THE· HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1933.
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- LONDON, JUNE 6. LONDON IS RAPIDLY ASSUMING THE AT- MOSPHERE OF A GREAT CONFERENCE CITY AS PREPARATIONS FOR THE WORLD ECOÑO- MIC CONFERENCE ARE REACHING THEIR FINAL STAGES.
Scores of foreign visitors, mostly minor officials preparing the way for their respective delegations, are already in London and every Continental train adds to
their number,
M. Joseph Avenol, who succeeds Sir Eric Drum- mond as Secretary-General of the League of Nations, arrived to-night to prepare for the opening of the Con- ference on Monday, and his first appointment is with Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, the President Designate of the Conference.
FRENCH DELEGATION COMPLETED
The first number of "The Journal," the Conference's own daily newspaper, will appear on Saturday.
The newspaper will contain tho official record of the proceedings and announcements regarding the coming business.
The preparation of first number is at present engaging the activities of a small staff of the League of Nations in their London office.
not to buy, Such a pelley must Ine evitably lead to an increasing paralysis of International trade, Governmenta
normal Interchange of commodities."
should set themselves, to re-establish the
INTO LONDON
The Geological Musauri at South Kensington, whare the World Economie Conference will hold its sessions. (Planet News).
THE PRINCE ON CORRESPONDENCE
:
HOUSING
ATTENDS TWO LONDON GATHERINGS
BRITISH LEGION SPEECH
London, June 6.
Suicide
To The Editor Hongkong Telegraph Sir,-After reading the letter Sonec," I have been made to feel by your correspondent "Common
I have been guilty of two serious things:
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(n.) An incitement to all-round fsuicide.
(b.) An intention to promote, directly or indirectly, a suicide Club.
All of which I emphatically dis- [claim.
"Suicide Manja" was offered as
RADIO BROADCAST
A RELAY FROM THE EMPIRE STATION
From Z. B. W., on wave longth of 355 metres (84.6 k/c.).
4.30.7.p.m. Chinese recorded 'pro-
gramme.
6-6.18 p.m. Children's Studio Concert.
7.10.30 p.m.. European programme, 7-7.18 p.m.
Henry VillSullo (Saint-Saens).
Walter Damrosch and the National
Symphony Orchestra. 7292/8. 7.18-8 p.m. Variety. Orchestra I Found my Romance
for Ten Centa a Dance. Orchestral-Going-Going-Gone.
Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians. 6490. Song - Wait Til You Beo
"Ma Cherie," Bong-Louiso.
Maurice Chevalier (Baritone). 21018. Orchestral The Old Kitchen Kettle. Orchestral--At the Baby Parade.
Ben Bernie and His Orchestra. 0498. Organ Solo-Why Can't You? Organ Solo-Say it With Songs.
Jesso Crawford. 21951. Song-Twenty Million People. Song My Queen of Lullaby Land,
Chorus--Hallelujah!
Kate Smith (Comedienne). 8408.
The Revelers. Vocal Duct--Sometimes I'm Happy.
Louiso Groody and Charles King. 20009, Orchestra-We Belong Together. Orchestral—And Lavo Was Born.
Leo Reisman and His Orchestra. 24192.
8 pm. Local Time and Weather Report.
8.3-0 p.m. A Concert.
Renco Chemat, 1270-
The Prince of Wales attended an analytical study of the psycho-Plano Solo-Album Leaf (Grleg). two conferences in London to-day.jlogy of suicides, viewed from all Piano. Belo-Capriccio (Brahms).
First he went to the annual con- possible angles including the con-Song-Dixio (Emmett).
Harold Bauer. 1413. The agenda provides à dotailed ference of the British Legion of ceivably distorted one of the sui-Song-Old Folks at Home (Foster). Programme for reconstruction in Ex-Servicemen, and afterwards he cide or would-be suicide. It was Mary Lewis (Soprano). 1845. all parts of the world. For those vialled the International gather never intended to be taken as a Violin Solo-No One Knows countries which aro still ad-Ing of building societies:
discussion of the morality or im- (Gordon). herents to the gold standard, it Speaking to the British Legion morality of the act. Methinks Violin Solo-Do You Know my suggests a liberal credit policy he declared: "I do not hesitate to "Common-sense" In clinging to
Garden (Haydn Wood), and low money rates; while for say that the ex-servicemen of this that which he claims to have, has Song Boat Song (Moses-Ware), those countries which have country have received from suc-lost sight of the other equally Song-A May Morning (Weatherly- abandoned the gold standard it cessive Governments more benefits necessary sense of proportion, and
Denza). WEEK-END ARRIVALS.
suggests a gradual relaxation of and consideration than those of has taken the term "courage" for exchange restrictions with a view any othor country which fought what it was never meant to be. Several of the delegations, into the ultimate restoration of in the Great War.
C. V.-L. cluding the Chinese contingent un adequate management of the gold der Mr. T. V. Soong and the Greck standard. delegates, have already arrived.
$1,000 DEBT CLAIM ·· The American delegation is ex- pected at the end of the week and the representatives of most of the European countries will arrive on Saturday or Sunday. The League of Nations staff will also arrive during the week-end.
FRENCH DELEGATES.
The completed French delegation for the Conference has been an- nounced from Paris, and it does not contain the name of M. Calllaux, The list is as follows:
STABILISATION.
one
+
and to use its influence to the best "If the Legion is to be officient
advantage it must adhere always
to one of the most important sec-JUDGMENT AGAINST ABSENT tions in its charter-that it must
DEFENDANT ·
obtain higher prices, and
The main objectives are to be entirely non-political. obtained, to stabilize prices at we must close our ranks atill more of $102 in order to bring a claim "My mossage to you to-day is that A plaintiff who waived the sum this new and higher level. With and help this country through the of $1,000 within summary jurisdic- this end in view it is suggested depressed and very difficult times tion, Was that the ratio of gold reserves through which it is now passing. Supreme Court this morning when successful at the held by Central Banks be reduced,
HOUSING PROBLEM.
Mr. Justice Lindsell awarded him that the maintenanco of foreign exchange balances properly con
judgment with costa in the 12- trolled will, to a
The active Interest which she sence of defendant. extent, economize the use of gold, problem, was reflected in his re-firm, import and export merchants, considerable Prince displayed in the housing The parties were Yue Lee Loong and that other methods for marks to the Building Societies of 35, Gilman's Bazaar, suing the economizing gold be studied. Congress. -M.-Daladier, Premier; M; Bonnet,Throughout the report it is He traced its close connection Salwanko, and Tsang Lai Sang, Kwong Yuen firm, of 82, Tai Shok, Finance Minister, M. Paul-Boncour, nsumed that newer and closer with the health, education Foreign Minister; M. Sarraut, relationships will be established moral welfare of the communitywan.
and the managing partner, of Shauki- Colonial Minister; M. Queuille, between Central Banks, since it is and remarked that spite of the Evidence of the existence of the Minister of Agriculture: Senator only by such co-operation that the great advances made since the debt was given by an accountant Louis Serre, Minister of Commerco; policy outlined can be made effeswar more homes of the right type working for plaintiffs who were M. Eugena Frot, Minister of the tive. Mercantile
were still wanted.. Marine; and
M. Patenotre, the Under-Secretary of
While us building societies they represented at court by Mr. C. Y.
Kwan. might not be directly concerned State for National Economy.
CONFERENCE AGENDA.
BI-METALLISM. Some space in the agenda has with slum clearance, nevertheless founded in 1781. been devoted to the discussion of they could render invaluable as- Referring to the remarkable bi-metallism and the re-valuation Bistance by supporting those progress in house building since The following excerpts from the of silver, yet the summary of this schemes which had for their ob- the war he said that about two annotated agenda - for the Con-section is as follows: "From the Jective the provision of alterna-million houses been erected in ference constitute an outline of the point of view of commercial tive and batter accommodation for Britain since 1919 and that to the material which is to be studied..
relations with allver-using coun-
the lower paid workers,
various forms of State and local (1) "In the Geld of monetary and credit tries, particularly China, trade,
must be OF BRITISH BIRTH.
government assistance, palley, the objective must be the interest would best be served, not
added the practical contribution aloration of an effective International monetary standard to which the roun- by a rise in the price of silver as
Until alternative accommoda-jof the building societies in help- tries which hawabandoned the gold such but by a rise in the general tion had been provided, the pro- ing to finance such a gigantic
blem of demolishing unsatisfac- effort.
standard can wisely adhere. The notes.
financial conditions which must
be
practical possibility. Moreover, it will
Lambert Murphy (Tenor). Piano Solo-Brooklet (Schubert-
Rachmaninoff),
Piono
Solo-Turkish March '
4010.
Rachmaninoff. 1196. Grey Home in the West (Eardley-Wilmot-Lohr).
Song From the Land of the Sky-
Blue Water (Eberhart-Cadman), Violin Solo-Caprice Antiqua
Mary Lowls (Soprano), 1140.
violin Solo-Legend of the Canyon
(Ballogh-Kreisler), . (Cadman).
Fritz Krolalar. 1093. Song-I Look Into Your Garden
(Wilmett-Haydn Wood). Song-Devotion (Wenda-Haydo
Violin Solo-Under the Leaves
Wood)
John McCormack (Tenor). 1147.
Thome), Violin Solo-By-the-Waters-of-
Minnetonka (Lieurance),
Renee Chemet. 1228, P.. Orchestral. In the Village (Ippolitow-Iwannow). Prince Igor Polovetski Dance
(Borodin), Philadelphia Symphony Orch, under the direction of Leopold Stokowski, Country Dance No. 1 (German). Pastoral Dance No. 2 (German). The Merrymakers' Dance No. 3
(German).
St. Louis Symphony Orch, 9000. 9.15-9.45 p.m. From the Studio. A Planoforte recital by Mr. Harry
Oro.
Programme.
1. March "Tannhauser"
(Wagner-Liszt).
24
(b) Ballad.
(b) Four Valses.
(e) Intermezzo, (Brahms),
3.
May Night (Palmgren).
British societies since 1919 had
4. Sleighride (Tschaikowaki).
G.
"Stambul" Javanese Folksong
(Seeling).
appended ekarly phow that there are level of commodity prices. Any tory and Insanitary dwellings
Lisal zumber of sennomie e well action which would tend to raise would be extremely dimcult. He advanced £626 millions to assist fulfilled before the restoration of that level, and in duc International gold standard can be achieve its stabilization, may be movement with ideals of thrift movement would continue to gain course recalled that the building society in house purchase. He hoped the expected. to have a favourable and home ownership first sprang ground throughout the Empire affect upon the price of silver and up on British soil the first record- and in all countries represented at would, on general grounds, beed building society having been the Congress.-British Wireless. welcome." While these words
be necessary to provide effective are chards artist such a restrain of
the old alandary leading to breakdown."
COMMODITY PRICES.
Beom to indicate the tacit assump-
(2) "The unprecedented-fall of commosty tion that bi-metallism has received
prices in recent year has caused but scant consideration krowing dievslibrium
between conta:
at the
and prices, has immensely increased the hands of the experts, the course
charge, has made business' more and
DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF HUMILITY IS THE ROST, MOTHER, | The Legislativo Council Meeting
sal burden of and of events in the past few weeks NURSE, FOUNDATION AND BOND OF fixed for to-morrow has been postpon- more unprofitable, and has resulted seems to forecast unusual Interest ALL VIRTUE--Chrysostum.
of unemployment throughout the world.
in a continuous and disastrons incres in the discussion of the place of Some increase in the level of world silver in the new monetary plan
prices te blghly desirable and would be at the Confaronco.
the Gras sien of world recovery, The
Conference will no doubt wish to «X«
plot, alt possiblities at_counteracting It is known, for instanco, that thim fall in prices, QAE of the methods that should be considered the American delegates are going the continuation and development, where into the Conference with definito monetary conditions permik, of 'a zen- eral policy of 41ay money designed to plans for rehabilitating silver. promote a healthy, expansion of bus
{Į) **The ̧restoration, of "free exchangea- is
no emential to the recovery of franelal
conßdence and to the resumption at the normal few of international erwilt that:
GERMAN DELEGATION.
od Indefinitely.
The Ben Liné ss. "Denvannoch”|
His Holiness Pope Plous XI has laft Singapore for Hongkong yester-nominated Mr. F. X. D'Almada e Cas
tro, the local solicitor to be a Knight day and is due to arrive here on Sunday.
Commander of the Order of St. Sylvester.
J
The RM.S. "Empress' ‚of · Asia" |
Sir Thomas Southorn, the Colonial loft Vancouver on Saturday, and is Secretary,
by Lady accompanied due at Hongkong on the 26th June Southorn, leaves for Home this after (Monday).
noon on the ss. Patroclus, on long Berlin, June 7.
leave, It la expected that Sir Thomas The official German delegation was passed on Ho Yung by Mr. Colony on or about
Sontence of six months. ffard, labour and Lady-Southern Filter 12, on the Governments should consider whe will be as followa; Baron
12, on von Butters at the Kowloon Magistracythe Blue Funnet liner Aeneas. ther they cannot expedite the process. Neurath, Foreign Minister: Count this morning when he was charged In order to do this: some mean might Schwerin von Krosigk, Finance with being in possession Persent immobilined would be put into Minister; Dr. Hugenborg, Minister counterfeit dollar, colna. ene setire olreuiation, and stabilleation creof Economica; Dr. Schacht, Pro- dits would te provides under 'appro
require auch nudistance." <
be organised by which, resouzece "at
L
FREER TRADE.
of eight Unable to give a reasonable DX
planation for the possession of a lady's gold neck-chain, a Chinese who
priate condiucas for the countries whick sident of the Reichsbank; Horr A collision occurred in Capsuimun appeared before Mr. Wynne-Jones In Krogmann, Lord Mayor of Ham at about 7 last night between *Court this morning was sent to burg; Herr Filhelm Keppler, the Ashing Junk and a trading funk. No prison for three weeks. Detective, (4) "Finally, there must be greater treedom well-known engineer; and Horrextent of $30 is claimed as having port of a loss had yet been made.
casualties resulted, but damage to the Sergeant Fowlle stated that no re- of International trade. It has already von Hoesch, the German: Ambas-been suffered by the fishing vessel. been pointed out that one of the most andor in London—Reuter,
significant features of the present. erial in the fall which has taken place,
not only in the veins, but in the quare
tum af-world ' traded This fall hu
been partis causid, and has certainly been intensidad, by the growing network
Every
1.
The wedding will shortly take place 'M. DALADIER'S PLANS.
Benefit of the doubt was given to between Mr. Bruce Randanno Vazollie, Fung Kee, n "boy" employed at the South China manager of the National Paris, June 7. - Hongkong Hotel, who was charged Carbon Company Fed. Inc., U.S.A. of restrictions which have been Imposed for London on Sunday to
M. Daladier will probably leave before Mr. Wynne-Jones in Court who is staying at the Peninsula Hotel/
this morning, with the possession of and Miss attend
Busan Willingham, of country seal thiefand ils ronomy the World Economic Conference ant stated he bought two tickets for City, who is due to arrive at Hong- eight po plu lottery tickets. Defen- Augusta, Georgia, "and" Now: "York by Imposing restrictions on imports, and will probably stay for three himself and the rest were purchased kong by the Empress of Asia on
its exporta. All week to meźć bus days-Reuter,
for, other fokia.
on: trade during recens yours.
which in the end invotre a contimation
June 20.
6. "Goldshower from the Weeping Willow" Cantonese Song (Ore). Echoes from the Volga (Th. Ritter).
9.45-10.15 p.m. Orchestral. Mandolin Concert Orchestra. V-50020. Orphous Ballet Dance of the Spirita
(Gluck-Motti),
Minuet from Serenade (Brahms).
Dotralt Symphony Orchestra. 3834. Eva (Lehar-Schott). Carmen Sylvia (Ivanovici).
Nat Shilkret and His International Orchestra. V-50013. Holiday in Seville (Albeniz).
Leopold Stokowski and the Phila delphia Orch. 7188. 10.15-10.30 p.m.
The Bournemouth Municipal Or- chestra, Conductor, Sir Dan Godfrey Ellen Epateln (Pianoforte). Relayed from the Pavilion, Bournemouth. (Should weather conditions prove satisfactory, this relay will continue until 11 p.m.).
10.30 p.m. Close Down, All records in the above European programmes are kindly supplied by Mozirs. Tsang Fook Plana Co
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