1932-10-19 — Page 9

PARLIAMENT

REASSEMBLES

SIR J. SIMON ANSWERS DISARMAMENT QUERY

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCI.]

THERE

Was

scene at

LONDON, Oct. 18.

mt animated the reembly of Parliament, when crowded benches londly cheered the Ministers. Sir Herbert Ssagel, who sad below the gangway on the Government side, was greeted with Liberal cheers and a single Comervative" hoot.

ANGLO-IRISH

NEGOTIATIONS

MR. THOMAS TO MAKE STATEMENT IN COMMONS

PRITISK WINKLESH BERVICE.]

Reasy, Oct. 17

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1932.

ARMISTICE DAY OBSERVANCE

TO FOLLOW USUAL LINES

[DRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE]

RUGBY, Oct. 17.

A STATEMENT on the Anglo-M. THE KING has decided that

Irish negotiations, on which it was found impossible to reach an agreement, will be given by the Dominions Secretary, Mr. J. H. Thomas, in the House of Commons when, it meets to-morrow.

The fact that the conversations the lasted so long was due to mature of the Irish Free State claim, the presentation of which, it is stated, occupied many hours.

Sir John Simun, replying to the Liberal, Mr. Mander, said that the Governorat had recently proposed a meeting of the four principal Powers with the confirmed view of solving the difficulty raised by the withdrawal of Germany from thewspapers describe as fantastic. Disarmament Conference, The Bri tish proposal for, a conference was accepted by the other three Pow. ers, hat hitherto it had proved im possible to arrange a place of meet. ing. The Government is consider. ing the next step to secure agree.

The actual amount in dispute in about £5,000,000 annually, but, according to Dublin newspapers, the Irish counter-claim amounted to some hundreds of millions of even the Irish pounds, which

inent,

J.

Abrogation of Anglo-Russian Commercial Treaty.

Past Centuries.

It is sinted that this son includ

claims representing alleged over. taxation and extortionate payments in past centuries.

So far as the British Government is Jeancerned, the position remains where it was at the end of the Downing Street conference. Inst July..

The duties on Irish imports into this country will remain, in order to make good the deficiency caused Annuities by the Free State Govern ment.

the celebration of Armistice Day on November 11 shall follow the lines adopted in previous years, and the Home Secretary, on behalf of the Cabinet, is making the neces eary arrangements..

Shortly before I a.m., wreaths will be deposited on the Cenotaph by or on behalf of the King and other members of the Royal Family, After the Two Minutes' Silence, a short service will be conducted by the Bishop of Loudon

POPPY DAY IN 1931

RECOVERING FROM LOSSES

BY FIRE

AMERICAN KILLED SENSATIONAL NEAR MULANTIEN

CABINET MINISTERS 280 JAPANESE HELD

GOING TO S'HAI

MURDER TRIAL

IDENTIFIED AS MR. J. P. HENDERSON

S. AFRICAN WOMAN ON TRIPLE CHARGE

TO CONFER WITH WANG CHING WEI

{THROUGH AKUTER'S AGENCY. 1

MUKDES, Oct, 18,

THE American who was killed

(TÚRough RXUTER'S AGENCY.)

JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 17.

ONE of the most sensational mur-

ITBROUGH REUTER'S ADENCY.)

NANKING, Oct. 18.

THE entire Cabinet is leaving for

der trials of recent years open. Shanghai on Ostolier 20, for to-day at Johannesburg, when the purpose of exchanging views Mrs. Daisy Louise Demolker ap-with Mr. Wang Ching Wei, prior peared in the dock accused of three to his departure to Európa an separata poisoning murders.

near Mulantion has been iden- tified as Mr. Lloyd Putnam Hender.rd son, thirty-eight year-old Presby terina missionary. Iis wife and two children are a present in Korea visiting Pingyang.

EFFACING POLITICAL

MEMORIES

GERMAN CITY PAINTS OUT SOCIAL DEMOCRAT STREET

NAMES.

Berlin, Oct. 9.The sharp anta goniem prevailing at present DA-f tween the political parties in Ger- many is vividly exemplifted by the order of the new police chief of the city of Wilhelmshaven, to re move all street names savoring of the time when the Social Do mocrats had the overwhelming in

Mrs. Demolkor, who was formarly nurse, is now the wife of the Rugby football player, Demolker, who was a member of the Spring- bok team which visited England in

1903,

She is charged with murdering her two previous husband and her twenty-year-old son.

Her first husband, William Alfred Cowle, died suddenly, as did Robart Sproat, her second husband, and Rhodes Cecil Sprout, her son.

Prosecution Charges,

It

The prosecution alleges that the crimes were carried out through an insane craving for money. is alleged that she poisoned her us with strychuine after they had made wills in her favour, and her son with arsenic for the

sake of £100 which she was able to

*October 22.

Mr. Wang is going to Germany for treatment of liver trouble.

NEW CHINESE GUNBOATS

TWIN VESSELS LAUNCHED BY TWIN SISTERS

NAVAL CEREMONY AT

KIANGNAN DOCK

|

CAPTIVE

SOVET ADVICE TO

SU PING WEN

{THROUGH REUTER'S 'AGENOY.).

TOKYO, Oct. 18.

ACCORDING to information re

ceived by the Foreign Office through the Soviet, Su Ping Wen

is holding a total of 990 Japanese

in Manchali. Only three have bean

killed, but nothing is known of the fate of the Japanese at Hailar.. .'” Meantime, the Soviet have ad- dressed advice to Sa Ping Wen. urging him to release the captives and allow them to proceed to safety in Soviet territory.

they slid down the runway to their places among the fighting craft of other nations in the Whangpoo River. Loud applause by the crowd badle. the vessels good speed. as they gracefully took to the

water.

Commander S. T. Wang delivar- ed a speech in the course of which Shanghai, Oct. 13.-Simple but he said that the construction work impressive was the launching cere- of the two new vessels, which was ony of the Kianning and Hai- commenced on January 16, was in- ing held at the Kinngant Dock, terrupted when hostilities broke Kaochangmino, at nine a.m. yes out near Shanghai. Despite the terday. The new vessels, the latest Guancial difficulties enused by the additions to the fleet of Chinese lustilities, the Ministry of Navy

In the House of Commons Mxby the non-payment of the Land propies have been distributed. The summer in the city's'administration.claim from an insurance company. Navy for constal defence, are sister i managed to raiso sufficient funda

the

H. Thomas Annoulived abrogation of the Anglo Russian Commercial Treaty,

Mr. Thomas explained that the necessity to denunce the Anglo- Hassian Treaty arose from the Ottaw. Conference, Be Govern- ment recognising the importance of maintaining the effectiveness of the Ottawa pnferences against netion by which any foreign. Kovern- ment is likely to stultify the pre- ferences.

The Treaty granted the Soviet the most favoured nation treat- ment, thus preventing any prohibi tion which might be neersitated by the Ottawa'ngreements.

PREMER ON BRITAIN'S POLICY

GERMANY REBUKED ON ARMAMENT ATTITUDE

(KRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE)

Was

*NEW SECRETARY OF

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

M. JOSEPH AVENOL

APPOINTED

DRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE. Į

RUGBY, Oct. 17.

AT GENEVA today, the League

Council appointed M. Josephi Avenul as successor to Sir Eric Drummond, whose reaiguation from the Secretary Generalship of the Lengue will take effect next June. M. Avenol has been Deputy Se cretary General since 1993.

SIR JOHN SIMON'S SECRETARY

DIPLOMAT APPOINTED

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

Reany, Oct. 17. The keygate of British policy is not rearmament but disarmament, declared the Prime Minister today,

Mr. Ramsay Macdonald speaking at à funchen in his honour given by the National

Ruay, Oct. 17. Labour Committee in London, at which practically every Cabines THE Foreign Secretary, Sir John Minister was present

Simon, has appointed Mr. H, He declared the British National J. Seymour, C.M.G., Counsellor in Government stood by the League the Foreign Office, as his principal. of Nations and by its Covenant. Private Secretary, in succession to They wanted disarmament to solve Sir Walford Selby, the problem of establishing world peace and not merely to add to the formal moral coinage of the world.

I un not sure," he said, that we have not perhaps played the part of the peacemaker a little too long, but I would rather be blamed for that than for precipitating situation impossible.

"The keynote of our policy is not ronrmament but disarmament. Germany knows perfectly well and has, known for some tiine that Great Britain does not oppose her claim to be regarded as an equal at the f Disarmantent Conference.

The German Casa,

Mr. Seymour, who was educated

The municipal council having passed a motion to that effect and the consent of Acting Reichscom- missary for Prussia Dr. Bracht having been received, the order was

HOW FIRDAUSSI

issued to-day and the painters of WON THE ST. LEGER the city will be quite busy for the next few days thronging such names as Friedrich Ebert-Street

back

The report on' Poppy Day, 103), by which £501,082 was raised out- side Scotland (where Poppy Day is organized independently), is a volume of 304 pages, putting on record the amounts collected in ovory town and village lust Armis- tice Day. Since 1921 over 300,000,000 report refers to the serious fro which destroyed approximately

ships and it is interesting to note for the completion of the two gun- 20,000,000 poppies at the British

that they were christened yesterday bonts which would undoubtedly the coast defensive Legion poppy warehouse at King's

by twin sisters, Misses Tseng Po strengthen Cross last May.

Seng and Tseng Po Yoh, daugh force."

In conclusion, Commander Wäng There should be no diminution of

tera of Mr. Tseng Loh Tien, a high supplies on Remembrance Day, 1932,

official attached to the Shanghai stated that in spite of the con- As a consequence of the fire, it is

and Woosung Gendarmerie Com-struction of a number of cruisers stated, for production at the poppy

in the past, including the Yat Sea, missioner's office, factory has been greatly expedited,

A large crowd of Chinese naval the Yung Sui, the Shon. Ning, the and by working overtime and em

officials gathered to witness the Ming Chuan and the Ming Seng, ploying nearly 100 more disabledknecht St. into Bismarck St. and

ceremony, prominent amongst them it was earnestly hoped that the pec- men it will be possible to turn ou

The Aga Khan's colt, Firdaussi, being Admiral Wu Tseng Nan, the plo throughout the country would in six months what would normal

A sirailar decision was arrived by Pharos out of Brownbyida, won

newly-appointed.. director of the continue assisting the Central Gov- ly be 12 months work. The cost of at in the town of Delanitz where the the St. Leger at Doncaster by Ministry of Navy's Hydrographic crnment in realizing the scheme of replacing stocks, however, is likely city fathers after many sleepless week

nation's owner's Bureau. Commander S. T. Wang, Increasing the to be substantially higher, and it is

nights also decided to do away with volt, Dastur, with Silvermere, four chief of the naval affairs; depart- strength to at least a limit of 600,-

The Agment hoped that this fact will be gener-street finnes which might recall the lengths away, third.

of the National Military | 000 tonnage. time of the Socialist regime, so that Klan's filly Udaipur was

The dimensions of the two new, just Council, presided over the gather- ally appreciated by buyers of the

vessels are similar, they being: 128 poppies, **

names like Walter Rathenau, Karl beaten for third place. The winnering. Marx, and Rosa Luxemburg will was ridden by Fox, the second hy Decorated with fings and flowers ft. long. 20 ft. beam and soron ft. again disappear from the street-Beary, and the third by Dick. The

the two new vessels, which are gun- draught. The armament, consista first and second were trained for boats, presented a fine spectacle as of two guna and four. machine- poste.

the race by Frank Butters, and the

(Continued on nex) Column.Y third by W. Nightingall. The start- ing prices of the three placed horses were 20 to 1, 0 to 1, and 33 to 1 against.

Offices for a Penny a Week. After expressing pride in the low cost of organizing Poppy Day, the report continues:-

It is necessary to have large office premises from which to or ganize the appeal, and for 1983) two

again into King St., August Bebel THE AGA KHAN'S SUCCESS St. into Wilhelm, St., Karl Lich-

so on.

large houses in South Stroots, Park In Hong Kong

Lauo, London, W.1, were very gen erously rented to the fund by the owner at a nominal charge of 1d. a week. The Westminster City Council remitted the general rate in full. The Metropolitan Water Board allowed water to be used at one-third of the normal cost, and the gas and electricity authorities also made substantial reductions in their charges. The appeals depart. ment (which has a quite emall per manent staff) has very little in the way of office furniture and equip- ment of its a

One well-known firm of caterers therefore supply without charge the additional tables, chairs, carpets, and matting required, and two at Eton and Trinity College, Cam-typewriter companies loan the ad bridge, has been in the Foreign ditional number of a typewriters Ofee and diplomatic service since necessary for the small army of 1908. He became Counsellor in 1920, typists who come in to help. With the staff, too, while a certain num- ber have to be. engaged on a paid basis, a large number give ther services entirely free. A transport section is essential for the convey. ance of urgent orders for Poppy Day supplies, and this section is composed entirely of voluntary drivers giving their services and the use of their cars.",

KIDNAPPER GET TEN YEARS'

CAUGHT ON MACAO

STEAMER,

sch-

Kwok Yuet Fau,. charged with "She also knows that we are very kidnapping a child, under the age anxious to make use of this oppor- of 4 years, pleaded guilty before tunity to bring her and her neigh Mr. Justice Wood at the Criminal bours into relations of greater con- Sessions yesterday, and was fidence. Everything points to the tenced to 10 years' hard labou necessity for securing a general Accused told the Court that he agreement on the German caso and had been in Hong Kong only a few therefore we must know the whole months. Previously he hid been of it. In the preparation of that employed as a servant in Euro- agreement Germany ought to see pean house and afterwards became

MORE TREASURE FROM

EGYPT

FIFTH CARGO RECOVERED

BY SALVAGE SHIP.

To-Day

- FAIR

YESTERDAY'S WEATHER REPORT, FORECAST AND REMARKS, ISBUED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AT 5

P.M. STATED : --

THE ANTI-CYCLONE IS STATION- ARY OVER N. CHINA. FRESH MONSOON WILL CONTINUE' ALONO THE CHINA Coast, and OVER THE NORTHERN CHINA SPA,

LOCAL FORECAST: N.E, WINDS, FRESH FAIR.

FRENCH AVIATION

SCANDAL

PRINCIPAL ADMITS PAPERS ARE ALL FORGERIES

Collin,

from the

BARC

Such are the hare facta relating to the finish of the last of the acn son's Classics, which was run in perfect conditions. The going waa really good, the light clear, and the weather- neither too hot nor too cold. The field was made up às expected, with the exception that Manton rau Leighor as well as Orwell. It had been rumoured that Orwell had shown signs of being lame at early morning work, but he showed no signs of that in the Paddock during the parade, nor during the canter to the start after the parade. He was, however, weak in the market on the ruce, and started at 4 to 1 against, after shorter adds had been taken. No great comment is needed of the parade of the horses in the Pad- dock before the race or in the parade. As a field for this great race they were rather a poor lot. Orwell looked fit and well, but it seemed to ine that April the Fifth was rather big. Of the Aan Khan's four I liked best the looks of Udaipur Loaningdale is a very good-looking colt, while the French horso Fog Horn II. is very attrac- tive and "workmanlike.-The Times.

LETTERS OF M.P.'S DEAD BUTLER

UNFOUNDED" ABUSIVE

STATEMENTS,

Sir John Leigh, M.P. for Clap- ham, attended an inquest at West- minster on his butler, who shot himself, and denied statements re-

that she has to be present and ex-a seaman and went to Shanghavage ship, Artiglio, arrived at Ply. formerly publicity agent of the ferring to him in letters left by the

change views with us all.

from which port he had recently "Italy and we ourselves soon returned. agreed on how the deadlock could Mr. Whyte 8mith said the man be ended and France agreed, in was caught trying to leave with the end, to meet Germany, Italy the child on the Macao steamer, and oursleves.,

He had taken the child abeard and left it there, and had returned to What Reasons¶

the bont a few minutes before "I profoundly regret that Ger-sailing time. many, while declaring her readi- ness to attend such a conference.

. 1

sound."

Paris, Oct. 8.-The so-called "air- scandal which a few days ago Arose from the public, charges of the director of the Compagnie Acro-Pontale, M. Boulloux-latfoot, alleging close secret connections be- tween Frenchi motor factories and the German Lufthansa, the Reich's foremost air corporation, has aud. denly taken a sensational turn.

The journalist. Lucion Compagnie Acre Postaic, who was arrested in connection with the scandal, to-day admitted that the documents, upon which the charges were based, were forged by h but that M. Bouilloux-Lafont had dictated them to him and that, moreover, copies of these, forgeries This is the fifth cargo recovered had been delivered to the intelli, shout Sir John," said Mr. Ingleby. from the wreck of the P. & O. liner gence bureau of the French general Dddic, the coroner. "but I am by the Artiglio, which has salvaged staff. It is understood that Air- quite satisfied that they are entire- £725,000 altogether this year.

Minister Painleve in determined to

London, Oct. 0--The Italian sal- mouth to-day with another £70,000 worth of specie salvaged from the sanken liner Egypt.

The latest haul, which was the outcome of two days exploration only owing to bad weather, con- Bists of 17,000 Bovereigns, thirty bara of silver and 43 bars of gold.

MAD.

The inquest was on William Brown, aged fifty-eight, who was found shot dead in the bathroom at Sir John's house at Carlton House-terrace, S.W. A verdict of Suicide while of unsound mind " was "recorded.

"Brown

Iaft abusive

."

letters

refuses to go to Genova for reasonscurred on grounds that the econo- the substance of which it is difficult mic foundation of the country had

First indications of the rich clear up the mysterious case and ly unfounded. He had been treat for me to detect. I hope her latest thereby been

Sir John Leigh, in the witness- kept intact and treasure which had lain in the that he is insisting upon M. Bouile with great kindness by Sir John. word is not her last. The British

sunken vessel Egypt for ten years loux-Lafont's arrest, irrespective of box, was informed by the coroner Government is continuing to pursue

were brought to light of day on whether prominent persons would that Brown had left letters alleging its-purpose and hopes to make a

that he had withheld his wages and Conversion Operations, June 10 by the Italian divers work. be affected thereby or not,

enused-him-to-fall into debt... furiber announcement. in a few

ing from the salvage ship, Artigijo. Even the name of former Pr dayı." Referring to domestic Referring to the recent conversion Their first find was a package con-

mier Tardieu is mentioned in con-

Bir John: On the contrary, he, affairs, the Premier said his own operations, he said they had sustaining notes to the value of 15,000 acction with the scandal, which is was paid at the rate of £130 a year influence and advice would be on cooded beyond the expectations of rupees. The salvagers had been believed to create far-reaching re-monthly up to the day of his death. He added that Brown had been the side of maintaining an All- the Chancellor of Exchequer's pre-working a year before they had percussions, Party national effort until the decessors in office.. Parliament pulled from the dontha of the It will be remembered that i-drinking to excess, country was able to bedy a return would ressemble to-morrow specken, any sign of gold, although last modiately after the publication of "I am a total abstainer my to the old scrambling conditions of ally for the business arising out of year the captain's safe, containing M Bouilloux Lafont's charges the self added Sir John. ." I did not politica

Ottawa, and afterwards the earliest regret documente, was raised from Lufthansa izened a denial declaring take much interest in my collar, but Ho justified the Government's opportunity would be given to poll the wreck.

that the alleged documents were I find that everything had been economies policy and the unavoid- tical opponents if they wished to The Egypt was sunk in a collision forgeries intended to arouso în | drunk out of the place. He had. able hardships that had been in challenge any aspect of the Governoff the coast of Ushant in:1922. with France. general ill feeling against been ordering large quantities of -Pratinued-al-foot-of-nnet colima 11 ment policy...

A loss of 87 liver.

Germany.

gin and whisky unknown to me.”

2

kuna.

naval

"I kept

!

up my energy and made a RECORD

SCORETM

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