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THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1934.

SMALLER

POWERS AND

THE LEAGUE

NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR FAILURES.

INTERESTING MEMORANDUM FROM HOLLAND

Geneva, To-day.

An attempt to evoke practical proposals from those nations, par- ticularly Italy, which suggested the reform of the League of Nations is made in a Dutch memorandum on the subject.

| REGISTRATION OF AUSTRIANS Germany Cancels Order.

STRONG VIENNA PROTEST

Berlin, To-day.

A strong protest from Austria has resulted in the speedy cancel.

from Vicans.

should submit concrete schemes INDEPENDENCE IN

of reform.

The Dutch Government does not consider that negotiations be- tween the Powers are contrary to the spirit of the League, pro- vided they are within the frame work of the Covenant.

It protests against the in- fringement of the principle of the legal equality of mem- the bers, and agrees that Council is too big in view of the number of non-perman- ent members.

It approves the rule of unani-

PHILIPPINES

Quezon Asks Action Within 2 or 3 Years,

Washington, To-day.

QUEEN'S ROAD FIRE SEQUEL

Brick Walls Erected On Upper Floors.

TENANT FINED MAXIMUM PENALTY OF S200

THE CHINA MAIL:

To-day's Short Story.

BRIDAL POND

THE

By Zona

Gale.

THE Judge had just said "Case short breath caught through the "You are lucky not to be dismissed," and a sharp mouth. Jens and Agua Jevins, they charged with

manslaughter," situation concerning cheese had were known to all, and he. so pros- lation of the Order requiring; said Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the thus become negligible when, be-perous; and she a small complain- periodic registration of all Aus Central Police Court this morn-fore the next case on the calen- ing woman, who took prizes, with trian resident in Germany.

ing, in imposing a fine of $200, dar could be called. Jens Jevins whom all must have talked on Under the Order Austrians had in default four months' hard la- came forward and said loudly: bright mornings, after she had lain report to the police by January

bour, on Chan Kwok, the late "I wish to confess to the murder asleep, close to death. 20, furnishing particulars of retenant of 355, Queen's Road of my wife,"

"At the south of our lot," Jens ligion, occupation, origin and 4x-Central, the scene of the fatal Now the courtroom was still, the Jevins continued, and converan- tent of their property.

fire on December 7 last.

feree heat forgotten, and the peo-tionally, quite quietly, as if he were When the Austrian Minister. It states that while it does not

The accused, who was arrested ple stupefied, for Jens Jevine was talking to some surveyors, "there is see the necessity of modifying a under instructions Covenant already providing full protested, Baron von Neurath, Geron a warrant issue yesterday, was the richest farmer in the township.a long slope and then a pond, where summoned for erecting several No one tried to silence ar delay him. in my father's time they took out machinery for the League's obman Foreign Minister, explained brick walls on the first and second He faced now the judge and now clay to make bricks. This place is jects, the Dutch Government is that the Order was issued by sub floors of the building without the people, his face and neck the not fenced; is separated from the prepared to examine the desir ordinate authorities (the Prussian permission. He pleaded guilty. colour of chicken skin, his tossed highway by a few alders-come of ability of revision under Article Recret police) and would be im

Mr. J. A. Macfayden, of the hair like a ravelled fabric, his long you know," he said, with an air of 26, in which it recommends that mediately withdrawn.-Reuter.

Public Works Department, prose- right arm making always the same surprise, remembering the specta- those wishing any modification

cuting, said that the summons gesture. His clothes were good, and tors as living beings who had ex-

(perienced his highway and the sight; was taken out as a result of an someone had pressed them. inspection after the fire. A quan- "1 planned to kill Agna for a long of his pond. tity of masonry in the form of time. There was a time when for "I would go down there sometimes brick walls was found among the a week I slept with a pistol under on spring evenings when the boys debris and it is was suspected my pillow, hoping for the strength were catching frogs, and last week that the defendant had erected to shoot her in her sleep. When I went down, and they were catch- walls on the upper floors without could tell by her breathing that it ing frogs. And it was the night the the sanction of the Building was time, I'd get up on my elbow Alexander boy fell in-well over his Authority. When questioned the and look at her, but I never had the head he went, for the pond in above It is announced that the Unit- defendant admitted having built courage to use the pistol on her-seven feet deep there, and sixteen

Karther out. ed

I that was standing States Administration will them. "He has already admitted no, though I sat up in bed some. not attempt to extend the life of so in sworn evidence at the in-times for half an hour with my near was able to scize on him-I the Hawes-Cutting Philippine quest.” added Mr. Macfayden. Anger on the trigger. Something mention this because pulling him Bill which expired yesterday, but Mr. Hamilton said that it was would delay me-our dog would out put in my head the idea of what will hold the opinion that this a very serious matter. He be bark, or the kitchen clock would to do to Agua. legislation can always be revived. lieved that the collapse of the strike, or I would imagine my father mity and expresses an opinion President Roosevelt has received floors was due to the weight of shaking his head at me; and once that the lack of success by the from Senor Manuel Quezon, leader these brick walls.

she woke and asked me whether I League on several occasions of the Independence Delegation Mr. J. C. Fitz-Henry, Deputy had locked the porch door. was due to disputes between the here a recommendation for Inde Superintendent of the Fire De- "Most of that week the room was great Powers and was not due to pendence of the Philippines within partment, agreed that this was as bright as morning, because the the attitude of the smaller two or three years, providing that so. Five men had very lucky es moon shone in, but as it rose later —— States. ― Reuter.

the United States grants a 10-year capes, but one of the firemen was and hung higher, the room grew "So the next night I waited till period of preferential trade ro-jkilled. It was a very

And it seemed unusual dark.

wrong to late and I said to her that we might Then 1 walk down and watch the boys catch ations after the declaration, of collapse and not to be compared shoot Agna in the dark, independence.-Reuter.

with any others that he had seen, thought of a better plan."

froga. She was glad to go, and In convicting the accused the The courtroom was held as a ball mentioned that I didn't often invite SILVER DECLINES IN Magistrate said that he was very of glass in which black figures hang her to take evening walks any more,

The silence was (and we went down the slope. But: NEW YORK.

fortunate, seeing that the law arrested motion. did not allow of a fine of more not vacant, but rich and winy, like I hadn't waited long enough, and than $200.

a rest in music. It was the rest in the boys were still there. She and the tread of a giant, one step, one I stood on the rim of the pond, and BERWICK RETURNS.

step, and men crushed and power-I edged her toward the place where The judge, the bailiff, the the Alexander boy went in, and saw FROM FOOCHOW. spectators were crushed and power-how easy it would be to send her

|less, all with staring eyes, and their down and keep her from climbing: Wild Swan Remains.

out. Only the boys were still there. "It was dusk, and the cars from town came down the highway and took the turn beyond our alders, and it looked as if they were all coming! straight on to us till they swung the corner. She says, "What If one didn't see the turn and came crash-i ing on to us? and she shivered and aid her shoulders were chilly, {though the night was warm, and shel wanted to go back to the house, So The "Star" Ferry Co., Ltd. report we went back, and I read the even- that the balance at Profit and Lossing paper aloud, about B young Account for the year ended Decem-couple that had got married that

LEAGUE DISCUSSES SAAR PLEBISCITE.

Sir John Simon Leads British Delegates.

COMMISSIONERS CONFIRMED FOR FURTHER YEAR

London, To-day.

Little Change On Wall Street.

New York, To-day.

but business was

The Foreign Secretary, Sir John | Stock prices remained virtually Simon, left London yesterday after. unchanged on the New York mar noon for Geneva, where he will ket yesterday, lead the British, delegation at the again brisk, 2,850,000 shares being meeting of the League Council traded, which is now proceeding.

II. M. S. Berwick of the Fifth Cruiser Squadron was expected to Industrials, rails and bonds nd-leave Pagoda Anchorage, Foochow, The principal business before the vanced .10, .04 and 17 to 103.50. this morning for Hong Kong.

The Berwick was ordered to Foo- Council has reference to next year's 48.29 and 87.88 respectively, while pleblacite in the Saar Territory, utilities dropped .11 to 26.12. The chow early on Sunday morning last, The British Chairman, Mr. Geof commodity index declined 26 to following the reports that the XIX frey Konx, and the other members (51.45.

Route Army were evacuating the

of the League Commission in the There was some scattered qul-town, Saar have already been confirmed dation of silver due to the lower The Destroyer Wild Swan will

in their offices for a further period London parity and the early de remain at Pagoda Anchorage.

of one year from April 1,

cline of stocks. Trade interests

STAR FERRY CO.S REPORT.

Prosperous Year's Business.

DIVIDEND AND BONUS TOTAL $5.50 PER SHARE

TO-MORROW'S STORY

To-morrow's story will be "Honour Among Thieves" by Peter Cheyney.

It is understood that the League) were buyers on the scale down. PORTUGUESE YOUTH INJURED ber 31, 1933, le $484,727.58, which, day at Sun Prairie and had a great Council will on Friday have before There was evidence of short cover- it a proposal to appoint a small ing on the decline. sub-committee of five members, to Silver prices declined, the March collaborate with the members of price closing at 45 cents per ounce the Governing Commission regard as against 45.20-45.25 cents ing the plebiscite and report to the Tuesday. next meeting of the Council

The May price, quoted on Tues It is thought probable that Barday at 45.80-45.89 cents closed at on Aloist, of Italy, Rapporteur to 45.45-45.52 cents, while the July the Council on this subject, will price declined from 46.28 cents to set sa chairman of the sub-com- 46-46.08 cents-Reuter. mittee. British Wireless Service,

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together with $89,678.56 brought doinga. She said she wished we A Portuguese youth, Miguel Ad-forward from the previous year, were starting over, and I said 'I rine Barrabas, fell from the first makes a total of $524,806.14 avail-]don't" and went to bed. floor of St. Joseph'e building yes-able for appropriation.

"But in the night I woke up and terday afternoon and sustained The Directors will, at the ap thought of what she'd said. What

"The Government of Bihar and multiple injuries.

proaching meeting of shareholders, if we were starting over? And if

Rainfall in the Colony during the Orissa report that aeroplane recon- He was taken to the Government recommend the following distribu- I'd murdered her early, say, on the 24 hours ended at 10 am. to-day, naissance over Tirhut, where tele Civil Hospital in a serious condition. tion:-

honeymoon? I saw that I couldn't was .03 of an inch. The total rain-graphic communication has been Dividend of $2.00 per share, have done it then. I wondered how fall since January 1, was 28 of an broken, shows that railway and road

$160,000.00.

inch as against an average of .44 bridges have been destroyed, in of an inch.

Tang Na, a shop coolie, wak sentenced to one month's hard la The forthcoming marriage between hour by Mr. MacFadyen at the Theodore Steere of Manila, now en route to the Colony on the s.s. Presi Central Magistracy this morning for dent McKinley, and Synette Carey, stealing a pair shoes, valued at $16, now en route to the Colony by the from Messrs, Whiteaway and Laid- President Monroe, from the United

law.

TO MANCHUKUO States, is announced.

China Seeks To Prevent Export.

Geneva, To-day. The report of the Opium Ad visory Committee appears to be encountering difficulty owing to the Chinese delegation desiring an arrangement which will effec tively prevent the export of Per- sian opium to Manchukuo while in no way recognising the Man- chukuo Government.

The small Committee of the Council discussed the matter dur ing yesterday afternoon but no agreement was reached. - Reu- ter.

MANCHUKUO C.-IN-C, RETURNS.

Flys To Changchun From Harbin.

Harbin, To-day General Hishikari, Commander- In-Chief of the Japanese forem. in

\\his' first 'ondial vialt to Harbin, left

at 1 pm, yesterday by air for Ching-

chun

I could do it now."

Bonus of $3.50 per share, $280,-

000,00 Transfer to Equalization Dividend Fund, 50,000.00 Carried forward to next account

$34,808.14. Total, $524,808.14.

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many places and that water is Now the Judge found his voice,

standing over a large tract of land and leaned down as if he were ill

A gruesome discovery was made usually dry. Fissures have appear- or drunken and said from his yesterday, the naked body of ed in the surface of the ground and throat: "Why did you want to de Chinese male, with wounds on the grey mud is forcing itself through

head and a piece of rope tied to In many places. one arm being found in the revine below Victoria Road. Foul play is of buildings, including part of the "There has been a general collapse suspected and the police are inves Agricultural Research Institute at |tigażlag::

Puss and a number of sugar fac- tories. Doctors and police are being Dr. E. L. Allen, of the Kowloon sent, and air reconnaissance, is being Union Church, will be the speaker continued..

Camera Records Love Tragedy on High Seas

lamped from the deck of the Conte di Bavola na the

Prawngery' arowded to the

at this evening's public meeting A telegram from the Deputy Com- held by the Manuk Lodge of the missioner at: Darjeeling, Bengal. Theosophical Society, at 17, Queen's states that Government House and Road Central, at 6 p.m. His subject the gaol have suffered considerable will be "The Spiritual Situation in damage. Private property in cer Our. Time."

ertain parts has also suffered severely, and brick chimneys have fallen The local Chinese Telegraph Ad-everywhere. Street lighting ¦ has ministration announces that tale-been restored to a large extent; and^. grams of 5-letter code language or the water supply is under repairi of 4-figure Chinese code are accept Communications are now open, fed via Chinese landlines and/or¦: "Five" coolles:thaye lost their radios at the following reduced lives, but there are no other serious rates To stations in Kwangtung casualties. PauldenEN and Kwangel Provinces, 15 cts, per "The latest news from the Gov word; to all other stations in the ernment of Bengal indicates that no Republic of China, 17 cts. per word. loss of life or serious damage to property has been reported in Cal-

At the Kowloon Magistracy you cutta.” terday Mr. Wynne-Tones, sitting as The Secretary for India, Afr Coroner, without the assistance of Samuel Hoare, as telegraphed to jury, held an enquiry into the death the Viceroy of India as follows: of Tung Yang, a Chinese farmer, "I am distressed to learn of the who was knocked down by a bus in serious nature of the earthqukšta Prince Edward Road on the morn- disaster. I should be glad if you ing of January 4, dying three days would convey to the Governors' of Later in Kowloon Hospital. A ver- Bihar and Oriana, and "Bengal, my dict of» accidental" death was “re- deep sympathy for those barasvel or turned, no blame being attached to] rendered | höusalase by this, catás- theidriyary

trophe --British 'Wireless Service.