DE VALERA GIVES INA
L'AND ANNUITIES TO BE SET ASIDE: - PENDINGARBITRATION-
DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENT. DURING
IN COMMONS. .
DEBATE
[BEUTER AND BRITISH WIRELESS.]
LONDON, July 4.
By the overwhelming vote of 22 to 31, the House of Com mong to-day registered its approval of the measure which seeks to secure from Ireland the land purchase annuities withheld by Mr. De Valors, through a tarif which will impose duties on products of the Irish Free State imported into Great Britain,
But, with the Bill having travelled thus far on its way to the Upper House, Mr. Do Valera mado a surprise move which openi the way now for arbitration.
During the debate to-day, Rt. Hon, J. H. Thomas, Secretary of State for the Dominidos, announced the latest surprising develop- ment. He had just leared officially, he said, that Mr. De Valora was selting aside the disputed sums, pending arbitration...
"That," said Mr. Thomas," simplifies the matter.", And he added that, even at this late stage, the Government would agree to arbitration; but only by an Empire Court.
Mr. Thomas, however, went on to say that Mr. Do. Valera'e attitude bit no doubt that he definitely rofused a Commonwealth Tribunal's intervention in the mattor, The Irish leader. sought
to repudiate generally the financial agreement between the two Governments concerned in the annuities dispute. So far as the British Government, was concerned, then, there was no alternative but to proceed with the financial resolution which was designed to recover the loss in land annuities, through duties on Irish pro ducts brought to Britain, not execeding 100 per cent, of their
value
This statement of policy brought forth loud Ministerial cheers. Subsequently, the House was called upon to record its vote, and the Government received the staunch support of a large majority. The final count was 223 for, to 31 against.
PARLIAMENT ADOPTS TARIFF PLAN
As a result of the default of the done so, and the British Govern Irish Free State Government remnant had no complaint against the garding land purchase annuities, farmers, but against those who the resolution was moved in the withheld the farmers' money.
one
Became Landowners.
Honso of Commans for a Bill em- powering the Treasury' to issue or
As ders imposing duties up
a result of the Land Purchase to
Act, 300,000 farmers became their hundred per cent on any classca of goods imported into the United landlords and Irish farmers Kingdom from the Free State.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1932.
A GRUESOME DISCOVERY
FRENCH MINISTER FOUND. DEAD
{THROWGH AXUTEN'S AGENCY.]
CUSTOMS MUDDLE IN THE NORTH
STATEMENT BY SIR F. MAZE
(THROUGH BEUTER'S "AGENCY;]
SIR Frederick Maze, Inspector- statement to-day as follows:
General of Customs, made a
PARIS, July 5._._. A GRUESOME discovery was made by M. Berthod, Minister of Pensions, who, after detecting an unpleasant odour in his office, found the dead body of is col Customs revenue in Manchuria by Owing to the seizure of the league, M. Lehmann, Inspetcor-the so-called. Manchukuo Author General of Pensions, in a room
ties, the Customs revenue receipts adjoining his
According to the Le Petit Parisien for June have fallen sharply. Lehmann, who had a bullet in his heart, had been dend since Satur day,
It is understood that he had been suffering from neurasthenia.
KING STOPS FREE FIGHT
UGLY SCENES IN BUCHAREST
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.].
KING CAROL
VIENNA, July 4.
of Roumania stopped a free fight beneath the balcony of the royal palace at
| Bucharest between adherents of the
Peoples
JAPANESE POLICY IN MANCHURIA
FURTHER QUESTIONS" IN COMMONS
· {THROUGH · REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, July 4.
IN the House of Commons to day, Mr. John Rhys davies, Labour, requested the Government to obtain assurance from the Government of would conform in every way with Japan that its Manchukno policy Article 10 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, and the first paragraph
of the Nine-Power Treaty.
KIDNAPPERS FRUSTRATED
SHANGHAI DETECTIVE'S NARROW ESCAPE
(From Our Own Correspondent.) -
nappers.
SHANDHAT, July 5.
Upon hearing police whistles he wrestled with one fugitive possess: ing a fully loaded pistol, the mage otherwise Joncs would surely either zine of which fortunately jammed,
have been killed or seriously wounded.
ANTI-COMMUNIST EXPEDITION.
GENERAL CHEN'S REPORT AT MEMORIAL SERVICE
Canton, July 8.-Messrs. Tang Taak Yu, Li Toung Jen, Lin Yus: Kai, Lin Yih Chung, Liu Car Wen Au Foug Po, Ho Lok, Mau' Puí' DETECTIVE-Sergeant Jones naram and Cheung Yam Man were.
rowly missed death when he andong the gathering of the mem grappled with seeing med kid. bers of the Kuomintang Executive Department, the 8. W. Political and the 1st Group Army Headquar Council, the Provincial Government ters at the joint weekly memorial service at Government Headquarters. Chen Teal Tong, member of the yesterday morning when General and indemnities during the month The total payments for loans
Capt. Anthony Eden, Under
C.E.C., and commander-in-Chief of were Tis. 12,033,000, and the total Secretary for Foreign Affairs, re-
the 1st Group Army, delivered the remittances received were called the attitude of the Japaneso A most exciting chase was wit weekly address. 12,827,000, thus causing a defeito delegate to the League Assembly nessed in three districts by the General Chen referred at the be 106,000 teels, instead of the usual who, at a recent meeting of that victim of the robbery, in a small ginning of his address to the visit surplus.
Lody stated that the Japanese alley in French Town, aided by two of General Tani Ting-kai. Ho stat The slight further falling off in Government was particularly glad Chinese French Municipal coned that, in welcoming the hero, the revenue is due to any one of a
that attention had been called to the stables who pursued their quarries local leaders had occasion to re-. number of causes and will thus principle of scrupulous respect for into the International Settlement Joice in the fact that the distin- affect payment of Customs commit treaty obligations, wherete they where two Chinese Municipal con-guished general would use the same
attached the greatest importance. stables joined in the chase,
dauntless spirit with which he re- The robbers fired two shots atsisted the Japanese for the suppres their purauers.
sion of Communist bandits. The escaped and one
One robber was killed. Two speaker informed his audience that single-handed by Dotective Jones.
was arrested General Tea; had left for Hong
Kong yesterday morning en route' for Fukien to direct operations
ments.
JAP. GENERAL'S ESCAPE
ESCORT TRAIN DERAILED
BY MARAUDERS
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
Torro, July 5.
The Japancao Government had further publicly roiterated its pre- paredness to uphold the obligations of the Nine-Power Treaty. Henco, it was unnecessary to ask addition al assurances along those lines, Capt Eden thought,
CANTON-KOWLOON, -LINE PROGRESS.
Party and the Pea-GENERAL Jinzaburo Aazaki, JUNE RECEIPTS UP $40,000. sants' Party. Shouts of "Down vice-chief of the general staff with the King and the Lupescu of the Japanese army in Manchuria, petticoat government." echoed who is touring that province, escap- through the streets. Stone-throwed an attack by marauders to-day ing commenced and the uproar in at a point between Shishanchan Preased.
and Yangchuantza.
When the windows of a balcony were opened and the King appear: ed his presence alore silenged the rioters. The Inyalists cheered His Majesty and the factions moved uff to settle their fight elsewhere.
VICE-PRESIDENT OF SUEZ
CANAL CO.
1
MR. HARRISON HUGHES APPOINTED
[1HROUGH REUTER'S AGENCS.]
Pants, July 5. THE British shipowner, Mr. Har rison Hughes, one of the most distinguished merchants, has been named vice-president of the Suez Canal Company. He succeeds the Earl of Inchcape, formerly known "James Lyle Mackay," one of steamship operators.
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generally had secured a total re- Before the debate on this resolu.duction of over three and a half tion opened, the Dominion Seere millions annually in original rentals tary, Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas, in of approximately seven and a half reply to a question, stated that a millions, so that the average tenant further dispatch from the Irish and purchaser was, now repaying the most progressive of British Free State on the subject of land annuities had been received to-day. This stated that the Irish Free State Government had noted
that the British Government was unwill. ing to agree to the removal of re
the state as instalments, little more than half the amount payable to landlords prior to the Act of 1983..
"When the Irish Treaty was made and Irish Free State became a Dominion the Irish Government
strictions on the personnel of the accepted this position in two agree- proposed arbitral tribunal. Freedom-mente and the British Chancellor
of choice by a party concerned in the selection of nominees of an ar bitral tribunal, it stated, was of the very essence of arbitration. The ́note added that the Government of Free State disputed the claims of the British Government, not only in regard to land purchase annui
or
ties, but to all other annual periodical payments, except those made in pursuance of agreements formally ratified by the Parliaments of both states. :
of the Exchequer had accordingly budgeted for receipt of £3,000,000 from annuities in the present finan-
cial year.
agreements.
SHANGHAI TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS.
FIGURES SHOW LESS FATALITIES.
Shanghai, June 28. Whether due to increased vigilance, growth of fuck and the vagaries of statistics, caution, traffic education, or just the first half the 1932 closes with list of street accidents less i
falls week by week. June passes posing than that of 1931. Though the graph of accidents rises and with 765 street accidents listed (to June 25) as opposed to 1,101 in made publicat June, 1931. according to figures
the Shangha Municipal Police Traffic Depart ment.
ed has not witnessed the necessary
He wae en route to Mukden from Chinchow when the armoured train which was guiding that carrying the officer was derailed as a result of a sleeper having been removed.
For this the marauders were res ponsible. Some 300 of them were lurking in the vicinity.
. Soldiers in the armoured train, recovering from the confusion of the derailment, sighted the brigands and immediately opened fire, dis peraing them quickly. The bandits fed, leaving ten of their dead behind,
General Mazakis arrived in Muk- den safely late last night aboard Especial train from Koupautzu,
In Hong Kong
To-Day
SHOWERY
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER REPORT, FORECAST AND BENARKS, ISSUED BY THE ROYAL OÜRSERVATORY AT 5.15 P.M., STATED.
PRESSURE IS HIGHEST, OVER THE PACIFIC TO THE EAST OF JAPAN AND LOW--ÓVER CHINA GENERALLY. A DEPRESSION APPEARS TO HAVE FORMED TO THE WEST OF THING- TAU, IT WILL PROBABLY MOVE EAST- WALD.
LOCAL FORECAST:-S.W. WIND, MODERATE; CLOUDY, SHOWERY.
FIGHTING IN
MANCHURIA
JAPANESE CLAIM TWO VICTORIES
www.
CANTON, July 5, livered at the weekly memorial ser In the course of his address de
vice
which was held yesterday morning at the hall of the offices of the Administration, Mr. Chun Chun Pob, Director of the Canton Kowloon Railway, reported on the working of the line as follows:-
Receipts from passengers and freight for Juno last amounted to a little over 8180,000 which is an increase of abous 840,000 over that for the same month of last year..
The new 1st class passenger couch. built by the workshop of the Ad ministration as an experiment prov. ed to bo most satisfactory and com parea very favourably with those imported from abroad. The cost of this local-built coach is approxi mately 810,000 less than a similar one purchased froin abroad.
All express trains have recently been-fitted with cooling plants for the comfort of passengers, and 15,000 sleepers have been bought from Australia to replace doubtful ones along the track with the view of further reducing the time of the journey between Canton and Kow. loon within 3 hours,
JULY 4 IN CANTON.
CELEBRATIONS AT US.
CONSULATE-GENERAL. Chaton, July 8.-Callers word streaming, into the American Con- Bulate-Goneral hero yesterday morn- ing to tender their congratulatione and best wishes on the pccasion of the anniversary of American Inde pendance.
Among the visitors were Genera' Tao Yick-him, who called on be half of General Chen Chi Tang, Mayor Liu Chi Wen, Mr. Lin Yun Ka representing the Kwangtung Provincial Council, Mr. Herbert Dr. Wager, the German Congul- Phillips, the British Consul-General,
Goneral, and many other pro- minent Chinese officials and foreign consular representatives.
The American Consul-General and Mrs. Ballantyne hed champagno liborally served to their guests, the Dry Law being evidently relaxed in favour of Canton. The atmos and international fellowship, every- phero was one of great cordiality
GEN. TSAI LEAVES FOR FUKIEN.
It was only on March 22 that he learned for the first time that Mr. De Valera, in a speech tention to withhold the annuities. in Dublin, had declared it his in-
When Mr. Thomas reminded Mr. De Valora that annuities were the result of a solemn agreement, Mr. De Valers replied he was unaware
(THROUGH REUTER'S ́ACKNOY.] Commenting on the note, the of this undertaking and four days Times said the reply left no doubt later, Mr. Thomas gave him The half year period just finish ACCORDING to Japanese reports, that Mr. Du Valera, while agreeing the terms and dates of the half number of accidents of 1031, concentrating some light to the anti-Manchukuo forces are
in principle to the British offer of
Nothing further last year the total number of ac the north of Kirin, evidently with one present being gay and jolly. arbitration, definitely refused the Dublin and in London, at which 12,848, while the street accidents for city.
happened until a meeting incidents for twelve months was the intention of attacking that Commonwealth tribunal which was the offer of an Empire tribuunal the six months of 1932 were 5,215. formed strictly in accordance with was advanced. Mr. De Valera re-. The sum of those killed in ac- have defeated eight hundred anti-
Japanese cavalry are
ed to recommendations unanimously sgrefused, and now raised not only land cidents in 1031 was 143. To June, Manchukun troups in the Tungpei ed to at the Imperial Conference of annuities but every issue made by 1832 has had 61, fatalities-a little district, to the north of Hailon 1930. Moreover, the reply sought his predecessor in the last ten years less than half Fatalities in the on June 27, killing seventy-five and SIGN OF EARLY OFFENSIVE to repudiate generally, the financial in respect of financial matters. settlement between two countries.
Settlement last week amounted to seizing soventy rifles as well as This loft no alternative to His Matitude, Mr. Thomas said the only fore
If that was Mr. Do Valera's at four as against two of the week be quantity of ammunities. jesty's Government but to proceed alternative for the British taxpayer In 1931, 4,570 persons were in- the same district two days later, Another engagement occured in with the financial resolution. A
was one which the Government newjured in trafic mishaps while dur-when the Japanese claim to have In moving the resolution Mr proposed. If Mr. De Valers had ing the first six months of 1932, defeated siz hundred anti-Manchu Thomas deeply deplored the cirurged that the burden which the 1,600 injuries were reported, kus troops cumstances responsible for it, for annuities involved should be con- figure again less than half. above all this was a time for peace sidered and be made subject of and no Government could have gone negotiation and consulation, the killed and 442 were injured in ac During June, 1931, eight were further than the British in the at Government would not have refused. cidents. Thus, figures for June, tempt to find an amicable settle. He asked, the confidence of the 1932 will probably see a decrease ment, he said, Discussing the his Government to impose in their own as compared to the corresponding were seized. tory of land purchase in Ireland way the duties which would enable month last year, according to traffic he said it covered a period of over them to obtain the amount due, but officers. 60 years. It was with the angle no more."... minded
desire to caso the land 4,5* agitation in Ireland that the Bri tish Government, in 1881, passed An amendment by the Labour did not believo Mr. De Valera, in threatening the Sanman districts legislation to provide easy means Party urged a resort to arbitration, this matter, spoke the mind of a to the east of Kanchow, General whereby farmers should become their the personnel to be determined in race that was never ungenerous and Chem Tsai Toug. Commander-in own landlords. The Government case of disagreement by the Ottawa always faithful to its plighted Chief of the 1st Grour Army, has guaranteed payment to lenders and Conference, Arthur Greenwood, word. It was not, herause Mr. De despatched five crack tattalions. supplied also large sume so that Labour, after criticising the Govern Valera did not think he would not from Canton to reinforce the 1st tenant farmers, as result of this ment for lack of patience, declared get a fair verdict from an Empire Army garrisoned in those districts. assistance, bought their land on arbitration was still a way out of tribunal that he rejected it, but be. The basty departure of General easier terms: When fears of re- the difficulty/sta cause he was a unwilling to re- Tsai Ting Kai from Canton for pudiation by individuals and ten Bir Austen Chamberlain anid.cognise the British Commonwealth Fukien province in understood to ants were at that time expressed in there could be no question that a of Nations as he was to maintain bo the remit of his recent, con- some quarters, Trish, members of prosperous Trish, peasantry was the treaty. There never was a time ferences with the local military Farlament declared the farmers of result of the credit extended to Ire when it was more important that
· Ireland would fulfil their obliga- land for the purchase of land. Ha, the sanctity of treaties should be tions to the very last. They hac (Continued at foot of next column.)upheld.
Urges Patience.
AGAINST REDS.
CANTON, July 5. Commander of the 19th Route Army, left here for Hong Kong General Tasi Ting Hai, Field
In this latter engagement, fifty baat Kinzhan en route te Fukion. yesterday morning by the steam
said to have been killed, while sixent on board the steamer to eight anti-Manchakuo soldiers are machine-guns, a number of rifles see him off were Generals Heung, Among the leading officials who
and a good deal of ammunition Han Ping, Lin Sze Ching and Ho The Japanese casualties are said Ink, and members of the South- to have been only one killed, and West Political Council and the Executive Committee of the local two wounded.
Kuomintang. 1140
leaders for the immediate launch ing of a general concerted drive against the Red outlaws,
Accompanying General Taal on his trip to Fukien will be his wife, Madame-Tani; and several staff officers who are attached to his suite, Kong for Bwatow where he will The General will sail from Hong
join his troops massing in a dis trict to the north of that city,
According to a military despatch from Fukien reaching.here--late last night, the Red remnants are retreating towards Hingkuo, and Tutao along the south-western bor- ders of Kiangai. They are now (Continual on previous column.)
RECENT MURDER OF against the Communista in accor
FOREIGNERS
dance with plans that had boon agrood upon among the various leaders here, including the speaker himself and General Tsai.
Kwangtung Safe.
Referring further to the Com munista, General Chen assured the audience that the remnant of Reds. who were now fleeing from Fukion territory to Kiangst, had no chance na many people had been fearing for of invading Kwangtung territory.
sometime.
U.S. AUTHORITIES MAKE REPRESENTATIONS
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
PEIPING, July 5. THE U.S. Authorities at Hankow the Kansu Provincial Government have made representations to in ocnnection with the murders of eral Yu Hou-man, who was direct-
General Chen reported that Gen Messrs. Simpson and Hovarthing operations in Kiangai, bad re The latter was a son of General, contly reported further succosses Hovarth of Peiping.
against the Reds. Though the Comi- munista were fond of their oft-used tactics of dispersing themselves at the approach of government troops to reassemble when these troops had. gone away, General Chen pointed out that most careful plans had. now been laid for the gradual but final annihilation of these remnant bodies.
·
NOULENS' CASE OPENS
MAY BE TRANSFERRED
TO SHANGHAI
(THROUGH REUTRE'S AGENCY.]
- NANKING, July 5, THE High Court held the first public hearing of the Neulens' trial this morning.
Noulens refused to answer any question which was cob important for his application for the transfer of his case to the Shanghai Court,
He gave his name, address and age but refused to give his nation- ality.
Mrs. Nouleus also refused to waswer any questions.
After six hours, Judge Limien declared that the Noulens' petition for transfer will receive the con- sideration of the Court, whose deci- sion will be announced within the next few days.
Happy &
Healthy
Childhood
thrives on
OVÁLTINE'
The speaker text referred to the political weapon for the extormina- tion of the Communist evil after military operations had been suc political readjustment of the pep cessfully tried. The importance' of: ple's minds after they had bean, was fully realized by the Incal lead- poisoged by Communist propaganda ers.
,,
General Chen concluded his ad. dress by saying that with the co operation of the 1st and 4th Group Armies and the 10th Route Army backed by the masses of the Kwang- tung, Kwangs and Bakien provin ces, tho Communist evil must be finally stamped out for good. He asked those who had a share in the great task to have faith in, them selves-Canton Gazette.
(Further Chine news will be found on page 4.)
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