HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24,
1935.
PESSIMISM PREVAILS
AT GENEVA
Committee Face Hopeless
Situation
ITALY ADAMANT IN DEMANDS
Wile Rome is said to be awaiting fresh proposals from the League which may form the basis for discussion, a very pessimistic impression prevails in Geneva where It is feared that the wide gap between the two standpoints cannot be bridged, Meanwhile there is talk of Italy withdrawing from the League.
The Committee of Five after a short meeting recognised that " the situation is practically hopeless-and after a further meeting on Tuesday or Wednesday it is expected that the Committee will report to the Council is failure in the conciliation efforts. At the resum- ed meeling the Committee will examine the article on which future League action is to be based.
ATTITUDE OF AUSTRALIA
Close Co-operation With Britain
Banberra, Sept. 23. Speaking in the House of Repre- sentatives in connection with Aus- tralla's attitude in the Italo-Abys- sinian dispute, the Premier, Mr. Lyons, said that the Australian High Commissioner in London has been instructed that Australia's policy was close co-operation with Britain in efforts to secure settlement of the dispute and in the maintenance of League prin- ciples.
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PRETENDER TO THRONE
OF ETHIOPIA
Rumoured Plot To Effect His Escape
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CLOSE WATCH ON GRANDSON
OF ADOWA HERO
Addis Ababa, September 25.
A rumoured Itakan plot to effect the escape of L'j Jassou, depased King of Ethiopia, the man whom the Emperor fears most in the world, has been latensified by a clase watch on Jas- son's prison.
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All the rescources of modern ancient gaolers have been en- listed by the Emperor to keep this grandson of the great Mens- ilk, who routed the Italians at Adowa, under lock and key.
Jasson was deposed and impifsoned by Menecks daughter, Zalditu, who seized the throne with the help of the present Nerus, who succeeded when she died. Jayson has been a pri- soner for the past twelve years in a villa fortress at the top of the precipitous Garamoulata mountain near Harrar.
and trained sheep dogs surround the fortress.
WHITEST
Gordon's
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PUREST
The Commonwealth Governmerit, said Mr. Lyons, recognised the gravity of the situation and believe it should not, by word, or action.. embarrass those striving for peaceful settlement. White up- holding the League principles of collective action, the Government felt it should not assume that Italy and Abyssinin will violate the covenant. It would therefore throne of
As the chief pretender to the Halle Selassic and be unwise to announce in advance figurehead of the Ethiopian Mos- the course of action to be follow-lems, he would be a most useful ed by the Commonwealth in the tool in the hands of the Italians sent be foreseen. contingencies which cannot at pre-1 they could effect his escape, but this is very dimcult as Jassou's wrist is fastened by a solid gold A declaration that the Labour chain to the guards. who have rived from Paris this morning. Article 15 on which future action Parties are uncompromisingly on been warned that they would he furnished. Jasson is provided with MAX BAER AND
posed to Australia becoming in- shot their charge escapes.
The Australian Prime Minister has again defined the attitude of his country which is one of close co-operation with Britain and maintenance of League principles. The Labour faction, however, are definitely opposed to Australla becoming involved in any European war and demand the recall of H.M.A.S. Australia which is at pre- sent with the Mediterranean Fleet in exchange for H.M.S. Sussex.
it PESSIMISM IN GENEVA
Geneva, Sept. 23. The Committee of Five met at 11a.m. after M. Laval, who ar
nad, conferred with Baron Aloisi and Senor de Madariaga. It is understood. that Baron Alol-
The Committee is expected to meet again to-morrow or Wednes- day morning at the latest to cz- amine the particular paragraph of
of the League will be based. Reuter.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT
si will present to the Committee
London, Sept. 22" Italy's formal reply to the pro- An official statement issued by posals of the Committee of Five. the Foreign Office to-day states A most pessimistic impression that Sir Eric Drummond, the Bri- prevalis in Geneva. It is feared tish Ambassador to Italy, called that the gap
between the two upon the Italian Under-Secretary standpoints will be unbridgeable. of Foreign Affairs, Signor
Pulvlo The Committee will
liself Suvich on September 20, In order confronted with serious decisions
to communicate to him movements to make in reporting to the Coun- of the British Fleet and the plans for reinforcements, by men and material, of the garrisons Bying the British flag in the Mediter- renean.
cil.- Reuter.
find
POSITION HOPELESS"
Geneva, Sept. 23. The Committee of Five ended discussion after a few minutes sit- ting.
The position is recognised as practically, hopeless.
Senor de Madariaga confers with the two parties in the afternoon
and s further meeting of the Committee will be held to-mor- row. when a draft report wil be submitted to the Council intimat- ing failure to "conciliate.
The Italian attitude, which is hostlie to all the Committee's pro- posals, remains unchanged, Italy adamantly demands cession U' land adjoining Eritrea and a form' of control of Abyssinia proper.- Reuter.
FRENCH PRESS VIEWS
Paris, Sept. 23.
Grim determination to hopeful is evident in this
remain
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LABOUR OPPOSITION
1.
volved in any European war was
The famous soothsayer priest. made by Mr. Forde, deputy leader&bahanna, faithful adherent of of the Federal Labour Party, and the Emperor, acts as the principal Mr. Beasley, leader of the New gaoler, whie three hundred pick. South Wales Labour Party, in the ed armed guards patr? the 3p- House of Representatives,
proaches to the villa day and Mr. Beasley moved that Parlia-night. ment formally declare its neutra- lity and request the immediate re- fall of HM.A.S. Australla which is at present with the Mediterranean Fleet on exchange with the Bri- tish cruiser Sussex.-- Hester.
Barbed
wire fences, electric alarm signals, high stone walls
ACCESS TO SEA
It is understood, that. Italy is i not in favour of Ethiopia being given access to the sea, and has! certain proposals to make regard-i ing territorial rectification
and i and the suppression of the arms traffe in the kingdom of the Negus. wbost tribesmen Italy. alleges carry on this trade very extensive- ly.
of
The British spokesman explain- dispute between Ethiopta ed that
these
movements were Italy. not intended to imply any aggres- The diplomatic correspondent sive intention on the part of the 'Observer' 5275: Great Britain but were made as a "The Spanish press, for In natura: consequence of the mi-
stance, has in the last few days pression created by the violence of been featuring the issue the Italian press campaign' sguirist Italo-British Isque." Great Britain.
Signor Savich said he was au- thorised to declare that the Ital Jan military preparations ta
give alms.
as on
Nevertheless the Emperor has
treated with the greatest consider- ordered that the royal prisoner
ation Abahanna is authorised t draw generously from the royal treasury to satisfy Jassou's wants. The vila prison is handsomely
champagne, queurs, fine wines and other delicacies, together with any books and magazines he de- atres. “
In addition Jassou is entertain- ed by a gramophone and plano. He is allowed female company and 19 permitted to stroll every day in the grassy courtyard of the pri
son under guard.—Reuter.
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THE HEART OF A GOOD COCKTAIL.
JOE LOUIS
Ready For The Big Battle
New York, Sept. 23.
Max Baer and Joe Louis have
NEW YORK TRAGEDY
Local Man Found
In River
HARD LUCK FOR finished training and are ready for who captained the Chinese Davis
TOM BLACK'
Plane Crashes But Airmen Escape
It is regarded most signific ant that the Italian Government
Khartoum, Sept. 23. He continues that it is "importw discuss the Committen
has now come into the open and Campbell Black and his co-pilot. ant that the British Government
McArthur crashed yesterday morn- policy should not
Five's plans. It is be misunder-
painted outing one hundred and thirty miles Mediterranean basin were purely policy, in which the cardinal prin- standpoints of Italy and the Com-to Cape Town and back.
the stood. It is a League of Nations that while there is still a consi-northward of Khartoum, in their derable difference between the second attempt on a record flight precautionary and had no aggres-ciple that of collective respon-mittee of Five, once it becomes a
The airmen landed in parachutes sibility: The British Government
and were unhurt. They arrived by camel from Kabushia" railway station this afternoon and report ed that the machine was burnt out, but the fliers Jumped as the aeroplane fell and landed safely on the west bank of the Nile,
They are proceeding to Atbara by a goods train.- Beuter
be reached. Reuter.
It is understood that Sir Erie's is not competent, and has no de- question of bargaining there is communication to the Italian Gov-sire or intention, to take any ac-every hope that an agreement may ernment was not prompted by any tion whatsoever except as a mem-“ special protest from Rome, but ber of the League. that the Government acted on its "British action, therefore, Le own Initiative.
CONCILIATORY TONE entirety dependent upon the Lea- It is also learned that Mr. Stan-gue decision, equally committing
Rome, Bept. 23, marler Baldwin: the Prime Minister, France, Russia and all smaller. ing's newspaper comments on the who returned to Downing Street powers to like action he says
Writing in Voce d'Italia the Italo-Abyssiniar dispute. The fact from Chequers this evening.
reliably informed Signor Qayda, will The that Signor Mussolini has not re- have consultations with his prin-Bertator" in an article in
Бате point is made by adopts 'a concllatory tone, point- plied to the Committee of Five's cipal colleagues In the Cabinet to Sunday Times on the theory of Five's scheme does not reckon on
the ing out that the Committee o?, proposals with his usual curt ne-
morrow and that there will be a sanctions. He writes: gative and Baron, Aloisi's submis-full meeting of the Ministry on
possible provocative action on the ston of counter-proposals are con- Tuesday.
**Signor Mussolini persistently part of the Ethiopian army, which sidered to be grounds for refusing Reuter.
speaks and acts as though the 1s not like other armles. Thus, to despair. But a few. papers go
Issue at Geneva lay between Eng the League Committee has not beyond Pertinax's observation that
and and Italy, Under the Coven-considered that problém of Italian for the first time in months Big-
ant there, not only is but can be, colonial security- nor Mussolini shows signs of be-
nn dispute between Italy and this Reuter, ing willing to negotiate.
or any other country as an inter- vening party. We would not act
Covenant
"L'Matin says that the gap be- tween the Committee propos and Duce's demands remain very wide: the Italian claim is dis- pleasing to Britain and it is very doubtful if the Committee could satisfy them Reuter.
ABYSSINIA ACCEPTS
Geneva, Sept. 23. Abyssinia has accepted the pro- posals of the Committee of Five subject to the reservation of sover- eign rights and discussion of de- tails. Reuter
DOOR STILL OPEN
Rome, Sept. 23. An authoritative spokesman.told Reuter to-day: "The door is still open and we are awaiting fresh
proposals from the League which may form that minimum basis for discuss on which the cast proposals did not provide. We made no com- ter-proposals ourselves."— Reuter.
, ITALY TO WITHDRAW?
Geneva, Sept. 23. The situation is developing ra- pidly and Italy precipitately with- drawing from the League is being discussed in the lobbles,
MEASURES EXPLAINED
and
could not legally do so, even if we would, for the offence which Signor Mussolini threatens, is not against any intervener but against the League.
London, Sept. 22. His Majesty's Ambassador in Rome The Foreign Once states that
called on Signor Suvich, Under- Secretary for Foreign Affairs, on alone under: the September 20, in order to com- municate in the name of His Ma- jesty's Government in the United Kingdom, movements of the Bri- tish Fleet and reinforcements of men and material for British gar- risons in the Mediterranean Sea They were not intended to imply any aggressive intention on the part of His Majesty's Government, He explained such measures bad been taken as a natural conse-
"Neither we nor any other mem- ber of the League has any legal power to proceed to sanctions "x- cept in the execution of the Lea- gue's unanimous will, and common prudence dictates that will be unanimous, not only in word! quence of the impression created but in deed, and if necessary :11 by, the violence of the campaign common sacrifice.”— against the United Kingdom which British Wireless
had been conducted by the Italian press during the last few weeks,
Signor Suvich made an analog-
must
PRESS VIEW OF SITUATION
Italy's Minimum
Demands
Landon, Sept. 23.- The wording of the official Italian communique, coupled with the Italian Government's subse quent criticism of the League plan, is regarded as a favourable | sign by the morning papers.
Bignor Mussolini's minimum de- mands, according to the "Dalls Telegraph,” include:
the battle on which it is reckoned more than $1,000,000 has been wagered with odds of one to two on, Louis,
dinner
New York, Sept. 23. The body of Mr. Wing Lock Wel.
Cup teams in 1924, 1927 and 1930 bog been recovered from the Hudson River following his mys- terious disappearance on Saturday Max says the verdict will be on night after attending a the man who is able to absorb the party at Greenwich village. most punishment which has been After dinner Mr. Wei and proved by him and not by Louds another guest left to go
to a who as not been beaten previously, neighbouring grocer's. His com- · but Mar's happy confidence is not panlon entered the shop alone shared by his followers who are and on returning he found that "disappointed at Max's showing Mr. Wel had gone. Nothing more during his training.
was heard of him until the finding Baer's wife is unable to bear the ❘ of the body.
We studied at Oxford. sight of the fight and will not be
Cambridge and Hong Kong Univer- present.
Louis' manager has arranged for sities. He married Miss Annie a police escort for the purse | Quinn, an Australian girl.— with mascots and fucky charms in- money. Louis has been deluged | Beuter:
cluding three
hundred ` rabbits' feet. He has also received offers who was about 44 years of age, The late Mr. Wing-lock Wer. of marriage. One Southern mammy
was the son of the late Bir Boshan has sent the recipe of a winning Wei Yuk. He received his educa- pation, which is chicken boiled in tion at St. Stephen's College and vinegar and millet weed.
was a King Edward VII Scholar at Mae West will be present and the University of Hong Kong will root for Bar
where he took his B.Sc (Engineer-. Bruter.
ing). He was also MSc. of the- Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology.
SILVER MARKET
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EARLIER. PROGRESS
London, Sept. 23. Campbell Black, who on Satir- day began the attempt to fly from London to Capetown in thirty-six hours in a De Havilland · Comet
(From Our Own Correspondent) twin-engined zeropiane similar to
London, Sept. 23." that in which he and Scott won London Silver prices to-day were the England to Australia race last up. 1/18 as follow:- October, arrived in Cairo after a
Sept. 31 Sept. 23 ten hours flight, averaging 220 Spot. 29-1/4 29-5/16 miles per hour over a 2.240 miles Forward....... 29-1/4 29-5/16 Journey.
London on New York cross-rate After refuelling he left yester at 2 p.m. to-day was 4.9108. com- day at 1.23 am. and at 8.25 hepared with 4.8112 at closing on passed over Wady Halfa. He was due at Kisumu at about 3.30 p.m. yesterday, but a Nairobi message this morning states that Kisumu is without news of the airman.- British Wireless.
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Mediterranean, both at.. Gibraltar and in Egyptian waters.
DOOR STILL OPEN IMPORTANT TALKS
The "Times" says the only new Geneva. Sept. 22.
and most welcome feature of the ous communication and stated he Great importance is atläched
Italian communique Is that it was authorised to decare to the here to the long conversations be
seems no longer to dispute the Ambassador that the Italian mill- tween Baron Aloist and Senor de
right of the League to strive for a tary preparations in the Mediter- Madariaga, the Chairman of the ranean basin were of a purely Committee of Five of the League
peaceful settlement between two 1. More territory than is proof its members, and there are also precautionary nature and had no of Nations, which has been mised Italy.
other indications that the door to aggressive aims-
tempting to reach a formula for 2. Any outlet to the Writish Wireles
sea for peace is not Anally closed the settlement of the Italo-Ethio- | Abyssinia must be through Er1-
The "Daily Herald" piso declares plan dispute.
trea.
that the door is still open for negotiations, but if Italy believes that a week's threatening bluster, followed by an-eleventh-hour offer to bargain, will induce the Com- mittee, the Council or the League to compromise in principia, or to make an offer better than the one rejected, then Italy deceives her self then a
4. Bufficient territory must be ceded to join Eritrea with Italian Somaliland.
The "Daily Telegraph" counsels a policy of patience and says that obviously a powerful impression has been made at Rome by the
WILL NOT BE ALONE
London, Sept. 22. During the consultation It is 9. The Abyssinian Army is to Sunday newspapers prominent- understood that Baron Aloisi re- be disarmed and Italy trusted with ly report yesterday's decision or ceived a communication from the its reorganisation. the Italian Council of Ministers Italian Government, of which The Committee of Five com- regarding the proposals of the Senor Madariaga took note, and munique says that the Committeo League Council's Committee of which he later circulated to his met, this morning to take note Five, but the disposition. it to in colleagues on the League Commit- the affirmative reply received from,, terpret the decision as not bar tee. Ehobia and also to examine the ring the way to further negotia- It is gathered that tho Italian Italian reply and its accompany. tion for a peaceful settlement.communication dealt with various ing observations. The Committee. A good deal of attention in de points of the Committee's propos firm attitude taken by the Com- welcome signs that the storm is decided to report to the Council voted to the tendency in Italian als, showing where these were cil of the Assembly. This has blowing over, and adds that a new on the whole situation as it ap- and other foreign press circles to considered Inad quate and where been deepened by the unebetan-effort will, be made to meet MURDO- pears from the documents and in- misrepresent the attitude of the Italy considered them, objection- sive but striking reinforcement of lini's claima formation
British Government; towards the | able.
the British naval strength in the enter.
The Daily Mail says there are
Saturday.
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HOME RACE BETTING
Cesarewitch And Cambridgeshire
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Mr.
BRILLIANT CAREER
The deceased Was ณ very prominent figure in Hong Kong. He was captain of the University cricket and tennis teams and with Ng Sze-kwong has won the tennis: championship (doubles) of the Colony.
Mrs. Wel is now in Shanghal, but it is understood that she is coming to Hong Kong shortly. Mr. Wel leaves a son, Mark, who is an undergraduate at St. John's University, Shanghai.]'
CABINET DIFFICULTIES
· IN SPAIN
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Madrid, Sept. 23. The president of the Cortes. Santiago Alba has been entrusted by the president of the Repablie. Zamora with the task of forming a new cabinet. Zamora's decision Is interpreted by political circles as indicating his desire to see 'n new Government formed by a po call-tically neutral personality on the
broadest possible basis. Neverthe less it is generally believed that Alba will encounter, much aimcal... by as the united fight groups un- der Gll Robles refuse to co-operate with tie Republicans while the Agrarians are unwilling to coun tenance the extension of the gov ernment majority in the Cortes by the inclusion of the Catalan tengne therein, Alba is reported be opposed to the dissolution the Cortes demanded by the left wing groups as, nich messures hie opinion would entall a war.
London, Bept. The following is to-day's over for the Cesarewitch:-
100/9 Chrysler o, 100/8 ti 100/6 Tommack t. and o. 100/6 Doreen Jane o 18/1 £ 17/1 Lucky Patch, " 20/1 Shining Cloud, 33/1 Near Relation, t. and" o:" 33/1 Woodstock o 40/1 t
CAMBRIDGESHIRE 20/1 Pegasus 0. 22/1 Finalist o. 25/1 t.. 25/1 Highlander . und o
25/1 Knighted o. 28/1 t... 25/1 Negundo f and o
35/1 O'Gradyo. 40/1.t 40/1 Wychwood Abbott and 40/1 British Quota t..and 6.
Zeuter.
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