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THURSDAY OCTOBER 27, 1992.

Danzig Danger To Peace Of Europe

Free City Near Bankruptcy

To

DESPERATE FOR REMEDY®

Danzig.

there..

mitigation of the worst anoma lies. The Committee has there- fore examined, catalogued and classified the whole of the various. obligations and immunities, for midable in number, and formu-i lated principles that may be ap plied subsequently to the indivi dual settlements. It recom- mends that contributions and im-| munities should figure as credits and debits respectively in a ba-|- lance to be struck for each State) concerned. States now paying in cash more than five per cent. of their total revenues Should have immediate relief. Inter-State tributes, including tributes of this kind that have been assign-

Defiance of Polish Decrees. ed to the British Government; Thirteen years ago the political The Poilsh market was. should cease. After federation henda of the nations of the world forey limited from the outset. With the net contributions of the affixed their signatures to the the Danzig guilden standing at States should be remitted as and Treaty of Versailles, which was de-twice the value of the Polish zloty, when the direct contributions of signed to give peace to Europe.. the cost of Danzig goods in Poland the Provinces are remitted and Since that fateful day the same was prohibitive." With the coming. should in any case be extinguish-political heads have met together for the world crisis, and the con- led within twenty years.

on several occasions, in order to sequent diminution of the pur- These, contributions will still free themselves from the deadlock chasing power of every nation, the be payable to the Paramount resulting from "the application of forces of destruction have been ap- Power, and the right to receive certain clauses in the Treaty, writes proaching ever nearer to the city. them will not pass constitution-D. G. Arbuthnot in the Daily Tele- Faced with commercial and Jaily, though it will pass in fact, graph.

financial ruin, the Danzigers have to the Federal Government The Bat one problem remains, and put behind them all thoughts of basic safeguard, without which with the passing of days the neces-fiving, in peace and harmony with federation could not embrace the sity of finding an immediate solu-Poland, and have sought at every States, is the special relation be-tion becomes increasingly urgent. turn to defy the Polish decreas. tween them and the Crown. Hy- The Free City of Danzig is The building of the Port of Gdynia derabad. greatest of the States, facing an economic and Atancial by Poland, and the subsequent dë- waives its right, under the Com-crisis which is threatening the feline in the traffic passing through mittee's proposals, to demand a peace of Eastern Europe. Hover-the harbour of Danzig, should have- credit for its ceded territories.ing on the verge of bankruptcy, brought home to the population the The Federal revenue will be the this small principality does not necessity of approaching Poland. gainer, while the Nizam retains know which way to turn. In de-with an amicable proposition for the the military guarantee of the spair, the inhabitants have been resumption ot Commercial inter- Paramount Power for which the directing their footsteps into the course.

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the Polish-

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Menace of The Bar

territories were ceded. These camp of Hitler, which offered itself But hatred now runs too high, are two illustrations--and others as the only haven from the impend-fand all logic and commonsense has are to be found in the methods by ing catastrophe.

long since been swept away. Fault of the Treaty, which, for example, exceptions

A few months ago Danzig obtain- from the salt monopoly or the fe- Poland looks on with misgivinged from Poland "contingents." deral control of maritime Cus-for in Danzig she sees a threat to under which she was permitted, to to be federation at all, do sub-toms are provided for of the the peace which is so essential if export certain of her manufactured. stantial justice between State truth that Indian federation can- her programme of national recon-articles to Germany to be "finished,” and Province and between State not be a system of professorial struction is to continue unhampered. and could then reimport them free Hong Kong, Thursday, Oct. 21, 1932 and State. How in the circum tidiness wholly disdaining the She has been forced to retaliate, of duty, provided they were for the stances existing are order and foundations on which it builds, and by so doing has aggravated the sole use of the Danzigers. Under justice to be secured to the fin-Federation. as the States and position, and driven the two coun- cover of these, contingents, Danzig The Davidson Report.ancial system of Federal India? British India have recognized, is tries further apart.

imported goods wholly manufactur- This was, in effect, the question a necessity of constitutional pro- The time has come when the fed in Germany, and smuggled them. The last of the three Commit- which the Davidson Committee gress, and the voluntary partici-Great Powers should concentrate into Poland. tees appointed by the Prime Min-was set to answer.

pation of the States is a condition their attention upon ister as chairman of the Round- The Committee can boast a not- of federation. Terms that will Danzig problem; its difficulties are When this action of the Danzig- ers became known, there followed a Table Conference contributed a able achievement in the manner give the States confidence to en-fully recognised.

For the tragic state of affairs devastating campaign. by the Polish most able and valuable Report, and the time in which it has ter into federation-which is, as Mr. Davidson and his colleagues formulated its reply. Within the Report says, "a contribution neither of the contending parties is authorities, who sent their Inspec- blame. The fault lies tors into every factory in Poland. were given the task of investi-six months of landing in India it not to be weighed in golden wholly to

in the inspection revealed the gating the present financial rela-has travelled over 10,000 miles, scales" and that do not bear un with the treaty makers, who tions of the Indian States withheld inquiry in every part of the reasonably upon British India severing Danzig from Germany to existence of German material, it the Government of India and the continent, amassed and digested have been the goal of the Com- provide Poland with an outlet to the was traced back to the source from. Crown, and of determining how a huge mass of historical mater-mittee. The Report admits, and sea, bowed down before the creed of which it had emanated in Danzig, far they presented obstacles to ial, and drafted a set of conclu- carries the more conviction in self-determination, and constituted and an immediate ban was placed on

As a small exports from the offending firm, jan orderly plan of federal finance, sions and recommendations that admitting, that it cannot provide her a Sovereign State. and how the obstacles might be have been scrupulously designed a complete remedy for the exis- Principality, Dansig should have Before he can obtain removal of removed or overcome. The Com-to do justice among the parties ting want of uniformity in con-absolute power within her own the ban the offender must now sign mittee had its origin in the pe- concerned and a practical service tributions to the central revenue, house, administering her laws, con-a document, in which he guarantees culiar difficulties, fully acknow. to federation. Nothing, evident and indeed contemplates a new, trolling her finances, and regula that Polish inspectors will have free ledged by the Round-Table Con-, has been sacrificed to speed burden upon it. But the remisting her tariffs according to the access to his factory at any hour of the day or night. Many manu- ference, of applying the principle in spite of the rapidity with sions could not exceed a loss of need of the moment. of federation to the diversity which the task has been fulfill- £750,000 annually. Against that But in many of these matters facturers have refused to sign. that is India. An ideal federal ed. Any plan contrived to meet must be set the "immunity de-Danzig exercises no control, and she Rather than submit to the decrees system. as the Report observes, and simplify the almost endless bits." Nor must it be overlook- has found herself in the unfortunate of Poland, they have closed down would be based upon a uniformity complexities of internal relations ed, when the distribution of the position of bearing a high respon-their factories and turned out into of burdens and benefits resulting in India is sure to find critics burden is considered, that certain sibility without the requisite power the streets

{workers, many of whom are destined from an agreement between both in British India and in the Provinces as well as certain to fulfil her obligations.

for the -za-for the army of Hitler. homogeneous and comparable States. But no critic will be States will be in deficit. Taken To provide money

that the commercial units, either completely indepen-able to question the care and pa- all together the proposals maketinal services, a Government must It is true

been somewhat dent before federation or already tience with which every detail a well-balanced and practical have complete control over its Cus- atmosphere has owing allegiance to a common has been scrutinized and weigh-scheme. The Committee, by toms, so that it can be sure of the cleared by the recent Danzig-Polish of the amount of money it may ex- agreement, which has as Its object Sovereign. Uniformity and hoed. States at the lowest end of careful assessment and

a wise

pect to raise from that source. It the removal of all bans mogeneity are strangers to the the scale covering a few acres in disposal of its material, can claim must also be in a position to raise and boycotts But frqabler Indian scene in this aspect as in Kathiawar are given as much to have bridged with solid con- and lower tariff barriers in accord-incidents occur daily, and others. In India the federal consideration as great territories struction a specially difficult gap ance with the needs of the coun- should a crime of great magni- process entails on the one hand of the size of France; and the in the All-India route.

try's industries.

tude be perpetrated by these belli- the devolution of powers to Pro-Committee has not been induced

"Ruin To Thousands.

gerents Poland may be provoked · vinces which have still to become by the immense difficulty of

Living in a Customs, Union with into appealing to the League of fully autonomous, and on the ensuring adequate assets for

Poland, Danzig has not the right to Nations for permission to send In other the accommodation of the Federal Government to

of diphtheria were arrange her own tariffs. She is at her army. « States whose rulers already exignore or to minimize equit notified to the Health Authorities the mercy of Customs arrangements ercise sovereignty and whose able demands by the States

which have been designed for rights are secured by solemn for the removal of present)

country whose thirty million in- treaties and agreements, many anomalies. The main facts be

The HK Practical Psychology agriculture while the majority of habitants are mostly engaged in of long standing, with the Para- fore the Committee were that a mount Power. Nor does the ob- large number of States make Club will hold a meeting 6 p.m. oz vious difference between States direct contributione to the cenFriday, October 28, in the Lane, COLOUR PRINTS and Provinces exhaust, the contral revenue of a kind not made Crawford Restaurant. Dr. K. #gaged in industry.

trasts. It is convenient to speak by any Province. Almost all of Uttley, M.A., will speak on the sub This situation would not have of the Indian States as auch so these are in the form of annual ject of "Some common faults? long as the description does not cash contributions, which have mislead. British India is a re- varied historical sanctions. There Mr. R. R. Campbell, M.A., will self Poland has found it necessary An amnesty to political enemies cognized constitutional entity un- are also certain "tributes" paid give a lecture on "Six Twentieth to experiment wildly with her fiscal of Fasciam was promised by Mus- der the Government of India. Al- by State to State. Again, many century, Foets" on Friday, Nov- policy, and the frequent raising and solini in a speech here to-day. He though, fortunately, the disposi- of the States enjoy a measure of ember 4, at 8.30 p.m., in the lowering of barriers has spelt ruin declared that within 10 years. tion among the States for com- immunity from taxes which will Union Assembly Hall, Hong to thousands of Danzig manufac Europe would be converted to mon action with the Government mainly supply the Federal reven-Kong University.

turers, many of whom have been Fascism of India and among themselves is ue the most important of these

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Two cases

jon Tuesday.

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Danzig's 400,000 nationals are en-

been so disastrous for Danzig had the tariffs remained constant, but in the process of reconstructing her-

additional bands of

FASCISM GROWING IN EUROPE.

Mussolini Foresees Age Of Power.

Mlian, Yesterday.

well developed, they are not a immunities concern salt and sea Professor L. Forster will deli- Danzig has been forced, as it Fascism," he said; "the age of collective unit The Chamber of Customs or privileges affecting ver his presidential address to were, to live on the edge of a pre- powerful Italy, and for the third Princes itself is a consultative postal revenue and federal claims the Hong Kong University Edu- cipice. Although her incorporation time in history. Italy will be the and not a législative or govern under the head of coinage and cation Society on Tuesday, Nov-in the Polish Customs Union was gulding Influence to civilisation. ing body. Among the State un-currency. Through the developember 2, at 8.30 p.m. in the Union arranged in order that the market Fascism will give further proof of its there are far-ranging varia- ment of all-India services and, Assembly Hall. The subject will of the great Slav Hinterland should is strength by this act of gen--- tions of area, population, and for example, of the salt monopoly be "A visit to the Universities on always be within reach, owing to erosity towards those deluded wealth; and the settlements esta- the States are already to some the Yangtze River." The lec-ethnographic differences the scheme people who have tried to stem by blishing their relations with the degree contributors in a normal ture will be open to the public. was impracticable, and had the city futile words, the movement of a Paramount Power differ in date, way to the central revenue, and

been handed over to Poland the pre- whole people, which has been like

in the reasons that produced federation offers them the voice: A reception will be held on sent difficulties might have been an avalanche. them, and in the terms on which which they now lack in its ex-Sunday, November 8, at 11 a.m. avoided.

"We will not demobilise our de they were made. Any conces penditure. But it would clearly in the Club de Recreio, by kind But Danzig persisted in her right. fence force until our enemies, es- sion of sovereignty to the federal be inequitable for a State, enter courtesy of the Committee, to to independence, for 95 per cent of pecially those beyond the frontiers, organism – must be voluntary ing the federal system to contin present an address to the Very the

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