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WHITE PAPER ON MOSCOW AFFAIR

DETAILS OF OFFICIAL INTERVIEW

REPER AND DRITISH WIRELEAS |

EFFORTS BY COTTON INDUSTRY

TO IMPROVE BRITISH TRADE WITH CHINA

[TUROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, April 4. MAJOH Colville informed

Overseas

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 6. 1933.

BRITISH AIR-LINER

CRASH

FINDING OF BELGIAN EXPERTS

{THROUGH REUTEU'S AGENCY.]'

BURSELS, April 8.

LONDON, April 4.1 "AN interview between Sir Esmond

Chorlton in the House of Com BELGIAN experts have found that Ovey, the British, Ambassador, inons to lay that the

the disuster to the air-liner, ah M. Litvinoff, the Soviet For Trade Department is endeavouring Date of Liverpool, did not originate eign Commissar, forms the pria-

to secure a further expansion of from any technical or strictural cipal point of interest of the Whit! British cotton exports to China by defeet and that the passenger cabin Paper issued to-night, detailing co-operating with the cotton in was alight before the crash. Augid Russian communications industry and by other, practical the last three weeks.

Sik Esmond Ovey's tedious efforts

He added in reference to a ques to get information of the charg: tion whether any arrangement was upon which the six British subjects likely to be made with the Japan were arrested in Moscow and these that that point has not escaped Secure that the trial should not the notice of the Government. become a secret inquisition are also. detailed.

The White Paper contains the whole of the correspondence between the Foreign Office and the British Ambassador since the first arrests on March 12,

Third Degree?

In his first despatch, Bir Esmond Allah Ovey recorded how Mr. Monkhouse, one of the principal

of representatives

Metropolitan

Vickers, was interrogated for nine- teen hours without interruption.

means.

BRITAIN'S WAR DEBT BURDEN

STRIKING FIGURES REVEALED

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

Ruaey, April 4.

Mr. Monkhouse admitted that IN REPLY to a House of Com he had reported to Metropolitan mons question regarding Bri Vickers in England periodically,tain's war debt payments to the on the state of business, based on United States and her receipts information received from tha from other countries, the Chancellor Company's enginers.

of the Exchequer, Neville Chamber lain, said that, including the pay ment of £29 millions on December 5 last, Britain's payments to the United States amount altogether to £355,200,000.

Espionage,

His interrogators declared that it was criminal espionage to ac: quire information except from offi- cials of the U.S:8.R.

loreign

Britain's receipts from war debts are £71,100,000 and from reparations £121,300,000, making a total of £102,400,000. These figures include both principal repayments

Mr. Monkhouse also agreed, during the questioning, that twenty- five of the company's turbines were faulty. He said that this was and interest. mainly through the Russian pur- chasers insisting on a departure from standard machines and point-

ed out that in every case the Com- JAPANESE DUMPING

pany had taken rapid steps to re- pair the defects.

In a despatch of March 14 Sir Esmond Ovey alluded to A visit to the prison in which Thornton and Cushny were confined. He stated that they had evidently. "been through it" and were too terrified to speak.

Story of Interview.

IN INDIA

PROTECTIVE BILL. TO BE INTRODUCED

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

FLIGHT OVER EVEREST

KING'S MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATION

BRITISH WIRELESS BIRVÍCE. Į

RuGay, April 4. THE King has sent a message to

the members of the Houston Everest Expedition congratulating them on their wonderful flight over the summit. The Prime Ministe: and the Secretary for India, Bir Samuel Hoare, are among many others who sent congratulations on the successful achievement.

SEQUEL TO AIR-

LINER CRASH

INQUEST ON ONE OF THE DEAD

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, April 4. "THE jury will probably have to decided whether Mr. Voss was innocent victim of the air crash

or whether he met his death as the- result of a malicious act of his own," said the Manchester coroner, opening the inquest to-day on Mr Albert Voss

Mr. Voss was a passenger in thei Imperial Airways liner, City of Liverpool, which crashed at Dix mude last week, all aboard being killed

His body was found approximate- ly two miles from the spot where. the machine fell.

Funeral Stoppad.

The funeral was to have taken place on Sunday, but it was stop, ped dramatically at the last mo- ment and the body removed for an autopsy.

and

WORLD ECONOMIC CONFERENCE

MR. ROOSEVELT DESIRES EARLY MEETING

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PARIs, April 4.

PRESIDENT Roosevelt's desire

for an early conference in Wa- shington of the expert ro resenta tives of a few Powers to draft the agenda for the World Economthe

Conference was discussed between Mr. Norman Davis and M. Paui Boncour, the French Foreign So cretary, to-day.

M. Paul Boncour did not raise any objection to the American pro- posal,

Mr. Norman Davis is having an interview with M. Daladier the Premier, in the course of Wednes. day morning and he will then re turn to London for a further con sultation with British Cabines

members.

Committee Meeting, "

LONDON, April 6. It is learned that it has been provisionally arranged that the ox ganising committee of the World Economic Conference shall meet in Geneva on April 92.

It is hoped that the first meet- ing of the main Conference will be held on June 1. "

·ULS. INVITATION TO MR. MACDONALD

(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENOY]·

LONDON. April 0.

AN IMPORTANT DECISION

NO PATENT LAW IN CHINA EXISTS

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Shanghai, April 3.

MUCH importance will be attach.

ed to the following ruling by the Ministry of Communicationa; as reported by the Kno Min News

Agency from Nanking:-

"No Chinese Patent Law has yet been emneted and promulgat ed.

Articles patented in foreign .countries enjoy themfore no patent rights within the juris- diction of China."

This vuling was made in response to a query from the Chinese Char- her of Commerce, Shanghai, as to whether it is lawful to manufacture for sale in China' duplicates of for- eign commodities.

DR. LO NOT GOING

TO SHANGHAI

DETAINED BY ‘URGENT DUTIES

BOXER INDEMNITY

REMISSION

DUTCH GOVERNMENT DECISION

TAROVAR BEUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE HAGUE, April 4.

mittance to China of the Dutch

It understood that the te. portion of the Boxer Indemnity payments, retrospective as from

January, 1998, is being made in

THE NANCHANG OUTRAGE

A COMPLICATED SITUATION

[rtinovo nevraR'S AGENCY.]

Tokyo, April 5.

states that the Japanese,' au- thorities, in co-operation with the British Consular officers in Now. ohwang, are preparing to and se

A MESSAGE from Nowchwang

intermediaries to the pirates whợ accordance with a Bill "pased some. time ago authorising the Nether-attacked the Nanchang the same men who effected the release of lands Government to spend the MTS. money in agreement with the Chin- Charles Corkran.

Muriel Pawloy and Mr.

Lése Government on the furtherance

of common Sino-Dutch aim.

RE-FORESTATION IN UNITED STATES

ROOSEVELT'S BILL TO PUT

250,000 TO WORK

Washington, Mar. 9.-President Franklin D. Roosevelt's unemploy- iment relief and reforestation bill received a working over in frat the schato and then the house to-day, passing both bodies, but must still obtain senate approval in its final form before becoming law.

It was predicted the senate would accept the final house draft 'to morrow and that President Roose {THROUGH REUTER'S : ADENCY.} velt will sign the bilī immediately. Roosevelt hopes to get started with- Nanking, April 4. in three weeks on the project, which OWING to urgent duties here, will put 250,000 men from the ranks Dr. Lo Wen Kau will not proof the unemployed to work in the ceed to Shanghai for treatment for nation's forests

Administration supporters smash- IT is understood that Mr. Roose eye trouble. He is still doing his velt has invited Mr. MacDonald work at home instead of in the to go to Washington at Easter for Foreign Office. The condition of debts and economic discussions, Te this invitation an early at his general health, which was affect nommeement is expected in whiched by his eyes, has somewhat im Mr. MacDonald will accept the proved. invitation.

SILVER MARKET

LONDON PRICES

(From Our Own Correspondent.}

LONDON, April 5. FOLLOWING ARE THE BILVETË QUOTATIONS ON THE LONDON MARKET TO-DAY:

Apr. 8 Apr. 4 SPUT

17.5/10/17 FORWARD, 174 17.5/18.

NEW DELHI, April 6. THE Government has sanctioned the introduction in the current

Hugo Voss giving evidence, stat- session of the Assembly of an anti dumping bill having as its objected that his father was in financial ATTEMPT TO BREAK

was exceedingly difficulties other industries against worried by his debts. He denied,

however, that his father was Japanese competition.

the habit of taking drugs.

The inquest was adjourned until FRENCH AIRMEN TAKE OFF April 27.

In the final communication of March 10, Sir Esmond Ovey gives details of an interview which he had with M. Litvinoff.

The British Ambassador told that protection of Indian textiles Litvinoff that the question was notand one of sovereign rights, but whe ther Russia was a country in which it was possible for Englishmen to live and trade.

M. Litvinoff Aid that strong terms would not have the slightest effect on the Soviet Government.

Disappointment.

The British Ambassador than ex- pressed his bitter disappointment at the "deliberate sabotage" ol He told Anglo-Russian relations M. Litvinoff that he was the Am: bassador who opened relations. He would apparently also be doomed to close them.

LATE LORD OXFORD

HOUSE OF COMMONS TRIBUTES!

[BRITISH WIRELESS AERVICE.]

FRANCE-FAR EAST FLIGHT

in

RECORD

FOR S. AMERCIAN

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY]

ISTRE, April 5. THE French armen, Bossoutros and Rossi 10-cff for South

America at 6.25, on an attempt to break the long distance flight re- cord.

Another Failure.

MULLE. HILZ LEAVES FOR CALCUTTA

(THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENCY.]

KARACHI, April 3.

Rossi and RUGBY, April 4. TRIBUTES to the late Lord Ox. THE French airwoman, Malle. after making

Maryse Hilz, arrived here las cessful start. ford were paid in the House The Russian Goods Imports Prohibition Bill was introduced of Commons to-day by the Prime night and left at 6.45 am today.

into the Commons today and for mally read a first time.

Prohibition Powers.

The text of the Bill gives power to prohibit by proclamation, the import of all Russian goods except by Board of Trade Licence.

are

In regard to goods which manufactured partly in the Soviet and partly in some other country, it has to be proved that 25 per cent of their value is attributable -to processes-undergone sines - they

left the Union.

The Proclamation will not apply to goods for re-export. The mea

into operation April 18, the day after the existing

suro comes

trade agreement expires...

Labour Opposition.

оп

Minister, Mr. George Lansbury and Sir Herbert Samuel, on behal?

of the three parties in the House, SEQUEL TO AKRON

when Mr. MacDonald moved an address to the King praying that s memorial tablet be erected, on behalf of the House of Commons, in Westminster Abbey to the me mory of the late statesman.

After the second reading of the Bill is moved to-morrow in the A

NAZI POLICE AGAIN ACTIVE

ARREST OF ANOTHER BRITISHER

(BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE.}

↓

RUGBY, April 4.

under detention in Berlin as SECOND Englishman is now House, Sir Stafford Cripps, on be the result of the activities of the half of the Labour Opposition, wil: Nazi "auxiliary police."

move the rejection of the Bill on A question was asked in the the ground that the White Paper Commons to-day regarding the ar-

DISASTER

RESCUE NAVAL BLIMP

CRASHES INTO SEA

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.] ; Buusy, April 4. DISASTER has overtaken one o

the rescue craft engaged in connexion with the Akron catas- trophe.

IBTRE, Later. Bossoutrot retired their eighth unsuc

BRITISH AIR CHIEF SERIOUSLY ILL

BROTHER RETURNING TO AIR MINISTRY

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[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]** LONDON, April 4. IT IS officially announced that Air Chief Marshal Sir John Sal- mond, who recently retired; is re- A New Jersey message reports turning to the Air Ministry to re that the American naval blimp, who is seriously ill

place his brother, Sir Geoffrey, the J.4, while searching for

#ur

vivors of the Akron, got out of control and 'crashed into the sea.

Two of the crew were rescued by | WOUNDED SOLDIERS SAIL-

a aaplane, but it is feared that the other five were drowned.

Survivor's Death... The United State Navy Depart men announces that the officers and crew aboard the ill-fated air ship "Alron" numbered 77.

The apparent death list is, there fore, 24, since of the Four survivors,

does not disclose adequate grounds rest in Berlin of Mr. Gordon one has since died.

the

ING FOR CANTON

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]. :

Shanghai, April 6. ONE hundred and forty wounded

soldiers of the Nineteenth Route Army, who arrived in Shang. hai last Monday night, will be join

for the Government's demand for Catchpool, the head of the Berlin Those missing include Admirai

liberation of Metropolitan branch of the Society of Friends, Moffett, who was an Americaned by 200 comrades to-day and des- Vickers employees without trial, and Mr. Geoffrey Fraser, employed delegate to the London Naval Cbn patched to Canton on board the or for granting to the Government, by the Transocean Wireless News forence, for the purpose of reprisals against Agency. Russia, the exceptional powere proposed in the Bill.

Release on Ball,

were

The four men picked up The Foreign Under Secretary. Commander Wiley, executive off Captain Anthony Eden, said he cor, Mr. Copeland, Chief wireless was informed that both these men officer, and two members of the crew are detained in the Polizei- named, Erwin and Deal. Mr. praesidium in Alexanderplatz, Copeland has since died.

As the safety of the British cap. tives is of paramount importance, the authorities hesitate to senɑ n punitive force against the pirates, last the latter make reprisals against the captives.

The pirates' letter, brought back to Novchwang by Mr. F. L.. Pears, third engineer of the Nanchang, makes no provision for the de livery of a reply and the signatories are unknown.

ARMED GUARDS FOR BRITISH SHIPS 7

COMMONS QUESTION NANCHANG OUTRAGE

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,]

LONDON, April 4 THE question is being put to the

First Lord of the Admiralty.. to-day whether, in view of the kidnapping of the officers of the

a mild revolt in the house on a. Nanchang, he intends to afford had a substitute bill in the form of trading on the Chinese coast. the part of the labour bloc, which | arned protection to British vessele an amendment written by Chairman William F. Connery of the labour

committee.

House Wrangies. The house rejected this by a vote

of 990 to 90;

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SHEN TSOU TON TO ACCOMPANY CHANG

After being temporarily jammed (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.) ir one of the worst parlimentary tangles in years, the house finally Peiping, April wrote in an amendment authorising

Chang EX-MARSHAL

Hauch the President to divert appropria. Liang has requested, by teletions from public works to refores graph, Mr. Shen Tsou Toa, Directation.

Congressman Carroll L. Beedy of tor of Foreign Affairs Department. of the Branch Military Council, to Maine led the attack on this pro- accompany him on his trip abroad. Posal, challenging the right of the labour committes to authorize, such General Ho Ying Ching has grant- ed Mr. Shen Tsou Ton three months leave of absence and he will shartly be leaving Peiping for Shanghai to join the Marshal.

a. move..

The Daily Mail, in a leading. article, emphasises that the Nani chang affair is only one of my similar incidents and expresses the hope that Sir Bolton Eyres Mon, soll will be able to promise better and more effective protection in the future.

If the pirates cannot be hunted down, and executed, the only re- maizing course is to revert to the system of placing armed guarde aboard - British ships, but-for-this men must be available.

The reappearance of piracy, in the Far East is one of the unwei- come consequences of the recent heavy reductions in the Navy.

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A noisy wrangle ensured, and Congressman Joseph W. Burna, De BANK OF ENGLAND mocratic floor leader, moved for a Feces while he summoned the rules. During his absence his place will committee, which announced that the appropriation was in order, thus be taken by Mr. Tsai Yuad; an official of the Peiping Municipality.assuring the financing of the pro-

-ject

CHANGES IN CABINET LIKELY

(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.]

Nanking, April 4 REPORTS regarding probable

changes in the Cubinet suggest that Mr. Chu Pel Teh will be sp pointed Minister for War in succes sion to General Ho Ying Ching, while Mr. Ching Hong Yi is men. tioned as the probable Minister for Education and Dr. C. C. Wu as the Minister for Justice which post, at present, is concurrently held by Dr. Lo Wen Kan, the Foreign Minister.

THIRD SHIPMENT OF TREASURES TO SHANGHAI

(THROUGH BEUTKE'S AGENDY.}

Nanking, April 4. THE China Merchenta a Kiang Tien sailed for Shanghai this morning with the third shipment of Peiping treasures,

COMMUNISTS IN KIANGSI

CHANG KAI SHEK FACES DIFFICULT TASK

(THROUGH REVTER'S AGENOX.]

Nanking, April 5. GENERAL Chiang Kai Shek who is now en route to Nanchang in connection with the Communist

situation there, now faces a very difficult task, for it has been ail mitted officially that the Govern ment troops have suffered severe loses since February

The Generalissimo, who is ex- pested to arrive in Nanchang to morrow, will proceed to North China, again should the situation there become worse; but he hopes to be able to remain in Kiangsi until the Communists are crushed.

China Merchan a 8.8. Kwangli.

The Shanghai Garrison Comman der visited the wounded men on board the Kwangli this morning and distributed comforts to the soldiers in recognition of their gallant services to their country.

En route to Chiton the steamer will stop at Amoy, where a small detachment will be lauded and ox commodated in the Sokliers In-

A man sued for a debt at Shore- stitute.

ditch County Court). E to-day On their arrival in Canton the pleaded "bad times as the cause deeply shocked by the event and wounded soldiers will be admitted of hip difficulties the utmost sympathy is felt for to the Home in Honam specially America in her national disaster established for the care of wounded | tion |

soldiers. Many messages have been seat.

Moscow, April 5. In the case of Mr. Catchpool, Hope of rescuing the other mem Prior to their release on hail to the British Ambassador was albers of the crew is almost aban day, Cushny, Thornton and Gre ready in communication with the doned goy had indictments read to themCerman authorities with view Parsistent search by ships and charging them with political and to ascertaining the nature of the aeroplanes has boon hampered by military espionage, wrecking nin charge against him.

fog and rain, chinery, and, in Thornton's case, Meanwhile permission has been The British people have been bribery.

asked for the British Consul to All entered a general denial. It visit him.

Inquiries were being made in Mr. Fraser's case.

is understood that Russian counsel have been offered for, the defence.

Fewer Undertakings,

Bolicitor. What is your occupa“

The man

as Governor of the Bank of Eng land for the current. year. This is his fourteenth successive re-elec- tion. Bir Ernest Musgrave Harvey continues as Deputy Governor.

GOVERNOR

MR. MONTAGU NORMAN::

RELECTED

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.)

Ruday, April 4. THE Bank of England has re

elected Mr. Montagu Norm (Continued on previous column.

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