1933-07-31 — Page 1

In choosing a NEW TRUCK

KEEP

THIS

The dollar, on demand.

FINAL EDITION.

China Mail

IN

MIND

Est. 1845.

THE OLDEST - ESTABLISHED NE YSPAPER IN THE FAR EAST.

No. 28,482

HONG KONG, MONDAY, JULY 31, 1932,

BEDFORD

MADE IN ENGLAND

British-born Successor to Chevrolet.

Est. 1845.

BERNARDS' OF HARWICH

GENTLEMEN'S OUTFITTERS

PIONEERS OF Quality Goods at Reasonable prices.

CHATER-ROAD, HONG KONG

PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

R.A.F. PLANES READY TO BOMB REBEL TRIBES ON N.W. FRONTIER

James Mattern.

MATTERN LANDS IN NEW YORK

Round The World

2

Flight Ends.

FINISHES IN BORROWED AEROPLANE

US$40,000

RANSOM PAID

TO KIDNAPPERS

O'Connell Released In New York,

$250,000 DEMANDED ON JULY 7

Albany, New York,

To-day. John O'Connell has been released and returned home safely. It is understood that US.840,000 ransom was paid to his abductors, — Reuter.

John O'Connell, aged 24, a rela- tive of the O'Connell brothers, well-

known Democratic leaders, was kidnapped on July 7,

His abductors demanded a ran-; som of $250,000, threatening to shoot him if the Police were call- ed in or notified in any way.

Campaign To End Kidnapping.

GOVERNMENT ACTION.

Washington.

SPAIN RECOGNIZES SOVIET GOVERNMENT.

Lare. Of Huge Russian Market Decides Issue

Madrid.

The Republic of Spain extend- edfornial diplomatic recognition. to Soviet Russia on July 27.

The recognition of the Sovict state has been an issue in Spain, as it has elsewhere, and the move is taken as a recognition of the economic forces at play in the presence of the huge Russian max- keL-A.P.

$500,000,000

BOND ISSUE BY

US. TREASURY

Financial Recovery

Programme.

SMALLEST BONDS AT $50

New York. To-day.

Washington, To-day. Lieutenant James J. Mat-

The United States Treasury has Lern. the 29-year-old Ameri can airman, arrived, here Attorney General Homer S. Cum- offered a G$500,000,000 issue of yesterday, having completed minge to-day discussed with Pre-eight-year bonds at 34 per cent. his round-the-world flight in sident Franklin D. Roosevelt the and a G$350,000,000 issue-of two- kidnapping menace and thereafter year Treasury notes at 15% per Canadian acroplane.

indicated that the Federal govern cent. Reuter. Following his forced landing near ment would adequately finance the

The issues will be used for re- the Anadir River, Siberia, Inst; attack against it.

tiring the indebtedness of the month, when he wandered for three. On the opposite side of the con- Financial Recovery Programme. weeks in the Siberian wastes before tinent the National Governor's Con- The bonds will be available at reaching civilisation. Mattern cabled ference, meeting in San Francisco, dénominations as low as G$50.—— his backers in Chicago to make passed a resolution

favouring the Reuter, arrangements for him to complete establishigent of a Federal police round-the-world flight by an-force to combat kidnapping and

his

other plane..

racketeering.

A Soviet pilot, M. Levanovsky, Since the tragic case of the Lind- was promptly sent from Moscow by bergn baby, kidnapping in some parti

G$50,000,000 Allocated For Road Building..

ULTIMATUM

ISSU

4,000 BRITISH

TROOPS FOR

PESHAWAR

Agitators Harboured By Hostile Tribeɛ.

en-

MUST BE SURRENDERED

BY TO-MORROW'.

Simla, To-day. Large-scale gagements between the British troops and the tribal forces on the North West Frontier of India, appear to be immin- ent.

cavalry,

British armoured cars and Royal Air Force bombing planes

are

A Royal Air Force squadron in flight. The British planes in India are mostly bombers, and are among the fastest ma- chines in the world. (S, & G.)

SECOND TYPHOON DEVELOPING

East Of Luzon:

RAINFALL FIGURES FOR 1933-

A typhoon is situated in about Longitude 128 E., Latitude 20 N, moving N.N.W., according to a message received here from the Manila Observatory, at 11.45 a.m. this morning.

The typhoon developed east of Luzon,

FRANCE RAISES TARIFFS

70 U.S. PRODUCTS

American Concerns May Be Forced To Close

Faris.

BRITAIN'S DAVIS CUP

PERRY WINS

FROM INSPIRED

FRENCHMAN

Frenzied Parisian Crowd Urges Merlin On.

VITAL MATCH DECIDED IN FOUR & SETS

Auteuil, To-day, Losing the first set and playing against an inspired opponent who was being urged on by a frenzied {Parisian crowd, Fred Perry triumph- led over Andre Merlin by three sets to one in the vital match in the ON Challenge Round of the Davis Cup between Britain and France at the Stade Roland Garros yesterday.

France has unexpectedly raised tariffs on 70 Ameerican products including chema, paints, trunks, linoleum and bollers.

It is feared that France's action may force, several American con- cerns to close since higher tariffs would make the price of their pro. ducts prohibitive in France.

The rainfall for the 24 hours DIZZIE DEAN FANS ending 10 a.m. to-day was 0.361"

inch, bringing the total since

January 1; to 38.77 inches as against an average of 51.56 inches.

standing by ready to enforce compliance with the Government demand for the surrender of notorious agitators who are sheltering with the war-like Ba- jauri tribe, while la column. of 4,000 troops are expected to leave Peshawar this morning to sup- port the loyal Halim- zai tribe who are threatened by the Upper Mohamands. It is allocating $50,000,000 for Bombing from the Air will begin the construction of roads, setting at dawn to-morrow, following the tolaside- for forest highways expiration of the Government-ulti- MR. SOONG TO LEAVE

|$15,000,000; for forest roads, matum to the Bajauris, unless' by trails, etc., $10,000,000; for roads that time the tribe have ceased to in, national parks $16,000,000; harbour the agitators who are al for roads in Indian reservations tempting to disturb the peace of |$4,0000,000; ́and roads on. the

public domain $5,000,000.

the border,

the Soviet authorities, and conveyed of the United States has been 21-YEAR'S WORK FOR 21,517 MEN| Matters: 10 Nome. Alaska, in a most a daily occurrence.

the Two of the latest cases are those powerful hydroplane, where American airman was lent the Cana- of Mary McElroy, 25-year-old dian plane in

which he completed daughter of Judge H. F. McElroy his fight.

of Kansas City and that of Charles F. Ursenel, Oaklahoma City multi- JAPAN RAISES CABLE millionaire. Miss McElroy was ran-

sumed by her family for $30,000. RATES.

Rejoinder To U.S.A.

Tokyo, To-day." Following the American aboll- tion of Receiver To Pay arrange- ments the Japanese Department of Communications has announced drastic' increase in Press Rates, operative from August 1.

A

sen, To

The resolution of the National Governor's Conference is in line with President Roosevelt's radio in-

vitation to them yesterday to meet in Washington during the winter

(Continued on Page 12).

DOLLAR FALLS TO 1/4%.

Silver Prices Decline.

Washington. The Public Works Ad- ministration announces that its Federal programme. bud- getted to cost a total of 564,000,000, will give year's work to 21,517 men in every state in the Union, Alaska and the islands.

Other details are withheld.

a

The threatened attack on the

· 18 BATTERS

New Major League Baseball Record..

YANKEES BEAT SENATORS

New York, To-day.

Perry's brilliant win gave Britain the custody of the trophy for the first time since 1912 and the sixth time in the history of the contest, which dates back to 1900.

Th defeat of Austin by Cochet after he had led 4-2 in the final set placed the two countries on level terms and excitement was at fever pitch when Merlin.took the first set off Ferry,

FULL RESULTS

The following were the full re- sults:

F. J. Perry (Britain) bent A. Merlim .4-6, 8-6, 6-2,^7-5,

H. Cochet (France) beat HW. Austin 5-7, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

J. Barotra and J. Brugnon (France) beat G. P. Hughes and H. G. N. Lee 6-3 8-6, 6-2

F. J. Perry (Britain) beat H. Chochet 8-10, 6-4, B-6, 3-6, 6-1.

2. WEATHER FORECAST

"The typhoon which threatened Įthe Colony on Saturday has enter- led the coast to the South of Haip-

hong, and another appears to be deing a new major league baseball Merlin 6-3 6-4, 6-0. veloping to the East of Luzon, record by fanning seventeen bat- states the weather report issued

In spite of Dizzie Dean establish-

from the Royal Observatory this ters in the first game between Chi- cago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals morning.

the Cuba suffered a double defeat yesterday.

Fair to showery weather

with

moderate East winds, is forecasted.

ON AUGUST 5.

Accompanied By Dr. Rajchman.

The Giants fell by the wayside, the Braves winning by 5 to 3, and Pittsburgh Pirates crept up on the New Yorkers by a double win over the Reds.

The Yankees beat the Senators to

H. W. Austin (Britain) beat A.

The Parisian crowd had then, visions of the Ameri- can record sequence of seven triumphs being equal- led, but Perry won the next three sets from an inspired opponent to break the French sequence.

The Davis Cup, which has now

remain close on the heels of the been won by America on ten oc Washington outfit, while the White casions, and by France, Austra Sox accounted for the Browns Ina and Britain six times, was The present rates are as fol-

Peking. their double-header in the Ameri- offered for competition in 1900 lows: To Europe, · 58

by Dwight F. Davis, late U.S. President Roosevelt's public con- friendly Halimazai tribe has not yet! According to Chinese telegra Can League. China, 14 sen per word.

Following the decline in silver struction programme, which arous materialised, but it is expected that phic advices from Nanking Mr.

secretary of war, and Governor- Resulta as cabled by Reuter: The Full rate charges will be prices over the week-end, the ed such spirited disapproval dur-British reinforcements will be rush T. V. Soong, the Minister of

National League.

General of the Philippines. The -come-To-Europe,-Y-2.44-and-To local dollar-has-dropped g, being ing a debate at the World Econo-1

RHP donor was a member of two win- China, 53 sen, but both the Press quoted this morning at 1/4%. mic Conference, was increased to- ed up the Gandao Valley to-day to ing Germany, has telegraphed to

ning American teams.

Finance, who is at present visit-

Boston

-5 9.

MERLIN WINS FIRST SET. Merlin played: an inspired

8 z game and raised the hopes of the

Rate and Full Rate charges are Silver prices, spot and forward, day by the allotment of $115,513,-aid the tribe. subject to change every three are quoted at 18 and 18 1/16 res-1610 to various Federal and munici- The Halinzais beat off an attack he expects to sail for China with homers.

Mr. Wang Ching-wei, saying that Whitney and K Moore hit months in accordance with the pectively, reflecting a fall of . pal building projects. This alloca by the war-like Jirgas, yesterday, Dr. Rajchman on August 5, an New York Gold Franç rate which, at present, The London on New York tion brought the total to $768,518 the latter being assisted by a numriving in Shanghai about the Melvin Ott and Ryan hit homers. Parisian crowd totul, hick

cross rate is given as £G$4.50) 610 and, as the projecte advance,) compared with Friday's quotation more money will be set aside from ber of Bajauris. Reuter.

G$4.48, while the New York the total of $3,300,000,000 appro- on London rate has risen from priated for that purpose. £-G$4:51 to £-G$4,531⁄4.

is based on 71 sen-Reuter.

ADMIRAL PAKENHAM PASSES

Former Naval Attache In Far East.

London, To-day.

The death occurred at San Sebastian, last night, of Admiral Sir William Chris- topher Pakenham,' G.G.B.) K.C.B., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O._| M.V.O., CB. the Bath King of Arms since 1930. — Reu- ler.

Admiral Sir William Pakenham had just entered his 78rd., yepr. He entered the Navy in 1874, at the age of 13 years, and was appoint- éd Lieutenant in 1888, Commander: In 1896, Captain in 1903, Vice-, Ad- miral In 1918 and. Admiral in 1922,

(Continued on Page 4)

"The marriageo ̈iraunionneod-between Henry Spicer, mercantile assistant of Messrs. Butterfield, and · Swire,^/ind Winifred Mary Colex nursing saler of the War Memorial Hospital

(Continued on Page 4).

Londoners welcome the British prisoner after their release from: were imprisoned following their platform at Liverpool Street Donald, Mr. L. C. Thornton, and 'fir

end of next month.

GANDHI'S NEW CAMPAIGN

To Lead March Of 32 Ashramites.

EXPECTS TO BE ARRESTED

Ahmadabad, To-day. The Mahatma Gandhi has decided. to vacate Ashram Sabarmati to be- izin a "Fresh Sacred Mission," be

ginning with a March of 32 Ash- ramites, including Mrs. Gandhi and 15 other women to the village of Ras in the Kaira districté

There he will invite the villagers to participate in the new Civil Dia dbedience movement.

In the event of Gandhi's arrest, It is anouneed that the Ashramites ¡wus continue their marc.

"Mr." Gandhi ~ informed Rente that be contemplated somethin

[/Continued at foot of next Colum

2 B

z when, serving forcefully, rushing

8 13 1 to the net at every opportunity, and volleying wonderfully, he

B

|[Chicago". Dr. Rajchman is the Polish St. Louis director of the Health Section of Dean fanned 17 batters. the League of Nations who has, Chicago Just been appointed the League's De Maree hit a bomer.

St. Louis representative to China to co ordinate the work of foreign Medwick hit a homer,

Philadelphia technical experts employed by China through the Geneva, or- Brooklyn ganisation-Reuter.

CHANG LANDS IN LONDON.

London, To-day Marshal Chang Heuch-lang has arrived at Croydon by air from Paris Rest

Pittsburgh

Cincinnatti

Nittsburgh

Cincinnatti

Detroit.

3:11 O

1.71

572

1 captured the first set from Perry

at 6

4: 8. 2 He held the Englishman through a gruelling second set, and finally drew Perry back from a 4-1 lead in the fourth set to 4-all before Jos- 4, 8,20]. ing. at 7-5, n. 8-17 3} The second set virtually decid- 6101ed the contest. Merlin, still at This strongest, took a 3-1 lead, but Perry took the next three games to lead 4-3. Merlin then came again, and, breaking 0 through Perry's service, led, 5-4. Perry, forcing Merlin to sprint after well-placed drives to the 1corners, ultimately prevailed to Higgins win at 5-6,

American League.

Greenberg and For hit homers. Cleveland New York Washington

Kubel hit a homer,. |Philadelphia

Mickey Cochrane and

similar to the march to Dands on March 12, 1980, when the Civil Dis- hit a homer, obedience campaign was launched | Boston ** with the breaking of the Salt Lawa, St. Louis

It is also stated that these plans Levey hit a homer. were disclosed in a letter to the Chicago S

Viceroy of India,hich requested 1 Game went to 10 inn an" Interview, - although unaccom- St. Louis panied by any threat or condition. Guille hit a homer,

Chicaro

118

8

The Englishman then held the Initiative to win the re- maining two acis for the * match, and a British triumph.

Both players showed signs, of tense anxiety on the most in- portant occasion, on which the eyes of the world were focussed. (Continued on Page 9.)