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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18,
A VLADIVOSTOCK INCIDENT
TWO JAPANESE ARRESTED
(THROUGH REUTER'S ADENOY.)
IQA, Feb. 10. A great military revival sam- paign is being organised by the The Senate to-day rejected a Bill Soviet Government in connection providing for direct Federal Unwith the celebrations of the four- employment Relief.
́toonth anniversary of the establish- Under the Bill,
olmunt of the Red Army, bėginning. £60,000,000 was to have been apon February 20. proprialed for relief purposes this The official programme for the
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ATTACK ON THE PREMIER
LORD PASSFIELD'S PIQUANT REVELATIONS.
"TOO CONSCIOUS OF SUPERIORITY."
Piquant revolutions of Socialist friction and Mr. Ramsay Mae
1932.
LEGION OF HONOUR FOR
ENGLISHMEN
12.
Paris Jan 14-Several foreign- Fern Aguro in the Now Year's pro- motions in the Legion of Honour." Two British journalist, Mr. Heath- opte, of the London Rafores," and Mr. G. A Raper, who has been 23) years on the staff of the Continental Daily Mail, and a company diree-|: tor, Mr.
mado Watson, are Chevaliers
Frenchmon Among well-known- honourad "are M. Jacques de Mar-
1 p.m.-Local time and weather winter, and a further sum of festivities dwells upon the dangers / Donald's "consciousness of his own sillo, Editor of the "Journal;""
report.
1.30 p.Rugby Press news, mail
notice, etc..
2 p.m.-Close down."
3 to 8 p.m.-European programrás..
8 to 4.31 p.m.—
Band Belestions..
"Gladiator's Farewell" (Blun
kouburg).
"Belle of. Saint Malo" (Rim-
- mor),--National Military Band
V-103.
The Yellow and Blue" (Gayley Balfo).
£50,000,000 for the next fiscal year, The number of unemployed is now stated to total nine millions.
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2 record, M. Albert Carró, General
in the Far East and the intention superiority" in- the period preced- to prepare to defend Savies toring the General Election, are made ritory against aggression.
The Soviet newspapers now pub. by Lord Passfield in
·lish the story of an incident in "What happened in 1031," cam which two Japanese were involved, piled for "The Political Quarter. DARTMOOR GAOL MUTINY Vladivostook on January 17"
when the Soviet military arrested
FIFTY CONVICTS FACE TRIAL
(Reuter's Special Service.)
"
LONDON, Feb. 16. Steal docks and a. body of armed··
The Victory" (Elbel).-Univer-warders are suggested as & precau
sity of Michigan Band.-19971.
"On the Campus" (Goldman),
"On the Go" (Goldman). The
Goldman Band.-19763.
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tion at the public trial of fifty con- victs, alleged to have been the ringleaders in the Dartmoor Pri non mutiny.
One of the difficulties of the au-
"Officer of the Day (Hall).thorities is that of finding à court;
Arthur Pryor's Band.-16893. 2.31 to 6.01-Children's Consert
from the Studio.
·6.01. 1o. 8.30 p.m.-
Operatio.
"Walkure-Ride of the Valkyrica"
(Wagner). "Rheingold-Prolada" (Wagner), -Symphony Orchestra conduct ed by Albert Coates.-9163. "Trovators Anvil Choran" (Verdi).---Arthur Pryor'e Band. -19870.
The Twilight of the Guda— Siegfried's Journey to the Rhine (Wagner)-Symphony Orchestra conducted by Albort Coates,-9007.
"Don Juan-Overture" (Mozart). -Concert Orchestra conducted by Clermons Schmalstich—V-29. p.m.Stock quotations, mail
notice, etc. 4.30 to 7:18 p.m.
Variety.
Comio Duet-Down by the Gas House.Aileen Stanley, and Dilly Murray. Comic Duet - "I Ate the Boloney "Billy Murray and Monroe Silver-20096. Orchestral" The Merry Widow-
Waltz."
*Orchestral - Kashmiri Song- Mattinata.The Troubadours.
19339.
Song Whan You and I Wero
Young, Maggie."
Song Silver Threads Among the Gold"-Henry Burr and (Pontinued on next folumn.),
Some Amusing Songs
recorded on
Victor Records
by
Frank Grumit.
I'm a Specialist. 22859 Taught Me How to
Play Second Fiddle.
Around the Corner. (Down by the Railroad.
22423
(Abdul Abulbul Amir. 20715 Frankie and Johnie.
Road to Vicksburg.
21899
King of Borneo,
21430
Song of the Prune. Down in the Cane Brake.
TSANG FOOK PIANO CO.
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Works.
Mr. Sakaben and Mr. Biosengu Describing the difficulties of the Migoto, both sucretaries in the Socialist Coverumentat the begin Japanese Consulate, for attempting to gain access to the Dalzavoid ning of last year, Lord Passfola says that the Party grew more and Both have since been released,
more restive at its impotence and the mengra achievements of an over worked Cabinet, He continues:
"The Prime Minister was not in the mood to End time or energy for that friendly social intercourse with the members of his own Party or even with his Ministerial colleagues, which goes so far to avort friction: and produce the team spirit..
NAVAL PROMOTION,
REAR-ADMIRAL JONES "ADVANCED
[BRITISH WIRELESH SERVICE.]
The Home Office is now confor-
RUGRY, Feb, fa 'ring with the police regarding the advisability of conducting the Atrial
The Admiralty announce the Rear Ad within the prison walls, but hore following promotion: again, another difficulty presents miral Wisliam Joasa to be Rear itsdif, that of Anding a building in Admiral Commanding the Battle Dartmoor large enough to accom- Cruiser Squadron, in succession to modate all the prisoners and the Vico-Admira! Wilfred Tomlinson
undated.
Court.
As fifty convicts are being, chorg- ed, they will need at least a hundr ed warders. "
DUCE'S DAUGHTER IN SHANGHAI
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TELEGRAM TO THE POPE,
(Reuter's Special Service.)
ROME, Feb. 16. The Pope has to-day received ‘a telegram from Signor Mussolini's daughter, Edda, and her husband, Count Ciano, the Italian Consul General in Shanghai
"The telegram is the sequel to a special inquiry by the Pope. for news of the Counters Ciano, dur ing his recent audience with Bignor Mussolini, when he assured Il Duce of his daily prayers on her behalf.
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THE ROYAL SCOTS
FUSILIERS
OFF TO PALESTINE NEXT WEEK
[BRITISH WIRELESS EERVICE.]
RUGBY, Feb. 16, The Prince of Wales to-day ew to Borden Camp, Aldershot, on a farewell visit to the 1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers, of which he im Colonal-in-Chief.
The Battalion leaves for Pales tine next week..
Peerless Quartette.-10112. Vocal Quartette" Will You Love Mein December as You Do is May Voca Quartette "Sweet Rosie O'Grady"-Shannon Quartetto. ...-20072 Orchestral Must Have That
.
A KNIGHTHOOD FOR BRAVERY
[RITISH WIRALEBS. BERVICE]
RUGBY, Feb. 16. H. M. the King has been pleased to approve the conferment of a Knighthood on Lieutenant Colonel Hassan Suhra Wardy, Vice Chan cellor of Calcutta University, who was largely instrumental in saving the life of Sir Stanley Jackson, Governor of Bengal, when sa at tempt on his life was recently made by a girl student.
GERMAN LIQUID „FUEL,
RATIONALISATION, SCHEME.
F3
Berlin, January 14-The plan for rationalising and unifying the pro- duction and sale of liquid fuel in Germany is under discussion.
More and more, he tended to spend his scanty leisure in less dis agreeable society.
The session opened with the Par- liamentary Cabour Party seriously discontented with itself, the several ministers out of, touch with one "an- other, struggling separately with. their Departmental difficulties.
At Loggerheads.
The Cabinet were unable to find solutions and the back-benshars were at loggerheads with themselves and with the Front Bench. Then, states Lord Passfeld.
The Prime Minister-very much aware of the shortcomings of each one of his colleagues and of the Party to which he belonged, as well as (may it be said?) perhaps incessantly rather too, conscious of his own superiority was not in a condition to withstand the tempta tion of flattering"Tuggestiong” thật began to be made from more than one quarter."
Why not quat, the Gordian knot by getting rid of the perpetual | nuisance of Parliamentary Opposi- tion; especially if such a surgical operation involved also the elimi- nation, or at least the reduction to impotence, of those troublesome, sec- tions, of the Labour Party whom the Prime Minister had come loathe with a bitterness that could not be concealed ?”
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The aim of the scheme would be to secure the use of as great a quèn- Lord Passfield states that already tity of German products as possible, in June it was said privately that. and to scoure that the raw mate September, 1931, would see & No. rials were as far as possible paritional Governments fied and mixed inside Germany. Pointing out that Government The standard mixture proposed finances were getting into a bad would be made up 70 per cent. ben-way, Lord Passfield deciures that zine, 10 por cent. benzol. 10 per the Budget in April was an extre cent, spirits, and 10 per sent, mely faulty one," excusable only methyl-alcohol The proportion of by the grave state of health of the spirits and of methyl-alcohol might Chancellor." be varied according to the last potato harvest.
Referring to the events which led up. to the Premior's resignation, Lord Pasafield writes:
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If the plan were to be realised it would probably be by means of "The Prime Minister had a monopoly company under Doy mind a different development of the erament control, a type of organi drama that he himself had staged. sadion which is already well-known On the Monday morning, the Prime in Germany. It would be hoped Minister saw the King," who never to offer the mixture at no higher went outside his constitutional rice than that at which the various position, and it was said that there competing brands of bonzine aro
was a strong appeal to the Premier now sold, and to effect great scono to stand by the nation in its fin- mies in distribution, not least byancial crisis, and there was an Ap diminishing the number of rival fil-peal to the Conservative and Liber ing stations.
al leaders,
Man." Orchestral-" Bandanna Babies.
-Duke Ellington and his. Cot-importers, it is pointed out that As regards the interests of foreign ton Club Orchestra.-V-38007,
there is already an agreement be
Astonished Colleagusa. Chorus- Just Around the
tween the Dro Trust and Standard Córner." The Revelers...
"What is known is that Mr. Oil by which the latter promis MheDonald care at noon to the Song "Behind the Clouds.”* -----
to withdraw from the German Anal Labour meeting, and at onc Geno Austin (Tenor)-19989. market in proportion as the Dye informed his astonished colleagues 7.16 to 8 p.m.
Trust increases its production of that, while they were all out of synthetic benzine. At all ovents, office owing to his resignation, he foreign benzine would still be im- had actually "kissed hands" as ported in considerable quantities,
Prime Minister of a National Gov- ernment which would confine itself to what was required to meet the actual financial" crisis and would then promptly proceed to a General Election."
Orchestral. "March of the Caucasian Chief"
(Ippolitow-Iwanow), "Danas, Orientale ” (Glaxoun«W),
-Philadelphia Symphony Or chestra.--1335 Rienz-verture" (Wagner).- Philadelphia Symphony Orches tra.-0624/0325. "Oh Varmaland Thou Lovely!! (Old Folk Malody), Victor String Ensemble.
JURYMAN'S OUTBURST.
MOTORCAR "SLAUGHTER:"
IT IS GETTING ON MY
NERVES."
Lord Pasfield says that the signi- ficance of the whole drama was that the Labour Party, more than ever definitely Socialist in policy, is not amashed, but rather con solidated and purified."
"Not all the skill with which the od the inquest at Lambath on adverse combination WAS. · ANTI- Marche Slave." (Tachaikowsky). Philip Thomas Hunt (80), of Delavrad-not all the force of the Philadelphia Symphony Orville-road, Walworth, who was appeal to national emotion-avail-
The Music Box (Lindow).-
Victor Woodwind Ensemble."-
19023,
chestra.-0843.
"Festivals" (Debussy).— Phila- delphin Symphony Orchestra.
1309.
8. p.m.-Local time and weather re-
port
6.03 to 10.30 p.m.--Chinese Concert
from the Studio, 10.30 p.m.-Rugby mid-day Press 10.33 p.m.-Close down,
An outburk by a juryman mark-
killed by a motorcar.
ed to break the mass vote for Ļab- "I should like to know what is our cast. by the electorate. the average speed of a motorcar, Lord. Paufield adds: “The Bri- naked the juryman. "I have had tish governing class cannot now no experience of cars, and I don't punish scandalum magnatum, and want any. One is always hearing The emerging leaders of the of people being slaughtered in the common people are neither pillori- country.
e nor bribed. As soon as they show evidence of political power, they are embraced. It took some time to make Disraeli the beloved of duchesses. Joseph Chamberlain, Radical, Republican, and Maniel-
(Oontinued on ster Column.)⠀⠀
"It is getting on my nerrus 1 fail to understand some of the ver -diole of sosidantal death: ".....
All Victor records In the above » A verdict of Accidental Darth was European programmes are supplied | returned, and the driver of the ear by Messrs, Taing Fook Piano Co. 'was exonerated.
M. Rudolpho Darblay, the paper manufacturer and Fresident of the Board of Directors of the "Journ
Secretary of the Hovas Agency, and M. J. Roger Mathieu, a member of the staff of the “Matin,", who are made Offloor."
pal Socialist, was more quickly as similated. On more recent cases, it, is needless to dwell, Nor will these be the last. The willingness to use the weapon of seduction will be the Inst ditch in the defensive position of the British rentier class,”
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