"
AN ANGLO-IRISH FAILURE
MR. DE VALERA MAKES NO CONCESSION
ADVANCES'"• THEORETICAL, CLAIM "
[AHROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,Į
LONDON, Oct. 16, THE Anglo-Irish negotiations have
falled.
THE LAST STAGE
The last stage of the abortive Anglo-Irish Conference was a vival of the original proposal for arbitration by tribunal, when it obvious that a settlement by direct negotiations had failed, but the old difficulty arose na to whether the Tribunal should, be, drawn exclusively from the Empire proved the final stumbling block. It is understood that the Free State delegates are agreived that their "reasoned enga met with
negative attitude from the begin
ning.
B
** Contrariwise, necording to British political correspondents, the British refused to concede the basic Irish laim that the Land Annuities were illegal.
DE VALERA'S NONSENSE
Mr. de Valern, it is alleged argued from the novel point of view that, under various treaties ad agreements. Britain theor etically was indebted to Ireland for a sum approaching two hundred and Alty millions sterling,
Course of the Discussion.
RUGBY, Oct. 14.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1932.
MORE FIGHTING IN TO RELIEVE
MANCHURIA
JAPANESE PLANES BOMBARD HAILAR
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
HARRIS, Oct. 16, '
Japanese planes have bombarded Hailar, infeting considerable dainage on the positions of the erstwhile Manchukuo railway guards, according to a Japanese report.
Soviet authorities deny White
Ruian rumours that the Volun- Įteer have ngain
raised the and killed the Japanese Consul. Japanese Consulate at Manchali
ATTACK ON NANLING
PRELUDE TO MAJOR OPERATIONS!
(THPOOCH HAUTER'S AGENCY.]
NAKKING, Oct. is.
THE tension at Jehol has been increased in consequence of the nction takan by the Japanese troops, who opened artillery fire on Nanling yesterday morning, |uccording to a Chinese repart from
Tientsin.
.
The same report, asserts that opinion in North China is divided into two sections consisting of those who believe that the Japanese action is merely in the nature of a demonstration, and those
who interpret it as, the prelude to major operations..
OFFICIALS
MIGHTY SCOTTISH LEAGUE OF NATIONS
UNEMPLOYMENT
ENGINEERING
PRIME MINISTER'S BIG SCHEME
HARNESSING LOCKS AND RIVERS
PERSONNEL AGREEMENT
(THRODOH KOTER'S AGENCY.).
LODON, Oct. 10
CLAMOUR from several quarters
that the Government should profit by the present cheapness of money to relax restrictions on pro- duetive public works and develop. ments has borna fruit
According to sine political cor respondents it is stated that Mr. Ramsey MaoDonald has drafted a big plan to mise a leair to relievo #nemployment through public works that will be revenue produc- ing when completed,
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REACHED
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FINANCIAL EXPERT WARNS GERMANY
REICHMARK THREATENED WITH CRASH
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MASTER COTTON
SPINNERS'
THREE IMPORTANT
RESOLUTIONS
U.S. MOISTURE TEST APPROVED
|ZBROUGH KRUTEK'S AGENCY.}
(1) To appoint a Sub-Committed
rency restrictions and quotas upon the cotton industry.
GENEVA, Oct. 10.-
BERLIN, Oct. 15. ANOTHER stage in the progress AFTER ten days of differing the EXCITING rumours aro afloat,
of Lochaber Water Power
has League Sub-Committee.
following the unexpected Cabi- scheme has been reached with the reached a compromise on the Ger-net meeting to consider the storm complation this week of the Laggan' man proposal with regard to the of protests over the projected
LUGANO, Oct. 16, Prosaure Tunnel, three miles long secretariat reorganisation.
rationing of agricultural imports THE Comunitteo of the Interna tional Federation of the Mas and more than fifteen feet in
The Cabinet dealt, among other It was agreed that no Power diameter, through which the waters should have more than two nation,ings, with a letter from Presi- ter Cotton Spinners' und Manufac of Loch Laggan and the Spean ala in the higher ranks of the dent Luther of the Reichsbank,turers Associations, which has con- cluded its labours, has passed the liver will be turned into Loch Treis Secretariat.
who, according to nowspapers, in Invernesshire, Scotland.
The agreement will be subinitted warned the Government at the following resolutions:- The scheme, which is boing under. to the final meeting of the Assembly impossibility of maintaining the taken by private enterprise, in-
on Monday. It also provides for stability of currency unless the to study the effects of tariffs, cur cludes some of the biggest engineer. n French Secretary-General, two quota project were abandoned. It is hoped that Mr. MacDonalding works of their kind ever carried assistant secretary generala to be Anxiety was only partly allayed out in Great Britain. It is design Italian and Norweging respective-by the official denial that the let
(9) Approval of the recommend. will make a statement thereon at the luncheon of the National ed to tap the Scottish Lochs "inly, and three under-secretaries to ter implied a dangerous situation ations of the Joint Egyptian Cat- Labour Party tomorrow.
order to produce electrical energy be of British, German and Japan-for the mark but it is anticipated ton Committee of last July decid- for the manufacture of aluminium ese nationality.
that the Government will be coming to collect information and Dama and Tunnels.
Economies.
pelled at least to postpone the pro- statistics of the various qualities When completed the installert
jected rigid control of imports of of Egyptian cotton consumed by British pressure is regarded as farm stuffs.
the motorstyre industry. plant will have a capacity of 130,000 horsepower, which wil largely responsible for the economy
The quota system
was the price
Testing for Molature, operate on a continuous basis. The of 351,331 francs affected in the paid by Chancellor von Papen's
__(3) Approving the recommenda- scheme draws on a catchment aron League budget voted this evening and General von Schleicher's Gov- tion of the Sub-Committee regard
by the Budget Commission, though erament for support of the Agriculing the uniform method of testing of 300 square miles. The works in- clude three major and fourteen the budget has absorbed avoid turists in the Reichstag. It aroused American C..F. cotton for mois smaller dams, eighteen miles of able items euch us 430,000 francs, bitter opposition from industrial-ture. It was further resolved that pressure tunnels and one mile of for the World Economic Conferists and threats of reprisals from such cutinit should contain oight- pipe line and tail race.
A "GOOD WILL VISIT
MANCHUKIO MINISTER
IN JAPAN.
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Moл, Oct. 16.
HSIEH CHIEH SHIH, the Mari-
chukuo Foreign Minister, who is making a “goodwill" visit to Japay, arrived here by we from Changchan and was enthusianically welcomed. He is due at Tokyo on Tuesday morning and will be the guest of the Japanese Govern ment during his stay in the coun
Another report has it that the Japanese have mobilised six brig ades for a vigorous drive against the Volunteers on the Eastern bar-try.
+
BANDITS" 'AGAIN
While the Anglo-French converder of Jehol.. sations au disarmament were pro-. reading at the Prime Ministor'a official residence, to, Downing Street, this rening. important argotiations between the British and Irish Free State Governments were opened near by at the offices of the Cabinet Secretariat,
ACTIVE
TWO PASSENGER TRAINS
WRECKED
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HARBIN, Oct. 14.
BRITISH
SAFETY OF
CAPTIVES
ASSURED BY JAPANESE AUTHORITIES
Ben Nevis Tunnel.
A striking feature is the Ben Nevis tunnel fifteen miles long and about fifteen feet in diameter, the driving of which, through granite and schist, was successfully ener pleted in 1929, This tunnel, lined with mass concrete, is the biggest | thing its kind in the British Empire. It carries the water of Loch Treig under mountains to steel pipe line connected to the wer house of factories at Fort William.
Loch Surface Raised 40 Fest. The dimming of Loch Treig will raise its level by forty foot and thus submerge a mile and a half of railway line which has therefore been lifted without dislocation of tralia by forty-five feet. About one thousand men, are employed on the construction of the dazas and
YINGROW, Oct. 15. THE safety of Mrs. Meriel Paw-tunnel.
ley and Mr. Charles Corkran,
The negotiations have reference to financial matters in dispute, covering the land annuities and other same formerly paid to the United Kingdom, which have bren withheld by the Irian Free State, SINCE Monday, two passenger who were captured by bandits at amounting in all to about £3,000,000 trains an one Japanese arm Mukden, is, definitely assured as a annually, of which £2,000,000 repre-oured train have been wrecked and result of the parleys with the ban- sents land annuity payments.
bjouted to a terrific fusilade by dits by the Japanese military large forces of "bandits."
authorities, who are now negotiat- ent points one 343 kilometres to the
The incident occurred at differing for the release of the captives. east of Harbin, one 303 kilometres Consul, and Captain Staples, who Mr. Clarke, the British Vice- from Harbis ned the third five have been co-operating with the. kilometres further along the line. Japanese authorities, have return- The Three trains were all wrecked,ed from Panchum accompanied by the line having been pulled up. Captain Kawahite.
The British Government were Dominions represented by the Secretary, Mr. J. H. Thomas, and ther Ministers, and the Irish Free State's principal delegate was Mr. Eamon de Valera, President of the Executive Council of the Free
State.
The discussions Insted throughout
to-day with a short huncheon in- terval, and will were resumed on Saturday.
COOD SENSE FROM LIMERICK
Attacks Beaten Of.
All attacks on the trains were, however, bentén off by Japanese soldiers, who claim to have inflict- ed heavy losses on the attackers,
It is reported that several Japan cee soldiers and passengers were killed and others wounded, but
MURDER OF MRS. WOODRUFF
PRINCE OF WALES
RETURNS HOME
WARM WELCOME. BY CITY
WORKERS-4
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THE Prince of Wales arrived in
Ruary, Oct. 18. London shortly after eight o'clock thus morning on the con- clusion of his Scandinavian tour and reached Liverpool Street with the City workers. On arrival on the platform he was besieged by SUSPECTS ARRESTED AT Prince on enthusiastic welcome.
hundreds of people who gave the The few policemen on duty had some difficulty in keeping the way decided to purchase coal from Engchukua Government and preventing The policy of harassing the Mau-
elear for the Prince, from the TOKYO, Oct. 15. platform to his car. The Prince re- land, after passing a resolution them from establishing any sem TWENTY-FIVE suspects, accord-ponded good humoredly to the agreeing not to enterin tenderblance of order in North Manchuria ing to a report from Harbin, cheering crowds. from German coal firma. Mr. M. being paraned ruthlessly by the have been arrested in connection Quinlan said Germany had treated Volunteer forces, who have now
with the murder of Mr. Woodruff, The Free State very badly in put rendered impossible communication and grilling examination has re- Ling a super tax on Irish butter after all the money she had received on the Chinese Eastern Railway vealed that two of them are appar
east of Imienpo.
DUBLIN, Sept. 20.
The Limerick County Council has further details are lacking.
out of the Shannon sehene can tract. He added If John Bull' had got that contract more money would have been left in the coun try,
GENERAL STRIKE CALLED OFF
LORD LYTTON'S OPINION
OF 'MANCHURIAN STUATION,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY).
LONDON, Oct. 14. His personal viewpoint regarding the work of the League of COMPROMISE ACCEPTED IN Nations' Commission on Manchurin
BELFAST
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BELPAST, Oct. 1.
THE Trade Unions have accepted the revised terms for outdoor relief. They have declared the proposed General Strike off.
New Scale of Outdoor Reliei.
WAB given by the Earl of Lytton to-night in a broadcast speech
HARBIN.
ently responsible, including Chang Nan Yen, an ex-soldier whu is the icader of a notorious gang of kid- nappers.
The Polico claim to have found that the same gang was responsible for the attack on the British bank- ers on the Harbid Golf Course of September 10 last.
It is believed that this gang has some politica' backing, as recent outrages appear to have been car ried out systematically for the pur pose of embarrassing the authori-
Lord Lytton laid particular om- ties of Manchukuo in their relations phasis upon the interest which with Foreign Powers. was everywhere shown in official circles, in Japan, in China and in Manchuria, regarding the objects
of the Mission and be referred
FOREIGNERS IN PEIPING
with some feeling to the elaborate IMPROVED POLICING OF CITY hospitality afforded them in Man
churia.
"It was difficult," he said, "to
The situation has improved con-avoid being completed exhausted
siderably as
FROMISED
PEIPING, Oct. 15.
a result of the deci-by the daily and nightly banquets THE Consular Corps, according sion of the Ministry for Home given in our honour,”. Affairs to increase outdoor relief from 40 to 60 per cent.
The Ministry has also agreed that the outdoor relief workers who refused to carry on owing to the low rate of pay will be allowed to resume without victimisation..
to a report from Harbin, keld Dealing with the prospects of a a meeting to discuss the safety of corful solution of the Man- the foreign residents.
The Chief of Police, who attend-
churia problem, Lord Lytton said:
The difficulties are still veryed the meeting, promised to im- great, but I am confident that the prove the policing of the City. experience she Teague has acquired The Corporation of Belfast is the last twelve years will RAID ON S'HM GANGSTERS
enable it to deal with the obstacles and get out them successfully,"
assisting in removing the social unrest by providing for additional
distress relief works to which the Government of Northern Ireland 'will contribute half the cbat.
THREE GUNMEN KILLED
BY POLICE.
(THROUGH EELTER'S AGENCY}
Shanghai,-Oct-14- THREE gangsters were killed and two police wounded in a gun
LYTTON COMMISSIONERS TO ATTEND LEAGUE MEETING How the Trouble Started.
GENEVA, Oct. 15. It will be remembered that on The members of the Lytton Com October 12. following the riots at mission have been invited by the Belfast, the Belfast Trades Council League Council to attend the de resolved to call upon Trades Unions liberations on the Report. It is to strike in sympathy with the believed this is in accordance with relief workers but it was not con- the wishes of the Commissioners battle between the Settlement police sidered likely that the Trades themselves, to enable them to ox- and armed robbers yesterday. An Unions would concur, particularly pand any points that may be other gangster was seriously wound- as the local shipyards were, hoping | raised.
ed and is not expected to live, i
robbers had broken into a house in the Hongkow district, the police rushed to the scene, surrounded the gunmen and waged a furious battle, killing thra and wounding the other-robber
To secure reiau norativa orders dry Important aspect of this “On recipt of a report that four shortly
position is that it will definitely The suggestion WAR made by associate the United States with Lord Craigavon that the rioters the handling of the Lytton Report, may have beep inspired by Free because General McCoy, the Ameri- State sympathisers or even by can member of the Commission, will emissarien ment-from-Dublin, therefore-attend.-
In Hong Kong
To-Day
FINE TO CLOUDY
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER REPORT, FORECAST AND REMARKS, ISSUED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AT 0.25
P.M. STATED :-
و
A MODERATE ANTICYCLONE XA BITUATED OVER N. CHINA. THE TYPHOON IS Apr 150 MILES TO THE SOUTH-EAST or TOURANE MOVING W.N.W.
LOCAL FORECAST; N.E., WINDS, MODENATE TO FRESH;XINE TO CLOUDY.
NAVAL OFFICER'S SENTENCE
APPEAL TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL
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LIMASBOL, Cyrus, Oct. 16.
A BRITISH naval officer, Com. mander Sutton, of H.M.S. Resource, who was found guilty of the manslaughter of a native hotel proprietor here on October, 5, and who later entered an appeal against the sentence of six months' impri- sonment passed on him, to-day had his appeal-dismissed.
Mustapha Fund Bey, one of the three judges, disagreed with the decision of his colleagues, the Chief Justice, Sir Herbert. Strongs, and the Puisne Judge, Mr. Bertsies...
On the Way Home
brason, Gypus Oct 16 Commander Button is appealing to the Privy Council against the rejection of his appeal. He is be ing conducted to England aboard
ence.
Sir Eric Drummond announced that it was proposed to appoint a German under-secretary gentral, to be in charge of the Economic and Financial Section of the League. This was regarded as the price of German acquiescence in M. Avenel's prospective appointment to the post of Secreary-General.
FRANCO-GERMAN TENSION
MASSIGH'S SERIOUS
CHARGES
"[TURCTUR REVIER'S · AGENCY.)
neighboring countries, however.
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SPAIN'S WAR ON RELIGION
GOV. TO SEIZE CHURCH PROPERTY
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}
MADRID, Oct. 15.
Bill to regulate Religious Orders in Spain has been sub mitted to Parliament.
Under the Bill, the Government reserves the right to approve the appointment of high ecclesiastical GENEVA, Oct. 14.authorities, and provides that the A SERIOUS attack upon Ger buildings which have been used for many ty M. Massigli, the Roman Catholic services shall he French delegate, is alleged to have come national property.
been made.
CROTIAN RISING
ITALY REPLIES TO ·
CHARGE
(THROUGH RESTEN'S ADENCY.)
It is said that M. Massigli de nounced Germany for the secret building-up of arms and armies. It is alleged that he contended that the German police vero part of Ger- many's armed forces and produced photographs showing the police to be in possession of mounted guns.
What . Masaigli really said is not known, but the reports of the speech have intensified the Franco- German tension, which is already
Rus, Oct. 13. strained owing to the deadlock in THE assertions by the Yugo- connection with the proposed reor. Slavian Foreign Ministry re ganisation of the League Seeregarding the plot for a Crotian tardat, in consequence of Germany's rising are officially denied here. insistence upon, among other things, The allegations referred to, an the principle that no Power shall alleged revolutionary plot, in which have more than two of its nationals Italian. troops and naval forces in the upper ranks of the League, were said to be preparing to co- which hits both France and Italy. operate, and which, it was said, had been timed for the coning Spring.
Report Moderated.
Mr. Massigli has endeavoured zo It was also alleged that consider moderate the reports of his specchable quantities of arms were landed He has since explained that he from an Italian submarine on a merely used official German data secluded bay along the Daimatian It is also understood that the full.
coast. These arms, it was said, text of the speech will be published
were being widely distributed in order to clarify the position,
the peasants, who among Official reports of Mr. Massigli'e' speech shows that he insisted on the drilling and exercising military military character of the German Palice, but was not attempting to prove violations of the Varsailles Treaty,
formations.
were
and-a-half 'per. venit. of moisture, and if less than eight per cent., the spinner to pay the difference to the seller, but if the moisture should be more than eight-and-a-half per cont. the soller should pay the spinner the excess above that per- centage.
OTTAWA
AGREEMENTS
WARM APPROVED IN AUSTRALIA
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.
LONDON, Oct. 14.
M, Stanley Bruce, the Australian 3liuister Resident in London,
expressed confidence to-day that the Ottawa Agreement between Britain aul Australia would prove of great advantage, to both coun- tries.
The operation of new prefer- ences, followed by the gradual adaptation of the Australian tariff policy to the principles agreed upon at Ottawa, should ensure British industry a preponderating share of Australia's impors trada, which, as Britain's action helped Australian farmers to obtain a more antiafulory outlet for their produce, should steadily increase.
OBITUARY
ADMIRAL SIR C. OTTLEY
Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Ottley
died at Loch Fyne on Sept. 24 at the age of 73. At the outbreak of hostilitica in 1914, Sir Charles was Eecretary to the Imperial Forces Committee, and was free-
ponsible for the task of organizing
the transport of the Firat Expedi tionary Forco which left Great Bri- tain for France. He held many im- portant posta, As early as 1890.he was appointed Naval Attache to the Maritime Courts, and served in that capacity in the United States, Japan, Italy, Russia and France.
which the common work of the dis. Later he was Director of Naval In-
A sub-committee has been appoint-armament conference, within the telligence, Naval Delegate to the ed to decide the countries in which League of Nations, might be effecsecond Peace Conference at The Police are included in calculation tively resumed."
of military strength.
When the Italian and German Hague, and Delegate to the Inter Governments were consulted on the national Maritime Conference of
London, German Reply.
suggestion that the Four-Power Meanwhile, an officially inspired Meeting shoukl take place answer which has been issued in Geneva, the Italian Government at HON. KATHERINE Berlin emphasises that the organ once agreed. sation and arming of the Police is suited to the aims of the Police Force, but its transformation into an Army would be a technical in possibility.
LONDON COMMUNIQUE
M. HERRIOT SATISFIED
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Rugay, Oct. 14.
Disappointment and surprise is felt at Germany's unwillingness to accept this proposal,
Although London was mentioned: in the terms of the British Govern- ment's original invitation, the place of meeting was, in their view, of minor importance, and it is hoped that Germany's present
PLUNKET
OLDEST WOMAN IN BRITISH ISLES
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RUGBY, Oct 14.
unwillingness to accept Genera will THE Honorable. Katherine Plun
(ket, eldest daughter of the
be overcome
Apart from this disappointment, second Baron Planket, former it is understood that Ministers were Bishop of Tuam, Ireland, died well satisfied with their exchange Vesterday. She was bom in Novem An official communique issued of views which revealed a mutual ber, 1820, and was the oldest woman
No. 10, Downing Street and very genuine desire to sur- in the British Isles: states:"Conversations took place mount the impediments existing in to-day and yesterday, between M the way of real and effective pro- MacDonald, Monsieur Herriot, and gress with tha disarmament pro- Sir John Simon on the subject of blem,
There was, of course, no inten- the British proposal for a meeting
from
in which they would participate tion that these Anglo-French, con- with Italy and Germany in order versations should, in any sense, to overcome the difficulty which has touch on matters coming properly within the sphere of the League of arisen at Genova.
Nations or the Disarmament Con ference. The only purpose was to get the latter conference out of the Present impasse.
"The French and British Mints ters agreed in considering that the meeting should consist of the four Powerr named and that the beat place for such a meeting would be Geneva,
Invitations. Bent Out,
MAIL IN WAL The French Premier left London for Paris in the afternoon. Be
ANNA OF SOUTH AFRICA
DEATH OF NATIVE WOMAN AT AGE OF 110 YEARS
PORT ELIZABETH. The death has taken place in the Pearston Location of Anng Alexan- der, at the age of 110 years. At the emancipation of slaves in 1834 she was 11 years old. Her mother was 8 native from the West Coast of Africa, being sold in South Africa during the first British occupation,
The British Governtent have fore leaving, M. Herrict, in 811705-1806 — Thus, old, Auns, war sought the concurrence of the two interview, said the conversations born a slave and was able to slate, other Governments concerned in were carried on very pleasantly many interesting stories of the ễ this proposal. This meeting would "We discussed things with Frank clden times,
have an unofficial and a prelimin ness and came to conclusions in A few days before her death the ary character. Its object would be perfect loyalty to each other. I was still able to wander about to seek and propose a means by think I can say all is well." without assistance.....