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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1932.

Japan Takes Precautions

FIVE HUNDRED MARINES LANDED

AT SHANGHAI

FOREIGN SETTLEMENT "ALL QUIET"

THE

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

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Shanghai, Jumiary' 24. THE Japanese landed five hundred Marines from the warships

which arrived" bere yesterday, These men are at-present guarding the Japanese mill area iu Yangtsapoo.

The Settlement la at present quist and is being patrolled by the Volunteer Corps and armoured cars,

AMERICAN FEAR OF COMPLICATIONS

WASHINGTON, January 2

The threatened... Japanese landing at Shanghai is causing care ful consideration in official circles, owing to a possibility of inter- Dational complications arising from untoward Incidents,

The Under-Secretary of State, Mr. Castle, is at present dis. cussing the situation with President Hoover,

The fact that the Navy Department has not ordered Admiral Taylor at Manila to move warships to Shanghal Indicates that Government intends to exercise great care to avoid becoming in- volved in Far Eastern troubles, Neverthelexo, Admiral Taylor has -wide and discretionary powers to set in an emergency and could quickly reinforce the detachment of United States Marines station

·ed in The International Settlement.

"JAPANESE RIGHTS WILL BE PROTECTED"

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SHANOUA, Jan. 23.

HONOLULU MURDER

TRIAL

GRAND JURY'S REFUSAL TO INDICT

Judge Refuses to Accept Presentment

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]...

The United States Senate's order for ah enquiry into the conditions at Hawaii has slightly calmed the tension arising from racial feeling due to the murder of a native with which a New York society woman, Mrs. Fortescue; her son-in-law, Lieut. Massie, and another are charged.

Enloes to trial is removed to San Francisco, Mrs. Fortescue and Lieut. Massic will be tried in the saine room where....fvo... natives, of which the murdered native way en warshipg Ind a thousand alleged to be the leader, were acquitted a fow weeks nge of a charge of raping Mrs. Massie, aged nineteen. 1

One Japanese cruiser and four marines in Shanghai. destroyers arrived here. from Kure į

OBITUARY

ALFRED YARROW.

Engineer and Philan- thropist

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Jan. 24. The death occurred to-day of Bir Alfred Yarrow.

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FRANCE AND REPARATIONS

GERMANY'S SHORT- TERM CREDITS

SITUATION IN INDIA

WEEL, NOT GIVE WAY

TO GERMANY.

Young Plan Cannot Be Modified

(TURDUCK REUTER'S AGENCY.]

ME TO CONVERT THEM CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE STILLA INTO LONG-TERM DEBTS.

GOING ON

Extension, of Standstill Agreement

THOUGH. REUTER'S `AGENCY.]

BERLIN, Jan. $3, THE committee on Germany's short-term credits have agreed that the existing standstill agree ment which ends on February 29 be prolonged for a year.· ́ ́

the Basic Report that German The committee In concurring with policy to a packed Chamber this rates and, taxation have now reach. afternoon.

The same rules of honesty s applied to the relations of men applied to international relations general cheers) and he thought tont an agreement between Mr. Ramsay MadDennid and himself in regard to the future Reparations Conference was only a question of time.

of the

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In conclusion the report pay tribute to the great efforts and sacrifices the German Government and people are making to maintain her position, in the midst of uns precedented difcnities.

£268,000,000 INVOLVED .

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Over 2,000 Congress Members Convicted...

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BOMBAY, JR. Pd. It is estimated that already over 2.000, Congress members have boar convicted for affences throughout India in connection with civil din obedience, Besides 3,000 red-shirts convicted in the Frontier Province, 283 prominent Congress leaders have been arrested.

GOLD EXPORTS RESTRICTED

BOMBAY, Jan. 2846 Congress propaganda among up country sellers of gold, combined with the picketing of local mint an exchanges, are affecting the export of gold.. The P. & O. 8. Ranpus sailed to-day with only a million below last week's shipment sterling of gold, forty per, cent

[Bir Alfred Yarrow bogan life as

PARIS, Jan. 22 marine auginoor at Bavonhüll's on the The French Gaverument will Thamos. While bo took laterest in not allow any of the treaties. de many other things, be remained" érced by its predecessors to be pro- marino auginoor throughout his lifa. In ¦ zoribed, declared M. Laval, obvious- 1887 ho rigged up private talographly referring to the agitation against with osa of his friends, and this is be the Treaty of Verinilles, in the HONOLULU, Jan. 24.

hoved to be the first private telegraph course of his statement of foreign While cffcial circles decline to in England. When batiyoon oightoon disclose the latest developments in and twenty years of age, ho invented

The situation is fully under co¤2 the Fortcarne fase, it is rumoured and patented a steam plough, which was M. Laval, who is Foreign Minised the limit, adds: Germany has that the Grand Jury refused to in-made by a firm of onginoors to whom ter as well as Premier, said that vigorously and courageously turned trof but there is no sign so far of lice the "Honour of the slayers"be bocaine the agent for the sale, and France would only accept reducto a normal and sound method of the collapse of civil disobediences ad the presiding Judge refused to

in that capacity he reade anough money tions in reparations as reduction: Payments in goods and services, but and pictsting and the boycott are accept the presentment

i got started in bdainos sa a boat werd "granted her on war debta.

export opportunities have lately being quietly carried on.

BOMBAY, Jan. Amerigo from Honolulu dated builder. In 1839 he commenced bulld

The provisions of the Young Plan, been restricted by the fact that several countries have abandoned

After a long discussion on the January 19 states: ---

lag high speed steam launchón; and upho went on, could not be modified. to the year 1876 ho had built 350 af All that could be done was to allevi. the gold standard. Commenting on situation in India, the Executive the world nations' straggle for a Committee of the Federation of In- thosa, Botwoon, that date and 1880 he at the charges by a moratorium.

dian Chambers of Commerce, har built torpedo boats obtaining a speed Franco had made many gestures disproportionate share. of 20 knots. In 1878 the first vessel of goodwill to facilitate European dwindling world trade, the reporttalegraphed to the Viceroy, it is of this typo performed a sea voyage Union, but would not hecept, that expresses the opinion that it is believed, informing him it will ho successfully with Bir Alfred Yarrow and the will Germany should alone asential that trade policy should difficult for the Federation to ro permit goods to move in settlement operate with the Round Table Com his wife on board. In 1880 a Russian dictate the solution.. torpedo bost built by Bir Alfred Yarrow

of international debts and countries mittees in view of conditions areated attained spoed of 20 knots, and

should pull down trade barriers in by the recent Ordinances and ar steamed to the Black Sea. Up to this

order to make markets for one reata throughout India. time, all torpedo bosta had been fitted

another. with compound englass, but in 1885, all: Alfred made triplo expansion engine which gave an increased spoed. In 1887 the first water tube boiler made by his 'Arm was fitted (lo a scoond class tor

podo boat), In 1892 he made

3. Laval went on to say that. alutaiuium ponsel for the French, but the disarmament policy of France neglect on the part of her owners to was in conformity with the League The short-term debts involved in protect the aluminium discredited the of Nations' Covenant, but she was the new standstill agreement amount use of this metal for a considerable not prepared to accept any impro-to approximately

Up to this time locomotive visations that might compromise German banks have issued a state boilors only had been used in the father accurity,

[ment that the agreement he renéw. small ships, but in the year 1892, France in the last ten years had Yarrow beilt two vossels, tho. Havock set an example in the reduction of until February 28, 1933, on com

dition that German legislation. Another outrage was onacted in sad Hornet, the second of which had armaments, but she would go fur-authorises the carrying out of the Honam last night at about 8 o'clock water-tube boilers, the adoption ofther and would submit positive pro present agreement, otherwise for when a gang of miscreants explod-which increased the spood to 27,3 kunta, posals for the realisation of politi ed a bomb in the Yiz Tai Gambling In 1894 she so-called destroyed Sakol cal conditions of immediate mutual terms will be entitled to agreement, The any attempt by the Japanese naval House, injuring several gamblers was the Brat vessel to obtain a speed amuistance, officers to take independent actionThe bomb was carefully placed of 30 knots, High tonsile stoet was fret

agreement provides for, inter užiu, M.200,000,000. cash advances to boneath the gambling table, around used in the construction of this vessol, which stood the gamblers. After and she was fitted with sight water-tabo

German banks which will be con The Chairman of the Municipal lighting the fuse, the miscreants boilera. In 1890 the Dutch Govern

barted into a 10-year jean, German banks paying annually 15 per cent Allod A Council informed councillors at yes-led. The gamblers and the pro-ment

cruisor with Yarrow terday's meeting that the Japanese game that they did not hear the of 2,250 h.p. History is repeating itself; confidence in the Government by re-

so absorbed in the boilors of 7,000 h.p. and Saptch boilers

on foreign borrowings into a trust protest against the sentence of a The Chamber then expressed and in the Reichsbank, against year's rigorous imprisonment pass CbostGeneral had called on him hissing of the ignited' fusa. A As some of the latest Atlantic liners jecting an onposition motion moved which 10 per cent certificates willed on the joint Secretaries of the be offered to creditors at their report to the police under the enor Labour Association for failing to CONFERENCE WITH

on Wednesday and expressed deep minute or two later the bomb ex havo aimilar, combinations. In 1909, Sirby M. Herriott hy 303 votes to 985 FOREIGN CONSULS

ploded.

Alfred Yarrow built destroyers for tho

option. Subsequently a direct vote of con Upon investigation it transpired. Japanees Government of 6,000 hip. andfidence in the Government was car- Mayor Nu Tich Cheng has arriv-regret at the occurrence of that ed from Nanking and conferred this morning in which Japanes had that the outrage was the outcome obtained speed of 311 knots. In 1905 ried by 312 votes to 261 morning with Mr. E. 8. Cunning lashed with the Settlement Police of the refusal of the proprietor to the first double-ended water-tube boiler British and French Premiers May.

the comply with ham (US Consu>Geferal) and Mr.

demands of mado, by his firm was fitted, ♥ and... by, 1910 the doubila-ended boilers were capi J. F. Brenan (British Conan) and when ono peliceman, and one handita for a sum of money.

Japanese were killed. The Consul-

able of developing, 4,000 h.p. cach. Tha Geners?).

"Later a statement, was issued say-General said he would consult with

Introduction of oil had a grans cfect on ing that all precautions had been the chairman further with reference taken against further outbreaks, and that it is thought the six thou to a compassionate graat in respect sand police available will be able of the police officer killed and those, easily to cope with the situation.

injured. He also assured the chair man that accessory, action would be! taken to punish the perpetrators of this assault.

at five o'clock this afternoon. They The Japanese Admiral has inwand ars at moorings in the Whangpe,¦a «taboment, in which he says, he near the apanese Consulate.

may he "ohliged to take such action as he' deems necessary for the Fall protection of Japanese rights and interests."

Japanese officials have now arrest ed seven Japanese men for being concerned: Tuesday's disorders, when an attempt was unde to so fire to a Chinese towel factory.

It is expected that after a pre- liminary hearing, they will be sent to Nagasaki for trink

to

Meanwhile, the Chief Secretary the Lievernment of Greater Shanghai has issued a statement in which he says it is expected those responsible for the attack on the five priests (one of whom has since died) will soon be arrested; whereupon they will be severely lealt with sebording to law.

TOKYO, Jan. 23.

While vernacular papers assert that drastic measures are being con- siderad, if the Japanese domande, in connection with the recent assault on five priesta by a Chinese hob in Shanghai w rejected, official circlea emphasise that Japan is anxious to Jocalise the affair.

No time limit has been set for Chiness acceptance of the demande. hut, if they are definitely rejected, it in intimated that Japanese blue- jeckets will probably be ordered to Chinese military occupy certain establishments in and around Shanghai.

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The situation, at present, is quiet, hit it is learned that the Settlement Police, inqurationably, will oppose

within Settlements limits

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CHINESE STRIKE AGAINST

JAPANESE

CANTON BOMB OUTRAGE

(From Our Own Correspondent)

prietor were,

CANTON, Jan. 24.

COMMUNIST REVOLT IN SAN SALVADOR

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

time.

The technical procedure of a re- duction of armaments would then be easy to work out. He concluded by appealing for a party truce and

received a tremendous ovation.

Meet.

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the design and power produced by tho

RUGBY, Jan. 23. The possibility of an early meet- Yarrow boilers, In 1911 superheat waning between Mr. Ramsay Mao introduced, allowing a "gain. of 10 per Donald and M. Laval is still under cant. at full speed, and 15 per cent, at consideration, and the Premiers are low speed, The Euroher class of tho endeavouring to arrange a date in British Navy attained a speed of 35 the near future which will not inter- knots at thin, time. Since then the fore with their Parliamentary re- development of the destroyor lina not boon vary great. Largor, sizes, and

sponsibilities"

consequent increanos 10 radius of action, have followed.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 One British cruiser, eo Caradisi destroyers, one American cruiser And one American destroyer are hurrying to San Salvador where destroyer as it Communist revolt is in progress,

The presence of Warships as pro- tection was requested by the British and American Chargés d'Affaires und the Italian Consul

FILM STARS TO VISIT SHANGHAI

rory

HANOI-BARIS FLIGHT

#!

Meanwhile, exchanges of opinion speed and are continuing between Germany

The end the credit Powers, DOW, Oxinte in Inrgaly the work of Sir Alfred Yarrow. Other types of vessels dificult to design were developed by Sir Alfred Furrow for the Congo and the Nile and other parts of the world. These vessels werd sometimas, for peace and sometimes for war They were very light draft vessulk, Having sometimes stern whocks Rometimes sorows with hinged Haps atı their stern. Yousels of 120 L. loug,. drawing 12 in. of water, and sóma oven less than that, were built. Вогде вой

o be carried hundrods of miles by

and

PREVIOUS RECORD

(Web Per Fat Paa.).

SHANGHAI, Jan. 24. The anti-Japanese feeling at Shanghai is assuming a still more serious aspect. Chinese workers in employ of Japanese, cotton mikka are going to declare a generl strike, and the cotton mill strikers number The film star Richard, Barthelmasives through forests, no part carried Codos and Robida arrived here at SHANGHAI,, Jan. 23.

20,000, while other Chinese em- mess and his wife are leaving for being more than 50 16. in weight. The 3.35 ... thus breaking Castes and With the arrival of reinfores-ployees in Japanese and Shanghai on January 30, where vessel was put together at the end of Bellontes" record by "one day 8 ments to-day the Japanese now have factories are expected to come out. they will join Ronald Colman,

the long journey to the water of the hours,

JAPAN EXPRESSES REGRET

firmne

{THROUGH SKUTER'B AGENCY.).

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 24.

European Murdered in Shanghai

D'ASTARDLY OUTRAGE BY CHINESE

SOLDIERS

WALKING PARTY OF FOREIGNERS

ALSO THREATENED

{THROUGH" REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BRANCEA), January 21.

R. ALBERT PORGES, THE AUSTRIAN MANAGER OF M

THE SHANGHAI OFFICE OF THE AMERICAN EX« PRESS, WAS MURDERED: "THIS MORNING BY CHINESE SOLDIERS NEAR LUNGHWA PAGODA.

MR. PORGES WAS MOTORING. WITH A LADY AND A CHAUFFEUR, AND WHEN NEAR THE PAGODA

RAND

TWO YOUTHFUL SOLDIERS LEVELLED THEIR RIFLES ON THE CAR AND OPENED FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. MR. PORGES WAS SHOT THROUGH THE CHEST THE WOMAN AND THE CHAUFFEUR, WHO WERE NOT HURT, DROVE BACK TO THE FRENCH CONCESSION AND IMMEDIATELY PUT MR. PORGES IN HOSPITAL, WHEN IT WAS FOUND AFTER EXAMINATION THAT HE HAD BEEN SHOT THROUGH THE HEART AND HAD DIED INSTANTLY.

JUST PREVIOUS TO THIS FATAL INCIDENT THE SAME SOLDIERS HAD HELD UP, A WALKING PARTY OF FOUR!

· FOREIGNERS AND THREATENED THEM WITH BAYONETS..

CORDITE LADEN

lake for which she was intended. Bir

· Altrod's" work as an employer" and kis rolstions with the workman, which seam also to have been guided by common sense, treating the workmen a com (Continued on Page 3.)

SIR WILLIAM

JOIMITT

RESIGNS

LIGHTERS EXPLODE. SIR THOMAS INSKIP TO TAKE

TWENTY PEOPLE BLOWN TO BITS British Steamer Damaged

(From Our Own, Correspondent,)

SHANGHAI, Jan. 24. While a steep launch was tom

OVER POST

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London, Jan. 24. Sir William Jowitt has resigned tho, Attorney-Generalship. It is expected the Solicitor-General, Sir Thomas Iniicip, will sunosed him and the Sir Boyd Merriman will become Solicitor-General.

Sir William Jowitt's resignation. ing two lighters laden with cordite had been expected for some time powder from Loonghwn to Kinng as he has been without a Parlin nan Arsenal they suddenly explod-mentary seat since the general”eloo-- od in midstream The terrife force |tion.

of the blast was, heard all over the Settlement, Frenchtown and the Native City, PER AP

Twenty persons aboard the light- l'ere were blown to bits, pisose of human flank which were scattered |alighting': nboard the British mer.. chaotian Cape Saint George which was anchored in the neighbour hood, the superstructure of which was converted into a mass of twist ed metal.

Many houses in the residential areas of Shanghai felt the shock.

BRITISH EXPERT INVITED TO GREECE

(THROOM REUTER'S AGENCY.]

ATHENA, Jan.

Sir Nie Meyer, a Baancial expert, has been invited to visit Greece to study and report on the monetary, bnancial and economie situation of Greece,

BROKEN

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LE BOURGET, Jan. 24.

terminate

£208,000,000.

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INDIAN SPINNERS ON STRIKE

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

AHMEDABAD, Jan. 3. Over seventy mills have closed down in the last two days,

T is estimated that seventý thousand men are on stride

This is the first step towards sency decrees." converting short-term debts into

long-term, debts...

The agreement also recommends. other methods for similar conver

sion.

BRUENING'S REPLY TO

} HITLER

[TANOCAH REUTER'S AGENCY.]"

BERLIN, Jan. 23. The German Government's deter mination to remain in office and not make way for Hitler is indicate in the reply made by Dr. Bruening to the recent letter from Hitler declining to agree to Government's proposal to extend President. Hin denburg's term of office.

Ph Bruening says that the Nazis. if they came into power, would have to pursue the same course as the present Government, whose ly object is to rescue the Fatherland from great distress, which was main ly due to the Treaty of Versailles.

U.S. GOLD FOR FRANCE

NEW YORK. Jam. 23. The s.. Europa sailed to-day with wenty millior dellars of gold most" ly for France,

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ITALY'S FINANCES

INCREASED BUDGET

DEFICIT

TOUGH BUTER'S AGENCY,

ROME, Jam 23. The Italian Cabinet has approved of the Budget Estimates for the Anancial par beginning on July

The total expenditure is estimated: at 20,000,000,000 lire, a decrease of nearly 1,000,000,000 lire compared with the current year.

The revenue for next year is erti- mated to yield 18,847,000,000 lire, a decrease of wall over" 1,008,000,000 Tire compared with, the current year. This Inenns J tléficit や 1,412,000,000 lire next year, fol lawing

estimated deficit of 917,000,000 hire for the current year, thus reflecting the affect of the world depression on Italy.

No measures to cover this deficit are announced, the Government pre- ferring to see how the economia [depression the world over develops, and reserving the right to tako appropriate steps to balance the Budget at any opportune moment, before the end of the Anancial year

British Wireless Telephone Service

JESUITS BANNED

IN SPAIN

STATE TO SEIZE ALL ORDER'S PROPERTY Obedience to Holy See Objected to

(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.]

·Madrid, Jan, 24.

PRESIDENT Zamora has signed a decree dissolving the Jesuit Order in Spam.

·LATKE. The ground for the dissolution of the Jesuit Order is that members are obliged to take a... TOW of obedience to authority other than the Republic (namely, the Holy Seb).

The decres deprives Jesutts of Juridicial rights, gives them ten days in which to relinquish“cóm...” anal life and forbids them to dis poss of their property, all of which `will be confiscated by the State and

sised for charitable - purposes,

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POST OFFICE'S AMBITIOUS SCHEME

NEARING COMPLETION

S. AFRICAN SERVICE TO BE OPENED

ON FEBRUARY 1

THE

(Reuter's Special Service)

LONDON, January 24.

OPENING OF THE WIRELESS TELEPHONE SER VICE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND SOUTH AFRICA ON FEBRUARY 1 MARKS THE COMPLETION OF ANOTHER LINK IN THE HUGE CHAIN BY WHICH THE BRITISH POST OFFICE 18 ENCIRCLING THE GLOBE AND BINDING *THE EMPIRE. TOGETHER" WHEN INDIA IS LINKED UP SIMILARLY · (WHICH WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR) EVERY PART OF THE EMPIRE WILL BE IN DIRECT TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION WITH BRITAIN.

THE POLICY OF THE POST OFFICE IS TO PLACE THE BUSINESSMAN IN BRITAIN IN AN INSUPERABLE POSL TION WITH REGARD TO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE EMPIRE AND "FOREIGN COUNTRIES

AT PRESENT THE BRITISH TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBER CAN SPEAK BY WIRELESS TELEPHONE TO MORE THAN #5 PER CENT, OF THE TOTAL TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE WORLD.