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'BRITISH SUPPORT FOR GERMANY

IN DISARMAMENT CONTROVERSY

(BRITISH WIEKLESS SERVICE.]

RUGBY, Nov, 10.

Sir John Simon to-night

DEEP IMPRESSION IN GERMANY

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CREATED BY SIR JOHN SIMON'S SPEECH

(TUROVGO REUTER'S AGENCE.")

BERLIN, NEV. 11.

created by Sir John Simon's speech in the House of Commons last night.

nounced that the British GovernA impression has been ment concedes Germany's claim to equality of armaments and the supersession of the articles of Part Five of the Versailles Treaty by a General Convention limiting Ger- many's urnaments in a tamer similar to other Powers.

A Foreign Office spokesman teruus it as a tremendous advance," but |

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1932.

SINO-JAPANESE

DISPUTE

SPIRITED DEBATE IN HOUSE OF COMMONS

(THNOVOH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Nov. 10.

INDIAN TARIFFS TÖ BE RAISED

ON" NON-EMPIRE GOODS

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

TILE Japanese occupation of Mau-WELL-INFORMED circles be

churia was merely a militarist bold lead to the Lengue, the try-on try-on. If Britain had given a

would have fizzled out, declared Major C. R. Attlee, belabouring it is indented that Gormany will the Government for alleged weak not participate in the Disarıma. ness in the Sino-Japaneed dispute. ment Conference utti France and Major Attlee, who Was Poxl- This important announcement ! other countries endorse Sir John: | 10aster-Glenoral ia the inst Labour was made in the House of Com- Simon's prunouncement. More Government, was initiating a de mona during the debate on inter-over, Gerningy will not guarantee itional affairs. He said that in to renounes her claim to'n revision, dealing with the German elnim to of the Poace Treaty nor enter an

"Eastern Locarno," equality of rights in wrnaments, it Wes necessary to insist that the main purpose of disarmament was. to ensure lasting peace.

The limitations contained in Part Five of the Treaty of Versailles were imposed as a incans of secur ing, in the circumstances then pre- wailing, the peace. of Europe. It is undoubtedly true that these limita tions were intended to be, and expressed to be, the procuror of the general anitation of armin- mente regarding their country. which, has, in recetil yenre, effeel- ed immense reductions,

But now, he said, when an agrée- ment between the antions of the world for the reduction and limits

·tion of armanents

bring

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negotiated, Germany claimed that the methods of limitation applied to her shitbl no longer fe different. from those applied

nations!

MISSION SHIP WRECKED

TWENTY-TWO ABOARD WASHED ASHORE

(THROCOH RESTER'S AGENCY:]

Seva, Fiji, Nov. 10. THE new mission-ship Southern

Crus VI. bas bern wrecked in

a storm off the island of Anityum in the New Hebrides..

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bate on a Labour resolution urging the Government (1). to support an immediate universal substantial reduction of armaments the basis on the equality of status of all nations and (2) to maintain the principles of the League Coven- ant by supporting the findings of the Lytton Commission o churia.

Man..

Moving the resolution, Major Attlee said that the country had been gravely disappointed by the lack of progress at the World Dis- armament Conference, adding the disa rauament party bad linked the Labour and the Manchurian questions because they were of the opinion that the Manchurin dis pute was the neid test of the League of Nations as a guarantee against attack.

He strongly criticised the Gov- ramont for its handling of the Manchurian question and added that unless it was satisfactorily settled, the League would lose its morn! authority and the world would revert to the old system of

NEW DELHI, Nov. 11.

lieve that the report of the complote, will recontend addition Indian Tariff Board, which дож

al protection for Indian industry by raising the tariff against non- Empire goods.

BURMA'S GENERAL

ELECTION

DIVIDED VIEWS ON

SEPARATION

Tankovou REUTER'S AGENCY.)

RANGGON, Nov. 10,

THE principal issue in the Gea

eral Election for membership of the Burma, Legislature has been whether Burma hall endorse the scheme outlined by Mr. Ramany MacDonald at the meeting of the Burma Round-Table Conference i January.

This scheme, provides for the separation of Darma from India..

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JAP. MILITARY MANCEUVRES

TWO ARMIES CLASH NEAR NARA

ĮTARDUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

FENG'S MESSAGE

'TO CHINA

PLEA FOR UNITY AND END OF FACTIONAL STRIFE

M.C.C. VERSUS

VICTORIA

ENGLISH TEAM STARTS BADLY

[THROUGH REUTER'S AUENCY]

MELBOURNE, Nov. 11. THE M.C.C. match against Vic- torią opened in cloudy wea-

Peiping, Nov. -General Feng Yu Hsiang has followed up his re- cent telegrams to Mr. Lo Wen TOKYO, Nov. 11. FOLLOWING fan dispositions Kay, the Nanking Foreign Minis- last night. forty thousand ter, with a notable four-thousand- commuereed active operations in troops composing opposing armies word message to the Nation. the annual grand manœuvres at

The Christing" General, whether, the wicket, however, being daylight this morning.

before has indicated the possesion

perfect. General Minami'e Northern of constructive ideas, urges, among

Victoria won the toss and open- Amy, representing a portion of other things, the establishment of a

ed their iwaingsbefore 3,000 the attacking force are advancing

-spectators.

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suthward from the Fukui coast in roally united government, the in- the Japan Sea, while the Southerntroduction of democracy. And the

uador General Honja am hastening from the direction of alertaking of constructive enter Okayuna Wakayama, for the purprises for the improvement of com

uniraticns,, etc. Fose of repelling then.

Further faotional warfare, ha

The wa armies clashed this morning in a distriot cast-south-says, will only hasten the extinc

tion of China. east of Nara.

The Emperor has taken up his

If China wants freedom and headquarters at his Osaka castle.

equality among nations she must, Feng declares, reorganize her anti- Imperialist front on the one hand

enforce and

her revolutionary diplomancy on the other.

JAPANESE LOAN TO MANCHUKUO

BONDS TO BE ISSUED IN DECEMBER

[TIMOCOH REUTER'S AGENCY.İ

TOKYO, Nov. 11

like number of Anti-Separationtent, bends amounting to 147

other

Tranquillity of Europe. The Cuita! Kingdom Govern ment had throughout heen ready and anxious to join with other Governments represented in Gene, va, including Germany, ist framing

disarmament convention which would fairly meet this claim,

Any hesitation which might arisg in any quarter would not procced in order to inflict upon Germany a permanent inferiority of alatus, It would spring from anxiety na to the use which might be mado of the new situation and from the fear of restoring dangers which might threaten the tranquillity of Europe.

Four officers, three engineera and fifteen Solomon Islanders, umbers of the crew, a reported to have fren washed ashore from the wreck,

though most of them were seriously

injured as a result of a battis with

the waves on the coral reefs.

BRITISH NOTE ON

WAR DEBTS

NO CONFIRMATION IN WASHINGTON

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.

NOfficial confirmation is chtain

This anxiety might be ill-founded Fut the United Kingdom Govern- ment would willingly ergo that it was nevertheless the highest wis

able of the report that dom to endeavour, to remove it,

British Note on war debts has been The United Kingdom Govern handed to Mr. Stimson. but the ment therefore, suggest that, aide British Embassy's silence is regard by side with the meeting of Gered as tantamount to an admission many's claim to equality of status, of the truth of the report. all European parties should join in a solemn affirmation that they would not, in any circumstances, attempt to resolve any present or future differences between them by resort to force. The world would be satisfied by this specific

GMANTILIECE.

The

acknowledgment by the Powers of Germany's meral right to parity of treatment with other nations, tiled upon Germany, along with the others, acceptance of this corresponding obligation.

(Continued on Page 10.)

expressed

the

individual

armaneats anel SCC-

tonal alliances for military pur

poges.

League Opportunity.

So far, out of the eighty seats to be filled, sixteen Separationists and ista have heen returned, whale six others are neutral. The remaining results are still outstanding.

A SYNDICATE of Tokyo bankers, yesterday. nccepted the Man- chakuo's request to float five per Yen 30,000,000. The loan will be formal- ly signed on Saturday. The honds will be issued early in December.

THE BLUE SHIRTS

After paying a tribute to the In Hong KongMUCH TALKED-OF CHINESE

services rendered to the world and the League by the members of the Lytton Commission, Major Attles expressed, the opipim that the Japanese eccupation of Manchuria was a militarist try-on and that if Britain had given a bold lead, the try-on would have fizzled out. The Japanese mahses would not, he felt assured, have supported the move ment.

The Lytton Report, he went on, gave a great opportunity to vindi the Labrair Party wanted to know cate the League's authority, and whether the Government intended adopting the Report as the basis of their policy.

(Continued on l'uge 12.j

BRITISH HOUSE OF LORDS

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DRASTIC PROPOSALS FOR REFORM

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1HNOUN REUTER'S AGENCY.

Setiator Borah, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate, by which any agreement submitted to the present Congress must be approved, in the course of a statement said any programme of mere cancellation of war debts was impossible, would not relieve Europe and would not help Ameri- ca's economic conditions. But if a | programme were presented, which would restore world markets, | abolish the devastating burden of armaments, and again normalise monetary systems, the situation would be different. Seuntor Borah

LONDON, Nov. 11, opinion that Mr. Stimson, before DRASTIC proposals to reform making any stateinent on the mat the House of Lords were made ter, would submit the British Note at an unofficial joint committee to President Hoover, who will ar-meeting of Commervative Peers and rive at Washington in the next few Conservative members of Parlia days. He added that President inent, under the chairmanship of FIVE YEARS AND £1,000 FINES Hoover had repentedly expressed Lord Salisbury.

the view that America would not The proposals include the elee- demand payment beyond the capac- tion to the House of Lords partly ity of her debtors.

by Peers and partly by members of Meanwhile, the Treasury states the county and county Borough at the payment of 9444,000 of war Councils, seats for women and in debt due to-day from Greece has comes of 5000 a year for Labour has notified that she has not the money Bill, vetoed by an absolute not been received, while Hungary Lords. Any Bill, cther than ♫ foreign exchange necessary to pay majority in the House of Lords; the $40,729 due on December 15.

DRUG SMUGGLERS SENTENCED

Alexandria. Twenty-four persons were sentenced to the maximum penalty of five years' imprisonment had a line of £1,000 each, when the trial was concluded of 3 alleged drug smugglers,

One of the necund was sentenced to four years' imprisonment, and a fins of £800, three to three years and a fine of £300, thres to one year and a frae of £300. Twenty- two were acquitted, and a Greek A BRITISH Note on the subject was ordered to be expelled from of war debts was handed to the Egypt. The remaining nine will be United States Secretary of State, tried by Consular Courts.

Mr. H. Stimson, in Washington to-day. No details are available:

The accused were of seven dif- ferent nationalities. Three were British subjects, one of whom join- ed the Royal Navy at the outbreak of the Great War, and was twice torpedood.

Dying Prisoner's Confession.

The trial was the sequel to an incriminating letter which fell into the hands of the Egyptian police. Inquiries were made of an English- wojnam from Manchester, the wife of an Egyptian who was at that time serving a sentence of five years' imprisonment for the part ho

British Note. Handed to Stimson.

LONDON, Nov. 10.

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SPIRIT OF FUN"

SAFE ARRIVAL AT SALISBURY

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SALIBURY, Rhodesia, Nov. 11.

should not be submitted again by the House of Commons until after

To-Day

FINE GENERALLY

YESTERDAY'S WEATHER REPORT, FORECAST AND REMARKS, ISAVED JY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AT 4.14

P.M., STATE--

THE ANTI-CYCLONE OVER N. CHINA HAS INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN INTENSITY; THE TYPHOON IS SITUATED ABOUT 50 MILES S.E. OF APARRI (N. LUZON), MOVING. N.N.W.

LOCAL FORECAST: N. WiNDS, FRESH FINE OFNERALLY.

TYPHOON WARNINGS.

The following typhoon warn- ings have been received by the. American Consulate- General from the Manila Observatory

Manila, Nov. 11, 8.30 am.- Typhoon in about 122deg. Long. E. and 14deg. Lat. N., moving N.W.

Manila, Nov. 11, 3 pm- Typhoon in abont 122deg. Long. E. and 17deg. Lat. N., moving N.N.W.

TELEGRAPHIC CODES

IMPORTANT MADRID

DECISION

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

MADRID, NO 10

a general election. Membership of IN the teeth of British and Ameri the House of Lords should be re- can opposition, the planary duced from 730 to 12. Peers not meeting of the Radio Telegraph elected to the House of Lords Conference to-day passed a resolu should be eligible as candidates for tion to adopt the five-letter code the House of Commons.

Lustond of the existing teu-lettor code.

EX-MAYOR WALKER GOES TO INDIA

AS GUEST OF MAHARAJAH OF MYSORE

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BRITAIN'S NEXT MINISTER

THE IMPORTANCE OF

CHINA POST

FASCIST PARTY ·

CHEN MING SHU'S

COMMENTS

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

Feng also suggests the erection f a high tariff wall within which national would be employed the

capital for the development of pro- duction and the elevation of the

At the lunch interval Victoria -had scored 00 for two wickets,

Woodfull being out for five runs,

After lungh the match whe con- tinued before 10,000 spectators.

Victorin

Dakley (not out) 83. Alien for 45. Voce 4 for 53, M.C.C. (for Allen 15.

wkis.)...

Pataudi 4.

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general standard of living among DR. SUN YAT SEN'S the people.

Only in this way, he concludes, ean China escape dismemberment and international control,

CANTON TAILORS FACE BAD TIMES

EFFECTS, OF ORDER FOR USE OF HOME-SPUNS

MILITARY H.Q. OPENS OWN OUTFITTING DEPARTMENT

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

BIRTHDAY

| CELEBRATIONS IN CANTON

TO-DAY

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

CANTON, Nov. 11. The following programme has bean arranged in celebration of Dr. Sun Yat Sen's birthday on Satur- day November 12. Flags will be displayed everywhere, and schools and other organisations will hold memorial services, speeches will be given about Sun Yat Sen's teaching's and career,-all tickets for places of amusements, theatres, cinemas, etc will be at half price.

Chung Shan Memorial School,

The opening of the new Chung-

will take place in December, the building having been completed. This school has been erected in the Chun Shan district to commemorata the birthplace of Sun Yat Sen. Primary grade education only will be given in the school, the idea be ing that Dr. Sun's aspirations were that all should, at least receive an elementary education even if they could not continue their studies, and gain more completa knowledge,

CANTON, Nov. 10, Following the preference on the CANTON, Nov. 10. part of the general publie in recent The Sic Man Yat Puh, which is tires for foreign-style clothing the organ of the Canton Municipal made of foreign material, the tashan Memorial school, which will Government, gives prominence loring industry in Canton has had be the Chon Hang Village School, again to-day in its columns to the years of unprecedented and uni nebulous Chinese Fascist Party, the terrupted prosperity. Despite high Blue Shirts, which Marshal Chiang cost of material and of workman Kai Skek has for months been reship, there have been opened in the ported to be organising.

city over 300 tailoring concerns It appears that General Chien engaged exclusively in the making Ming Shu, the former Kwangtung of foreign style clothes with for Governor, now on his way taeign material, and all of them have Europe, arriving at Manila en been doing a thriving trade in face route, was questioned by press re of general depression in other lines presentatives on the subject. Gen of busincas,

The tide has now turned, largely eral Chem was first reticent over the question, but he did not deny due to the recont movement for use that there might be the possibility of domestic products, and parts- of such an organisaion. He went cularly because of the Government! on to say that if eventually formed, order requiring all government, ser- the organisation would be one with vants and Kuomintang members to in the fold of the Huomintang don clothes made with home-spuns. Party for the promotion of its Many of the outfitting concerns, principles. Marshal Chiang Kai which have hitherto been undertak Shek would no doubt be its leader. ing solely the tailoring with for According to the same report, Gen-eign cloths, are now using domes. eral Chen even went so far as to tie clothe also. The latter are far say that a dictatorship (for the less lucrative than the former. upholding of which the Tasciat Par- The local Military Headquartera ty is to be formed) if put to pro- has also decided to open its own por use, might be of help to outfitting store from which all mom- Chinese,

bers of the local armies and their. The Canton paper points out that families will have to obtain their as General Chen has tatil re clothing. This is a further blow cently been closely associated with to the local tailors, Marshal Chiang, he may be credited

with "inside knowledge," so that

from his present statements, it may

be surmised that though the organi VITROL ATTACK ON sation of the "Blue Shirts

Inay

not have yet been accomplished, there is no doubt that it in being formed.

STABBED MAN MYSTERY

SCREAM IN THE NIGHT AND

A BODY FOUND,

A MOTORIST

SHOCK FOR HIS WAITING

WIFE

Healthy Canton.

Five cases of small-pox have heen. reported in the city during the first week in November, only one death however resulting, of diphtheria there have been six cases and ang death, otherwise no serious cases of infectious decoases have been ported in Choton.

HARBIN'S LOST MAILS

NONE VIA SIBERIA

FOR 62 DAYS

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

TC-

HARBIN, Nov. 11. WING to the mutiny of General Su Ping Wen, at- Manchulí, Harbin has been without, Siberian mails for sixty-two days. It is not known where the mails have been dntoured.

Repton (acar Derby). The Der- byshire police are conducting an in- Following representations from Birmingham. A young man was tonsive, widespread search for a the Consular Corpa, the Japanese found stabbed to death in the person who committed & dastardly vice-Consul is taking up the ques garden of a Birmingham house in outrage on Captain H. E. Chand-tion of non-receipt with the Post. the middle of the might just after lor, Conservative agent for the Bel- Office. the scream of an unknown woman per Division of Dorby. had rung out.

Captain Chandler had, motored

He was Sidney Marston, a single home alone from. a politicn! meet-

man of twenty-one, living with hising in Bolper, and was just turn and saw Mrs. Chandler rushing uncle, Mr. Trianith, at St. Paul'sing into the drive of his residence, down the river. road, Baleall Heath. The mystery some one jumped from behind a

Hollybank House, Repton, when "Captain Chandler was sitting in his car," she said, "în a terrible presenta baffling problems to the pohodge and threw a quantity of state of pain...

lice.

I heard a woman scream.”

Thon-came a cry of "Police!

vitriol in his face..

Half-Blinded.

Sevare Eye Injury.

-Miss Doreen Hichardson, 2 mem- (THROUGH REUIKR'S AGENDY.}

ber of the household of Mr. Winton, at Willow-crescent, Cannon Hill,

Captain Chandler himself was; next door to the garden in which Mrs. Chandler, who was awaiting unable to give any acocent of the had played in an attempt to smug-THE monoplane "Spirit of Fun,"

LONDON, Nov 10, the dead. man was found says:

herbusband's return, heard his affair. He is confined--to his bed, glo hashish into Alexandria on a piloted by Captain Dixon,

"New York, Nov. 11:~~~ | [N the House of Commons to-day, -"'I was alone in the house when | eries, and dashed out of the house and an eye spesialist, who was call British warship last October. The carrying the film magnate Arthur X-MAYOR Mr. J. Walker left Mr. G. le Mander (Lib., Wolver

to find him writhing in agony in edin from Derby, expressed tho woman placed herself at the din Low, arrived bare en route-to-for-Europe aboard the steamer hamplan Enat) expressed the hope

the drive, his face covered with his fear that one of his eyes may have posal of the police:

Johannesburg from Hong Kong Conte Grande.

|that whan Sir Miles Lompson, re- I looked out into the garder handkerchief.

-been "permanently injured. The man, who was soriously ill, from where she departed on Nov. The New York Times says that tired from the post of Minister to next door and saw two figures... Sho at once led him inside, burn- It will in any case be some: weeks Mr. Walker's destination is India, China, the Government would sp- "I rushed downstairs and open-ed and half-blinded, and summon before he will have redovard ́aulli- where he will be the guest of a point some one of the sale outed the front door, where I saw a ad a doctor and the police. Subse-ciently to leave his room. The Maharajah (unnamed) whom he standing personality and merite to man supporting the body of another quently it was found that some Es handkerchief which he placed to was Mayor. entertained in New York while ho succoed hiin.

man in his arms. I was frighten in actes had been stolen from a his face when attacked is burned. Mr. Mander suggested that the Led and went back into the house waistcoat pocket

to shreds together with the froot post be given to some-ine of the Lator. I peeped out of the win. Mrs. Wilson, of the range, Rep. of his clothes where the aid fell, D'Abernon. samo type as Lord Irwin or bord dow and saw the body lying half-ton, a large hcum which adjoins Captain Chandler is very papa

way out of the porch,"

that of the Chandlers, told me to far personally with all parties in He also proposed the moving of Soon after Mr. W. N. Andrews, nigh that she heard the captain's the division, and so far thern is His widow has now returned to Europe abcard the Europa in the British Legation to Nanking or dentist, found the body, and in- shoute of agony at about 10.30 p.m., absolutely no clue to the identity of England with her two children... October.

Shanghai,

formed the police.

(Continued as font of next Culump)- his “aldocker.

3.

was quickly removed from the pri- "won hospital, and agreed to expose all his former confederates in order that is two English childron before being able to do so, and at might never know that their father the-end made a burching appeal to It understand that Mr. died in ̈prisqu...............

For two days and nights officers he persuaded them to complete his jah of Mysore, with whom Mr. two of his accomplices, in which Walker's host will be the Mabara waited at his bedside while he tmod denunciation of the gang.

Walker crossed "the Atlantic : from to make his confession, but he died.). (Continued at foot of next Column)

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