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No. 28,292.

HONG KONG, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1932. PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

EUROPEANS AND CHINESE YOUTHS

COMMUNISM

THREATENING

KUOMINTANG

"Pravda" Anticipates Its Overthrow.

SOVIET'S FRIENDSHIP,

Rign, To-day.

Restoration of the Sino- Soviet diplomatic relations has Jed Soviet newspapers to publish many articles em- phasising the importance of Chinese and Russian operation in the Far East.

Co-

BRITAIN AGREES TO

ASSIST DEBTORS

WILL NOT PRESS FOR PAYMENT OF LOANS

FIDUCIARY ISSUE DISCUSSED

· LONDON, TO-DAY.

Follow the

Supre Manufacturers

lead...

FIT

DUNLOP

FIGHT IN MAJESTIC CABARET

AMY JOHNSON HELD BACK BY DANGEROUS WEATHER

Young Airwoman Remaini

Guest At Beni Ounit,

London, To-day. Continuance of the bad weather which caused Miss Amy Johnson. (Mrs. J. A. Mollison) to land on Tuesday at Beni Ouniť prevented the resumption of her fight yes- terday.

She remained an unwilling guest. of the little African town, her hopes of shatte.ing the record for Cape to England flights, dashed utterly.British Wireless Service.

GREAT BRITAIN WILL NOT PRESS HER DEHTORS, AND THOSE SMALLER EUROPEAN NATIONS WHICH HAVE FOUND THE FINANCIAL STRESS OF THE TIMES DIFFICULT TO SUR- But Pravda, * semi-official MOUNT, HAVE BEEN ASSURED OF CONSIDERATE AND journal, produced a discordent LENIENT TREATMENT. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE NO WATER note by publishing an urticle de-i claring that the Chinese Com-IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS LAST NIGHT BY THE 'CHAN-

There have been no new developments In the war debt situa- Great Britain has made the payment required of her in

munist Party was rallying the CELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. whole of China for the overthrow: of the Kuomintang and that un-) doubtedly the time was not far distant when the whole of China would be converted into an eman- cipated Soviet country.-Reuter.

600 TROOPS

MARCHING

tion. America.

Premier Herriot has decided to attempt to form a new Gov- ́ernment and the Radical, M. Chautemps, has accepted the respon- sibility..

The Chancellor of the Exche-

quer, Rt. Hon. Neville Chamber-M. ON FUCHINain, in the course of an answer to a question regarding funding! agreements in respect of loans Anti-Manchukuo Force made by Great Britain to other

Plan Attack.

governments since 1918, told the House of Commons, last night that amounts now owed on ac-

EAST GATE DEFENDED.count of loans made by Britain

Harbin, To-day. * According to Japanese in- formation, 600 anti-Manchu- kuo troops from Tungkiang, at the confluence of the Sungarl and Amur Rivers, are proceed-.. ing to Fuchin with the object of attacking the town's Man- chukue and Japanese garri:

HOD.

for relief gildTM reconstruction| wére, the Belgian Reconstruction Loan, £9,000,000; Belgian Congo | Loan, £3,000,000, and relief loans to Austria, £8,825,000; to Poland, (£4,007,000; to Roumania, £2,101.-

000 to Yugo-Slavia, £1,945,000 | and to Estonia, £218,000.

All these loans were made for productive purposes and were therefore analogous to commer Three hundred anti-Manchukuo cial loans and not to war debts. troops from Tsuping, on the left Payments have been suspend- bank of the Sungari opposite Fued under the terms of the Hoover chin, attacked the East Gate of the Moratorium and further suspen- town, The defenders' at this por-sion after the end of the Hoover tion of the town walls were Man-year has been agreed to in view chub and the raiders were beaten of financial difficulties with which off with five killed.The defend- the countries concerned were at ers' losses were nil, although sev-present confronted, he said. eral were wounded, and Manchu- kuo and Japanese troops are pur- suing the attackers in a northerly direction.

A mixed detachment of Mancha- kno and Japanese troops attacked, and almost annihilated 200 anti- Manchukuos in the vicinity of Kangchantung, 25 miles to the

east of Shwangchengpu. Thé Japances losses. were two killed|| and one wounded-Reuter.

PROTECTION

Fiduciary Issue. Won't Be Raised.

London, To-day. The London Chamber of Commerce yesterday ad- dressed a letter to the Prime Minister in which it urges that the fiduciary issue should be raised so as to off- set the £19,750,000 In gold paid to the United States yesterday.

The Chancellor of the Exche- quer dealing with suggestions on this line pointed out during the last debt payment debate that the fiduciary issue could only be raised by the Treasury on repre

England. No such representa-

HERRIOT

WON'T FORM

FOR FIRE

BRIGADE

Cheung Sha-wan Blaze Unchecked From Land.

NO. 2 FIRE FLOAT SAVES SITUATION.

The dropping of a lighted cigarette on dried grass used for breaming the boats Is said to have been the cause

GOVERNMENT of the fire at the Hing Fat

Radical Chosen : To

Pick Cabinet

UNLIKELY TO SURVIVE.

Paris, To-day..

boat-building yard at Cheung Sha-wan at 12.40 am. this morning.

Damage to the extent of ap- *****proximately $12,000 wez – đồne when four wooden sheds - were

M. Herriot has declined the Invitation of the President of France to attempt to 'form a new Government.

The former Radical minis- ter, M. Chautemps, at Presí. dent Lebrun's designation, has decided to accept the task of choosing a new Cabinet and will attempt to obtain a work- ing majority in the Chamber of Deputies.

M. Herriot's Government was defeated on the War Debts issue by an overwhelm- ing vote and the Prime Minis- ter whose term of office wES distinguished by the coment- ing of Anglo-French relations, resigned at once.

But the new administration is not expected to be anything more than a "stop" gap” one, The only issue on which there is a clear majority is that of war, debts and. It is Improb- able, observers believe, that M. Chantamps will survive.

It is more probable author- itles insist, that M. Herriot, after a brief period of retire-

ment, will resume the Premier- ahip. Reuter.j

Sweden's popular princess--Princess Ingrid and her grand- father, the Duke of Connaught, taking a walk in the grounds of the hotel at Sidmouth, during her recent visit to England (S&G).

Finances Of JAMMUNITION

India

completely gutted and four junks Conference At Bank Of damaged beyond repair. were no casualties.

There

Two junks awaiting launch, ing were on the slipway of the yard when the one nearest land caught fire. The Chinese in the yard immediately launched the second junk which appeared to have escaped damage. Not long after, however, the second funk which was drifting out into the harbour, burst into flames and burnt rapidly to the water's edge in spite of the efforts of the fire float.

(Continued on Page 4)

FRESH MOVE TO

END STRIFE.

Committee Of Nineteen May Conciliate.

England.

ROUND TABLE DELEGATES.

London, To-day. The Committee on Financial India Round Safeguards of Table Conference held its frst meeting yesterday. After the opening of discussion, repre- sentatives of British India and" the Indian States on the Com-' mittee visited the Bank of England, and discussed with Governor Montager Norman' and other leading representa- tives of the City of London' questions connected with the financial position and crédit of India

The Committee resumes to-- day-British Wireless Service.

B.B.C. OFFICIALS' SUCCESSORS.

Viscount Bridgeman New Governor.

London, To-day

DUMP BLAST

JARS CHEFOO

RIOT SQUAD

RUSHED TO

END BRAWL

Dancers Take Part In Wild Combat.

CHAIRS AND TABLES USED."

were

Choirs and tables swung as weapons when a party of Chinese youths fought with Europeans in the Majestic Cabaret, Des Voeux Road, last night and the Police Emergency Unit was called to the scene to restore: order. There were no ar... rests and no one was serious- ly injured.

There are several theories, as to the cause of the fight. The assistant manager and a dancing instructor were the two Europeans most con- spicuous and four young Chinese were their antagon- ists. Two of the Chinese were battered about the face but the Europeans suffered no hurt.

In the course of the fracas, tables and chairs were swung girls screamed shrilly and pollea whistles brought a crowd to the door. A number of patrons of the place attempted to intervene, and they too were involved in the general confusion, the litter of chairs and tables and the fly- ing figures of the more active fighters, cont

Police Rush To Scene Police were. sumproned short- ly before 10 o'clock, and they arrived theil dist

Population Alarmed. But had subadek

Damage Small.

REPORT TO ADMIRALTY.

[From Our Own Correspondent:]

Immediately closed and crowd dispersed.*

An eye-witness of the affair conid not explain the cause of the fight, but it was hinted that the affair was arranged to bring the cabaret into disrepute. This witness, how-

· · Chefoo, To-day.

ever, alleges that of Chinese patron, The city was shaken and made some complaint over an inci...... there was great alarm yesterdent which occurred two nights pre- day, when an ammunition dump on the shore end of the Mole" blew up at 5.55 p.m.

|vious." A Chinese girl húð been slapped, he had heard, by a Eure- pean, and he took the matter to the The dump was situated at the end management, The European con- of the city farthest removed from earned in the previous affair overs the European quarter, but there was heard the Chinese patron's accusa, some consternation in the homes tions, it appears, and interrupted of foreigners, neverthelose. The them. He is said to have knocked native city was frantic for a time, the Chinese down."

The extent of the damage done Hs not known.

Naval Report."

A report of the explosion at

A General Meles, **General: "confusion followed at once. Other Chinese leaped into action.

The Europeans attempted

the office of the Senior Naval Om-to subdue them, Geneva, To-day.

cer, Hong Kong, and reads: Mr. Charles Gray, the manager of The Commission of Nineteen has

"Ammunition dump at shore end the establishment, informed the of the mole blew at 6.55 pm. China Mall this morning that four approved the text of a resolution, hitherto unpublished, and which

Dump was on waste land and dam- Chinese youths went there last night age was local. The fire is out. with he deliberate intention of pick- it is understood suggests that

The dump was at the opposite ending a fight. He anticipated a dis- the Committee of Nineteen shall

of the town from the European turbance and went to inform Sub- act as a conciliation commission Mr. Ronald Collett Norman quarter. Any alarmist rumours Inspector Baker of his suspicions, sentation from the Bank of N.Y. INDIFFERENT sentatives, and may possibly also and

with Chinese and Japanese repre has been appointed Governor should be treated with reserve. It was while he was at the Contral

Vice-Chairman, and Vis The town is quiet,"

Police Station, that the fight broke invite the United States and the count Bridgeman and Mrs. This message was received by

out o Society Reports On 1932 tion had been made and he con-

Governments to co-operate. Mary Hamilton, Governess of the Admiralty last night." Reuter, Activities.

the British Broadcasting Corpora- H.M.S. Cornflower is at present. tion for four years from January 1stationed at Chefao, next, in succession to Lady Snow. den, Lord Gainford and Doctor S.

OF CHILDREN

IN HONG KONG

USEFUL SPHERE OF WORK.

The annual general meeting of the Hong Kong Society for the Protec tion of Children will be held at the Cathedral on Wednesday, December 28, 1982, ut 55.80 p.m.

A balance in hand of $22,940.85 is shown at October 81.

sidered that it was essential not to give the impression abroad that they were careless about their reserves of gold or wanted to conceal anything of what was taking placo, ELANG

(Continued on Page 7.).

BUILDING PLAN IN LONDON.

Smaller Houses

Desirable

London, To-day.

TO WAR DEBT.

Market Shows Less Strength.

CHENG PETITION NOT READY

Will Be Presented Soon As Possible.

Trading sentiment has become substantially more dull during the past few days, reports Messrs. EA. Plerce & Co., one reason being the Indifference of the New York mar- ket to the French debt news. In apite of the drops to-day, they still feel that the market will, in the next few days, make another at- The report states: The need for an organization willin and able to

tempt to get out of the trading, rango on the "upalde." Severler B16 help the children of the very poor| has again been all too clearly de

Industrials, rails and utilities all Ged monstrated by the amount of acute In the House of Commons, the showed an upward trend, while acco

of the poverty which has been encountered. Minister of Health, Bir Ellton bonds showed a downward trend On the whole of the cases Young, moved the second reading of Business done was on an avera

The petition has been got up by a-Bill embodying the Government's scale, 1,150,000 shares changing

prominent Chinese and icome new housing -proposa

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On arriving back at the Academy, Mr. Gray found that the disturbance, had materiallaed and was finished While the fight was on, a Chinese patron: telephoned to Police Head-

Rendall whose terms of office then NATIONS FIX NEW quarters and asked for the Emery expire

Mr. Norman is a former Chair- man of the London County Council Viscount Bridgeman is an Ex- Cabinet Minister.

TEA QUOTAS.

Export Restriction.

Undertaken.

Mrs. Hamilton was as Labour The petition for the reprieve of Member of the last Parliament, and Kwok-yau, who was senten- is a well-known writer—– British

London, To-day amber BesWireless Service

Financial Times Amster death of Mr. R. C. Norman, who is 50 years dam

dent writes that sub- of age was Private Secretary to the

a full Lord Chancellor (Earl of Halsbury) from

the proposed tea re- #to: 1905, H

has been agreement Alderman since 1922 Apr

striction scheme, Viscount Bridgeman, P.C. was Home for the year of operation wil

etary from 1922 to 1924, and was be India, 152,405 metrio tome

Lord of the Admiralty from 1824

and Dutch

Hing to Mr. Lee Hol Tung one

100 96,900

Hamilton was Indien, 68,895

singo 1929, IE1

gency Unit to prevent, to use his own words, 40 men from fighting.". During the struggle Mr. Peter Young lost several of his teeth, and Mr. Le Yam-man, a wealthy Chinesa youth, was ecut about, the face. Some of the faniture was damaged and several plant pots broken,

GOVERNMENT HELPS THE

GROWER

and took