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· HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1932.

MANCHURIAN PROBLEM DISCUSSED IN COLONY'S WATER

HOUSE OF LORDS

FIRMNESS URGED TO ENFORCE SETTLEMENT

LEAGUE ASSEMBLY DISCUSSION FIXED FOR NOVEMBER 21

(THROVON REUTER'S AGENCY, 1

GENEVA, November 2.

The League Council bas fixed November 21 for the open dis- cussion of the Lytton Report, this being the last limit of delay permitted by the dreision of the Council taken on September 24.

The date was fixed to-day following the receipt of a letter from Mr. Nagoka stating that Mr. Yoshida is expected to reach Geneva on November to and the study of the Japanese observa- trous and the voluminous technical preparation will take several Jays.

BRITAIN TO URGE A UNITED

POLICY

LONDON, Nov. 2

pire in the Prelaci

He hoped the Government realised The attitude of the British

the gravity underlying the issue. Governinent towards the Rodings of The situation required wisdom, the Lytton Commission in their not the inflaming of public opinion Report on the Münchurian dispute in the Far East to reckless action, Firmness, insisting upon existing was sought by Lord Ponsonby, conventions could effect u settle „Leader of the Opposition, initiating | ment.

a debate on Manchuria in the House of Lords this afteraon,

Speakers included the Earl of Lytton, Lord Cecil of Chriwuud, Lord Allen, Lord Lothing and Lord Hailsham. The request was declin-, ed, the Earl of Lytton, pointing at that nothing could be deans by the League effectively withint un-" animity and has unanimity could not be secured if each and every nation comunitted itself in advance to a line of policy.

He suggested that Sir John Simon take the Lytton Report to Geneva with him as his brief

OTTAWA

AGREEMENTS

NOT BINDING ON FUTURE GOVERNMENTS

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

This fact, was admitted during to-day, on a motion by the Labour Party for the insertion of a special clause in the Bill providing that nothing in the Bill should prevent the Government from reducing the general advalorem duty of ten per cent. imposed under the Import

debate in the House of Commous

Duties Act of 1932)

SUPPLY

RESTRICTIONS TO START.

AT ONCE

AVOID WASTE

AMERICAN

ELECTIONS

ROOSEVELT FAVOURED IN WALL STREET

{BEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

New York, Nov. 3.

MARTIN BROTHERS MUTINY IN

RELEASED

ESCORTED TO SHANGHAI YESTERDAY

{THROUGH' REUTER'S AGENCY.)

1 [A cable dated November

The Colonial Secretary has sent

SHANGHAI, Nov. 3. us the following statement of the THE presidential election battle is THE Martin brothers arrived at

Krowing water position in the Colony :-

remarkably bitter. Shanghai this evening escorted The total water storage of the While the leaders of the fight have by Pinghu District Palice who Colony amounts to 2,703.51 m.g. temporarily retired behind

the handed them over to British Co ngainst 2,780 m.g. at this time last lines, recuperating for the final sular officers. LONDON, Nov. 2.

year. The explanation of the re- nasault, their chief lieutenants The matter for compensation to NOTHING in the Ottawa Agreeduced figure this year is to be maintain a persistent sniping. the injúrid farmers will be decided

anent Bill absolutely binds any found in the largely increased con- Following vigorous exchanges, of later. future goverament to carry out its

sumption, which has rise from charge and counter-charge between provision.

n weekly total of 16 mg to one Senator Glass (possible Democratic stated: For accidentally injuring of 197.34 m.g. It is not possible to Treasurer) and Mr. Ogden Mills, two farmers while shooting phea draw increased supplies from Shing the present Secretary to the Treasants at Pinghu, Chekiang, sixty Mun before next wet season, and

sury Department, Mr. II. L. Stim miles from Shanghai, two Shanghai it is not probable that there will son, Secretary of State, has taken Britons, C. L Martin of the A.P.C. be any effective rainfall during up the running.

and his brother, J. O. L. Martin, a It in obe "Mr. Stimson last night castigated | Texaco employee, aro being detain- the coming dry season.

is therefore that restriction of Senator Glass's allegation that the ed by the Chinese authorities. The some kind must be enforced if the Republicans were responsible for British Vice Consul has gone to supplies are to be depended upon the flotation of "immobile juuk "Pinghu.

possible in the form of foreign loan issues. The two farmers have been sent to hold out against a

He declared that the State De-to hospital, but are not seriously failure of the earlier Spring rains.

It is considered that a comparapartment had never recommended injured.] tively alight restriction enforced the merits of any foreign loans, He from the early stages will bear less hardly on the Community than a full supply for the time being with poses contrary to the national in- terest. Ho mentioned that after severe restrictions to follow

It is proposed therefore to make. | the war, the State Department ad- restrictions from Monday, Novem-vised against leans to countries ber 7, 1932, in a manner which which had not funded their

war should interfere as little as pos- | debt to the United States. sible with the daily life of any The fire thus concentrated upon section of the Community and Senator Glans WAS afterwards which will make hoarding of any drawn off by Mr. Newton Baker, kind unnecessary. But the co- who was Secretary of War during operation of every individual is

the war. called for to prevent waste in tho smallest degree, and to make it possible to carry through to next wet season with no increase in the

Mr. Hore-Belisha, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, informed the Opposition that there waS_BIG- thing in the Bill to prevent Par liament from legally reducing any

4ax.

There was nothing, he said, saurė tioning the agreements for a period of five years. Parliament remained supreme, though the Ministers who eigned the Ottawa Agreemonts had, naturally, a moral obligation to see that they were carried out.

This Act of Parliament could ob viously be repealed by another. Parliament, therefore a new clause was unnecessary,

Lord Allen, formerly Mr. Clifford Allen, the National Labour col- league and friend of the Prime Minister, thought it was one of the most hopeful events of the aitua tion that whereas the spark of 1014 | caused a world conflagration, the DISARMAMENT same thing did not follow the spark of 1931,

The Opposition insisted on press; ing the point to a division and their motion was rejected by 269 votes to 67.

He pressed the Govertiment to pro- source the principle that it would be contert with any agreement that did not require that all the Powers should respect their inter- natinial obligations.

Lord Creil spoke in similar vein, requesting an early statement that the Government was determined to stand by the League of Nations and support the Lytton Report assum- ining that it received the approval of

the League Council.

Opening the debate; Lard Pon- sonby, the leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords, high ly eulogized the Lytton Report a soberly worded speech.

He especially congratulated the Commissioners on their achieve. Iment in view of the difficult cir cumstances surrounding their in- vestigation.

Lord Lytton's Speecb.

CONFERENCE

QUESTIONS IN HOUSE OF COMMONS

[IHROUGH RESTER'S AGENCY)

LONDON, Nov. 2.

IN VIEW of the reassembly of the

Bureau of the Disarmament Conference the Prime Minister was asked in the House of Commons to- day for assurance that the Gor- ornment would not commit them. selves to any such proposals as those being advanced for the totaj aboli- tion of military and naval aviation,' coupled with international control of civil aviation and for the aboli-

The Earl of Lytton, chairman of the Commission which investigated the Manchurian question, thanked It was clear, he said, that the the members of the House of Lords question of Manchuria's future for their approval of the Report, would not be solved by a mere He thought it was unnecessary to restoration of the status qua rinte. press for early consideration of the

Lord Ponsonby, urging the Gov- Report because it would be discusation of warships over 10,000 tons, ernment to define its attitude to a

ed at Geneva well before the end without Arst affording Parliament certain extent at least, emphasised of the month, and he did not think an opportuniy for discussion, the great importance to the Goneva that the Government could be ex- deliberations that Britain shouldpected for the present to make # give the lead in offering a solu-

tion.

Inactivity of Longue. The League of Nations, he went lind *}Ñ always neled ns promptly as some people desired, but it had scored a very great, though unspectacular, triumph in averting war in the Far East and in getting the parties to the dis pule to the council table..

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Things in Japan were moving and he had renson to believe that there was no very enthusiastic support for the outbursts of Japan ese miliary feeling.

Without violent language and without making any nation went a white sheet, he was confident that the great Powers could jointly solve the question.

definite pronouncement,

He pointed out that nothing could be done by the League offec. tively upless unanimity was secured and it would be impossible to secure unanimity if all countries were to commit themselves in advance by making auch a statement of policy.

Utmost Danger. Nevertheless, there was the utmost danger in delaying the handling of the Manchurian problem any longer, The situation must not be allowed to drift for a moment langer.

He acknowledged the loyal as sistance rendered by both the Chin Ce and Japanese Governments to the Commission, whose proposals were, he said, meant to be sugges tive rather than categoric

Lord Lytton disclosed that at one Lord Lothing, the Liberal Peer, time the commissioners intended to said that the greatest question make more detailed recommenda underlying the Manchurian dispute, tions, but they avoided, the tempta was whether, in its settlement, the tions in order to concentrate their world Powers would take a fur attention on the more important ther step towards the establishment questions of principle.

Lord Lothian's Views.

of some international system, or whether we should step back to wards inevitable war.

He recalled the terms of the Washington Conference of 1021, the Kellogg Pact for the Renuncia tion of War and the Stimson De claration, which he described as providing an extraordinarily pow. erful wonkyou for dealing with the question if it was winely and firmly handled.

A Free Hand,

He endorsed Lord Lothian's re- marks regarding the gravity of the issue and the necessity for wisdom in handling a very delicate situn- tion.

The greatest hope for success lay in giving the League a free hand.

He would like to think that Sir John Simon would accept the Re- port as his brief at Geneva, and Otherwise, he declared, there thereby convert its tentative aug. would be chaos and long warfare gestions into 源

very significant in the Far East;

achievement.

The war temper of Japan was, in his opinion, rising, and many of her best friends were apprehen. sive lest her formidable difficulties should divert her from the saga cious policy that had raised her to the rank of a firet class Power within a generation.

was-cut-out-Lord-Lothian-said-he

Government's Reply. Replying for the Government,”

He said it was not intended to make any departure from normal practice when Governments were engaged in important negotiations | Replying to a question in which reference was made, in particular, to Article 18 of the League Coven. aut and to the Government's at titude towards the Protocol, the Trime Minister assured-the House that the Government would not in, volve the country in further naval or military commitments in Europe without the consent of the House.

When asked for a specific declara- tion that nothing was designed for the abolition of the Air Force with out the permission of the, House, the Prime Minister said the Govern ment must have complete freedom in negotiation which, would be conducted with the full knowledge of the House, with the House's final consent retained.

however,

meeting at Geneva would have an opportunity of discussing the pro- blem with the Cabinet and forming certain preliminary tentative views regarding the course that might be most promising for adoption by the. Council, but the British objent at Geneva would not be so much to make a dramatic move to focus at- tention on our leadership and in- itiative, but rather, to unite with the other Powers in finding a single policy which might fairly be de scribed as the policy of the Longue as a whole.

restriction.

The restriction now imposed applies to the whole Colony, and a special word of caution is called for. The conditions of this year, with the complete abolition of the rider main system and the con- sequent restriction of the whole Colony in the early stages, are new, and the result of the experiment has yet to be awaited. The pos sibility of further restrictions must always be kept in mind, and it will depend on the efforts of iu dividual consumers whether or not

they will be called for.

In Hong Kong

To-Day

FINE

YESTERDAY'S WEATHER REPORT, FORECAST AND REMARKS, ISSUED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AT 0.25 P.M., STATED :----

PRESSURE IS HIGHEST OVER N. JAPAN; A DEPRESSION IS INDICAT- ED TO THE NORTH OF SHANTUNG,

FRESH MODERATE 30

MOXSOON WILL PREVALL ALOND THE SOUTH Chaar oF CHINA, AND OVER THE NORTHERN CHINA SEA,

LOCAL FORECAST: N.E. WINDS FRESH FINE.

NEW CONVERSION LOAN

LIST CLOSED IN A FEW HOURS

ĮTHROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Nov. 3. THE subscription list for the new $300,000,000 loan opened this morning and closed at mid-day,

HAVANA SUGAR.. CROP

LIMITED TO 2.000,000 TONS :

{THROUGH REUTER'S Agency.]

HAVANA, Nov. 3,

In attempting to attain that A DECREE limiting the 1832-33 policy, it would be the object of the sugar crop to two million tons, British Government to persuade the and fixing February 1 as the data Governments of China and Japan for opening the grinding season to associate themselves with it, has been signed by the President, M. Machado, thus the Cuban sugar market for the current year, includ- ing Chadbourne and other schemes,

Tremendous Issues,

Lord Hailsham recalled his visit to serious and very wide issues were will total three million tons,

He was aware, he said, that very Tokyo some little time ago end involved and until the Report bad

anid it enabled him to apprecinto been considered by the Council of the difficulties. He paid a tribute the League it would be undesirable

to the clear language and construc- for the Government to define its tire tone of the Lytton Report, attitude either towards the Lytton

COMORIN'S SURPRISE

PASSENGER

MANCHULI

FATE OF JAPANESE DOUBTFUL

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY

HARBIN, Nov. 3. MANY of the Japanese women and children who were trapped in Mauchuli by the mutiny of the Manchukno garrison have escaped.

This

Howe, comforting

first runoured a few days ago, has been definitely confirmet. The latest re ports state that many women and children were permitted to leave Manchult for Matzievsky in Soviet territory, from where they are on their way to Japan, travelling on the Amur Railway to Vladivostock. This sets at rest fears long ontor- tained for their safety.

The fate of the Japanese menfolk is, however, still a matter of doubs and fears.

At the time when Su Ping. Wen rebelled against the Mauchakuo Government and his troops throw in their lot with the Chinese anti- Manchukas Volunteer forces, cap: turing Manehuli, Hailar and there were early three hundred Japanese residents in Manchuli,

bad advised against any loan by HUNGER MARCHERS several other important centres,

United States citizens or for pur

Baker Attacks President. Mr. Baker attacked the Pre-

DISPERSE

RETURNING HOME BY TRAIN AND MOTORCOACH

[REUTER AND BRITISH WIRELESS, }

Most of them took refuge in the Japanese Consulate there and s battle for the possession of the Consulate proceeded for two "or three days. It is believed that the mutineers fually overwhelmed tho defenders and took all Japaneso · residents prisoners.

The release of the women and however, suggests the possibility that the menfolk have not, ditherto, been harmed.

PUBLIC MEETINGS

children, LONDON, Nov. 2.

AFTER last night's incidenta is Parliament Square and Trafal- silent's sudden conversion to the gar Square, the unemployed mar Hawley Smoot Tariff schedule as chers have abandoned their project the greatest danger facing the coun-of forcing Parliament to receive a try at the present moment,

deputation.

He declared that President

Their demonstrations in the past Hoover was never in favour of the week have led to serious distur tariff until the present campaign. bances on three occasions and with Mr. Ogden Mills returned to the their lender Hannington under ar- attack, reflecting on the sincerity rest, the marchers are beginning to of the Democrata in their unquali-break up. fied pledge for the repeal of Pro- hibition.

PROHIBITED

GERMAN PRESIDENT ISSUES DECREE

(THROUGH RKUTER'S JOENCY.]

Preparations are now being made for their return to their homes and He declared that the pledge was the first batch have already left not capable of being fulfilled with, London for Brighton by motor. out protracted delay and added coach. Most of the other contin-

BERLIN, Nov. 3. that the Southern States would gents hope to raise their train- PUBLIC meetings either within 'control the Democrats.

doors or in the streets are Southerers would never agree to

Petition Confiscated.

prohibited between election day on straight repeal though they are

President Most of them have been maintain- Nov. 6 and Nov. 11. willing to play that dend dog until

decree on von Hindenburg in ed while in London at the institu- tions of the Public Assistance Com mitteos,

after the election."

The fares.

Betting continues strongly in favour of Mr. Roosevelt, Wall Street having apparently recovered from its alarm at the prospect of his election.

The leaders complain bitterly that their petition to Parliament, said to contain a million signatures. Wall Street is Apparently con- protesting against the operation of vinced that Mr. Roosevelt's alleged the Means Test,, has been confiscat- Radicalism ia mainly a "pose" toed by the Police:

The petition was win the votes of the Western Pro Charing Cross Station cloak-room

deposited

during Mr. Roosevelt has been touring When the leaders of the marchers

yesterday's Connecticut, Rhode Island, and called to-day for the document they Southern Massachusetts, while President Hoover is concentrating wore informed that the police had upon plans for a final tour of the taken possession of it. Middle West in an effort to ward off the discontent of the farmers.

gressives.

excitement.

Blot Narrative. The Home Secretary, Sir John Gilmour, gave an account in the

this subject states that his object is to allow political passions to calm down and give the police a well-earned rest,

NAZIS WOUNDED

ATTACKED BY COMMUNIST FARTY

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY]

HAMDURO, Nov. 2.

A DOZEN Nazis, who were post- ing placards round the city. were wounded when a group of Communists swooped down on them..

It is expected that President Hoover's final trip out of Washing House of Commons of the distur to-day and fired 50 shots. tom will finish in California where both Mr. and Mrs, Hoover are re giatered voters.

bancos last night when, following meetings in ten parts of the metro. polis, demonstrators proceeded to Parliament Square, which had to be cleared by the Police,

Mr. Hoover, in a speech at Wa shington, reaffirmed his attitude to wards Prohibition, namely, guaran Later, a crowd numbering about tees for the States wishing to re-three thousand gathered in Trafal

ain Dry and total prohibition of gar Square and following an out- the saloon.

break of disorder on the outskirts, it became necessary for the Police CHILEAN SALTPETRE to draw their truncheons and dis-

perse. the gathering.

INDUSTRY

COMMISSION RECOMMENDS

ECONOMIES

TRAOUGH URUTER'S AGENCY.]

SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Nov. 3. GOVERNMENT Commission enquiring into the saltpetre question is of the opinion that the Cosach Corporation should be liquidated, reorganised and import- ant economies effected including the suppression of the Cosach Self- ing Agency in the United States and other foreign countries with a modification of the whole sales system.

Proposals on this subject are being submitted to the new Con- gress.

M. Allesandri, the new Chilean President, is of the opinion that Counch should already have been liquidated and that the sale of nitrate should be free,

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AEROPLANE CRASH

FIVE KILLED IN GERMAN MISHAP

[TROLUX REUTER'S AGENCY.}

BERLIN, Nov. 2. THE pilot, wireless operator and three passengers on the Luf- The crowd returned later but the thansa acroplane

from going Squars was then cleared without Nuremberg to Frankfurt were kill batons being used.

ed in a crashing at Echterpfuhl is the Sposart mountains.

some

Five shop windows were broken near Trafalgar Square and damago was done in other parts of the metropolis.

Fourty-four Injured, Twolve police and 22 other per- sons wore injured, but not seriously. Forty-one arrests were made. The prisoners were dealt with by the Magistrates to-day. In some cases, Bentences of six months imprison- ment were imposed, a fow were fined, but in most cases remands were granted for further inquiries.

Bir John Gilmour, replying to a supplementary question in the Com mona, said he thought the House and country would realise the in- aptitude of these demonstrations and the Government would consider a means of preventing them, - ':

FOUR CENTURIES ON "

THE STAGE

TO RETURN VISIT OF

PRINCE.

ARGENTINE MISSION TO LONDON

{DRITION WIRELESS SERVICE.]

Runny, Nov. 2. THROUGH the British Ambassa

dor at Buenos Aires, the Bri- tích Government has expressed, to Argentina the gratification with which it has learned of the Argen- time Government's intention to despatch to London a special mis- sion headed by the Vice-President of the Republic, Dr. Hoca, primari- ly to return the Prince of Wales' visit to Buenos Aires last year."

The date of the visit is not yet Axed.

COURTESY IN ART

London, Oct. 14-In their na

CREOSOTE OIL OMNIBUS London, Oct 16-The King will be among the exhibitors at an in- The war temper was also rising

London, Oct. 14.-The London teresting loan exhibition which is in China, where the younger which was obviously designed to be Report on whole or BABY BORN AT MARSEILLES. General Omnibus Co. lately used to be held at Dudley us whe -generation might be turned from fair to both sides. The Cominission ticular proposals contained therein.

creosote oil in place of petrol as Park Lane during the coming win-deavour to be original the artists. a constitutional movement towards had attempted the difficult, but

While the liner Comorin was at fuel on one of their buses. Thero ter and which is designed to illus of Chelsea have hit upon assured Lord that developmet on

tions to into he doped not impossible, task of if he was unable to make y pro Marseilles on her way out from was little to distinguish it from trate four centuries development form of returning compliments from warde preparations for Tovengo inaugurating harmonious relations nouncement on the bigger issues, it Europe, one of the first-class pas- others in the L.G.O.C. Fleet except the British theatre-from 1600 | their patrons and friends. A tiled upon Japan.

within the Longue framework of Unless the canker in Manchuria two nations with which we hoped dous that they ought to be dealt ling with her husband destined for be particularly lively and there was ages, the intention is to represent to an artist to whom her husband is: was because they were so- tremen- sengers, Mrs. Ilaley, who was travel that the engine did not appear to to 1000. Excluding living person- lady who sant & bouquet of flowers ways to remain on the friendliest with in their proper place and Hong Kong, gave birth to a child a suspicion of blue black smoke in some way all the famous actors giving a sitting and instead of a girl, proved a Justy | emitted from the exhaust, Modified and actresses who have been as letter of thanks he sent her a study. Lord Hailsham said it was un- about a preliminary view.

time, unembarrassed by a statement The baby,

to test the possibilities of creosote sociated with the stage within the in oils of the poly. Other artists necessary to press for consideration

young infant, and soon became the god child of everyone on board. as a substitute for petrol, the en- period, emphasis being laid on per- are taking pride in showing appre- of the Report as the Council had

During the voyage from. Mar- gine of this experimental vehicle sonal rather than an professional ciation the form of their arts fixed an early date.

requires to be preheated with petrol, rolics. The King's picture of Lacy their friends thus being enabled to sailles to Suez, a subscription was raised on board the ship, and quita however, before the change over from Hampton Court will hang possess studios in oils or dat a substantial sum was realised to So far. no impressive developments with others of Dryden, Cangreve, colours, etchings, drawings, shet- buy a handsome christening prezent have resulted from the Company's the Kembles, Mrs Biddons, and ches and pieces of sculpture ne for the baby, who has been named other experiments with crude oil Garrick in the gallery of famous tokens of good-will or thanks that they could not acquire by purchase. stage figures.

could foresee the tearing up of the Washington Settlement. Aller that had gone, the limitation of naval donod and then what would happen to disarmamnet ideals and "Kellogg Pict1":"

armaments would have to be aban

Pasife Perit;-`

the

What would happen to the out lying portions of the British Em-

terms.

Britain's Object. Naturally, Sir John Simon, be- fore leaving for the all-important (Continued m next column.)

Labour Batlalled.

Lord Ponsonby, winding up, said he had been amply repaid by Ford Lytton's suggestion that Sir John Bimon's brief at Genova Le the Lython Report itself. The debate then terminated.

Jill.

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