CRITICAL SITUATION IN
AUSTRIA
British Press Comment
“DAILY MAIL" DEPLORES DOLLFUSS' EFFORTS
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London, Jan. 13.
The critical situation in. Aus tria continues to attract much at-
tention here.
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AUSTRIAN NAZIS ARRESTED, Vienna, Jan. 13, Herr Alfred "Frauenfeld, former Chief of the Nazis in Austria, and all other Nazi leaders have been again arrested following pressure brought to bear on the Chancellor, Dr. Engelbert Dollfuss, by the
Heimwehr.
The Times" remarks that al- though the National-Socialist Party no longer officially exists in This was not unexpected, but Austria it has nevertheless suc- surprise has been caused by the ceeded in winning over more than arrest of Count Alberti, the Haim- dozen different, organizations wehr Chlef in Lower Austria, who which are now at its disposal. « is known, however, to be demand- According to the "Times" it maying outspoken Fascism and is re- be definitely asserted that there is not a single organised profession
in Austria, including officials, who are not to a large extent in closest sympathy with the National-80-1 cialists.
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The Daily Mall" deplores that Dollfuss in his effort to main- tain Austrian independence should have dealt a. crushing blow to individual Uberty. The paper says that by placing the police under control of Major Fey, who is a stërn disciplinarian, the Chancellor has surrendered all power" #to Heimwehr. True, Fey is at logger- heads with the National-Socialists but the struggle turns exclusively on the question of which of them will be dictator-Transoceani Kuo Min.
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OFFICIALS' TO BE WEEDED
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ported, to be coquetting with the Nazis. Reuter.
HEIMWEHR. JOIN POLICE
A DAILY
PRESS, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1934.
HONG
FIVE GERMAN BUCCANEERS
Lively Scenes At Dairen Trial
... Dairen, Jan. 13. Accusation and counter-accusa- tions featured the resumption of
the trial of Ave Europeans charged with pirating the Shergan.
Gautchi, in addressing the Court, point-blankly attacked Westerman Nettaudien for denying all guilt when they were the "main figures.” He said that Taudien originated
the plan and Westermann "forced the hand" by starting the killing.
Taudien that
countered by raying and Westermann were the real leaders, "Just be- cause I grounded the Shengan they
Gautchi
are Low framing to get "me" The Court was adjourned until Febru- ary 15 for experts' testimony and also for the evidence of the sec- ond officer and wireless operator of the Shengan, who are now in Tientsin.-Reuter.
On July 1 three Europeans and seven Chinese were brutally mur dered by Ave German buccaneers when the Shengan was 200 miles from Shanghai. Bad navigation, however, caused the ship to run
NEW SILVER MORE POWER FOR
DISCOVERY
Likely To Increase Use of White Metal
"A
ROOSEVELT?.
To Control Value of Gold Dollar
· London, Jan. 13.
Washington, January 14. sensation has been caused It is authoritatively learned
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NANKING TROOPS CAP- TURE FOOCHOW What will be Chiang's
Next Move
CANTON MILITARISTS FEAR INVASION
Nanking, January 14. According to Navy information Government forces captured Foo- chow on Saturday at 8 p.m.-
among the silver interests by the that Mr. Roosevelt is considering discoveries of Dr. J. H. Sheldon of | requesting congress for greater of Wolverhampton, now released in | permissive authority and more "The British Medical 'Journal" of latitude in compensating price the important function of silver fluctuations with changes in the in the human body and in certainf gold value of the dollar." The Re- vegetables.
construction Finance Corporation The thryoid gland is especial-offers 3500,000,000 debentures to
rich in silver, also the tonsils, banks from which it purchased Reuter particularly in childhood, thus in- preferred stock and capital notes.
on the
$250,000,000 will be at two per cent.. directly throwing light habit of some children, inferen- tially deficient in silver, to put coins in their mouths.
for one year, the remainder three per cent. maturing in 1936.
Mr. Jesse Jones explained. this is instead of paying cash.-Reuter, The growth of watercress- and" the nicotine-secreting hairs of the tobacco plant are also power- fully stimulated by silver.
A MUSSOLINI WARNING
Rome. Jan. 14... Monetary manoeuvrés cannot bring about an effective lasting rise in prices and inflation leads to catastrophe, declared Sig. Musso- lint when alluding to Mr. Roose velt's economic measures in a speech in the Senate.
Who can imagine that the multi-
creases the wealth of a nation?
REVOLT COLLAPSING.
SITUATION REVERSED
(From Our Special Correspondent
Canton, January 14 The reversed situation in Fukien has greatly affected the defence of Kwangtung, and it is generally Peiping, January 13.
expected that with the overwhelm According to reports from the ing" defeat of the Nineteenth south the rebellion in Fuklen is
Route Army the authorities of the on the point of collapse. Two South-west will be".compelled to Government-divisions are reported change their attitude in regard to to have broken through the XIX the political situation in the
South. Army at Minghsien.
all providing
It is understood that these discoveries are suggesting wide possibilities for further use of the white metal and are cogent arguments for the prosecu- tion of free silver campaign to be brought early to the notice of the
Senator Key Pittman and Senator Thomas-Reuter.
have
The XIX Army has sent every
to available soldier the front, where
commanders already arrived.
Every form af transport, include
been used to carry troops, muni- tions and suppiles to the front. Reuter,
[Special to the "Hong Kong Dalls aground at Hoshyäurs, the famous United States.silver advocates, - plication of monetary symbols in-ing motor-buses and rickshas, has be necessary to amass such a large
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Vienna, January 13. Four hundred uniformed Heim- wehr men patrolled the streets of the capital on Sunday side by side with the regular Police Force, as an opening step to the newly ap- pointed director, Fey, in a con- certed march to stamp out the National-Socialist movement in Austria".
Six hundred more trusted men of the Heimwehr ranks are re- ported to have been called to auxillary police duty beginning on Monday, while a squad of high- pressure workmen are turning the giant building of the former Farm Credit Institute into central bar- racks for the new State servants:
resort near Dairen. Three arrests were then made and two later.
The skipper of the vessel, his wife, and the chief mate, all of whom were Russians, and seven of the Chinese crew were killed, their bodles being thrown overboard.
FLIGHT OVER TASMAN SEA
Kingsford Smith Lands In New Zealand
Jeft
Following swiftly on the heels of Count Albertis' dismissal from the Vienna, Jan. 13. Heimwehr for illegal conspiracy.. In its desperate struggle against Prince Starhemberg has issued National-Sociallam," the Dollfuss orders to the entire Heliriwehr for-
Wellington, N.Z, Jan. 13. Government has decided to weed bidding even
Air-Commodore 'conversation with
Sir Charles out all State Oficials suspected of National-Socialists "without a Kingsford Smith, the famous Aus- Nazi leanings. Councillor Arbogast written order" from Starhemberg tralian airman, who, with a naviga- Fleish of the Ministry of Agricul on the pain of summary expul- tor and wireless operator
has been appointed Statesión.-Transocean Kuo Min.
Sydney at 2.09 a.m. to-day in his Commissioner for all questions re-
record-breaking aeroplanë, “The lating to the Civil Service person-
Southern Cross," landed at New nel. His task will be to examine political affiliations of all State functionaries, and these suspecte of sympathising with National- Socialist aims will immediately be put on the retired list, or sum- marily dismissed.
ture
LABOUR REFORM Plymouth, at 7.35 p.m. (New Zea
IN GERMANY
New Economic Order
Expected
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lard time) after flying the Tas- man Sea.
Bad weather was experienced during the fight.—Reuter.
NEW BRITISH INVENTION
Able To Blow Up Largest Warship
Berlin, Jan. 13. Asserting that the new National, Socialist Economic order will out- strip the modernity' even of Italy's new co-operative system, Dr. Ro- bert Ley, organiser in chief of Na-; tional-Socialist Party, and Leader] [Special to the "Hong Kong Dally of all-embracing German Labour
Press" (Copyright.)] 2. Union, on Saturday announced
London, Jan. 13.
SILVER MARKET
(From Our Special Correspondent)
Il Duce cited that paper money in the French revolution and Ger- man inflatiori in 1923 and at the time warned people against pass ing Judgement on the American experiment at present as it must be followed with great attention.
Mussolini spoke in winding up, the debate on the Bill elaborating the corporation system which was London, January 12. finally adopted in entirety-Reu- Following are the Silver Quota- | ter. tions on the Loudon market to- day:
Jan. 13.
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19.7/1
194
Jan: 12. Spot 19 5/16. Forward..... 19 The London on New York cross rates to-day at 2 p.m. closed at £ U.S. 5.091.
MORATORIUM EXTENDED
Washington, January 13. President Roosevelt has declared a new memoraGajaafxd klbze-x a new moratorium to extend over the week-end, so the outcome of the whirlwind consultations on the monetary policy last week are not PrEPT | expected to be known before Mon-
day.
BERLIN STOCK MARKET
Sluggish Tone Reported
President Roosevelt is reported to be considering his money policy, Including bimetallism, «a free gold
market and the restriction of gold to the settlement of international
balances.
The re-capture of the Federal Reserve's gold as a preliminary to the devaluation of the dollar, and temporary stabilisation, are also under consideration.-Reuter.
"A
NEW ASSISTANT TREASURY SECRETARY,
NANKING FORCES MOVING
SOUTH
Nanking, January 13, A telegram from General Yu Fei Peng says that the Government troops entered the walled town of Kutien at noon yesterday, the re- beis being disarmed and taken pri- soner.
According to Chinese Press des Patches, the advanced guards of the Government forces are push incouth from Kutien and have already reached Tapeiling, - about 30 1 from the northern gate Foo- chow. Reuter.
A. PEACEFUL WITHDRAWAL.
Nanking, January' 14. Interviewed by Reuter this morning, Admiral Li Shih Chia Vice-Minister of the Navy, con- armed the capture of Foochow by the Nanking Navy yesterday. He
said that 3,000 marines command- ed by Admiral Li Shen Ping had landed at Foochow without fight ing" and that the defenders had peacefully withdrawn following the handing over of the City, to the Navy...
The concentration of over twenty divisions of Nanking troops in Cheklang to attack Fukten arouses, the grave suspicion of the military authorities of the South-west a they do not believe that it should
| army to invade Fuklen `since" the Nineteenth Route Army has only a strength of about 50,000 men The military leaders here suspect that besides the invasion of Fis kien, General Chiang Kai Shek. Chairman of the Nanking Military Council, has another motive be hind his campaign against Fuklen or else he would not have muster ed such a large army along the Fulden-Chekiang frontier.
In view of these circumstances they conjecture that as soon as the Fukten rebels are "suppressed the Nanking forces will penetrate Fu kien and push towards Kwangtung to dissolve
the semi-independent government of the Southwest
Owing to this grave leque General Chen Chal Tong, the Commander-in-Chief of the First Group Army, summoned a military conference yesterday at the head, quarters of the First Group Army, in order to discuss detailed plans for the defence of this province. The meeting was attended by all leading commanders and staf officers of the First Group Army
At this conference, it is learned that a comprehensive scheme has been decided on, and, should Gen Chiarig venture to invade Kwang- tung, the military authorities will a ́shorten the defence line of south-3
ern Klangst but will stoutly defend Berlin, Jan. 13.
the East River region which is the .Busines continued slack and ir-
Washingtin, January 13.
He said that Admiral Chen, Chi only possible route for the Nan- the Share Market. regular on
The United States Treasury Liang arrived at Foochow last king troops to attack Kwangtung After the preceeding week's rally Secretary: Mr. Henry Morgenthau, evening, while Minister of the Furthermore, if the Fukten Goy this week worked sluggishly which has appointed Mr. Marriner Navy Chen Shas Kuan was expect- ernment is dissolved Canton will
President of caused considerable fluctuations Eccles,
the First ed at Foochow from Amoy this enlist all officers and men of the but the tendency on the whole re- National Bank of Ogden, Utah, as
morning in order to attend to the 19th Route Army and preserve the mained optimistic in most sections Assistant Secretary of the Trea- rehabilitation of affairs there. military standing of General Tsal here, and in some cases the post-sury in succession to Mr. Earle Admiral Li added that the Navy Ting Kai who will be assigned to tion was improved,
Minister was returning to Nan-lead the troops against Nanking king early next week-Reuter.
The National-Socialist leaders Frauenfeld and Schattenfroh who, were arrested on Friday have been interned in the 1-famed concen- tration "camp of Woelleradorf where a large group of National- Socialist intellectuals, chiefly lawy- ers from Alpine districts arrived at the same time. A sensation has been caused by the dismissal of
Call Money 44 to 51. Young* the Heimwehr leadr, Count Albert,
Loan 1 better at 96, Reichsbank from the post of district leader
1 higher at 168. German Dye
to 125 for Lower Austria since Albert was
Trust advanved✰ conferring 'with Frauenfeld when
Salzdetfurth Potash 2 down at 150. the latter was arrested on Friday,
German Steel Trust off at 381. It is assumed he was planning to
three principles underlying the new A wireless controlled motor boat Gerzan Mineral Oils higher at leave his Heimwehr formations law for "regulation of National destined to serve as a "giant tor- 103 Selmenshalske lower at 146. over in a body to the National Labour which will be published pedo" capable of blowing up the-Transocean Kuo Min. Socialist camp.
The Count was next week and is expected to radi-biggest warship with a speed up to REICHSMARK QUOTATIONS. taken into custody, along
the with cally.. reorganise
German 40 knots is said by the "Dally
Berlin, Jan. 13. Frauenfeld but was subsequently Economic structure. The three Herald to have been invented by
Reichsmark" quotations without principles are: released. Transocean Kuo Min.
British naval engineers. The pa- guarantee:- per adds that trials already have been made with the new motor boat with very successful results.
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LAST 'DESPERATE EFFORT
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Vienna, January 12.
In the last desperate. effort to stem the tide of Nationalism and keep the minority Govern- ment of Dollfuss in power, the authorities are opening a new. drive against the National-Bocla- list movement.
Three leading National-Socia- Ilsta, district leader Frauenfeld, Chief. editor Schattenfroh, of the suppressed National-Socialista pa- per Tages Zeltung," and district leader for lower Austria, Leopold, were arrested this evening. Rum- ours that the Heimwehr leader Count Albert, who was with Frau- enfeld when the latter was arrest ed, was also taken in custody are still unconfirmed. But it is believ ed to be correct Albert's arrest would throw interesting light on political developments, in Austria --Transocean Kuò Min.
GROWING CRISIS.
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1, Full responsibility in industry will" henceforth rest with the employers,
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2. The employers and employee are bound together for better or for worse, machines and
place of work belonging as much to labourer who PTD- duces as to the proprietor who possesses formal and legal titles.
3. All agreements" and contract arrangements to have force
New York Paris
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Amsterdam,
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Paris Sterling quotations Dollar
.82.65 18.3
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GERMANY
EX - KAISER
TREASURY BILLS
London, Jan. 12
Balle, who has resigned.
Mr. Eccles is a silver enthusiast arid a former Mormon missionary in Scotland.
His policy Includes the perman- ent settlement of war debts, pre- ferably by cancellation-Reuter.
LEAVING NOTHING TO CHANCE.
Hong Kong Naval authorities are leaving nothing to chance in con- nection with the protection of lives and property of British sub- jects at Foochow His Majesty's this
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MORE TROUBLE Berwick left for. Foochow
IN HAVANA
City Plunged into Darkness
only when created in a spirit Expected To Spend A total of £66,075,000 was ap- doctors joined the strike when
Quiet 75 Birthday
Havana,.January 14. Trouble has again broken out in Havana where a strike of power workers plunged the city into dark- ness, water supply was cut off and all traffic, paralysed, Lawyers and
plied for in to-day's tenders for Government closed the hospitals
bills £30,000,000 Treasury
the and soldiers were engaged to help amount alloted in bills for three to remove the patients. The months was 30 millions. The British Consulate has promised to Doorn, January 14 average rate per cent, was 16/11" embark all British residents with- The ex-Kaiser will spend his 69d as compared with 18/11.5d in two hours in case of necessity. seventy-aith birthday on January last week-British Wireless."
Reuter. 27 quieter than ever im CÓDISE- quence of a bad attack of rheu- matism compelling him to aban Special to the "Hong Kong Dallywood-chopping. He said he will
don bis favourite pastime
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men
of honesty and decency. The old special Labour Court will be replaced by new "Honour Courts," presided over by selected from economic life itself who will judge, not according to the narrow, letter of the low but by "striet application of the National Socialist, conception of decency and honour."-Transocean Kuo Min.
Berlin, Jan 13,
of
be watching political, developments in Germany closely, although he declines to comment recent
Venta
on kece
It is inderstood he does not ap-
At a meeting of the Cabinet. which took place to-day, new law was passed which will be publish- prove of the Nazi policy entirely. ed on Monday. Its stipulations.re- Reuter, ter to relations between employers A
and employees
300,000 German National labour-
PIN AN
Monday to rouse public opinion in ers will meet at the Lustgarten onA REMARKABLE FLIGHT
ANOTHER RUBBER CONFERNCE
France's "Impenetrable
Wall" Collapses
WORK COMPLETED BEFORE PLANS
ARE PASSED!
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Berlin, Jan. 13. A Remarkable record of thirteen- hours 25 minutes for a flight from
Paris, Jan. 13.- The walls which were specified to The impenetrable wall of cement; be 40. inches in breadth were ac Berlin to Las “ Palmas, * Canary Islands, was made by the new
and steel girding France's North tually erected with a span of bare- German Heinkel Express Plane" East border line began to crack 1y 24 inches. Further inquiry is in course of experimental nights in under its own weight, largely on supposed to have proved that many preparation by the German Luf- account of the unshakeable ad- of the defence towers were wholly thansa's proposed trans-Atlantic Vance of dishonest contractors, ac- constructed before the blue-prints service to South America. The cording to sensational reports in appeared in Paris. plane, piloted by Flight Captain the newspaper te Matin here to The only business on the agenda Untacht returned to Berlin to-day day. 18 certain communications from the having taken frieen hours 58 min- President in regard to the
osed - utes from Las Palmas-Transocean rubber restriction;
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Vienna, January 12.0 The growing crisis in Austria is signifled by the nomination of Vice Chancellor Fey of the "Heimwehr." as Minister of public Safety In the Dollfuss Cabinet. This shows that the tension be
Amsterdam, Jan. 13. tween the Government and the The International Union for opposition has reached dangerons Rubber Culture in the Dutch East propcrtions. The nomination of Indies has convoked a private Vice Chancellor Fey, noted Anti- meeting at Amsterdam for next Hitlerite, shows the growing in Thursday, fondant, fluence of the Heimwher which is rapidly becoming a refuge for left wing sympathisers Transocean Kuo. Min":
The concrete wall of the famous "Pillboxes' supposed to be built for eternity are showing wide, lesions
Three military specialists have already been despatched from the Capital to determine the full ex tent of the structural Laws,TM-- Fransocean Kuo Min.-
morning.
Meanwhile, Chinese reports state that 200 Japanese Marines landed to afford similar protection to their own nationals.-Reuter.
WORLD SUGAR CONFERÈNE
Washington, Jan. President Roosevelt has ans nounced that he favours American participation in an informal meet- ing of sugar-producing nations" discuss the possibility of a success ful world sugar conference-Ren- ter.
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