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JAPANESE PREDICT NAVAL RACE
FOREIGN OFFICE
SILENT
WILL NOT PREDICT DEVELOPMENTS
COMMERCIAL CIRCLES
APPREHENSIVE
(SPECIAL TO “TELEGRAPH")
(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic Monagen 1801. Received, Jan. 15, 2.40 p.m.)
Ordinance;
Tokyo, Jan. 15. The Foreign Office is not informed regarding the London despatches that the Naval Conference will be postponed until Friday,
A spokesman of the Foreign Office said he would be de- lighted if this were true, because it would enable him to attend the wrestling matches.
While a multitude of despatches from London have been received indicating that the conference is nearing its end, the Foreign Office refrains from making any prediction. It is understood that the Japanese delegation at the next meeting of the nations' representatives will further explain Tokyo's proposals for a common upper limit of naval armaments, after which the other delegates will reply.
The spokesman understands. that in the event of other powers rejecting the parity proposal, the Japanese delegates will notify the conference chairman that Japan considers it useless to keep her delegation in London.
In the event that four powers, with possible additions, docide to continue the Naval Conference Jupan will then decide whether to send observers or remain entirely outside the meeting. The spokesman understands that other powers desire Japan to ap tho point an observer, and therefore in the event of such a desire being ex- pressed Japan will probably comply. This statement is taken Indicato that Japan will not request permis
DANGER SEEN IN PACIFIC
sion to assign an observer unless he HONGKONG MAY
is assured of a welcome.
Newspaper financial writers are treaty-less already envisioning period. They predict a building race with an attendant boom for tho munitions industrien. However, they Boo possibilities that other powers, through an unwritten but tacit under- atanding, will
curb attempt to
Japan's commercial advances.
in
The German light cruiser Kurlarnke, which is due in Hongkong on February 7 and will stay in port for ten days. She will be the first German warship to visit Hongkong since the Great War. Her commander is Captain Ste- moun at her Chief Officer in Commander Rogge. Both participated in the Battle of Jutland,
CHINA'S
POLICY ATTACKED
SENATOR PITTMAN CRITICAL
SILVER NOW USELESS
.I
(Special to "Telegraph")
Washington, Jan. 14, Senator Pittman's office tins released the text of the Senator's remarks mado On Monday regarding the Chinese silver programme.
REPRIEVE NOW ONLY ESCAPE
İHAUptmann mAKES LAST EFFORT
HABEAS CORPUS WRIT REFUSED
Trenton, NJ, J. 14.
SWEDISH
PROTEST TO ITALY
DIRECT ACT OF AGGRESSION
BOMBING OF RED CROSS
BIG OFFENSIVE EXPECTED
MAKALE OBJECTIVE OF ETHIOPIANS
ITALY DENIES PROMISE MADE TO LAVAL
1893.
(SPECIAL TO "TELEGRAPH")
(Bu
Telegraph. Copyright Telegraphic. Messages Received, January 16, 8 a.m.)
Ordinanes,
Paris, Jan, 14.
Despatches from Addis Ababa indicate that another 1.A ita Ethiopian offensive in the Tigre region with Makale objective, will be launched on January 20, the date of the Geneva meeting at which further sanctions against Italy will be considered.
This view is supported by the fact that Emperor Haile Selassie has written from Desslye to the head of the Catholic Church, saying that he has sent all his soldiers to the front and that he hopes to leave himself for the fighting lines the day after the Feast of Timkep, which is the Ethiopian church's Epiphany and which falls on January 20. The Emperor enjoins the head of the citurch to pray for the troops who are going to battle.
It appears that the Church dignitary wished to prevent the Emperor leaving Deasiye and risking his person in the coming engagements, but the Emperor is determined upon personally leading his soldiers.
BRITISH BUILDERS BUSIER
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Another indication that an offensive Is boing launched shortly, if it has not already begun, is that Dedjaamatch Kamod, who has been under the orders of Ras Getachou in the Aussa Desert, has received instructions to reinforce the Tigre front, with all his men.- Reuter Special.
.
ITALIAN.DENIAL..
Stockholm, Jan. 14. In à last desperate attempt to save The/Foreign Office has announced Bruno Hauptman from the electric that the Swedish Minister in Rome chair, to which he has been condemned has presented a Note to the Italian for the murder of the Lindbergh baby, Government categorically protesting: his lawyers to-day drafted a petition against the direct act of aggression for a writ of habeas corpus to be sub- to which the Swedish Red Cross unit mitted to the Federal District Court. in Ethiopia was subjected by Italian
The petition allege that 11aupt-seroplanes,
The Note rejects the Italian ex- He said: "The Chinese Government mann's constitutional rights were
violated at his trial..
planation of the bombing and expects SHIPYARDS GAINING Cerrutti, the Italian Ambassador in und others have been frightened and
Mr. James Willoutz, Attorney- that an investigation regarding reg- Induced to permit foolish acts looking to the destruction of the very policy General of New Jersey, who will ponsibility for the incident will be United oppose the writ, declares he is reliably immediately opened, and the act of which the programme
The Swedish Government reserves States an attempting to carry out informed that Governor Hoffman of aggression suitably dealt with.
New Jersey will reprieve Hauptmann the right to make demands for com- Inrgely
the benefit of such
pensation-Router. celved Governments.
"China first caused an outflow silver by threatening an export em bargo and also nationalisation, which
BE
KEY-POINT
and
NAVAL RACE.
FEARED
London, Jan. 15.
Reuter.
off.
...
WRIT REFUSED
Trenton, Jan. 14. Richard Bruno Hauptmann's op- The Hachi Shimbun asserts that
The Japaneso withdrawal from the caused the people to withdraw their plication for a writ of habeas corpus |
made was refused and a stay of execution considerable nervousness czista Bancial and industrial circles on Naval Conference may be followed by silver. Nationalisation account of the possibility that other developments in the Pacific of a silver uncless, and it is powers might insist on more stringent serious nature, according to the Daily smuggled from China and transferred CRANE, commercial treaties with Japan. Telegraph naval correspondent.
Ho writes that should America do-
men
of
to the provinces.
has
therefore
IMPROVEMENT
But Condition Still Causes Anxiety
business This journal says that some bus
on managed currency basis. fear that revision the side to carry out her plan of creating Chiannis was attempted to place KIPLING MAINTAINS
is naval bases, Great Britain might be Recent reports assert that the new Japanese-India treaty, which scheduled for revision next June, may compelled to reconsider her position policy is a failure.
"The Chinese rightly four paper encounter difficulties. It also sug-in the Far East.
He gives an example the situation money by which they are often de gests that a treaty-less situation may result in exchange fluctuations. at Hongkong. The defences of that frauded. Press acperts say that the port have not been touched for sixteen Government is able only temporarily United Press.
years and are now aut of dato.
to control the monetary policy of three This correspondent further avers or four. provinces. that Japan's action would not start a
"The United States Treasury will naval building race between Exitain not lend itself to aid the Chinese. and the United States who have al Government's destroying allver, an! ready come to an understanding con- money, throughout the world. China cerning the relative strengths of their will soon be back on a silver basis. fleets, which rules out the possibility Other governments which hitherto, of competitive building between them, had large silver currencies are
However, Japan's defiant gesture realising the danger of attempting to has rendered inevitable the completion sacrifice their silver reserves and of an immense American building run their governments on paper. programme, which by 1042, in tho
"There is not going to be any ordinary course of events would give amendment to the silver Purchase Act the United States the world's greatest
not be repealed."-- naval forces.-Reuter.
NANKING PARLEY
MANY DELEGATES ATTENDING EDUCATIONAL HEADS
***** “Nanking, Jan. 16. Another 165 educational, delegatos arrived to-day for the conference with General Chiang Kai-shok, of whom 521 recollige piatalents, the pros wants and 70 students. of secondary schools,
In view of the large number of delegates, it is understood that the
Widow. Held For Murder
Generalissirao is receiving them in UNSOLVED MYSTERY
batches, the first interview to be given to-morrow: afternoon.
The delegates are visiting the Sun Yat-sen mausoleum to-morrow mor ning.
Three students claiming to be ro presentatives of the Peiping and Tientsin Students' Union arrived to- day. They are not attending the students' conferones, but are proceed ing to Shanghai shortly to attempt to organisa a National Students' Union.
Router.
DIPLOMATIC CALLS
OF 1928
(Special to *Telegraph")
Los Angeles, Jan. 14.
and It will United Press.
DEFENCE OF
KENYA..
PROBLEMS BEING
REVIEWED :
now
(Special to "Telegraph”)
Nairobi, Jan. 14.
It is announced that as a result! of representations made by the Com- A. Grand Jury has indicted the mittee of Imperial Defence, the ques beautiful Mrs. Hazoi Belford Glab, tions of the internal defence of Kenya on charges of murdering her third are being reviewed. husband, John I. Glab,. In June, 1928.
Thoso include tho futuro" of the Tho case was listed as an unpolved oxisting compulsory defence force mystery on the woman's testimony Reuter Special. that she heard a shot, and ran from her home and found that John, had
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been shot to death in his automobile.
FLEET MANOEUVRES
London, Jan. 14.
London, Jan. 14.. The improvement in Mr. Rudyard Kipling's condition was being maintained at 5.20 p.m. An enquiry re- garding the patient's con- dition was made on behalf of Their Majesties the King and Queen early in the morning.
A later bulletin, issued at 8 p.m., stated that the patient's condition still gave rise to grave anxiety.-- Reuter's Bulletin Service.
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ANGLO- AMERICAN PARLEY
NAVAL EXPERTS IN CONFERENCE DECIDING; ON PROCEDURE
London, Jan. 1-4.
STEADILY
BEST BUSINESS IN FIVE YEARS
Rome, Jan. 14. The report that Signor Vittorio Paris has assured M. Pierro Layal, the French Prime Minister, that. Italy will not leave the League of Nations if sanctions are extended, has been denied in official quarters to-day.
It is explained that Italy retains' full liberty of action and has not announced any decision in advance.
Reports that Signor Corrutti also told M. Laval that Italy would not is shown in Lloyds returns for the attack Groat Britain's fleet in the Mediterranean aro described as super- quarter ended December 31.
London, Jan, 14.
A big improvement in shipbuilding
The total of 1,543,163 tenx, ex-fluous. It is added that, in any event, cluding Russia, from which no figures Italy contemplates no act of aggres
sion-Router, are available, is the highest for any quarter since June, 1991. Of this Lotal, 48.2 per cent. is building for Britain and Ireland.
NO DECISION REACHED
Rome, Jan. 14. A spokesman of the Government said to-day that Italy had not decided
The British total of 743,086 tons represents an increase of 212,532 tons for the quarter, compared with the previous September quarter, and whether to attend the January 20 meeting of the League of Nations the highest for five years.
The figure exceeds the aggregate Council at which anti-Italian sanc under construction of seven leading tions will be farther discussed.
Amongst which countries abroad,
A spokesman has denied that the Germany heads, the list with 254,121 Ambassador at Paris, Signor Cerrutti, tons, followed by Japan with 118,010 boen Instructed to tell M. Plorro Laval that Signor Mussolini has tona
pledged himself not to quit the garue or to attack Great Britain.
An informal meeting between the
It's also revealed that 311,100 tons British and American delegations 10 were begun in Britain during the last the Naval Conference took place three months.
At
at
It would be pointless
the Foreign Once this morning, to Steam and motor oil-tankers are that Italy would! not
discuss the question of procedure
the next meeting of the First Com-Being constructed to a total of 438-Britain, he added, since Ital
560 tons, Britain again heading the plan to attack anyone. mittee of the Conference, now fixed list in numbers and tonnage. Half
The spokesman asierbe..
Bay
for to-morrow afternoon. Later, the the tonnage being constructed for new peace plans had been formulis.od British delegation was in touch with Britam other delegations.
The meetings of the First Com- mittes have becs suspended since the middle of last week, owing to negotia tions arising from the desire of the Japanese to bring back into the dis was denied by Judge Warren Davis cussion a proposal for a common up- Grundarfesta pe limit which was codakdered lure- The petition included submissionsing the earlier meetings and failed to that Hauptmann was denied his con- find favour among the other dolega- stitutional rights, that the jury was tions!!
not adequately sequestered and was Newspapers anticipate that with subjected to hostile opinion that while tomorrow meeting the position, Hauptmann 1789 giving evidence which has been somewhat obscure for motion picture cameras were operated several days, will be clarified, though and the publie ventod derisivo out it is not known whether Japanese (Continued on Pago 12.). participation in the future work of
LOCAL · DOLLAR UNCHANGED
MARKET RATHER
STEADIER
However, the caso was reopened The British Fleet, including the Nanking, Jan. 15, after Hazel's recent conviction for battleships Rodney and Nelson, sailed
The Hongkong dollar was unchang Mr. Chang Chun this afternoon re- forging the will of Mr. Albert Cheney, for Gibraltar on schedule. turned. Sir Alexander Cadogan's an agod capitalist, who died in hor The French fleet will leave its based at ind this morning. courtesy visit, find is receiving, Dr. apartinent. It was later, shown that on Thursday and will mardenvre in sollore, with arod buyers at 18.
Inter-bank ratos were in. 3% Trautmann, the German Ambassador, the will had been forged and had foff the same waters. It will be preceded by 3.18/18d. The market Le quiet, but
her $400,000-United Press.
a submarino flotilla-United. Probai
the tono la steadier than yesterday.
to-morrow aftorndon Rauter.
• CROP LOAN APPROVED
on December 31 related to motor ships-Router.
Higher Wages Demanded
in Rome.United Press,
MAY NOT ATTEND
Rome, Jan. 14. Italy. may not participate in the League Connell meetings starting January 20
and no decision has yet been taken,. according to authoritative quarters
SHIPBUILDERS NOW Reuter Bulletin Service.
JOIN MINERS
London, Jan. 14.
Aro
NEW AMBULANCES
London, Jan. 14
Moro large consumers of coni havo It is expected that two more British the Conference will be modified in agroed to an increase in price, but Red Cross units will leave next week character or not, or even interrupted. only on condition that all the increases for norvico on the north-west front in
Ethiopia. To-day's Informal exchanges bobo given to the miners as wages.
The situation between the minors The public has responded generous. tween the various delegations were conducted in an atmosphere of great and the owners, however, is un-ly to Canon Sheppard broadcast ap- peal in connection with tho despatch changed. cordiality.British Wireiaan;
Shipbuilding workers now of these units Router Bulletin Ser demanding an increase in wages of ptor. 2. per hour. The shipbuilders stato
MORE MILLIONS that although the position is at pro
Rome, Jan 14, pont more favourable than for some Washington, Jan. 14,
A Royal Gazette to-day authorisee The House Agriculare Committee time, they are unable to say that this reported favourably to-day on the will be permanent, and have naked an extra appropilation of 640,000,000 Jones Bill, which provides for $40, the workers to wait till Lloyds retire for the East Africa campaign.
A communique atatos Liab the Senator Bankhead has suggested the published before March 1, before dis- Italians 000,000 for crop foam. Meanwhile, | turris for the year, which will bo
have started in tirur ve retroactive-enactment of the pro- russing the question of increased connoitring on the northern front.
| United Fyods. coralog tax law-limited Press, wages-Routare Bulletin Service,