OPTIMISM PREVAILS IN PRAGUE
Czech Government Will Offer Now Compromise Scheme
"Recognition And Equality"
Prague, Aug. 31.
Lord Runciman, the British modiator, had a further meeting with Herr Kundt, the Sudeten deputy, this morning, while Mr. Ashton Gwatkin, Lord Runci- man's aecretary, went to Marienbad to see Herr Konrad Henlein, the Sudeten leader.
The political committee of the Sudeten-German Party has call- ed a meeting for to-morrow.
The Government's new proposals are expected to be published on Friday.
A general feeling of optimisin prevailed here this evening as it was felt that the situation Jind taken strong turn for the batter.
t
"
It is understood at the President, Dr. Edouard Benes, will make proclamation, probably to-morrow, setting forth the basic features of the Government's new proposals, dealing with the nationalities problem which has been elaborated between himself and the Premier, Dr. Milam Hodza.
on the they
The inner political Cabinet met this afternoon and agreed details of the proposals alter had been explained by the Premier, whose report on the general situation was also fully approved.
These developments, together with Lord Runelman's talks and yester- day's meeting between Herr Kundi and Dr. Benes, all point to the same direction, namely, towards.an.agcce ment on the question of principle underlying Herr lentein's speech at Carlsbad,
demand with ita
for "recognition and equality" for the Sudetens.
It is believed that Dr. Benes pro- clamation will urge that the problem be attacked In two stages, involving Immedinte and later programmes.— Reuter,
following
Czechs' New Offer
Prague, Sept. 1. The immediate compromise pro gramme comprises the seven points:
1.That national groups should be given specified proportions of their share in the administra- tion of the country;
districts, with the
THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER
A striking view taken from the window of an Imperial Airivays flying boat, outward bound
along the route to Hongkong. These piant 200 m.p.h, flying-boats will be carrying all first-class mails between. Hongkong and other British territorica this monék,
1988.
RADIO BROADCAST
"World Affairs" and Other London Relays
CHILDREN'S HOUR
Radio Programme Broadcast by Z.B.W. on a Frequency of 845 k.e's. and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. and 8-11 pm, on 0.92 m.c's. per second.
*
Male
6 Studio The Children's Hour.
Sea Shanties and Choruses, Riding Down, From Bangor (Tradi.. tional); Solomon Lavi (Traditional); Down in Demerara (Traditional).
Newell and the B.B.C. Raymond Chorus conducted by Leslie Woodgate Ernest Lush at the
Plano Royni Naval Singers-Sea
Sea Shanties; Intro:- Billy Boy: Johnny Come. Down to Hilo: I'll go no inore A'Roving; Rlo Grande; Royal Naval Singers-Sea Songs; Intro: Jolly Rogeral Naval Sailors'
Cherus....Portsmouth
Singers conducted by C. T. Lee B.SC., R.N. Unaccompanied.
15
tions.
Closing Local Stock Quotn-
7.17 Frank Crumit, 'Elsic and Doris Turner Laylen and Primo Beala's Accordeon Band.
Whoops We Go Again (Harvey); If The Oki River Thames Were The Danube....Primo Scoia's Accordeon Band with vocal chorus: The Night Is Young und You're Beautiful
So (Rose, Kahal and Suesse)....
Turner Layton at the Piano; If The Moun- tains Of The Moon (Box-Cox, Ro- berts); You Needn't Have Kept It A
(O'Connor, Silver, de Murcia) Seala's Accordion Band
HOW AIR MAIL SERVICE
TO HONGKONG
DEVELOPED
Striking
The
HAS
Developments During
Past Two
The important announcement made at Southampton
on July 28, when the first "all-up” mails were despatched
to Australia and New Zealand by Imperial flying-boat, that
Years
HITLER
within a short time all first-class mail would go to Hong- TO REVEAL
kong by air, will be realised on September 4.
circled
The original Empire mail scheme | flying-boat service from Singapore visualised the carriage of all first-arriving at Bangkok on Tuesdays. clas mall between the United King- Similarly, the service leaving dom, South Africa, India, Malaya Hongkong on Mondays connects with und Australia by Imperlai Airways the cast-bound as well as the west- aircraft without surcharge and as bound service leaving Bangkok on the ordinary routine method of Tursdays. Thus, leaving Hongkong on Monday a passenger can get to 2-That Germans should have the transport.
Singapore by mid-day Tuesday and proportion of 30 per cent.;
That first stage was successfully be in Sydney by the end
of the 3.That nationals should be em-
completed when the Imperial flying week. loved as far
in boat as possible ployed as
Calypso ceremoniously cn- Government posts in their own
Or, going westward, he can reach Wathering of Ministers, exception,Dominion representatives and of Calcutta by 10.40 on Wednesday of the defence organisation;
Ociale of Imperial Airways nt morning.
take the next morning's 4--That
The number of Czech
Southampton on July 20 and then flying-boat back and be at Hongkong in non-Czech districts t should be gradually reduced
its beautiful wings cleaving the still on Friday, morning air, sailed into the eastern law relating to
sun on the 13,000 mile route to languages should be me
modified;
the efficiency with Sydney. But 6That a loan should be floated which this first stage has been com-
for public works, part to be used to modernise industrial transport and the result is that fur- pleted has fully justifled Empire air undertakings in the Sudeten ther extensions such as the one lo region;
Hongkong are now complete. 7.—That cach district should enjoy
cultural autonomy,
5.That the.
The meeting of the Political Com mittee of the Sudeten Parly called for to-morrow will be decisive and will show whether or not the President's proposals will satisfy the conditions enunciated by Herr Kundt for the resumption of negotiations.
The general belles is that the Sudetens will reply in the offirma- tive.--Router.
KING BORIS DRIVES OWN LOCOMOTIVE
Milan, Aug. 31. King Boris of Bulgarla arrived in Milan to-day, personally driving the locomotive of his special train from Leghorn, covering 16 miles in. 23 minutes.
Before leaving the locomotive at the station here, he shook hands with the engineer and four mechanics.
The King then proceeded to King Victor Emmanuel's summer residence at San Rossore-United Press,
Anglo-American Trade Pact Now Certainty
re-
IMPROVEMENTS WILL CONTINUE
Substantial as these accelerationa
POLICY
SEPT. 12
At Conclusion Of Nuremberg Rally
On September 5 Herr Hitler will
with
vocal
I'm chorus; A Specialist
MC
(Charles "Chic" Salé); Taught
Fiddle How To Play The Second (Lyndhart, Moder and Dahl).... Frank Crumit; My Little Buckaroo (from Strange Laws'); Maragay (Gilbert-Nichols)....Primo Scaln'e Accordion
Band: Pennies
from Heaven-Film Selection; Intro:-Pen- nles from Heaven; So do I....Turner Layton at the Plano; Gert and Daisy and the Tandem (E. and D. Waters); Huntin' (G. Ellis and E. and D. Waters) Elsie and Doris Waters (Comediennes); Whistling Gipsy
(from Command. Performance'). There's A Gold Mine In The Sky (Kenny)....Primo Scola's Accordion Band with vocal chorus.
8 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcementa.
8.02 London Relay-"
"World Affairs." talk by II. Wickham Steed. 8.15 Somo Welsh Songs.
Land Of My Fathers (James and James) ...David Brazell (Baritone) with Orchestra; David Of The White Rock (arr. Osborne Roberts); The Little Thatched Cottage (arr. Osborne Roberts) ....Lella Megane (Contral- 10) with Piano (Tenor); The Gipsy (Crwys) William Edwards with Harp accomp. by Telynores Dwyngyll; Olwen Mine (Crwys)....William Edwards (Tenor) with Harp accomp. by Telynores Gwyngyll.
8.30 Btudio-A Concert by Z.B.W. Orchestra.
Ballet Egyptien (Luigiui).... 1 Z.B.W. Orchestra; 2. My Old Shako Berlin, Aug. $1.
(Barron and Tretere); The Windmill It is anticipated that Herr
Nelson)....Mak Longfellow and Adolf Hitler will make an im- Malcolm McEachern (Bass) with portant announcement regarding Plano; 3. (a) A Dream; (b) Repose of the Forest (Grieg) Z.B.W. Germany's foreign policy on Orchestra: 4. Coming Home (Wil- September 12, at the close of mot-Willeby); Homing (Del Riego) Essie Ackland (Contralto) with the Nazi Party rally at Nurem-12 Organ
gan accomp. by Herbert Dawson; berg.
5. Cloverley Suite (German)..... be made, particularly on the long make a speech at his reception by are, Improvement will continue to
Z.B.W. Orchestra.
9.30 London Relay The News. 9.50 A French Programme. kong-London route, as night flying the Burgomasier at the Nuremberg
Les
(Bizet); organisation is improved; and indeed Town Hall, but this will probably "Comme sutrefois dans la nuit som-
Pecheurs De Perles
Creat June 29, 1937, when the first flying seven days service between London
lul mes yeux l'ont re- is not likely to disturb the Czech- boat for Durban carrying unsur- and Sydney which will almost cer- Sudeten negotiations.
Orchestra conducted by G. Clocz; charged mail left Southampton. The tainly be accompanied by still fur-
The Fuehrer is also expected to
L'Arlesienne Suite (No. 2 Bixot); second stage was the commencement ther reductions in the time of Lon- speak almost daily during the Con- Sir Thomas Beecham conducting the of the "all-up" mall service to India don-Hongkong services.
gress, which will open on Tuesday London Philharmonic Orchestra; Clair and Mulnya on Feb. 23 of this year. By originating the Empire armall with speeches by Hurr Hitler and Dr. De Lune-Melodie (Faure and Ver-
It has for some time now been
scheme, Imperial Airways has put Nazi Party, and Dr. Goebbels.
Rosenberg. possible to travel right through to British aviation in the forefront of
Cultural Lender of the laine); Serenade Toscane-Melodie Braine)....Georges the Far East by Imperial Altways world air services and there is in-
September 7 will be Labour Ser- Thill (Tenor) accomp. by Maurice and its associate companies' services, deed no other
vice Day. September 8 will be Faure at the Piano: Les Sirenes, the section between Bangkok and
country which can devoted to Nazi sports. September Valse (P. Hongkong being covered by land compare with the Empire, so far as will be reserved for speeches by raise (P. d'Amour and Waldteufel)
the amount of overseas airmail car- 'planes.
Ninon Vallin (Soprano) with political leaders. September 10 will Orchestra; Danse Bohemienne rled is concerned.
D
The first stage was inaugurated on the original scheme provides for deal mainly with domestic policy and nu" Ninon Vallin (Soprano) with
FIRST MAIL TO HONGKONG IN MARCH 1938
(Faure and
be taken up by the Hitler Youth Danse La Jolle Fille de "(Bizel);
The benefit in closer co-operation Brown Shirts, while on September Movement, and September 11 by the and better understanding between Actually the first regular
sur-the members of the Briush Com-12 there will be an imposing display by the Army and Air Force, after to Hongkong left monwealth of Nations has already which Herr Hiller will make his charge airma!! England in March 1030 going by been apparent in the operation of
eagerly awaited speech.-Reuler, way of Penang, Saigon and Tourane, the airmail scheme to date and it when weekly services each way were pleasing to think that the Far East Inaugurated.
will now be brought within the ful scope of this magnificent organisa-
In December of last year, the route tion.
to was altered go vin Bangkok, Udern, Hanol and Fort Hayard, while this year the services were doubled to provide two fights each, war weekly.
into the colossal network of the Thus the Far East is closely linked
27,000 miles of air route operated by Imperial Airways and its as-i sociate companies.
Now there are eight services each | way between Egypt, and England, Avė between Indla and England.' there right through to Sydney 'and to Central Africa; two to Hongkong and to South Africa and one to West!: Africa.
H
frequency but the
FRANCE
COUNTS ASSETS
FOR WAR
Paris, Aug. 31.
situation
the
ROOSEVELT'S SUPPORTERS
LAG BADLY IN PRIMARY
ducted by Walter Goehr; Complainte London Philharmonic Orchestra con- De Mackle (from 'L'Opera de quatre (from Un Soir de Rofe). sous'); Ce N'est Pas Toujours Droic Damia with Orchestra conducted by Pierre Chagnon; March Lorraine (Ganno) .La Garde Republicaine Band conducted by M. G. Balay.
10.30 London Belay-Scenes from *St. Helena"
By R. C. Sherriff and Jeanne De Casalis,
Characters:-Napoleon; General Count Bertrand, General Count Montholon, General Baroti Gourgwud, Omcers of his suite; Count Las Cases; Marchand, St. Denis, Napoleon's valets; Cipriaal, Maltes d'hotel; The Abbe Vignal; Str Hudson Lowe, Governor of St. Helean; The action takes place at Longwood House, St Helena, between the years 1815 and 1821; The production by John Hich-
11.15 Close Down.
Washington, Aug. 31. President Roosevelt's *prestige suffered severe blows in the Democratic Senatorial primary elec- mond, tions to day.
In South Carolina, President floosevelt's candidate, Governor
AUCTIONING GOODS TO AID CHINA
Such frequency of services forms
At a meeting of the Army Com-Johnston was beaten by Mr. Ellison fundamental part of Empire mail
Smith, & Conservative Democrat scheme for it ensures an even flow mission this afternoon the Premier,
the President Indirectly Washington, Aug. 31.
of mall to and from the homeland, M. Edouard Daladler, reported that whom
was repudiated. international thus making the old "mall-day the
Califomla returns are" incomplete ' "Berlous." Only three products
obsolescent.
but Senator MacAdoo, the New Deal Not
only the
He gave a comparative table of supporter, is badly trailing Mr. main to be regulated and speed of services has been marked- European armaments, showing the Sheridan Downey, a professed New
increased. the Anglo-American Trado For instance, by the latest an effectives now under armotion Deal supporter but on advocate of celeration in April Hongkong was in the cases of Italy, Germany and Old Age Pensions schemo which Agreement. will be
com- brought within five days 6 hours of Hungary, and the total forces which aident Roosevelt recently con-
London compared with over 7 days could be put into the field by France, -pleted.
on a previous schedule.
Great Britain, Soviet Russia and The formal signing will be provided additional speedy connec
At the same time rescheduling Czecho-Slovakia in case of attack.
Dealing with the manufacture of
M. Daladier said a matter of only a few tons with other parts of the Em
armaments, pire.
thanks to the new decrees, the pro- Wednesday, service out of
factories delay, as all generalakok or diangkor was deduction of face work would be
diamond ring 18 gold or allver rings, clauses already have been liberately planned to give Australia speeded up to a point approaching his opponent, Mr. Sheridan Downey, 18 watches, two pairs of earrings, a and Malaya direct air connection that of neighbouring countries who backs the Old Age Pehitons aliver belt, an ancient Jade article, a ta-Reuter,
with : China, through the west-bound Rester Special.
plan-Reuter,
Trichala and other things,
demned.-Reuter,
An auction, in which articles con- tributed to raise funds for the Chinese Government among the local DOWNEY WINS NOMINATION
Chinese residents will take place to-morrow at 2 p.m. in the offices Washington, Aug. 31. the Chinese General Chamber of
of the that, Senator William G. MacAdoo, Commerce, according to an announce-
President Roosevelt's choice in the ment by that body. California
convention, har oriceded victory, le
The articles sale include
AS
LIGHT-
AS A
FEATHER
These Summer Pyjamas are made from light-weight cotton fabric, perforated for extra coolness. They are fully cut to prevent dragging and have lastex girdles.
$8.50
Less 10% discount for 'cash,
Blao
Beige
While
Yellow
MACKINTOSH'S LTD.
Nere's Luch!
EWO
COME
SEE
BOTH
BEER
IN TODAY!
1938 FORD V-8 CARS
gistiques why s
A DEMONSTRATION IS YOURS FOR THE ASKING
We now have the 1938 Uno of Ford V-8 rars. This year there are two distinct and different models The De Laxe Ford V.8 and the Standard Ford V..
The De Lane is entirely new in appear ance. It's the biggest and most luxurious Ford V-8 ever baili,
The Standard le newly styled. Flow-
ing curves and a longer bood give li modern beauty.
Both cars Include all ilué Ford advan-
tages which caused people to buy more 1937 Ford V-8 cars than any other-1937 make.
Come in today. We'll be glad to help you choose the car you want. -
WALLACE HARPER & CO., LTD.
Nathon Rd, Kowloon
Phono 50245.
Arsenal St, Hong Kong. Ford
Phone 28240,
Magnet Will Bombs Rained
Prove Coins'
Genuineness
On Chuchow
Ctruction
Sept. 1. Death and
ngain. descended on Chuchow, 51 kilometres Following the general warning to south-east of Changsha in Hunan on the Public by the local authorities the Canton-Hankow Railway, 'yester- that imitations of the newly minted day when 18 Japanese planes 'sub- milled coins are being circulated,jected the town to a severe bombard- precautionary measures have been ment.
Altogether over 100 explosive and adopted by most shop keepers and hawkers of the Colony to detect the incendiary bombs were rained. all counterfeits.
over the town, killing over 30 civilians
11
can be identified
The counterfeit coin needs close and wounding 40. No fewer - than 200 houses were demolished or burn- inspection before and many tradesmen and publiced.
A whole row of bosta near the vehicle conductors have been de-
Canton-Ifankow Railway station ceived by their genuine appearance. collapsed like a pack of cards a Close examination of the imitations however, will reveal an irregularity result of concussion, while the south in the milled edges on either side stations and buildings in the adjoin
Ing. atreels were lévelled to, the of the grove, and
have d also, they
ground, roped an different ring when compared with
on a cluster the sound of the good coll
** A direct hit was made'
To prove the genuinene of the gight empans in the river, blow- new coins, most shop malesmen and Ing them to bits--Central News. street sellers now make use of a perhaps the 'esafest, many imitations magnet, for only the genuine coin are now being successfully sorted out reacts to it In a way, which and da
કરવાની