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五拜歳 號九十月七英港香
FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1935.
日九十月六
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ABYSSINIA ABANDONS ALL HOPE OF PEACE
STIRRING APPEAL America To
TO NATION
Back Peace
Machinery
LEAGUE POWERS
EMPEROR WILL LEAD MORAL SUPPORT FOR
ARMIES TO WAR
GREAT POWERS STILL SEEK COMPROMISE
London, July 18.
AFRICA WAR FROWNED ON
Washington, July 18, Emphasising the Government's ) desire for a peaceful settlement of) the Halo-Abyssinian crisis, Mr. William Phillips, Under-Secretary of State. revealed to-day that all
United States envoys abroad had powers of America's attitude in this
been authorised to inform other
Abyssinia has virtually abandoned all hope of intervention of the Great Powers in her dispute with Italy, which would be the only means of averting matter.. war, according to a high Abyssinian official in London. He added that the United States
would not be represented by ob
at the He declared that the Emperor himself would lead servers
meeting of the Nations Counell at his armies on a white charger and that, a million league of
Geneva tu consider the threat of fatalistic men would march with spears and daggers, war in Africa, because the Italo- ready to die, but only at dear cost to their enemies.
Abyssininn contrversy was cousi- dered to be eh.efly the concern of
dors to the States Department
The women will help their men-folk on the battle-European nations. field and the priests of the nation will spur on the army, Mr. Cordell Hull invited the i which will have a neutral ally in Abyssinia's British, French and Italian Ambas- mountainous and arid terrain in which the hardy tribesmen are at home. "Soldiers!" exclaimed Abyssinia's i Emperor in Д message to his;
people, "Follow the example of your warrior ancestora! Young and old, face the invader! Your sovereign will be among you and will not hesitate to ahed his blood If necessary for Ethiopia's in- dependence."
This was oue of the striking phrases used by the Emperor in a stirring speech to the Parliament of Abyssinia's notables to-day at ! Addis Ababa.
"It would be better to die free than to live as slaves. Should a peaceful solution of our dispute, with Italy not be found at the last | moment, then we will guard our ! land and struggle to the last."
LUST OF CONQUEST Italy, declared the Emperor, had lusted to conquer their country for) forty years. He referred to the
CHOLERA FOLLOWS FLOODS
SPREADS AMONGST
HUPEH REFUGEES
THOUSANDS HOMELESS
(Special to "Tul@grupk">
July 10 and July 11 to obtain their views on the situation and to clarify the United States Govern ment's position.
President
Liner In
Mishap
CARRIED BY TIDE INTO WHARF
KOWLOON INCIDENT
The round-the-world Dollar liner President Polk had a slight mishap when she was berthing at Kowloon this morning which resulted in the bows of the ship being buckled and the wharf slightly damaged.
When the ship arrived from Amerien at 7 a.m. there was a strong tide running towards Lye- moon and after swinging round ready to enter her berth the vessel was carried broadside down the | barbour and was unable to stop her forward motion before the bows. struck the end of the wharf with considerable force.
When the ship backed away her bows were seen to be buckled about two feet above the water line. The wharf suffered only slight damage.
Berthed at the same wharf was the President Grant which had arrived from Manila a little earlier | but rapid action on the part of the
President Polk prevented
the second ship being struck.
After trying for some time to get Mr. Phillip revented that Mr.
the boat alongside the wharf Cap. Hull notified Signor Rosso, the
Ketaularo Ano, the Japanese sir-Italn W. Weaver took the President Halian
that the Ambassador,
the stream and United States would view hostilities man, who arrived in Hongkong this Polk out into
1Aday.
In African with deep concern and morning on his flight from London manoeuvred off 'the Star Ferry he sincerely hoped that a settlement would be reached without recourse to arms.--Renter.
MORAL SUPPORT
The United States believed in maintaining world peace through existing pacts for the settlement of disputes by peaceful means, it was revealed by Mr. William Phillips, Under-Secretary of State to-day.
Coming almust on the eve of, the League Council meeting which will į
consider means of preventing war in Africa, Mr. Phillips' statement is regarded as giving the Lengue powers the United States' moral Shanghai, July 19.
support, although the United States The headquarters of the St.will not actually be represented at
Geneva, Columban Mission has received
efforts his country had made to reports from its field station at He said that the new Amerlenn reach a peaceful settlement of the Hanyang that rural Hapch, be Charge d'Affaires would arrive at ¡,
within - _week,~~ quarrel that had arisen out of. recent frontier incidents, and tower the Yangtze and Ban Rivers Addis Ababa
Italy's warlike preparations,
|
is in worse condition than during the disastrous floods and famine:
United Press,
He concluded by denouncing of 1931.
Epittemica have broken out al FAKE TELEGRAMS Mussolini and reiterating Ethiopia's determination to resist the Invders, -Reuter,
IN LOBBY
ITALY REFUSES
Rome, July 18. Italy has already vigorously re- tuned to consider acceptance of aj part of Ogadan Province which
ready. Cholera is spreading among the refugees who number hundreds of thousands.
Famine is unavoidable, the mis- sion reports, and must be dealt with on a large scale.--United Press,
HANKOW ALARM
the Emperor of Abyssinia is re- Alarm was caused yesterday by ported to be willing to code to her the further serious
slipping of to keep the peace. Italy regards sections of the Changking dyke at this territory as mere desert and Chinkow, but prompt action reliev quite unsuitable for colonisation. ed the situation.
Well informed authorities also! The water-mark at Hankow this assert that a railway joining|morning was at 6.03.--Renter.
and Italian Somaliland
Eritren
would be useless without Italian. military occupation of Abyssinia | to protect it. Otherwise the Bne! would always be in danger.
Sir Eric Drummond, the British Ambassador, had another inter-i view with Signor Mussolini to-day. -Reuter.
FACE STARVATION
Rankow, July 19. Death from disease and starva tion faces the survivors of the floods of the Han River cities.
ALLEGED DECEPTION
AT WASHINGTON
:
JAPANESE AIRMAN ARRIVES
FATAL MISHAP AT FORT BAYARD
Wharf, faslly coming up the har- bour and going to the wharf in the usual way. On the second attempt the ship was brought alongside sitecessfully, but very slowly owing to the strong tide.
MISSED TRAIN
Among those who were on the whart to meet the President Puik was the Panama Consul General, Mr. "Fernando Alegre, 'who had friends aboard who were anxious tu catch the train to Canton at 8.30 a.m.
There were others who would have caught this train, but all were disappointed, since the ship did not finally tie up at the wharf until 9.30.
NEW PROSPERITY
FOR BRITIAN
HOME TRADE STILL EXPANDING
RUNCIMAN LOOKS AHEAD WITH CONFIDENCE
(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphis Messages Ordinance, 1894. Received, July 19, 8 a.m.),
London, July 18.
Great Britain has reason to approach the coming year with optimism, according to Mr. Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, who spoke in an en- couraging vein in the House of Commons this afternoon. He was introducing the Board of Trade returns when he said:
"I was unduly pessimistic last year when I said that we had probably reached the saturation point for home trade. It has gone on steadily increasing and expand- ing in different directions..
"Our exports and manufactures continue to show a marked improvement, especially in machinery, where the versatility of our manufacturers and inventors is so great that while other countries have shown a decline, we have recorded a substantial increase."
"TAMAR" SEAMAN
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Mr. Runciman attributed the trade improvement to the tariffs recently catablished. These tariffs. į had also been a great assistance to the country in Increasing the revenue, adding £20,000,000 to the total between 1931 and 1934.
The Imports from the Ottawa
HONOURED agreement countries and increased
YOUTH SAVED BY PROMPT ACTION
RESCUE IN HARBOUR
by £29,000,000 since the Imperial preference scheme was put into effect, Mr. Runciman pointed out. He admitted that some of the. big coal areas in Great Britain would probably never again obtain a share of foreign trade they once enjoyed. But many were pinning their faith in the new process of hydrogenation of coal to restore prosperity to those regions,
"The general outlook is hopeful. "I approach the coming year with restrained optimism," he told the House, amid applause.-Reuter Spreint.
WOMAN STRUCK
Captain W. Wenver, commander BY "PROP"
of the President Polk, stated that
A pleasing ceremony was per- the mishap was due to the tide
formed on the quarter deck of Katsutaro Ano, the Japanese air-Į carrying the ship down stream man who is making a flight from very rapidly: the slight headway.M.S. Tamar by Commodore C, G. London to Tokyo, which has been being made at the time of striking Sedgwick, R.N., this morning when prevented Any serious damage he presented the Belilios Bronze
HEALTHY INCREASE fortunes, arrived at the Kai Tak not dock before completing her trip a seaman aboard the Tamar, for interrupted by a series of mis occurring. The ship will probably Merint and $10 to Chan_Hun-quan,
London, July 18. Aerodrome shortly after 11 o'clock as the damage la not considered the rescue of a youth named Yung sident of the Board of Trade, Mr. In the House of Commons, Pre- this morning from Hanoi, via Port sufficiently serious to deny her For, on July 2..
Walter Runciman, made a survey Bayard.
before reaching America.
Yung For was searching for of trade and industry, in the tennis balls near Garden Road about course of which he reviewed the 2.16 p.m. when he fell into the leffects of recent trade agreementà nullah and was swept down to the fand the prospects of further in- dustrial recovery. Ho said British The diameter of the nullah at this trade figures showed, year-after-
is point
abunt xix fect. It year and month after month, a been had
raining heavily on continuous growth. There was the day in question and water still a long way to go to reach the figures of 1929, but he ap proached the coming year in a spirit of restrained optimium.
United Kingdom exports for the reached
Ano left lanol yesterday morn ing and was expected here last
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escuing, but he broke his journey Film Colony
PANATATECTOMINACZANEJOINEDOPARAMETIRADHERITSTUNNIES
BOMBAY SILVER
Washington, July 18. Miss Gladys Eloding, a telegraph company employee, to-day told the Senate lobby inquiry with respect Wheeler-Rayburn Utilities Bill that! to the recent campaign against the
to her knowledge 200 telegrams op"¦ posing the measure were despatched ¦ to Representative D. J. Driscoll of | opening Pennsylvania over names picked at "ready" randum from the Warren, Penn. Reuter: city directory.
PRICES
Bombay silver prices at the were unchanged for metal. according to
Divorce
BUSTER KEATON'S WIFE SUES
Hen.
a depth of four feet swept the led away at a speed of about 20 knots, Chan Hon-quan, the seaman, was working, on board a steam Inunch int the sea end of the drain which first half of this year Hollywood, July, 18.
emerges near the V.R.C. He saw £200 million against £189 million Buster Keaton, film comedian, the boy appear and at once jumped for. the first six months of last to-night had to add his name to the into the harbour. the depth of year, and, taking articles wholly list of romantically entangled aturs water at this spot being two or mainly manufactured, the In- of the film colony.
crease was not only marked, but The inhabitants of Chimatow. Eloding testified nervously, were
He has been sued for divorce by Chan kept the lad afloat until this year showed exports in this healthy. The first six months of neng Hanghwan, are at present af sent by R. P. Herron, bond sales-
Mrs. Elizabeth Keaton, who numed both were rescued when about one class of £160 million, against tragic sight. They are huddled in mun for the Associated · Gas 'and
Mr. L. C. Sowell as co-respondent. hundred yards from erntration camps on the hilts Electric Company-United Preston of affection from Mrs. Sewell, and was conveyed by ambulance
She la soeking $200,000 for alien-Yung For was
the shore. £145 million in the same period bruised, bleeding last year.; and dykes, complaining of the pains of hunger.
medicines.—Renter,
TRAINING MORE MEN
Rome, July 18. Signor Mussolini to-day received) General Grazioli, chief of the Government has already sent $3.
It is understood that the Hupeh military training branch of the 000 for their relief, but the more Army, who presented a report on the 1936 progrmme, showing that important necessities are food and 500,000 more youths would receive instruction from 40,000 more in- structors in that period.—Renter.
ALPINI MOBILISING
Rome, July 18 Italy's famous Alpini are being mobilised for service in the Italian East African Colonles,
It is considered that their Alpine experience will be of great value in the Abyssinian highlands.---- Reuter Special
FRONTIER RAID
Rome, July 18. The Government has issued
belated communique alleging two further attacks by Ethiopian (Continued on Page 5.)
JAPAN'S SYMPATHY
Hankow, July, 19.
Mr. Ariyoshi, the Japanese Am- bassador to China, zont a telegrum
to-day to Mr. Chang Chun, Chair- man of the Hupch Provincial Gov ernment, expressing his sympathy over the prosent flood in the various districts In Hupch.
The Driscoll telegrams, Miss
REGENCY FOR AUSTRIA?
ARCHDUKE OTTO PLANS RETURN
To-day's Price 71.07
Yesterday's
Close 71:07
fathom.
QUICK ACTION
Mrs. Sewell was recently divorced to hospital.
Very substantial increases had:. at Fort Bayard, where, in landing, by her husband, Walter Emerson,
been recorded in exports of ma- he fatally injured a native womah. the author-actos, who alleged she
chinery, velfeles, iron and steel It appears that when Ano was was one of four who participated in
and even-in spite of the severe; Making the presentation, Cum-depression in Lancashire-in cot- about to land, number of an unwholesome adventure at the modore Sedgwick said it afforded
a coolio women got in the way of the fashionable beach resort, Malibu.him great pleasure to do so. Ile Among manufactured goods the ton yarns and manufactures. machine, and in an effort to avoid United Press.
recounted the facts of the rescue most important successes were re- and said that the seaman deserved corded in machinery classes cover- great credit for the unhesitating ing every kind of machine. way in which he dived into the harbour to the rescue of the youth. The Fleet Mail Officer had stated
one of them the airman ran into another, the propellor severing her:
She later died from her in- juries.
arm.
Brussels, July 18.
For the moment, the airman fa The Archduke Otto, 22-year-old heir to the throne of his father's in remaining in Hongkong, not! Vienna, is planning to return as having yet decided when he will regent in the
former Hupsburg continue his trip. kingdom.
In reply to the Japanese Am He will act for his mother, the bassador's message of condolence Express Zita, ho declares,
Mr. Chang despatched a telegram. Prince Otto's decision to make a
THE TYPHOON
:
ENGLAND WINS
AT BISLEY,
MACKINNON SHIELD
RESULT
London. July 18.
VALUE OF TARIFFS Turning to Home trade; Mr. that he had never seen such quick Runciman recalled that a year
action.
Kone оп
ago he expressed a fear. It was Commodore Sedgwick then pin- almost reaching saturation point. ned the medal on the right breast He was glad to say he had been of the scaman's uniform, handed unduly depressed in making that him an envelope containing $10,statement, for Home trade had and shook him by the hand.
steadily expanding Those present at the ceremony throughout the whole of the year. included Commander T. A. Hussey,The value of retail sales last year Lieut. Commdr. B. I, Clutterbuck, were actually 3 per cent. higher the scorching heat of the last few with Austrian notabice who waited that the typhoon is situate in about Scotland scored 1,042, while Mr. F. J. Woodward and a squad of than in 1938. This expansion had days. The water loyal of the upon him in his exile's home in 125 Long., 21 Lat., and is recurving Canada and India cach had a score 22 Benten colleagues of the increased at the same rate during
(Continued on Page 6.). Belgium-United Press.
northwards.
of 1,034.-Reuter Special,
recipient, drawn up in line.
to Shanghai Informing MrAriyo-roturnas regent instead of Em-
At Blaloy to-day, England won
shi of preventive measures taken peror is believed to have been the The Manila Observatory, re-the Mackinnon Shield with a score by the provincial authorities in consequence of recent negotiations porting at 10 a.m. to-day, states of 1,063.
(Continued on Page 5.)