SECRECY AT GENEVA
OVER' RESOLUTION. REGARDING MANCHURÍA
`{THROUGH' ARUTER'S ADMNCY]
Ginura; Dec. 15. THE Committee of Nineteen has approved the text of a resolu tion, the text of which has not yet been published.
It is understood that it suggests that the Committee of Nineteen act as Conciliation Commission with Chinese and Japanese representa tives. They will possibly also, in vito the United States and the Soviets to co-operate.
A
CONCILIATION COMMITTEE
GENEVA, Dec 16. That secrecy is surrounding the proceedings is shown by the fact that all copies of the resolution adopted yesterday by the Commit tee of Nineteen were counted and locked up after the meeting.
LOANS MADE BY
GREAT BRITAIN
MORATORIUM TO BEN GRANTED TO BORROWERS
[BRITISH WIRKLING SERVICE.)
RoGBY, Dec, 18
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, in the course of an answer to a Commons question regarding funding agres ments in respect of loans made by Great Britain to other governments since 1918, said the amounts now awed on account of loans made by Britain for relief and reconstruc- tion were
Belgian £0,000,000.
Reconstruction Loan
Belgian Congo Loan £3,600,000,. and relief loans as follows
Austria 28,825,000, Poland £4,007,000, Roumania £9,101,000, Yugoslavia £1,948,000, Esthonia £918,000.
All these loans were made for productive purposes and were therefore, analogous to commercial loans and not to war debta,
It is understood the Committee propose they should set as a con- Payments were suspended under ciliation committee with Chinese the terms of the Hoover Mora- and Japanese, pollaboration. This torium and further suspension after committee will have six months in the end of the Hoover, year has been which to submit its report to the agreed to in view of the financial League. Dr. W. W. Yen has urged difficulties with which the countries this point for several months, co-concerned are at present confront- sidering that if conciliation fails | ed. within the given time the Commit tee should present a report possibly recommending the sanctions.
The methods of conciliation en- visaged in chapters IX. and X of the Lytton Report will be given every opportunity to succeed."
Fiduciary IssuS,
The London Chamber of Com. merce to-day addressed a letter to the Prime Minister in which it urged that the fiduciary issue should be raised so as to offset the £18,750,000 in gold paid to the United States to-day.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, dealing with suggestions on this line, pointed out that during last night's debt payment debate the aduciary issue could only be raised by the Treasury on a representation from the Bank of England.
Not to Express Opinion. 1 The Committee of Nineteen has decided not to express any opinion on the merits of the dispute in order not to prejudge the issue, but reaffirming the resolution adopted on March 11, not recognis
No such representation had been ing the changes effected in the violation. of the Covenant. This made and he considered that it was order will satisfy the maller essential not to give the impression States who reluctantly abandoned abroad that they wom careless the recommendation not to recogsbout their reserves of gold or want- nise the Manchukuo.
ed to conceal anything of what was taking place.
The Assembly will probably de bate on the solution on Monday or Tuesday after which it is ex pected the whole issue will be post- potted till 1933.
""" RADIO TELEPHONE
·TO GENEVA.
EQUIPMENT BEING INSTALL. ED AT NANKING
(THOUGH REDTER'S AGENCY.).
NANLING, Dec. 18..' RADIO telephonic communication between. Nanking, and Geneva “is expected, shartly, as the neces-
sary equipment is being installed here for the use of the Government in communicating with the Chin- ese delegates to the League.
TO HELP UNEMPLOYED
CARDNERS
ĮTRROUGH REUTER'S AGROT.3.
Ruasy, Dec. 15.
TO ENCOURAGE the provision
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY DECEMBER 17. 1932.
INDEPENDENCE OF AMBASSADOR TO
THE PHILIPPINES
RUSSIA
SENATE STILL DEBATING ISSTE
TER HUEI MENTIONED
REUTER'S. AGENCY.}..
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY),
WARNINGTON, Doc. 16, THE Senate has not yet disposed
of the Philippine's issue, a5 erroneously reported on Dec 14.
It is debating a measure on similar lines to the Hary Bill but granting independence after eighteen years, and has carried an amendment limiting the period to nine years; but now ban ordered
the amendment to be reconsidered.
DESECRATION OF FAMOUS- CATHEDRAL
Moscow, Dec. 10. The world-famous Issac's Catho dral, once one of the famous sights of Leningrad, which, long ago was closed for worship, will, according to Pravda, shortly be reopened as a theatre mainly for spreading ati-religious propaganda.-Trans
Ocean Kuo Min.
SPANISH REPUBLICANS
ATTACKED
Shanghai, Dec. 15.
IT is understood in semi oficial
reircles here that Mo Toh Husi will be the first Chinese am bassador to Rumia, Mo Teh Huel is now in Moscow, se Head of the Chinene delegation,
NEW MEMBERS
PRESIDIUM
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY. 1.
EURASIA AIR
SERVICE
MOTORISTS IN
COURT
ANOTHER KOWLOON.
ENGINE TROUBLE HOLDS MR. PETER TO FINED FOR
DANGEROUS DRIVING
= {THROUGH REUTER' AGENOT;}}
Shanghar, Dec; 15,
THE Eurasia plane which
cheduled to leave hers to a for Tachen has not left, owing to engine trouble,
GUERILLA WAR CONTINUES
TWO CLASHES IN MANCHURIA
HARRIN, Dec. 16.
CONSIDERABLE activity by
small groups of anti-Mans
SHIPYARD BURNED OUT.
In the early hours of yesterday A fine of $95 was imposed by Mr. morning, the Kwong. Cheong Hin Schofield on Mr. Peter To" who shipyard at: Cheungshawan was thei was summoned for dangerous driescons of a big fire, which practic ing of a mater cár. A representa-ally destroyed the whole shipyanık live entered a plea of guilty for the Four junks bring alongsida...” the defendant water
shipyard were also destroyed. Bergeant McInnes, for the pro- Appliance from Kowloon main secution, said that the incident - itation and from sub-stations occurred, shortly after midnight on Mongkok,, Kowloon City, and other November 25 the night of St. points were all rushed to the scene Andrew's Ball. There were a nam- and the two Ara-donts were brought |ber of cars parked opposite Queen's jufto use, god
Pier in Connaught Road and the defendant drove past at an cuti- matod speed of 38 miles an hour.
Т Learner's 7601< Mrs. Gorlo, who was suLoned for driving a motor car with a learner's Licence in Causeway Bay Road was fined. 810...
OIL WELLS
SERVICE
Narenra, Dec. THE Preparatory Conferencs. Bas elected the following niembers to the Presidium: Chiang Kai Shek, Yu Jen, Sun To Te Chi Tao, Ka Meng Yu Ting Mai Teng and Chu Cheng. Five Committee have been appointed to araming the proposals that have been inchukuo Volunteers is reported by mitted to the Third Plenary Japanese military headquarters, sedi
Six hundred Volunteers from Hession. The Presidium is meeting. at ten o'clock to-morrow morning Tungkiangat the confluence of and the first general, montion in the Amur and Sungary Riversariesity a 'meeting, in' the afternoon.
reported to be advancing upon Fuchin with the objective of an
SILVER MARKET
LONDON" PRICES
PAEIS, Deo. 10, (** Miguel Unamuno, the prominent Spanish Republican writer. who was exiled under the monarchy for his political activities and whose return to Spain after she had bes come a Republio was widely cale- brated, has just published in Ze Matin a declaration expressing (From Our Own Correspondent.); grave dissatisfaction with the methods of the present Republican Spanish government which, he al- leged, do not differ very much from those of General Primo de Rivera's dictatorial regime-Trans-
Ocean Kuo Min.
UNEMPLOYED IN GERMANY
BERLIN, Dec. 8. The number of the unemployed, in Taxation Comparisons,
receipt of the dole has during the In another written Parliament past fortnight risen by a further ary answer the Chancellor of Ex3,000 On December. 1, it- stood at 5,359,000 as compared with chequer states that the latest cati 6,905,000 on November 15 Trans mates of taxation per head of popa potan Kuo Mi Intion in the leading countries are: Britain, £16.8.0; France 1,170 francs United States (Federal taxation) 24-dollars-88-centarer many (Federal taxation) 115 Reich- marks; Italy, 498 Lire.
PARLIAMENT TO ADJOURN
· TONITISH" "WIRELESS SERVICE.)
RUOBY, Dec. 15.
FRANCE'S NEW -
CABINET
M. CHAUTEMPS TO UNDERTAKE TASK.
{THROUGH BEUTER'S : AGENCY.]
PARIS, Doc. 15.
PARLIAMENT will adjourn for M. HERRIOT has declined Presi
reassembling on February 7,
Christmaa di Thursday · next,
LATEST B.B.C. CHANGES
-NEW GOVERNORS APPOINTED
(BRITISH) WIRELESS SKRVICE.]}
of seeds and tools for unem-
RUGBY, Dec. 15, 'ployed allotment holders, the MR. Rousid Collett Norman has Government is making a grant of bean appointed Governor and £10,000, on a basis of pound for Vice Chairman, and Viscount pound, against contributions from Bridgeman and Mra Mary Hamil- other sources in aid of the scheme | ton Governors of the British Broad- organised by the Society of Friends
FINANCE PROBLEM OF INDIA
VISIT TO BANK OF
NGLAND...
{UNITIKK: WIRINSE SERVICE]
Ruday, Dec. 18, THE Committes • on Financial
*** Safeguards of this India Round.
Table Conference held its first
meeting to-day o
After the opening of the discus sion, representatives of British India and the Indian: States of the Committen, visited the Bank of "England and discussed with the
Governor and other leading repet.. sentatives of the City of London questioni connected with, the "fran- cial position and øredit of India.
The Committee resumes to-mor“
DJAN PREURER
RECEIVED IN AUDIENCE:
THE KING
THE Canadian
of the King-to- tended as meeting Council
casting Corporation for four years from January 1 next, in succession to Lady Snowden, Lord Gainford, and. Dr. Rendal), whose terms of office than expire.
dent Lebran's invitation to form a Cabinet and the tank has been undertaken by the Radical Socialist ex-Minister, M. Camille Chantemps.
LONDON, Dec., 18, CLOSING SILVER PRICES IN. LONDON TO DAY WERE:-
Spor FORWARD
Dec. 15. Dec. 16.- 17.1/16d. 17d. 170.
17d.
NEW HOUSING PROPOSALS
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE. ]
Hoak, Dec. 15.
AIR
SOLVING A TRANSPORT
otetta PROBLEM
Originating in a heap of dr grass used for breaming boats,à lần fire quickly spread to the expatr taring shops, and fanned by wind, the whole aren was him Bames.-
Firemen failed to save a large junk that had just been completed Within close reach from the Fing point of the fire, it was earl
involved, and was completely de stroyed, as also were throa: others.
The fire is said to have been caused by lighted ciga dropped into dried grass.
-There were no casualties:
A fire at M. Temple Street, Yau- mati, was quickly extinguished by the inmates themselves, with the assistance of neighbours.
attack upon the Manchukuo -and (THE NEW IRAQ PIPE LINE MR. PEPYS IN HONG Japanes garrison there, gu
Fuchin, in the meantime, has
already. hesten off one attack hy In condection with the work of another party of guerillas. Some laying a new pipe-ime from the throo hundred anti-Manchukuo oikwella of Img to Palestine and Volunteers, crossing from Touping, Syria, which is being undertaken on the left bank of the Bungari by the Iraq Petroleum Company, Hiver, opposite Fuchin, attacked one of the chief problems arising the east gate of Fuchin,
is that of transport; but this 12 now being solved by a regular use of aeroplanes, two machines for this
Attack Finally Beaten Off,
KONG
10th-Up beli
The defences were annned by purpose having boân- asquired by, Manchukuo and Japanese troops the Company from Imperiah dir ki and the attack was finally beaten ways, who are also maintaining Races off after five of the attackers had - the aircraft in service and supply-| long been killed.
ing pilóta to:fy them,
odno
much
mer
Aero I
and
The Manchukuo and Japanese The machines thus employed on de forces are now pursuing the Volan- the pipe-line service are. "Apollo," | aur cers to the north. In the engage an Avro. Imenoplane, and a favourite,TES ment, the Japanese losses were hil. D.H.80, the pilots flying them being a most excellent fast runner, but but the Manchukao troops suffered Messra. Thomson and Wheeler. lately has gone off and several casualties:vie
The movements of fleets of land that the Ching," Four" Another engagement occurred motor vehicles, geed in the haulage old form auge fact when a mixed detachment attacked of pipes, provisione, and stores. believe it. and almtet annihilated two hun-are anperintended by local fald money by yun. Enter. Hiss IN the House of Common, the in the vicinity of Kangchantung point while the use of aircraft is though in one race it did seem, for
dredant-Manchukuo Volunteers managers who fly from point, to of the flag Minister of Health Sir Hilton some twenty-five miles to the east and drilling for water which are Polar Star, but, as I did suppose, proving valuable in surveys a time, that hey might defeat Young, moved the second reading of Bhwangchengpu, The Japanese of the Billbodying, the Clovert.. | ones were two killed and one in progress with a view to eatab the latter was too good for ment's new housing proposals, wound
lishing pumpingstations along the And later we learns that which aim at encouraging the
route the pipe-line is to follow start The Girade, did building of smaller type houses by
"One such site, where water, he and jump the private enterprise" and "with: the|
been found, and which is being well high help of building societies, and” at
used as a field beadquarters, is not not rem bringing to an end the system of
far from Hutbah Wells, the desert glad.no. subsidien.
air-station, and opportunities are „Mr. Fros often found, when enrouliva off" ankle. And cials of the Iraq Petroleum Coming, bus (pany happens to be passing through, bell fogk | Rutbah in serial journeys along | Roboun Mr LH. King gave the follow-the main England India route, for five ing information regarding Empire local feld Managers.to By in and, back Radio from the local Wireless while the big main-line aircraft to in Studio last night He said in makes its scheduled halt, to join which to partimos pronti de
their chiefs at breakfast or lunch, tont do and discuss the latest aspects of the pipe-line, work.
florins for
XTRA CHARGE ON TELEGRAMS
NANKING, Dec. 9. A surcharge of five cents on all telegrams and radiograms, irrespec-, tive of the length of the message or the disgance, will be imposed for M. Chautemps sinon the war has six months commencing on Decem- participated in two Parliamentary, ber 16, the Ministry of Communica records. In M. Herriot's Ministry tions announced yesterday, follow of July 28, 1926, he was Ministering receipt of instructions from the of the Interior. The Ministry last Executive Yuan... od exactly one day. On February 25, 1800, M. Chautemps faced the Chamber na Premier of a now Government and was immediately defeated, a vote of non-confidence being passed.
SPLENDID DISPLAY
DANCING AND GYMNASTICS BY DIOCESAN GIRLS
Mr. Norman is former Chair At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon "man of the London County Coun the 900 students of the Diocesan cil, Viscount Bridgeman is an Ex-Girls' School gave splendid de Cabinet Minister, and Mrs. Hamil-monstration of modem physical ton was & Labour Member of the education, under the directorship of Jast Parliament and is a well-known Miss F. J. Lee, B.P.E., in the school writers
grounds.
HAMY SW
THROUGH
LONDON, Dec. 16.
THE continuance of bad weather,
EMPIRE RADIO
PROGRAMMES TO START ON MONDAY ́
being in Zona 1.
the Hall," SA twice, le past hla back him no mon Mr. McLentil, we slit skirt faalien tin kiford much interest on the so very merry
wherein I do gru pretty Lady, and then ber to date me pu
that the
I have been naked to give some information regarding the Empire Broadcasting, most of what I shall say to you to-night has already appeared in the local Press and in other pispers, however, the informs- tion that I give you will refresh The transmissions commencing on The proceeds of this surcharge your memories and possibly ereats Monday next must be regarded for will be employed for the relief of that interest the efforts of the many months as experimental and the bandit devastated areas in Ho B.B.C. deserve.
will be transmitted on two alterns nao, Hupeh and Anhui which were
The Empire has, for the purpose | tive wavelength panding » deai Clubbé ina kired outcome recently recovered from the out-of Broadcasting, been divided into siom as to whole best... The laws. It is estimated that over five Zones
tranamission for Hong Kong will $10,000 monthly will be obtainable Zone 1: Australia and New Zea- be made on two velengths simpl. from this source.Kuo Min:
land and Pacific Isles. A taneously on 15.583-ka. 11,750 kilo- This night ("F*Stephen, his Eady Zone 2: India, Burma and the colon-pning calf rigs GSD and on and a Miri habert did dine with me
Malay States,
31.397, metres de, hilocycles at Whipstad, and after to the Star House ih Kowloon where we Zone 3: Iraq, Egypt, East Africa cail sign USCAT
and South America.
HYDRO-ELECTRIC STATION
RMARKE ~ICHANG
Nankina, Dec. 1
Zóns 4: West Africa, including
For the benent” of those listenersace Payment Deferred, who do not yet – possess a short third time, and I do think that it im- the Gold Comat and the Ab wave receiver, a relay of these proveth upon loquainta lantic Islands (Tristan de programmes, will be man he did marvel at the numb "house" Full still on th Cunba and the Falkland local station "If found practicable,
-Islands).
Zone BiCanada, West
Trinidad, British and the Pacific Island The wavelengths and
"in"[email protected] reception vis Engl Indies factory and if na Gurīnai item is being broadest
have now been ivan in the table
Beveral of the movements and marked for the erection of a hydroposed to use
A site near Tchang has been any sponding call signs which dances were executed to music, but electric, skip states, Mr. Sung below
allocated and are perhaps the outstanding item on the Hi Shang, Head of the Engineer- programme was the Etude Joyeuse in Divinen of the Yangtare Biver delightfully executed by five charm Conservancy Commission who loge ing maidens.
ons from the National ther with puffy of oth LiodeCommision, recent
third of its kind to be given by the The demonstration, which was the and yesterday at Beni Ounit, pre- and reflected great credit on the
hich caused Amy Johnson to vented the resumption of the flight instructress
D.G.8., was of very high standard
TEA RESTRICTION SCHEME PROPOSED EXPORT QUOTAS
THE Amsterdam,
the Financial that subject to the full agreement on restriction scheme quotas, in metric tons; f JOST operation will
that the
be distributed in 89 per cent. for per cent. for: ns-
The fall programaz followa
1. Kindergarten.
2-Fundamental Danish Gymns
pri 32 Polis Denges,
Dargason,
yde Park. thecing
Tacti king?? Dumballe
trip to the Upper agte
Bouth Afric
vn The clékning: district is liE
become one of the most important Industrial centres in the country Mr. Bing states The immense water power syailable ià capable of Zone generating 320,000 kilowatts of elecWest Arica tricity per second, it is.
Detailed plans for the
ing prepared by the
submis
mŝto the
Metres F0/8, Big
is The BEI
reception and sub be to a great Listeners
when