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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1933

LIQUIDATION OF ECONOMIC FLOOD DANGERTM

CONFERENCE

THREE-QUARTERS OF AGENDA

SHELVED

DELEGATES PREPARING TO

GO HOME

London, July 18.

The liquidation of the World Economic Conference proceeds apace, the Sub-Committees hatching formal reports from which emerges the fact that three-quarters of the ques- tions on the agenda have been shelved until prospects of an agreement on currency stabilisation are brighter..

The delegates are preparing to go home, and the League“ Secretariat has already been reduced to a' minimum.

Couzens is leaving on Thursday and the remainder of the American Delegation hope to sail on July 27, immediately after the closing of the plenary session.

The External Indebtedness Committee report compliments Britain for paying her debts and holds up the sanctity of con- tracts, which should only be revised bilaterally and urges credi- tor countries to facilitate payment in services and goods. “

ONE NOTCH OF PROGRESS

OVER

YANGTSZE 'NOW FALLING

Nanking, July 18. The Yangtze at Hankow has begun to fall after its second threat, while the upper Yangtze continues to fall rapidly also around Nanking and the capital is now declared safe from flood.-

Reuter.

SOVIET GUARDS. INVADE HEIHO

FOUR INHABITANTS

MURDERED

Tukyo, July 18.

A message from Harbin states that Japanese reports from Hei- fio, on the Amur. River, state that 4 squad of Soviet Frontier Guards invaded Manchotikuo territory from Kolaukov, a hundred miles north of Heiba, murdered four

worth forty thousand yea.-

Mr. MacDonald presided over, opened at 4.79%, eased off to 4.82 the Steering Committee this on little offering from the Con-inhabitants and looted provisions. afternoon, when final arrange-tinent.

ELLIOTT ROOSEVELT

ments for the adjournment of the All gold currencies were slight | Rester, Conference » were discussed alsoy appreciated on rather more who would be the speakers at the pressure to sell sterling by gold final plenary session, together countries. with the nature of the reports of the Economic and Monetary Commissions which will be pub- lished.

SURPRISING DEVELOPMENT

London, July 18.

DIVORCED

Decree Awarded To His Wife

indicating that the matter still

NEW YORK, July 17 defies solution, despite Senator MR. Elliott Roosevelt, second sor Pittman's optimism and work be- bind the scenes.

The most surprising develop. ment at the World Economic STERLING BLOC PROPOSED

Conference this morning was the It is understood that many re-postponement of the silver countries favone, the formation of - Sub-Committee until to-morrow, a sterling bloc, as a stabilising factor but the ultimate" decision virtually rests with Britain, owing to her importance in world; trade. Some quarters favour & division of the world into three areas; sterling dollar and gold, not working in opposition, but in co-operation. It is. thought "there is no reason why the Far Just should refrain from joining the sterling bloc.

PROGRESS REGISTERED One notch of progress was registered to-day when agreement was reached by Danubian cours- tries as regards the restriction of wheat exports, The

amount

Reuter learns that Britain and America substantially agree, to Senator Pittman's latest draft, but formidable opposition has been raised by Spain over the terms on which existing monetary silver will be included in restrictive quotas. difficulties were raised by India and China, consequently pros- pects for agreement are poor.

of the President, and his

divorced at Minden, L. wife, were Nevada, to-day.

The decree was awarded to Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt on her crogs. petition charging her husband with

extreme cruelty."

The court sat in camera and Mrs Elliott Roosevelt was not present, her testimony being read from a deposition which arrived by air Further mail from Philadelphia in the

morning.

It is understood that Roosevelt based her plea upon dif. ferences in temperament which "made it impossible for us to con tinue living together."

TARIFF ON CHINESE EGG PRODUCTS

A memorandum protesting that

J

Mrs

SHANGHAI DOPE GANG

THE LEAGUE AND VICEROY

SEE

REFUSES TO GANDHI

JUDA EZRA'S STATEMENT TO U.S. ATTORNEY

San Francisco, July 18. Juda Ezra made a statement to the U.S. Attorney exonerating his brother Isaac and naming Allan Zimmerman of Shanghai, as his real accomplice.

CHINA

DEVELOPMENT UNDER LEAGUE SUPERVISION

PARIS, July 18. DOCTOR L. L. Rajchmann, Polish

Director of the League of been appointed as delegate to Nation's Health department has China to co-ordinate in technical advisory work to be carried out in The attorney said he would China under the League's auspices.

This decision was reached at attempt to extradite and pro-meeting of the League committee secute Zimmernom named with the Ezra's in the Federal in- dictments..

Juda's wife has been notified she has overstayed her visitor's permit and unless she voluntarily departs she will be deported.—

Router.

INSPECTION OF FACTORIES

IN INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT

Shanghai, July 18.

at which Dr. Wellington Koo and Mr. T. Y. Soong were present.

It is emphasised that Rajch- mann's powers are technical and not political. His headquarters will he at Nanking.

China in the last decade.

Rajchmann has frequently, visited

A feature of the meeting was the présence of Theodore Mariner, Chancellor of the United States' Embassy as an observer in accord- ance with the Committees invita- tion to America to associate herself with the work,

T. V. Soong was subsequently the guest of honour at a luncheon given by Dr. Koo at which mem- hers of the Committee and M. Avenol were present.

JAPAN AND S. AMERICA

It is officially stated that Mr. Fessenden, Secretary General to the Shanghai Municipal Council and 0. K. Yui, Secretary NEW TRADE AGREEMENTS General to the Greater Shanghai Council have reached an under- standing regarding factory inspec- tion in the International" Settle- ment.

The matter must now be sub- Imitted to their principals for

ratification.---Reuter-

NAZI TRAITOR

MURDERED

BERLIN, July 17. THE body of a "traitor' has been found on the railway line at Frankfort-on-Main, riddled with bullets.

He was an ex-Nazi who in 1932

produced documents purporting to

reveal what the Nazie would do to their opponents when they obtain

power.

Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Roosevelted were married less than two years

marriage.-Reuter,

He was taken into eustody re-

WANTED

Tokyo, July 18. Leading businessmen are ad- vocating new trade agreements with South American countries, and traders in Osaka have already sent agents to South America, They intend to import wool from the Argentina, coffee and cotton from Brazil in exchange for Japanese manufactures.-Reuter.

HARRIMAN DISAPPEARS

AGAIN

New York Banker Flees From Hospital

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agreed to being 54,000,000 the rapidly increasing foreign terpene child of the cently, for his own protection, but er; who recently attempted suicide

bushels the first year, fifty for the second year and a two year agreement. The figure for the past three

years has $3,800,000.

DOLLAR STEADY

tariffe on egg products are un- justifiable was submitted by the Chinese Delegation to the World

was released.---Reuter.

been Economic Conference Marketing PETROL FROM BRITISH

Sub-Commission on behalf of the Shanghai Egg Industry Guild, declaring that Chinese duties on foreign products were reasonable.

The dollar was comparatively steady in the City to-day. It' -Reuter.

FLIGHT TRAGEDY

ONLY TWO VICTIMS ·

Bentis, July 1 FOLLOWING the reports that the

third body found under the wreckage of the Lithuanica vas that of Yesclaitas,,it is announced from New York that Yeselnitas is ulive and well.

Yesclaitas was the mechanic whoi aceampanied the l-fated Lithua- nian airmen, Darius and Giretos, to the United States, to assist thera in preparing their machine for the flight which endod sa tragically when the airmen were almost in sight of their goal.

No explanation for the tragic mishap after the completion of a magnificent Atlantic crossing 18 yet forthcoming, although German experts have been examining the wreckage.

are now,

satisfied

The experts that only two men were, in the wrecked plane when it crashed, stating that the error was due to the fact that the bodies were bad. ly mutilated.--Reuter.

ROOSEVELT'S APPEAL TO

ROUND THE WORLD FLIGHT

ན་-

POST MAKING GOOD PROGRESS

Novosibirsk, July 18. Wiley Post resumed his flight at 8.55. a.m. for Irkutsk. He is slightly ahead of his 1931 record and is assured of perfect weather conditions.

He met a young American air- woman, Miss Fay Gillis, who supervised the fuelling of his machine.

B

to

Moscow, July 18. Wiley Post, the American air. man,

who is attempting establish new round-the-world fight record, landed at Novosi birak, at 8.27 s.m. to-day, three days after leaving New York. Reuter.

U.S. SEEKING NEW

· TRADE TREATY

Portugal Agrees To Negotiate

COAL

GUARANTEE BY BRITISH GOVERNMENT

WILL PLACE COAL INDUSTRY ON ITS FEET

London, July 18.

The Government's offer of a guaranteed preference of four pence per gallon for 10 years on petrol manufactured from coal, shale and peat will contribute greatly to placing the coal industry on its feet.

The announcement of the offer followed the discussions between the Government and the Imperial Chemical Indue- tries, which for years has been experimenting with hydro- genation, whereby a ton of coal yields half its weight in petrol.

A plant is expected to be erected near Middlesborough at a cost of £7,000,000. Its computed output will be 30,000,000 gallons yearly which amounts to, only 3 per cent... of Britain's consumption.-Reuter.

DRAMATIC ANNOUNCEMENT BY

PREMIER

NEW YORK, July 17. IT is reported that Mr. Joseph Harriman, the well-known bank- when sought by the police, har again disappeared from the nurs ing home where he was undergoing treatment for heart and nervous troubles.-Reuter.

ACTION AGAINST MELLON

CLAIM FOR $220,000,000 FAILS

New YOLK, July 17. THE civil suit for G. 220,000,000 against Mr. Andrew Mellon, and other former U.B. Treasury officials, has been dismissed by the District Columbia Supreme Court.

The suit was brought by Mr. David Olson, ex-investigator of the Senate Stock Market inquiry com mittee who alleged connivance with certain foreign steamship com panies whose identities were not disclosed.Reuter

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AIMEE SUED

·FOR DIVORCE

HOAX REGARDING BIRTH OF BABY

BUT MAHATMÄ IS NOT

DISCOURAGED

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE MUST BE WITHDRAWN

Poona, July 17. The Mahatma Gandhi, apparently not discouraged by the refusal of the Viceroy to grant him on interview, has renewed his request.

Gandhi suys he thinks he can show that the recent "con- ference of the Congress Party was calculated" to bring about. an honourable peace.

The Viceroy's view is that an interview would be pur- poseless as the Government is not prepared to bargain unless civil disobedience is withdrawn on Congress' own initiative. It is expected that lie will refuse Gandhi's second request alsó.

GANDHI'S EFFORTS HAVE FAILED

LATER.

which at present in hand, covered areas of more than one million acres. By the time they were com plated the total. are irrigated would be 40,000,000 acres.

The Viceroy's reply to Gandhi's second message has been received.

It states once again that there can be no qucation of the govern. ment holding conversation with the The crops last season were as representative of an association | satisfactory as were prospected by: which has not abandoned the civil landlords and tenants. disobedience movement, which is intended to coerce the government by means of unlawful activities.

Gandhi's efforts may, therefore, be regarded as having failed. I is now regarded as possible that Mr. Aney, the President of Con- gress will resign, as he is opposed to the resumption of civil die obedience.Reuter.

Statement in Commons: In referring to the subject in

Trade Reports. Regarding prices, trade reporte were becoming more encouraging, and several of the commodities in which India was interested, had risen. Txade in India was increas ingly resuming its normal course despite the political agitation, and was not held up by intervention of political boycotts

Dealing with the financial post- tion, he said the Government of

Law and Order.

the House of Commons, Sir Samuel India might look back with satis Hoare said the reply had the full faction on the improvement brought about although it had excited high: concurrence of the Government.

General support of law and or¦ Baxation., Government securities der in India was, he said, daily had risen and borrowing had been being increased and summaries of effected at declining rates. the Indian press indicated a strong feeling among the rank and of Congress against the continu- Regarding law and order, ue sald ance of an unlawful and uncon the general state of feeling towards. atitutional programme. There was the Government was shown in the only one course open to the Gov-particular way in which the con¬" ernment. There could be no quesiral and provincial legislatures: tion of making a bargain with had passed legislations to replace. Congress as a condition to their ordinances. Further evidenes" was accepting the ordinary obligations the lack of interest taken in the, of law-ndibing, citizens.

had fallen to such a low ebb that Lord Willingdon's Reply.

civil disobedience movement which suspension of it at the beginning of -Lord

reply Willingdon's

Mr. Gandhi's recent fast made Gandhi states, that, If the cir little or no practical difference. different His There was only one fifth of the civil

eumstances were

to

Excellency, would gladly have seen disobedience of two years, age and you, but it would seem that you one tenth of that of three years are opposed to the withdrawing dago, although the majority of the civil disobedience except on candi Congress Committee were not. 1. tions, and that the interview you prison at all-British Wireless. seek would be for the purpose of initiating negotiations with the Government regarding these condi- tions. It also appears to have been decided that unless Congress reach- ed a settlement with the Govern ment as result of auch & discussion, civil disobedience will be resumed on August 1.

The position of the Government is that civil disobedience is wholly unconstitutional, that there can be no compromise with it; and that the Government cannot enter into any negotiations for its with- drawal,

Injury and Suffering.

SILVER MARKET

(From Our Own Correspondent)

LONDON, July 18.. FOLLOWING ARE THE SILVER QUOTATIONS ON THE LONDON MARKET, TO-DAY:

EPOT

July 18 July, 17 182 18.11/10 FORWARD......... 18 15.13/16-

THE LONDON ON NEW YORK CRO88 RATE TO-DAY WAB: £1= $4.831.

If Congress desires to resume its position as a constitutional party and to put an end to a movement | spp which bas brought grave injury and suffering to the, country, the way La open to it it always has been. It is within the power of Congress to restore peace by withdrawing, on its own initiative, the civil disobedience movement. As, how- ever, Congress is Bot willing to take that action, an interview would be to no purpose.

CHEERFUL VIEW

In an India Office speech in the House of Commons, Bir Samuel Hoare, Secretary for India, took a cheerful view of the general out- look. He said the questione in- teresting the administrators in Indis to-day were not so much Los Angɛizs, July 18, questions connected" with civil `dis- SUIT for divorce against Sister hadiance and law and order, but Aimee MacPherson,. leader of with the general field of admini- the Evangelists, has been filed by astration, particularly questions of her husband, David ("What A importance in social and economie Man") Hutton, former orchestra rates, than in the political field. and choir leader.

That was every significant LONDON, July 17, between the customs duty and the Mental cruelty is advanced by change for the better. Thanks to The Príme Minister made a excise duty.

Hutton in the suit, which alleges the efforts of a great body of off- to-night dramatic announcement

that Eister Aimee made his marcials in Todia, British and Indian, If the preference remained at iteried life ridiculous by perpetrating and backed in recent months by in the House of Commonz when he said that & resolution Present level of eight penes per a hoax regarding the birth of their growing body of public opinion ex-

gallon, the period of the guarantee baby,-Reuter. would be introduced in the autumn would be four and a half years.

pressing itself in provincial coun-.. to give effect to a proposal which

cils, civil disobedience had now. the Government believed would en If reduced to fourpence per gal-

become a matter altogether of se Aure an immediate progress in the lon, the period would be nine years

condary importance. manufacture of home-produced mo. and an intermediate rate of pre- tor spirit.

ference would vary the period of the guarantee proportionately. The proposal would take the

Under the plan in view, about form of a guaranteed preference of THE two ex-officers who murder. light, hydrocarbon oils input of petrol annually would be pro- fourpence per gallon in respect of 100,000 tone or 30,000,000 gallons ed Dr. Rathenau, the Foreign tured in this country, from indi-duced, osuming 350,000 tons of He urged all "to cast away self- destroying and national-destroying Minister in 1922, and then com-

genous coal. The guarantee would coal and giving employment to over efforts to get something for no-mitted suicide in order to avoid be for ten years from April 1 next, a thousand miners.. thing and to appreciate the truth capture, have a tablet erected in subject to an arrangement, the In addition, there was employ-These officers have refused to obey that satisfying and safe reward their memory.

effect which would be to vary the ment in connection with plant. The orders and have concentrated their comes only through honest work.' The tablet is to be found on the period of the guarantee nocording cost to the Treasury would be very men at Tangshan for reorganies Reuter.

spot where they disd.-Beuter. to the actual preference difference small,-British Wireless,

tion.-Reuter.

AMERICANS

New York, July 17. TN a striking broadcast messag

to-aight, President Roosevelt declared that too many Americans were seeking to gain money with the least possible work.

WASHINGTON, July 17. PORTUGAL has agreed to enter into negotiations with the United States with a view to con. cluding a trade treaty between the two countries.-Router.

MEMORIAL FOR

ASSASSINS...

BERLIN, July 17.

DISSATISFACTION AMONG LI CHI CHUN'S OFFICERS

Health Administration. Referring to the very fine record in regard to health administra- tion, Sir Samuel Hoare mentioned

that sevanteon. subordinate ed, which, as far as his medical

PRIPING, July 17.

RELIABLE Chinese sources state officers of General Li Obi Chun are dissatisfied with the terms he has negotiated concerning his men

that a new drug had been discover. advisors could judge would be most effective in preventing relapses that for years had been the result of an attack of malaria epidemic. Still further advances had been made in irrigation and work was being con- tinued on various projects, four of

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