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LONG & IMPORTANT

MEETING

BRITISH CABINET IN SESSION FOR NINE HOURS

SECRET PROPOSALS

MAY REPORT AT VARIANCE WITH PROPOSALS?

One of the longest and most important meetings of the British Cabinet was held yesterday.. It was ful attended, and lasted nine hours..

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REVISION OF BAD WEATHER AT DR.

REPARATIONS-

Germany Misconstrues Bankers' Report.

SEA.

Latest Reports of Steamers.

TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. — The i closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 11d. “

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DANGEROUS POLICY

ROUGH SEA AND SQUALLY.

TO LECTURE IN

ROME.

Certain Bankers'

Busle, Yesterday. passages Committee

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MACAO MURDER CASE.

Dramatic Episodes

*Related.

EXTRADITION SOUGHT.

- Dramatic episodes relating to a murder on Chinese New Year's

Avenida Conselheiro Fertir D'Almeida, were told by a woman in the Central Police Court this. morning, when before Mr. Scho-. field,

Harbour Office from ships arriving BIRTH CONTROL Day February 17) at 66, Da cabled earlier have been con- in port from both the North and strued in some quarters in Ger-, South,

The 8.9. Clara Jebsen (Captain many as a recommendation for immediate revision of repairs- K. Dahi) from Saigon, August 16, at 6 am, to-day re- tions, but no definite reference to which arrived revision is contained in the reported:- port, although it does guardedly allude to the effect of Germany's weather." external obligations and dangers

"S.W. winds. Moderate cloudy

Arrivals yesterday reported as

if she continues her past policy under- of borrowing from abroad Dorry (Captain J. Bruhn) from amounts almost as great as she Keelung, August 18, arriyed at The prolonged discussions have caused no surprise, the magnt has to pay out in reparations. 1.7. tude of the issues at stake being fully appreciated.

The report hints that these con-: ditions would cause German

"Big ewell, heavy rain." Yingchow (Captain John

R.

The proposals are being as carefully guarded as are Budget dumping on a scale ruinous to Nisbet) from Tientsin, August 8. proposals usually guarded. ・・・

It is believed that there were sharp differences of opinion over the question of tariffs; that the Cabinet's proposals do not, in many cases, agree with those in the May report; and that keen opposition was expressed to the abolition of the Empire Marketing Board.

Of course, all must be accepted strictly in the light of con- jecture and, as such, accepted with reserve,

DIFFERENCES OF OPINION

every other country..

and Swatow, August 18, arrived at 10.80 a.m.

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Rome, Yesterday.. Dr. Marie Stopes will spenk, it is understood, on the technical aspects of birth control, 'before a meeting, to be held here on September 7, of the International Congress for Studies regarding Population.

She has been told that birth control propaganda will not be permitted, and that the subject

"Very rough sea,' squally." Alipore (Captain E. P. Lyndon) from Osaka, August 7, and August | 16, arrived at 1 p.m.-

"Squally and considerable swell CLOUDY AND OCCASIONAL RAIN. from S.S.W. since Okaue Light."

Rowena (Captain F.. B, Hansen) from Chinwangtao, August, 10; arrived at 10 p.m.-—--

Huge Short-Te/m Debi. 'Germany's short-term debt is! at present 7,400,000,000 marks. according to the report of the International Committee f Bankers, which estimates that during the last seven months short-term credits up to 2,900,- 000,000 marks have been with- drawn from Germany. Restriction of Imports Necessary. "Cyclonic, heavy sea and swell."

The report states, inter alía, Cheong Shing (Captain D. G. that foreign creditos have agreed] Burleigh) from Tongku (Tientsin), with German debtors that only a August 9, and Wei-hai-wei, August, certain proportion of their avail- 11, arrived at 3 p.m.--- One of the longest meetings of dimeult.

able assets in marks will be real-{ the British Cabinet for many

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, Mr. ised immediately, the remainder,

Sir Herbert years was held today, when the Philip Snowden, Prime Minister, and four other Samuel are to meet Mr. Neville to be realised gradually. The re- Members of the Sub-Committee, Chamberlain and Mr. Samuel port emphasises the necessity for which has been considering mea Hoare, Conservatives, and Mr. Germany severely restricting im

ports and developing exports, in sures necessary to secure a bal Donald Maclean, anced Budget, reported to their Downing Street at 10 o'clock. At order to improve her currency.

Reuter. colleagues. There was a full at this meeting, the proposals will tendences of all, and the Cabinet be explained and sufficient detail sssembled at 11 o'clock and, after given to enable them to determine

Rugby, Yesterday.

task very complicated and most

Liberali at

a short interval for lunch. the whether support can be given to meeting continued till 7. Minis- Government.

GRAF ZEPPELIN.

Mr. MacDonald After Cruise of British

ters then separated having sat will then communicate the pro- for 6 hours. The meeting was posals, but only in outline, to resumed after dinner.

meetings of Labour supporters.

The prolonged discussions have caused no surprise, in view of the magnitude of the issues.

The Cabinet is seeking to reach

The Cabinet will re-assemble to hear the results at 8.30 at night. No Decision "About Tariffs. The Cabinet, which assembled

definite decisions on the propo to hear the proposals formulated sals to be put before the repre- by the Economy Committee, has a nine hours' sentative meetings of the Labour adjourned, after. Party and Trades Unions to session, until to-morrow night.

It is reliably learned that an morrow, when the schemes may also be the subject of conversa- agreement has been reached on a tions with Opposition leaders. A set of figures to balance the Bud late sitting to-night, therefore, is get, but no decision was taken probable. British Wireless Ser- regarding tariffs. ⚫vice.

Proposals Jealously Guarded: The Cabinet's proposala cannot be made at present, as they are in same category as Budget proposals and the same secrecy must, therefore, be observed.

the

Complicated and Difficult.

It is understood that discussion

The May Report.

Isles.

RETURNS HOME.

London, Yesterday. The Graf Zeppelin landed at Hanworth aerodrome at 7.15 p.m. this day after a twenty-four tour of the British Isles with twenty-four passengers aboard.

-The airship has returned to: Friedrichshafen, taking off from Hanworth at 7.84 p.m.-Reuter.

"Strong easterly gales." Hinsang (Captain L. Hutchings) from Sandakan, August 18, trived at 4.80 p.m.

Strong S.W. Weather

Rentan (Captain "J. Blaanboer) Sandakan, August 14, arrived at 5 from Sourabaya, July 28, and p.m.-

"Squally."

Tuesday's arrivals reported:- from Foothow, August 13, and Hatyang (Captain W. H. Erwin)

Swatow, August 15, arrived at 11.80

a.

"Fresh S.W. wind, moderate sen and swell, cloudy, and showery."

Morioka Maru (Captain M. Sumi) from Calcutta, August 2, and Singapore, August 12, arrived at 5.15 p.m.

"Strong monsoon."

Monday's arrivals reported: Burgenland (Captain Carl Deh- nicke), from Hamburg, July 1, and Manila, Adgust 15, arrived 8' a.m.-

"Bad, rough sea."

Hakodate. Maru (Captain S. rose) from Bombay, July 7, and Singapore, August 10, arrived at 8

Moored Under Difficulty.

Rugby. Yesterday. The Graf Zeppelin completed The Cabinet spent considerable her 24 hours tour of Britain time discussing the May Report, when she landed at Hanworth with which some of the Cabinet at 7 o'clock and disembarked "Normal monsoon.". proposals do not agree.

It is somewhat curious that the her passengers. Previously.

(Captain Crosa- there had been some doubt as to 8.8. Kittawa

which left Swatow

Marketing Board,

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Keen opposition was expressed the possibility of her landing, waithe)

The Royal Observatory's re- port issued at 10.22 a.m. to-day states:

A shallow depression is still shown over S.W. China,

A feeble anticyclone is cen tral to the East of Tokyo.

Forecast: Southerly winds, moderate; generally cloudy, ac- casional rain.

Typhoon Warning. The following telegram was received from the Manila Ob- servatory at 10.30 a.m. to-day by the American Consulate General:-

"20th: 10.30 a.m.-Typhoon in about 136 deg. 'Leng. E. and

Lat. 18 deg,

N., moving. W.N.W."

It is far away from Hong Kong and if it keeps moving in the direction indicated will strike the north end of For-

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Rainfall.

Rainfall for 24 hours end ed at 10 am. to-day 0.48 inch. Total since January 1--59.29 inches against an average of 61.52 inches deficit 2.28 inches.

Temperature.

The temperature at certain specified centres this morning at 6 o'clock was:-

Hong Kong

KWONGSANG "SEEN TO SINK.

Three Survivors on An Island,

40 BODIES WASHED UP.

Villagers in the vicinity of Funing Bay report having seen a vessel "with a red funnel" sink in the neighbourhood 'of Chupi Pass at 9 B.m. on Mon- day, August 10, according to messages received this morning. by Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Company, from H.M.S. Sepoy, through the Naval Au- thorities.

extradition proceedings were continued against a fugi- tive, Chan Yee-wo, who is want- ed by the Macao authorities for the alleged murder of Chan Lan-

The red funnel, of course, in sang.

indicative that the ship was the Recognised Fugitive. Kwongsang, of the Indo-China Witness, who was Lee Kwai-Steamship Company, the vessel's yue, wife of the deceased, declarad fate having already been con- ed in the witness box that the firmed in earlier messages. fugitive stabbed her husband The report adds that 40 bodies three times with a dagger. She were washed up on an unnamed, recognised him well as the mas but charted island, in the mid- who had tried to bind and gag die of Faning Bay. Wreckage her husband.

has been found, marked "Kwong- sang," in the village of Sansha (which is situated at the point of. a headland at the north-east tip of Funing Bay).

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The Crown's case was conduct ed by Mr. Somerset Fitzroy (Public Prosecutor).

Chief

Inspector Carlos Sequeira, of the Macao Police, gave testimony in relation to the warrant for the apprehension of the accused. The warrant, he said, was issued under section 433 of the Penal Code of Macao, Women Gagged and Round... In her evidence, the woman said that

eight at about

the 'clock on

day question, she saw four men enter the premises. Accused pro- duced a pistol and they (witness, her husband and the servants) were marched into a rear cubicle. women folk were bound and gagged, but witness's husband after object- Ing to being tied up was stabbed. He called out "robbers" and was heard to speak no more. robbers, she said, ransacked floor till eleven o'clock, when they decamped.. A muf. tsai released witness who immediately went to the Police Station to report the matter.

Before going she found that her husband was dead, but the body was still warm. The robbere,. added witness, masqueraded as policemen, and said that they had come to search for opium.

The

The the

House Ransacked. Replying to Mr. Fitzroy, witness said that when the robbers had es- caped they found a considerable amount of things missing, which, included three watches and several pieces of rare jade,

further Answering

questions witness said Prisoner was the man who actually stabbed my hus-

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ing the fiercest, of the four robbers,"

to the abolition of the Empire under gusty condition, and she August 18 and arrived here at 10 Marketing Board proposed in the had to circle over. Lon- a.m. yesterday reported "Fine" May report. Labour supporters don for nearly. an hour, weather conditions, whereas the 8.8.

The bearing was adjourned t to-morrow at noon.

on the question of tariffs reveal regard the Board as a bargain but the operation was final Yingchow, which left to 10.30 must be treated purely in a scien- SPECTACLES THEFT ed the sharpest differénce of with Overseas Dominions. ly carried off without a hitch. same day and arrived here at 10.80 opinion. Circles in close touch The Daily Herald says that with Government emphasise the abolition will most certainly not fact that Ministers found the be approved.

FLEEING FROM

HANKOW.

Death Roll. Mounting.

Hankow, Yesterday, The waters have reached a new record of 58% feet, and the death roll is increasing daily. There is a general exodus of Chinese fami- lies, the Shanghai-bound" steamers boing packed.

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Kluklang and Anking the width of the river is twenty miles.

She remained moored for about a.m. yesterday reported "Very tific manner.-Reuter half an hour and Doctor Eckener rough sea, squally,” received Sir Simón on board and

showed him the equipment of the BAD WEATHER AT

control cabin.:"\/

Homeward Bound.

Shortly before" eight o'clock A Wuchang report says the situa- the great airship rose from the tion is serious, all the streets being flooded and owing to lack of ground and heading for Central modern sanitation there is grave London started on her homeward danger of spread of disease. Rau journey to Friedrichshaven.

tér.

FLOODS IN CHINA.

British & American Sympathy.

Nanking, Yesterday, Beside the Italian and Brazilian The Japanese Concession Is now Governments, the following have

In passing over Hull at noon, Dr. Eckener dipped the Zeppelin in salute to the memory of men of Airship R.88 which blew up over the River Humber

HOME.

Army Manoeuvres Called Off.:

THAMES“ VALLEY -FLOODED.

Rugby, Yesterday,

[It will be recalled, that in June of this year, some opposition

was reported to have arisen in Rome, when it was first announc ed that Dr. Marie Stopes waa.to

Three Weeks Hard for Chinese.

lecture there on birth control. After being remanded, at his

Three survivors. two Chinese

and one European, are stated to have been seen alive by villagers on Monday, on an unnamed is- land. Search for them is being actively carried on.

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Text of Message, The text of the message reads: A book of compradore's tickets stamped Kwongsang and what is apparently a wire- less installation panel have been found in the village of Sansha Villagers state that a yessel, with a red funnet sunk. in the neighbourhood of Chupf Pass at 9 a.m. oh August 10.

It is also stated that 40 bodies were washed upon Island (marked on chart but unnam- ed) in centre of Furing Bay.

Investigations are actively proceeding and search being made for the three possible Aurvivors, referred to yester. day, who, the villagers state, were seen alive on an urinam- 'ed island on Monday.

Sinking Confirmed, Mesars. Jardine, Matheson and Co., Ltd., received last even- ing the following message from H.M.S. Sepoy, through the Naval Authorities:

"Haye definite proof that Kwongsang foundered in the neighbourhood of Chupei Pass, Fu Yan Island.

"It appears possible that two Chinese and one European escaped alive and proceeded to north-west corner of Funing Bay."

A MORATORIUM.

"Chilean Government's

A

Decision.

New York, Yesterday.. message from Santiago states that the Chilean Govern- 'ment has ordered a complete moratorium of foreign debts for. the remainder of the year owing

At that time Signor Mussolini, own request, in order that he to there being no funds available

it was said, would be in the chair might try to find the stolen pro-to pay interest-Reuter's Ameri-

at the lecture, but an Italian For-perty, Yui Tam, made another ap can Service.

eign Office note issued then pearance in the Kowloon Police Baid:

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Court to-day.

Detective Sub-Inspector Elston Baid the lady would not be able to Identify the glasses as she had left the Colony and would not return until November.

Trip Curtailed. ·

He was charged with stealing a The trip "Round Britain" of "

"It is merely ridiculous to sug 1,000 miles was confined to Eng-

gest that permission has been pair of spectacles from a stew- land and Ireland; as 'adverse wea-

given to anybody to distribute ardees, at the Kowloon Godown ther reports prevented. Dr. The Army manoeuvres of the birth control Information in on July 6, also with unlawfully Eckener visiting Glasgow and First Division at Aldershot Italy, where the duty of a woman pawning the glasses. Edinburgh as he had intended. which were planned to continue is to provide sons for the father-

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till Friday, had to be cancelled land. R to-day on account of bad weather In reply to which Dr. Marie conditions. Troops, which were Stopes, when interviewed, in action last night, were drench- said. ed by torrential rain and the "Stuff and nonsense! It is con- In darkness, the power plant be- cabled sincere condolences concern

country is now waterlogged ceivable that they will deny it in ing flooded. The Japanese are ing the disastrous floods and re- A Great Trip. Floods in the Thames Valley Rome, but I am definitely going starting to evacuate their women sultant losses and damage to life On landing, the Master of have increased to-day and the to keep my appointment."] and children, the other foreign and property in China: President Sempill and other passengers river la fourteen inches above women and children having a Hoover to President. Chiang Kai-stated that they had had a very the Summer board. The progres ready departed, being mostly, ab shek and Sir Miles Lampson to Dr. good time in spite of the bad sent month has been the wettest sent on their Summer holidays. C. T. Wang on behalf of the Bri-weather and that it had been a of the year so far and last night's Abave Nanking the Yangtze is tish Government Sincnews Eer great flight British Wireless rain in the South was exception now ten miles wide, Between vicer

Service

ally heavy. An Inch and three

quarters was recorded at Peters field, Hampshire. No immediate improvement in weather is ex pected British Wireless Service

After discussion. the first charge was amended to one of larceny by finding, while the second charge of unlawful pawning was dismiss ed."

Three weeks hard labour was imposed, the sentence to date from August 10, on account of the de fendant's efforts to assist in re- covering the property

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STOP

PRESS

London, To-day.

Owing to the high cost of money and lives, the opinion is voiced that the 1981 Schneider Trophy Race is almost certain to be the last over flown. Lieut. Brinton's death has had Immediate reaction, the French

Prons and newspapers point- ing out that each of the com- poting nations have lost a valuable pilot before the con- teat. The hope is expressed. thet Britain will have a third win thus to and the competi- tion-Reuter.