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SUPPORT FROM

ITALY

O'DUFFY DEFIES DE VALERA

PARADE

MUSSOLINT'S PROMISE TO BLUE SHIRTS

DR. DOLLFUSS

Rome, Aug.

217 Dr. Dulffuss, Austria's dirainu- tive Chancellor, is returning to Vienna well satisfied with the re- sults of his visit to Italy,.

Dr.

Dollfuss met Siguor Mussolini at Riccione and it is learned that a complete agree ment on all questions discussed between them was reached as the result of a long conversation.

IN IRELAND

Dublin, Aug. 20. Dublin was in a state of teu- son throughout the entire day, though the city was very quiet apart from minor scuffles.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1933,

YELLOW RIVER CONSERVANCY

MR. WANG TO INVESTI- GATE FLOOD AREA

Nanking, Aug. 1

THE

CORAL ISLANDS

JAPANESE PROTEST AGAINST FRENCH CLAIM

Tokyo, Aug. 21.

N. CHINA FLOOD CONDITIONS

SITUATION IMPROVING: MUCH MISERY REPORTED

Peiping, Aug. 21. Latest Chinese reports concerns, ing the flood conditions indicate A generally improving situation.

that area.

UNREST IN NORTH GALE SWEEPS

MANCHURIA

ANTI-MANCHUKUO

FORCES ATTACKED

ATLANTIC CITY

FOUR KNOWN KILLED; MANY INJURED

Harbin, Aug. 21.

New York, Aug. 20, Anti-Manchukuo forces are still Atlantic City was to-day struck

Manchuria.

to develop close by sweeping causing some trouble in North by a freak storm, which appeared It is officially announced here into the city without the slightest

ed fire at short range on a body.

Mr. Wang Yin Yu, Chairman It is learned authoritatively the Japanese Charge of the Yellow River Conservancy that Commission, departed for the D'Affaires in Paris, under the Yellow River basin this morning Government's instructions, has Reuter was informed at the on board & Government plane, presented an explanatory.com. While much misery and suffer that the gunboat Kuangsøn open- | warning.

munication" objecting to Frenching must go on for sometime in occupation of the islands in the Honan, there is no prospect of South China Sea, the ownership any extension of the foods in of which has been the subject The threat to Hsuchow is less of controversy.

acute, the approaching flood official Japanese

waters having been successfully show that a leading business-man

diverted into the Grand Canal small rivers in North applied to the Foreign Ministry and

declamation of Japan's. for a

Kiangsu. sovereignty over these islands ou October 7, 1918. In November 1918 Japanese expedition ex- plored the islands.

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headquarters of the National in order to investigate the food Guard. General O'Duffy's Blue situation on the spot. Mr. Wang Shirts, that all Blue Shirt parades will first visit Shantung.

Inviations have been issued by were held through the country- side "as arranged, "but the details the Commission to the Provincial Governments of Shensi, Hanan, No details have been revealed, were not divulged, but it is understood that l There was no sign in Dublin of Shantung, Hopei, Anhwei and aspects of the policial situation a provocative parade and the fears Kiangsu to attend a joint con- in Austria were reviewed and that of a clash between the Blueference at Nanking on August 28, Italy has promised every assist-Shirts and the Irish Republican and discuss steps to be taken for the improvement of the Yellow ance in maintaining Austria's in Army were not borne out, dependence,

Generni O'Duffy's message River sitiuation.

Speaking út the National Signor Mussolini expressed the read to all parades, declared that opinion that he could render most effective help to Austria through

inorning, Mr. Wang Ching Wei

-Reuter.

ABSURD REPORTS

if politics "menn squabbles, the Government Headquarters this time has come to abolish politics.

documents

In May 1920 another Japanese expedition found twelve islands

Again in 1929 another Japanese subject filed a petition with the Foreign Ministry making a claim to the same group.

friendly conversations in Berlin Dr. de Valera, having threaten referred to the flood situation and and petitioned the Navy Office through the Italian Ambassador.ed to proscribe the Blue Shirts if emphasised that thorough mea-claiming them

the parades were held, Ireland issures were being taken to harness now awaiting his next move. the Yellow River.-Reuter.

Early in the day a clear warn- ing was issued by Mr. de Valera, declaring that the Blue Shirts would be proclaimed illegal if the Minister of Justice received re- ports to-morrow that uniformed parades of Blue Shirts have been held to-day.

Vienna, Aug. 1. Sensational reports of ap Anglo-Franco-Italian agreement to take military action to protect Austrian independence against the Nazis are described by the Foreign Office as absurd and pure invention. and added the matter did not mention the Mussolini-Dollfuss conversations. -Reuter...

NEW HOPES FOR SILVER

SENATOR PITTMAN'S. BURST OF OPTIMISM

Mr. de Valera, who was. nd- dressing a metting at Thurles, added that members of the National Guard openly professing to belong to the organisation would be subjected to the penal- ties provided under the Public Safety Act.

General O'Duffy's" Answer" General O'Duffy, the leader of the Blue Shirts, has responded to this challenge by declaring that the National Guard will neither dissolve voluntarily nor allow it- self to be driven underground. Washington, Aug. 13.

" He added: '' If, in spite of the Senator Key Pittman to-day pre- dicted the return of 80-cent silver legal constitutional character of and also propbested that the the National Guard," the Govern- United States Congress in January ment declares it to be an unlaw-: will approve the silver agreements ful association; the Government reached at London last month and authorise the silver purchases pro-will be guilty of a positive act of vided in the five power agreement. tyranny."--Reuter.·

Senator Pittman made his,, pre- dictions following a visit to the White House where he reported to President Roosevelt on his activi- "ties on behalf of silver at the World Economic Conference. After leaving the White" House he met newspapermen and 'reviewed. the silver situation. He made it clear, however, that there was no connection between his talk with the President and his predictions.

Similar predictions as to price were made by Senor Alberto Pani, Mexican Minister of Finance who stopped in Washington en route to Mexico City from the London Con

ference.

"TAIMOSHAN

DOING WELL

REACHES DUTCH HAR- BOUR IN 80 DAYS

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London," Aug. 21. Twenty-ton ketch, Taimoshan, which left Hong Kong on May 30 manned by five British naval Senator Pittman said the price officers. "have completed one of of silver would be enhanced by various activities and would de- the most dangerous stages of pend for its advance on Federal their long journey round the purchases alone. All the signa- world. tories of the five-power agreement

They arrived yesterday at

SNUB TO LORD

MARLEY

NOT PERMITTED TO

LAND AT KORE

It is claimed that Japanese in terests are currying out mining and other enterprises on islands-Reuter.

CHINESE DEMANDS

Canton, Aug. 21..

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The Kingshan County Kuo- intang in Hainan Island, the

Tainan is the place where most anxiety is now felt.

At Lokow, seven miles north of Sinan, the Yellow River is flowing only nine inches below the Dyke tops and if it should

overflow Tainan will inevitably he' flooded...

However, fine weather is now prevailing in North Chins, and given an absence from heavy. rains all danger may pass shortly.-Router.

GANDHI NOW IN HOSPITAL

TROUBLE

Katedrano 1.

Poona, Aug. 21. Gandhi has been removed from

Teravda Gaol to the Civil Hospital

Fishing boats and excursion of 150 anti-Manchukuo cavalry boats were capsized by the violent on the left bank of the, Sungari,gale and it is feared, that a heavy, north of Fuchin. The gunboat loss of life occurred.

Guards on the bathing beach at nbsequently landed a detach- ment and attacked the anti-Ocean City saved over a hundred persons who were caught by a Manchukuo cavalry.

It is also announced that a de-huge wave which swept into tachment of 200 police yesterday shore like a tidal wave and dur opened an engagement with so- ried all before it. called bandita on the Sungari River, five miles from Harbin. Fighting between the two forces is still continuing-Reuter. „

JUNKER AND PEASANT

Many were injured by violent. dashing against the beach and the sea bed.

Thirty fishing parties have not reported themselves safe and coast guards and volunteers are now combing the coast for sure vivors.Reuter.

MANY STILL MISSING

New York, Aug. 31. Four are now known to have

Nazi Agrarian Ideals been drowned in the gale disaster.

· BIG ESTATES SAFE

Berlin. All fears that the Prus- sian Junkers, the great landed

Elbo who determined German policy under Bismarck and retained their power almost unbroken in the Weimar Republic, might be de- prived of their estates or their power by the Hitlerist State seem to have been allayed by a signi-

Hoi Ping County Kuomintang, SUFFERING FROM KIDNEY proprietors of Germany east of the and the Shanghai Labour's Union Headquarters have issued Kobe, Aug. 21.

circular telegrams, stirring up the The Police did not permit people to demand negotiation by Lord Marley, the British Nanking for the recovery of the Delegate to the Anti-Warrine Coral Islands. Conference at Shanghai, to land when he arrived, as it"| is reported he came to Japan with the purpose of inducing a Japanese Delegate to attend the Conference.

The Belgian Delegate was also not permitted to land.- Reuter.

GREEN GIRDLE" ROUND LONDON

To Check Further Ex-

pansion of City

London.-London will be sur- rounded by a "Green Girdle free from buildings, if proposals of the Greater London Regional Planning Committee are carried into effect. The intention is not merely to provide playing fields and open spaces, but to preserve a ring of open country to check "the fur- ther expansion of London by the

and as many as 66 nations are on Dutch Harbour, Alaska, from around the fringe of the central record as approving a constructive programme for allver.

The 68 nations which signed the general silver resolution at London

are opposed to the further debase- ment of silver and favour its wider use in coinage; the Senator said.

continued accretion of building built-up area."

Japan, having travelled through some troublous weather more or Greater London already covers less along the track of the an area of nearly 700 square miles. Aleutian Islands.

They plan, it is learned, to con-

Factories have drifted into it, which many consider should have

been diverted towards older manu- and suburbs have been allowed to trall off into the fields, until the city has reached a size at which only

There was no doubt whatever intinne their voyage, to England to-facturing districts farther south, the Senator's mind that there morrow (August 22), travelling solutions will be approved by Con-via the Panama Canal. gress and by all the other govern- ments concerned.

"I believe

planning can be applied to

"These telegrams stated that the Coral Islands are really Chinese territory. Being rich in natural resources and occupying a strate- gic position south of China, these islands should be retained by all means. It is pointed out that China has lost the four north- eastern provinces and should not countenance further loss of Chinese territory

If Nanking takes steps to re- cover these Coral Islands, the cir- cular telegrams say, the whole nation will support the govern ment.Central "Press."

SILVER MARKET

(From Our Own Correspondent)

London, Aug. 21. FOLLOWING ARE THE BILVER QUOTATIONS

LONDON ON THE MARKET TO-DAY:

Aug. 21 Aug. 10. 17.13/16 17.13/18 Spot Forward ... 17.15/16 17:15/16

THE LONDON ON NEW YORK CROSS BATE TO-DAY WAB: 21- $4.52Į.

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where there are better opportuni- ties for medical attention and nursing than in prison.

It is believed that Gandhi s suffering from Iddney trouble.-- MAHATMA SINKING.

FAST

Poona, Ang. 21. Gandhi, after five days' fast is sinking in weight. He is now only ninety-three younda

Mrs, Gandhi has been released and is tree to nurse her husband, who has been transferred to the Civil Hospital

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ENGLISH GANGSTERS.

London, August 1st. If you still like gangster pictures Gambling Srip." You have met every character a hundred times before, the plot is as old sa. racketeering, and yet your in- terest is held-a proof of the direc- tor's slickness and the competence

of the cast,

The man who made it is Max Marcin, author of "Silence" and a score of other successful thrillers. Parkmount conceived the revolu tion idea that the man who visualis- ed the characters and story might be the best man to direct the picture. Here is one of the first. fruits of the theory, and it seems to work well,

Cary Grant, the handsome young Bristol man who is generally taken for an American, plays the hero;

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ficant statement of the Minister for Agriculture, Herr Darré, who in- voked the special authority of Herr Hitler for his utterances.

Herr Darré said that and scttlement"! as practised by the Nazis "would have nothing in common with the Marxist methods of proletarianizing the country po- pulation." They did not want Bettlers dependent on a State fundamentally anti-agrarian, but peasants. The policy followed by the Prussian kings had not been to plant "acttlers at all costs irres pective of their capacity to oxist, but peasant-holdings, whose occup bats would in the course of cen turies create a new peasant stock.

This statement must be read in conjunction with the fact that Dr. Brüning and General von Schlei cher both lost the President's con- fidence and fell after proposing to divida hopelessly indebted estates for settlement purposes. Good, ob- servers, of German politics assum- ed when Herr Hitler succeeded General von Schleicber that · he

must have given some undertaking not to disturb the landowners, and if their opinion wavered during the rapid seizure of unchallenged power by the Nazis, it would now seem to have been justified,

Herr Darré further said, "in full unanimity with the Chancellor,” that "no estate would be touched, no matter how big, if it was econo mically healthy and able to main. tain itself from its own strength.” But, he added, even "indebted bis estates would not be touched." If they did

not offer themselves

Many are still missing-Reuter,

RASHIN PORT

RAPID GROWTH IN TWO YEARS

Tokyo.-"Even if the harbour work at Rashin is completed, in so far as the disorder of the northern

part of Manchuria remains as it is,

much prosperity cannot be expected for the port; and to restore the peace and order of the region' com- pletely, it will take fifty years more, even with additional rain forcements of two divisions of troops," said Mr. Kuraabige, Chief Hyogo Prefecture in the course of of the Administration Sections of:

an interview with Japanese journ- alist when he returned to the office. on Thursday from his inspectjon tour over Manchuria and Kored.

"The local development of Rashin is, however, alarming, as evinced by the fact that its population now stands at over 15,000, from only

200 two years ago. The present work now going on is the first stage According to this plan, the port (at Y.90,000) of the 15-year-scheme. will, in three years, have three piers, each accommodating foun 10,000 ten class vessels, for which purpose the Government has ap- proved a disbursement of Y.30,000

"When the harbour, accommoda- tion has been completed, as plan ned, the capacity for handling 9,000,000 tons of north, Manchurian produce through the port will add much to the prosperity of Kobe as well as the ports. facing the Japan

"he opined.

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tives. The composition of the Generul Economic Council recently formed to advise the Government in economie matters, including, as it did, only one or two of the Nazi extremists and many of the leaders of heavy industry, banking and commerce, shipping and trade, whe Nati desire, aroused by the immin ence of dire economic trouble, to get back to orthodoxy and trans quillity in these matters.

SEQUEL TO CUBAN Jack In Rue, the infamous "Trig voluntarily for peasant settlement another clear indication of the

REVOLT

HORRIFYING SCENES IN.

HAVANA

Havana," "Aug 20. with the utmost dimiculty. *..

Senor Ainciart, Cuba's former Proposals of the committee lie in Chief of Police, and his bodyguard, the arbitrary preservation of a committed suicide to-day sooner broad stretch of country, reaching than face arrest-Reuter. along the northern slope of the North Downs, beside the River

ger" of "The Story of Temple Drake is the menace; and Benita Hume, of all people, was selected to play the gangster's girl. I neod hardly say she is miscast; the only wonder is that she makes any sort of shot at it at all.

HENRY COTTON BEATS WALTER HAGEN

EXHIBITION MATCH IN

After leaving Panama, they "Early next year I expect to see will head for the West Indies. the five nations, carrying silver Up to the present, the yachting reserves,”... Benster Pittman said.

adventurere have been on their Backing for Currency.

that before long voyage for about eight days and many of the signatory nations will have covered, by the route follow

BRUSSELS: Hayana, Aug. 21, be using a certain amount of silvered, well over six thousand miles: Darent to the Thames and the following the suicide of Benor Revolting scenes were witnessed

Brussels, Aug; 20. as backing for their currencies. They have been maintaining ex- Mole; along the hills by Bushey The general feeling all over the cellent daily average mileage round again, by Epping Forest and situation, seizing the body and known British profeselean Ryder IN an exhibition match here to- Heath and Chipping Barnet and Ainolart

The populace, took charge of the day, Henry Cotton, the well- subject to further debasement. when under way and though they Havering Park to. the North Especially is this true in the have met with some bad weather Downs. Outside this girdle, if the stringing it up to a lamp-post. The Walter Hagen, the American Ryder United States which carries on an have come through in gay spirits, proposals are carried out, develop bonfire they started beneath the Cup captain, by five and four over extensive commerce with some of Houter.

ment will take the form of com- body eventually ended the horrify thirty-six holes-Reuter. the silver countries."

paratively self-contained units, ing spectacle, the flames leaping satellite towns, Industrial or real-ting the hideous object to fall into up and burning the rope, permit- future export field of the United dential, or both. States lies in the Orient and Latin This is said to be the last pro- imprecations-Reuter.

the fire, while thousands screamed America where silver is used ex-posal which will be made by the tensively.

Greater London Regional Planning

world is that silver must not be

The Senator predicted that if the ́| ** various nations gave the same at tention to improving silver that they give to the improvement of commodity prices, the metal will regain its former price. He did He added that the adoption of Committee. Bince the new Town: not predict an immediate advance the allver resolution and of the and Country Planning Act has RESTRICTION OF to 60 cents an ounce, but said that five-power agreement was made just come into force, the 100-odd the programme agreed upon will possible through the collaboration local authorities within the area RUBBER GROWING reqult in steady progresa.

of Mr. T. V. Soong, Finance Minis-of Greater London have acquired Senator Pittman said the fact ter of China, and Senor Pani of new powers to control develop- that 66 nations subscribed to the Mexico. Their views on the silver ment alike, and the committee pro- silver was evidence of a world-virtually all the delegations, he manent body, which, will assist resolution against debasement of problem were considered sound by poses to retire in favor of a per- wide awakening to the possibili said. He said that neither of them local authorities to work out, in ties of silver, especially regarding made demands on behalf of their their individual its use in coinage. He said he own countries but worked whole schemes, the general lines prepared town-planning found a pronounced sentiment, heartedly for a general agreement in the report. abroad in favour the remonetisa- that would benent the world as a whole. As a matter of fact China, sacrifices the privilege of

tion of silver.

UB. to Benefit.

NOTHER IMPRACTICABLE

SUGGESTION

SYMPHONIC CONCERT AT HONG KONG HOTEL

SUNDAY'S - ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMME -

the Hong Kong Hotel on Sunday

The Symphonic Concert given at

on the second occasion of its trans-" fer from the Peninsula Hotel,

proved to be most popular, pro-

viding as it did exceedingly en- joyable musical entertainment to a large and appreciative gathering. Batavia, Aug. 21-*

Quite a few old favourites werd included in the interesting pro- The Dutch East Indies Gov-gramme, fully occupying the even ernment is reported to have, re- ing so that there was an avaliable ceived from rubber interests in time to respond to encores which England a suggestion for restrici koncert is being

were in constant, demand,

"The United States will benent marketing silver while Mexico un Dutch Indies Government con- from an advanced aliver price as dertakes to purchase an amount sidered impracticable owing to tion on the line of those, which ranged for next Bunday, and much as any of the nations and which is actually large in com- the impossibility of controlling during former deliberations the lees to be quite as attractive probably more than mostof, parison with the total amount of them," Benator Fittman said. "The money in circulation-United Press native plantere, –– Router

previous col.) the last

they would be left alone, in full recognition of the principle of pri- vate enterprise, to make their way as best they could."

Jettisoned Socialism,

With

Herr Darre's speech National-Socialism would seem to have jettisoned the last of its So- cialism The attack on the stores have been called off-though local: zealous are pursuing it-the party has now been strictly ordered to leave the co-operatives alone. Much of the party's support was won, however, by the promise to abolish department stores and co-opera- I

For

The Nazi leaders are always at paina to assure their followers that they have not called a balt, but are merely marking time and will. full their programme and their promises in due course. The party, to which Nationalism was always the better half of National So cialism, seems as yet to be follow ing in docility and discipline; but much disillusionment is apparently in store, for many of its members in respect of the Socialist part of the programme

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