HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1937. -
BELGIAN ISSUES DISCUSSED
IN LONDON
KING LEOPOLD'S VISIT
DEDUCTIONS
Security And Independence Guarantees
London, March 23.
ISCUSSIONS in the morning papers on the visit of King Geopold of the Belgians indicate that by personal talks which have already taken place, several practical issues connect- ed with Belgian neutrality, have been thrown into sharp relief. At a banquet given on Monday night at the Belgian Embassy in honour of King Leopold, the Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Bald- win, the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, and other members of the Cabinet, as well as a number of prominent personalities of the political and economic' life were present. Newspapers take it for granted that in the course of the evening King Leopold and Mr. Anthony Eden found ample opportunity to discuss Bel- gium's wishes concerning neutrality. It is considered equally cer- tain that another lengthy conversation between King Leopold and Mr. Eden will take place on Tuesday or Wednesday.
ย The morning papers take it for granted that Britain's atti- tude toward Belgian wishes concerning security and independence are not unfavourable, but that certain counter-promises are ex- pected if Belgian independence is to be guaranteed.
Two main demands are mention- ed: One is that in the event of
a hostile air attack, Belgium should- "warn Britain, and secondly that Belgium should place at the dis- posal of the guarantors one or all points from where hostile attacks could be undertaken against Eng- land or France.
The "Morning Post." discussing the eventual Belgian demands states that the most difficult ques- tion to settle would be the form and extent of military aid that England or France should extend in the event of Belgian territory "being violated. France takes the view that any agreement not based on a military treaty is to all intends and purposes valueless.
The "Dally Telegraph" gays that the difficulty lies in the fact that Belgium wants to decide alone whether or not its integrity has been violated, and is of the opinion that it is difficult to say whether
SALARY SCALE ANAMOLIES
Revision Bill In Commons
London, Mar. 23.
General de Llano, chief of the Nationalist South Army in Spain
THIRTY SHIPS CAPTURED
Nationalist Action In Spain
Salamanca, Mar. 23. The insurgents "claimed to have captured thirty Spanish
and foreign steamers since March 3, alleged to be carrying war materials for the Government.
General de Llano "admitted that the insurgent advance in the Guadalajara sector has suffered a setback by Government victories, but the plans of warfare in that sector are unaltered.
GERMAN POINT OF VIEW
Encyclical Letter From Pope
Berlin, Mar. 23. National Socialist Germany and the Vatican are very much at log- gerheads at the present moment.
CABLE NEWS
IN BRIEF
London, Mar. 23-The body of the well-known English actor Frank Hosper, who disappeared mysteriously on March 6 from on board the French steamer, Paris. was washed up on the shore on Inves- Monday, near Eastbourne. tigations have not yet resulted in
assurance any definite
whether
This is apparent from the on- Hosper committed suicide or whe- cyclical letter from the Pope, whichther he fell overboard acciden- was read in parts from the pulpits Transocean News Service.
tally.--
of all Catholic churches of the Reich.
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Trasaocean News Service.
That the situation has become Rome, Mar. 23.-The Italian For- worse of late is freely admitted in eign Minister, Count Ciano left here political circles here, but it is very for Belgrade, where he will have much insisted that Germany can- conversations with Prime Minister not be held responsible for this Stodianovics. The subject of the latest development. The main ar- conversation will be clarification of gument of ardent National Bo-matters of political and economic cialists is that the Catholics in nature of interest to both coun- Germany would to-day be subjected tries. to the same persecutions as the Christians in Soviet Russia had not National Socialism purged Ger- many of Bolshevism. Consequently it is held that there is no justines- tion for the Papal yiew. that the Catholic Youth in Germany is having a hard time. National Socialists contend that contrary to Germany, which has scupulously abided by the concordat, Catholic priesthood has from time to time atruck a note which was felt to be quite objectionable. Despite this Germany has kept to the concordat and has not, taken action against
those who used the churches to launch their attacks.
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asked--that
the
Jerusalem, Mar. 23.--Considerable surprise was caused in Arab circles at the speech made by the British High Commissioner for Palestine. Sir Arthur Wauchope in the Jewish Assembly at Safam.
Sir Arthur Wauchope declared that all necessary steps bad been taken to prevent another Arab out- break in Palestine. In Arab circles this is interpreted as a one-sided threat by the British High Com-
missioner.-
Transocean Nevis Servion.
Linz, Mar. 23-For the revelation of the motives that had led to the dismissal of the Nationalist Minis-
As regards this latest Papal let- ter. there is not the slightest doubt that Berlin regards it as direct in- téfference in Germany's domestic affairs and as such as a violation The Madrid Defence Council in a of the concordat itself. Does itter of Security, Neustaedter-Stuer- It is expected that the bill re-communique states that vising the
mean-it
mer, the special edition of the. salaries of Cabinet Government forces' continued to Vatican wants to tree itself from "Neue Zeft," a paper which is con- Ministers will be introduced in the advange on the Guadalajara sector the restraints of the present con-
sidered the mouthpiece of the ex- Commons to-day. The present at certain points and salary scale is full of anomalies contact with
came in cordat and is endeavouring to Minister, as well as the following the enemy who create an alibi that would enable editions, were confiscated by the and all parties have for favoured a revision.
lang offered only feeble resistance. it to put the blame for an eventual
Austrian Government Insurgent aircraft raided Madrid, | breach on Germany?—
Transocean Fewa Sero
of-without dropping bombs- but it is reported they were driven Transocean News Service,
Reuter's Bulletin Service.
"The present Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, who has let it be known that he will retire from the Premiership after the Coronation. has been actuated by a desire not himself to beneat from such
legislation but to have the whole
in all cases the great powers would position clarified by the time is AIRWOMAN STILL
agree to come to Belgium's aasia- tance solely upon her findings.
The Daily Telegraph" also re- ports that Belgium's greatest an-
xiety is caused by the Franco- Soviet pact and other similar alliances France has formed.
The News Chroulcle" is of the opinion that the League of Nations is the only power which can accept Belgium's demand for absolute in- dependence, as it is the only au- thority which can exempt Belgium from the obligations of Article 16 of the Covenant.— Trancean News Service..
INFORMAL MEETING After a banquet in his honour at the Belgian Embassy last night, King Leopold met informally several British Ministers including the Prime Minister,, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, the Foreign Secretary. Mr. Anthony Eden, the Home Sec- retary, Sir John Simon, and Lord
successor is called to ošice.
It is understood that measure. will propose that all Cabinet Ministers, with two exceptions,
shall receive a salary of £5,000 a year irrespective of the omes they hold. The two exceptions are the Lord Chancellor and the Prime Minister. At present the Lord Chancellor received a salary of £5,000 with a further £5,000 for acting as Speaker of the House of Lords. It is not proposed to lower the present salary of the Lord Chancellor and it is probable that the same figure of £10.000 a year will be adopted-in the case of the
Prime Minister.
It is understood there will also be two further scales of salaries for Ministers outside the Cabinet and
Under- for Parliamentary Secretaries.
MISSING
Search For Duchess
Of Bedford ·
SHORTAGE OF IRON
Disclosure In House Of Commons
London, Mar. 22. "In the next few months we shall hear from all sides of the shortage of Iron and steel, which
London, March 23. Anxiety continues to be felt for the safety of the Duchess of Bed-now enter into almost every manu- ford who has been missing since yesterday afternoon when she set cut on a solo flight in her private aeroplane from Woburn Abbey.
facturing process," declared Mr. Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, speaking in the House of Commons to-night.
He disclosed that the scheduled Imports of iron and steel to Britain
almost three months arrears, which placed the nation under very great disabilities.
London. Mar. 23.-The Import daty on iron and steel has been reduced to 10 per cent. This re- duction is made as a result of the British rearmament plan. Transgeran News Service
Rome, Mar. 33.-Count Clano la proceeding to Yugoslavia to- morrow where he will conduct ne- gotiations for £ far-reaching agreement between the two coun- tries wherein Yugoslavia will be offered economic concessions, Ru- mania, Czechoslovakia and other
members of the Little Entente are in conference on recent develop- ments.--
Reuters Bulletin Service.
London, Mar. 23.—The Chancel- lor or the Exchequer, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, who has been con- ned to his house with a chill, was
for Scotland for the Easter recess to-day better and hopes to leave
British Wirelen. on Friday.-
It is feared that she may have been forced down in a snowstorm near Peterborough and an exten-were sive search of that neighbourhood is proceeding by police and volun- teer motorists." Throughout the night police patrols searched for her over the neighbouring counties Papers that in recognition of the and this morning aeroplanes are special position "and whole time flying low over the area examining To-day King Leopold is playing service he has to render in Par-in particular the extensive woods golf with some of his friends in Hament, a salary will be paid to for" any traces of the missing ma- the movement of supplies, Mr. Run manufactures to ten per cent. The Berkshire, but he may
the Leader of the Opposition, the Forelan Secretary and other Min- figure mentioned being £2,000—
Halifax.
see the
isters later this evening.
British Wireless.
DINNER AT PALACE
London, Mar. 23. King Leopold, who arrived in London yesterday, ta dining with the King and Queen at Bucking- ham Palace, to-night,
A number of meetings with Min- isters has been arranged daring the Belgian King's stay in Eng land.-
Reuter's Bulletin Service.
SCHOOL DISASTER ENQUIRY
Superintendent Makes "Confession'
New London, Mar, 22.
It is also reported by some
British Wireless.
PREMIER'S SALARY TO BE DOUBLED
Higher Pay For Other Cabinet Members
London, Mar. 22.
chine,
The Duchess of Bedford 15 seventy-one years old and during the last ten years has been a keen' airwoman. She has made many long flights and in 1929 flew, to In- dia with Captain Barnard in seven and a half days while in the fol- lowing years she took part with the same pilot in a flght to the Cape and back- 'British Wirelei.
Unless, he warned, Britain could anticipate. a large expansion of foreign trade in the coming year, the country would step back to the period of depression.
With the object of stimulating
ciman moved an order to remove suggestion was approved by the the import duty on pig iron and House. to reduce the duty on iron and steel Reuter.
Higher Pay For Ships' Officers
NOOTMOY
CANTON
RAILWAY
SPEEDY
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Easter Holidays.
SAFE
The Kowloon Canton Railway announce the service of an additional evening train from both Kowloon and Canton during the period of the above holidays.
March 25th to March 29th (inclusive)
Kowloon dep. 6.46 p.m. Canton arr. 3.58 p.m..
Canton dep. 6.46 p.m. Kowloon arr 9.58
p.m..
R. D. WALKER, Hanager & Chief Engineer,
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PENINSULA HOTEL;
HONGKONG HOTEL; REPULSK BAY HOTEL;"
SHANGHAI
AUTOR HOUSE; PALACE HOTEL; HOTELS LIMITED.
In naxociation with the Grand Hotel des Wagons Lits, Feking.
HEALTH CAMPS FOR CHILDREN
New Zealand's Memorial To Late King
Wellington, Mar, 23. The Government have decided to establish health camps for children in New Zealand as memorial, to King George V.
A sum of £100,000 is needed to set up the camps, of which the Government will provide £25,000 The rest will be subscribed by the public. When the amount reaches 250,000 the Government will give £1 for every £1 subscribed by the public.
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MR. HORE BELISHA TELEVISED
over
Aerial photographs were sent the air recently when Mr. Hore-Belisha, Minister of Tran sport, broadcast a talk from the BBC.'s Alexandra Palace tele- vision station on Britain's na tional roads.
One photograph he used to illustrate "the evils of ribbea development - with houses, he pomted out. "stretched along its side like soldiers" another, show- ed how ribbon development had been combated in our newest by="" pass roads.
Mc. Hore-Bellpha's head and The Government proposal was
shoulders were. "faded" into the endorsed by leaders of the Oppost-photographs while he continued with his explanation, and as un- obtrusively faded back again when the photographs had served their purpose,
tion.-- fleuter's Bulletin Service.
GUN CALIBRE LIMIT
Japan Disagrees
London, Mar. 23. Japan has decided not to limit the calibre of guns in the Navy.
At the London naval conference yesterday the naval powers of the world agreed to limit the construc- tion of guna to fourteen-inch if all members at the conference agreed to the proposal by April 1. In view of Japan's refusal to abide by the agreement, the United
About 25,000 officers serving in each officer's salary will be in-states and Britain will now recon- ocean-going ships of the British creased by an amount sufficient to sider their navaj rearmaments.-- merchant fleet are to receive. in- cover his contribution.
Reuter's Bulletin Bervice. " creases in pay, and will benefit by a pension scheme which will cost them nothing, states the "Daily Telegraph."
Their salarles will be further in- creased by an amount equal to the pension contribution.
The case of officers employed in vessels engaged in the coasting trade is to be further considered,
FLOODED FEN DISTRICT
London, Mar. 23. Little change has taken place in
He also showed "viewers mapa depicting the trunk road system. for which, as Minister of "Tran--- sport, he will become responsible in April; and a plan of the "By- over Junction" type of road In- tersection, which is so construct- that opposing streams of- trafic
*meet. This, be stated, was even better than the roundabout, but he gave no hint as to when the experiment would be tried.
ed
never
He did not know, he proceed- ed, to what extent, if any, “our increasing defence. obligations" would divert money from
the modernisation of our roads, but if all that he had advocated was carried out the user of the roads in Britain would have every ad- vantage that technical skill in desigiz and construction could give. The five-year road pro- gramme, he added already amounted ta £140,000,000, in terms of submissions by highway, authorities.
The transmission was well re-. ceived on & standard Baird in-
The Premier's salary will be doubled at £10,000 under a Bill
London, Mar, 23, - which is now being drafted and
Anxiety is felt for septugenarian which will be introduced this week. Duchess of Bedford who left All the other members of the
Woburn Abbey for a short solo fight Cabinet will receive £5,000 except and has not returned. B.B.C.
The Increases in monthly rates the Lord High Chancellor who at broadcast seeking news, and police
of pay will come into force. an present takes £10,000 including of eight countries are searching.
May 1. They will particularly. £4,000 in respect of the Speaker- Careful searching is being made of
benent junior officers, those for ship in the House of Lords.
a large wood near Peterborough Such a pension scheme has for the seniors being on a smaller The Bill will also provide for where the gamekeeper said he saw a years been pressed for by the om- scale. pensions for ex-Premiers in the plane flying very low in a snow-cers (Merchant Navy) Federation. The new rate for fourth officers the flooded fen district since yes- neighbourhood of £2,000. Mr. storm. He thought the machine The agreement establishing the and junior engineers will be £12 a terday. Immediate danger has Stanley Baldwin will move the must have come down.---
plan was reached recently by month, compared with the exist- | been averted, but with the ap- |strument. shipowners' and' officers' represen- ing rate of £10. 158. Food will proach of high tides in two daya' tatives on the National Maritime continue to be provided free by time, the position must remain
the owners as under the old rates. the cause of anxiety. The scheme, which provides for When the pension scheme comes · Keavy snow fell yesterday in the pensions at the age of 65, will be into operation the pay for officers areas which drain into the Great financed by payments equal to 74 per cent. of the officers salaries, Half of this percentage will be payable by the shipowners and half by the nfficers.
when he will
Frail and weary with grief, W. second reading of the Bill after Keuter.- C., Shaw, superintendent of the the Faster Recess school that was affected by the ex- intimate that he does not intend plosion disaster here, broke down to accept, the pension. as he was telling the Military In-will not only remove substantial
The Bill
'quiry that he was "the party re-
anomalies but will alsò facilitate sponsible" for the school using a the re-shuffling of the ministries.— certain gas line for the heating Reuter
system without the "specific per-
mission" of the gasoline company.
The field foreman of the Parade
J
',
Gas Company had previously given the search for the cause of the Févidence to the effect that no per disaster.
son had permission to connect the Mr. Shaw, who lost a son in the echool's gas line with the Com- | disaster, was so weak that he had pany's residne line. The gas line to retire to a couch from the wit concerned is being examined, | ness stand.---- among certain other factors in Reuter.
TRIBESMEN ATTACK BRITISH PICKET
New Delhi, Mar. 22. Tribesmen unsuccessfully at tacked a picket at a British camp at Damdil in the Northwest from -tler on Sunday Pickets of two other camps were heavily Bred on An attempt was also made to
Board
Masters, navigating officers and engineer officers, whether certi- feated or not, will be covered by the scheme, we
of this grade will be further in-use and Cam and this may add creased to £12 106,7
to the dimeuities of the situation.
Capt. WH Coombs, general —British Wirelcar manager of the Omcers": (Mer- chant Navy) Federation, sald to a representative of The Daily Tele graph"
CANTON SWATOW TELEPHONE®
Canton, Mar. 23. Canton and Shangha, are al- ready connected by the long-dis- tance telephone, and it la reported London, March 22,--The Chan- that yesterday the long-distance cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Nevil telephone between Canton and The agreement marks the bele Chamberlain, is confined to his Swatow and Bhanghai was, piso M ginning of a new era in the rela- room with a severe cold, neces-successful operation The details will be worked out by tionship between officers and own sitating the cancellation of all en- The fee for a telephone call or blow up a bridge over the Tochia committee of the owners anders. The pensions scheme is the gagements during the next few three minutes from Swatow
the omcers representatives. As biggest thing we have gained, for days soon as it comes into operation the service.”
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Beuler.
British
Canto and vice versa le- Chinese Evening Preu