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COMMUNISM IN SPAIN

REBELS ISSUE A MANIFESTO

COMMUNIST REPUBLIC

PREMIER AND STERN MEASURES

TO MAINTAIN PEACE.

Barcelona, Yesterday.

Several Civil Guards have been wounded.

Many casualties have resulted from the derail. ment of a train, the rails having been torn up by rebels,

The city is surrounded by a large body of the Civil Guards strategically placed in case of attack.

Madrid, Yesterday.

A radio station on the broadcast report this evening states that an alleged Monarchist plot has been discovered on the French frontier.-Reuter..

ESTABLISHED 1845.

HONG KONG, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1932.

TAILORS SHOP ROBBED.

Pieces of Fox Fur

Stolen.

A CUTTING TOOL,

Three Chinese youths were con- victed at the Central Magistracy

this morning, when Mr. E. H. Wil liams sent Wong Fong and Ng Tong to prison for one month, and Chan Sam for 15 weeks.

The three accused pleaded "guilty" to breaking and entering

FINE FLIGHT.

HANOI TO CALCUTTA IN RECORD TIME.

ARMED ROBBERY

SHOP MANAGER HELD UP.

LIFE THREAT

BOUND AND

GAGGED.

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TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. - The closing rate of the dollar' on demand, to-day was 1/4 18/16.

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

BRITAIN'S FUTURE TARIFF POLICY.

Differences of Opinion

in the Cabinet.

NOT SERIOUS.

London, Yesterday. The Cabinet to-day discussed tariff policy for four a half hours. No declalons were taken, and it is expected discussions will be resumed to-morrow. It is hoped these fur- ther discussions will remove all dif- ferences of opinion. It is under-

Stating, that he was a victim of stood the Cabinet considered a

The FORT) Hall Mark

of a Superlative Product

WORLD CURRENCY & DEBT PROBLEMS

MR. F.C. GOODENOUGH'S POINTED REMARKS

FUNCTION OF GOLD

HOW BRITISH BANKS MET THE CRISIS.

"In these two countries the heavy surplus of stacks of gold are largely deprived of their earning capacity. Unless some means can be found for gold to be cir- culated more freely, it would seem that gold will no longer be capable of being pat to its normal use as a basis of currency and credit and as a measurement of world prices. In that case gold will lose its value and those countries must inevitably be faced with enormous losses.**

A Communist Republic has been proclaimed the Kwong Sang Tailoring Shop, at

Rugby, Yesterday. by the Revolutionaries Sallent, Suria and Berga in No. 14. Lyndhurst Terrace, on the an armed robbery, a Chinese, tariffe memorandum for the balance

The well-known banker, Mr. F. C. Good- the towns north of Barcelona where the Revolu-three pieces of fox fur.

night of January 19, and stealing Cheung Yuen, manager of the Kwun of trade submitted by the sub-com- enough, made pointed remarks upon world cur- tionaries are completely masters. Everything has

Detective Sergeant Fitches said Street, ground floor, Cheung Sha Runciman, Lord Snowden and other

Hing shop, at No. 7, Fuk Wing berlain, Sir John Simon, Mr. Walter the Annual Shareholders' Meeting of Barclay's mittee including Mr. Neville Cham- rency and debt problems when presiding to-day at been brought to a standstill, and town halls seized. gained by cutting through a wooden Wan, made a report to the Police Cabinet Ministers.

that access to the shop had been shutter, after which the youths had yesterday.

It is rumoured

Bank, differences of opinion exist both int The rebels have issued a manifesto stating reached in and stolen the furs. On

the committee and in the Cabinet, national debts in gold was virtually impossible, Referring to the fact that payment of inter- they will proclaim a Communist Republic through- Arst accused was caught by a con- bind the counter at 7.15 p.m. serious as to exclude the possibility owing to the very large part of the available stock

He states that he was sitting be- but it is not suggested they are so the morning following the theft, the out Spain. The red flag is flying over the town stable, carrying one" of the furs. yesterday, two fokis Cheung Chung of an eventual agreement. Hitherto, of monetary gold being concentrated in the United hall at Manresa, where the rebels bombed the bar-From his information the other two (17) and Mok Sin (17) being em- there has been no authoritative in- racks of the Civil Guards.

accused were arrested, the other played cutting paper at the frost dication of the scope of the com-

States and France, Mr. Goodenough said:— fors being found in their bed mata..[ The cutting tool was

found in the of the shop, when the door of the lieved these favour a general tariff mittee's suggestions, but it is be- bed mat of the first accused. shop opened and three men came on manufactured imports based on in. One of the men was armed a moderate duty which will check FRENCH AIRMEN'S with a dagger and the other two the volume of imports and yield

with revolvers. One of the men substantial revenue-Reuter, with a gun held him up, and said, "Don't move or I will kill you,"

WANG ARRIVES while the man with the dagger cut IN NANKING. the telephone wire behind the counter. He could not see the Calcutta, Yesterday. fokis and did not know what was]: The airmen Codos and Robida, who left Hanoi at 6 a.m. this happening to them. He was then this afternoon, thus beating the man with the gun asked him for morning arrived here at 3.46 bound with wire and gagged. The

Nanking, Yesterday. record for a non-stop flight from the keys of the safe, threatening to Mr. Wang Ching-wel arrived

They took off again for Kara- they were.

kill him if he did not tell them where here just after 10 o'clock this He did not reply, ing reception by

evening. He was given a rous- Paris on January 24. If they and the men searched him, finding leaders and representatives of Government succeed they will beat Costes- the keys in his jacket pocket. public bodies. After a brief rest Bellontes' record flight of four They opened the safe and took he proceeded to Mr. Sun Fo's re- days and a half from Hanoi to Paris-Reuter,

away $230 in cash, They also sidence for an important confer- broke open a rattan basket, but ence

Official did not take anything from it. Two Chang Haush-liang will shortly sources state that long coats were also taken. be coming here to confer with After a slay of 20 minutes in the General Chiang Kai-shek and shop, the men left by the front door. Mr. Wang Ching-wei-Reuter. Ten minutes after, their, departure the cook, Lai Choi, came in and released him, and shortly after the master of the shop, “Tang--Kam- Another of Kemal Pasha's re- chuen, came and..advised him to forms is to be enforced to-morrow when, for the first time, prayers report the matter the next morning.

Madrid, Yesterday.

After a declaration by the Premier that stern measures would be taken to maintain peace the Cortes passed a vote of confidence in the Government by 289 votes to 4.

Hanoi to Calcutta.

The Premier stated that he was assured the affair in the Mau-chi at 8 p.m. and hope to reach resa region was not so serious as at first appeared. Dictatoria! powers, he said, had been granted to the Governor of Vizcaya, who had been appointed Government delegate to the Basque and Navarre provinces, and he had been instructed to dismiss any officials whom he did not consider trustworthy Republicans and replace them immedi ately. This precaution was against the growing Catholic movement also.

Leftists have been incensed by the flaunting of Monarchist seati- iments in the Basque provinces.-Reater.

DESTROYERS SAY 'GOOD-BYE.”

Rest of Flotilla Leave for Home.

H.M.S. BRUCE REMAINING.

BRILLIANT AUTHOR PASSES AWAY.

noon,

LYTTON STRACHEY.

Rugby, Yesterday.

ANOTHER TURKISH

REFORM.

RECITATIONS FROM THE KORAN IN TURKISH.

KATA

Constantinople, Yesterday.

and verses from the Koran are to

be recited in Turkish instead of EIGHTEEN MONTHS Arabic in the Mosque St. Sophia in FOR GANDHI'S SON. The death occurred this after- the presence of Turkish Members after some months of ill- of Parliament and a large gathering ness, of Lytton Strachey, the well of officials and notabilities.

Bardoli, Yesterday, known author, aged fifty-one. He

Gandhi's third son,

Ram Das, Flying flag signals with such was principally known for his in Arabic, which was unintelligible been sentenced to eighteen months Henceforth, the traditional Koran who was arrested last Tuesday, has messages as:Good-bye" and brilliant biography of Queen Vic- to the masses in Turkey, will be re-igorous imprisonment-Reuter. "Good Luck,'.' and with their toria and other eminent characters placed in the services in the mosQUES long paying-off pennants stream-of that period, together with by a Turkish translation.-Renter, ing in the breeze, the four re-studles

on Elizabethans

tess Service.

and

maining ships of the old 8th French literature-British Wire- Destroyer Flotilla, which have

done yeoman service here in the

MANCHURIA ENQUIRY COMMISSION.

Geneva, Yesterday. The Manchurian Commission of

usual silent way which is the tradition of the British Navy, Thracian and Stormcloud, and steamed out of harbour. at 9 their relief ships, H.M. ships o'clock this morning, homeward Whitehall, Wild Swan, Wishart Inquiry has arranged questions of bound. These vessels are H.M., and Verity are now on the ata material organisation of its mission ships Serapis, Seraph, Birdar tion. and Sterling.

H.M.S. Bruce, the leader of the and decided to leave Europe at the As they passed other ships at old flotilla, which has already been beginning of February for the Far huur in the Naval anchorage, the relieved by HM.S. Keppel, is still the United States, where it will be East The Commission will go via men lined the decks and exchang-hers. It is understood that she joined by Mr. MacCoy-Reuter ed cheers with comrades whom will not leave the station but will they are leaving behind, relieve HLM.S. Marazion at anh-

The Relief Ships,

marine tender and auxiliary to The ships which left to-day are HLM.S. Medway, the mother ship, being relieved by HM ships What will happen to H.M.S. Witch, Wren, Whitshed and Marazion, an old ship, is not dis-

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JAPANESE ULTIMATUM,

PRESENTED. TO MAYOR OF GREATER SHANGHAI.

Shanghai, To-day.

An ultimatum has been de livered to the Mayor of Greater Shanghai by Admiral Shlosawa, the Imperial Japanese Navy In Commander of the First Fleet of Chinese waters, demanding im mediate and satisfactory reply to the protest lodged with the Chinese authorities by the Japan- ese Consul-General over the pro- longed anti-Japanese agitation and the attack on five priests on Monday.

Reviewing the world financial crisis Mr. Goodenough "British banks had been able not only to meet the requ the crisis but also to give a helping hand in many direc home and abroad which had been of immense service.

The immediate cause of the crisis had been the fall in gold prices of communities, and the fundamental causes were problems of tariffs and payment of war debts and reparations. If these could be dealt with effectively a period of increasing prosperity could be anticipated.

Regarding British trade position Mr. Goodenough described the outlook as more hopeful-British Wireless Service.

JUVENILE DELINQUENTS.

PROPOSALS IN THE NEW BILL.

:

Rugby, Yesterday. Proposals contained in the Chil- dren and Young Persons Bill the text of which was issued to-day include the following:-

Juvenile Courts shall in future deal with persons under seven-!

CEYLON BOWS THE KNEE

To the Income Tax Ogre,

BILL. PASSED.

(Reuter's. Special Service.)

Colombo, Yesterday. After two years fighting be

teen instead of sixteen as at tween the Colonial Government and

present.

Age of criminal responsibility is raised from seven to eight.

Age below which sentence of

commercial and planting interests. the income tax bill has passed the State Council by 88 votes to 19.6

Hitherto, Ceylon has escaped in-

death may not be passed is rais. come tax and the present' measure ed from sixteen to eighteen. Has been forced on the diehards by

A STOLEN PASS.

The Bill proposes that in the economic crisis." place of the existing statutory distinction between reformatory schools should in future form a and / Industrial schools, these

Two months imprisonment was

single group to be known as ap- imposed on a Chinese, Chung The ultimatum demands the · proved schools.

Treung, at the Central Magistracy dissolution of the anti-Japanese whole will result in the ultimate with being found in the Naval It is anticipated the bill as a this morning, when he was charged Salvation Association and other waving of 23,000 a year Britich Yard anti-Japanese bodies, and thres- Wireless Service.

tens that unless the demands are compiled with drastic measures will be taken by the Japanese au- thorities to protect Japanese rights and Interests. Reuter.

BANK OF ENGLAND MAKES

Vaterun which are at present on ckeed; and it is probable that no LARGE CREDIT REPAYMENT

their way out to this station from decision has yet been arrived at Home. The latest information with regard to her future, from these ships is that they Farewell Howsare. left Port Said for Aden on Jan The O. C. HMS. Sarapia, who i 19, and are due here on the Senior Officer of the departing

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York Yesterday.

LEAGUE COUNCIL MEETING.

"London, Yesterday, Owing to pressure of Cabinet work Sir John Simon has abandoned his Intention to go to Geneva Saturday, to attend the meeting of the League Council opening on Mon day.

Prepros

the Bank of England has re- Ings of the

extended jointly by the

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He gained admittance by means of a stolen pass, and was found coming offH.M.S. Camberlan He was unable to give a satisfac explanation of himself. HS; also been on H.M.S. Cornflower

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