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OPERATIC MUSIC

New Version

The Choral Group Of An

In spite of the

bad weather em Old Tune

Berlin, To-day.

Saturday night a large and very appreciative audience assembled at the Recreio Club to attend the Cons cert organised by Professor E, Gualdi in aid of the poor who are German colonial' agitation, which for some time past has taken the helped by the Society of St. Vin-

form of accusations against the cent de Paul.

Government of the South African The major part of the programme Union in connexion with the treat- was supplied by the Choral Group, ment of the German minority in the a very effective body

singers

mandated territory of South-West directed by Prof. Gualdi. The Group is chiefly heard in the music Africa, flared up again yesterday.

This time it is in the newspaper of Italian operas and English ma- "Deutsche Allgemeine -Zeitung

that the question is raised.

of

success

it drigals, but by this time

has proved itself capable of giving an excellent performance of every kind of choral music. On Saturday it sang with equal

Orlando Gibbons' "The Silver Swan" and Vedi's chorus from I Lombardi. It contributed an original item by giving the first performance of a new setting of Allingham's poem “Wishing" by Fr. Riganti, who play- ed the accompaniment, and received an ovation at its conclusion.

The journal accuses the Union Government of taking advantage of the procedure of the mandates com- mission in order to resort to dila- tory tactics.“

surprising

"The result of this conduct,” says the paper, “will be that the complaints of the German population can be dealt with at Geneva next year at the earliest.

"Perhaps, however, only the one- sided report of the Union Govern- ment will be discussed by the

The quality of the singers who are in the Choral Group was prov- ed by the high quality of the solo League, without the position of the Germans in the territory even be- items performed by some of the

ing explained." members. These included Mrs.

The Berliner Tageblatt” joins Choy, who gave a delightful speci- in the outcry with an accusation men of bel canto and Miss C. Pang, who contributed items from Verdi's that the South African Government has maintained "systematic mea- Il Trovatore, Miss Hyndman, who sang the solo part of some items insures for suppressing German cul- which the choir also took part, and ture and with a proclamation which Mr. G. D'Aquino, the most popular placed Germans in an impossible

position." Trans-Ocean.

tenor in Hong Kong-,

Additional items were contribut- ed by Miss Prue Lewis, whose violin playing is always a delight to hear, and Dr. H. Talbot, whose selection of songs included Schubert's Sere- nade.

Both the audience, who, thorough- ly enjoyed the performance, and the poor who are benefited by the pro- ceeds of the Concert, are greatly indebted to Prof. Gualdi and those associated with him for organising a performance of outstanding suc-

cess.

JAPAN NOT MENACE TO PHILIPPINES

Tokyo Policies Being

Understood.

MUSSOLINI AND ARMS ISSUE

Ready To Support Conference.

Milan, May 30. The report that Signor Mussolini told the head of the Scripps-Ho- ward agency in a recent interview that he hoped President Roosevelt would convoke a world conference on limitation of armaments, is false, according to the "Popold d'Italia.”

The Duce, it declares, limited himself to saying that, in case the American president should call such a conference, he would be as- sured of Italy's support. Meanwhile, Il Duce made it plain that there was no question of disarmament. Yokohama, May 30. The first point would be to limit Well-informed quarters in Mani-programmes for future armaments, la "Taugh- away" the belief that before reducing present ones.—— Japan presents a ménacé

to the Havas. Philippines, Mr. Y. Suma, newly- appointed Counsellor of the Japan- ese Embassy in Washington, said to-day on his arrival from a month's tour of the South Seas.

Mr. Suma, who has just complet- ed nearly a decade of service in China, said he hoped the Philippine Islands would become independent as soon as possible.

As a result of an intensive study of things Japanese, the people of the philippines, áccording to Mr. Suma, are beginning to understand Japan's policies and objectives. Domei.

China And Japan

Nanking, To-day.

SWATOW AFFAIR

Negotiations Shift To Canton

Canton, To-day. Mr. S. F. Ling, Secretary to Mr. Philip Tyau, Commissioner for For- eign Affairs in the two Kwangs, and Mr. Yoshitake, Japanese Vice- Consul in Shameen, returned to Canton yesterday after their in- vestigation in Swatow.

It is stated that after receiving reports from them, Mr. Tyau and Mr. T. Nakamura, the Japanesë Consul General, will exchange views on the Swatow incident this morn-

Dr. Wang Chung-hui, Acting Pre-ing, and the case will be probably mier, has sent a cable to congratu- negotiated in Canton instead of in

Swatow Our Own Correspondent. late Prince Konoye and Mr. K Hirota on their appointments as Japanese Premier and Foreign A comet of the seventh magnitude Minister, respectively. Our un Correspondent.

near Star 55 in the Pisces Constella- tion, has been discovered by Professor Wilk at Krakow Observatory, Poland.