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二拜禮號六十月四英港香 TUESDAY,
APRIL 16,
1935.
日四十月三
PREPARED
BRITAIN PLEDGED TO FIGHT
DECLARATIONS NOT AIMED AT BERLIN
DEMILITARISED AREAS MUST BE PROTECTED
(Bu Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic Messagio Ordinance, 1894. Received, April 18, 2,36 a.m.)
Geneva, April 15. It is learned on high authority that Great Britain and Italy are prepared to give military assistance, to France if Germany violates the demilitarised zone along the German frontiers.
It is understood that the British and Italian re- affirmation of the Locarno Pact obligations, during the Stresa conference, implies that they agree to take military action in certain circumstances.
British sources to-day admitted that the joint de- clarations imply that Britain, like Italy would intervene to safeguard the demilitarised zones but declared that the declaration was not aimed at Germany, because it also protects Germany against French aggression.— United Press,
The Prime Minister, Mr. Ram- say MacDonald, was warmly wel comed when he entered the House of Commons within one hour of his return by air from Stresa.
Replying to a questión, he said. he had not had tinta to cúnsider # statement regarding the confer
cace.
He would, if possible, make a statement to-morrow. ar falling shut Wednesday, says.ritish Wireless,
LAVAL'S STATEMENT
Geneva, Apr. 135.
in view of the evident misgivi inga of the Little nad Balkan Entented with regard to Clanse Six of the Stresa resolution deal! ing with rearmament of Austria,¦ Tungary and Bulgaria, 31, Laval, the French Foreign Minister. made_a_statement to-day.
Bringing knowledge to the other interested Government of the de- sire of the above three states to obtain modification of the arma. ment clauses in their respective,
INSULL CHARGED AGAIN
SONS NAMED IN INDICTMENT
The
INVESTORS VICTIMISED?
FOR RISE
IN SILVER
CHINA'S POLICY
SETTLED
CREDIT FOR: TRADE
Shanghai, April 16.
An important statement is ex•. preted to be made by Mr. T. V. Soong. Chairman of the Bourd of Directors of the Bank of China, when he attemils a
press
Mr. Neville Chamberlain, who in controduced his fourth Budget in the ference today in connection with House of Commone yesterday. The silver situation. which is eansing serious voneer ba?! isides,
Authoritative eireles learn that As 1 resnit of a erries of chin- ferences amon the Chinese financial authorities, including Mr. T. V. Soong and Dr. H. H. Kung, and also a conference be tween a number of lending foreign bankers, definite measures have been reached for th PATROAC
of meeting the silver pitnation. The publie is now assured that i The Chinese Government is quite prepared for any further rise in the silver price in the world market as a direct consequence | of the American silver policy.
After completing his busines here Dr. H, Kung returned to Nanking late last night in com |pany with a number of olhar Government officials, Central News.
a
PROTECTIVE BUSINESS
Shanghai April 16. Washington, Apr. 16.
After # conference with Attorney General, Homer S, Cummings, has decided
Mr. large number of Chinese financial ask for the trial of Mr. Samuel leuders lasteveiling ---H.-H. insull, Senior, and his associates,
Kung.
Pinnice Maister, remaining nounced that a plan had been reached for the formation of a
in Chiengo. (3) the
Federal indictment under which it is alleged that the Insul group
AD-
to
extending credit trading firms and Industrial! establishments, which are eaught
peace treaties, said M. Laval, the theferred stocks and cash from credit syndicate for the excinaive powers represented at Strona had toration Securities Company use of
when they knew that bankruptey | abstained from expressing any was imminent. opinion regarding the substance of thin desire, but had explicitly In consequence of this transfer reserved this appreciation for the of assets, the Indictment charges, in financial difficulties, Government more directly con-investors in the Corporation cerned, with whom muat lie the Securities Company lost $200,000, full responsibility for the coming decision in the mutter.
AVOIDING DECISION
He added that the object of the | magnate. powers at Stress was precisely to
It
uf.
Statesmen
Marked By Assassins
RUMOURED PLOT BY ANARCHISTS
SWISS GUARD FRONTIER
Meane
(Special to "Telegraph")
Trieste, Copyright. Telegraphic Destinauer, 894," Reerivad, April 9.5 1.14.)
Geneva, April 15:
French officials have informed the Genera Police that three anarchists have been arrested in Marseilles, charged with plotting the assassination of Signor Musso- lini, the Italian Prime Minster. during his stay, in Stresu.
It was also isserted that the anarchists had plotted to murder M. Laval, the French Foreign' Minister, Dr. Edouard
Benes,
ENZIJUHOKOZIATINMINEZABATZEAREKINGE
SIR WM. PEEL FUND
The S. C. M. Post and Hongkong Telegraph have received the following further donation to the Sir William Peel Fund for the Protection of Children:
In memory of "Baby".
The capital of the syndicate is The eleven persons named in the fixed at $20,000,000, to be jointly indictment include. Mr. Martin In-raised by the Central Bank sull and Mr. Samuel Insull, Junior, China, the Bank of China, the
of SONA
the former utilities
Bank of Communications and the Mr. Inat and his two sons have Chinese Banking Association at vold any solution of the ques-thus far successfully fought against Shanghai. tion and issue, other than a rom-the charges against them, which tractual one.
included one of fraud. The specta It is understood the 'dolaration cular chase, which led 'United gives the Eatentes complete satin-States agents half-way around the
Peter Sanderson $15.00 faction, as it has practically made work, and which culminated in the
LATEST IN 1928 DERROTATERESAMOT them arbiters of the question at arrest of Mr. Insult and his trial issue, though it was earlier stated and equittal in Chicago, has con- at Belgrade that the Yugo-Slavitntributed a chapter of excitement to
Czecho-Slovakian diplomat, M. Government was adopting a most the story of American finance. reserved attitude and elunot un-
Dr. King assured the public Titulescu, the Roumanian Foreign Mr. ll.
in Englishman by why the great Powers birth, and former associale of the doratand
adequate measures were Minister, and possibly others, proposed to tolerate the demande late Mr. Thomas Edison, was at being taken to guard against the during the meeting of the League of Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria one time one of the richest business outflow of silver through smug- when they were intolerant of magnates in Amerien. His vast gling or otherwise,--Central News,
of Nations Council in Geneva, similar demands from Germany organisation collapsed with the
-Reuter.
FIRST TEST ON PACIFIC
whole fiscal fabric following, the disastrous slump of 1930-31. Mr. Insul! lost his entire personal for- tone in the ruins of his catastrophic enterprises-Renter.
Roosevelt's Treaties
Of this $20,000,000, $15,000,000 will be devoted relieving Chinese industrial establishments, | loans in such nature being secured on mortgages.
that
.
S'HAI MARKET REPORT
FOREIGN EXCHANGE IS STEADY
The Sivius Police contend that the report is exaggerated but have nevertheless redoubled frontier
precautions and liave also doubled j the guard around the League of Nations buildings.
Late reports from Marseilles said that no suspects were actually arrested. But other cities did report arrests:
PERRY'S
BROKEN ROMANCE
ACCEPTS OFFER TO MAKE FILM
EX-FIANCEE STAYS HOME
(Spatial to "Tolsgraph")
(ny Telegraph, Corysipht. Telapreshic Messigen Girdinance, 1894, · Risarlord, April JA, V. ..
London, April 15.
Misa
English actress, told Reuter to-day Mary Lawson, pretty that her engagemont, with Mr. Fred Perry, famous tennis star, had been broken off,
Miss Lawson said that she had talked to Mr. Perry by trans- Atlantic Lelephone last night and that they hnd then reached their decision to end their engagement. "Publicity killed our romance," said the actress. "Somehow everything seems to have gone wrong from the start, perhaps because of Fred being so far away. "We spoke on the telephone for quarter of an hour last night and decided that our engagement I should be ended.
"To-day received a cabicuram that Fred would accept a m contract.
"My Interests are all in this | country" Miss Lawson added. “I intend to remale here, although I have had offers to go to Hollywood," -Reuter Special.
Rumours Of
Stabilisation In Hongkong
OFFICIAL DECLINES TO COMMENT
-S'HAI MARKET
AFFECTED
The steady rise in the sterling value of the Hongkong dollar has given rise to rumours of the pos- sibility of Government action along the lines either of stabilisa- | ition or some other form of managing the currency.
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BRITAIN'S SOUND FINANCING
BUDGET INFLUENCE FOR STABILITY
BANKERS GRATIFIED AT CONTROL FUND PROFIT
London, April 15.
Mr. Neville Chamberlain's Budget has failed to arouse any enthusiasm in the City, which considers it merely typical of sound, conservative, British finance, and as such a step further towards restoring world confidence.
British bankers are gratified to learn that the British Equalisation Fund, or Control Fund, again earned a profit, which was unexpected, in view of the extremely heavy attacks made upon sterling last year, which the Fund had to meet.
It is painted out that in face of the Continental monetary difficulties and uncertainties, together with the ever-present fears of American financial experi- ments, sterling will tend increasingly to become a refuge of international "panic" capital.
AMERICA'S BURDEN
OF DEBT
DEFICIT ESTIMATE MUCH REDUCED
NATION OWES 28 BILLIONS
Washington, Apr. 15.
The Stock Exchange was un- moved by the Budget, which generally coincided with ex pectations.
is felt that the restoration of the pay cuts to Government servanta including the Army. Navy and Air Force, doctors on the insurance Panel, judges, mem- hers of Parliament, Ministers and teachers, and the
larger al lowances, will tend to increase materially the popularity of the National Government with The (mass-electorate:-Renter.
RECOVERING PROSPERITY
London, April 15, The Budget introduced in the Mr. Henry Morgenthau, Secre-House of Commons by the Chan- tary of the Treasury, in a wireless cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. brondeast speech to-night, defended Neville Chamberlain, provides for the Government's financial policies minor adjustments-to-relieve-the- and declared the although the Pub Budget of the tax on smaller. lie Debt of the Nation had increased incomes, restoration of the re since the Rousevelt Administra-mainder of the economy cuta in tion came into office from slightly salaries and allowances of civil less than $21,000,000,000 to $28,- servants, teachers and others, and 000,000,000 on March 31 the annual a new duty on heavy oil for road interest payments, through refund-vehicles, Ings, have been reduced to $800,-" 000,000,
In presenting the accounts and his proposals, Mr. Chamberlain Mr. Morgenthau further said: anid:"Broadly speaking, we may "We are carrying the greatest Na-say we have recovered 80 per In this connection, there is talk tional Debt in our history for less cent. of our prosperity. Our task of a possible embargo on silver money than it cost back in 1925 is now one of getting back the exports, or of legislation relieving when
National Debt was remaining 20 note-Issuing banks of the obliga- | smaller by $8,000,000,000,"
per cont. without tion to pay out Bliver against Mr. Morgenthau said that Gov-have already established. Given jeopardising the confidence we notes. At the moment, however, ernment, expenditures for the two peace abroad and a fair measure there seems little ground for these years ending June 20, would be of uuity at home, I see no reason $2,000,000,000 less than originally why we should not, during this The Colonial Treasurer, when estimated in President Roosevelt's current year, make a further sub- interviewed by a Telegraph repre 1934. President Roosevelt had sperity, and it is in that convic- first Budget Message in January, atantial advance towards pro- sentative, declined
to make any estimated a deficit of $9,300,000,000tion that I have framed my Budget statement on the subject, remark for the two years, whereas for ing that no Government -would
the estimate." tion regarding such a matter, think of giving advance informa- rumours have reached Shanghai, where they are having some effect on the exchange mar-
rumours.
The
ket.
BOYCOTT NOW ON WANE
JAPAN GRATIFIED; ASKS GUARANTEE
the
rat twenty-one months the deficit was $6,300,000,000. The Govern- INDUSTRY REVIVES, for the two years will be $2,000,- ment is certain that expenditures 000 less than the original estimate, past year, Mr. Chamberlain said Reviewing the results of the
Mr. Morgenthau declared that industrial output had increased by these expenditures, which are "not about 12 per cent. Manufacturing a loss or waste", included loans production had established a now totalling $1,700,000,000 from, the record. Exports were up last Reconstruction
tion Finance Corporation year by $30,000,000. Interest and other Agencies, substantial re-rates remained lower, and there payments of which are expected. was a great increase in the volume This would reduce the Public Debt. of capital work, particularly in These expenditures also Included new buildings.. the sum of $1,200,000,000 for direct Throughout the year, the COBL relief purposes.
of living. remained substantiall Secretary Morgenthau added that bolow the 1931 level. Retail the average interest rate on all trade continued to expand. There Government securities now out-was no diminution in the thrift.of standing was only 2,80 per cent the people, Post Office Savings Reuter.
Banks, and Trustee Savings Banks and net sales of saving certificates having risen by nearly £50 millions during the year: There could be no question that the Im-. provement had been progressive The Japanese Minister in-
and had now become substantial. formed Mr. Wang of the results Paris authorities deny any plot of the Japanese consular con-
It was not without significance. The shin has flown out of
to assassinate Signor Mussolini or ference held at Shanghai and ex-
that this forward movement hil Florida ports and across the
attack delegates to the Longue pressed Mexican Gulf, but has never at-
satisfaction that anti-unchanged at 28. 2d. this mom world could be found a parallel The Hongkong dollar opened followed a succession of balanced On the occasion of Pan-Ameri
Nowhere else, in the Budgets. Council in Geneva, However, they Japanese boycott agitation tempted a flight over the Puelfie con Day, to-day, President Roose-
There are a few buyers of ex-admitted that they had chocked China was definitely on the wane. in the morning, the business rate to the results they had achieved.
In ing. The market was quite steady AB yot.
velt signed with eighteen South change, while Joseph Brothers are upon certain agitators as a pre-He hoped that attention The Hawallon flight will be in and Central American Repubiles offering to sell heavily.
caution before the Sircan talks he
would being 24. 2d. sellers and 2a. The year showed in excusa qi given by the the nuture of a test. It is not treaties rendering the cultural
Chinese/16d. buyera, and had arrestod several tem-authorities to any possible-revival
revenue over expenditure, other disclosed whether the machine monuments of the Americas in-.
Shanghal oponed at 1s. 7.11/16d. than the sum appiled to the will be guided by the recently violable in the event of any con- rumours of the possibility of the
steadily until | porarily.—United Press.
of the anti-Japanese movement In and then became firmer at Is. reduction of debt, of £19,905,000. tested "robot pilot" mechanism, flict.
any part of China.
7.13/16d establishment of a managed cur- which directs a plane to its The treaties created a new flag,
His secretary; Mr. Arino, when In London, the spot quotation destination and avoids the danger sister to to buildinross fag, which market to one slightly. President Coolidge is scheduled to wall the dog oft has in forly on a day, the forward rate being un- National Debt, Mr. Chamberlain
The Dollar Steamship Lines .. interviewed by pressmen, dented of allver was down 1/16th yester In his statement about. of her flying off her course and will render buildings wherson it is.
U.S. Dollars were 40-1/4" missing her destination-United crocted inviolable in come of
day, April 20, instead of at noon as roturn to Tokyo shortly-Central sold, while speculators worked earliest possible date, he repald from Hongkong at 4 p.m. on Satur- tondor his resignation
on his changed China bought and India recalled that in April last, at the Press
hostilities. United Fross.
previously advised.
both ways.
(Continued on Pays 7.)
(Special to "Telegraph”)
Alameda, Cal., April 15:
·Pan-American Airways Lo-day announced that their big Pucifie Clipper, built and tested for the
Pacific ocean commercial service, AGREEMENTS WITH.
would leave for Hawaii to-morrow,
weather permitting.
SOUTH AMERICA
Washington, April 16.
(Spacial to "Telegraph")
Shanghai, April 16. The Foreign Exchange Market
is frm this morning.
Rates rose
roncy in Hongkong caused the
Sterling 1/7 16/16. Gold Bars were $806,00 United Prozs..
Nanking, April 15.- Mr. Ariyoshi, Japanese Minister to China, who arrived here with his party from Shanghai this morning. called on Mr. Wang, Ching-wal It is said that those in custody President of the Executive Yuan, includo the Italian anarchist at his official residence this after. Rudolph Gunscher, and his accom-noon. plice, Ida Caroni.
Newes
LOCAL DOLLAR UNCHANGED'
··MARKET REMAINS
STEADY
DEBT REDUCTION