HONG KONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY DECEMBER 28, 1935.
FATE OF LAVAL GOVERNMENT IN THE
Momentous Event In
History
CLOSE WIN EXPECTED FOR CABINET
Herriot To Decide Outcome Of Vote?
Special to the "Hong Kang Daily Press"),
(By Telegraph, Copyright, Telegraphic Messager Ordinanės, 18. Received, December 27, 4.30 p.m )
Paris, December 27.
The debate on the foreign political situation in the Cham- ber on Friday. afternoon, which may decide the fate of the Government, is described by "Petit Journal" as one of the most momentous parliamentary events of French post-war history. Since no fewer than 17 deputies who tabled the interpellations will speak, the debate will probably last til Saturday afternoon.
Although the press-expresses some pessimism as to the (Government's chance of receiving an expression of confidence during the final vote, it is her rtheless generally expected that the Cabinet will obtain a small majority of votes unless unfore- sedu incidents occur.
"Petit Journal" predicts that the Government will emerge victorious by a margin of from 25 to 30 votes, but adds that the attitude taken by the Minister of State, M. Herrict, who after his resignation from the chairmanship of the Radical So- clalist party is no longer to be regarded as representing that party in the Cabinet, will ultimately decide the outcome of the Tote.
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Mr. Herrlot, whose attitude is ex- pected to influence the vote in the French Chamber debate
SECOND TEST
Double Century By Nourse
A NEW RECORD SET
Johannesburg, Dec. 27. There was a crowd of 10,000 when the Second Test match was continued to-day. South Africa scored 157 yesterday, while the Australians were all out for 250,
South Africa continued their in- nings with the overnight score of 254 for 4 towards which Nourse had contributed an unfinished 08. The home team played on a wic- bate in the Chamber on Friday,ket which was wearing down bad. and that Lebrun used all his in- ly, but they gathered 491 { Duence to induce Herriot not to before the whole side was dis-
complicate the Premier's task at
this critical juncture.
Informed quarters, however, ex- pect that M. Herriot during the c'ebate will once make an attempt to persuade his party friends n the necessity to avoid
over- throw of the Government at the
MOMENTOUS DECISION present moment, but it is never. theless feared that an overwhelm the Ministerial Council arrived at It subsequently transpired that ing majority of the Radical Soa decision of great moment in the cialists will either vote against the inner political situation namely, to accept the views of the Senate concerning the bill for the disso
Government or abstain from vot ing.
the belief that the greater part "L'Oeuvre," however, expresses
of the deputies who had previous- ly supported the government will again vote for M. Laval
Parliamentary, quarters
expect
that M-Laval himself will be the first to speak during the debate and will read a long statement on the foreign political situation.- Transocean Nuo Min.
the private militia, “. tution of the Fighting Unions and
runs
missed. This gave them af lead of
398 runa
Nourse scared 231 in a brilliant
the Austra tan slow bowlers He innings. completely humiliating batted for 298 minutes, hitting 36 boundaries. He broke the previous record for the individual score in Australia a South Africa against match which was 20%. establish- ed by Faulkner at Merbourne in
1911.
When he had scored 225, Nourse was struck in the stomach by a fast one and he was obviously in great pain, but he continued play,
to
The Government has thus given up the standpoint that the Law Courts, should decide the dissolu, tion of the Fighting whereas the Senate wished that
Unions this should be decreed by the President of the Republic, after
Australia had scored 85 for 1 at bearing the Ministerial Counc
the close of the second day's play. The law itself will be debated McCabe 59 not out by the Chamber at the
Reuter end of this week or the commencement of at the nu
Transocean Kuo Min.
LAVAL DEFENDS
Paris, Dec. 26. The Ministerial Council Elysee Palace under the Chair manship of President Lebrun lasted only 55 minutes, almost the entire period being taken up 'Dz Premier Laval's report on the
CABINET IN DANGER
Paris, Dec. 26.
M. Pierre Laval's Government is
foreign political situation, which; again in 1 precarious situation
(Earlier Cable results on Page 10)
SILVER MARKET
(From Our Own Correspondent)
London, Dec. 27,
BALANCE
STUDENTS RETURN
SHANGHAI
TO
“Pilgrims" Arrive Hungry And Tired
Another episode in the student demonstrations which has been causing the Nanking Government much anxiety over pos- sible diplomatic complications, and no little trouble to the ra'1- way authorities who had to tear up the track in order to pre- vent a student-controlled train from reaching its destination, has been closed.
The students of both sexes who started off on a train from Shanghai to present their protest as Nanking and reached Wu- sib after a long and adventurous journey encountered troops in control of a raliway bridge x few miles beyond. Wusih and they were forced to abandon the attempt. is
The "pilgrims" were brought back to Shanghai by motor has and owing to martial law and the inclement weather the wel- come expected from their feDow students and other sympathis- erk did not mäterialise.
SURPRISE NEAR WUSIH
Shanghai, Dec. 27. Exhausted after a hundred-hour Journey during which they TE- peatedly repaired sections of the track which had been torn up by the authorities, the
Nanking- bound students of both sexes re- ceived a susprist when they en- countered troops from Nanking in control of a railway bridge a few. miles beyond Wurth,
miles from Shanghai where the "pilgrimsTM were unceremoniously packed in a waiting feet of motor buses by a handful of officials and conveyed to their destinations.
The hearty reception which was expected on their return did not materialise, probably owing to
also the inclement weather. martial law, being - in force and
Railway traffic between Nanking and Shanghai has now been
The students thereupon decided resumedi to abandon the train and it is ex~ | Reuter, pected that they will return to Shanghai-- Reuter
EXCITING EXPERIENCES
Shanghai, Later. The student "plgrims' spent the night at Wusih where the au thorities provided them with food. About thirty of them were suffer-
Shanghai at noon to-day. ing from exposure and returned to all the rest began the return journey at 3.55 pm.
During the interrupted journey to Nanking the students had sev eral exciting experiences. One for instance occurred when a few took
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NORTH CHINA PROGRESS
Economic Programme In Sight
Tiệntain, Dec. 27. On the basis of Sino-Japanese co-existence and co-prosperity,
RECENT EVENTS
IN CHINA
Views Of London "Times"
London, Dec, 21.
ATTEMPT BY FOOT
Shanghai, Dec. 27. According to the Chinese press, the now administration in North
The murder of Mr. Tang Yu-jen twenty-six
University China will embark next March on is no more likely to Improve Sino- Tsinghua
girl, left a programme of economic con Japanese relations than the over- students. including a Peiping yesterday on foot to struction, all preparations for Nanking in order to present anti-which will be made in the inter-bearing policy of the Japanese val, it was reliably predicted here Times" in a leader. Indeed the military authorities, says the autonomy petitions.
to-day.
Preparations are said to have so-called patriots responsible for these crimes and the young en- started already under the joint
'thusiasts 'who condona, them are auspices of the Chinese authorl- ties and Japanese experts, includ-ters of being far more interested
suspected in well-informed quar
Nanking
Each student is carrying $65 and they expect to arrive on January 12- Reuter.
the
overthrowing tho
TRIP BY CYCLE
ing Mr, Kanji Usami, a director, of In Peiping. Dec. 27.
the South Manchuria Railway Government than restoring the Local university and college pre-Company, who arrived here from country's prosperity and prestige. sidents will shortly hold a meet- Dairen, reportedly on the invits- The critics who grant apparent
tion of local Chinese leaders. For ly limited autonomy to the two use in various fields, notably northern provinces have no prac- agriculture and mining, much technical skill will be imported
deal polley to suggest and forget⠀ that diplomatic resistance to General Chiang KaiShel's Gov- ernment compelled to Japanes soldiers to abate the original de- mands.
off their clothes and dived into an ing of student representatives to Icy pond to retrieve a rall which discuss matters concerning had been thrown in. They re-forthcoming interview with Mar paired the track with the assist shal Chiang Kai-shek, President ance of the railway workers who of Executive Yuan, in the capital. refused payment on the ground There is a hope that the uni- that they were too patriotic. versity studenta here will call of Much alarm was caused, in their strike shortly, as their de- Shanghai this afternoon by mands in this connection are - rumour that the students train pected to be complied with by collided with another, causing their respective school authorities twenty casualties, but enquiries; Reports from well-informed cir elicited a complete denial
cles stated that a group of 30 stu- PACKED IN BUSES
dents from the Tsinghua Univer- Hungry and tired, all the Nan- sity left for Tientain by bicycle king-bound students returned yesterday morning on their way to safely to their respective univer-Nanking to petition to the Central sities this evening.
Government with regard to their Their train from Wusih was views on national salvation.
was dealt with exhaustively with and the smallest incident in to- London silver prices to-day were stopped at Nanbslang, Afteen Sentral News Agency. the latest occurrences in Geneva / Morrow's debate in the Chamber1/8 up on “Spot" as follow
and London.
of Deputies 'an foreign affairs may
* Laval defended stoutly the post-be the deciding factor, a tion he had taken up in Geneva towards the British Government. No details of the proceedings at the Council were made public in an official communique issued at the class, but from those present information was forthcoming that no opposition was raised to Laval's report
As a preliminary to to-morTOWE meeting of the Chamber,
the Council of Ministers, presided over by President Lebrun, met to-day. After the session laconic com- munique was issued:
LIKELY OPPOSITION What attitude taken up by M. Herriot who trequently is a critic of Laval's foreign policy, was kept secret but considerable comment was raised by the fact that after the close of the Ministerial Council Herriot had over an hour's delf beration with President Lebrun alone.
In political circles the belief prevails that Herriot intends to speak in his own name against Laval at the foreign political de-
ITALIANS SACRIFICE WEDDING RINGS
Paris, Dec. **
"According to a message- received
"M. Pierre Iaral, the Prime Minister, made an expose of the foreign situation."
The meeting was very brief but it is known that M. Laval reserved for the Chamber a resume of his conversations with Sir Samue1 Hoare, the former British, Foreign Minister, on the now defunct peace plan and gave only an out- line of the speech he will deliver to the Chamber.
Chamber lobbies deduce from c meeting that the Ministers did the communique after the Coun- not entirely approve of M. Laval's foreign policy. Reuter
FURNESS WITHY ACQUISITION
Spot Forward
Dec. 24 Dec. 27 20-7/8 21 unquoted unquoted-
CAPT. MEYMELL'S BRAVERY
Posthumous Award
"Of V.C
CHRISTMAS IN BRITAIN
Changing Weather During Holiday
snow
RAISING PRICE OF SILVER
America Waiting
For China
London. Dec. 27. The Financial News" New York
Government might resume the spokesman indicated that the correspondent says that a Treasury
price when China has solved its effort to raise the world silver most pressing monetary problems.
London, Dec. 27. The Christmas, holidays which ended to-day were marked by ex- London, Dec. 27 ceptionally mild weather, Victoria Cross, to Captain Godfrey whole country in, their grip dur: The posthumous award of the and fog which held almost the
wounded in action against the by rapid thaw on Christmas Eve, Meymell, M.C., who was mortallying the week-end being replaced
west frontier in India in Septem- by 25 degrees in three days. In Mohmand tribesmen on the north- In London the temperature rose ber. is announced. It is fourteen many parts of Southern England smuggling of liver from China Meanwhile it is desired to check years since the last Victoria Cross there were several hours of sun- via Japan and give Catnaa was awarded.
hine on each of the two holidays. breathing space in which to carry The principal feature of the out her silver-nationalisation Christmas celebrations.
Was the policy King's broadcast message to his proples in all parts of the world.
Sent forward for information. Captain Meymell found the ad- vance troops engaged with the enemy greatly superior innum- beri. He organised the defence, indleting heavy casualties until all his men were killed or wound
London, Dec. 21. It is announced that the offer here from Tunis, Italian residents of the Furness Withy Company to ed of the protectorate have so far acquire practically all the remain Captain Meymell, who had been
given up 15.000 golden wedding rings, totalling 80 kilogrammes in weight, as well as silver valued at approximately one million francs to the Itaran consulate at Tunis Transocean Kuo Mini
ALL BLACKS? TEAM
London Dec. 27...
The following will play for the
All Blacks" in the rugby football
match against England at Twic
tug show Sarul Albion Company ten years in India, was the son of ordinary shares has been accepted Brigadier General Meymell and About one-third of the capital is was 31 years old.--. already controlled by the Furnear British Wireless. Withy Company. Over £1,500,000
is involved in the deal- Heuter.
VENEZUELA TROUBLES
EDEN'S MESSAGE TO LAVAL
London, Dec. 27.
Mr. Anthony Eden, the British Foreign Secretary, sent the following reply to M The Hague, Dec. 26. Laval's recent, telegram of con The Adinira'ty is sending speed-| gratulation:41am - mos
kenham on January 4-Gilbert, lly a detachment of marine forces for your telegram and Bail Oliver, Mitchell Caughey, to Curacao, owing to reported preciate your good Tindili, Corner, Lambourn, Hadley, troubles in Venezuela, following forward
Hore, Manchester, King. Reid. the death of the Dictator General
McLean and Mahoney
Comez
Beuter,
Reports from many distant csn- tres indicate that the King's short and intimate address was clearly braid almost everywhere. The family aspect of the festival was emphasised by the Kng who ad dressed bis millions of listeners
| as: “My Dear Friends,” sa
The King who spent Christmas In the midst of his family at Sandringham is in excellent health British Wirelen.
SAS
TRAWLER SINKS.
London, Dec. 27 During the gale on Christmas trawler was thrown by as against the north pier
en and sank in the Har-
Fallant rescue
sel and
The United States Treasury will then apparently seek to negotisite an agreement with China to de
ne the future postion of silver in the economic organisation of the country.____
Mexico and other countries with substantial silver supplies also will be encouraged to adopt bone- 'tary reserves partly gold and partly silver. The United States will be prepared to supply these countries with gold exchange for allver to arr extent, sumcient to put in practice any scheme that might be negotiated Peuter.
waves on to the concre
ber wave swept her on
ther trawler
crew
from Japan.
In the first stage of economic development, experts think it moet profitable and efficacious for the authorities to concentrate on the growing of cotton, and in this con-
The Central Government has nection the new administration is theless it had striking success in-
· desperately dizicult task. Never- expected to seek close co-operation cluding the restoration of peace with the Tsinjing Chung Kung and order over wide regions of Sze, firm established recently to find marked improvement of the local Japanese-Manchukuo Szechuan and "Kwelchow Bid
tal in the exploitation of North in Central China. ways for the use of Japanese capl-government and communications. China,
the
Their chief fault In, the eyes of To encourage foreign trade in student critics and jealous rivals is North China and prevent mug- that they are not spectacular gling, the local leaders are said to enough, for instead of working be thinking of bolstering the tariff against unequal treaties and rates abortly after the formal in challenging Japan to a disastrous auguration of the new Council. duel, they are trying to make the Plans are also under consideration best terms they can and concen for extension of communicationstrating attention' on the consoli between the Peiping-Tientsin area dation, organisation and enrich- and the interior of the northern ment of the Yangtze Valley, the provinces. Arrangements will heart of China.
probably be made for lower fares on railway, motor car and water
· communications... Union
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It is a commonsense, and tm- romantic policy, hence the re- volver shots.
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