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OUR LONDON AIR-MAIL LETTER

The Prince at Hendon: Six Veterans of the XXXth Regt.: The Stamp Bourse: Monu- ments in the Abbey: London University: Lake Garda--and Detroit:

'A Judge's Nose

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)

[Special Air-Mail Service)

THE PRINCE OF WALES TO PRESENT. AIR TROPHY

of Fareham, Sir Martin Conway, and the Presidents of the Royal Society and the British Academy. After the dinner many of the stu London, May 18. The Prince of Wales will present dents went on to a graduation ball the Esher Trophy to the 601 (Coun-held at Dorchester House, ty of Middlesex) (Bomber) Squa- dron, Auxiliary Air Force, at Hendon Aerodrome. The Prince will laud at, Hendon from Cardiff, where he is going on that day to hold an investiture as Prior of the 'Priory of Wales of the Order of He will St. John of Jerusalem. reach Hendou about 7p.m. and will make the presentation imme diately he alights from his agre plane. The Esher Trophy is awarded annually to the squadron of the Auxiliary Air Force attain ing the highest state of efficiency during the year. No. 004 is one of the thres squadrons stationed at Hendon.

MR. BALDWIN AT THE

ALBERT HALL

Mr. Baldwin was very happy at the great meeting of women Conser, vatives at the Albert Hall. He miled and nodded to many ne quaintances as he walked through the crowded arena to the platform amidst tremendous cheering,

There was little sign of the feel. ing shown at the previous day's conference towards the Govern ment's India proposals during his observations on the subject,

Dr. Edwin Dellor, Principal of London University, in his report on the work of the University dur- ing the past year, announced that the donor of a large sum present- ed to Middlesex Hospital Medical School in 1830 to endow n Univer sity chair of physiology was Major J. J. Astor, M.P. At the time he wished to remain anonymous, but he had now allowed his name to be made public and the chair to be re-entitled the "John Astor Chair of Physiology.

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XXXTH REGIMENT OF FOOT

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Six officers who joined the XXXth Regiment of Foot from Sandhurst in 1878 dined at the United Ser vice Club last evening to celebrate the fifty-fifth anniversary of their commissions. They had previous Ty, in 1998, celebrated their fiftieth anniversary.

General

On sitting down to dinner a tele- gram of humble duty and devo- tion" to the King was dispatched to Buckingham Palace, to which message a most gracious reply was received from his Majesty. There was one guest on the occasion, Brigadier-General A, J. A. Wright, the only surviving officer of the re giment who was senior to his six hosts when they joined. Wright joined the regiment from Sandhurst as an ensign in 1870. The names of the six were:-

Major-General Sir Claude Bray, Despite the arduous nature of Brigadier General W. G. Hamil. his duties in recent months, Mr. ton, Brigadier-General F 6. Der Baldwin looked remarkably well,ham, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir C. R. and was in fine speech-making fet-M. O'Brien, Captain Carleton tle. His voice was heard clearly Haynes, and Lieutenant-Colonel throughout the great building. Bir H. L. Galway.

STAMP KINGS IN LONDON

The whole-hearted applauso' de- corded many points in his speech obviously gave much pleasure to Mrs. Baldwin, who had heard some of the remark made at the confer

ence,

TO RACE ON LAKË GARDA

I hear that Mr. Hubert Scott Paine, who is one of the leading Authorities on the sport of motor beat raring in this country, is off to Lake Garda, in Italy, to com pete in the regatta, which begins at the end of the month.

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He is taking with him new boat, built to his own design by the firm at Hythe of which he is chairman and managing director.

I mixed to-day with stamp kings from all over the world, but they were not particularly interested in iny company. not only because I ould not talk all their languages, but principally because I looked too much like an "amateur" in philately. Had I wanted to buy a raro stamp they would not have The atmosphere in sold it to me. this international stamp bourse, which opened in London to-day and

The performances of this boat, will last for three days, is so un powered by a Napier Lyon engine, exciting that casual observer will be followed with the closest might jump to the cynical interest in America. For Mr. Scott clusion that the men and women Paine is the latest challenger for sitting at the rows of tables were

the British-International Trophy enjoying

peaceful sleep. Yet which will be raced for at Detroit within an hour of the opening of in the autumn. the bourse this forenoor 1,000,000 stamps changed hands, and some of them fetched over £100 each. 1 have seen a small boy more excit ed over a penny packet of foreign stamps than these dealers were over millions of them.

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1933

NATIVES ATTACK

WHITES

SERIOUS AFFAIR IN LAIKIPIA

(THRONGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

GANDHI IN WEAK CONDITION

Surviving On Fruit Juice And Honey

UNITED STATES AND NEUTRALITY

PRES. ROOSEVELT DIFFERS WITH SENATE

NANKING-SHANGHAI MA CHAN SHAN AND

RAILWAY

SIDINGS AND DOUBLE

·TRACK PROPOSALS

SU PING WEN

EXPECTED IN SHANGHAT NEXT WEEK

ĮTHROUGH REUTER'S AGENÒV. J

SHANGHAI, May 30.

Su Ping Wen, the two Volun-

Nunking, May 92. THE petition of the Nanking Shanghai Railway Administra tion for the construction of a double GENERAL Ma Chan Shan and ARMED Sul tribesmen invaded | Politics And Correspondence yesterday announced that he and ziang, and between Nanking station | teor leaders who feed into Soviet

track between Shanghai and Nan-

NAIROBI, May 30.

the white Bettled area at Laikipia, entered a farm and attack ed white people with spears. The white people fired on them and it is believed several tribesmen were Police disperscil the wounded. tribesmen.

KING'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

PRINCE MAY DEPUTISE AT TROOPING OF COLOUR

(URITISH WIRELESS ŠERVICE.]

HUGBY, May 20. HR.H. THE Prince of Wales,

who deputised for His Majesty the King at yesterday's lever, the last of the season, will probably take the place of His Majesty for the Trooping of the Colour on Saturday next, and will ride along the Mall at the head of the Guards after the ceremony..

The King's general health con- tinnes good, but owing to the rheumatism in his left shoulder," the wearing of full uniform still causes discomfort.

His Majesty will be 68 years of age on Saturday.

TO SAFEGUARD BRITISH FARMER

Forbidden

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)

Foods, May 30. Gandhi, though weak and ex- hausted after breaking his fast, was joyful to receive a cable announcing fthe breaking of his fast had been celebrated at Kunjang, Orissa, by, the throwing open of the famous Siva Temple to Untouchables.

Gandhi'is at present in a critical condition, though he is able to similate nourishment in the shape of fruit juice and honey mixed with water which will be his diet for the next ten days.

Folitics and correspondence have Seen forbidden by the doctors who examined him.

BOXING

WORLD WELTERWEIGHT

· CHAMPIONSHIP

HOLDER BEATEN IN TWO MINUTES 27 SECONDS

IN

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)

LOS ANGELES, May 30.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY]

WASHINGTON, May 30. MR. William Condell Hull, United States Secretary of State,

President Roosevelt are opposed to the amendment to the Arms E bargo Bill providing that the pin hibition of the export of arms ape ply to both sides.

Mr. Hull stated that this does дов conform with the doctrine at the Disarmament enunciated Conference Inst week by Mr. Nor- man Davis, United States Envoy to Geneva.

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The Bill, which authorises President to declare an embargo

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and Taipingmen station has been territory and had since been travel approved by the Ministry of Rail-ling out to China via Europe are arriving in Shanghai on Jan 3 ways

Representatives of these "two_gen- The petition also proposes the erals here are leaving for Hong construction of sidings at five points Kong to-morrow to meet their on the railroad and the lengthening chiefs and will accompany them of the existing sidings to a minimum back to Shangba!. of 733 metres.

When both General, Ma and Su arrive here they will be the guests of Mayor Wa Teh Chen.

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The entire project, it is learnt, is designed to facilitate traffic by the elimination of constant dislocą. tions in the train schedule, as is

AVIATION LEAGUE'S FIRST on the exportation of arms was often the case with the present

PLANE ARRIVES approved by the Foreign Relations sidings, Committee of the Senate on Satur- According to details of the pro-

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY) day, having previously passed the posals, sidings will be built at the House of Representatives Comunit-following points: kilometre 57.5

SHANGHAI, May 30, tee, which adopted the Senate (near Quinsan), kilometre 99.17

ed from the funds of the Avis”. amendment that such an embargo (near Soochow), kilometre 227 (near THE FIRST aeroplane purchas should operate against both parties Sinfeng), kilometre 248 (near Chin- tion League will be formally chris to any conflict.

The amendment was made in or kiang), and at Chisatowcban statened at the Kiangwan Racecourse- der to safeguard the neutrality of tion. The addition of these sidings on June 1, when Major Doolittle, the American "aca" who came out is expected to prevent delays as the distance between two sidings to China as representative of a will be shortened and less time well-known American aviation com pany will make another demonstra would be lost in one train awaiting on flight with the new machine, another from the opposita directioa The League has bought sighteen which has been delayed.

aeroplanes, ons of which already been delivered here, five are arriving in June, ten in July and the last two machines will ar rive in Shanghai in August.

the United States,

U.S. ABOLISHES GOLD STANDARD

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

In setting forth reasons for the double tracks at the terminal sec-

BILL PASSED BY HOUSE OF tions of the line, the petition points out the heavy traffic expected upon REPRESENTATIVES

completion of the "ferry service at Hsinkwan Pointing out the incon- venience of the present single track gives instances of outgoing trains from Nanking having sometimes to await the arrival of an incoming one from Chinking, which may happen to bo delayed, before pulling out thereby dislocating the whole schedule.

WASHINGTON, May 29, THE House of Representatives, by

263 votes to 57, yesterday pass the Bill abolishing the gold standard, in the United States, after limiting the debate to three- hours.

the World's Welterweighted Championship, Jimmy McLarnin beat the holder Young Corbett. The referee stopping the fight in the first round of a ter round

contest. The fight lasted 2 minutes

RESTRICTING DAIRY FARM S

IMPORTS

(BRITION WIRELESS SERVICE.]

Hussy, May 20. MAJOR Walter E. Elliott, Minis

tar for Agriculture, yesterday said in the House of Commens, that the foreign countries mainly con cerned in the export to Britain of cream, condensed whole milk and condensed skimmed milk, had given, an assurance that they would agree, as an emergency measure, to limit their export to, the United King- dom during June, July and August, to an amount not exceeding 60 per cent. of the quantities shipped in the corresponding period of last year, subject to a review each month.

Foreign countries which exported comparatively small quantities were asked to ensure that the ship- ments. remained at the previous level.

Overseas Dominions representa- tives had promised that they would use their best endeavours to co- operate, so far as they were con- cerned, in the export of these proTM ducts.

there would be no longer any ques- In view of these arrangements tion of British manufacturers re ducing their output.

SILVER MARKET

(From Our Own Correspondent.}

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LONDON, May 30. FOLLOWING ARE THR SILVER QUOTATIONS

THE LONDON MARKET TO-DAY 3.

May 30 May 29 SPOT

18.15/16 18.15/10 FORWARD....... 19.

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LONDON-SINGAPORE AIR-ROUTE

ARRANGEMENTS BEING GRADUALLY COMPLETED

(BRITISH WIRELESS AERVICE]

RUGBY, May 9. IN REPLY to a Parliamentary

question as to whether all the necessary arrangements with regard --AND AT DETROIT:

to landing grounds and meteorolo- gical services have been made by the The "B.-I. Trophy," 48 it is

Government of India to enable the generally known, is almost as

air route from London to Singa- slusive as that other trophy hold Office of Works. An usher left the pore, and ultimately to Australia, by the Americans the America's court as he announced his discovery to be initiated in accordance with Cup.

the scheduled dates, it is stated by on an errand of amell abatement. Of recent years the late Sir Henry Unlike judges on assize, Lord the Secretary for India Sir Samuel Segrave, Miss Carstairs, and Kaye Hewart has no protection against Hoare, that there is no reason to

delay. Arrangements

The House rejected several Re-

publican amendments, including one restricting the provision for two years, and another for preventing it from being retroactive.

The Bill was introduced into that House of Representatives on Fri- day by Mr. Stegall, Chairman of the Banking Committes of the House.

The legislation was introduced at the request of President Roose

velt.

Mr. Stegall said that the Bill "frees the United States from the obstacles and handicaps of the gold standard." It was an Ad- ministration Bill and part of Pre- eident Foosevelt's emergency relief programme.

The law will make it unnece sary for President Roosevelt to devaluate the gold dollar under the inflation provisions of the Farm Belief Act:

VISCOUNT ISHII'S

| BROADCAST SPEECH

TELLS AMERICA OF JAPAN'S ADVENTURES!

is pointed out that a double track Regarding the Shanghai end, it

between Shanghai station at kilos metre 14 is in any case necessary when the workshop is moved to the latter point. From kilometre 14 to Nanziang, the additional track in- valves little additional expense.

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DISARMING OF VOLUNTEERS

ITHROUGH REUTER'S ADENCÉ.

NANKING, May 30. NEWSPAPERS this morning" fea Chen Wen is disarming all Chinese ture reports that General Fan.

volunteers and, interrupting com- munications between Peiping and Suiyuan.

MANCHUKUO WISHES

REGARDING C.E.R.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY. I The proposal for a double track from Shangbai to Soochow is con-

HARBIN, May 20 sidered as too expensive and unMR. MORI has handed M. Kouze necessary.-Kuo Min.

tzoff a letter stating that the Manchukuo authorities wish to limit the powers of Soviet adminis trators of the Chinese Eastern

of Soviet and Manchukua em- ployees.

REGISTRATION OF Railway and to establish a parity

TRADE MARKS

UNSATISFACTORY CONDI- TIONS IN CHINA

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY]

LONDON, May 29. THE question of the registration of trade marks in China was

KWANGTUNG ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF

brought to the attention of the House of Commons, yesterday by IT Mr. W. Nunn, the Conservative member for White-haven.

TO NEGOTIATE ARMISTICE WITH CHINESE

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY

PEIPING, May 30. IS understood that General Muto

Chief-of- wants his Staff, Major-General Koise to nego Mr. Nunn declared that traders tiate a formal armistice with the in China had complained most Chinese authorities in North Chiza [THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)

bitterly at the ineffective way in suggesting that the delegates of which the regulation was applied. the two parties meet at Chin- New York, May 30

Having registered at Peiping ana wangtao, but Major-General Koiso, VISCOUNT E. Ishii, the Japanese later re-registered at Nanking, they it is reported, has left for. Taugku, Chinese delegaten delegate to the Washington were getting & little tired of the awaiting the conversations,

broadcast Frequent registrations, which had there. Chinese circles state that speech, last night paid tribute to no result.

only military matters will be dis- minor diplomatic President Roosevelt, as being keen Dr. E. L. Burgin, Parliamentary cussed, while but sympathetic, and firm but fair. Secretary to the Board of Trade, issues are waiting the arrival in He reiterated that the traditional replied that if Mr. Nunn brought Peiping of Mr. Ariyoshi, Minister Japanese American friendship had any case to his notice he would to China, from Shanghai. remained unshaken by the recent look into it. events.

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He had no indication that the "There are peculiar difficulties registration was proving ineffee in the plight with which we have tive.

Don all tried to win back the unwelcome odours that may pens-anticipato already com- to cope in the Far East," he said i

attempt.

He was partly responsible for the design of Miss England I., which was built at his yard for Lord Wakefield and steered by Sir Henry Segrave. That was probably the most remarkable boat for her size. and power ever launched.

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sise bouquet of flowers and herbs,

The origin of the judges', bouquet comes from the supposed protection afforded by certain sweet-smelling herbs-particularly rue against gool fever and plague.

FORMER GERMAN

CHANCELLOR

Matter Under Consideration. disruption, and dislocation that

London, May 30 are making in roada to regions.In the House of Commons" Mr. wherein lie vital interests-so vital Nunn drew attention to the inquny as to affect our very existence."

by the Shanghai Chamber of Com **Remember, these regions are merce as regards the Chinese Patent contiguous to a vast country whose

OVERCROWDED ABBEY Unless an attempt is made to weed out some of the hundreds of I. Trophy" without success; trate to his court. The Old Bailey plete in respect of the extension the struggle against forces of monuments in Westminster Abbey, Gar Wood took them all on with on the other hand, is an it will be practically impossible to his various Miss America's, and court, and therefore its judges have from Karachi to Calcutta. give famous men of the future even a tablet on the wails. That is not always has triumphed. Now Mr. on their desks the traditional as- overstating the case, because if Scott-Paine is to make his first hear it has now been decided that the suggested memorini in the Ab- bey to the late Earl of Oxford and Asquith should be nothing more than a small tablet, and even for that there is at present no apaos on the walls. For lack of a bet ter position, it is to be fixed to a pillar in the north transept. The

HIS OWN THEORY problems is one which has exercised the minds of the authorities for 'a

Mfr. Scott-Paine, who won the long time now, and the only solu tion, to remove a few of the really "Detroit News" trophy from the

is law and miarule is rule. abcient monuments, has always Americans a few years ago with a Lord Mayor and alderman, and IT 18 REPORTED that the form-reigns supreme, where lawlessness

er Chancellor of Germany, Gen the forty other people: "

"It is our ill-fortune to have net with such opposition that it Miss Britain I, believes in

Thereafter the judges were pro-eral Von Schleicher, is a prisoner

such countries as neighbours, and has had to be abandoned. Never theory that the British-Interna- theless, that is what will have to tional Trophy will be won by a vided with bouquets though it was on parole in the fortress ab Kues heaven knows how hard we have

boat that is primarily efficient at a very long time before the solutrin.

tried to get along with them. be done some time.

tion of doing away with the filthy General Von Schleicher, a pro- We shall continus to do so, but turning and handling. DEGREE DAY AT LONDON

conditions in the prisons occurred minent leader of the Junker facthe difficulties and troubles inherent tion, succeeded to the Chancellor to this situation are a numerous to anybody.

ship in January when, Captain Von as they are serious,"

UNIVERSITY

Great speed, in his opinion, is not such an all-important factor in the races at Detroit, as COMES people think. On these grounds be

GAOL FEVER VICTIMS

In the middle of the eighteenth century an outbreak of gaol fever, which occurred in Newgate Pri- son, spread to the Old Bailey and carried off two High Court judges,

OFFICIAL IMPASSIVITY

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Fifteen hundred London Univer-will compete with a single-engined sity graduates were presented to boat, which, while capable of a A long line of cars was field Lord Athlone, the Chancellor of the high turn of speed, was not design-up in Piccadilly. Immediately in University, yesterday at the Alberted to break the world's speed re front of the bonnet of the first car Hall to receive their diplomas. bord. This was the biggest graduation

day ceremony that has ever taken place in London. Three thousand. diplomas were swarded, including

two Metropolitan Water Board off cials were gravely raising the cover of a water main

LORD HEWART OBJECTS

Blowly and deliberately one found The Lord Chief Justice of Eng the key and handed it to the other, the highest honour that the un- and has a sensitive nose, Yester who slowly turned a cock. Then veraity ontem, the Doctorate of day he said harsh things about the as slowly they replaced the cover. Divinity

Podious.mell of cooking which admired their unruffled calm.

From their almost Oriental im passivity ons would have thought that there wasn's a vehicle in sight let alone a rapidly increasing

A graduation dinner was given daily pervades bis court. by the University authorities at the Lord Hewart traced the origin Drapers Hall Among the guests of the smell, to a cockshop which of honour were, Isan. Inge and in somsbow connected with the

Continued on next Golumn) traffic block. the Dean of Westminster, Lord Lee'

HELD PRISONER IN FORTRESS

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY]

BERLIN, May 30.

Papen was forced to rosign owing

to opposition in the Reichstag.

General Von Schleicher failed to prove "The Strong Man" and was compelled to tender his resignation to President Von Hindenburg after a few months in office. The Hitler Von Papen Cabinet. then took over the administration during the few weeks before the General Election on March 8. Hitler's appointment as Chancellor was confirmed at the elections.

General Von Schleicher faded from the political arena before the elections, and until to-day, no mention has been made of him in the cables.

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aim it is to subvert and i destroy Mr. Runciman replied the matter. ideas, institutions and systems, which you, we; and most of the was under consideration with the civilised world consider essential view of discussion with the Chinese: and even sacred."

Government when an appropriat Viscount Ishii said, that it must opportunity arises. be remembered, too, that those re- gions were also contiguous to an- other vast country, whera chaos

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BRITISH EMBARGO ON SOVIET GOODS

GOVERNMENT POLICY UNCHANGED

(BRITISH WIRELESS ·ARDVICE,]

Rubsx, May 29. ASKED in the House of Commons yesterday, whether any nego tiations had been entered into Mince the imposition of the Russian - Okr

IMPEACHMENT OF MARSHAL CHANG

SOUGHT BY CONTROL YUAN IN NANKING

(THROUGH, REUTER'S AGENCY]

NARKING, May 30.

THE Control Ynan has brought up the impeachment of Marshal, Chang Houch Liang for misappro priation of public funds and remov. ing the Peiping Palace properties without permission.

Men and women: who realize that appearance.counts. always have well- polished shoes.

Did YOU "Nugget” your. shoes this morning?

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bargo, or were contemplated with w

a view to the restoration of the BOOT POLISH

former commercial relations, the Foreign Secretary, Sir John Eimes said that the policy of the Gr ment had boo opportunitier

STORES

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