1935-04-10 — Page 1

DRINK

FINAL EDITIO

LIPTON'S China Mail

YELLOW LABEL

TEA

SALE

ALL DEPARTMENTS

LADIES WEAR

KNIT SUITS: JUMPERA

SHO) WI

“TWEED SUITB, UNI

COATS EAR

Est. 1841.

THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED NEW PAPER IN THE FAR EAST

Fat 1845.

PAUL RENNET

Font four

CIE

No. 29,005

HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY

RIL 10, 1935. PRICE $3.00 Per Month

PROPOSED MILITARY AGREEMENT BETWEEN FRANCE AND RUSSIA GERMANY DEMANDS MAY REPLACE PROJECTED EASTERN PACT

The Huey Long statement to the United States Senato that Frank Murphy of Detroit, above, now governor-general of the Philippines, would be named postmaster-general when James A.. Farley resigns, elfelled A denial from the White House. But ramours connecting hit name with another high post persint.

ALL WOLFRAM

IN'S. KIANGSI

ARMY OF 55.000

AIR PARITY WITH FRANCE

35 1

AND BRITAIN

PER CENT. CLAIM ON BRITISH

NAVAL TONNAGE

SIR J. SIMON'S REPORT

London, To-day.

Although he declined in the House of Com- mons yesterday to make a personal pronounce ment on Government Policy, pending the Stresa Conference, Sir John Simon, the Foreign Secre- tary, briefly reviewed the negotiations in Berlin, Moscow, Warsaw and Prague regarding the pro- posed non-aggression pact.

Keithaftehrer Adol".

Hitler: Carrow stands in his car in Saarbrucken and acknowledges cheer urlar his surprise visit on the day the Baur Begin He said that Germany did not reject the Idea of a Central was returned to Germany, after 15 years of League of Nations control. In- European pact, but foresaw great difficulty in defining non-inter-et shows one of the huge banners that welcomed Herr Hitler to his new ference in relation to Austria. However, Germany was prepared

TAKEN OVER to consider the subject If other Governments reached an agree

Private Working Ban By Military

MINES, TO BE EXPLOITED BY MODERN METHODS

From Our Own Correspondent)

Canton, To-day:

ment thereon.

Both the Polish and Czechoslovakian Foreign Ministers hop- ed to make progress with a Central European pact at Stresa..

Herr Hitler stated that Ger `AIRˇPACT" FAVOURED" many required 36' divisions, re- presenting a maximum of 55.000 of an air pact between the Locarno Germany favoured the suggestion soldiers, including a division of Powers Nazi Guards, and militarised Police

Herr Hitler reiterated the state ment that Germany would not con-

domain,

SHANGHAI GERMAN HOCKEY ELEVEN SELECTED

Meet Colony Side On Sat

And Civilians On Monday

Having regard to the good de Germany claimed the right to tinue her participation in the Saturday, and she, Ovilke vide mand for tungsten or wolfram-possess all types of arms possessed League if she remained in an on the Royal Naval ground by armament firms abroad, the by other countries, but was preferriar position and declared that First Group Army has taken over Pared to refrain from the con- Germany is in an inferior posi the wolfram mines In Bai Wah struction of certain types if other tion without colonies. Mountain in Southern Kinngst, countries would cease to make them.

Private exploitation is now, pro- hibited.

As regards the navy, Ger many claimed 35 per cent of the British tonnage and air parity between Britain, France and Germany, provided the Soviet air force did not re quire revision.

The mines are located about four miles from Tayu, the headquarters of the Kwangtung forces In southern Klangsi. The peasants at first did not know the value of wolfram, until a company was

If an arms limitation were established there and bought the reached Germany would work for mineral from private exploiters at an agreement involving supervision low prices.

if applied to all powera equally.

Prices as, sold in Hong Kong rose from $40 Hong Kong currency

to H.K. $90 per picul of 183, 1/8.

pounds. This boom increased fur- GERMANY IS

ther exploitation of the mines, and over 2,000 huts were constructed to accommodate the miners: At that time there was prosperity in the villages near Sal

Wah Moun- tain,

Fortunately the amount of wolfram raised was not much, the mines being worked entirely by hand. Now the military authorities have sent a mining engineer to survey the area and to prove the quality of the mineral prior to systematic exploitation.

DISAPPOINTED

IN SIR J. SIMON Positive Side Of Berlin Talks Not Emphasised Sufficiently

OFFICIAL SCRUTINY OF SPEECH BEFORE ISSUE TO PRESS

Berlin, To-day

.|:་

The British Minister expressed strong disagreement with certain points; indeed at the conclusion of the Borlin interview. Sir John ex- pressed disappointment at the dif cultles in the way of an agreement.

Sir John remarked that the

team to meet the Culber Monday, bath games to be played. King's Park, has been selected and. is as follows;

Tiefenbancher; Melchers and Sommer;

Remmelo, Berg, and Siemssen; Kuelpe Wetzell; Moeller, Neelmayer, and Stuhl- mann.

Reagrves: Will and Soenkasen.

Stresa meeting would be followed by MOTOR SPIRIT FROM

League Council, meeting, which had been convened by France for next Monday.

The British Premier, Mr. Ram- say MacDonald, promised to arrange the foreign affaire debate in the House of Commons for after Easter.

-Reuter.

SUMMARISED STATEMENT wwws London, To-day. The Foreign Secretary, Sir

John Simon, on the eve of his de

parture for the

Three Power

COAL

Chinese Chemists At Sheffield

HUGE ORDER FOR BRITAIN ANTICIPATED

INCREASING

MENACE OF

COMMUNISTS

10,000 REDS ACTIVE IN HUNAN

TRANSFER OF TROOPS TO THREATENED AREAS

[From Our Own: Córrespondant]

Canton-To-day.

REVISION OF LEAGUE

COVENANT

MOMENTOUS DECISIONS REACHED AFTER TWO-HOUR MEETING

LAVAL TO VISIT MOSCOW

ON APRIL 23

Paris, To-day. The Franco-Russian convention, which was virtually agreed yesterday, is designed to replace the projected Eastern Pact if Germany and Po land continue to refuse to participate in it, as seems inevitable.

According to the newspapers the convention will ultimately take the form of a military agreement grafted into a revision of the League of Nations' mechanism and will devetail Into the French proposals at Stresa, namely a revision of the League Covenant, and so will emphasise the defensive co-operation as- peats and controlled. Imitation of armaments: accompanied by military agreements of mutual assistance open to all.

The projected Franco-Russian.

US. NAVAL WORKS convention consists of two parts:

PROGRAMME BILL

PASSED IN SENATE

Now Awaitin

Of Presi

WWWashington, To-day. The Senate yesterday, pass2?) ed the Naval Works Pro- gramme Bill End The Bill now goes to the Pre- sident for signature. -Reuter

A Reuter's message of March

The tramfer of North-e kern. troops in Hopei under Lieut General Ho Chu-kuo to Huna” m. 27. stated;——

connection with the suppression of the Communists there was con firmed on Monday night by a high official of the First Group

Requesting the League Council to reaffirm, and re- inforce articles X, XVI and XVII of the covenant.

and

mutual French tian; obligations

private luncheon M niin telegraphed M. Litvin on, the Russian, Foreign Minis-

greeing to the con Ivent and also fixing April 38 as the date of M. Laval's visit to Moscow

TWO-HOUR MEETING

The meeting of M. Laval with A sum of U.S.$88,000,000 has sentative, of which the agree M. Potemkin, the Russian repre- been allocated to the naval ment was the outcome lasted

works programme.

DISMISSED

CHINESE STEAMER "AGROUND

two hours. Thereafter the ex The bill passed by the House change of views was continued of Representatives includes at a private luncheon, which the $26,000,000 for the West Coast diplomatic representatives of and Pearl Harbour, Hawall Rumania, Czechoslovakia, Jugo in the course of un interview. Several millions are to be ex-slavia, Greece, and Turkey at

Over 10,000 Communist troops pended on ammunition depots tended Reuter are giving trouble to the Hunan Panama Canal zone.

and a submarine base in the provincial forces. In spite of daily official reports of victories London, To-day over the Communists General FRED ELLIS APPEAL Sheffield, is anticipating the re-Chiang Kai-shek, Chairman of Conference at Stresa, made a ceipt of orders for plant amount the Military Affairs, Commission,

considers it necessary to streng statement yesterday evening lng to hundreds of thousands o with regard to the recent explo pounds sterling, following the ar- It is possible that the Kwel-

then the defence of Hunan. ratory tour of European capitais rival of the Chinese Government chow Reds are heading for western Sir John Simon said it would be chemists, Messrs. Chin Wen al and Hunan, although their exact move appreciated that, just as the visit Soon Wen, in connection with the ments are not certain. paid to Berlin, Moscow, Warsaw and Chinese Government's intention to Frague arose out of the London de produce motor spirit from coal on

The Canton Daily Sun yesterday stated on claration of February 8, so these a large scale by the low-tempera- martial law and the curfew visits were to provide material ture carbonisation process are still in force in Kwelyang,

Messrs. Ching Wen-al and Soon capital of Kwelchow

visited the works at Doncaster samples of Chinese coal

Continued on Page 0.)

The sale of wolfram in Canton Sir John Simon's speech will as to the views of the other is a government monopoly. Private be closely scrutinised officially Governments who were connected companies obtain the mineral in before its issue to the press, with the Stresa meeting of the Bri- Northern and Eastern Kwangtung

It is understood that official cir-tish, French and the Italian Gov and send the ore here to be sold clea feel that Sir John Simon has ernments, which will begin to-mor by the Kwangtung Products Sales Insufficiently emphasised that post-w Bureau,

tive side of the Berlin discussions In these circumstances; he could and Germany's willingness to asalat only make a summarised, statement in the pacification of Europe and of what had been ascertai -as to even to make practical proposals in the views of the other the matter.

AMERICAN MINISTER VISITING NANKING

For Conference On Trade Questions

Nanking, today.

Mr. Nelson T. Johnson,

can Minister to China, is sch

to leave Pelping, to-day 1

to the Capital goed

tion from diplomi

purpose of Mr.

visit Is

quest

The officially inspired Diploma tische Korrespondens declares that Germany is ready to participate in any arms convent. all participant obligations and

COLONY WATER CONSUMPT

total

City

It would not be possible Occasion for the

the British Governm

#As regards the no-ci Past ftpla

ited and found satisfactory,

STOP PRESS

REV. SWANN FAREWELLED

With Family On Retirement

Sweepstake Ticket Sale

In Shanghai

The

Shanghai To-day peal of Mr. Fred Ellis,

late of Hong-1 convicted off sel weepstake, tickets, was he yesterday afternoon in the tish Supreme Court A. G. Mossop and and was dismissed.

A Reuter's message=of: 21 stated that Mr. Fred

former Hong Kong |charged with Gunlawful

tickets in the Internation try Club New

had been Loun

|been bound over, for three FORT

two sureties of 425, each

WEATHER REPORT

Cargo Of Matches Total Loss

LIKELY TO BE REFLOATED

VERY SHORTLY. -..

believed that there

Chinese steamer be- to Tai Fung S.J. Co.,

Connaught Road went ashore at Tai

point about 40

ng," will be

ext:

Сыря