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gain the world's speed record and he succeeded a few months ago in driving his boat at the furious pace

of 111 miles an hour. This time bettered Don's existing figures by KAYE DON'S RETURN only a fraction and it was with

some hesitation that the Interna- Yesterday's cable announcing the tional Federation passed the new return to England of Kaye Don, the record. Britain's reply was the British racing boat driver after he building of Miss England

III

TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1932.

NEW CRISIS IN GERMANY

FOREIGN MINISTER RESIGNS

PRISON PALACES

OF IDLENESS

Changes at Nanking.

Loafing, Smoking Cards

Resignation of Dr.

MR. LO WEN-KAN

AMERICAN GAOLS

and Tennis.

Nanking, Yesterday. Magnificent buildings,

sur.

Bruening.

EMERGENCY DECREE.

Berlin, Yesterday. General Hindenburg, . aged

that at yesterday's session of the thronged with people idling prac. President of the German Re

A local news agency reports rounded by beautiful gardens,

Mi.

Foreign Relations Commission of tically the whole day. Such was the National Government, Mr. the picture of prison life in the public has accepted the resigna- Lo Wen-kan resigned the post Western and Southern States of tion of the Bruening Government, The crisis which plunged Ger- America, through which she f Foreign Minister and recom- mended that Mr. Que Tai-chi be has recently toured, given on many into this grave situation appointed to succeed him,, April 6 by Miss Margery Fry, on the eve of the Lausanne Con- Mr. Quo Tai-chi, however, de- LL.D.. formerly hon. secretary to ference was due to General Hin- clined to accept nomination and the Howard League for Prison denburg's inability to agree with some .measures which Dr. announced that he was going to deform

A London immediately as Chinese

Temark Miss Fry made Britening intended to include in Minister to Britain, to which about one prison summed up his emergency decree. The Pre- osition he was recently appoint most of the large establishments: ident was particularly opposed "One felt that everything to the scheme to expropriate part It is believed also that Mr. that money could do had been of the big land-owners' estates, Chiang Tso-ping is returning to done but that the whole psycho- especially in East Prussia, for Tokyo as

side was hopelessly the redemption of State loans China's Minister to logical Japan.

wrong, and that no one could go made to them. This land was to Mr. Lo Wen-kan was persuad-put better than he or she went be used for settling unemployed and impoverished peasants. The ed to carry on as Foreign Minis.in."

Not all the buildings are pala-land-owners violently opposed it ter at Nanking.

Wang to Take Over,

tial. Some she spoke of are as a Bolshevistic measure, and Political circles are freely stat. Berdid to a degree, and mainly General Hindenburg, who hur

to town from East ing that Mr. Wang Ching-wai will consist of cages into which ried back

Prussia, evidently sympathised temporarily take over the Ministry people are herded without, apparwith his neighbours' complaints. of Foreign Affairs while retain-ently, any regard to type. ing the Presidency of the Execu- tive Yuan. Mr. Lo Wen-kan, who In a penitentiary near Saning to which General Hindenburg insists on resigning his post is re- Francisco Miss Fry saw one man objected were connected with the turning to the Ministry of Justice, picking a nosegay, and others reduction of pensions and doles She was and some of Dr. Bruening's more while Mr. Quo Tal-chi, who has were playing tennis. been freely discussed as his suc- allowed into the women's quar-democratic schemes.

"They cessor insists on taking up the ters, but not the men's. post of Minister to London, to were shut in by wire netting. which he was recently appointed, like a gigantle chicken coop. The Government le faced with the Every woman could spend twe week of her own dollars a very difficult task of appointing * new Foreign Minister, but in the money. It went partly on curtains present circumstances, the Minis for the cell and partly on gay try cannot be long vacant, and blouses, but mostly on smart Mr. Wang Ching-wel is likely to take over for the time being.-

ter

APPOINTMENT OF ATTACHES

Chinese Legations.

Nanking, Yesterday.

thoes.

Curtains in Cells.

The little laundry and cooking they had to do was finished by eleven o'clock in the forenoon, land after that there was, nothing for them to do but to loaf about, smoke, and play cards or tennis. "A most disintegrating and de moralising existence," comment jed Miss Fry.

Erudite Prisoners.

On the question "of education had abandoned his attempt on the which was embodied several revolu It is understood that Chiang the governor of one prison said| world's speed boat record, scheduled tionary contraptions and which Kai-shek is considering the apthat they had some paid teachers for the beautiful course at Lake was expected to réuched a speed pointment of a number of experi-land that some of the prisoners| enced military officers to serve as took classes, as "they had heaps Garda, Italy, came as a deep sur- of over 120 miles an hour. The

military attaches at Chinese Lega-lof Ph.D.s there." Dark cells, prise and will disappoint the mil-owner, Lord Wakefield, to whose tions.

which were really dark, were lions of Britishers all over the patronage Britain's participation in Owing to financial difficulties used in both men's and women's as punishment, at the world who were waiting the news of many of the important speed events few military attaches have been prisons

stationed abroad, but Chiang con-discretion of the superintendent. yet another triumph of British is due, was optimistic of the new siders auch a step desirable to In another prison she found piloting and engineering. The Miss England proving superior to facilitate the investigation of the inmates herded four and six cable gave few facts other than that her two predecessors, while Don naval and military developments together in cages. During the in foreign countries-Reuter. day they walked freely into one Don was returning to England to stated that he anticipated a

another's cages, but at night discuss modifications to his craft. record after his Lake Garda at-

new

The interest in the venture is not tempt. It was only a few days ago CORRUPTION IN NEW were locked up. There was nel-

YORK

Bishop's Vigorous Denunciation.

ther work nor exercise.

Women prisoners she found lol- ling about in various stages of undress. When she asked the matron if there were no uniforms, the reply was that there were, hut that they were all at the laundry. The exercise yard In a stirring address recently proved to be a small court which Bishop William Manning, head of

Miss Fry was speaking at a the New York Episcopal Diocese, was a dump for lumber. called upon the Governor, Mr. luncheon of the Howard League Roosevelt, to lead a campaign against the exlating highly dan held at the Comedy Restaurant, London, and presided over by Mr. gerous partnership between power-

Roy Calvert. fully organised crime and corrupt representatives.. of Government. This he described a

confined solely to the spectacular that a cable announced that Don aspect, for success would mean had execeded the existing @gures in much to British engineering firms, an unofficial trial. The high hopes While these blg speed events retain held were completely dashed by yes- much of sporting interest they arefterday's news, and it le evident that! chiefly commercial enterprises. the new experiments on the Mise Factore contributing to this England III have not proved prae. include the prestige attached to tical. It is rofreshing to note that the winning vehicle-be it auto Don stated that he will proceed mobile, aeroplane, motor-boat or with the experiments and it will motor-cycle-and the high cost of not he long before driver and craft entry and preparation for any race are ready for another attempt. of this description. There are, of}, course, many amateur drivers still

menace to the whole nation.": competing, and a few millionaires

The Bishop drew up the follow- race their own entries, But the

While standing on a ladder to fixing indictment, the facts of which, majority of drivers are by circum-a light at the Tramway Company's he said, were undisputed:

stance professionals.

Particular

interest

attach-

News in Brief.

premises in Russell Street, yester day, an ekxtrician named Li Lam (33) overbalanced and fell..

He

ed to Kaye Don's attempt received injuries to his forehead reand both legs and had to be taken

because of Gar Wood's

to the Government Civil Hospital.

Other proposals of Dr. Bruen-

Reuter.

SHARE MARKET.

Hongkong Stock Exchange. Tues- day, 31st May 10. 30 a.m.

Market opened this morning steady to firm, chief interest being centred around Ewos, Lands, Trams and Cementa, in all of which a fur- ther advance was established:-

SALES

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Hong Kong Bank $1535. Union Waterboats $20. Raubs $37/374.

Hotels (Cum. Rights) $12.70. Hong Kong Lands $77/7734. Hong Kong Electrica $74%. Cements (Combined) $18.70. Lane, Crawfords (old) $63⁄41⁄2.. Lane, Crawfords (new) $6.20.

BUYERS..... Bank of East Asia $115. Canton Insurances $1200. China Fire Insurances $600... Douglases $274.

H. K. & K. Wharves $144. H. K. & W. Docks, $18. Providents Cold) $5.30. Providents (new) $2.40. Hong Kong Lands $77. Humphreys $18,

Hong Kong Realties $12. Ewo Cottons Tiá. 14.10. Hong Kong Trams $22.60, Peak Trams (old), $17. Peak Trame (new) $8. Star Ferries $90, 19 Yaumati Ferries (old) $33. Yaumati Ferries (new) $31. Hong Kong Electrics $74.50. Macao Electries $24. Telephones (P. P.) $23.65. Malabon Sugars $21. Canton Ices $64. Cements (Combined) $18.70. Dairy Farms $28%. Watsons (old) $141⁄2. ' Watsons (new) $14.

Lane, Crawforda (old) $62. Lane, Crawfords (new) 88.20. H.K. Govt. Loans 2% Premium. Wallace Harpers $14.

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diagram to citizenship and a WHO GETS THE BEST South Chitors "B" $12.

Dishonesty among the judges;

The betrayal of justice In Court;

Unexplained bank accounts of officials;

OUT OF LIFE?

Man or Woman?

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-PREFERS HUSBAND. TO LEGACY

Woman Turna Down £46,000.

Mrs. Henry L. Daubigne Hop

Who gets the best out of life, man or woman? This intriguing question was discussed after din The flight of witnesses;

ner at the Arts Theatre Club. cent Attack on Don's former

Palpable equivocations - by Here are some of the views ex- world's record. Until then Britain

A fight between a number of public officers under examination; pressed.

Mrs. Elinor Glyn: Men have had held all the records on land, hawkers over the allotment of space Brazco effrontery and de-

fance of both law and decency by much the greater chances, not inson the wife of the secretary sea and air.* Flight-Lieutenant occurred at the Mongkok Market

Knives and those under suspicion; and altogether on their merits, but to the British Embassy at Stock- holm," refuses to be parted from Staniforth's sensational perfor-yesterday morning.

Overwhelming evidence of the because of their unique oppor mance of piloting a seaplane at overpoles were used in the fracasin

which about ten men were involved. corruption of many departments tunity, in having been lords of her husband. 400 miles and an hour, established The Police had no difficulty in re- of New York City administra-creation since Adam gave up Her loyalty may lose her

rib.

legacy of £16,000, 0292100 in the Schnelder Cup trials, storing order and five of the fighters tion

** Mrs." Hopkinson's" Don's former record at Lake Garda were so infared that they had to be safe, contatto affairs, the Bishop have no choict Frankat; Men left her the legacy to restauncle

constituted a shameful re chance at all. The rezult last year, and Sir Malcolm Gam

olment to hospital ri

cord of wrong-doing, evasion, con of Adam giving up a rib was that 1938 when she was thirty, with turned out of the garden. the proviso that the bequest bell's automobile figures of 258 A portion of the roof of 24, cealment and obstruction. The he was miles an hour gave Britain pre. Graham Street, a house which is in financial consequences were disse. He was happy until Eve arrived, would be invalid if she lived out-

"John Presland" (Mrs. Skel. side the United States. A ominence in every feld. These out the course of being demolished, trous, he added, but the moral and

collapsed yesterday morning and a spiritcal effects upon the life of the ton) Women never get justice Her husband, who was at the standing accomplishmenta WETU

workman, was Injured, but not serl. community were far more serious, in this world. They either get Washington Embassy, was trang mer, and Mrs Hopkinson insist- specially, gratifying in that in each fously The Fire Brigade and Gangsters representing organismore than Justice or less. ferred to Stockholm laat Sum-

ed crime can escape punishment and 1 Mr. Justice McCardie (sum- case the pilot and the engine were Police turned out but retired soon trial through high political connec ming up) Men have a fared on accompanying him, in de British. The only slight Blemish after as there was no immediate tlone, Bishop Manning said. It was greater range than women.

ODGERETA risk of a further collapse. The was that Campbell and Don made of taking down the roof was time, the whole, nation roused itself don't think I don't like women their records on foreign ground, in continued NTS

to great united struggle against adore them. A schoo corr fon, crime and lawlessness said, once wrote: America and Italy respectively. Guru

clared and women sprang

with but women spran farre Could this debu

Wood, the veteran

who won the

worth Troph

TmL/E6 etroit, fined

In three

has been trying ever alace to re

wt

and Indida

In final in 18821 In 1882 end its the cres rtories of is the

But flance of the provisions of her

great-uncle's will

he

The trustees have asked the courts to decide whether Mrs. aves, Hopakinson is now entitled to

themoreys