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STUDENT FIRES AT GOVERNOR.

SIR J. E. B. HOTSON OVER POWERS HIS ASSAILANT. ·

"[MROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]"

POONA, July 29.

A student fired two shots at Sir J. E. B. Hotson, Acting Governor of Bombay, while he was inapecting Ferguson College.

Sir J, E. B. Hotson was not hurt and himself over powered the assailant,

NEW AIR ROUTE TO INDIA AND FAR EAST

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1931.

UNITED STATES BANKERS RECOMMEND CANTON DECIDES TO HAS EUGENE CHEN

CANCELLATION OF REPARATIONS.

SIR A. COBHAM SETS OFF FEAR THAT PROLONGATION OF SHORT-TERM CREDITS

ON, SURVEYING FLIGHT,

[TIROCOK REUTER'S 40ENCY,}

LONDON, July 22.

Sir Alan Cobham with a crew of two engineers, two photographers and one wireless operator took off this morning from Rochester on "a 12,000 mile light via the Mediter- ranean, and the Nile Valley to the high altitude inkes in Central Africa to investigate the possibility of operating planes regularly across Africa from East to West

Sir J. E. B. Hotson had a mirn-to provide an alternative route to culous escape. The bullet pene- the Mediterranean and the Straits trated his cont just above his heart from India, the Far East and Aus of Gibraltar for airborne goods

but was stopped by the metal stud |tralia. YAN of his pocket-book.". The second bullet went wide.

The "attempt was made as Sir J. E. B. Hotson was entering the col lege reading-room,

The student was immediately taken into custody and a second revolvery fully loaded, was found, in

his passcasion.

Sir J. E. B. Hotson continued the inspection of the college apparently unperturbed,

NEW SCHEME FOR CHARING

CROSS BRIDGE.

ANOTHER BILL TO BE

"PROMOTED.

[BLITION. WIRELESS REEVICE/)

RUGBY, July 21.

The link of this route along the high altitude lakes has not yet been. thoroughly surveyed.

Sir Alan is flying a ten-ton Short. Bristol Valetta,, monoplane fitted with floats..

'PLANES RAID LONDON.

TEST OF DEFENCES.

BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE)

RUGBY, July 21.

In the course of a battle 31 Royal Air Force exercises were carried out, in the form of night attacks on London--the capital of Redland"-by bombers from "Blueland." Adverse wonther conditions increased the difficulty of attack.

WILL END IN ANOTHER CRISIS

RESTORATION OF GERMAN ECONOMIC

LIFE ESSENTIAL.

(THROUGH REUTER AND BRITISH WIRELESS.3

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New Yonx, July 22.

The conviction is gaining ground in Wall Street that the German crisis will inevitably lead to the re-opening of the entire, question of War Debts and Reparations, otherwise some scaling down of payments is expected.

The Herald Tribune Bays: Mr. Hoover's proposal to main- tain the existing. German credits has not awakened a feeling of responsiveness in New York bankers who have counter-proposed that all that can be done for Germany from outside is to seale down or cancel Reparations payments. Dankers fear that even if the short-term credits to Germany are continued another crisis will be precipated at the expiry of the continuation period, when there would be a peramble to liquidate.

POLITICAL RIOTS AT DORTMUND..

BERLIN, July 92,

There was a recrudescence of rioting between Communists and their political opponents at Dortmund late yesterday night. A policeman was seriqusly injured after he fred a revolver killing two and wounding two rioters.

Police reinforcements restored order:

ATTACK CHIANG.

PUNITIVE EXPEDITION BEING" LAUNCHED,

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

CANTON, July 29.

The National Government in Canton formally ordered, yester day, a punitive expedition against Chiang Kai Shek After several months of "watchful" waiting the revolutionary régime in Canton has decided to take the offensive to

DESERTED CANTON?

ARRIVES AT NAGASAKI WITH LIU CHI WEN (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

TOKYO, July 29. Eugene Chen, with his wife and Liu"Chi Wen, arrived at Nagasaki this morning on board the ss. Kitano Maru. They intend to pro.... eced to Tokyo, na

complete the nationalist movement DISABLED SOLDIERS

as initiated by the late Dr. Sun Nat Sea.

It was the intention of the Can- ton Government to resort to pehco-

VIGIL.

ful political means to achieve its 72 HOURS FAST AT LATE. objest the ousting of Chiang Kai Shek and his Nanking Government, but, that has not been possible, and it is now compelled to resort to force to vindicate its cause...

TAXATION IN CANTON,"

CENTRAL PRESS.]

CASTON, July 21. The Department of Finance has been considering the enforcement of the business tax in this city over since this new levy has been sune- tioned by the Provincial Govern- ment.

For purposes of the new tax the city will be divided into fifteen sections, and the chiefs qf, thenc branch bureaux have been duly appointed. It is learned that the

FURTHER QUESTIONS REFERRED TO sectional chiefs, as well as the mem-

COMMITTEE OF FINANCE MINISTERS.

Hoover Plan" has not yet been considered.

Several bombers were intercepted by Redland fighters and some were

RUGBY, July 22." adjudicated As destroyed or After this morning's session of forced to land." According to the the International Conference the dict that the Conference will ter French sources in London pre The London County Council to umpires' report no bombers reach- day decided to promote anothered the vicinity of Redland, the following communiqué was issued:minate on July 23. Mr. Ramsay

"The International

Bill in Parliament for the con- straption of a new bridge at Charing Cross at a cost of twelve and a half million pounds.

bera" of their staff, havo to pay substantial sums of money as security before being allowed to take up their positions,

It is expected that within; the course of this week, the employees of these tax bureaux will be able to furnish the necessary security.

Upon receiving the necessary security from the candidates for the fifteen sectional tax bureaux the Department of Finance will their formally appoint them offices and will give them a sum to meet initial expenses,

to

As the work of the imposition of the local business tax is rather complicated and heavy, the Depart form an additional organization for auditing and for the issuing of the business tax licenses. This orgaD isation was established last Man- day.

sent of the Government buildings. '

Conference MacDonald and Mr. Arthur Hen. Later six bomber squadrons held a further meeting in the derson will accompany the German were intercented and engaged by

delegates to Berlin for the week Redland fighters of which eight Foreign Office at 10 a.m. and had end."

further,

the ponsideration to

The Die dast.. [squadrons were in netion,

The operations, of which the method of restoring confidence in

WASHINGTON, Onlý 21, An Advisory Committee was ap-general object is to test the air the stability of the German, haur-

That the die is cast, as far as pointed after the rejection of the defences of London, will be re-cial position by concerted interns. America's attitude to the Londonment of Finance has decided to previous Bill by Parliament to consumed to-night;

tional co-operation on the basis of Conference is concerned, is indicat the statement presented by the ed in a statement by a high author Committee of Finance Ministers.ty that Mr. Stimson discussed the Progress was made and, certain main ideas of America's German technical questions were referred relief plan with the Ministers of to the "Finance Ministers, who will other Powers in London yesterday, and, while. counter suggestions might be considered so long as they provided Germany with relief, America's plan was a considered, well-studied document, and subject to little change,"

sidor the various schemes ndvocated in connection with the proposal to replace the existing railway bridge. Ita report, issued some months ago, reviewed the six different solutions of the problem but indi cated that the balance of opinion favoured the scheme known da Number Six, for a high level station on the site south of the river now occupied by the Lion Brewery, and for traffic circuses at the ends of the approaches to the new road bridge.

The Committee, however, was reconstituted to consider further another scheme differing principal ly with regard to the level of the station and consequently whether the railway lines should be carried over or under the roads, but it has confirmed: ita previous decisions. The Council has now agreed to pro-" ceed with scheme Number Six,

· BIMETALLISM URGED.

FAMOUS BANKER'S

SUGGESTION.

BRITAIN'S LATEST

CRUISER.

H.M.S. EXETER NOW IN · COMMISSION.“

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

Ruany, July 21. The new cruiser, H.M.S. Exeter, which cost over £1,750,000, was commissioned at Plymouth to-day for service with the Second Cruiser Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet..

GOVERNOR'S TERM EXTENDED.

SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON

AND BARBADOS.

[BEITIAN WIRELESS SERVICE]

Rucny, July 1 HM the King has been pleased to approve of the extension of the term

of office of Sir William Charles Fleming Robertson LONDON, July 2 The adoption of bimetallism as Governor and Commander-in-Chief the solution of the almost inevit-f Barbados, for one year, from able continuous fall in prices and December 13 next.

[FAROVON. HEUTER'S AGENCY.]

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the accentuation of the economic depression due to the insufficiency

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consider them this, afternoon, and

report to the main Conference to: morrow morning."*

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The Times recognises the import ance of dealing first with the urgent problem of stemming the outflow of credit from Germany;

America's Proposal. but asks, whether the rare company

WASHINGTON, July 21, of representative talent, now as- sembled in London, is going to which is to be presented by Mr. The text of an American propcsal disperse having only reached at H, L. Stimson at the London Con beat temporary alleviation of the ference, and which was communicat fundamental malady! It recalla aed by President Hoover_to_the passage in Mr. Ramsay Mac American representative in Paris Donald's opening statement which on Friday; has been issued for pub. was attributed to the Conference liention by Mr. W. R. Castle. for the purpose not only " to meet America proposes an internation- the requirements of the present al agreement between bankers to crisis but to begin a new time of maintain the short-term credita to candid and mutual effort to pacify the .value of G81,200,000,000 the disturbed mind of Europe." (£240,000,000) which have been ex

The Times adda: "Tho can tended to Germany. tell when, if at all, another such chanee will occur to talk over fundamental dificulties which are really familiar to everyone? The opportunity is now and here.

The Daily Telegraph says: "The Practical problem is that of devis ing means to check a further with drawal of short-term credits from Germany."

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Duty on Matches Trebled, The Department of Finance has resolved to treble the rate on the levy on matches beginning from to-day. Matches of native and foreign manufacture are subject to the new rate of impost.

WEATHER REPORT.

Yesterday's weather report, forecast and remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory at 3.15 p.m. stated.

Pressure is relatively high over the lower Yangtaze Valley. The depression over. S.W. Japan appears to be filling up.. Local Forecast:-S, or vari- able winds, moderate to light; fair.

America, also suggests the forma tion of an international committeo, probably under the Bank of Inter national Settlements, to provide the machinery for international co-operation to maintain such cro dita, while immediate ccnsideration in which practically all the dele. should be given to the ultimate gates tock" part, of the more gen- conversion of some of the shorteral aspects of the situation. term "credits into long-term 'öbliga- tions.

Withdrawals of Gold.

The casence of the problem li The Daily Herald referring to the restoration of Germany's econo withdrawals of gold from London mic life."

That in the verdict on the econo

of the world's gold supplies, is THE U.S. JUDICIAL SYSTEM, says: No attempt has been made mic and financial crisis contained strongly urged by Lord Hunsdon,

the famous banker, in a letter tó. the Times.

by the Bank of England to check in the proposals of the United the flow of gold to the continent. States for the rehabilitation of

No divergence from the normal business of the Bank bas Germany,

Lord Hunsdon suggests that the WORK OF THE MINOR COURTS so far.

United States, France and Britain,

or any two thereof, should agree to ndopt bimetallism, in fifteen years

CONDEMNED.

at a ratio of twenty ounces of

Washington, July 16-The White silver to one ounce of gold.

In the meantime, he says, the House to-day made public a report countries concerned would com- of Fresident Hoover's now extinet mence to buy silver immediately. Jaw enforcement and crime, inves

Lord Hunedon claims that the tigating commission in which the plan will not only do more than experts who worked for two years Eht Round Table Conference in under Mr. George W. Wickersham, settle the troubles in India, but the former Attorney-General of the would produce an immedinte rise United States, seriously indict the in prices to benefit industry in the lower American courta next fifteen years.

DOLE - REFORM BILL.

CASUAL WORKERS

DISQUALIFIED,

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY.]

LONDON, July

There was agreement that the most urgent part of the problem was to deviso' methods of interna- tiopat financial ec-operation which could be promptly applied to res mic stability. This task was con- tore confidence in Germany's econo sidered as an essential prelimin ary to the consideration of fur ther incasures 'which might be re- Dealing with the political sido quired to effect a permanent res been or will be contemplated for of the risin, the United States toration on a firm basis of Ger one moment. To-day the Bark has Government hopes that the nations many's financial situation" gold reserves totalling, approxi- of Europe will eliminate friction mately. £150,000,000. According to in order that the world may be the MacMillan. Committee ite re-ahlo to rely upon the political serve could fall to £55,000,000 with

stability of Europe.. with perfect safety. In other words another £76,000,000 could go It is extremely without danger. improbable that anything like that amount will be taken.:

LONDON, July 29.

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crisis.

Short-term Credit Oricis.

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It was agreed that tho first step. must be to ensure that no further credite should be withdrawn from Germany and Mr. H. L. Stimson, U.S. Secretary of Stato, expressed his firm belief that American banka The present emergency is deserfwould continue to co-operate in bed as a strictly short-term credit maintaining their credit with ter many and hoped the banks of other The announcement declares that countries would adopt a similar there is no reason to doubt tha

sane and helpful attitude. soundness of the basis upen, which these short-term creditarest but

Finance Sesalon. ^? the general uncertainty in the last The morning's discussion served few weeks has resulted in a very useful purpose in further clarify. severe strain on Germany's crediting the situation and it was decid structure, which has taken two ed that the Prime Minister should, forms, in the first place, a flight in the afternoon, preside over a Incompetent Magistrates,

from the mark in Germany, and meeting of the Finance Ministers According to the reports the The situation at present is exsecondly, a withdrawal of foreign representing the different countries, lower courts' ́are filled with incom-tremely delicate.

depcsite and the curtailment by and at which Doctor Bruening. petent magistrates who conduct The fate of the conference is ex- foreign banks of outstanding lines should also be present further to their work sloyonly. The reports Tected to be decided at "to-day's of credit

"Oxamine the questions raised in the

Still Groping in the Twilight, The report of the Wickersham

That the London Conference is eminission as mede public to-day declares that "taking the country groping in the twilight of indeci- as a whole scandal continues tosios and cross-purposes became ap mark the work of the minor parent late last night whes Reuter courts."

learned that no big scheme to res toro Germany's credit had met with unanimous, ncceptance..........

EMPEROR'S TOMB..

{{TEROJUH. BEUTHA'S ADENOT.)

CHINA'S FUTURE

LEADERS!

"SONS "OF "ILLUSTRIOUS FATHERS PASS” EXAMS.

[THOUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]

TOKYO, July 22.

this morning at the Military, Aca- Amongst the cadets graduating

domy, in the presence of H.1.M. tho Emperor, wore Chiang Kuo Ping, nephew of Chiang Kai Shek; Feng, Hung Kuo, eldest son of Feng Yu Hainng': Tuan Wu, nephew of Tuan Chi Jui and Sun Kan, grandson." of the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen.

MOTHER'S CRY HEARD

· 3,000 MILES "AWAY.

MAN'S TELEPHONE ORDEAL.

TOKYO, July 2 Twenty-five disabled soldiers, re- presentative of those who, under existing regulations, are not en- titled to pensions, are publicly appealing to the spirit of the inte Emperor Meiji for pensions.

They assembled in front of the late Emperor's tomb on Monday morning for the purpose of main- taining a seventy-two hours" fast and prayer. The disabled soldiers are still maintaining the vigil den pite the continuous rain and thoughting at the telephone at Los An six have fainted from exhaustion.

RAILWAY ACCIDENT. NEAR

CANTON....

FIVE PERSONS INJURED.

[CENTIAL PRESS...

CANTON, July 20 The morning express from Kow- loon arrived here to-day at 18.10 p.m. instead of 11.35 am, owing to collision with a motor-car at a railway crossing near Tong Ha Station, The five occupants of the car were injured.

BIG BEQUEST: BY EMIGRANT.

ITALIAN WHO MADE MONEY

IN AMERICA.

Nineteen years ago, a workman' of Lecco left Italy to seek his for tune in the United States.

The ship he was travelling in sank and bis family gave him, up

as dead.

And new his mother, aged 85, and his three sister learn that they are to inherit £100,000–the fortune which the workman succeeded in making in America. Ho has just died, having willed everything in favour of the old, folks at home.

New York. Mr. Lawrence Tib- bett, the well-known baritone at the Metropolitan Opera House, who is familiar to English audi- · ences through the screen, had an agonising experience recently, Sit-

geles, California, ho heard his wife in New York ery out that their little boy was drowning. The story is related by the New York Herald. The wire was connected with an extension in the swimming pool of

4 Now York hotel, where their young son was host to a group of children at a birthday party. While Mr. and Mrs. Tibbett were talking on the telephone the singer sud-

denly heard his wife scream. At the same instant she dropped the

receiver, but her agonized, cry "Larry's drowning!" was carried distinctly over the hundreds of miles of wire.

Still clutching the telephnoc, Mr. Tibbett frantically shouted through the transmitter, but could not make himself heard by otliers at the pool.

At last, after twenty minutes, when the singer's nerves were al- most shattered by, the strain, Mra. Tibbett returned to the telephone tạ tell him that their son was safe.

While he was swimming, she ex- plained, young Larry was seized with cramp. She had rushed to his nid and pulled him out of the pool.. In the next few minutes the was hysterically pumping water out of the boy's Innga to saver his life, | She said she was half crazy: with the thought that her husband, was waiting for word on the telephone, but was unable to leave until sho had brought him back to conscious-

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