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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT MAY SEEK TO AMEND US. CONSTITUTION

General Hugh Johnson-former chief of the National · Recovery Administration, was in conference with President -Roosevelt yester- day.

RED DRIVE

ON CHENGTU

SUCCESSFUL LIBEL ACTION

$5,000 DAMAGES AGAINST LOCAL PAPER

INDISCREET PUBLICATION

OF LETTER

Damages amounting to $5,000 and costs were this morning awarded by His Honour the Chief Justice, Mr. A. D. A. MacGregor, to Mr. Robert Roe Cuthbert, a well-known Hoihow merchant, who claimed a sum of $25,000 from the South China Morning Post and Mr. Benjamin Wylie, General Manager, for damage to his reputation as the result of a letter published in their issue of August 21, 1934, in which exception was taken to certain words and phrases.

The action was the result of a letter published in connec tion with a mine in Hoihow, in which the writer of the letter al-

under false pretences-

PROBABLE leged that the plaintiff had obtained money to develop the mine

Threat From North And South

DEFENCES STRENGTHENED

[From Our Own Correspondent] ̧

Canton, To-day

A joint Communist drive on

יךָ

Mr. F. C. Jenkin, instructed by Mr. D. L. Strellett, of Messrs. Geo K. Hall-Brution and Company, was for the plaintiff," while Mr. Eldon Potter, KC, instructed by Mr. M. E. Turner, of blessrs. Deacons, was for the first and second defendants, the South China Morning Post and Mr. Benjamin Wylie. There was a third defen- ¡dant în Mr. James MacPartland. the writer of the letter which

appeared in the South China Morning Poste

Mr. F. C. Jenkin, opening the;

that Chengtu from the North and South case for the plaintiff, said appears likely, as the Red units owing to a recent turn of the case jall that remained for him was to have occupied Mou Hsien in the determine what amount of dam- North and Han Yuen in the South ages should be paid to Mr. R. R Mou Haien is about. 60 miles North Cuthbert

of Chengtu, where General Chiang

;

His client, Counsel said, was 63 years of age and had been for 35

Kai-shek has his temporary head-rears in this part of the world.

quarters..

He had been Messrs. Butterfield

20

Attacks on Chengtu are anti-and: Swire's agent for 17 years at cipated by General Chiang, who Hoitow and was a business agent, ordered two divisions to streng-jan auctioneer and

estate then the defences of that town valuer. His social status was two days ago. His presence in equal to that of the British Consul Chengtu is intended to be a check and the heads of the various Bri- against the provincial troops tish firms, and he was to have slackening their efforts against been made a Magistrate. the enemy.

MINING CONCESSION.

Hsu Hsiang-ch'ien, the notori- ous Communist leader, is at Mou At a certain period in 1931 be Hsien which is directly above came into touch with a person în Chengtu. The exact strength of connection with 3 Hoihow. min~ Hsu's forces is not exactly known, ing concession which had

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RETAIL BUSINESS

IN BRITAIN

Marked Increase In Money Value

London, To-day. The money value of retail sales in Britain last month was 10.3

been given him by the Chinese Gover- ment. The latter had been in fin-

Cuth

Jancial difficulties and Mr.

bert came to his help and raised the money from among friends, and also invested a large sum of his own money. The sum of $17,- 000 was raised and work was pro ceed with, but not without hin- drances.

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per cent. above that of April 1936 BRITISH WOMEN'S

and 7 per cent more than in April

1933 when, as last month, Easter

GOLF TITLE

fell All districts shared in the Wanda Morgan To Meet

increased basiness.

The total sales in the first quar-¡ ter-of-the-trade year were--5-per cent, above those for February to April, 1934. Stocks at the end of last month were 14 per cent lower in value than at the close of April,

Pamela Barton

Newcastle, County Down.

"To-day.

'QUAKE IN FORMOSA

WEAK SHOCKS CAUSE PANIC

NO DAMAGE DONE

Taihoka, Formosa, To-day. · The Police Affairs Bureau reports that an earthquake oc- curred at 3.45 am. in Taichu and Shinchiku provinces.

The shocks were relatively weak, but there was consider- able panic, people rushing out of their houses though reports from the local police stations in the affected area indicate that no damage and no casual- ties occurred.

The shocks were felt weakly at Taiboka ---Renter-

BAHRAM HOT FAVOURITE ·

DERBY CALL-OVER FIGURES

The Misses Margaret and Medora Roosevelt, daughters of George Roosevelt, kinsman of President Roosevelt, will both wed- Italian youths. Margaret (right), will be wife of Alesandro Pal- Izvicini, radio clerk in his father's store, and Medora (left), will mazury, Massimo Treves, son of a Milan business. executive.

ALTERNATIVE APPEAL

TO INDUSTRY

VOLUNTARY OBSERVANCE OF CODE PROVISIONS MANY CORPORATIONS WILLING TO CO-OPERATE

Washington, Today. The first flurry of anxiety at the Supreme Court's death blow to the National Recovery Ad- ministration codes is gradually being replaced by a feeling that no great change in the national economy is imminent. President Roosevelt ear- ly resumed his conferences with his lieutenants, but no agreement regarding policy is yet in sight

Two suggestions are at present receiving considerations firstly, to rely on the voluntary observance of the codes as a stop- gap; and secondly, an amendment to the constitution to enable

less of the State rulings,

FRENCH BILL REJECTED the Government, to regulate hours and wages in industry regard

LES TERRITORY NO BASE FOR ATTACK ON BRITAIN

De Valera's Assurance In Dail

Dublin, To-day. Replying to an onslaught by the Opposition in the Dail, Mr. de Valera, President of the Izish Free State, gave an assurance that Free State territory will not be permitted to be used as a base for an attack on Great Britain.

They were prepared to enter

-into-

29 *g-cement with Britai and purchase pound for pound from her. They were even pre- pared to give Britain preference when the Free State had to pir chase outside.

War in Europe might possibly develop a most serions situazion for the Free State. The latter would do everything in her power to defend her own territory.-- Beuter.

UNIVERSITY

STUDENTS IN

NEW REVOLT

Attacks Directed On

Three Professors

ATTEMPT TO SIDETRACK STIFF EXAMINATION

[From Our Own Correspondent] Canton, To-day. To forestall a stiff examination which is due next month certain

CHAMBER DEALS

SEVERE BLOW TO

GOVERNMENT

•Franc Speculators To

Be Prosecuted

About: 700 letters received at the White House overnight ar- vealed a ratio of 9 to 1 în favour of the new NEA On-the other hand the labour leaders are frankly pessimistic and Mr.

Francis Gorman, spokesman of the united textile workers, pressed the fear that there might be trouble in the South.

Well-informed observers be ROOSEVELT flieve that President Roosevelt

will not try to attempt to restore COMMENTS FOR the NRA to life by the revalu tionary process of amending the constitution, but are of the opin ion that the President will try: ja more modest solution, along the lines of an appeal to the nation The Finance Commission of the voluntarily to maintain the la

bour provisions of the codes until Chamber voted by 25 votes to 15 Congress can take action against the Plenary Powers Bill

PREMIER DETERMINED TO PASS MEASURE

Paris, To-day.

FIRST TIME

PROTECTION FOR THE MAJORITY

AGAINST "HIFTING BELOW

THE BELT

Washington, To-day.

A number of big corporations The Finance. Commission's re-throughout the country have ali jection of the Plenary Powers ready indicated, their willingness Bill is a severe blow to the Gov-lo accept this solution, under Making his first comment on ernment. It came after hearing which a crest and symbol would the invalidation of the NRA the Finance Minister, M. Ger replace the Blue Eagle ensign.resident Roosevelt, after a com main-Martin, who declined to This would be awarded to all ference with General Hugh John- commit the Government beyond firms complying with the Gov-on, former head of the NRA giving an assurance that there ferment regulations regarding and Mr. Felix Frankfurter, Ha- would be no reduction in the per-hours, wages and fair competi-ward Professor of Law, and sions of ex-Servicemen and low-tion. Renter.

paid civil servants' salaries.

The Commission, however, was unanimous in favour of prosecut- ing speculators in the franc.

Everything now. depends on the impression M. Flandin

can make on the Chamber to-day, as the Pre-i mier is determined to proceed

Another Challenge

Pending?

TAX ON SILVER PROFITS

others, stated that he was close- ly watching conditions through out the country. In a statement. made at a press conference, when surrounded by a crowd of news- paper men. the President first refused to discuss the NRA but later, when asked about the New York, To-day.

threatened coal strike, he shoved with the Bill and leave to the attitude created by the NRA talk.

Symptomatic of the sweeping back his chair and started to Chambers the onus of deciding for decision towards or against the maintenance of the New Deal measures, there is now was very similar to many

the varionE, He said that the coal situation frane at the present gold rate considerable talk in bullion cir problems brought about by the other Reuter.

cles of a challenge to the cor- Supreme Court decision. The real stitutionality of the impositions news is what is happening of a 50 per cent. tar on silver throughout the nation in - every profits, on the grounds that it is town and community. discriminatory upon one class of

students in the Department of TWO BILLS

Chinese Literature of Sun Yat- sen University are renewing a movement to oust Professor Kool Chih, head of the Department,

who sprang into the limelight by demanding the arrest of Dr. Haj' Shih, for his recent speech at the Hong Kong University.

CONSIDERED

BY SENATE FURTHER RESULTS

OF NRA. DECISION

PROTESTS AND WARNINGS

the people

SENATE RESOLUTION

.

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ANGLO-AMERICAN CONFERENCE

A H Vandenberg introduced into

Similarly the Republican Senator BARRIERS TO TRADE

the Senate a resolution to halt the Generally speaking, the agita-

reciprocal tariff policy, contending that the Supreme Court decision tors are preferring 10 charges against Professor Koo' and ask).

Ihad demonstrated that Congress had their fellow students to help to

exceeded its authority in delegating Washington, To-day power to the President to negotiate remove him. However, the ac-

In the face of the Indications of reciprocal tarifi agreements. cusations are not borne out by

a battle at every step. by its op facts and it is unlikely that Pre-ponents, the Senate voted to take

(Continued on Page 12 The following is the call-over for sident Chow Lu will take action

HAIRAN SECOND FANCY

London, To-day

The finalists in the British Wo- the Derby, which takes place next against the professor. men's Golf championship are Miss Wednesday at Epsom:...

1934 Employment was 17 Per Wanda Morgan, the former English cent greater. - British Wireless champion, and Miss Pamela Barton,

Service.

SOVIET AND JAPAN

winner of the Royal Mid-Surrey Women's Championship and last

year's runner-up in the open.

In the Semi-Final Round Miss Fisheries Convention

Wanda Morgan beat Miss Ander son, runner-up in last year's Scot- To Be Revised tish Women's Championship, by 2

and 1, while Miss Pamela Barton Moscow, To-day. beat her younger sister, Miss At the request of the Japanese Mervyn Barton, by 2 and 1. Government the Soviet Government There was a very interesting has declared its readiness to enter Fourth Bound encounter when Misa into diplomatic Degutiations" with "a | Anderson beat Miss Newell, of view to revising the theries Con-Derby, who is the youngest wom

vention between the,

span-Renter

and magistrate in the country, by 3 and

2

Beater

Bahram laid 4 to 5, wanted 8 to

11.

Hairan 9 to 1 offered. 10 to 1

taken

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WEATHER REPORT"

up the Holding Companies BIL ROUND THE HOUSES The action was taken despite pro- tests and warnings, several "mem- bers asserting that it would be a grave mistake to proceed now with- out re studying the Bill in the light, of the NRA. decision

A moderate anti-cyclone covers the lower Yangtze Valley and the In view of the NRA. experience Eastern Sea and a ridge of moder the opposition is regarded to have ately high pressure extends from it been greatly strengthened, arous-

CAR RACE

Australian's Triumph At Isle Of Man

The 200 miles

London, To-day

in Douglas, Isle

won easily by the

Theft 10 to 1 taken and offered Sea Bequest 100 to 3 offered. Field Trial 100 to 7 offered, 15

to 1 taken.

to south-west Manchuria Pressure ing hopes of ultimately averting over the "Round the First Son 25 to 1.

is moderately high over the Pacific the worst features of the Bill Fairbairn 28 to 1 taken and to the south west of the Bonins

offered.

The depres

is situated to the Fairhaven 28 to 1 offered, 3 to north of Halicaido, with a secondary

1 taken

depression to the east of Tokyo, both Hobin Goodfellow 50 to 1 taken are moving to the eAX

and offered.

South-east winds Assignation 60 to 1 offered

some local

taken

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BANKING BILL OPPOSITION

Party

P. G. Fairfield, on Mr. Owen D. Young, testifying especially built for before the Senate committee in op-average speed of position to the Banking BIH, Dixon, on a Bile asserted that. It would

with a speed of 64.11

There were 137/

covery.

He warned

that nothing should be

Continued on page 93

Service

QUESTION IN COMMONS

London, To-day. The Prime Minister, replying to a question in Parliament, said that the Government had not been n

recent communication with the Government of the United States with a view to hokhing a confer stabilisation, and

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