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TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1933.
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AT
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FEARS OF PEKING HOSTILITIES REVIVED
Many Residents Spend Sleepless Night
SOONG BROADCAST
DENIES CHAOS IN
CHINA
THE BURDEN OF
INVASION
New York May 22. The situation in China is far from chaotic "except where the Japanese invasion and Japanese intrigue have made It so," de- ! elared Mr. T. V. Soong, address- ing the Council of Foreign Relu- tion to-day.
He warmly contradicted tho Japanese assertions of disorder and chaos, pointing out that the Nanking Government, in the face of great difficulties, had achieved | financial stability, and had made considerable progress in other! directions in efforts at the recon-
truction of the country.
PUBLIC WORKS.
have!
Immense public works been undertaken, the education! system has been splendidly de- veloped and commerce fostered.
Centrali The establishment of a Bank, the National Bank of China, j was also a big achievement.
Another hitherto unpublished picture of Peking from the air.
TEN PLANES OVER CITY TO-DAY
Mr. Soung expressed the opinion PLAYING UPON NERVES
that when prosperity returns and
China is relieved of the burden of the Japanese invasion, she will be able to meet all "just financial ob-: ligations."
STRUGGLE WITH JAPAN.
He said the Chinese Government must husband its resources for a long-drawn-out struggle for in no
ircumstances could it surrender! Manchuria and Jehul.
He declared that the National Government had proved its virility by overcoming almost overwhelm-[ ing odds.
WIDE BROADCAST. Mr. Soong's address was nade at a private cloneil meeting of the Council of Foreign Relation and,: therefore, in order to aequaint America generally therewah, Mr.) Soon repeated it to-night publicly over a nation-wide radio network, whilst addressing a China Society banquet at which Mr. Paul D. Cravath presided-Renter.
MRS. LANGLEY HONOURED
OF POPULACE
(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT)
(Bu Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic Messages Ordinance, 1894. Received, May 23, 3.45 p.m.).
PEKING, MAY 23.
MANY RESIDENTS OF PEKING SPENT A SLEEPLESS NIGHT OWING TO THE FLOOD OF
BUSCA STORT KE JERI BETTA14B-VERSE MEMORIESHAT SURA
TRANSPORT BOARD SALARIES
LORD ASHFIELD'S $12,500 A YEAR
London, May 22. The Transport Minister an.. nounced to-day that the salary
of Lord Ashfeld as first Chairman of the London Pas- senger Transport Board would be £12,500 annually, and the unlary of Mr. Frank Pick, the present General Manager of the Underground Group who Es ta he a whole time member Di the Board would be £10,000 annually.British Wireless,
JUDICIALITOKEA CHIENNALISAKSIAN E
Squeezing
RUMOURS REGARDING THE IMMINENCE OF A the Last
JAPANESE OCCUPATION.
Nothing of the kind has yet occurred, but this morn- ing the city was treated to another aerial display, seemingly intended to play upon the fears of the populace and to bring pressure for the truce, about which doubts are still entertained in some circles.
Altogether ten Japanese machines took part in the demonstrations, in four different visitations.
SERVING SISTER OF visible, broke formation and flew
ST. JOHN
in more or less haphazard fashion, circling and re-circling at different heights.
MAD DASH.
arms.
Ounce
CO-OPERATIVES INCOME TAX
AMERICA'S STAKE
IN EUROPE
IMPORTANT STATEMENT AT GENEVA
ATTITUDE DEFINED
London, May 22.
MERSETAIMEDESIREDITVE ZUZENELLA CASSUTADOREENKATESHE
FOUR-POWER PACT DRAFT AGREED
TO BE DISCUSSED AT GENEVA
London, May 23.
It is confirmed by official circles in London that an agreement has been reached between the Italian Govern- ment, the French and British Ambassadors, and Captain Goering, representing "Gor- many, on the now draft of the Mussolini Four-Power Pact....
The Pact will now be dis- cussed at Geneva by the Bri- tish, French, and German Foreign Ministers-Reuter.
The keenly-awaited statement on the attitude of the United States towards the political problems before: the Disarmament Conference, was made by the United States envoy, Mr. Norman Davis, at the meeting of the General Committee of the Conference at Geneva this afternoon.
DRUG TRAFFIC DANGERS
PROBLEM
Features of the United States' pronouncement were wholehearted acceptance of the British plan now | LEAGUE & CHINA before the conference, an undertaking to consult with other nations if peace is threatened, à promise that if the United States concurs in the judgment of the con- ference of the States as to the aggressor she will refrain from action tending to defeat the measures that may be taken to restore peace, willingness to participate in dis- armament supervision, such control to be effective and automatic, America's permanent insistence on the terri-in China either by the League of torial status quo and her opposition to re-armament.
FRANCE NON-COMMITTAL
GRAVE SITUATION
ADMITTED.
Genova, May 22.
An Inquiry into the drug traffic
Nations or the Chinese Govern- ment was suggested at a meeting of the Oplum Advisory Committee by Mr. Lyall, the British assessor. Sir Malcolin Delevingne, the British representative, sald he was
a special League agent in Shang- thai.
The United States, anid Mr. the action of the United States in not in favour of the presence of Davis, in the course of his impart case of a conflict. lant speech, was ready to co-opierate There was no need, he said, to
Mr. Hoo Chi-tani said the pro- ¡in every effort towards disarma-waste time in discussing Part One
ment and to participate in other of the Plan.
blem was of exceptional gravity M. Paul-Boncour disagreed with in North China. Supervision had mensures to assure peace.
He contended that the ultimate Mr. Davis.
weakened because opium wan no Mr. Arthur Henderson then ad- longer 10 redner jobjective should be
11 principal matter of armaments to the basis of a do-journed the meeting of the General national concern in China. mestic police force.
Commission until to-morrow after- The Chinese Government were As the British Plan represent-on. In the meantime, the Bureau very concerned about the problem ed a real measure of disarmament. will meet at 11 a.m. to-morrow to of drugs manufactured by a group the United States accepted itfix the agenda for the afternoon of international trailletters who whole-heartedly as a definite and meeting of the General Commission. had moved their headquarters jexcellent step.
possibly to China-Reuter,
U, S. CO-OPERATION.
If the United States In confer-1 lence decided that one State had
violated its international obliga-}| tlons and the United States con- curred therein. then America would not engage in any action The Chancellor of Exchequer, in- tending to defeat the collective
London, May 22.
-Reuter and British Wireless, ---
ANGLO-AMERICAN COOPERATION
MOSCOW COMMENT.
EXTRAORDINARY DEDUCTIONS.
the House of Commons, moved a efforts other Staten might take to In an editorial explioned "From
financial resolution to authorise, restore peace.
antend-
Work!
THE RUPEE AND STERLING
IN GERMANY
LINK OF GREAT VALUE TO INDIA The first visitors, three ma is alleged to have occurred in the
Washington to London," Pravda' chines flying in formation appear-| afternoon, when it is sald, a small legislation to carry out the recom- The warm thanks of the British discusses the parleys in Washing-
London, May 22. ed over the city at eight o'clock party of Japanese soldiers in mendations of the Cmmittee upon Government to Mr. Davis were ex-ton preparatory to the
Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary of this morning, and by eight-thirty, uniform entered the Chinese City income tax in relation to the Co-pressed by Sir John Simon, the comic Conference. |thousands of people had identified and made a close observation of Operative cocletios,
Placing these Turleys against state for India, to-day stated that British Foreign Secretary, who len different machines.
the Chinese districts.
Under the present law, the un- said that President Roosevelt's the background of the general he believed the Government of In- The first three, on which the
INSURGENTS ARRESTED. ' distributed income derived from declarations and Herr Hitler's world situation, the Communist dia were satisfied that the expert Rising Sun insignia was plainly
link between trading with the members ie speech had completely changed the organ declares it sees a marked of privately owned gold and the
growth in Anglo-American and maintenance of a Martial law continues to be exempted from taxation, and the outlook. enforced.
American-Japanese Anlagentams sterling and the rupee had been The Chinese Police Government's intention la to re-
DOWN TO DETAILS.
and predicts the failure of the of the highest value to India. arrested more insurgents earlypeal that section.. yesterday morning and discovered
forthcoming World Economic Con- British Wireless. Therefore he felt that the mo-ference. His Majesty the King, Sovereign.
Mr. Chamberlain explained that Head of the Venerable Order of
elforts had been made to reach anment had come to get down to
Pravda declares that America'a St. John of Jerusalem has been
The authorities, however, be agreed basis of taxation with the details and to discuss the Arti- abandonment of the gold standard TREATMENT OF JEWS These were followed by three lieve that they have seen the last Co-Operative Societies but this cice of the British Plan point by has knocked from the hands of the graciously pleased to sanction the
ission of Mrs. Rosa Langley further machines, lying in forma of the uprising as the leaders have had failed and the Government point. He also welcomed the with British die-hards an instrument of ann "Serving Sister" of the Order tion, which passed in a straight now been apprehended.--Special had had to formulate Its own pro- drawal of the German of St. John, as from 17th. Febru-line over the city, bound for the
posals.
ments, especially on the standard-dumping and that already on the ary 1988, the date of His Majesty's south, keeping at a considerable
The effect of the resolution was nounced by Herr Nadolny, though mic war has entered an acute phase. sation of armion, which was an-very eve of the Washington conver- nations the Anglo-American econn- Sign Manual.
merely to put these socletics in the right is reserved to re-intro"Never since the end of the im- the same position as other trading duce them when the plan is dis-perialist war have Anglo-American companies carrying on identical cussed in detail.
contradictions reached such inten- activities.—British Wirelona.
Sir John Simon described Mr-jalty and acuteness." Davis's speech as most encourag- ng and hopeful and expressed; grent satisfaction at the nccept-
Roferring to the trade treaties its competence, at its present ance of the draft convention. He concluded by Great Britain with stage, to consider the petition ad- urged that work on a practical Germany, Denmark and the Argen-drossed to the Counci! by an basis should be pressed forward. tine for the purpose of ensuring a Upper Silesian Jew, protesting The time had come to end theore- certain minimum of British exports against the treatment of Jews in teal declarations of good intento those countries, and pointing out Germany-British Wireloas. tions and to replace them with that the debt question is one of the definito decisions.
most important weapons in the "It is now time to cash the che-hands of the United States, Pravda ques we have already drawn."
says: "Washington wants allies, not only for the stabilization of i FRANCE HESITATES.
American influence on the European was continent, but also and more:
An announcement of this honour will in due course appear in the London Gazelle, states a message from Major General P. S. Willin- son, the Secretary-General of the Order.
RUBBER GROWING
PARLEY
RESTRICTION PLANS DISCUSSED
Amsterdam, May 22:
helght.
Shortly afterwards, three more planes made a mad dnsh across the northern part of Peking, Oy- terrific speed only a few ing ht hundred feet from the ground, the roar of the engines filling the air and causing no tittle exeltement.
SOME DISQUIET.
Finally, a lone machine made a leisurely survey of the whole city from A good height, eventually disappearing to the east.
The populace took the visitation calmly enough on the whole, but naturally there was some disquiet
A meeting of the committee of in viow of the delleate situation.
TIENTSIN SITUATION.
the International Union Rubber--From Our Special Correspondent. Krowing Industry was held to-day, which discussed various rubber restriction scheme.
Peking, May 23.
Owing to the voluminous duta Declaring that the tension at to be examined, no definite con- Poking and Tientain has relaxed, clusion was .renched.
napokesman of the Japanese
It was, however, decided to con-Legation emphatically denied Ja- voke a fresh meeting on n dato pariene direction of the Chinese not yet determined.
insurgents at Tiontein.
Tientsin was again visited by n neroplano yesterday
Router's correspondent was in- formed that there will be no dis- Japanese cussions with British rubber In- morning, which after remaining teresta until the Dutch growers over the city for half an hour left have reached definite conclusions. flying towards the east.
„Further JapaneAR wocation"
STOP PRESS
SERIOUS EVENTS IN PEKING WAR AREA IMMINENT
Poking, May 23. Chinese refugees are pour- ing into Peking are serious. developments seem probable within the next forty-eight hours.
There has been a lull in the fighting for two or thres days, but the activity on the fronts threatening Peking was resumed yesterday, with akirmishes.
Hundreds of shell wore fired into the Chinese posi- tions near Tungchow.—Reu- tor
BRITAIN AND JAPAN
BRITISH TRADE PACTS,
ISSUE RAISED IN COUNCIL OF LEAGUE
London, May 22. At a private meeting at Genova, the Council of the League of Na tions appointed a Committee to examine whether it W15 within
TARIFF TRUCE
DOES NOT BIND
London, May 22
NEW TRADE TREATY NOT CONTEMPLATED
London, May 22. The Prime Minister to-day an- awered a series of questions In Parliament addressed to the For- A non-committal attitude eign Secretary (Sir John Simon) adopted by M. Paul-Boncour, who urgently in connexion with the Far] GOVERNMENT DOWN who is at Genova.
emphasised that the time had now Eastern altuation, where the con- He enid the negotiations for the come to take up the politlent as tradictions between the United conclusion of a new commercial well as the technical aspects of States and Japan have now assumed On behalf of the Board of Trade, agreement with the Japanese Gov. dinarmament and suggested that a particularly acuto form."
It was stated to-day that the Gov- ernment were not at present they begin with Part One of the
ernment would not be debarred "FEVERISH COMPETITION.” contemplated.
British draft convention, especial
during the continuance of the Paravda goes on to say that attarit truce from “giving_notice on the question of regional Regarding the recognition ofly
the World Economic Conference as terminato алу commercial Manchukuo he said Japan alone agreements,
at Geneva, some attempts will be treaty,--British, Wireless, had formally recognised the now
Mr. Norman Davis rejected M. made to mask with pseudo-pacifist stato. The British Governmentį
that phrases the feverish competition of ware bound by the League As-Paul-Boncour's suggestion sembly reply of February last and Part One be takon. He expressed the general stalls, and alleges on they continued to withhold recog- the optalon that he had made him banced military and naval prepara-
(Continued on Page (5.) |nition-British Wirelous,
aoif sufficiently clear in regard tol
WASTE OF TIME.
Miss Violet Capell is giving the anual display of her dancing pupils at the King's Theatre on Wednesday
-of-next week.
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