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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS MONDAY

SINO-JAP. ARMISTICE MESSRS, JACOB &

NEGOTIATIONS

NO DECISION REACHED AT GENEVA

NEUTRAL COMMISSION MAY CONSIDER JAPANESE EVACUATION

· [TBLODOW BEVrgin'a· Aaunov,}; ·

GEEVs, April 10.

will depant. A spokesman declared;

COS WARNING

BOMBSHELL FOR FREE. STATE LABOUR CIRCLES

(Reuter's Special: Service.)

ITALIAN CONSUL

ASSAD

OUTRAGE AT SPRINGFIELD. ILLINOIS

THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENOY.]

-Springfield, Illinois, April 17.............. Mr. Johur Pico, the Italian Con sub here, WAN assinated by gangsters with machine guns as ho was leaving his brother's houнo with his eyear-old son,

Dunain, April 17. bombshell was thrown-mb- Labour political circles, by a cir eulu issued to their employers by Jacob & Co., biscuit manufacturere; the second got employers of Jabour in Ireland, declaring that if the Free State leaves the British Commonwealth they will be forced to dispense with half of their em company 'explains that if the Free Site is not 27 member of the 17 Dublin would be fine to the in British Empire, biscuits made in port dutica of Britain, Northern peland and elsewhere, therefore, the company would have to trans fer the manufacturing of biscuiti to their Aintree factory,

No decision was reached at the this evening that we are approach-ployees; amounting to 300 three-hour mouting, this morning, of the Committee of Nineteen dealinging, a solution. It is unofficially with the Far Eastern dispute. The bus reliably reported that a possible tipoussion is being reained next weak.

It is strongly felt that the Neutral Commission at Shanghai may be invited to consider the question of Japanese evacuation

solution to the problem might be that part of the Commission, eluding. Dr. Wellington Koo, may go to Mukden via Dairou, and the remaining part in Shanhakuan.

M."HYMAŃS CONFERS WITH GENERALS GIVE EVIDENCE

DISPUTANTS

GENEVA, April 17,

M. Hymans conferret with mem ber of the Chinese and Japanese delegations yesterday evening and continued the conversations to-day The date of the next meeting of the Committee of Nineteen will be Ax; ed when agrecinent is reached between M. Hyman and the parties to the dispute, who will have to consult their Governments before agreeing to the terms of the resolution it is proposed to place before the next Committee meet ing

JAPANESE HINT TO ASSEMBLY

JAPAN'S HOPE

"

The assassins escaped, Mr. Picco's son was not hurt.

The AMERICAN

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ELECTIONS

PRESIDENT HOOVER FILES NOMINATION CERTIFICATE

[RKUTER'S' AMERİÇAN KERVICE ),

Waaniserox, April 16. President Hoover has filed his

|lican Presidential nomination:

MR. BALDWIN ON pihente for candidacy for Repub.

TARIFFS

I

PRIPING, April 1, General Chang Tso Hsiang and Wan Fu Lin, former Governors of Kirin and Heilänkiong, respective. ly, gave evidence before the League Commission to-day regarding losses | WHY THEY ARE NECESSARY sustained in Manchuria and other data.

"TO BRITAIN Wan Tu Lin also handed to the Commission a telegram from Ma Chan Shan from Taheihó in which the defender of Nonni River de- tails "facts about Japanese domina. tion over the puppet "Manchukuo Government, as he learned while the wis. Minister of War at Chang

chuan

BY WHICH ROUTE?

According to semi-official Chinese sources, Dr. Wellington Koo is Manchuria vid Shanhaikuan, then to urging the Commission to go to Tahushan and Tangliao, later cross-

CHINESE BODYGUARD?

[BRITISH WIRELESS SKRVICE.]

RUGBY, April 18 Dealing with the European out- look in a speech in North Wales.

HONOUR SLAYING "

TRIAL

LIEUT. MASSIE PLEADS INSANITY

APRIL 18, 1932.

WIDENING GULF IN JAPAN

WAVE AGAINST CAPITALISM

J

THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENCY.}

...

Toxto, April Social-Demoernts which, hitherto, has been the stablest faction of the proktavian movement has split, and the secedors are expected to forth a now party based on state-novialism

UNSETTLED CONDITIONS IN MANCHURIA

GOVT. TROOPS REBEL AT TSITSIHAR

RAILWAY WORKERS DESERT THEIR

POSTS

[rnova RUTER'S AGENCY.]

The split reflects the growing wave against capitalism in Japan

HARBIN, April 18. Extremely serious unsettled con- and the loss of faith in party govditions now prevail in eastern and ernment based on parties, which north Manchuria, despite the efforts are being increasingly diacrodited of Japanese and loyal, Manchukuo by their putting party interest be troops to pacify these regiona for the antional interest.

The Government's attempt to oust Count. Tchida from the presidency of the South Manchurian Railway for party purposes served to ag gravate the political situation, and bas aroused bitter" denunciations:

WAR MINISTER AND THE S.M.R. APPOINTMENT

UNITED PRESS]}

Yesterday a large party of bandits raided the station of difen and looted the railway warehouses and the residences of the railway employees,

The railway workivi have now deserted their posts pwing to the absence of protection from such activities.

arrested in connection with dyna- miting of the Japaneke troop. train. - REBELS FORCED TO RETREAT

HARDIN, April 1

It is reported that Government broops at Tsitsikar. rebolted and

to retreat by Japanese troops, commenced looting, but were forced

It is also stated that many Japan Another train has been derailed, esa residents east of Hailun have. near Shintaobotse, though this a Fovacuated to Soviet territory. cident is attributed to a broken i

axle

>

The wrecked train was ab-

FURTHER BANDIT OUTRAGES

DR. KOO

tacked and looted by bandits and FANATICS SEEKING LIFE OF the breakdown gang which was sent Tokyo, April 12 to clone the fine was also attacked The gulf between the Government || and robbed | and the military chique is, widening mor and more as, the two factions continue their squabble over tho' ap pointment of a new President of the South Manchurian Railway [BLUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

Company in auccession to Count K. Uchida, who resigned last week, at night, Mr. Stanley Baldwin

HONOLULU, April 14 The War Office is strongly oppos Raid: Nothing had done more han

The defence in the Honour Slaying the appointment of Mr. Jotaro economically than the splitting upling" ia admitted that Lieut. Yamamoto, a

Seiyukai of Europe into many, would-be rol.Massie killed the Hawaiian who, it mober, or Mr. Shuker Katsuta, former Finance Minister, the two suficient Statos, and post-war is allegedly, raped his wife.

Lieut. Massie ploads insanity. mentality that made all these small

candidates most favoured by the units, believe they could be self-

Cabinet. Mr. Yamomote, himself, is hesitant about accepting the posti he said, a vast wire set-work" of sukcient. That created in Europe,

owing to the attitude of the War Office. prohibitions and tariffs which were else with that freer trade which is essential for the world. If he were

FINANCIAL" PLIGHT OF GREECE AND BULGARIA GREECE UNABLE TO BALANCE HER BUDGET

veterin

Toxтo, April 10, 20 From Changchun comes the news that two suparate groups AJO CLUS ing serious anxiety to the Man heharian Government. One repre HARBIN, April 16

sents the interests of General Chang The increasing seriousness of the Haush Liang and are plotting to the Chinese Eastern Railway, where the purpose of discrediting the situation in the eastern section of molest the League Commission for bandits have been committing out. Manchukuo. The other is composed ag aften outrage, has been revenit of young fanatics who are seeking ed in the latest despatches..

the life of Dr. Wellington Koo. Lukashevo acar Imienpo which authorities are doing their atmost The latest station to be pillagod In consequence the Manchukuð.

was raided by a thousand briganda to prevent any untoward incidents yesterday. The raiders, besides during the forthcoming visit of completely looting the station, add, the League Commission. ed to the miseries of the inhabitants

SOVIËT'S WAITING by setting. Are to their dwellings.

The bandite stopped all trains,

POLICY

Newspapers

Rao, April 16 express uneasiness

It is need that Lieut-General Sadao Araki, the War Minister, will recommend Mr. Otohiko Ichiki former President of the Bank of interrupting the trafic for a period a Japan, as the successor to Count of ten houre. Uchida, and political circles are It is reported that several Japas. watching with considerable interests and Koreans were killed by old over the reports of the discovery of the effect of this disclosure upon Kirinites At Hengtachotre from an attempt to blow up the bridge the attitude of Premier Tsuyoshi which place the Manchuknoites re- Insukai.

over the Sungari River, which to cently fed:

gether with other events in Man Three ama!! stations on the shuria the leucadia interprets as a western auction. of the Chinese deliberate attempt to involve the looted by bandits yesterday. Lastern Railway were raided and Soviet's military conflagration.

DYNAMITING OF JAP.

Call on. Premier.

GENRYA, April 15. The Japanese delegation to-day sent in to Sir Eric Drummond, the Secretary-General Japan's viewsing to the South Mancheria, Rail-interfering more than anything on the failure of the Shanghai way, then to Harbin and later to armistido negotiations,

Mukdon; while the Japanese Asso4- The communication declares tha the only diffinity in reaching anor is a strongly urging the party asked why he referred in such a

to travel by sea to. Dairer and from way to these European units, when(Reuter's Special Service.) agrood setblument still subsisting is

there to Mukden. Until this she had advocated a tariff in Brit the question of the date of the with- drawal of the Japanese troops to

seliled the Commjasion's depărture tain ever since the war, he would

GENEVA, Apri; 16. the Settlemeĥs and the extra-Settle-

is likely to continue being "post-reply. We never needed is more Grave statements of the financial Ronds,

poned.

in world developed as I described, plights of Greece and Bulgaria wero and with a mentality such as. I de runde to the Council of the League scribed. because, the more those of Nations to-day when M. barriers went up the more essen-Venizelos, the Greek Prezer, said NANKING, April 16. tial it has been for each country. at that Greece would be unable to Lieut-General Sadao Araki, the

ToxYc, April 13, That China might send tupops to protect the members of the League and it was Britain which was pay pension of payments of foreign Tauyoshi Inukai to-day at the Fre any price, to find some markets, balance her Budget without the sus War Minister,, called on Premier Commission on their journey to ing the cost of what was being done debts, and that he would be forced mier's official residence and advia- Manchuria in intimated by Mr.in rest of the world. Not until to reject the League's offer of a loaned him to make an effort to per- Shen Ching Ting the Chief of the that stopped, and we could speak of £2,000,000 with a year's "mora-suade Count K. Uchida to resume Asiatic Department of the Foreign on terms of equality with other orium from foreign debts, unless his post as president of the South. Office.

countries of Europe, could we begin he could havora five years morn Manchuria Railway Company to work for what is essential, and torium."

The War Minister declared that that is larger economic unity and The representative of Bulgariaa change of the railway's chief ex- free trade through the barriers of announced that she could only pay ecutive at this time, when various the world" It was necessary to half the transfers due on foreign problems must be untangled in con- can enjoy prosperity at the expense learn that in the long rit no nation debts between April and September nection with the state of Manchu of other nations. Just as the re- Council on the recommendation of

which had been sanctioned by the kuo. is mast undesirable. sence of one rotten apple ira bas. the Finance Committee. ket will rot them all, so does the presence of one country economie. lly unhealthy prevent sound health in other countries.

The Japanese delegations adds that owing to the present state of affairs in Chin the responsible Japanese authorities cannot dster- mine, in advance a definite date for withdrawal., “

Nevertheless, the communication koon on, the Japaneso Government still firmly hopes that agreement will shortly be reached in Shang-

VISIT TO GREAT WALL hai in view of the efforts of the representatives of the friendly

PEPING, April 17, Poworn. At the same time, Japansion to-day visited the Great Wall Members of the League Commis- feels that such questions can only of China as the guests of Mudeme

settled by negotiations on the Chang Hauch Liang."

spot.

STRONG PROTEST BY

JAPANESE

SHANGHAI, April 16.

SWEEPING MILITARY ›

REFORMS

LOYANG, Apri 12.

The Japanese Consul General has The National Emergency Confer- Barong letter to the Chair, Fence was brought to a formal close man of the Shanghai Municipal this morning when the delegates, Counei protesting

against the following their final acssion, ad Chinese outrages against Japanese assembled to witness a merch past. in the International Settlement.

of the troops. Such a concluding He says cannot but view with ceremony may perhaps be regarded Brave misgivings such a recurrence of outragen, and the apparent in. eficiency of the Municipal Police in

much as the resentment so keenly felt by the local Japanese com munity might, it is feared, lead to some serious complications."

JAPANESE 'PLANE DESTROYED

as particularly appropriate, in view

punished strictly.

TO REFORM THE NAVY

UNITED PRESS.

NANKING, April 19. A special dispatch to the in

GERMANY'S LONG TERM CREDITS

HINT OF POSSIBLE. MORATORIUM:

PRIVATE, LOANS MAY BE INCLUDED

Major General Obath of the Gen- oral Staff office is to leave Tokyo for Manchuria to discuss the same question with the Kwantung Garri son authorities,

JAPAN'S ADDITIONAL BUDGET

SPECIAL CABINET MEETING SANCTIONS YEN 67,008,050

Radek, discussing the prospects of war in the Far East in the Tancatias seys that the Government will not begin war, but will leave with the enemy the responsibility" of "taking"

TROOP TRAIN Thirty-seven suspects have been the initiative.

UNLUCKY CANTON LAND OWNERS

AGAIN FORCED TO TAKE UP * DEFENCE BONDS

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

خرید

LADY MISSIONARY MURDERED

SHOCKING CRIME AT WARSAW

{THROUGH REDTER'"" KORNUT.]

WARSAW April 15 Victim of a shocking crime, Mier | Grace Mott,n well-known American Protestant missionary, was found dead in the conference hall of the Mission in Warsaw, to-day.

A number of knives were found near the body which was a horrify, ing spectnele.

CANTON, April 17. Land owners in Canton are agnin forced to take up hands for the defence of South Chine to the ex- tent of a month's rental. It was oply three weeks or less ago when they were forced to contribute tali (UNITED PRESS.]

a month's rental for resisting the

Miss Mott was about forty years. Japanese invasion. The police have of age and came to Poland about t TOKYO, April 19.

been instructed to go from store to year ago with the object of convert" A hint of the possibility of a A special Cabinet meeting to do store and house to house to collect ing Polish Jews to Christianity. credits was given by Herr Schacht, was held at 10 o'clock this morning kept. in the Police station. moratorium for German long-termeide the 1929-3 additional budget the money according to the figures ¦

(THROUGH- RØYTER'S ÄGENOY,}

BERLIN, April 17. »

All

of the fact that the Conference, Jan Pao, a leading Nanking news- anong its other resolutions, docid paper, from Loyang to-day resort- casing with the situation, isased that it was in the best intercetsed that of particular interest was a of the country that conscription proposal, submitted by 50 promin should be gradually entered in China.

ent Chinese leaders, for building a strong Chinese navy. The follow- It is generally conceded that good ing was auggestedFirst, abolix President of the Reichsbank The total additional budget ap money must be collected and hand. work has been done at the Confer- tion of the present Navy Ministry when broadcasting to America. He proved by the government through ed to the Government within the ence and in order that this may and the creation of a committee to aid that a temporary moratorium a series of preparatory negotiations next fortnight, Those failing to The continued und developed it was take charge of building up an ade for long-term private loans might among the Finance Office and each take up these bonds will be punish-

decided to convene a National quate anval defence. Second, die.

also have to be arranged, but in the state department was Yen 60,881,000, ed by fine.. This part of the People's Congress with 300 dele- missad, of all officials holding high end no owner of German securities Yea 8,000,000 mure than the amount present scheme for the flotation of cates representing the leading pro-val positions at the present time would suffer any loss.

decided upon by the Finance Offcs the $30,000,000 long. fessions, various civic organisations Third, training of new naval officers

The difficulty, not of making pay- originally. in China and the oversens Chinese. abroad Fourth, disposal of all oldment, but of transferring them The approved additional budget This Congress will meet some time

would undoubtedly increase in the is as follows: Foreign Affairs Yen before Octuber 10.

course of the next few months, and 1,300,000, Home Affairs Yen MAUDE ROYDEN'S any further Ingging of business 8,589,000. Finance Yen 44,340,000. Justice Yon must be avoided, if futura transfers War Yen £30,000,

"PEACE ARMY" werd to be facilitated.

478,000, Education" Yen 3,473,000, Commerce and industry Yon 875,000, Communications Yen 78,000, and Overseas Affairs Yen 380,000.

PILOT ESCAPES. BY PARACHUTE

'SHANGHAI, April 16. A Japanese military plane was destroyed to-day when it developed engine trouble.

It burst into flames and crashed on the Northern outskirts of Shang. had but the pilot landed safoly with the aid of his parachute.

- LEAGUE COMMISSION-

GENERAL'S, LENGTHY

COMMUNICATION

"FEARFUL" REIGN OF TERROR

HAVOC DONE BY COMMUNISTS. IN HONAN DISTRICTS

UNITED PRESH.].

OFFER BY LADY HOUSTON

REFUSED BY MR. N. CHAMBERLAIN

RECRUDESCENCE OF VOLCANIC ACTIVITY

LASZANJAS BURSTS. INTO VIOLENT ERUPTION

OFFER TO RECONSTRUCT DEVASTATED AREAS

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, April 16. The Pence Army," suggested an a menne of stopping: the fighting at Shanghaiy now numbers a thousand, and is considered muffiont to operate on two fronts

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SPIRITUALIST CAUSE CELEBRE

JOURNALIST AND BREAKING OF ROPE

(Renter's" Special Service,)

LONDON, April 15. The trance medium cause celebre, in which Mrs. Meurig Morris is suing the Daily Mail for challeng Bing the genuineness of her mani- festations is drawing to a close.

The journalist who wrote the. article which was the subject of the libel action, said he suggested that the breaking of the rope dur Ring the taking of the talking-fim was due to the influence of a spirit named "Power." He did this to catoh Mrs. Morris and her sup porter Lawrehoo Cowen and they

fall for it'

After a Harley Street specialist had been called, Mr. Norman Hence sections have been formed Birkett, K.O., for the Daily Mail, aapassive resisters" to stand in pointed out that the issues were

ganboate and construction of new battleships. Among the important decisionę,

Fifth, use of present appropria. retched by the "Conference which has just concluded are the follow tons of the Navy Ministry for par ing:(1) Special laws of a political thing modern naval warcraft,

Sixth, raising character shall be abolished (2) through contributions throughout of $400,000,000 Independence of judicial institu- the country for building a xedern tians shall be guaranteed. (2) Communists

NAVY", may not enjoy the

Seventh, engaging experts to work out a five-year naval pro- liberties granted by the foregoing resolutions until they voluntarily

gramme. give up the policy of violence, (4) Press censorship shall not be exer gised except in war time (5) Gov- ominent troops are to he organised into National defence forces and

(Reuter's Special Service.) are to be stationed only at centres" of strategic importance for nation-

LONDON, April 36; al defence.. (8) Other trouw organ

Lady Houston, who recently gave.. ised. for the preservation of order

£100,000 towards the expenses of the PRIPING, April 14. in the Provinces will come under

• Nasking,« Apríl 13, British participation in the race for Members of the Longue Com the control of the Provincial Gov. More than 3,000,000 people are the Schneider Trophy, "is again" in mission granted further interviews ornments. (7) Military Funds and suffering from the activities of the limelight... a

the firing line, and secondly, a "'re not whether it has been demon- BUENOS Aires, April 16.atoration army. A representation | strated that there was, a survival. to-day... The Chairman of the Com supplies are to be distributed by Communists who have overran nine Apparently alarmed by Budget A recrudescence of volcanic ace of the movement, bna gone to after bodily death but whether the nission is receiving a lengthy com the Ministry of War and troops Honan districts, launching one of defence. "cuts," she wrote to the tivity in the Audes is reported from Geneva to discuss the sending of a plaintiff was genuine. munication from General Ma Chan shall not be allowed to appropriate the most frightful reigns of terror Chancellor of the Exchequer offering northern Argentins

contingent to Shanghai to help to Shan; 2,500 words have already been funds from local. Gavernmente. (8) which has ever been visited upon

£200,000 to be used specifically for The volcano. Lazanjas in the reconstruct the devastated areas... received but the message was incom Special: efforts are to be made to that province, the Ministry of the Army, Navy and Air Force province of Balta, formerly con plete this evening.

---Indvance the preparations for na- | Home Affair was advised to-day in The gift, however, has been, rofus-sidered, extinet, burst into violent The telegram recapitulator the tional defence and the country's telegrams from the Commissionered, and Mr Neville Chamberlain Foruption, last night, and inhabitants events of the past few months, and navy and aviation forces are to be of Civil Affairs, at Kaifeng the clating, the spirit in which the greatly terrified. There has been a has written to Lady Houston appre-in a neighbouring village became. denounces the Japanese, and gives strengthened. (9) Consemption is The Kaifeng official gives reasons for declaring the indepen to be gradually enforced, and following figures on the Communist money has been offered, but ex-rain of stones from the volcano and donco of the Manichukua.

special importance attached to mill victims: Shangchang, 480,000; Szepresses the opinion that it is im- underground rumblings. Crucks in After an arduous week the mem-tary training in schools (10) Mili- chich, 300,000; Shibsien, 358,000; possible to accept gifts offered to the the ground have appeared in an bera of the Longus Commission plantary officials shall not hold poli-Kwangshan, 300,300; Lothian, Exchequer for expenditure" upan ama of several square miles. to visit the Great Well at Nankow tical positions. (11) Officials found 490.000; Obihun, 237,937: Binyong any particular essential services, The volcano Lasyaguas in south. on Sunday. There is still a doubt guilty of currupt practices are to be 4.197 Hwangchow, 359,125; and over and above the expenditure re. Lern Argentina. is also 'nn to how and when the Commission Wontinued on arst Column.】Tungpeh, 1,100,295

commended by the Government.. erupting.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN - SERVICE};

again

SUMMER TIME AT HOME

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON. April 16. Summer time in Great Britain begins at. 9.00a.m, 8n. Apríl-17

OBITUARY

DOWAGER LADY COWDRAY

(Reuter's Special, Service.)

LONDON, Április. The death occurred to day of the great philanthropist and the first woman High Steward, the Dowager. Lady Cowdray.