INSANITY OR JUST ACTING?
Incident In Leipzig Fire Trial
Leipzig, Sept. 22. After the remarkable incident, the Court adjourned, in order to permit Vanderlubbe to consult the the Dutch advocate, Stomps, who was refused entry to the Court yes- terday.
The Incident started when the Prosecutor read a Dutch newspaper which contained the allegation that the prison authorities retain- ed a letter from the family of Vanderlubbe concerning his de fence.
As a consequence, the family ap- pealed for President von Hinden- burg's assistance.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1933.
PYRAMID-LIKE
-TANK
To Strengthen Defences
Havana, Sept. 22. The street defences were strong- a mental specialist was called in
thened last night by a contrivance to testify to his sanity. The doc-looking like a pyramid on wheels tor declared that the Dutchman was normal although he was not prepared to assert "whether Van- | derlubbe's behaviour was natuTHI" or that it was consummate acting.
which upon, examination, maybe identined as a home-made tank manned by Cuban soldiers.
JAPANESE AND THE SOVIET
Alleged Plan To Seize Railway
Moscow, Sepi, 22.
A sharp protest against alleged Japanese plane to change the ad- ministration of the Chinese Eastern Railway has been lodged by M. Sokolnikoff, former Soviet Ambas sador in Britain, to the Japanese This engine rumbled up to the Ambassador in loscow. Presidential Palace where it will The Russian Nota declares The President remarked that yes-
be used to further protect Prest-that the proposed changes
inadmissible and appear to by terday's outbursts of laughter sug-dent San Martin.
There was further shooting in hothing short of 11 gested insanity, and the specialist
"attempt revealed that Vanderlubbe had be
the capital lats night when the to seize the railway 'absolutely
to
tibe violate gun his hunger strike in prison mob attempted to sack the rest- und
existing in order to expedite the trial, but
dence of the son-in-law of ex-order, particularly the rights of the he shortly desisted.
Soviet manager of the railway, making him dependent on his Man.. churian assistant.
The proceedings were enlivened by the declaration of the police-
Fresident Machado.-Reuter.
BTC
Vanderlubbe, when questioned by president that Breslau was deny- CHAOS REIGNS IN Nate, that the Manchiarian authori
the president, emphatically declaring the statement against the ed that he had not received the letter, adding that he supposed the letter was in the prison.----Reuter.
Vanderlubbes' demeanour in the dock was so inane yesterday that
DISARMAMENT "PROBLEM
Parleys To Be Resumed
London, Sept. 22.
The Anglo-French conversations
Naals in tile "Brown Book of Ger- man Terror," or that he headed the party which fired the Reich- stag. He explained that it was Gleiwitz the whole time-Reiter.
MR. MONTAGU
NORMAN
Puzzled. Over" U.S. Economic Experiment
London, Sept. 21.
AN
the role of modesty to-day in an ad- dress to the Directors of the Bank. It appears that the American economic experiment is too puzzl- ing, changes so often and is evolv- ing with too much uncertainty for him to be able to make "any sort of guess regarding the future.
Mr. Montagu Norman, the 90- on the draft disarmament 'conven- | called Mystery Man,,of the Bank tion will be resumed to-MOTTOW of England, again assumed following a luncheon to be given at the Embassy in Paris by the British Ambassador, Lord Tyrrell.! Sir John Simon and Captain Anthony Eden will fly to Paris to- morrow morning to take part in the conversations and will be ...joined by Mr. Stariley Baldwin, who
is at present in the French capital. So continuous and so great are The French Government repre- the changes that no-one who is sentatives" will be the Premley, M.not on the spot is up-to-date, he Daladler and the Foreign "Minis- declared in to-day's meeting of the „ter, M. Paul Boncour.
Directors.
Sir John Simon and Captain Eden, with M. Boncour, will leave for Geneva for the League Coun- cil and Assembly meetings at the conclusion of the conversation and M. Daladier will probably travel Geneva on Monday.-British ..Wireless,
to
OBITUARY
Sir A. K. Wright
PROMINENT BANKER
land.
London, Sept 21.
"Nothing that I found while I was in Amerca would be of the It is a slightest interest to you. fortnight since I was there and in that fortnight a new situation, almost a new country, has grown up there."Reuter,
INSTITUTES OF
SCIENCE
Finances To Come Under One Control
· London, Sept. 21. The proposal of the Imperial The death occurred to-day. Inį Committee on economic consulta- tragic circumstances of Sir Alex- tion and co-operation, that the ander K. Wright, the general man-administrative and financial con- ager of the Royal Bank of Scot-trol of the Imperial Institute of Entomology and the Imperial My- Sir Alexander was attending a cological Institute, should hence- funeral in Edinburgh, when he forward be entrusted to the Execu
and suddenly collapsed passed tive Council of the Imperial Agri- away-Reuter.
cultural Bureaux will take effect Alexander Kemp Wright, general from October 1: The Prime Minis- manager of the Royal Bank, of ter has sent a letter to Lord Bux- Scotland, and deputy chairman of ton, who has acted as Chairman the Scottish National Savings Com- | of both Committees since 1922, ex- mittee, was a son of the late Mr. pressing appreciation of the work Andrew Wright, Methven, Perth-carried out by them-British Wire- ahire. He was educated there, con-less. tinuing his studies privately in
also went Edinburgh, where he through
я course and economics at the Univer- sity. gaining several prizes, and afterwards passing as a law agent. He received his early practical "training in banking, and law in Perth, and has successively held the position in the head office of the Royal Bank of Scotland "of inspector, head of the law depart- ment, superintendent of branches, and secretary, and from 1917 was general manager of the Bank
CUBA
Ten Foreigners In State Of Seize
Havana, Sept. 21. Protected by only six "rural guards" or local military, seven British citizens and three Ameri- cans are isolated in Soledad sugar. mill, with the prospect of facing a mob of two thousand" workers.
"The workers are growng In-
WAR SUPPLIES PROFESSOR MOLEY AND FOR BLAGOVES.
INFLATION
CHENSK
Gas Masks And Parades
Changchun, Sept. 22.
President Roosevelt Warned Of The Dangers
New York, Sept. 22.
hitherto have had no materi effect.
An unending stream. of war sup- President Roosevelt it not like plies, including field-guns, is flowy to be stampeded into an infaj The journal, "Commerce," how- ing into Blagoveschenk, on the tionary plan though Professor Mo- ever, belleves there is a possibility Soviet-Manchukuo border, accordley is reported to favour infiation, of a devaluation in the dollar of ing to official reports, which state but the banker, Mr. Warburg, has forty per cent. by December. that the Soviet troops there are
The initial spurt in the Recovery warned the President of the dang-
Programme has slowed" down, the equipped with gas masks and carry ers of the step.
Industrial Conference board re- out "demonstration parades' al-
porting a decline in business activ most daily.
ity during the six weeks ending September 16, excepting in build- ing and engineering." On the contrary, the NIRA. chief statis ticlan claims twenty-five per sent: success and two-and-half million re-employed-Reuter.
12
Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve Bank is accumulating increased mised here, is to dissuade
The purpose of these, it is mur
the reserves of gold in open market Manchukuo from taking any dras-purchases.
tic step in regard to the contem- The weakness of the dollar ex- plated reforms in the adzhinistra- † change. financial writers opine, is tion and operation of the Chinese due to the fight of capital and Eastern Railway..
credit expansion measures which
.
It is also learned, says the Soviet
ties, under the direction of agents
In view of the serious- of the Japanese Government, are
ness of the situation 83 seen planning police measures against through the eyes of Manchukuo Soviet employees of the ER. ***
officialdom - one hundred and fifty The Soviet Ambassador in Tokyo police officers have been harried- has been instructed to make a stately despatched to Helpo, opposite ment on similar lines to the Japan ese Government.-Reuter".
SİLVER MARKET
(From Our Own Correspondent;
London, Sept. 22. Following are the Silver Quota-
and day:*
creasingly violent and they are
Blagoveschenak.
INFLATION NOT A PANACEA
THE 1934 TESTS
Washington, Sept. 21. Australians Preparing
Talk of inflation is still in the tration remains undefined despite air and the policy of the Adminis-
the declaration of Mr. Wallace that inflation is not a panacea. :i
It is understood that the Ad- ministration is now' carefully con- Mdering a plan for a controlled dollar with a arm purchasing
Meanwhile L-General Kolso, Chief of Staff of the Kwangtung Army, who has just completed a tour of North Manchuria, expresses his arm conviction that Manchu-
Sydney, Sept. 22. kuo troops and police forces should
The Australian cricketers will be be despatched to the North to
leaving Freemantle. on March 26,
· 1934. for England.-Reuter. quell any disturbance which might arise from the extremely alarm-
The Selector".) ing movement of Soviet troops to
Sydney, Sept. 22 the frontier."
could be established. He adds, "The Soviet is mobiliz-power, through which price levels Bushby visited England as de- legate to the Imperial Conference It is pointed out that the Presí- in 1925/6 Sidney Smith, a form- dent is empowered to fix the gold er manager, withdrew his nomina- content of the dollar for any stat-tion and the Board, has decided to ed period, either month by month. send fifteen players on the tour or by a ninety-day period.-Reuter and nominated Woodfull, Dolling
and Dwyer as selectors-Reuter,
demanding that they be fed while tions on the London market-to-ing a powerful force of troops
they strike for higher pay shorter hours.
Spol Forward
along the Northern border of Man-
The strikers evacuated the "mill
Sept. 22 Sept. 21 chukuo and is building strong de- 18+ 18 fensive works, Manchukuo, should after the local authorities had
181 18
take measures to see that her promised to feed them free of charge, but have threatened to re- The London on New York cross rights are preserved and respect turn to-morrow - their wage de-rate to-day closed at £-U. ed."-Reuter.
$4.773 mands are not met.
In Havana, similarly anxious conditions prevail.
There is a shortage of bread fol- lowing the closure of the whole- sale provision houses, which re- jected their employees' demands for higher wages. They have ceased to deliver foodstuffs to retailers.
Many minor strikes have broken out and the longshoremen are re- fusing to handle Canadian pro- ducts while Canada continues to give shelter to, ex-President Ma- chade. In consequence, Canadian exporters are only shipping for cash with order.
One man was killed to-day when officers guarding the house of Senor Obregon, the son-in-law of General Machado, fired on a mob which was attempting to sack the building last night.
Forty arrests were made.
The situation is growing anxious antd cavalry are now patrolling the streets in the neighbourhood of the Presidential Palace-Reuter.
HALLELUJAH!
Berlin, Sept. 22. The Evangelical Church of Saxony bas banned "Halle lujah from its services" cause it was, a Hebrew ex- pression!' -Reuter,
SIDKY PASHA RESIGNS
be
NEW DICTIONARY A Loss To Egyptian
COMPLETED
Publication Of A Supplement
LONDON, Sept. 21. The new Oxford English diction ary, which has been in the process of publication since 1854, and is the largest dictionary in the world, has now been brought up-to-data by the publication of a supplement,
He was a leading member of the Scottish Savings Committee since Its inception in 1918, and acted as deputy chairman for a number of years. He played an important part in the various War Loan cam paigns, and no mall measure of the continued success of the say ings movement in Scotland was 1928 but in the work, which repres
exertions.
The last volume of the main body of the dictionary was published in
Government
CAIRO, Sept. 21 The Prime Minister, Sidky Pasha, has tendered his resigna tion on the ground of ill health, an announcement which will cause some concern in British quarters. Sidky Pasha has enjoyed a great reputation for honesty of purpose and strength of character and his disappearance from leadership of the country will be deeply regret ted.
He began his career in the EgyË- tian: Civil Service and his duties
brought him frequently into contact with British officials and be won their esteem both by his intelligence
due to bis unremitting interest and ents a complete scientific diction and by his unusual gift of being Both by speech and ary of the English language, a sup able to grasp a financial problem, pen he did a great deal to popu-plement was essential to cover-Reuter. larise the Savings Certificate and words introduced into the language spread the gospel of thrift.n
as the result of modern, develop-
He served on two Treasury Com-ments in many fields. mittee, 1923, and the Lubbock
Flying, motoring, wireless and Committee, 1925 which dealt with cinematography are oybious exam- important questions, affecting the ples of such developments which savings movement
practically "unknown when the first letters of the alphabet were dealt with in the dictionary. —British Wireleán, ke
He was a director of the F. and 0. Banking Corporation (Ltd) and the Scottish Equitable Life"; As="| surance Boeléty, and also a mem- ber of the Local Board of Drum- monds Branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland in London, being well known in financial circles in the City,He was honorary treasurer of the Omcers Association, Scot tish Branch (Earl Haig's Appeal), since its institution in, 1920. He was a Deputy Lieutenant of the city of Edinburgh, and received the CBET in 1922,
R.101 DISASTER
FASCIST PARTY IN CANADA
Claim Of 25,000 Members
MONTERAL, Sept. 21. London, Sept. 21. Canadian Fascist Party, with A Memorial to those who lost membership of 16,000, bas beef their lives in the disaster at Be-formed. AR VIENA
The Party, which is based on the auvais, France, to the airship R101 in 1930 will be unveiled on October Federation of Labour Club of
14 The Prime Minister hopes to Quebec, has adopted a Nati-like visit Beauvalt for the ceremony, uniform and the Nazi saluteReus
British Wireless.
AFGHANISTAN
AND JAPAN
Closer Friendly And Economic Bonds
Tokyo, Sept. 22, Ministers plenipotentiary, and envoys extraordinary will be ex- changed between: Afghanistan and Japan to draw closer the friendly
and economic bonds in pursuance of the new arrangement just con- cluded.
Habibullahi Khan, the first Afghan Minister to Japan sailed from Bombay on September 20 for Tokyo.
The Japan Foreign Omice have already demanded the necessary appropriation to establish a Lega- tion in Afghanistan In next year's Budget. In the meantime, the Japanese Government are sending a special diplomatic mission to Afghanistan to fill the gap, pend- ing the approval of the necessary appropriation by the Diet.-Reuter.
AIR ATTACHE TO
CHINA
Wing Comdr. Willock Appointed
London, Sept. 22. Wing Commander R. P. Willock has been appointed Air Attache to China and will be sailing towards the end of October though he has not decided where to reside...
He has had distinguished per- vices in Egypt, Irak and Kurdis- tan.--Reuter.
THE RICE TAX
No Reduction Made
TO BOOST COMMODITY
PRICES.
Washington, Sept. 21. "In pursuance of a new method
A Real Surprise.
Bydney, Sept. 22.
H. Bushby, the Tasmanian dele- gate to the Board of Control has been appointed ; manager of the Australian Cricketers for England". of boosting commodity prices, Pre-
in 1934.-It was a real surprise as sident Roosevelt has ordered the it was generally thought that the Government purchase of surplus selection lay between Kelly and beef, dairy and poultry products. Boyce: Canton, Sept. 22.
Bull, of New South Wales has-
The Central Press is authorita- tively informed to-day that the rice tax has not been reduced as erroneously reported
some papers but remains at one dollar national currency for a plcul. The tax on rice grain is 60 cents national currency per picul.
.Grains of rice or paddy ars
cotton and "cotton seed to the value of about $75,000,000,
It is understood that the com--" modities thus procured will be turned over for use in relief work and not retained as a hang-over on the market,
been
team."
elected treasurer of the
No Leg Theory"
London, Sept. 22. According to the "Evening News."
A deputation of Southern States the M.C.C. has definitely instruct- cotton growers was to-day recely-ed. Jardine not to use leg theory ed at the White House where they bowling in India. The statement, different from rice, hence the tax urged President Roosevelt to ar- however, has not been confirmed. on each commodity is diferent. range for the Government pur--Reuter This is clearly stated in the om-chase of half the present cotton clal notification
crop at fteen cents a pound as which is in Chinese
a means of raising' prices and controlling production.
Rice grains are inclued in the new system of taxation, because if they are not included they may be imported here free from tax and sold as rice after the husks
are removed-Central Press.
UNEMPLOYMENT
London, Sept. 22. The number of unem. ployeds shrunk by 65,000 during the fortnight ending September 15. The number.
is now roughly 4,065,000.-
Reuter.
WILEY POST CRASHES"
New York, Sept. 21, The famous airman, Wiley Post, hero of a wonderful round-the world fight a few weeks ago, was seriously injured to-day" when he crashed in taking off from Monroe Airport in Illinois-Reuter.
CURRENCY PACT RUMOURS
President Roosevelt In Consultations
New York, Sept. 21.
ment of currency pact between The possibility of the arrange-
United States and Britain for fix ing the reltalonship between the dollar and the pound is reported to be under consideration by Pre- sident Roosevelt
It is suggested by the Washing→ tón correspondent of the "New York Evening Post who is res ponsible for the report, that the Jasue has arisen in connection with the forthcoming Adgin-American war debt negotiations.
GORDON BENNETT RACE
Won By The Polish
5 Balloonists.
vesia Washington, Sept. 21: The National Aeronautical · AS“
The President promised in ears ly decision.--Reuter
SURPLUS SUPPLIES
M.C.C. Tourists Leave For India
London, Sept. 22 The M.C.C. team under the captaincy of D. R. Jardine, sailed by the 8.8. Mooltan for India from Tulbury to-day.
The team 18 Jardine, Valentine, Walters, Levett, Marriott, Human, New York, Sept. 22. James Langridge, Nichol, Verity, The President's authorisation for Townsend, Bakewell, Clark, Gre the Government to purchase sur-gory, Barnett, Mitchell and Elliott plus supplies for distribution 'to the unemployed is regarded as sop to the discontented farming sections to bolster the declining prices of their products, especially in view of the discrepancy caused by the advance in the prices of manufactured articles.-Reuter.
FIGHT WITH REDS
Fifty Killed: Twenty Taken
Cantor, Sept. 22. The second division of the first Kwangtung army engaged the Reds at Mei Jen Hang, north of Shun- Feng and defeated them after a two-hour battle, when the Communists retired in the direc- tion of Hsing Kno.
and
KWANGSI AIR FORCE
Aviation School To Be Opened
Canton, Sept. 22.. The twelve airplanes from Kwangsi will leave here to- morrow for Liuchow after having taken part in the air pageant here last Wednesday. Bad weather prevented the return earlier.
The Kwangsi Air Force has forty, planes, and more fighting machines have been ordered from the United States. An aviation school is being constructed in Linchow and will enroll students Fifty Reds were killed t some 20 Commpist men and as soon as construction is com- Three pleted. women were captured.
Air officers from Kwangsi to- machine guns and 20 rifles were
day visited the Shih Ching arsenal also taken.
and the cement works in Honan and Sai Chuen-Central Press,
In the Fukien front, the pro vincial forces and the 19th Route Army have driven the Reds out from northern Fukien. As the tension has leased off, General Tesi Ting Kai, commanding officer of the 19th Route Army, has switched a portion of his
NO FIRE CRACKERS!
East Indies Introduce New Law
Batavia, Sept. 21.
Following the example of the Straits Settlements, the Nether-
sociation has declared the Polish troops to the west in an effort to Balloon winner of the annual Gor-recapture Lion Cheng and Changland East Indies is taking steps don Bennet Trophy The United Ting. Central Press. States was second, with "Good- year Balloon, Germany, Belgium and France occupying the next four places.
to ban the use of firecrackers. --
This has evoked a strong, pro- test from the Chinese commatimitles Thin Batavia and Bourabaya, who contend that the Government has
RED ARMY LEADERS ARRESTED
mudu no, right to interfere in rebgious
sijez ubservances.
also contend that, if the nent insists on the ban, 16 take over the stocks of fre held by merchante ate them for any loss, be defray the expense of
stocks to Chi
He says that President Roosevelt The distances achieved were: has been consulting with Professor Foland 846 miles, United - Stater" Moley, Mr. Warburg the banker 776 miles, "Goodreazz 392 miles
Rida, Sept. 21 and other leading experts in con- Germany 251 Anddlesz. Beldum: 220
The O.G.P.U has arrested nection with the proposal miles and Trazice 165 tale
There seems to be a suggestion The Folish pilots were lost in ammatin, bend of the Milita
Academy,” and, sowen majors of the that Mr. Montagu Norman's re- the Canadian bush for cent visit to the United States as were discovered near Quebec in a Red Army, for alleged anti-Stalin was not entirely disconnected with thoroughly exhausted conditionist activities, according to confir
Henter "such a currency pact. Reuter
ed-reports from Moscow.