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THE RUHE OUTLOOK.
FRANCE PUTTING ON THE SCREW.
Ess, January 30th, The French are putting on the screw. They have issued an order tightening up martisi law "on secount of the Imperial officials' systematja interference with the peaceful work of the Allied engineers" A curfew is being etablished from ten
Public meetings aro virtually prohibited and unauthorised possessors of threatened with the severest ponallics,
are
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1938–
LATEST CARIMS.
LAUSANNE SITUATION.
REPORTED FRENCH - NOTE TO ANGORA,
LA PLAGRANT VIOLATION OF A MUTUAL
UNDERSTANDING,'
Note to
LAUSANNE, January 30th. According to the correspondent of Le Tempe, the report regarding the French Angora has created a stir amongst the British delegation, who dis credit the statement since the note laa mutual understanding, and further it was Bagrant violation of the Anglo-French
also issued without reference to the British Government.
LATEST CABLES.
ATLANTIC TRAFFIC.
NEW U.S. SERVICE TO START
WITH GIANT LINER.
LATEST VABLES.
OUTRAGES IN IRELAND. REBEL METHODS REVEAL "STRONG.
ORGANISATION.
EXCITING INCIDENT AT WANCHAL.
WARNING TO POSTER
EXHIBITORS. »
EUROPEANS CAPTURE A DESPE POLICE PROSECUTE A NUMBER OF
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RATE ARMED ROBBER. * EXCHANGE OF REVOLVER SHOTS, An American bid for Atlantio trafic is
LONDON, January 30th. announced to begin on July 1st when the
The uniformity of the Rebels' mathods Early yesterday afternoon, Wanchai United States Shipping Board will start is revealed by the coficerted nature of district was, the scene of an exciting | a wackly service between New York and Monday's outbreak of terrorism in Dub-
encounter between two European gentle The service will be in-in, which created widespread alarm. Southampton. augurated with a 32,000 ton vessel the Republicans called in the night time at Leviathan..
the houses of at least eight prominent per sons, ordered the occupants out of both sprinkled petrol over the interior and ex ploded bombs.
AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD'S
DECEMBER REPORT.
WASHINGTON, January 30th.. According to the monthly report of the Federal Reserve Board production in the basic industries declined slightly in when it who at its highest, The butput of pig iron and coal has continued to increase, while textiles and four show a decrease. Railway traffic was heavier decline in freight rallaved the congestion. year ago, although the seasonal Employment increased in certain indus- tries and there was some advance in wages. Money is easier after the holidays, the volume of new securities. and there is a considerable increase in
than
men and desperate armed robber. The two gentlemen in question were Mr. W. R. Andrews, of the Public Works Depart ment and Mr. E C. Kerrison of the Naval Yard Police, better known to the Colony as "Sky" Kerrison, of local boxing fame.
FREE STATE SENATOR KID- NAPPED BY REBELS: The Rebels, last night, kidnapped Soun Shortly after p.m., five robbers, four tor Bagwell, after which an official proof whom were armed with revolvers,
clamation was issued threatening punitive
OF COMPLICITY."
· FIRMS.
POSTERS EXHIBITED ON CROWN PROPERTY,
A number of police prosecutions för exhibiting posters on Crown property without permission from the authoritien
Magistracy, yesterday morning. There were heard before Mr. Lindsell, at the
were four firms involved and three of the
defendants were representatives from the local picture houses; the remaining one was against the Firm of Mears. Liggett, Myers & Co., tohoco merchants. This
It is believed that the French and Italians are prepared to stay at Lau Mane in order to continue negotiations if o'clock at night to six in the morning. necessary, but the British do not propose December, although it is still near 1920, action against the Rabels' co-conspirators entered the ground floor of a Chineen latter case was hoard first and Mr. E.
to alter their previous plans. GERMAN COAL DELIVERIES FIXED FOR FEBRUARY.
PARIS, January 30th. The Reparations Commission has decid A further substantia! batch of expuled to in the German deliveries of coal wiong is reported from all parts of the for February at 1,676,000 cons The occupied territory, including the respon.
British representative abstained from voting. ble palice, finance and customs officials.
Essen is at present isolated, owing to the strike, but it is believed that tho strikers will resume to-day having "aub. stantially protested.”
FRANCO-BELGIAN ADMINISTRA TION FORESHADOWED.
Paxia, January 20th,
the establishment of a formal Franco Belgian Administration of the Ruhr dis trist, on which General, Wergand will probably represent France.
STINNES REPUDIATES, RECON-
STRUCTION CONTRACT.
BERLIN, January 30th.
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LONDON NEWSPAPERS CRITICISE
FRENCH NOTE.
Premier Poincare intends to break the remaining Anglo-French ties Some now papers state that the French Government
communicated its intentions to London.. ELECTRICAL ATMOSPHERE AT LAUSANNE.
invention.
www.
GERMAN CREDIT IN U.S.A. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT OPPOSED
TO BILL"
Mr. Cosgrave (President) admitted in the Dail yesterday afternoon that certain Overnment officials had been suspended for suspected complicity in the outrages,
BABIŠER CABLES..
DESTRUCTION,
Davidson, solicitor, appeared to defend. already in custody and, otherwise, unless house in Yes Foo Street (the street
Mr. Davidson said that while putting Senator Bagwall is reload within forty-leading to the Causeway Bay tram ter eight hours. GOVERNMENT OFFICALS ACCUSED the inmates, succeeded in getting clear
minus) and, after binding and gagging plea of guilty he wished to mako a statement. The summons had been
worth of jewellery, money and clothing of the house, with something like $1,400 Manager. This, he considered, yaa
brought out against the Company's locai
mistake. The posters had been placed on Directly the robbers entered the street the Orown property by a coolie in the employ alarm was raised by one of the inmates of of the Company and consequently the the house, and the cry was taken up by a summons should have been issued against LONDON, January 30th.
NEW WIRELESS INVENTION
number of pedestrians in the street. I either the Company or the coolie. The While London newspapers are giving IMPORTANT BEARING ON TRANS-
REBELS CONTINUE CAMPAIGN OF is said that a Chinese Constable on manager had nothing to do with it. The prominence to the French Note to Aagora
MITTING. AND GENERATING.
patrol duty was the first to take up the regulations as framed by the Ordinance with beadings like "A Bombshell,"
chase. The robbers divided into two were obviously ultra veres, but whilst "Britain Isolated! and "Another Franklin Bouillon," the French Press
LONDON, January 30th."
LONDON, January' 30th A wireless invention of far reaching in- of attacks on the houses of a number of Causeway Bay, where they disappeared Court or his own time, he desired to The rebels in Dublin carried out a serios parties, threw of them running towards not wishing to waste the time of the emphasises that the French action isiportance is reported from America, in tended to avoid a rupture of negotiations, the ferm of an improved thermionic valve State oficials, relatives of Ministers, and into a sido atreet and so far have not been point out that a lot of trouble would which would be prajudical to the whole A semi-official statement foreshadows world, and disclaims the idea that capable of, dealing with a thousand kilo directors and staffs of the Press, last captured. The remaining two robbers have been saved if & warning had been
watts. Advocates of the now invention night. Some of the houses were blown up are optimistically predicting that gene and others were set on fire. rating and transmitting stations will ions abook the city.
The explorn together for some little distance, given to the Company, who would have ultimately become obsolete owing to the
then one darted down the street, known as taken immediate steps to pull the postëre LONDON, January 30th. Jardine's Bazaar and he also disappear down. However, the Company had taken The residence of Sir Horace Plunket,
ed
steps to remove the coolie. He had near Dublin, was burned down by armed rebola to-day, after the occupants had
The other robber continued to run written on behalf of the Company to the LADSANNE, January 30th,
been ejected.
along the tram towards the "Bowringtea Captajn Superintendent of Police, who, The French Coup de Theatre has
LONDON, January 30th, Canal. It is not exactly clear where the in a letter of reply, stated that the ques- created an electrical atmosphere and the
A column of forty-two Irregulars has two European gentlemen came into the tion of the Manager being summoned situation โป most complicated. The
been captured at Farmoy. French action is regard as an extra-
WASHINGTON, January 30th..
chase but it is believed to be some where was not of very material importance to. Mr. Mellon announce that the Gov-
- LONDON, January 30th. ordinary eleventh hour move. The Turks ernment will oppose the bill for estab Armed men burned down the promises close to Percival Street, Their atten- the summons. The Captain Superinten- say they are preparing a counter prolishing & German credit of a milliard of Major Barrow at Milestown, South tion was attracted by the constable firing dens of Polica thought it did not matter" ject.
dollars for the purchase of foodstuffs. Louth, after ejecting the family. Knock his revolver. They immediately joined in whether the summons He declares that appeals for such fands bridge post office, has been treated simi- the chase and, according to the infor- against the Company or the Manager; was made out. should be made to the investing, public, | larly., not to the Government,
LONDON, January 30th. mation given to a Daily Press repre- some person had to take the respon- Fivo armed men burned down the resi sentative last night closely pursued the sibility. In concluding, Mr. Davidion dence of Senator Lord Mayo at Straffan, robber up Percival Street and through said that the Company wished him to one of the streets leading into Leighton state that they were extremely sorry that Hill Bead---The robber was a powerfully this breach of the regulations had been built young man and proved to be a swift committed. He asked for a small fine to runner. During the pursuit he turned be inflicted. round and fired several shots. Passing by the "Craigengover Cricket Club the robber turned into Morrison Hill Road and from there into the Wanchai Ropd An Indian constable joined in the chase and one or two Chinese civilians.
By this time the Chinese constable was The-Foreign Trade Commission from beginning to feel the effects of his long Moscow arrived in Chits about the run, but Mr. Kerrison and Mr. Andrew They stayed ten continued the chose. Just before coming daya and then proceeded to Vladivostock,
The Magistrate imposed & nominal fine where they are seeking to co-ordinate the to Homeville," the large boarding house that was not always true. foreign trade policy of the former Far in Wanchai Road, the robber turned Eastern Republic with the policy of again and fired two more shots, Mr.of $1. Russia. The two have hitherto been some Kerrison and the Indian constable fring THE HONGKONG" AMUSEMENTS CO. CASE.
The German Mining Gazette learns that Herr Stiales repudiated the recent contract with Lubersac to reconstruct a devastated arra in France,
BARLIER CABLES.
FRANCE WILL BREAK GER-
MANY'S WILL "
DUESSELDORF, January 30th. General Degoutte, the French com ander on the Rbine,in statement t the Presa declared: The Allies do not wish to diaturb the normal life of the Ger- Man people. The German Government'a most provocative policy has not succeeded in shaking "our self-command. Modera- -tion however does not mean weakness,
purpose.
NO SURPRISE OR MENACE IN PEACE TREATY.
LAUSANNE, Ja:uary "30th. The Peace Treaty was present to the Turkish delegation this morning. Aftor the presentation & long apecch" was do livered by Lord Curzon, who said there was nothing in the treaty of which the Turkish delegation had not been made the delegation, or the Angora Govern- fully aware, and it was impossible for
ment to declare that they had been con- fronted with a surprise or, menace.
MOVEMENTS OF BRITISH WARSHIPS.
MALTA, January 30th The battleship diaz has left Egypt for and they are mistaken who think our Chanak. The light cruiser Cardiff, with patience unlimited. We will break our Admiral Chatfeld aboard, due to arriva adversarica will agd. impose ours. We at Malta February 3rd, is expected intend to uas all means to achieve our to proceed shortly afterwards to the ends, and nothing can turn us from our Dardanelles. The battleship Jarborough, The fate of Germany lies in the light cruiser Caradoc, the destroyer lender Montrose and five destroyers are bar own keeping."
at Malta. The rest of the Mediterranean GERMAN OFFICIAL OPPOSITION Fleet is in Turkish waters.
CONTINUES.
BERLIN, January 30th. The Minister of Railways has issued a regulation forbidding German railway. men to transport coal and, tlimber, from the occupied areas to France or Belgium, and ordering all legitimate mensuses to bring to a standstill French-driven trains. Ha especially excepts the British zone, The Press states that already a hundred German "officials have been expelled,
PARIS, January 30th.
EARLIER CABLES, FURTHER EVIDENCE OF TURKISH -DUPLICITY.
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CONSTANTINOPLE, January 30th. regard to the situation which may develop There is very grave apprehension with here in the event of a rupture at Lausanne, as the most probable conse quence will be war.
EARLIER CABLES.
COTTON INDUSTRY.
CURTAILMENT BY AMERICAN SPINNERS.
LONDON, January 30th,
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POLICY.
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A ballot of the American section of the cotton-spinning trade has failed to give || vi the necessary eighty per cent, majority VLADIVOSTOCK FOREIGN TRADE required for the suggested continuance of curtailment of output to four days week. ly, thus leaving the trade free to act as it pleases. A total of 735 per cent, "voted in favour of curtailment and si per cent, against. Seventeen per cent, did not vote. The committee, however, by 37-voter to 4, decided to recommend continuance.
ten thousand tons
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These reservations shall not apply to belligerents to the While the British have scrupulously prejudice of their rights as helligerents in observed the Madania Convention, the the Black Sea.
Turkey and the Black
unanimously rejected the proposal for a ture. There generad strike and have passed a resolu-armed Turks at Constantinople.
tion against Nationalist intrigues,
Rafet
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PROBABLY RESTRICTIONS AND TARIFF VARIATIONS,"
Pekino, January 31st.
middle of December.
what different, as the Soviet maintained
:
ther
In reply to the Magistrate, Sub- Inspector Reynolds said the summonses were brought as a warning agent a petition of the offence.
Mr. Davidson said that the Regula tions sa made under the Ordinance made it an offence to place posters, on Govern, ment property. It was, however, pleasant assumption to say that in this case it was. Government property, but
a
Mr. B. H. Ray, Manager of the Coronet Theatre, appeared to answer two summonses preferred against his Com-
pany.
receive the summons until the 25th ̈inst.
past it had been the custom of the police" in such cases solsond, round a warning and to have the posters taken down. The Company would have done so.
M.C.C. IN SOUTH AFRICA.
MATCH STARTS ON WATER-
· LOGGED WICKET.
NEWCASTLE NAtal, January 30th." The attendance for the match between that the monopoly of foreign trade was in retura.“ the Northern Districts and the M.C.C.in the hands of the Government, and im-
The noise of the shooting brought was moderate. The ground was water-port was only allowed in the case of logged.
The match started at three articles which could be used for produc several. Bevenue officere on to scored 135 for 8 when stumps were drawn, consumption Moscow wishes to shut out
When asked to plead Mr. Ray com. o'clock, and the Northern Districts had tion. In the Republic, on the contrary, verandah of "their quarters, which are 95 per cent of imports have been for close to Homeville." These gentlemen foreign manufactures, but has decided are also said to have drawn their revol plained that the alleged offence took that this could not be carried out too vers and to have fired at the fugitive. place on the 18th inst. and he did not abruptly, and certain modifications are Near" Homeville" Mr. Kerrison over Be pleaded guilty te a technical offence. being made in Eastern Siberis, It is reported from Duesseldorf that Kemalists have been organising their Sea Powers, including "Russia, shall be action of which is entirely forbidden, this on the head with the butt end of reach of the regulations and the receipt The Soviet has lists of goods, the import. took his man and dealt him, a severe blow Owing to the impse of six days between the all the miners' unions in the Bub by forces for the oventuality of a rupoble to limit the number of vessels or will not be introduced in the Far East, revolver. The robber was dazed and of the summons he was not in a proper are twenty thousand aircraft of any Power, wishing to visit but a licensing system will be established thus easily secured. He was disarmed, position to prepare his own case. In the Pasha commande thirty thousand men simultaneously their ports and aero under which permits must be obtained BORDEAUX, January 30th.
in Thrace, and there is good reason
dromes.
before goods can be imported, with certain handcuffed and taken to No. 8 Police to believe that considerable artillery has
A zone of fifteen kilometres on either excaptions. Variations will be made in Station. been smuggled across the sea of Marmora
aide of the frontier from the Aegean to the tariff, as compared with Soviet Russia, During the pursuit a small alarm clock Important Komalist concentrations are
the Black Sea shall be demilitarised, aise but the Custoats will be brought under fell out of one of the robber's pocketa: located at Ismidt and Chanak. Conse:
both shores of the Dardanelles and Boe the supervision of Moscow.
An agreement along the above lines will This was later picked up and taken to quently, in the event of a Turkish attack Phoria to a depth of fifteen kilometres on
The Magistrate agreed that the sum- probably be reached.
the Station.
mons should have been made out earlier. the task of General Harington, with either side.
The Turks shall bo allowed to maintain
When searched at the Police Station the In this case, however, the police were limited forces engaged possibly on four fronts simultaneously, will not be very a garrison of twelve thousand at Con
man was found to be it possession of about not to blame. An application for the easy. The force is undoubtedly the finest stantinople. An Internation Commission
#80 in cash and some articles of jewellery summons had been received in the Magis- of its size Great Britain has ever pos consisting of representativen of the Great
Bulgaria, Remed,, supported by the whole Mediter- Powers, Turkey,
Greece
which, it is stated, have been identified tracy on the 20th inst,, but as to why it ranean and a large part of the Atlantic Rumania, Yugo-Slavia, and Russia, with
as having been stolen from the house. was not sent out, earlier was a matter- fleets and the pick of the Air Force, and a Turkish president, shall assure obsery,
During the search of his personal bolong for investigation later. can be trusted to give a magnificent so
ance of the rules of passage, under the
MANILA, January 30th. ings it was discovered that he had had a
Mr. Ray said that the coolie who fixed count of itself, but it will not be fair, League of Nations. In the event of a to ask for miracles.
The ship Paris, of Admiral Stark's miraculous escape from being killed the posters was a very subordinate per violation of the convention the high confleet, arrived at Marivels with 21 men, tracting parties, and in any event France, women and one child, including three One of the ballets fired at him had pass son and if he wished to punish him Great Britain, Italy and Japan, will in-officers and four men of the Ajar which ed through the back of his cost, strik-effectively it would mean that three days' tervene conjointly with all the means that was wrecked off Formosa last, week. The BAGDAD, January 30th. Troops from Baara and from Bagdad determine. ⠀⠀ .⠀
the Council of the League of Nations shall survivors were found clinging to soma ing a thick leather belt which he was pay would have to be stopped from his
wreckage
wearing. The bullet did not penetrate wagte, The capitulations shall be abrogated in
A woman gave birth to a child after the the belt but it left a deep impression, The Magistrate: Burely you could are continuing to reinforce the garrison at Mosul with a view to eliminating the principle, but temporary arrangements arrival of the Paria,
whilst the robber's skin bears a nasty have a proper person to look after the possibility of a Turk incited Kurdish shall be provided with regard to the judi- The Paris ran ashore on the Island of raid. The main Turkish concentration is ciary, and fiscal, commercial, and cas Formosa, and her bow was hattered. The bruise near the lower region of the
spine. now on the frontier a hundred miles toms régime, Turkey shall pay 16 mil crew are exhausted and the captain re-
Mr. Kerrison and Mr. Andrew are to north-west of Mosul. The Iraq verba. Hon Turkish gold pounds as war damages, quested rest before putting them
be congratulated on their plucky chase.
The general strike on the left bank of the Ebine has already very much thated: The railway traffic is normal except at Boon and Coblenz. The Union of German Minors has unnoimously rejected the pro- posed general strike. FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEPRESSED
LONDON, January 20th. Foreign exchange is again depressed. Marks closed nominally at 220,000 to 240,000, French francs ut 78.70. Belgian at 85.05; the lire at it, and sterling-on Now York at 4,84).
RUBBER FIRMER The rubber share market opened firmer, on a riss of the commodity to 1.64, but laten was easier,
BERLIN, January 30th Germany's Boating debt increased in the ten days ending January 2nd from 210 milliard marks to 1,821 milliarda,
[BT COURTESY OF THE FRENCH CONSUL.)
BORDEAUX, January 30.
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The general strike on the left bank of / cular papers indicate that publia opinion at five per cent, interest with one per through quarantino,
the Rhine is already very much abated.
The railway trafic is normal except at Boon and Coblenta. The Union of „German_miners unanimously rejected the
proposed general strike.
is turning strongly anti-Turkish. ·
PROVISIONS OF THE TURKISH TREATY.
Pants, January 30th. The Turkish troaty provides for the General Degoutte, receiving the news freedom of the Straits, subject to certain papermen, remarked that whereas the reservations, providing inter alta" that: Berlin Government ordered the high
cont, aa sinking fund in 37 annual pay ment of 900,000 Turkish gold pounds, the first payment to be on March 1st, 1924.
DRAFT TREATY DOES NOT. CONSTITUTE FINAL TEXT.
PARIS, January 30th.. The Tempe states that the French Gor,
PROHIBITED EXPORT OF BAW COTTON:"
PROTEST BY JAPANESE COTTON MELLS.
SHANGHAI, January 30th
«KABLY TO RISE.
Whatsaks a London paper-would the M.P.s who object to Commander Ken- worthy's suggestion that the House meet mancile to rebel openly againg the Turkey shall be entitled to search neutral ernment has written to Angora paying the The local Japanese cotton mills have every day at 11 am say to a roversion Parliament authorities, the French army, in face of merchantmen when she is belligerent. draft trenty that has been handed to the
protest to the Chinese Government three hundred years ago! open provocation, set an example of The maximum force for which any Power Turks, in the French view, does not conequested the Japanese Government to to the hours observed by
In the sixteenth century, according to moderation sad of humanity. He added: shall have right of passage, shall not exstitute the final text. The draft staply against the prohibition of the export from "Nothing will dissuade France from her cood the strongest feet of the Black Bea marks the present state of the negotin China, as it will have a ruinous effect Bir T. Erskine May, the House met at object which is to compel the magnates Powers, but the Powers in any case shall tions, and nothing will prevent further upon Japanese industries, because the raw 6 am, and it was considered a colos German industry, to apply a portion be entitled to a passage for a force not ex negotiation being opened, though the material and practically all the cotton sion to a luxury-loving age when, in the of their enormans profits to the paymont ceeding three warships, note acceding French have already granted more conces goods manufactured in Japan are sup- reign of Carles I, the hour of meeting
sions than they have obtained (Continued at foot of next columnes.).
ulled by China.
of reparatione.
was postponed until 9.
postera.
Mr. Ray aid that he had engaged; a Enrasian to look after the work now)..
The "Magistrate imposed a nominal. fine of $1 in each cam, ha
THE STAR THKATIK.
A Chinese representative of the Star Theatre Kowlood, appeared in answer to a summons for exhibiting posters at the foot of the steps leading from Queen's Road Contral to Battery Path. -".
He admitted an offence and was fined
$1.
THE WORLD THEATRE. Two mmmonses against the World Theatre were next dealt with. One of the referred to the posting of an ai vertisement on the pillars of a French Store The postors were placed over the printed signs on the pillar.
A fine of $1. was imposed in each case.
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