THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1938.
LIBERAL WOMEN
LASH GOVERNMENT
BRITAIN'S SHAMELESS BARTER EMPIRE
OF
ABYSSINIA
FOR DUCE'S 1.0.U.
-Miss Megan Lloyd George
Bath.
LIBERAL women, appalled by the National Govern- ment's mishandling of international affairs, opened wide the floodgates of their indignation when the Coun- cil of the Women's Liberal Federation met here recently. Speaker after speaker flayed the Government for its hetrayal of every principle of peace.
Lady Gladstone, the It was politics with the gloves off. newly-elected president, congratulated the Prime Minister on not calling his Rome Pact a "gentlemen's agreement"; Miss Megan Lloyd George, M.P., referred to the "shameless barter" of the Anglo-Italian deal, and derided the Government's "pusillanimity.' Mrs. Corbett Ashby talked, too, of its "disgraceful cowardice."
MURMUR OF ANGER
In precies which motioned a consistently logh level the gather demonstrates not inerely its fem nine foredfulness int its political
knowledge and vigint
Orensionally as SPETIC telling ex- posine of the Government' perfidy was made there would be a rising marmter of anger from the body uf the hell
The fir day of s
Jas down that, with the possibility of a General Beetion in the offing, the women of the Liberal Party are keyed up for a pitch of determination which may move to be decisive 1
Government from sweeping the ofler
At the opening of the conference Viceminters Gladstone, diaghter-in- loyy of the great William Ewert Gladstone, wis elected president in steresakon to Miss Megan Lloyd George.
In her presidential addresa. Kandy Gladstone reaffirmed
String Which the whole the rightness and
the Laborat
wands the fil
sembly felt
tinte
enuse.
SUCCESS
OWNERSHIP FOR ALL
Ownership for all was the Laberal aka, for no mun wonde och rently be from without the liberty that came from having soune private means of property
jodmiration nod respect for his "mag- nafeen! etmirnge uruf devotion to the
of his people. **
In the afternoon session Si Arthu
for Oxford
Salter, Independent MP University, moved a reserbution ad- vorating Increased altention to the problem of food storage
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An interesting pose of Konrad Henlein, leader of the Sudeten German party in Czechosolvaktin, he hammered bone a point 113 a avrent spevel in Pragere 131 Tullowers, dramatul
Nazi- tommeled state for Creeho-Gers
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Sisters Killed In Fight
The Government had done thing, he sud, but we don't know whether the cupboard kuntaans baf, a crist, or a crumb
Su Arthur urged that the stricks of wheat, four, mogar, fals canned goods aequued should be to- Kether equivalent to one grada come isumption of food
MINN Also: Clan taraf whe recorded the resolution, which was carried, said she wond other killed by hunb than by starvation
J
The Southwark Coroner (Mr..
NEWS
LABOUR & DEFENCE
IN AUSTRALIA
Sydney.
The offer of Mr. Lyons. Common- wealth Prime Minister, to consult
RADIO BROADCAST
Orchestra of Conte Rosso
From the Studio ROTARY CLUB SPEECH·
| Mr. Curtin, Leader of the Sociollat Radio Programme Broadcast by Opposition, on the defence plans, Is Z. B. W. on a Frequency of 845 k.e's. Renerally approved. Some Federal and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. 0.52 m.c's. per elreies advocate that the Opposition and 8-11 p.m. un Leader should always be a member second. of the Defence Council.
12.00-12.20 p.m. Relay of Service from St. John's Intercession- Cathedral.
Mr. Curtin expressed strong aot proval of the Army and Air Force proposals, but thought that transfer of cruiser from Britain should be
the
12.30 Sydney Gustard (Organ). temporary, pending the Medley Of Old Time Songs: 1. development of Australian yards for English; 2. Scottish; Nola (Arndt): naval shipbuilding.
Funeral March Of A
Marlonelie
12.45 Bournemouth Municipal Or- chestra.
The need the more self-sufficiency (Gounod). in munition making in causing some! Socialists to recommend that Mr. Lyons should fullow Mr. Chamber- Jain's lead and consult the employers T. De La Riviere); Intermezzo and trade unions on the labour prob- Pizzicato (Strings-Montague Birch); tems involved.
Crocus Time-Serenade For Strings
A Fairy Ballet (C. White): Rain- N.S.W. Election. The result of the drops-Pizzienti For Strings (T. De election in New South Wales, yester-La Riviere); The Merry Middles (13. day assures Mr. Stevens, the Coal!-Brooke),
tkan Premier, of n comfortable
1.00 Loen Time Signal and Wea- majority for a third term. This is ther Report. unprecedented in the State, It is due 1.03
Accordeon
| partly to returned prosperity and Band.
London Plano
pertly to the split in the Socialist Wine Sonz (From 'Caravan'); anks between Mr. Lang, the ex Happy, I'm Happy (From 'Caravan'); Heffron. The Don't Dingle Dangle On The Old
! Fremter,
ari!
trude nor
Mr. grelion regards Long as a spent force,
Canada
M. Garden Wall (Butler. Unmerell and Evans): The Vamp Of Invana (Gil- bert and Sullivan).
1.10 Reuter and Rugby Press. Forecast and Announce-
ALBERTA GOVERNOR'S. Weather
RESIDENCE
to
ments.
Dance Ausha:,
Boy That Fox-Trot-The Little
Clous Forgot: Moonlight On
1.25
Edmonton. Sonta
sisters at Walworth recently, Journal, for alleged unfair
· Don Brown, (+1 the Edmonton Sympathy (From Firefly');
MORE WHITE would be that the women died has been rescinded,
WOMEN ARE NEEDED IN ABYSSINIA
By Joseph D. Ravotta) United Prens Staff Correspondeul
Rome Abulu are
Turning to foreign polity, Lady Cladstone And The Prime Minister i had been at palns to make it clear
White wer in Ardis that he had no use for the Lengue (crying for mure white women, of Nations.
The reason for their sad lament is the fuel that there are about swu white men for every white presently woman in the capital.
Douglas Cowburn), inquiring in-; The devrion of the Alberta Social The Waterfall ...Billy Cotton and to the death of two elderly Credit Legislature Impeach Mr. Hits Band with vocal chorus; Waltz
Fox- 'Folk suggested that a proper verdict of Social Credit menabers speeches, Can't Have Everything')
reports Trol--Afraid To Dream (From
hoy Fox and His Orchestra with lucni Mr accelerated by Aberhart, the Premier, and refrain; Fax-Trot-Lost Love (Rozaf that, and Waller) ... "Fals Waller and supporters loudly protest
were at retaliating for
the Hts Rhythm with vocal refrain and The quey found that death was the disallowance ot provincial legista Puma by "Fats" Waller.
Last night the party refused (reads of a drunken quin rel between; tion
the two reorien
"from shock
wounds received in combat."
"They felt cominced." the fore | mum said, "than they had not heard the whole truth, 1341 that the husbands of both women had kept senetlung back as to the nature of the trouble between the women "
Chundler's home.
Medical evidence Was that women's Beatp wounds were sufficient to cause death, but each woman was able to die
It was regrettable that he bud not made it equally clear before the last General Election, when militons of volors who believed in the League gave their support to the Govern- | Out of a total white population of ment of which he was a prominent 16,959, white women total 5,298 or member. For a realist, Mr. Chan-roughly 33 per cent of the total non- shack berlain was strangely fond of shams, native inhabitants of the city.
to
women,
DID
the
that
from
1.40 Relay of the Rotary Timin
to vote the regular estimates for the Speech from the Roof Garden of the upkeep of the residence of Capt. J. Hongkong Hotel. Speaker: Colonel Bowen, the Lieutenant Governor, N.MLS. Irwin, D.8.0., M.C.. Subject: about £4,000 annually.
"Evolution Of Mechanical Warfare."
2.15 Close Down.
One-
---
Capt. Bowen refused assent tast special session to the Bank and Press
6.00 Latest Dance Recorda. Control Bills. His salary a pold by
Fox-Trot-Glemour Girl: The Damtulon, but his palatial re- Step-Amazon Goes A Wooing aldenct
the Jack Harris and lilo Orchestra; was built in 1010 by
Arenas; San Fer- Province.
Tangos-Punto nando Heinz Huppertz and His
estra: Waltz-1 Hum Orchestra;
A Waltz (From This is my Affair'); Quick-
TEXTILE REPORT The report of the Royal Commis
It"
The women were Theresa Chandler (86), Delverton Rond, Walworth, and Mary Anne Woonten (50), Ford Suret, Bow. They were found, engi dend and the other dying. at Mrs. sion inquiring into the Canadian step--Don't Say Goodbye.... Victor textile industry, which was presented
Silvester and His Ballroom Orelics- to the Government a few
weeks tra: Fox-Trois-No More You; Good- ago, will be tabled in the House of night To You All... Jack Harris and Commons
week. Sweeping His Orchestra with vocal refrain; changes in wages and working con- Goona Goo; Big Chief ditions are expected. It is believed (From The Joy Purade").Nat
"Swing that reduction of tarifs in many Gonella and His Georgians with Ines is foreenst, favouring British
vocal refrain; Tangos Fireflowera; textile products.
Moonlight On The Rio Grande.. Heinz Huppertz und His Orchestra; Fox-TrotsChicken Reel: Phil The Fluter's Bali ....Ronnie Munro and
Cocktail Swing....Nat Gonella and His Georgians with vocal refrain by Cape Town. Nat Gonella. Administration bus granted) 6.50 Songs by Peter Dawson (Dasy- permission for Germans in South-Baritone); West Africa to register their votes in Covered Wagon Lullaby (Freeman
A WOMAN'S CRY
Chandler's
wounds Corres-
of 6,286 white
tre Ales, non-Italians covering 26 different, ponded with the heel of a shoe, nationalities As there are only 1.-There was also a blood-stained file
doubt whether the fine art of evasion has ever been carried such lengths as it is by the
present Government from bench," sbe de 440 clored. t is almost the exerption better now for a Member of Parliament to with three wonen for every two of get a straight answer in a straight then question.
"SLIPPERT SLOPE"
South Africa
non-Hallan males they fare in the room, which was in disorder. GERMANS TO VOTE AT Orchestra: Blues In My Heart;
than their Italian brothers Mrs. Woonton visited her sister, whom she had not seen for three Laiban men hve a tougher yenes, and stayed the night. thue of it with a two to one rations.
A nephew said Mrs. Woonton sat Considering the fact that Addis silent and biting her nails.
"From National Coalition govern. Abela tsm African city which has
The
PLEBISCITE
the plebiscite on Austrin on board and Leonard); Empty Saddles (From
ment to Totalitarion government is only been open to restricted immigra- Mr. Chorlton, who slept in another not such a very long step, and once tion for less than two years, the dis-room, said he heard no disturbance, the German ner Usambara, 8,690 Rhythm on the Range); The Fleet's on the slippery slope i may lead to Iribution of white men and women A woman neighbour, however, said tons, at Luderitz Bay on April 3 and Not in Port Very Long (From O. dictatorship
in the capital is relatively even. This, she heard woman, Not Mrs. at Walvis Bay on April 3. No Kay
for Scund'); The Rivetter however, is not balm for the unfor Chariton, using abusive language and naturalised British subjects of Ger- (Slevier and Arlen).
unute whiles without women and in the early morning a volee, again man origin may vote. A speelal they are complaining.
not Mrs. Charlton's, crying. "God train
7.02 Band Of H. M. Coldstream Guards. will probably take Windhoek Germans to
const to vote.
"H.M.S. Pinafore" Selection (Sul- two husbands dented any "King and Country."University livan); Selection Of Wilfred Sander- of Cape Town students have rescinded son's Songs; Intro:--Drake goes West; the motion adopted in 1933, that in My dear Soul; Captain Mac: The no circumstances would this House Company Sergeant Major: Friend O' fight for King and Country. The Mine; Up From Somerset; Until; Wee voting was 125 to 45.
India
This Londition
13 considered
help me.
The
What have I done,”
Miss Megan Lloyd George, MJ, then moved a resolution deploring the Government's miundonment Af the League in favour of power po- lities, and condemning its refusal to crave that it has called forth editorial knowledge of a dispute over a will. :comment from Italian newspaper- In tones of scathing contempt she referred to the "ahameless barter" of last week's League Council meet- ing, when, she said, "Abyssinia was sold for an IQ.U."
face the facts in Spain.
a
karn.
intercourse
WEAKNESS
Macgregor Patrol (Amers}; Police- man's Holiday One-Step (Ewing). 7.24 Closing Local Stock Quota- tions.
7.20 "Yes Madam?”
With-Binnie Hale, Bobby Howes, Berthu Belmore, Billy Leonard, Har- Calcutta. Mr. Gandhi, who has never lacked court Brook, Wylie Watson, Vera
Certain sections of Ethiopiu are un- in their thirties and a lasting regime known to white women. This is of chastity cannot be imposed upon rather tough on some of the more them." She was proud that one volve had | Tamatically inelined gentlemen be- bees raised in protest and vindicated Cie Halian soldiers, labourers and The Halian government is doing its the honour of the British Empire tilers in the colony are prohibited best to solve this problem. For GANDHI ON CONGRESS the role of a young country-New from having rexual intercourse with sometime now wives and future Zealand.
native women. This ban is justified wives have been shipped down Secondling the resolution, Lady in the argument that
periodically to join their hushanda Laytop said there had never been
and husband-to-be. In many cases moment when it was more necessary territy of the white race." for us to be clear in our thought,
husbands Instead. The government truth, has written an article on the Chorus of Girls with the Hippodrome A few months ago a correspondent feels that this is the only way to as-communal riots at Allahabad in
Orchestra clear in our judgment, and courage of La Stampa of Turin sounded the sure the future of the Italian race in which he says he retains his beller Joseph Tunbridge.
Thentre
conducted by toesin for his bereaved co-nationalists the Empire. She urged that 北
0.00 Local Time Sigant, Weather was vitally in Ethiopia, He declared that the
non-violence, but is forced to re- necessary that those countries which problem was one to
that non-violence is not a There is also another way. The
Report and Announcements, be faced and
8,03 failly in India.
StudioOreliestra of prises since have sent down production as Indian Liberals that India
Mr. Gandhi makes the same de. "Conto Rosso"-Conductor: Mr. A. by low and atutes and entertainers to keep the
Valenti. out that normal process of nature must be esment from too much bronding. While connection, Congress is not yet in Canzonetta (Brus90);
is not yet rendy to sever the British 1. Pattuglia Gala (Sarino); 2. they may find some objection from more than 200,000 the moral point of view it is nt Jeust | jaw-abiding Indin if called upon to Malvezza); 5. Amico Fritz-Inter-
a position to produce a peaceful (Culotta); 4. Conto Italian men in the Empire are "men proving efficacious.
govern the whole country without mezzo (Mascagni),
with natives would "impair the in-single girls go down to work and find courage to speak the unpalatable Pearce and the Hippedrome Theatre
Quin
in
belleved in world order should draw solved since "certain human instincts 18overnment first and private enter se
ennnot be regulated
He added that
close together.
Lady Layton pointed there way grent deal of loose talk tabilshed." about splitting up Czecho-Slovakia. Some people failed to remember that when Czeche-Slovakia www www created it was created in its present form because the large block of Ger- mans were not all situated in one district which could be cut away.
It was not possible to tear them nway or even give them complete outonomy unless we were willing to guarantee with others that the in- dependence of Czecho-Slovakin would not thereby be destroyed or weakened.
The resolution was carried.
Judge Cheered After Murder Acquittal
Jesse Peel. 30-year-old village ver- blood," he added. ger and parish council
are a murderer.""
support,
BOYS, 7 AND 10, ROB MOTHER
1.
3. Burlesca
d'amore (F.
8.30 London Relax-'Escapo'—0. First-hand accounts by Prisoners of Wor. Converted Try" by Captain J. L. Hardy.
0.00 Studio-Orchestra of a.. "Conte Rosso”----Conductor: Mr. A. Valenti
1.
Travloin-Preludio III
atto
9.20 Songs by Hubert Eindel (Tenor)..
A Whitstable boy of 10 and his bro- | (Verdi); 2. Serenata Nostalgica ther, aged seven, were stated at Con- (Manno); 3. Notturno (Valenti); 4.
Court "One of them terbury Juvenile
to have Danza delle ore-(Opera "Gloconda” A resolution moved by Indy Hors- found not guilty at Leeds Assizez of closely into my eyes and sald You money from her by force,
clerk, was stood directly in front of me, looked knocked their mother down and taken | ~Ponchicl!!). ley and seconded by Dr. Margaret the murder of his wife. Dens declared the Government's When the jury returned an nequit-
The elder boy admitted three cases
Always As I Close My Eyes ARP, plans to be totally inadequate ta efter 38 minutes absence there In his three-hour summing-up, Mr. of shopbreaking with his brother, who and urged the
(Handfeld-Jones and E. Coates); appointment of was a loud burst of applause,
#
Justice Wroitesley said there was no was too young to be charged. technical independent committee to
A huge crowd outside the Town apparent molive.
"It seems incredible that a woman Love's Song In Sung (Salmon and consider the problems which would all cheered Mr. Justice Wrollesley
should allow children of this age to Russell): Looking For You (Taylor Dealing with Peel's attack on the from the country if it were attacked when he left in his car after the trti methodo alleged to have been adopt carry on us they do," said Mr. J. G. and Sanderson),
9.30 Kerridge, probation officer.
London Relay-The News. Mrs. Peel, whom her husband de-ed by the police, the judge said: "It The mother, who is living apart
(Continued on Page 5.) scribed in the witness-box as "one of is suggested that the police in their from her husband, agrees that the time best wives in the world," was examination of the prisoner commit-boys were beyond her control. If they A massage from Sir Archibald found battered to death in the living ted every sort of impropriety. Slaetoir pointed out that the situa-room behind her little village shop at
"If we have learnt nothing else in they started to smash things up.
did not get their own way, she said, tion was deteriorating in every field Fewston, Yorkshire.
England in recent years, I should Brid that "n weak and baffled
More than 2 of the money stolen At the outset of the proceedings, Imagine we have at least learned this: from the shops was spent on sweels, Goverment was retreating from its feel alleged that he was "bullied and that nothing is more unrellable than toys and the cinema. pledges." The country was waiting browbesten" by threa detectives who people who have been subjected to proved school and his brother to m for a clear and Arm lead.
confessions and statements made by The elder boy was sent to an ap- never left him alone. Conference decided to send to the "They told me that I was splashed what is sometimes called the Third institution for examination and re- Emperor of Abyssinia a mesange of from head to foot with my wife's Degree,"
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