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No. 14827
XD XTAXXE SATURDAY, JUNE 16,
1934.
日五月五
SINGLE COPY, 10 OENES
ITALY AND GERMANY AGREE TO COLLABORATE
Important Results of Venice Talks
RETURN TO GENEVA PROBABLE
AUSTRIA'S FUTURE
SETTLED
NO BALANCE OF POWER PACTS
(Special to "Talograph")
( Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic Mem angra Ordinance, 1094. Песнький June
14, 0.20 .mud
Venice, June 16.
WIGHTMAN CUP DUELS
Britain Takes The Doubles
The United States leads in the Wightman Cup series by two matches to one, Britain carrying off the last match, a doubles contest. Four matches, three singles and a doubles will be played to-day. See Sports Pages.
DET KUNNEN LEAŠTUDENTKLUBSN
CARNERA'S
No cut and dried diploma-FUTILITY
tic agreements have been formulated in the conversa- tions between Herr Hitler. and Signor Mussolini.
The two statesmen have, it is learned, contented them- | selves with agreeing per- sonally upon the policies to be pursued in the future.
state-
EXPLAINED ·
SERIOUS. INJURY TO FOOT
BRITAIN'S WARNING TO BERLIN
CLEARING-HOUSE OR AN AGREEMENT
CITY BRIGHTENS
London, June 15,
A favourable reception was ac- corded in the City to the an- nouncement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that in view of Germany's decision to suspend foreign cash transfers on state loans for six months from July 14, His Majesty's Government intends shortly to proposa legisla- tion for setting up an Anglo-Ger- man clearing office unless a satis- factory agreement ensuring the fair treatment of British bond holders and British commerce can Įbe negotiated before July 1st.
Detailed arrangements and the particular boudis to which the pro posed legislation will refer are
UNABLE TO WALK being worked out and will, of
FOR FORTNIGHT
ག
(Special to "Telegraph")
conese, depend upon the outcom: o acgotiations with Germany.
The Dawes and Young loans jare affected by the German deci- ston and the maxinum amount of annual servicg, including sinking City Telegraph, Copyright. Teleprophie Mae funds, on these loans is £2.230,000. Of this total, interest at 7 per cent, on the Dawes Joins hr which
The real results of their highly important meting were summarised by Signor Suvich, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in a ment to international Journalists, following an address by Signor] 19, kan al Mussolini to a crowd of 90,000. In St. Mark's Square last night.
SUVICH STATEMENT,
Grilinanes
Bactived
New York, June 15.
His winkle has swollen
tremendous size.
June
to a
An important further under
He i་ being standing renelted reveals that both given an X-ray examination to
incline Italy and Germany
to determine whether a one has been wards the Litvinoff peace pro broken. His posals and prefer general instead broken. 1
regional Bgreements for:
also WIS
.
TRADE FIGURES,
-
́$1600 PER ANNUM,,
WHITEAWAYS
NEW STOCK
OF
FLAPJACKS JUST ARRIVED.
ASST. COLOURS.
Price $2.75.
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
President Mendieta of "Cuba. who has just narrowly escaped an attempt at anamssination.
.
ARMS EMBARGO INCIDENT
INQUIRY INTO BIG SHIPMENT
DEFIANCE OF US. BAN?
(Special to "Telegraph")
. . ..
ON PRES. MENDIETA
BOMB AT A BANQUET
TYPIST, KILLED: 8 INJURED
COL. MENDIETA HIT ON HAND
Havana, June 15. Col Mondiete, the Presi dent of Cuba, had an exceed- ingly narrow escape when an attempt was made to ass06- sinate him. to-night.
PROHIBITIONISTS REVIVE IN U.S.
Pussyfoot Demand In Scnate
Washington, Juno 15. A resolution calling for the .re-establishment of National Prohibition has been introduced in the Senate by Senator Sheppard,. the author of the famous Eighteenth Amendment.--. Reuter.
ANOTHER
FREE PORT STATUS
SIR W. SHENTON ON HONGKONG TRADE ·
A LETTER TO MR. DODWELL
Sir,-With reference to the lendor in your paper last night on the subject of the "free port statua" of Hongkong, I send you herewith a copy of my letter to Mr. S. II. Dodwell, the chairman of the Hongkong Brewers and Distillers Co., Ltd., dealing with that portion of his speech which
A bombs was thrown just behind ROOSEVELT touched on this subject.
the President in a local hotel where Col. Mendlela was attending
K banquet.
It exploded with terrific force, causing a complete panie.
President Mendieta was on his
feet
at the time, delivering o speech to the guests, and his life appears to have been saved by the fact that the full force, of the explosion struck a stenographer (who was killed instantly) sitting just behind him.
The President escaped with n wound in the hand.
Eight persons sitting at the head of the table were wounded. Reuter.
GERMANY'S BID FOR RECIPROCITY
DIVORCE?
DAUGHTER GOES TO NEVADA
SEPARATED FROM HUSBAND
(Special to "Talagraph")
(Du Telegraph, Copyright. Telegraphic Mrs.
Ordinance.
Received 14. . .m.)
2501.
New York, June 15.
June
My intention is to provoke die-1. cussion on this, to Hongkong, vitally important question. The lattor sets out my view on this problem as I, at present, see it.
I am sending you my letter with" Mr. Dodwell's consent..
W. E. .L. SHENTON.
(Enclosure)
IMPORTANT ISSUE.
AM
Dear Dodwoll,—As regards your Brewery speech, I now propose to dosi in detall with Page 8.. requested by you.
Your proposal raises a very | important" issue, which calls 'for very careful ́inquiry and a great deal of deep thinking. Your
Another divorce in the suggestion entails giving up the free port status of Hongkong and President's family, the Instituting, presumably for the second since he assumed whole Condition, of course, to high protective. tariffs, office, is believed to be pend-the
the revenue tariffs which we at present have. At the moment we tax First news of the development tobacco, and petrol for
opium, wines, spirits, beer, came from Reno, Nevada,
a purposes, a form of taxation which message stating-that Mrs. Anna is internationally recognised as Roosevelt Dall, daughter of Prasi- not being contrary to free trade dent Franklin Roosevelt, is on her principles. way to establish herself in resid-
Coffee Imports To Be ing.
Controlled
(Special to "Telegraph")
revenue
All nationa recognise
the
protective tariffs are placed in an entirely different category and are brought inte being so as to enable country to be or become highly
(Continued on Page 7.)
Carnera's almost ridiculous there was so gold cluse amounts to £861,250 and with the sinking failure to do himself any sort of fund to about £1,000,000, There Signor Suvich said that the two justice in last night's fight for the was a gold cinuse in 6 per cent. statesmen have agreed to collabor world title is revealed to have Young loan. ate upon International questions,
interest alone acconits for and also that Germany should been due to a serious foot injury. £614,586 and the total service,
By Telepraph. Conuright. Telegraphía Més-, He was given immediate medical | including linking fund, £780.000, seora Ordinance. FIL Received have equal rights within the
June League of Nations, although Italy attention after the fight had been When the 60 per cent. allowance has taken no inftiative in seeking stopped and a further uxamination for the difference between sterling
London, June 15/ to bring Germany back to the was mkde this morning, the and the gold payment is made, the Considerable interest bas. been
(Dy Telegraph, Copyright. Teisprophis Mesence in a cottage on the shores necessity of revenge tariffs, but Longue.
physicians then stating that the total annual service on the sterl-aroused by a report from New
Konk Ordinance. 2474. Received June of Lake Tahoe in Nevada. Hitler and Massolini were also giant falian will be unable to walking issue of the Young loans is York which indicates that the dels come agreed about Austria's indepen for at feast a fortnight.
£1,290,000.
ability to place an embargo on
Nevada being a famous divorce Borlin, June 16. war material exports may be dunce.
The Minister of Economics hos State, it is assumed that she is given its first real test.
decreed that as from July 1, coffee proposing to divorce her husband, The Department of Justice in muy be imported into Germany Mr. Curtiss Dall. In view of the clearing-house Washington has ordered an inves-enly by special licence. proposal, attention is being direct-Ligation into the sale of $200,000
The couple have maintained A restriction of imports is not separate homes since last year. ed to the Angle-German balance worth of war materials which are contemplated, the intention being They were married on June 5, of trade.
now lying on the quays in New York to regulate imports so as to favour 1926. Overseas trade returns, show and Norfolk, Virginia, awaiting such countrice
increase as may that in 1933 the United Kingdom shipment to Bolivia.
When Interviewed in Washing-. their purchases of finished goods lon to-day. Mrs. Franklin Roose- It is revealed that Garnern lore imports from Germany were of al
from Germany.-Reuter Special. velt declined to comment on the Ugaments in his foot in the first žvalné of £30,000,000. doubt (says round, after which
The inquiry will Uniteul I he found it Kingdom exports to Germany sold in defiance of President whether the munitions have been
matter, beyond stating that Mrs. Router) that Italy and Germany extremely difficult to keep his feet including freight on British vs Roosevelt's ban upon the export of
Anna Dair and her two children luve drawn closer together. at all. He went down on at least sets, were valued at £17,000,000.
it is emphasised that their cum-ten occasions and he Cell On
war material to the belligerents in Warning given by Mr. Chamber- mon polley is to avoid any system numerous occasions when he had tain that purchases of German the Gran Chaco. of groups of block of nations not been hit at all or received the pids now held by foreignera wifl while there is no reference to the lightest of blows.--United Press. be made at
the purchases' own Four-Power Pact.
Reuter reveals that Carnera has risk was taken On the Stock This is regarded as exceedingly important as the Pact has hitherto reived £27,10% 4 his share of Exchange to indicate that any of the gale receipts and that the couplan adopted will apply only to been the dominant thesis
29.044, ou bonds in British hands before the Italia diplomacy. The idea of queror, Mas Buer,
latest development." the Pact was essential to prevent 75/25 per cout, basis, block forming round France and, Jack Dempsey released Baer from his contract for seven and a half Cermany respectively.
per cent.
of
guarantoring peace.--United Presa.i
AVOIDING BLOCS.
There can be no
SAME VIEWS.
it is stated that Italy and Ger- many still hold the same views au wish to work in collaboration with all other nations.
also
emphasised
by
·t is Reiter's, correspondent in Venice that the real agreement really Bes in the personal relations estab lished between Herr Hitler and Mussolini, rather
thing
actual political questions.
NO DOCUMENTS.
pon.
i
nose
TORN LIGAMENTS,
RESIGNATION OFFERED
ECHO OF KURAMOTO AFFAIR
• Tokyo, June 16. In consequence of the Kuromoto euse, Mr. Suma, the Japanese
It is established that no docu- Consul-General at Nanking, to
menta havo been aligned.
The important diplomatic
(Continued on Page 7)
ENGLISH DROUGHT
PROBLEM
SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR LONDON
London, June 15.
A special Drought Committee
BONDS IMPROVE.
on
་
ascertian
GENEVA ACTION?
SENATE AGAINST
PRESIDENT
departed for Nevada yesterday.
United Press.
SMASH ON CASTLE PEAK ROAD
A
STOP PRESS
Pittsburgh, Juno 16.
After deciding to postpone the strike, the Steel Workers' Con- vention adopted a plan submitted by Mr. William Green for an impartint mediation board, to be appolated by President Roosevelt.
Reuter.
It is learned from Geneva, in the REFUSES FREE HAND meantime, that thiry-four oveWITH R.F.C. FUNDS ments have now agreed, in prin- ciple, to the proposed arms em
Washington, June 16. hargo on Bolivia and Paraguay.
The Senate to-day refused to
FIVE CHINESE SENT The Committee in charge of the plan suggests that the Powers give President Roosevelt a free TO HOSPITAL On the exchange, German bondaj should now implement the ban and hand to dispense for relief and
Five persons minde a recovery
are reported top the Chan secure its universal enforcement. public works the unappropriated
Washington, June 16. funda --Reuter
of the cellur's statement, but left
Reconstruction|have been injured in a collision Special. GalE
Finance Corporation, amounting between
Apparently the próhibition pro- motor-lorry and A under the best with the Young
to nearly $100,000,000.
public car on the Castle. Peak pasal is not to prohibit alcoholic bonds at 3 and the Dawes at 62.
Road..
beverages, As under the. 18th A Note Informing the British
The Senate agreed to make a Government of the circumstances which Jud to the German Govern-] ment's decision to suspend ensh transfers was handed by the German Ambassador to Foreign Secretary. Sir Simon, at the Foreign Office thin evening-British Wireless,
AXE ATTACK ON MAN AND WIFE
the BRUTAL AFFAIR NEAR
SHANGHAI
John
Shanghai, June 16.
A Chinese and his wife, were brutally; attacked with an AXO
day tendered his resignation. The SENIOR T.T. RACE yesterday morning at Tsaokadu, to Japanese Foreign Office has de- cided not to accept.-Central}; News.
B. A. T. STRIKE
DISPUTE DEFIES
SETTLEMENT
Shanghai, June 16.
J. H. GUTHRIE WINS ON NORTON
London, June 16. The Senior Tourist Trophy motor cycle race in the Isle of Man was won by J. Guthrie, on a Norton machine, at an averaga apeed of 78.01 miles por hour.
the west of Shanghai,
The man died in hospital last night and his wife is in a serious condition-Reuter..
FINLAND STANDS
ALONE
J. II. Simpson (75.27 m.p.h.) on THE ONLY WAR DEBT
- PAYMENT TO U.S.
Kresa
or
grant but limited it to a hundred
The smash occurred on a bend Amendment, but to permit. Con-
to restrict badly
prohibit million dollars. The restriction and the public car was.
the liquor trafic. Mr. Sheppard was approved by more than a two- damaged.
inald, he was offering the resolution Tang Yu-ying (driver), Chan for consideration at the Con- thirds majority, the voting being Po-wu, Hon Plag, Lau Yung-ying gressional elections.-Reuter. 56/25 against the President.and Lee Lin, all occupants of the Reuter.
cur, were admitted to the Kowloon Hospital for treatment.
WINDFALL FOR EXCHEQUER
RACEHORSE OWNER'S
Mr.
FORTUNE
London, June 15.
Washington Singer,, ihe
DOG SCARE IN YAUMATI
CYCLIST ATTACKED
BY POINTER
HILLMAN ·
MINX
the good car
made even better.
Shanghal Street, Yaumati, was in every detail of design and
well-known racehorse owner, and this morning the scene of grant ascond son of the inventor of the excitement when a large liver and construction, the Hillman Minx sewing machine bearing his name, white pointer attacked a passioff has been steadily developed to left a fortune of the gross value cyclist." of £1,000,018, with net personally
The ory of Mad Dog!”
the utmost pitch of efficiency. was its roominess-is exceptional, form
for London has been set up by The strike of workers of the Norton was second, and W. Rusk
at £876,392, on which £388,872 in immediately raised and alarm any light car, and at its pilce it. catate duty has already boen paid. spread.
Is the finest value in motor. car. the Metropolitan Water Board. British American Tobacco fac-78.27 m.p.h.) on a Velocottee was
British Wireless. as the third-British Wireless:
Tho The Chairman of the Board, Sirtorica remains unsettled
Washington, June 16:
evelist was knocked down history, The War Debt ledgers, were
and shakon, but the next dovolop |** William Prescott, statoil that this management, refuno to concede
cloned last night with only Fin-The names of. Dr. D. H. Gill, Dr. Ipment suggested that the animal stap was necessary to ensure their demands. “A” delegation of prompt action in drought matters the atrikers went to Nanking this has been added to the list of persons land's $166,MRB paid out of a total Ching-yo, Dr. Chan Fook and Dr. Lee was more hungry than rabid, an ho That might arise during the next evening to petition the Govern authorised to sign medical certi- of nearly 478,000.000 dollars due Pitt-slow have been added to the list ran-off with a piece of pork that
|the cyclist was carrying, from thirteen nations."Reuter, ment for rollof Central News, ficates of the cnusă of death, How weeks-British Wireless.
The name of Dr. Chan Taun-kon
of medical practitioners
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