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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1933

PRESIDENT AS “DOLLAR DICTATOR" THE PRIME MINISTER

ISSUE OF NEW CURRENCY AUTHORISED.

SECRETARY OF TREASURY TO REGULATE FOREIGN

EXCHANGES

[REUTER'S AYRICAN SERVICE]

Washington, April 20. THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION IN CONNECTION WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S POWERS AS "DOLLAR DICTA- · TOR" HAVE NOW BEEN DRAWN UP. THE DRAFT IN- CLUDES A PROVISION FOR AUTHORISING THE ISSUE OF NEW CURRENCY UP TO 0.$3,000,000,000.

THE UNITED STATES TREASURY HAS ISSUED PRE. SIDENT ROOSEVELT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER FORBIDDING THE EXPORT OF GOLD EXCEPT IN A FEW INSTANCES, AND AUTHORISING THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TO REGULATE FOREIGN EXCHANGES,

THE PRESIDENT'S GOLD EMBARGO ORDER ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES TREASURY ON WEDNESDAY, PRO- HIBITS THE EAR-MARKING FOR FOREIGN ACCOUNT AND EXPORT, GOLD BULLION AND GOLD CERTIFICATES.

The Secretary of the Treasury, ! Mr. William H. Woodin, may, bow- aver, license the export of gold earmarked or held on trust for foreign Government, foreign central bank or the Bank of International Settlements,

market yesterday, the gold dollar rato on sterling improved at the close to 3.85.

Other markets were, at first, con- siderably affected by the American development, although British fands changed but little, with Wh Loan, per cent. unaltered at 102.3/16.

The Secretary may permit the export of gold which is importe-13 for re-export, and also reasonable amounts for the trade requirements of refiners importing gold-bearing materials under the agreement to export gold.

Gold exports required for the fulfilment of contracts entered prior to the date of order will also be sanctioned.

After a somewhat erratic day in the London foreign exchango

Little selling occurred in the Kaffer market which finished firm, ne did also internationals generally. After the close, the latter showed renewed strength in street" markets, nickels jump- ing from 15 to 17 and Brazil tractions from 107 to 11.1/10. New York telegrams report that the markets thers opened buoyantly with prices generally increasing.

Prince's Tour In Scotland

MEETINGS WITH OLD SOLDIERS ·

PLEDGE GIVEN TO THE WORKLESS

(Special Air-Mail Service)

DUNFERMLINE, Apr. 4. On the second day of his tour of wiemployment centres in Scotland the Prince of Wales to-day passed through the grimlooking towns of Lanarkshire... · Scotland's Black Country.

TO LINE WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

(REUIGK'S AMERICAN SERVICE)

NEW YORK, April 21 THE Berengaria, with Mr. Ram- say MacDonald and his party is dac at quarantine at 8 o'clock, GMT, and they will be greeted. with a salute of niusteen guins.

Mr. Maclonald will be proceed. ing immediately by special train tu Washington and will be dining at the White House to-night whiet will be his first opportunity of con- fering with President Roosevelt,

FRANCE DETER-

MINED

TO RETAIN THE GOLD STANDARD

| THROUGH REUTER'S AGÉNUY.]

Paris, April 21. Following a meeting between the Fluance · Minister, the Governor of the Bank of France and other experts here today, it was autho ritatively announced that France

is determined to retain the "gold standard and will fight any possible American commercial in- vaslon for raising the tariffs.

SILVER MARKET

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

LONDON, Apr. 18. FOLLOWING ARE THE SILVER QUOTATIONS ON THE LONDON

MARKET TO-DAY;·

Spor

FORWARD

Apr. 20 Apr. 21 10.3/18 101 194 10.0/10

U.S. BASEBALL

TWO HOME RUNS FOR FOXX

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

NEW YORK, April 90. TALL scoring by Philadelphin

marked the National League baseball programme to-day when the Phillies hit up ten against Brooklyn, who replied with couple of runs.

1

Hubell did some smart pitching for New York, blanking out Bos

ton.

In the American teagus encoun

NATIONAL LEAGUE.

At Motherwell, where the junior instruction centre for unemployed boys was visited, the Prince met and talked with a mother wearing the Victoria Cross won by her son Corporal William Clamp was awrd- ed the decoration for his gallantry. Anid seenery of towering slag in an attack on a German pill-box, ters, Foxx, the Phillies brilliant heaps, chimneys, and foundries, an attack in which ba, lost his life.hitter, bagged a couple of home the various towns Motherwell, His mother, Mrs. Olamp, took Tunts off his own stick at the ex- Bellshill, Coatbridge, Airdrie, her place with an ex-Service guard pence of the Washington pitchers. Falkirk, and Dunfermline-ied of honour outside the instruction

Errors in, come of the games were with one another in their welcome. centre. The Prince congratulated unusally high, Detroit making four, The lines of police were sorely her and talked to her of her son's and Philadelphia three. tried as the crowds continued to exploits. She told him that she cheer the visitor.

bad twice visited Buckingham Only once in a 100 miles tour was ¦ Palace—orite to receive the decora- there a discordant note-at Beil- Lion" from your father," and an- shill, where the Prince visited the other time to attend a tea-party. Ex-Servicemen'a Social Club. A portion of the crowd boned, and attempted to sing the "Interna- tional." This was immediately drowned by the singing of God bless the Prince of Wales."

Elsewhere were touching eviden- tra of loyal interest, Groups of school children stood, for an hour in the rain in order to cheer the Prince (at his special request his car slowed, whenever he passed a school). Mothers from the poorest classes, with babies in arms, stood at the roadside in their tartan shawls, and nurses in uniforms from the hospitals en route.

Another member of the guard who attracted the Prince's atten- tion was Thomas Preston, who was severely injured in an air raid on Etaples. He took his place in

a bath-chair."

The Prince chatted to youths at the Junior Instruction Centre, and impressed on them the advisability of carrying on with instruction classes. In this way, he said, they would equip themselves for the time when they would be in steady employment.

Twelve Years Workless. In the Mutual Service Club at Vociferously: cheering, iron-Coatbridge he found the men play workers were perched precariouslying dominoes and cards, while atop foundries, whilst silhouetted others were enjoying a game of against the sky were other groups | rugger. "It is fine to see them at on the sing-heape

play," he commented, In the open country between the would much rather see towns the same spirit was manifest. work at this time of the day. Any Every cottage window had its thing which I can possibly do to group, and every few yards was a help to alleviate their distress; and knot of people.

any influence I have, will be given gladly in the hope that very soon.a brighter future will open for

Binging

Scots Wha Ha'e."

Enthusiasm reached its peak,

them.".

"but I them at

New York Boston

St. Louis Chicago Brooklyn

R. H. E. 1 8 0 0 4 + 1. 6 ◊

3

2 4 2 10 13 3

Philadelphia Cincinnati's game at Pittsburgh was postponed through rain. ".

AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Cleveland

Detroit

Chicago

R. H. E. 3 5 0 1 4 4

5 a 0.

49 0

9 110

1 4 1

St. Louis Philadelphia Washington (L. Sewell scored home run for Washington and Foxx, twice homered for the Phillies.)

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THE_KING AT EPSOM

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.J

LONDON, April 20, THE King, accompanied by the Queen, and the Princess Royal attended the Epson races to-day.

He saw his horse "The Abbôt !!- run a dead heat with an animal

THE MOSCOW. APPEAL.

NO DECISION ANNOUNCED

YET

{THROUGH «REUTER'S AGENOY]

Moscow, April 90. THERE is still no indication re

garding what steps the Soviet Government will take in regard to the representations made to them for the commutation of the 'sen- tences passed on Messrs. Thornton and MacDonald.

It will be remembered that M. Braude lodged an appeal on their behalf with the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet but it is unlikely that a decision will be ar- rived at for a few days.

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Flag Hauled Down, Mr. Alan Monkhouse, who was the chief representative in Russin of Messrs. "Metropolitan Vickers, together with Messrs. Nordwall, Cushny and Gregory, loft for England under the expulsion sen- tence at 10.45 p.m. by the inter- national express.

Mr. Nordwall was accompanied by his Russian wife, who has been granted relief from her Soviet eitizenship by the Central Execu tive Committee of the Soviet.

The British party was seen off at the station by the staff of the British Embassy.

The last act of the engineers be fore leaving Russia was to pay e visit to the log cabin in which they lived outside Moscow, where they solemnly hauled down the Union Jack.

PRINCE WILHELM

MAY RENOUNCE CLAIM TO THE THRONE

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)

BERLIN, April 90, FOLLOWING the announcement of the engagement of Princs Wilhelm of Prussia, son of the ex- Crown Prince, to Mias Dorothy won Salvaiti. the Hohenzollern Ad- ministration in Berlin has issued a statement regarding the betrothal.

The statement is to the effect that Prince Wilhelm's engagement occurred without the previous knowledge of the head of the family (the ex-Kaiser) or of his parents."

Court circles regard the declara tion as indicating that Prince Wil helm any renounce his claim ter the. Throne in favour of his younger brother, Prince Ferdinand.

Miss von Salvaiti is a descendant of an old aristueratio Italian fami- ly, but Prince Wilhelm has broken, the Hohenzollern' rule against an alliance below rank,"

SIR SAMUEL WILSON

RECOMMENDS DECENTRALI SATION FOR F.M.S.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Luxpos, April 20.

his visit to The flag bas been flown here his report on

·Malaya last year; General Sir for nearly ten years," Mr. Cushny Samuel Wilson recommends that a told Reuter, with a wry smile, "but policy of decentralisation be adopti now we think it is time to haul ited and carried out gradually, down."

The first stage, covering a period ENGINEERS WELCOMED :

of four years, will allow the read- WARSAW, Apr. 21. justment of the financial relations Messrs. Wonkhouse, Nordwalls. Cf the federal and state govern Cushny and Gregory received aments, and the strengthening gene. tumultuous welcome upon their ar rally of the financial position of the rival at the frontier station, Federated Malay States. Stolpee, at 1.15 p.m. In addition to a number of British journalists, crowds of Polish civilians and mili-

tary men welcomed the engineers, THE NEW HEBRIDES who, after a meal in the buffet, left at 206 p.m. for Berlin.

Contrary to the custom in dealing with deportees, the Ogpu guards did not accompany the engineers to the Frontier. They were treated as ordinary passengers but when in terviewed declined to make any. statements.

SPRING GRADUATION

AT ABERDEEN

Professor's Widow Fifth Woman to Receive-

LL.D.

R;B.C. DIRECTOR HONOURED

(Special Air-Mail Service)

Griscow, Apr. 4. Mrs. Katherine E. Trail, Aberdeen, who received the honorary degree of LL.D. At the spring graduation at Aberdeen University yesterday, is the fifth woman to receive the degree, from Aberdeen University. The other re cipients of the degree included the Queen and the Marchioness of Aber- deen and Temair.

Mrs. Trail, who is the widow, of Professor J. H. 8. Trail, and daughter of Profesor Milligan, both of Aberdeen University, is a well-known social worker in Aber-

deen.

Principal Sir George Adam Smith Presided at the ceremony, which was held in the Mitchell Hall, Marischal College. Mrs Trail and

Professor Bir Emeritus

Joba Marnoch, Aberdeeni University, who also received the LED. degree, were accorded a warm welcome by the students on being capped. * Degrees Conferred,

The honorary degrees were con- ferred as follows:- D.D. degree-The Rer. Alexander A Duncan. Auchterless; the Rev

SUFFERS SEVERE DAMAGE

IN TYPHOON

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY]

LONDON, April 20. THE Colonial Office states that a severe hurricane has passed cver the northern end of the cen- tral islands of the New Hebrides.. Seriais damage was done in the Eorth to property and crops, the destruction of the latter being in some cases estimated up to 50 pei

cent.

In the estate plantations, roads and bridges suffered severely and

no news from south.

CHANG HAI PENG

TO BE GOVERNOR OF JEHOL PROVINCE

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

CHANGCHUN," April' 21. THE Manchuku: Government ha

THE

NANCHANG CAPTIVES

REPORTED TO BE SAFE FOR · THE PRESENT

(THROUGH BUTER'S AGENCY}

PEIPING, April 21

decided to appoint Chang JT 18 learned that none of the Hai Peng, Commander of the three Britona, Messrs. John- Jelol Garrison concurrently Gov. son, Hargrave and Blue, who ernor of Jehol Province.

were abducted from the Nanchang, The

official appointment was hurt during the recent fight take place on April 24.

in which they were captured from their original abductors,

RETURNING TO NORMAL

REASSURING REPORTS FROM LUANCHOW

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY,]

will

PRIPING, April 21.

THE Luanchow region

Арреатв

to have been quiet yesterday, k probably due to the strong winds and heavy rainfall which visited North China, and which tem porarily stopped Japanese Garo- planes from carrying out their

According to reports, several brigands who were formerly in Pei Patien's gang, which last September captured Mrs Pawloy and Mr. Charles Cochran, are among the gang now holding, the three gentlemen named above.

THE CHEKIANG GOVERNMENT

AND ITS LOAN OBLIGATIONS

{KUO MIN NEWS AGENCY}

HANACHOW, April 10.:

usual bombing and scouting opera-MORE than six millions dollars tions.

will have to be earmarked from the revenues of the Obekiang Provincial Government for the dip-

Odd skirmishes Gro reported from various places, but Chinese despatches describe Lunnchow as charge of its loan obligations dür- "gradually returning to normal." ing the 22nd fiscal year (July 1933 Luanchow was visited by tén to June 1934). The exact figure is Japanese planes 00 April 18,, given as 86,106,000. bombing various parts of the City, but since then the Japanese have left this City alone.

JAPANESE 'PLANES

ACTIVE

ANXIETY FELT FOR SAFETY OF CHARHAR

THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY]

PEIPINO, April 20. ACCORDING to reports here, anxiety is being folt concern- ing Charhar.

The total expenditures of the Provincia! Government for the. same period have not yet been 'de- finitely fixed, it is learnt, but the. Authorities have decided to limit them to within twenty-one" mil-

ions dollars, which constitute the

total estimated receipts for the coming year in order to balance its budget.

A NEW WAR »

WEAPON

CHINA CLAIMS

***A FLYING TORPEDO" 'Į

[KUO MIN NEWS' AGRNUY]

Chinese despatches from Kalgan assert that 3,000 troops," represent-

PRIPING, April 15. ing the vanguard of the Japanese INDER the auspices of the Pei- Western expedition, reached Chal- ping Branch of the Military ing on the border on April 18, Affairs Commission, a newly ins where they clashed with the Chin-vented "flying torpedo, built by ese garrison and the situation along Mr. Chi Shih- Yung was tested at the Charhar border is regarded as Nanyuan yesterday. The missile critical.

was found to be of high explosive power besides capabló of a speed of 500 metres per second with a maximum range of 2,000 metres.

Chinese troops, it is reported, are being rushed up to reinforce the garrisons. Japanese planes are very active in bombing the Border towns and are causing & large exodus of refugee's

buildings were damaged. There INCREASED IMPORT

RABIES!

MUZZLE YOUR DOG

In view of the fact that a number of cases of Rables have nccurred in the Colony within the last few days, the muzzling orter has, again come into force, and the public are strongly advised to muzzle their dogs at once. Fall particulars of the order are contained in an advertisment appearing elsewhere in this issue.

tion before an influential meeting of Scottish members of the House of Commems.

DUTIES

ON FOREIGN COAL IN CHINA

[XUO MIN NEWS, AGENCY)

NAXKING, April 16. DISCUSSIONS are proceeding he tween the Ministries of Indus try and Finance relative to the proposed increase of import duties on foreign coal as a means of pro- tecting the Chinese con mining industry

A fire arrow," invented by Mr. Yang Chien Chih, was also test« ed. This did not prove so; success- ful as it was capable of a range of only 1,000 metres.

DIVORCE GRANTED PEER'S SON

NAVAL OFFICER'S SECRET:

WEDDING RECALLED

AFFAIR-IN - HONG KONG SUGGESTED

(Special Air-Mail Service)

LONDON, April 4.

A naval officer-the son and heir of Lord Kingeale, pre mier baron of Ireland-and-his young wife, to whom he was mar ried secretly, were the parties in a divorce petition heard in the Divorce Court yesterday.

A petition was recently submitted to the Ministry of Industry by the National Mining Association, point ing out the huge quantity of foreign coal being dumped on the

The Hon. Michael John Ranca de Chinese market and requesting Couroy, Keynsham road, Chelten remedial measures. This question ham, asked for divorce from Mrs. was referred to the Gommittee for Glory Elizabeth de Courcy (née the Examination of "Dumping" Evans), Nightingale-road, South- They were fully aware of the activities, which subsequently resea, alleging her adultery with the efforts of the societies, both in Engcommended an increase in the in- co-respondent, Mr. Iyo Aubrey land and Scotland, to find for un-ort duty, for foreign coal employed women graduates aitus- tions in business or on the land, especially in fruit or poultry farms. Several appointments had already proved sucessful, and wh'le, of course, they were unable te yet to make any definite promises, they were ready, on hearing of suitable cases, to recommend them to the consideration of those societies.

in the country.

יי

John G. Duncan, of Kirkmichael, They had completed the exten- Ballindalloch; the Rev. George sions to the playing fields, said the Mackensie, Coatbridge; and the Principal and he supposed they had Rev. Frederick J. Rae, Aberdeen now one of the largest playing Among those playing cards was perhaps, at Coatbridge, where Alexander Craig. The Prince ask called "Jim Thos."

LLD degree The Rev. Profes. fields possessed by any University Training Centre dozens of steam whistles shrilled a ed him how long he had been with welcome as the Prince's car was out work."Twelve years since I

For Archibald R. & Kennedy, g Edinburgh University; Emeritus- sighted

struck a rivet," was the reply.

Professor Sir John Marnoch, Aber- What especially captured the Ah, sir, if only we could keep the scheme, he met Alexander Medeen University: Sir John C.-W. fancy of a Scottish gathering oo foreign rivets out of this country, Donald, who was busy outting hair Reith Director-General of the curred at Falkirk, where the it would help us so. A

in the barber's shop, and asked British Broadcasting Corporation: Prince entered the premises of the The Prince had two interesting him to what regiment he belonged. Professor D'Arcy Wentworth Mutual Service Association. The meetings with old soldiers at Air- The Cameron Highlanders," re Thompson, St Andrews University. company broke into Scots Wha drie. At the first of three contresied McDonald. Whereupon the and Mrs Katherine Le Trail (née Ha'e "the most fervently nation run by the Church Council ha en Prince asked if he could recollect Milligan). A

l of songs..

countered James Briton, who had Private Cameron, who had been A total of 71 degrees were con A few months ago this building formerly served with the Cameron taken from the regiment many years ferred nine honorary eleven was a ruined foundry, but unem-Highlanders and who recalled that ago to act as a private servant to higher twenty-four le Arts, right ployed men worked a transforma- on one occasion in 1815 he helped to the King.

Sin Science, two in Divinity, three tion, Here the Prince entered the prepare a dinner for his Royal MeDonald recollected the many in Law, and fourteen in Medicine. boiler rom and shoveled and interHighness at La Tour-

and he and the Prince had quite an Posts for Women Graduates,

Peshawar paling The Principat said that a quee-i the furnace.

oda

IN HONG KONG TO-DAY

MODERATE FAIR,

YESTERDAY'S WEATHER REPORT, FORECAST AND REMARKU, ISSUED BY

AATTI-COLONE CERE N

MODERATE MONSOON WILL PRE- OVER THE CHINA "OOAST AND TRE NORTHERN CHINA SEA

LOCAL FORECAST: N.E. WINDS, MODERATE; PAIS

Buy The Prince inquired as to his interesting chat.

ORIKA. subsequent history, to be told that At Bellshill the Prince spoke to tion which had given all Scottish At Falkirk, too, the Prince open on the day following Briton was William Mitchell at the Ex-Service Universities some anxiety was that new thoroughfare-pamed lindly wounded in the leg at Men's Club Mitchell was former of the women graduates who had Prince's-street-by cutting a ribbon Givenchy. Briton now acts a cock ly physical instructor to his been unable, after qualifying, to stretched across it. Souvenir hun- in this centre. A

Royal Highness when a cadet in find posts as teachers...

The four Universities laid the ters scrambled for pieces of the Later, when he visited the Wilson the Royal Naval College at Dart- ribbon.

Ineeds and difficulties in this direc Memorial Hall, the main contra of mouth.

CHINESE TROOPS NEAR DALUN

Hildred, Anglesey-road, Southeen. Lord Merrivale granted Mr. do Courcy a decree mist, with costar against Mr. Hildred, and exercis ed discretion in petitioner's favour in respect of his own adultery

The parties were married secret- ly at Portsmouth register office in August, 1998; and there was ozn "child of the marriage, born in Sep

tember, 1800 After the marriage REMNANTS of the troops under they lived together at Albany-road,

General Tang Yn Lin, and Southsea, and at Lord Kingsales General Sun Tien Ting are re home, Homefield, Coffinswell, De ported to be gathering near Da

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY]

CHANGCHUN, April 21

fun, although the whereabouts of It was stated for Mr. de Courcy, General Tang are unknown. His whose age was given az 25, that he surviving troops are said to be met his wife in 1825 when, she was, now under the command of his about 17 In August, 1989, he was eldest son...

removed on naval duty to Davon- A Tammaniski Cavalry detach port, and they decided to get undr ment and a Manchukuo contingent ried secretly,

are garrisoning in Dalun.

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