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HOOVER URGES CONGRESS TO RECONSIDER WORLD WAR DEBTS.

JAPAN TRADE

REGAINS LOST

GROUND HERE

But Colony's Total Commerce Falls.

$90,000,000 IN NOVEMBER.

For the first time since the Chinese boycott of Jap- anese goods commenced in the last quarter of 1931, im- ports from Japan during the month of November, · 1932, showed an appreciable re-

HARBIN SCHOOL CHILDREN

MUST LEARN JAPANESE.

Text Book Reform Planned For All Of Manchukuo.

Harbin, To-day.

The Japanese press reports that all text books used in schools in Munchukuo are being revised and that reforms will be put into effect at the beginning of the next school year.

It is also reported that in future the Monchu and Japanese langu- ages will be taught in Harbin schools Reuter.

covery, totalling $2,124,361, INEFFECTUAL

an increase of $407.117 as compared with November, · 1931, and $399,434 more than October, 1932; the Statistical Office of the Imports and Ex- porta Department reports to-day.

The total imports of merchan- dise into the Colony in the menth of November amounted to $47.4 millions (43.2 millions)

PUNISHMENT

OF CHINESE Mr. Justice Wood's Comment.

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SUDDEN CHANGE OF CHINA NAMES

U.S. ATTITUDE

DR. YEN FOR,

SOVIET POST

EXTRAORDINARY SESSION Minister At Washington

OF AMERICAN LEADERS

RESPONSIBILITY SHIFTED

PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER, FOLLOWING HIS MES- SAGE TO LONDON LAST WEEK, WHICH, IN EFFECT, DECLAR- ED THAT HE BELIEVED IT WAS TOO LATE FOR HIS GOV- ERNMENT TO CONSIDER REVISION OF WAR, DEBTS, HAS SUDDENLY SHIFTED HIS GROUND.

The President has laid the full responsibility for acceptance or refusal of Great Britain's request for immediate discussion of the inter-Governmental debts to the none-too-willing shoulders of Congress.

Mr. Hoover only took this step after discussing the situation with Government leaders and financial men in New York. It is consider ed likely that pressure of finance and commercial Interests have forced this change of view,

MANY OLD OFFENDER.

"Your system of punishment as compared with $60.3 millions seems to be breaking down?" (4.1 millions, in November of said Mr. Justice Wood to Mr. J. A. last year, while exports totalled Fraser, the Assistant Attorney- -After an extraordinary con- $41.7 millions (£2.8 millions) as General, at the Criminal Sessions ference at the White House, compared with $45.2 millions this morning, when the case of a with Secretary of State H. L. deportee, who repeatedly return. Stimson, Mr. Leyland Harrison,

(3.1 millions).

PAUL BONCOUR

SUCCESSFULLY

PICKS CABINET

List Presented To French President.

PAINLEVE HAS POST.

Paris, To-day.

In the Japanese trade, the chief ed to the Colony in spite of heavy the Governor of New York Off- increases were in foodstuffs, which punishment, came before him. cials of the Federal Reserve rose from $35,000 to $377,000 Lau Po, who was deported for Bank and Senator Smoot, Presi- hardware from $7,000 to $15,000 life on June 26, 1930, pleaded dent Hoover, assisted by Mr. paper and paperware from $23,000 guilty

*** | Ogden Mills, Secretary of the to $81,000; plece goods from $457, In 1922 the accused was con- Treasury, spent all Sunday draft- 000 to $742,000; wearing apparelvicted for unlawful possession of ing a message to Congress, re- from $10,000 to $35,000; and eun-arms and was sentenced to two commending the appointment of dries from $174,000 to $271,000. months' hard labour. From 1922 a Commission to review the war

Wide Variety.

M. Paul Boncour yesterday until 1928 the accused had a debt question and linking the Imports of bleached cottons from clean record, but in the latter problem of debt with world eco-

presented his Cabinet selec- Japan increased from 322 pieces to year he was again convicted for nomic affairs.

tions to the President. Official- 7,448 pieces; light cotton fancies possession of arma and sentenc

ly it comprises the following::. from 474,667 yards to

M. Boncour, Premier and Minis- 2,501,198

jed to 8 months' hard labour. yarda; prints from 10,800 yards to

Washington has been aware forter of Foreign Affairs. In December, 1931, Lau Po was some time that the lords of Wall 73,050 yards; cotton blankets from sentenced to 2,300 pieces to 10,394 pieces; silk labour for larceny and deported the

12 months hard Street, and a large percentage of piece goods from 3 piculs to 49 pi-for life. He was also ordered to favoured not only a discussion of

commercial leaders, have Interior. culs; chinaware from $7,135 to be whipped on four occasions. $13,580; electrical apparatus from $17,290 to $67,007; vacuum flasks from 288 pieces to 17,588 pieces; glassware from $1,270 to $9,217: haberdashery from $3,172 to $21,

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JARL NE STEAMER RUNS AGROUND.

Passengers Carried. Ashore.

The Jardine steamer 6.8.

Hin

Sang, engaged on the Sandakan. Hong Kong run, went off her course.

The Bankers' Views.

:

M. Cheron, Minister of Finance. M. Chautemps; Minister of the

M. Bonnet, Minister of Public

the war debt situation the im-Works.

Going To Russia.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Moscow, To-day.

Dr. W. W. Yen, China'a Minister to Washington, who is at present at Geneva, will be appointed Minister to the Soviet, fol- lowing resumption of diplo matic relations between the two countries, according to

official Chinese circles here. It is believed that the appoint-

ment will be acceptable to the Soviet.

Official Chinese observers in Moscow foresee a big development in Sino-Soviet trade after estab- lishment of the Chinese embassy here. But they also say that conferences between China and the Soviet, regarding the Chine ese Eastern Railway are impos. sible at present owing to the "occupation" of Manchuria. Reuter.

CER Freight Falls

Over One-Third Decrease.

Harbin, To-day. The Japanese claim that trade la improving but admit that the Chinese Eastern Railway, dur-. ing November, carried less than. two-thirds of the merchandise conveyed in November last year; -Reuter.

The accused admitted the pre-mediate future, but were convine- M. d'Aladier, Minister of War. CHINESE GIVEN

vious convictions.

ed that Great Britain's demand for M. Painleve, Air and Marino Min- Your system of punishment seems ments to America was a wise one.

Mr. Justice Wood to Mr. Fraser: auspension of the December pay- later. to be breaking down?

M. Loygues, Minister of Agri- Powerful financiers are known to culture. Mr. Fraser: I am afraid that have brought to the attention of the convictions have not made the the administration the possibility the Colonies,MA

M. Queuille Sarraut, Minister to lightest difference to the accused of severe reaction against American He is now serving a term of three trade and prestige overseas if she months hard labour for a vaga refused to consider the requests of bond and rogue.

Sentence of three years hard her former allies in war-Boater. labour to run concurrently with the other sentence was passed.

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--and grounded on the Cust Rocks in GREAT BRITAIN

Kowloon Bay, while' proceeding up the Harbour on Saturday night.

She was proceeding very cau tiously at the time, and did not become lodged very firmly. The in- cident occurred at 8.20 p.in. and by

PUTS HER CASE

BEFORE LEAGUE

shortly after 9 p.m. she had freed Persia Not Represented

herself without sustaining serious damage.

The only passengers on board at the time were Chinese, and these were landed by launch, sampan and motor-boat as soon as the ship struck,

The's. Hin Sang (Captain Alex- andre) was built at Home in 1995.

DOLLAR REMAINS

UNCHANGED.

Pound Maintains Steady Improvement.

In Discussion.

FRESH JAPAN VIEWS.

“Geneva, To-day. Sir William Malkin, chief legal adviser to the Foreign Office, will present the British case in the Persian oil dispute before the League Council to-morrow, ow. ing to Sir John Simon's inability: to attend through illness.

Proceedings will be formal, as It is understood the Persian Gov ernment will not be represented

The Japanese, meanwhile, have presented their observations in reply to the draft of the resolu Spot silver also remained stendy,tion of the Committee of Nine being quoted this morning af 17 teen. It la understood that they The forward price opened at 17. object to several features, but 1716, an advance of 1/16 on Satur-are prepared to accept the plan day's price.

By that Chapters Nine: and Ten of The pound improved slightly, the the Lytton Report shall serve as London on New York cross rate a basis of further discussion, standing

8.30% as against with certain reservations, 8.8037 York ou from: £-G!

No further change is reported m the local dollar, which opened this morning at 1/334

The New It is hoped the whole question improved will be adjourned to-morrow for

6 to 2-688.81 1/16 a fortnight. Reuter,

AMAZING GOLF.

LR. Andrewes (3), won the Fanling Bogey Pool over the old course during the week- end; when he finished seven up. There were 39 entries.

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M. Gardey, Minister of Justice. M. Julien Gurand, Minister- Commerce.A

of

M. Miellet, Minister of Pensions: M. Leon Meyer, Minister of Mer- cantile Marine.

M. Danielou, Minister of Public Health.

M. De Juvenal, Minister Commerce and Labour,

of

THREE YEARS

FOR ROBBERY

Manslaughter Charge Heard at Sessions.

COOLIE BEATEN TO DEATH.

Charges including manslaugh-| ter and robbery were heard to- day at the opening of the De cember Criminal Sessions, before

Amy Johnson (Mrs. J. A. Mollison) has successfully con- cluded her fight from the Cape to London.

PHILIPPINES

THREATENING

PETITION FOR

· CHENG'S LIFES

BEFORE S.C.A. Prominent Chinese Signatories.

PRISONER'S LAST HOPE.

Bearing the names of 230 prominent Chinese mer-

chants, the petition for the life of Cheng Kwok-yau was handed in to the Secretariat for Chinese- Affairs this morning, for presentation to the Government.

The Hon. Dr. S. W. T'so dell- vered the petition, on behalf of the three Chinese members of the Legislative Council, the Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall, the Hon. Dr.

U.S. BOYCOTT S. W. T'so and the Hon. Mr. T. N.

Senate Has Altered Independence Bill.

VETO IS ANTICIPATED.

Manila, To-day. The Philippine

Civic Union has threatened to boy- cott all United States- pro ducts, as a protest against the passage of a Philippines Independence Bill in an al- tered and objectionable form. The Bill has been changed by the Washington Senate.

May Be "Vetoed.",

Washington, To-day.

Chau.

Dr. Tso informed the China Mail this morning that the peti- tion contained a limited number of names, each signatory being a prominent local Chinese business man. The names of many bank- ers appeared on the Est, also the names of the Justices of the Peace.

This petition constitutes the last step to save Cheng from the gallows, following -his conviction on a charge of

Instigating the murder of “ George Fung at Village Road. The application for leave to ap- peal to Privy Council was re- fused by the Judicial Committee

The Senate's action inserting last week. in the Philippines Independence|

CHRISTMAS

SUPPLEMENT

Bill a plan for Filipinos to vote CHINA MAIL on the Constitution, instead of the original clause calling for withdrawal of United States so vereignty only after the island- ers had voted for independence at the end of a twelve-year period, led some Senators to predict a presidential 'veto of the BIII. Reuter..

QUESTIONS ON

HEALTH SURVEY

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TO BE ISSUED FREE: ON TUESDAY:

THE CHINA MAIL 1992

BEFORE BOARD CHRISTMAS NUMBER is n

Mr. M. K. Lo Announces

Several Queries.

TO-MORROW'S MEETING.

most attractive magazine with a wide appeal to local readers, N

The Supplement, an an- nual number, will be publish- ed, and issued with each copy of the China Mail to morrow.

Mr. M. K. Lo will put forward questions at the meeting of the Containing a variety of bright Mr. Justice Wood, at the Supreme Sanitary Board to-morrow re stories, Christmas Items and

Ms. d'Allmier, Laurent and Court. Eynac have also been appointed to posts.

WAR DEBTS AND TRADE.

UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES

LOSS:1929-1937

· 36.2 PERCENT·

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BILLIGNS OF DOLLARS

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Sentence of three years hard garding anti-malarial and anti-local and humorous articles, and labour was imposed on Wong tuberculosis work being carried profusely illustrated, the number is the best example of its type of Ngan, who was charged with on in the Colony,

Journalism that has yet appear robbery.

The accused is the fourth to. With reference to my quesed in Hong Kong. be sentenced in this particular tions on the 9th December, 1930. A four page pictorial supple robbery, three of the five men im the Head of the Sanitary Department is published with the issue. plicated were convicted at the ment's replies of the same day. The pictures of local interest in November Sessions by Mr. Jus. my further questions on the 8th clude 80 photographs of Hong tice Wood, December, 1931, and the Head of Kong and Kowloon, and Chinese On September 28, five men the Sanitary Department's replies scenes, while recent events pic- broke into the house of three of the same day.. regarding terially represented include the women in Shek Woo Tong Village Malaria and its prevention in Hong Kong Volunteer Defence in the New Territories, bound Hong Kong:—

Corps camp, the opening of the

the women and robbed them of (1) Will the Head of the Fung Ping Shan Chinese Library all their valuables and money. Sanitary Department be kind of the Hong Kong University by The accused was arrested when enough to assertain from the HE the Governor (Sir William he attempted to pawn some of Government, and inform this Peel, K.G.M.G., KB.E.), Girl the stolen clothing. He admitica Board, whether the "comprehen Guides presentation of the sive survey of the Colony" by the Thanks Badgs to H.E. Major- his guilt

Manslaughter Case Malariologist has now been com General JW. Sandilands, C.B.. (Continued on Page 4) OMG., D.S.O. In addition, photographs of current happen- Ings in England and pictures of Christmas significance are pub Vlished

Local Contributors.

NO PROTEST OVER INVOICE SYSTEM

Lo Chong," charged with man alaughter, following the death of a Chinese named Tong Chat, on October 28, 1932, in the Colony, pleaded not guilty to the charge. Wwwth The anticipation that the open

acnamara (Instructed ing of a Consular Invoice. Office in Local writers are well featured and Lo appeared op Hong Kong would arguse many pro in the Christmas Supplement anong int. Mr. J.A tests from the Canton merchants, the contributors being the Rev. N. Lewis Bryan and the Rev. E. E ntatives Allen, ong-ting Leaders of the Hong Kong hamber clergy, including the Very Rev. A

Wel fred Swann, Dean of Hong Kong, the Rt. Rev. H Valtorta, Vicar had Apostolfe, and the Rev. W. Walto

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