SERIOUS SITUATION
IN EUROPE
Grave Warning By Mr. S. Baldwin
"REARMAMENT MUST BE AVOIDED
AT ALL COSTS
London, Oct. 7. Cirave references tu the state of Europeand consequences possible if no lisarmament convention is secured, coupled with a warning to any nation which prevents an agreement being reached were contained in a speech
delivered to a Conservative nuts ment- ing at Birmingham, last night, by the d President of the Council, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, leader of the Conser
vative Party:
"World conditions are not good, he said. The are affected largely by economic conditions but there is a psychological eanse over and above the economic one-absence of confid. ence. That want of confidence is child of fear, and four on the continent of Europe is fear of war. That is ole reason why it is imperative to bring about a llisarmament convention.
lo not mean disarmament on part of this country alone, and not on the part of any other. It will be of vital importance to us that every signatory to that convention carries out what is in it, in letter and spirit.
Sanctity of Agreements If that convention be signed the nation that breaks it will have no friend in this civilized world and the same is true of any nation which de liberately prevents such agreement being reached by patting forward demands which might be acceptable after a time but which would not be acceptable to-day to other co-signator. les. Bat-and I really apologize for even alleding to this there is fear in the world that our contry has less regard than she had for sanctity of Agreements entered into since the war which may contribute to the peace of
Slow Procedure at Geneva
Geneva, Oct. 3. The slow tempo of Lengue procedure and its reluctance to make definite de cisions bave progressively discouraged the hopes of works and encouraged those who prefer to solve problems by "force rather than through interna tional cens Foreign Minister, in Boncour Fention declared M. Pacl
speech Before the League Assembly yesterday. "League must have con flence in itself if it is to inspire con fictence on the part of the peoples of the world," he said.
M. Paul-Boncour prefaced his speech with the remark that he had intended to remain silent until the uponing of the Disarmament Con- ference, he said, "would have to take decisive steps to avert & armaments.
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"France has not abandoned and will never abandon a policy of oua fidence in the League of Nations," he The great international conferences of recent years would have been far more successful had they been better prepared method
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to proceed from simple to more complicated questions.
*Preliminary agreements neighbouring states have already given useful results, the Four Power Pact, the Pact of the Little Entente, the various pacts of non- aggression with the U.S.S.R., etc. Europe is building itself step by step and it is the role and duty of the Lea- gue of Nations to join up these various channels and conciliate existing differ- ences. The Four Fact was a
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1933.
RIOTS AT TRALEE
General Q'Duffy
Injured
Dublin, October 8. General O'Duffy, organiser of the Blue Shirts" and President of the United Ireland Party, and Mr. Cronin were injured by rioters at Tralee while attempting to enter the Convention of the United Ireland Party here yesterday.
The serious disorder necessitated the summoning of the military 80 miles from Cork.
A VIENNA SENSATION
Shots Fired At Prince Starhemberg
Vienna, October 8. Prince Starhemberg. Comman- der-in-Chief of the Heimwehr Forces is reported to have been shot four times in the chest. Reuter..."
Later.
FEAR OF WAR IN
THE BOWLS INTERPORT
LABOUR UNREST
MANCHURIA
Serious Tension With Soviet
Harbin, Oct. 8. That Manchukuo and the Soviet are slowly, but surely, heading to wards a crisis of the first magni- tudo is the growing conviction
Slavutaky visited the local dices of the Foreign Ministry and lodged another protest (his fourth against the detention of officials and Manchukuo's refusal to release fused to accept the protest. repeat- them), Shih Liu Pen blankly re- ing his previous assertion that their detention was a judica! question.
in all circles, as a result of the latest developments in the contro- Latest reports indicate that the versy arising from the detention of reported shooting of Prince Star-Russian officials of the CER. * hemberg are baseless. Vice-Chan- The Soviet Consul, General celler Fey declares he has no knowledge of the attempt and the Commander of the Gendarmerie in the Richenau District where the The rioters, armed with stones
Prince is staying with a hunting and batons, were determined to
party, denies the rumour. prevent the Convention from meet-conjectured the report has arisen It is
ing and surrounded O'Duty, together with other dele- concerning a poaching incident in General from a story in a Budapest paper gates, whom they attacksd violent-the region where the Prince was ly.
hunting when shots were exchang Business in Harbin has become ed. Reuter.
disjointed owing to the refusal of Later:
banks, to "discount drafts and pro- berg's life is officially categorically discussing the possibility of a sex- The attempt on Prace Starhem-missory notes, while all circles are deniad.-Reuter
'ous explosion between Manchukuo and the Soviet,
General O'Duffy was struck-on the head with a blunt instrument the blood streaming down his face. Mr. Cronin was slightlyinjured in the back.
Both successfully fought their way to the Hall which was be- sieged by a crowd who were smash-
the windows and wrecking the delegates' cars.
The Civic Guards vainly tried to forma cordon" around the Hall pending the arrival of the military.
The arrival of two lorry-loads of troops from Cork was the signal for further disorders, but the mill-" tary, fixing bayonets and using tear-gas bombs,, soon quistened the
situation.
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Gentral O'Duty alleges he was struck on the head five times with hammer, but he was well enough to finish the business of consolidating the newly formed branch of the United Party before the troops escorted him out of town.-Reuter.
Europe. I say this and I take the quel to Locarno nero, & POLITICAL CRISIS
a work of peace.
Demand for Determination
The essential thing is that the Lea- gue, in fulfilling its duties toward these
ententes must speak and act in her turn but the slownes of procedure and the League's hesitation before the necessity for decisions have progressively discour aged the hopes of peoples and afforded renewed audacity to those who prefer to use force rather than international co-operation.
Treaty of Locarno as a most difficult one. What Great Britain has signed | she will there to She ndhored to her signature with regard to Belgium. Her signature to, these agreements is sacre. There are people who believe that a possible failure to get a disar musment convention would not make much difference to the world. It would take this difference, Fears of which I speak in event of failure of agreement might become a panic in sore countries, and if there were no prospects of limitation of arcaments there is no country which would put
+4 It has become a question of know- to itself the question. "Are we secure ing whether the national security of with our present armaments." The the various states is assured by the answer to that question to-day in Covenant, whether the Disarmament many countries would be: "No we Conference will end in a reasonable are not safe" and I see that the convention, whether equal and efficient problem of rearmament and all that it control will neure ita application and involves is drawing nearer and nearer whether the various states will be till it grips us by throat. If renrma- united in their determination to force ment began in Europe you rany say respect for the convention. goodbye to any restoration of cats to any reduction of taxation for a generation. We may have to face these things so let us realize what it is we are up against.
Back To 1914!!
Upon the atmosphere and resolu- tions of this Assembly will depend the future orientation of the Disarmament Conference," he concluded.-Huvas,
·Berlin, Oct. 8.
for the future failure of the Disarma- France will be wholly responsible
ment Conference, says the semi-official "Political and Diplomatic Correspon dance in a voilent attack published yesterday.-lavas.
Persia and the League
Geneva, Oct. 2, were elected to-day to non-permanent Denmark, Argentine and Australia, seats on the Council of the League of Nations. The Portuguese delegate, Senor Vasconcellos, made an eloquent speech, adventing that this seat should be allotted to his country und be supported this clain by referring to Portugal's continuous work for the League of Nations aud the importance of Portugal'a colonial empire.
With many untions expenditure that would be involved in increasing arma- ments would bring them much nearer to financial catastrphe. It might even bankrupt some and you may imagine from that what the effect would be on the trace of the world. Paychologically we should be back in 1914 with more knowledge than we had then and I have never disguised my own view that another war in Europe would be the end of the civilization we know. Few can be so careless or so ignorant as not to have noticed how the very found tions of our Mid-European and Western European civilisation have rocked in these lust Bifteen years. They cannot stand, a second explosion akin to the one that wrought such damage at that time and you cannot wonder at the anxiety with which His Majesty's
Portuguese Delegates Appeal Government now is endeavouring in
Geneva, Oct. 3, every way to ensure some agreementsion, the chairman of the General Before closing the general discus. with regard to limitation of arms."
Mr. Baldwin's speech is described | Assembly of the League invited the by the Daily Telegraph as a word in last orators on the list to speak reason delivered in a spirit of candoar Among the latter, the Persian dele- that should leave no room for aris gate expounded the sentiments of his understanding and ought not to fail country toward the League, after
which adopted the report of the First Com the Assembly unanimously mittee increasing temporarily, until 1930, the number of seats on the League Council from the, to ten. This resolution must still be approved by the League Council. The adoption of this report closed general discussion of the Assembly-Havas.
in its effect.
The Times mentions that before he spoke Mr. Baldwin had been infomed of the substance of preliminary verbal observations "on" disarmanent made yesterday to Bir John Simon on be. half of the German Government. The Foreign Under-Secretary Capt. An thony Eden having left for Briming ham shortly after Prince Biomarks visit.
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Solution of Jewish Question Press comments this morning are
Geneva, Oct. Speaking yesterday before the Poli without exception markedly unsym- pathetic to the lime which the Gertical Commission of the League As man Government are understood to sembly, M. Henry Berenger, chairman have taken in this communication, of the Foreign Affairs Committee in B. IV.
SERIOUS VIEW IN AMERICA
Washington, October 8. High Government circles regard
the French Senate, said he agreed with the British delegate's opinion that Palestine cannot be regarded as a key to a complete solution of the Jewish problem.-Havali.
TREASURY ISSUE OVERSUBSCRIBED.
London, Oct. 7.
as most serious the report, from Geneva of Germany's demand to immediatel re-arm, but the ad- ministration is withholding action The amount applied for in this. by representations pending the re-week's tenders for Treasury bills, ceipt of a full official report from was £100,450,000, while the amount Mr. Norman Davis
allotted in bills at three months, was 215,000,000.
It is felt the United States have ample grounds for representation to Germany under the treaty of 1921, which formally ended the hostilities between the two com- tries--Reuter.
The average rate per cent, is 12/9.98d as compared with 12/4ld. per cent, last week -British Wire- less Bervice,
IN SPAIN
Armed Socialists Ready For Revolution
Madrid. October 8. Dr. Maranon has been unable to form a Government owing to the refusal of the Socialists to agree to the dissolution of the Cortes.
The Socialists are reported to be armed, and, ready to establish virtual Dictatorship.-Reüter.
Dr. Maranon yesterday, at the. invitation of President Zamora, undertook to attempt to form a Government, the Independent Re- publican, Senor Don Jose Pedregal, having declined, in order to solve defeat of Senor Leroux's Cabinet. the political impasse caused by the
U.S. WARSHIPS COLLIDE
"Destroyer Rams Houston
Shanghai. Oct. 8. When turning before mooring at soon after she and eleven other Whangpoo early this afternoon warships of the United States, Asiatic Fleet arrived from Chefoo, the destroyer, Peary, was caught by the tide. ramming the American fagship, Houston amidships.
the Peary made her moorings, With her bows badly crumpled and is in no danger of sinking, although she has water in her bow compartment and will have to go
dock for repairs,
Struck where her armour is heaviest, the Houston escaped with practically no damage Reuter's Pacific Services.
BUBONIC PLAGUE
IN MANCHURIA
12 Victims At Changling
Dairen, Oct. 7. The South Manchuria Railway announces that 12 have died out of 15 cases of bubonic plague at Changling, 150 miles west of Changchun, following the deaths of a. Manchu man and woman from Nungan, a plague, district, ...
A further spread is feared-Reu- ter.
NEW FLIGHT RECORD
Col. Casanelli Attains 625 Kls. Per Hour
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The consensus of opinion is that the present situation ennot con- tinue indefinitely.
VLADIVOSTOK A WAR BASE?
Tokyo, Oct. 3rd, The foreign office disclosed today that the Japanese embassy at Moscow was vigorously pressing for the can- cellation of new port regulations at Vladivostok which a spokesman said apparently were to hide progress on military works converting Vladivostok into a formidable war base.
Ancona, October 8. The British world flying record of 551.8 kilometres an hour for a hundred kilometres, established by Japan contends that the regulations, Flight-Lieutenant Boothman at put into effect August 28, requiring Spithead in 1931 during
the that foreign vessels entering Soviet Schneider Cup fights, was broken Russia's chief Far Eastern port ba by Colonel Guglielmo Casanell placed in command of Soviet pilots, Flying a new Macchi Fiat seaplane interferes with trade and communica in a circult he averaged over 625 tions without warrant. kilometres per Four subject to official confirmation-Reuter.
NORTH GERMAN
LLOYD
Fined $182,000
New York, October 8. The arbitrator in the North Atlantic Conference has fined the North German Lloyd $182,000 for accepting registered marks as pas- sage money by which passengers saved fifteen per cent. If the fine if collected will be divided among the lines belongnig to the confer-
ence.-Reuter..
SILVER MARKET
(From Our Special Correspondent)
London, Oct. 7. · Following are the Silver Quota- tions on the London market to day:
Oct. T. Oct. 6. Spot
18.7/16 181 Forward... 18.9/16 18 The London on New York cross rate to-day closed at £-U.S. 1.69-1/2.
NON-ARYAN JOCKEYS
BANNED
'Berlin, October 8. Non-Aryan Jockeys and amateur rider's will in future be banned at
all races-Reuter.
U.S. BASEBALL
Giants Win World
Series
Washington, October 8. The New York Giants beat Washington Senators in the last match, thus winning the World Baseball Series Reuter.
MOLLISON'S GIVE UP
Plane Being Shipped To England
Toronto, October 8 The Millsong have abandoned their idea of a flight to Baghdad They are shipping their machine to England Reuter.
SILK CODE SIGNED
Washington, October 8. [ Mr. Roosevelt has signed the silk code providing for a maximum forty hour week and a minimum wage of twelve dollars weekly- Reuter.
The regulations were declared to be obviously auti-Japanese in intent be- cause Japanese are the only alien ves- sels regularly calling at Vladivostok.
Expressing the opinion that Moscow intended to restrict, the freedom of navigation and observation of Japanese
marinera in the Vladivostok region, the spokesman recalled persistent re- porta that the Soviet has been formid- ably fortifying a Russian island at the month of the harbour, and assembling at lenat a dozen submarines there.
This was alleged to be related to Russian military preparations in the Far East, directed at Japan.
The development closely followed the war office communique issued last week which charged a revival of Russian military power "making Japan unable to rest at ease con cerning her defense in the direction
IN AMERICA
Hongkong's Victory Strikes Spread: But
On Saturday
SHANGHAI IN GREAT FORM
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Hongkong won the first of the series of three interport bowls matches on Saturday when R. F. Luz skipped a team which accounted for the Shangliai combination by 21 shots to 15
The visitors showed surprisingly good form and led for the greater part Hongkong players towards the end of of the game, but the efforts of the the match told in their favour, and thus Hongkong has now one match to its credit.
Coates, H. C. Chalmers, W. Mair and Hongkong was represented by A. E R. F. Luz. The Shanghai team con- sisted of J. M. Lopes, T. G. Main, W. A. Hailey and C. Richards.
The green was in as good a condition As one night expect and was on the faa side, a fact which was very much in Shanghai's favour since they are accustomed to very fast greens in Shanghai. It was not long before the visitors adopted themselves to the con- ditions on Craigengower's rinks' and they soon established a lead.
Lopes as No. I from Shanghai found his green early in the game and was in every respect a match for Coates, who comparatively speaking, was a bad starter, but cuce Coates had settled down to work, he gave Lopes a close race all the way. Chalmers of Rong- kong and Main of Shanghai were both dependable and were both responsible for some very good shots.
No Bloodshed"
Washington, Oct. 7. WHILE recognising that the un- Test in the coal industry is highly dangerous, General John- son, N.R.A. Administrator, is hope- ful of an early resumption of work by 75,000 strikers.
President Roosevelt's personal intervention in the labour war i expected as a result of a hurried White House after hearing Mr. visit of General Johnson to the Gifford Finchot, Governor of Pen- nylvania, who had come to plead for peace in the coal industry.
but," unlike yesterday, there is no The strikes continue to spread, bloodshed to-day:
President Roosevelt has enlarged the National Labour Board from with the pressure of work due to seven to eleven members, to cope. the strikes.-Reuter.
9,000,000 Men Re-Employed
Washington, Oct. 7. Some 3,000,000 workers were re- employed up to the end of Sep- tember, according to the Federa- tion of Labour Review, which now- asserts that higher wages ever have been offset by shorter hours and higher prices.
It declares that production has increased 44 per cent. since March, whereas buying power has only
been raised 17 per cent.
The Federal Reserve bulletin re cords that retall sales in New clined approximately 7 per cent. York, Brooklyn and Newark de-
Mair, who deputised for Cullen on the Hongkong team, proved to be a who time after time emproved things very good substitute and it was he for Hongkong. Compared to him in September. Bailey of Shanghai was not so good, though this player was of great! assistance to his skip.
Of the two, skips, it is difficult to say who was the better man. Richards played with deadly accuracy, but did not have much joss, especially towards the end of the game when things went against him. Luz on the other hand had all the skill and steadiness dis played by Richards, but he did not have to fight against the element of luck.
Form the sixth head onward Shang- hai was in front and Hongkong did not draw larel again until the 13th head, but Shanghai drew abend again
and the scors at the end of the 17th head reed 15-13 in their favour.
Dun and Bradstreet's analysis asserts that the general' trade pace has perceptibly. slowed." President Roosevelt called upon Mr. Wallace, Agriculture Secre- tary, to speed up the cotton loans, which are lagging inexplicably.
that 145,000 men have been re- The Textile Institute reports employed and pay-rolls have been more than doubled since March.
Steel manufacturers offcially complained that a Axed price for steel rails of 835 per ton-in- volves a manufacturing loss, but they may accept the offer in or With three heads to go, it looked as
'der' to spread employment though Shanghai bad
Reuter. a splendid chance to beat Hongkong, hat they never scored again while Hongkong collected eight points in the last three heads, thanks mainly to Luz brilliant play, but also to the good laying by the other members of the team.
The eighteenth head found Hong-" kong lying three shots, to enable the local side to lead by 18-16. In next head Coates and Chambers, with their four woods between them, were able to
of the Asiatic continent." This walie three shots. The Shanghai skip given as the primary reason for the managed to shift some of the shots Japanese army's current programine of against him, but Luz playing brilliant- armaments replenishment and exly drew in two useful woods to count pansion.
four for the head.
The communique charged that the Soviet government has now stationed in the Far East "ten divisions 300 tanks, and several hundred airplanes including scores of heavy bombers, this air force being capable of attacking Tokyo immediately in the event of the outbreak of a Russo-Japanese war”
The Red army was declared to total now 1,290,000 men, possessing modern arms and equipment and altogether superior to the Czarist forces Japan defeated in Manchuria in 1904-05.
The Japanese army is demanding the largest outlay in "history 820,000 yen, in the budget for the next fiscal year, opening, April 1.
DROUGHT IN SZECHUAN
Five Thousand Villages Affected
Nanking, October 1. Szechuan is faced with an un- precedented drought. 5,000 villages are affected, rendering, over; 441.- 000 families destitute.
Most of the villages have been without rain for 60 to 70 days. Not only are all the crops withered but the scorching sun has caused ex- tensive forest fires.
At Chungking the populace sub- scribed funds and made an incense stick 30 feet high, surrounding which thousands prayed for rain, Gen. Liu Hsiang, Commander-in- Chief of the Szechuan forces has Petitioned the Government to ap- propriate $4,000.000 from the Amer- ican cotton and wheat loan for the relief of the drought refugees- Reuter's Pacific Service
CHIANG TSO PIN LEAVES FOR TOKYO
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Shanghai, Oct. 7, Mr. Chiang Tso Pin, Chinese Minister to Tokyo, is sailing for an this morning to resume dut- ies there. UDARA W
Prior to his departure, he talked for an hour or so with, Mr. Wang Ching-wei's representative Tang Yu-jen, who is believed to have
eyed Mr. Wang's final instruc- tions to Mr Chiang-Central News Agency.
Credit Expansion Machinery
an-
Washington, Oct. 7. President Roosevelt has nounced that 2 "Commodity Credit Corporation" will be created immediately, with an initial capital of $3,000,000, 'an- thorised to borrow from the Re- construction Finance Corpora- tion and land funds, with com- modities, as security.
The Corporation's infilar” duty will be to implement the Govern ers ten cents a pound on "their ment's pledge to lend cotton grow-d
Shanghai's only chance of saving the game was to score five to lie in the last bead. After the first three men cotton in an effort raise prices. on each side bowled, Shanghai was Reuter. lying four, when the Hongkong skip with his first wood, drew the very first shot, amidst loud applause, Richards tried his best to remove Luz' wood, but night when a very enjoyable time was failed in his attempt, and Hongkong spent by all, the dancing being carried thus won the match by 21 sheta to 16. on until a very later hour. The Pre
Dinner and Dancë.
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The interport team were entertain ed to a dinner and dance at the Craig engower Crickt Club on Saturday
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sident of the Lowne Bowls Association team on winning and paid a special Mr. J. Russell, congratulated the local tribute to the Colony's skip, E. F. Luz, for the part he played in Hongkong victory.
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