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COLONIAL SECRETARY RECEIVES K.B.E. IN BIRTHDAY

HK.'S FORCES TWO H.K. CIVIL SERVANTS HONOURED

ON PARADE FOUR NEW BARONS,

COLOURFUL

CEREMONY AT STATUE SQUARE

H.E. General Borrett Takes Salute.

IMPRESSIVE MARCH PAST BY TROOPS

27 KNIGHTS

I.S.O. CONFERRED ON

MR. C. E. FRITH

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DUKE OF GLOUCESTER AND LORD LYTTON RECOGNISED

LONDON, TO-DAY.

ONE KNIGHT OF THE GARTER, TWO KNIGHTS OF THE

THISTLE, FOUR PEERS, TWO BARONETS, ONE PRIVY COUNCILLOR, 27 KNIGHT BACHELORS AND TWO COM- PANIONS OF HONOUR HAVE BEEN CREATED BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST.

SIR WILFRID SOUTHORN

Colonial Secretary Honoured.

LONG CAREER IN CEYLON

AND HONG KONG

The Hon Mr. Wilfrid Thomas Southorn, C. M. G., Colonial Se cretary in Hong Kong since 1926, has been created Knight Comman der of the British Empire in the|

SOUTHORN Birthday Honours list.-Reuter.

at

The annual parade and review of troops on the occasion of the 68th. birthday of His Majesty the King, took place at the Cenotaph

Two this morning. In spite of the threa-

Southorn, K.B.E., C.M.G., is the son Born in 1879, Sir, Wilfrid tening weather, large crowds wat- ched the colourful ceremony, many

IN THE of the late Mr. Josiah Southorn of Chinese being among the spectators.

Leamington Spa. He was educated H.R.H, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester receives the Order

Warwick School and Corpus Owing to the indisposition of of Knight of the Thistle, while the Earl of Lytton, who headed Christie College, Oxford, where he His Excellency the Governor, Sir the League Mission to Manchuria. last year, is created a Knight took his B.A. in 1903, in which year William Peel, K.B.E., K.C.M.G of the Garter. Lady Simon, wife of Sir John Simon, the Foreign he entered the Ceylon Civil Service. His Excellency the G.O.C. Major- Secretary, is created a Dame Commander of the Empire.

In 1909 he General O.C. Borrett, C.B., C.M.G.,

was appointed Ad THE HON. MR. W. T. SOUTHORN, C.B.E.. reviewed

ditional Assistant Colonial Secre COLONIAL SECRE the troops and TARY FOR HONG KONG IS CREATED KNIGHT COMMAN.. and after took the-salute. His Excellency DER OF THI EMPIRE. THE IMPERIAL SERVICE ORDER

holding various the Commander-in-Chief, China

HAS BEEN CONFERRED UPON MR. CHARLES EDWARD

other posts, he Station, Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick FRITH, CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR IN HONG KONG.

Was appointed Dreyer, was not present, being with REUTER.

Chief Assistant the feet in the north.

Colonial Secre-

His Excellency the G.0.C., es corted by the Motor Cycle section

fence Corps arrived at Statue

Lonuon, To-day. Mission to Manchuria, becomes tary in 1920,

From 1923 to of the Hong Kong Volunteer De-old to-day and the occasion is be-

His Majesty the King is 68 years Knight of the Order of the Garter.

The Cari of Elgin becomea 1925 he held the post of Principal Square a few minutes before ing celebrated throughout the Em-Knight of the Thistle.

10 'clock, and was met by the senior pire H. R. H. the Prince of Wales drama. receives. a Companion of

Mias Horniman, for services to Collector of Cus officers of the Royal Navy, Army will deputise for His Majesty at Honour..

and Air Force. A salute was ceremony of the Trooping of the Promotions and appointment to given by the Guard of Honour on Colour which, as usual, will take the Order of the Bath, include the His Excellency's arrival.

After inspecting the Guard, place this morning on the Horse following:-

which was composed of two officers

Guards' Parade. The Government and 50 men of the Royal-Navy and dinner in honour of the anniversary two officers and 50 men of the 1st. was held yesterday evening at the Ball. South Wales Borderers. His Foreign Office. Excellency took up his position for

the March Past.

Scarcely

had he crossed the Royal boomed ou from Murray Parade Ground, in-p Lerspersed after each seven rounds. by the sharper crackle of the few-i de-juie, fired by the 1st. Baltalion) Lincolnshire Regiment.

Cenotaph steps than the

Salute of 21 guns

After the Royal Salute, the National Anthem was played by the band of the South Wales Bor derers and was followed by three! rousing cheers for His Majesty.

The March Past.

The March Past then commene- ed, the long columns moving off; headed by detachments of the Royal Navy, to the strains of murch played by the bands of the Lincolnshire Regiment and South Wales Borderers.

A

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Admiral of Fleet Sir Frederick Field.

toms, and Chair

man of the Colombo Port Commission. He served on both the Executive and

Sic Herbert Creedy, Permanent Legislative Coun- Under-Secretary for War.

A

cils of Ceylon. Secretary to the King

Colonel Clive Wigram. Private He WAA ap- General Sir Robert Cassels, Indian Secretary. to the pointed Colonial Army.

They become Knights of the Hong Kong GOT- Grand Cross.

ernment in 1926, arriving in the Colony on May 1.

During his term of office in Hong Kong, Sir Wilfrid has three times Sir Alexander Slater, Governer been Officer Administering the Gor-

ernment, from October 1 to October, 27, 1929, from February 1 to May Lieutenant General Wanchope, 8, 1930 and again last year when High Commissioner in Palestine, His Excellency the Governor, Sir become Knights of the Grand William Peel, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., was Cross.

DIPLOMATS RECOGNISED. In the Order of St. Michael and St. George:

of Jamaica.

Mr. Joseph Addison, British Minister at Prague,

Mr. Reginald Hoare, British Minister at Tehran.

absent on leave.

Mr. C. E. Frith C.S.O.

Assistant CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR

George Mounsey, Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office become Knights Comman-

HR.H. the Prince of Wales who is deputising for His Majesty at to-day's ceremony ¡dera.

of the Trooping of the Colour.

Birthday honours to be confer-i

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SEAMAN red by H.M. the King are announc

The moving columns presented ed as follows: an inspiring sight, the Familiar

WATSON'S The King's third son, H.E.H. the

khaki of the two main units throw- Duke of Gloucester, is appointed

ing into sharp contrast the spot-Knight of the Thistle."

Icun whites of the naval mien. The brilliant turbans of the Indian units and the blue-grey of the Royal Air Force added their quota

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U.S. INTEREST IN GENEVA

Peerages are conferred on:---

Mr. George Lane. Fox, M.P. Sir Edward Iliffe.. M.P.

Sir Ernest Palmer, Chairman of the Council of the Royal Col- lege of Music.

Major-General John' Seely, Chairman of the National Sav- ings Committee.

Sir Dennis Herbert, M.P., Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, becomes a Member of the Privy

Delegates Appointed. To Council.

London Conference.

Geneva, To-day.

Baronetcies are conferred on Sir. Martin Melvin and Sir George Penny, M.P., Comptrol- ler of His Majesty's House». hold.

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Among 20 new Knights are:

SINCE. 1928,

The funeral of Pilot Officer, Viscount Knebworth, heir to the Earl of Lytton, and a victim of an air crash, at Hendon on May 1. The cortege leaving Knebworth House, Lord and Lady Lytton and the Hon. Alexander Lytton are following directly behind the

collin (S. & G.)

GERMANY

CHATER ROAD,

HONG KONG.

HONOURS

SEEKS JAPAN

RECOGNITION OF

MANCHUKUO

London Interpretation Of Armistice.

CHINESE RESISTANCE SEEN AS A GESTURE

London, To-day. Opening with an expression of opinion that the Japanese have adopted a wise policy in signing an armistice, "Week End Review"" Istates that the watchword is peace

and goodwill until further notice.

If the formula works an at- tempt to coax some sort of re- cognition for Manchukuo out of at least some of the Powers, may soon be expected.

British opinion should be on guard against this transpar-. ent strategy, the journal continues, at the same time, following the Lytton Re port, it will appreciate the- importance of finding some

ΤΟ DECLARE better basis for the Japan- A MORATORIUM

£1,000,000,000 INVOLVED IN

FOREIGN DEBTS

HER

INTERNATIONAL BANKERS ARGEE THAT GERMANY'S TRADE MUST BE RESTORED

BERLIN, TO-DAY..

A MORATORIUM FOR ALL GERMANY'S FOREIGN ́ DEBTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY AFTER WHIT- SUN: STATED DOCTOR SCHACHT, PRESIDENT OF THE REICHSBANK, YESTERDAY.

ese économy and population, as a condition for settled peace in the Far East.

The "Spectator" considers that Nanking's recent futile arm- ed resistance has been no more than a gesture for the benefit of Chinese public opinion. Reu- ter,

FOUR POWER PACT JEOPARDIZED

French Demands On Germany's Arms.

NOT ACCEPTABLE TO MUSSOLINI

Rome, To-day.

moratorium for Germany's foreign debts, is shown by the fact The importance of Dr. Schach's statement regarding the that the total debt involved is estimated at some 20,000,000,000 marks, equivalent 16 £1,000,000,000, on which service charges totalling about £65,000,000 fall due during the current year.

The United States is Germany's biggest creditor with a total of in the negotiations in connection 8,016,000,000 marks Holland comes next with 3,427,000,000 marks, and Britain third with 2,231,000,000 marks.

The present difficulties are due, NOT A GENERAL to the tremendous shrinkage of Germany's foreign trade.

The Reichsbank's note covers only 8.3 per cent of the debt, com pared with the normal legal mini- mum of 40 per cent.

Later..

Mr. Charles Edward Frith, A. R. EL Chief Sanitary Inspector in Hong Kong, is the recipient of the

While Dr. Schacht did not ac- Imperial Service Order in the tually state that there would be Birthday Honours list,

a moratorium, this is the general

:

Mr. Frith who came to the Colony interpretation of his statement- on August 20, 1904, was appointed Reuter. Chief Inspector on June 10, 1928.

COMEBACK Edward Charles Frith first en-

tered the Hong Kong Civil Service In August, 1904, when his appoint- Titlement as a Third Class Sanitary in-

Beats Canadian

Holder On Points.

WEEK AFTER BIG FIGHT.

Toronto, May. 26, Seaman Watson, British featherweight champion who dropped a decision to Kid Cho- colate last week, to-day proved he was still fighting at when he easily won a decision from Bobby Laurence. Canadian : champion, in a 10-round strug- gle.

Watson appeared little the worse for wear when he proved vastly superior to the Canadian exponent

spector was gazetted.

In May, 1908, he was made a First Class Sanitary Inspector, ris- Ing to Senior Sanitary Inspector in 1928..

In 1926 he was appointed Acting Chief Inspector, his present ap pointment having been gazetted In June of 1928; :.

STOCKS SOAR IN WALL STREET

New York, To-day. Industrial and utility stocks soared on the New York me- ket yesterday, the former aver-

The United States Government has made another important depar ture from her traditional policy of ron-participation in European af-

Mr. William Duke Elder, Opthalmic to outdistance him in the race for

who was in attendance on fair, by appointing for the Brat Prime Minister when under regiment points wat beweging an advance of 3.11 and time, delegates to the Internation- for eye trouble.

Both weighed in at 129 pounds. the latter an advance of 246, al Labour Conference to be held Mr. Angus Scott, Chairman of the Last winter Watson eliminated." Trade and foreign selling forced on June 8.

London County Council.. The delegation includes Mr. Mr. Harry Preston, for services to who was substituted for Chocolate sequent Commission House and ||Fidel La Barba, featherweight, an initial decline in silver but sub- Hugh Frayne, of the American Fe-port and philantrophy, deration of Labour, and Miss Mary Herature.

John Collings Equire, for services sojin a previous scheduled meeting. speculative buying was responsible Anderson, Director of the Women's - LORD LYTTON HONOURED,

Watson hopes to get a return for an advancing tendency. match with Chocolate in Europe, General business was brick, Bureau of the Department of La The Earl of Lytton, who was where the Cuban la planning 6,888,000 shares changing hands. bour-Reuter,

Chairman of the League of Nations campaignUnited Press.

Reuter,

France Not

Worried.

"PRIVATE DEBTS ONLY AFFECTED."

Paris, To-day.

Oficial circles here are not gready moved by Dr. Schacht'a .statement,

MORATORIUM

Germany Will Try To Meet Payments.

AMERICAN THREAT

Berlin, later.

Some form of a moratorium, to be declared next week is regarded an certain but not a general imoratorium.

A critical stage has been reached

with the Four Power Pact. While no official confirmation is obtain- able, it is believed that Signor Mus solini has informed France that her demands regarding the rigid con- trol of future German armament construction, is not acceptable.

The French reply is anxiously awaited.

It is understood that Signor Massolini Intended to. make an important state- ment with reference to the Pact in the Senate to-day, but it is bow announced that the Senate will not sit to-day.

This suggests that I Duce does not expect to be in a post- Some are of the opinion that Dr. tion to make a statement before Schacht will declare a moratorium Monday, Reuter.

on amortisation payments, but will

try to pay a portion of the interest | ved

in

foreign currencies and the JAPANESE TRADE

balance in marks. which must be

Invested or spent in Germany.

"Payments on the Dawes, and

COMPETITION

Young Plan Loans are at present Serious Effect On British unaffected.

American

made it

It is the general opinion that it

delegates merely referred to debts of the clear that in the event of Dr. German Government to private in-

Schacht declaring

general moratorium, American bondholders it will affect the Young Plan bonds.in America belonging to German -Reuter.

firms whose bonda were in default:

Beuter.

dividuals. It is not believed that were prepared to seize any property

Foreign Trade Decline.

EXTENSION OF RESERVES DEEMED NECESSARY.

Berlin, Tater.

Markets.

[GOVERNMENT STATEMENT ON FISCAL POLICY

London, To-day.

In the later stages of yesterday's debate on the adjournment of the House of Commons, the question of Japanese competition was raised

The Conference agrees, on the desirability of gradually increasing the Reichshank's reserves of gold tary Secretary for Overseas Colonel Colville, Parliamen and foreign currency, and re-Trade, replying for the Govern cognises that the declining surplus meant said that the low cost of

entered ver

A statement has been un-of Germany's foreign trade and labour in Japan animously adopted by Con- services necessitates consideration largely into

ace of Retish, American

and protection and also extension and other foreign bankers, en

wer but allo of Germany's reserves for foreign mate the service of Germany's for--lexchange. elga debt

and en

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for Japan's