RUSSO-JAPANESE
DISPUTE..
DISPLAY OF DIPLOMATIC FIREWORKS.
TUROCON REUTEN'S AGENOV.]
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1931.
JAPAN'S REPLY TO BRITISH INVITATION "NEW ENGLAND "
SOVIET PROTEST.
CONTENTS NOT YET AVAILABLE.
(THROUGH REUTER'S, AGENCY.]
TOKYO, April 7, The Japanese reply to the Soviet ene dispute ne regards, the shooting protest in connection with the at-
of
LONDON, April 6.
Commenting on the Rasso-Japan.
TO GERMANY.
CHANCELLOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT LONDON
(THROUGH AKUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, April & It is understood that the British Government has invited the Ger-
the Foreign Minister, Dr. Curtiue,
to come to London on and informal visit.
friendly
a Soviet Trade Agent, Mtempt on the life of M. Anikioffman Chancellor, Dr. Bruening, and Auikieff,
the Times is of the was handed to M. Troyanovsky, opinion that the Soviet Govern-Soviet Amlinssador, this evening, ment wants to use the crime of an unbalanced individual as an excuse to drive the Japanese fishing fleet from Siberian waters.
The paper says:
But even if the Kremlin hopes to exploit an unimportant incident in order to divert attention from its own attempt to undermine the Treaty of 1025, it may be asked whether the game of affronting a proud and powerful nation is likely and to be worth the candle, whether M. Karakhan's real inten. tion is to impress the watching Chinese Government by a display of diplomatie fireworks, and thus expedite his long-drawn negatio tions with its delegates,"
FIRE DESTROYS HUNDRED HOUSES IN JAPAN.
·' (THROUÓN REUTER'S 'AGENCY.]
ORAKA, April 7 Fanned by a strong wind, a fire destroyed 100 houses this morning in the city of Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture.
The contents are expected to be published in a couple of days.
SEQUEL TO SOVIET SEIZURE
OF GOLD BARS.
INTERNATIONAL LAWSUIT OPENS IN U.S.A.
[REUTER'È AMERICAN, SERVICE]
STATE.
HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE V.
INDIAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.
SOVIET SPIES IN ROUMANIA.
DRAFT CONSTITUTION SUFFERING FROM AN APPROVED BY DELEGATES. ATTACK OF BRONCHITIS.
(THROUGH.REUTER'S ADENCY.)
(THROUGH RevṬen's AGENCY.]
LONDON, AprilTM 7. SYDNEY, April 7.
An official statement from Wind The draft Constitution of the
"loyalist" unit, sor Castle says that His Majesty Federal new
WAS King George V. is suffering from namely, "New England," formally approved by 150 delegates in the Maitland Town Hall.
A telegram from Sydney of March stated that the boundaries of the
|
and that he is making slow but satisfactory progress.
an attack of sub-acute bronchitis,
M. Briand Also Invited.
proposed New England State BRITAIN-CAPETOWN PAR16, April 7.
to be formed in the north-eastern The hopes that M. Briand will be portion of New South Wales com- RECORD FLIGHT. induced to attend the Anglo-Ger-prised 130,000 square miles. man discussions which are tenta tively fixed for early in May are discounted in the newspapers, which declare that M. Briand was invited. but declined, mainly on account of the Presidential election.
The newspapers are most sus- "New Youx, April 8 "Russian gold bars figure in an picious that there is more in the international laweuit which open-invitation than meets the eye. ed here to-day.
i
The plaintiffs are the Banque de France and the defendants the Chano National Bank and Guar anty Trust Company.
I
The Banque de France serke the recovery of 85,000,000-the value of gold bars sent for sale to New York 1998 by the Bolshovists, who neized them from the State Bank
ef Petrograd, although the Ban-
que de France claims that it
The Echo de Raris forecasts the most mischievous consequences" if France nccepted the "flattering invitation after the thunderclap of the Austro-German Economic Agreement,"
KING AND QUEEN OF SIAM.
Invitations had been sent to 05 local governing bodies to attend & convention on April 7 to draft a SIX DAYS AND TEN HOURS' constitution.
.
PRINCE OF WALES AND PRINCE GEORGE.
WITNESS SOCCER GAME' AT
RIO AT NIGHT.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
RIO DE JANEIne, April 7. The Prince of Wales and Prince George were enraptured with their novel experience of last night.
Bented in a profusely beflowered box in the midst of 40,000 specta tors, they watched an cxeiting game of soccer played with a white
SNOWSTORMS AND GALES bought them from the Imperial TOKYO PALACE PLACED AT ball in a field illuminated by huge
IN JAPAN.
FOUR HUNDRED HOUSES PARTLY SUBMERGED.
THROUGH REUTER'S 'AGENCY:]
TOKYO, April 0. Heavy snowstorms and galca are reported in various parts of the ountry. Gifu Prefecture, where the cherry blossom is already bloom- ing, suffered heavily
and tho blossom was badly damaged, while Nofumachi, Niigata Prefecture, last night experienced a heavy snow storm Recompanied by high waves, which swept over and partly sub merged about 400 houses.
Two fishing boats in the same dis-i trict are missing, and it is feared that they have foundered together with the erdw of seven.
B.A.T. LOAN TO SHANSI. TWENTY, MILLION DOLLAR AGREEMENT SIGNED,
(Wah Tez Yat Pao)
PEIPINO, April 8.
loan of An agreement for a $20,000,000 offered by the British American Tobacco Company to the Shanai Provincial Government for the purpose of improving Shanai's financial system is reported to have been signed and to be effective from this month.
The delivery of the loan fund will be made on a monthly instalment
basis.
As a return for this lonn the company's cigarettes of all brands on sale in Shansi Province will be exempt from every form of tax.
WOMEN'S
CHINESE
NATIONAL CONFERENCE. REPRESENTATION AT
Russian Government bofore the Revolution.
When the procedings started in 1928 the Soviet withdrew the gold bars to Russia, but undertook to indemnify the Banks if they lost the case.
BRITISH AND AMERICAN BANKERS CONFER.
OF
OF GOVERNOR
BANK ENGLAND IN WASHINGTON,
[RENTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
WASHINGTON, April 6. Mr. Montagu Norman, Governor of the Bank of England, who has been conferring with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, ar- rived hero to-day and is privately conferring with Mr. A. Melon and Mr. Eugene Meyer, the Governor of the Federal Reserve Board, and other members of the Board.
UNITED STATES
INDUSTRY.
RAPID RECOVERY MOST UNLIKELY.
(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE,]
New Yox, April 6. Those optimists who have been prophesying a rapid recovery of industry in the United States are
rather discouraged by the publica. tion of steel operations for the past week, showing a two per cent. decline to 63 per cent. output capacity.
COLOMBIA QIL LAW. PEOPLE'S CONVENTION.
PROSPECTING GEOLOGISTS (Chun Wan. Tat. Pao.)
BEING WITHDRAWN; NANKING, April 7..
---- The leading women's public
(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]' hadics of Canton, Shanghai, Tien- tain, Peiping, Hankow, Hangehow sending
New Youx, April 7. and other centres are
The Texas Petroleum Company's delegations to Nanking for the purpose of holding a national con geologists who have been prospect ference to reaffirm their demanding in Colombia during the past for direct representation of women four years are being withdrawn at the coming People's Convention owing to the new restrictive oil low in addition to representation aeregulations. cording to the five categories of delegates, namely, agricultural, pro fossional, commercial, labour, and the Kuomintang.
DR. SUN YAT-SEN'S SECRETARY.
DEATH AFTER A LONG ILLNESS.
(Chun Wan Fat Pao.)
PEIFING, April 0.
Mr. Ma So, the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen's English secretary, passed away last Saturdng Evening
AMERICAN CIRCUS FEUD.
MONOPOLY CONSPIRACY
ALLEGED.
(REUTEN'S AMERICAN BERVICE}
CHICAGO, April 6.
THEIR DISPOSAL.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
TOKYO, April 7. Their Majestics the King and Queen of Biam, on board the Emr press of Japan, arrived at Yoko hama this morning amidst the booming of a salute of guns.
All the ships in harbour were' belagged for the occasion
Their Majesties proceeded to Tokyo by special train.
Thousands of school children, Boy Scouts and reservists lined the streets, waving Siamese and Japan- све Дада.
"
Arrival at Kasumigaseki Palace.
LATER. Thoir Majestion the King and Queen of Siam were met at Tokyo station this afternoon by Prince and Princess Chichibu and others.
The waiting care drove the royal party through cheering and specta tor-lined streets to the Kasumiga seki Palace, which the Emperor has placed at the disposal of the royal guests for the length of their stay.
A picturesque Japanese lantern procession is being held this even ing in Their Majesties' honour.
EARTHQUAKE IN
ARGENTINA. -
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
BUENOS AIRES, April 7.
A fresh shock of earthquake was experienced at Tucuman this morn ing.
No damage has been reported.
CLEAN SWEEPING CHICAGO.
cluster floodlights.
..
The Princes were tumultuously cheered as they strolled in the
JOURNEY.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
RUGBY, April 8. Commander Glen Kidston, who left Britain on Tuesday last on a Blight to South Africa, necompani- ed by Lieutenant Cathcart Jones, a second pilot, and L. Johnson, tho wireless operator, reached Cape. town this afternoon.
He has beaten the previous ro. cord of eight and a half days, but just failed in his aim of com pleting the fight in six days owing to a slight mishap when forced down by oil trouble yesterday at Lichtenberg, Western Transvaal.
An enthusiastic welcome was ac- corded Commander Kidston and his companions"upon their arrival,
The fight took six days and ten
boura.
Earlier News. (THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]
CAPETOWN, April & Glen Kidston arrived at. 8.00 'clock. He had mechanical diffi Prince George kicked off in the culties on the last stage. The pro vious record from England is nine second half.
and half days.
areas.
The Prince of Wales received the honorary presidency of the Club.
OBITUARY.
LADY WYNDHAM.
[THROUGH REUTER'S ADENCY.]
LONDON, April 0.
The death occurred to-day of Lady Wyndham, widow of Sir Charles Wyndham, in her seven- tieth year.
ENGLAND AUSTRALIA
FLIGHT.
SCOTT DEPARTS FROM RAN. GOON AHEAD OF TIME,
(THROUGH NEUTEN'S AGENOY.)
RANGDON, April 7. Mr. Anderson Scott .departed at noon after an hour's stay to refuel. He, in still ahead of Kingsford. Smith's time.
}
FEDERAL JUDGE PRAISES BOOK.
GANDHI LECTURES FINAN-MILITARY DOCUMENTS AT
CIAL PANDITS.
[THROUGH REUTRI'S AGENCY.]
New Drun, April 7. Gandhi Jectured the nancial pandits at the opening session of tha Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce.
He said the Federation leaders could not expture Congress by moans of the purse, but hy, a greater ancrifice for the masscă,
Mr. Skriram, president of the Federation, regretted the Karachi. Congress resolution embodying the declaration of rights was passed so hurriedly, without consultation with vital interests.
Stabilising the Value of Gold. He also assorted that in the ah. Beneo of any tangible evidence of effective international co-operation for stabilising the value of gold, the best policy for India at present would be to let exchange take ita
own' course.
INDIA'S COMMUNAL DIFFICULTIES.
GANDHI APPEALS, TO MOSLEM LEADERS.
I..
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
SEVENTY POUNDS APIECE.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGÉNOY.]
BUCHAREST, April 7.
That military secrets were sold to foreign military attaches during document was asserted at the open- the auturan manwavros for £70 per ing of a court-martial on 63. alleged Soviet spies who were arrested, Inst October.
Numerous foreigners are among the prisoners.
The prosecution contends that they were organised under the direc tion of the Soviet Government.
NAVAL BRUSH WITH PIRATES.
ATTACK NEAR WENCHOW REPULSED.
Nanking, April 1-Messages re- ceived at the Ministry of the Navy report that a miniature battle was fought batween the gun-boat Chu- kuan and a gang of pirates near Wenchow, on the Chekiang cunst yesterday!
The gunboat which had been standing by to protect the salvage work for 廷 Norwegian, steamer, which recently foundered near Wen- chow, suddenly encountered at 3 o'clock in the afternoon a large NEW DELI. April . band of more than 100 pirates riding Following the Viceroy's "conver-in junks, who were approaching the sations" with the Moslem lenders, derelict vessel for the purpose of Gandhi has appealed to the latter plunder.
naval men
immediately to draw up a full statement of the minority safeguards they require, brought their machine guns into. It is most likely that Gandhi action against the pirate boats will be persuaded to attend the which returned the fire with their Round Table Conference in Lon rifles.. For several hours the en don, especially if a settlement of counter continued until the pirates were finally overwhelmed by the communal issues is not reached in
naval gunfire, the meanwhile.
ATTEMPT TO WRECK INDIAN EXPRESS. DRIVER'S PRESENCE OF MIND AVERTS DISASTER.' (THROUGH REUTER'S ADENOY.]
SIMLA, April. 6. A daring attempt was made to. day to wreck the express from Delhi, apparently with the object of causing death or injury to Bri- tish officials of the Government of India.
The outrage was undoubtedly the work of extremisté..
The attempt was made near Lalry, on the North-Western Rail.
way.
The
ANTI-RED DRIVE COMMENCES.
CAMPAIGN AGAINST RIANUSI COMMUNISTS.
Hankow, April 1-A great mass Joffensive against Communist-bandits in Kinngai province, under orders from the central military headquar ters, was launched at dawn to-day.
The first route army, under the command of General Wang Chin Yu, is lending the offensive while the 28th route army under General. Sun Lien Chung in charged with the task of recovering all villages, and towns now in the hands of the Com munist-bandita
+
The newest offensive against the brigands, it is understood, is to be continued for ten days. It is ex- pected to result in wholesale de feats for the bandits.
Several rats were removed, and a normal sped over this stretch of the line a serious disaster would undoubtedly have resulted.
Fortunately, the driver of the train saw what had been done when he was approaching the spot. He applied his brakes full on im- mediately, and though he was not in time to prevent a mishap, the important train had been sufficiently slowed centre are fleeing toward Yangsin- haih. They are believed to be hold- down to prevent a calamity.
The locomotive and six following ing eight wealthy Wuchang mer-
[Lady Wyndham, who was known MARIE STOPES VINDICATED had the express been traveling at on the stage as Miss Mary Moore, London was the daughter of a Parliamentary Agent, and first begaa play in the provinces in 1685. Later she went to London, playing in the Criterion Theatre, management of Sir under the (then Mr.) Charles Wyndham, us;
NEW Yona, April 0. tile she became leading actrees in
Marie that theatre and was subsequently
Declaring thut Misa with Sir Charles Wyndham in Wyndham's Theatre. Prior to the Stupes' book "Married Love" is
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
Meanwhile, Government. forces nre pursuing the brigands who.. plundered Chinninchen on Sunday: The 4,000 bandits who occupied the Wuchang commercial
latter's death she was associated neither immoral nor obscens, but conches were derailed and a few chants as hostages.
with him as joint proprietor and in the management of those and the Criterion theatres, which she continued after his death in 1019. Lady Wyndham was President of the Actors' Benevolent Fund and Chairman of Wyndham Theatres, Ltd. Her principal successes were: "The Melluse," "David Carrick," "The Tyranny of Tears," "The Liars," and "Mrs. Dane's De fence."
MR. W. L. WYLLIE,
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
the artist.
LONDON, April B.
"highly
informative," Fedoral Judge Woolsey dismissed a case brought by the Federal authorities under which the Government sought to confisente the book.
· REORGANIZATION OF HOUSE OF PEERS. JAPANESE COMMITTEE OF ENQUIRY,
Tokyo, April -Prince. Toku- gawa, President of the House of Peers, has proposed the appoint- 10ent of a joint committes of all
passengers suffered alight injuries.
Special significance is attached to the attempt as the annual migration of the Government of India to Simla, owing to the hot weather at Dolhi, takes place round About this time,
EX-KING AMANULLAH. LETTER PROMPTS INDIAN ORDINANCE.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
NEW DELHI, April
6.
NEW EXPERIMENTAL MONOPLANES,
TO BE USED IN RESEARCH INSTEAD OF WIND-TUNNELS.
London, Mar. 31.-Great Britain's Ministry of the Air has developed. secret experimental monoplanea which will replace the use of wind tunnels for the purpose of deter mining scale effects, it was learned to-day.
The research aeroplanes which
It seems that ex King Amanullah already are flying in aerodynamical
groups in the House with an object of Afghanistan was the cause of the laboratories measure approximately of studying the reorganization of Viceroy's Ordinance, which was pri43 feet from wing to wing tip.
When fully landed they waigh the House. Two or three members marily intended to consolidate the
mittee.
A
of the different cliques will be ap-friendly relations with Nadir Shah 9,870 pounds.
The new aeroplanes are cashblo pointed as the members of the Com- of Afghanistan.
King Amanullah sent letter of a top speed of 199 miles an hour. from Italy which was published by and they have an approximate ceil the Pross on the North-West Fron-ing of 20,000 feet. tier of the Panjab.
The lotter drew a spirited reply from Nadir Shah's semi-official newspaper.
The death occurred to-day of IS CRIME AND CORRUPTION Mr. William Lionel Wyllie, R.A.,
TO CONTINUE?
The late Mr. Wyllie, who was 81
The deficit in the function of the years of age, was famous for his (REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
etchings of ships and marine paint Upper House, is now recognised by ings. He won the Turner Modal many in view of the fact that the minor cliques rould do nothing CHICAGO, April 7
in 1880 and first exhibited at the during the last session of the Diet Any previous deficiencion in the Royal Acaderay in 1897, being ap- owing to the complete combination forecolul statement of their case by the protagonists, in the mayoralty pointed an Academician in 1907, of the members of the Kenkyu-kai, the most influential group in the campaign were fully made up by He also wrote a number of technicHouse, and that so many important the two candidates stinging "lastal works on painting, a descriptive Bills were referred to the Upper words" before E microphone just narrative, Ben Fights of the House from the House of Repre before midnight in preparation for
close-of-the-session-that the UppEL to-day's poll to decide whether the Great War" (with Mr. M. sentatives at a time towards the 逗 biography House had not time, enough to de- Democrat
Wren), and "Tony" Cermak will r
liberate them.
oust "Big Bill" Thompson, as the of J. M. W. Turner, Mr. Wyllie betting odds at prosent suggest.
Mr. Thompson, who has annou¤e-
was very fond of the Modway
ed that he will not seek office again, Towns, where he used to stay for has not lacked energy in the pre-long periods with the Earl and Bont campaign. He has been assist--
Mr.
A sonsational suit for damages of over $1,000,000 has been filed in the ed by his famous circus of donkeys, Countess of Darnley, of Cobham. District Court on behalf of the mules and camels bearing claction-He also exhibited on several occa Western Show Company (Zack T.eering labels. Not only were they sions at the flochester Art Club Miller and Miller, Brothers), a frequent sight in the streets, but exhibitions, together with charging the Sellota Circus they actually appeared in the City
Donald Maxwell. He was an (Ringling Brothers, Barnum and all Bailey and affiliated concerns) with conspiring to monopolise the cirous ing business, alleging various illegal His death took place only shortly acts including the "enticing" of after leaving the hospital in cou- Tom Mix from the plaintiffs' cau- sideration of the apparent improve.ployment to Bellafloto Circus at a
salary of $12,000 a week. ment in his condition,
The late Mr. Ms had been ill for n long time and received medical treatment in a local French los pital.
JAPANESE BALD HEADS
TO ASSEMBLE. ....
ATTEMPT ON THE HIMALAYAS.
BRITISH MOUNTAINEERS
·HOPE TO REACH 'SUMMIT.
[BRITISH WIRELESS NERVIOL] :
Roary, April 6.
Constructed along especially clear lines the new planes ensure the smallest possible air flow around the wings. They are described as of the parasol type." They are de- signed so that aerodynamical forces. operating on the wings are measur ed in actual flight. The aircraft are lifted by a single pair of wings held above the fuselage on an ar rangement of struts.
The initial and running costs of the research monoplanes are much! less than the cost of, & compressed; air wind tunnel.
The new research monoplanes ahos The leader of the British expedi passusses the advantage of making tion which left London on Satur.it possible to secure data on & furt day to attempt to climb Kamet sized aeroplane, which cannot be Peak, in the Himalayas, is Mr. F. obtained as a result of tunnel tests S. Smythe, who was a member of the Kanchenjunga expedition, res This is the fifth attack on Kamel,
Among the mountaineers familiar:
Mr. Cermak's supporters, wear-thusiastic yachteman and bolonged
to the Royal Corinthian Yacht persons will gather to witness the no climbers have got within 2,000 chances of mythes' party are con brooms, symbolising a clean sweep
buttonholes
01
miniature
of crime and corruption, concluded Club, whilst as Assistant Commis: Scouting in Portsmouth, whore he the campaign with a grand parade, sioner be took a keen interest in Bea and they confidently expect favourable landslide.
4
rosided,
Tokyo, April 2-The All Kanto Kohtoh Kai or bald headed society of Japan is to hold a convention on Sunday at Nagatoro, in the Chichibu' district. It is expected thet-5,000 which is over 25,000 feet high, but The highest Himalayan Perk as
Jonsong, 24,000 feet high, assembling of 350 members of the fent of the summit.
make motion pictures of the asam (Continued at foot of next column) Arrangements have been made to conded completly up to now is
society.
Uled bald heads.
with Himalayan conditions i
sidered to be good.
Smythe's companions are
worth and E. Supton, all of whom are nader 33 years of age. Birnie, Dr. Green, H. Captain
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.