THE "HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1936,
20% DISCOUNT Railway Strike
FOR SEVERAL Kinds of summeR
SHOES
ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME
Black and white leather comfortable,, sandals.
Before $4.90
NOW $3.90
Sandals in black and
white leather combined.
Before $3.90
NOW $3.00
White soft leather sandals with cuban heels. Before $2.90 NOW $2.30
Red strap leather sandals with high heels
Before $2.90
NOW $2.30
White and black strap low heel sandals.
Before $3.90
NOW $3.00
White leather with red linings. Airy and com- fortable.
Before $2.90 NOW $2.30
Terminated
50,000 MEXICANS GO BACK TO WORK
Mexico City, May 19. The employees of the National Railways, 50,000 of whom struck yet- terday, returned to work to-day.
An arbitration board decided against the strikers, who were given twenty-four hours to return to work, with the alternative of dismissal, Reuter,
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EMPIRE TRADE PROBLEMS
London, May 19.
KWANGCHOWAN PLEA
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
COMPLAINTS AGAINST MARKET DOWNWARD
FRENCH
I have the honour to inform you that I am in receipt of a petition from the Kwangehowwan community as follows:
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RECORDS
FROM
FOLLOW THE FLEET
Let's face the music and dance ...... Let yourself ga:
(With Tap Dancing)
We saw the soa
I'm putting all my eggs in one basket. I'd rather load the band
.Fred Astaire.
.Fred Astaira.
Fred Astaire..
YESTERDAY
New
ew York, May 19. Canton, May 19. Swan, Culbertson & Fritz Dow Tho despatch from Dr. Kan Chia-Jones summary of yesterday's mar hou, Special Delegate of the Ministry ket:The market to-day gradually of Foreign Affairs to M. Laurent declined, with losses exceeding two Eynard, French Consul in Canton, points in a long list of representative concerning the shooting in Kwang-issues. Traders were disappointed chowwan states:
with the market showing on the Guffey Coal. Bill decision. A con- BC10032 siderable amount of selling developed at the opening of the session, but offerings became moderate-inter.
..in the day. Good business news, how- ever, was ignored and the market is BC10033 dritting towards the recent low levels, Motor shares were rolatively active; railroad slechts were mixed; chemical ( issues were weak; oils were depress- BC10034 ed and rubber stocks were easier.
I'm building up an awful lot-down. The market for bonds was irregular- ly lower, Stocks, on the Curb Ex-
THE ANDERSON MUSIC COMPANY change were marked down, t
Swan, Culbertson & Fritz Wall Phone 21322. etc.,
Street Journal ! comment iwenty times. Fines from a
on .18/2 વા few cents to several tens of dollars market: The China sliver pact, is are often imposed on merchants at not interpreted in Wall Street as a the pleasure of the Government. sign that the United States Govern- Recently, taxes have been levied on ment is willing to proceed with in- currency stabisation ternational
through a serica of bl-metal confer- ences with other countries. The statistical conditions in the Cuming trade are regarded as satisfactory. Some brokers report a brisker invest- ment demand. Some ensh buying of utility preferred issues is reported."
"When Kwangchowwan was first' leased to France taxes and levies were light and the administration was fairly Just Since then, taxation has become heavier, and heavier every year. Not only have new taxes been imposed on commodities, but existing ones have been increased. The land tax, for example, has been increased thirty times and, those on business,
door plates, boat lleences, fisheries,
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The Dominions Secretary was ask-fairs and markets, and nothing is
too cheap to be taxed a few cents. ed in the House of Commons whether
Poll Tax or Service invitations have or would be issued Now
new
ordinance has been to the Governments of the countries
insued, requiring all males from 21 concerned in the Ottawa Agreements
years to 60 years of age to do corvee service for three days, and, falling to attend n. further conference with a that, to make a contribution of 40 view to continuing those agreements cents (French-Indo-Chinese Cur- in same or another form.
rency) a day for three days, totalling $1.20. This is tantamount to a poll tax which will only aggravate the already great poverty of the people and make them fice from their homes, The result may be int Kwangchow- wan will become a deserted village. We therefore pray that Your Excellency, on grounds of interna tional law, Loke up the matter with the French authorities with the view 10
con-
Mr. Malcolm MacDonald replied: The agreements between the United Kingdont and, the Dominions, cluded at the Imperial, Conference at Ottawa in 1933, did not terminate on any given date and each agreement continued in force unless at any time after February 19, 1937, six months'
S. C. & F. New York oftee cables: Stocks: The market to-day re- Bected further realising by traders, who appear to be turning bearish again. Montgomery Ward & Com- pany have earned 154 cents per share. during the quarter ended April 30,
The against 40 cents last year.
Com monwealth & Southern Corporation earned 3 cents per common share for the year ended April 30, against $5.22 per preferred share. Business
notice of denunciation was given by that this ordinance be failures
either party to it. The most con venient method of dealing with the questions arising out of the agree ment was now under discussion be- tween the Governments affected.
"In the view of the United King- dlom Government, it would be most appropriate to proceed by way of dis- cussions with Individual Governments ns occasion offered, and they had brought this view to the notice of the Dominions Governments"-- British Wireless..
The Hongkong Telegraph
SIXTH
ANNUAL
AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHIC
COMPETITION
JUNE-AUGUST, 1936.
Valuable Prizes
IN ADDITION TO THE CAMERA AND CASH PRIZES MESSRS. ILFORD, LIMITED.
OF LONDON OFFER
TWO SILVER TROPHIES
TO WHAT ARE ADJUDGED THE TWO BEST ENTRIES IN THE COMPETITION, IRRESPECTIVE OF CLASS.
FULL PRIZE LIST WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY. COMMENCE SENDING IN YOUR ENTRIES FROM 1st JUNE
The following
Competition -
SECTION 1. For the best Story-telling Picture.
SECTION 2.
Chinese Studios-Figures and Faces.
(Portraits and. Snapshots),
SECTION 3, Views, including Architecture, Landscapes, Seascapes, etc.
SECTION 4 Studies in Still Life.
SECTION. 5.
Snapshots taken by children under the age of 14 years.
SECTION :6. For the best "news-happening" picture,
RULES:
Rules will Kovert the 4-The right to publish any or all of the
entries to the Telegraph is reserved.,
1. The Competitions conford exclusively-Photograph which have been alrend
to amateur photographers,
2-Picture zulmelited in Sepia tonen should
be accompanied by a smaller print la Linck and.wblic.
3-The Prices will be awarded
tr
competitoni sening In what are adjudged
to the beat photographer in each) Section, Eneh entry mint be accompaniet
entered in local competitions are
ligible.
18.---Photographia miet
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A copy of the Regulations, enibody ing fourteen different taxes, has been submitted with the petition. The Kwangchowwan representatives fur ther stated:
during the past weck amounted to 206 ns compared with. 171 failures the previous week. De mand deposits totalled $14.272,000,000 as compared with $14,260,000,000 the previous week.
Cotton: The Government is re- parted to be selling May cotton. The early pressure in new crops was due to hedging, reports of rain in the Central Belt and the possibility of showers in the Eastern Belt.
Wheat: This market developed re- newed weakness in sympathy' with the foreign and domestic mill markets and better crop reports in the South- West. The open interest in May wheat is chusing uncertainty. No de- liveries are expected to-morrow.
"Since 1000, Kwongchowwan has been leased to France. Recently, the French authorities applied to this territory an ordinance in force in Indo-China, which imposes a tux on every one of the male population, an the basis of reports to be submitted by the villages on the number of males therein. Delegates of the people of Poto repaired to the French authorities there, praying for [1 remission of the tax on grounds of poverty and poor harvests. At this
Rubber: The easiness was in the French Garrison Commandant response to lower London cables. new into a rage, fired guns, to in- The Dutch tax hus been increased by timidate them, and arrested four. 1 cent. Trading was on the light Then a harsher ordinance was issued, side. demanding that every district submit
Dow Jones Averages:.
three well-to-do delegates as REUTER QUOTATIONS hostages. Troops were sent to the villages to intimidate the people, and a result people fled from their homes:
30 Industrials
"The people went unarmed to 20 Rails petition the Headquarters of the 20 Utitties Garrison Commandant for re- 40 Bonds
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May 18.
May 19.
150,35
147.49
44.04
44.0
30.41
20.76
101.05
101:87
FOR THE TEETHING
mission of the tax and for the with- Commodity Index 57.32 57.05 drawal of troops. But the French troops opened fire at the unarmed petitioners, killing five, and severely wounded twelve. The number of casualties would have been greater had not the people fled and taken retuge in the Chinese territory.
Chinese Citizens
BABY
Baby's Own Tablets.
Throughout the teething stage, beginning with the cutting of the first "The Chinese people of Kwang-tooth, bables are liable to health chowwan ure citizens the Republic upsets. At the first signs of discom- of China. Our Government-cannot fort Baby's Own Tablets-should-be ignore them.
We petition on behalf administered without delay.
There of the hundreds of thousands of the tablets settle the stomach, Chinese people there, and on behalf
allay feverishness, quieten restlessness, of the dead whose pictures are here- check diarrhoen; and help the teething with submitted. We pray that Your
to proceed naturally and without pain. Excellency take cognizance of our woes and duly take up the mutter tablets, they are therefore easy to Pleasant in taste, bables like these with the French authorities,”
give, anil being in tablet form ac- of dosage is assured.* curacy youngest infant or for alder children,
Equally good either Baby's Own Tablets are the deni specific for the commoner health troubles of the young. They diapet constipation, aid digestion, break up colds, relieve croup, and expel worms. Baby's Own Tablets are guaranteed pure and barmless; they are sold by chemists everywhere.
It
of
must be pointed out that Kwang- chowwan Is Chinese territory leased to France, its sovereignty being stud vested in China. The Treaty of 1900 gives France nothing more than the temporary administration
the leasehold. The extended impost- tion
a tnx in force Indo-China, thus treating lease
a colony, is therefore a violation of the Treaty of Lease, Furthermore, during the Washington Conference, the French plenipoten- M. Viviani, made, on, the occasion of the Chinese Delegation demanding the rendition of all con- cessions and leases, the following statement:
hold as
ive have developed the resources of the territory leased to us; we have brought the benefits of civilization to a country torn. by piracy, we have established the reign of prosperity and peace to such a degree that the neighbouring population seeks refuge on our territories in times of trouble. When Chinn recovers Kwangcllow- wan she will receive back a country of greater value than the territory she had leased."
Plen for Reformst
From this statement it is clear that the intention of the French Govern- ment
was to benchit the local populace and to make Kwangchow wan a peaceful place. The recent heavy taxes, the
service, or corvee monetary contribution Instead, the dispatch of troops to the villages, the arrest of the delegates, the shooting of the unarmed
five, severely woundingners, killing twelve, and putting the people in a a pitiable state of fear: all these are so patently con- trary to M. Viviani's statement at the Washington Conference, and to original
policy of the French Govern- than ment, which has for lis avowed pur- pose the peace and prosperity of the İnased territory.
Post-cast,sise texcepting. In the Children' Section) and the entry furre should b Battly pasted on the back. -Na correspondence will be entered into
in connecting wil, the Competition.
| G--At the emelusion of the Competicion,14-Euirks in the Children's Section must
cntries will be returned to rompettora on application at this Office within seved Алуя..
by me farm which will be published daily Tam No responsibility will de secepted for !
during the period of the Competition.
entelivery. hes or damage,
bear the name, ake and nitrow un tho untry form countersfuned by a parent. 11.Members of the Staffs of the Hongkong Telegraph and the Souila Chins Morning „hat are not pernilited to compete. 12. decisions of the Judges shall be final.
READ THE RULES CAREFULLY.
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municate with the authorities at
I request, therefore, that you com- i Kwangchowwan, making that the officers and soldiers who shot the unarmed petitioners be punished, that damages be paid to the bereaved- families, that the corven service, and all the increased and multiple taxes which have been the cause of all- this trouble be abolished, in order that Kwangchowwan may again see peace and prosperity as envisaged in M. Vivil's statement, and in the original policy of the French Govert- ment.-Union News,
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1986.