GERMAN REARMAMENT
PROBLEM
Brought To Light By Rome Conversations
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Daily Press")
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Paris, Jan. 9.. The arms problem, which is brought back into the light by the Rome conversations, is discussed by a number of papers including "Oeuvre which observes that "Laval's practical and realistic "views can only with difficulty be reconciled with "the inflexible French note of April 17 last." Laval, according to, the paper, takes a view that the danger re- sulting from Germany's rearma- ment cannot be suppressed merely 'by declaring that such Terma- ment is illegal while at the same time refusing to take cognisance of
it.
question and which had first been announced and subsequently denied by the semi-official French news agency has now been officially acknowledged by a somewhat be .ated communique issued in Rome
chief subject of German press on Tuesday evening, forms the
comments on Wednesday morning. The Rome arms formula, which differs from the interpretation put by the French and Italian Govern- ments of the Five-Power declara- tion of December, 1932, providing for recognising Germany's claims to equality and consultation be- tween the two parties in case any country should attempt by one side. to recede to Rome its obligations in respect of armaments, obviously refers to the eventuality of Ger- man rearmament
"Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung" "Qeuvre" affirms that the ques-nevertheless considers the formula tion of addressing a new com-represents a step forward by com- munication to Germany had been envisaged at Rome in which Ger- many would be invited at least to make known her armaments to other powers conformably with the Five-Power declaration of Decem- ber, 1932. The Powers would then be prepared to recognise the legal-; ity of Germany's rearmament pro- vided the Reich consented to sign the international disarmament convention.
parison with the French 'no" con- tained in the note of April 17 last regarding German claims to arma- ment. The new formula," says the paper, "makes Germany's rearmament contingent on special agreement being reached on this question between Germany and the Five Powers.
This in any case does not mean the strict rejection of the German claims but may in- dicate a way to the resumption of "Oeuvre further asserts that negotiations if indeed other powers Laval is intending to travel to Ber-are really interested in resuming Hin within the next few months, the discussions in the true spirit but the definite date is not yet of equality." considered.
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A London despatch of the "Matin" states that British official circles. believe that an internation-. -al arms: 'convention is possible on the following basis: Firstly, con- trol of arms traffic; secondly, the creation of a permanent disarmá- ment committee; thirdly, the con- trol of manufacture and the em- ployment of chemical products in war; fourthly, the publication by all great Powers of their milltary' and-navai-estimates. Transocean Kuo Min.
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED. (Special to "Hong Kong..
Dally Presa")
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Berlin, Jan.. 9. "The agreement reached at Roria concerning the concordance of the Italian French views on the arms
SENSATIONAL DRUG CASE
ECONOMIC INTEREST (Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press"").
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY -10, 1935.
SAAR VOTERS FROM U.S.A.
Warm Welcome On Arrival
Saarbruecken, Jan. 9.
EUROPEAN STABILITY
EFFORTS
Mr. Eden's Analysis Of
Present Position
_big crowd of Deutsche Frontists assembled at the station to greet the arrival of nearly four
London, Jan. 7. Fit seemed to the statesmen at the hundred United States citizens to The Franco-Italian agreement time the best and indeed the only participate 1
the Diebiscite. was referred to by Mr. Anthony means of ensuring peace. Now Despite the ban on political de Eden, Lard Privy Seal in a speech the balance of power was no monstrations pending the plebis- at Edinburgh last night. He said was now based on the League of langer Britain's foreign policy. It cite, several thousand Saarlanders the agreement constituted animations and on maintenance of a singing the Horstwessel song and stability. He believed it surrounded the American voters
portant contribution to European collective peace system: Deutschland Uber Alles after re-result in greater improvement in Blue Policemen kept the crowd was a good start for the new year peated shouts of "Hell" Mounted the whole outlook for Europe. It moving.
in which much work had to be done,
·
not prevent one of the American The warmth of the welcome did
visitors" stating that he intended to vote for status quo and the arrangements for bringing the United States were made before former Saarlanders from the the Nazis assumed power in Germany.
VOTE DISQUALIFIED
in roting in the preliminary An aged woman was disqualined
plebiscite because she stated she German, thus indicating she voted was born German and would die
Germany- for transfer of the Saar
Reuter.
to
would
He continued that they were now going through a period of trans don. In years gone by British foreign policy was often criticised abroad as being exclusively con- cerned with balance of power. Britain's policy was a policy of balance and it was only because
SOVIET TRAIN SMASH
Official Enquiry Disclosures
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change in outlook. The balance of peace by adjustment of force. of power meant the maintenance
A collective peace system meant opposition of force and substi tution of rule of law. That change was not yet, universally effective, but British policy was to make it so and in that work lay the signi fcance of their task which in importance had scarcely been paralleled in British history. Briti
There was in truth an immense
Wireless
LIMITATION OF ARMAMENTS
Hope Of Agreement In America
WHITEST
Gordon's
PUREST
THE HEART OF A
HAUPTMANN TRIAL
Identifications By Witnesses
at 2.00 p.m. to-day was 491-5/18 appalling state of disrepair into i basis for a naval pact for Britsin, on trial for kidnapping and mur-
compared with 4.91-1/8 at closing (Bp Telegraph, Copyright, Tsie | yesterday. graphic Messages Ordinance, 1894. Received, January 9. 4-10 p.m.}
Rome, Jan. 8. 2
SILVER MARKET
(From Our Own Correspondent)
Washington," Jan. 8. Mr. Norman Davies has pre- London, January 9.
dicted, in talk with Preatdent London silver prices to-day, were
Moscow, Jan. 8.
Roosevelt, an agreement for the up 1/4 as follow:-"
The oficial enquiry into the limitation of armaments on land cause of the rallway disaster on and sea within two years if the Jan 8 Jan., 9 Spot... 24-5/16 24-9/18
the so-called "October line" be spirit of International co-operas Forward ......24-7/18 24-11/18tween Leningrad and Moscow, that don is fostered.
Flenington, Jan. London on New York cross rate
took place last week revealed the He thinks the
Two witnesses testified against most plausible Bruno Hauptmann, the accused which the Russian railways have | Japan and America would be der of the Lindbergh baby. fallen owing to prolonged neglect along the lines of the compro- In the case in question, the entire signalling system bad completely broken down. The railway workers had not been functioning went so far as to say that the
for months past. Demands for the carrying out of urgent repairs were disregarded by the railway ad- ministration at headquarters Consequently, engine drivers paid little attention to signala More over, in the last few days, traffic had in places been maintained on a single rail because owing to the excessive cold certain rails had been broken and sleepers split.
Respecting the economic interest SETTLERS FROM of France and Italy in the colonics, it is stated in an official communi- que published" last night that"] -Mussolini and Laval admitted the
tility and development of the économic relations between the Mother countries and Colonies in Africa and neighbouring countries and resolved upon making the necessary arrangements for the realization of this collaboration. Italy's interest. In "Dibbuti-Addim Abeba" Rallway is one feature of the projected collaboration- Transocean Kuo Min.
ANGLO-FRENCH
MEETING
THE SAAR
Dangers To France Stressed
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Received, January 9, 7.30 p.m.)
Paris, Jan. 9.- Conversations which the home minister Regnieh recently-held with the prefects of various
de partments bordering upon the Saar concerning the question of granting asylum to the socialist communists who are expected to
were
Very little is said officially about the number of victims of the disaster but it is known that large numbers who
seriously Transocean Rua Min. wounded have since died-
TWENTY THREE DEAD-
Moscow; Jar 8. The casualties In the Moscow- Leningrad express disaster have cow reached 23 dead, while 56 more
Mrs. Victor Johnston Important Event In leave Saar territory after the are badly injured.
Accused
Shanghai, Jan. 9. A sensational drug case opened in the British court in Shanghai to-day when Mrs, Victor V. John- ston; a fashionably dressed Spanish woman and the wife of an Aus tralian sea captain was charged with the manufacture of narcotics. Following a fire in her home on January 2, the police uneartherd a "regular morphine factory."
In view of the gravity of the case, the Court withdrew the two- thousand dollars bail granted at time of arrest. When this deaf- slon was announced the accused woman fainted.
to
Reuter
Politics
latter's reincorporation into. Ger- The collision is said to have been many, cause considerable mig!v-due to inefficiency and carelessness ings to the nationalist paper "Le of certain railway workers Jour which points out that the The stationmaster at the station [Special to the "Hong Kong Dailytically admits the inevitability of arrested when leaving his post after French Government thereby prac where the disaster occurred was Press" (Copyright).]
the Saar region's return to the the crash- Reich,
Reuter.
Paris, Jan. Concerning the approaching visit of Flandin and Laval to London, the French
The paper goes on to say that
Government the "Intransigeant" reports that pates that about 53,000 marxists. anticl-
the Eriglish political circles at and Baarlanders will be unable tached high importance to to be taken care of and settle in the Franco-British conversations. France after January 13. The Three great groups of questions socialist mayor of the city of will be discussed, (1) the Rome Roubaix is said to have declared agreement, (2) the results of the himself willing to grant hospital- Saar Plediscite and (3) the dell-ty to 10,000 Baar.emigrants but berations of the League of Nations all other prefects and mayora re- Council
fused to take even the question into consideration.
"Intransigeant's" London corres- Her husband recently returned pondent declares that one of the highest officials of Downing Street stated that the coming Franco British conference meant a great stride forward towards peace, and would enable the resumption of the disarmament conference and promote friendly co-operation among all European Powers--- Trantocean Kua Min.
CROATIAN EMIGRES IN HUNGARY
Memorandum For The
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Prem" (Copyright).] - -
Budapest, Jan 8 Tibor von Eckhard, the Hunga- rian representative at the League. of Nations left for Geneva on to take part in the ap-
League Council negotiations. The memo randum on the 1 ment of Croatian emigres In Hungary de- manded by the
of Nationa from
ral Secre
Nations in
Nations
Bransocean Auð
AUSTRIAN COMMUNISTS
ARRESTED
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Daily Balegre Fyright,
Bacaited, Jamiar
Nations" | srphic
are said to be
PARLIAMENT IN FRANCE
Reassembles After Holidays
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Copyright Tele Ordinance;
[1893/
The paper stresses the great moral and material dangers which would result from such a rew-in- Vasion of foreigners at a time when 800,000 foreign workers are still employed in France while Received, January 9, 5-30.7 400,000 Frenchmen are condemned. to idleness Prospective Immig-
Paris, Jan rants from the Baar, so the paper.
The French Parliament reasom concludes, are communists and bled on Tuesday for the first time “Lejour” asks “Is it really neçes- since the Christmas and Tear sary that France should Jnvite hollo
the much undesirable guests to her opening speech in seserdance wit tables"
m was made by Thle hovou?
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VINE DUMPED INTO THE SEA
Seattle
Tarika
dred cases of
mise proposals understood to pro- After 87-year-old Amandus vide for construction by each na Hochmuth had declared he saw tion as required by existing pro- Hauptmann in the vicinity of the make no fundamental comes in in his car on the night of the kid- grammes, with each agreeing to Lindbergh home, with a ladder
future programines. without ad-apping, there was a further vance notice to other signatories shock for the defence. of the treaty.
The London parleys had greatly clarified the atmosphere and laid the groundwork for an eventual compromise agreement, Mr. Davis said.
Reuter.
FAMINE AND PLAGUE
Serious Position In Russia
A Bronx taxi-
taxi driver, John Feronne, identified Hauptmann as the man who gave him a dollar to deliver a note to Dr. Condon in March, 1932.
In a hushed, court Peronne went over and fald a hand on Haupt- mann's shoulder and said: "That is the man."
GIN
GORDONS
DRY
&-BEST-
GOOD COCKTAIL
INSURRECTION IN ALBANIA
Threat To The Capital
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Athens, Jan, B "Encouraged by their successes in the northern part of Albaniz the rebels appear to be widening their scope of insurrection, accord- ing to the latest Press despatches itself seems projected The attack on the capital. Tirana,
The rumour that King Zogu. has fled to Durazzo is not con- armed, the latest amouncemen stating that far from having left his post, the King is enabling the capital to defend actively superintending hasty measures for
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A.D.C. DISAPPEARS
Tirana, Jan. 9. Mr. Edward Reilly's detailed
That the former Aide-de-Camp cross-examination of this witness to King Zogu, Muharram Bafrak only produced repeated assertions ar, and two other persons wanted that Hauptmann was the man by the authorities have fled to who paid him a dollar to take a
Yugoslavia is admitted by an note to Dr. Condon
official statement issued by the Hauptmann was still quite un- Albanian press bureau- excited when the court declared a
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He informed reporters:
DUKE TO STAY AT BOURNEMOUTH
(Special to the "Hong Kong Dally don't know why he gave that "I told Feronne he was a liar. Press (Copyright.).]____ testimony had never seen him The horrors of famine prevailing with a lot of policemen and tried Moscow, Jan. 8. until he came to the police station
London, Jan 97 in many parts in Russia have been to say he had seen me before. Connaught, who is at present in The King's uncle, the Duke of intensified by plagues suddenly ap- titudes especially in South Russia, who acted as the go-between" ter instead of making his usual pearing in hitherto unknown mal-ness to-morrow. He is the man mouth for the later part of win- Dr. Condon will be the first wit South Devon will stay at Bourne-
For Instance from the town Dufe for Colonel Andbergh in his dealintay at his villa at St. Cap Ferrat
South propetrowsk it. Is reported that the ings with the kidnappers. -----
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numerous as to recall the mediae-
va legend Pied Piper of Heme- in Every private house and every store is run over by thousands, só that the preservation of foodstuffs is almost an impossibility The police authorities have ordered the inhabitants to keep the lights burning the whole night through in the hope of scaring of the rod- ita Rat traps are no longer ob- tainable and rat poison has long aso been sold out.
the first onslaught, proved entir -ly useless against the invade As the last resource, chem society has been formed to the destt tion of the:r USE OF
FRENCH INVITATION
TO MUSSOLINI
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