JAPAN OPENLY
ATTACKED
ENCOURAGING DRUG TRAFFIC
American And Egyptian Accusations
Geneva, June 3. Conditions in the Far East in Oplum and Narcotic trade cali- ed forth a lively discussion before the League of Nations Oplum Ad- visory Commission. The Japanese Government was openly attacked by the American and Egyptian representatives, and in a more cautious form by the Chinese representative for not only permitting but also encouraging the expansion of opium trade into the Chinese provinces controlled by Japan.
Mr. Fuller, Unlied States representative' on the Commission, characterised the position in Manchuria and Jehol as scarcely con- ceivable, declaring that these were the only districts in the world where the authorities did nothing to binder the trade in these drugs but even derived profit from it by exercising a state monopoly. Mr. Fuller stated that in spite of the fact that 6,000 persons in the out- lying towns of Mancharia alone died in 1935 from the use of oplum, the state programme for 1937 called for an increase of 25 per cent. of production.
Russel Pasha, the Egyptian re- presentative, in his address, stated that 90 per cent of the world's supply of narcotics is of Japanese' origin production going on in Tientsin Dairen and Mukden and ather towns of Manchuria and. Jehol. as well as that part at China under Japanese control. From Tientsin alone 500 kilp- grammes of heroin were shipped weekly to foreign countries, 50 per cent, of this going directly to the United States and 30 per cent. to *Europe.
ting control over peasant land by granting mortgages in exchange" for heroin, then foreclosing and forcing the peasants to become *beggars.
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HUGE BONFIRE OF SEIZED DRUGS
Pipes And Cards All End In Smoke
Pelping. June 3. A quantity of 22,000 ounces of optum. heroin and other drugs seized by the police during the past year was ceremoniously des- troyed in a huge bonfire. in the centre of the drill ground of the
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS,
AMBASSADOR'S APPEAL
For Anglo-German Understanding
London, June 3. The words spoken by the new British Ambassador to Berlin, Sir Neville Henderson at a banquet given in his honour by the Angie German Fellowship, Berlin have
aroused an animated discussion in the British press as to the possibi lity of effecting an Anglo-German understanding.
FRIDAY,
JUNE 4, 1937.
HEAVY GOLD OFFERING
“IRON LUNG"
Previons Records Eclipsed
London, June 3.
All previous gold records were eclipsed to-day when 300 bars valued at over £2,500,000 changed hands at gold fixing at a price of five pence under American parity, Once again the authorities were compelled to take up practically all the offerings from nervous dils- hoarders. Arbitrageurs were ap- Sir Neville began by emphasis-parently affected by the general ing that, to big conviction, most nervousness and were not inclined of the ills and anxieties of the to operate despite the huge dis- since the fixing which world to-day were due to the lack count of understanding prevailing among widened to 74d. the peoples.
The action of the authorities in "In England," the Ambassador towing the discount to widen sald "the people have very er- gradually at the daily fixing is roneous impressions of the Nation- arousing considerable comment. It al Socialist regime, otherwise they pointed out, that this policy, far would give less prominence to the
from allaying fears, is merely ac- Nazi Dictatorship and lay more centuating the nervousness which emphasis on the great social ex- is already widespread owing to periment that is being carried out, rumours of Anglo-American cur It is regrettable that so much at rency and gold' discussions. It is tention is paid in England to cer- understood that the deliberations, tain things that to English eyes however, are only of an explora. appear crooked, and so little aptory nature, while well-informed preciation shown for the process of circles in the city believe they are construction, the national effort as not progressing smoothly. a whole.
Some believe that the authori- "On the other hand, I frankly ties in refusing to bid up the price admit that in Germany the mis-bearer American parity wish to at- understandings of what England tract arbitrageurs with larger pro- wants are just as great. For in-fits. I so the policy is likely to stance during my stay of only abe-extremely unsuccessful as the few weeks here, I have frequently amounts coming on the market heard it said that England are so huge that arbitrageurs are deliberately trying to hinder Ger- taking fright at their size.--
Reuter. many in every direction. I can assure you truthfully and sincerely that Great Britain is making no such attempts.
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"DRINKER RESPIRATOR". According to a Reuter message. Mr. Suite, accompanied by doctors and nurses left Pelping for Shang- hat by special train at 12.17 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon. He will be transferred to the Iron lung aboard the President Coolidge on Sunday. The journey will cost his parents $50,000.
„A “Dally Press” representative who, went aboard the Dollar liner yes- terday viewed the fron lung while work was in progress in the state- room.
The Iron lung, in which Mr. Snite will be encased, 13 called the Drinker Respirator, and is con- structed in Boston, Massachusettes. It is about 4 feet in height, 6 reet in length and with a diameter of
feet. Below the cylinder is large bellow which supplies the air and an electric dynamo. The cylinder is air-conditioned." The patient's body, all with the excep- tion of the head, is encased in the cylinder,
It was learned that Mr. Snite can only leave the iron lung for a maximum of five minutes. Last year the maximum period was two minutes
Mr.
Snite will
be conveyed aboard the President Coolidge on a stretcher and he will thus be transferred from one iron lung_to another.
ALL IN READINESS
Shanghal, June 3. Everything is in readiness for the arrival of the "man' in the iron lung," Mr. Snite, paralysed in Peiping by infantile paralysis. He arrives soon after midnight
QUESTION IN COMMONS
Landon, June 3. In the House of Commons." Sir Although no trame, difficulties "We full appreciate Germany's N. Grattan Doyle asked whether in
are expected, on account of the The opium monopoly he concity by the Fire Brigade this morn- great mission in the world. Ger- view of the mischief which is in-
hour of his arrival, Chinese "au- tinued, is also increasingly get-
Ing in commemoration of the an-man culture. German philosophy creasing the surfeit of gold pro- thorities are providing a motor- niversary of the burning of oplum and German ideals are among the duction, causing commerce to de-cycle escort for a special ambulance by Lin Chen-hsu in Canton in noblest in the world: German pend on absorption by automatic to, the Foreign Concession boun- 1839.
Industry and German commerce expansion of international trade, dary, where Settlement police, with A large number of opium pipes. have always been objects of Bri-Sir John Simon would confer with another motorcycle escort, will take lamps, Chinese and foreign play-tish admiration."
the Government of the United over. ing cards, mah jongg pieces and "The most vital problem of Ger-States with the object of offering Mr. Enite, his doctors, and nurses other gambling instruments were many to-day is that of raw mate-jointly help to the Chinese Gov-will occupy rooms at the General also committed to the" flames asrtals. I do not believe that Ger-omment to establish a gold stan- Hospital while waiting for the well as some double-bottomed many would and any country dard and currency to replace the President Coolidge, and his parents boxes and printing, cylinders used more willing to help her in this Chinese silver currency sold to the and friends are staring at the in the smuggling of drugs..
matter than Great Britain. Where | United States
Cathay Hotel.- Officials of the District Court
more than in the city of London
Reuter. supervised the burning which was with its long financial experiance attended by representatives of the has there ever been greater readi- civic bodles and a large gatheringness to help others discuss their of the public.
difficulties?" Reuter.
JAPANESE MEASURES
Mr. Yokoyama, the Japanese member, in reply to these accusa- tions, replied that his Government "had recently passed three new laws regulating oplum' trade, one' of them providing for a fine for Japanese opium peddlars Re- garding Tientsin, the Japanese representative said that the situa- tion was due to the political un- rest and that order must be "restored before this matter could be given attention. He assured the Commission that steps "would be taken to remedy the situation In Manchuria and Korea.
The steps taken by the Chinese authorities in this matter as re- ported by Mr." Hoo, were com-
mended by the American member, Mr. Fuller.
Mr. Hao pointed out that the six- year plan of the Government pro- 'vided for control of the production, manufacture, trade and use of opium. Except for seven provinces, the growth of the poppy plant was forbidden in China, and it is in tended to make the edict general by 1940. Oplam is sold only to some 3,700,000 registered smokers, are required" to submit to who periodical treatment and cure. The heavy penalties, including even death sentences have according to Mr. Hoo, produced successful re- suits.-
Transocean Nee Service.
LORD SALISBURY'S WEDDING
In "The Daily Telegraph" for May 18, 1887, there appeared-
The marriage. of Viscount Cran- borne, MP, the eldest son of the Prime Minister, and the Lady Alice. Gore, second daughter of the Earl of Arran, took place at St Mar- garet's Church, Westminster. The church was filed to excess. A
AERIAL ROPEWAY
UP KULING
Hankow, June 3.
have been given the contract to Messrs. Arnold and Company
the supply
aerial ropeway up Kuling which will convey passen-
"
Sir Neville stated that what he had told the Reichschancellor three weeks previously came from the bottom of his heart.
"Guarantee us peace and peace- ful evolution in Europe, and Ger- many will find it has no more sincere, and I believe, useful izlend in all the world than Great Bri- tairi."
Prolonged cheering followed the
gers in carriages up the famous mountain resort in ten minates speech. instead of the present two hours.
The equipment for the ropeway, which is expected to be ready in the summer of 1938 is being built by Bleicherts, Germany. Reuter.
NEW MEMBERS.
WELCOMED
London, June 2.
The First meeting of the Cabinet to be presided över by Mr. Neville Chamberlaia took place in. the Prime Minister's room at the House of Commons this afternoon. Two new members, Lord, de la Warr, Lord Privy Seal, and Dr. Leslie Burgin, Minister of Trans- port, were warmly welcomed by their colleagues.— British Wireless Services
GENERAL STRIKE IN SYRIA
Sanjak Question Protest
Jerusalem, June 3.
Sir John Simon replied that the Chinese Government had not ex- pressed any desire to establish a gold standard and in the circums tances the suggestion did not ap- Į. pear practicable.-- Router
Deutschland Remains In Spanish Waters
from
Berlin, June 2. The Commander-in-Chief of the German navy has complied with The "Evening Standard" in an the request of the Commander article dealing with the Ambassa- and crew of the bombed Deutsch- dor's words states that the inland, that the vessel should not Auences in the Cabinet favouring be prematurely recalled an understanding with Germany Spanish waters for repair work- are very strong and that there are Router. good reasons to expect that we shall and an acceleration of the rate at which the questions be tween the German and British peoples are solved.- Transocean News Service. “
DR. H. H. KUNG HONOURED
Paris, June 2. Dr. Wellington Koo. Chinese Am- bassador, here, gave a dinner to-
night in honour of the Chinese Finance Minister, Dr. H. H. Kung. Premiler Blum was amongst those
present.
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A luncheon had been given by. the Chinese Envoy in the after-
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26 SEAMEN DEAD
Gibraltar, June 2. The twenty-sixth victim of the Deutschland bombing Incident died in hospital here-to-day, “
It is reported that the hospitals in Almeria ATE crowded with casualties from the German bom- bardment of the town.- Reuter.'
STANDING THE TRIP BEAUTIFULLY
"Iron Lung" Patient" Cheerful
son was
Pelping. June 3. Mr. Snite, snr., telegraphed trom Sinanfu which was passed early this morning that his cheerful, eating well and standing the trip beautifully. The tram will maintain a fast schedule and "the apparatus is operating perfectly.
Mr. Frederick Salte. jun., who was seized with infantile paralysis while on a world cruise last year, is being conveyed to Shanghai in an iron lung" where he will board the President Coolidge which sails on Jurie 6 for San Francisco.- Reuter.
MONSTROUS FIRE
* IN POLAND,
Warsaw, June 3,
SPEEDY
KOWLOON
CANTON
RAILWAY
ECONOMICA Lin
Canton- Kowloon Express Services
Commencing on Saturday, June 5th and thereafter on Saturdays and Sundays until further notice, additional Expresses will run between Kowloon and Canton as under:--
}
Kowloon dep. 7.04 p.m. Canton arr. 10.12 p.m.
Canton dep. 7.30 p.m. Kowloon arr. 10.34 p.m.
The following Week-end Trains will then
be cancelled-
Kowloon dep. 7.37 am Canton "arr. 10.59 a.m.
Canton dep. 8.85 p.m.... Kowloon arr. 7.00 p.m.
THE
HONG KONG
PENINSULA HOTEL;
HONGKONG HOTEL; REPULSE. BÄY "HOTEL;
SHANGHAI
ASTOR HOUSE; PALACE HOTEL;
HOTELS
LIMITED.
In association with the Grand Hotel des Wagon Lita, Faking..
SURVIVAL OF SLAVERY
Law A Dead Letter
in am
MRS. PUTNAM'S PROGRESS
Excellent Time Achieved
New York, June 2 Advices have been received here that Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnain.
London, June 3. Referring to Mr. William Örms- by-Gore's statement on the mur tsal report, made by the Secretary for Colonies. in the House of Com- mons last night, the "Daily Tele-famous American flier, has landed
at Caripito, Wenezuela. editorial headed. Tap," "Survival of Slavery." says to-day: "The mu tsai is forbidden in Hong Kong and Malaya but the law to some extent is a dead letter. Slavery in any form is utterly re- pugnant to the spirit and purpose of British administration and the House of Commons would be false to its traditións if it did not ob literate any traces of it swiftly.
She put her plane down at 10.18 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, hav- ing flown from San Juan, Puerto Rico, about 1,000 miles, in excellent time,
Mrs. Putnam will probably set a course for Paramaribo, Dutch- Gulana to-morrow.
She started her flight yesterday, taking off from Miami to navigate the Caribbean Sea, the first over- "But if Chinese social conditions
water section of the fight which, are to be changed, the Chinese
will take her around the world..: must be conscious of the need of
She is not flying alone. Paul change. If we can satisfy the leaders of Chinese opinion in Hongarry Manning, navigator and co- Manx. technical adviser, Capt.
Kong and Singapore that our
hatred of slavery is philosophically and morally justified, "the "mul
A monstrous conflagration 15 tsal" will disappear almost as
"ENDANGER OUR OWN PEACE»d to have broken out and prac-pig-talis.
tically wiped out the village of Reuter. "New York, June 2 Newel in the district of Pinsk in "There is nothing we can do to eastern Poland. It is stated that aid in localising the Spanish con- over 250 houses have been destroy- fict," said Senator Key Pittman,ed, and the loss of life is said to chairman of the Senate Foreign be considerable Relations Committee to-day. He Transocean News Service. made this assertion after a secret session of the Committee at which
noon, attended by Minister Vinnentrality problems were discuss-
cent Auriol, and prior to that the Chinese delegation laid a wreath at the grave of the Unknown Boi- On May 18, 1937, Lord and Lady
few more days in Salisbury celebrated the golden A general strike to protest dier. After a Jubilee of their wedding. There are, against the Geneva settlement of Paris the delegation will proceed. not a great number or those pre-the Sanjak Alexandrette question to Brussels and later to Berlin, sent on that brillant occasion who began with dramatic suddenness where they will arrive on June 9 are still living
throughout. Syria on Thursday. or 10-Transocean Neue Service, The Prince and Princess of In towns, large and amali. Wales, afterwards King Edward processions of strikers' paraded and Queen Alexandra, were there, through the streets, and compelled with their three daughters, the all shops still open to close. Princesses Louise died in 1931) The population of the country Victoria (died in 1935), and Maud, is growing exceedingly agitated "now Queen of Norway. They were at the unsatisfactory solution of
accompanied by the Crown Prince the Banjak question. of Denmark, the father of King Christian, who has celebrated his Silver Jubilee.
rangeran Neins Service.
Bana in the marriage service, and
- QUEEN MARY'S GIFT the register was signed by "the The Duke and Duchess of Teck Prince of Wales, the Marquis of and the Princess Victoria of Teck Balishary, and the Earl of Arran." (now Queen Mary) were also pre- A forge crowd assembled in Par- sent. Princess Victoria gave the lament-square cheered the Prince future Lady Salisbury a "diamond and Princess of Wales and the pearl brooch."
Prime Minister as they left for the breakfast. The Prine of Wales did not stay to see the young couple on, but retired at four o'clock."
Lord William Cecil, afterwards Bishop of Exeter, who died last year, assisted the Bishop of St. Al-
BELGIAN "ATTRACTIONS ...
Brussels, June 3." The Chinese delegation to the Coronation of King George VI, headed by the Finance Minister and vice-chairman of the Execu tive Yuan, Dr. H. H. Kung, which has been making various visits to the European capitals, is expected to arrive here in the next few
days. In order to demonstrate to the Chinese visitors the progress made by the Belgian Railway In- dustry, the guests will make a trip trom Brussels to Antwerp in the most modern salon car, pe
In Antwerp, the delegation will
ed."
Not Recalling Her Ships
Rome, June 27
pilot, and Fred Noonan, navigator and pilot, will accompany her' for at least part of the way. It is es sential to have crew to cross the long reaches of the Pacific. Reuter.
Former Royal Palace Again Bombed
Madrid, June 2 The insurgents' resistance to the Government offensive direct- ed to the north of Madrid is 'stif- fening as a result of further rein-
CAPT. MASURUK
REPORTED SAFE
Moscow, June 2. After several days of "'anxious waiting, a radio message was pick- ed up from Rudolf Island from the | airman Captain Masuruk, who to "Any attempt at interference on
gether with two other Soviet air- our part might actually disrupt
men had attempted to reach the forcements arriving to assist in the plans of the International
Italy has no intention to recall Polar Camp and had been missing the defence of La Granja, where Non-Intervention Committee and
up to now been engaged in patrol tes that Masurk was forced to sleged. endanger our own peace." he add-those of her warships that have for some days. The message sta- the Insurgent troops are still be- The former Royal Palace was an emergency landing "on duty off the Spanish coast. These make
again bombed by Government He said the resolution of Senator ships will stay at their posts with an icefoe and had been unable to Nyc for the immediate application full right of defence, awaiting the restart until a runway had been planes to-day and heavy fighting of the provisions of the United decision of the London Non-Inter- prepared. A later message from is continuing States Neutrality Law to Germany vention Committee, it was stated the Polar Camp states that the Reuter and Italy on the grounds that to-day in well-informed quarters floating ice on which the Soviet they were actually engaged in the Transocean News Service. Spanish conflict, was not discuss- ed. This neutrality measure allows for the prohibition of shipment of war materials to belligerents. Reister.
ed.
CREDENTIALS PRESENTED
Paris, June 2.
be, guests of the Governor of theIt is reported from Burgos that Province, and will, among others, the newly appointed representa- be shown the tunnel under the tive of Guatemala has handed his river Schelder-
credentials to General Franco.----“ Trapaurain: News Bervice.
Traneotian News Bertien
Barrage Across The Thames
flag has been hoisted, is still float- ing and the temperature has risen to 2 below zero-
Transocean News Service.
PALESTINE REPORT "London, June" 2. The Minister of Transport, in a
London, June 2. Commons answer, forecast a publie enquiry by the Port of London Mr. Ormsby Gore, Colonial Becre- authority into the proposal for a tary announced in the House of barrage across the River Thames Commons to-day that the Fales below London, making the reaches tine Royal Commission report will in central and Western London be signed during the third week in non-tidal
June. Reuter.
British Wireless.
Von Blomberg In
Italian Capital
Rome. June 2, The King of Italy received the German War Minister. Fieldmar- shal von Blomberg. In an audience Insting half an hour.
The German Minister then pro- ceeded to the Palazzo Venezia, where he had a conversation_of over one hour with signor Mus- solini, Count Clane being in at tendance Transocean News Ser