HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1933.
WAR DEBTS AND TARIFF REVISION
ROOSEVELT TO ADDRESS
CONGRESS
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
WASHINGTON, May 29. PRESIDENT Roosevelt has plann ed to deliver a war debt Mess. age to Congress before the adjourn ment which is scheduled for June
10.
Senator Robinson, the Democrat leader, announced after a talk at the White House, that the Pres dent expects to submit to Congress a resolution authorising in revise tariff rates.
THE DANZIG ELECTIONS
NAZI GAIN TWENTY-FIVE
SEATS
THROUGH REUTEÜ'S AGENCY.]
DANZIO, May 20.
to
NEW CHINESE TARIFFS
LATEST
DERBY IRISH SWEEP
BETTING
DETAILS
MOUNT EVEREST FLIGHTS
Manitoba Made Favourite
Lucky Hong
Chinese
ong
LIEUT-COL. BLACKER'S
KOREAN REPRISAL
(THROUGH RAUTÈR'S AGENCY,Ì
NANKING, May 29. CHINESE Press reports state that
the Korean Authorities intend to rais the import duties on Chinese fabrics of jute, hemp, fax, ramie wd other textils fibres as high as thirty to forty per cent. The mensure is believed to be a reprisal against the alteration of the Chinese tariff following the termination of the Sino-Japanese tariff agreement.
It is learned that the Chinese merchants are now taking appro priate mensures to safeguard their trade in the Korean market.
MR. SOONG SAILS FOR LONDON
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)
MRT
New Yonk. May 28. V. SOONG, China's Finance Minister and Chief delegate to the World Econo:nic THE Danzig elections, although Conferner which opens in London carried through in an atmoson June 12, is leaving for London phere of considerable excitement tomorrow on the steamer Europa. passed off without serious distur bances.
There is little doubt that the polling will result in a big triumph for the Nazis. In fact, a decisive victory for the Hitlerites is con tidently expected.
It is thought that they will
Fun about 49 per cent. of the whole electorate.
Out of 331 districts three hun dred and fifty have already been counted, giving 202,737 votes, of which the Nazis seemred 101,577. The Social Democrats rank second' best with 38,000.
Big Dains.
LATER
It is certain that the Nazis hav captured at least 35. of the 72 seats in the Danzig "Parliament," their votes totalling 107,619 from a total of 213,132, which trebles their 1030 figures.
The Social Democrats secured 39,210 votes, the Centrisks 31,504 votes, the Communista 14,800, the Black White and Red Fronts,
13,601.
The election is carried out on the proportional representation system.
Final Result:
The final results show the follow-
to
Mr. Soong stated that, he intends
return *KI China before he
Economic Conference clases, but hitherto no date for his return has
been fixed.
[THAONGA REUTER'S AGENCY.]
London, May 29."
The latest beiting on the Derby is as follows
0-1 Manitoba, t and 'o, 21-2 Hyberlon, t and o. 100-9
100-9
Young Lover, t and ạ. King Salmon, offered (13-1 t), 15-1 Starlet Tiger, offered (14-1 t). 100-7 Light Sussex, offered (100-8 ) 100-6 Felicitation, offered (18-1 t).
18-1 Happy Call, t and o. 18-1 Statesman, t and o. 28-1 Gino, offered. 33-1 Interface, t and o. 33-1 Harinero, offered (35-1 t). ́ 40-1 Melfort, t and o
40-1 Caymanas, offered (45-1 t), 40-1 Raymond, offered (45-1 t). 45-1 Franzials, t and o. 50-1 Madagascar, and o. 50-1 Thrapsfon, t and o. 50-1 Myosotis, offered (60-1 t). 66.1 Lovers Walk, t and o. 66.1 Solar Boy, offered (100-1 1). 66-1 Blue Grass, odered. 125-1 Tuppence. 150-1 Coroado, t and 0..
FINAL ACCEPTANCES AND JOCKEYS
LONDON, May W.
TEN FOOT SNAKE IN THE following are the final accep
WEST END
Sleeping on the Pave- ment at 3 a.m.
* HARD JOB. FÖR A
POLICEMAN
London.Has. anybody lost, a python? asks the special corres- pondent of a London paper. One was found, ten feet long, and fully. armed with poison fangs and crash- ing coils as thick as a man's arro, asleep on the pavement in
Coventry-street, near Piccadilly, W., at 3 a.m. to-day. So whoever lost it must be missing it.
I saw it to-day, still asleep, in a neighbouring Haymarket Zoo,
ing composition of the new City where it awaits its sorrowing own
Parliament:
Nazis.
Soc. Democrats
Centrists
Communists
Government Poles
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13
10
2
Party
A
2
The Nazis gained twenty-ave beats as compared with their farm er representation.
FRENCH TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
PERRY AND HUGHES BEAT COCHET AND MERLIN
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)
PARIS, May 28. England and Australia scored
brilliant victories in the con- cluding stages of the French Doubles Championships at Auteuil during the weekend.
MEN'S DOUBLES Semi-finals,
F. PERRY and G. P. Hughes (England) beat H. Cochet and A. Merlin (France) 6-3, 3-6, 8-6,
Dv4
A. Quist and V. McGrath (Aus- tralia) beat J. Brugnou and J. Borotra (France) 6-7, 6-3, 36, 83,
6-3.
MEN'S SINGLES..
Becond Round.
Hebda (Poland) beat V. McGrath (Australia) 8-6, 6-2, 7-9, 7-6.
WOMEN'S DOUBLES.
Final,
Mme. Mathieu (France) and Miss Ryan (U.S.) beat Mme. Henrotin and Mile. Rosambert (France) 61,
0-3.
er.
The hero of the discovery is Mr. Dick Foster, keeper of the Zoo in question, He told me the thrilling
story.
But first he reconstructed theoretical crime by which he ac
i
upted for the strange fact of a python being found on a Picca- dilly pavement at that weird hour.
Shock for "Thieves. According to Mr. Foster, it must have been stolen, from the back of ayan, where it was tied up in a sack.
The thieves then retired" to å
tances and their probable jockeys:
Hariners (Ray).
Light Sussex (Pat Donoghue). Young Lover (Perryman). King Salmon (Harry Wragg). Hyperion (Weston). Lochiel (Steve Donoghue). Scarlet Tiger (A. Wragg), Solar Boy (Collins).. Interlace (Nevolt). Gaymanas (Lané). Felicitation (Elliot). Gino (Beary). Franzhala (T. Burns). Happy Call (Gethin). Raymond (Nicoll). Myosotis (Jones). Statesman (Carslake). Manitoba (Gordon Richards). Madagascar (Bartlan). Blue Grasa (Fox). Lover's Walk (Childs), Thrapston (Wells). Melfort (Johnstone). Coroado McGuigan). Tappance (Harry Beasley).
MEN ARE NOT THE
BRAVER SEX
WOMEN ENDURE PAIN WITH MUCH GREATER COURAGE
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At last the age-old legend that men are the braver sex has been shattered.
IAROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
London, May 29.
·BROADCAST
(Special Air-Mail Service)
London, May 11. Lieutenant-Colonel L. V. Stewart Hyperion in the Irish Sweep was. drawn by Neonlite Unlted. Soura-Houston Everest Flight Expedi Blacker, chief observer of the
baya,
The Irish Sweep receipts total £3,010,162. The prize fond being £1,941,846 in nineteen units of £100,000 each.
SILVER MARKET
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
tion, broadcast last night a talk
a mere
:
LONDON CALLS THE
WORLD
GREATEST TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
THE NEW FARADAY BUILDING - OPEN
(Special Air-Mail Service)
the two successful. ploneer flights made by the expedition over
LONDON, May 11. tries similarly connected, as woll the highest mountain in the world. Faraday Building, the new Post, as to any country in Europe. No. Colonel Blackor said that by Office International Telephone Ex-longer was it true that "East is Unplaced horses will receive
now every one realized that the change, described as the finest tele-East and West is West and never. £,521 each and there are ten re-flights were never
sensa phone exchange in the world, was the twain shall meet."
Few services had shown such pro- serious inspected yesterday by the Prince aidual cash prizes of £4,184 each of tional stunt, but were a
effort. scientific surveying
The of Wales one hour aftër it. wgressive many-sided development in £1,900 and £100 cash each...
years. Government of Nepal' gave permis- formally opened by the Lord Ma recent
Last year
Over Coroado was drawn by Ng Kwal,sion for the expedition to Ay everyor, Sir Percy Greenaway, 1,000,000 calls were handled to, and care of Ting Hang Hing, Wing Lock that country only on condition that The Prince was received at the from Europe, 15,000 were dealt Street, Hong Kong..
they had scientific results in view.
east entrance in Queen Victoria with to and from America and He felt that they had done enough Street by the Lord Mayor and various parts of the Empire, 25. to claim that the expedition had the Postmaster-General, Sir Kings-well as many calls to ships at sea. been a success from the scientific ley Wood, M.P., both of whom ac Apart from its great commercial standpoint, which would not have companied him during his inspec and social advantage, it was im bean the cast if they had stopped tion of the building, together" with possible to over-estimate the value short at the first flight.
the Lady Mayoress, the Sheriffs of such a service as a means of They were convinced of the great and Mrs. Callett, the First Com strengthening friendship and un- possibilities for air survey frommissioner of Works, Mr. Ormsby derstanding between the nations of
People did great heights.
not Gore, M.P., the Assistant Post- the world.. realize that the greater part of Master-General, Sir Ernest Ben- Tribute to Great Pioneer. the world as only very sketchilynett, M.P. and the Secretary to In naming their new building mapped. With the latest cameras the Post Office, Sir Evelyn Murray, after Michael Faraday they paid and lenses it was possible from They were followed by Mr. E. T. A tribute to the memory of one of Raven, the greatest pioneers in the history 30,000ft up to photograph an arca Campbell, MP., Mr. E. of country six miles square within Second Secretary to the Post Office, of scientific development. Electric a short time and at small expense. Mr. L. Simon, Director of Tele- lighting and power, telegraphy That was something that was quite graphs and Telephones, and Liga- telephony, and radio on the elec new and might have surprising re- tenant-Colonel A. G. Lee, Engineer tric side traced their developments sults. The fights had also demon-in-Chief. The party was received from his fundamental discoveries. strated that British aircraft could in the exchange by Mr. W. H. U. The British Post Office enginoars take useful, practical loads over Napier, Controller. London Tele had made remarkable progross in the highest areas in the world. phone Service, and Mr. E. Gomer technical research and experiment. Mountains hitherto had been the sall, London Superintending En- In the development of telephone. main barrier to the development of
gineer.
technique they had played a not- air transportation, and he hoped The Prince was greatly interested able part. The "echo" suppressor that commercial aviation, bodies in the working of the International indispensable for long underground would recognize the value of that Exchange. Here there were 200 telephone circuits and for radio- side of the expedition's achieve operators at work linking up the telephony was first devised by ́a'
British system with all parts of Post Office engineer. Developments. the world and also acting as a which led to the institution of the link between other countries which teleprinter exchange service were desired to communicate with each due to the engineers of the Post other. All the operators here speak | Office. Their telephonists also two languages, French and Ger were among the most, skilled and man, in addition to their own, and capable in the world. many of them also speak Spanish and Italian:
LONDON, May 29. FOLLOWING ARE THE SILVER QUOTATIONS ON THE LONDON MARKET TO-DAY :'
SPOT ...... FORWARD.
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LAND WHERE NO ONE SMILES
Travellers' Ordeal in Russia
WATER 185. A FLASK
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"Russia is now a land where no one smiles, where the people are half-starved and in raga, where only the very rich can buy food, and where a foreigner, when tra- velling, is practically a prisoner on the railways."
ment.
RETURN OF M.C.C. TEAM
Capt. A Hormuzed "Rassam, the well-known Assyrien, who has been an officer in the British Army, made this statement, when he told representative of the Loudon Daily Telegraph of his ordeal in Persia. Capt. Rassam said that he
a visa to Was refused
travel through Russia by the Russian aù- thorities in London on the ground D. R. JARDINE WELCOMED that he had been a British military officer, but secured one in Barlin in his capacity as a director of a German film company..
HOME
(Special Air-Hall Service)
He knew he spoke, for all ranks in the Post Office when he said how much they appreciated the Royal recognition given, by the presence of the Prince of Wales, to the achievements of a week which, by the connecting of India with the telephone network and the open- ing of that great building, would make history in the closer linking up of the peoples of the world.
Both Bights were thrilling in the last degree. The first was definite ly a venture into the unknown, and included some anxious moments. The second was much less danger ous because the pilots had leamed valuable lessons. They were simply amazed at the wonderful beauty of the pictures which they saw below
Prince's Talk in Spanish. them, on which no man ever before
When he entered the exchange the had looked. The speaker ended Prince, it was noticed, seemed to with a warm tribute to the genero- take particular notice of the por sity of Lady Houston, through tion of the aw tchboard marked which the expedition, like the last Buenos Aires, and on his return Schneider Trophy content, had been made possible.
he stopped to speak in Spanish to sue of the operators and received a reply in the same language.
The Lord Mayor, who perform- An inspection of the exchange showed clearly the proportion of ed-the opening ceremony by operat calls to the different countries. Of ing a switch, lifting the receiver those to and from European coun- of a telephone and asking to be tries a very large proportion pass connected with the new exchange, Cover the Paris switchboard, while spoke of the rapid growth of the of the traffic on the radio circuits telephone system. It was almost 80 per cent. is with New York, inconceivable in these days, when about 80 per cent, of the New York it was possible to telephone to all traffic consiste of personal cafts, parte of the world, to realize that which are obtained in about five as recently as 1891 the first over minutes.
seas service was established. It was London, May 11. At the opening ceremony the for the business community to make The main body of the M.C.C. Postmaster-General welcomed the use of this valuable means of com- team, after their triumphant tour presence of so many representative munication. They all realized the in Australia, arrived home on Sa citizens, and particularly that of value of the spoken word for the turday, Larwood is already home, Lord Londonderry, representing the rapid conduct of business.
The Finest Exchange. He gave a special wel- and G. O. Allen, the Nawab of Cabinet.
The First representatives of the
Commissioner Patandi, and P. F. Warner are travelling by other routes, but the Dominions and of the telephone Works said the building was an When I with Mr. Kayser,
rest arrived at Greenock in the administrations of other countries. example of inter-departmental.co Danish civil engineer, and a Per morning in the Canadian Pacific He said the opening of the build- operation. The Post Office told his ing marked an important stage in department they wanted the most sian medical student, got to the liner the Duchess of Atholl. Russian Frontier from Poland, we The players had quite property British Post Office development and modern building possible for what were met by the Ogpa police and been asked not to discuss the mat was a considerable event in tele- he believed was the finest telephone young giri interpreter. We were ter of "body-line bowling until phone history. It completed the exobange in the world, and the marched to the Customs baving been told that porterage sidered, but D. R. Jardine said:
office, the position had been officially con group of buildings which housed architects and structural engineers
the Post Office International Ex- of the Office of Works had provid
our luggage would follow. was paid by the Sorict, and that] We went out a happy band and change and at least three tale ed it. He would like, as his chief, we return a happy and united phone exchanges for London, There to pay his tribute to the work of "When the luggage arrived it band. I cannot lay down my staff were incorporated in it the latest Mr A. R. Myers, the principal
architect. was opened, and every single arti of office, without a very humble and most efficient telephone ar examined by the Ogpu police. All every one of the great team it was cle taken out, piled in a heap,, sad and sincere tribute to each and rangements in the world.
The Lord Mayor, in reply to a Switcaboard-ot Empire... vote of thanks, said they were the Russian money we had was my proud privilege to load. They When the Post Office took over grateful that the building had. taken, and a bill was presented to have made themselves a great side the National Telephone Company's been erected in the City of Lon- me for six dollars for the trans in the fact of difficulties which system 21 years ago it, was a na port of my luggage from the train might
don. It was a very fine building. quite "excusably have tional service; to-day it was in- He did not say they would not to the Customs office-just across broken:
most up
aides and ternational. There were soms have liked it better if it had not the platform.
have would undoubtedly
bent 34,000,000 telephones in the world, been so high, hut there was no almost any side. Their sympathy, and it was now possible speak doubt that it would add something. friendship, and loyalty made my from this country to 32,000,000 of to the rates of the City. (Laugh- task possible and pleasant. Great them. We were living in an age ter.)
"At Warsaw," he said, "I was told that food was unprocurable on the journey via Moscow, Schep- tovka, Kieff, and Kharkov to Ba- ku, where I was to embark on Russian boat to do the day's jour ney to Pahlevia. I had bitter proof of the necessity for the warn
doorway to see what the booty was They thrust a hand into the sack,
Mr. A. Basil Booke, writing in and when the hand came in con- the Practitioner, declares that wo-ing tact with the shiny body of the men suffer pain more easily than python it must have been good to hear the ejaculations that rose up, ly.
meu and face trouble more brave- on the midnight.air.
Famous medical authorities have, Obviously a python was no good wholeheartedly endorsed this view to them, so they dropped the sack and told amazing stories of the on the pavement and discreetly heroism of women on the operating made off. Whereupon the python table, in the warda of the hospi writhed out, looked round and tals, and in those sudden calami- went to sleep again where it lay. ties of the everyday world which Enter a policeman. Horror of call for the most steadfast cour- policeman Must be arrest a age. venomous snake for sleeping out with no visible means of subsist said that men, funnily enough, An official at a London hospital
ence ?
faint more quickly than women. Even in the Army it was often found that men who had gone calmly, through big battles did not like being pricked by a small needle.
Enter also a postman, reinforced presently by an increasing crowd. Constabulary action became neces
'sary.
Then the policeman had a bright thought. He recalled the neigh. bouring Zoo. And this is where Mr. Dick Foster, came in.
A Killer.
Women are more patient and re- signed than men in the hands of!
༢, the dentist, and women endure lit- tle things, such as infections, with much
greater equanimity than men.
Imprisoned in Train.
I had not got six dollars. After some persuasion the officials chang- ed for me a traveller's cheque for 23. They gave me 36 roubles in exchange, and promptly took 1 roubles, approximately 30s., for the portorage.
"At four o'clock," he said, "I was awakened, and a policeman told me one of my snakes was loose Sir John Bland Sutton, the not- rushed into the Zoo, but all my ed surgeon and an ex-president of four were there, so I knew it the Royal College of Surgeon and wasn't mine. However, I weat of the Royal Society of Medicine, along with the policeman to Coven agreed emphatically. SOVIET COAL PRODUCTION try-street, and there was the python Women do bear pain far better notes in exchange. They take They refused to give me single still asleep a real beauty, and than men," he said: "Her or The continued decline in coal pro- easily capable of killing anyone ganisation makes lier a person who
all your Russian money, and make duction in the Don Basin, the who had stumbled against it.
must bear pain. It is not that the you spend foreign money." largest coal producing area in the "The other policeman who had women feel pain any less acut Soviet Union, is causing alarm in been left in charge of it wiped his than men. They feel it just as Moscow.
forehead and looked relieved. badly."
In the first ten days of March, | They'd called a taxicab to take it states the British United Press corto Vine-street police station, but respondent, the output was 128,200 no one knew how to help it in. So tons daily, which was 1,000 tons I seized it by the peck and the No mattresses on the beds and no lower than the February average. | tail, popped it in the sack, and pillowa and 9,000 Bons below the average of took it to the station,
But the inspector didn't want
a year ago.
On the four days' train journey to Baku, Capt. Rassam said: "The doors were locked, keeping us & prisoners, even when the train stop- ped, and the sanitary conditions were appalling, The windows could not be opened; the restau rant cer was an old truck, with "We paid for three meals but three tables, a few chairs, and no tablecloths, although we were sup- it. Take it away!' he said. Soed three dollars for two cups of
got only two. We were each charg posed to be travelling first-class; I brought it here, and gave it a tea had no dollars. He may there was no water for washing, bath, and here it is-you can see it Danish friend, not paid for me I and I had to pay six roubles (18a.)
come
to
en, real men, both on the field of miracles. In 1891 the first over- and off it-English cricket and seas cable was opened between Lon- cricketers should be as proud of dan and Paris and contained two them as I am grateful to them, circuits; to-day, by lifting the re
PRIVATE FLYING
ceiver of a telephone in London, a British, subscriber, could speak to Canada, the United States, South. America, Australia, South Africa, RESTRICTIONS: and nearly every other country ex- cept China and Japan, The Em- pire was now on the telephone, for INQUIRY, INTO AIR the service to India, inaugurated MINISTRY CONTROL om Monday, completed the main Empire telephone network.NM Faraday Building, might be de- (Special Air-Man Service)
A vegadescribed as the switchboard of the London, May 11 Empire. Practically every country Sir Philip Sassoon, Under-sccre connected with this country by tary for Air, replying in the House wireless telephone could be switched this afternoon to through via London to other coun- of Commone Captain H. Balfour (C., Isle of Thanet), said the question of the relaxation of Air Ministry control for hot water for my thermos over private flying had been under review for some time past, and a All the way down to Baku we report on the subject was expected Mixed bathing, education, and
saw terrible poverty among the in the near future. The whols picnics and sports attended, by both "It's worth at least £10," said
people. They were practically in question would be remitted to a Boxes are a few of the subjects, Mr. Foster "It was well cared for
rags and seemed to be in the last non-official committee representing stages of starvation. All the pas the intereste primarily concerned which are severely criticised by and had recently been fed, so I
sengers declared that they had private owners and the aircraft Monsignor Jose Horacio Campillo, guess it won't remain long un-
"I do not think there was any never seen anyone smile there." manufacturing industry. Archbishop of Santiago, in a cira claimed.”
Capt. Rassam and his friends Captain Balfour. Can be fore- lar to all parish priests.
What will amuse our readers is attempt to extort money from us
in the restaurants," he said. "I had again to pay dearly for por-east how long it will be before he "The exaggerated cult of the the classification of a python as a
menu and believe the terage at Baku. "And then," he will be in a position to set up that body," writes, the Archbishop, ao venemous anake. It might be vene-saw the cording to a British United Press mous or a python, by a Dr. Hark prices we were charged to be went of, "we were put on the committee 1.... message, has always been a sign lots would say the combination is genuine, but no one but the very filthiest boats you could imagine.
impossible and absurd.
rich could pay them."
(Continued on previous column): of decadence and corruption,”
MIXED BATHING CRITICISED
for yourself
would not have been allowed to dank! I did. Mr. Foster untied the leave that awful-boat." sack and hauled several feet of fat soake into the open.
The same thing was experienced on the return journey. In one re- staurant Capt. Bassam paid $3.50 for a touched egg and a piece of black bread.
Sir P. Bassoon.—I' should say early in the summer.
TENYO-MARU SOLD FOR Y.500,000
of
A new record was created for the price of old chips to be scrapped by the successful bid for the N.V.Ks Teayo Maru (18,401 tons and 96 years old) tendered by Asano Bus san Company...
The tender, Y 500,000 works out at Y.37.30 per ton, which compares with Y.33 for the Kamakura Maru, which was pat up to tender some. time ago.
Tenyo laru. is a ship well-known in Hong Kong, having beert on the Pacific_run."
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