SOVIET RUSSIA ENTERS
THE LEAGUE
Salutory Address by M.
Litvinoff
1Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright.)]
Geneva, Sept. 18. Soviet Russia became a full fledged member of the Leagus" of Nations on Tuesday evening when the League Assembly passed
League Council following the de- cision to admit the Soviet into the League of Nations. No negative votes were cast, but ten nations
abstained from voting.
M... Sandler. Chairman of the League Assembly, in a speech of welcome, said that the presence of
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1934.
RUSSIANS AT SENATE ARMS ENQUIRY
GENEVA
Hotel Incident
(Special to "Hong Kong Dally Press"!
(By Talegraph, Copyright, Tele grophio Messages Ürdinance, 1894. Received, September 19, 2.30 p.m.)
Geneva, Sept. 19.
Now that the nerve-racking formalities connected with the ad- mittance of Soviet Russia to the League of Nations have at last been completed, the tensions so far have relaxed and diplomats. officials and journalists" are "look-
situation. For
nstance, tongues
ALLEGATIONS
NANKING TAKES SERIOUS VIEW
Chinese Officials' Names
To Be Disclosed
Kuling, Sept. 19.
He added that the Corporation Marshal, Chiang Kai Shek and had pad "commissions" to high Mr. Wang Ching Wel are taking Chinese officials in this sale, but disclosures at the United States usual and not in accord with the a very serious view of the alleged painted out that this was not un-
favourably on the motion for her the Soviet delegation proved thating on and enjoying the humorous Senate arms enquiry that certain | Corporation's policy. entry. As expected, the procedure the tendency of the States is to proved to be a mere formality work towards universality despite with everything smoothly pre. the differences of race, Jangu
rranged behind the scenes under the French tutelage. The alge, religion and political system,
and towards harmony, with a di vote resulted in thirty-nine "yes" tant ideal of united humanity. and three "nays", séven abstaining and three were absent..
Wis
were still set wagging on Tesday night when Litvinoff, Ambassador Patemkin from Rome and Minister Boris Stein from Helsingfors made their first appearance at the world renowned journalist cafe-restaur- ant "Bavaria" unattended by de- tective and police. The restaurant
was full to the last seat when the trlo enterd.
ernment.
Chinese officials had received
It was also stated that follow- Corporation commissions on salesments, a censorsh p had been im- from the Du Pont de Nemoursing protests from foreign govern- of munitions to the Chinese Gov-posed on some phases of the en- quiry. The Dames of Chinese They have asked the Govern-officials who had accepted com- ment to thoroughly investigate missions were being withheld from the matter and instruct the Chi- the official record on the ground nese Minister at Washington to that pubication. might have poll- request," Senatör Nye to publish, tical repercussions abroad.
the names of the Chinese officials alleged to be involved.
PEACE PRESERVATION The vote on the motion to grant
There was some applause as the Soviet Russia a permanent-seat on Soviet Foreign Commissar. M. the League Council
then Maxim
Litvinoff, ascended the passed by forty votes, with no rostrum. His speech was largely
Senator Nye, chairman of the nays". The high point of the explaining the Soviet ideology.
The furnished apartments en-
A representative of the Corpora- Enquiry Committee, declared, later sitting came shortly afterwards He declared that the failure of gaged by the Russia delegation tion giving evidence last Friday that there was no inclination and lien at 7.13 the Soviet delegation, the Disarmament Conference are not large enough to accommo-spoke of an arrangement toto request to soft-pedal anything. "headed by Litvinoff, triumphantly compels us to seek more effec-date all the forty members, and facilitate arms shipments to Can- They were going right ahead and
entered the hall and took their tive means to preserve peace." Litvinoff and Potemkin had
at ton. In respect of which, however. nobody had suggested they had reats amid applause. Some dele-
"Peace and security cannot be the last minute to take up quarters nothing was done. Reuter:
gone too far. gates including the Roumanian organised in the shifting sands at the Hotel Augleterre overlook- Foreign Minister, Titulescu, went of verbal promises and declara ing the Lake of Geneve. By a over to the Russians to offer con- tions" he continued." "We should coincidence, the ex-Premier of the gratulations. The Soviet delega-establish that any State is enti- Republic of Georgia, a great num- tion had entered the building tled to demand from its neigh-ber of the delegates from the UK-
guarantees" for security. rainian Republic 1ving in exile,
sometime before the votes taken,
were bours
M. Litvinoff
so that the large crowd and that such a demand should a well-known journalist who es- which had assembled in the
not be considered Br expression caped from the grip of Cheka Go- adjacent streets hoping to witness
of mistrust.
viet secret police and finally the their arrival were disappointed.
enumerated pass-general secretary of the minorities congress known for his relief work for starving peasants of Ukraine are all staying at the same botel. Already, a wordy passage at arms has taken place between Litvinoff and the Georgian ex-Premier. The papers declare that the remarks
The sitting which was originally ages from the League Covenant, scheduled to open at three o'clock He would like to see revised, for in the afternoon had been post-example, Articles 12 and 15 re- pened to six in the evening, the lating to legislation in certain in- reason being, it was reported, "that" | stances of war. Article 22 ön Litvinoff wanted to Dut some mandates, and Article 23 which finishing touches to his speech omits undertakings to ensure race which he will deliver to the equality. Assembly In the course of the evening and in which he is expected to reply to Motta's. the Fresident of the Swiss Federal Council, catalogue of objections to Russia's entry into the League,- Transocean Kuo Min.
DE VALERA'S COMMENT Special to the "Hong Kong Dally
Press" (Coutright.)]
Geneva, Sept. 18. A short debate preceding the vote taken over Russia's entry into the League was started by the Irish Premier, de Valera who stat- ed that Motta had in his Mon- day's speech spoken on behalf of the entire Christendom which was sorely alarmed over the develop ments in Soviet Russia De Valert characterised Barthou's statement that Russia's entry was solely a practical issue carried little con- viction. If Christians in the en- tire world should lose
confidence In the League as the instrument of peace then the League will never
i
INCIDENT IN MADRID
Van Loaded With Explosives
(Special to "Hong Kong
Dally Press")..
(By Telegraph, Copyright, Tela
i were not suited for publication graphic Messages Ordinance, 1878.. He emphasised that B new though Litvinoff did not under- Received. "September 19, 730 p.m.) member of an organisation cannot, be morally responsible for de- cision made without its concur
rence.
Grave
stand the worst of them until certain Georgian "passages were translated. As neither side is pre- pared to change hotels, the hosti- It is understood that the Soviet, litles. are expected to continue. at present, does not propose to co-
Litvinoff will take part on Wed-camp. operate with the International La- bour Office but a Russian Under-nesday night's annua banquet for Secretary General will be appoint- ed to the League Secretariat, to- gether with several high officials: fn various departments- Reuter.
COUNCIL WELCOME
Geneva, Sept., 19, The Council of the League had a very short pubile meeting o welcome M. Litvinoff as a mem-
ber.
Replying to congratulations he thanked the Council, particularly Dr. Benes, the chairman, for the invitation, and expressed Russla's desire to contribute to the peace of the world. Fruter.
FRENCH PRESS COMMENT (Special to "Hong Kong Dally Press")
(Bg Telegraph, Copyright, Tele graphic Messages Ordinance, 1894. Received: September 10, 4-10 p.m.)
Paris, Sept. 19. The lead ng French papers are
be able to fulfi its tasks. In con- clusion, de Valera requested that the Soviet Government should extend those guarantees which had recently been granted to the American citizens as regard their individual human rights to the citizens of all other states as well as to the Russian people them- selves. After the representatives somewhat lukewarm in comment- ing upon Soviet Russia's entrance into the League of Nations. The "Journal des Detats" points out rather ironically that Russia's .ac- ceptance as a League member was really dictated solely by the neces- sity not to repudiate the big Pow- ers' initiative. The paper likens the new Les gue member to a worm in an apple, adding that even Fussia's most ardent advocate.
of Argentina. Holland and Portugal had once more voiced their mis- givings, the Assembly proceeded to take the vote, the result of which has already been reported by Transocean.
LITVINOFF'S ADDRESS The President of the League, Bandler announced that the Rus- sian delegation consisted of the Foreign Commissar, Litvinoff, the Ambassador to Rome, Badyomtk Barthou, confined himself in his and the Plenipotentiary Minister Geneva speech to pleading exten- to Finland, Boristein.
Fi
uating circumstances.
international journalists to which
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WEI - HEI - WEL TRAGEDY
Chinese Steamboat Goes Down
Welhaiwei, Sept. 19.
Madrid, Sept. 19. The German papers attribute
has been disquietude
greater significance to the United caused by an incident on Wednes-States Secretary, Mr. Cordell, Hull's
statement on commerce and boy- A small Chinese navy steamboat day morning revealing new re- volutionary plans in the Marxist | cott than Soviet Russia's entry crassing from the island to the When the police patrol into the League. During a Press mainland met with disaster short- was going round the city they conference Mr. Hull made a state- |ly after noon to-day, came across a large "suspiciousment obviously directed against" The boat was overcrowded with looking delivery van and a motor the boycott óf German goods. He Chinese bluejackets when it sank the President of the League of van standing near a University, said "Sometimes you see sugges- near the island. It is feared that Nations Assembly and all members
As the police approached, a tions about boycotting imports | many have been drowned. of the League council are invited.
into this country. When a boy British and Chinese civil laur. private auto drove up at top speed Barthou, Eden and Aloisi will de-discharging several shots at the cott is made "than our labour loses ches are giving assistancë. Reuter liver short after dinner speeches police, and then escaping. Aabout five dollars worth of exports
SIXTY MISSING to the world. Press.
Later, search through the delivery van; against one dollar of import, that Transocean Kuo Min.
RITI- revealed rifles, bombs and
is boycotted."
Sixty out of two hundred aboard munition. A student and chaur-
Referring to the attempts to the launch are missing, but "the feur found nearby were arrested.
restore international trade and death roll is believed to be much Part of the cargo including finance to its normal volume, Mr. less as it is possible that others machine guns and hand grenades Hull declared that again to-day reached the mainland by sampan. were already unloaded. Mean-
there are all sorts of methods of Heuter. while in the Marxist "house increasing trade between nations. of people" considerable quantities Among those the first is unliater- of arms and ammunition were found and confiscated.- Transocean Kuo Hin.
SILVER MARKET
From Our Own Correspondent)
London, Sept. 19. London Suver prices to-day wore 1/16 up, as follow:-
Sept. 18 Sept. 19 Spot...21-3/4 21-13/16 Forward.....21-13/16-21-7/8 London on New York cross rate at 2.00 p.m. to-day was 5.00-7/18 compared with 5.00-5/8 at closing yesterday.
SIR FREDERICK MAZE
EXPEDITION TO
ANTARCTIC
Party Leaves On Ice Breaker
al, action where one country, for instance, has excessively high trade obstructions of many dif- ferent kinds and finds that with- out the slightest injury to any competition. It could set a good example, to other countries on its own initiative by making some adjustment downward of one more of these excessive obstructions. That is unilateral action.
Then there are many sorts of bilatera actions supplementing
each other which of course in- Dunedin, N.Z., Sept. 19. cludes any kind of materially pro- The expedition headed by Mr.fitable transactions. It would Lincoin Ellsworth and Sir Hubert Wilkin has salled aboard the ice- breaker Wyatt Earp for further exploration of the Antarctic.
"This includes a long aeroplane
On Important Work night from Deception Island to be
For China
London. Bept. 19.
Sir Frederick Maze Inspector General of Chinese Maritime Cus- toms, who sailed for China on the Empress of Britain on September necessities, is returning to England on the same ship on instructions of the Chinese Government awaiting him
Litvinon then rose amid lond "Intransigeant" writes" apologe- applause to deliver his salutory tleally that it was not the fault address.
of Great Britain, Italy and France He said that the memory of the If they were forced to take into long period of hostility which the account the material Soviet Union experienced from As to moral aspects, says the pa- many European countries was un-per. France is entirely in agree- pleasant, but it was necessary to ment with Switzerland that in re- recall it in order that the attitude gious. moral, social and political of the Soviet nation towards the and economic spheres, Commun- League of Nations during that is const.tudes a "radical need period may be understood. The for which we live."
speaker went on to say that a It is significant that the semiw. State must have the right to deve-official "Temps" in Its comment lop according to her own needs hastens to apportion to Erigland and Russia represents in Geneva a and Italy their share in the re- new system, especially in regard sponsibility for the eventual un-
at Quebec. -
It is understood that Sir Fre-
derick has been charged with fm- portant business for China, but de- talls are not available...... fleuter.
to internal economics. Litvinoft happy consequences of Soviet Rus-ration wide attention. At the end then attempted to demonstrate to s'a's entry into the League-
the Assembly that Russia had al- Transocens Kuo Misi. ready taken her place for many
"DUTCH 'INCIDENT
undertaken by Mr. Ellsworth. -Beuter.
make no difference, whether it was. barter transactions of the usual methods of buying and selling, be- tween the nationals of two differ-" ent countries. Naturally there is and can be but a limited number of strictly barter transactions.---- Transocean Kuo Min.
ECONOMIC ISOLATION NOT DESIRED
Germany's Demands On Other Governments
Berlin, Sept. 19,
A fresh plea to the world to understand the New Germany was uttered by Baron, von Neurath, addressing the International Road Conference."
factory settlement of the Saar which must have a free and honest plebiscite, in which the Government would do its almost to assist but expect all other of a meeting of Parliament it was
parties to co-operate in the same the custom for the deputies to
spirit. Germany did not desire ise, and may "Long Live the He declared that Germany was economic isolation, although the had been done, the Communist revival
the economic system more Inde- deputy, Rustan Effendi sprang to "pursuit of all imperialistic alms pendent of foreign imports. They his feet and shouted "Away with must be given up."
are aware of Germany's central He made positive demands to position and demanded commercial other governments, firstly to com- relations with neighbouring coun- plete equality in the sphere of tries based on mutual understand armaments, and secondly 's satis- | ing, Reuter
years in the work of International", [Special to the "Hong Kong Pan, Queen", and on Tuesday, after this concentrating all efforts on home Government was trying to make
co-operation.
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A PERMANENT SEAT
Caneva, Sept. 18.
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"The Hague, Sept. 18.
The Dutch communists cela- the Queen". He and two of his brated Soviet Russia's entry. Into Communist colleagues were amort- The «Leigus Assembly" granted the League on Tuesday, with air elected by the police the Soviet a permanent seat on the striking démonstration which drew Transocean Kuo Min.
and consequently
the
ALASKA FIRE
DISASTER
Only One Week's Food Supplies
New York, Sept. 19. The food supply is only sufficient
to last one week at Nome, Alaska, where the entire business section
of the town has been destroyed by
fire.
A number of vessels are mar ing a spectacular attempt to rush food and medical supplies before the roadstead is blocked by ice for the winter.
Hundreds of clab furs or lumber jackets spent a freezing night 1 hastily Improvided shelters and. crowding round relief kitchens in the devastated streets. Reuter
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