and activity of the Frenchmen to pull off the set of most of the Party's propagan, only the expenditure necessary for
dist literature.
Jaatisfactory, operation, that fundamental unity.
and the match.