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Hongkong Telegraph.
FOUNDZO 1861
No. 14104
二拜機 §^# ¬†Œ# TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1933. 日一十月十
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PACIFIC NAVAL TENSION BOGEY RAISED AGAIN
UNION STOCKYARD FRANCE ENTERS
PARALYSED
Chicago Strike For
Wage Increase
Chicago, Nov, 27. The Union stockyards, the world, were Jargest in the paralysed by a strike to-day," when seven thousand members of the velock Handlers Union downed, tools support of their demand for restoration of the 1920 wage rate,
The main entrances to the yards were picketed.. Bcores of trains laden with livestock were strand- ed in the yards, but were un- lunded by "white collar" squads. -Ratter
VICOMTE'S STORY
OF AIR MISHAP
WIRES ACROSS THE RIVER
STRUCK AT HEIGHT OF 200 FEET
NO WARNING
"It was a minor accident
as it happened, but it might
been easily have
more
serious," said the Vicomte de
Sibour this afternoon, relat-
THE RACE
AIR AND SUBMARINE
BASES PLANNED
UNDER NO
TREATY
RESTRICTIONS
LONDON, NOV. 28.
A SENSATIONAL STORY IS CARRIED BY THE "DAİLY HERALD" THIS MORNING, REVIVING THE BOGEY OF ACUTE NAVAL RIVALRY AND TENSION IN THE PACIFIC.
According to this report, France has now entered the field and proposes a big scheme for fortifications and the creation of submarine and air bases, and it is
Franch political difficultion. M. Marny, President of the Finance Commis- sion of the Chamber, talking to journalists at the Elysee.
pointed out that while Britain and the United States THE RAFFLE ANGLO-FRENCH
are compelled to restrict their activities by reason of the London Naval Treaty, France is at liberty to do as she wishes.
The information emanates from the Daily Herald's Brisbane correspondent. The journal's Paris cor- respondent, who made inquiries in French official quar- ters, was told that the matter could not be discussed.
A CHINESE HIKER
TO. LONDON
ing the circumstances of the WALKS FROM HONAN mishap to his machine near. Wuchow, shortly after his return to the Colony.
The Vicomte, accompanied by his wife and son, and Mr. II. H. Pethick, took off from Wuchow on Saturday morning planning to return to Hongkong, vin Canton, and flying between the mountain following the course of the river, they struck a line of telegraph wires at a height of two hundred feet above the water!
is
No indication whatsoever was of these given of the existence wires across the river, which nearly a mile wide at this point. but they found subsequently that they are suspended between two
THREE YEARS OF
JOURNEYING
London, Nov. 27.
The Brisbane correspondent says | that France is now studying a pro- gramnic of stoplane and submarines buses in all the French Pacific possessions, including, probably, the lalanda off Indo-China recently occupied.
Provision is likely to be made for large warships in new harbours nudi
constal forts are to be erected.
JAPANESE INTEREST.
QUESTION
BISHOP HALL'S' '
VIEWS
UNDESIRABLE AND.
UNWORTHY
Bishop Hull takes a strong line against the organisation of raffles in a letter communicated to the Telegraph to-day.
The Bishop writes:
Sir, In view of the public Interest at the moment in the question of raffles and gambling The correspondent adds that and the fact that many Christian Japanese vessels have, for some people have asked me my opinion time, been seen examining every about it, I shall be glad if you nook and cranny of the Pacific, would kindly allow me-space-to-
French official quarters decline to give my views.
(1) Raffles. I never allowed comment.
TARIFF
DISPUTE
"MARTYR" FOR GERMAN CAUSE
HINT TO NAZIS INĮ AUSTRIA
Berlin, Nov. 27. The Raichswehr
soldier, Schumacher, the victim of the Reithimwinkel .incident, given a Stato military funeral at Nuremberg this afternoon.
Was
It was distinguished by the pre- sence of Herr. Hitler in person, as well as
General Blomberg, the Minister of Defence, and the 'eader of the Reichswehr.
General Blomberg deposited, a wreath on the grave on behalf of President Hindenburg,
Herr Hitler, bu a specch follow-
the graveside ceremony,
des- eribed Schumacher as a martyr for the German cruse.
SACRIFICIAL DEATH,
M. Laurent Eynac to fellow tribesmen across the fron-
Visit London
He declared: "If millions of our
tier were able freely to raise their válces, they would solemnly" break with the murderers of Schumacher and their principles.
London, Nov. 27. A message from Paria states) "The sacrificial denth of Schu- that the Minister of Commerce macher must not become a source and Industry in the new French of embitterment, but of firm faith Cabinet, Mr. Laurent Eynac, will In the homogeneousness of all shortly visit Londor to discuss Germans."-Reuler,' with the President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Runelman, questions relating to the French discrimina- lory duties against British gonds. Mr. Runciman last week an- Bounced in the Commons that un-
theso
were discontinued less counter-measures would be taken British Wireless.
MISSING MAN'S BODY FOUND
POSSIBLY CASE OF SUICIDE
“BANK" STRIKE
OVER
RUPEE'S LINK WITH STERLING
No Change of Policy Contemplated
London, Nov. 27,
In the House of Commons to-day, the Secretary for India, Sir Samuel Hoare, said there had been no alteration in the Govern- ment's policy in regard to the rupee, which was to maintain the link, with sterling at the rate that had prevailed since the Currency Act was passed by Indian. Legislature in 1927. British Wireless.
EXPRESS
WRECK
BATTLE
FOUR JAPANESE KILLED, EIGHT WOUNDED
C.ER. EPISODE
MEM
Harbin, Nov. 28.
Siberian Express caused re- The wrecking of the
markably few casualties.
There were over six hundred passengers on board, and al together thero were eight coaches wrecked when the engine jumped the damaged rails and hurtled down the embankment at fifty
NO FURTHER PROTEST miles an hour, yet only ten pas
OFFERED
sengers were seriously injured, none being killed, As the construction engineers |
The lightness of the casualty Anticipated, the
270 Jabourers roll is attributed partly to the fact working on the Hongkong and that the Pullman coaches were of Shanghai Bank site, who came out all-steel construction.
on strike yesterdny as a protest nieuinst the Introduction of the European tally system, returned
BANDITS ROUTED;
The Daily Herald draws atten-jany kind of raille to be held in S. C. Poon, twenty-one years' tion pointed to the fact that France my own parishi at any bazaar for of age, a native of Ilonan Pro- is not a party to the London Naval which the Church was respon- vince, China, has arrived in Treaty which specifically bars Bri-sible. I have no right to make Landon having walked all the tain, the United States and Japan the same ruling for Christian from increasing their fortifications) Churches in the Dioccae, but I
Eighty Japanese guards stormed way, except of course across
The body of Kam Hon, aged 37, to work this morning. The men and routed the bandits, who were, would like all Christian men and. in the Pacific-Reuter.
women to know that in my view formerly employed at the Naval checked in on arrival and there entrenched in a nearby blockhouse. the Channel.
ratlles are undesirable and un-Yard, who was yesterday reported has been no further protest voiced. and poured a murderous fire into missing after having left his home The work of excavation was re- the helpless and freezing pas- worthy.
(2) Gambling Gambling is a on Friday night, was found in the sumed this morning and in addi-sengers as they climbed out of sign of boredom. Prohibition early hours of this morning, float-tion to the men already on the the wreckage, doca not get at the root of the ing off Holt's Whorf.
Job n further 60 men have been Four Japanese "soldiers were matter. It is our business in the The police are investigating the signed on. They are chiefly killed and eight wounded in the Church to help people to find life case, working on the basis that the labourers who were formerly em-attack on the blockhouse. no interesting and no worth man may probably have taken his loved on the Canton-Kowloon number of casualties among tho' living that gambling becomes a own life.
Railway. childish nuisanco or a harmless recreation.
Poon travelled by way of Tibet, India and Persia, passing through Turkey, the Balkan States, Aus- trin, and France.
The journey has taken him near- great masta, at a height of 400 ly three years. Several other
feat on one side and 300 feet on Chinese youths started the long the other, angging at one point trek with him, but only Poon per- to within 120 feet of the water severed throughout.
REMARKABLE ESCAPE,
He intends to visit Ireland and Scotland and then to return home via America.-Reuter,
Ho partly worked his way and was partly supported by chance. Although there is no reason to friends. He has a large album of expect to find wires at such autographs from notabilities upon height no warning to look out whom ho called on his way. for this obvious danger was given before their departure and they did not know the plane had a rather re- markable escape. The wires cut! through the wings without crusing any dangerous weakening of the structure, although but, for the fact that the plane's struts are constructed of steel instead of wood, it is probable that the tall of the machine would have been cut off.
The Vicomte immediately turn- ed the machine round and made a safe landing at Wuchow, There was no forced landing.
The "Flying Gipsies" are plan-
STABILISATION OF DOLLAR
LATEST NEW YORK REPORTS
sin-
New York, Nov. 27. The Administration is studying ning to leave Hongkong for Shang-carefully the possibility of hal, via Swatow and Amoy, on bilising the dollar at 55 gold cents Thursday morning."
`LIQUOR CONTROL
IN AMERICA
and will endeavour to maintain an atmosphere of dollar stabilisation until after the December bond re- Anancing.
TURKEY'S BALKAN
FRIENDSHIP
PACT SIGNED WITH YUGO-SLAVIA
Tho
bandita is not known, but is bo lieved to have been heavy,
KIDNAPPED RELEASE.
Belgrade, Nov. 27. Following the recent pacts be-
SOCIAL NEEDS.
met by the kind of methods m- tween Turkey and Greece, Turkey
ployed in Iraland. Once more, it STRIKE THREATS IN May F. Hay how much I agree sooms to me, tho practical com- and Rumania, and Turkey and
GOLD FIELDS Bulgaria, a five-year Pact of that in view of the tremendous mon-sense of the English people Friendship, Arbitration and Con-social needs of the Colony at the has shown itself before the world ciliation was signed to-day by the present time gambling can hard-in refusing to allow any of its Foreign Ministers of Turkey and ly be called a harmless recreation. social responsibilities to be met MEN ALREADY OUT IN Harbin to Manchull. It crashed
I do not however believe that in this dubious way,
Yugo-Slavia.
The past provides
all these social needs can ever be that differences between the two coup- Itries shall be settled only by
pacific means.
RONALD HONGKONG.
crmanent Conciliation Com SERIOUS STUDENT RIOTS
mission of five members will be created; each country numing one,. the three others being chosen by mutual consent from the nationals of other Powers.-Reuter.
LABOUR MOTION
OF CENSURE
OF COMMONS
Stocka dropped to-day as much DEFEATED IN HOUSE as six points on an accelerated turnover which was apparently due to the strong dollar which firmed supposedly on account of TO BE MANAGED BY A European short covering and also
CODE
IN RUMANIA
MINISTER OF INTERIOR'S HOME RAIDED AND DEMOLISHED
CUZA PARTY BESIEGED BY TROOPS
SUPPRESSION ORDER.
SOUTH AFRICA
Johannesburg, Nov. 27.
Two hundred gold miners aro
involved in a strike in the now State areas over the dismissal of
one of their colleagueė,,
Disputes have broken, out "in! other mines and meetings between the mine managements and the underground workers are pending. The miners of the Brakpan will hold a strike ballat to-morrow.---- Renter.
BRITISH TRADE
BOOM
RAILWAY DIRECTOR
OPTIMISTIC,
The Japanese troops succeedąd In securing the release of tile passengers who were kidnapped in. [the early stages of the affair.
The express was bound from
al 9.40 p.m. between Lamatienso and Shaokaotzu, near Tsitsihar, Reuter.
SLUM CLEARANCE PROGRAMMES
OVER 1,600 SCHEMES SUBMITTED
London, Nov. 27.
Bir Hilton Young, speaking, t the House of Commons to-nigh on the problem of slum clearance, said that of 1,717 local nuthorities who had received his circular re quiring the submission of schemes or the total elimination within five years of all slums and the provision of alternative accomoda tion, all but forty-five had Dow submitted programmea or had Batisfied him that they were taking action-British Wireless.:
Bacharest, Nov. 27. changed their taction and went to Serious disturbances occurred the home of the Minister of thei to-day at Jassy, where members | Interior which they entered and] London; Nov. 27. of the anti-Jewish Caza Party practically demolished, In the House of Commons to-barricaded themselves in a ro- due to possible Interpretation of night, a Labour amendment to thesidence and defied Government recent developments as an Indica Address In Reply condemning the troops for hours.
The outbreaks occurred follow- tion that the Administration would Government's handling of affairs
London, Nov. 27. Warin Springs, Nov. 27., likely change its monetary policy at home and abroad was rejected students besieged
There were nearly a hundred ing a Government announcement President Roosevelt has signed This, however, le. unsubstantiated. by 424 votes to 53-Router.
And, thoy re- that the Cuza organisation was
Major Carver, Director of the fused to surrender until nows. of to be suppressed. the Codo establishing Hovory-
London and North Eastern Rail- Business sentiment which is alas ment control of the liquor trade against inflation also aided the
Barlous Incidenta elsowhere-reach- The number of wounded in the way, told the Hull Chamber of till Congress | Exos
permanent dollar due to the expectation that
ed their ears.
clash between the armed guards Commerce to-day, that his Com- monsures Router.
Two children, Luk Lul (8) a_girl, the Treasury will
A thousand Jasny students, all and the members of the Cuza pany had so much faith in the con- bar financing in the usual way and Mak Kine (babayern members of the Caza Party, made organisation is not known, but tinuance of the upward trend of to the north-west of Bhanturen o
to their bodies- yesterday' The Empranil Borth at Hove proted as meaning that no inflation their clothing alight at their home in the house by diverting the at- vary significant as Jassy usually they were speeding developments tensity. A depression in situated loon Wharf at 6 a.m., and not 7 a.m. Would be resorted to-Per Swan, Kwang Ming Street. Both were sent tention of the troops, but baulked gives the lead to the rest of costing nearly £3,000,000,-British|to the north of Hokkaido. Loca
to the Government Civil-Kispita), 1-in-their aim, they... suddenly! Rumania.-Reuter,
Wirelces. as previously advised,
Decem-
FAIR WEATHER
The antleyclone remains centro
The Empress of Asla is duo here without difficulty. This was inter-when an oil burner accidentally caught an attempt to raise, the alege of the disturbance is rogarded as trado, which began last July, that has increased considerably in: tn.
| Gulbertson-and Frite.-
forecast:N.D.winds, frosh, fair,
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