FOREIGN CABE RIGHTS IN CHIN.
NEGOTIATIONS BETEEN CHINA AND COMPAIES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AQUY.]
NANKING Dec. 4.
JAPAN'S HANKOW
CONCESSION.
CHINA'S DEMAND NOT REGARDED SERIOUSLY.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
TOKYO, Dec. 4. The Japatient Government has
The Ministry of Cominications' spokesman today, iss a state-replied to China's Note regarding ment relating to present the retrocession, of the Japanese situation regarding thegotiations Concession at Hankow, between the ChineseGovernment
It is understood that the reply is and the foreign cab companies, a formal acknowledgment of the the Eastern Extens, the Great Note, and is entirely non-committal, Northern and the Comercial Faci-as the demand is not regarded seri. fie, whose cartrag with Chiha ously. expire at the end the year,
The spokesman aid that the EDITOR FIRES AT SPANISH Ministry had arid for the early
completion of the pw radio station
at Shanghai, anavaa meking pos-
PREMIER.
ENT OF MADNESS.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1930.
WORLD'S SILVER CRISIS.
BRITISH BANKER'S STABILISATIÓN PROPOSAL.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.)
New Yonx, Deo. 3. Business men are interested in
the appeal by Mr. J.F. Darling, who has urged the co-operation of the British Empire with the United States to stabilise silver at 20/3, which represents the suggested relation between silver and gold, in order to relieve the world de- pression by an increase of the pur- chasing power of half of the human race in the Oriont.
The opinion is exprewed that unless, the present situation is re- medied the repudiation of national
might ensue.
sible direct communication with ASSAILANT ACITED IN A MOM-debts and an industrial revolution America and Expo, and also had arranged for thegment of China's debt of nearly$5,000,000 to the eable companie
In the event the present nego- tiations breag down, the Minis- try was fully repared to handle all outgoing an incoming messages.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENDY.]
.. com-
COAL DISPUTE IN GREAT BRITAIN.
DECISION OF FEDERATION CONFERENCE,
(THROVGN REUTER'S AGENCY.]
Executive.
LONDON, Dec. 3. The conl zituation remains critical.
UNEMPLOYMENT IN AMERICA.
R.101 DISASTER ENQUIRY.
·U.S.A. BUDGET DEFICIT.
EXPECTED TO EXCEED ́7,000,000 IN FEBRUARY.
INEOTER'S AMERICAN BERVICE.]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.
rate of increase continues, "NOCKEFELLERS DONATE ONE
MILLION DOLLARS...
EVIDENCE OF COMMANDER MR. HOOVER'S STUPENDOUS
ECKENER.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]"
REQUEST.
{REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
cue
LONDON, Doa," 4.-
LONDON, Deo. 4.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 In the course of the enquiry into Pasident Hoover, in his 1931 The National Conference of the Mr. Green, President of the the loss of the airship R.101, Com Budget Miceange, naked ·for Federation rejected the Labour Federation, estimates the mander Eckener, in the witness 83,033,000,000 for the year ending Miners'
of unemployed to bo box, stated that in the course of his June, 1934, and said that Americans proposal for a national strike by number 230,000 votes to 200,000,
4,500,000, and that it will exceed study of the evidence he had "re could not expect a continuance of
constructed "the airship's sudden the one per cent tax Malaterial Interview With Miners' 7,000,000 in February if the present steep dive as follows:-The wenther income in view of this year's deffait was bumpy; the ship was a little of $180,000,000. He did not regard heavy by the nost owing to the this modernos deficit with grant ions of gna in one forward gna-bog. concern, and he confidently antici. A slight gust of wind caused a pated the restoration of surpluses. downward movement, which the with a general coonomic recovery. coxswain of the elevator (who only and thus the absorption any tem came on duty at two o'clock in the porary borrowing. morning) failed immediately to Receipts for 1802 estimates will. correctly counteract, becauso he amount to $4,086,000,000, and was not clear about the condition exponditure.
$4,054,000,000, of the ship. The gae between the 2090,000,000 will be expended on gas bags and the outer cover had national defence, showing a do
cape towards the tail, accentuat: crease of rarly $34,000,000, ing the pitch movement, violently He asked for 828,000,000 for noval causing a large rent in the damaged building, which, with the unexpend gas-bag. The ship was righted bainnce due to the day in through the dropping of ballnat, but building, pending the negotiation was unable to maintain a horizontal of this London Treaty, would bring position on account of the quick the 1032 eunstruction total to oscape of gas and again dived and 851,500,000. Those funds would be stranded.
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister, and Mr. W. Graham, President of the Board of Trade, and Mr. E. Shinwell, Minister of Mines, interviewed members of the Executive Minors Federation, in the House of Commons, Jast night at great length,
It is understood that the Govern It is contended that such a rechange of the provisions of the ment holds out no hope of a habilitation of liver would not only Coal Mines Act as regards a put Asin on its feet, but materially spread-over," and the miners' leaders are not hopeful of being able to persuade to day's delegate conference to drop the embargo thereon.
henefit Mexico and South America.
RECORD FLIGHT TO
CAPETOWN.
MISS SPOONER NOW AT ROME,
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE-]
[REÛTEE'S AMERICAN BERVIČE.]
www.www.
New Yonx, Dec. 3. Mr. John D. Rockefeller and his sons have given $1,000,000 to the Emergency Unemployment Com. mittee of New York City. -
PREMIER OF · CANADA'
RETURNS HOME,
MADRID, Dec. 3. Señor Joaquin Llizo, political editor of the Independent Liberal newspaper El Sol, fired a revolver
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]) [DRITISH WIARLEGA BERVICE.) Efforts to Secure Pence.. The issue how being discussed the Prime Minister, General
LONDON, Dec. 4. between the Government and the Berenguer, as he was receiving
RUGBY, Dec. 3,
Mr. J. H. Thomas, who Efforts to secure peaco in the cable cominics were:-(1) The journalists to give them
coal industry are continuing to-day among the friends bidding farewell to Mr. R. B. Bennett, Canadian landing rifts; (2) the future in-unique regarding the Cabinet
RUGBY, Dec. 3.
Throughout the day, Mr. E. Shin. Premier, on his return to Catado, Council to-day,
Miss Winifred Spooner and Fly-well, the Secretary for Mines, and said: Mr. Bennett came terests of the companies in China;
General Berenguer was not hit,ing Officer Edwards, who left the miners and outers were en and (3) cable rates.
The okesman said that the and he leaped at Llize, and seized London on a record fight to Cape-gaged on discussions in anticipa close friend and he leaves as even
town, reached Romo this evening. tion of the meeling of the miners' his arm.
conference to-morrow. cable cpanies desired a 20-year
Señor. Llizo explained that he extens of their monopoly of landing rights, but the Chinese had just resigned from the news Goverment
not agree, paper and wanted to roake au an- thoud they were willing to discuss archist a shirter perioil.
could
Te Chinese Government insists
demonstration against Berenguer's "Socialist regime."
General Berenguer told news
th the Chinese Telegraph Ad papermen that in his opinion Llize phistration must handle all incom. acted in a moment, of madness, Ag and outgoing traffic in China,
to which the companies object on
the ground that the Chinese Ad. RIOTOUS BEHAVIOUR IN
ministration would unduly favour the Chinese-owned radio, station, to which the Chinese Government re- plied that it appreciated the import- ance of the cables and would protect? the companies' interests.
The spokesman, concluded that The Chinese Government Wero
GERMANY.
POLICE CLASH WITH NAZI
"STORM TROOPS,"
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY }
BERLIN, Dec. 3.
The police attich coneiderable holding out for a bigger increase of importance to the raid last night;: the proportion of the cable revenues on the mansion of Jesch Kowitz, payable to them than the companies near Breslau, where 150 uniformed hava yet offered.
armed Nazi "storm troops" worn
MUKDEN WAR LORD LEAVES NANKING.
arrested.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] Ambitious Project Ends in the Sea.
To-morrow's conference will re view its decision on the "spread over proposals and receive reports from all districts.
LONDON, Dec. 4. The ambitious flight by Mias The Prime Minister, accompanied Winifred Spooner, a participant in by the President of the Board of the King's Cup, scompanied by the Trade, and the Minister for Mine! ex-Oxford rowing "Blue," Flying had a long conference last night Officer E. O. T. Edwards, with the with the Executive Committee of object of reaching Capetown in five the Miners' Federation with the days and demonstrating the foasi-object of breaking the deadlock bility of the forthcoming London over the hours of work in the coal- Capetown når mail in accomplishing | folds.. the journey within a week, ended in the sau in South Italy.
Cosenza
Miss Spooner awam ashore. She was slightly injured in the face.
Flying Officer Edwards was also injured in the face, and be was sub equently rescued on board the monoplane, which was towed into It is rumoured that they hssembl-Belmonte this morning.
with a view to organising A volunteer frontier, defence fores against the Polish nggression."
Budget Introduced. The Reichstag reassembled for a short session, and a large force of police surrounded the building, but o far no disturbances are. report
Dietrich, Minister
(THROUGH REUTER'S 'AGENCY.]
NANKING, Dec. 4 Chang Hsueh Liang left the capital shortly after six o'clock this evening and crossed to Pukow;
Horr which he is leaving tonight for the Finance, introduced the new Bud- got for 1931, abowing a reduction North.
cd.
:
of
Federation Secretary's Statement.
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MOSCOW BROADCASTS SPEECH TO BRITAIN. WAD BRITISH WORKERS INCITED
TO REVOLT.
(THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Dec. 3. a closer friend."
A broadcast speech from Moscow Mic. Bennett, interviewed by addressed to Great Britain last Reuter, declared that Canada will night led Commander Oliver do her utmost at the Ottawa Con Locker-Lampson to aak in the ference to ensure the adoption of House of Commons whether such measures to iccropse Empire an address, inciting British work operation.
fors to revolution, was a breach of
the Soviet understanding.
LIBERAL PARTY IN
"BRITAIN.
MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S FORTHCOMING SPEECH.
[DITION- WIRELESS SERVICE.]
Mr. Arthur Henderson, replying. said that the Foreign Office had only received the full text of the address this afternoon.
-Protest to be Addressed to Soviet.
He considered that while it did not constitute an incitement to re- volution, it departed from the Soviet undertaking in regard to propaganda.
He was, therefore, instructing the British Ambassador in Moscow to address a protest to the Soviet Government.
ROGUY, Dec. 4. In view of the position of the Liberal Party in the House of Com mons, where it holds the balance as between the two larger parties, ing special interest attaches to a specch
Sir Kingsley Wood asked how many protests were now outstand- Commander Locker-Lampson ask-
The Secretary of the Fedoration, Tho aviators loft Croydon in spits. of unfavourable weather yesterday Mr. A. J. Cook, stated after the morning, refuelled in Rone at 6.50 terview that they had reviewed in the evening, and resumed the the whole position, going into the trip in darkness at 8.20 to Catania, questions of operation of the Conf intending to fly throughout the Mines' Act and the need for giving the Act time to work and the bring night.
The machine fell into the sea ating of more money into the indus midnight two miles from Belmonte, try for the benefit of wages. This, fishing village, 25 miles from he said, would be fully reported to
the Federation's Delegate Confer to be delivered by Mr. Lloyd Georgeed Mr. Henderson to listen in
to-morrow.
when he heard the next similar core which is being held to day..
At present owing to various rea- It is being preceded by a private address.
the marketing. and other meeting today with the Liberals in sons,
Mr. Henderson replied that he schemes authorised by the Act have both Houses of Parliament and hoped he would be better employed. Act fixes the working day at candidates, and to-night Mr. Lloydcuded by asking if a "right good not yet come into operation. The with the Liberal Parliamentary Mr. G. W. H. Kirkwood con- saven-and-a-half hours with the George is consulting other promin revolution" would not be practica!
anation of the mine-owners' organent Liberals,
Folities at present? (Laughter.) isation and the Miners' Federatios. .To-day's delegate conference will examine the application of the Scottish miners for support in their insistence on the enforcement of i Ed-seven-and-a-half hours' day, to which support they claim they are entitled in view of the Delegato Conference decision last week re- fusing to authorize the "spread-
The South Wales miners, on the other hand, have applied for the Federation's approval the spread over which had besh negotiated, locally. ·
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE) Misa Spoonar Swims Ashore.
RUGBY, Dec. 4. Miss Winifred Spooner, who with Lord Flying Officer. wards WILS On ✡ flight from Croydon to Capetown, was forced to descend in the sea off Montebello,
Italy.
Miss Spooner swam ashore,
Madame Chiang Kai Shek cross of about one and a half milliard AUSTRIA'S NEW CABINET.
marks expenditure compared with
ed the river in order to bid fare. 1930. Reduction was only possible
well
to Madame Chang Hsuch with the help of emergency legis. SIX MEMBERS OF PREVIOUS
lation enacted by virtue of Articln
Liang.
ITALIAN FATHER ESCAPES
FROM BANDITS.
(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENOT]
PL
HANKOW, Dec. 4. Father Augustin De Gasperi, who As reported to have been captured by Red bandits' at'_Sinchow, has csenped and reached Hookow safely.
BRITISH FORCES
IN CHINA.
WHO IS TO BEAR THE COST?
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.].
LONDON, Deo, 3.
In the House of Commons to-day, the Labour member for Romford, Mr H T. Muggeridge, naked whether British subjects in China
49 of the Constitution,
Communists Attack Hamburg
Police.
......
LATER.
A harde af Communists attack-
ed the police at Hamburg, using atencs, knives, and clubs.
no policeman was killed and three seriously injured.
Two Communists were arrested. defilelon Between Police and Com
munists at Dresden.
DRESDEN, Del, 3
One Communist was fatally in jured and eight seriously injured in a collision between police and Communiste.
The latter stoned the polico, who fired in the air and dispersed the mob with their truncheons,
ANTI-FASCIST PLOTS IN
ITALY.
PLANNING CRIMES AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT:
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
• ROME, DEC. 3.
Lore part of the cost of the British It is announced that the polic Army in China
have discovered a secret organis
M. Tom Saw, Minister of War, ton which is preparing crimes. replied that they did not, except against the Fascin Gorton in so far as the Shanghai Munici.Taronty-four arrests have been pality exempted from taxation and trade, including two women," " rent lands and buildings occupied Communist plots have been dis by troops British residents wore obfered in the districts of Emilia
B'nil Romagnan." ubicas to income tax,.
The Speaker intervened when the number of arrests has been
A Labour rocker; Mr.
We mido. NA KUTA
make the poople who owns Shang organsion has been discovered in haj, pay for ita defence, and not Rome, and three of the leaders have the people of Britain":
been arrested.
GOVERNMENT INCLUDED,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
VIENNA, Doc. 3. Dr. Endor, Governor of Vorari- erg, has formed a Cabinet, with
ever,
of
The Daily Herald says there is strong hope that a way will be found to avert a serious stoppage,
WHIPSNADE: ZOOLOGICAL
PARK.
Herr Schober as Vice-Chancellor TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIO and Foreign Minister.
An ex-Chancellor, Herr Soipol," owing to ill health, will not be able to participate.
The Cabinet will include six Christian Socialist members of the recent Vaugoin Cabinet.
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BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR.
UNITED STATES'
IMMIGRATION.
IMPORTANT FACTOR IN EXPANSION OF TRADE.
BILL FOR SUSPENSION, FOR FIVE YEARS. [BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE]
(Reuter's AMERICAN SERVICE) ́ Buasy, Dec. 3. The development of the British
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. Industrica Fair to be + truly Serator Johnson, Chairman of national manifestation of the the House of Representatives Im- quality and range of British pro- migration Commission, has intro ducts is the aim of the recom duced a Bill to spend all immi- mondations of a Committee pregration for five years. sided over by Lord Chelmsford which is published to-day...
Improved facilities and amenities or exhibitors and buyers, includi ing the provision of a permanent Fair Building easily accessible from London, are advocated. Wider pub. licity is proposed to secure, fuller realisation at Home and overseas of the unique opportunity afforded by the Fair both to manufacturers and traders.
The Committee recognises that the Fair has become a very import Russy, Dec. 4. The new Zoological Park stant factor in the expansion of Whipsnado, Bedfordshire
which trade. The great interest already. comprises 400 notes and where taken by buyers from all countries animals will be shown in conditions is likely to be much increased when more natural than are possible in the exhibition is made more fully STEAMER FOUNDERS OFF the Zoological Gardens in London, representative of all sections of in will probably be open to the public dustry, and is held, la one centre next Whitsuntide, and will give instead of the present division be free movement to large crowda. tween London and Birmingham,
It is estimated that the enclo ures will hold 100,000 visitors..
YUCATAN.
CAPTAIN'S WIFE AND TWO
DAUGHTERS PENISH.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
New York, Dec. 3. The steamer Olara Ames founder. ed off Yucatan to-day,
Sovon persons were drowned, in- cluding the skipper's wife and hit two daughters,
LENINGRAD LEVEL- CROSSING CALAMITY. TRAIN AND TRAMCAR COLLIDE.
(THKOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY ]
Moscow, Dec.
and 10 injured as the result of the collision of a tramcar with a trait ata level-orossing in Lobingrad.
EXPLOSION IN BRAZIL.
THIRTY-SIX PERSONS
KILLED,
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]"
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 4. Thirty-six were killed and three buildings were destroyed as the result of an explosion of dynamite in a waggon in the railway station at Porto Nova da Cunha, in the State of Minas Geraos
The wagon, containing the dyrk mite had been shunted into a kiding since the recent revolution; sa
VISIT OF DO-X TO ENGLAND.
GERMANY APPRECIATES BRITISH COURTESIES,
[DRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE] |
Roosy, Dec. 3.
A question referring to alleged reports in the German Press in connection with the visit of, the German flying-boat. DO-X way answered in the House of Com mons by the Under-Secretary for Air. Mr. Montague.
He stated that no bill of expensee was presented to the. Commanding Officer of the DO-X, and the Air
"{{I**<T"US"
appreciation for the courtesien
shown.
5% FREE
OF
INCOME
TAX
to
used to continue work on aircraft carriera and the seven eight-incl light cruisers authorised in 1820, and work on the uncompleted light cruisers and submarines, now being. built under the previous CongTCE" - sional authorisation.
"The construction of those ves- snow authorised, which is por- mitted by the Loudon Trenty, should go forward without delay," said the President, who observed that the United States could build thres more eight-inch vessels by 1935 under the London Pact if they so desired. But the remaining five under the 1929, teen ship pro-. gramme have to carry smaller guns than eight-inch.
WHITECHAPEL BYE- ELECTION.
LABOUR AGAIN SUCCESSFUL. (THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Dec. 3.
The bye-election in Whitechapel, owing to the death of the Labour member, Mr. Harry Goding, ro sulted as follows:!.
Mr. Hall Labour).... 8,544 % Mr. Janner Liberal) .... 7,445 Hon. T. L E. B. Guinares
3,735 (Conservativo) ingine Mr. Pollitt (Communist) 2,100
Labour majority 1,000
wira
At the last dention Mr. Gosling. had a majority of over 9,000:--
H. Goeling (Labour) ................. 13,701. F. H. Sedgwick (Liberal) 4,521 Hon. T. LA E. B. Guimmors.
(Conservative)
3,417
Labour majority 9,180
HAVANA STUDENTS
DEMONSTRATE.
POLICE FIRE ON PROCESSION.
[KEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
NEW YORK, Doc. 3. A demonstration by students of the National University of Haven's was fired on by the police, who held up the procession.
ed.
One policeman was fatally injury?
The lenders of the procesion were arrested,
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