1933-02-03 — Page 11

11

FOUR-YEAR PLAN TO SAVE GERMANY FROM CHAOS

· PEASANTS MUST BE DRAGGED FROM

THEIR MISERY"

WAR ON COMMUNISM ALREADY

STARTED

TRROGAN BETTER'S AGENCY.)

BERLIN, Feb. 1.

A Four-Year Plan to save Ger" any from chaos is the programme of the Hitler Government, which was announced by Herr Hitler, the now Chancellor, in a most remark: allo speech broadenst throughout Germany this evening,

Herr Hitler declared that within four years the German peasant must be dragged from his misery, and unemployment definitely overcome.

HOPES OF BETTER TIMES

Optimism in Bank Report

IMPROVED RAILWAY -

RETURNS

For the first time "after many years of pessimism the report of the Reichs-Kredit-Gesellschaft of Berlin on the economic conditions in Germany at the turn of the year is written on a note of hopefulne

Effect of Marxism, "Fourteen years of Marxism have ruined Germany,'

," said the new Chancellor. "One year of Bolshe. vism would destroy Germany. Ger

The final settlement of the re- | many must not, and will not, sinkparations question has, it is main into anarchistic Communism."

tained, removed one of the prin Continuing his speech, Horr Hit cipal obstacles in the way of econo ler said:"President Hindenburg mie recovery. Trade restrictions. has commanded us to give the na State intervention, unbalanced hud. tion a possibility of resurrection. gets, problems of private indebted- We therefore appeal to the German ness, still make progress slow, nutl people itself to sign this document since the process of weeding out of conciliation. This Government the unfit has gone on, an the capac- of national resurrection is deterity of the economic system to ad- mined to make good within four years the errors of fourteen years..

"Now, German people, give us four years. Then pass your verdict on us,"

Compulsory Service.. Dealing further with the theme, Herr Hitler said one of the bases of the Government's programme was the idea of compulsory labour and service, and the re-population of the country districts.

With regard to foreign affairs, the mission of the Government would be to safeguard the vital rights of the nation and to recovej its freedom.

Equal Status.

It would ala co-operate towards bringing into the commonwealth of nations a State equal in status and rights to others.

Germany would be happy, said Herr Hitler, if the world, by limit- ing armaments, rendered for ever unnecessary any increase of Ger- many's weapons, but the first neces- sity was to overthrow the Com- munistic disintegration' in Ger- many.

Communist and Wax! Olashes.

BERLIN, Feb. 1. Indicative of the state of unrest throughout Germany, reports of 'deaths and injuries suffered by both the Nazis and Communists are com-

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1933.

NEXT SESSION OF PARLIAMENT

MANY SUBJECTS TO BE DEALT WITH··

[URITISH WIRES £38 SERVICE. ]

RUGBY, Feb. 1. A FURTHER meeting of the Cabinet was held yesterday under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsay Mac-

Donald.

TRAFFIC IN WOMEN

AND CHILDREN

SUPPRESSION OF LICENSED HOUSES URGED

{THROUGE HEUTERA AGINGY]

GENEVA, Feb. 1. INTERNATIONAL co-operation in combating the traffic in women and children in the East, through the creation of central authorities in each country, is recotamended in the report to the League Coun eil by the Commission of Inquiry which investigated the evil 18 months ago.

Parliament will resume its sit tings next Tuesday and the work of the session, which will be a busy one, han in the main, been reviewed by the Ministors.

The report also urges the sup Shortly after the House of Co-presson of licensed houses, which mons meets, a statement on the it regards as the surest market for Government's attitude to the Salter international traffickers. report on road and rail transport will be made, particularly dealing with the parts of the report which recommend the regulation of the licensing of goods motor vehicles.

The statement will probably in- diente what legislation will be intro-

dured.

IRISH TRAIN DISASTER

TWO PASSENGERS KILLED

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.1

DUBLIN, Feb. 1. TWO persons were killed when a just itself to present-day market passenger train, en route to conditions has shown no signs of Belfast was derailed near Dunlalk. falling off, the improvement may The accident is believed to have he expected with more confidence been due to the removal of a rail. The train was manned by volun than has been the case for à long: time, past.

tary workers and was part of the In Germany the year is charac-skeletor service maintained under terised by a fall in wages, the gen-armed guard since the strike began. eral price level, and the cost of living 12 per cent. Easier monetary conditions increased the confidence in the currency.

The movement towards a further readjustment of individual wage and price relations is emphasised by the fact that during the second quarter the drop in the consump tion goods index overtook the in dex for production goods; by December the difference in falling of the latter amounted already to 3 per cent.

The fall in prices and the revival of political confidence brought about an increase in home demand, which largely offact a fall in ex- ports. The improvement became particularly apparent during the last few months of the year,

Production Index. The index of production after having touched 15 per cent. in the first quarter rose to 62.9 per cent. in November. The index of month ly iron output rose from 20 per cent. in August to 387 per cent in November, the index for 'steel from 20 to 40.3 per cent.

The monthly coal output increas ed from 18.2 million tons in the first quarter to 21.1 million tons ing in from all parts of the coun- in November. In the engineering

try.

Two. Nazis and one

were killed at Homberg, on

Lower Rhine, while a Nazi

The strike was declared on Jana- ary 30, at midnight, affecting 3,000 workers. A mass meeting of all grades of workers decided upon the measure as a protest against a wage reduction.*

It is affecting the employees of the whole Great Northern Railway system.

ATLANTIC FLEET MOVEMENTS

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

Ronay, Feb. 1. HM. cruiser Cairo and the Sixth

Destroyer Flotilla, "which have been visiting Casablanca rejoined the main body of the Atlantic Fleet at Gibraltar to-day, while the Second Cruiser Squadron and, the minelayer Adventure sailed for cruise which will include visite to Madeira, Las Palmas and Tenerife.

DR. KUNG TOURS MANCHESTER

(THRUNGA REUTER'S, AGENCY.]

LONDON, Febr 2. DOCTOR KUNG, Envoy, of the Chinese Industrial Mission to Europe and America, accompanied

IS HINKLER IN CHINA?

WIFE CONVINCED OF

HIS SAFETY

{THINCOH ARUTER'S AGENCY.]

SYDNEY, Feb. 2.

"by" Smith's INTERVIEWED

Weekly Mrs. Hinkler, wife of the famous airman, said: Bert is not in the Alps. I shall hear from him shortly.

"He told me that possibly I should. have no news for some time, and not to fret. It is feasible that he may have gone secretly to China."

Squadron Leader Bert Hinkler disappeared on Jamsary, the day he started froin Croydon on nn nt The Commission's report deals tempt to break the England-Austra with Russian women in the Faria air record. He was last seen at East, whet, exiled and destitute, Bussyenethe in the Forest of Othe, are driven to prestitution. It also and it is thought probable that he refers to the number of Chinese crashed in the Swiss Alpa while at- victims of the tmffle found, in all tempting to fly through the Simplon of the Far Eastern territorial south Pass to Italy.] of China and the middle west ́ns far as Taidia,'

Japanese Woman. Details are given of the traffic in Japanes women and its char acteristic aspects in China and elagwhere.

};

Referring to the movement of Siamese women towards the Malay States, the report shows that it is possible for them to cross the bor Her between Siam and Malaya accretly by leaving the train bofore reaching the frontier and cross the jungle on foot.

The report adds that the traffic in Malay women is almost noa. existent, and there are very few Hindu, Pemian, Arab or Jewish

women victims of the traffe.

SILVER MARKET

LONDON PRICES

(From Our Own Correspondent.}

LONDON, Feb. 2. CLOSING SILVER PRICES IN TONDON. TO-DAY WEEE:-

SPOT Fonward

16% 16.15/16

KATSU MEIDAN "BLOOD BROTHERHOOD ?"

14 MEMBERS COMMITTED

TO TRIAL

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY]

TOKYO, Feb. 2.

THE preliminary examination of

Meidan," Blood Brotherhood, who fourteen members of the Katsu were implicated in last year's February 9, and Baron Tabuman Dan, on March 5, and who planned the assassinations of twenty other prominent personalities including the Genro, Marquis Saionji, Makine and others, has been completed.

All Emrteen have been committed to public trial.

assassinations of Mr. Inouye, on

1

BRITAIN'S AIR

PERIL

Blunt Warning By An Expert

(Special Air-Mail Berrics)

FUTURE OF CHINA

-Reactions to Western Civilisation

JAPAN'S RAPID GROWTH

(Special Alr-Mail Service) London, January 11, China" "in" the Making" was the subject of an address by the Rev. ER Hughes, of the London Misionary Society. North China, at the Con- ference of the Student Christian Movement in Edinburgh yesterday, which is being attended by 2,000 delegates.

LONDON, Jan, 17. Major C.C. Tarner is the doyen of those British journalists who have devoted their energies and talents to the study of aviation and strive mightily day by day to ex plain the progress of this new art and science to the millions of the general public, many of whom un

Mr. Hughes said that China might fortunately are apparently still un able to distinguish, one end of an come through the prosent criais s neroplane from the other or to un-nation, but, on the other hand, derstand what the new method of it might not. Tradition was in tho transport means to them and the blood and bone of the Chinese race a was British tradition in our world in which they live.

Lack of appreciation of the im- portance of aviation in its relation to warfare is Major Turner's ex cuse for an admirable little book, entitled "Britain's Air "Peril," which places in proper perspective the value of the air weapon and utters a timely warning about the dangers to Britain's safety inher ent in rash measures of aerial dis- armament.

A

own.

China was an example par excel lenco of a rural civilisation, based on an active realisation of the power of agriculture. When they turned their eyes to the West there were two culture which were neare ess to the Chinese example. One- was France and the other was Russia. Was it a coincidence thas both of these countries had had to, andorga u revolution whose violenço

In sober restrained language, was unequalled in any other pout- buttressed by many startling facts try in the world! These were the from official socurces, Major Turner nearest parallels he could give to makes plain the dangerous inade-what was going on in China. Characteristic of Race,'” quacy of the Royal Air Force to-

Religion was one of the facts day, in spite of its possession of aeroplanes of all types which are which qualified, the situation in unmatched anywhere in the world Chinn at the present tinitiations in speed and general flying per piety in its profound manifestations. formance. Ha cstimates that the was a characteristic of the race, Force has less than half the strength and gave rise to amazing fortitudo in fighting personnel and materiel and patience and other admirable that is needed to ensure security. persunal qualities. These met the

forces which came from the Weat Britain is only fifth among the na

As a result of the conflict Ching tions in grand total of fighting air awoke to the fact that she had to craft, though her responsibilities, align herself with the other nations unlike those of any other Power of the world, and the consequence oblige the presence of R.A.F.

was that she was now in what squadrons at strategic points could be described only as a statur three continents. He shows clear of revolution. ly why Britain's geographical situaMatters had reached a stage when tion makes her more sensitive to it was impossible for China to re- serial attack and consequent par ceive anything which was given alysis of industry and the national patronisingly. He was not trying life than any other land. He proves, to make his hearern feel that there too, that passive measures

was no hope, but to show that, if defence such as searchlights, anti the will of God was to be done, Bizoraft guns, balloon aprons, and it must be by brotherliness. The so forth provide but slender pro characteristio of Chinese ethics was London," Jan. 18. The Admiral-pects of safety; in the test of ma-realism, and the message would be

for war the only effective retort to received only on the basis not mere Bir attack would be the launching ly of having China new made but of heavy and prolonged counter Euripe made new also, attacks on the forces, communica tion systems, concentration points, railheads, seaports and munition works of the enemy.

THE ROYAL NAVY

(Special Air-Mail Service;

Appointments.

GREENLAND IN A Game W Tompson, to

LAW SUIT

HEARING AT THE HAGUE COURT.

(BY LESLIE R. ALDOUS.)

14

An unusual scene took place in the famous Peace Palace at The Hague some days 350.

Fifteen

of

ty, amongst others, notify the fol- lowing appointments.

Paymr.-Condr E. E. Bright

Dr. J. F. Ayusewa, of the Diplo man, to Cumberland on recommng.; Payaar, Lt.-Comdr K., F. Green,

matic Division of the International Labour Office, Geneva, spoke on to Cumberland, on recommng":"

“Forces, Moulding Modern, Japan." Cumberland, January 14.

He criticises pungently proposals He said that in the period of 15 Comdr. J. M. Howson to Witch, placed recently before the Disarma-years between the Russian Japanese in command; Comdr. F. J. Wylie, ment Conference at Geneva. For War and the World War the stand" to Wild Swan, in command; and example, he points out that the ard of Life in Japan had gone Comdr. P. Todd, to Wishart, in proposal to prohibit or limit the through a great process of exten- command. Sub, Its. F. M. Elliott,size of heavy bombers. is futile, be sion.." to Whitehall; D. E. Gillespie, to cause two single-engined bomberi Verity; W. Whitworth, to Wishart. can do as much, often more, dam.

Paymr. Lieut. Comdr P. C. le age than one big one." Crun, to Tamar (Feb. 7.)

H.M.S. Curacos. H. M. S. Curacos, late of the Third Cruiser Squadron, Mediter

In Place of Army and Navy?

Finally, Major Turner makes the blunt statements that by streng

Modern Japan,

The population of the country, had increased from 47,000,000 to 37,000,000, the number of factories rose from about 0,00 to 23,000, the factory workers increased from 500,000 to 1,500,000,-

Referring to the early contact

industry the home index rose from policeman 18 to 22 per cent., but the export by Mr. Quo Tai Chi, Chinese Am- learned Judges, representatives of ranean, has reduced to special com- thening of the Air Arm the total between Japan and the Western" the index fell from 25 to 23 per cent.bassador in London called on the almost every legal system in the plement at Portsmouth until re-.cost of defence can be much reduced world, he said the result of the na In the

stabbed to death at Lubeck and a from 13.8 per cent. in the first quar-made a tour of the cotton mille at Communist killed at Welberg, ia the Rhineland.

Several persons were wounded at Wernigerode, and many arrests have been made in various parta ut the country.

All Communist newspapers in the Rubr have been suppressed for a month. The Nationalist papers are urging that the severest measures be taken against the Rods.

Dissolution of Reichstag,

BELLIN, Feb. 1. The Reichstag has been dissolved, and the General Election fixed for March 5.

ter to 31.1 per cent. in November.

Salford.

Compared with the conditions of Later he met the business leaders last year, nearly all industries re- of Manchester, including the Presi- port slightly better business.

dent and some of the Directors of

The monthly average number of bankruptcies has fallen from. 128. in the first quarter to 54.7)ăn November.

The general improvement is re- feated in transport, employment. and finance. Railway ten mileage rose from 3.020 million last July to 3,500 million in November. The

the Chamber of Commerca.

SIR MILES LAMPSON IN NANKING

{THROUGH REUTER'S AĠENSL.i

NANKING, Feb. 2 number of unemployed remained SIR Miles Lampson, British Minis at 13 million, about 200,000 below ter in China who arrived here, last year's figure; the seasonal in- yesterday morning, has twice visit: crease in unemployment between ed Mr. Lo Wen Kan, the Foreign LATER.. October and December amounzet Minister, who, it is understood, The dissolution of the Reichstag last year to 717,000, this year to referred to the British stand at was due to the refusal of the Centre 495,000,

Geneva and hoped Sir Miles Lamp- Party to support Herr Hitler

son's return to China would help to Hence the Nazis, were faced with

consolidate the ties of friendship between China and Great Britain

Election on March 5,- Herr von Papen considers that over fifty per cent, of the electorate will vote for the Nazis and their allies. He urged an election as soon as possible, before the enthusi aam of the masses for Hitler has had time to cool offerte New elections will also be held on March for the Prussian Diet, which has a left majority.

Return of Confidence."

The return of confidence has the lack of a parliamentary ma brought about a rise in prices on jority,

the Stock Exchange, where the sbars index rose from 30.2 per cent

RAF INSPECTION. "ÎN at the end of the first half-year, ta

MIDDLE FAST 30 per cent, in December. The im proved liquidity of trade and in-

[BRITISH WIRELESS, BERVICE.) dustry and the return of boarded money further stimulated the fall

Bpour, Feb. 1.) in interest rates. The Reichsbank ORD Londonderry, Secretary for rediscount rate fall from 7 to 4 Air who has been visiting the per cent. The yield in long-term Royal Air Force units in Egypt, loans fell from 1 per cent to 10 Palestine and Iraq, retumed to per dehf., The rates charged by the London by air liner from Paris banks for advances and overdrafts, yesterday, afternoon. were reduced from 10 to 7 per cent. He left Croydon on January 10, the interest rates, offered by thu banks for three months' money da creased from 6.5 to 4 per cent,

War Against Communism,

BERLIN, Feb. 2. The war against Communian has already begun,

The Police have forbidden all Communist open-au demonstrations in towns like Borlin, Dusseldorf, Liegnite and Gleiwitz.

The "Deutsche Allgemeine" fore

shadows the appointment of Count

Helderf leader of the Nazi storm troops in Berlin, as Police Pre-

ident in Berlin.

Captain Goering, the new Head Aviation: and briliant war ving ace," has announced det i tully agreed to eaman aviation finan

extent it deserves in

the nation's safety

a lecture on goegraphy from an China about the end of February. The Curocon will be commanded on eminent Danish explorer, M. Lauge this service by Captain A. R. Ham Koch. He drove home his points mick son of the late Vice Admiral with the aid of a large wall map. I. E. Hamraick. Promoted in De This incident occurred during the hearing of an international dispute cember 1929. uaptain Hammick has since attended senior officers (cour concerning "Greenland's icy moun

ses at Portsmouth, Greenwich, and tains" by the Permanent Court of Sheerness, and in 1830-31 was in International Justice, which is in command of the Active do leader session at the present time."

The case has been brought by Den- of a division of the Third Destro mark against Norway. The Danish yer Flotilla.. Government claims sovereignty over

Travelling Concessions..'.

The railway companies, with the

done by the Army and the Navy that nations began to take notice can be performed more efficiently of Japan, and it was following this. and at vastly less cost by the Air war that many Western industries Force. Even those who fly off the were startest in Japan This con- handle at this latter ramark will flict also exposed the weakness sad find it hard to refute the arguments the corruptness of China under the and facts marshalled by the au Manchunna, A thor in this extremely competentThe effects of another war in and interesting little volume, which which Japan was concerned-the is well worth the five shillings that war with Russia in 1004-5-Weres Pitman's, the publishers, ask for exemplified in the downfall of the Czarist regime. The effect an Japan was that shes started to pro- gress, and began to exert her power- on the world.

it

6.

Greenland. In recent times, how- ever, numbers of Norwegian trap-

London -Tube, District, and make a spring cruise to the Philip pers have been settling there, which exception of the Irish and the in the depot ship Medway, are to certain parts of Eastern Greenland, agreed to issue tickets to navad sisting of the flotilla leader Bruce Norway thinks gives her a title to Metropolitan Railways, bare pine Islands. Ons division,... con-

other country with any sort of an

Great Britain and in fact every personnel travelling on duty or on Commander G E. Colpoys, "and leave at the ordinary single fare the submarines Orpheus, Phoenix, interest in, or claim to, the un- for the return journey, and at half and Parthian, will go to Iloilo explored regions around the Poles ordinary single fare for the single from February 6 to 13. It will will wait the verdict of the Judges journey. The above concessions are later join the main division of the with interest. A sadden fillly to available to wives and families of flotilla, consisting of the Medway anoh industries as whaling or seal officers and men to whom the and the submarines Oswald, Osiris, ing may easily once serious dis- putes of a similar kind in the fu- former leave travelling concessions Olympus, Perseus, Proteus, and ture. Even at the present time applied. The stipulation of a Pandora, and the whole will visit certain other Govertiments belteve minimum fare of be. for officers in Manila from February 27 to March

now withdraw that they have a claim to obstr islands to which Great Britain as-

Navy Golfing Society,

Bear-Admiral Campbell, serts her title and, if it came to a question of the exploitation of as- Rear-Admiral-WTR Ford, Rear-Admiral James Douglas tural riches or resources in those captain of the society, presided at Campbell, M.O.V. O.B.E., was parts of the world, considerable meeting of the RN. and placed on the retired list on Jan- friction might be caused

Golfing Society hold at the Adary following his promotion to Theses are the sort of matter miralty recently, at which it was flag raak. He is at present serv which used to lead to wars or pani decided to accept the invitation of ing, an Director of Navigation at tive expeditions in the old days. the St. George's Hill Golf Club, the Admiralty Fortunately, where points of inter- Weybridge, to hold the annual Rear Admiral Campbell is an el- fidence in the Reichsmark and in national law or the interpretation meeting of the society on their der brother of Vice Admiral Cor In the monthly returns of the the political future of the Heich of treaties are obscure, the World conraes on April 25, 20, 27 and 28. don Campbell, VCM-Pan banks, this development, it reflected curities on behalf of German nations at the end of 1922, provides a was decided upon as for 132 with late Colonel Fred Reichsbank and of the wearing sales of foreign currencies and se- Court set up by the League of Na❘ The programing of competitions was born in 1892, the won at the in the steady shrinkage of the nota tionals largely offset this lose. The useful method of solving these knot- ut alteration. Captain Kenneth B. Ho is n issue, the bill portfolio and ad Reidhubank was therefore able to ty problems in the calm and Brounger, D.8.0., R.Nrefire vances against collateral. These meet all interest and sinking fund judicial atmosphere of a legat Besconscrof repayments, enabled the banks to requiremente on foreign account and chamber. With every year that Surrey

Despite this improvement in the permit repayments of foreign passes more casse are being brought to nocep

reduce their obligations abroad

Credits on the scale of 1931, suffer- to the Permanent: Cot credit position, the liquidation of ing only- total loss of 228,000,000 brief cam frozen credits has still to go a very marks (811,00,000) in its gold and 40 long way, particularly in the feld foreign curranty Lasarte, compared

of trade and municipal credits. with a loss pf 1,529,000,000 mazka

General Outlook,

During the first nine months of

(£70,000,000)in 1931.

In the opinion of the Reic

1932 the world export trade fell Kredit-Gesellschaft the general by 36 per cent, compared with 1931, look for 1023 is mainly depen Germany's exports by 40.3 per cent

hat the fefters of the and her export surplus was lower Fenty which have 1 by 1,601,000,000 marks (284,000,903 development ja Geret per). Thanks to Increased cog

'discarded and: Ger

lity established: (Continued

their

of the Optio

NUGGET

inéd the

Gabine with of effort

on you

of the

Ha

Harbour Master commanded the

Adm

Ohias Tiset Hubmarine Crufe,

bmarines of the th

ised in China Station, under the the terms of Captain R. Martack, D.B

(Continues on near Columni

Indies 1922,

man Gerdpbell, who visi kman in the

"203:

But