WORLD ECONOMIC CONFERENCE
ELABORATE ARRANGE- MENTS FOR BROADCAST
(REUTER AND BRITISH WIRCELOG }
Losnox, May IS. WHEN the King opens the World Economic Conference on June 12. his voice will be heard all round the world.
The General Post Office, by wire- rss telephony and telegraphy, are arranging the biggest linking up that has over been attempted.
THE DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE
POSITION DESCRIBED AS EMBARRASSING
(THRODON REUTER'S AGENCY:]
GENEVA, May 19. Some embarrassment is being felt at the Disarmament Conference in regard to the procedure of the meet- ing of the General Commission bere to-day. The Germans declare that Herr Hitler has made the German standpoint clear, so it will not be necessary for Dr. Nadolny to speak and it is now up to the French to put their cards on the table, but
Foreignuntries are being in vited to take part in the scheme which is being drawn up with the seerns most unlikely that the "ew international telephony head French will be ready to speak so quarters at Faraday House and the soon, and anyhow no French mainis- Conse- great wireless station at Rugby aster will be here to-day. the focal points.
From Faraday House, all the apitals of Burupe can be brought in while Rugby, the King's massage will be carried to Sydney, Montreal, New York, Cape Town, Rombay and Cairo.
Administrations not only through ut the Empire but in most foreign countries will receive the speech
and rebroadcast it national.
to
their
Heavy Dosts. The extra, east of holding the conference in London instead of
tish Government.
quently it is expected that Captain Edlen will fill the breach while Mr. Henderson is also likely to speak.
Difficulties Insurmountable. Reports from Berlin state that it is believed the resumption of the Disarmament negotiations in Gene- ya will quickly show that Fennec has no intention of interpreting Germany's equality as Herr Hitler dong, namely, a full quantitative arad qualitative equality in arme. If that be the case, dificulties at
the Geneva Creference appear in- surmountable In Germany has at Geneva will be borne by the Bri-stated her last word in this con- Sir John Simon mentioned to-day nection and no further concessions that for this purpose £18,300 had may be expected from her. been" included in the Foreign Office vote while the cost of adapting the new Geological Museum Building to accommodate the Conference was estimated at '£7,500, ''
THE ONLY WAY OUT
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PARIS. May 10.
is understood that Mr. Norman Davis has suggested that a meet- ing between M. Daladier and Herr. Hitler is the only way out of a Franco-German" impasse.
When asked whether the con- ference would sit continuously un til its work was completed, or ad-IT journ if its task was incomplete to allow the delegates to attend the League Assemly in September, the Premier said that was, "of course. a matter for the conference, itself to decide.
Preparations for the assembly of the World Economic Conference are going on apace.
Soong First.
Ong of the first arrivals will be Mr. T. V. Soong, the Finance Minister of the Nanking Govern ment, who left Washington for New York yesterday, prior to sailing for England.
Mr. Soong was given a cordial and-off by Mr. Cordell Hull, the Seretary of State, whereum- Prind him to the station.
THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF SECURITY
QUETION RAISED IN THE HOSE OF COMMONS 'THROCH REUTER'S AGENCY)
LONDON, May, 18. THE quest of whether Anglo- Americas co-operation towards
It is believed that M. Daladier is favourable to such a meeting.
THE FRANCO-SOVIET PACT
EXCHANGE OF ARTICLES APPROVED
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY]
PARIS, May 18.
THE Chamber to-day unanimous
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1933
COTTON INDUSTRY GENERAL HUANG FU GERMAN, MERCHANT
BILL
THIRD READING PASSED IN HOUSE OF COMMONS
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{THROUGH RETTER'S AGENCY]
LONDON, May 10. THE House of Commons have passed the third reading of the Cotton Industry Bill providing for the continuance for a period of a further hve years of a lovy, of a penny or ench bale of cotton for the assistance of the Empire Cotton Growing Association.
LORD ASHFIELD
TO BE CONTROLLER OF LONDON TRANSPORT
BOARD
[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE.]
LONDON, May 18. THE announcement was made at
the House of Commons to-night that Lord Ashfield, Chairman of the London Traffic Combine, will be appointed first chairman of the London Passenger Transport Board.
UNAWARE OF TRUCE PROPOSAL
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)"
PEIPINO, May 18.
GENERAL Huang Fu, Chairman
of the Peiping Political Com mittee, when interviewed to-day and asked whether it was true that the Chinese authorities here have asked the Japanese for a truc, nothing replied that he knew thereof, but that he himself had drawn up a plan to deal with the situation but it could not be de cided upon until "the attitude of the opposing side has been ascer tained.
Therò has been mich speculation
MAKES GENEROUS GIFT TO CHINESE AVIATION
(THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY)
SONGHAI, May 19.
A GERMAN merchant, Herr Eick.
hoff has announced a donation of $20,000 in cash and half the proceeds of his entire estate valued at $1,500,000-to Chinese
aviation.
The announcement was made at a reception to Chinese leaders at Herr Eickhoff's residence yesterday.
Herr Eickhoff has been twenty nine years in Ching and resided for most of these years in Shanghai..
WANG KEH MIN
MEETS WITH SERIOUS ACCIDENT
[TEROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY, 1
PRIPING, May 19.
MR. WANG Keh Mia, the finaa
DAVIS CUP MATCHES
AMERICA AND JAPAN WINNING
[THROUGH REUTEE'S" AOBNOY.)
LONDON, May 18.
BOTH the United States and
Japon are expected to record sweeping victories in their Davis Cup encounters against Canada and Ireland, respectively.
MONTREAL, May 19
cial expert who has come to Peiping to assist General Huang Fu, met with a serious accident this afternoon when he stumbled over the threshold in the house America will meet the Argentine where he had just takes up real in the American Inter-Zone Final, dence.
while Japan will meet Australia in“ Striking his face on the ground the Third Round of the European. he broke his glasses, some broken; Zone. glass being forced into his eye and je resulting in very serious injury. American secured a commanding He was hurried to the Peking position against Canada yesterday Union Medical College for an in the Final Round of the, North operation to his eye, but it 19 American Zone of the Davis Cup when Wilmur Allison and Ellsworth ious and his eye-sight is definitely Vines, No. 1 ranking player in the endangered. Mr. Wang is already world. won their matches in blind in one eye and, with this straight sets. Recident, he faces the possibility of complete blindness.
over the appointment, of General THE GREAT WALL AS SINO-learned that his condition is ser
Huang Fine Chairman of the Peiping Political Committee and there had been persistent rumours that he was asked by the Central Government to devise a compromise with the Japanese.
MANCHUKUO BOUNDARY
(THROUGH REUTRE'S AGENCY}
TLXY, Day 10. Just prior to his arrival in Fei JAPAN IS likely to approve Pre- sident Roosevelt's proposals with necessitated owing ping the vernacular newspapers printed an interview with "an im- reservations
personage who recently to the abnormal conditions in print
rrived from the South concern- neighbouring States." It is indi. ing General Huang Fu's mission cated in official quarters that Japan to Peiping. This "important per- is likely to stress the necessity of sonage" stated that he doubted forbidding provocative weapons like The appointment is for seven
whether "General Huang had full boycotts. years. Mr. Frunk Pick, present managing Director of the Under-authority to arrange a compromise with Japan, but in accepting his ground Group, will be a whole time member for even years, Mr. John difficult appointment it is rea- Cliff, at present Assistant General sonable to concluded that he is not Secretary of the Transport and absolutely devoid of plans for General Workere Union, and Col. dealing with the situation. Patrick Ashley-Cooper, Director of the Bank of England and of the Hudson Bay Company, part time
members for five years.
Sir John Gilbert, Alderman of the London County Council, Sir Edward Holland, Alderman of the Surrey County Council and Sir Henry Maybury, the Chairman of the London Home Counties Traffic Committee are to be part time members for three years.
The new pooling scheme includes every form of passenger transport within an area of about 25 miles from Charing Cross and represents approximately £190 millions of in- vested capital.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S
APPEAL
ly passed the motion approving | CIRCULATED TO GOVERNORS of the exchange of articles for the ratification of the Franco-Soviet
non-aggression pact signed in Paris
on
November 9, 1932.
M. Herriot and M. Paul-Boncour, the Prime Minister, spoke on be
half of the motion.
There was an attendance of, 520 deputies.
REVIEW OF THE TERRITORIALS
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE:] ·
** LONDON, May 18. ditions in Eure equally extends, A ROYAL review of the territorial forces in the London District
the establishment of security and the improvemut of economic con-
or is to he extended, to similar nims
Mne-
in the Far East was raised in the will be held in Hyde Park on June House of Commons to-night by 24. Erskine-Bolst.
Replying, Mr. Ramsay Donald said that until he knew what instructions with regard to security the United States had given to its represenattives at Geneva, le could add nothing to what he said in the House of Commons on May
9.
In regard to economic conditions, that would depend upon what was done at the Economic Conference.
EMPLOYMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN
OUTLOOK MORE ENCOURAGING
[1718H WIELESS, SERVICK]
LONDON, May 18. THE Minister for Labour, Sir
Henry Betterton, informed the House of Cmons to-night that there were 91,000, more persons in employment to-day than a montà ago, and 92,000 more than a year ago.
the
Compared with January, numbers in employment abowed an increase of 249,000. That meant, said the Minister, that in the year under review, when the trade of the whole world had been paralysed by exchange restrictions; when there had been political disturbances and a "monetary crisis in nearly every country, the position in Britain was not only incomparably stronger than a year ago. but he thought the outlook was more encouraging than for a very long time.
· AIR HEROES HONOURED
RECORD LONG RANGE FLIGHT RECALLED
[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE.]
LONDON, May 18. SQUADRON Leader Gayford and
Flight Lieutenant Nicholetts were entertained, to-day by the Royal Aeronautical Society, the Royal Aero Club, the Society of British Aircraft Constructors, and the Air League of the British Em- pire in honour of their world's re- cord long range flight from Cran- well to Walvis Bay.
IN HONG KONG TO-DAY
MODERATE; SQUALLY, RAIN LATER.
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER EXPORT, FORECAST AND REMARKS, ISSUED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AT 6.30
P.3, STATED 2-
PRESSURE CONTINUES HIGHEST OVER THE PACIFIC TO THE NORTH-
· EAST OF JAPAN. DEPRESSIONS ARE BITUATED OVER TONGHING" AND THE YELLOW SEA
LOCAL FORECAST-8, WINDS, MOJERVIZ; BQUALLY, RAIN LÁTER.
- BRITISH HEAVYWEIGHT MR. T. V. SOONG
CHAMPIONSHIP ON WAY TO WORLD'
GAINS RETAINS THE TITLE ECONOMIC CONFERENCE,
(THROUGH ALUTER'S AGENCY.) [REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
LONDON, May 19. WASHINGTON, MAY 10, THE heavyweight championship of MR. HULL the Secretary of State the British Empire was decid- hade farewell to Mr. T. Ved at Olympin today, when Larry Soong who entrained for New York Gains (Canada) the bolder, best to-day en route to the World George Cook of Australia on printe Economic Conference..
over fifteen rounds, tee
OF ALL DOMINIONS
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.)
LONDON, May 18.
THE King has caused the text
of President Roosevelt's més- sage, to be telegraphed to the Gov- ernors Cieneral of all the dominions. It was cabled, simultaneously from Buckingham Palace to Cana da. Australia, New Zealand, New- foundland, South Africa and the Irish Free State.
It is understood that the mes sage was further considered by the Cabinet at Downing Street to-day and the Dominion Governments are being consulted.
SILVER MARKET
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
it
LONDON, May 19. "
. FOLLOWING ARE THE SILVEE QUOTATIONS ON THE LONDON MARKET TO-DAY:
SPOT FORWARD.....
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OBITUARY
MR. P. J. MACCUMBER
[BEDTAR'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
WASHINGTON, May 19. THE death was announced hers to-day of Mr. P. J. MeCumber who was & member of the Senate from 1899 to 1923. The deceased was the joint author of the Fordney-McCamber Tariff Law.
TO RE-ESTABLISH
PROSPERITY -
[REUTER'S "AMERICAN SERVICE.]
WASHINGTON. May 19. BEFORE leaving for New York,
Mr. T. V. Soong pledged him- self to hearty co-operation with President floover in his efforts to Te establish the economic prosperity of the world.
FALL IN BRITISH-STOCKS (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)
LONDON, May 16. THE Stock Thetsalosed with some irregularity, British funds finishing under the beat with war loans ai per cont, at sol Garman banda, after an earlier recovery, also fell back!
In a statement given to inter- viewers on his arrival in Paiping yesterday General Buang denies that he had come to Peiping to ne gotiate a compromise with Japan and said that he would follow the Government policy in dealing with the situation.
HIGH EXPLOSIVE
BOMB
HURLED AT TIENTSIN.
RAILWAY STATION ·
{THROUGH BRUTER'B AGENCY]
Shanghai, May 19. OVER ONE HUNDRED WERE KILLED AND INJURED WHEN
So far as crossing the frontier is concerned, it is intimated that the Japanese would be better able to agree if the world is prepared to recognise the Great Wall as the Sino-Manchukno boundary.
COMPROMISE NOT DESIRED
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
PRIPING, May 12 THE evening vernacular papers quote Huang Fu as saying in an interview to-day that "no one would think of compromising with Japan, but I believe that under certain conditions it is possible for 15 to reach a mutual under- standing.".
JAPANESE DRIVE
COMPLETED? +
[THRоCGH EXUTER'S AGENCY]
PEIPING, May 19.
A temporary truce on all fronts exists, the Japanese drive appar ently having been completed.
THREE APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED
[THROUGH REUTER'# ACENCY }
NNAKING, May 19.1 THE Executive Yuan to-day ap
proved the appointments of Mesura Victor Hu and Chang Nai Yen as Ministers to Switzerland. and Belgium: respectively,
The authorities also appointed General Chu Shao Liang aa Chair van of the Kansu Provincial Coun- cil, concurrent with the post of Commissioner of Civil Affairs in
POSSIBILITY OF A TRUCE Kuns
THROUGH REUTEE'S AGENCY.)
SHANGHAI,› May 19. THE official Japanese spokesman
informed the Shanghai Timer that though there is a possibility of a truce or armistice between the Chinese and Japanese troops in North China, any written Armis tice must be useless unless the Chi AN UNKNOWN MISOREAFT
nese Government can guarantee that HURLED A HIGH EXPLOSIVE the Chinese Armies will not in
fringe any of the terms. BOMB
IN THE RAILWAY
STATION AT TIENTSIN THIS EVENING, ACCORDING TO A
TENSION IN TIENTSIN JAPANESE REPORT WHICH
NATIVE CITY EASED STATES THAT A VERY DISAS-
[THROUGH. REUTER'S AGENCY.] TROUS FIRE FOLLOWED. THE ENTIRE POLICE FORCE WAS
TINTIN, May 18.
Tientsin is considerably reliev CALLED OUT AND THE STATENSION in the native city of WITH ed, apparently, under the impres
aion that the arrival of General Huang Fu means the turning point in the situation, and that he will be able to effect an understanding with the Japanese,
TION WAS CROWDED TROOPS AND WAR REFUGEES.
TRUCE ON ALL FRONTS!
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
JAPANESE FORCES CON- TINUE BOMBING
(THROUGH. REUTEE'S AURYCY.Į
PEIPINO, May 19 Messages arriving here From Tangshan states that the situation has developed into a state of truce
PRIPING, May 16. since May 17th. The main Chin AN official Communique issued by ese forces have completed concen-
the Chinese authorities this tration at Latai and the vicnity evening, states that the Chinese Only a small detachment of Jap rearguard along the Peking-Mukden anese troops and a thousand Man- Railway is stationed at Hsako chukuo soldiers entered Tangshan chuang, with the main forces at and show no intention of advancing | Tatai. further West.
There has been
No fighting has occurred, since no fighting on yesterday, but Japanese aeroplanes the Miyun front for the past three Lombed the villages on both sides days.
of the Railway, using heavy casualties,
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It is significant in this connexion that "an official Japanese spokes man informed the Shanghai Times that there is a possibility of trace or armistice between the op- posing forces in North China it the Central Government can gun- rantee that the Chinese armies will not infringe the terms of such en armistice."
NO INTENTIONS ON PEIPING OR TIENTSIN
UNLESS PROVOKED I
[REGTEE'S AMERICAN BERVICE.]
-WASHINGTON, May 19,- - IN an interview here to-day, Am-
bassador Debuchi told reporters. that it was Japan's intention to withdraw troops from North China Proper as soon as assurance - was given that they would not be har ried by Chinese - ralds' from the south of the Great Wall
On the central front facing those. Japanese troops moved from Hsi fengkow the Chinese troops are concentrated at Yutien, with the Japanese moving from Fengyuan towards Teunhus,
EVACUATION OF TROOPS
|THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
TIENTSIN, May 19, JAPANESE sources report that the
evacuation of Chinese troops from the Tangshan area continues, several train-londe. with. rquipment having passed through yesterday and to-day in the direction of Pei ping.
GENERAL WU. SAN YU
IMPFACHED BY CENTRAL YUAN.
IKDO MIN NEWS AGENCY}
NANKING, May 13.. IN connection with the case of the ussassination of the Nanking correspondent of the China Times of Shanghai, it is understood that the Central Yuan has moved an in- peachment against General W Sau. Yu, Tormer Director of the Metropolitan Folice Department, for alleged negligence of duty in filing to prevent the outrage which was perpetrated in daylight. The Central Yuan also blames
General Wa for the rubberies of the Nanking Branch of the Bank of China and of a certain native bank which were also carried out in broad daylight during General Wa's administration.
WANG CHING WEL
DENIES SENDING REPRE-
SENTATIVE TO CANTON
(Euo Min. Hews Agency},
Scores were as follow:- W. Allison (U.S.A.) beat. J. Wright 6-2, 7-5, 6-2.
E. Vinea (U.S.A.) beat P. Nunns 6-3, 0-1, 8-3.
Ellsworth Vines, who stood down from the match against Mexico City, replaced Clifford Sutter in the singles.
DUBLIN, May 19. Japan should enter the Second, Itound of the European Zone at the expense of Ireland
Yesterday R. Nunci and Jiro Su toh played brilliantly to beat their Irish opponents in straight seta
Scores were as follow:--
H. Nunoi (Japan) beat Lyttleton Rogers 7-6, 6-3, 7-5.
J. Satoh (Japan) beat J. McGuire : 62, 62, 62
GERMANY WIN
(THROUGÚ REUTRE'S AGENCY.)
BERLIK, May 18.
In the second round of the Davis Cup, Kuhlman (Germany) beat Leebruggen (Holland) by three straight sets, the scores being 6-3, 6-3 and 1.
U.S. BASEBALL
SOME HEAVY SCORING RECORDED
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
WASTINGTON, May, 16. BEYOND the blanking out of Bos ton and Chicago in the Nation al League, baseball fans to-day saw. a lot of high scoring.
Brooklyn ran up a tally of 14 against St. Louis, and Chicago, after being blanked out in their, first game of a double header with the Giants, chalked up ten runs in the following encounter.
Philadelphia scored 9 aginst Chi- cago in the American League, and Cleveland nosed out Washington in the tenth innings.
National League.
Cincinnati Boston.......
R. HE
1 60
0
10
(Johnson pitched and blanked out, Boston)
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Chicago
New York (Schumacher
B
י
6
9: 0
.........
3 pitched for the
Giants and Mancuso homered)
Chicago New York
10 15 1
18 (Ott homered for New York and Herman, Hartnett, Hendrick and Koenig replied for Chicago)
American League,
Pittsburg Philadelphia
8. 13: 28 (Paul Waner homered for Pitte burg)
Philadelphia
Chicago
R. E
9 15 2 8
Williams homered for Philadel- phia)
Washington Cleveland
6
92 881 -(Vosmik homered for Cleveland. There were ten innings)
Defence Line Heid.“
NANKING, May 12, Concerning the left, front at Na telegram to General Chen Chi Mirm the communique states that Tang, Mr Wang Ching Wei, the Chinese forces are holding the President of the Executive Yuan, defence line near Shíbhria, in which denies that he had sent any, pereg urea, Japanese troops have concen!sonal representative to Canton, New York trated
Was He drew General Cherr's attention.Detroit a This morning. fortr Japanese to the press reports that one Wang- (Sewell scored a home run for planes flew near iyun, dropping. Haiso Ya was posing as his repre- New York) anany bombs
sentative, and requested General Boston The tense situation which bad Chen to detain the imposter upon
now visibly his arrival in Canton. existed in Peip eusing
MISS ENID WILSON :
WINS LADIES GOLF
*** OHAMPIONSHIP.
ĮTEZOUGH REUTER'S AGENUT.)
The Japanese have no intention
GLENEAGLES, May 18., of taking Peiping and Tientsin an- BY defeating Miss Diane Plump- less they had provocation" to do ton (3 and 4) in the finals of so from the Chinese. He also the ladies open Golf Chambionship. dicated that Japan would be will-here to-day, Miss Enid Wilson of ing to undertake the stabilisation of Nottingham won the title for the
third year in succession. «
St. Louise
(Kelillo homered for St. Louis)
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