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HAS ROOSEVELT'S APPEAL FAILED?

RUMOUR GEN. JOHNSON MAY RETIRE

Film Actors Protest Against Salary Control Board

Washington, October 3. Despite Mr. Roosevelt's eloquent appeal to the nation for unityy it is rumoured General · Johason may resign. He has left for New York to confer with Mr. Roosevelt "on the NRA. Policy. The chief! problems confronting them are the increase in strikes (which is serious enough) and the menace to the food .supply.

The latest development is a pro- test by prominent film actors and actresses against the formation of a salary control board in the code and fourteen have resigned from the Movie Academy.

On the other hand, while New York is menaced by strikes, it is announced the local mediation board has settled disputes in volving thirty thousand workers during its week's existence, while previously the local N.R.A. Chair

man had settled a strike of sixty thousand in the dress Industry.

The Annual Convention of the Federation. of Labour opened in Washington after the Executive Council had drawn up a resolution calling for a revision of all codes now in operation in order to assure higher wages and a 34 hour week.

Mr. Green in a speech to the Convention declared that, eleven million unemployed will not be re- ployed until the issue is boldly and uncompromisingly faced and will establish a six-hour day and a five- day week-Reuter

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Strike Menace" Spreading

New York, Oct. 2. Strikes have been extending so rapidly that they are now serious- ly menacing New York's food sup- plies,

The President's hope that the new coal code would permit the miners to return to work has not materialised. A complete impasse seems to exist in the coal indus- try as the result of the battle of the owners against he Union sys-

tem.

These serious developments, cou- pled with scepticism in the busi- ness world regarding the efficacy of the Government recovery mea- sures are continuing to hamper

THE LEAGUE COUNCIL

Three New Members Appointed

London, October 2.1 Denmark, Argentine and Austra lia were elected to non-permanent seats on the Council of the League of Nations this afternoon, Den- mark replaces. Norway, Argentine

the National Industrial Recovery Administration, which is meeting with resistance on all sides. lorry drivers.

New York food is threatened by a strike of seventeen thousand

They are demanding a five-day- week at a six-day wage and their officials are boasting of the immo- bilization of seventy-five thousand sacks of flour.

HONG KONG DAIL

DR. DOLLFUSS

SHOT

Wounded In Chest - And Arm

Vienna, October 3.5. Dr. Dollfuss was shot and 'wounded in the arm and chest after leaving a political-meet- ing at 230 pm, this afternoon. He was rushed to hospital and in the meantime his”, 85-.. sailant,had been arrested.— Reuter.

MR. TOM CLARKE

Disagrees With Directors

The Ford plant at Edgewater in New Jersey has been closed down,AND RESIGNS EDITORSHIP throwing

twenty-five thousand workers into idleness. -

No Prosecutions

Twelve thousand tool and die makers have joined the ranks of strikers at Detroit, Flint and Pon- tiac,

The Coal Code became effective as from to-day, but there are over a hundred thousand steel and coat. workers continuing the strike, in Western Pennslynsia, Ohio and In- diana,

The Attorney-General to-day issued orders to the Federal At- torneys to refrain from porsecut- ing violators of the Codes.--Router.

Senate Banking Enquiry

Washington, Oct. 3. The Senate Banking Committee resumes its enquiries into the operations of private banking con- cerns to-day when the four part- ners of Messrs. Dillon. Read and Company will be questioned re- garding loans floated by the arm. -Reuter,

President Disappoints

Chicago, Oct. 2. All America waited upon Presid- ent Roosevelt's speech to the an nual Convention of the American Legion this afternoon, anticipat- ing an important announcement defining the

Administration's

monetary policy..

A disappointment was, however, in store. No reference was made by the President to inflation or to foreign. affairs.

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He merely warned his hearers that recovery could not be obtain- ed in six months. There had been ups and downs but the net result was consistent gain-Reuter,

OF "DAILY MAIL":

London, October 3. Mr. Tom Clarke, member of the Board of Directors "of the Daily News, Ltd., and manag-, ing 'editor since 1975, has re signed from the-editorship owing, to divergence of 'views with his fellow directors—

Mr. Clarke was also a Direc- tor of the News and Westmini- ster, Ltd, and was born on June 6, 1884. He started Journ- alism on the Lewisham Journal in 1907 arid was at one time on the staff of the South China Morning Post.

During the cruise of the Bal- tic Flest in French Indo-China. in the Russo-Japanese war, Mr. Clarke was special correspond- eat for the Daily Mail and the Chicago Tribune. „After: thẻ -war he travelled as special 'cor- respondent in China, Japan, Korea, Siberia and Russĩa, and in 1807 he was News Editor of the Daily Sketch,.,

Joining the foreign staff of the Daily Mail in 1911, he was appointed Night News Editor.- in 1913. He joined up during the War and on his return from the Army in 1919) Kórd Northcliffe appointed bim editor. He was sent to Amer vica in 1920 to Study their newspaper methods, and from 1923 to 1928, he was assistant editor of The Herald. Mel bourne, Australia and other allied publications.

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER

“BACKBONE OF GERMAN PEOPLE"

New Peasant Law

Signed By Hitler

Berlin, October, 3. revolutionary" peasant- law ||

CHEE KUNG PARTY

Not Wanted In

Kwangtung

SCENES OF WILD

ORGY

SOLDIERS RUN WILD IN HAVANA

Palatial Hotel Crowded With Drunken Troops

making peasants a privileged class (From Our Special Correspondant) within the state as " the backbone of the German people "-has been signed by Herr Hitler

Members of the Chee Kung Political

Canton, Oct 3 Any farmer desiring to enjoy | Party, of which the late General Chen benefits of this law must prove Chiung Ming was the lender and he is a capable farmer, German founder, are not wanted anywhere in citizen of German blood without Kwanglang, as the Frovincial Dept. Jewish or coloured race taint since of Interior has issued a circular order BATISTA

· 1800" His arable forest land, if it - to; county magistrates instructing does not exceed 310 acres cannot them to suppress the activities of this be divided among his heirs, sold clique or mortgaged.--Reuter.

This party stands for provincial self-governs as Nanking and adoption a federal form of

RESTRICTION OF RUBBER GROWING

Sir C. Clementi's Speech Criticised

government

of Socialist principles for the economic betterment" of the country. Such

theories of administration run con

ACCLAIMED

OF CUBA

NAPOLEON

Havana, October 3.rafty-nine wounded.

Scenes of wildest orgy were wit-Fighting was resumed, on a ter nessed following the surrender of rifying scale soon after dark. Fir-

trary ~ to ` orthodox Kuomintang.

favour by the high officials here.

Sanguine Kuomintang leaders United States' blue jackets watch- strongly object to Communism anded from launches shells bursting Fascism. Hence several alleged Blue on the National Hotel which is Shirts or Fascists were arrested on pierced by fifty large holes and uspicion of starting trouble, although is now a gaping ruin. The inside the report of their execation cannot of the hotel being a veritable be confirmed. Lin Ping Cheung, one shambles; the lobbies are crowded Batavia, October 3. of the detained men, bolds a sinecure Dutch rubber growers consider position in the First Group Army with with half-drumien soldier waving bottles of wine in the air, while Sir Ceel Clementis speech as an the rank of a brigadier generalkonge

Ha was arrested on suspicion in wds acclaimed Batista as the effort to throw the blame before conspiracy with some unemployed Little Napoleon of Cuba. hand on the Dutch East Indies if officers, and there is no evidence to

The whereabout of San Martin restriction should fail in conse-show that General Lin ja connected is still a mystery, but it la report quence of excessive British dewith the Blue Shirts He insed he was taken prisoner while mands Reuter.

graduate of the famous Fao Ting visiting the wounded In hospital. Military Academy (near Peiping), and his fellow classmates and brother officers are trying to secure bail for him.

doctrines and are viewed with dis beleagured officers who were althering was audible from almost every

killed, sent to hospital or arrested point of the city,

SILVER MARKET :

(From Our Special Correspondent)

London, Octaner 3. Following are the Silver Quota- tions on the London market to day:-

Spot

Forward

Oct; 3. Oct. 2. 18.5/16 181.

187/16 18.9/16

It is reported that Mir. Cordell Hull is alarmed over the new de velopments but the Navy Depart ment la prepared for any even tualities The warship; New Mexico,

Mob Attacks

The shooting appears to have been initiated when soldiers fred into the air in an attempt to dis- perse a mob bent on looting the Hotel National, where a handful of officers are believed to be still holding out, though the main part of the building is in the hands of jubilant soldiery.

Mosh of the disarmed officers were taken to fort Cabanas through leering crowds, but it was subsequently reported that a rem- nant of the omcers loyal to the Cespedes regime, left temporarily in the hotel, were slaughtered in cold blood.

"This dreadful affair is various-

OIL TAX BUREAU now approaching Havana, while ly attributed to "Colonel Batista

To Protect Native Industry

The London on New York cross (From Our Special Correspondent) rate to-day closed at 2-U.S. 4.79).

the Wyoming, with six hundred - who is alleged to have issued or- marines, is ready to leave Hamptonders, to the Communists and to Roads, Virginia--Beuter.

students to run wild. montage

Soldiers. Get Out Of Hand **** How to Havana, October 23 The streets of Havana Lowed with blood yesterday in the worst disturbances since Machado was ousted Hundreds were killed and wounded: Canton, Oct. 3. There are ugly stories of a texri- Designed to protect native oil in-ble - massacre of officers at the dustry, an oil tax borean was formod Hotel National. to-day in Canton with other bureaux districts. Officials of these bureaux have assumed their duties as from to-day.

The soldiers are apparently out of hand following the heavy strains of the past week and are engaging in guerilla warfare against the Communists and stud- enta. The latter are armed with |_ hand grenades. -

Seventy-five Killed

SELAMA Later."

WORLD TRADE in Sato, Hotho azid Tolshan of hands and have been engaged her forty are soldiers and fea

RECOVERY

Encouraging Figures From Geneva,

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London, October 2 Encouraging indications of world recovery from the long per iod of economic. depression were cited by the Head of the League of Nations Financial Section, Mr. Alexander Loveday, at Geneva to

day.

"Addressing the Assembly's Econ- omic and Monetary committee, he referred to the world-wide indica-

BIGGEST COTTON COUP DE LYON tions of economic recovery.

EXPORTER

Japan Leads Britain By 6,000,000 Sq. Yards

Tokyo, October 3.~. Japan is now the World's biggest exporter of cotton goods.

Statistics for the eight months from January to August show that Japan exported 1,392 million

million square yards more than that exported by Britain-Reuter.

Industrial production and con- sumption were increasing while

Scratched From All the construction in world trade ap

Engagements

London; October 3. At 9 am to day, notice was given scratching all engagements this year, including the Cambridge- shire, for which Coup de Lyon had

been entered. Reuter.

peared to have been checked, at any rate for the moment.

It is reported that the tax on im- ported vil or kerosene is 43. "big

The soldiers are apparently out in street 1ghting all day with Communists and students

The real carnage did not begin until after nightfall although the

money for one can of five gullone day had been one of terrorism. in while the tax on native refined which thirty-nine persons were product is $2big money for the known to have been killed and quantity. This discrimination against imported oil is to encourage native producers, and the tax i also obtain large sums of money

for

under the Three year Plan the various reconstruction projects

made petitions to the authorities to Chinese refining companies have limit the import and refining of kero

M. RAJCHMANN AT NANKING

Nanking, October 3. Mr. T. V. 8oong -arrived this

It is now stated that at least 75 have been killed, of which num-

are officers. Twenty students are among the dead;

Pedestrians in large numbers have been struck by stray bullets

and hundreds have been wounded,

overtaxing the resources of Hava- na's hospitals-Reuter..

BANDITS ATTACK TRAIN

sene by the two leading foreign cil morning by air at 9.40 from Shang-One Passenger Killed:

companies in Canton. These Chinese hai with M. Rajchmann--Reuter concerns have been unsuccessful in competing with imported goods, and now they have to pay a tax for the oil they refine.

GAS FACTORY

To Be Erected In

Wong Sha

The monthly trade for last July of forty-seven countries represent- ing nine-tenths of the world's trade showed that the value of such trade, calculated on a gold currency, was greater than in the corresponding month of last year.

Exports rose by as much as ten From Our Special Correspondent) per cent. which was the equivalent of 278 million gold dollars,

PRODUCTION RISES

In the world as a whole, indus- trial production has risen by over

replaces Guatemala, and Australia square yards of cotton cloth REORGANISATION thirty per cent.

takes the place of Ireland.- British Wireless.

LONDON STOCK

MARKETS

British Funds Remain Steady

London, October 2.0 The stock markets closed with

some irregularity, but British

YOUNG MARSHAL IN SWEDEN

/Stockholm, Oct. 2. Chang Haueh-liang had audience of the King and lunched with the

Princes yesterday. He is visiting to-day and to-morrow and will be leaving for London on Wednesday. --Reuter.

various Swedish industrial plants

IN KIANGSU

Chen Kuo Fo A Member Of Council

The much-discussed reorganisa

Nanking, October 2

tion of the Kiangsu Provincial Government became a reality to ́day with the formal appointment. of Chen Kuo Fo, a member of the Central Executive" Council, ↑ 65 Chairman of the Kiangsu Provin="

funds remained steady, with War THE MOLLISONS cal Government.

Loan 31 per cent. at 1014 --

Rubbers finished below best on profit taking, but tins were Arm German bonds were weak and Kamarg quiet-British Wireless,

MARYSE HILTZ QEF TO TOKYO

Have Difficulty With

New Plane

Kuố• Chu Tung, - the- retiring Chairman, has 1 been · appointed Commander-in-Chief of the ban- dit suppression forces in Honen,

Hupeh, Human, Kianist and An-

Canton, Oct. 3 The Canton City Government is planning to build a gas factory at Railway station at a cost of about Wong. Sha near the Canton Hankow $1,000,000 ANO *- While only a preliminary plan has Diminution in the figures of un-been drawn up, it is understood that employment was also shown by the machinery and equipment will be the returns for July, August, and ordered from a British frn in England.- September, published by the Inter-" The City Government has escured the. national Labour Office. The Re opinion of Ma BE Stone chief

port shows an improvement in the engineer of the Hong Kong Gas Works situation for the first time since Company in connection with estab the economic depression began and bahing this plant in Canton, it is recorded that a substantial and discussed the project with

* Mr. Etons visited Canton, yesterday. diminution in the number of un-Li Chi Wer, Mayor of Canton. Mr. Britain, Australia, Canada, Ireland: Kong, it is midele was a guest of employed has taken place in many Stone's suggestion follows similar line countries, particularly in Great of operation as the gas works st Hong Belgium Italy, Chile, Denmark, Mayor Lia at luncheon in the Tung Portugal and Romania, British shan Government Club, and returned Wireless

|to Hong Kong the same day.

BANDITS OCCUPY PEITAIHO

BEACH

Safety Flees From Post

Other members of the Forty Police Disarmed: Director Of Public

Kiangsu Provincial Government are Wu Jen Fah; Commissioner of Collingwood, October 3. Civil Affairs: Bhen Fo Bien, Com- The Mollisons made two un-missioner of Reconstruction: Chao successful attempts to start .... in | Li. Hun-Commissioner of Finance their new plane the Seafarer 11. and Becretary-General; Chow Fu 'on their attempted record breaking, Haf, Commissioner of Education; flight to Baghdad. The plane, Yu Chin Tang, Lo Liạng Chien and

Par Ost. 3.-. The well-woman airwoman, Maryse Hiltz, took out at 12.45 a.m. | which is loaded with six hundred Wang. Po Lin --F on a flight to Tokyo and "back::| gallons- of special- English - petrol Her arst stop will be Athene refused to rise on bath, occasions. Mdile, Hiltä 16 using 2′- Breguet : The first time the plane taried plane with a single engine of 850 | along the beach for a mile-and-si- h.p, and 18 accompanied by a me half but failed to

chanic,

Her router is via Siberia, Ma chulf Hallar, Harbin, Mukden and Seoul Reuter

ground, as the engin fiers, -returned ✅ to that point but were equally unsuc

“Reufer-

CUSTOMS TREASURY

NOTES

23 Injured

- Tokyo, Octoer 3:

A message from Moukden states that, one person was killed. and 23 Nanking, October 3 seriously injured and twenty were It is officially confirmed that carried away, when a train which this morning's meeting of the was travelling from Koupantzu to Executive Yuan discussed a pro- Newchwang was attacked by ban posal for the notation of $100,000,- dits led by Su "Hai, near Tien- 000 of Customs Treasury Notes chuangtai yesterday afternoon.

The Executive Yuan approved the proposal and details will be presented to to-morrow's meeting of the Central Political Council for final adoption.Reuter

I will be recalled that Su-Hai attacked a train on Jurie 18 and carried of as hostages over one hundred passengers who have not been released.

Reuter

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