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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1931.
FOOTPADS WAYLAY | CORNERSTONE OF
WORKMAN.
STEAL OVER $800 AND A REVOLVER.
TWO ARRESTS MADE.
Five men waylaid a contractors' workman on Lady Clement's Ride shortly afternoon yesterday and, after attacking him, robbed him of a sum of $810, part of which, how- ever, was subsequently recovered following the arrests of two of the alleged assailants.
WELFARE.
MR. HENDERSON ON PEACE.
ELABORATING ARBITRATION
MACHINERY.
"BRITAIN'S FORTUNE.
The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Arthur Henderson in a speech In his report to the police, Chan at the Albert Hall this evening, Chuen, residing at 216, Lockhart said the Great War had con- Read. Wanchai, said he was walk-vinced the peoples of all countries ing along Lady Clement's Ride at that pence was the cornerstone 1.15 pm. yesterday and when of welfare, and that the welfare about 14 miles above Hong Kong of each was dependent on that Was he was met by five men whe
of all. attacked him and stole $810, a fully-londed automatic pistol, a purse containing ten rounds of ammunition, a bunch of keys and a
police whistle. They then bound his leg and tled a pack over his hend before decamping.
About a quarter of an hour later, a Chinese woman was passing along the Ride and Chan requested her to inform his fellow-workmen engaged on the Aberdeen water. works. After the man was releas.
ed, a search was made at the hill side and on the arrival of the polies two alleged robbers were arrested, with the recovery of $620 and the pistol.
Chan was Inter taken to hospital suffering from slight contusions over the left eye and on the top of his head."
RUBBER GROWERS'
MEETING.
WAITING ON THE DUTCH EAST INDIES.
London, Mar. 20. The Rubber Growers Associn- tion, in announcing that a meeting of the Linison Conumittee has been convened for Monday next, says the Dutch Colonin Minister ja awaiting full information from East Indies Government, after which it will again confer with the Dutch members of the Cora- mittee. Reuter.
DEATH OF A U.S. REAR-ADMIRAL.
SAW SERVICE IN WAR WITH SPAIN.
New York, Mar. 20, A message from Manchester (New Hampshire) reports the dentli of Rear-Admiral Joseph Ballard Murdock,
Admiral Murdock, who was born in 1861, retired on attaining the Age-limit in 1913. He saw Ber- vice in the Spanish-American War. -Reuters American Service.
UNEMPLOYED IN AMERCIA.
ESTIMATED AT OVER SIX MILLIONS.
Washington, Mar, 20, Mr. Lamont, Secretary of Com- merce, estimates the unemployed during the month of January to have totalled 6,050,000-Reuter's American Service,
After the war, the claboration of the machinery of peace began with the Covenant of the. Lengué of Nations. I hnd been the policy, of successive British Gov-armaments of all kinds between the United States, Japan and Bri- ernments to strengthen that ma
tain. chinery. The present Government had signed the Optional Clause and their example had been followed by others, thirty-four nations many now being parties to this under- taking.
Recently, the House of Commons approved the ratification of the General Act under which settle- ment of every dispute, whatever Il mature, must be sought by peaceful procedure, and the ignatories undertake to abide by the decision. -
The work of that Conference WAR recently extended by an arrangement between France. Italy and Britain which he had every reason to hope would have far reaching political effects of a beneficial character.
He now wished to see a great movement set on foot throughout Britain which would send the British delegation to Geneva next year with the public opinion of the country behind them.
Referring
to India, which he described as part of the great pro-
Amendments To Covenant. The Government were reviewblem of the East, though it did ing other possibilities in this hot rome within the sphere of the field: The example, amendments Foreign Ofce, he said the Govern- to the Covenant of the League. ment had occasion for hope in
The Covenant recognised that their policy, isarmament must go hand in hand with arbitration.
31 this field also. progress has been made and -- draft scheme has been evolved at
Genova which would enable the long delayed Disarmament Conference to meet next year with a rent promise of success, In the meantime, definite measures for the limitation of armaments had been adopted by many roun- tries.
The Washington Conference of 1922 limited the building of baitle- ships between five great countries, The London Conference in 1930 resulted in a limitation of naval
Tribute to Viceroy.
By the Round Table Conference suspicions had been remove and confidence on euch side had been restored. The Conference had already found its justification in the agreement
the between Viceroy and Mr. Gandhi.
Tributes had been deservingly paid to both for this achievement. "I will not emphasise it beyond remarking that so far as this country is concerned she is often! fortunate in those who serve her In at the crises of her history. the person of the Viceroy we see revived all that is best in British statesmanship."-British Wireless,
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