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STRONG PROTEST AGAINST NEW TAXATION VOICED IN COUNCIL MUSSOLINI CHEERED Sir Henry Pollock Alleges Unconstitutionality

BY 100,000

44,000,000 ITALIANS

IN UNISON

SPEECH INTERPRETED AS LAST DECISIVE MOVE

*** GRINA MAIL * SPECIAL

Rome, To-day.

More than 10,000,000 Italians left their work promptly. at 3.30 p.m. yesterday, when wireless, sirens on ships in port, buzzers on all factory buildings and the bells of all churches through- out the land and the colonies across the seas join- ed in a chorus, which was the preconcerted signal for "civil mobilisation," which the radio an- nouncer said was to serve as a plebiscite to de

High Commissioner Amilio de Bono (left) of Eritres and Italian Somaliland is responsible to. Il Duce for the safety of civilians and accurate reports of Ethiopian activities, and the Duke of Bergano, nephew of the King of Italy, has been assign- ed to a high command in East Africa.

UNOFFICIALS NOT

CONSULTED

KEEN RESENTMENT

AROUSED

CIVIL SERVICE CUTS REMEDY FOR BUDGET DEFICIT

In his speech on behalf of the Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council at the Bud- get meeting this afternoon, the Senior Unofficial Member, the Hon. Sir Henry Pollock, after ex- pressing appreciation at the "able and clear statement" of the Government regarding the Budget, proceeded to comment somewhat strong

monstrate that the whole Italian people endorses NO EUROPEAN OFFENSIVE ly on a part of the Colonial Secretary's Budget the decision for the expedition to East Africa, confirms the national desire for expansion and prests against the resistance offered by foreign Peers to the realisation of these plans.

All factories, offices and shops were closed, workers at once proceeding to their appointed places. Flags were hung out from every win- dow, all the public buildings were illuminated, and trams and buses were filled.

Black Shirts, militia and soldiery in full uniform marched along the main thoroughfares, while the wireless broadcasted patriotic songs and warlike marches and raised the fervour of the crowds to white heat Everywhere the multitude joined in the singing of the Fascist war songs.

The air was thick with aeroplanes circling over the heads of the demonstrators. Placards were quickly displayed in all prominent places, and reproduced the Duce's words: “A regime which is not an episode, but an epoch that does not bend before surfeited arrogance.”

BRITISH GOVERNMENT POLICY UPHELD

Overwhelming Vote At Labour

·Party Congress

**CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

London, To-day.

A resolution in favour of sanc- tions was adopted by the Labour Party Congress at Brighton with the overwhelming majority of 2,168,000 votes to 102,000. Even those who expected the recent de- cision to the same

ASSURANCES

REITERATED

BY ITALIANS Defensive Position Mediterranean

The Ho Sir William Shenton,

Kt LD issued a grave warning dipping into the Colony's financial

this afternoon against the continual

reserves.

Hon. Dr. Kotewall's Speech

Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall said:

Addressing the Council the

speech to which they "take the strongest excep- tion.” This concerned the steps contemplated in advance by the Government to combat either a sharp drop in the dollar or a serious decline in re- venue or possibly both, in which case it might be In-necessary to devise some additional taxation.

Sir Henry objected most strongly to any dual items in the Estimates, but such provisions, and maintained that any such confine myself to broad principles deficits "ought to be made good exclusively in the of budgeting and general policy of salaries of civil servants," pointing out that the tons on these points my Chinese increases in such salaries gazetted in June, 1980, collaigues.

FRANCE TO CONTINUE AS MODERATOR

P Today

I shall, as I did last year, ab- stain from comments indivi-

administration

It is learned in semi-official were very strongly opposed by the Unofficial effect taken

circles that the Italian Ambas-

by the Trade Union Congress at Margate to be confirmed by the sador, Signor Vittorio Cerutti, Members at the time. Sir Henry also objected Labour Party did not expect saw M. Pierre Laval the that the policy to be pursued in this matter had such an impressive demonstration French Prime Minister. yester been sanctioned by the Secretary of State with of approval of the Government

day, with the object of renew- policy-Trans-Ocean ServiceTM

:

This vast demonstration, or-

ITALIAN

U.S. TO REMAIN ganised entirely by the Fascist Party, aims at showing the NEUTRAL

world that all Italy is behind

Policy Reiterated By Roosevelt

San Diego, To-day.

Signor Mussolini. By 6-15 pm every man, woman and youth was required to be in his place. all of them complying with the

Reiterating the United most perfect discipline.

States determination to remain

neutral-

delivered

President Roosevelt the a message to "war-threatened world" in a speech at the California Pacific Exhibition yesterday.

He said it was not surprising

that many of their citizens felt

a deep sense of apprehension

Other cable messages garding the Italo-Abyssinian dispate will be found Page 9.

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ing the assurance that Italy in out the matter being brought to the notice of the no case would take the initia-Unofficials at all, which he said was unconstitu tive of an offensive in Europe.

She would maintain

a strictly

tional.

1

In my observa-

expressed coder-

NEW TAXATION Honourable Senior, Unoffi

a Member has voiced the united body on the subject of possible new taxation. As the Chinese 1community pays over 90 per cent of the Colony's taxes, I make no apology for offering a few addi-

and strong views of the unofficial

VIOLATION defensive position in the Mediter- The claim that local taxation is sufficiently onerous as it is tional remarks on this important ranean if only economic sanctions in these times of depression was also strongly voiced by the Hon. subject The statement in this OF FRONTIER and financial sanctions were Sir William Shenton and by the Hon. Dr. R H Kotewall, on behalf regard, which Your Excellency of the Unofficial Chinese Members. Dr. Kotewall also raised the considered it recessary to make at applied. NEGUS COMPLAINS

It is stressed here that while point of the legitimate use of the surplus in such a time of stress the last meeting of this Corneil Britain has made known that she as this, remarking that a "reserve which is eternally inviolate has caused the community grave TO LEAGUE

will take no action, except col is a useless excresence."

The Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga dealt at length with the problems capacity, if not beyond it, and any concern; for it is already taxed to lectively, France is not abandon-1,

win Kowloon, and the Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson, on behalf of the new tax-burdens may be the laxt OBSERVERS ON THE SPOT- ing her moderate stand.

informed sources believe that Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, advocated a reduction straw. REQUESTED

in certain charges on shipping and the postal services, and the sanctions would not be so exces-

(Continued on Page 10.) sive as to accentuate the inter-abandonment of the separate Government telephone exchange

The question of the recruitment of local Government ser-

Addis Ababa, To-day.

The Negus, in a telegram to national tension and that Earo- the League of Nations compeau complications in the Medi-ants, in preference to those engaged on sterling salaries, both as Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga's plaining at the Italian violation terranean therefore seem to bel of the Ethiopian frontier south avoided Beater.

The climax was reached at 7of Mount Moussa Ali, adds that

a means to combat local unemployment among the better educat- ed classes and as a measure of economy, was also touched on by two speakers

lest some nations repeated the p.m., when Signor Mussolini be the Italians are establishing a MAJOR-GEN. CRAIG Sir Henry Pollock's

base in Ethiopian territory with

folly of 20 years ago and drag-gan addressing the nation from the object of organising a big ged civilisation to a level from the Palazzo Venezia, telling what attack. It suggests that the which world-wide · recovery might be almost impossible. the Government was about to an-League Council should send ob- Despite what happens in the dertake at this critical hour of servers to the spot or obtain continents overseas the United the nation's history. States must remain unentangled and free.

They not only desired peace, but were moved by the stern determination to avoid the perils endangering their peace with the world. Reuter.

Mussolini's Speech

confirmation of the violation from the authorities of French Somaliland.

The Italian Legation is sending its archives to the railway station and is burning documents in the Legation garden.

PROMOTED

United

Speech

Sir Wm. Shenton's

Speech

Speech

Addressing the Council, the Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga said:——

"Two statements in the Colonial Secretary's Budget Speech appear to me to conflict; they call for Chief of Staff In

Addressing the Council, the Addressing the Council, the some explanation. The first is U.S. "Army

Hon. Sir Henry Pollock said: Hon. Sir William Shenton said: that on the instructions of the

"As the Senior Unofficial Mem- "On a careful consideration of Secretary of State six more opium Washington, To-day.

There ber I have been asked by my col- the Estimates, I am unable to take,shops would be opened' President Roosevelt has a leagues to express our joint views in a measure, the care view of are at present seven such shops. pointed Major-General Malin Craig upon the Budget for 1936. this Colony's financial position as The Colonial Treasurer, disputes Chief of Staff in the

the forecast of the revente deriv-" my colleagues. "At the outset we congratulate States army in succession to Gen-

"In the preparation of a Co-able from the sale of opium. He eral Douglas Macarthur, who is the Colonial Secretary and Mr-lonial Badget the following prin- asserts that the opium monopoly retiring on. December 15 in order Grantham (whose impending deciples are, I think, fundamental: still declines and the estimate for Geneva: The text of the Negus's to organise the defences of the parture from the Colony we very telegram is being circulated to all new Commonwealth Government much regret) upon the able and clear statement which has been began Signor Mussolini, speaking the members of the Council. An of the Philippines. from the historic balcony of the urgent meeting of the Council is Palazzo Venezia to an immense likely to be held very soon. Fascist demonstration of hun- dreds of thousands that stood wedged tightly shoulder to should- er in the immense public square Memel, To-day.jbelow.

MEMEL DIET ELECTIONS

Results To Be Issued Next Week

· CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

"Men and women of all Italy! Italians on the other side of the Alps and across the seas! Hear!"

The counting of the votes cast “A solemn hour in the history in the Diet election promises to be

of the fatherland is "dawning.

an extremely slow procedure, and

it is not expected that the results Twenty million Italians are 25-

will be available before Tuesday sembled at this moment all over

TEXT CIRCULATED

CLASH AT MOUSSA. ALI

Paris: Italian troops

and Ethiopian irregulars clashed at Moussa All Some dead zig 26- ported," according to a telegram. to the newspaper Soir; from Addis Ababa Beuter.

General Malin Craig served in laid before us regarding the Bad- France and has commanded the get. We also thank the Colonial American Ninth Corps Area since Treasurer for his lucid and in-

formative Memorandum on 1930. Reuter

financial position, and the Direc- tor of Public Works for his notes on Public Works Extraordinary

WEATHER REPORT

OUT":

An anticyclone is forming to for 1936 and also for the informa the north of the Central Yangtze tion which he and his stan kindly Valley. A shallow depression is gave us in Public Works Com moving north-eastward over the mittee. northern part of the Sea of Japan. The depression over Annam has

It is possible to call the Coun-filled up. A small depression - is

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(1) The Budget · must be 1936 is perhape “zather optimis- balanced.

tically placed at $300,000.” It is (2) Where actual balancing regrettable that the Colony is is impracticable no effort must going to increase the number of be neglected to reduce the an- ita opium shops. It is a decision nual deficit.

that, in the opinion of many, is (Continued on Page 11)

(Continued on Page 10.)

Hon Mr. Paterson's Speech

Addressing the Council, the Colonial Secretary in intr cing Hon Mr J. J. Paterson said: the Budget Indicated the the "In the absence from the Colony policy of the Government at pre- of the Hon. Mz Bell I have been sent is to curtail expenditur asked to say on behalf of the Com-only question is whether

merce, which he represents, that We agree with Six Berlin, To-day- Fran Goebbels, the Committee finds itself in ton that they do

of next work. Yesterday bundles Italy. This is the most gigantic cl at any time, as the Committee situated about 250 miles to the SON BORN TO FRAU GOEEBELS mittee of the Chamber of Composed, reductions go

of voting slips were opened and compared with the electoral lists,

|| demonstration known in while to-day the slips will be history. Twenty millions

of Thirteen, which meets to-day east of South Luzon, moving to hear its report, comprises all north-north west. East and north-

of one the members of the Council éxcept erst -winda, moderate; fine to the wife of the Minister of Pro- general agreement with the ob- "Economic nat 1Italy and Ethiopia and in order to cloudy was the forecast for to-day, ida, gave birth to a son yes- servations made in this debate by the world

leem | the Hon. Sir Wildene She

“The speech of the Honourable

scrutinised in order to determine heart, uɑne wil, one devotion. which are valid. Trans Ocean] Service.

(Continued" on Page 6)

ail, it is as issued by the Boyal Obi Page 1) ktory this morning.

Service

enough.

Shen-

flow

[of trade," and "

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