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JESUITS' HARD LIFE BALANCE OF HOME

IN SPAIN

THEIR EXPULSION FROM COUNTRY PROBABLE

-CATHOLIC COLLEGE, :SUPERIOR: HEAVILY FINED

קי יי

[TRROUÓN REUTER'S AGENCY.)

Japni, Jan, 20

Is persistently reported in the capital that the expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain and the confiscation of their property is

imminent.

The Prime Minister, Senor “Azana, in an interview with Reui» ter's representative to-day denied that decree had actually being

·signed dissolving the Jesuit Order and providing for the seizure of their property.

It is, however, suggested that the statement is half-truth. It is rumoured that such a decree while not signed, has actually being drafted, and is merely awaiting Presidens Zamorila signature,

Tho confiscation of all the pro- perty of the Jesuit Order would immediately follow presumibly upen the promulgation of the de- ante, but as most of it is not held in the name of the Order, there

rany be legal difficulties in enfores

ing expropriatico.

Convent Ulosed.

Meanwhile, the foud between the Repúblicans and the Traditionalists. who represent the more militant Roman Catholics still goes on,

As a sequel to the recent risting and

bloodshed at Bilbao, tho Minister of the Interior has or dered the closing of the ecnvent, from which, it is alleged, shots were fired.

The Superior of the Catholic) College, where the police arrested'' Terson who were nos members of the "Collage, has been fined ten thousand pesetas..

RUSSIAN TIMBER QUESTION

LORD HARDINGE CRITICIZES RUSSIA'S POLICY

*** COMMODITY EXPORTED IS COMMODITY DEFICIT!"

THROUGH PETER'S AGENCY.)

LONDON. Jan. 21. Lord Hardinge, writing in the Times on the Russian tiniker qaes- tion, says it is clear that the year plan is not intended to improve the standard of fieing in Russin tis for economic aggression against the foremost capitalist countries. It is now well-known that Russia is depriving her own people of the absolute necessities in order to dislocate world markets," As an example there is almost a famine of timber for internal Run sumption.

Anglo- Russing Economin Society possess material clearly showing that every com modity exported from Rasia is a deficit commodity in Russin,"

The

RUSSIA COLLECTING

SCRAP IRON.

FEARS FOR 1932 STEEL

AND IRON OUTPUT '

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

RIGA, Jan. 21. A general collection of scrap-iron has been ordered in certain dis tricts as part of the maximum mobilisation of the Soviet.'s inter nal iron and steel resources, con- psequent on official reports that only 15,000 tons of pig-iron and 13,000 tons of steel represent the present output, whereas the 1232 quota of agricultural and other machinery requires an average daily cutput of 25,000 tons of pig-iron and $3,000 tons of steel:

JUSTICE-SOVIET DEFINITION

NEW MASS TRIALS TO

IMPRESS PEOPLE

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)

RIGA. Jan. 20,

A number of new mass trials are

TRADE

CABINET SUB-COMMITTEE SUBMITS REPORT

·COMPLETE CHANGE „OR FISCAL POLICY "BELIEVED PROBABLE

(Renter's Special. Serviço.).

LONDON, Jan. 1,

It is believed that a complete change of seal policy is contained in the repors of the Cabinet sub- committee which has been investi- gating the question of the balanco of trade. The report will shortly be submitted to a full meeting of the Cabinet whereby it will have to be considered in detail before any decision can be taken na to what policy is to be adopted. All rum. ours of a possible agreement among members of the Cabinet are pre mature, as the question has not yet been considered in its entirety, only part of the report having for heen submitted to the Cabinet. to be taxed or the extent of the Forecasts of the classes of goods tariff are also premature at pre-

seat,"

2,200,000 WANT DISARMAMENT

AND SIGN DECLARATION TO PROVE IT

ROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)

LANDON, Jan. 40. England's monster disagrament declaration bearing two million two hundred thousand signatures was a grand send-off to day at the Women's Internatiobal League Houre.

The signatures were packed in frown, paper parcels and landed into decorated house-van for transport to Victoria from where they are being despatched ́ to Geneva,

A baby girl was placed with the first parcel in the van symbolising hopes for the future..

SIR JOHN SIMONĮ OFF TO GENEVA

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[ITISH WIRNIK SERVICE]

RuGay, Jan 30, The Foreign Serretary, Sir Jöhn Simon will leave for Gene on Saturday to attend the meeting af the league of Nations Council, which opens on Monday,

CAMPBELL NOT YET SATISFIED

BLUEBIRD NOW FASTER:

* OFF TO DAYTONA

(BRITISH WINKLERS SERVİCE]

RuGuy, Jan. 20, Sir Malcolm, Campbell, Britain's most famous raging motorist, is. leaving England for Daytora; Florida, in a fortnight, with the cbject of making a fresh atlempė, in February, on his own world land speed record of 15739 miles an

hour.

Since the creation of that re- markable record, modification, and improvements have been introduc ed into his car, the Bluebird, in which the record was established, and Sir Malcolm expresses cond. dence that without straining at all, the car is now capable of a con siderably higher speed.

LINDRUM DOES IT AGAIN

BEATS OWN RECORD BY

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1932.

JAPANESE DIET DISSOLVED

SEIYUKAI PARTY SEEK MAJORITY

Tuvoй RAUTER'S AGENCY.)

Toxxo, Jan. 2) The Dist dissolved at 6.25 p.. The expected General Election will be held about February 20.

Tokyo, Earlier.

The Diet reassembled this morn- ing after the New Year Rocess, but it is virtually certain to be dis-j solved this afternoon for the pur- Pose of enabling the Seiyukai Party to seek a working majority in the Lower House by a General Election, which is expected to be held about February 20

has only 171 seats and the Minscito At present, the Seirukai Party Party 40 out of a total of 468.

The dissolution is expected to be ordered as soon as Mr. Inukai, Mr. Yoshizawa and Mr. Takahashi have finished outlining the Govern ment's policies without giving the Minseito Party an opportunity of introducing &

enco.

vote of non-confid.

Mr. Yoshizawa's speech at the final meeting of the Diet is given in full on Page Seven.]

LEAGUE COMMISSION

TO MANCHURIA

M. BRIAND AND CHANGED CONDITIONS

THROUGH REDTER'NCY.;

GENEVA, Jon: 91.. The conditions whereunder the Manchurian Commission will begin its Lask are different from those which the Council expected at the close of the last meeting," dechrod M. Briand when informing his col- leagues of his appointment to the Commission. but asserted that the solemn undertakings recorded by two unanimicus resolutions of the Council which remained a formal guarantee against the pursuit of territorial ainbitions in Manchuria justify the Council holding as strictly provisional an exceptional situation which must norinal conclusion as rapidly possible in conformity, with the resolution of September 30.

come to a

In order to avoid the present method becoming a precedent! Poland lodged a formal expression of regret that the Commission does not include representatives of the nom-permanent members of the Council.

MANCHURIAN COMMISSION

MEETING

LORD LYTTON' ELECTED PRESIDENT

¡THROGGY REUTER'S AGENCY.]

GENEVA, Jan. 97.

Lord Lytton was elected Presi dent of the Mancherian Commis sion at a meeting held this morn- ing without Mr. McCoy, who joins his colleagues en route. The Com- Inission discussed the programme ennd date of departure.

MANCHESTER GUARDIAN'S

SARCASM

"WHEN IS A SOLDIER NOT A

SOLDIER?".

(THWOUGH RESTER'S AGENCY,}

LONDON, Jan. 21. As a curtain-raiser to a series of four long articles on "The League and Manchuria" by A Student of the League," the first of which rende distinctly unfavourably to wards Japan, i Manchester Guar- d editorial referring to the Japanese complaints of bandit et tacka caustically propounds & new conundrum, viz: "When is a soldier not a soldier ". The answer seems to be "When he is a Chi- nese who has neglected to take the technical precaution of declaring war on you.' He then becomes merely & low bandit, but in the light of what we all know now the world should be able to decide quite easily who are the real

GERMANY'S BITTER NOT ENOUGH GOLD

ACCUSATION

FOR WORLD

"FRANCE HAS TORPEDOED

LAUSANNE

FRANCE AND U.S.A. MOST TO FEAR

THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Jan. 20. RANCE is being accused in Germany of deliberately tor pedoing the Lausanne Reparations Conference, following official ad- mission that the interested Powers · are not likely to meet on Monday.

יו.

POSSIBLE FORMATION OF INTERNATIONAL ANTI- GOLD GROUP

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Jan. 21.

CHIANG KAI SHEK

EN ROUTE

SHOULD ARRIVE IN NANKING TO-DAY

T. V. SOONG'S APPOINTMENT OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.].

DR. WU ACCEPTS GOVERNORSHIP

SOUTHERN LEADERS TO

SUPPORT NANKING

PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT

OF KWANGSI

(From Our Own. Correspondent.)

CANTON, Jan. 21.

Dr. C. C. Wu, after a series of

seven

| conférences with Guneral Chan Temi Tang and others, has finally decided, accept the Governorship of

NÄNKING, Jan, 21.. The British Government has not

Chiang Kai Shek arrived officially admitted a postponement, but the Foreign Once states that

The adequacy of gold for world Tongshan near Nanking at conversations between the Govern.equirements has again been raised this evening and is staying there yet concluded and it is evident is out that the annual production Yanking to-morrow. A specin ments chiefly concerned have both the Tames, which, after point-to-night, coming his journey to that the Conference cannot be is insuficient to meet debts due to begun es ozrly as January 25."

France and the United States, saya train with Wang Ching Wei aboard

is proceeding to Nanking and is ernment, these countries have most to fear Further conversations, are said to

expected In the capital shartly be in progress and the British Government hope that it may be

after ten this evening

The appointment of Mr. T. V. possible to come to a satisfactory

Soong as. Minister of Financo is agreement on the course of proce. dure to be adopted in the next few

officially confirmed, an announce days.

within a low daya, ment regarding which will be made

BERLIN, Jan. 20. Now of the "postponement" of the Lausanne Conference reached Berlin too late for comment in official circles, but there is no doubt that the Government deeply regrets the development, fearing that it is bound to aggravate difficulties, not only of Germany, but of the whol: world."

Patience Evaporating.

BERLIN, Jan. 90. The patience of German politi. cians has been caporating rapidly as the possibility of the Lausanne Conference meeting on January ns. fast receded into the distance.

Many of the newspapers expres the opinion that Franco has success- fully torpedoed the Conference,

Government quarters emphasise that they will refuse to agree to a prolongation of the Hoover Mor. atorium until 1933 as this would merely postpone the solution of the reparations problem

GERMANY'S RETALIATORY

STEPS

CLAIMS OVER-PAYMENT OF REPARATIONS TO FRANCE

لرقم

(Renter's Special Service.)

BERLIN, Jan. 21. Germany's first retaliatory step against what she considered to have been the torpedoing of the Lausanne Conference by France is expected to be the publication of figures purporting to show that Germany has already paid more for the restoration of devastated arena than France is entitled to receive.

WEATHER REPORT.

Yesterday's weather report, forecast and remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory at 6.46 p.m., stated :-

The anti-cyclone is passing into the Pacific to the East of Japan. Another anti-cyclone

appears to be forming over" N.E. China.

Local Forecast:-N.E. winds, moderate; fine to cloudy.

POWERFUL GERMAN

ARMY

DOCTRINE OF REVENGE PREACHED IN SCHOOLS

SENSATIONAL ALLEGATIONS BY FRENCH GENERAL,

1THROUGH REUTER'S AGRNOT.]

from the gold problem, and sug gests that recent events show that little encouragement to link certain countries would require their

currencios with sterling, provided the British Budges balancable and that there is no enforced issue of currency, sterling will make a better basis than gold,"

Drastic Measurez,

Wang Thing Wei Arrives.

LATER

him prior to ita resignation in wangtung, a post which the Caz ton National Government offered favour of the new, Nanking Gev

It is reported that he will take up his post on Jan. 25. Mr. Lin Yun Koy, the outgoing Governor, is busy winding up his accounts to be turned over to his successor.

LEADERS PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.

CANTON, Jan. 21. The lenders of the Southern face

Mr. Wang Ching Wei arrived at 10 p.m. and was accorded a rousing Referring to the suggestion of a reception by Government leaders tion, including General Chew Tazi correspondent that silver might be and representatives of public bodies. Tong, Admiral Chen Chak, Dr. C.. used as a mono-metallic basis for After a brief reat he proceeded to C. Wu, General Pei Chung Hsi, currency and that the British Em. Mr. Sun Fo's residence where he General Li Yang King, General Yu pire, South America, Asia, Japan, held an: impertant canference. Hon Mow, and Mr. Lam Yick Germany, Italy, Scandinavia and Official sources state that Chang: Chung, in a circular telegram issu most small European countries Hsueh Liang is shortly coming to would probably be willing to form Nanking to confer with Chiang Kai a sterling or silver grong with a Shek and Wang Ching Wei. gold group consisting of the United States, France and one or two smaller countries, the Times that this is an ideal solution to the maria that while no-one pretends

world's economie troubles it will become a practical issue "unless the forces which destroyed the working gold standard are them selves destroyed by common sense nations,'

ro-

IF FRANCE WOULD MAKE "BEAU GESTE"

THEN, SETTLEMENT OF ECONOMIC PROBLEMS

POSSIBLE

[THROUGE REUTZr's Agenot.]

PESHAWAR BACK TO NORMAL

SIR

ed to-day in explanation of the establishment of the three executives departments for the administration: of the political, military and Kuomintang, affairs of the South west, pledged their support for the now Nanking Government They maintained that the establishment. of such executive departamante was entirely in accordance with the decisions reached in the last. albi BENGAL NATIONALIST

Plenary Kuomintang Congress and. LEADER ARRESTED therefore not illegal. They also contended that there was a necessity for the existenco of mich depart ERNEST BENNETT SAILS ments, the main object being to ro

FOR INDIA

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

Ruony, Jan. 20.

liove the heavy duties and responat bilities of the Central Government" They agreed to take orders from Nanking and abide by ile decisions. They refuted the charges that they were holding up the Canton Cus A Peshawar telegram states that

toms surplus and are trying to many indications in the Peshawar form an independent government of District show a gradual return to the South west," normal conditione and of increas... Situation Brightens, ing distrust of Congress. Arrears The assurances of Canton's sup of revenue are being paid regularly port for Nanking, as contained im Many Red-shirt uniforms, which the circular telegram mentioned f the outward badge of Congress above, appeared to brighten up the in this province, have been handed situation considerably. The rum LONDON, Jan. 21. in, while picketing is decreasing.

ours of anti-Nanking activities in "Sir Eracst Bennett, a member of Canton and "If France could make a gesture the Round Table Franchise Oom among the different fastions here. to the world as great na that conmittee, who was last week prevent have been set aside for the time the disagreement tained in the Balfour Note it woulded by illness from accompanying being. Possibly through the per- lead a long way towards settle other members to India; will sailations of Dr. C. C. Wu, Mr. Yu ment of economic problems" was from Marseilles on January 29 the opinion expressed by Mr. E C.

Yo Jen and other civilian leaders, Goodenough, presiding at a meet-adist leader was arrested to-day ment is again in harmony with the Sen Gupta, the Bergal Nation of influence, the Canton Govern- ing of the shareholders of Bar-under the emergency regulations Nanking régime. clay's Bank. He drew attention to

the heavy surpluses of gold of on his arrival in Bombay from France and America, both of whose England. As an agitator, he has attained some notoriety and fre budgets would reveal substantial quently been sentenced in the past deficita; and asserted that unless for sedition and other offences. some means were found to make After the Delhi Pact he continued gold circulate more freely, gold his agitation and openly advocated

a fresh struggle.

INDUSTRIALISATION OF KWANGSI

CANTON, Jan, 21. General Wong Shiu Hung, the newly, appointed, Commissioner for Kwangai, who has been "staying in. Hong Kong, is expected to proceed

would no longer be capable of serving as a basis of currency, credit and measurement of world prices, in which case those coud- tries would inevitably be faced with acid plant in Wuchow, a tanning to his native province to assume enormous losses.

SEVERE WINTER IN PERSIA

MANY DIE FROM COLD: COMMUNICATIONS INTERRUPTED

(Reuter's Special Service.)

LONDON, Jan. 21. While aorth Europe enjoys n summer-like, interlude grin winter PAR18; Jan. 21.

prevails over Persin, where many THE sensational ailegation that

deaths from cold are reported. Germany, "is preparing a The whole population of Hamedan powerful army despite the Treaty of Versailles was, says Reuter, the streets are blocked by snow and are imprisoned in their homes as. made to the Foreign Affairs Comics, and heavy snowfalls have inter- mittee in the French Chamber lupted telegraph and telephone: Paris yesterday.

try,

(THROUGH BRUTER'S, ADENOV]

The accusers were General Bour. communications all over the coug goola and M. Eccard, members of LONDONY Jan. 20.

the Seaste Commission which was Walter Lindrum failed at a difi-

entrusted with the task of making being organised by the Soviet cult 'cannot soon after resuming bandita" in Manchuria to-day, a report on armements. authorities for performance" in this afternoon with his score stand. The editorial further opines that Germany was organising her indus General Bourgeois declared that the next three weeks with the ob- ing at 4,000 unfinished. The com- Japan has inflicted a wound on the jeet of impressing upon the people pleted brenk was 4,197, which dm-world body politic which will not the importance of loyalty to the pares with his own previous world casily heal

record of 3,005,

Five Year Plan.

JAPANESE WARSHIPS FOR SHANGHAI

tries and her armaments along parallel lines which would permit À very rapid mobilisation of war supplies. &

BIG EXPLOSION IN NORWAY

MANY PEOPLE RENDERED

HOMELESS

iTHROCOH Reuter's 'agenor; }

Following an investigation by a Another record was immediately special commission into the causes created in that Jon Davis, the pro-

He added that extremely active of inefficiency in the Transport, fassional champion of England, his

propaganda was being carried on Food and other Commissariats opponent in the match, compiled a

throughout the country to inculcate throughout the U.S.S.R.. hundreds thousand break when he followed

a spirit of revenge ́even among of officials have been arrested for Lindrum to the table after the (YUNOUGH RESTER'S AGENCY.] schoolchildren. corruption and criminal neglect. world record had been sot."

M.. Eccard declared, that the Forty-five people, including the Davis was 1,131 unfinished at

TOKYO, Jan. 1 German Budget contained, under honda of the Fruit and Vegetable the end of the afternoon sisjon, One aircraft carrier, one cruiser, camouflaged beadings, a much Trust have been arrested in and he added on touring four destroyer and a number of larger expenditurs for military Leningrad.

breaking down at a difficult red | Marings have been ordered to purposes than was admitted, Twenty-one officinla nind a hum-iocor. The full break was 1912 Shanghai from Kure, in view of The allegations, which will be waters at Yaaheim near Hoeyange.. ber of workmen are to be com- This is the first time in the history the growing newsiness of the discussed at a later date, are stated | A panic was caused when timber mitted for trial as a result of the of the game that two players have Japanese there, Other warshipe | to have made a profound impres stores and houses caught fire, Commission's investigations into registered breaks of a thousand or held at Sasebo are ready to move)sion upon the Foreign Affairs Com. driving the populace to seek shel- the Inventions Department.

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