THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY JANUARY 29,
1934
SENATE SILVER VOTE SPECULATION
STRONG, SUPPORT FOR AMBITIOUS
WHEELER PROPOSAL
PROBLEM FOR SOCIALISM
PRESIDENT
CAN SENTIMENT BE IGNORED?
New York, Jan. 28. Special correspondents in Washington all agree on the significance and importance of the manner in which the Senate voted on the Wheeler] and Pittman silver amend- ments.
IN
OUR TIME
STALIN'S CLAIMS:
FOR. RUSSIA
ENORMOUS
CHANGES
Moscow, Jan. 28. The claim that the Soviet's example has proved a striking The Wheeler amendment-re victory for Socialism, is mado markable as the scheme for buy-by. M. Stalin in his report on ng 1,000,000,000 ounces of silver internal conditions in Russia to sounded was only defeated by the Communist Party Congress. two votes and then only because Sonator Robinson intervened to indicate that President Roose velt would be embarrassed by its passage.
M. Stalin's report took no texa than five hours to read.
the
He said that the face of country had been radically chang- The Pittman amendment waned within the past four years. passed, but that was scarcely 'of the same importance.
CANNOT BE OVERLOOKED
Large-scale mechanised farming
on a collectivist basis had replaced the petty private farming, while thousands of industrial enterprises
The extent of the support which had been developed, as the result Sonator Wheeler was able to of which new towns
obtain, however, cannot be over-from waste land.
looked, and the opinion is generall
that the President will be unable
had arisen
He claimed that pauperism and
to ignore the strong sentiment of unemployment had been stamped
•Congress in favour of giving silver out,
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that literacy among
the
more important place in the people of Russia bad reached ninety monetary machinery.
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Senator Pittman declares that je amendment was necessary. Unless President Roosevelt empowered to have the United States market price slightly above the world price, America may lose American silver and the United States will be provented from
per cent, adding that these enor
Forty-three members, of Admiral Byrd's Antarctic Expedition are to-day reported maroon-
ed in the Bay of Whatos. Above are soon Admiral Byrd (right) with his chief pilot, Harold June. On right is the "Bear of Oakland," former US, constguard cutter, which to being used as the party's base ship,
MUELLER'S NEW TACTICS
CHURCH CONTROVERSY IN GERMANY
QUAKE SHOCKS IN MEXICO
PEOPLE LIVING IN TENTS
Mexico City, Jan, 28. The whole of south and central Mexico has been rocked by an earthquake. Many are reported to have been injured and heavy
mous changes for good would be a SPECIAL DECREE damage has been done, especially
miracle under a Capitalist regime, whereas in the Soviet Union they were simply due to a correct ap plication of the Socialist economie system.~Renter.
carrying out the London silver VOLUNTEER THREATS
pact,
MERE GESTURE
}
Tho free coinage advocates re- gard the amendment as a mere gesture, J
all
The strong support given to the Wheeler amendment is considered likely to produce two effects, encouragement to further efforts by the silver school, and an In- ducement to listen more closely in Administration circles-Reuter.
IN MANCHURIA
New Campaign Started Against Japanese
from
Peking. Jan. 29. Reports filtering In
indicate that Chinese Manchuria anti-Manchukuo "volunteers" are raising their heads again in the eastern border districts of Man
PRISONER DIES IN churia.
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HOSPITAL
VERDICT
A
FOR PRUSSIA
Berlin, Jan. 28. Having failed in his project to aubordinate the whole of the German Protestant Church to his programme of Church organisa- tion, Reichsbishop Mueller now changed his tactics.
has
He is now apparently deter- mined to concentrate on securing
the submission of the Church in
Prussia.
RADIO BROADCAST
TO-DAY'S BROADCAST.
A RELAY FROM THE KO SHING THEATRE From Z. B. W. on a wavelength of 356 metres:
5-8 p.m. European programme, 5-7 p.m.
in Agapulco where numerous buildings cracked.-Reuter.
Later. Practically all buildings in Aga- pulco
Fearing damaged. further shocks, the people have tions, etc. abandoned their houses and living in tents.
were
Are!
to
Several persons were injured in Mexico City In a panic rush leave churches and other buildings where numbers of people congregated, but there damage to property-Reuter.
An emergency decree has been issued by the Reichsbishop which BIT temporarily suspends the Church Senate.
This development in the Church controversy
Bishop enables Mueller, who is relying upon securing the support in Prussia of General Goering, to isgue orders to the Suprenie Prussia Church Council, thereby subjecting the nineteen million Prussian Pro testants belonging to the United Church to dictatorial rule,
A relay of the Hongkong Hotel Dance Orchestra from the Hongkong Hotel Roof Garden.
7-8 p.m. Recorded music. 7. p.m.
Closing Local Stock Quota- 7.3-7.82 p.m. Concert Items. Song Carceleras (Prison Song)
(Chapi),
Song Serenata (Tosf!). Madame Amelita
were Pianoforte was по
THE HAND THAT CAUGHT HIM
SCAVENGING COOLIE CHARGED WITH RADIATOR
CAP THEFT
Solo Danso
(Chaminado).
Galli-Curci (Soprano). Creolo
Una Bourne.
Song O Sole Mio (Capurro-di Capua) Song La Donna E Mobile (Woman is
Fickle) ("Rigoletto-Verdi).
Enrico Caruso (Tenor). Violin Solo-Danze Espagnole (Do
Falla-Kreisler). Violin Solo-(a) Minstrels (Debussy) Flight of the Bumble Bee (b) Rimsky-Korsakov and Hartmann).
Yehudi Menuhin.
7.32-8 p.m. Variety. Song-Ev'ry Little While.
Song-Try Gettin' a Good Night's
Sleep:
Frances Mdddux (Soprano).
A scavenging coolie was charged | before Mr. Hamilton this morning, Orchestral Cavalcade Twentieth with stealing radiator-eap Century Blues. from a car belonging to Dr. I.Orchestral-Cavalcade-Lover of my
Dreams. Newton, of the Victoria Hospital, at Barker Road, and receiving.
Jack Pyne and His B.B.C. Dance third charge of assaulting a police vocal Duet-I Cover the Waterfront. Orchestra. constable was also preferred
Sub-Inspector Kirby asked for
A
About 6,000 volunteers are oper- ating in groups in the mountainous districts. Meishan-is reported to have been occupied by them, while
PASTORS SUSPENDED NATURAL CAUSES AS another body is threatening the
The decree was followed by coal mines of Muling.
the orders for the suspension of all Japanese report anys volunteers are in the process of defiant pastors, thirty of whom Ip Shing. 35, a male prisoner merging themselves into a strong have already been suspended." serving one month's hard labour force. They are alleged to have while the Opposition leader, 48 hours' remand, which was grant for unlawful possession, died yes-been trained and directed by tor Niemoeller is given leave of ed. The defendant was alleged to terday morning. An inquest was Soviet conducted by Mr. Balfour in the Japanese military authorities at The fact that the Nazi Pro-have bitten the hand of an Indian Central Polloo Court this morning, Hailin are sending infantry to testant lenders meeting at Bishon ussisted by the following jury suppress them.-Central News. Messra. H. A. Luz (foreman), Fung Kwok-wah and Mok Hing- choung.
military officers. The absence,
The speaker at the Rotary Club time to-morrow will be Mr. Sterry
Chief Warder Buchanan told the Court that the prisoner was ad- B. Freeman, C.B.E., and his subject mitted to Victoria Gaol on January "The Engineer's Outlook."
'8 and on the 18th inst, was trans
ferred to Laichikok Branch Prison,
from which he was re-transferred
and entered Victoria Guol Hospital
Jon January. 25.
Mueller's office declared their loyalty to Herr Hitler and their determination to support Bishop Mueller is hailed by the Press as capitulation by the opposition.
Nevertheless, further develop- ments are expected.-Reuter.
DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF
NO TRUE WORK SINCE THE WORLD
One САБО
cach of smallpox, diphtheria, enteric fever and men
constable.
TRUCE BROKEN
MA CHUNG-YING ATTACKING TEHUA
Nanking, Jun, 29,
G. V. A. Griffiths, Gaol M.O., BEGAN WAS EVER WASTED, NO TRUE sáid the deceased had been suffer- LIFE.SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN HAS ingitis were reported to the Henith capital of Sinklang, to the effect
While in EVER FAILED.-Samuel Harris.
hg from dysentery. hospital he was treated for it, but
authorities on Friday.
Vocal Duct-Mood Indigo. Orchestral Music in the Air-The Layton and Johnstone.
Song in You. Orchestral Moon Song.
...
Albert Sandler and His Orchestra, Vocal Waltz-Wing, Women and Song. The B.B.C. Wireless Chorus,
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p.m. Local Time and Weather Report.
8.3-11.30 p.m. A relay from the Ko Shing. Theatre.
Nem. Rugby Mid-day. Press
11.30 pm. Close Down.
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All relaye from the Hongkong Hotel aro by courtesy of the Manage- ment and during the intervals recorded The resident representative of music will be broadcast from the the Hainkling Government has!
Studio.. received a message from Tehua,
that the Mohammedan general, Mo Chung-ying, has again violated the truce agreement" and is direct- theft, was sentenced to nine months Mr. Balfour in the Central Magistracying his forces against Tehus. hard labour on his appearance before this morning, for the possession of Further fighting a. inevitable. Mr. Balfour, in the Central Police quantity of po piu lottery tickets. Central News. Court this morning.
found in her possession in Tank Leno during the week-end.
Chan lion, 19, spinster, was find he showed no response. The post- Chan Wah, aged 20, a returned
for 560 or four weeks' imprisonment by
mortem examination showed that the clinical diagnosis of dysentery was correct. Death, in his opinion. was due primarily to dysentery and secondly to cardiac failure.
After viewing the body in the Gaol mortuary, the jury returned n verdict of death
COUBOR,
banishee with three convictions
from natural pamphlets will be Safety First"|
SUN TIEN-YING
RETREAT
for
By courtesy of the Far East Aviation Co., Ltd.,
Among the business
the by aero Sanitary Board's fortnightly meeting plano from the air between 7.15 to-morrow are an application for an a.m. and 8.15 am. on Wednesday, eating house licence at No. 74, January 31st, and between 7.15 a.m. Waterloo Road (garage), and and 8.15 am. on Saturday February application for the registration of IN 3rd. Motorists aro requested to No. 62, Queen's Road East, ground
drive with extreme caution at these floor, as a dairy, times.
NINGSHA SITUATION
EASIER
The story,
ап
Alm
NOT ENTERING CHINESE GOVERNMENT SERVICE
bowl and two ladles from No, 380, de hrdinated to fun, and visit of last year and continua hla
tin
THE "EMERAUDE” DİSASTER
ITALIAN SYMPATHY
APPRECIATED
GENERAL VON SEECKT. the acting Governor-General of The following letter was sent by
Indo-China to the Consul for Italy. at Hanol, following the recent air disaster in which M. Pasquior lost his life:
"I have the honour to acknow- Berlin, Jan. 28, ledge receipt of your letters No.. Reports that General Von Beeckt 1/247 and No, 1/248 by which you There were crowded houses at the had entered the service of the Chideeiro me to forward your con Yuon Ki-tong, unemployed, charged King's Theatre yesterday for the nese Government have been off-dolences, as well as those of the. before Mr. Hamilton, at the Central first screenings of "Falling for cially denied.
Consul-General for Italy at Hong- Magistracy with stealing a hand You," a riotously funny British It is stated that Chinese quarters that has just plunged the whole kong, for the torrible accident Jackc Hulbert Den Voeux Road, West, ground
whilst invited Von Seeckt to repeat his of Indo-China into mourning. Peking, Jan. 29. and being in possession. of
amusing, is
"In the name of the family of M. According to the Istest messages opaner for an unlawful purpose, nonsense, in which the two principals study of conditions and events in Pasquier and of the French popu
was sentenced to six months Im-make a big hit. Tamara Deant also China.-Reuter. from Ningahn, fighting is rapidly prisonment on both charges. Do-figures as a most attractive
Iation of Indo-China, I have to drawing to a conclusion as a result fendant admitted a previous con-accomplished actress. The film is
thank you for your letters which of the general retront of the in-viction.
showing again to-day and to-morrow.
constitute a precious manifestrí- bra under Sun Tien-ying, "who have lost the greater part of ground Though he was 72 years of age, a For stealing a a showl from 64, voralty Christian Association yester-circumstances. I beg at the same gained by them through their in-Shanghai man, arrested for begging in Hillier Street, Cheung Wing, 28, unday morning in Bt. Stephen's Church, time that you will transmit to M. Queen's Road Central, caused no end employed, was sentenced to one Pokfulam Road, Rav, C. B. Burkwell, The Ningsha troops have re- of trouble in the charge room of the month's hard labour by Mr. Balfour in of the British and Forglen Bianconi and to the Italian colony captured the area along the west Central Police Station. He behave in the Central Police Court this morning. Society, made a presentation of bibles an Annam and Tonkin an expres Stuke mammer, and even Inspector Stimson sald a deteelive to graduates of the Univeralty of ion of the gratitude of the Gov- to take him to the cells and have his under observation for nearly tour to have attended the presentation to Inspector Stimson had to lend a hand district watchman kept the defendant 1938. Altogether 38 graduates were ernmont-General." finger-printa taken. Charged before hours. He saw him go up to the fiái receive bibles, but only about fourteen The Bogey (Par) Pool on the new Mr, Balfour this morning, defendant and descend the stairs with the show! were present. Sir William Hornell, course at Fanling during the wook-ond admitted previous convictions for Defendant admitted that he walked Vice-Chancellor of the University was was won by If. B. Day (18), who mendicaney and was fined ten dollars into the house, saw the shawl and there, and Bishop Hall preached the finished all square. There or fourteen days' prison in default, took it.
entries. sermon at the Service.
initial success.
bank of the Yellow River.
General Ma Hung-kwei, Governor
of Ningehs, is now directing his
attention to Tingkow, to the north
of the Ningsha, which is still oc- cupied by Bun Tien-ying's troops.
Central News,
•
and
At a Service conducted by the Ual-tion of sympathy in our sorrowful
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