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Pi A+AWXWF THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1929,
LABOUR BOMBSHELL SOMERSET MEN
CABINET SHOCKED BY MR. SNOWDEN.
A PLAIN ANSWER TO A STORM OF GOVERNMENT CRITICISM.
SENTENCED.
THREE MONTHS FOR}
JADE THEFTS.
"LET DOWN THE WHOLE WHITE RACE"
FINANCE INQUIRY
DEMANDED.
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD PILLORIED,
ATTACKS IN CONGRESS.
Washington, Apr., 17.
A startling development arising from the repeated warnings to share speculators by the Federal Reserve Board; and more particu- REBUKED BY BENCH.arly from the recent decisions of the Board in relation to the Stock Market, is interesting official Washington.
THE SOCIALIST POLICY. t resulted in the
Private William Dayne and Private William MacDonald, of the Someract Light Infantry whose sunsational theft at a jewellery shop in Queen's Road Central last night appearance at the Police Court this morning, were each sentenced to three months imprisonment with hard labour by the Magistrate, Mr. E. W. Hamilton,
Mr. Philip Snowden's challenging statement on the Balfour Note and Allied. Debts outraged the feelings of the Cabinet, and three Ministers, Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Sir Austen Chamberlain, and Mr. Winston Churchill castigated the Labour spokesman's reckless remarks.
Mr. Hamilton stated that the least In sentencing the two soldiers,
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BIG CONTRACT TO CHAMBERLAIN AND HONGKONG GIFTS
HONGKONG.
CANTON WATERWORKS
SCHEME,
JARDINE TENDER OF $225,000 ACCEPTED.
RAPID FILTRATION.
MUSSOLINI.
GENERAL EUROPEAN OUTLOOK REVIEWED IN TALK.
EXCHANGE OF VIEWS.
London, Apr. 17.
· FOR MINERS.
SUBSTANTIAL SUMS TO HAND TO-DAY.
ENGINEERS' INSTITUTION AND DOCK DANCE.
OVER $600 IS ADDED.
We have the utmost pleasure to-
In the House of Commons to- day, Sir Austen Chamberlain was usked to give the substance of his recent conversations with Signor Mussolini at Florunce,
Ile enid: "Having decided, for personal reasons to spend Easter Various reconstruction schemes week.at Florence, I asked His Ma- Lois, has introduced a resolution Canton, demonstrating that
Mr. Reid, a member from are now being carried through in jesty's Ambassador to inform day in acknowledging further 13 the House of Reptatives, spirit of enterprise in animating and to say what pleasure it would Fund for the relief of distress a Signor Mussolini of my intention substantial contributions to the demanding that there be a widen those in charge of municipal give me to see him again, if, as I Prens investigation of the Federal affairs. Fine new maloos Reserve Board's activities and being built, whilst good progress to be in the neighbourhood.
are thought possible, ho himself were (omongat British minora and their polieles during the past ten years. is being made, with the introduc
families. To-day's donations total He demands that a thorough en- tion of the automatic telephone spending a few days at Fort, was $603, thus bringing the sum so far
"Signor Mussolini, who was quiry be held and that Mr. J. Pier | system,
Mr.
good enough to motor over to see received by the Telegraph to near- Owen. D. Young, Mr. Roy A. made to the waterworks system on which we have met, including Font Morgan. Mr. Mellon,
Big improvenients are also buing me. This was the fifth occasion ly $7,500 and £2 1ŝa.
From the Institution of En- contract has been secured by one and I welcomed it as giving me of Hongkong's leading British another opportunity for much a firma.
In this latter connexion, we are exchange of views with him as informed that Dr. Wa Pak-lang, habitually have with other For
he could do was to send them to Young and other leaders of fu-In which connexion a substantial our first meeting at Rome in 1924 incers and Shipbuilders of Hong-
The War Minister said that the Ralfour Note was an un-prison for three mouths, challengeable principle embodied in Articles in the French and Italian settlements. It was surely wanton for the Labour Party to threaten to repudiate the principle on which every atep towards European pence had been taken.
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald was challenged to say whether repudiation was the official Labour policy.
Mr. Snowden was
rather surprised by the impression gathered from his speech; and rather amused by the mature of the Government criticism. He asked if anyone of them imagined that the settlements would remain unchanged in the next sixty years.
He referred to the jibe that the Labour Party is a frien of every country but their own, adding: "I am suflicient of an Englishman not to be content to see my country and my people bled white for the benefit of countries more prosperous than ourselves."
Mr. Ramway MacDonald supported his colleague, but nude it clear that repudiatlon was never in their minds. He thought the settlement with the United States was bad financially and politically, but until it was changed by mutual consent, the Labour Party would pay every farthing.
race be summoned as witnessės.
Sr. Loring Black, of New York, challenged the Board's, Tight L5 | restrict credit for speculative pur- poses and roundly condemned the
This represents the result of a "Pean only suppose," his Wor-
kong ship said, "that you want to get
comes a cheque for $303. out of the Service, but that is not the way to do it. You not only
subscription list opened at the Institution on behalf of the Fund, et town your own Regiment Board for its arbitrary actions, the Commissioner of the Canton eign Ministers at Geneva. need not dwell on that nspret--but He drered that the extension Municipal Waterworks, and the "No special importance attached and we tender our sincere thanks you also let down the whole of the in socurities sold on the Stock Mayor of Canton, Mr. Lam Wan-to the meeting, and no subjects to the members for the generous white race in the Colony. It is a Market merely represented Ameri-Roi, have recently signed a con-were proposed for discussion at manner in which they have res- serious case. You will both go to ean business expansion.-Renter's
it, but, as was natural, we passed ponded. Their donation prison for three months with hard American Service.
En review the general European welcome. labour."
situation as well as the relations between our two bountries, which are, happily, of a most cordial character.
Plen of Guilty.
When they were arraigned before [the Magistrate this morning, both
prisoner pleaded guilty.
Prior to the hearing of the ense, Inspector Murphy asked 'Mr. Hamilton whether he or Major Wil- tou said he would do so, asking at son would take it and Mr. Hamil-
the same time whether there was
BRITISH GENERAL
KILLED.
TRAGIC FALL OVER CLIFF IN FRANCE,
an officer of the Reziment present. SERVICE IN THE EAST.
The Inspector replied that the
soldiers' Company Commander was
in Court, and Mr. Hamilton asked that he should meet him in bla
London, Apr. 17. Major-General Sir William Birk- Director of Re-
ALL ROUND CANCELLATION URGED. chubers. This was done, and the heck, who was
four Note.
RENKUNCI JARGASMATE MARKTARRAT ZGJERIMENTIONED STANDAARDE JA
FOREIGNERS IN PERIL AT CHANGTEH.
Naval Men Endeavouring
►
To Reach City.
SHALLOW DRAUGHT TUG.
Hankow, Apr. 17. Foreigners in Changleh are again threatened according to a report from Changsha. A shallow draught tug, manned by a party of men from H.M.S. Widgeon and accompanied by the Consul at Changsha, la now endeavouring to evacuate foreign residents at Changtch. It is hoped that the rise in water will allow the tug to reach Changtoh in two dayя. --Naval Wireless,
L
is most
Another substantial sum la to hand from the Hon. Secretary of the Kowloon Dock Recreation Club, this being a cheque for $800, the "It will not be forgotten, that result of the rocent danco hold in. Great Britain and Italy are guar- aid of the Fund. This function aptors of the Treaty of Locarno was admirably arranged, and the and have thus a common interest enthusiasm and energy of those. in the maintenance of peace and in charge has resulted in all the promotion af good relations expectations being exceeded. We among all lignatories of that desire to express our warnest Treaty."-British Wireless... thanks for this splendid gift,
SMALLPOX SCARE IN ENGLAND.
EXPLANATION IN HOUSE
OF COMMONS.
NO SIGN OF EPIDEMIC.
Total To Date,
1:
The sum so far received by the Telegraph is as follows:
Already acknowledgod-
& £3 16%. Engineers and
Ship- builders Institution... Kowloon Dock Dance ...
$6,887.00.
163.00. 200,00,
Total.....£2 18s, and $7,400.00, In forwarding the cheque from the Kowloon Dock Recreation Club, Mr. J. C. Brown, the Hon. Secretary, writes as follows:
| Somersetshire · Regiment offer mounts at Army Headquarters afterwards took his seat on the from 1912 to 1920, Hus been kille-l Bench with the Magistrate, at St. Brinc, near Dinavd. London, Apr. 17. rarations than were required for The two soldiers were charged The House of Commons
He lost his footing on the ton of was our payments to the United States with unlawfully breaking a shop the cliffs and fell over one hundred again crowded to-day in anticipa-the utmost injury would be done window at the Lung Shing Jewel-feet to the rocks below-British tion of an answer by the Govern-not only to British Interests butlery Store, at 48, Queen's Road Wireless. ment to Mr. Philip Snowden'a to the wider interests of world Central, and with stealing articles Major General Sir William Henry attack on the war debts settle-peace."
valued at $320, consisting of a box | Birkbeck, K.C.B., was born on April ments and the doctrine of the Bal He believed, he added, that Mr. containing two juste articles and a 8th, 1863. He entered the Army
London, Apr. 17. Ramsay MacDonald was speakingjale bead necklace.
(Dragoon Guards) in 1888 and dur-
Sir Austen Chamberlain, the Mr. Snowden, who was Chan-later in the debate, and he wouki
"Pleading guilty both defendants ing his military career saw const-tract with the Jardine Engineer-House of Commans this afternoon $300.00, being the proceeds from "I have very much pleasure in Foreign Secretary, Informed the forwarding to you a cheque for cellor of the Exchequer in the ask him formally whether he ac-aid they had nothing to say, Labour Government. of 1924, was cepted and endorsed the declarn- Exhibited in the Court were the
He served at Hazara in 1888, ating Corporation, Ltd. Hongkong, that the French Government had a dance In aid of the Distressed particularly never in respect of tion of Mr. Snowden and if it cun- stolon articles and atto two "way- Chin Lughai in 1889-0, de filtration plant capable of dealing tion order which was to have come Kowloon Deck Becreation Club for A Paterson patent rapid decided to suspend the vaccinn-Minera which was held in the stituted the edicial polley of the ger" canes and a piver of plate South African War in 1960 with, 10 million gallons of water into
glass. One of the "swagger"" | was attached to the Japanese Third
force immediately. He Rooms on Wednesday, April 10th. ' canes was heavily loaded but bore Army in Manchuria in 1906, and per day,
stated that the French Govern- Please include this sum in your the Regiment great..
from 1906 tố 1911 was Comnund- The plant consists of three mont had been given details re-Subscription List for the Dintress- ant of the Cavalry School at pulsometer electric driven low garding the very
restrleted cd Miners' Fund. Nethoven. He retired in 1920. lift pumps, each with a capacity character of the smallpox out- Ha decorations included the Order of five million gallons per day, break,
two to be working and one to act the Rising Sun, Third Class,
as a standby,
the agreement with. France.
Labour Party.
The subject of Mr. Snowden's declaration was taken up by Sir Mr. Snowden Stands Pal. Laming Worthington-Evans, the
The caster of the bombshell, Mr. Compensation Question. Minister for War, who first dealt with figures quoted by Mr. Snow Snowden, rising, said he was sQP- den purporting to show that the prised that any observations of his Inspector Murphy asked the United States had extracted from should be the subject of Cabinet Court if anything could be done France and Haly better terms then discussion and Cabinet memoran- in the mufter of compensating the owner of the shop for the damage had Britain. The Minister point-dum presented to the House,
out that these were merely for what I said yesterday. I don't
"decline to make any apology done to his shop whutow,
The Magistrate replied that he lump sume-the totul of all
intend to withdraw a single word of had no funds to do so. The annual payments to be made year it. I must, express my surprise at damage amounted to $60, and Mr. why year over a period of sixty-two the prominence and attention that Hamilton thought it quite possible years without any regard for the has been given to my remarks for it that the Regiment would reimburse time of payment.
was by no means the first time the owner of the shop..
ed
Most Serious.
have made that statement in the House of Commons." "Now I come," Sir Laming went He said that the policy of the on, "to the most serious aspect of Labour Party regarding debt set- Mr. Snowden's speech and lement had often been stated. want to be very careful to pick
All Iound Cancellation. .my words.
derable service.
AIRCRAFT "MERGÈR"
IN THE STATES.
LINKING UP of two bIG COMPANIES,
New York, Apr. 17.
The raw water will be taken from, the Canton River at Tuang Poo, about six miles from the city of Canton, and will be pumped into the Paterson patent rapid precipitation tanks which will deal with the solids and mud in suspension in the water.
Similar to Bhing Mun.
"The dance was a grent suCCEAS,
All the cases were now Isolated and a very enjoyable evening was in hospital and as the period of pent. The Club Rooms were do- incubation for the disease was corated with daga and bunting for over, there was no reason to anti-the ocasion and about two hun- cipate any further cases nor was dred and thirty people took full there anything to indicate that advantage of the very fine musie the disease was of a virulent type. Aupplied by La Symphonique A meeting to discuss the ques- Dance Orchestra, under the tion was being arranged between leadership of Mr. Swelland. The British and French representa- duties of M.C. were ably carried Lives. It appears that Inst night, while
out by. Mr. J. McKelvio, passing the jewellery store, both
The infection frat reached this
Thanks Expressed, the accused suddenly rained blows
A deal linking up two of the lar. The water is then passed on to country on a steamship arriving on the plate plass window with rest air transportation companies a battery of 16 Paterson rapid at Glasgow from the East on April "The Committee, tender their their "swagger" canes and smashed in the United States was concluded gravity filter beds of a
Out of 1.580 passengers similar first. the glass, enabling themselves to in- yesterday when the United Air-type to those recently installed at and crew, only forty-four smallest sincere thanks to the follow
ing for the assistance rendered sert their hands and remove the box craft and Transporting Company the Shing Mun Valley filter beds pox cases occurred and these are towards making the evening so containing the'jnde articles.
Required 50,000 shares of the Avia for the Hongkong Government, all in hospital. Vigorous "We were all greatly surprised It was that they would favour all
successful: and startled yesterday by the round cancellation of debt and re-smashed by the "swagger" cane of with representation on the latter's city, chlorine gas la administered health authorities to eliminate the
Apparently the window had been tion Corporation of the Americas, and before it is pumped into the measures have been taken by the "To the Hongkong Telegraph, for etatement which Mr. Snowden parations, and that policy was en- Private Hayne, which was loaded, board. made, that he and his party would, nelated in the concluding sen- the other being the regulation type
by a Paterson patent chloronomie danger and there has been nothing supplying all tickets, posters and if returned to power, hold them-tences of Lord Balfour'a Memoran-of cane and of too flimsy a nature the sale. The first-named company may be present in the water."
Over 73,000,000 was involved in which destroya all bacteria at in the nature, of an epidemie.dvertising free; to La Symphonl
British Wirelcan.
que Dance Orchestra, who gave selves free to repudiate the funda-dum, which he proceeded to quote, to have broken the heavy window. controls the Pacific Air Transport The total cost of the pumps and
their services free; to Mesdames It was not that part of the Bal- mental principle of the Balfour four Note that he attacked yester-
J. C. Brown, and J. McKelvie, who Company while the latter owns the mechanical equipment for the Note, namely that Great Britain day. It was to the other part of
Pan-American Airways and all Im rapid precipitation tank and rapid
made all the arrangements for should take no more from Europe the Note, which said that if all
A folt, hearing the crash, and portant operating companies congravity filters is approximately
catering, olc.; to the Ladies of by way of war debt payments and sound cancellation could not be seeing two soldiers running away, trolling many thousands of miles of 214 lakhs of Hongkong dollara.
Kowloon Docks, for supplying all The scheme adopted was pro-
cakes, sandwiches, ton, sugar and reparations than she requires to weured, we should put the burden immediately gave chanc, with the airways in North Ameries and Cen- pay her own obligations to the ourselves for the benefit of our result that the two men were ulti-tral America-Reuter's American paased by the Jardine Engineering
milk free; to A. S. Watson & Co. Corporation, Ltd., to Mr. R. Chan
who purchased a book of 50 tickets; Johnson, late Managing Director
to. Messrs. J. Kempton and W. of the Canton Water Supply Co.,
Greig, who assisted at the door, Ltd, before the waterworks were
and to all those who so kindly pur taken over by the Municipality.
chased tickets for the dance.” Hongkong Plant Impresses,, When Dr. W Pak-lang took over the control of the Water-
United States...
Continental neighbours, that the "That principle has been, for Labour Party were opposed and seven years, the foundation of the always liad been opposed. treatment of European debt pro- The Labour Party had been taunt blems by overy Government that ad with being the friends of every has held office.
country but their own.
Wanton and Reckless,
An EnglishmaN,
•
Necklace Snatched,
mately apprehended by the police. One of the men had also snatched at n pearl necklace of considerable value, but in his haste the fragile jewellery broke in his hands and the
pearls were strewn inside the win-
dow.
The arrest of the men offected by blain-clothes officers who joined In
Servico.
THE KING.
7
GERMANY'S LATEST CRUISER
STIRRING ADDRESS BY HEN
CAPTAIN.
Wilhelmshaven, Apr. 17. The new cruiser Konigsberg has been placed in commission, under the command of Captain Von Rotha,
Closing Date,
WEATHER INTERFERES WITH"]
The Telegraph Fund closea on OUTING. "It would surely be a wanton
The occasion was one of grent the 29th instant, in order that the "I am sufficient of an English- the general hue-and-cry which was and reckless net, in no way called man," declared Mr. Snowden, "not rained, one of the soldiers being cor-
London, Apr. 17.
works, the Jardine Engineering refolving and Captain Von Rothu nal draft may be cabled Home in for by anything that has occurred, he content to see my country and nered in an alleyway with a cul de
1.BY. the King passed another Corporation, Ltd., through the made a stirring address to the time for inclusion in the Lord for Mr. Snowden and his party my people bled white for the bene-sac on the north aide of the Dollar good day. Itta Majesty spent the courtesy of the Hongkong Water crow of the new ship recalling the Mayor's Fund, which Is being now to threaten to repudiate the 1 of other countries who are fur Steamship Company's office. The whole morning sitting and walk- Authority, arranged for him and deeds of her two predecessors closed on the following day. principle upon which every, for more prosperous, than ourselves." second accused was run to earth in ing in the grounds of Craigwell his officials to visit the Govern during the war-Renter
All sums sent in before that word step towards European re recalled the words he used Des Voux Road near Whiteaway, House and the Queen accompanied ment filter beds at Shing Mun
to will be doubled as a result of construction and peace has been yesterday and asserted that there Lalilaw's.
the King when he walked through were impressed by the compact-vert the whole of the existing slow the 2 for £ basis to the Fund
Valley and Bowen Road. They
the Home. Government's grant on taken.
was not a word thore about the When arrested, the stolen articles the grounds. repudiation of the debt agres were found in their possession, and, The King had hoped to go out ness and efficiency of this type of sand filter beds to the rapid type. Further donations will be most
when questioned, after being eau-
welcome, in which connexion we As to the circumstances which toned at the Central Police Station, seu-mist developed during lunch
the Canton water supply will com- should like to see the Hongkong were likely to arise when they they merely stated that they had and prevented His Majesty from contract is only the first of a water systems in use in the large possible. Who will help to swell We understand that the above pare very favourably with the total reach as nearly $10,000 - Us (Continued on Page 12.).
nothing to say at all.
again going out--British Wireless. scheme which will eventually con- citles of Europe and America.. the Fund to this amount?
of
"If such a declaration were per- sisted in, and the peoples Europe were led to believe that the policy aimed at was to obtain larger paymente of debts and re-l
ments.
again this afternoon, but a thick he equally suitable for Canton.
filter, which they considered would When this scheme is completed