1932-12-09 — Page 7

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1932.

BRITISH ARGUMENT REFUTED IN NOTE

(Continued from Page 1.)

difficulties which you present as to the transfer of these monies in the Argument that the payment of present state of foreign exchanges, theae debts had drained the gold In an endeavour to meet this situa reserves of other countries to Unit-tion it has already been suggested

that the President might be willing

EUROPEAN

STRUCK BY

THE CHINA MATL.

WATCHMAN

Police Footballer In Alley Scuffle.

INDIAN ON TWO CHARGES.

To-Day's Short Story.

THE

MONKEY

HOUSE

By Vermon

Bartlett.

ON such a gloomy winter after-as best he cour pipes, forcing him-

Corner

ed States did not seem borne out by to recommend to Congress the ac- actual experience. The Main fault | ceptance of deposits in sterling in

noon it was not altogether to the hot-water pipes, Constable Charles Blackbourne,

[self to walk as unconcernedly as pos- in the distribution of gold supplies England to be guaranteed as to the the Police footballer, was struck surprising that the keeper, has-sible lest he should realise, lest the seemed to have occurred as between dollar's value and transferred at in the face with a stick when attening through the building, monkeys should realise, that he the different countries of Europe auch a time as would not interfere tempting to arrest Kapur Singh, should have failed to notice the was afraid. For an hour or more he and could not be attributed to forces) with the stability of the exchange. a Police watchman, in Swatow figure squatting in the

crouched down In the darkness, originating in the United States. "This, I understand, you Govern- Lane, Wanchai district, in the

watching the crentures in the neigh- Regarding the statement that the ment has declined, in the belief that early hours of Wednesday morn-against the hot-water pipes. bouring cages. initative in devising the Lausanne) the existence of a large sum of stering. Blackbourne retaliated by And it was less surprising still They were so nearly human that settlement of reparations was taken og awaiting transfer would affect striking the Indian's wrist with that Arthur Warren should not have they were terrifying. They were with cognisance of and approved by the exchange markets almost as his truncheon. The the United States Government, the seriously as the actual purchase of cheek was lacerated on the inside the door and the creak of the key of themselves and not as an ordin officer's been aroused by the slamming of Parodies of people he had met. They

seemed almost to regard him as one) note saya the facts were more ac-exchange.

by the blow. eurately set out by the Chancellor.of "Accordingly, further infor

Police whistles were blown turning in the lock. For since the lary human being. the Exchequer's statement in July. mal suggestions have been and a Chinese constable and a failure of the touring company, in

Movément became Imperative. He "Proceedings there (at Lausanne); made to your Government of district watchman came to Gloucester he had been

could no longer stay in his corner were throughout on the basis that! methods of meeting these dif-

Blackbourne's assistance. Singh starvation than he had believed pos-[to prevent one of the monkeys from between two cages-what wan there -the right course

to seek at culties, which it has not been

was taken to the Wanchai Police European solution without involving able to find acceptable.

Station, where a parcel he was Bible in a civilised country. When stretching down a long arm at him? the United States in the discussion," Recognising these difficulties of carrying was discovered to con- he had climbed over the wall of the In vain he told himself that he was says the note.

effecting transfer. I am confident tain 22 lbs. of dutiable tobacco. Zoological Gardens to find shelter out of reach, in vain he lay down After reviewing the cireum-that Congress will be willing to con-

The Indian stances under which British debt sider any reasonable suggestion along Wanchal Road in a rikishi he had aunk into a torpor that crawled bravely about on the floor was proceeding and warmth in the monkey house, sure. He must move about Ho on the cold flagstones to muke doubly

was funded the reply concluded: which will facilitate the payment and at the junction of Johnston "As to the payment due on Decem- due on December 18."British Road was stopped by the Euro-would have defied the tramp of a picking up dirty bita of bread. ber 15 I appreciate the cogency of Wireless Service.

pean Police officer. When ques-platoon of soldiers.

was

SHARP NOTE OF WARNING TO PERSIA.

(Continued from page 1);

The note added that the Bri- tish Government would not tol- erate any damage to the Com- pany's interest, or interference with their premises or business interests in Persin.

FAMOUS PIANIST ARRIVES HERE.

Rudolph Friml On Empress of Japan.

nearer

tioned, he alighted from the ve It was quite dark when hunger hicle and ran across the reclama-aroused him, and some time passed tion at Wanchai, with Black-i

tourne in hot pursuit. They en-, before the strange noises and stir- tered Swatow Lane where, it is 'rings around him reminded him alleged, the Indian struck Black-where he was. As his eyes became bourne with his stick on the left cheek.

necustomed to the darkness he could Kapur Singh was brought be- see the dim outline of these crea- pianist and composer, arrived in fore Mr. Wynne-Jones in the Cen- tures who looked for all the world

Rudolph Friml, world famous

TO-MORROW'S STORY.

To-morrow's short story will be "The Man Who Hated Flies," by J. D. Beresford,

the Colony this morning by the tral Police Court this morning, like deformed, half-witted children. Some of them had been gnawed be- "Empress of Japan" from Shang-charged with possession of the A monkey house was scarcely afore, but they were too good to be

tobacco and with assaulting R.C.|

hai.

Mr. Frimi, who was born in Blackbourne.

The Persian Government's reply,

them, calling dated December 3 maintained that the

pleasant place to spend the night in; wasted, and he ate Persian Government was within its

Prague in 1881, acquired his mu- Defendant pleaded guilty to he had better get out at once. But himself a fool for his feeling of rights in the cancellation of the con- cession and failed to agree to withsical training at the Prague Con- possession of the tobacco, but denied even before he had shaken the door, nausea. It occurred to him that he the assalt. After evidence was he had guessed that it would be must look rather like an ape him- draw the notification of cancellation. servatoire,

self as he squatted on the floor! taken his Worship convicted the de-locked.

The Persian Government had not re- In 1891 and 1906 he accompanied fused direct discussions with the Com-Jan Kubelik to America where he fendant, imposing a fine of $190 or The rattle of the heavy handle biting at crusts. He was surround- pany with view to negotiating for a new concession, and declared that the gave many piano recitals and play-two months' gaol on the tobacco raised a hell of sound, and even his ed by men who were serving life Perslan Government did not regard it-ed his own plano Concerto with the charge, and six weeks' hard labour fingers stuffed tightly in his ears sentences in prisons, and had been! deafen him to the locked up for so long that they had self as responsible for any duringe ac-New York Symphony Orchestra. on the assault charge, the terms to could not

and shrivelled. Hel eruing to the Company.

screeches of the monkeys. He grew become mad suddenly cold. Obviously there was could stand it no longer. He must not ing for it but to spend the night escape.

As the British Government

"The Firefly and High Jinks," is -run consecutively.

one of many comic operas compos-

regarded this reply as wholly ed by him. unsatisfactory, the British Min

WEATHER FORECAST,

from the Royal Observatory indi- cates that the weather will continue Tresh and fine with northeasterly winds.

ister at Teheran under their in-i Among the passengers who, arriv-. To-day's weather report issuedj structions, yesterday, delivered a ed by the liner Empress of Japan, further note, the text of which this morning were Mr. and Mrs. was also read to the House. The J. K. Bousfield and Mr. and Mrs. note stated that British Govern. E. Goldsmith. ment were unable to admit the validity of a unilater canceliation'

of the concession. Such a can- cellation was a confiscatory miea- sure and a clear breach of inter- national law committeed against a British Company, and the Bri- tish Government felt obliged to take matters up in the exercise of, their rights and to protect the interests of their nationa,

From the outset, the British Government had been anxious that an amicable settlement) should be reached between the Persian Government and the Company, but they could not ref

ing any such a settlement.

C.D.I. Reynolds Retires With Fine Record

Joined H.K. Force 20 Years Ago.

F

LADY PEEL OPENS SPORTS CLUB.

Made An Honorary Member Of Section.

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He turned the door handle this way and that in a vain hope that the door had not been locked after all. He broke the blade of his knife in! his effort to pick the lock. For half an hour he poked at the keyhole before he gave it up in despair and stepped back to consider some other way of escape.

He came too close to a cage. In an instant a hairy arm shot out and a human-like hand clutched hold of his "coat. It WAB hostile grasp, and there was an expression almost of friend- ly curiosity on the monkey's face, but he swung round and jabbed at the beast with his knife.

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