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In a class by itself
DUNLOP FORT
FRICTION BETWEEN ITALY AND YUGO-SLAVIA
CHENG
PETITION
BEFORE COUNCIL THIS MORNING
FINAL DECISION DELAYED
Although it is understood that the petition on behalf of Cheng Kwok- yau was considered by the Gover- Bor-in-Council at a mecting of the Executive Council this morning, no Anality has been resched.
has
The petition, it is stated, been circulated amongst the mem- bers of the Executive Council, and 'will again be before next week's meeting,
Ordinarily, the respite granted to Chong pending a decision regard- ing the appeal to the Privy Council, would have expired last week, but a further extension was granted.
Even if the Governor-in-Council. at next week's meeting, decides not to interfero with the sentence,
Cheng would not pay the extreme penalty for some days, us it in considered hardly likely that the extension of the respite would not be allowed to run its rourse.
Belgrade Alleges
Provocation in Mussolini Speech
GRAVE WORDS BY
FOREIGN MINISTER
•
Ganya
HUNGARY
Dudapest WE WON'T
FAIL TO
•Nilan
Venice
Fiume
JUGO
Belgradso
Osarajevo SLAVI
Cetinje
DEFEND
OUR RIGHTS
ITALY'S COMPLAINT
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)
By Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic Messages Ordinance, 1894. Received, December 22, 9. 05 nm,),
LONDON, DEC. 21.
PROTECTION TIONS BETWEEN ITALY AND YUGO-SLAVIA IS
DUTIES
CEMENT COMPANY'S
POSITION
CLAIMS OF OTHER BUSINESSES
Sir, The Green Island Cement!
Company has been singled out by certain local papers who advocate i some form of protection or favour by our Government,
would
Many local concerns welcome some form of protection for similar reasons to those put forward for the Green Island Cement Company,
I personally have been engaged in the food business in the Colony for many years and. have had to compete against large quantities of foodatuffs brought here from sources outside the Colony and the British Empire.
It is suggested that our Govern- ment should make contractors use a portion of Green Island Cement in their work. I personally would be very grateful to our Govern- ment if they would make people cat a certain portion of orally produced or Empire products dally.
ALL ALIKE.
A GRAVE. DISTURBANCE IN THE RELA-
THREATENED. ACCORDING TO SOMEWHAT STARTLING REPORTS RECEIVED FROM BEL- GRADE TO-DAY.
A reminder of the grim earthquake dienster in Salonika is provided to-day by news of further shocks. Our photos show, left, a group of naval ratings who did wonderful work in September and right one of the ruined buildinga.
SALONIKA QUAKE
PEOPLE THROWN INTO PANIC
STRIKES ALREADY.
WRECKED AREA
(Our Own Correspondent).
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( Testprach, Copyright Telegraphiz Hasanpe Ordinance, 1991. Stecaived, December 1. o .m.)
London, Dec. 21.
First signs of growing ill-feeling between the two countries were noted last week when Signor Mussolini, addressing the Italian Senate, delivered an outspoken attack upon Yugo-Slavia, conveying a warning that Bel-The people of the Chalciduk grade should put her house in order.
district of Salonika were thrown into a panic this morning when violent earthtremors and alarm. ing subterranean rumblings ex-disaster which overtook the
threatened a repetition of the!
Signor Mussolini's challenge, if it may so be regard- ed, was answered to-day in the Yugo-Slavian Senate, by the Foreign Minister, M. Jevtitch, who employed tremely grave words.
of
district in September Inst.
According to the latest messages from Athens, the quake, while
"Jugo-Slavia will remain calm in the face provocation," he declared, "but we shall not fail to de- violent for a while, did compara fend our country's sacred rights.”
"DELIBERATELY TRUMPED-UP"
tively little damage, affecting chief- ly, as it did, the area which was devastated in September and where the work of rehabilitation has not yot proceeded very far.
The inhabitants were terror. strickan, however, and not until the The grave words uttered by M. Yugoslavia, would have been that rumblings and the trembling had devtitch were received by the of a perfectly neutral buffer State. ceased for several hours were they This would have given Italy a prepared to return to their habita Senate with warm applause.
He went on to allude to the guarantee that her command of tions. There were no casualties, "l-feeling recently manifested in the Straits of Otranto would not Italy towards Jugo-Slavia" and be threatened, and Yugoslavia a particularly to the speech of Sig-safe neighbour at a vulnerable:
portion of her territory. This hap- or Mussolini.
Py state of balance has really existed. Italy and Yugo
MUSSOLINPS ACCUSATIONS
never
Signor Mussolini, in the course slavia have been playing against
one another in Albaniu ever since
of his criticisms of Yugo-Slavia the War; and Italy won with the referred to the destruction of the Treaty of Tirana which definitely. historic Venetian Hons outside the marked down Italy as an enemy Cathedral of Trau, in Dalmatis, in Yugoslav eyes. The "Treaty The form of competition com-
und to the alleged murder of of Friendship," which was signed plained of has been going un forFascist in the islands of Veglia. by M. Fashitch in Rome in 1924, many years and If the Green
and left in ausponse owing to the Island Cement Company has
non-ratification of the Nettuno escaped until recently it has in-
Conventions, seemed to them no-f deed been very fortunate.
thing but a bad joke.
The Government must treat us all alike in this matter or let those concerns find ways and moans to combat these conditions, as Lanca- shire is now doing under similar circumstances,
M. Jevtitch declared that both these alleged incidents had been grossly exaggerated by the Italians, and were, he believed, deliberately trumped up in order to arouse hatred in Italy against Yugo-Slavia,
Slavia and Italy is causing much It is sad to realise that out local concorn to the rest of Europe, Industries are being badly hit by particularly in view of the difficul foreign competition. Wo must, ties which attended the settlement however, be dair to all concerned. of the differences which found ex-
Yours, etc.,
pression in anti-Italian demon- |strations throughout Yugo-Slavin
In 1028.
FAIRNESS.
DOLLAR AGAIN DECLINES
ROYAL FAMILY'S
CHRISTMAS
NORTH SEA COLLISION
SEVERUJEN POPECIALI FESORISERENENTANGEZEIGTERAMICSKERSO BUSTAINED ?
HONGKONG HAS STILL RICE TAXES
TO WAIT
NO AUSTRALIA AIR MAIL DECISION.
London, Dec, 21.
At qucation time in the Commons to-day, the Under- Secretary for Air, Sir Philip Sassoon, stated that it was impossible to give a definite forecast regarding the pro- posed British-Austraila air. mall service, but it was be- lieved that it would
bo in within operation months of the taking decision.
fow
д
of a
An Interim offer by the Royal Dutch Indian Airways to provide a service pending the establishment of the British-Australian Airmail
wax under the consideration of the Government in con- sultation with the Australian Government.
The inauguration of the service to Australin is the first step in the provision of a British Hongkong-Englund service-British Wirelena, As
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TO GO
NANKING SESSION
DECISION
Nanking, Dec. 22.
GERMANY TO-DAY
AMNESTY LIFTS VEIL
10,000 WOMEN AND
• CHILDREN IN GAOL
MORE RESTORATION RUMOURS
(Our Own Correspondent).
(By Tatagraph, Copyright, Telegraphio Message Ordinance, 2891. Teorioed. December 34, .05 ..)
London, Dec. 21. Startling revelations regarding the operations of the special poli- tical courts established by the von Papen Government come to hand from Berlin.
It is disclosed that in consequence of the Amnesty Clause in the Pre- aldential Decree issued yesterday, no fower than ten thousand women and children will be released from. goal into which they were thrown for political offences.
The number of men imprisoned runs into six figures.
BAN ON EX-KAISER. Meanwhile, the removal of the An important decision, placa-Kaiser is being actively discussed ban upon the return of the ex- tory to Canton particularly, has and rumours of plans for the re- been taken at the third plenary (storation of the Monarchy are session of the Central Executive spreading.
But even removal of the prohibi- Committee, Kuomintang.
tion against the former Kaiser The delegates adopted a pro-does not necessarily mean a ponal to cancel the Inter-provincial storation attempt. There, is little, embargo upon rice and wheat and if any, popular demand for a re- to abolish the inter-provincia! (storation of the old order. taxes upon these commodities,
NO POPULAR DEMAND.
re-
There has been considerable op position to these taxes in some One commentator expresses the
quarters, hence the move is likely eituation by saying that Gormany to prove extremely popular. to-day is a republican democracy
The session is holding ita final x-Kaiser return it would be
without democrats, but should the
meeting this morning to be follow
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ed by a speciul closing ceremony-country also without monarchists.
In well-informed quarters, the hellof is held that President Hin- denburg desires to permit the ex- Kaiser to return to Germany and live with other members of his family who were long ago permitted
DISARMAMENT. PARLEYS
REHABILITATION MR. HENDERSON TO
LOAN
OVER-SUBSCRIBED IN TWO HOURS
(Special to "Telegraph")
Telegraph, Cepuright,, · Telegraphic
ATTEND
London, Dec. 21. Answering question in thei House of Commons, Captain Eden,į Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated that the President
to return.
COLONIES AND
- PREFERENCE
MATTER RAISED IN HOUSE
London, Dec. 21.
of the Disarmament Conference,; The President of the Board of Mr. Arthur Henderson, had been Trade was asked in the House of invited to attend any further meet-Conufions whether, in view of the Merangia Ordinonce, 111. Recriend, Decembering of the Five Powers on the sub- Chambers of Commerce, he would opinions expressed by various ject of disarmament, and had ac-now enter upon a policy designed
COASTAL STEAMER.
SUNK
EIGHT DROWNED
London, Dec. 21. Eight lives were lost off
Shanghai Dec 22. The Rehabilitation Loan of six capted.-British Wireless. million dollars, issued by the City Government of Greater) Shanghai and placed by Messrs. Benjamin and Potts, was largely lover-subscribed yesterday.
Before yesterday's issue, $4,000,-)
LENA GOLDFIELD
AWARD
for the ahorogation of existing treaties and to enable all Colonies to give effective preference to Great Britain.
The Secretary of the Department of Overseas Trade, Major Colville, replied that it was proposed to
levant facts could be put before consult organisations representing trade generally so soon sa the re |them.~British Wireless.
1
KOWLOON MOTOR MISHAP
MR. C. E. TERRY GETS SLIGHT INJURY
Mr. C.E. Terry was slightly in- mean- cident, which occurred when, in
The Yugoslav Government's sud- the Durham coast this morn-000 had been applied for and al- ANNOUNCEMENT SOON den decision in May 1928, to ratify without further ado showed that ing when two coastal steam-lotted in full. For the balance of Dr. Marinkovitch had abandoned jers, the s.8. Gateshead and $2,000,000, applications for a total
EXPECTED The ill-feeling hetween Yugo-this point of view. Public opinion the s.8. Miranda collided out-the public within the two hours of $3,780,000 were received from
London, Dec. 21.- (Continued on Page 9.)
side Seaham Harbour. ...that the Hists wore kept open.
Replying to a House of Commons The issue price was $86, payable question regarding the Lona Gold. weather and the side of the Gates-bonds bear Interest at the rate of matter under consideration, but The collision occurred in foRRythu full upon application, and the fields nward, Captain Eden said;
the Foreign Socrotary had the head was smashed in by the bigger seven per cent, payable half year had been provented by his rocont козне).
ly, the interent being secured upon ness from dealing with it as ko She sank within a few minutos Shanghal wharfage"dues. of the accident and ber master,
intendod. There will be redemptiona at AN OLD STORY.
COURT MOVES TO and seven members of the crew par every six months over a period met again, Sir John Simon would He hoped that when the House went down in her.
of twenty yours, the first redemp be able the runounce such action Jured yesterday In a motor ac- SANDRINGHAM Antagonisin, in fnet
Five others were fifcked up by tion payment being on June 15, an had been taken in the never been eliminated. It has
the Miranda after an immersion 1933.-Router- London, Dec. 21. merely been quiescent. Relations To-morrow the King and Queen of some minutes in the bitterly have always been precariously will travel by Royal train to Sand-cold North Sea.—British Wireloso. balanced since the conclusion of ringham where the Court will re- |the Treaty of Tirana between Italy main about six weeks, The Hongkong dollar declined and-Albania, by which Italy under The Prince of Wales and other 1/8th this morning to 18. 8d. The takes to maintain the political (members of the Royal Family, who [are spending Christmas with the undertone of the market locally is status quo in Albania. dlatinetly easy.
This provision is regarded in King and Queen, are not expectod In London, silver dropped a Yugoslavia as giving Italy the at Sandringham till Saturday. farthing spot and 5/16ths forward. opportunty to interfere almost on British Wireless. China and India sold, and China any pretext in the internal affairs bought at the decline. After the of Albania, and of gradually en- official fixing, the market: ruled tablishing herself there as solidly
aa she likes. quietly steady.
REFLECTS FALL IN
SILVER
New York reports silver down a quarter with the maricotORSY. The cross-rate has improved to $0.84.1/8.
hay
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ed out to a fire shortly after 10.80
LATEST FREE LIST ADDITIONS
MANILA HEMP NOW INCLUDED
London, Dec. 21.
CHASE NATIONAL
BANK
{time-British Wireloan,
BRITISH ROLLING
STOCK
endeavouding to avoid a colle who had suddenly left the foot- path, he drove his car into the ilinge guarding a zuliah in Waterloo Bord.
Mr. Terry received a slight, out on the bead. The car was damag- ed to the extent of $300.
MR. WIGGINS GIVES UP] CHAIRMANSHIP
ORDER FROM TIENTSIN RAILWAY New York, Dec. 21,*
The weddings will The Kowloon Fire Brigado vna call-
Mr. Albort II. Wiggins, Chair-{
London, Dec. 21. place between
schoolmaster, A Treasury Order adds to the man of the Governing Board of
An order for eight Paclic type 'Department, naših am. to-day. The outbreak proved to Free List, as from December 20th, the Chase National Bank, has locomotives and tendera has born Roged, and Miam jbe only a small one, some loono loaves
kept on an open around in Prince imports of Manila temp; from retired from the chairmanship of received by the North Bettiah Wulisma. Ar Kammer Edward Road having been set alight, bromide; bristles; non-precious, the Bank, after 20 years' service. Locomotive Company of Glasgow No difficulty was experienced in pat» Imitation or artificial stónos and He will, however, romain on the from the Tiain-Ficken » Ball de se fecha the point of view. of both Italý and [fing it out.
beads-Retiler,
4 STATUS OF ALBANIA,
The ideal status of Albania, from
∙Board of Directors—Reuter,
Military Hammiltai,