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FOUNDRD (442 五拜爐 號一廿月四英港香 FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1933.
No. 14983
日七廿月三
246 (10-M VOPY 16 Taste 1.36,00 PER ANNUM
DUNLOP Fort
TYRE
A feature of distinction and a factor
of safety
FORT
HECTIC DAY ON NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Millions of Shares Change Hands on Inflation Rumours
MOSCOW PRISONERS
NO COMMUTATION
DECISION
DEPORTED HAUL
DOWN FLAG
Moscow, Apr. 20.
The Soviet Government has given no hint of action upon the representations made for the com representations made for the commutation of the sentences passed upon Messrs. Thorton and in MacDonald.
The Russian counsel who re- presented them in the trial haveļ announced their intention of lodg-| ing an appen! for elemency with the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet, but no decision is ex- pected for some days at least.
TRADE EXPERTS LEAVING.
It is announced on behalf of
the Russian Trade delegation in London that Mr. Ozorsky, the head of the delegation, and his two assistants, will provced to Morcow an Monday for consultation with the Soviet Commissariat of For -eign Trade.
The Anglo-Russian trade agree.! ment expired last Monday.
The New York Stock Exchange Wall Street, thronged with
people.
PRINCE'S BETROTHAL
LACONIC, FAMILY STATEMENT
RENUNCIATION OF RIGHTS LIKELY.
Berlin, April 20.
The British embargo on commo- The Hohenzollern Administra- dities representing 80 per cent tion in Berlin has issued a of Russian imports to Britain laconic statement regarding the proclaimed yesterday following the senten es on the British ac-engagement of Prince Wilhelm cused, is due to take effect next of Prussia, son of the ex-Crown Wednesday
UNION JCK HAULED DOWN,
Von Prince, to Miss Dorothy
Salvaiti.
WILD SCRAMBLE IN
WALL STREET
THE NEW GOLD EMBARGO REGULATIONS
NEW YORK, APR. 20.
ONE OF THE MOST HECTIC DAYS IN THE CHEQUERED CAREER OF THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE FOLLOWED FULL REALISA- TION OF AMERICA'S ABANDONMENT OF THE GOLD STANDARD.
New York was flooded with buying orders from all over the country and both stock and commodity prices took a steady upward swing, the gain being from one to nine points.
The destruction caused to a row of houses in Mitcham on March 30 when an explosion accurred at a distillery, One was killed and many injured. An sørlal view will be found on Page Seven. (Planet News. By Air Mail).
In the first half-hour of trading the tickers were utterly demoralised, being more than half an hour be-MIRESEI hind! Over 1,750,000 shares changed hands in this period and before the end of the day, the total had ex- ceeded 7,130,000, the most active trading since the panic
of 1929.
The market absorbed profit-taking in the after- noon, resistance being strong in consequence of intima- tion that a three thousand million dollar inflation power has been placed in the hands of President Roosevelt.
SHARP RISE IN SILVER PRICES
After a somewhat erratic day tors came into the field to assist! The statement announces: in London in the foreign exchange in the rise. After the official fix- Mr. Aian Monkhouse, who was Prince Wilhelm's engagement oc- market, the dollar rate on sterling ing, America was at buying, at
"without the previous improved at the close to 3.86. prices above the quoted rates. the chief representative in Bus-eurred sia of Messrs. Metropolitan Vick- knowledge of the head of the Other markets were at first con-
REACTION FEARED. ers, together with Mesara. Nord- family (the ex-Kaiser) or of his siderably affected by the Ameri- wall, Cushny and Gregory, left parents."
can developments, although British The buying pressure from the, Court circles regard the declara- funds changed little, with War United States, however, creates a for England under the expulsion sentence at 10.45 m. by the in-tion as indicating that Prince Loan 3% per cent. unaltered. feeling of uncertainty in other Lernational.express..
Wilhelm may renounce his claim Little selling occurred in the quartera and it is felt that a reue- Mr. Nordwall was accompanied to the Throne in favour of his Kaffir market which finished firm tion will set in when profit-taking| by hie Russian wife, who has been younger brother, Prince Ferdin-as did also internationals gen-jcommences. granted relief from her Soviet and, citizenship by the C.E.C. of the Soviet.
erally.
Miss von Salvalti is a descend-
The local market is not follow- After the close, the latter showing allver at all. The dollar rose ant of an old aristocratic Italian The British party was seen off family, but Prince Wilhelm has ed renewed strength in the Street to 18. 3/8d. this morning, but this WOS small in proportion markets, Nickels jumping from rise Hohenzollern rulej against an alliance "below rank" 154 to 1714, and Brazil Tractions to the jump in allver.
at the station by the staff of the broken the British Embassy.
The last act of the engineers be-Reuter. toro leaving Russia was to pay a
visit to the log-cabin in which they lived outside Moscow, where
they solemnly hauled down FOXX FINDS
Union Jack.
"The Bag has been flown here for nearly ten years," Mr. Cushny told Reuter, with a wry smile, "but now we think it is time to haul it down."--Beuter.
DECENTRALISATION
FEET
TWO HOME RUNS AT
PHILADELPHIA
from 104 to 11.1/10.
COLD REGULATIONS.
President Roosevelt's gold em MA CHAN-SHAN baro order, which was issued to-
day by the Treasury Department, prohibits the ear-marking of gold for forelyn account und also the exports of gold bullion or gold cer- tificates.
The fepy exceptions include one to the effect that the Secretary of the Treasury may licence the ex- port of gold already earmarked on trust for a foreign GIANTS WIN AGAIN and held
government, a foreign central bank New York. Rpril 20.
or the Bank of International Tall scoring by Philadelphin Settlements. SIR SAMUEL WILSON'S marked the National League base. ball programme to-day, the Phil- RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR F.M.S.
PRIOR CONTRACTS.
Hea hitting up ten against Brouk- The Secretary of the Treasury' |lyn, who replied with a couple of may also permit the export of gold
which has been imported for
rc.
TALKS
DOES NOT FEAR ATTACK ON PEKING
CHINA'S MOOD
HURRICANE IN NEW HEBRIDES
SERIOUS DAMAGE REPORTED
The Colonial Office states that a movere hurricane has passed over the northern end of the central lalanda of the New Hebrides. Serious damage was done in the north property and crops, the destruction of the latter being in -some cases estimated up to 50
per cent.
In the estate plantations, roads and bridges suffered severely_and balldings were-damanged. There
is no news from south-Britisk
Wirelone.
PEKING WAR FEARS
NEW JAPANESE OFFENSIVE
ATTEMPTS TO CROSS THE
LAN RIVER
(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT)
(Telegraph, Cepuright. Trlegrarile Marasi mapen Ordinance, 1385. Rreated it
Peking, Apr. 21.
MUCİNMELDENLINNAESIN 1:13:33ZERT WERKINUNEATONENE | 21, 9,35 6. m.)
MAYOR WU'S Attempts by the Japanese
PROTEST
FACTORY DISPUTE IN SHANGHAI
AN OFFER TO NEGOTIATE
(Special to "Telegraph”)
(Telegraph, Copyrfakt.
21, 7,50 m)
in
to cross the Lan River at several points are giving rise
to increasing apprehension
.
SOVIET
REJECTS
DEMAND
REPLY TO MANCHUKUO ON-C.E.R. ISSUE
WILL RAILWAY BE SEIZED?
(Special to "Teligraph")
(Telegraph, Capuright. Tricgraphlo Ahem apes Ordinanec. 1891. Received, April
Moscow, Apr. 20.
The Sovoit Consul-General at Harbin has been authorised to reply rejecting the demand of the Manchukuo Government for the return of the rolling-stock taken into Russia from the Chinese · Eastern Railway. ***
일
It is understood that the reply has already been sent from Harbin in the form of a letter, In (which the Consul General, for the Soviet
Government, emphasizes that not
only is the rolling stock of the C.E.R. the property of the Soviet Govorimont, but that, in addition,
the Chinese Eastern Railway is
Indebted to the Soviet for the use of the rolling stock for a number of years past.
TREATY OBLIGATIONS. The letter requests that all questions arising out of the pre- sent position of the Chinese Bas- con- tern Railway be settled in formity with the treaties.
ex-
Government The Soviet presses the hope that the Man- chukuo Government will "in future, refrain from obstructing the normal working of the rail. way."
MANCHUKUO POSITION. Moscow is now awaiting. Man- chukuo's reaction. Last week, it
will bo recalled, the Foreign
of an extension of the sphere Ministry at Changchun presented the Soviet Consul-General at Har- of operations to the Pekingbin with n Note demanding the and Tientsin areas.
PROLONGED BATTLE.
Aevere
M.C.C. THANKS JARDINE
ANNUAL REPORT
ISSUED
170).
immediate unconditional return of all C.E.It. locomotives. Heavy clashes occurred at
The opinion was expressed that if several points along the river the Soviets called a strike ora yesterday, the offensive being lockout, or hedge regarding the commenced during a torrential demand, Manchukuo would solze downpour of rain, according to the Chinese Eastern Railway———— latest despatches from the front.
Restor Severest fighting took place in Tetrorephie Ates. front of Sahochino, where the agra Ordinanec, JADS. Received, April Japanese attempted to carry the Chinese, defences by storm. It is Shanghai, Apr. 21. claimed, however, that all attacks That the proposal for inspec-were repulsed, after a tion of factories by the Shang- battle. hai Municipal Council is an in- fringement of China's sovereign rights, is claimed by the Mayor Another prolonged battle la re- of Greater Shanghai in an off-ported from Tachengku, where the cial statement on the amendment Japanese attempted to cross the river without success, although to the Land Begulations approv-the Japanese artillery continued (Special to “Telegraph") (Spacial to "Telegraph")
ed by the foreign ratepayera. to shell the Chinese positions
Telegraphie Alem ¡Telegraph, Copyright. Although the factories are until late into the night.
Renewed. Aprű Telegraphic Mea (Telegraph, Conpright.
iceclred, April the International Settlement they Official bulletins adds that the Ordinanse,
·01, 8.47 0.m.)
London, Apr. 20. London, Apr. 20.
grainaker, 1874 {25, Matt canad
come under Chinese jurisdiction, I ensualties on both sides were very Berlin, Apr. 20. it is claimed.
beavy. The Chinese are now con- In the annual roport of Mary- General Sir Samuel Wilson, runs,
Hubell did some smart pitching export, also reasonable amounts Permanent Under Secretary for
Interviewed by Router on his The ondoracment by the foreign structing works west of the Lan lebone Cricket Club, Mr. D. I. Jardine and the members of the the Colonies, reporting on his visit for New York, blanking out Bosfor the trade requirements of re-arrival to-day from Moscow, ratepayers is illegal and not with- River.
finers Importing gold-bearing
British team are congratulated on REFUGEES' PLIGHT. last year to Malaya recommends lon.
materials under an agreement to General Ma Chan-shan, hero of in the bounds of the fundamentul
their success in Australia. that a policy of decentralisation In the American lengue encoun-export gold, niso for gold required the Nonni River battle, express-constitution of the International
The plight of thousands of war Their victory, is stated to have gra ters, Faxx, the Phillies' brilliant for the fulfilment of be adopted and carried out
contracts fed the opinion that Japan will Settlement.
China, says Mr. Wù Te-chen, will dually.
hitter, bagged a couple of home entered into prior to the date of not attempt to take Peking. The first stage, covering a runs off his own stick at the ex-the embargo order.
The present advance, he said, not abandon the integrity of her refugees is described in latest dis- been largely due to the able and patches, which state that in the determined captaincy of Jardine. labour administration. period of four years, will allow the pense of the Washington pitchers.
under- was merely a manoeuvre
After volcing vigorous opposition Tongshan mining district alone though thanks are due to Mr. P. F. readjustment of the financial re-
Errors in many games were un-i EXCHANGE REGULATION.
taken in an attempt to draw the lations of the federal and state usually high, Detroit making four,
The Treasury has also issued Chinese loyalists from Johel, where to the S.M.C. proposals and the thers fro 30,000 refugees waiting Warner and Mr. Palairet for their
putting into operation of the for transport to Poxing and Tlon-capable management.
Referring to the invitation to governments, and the strengthen and Philadelphin three.
vory notive President Roosovolt's executives ing generally of the financial posi-
the invader, although the amendment, the Mayor states that tain, while 7,000 distressed people, order authorlsing blog of the Federated Malay
he mediato factory control, of the Treasury to is outwardly in the hands In view of the necessity for im- including many women and child-send a team to India in 1933/84, sren, are reported at Kuyeh and the Committee has promised to do
its bost to accommodate tho. In Staics-Erich Wireless.
of the Japanese.
willing to negotiate with the Kaiping. exchanges.
General Ma added that Man-Settlement authorities for a settle. It is believed that during the dian Board of Control..
The M.C.C. has also been in- The proposed legislation in conchuria in stijl Chinese. It can mont of the issue, whereby China's week-end the Japanese will com- nexion with the President's powers ne "Dollar Dictator has now been never be conquered by Japan, he sovereign rights will not be in- mence a big drive to eliminate the vited to send a team to the Lee-
said. China will never cease-fight- fringed.-Reuter,
It is stated that the expenses Chinese troops under Soong. Chih-ward and Windward Islands. drafted. It includes provision foring until the Invader has been
yuan hear Haifengkow. authorising the issue of new cur-driven from her shores-Reuter.
Travellers describe the terrible of the Australian tour"wers
£5,000-Neuter. rency up to three thousand million
plight of refugees in the Kaiping! dollars.-Router.
mining district and at railway sta tions in the Luan Ho districts, that three thousand troops, re- where the authorities have had to prosenting the vanguard of the Japanese Western Expedition have hoist the British flag to prevent enched Chaling on the border and Japanese planes from dropping clashed on April
with the bombs on refugees' concen- tration camps in the
HOME FOOTBALL
SCOTTISH LEAGUE
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
In the Scottish League to-doy, was postponed through rain. Glasgow Celtic
the Secretary agafari.atl
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Now York Boston
8
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4.
0
St. Louis
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Chiengo
3
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RESULTS
Brooklyn
2
14
2
|Philadelphia .. 10 13
3
London, Apr. 20.
Cinciunati's game at Pittsburgh
defeated
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
R
the silver market in New York!
B
5
V
1
4
4
820,000 ounces were completed,
Chicago
G
8
o the price rising stondily to a now
St. Louis
4
0
B
11
0
1
4
(L. Sewgli scored a home run
drieonians by two goals to
Air-
one,
while Queen's Park were badly
beaton at Hampden Park by Clyde, Cleveland who obtained four goals to one by Detroit. the amateurs.-Reular,
Lee Chiu, a 13-year-old boy living Philadelphia with his parents at 10, Faking Road, Washington..
·was injured yesterday through an
E
SILVER - MARKET ACTIVE.
Marked activity was shown on
where transactions totalling 10,-)
VITRIOL OUTRAGE
WOMAN ATTACKED
THIS MORNING Disfigured by corrosive acid
KING AT EPSOM. RACES
SEES HIS HORSE RUN DEAD. HEAT
London, Apr. 20.
The King, accompanied by the
open.
Chinese garrisons
0 level of 15 cents for bar spot thrown by an unknown "nasailant Queen and the Princess Royal at- CHARHAR: ANXIETY la rogarded as critical, Phase
Some business was done at 30 while returning home at 1.80 this tended tde Epson races-to-day. 1 cents.
morning, Lau Ah Lau, woman. He saw his horso The Abbot" The Increase of 13/16th in living at 17 Led Garden St, is now run a dead heat with an animal attempt to alight from a moving,
He was admitted to the for Washington and Foxx twice London was also duo fargely to at the Government Civil Hospital. called "Time Thos, British Wire Government Civil Hospital,
Thomorod for the Phillips.):
American buying, while specula-Pollos are investigating the caso. 1218.
Peking, April 4
The situation along the border ***Chinese troops are reported as. being ruched up to reinforce the garrisons, Japanese seroplanes Some anxiety is felt regarding have been active in bombing the the situation in Charhar Chinese Forder townay, canaing despatchen," from Kalgan. asiert "hodus of refugeile-Router.
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