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IMPERIAL CONFERENCE BEGINS DISCUSSION
Affairs And Foreign
Defence Question
London, May 14, The Imperial Conference open- [ed at 10 a.m.' in the Queen Anne Room of St. James' 'Palace. Mr. J. A. Lyons and other Australians arrived first bal an hour before the proceedings began. General Hertzog and other South Africans were also early arrivals. The In- dians reached St. James just on time.
Mr. Stanley Baldwin was elected chairman with acclamation. He moved that greetings be sent to Their Majesties. He pointed out: that it was the first time the Imperial Conference met in the Palace and he wished to thank His Majesty for the concession.
The members stood while Mr. Baldwin read a message to Their Majesties praying the reign will be happy and prosperous and under, divine providence Their Majesties will long be spared to strengthen the ties of affection and loyalty uniting all the Commonwealth under the CrOWNL.
General Hertzog as representa: tive of the youngest Dominion seconded
MAIN TOPICS SETTLED Mr. Baldwin after welcoming the delegates, announced, that all are agreed that foreign affairs and defence be the main topics,
He hoped the deliberations might
cess that may be expected from Its own capacitles and association with atlier countries under the King's sovereignty.
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1937.
GOLD HOARDS
RELEASED
Control Forced To Purchase
London, May 14.
EXPLOSION
ON BRITISH
DESTROYER
Three Killed: 12. Wounded
Under pressure of heavy con- tinental dishoårding, British and
Valencia, May 13. possibly Dutch Controls are forced
Three were led and twelve to buy two-thirds of the £765,000 wounded aboard. H.M.S. Hunter, offered at gold axing to-day, the when an explosion took place at rest going to New York on top even her starboard waterline to-day. of large official purchases which: Messages received at the British failed to remove the two penny Embassy suggest that the cause discount of American shipping of the explosion was outside the parity. Since fixing, the continent, ship. continues to sell gold.
He commented that Southern Rhodesia and Burma sent their first ministers as observers and expressed that a firm. economic
The recrudesence of nervousness and enduring peace cannot be is attributable to yesterday's state- without economic ap-ment of the Swedish "Finance peasement. The countries repre-Minister envisaging the possibilty sented at the Imperial Conference of an Increased value of krona in had a definite responsibility to terms of sterling in order to offset Join the other countries willing to
the rising. Swedish price level. co-operate in lessening the bar
This rightly or wrongly is taken as riers to International trade.
an indication of reversal of the avowed Swedish polley of ad- herence to the sterling area.
Bullion circles believe that South Africa and Australia are urging the Treasury to adopt some form, even temporary, of stabilisation on gold, but it is considered Treasury would be reluctant to follow the advice while sterling is
nf heavily, overvalued in terms dollars.
AUSTRALIAN READINESS Mr. J. A. Lyons said that the Dominions, particularly Austrailą, were taking a widespread interest in foreign policy, realising that no nation can live unto itself The Dominfons' new status in- volved the obligation of assuming the full burden of nationhood. They must face to the fullest extent their capacity and obligation to provide their own national de- fence.
Australia was vitally interested in the Pacific and would welcome Rregional understanding for д non-aggression pact among Pacific countries conceived in the League spirit. Australia was prepared to collaborate with all other Pacific
that the
Meanwhile there are very strong Indications that British and Amerl- can authorities are trying to help bid by buying Russian gold direct, thereby preventing it being dumped Reuter
peoples towards the achievement TEA QUOTA
help a solution of international of such a pact in a spirit of under- problems. suspicions and rivalriės | standing and sympathy. dividing the world.
Other questions claiming ten- tion will be constitutional connect- ed with inter-Imperial relations. and technical matters, particular- ly communications.
CANADA'S GOOD WISHES Mr. Mackenzie King regretted the non-representation of the Irish Free State and hoped that a future conference might benefit from the distinctive -contribation of the Free Stares.
He recalled that India was en- tering another stage of self- government and
Canada's warmest good wishes for the suc-
bad
... SOUTH AFRICA'S VIEW
General Hertzog of South Africa
H.M.S. Hunter a new destroyer, was on patrol duty, under instruc- tions from the International Non- Intervention Committee. guarding the south coast of Spain against the licit entry of arms and volunteers. She was five miles off Almeria when the explosion occurred.
The
The Spanish Government des- troyer Lazaga assisted the Hunter, towing her towards Almería. destroyers Hardy and Hyperton hurried to the scene to stand by.
Later, the Spanish Government battleship. Jame Primero, came on the scene. took the Hunter In tow and brought her to Almeria. the The officers and crew of Spanish warship showed the Bri- tish sailors every kindness."
It is stated that the explosion externally, but there occurred have been no further details made public as to the cause.
H.M.C. Hyperion has already arrived OD the scene of the tragedy.
The Admiral commanding the
Third Cruiser Squadron is expect
ed to arrive to-morrow morning
INCREASED at Almeria. from Barcelona, in
said that they must co-ordinate Announcement Comes
the
their policies in such a way that it would be as mutually helpful as possible. South Africa was realls- ing how closely she is implicated in the fate of Europe and world...They heartily appreciated the manner in which the British Government succeeded in steerthg through the difficult times.
Representatives of India, Burma, Southern Rhodesia and New Zea- land also spoke.
The conference, was then ad- journed. Reuter,
THIRTEEN YEARS OF IMPERIAL AIRWAYS
Milestones In Flying History
Milestones come and go, queikly | provide
accommodation
In the history of flying. Yester- passengera. days's marvel is commonplace to- day. To-day's wonder will be a matter of routine to-morrow.
Imperial Airways. In its develop- ment of commercial air transport,
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for 40
As Surprise
London, May 14. "It will enable the public to have a decent tea at a reasonable price" is how a leading tea dealer ex- pressed himself to Reuter regard- ing the five per cent. "increase in the international tea quota.
The announcement, which came rather as a surprise, is generally welcomed by the tea trade where latterly some concern has been ap- parent regarding the rising price of.common teas. It is believed that the International Committee shared this concern and their action should at least halt the up- ward trend.
Some quarters hold the view that the price of common tear may
the cruiser Arethusa. Reuter.
Gibraltar, May 13.
The Flotilla Leader; H.MS. Hardy. is travelling at full speed to Almeria from this base.
It is understood she will bring back the victims of the explosion! which damaged HMS. Hunter so seriously.- Reuter...
MARKS IN HULL
Paris, May 14.
CORONATION WINES
A Great Wine For A Great Occasion
POMMERY & GRENO
CHAMPAGNE
The Wine of Kings
The King of Wines "
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SOLE AGENTS:
CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO., LTD.
NERVE STRAIN OF LONDON
Lord Horder's Rules For Health
"Lord Horder emphasised the nervous strain caused to Londoners by the lack of town-planning when Town Ex- opening "the Satellite
Centre, hibition at the Housing Suffolk-street, London. recently.
"The lack of planning which has led to this monstrous London of to-day," he said "Alls more than consultirig
of half the Harley-street with never-racked patients."
rooms overstrained,
Lord Horder spoke of girls whose nerves were strained to breaking
The damage to HMS. Hunter was not caused by a mine accord-point by the daily rush to and from ding to the Valencia correspon dent of Havas.
It is stated that the hull shows marks where some projectile went right through, entering on one side and leaving at the other... Reuter.
VALENCIA REPORT
Valencia, May 14. The report of the captain of the now fall back slightly, but it is Jaime Primero, which went to the stressed in this connection that a rescue of RMS. Hunter, has been great deal depends on climatic issued.. conditions permitting the produc- The Ministry of Marine states tion of an extra forty million pounds which to-day's announce- ment entails.— Reuter.
the explosion in the Hunter occur- red when she was less than four miles from port. The captain im- mediately ordered several Spanish warships to assist the destroyer. including the Jaime Primero, the destroyer Lazaga and a number of armed fishing boats.
The Hunter sank rapidly for- ward immediately after the ex-
With marine aircraft.. as well as
THE ANNOUNCEMENT with landplanes.. a' similar tale of
London, May 14.. progress has been told, and Britain The International Tea Com- now possesses, in the splendid mittee announce that as the re- winged ships' of the 'Canopus' or sult of répresentations setting out has just reached another land-class, a fleet of the fastest; as
the appreciation of the present mark. This is the thirteenth an-well as the mast luxurious, com- statistical market position of tea. plosion. A Spanish launch picked niversary of the establishment of merical marine aircraft in the the Governments of India, Ceylon up 14 of the crew. the Company. •It was on March world.
and Netherlands East Indies have 31st, 1924, that Imperial Airways
With routes, as with aircraft, the decided that the" regulation figure was incorporated by the merging Into one national enterprise of the story has been one of consistent for the year April 1, 1937 to March progress. Beginning with only 31, 1938 be 871 per cent of star- four then-operating British gir
1,700 miles of routes in 1924, the¦dard, export- transport organisations. To fol-
total milage of the air-lines now Reuter. operated by Imperial Airways,
low the subsequent history of Im- pertal Airways, during the thir- teen years of its existence, is to
and its subsidiary and associated
tarn a series cf fascinating pages companies, has reached a figure SPHERES OF
in civil air history.
Vital tasks faced the Company after its inception. It had inherit- ed from the previous organisations
of close on 30,000.
The growth of traffic, as told by statistics, provides yet another remarkable story. During the
INFLUENCE
Arst year's firing by Imperial Chinese Press Fears Airways (1924-25), the trafic ton-
are to
Groundless
او
London, May 14. Reuter understands that Chinese
a miscellaneous feet of single- engined and twin-engined ma- chines and one of the first steps miles Ogure was less than 400,000 taken. in conjunction with air- But for the latest twelve months"
which statistics evolve a period for craft designers, was to
increased It had type of three-engined air-liner available which-having regard to technical nearly 5,000,000. Miles flown per progress at that time would pro- annum have increased from ap- press apprehensions regarding Mr. vide the best possible combination proximately 850,000 to more than Eden's reply to Mr. R. H. Morgan of speed, reliability, and comfort 4,500,000. Passengers carried have in the Commons on May 5 are en- for passengers.
increased in numbers from 11,000 tirely groundless. The brevity of Those three-motored 'Argostes' to just on 70,000; while mail loads ministerial replies in harked a
as represented by the number mons is necessitated by the rules turning-point in air transport so far as passengers were concerned. The public, travelling in them to Paris and being served with refreshments by a white- coated steward, realized that the days of discomfort in flying were over..
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As tromic grew. the 'Argosies' were replaced by the bigger four- motored 'Heracles' and 'Hannibal' aircraft-with saloons so large and luxurious that one traveller re- fered to them as 'aerial drawing
And now to-day, taking rooms." shape at, Hamble near Southamp- ton, is the first of the fleet of still bigger Ensign' class landplanes great 20-ton monoplanes which, as used on European routes, will
the Com-
Five of the dead are known to have perished when they were trapped in the engine-room.
British and Spanish officials will inspect the hull to-day to deter- mine the cause of the explosion.- Renter
N.W. FRONTIER FIGHTING
British Soldier Killed
with work,
long unnecessary. Journeys spent "strap-hanging."
"It is appalling to think of it," he added, "but it is, I am assured, a fact that on some of the London Passenger Transport Board's lines at the peak periods 12,000 persons are travelling, while there is seat- ing accommodation for only 4,000. The strain on the young is very great, and the strain on the aged is intolerable."
MORE HEALTH RULES Three distinct factors-people. their homes and their workplaces -were inextricably bound together. When that was grasped we could begin to plain and to create new towns providing the opportunities for a full, healthy and abundant life for all who lived in them. Lord Horder offered five rules for health. They were:
Simple and fresh food is better than cooked food,
mare
Exercise is better than exercises: Fresh air is better than conda tioned air;
Sunlight is better than mercury lamp; and..
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MILITARY MIGHT OF
GERMANY
Hitler Reviews New Forces
Herr Hitler was 48 on April 21. Once again his birthday was made the occasion for an impressive dis- play of Germany's armas might.
As he did last year, Herr Hitler took the salute at a march past in Berlin of military, naval and air force detachments in which 14,550 officers and men, 1,500 horses and 950 mechanised units of various type took part.
Although the parade failed to reveal any novelties it was obvious that the general standard of equip ment had improved greatly since. last year.
THOUSANDS IN
U.S. IDLE
Steel Workers Give Trouble
Detroit, May 13. About 18,500 employees of the General Motors Coroporation are The 240 tanks on view were, idle owing to`sporadic strikes in however. of the small type. with a Cleveland, Saginaw, Mich., and crew of two, and mounting two Janesville, Wis. Of these nearly machine-guns-a type which is | 7,000 are involved in a sit-down understood to have revealed cer- strike in a Cleveland plant. A tain defects in Spain. It is be- lieved that heavier tanks are now being manufactured,
Officials of the United Automo- bile Workers' Union declare the strike has been called as a pro- test against the needless laying off of men and the unfair speed- up in production.
the demands of its employées for recognition of bargaining powers of the Committee of Industriál Organisation.
Elimination of needless noise 18 better than sound-proof rooms.
Lord Horder added that had we'
Herr Hitler was supported at the had GO Letchworths and 50 saluting base by Field-Marshal von Welwyns, instead of only two thor- Blomberg, the War Minister, and oughly planned towns in Great by the Commanders-in-Chief of Meanwhile, the steel strikers Britain, it was safe to say that we the three Services, Gед. von
are giving trouble. At Pittsburgh should not be a 0.3 nation to-day Fritsch, Admiral Raeder and Gea. police had to use tear gas against
Viscountess Rhondda said it Goering. His appeararice WAS seemed to her that during the past greeted, with loud shouts from Jones, Laughlin Steel Corporation a rioting crowd of pickets of the 10 years or more half the industries the crowd of "Congratulations, which refused to conform with in Britain had been tumbling Fuehrer". Herr Hitler answered helter-skelter into the south-east with a salute and a cheerful smile. corner of England, and especially In specially erected stands 8,000 Into the London area; Huge new guests of honour, including many blocks of flats containing thou- representatives of the old Imperial sands of tiny rooms without fire- | Army, in spiked helmets and plc- places, "and as noisy as Dante's turesque uniformis, were accommo- Inferno," Simla, May 13.
were springing up like dated. The British Embassy was One Indian officer, two Indian gigantic mushrooms all over Cen-represented by Mr. Ogilvie Forbes, the strike to two other big inde- the Republic the Chargé d'Affaires, Col. F. Ellot pendent concerns,
Corporation and the Sheet and other ranks were killed and one tral London.
Hotblack, the Military Attaché, British soldier; turee Indian oil- cera, and five Ibdlan other ranks
and Major R. A. Hay, Assistant Tube Company, which refused to PRAGUE CHAMBER
aign a collective bargaining agree- in North-West were Wounded
Military Attache.
The parade through the Bran-ment with the Union. If these denburg Gate was led by Ge workers are called out nearly 400.-"
will be von Witzleben, the general com- manding the Third Army Corps, strike.—
Heuter. mounted on a charger. Behind came detachments provided by the army which, as the senior service. in Germany, led the way.
of letters atr-borne each year of the House and an enormous frontier fighting on May 11 and 12. have increased from roughly 20-number of questions is limited by
time. 000 to over 30,000,000,
DIVINE WIND ON
-WAY HOME
The First Brigade Aupported by scoute left the camp on different The notion that Great Britain
routes and converged in a pincer in any wise would lend herself.co
movement on the plain. The revival of spheres of influence in
Wazirs, caught unawares, offered China is regarded in well-informed little resistance and afforded ex- circles as laughable. It would cellent targets for aircraft which stultify the whole British policy co-operated. Enemy casualties are since Mr. Chamberlain's declarabelleved to be considerable. London, May 14. The two tion in 1926 and especially in re-
Reuter's Bulletía Servier. Japanese fliers who are making "cent years since Bir. Frederick the return flight to Japan in the Leith-Ross' mission to China. Divine Wind left Croydon at eight Furthermore it is pointed this morning and hope to reach Athens to-night. They will lying leisurely and plan to reach Japan in a week.
Reuters Bulletin Service.
INCIDENT
An executive committee of the Union has been called for Batur- day to consider the extension of
000
Involved by
the
Prague May 13. A shot was fired from the public gallery of the Czechoslovakian Parliament at President Malypetr
- STRIKE SETTLED by a man named Sebeck, a miller's
Pittsburgh, May 14. assistant in the Hungarine
The strike at the Jones Laughlin Eradisch Province Moravia, during Cavalry, even in plain field grey plants has been settled and the Thursday's session. The bullet hit uniforms, still raises more popular workers will resume to-morrow. the cost of an Agrarian deputy, enthusiasm than the grim and Detalls of the agreement have not but injured nobody. Before the efficient, mechanised units. The yet been divulged shooting. "Sebeck shouted: "All loudest cheer of all was reserved
are Deputies
swindler": and for the kettle drummer of the 9th that the British people would an understanding with Japan the scoundrels!." Оп his arrest. Cavalry, Regiment, a man with. be never tolerate such a reversal of cardinal point in the British posi-sebeck declared he wanted to huge turned-up, moustaches like
British attitude in Chirla
tion will be strict preservation of protest against cartels and mono- those of the ex-Kaiser, who alone turned a full circle in front It is learned that while Great Chinese rights and interests--- polles-
brandishing his drum sticks and of Herr Hitler while moving at a. Britain would cordially welcome 1 'Reuter.
Tranuncian' News Service.
gulding his horse with his spurs hand gallop
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out
Reuter.
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