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LVER PROBLEM CONFERENCE.

A'S FINANCE MINISTER

INTERESTED.

TROICH REUTER'S AGENCY,]

Sasking, Feb. 23.

TY. Noong expressed 'grent the interviewed regard de lution of the Executive i of the International ber of Commerce calling upon fers se urge their Governments the silver problem into federation.

Sung stated that if an Inter- alfonference on silver should the National Government he ready to participate and operate in any realistic fres leading to stabilisation of Au of silver.

USIVE EUGÈNE CHEN.

(Bah Tee Yat Pao,)

SHANGHAI, Feb. 23. his return from Nanking, unese Chen's movements are kept secret.

INDIA'S GREATEST PROBLEM.

BOYCOTT OF FOREIGN CLOTH.

*THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] ̧.

AHMEDABAD, Feb. 23.

The boycott of foreign cloth is the greatest problem before India, according to the Intent pronounce ment by Gandhi,, writing in the Navjetu, his vernacular weekly.

Gandhi appeals to the mill-owners to take foreign cloth from Lis mer- eliants and give them cloth woven by their mills in exchange.

He suggests that the mill-owners might dispose of foreign cloth in foreign countries, burn it or keep it until Swaraj is attained, when they can nak the new Government to compensate them for any loss,

BOMBAY WAR COUNCIL ARRESTED.

SALUTING THE NATIONAL FLAG.

[THHOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BONDAY, Feb. 22.

The police today arrested 100 Congress Volunteers, who formed up on the Maidan, in the centre of the city, to salute the National

Those arrested include the tem

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1931.

FRANCO BRITISH NAVAL QUESTION.

FRANCE'S SMALLER MARGIN OVER ITALY,

(THROUGH REVIER'S AGENCY.]]

LONDON, Feb. 23.

LABOUR'S RANKS DISRUPTED.

MOSLEY GROUP: LIKELY

TO RESIGN.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Feb. 2.. Mr. Henderson and Mr. Alexau- British politics are being der and the Foreign Office reprecariously complicated.

With. Conservatives split by the sentatives, Mr. Craigie, Mr. Wal-

Press Lords, as ford and Mr. Selby, left for Paris Imperialist." this morning to confer with the illustrated by the East Islington French Cabinet on the naval ques-bye-election, and Mr. Winsten Churchill aloof ol the Indian tion.

question, now the Labourites are threatened with a definite rupture

This is regarded as indicating that a Franco British arrangement, whereby France will agree to in their own ranks. Baler margin of superiority aver Italy, is practically certain to be concluded."

TURKEY CHECKS: DRUG EXPORT, .

DESPATCH OF NARCOTICS TO U.S.A. PROHIBITED..

(THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENCY.]

BLAZING MOTOR-CAR MURDER TRIAL.

ROUSE'S APPEAL DIS

MISSED.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

TIDAL WAVE IN COOK ISLANDS..

#TERRIFIC SUBMARINE

DISTURBANCE.

(THROUGH RETAIL'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Feb. 23.

WELLINGTON (3.Z.), Feb. 22. The Court of Criminal Appeal,

A graphic aeeunt of a terrifio consisting of Lord Hewart, Sirubarihe disturbance in the Parl Horace E. Avory, and Sir Traverso Ocean on January 28 Inst, Humphreys, dismissed Rouse's ap few days before the great earth- pen after Sir Patrick Hastings, ou qunko in New Zealand, comes to udhalf of the condemned man, had hand to-day in a despatch from urged that there was no evidence Raratonga, Cook Islands. upon which he could properly be Ho contended that Rouse had been convicted on pre- convicted.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 2. The Government has issued an order designed to prevent the dis- patch of contraband narcotico to foreign countries.

The orders provide for the clos. derivatives in ing down of three factorice manu- facturing, opiam Constantinople until they have pro- sented lists of their stocks and the names of the importing" countries.

A special agent has been appoint.judice and grave suspicion. There is a distinct possibility

[A report of the trial which that Sir Oswald Mosloy and hined to supervise each factory, which followers many resign from the in future will have to notify the sulted in the conviction of the ac- Labour Party in the course of the Health Department the quantity of cheed will he found on page 0 of

opium purchased and the quantity this issue.] week. ?

By the middle of the week the of narcoties manufactured.'

The

narcotics to export of die publishing a Mosley groups. pamphlet outlining their policy as America is prohibited. distinct from that of the official 1abour policy, preparatory launching a platform campaign in BEWILDERMENT IN-NORTH all the principal industrial centres.

THE MYSTERY OF

LIKIN.

CHINA.

NEW TAXES REPLACE OLU FORMS.

COOLIES WHO WILL NOT WORK.

The Press Association's Tobby. correspondent forrsees a likelihood Lint official Labour members will interpret this development as a challenge which may involve the question of Party discipline. Therefore, Sir Oswald Mosley and Feiking. The dictum that there his henchmen may anticipade offi. are no facts in China was seldomial action by resigning from the FIFTY truer of anything than it is of the Party, present situation in this part of

Jeamed that, necompaniedbers of the so-called Bombay War the country with regard to the

we, Mr. Chen left here last. Council. La train for an unknown

Ation.

GOVERNOR-GENERAL

KOREA ACQUITTED,

1.

NOT PARTICIPATE IN ICE. TRANSACTIONS.

MIROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

TOKYO, Feb. 23,

former ra Yannashi, Bontieneral of Korea, whom rocuradors on Newinder 21 “ecominunded, for a sentence months' hard hour in con. arry with his alleged participa-

the

fales

EXTI

fog

ute and

circles.

the Fusan Ries Exchange hns bien, aoquisted, hav- fu found Not Guilty" by

kyo District Court,

be rralled that General Bashi's indictment followed posary of a series of scan- high places during the Aduunistration, these being surtly after the forma the present Hamaguchi in July, 1020.

ANGTUNG'S LOW

TREASURY.

MMISSIONER STRIKĖS PESSIMISTIC NOTE.

Wah Ter Tat Poo.).

SKI-ERS BURIED NEAR INNSBRUECK.

RESCUERS ABANDON SEARCH FOR THREE.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

VIENNA, Feb. 22.

Five i-ers were buried by an Avalanche near Innsbrueck.

One crawled out and another was dug out by rescuers, but his legs were fractured.

The search for the three others was abandoned after six rescuers themselves were buried.

The latter were safely dug out.

LANDSLIDE IN ITALY. WOMAN AND FIVE CHILDREN BURIED.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

NAPLES, Fel. 22.

A woman and five children were buried in a landslide in Posilippo, but were safely dug out, although one child died later.

SNOW AVALANCHE IN SPAIN.

SIX PERSONS KILLED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

MADRID, Feb 22.

a snow avalanche in Huelda,

AIR SERVICE TO INDO-CHINA.

aholition of likin. Among foreign- ers, including the legation experts whose business, it is to know all about such matters, there appears | FRENCH AIRMAN DESCRIBES to be nobody nt the moment who likin Can tell

whether .you bas in fact been abolished or not. Merchants admit complete bewil derment; the Chinese tax-collec tors themselves are non-committal os the point.

an

presentative

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FIRST FLIGHT.

Marseilles, February 17.-In

-with interview

of the Havas agency, the avintor M. Nogues, chief pilot of the Franco-Indochina A month ago the situation was line, gave some details of his voy that 30 out of the 44 tax officesge from Marsden to Saigon and controlled by the Hopei Provincial his subsequent return to Trance.

After his departure from Mar Finance Bureau had been official

ly abolished but that several ofseilles, a storm impeded his flight them had reopened under new and caused a delay of 48 hours, names, such, as the dried Fruits

that he was not able to leave Damas til January 22, when he Tax Bureau, the Egg and Furn. Tax Bureau and so forth. At some did so in a triple-moter carrying ionts likin stations were still eight passengers. He arrived, at functioning as such, the provfn Saigon on January 27, where he einl authorities explaining that

was given a cordial welcome. The these were to be closed down as.

size of the population of the capit- al testifies to the importance of having an airmail directly in touch with Paris.

soon as the nor taxtion machinery came into operation. It was to ported that merchants to whom the collection of likin had been abandon farried out refused to without adequate compensation privilege for which they had paid out good money in advance as an Out of the 41 Tikin investment. stations along the Poiking-Suiyuan railway, according to a published by the Kun Wen, news agency, on January 15 13 had been completely abolished, 16 were carry. ing on asual and 12 were col reting likin in some modified form,

Burvey.

New Forms of Taxation On January 21 it was announced

it the loen: press that the new

storm whLD

On his return journey the stages were shorter and he had to make more landings, the longest dight being not more than 1,400 kilomet ers. At Bayreuth, a responsible for the loss of another day, but on the whole M. Nogues did not have any serious delays, The demonstration was mide to prove the possibility of instituting an sir-mail between France and Indochina.

M. Nogues arrived at the Mari- ganae aerodrome this morning. where a reception was arranged. for him in honour of his voyag Thoy service planes will leave regu- Jarly every fortnight

Consolidated. Tax on cotton yarn, matches, flour, sement, tobacco and cigarettes would be collected na from January 25 and that the Six persons have been killed in Special Consumption Tax would be imposed when the necessary re- gulations had been promulgated by Nanking. It was stated that SICILY.though the revenue from these new taxes was regarded as belong ISOLATED FROM ITALY FOR ing to the Central Governmentsanthe highest in China,

ngreement had been reached by

CYCLONE STRIKES

TWO DAYS.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PALERMO, Feb. 22. Sicily has been almost isolated from Italy for the past two days

which it would be used temporari-

impost on cotton and cotton yarn- the former under the Special Consumption Tax and the latter under the Consolidated Tax. The petition points out, that the old rate on cotton, first levied under the militarist regime, was already official order announcing the aboli-

After the

men

THE KUALA LUMPUR - CAMP.

OBITUARY.

No previoua information of the npheaval had reached civilisation.. The disturbance threatened to overwhelm everything. on

the reaches in the Cook Islands, taking as it did ie form of a series of gigantic tidal waves, t

DAME MELBA.

{THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENOR.J

SYDNEY, Feb. 23. The death has occurred of 'Dame Melba, the famous prima donna. LATER. Dame Melba died most peacefully in a nursing home at 5 p.m. in the POLICE REQUINED TO presence of members of her family, while a few friends, including the KEEP ORDER.

famous flautist, M. Lemmone, ac companist to Melba, was nearby.

Dame Melbi was taken ill on hoard the liner Cathay en route to Australia and was taken to hospital in Melbourne on October 19. She improved, so was allowed to leave The hospital, but she had's relapse on January 21, and, was again taken hospital in Sydney suffering from a skin infection.

Kuala Lumpur. That relief is a great a temptation to work-shy in this country as it is in Great Britain has been shown by cent occurrences at the Chinese in Kuala unempolyment camp Lumpur. This

is maintained by camp donations front the Chinese com to munity and provides food and shelter for over 1,000 coolies

The doctors were most reticent with regard to her condition, as Melba insisted upon reading, the nowapapers containing the bulletins of her condition.

The starose, suddenly outside "the lagoon, though there was no wind and the sky was quite bright and cloudless, and the sea other. wise calm.

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When the disturbance occurred below, great warce with a thunder- ing noise rushed at terrific speed up the harbour at Ramtonga, sub- Porging the aboves, and swaenp- ing sheds and houses with foar and spray.

The waves rose to a height of 80 feet, and the phenomenon continued all through the night.

The terrified inhabitants, catch- ing glimpses through, the spray of the ocean beyoud, noted that t was perfectly calm..

BRITAIN'S AMAZING- AERIAL WEAPON.

"GLOSTER" FIGHTER WITH SIX MACHINE GUNS. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]*

LONDON, Feb. 23. An amazing new air weapon has completed its tests at the Royal Air Force Experimental Station,

"This is Gloster" singles

The refusal of a large number of the men living in the camp to accept work when it was offered to them was revealed during police court proceedings against eight

The decensed Dame was born in Chinese, who were charged with having no ostensible means of sub. Melturne, her father being a sistence and with having failed to Scotch Presbyterian minister and

of her mother of Spanish origin. She pater fighter, armed with six give a satisfactory account

'married in 1882 Charles Nesbit,chine-guns, two of these being themselves.

Mr. A. I, Jordan, Protector of younger son of Bir Andrew Armynchronised for firing through the propeller and the others ar- there had been a great deal of Educated troublo in the camp, and three Ladies' College, Dams Melba later small riots had occurred some short studied in Paris under Madame time ago. It was difficult to main- Marchesi. She made her début on tain order, the cooks in the camp October 10, 1897, at the Theatre had been threatened, and those de la Monnaie, Brussela, as Gilda were in Rigolette, and in London in who had been threatened afraid to point out those who had "Lucin, threatened them as they foared harm would come to them.

Chinese, explained that recently strong, and they had one son. vanged in pairs on each winiz.

the Presbyterian

Mr. Lai Tet Loke, who went to the camp on the request of the resident of the committee running! the camp, to offer work to those who were fit, could not get any: mon as they had all refused work.

at

MISS MARGARET BEAVAN.

(THROUGH REUTER'S MENTY.]

LONDON, Feb, 2 The death has occurred of Miss. to Margaret Beavan, the first woman Lord Mayor in Britain, holding On the following day he (Mrhat office in the City of Liverpool Jordan) went to the camp with in 1927-28,

Miss Beavan was known na "The Mr. Davies, Probationary Assistant Commissioner of Police, to ascer Little Mother of Merseyside", owing tain what could be done, but about to her magnificent and ceaseless work on behalf of the mothers and children of Liverpool,

two to three hundred of the men in camp loft, and a posse of 50 policemen went in search of them,

nd brought back some of the moril from within a radius of about a mile of the camp...

Thirty Men Abscond. Aq. proof that all the men had not come back to the camp, witness would say that there wens about 150 meals not eaten that morning.

He spent about thres hours that tion of likin from Jury' 1 was

day trying to induos the men to issued the tax continued to Lye ly for the upkeep of the Hope collected under the name of the geeded in getting 58 of them to

go to work, and in the end suc CANTON, Feb. 23.

troops. Later, it was announced essimiste note was struck by

start work on the new bridge be that collection of the Consolidated Special Consumption Tax and now that a. Consolidated Tax on Mo, the Canton Financial

inz erected at Petaling

Nine of the men who refused to missioner. regarding the

Tax would be postponed until As the result of one of the most tions governing the payment. af industry will be compelled to bear work were arrested, but one

February 1: A new set of regula-gotton yarn has been imposed the hung financial position in a

double burden. The mill owners them way cortified as being me fines by merchants seeking to

issued and therefore urge that the money col-dically unfit. The eight produced delivered, at the weekly violent cyclones ever experienced. Freecial ervice held in Kwang- Torrential rains and strong gales evade taxation

Prificial Government House have devastated fields and orchards, new inx officials were appointed. Tected from them as Consumption in Court were the eight pro

trees being uprooted and the rail. Pins were made for stationing Tax should be refunded. Maya and telegraph services being collectors and inspectora at eight mills in Tientsin, five factories and a

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Ki Mo said that no financial interrupted.

The people of Palermo, which could be obtained to place, has suffered most, are using up the big deficit now susants, owing to the flooding of all by the Kwangtung financial the rivers in the Catania Plain

having burst. their banka.": The deficiency caused by Many house have collapsed, four g, Central Government compeople have been killed, and num is was estimated at about erous livestock has been lost. 000 a month, while that in

the Provincial Government Antent, was about, $830,000

This was the financial in Kwangtung, and the ung Lovernment must re- ate iis financial position. rding to Fan Ki Mo the ethod open to the adminis

GUN-RUNNING IN EAST AFRICA.

OPERATIONS AGAINST.

SMUGGLERS

Lotton

was

of

That morning witness had heard that from the number of men who

Foreign Imported Goods, The position of foreign import- had been sent to work, 20 had cemented goods under the new arrange. absconded, so they were now faced match works, in addition to the Tientsia ment at present is extremely ob- with having to run an unemploy scure. The Special Consumption ment camp where men only want and Chingwangtao Customs Houses, Newly manufactured goods were Tax covers a very large field of ed their food. The men in the 10 bra subject to the Consolidated native products and could be made oamp had not only assaulted the Tax after February 1 and goods cover a very considerable num police, but members of the work already in stock were to be soldber of imported goods as well. It ing staff and the committee of within 15 days, failing which they not at all clear whether foreign management, and even himself,

All the right accused, had indivi- also would have to pay the imgoods, having paid import duty, poat

wil escape this now lovy or not, dually refund work and thos In a press interview at Tientsin In North Chinn, it is peculiarly who weted as cooks, ete in the January 10, the Finance Minis difficult to discover what is hap: camp had refused to work on ar ter, Mr. T. V. Soong, discussing pening in this respect, since Tien count of having been intimidated. the new Consumption Tax had tein is chiefly an exporting cen- The voli had had to station 60

for- men in the camp eines Tuesday. been quoted as stating: "Although tra and the distribution of there are nineteen different kinds eign imports, once they leave the cflories under this tax only three foreign concessions, is handled or four of these will be collected largely by Chinese Consequently it is the Chinese merchant who has in each province. These levies aro only imposed on goods at the to-wrestle with the immediate pro places of their origin and produc-ems presented by the taxation is distic retrenchment of, Gun-running and drug-smuggling tion, and, when taxes are. paid wuddle, though the foreign im from Portuguese East Africa into there they can be transported to porter will be seriously hit if his y expenses. The imposition British territory has become rial taxes to replete likin rampant that Colonel Colliers, the cny other part of the country goods are subjected to internal

they were arrested on their arrival In other words, on any kind of creased import duties, nat inprove the situation, Chief of the South African Criminal without paying further taxation. taxation on top of the recently in

has Department,

M. G, A, de C. de Huubray con- estitated receipts from these Investigation

taken personal charge of the opera product on tax, only is imposed. Reports from other ports of cocoons is paid there will be no

varies from province to provinos, visted them all, but ordered that parees would be very small tions against the smugglers, For instance, when the tax 90 Chian show that the situation

Sixty armed Union police en- parison with the big deficits

to abolish likin, however genuine, he was ill, should be sent for me official prenoutieements it was Jaid tha! General Chen Taal countered on the borders to-day a tax on silk. From this and other indicating that Nanking's effort one of them, who, complained that had promised to "cut" band of drug and gun presumed that goods paying there resulted so far merely in mak dieal examination. He made an

woman named execute hands to be of vood. Dilitary estimates, beginning | tanda di ponud, überimpanwer Agrodimand 103olilated Tax would be exempting the existing confusion worse order that the seven others should maintenance of the two police fired upon Captain Coetsee. Ministry, however, the Tientsin impression that the ground for months in the sum of 850 each in over, was now responsible During an exciting chase, the joint: petition to the Financerience certainly gives one the TVRODE TOTgprøvlede na kay

tention to the existence of a double been somewhat inadequately pre- thres months rigorous imprisons cotton mill have now drawn at

pared.

mont-Straits Times, (Continued on neat Columin:) the anti-Red campaign in of the smugglers. Fortunately,

as

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 92.

60

updium valued at thou

arch The Kwangtung Trea- landar

shots missed him.

the

Mr. Davies Assiriant Commis sioner of Police, gave evidence of having arrested the soused on the instructions of Mr. Jordan, at, the camp. Mr. Jordan, in witness's presence, spoke to the men in Can- tonese, which witnem understood, and they refused to work.

Acensed denied that they had been offered work, and added that at the camp.

All six machine-guns are con with their sights so arranged that rolled in unison from the cockpit he lines of fire conv.rgetween The craft has & spoed of nearly 00 and 300 yards from the machine. 200 miles per hour and a ceiling 20,000 feet; hence oxygen can enrried to cuable the plane to

limb 15,000 feet in nine minutes, and en dive at a speed of 320 miles an hour...

COUNTER REVOLUTION

IN RUSSIA. SOCIAL DEMOCRATS UNDER TRIAL.

[THROUGH REUTER'S ACENOY]

Moscow, Feb. 22. A counter-revolutionary organisn- The deceased lady contested the Everton Division of Liverpool in ton in Russia has. been revealed the Conservativo interest, opposing by a preliminary inquiry into the Mr. Derwent Hall Caine, the son of activities of certain members of. Sir Hall Caine, the novelist, in the Social Democrat Party,, who 1029, and was defeated by only will shortly be tried by the

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