RECOGNITION OF CHINA'S SOVEREIGNTY IN MANCHURIA
CENTRAL POINT OF DISCUSSION BY
COMMITTEE OF NINETEEN
THREATENED OPERATIONS IN JEHOL ALSO DEBATED.
[TROVON REUTER'S' AGENCY)
GENEVA, Feb. 9.
RECOGNITION of Chinese sov
ereignty in Manchuria, was, the central point of discussion by the Committee of Nineteen this morn-: ing.
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Dealing with the latest Japanese proposals, the Committee has de- cided to ask Japan for a definite answer as to whether she would un- equivocably accept the propositions that the existing régime in Man- chukue does not constitute a solu- tion of the problem.
The threatened operations in Jeho were also lengthily discussed. Meanwhile, the Drafting Sub Committee is still occupied in framing the recommendations to be forwarded to the Asembly.
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JAPAN'S NEW PROPOSALS BEING CONSIDERED
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GENEVA, Feb. 0.
The Committee of Nineteen, is examining, to-day, the latest! Japanese counter-proposals.
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It is believed that the now formula, by which Japan would note the non-recognition of Man. 1 chako by other Powers, might provide a basis for settlement,
KOREAN PROBLEM
BROUGHT TO NOTICE OF
THE LEAGUE
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]'.
GENEVA, Feb. 2 PROFESSING to speak on behalf of the 23,000,000 "suffering and protesting Koreans," the "Presi dent of the Provisional Government of the Korean Republic" who is at prent in Geneva, has written to Sir Eric Drummond, the Secretary General, declaring that no solution of the Sino-Japanese dispute which ignores the Korean problem can be Fasting and permanent. "President" appends quotations from the Lytton Report, with the object of showing that the problems of Manchuria and Korea are in- extricably interwoven.
DR. KOO, VISITS M. HYMANS
CLARIFIES CERTAIN BOYCOTT POINTS
The
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1933.
CHINESE CROSS JEHOL BORDER
ATTACK AND SET FIRE TO TWO VILLAGES
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Toxro, Feb. 0.
A MESSAGE from Chinchow
states that a thousand Chinese regular troops are reported to have crossed the Jehol border, penetrated the. Mukden Province, attacked and set fire to two villages' this morn ing.
The Japanese garrison has des patched A. punitive expedition Against the intruders,
LEASING OF LAND TO FOREIGN MISSIONARIES
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NANKING, Feb. 4. "Tho, quontion concerning the lease of land by foreign missionary socie ties in Shanghai was diseased by representatives of the Ministries of Interior, Foreign Affairs and "Fin- ance yesterday. The meeting was held on the initiative of the Land Department of the Ministry of Interior.-Kuo Min.
GREATER SHANGHAI
MUNICIPALITY
$1,144,000. DEFICIT IN SIX MONTHS
SHANGHAI, Feb. 3. A deficit of about 81,144,000 is reported in the finances of the Municipality, of Greater Shanghai during the six months ending Dec. 31, 1932, according to the Burena of Finance. The revenue during this period amounted to approxi- mately 84,200,000 as compared with 88,344,000 expenditure.
As a result of last year's devasta- NANKING, Feb. 4..
tions in Chapel, Kiangwan and According to a special message Woosung, the revenue of the Muni- from Geneva, Dr. Wellington Roo, cipality has been badly affected. member of the Chinese Legation at Coupled with this loss of revenue, Gengva, called upon M. Hymans, the municipal administration has On the other hand, the Chinese Chairman of the Committee of ta shoulder additional expenditure are increasingly incensed by fresh Nineteen, yesterday to clarify cer- for the upkeep of the Fears Free suggestions of amending the Com-tain points concerning the Loycott.servation Corps and for other re- mittee's Traft Resolation.
Dr. Koo pointed out that China habilitation work.
COMMITTEE OF NINE CON SIDERS RECOMMENDATIONS
(TROVAR REUTER'S AGENOT.)
GENEVA, Feb. 8. According to reliable informa- tion, the Committee of Nine this morning dealt with the first four paragraphs of its recom mondations separately before reach- ing an agreement with the fifth paragraph which, in some respect, is the most important of all..
has never recorted to the" boycott: It is learnt that the Municipal against Japan without strong pro-Treasury is handicapped by delay has never been used except as a Business Tax. Owing to the special vocation. He said that the boycott in arrangements for enforcing the peaceful reprisal against aggres conditions obtaining in Shanghai, sion.-Kuo Min
collection of this tax has not yet been started.-Kuo, Min.
SIR MILES LAMPSON IN
PEIPING
ARRIVES WITH THE PANCHAN LAMA
[1HROUGH-REUTER'S AGENCY.)
PEIPINO, Feb. 9. The first paragraph deals with THE Panchan Lama and Sir Miles Lampson arrived this morning the general principles involved, from Nanking, their trains pulling especially in respect of the League in to the station within twenty Covenant, the Kellogg, Pact and the minutes of each other. Nine-Power Treaty.
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The second paragraph treats with the general attitude of the League towards the dispute with especial reference to the League Covenant It emphasises the obligation to re- spect Treaties and the necessity to respect territorial integrity and independence.
Paragraph three also deals with the general principles and lays down
Interviewed, the Panchan Lama said he is not proposing to return will proceed to Inner Mongolia to Tibet for the time being, it after a short stay in Peiping.
CHINESE GENERAL TO BE TRIED
that the question at issue cannot FOR CONSPIRACY AGAINST
be sottled by force; it must be treated in accordanos with the gen- oral principles "underlying the League Covenant.
Paragraph four deals with the procedure to be followed to effect solution, and particularly lays down that there should be more cognition of the present régime, in Manchuria, nor & return to the status quo obtaining before the year
2001.
Paragraph V.
MANCHUKUO
{THROUGH ZIUTKE'S' AUMNOT.]
HARDIN, Feb. 9.
JAPANESE sources report the arrival here of Gen. Ting Chao, ax-Commander of the C.E.R guards, who came from Kismus in a Japanese military aeroplane under exort, with a few Japanese officers.
The
MURDER OF PRESS CORRESPONDENT
APPREHENSION - OF....... ASSASSINS DEMANDED
PRIPING, Feb. 47
In a telegram to the Central Government, the Peiping Press Re- porters Association urges that re doubled efforts be taken for the apprehension of the assassins of the late Mr. Wang Wei San, Nanking correspondent of the China Times.
The meange also asks for the im- peachment of General Ku Chu Tung, Chairman of the Kiangsu Provincial Government, for the execution of Mr Liu Yu Shang, late editor of the Kiang Sheng Pas, Chinkiang.
While one crime happened in the National capital, the centre of points out, the other was perpetrat national authority, the message ed by the highest official of a pro vince. If the cases are not rigidly dealt with, both the law and the people's rights would be trampled to naught.-Kuo Min,
RECONSTRUCTION OF GREATER S'HAI
QUESTION OF ELECTRICITY
SUPPLY
It as understiod he will be con- vayed to Changchun in a few days Paragraph five deals with the to face trial on charges of con negotiating organ which will assospiracy against the State.
NANZINO, Feb. ciate members of the League, non-proceedings will be broadcast. members, and the parties to the die Ting Chao retired from Harbin Pecure Yum, a joint -Pursuant to special instructions pute (China and Japan) in Bubee on February 6, 1832, and until meeting of representatives of the
following the taken by the Japanese recently, has quent developmentatio. Although been one of the most active and Ministries of Industry and Foreign the discussion on this paragraph prominant opponents of Manchu Affairs, the National Reconstruction. Commission and the Greater Shang was not completed, there was gen-kuodam
hai Municipality was held yester- eral agreement that some such body
day to discuss the question of elec
ment Road arena of Shanghai.
It is understood that the meeting
will have to be constituted to CONSCRIPTION FOR tricity supply for the extra Settle supervise the execution of the ra commendations,
The subject of the matter dealü with this morning constitutes about half of the recommendations and, as already, stated in an earlier message. another. two meetings are expected to be necessary to dispose of the balance of the recommenda tions. The meeting of the Com mitter of Nineteen to-morrow, how ever when the Japanese amend mante will be discussed, anay alter
he whole situALIONEKA
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The general atmosphere has much
CHINA
POLITICAL LEADERS DISCUSS PROPOSALS
was devoted to a discussion of gan-
eral principles to form the basis for negotiations with the Settla ment Authorities regarding the matter-Kuo Min,
NANKING, Ted,14, General principles governing the | ment. proposed Conscription Law were It is understood that the draft
discussed yesterday at a joint moiting of the Military Adaire. Legislative Committees of the Cer tre Political Council and the
red by the latest proposals, Department of the National Go
improbable that thor will meat Themecting
entirely. Also the over by Ganeral Chu nese topposition to any of Staff to this
not be overlooked. Continued at foo
general principles were revised and
approved at the maiting basi ubmitted immediately to
Political Council for ddo Following ado
BACKBONE OF
BRITAIN"
SMALL SAVINGS AMOUNT TO 1,000,000,000
(BRITISH WIRELESS HERVICE.]
Rubay, Feb. 8, SIR KINGSLEY, WOOD, Post- master General, in a speech at Liverpool, referred to the work of the Post Office Savings Bank, which now had over £300,000,000 standing to the credit of 10,000,000 depositors in all parts of the United Kingdom.00
Another £212,000,000 was held in small investments of Government stock, and to this could be added £300,000,000 invested in Savings Certiñoates, making a total of over £1,000,000,000, all held through the machinery of the Post Office,
These small capitalista in many respects. were the backbone of the country, he said.,
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IRISH FREE STATE SPECIAL DUTIES
· £2,550,000 · WITHHELD UP TO JAN. 31
-{BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
RUGBY, Feb. 8. IT was stated in Parliament that
the Irish Free State had al ready withheld some amounting to £155,000 by July 15, 1902, when the special duties came into force,
The suma withheld between that date and January 31, 1933, amount- ed £2.550,000 and the reverse from the special duties and from duties under the Import Duties Act on goods imported from the Irish Free State, amounted in all to £1,870,000,
ARGENTINE MISSION
ENTERTAINED BY
PREMIER.
[BRITISH WIRELESS · SERVÍCE.]
Ruony, Feb. 8. ·,
DR. JULIO ROCA and other members of the special mission from the Argentine Government were guests of the Prime Minister Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, at luncheon No. 10, Downing Street, yesterday.
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In the evening a dinner was given in their honour by the Prim Minister, at the Foreign Office The guests were received by the Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon.
SILVER MARKET
LONDON PRICES
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
LONDON, Feb. 9. CLOSING SILVER PRICES IN LONDON TO-DAY WERE:—-
Feb. 9 Feb. 8 168..
161 16 11/16 16 13/16-
SPOT FORWARD
WAR DEBT CONTROVERSY
BRITISH DELEGATION TO WASHINGTON
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LONDON, Feb, & REUTER understands that the Government has made pro- visional arrangements for Mrs Basu say MacDonald, the Premier, and Mr. Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, and subject to Budget exigencies, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to proceed to Washing ton in due course, for the debt con- versations,
Buoy, Feb, a
NEW NON-STOP FLIGHT RECORD
SHORTAGE OF PETROL CAUSES AIRMEN TO LAND
(REUTER, AND BRITISH WIRELESS.)
LONDON, Feb. 9. Great Britain recaptured the long-distance flight record yesterday by 398 miles, when squadron-leader Gaylord and Nicholetts landed at Walish Bay, Flight Lieutenant
south Africa, at 4.40 p.m. after Aying a non-stop distance of 5,340 miles. Shortage of fuel robbed the fyers of their chance to reach Capetown.
The pilata showed few signs of the strain of their 37-hour journey,
part of which was accomplished
ander bad weather conditions.
The Air Ministry in a report on the flight enys:
FRENCH ATTEMPT ON RECORD FLIGHT
POSTPONED ON ACCOUNT OF BAD WEATHER
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MARBRILLES, Feb, 0
BOSSOUTROT and Rossi have
postponed their start on an attempt to beat the British non- strong wind. stop long distance flight, owing to
VICTOR SMITH TO TRY AGAIN
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LONDON, Feb. 9. VICTOR SMITH, the Australian
flier, is returning to London to prepare for a third attempt to fly from England to Australia.
The capture of the long-distance "record means that Britain 'now'
a speed of 13.3 h,p.h., based on the holds the world's three main avia projected route, but, since a devia tion records, namely, spead, altition was made at Nigeria, the speed tude and distance. These recorda, must have exceeded 100 m.ph. collectively, illustrate the outstand ing merits of British aircraft' en- gines and equipment..
The flight has also shown the pro- gress being made, in the solution af very important problem, qamely the economical employment of our limited air resources
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Territorities in which the Royal Air Force may be called upon to operate at short notice lin in so many parts of the world that it is impossible to station perman- ent air garrisons in each, adequate to deal with all circumstance, which can arise.
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Air Ministry's Policy.
The flyers have received messages of congratulation from: His Ma jesty the King, Lord Londonderry, Secretary for Air, Premier, Ram aay MacDonald and Mr. Polando, the American aviator.
The later, who together with Mr.. Boardman, was the former holder of the long-distance record, with a distance of 3,012 miles from New York to Constantinople, adde that he hopes he and Mr. Boardman will soon try to regain the record.
Wall-Known in the Far East. LONDON, Feb. 9. Flight-Lieutenant. Nicholetta was a member of the crew of the four The policy of the Air Ministrymanded by Air Commodore H.M. Southampton flying-boats, com- has therefore been to develop a system by which air unita can be Cave-Browne-Cave (then Graup fown rapidly from one area to an Captain), which visited the Far other as the situation may demand; East in 1820. and this in many instances is only possible if aircraft can cover long stretches without intermediate land inge.
are
Many of these stretches beyond the capacity of present day Service aircraft and it was mainly with the intention of developing this capacity, that experimenta in the production of special long- range aircraft ware undertaken.
VALUE OF AUTOMATIC
CONTROL.
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LONDON, Feb. 9. ONLY, ten gallons of petrol re- mained when we landed at Walvis Bay, declaren Gayford's log.
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SOVIET AFFRONT TO JAPAN ANTI-MOSCOW PRO. PAGANDA IN TOKYO
BELFAST RAILWAY
STRIKE
THREATENS TO INVOLVE L.M.S.R.
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LONDON, Feb. 0:
THE Belfast railway strike has
taken a more serious turn. It now threatens to involve the Lon don Midland and Scottish Railway in a dispute,
Mr. C. T. Cramp, the Secretary of the National Union of Railway. Workers, stated in London to-day- that it was proposed to intensify that struggle by overy means in the power of the N.U.R.
Dockers at Stranraer, Sootland, have been instructed not to unload London, Midland and Scottish Railway steamers running between Stranraer, Laras Ulster, and which are being loaded at the Ulstor end by volunteer workers and which are carrying perishable
cargo.
Mr. Cramp threatened that simi- lar action will be taken at other English and Scottish porta to pre- vent the black-legging of the Belfast railway workers."
HOME FOOTBALL
SCOTTISH CUP-DRAW FOR THIRD ROUND
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.)
LONDON, Feb. 8 THE draw in the third round of
the Scottish Cup is as follows Hearts r. St. Johnstone. Celtic v. Partick. Motherwell. ́Dundee. Kilmarnock .. Rangers or
Queen's Park Albion Rovers; Clyde, Stenhouse muir, and Hibernians, byes into the fourth round.
The third round is to be played on February 18,
ENGLISH MATCHES
A number of English league matches were played to-day, auiting as follows West Brom 1 Blackburn Wednesday ...2 Leeds Un. N. Brighton... 3 Chester .............
Tokyo, Feb. 3. Although the Japanese Government has for the Lime being rejected the. Soviet Wednesday now move to second proposal for a non-aggression pact, plase in the First Division, while nevertheless the door has not been Chester's defeat" by the wooden definitely shut to the possibility of spoonists will probably prove ex- future deliberations on the subject ceedingly damaging to their pro- This was made quite clear by specta, of winning the Northern Count Uchida, Minister, of Foreign Section championship. Affairs, in his speech on January 21 on the occasion of the re-open- ing of the Diet when he said, "In view of the divergent opinions stoutly maintained «in. different quarters, the Japanese Government haya concluded that the time has not yet.. arrived for negotiating a now aggression pact super-imposed upon the treaties now in force." These words certainly cannot be construed as a flat and final rejec tion of the Soviet proposal
CHAPERONES ARE COMING BACK
-BUT WISER THAN THEY
Evidence of the value of automa. tic control is shown by the fact that From Peterborough till they struck the Mediterranean, twenty miles most of Marseilles, the airmen were unable to identify their position. ||Star'sights taken by Nicholetts over the Sahara confirmed the course was orrect, and daylight on Tuesday revealed a flat featureless desert. The aeroplane entered northern Nigeria at 9 a.m., which they re cognised by its cultivated ground.
Shortly afterwards dust reduced visibility to a few miles and it was impossible to identify their pasi tion. The automatic control began to fail at noon, while the haze, combined with clouds, at 1. p.m. made navigation most difficult. composed largely of Saiyukai supis 'creeping back into society, but Fernandopo and Mount Camaran porters, and Mr. Ashida has been whether we have the old system of were both cloud-covered when sight selected by the Seiyukai to act as strictness, or one of complete in- ed at 3.30 p.m. After flying through its spokesman on foreign affairs Have very little faith in out
dependence, does not really matte rain clouds the automatic control during the present Diet: session, gave out at 7 p.m..
which, would therefore, indicate ward restrictions, I place all my During the rest of the night they that the Seiyukai is strongly divid-faith in the individual development - flow blind. They then few n ed on the matter. There is also of character,
If girls and boys grow up in southerly course, sighting the coast good reason to believe that the
Wednesday morning without Foreign Office itself holds widely an atmosphere of frankness and fair play and consideration for others, obtaining their preciso position || divergent opinions,
and with a sense of responsi until they reached Walvis Bay,
toward their own -families, they are as safe today as they were, when I was young.
USED TO BE
Chaperones are coming back, be lieves Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the United States -Pre- The divergent opinions" are un-sident-elect who says it is becauea doubtedly true, One day recently they are wiser than they used to The Japan Times gave prominence be to. the views of its new president, Mrs. Roosevelt, who was addres Mr. Ashida, strongly in supporting a New Year audience; continu of a non-aggression pact. A towed wo
days later, it carried a full-page They do not offer unasked ad paid advertisement, in. the form of vice, they do not thrust themselves, a manifesto by the "Shiunso, forward. The wise ones are leam- which bitterly denounced the Soviet ing to be companionable with and all its works, including its youth, to listen, and to Ep sym
proposal for a non-aggression pact pathetic
** Sa a different kind of chaperon
The Shiunso,” is an organisation
Count Uchida's Warning. The reason for this was reflect- ed in Count Uchida's Diet speech, "Increase in the range of all While praising the Soviet for their
What Her Children Bay, Service aircraft should result in circumspect attitude towards the the same way that the development Manchurian trouble, he issued a Mrs. Roosevelt said she of special high-speed aircraft for warning at the same time that brought up her own daughter fair the Schneider Trophy contests has "Japan must certainly be on her ly strictly for her day, because the led to a great, increase in the speed guard against the serious menace had to have a maid to take her for of aircraft generally...
to peace, in the Orient," if the evening parties and stay with her
through the might Alan Shortage of Petrol,
Red movement in the Yangtze hardly think the present The Air Ministry claims that Valley and South China should gaineration realises how much the American record has been besin strength as a result of the re-to be thankful for the confimed ten by 228 miles by the Cranwell cent Sino-Soviet rapprochment. At least they can say frank Walfish Bay flight. In saying this, he bummed up the what they think to their elders,
The pilots chowed no signs of two opposing points of view on the art would never have their 57 hours flight and were per-matter of a non-aggression pact.
The Cabinet Committee dealingsonally to the safety of their ma- gained by closer relations between is quite cutgrown sil-tho
fectly groomed. They attended perOne advocates the advantages to be to us to say, as my children with war debte, held a further chine and later went to a hotel and Japan and the Soviet. The other Tasmoned ideat
have meeting yesterday afternoon. Sir ware gonn fast asleeps opposes the pact chiefly because of Ronald Lindsay British Ad They will probably be staying at the fear of the spread of Com bassador to Washington attended. Wallisa Bay until Friday munium
Another meeting will take place. today 20
GERMAN POLITICAL
CRISIS
NATIONALISATION - OF -BANKS DEMANDED
THROUGH
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time, neverthel They landed as they had insuffBoth sides, however, are united the santim cient petrol to reach Capetown, due at the moment in the feeling that to the heary weather experienced Japan has received
in the Cameroon
Se Bain Equalis udvi Squadron Leader Gayford,'in & report to the Air Ministry states that the weather was good they reached Nigeria, Harmattan, nhams, hin gation
by Muscow's publ
"for the re
that was of no Reich mainder of the
The distance covered 13 probably. 0,000 miles The oficial time, för ling|| the flight is 67 hours, 25 minutes, at the banks: ---- (Continued on, next Colubin) –
Count:od
This hostility was
"Japan emai
the
inister, considered can all över age, has served to apanese
of the friendly ance of relation been growing 4. Meanwhile, how of the Soviet's sppar- the possibility
widerstanding of a tripartita.
'n actions in north Man-ren
Tesling of Bitterness:
disputes as Although the present fosting of to timtë sasi bitterness will probably pass in frontiers being
retinued at foot of wet column, anot
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