1
A STATE OF
OF SEIGE IN PARIS
ALL MINISTRIES OCCU- PIED BY SOLDIERS
AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS SITUATION
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(Copyright.)1)
FARIS, FEBRUART 8.
A STATE OF SEIGE HAS NOT YET OFFICIALLY BEEN REALITY TT ALREADY PROCLAIMED IN PARIS, BUT IN
14,000 MEN TO- THE ENTIRE POLICE FORCE, EXISTS.. GETHER WITH THE WHOLE REPUBLICAN GUARD WERE O'CLOCK AT SIX DUTY FOR EMERGENCY ALARMED
MORNING.
COMPLETE DIVISIONS TWO
AND FONTAINBLEAU FROM AMIENS.
MACHINE
MEMBERS
DE FEU,
ON TUESDAY
MILITARY OF SOISSONS ARE MARCHING ON PARIS. ALL THE MINIS- ARMED WITH TRIES ARE OCCUPIED BY SOLDIERS
4,000 OVER EVENING GUNS
MONDAY ON
CROIX SOLDIERS' SOCIETY, OF THE OLD
ΤΟ IN THE CHAMPS ELYSEES ASSEMBLED
IN PERFECT MAKE A DEMONSTRATION MARCHING ONDER SINGING THE "MARSEILLAISE" INTENDING TO THE PROCEED TO THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS.
MOVEMENT BUT THE POLICE ATTEMPTED TO STOP FROVED TOO WEAK. THEN A SECTION OF THE RE- PUBLICAN MOUNTED GUARD CAME TO THEIR ASSISTANCE, THE HORSES' THE DEMONSTRATORS THREW SAND IN
THE THE CAVALRY. ONE OF EYES "THUS REPULSING
CARRIED BY THE
HE
GUARDS TRIED TO SEIZE A FLAG DEMONSTRATORS, BUT FINDING THIS IMPOSSIBLE CUT THROUGH THE FLAG POLE WAS IMMEDIATELY TORN FROM INFURIATED CROWD AND FORCED
OF AND KISS THE TWO PARTS WHICH WAS THEREUPON PLACED ON THE GRAVE OF THE -"'"UNKNOWN" SOLDIER."
WITH HIS SABRE
HIS HORSE BY THE TO KNEEL DOWN PART THE BROKEN
THE SITUATION IS EXTREMELY GRAVE, BECAUSE. NOT DEMON- ONLY THE EXTREME "RIGHT PARTIES WERE STRATING IN THE STREETS ON TUESDAY BUT ALSO SO- CIALISTS AND COMMUNISTS WERE HOLDING COUNTER MEETINGS AS WELL SO THAT THE POLICE WERE OVER- WHELMED WITH DUTIES.
THE POLICE HAVE RECEIVED STRICT INSTRUCTIONS MUST BE AVOIDED AT ALL COST.— THAT BLOODSHED Transocean Kuo Min.
RESOLVE TO MAINTAIN ORDER
[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily
Press" (Copyright.)]
Paris, Feb. "5.
out
FRANC IMPROVES"
The franc
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1934.
BRITISH TRADE THE SPANISH A MILITARY IN MANCHUKUO
GOVERNMENT
Adequate Representa-Important Changes
Expected tion Through Consulates
London, February, “6,
CONFERENCE Important Meeting At
Canton
[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally (From Our Special Correspondent)
Press" (Copyright.)]
Madrid, Feb. 5. Important changes in the
Canton. February 6, An important military conference was held to-day at the headquar-
The suggestion that a British Spanish Government are generally ters of the First Group Army at
Trade
be
Commissioner should appointed to Manchukuo was yes terday made by Captain A V. Dower, Conservative member for Stockport, in the House of Com-
mona.
expected to take place before long. and calculated to strengthen Con- which General Chen Tsai Tong, the, Commander-in-Chief, Gen- servative and anti-Socialist ten-eral Yu Han Mow, officer com- dercles and at the same time put
manding the First Army, General an end to Monarchists. fervent hopes for restoration. The leader Yang Ching, officer command- of the powerful Catholic right ing the Third Army, and several wing group, Ga Robles who is divisional commanders were pre-
of
sent.
AUSTRO-GERMAN RIFT
DOLLFUSS MAY DELAY
APPEAL TO LEAGUE
Seriousness of Decision
Realised
(Special to the "Hong Kong Dalh advisability of appealing to the
Press" (Copyright.)]
in-
The Parliamentary Secretary for Overseas Trade. Lt. Col. D.
League, as this venture may J. widely considered to be one
While the subject of delibera-
crease the internal tension and Colville in his reply, recalled that Spain's "strong men" stated in a
tion is not disclosed, it is under-
the VIENNA, FEBRUARY 6. further aggravate
Austro- a Commercial Secretary had been speech at Seville that his Party
common. appointed in August. 1930, to re- was emphatically supporting the stood that the policy of protecting
AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR THE German condlet. It is the people and safeguarding the a statement
knowledge here that Great Britain side at Harbin, "but was transfer Republican regime,
AF- unchanged AUSTRIAN GOVERNMEN province will remain red to Peking because it was found which is taken to mean the Catho-
and that an attitude of benevolent PEARS TO HAVE REALISED THE Sapproves of such appeal, on the other hand France favours It. that his services were more urgent-llc Party's willingness to join forces
OF THE
Armed with Cabinet authorisation ly needed elsewhere.
neutrality should be adopted to- FULL SERIOUSNESS with the Radical group in order to
wards the neighbouring provincial STER DECIDED AT MONDAY'S Lt. Col. Colville. said that the give the country a strong stable
troops, such as those in Fakten, EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF Dollfuss immediately despatched a interests British träde
Some observers are in Man government.
THE CABINET, NAMELY, AN AP-telegram to Austria's permanent. chukuo were adequately repre- inclined to belleve the anticipated Klangal and Hunan.
A telegram was received from PEAL TO THE COUNCIL OF THE representative at the League of sented by His Majesty's Consular reconstruction of the Leroux Ca-
him to visit the Secretary General the deld headquarters of General LEAGUE OF NATIONS TO USE Nations Baron Pinegl instructing
TO .BRING INFLUENCE officers, but he fully appreciated kinet will be followed by a transit-
necessary Nanchang ITS
Avenol to request the ABOUT A MODIFICATION" OF the importance of the polat rais-ory period of military dictatorship Chiang Kar Shek at
session of the Extraordinary ordering the Cantonese troops in ed by Captain Dower, and assur-in order to terminate the everlast- ed him that the position will be ing internal disorders which is Eastern Kwangtung and Southern THE PRESENT UNSATISFACTORY League's Council to deal with the Fuklen to proceed to Southern SITUATION BETWEEN GERMANY matter of Austria's appeal. A carefully watched. Reuter.
keeping the country in a continual
telegram was simultaneously sent state of nervousness. Acts of vio- Klangst to continue the anti-Com- AND AUSTRIA.
ACCORDING TO REQUESTS
to Poland's foreign minister Beck lence by left Radical continue to munist campaign, which has re-
FURTHER PARTICULARS
who is chairman Of this year's be dally announced in the larger mained inactive throughout the FOR
AUS-
Council. The requested assembly cities. A bakery in Madrid was Fukien revolt. It was learned that ABOUT THE STEPS THE held up last night by three syndi- General Yu Han. Mow would con- TRIAN GOVERNMENT PROPOSES of the League Council is expected
TAKING WERE MET WITH
to take place in the course of this calists who "expropriated" the tinue to act as the officer com- anti-Communist the
BLUNT REFUSAL, THE PRESS week.--Transocean Kuo Min. cash register and made away manding
BEING MERELY REFERRED TO with it. The police
troops in Southern Kiangsi.
THE OFFICIAL
COMMITTEE OF ENQUIEY up the hunt and two inno-
General Chen Tsao Tong de- THE TEXT OF
Vienna, February, 6, cent bystanders, were wounded, clined to permit the new Seventh STATEMENT ALREADY MADE.
AT THE CABINET MEETING
The Austro-German issue is still one fatally, when robbers opened Route Army to establish a local
shows fire on the pursuers. In another office in succession to that of the IT IS NOW SAID THAT NOTHING doubtful. A
The Seventh WAS DECIDED RESPECTING THE that the Austrain Cabinet has em part of the city a young Socialist 19th Route Army. shot down two Fascist students who Route Army is made up from a CONTENTS OF THE APPEAL TO powered the chancellor, Dr. Engel- THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS, NOR | bert Dollfuss; to submit the dispute part of the 19th.Route Army and attempted to take a Marxist news-
comes under
command of WAS THE EXACT MOMENT AT to the League of Nations, but the from him. In Bár- paper away
WHICH SUCH SHOULD BE HAND-leaves the questions of date and celona all the lights in a large General Mo Wel Shau, who re- section of the city were put out eelves his appointment direct from ED IN NOR HAD THE AUSTRIAN method to his discretion. It also by bomb explosions which destroy-
General Chiang Kai Shek,-Chair- MINISTER AT THE LEAGUE OF empowers him to take other action. There is an opinion in some ed the electric cables. Similar man of the Military Affairs Com- NATIONS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO
TAKE ANY STEPS IN THIS circles that Dr. Dollfuss,may. excesses are reported from Malaga
submit the matter to the Powers, and Bilbao where the situation Is
DIRECTION AT GENEVA.
THE ONLY POSITIVE INFOR-particularly the signatories of the becoming more anarchical every
MATION OBTAINABLE FROM Four Power Pact. day. Transocean Kiio Min.
·AUTHORITATIVE
THE SILVER MYSTERY
Pittman's Amendment May Be Used
W
New York, February 25.. The silver mystery has been deepened by Mr. Henry Morgan- thau's cryptic remark that since October.10 the gold price has ad- vanced 21 per cent, and also by his non-committal answer to questions as to whether the Gov- ernment suspects legitimate ac- fivity in silver or whether some further monetary action towards silver is imminent, perhaps by utilizing Senator Key Pittman's amendment.
Meanwhile the Treasury's dally. statement has listed the gold The U.8.$7,020,000. holdings
at
The statement also indicates that the stabilisation fund is not yet working.
took
SILVER MARKET
(From Our Special Correspondent)
London, February 6. Following are the silver, Quota- tlons on the London market to- day:-
Spot Forward
Feb. 6 Feb. 5
19.9/18
197 19418.11/16 The London on New York cross- The Federal mints have recely- ed 117,554 ounces of silver-rate at the closing To-day "was Reuter.
London. February &
Improved to-day With Boulevards quiet following owing to the Bank of France's increase is attributed to imported rumours of Daladier's Arm re-categorical dental of a rumour gold. solve to maintain order even at the from New York that the Bank of price of mobilising neighbouring France required forty-eight hours garrisons, the hard hitting Pre- notice for withdrawals. mier was able, in peace, to work Bear covering accentuated the
his Ministerial declaration movement. which will be read before the. It is painted out here that the Chamber on Tuesday. The speech drain or gold is likely to continue. on which French democracy may thus forcing France and the gold stand will consist of the proposal bloc to indulge in drastic dedation of four major lines of action: com-which is most unpopular, or 10 plete elucidation of the Stavisky abandon the gold standard. scandal, passing of Budget before March 31, policy on miscellaneous lapses the return of European an ounce.
A total of about £1,540,000 governmental issues of a less pres-capital will help France to main- sing nature. After the delivery oftain the gold standard, but if the worth of gold was sold in the Lon- the declaration the Chamber will disturbances in Paris continue the don bullion market, yesterday.- debate the institution of Stavisky Alght of capital will be accentuat-British Wireless Service. Investigation committee. The Righted, the greater part of the funds
NEW RECORD GOLD PRICE
London, February 8. The price of gold yesterday rose If the Wall Street boom col-1390. to a new high record of £7
I. wspapers continue to criticise the going to New York.
question. of the Ex-prefect of Po- A prominent banker has stated will do all in her lice Chiappe, who appeared to have that France
power to maintain gold reserves which are as essential to her
worked an excellent plan in case
of civil disturbances. According to
the plan the Capital was divided security as her Army and ir
ir to small Districts with troops. ir. Force."
all the forts and barracks, ready.
The general
market opinion
to be used if required.-Trang- seems to be the dollar is likely, to Ocean Kuo Min.
be firm and the frand to weaken. -Reuter.
CITY FULL OF RUMOURS
"Paris, February 6.. The city was full of the wildest alarmist rumours yesterday in which the words "Coup d'Etat" and "Revolution"
freely
were
bandied.
Thirty thousand Police, gen- darmes and troops are available to quell any violence, though it is improbable that troops will be conspicuous unless the Police are overwhelmed.
According to the "Action Fran- calse," machine-guns are mount- ed in the Chamber of Deputies itself, but, since traffic is stopped for half-a-mile round the Cham- ber, they are not likely to be used. "If there is, single demonstra- tion, you will be dismissed" is the warning given by the Minister of the Interior to M. Chiappe's suc- cessor, M. Siboud. Chief of the Paris Police, and the warning has been passed on to the various Police chiefs-Reuter
SUN TIEN YING'S TROOPS
Capture Pinglo
Town
Peiping. Feb. 8. Chinese advices state that Pinglo Town. thirty-three miles from Ninghsia City has been captured by troops of Sun Tien Ying who killed the commander of the de- fenders and four thousand of the garrison. The explosion of a mine near Pinglo is stated to have killed seven hundred workers. The im- vaders have also occupied the Chinchinden district near Pinglo. Some Cfteen thousand of Sun Tien
TAXI STRIKE
- IN PARIS
Private Cars Do Roaring Trade
[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright.))
Paris, Feb. 5.
The atmosphere of gloom which
is now depressing "the gay city
A DIVORCE PETITION
Fairbanks Named Co-respondent
London, Feb. 6.
4.931.
RED ARMY TROOPS
Salaries To Be Raised
mission.
About.. 2,000 troops of the 19th Route Army escaped into Kwang- tung. from Southern Fukien and It was decided that permission be given to incorporate them into the First Independent Division now stationed at Chia Ling and Mel Hsien (Mul Yuen).
THE BALKAN PACT
Bulgaria Prefers League
*
дод-
Sofa, February 6. Bulgaria's attitude to the Bal- kan Pact, which was initialled by Greece, Turkey, Rumania and Yugo-Slavia, on Sunday, has been made known
It is semi-officially stated that she prefers #
of pact aggression within the League and in conformity to the Kellogg Pact Moscow, February 6 as the best means of strengthen The salaries of the Red Armying peace in the Balkaris.. troops in parts of Eastern Siberia and Transbaikal will be raised by a decree signed by M. Stalin and M. Molotow, according to the Tass News
decree agency. The
also effects a rise of 10 to 30 per cent. in the wages of office workers. Collective farms and their workers
Despite the efforts of the signa- tories, Bulgaria has declined to become a party to the Pact, the text of which has not yet been disclosed.-Reuter.
are relieved from obligatory stain FIGHTING IN
deliveries to the State for alx years. and individual peasants for three years.
The measures are intended to, fa- cilitate the labour conditions, of
Lord Ashley has filed a divorce the workers and the economie.con- petition against his wife, namingditions of the settlers in these re- Douglas Fairbanks, Snr. as co-gions and in the Burist-Mongolian
Republic-Reutet. respondent--Reuter."
H. K. MANUFACTURERS
MUST PAY
on account of the stavisky scandal USUAL TARIFF DUES AT CANTON
KUITY.
TURKESTAN
General Ma Again To
The Fore
Moscow, February 6,
Severe fighting is reported to be raging in Chinese Turkestan be- tween the Provincial troops
and
to
communique
QUARTERS A message" from Geneva stater WAS THAT THE AUSTRIAN GOV- that if Dr. Dollfuss decides to ap- ERNMENT HAD DECIDED IN peal, it is believed most kely PRINCIPLE TO PLACE THE MAT- that the League will appoint a TER BEFORE THE LEAGUE OF Committee of Inquiry in secord- with Article 15 of the NATIONS UNLESS IN THE MM-ance MEDIATE FUTURE SOME NEW League Covenant but there is an SITUATION SHOULD ARISE. THE opinion that he may postpone the DECISION OF THE CABINET appeal indefinitely-Reuter. HAS ALREADY BEEN COMMUNI- BRITISH POLICY UNCHANGED" CATED TO ALL THE GREAT
London, February, 6. POWERS THROUGH THE CUS- The Foreign Secretary, Sir John
DIPLOMATIC CHAN- simon, stated in reply to a question- TOMARY NELS. THE AUSTRIAN MINISTER in the House of Commons yester- AT BERLIN, TANSCHITZ WHO day that His Majesty's Government TOOK PART IN THE CABINET were watching the situation in MEETING RETURNS TO BERLIN Austria with the closest attention WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS adding that the statement of the -TRANSOCEAN KUO MIN.
Government's attitude, 23 given by bim in the House of Commons. on December 21, still represents their policy in the matter.
GERMAN INTERFERENCE
[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright.)]
On that occasion Bir John Simon said, "The policy of His Majesty's Government is and remains direct- ed towards doing all that we can. Vienna, February 5. by our influence and by our advice, The appeal to the League of to sustain the integrity and fo against dependence of Austria. We main Nations for protection "Germany's interference in Aus- "tain most strictly the only wise. tria's internal politics" has been rule that it cannot be any part decided upon on Monday in a of our business, to interfere with Cabinet Council lasting five hours. the internal Government of an- was anally given full other country; but at the same Dollfuss powers to take the preliminary time the independence and safety steps to lodge an appeal in Geneva, of Austria are essential to the understood that object to which British policy is though it is serious doubts were voiced by some directed."-British Cabinet Ministers concerning the vice,
Wireless Ber-
To err is human
an army of Tungans, commanded by General Ma Chung Yin.
General Ma is reported possess vast supplies of ammuni- tion but he has so far foiled to take Urumchi His troops have suffered heavy losses while Loyalist A reinforcements are rushing support the Urumchi garrison.
The Tungans are reported to be abandoning the revolt and surren- dering their arms.-Reuter.
to
and political upheavals it has caused, has been deepened by the prolongation of the taxi-cab drivers' strike which has now last-
(From Our Special Correspondent) ed five days without any signs of ending. Three mass meetings of
Canton, February 6. kag is not in favour of reduction protests were held on Monday by Manufactured goods imported for the sake of Hongkong mer- chants, becauce this would decrease taxi-drivers but the new Chief of from Hong Kong to Canton will Police is indisposed to listen to have to pay the usual tariff duties Customs revenue which goes to their threats. Meanwhile, private and taxes, according to a decision Nanking and not to the local trea-
AUSTRALIA'S RELATIONS cars without taxi-meters are doing reached yesterday afternoon in a
here Chinese manufacturers
IN THE EAST..." a roaring trade conveying disjoint conference of the executives tracted visitors to Paris hither and
of the City Chamber of Commerce likewise oppose any, reduction in
Melbourne, February, 6- thither.-Transocean Kuo Mizi.
and Mr. Ou Fang Pu. Provincial favour of their competitors in-
Hong Kong. They advance the The, Hon. Mr. J. G. Latham Commissioner of Finance..
argument that if concessions were the Attorney-General and Minig granted to Hong Kong manufac-ter for External Affairs and turers, Chinese merchants and Minister for Industry for Austra industrialists in Singapore, Penang. a will.depart on March 17 on a Manila etc. would also petition to three months' tour of the East, the local authorities for similar embracing China, Japan, Hong treatment.
Kong, the Dutch East Indies,
INDIAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FUND
The following further dons- tion has been received by us. for the above fund:"
"Anon HPB."
Already acknowledged 205
$255
Total
....$50
Ying's troops are besieging Ning hala City, which is still held by provincial troops-Router.
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com-
It was learned to-day that Chi-Bingapore, the Federated Malay nese manufacturers in Hong Kong States, and probably French Indo- will take further steps to present China and the Philippines, with their side of the case before the the object of fostering the pre- South-west Political: Council for sent mendly relationship be reconsideration. The decision of tween Australia and her northern yesterday afternoon is not regarded neighbours. « p
This was a reply to the petition of Chinese manufacturers in Hong Kong requesting the Chinese au- thorities here that goods manufac- tured in that Colony should not be liable to the same tariff rates as goods imported from foreign countries. The reasons stated the petition were that the modities manufactured in Hong Kong were produced with Chinese capital and by Chinese workers, and that they were really native goods...
as final. It is claimed that manu The mission is not concerned Mr. Ou Fang Pu is very sym-facturers in Hong Kong should.de- with trade; but a member of the pathetic to the petition of the serve special consideration in view party will be able to give any Hong Kong Chinese manufacturers. of close commercial and geogra- necessary information on The Ministry of Finance in Nan-phical ties between the two cities. mercial questions-Reuter..
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