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SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1934.
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RUSSIA'S ENTRY FRENCH CABINET WARNS FIVE-YEAR PLAN
INTO LEAGUE
WANT LEAD FROM BRITAIN
INDICATION OF WELCOME
NOT ACCEPTING INFERIORITY
London, April 14. The Soviet is very serious- ly considering her position vis-a-vis the League of
Nations with a view to mem-
bership.
Reuter understands that re
EGG AND TOMATO BATTLE
Students Clash With New York Police
New York. Apr. 13. An anti-war strike called by the Student League of Industrial Democracy, the National Students' League and other organisations.
resulted in clashes between students: non- pacifist pacifist students and police. The police responded the with lire hoses to
students' fire of over-ripe eggs and tomatoes.- Reuter.
ation of Russia's entry into the ROOSEVELT
gue has not yet entered the
re of discussing the practical
Lýditions
of such a step, while
o Soviet leaders are generally
avourably disposed.
It is obvious, however, that the
Soviet will not consider any pro
GIVEN SURPRISE
posals that would place her in a DEMOCRATS PARADE
position of interiority.
It is understood that the Soviet feels that LF Britain and France make it plain that the
SOVICL would be welcome at Geneva, tuen
IN HONOUR
Washington, Apr. 13.
the minor duncaties, such as the President Roosevelt's re- the turn to the capital from his
disinclination of Switzerland and other smail countries 015
would cusity 'the' -OVETCOIR1‚------ Renter
CIVIL SERVANTS
PARIS FEARING DISORDERS
DEMONSTRATION THREATS
SALARY CUTS PROTEST
Paris, April 13. Apprehensions of disorders arising from the strong feel- ing aroused by the Doumer- gue economy scheme widely shared.
are
The Government will not tolerate any demonstration that is calculat ed to disturb public order, atatea, an official communique issued after a Cabinet meeting this morning, called specially in reference to the proposed civil servants' demonstra- tion, arranged for to-morrow.
The communique adds that thej decree relating to the cuts in ex- Servicemen's pensions will operate from April 1.
DEMANDS REFUSED
The Government has thus re- fused the ex-Servicemen's demands that a three por cerit, cut should! operate from June 1.
M. Doumerguo explained that Council to recognise the Soviet, brief fishing trip was made such a concession would upset the
the occasion for a remark-whole recovery scheme, jable demonstration.
VERBOTEN
FORTUNE-TELLING
BANNED
LATEST BERLIN
DECREE
*
(Special to "Telograph"}
fly Telegraph. Copyright, Taleprashte Mes
Received April Ordinance. 284.
Berlin, April 13.
Two hundred members of Con- of mostly consisting Kress, Democrats, marched to the Station to welcome the President in volumn of tours, headed by a scarlet-ented Band of Marines,
Workers hurrying to their offices were astonished as demonstrations of this nature are unusual in
the
capital except on national occasions
such as the buguration of a new President.
STRIKE PROBLEM Meanwhile, strikes and threats of strikes are reported from many different parts of the country.
die
Three thousand tool and workers are idle in Detroit.
Workers nilliated to the Ameri-
Fortune-telling by cards or bycan Federation of Labour and am- droscopes is to be forbidden in Berlin as from May 1.
Measures have alrendy been taken to deal with the ringleaders! responsible for the partial strikes, which have occurred,
Donner, Mrs. Joseph W. prominent in Buffalo society circles, is shortly to marry Lord Tennyson, Hampshire's cricket captain. They met in the Unit- ed States during a recent visit by Lord Tennyson.
FALLING DUTCH TRADE
NEGOTIATIONS IN LONDON
RODEO BAN IN BRITAIN
STRONG FEELING IN PARLIAMENT
UNANIMOUS VOTE ON NEW BILL
(Special to "Telegraph")
(Dy Telegraph. Copyright. Telegrankie Ma
Ordinance.
Received Aprű apt
API. 14. 0.15 m.),
London, Apr. 13.
Britain will not tolerate rodeo displays that resemble Spanish bull-fights, declared a speaker in
the House of Commons this
FOR STEEL
EXCESS WATER
CHARGES
Ten Por Cont. Rebate From April 1
The Government's res- ponse to recent agitation regarding excess consump tion of water is contained in a notification in the Gazelle stating that on all new accounts issued after April 1, a rebate of 10 per cent, shall be granted.
It is explained that the concession is to be regarded as a temporary measure.
NEW EPOCH IN INDUSTRY
| EMPIRE CO-ORDINATION SOUGHT
|WIDE POWER FOR FEDERATION
London, Apr. 14.
The biggest attempt at in- dustrial reorganisation yet launched in Great Britain' is contained in the draft Five
afternoon, during the discussion THE GREAT Year Plan for the reorgani-
on a Bill placing severe restric- fións on the rodeo type of enter tainment.
The attitude of the House was reflected in the fact that the second reading of the B, which was sub- mitted by a private member and which definitely prohibits certain rodeo contest, was approved un- animously because rodeo has been arranged to take place in London in June,
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The sponsors of the Bill hope that it will become law in time to prevent certain proposed fentures of the June display.
Members on all sides of the! House stigmatised the repulsive cruelty of many rodeo displays, and the Government has promised
FLOOD CONFIRMED
.EXCAVATIONS AT UR END
STORY. OF 4,000 YEARS AGO
London, Apr. 13. Commenting on the fact that
sation of the iron and steel industry.
The plan will give the British Iron and Steel Federation complete control of the industry throughout the Empire.
It is understood that the scheme has the Treasury's approval and It is, therefore, anticipated that the present duty of 88 1/3rd par cent. on imported fron and steal, due to expire in October and imposed on condition that the Industry re- organise Itself, will be continued.
VOLUNTARY SCHEME
The scheme is voluntary and free from State control.
It empowers the Federation to to give the Bill sympathatte con-after twelve seasons of careful sideration. Whether it secures a and scientific exploration, the control imports by quota in order third reading depends entirely joint expedition of the British to make the industry Independent upon Government decision to grant Muscum and the University of of tariffs within five years. facilities,~Routers Special Service, Pennsylvania have completed It seeks to recover lost world their labours at Ur of the markets by means of an export Chaldees, the Times says their levy on home sales, PRINCE ON VISIT TO work has marked an epoch in organising production by eliminat-
iug wasteful competition, Archacology. SCOTLAND
ouraging amalgamations and the For the first time, two distinct modernisation of plant, and by selontific institutions of two connecuring the coordination of every trien-have-co-operated-and-their iron-and-steel-enterprise--in-the-
represen Empire-Reuter successive united
London, April. 13. TO.MORROW'S "PROMISE" Preliminary discussions
garding the
the scope of Sunday is being waited with forthcoming trade negotiations much anxiety. The civil servants between Britain and the Nether- are planning public demonstrations
the streets of every city land will take place on the France, and on a monster scale arrival in Loudon, on April 24. SEES
of Dr. Hirschfeld, Director-|
in
MISSING PLANE MYSTERY
FOURTH DAY OF SEARCH
ance.
CUNARDER AND TALKS WITH. MEN
London, Apr. 13. Prince of Wales, who is
new
the longest continuous examina- tion of a site that has yet been undertaken.
und by re-
DERBY BETTING
5 TO 2 AGAINST COLOMBO
L
11י
in Paris itself.
On Monday, they plan to further! General of Economic Affairs. for demonstrate in the places of their the Netherlands Government. employment.Reuter,
The large dimensiona of the The
Their excavations have curried trade which is carried on between fulfiling several engagements in back the record to the first human
of nd the Scotland, visited Glasgow to-day occupation the United Kingdom
the Euphrates Netherland invests the coming and attended a Boy Scout exhibi- Valley when Ur was a hamlet in negotiations with much import- tion this evening.
a marsh, and their discoveries Ho made a surprise call this have. Illustrated, with an astonish- wealth of detail, periods at the shipbuilding | ing Last year. British exports to afternoon
In the barest the Netherlands represented yard at Clydebank where the formerly known value of £12,480,000 and Britain's giant new Cunard linor No. 634 outline. re-exports to the Netherlands were is under construction. The Prince £1,975,000, while importa into the examined the hull of the United Kingdom from the Nother vessel and talked with the men
BUT NO TAKERS lands, totalled £18,850,000, Bri engaged in its construction. Shanghal, April 14,
tain's visible adverse balance with British Wircices.
London, Apr. 18. Search for the missing Canton Holland amounting to £4,404,000.
The call-over for the Derby at air-liner continues. No results! In the previous year, when im
tho from have yet been achieved and the ports
Netherlands Dutch Colonies in the East Indies, that a flood of gigantic dimen- the Victoria Club this evening
United Kingdom adverso mystery deepens. There is not totalled £22,030,000, the adverse the of the International Oil-Field, Gas-the slightest clue to the fate of balance was £7,539,000 and in balance last year was £1,064,000, sions-which left cleven feet 01 revealed Colombo as the shortest Well and Refinery Workers of the glant Sikorsky and her three 1931, when British imports from having been reduced from 93,056, siit at one point near Ur-once priced favourite, at this stage, for Colombo was, of course, casily America, declared to-day that a occupants.-Reuter.
the Netherlands reached a value of 000 in 1932 ahd £3,291,000 in 1931. overwhelmed the lowlands of iraq many years. £35,000,000, the visible balance of British exports and re-exports and destroyed its settlements strike affecting one hundred thous-
the outstanding two-year-old of favour of
last Season and the to the Netherlands East Indies British Wirelons.
JA his value and workers will be called within
During the absence of Mr. J. trade
already placed at over £30,000. forty-eight hours if the wage dit-
imports amounted to £4,051,000,--|
The call-over revealed the fol ferentials prepared by the Oil Code Bagram, Mr. J. Hennessey Seth is to Netherlands to the extent of £18,-last year totalled £2,083,000, while
be in charge of the Consulate General 301,000, Authority are adopted.-Reuter.
for Siam,
In regard to trade with the British Wireless.
loved by the Fisher Body plant at Flint, Michigan, have three times voted in favour of a strike, bui was have not yet come out. They claim A decree to this effect
by the Police President that the employers have not fulfill- inated
result in the ed their promises to reinstate dis- to-day. It will closing of many establishments in charged workers. the city which have done a flourishing business in the past by drawing the. horoscopes of credu- lous poopla for payment.- Reuter's Special Service.
SIGNOR SUVICH
TO VISIT LONDON SHORTLY
London, April 13. Signor Suvich, Under-Secretary
of State at the Italian Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, will arrivo
in London on courtesy visit on
OIL WORKERS' THREAT
Mr. Harvey Fleming, President
DR. KUNG & PROFESSOR: ROGERS
April 22 and is expected to stay Silver Discussions In
until the morning of the 26th.
He will be the guest of the Porciun Secretary, Sir John Simon, at a dinner at the Foreign Office on April 23. He has been invited to dine nt the Middle Temple on the following day and n re- ception will be given in his honour at the Italian Embassy on the evening of the 26th.-British Wireless.
INSULI ON WAY TO US.
Smyrus, Apr. 13. Samuel Ingall we inte to-night put aboard the U.S. fraighter Exilona, which is bound for the United States.-Reuter
LT1 4.5
Shanghai
(Špecial to "Telegraph”)
Shanghai, April 14. Dr. H. H. Kung, the Finance Minister, who accompanied Pro. fennor Rogers, the American silver expert, to Shanghai from Nanking yesterday, had a meeting with Mr. T. V. Soong in connection with the proposed organisation of a financial company through which foreign financial assistance in the of China economic devolopment could be efficiently handled.
Speculation is rife concerning whether Dr. Rogers would havo. any connection with this project.
At the Hongkong Area Small Arms Meeting, held on the Kowloon Ranges Dr. II. II, Kung invited Chinese on Thursday and yesterday, Sat financial lenders to a conference. Goullin
1st. Lincolnshire held yesterday afternoon at his Regiment, won the Area Champlon- ship Cup for the best shot of all ranks Shanghai offico, at which they had exchange of views with Mr. with a score of 02. Sgt. Bennett, of the East Lancashire tegiment was Rogern on the silver issue-Con
tral News. second, two points behind Gouldin.
was in
1
The funeral of the Dowager Queen Emma of the Netherlands took plnen at Dalit on March 27. Thousands of people lined the route which the cortage followed. Photo shows the hearto passlug
through the streets of The Haguse: (Pianet News, By: Ale Mail).
Abundant light has been thrown on the domestic life of the people of Ur twenty centuries before the Christian era.
Of even greater importance has unmistakaoio conarma- been too tion of the Bibilical tradition
BURGLAR SCARE towing betting odda:
AT SHEK-O
ROBBERY AT SIR WM. SHENTON'S
Résidences at Shak-O have dur-j. ing the past two nights been visit- ed by a burglar, who Inst night managed to get away with a sum of $15 from the 'the Hon, Sir William Shenton's house.
On Wednesday night, the burg- lar paid visits to Sir William Shen- ton's and. Mr. M. H. Turner's re- afdences, but took nothing. Last night, he returned to the former's house, vained entrance to Miss Shonton's room, seized a suitcase and turned out its contents, leaving everything behind except
ing $15 in money.
An attempt was also made to enter the residence of Mr. T. P. Kemble, but the barking of three dogs belonging to the occupant scared the intruder away.
6/2 Colorabo (offerod) 9/1 Medieval Knight (o.) 9/1 Umidwar (o. 10/1 taken) 100/6 Valerius (0)
18/1 Master Vere (o.) 18/1 Lozingaro (o.) 22/1 Windsor Lad (o. 25/1 t.). 88/1 Tiberius (o.)
Reuter
U.S. CONVERSION
LOAN
BIG RESPONSE MADE FOR EXCHANGE
Washington, April 18. that the oxchange subscriptione to The Treasury has announced
the recent Conversion Loan of $200,000,000 Fourth Liberty Honda and $49,000.000 Treasury Notes totalled $707,000,000 for Liberty Bonds and $284,000,000 for the Treasury Notes. ⠀⠀
the
Mr. Morgenthau has called in an While working at the Kowloon additional $1,200.000.000 Fourth Docks yesterday, a labourer, Poon Liberty Bonds for redemption on Fau, aged 32, fell from a plank, October 16. The decision to mako height of ten foot to the bottom of the call was approved by the the dock,
Cabinet this afternoon.-Router.