CHEERFUL OPTIMISM AT CHRISTMAS
Yuletide Expression In Home Press
(Special to the "Hong Kong
Dally Press")
(By Telegraph, Copyright, Tele graphic Messajos Ordinance, 189.1- Received, December 25. 7.30 p.m.)
London, Dec. 24. Cheerful optimism characterises the Xmas articles in the papers which complacently stress the facts that the note circulation has increased by ten millions sterling us compared with the same period last year, that the passenger traffic in railways and airways are show- ing record Ogures and that the amount of Xmas mails was greatly augmented, and proving соп- clusively an improvement in the general economic situation An- other fact strongly stressed was the number of orders to shipbuild- ing yards since last year.
This is not the case in Warsaw. where the light-fingered folk are not mindful of the old school tie tradition and do not play the game. They invariably spoil the 'police' Christmas tree party. So, 200 known burglars this year have been clapped in goal for ten days as a precautionary measure. Police are subscribing to provide them with 1 compensatory Christmas dinner.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1934.
ZINOVIEFF AND KAMENEV
FRENCH ARMY CHIEF
BROUGHT FOR THE VOTE
Examined For Kirov Murder
Successor To Weygand
Saarlanders From America
(Special to the "Hong Kong Balls (Special to the "Hong Kong Daily
Prass" (Copright)}
Press" (Copyright.).]
Moscow, Dec. 23.
Paris, Dec. 23. The arrest of Zinovief and Ka-
That General meney on December 18 in connec- succeed General Weygand as vice- Gamelin will tion' with Kirov's murder was only president of the Supreme officially confirmed to-day. So Council when
War the latter retires the official communique says the owing to the age limit, on January investigation furnished Do ade-21 is confirmed by "Le Journal" quate proof of their complicity in which adds that General Game- the murder, they will be brought in will retain the post of Chief before the court. The shair now goes to Special Committee which has to consider the question of Zinovieff and Kameney's exile. In the same way proceedings are to be taken against the arrested party members Deforoy, Bavarov, other party members, Scharov, Waldin and Jeldonino'ff. Eight
Kuklin, Favilavitch, Bafajev, Gor- The King inaugurated the func-schenin, Bulach, Gertin and Hos- tion when he was Prince of Walestina, will, on the other hand, be and has continued it ever since-
tried before the court.. Reuter.
LONDON'S POOR
Seven hundred of the poorest of London's men and women will be guests of Their Majesties, the King and Queen, in Whitechapel at a. Christmas tea party.
IN GERMANY [Special to the "Hong Kong Daily
Press" (Copyright.).]
Berlin, Dec. 23.
Great satisfaction was 'Biso 'ex- pressed at the consolidation of the internal political situation and the amellorisation in the sphere of foreign polities, particular import- ance being attached in this respect to the conversations between Sir The traditional preparations for John Simon and M Laval as in- the joyous Xmas festival dicating complete agreement be- absorbing the attention of the are tween France and Great Britain. entire German people to the exclu
The - denunciation
of the sion of all political and economic Washington Treaty by Japan and pre-occupations On Sunday even- the failure of the naval parleys doing several big squares in the Got in the least disturb the pre- valling optimism. The "Dally Telegraph sums up the general opinion, by saying "the past year has brought us forward in every respect," Transocean Kuo Min.
X'MAS BROADCAST
London, Dec. 24. The British Empire broadcasting on Christmas Day commences with! the Bells of Bethlehem at 13.55, then the Bells of Bombay, Welling- ton, Ottawa, Armagh and St. Paul's.
German Capital were resplendent with brilliantly lighted Xmas trees and the distribution of gifts was made to 12,000 poor children who aarig beautiful German Xmas carols and for whose benefit tables covered with toys and delicacies of the most varied descriptions have been made ready by willing hands- Transocean Euò Min.
AMERICAN CASUALTIES"
New York, Dec. 23. The opening of the Christmas
This will be followed by greetings traffic was marked by several ac of sound pictures depicting Christ-cidents. Three people were diled mas throughout the "Empire. including messages by a Canadian
and 14 Injured ki a train collision * lumber jack and a British officer at Delaware, Ohio, while
at Khyber Pas
be
The King's message to the Em- pire concludes the programme. All over Europe there will special Christmas festivities— Router.
CROOKS KEEP TRUCE
London, Dec. 23.
A gentleman's agreement en ables Scotland Yard to practically close on Christmas day. Crooks traditionally keep an unwritten truce, enabling the Yard to release all but twenty-five of its staff of 500.
It is true 300 can be on the spot within ten minutes, and it is true that crooks themselves desire to celebrate. But for years past the Yule peace of Scotland Yard has been undisturbed,
AIR DISASTER
VICTIMS
Laid To Rest In Baghdad
Baghdad, Dec, 23.
Statesmen and comrades of the nying fraternity to-day paid their last respects to the men who died in the Dutch aircraft. Niver recently.
three
were killed in an aeroplane crash at Wartburg, Tennessee.
Four people were killed and five Injured in a motor-car collision at Lincoln, Nebraska, while three were killed and five seriously in- Jured in a hotel Are at Carlsbad, New Mexico.-" Reuter,
The renewed exile of Zovieft and Kameney, their impeachment through the Party Press and the Proceedings taken against 14.con- spirators in Leningrad and 16 in Moscow all of whom are ex-party members-all these form the most outstanding events in the history of the Commist party of the Soviet Transocean Kuo Mix. Union.
M. LAVAL TO. REST
Entraining To A Quiet Spot
.
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Tale- 1894.
GENERAL GAMBLIN
of the General Staff thus uphold- ing the precedent established by General Jofre in 1911.
Conforming, with the Cabinet's decision of December 11 last, a military committee will be created which
will exist alongside the Supreme War Council and will con- sist of the Premier as, chairman, the Ministers of War, Marine and Air, Marshal Petain as well as the Chiefs of the General Staff, the Admiralty Staff, the Air Staff and the General Inspector for Air Defence.
This committee will be com- petent to decide-all-questions of national defence, armaments and
Transocean Run Mtn., distribution of forces-
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TO OUR READERS
Christmas. There, wil be no issue We wish all our readers a Merry
of the "Daily Press" to-morrow.
M. Laval, the foreign Minister,
Paris, Dec. 24.i
will avail himself of the Xmas. holidays to have a few days' rest. This morning he will be present Ambassador. Potemkin, with the at the audience of the new Soviet President of the Republic and then entrain to some quiet spot in the country where he intends to stay until Thursday next.
The Chamben adjourned for the Publication will be resumed Xmas recess after an address by
Thursday, Premier Flandin at Vienna, Dec, 23.
which he expressed the hope that in the The Government to-day an- coming year both in national and nounced a Christmas amnesty. international
It announced the release from pelling powers of mankind and
sphere the
pro- concentration camps of 6,000 So- forces of international solidarity cialists and Nazis, the former im- may triumph prisoned since the February up-misery. The Parliament enthus- over crisis and rising and the fatter since the re- bellion in which the late Chan- Transocean Kuo Min.
astically acclaimed the Premier- cellor Dr. Dollfuss was murdered. Reuter
XMAS AMNESTY
TESTS OF A NEW LOCOMOTIVE
Expected To Beat Record Of Flying Scotsman
[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press (Copyright.).].
Berlin, Dec. 23.
SECRET CARGOES
ARMY FASHIONS
(Special. Air Mail Service)
London, Nov. 30.
an
"The Scots Guards Exhibition, which Is to be opened at 39. Grosvenor square, to-morrow will provide an interesting sidelight | on past Army fashions.
The Duke of Richmond and
TO FREE STATE Gordon is lending an oil painting,
done in 1765 of Col. Cosmg Gor- don He is wearing one of the first of the tall fur caps, which at
Prof Morgan on De that time replaced the "sugar-
Valera Intentions
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loaf" type. Ultimately the for cap evolved into the bearskin of to-day.
There is also a portrait of Major RL Lindsay (afterwards Lord Wantage), the first man in the Army to win the V.C. His curiously baggy Volunteer uniform of the 1850's strangely remials- William cent of the German soldier's field
pre- | grey. N
(Special Air Mall Service) Tests will be made in the next
London, Nov. 30. few weeks of a new steam lo- It is understood that, following comotive, 202, which it is con- the report on them made by Pro- fidently expected by its designers fessor Tristram and Str
to beat by "some 10 miles per Rothenstein,
the famous
hour, the 100 miles-an-hour-Haphaelite frescoes in the old The Scots Guards, incidentally. record recently established by the library of the Oxford Union may were originally raised for Ireland. Flying Scotsman on the London-set be capable of restoration.
The new engine is a
There will be on view the com- The frescoes, which represent mission issued by Charles I for locomotive ordered the "Morte "d'Arthur,” were the the raising of a regiment to pro- by the German State Railway work of a group of young men tect the Scots living in Ulster Company
including Burne-Jones and Wi- Tranioccan Kuo Min.
liam Morris, both then up at Exeter-under Ruskin and Ros
The bodies of the eight victims of the big airliner, which crashed in the desert
Leeds run. on an attempted flight from Amsterdam to the stream-lined Dutch Indles and return, were Burled in the British cemetery here to-day in the presence of the Bri": tish Ambassador to Iraq, the for eign minister of that state, mem bers of the diplomatic corps and leading lights of the British.com" munity.
The coffins were carried by Bri- tiah airmen, and were laid in a single long grave, which was after- warde
covered with a
mass of flowers and wreaths,
The burial service was conducted by an American clergyman, who is member of the Dutch Reformed Church Reuter
DUTCH REQUEST
The Hague, Des. 23,
EMIGRES IN THE SAAR POLICE
Removal Urged By Burckel
setti.
collective work of the Pre-Raphae- lite Bchool had almost disappear
Holman Hunt therefore, had them all photographed and pro- duced an edition of 300 copies of the bound photographs.
They began in the Long Vaca tion of 1857 with the utmost za Unfortunately their knowledge was not equal to their enthusiasm,
Although Coventry Patmore des cribed the colours as "an brilliant as to make the walls look like the margin of an illuminated manu script," they had attempted to (By' Telegraph, Copyright, Tale paint in distemper, with no proper perim Received, December 21, 4.30 p.m.) | sophie Messagua Ordinance. 1891-preparation, on damp walls-nevir
built
Day. Berlin, Dec. 24.
(special to "Hong Kong Daily Press) {{
Ruskin himself said: "The fact In a letter to President Knox of ls they're all the least bit cray, the Saar Governing Commission, and it's very difficult to manage Hitler's special commission for them." Even before the end of
the Baar Burckel, emphatically 1858, their work had begun to
The Royal Dutch Airlines have
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Saarbrucken, Dec. 23.
In striking contrast to the re "ception given to foreign troops arriving here to guard against disorders during the Saar plebis- cite, an uproarious welcome was given to 350 Saarlanders from North and South America stepped out upon the railway plat- who
form to-day.
They have been brought to their home-country to vote in the plebiscite, the fares and expenses paid in return for a promise to vote for a return of the territory to Germany on January 13.
As they emerged from the station a great cheer arose, Arms were raised in the Nazi salute and the crowd sang the Horstwessel song.
But there were no flags, in accordance with the decree
Reuter.
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SOVIET PROFESSORS DISMISSED
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(Special to "Hong Kong Dally Press")
Tala.
(By Talagroph, Copyright, praphic Massager Ordinance. 1AP1 Received, December 24, 5-30 p.m.)
Paris, Dec. 24. Moscow reports received here feature the arrests of a score of Soviet civil servants and the dismissal of ten professors of one of the biggest Soviet universities. The professors are charged with passi- vity vis-a-vis the alleged counter- revolutionary propaganda by score of students.— Transocean Kuo Min.
MORE CHILDREN CAMPAIGN
Rome, Dec. 24. Signor Mussolini; in pursuance of the more children campaign, has distributed four thousand lire to each of ninety-four mothers who have borne nine hundred and ten children since November, 1918.— Beuter.
"STAR OF BETHLEHEM
HAS DAWNED
New Star Noted By An Amateur
London, December 24. "The Star of Bethlehem has dawned anew," is the poetic des- cription of a new star in the constellation Hercules noted a fort- night "ago by an amateur astronomer in Suffolk,
Harvard Observatory records that in the past two days the star has attained unusual brilliance and is now among the twelve brightest.
"
Its distance from earth is calculated at fifteen hundred light. ears. Thus the explosion causing sudden brilliance probably coin- elded with the fall of the Roman Empire.~Neuter,
ARMY TO KEEP ALOOF 'FROM POLITICS
New Law In Austria
SIR JOHN SIMON'S INVITES
French Statesmen To Visit London
(Special to "Hong Kons Dally Frex").
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[Special to the Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright.).]
Vienna, Dec. 23. To keep the Army aloof from politics is the aim of a new law
(B) Telegraph, Copyright the text of which has just been graphic Massagen Ordinancs, 7895 published and which provides that Received, December 24, 4:30 p.m.) soldiers may henceforth not be-
London, Dec. : 24.". long to any political association. The "Daily Telegraph" reports Membership of non-political as- from London that Sir John Simon, sociations can only be authorized has invited M. Flandin and M. with special permission of com- Laval to visit London in the very petent military authorities, Simi- near future. The "Daily Tele lar permission may also be re- graph's" correspondent adds that quired by soldiers wishing to at- both Flandin and Laval would wife tend public" meeting
Hngly accept the invitation, but Transocean Kuo Min,
French circles bold that the Saar issue should be settled prior to the trip. Meanwhile, the Italo-French negotiations too would have made headway and thus no longer absorb too much attention on the part of Laval. The forthcoming London discussions between the British and French statesment would, ac cording to British citeles, cent around the disarmament issue. Transgrean Kuo Min.
JAPANESE OFFICER
ARRESTED
Allegations Of Espionage By Soviet
Moscow, Dec. 23, Reports from Khabarovsk state that Soviet officials have arrested a Japanese' officer and his soldier servant-on-the-bank of the River Ussuri, 20 miles south of the town of Iman.
also stated to have possessed" a map of the Sino-Soviet frontier.
little boy who had fled from a hut He said he was looking for a
on the Chinese side of the front- The officer is said to have been fer across to Russiarı sol~- found. photographing while he was Reuter.
OVALTINE
CHRISTMAS COMPETITION
$75
FIVE DOLLARS -
"Hare;la a fascinating Competition
· Can you ...... successfully complete the worde balow by supplying the missing late! ters? Tharass 525 in Dish Prizes for those who can. Take the first word, for In- stance. “Melody", the helpful latter is U. The complote word. is * Tuna!", then carry on and complets the llat. Each dash represents a lottar.
TO BE WON
First Prize Second Prize... Third Prize
$25.00
$15.00 $10,00
5 Consolation Prizes at $5.00 each:
A' SEALED SOLUTION HAS SEEN BEPO- SITED WITH THE EDITOR, SOUTH CRIA MOINING POST:
MISSING LETTERS COMPETITION.
Worth
P
HELEFEL
SOLUTION.
1. Melody
T
TUNE
1. The body of a ship..
3. An eating sore
CA
4. To crack ****
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B. A bouquetere
To make a sudden sharp noise
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8. Bustle, confusion
OH
9. A burst of inger
10. A net or covering for the head -11. An awkward fellow
d
12A low sound made by certain birds
18. To wrinkli
RE
14 To threaten
MO
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- 15. - át no great distanos..
16. To make fat
17. To strike lightly-
18. A narrow street
19, Tomake usölaua
30 Round like a bail
EN
RULES
The rat prize of dill,” will be award- ad to the competitor who sends is an all correct solution, or who has the mosswords correct.: The Mond yelta to the competitor: with the zest nour ant correct solution and in this tour (until all the yalans have been awarded..
En dis event of thorn thath see king- paliter having the serce enfation, the Judges may std the first three primao Lar gether and divide is evenly, the con solation priaeth will then be given to those next in weder of marih." Shan" ngady in the erept of a tie, 12a judges may add all the prise money legstber and divide it 'arenly`uzzóng lhow with norrser solution?
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