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HONOURS AWARDED BY
THE KING
Recipients In Britain And The Empire
London, June 3.
ORDER OF MERIT
The Suver Jubilee year of the The Order of Merit is conferred King's reign also holds His Ma- on three notable men-John Mase- jesty's 70th birthday, which will field (Poet Laureate), Dr. Vaughan te celebrated throughout the En- Williams (distinguished. British pire to-morrow, and on this occ-composer), and Sir F, Cowland sion the list of Birthday Honours conferred is more comprehensive than usual.
It contains' names of persons who have rendered eminent service in Britain, and throughout the Em- pire in politics, industry, the pre- ressions, the arts, sciences, fight- ing and civil service and social work: Leading memoers of Labour and Laberal Opposition and of the Trade Union movement Ögure in the list.
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NEW PEERS
Lord Bledisloe, lately Governor General of New Zealand, becomes a Viscount, and six Barons are created, namely, Sir Arthur Bal dour, Mr. E. C. Grenfell, Sir Wil- liam Pecke Mason, Sir George May (chairman of the Import Duties Advisory Committee), Sir Frede- rick Ponsonby and Sir Clive Wi- gram (Treasurer and Private Sec- fetary respectively to the King).
Major Attlee, Deputy. Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Commons; Mr. Hote Beilsha, Transport Minister; and Captain Bourne, Deputy Chairman of the House of Commons, become mem- bers of the Privy Council
BARONETCIES
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Hopkins (discoverer of vitamins).
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1935.
OVER FORT
THOUSAND
Killed In Quetta Quake
Simla, June 3. The death roll in the whole area affected by the earthquake in now unofficially estimated at 40,000, of which 26,000 died in Quetta Eity. The normai population of that gar- risor post was seasonably swelled by about 5,000 souls, and the slaughter was consequently greater than it might have been had the dwelling quarters not been 30 crowded.- Reuter.
GHASTLY HOURS
Lahore, June 3. "We thought it was the day of doom." was the comment of the first injured refugees to arrive here from the earthquake stricker city of Quetta, last night.
DIPLOMATS. HONOURED In the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Knights Grand Cross include Sir Henry Birchenough of South Africa, Mr. J. G. Latham, Mi. James Parr, (New Zealand High Commissioner in London), Sir W. T. White of Canada, Sir John Massey (Permanent Under- Secretary for the Colonies), Sir H. These refugees, many of them J. Read and Viscount Chilston suffering from the shock of the British Ambassador at Moscow). horrible experience they have been Among the Knights Commander | through, with a recollection of the Mr. Stephen Gaselee (bra- ghastly hours behind their frigh- rian at the Foreign Office), Mr. tened eyes, are not anxious to Hugh Gurney (British Minister at speak of the disaster. Copenhagen), Mr. S. P. Waterlow
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British Minister at Athens), Mr. H. E. Fass (Public Trustee of the Sudan Government) and Mr. G. B. Sansom (Commercial Counsellor of the British Embassy at Tokyo.
OTHER HONOURS " In the Royal Victorian Order, the Chain is conferred on the
of Cromer Earl
and Knights Grand Cross are the Marquess of
A few, however, making brief comments, give a vivid enough Impression of the effect of the quake.
Ninety per cent of the inhabi- tants of the low-lying areas of the city were killed outright, they de- clare. Five per cent. were injured. and the remaining pitiful remnant escaped. But practically all of the survivors have lost their famil Cambridge, Mr. J. C. C. Davidson, les, or those dear to them. Sir Hugh Allen (musician), Sir Arthur Erskine and Sir Cooper Petry
on Sir George Newman" (lately
Chler Medical Officer at the Minis- rry of Health), General Sir F.
COLONY'S SYMPATHY
Telegrams Exchanged With Viceroy
In the Order of the British Em- Baronetcles are conferred on Sir | pire the Grand Cross is conferred Burton Chadwick (founder of the Company of Master Mariners), Co- lonel Morley Readjam, Sir Henry Jackson, Sir Crawford McCullagh. Ready (lately Quartermaster Gen-
The following telegrams were Lord Mayor of Belfast), Mr. eral), Mr. E. W. Beatty Chan-exchanged between the Officer Ad- William. Mollison. Mr. Walter Rus- cellor McGill University, Canada). ministering the Government of sell Rea (Chter Whip of the Op- Knighthoods include Mr. W. M Hong Kong and the Viceroy and position Liberal Party, Sir Arthur Citrine. (General Secretary of the Governor-General of India in con- Rose, Mr. J. R. Starkey and Mr. Trades Unless Congress) and Mrs. nection with the Quetta Mr. Evan Williams (President of Ogilvie Gordon (Vice-President of
quate disaster:- the Mining Association).
the International Council of Wo- Miss Rosalind Paget, for men). services to nursing. and the Duchess of Portland become Dames To the Viceroy and Governor-
General, Simia,
KNIGHTS BACHELOR Among a long list of Knights Bachelor are Mr. Nael Ashbridge:
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From the Officer Administering the Government, Hong Kong
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Chief Engineer of the Broadcast-Commander. Ing Corporation), Mr. Charles 'Ed- There are two Companions of wards (Chief Labour Whip), Mr. honour-Mr. W. N. Bruce Pro-
Hong Kong, June 1, 1935. Seymour Hicks the well-known | Chancellor of the University of Newspapers this morning report actor-manager), Professor Laid- Wales) and the Rev. Dr. Joba disastrous earthquake in Quetta White Arst Moderator of the with large loss of life. I hasten General Assembly of the United to express the deep sympathy of Church of Scotland.—
the Colony of Hong Kong with the British Wireles
Government and people “of India in this grievous calamity and the hope that later reports may show the disaster to be less serious than at present appears.
law." (Pathologist), Mr. Bruce Richmond (Editor of the "Times" Literary Supplement). Mr. W. W. Russell (Keeper of the Royal Academy), and Mr. C. L. Woolley the distinguished archaeologist), There are also lists for the Dominions. India and Colonies and Protectorates.
In the Order of the Bath, Ad- miral Sir J. D" Kelly and Sir Wil- ilam Fisher: Generals Sir C. J. Deverell, Sir J. Gathorne Handy and Sir. K. Wigram and Air Chief Marshal Sir E. Ellington become Knights Grand Cross.
HONOURS FOR NORTH Reuter cables the following Est of honours for residents in the North:-
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"Commander of the British Em- pire-Mr. A. D. Blackburn, Shang- hat.
(Signed) Southor, Officer Administering the Government,
Officers of the British Empire From the Viceroy, India Mr. W. S. Toller and Mr. Teng Yuch Shanghai; Major George Theaton Wards. Tientsin.
To the Omcer Administering
the Government, Trong Kong.
Member of the British Empire:
Simla, June 2, 1935. Among the "Knights Comman- QuartermasterSergeant W. T. Rose,
I am very grateful to you and ders is SL Edward Harding. Shanghai Volunteer Force.
the inhabitants of the Colony of (Permanent Under-secretary of the (Local recipients of honours are Hong Kong of your kind message Dominions Office.
referred to on Page 3).
Di sympathy in appalling earth- quake disaster in Quetta. "I"Tear that the calamity is proving to be
TROOPING OF THE COLOURS
King Rides With His Sons
London, June 3.
·TO" ESCAPE ITALY'S WRATH
لعددية
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(By. Telegraph, Copyright, graphie Manager Urdinance, 1301. Breeinad, June 3. 4-30 p.m.)
Osaka, June
3. In a "Echo de Paris" article headed "France and Italo-Abys- sinian conflict" Pertinax advises Foreign Minister Laval for future to "keep in the background as far as this affair is concerned
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His Majesty the King has for- tunately thrown of his cold and since Italy's wrath will be directed was able to attend the trooping of the colours held this morning in honour of his seventieth birthday. The King rode from Buckingham
Palace to the Horse Guards Parade wearing the full dress uniform of Colonel-in-Chief of the Irish Guards. Riding hehind him were the Prince of Wales; Duke of York, Duke of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent in uniforms respec tively of the Welsh Guards, Scots Guards. Royal Hussars and West Kents. This was the first time in
the reign of His Majesty that he has ridden. Along the Mall in a military ceremony with all his four sons in attendance to bring up the
rear
In the procession were Lord Harewood, the Earl of Athlone, Prince Arthur of Connaught to gether with the Maharajah of Blkanir and Kashmir.
The procession wheeled around the Victoria Memorial amidst cheering of dense crowds which assembled to show their loyalty "and, devotion on the occasion of the seventieth birthday of their
against France rather than Britain as was the case
in the Flume conflict sixteen years ago.” Transoce in Kuo Min."
ITALO-ABYSSINIAN COMMISSION
140
(By Telegraph, Copyright, Tale graphso Merrages Ordinance, Received, June: 3. $.30 p.m.)
Milan, June 3.
BRIGHT PROSPECTS IN
BRITAIN
Mr. Chamberlain's Optimism
(Special Air Mail Service)
London, May 18.
"His Majesty's Government faces this new year in a split of cheerfulness and confidence......So long as this country.......... abstains from rash and ill-advised ventures, there is no reason why we should anticipate any setback to the optimism which has been associated with the King's Jubilee year.”
In these words Mr. Chamberlain, the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, concluded on Thursday night one of the most optimus- tic surveys of Britain's prospects that he has ever made. He was speaking at the annual dinner of the British Bankers' Assucia- tion.
How Prosperity Has Increased
Mr. Chamberlain was the prin- cipal guest at the annual dinner of the British Bankers' Association. He prefaced his speech with a tribute to the banks.
"All through the long period of world depression which brought such devastation among many banking systems,” he sald, "the British banks never had to seek assistance from the Government, and they never lost the confidence of their depositors..
"Free as they are, and as I hope they always will remain, from any control or interference by the Government, they form a living growing organism able to and adapt themselves to changing con- disiens and to supply industry with the financial resources which are essential for its expansion.
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with the corresponding quarter of 1934.
"I am not going to claim that these results are solely due to the his Majesty's Govern- action of ment. They could only have been achieved with the courage, enter- prise
And determination which are inherent qualities in our race. "But it is the function of our pro- Government "that either it
conditions with which vides the these qualities can find their ex- pression, or else, if it indulges in rash or foolish enterprise, it stulti- ñes or sterilises the efforts of the community.
"Although the financial policy of this Government has frequently been criticised on the ground that it is wanting in boldness or im- agination, I think we may say that the proof of the pudding is in the CONTRAST WITH 1932 "In 1932 we were only at "the eating, and that the results have What a justified us in sticking to sound beginning of our task. change between then and now! principles of finance.
"I have sometimes been criticised To-day we meet in an atmosphere of such happiness and content- on the opposite ground, in that I have not in recent Budgets, pro- ment as has not been seen since the war. (Cheers.)
rided for a regular sinking fund. "Those
wonderful celebrations As a matter of fact the outcome
demonstrated last week.
much of the four Budgets for which I more than loyalty of the subjects have been responsible has resulted to their Sovereign. They revealed In either a fixed debt charge of a deep-seated affection. for the saving in the provision" of £85,- person of the King, created by the 750,000 towards the redemption of accumulated evidence of his selfless debt. In view of that fact, I do devotion to his people and bis com- not think I need fear any prickings Plete understanding of and sym-of conscience on the score of my Pathy with the daily current of their lives.
"It is a fortunate coincidence that the. Jubilee should come at may a time when the revival of pro-economic policy inte sperity has gone so far that peo-gories.
"There is that part that is con- ple can dare to be happy and can feel that they can count, in the
cerned with domestic affairs and absence of untoward events else of which, therefore, we are able to where, upon the continuance of control the direction. The other the progress that has been made." part of it requires the co-operation Mr. Chamberlain went on to give of other countries, and we can Agures ilustrating, in striking there, only make progress by such fashion, the advance in general influences as we may be able to prosperity between 1910 and 1935.
Lest they should be too exalted, however, he reminded them that since 1910 the Budget had risen from £174,000,000 to £835,000,000, and the National Debt from £825,- 000,000 to £7,000,000,000
"PROGRESS IS CONTINUING" "There is one question," he con-
d very real one and loss of life is | tinued, "which must present itself grievously heavy.
(Bigned) Viceroy.
TERRIFIC RUMBLING
The first warning of the coming
unorthodoxy.
PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE "What about the future?
divide. cur
exert
We Anancial and two cate-
"In the first category I would put the tariff system, which has been used for the protection of the home market, and also as a means of entering into arrange- ment which have given us an easier entry into the markets of other countries. I am no a fanati- cal protectionist, but so long as to-day to thoughtful people who different nations have different cannot but be aware of all the standards of living, which in turn uncertain factors that exist. That are reflected in their respective
costs is, is the present appearance of
of production, so long it prosperity solid and genuine? seems to me inevitable that the "Is it possible we are living in a nations in which these differences foal's paradise and that presently occur should endeavour to neutra- we shall wake up to and that we lise and equalise them by means are deceiving ourselves by vistons of tarifs or somewhat similar re- which have no solid basis in fact?strictive measures. There are some factors
"I do not think, therefore, that may reassNTE NA.
we are likely to give up the pro- "During the last four years I tective system, and so long as it have been able to make temissions is kept within reasonable bounds I of taxation and restoration of cuts do not think any harm is likely which, in a full year, will amount } to ensue. In the same category 1 After would put the cheap money policy, An aeroplane belonging to Lord to £72,000,000 per auntin
this Budget the rellets will per- which has brought about the re- Willingdon, the Viceroy, brought
colate through practically everymarkable expansion in building Army nurses to the devastated area
and other capital developments. and many other machines belong-class or the community.
"I do not myself hold the view that thi combination 01 cheap money and a moderate tarif system has yet exhausted its' ef- fectiveness.**
catastrophe was a terrific rumbling. Houses began to crumble almost immediately, collapsing upon their. foundations like packs of cards.
One survivor relates that when
daybreak arrived they saw the Brj- tish residents busly engated rescue work and they appeared to the injured to be truly minister- ing angels.
ing to the RAF. or privately own- ed, carried doctors and medical stores to Quetta Reuter
NEW 'SHOCK
The Italo-Abyssinian arbitration [Special to the "Hong Kong Daily commission wi hold its first meeting here during the coming
Press (Copyright).]
London, June 2.
extemporised week, it was announced on Sunday, Hardly had the. members each from Italy The commission consists of two telegraphic and telephonic com- and munications with the outside world
which
"There are other indications that the progress is still continuing. One may take as an example cer- tain figures of production in the 'first quarter of this year compared
dren which in some remarkable" manner remained completely un- damaged with not one child in the convent being injured.
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DUTCH MÍNISTER RESIGNS
The Hague, June 3. Abyssinia, the latter country being been re-established in the devasta- -Twenty thousand British as well Dr. Steenberghe, Minister of represented by a French and an
ted city of Quetta when a пе as Indian troops are now engaged Economics, has resigned following Transocean Kuo Min American jurist.—
shock, on Sunday, completed the in rescue and salvage work and up disagreement with Premier Collin work of destruction of Friday's till now have recovered sixteen and other members of the Cabinet dixteen hour earthquake.
chundred native and three hundred over the devaluation issue.- The ravaged town now presents European corpses which they im- Router. an indescribable picture of chaos, mediately burned in order to pre- there being literally not one stona vent an outbreak of any epidemic, left on another, with one note Twenty-seven thousand natives worthy exception. This is the are still missing or severely injur- Catholic school for European chit- | ed. The entire district has been
monarch. His Majesty answered each salvo of cheers with a salute and a smile and, altting erect, ap- peared to be little the worse for his indisposition of the past week,
Reuter
put under military control and nobody may leave or enter Quetta with permission--
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CONFERENCE ON SEINE COUNCIL
CURRENCY
Probable Support For Caillaux
London, June 3.
M. Caillaux's intention of con-
vening an International currency conference will probably be wal- camed in all countries.
ELECTIONS
Communist Gains
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Ordinance, Messages Received, June 3. 130 p.m.)
Paris, June 3. The name of "Red Belt" given Recenty Mr. Ramsay Ma:Donald to the environs of the French stated in the House of Commons capital has completely justified it- that "the Government have been
sell by the result of the secord trying to set the initiative taken" ballot for the election of a cour
currency stabilisation, elf in the Seine Department on towards
brought clear adding that the efforts have not Sunday which been very successful. It is con- victory to the united socialist and French de-communist front. Of fifty coun- that the templated marche may break the stalemate. cillors elected in the rural districts 'n
Calilaux's reasons for desiring to around. Paris who will join the call a conference are believed to ninety municipal councillors be partly external and partly in the urban area, no fewer than ternal. Some measure of devalua- twenty-nine
communists,
of the tranc is
doubtless which are nineteen more than the tion necessitated by internal considera-previous number. The old socialists tions and it will be vastly more obtained sever; seats, the new so- palatable to the French public cialists two, the radical socialists none although formerly they held three, the independent socialists two which are two less than be- The prospects of American co-
fore, the left republicans. six, the operation are considered to have Improved since the setback to the democratic peoples party two
independent republicans two, the
New Deal programme. Concen
Including the urban area the tration on the matter prevented total result is as follows. Com- United States displaying a munista thirty three. other com- more helpful attitude in the abor-munist groups ten, old socialiste tive world conference of 1933, but twelve, new socialists nve, inde- President Roosevelt, may be now pendent and republican socialists glad to find external escape from the present internal worries,— Reuter.
the step can be linked with an in- ternational agreement;
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M. CAILLAUX TO CALL A CONFERENCE
Currency Stabilisation
Paris, June 3.
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seven, radical socialists five. The Left thus holds clear majority of seventy two seats as the parties of the Centre and Right- together obtained only sixty eight sea's
The outcome of the
vote was Jubilantly acclaimed by the journ als belonging to the united so- cialists and communist front. "Fascism is dead" declares the "Populaire" in glaring headlines. while the communist "Humanite" predicts a "new course in the
It is understood that M. Call-general council of the Seine de- laux, Finance Minister in the new partment." The press of the right Cabinet. is contemplating calling on the other hand deplores the an international conference on result of the vote, the "Echo de currency stabilisation. Reuter.
Paris" pointing to the possible effects it may have on next year's elections to the Chamber.
It is furthermore feared that the outcome of the vote may cause! unpleasant complications to the administration of the capital since the general council will probably be headed by a representative of the united socialist and commun- ist front, while the head of the June 1 June 3 municipal council belongs to the 33-3/4
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SILVER MARKET
(From Our Own Correspondent)
London, June 3. London silver prices to-day were down 1/4 as follow:-
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33-3/4 Transocean, Kuo Min.!.! London on New York at closing to-day was 4.9200 compared with 4.9218 at closing on Saturday.
JAPANESE DIPLOMAT ON TOUR
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JUDGE HELMICK IN SHANGHAI
Liquidation Affair Discussed
Shanghai, June 3. En Route To Hong Kong After leaving Felping by air for Shanghat last night, Judge Hel- Kobe, June 3. mick conferred In the moring Mr. Hajime Matsushima, Am- | with the American Consul Gen- bassador-at-large
Oriental eral, the District Attorney Mr. countries. saded yesterday after Feltham Watson and others con- noon on the NYK Tatsuta Maru cerning the American Oriental and is due in Hong Kong on June Finance Corporation and the American Oriental, Banking Cor- The diplomat is on a five poration liquidator, but it is un- months tour of French, Indo- derstood that nothing had been. China. Slam India, Afghanistan, decided when the conference broke- fran and Turkey
up at noon deuter
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