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BRITAIN TAKES THE LEAD
BIGGEST WORLD EXPORTER
HUGE DECLINE IN GERMAN FIGURES
Berlin, Aug. 16. A huge decline in Germany's trade in the past seven months is revealed in official figures publish ed to-day, showing that her ex- poris in July totalled Mks. 432, 000,000 and her imports, Mks. 366,000,000.
Reuter points out that these figures compare with exports of Mka.827,000,000 and imports of Mka.562,000,000 in July last year, Germany's trade having been cut
almost in half.
GANG LEADERS ARRESTED
RELIEF TO SWATOW REGION
Swatow, Aug. 15.
The district west of Kityang in опсе more congratulating itself] over its present magistrate. Aa
some time past he has succeeded
THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1932.
Mohammedans aro givon, as Mo-
MOMENTOUS hammedians, 58 sonts out of total
DECISION
INDIA'S ELECTORAL SYSTEM
has already been reported, for PRIME MINISTER by his prompt action in showing MAKES A PLEA
of
bad characters that robbery any sort in his district is a dis- tinctly risky onterprise. And now he has crowned his efforts by put activities of the two most dreaded, ting a permanent stop to the men of the district.
London, Aug. 17.
of 176, which does not amount to a majority. But they will In prac- tice get three landholders' ecats, with the possibility of another seat or so from the special sonts. Thus, In practice, they will have just á bare majority,
The Sikhs, who are a powerful minority in the Punjab, will com- mand 32 seats in their own con- atituencies and probably at least ono from the special seats, thus giving them a representation per- centage of 18.9 against d populu tion percentage of 13.
from
In Bengal, the Mohammedans The long-waited British Gov-
are given 119 seats, with the possi the settlement of the Indian com- ernment's provisional scheme for bility of a small number of sents munal electoral problem was dis-out of a total of 250. Thus they the special constituencies, closed to-day, together with a statement on the action by the but there are 25 European seats in will not have a majority in Bengal, Prime Minister.
These two men, though outward ly just ordinary small traders, were notorious gang-leaders, and, directly or indirectly, were re- sponsible for nearly every recent
The decision of the Government case of robbery or kidnapping, unanimous and its effect is to They enjoyed a long, spell of give the Hindus, while retaining power and immunity, one especial, the system of separate electorates, ly going openly about the village an absolute majority in Madras, Other interesting figures cover-markets buying and selling; and United Provinces, Bihar-Orissa, ing the first half of the year con- none dured inform against them or Central Provinces, and cerning world trade show that the stand up to them in any way, far, ponderance in Bombay and Assam. United Kingdom has regained by fear of bringing on his own head The Moslems receive a majority a considerable margin her former merciless reprisals from their in the North-West Frontier and place as the world's greatest ex-gangs. But now that their subor also a majority in effect in the port nation.
dinates have been cowed and Punjab, while in Bengal, the scattered, and the people know Moslems receive a majority of} that they can rely on prompt back-seats but not an absolute majority ing by their magistrate, Nemesis
At no Ume since the War has she previously occupied this poní- știon over a comparable period.
A pre-
that province.
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DEPRESSED CLASSES. Another important feature in the scheme in the special treatment extended to the Depressed Classes, These, though not among the high castes, are nevertheless Hindus.
The champions of the Depress- ed Classes have urged special re- Presentation for them as the most Viell Bole--itomans Anlatura Sarante) effective means of improving their Song-Der Degweiser (Schubert) condition and banishing "Un-riano Sel-Valse Impromptu (Last). touchability." To this end, many of their champtons have advocated separate representation. has
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SPECIAL SEATS,
of the Depressed GERMANY NOW THIRD,
leaders.
Classes will unite in the general There will be general Last week, acting on information stituencies in every province in twenty years will, where specially - Hindu constituencies and also for For decades in the last century, and in the early years of the pre- todged, the military arrested first which the voters are mainly numerous, return a certain uum-
one and then the other. The first Hindus, and generally sent century, Britain held a com-
separate ber of Depressed Class members manding supremacy among the ex-by name Khuj A-san, has already electorates for Moslems, the Defor special constituencies of their paid the penalty for his misdeeds! pressed Classes. Sikha, Indian and heen shot; and the execution Christians. Anglo-Indians. and cial representation, they should Thus, while recelving spe- of the other, a native of Mien-fu, Europeans.
also be able to command considera- is regarded as only a matter of
tion from their co-religionists. time. The removal of these two has brought a feeling of relief to the whole district,
porting countries of the world, which she retained down to 1914, Since the War, however, the rapid growth of the exports of the United States had given that country a lead, which, until the present year, had appeared im- pregnable. In 1929, for instance, the United States exported goods to a value of £1,030,000,000 against Britain's exports of £720,000,000.
Last year,
moreover, Britain suddenly found herself overhaul ed by Germany, and actually fell third place as exporter. Germany is now once more third
an
on the list, behind Britain and the United States respectively.
DOING BEST OF ALL.
How remarkably the position. has changed in Britain's favour is
There will also he special re- presentation of commerce. laud- owners, labour. the universities.
and women.
STILL HOPING,
It is recalled in the doen- the task of a decision on the com-
OW!
37 WOMEN'S SEATS. No further news has come from
Regarding the representation of the Shanghang and Yungling dis-
women, it may be recalled that tricts, recently reported occupied
the Simon Commission held the by the Communists; but there is no
view that the "women's movement that that the Cantonesements
in India holds the key of progress." expectation
Provision is made for 37 special troops, who retreated so speedily giving to the provincial border at Ta-pu,munal issue was undertaken by the seats for women. Vomen in india will make any attempt to recover Government with the greatest re-have declared, through their own the lost ground. They are credit. luctance, only after the repeated organisation. that
while they ed with cherishing chiefly the hope failure of the communities to reach desire representation, they want that
will not on agreement among themselves. no special privileges in seeking it, the communists want to dislodge them further. As that failure placed an almost in-
and object to communal elector Our Own Correspondent,
surmountable obstacle in the way
ates. of any constitutional development, it became incumbent upon the
emphasised in the following table CLEVELAND CLIMB OVER showing the comparative exports
of the three countries (in sterling at par).
Jan-June, 1932.
£
Jan.-June. 1931.
5 199,200,000 263,200,000
U.K... 187,000,000 U.S... 108,300,000 Germany 149,200,000 238,400,000
par,
ATHLETICS
But Yankees Still Forge Ahead
New York, Aug. 16.
Government to take action, after receiving a direct invitation from
the communities.
The Government, even now, have not given up hope of an agree ment among the Indians themselves, and will be glad it, at any, stage before the Bill becomes law, kuchi an agreement can be reached.
The importance of securing that the new. Legislatures should contain at least a small number of vomen in recognised, but it is
felt by the Government that, at the outset, this object could not be achiered, without creating a cer- tain number of seats specially allotted to women, and also that it is essential that women should not be drawn disproportionately from one community.
com.
re-
With this in view, the scope of It may be objected that the
the scheme has been limited to al
Therefore, special women's consti- above result is only reached by
minimum, in the hope that, once tuencies are being formed in every When the Athletics had been a pronouncement has been made on converting the American and Ger
Province except the North-West man figures into sterling at
beaten to-day by Cleveland, an the proportions of representation, Frontier, and these special seats will instead of at the prevailing depre-interesting ceremony took place | the communities will
he divided among the various reach Lefty
munities, Groves, modus vivendi on other parts of ciated rates. But this objection at Philadelphia,
Of the 37 would only be valid if sterling bad their famous pitcher, being pre- the problem. The scheme is thus
women members, suffered a decline in its internal sented by baseball writers with a purposely confined to arrangements there will be 25 Hindus, one Sikh purchasing power through infla-gold and silver trophy for being for representation of the British, Mohammedans, one Indian tion. As things are, the par, not the most valuable member of his Indian communities in the Pro Christian and one Anglo-Indian. the deprecintel rate, must be used team in 1931 season.
vincial legislatures, consideration The allocation of special seats in order to present a true com- Meanwhile, New York Yankees of representation in the Legislature to Labour also follows the parative picture.
approached closer to qualification at the centre being deferred, as the commendations of Lord Lothian's The small relative shrinkage of for the world series, defeating proportion of the Indian State re-Franchise Committee and gives a British exports, as compared with Detroit in J double-header.presentation hag still to be further that of almost all the other leading Lazzeri hit three home runs, two considered. countries in the present year, may in the first game, and Sewell one. be seen from this table:
For Detroit. Davis (twice), Kogeli and Stone hit for the circuit. Jan-June, Jan.-June, P.c. de- Myatt scored a home run to give
1932
19:31 eline in
Cleveland their triumph, and £
1932
second peace in the table. U.K. ...187,000,000 199,200,000 G Japan*
French pitched brilliantly for 43,700,000 -46,800,000 7 Canada .. 41,400,000 58,400,000 21 Pittsburgh against Brooklyn Italy* 30,000,000 43,700,000 31
lowing seven scattered hits and no U.S. ..168,300,000 263,200,000 36 Germany 140,000,000 238,400,000 37
+
France..63,000,000 110,000,000 38
*Jan.-May.
Of the other six countries men- tioned, Japan is the only one whose export trade has not declined. much more rapidly than that of Britain.
TRADE BALANCES.
In general the downward trendi of importa is more or less similar: Jan.-June, Jan.-June, P.e. de.
1931 eline in
1032
U.K.
1032
£
.330,700,000 382,000,000 13 Italy* 40,700,000 57,000,000 29 U.S. ....161,000,000 221,400,000 32 France 101,400,000 154,200,000 35 Germany 110,400,000 100,200,000 37
*Jun.-May.
In the case of Japan, however, there was in the first five months of this year a 20 per cent. Increase imports from £67,700,000 to £69,300,000.
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AFTER FIRING OF WARNING SHOTS
The seizure of two trading The Lothian Committee report'junks of a Customs launch, after has also been the guide in most the vessels had been abandoned instances in fixing the representa-, by their crews following their re- tion for commerce, etc.
PREMIER'S PLEA.
fusal to leave the shore at Sun Wan when ordered to do so, hus been reported to the police by the The Prime Minister, In his masters of the junks. statement commends the scheme Power will be given in the Con- to the Indian communities as an a trip to Nam Tau from Hong- The two boats concerned were stitution to revise the electoral fair and honest attempt to hold kong with a cargo of sugar and arrangements after ten years, with the balance between the conflict-sundries, and on reaching Sun the assent of the communities ing claims and as a workable plan Wan they were lying inshore on for dealing with the communal question in the transition period cruiser Kwan Loi came towards Monday evening when the Customs of India's constitutional develop-thent. The crow of the cruiser, which included a European, shout-
concerned.
TWO BIG ISSUES.
Two big issues are joint versus ment, separate electorates, and the com-
He gaks them, in examining ed to the two bonta to take their munal proportions in the Punjabit, to remember that they them-bonts away, but this the men re- and Bengal. On the former issue,selves failed, when pressed again fused to do. the decision favours the present and again, to produce an arrange-
As a warning to
the trading
system of separate electorates. Itment which would give general junks the Customs erulaer fired
found impossible satisfaction.
several shots into the water and In the end, he says, only Indians the crows of the two boats then themselves can settle this ques-went ashore, The Customs vince there BUBL be "Con- tion.
Let the leaders of all the cruiser then towed both junks in stituencies" mainly for Hindus and Indian communities at this critical | the direction of the Tai Shan "Separate Constituencies" for moment recognise that communal Custom House in Chinese ter- Molanumedans, Depressed Classes, co-operation is a condition of ritury.
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Sikhe. Indian Christians, Anglo-progress, and take responsiblity Indian Europeans, and "Special for making the new Constitution Constituencies" for women, indus- work,
A STEP FURTHER.
troubled task of building the new Indian Constitution. The Cabinet
is now considering the next stop.
The Royal Observatory reports that pressure is highest over the Pacific to the south-east of the Bonins, and
Charged with the possession of 304 There are certain variations ac- The publication of the Cabinet'a relatively low over South China and during the same perlod may be counterfelt silver coins and of a cording to the province. For ex-decision on the representation of South Manchuria. Local forecast: seen from the following figures Straits Settlements Government Sample, the Sikha are represented the various communities in India S. W. winds, moderate; fair generally, (favourable balance, unfavour- noto alleged to have been forged, only in the Punjab and the North carries a stage further the historic with local showers.
Tang Chung, a native of the New West Frontier Province and there Jan-June, Jan.-June,
Territories, was remanded by Mr. 1982
Schofield this morning for further are no European or Labour repre- £
police inquiries.
sentatives in the Frontier Province. U.K.
-148,700,000
-182,800.000
This, in principle, is all a continua-
Sir Samuel Hoaro, the Secretary mont's complete proposals for tho Franco" - 38,400,000 -- 44,200,000
tion of the existing practice.
for India, announced in the Houso now Constitution. Italy"
10,200.000 also slightly .. 18,700,000
smaller. On the
of Commons on Juno 27th that US:
17.800.000 +41.800.000 other hand the favourable balance
THE PROPORTIONS.
after the announcement of the
PLANS REVISED. Germany 80,000,000 +48,800,000 of the United States has declined On the issue of the communal tive Committee (which arose out Committee was to examine the
communal decision, the Consulta-
A Parliamentary Joint Select Japan*
19,000,000 by nearly £25,000,000, and that of proportions in the Punjab
Germany by over £18,000,000. Bengal, the Mohammedans have of the Round Table Conference) scheme before the introduction of Japan's adverso balance has rison claimed a clear majority in repro-
would reassemble in India and the Bill. Since then, however, It will be soen
that the un-by nearly £15,000,000. Thus Bri- sontation in both provinces, by endeavour to remove favourable balance of Great Britain alone has been able substan- reason of majorities in the popula. obstacles, this to: be followed by members of the Consultative Com further resignations of important Indian a has fallen by nearly $40,000,- tially to improve her position, tion. In the Panjab, the per- some form of further consultation, mittee has made the resumption 0000, and of France.
1,000,000, while the Italian is tries has materially deteriorated. Bengal 65. In the Punjab, the to the drafting of the Govern the plan of procedure must be
25,600,000 *Jan.-May.
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Committee, with power to confor NEW CONFERENCE.
with representative Indians and hear Indian evidence, and, finally Probably during the coming by the production of the Bill
by about, while that of three of the coun- centage of population is 66 and in /if needed; in London, leading-up of its work almost-Impossible, and winter, a modified" Round Table Reuter,27420,