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GERMANY THREATENING TO LEAVE THE LEAGUE Undisguised Anxiety Concerning Paris Disarmament Talks TURNING OF THE
INFLATION' DEMAND
GROWS
Cotton Conference
Resolution
Washington, Sept. 18. Tho American Cotton Conference to-day passed a unanimous resolution calling on President Roosevelt to use his powers to inflate the currency in order to raise
cotton to twenty cents a pound and cotton seed to $30 a ton-Renter.
STRIKE MENACE
IN CUBA
ANTI-AMERICAN
FEELING
PRESIDENT
WEARY OF EFFORT
MAY RESIGN
Havana, Sept. 18. Notwithstanding the fact that
SHANGHAI anti-American feeling is still run-
FLOODED
SWEPT BY TAIL OF
TYPHOON
MUCH MINOR
DAMAGE
a
|ning high, residents are. largely disregarding the order to boycott American companies in connexion with the strike at Manzanillo.
Them are labour troubles in other parts of Cuba nad the new regime is experiencing consider- able difficulty in its efforts to achieve stability.
Cuban soldiers, loyal to the "Sergeant's Regime," routed group of Communist demonstrators who were Inciting workers toį strike along anti-American Hines,;
An American destroyer has
Shanghai, Sept. 19. Shanghai was flooded to farrived at Manzanillo and troons depth of three feet in several are being rushed to the strike
aren from Santlogo.
districts as the result of the typhoon, which caused a con- siderable amount of minor damage.
Fortunately, Shanghai escaped the full force of the blow, ting merely the tail-end.
GIVING UP?
Macion to-day President San predicted that a solution of the? Cuban crisis is innuinent and this
taken to indicate a possibility get-that he will voluntarily surrender the Presidency In consequence of his failure to cure the support ef important political groups.-- Reuter.
The loods occurred during the night and affected most of the streets in the central distrlets, as well as many parts of the French Concession and Hongkew. They were due, of course, to the over flowing of the Whangpoo, which rose well above the Bund level.
́DRIVING' RAIN.
A driving rain and high winds Jashed the city all through the night, blowing down hourdings and causing other damage.
Sanding barricades prevented in many casca a repetition of the heavy losses ensed by the flood- ing of basements earlier in the month, but there was considerable damage in places where such pre- cautions were not taken.
In Szechuan Road, the water was three feet deep and hundreds were Jato for office this morning, owing i to a partial dislocation of the bus services.-Reuter,
EAST OF SHANGHAL
The Royal Observatory reports. hat the anticyclone remains over South Manchuria and the Son of Japan.
The typhoon is situated about 150 miles eastward of Shanghal. moving northward.
Local forecast:--North moderate; fair generally.
winds,
JEAN HARLOW TO
Sailors in Cuba are'guarding highways and bridget'as a procau- tion against disorder. Photo shows sailors armed with a machine
tun, on the Miramar bridge in Havanai,
BANKRUPT OFFENCE
MR. W. F. GARDNER BOUND OVER
Gardner,
William Frederisk The four hundred Cuban army officers staying in the sumptuous former employee of the Union In- National Hatei, within gun-range
|surance Company, was bound over
of the United States battleship at the Criminal Sessions this Mississippi, are resisting the efforts morning when he pleaded guilty of the new "Rergeants' regime" toto a charge of obtaining credit to
the extent of $385,28-from--tho-} come le-terms. ---------
They have treated with contempt | Sincere Company, Ltd., without the ultimatum that they change disclosing that he was an undia their attitude or take the con- charged bankrupt. sequences, and have erected barri- cades and made other preparations to fight any attempt to compel their submission.
The officers take the view that the
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COAL CODE FEATURE
The Chief Justice, Mr. J. R.. Wood wald Gardner had been guilty of an offence but in view by Mr. J. A. Fraser, and his Coun- of what the Crown, represented nel, Mr. D. MeNeill had said, and taking into consideration the fact that the debt to Sincere's had been
“NATIONAL: STOCK EXCHANGE"
New Jersey Rival to
New York
Trenton, New
Jersey, Sept. 18.
A new "National Stock Exchange" was formally
here incorporated
this morning, with the object of. compelling the New York authorities to reconsider their recent decision to impose neavy taxation on stock transactions.
The moving spirit of the new Exchange is Colonel Freiday, a propinent New Jersey Democrat-cuter.
cleared, he would bind CONTROL OF
Prisoner over
in two sureties totalling $250 to be of good be aaviour for 12 months.
RUBBER
WHEAT ADVISORY | RESTRICTIONIST HOPE
COMMITTEE
APPOINTS MR, CAIRNS AS SECRETARY
London, Sept. 18.
The Wheat Advisory Committeeį
RUNS HIGH
LONDON MEETING
AFRAID BRITAIN WILL GIVE WAY
"DELUDED BY FRENCH SUBTERFUGES"
DR. FRICK'S THREAT
BERLIN, SEPT. 18. THE POSSIBILITY OF GERMANY LEAVING THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS IS ADUMBRATED IN CONNEXION WITH THE ANGLO-FRENCH TALKS IN PARIS, WHICH THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS WATCHING WITH UNDISGUISED ANXIETY.
The newspapers express the hope that Britain will not be deluded by "French subterfuges."
The Minister of Interior, Dr. Frick, in an address to 80,000 school-children to-day, said that if equality in armanents was refused Germany, she would withdraw from all International Conferences,
Herr Hitler's unofficial Ambassador, Herr Rosen- berg, to-day declared that if France refused to fulfil her disarmament obligations, Germany was released from her obligations of the Varsailles Peace Treaty, Reuter.
PARIS MEETING STATISFACTORY
London, Sept. 18. To-day's disarmament conversa-
tion with a view them.
TIDE
DEPRESSION HAS HAD ITS DAY
*
MUCH BRIGHTER OUTLOOK,
London, Sept. 18..
The latest League of Nations review on "World production and prices" states that there are en- couraging signs that the low point of the world economic de- pression was passed about mid- dle of 1932 and that in spite of a partial setback in some coun- tries in the first quarter of 1933, Industrial production in general is showing an upward tendency.
The
analyses the features
review, which 'carefully
of the in- dustrial depression since 1920, states that the volume of world
trade as whole fell between that year and 1983 by about 27 per cent.
Referring to individual ́índus-
tries the review states that the de was more severe in North America cline in the automobile industry
than in Europe, which increased its share in world production from 11
per cent, in 1920 to 27 per cent. in 1932. It adds that Britain has re- placed France us the leading Euro- pean producer and in 1982 attained record output-British Wirolean.
BUSY PREMIER
to harmonising DISCUSSES ECONOMICS
AND DISARMAMENT tlons in Paris between the French; The British representatives are Premier and the Foreign Secre-reporting the results of their con- iary. Messieurs Daladier and Paul versations to their Government. THEN LEAVES FOR Boncour and the British Ambassa- It is anticipated there will be a lor and the Under-Secretary for further conversation at an early Foreign Affairs, Lord Tyrrell and Captain Anthony Eden, began in the morning.
The conference was resumed in the afternoon lasting, in all, for four and a half hours,
date."
MUCH PROGRESS.
GENEVA
-----London; Sept. 18, Messrs. Loveday and Stoppant; Directors of the Financial and Mr. Daladier, questioned by the Economic Sections of the League Press after the meeting, sald that of Nations wore to-day received
A communique issued after-much progress had been realised by Mr. Ramsay MacDonald in hie since last Jung and the points of capacity of President of the World wards stated that the conversa- tion was devoted to an examina-view of Britain and France had Monetary and Economic Confer tion of the situation as exists come considerably closer togetlier.ence.
It is understood that the word before the resumption of the work In addition to the favourable
was reviewed.
of the Disarmament Conference and Impression created by the Anglo-done in carrying forward the dy | added :—"In the exchange of French disarmament, talks, semi-clsions reached by the Conference views which took place, in a spirit official circles in Paris stats that a before its adjournment last July of mutual confidence, the re- parallel exchange of views with presentatives of the two countries the Italian Government, through ing the day the three distinguish- expinined the views
their normal diplomatic channels, reed British economists, Sir Arthur. respective Governments on the progressing satisfactorily, various questions under considera, | British Wireless and Reuter.
of
FRANCO-SOVIET ACCORD
M. HERRIOT'S VISIT
REICHSTAG FIRE RAISERS
UNOFFICIAL LONDON TRIAL TRIBUNAL
The Premier also received dur
Solter, Sir Josiah Stamp and Sir Walter Layton. Earlier in the day he had discussed disarmament questions with Mr. Norman Davis who afterwards left for Paris and Geneva-British Wirciess,
MATSHED QUARTERS
DESTOYED
BLAZE AT SHINGMUN VALLEY,
PRICE CONTROL BY N.R.A.
PRESIDENT TAKES POWERS
Washington, Sept. 18.
London, Sept. 19. After long haggling be-
The Amsterdam correspondent tween the miners and the held two meetings to-day at the of the Fonancial Times states that
Foreign Ofice under the chair-well-informed
Eminent lawyers of seven coun- coal-owners, the Coal Codemanship of the United States Am-quarters hint that the meeting of Dutch rubber
tries have assembled in a London i hotol to conduct an umomcial has been submitted to Presi-bassador, Mr. R. W. Bingham, the British Rablier Growers' As-
trial of the men charged with A matshed at Shingman Valley dent Roosevelt and signed. The proceedings were mainlyįsociation held in London yester-
PARIS REPORTS
having act fire to the Reichstag to. I was destroyed by firo on Sunday devoted to a preliminary discus- day practically unanimously fa-
words the end of February. night. It was occupied by work- The Code provides for n forty-sion, and the Committee adjourn-voured, the control of production. heur working week in the bituled until to-morrow,
Paris, Sept. 14.
The iribunal includes the Italian men employed on the Waterworks, It is stated that a committee was Third Adventure of the basic minimum wages for skilled Mr. A. Cairns, furmerly the Chief formed, Dutch; will work out Journey to the Soviet Union. has Giafferi; a son of the Swedish ox-
That the former Premier. M. ex-Premier, Signor Nitti; the re- who all cacaped injuries, minous conl industry and fixes the
Members selected as Secretary, whieht,. In co-operation Herriot, in the course of his recent nowned French Inwyer, M. and unskilled labour,
Statistician Platinum Blonde
Injured through, an attempt to tof the The Code also provides for the Wheat Pools, who has recently the British Governmónt.,
Canadian the further details and approach drawn up, together with Foreign Premier, Dr. Branberg: Dr. Huber, alight from a moving tum in John- marketing of coal at reasonable been in charge of the grain in
Commissary Litvinov, a draft for a. former vice-President of Swit-tono Road, Wanchal, Chan Chick,
admitted to accord zorland, and the Amorican lawyer, a labourer, was
the prices to be fixed by the industry formation service under them to be agreed in principle.
The Dutch growers
ore and military and economic
between France and Soviet Russia Mr. Gardeld. Hates.
Government Civil Hospital yesterday, under the supervision of the pire Marketing Board-British
is nasorted by the newspaper Ordre, The tribunal claims to be in with sortous injuries. At Kowloon National Industrial Recovery Ad- Wireleas
It is learned that the principle ministration.
Whils nothing is said as to the possession of all essential data in Canton Rond, a bus
Chan Ching-chuen, was injured the and hopes to publish its dindings similar circumstances. He was taken of the destruction of rubber tapped aims of the military past, in excess of quotas will probably economic agreement will take on September 21 when the trial of to the Kowloon Hospital, still seems to be some differents modities such as oil, conl, precious Supreme be maintained, although there special account of certain com-the prisonera opens before the
WED AGAIN
Yuma, New Mexico, Sept. 18. The Alm star, Joan Harlow, originator of the platinum blonde craze, arrived here by plane at 4.30 a.m. to-day to awalf a justice to marry her to Mr. Cosson, „n {garded is highly important,
Machinery is also established ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL Ifollywood cameraman.
+
The price control fenture is re-
This is Joan's third marriage-for the arbitration of Inbour dis-i Reuter.
FRENCH COTTON
PURCHASE
NEGOTIATIONS TO
OPEN IN U.S.
putes, while President Roosovell struck out of the Code a clause affecting the rights of labour to which the labour lenders objected.
PRESIDENT'S POWERS.
It was learned later that Prosid- ent Roosevelt so altered the Coal
Code as to permit him personally
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of opinion in regard to the basis stones, wine, silk, parafin. The Reuter. of the quotas to be allotted to the Soviet Government undertakes to Dutch East Indies, Malaya and recognize the Russlin pre-war Coylon,Reuter.
debts to France in return for the Russian capital. authorisation to float Soviet loana on the French markot.
The paper further states that the Soviet contral axécutive committee has already announced the dispatch
POLICE LAUNCH A
CAUSTIC COMMENT. Commenting on M. Herriot's journey to Soviet Russin, the Journal des Debate characterizes.
· paasongor,
in
STOP PRESS
Tokyo, Sept. 19...
No. 6. Police Inunch, which of the draft of these agreements to the former Premier na having an Two milltary planes crashed in to appoint the entire Board which to the St. John's Cathedral Re-with a water boat off Holt's Wharf Government, The paper, however, trigued by utopian schemes of the Shizuoka district during the night was sunk following a collision Paris for submission to the French uncritical mind who is easily in-mountainous country in the will supervise and conduct the atoration Fund have been recolved bituminous coal industry,
New York, Sopt. 18.
The new code which will como M. C.............
Mr. & Mrs. C. J. Waddell Negotiations for the purchase of three million bales of American into operation within a fortnight, F. Stafford Smith
195 per bankuta 536
opon this week-on-the-arrival-of- bituminous-coal-output-of-the the international banker, Mr. B. C. United States, and about 400,000 Naldecker, from Paris-Reuter.
Íminors.-Reuter.
at about 1 hem on Saturday, was itself is sceptical sa to the ac- Potemkin kind. Referring to the when engaged on night-flying rained on Sunday, afternoon by the eurooy of this report, but finds it profusion of treaties of amity and practice. Both pilots were killed.
10 Kowloon Dock company with the peculiar coincidence that im non-aggression pacts and pacts re-Reuter
20
Duty Frayed, Craniatar Cot concluded of into the papar aaya $2,000 pldo boing all from the top deck should undertake an aerist journey that one may well speak of over-
to the keel
propaganda purposes to the production in this respect, inser