THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MAY 15,
1936.
ITALY'S TRADE CRUMBLING
DECREASED BY
50 PER CENT.
PRESSURE OF
SANCTIONS
$ FOOD
As
GROWS
Geneva, May 6.
as sanctions became really effective they halved Italy's trade,
This is the lesson of a docu- ment issued to-day by the League Secretarint, which gives statistics covering the first four months of sanctions (November 'to February).
Owing to the time taken to pass legislation, sanctions did not really become effective until the New Year:
In January Italy's exports fell by 40 per cent, and importa by 39 per cent
The Agures for February are too in- complete for conclusions to be drawn, but they suggest that they will be similar to those of January.
ELOW OF COLD GOES ON
As happens in camer of new tariffs, inrports from Italy and Italian colonies increased in November, but began to fail in December, and fell increasingly afterwards.
For January 39 countries showed A decrease in imports from Italy from 17.6 million gold dollars to 9.5 million gold dollars.
In February the statisties are for only 23 countries and do not include France and the United States. Here the falls from 10.7 millon to 6.0 millions. The
overy increases pressura month, while the outward flow
Italy's gold reserve continues,
In the first four months of sane. tions her treasury has lost bullion and speelo to the value of nearly 63,000,- 000 gold dollars. (The old gold dollar is worth 4. 1.324)
TOTAL SHRINKAGE Italy's total volume of work trade has shrunk by nearly one-third from 145,000,000 gold dollars in the four months, November-February, 1934-
1030,
to only 109,000,000 gold dollars
in the same period of 1936-1936.
The Ynumati Ferry Company's new ferry-boat photographed as it hit the water on its launching this werk. Clouds of smoke from crackers almost obliterated the new ferry na it entered its natural elements for the first time."
Staf Photographer.
ANOTHER CLAN MAY HAVE
TRAQ BANS
TITLES
Bagdad, May 5, Iraq banned all tilles to-day. The Chamber of Deputles · passed a Bill whereby any one using one may be fined £2. It was proposed on the ground that titles are unsuitable in a demoerney and cause social strife and Jealousy.
The Premier, General Yasin Pasha El Hashimi, has set an example by, dropping his title "pasha."
The following table shows the pry Public Enemy's
portional decrease from 1935 to 1936
in imports into various countries from
Italy during January.
It will be seen that Ilaly's exports. to Germany, a non-sanctionist coun
Sweetheart:
try, have decreased, as Compared WEDDING
thosu to
with a year ago, wlierens Australia havo netually increased.
While no official explanation of this anomaly has been offered, it is likely that the volume of contracts made between Australia and Kallan mer
ut chanta prior the imposition sanctions, and ΠΟΥ in process of ful- filment, was suelently large to no count for the increase over 1936.
steady
in decline
Italian world trade indicates that contracts made before November last are now almost all completed.
The
A more rapid decline is therefore likely in the near future, should! Italy be unwilling to cease hostilities.
Scientists To Meet At Harvard
Cambridge, Mass., May 10. From August 31 to September a xroup of 70 of the world's greatest scientists and selulars, including four- teen Nobel Prize winners, will address - the Harvard Tercentennry Conference
of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge,
Professor Albert Einstein, Dr. Nella Bohr, originator of the Bohr theory of
FIXED: NO · HUSBAND
New York, May 1
WOMAN CHIEF
WIDOW IN SCOTTISH CASTLE
Glasgow, May 1.
EFFORTS are now being made in Scotland to secure.
for a second woman the chieftainship of her clan- the first, Miss Catriona Maclean, of Ardgour, a girl of 16, has already lodged a petition in the Court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms, to be regarded as chieftain of the Macleans of Ardgour.
The now woman claimant is Mrs. Flora MacLeod, of Macleod, a widow who, after her husband's death some years ago, reas- sumed her family name and returned to live at Dunvegan Castle in Skye, the home of her ancestors.
Mrs. MacLeod has the support mittee explains her right to be chief of her clan society, which meets of the clan society by saying that sho next week, when a recommenda-is-
tion will be made that she shali The elder daughter of the late be supreme chief of the society, chief of the society and in the direct Then steps will be taken to line of blood_to the chief of the establish her as head of the MacLeods of Dunvegan, heiress and Marion ("Kik!") Roberts, sweet- whole cian-Miss Maclean's claim and castle of Dunvegan, and that per muccessor and owner of the lands of late Jack ("Legs") is for the chieftainship of the sonage in whom the arms of the Diamond. New York's Public Maciçans of Ardgour only, and chiefs of the MacLeod of Dunvegan Enemy No. 1, was to have been not of her entire elan, which is have been matriculated by the court married to-day.
led by Sir Fitzroy Donald Mac-of the Lord Lyon is Flora, Mistress But there was no bridegroom. lean, of Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Skyc.
MacLeod of MacLeod, in the Isle of
heart
Her husband-to-be Is. August Savarese. athletic instructor. Kiki's brother objected to tho marriag
A fight between the two men were arrested.
followed. Both
August was taken to a home for the criminally minded. Kiki in
"downhearted. "I marry him just the same when he comes out," she said to-day.
not
SISTER (OR TWO) FOR THE QUEEN MARY
who next month celebrates his 101st birthday.
Miss Catriona Maclean bases her It is the first time in the history MacLeans of Ardgour as the elder claim to the chieftainship of the of either clan that women have doughter of the Inte Alexander John been considered as lenders."
Mrs. McLeod said:
How Maclean of Ardgour, 10th laird and chieftain.
the cinn society is contemplating for **It Ly very high honour that me, and I can say nothing more than that I am very proud indeed.
Her claims were overruled by the Clan Maclean Society which accepted Lt.-Commander H. H. Maclean,
"I am the 28th of my line of de- of Wendover, Hampshire, an heredi- scent, direct from the time the first cary chieftain, MacLeod established himself at Dunvegan."
PROUD HONOUR
་
Following the death of Mrs. Mac-1
The case is under consideration
by
Lead's father, Sir Reginald MacLeod, the court of the Lord Lyon King of at the age of 88 last year with a Arms, and it is understood Miss Mac male heir, it was claimed that the lean's claim may be contested. chieftainship fell on Mr. Hugh Vernon MacLeod,
Australian,
"If I am appointed chieftain I shall whose be tremendously proud, for to be the
an
FOUR FIRMS SUBMIT of the family emigrated in head of the Macleans of Ardgour la
DESIGNS
1818.
OTHER CLAIMANT
At that time he declared: "I do the atom; Dr. Robert A. Milligan, Dr.
The good ship Queen Mary not intend to take any special steps Arthur H. Complon, and Dr. Werner may soon have either a sister to establish my claim and shall abide
Heisenberg, author of the principle as big as herself or two smaller by the decision
daughters."
of uncertainty, are among the winners twin sisters.
of the Nobel Prize in physics who will The Cunard-White Star Company Holders of the prize in chemistry at Liverpool have now received lo
signs and specifications for a sister:
appear on the programme.
John Brown and Co., Ltd., Clyde-
who will speak are Dr. Hans Fischership to the Queen Mary from: of Germany,. authority on photo- aynthesis: Ur. Freedrich Bergius, of Germany Inventer of the process for the hydrogenation of cont; Dr. Then dor Svedberg, famous Swedish chemist.
of Sir Reginald's Mrs. MacLeod has been 'nccepted already by many members of the clan as their hereditary leader, and no opposition to her is expected at the clan 'society meeting.
The proposal to institute her as basic (builders of the Queen Mary); the susietye chief is made on the re- Cammell, Laird and Co., Ltd.,commendation of an investigating congtittee over which Sir John Lorne Birkenhead;
Swan,
Wigham MacLeod presided. Richardson, Ltd., Wallsend-on- Tyne, and
"Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Barrow and Walker-on-Tyne.
Hunter and
"LANDS OF MACLEOD" I pleturesque language the com-
Certain of the four flems have sub-Wild Animals
-the two
Fight for Four
a big honour indeed," Miss Maclean
naid.
MAILPLANE TO US. IN SEPTEMBER
BRITAIN will send her
the Atlantic to New York first mailplane across this summer.
Imperial Airways plan to send one of the new 17-ton Short flying-boats over the direct 3,000-mile route in September.
Hours in a Ship of the safer southern route,
Britain's first regular Atlantic airmail service will be by way
using the Azores and Bermudas for mid-ocean stopping places, WILL CARRY SIX
Winners of the prize in physiology and medicine who will be on the pro- gramme are Sir Frederick G. Hopkins, British physiologist: Dr. August Krogh, Danish physiologist: Dr. Otto mitted two sets of tenders. One not Warburg, German physiologist Dr. relates to a single ship of roughly the Karl Landsteiner, American authority same displacement as the Queen on blood types; Dr. Hans Spermann, Mary. The second relates to two German physiologist, and Dr. Edgar smaller ships, each about the size and D. Adrian, British authority upon tonnage of the Britannic and Georgie the functioning of tlie nerves.
Dr. Henry Norris Russoll, dean of White Star Ling put into commission motor ships which the American astronomers, will speak on just before the amalgamation with ann steamer Excalibur here told
The Composition of the Stars," Dr. the Cunard Company. Antonio Pannekoek, of the University The Britannic (20,943 tone), and the
of a tremendous battle at the On the pioneer northern run the of Amsterdam, will discuss "The Tem-Goorgle (27,769 tons) were built in height of a storm in mid-Atlantic £40,000 flying-bont will not carry 1980 and 1932 respectively by Har between a giant hippopotamus more than about six people. Its Cosmic rays will be discussed by land and Wolf, Ltd., Belfast. They and a pigmy elephant from the normal complement is twenty-four Dr. Millikan and Dr. Compton,.
passengers and five crew, plus a robot pilot. There is at present an arrangement who had been sent to look after the Eight native boys from the Congo,
With that load it could not
perature Senle of the Stars."
Among the speakers on medical sub- Jocts will be Professor B. A. Housay,
Or
have a speed of 21 knots.
Boston, May 1. Passengers leaving the Ameri-
NORMANDIE RIVALRY T Belgian Congo.
of the University of Buenos Aires, between the Canard Company and the two animals and deliver them to carry the weight of fuol needed to who pioneered in showing the re lationship between endocrine owners of the French linor Normandia circus in the United States, were get nerose the 2,000 miles of open ductless glants in the body..
that the two ships shall not run in unable to get near the combatants, sea between Ireland and Now- competition. If another Queen Mary whose furious trumpetings and grun-foundland,
alorming the passengers,
For four hours the boys watched
Dr. Johan Hjort, of the University were built that arrangement would tings could be heard all over the ship, Machines of much longer range of Orlo, will speak upon "The Blohave to be dropped. logy of Whaler.
The soventy-five speakers will In-
If, as seems to be expected new in
will be needed to operate tho clude 47 from Europe, 31 from the shipping circles, the company deelde the fierce combat, not daring to go direct northern crossing. Two United States, and soven from Japan a two ships the probabillies are that near. At length the pigmy elephant high-spood Atlantie mailplanes China, Argention, Canada and Austra- they will be a little bigger and fast died, and the exhausted hippopotamus are now being ballt at Hatfold for la combined. United Press,"
than the Britannic and the Georgie was recaptured-Reuter.
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