THE CODEX SINAITICUS
Request For Its Return
Calro, January 29.
-HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1934.
NEW CHINESE
SHIPPING CO.
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IN FLOOD
POLITICAL CRISIS BRITISH EXPORTS
IN FRANCE
M. Daladier To Foru
New Cabinet
Paris, January 29.
TO FRANCE
Cotton Quotas Restored
the
POLITICS IN
AUSTRIA
s To
Social-Democrats "
Support Dollfuss
To Carry Cargo
Duty Free!
(From Our Special Correspondent)
Canton, January 29.
YELLOW RIVER TRAGEDY IN
Many Villages Inuidated
ANTARCTIC
Members Of Expedi
tion Marooned
New York, January 29. Apprehension for the safety of forty-three members of his, An- tarctic expedition is expressed in. a wireless message from Admiral Richard Byrd at the Ray Whales.
[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily
Peiping, January 29. Press" (Copyright.'}]
Corpses floating down the Yellow River have become a daily spec- Vienna, January 29.
tacle in the Huahsien district of The prospect of Social-Democra-
Dollfuss was A new shipping company is be-Hanan; where scares of villages tic support for Dr. 1177-
have been inundated as the re- sult of a sudden rise in the level
The message says that the mem- held out by a resolution defining ing formed under the initiative of cellor by a recent invitation to put construction to maintain regulas of the river. Heavy ice fams from the party's attitude to the Chan the Provincial Department of Re- aside party politics and join the service from Canton to Ewabue, the upper regions, have aggravat-bers were marooned in camp as a consequence of the disintegration ed the situation. ranks of the big patriotic front. Swatow, Pakhal and Holbow. 4.
of an ice-shelf covering the Bay. The resolution which was adopt- The capital for this concern is
The temperature is a little below ed by the party Council states temporarily, red..: $2,000,000, As
is crumbling: that Austrian Social-Democracy a start the Provincial Department
freezing and the ice in the Bay co-operate in a of Reconstruction will appro- is prepared to
the balance constitutional settle-priate $200,000 and peaceful ment of the political crisis. If wil be raised by public subscrip- electoral reform is to be carried tion. As the prospectiva company
Paris, January 29. A telegram demanding the re- turn of the Codex Sinaiticus "as
It is learned that the restoration M. Daladier, who is regarded as British public opinion must know
John" in French of the full 100 per cent. of "Honest of an the monastery it belongs to
notably Sinai" was sent to the British politics was summoned to the Ely-import quotes on certain imports Museum by the Archibishop of see this morning. On leaving M. of British cotton, Sinal who is at present in Cairo. Daladier said the President had bleached cotton, has been decided entrusted him with the formation upon following, not only the Bri- --Reuter.
of a new government. He warm-tish protests, but representations ly thanked M. Lebrun for this from French users-Reuter. mark of confidence and told him he would consult his friends im- form mediately. He intended to
and a government of energetic
which would re- respected men
the State store the authority of and unshakeable confidence of the country in the destinies of the Re public.
CODEX NOW IN BRITISH MUSEUM
The Codex Sinaiticus, the fourth century manuscript of the Bible in Greek, yesterday passed out. of Soviet into British possession, and is now safely lodged in the British Museum.
After expert inspection of the manuscript at the museum a cou- ple of specimen pages were de-
Earlier in the morning M. Jules
EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO
tached for exhibition in the main Jeanneney. President of the Sen- Heavy Damage: Many
hall
the
From 1.30 until six when museum closed," 3,500 filed past the exhibit, most of them dropping coins into the collecting-box placed beside it,
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The precious consignment had had a happily uneventful journey across Europe.
It was handed over by the on- cials of the ex-Imperial Library at Leningrad to an Arcas courier, who had been sent from London, with a companion, to fetch it. He wrapped the manuscript in brown paper, tied it up with string, and kept it closely in charge until he delivered it in London late Sunday night. He took his meals with the parcel under his elbow, and slept with it under his head.
Scene in Bush House
on
In the east wing of Bush House, in the Strand. the Arcos and the Russian Trade Delegation were astir at an early hour yesterday, when there was borne along from a strong underground room at the Moscow Narodny Bank, in Moor- gate, the all-important parcel in the care of plainclothes detectives and the principal courier who had brought it from Russia.
ate declined the Premiership.--- Reuter..
Injured
→ DOUMERGUE REFUSES TO
FORM CABINET
Mexico City, January 29. The whole of south and central Mexica has been rocked by earthquake..
8.11
Paris, January 29. The ex-president, M. Doumergue
has declined an invitation to form a new Cabinet-Reuter.
NO DECISION-REACHED
(Special to the “Hong Kong Daly Press" (opyright.)] ·
Paris, January 28. Following the resignation of the Ministry Président Chautemps
Tardieu
Lebgun consulted respectively the former Prime Ministers Tardieu, Herclot, and Barthou concerning the Cabinet crisis but no decision has yet been reached. informed Pressmen that he was favouring a National Union, speedy adoption of the budget and even- tual dissolution of the Chamber should circumstances demand It
the These were ushered into special office of Mr. Pleman, whose knowledge of English had Crowds Alling the streets on Sun-
Many bosta nited with refugees are reported to have capsized in the swirling waters, causing a ser tous loss of life-Reuter.
out this must be done on a basis is to be operated jointly by mer- MORE TROUBLE
of universal equal Transocean Kuo Min.
suffrage chants and the government, there
·SILVER" MARKET
will be many privileges and con-" cessions.
For instance, the company will carry goods from and to: Canton free, from Interport transit dues as collected by the Chinese Maritime Customs here. Cargo carried by (From Our Special Correspondent) steamers of this new company be-
London, January 29. Following are the Silver Quota Many reported injured, and tons on the London market to heavy damage has been done, esday: pecially at Acapulco, where num- erous bulldings have cracked- Spot
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Jan. 29 Jan 27 19.8/16 19.8/16 Forward 19 19.5/10 The London on New York cross Practically all buildings in Aca-
Fearing rate to-day at 2 p.m. closed at damaged. pulco were further shocks, the people. have 4.982. abandoned their houses" and are living in tents.
to
Several persons were injured in Mexico City in a panic rush leave churches and other buildings where numbers of people were
mage to property-Reuter congregaled but there was no da
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A
LONDON STOCK MARKET
Londot, January 29. Sterling on New York 4.981, on Paris 79 13/10.
On the Stock Exchange values
BRITISH NAVAL show little change from Saturday's
CONFERENCE
qualided him to be the Russian day afternoon eagerly discussed No Official Statement
un
spokesman here. Presently Mr. the Political events but no Ernest MaggS, the purchasing toward incident was reported. agent, and Dr. Ettinghausen, both Transocean Kuo Min.
of Maggs Bros., in Condult-street, 'arrived. and there took place across a plain ofice table in a small room one of the strangest transactions in our business an- nals.
Overhead hung portrait of Lenin; opposite, a, coloured wall- map of the two hemispheres, printed in Russian. In all other respects the commonplace carpet. furniture and equipment the room was the counterpart of a myriad offices in London. It was the swarthy Tartar faces of the men and women clerks passing in and out, and the air of aloofness with which visitors were received. that proclaimed the alien atmos- phere.
YOUNGER POLITICIANS
WANTED
[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright.)].'
"
To Be Issued
Singapore, January 29. The Far Eastern Naval Confer- ence, attended by delegates of Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand, has been concluded.
It is understood that no official statement will be issued regarding the decisions."
Paris, January 29.
Admiral Sir Frederick Dreyer, One of the most striking fea- tures of the present Government Commander-in-Chief, China Sta- crisis la the fact that the young-tion, who presided at the Confer- energetically ence is departing for Batavia on er generation very clamours for a radical change of February 1, aboard H.MS. present day party politica and eli- folk-Reuter, que intrigues.
Both young socialists and radi- 'cals, as well as young deputies of the centre group of the Right. expressed Wing "parties publicly their dislike tor old forms and are per- petually appearing in successive Cabinets.
GERMAN CHURCH old party leaders who
CONTROVERSY.
Nazi Protestants Support Mueller
Berlin, January 28.
of
and The claims the new
pressed younger men are being
claims
strongly and these supported by public opinion.- Kuo Min.
are
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STRONG SILENT MAN ·
Paris, Jan. 29...
Having falled to, subordinate the whole of the German Protestant
M. Daladler will return to the Church, Reichsbishop Mueller is apparently determined to concent-Elysee this evening to give a de- rate on securing submission from the Church of Prussia, and has 13- sued an emergency 'decree tempor- arily suspending the Church Sen- ate.
finite answer, as to whether or not he can form a Government. The President's choice of Dala dler is welcomed as he is a strong silent man of unimpeachable in- This is the latest development integrity and is the only Left States-.. the Church controversy and en- man capable of forming a Gov- relying on ernment of national union. He will ables Mueller, who is the support of Goering, to issue be apposed by Socialists and will orders to the Supreme Prussian have to look to the Right of the Church Council, thereby subjecting Chamber for support. " 19.000,000 Prussian protestants, be-
M. Daladier favours
ASAHI MARU DISASTER
Suf-
Five Killed: 13 Still Missing
Nagasaki, January 29,
The known death roll of the "Asahi Maru" ferry disaster is now five, while 13 are still missing. thus contradicting the earlier re- ports that only 11 of the 350 pas- sengers had been saved.
The disaster occured yesterday afternoon, when the,overloaded vessel capsized alongside a pier at Nagasaki.
Thirty of the passengers are in
far. hospital, suffering from exposure and various injuries, but so only ave corpses have been re- covered.
The authorities belleve direct
that
closing, later British funds were Steady. War Loan 101,
Gold 132/5d, including a prem- ium of 104d over the bank of
tween ports in Kwangtung will be duty free, and there will be no fur
once ther levy on foreign goods duty on them has been paid at any of the foregoing parts.
Under existing condiona, na- tive goods consigned here for Swa tow are subject to interport dues, and imported goods to Canton are liable to the usual tarist duty and also interport dues if they are shipped to any other place in China. The Provincial Depart ment of Reconstruction plans that such additional duty should be cancelled, especially if the goods are shipped by vessels of the new company.
SIR FRANCIS LINDLEY
France buying rate.-British Wire To Leave Tokyo In
lėsa.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT
BILL'
London: January 29. The principal measure before Parliament during the next few weeks will be the Committee-stage of the unemployment Bill. Est- mates have also to be considered and the budget will be introduced in April-British Wireless.
RUN ON FRENCH BANKS
[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally
"Press". (Copyright:)]
on
April
London. January 29.
It is authoritatively learned that the British Government has ask ed for Japan's agreement to the appointment of a successor to Bir Francis Lindley as Ambassador in Tokyo.
IN CHARHAR
Japanese Military Preparations
Pelping, January 29. The situation in Charhar has again taken a turn for the worse, to Chinese reports. according which state that Japanese Manchurian troops are sporadic attacks on forces at Lungmensi.
and making
the Chinese
The Japanese are alleged to be erecting an air-field and a motor. road, in the Fengning district. Lorries laden with military sup- plies are stated to be running be tween. Fenigning and Takuochang. The reports add that there is a fresh in- general feeling that a vasion of east Charhar is immin ent.--Reuter.
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A ROUGH CROSSING
Duchess Of York Meets Heavy Seas
St. Johns, New
Brunswick, January 29. Over twenty, including two par sengers, were injured on the liner Duchess of York in Mid-Atlantic when three huge waves, which were caused as a result of an disturbance.. swept underwater
Furniture was over her bridge. on
damaged to the extent of £400.
The ship's surgeon received a fractured elbow while attending to an injured seaman, but bravely con- tinued his work in the ship's hos- pital. He has now been removed to a city hospital-Reuter.
is
It is expected that an agreemens will be announced in London Tuesday. Sir Francis Lindley expected to leave Tokyo in April.
Reuter.
BRITISH AIRMAN
KILLED
London, January 29. Paris, January 29. While 'flying upsidedown in bis at machine There has been a run the own single-seater
yesterday, Charles banks at Nancy and Nice. Half a Brooklands. million franes were drawn daily, Shillingford apparently lost con- "on an average, and the branch of the Bank of France had to inter-chine nosed dived to earth. The vene in order to meet the require-plane did not catch fire.--British ments. Tranosocean Kuo Min.
SNOW STORM TRAGEDY
trol and was killed, when his ma- 41 People Frozen To
Wireless."
BRITAIN AND DIS-
ARMAMENT
Sir John Simon's Statement May Be Postponed
longing to the United Church, to Franco-German' negotiations and many of the sturdy "dockwórka [Special to the “Hour Kong Daily disarmament has been the subject.
the dictorial rule...
the opinion is given he may take managed to scramble on shore, in spite of the bitter cold. With The decree was followed by or the Foreign Portfolio himself,
typical phlegm they went to their ders for suspension of all defiant
The Sociallat, M. Bouisson, Pre-home and the loss of life was not pastors, thirty of whom have al- ready been suspended, while the sident of the Chamber was also so great as was at first feared leader of the opposition, Pastor offered the Premiership after M. Niemceller, has been given leave Jeanneney but declined: Reuter.
of absence.
The fact that the Nazi Pro- testant leader mesting at Blahop their declared Mueller's office loyalty to Herr Hitler and their determination to support Bishop Mueller 16 hailed by the Press as capitulation by the opposition.
Nevertheless, further develop- ments are expected.-Reuter.
"POPPY DAY” RECEIPTS
Reuter.
PRINCE OF WALES AND UNEMPLOYED
Press" (Copyright.)]
London, January 29. Sir John Simon will possibly the French postpone, owing to ministerial crisis, his declaration regarding the British standpoint on the disarmament question which he had intended to make In the House of Commons or Monday.
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Death
Nagasaki, January 29. Forty-one have been found"froz- en to death on the snowbound is land of Dagelet, off the east coast of Korea.
When a rescue party landed yesterday evening the storm was still raging and it is feared that there is a far greater loss of life island.-- in other parts of the Reuter
AN IMPORTANT CONTRACT
of diplomatic 'exchanges and questions will be asked in the British Manufacturer's House of Commons this afternoon regarding the situation as it now stands and the possibility of any further development.
dum
Success
London Jan. 29.
The work will take six years at an approximate cost of £4,643,000 Durban has also placed orders £50,000 with British firms for worth of Motor buses" to replace rail trams Reuter
Admiral Byrd's flagship la drift- ing. being unable to berth. Four other members of the expedition. in Little America are also cut of from their comrades-Reuter.
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THE INDIA "QUAKE
Response to Viceroy'
Fund
New Delhi, Jan 29, The Viceroy's fund r the victims in the recent earthquake now stands at £40,000, but biicial quarters say still larger funds are. needed if the "atricken population is to permanently be rehabilitated, A high official in Bihar says that many crores of rupees are neces- sary to restore economie Hite in that province alone.
Calcutta Jan. 29. As the result torrential rain at Muzaffarpur thousands of people who were homeless after the earthquake are lying drenched by the roadsides without shelter- Reuter.
PROGRESS IN RUSSIA
Victory For Socialism
Moscow, January 29.0 The claim that the Soviet's ex- victory for ample has proved a Socialism, was made; by the Gen- eral Secretary of the Communist Party, M. Stalin, in bis Ave-hour report on internal conditions - at the Communist Party Congress."
He said that the face of the country had radically changed in the past four years. Large-scale mechanised collective farming had replaced petty, private farming. and thousands of industrial enter- prizes had developed.
Towns had arisen from waste" land, pauperism and unemploy ment had been stamped out, and; literacy had reached 90 per cond He claimed that these enormous miracle under changes would be Capitalism, but in the Soviet they were simply due to the correct, ar- plication of the Socialist economic system-Heuter.
ITALIAN PLANÉ WRECKED
But Crew Reported To Be Alive
New York, Jan. 29 The Italian plane which was flying from Italy to B. America was 'It is understood that. British
found destroyed on a beach twelve agreed "upon“ EL Ministers have independent statement of their An important contract has been miles south of Fort Aleza, Brit views towards disarmament and secured in the teeth of strangThe crew are believed to be alre The diplomatic correspondent of that this statement will be reveal American and European competi-Reuter. the "Dally Telegraph" who hinta ed in reply to this afternoon's ton by the London firm Westing-
The crew of the Italian question in the Commons. house Brake Company to install a at this possibility, says that even
Newspapers anticipate that the continuous brake system on Polish are unhurt-Reuter If Sir John should decide to speak it will be, under the circumstances: Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon, a goods trucke London, January 29.
entirely non-committal and will will briefly review the events of
WHAT GERMANY WANTS, The Prince of Wales delivered merely reiterate the British goy recent weeks which have led to a speech over the wireless on ernment's wish to build a bridge the publication of this memoran-
Berlin, January 20 "The Times" says that seeing Saturday night on progress made between France and Germany.
According to a well informed
"We do not desire to be loved MOTS- by, the voluntary service
or praised, all we desire is appre ciation of our share in the recon ment which he maugurated in a correspondent, the British com- the memorandum in origin is in
German government, courtesy de speech at the Albert Hall two promise scheme will definitely re-response to questions from the Ject the idea of a probationary
struction of world economic and years ago. He made several sus period and propose that Germany mands that their government London, January 29. · gestions for development work A report from Nanning, Kwang- Major-General Sir Frederick among unemployed. He conclud- be granted the principle of the should first have time to consider
hope that it is already in their pending shipment of 140,000 New Dawers says vice-Chanceller hands. The Times" adds that it Zealand fax plants to Japan and Papen in an article commora s states that three milkary Maurice, president of the Bried his broadcast with the follow right to possess defensive weapons and there is the reason to Flax millers are alarmed at the the political equilibrium of planes, ordered by the Kwangst tish Legion announces that up ing words; "Let selfhelp so handTransocean Kno Min.....
BRIEF REVIEW, EXPECTED is natural that it should be cir-are strongly urging, the Govern the first anniversary of Heer 1 a to date receipts for the sale of in hand with mutual service, let Provincial Government from
London, January 29. culated also to other Powers con- ment to prevent their Export ler's assumption to power. British firm, arrived at the provin-popples on Poppy Day--Armistice the Stale do ita utmost by politi
The Parliamentary Bession cerned in the recent diplomatic claiming that the New Zealand Von Papen gave a survey of cial capital on the 10th fast. Five Day last year amount to £452, cal and economic devices but there more planes will be shipped from 500. This exceeds last year's ts ng remedy which will ever re which began in November is being conversations on disarmament, fax industry will be faced with developments during the first
employing cheap labour. Reuter. ocean Euo Min. Hongkong to Wuchow shortly grand total by £30,000,--British place or make obsolete the way resumed to-day after a ave weeks namely, France and Italy.British serious competion from countries of the Hitler government.
Christmas recess. In the interval Wireless Service, Wireless.
of fellowship-British Wireless Kuo, Min
BRITISH PLANES FOR
KWANGSI
Canton, January 14
Exceed Last Year's Total
Wellington, Jan 29,