BRITAIN DRAWS FIRST
· BLOOD
·BUNNY " AUSTIN BEATS MERLIN
Frenchman Outplayed In Opening Game
Auteuils, July 28,
Much interest was taken in the opening stages of the challenge round of the Davis Cup competition between France (holders) and Great Britain which opened here to-day. Long before the matches started, the stands were packed with enthusiastic followers of the game, and by the time the game, between Bunny Austin, the British No. 1 and Merlin, the young Frenchman," was duc to start,~ excitement had risen to fever pitch.
PERRY BEATS COCHET
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Despite the sweltering heat,,points. The Frenchman, drove 13,000 people turned out to watch powerfully on both hands, and this battle between Austin and sent over some aces" which
· Merlin. The much-coveted Davis left Austin standing at the net. Cup was enthroned opposite the Holding a lead of two sets must Presidential Box in which the have acted as a tonic to the President and his party sat watch-Englishman for he started off the ing the game with the greatest third stanzą like a man possessed, interest.
und, driving, smashing
and Austin appeared to be quite volleying with the greatest pre- root and collected when he enter-cision, he took six games off the ed the court, but his opponent, real to give Britain the first vic may be affected by the importance tory in the challenge round. of the occasion, for this is the The final scores in his favour first time he had represented his were, 6-3, 6-4 and 6-0. country in such an encounter, gave the impression that he was rather nervous.
Bunny played up to his real form, and exploiting a de- vastating forehand drive, mixed cleverly with some beautifully placed side-liners, started to out- play Merlin. The Frenchman did not seem to find his length, and the result that "Austin, took
At the end of the game, Austin looked ill and very distressed, evidently suffering from the effect
öf the intense heat.-Reuter,"
Perry Wins
Auteuils, Later.
commanding position, Perry Britain has definitely assumed
the first stanza at 6-3 after lead-also winning his single match ing at 41.
against Cochet to give the Old Country" a lead of two games to mil..
This match was more exciting than the Austin-Merlin affair and went the full distance before Perry won it.
Although somewhat shaken after losing the first set. Merlin played with grim determination in the second set and though he lost the first four games, took it to ten games before he lost it. This time Austin made some bad mis-.. The scores in Perry's favour takes, and played into Merlin's were: 8-10; 6-4; 6-6; 3-6 and 6-4. hands, giving him some easy-Reuter,
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY JULY 29, 1933
MR. CORDELL HULL
Talk. Of His Resigna- tion
POSITION HAS BECOME
** INCONGRUOUS
THOSE CORAL ISLANDS
BANDITS ENTER CHIANG KAI SHEK
YINGKOW
Urged Not To Attack
Nanking Urged To 2 MOHAMMEDAN YOUTHS
Lodge Strong Protest
TAKEN CAPTIVE
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The Christian'
General
Shanghai, July 28,
A DASTARDLY CRIME
General's Bodyguard
Shot To Death
(From Our Special Correspondentă,
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Canton, July 98.
A bodyguard of General Li
Vingchow, July 28. Within two hundred yards of Nanking, July 29. the Newchwang Club, seven The Foreign Office has received bandits" entered the home of a
Public bodies here engaged in telegrams from public organisa-prominent native. Mohammedan national salvation activities yes- -New York, July 28.
tions
requesting that a strong merchant, named Chang Sung terday sent a joint telegram to The New York Herald-Tribune Washington Correspondent says"
srotest be lodged with the French Pui; midst heavy rain at two this General Chiang Kai Shek, Chair Yang Ching, commanding officer. Government regarding their oc-morning, demanding funds. man of the Nanking Military of the third Kwangtung army, that there is a talk that Mr. eupation of the group of coral The bandits accepted" fifteen Commission, persuading him not was killed by bullet wounds at Cordell Hull is resigning from islands. between Borneo, Indo-pairs of gold bracelets, three to attack or oppress General Feng 2 a.m. this morning on the Tung- the post of Secretary of State China and the Philippines-thousand dollars in cash in con- Yu Hsiang, leader of the people's shan golf ground near Mow Ye owing to his treatment at the Reuter.
sideration nor to remove their anti-Japanese allied forces.
Kong. He was murdered by one. President's hands and the inter- [It will be recalled that an ear victim but insisted on taking his
These bodies celebrated the re or more unknown assailants who vention of Dr. Moley at the lier message was to the effect that two sors ns hostages for further capture of Doldnor st
the fired abont twelve revolver shots. World Economic Conference. the islands are known in Chinese
Y.M.GA. in Frenchtown last The newspaper," says that as the Sisha Group and are mostly payments,
populated by Chinese fishermen. A police sentry fired on the night and by a unanimous resolu- it is hinted in inner They are considered to be under band when leaving. The sentry tion sent a congratulatory tele circles of the Adminisration Chinese Soversignity].
was reproved by them for running grim to General Feng for his that Mr. Hull's position has
risks of a reprisal, whereupon.he military success and noble aims, become incongruous.” Mean- Canton's Attitude
retired to a nearby police-box with a connecting telephone to all stations.
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while President Roosevelt has cubled Mr. Hull an invitation to stay at his New York home and this is regarded as the first step towards appeasement-Reuter.
The President Encouraged
(From Qui Special Correspondent).
CANTON, July 23. Regarding the French occupa tion of the coral islands, the South-west Political Council decid-
ed this morning to refer the mat- ter to the Kwangtung Provincial Council for consideration and ac- tion..
More Objections
CANTON, July 28.
Washington, July 28. President Roosevelt is greatly encouraged by the country's response to his re-employment campaign and has decided to High officials of the South-West assume new powers in forcing in-are surprised and bhocked to learn the French occupation of the Coral dustries to adopt the Wage and Hour Codes:
It is now announced that after August S: the President may fix the hours and wages of all indus- tries which have not filed their own codes.--Reuler.
SILVER MARKET
(From Our Own Correspondent)
LONDON, July 28. FOLLOWING ARE THE BILVER QUOTATIONS OX THE LONDON MARKET TO-DAY?
July 28
July 27 SPOT
IE
15.3/16 FORWARD...... 19.7/18 181
THE LONDON ON NEW YORK CROSS RATE TO-DAY WAS: £I= $4.461.
TO REDUCE WHEAT PRODUCTION
Islands which was proclaimed by
Notwithstanding measures tak en, the raiding party succeeded in accomplishing their exit, from the town at about dawn.Reuter
Rescued From Kidnappers
Yingkow, July 28 Two of the Mohammedan captives returned safely at 10 o'clock this morning.
A telegram was also sent to the South-west Political Council ask ing it to send troops to the Yang- tsze Valley as reinforcements for General Feng."
Five shots found their raark in the body of the soldier, who, it is thought, died instantly. Owing to the fusillade of shots, the Police from the Tungshan statioît thought that a gun battle was on and rushed to the scene only to find a dead body in a pool of blood.
As the spot is close to the In another telegram to the Canton-Kowloon Railway northern generals, this gathering guard, got to the scene first and urged that all Chinese troops be found a Mauser pistol in the used only for repelling Japanese possession of the deceased. The invasion and asked the military police do not think that robbery commanders not to be utilized by was the motive, as the pistol, à selfish individual.....
which is, valued at about #150, WBs not taken away.
The local Association for the Support and Relief to the Volun toers telegraphed to General Chiang Shek urging him not to allied forces. It pointed out that fight the people's anti-Japanese in case Chiang @ troops are victorious, they would become the by village volunteers who were laughing stock for winning only armed with muskets and obsolete in civil war, while if the Nanking weapons who attacked the bandit forces are defeated the result will Party, killing two and scattering be disastrous,Central Press, the remaining five.
ful exit, were intercepted in the
The kidnappers, after a succese the French Government on July 25,
There are altogether After village of Hanchis, five miles east islands in the archipelago of which of Newchwang at eight o'clock nine important and strategic ones are now occupied by the French. Known in China as Second Sai Sha Islands, they are located at latti- tude 15-17 degrees North and langitude 110-121 degrees East,
According to the local vernacular Press, the Chinese Government has long recognized these islands as Chinese possessions, as they are included in the map of China and are the homes of Chinese fisher- men, who regard the islands as Chinese territory,
"'
Located, between the Philippine Islands and Indo-China, the Coral Inlandse regarded by the Bu
The captives returned home under a strong, escort of armed villagers.-Reuter.
SOVIET TRAINTM HELD UP
thorities here within the sphere 18 RUSSIAN EMIGRES ON
of
the South-West, and local officials are making a sudy of the legal position of the matter. In their siew, China has been in law-
BOARD
Chiang Severely Censured
CANTON, July 26.
GENERAL Chiang Kai Shek, chairman of the Nanking mili tary commission, is censured in a
General Li Yang Ching's re- sidence is within seven minutes from the place where his body-
that the guard was on his way guard was killed, and it appears home from the city. Because of
health, the general has been remaining at his mansion at Plum Blossom Village for the past seven months, while his troops are scattered bleween the eastern districts of Kwangtung and South Kiangsi.
THE KULING PARLEY
circular telegram by the Kuomia And Its Secret Plans
tang office of the local Sun Yat Sen University for "mobilising his troops to stamp out the anti Japanese forces in Charsar,
SHANGHAI, July 28.
FOLLOWING the close of the
Kuling conference; General
HABBIN, July 28.
The telegram, in part, follows." ***** ful occupation of these islands by MANCHUKUO frontier guards
The Nanking government never Chiang Kai Shek has decided to occupied by the French, this act belonging to the Ussuri Railway the signing of a compromise BRTC-Anhui, Honam, Kiangaly 150,000 the laws of nations, and if they are corted to Pogranitchaays a train aggression. This was indicated by 360,000 soldiers to garrison Hupeh, yesterday surrounded and es- believes in resisting Japanese train 180 regimenta of shout
is nothing short of invasion.
Chinese Press reports state that which had entered Manchukuo tex mant with the Japanese at Shang and Chekiang. Already · 150,000 the Chinese fishermen were ejected the border city, presy a number of miso pact, with the Japanespat tensive training of three months following the French occupation ritory and steamed to the west of hay in March 1832. Then again men have been recruited.
presumably to take Nanking signed (another compro This new army will undergo in. from the islands. The adjacent Soviet citizens and all their belong Tangka bartering away the four and will be tumed into seasoned waters are rich in fishes, and beings back to Russia
north-eastern provinces. fore the French uccupation Chinese ing there. Central Press.
PREMIER CLOSES WORLD ECONOMIC U.S. GOVERNMENT ISSUES
W.E.C. SESSION
MAY REASSEMBLE IN A
FEW MONTHS
London, July 27.
CONFERENCE
STATEMENT
troops. All. kammissioned qfficers
LONDON PRESS COMMENT HAS indication of the Govern- fishermen made a comfortable liv. It is alleged that 18 Soviet cit The reason is that, Nanking from second lieutenant up have to
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LONDON, July 28. THE exodus of the World Econo With a single knock of the of lengthy leaders in this morning's mic Conference is the subject hammer, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald | London Newspapers, which, gener. declared the session of the World, ally, recognise the failure to reach Economic Conference.ended.
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WASHINGTON, July 27. ment's efforts to reduce the production of wheat to the level of requirements for domestic pur
poses is contained in a statement issued by the Secretary of Agri culture.
The announcement Bays that
wheat production allotments total- ling 436,199,000 bushels for next the bonuses to be paid to farmers year will be used as the basis for agreeing, to reduce their acreage up to twenty per cento
PROSPERITY PUSH IN AMERICA
The allotment represents fifty- A four per cent of the average pro duction of the United States over in a period of five years.
zens boarded the train, together with their baggage, although none of them had outward visas and no
Customs examination of their be
troops never made a strong stand take an eath to support the mill against the enemy under the excusetary commission sa well as the that they are too powerful. But Blue Shirt Party of which Gen-·-
eral Chiang is the alleged leader.
General Feng Yu Hsiang is coura
longings had been made.
geous enough to fight the Japanese The Soviet Consul General M. and has thus angered General Slavutsky, protested to Manchu Chiang Kai Shek, who has an un kuo, demanding the release of the derstanding with Japan not to re train, which is being detained at sist their invasion: Pogranitchnays.
This act is nothing short of M. Slavatsky also communicated sedition on the part of Nanking with the Manchukuo Foreign Let us rise up to support General Office, demanding the release of 15 Feng Yu Hsiang and at the same Soviet youths who were arrested time put down the traitors and by Manchukuo frontier guards cowards."-Central Press: when they creased over the frontier near Pogranitchnaya yesterday.--- Reuter.
Manchukuo Troops in Dolonor? PELPING, July 26.
Retrocession Of Occupied Districts
The Kuling conference was sold General to have decided that Chiang should be appointed as generalissimo of land, sea and air. forces in place of his present chair- manship of the military affairs Chiang has supreme military, сопитівают. As generalissimo, avel and serial power without calling any meeting of a commis
sion.
Appointment will be made short- ly by the National Government at Nanking. The conference has map- ped out 4 concrete plan vis-a-vis the Southwest which has, criticized the jelly-like foreign policy of Nanking, though this plan is kept in secret and known only to those who took part in the meeting... Central Prest.
TREMENDOUS DRIVE agreement on the subjects on the
LAUNCHED agenda, as inevitable in view of the The delegates trooped out after grave world economic conditions.
WASHINGTON, July 27. Mr. James Cox, on behalf of the In this connection, The „Times'
TREMENDOUS drive to Conference, thanked His Majesty declares that although the Confer
launch a big prosperity push for opening, Mr. MacDonald for cal results, it has succeeded in ence itself has achieved no practi-
the United States was.com his able presidency, and the doing a great deal of the spade-
menced to-day. Farmers agreeing to reduce their British Government for their work necessary to enable the next acreage will be paid a bounty of broadcast messages and street cor Newspaper appeals, nation wide generous hospitality.
Conference to accomplish some twenty-eight cents a bushel on the fner orations were all exploited Mr. MacDonald and Mr. thing more definite
alloted production, from money to the drive, while a fleet of aero The Peiping Chronicle this morn It is clear that it is of no use be provided from the general pro- planes distributed" seventy-sevening quotes a spokesman of the Neville Chamberlain briefly re-l
i meeting again before the results of cessing tax on millers-Reuter million blank forms to employers Military Council ag stating that plied.
the great experiment in America is
Adjournment in London. in all the States.
Manchukup troops have moved In his final speech, the Premier, sufficiently clear to enable Pre-
LONDON, July 72. The whole country was also food into Charhar and occupied Do Isaid:-
PRIPING, July 28 While no agreement has yet beened with a great recruiting pos lonor. sident Roosevelt to adopt a definite
reached, policy regarding the exchange prospects that present difficulties
there are reasonable tr.
An official spokesman of the and Directors of the Public A TRAIN osrrying Magistrates At this point we adjourn not value of the dollar and the whole will be adjusted it further consul- Chevrolet Company at Detroit have sponse to enquiries, that there is reached Changli late last evening Chiumenkow and Bhachaikuan
Meanwhile, it is stated that the Council informs Reuter, in re Safety for retroceded districts, kow, Hsilengkow, Lengkow and at because we are defeated or dis economic and financial relationship tations are arranged, states couraged, but because the com- between the United States and the official communique concerning the forty thousand employees by fif that the town is still policed by Shanhaikuan, maka
an increased the hourly wages of their no truth in this report, the fact and is this morning proceeding to During the last twenty-four mittee require a little longer to rest of the world-leuter. wheat restriction discussions which teen percent while in order to per 1,000 of General Feng Yu Shiang's The Hope Provincial Governgulars of Li Oki Chun passed continue their deliberations and
have been adjourned until August mit full co-operation in President troops, who have been there since ment has received telegram from through Tieftain on their way to to consider their conclusions. You
Roosevelt's programme, the Goy the main body of General Feng's the new Magistrates at Fengjun Machang for dispersal, but the men The adjournment has been decid-ernor of New York State has ask forces withdrew Reuterstand, Ningho reporting that they are dispersing themselves en route. ed upon in order to give the dele-ed the State Legislature to suspend. gates an opportunity to consult the anti-trust laws
Wang Going to Kuling, have assumed duties and are from Tangshan had only 900 when One train which carried 1,200 men with their governments. LONDON, July 23,·
It is unofficially cstimated that It is learnt that Mr. Wang Ching Chinese press this morning de the second batch of men of a thou
NANKIND, July 25. over from Li Chi Chun's nominees. The four oversease exporting thanks to the rise in grain prices, Wei is leaving for Nanking from clare that, when the retrocession of sand strong was reduced by four the train reached Tientsin, while velt intends to temporarily aban ment in principle on how to co- in June was thirty-seven per cent ended yesterday, intend still to maintain patrol In addition, 900 men der inay be more vital, your Bureau don the devaluation of the dollar operate in the proposed Wheat greater than in June 1932 Reuter. It is reported that Mr. Wang posts inside the Great Wall. It is peared from the third train which will appoint an Executive Com- caused it strengthen in terms of Plan and have reached an under- nittee of various chairmen and sterling to 4.51 st opening of the standing with the Danubian. coun-
telegraphed to the Canton leaders, stated that much posts will be had only 80 men on board when rapporteurs who have been guid- Foreign Exhange Market. It tries concerning the latter's parts
stating that the Kuling Conference tablistou at Nautienmen, Kuperthe train passed through Tientsin. ing the work since the conference hardened to 4.33 but eased later to cipation in the scheme.
has found it necessary to proceed
Reuter on the re-division of the Provinces, opened.
on next column) as was agreed in principle at the fourth Plenary Session, "of the Central Executive Council
will therefore please consider ...
the resolution as keeping the machinery in being, instructing
your Bureau to remain in active
ONLY A RUMOUR!
21,
hours tree trains carrying, irreg
life. To ensure that the activity RUMOURS that President Boose countries have reached an agree the cash income of the farmers Kuliar the Conferance there have the areng 18 complete the Japanese hundred when Tientsin was reach.
As President both of the Bureau and of that Executive
4.45 on the absence of a confirma tion `report, Reuter,
Negotiations aiming at Russino co-operation are also being con- tinued. Reuter.
"OLicago, Prices Rise,
CHICAGO, July. 27.
HUANG FU TO PROCEED
TO KULING
NANKING, July 27.
Committee, I promise this work balanced budgets, undeveloped re-
AN official despatch from Kuling "Excited buying caused a sharp to-day states that General will be done as quickly as pos- sources is a challenge to the rise in wheat to-day, the price Chiang Rai Sher lane at an sible. I can give no dates for the
capacity of Governments. souring seven cents a bushel on urgent telegram to General Huang essential part of work is to be in
The impossible we
cannot opening to-day following reports of Fu insisting that he proceed to tricate and a number of opposing perform "But we are convinced a further probable deterioration of Kuling, in order to discuss the views and proposals will have to that there is a very large field
the Canadian crop. Benter.
Chathar Problem. ↑ be examined.
Surplus for the Orient. 1 M2 Tiếng Dung Món which is not yet explored and
WASHINGTON, July 27, Mr Wang Ching Wer's spoke My fellow delegates and my cultivated. Therefore I bid you The Chief Administrator of the in aminterview with the Press self, however, share the view adieu in the firm conviction that Form Relief Act has indicated itated that since the Kuling that the conditions of things before many months I shall wel wheat growers on the Pacific const military affairs Mr. Wang has that he is considering assisting Conference mainly dealt with which we are facing such as un- come you once again. Heuter to export their surpuls grain to not participated in any formal Con employment, bankruptcies, un-and British Wireles
the Orient-Re
ferences. Reuter,
The telegram requests the opin ion of the Southern leaders there- on-Reuter
Sussex Win
LONDON, July 28, Sussex beat Derly by 169 ruBR"
Score Alimen 30s (Pope 7 for 84) feed a wind Bussex-902 (Capson 5 for 50) and Derby 190 (Cornford 8 for 28) and 152 (Bowley 4 for 34)-Reuter
COUGH LINCTUS
HIGHLY RECOMMEN
BRONCHITIS AND ALSO
COUGHS,
PROTECTION OF THE CHEST AND THROAT-
Prepared Bolely bysizmi?
FOR THE
QUEEN'S DISPENSARY CHEMISTS & DRUGGISTS
LONG TONG