SIR ARTHUR SALTER Due In China Next Month
THE RUBBER PARLEY
Agreement to be Reached?
London, October 27. Although the Rubber Growers
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1933.
CHASE NATIONAL
BANK
Some Remarkable Revelations
Washington, October 27. Remarkable Tevelations were
National by
Sir Arthur "Salter, who sc- cepted the invitation by the Association did not confirm it, if Chinese Government to visit 19 understood that the meeting of China and advise on economic representatives of British, Dutch, French and Belgian rubber grow- problems last September willing interests which was held in leave on the R.M.S. Emprese London yesterday was adjourned till to-day to discuss restriction, of Britain which is due to ar
Mr. Vandenberg represented the rive in Shanghai in mid-Dutch East Indies Government. November.
The presence of the French sug- gests that the meeting wishes to secure the co-operation of French Indo-China, who were previously reported as being against restric
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He will reside in Nanking to advise Mr. T. V. Suong, who arranged the visit when be was in London this sum-tion.
Mincing Lane clicies state that mer, on economic and finan-
the French attitude was previously cial questions. Sir Arthur
one of the stumbling blocks to Salter is due to return to Eng-British growers joining in, "owing land in March, 1934. to the increase of Indo China's
productive capacity. Reuler.
BRITAIN'S LESSON TO THE WORLD
Yesterday's proceedings were satisfactory and an agreement, ac-
cording to Amsterdam report, is stops will not published until it is
expected to be reached the decl-
accepted by the respective Gov- ernments.
*
The Netherlants Indies Governi ment, It is reported, wrote to a leading Netherland Indies planter
by stating that in the event of the
Stirring Speech by Mr. J. H.. Thomas
London, Oct. 27.
restriction being probable, such action must be linked up with prohibition of new plantings. Reuter.
During his broadcast address, last night, upon the Empire in world politics, the Dominions Sec- MAJ.
retary, Mr. J. H. Thomas, said.
"The cause of peaceful co-opera- tion between nations has just re- ceived a strong blow. It is not a knock-out. The world con and will recover from it."
"How best can we help towards this recovery he asked "World wide co-operation is, for the mo ment, in great difficulties. "But there is in the world a group of nations and peoples comprising the British Empire, covering between them more than one quarter of the earth's surface and including early one" quarter of the human race, in which co-operation has not only failed, but is living and growing
"Relations between other nations and. peoples are based fundamental iy on the desire to avoid war. Its
that aimost the is to that end
whole of their foreign policy is directed. It was with that object that the League of Nations was created. The arts of their Govern- ments are wise or foolish as they diminish or increase the dangers
of war.
Has
TURKS CELEBRATE
THE SIAMESE REVOLT
A SAD LACK OF CONFIDENCE
SURPRISE RED ATTACK
Assembly Votes For No Confirmation Of Chinese Deposits And But Machine Guns Do
General Amnesty
རྙ་
Istanbul, Oct. 27. The Turkish Assembly has
made in thanks Loans to Cuba, of voted for a general anunesty the Banking Investigation Com-in celebration of the tenth [mittee in the Benate. ▲ request
was made to Mr. Aldrich, President anniversary of the Republic's of the Bank, to part with one of foundation. the bank's letters or have it sup- pressed
on the "ground that it might lead to, violence in Cuba.
Allegations of enormous graft and waste by Cuba officials were made, including eighteen million dollars unnecessarily spent on the Capital of Havana, sund forty
million dollars on the Havana. Water works.
It is also revealed that ex-Pre- sident Machado has "threatened a full default unless four million dollars were advanced by the Par-
chase Bank-Reuter..
FIFTEEN MILLION
DOLLARS
For Purchase Of Air-Craft
Washington, Oct. 27.
The War Department has an- nounced that it is purchasing mo- tor supplies to the value of ten million dollars and aircraft to the
MCCORMICK value-of fifteen million dollars.
Narrow Escape From Death
اللحية
Belfast, October 27.
Major James Hanna McCormick, the well-known Irish soldier, plon- fortunate escape from death, yet- eer, politician and author, had a terday. when two gunmen fred at him as he was returning home from the House of Parliament. Belfast
-
Despite the fact that one of the bullets lodged in his arm and an- other grazed his chest, Malor Me Cormick managed to beat of his
assailants,
Orders will only be placed with signatories to the National Re- covery Association Codes.-Reu- ter.
:
THE LINDBERGHS
Warm Welcome in France
Paris, October 27. The 'Lindberghs, who arrived last night by sea plane alighting at Les Murclur on the Seine close to the famous nudist colony, from Inverness, were surrounded with an adulation equal to that evoked by Crowds
their
original exploit.
In a speech in the Parliament of Northern Ireland, last week, he thronged Place de la Concord out- strongly denounced the Irish Re-side their hotel, but apart from publican Army.
officials of the Air Ministry who Major McCormick, who has been invited the Lindberghs to visit the Unionist member for St. France, Costes alone was aware of Anne's Division of Belfast since his impending visit. Costes te- clared 'that- Lindbergh Was 1.5 1929, is probably best known for
Over 1,000 will be released, probably including the British officer, Captain mercantile Wray, who is undergoing a
for smuggling
sentence
Reuter.
SILVER MARKET
Cessation
London, Oct. 27. The Siamese Legation in London received by the Siamese Consul- give no confirmation of the report General in Singapore that the re- volt has ended and that Prince Bovaradel has fled from the coun- try...
The Prince, however, has left the Korat fighting sons. but it is not certain whether he has left Slam. -*Reuter.
1
Women Offer Services
· Against Rebels
Small Banks
Canton, October 27, Chinese money owners find
more
Good Work
Canton, October 27.
their wealth
The high military command it inore secure in depositing here will send more troops to with foreign reinforce the Cantonese lines banks in Canton or at least in "Kiaugsi and Fukien in those big Chinese banks order to put an end to surprise managed on a modern basis, raids, of the Communists, it because during the past ten was reported to-day. months
than thirty On October 23, about 400 Chinese banking houses have Communist troops at Hung Ha in West Fukien made a gone bankrupt involving Loss of some eight million raid "on the Cantonese lines dollars.
held by the first Kwangtung In consequence, many de-division. The object was to positors have withdrawn their find out the strength of the Bangkok, Oct. 27. deposits from the small native Kwangtung troops and to seize THE wife of the Premier of Slam banks and transferred them to food and ammunition.
has offered the services of the the bigger institutions (From Our Special Correspondent) Women's Party for defence.
before Conducted just The Premier has accepted the Shameen or those well estab. dawn, the raid took tlie offer with a provison that the lished Chinese banks incor- government forces by sur- Following are the Bliver Quota- women's work is confined to the porated under Hong Kong prise, but they turned their
rear of the fighting line and to
The small banks machine guns on the enemy help' in feeding the troops.
It Is stated that the King is still have increased interest for and killed
Com- in residence at Singora-Reuter.
deposits as a means to retain munists. The first division the fixed and current accounts also suffered casualties, al "of their clients.
though it was officially stated- Stringency in the money that only several of the sen markets has reduced the num-tries were killed. This raid ber of loans and mortgages, established the fact that the money lenders being cautious Reds are still bent on creating. with their funds and requir- trouble.
Spot
London, October 27.`
tions on the London market to day:
Oct. 27 Oct. 26 18.1/16 18.1/16 18.3/16 18.3/16 The London on New York cross rate to-day closed at 4.718.
Forward
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LONDON STOCK MARKETS
Active Tone Maintained
London, Ori. S
NOEL PANTER
To Be Charged With Treason
Munich, October 27.
ordinances.
in
over. 80
ing only first class securities In Lai Chuen in East coupled with favourable in- Kiangsi. there is some fighting. The British journalist, Panter, terest. Banking loans
are going on between the retreat. will be charged with high treason, mostly of short duration, and ing Red troops from North and under the penal code is able in many cases interest is pay- Fukien and the 44th Kwangsi to no less than two years' im- prisonment or до
division. Too tired after the less than six able by daily rate. months if there are...extenuating Telegraphic transfers and long march, the Communists
circumstances. Reuter,
Panter was arrested on October/ draught remittances by mail are said to be retiring "south markets yesterday 25, believed to be in connection have also fallen off among the ward in the direction of Hing THE stock
were very strong and active with a telegraphed description of leading cities and towns of Kuo, their headquarters in during the day, although some the Nazi parade on Kelheim Bun Kwangtung. In normal time, Central Kiangsi.. proat-taking occurred at the close. day. The British Embassy vigor the flow of wealth among General Chiang Kai Shek's
War Loan finished at 100 1/16, ously protested to the German without dividend, and Funding Foreign Office and also against the Canton, Fatshan, Chenchuen, troops are still giving battle to Loan four per cent. at 111 1/8. refusal of the Bavarian Govern- | Sheklung, etc. came up to the Communists in south of Kafirs were higher on the dayment to allow the British Consul $400,000 a month, but now Fu Chow which is near Naz Indian mines were strong. Inter-to visit Panter-Reuter. nationals were easier at the close.
this amount has dropped by at Chang, capital of Kiangsi. No least thirty per cent.
news of their progress has Worse" of all are the remit-reached here since the last tances from the United States, two days. It is believed that Canada, Straits Settlements there is now a lull prior to the and Java. Owing to trade de general offensive. pression among the overseas Chinese, their remittances to Canton have diminished into This is largely nothing.
Rubber, tin, copper and all were very firm-British Wireless Ser- vice.
NEW FRENCH
CABINET
The Governments of the Bri-his-pioneer-work-in-Canada-Dur charming and modest 35 ever.
ing the War he served with the They are staying in Paris for 4 or M. Sarraut The Prime Canadian Expeditionary Force, 5 days before resuming their aerial ard in 1914 raised at his owri ́ex- pense, a Corps of western cowboys, known as "McCormick's Devils" for
tish Empire, on the contrary, start from the assumption that war between them is inconceivable We begin where others leave off, "We can direct our energy to the positive end of achieving good and not merely to the negative end of avoiding evil. And as a result wo can afford, not merely in our relations with one another, but in our relations with the rest of the world, to seek other than purely selfish ends...
tour. Reuter.
service in France. From 1022 to CURIOUS SERIES
1926, he commanded a battalion of Ulster Police on the invasion of Ulster territory by Southern gua- men.-Reuter.
The real origin of this positive HEAVY GALE IN
co-operation is the inherent lave of personal liberty and self-govern- iment in the races which make up the Empire. It is no mere chance that, at a time when Democratic Governanent is rapidly disappear- ing elsewhere, within the British "Empire" it was never more firmly
rooted than it is to-day.
"Dictatorships necessarily icok in. wards. The nation which has yielded up its liberty must be kept drugged lest it rebel, and the easiest drug of all to administer is a strong dose- of selfish national conceit. Demo cracy labourers under no such necessity," he said.
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N. SEA
Cliffs Collapse at Lowestoft
* London, Oct. 27. DURING Wednesday night and throughout yesterday, a heavy gale
experienced in was
the North Sea and along England's east coast.
Hall, rain, thunder and light Mr. Thomas expressed belief inning accompanied by a wind rea- Imperial co-operation, explaining | ching 70 miles per hour are re- the fact that relatively to the rest ported, while an abnormally high of the world, the British Common- tide was accompanied by heavy wealth had suffered less during the world economic crisis, than had other nationa A
There wore real ́and hopeful signs that the worst was past, and now. here: wore those signs more numer- ous than in the British Empire.
He cited the improvement” in employment and in trade which had taken place in Britain and the Dominions, and referred to the jextension of the principle of cop operation in cases of the recent Wheat Agreement and the declara- tion of the Monetary and Econom Folicy
He believed that these would lead to other similar measures by which the hopeless lack of co-ordination between producer and consumer, which more than any other factor had brought the world to the verge of ruin, might be regulated and controlled.British Wireless Ser- vice.
CARUSO'S SON FINED
Bologne, October 27. Enrico Caruso, son of the world famous singer, has been sentenced to 2 months in gaol and also fined 1,500 Bres: for the alleged assault of a peasant who has been "perman- ently injured. Enrico's brother, Rodafo, who was also accused, was acquitted-Reuter.
i
seas.
Large falls of cliffs opcurred near Lowestoft, yesterday-British Wireless Service.
OUTBURST OF ENTHUSIASM
Hitler Addresses Meeting In Cologne
Berlin, Oct. 27, CAPTAIN Goering officially an-
nounced, yesterday, that in or-
OF INCIDENTS
Tribute To Sean Lester's Courage
Geneva, Oct. 26.
A curious series of incidents oc- curred before Mr, Sean Lester, the permanent Irish Free State dele- gate to the League of Nations, was appointed High Commissioner to Danzig.
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The first incident occurred when the Polish delegate strongly ́ob- jected to the selection of ang-re- presentative of a great Power, or even of one of the 'British “ Do- miniona.
Sir John Simon, speaking next,
advanced unusual arguments as to the qualifications for Mr. Lester's appointment,
had been in an English, gaol and Sir John sald the Irish delegate
had been & Sinn Feiner..
Minister
Paris, October 26.
to
M, Albert Sarraut has completed the task of forming his Cabinet
the and will submit
names President. Lebrun shortly. "
the "A number of Ministers in Herriot Cabinet of 1932 have been recalled, several of the leading figures in the Daladier Govern ment retain their posts New
names are few.
A number of last-minute chan-
Munich, October 27. The well-known German journ- alist, Herr Josef Ackerman, has been arrested.
It is believed that the police suspect him of supplying informa
tion to Mr. Noel Panter, the Lon-
don "Daily Telegraph's corres- pondent here, who was arrested on Tuesday."
Germany has not replied to the
song protest of the British Am bassador to Berlin, Sir Eric Phil- lips, stating that the British Con- sul-General at Munich. Mr. H. W. Gaisford, has been refused access to Mr. Panter,
responsible for the shortage in the local money market.
No charge has been formulated GONE BUT NOT
against the latter, and he is en- tirely denied legal assistance.-- Reuter.
JUDGE
ges were made causing some con- Mr, A. G. Mossop To
A Take Office In
as
fusion. It was first believed that M. Sarraut had decided to couple the portfolio of the Interior with of the the Premiership instead Navy Office, M. Jacques Stern be- ing brought in Minister of Marine, but it was learned later that M. Stern was replacing" M. Rio and that M. Bonnevay and M. Palmade were also being replaced."
The members of the Cabinet now are mainly Radical with slight extensions on either wing.
* NEW CABINET "The new list of Ministers fol- lows:
M. Sarraut, Prime Minister and Minister of Marine (Navy),
M Paul-Boncour. Minister for Foreign Affairs,
M. Daladier, Minister for War, M. Bonnet, Minister of Finance, M. Queuille, Minister of Agricul- "ture."
Courage and Tack Continuing. the British Foreign Secretary paid a tribute to Mr. Lester's remarkable courage, in- dependence and tact since, his "as- sociation with the League in He tackling refugee questions. :
M. Laurent Eynac, Minister of concluded by testifying to the res-Commerce... pect and admiration the · Leagus
M. Paganon, Minister of Public Council felt for him.
Works
December
London, Oct. 31. It is learned unofficially that Mr. Allan George Mossop, at "present Crown Advocate in China, has been nominated as successor to Sir Peter Grain (retired) as Chief Judge of H.M. Supreme Court for China, the appoint ment to be effective from December 21.
Mr. Mossop, who has had some thing like a quarter century ex- perience of China, was born on July 20, 1887, and is an M.A, LL.B. of Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple on November 17, 1998. After practising in Shanghai for some years, he was appointed Acting Crown Ad vocate of Weithiwei in April, 1916, and continued in that office to April 24, 1816, when he was made Crown Advocate. In the same year be became Acting Crown Advocate in China, Which office he filled for several periods
Wilkinson, he was appointed Crown Advocate on October 27, 1996, and he has held office ever since. From October, 1918, he was also Custodian in Chins of Enemy Froperty. On emergency occasions, Mr. Mossop a deputy Judge, so acting in various frequently has sat on the Beuchas important appeal cases, and he has M., Pietri, Minister for the Colona wide requtation as a soundar bitrator especially on nautical "aub-
M. Frot, Minister of Labour,
M. de Monzie, Minister of Educa-until, on the retirement of Mr. H. P.
tlon,
· M. Paul-Bençour (France) · 'per- suaded the Poles to withdraw their objections, upon which Mr. Lester withdrew his candidature, saying he did not desire the appointment in such circumstances. His objec tions, however, were finally over--Merchant Marine. come-Reuter.,
der to ensure that the perfect before the hour for the meeting. fairness of the election on Novem- train-loads of people poured into ber. 12 be clearly apparent, reli-the town.
able men outside the Nazis Party Every house was decorated with will co-operate in the electoral | Aags and the streeta were throng- organisation while the votes will be ed counted publicly.
Surprise is created by the fact that the name of Herr Hugenburg, former Nationaliat leader, appears in the Governmental electoral ist now being prepared-Reuter.
Hitler Professes Peace
Cologne, Oct. 27.
rule
1 o
"The visit of Chancellor Hitler to address the election meeting here yesterday evoked a remark able outburst of enthusiasm Long
M. Dalimier, Minister of Justice, M Pierre Cot. Minister for Air, M. Jarques Stern, Minister of
M. Lisbonne, Minister of Health, M. Chautemps, -Minister of In- terior.
ies
M. Abelgardey, Minister of the fecta. Possibly he has been assisted Budget,Reuter,
M. LITVINOFF
לי:
"Moscow, October 27. ML Litvinoff bas teft for Wash
in
the latter particular, through his passion for water sports for, not only has he been for many years one of the pillars of the Bhanghai Rowing Club, but he is a yachtsman of no mean pratensions Mr. Mossop. in addition is keenly interested, în î local appointment may occasion some variety of other sporta Thongh a
The introductory speeches in the the spacious exhibition buildings. ** were, inaudible owing to the storm of cries of Hell Hitler,"
Chancellor Hiller's speech was largely a relteration of his addressington on a vial to President surprise, in the present instance it will in Berlin on October 24. He re- Roosevelt concerning American-be generally popular, not only with the peated his challenge to the world Soviet relations, Reuter
British Bar, but with the practitioners to show proof of German" "aggres-
London. October 27. of all Courts in Shanghai, who con afveness. and re-asserted Ger-, Air Illes Lampson sails from Istantly are exchanging legal cour- many's longing for peace and re-Shanghai to Egypt on November tenies, and most certainly with the conciliation---Reuter;"
28; next-Reuter.
whole of the British community
FORGOTTEN
Mr. Koo Ying Fan
morriing at the Chungshan Memo- rial Hall Mr. Koo died in Can- ton on October 28, 1931 following a bad tooth ache,
An "alder statesman" of the Kuomintang, Mr. Koo is best re- membered for creating the South west regime with its centre at Canton Together with Messrs... Ein Sen (now president of the Nanking National Government), Hsiao Fu Chen, and Teng Tse Yu (Teng Chak Yu), Mr. Koo im- peached Gen. Chiang Kai Shek in Joint telegram of April 28, 1931 and brought about his resignation of political offices in December of
the same year,
The decensed was a close friend -Kuomintang of all the veteran
(From Our Special Correspondent)
Canton, Oct. 27. A memorial service for the late Mr. Koo Ying Fan, member of the leaders in Canton, being also fa- Kuomintang Central Supervisory ther-in-law of Mayor Liu Chi Committee, will be held to-morrow Wen.
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