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CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S RE-EXAMINATION WAR DEBTS.

SNUB.

REFUSES TO APPEAR AT COMMAND PERFORMANCE,

Tunovan REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, May 9, Charlie Chaplin will not appear-

at the Royal Command performance of variety artistes in the London Palladium on Monday. This was definitely announeed to-day.

OF

DECISION AT INTERNA- TIONAL CONGRESS.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

WASHINGTON, May 10. A momentous decision was taken

by the International Chamber of Commerce Congress which formally recorded its conviction that War Dehta should be open for re-exami This honour to the music hallnation, pointing out that the inte world has been much appreciated grity of the obligations are funda- by the profession for some years mental for the maintenance of inter- and has been regularly attended by national eredit and the expansion Their Majesties the King and of commerce. The resolution sys Queen. This year there will to no that the observance of this prin exception in spite of the King'sciple, however, is not inconsistent recent illness.

with the impartial examination of Their Majestics left Windsor the effects of these obligations upon Castle 10-day, motoring to Buck-international trade if warranted by ingham Palace, the King looking changed economic conditions."'' very fit

The Director of the Palladium, in an interviey, said that be cabled Charlie Chaplin twice, namely, on April 24 and April 20, requesting his appearance and intimating that it was a Command performanco..

Charlie Chaplin' only replied to. day from Juan les Pins :-

Very sorry; cannot appear at the Palladium. Have made it a principle never to appear on the stage since I have been associated with the seruen. Will you ne cept a donation for your worthy enise? Hoping you have the Success you deserve,"

Unprecedented.

The Director was most surprised at Chaplin's refusal, da scribing it as unprecedented. He said that foreign artistes at previous Com- mand performances sometimes can- "celled their passages home in order to perform before their Majesties.

Crowds Greet Royalty.

Reasy, May 8. The Court to-day left Windsor Castle, yhere it has been since early April, for Buckingham Palace, Their Majestics proceeded to Lon- don by road and were greeted at Buckingham Palace by a largo crowd.

A Former Lapse. A Home paper says of a former incident:

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 11, 1931.

AUSTRO-GERMAN CUSTOMS UNION.

COMPROMISE. INDICATED.

[Tanovon REUTER's agenov.]

LONDON, May 10. That there is a possibility of a Franco-German compromise in re

RELEASE OF GEN. DO-X FAILS TO

BERENGUER.

SUPREME COURT REFUSES AUTHORITY TO PROSECUTE

(THROUGH NEUTér's agency ]

MADRID, May 10. General Berenguer will be releas- as the Supreme Court of War and Marine has rejected the ap. plication for authority to prosecute

Bard to the projected Austro-Cered

nn Customs Union is"indicated by Paris and Berlin messages.

him.

LATER, General Berenguer was released

The Paris telegram outlines the French alternative plan, based on what is describable as an Interna tional Agricultura! Bank for which to-night,

industrial countries in north-west- ern Europe will supply the capital agricultural countries in south-east-- in order that it may be lent to

ern Europe on the security of their

possible in the present state of the land and creps and so make sales

world markets.

Lending countries will also under- The conference alko passed a re-

take to absori” a certain proportion solution in favour of the reduction of armaments and governmental ex-

of the produce which is at present penditure, the removal of trade barrention of preferential tariff notes a surplus. This will involve the riers and the giving freedom to

by purebasing countries, private business enterprise.

AUSTRALIA'S TRADE.

HUGE DROP IN IMPORTS.

[THOUGH REUter's agency.]

SYDNEY, May 9.

The huge drop of £33,793,000 is shown in the total of Australia's merchandise imports for the past nine months, compared with the cor responding period of the previous

year.

According to the foreign trade returns just issited the figures

are:-

'1929-30

£100,040,000 1830-31 .......... £11,450,000 Exports fell as follows:- 1029-30 1930-31

Decrease

Gold exports declined no lows:-

Berlin Comment.

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SPANISH COMEDY.

MUTINY ON BATTLESHIP.

(THROUGH-REUTHI'S AGENCY.]

Fennot (Spain), May 9. The whole crew of the Spanish Inttleship Jaime I. have been ar rested for mutiny. The crew last night marched in a body to the town hall and protested to the

handedness" of the second officer,

TAKE OFF.

PREPARING FOR ATLANTIC FLIGHT.

THROUGH AEUTER'S AGENCY.}

NAVAL PACT IN:

DANGER.

FRENCH ATTITUDE QUESTIONED.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}..

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 10.

LONDON, May 8. Its weight prevented the flying- "We returned from Paris under boat DoX from rising when it standing that the Franco-Italian attempted to start for Bolama, naval agreement was complete and Portuguese Guinea, this morning, that there was no question about according to a wireless thesenget. It is not wind, perhaps, for from the machine.

She proceeded to Orango Island, the outermost part of the Bissagos group, from where she will start Inter on her trans-Atlantic uight.

AIR ACE'S REMAINS.

.LT,.COMDR. KIDSTON'S BODY

TO BE SENT HOME,

'[BRITISH WINELESS. BERVICE.]

RUGBY, May 5. The body of Lieutenant-Com-

this

anyone who participated those in ternational negotiations at stage to apportion blame."

Thus Mr. A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, in a de. claration to-day, referring to the efforts of Mr. Arthur Henderson and himself in connection with the naval negotiations, regarding which there is now faint hope of agree

ment.

We made the greatest possible concessions that we could," he went on, "and we came away from Paris on March 1 with an agreement which I submitted to the House of

Mayer with regard to the high mander Glen Kidston, in whose Commons on March 12, an agree.

ment in which there was no am-

and the quality of their food memory a service was held in aboard.

London, was to-day entrained for The Mayor wired to the Govern Johannesburg, at Ilarrianith, where buigity, at least to me." The Foreign Minister, Dr. Cur.ment in Madrid about the incident, he and Captain Gladstone met their i

and as a result the crew

were

deaths owing to the crashing of their 'plane.'

Arrangements have been made PRESIDENCY OF FRANCE. for Lieut. Commander Kidston's

BERLIN, May 18.

tius, in a speech, said that the arrested, Austro German delegations at Genova would welcome all other proposals, and plans for the restor- ing of the health of European economic life and would co-operate intensively therein. Ite regretted that the a-called French counter- plan had not been made available to the German Government as it had obviously been made to other

Governmenta.

:

KINGS'S NEW- PRIVATE-

SECRETARY.

[WRITISH WIRELESS MERVICE)

Rucky, May 9. His Majesty the King has ap. pointed Mr. Frank Mitchell, Prest Secretary, Buckingham Palace, to ane of His Assistant Private Secretarica.

£74,172,000

£68,024,000

£ 6,148,000

fol.

1029-30

£23,820,000

he

1930-31

Decline ......

£ 7,685,000

£10,131,000

Whent,

Many of us will have read this morning the communique issued by Mr. Charles Chaplin to a London newspaper. Mr. Chaplin, in this lows:-

ncyclical, endeavours to elcar him- self from the charge of having been impertinent to the Duke of Con- naught. He does so in the following

ternis:-

I was the guest of the Prince of Monaco in a box, and when acknowledging the applause of the audience I recognised the Duke of Connaught, whom I im. mediately expressed wish to meel,

This phrase deserves to be trea- sired as one of the most egregions. utterances erer delivered. I Bus pect that it omanates, not from Mr. Chaplin-who, when all is said and done, is a perfectly harmles little man-but from his publicity stuff.

in any case the wording of his court circulars should at least e initialled by Mr. Chaplin before they are issued to the world.

The British public do not like to see the Duke of Connaught treat ed with any lack of respect.

And Mr. Chaplin, who is, after all, a Londoner born, should be aware of this fact and should cur- tail the vulgarity of his suite.,

SERUM FOR CANCER.

SCIENTIST'S DISCOVERY.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

Roony, May 8 Widespread interest has been aroused in experiments which are being conducted on cancer cases nt three London hospitals, with a new serum, discovered, by Dr. Thompson, who is Lecturer 04 Physiology at King's College, Lon.

1930-31 1029-30

however, 1050 a fol POSED AS JUDGE'S

Increase

£9,530,000 £7,581,000

£1,332,000

'AUSTRALIAN TREASURY

RETURNS.

LARGE DEFICIT

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

CANBERRA, May D.

A deficit of $102,201,000 is shown in the Federal Treasury returns for the past ten months.

Expenditure Receipts

£67,900,000 £49,000,000

The expenditure includes £1,500,000 for interest payment on behalf of New South Wales.

The Intest available figures 1927-28-show-- Expenditure Receipts

Deficit

£82,120,495 £76,670,259

£ 3,450,237

SUGAR INDUSTRY. ·

CHADBOURNE SCHEME

SIGNED.

[THBOVOH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BRUSBELA, May 9. The so-called Chadbourne scheme for fixing the international sugar was signed this export quotas Java, Germany, Belgium, Hungary, Poland and Czecho-Slovakia,

DAUGHTER.

WOMAN'S "NURSING

HOME" FRAUD.

A woman of 34 who had posed as the daughter of Judge Parry was sentenced 10 six months hard labour by the Bournemouth magis

trates.

She was charged, in the name of Graes Marjorie Parry-her real name was said to be Grace Marjorie Cooper--with obtaining by false pretences £151 from Isabel Elsie Griffin, a retired nurse, of Bourno mouth, and also a costume and sable necklet, valued at £29, from William Parket, ́a tailor-of Bos- combe. She pleaded guilty.

Inspector MacCullum said that accused was arrested at Shoreham, when he charged her with obtaining the costume and necklet by falsely stating she was the daughter of Judge Parry and that he would call in and pay for the articles. She replied, All I said about Judge Parry was rubbish."

TRIUMPH FOR M. BIAND.

(THROUGH ARUTEE'H ́ADENUY.]

PARIS, May 8. M. Briand triumphed in his battle with opponents of his to: eigu policy, gaining an unexpected. ly large vote of confidence.

The Foreign Minister is now the most likely candidate for the Presidency of the Republic

remains to be brought to England for burial.

SYMPATHY OF ITALIAN MINISTER.

(URITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.)'

Ruan, May 0. General Balbo, the Italian Air Minister, on behalf of himself and the Italian Air Service, sent an expression of sympathy to the British aviation on the death of

The Chami, dividing after a prolonged discussion involving all phases of foreign policy, passed a vote of confidence in M. Briand by 430 votes to '52.

Making his great fight for his Flight-Lieutenant Waghorn, political life, Mriand told th| Schneider Trophy winner. critics who contended that he had

Th British Air Minister, Lord tha

the

been caught napping over Austro-German Customs Union pro-Amulrec, las suitably acknow. posal, that "Germeny has made ledge the mesange.

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very serious mistake."

He expressed the opinion that a

solution of Germany's economis

Late In Day.

"In, France today, questions have been raised Lomewhat late in the day. I want to any that there will be no effect lacking on our part to promote & spirit of goodwill essential to secure progress in this 'direction.

"I also want to say, however, that there is going to be no guar- anter of success in progress towards disarmament merely by one country always giving way.”

`SHANGHAI-LONDON AIR MAIL.

A GREAT EVENT.

diflculties lay in the plane for SCHNEIDER TROPHY RACE. Daily News, begins: "This letter

European

economic solidarity,

which would 150 discussed at Geneva.

400 M.P.H. MACHINES.

►

"I hope that r Stresemant's successer wi) realise that the days [BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE), of forcing hand's have gone."

M Herriot, leader of the

RUGBY, May 9. Socialiste, supping M Friand, The High Speed of the Royal declared that there would be no Air Force which has been training naval peace without an agreement Felixstowe for the Schneider with Britain and the United Trophy Race, was transferred this States, and there would be no land week to Calshot, on Southampton peace without a reement with Water, and a new course of train- Germany.

ing for the race will begin there on Monday.

YELLOW FEVER DANGERS.

WARNING TO AUTHORITIES IN THE EAST.

(THROUGH REUTER'S ADENCY.]

GENEVA, May 8.

The Health Committee of the League of Nations has passed a resolution emphasising the danger of the spread of yellow fever in Enstern countries.

They will practice over the course in the Spithead to the East and North-east of the Isle of Wight, but for the present the team will not have available for practice the seaplanes of the Supermarine Rolls- Royce S8 type on which the late Flight-Lieutenant Waghorn won the Trophy Race in 1020.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Loxnox, May D. Dated Shanghai, April 4, à let ter in the Times from Mr. Edwin Haward, Editor of the North Ching

should be carried to you by the first air mail from Shanghai," which people in Shanghai feel is an in portant stage in the life of the International Settlement, of, grist significance and value.

DEAN INGE ON DEMOCRACY.

"NAVAL SUPREMACY

VANISHED."

Dean Inge, who has returned from a cruise in the Mediterranean,

CANTON NEWS.

NORTHERN TROOPS LEAVE FOR CANTON.

from our own CORRESPONDENT]

CANTON, May 10. Following "the resignation of Mr. Fan Ki Mo, Commissioner of Finance, and, a right-hand men- of General Chen Ming Shu, the new Canton régime has appointed Mayor Lin Yue Koy to take up the

portfolio. The Canton Mayor will assume his new duties and reapon. sibilities in the course of the next

day or two,

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Other changes in the Provincial Government include the chief secre- tary and other high officials, Sev-' cral Magieratos of important die triets, including Nam Hai Kook replaced with men of General Chen Kong, and Yingtak, are also being

Tsai Tong's choice.

Under the direction of the Kuo- mintang Canton is busy preparing for a huge popular demonstration

campus of Sun Yat Son University and parade against Marshai Chiang Kai Shek. This anti-Chiang demon- stration will take place on the

ata.m. on May 15.

A general holiday has been de elared for the occasion o as to permit the employees of the Gov.. ernmont, students, teachers, labour. ers and people of other walks of life to participate in the demon. stration.

It is reported that Marshal Chiang Kai Shek is dispatching three of his trusted crack divisions under General Koo Chuk Tung to the South to cope with the Canton situation. These troops left Honan several days ago abd aro marching into Hunan,

PEOPLE'S CONVENTION.

DEMAND FOR ABOLITION OF UNEQUAL TREATIES;

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

NANKING, May 9,

The People's Convention reached A dramatic climax this morning when the entire body of more than, 500 delegates rose like one man to support a motion for the immediate abolition of unequal treaties. For several minutes the auditorium was filled with shouting.

To-day was relected for the intro- duction of the motion because it is the anniversary of the presentation notorious twenty-one of Japan's demands.

UNREST IN JAPAN.

MINERS REMAIN UNDER- GROUND.

THROUGH REDTER'S AGENCY.]

Tokyo, May D.

A novel method of remaining underground was adopted by 200 strikers at the Takano mine III Kyushu who refused to, come up, though they sent out their women workers to declare their intention. of staying bolow till their demande were granted. Their families are

inging them food and bed clothes.

The trouble started at the Uruno

mine at Fukucka, following the dig charge of some workers, Sympathe tie strikers number 500, and are ex- pected to increase to 4,000 shortly,

The existing craft of this type spoke on the decay of democracy are undergoing modifications and at a luncheon in London of the struction. new machines are still under con. Individualist (Friends of Economy) For the next few weeks, training Movement, of which he was the will be carried on with other high guest. The attention of Eastern authori-speed planes. These include the ties is drawn to the risk of introduc. Napier Gloster 4, the Napier Glow up its mind that Democracy is by whole of the Kyushu mines, employ- "The world' (he said) is making The affair will possibly develop into a general strike involving the ing yellow fever virus for experi- ter 3, with which the Schneider no means safe for itself. We have mental purposes, and the resulta face was won in 1927, the Napier seen dictatorships in Russia, Turing 120,000 miners. of the anti-cholera campaign, in Gloster G, and three somewhat key, Hungary, Poland, Greece, planning to destroy the pits. The It is learned that the strikers are Shanghai are noted.

alower machines. They have been Italy, and perhaps Sunia.

Police raided their headquarters transported to Calshot by road. Democracy was an instrument this morning and arrested fifty Secrecy is being observed regard for destroying privilege. It worked leaders, also seizing a large numi- to open a nursing home at Worth. SEQUEL TO BURMA RIOTS |ing the planes to be used in the very well when its task was de-ber of bamboo spears and clubs.

Trophy Race on September 12, but structive. But now that privilege One thousand workers have been they will be modifications of the has been destroyed the country

discharged from winning plane of two years ago is divided into two nations-the Dockyard Company. Liberal allow and are expected to prove capable taxers and the taxed. It is So- of 400 m.p.h, in straight flight, and cialistic only in the sense that thences were made, and there is a

sign of unrest. 500 m.p.h. a dive.

denial of the rights of property gives the only justification for the plunder of minoritics.

Giving details of the other offence, witness said that accused became nequainted with Mina Griffin and discussed a proposition

ing. She led Miss Griffin to be- lieve that her father was Judge Parry and that he held sore shares belonging to her. Eventually, Miss Griffin gave her cheques for £0, £75, and £70 for paying the de- posit on a house for a nursing home at Worthing and for buying furni turs for it."

Accused never negotiated for such

FIFTEEN REBELS SENTENCED TO DEATH,

(THBQUOR REUTER'S AGENCY.]

RANGOON, May 9.

don, and a research worker at the morning by the delegates of Cuba, she spent part of the money in stay-The remaining M

Royal College of Surgeons.

Scientists and surgeons in close touch with the tests emphasise that those are still in the experimental stage. The patients under treat ment are being carefully observed. and although it is believed sono benefit has resulted, it is too early to say what permanent value thera is in the treatment, which consists in injecting a preparatiou mad from the parathyroid gland, in or der to remedy a deficiency in the components of blood which is te

lieved to be the cause of enncor.

Sir Arthur Keith, Hunterian Professor of the Royal College of Surgeons, stated to-day that al though the discovery has yielded results that are promising, it must Det at present regarded as mor than marking an interesting stage in the research work which must be continued.

ย

persons were

A specin tribunal has sentenced fifteen rebels to death and 56 others to transportation for life on charge of waging or abetting war a house and admitted to him that against the King last January. ing at a Bournemouth hotel. She

acquitted.. afterwards rented a flat at Shore- ham, and now had no money.

Prisoner told the Beach that it

being kept from her two children which mado her

the commit offences,

said living

OPERA SINGER'S DEATH. was sheer mental agony through

[DRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE}

Ruger, May 9. Misa Bertha Sullivan, a well known singer in Gilbert and Sullivan light opern, died last night following a motor necident a few days ago. News of her death was kept from her colleagues in the company, with whom she was ex tremely popular, until after last night's performance.

Deacon worner Was

ROYAL TOUR IN CANADA.

Superintendent that the apart from her husband, She was VISIT TO NIAGARA FALLS. educated at a high school and served during the war in V.A.D. She went to Bournemouth as a cook in a nursing home. During the time she stayed in the hotel

да

(THRQUOI REUTER'S AGENDT.]

NIAGARA FALLS, May 10. Prince and Princess Takamatsu nt. Bournemouth she caused trouble arrived from Toronto on the con- by negotiating for dresses for a clusion of their tour of Eastern bogus wedding, posing the Canada and saw the famous falls specially daughter of Judge Parry. She had by night which Sir Henry Lytton, the veteran been sentenced for theft at Guild illuminated by coloured artificial light opere stur," who was injured hall-1816-for-false-pretences-at-dighla

Thoir Highnesses left for Detroit in the same accident, is making Brighton in 1028, and in the same

year for bigamy at Sussez Assizes. Ito-day.

¡ good progress.

were

THE "DOUBLE TWELVE."

MIDGETS FINE EFFORT.

[ORITIEN WIRELESS SERVICE)

Ruday, May 9. At the close of the first day's racing in the International Motor Race known on the "Double Twelve at Brooklands, baby cars, which suffered least from tho heavy rains, held a commanding position.

"Our financial resources are so completely gone that we could not go to war again if we were slapped in the face. Our naval supremacy has vanished, our Empire is falling to pieces. There is no confidence and no enterprise.

"What we do see is a vast and ever-increasing army of parasites paid by the State not to work. Other nations are going back to government by the few or by one."

Russin to-day, continuad Dean Inge, was an enormous slave State in which the lives, property and The race began at 8 o'clock this honour of every man and woman morning and continued until eight were absolutely at the disposal of this evening, and the second twelve a bureaucracy. It was not Com- hours will begin to-morrow.

munism but State capitalism, with. A team of four M. G-Cars-au omnipotent, rather officient Gov- Morris Miùgets--held the lead ernment. throughout the day, and after ten

We did not know to-day whether hours continued to lap consistently the Russians, were, Europeans or at speeds of between 5 and 80 Asiatics. They were quite unlike miles per hour.

other people. One had only to read Experts believe that failing a 2 Russian novel to see that the e-of-mechanical ambles they people behaved in a manner quite will be able to maintain their posi incomprehensible to other hatione. tions.

(Laughter.)

the Yokohama

EXCHANGE RATES.

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE)

Paris New York Brussels Geneva Amsterdam Milan..... Berlin Copenhagen Oslo Vienna... Prague Helsingfore Madrid Lisbon Athens Bucharest

Rio

Buenos Aires Montevideo. Bourbay

Shanghai

Hong Kons in

Ybkohna

Rugby, May 9.

124.403

4.8 13/39

34.97)

23.2-44

19.042

02.01

25.21

19.164

18.16

34.50 164

1037

47.38

108,25

375

837

311

35 8/10

31

1/5 13/10

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27-13732

Silver, spot & forward 31 1/18