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U.S. RECOVERY CAMPAIGN

GENERAL JOHNSON PREPARES DRIVE

GANDHI FACING

DEATH

STRENGTH GRADUALLY

DECREASING

London, Aug. 21.

MRS. Gandhi has been released

from prison so that she can be with her husband at Sassoon

Hospital, Poons

He was removed there yesterday from Yeravda Prison because its better medical facilities.

Washington, Aug. 33. General Johnson is preparing a new drive to support the re- covery campaign, which he is opening throughout the country on Monday." One and a half million volunteers have enlisted

His strength has decreased and to conduct a house to house his weight is now only ninety-five canvass, while leading men, such pounds, but he insists on con- A. L. Smith and J. D. Rocke-tinuing his fast despite the desire feller, junior will conduct broad- of the authorities and his frienda cast meetings.-Reuter

YELLOW RIVER

BRIDGE

that he should continue to live and to devote himself to the causa of the untouchables and other work of social reform.

It was stated in Bombay Legis- lative Council to-day that two friends, in addition to his wife, would be allowed to visit Mr.

Gandhi daily.

It was not intended to employ

will be permitted to treat Gandhi

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1933.

CONFERENCE

LORD MARLEY LANDS THE BANFF

AT KOBE

MUST TAKE 1ST STEAMER

BACK TO S'HAI

SHANGHAI CONFERENCE AGAINST WAR

Kobe, August 22. Lord Marley and the Belgian anti-war delegate, Marteaux were allowed to land on condition they return, ed to Shanghai by the first steamer.

It is reported the object of their visit was to interview Kanju Kato, the noted proletarian.--Reuter.

forcible feeding. Private doctors EUROPEAN DELEGATES WELCOMED

How War Damage Was he should desire.--British Wire-

- Mitigated

The Yellow River Bridge across the Peiping-Hankow Railway, which is now so much in the news as a esult of the flood threat, is note worthy not only as a fine piece of railway

but also engineering through its chequred oxistence. Consisting of a hundred and three spans with total length of three thousand metres, the bridge as it stands to-day is only, k"temporary

less.

CONDITION NOT CRITICAL

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Shanghai, Aug. 19. With two brass bands sounding welcomes, and with a small group of students and, workers carrying two Poona, Aug. 22.

red flags, tiring crackers and shouting Gandhi's condition is at pre-Down with imperialism" on the sent not critical, indeed it is fair China Merchants Central Wharf, Lord Marley former Under Secretary of State for War and a Labour M. P. in the circumstances stated & House Member in the Legislative in an interview with press represen-

tatives

01 board the M. M. liner Council to-day--Reuter.

Andre Lebon,, urged sympathy, co. operation and an "unprejudiced" view by the local newspapers towards the World Anti-War Conference to be

structure and for many years there SURPLUS WHEAT has been talk of rebuilding the bridge on more permanent lines, for which purpose a special"fund was created.

Unfortunately, there have beeti civil wars fought up and down the Peiping-Hankow Railway than on any other railway in China with consequent raide on the railway'a finances which hampered the reali sation of building plans;

The Bridge Destoryer."

PROBLEM:

FOUR LARGE POWERS DRAFT PACT

held here either on September 3, 4

-or 5.

greater share of the market would result in conflict and so there was serious danger of an outbreak of a world war in the Far East.

As workers and the ordinary class suffered most from fighting, it was hoped that workers, intellectuals, and delegates of cultural organisations would come together to express their Lord Marley desire to avoid whe expected delegates from Canada, the United States, Australia, Japan, French Indo-China and China to attend the meeting.

POPULATION QUESTION TO BE DISCUSSED

Banff, Aug. 21; " THE problem of Anding outlets

for Chinese and Japanese sur plus populations and the question of the struggle between Japan and Britain in the textile markets are exciting such attention that the Institute of Pacific Relations 18 devoting another two days to dis-

cuss them.

CORAL ISLANDS CONTROVERSY

CLAIM FOR POSSESSION

BY JAPAN

Paris, Aug. 21.

WHILE official circles are re- ticent, it is learned that a strong claim to ownership of the Coral Islands in the South China sea has been made) by Japan.

The statement of the Japanese claim to sovereignty over the is lands was made by the Japanese Charge D'Affaires, Mr. Sawada, on

Professor Uyeda, of Tokyo, Baturday. connection with the first subject. said that the Japanese have an Oriental birth-rate with an Occi- dental death-rate.."

In these circumstancès, he point- ed out, the growth of the popula- tion of Japan was almost limitless. Professor Takahashi, however, argued

Visiting the Qual D'Orsay, Mr. Sawada declared that the Japan ese concern, the Rasa Phosphate Company explored the islands in question as long ago as 1918 and later exploited the natural resour- ces thereon entailing an expendi- ture on rallways, plers and houses to a total of a million yen.

CHÍNA AND JAPAN

CHANGE IN POLICIES PROPHESISED

Tokyo, Aug. 22, Japanese circles, profess to see signs of a big change in China's policy towards Japan in con- nection with the reported resigna tion of Lo Wen Kan, the con-- current assumption of the port- folio of Foreign Affairs by. Wang Ching Wei, Soong's possible visit to Tokyo, the return of Chiang Tso. Pin to his post here and his recent interview with Ariyoshi.

On the other hand, it is also prophesised that Japan's policy- towards China will also witness that the high rate at

a change with the visits of growth would not be maintained, Work in the islands ceased in Hirota, ex-Ambassador to Mos- particularly because, industrialisa- 1929 and the staffs were recalled tion and education invariably lead

in 1929 owing to the general trade cow, and Sagimura, Minister to birth contral

without depression, but the permanent in Plenipotentiary

port- Mr. E. C. Carter, of New York. stallations remained marked with folio, who are reported to be has been elected to the new post the company's name, showing that planning to pay "the Chinese of Secretary-General of the Inst-they intended to return.

leaders. tute Reuter.

Mr. Sawada, added that the

U.S. RECOVERY DEPEN- DENT ON INFLATION

DEMORALISING EFFECT OF LACK OF STABILISATION.

Band, Aug. 17.

Japanese Government considered It is emphasised in official that they had some title to owner-circles, however, there will be ship of the islands and they did

no change in "Japan's policy to not regard the French Govern- wards Ching which consists of ment's occupation without making

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any enquiries regarding Japan's watchful waiting, though Japan intentions as “appropriate."

is sincerely desirous that China It is understood that the Qual will soon realise her folly of D'Orsay promised that the Japan anti-Japanese agitation and move in the direction of resuming a friendly relationship with her neighbour."--Reuter.

ese statement would be given ́due consideration.

The matter has now been under study by the French Foreign Omice

It is probable, however, that the French Government will refuse to surrender the islands.

Sympathy Wanted. → Continuing, Lor Marley express-

The United States Industrial re-but official quarters are reticent ed the hope of establishing a per- covery programme will probably regarding the impression created manent bareau in the Far East in fall unless President Roosevelt by Mr. Sawada's statement and

incident. support of the World Anti-War takes measures further to inflate appear desirous of minimising the Committee. The conference wanted the dollar, Dr. T. E. Gregory, pro- sympathy, support and understand-fessor of banking in the Univer

ng from men and women through sity of London, asserted to-day out the world.

Prof. Gregory was speaking be fore the Institute of Pacific Rela- tions conference here... He said the manner in which the recovery programme was organised requir ed an expanded dollar and he The dollar should be stabilised

Accompanied by four other Euro pean delegates, M. Vaillant-Conturier (France), Dr. Jean Marteaux (Bel- gium), M. George Poupy (France), and Mr. Gerald Hamilton (Great Britain), Lord Marley was welcomed on board by Mme. Sun Yat-sen, widow of the Lord Marley ravealed that dele- Late Kuomintang loader, and one of gates had been expected from Ger- China's delegates. She was intro- many, but of the two prospective duced to the party by Lord Marley.delegates, one was cast into prison Mrs. Gerald Poupy travelled with her by the Nazi régime and the other

ed by Nasis agenta gate to the Conference.

While definite arrangements for the

With that total disregard for pression will remain. This is the husband, bat: will not act as a dele- was recovering from wounds inflict-saw no.: other way for success.

one Powers which assembled in London to day.

I

In a brief message to the Chinese

Was

as well as inflated for this pur-

made it plain that he was not no

MR. TANG YU JEN

Nanking, Aug. 22.

the to take charge of the coneimat

The most likely response, it is

APPOINTED. VICE-MINIS- believed, will be in the nature of

promise to respect JapaneseTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS economic interests in the islands, London, Aug. 21.

vhile rejecting the Japanese claim INLESS the wheat surplus can

to political sovereignty. be eliminated, the world. de-

It is pointed out that until the

The Executive Yuan has ap French occupation of the islands pointed Mr. Tang Yu Ion to bes

formally announced, other people's property and the general opinion of the delegates

the Administrative Vice-Minister fam power of explosives, various Chi-attending the conference of thirty forthcoming conference are to be public, Lord Marley expressed the

concluded between Mme. Sun and, the deepest, sympathy with their desper.pose, Prof. Gregory said, and he Japanese Government had made Foreign Affairs and has alse

declaration regarding them party shortly, Lord Marley is to leave te plight. The delegates agreed suggesting that the dollar shouls and, moreover, the Japanese flag structed the Ministry of Bajwa,

form a National Government to be be inflated but merely predicting has never been planted on with the aspirations of China to

mea-islands.—Reuter. national entity, free from foreign the course of the recovery

the interests stworld peace that He was, however, a supporter bf influence and interference, It was

China should be established as the currency, stabilisation and he great nation she deserved to be.. declared that, when currencies The party travelled from Marsell-were not stabilised, buyers and sellers were continually, confused

tect themselves by imposing higher and Governments sought to pro-

tarifs to offset fluctuations in exchange. Lack of stabilisation also led to periods of dumping of goods and the whole effect was demoralising

It is considered that the con- ference has excellent hopes of

reaching an agreement.

nese armies made a habit of cut- ting the bridge as a part of their

Mr. R. B. Bennett the Canadian defence. It got so hard at one

Premier, is the chairman of the time that an Italian engineer. re-

conference, and welcoming the de- siding in a house near the bridge legates he said that they were met used to fill the obliging role of bridge destroyer immediately be in an attempt to organise the upon an was able to discover which was the production of wheat

economic basis for the benefit of winning bide. In order to save damage to the structure by the in-producers and consumers. discriminate use of explosives, the engineer would meet the desire to cut the railway by carefully re- moving a few lengths of rails which he placed neatly on the side of the The Chinese military necessity of cutting communications was there- by answered at great saving to the railway and everybody was highly delighted because as soon as the armies had left the region it was a simple matter to replace the rails. One or two spans on the bridge were damaged by Chinese soldiers but, on the whole, this fearless en- gineer generally succeeded in Keep-

track.

After to-day's meeting, a draft text was issued by the Big Four, the exporting countries, which is on the following lines:

The Importing and exporting countries, being destrous of estab lishing the balance between cap sumption and production are agre-

ed.

every

(1) Not to encourage any in- crease in acreage:

(2) To adopt

possible measure to increase consumption

(3) To lower Customs tariffs

steady to permit the step.

for Japan in three days to see who are to represent Japan. Mr. John Dos Passos, American author, and several other European delegates are expected to be present at the conference.

The five delegates whe have re- gistered in the Cathay Hotel expect: to stay in this country two or three months. They have, however, no def-les, and while in Saigon held two

namites. inite plans as to their future move meetings, one of which was for An-

ments.

Demonstration in Broadway. The André Leben borthed at the China Merchants Central Wharf at about 10.30 am. A small party of labourers displayed a red fing and started shouting in an alleyway neat to the wharf. Battlement pohon who were alert on the scene, dispersed the crowd. >>

19 Years With the Navy. Lord Marley was born in Helsby, Cheshire, on May 18, 1884, and educat in Marlborough, and the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

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He first entered the Royal Marine Artillery as Second Lieutenant in 1902 and served in the Home and Mediter ranean Fleets. He specialised in wire- less telegraphy and served some years on the staff of the late Sir Bcury Jack- son, and in H.M.S. Vernon.

sures as he saw them.

1.

to International trade-Taited Preis.

BANDITS IN KWANGTUNG

CANTON MOTOR

BUSINESS

DEALERS DOING GOOD TURNOVER

tion of the highway linking Sme kiang with China Proper, appro priating fifty-thousand for initial expenses.

dollars Reuter

SUN AND FENG

CONFER

Nanking, Aug. 22. Mr.. Sun Fo arrived this morn

(From Our Special Correspondenting from Taishan and stated that he interviewed General Feng Yd Hsiang in a private capacity.

Canton, Aug. 22. Merchants in motor business

He expressd his doubt in re have done well during the past six gard to the reported postpone menihs. Opening of highways ment of the Fifth National Kuo which link important towns in mintang Congress, which he be the province means more motor. lieved would be held as schedul-

ing the bridge intact as army after when price levels are sufficiently from the boat, the crowd as wellery command in France, where he REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN cars and 'buses for transportationed, in November.-Reuter,

army passed over it in the days when civil wars were an annual Affair.

FOUR CENTURIES IN TWO MATCHES

ESSEX AND SUSSEX WIN EASILY

been

Two brass bands and a second amalt crowd of labourers and students ap- peared on the whart shortly afterwards

At the outbreak of the World War, and did their best to extend an ent Lord Marley joined the staff of busiastic welcome to the party. Fol Admiral Tottenham in the Third Fleet, lowing, the departure of Mme. Sun but shortly afterwards took an artill the brass bonds marched down the served over two years with trench Sub-committees have

Broadway shouting slogans in support established to consider technical of the conference. Pamphlets contain mortars and anti-aircraft artillery matters and the possibility of the

ing such slogana: "Oppose Imperia (despatches, D.S.C wounded) Later establishment of an internationalistic Wars! Oppose attacks on the he joined H.M.S. Tiger in the battle U.S.S.R., "Oppose the Fascist Terror Cruiser force and then was appointed to HM Signal School, Portsmouth, in Germany!", etc., were distributed.

Officers of Hongker Police Station or experimental and research work posted along the street intervened and the crowd was dispersed. A quantity of leadets was seited, while the red flags were removed,

advisory committee.

The Conference will meet again on Wednesday-Router.

An Official communique issued after this morning's session of the Wheat Conference stated that the Conference considered ways and

According to information from re means by which the importing contres could best assure that liable sources the Chinese authorities measure of co-operation upon are censoring all news concerning the

the Chinese papers. which the entry into force of the conference agreement between exporting

Lord Marley's Statement. countries depends.

London August 22, When the proceedings were re- Two of the county championship sumed in the afternoon it was matches which began on Saturday agreed that a sub-committee be were brought to a conclusion to-day appointed to report on the various when Essex and Sussex scared com-technical questions arising under fortable wins over Northants and Worcester, respectively."

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The convention of the conference in Shanghai, Lord Marley stated, was because China was the danger centre for an outbreak of a world war, and Shanghai was the most important

the agreement submitted as centre of the East basis for discussion by exporting

In the Essex-Northants game, countries, especially the suggestion the latter batted firat and made 176 that the Conference should agree runs of which Timana claimed so that a substantial improvement in (not out) while Nichols took the price of wheat should have as wickets for 48 runa

Essex replied its consequence a lowering of cus- with 261, A. M. Crawley being top toms farifs when the international scorer with 108 while Matthews had price of wheat reaches and main

tains-"for a specified period - an average price to be fixed.

6 wickets for 52 runs.

Going in for the second time, Northants totalled 195 and Essex had no dificulty in getting the re- quired number of runs for the loss of three wickets, thus winning by wickets.

Three Denturies. High scoring was the keynote in the Sussex-Worcester game which the former won by an innings and seventy-three runs,

It was added that while the rate of duty might vary for dif- ferent countries it should not be usfficiently high to encourage the farmers of those countries to in- crease their wheat acreage.

The Conference will resume on Wednesday afternoon by which time it is expected that all dele- gates will, have received full In- structions from their Govern ments. British Wireless.

Thanks to good knocks by Cook (214) and Wensley (118), Essex were able to declare at 468 for 9 when they had their initial knock, Worcester, however, were not in News has been received here by the least perturbed and went on cable that Mr. Claude Rolfe, a to make 318 with Walters (203), local merchant with a large num Gibbona (83) and Martin (77) Heber of Hong Kong friends, was chief contributors.

married at Honolulu on the 18th Forced to follow on, Worcester inst. to Mrs. Dorothy Ballreich," crumbled before the bowling of nea Clarke, and that Mr. and Mra Maurice Tate (4 for 31) and James Rolfe with Mr. Clarke, Mra Langridge 15 for 36) and were ali Rolfe's mother, will be coming to aut for Sussex thus won by the Hong Kong in October and will handsome margir, mentioned above. take up residence at Peak Man-

Reuter

sions.

The conference was organised by the World Conference against War held in Amsterdam, a year ago. It was hoped that delegates from Pacific Powers would gather together to discuss ways to avoid war. The masses of the East would also be afforded an opportunity to express their opinions on the pro

blem.

Was Labour Candidate.

In 1930, ha retired from the service at his own request to devote himself to work with the Labour Party. He. was Labour candidate for the Peters. feld Division from 1919, fought the elections of 1932 and 1922, and con- tested Thanet in 1924 and Faversham

SUPPRESSED

Canton, Aug. 22,

BANDITS in Kwangtung have been suppressed and the drive against the Communists southern Kiangs is being carried on according to plan. This is the gist of the long report delivered Nan, chief-of-staff of the first by Lieutenant General Miao. Pel group army, at the weekly memori in 1928 and 1929. In 1930-31, hewal service yesterday morning. Lord-in-Waiting to the King, and cod- currently Under Secretary of State for

War.

General Miao's survey wandered from eastern, Kwangtung to the northwest and then to the south, Lord Marley has been member of ending at Hainan Island. In all the Fabian Society since 1917, a mem- those places, robbers and bandits ber of Council of the Magistrates were subdued thanks to the ener- Association, and was chairman of Reattle drive of the government troops. Restriction Acts Committee, 1931; Even some of the notorious bandit chairman of the Garden Cities Com dens were swept clean, he said. mittes, 1833; Justice of the Peace,

"However, several small bandit Hampshire and Sussex; and Deputy chiefs and gangs still exist but Lieutenant of Hampshire.

3.Couturier is the editor of the

will not be able to molest the peo-

bandit chiefs are hiding in the

service.

Second hand motor cars are in good demand in the counties. All important towns in Kwangtung are connected with one another by a bus service, and Dew. vehicles are put into commission.

THE YELLOW RIVER

FLOWING IN THREE DIRECTIONS

Car dealers in Canton get rid of their old vehicles by selling New motor cars are seen here, as them to the country people.

Nanking, Aug 23 officials and rich people prefer the Kiangsu state that the Yellow

The latest reports from Wort

1933 model with their streamlin- River is at present flowing in- ed appearance and mechanical three directions; the first to the improvements.

East via the Taowang Ho the second into the Grand Canal, and the third into the Weishan Lake,

Routers

MILITARY CONFERENCE

AT KALGAN

Peiping, Aug. 22.- General Sung Choh Yuan has telegraphed to General Ho Ying

NON-PAYING TENANTS

EVICTED

Melbourne, Aug. 8,

A remarkable" coup planned, by

Born in Shanghai, Mr. Hamilton was for some time a representative of ple," General Miso sald These

The Times" in Germany. He was taken to England when a few months mountains for fear of being cap- ad, and returned to Shanghai 19 tured, but rewards have been Ching, reporting his arrival in the police on military lines result

offered for their arrest"

The chief-of-staff stated that Kalgan and stating that all ed to-day in the eviction of 96 un the bandit suppression work in General Feng Yu Hsiang's sub-employed single men from eight Hainan was partly assisted by the ordinates, with the exception of double storey brick residences in

tribe, aborigines of the island. Generals Fang Chen We and Fitzroy Now that the Communist-bandita

Chi Hung Chang, have agreed to The men took possession of the houses about a year ago, since which come to Kalgan for a conference. time they had paid no rent but had Generals Feng and Chi have not firmly established themselves.com.

Pointing out that competition for years ago. markets and struggles for raw mat erials were among the main causes of French paper, "L'Humanita while war, Lord Marley said China offered M. Poupy is another French writer petition among the large nations for a deputy mayor of Brussels:

the world. Com and author. Dr. Marteaux is the

immense markets

AAAAAAAAAAAAA

SILVER MARKET,

(From Our Own Correspondent)

London, Aug. FOLLOWING ARE THE SILVER QUOTATIONS. ON

LONDON WEBS MARKET. TO-DAT :

Aug. 22 Aug, 21. Spot 17.13/18 17:13/18- Forward.. 17.15/16, 17.15/16" THE LONDON ON NEW YORK CROSS BATE TO-DAT WAS: £1m 84.497

SON OF MULTI. MILLIONAIRE

in Hainan were suppressed, the

next step is to civilize the L1 (Lai) tribe These natives first refused

being assimilated by orthedox replied to the invitation-Reuter, community beas

Chinese culture, but after some persuasion they have accepted Chinese teachings.*=*

With regard to Communist sup- pression, General Miao said that

MARRIED ON MONDAY TO the second stage of campaign has

A JEWESS

London, Aug. 22. It was this morning disclosed that the twenty-three year old son of the late Bir, John Ellerman was married, yesterday, at a register office to & Jewess, Miss Eather Desola-Reu

started General Chen Chi Tang assumed the anti-Communist com- mand on June 1, General Miao said, and soon after An Yuan, Tsun Ben Wel, Pan Shiny in southern Klangal were captured from the Reds General Miao add- ed that rehabilitation work has begun in places taken from the Communists and soon further sel vances into the Communist zones will be made-Central Preise

COUGHLINCTUS

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR COUGHS, COLDS ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS AND ALSO VERY EFFECTIVE FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE CHEST AND THROAT, ETC.

Prepared Bolaly

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