MIDDLE WEST FARMERS
GO ON STRIKE
"We Will Pay No Taxes"
SENATOR HARRISON'S PLAN FOR INFLATION
St. Paul, Minnesota, Oct. 20. The Farm Holiday Association yesterday called, a general strike in. the farming industry. The stoppage will commence at t-morrow. Reuter.
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1933.
REICHSTAG FIRE EUROPE READY ARMISTICE DAY ALL-KWANGTUNG CANTON-SWATOW
TRIAL
Interest Flares Up
Berun, October 20.
For Any Eventualities
London, October 20. A prevailing uneasiness Interest in the Reichstag Fire caused by the recent develop- Trial nared up when Count Hell-ments in Geneva and elsewhere dort, the young Nazi Storm Troop in the continent is reflected in leader, now the Police President of
Potsdam, described the actions on
the day of the fire and declared t European Governments are was a pure invention and story taking vigorous steps to streng that he dred the Reichstag. Re- then their frontier defences in plying Torgier admitted that he ordered the arrest of Communists order to meet any possible and Socialists on the night of the eventualities. fire on his own responsibility as he thought it was high time that enemies states were render- ed harmless. Dimitroff asked why Helldorf thought Communists so- cialists instead of
concerned in the
Governor Resigns from N.R.A. The Farm Union of Montana has asked the Governor to declare a wheat embargo; while the Gov- ernor of Nebraska has declared that the National Recovery Ad- ministration has made the farm- Washington, Oct. 20.
ers" condition worse The dis-satisfaction of the
better. American farmers with the Re-
Ex-Gloverpor Keith-Neville has covery Administration is in evid-resigned the Chairmanship of the ence in many parts of the coun- Nebraska Recovery Administration and the Washington Farmers' "Ad> ministration because he is out of sympathy with the N.R.A.
try.
The primary object of the Farm Holiday Association's call for a general strike is to compel the Administration to formulate Code for agriculture, and also to raise prices by a stoppage.
A secret. meeting of the direc- tors at St. Paul, drafted a nation-" wide ultimatum, which states.-
"We will pay no taxes or inter- est until we have Arst cared for our families,
"We will pay no interest bear ing debts until we receive the cost of production,
"We will buy only that which complete necessity demands,
"We will not sell our products unless we receive the cost of pro- duction. but will exchange Our products with Labour and the unemployed for the things we. need.
The extent of the strike is pro- blematical, but farm unrest is general in the mid-West.
BRITAIN'S NAVAL
WEAKNESS
Warning Issued by
Lord Beatty"
--
London. Oct. 19. Another warning regarding Bri- tain's naval weakness was sound- ed to-day by an Admiral of high reputation, none other than Ad- miral Lord Beatty.
Lord Beatty was addressing a meeting of the Navy League and he-declared his earnest belief that the situation was serious, thai Britain's weakness must be rec- tied at the naval conference to be held in 1935.
Britain, he said, had restored her credit but at "terrible risk." She urgently needed at least seventy first-class cruisers and yet, nt the best she cannot have more than fifty by 1936,
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Moreover, he said. the Navy's personnel had been dangerously reduced.
Comparisons: He showed that the United States personnel of 107,000 repre sented an increase of sixty per cent on the figures for 1914, while Japan's 88.000 in 1931 represent- ed an increase of seventy-four per cent.
Britain. on the other hand.. bad- only 90,000 others and men in the Royal Navy, representing n decrease of 35 per cent. son the 1914,
He also drew attention to the
fact that Britain's naval main-
tenance expenditure totalled" only
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Senator. Norris has told the Ad- ministration farmers are losing confidence as prices have increased while in- comes have dropped.
that Washington
fire.
were
Helldort" admitted he had no elements, Marxists generally." as proof but regarded the "criminal
There
dramatic scene when Lubbe was dragged in a drooping condition to the witness-
responsible.
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box and confronting him with Helldorf, the President thrice ask of whether he recognised Helldorf. Lubbe smiled idiotically but did not retire-reply.
He has suggested the ment of Liberty Bonds with new Suddenly Helldorf roared in the money instead of the Govern-approved parade ground manner ment's policy of conversion. and said. "lift your head and an-
Meanwhile the Government are swer, do you know me?" doing their utmost to overcome
the disparity in prices which is the crux of the problem.
Senator Harrison has renewed his plea for inflation and declar- ed that if the United States, Britain, and France. or one of them, agreed to purchase, surplus silver at the market-price, and is sue siver notes against it.. it would Have most
a
beneficial effect, He added that all these things are being considered by the Administration.-Reuter.
PRICE FOR A PRINCE
Slowly Lubbe raised him head a few inches and muttered what the interpreter said was no.-Reuter.
GERMANY AND THE LEAGUE
Not To Attend Any Further Conferences
Berlin Oct. 20.
The German Government has
officially notified the Secretary- General of the League of Nationa
Fears for Future of of Germany's withdrawal.
Siam
Bangkok, Oct. 20.
Delayed by Censor.
The Government has offered a re- ward of ten thousand ticals for the capture of Prince "Bovaradej, and five thousand ticals for each of the other two rebel leaders. Frince Bovarade is reported to have fled in an aeroplane.
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The insurgents only. have the
The resignation will not take effect for two years, but it is not Germany's present intention to participate in its activities mean- iime.-Reuter,
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BOOKS ON: PACIFISM
The Belgian Government
has allotted further funds to strengthen their defences, while an immensely strong chain of deep trenches and
AT HOME
To Be Celebrated
As Usual
CONFERENCE
Plans To Better The
Province
(From Our Special Correspondent)
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TELEPHONE
Wireless Method Inaugurated
(From Our Special Correspondent)
London, October 19.
Canton. October 20. The King has decided that
To-day marked the opening of the manner in which various the celebration of Armistice
the Canton-Swatow wireless tele- Canton, October 20. phone service. Subscribers of the Day, November 11th, which High government afficials, Kuo-local automatic telephone service falls this year on shall follow the lines adopted ments were present this morning posit of $20, the ordinary fee being
a Saturday mintang workers. and representa- can call up another telephone aub---,:
tives of different county govern-1.scriber in 'Swatow by paying a de- in previous years. The Home at the opening of the All-Kwang-3 for a call of three minutes and Secretary, on behalf of the Administrative Conference at 83.90 for a special or uersonal call.
the "Chunshan Memorial Hall, Communication may be made Cabinet, is making the necesThe object of this conference is to direct from the Wireless Tele- sary arrangements. British devise ways and means for the im- phone" Station at Tungshan. Ae- Wireless Service.
provement of provinenal, city and cording to Mr. Chen Woon Yin. county government of this pro- M.Sc., director of the Canton sta- vince.
tion, the reception is sharp and Lasting seven days, the usual de- clear both in the local terminus
when several important resoultions; Kong can also be connected to will be introduced for action and Swatow via the Canton-Hong Kong adopted. "Il brief, all these resolu- distance wire. tions are connected with the Three- The equipment for both stations. Year Plan as envised by General was supplied by the Asia Electric Chen Teal Tong for the better- Company, an American engineer- ment of the political economic and ing firm in Shanghai, Thé cost of social conditions of Kwangtung. the machinery and Installation, in A novel feature of the Plan is the Canton and Swatow is #60,000.
national currency: appointment of country commis-
This' new en- being appointed by the magistrate the Provincial Department of the sioner of finance, who instead of terprise is operated and owned by
receives his power directly from the Reconstruction as one of its many Provincial Department of Finance, public utility and industrial plans. All of them have been reshuffled personally by Finance Commission- ed Ou Fong Fu and are found to have a. working ledge of public finance and integrity of character.
casemates for heavily armed YASHIMA MARU Liberations will begin to-morrow, and at Swatow. He said that Hong
forces in the north east frontier in France has been carried to an advanced stage..
That Poland feels the situa- tion insecure is evidenced by a speech in the Diet when the speaker aroused enthusiastic cheers by declaring that Poland would never.surrender the province Pomorze to the so- called "Polish corridor" with out fighting.
Founders in
Typhoon
Tokyo, October 20. The report that the s.s. Yashima Maru was on fire is incorrect as she founded in a typhoon.
had 59 passengers and 58 members It is officially announced that the of the crew. Four foreign first class passengers, including a wo-
man are believed to have been drowned. Two British women. Mrs..
J. Prevost and Mrs. Millar Barley who was drowned.
are on board but it is not certain
The Yashima Maru was formerly
the
British mine-sweeper, Bun- flower. She left Beppu yesterday for Kobe-Reuter.
Kobe, Oct. 20.
At Prague a high official expressed the views of the Czecho-Slovakian Government in these words, that
any Anti-War Treaty 80 far as Czecho-Slovakia was concern ed can be arrived only with military force.” Even the Swiss Government intends to seek further appropriations
in an inland sea, totalling
Two vessels rushed to the rescue were hamper a hundred millioned by heavy seas: The total francs to increase her arma- abroad is estimated to be eighty Denmark has inclusive of the crew of fifty-eight
ments while already done so.
SILVER MARKET
(From Our Special Correspondent)
London, October. 20. Following are the Süver Quota tions on the London market to. day:-
Oct. 20 Oct.' 19
18 18
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With her crew desperately fight ing the flames, the Yashima Maru suddenly listed heavily and sank
-Reuter.
Fifty-one people were rescued In- cluding one British which another Britisher is reported to have been drowned seventy are still missing -Reuter.
INSIDE STORY OF
ARMED ROBBERY
18 18.1/16 Convicted Man Gives
The London on. New York cross rate to-day closed at £-0.8.
poorest weapons and the Govern Banned by Nazi in.523.
ment troops did not use long range guns,in order to avoid bloodshed.
Business in Bangkok proceeds almost normally.
Prince Bobarndel was educated at Harrow and Woolich and was formerly Minister to London and Minister for War.
fear
The "Bangkok Times," in а leading article, inspires the that Siam, which until recently was under a model paternal Govern- ment, may follow the example of less stable countries like Latin
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America
The Siamese 4 per cent. Bonds dropped about 5/6, that is, about four points.-Reuter.
BANDITS TAKE STEAMER
£43.000.000 annually, as contrast- Six Killed: Fourteen
ed with the United States" annual
expenditure of £75,000,000,
As regards cruisers, he did not cavil at tha. American demand for parity, but Britain's acceptance of Afty when she needed seventy was a grave and deplorable blunder.— Reuter.
to
Washington, Oct. 19. The American Navy League has prepared a letter fr delivery the British Navy League warn- ing that "continued British anta- gonism towards the United States naval building policy would block the absolutely essential co-opera- tion of the two nations."-Renter:
ON VOYAGE TO ANTARCTIC
Research Leaves To-day
London, Oct. 19. THE "royal research ship, "Dis- covery" II, leaves London on Saturday on a voyage to Antarctic waters for Oceanographie surveya and a research into the lives and habits of whales.
Kidnapped
119
October 20. Twelve bandits, disguised passengers, captured the Harbin bound steamer, Peiyan, between Fuchin and Kiamusze. *
Three of the crew and three Passengers, were killed while the captain was wounded and fourteen passengers kidnapped, including an employee of the Harbin Japanese Commercial Exhibition named Ta- maguchi Reuter.
DISARMAMENT. SUB-"
COMMITTEE MEETS
Germany
Berlin, October 15. Books on Pacifism, Darwinism and Freudieanism але banned from all German bookstalls under new regulations which were issued to-day.
-Books in a foreign language or translated from foreign languages, must not be circulated by lending libraries unless they contain Nordic German sentiments in form and content.-Reuter.
NEW RECORD ESTABLISHED
Ulm's Fine Flight To Australia
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London, October 19. A new record for the England-¡ Australia flight has been establish- ed, the journey having been com- pleted in, less than a week for the
first time.
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Mr. Charles. T. P. Ulm, who set out from London the evening of October 12, landed at Wyndham Australia, at 12:15 am on October 20, that is 3.45 pm. Chreenwich Mean Time on October 19.
TRIBUTE TO S. E. DRUMMOND
British Ambassador
At Rome
London. October 19. Bir Eric Drummond, the "new British Ambassador to Rome, was to-day the guest of honour at a luncheon in London of the British Italian League over which Lord Rennell who was himself for some years Ambassador in Rome presid- ed..
Evidence
PRISONER ACCUSES "TWIN' BROTHER"
Convicted two days before and sentenced to five year's hard la- bour for participation in an arm- ed robbery at 275 Des Voeux Road, Lau Hung Yuek was called as a witness at the Supreme Court yes- terday as a witness for the Crown In a case in which Wu Shin Wing was charged with armed robbery at the same address.
Lau said that he first met the prisoper on July 10 or 11, when he was introduced to him in a tea
so Tim. A few days later, witness house by a mutual friend named went to the prisoner's house in Low- er Lascar Row, where, he under-
nd that a discussion took place between So. Tim and the accused Warm tributes were paid to Sir
as to the robbery at 275 Des Voeux Eric's services when he was Becre-Road where witness was employed tary General of the League of Nationa
as a shop assistant.
Witness said that he opened the The Prime Minister wrote:- door on the night of the robbery "From intimate experience I can and afterwards when the robbers say how deep, was the debt of all
departed. he accompanied them. those associated with the work of They left in rickshaws, witness. League to his passionate and tire- less energy. I am very glad to house in Lower Lascar Row and and prisoner, going to the latter's think that his energy and wisdom later on will now serve the cause of Anglo-There was 82,600 in notes which three others arrived. Italian relations...
was divided among the men, wit- the house for a week, and then ness getting 8600. He stayed in went to an address in Wancha afterwards leaving the place for Canton, thence to Shekki where he tive sent from Hongkong. was arrested by a Chinese detec-
The Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon proposing Sir Eric's health, said that as Secretary-General at Geneva he had quietly helped to remove more misunderstandings
and found a way round more awk ward corners than people realise
Ambassador's Task.
The flight was thus completed in 6 days, 17 hours and 45 minutes, beating by eleven hours: the record set up only eight days ago by Sir
He referred to Sir Eric's dis Charles Kings ford Smith.
tinguished predecessors in the Kingsford Smith's record stil Rome Embassy and added: The holds of the solo fight, however, work which pur Ambassadors do as Mr. Ulm has three companions in every great capital abroad is of London, Oct. 19. on his trip, Messrs. Allen and the highest importance for their Disarmament Sub-Com-Taylor as co-pilots and Mr. Ed- duty is to make plain the under mittee of Cabinet. members, of wards as navigator.
21s included the Prime Minis- ter...Mr. Stanley Baldwin, Sir John Simon, and Lord Hailsham, met at No. 10, Downing Street this after- noon-British Wireless.
The.
BOMBING REPORTS
DENIED
JAPANESE ARMY PROMOTIONS
Tokyo, Oct. 20. Lieutenant-General Sadao Araki, Minister of War, and Lieutenant-
lying. purposes which inspires British policy, namely, to respect the rights of all others just as we are determined to remain our own in a spirit of equal justice and to promote not merely friendly rela- Hons but friendly feelings between Britain and the world-British Wireless.
General Iwane Matsui, Comman THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE She will call at Tristan de Cunha
Moscow, Oct. 19. der-in-Chief in Formosa and form. with malls,, afterwards proceeding Reports published in Chinese er chief military delegate to the to the Falkland Islands and South newspapers alleging that Soviet Disarmament Conference, have Georgia, where she will begin her aeroplanes had bombarded Chan- been promoted full Generals lonely patrol of the fringe of the chun and flown over Chanthe are The two military leaders were Antractic continent. British Wire-absolutely untrue, according to the formally installed at 9.30 this leas.
Tass Agency--Reuter.
morning-Reuter.
London, October 20... Latest news connected with the Cambridgeshire Stakes 18 the scratching of H cat at 10.58 at in this morning-Reuter.
Witness said that the accused
had arranged to meet him at a place called Ho How in the Sam Shut district, where, they were go- ing to melt down the Jewellery and divide the spoils. Witness said that he did not go to Ho How be cause the place was notorious for.
robber gangs and he did not want
to be robbed
sistant Attorney General, who Answering Mr. J. A. Fraser,- as": prosecuted for the Grown, witness said that he gave his evidence voluntarily
The accused, given an opportu hits to ask questions, said that the Witness was giving evidence be- cause bore him a grudge.
Mr. Justice Wood: Is it a grudge?.
Witness: Certainly. For the rea son that he did not divide the gold ornaments. If he had done so, I would have kept quiet, h
Asked how he knew that 82,600 did not represent the total spoils witness said that he had
Development of uninhabited areas, financial assistance to farm- industries, and better facilities for ers, encouragement of the native
mass education are among the sub-. fects to be discussed and adopted by the Administrative Conference during the next seven days.
read in the newspapers that the larger. "I do not know how much amount of the booty was much he had swallowed," added the wit-
DEAN SWANN'S RETURN
TO HONG KONG
Welcome Party At Cathedral Hall
..
The Cathedral Church Council were at home to the Members of the Electoral Roll, and their friends yesterday afternoon at the Cathe dral Hall, to welcome the Very Rev.
after leave in England and Kenya Dean Alfred Swann M.A.D.8.C. who has just returned to the colony Colony.
Lady Pollock was in charge ef
the tea, but was unable to be pre- ness pointing at the accused. said that at the time of the rob-carried out by Mrs. Thwaites, 65 The accused in the witness box honours of hostess being very ably sent owing to a sprained ankle, the bery he was on the s.s. Chung Onsisted by the ladies of the Guild. It which sailed from Hongkong un
July 13 and did not return until quite an informal affair, and July 18. On the next trip he re- thoroughly enjoyed by al present turned to the Colony arriving on
At the conclusion The Bishop of July 22, when he went to his home.
Victoria in a few well chosen words Here he discovered that
asked the Dean if he would say a twin brother had invited some
few words to thosa-present. friends to use the place. He also
his
Dean Swann replied that he was?
found that four of his five chil- glad to be back amongst them in
dren were suffering from measles after an absence of 8) months. - He He daked his brother. about his also mentioned that Mrs. Swaan friends and was told that they was not able to accompany him, but were staying at the house because she hoped to return to Hong Kong. they did
not
want to stay at next February, with the two child- boarding houses, Knowing that his ren. brother's character was not of the best, witness became suspicious and ordered all of them out of the house. For this, he was threaten- ed by one of the men.
Among those also present We noticed Mrs. R. O. Hall, Rev. Noel and Mrs. Evans, Ray N. 7. Halward, Rev. L. L. Nash, Rev. & Mr. G. E. Carpenter, Rev. E. G. Asked by Mr. Fraser where his Stewart, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs, twin brother was at the moment E. D. C. Wolfe, Mr. T King, Capt. witness said that he did not know. Vaisey RA, Mrs. and Miss Doy- He was not in the house when the biggin, Mrs. Blanchett, Mr. and Police arrived. He might have Mrs. Schofield, Mr. Paget, Mr. A. gone back to the country, S. Abbott, Mr. F. Mason, Mrs. Witness gave the name of 'one | Stewart Descon, Mr. Baskett, Mrs. woman who knew that he had a Cogan, Mrs. Newhouse, Miss At twin brother and also the name of kins, Mr. B. L. Randall, Mr. and one man who could say he was on Mrs. Raven, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. the a.s. Chung On at the time of Lammert, Mrs Shewan, Mr. and the robbery. · ·
Mrs. Clarke Mr. Crapnell, Mr. W The authorities will endeavour to B. Barton Miss Hancock, Mrs. locate these witnesses, and in the, Hance, Miss Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. meantime, the case has been ad Bird, Mia Hayward and Miss Journed until Monday morning.
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