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AUSTRO - GERMAN CUSTOMS UNION.

GERMANY'S SHORT AND SHARP REPLY TO FRANCE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

GENEVA, May 10.

GERMANY'S POCKET

BATTLESHIP.

CALCULATIONS' OF EXPERTS UPSET.

(THROTOR REUTER'S AGENCY.]

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1931.

OBITUARY.

SIR ARTHUR TREVOR DAWSON.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,}

LONDON, May 10.

The death. is announced to-day of Sir Arthur Trevor Dawson.

STABILIZATION OF SILVER.

CHINA'S AIR SERVICES.

CANTON FINANCE COMMISSIONER.

AN

SUPPORTED BY NATIONAL LARGE ORDER FOR BRITISH | MAYOR LIN TENDERS HIS

COVERNMENT.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT ]

NANKING, May 18,

KIEL, May 19. Dr. Curtius enged a sensation at

A salute fired from all ships and

I is learned from a reliable the League of Nations' Council by constal batteries greeted the arbam on May 1, 1968. He was eduement endorses in general the prin- Sir Arthur Trevor Dawson was source that the National Govern- his short and sharp reply to M. rival of President you Hindenburg, ated at the Royal Academy, Gos-ciples proposed by the Internation Briand's statement that the poli- who is to preside at the launching, pot, Britannia and the Royal Naval al Conference to stabilize silver Lical aspect of the Austro-German in the presence of thousands of moath; he served on board several tional movement to deal with the Colleges at Greenwich and Ports and it will support any interna Customs Union should later be spectators, of Germany's 10,000-ton of His Majesty's ships and on the present silver situation, but the submitted to the League Council.battleship Ersatz Preussen which 18

Ordnance Staff of 13.9. Excel National Government has not yet If the Hague Court decides that

principally on ordnance. Jent. He published several works, decided to initiate a conferetico the Customs Union is legal it would

although the matter is still being be intolerable to bring Germany

carefully studied. before the Council as a disturber of European peace," declared Dr. Curtius.

now to be christened the Deutsch- land, the four-million sterling won- dership which apset all calculat tions of the world's disarmament experts.

The vessel's cruising range is Mr. Henderson's Froposal Adopted.eighteen thousand miles; its speed

LATEN

The Council unanimously adopted Mr. A. Henderson's proposal to submit the legality of the Austro German Customs Union to the Hague Court.

CHINA'S REQUEST GRANTED.

(THROUGй REUTER'S AGENCY.)

GENEVA, May 19. The League of Nations Council has granted China's request for. co-operation in the League's tech. nical organism.

Signor Grandi, who acted as rapporteur, said the request de- served appreziation by the Lengue. The Japanese member to the Coun- cil. Mr. Yosizawa, associated him- self with these sentiments and ex- pressed greni sympathy with the efforts of the Chinese Government in their work of reconstruction in which Japan cordially co-operated. The Chinese representative thank ed the League for its co-operation which would be throughout Chinn.

iwenty-six knots; it has six 11-inch and eight 5inch guns; four anti? aireraft guns and six torpedo tubes; 16 is driven by featherweight Diesel engines of secret design.

Germany plans to build three or similar battleships before

1030,

German Loyalty.

LATER.

The city was gaily beflagged and the whole of the Gerinan fleet was in harbour."

Fifty-six thousand spectators at- tended the launching ceremony, in- eluding Chancellor Bruening, the Ministers and Naval Attachés of the various Services, students and ten thousand school children.

Dr. Bruening, in speech, said that Germany had shown the world, despite the restrictions imposed on

COLONEL MORSHEAD'S BODY FOUND.

DIED OF SEVERE GUNSHOT WOUNDS.

[THROUGH HEUTER'S AGENCY.]

RANGOON, May 18,

The dead body of Colonel Mors- head has been found lying at the wide of a jungle track some four miles from Maymyo.

Colonel Morehead had died of gunshot wounds in the cheat and left shoulder,

Revere

میسر

PILOTS WITHOUT

VISAS.

DELAYED FOR SHORT 'WHILE AT WOOSUNG. DETENTION OF FERRY LAUNCH.

R.M.S.P. CO. AFFAIRS.

DUKE OF ABERCORN RESIGNS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

LONDON, May 19. Company announce that the Duke The Royal Mail Steam Packet of Abercorn resigned from the Court of Directors on April 4.

PRINCE OF WALES VICTIMISED.

h

*PLANES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

SHINGAI, May 19.

order to facilitate the improvement It is stated semi-officially that in

of the existing commercial air ser vices and to institute new air routes,

cided to purchase forty British the National Government has de-

aeroplanes.

In ordering the Foreign Ministry

RESIGNATION,

[FROM OUR OWN CONRESPONDENT]

CANTON, May. 19.

resignation to-day as acting Con

Mayer Lin Yun Koy tendered his

missioner of Finance of the Provin-

ein Government of Kwangtung, with municipal affairs and that he maintaining that he was occupied

"INCIDENT" AT WHAMPOA.

PARSEE COMMUNITY

VICTIMIZED.

CANTON, "May 18, recent incident at Whampoa is not without significance, at this Parice community.of Hong Kong, time, to foreigners in China. The

Canton and acne have had a his

toric Prayer House at Whampoa for the past 80 years. On Friday last

number of Chinese soldiers-they were all Kwangtang men-entered the main gate by fores, breaking open the glass doors. They collect furniture, such as chairs and small; ed together all the readily movable tables, glass and crockery, and then they went into the stateroom and took all the copper utensils.

had no time to take up a concur. reut post. General Chen Tsai Tong, to arrange with the company con, the Commander-in-Chief refused to cerned for their purchase the Gov-accept his resignation, urging him ernment specifies that the planes to continue his new duties and must be equipped with light responsibilities until at least the machine-guns in order to eliminate formation of a Provisional Military any possible danger to the passen- National Government, when the took away to a big cargo junk which Those they collected together and gers from bandits,

Provincial Government, under its

was tolled oft in the direction of control, will be entirely reorganiz-furniture was wantonly smashed. Canlon by steam launch. The large ed. This will take place sometime In fact nothing was left except during the latter part of this week.

fow iron bedsteads which defied The post of Commissioner of The total damage in estimated at their best efforts at destruction, Finance of Kwangtung has always about $2,000. The Prayer House in been a most difficult ona, especially in time of war, when the demand for money is so great. The fact that the Provincial Treasury is empty makes the position all the more difficult.

BANDITS IN CHINA

MURDERERS NOT YET CAPTURED.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, May 18,

A regretful negative reply was given by Mr. Dalton in the House of Commons to a question whether the murderers of lady missionaries and the bandits who captured the late Father Tiemey had yet been apprehended by the Chinese Gor

ALLEGATIONS DENIED.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, May 19. The London News Chronicle pubernament, lishes a depial from Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey, R.N., of statements made in the United States that the Beenuse they were not in possosber of Britons heavily victimised by Prince of Wales was among a num her and severe economic distress,sion of passports, two pilots, one that she had found strength to safe.

Dutch and one Japanese, were de-

sharepushers. guard pence and protect her honour. day by two Chinese passport off tained at Woosung last Wednes Germany was loyally-fulfilling the ces, nnd kept under an armed disarmament obligations and ex-

guard for four hours. PARIS SHOOTING DRAMA. pected the disarming by others to

As a result of this, pilots avoided waiting at Woosing for ships, and follow.

went down by lavich..

appreciated

LADY OWEN WITHDRAWS APPEAL

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PARIS, May 18.. indy Edmce) Owen, who WAS sentenced at the Versailles Assize Court to five years' reclusion on a charge of shooting with intent to kill the wife of Dr. Gastaud, has withdrawn her appeal against the sentence.

The sentence comes into force Automatically.

Lady Owen in Frenchwoman and was formerly an actress.

Reclusion entails civic degrada- tion, numerous legal disabilitina and regulations, while severe strict ellence is enforced.

Lady Owen's name was mention- ed in connection with the exploits of Francis Lorang, the managing director of the Bluebird Petrol Company, who was convicted in London for misappropriation of funds,

It was stated that Lady Owen had been left a fortune running into millions by Sir Charles Owen, and that Torang had played the leading part in the dissipation of her money.

EGYPTIAN ELÈCTION

RIOTS.

SEVEN, RIOTERS KILLED,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

'CAIRO, May 18. Seven rioters were killed and several wounded, while one police officer and three police constables suffered injuries as a result of disturbances in three villages in the Dakahlia Province on the last

Christened in the Water,

LATER.

There was a remarkable contre- temps, owing to workman prema- turely removing the wedges and the Deutschland glided into the water before she was christened, o President von Hindenberg named her in the water.

SAFEGUARDS IN INDIAN CONSTITUTION.

COMMONS STATEMENT,

[URITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

RUGBY, May 18. Answering a series of questions directed to elicit information, as to acceptance of the necessity of sale. guards in the Indian Constitution by Mr. Gandhi, the Secretary for India, Mr. Wedgwood-Benn, zaid the published result of the con- versations between Lord Irwin and Gandhi showed that the constitu- tional discussions were to be resum- ed on the scheme outlined by the Round Table Conference, and that it was explicity recognised that just as a Federation and Indian respon- sibility were an essential part of the scheme. to also were reservn tions or safeguards in the interest of India for such matters as de- fence, external affairs, minorities and the financial credit of India.

Replying to other questions, Mr. Benn stated that he hoped soon to he in position to announce the decisions reached as a result of the consultations of the Viceroy as to date of the resumed session of the Federal Structure Committee.

Highness was induced in foto The story was that His Royal bogus oil shares while in Monte Carlo, two years ago, and that he was also defrauded in the Chemin de fer Bank at Le Touquet,

Sir Lionel Halsey describes the

It is expected that an arrange-story as absolute nonsense and says ment may have been made by which the pilots, may be recognized by the owly-organized pasaport ser vice

been to Monte Carlo. He certainly that the Prince of Wales has not was not there two years ago,

Wednesday's incident occurred KC.M.G., has been Comptroller Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey, R.N., during the morning. Capt. H. Huyser and four Japanese Yang

and Treasurer to the Prince of tzo pilots went off in a launch be

Wales since 1920, le accompanied longing to Wright's Woosung ferry-Staff during his Canadian tour in His Royal Highness as Chief of service. Two of the Japanese went

1010 and his Australian and New on board the str, Svenor, but 48 Zealand tour in 1920, Admiral Sir the ether ships had not arrived, the remainder of the party went

Lionel Halsev, who was placed on to Woosung.

the retired list in 1029, served in the famous Naval engagements at

Stopped by Passport Officers. Capt. Huysor and one of the Japanese went ahore. Here they were stopped by two passport offi cers, and told to go back on board their launch, which they did. Nei. ther was carrying with him hit Customs pilots' licence, and their arguments were without avail. After a little time, however, the two were allowed to go ashore to Mr. Wright's office. A soldier was put on guard over them, but be proved reasonable and Capt. Huyser to go to the Forts Hotel for tiffin.

allowed

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Dogger Bank and Jutland during the War, and commanded the Royal Australian Navy from 1815-20.]

WHEAT PRODUCERS'

CONFERENCE.

FORTY DELEGATES ATTEND OPENING.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

Ruony, May 18. Many problems connected with wheat supplies are

how building taking the place of the older edifico erected 80 years ago,

The matter was immediately re- ported to 11.B.M. Consul-General, Mr. H. Phillips, who has sent & strong protest lo the Chinese authorities and, requested adequate steps to be taken to prevent any "CRACK" REGIMENTS SIDE further damage to the building,

WITH CHEN.

CANTON, May 19.

BRITISH AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.

(THROUGH REUTEE'S AGENCY,]

Losos, May 78.

A report appearing to-day in the He asked for notice of a question organ if the Canton Kisomintang,

Min Kuo Daily News, the official SURPRISE AT WESTWARD HO, as to when the British Government states that the 19th Military Route," subject, and said he was satisfied,sions of Kwangtung, which has been last made any communication on the comprising the two "crack" divi.

that China was not the only place Tong in his revolt against Nanking. the conclusion when, in the second doing its hest. that the Chinese Government was suppressing bandits in Klangsi, has

In the British amateur golf chu Ife pointed out

cast its lot with General Chen Traithe daily surprise was reserved for

pionship at Westward Ho to dage where criminals sometimes cluded The report further states the police,

General Chiang Kwang Nai, coin- mander of one of the two "crack "

JOAN OF ARC'S DAY IN SHANGHAI

CEREMONY AT FRENCH CONSULATE,

The name day of Joan of Arc, a French national holiday, was celebrated on May 10 in Shanghai with the usual flag raising coremony' at the French Consulate-General,

at 0.46 n.m., followed by a service at St. Joseph's Church. Ships in harbour dressed for the occasion, and the French Consular and muni cipal buildings were decorated,

that

division, is thinking of coming to Canton to discuss with General Chen Tai Tong a campaign against Nanking

round, Alan Newey, aged 19, of Moselry, Birminghami, heat Holder. aras by 3 up and 2 to play.

Fairbanks, the Conqueror of Abercombic in the frat round, defeated E. B Tipping, Royal Ashdown Forest, by mie holy,

LONDON, May 19. Yesterday Douglas Fairbanks, who is making his first attempt to win the British amateur champion-

MORE ADVICE FOR CHEN.pion, was the greatest attraction

(Wah Tez Yat Pan),

when he was followed by a large crowd. He was beaten pa the last green by J. Abercrombie (Royal Liverpool).

NANKING, May 10. One hundred and twenty-three delegates representing Hunan, But peh, Kiangsi, Fukien and Annui at the People's Convention jointly despatched a telegram to General

Bombardier Wells, the Engliar ex-heavyweight boxing champion, Chen Tai Tong and other anti-beat the, veteran international H.

Tayler by 4 and 2.

In all probability there will be an Anglo-American Enal, Tolley ... the seond round, while Voigt beat Voigt. Tolley received a bye into the Lincoln champion, Bowman, by 4 and 3.

The ceremony at the Consulate- Nanking leaders advising them to General was attended by Capt.give up their personal prejudice in Petit, Commander of the cruiser the interest of peace. Waldeck-Rousseau, Col. Marcaire; in command of the French Forces in Shanghai, M. E. Kaceblin, Consul- General for France, and a number of consular, naval and military officers. Guards of honour from the local French forces and police gave the salute to the flag. At the of Are was given by Father de la Church service an address on Joan

Fervieres.

Death 500 Years Ago.

SOVIET INFLUENCE IN BRITAIN,

PREMIER'S STATEMENT IN COMMONS.

[RITION WIRELESS SERVICE] Five hundred years since 1431, when Joan, the Maid of Oricans,

Reasy, May 18. met her death at the stake, her raised the question of Russia in When Sir Austen Chamberlain memory is still kept green, and the House of Commons to-night he serves as an example, Condemned charged the Labour Government AN ecclesiastical court and with having allowed the Soviet

At 2 p.m., the two pilots were were not allowed to take the Woo- told that they might go. But they sung launch, which was detained the world's Capt. Huyser then took a sampan being discussed by the Interna and went out to the slip to which tional Wheat Producers Confer he had been assigned, the Borence which opened t Canada gestad, and brought it up

House, London, to-day: to Shanghai.

Forty delegates from eleven countries were present under the Why Launch is Detained.

presidency of the Canadian High Mr. Chi Hung, head of the local Commissioner in London, Mr. Fer- nounced yesterday that, because the passport inspection bureau auguson. In an introductory speech, by

he said the main problem was to handed over to the secular power Government to ignore the soleinn ferry craw had allowed a passenger assure an adequate reward for the for punishment, albeit with the warning given then when diploma to be transferred from an incoming labour of wheat producers" without usual formula which asked the tie relations were renewed, and steamer before the ship had passed making bread dear. The delibera-latter to moderate the punishment, with baying thereby broken the passport inspection and quarantine, tions should therefore be directed she died as a heretic. Twenty-five pledge given to the House of Com the Woosung ferry bout of the to devising an improvement in the years Geners! Service Co. would be de- methods of bringing the producercourt Investigated the whole pro-

later another ecclesiastical mons on that occasion. tained at Woosung until the Mayor and the consumer together on more ceedings of the first court, and en-been given specially favoured treat He asked why Soviet Russia had took action on the alleged attempt equitable terms. In the meantime informal discus- to aid on entering before passport

tirely set aside its findings. The ment under the oxports credits Many delegates have brought pro and its decision was posted in every sions on the subiect of constituand quarantine inspection.

second court rehabilitated Joan, scheine at a time when the Soviet, and most difficult day of the prim-taking place all over India, but it the passenger Ineked the visa ne International

tional reform in all its aspects were The passport official said that suggests the establishment of an Australia, for instance,

Government continued to break town in France.

their promises. Two other deaths occurring else was not at present proposed to set measury for disembarkation at Organization.

Wheat

What Joan of Arc did for France Marketing where complete the casualty list. up nay committers or other hodies Shanghai. Because of this he was

was restore the confidence of the

Premier's Reply. The Premier, Sidky Pasha, says in India to deal solely with the held for a short time and released

French peasant and townsmen, in The Prima Minister, Mr. Ramsay that sixty-five per cent of the provincial aspects, excent in the after being advised to obtain a

the right to wield their swords by MacDonald, in his reply, cited electorate went to the polls, a fact case of the special problems of the

the side of the gentlemen. They speeches made by Sir Austen Cham which favolired the new Constitu- North West Frontier Provinces,

had been kept out of the ranke berlain when Foreign Secretary tim.

Sino and Orissa.

of national defence, while in the and suggested that Sir Austen had English army the yeoman middle then urged the inadvisability of strength. The disinherited and de- breaches of the Anglo-Russian classes had always formed its taking the narrow view regarding, graded middle and lower clasacs Agreement. rose to defend the monarchy, which counts and barons had allowed to fall into the mire.

So far as Soviet influence in Domremy, which led her to set out Prime Minister said: that the sains Thus the visions of Joan at Grent Britain was 'concerned, the on her adventures, lier valour and reasons present

ary elections,

He deplored the bloodshed, which he stated was a last resort, employed to avert anarchy,

MADRID AGAIN NORMAL.-

GENERAL ELECTION AT END

OF JUNE

FLAG DAYS IN LONDON,

PRODUCED OVER. QUARTER

MILLION STERLING.

posala.

·

visa. Both passport officials and UNUSUAL STRIKE AT AN quarantine officers have reported the General Service Co. for tho

END. alleged omployees' attempt to con vey the man ashore, Mr. Chi Hung JAPANESE MINERS STAY said.

HOURS UNDERGROUND,

128

Fukuonka, May 13-Another uniquo strike came to an end to-day when 200 striking coal miners, who had refused to come to the surface for 128 hours, finally gavo up their passive but baffling demonstration.

Position Unchanged.

Other first round winners were Sir Ernest Holderness, twice the chamnion, who beat G. Hannay 2 uo, Douglas Grant boat De Prolo (America) on the twentieth green. Leonard Crawley, the native cham- pion school master, 'scratched.

EXCHANGE RATES. [BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE)

Paris New York

Rugby, May 18..

124.295 4.80%

34.051

25.23

Brusucia Gencya Amsterdam

12.111

Milan Berlin Stockholm Copenhagen Oslo Vienna Prague

02.00)

20.42)

18.14

19.10

18.10)

34.001

1641

Helsingfors

1931

Madrid Lieben

49.20

108.55

Athens.....

375

Bucharest

817

Rio

Buoncs Aires

36 3/18

30

1/5 13/16

Shanghai

1/3

Hong Kong Yokohama

114.

2/- 13/52

Silver:-

Spot. Forward

.......................... 12.13/14

Montevideo

Bombay

37/18

RODIN BANNED IN JAPAN.

EXHIBIT REMOVED FORM EXHIBITION.

above all her good senes in declar- Chamberlain's mind in 1996 were

.in Sir Auston" Toykn, May 14.-The sensitiveness

of the Japanese Police to all things

A New Convenience. Through a misunderstanding many foreigners have been applying for visas at the passport enforco. ment bureau at 9 Hankow Road, For convenience to visitors. the [CRITION WIRELESS SERVICE.]

enforcement bureau has established messenpor communication with the

ing that Charles VII. was the true still present in the mind of the bordering on the erotic was in- 【THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

passport office at Nantao, and now Rroвy, May 18.

A settlement was reached between King, gradually drew in her pro-ahour Government, and hnd led stanced again yesterday when a The total sum collected in the kow Road office, and they will be and the workers, who five days ago cause.

passports may be left at the Han the owners of the Takao Coal Mine gress all ranks to fight for Charles them to the sound conclusion that Rodin sculpture of a nude woman MADRID, May 19. streets of London for various returned with visas a few hours truck in protest against the dis- the hands of the English on Sun- broken,

Delivering Orleans out of the Trade Agreement need not be was ordered to be removed from the The decree of martial law has charities by means of flag days later.. been raised and it is announced last year was £4marekontor Hong Sit that foreign When the strike began all miners to be crowned in Rheims ten weeks turns from Russia were disappoint playing examples of French art

charge of other iniper

day: 2493, she led the King He admittal that the trade resonation, which had been dis

exhibition ball of the Japanesem Ab that then will be a general elecing an increase compared with 1020 consulate offices are giving the new who were at work underground an later. She wished to return to her ing, but he denied that anything since May 2 under the auspices of tinn on June 28.

of £7,415.

ing there until a settlement was what she had set out to do, but it relations with that country, or that Of the 300 exhibits, only Rodin's rounced their intention of remain native village, having accomplished was to be gained by breaking off the Franco-Japanese Art Society. reached. They came to the surface was not to be, for the English still any of the problems they had to sculpture was found objectionable. at noon today but not until the held a largo part of the Kingdom.- face in India, China or at Home This action was taken by the Ujeno settlement became effective,

North-China Daily News.

would thereby be simplified.

Police Station.

The Stock Exchanges at Madrid,. Alexandra Rose Day and British Barcelona and Bilbao were reopen Legion collections accounted for ed to day, with strict rules for the more than half the year's total prevention of speculation.

BITD...

No difficulties have arieon in the nassport office perfect cooperation. enforcement of passport regulations since their inauguration on May 1, the official.declared...