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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1932.
International APRIL V. WINS EPSOM DERBY YANGTSZE
Economic
Conference
AMERICA REPLIES
FAVOURABLY
(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
→ WASHINGTON, May 31. The United States Governament have favourably responded to an enquiry by Great Britain
to
whether the United States would be prepared to participate in an in- ternational economie conference to consider the stabilisation of cuin modity prices.
ONLY IN PRELIMINARY
STAGE
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, June t
The negotiations for an inter- national #conomic conference to consider the stabilisation of com- modity prices has not yet advanced beyond the preliminary stage, Sir John Simon announced in the House of Cornmens. He added that conversations had occurred in the last few days between the British ami Amavin Clavernments; other jkovernments attending the Land sanne Conference would be consult red without delay.
FRENCH POLITICS
RADICAL MINISTRY TO BE FORMED
(THROUGH AxUTER'S AGENCY.}
Pants, June 1.
M. Ferrio has rejected the Socialist offer of co-operation, so the way is now clear for the formation of a completely Radleal- Ministry.
DISARMAMENT"
CONFERENCE -
EXTENDING LIFE OF
WARSHIPS
BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
Ruour, May 33. The Naval Commission of the Disarmament Conference to-day accepted the British proposal to extend the age limit of capital ships in future from twenty, to twenty- six years."
The life of air craft carriers WAR. fixed at twenty years and of sub- marines at thirteen years.
TIN RESTRICTIONS.
BOLIVIAN GOVT. AGREES
TO PROPOSALS
(THROUGH LEUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, June 1. The Bolivian Government has uficially aotified its acceptance of the international tin proposals.
OTTAWA CONFERENCE
AGENDA
CIVIL AVIATION NOT INCLUDED
{LATTISH WIEHLIAS BĽAVICE Į
Roony, May 31,
Answering questions regarding the Ottawa Conference, the Domi- aíona Secretary. Mr. J. H. Themas, said the agenda was now under discussion between the Govern ments concerned,
He did not propose including civil aviation in the agenda, ua that subject was very fully discussed at the Imperial Conference two years ago, but various aspects of it would bo raised with the individund Clov- cramenta represented.
HOOVER DEBT PLAN
Dastur Second And
Miracle Third
In Hong Kong To-Day
HONG KONG MAN
WINS £15,000
FAVOURITE NOT PLACED
LONDON JUNE 1, Read. H'Kong 10.10 p.m.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.].
THE Epsom
#
follows:-
April Dastur
Miracle
Derby resulted as
April V. won by three-quarters of a
length, a short head separating Dastur and Miracle.
The betting was:-
April v
Dastur Miracle
.100/6
18/1
.100/9
Twenty-one horses ran.
Description of Race
THERE WAS AN EXCELLENT START, COCKPEN SETTLING DOWN IN FRONT OF APRIL V. AND BAC. CHUS, OTHER PROMINENT HORSES BEING MIRACLE, ORWELL AND WYVERN WITH JIWEH LAST. AT HALF WAY PORTO FINO LED, FOLLOWED. BY FIR. DAUSSI, COCKPEN, MIRACLE AND SPENSER: ORWELL BEING EIGHTH.
AT TATTENHAM CORNER PORTO FINO LED WITH FIRDAUSSI, MIRACLE. SPENSER AND DASTUR POL LOWING. TWO FURLONGS FROM THE POST, DASTUR RACED IN FRONT FOLLOWED BY "MIRACLE AND PORTOFINO WITH APRIL V. COMING UP OUTSIDE. APRIL V. GOT AT CLOSE GRIPS WITH DASTUR IN. SIDE THIS DISTANCE AND AFTER A FINE RACE IN THE LAST HUNDRED YARDS APRIL V. RAN ON STOUTLY AND WON BY THREE › QUARTERS OF 'A LENGTH.
TIME. 2 MINUTES 43 SECONDS.
THEIR MAJESTIES THE THE KING AND QUEEN AND THE PRINCE OF WALES AND PRINCE GEORGE WERE PRESENT:
OFFICIAL LIST OF STARTERS
LONDOS. May 21 Sunnybrough and Leighton were
Portofino Wyvern !Andrea
scratched from the Derby and there Spenser has been some alight re-shuffling of Royal Dancer jockeys, the revised list of runners | Celebrator and jockeys belag "ne follows:. iweh ... Orwell Miracle
Hesperus
Cockpen som Dastur April Fifth Firdaussi
B. Jones Tobaig H. Wragg Bacchus
Elliott Buckle Gordon Richards Jackdaw II.
Beary Summer Planet
Lane Peter Planet
Steve Donoghue Corey .....
Nevert
Jellies
SHOWERY.
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER REPORT, FORECAST AND REMARKS, 19SURD BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AT 3.13. P.M., STATED:-
THE TYPHOON MAR CROSSED LUZON AND 18 SITUATED ABOUT 150 MILE WEST OF APARNI, MOVING N. W. ha N.N.W.
LOCAL. FORECлer-NE. WINDS, MODERATE TO FLESH; CLOUDY, SHOWERY.
TYPHOON WARNINGS.
The following typhoon waITY. ings have been received by the American Consulate General from the Manila Observatory: Manila, June 1, 10.30 am.- Cyclone or typhoon west of Northern Luzon, less than 100 miles distant warning the typhoon has crossed Luzon, north of Manila, in the form of a. shallow depression, it may increase in intensity, in the Chinn Sen.
M'anila, June 1, 3.15 p.r.- Typhoon in abort 120deg. Long. E. and 18deg. Lat. N., moving N.N.W.
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BRITISH STEAMER ON FIRE
PPOCEEDING
TO ZAMBOANGA
FOR ASSISTANCE
|THROUGH REUTER'S ADENCY.]
MANILA, Juno 1. The British steamer, Duisy Moller, reports that fire has broken out on beard her and she is. pro-- needing to Zamboanga for sistance.
PHILLIPAR FIRE SEQUEL
SHIPPING
ACCIDENTS
BRITISH COAL INDUSTRY Five Reported
MINERS DESIRE WAGE
THE
GUARANTEE "
GENEVA HOURS' CONVENTION
DIFFICULTY
(Reuter's Special Service.)
LONDON, June 1.
HE woes of the mining industry have been slightly tempered pad there are hopes later for improvement, on account of devolopments to-day.
During a debate on the second reading of the Mines Bill in the House of Commons, Mr. Isaac Foot. Secretary for Mines, dealing with the difficulty of ratifying the Geneva Hours' Con. vention, asserted that one country, which he did not name, re- ̈ fused to ratify until all the others had ratified and then required one or two years' grace. Nevertheless. there were recent Indica.
tions that the country concerned had modified Its standpoint and there are hopes that other counties will come into time. He promised every Government assistance to facilitate a round-table conference if all sections of the British mining industry agreed to meet.
A meeting of National delegates to the Conference of Miners' Leaders in London unanimously resolved that the Mines Bill is unist and inequitable, and instructed the executive that they persuade Mr. Runciman to agree to the eleventh bour amendment to meet some of the miners' demands to strengthen the national wages machinery,
The conference adjourned, until to-morrow when it will be faced with, the alternatives of accepting Government legislation. ernational stoppage.
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POLITICAL CRISIS
LIN SEN PLANNING TO RESIGN
0
IN GERMANY
HERR VON PAPEN ASKED TO FORM CABINET
33-
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BRITISH B.O.T.
INVESTIGATIONS
[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE]
RUGBY, May 31. F. Fox
Dick The recent firo disaster on the Wragg Georges Phillipar, the French pas-
Barns
senger liner, has raised afresh ques- Carslaketions as to the use of combustible Marshall material in ship, construction,
Weston The International Convention for Joe Childs Fred Rickaby the Safety of Life at Sea of 1929, Herbert provides for the fitting of fire-re Quirkesisting bulkheads, for the establish-
AMERICAN BUDGET
BALANCED
REVENUE BILL AND SALES
TAX PASSED
PRESIDENT HOOVER ADDRESSES
SENATE
[RECTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
WASHINGTON, May 31. Breaking all Presidential pre- cedents, President Hoover address,
AFFECTED COUNTRIES TO [ed the Senate to-day, after very
SIGN AGREEMENT
[OHITISH WIRELESS, SERVICE]
"short notice; to advocate the adop tion of a Sales Tax to bridge the gap between revenue and expend3-
REVENUE BILL.
Caniy
WASHINGTON, Jüne“ 1, The Senate passed the Revenue
by 72 votes to 13,
Bill
WASHINGTON, June 1 The Sonate, after passing the Revenue Bill, also reported favour- It is now estimated that the Goyably on the Economy Bill, design sted to reduce Government expends
{ture by $238,000,000. -
deficit crnment's
JA at
least
ture, RUGBY, May 31. Canthin Eden, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, replying to a House of Commons, question, said he understood all the other Govern- G$285,000,000 even after the imposi menta oncerned had agreed intion of all the revenue-producing de principal to sign agreements re- vices already approved by the garding the amounts suspended House of Representatives and tho under the Hoover Plan with the Sonate, United States Government; and that discussions are now proceed- In the case of Germany Greece and Finland they had already been signed.
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SALES TAX
ITRI, The last and major contest in the Senate debate on the Revenue The House of Representatives has Bill was the Sales Tax, which was flatly refused to consent to the Enally passed as suggested by ales Tax, rejecting the proposal. President Hoover, thus the Budget
on two occasions.
is balanced.
ment of fire patrol and alarm sys tems, and for the carriage of fre fighting appliances on passenger steamships, but it does not provide that the materials used in the ship's construction and fitting generally should be fire-resisting,
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[THROWER REUTER'S AGENCY.]
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NANKING, June 1. According to the Nanking Even ing News Mr. Lin Sen is planning to resign and his resignation is
(Reuter's Special Service.).
BERLIN, May 31 Here, von Papen has been asked to form u "concentration cabinet," which means that the members will expected to be brought up at the be drawn from all parties prepared forthcoming Plenary Session of the to support him...
The potential Chancellor is u Central Executive Commitice of man who achieved notoriety during the
war when he was Military the Kuomintang. Attache to the German Embassy, before the United States entered
the war:
Zimmerman Affair.
He was accused of anti-Ameri- ernism und was alleged to have been involved I the famous Zimmerman Affair, the purpose of which was to induce Mexico to declars war against the United States. Zimmerman was the Ger man Minister in Mexico and it was hoped to persuade Mexico to de- clave was, thus diverting the atten- Gion of the United States from the European campaign.
Nazid Hold Aloof, Herr von Papen, an ex member of the Reichstag, has always followed an independent line within his own (the Catholic Centre) party, and this is held to be a suitable man to form a mixed government at this critical juncture in German politics.
He proposes to forma party government, which is expect ad to last until the autumn when new. elections will be held.
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At present the question of the limited use of combustible material in the construction and fitting of passenger vessels is engaging the Attention of Board of Trade in con- sultation with the shipping indus-
It is stated that the Nazis are, try and Mr. Runciman, President at present, unwilling to participate of the Board, stated in the Com- in the Cabines preferring to retain mons-to-day that when these in- a free haud until they have swept vestagations had been completed, the to victory (ns they confidently desirability of initiating interna-anticipute) at the next Reichstag tional netion will be considered. elections.
NEW SILVER COIN
FOR TURKEY
SMALL ISSUE AT FIRST
(THRUOGI AKUTER'S AGEHOY. ]'
AN APPRECIATION OF DR. BRUENING
The Rock, in the June number, courteously forwarded to us yester day contains the following appre- cintions of Dr. Bruening:-
Although President Von Hinden- burg has occupied the world's stage a goud deni..recently-in his- fight to retain the presidential chair of the German Republic, it is not A new silver coin of the value of aged-Field-Marsha that has rivet- so much the gallant figure of the the Turkish lira, together with tad attention as his Chancellor, smaller denominations, is shortly Dr. Brusning. Dr. Bruening in d being introduced in Turkey.
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 31.
Catholic, and a militant Catholic. : The State Bank has authorised Seven years ago Field-Marshal Von the purchase of the necessary silver Hindenburg attained the Presi-i for the minting of the new coins deney in the teeth of a strong which will shortly bo put into circu- Catholic opposition,, To-day his lation when a corresponding quen fight has been, rendered successful dity of paper liras will be with; chiefly by the solid support of the drawn and destroyed.
Catholic body in the German It is believed that the Nation And the reason is not far coinage will not, at the outset at to seek. Dr. Brussing stands for a all events, exceed a nominal value Germany propared to rebuild that of ten million Turkish Kras.
Continued on Page 5.)
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In 10 Days
ILING PRONOUNCED A TOTAL LOSS
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
SHANGHAI, June 1
PRIVATE advices have been
received here stating that during the last ten days five upper river steamers met with serious
· accidents, representing live nations" flags, Italian, French, Chinese, British and American.
The Italian steamer, Yungtung, hit a rock, all cargo was damaged but the steamer is salvageable,
The French 8.5. Feoktung was badly damaged, the wood oil tank- Jost with all the bulk wood oil.
The Chinese 3.5. Ngomel dam'"' oged her rudder,
The warship Peterel bit' a rock above Ichang, she was badly dam aged.
The peculiar behaviour of the Yangtze Gorges bas made matters difficult for pilots, the water fail ing, then overnight rising many feet with another fail soon after.
The American steamer I Ling, which hit a submerged rock been pronounced a total less by the Burveyors.
RED DEFEAT NEAR AMOY
STRONG GOVERNMENT FORCES IN THE FIELD
(From Our Own Correspondent,)
ANOY, May. 29. Reporte from official sourcca and articles in the local newspapers have been state that Changchow and Shihma recaptured from the "Reds" by a battalion of the 3rd Supplementary Regiment of the Fukien Provincial Defence Army after a sharp fight. Large numbers The Communists were driven out of Government troops are being
rushed to the areas infested by basi dits and the "Reds" and Com muniats rabble is retreating towards Nanchang, west of Changchow.
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