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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1931.

THE EXTRALITY DISCUSSIONS.

AGREEMENT WITH, BRITISH MINISTER ON POINTS,

JAPANESE SITUATION-UN-X- DIFFERENT BASIS.

Nanking, March 13-Spanking en extraterritoriality negotiations to-day Dr. C. T. Wang stated that he was boving conversations with the British Minister, Sir Miler Lampson, and that Dr. C.

Wp was taking the sung in

inatter. up with, the American Government in Washington. The French Minis- te A Wilden, is scheduled to leave, Paiping, for Naoking...next week to discuss Sino-Franch affairs with Dr. Wang,

In connection, with his conyers tious with the British Minister, Dr. Wang stated that they had renched an agreement on most of the points discussed. There, were few important points, however, about which their view differed,

SEARCH, FOR GOLD. MR. BOTTOMLEY'S

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DIARY OF STRANDED, “

AIRMEN

'PLANE FORCED DOWN, ON..

_WAY TO SECRET REEF

A dramatic race for gold, lies. behind-the-stranding-of-two air. men in the Central Australian do sert... For three weeks the mon wandered about the desert.soeking

help they were brought to Alice Springs in a weak condition,

The two men are Captain Pit- tendrugh, who was a British war- pilot, and Mr. Hambro, a mining expert.

Captain Pittendrugh, says that December, 20 he took off from, Alice Springs with Mr. Hamro for hilba, They knew that some. hero in the arid country to the prospector, named Lasseter," was awaiting them at a rich gold reef which he had discovered many

west

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LIBEL ACTION.

SALE OF AN AMERICAN MAGAZINE,

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Mention of a libel-action-fn-which- Mr. Horatio Bottomley is the plain- tiff and the defendants are Mesars.

made in the Court of Appeal.

W. Woolworth & Co., Ltd., was

Mr. Malcolm, Hilbery, K.O., for

cation to strike out a paragraph of Messrs. Woolworth, made the appli

the statement of claim on the ground of non-compliance, with an. order of the Court

It was complained, he said, that in 1927 Mosare. Woolworth & Co., sold an American magazine called

which there was an article headed, Detective Story Magazine," "in

tic Bottomley, Editor and Em- "Swindlers and Scoundrela; Hora.

bezzler."

Selected passages were set out which Mr. Bottomley said, were

At Ibilba they were to meet Mr. derogatory to him, and ho complain Taylor, the manager of a gold exed that there was an innuendo that My attitude on these points reploration company, who would he blackmailed people.

Rive, them, sealed, orders telling them where to find Lasseter, from

mains firm. It is hoped that the foreign governments will come to the realization that the Government and the public of China alike are firm in their desire to see extrality abolished," he said.

The. Japanese Case. Dr. Wark, expressed, the hope that foreign governments would ac eet the Chinese terms and that the extraterritoriality issue would ne settled in the immediate future. When questioned as to whether he hnd discussed the extrality issue with the Japanese Government, the Foreign Minister stated that the Japanese enne was a little differ

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Petrol Givos Out,

Mr. Hilbery said that Mr. Bottom-

the last depot which he had usedley, in his submission, had, trifled with the order of the Court con,, Lake Cristopher.

verning partinalars. When there was an order for further and better These special precautions were being taken to elude parties with particulare, his solicitor wrote that camel teams who were anxious to the best particulars that Mr. follow the exploration party through the desert, and possibly Bottomley could give at that stage forestall Mr. Taylor at the gold were that two copies of the maga roof. Police have been holding zine were purchased at two London back these parties recently.

shops of Messrs. Woolworth, Mr. Bottomley also act up all the Wool- worth addresses in London, diere- garding whether they were shops, warehouses, or stores,

Captain Pittendrugh, however, failed to find ibilba in his plane, a dotermined to return to Alice Springs, but the petrol supply gave out and he landed among scrub. The machine was not damaged, but the scrub made it impossible for the airman to take off again.

Captain Pittendruch's

diary

ent from those of the other/Pow-shows that the airmen propped The National Government their machine and tial it down; maintained that the old Sino- then they decided to walk. to Alice Springs. They were carrying five Japanes Treaty had expired and time of mixed meats, 10 milk that the matter of extrality should tablets, 12 biscuits and four gallons bu taken up together with the water. They also had with Treaty of Amity, Commerce and them, a net to guard them from Navigation,

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mosquitoes.

At the end of thres days they roached soak" in Dashwood Creek, near Mount Zoil. Rain. had recently, fallen: there was water, and they encamped.

Fierce Heat.

A draft treaty was presented by the Foreign Office to Jupon dur- ing the time Mr. Yoshizawa was Minister to China, and although recently Mr. Shigemitsu, Japaneso Then follows a record of 11 days Charge d'Affaires, expressed the during which they wern husband- ing their food as carefully as pos- opinion that the Japanese Govern:ible until it was all used up. The tuent would be willing to settle the heat was fierce, but they spent the Extrality issue first,, the Sino- days searching in the neighbour. Janese Nanking and Hankowhood of the camp, which they re incidents would probably, be settled tained as their headquartera At at, il samo tima. There is a pos on stage during their isolation, siblity that these issues may be when they were in danger of thirst settled in the near future, conclud. rainstorm replenished the "soak.

Day after day they waited, ed Dr. Wang ****

gradually growing worker, but finally they were nighted by a In an interview with Press reserching plane. This machine presentatives here this morning, dropped a message to Mr. Giles, the Foreign Minister, Dr, C. Ta grazier on the Dashwood River, Wang, stated that a new era in asking him to enlist the aid of the history of China's diplomatic natives Mr. Gilon organised relations with foreign governments party, which reached the lost air had begun, the period of unequal" men few hours after they had trenties having definitely come to ten sighted. an end. Hergifter. he continued, all treaties would be concluded on a basis of absolute equality. The recent treatios of amity," commerce And navigation with Poland and Sarcho-Slovakia, would be used as model trentica,

"Unequal" Treaties at End.

The first Szecho-Slovakian Minis: ter to China had arrived in Shang bai, Dr. Wong added, and would present his credentialstat" the 'Na tion Government Office here on *Monday.

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A NEW TUBE,

FROM THE ELEPHANT TO CAMBERWELL,

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Jottings in Captain Pittond rugh's diary tell the dramatic story of the airmen's plight dur- in the last daya:"

January 3-Two Royal Austra lian Air Force planes came in sight, but we failed to attract their attention.

January 8-We erected a flag relo on adjacent hill

January 0-Two tablets, lott Flies and ants awful

January 11 (3p.m.). The planes overhead, dropped fend. stuffs, eigarettes."

January 11Mr. Giles and party. arrived. Left for Alice Springs

The two airmen are now at Alice Springs recuperating alter their, 1 days' ordeal by heat and thirst

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: The Underground Railway Com means of a Parliament, to extend the Bakerloo section of the London Eestrić, Hailway, from the Elephant and Castle to. Camberwoll Green.

menus of a Billin, Poplin TRAINING COLLEGE

FOR POLICEMEN.

The distance of the proposed ox- tension is 14 milos, with two sta tions ono at the junction of Al bnny-road and Cumberwell-road, and the other (the now terminal) A: Camberwell Groen.

It is estimated that the scheme gested will cost £1,875,000.

1033.

Lord Justice Scrutton: I suppose Woolworthia know very well all their shops at which this magazine was oa sale.

Mr Hilbery replied, that the firm's system involved grent buying, and they did not necessarily keep track of every article,

"Tons of Journalism.". Mr. Hilbory explained that the can journaliam, and were bought in magazines were out-of-date Ameri-

bulk.

"I might put it this way, he said. They buy two tons of American journalism. This enables them to send so many hundred- weights to each of their shops."

Mr. Hilbery, said he wanted parti celnrs of the various shops in which Mr. Bottomley said that copies of the magazine were sold, adding, "Then I will call people from those shops who will say that they had not the slightest idea what was inside the covers

The application was dismissed, Lord Justice: Scrutton, remarking that the Court saw no reason to interfere with the orders which had been made by the Master and Mr. Justice Hawke in the inatter of particulara,

"I think," he said, "this i rather an example of the sort of tling which is making litigation 'ex- pensive."

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HOME POLITICAL

RUMOURS.

TALES THAT FLOAT IN..

THE LOBBIES.

The chaotic state of politics at present is shown by the remours ir. circulation in the Lobbies says the News Chronicle of February

24.

up in the course of duty in the

No story seems too fantastic to lower ranks.

Whether a vacancy in the high-find believers, and miny hard-head- her ranks. is filled by promotion politicians frankly confess that. or by appointment, from some other they do not know where they are,? field of employment," he says.

Here are some of the rumours "there is too much of experiment about the selection. Many a man. chosen turns out well-maybe be- quse of maybe in spite of his an tecedents others turn out jadiffer.. entry or badly":

Such experiment, Sir Leonard, thinks, would be, largely removed

the establishment of a college 4 suggested, and in furtherance his appeal, ho adds the follow

of

in prgument which is calculated to carry with it the full weight of the policy of justice and fairness, for every one-

"It will teat, those whose faith,

Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Baldwin are to take peerages.

2-Mr. Lloyd George is to styn forms of membership of the Lab

out Party-or (an alternative version) he is.to.be given a post:

the Governmont 3-Sir John Simon is to join the Conservatives.j

4-Mr. McDonald and Mr Snowden are to resign as a pro

RANDOLPH CHURCHILL.

HIS REPORTED ENGAGEMENT.

Before Mr, Randolph Churchill, Mr. Winston Churchill's son, left New York with his mother for Palm Beach, Florida, he was ... asked whether the story was correct that he, was, engaged to Mise Catherine Halle, the debutante member of a wealthy Cleveland fargily, and that his mother's visit.was in connection. with that cugagement,

He replied. "I decline, to make any statement about that. I will neither confrm,por deny it.

"My mother, has come to the United States, to spend some time at Palm Beach and claim accom panying her. I expect it will be another two months before I re- turn to. England, as I have a num bar of lecture engagements to ful-

tost against disloyalty in thðir | Alkas N Party

5.The Liberal Party is to divide, in almost, equal parts, one

fu, nerformance of duty, has, part going to the Conservatives, brought them to, notice, and, willnd the other to Labour.

G-The whole Liberal Party probably bring to notice men, who to go over to Labour. qualities are boing wasted in, the lower Tätiks. Each year the col lega should turn out a sumber, of men definitely trained, for greater dr loss degrees of responsibility,

The question of offering tips,

D-Mr. Snowden is to abandon hia Free Trade principles, and troduce imports taxes in the .com in Budget.

Mcaley and Beaverbrook. MEN "WASTED" IN

7-Sir Oswald Mosley's group of LOWER RANKS.

young Labour Members, a number of young Liberals, and a number “TIPS" DEGRADING....

fo policemen has boon dealt with of young Tories are" to "join" by Sir Loonard in provious ro forces to establish a national trong defence of the Bug ports, and be states that tho ne policy. establishment of a college cessity for agai7 roferring to it 6-Bir Oswald Mosley is police foi 4, of England exists today, and will exist, eo over to Lord Baaverbrook. If powers are obtained by August; and Jys, and an equally strong. Johg né the popular idea that there next it is hoped that the lite. will cond ation, of the practice of is no harm in tipping a policeman Ee open for traffic at the end of tipping a policeman, are this kept alive by the stul too ready grincipal features of the final reacceptance of the proffered tip" It will be a very fine thing port, for the year ended September Tips gays Sir Leonard, have indood and I hope they will put 30, 1930 of Biz, Leonard Dunning degrading effect upon a body, pl. a station. next door to my house, who last year retired from the post men who repice to have their oc- Baid Mr. H. W. Smyth (Mayor of ton of Insnector of Constabulary. dupation regarded as a profession, Camberwell) to a New-Chronicle The idea of a police college, says worse practice

Too Much Experiment and they may and po, lead to far representative, .......

Such an extension has long been Sin Leonard, strikes some people During the year under review needed. It will do something to an a povelis, but he paints, out seventy-three men were dismissed. Yelieve the congestion of traffic at that, the police force stands almost and 114 ordered to, resign in leu Hye-lane, Walworth-road, and Old alone among disciplined, organis, of dismissal, The previous year the

tions in having a definite schern. figuras wee

Doventy-one and of training for those slution of, the soienty-five respectively and "the Higher ranks which cannot be risk indress must be matter for re- Wontinued at foot of next column,

Kent-road.get

"It will also provide work for a large number of mon, and we can do with that in these days.”

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103r. Winston Churchill is aiming at the leadership of the Conservative Party and Mr. Bald win wil be ready to let him have it.....

-Arrangements-have-been made for Mr. Winston Churchill', to under- take an extensive, speaking tour in

America next autumn and he will

address audiences in 40 of the largest cities in the United States and Canada,

Me Winston Churchill, was Thigh.... ly amused by reports from New York of the rumoured engagements of his 18-yearoldsen.

Newspaper reports are the only intimation Mr. Clarchill has ro ceived of the rumours," a member of Mr. Churchill's household told 'a repertor.

They came ps rather, a eliock toj him, and be does not know what to think. It can be said, however, that nothing is known hire about) the rumours, and that the visit Mr

States has no connection with burchill is paying to the United them, t

11--Mr. Winston Churchillika she prepared to link up with Lord.. Beaverbrook and apparently-Six Oswald Mosley,

All these stories are material for serious discussions in, the smoking rooms of the House of Commene and none knows which may, in the end, turn out to be true,....

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