INSULL TO BE REVIVAL OF
EXTRADITED
American Request Agreed To
Istanbul, April 2
7
SWARAJ PARTY
To Contest At Next Elections
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1934.
A BRIGHTER OUTLOOK
Britain's Sound Finances
PLOT AGAINST TIBET
REGENT
Tashi Lama To.. Return By Sea
China
PROVINCIAL BANKNOTES
Gradually Recovering Value
(From Our Special Correspondent)
ANTI-GOD DEMONSTRATIONS
Held On Huge Scale
In Russia
The Godless
A FORMIDABLE® STRONGHOLD
Air Force Base
At Singapore
Ordinance.
(Special to "Hong Koog Daily Press”) (By "Telegraph, Copyright, Taly ་་་ Calcutta, April 2.
graphic Magas Ordinance, 1304 London, April 2. New Delhi, April 2
The Tibetan Government de
Received, April 2, 7.30 p.m.) The results of the financial year
Moscow, April 2. The All-India Swaraj Party,
Canton, April -1. the steamship The Turkish Government last
-Easter in Russia has been mark- which has been in abeyance, will indicate that when the Chancellor putation is leaving for
Provincial banknotes are gradual-
one ot the greatest night approved the United States
be revived to fight at the forth-jof the Exchequer makes his Bud- tu-morrow" by
(Special to "Hong Kong demand for the extradition of Mr.
for the Legis- get statement on April 17, he will Kutsang...
It is rumoured in Tibetan circles y recovering their full value and ed by
Dally. Press") Samuel Insull, the former utilities coming elections
cents per dollar. This upward under Soviet rule.
was started on Good
(By, Telegraph, Copyright, Tele magnate, who is wanted in Ameri-lative Assembly, according to the have a sufficient margin of revenue
decision of the Congress Party, to restore all the pay cuts, reduce that the Tibetan National Assemb-to-day they are quoted at $2.5 onslaughts on religion yet scen
tax by sixpence, remove by telegraphed the Tibetan Gov- tendency is a source of reller to campaign
1894 ca on charges of fraud.
which is holding a conference income
the increase of ten per cent in ernment agent at Kalimpong stat- here.
London, April 2. provisional committee has the surtax and restore the cuts in ing that the life of the present merchants whose business is bad-Friday by members of the Militant graphic Messages A
with increased Intensity on Holy
The most daring man'in Britain's been appointed to draw up a con- unemployed benefit provided he "regent is being threatened askingly affected by the depreciation of Godless Society and was carried on Received, April 2. 7.30 p.m.).
The principal cause for the de-Saturday and on Easter Sunday.
Russian Churches' greatest Royal Air Force, Squadron Leader and
makes new arrangements for the the deputation to proceed by sea, the government banknotes. 13. programme
R. A. George who has been ap- stitution work to implement the country's repayment of the unemployment route to China thus avoiding all
fund debt.-Reuter.
possible. delay in returning as preciation is that there is a lack the
meet the festival.
Special anti-religious ags pointed to headquarters at Singa- early as possible to Tibet with of sufficient cash to
payment of all provincial notes, white with a hammer and sickle pore will leave soon for this Tash! Lama-Reuter.
but the Provincial Department of
in Ted-were flown from Good destination Finance requires all payments for Friday till to-day taxes in the interior to be made by banknotes. Therefore the notes for the Arst time, go outside of Canton, and their value Jumps up by two or three points.
He will be handed over to the American authorities here...
"An earlier message intimated the probability of Insull's extradition. following his "landing from the Greek steamer s.s. Malotis, yester- day afternoon, for, questioning by the Third Penal Tribunal.
1.ก
An error of the court interpre- ter was responsible for denying that Insult was
American citizen, but it is now clear that the Tribunal found that he was an American. They also ruled that the crime of which he is accused is not political or military, but a common crime,
The Tribunal told Insuli that he was free as far as the tribunal was concerned, but that the
dossier would
Ankara be remitted to where the Cabinet would decide whether or not to accede to 'Ameri- ca's request for extraditior-Reu- ter.
Istanbul, April 2
Mr. S. Insull's arrest has been confirmed-Reuter
MORE
INDUSTRIAL
SITES
mandate.
of
RELIEF EXPECTED
London, Apr. 3. The brightest hopes for ten Reu-years is the gist of the newspa
Other alms of the party are to get all repressive laws repealed and to reject the proposals con- tained in the White Paper ter.
A HITLER CONVERT
Karl Severing Explains
Berlin, April 2. Karl Severing the last Socialist- Democratic Minister of Interior tor Pussia has become a Hitlerite, "because Hitler is a republican." My Way to Hitler, is the title of a book about to be published in which Severing alludes his forcible ejection from the Minis- try by his own police officers, but in which he says the depth of my heart always sympathised with
Hitler-Reuter.
to
HOUSING IN GLASGOW
Great Western R'way £12,000,000 To Be Spent In
And Factories
two-
Five Years
to
(Special Air Mall Service)
Glasgow, Mar. 17. Glasgow Town Counell Is spend about £12,000,000 on hous- ing in the next five years.
pers welcome to the Chancellor's surplus. The Press generally an- ticipates some relief will be given to all sections of the community who bore sacrifices caused by the crisis in 1931.-Reuter.
"
RAYON TRADERS
OPTIMISTIC Amazing Price
Difference With
European Product
NEW ROAD THRQUCH. GLENCOE £500,000 Scheme Nearly Completed
(Special Air Mail Service)
Edinburgh, Mar. 17.
Work is now almost finished in connection with the tarspraying of the last stretch of the new road through Glencoe, and it is prae-
By closing many of the money shops, the Government has dealt a death blow to speculators who often brought havoc to the paper money by pushing down their value with the aid of alarming rumours. Over 140 money shops were closed because they were not doing legitimate business but dealt
When the new Air Forcé equip- ment for the Naval Base at Singa- pore is completed it will be the world's most formidable strong- hold, according to newspapers.
Over one million men, women and children have been mobiilsed and are acting to prevent any Christian celebrations and anyone
Squadron Leader R. A. George is. found observing the old Baster
He a Scotsman from Cromarty. customs by special Easter services är by decorating their homes with said it would be a great experiment palms will be reported and spies of "Power Saving" which has now were also kept to watch on church become the regular daily routine in the Air Force-Transocean Kuo steps.
Millions of posters were distri-" Min. bearing the following buted slogans, "Away with this non- sense," and "Russians who still ape
tically certain that the new high-in. paper currency, by margine the habits of bankrunt espitalists. THE CANADIAN
Why will be ready for motor trame during the next ten days or a fort- night.
These shops, are not allowed to re-churchgoers and those who believe in God have no right to live in a open, and their menace is over.
state."Transoceani The return of General Li Chung Communist The new road runs from Cyn- Jen, Commander-in-Chief of the Kuo ·Min..... drum to Ballachulish, through the Fourth Group Army, has also a are historic glen of Glencoe, and the stabilising effect on the govern- Japanese rayon traders optimistic of their future business last portion 'to be completed is a ment notes, as his presence here with Britain and the Dominions. stretch of under a mile on Ran-is an indication of the co-opera- Even if tariff barriers are raised, noch Moor. Over the thirty-two tion of Kwangtung and Kwangsi. they hope the low cost of produc-miles of its extent the road has, The report that General Li is tion will enable them to maintain cost £500,000 and has taken six backing Nanking in their present position. Any loss years to construct. can easily be made good with gains
In other markets.
February exports
totalled
77.237,000, an increase of X2,872,000
over the corresponding period of last year. Georgraphically speak- ing. though shipments to India showed a slight loss, a heavy in- crease was seen in shipments to Hong Kong, England, Canada, Egypt, East Africa, South Africa and Australia. As already.report- At a meeting of the Housing ed, many traders here have been Committee to-day a letter was receiving term contracts for as read from the Secretary of State long as one year from Australis. for Scotland urging the corpora- They are mostly booked to August, tion to
When Great Britain abandoned the gold standard in 1931 she promptly improved her economic Later on, when tarifs position. were adopted as a measure of pro- tection for British industry, a fur- ther impetus was given to British trade. One result of these changes was that manufacturers, Buth British and foreign, began to consider the question of building
factories
the in
United more Kingdom. Large numbers of ap- plications for suitable sites were received by agents in many parts of the country. It was expected next five years.
FAMINE
REFUGEES
Official Total 65,665,170
FLOOD
Shanghai, April 2.
"It is officially announced that
demanding the abolition of the South-west
ANGLO-GERMAN CAMP
(Special to "Hong Kong
Daily Press") -
Ordinance,
PREMIER
Mr. R. B. Bennett's"
Fortune
Few Prime Ministers of moderm times have been in a position to
Political Council is incorrect, for (By Telegraph, Copyright, Tele- afford a single donation as large the general is in favour of the graphic Messages
1891 present political status the Received. April. £, 7.30 p.m.) South-west.
Koenisbery, April 2.
of
as that which Mr. R. B. Bennett has just made to Mount Allison University in New Brunswick.
To the present. Canadian Pre- General Chang Yam Man, Chief The Anglicist faculty of Koenigamier $25,000 is not a large sum, for of Staff of the 4th Group Army. berg University is planning a he was a millionaire. man of to-day denied that General LI Will German-English Academic Camp ini apsiness before he became Con- His fortune is soon see Mr. Hu Han Min in Hong it's home on the Baltic near here servative leader.
a great primarily derived from Kong or that the Kwangst com- from July 30 to August 22.
Students and teachers of both umber business. mand will send another division.
who
and speak German
It is no secret that Mr. Ben- to the Klangsi front. There are sexes
nett personally bore the bulk of his sufficient troops to cope with the English will meet here both for Communists in Southern Kiangsi,study and physical work-Trans-party's expenses at the last general"
ocean Kuo Min.
election, which returned it he added.
powers
BY AIR
JF
ایچی
A British Parallel.
to
Mr. Baldwin, when he was Prime
Kidder-
saroe Sum-£5,000-to
He entered minster Hospital. politics a rich man. But, as he said in 1928. "For every shilling oface, I 1, had when I entered
hasten their Ave-year In the past year or two, import the famine flood refugees in China the list with 13,116,115 and Kiangsu TRANSPORTATION Minister, gave almost exactly the housing plan by adding 7.000 duties have been raised in Egypt, total 65,665.170: Hanan heading with 6,552,000-Reuter. houses for slum-clearance pur India, Canada, South Africa and and Already the corporation other important countries, poses. has agreed to build 20.000 houses; Australia is the only country keep- 2.000 to replace slums and 12.000 ing the old duty. The above head- prising. Japanese traders attri- to abate overcrowding, within the way in such circumstances is sur- bute this to the low cost of produc- fion
The committee to-day" agreed to That the force of this new impetus increase, as far as possible their
ently it lasted throughout 1933.
approved.
SINGAPORE TENNIS
THE ARREST OF MR.
LI YEN
"Quite Unjustified And Improper"
The text of the letter of apology other charges, Japanese cloth in sent by the Singapore Inspector
of Police (Mr. the Indian market costs 50 sen or General
H
to the Consul-Gen-
Chinese
Great
Si annas per yard. On the other Fairburn) hand the British product ecsts one eral for China (Dr. Philip Tyau) rupee eight anñas (Y1.89) and over the arrest of the
the Italian product 12 annas (98 sen). Vice-Consul outside room for World is as follows: There is still ample Japanese traders favourably to "With reference to our discus- the rubject of compete with these suppliers even slon if a tariff increase is effected.
The recent arrest of the Vice-Con- Furthermore,
rayon exports to Kwantung province. (leased terri tory). Slam. the Dutch Indies, the Near East and Latin America have been mounting.
would soon be spent; but appar-maximum to meet the suggestion Plain rayon habatae 27 Inches wide costs 15 or 16 sen per yard in According to figures recently made by the Secretary of State.
Already ground has been acqulr-Japan. India imposes a duty of published by the Great Western Railway Company, 359 applications ed for 13,000 houses, and the plans four annas which corresponds to for information concerning fac-for almost 8,000 of these have been 32 sen. Together with freight, and tories or factory altes were receiv ed by the Company.last year. As a result, 66 manufacturers decided to establish factories on the Great Western Railway system. The in- dustrial North of England is not served by this railway company, so that these figures only refer to a part of England, and, although there has not been the same keen interest displayed in other parts, the full figures for the whole of the country would make an im- pressive total. Of the applications received by the Great Western Railway ninety per cent. were for accommodation in the Greatër. London area, particularly in the western suburbs. This is attribut- ed largely to the availabilty of cheap lighting and power, proxi- mity to a large population, and the cleanliness and brightness of the localities due to the use of to the semi-final with, it is to be i electricity
instead of raw fuel.
Last Eight In Championship
Singapore, Mar, 27. Three newcomers to Singapore C. N Reed (the F.M.S. cricketer), Fight-Lt. Davis and Yust de
among
the THACKERAY'S
LETTER ON
la Palaleres--are last
the eight In
champion-
in 'event
the ship singles S.C.C. lawn tennis tournament. Reed meets Demeny on Thursday, j Davis meets Wise to-morrow, the winners of these matches going in-
expected Roy Smith, whọ
The new factories cover anything | Fuller on Thursday.
fdom a few thousarid square feet
to several acres, and the commodi-
ties range from toys to transform-|
ers.
SINO-BRITISH MINING
DISPUTE
Hope-Of-An-Early Settlement
Nanking, Mar. 24. With reference to the Sino-Bri- tish mining dispute in Yunnan, it the is" reliably reported that National Government has present- ed to the British Government a
Results yesterday were:
meets
Roy F. Smith beat J. P. de C. Hamilton, 6-1, 6-4.
6-0,
.F-Lt. E. D. H, Davis beat W. H. Day 62, 8-8.
C. N. Reed beat D. E.. L, Ander- -son, 18, 6-3, 7-5,
M. G. Yust de la Paisleres beat S. Grimberg 6–3, 38, 4.
U.S. BID FOR CHINA
MARKET
Bills for Higher Silver Prices
од
TO BE ABOLISHED
Czechoslovakian Consulate In Shanghai
مت
now"
Advantages Stressed have something less than a penny
By Mr. Lin
has Mr. Baldwin was also, as since been revealed, the donor of the anonymous gift to the nation of £120,000 in 1919,
(From Our Special Correspondent)
Lord Rosebery, by his marriage, became one of the wealthiest of Canton April 2.
recent British Prime Ministers.
well Gladstone was distinctly Advantages of serial transporta-. tion were explained to Press re-off, but Disraeli "could never rid presentatives here by. Mr. Henry himself of a load of debt that act- H. Lin. special representative ofed both as a drag and a spur.
Among foreign rulers. Hitler. the China National Aviation Cor poration, at a tea party held at Roosevelt, and Mussolini are none Like Theodore the Man Yuen Restaurant at 1 of them rich. Nanding, Mar. 24.
financed by Roosevelt-who was the P.m. to-day, It is reliably learnt that
Over one hundred newspaper his uncle, James B. Roosevelt at Consulate Czechoslovakian
men were present including several Mr. Roosevelt has a very modest Shanghal will be abolished, Mr. correspondents for outports and private income." Robert Feitscher, Czechoslovakian foreign papers. Tea, Chinese Minister to China, is understood pastry, pies and dumplings were to have received instructions from served. Between sips of tea, Mr. take over in assured his guests that travel charge of affairs of the Consulate by air means speed, comfort, and following its abolition-Kuo Min.
his Government to
safety."
-
To give some idea of commercial flying to the local public, the China Aviation Corporation will invite leading personages to take an aerial fight on April 4 at 10 a.m. aboard the Bikorsky 17 Z, which will take off from the Pearl River at Nam Shek To Among the persons invited are Generals
A reliable estimate places it at not more than 815,000. Mr. Roose velt will, 'however, inherit £ further sum from his mother.
16 UP ON BOGEY!
Amateur Partnership's Feat At Broxbourne (Special Air-Mail Service)
sul, Mr. Ld, by a constable of the Straits Settlements Police, I am compelled to admit, and freely do so, that the arrest was completely unjustified and improper and in Was an act of extreme any case discourtesy to a representative of the Consular body. The fact that the act was committed by an Asia-
PINCHIN JOHNSON tic subordinate does not relieve me personally of any portion of my re-
HIGHER PROFITS sponsibility for the improper ar- resent-
(Special Air-Mail Service) ment which you and your com-
London, March 17. munity must feel.
Last year's activity in the build-
London, Mar. 17. "I trust, therefore, that you willing trades is plainly reflected in Chen Taal Tong, Li Chung Jen; accept this expression of my sin the accounts of Pinchin, Johnson Mr. Lin Yun Kai, Chairman of the
partnership, K. cere regret that Mr. Li should haye & Co., the well-known paint and Provincial Government, and the Robinson (4) and A. Scott (9), of been subjected to such outrageous varnish manufacturers, for the four discourtesy and been placed in
company has more than made commandants of the navy and air South Beds, won the Porters Park such an undesirable position of good ng 20 D.C. drop in earnings force, and Mr. Joseph W. Ballan- bowl tournament of the Herts Alliance at Broxbourne yesterday sustained in 1032, public notoriety...
Gross profits tine, American Consul General have expanded from £220,997 to
The amphibian plane will be with a return of 16 up on bogey £250,958, while, thanks to a reduc- piloted by Mr. Robert Gast, who for 36 holes
JANE EYRE rest nor can it lessen the
Sale At Sotheby's
For his officiousness and miscon- duct it is possible that the Malay constable will be dismissed.
Mr. Li-was
"tion.
provincial commissioners
""
An
amateur
.:
* 16 up
The most important collections of letters, books, and manuscripts 0. Fuller beat R. N. Jack 0, by Thackeray and Rudyard Kip- ling that have been seen in the salerooms for many years were put up for sale at Sotheby's March 28 and 27. The prize of the Thack
of £20,000 in the tax- will distribute leaflets, rousing the W. E. Brown, the local profes
Scott, Mr. Li Yen, it will be recalled, provision, the net figure has risen air-mindedness of the people in sional, and Major F. V. Drake (11) eray rarities is his famous letter
Canton. Eighty parachutes will be were second with 15 up. to W. 8. Williams, Reader to Smith, was leaving the amusement park by £40,959 to £207,956. Elder, praising Jane Eyre." Who with his wife and daughter when Thus, although the improvement dropped, and any one who picks who is chief constable of Luton, the author can be I can't guess his chauffeur, a Chinese, complain-did not develop until well into the up a parachute can send it to played splendidly. The side, main- 4-4-#oman she knows her langued to him of the treatment he had middle" of the year it has enabled the local office of the Corporation ly through his efforts, won the first age better than most ladles do, or received, from a Malay policeman. the board to raise the anal pay-and will receive a prize in air mail five holes and were seven up st
"the turn. has had a classical education, Mr. Li approached the policeman ment from 7 p.e. to 9 pc. and stamps Else I thought it was Kingalake and demanded an explanation thereby to maintain the total dis- A "camera-man will board the South Beds: Mr. R. Robin- for some time... Some of the The constable took both Mr. Li and tribution at 15 D.C. In 1932 the machine and take motion pictures son (4) and Mr. A. Scatt
(9) was short-earned by in the sky which will be shown in love passages made me cry-to the his chauffeur to Havelock Road { dividend astonishment of John, who came police station.
not £48,682; this year it is covered all the local theatres. Two prizes Broxbourne L. Mal. F. 7. Drake (11) and W. E In with the coals. It is a woman's allowed to proceed home. until with £1,277 to spare, which raises will be offered by the company for commercial aviation, by
21 15 up £48,330... the carry-forward to 246,330. essays on cordis Ill be den Brown (plus 23 An important move to subsidise writing, but whose? Give my re-
Bome time later.
Dr. Tyau told the Free Press that the export of American agricul- spects and thanks to the author,
(8) and J. Bradbeer (plus
14 up proposal for an early settlement of tural products and to raise the whose novel is the first English when the matter was reported to these very reassuring figures do a 1st prize of a free, trip to the Yunnan-Burma boundary in world price of silver was made one that I have been able to read him he had only two courses open not fully reflect the recovery which Shanghai and return and 2nd prize
the Colnage Committee of for many a day." This praise to him. The first was to make off has taken place, for expansion has of free trip to Swatow and return. Berkhamsted: Mr. C. P. Cole
(18) and C. 8. Grace (scr.) 12 up order to avoid further complica- by
the House of Representatives. The came at a time when the reviewers cial representations to the Colonial occurred in the overseas as well as Sometime next week, the Cor tions."
In the meantime, it is under-committee approved Bills authoris were handling Jane Eyre roughly Secretary and the other was to in the domestic business, and sub-poration will invite leading news Brookman's Pk. L: Mr. C. W.
Peters (plus 2) 11 up stood that the British Government ing the US. Treasury to pay 25 per Thackeray certainly "greeted the approach the police authorities sidiaries' earnings have substan- paper men for wifree trip aboard
direct.
tially exceeded their distributions its plane in order to demonstrate Denham (8) and W. E courte Thanks to the establishment of the speed and comfort in als West Herts: Mr. P. Burnett has replied to the Chinese protest; cent, above the market price for unseen with a cheer."
The letters cover every possible He adopted the latter the reply claiming that the place silver shipped to the United States where mines are exploited by the in payment for agricultural com- subject, including one to the Com- fully confident that the matter factories abroad, the company has travel. British interests is not. Panhung modities, and also to purchase mittee of the Reform Club In 1859 would thus be amicably settle. He been largely immune from the but a district within the Burmese 1,500,000,000 ounces of silver at suggesting "besides the subter was completely satisfied at the ex- crippling effects of tariffs and ranean apartment where hats and peditious manner in which the paquetas, and intends further to de- velop this policy. Meanwhile, the boundary, and that the British had, market prices.
A section of American opinion coats are at present deposited. Bee had dealt with the matten
current year's sales indicate that not crossed the boundary as alleg
has long urged that a rise in the might not some hat-pegs be placed
the improving trend is continuing, ed by the Chinese Government,
and the board views the future in the hall for the convenience of members of the club?" I fancy those hat-pegs, have not yet been
"with confidence." At 358, the 101
D.C placed there. The manuscripts in
Ordinary shares yield Just over 4 clude, an MS, leaf of Vanity Fair"
It is understood that pending value of silver would increase the negotiations, the Ministry has or- power of silver-using countries, dered farther invesigations to be such as China and India, to buy made in the district under dis-American products, especially farm
commodities. pute Kuo Min
and a leaf of «Esmond," and the drawing for the second plate of "Vanity Fair.
2)
(16) and Mr. H. A. W. Saunders (11) Hartsbourne Manor L: Mr. EM. Napler (18) and A. We'ls rius 2) Berkhamsted:
Mr.
10 ap
and A Herd Jun. (scr.) Broxbourne II. Mr. E C. Thurley (8) and H. C. Peters (ecr.)
Moor Park: Mr. T. Swan (0), Titterington (plus 2) 8 up (Continted on Previous Column) Welwyn Garden City: Mr. P. & Morley (18) and L. A
8 up
Rance (1) and Mr. K. D Harris (3)