HAS ATTEMPT AT CONCILIATION FAILED?
LEAGUE CIRCLES IN PESSIMISTIC MOOD
CHINESE PRESS ADVOCATES SINO-SOVIET ALLIANCE
[TEROPOH HEUTER'S AGENCY].
GENEVA, January 19.
THAT the Committee of Nuteen will, within the next few days, report to the League Assembly the failure of the conciliation attempt, is being envisaged in League circles as a result of yes. terday's developments. This will be practically inevitable if Japan, As many suppose, is unable to agree to "wash out the remainder of her recommendations.
JAPANESE RECOMMENDATIONS FULLY
CONSIDERED
POSTPONED
GENEVA, Jan. 18. The crisis towards which the dis- the Sino-Japanese cussions dispute has been steadily working has again been postponed.
It is clear from what can be DISCUSSIONS AT GENEVA, learned that yesterday's meeting of the Committee of Nineteen, took fuil account of the Japanese. re- commendations for renching a con- clusion. The keynote of the dis- not to sacrifice the cussion waAS substance in arguing over what many considered to be merely a khadow, and it may be pointed out in this connection that the willing ness of the United States and Soviet Rusia to participate in the conciliation work is extremely 'doubtful in any case, Daring the past few days, despatches from Washington have indicated an in- definito continuance of Mr. Stim son's Far Eastern policy.
The League has now adroitly cast the onus for a breakdown of fur ther efforts upon Japan, by offer ing to make a concession on one important point in return for a revision of the Japanese attituda
on the resolution,
to
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1933.
NEW ZEALAND EXCHANGE
RAISED
BRITISH FLIERS: STILL MISSING
POLITICAL CRISIS IN S. AFRICA®
RATE ON POUND STERLING NO NEWS OF LADY BAILEY
OR HINKLER
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY] «
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCT]
WELLINNTON, Jan. 19. IT is officially announced that the Exchange Rate has been raised to £1 to 100 pounds sterling.
SOVIET READY FOR WAR
FACTORIES CONVERTED TO
MUNITIONS PLANTE
Moscow, Jan. 2.-Danger of War in the Far East compelled Sovirt Russia to convert some of her larg factorita into munitions plants in order to be prepared for an emer gency, M. Josef Stalin declared in a vigorous address to the Central Executive Committee of the Com munist party.
This necessity had slowed down the production in the final year of the "Five Year" plan, he said, but to-day Russia is prepared to meet
~ÁUKBARE, Jan. 19...
FURTHER ATTEMPT. AT COMPROMISE
"[THROUGH REUTER'S· ÄGENGTÄ):
CAPETOWN, Jan. 18.
A REPORT is in circulation that IT is learned authoritatively that a plane believed to be that of the South African Party lend- the missing Squadron Leader Hinkers have definitely decided to make lor has been seen in the Forest of
a further attempt to reach, a con Othe.
promise with Mr. Tielman Roos and negotiations are expected to re-open to-morrow.
Investigations are in hand, but up to the present it is only an un- confirmed rumour,
LATER
The Auxerre Prefecture states that the rumour that Hinkler's plane has been found is without foundation. It was possibly due to the fact that Hinkler was last seen
General Smuts will probably. meet Mr. Tiloman Roos to-morrow and it is understood that he will domand certain guarantees from Mr. Roos as a preliminary to fur ther negotiations.
In the meantime, it is reported that the Government, after enquiries amongst its supporters, is satisfied at Bussy-en-Othe..
that Mr. Tielman Roos does not Aeroplanes will, however, explore command sufficient support to be able to defeat thein in the House the forest to-morrow.
on a vote of non-confidence,
Consequently, General Hertzog is preparing to carry on the work of the session in the ordinary way.
Lady Bailey. [BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE:)
Ruoay, Jan. 17. Fears entertained for the safety
any emergency that may develop of Lady Bailey, who has been miss and meet it with the most modering since Sunday night when she loft. Oran Algeria, on the further implements.
Although not mentioning Japan stage on her attempted by name, M. Stalin was plainly re-fight to Cape Town, are increas ferring to that, nation when he said. ing.
that "the conversion of several of
the factories was made necessary by the refusal of certain neigh bouring countries to sign aggression pacts."
Bon
Our factories were converted, quickly into plants for the produe tion of modern instruments of de- fence," he continued, "and now the nation is prepared to meet all war contingencies.
Japan's action in this new situa- tion is awaited with much interest, "The danger of war necessitat though it is considered unlikely that oed extreme speed in the develop. to the Committee's proposal. the Japanese delegation will assentment of heavy industries," he add-
The Committee of Nineteen sat for approximately three hours, After which it was announced that the members had proposed LOBBIES CROWDED
Japan that if the invitation to Rus- When the Committee of Nineteen in and the United States to colln- mot, the lobbies were more crowd-borate was abandoned, Japan should ed than napa! Journalists showed accept the rest of the resolution as great impatience over the protract- it stood. cdness of the meeting, which they regarded as a tough battle between the champions of conciliation and the advocates of a strong hand.
"After a three-hour discussion, an agreement was reached to make Japan an offer that, seeing that her objections to the invitation to non-member States are so strong, the Committee of Nineteen is pre- pared, subject to the approval of China, to renounco the question of sening an invitation to non-miem. ber, States, provided that Japan accepts the rest of the draft resolu tion and the Expose de Motifs of December 20, 1932,
FOREDOOMED TO FAILURE
It must not, however, be over- Jooked that a strong feeling already exists that the conciliation proce dure is foredoomed to failure and that the appointment of the Com- mittee was only calculated to pro. i long the agony by several months. In all probability the States hold. ing these views will this afternoon, prese for a cut and dried decision in favour of the abandonment of conciliation and for passing on to Paragraph Four, Article XV, of the Lengue Covenant. This will natur. ally involve the convening of the Lenauto assembly, which could not casily meet before the early part of next month.
SINO-SOVIET ALLIANCE?.
PRIPING, Jan. 19.
In view of the situation at
Genova, which has taken a turn
for the worse, some of the vernaat- lar newspapers here are urging a "Chinose alliant with Soviet Russia." The papers declare that the League has failed and that China must join hands with the Sovict. One paper urge that it is
Jar bettor for China to rely on her own'"hot blood" to keep up a relentless war against the Japanese, for the centre of gravity of the settlement of the Manhourian prob lem has been shifted from Geneva to the battlefields of the Far East, The journal argues that China and Russia have a common interest to overthrow, Japanese Imperialism and militarism and that despite the difference between their political creeds, China and Russia shorld join hands towards that end.
JAPANESE CLAIM SUCCESS
IN ROUNDING UP VOLUNTEERS
[THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENCT.]
HARBIN, Jan, 10."
The Committee of Nineteen hava arranged to meet again on Friday therefore, plenty of time in which and the Japanese delegation have, to consult with Tokyo.
RAILWAY STOCK
RETURNED
HARBIN, Jan. 19.
ad, "but now that we are prepar ed to meet an attack, it is possible to slow down this kind of produc tion."
record
Lady Bailey had fuel sufficient for only 17 hours' Aying.
The French Government have given an assurance that everything possible is being done and thorough search of the desert by French military machines has been ordered.
SILVER MARKET
LONDON PRICES
18 months, was made on Saturday M. Stalin's speech, the first in
night but was not published offi cially until to-night. Throughout || (From Our Own Oorrespondent.) the address he laid stress on the necessity of preparing for war.
"The Soviet was formerly, de- fenceless," he said, "but now is cap
Thirteen Chinese Eastern Rail-able of supplying the Red Army
| way dining and passenger carriages of all classes which were taken into Soviet territory by General Eu Ping Wen have, it is reported, been returned to Manchuli.
'SIR JOHN SIMON
LEAVES
Sir John Simon, who attended to The British Foreign Secretary, day's adjourned meeting of the Committee of Nineteen set up by the League of Nations Assembly to consider the Sino-Japanese dispute, leaves Geneva to-night by train for Paris. He will fly to London ear-, ly to-morrow morning.
LONDON COMMENT. ON.
NEW OFFER
(IMROCOH RECTER'S AGENCY]
LONDON, Jan. 19.
with the best instruments of de fence in practically unlimited quantities."
He did not mention Manchukso by name, according to the report when he referred to "Far Eastern neighbours."--United Press.
ENGLAND WIN THIRD TEST MATCH
SPLENDID BOWLING BY ALLEN
WOODFUL PLAYS MAGNI.......
"FICENT INNINGS
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
FINANCIAL NOTES
LONDON
FROM
Customs Revenue Higher. No Buyers of the African Pound. South Africa and Gold. Bergmann Tobacco Co. British Directors. De Havilland Alrcraft Dividend Halved, Budget Pointers. Irish, Free State Exchequer.
(SPECIAL AIR-MAIL SERVICE)
January 3,
for the time being, South AfricaTM is off the gold standard. Little Banking Operations in 1932.
more of a definite charactor can be That 1994 has been a difficult said at the moment for exchange period for the great banking in business is at a standstill and can- stitutions gons without saying, not be resumed until the Govern though it is equally true that the ment has defined more fully its year has not lacked some compensat currency policy. The banks in Len- By stages the Bank don have ceased to quote buying ing features. rate was reduced from 6p.c. at rates for Bouth African currency, the beginning of the year to 3 p.e. but in order to reduce to a mini- on June 30. at which level it has
mum the unavoidable interference since remained. The change in with business they were prepared credit conditions is most strikingly to make sterling advances against reflected in the Treasury bill rate, commercial bills on South Africa. which fell from £6.8.0. pic. early even though for the time being cover, in the year to Bs. p.c. at one time cannot, as is normally the caso, be in the autumn.. The charges for obtained from the Reserve Bank.
Bergman Tobacco Co. British Directors:
general conditions, though there has advances have also reflected the been a limit to the fall. Short loan rates have likewise declined..
A new board of directora has, it
At the same time the deposit rate has fallen from 4 top.., which is reported, been elected at a speci has offset to some extent the, al general meeting of the Berg diminished return from the utiliza-mann Cigarette Co. It was in con- tion of banking funds. That, of. noction with the recent sale of a course, is not the whole of the pic. majority of the shares of this firm ture that will be presented in the to the British American Tobacco Co. impending accounts of the home, that charges of illegal traffic in banks, whose profts depend not foreign exchange has been made merely on the relation between the against Herrn Karl and Sigmund price paid for money borrowed and Bergmann. According to the "Borsen the return obtained from relend Zeitung" the new board consists of ADELAIDE, Jan. 19,
ing it, but also on the relative pro- Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Own, Dr. Alfred USTRALIA were dismissed short-portions in which resources have Kaufmann, of Hambury, Mr. X,-
ly after the lunch interval to-been employed in outlets of vary. day for 133 runs, England thus ing productivity Bankers have been winning the Third Test by 338 runs. embarrassed, not so much by the Little interest was taken in the growth of deposits as by the diffi- culty of finding lucrative outlets closing stages...`
for the employment of their funds.
Larwood and Verity were the opening, bowlers in sultry weather. Larwood commenced by bowling in purely orthodox manner on the off- stump, but he changed to his leg theory in his third over to the ac companiment of jeers from the crowd. LONDON, Jan, 19.
The batsmen were pinned down, CLOSING" BILVER PRICES
Verity bowling successive LONDON TO-DAY WERB:---
maiden overs. SPOT
Both batsmen were very cautious FORWARD
and Woodful did not reach his fifty until he had batting for 169 minutes.
IN
.10.15/16
White Women In Malaya
BLAMED FOR ACCENTUATING RACIAL DIFFERENCES
THE SUGGESTED REMEDY
four
Richardson Out,
Jardine congratulated him. Soon afterwards, Richardson was the victim of a brilliant catch by G. O. Allen. He mistimed a ball from Larwood and was caught at silly leg, Allen bringing off a bril- liant one-handed catch running sideways. Richardson had scored 21 in & dull effort Insting 83
minutes.
Five Men is Slip. Larwood had five men in the slip for Grimmett and was bowling his fastest. A roar of laughter went up when Grimmett luckily snicked a boundary through the slips
Allen came on for Verity with the score at 183 nad met with im
Woodful} at with his first ball.
THE Daily Telegraph in a lead-FMS go back to the nineties, course to follow.
Angus whose memories of the made exclusiveness the sasiest mediate success, bowling. Grimmett ing article on the League's new
Wishaw of London, the Hon. FF Macnaghten, and Mr. E. C.- Gillon, of London.
De Havilland Aircraft: Dividend Halved.
The De Havilland Aircraft Co.
Owing to trade inactivity, how- ever, advances, which provide the report a profit for the year ending most profitable use for banking Sept, 30. last of only £2,223, com- funde, have shrunk severely, and pared with £27,720 for 1930-1 though the banks, on the whole, £30,543 for 1920-30 and £48,709 for. have employed a larger proportion 1028-8. A dividend is to be paid on the capital, which now consists of their funds in Government so
of 400,000 £1, ordinary shares but curities and in bills than last year, it is only to be 21 per cent. against the yield from these sources has beens per cent. for cash of the two pre- declining, and in any case is apvious years and 10 per cent for. preciably lower than that from ad- the year before that, Moreover, it vances.
On the other hand, the banks have is to be paid with the assistance of £5,000 from the reserve, and the made substantial profits from the reserve is also to be called upon for appreciation in gilt edged securi-
a similar sum for the purpose of ties. Doubtless these profits have writing down investments in sub- greatly strengthened the inner s
ous year, this was done out of the serves, which were depleted in 1831 sidiary companies. For the previ
year's profits. by the downward trend of values.
+ Customs Bevenue Higher.
A year ago.
Budget Pointers.
Last week showed a further in-
The next few months are going. crease in Customs' receipts of £1,393,000 at £3,772,000, bringing the test the Income-taxpayer's abil total to date to £126,432,000 against ity to pay more than his patrio
tism. At the rate of 58. in then. £98,850,000 a year ago, Excise T ceipts were £3,030,000 compared pound it will be difficult for every with £893,000, but a sharp decline one to find the money, but appar of £905,000 at £578,000 is shown by ently the Chancellor of the Exche income tax receipts Total revenue quer has confidence in his faithful amounted to £12,200,424 an increase supporters rising to the occasion.. of £1,900,637 over expenditure. At once more. Roughly £100,000,000.of 077,750,000 the total floating debt Income Tax is outstanding, and ful- is £365,790,000 more than on March ly £51,000,000 of Burtax. On the depend the fate of the Budget. The 31. and compared with £732,200,000 thoroughness of the collection will
whole administration of tax collec No Buyers of the African Pound. tion has been reorganised during Wall Bowled,
The new developments in the the past six months. This, combin- Allen's fourth ball after lunch South African situation led to fured with the longer notice given an ther complications in the City on the amounts due, encourages the as to say that it is the English-rooted up Wall's leg stump. woman living overseas with her
Dec. 20. The leading banks doing Board of Inland Revenue to hope In the next over O'Railly wan husband who is one of the barriers bowled by Larwood. Woodfull hit business with South Africa did not that there will be as many prizen
rata between and is few blanks as a year ago, subtly, unconsciously, but all the Allen for a single and then Iron-quote an exchange more powerfully-to-ready under monger was bowled with the first London and the Cape, the market. remaining on a purely nominal standing and easy sympathy between ball he received.
basis. At present there are virtu- the Englishmen who work abroad
ally no buyers of South African and the people of the land in whic they work."
pounds because of the widespread fear that they may suffer a sharp fall in value within the next few days, na maja
offer to Japan says that it seems. when there were very few white Miss. Stark's article is prefaced lunch bad scored 68 runs. there is bat à faint reason for be- women out, here, will endorse the by some comments by Professor lieving that she will, in return for opinion expressed by Miss Freya Ernest Barker, who goes for one point, yield all the others that Stark in the Contemporary Review she deems no less vital. The cru- that, British officials used to be cial difference between China and much closer to the people they Japaлn -and the League lies governed than they are now. in the refusal to recognise or accept without any formal recogni. tion, the "Independent" State of Manchukuo.
Miss Stark puts it very well The explanation appears to be that our men, when still in their solitary condition, homeless, club Smaller States have forced the im- less, in a strange land, surrounded mediate issue of vengeance, but the by nosocial palisade, naturally saner supporters of the League look mingle with the people they live beyond to the far larger issues among and became known and that will rise on the bericon as soon liked." as the league passes from the third to the fourth paragraph of Article. 15 of the League Convenant and sets about drafting, the report.
*
FOG IN ENGLISHTM CHANNEL
ATLANTIC LINERS
HELD UP
(DRTTISH WINKLESS SERVICE.]
RUGBY, Jan. 18. THE Japanese forces in Manchuria
are continuing their intensive FOG in the English Channel dis organised Southampton ship campaign for the elimination of thing to day, and the departure of anti-Manchukuo Volunteers with
the Berengaria for New York was Lunabated vigour an
Several successes in the clean-up-delayed, while the incoming Aquit. process are recorded in Japanese ania and other vessels were held up
off the Isle of Wight. reports reaching Harbin,AS
It is claimed that the Hitome de tachment, operating from its base at Mishan surrounded and disarm ed about five hundred and fifty Volunteer & sighteen miles a ló a the south-west of Mishan yesterday and confidence is expressed that a fur- ther 1,300 will be disposed of in similar manner to-ilay, un
It further claimed that the Sonobe datachment. ttacked usad.
PRINCE GEORGE
· [BRITISH 'WIRELESS SERVICE.] -
practically annihilated some three PRINCE George, hundre
BUGBY, Jan: 18.
What Can be Doné.
A Magnificent Innings. Woodfall was not out after a magnificent innings characterlead by his old time courage and im At the same time plea made by pregnable defence. He scored fine Professor. Barker and Miss Stark ly with leg strokes and hit two for a more sympathetic study by fourk'. He was carried shoulder- white women of their Eastern high from the field and the Eng- environment will be endorsed by lishmen joined in the applause. everyone who cares about the wel- An X-ray examination of Old fare of Malaya.
field has revealed a linear fracture Everyone cannot do what Miss of the right frontal bone, involve Stark did-go and live with an ing the outer, table only. It is not Indian shoemaker, and his wife in regarded as serious. He hopes to order to learn the language but play later in the season. much more could be done than is done.
That is quite true. Many an M. S. pensioner can recall the days when he had a friendly drink at the club or a gratge of billiards with the District Officer at Kajang or Tanjong Malim or some other out-of-the-way station where amuse- ments were few and men of all races had time to learn to know and appreciate uach other.
To-day these happy relations are gone, not altogether in the outsta#That all is very well, but what Mione but entirely in Kuala Lum-¡ are we to do?'' someone will ask. pur and Singapore, where Perhaps the answer is best given European officer and his subor- in Professor Stark's words pla dinate staff are merely coga" ^in ^aj machine and meet each other pure ly on an official basis...
That is one reason why some of the best men in the clerical service, disliking as they naturally do the utter impersonality of a big office, prefer to work in the out-stations,
Tactors-at-Work
It would be unfair to blame the white women entirely for this change. With the growth of the European community, ever if it had continued to be made up large Jy of men, social life was bound to have taken on a distinctly comm
"Provided that, social work in not allowed to become merely one of the fashions of the social mund, an has no touch or taint of patronage, it will be a genuine liberation of the gifts and capaci ties of the Englishwetan serving the Empire abroad.
Nor-will-it-only be bez libera tion. It will be a new and singu-}- larly effective way of conciliation and sympathy between the English- stock and the native peoples. When women understand one another the battle is won and the way is easy, for men.
́al tinge," sincs common interests | 14 Amen
to the last s
and pa
and ideas will always bring men colitele trouble together.
But there is no doubt that the
women have speeded up the prtos
who is gudering and that
Volunteers three miles to from influenza, is progressing Asiati
the west of Tungning, gestatie Altar entisfactorily.
FINAL SCORES
England: 341 and 212 Australia-1st Innings: 222.
0
Irish Free State Exchequer, The returns for the financial period-April 1 to Dec. 31. 1992 were issued in Dublin on Dec. 30 Total receipte amounted to
for the corresponding period last 2,482,330 as against £18,515,992 year. The balance in the Exchequer South Africa and Gold -
on Dec 31, 1932 was £800,676. na The action of the Union Govern against £247,831 on Dec. 31. 1837 ment in suspending the converti- Customs receipts for the same periodi ©£7,177,000 || as against: bility of the South African Reserve were Bank's notes into gold was the most £6,273,000 for the corresponding interesting event in the City on period in 1831, an increase of near- Dec, 28. The suspension means that, ly £1,000,000.
SCIENTIST'S PICTURE OF WORLD HORROR
WAR BY BACTERIA
LONDON, December 29.
Second Innings. Woodfull not out. Fingleton; b Larwood
Dr. L. H. N. Cooper of the Ponsford, e Jardine, b Lar Marine Biological Laboratory, in DNA woody.l an address to the Plymouth Field Bradman, and b Verity 60 Club pictured a war in which whole McCabe, Leyland, b Allennions would be dostroyed by the Richardson, Allen, b Lar release of millions of garns of a
WOOD
Grimmett, b Allen Wall; b Allen ... O'Reilly, b Larwood Ironmonger, b Allen Oldfield, absent hurt.
Extras
* Bowling
Verity
TOTE LAW TO BE ENFORCED
HOME SECRETARY'S, STATEMENT
LONDON,
Any doubte sa to tho
the authorities
fan of this King's Court tand
21 deadly digans, Dr. Cooper suggest elsewhere
ed that in a few JCINE
decretly bacteria of some highlyHom
Otry contemplpt
breed Dec 19 by
O contagious disease, and
that
force
totalisator
Otime prepare and toxins
12 'eines za prevent the disease „INT
ing among
189, Short Abefore the outbreak of war
person
titry would be innoculated against this particular disease, and then the gorms would be liberated ing artemy countries, This was where scientific adventure was cap able" of leading the world i controlled.
siding
the findings
necessary or desirable.