HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1933.
CHINESE LEADERS CONFER
PAOTINGFU
CHINA TO CONTINUE POLICY OF RESISTANCE
NO REASON FOR JAPANESE TO CROSS, GREAT WALL
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
- Priring, March 13, It is very reliably learned that following The conferetice with General Chiang Kai Shok at Pan tingin. this morning. Dr. to Wen Kan, the Foreign Minister, cabled Dr. Wellington Koo informing him that the Chinese Government will not deviate from the policy of con- tinuing resistance against Japanese aggression,
Li Lieh Chun, a veteran member of the Kuomintang arrived from Kalpan this afternoon and depart- el for Paotingfu this evening with an autograph letter from Marshal Feng Yn Isiang, in which the former Kuominchin leader reiter. ates his view that China must resist Japan to the Inst.
PAOTINGFU THE POLITICAL
CENTRE OF CHINA
PRIPINO, March 15.
With the arrival of General Chiang Kai Shek, Paotingfu has become the political centre of China Among the many notables who are on the way to Paotingfa to-day were Hu Shih, V. K. Ting and Chiang Mou Lin well-known Chinose intellectual leaders who will interview General Chiang Kai Shek and offer their views on the. rresent crisis.
YOUNG MARSHAL REFUSES TO SEE ANYONE
SHANGHAI, March 13. Chang Hauch Liang kept indoors all-day today, refusing to receive guests and to attend dinners. Chang's residence along. Avenue Fech was under heavy police pro- tection, It is understoor that Madame Chang is arriving here from Tientsin to-morrow evening
It is reported that Chang Huch Liang will leave for France within a month, after which he will tou! other European countries America.
and
The ex-Marshal will grant an. interview to the Press to-morraw afternoon.
ARMS EMBARGO REMOVED
BRITAIN'S LEAD NOT FOLLOWED
[KEUTER AND BRITISH WIRELESS.]
LONDON, March 13.
MR. STANLEY BALDWIN, acting as leader of the House of Commons during the Premier's absence in Geneva, announced in the House this afternoon that as there is no prespect of internation al agreement the Government had decided to remove the embargo on the exportation of arms to China
and Japan as from to-day,
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1. It is noteworthy that no local business leaders called on Chans such Liang today. His repre. sentative, Pao Yu Tin has arrived here to confer with his chief. Two handbille found on the walls of Chang's residence said: "Have you forgotten that the Japanese killed "the Chineset" and the other Have you forgotten that Japan has occupied our Manchuria 1”
COMMITTEE AWAITING DEFINITE STATEMENT FROM U.S.
AT
WANG CHING - WEI IN HONG KONG
SURPRISE AT CHINESE FAILURES
URGES RESISTANCE TO
JAPAN
"China should resist Japan to the best of her ability while nego- tiations for a settlement of the situation in the North are going on," declared Mr. Wang Ching Woi who arrived in Hong Kong yester day from Germany in the s.8. Aramis. Mr. Wang is proceeding to Nanking. On his arrival in the Cb- Jony he was met by a large nuni- ber of friends, there being quite gathering on board the M.M. liner after it get alongside the Kowloon Whart.
Wang very courteously gave an in- After greeting his friends, Mr.
terview to a large delegation of re- porters from the Chinese and Eng lish press. In the course of that interview Mr. Wang said that his visit to Germany was entirely on account of his health and he stayed two months there, all of which was
GENEVA, March 13. The co-operation of the United States Government with the Com-spent in hospital.
pittee of Twenty One will enable
I would probably have lost my life When I passed through Hong Kong on my way to Germany, I had high fever and was therefore unable to see anyone here. My plan was to
the trouble in North China, I has stay a little longer in Europe to recuperate, but when I heard of tened out as quickly as I could."
"My illness was of such a na turs, said Mr. Wang "that ha reparations to be made for I left China any later than. I dia meeting of the Committee, and as soon as a more definite explana tory statement is received from the United States Government, con- vocation of the Committee will follow within twenty-four hours. issued by the President of the It is significant that a circular Disarmament Conference that in various Committees established by order to allow meetings of the the League Assembly to be conven- ed in the next two days, the Chair- man of the Disarmament Confer- ence has decided that there will be no meetings of the. General Com mission and the Political Commis bien in the course of the next two days.
DECLARATION BY GEN.
ARAKI
Toxxo, March 14. General Araki, the War Minister, this morning déclared that he did not think it would be necessary for operations to the south of the the Japanese forces to extend thei: Great Wall
He added that if such oporations were undertaken, they would not bo for the extension of the terri- tory of Manchukuo and the troops would be withdrawn s was possible.
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LEAGUE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
MR. HUGH WILSON TO
REPRESENT U.S.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)
WASHINGTON, March 14.
MR. HUGH WILSON, Amencan
THEATRE FIRE TRAGEDY
THIRTY-EIGHT PEOPLE REPORTED DEAD
aro
THROUGH BECTER'S 'ADENCY.]
Mexico City, March 14. THIRTY-EIGHT
réported dead. 18 missing and seventy injured as the result of a fire in a theatre in Ahuatulco, Jalisco, due to a short-circuit.
AMERICAN BANK ORDERS
FOREIGN BUSINESS
RESUMPTION
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY]:
THE Treasury has authorised all
WASHINGTON, March 13.
business to open and perform their banks permitted to do foreign usual functions.
The Federal Reserve Banka are also authorised to release gold that is to be used for manufacturing purposes.
WORLD ECONOMIC
CONFERENCE
FRENCH MINISTER TO VISIT LONDON
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.] ecutive Yuan last year. I went to "When I resigned from the Ex-
RUGBY, March '13. Peiping to see Chiang Hseuh Liang,
ARRANGEMENTS have We had a conference and I could of Finance, M. Georges Bonnet, to been made for the French Minister not agres with him on certain mat-visit London next Friday to have ters, notably on the question of the an exchange of view with adequacy of the military forces in Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Shanhaikwan and Jehol. I advised N. Chamberlain, and other minis him to raise the number of the tera no questions raised on the troops there but he did not seern to agree with me.
agenda of the World Econcanic Conference.
"I fell sick at about this time and went to Germany for a cure. In Europe I heard the news of the trouble in 1th China and as soon as I was in a condition to do so, I hastened back. I don't know what Chiang Hseuh Liang has been doing in the meantime and I don't want to attach any blame but I am surprised that the Japan to him without knowing the facts
880 were able to take Shanhaikwan only manage to hold out for about in one day and that Jehol, could
μ week.
"You will remember that during the Sino-Japanese trouble in Shang hai, when the Japanese not only attacked us on land but also shelled the country from their warships, that our troops, the 19th Route Army, were able to resist them stub- bornly for a month,
Our army had re-inforcements Inter but com- pared to the fighting in Jehol they had a much bigger job. In Jehol the troops had only to contend with the Japanese military forces, and the failure of the Chinese is diffi- cult to explain..
Resist the Japanese.
"In my opinion the best policy
voted
SILVER MARKET
LONDON PRICES
the
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
LONDON, March 14. FOLLOWING ABR TER 61LYER QUOTATIONS ON THE LONDON MARKET TO-DAY:
Mar. 14 Mar. 11
17.11/16 17 174 17.15/16
Bror FORWARD
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
GOLD DOLLAR QUOTED AT 3,44
MR. MELLON TO
RETIRE
(BRITISH WIRE ESS SERVICE)
Minister to Switzerland, has
RUGBY, March 13., been appointed to represent the
to follow at this juncture is to re- ON the London exchange dealings U.S. Government on the Lrazue sist the Japanese even though there
restarted in dollars this after Advisory Committee on the Sino-might be negotiations in the mean-Gon, and New York cable rate Japaneso controversy.
while for a settlement. We have lost was quoted at 3.44, which com- makes it clear that
As anticipated the announcement four provinces and it is up to us
pares with 3.44 at the close on the United to resist with our military organi Friday, March 3, the last occasion States does not agree to accept insation although we might be talk on which dealings toode place." advance the Committee's decisions inc about a compromis which might call for an economic foreign nations are in any way Mr. Baldwin said the decision of boycott or other coercive measures.
It is not true to say that the February 27, that no licences for
A lengthy official explanation of afraid of Japan. The Committee export of any article mentioned in the Arms Export Prohibition Order ter accompanies the announcement. against Japan! But there is one
government action ir. this innt of Nineteen unanimously 1931, either to China or to Japan which explains that the promotion thing we Chinese must do. We would be authorised as from that of peace in any part of the world must keep an eye on our internal day was as stated at the time a is the convern of all rations and problems and do what we can to provisional arrangement pending it has ever been the desire of straighten them out. If we neglect,
cppertunity of international American people to participate in conmiltation and decision. Since then the Prime Minister and For-forts to that end, therefore, the
'Government gladly nccepte eign Secretary had discussed the invitation. matter with representatives of various other countries and had now found that in their opinion there was no prospect of any inter national agreement upon the sub- jeet in the near future. In the cir cumstances no useful purpose would be served by maintaining the em
an
WILL SIT ON ADVISORY COMMITTEE
the
י.
to do so we cannot hope to accom plish much in our dealings with other nations.
Regarding the negotiations be- tween China and Japan, although I have received several wireless messages on my way out, I have not heard anything about these negotiations." "
LEAVING FOR AMERICA ON FRIDAY
SENSATIONAL RAID IN MOSCOW
TWO MORE ENGLISHMEN ARRESTED
ON CHARGES OF RABOTAGE
REUTER AND BRITISH WIRELESS-
Moscow, March 14.
THE sensational raid on the Moscow offices of Metropolitan Vickers Limited has been followed by the arrest of two more English
mnen.
Two of those previously taken in custody, Messrs. Monkhouse and Nordwall, have been set free, but have been informed that they must remain in Russia,
The secret polico have been
and twenty five Russians, mostly carrying out a series of arrests since their first sign of activity
taken into custody. important engineers, have been
against those arrested, including It is now learned that the charge the Englishmen. is one of sabotage.
It is alleged that they have been guilty of sabotags with the object of destroying electrical stations throughout Russia, undermining the electrical industry.
Soviet Accusation.
LATER. Charles Nordwall and Gregory ere the names of the two addition- al Englishmen arrested by the Обри
An announcement issued by the Ogpu states:
ENGLAND-CAPE
FLIGHT
VICTOR SMITH FAILS TO BREAK RECORD
(REUTER AND BRITISH WIKELS.)
LONDON, March 19. VICTON SMITH, 19 year old
South African
airman, has been found in Vanrhynsdorp dis- trict only 160 miles from Capetown. He left Walvis Bay, 800 miles from Capetown yesterday evening with
fair chance of lowering Amy Johnson's record of four days seven hours for an England-Cape flight. He encountered fag, however, and pan short of petrol being forced to land in the dark.. When he failed to arrive at Capetown several
planes set out to search for him. "It was Mr. Victor Smith's third successive attemp to break the record. He left Lympne at. 2 a,m. on March 9 and made excellent time down the coast.
Last night, the 12th, he was sighted within a few hundred miles of Capetown, going strong with Johnson's record by a good margin. every prospect of beating Amy
LANCASHIRE AND
JAPAN.
MALAYA PREFERENCE NOE ENOUGH
J
(THROUGH REUTER'A LOLNOY.?
LONDON, March 13 THE directors of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce to-day approved resolution declaring that the proferential duties of tec ton and artificial silk textiles mo per cent. in favour of British co operating in the Federated Malays States are proving without affec in checking Japanese competition
The Chamber is proposing :* make urgent representations to thes Government with a view to secur ing further efforts to safeguard British trade.
ALLEGED THREAT TO KILL HITLER
COUNT ARRESTED IN MUNICH
(THROUGH 'BEUTER'S "AGENCY]
COUN von Arcovalley, the killar
MUNICH, March 44.
Daylong Baarch, Smith mysteriously disappeared. Huge crowds waited to welcome him at the aerodrome all night long in vain. At dawn, seroplanes went out in search of him and after spending the better part of CRUELTY TO BIRDS the day in the hunt, found the airman tonight at Vanrhyedorp, Cape Province, where he had made a forced landing. He was unhurt, He was unable to effect repaire in time to complete the trip in record time.
of Kurt Eisner, the Bavarian Communist Premier in 1919, has been arrested. It is alleged that. he has threatened to kill-Herr Hitler.
NAVAL APPOINTMENTS "Investigation of a series of un- expected and consecutive accidents which have occurred recently in
(Special Air-Mail Service) the big electrical power stations at Moscow, Chelishinsk, Zuvek, W. Miller to Devonshire (March 6); London, February 22.-Lt. M. 0.
they were due to sabotaging acti-phin (Feb. 18). vities among the employees of the and Zlatpust, have revealed that Sub-Lt. H. V. Williamson to Dol-
Commissariat of Heavy Industry.
"The investigation disclosed that certain employees of Metropolitan Vickers, who were working in the Soviet Union on the basis of an agreements for technical aid in èn- terprises in the electrical industry in the Soviet Union, engaged in these sabotage activities."
LONDON, March 13 Questioned regarding the raid- ing of the Moscow Offices of Metropolitan Vickers Limited, and the arrest there of some of the Company's officials, Mr. Baldwiny stated that the Farcign Secretary was already in communication "on with the subject
the British Ambassador. He could say nothing further at present.
FC
'SURPRISE GREET-
ING"
FOR SIR WM. HORNELL
London, February 24-Surgn.- Comumr. A. Craig to Cumberland (March 14); Sub-Lt. C. B. 0. Shorter to Dolphin (Feb. 25); Pay- L.-Commr. E. S. Oliver to Comus (March 11) R.N.V.R.
TWO CHINESE DEALERS CONVICTED
The cusc in which two bird dealers of Cochrane Street, were changed with causing unnecessary. enalty to a member of Java sper- rows and strawberry birds 'wat- concluded before Mr. Wynne-Jones at Central Magistracy yesterday, victed. when both defendants were com
Mr. P. P. K. Kemble appeared to prosecute on behalf of the S. P. C.A., and Mr.D. L. Strelett was for the defence.
The first defendant called to give evidence by Mr. Strellett, said. that he had been in the busines for 28 years. and for many years Landon, February 25Paythirds had been purchased from, Comdr. W. K. G. Grace to Cor- his shop for export to France. morant, as Sec. to Rear Admiral F. M. Austin, April 14: Wt. Ward master J. Gavin to Egmont, April 1. R.N.R. Lts. K. J. T. Hutchings to Dolphin, Feb. 23.
Witness went on to say that if birds were packed close together it would prevent them flying about and thus damaging their wingg He had not. noticed any signs of injury or sickness when birds wore so packed.
NAVAL MOVEMENTS.-.
Cross-examined by Mr. Kemble, After a long and adventurous voyage from Englund, H.M. Sub witness said that the birds woo marine Rainbow which was commistions from the purchasers.
packed into the boxes on instruc sioned at Chatham and which is to place the ill-fated Poseidon which sank off Weihniwei in 1931, is due to arrive in Hong Kong this morn- ing.
ally keep 200 birds in boxes like Mr. Kemble:You don't nor
that 1-No.
Why don't you -Because it is On Thursday, the troopship Lan-Kong people to do so. Hong not the habit or custom for Hong cashire with military and naval re- Kong dealers use bamboo -crater liefs for the China Stations is due for the birds to arrive,
The Italian cruiser Libiu, which has been relieved on the China Sta tion by the cruiser Quarto, will ar- rive from Shanghai on Saturday. The Libia will remain in port until Wednesday next week and will then resume her voyage to Italy.
Among those who will be con- ferred the Hon. LLD. degree at the Hong Kong University Congrega tion this afternoon, will be Bir William Hornell, C.1.E., M.A., the vice-Chancellor of the University, who is very popular among the TO undergraduates," In athletice, in swimming and football Sir William is always active in doing his part. Last year, beside other activities, be led the University Athletic Team to Canton to compete in the Second Inter 'Varsity Meet at Lingnan Uni- versity where he was entertained by the Chancellor Mr. Chung Wing Kwong.
PRINCE OF WALES TO VISIT SCOTLAND INSPECT UNEMPLOYMENT
RELIEF MEASURES.
(Special Air-Mail Service) London, February 28.-The Prince of Wales will visit Scotland to wards the cod of March to see some- thing of what is being done by voluntary effort where unemploy It is rumoured that the under-visit, which will last three days,
mont is specially sovere. During his graduates will give their popular His Royal Highness will be the vice-Chancellor a "surprise greet
PEAK
(DRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.] ing," and probably they may "mob" guest of Lord Elgin at Broomhall,
bim and parade along the streets
and Lord Weir at Eastwood. RUGBY, March 13. with him, immediately after the con- THE retiring United States Am-gregation is over. drew Mellon sails for home by the
bassador in London, Mr. An- That the Hong Kong undergrads GRASS FIRE ON THE a.. Leviathen on Friday: Pre- dony. It will be remembered that are "sportive" lot, no me can Mr, Wang having made this Senate the nominations of Mr. Athletic Championship in 1931, they sident Roosevelt to-day sent to the when they won the Inter-Varsity statement, which was in Chinese, Bingham as Ambassador to. Lon paraded along Des Voeux Road, bargo observed by Britain alone, I 18 officially announced by the men excused himself from the press-don, Mr. Jesse Strans sa Ambassa Queen's Road, Pokfulam Road, and and, accordingly, Government had Roosevelt Administration has ac- gathering of about a hundred peo- Daniels as Ambassador to Mexico. shouting their slogans along their Department that the men and attended to the large dor to France and Mr. Josephus Garden Road, firing crackers and decided to remove it as from vocepted the invitation of the League ple who had called on the "Aramis" day.
to pay their respects.
way. The people in the Colony may be able to witaces such an event this afternoon..
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
WASHINGTON, March 13.
State
At the same time the Govern. and will continue to co-operate ment remained firmly convinced with the League Advisory Commit that the only satisfactory solu- tee dealing with the Sino-Japanese Lion of the problem,
which controversy.
was bound to recur in future,
was to be found in international of the problem which was bound agreement. Accordingly it was
to recur in the future was to be
their intention vigorously to pur-found in an international agree sue the conversations already be
gun as and when opportunity offer.
ment.,
་.
Accordingly, it was their inten-
BUSY I
DAY AT GENEVA
MANY DIPLOMATIC CONVERSATIONS
(BRITISH WINKLEGA BERVICE.)
ALLEGED DANGEROUS
DRIVING
COLLISION IN WANCHAI”
It is also rumoured that the lady undergraduates have expressed their approval of giving Sir William some sort of surprise,
MR. H. E. STONE'S HOUSE
IN DANGER
A big grass-fire which at one time seriously threatened the re sidence of Mr. H. E Stone at 832, The Peak, pccurred yesterday site en Stubbs Road, between Wan- morning. The house is an elevated chai Gap and Magazine Gap, and it was mainly owing to the prompt revice of the Fire Brigade that the Rames were checked, Yo Allegations of dangerous driv
A call was received at the od with the earnest desire to tion vigorously to pursue the con
ing, filing to stop after a colli and came past the bus at about Station at 11 o'clock and three Bion in Wanchi and failing to 25 miles per hour. arrive at a form of agreement versations already begun as and
notify the police of the accident Immediately I say he was going arrival that they could not be used engines were immédiately despatchi ed to the scene, only to find on which would in fatare scoure uni-when opportunity offered, with an IN Genera there has been dag had rise of a priyabe-car owned. Per put the brakes
Ruony, March 13, waro, made against Paen Wong, to continue to approach" said Mr. formity of action this importarbatiire to arrive at a form ant subject.
of diplomatic conversations, the by Miss Lee at the Central Magis hard na I could, and pulled in toni amell hand pop As there retained and The
on: 1s Replying subsequently
of agreement which would, in fu- outcome of which the achievement tracy yesterday ni hukkas
only use that could be made of any to question. Mr. Baldwin said that
ture secure uniformity of action of positive resulta by th Disaring. Mr. AC. Penu, aub-manager of of mine.
my left. His car struck the rear carried by the fire patrol motor the British, in his opinion, had set
on this important subject,
mont Conference is closely on the Bank Line, Ltd. said that attively alight impact, but I definite this was soon exhausted. The only There was a combar vele from the Peak Station, but a great examplo. As they had Mr. George Lansbury asked whe attached to the long conversation driving with his wife in an Austin Mr. Horace Lo, who appeared fire was hy beating it out with A Great Example, cerned, Particular importance was 750 pm on March 4 he was felt my ear, being pulled, for the firemen to fight the been unable to persuade anyone to they no steps could be taken to in the afternoon between Mr. Seven in follow it their practice now torminate an aggressive war. ⠀⠀
awosterly direction became that of every other nation,
Hemeny MacDonald and M. Paul along Queen's Road. When about for the defendant, pleaded not sticks and bamboo poles, and this Efforts to Continue,
Mr. Baldwin Britain, in my Bondour
two to three hundred yards from guilty to the charge and sold was successfully achieved after two At the same time, the Govern opinion, sot, a great example? We Sir John Simon also had a long the Wanchai Market, a motor has that the mishap was a trivial and hours of strenuous work ment remained firmly convinced, follow. In the croumstances, their Foreign Minister, principally with were unable to persuade anyone to interview with Colonel Beck, Polish
was approaching on bis right, and that was why defendant did not re- After the fire was pub out it was, that the only antisfactory solution
as he was nearing the bus, defendet it to the Toliver found that an area of 800 by 600 órastióey now becam that of every reference, it is understood, to the dant's car shot out from behind The hearing was adjourned till feet consisting of grass and sub (Continued at foot of next Oplumn).
situation at Danzig
(Oontinued at food of next Columny Friday,
Sewas laid waste.
Defendant later admitted that would be creel it the birds wero housed in the boxes for mir wenks whilst being transported to Mer seilles.
Mr. Kemble told his Worship that the Society took a seriou view of the, case and asked for the maximum penalty.
His Worship convicted the de fendants, and remarked that he Was convinced there had been birds himself. overcrowding as he had seen the
It was then mentioned that both defendants had been convicted once previously, but Mr. Strellett denied this. The case was then adjourned until this morning for the records to be proved.
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