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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1933.

BRITAIN'S DISARMAMENT

POLICY

REVIEWED BY SIR JOHN

SIMON IN COMMONS

“GERMANY NOT A TARGET FOR DICTATION"

London, November 24. Suggestions that the Powers should proceed with the of Germany, Diasarmament Conference in the absence complete a convention and present it to Germany as the considered finding of the rest of the world, were scouted by Sir John Simon in an impörtant review of the whole pro- blem in the House of Commons to-night.

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Germany, he said, was not a target for dietation She was a partner in the discussion. Her withdrawsi complicated the situation, but made no difference to Britain's resolve to persuade her to enter again into friendly discussions.

Sir John Simon summed up British policy

the following in sentences. Firstly. the adjourn ment of the Conference did not mean an adjournment of the work It meant the for disarmament.

The British Govern- opposite. ment intended that this period of devoted, suspension should be

without delay and without inter- mission, to an exchange of views between individual Governments. in order to prepare the ground on which

could the Conference restimie ita work-ground which

at present bad been so fatally interfered with by Germany's withdrawal.

Secondly, how those exchanges "of views could best be carried on must depend on circumstances. In the first instance; the British Government considered that those exchanges should be conducted channels in through diplomatic the

form of bilateral conversa- tionis.

Thirdly. we welcomed the as surance of Herr Hitler that Ger- many's one destre is. for peace. and that she has no aggressive designs.

to

Fourthis, we hope that Ger- many also has her contribution

order make in

to render general disarmament possible in practice, and we hope that as the outcome of the exchange of views which are now going to be un- dertaken, it will be found possible to translate those assurances into such concrete shape as will help to build up that international security which is an indispensable condition to disarmament.

QUESTION OF PROCEDURE Referring to the importance which the question of procedure had acquired since Germany's withdrawal, Sir John Simon said there was one view which had expressed in this country, been

entertained in some, and also

abroad. that notwith- withdrawa{ the

quarters

standing the

Conference should

Ko

oo as if with 2 view to framing an agreed Con- be should then vention which

nothing had happened.

tendered to the absentee or ab- sentees, with invitation or demand that they should, sign it.

Apart from the practicability of that procedure, which could only be carried out if they were they were going reasonably sure

to get every State in agreement, he questioned the wisdom of such procedure and could imagine none more likely to drive iron into suggest Germany's soul than to that Germany's withdrawal made no difference, and, for the rest. to formulate a document and request Germany to sign on the dotted line.

GENERAL AGREEMENT

REQUIRED

The object was to bring about a general agreement. The only way to reach it was by negotia tion, and not by the method of Germany shots at dong range. was not a target for dictation. She was partner in the discussion The fact that she had seen at to withdraw to distance greatly complicated the difficult question of immediate procedure, but made no difference to Britain's resolve to do everything possible to make her again a partner in friendly

discussions.

In recent weeks a number of tentative suggestions has arisen on the German side. Sir. John referred to & speech by Hitler before the elections and to a more

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whole work of co-ordinated armament.

. 'ITALY'S VALUABLE

CONTRIBUTION

dis-

He wished to acknowledge that Italy had made most valuable contribution towards agreement. There had been some very strong- declarations made ly-phrased

shortly before by the head of the Italian Government, but while he (Sir John Simon) was at Geneva, the Italian Government authorised their representatives to explain that Italy was not seeking to avoid the continued good work of the Conference. but wES xious to co-operate with the rest in 'whatever precise line of proce- dure turned cut to be the best.

an-

In the same way, it was made clear that the French Government would not assume a rigid position, but was anxious for a procedure which could be so shaped as to produce the best prospects of re- time. sults in the least possible The French representatives were 25 insistent as the British that

PRINCE OF WALES TO OPEN

British Air Ports Conference

London, November 25,...

The Prince of Wales will open

U.S. SOVIET RELATIONS

Mr. Bullitt To Visit

Moscow

Warm Springs, Nov, 26. President Roosevelt has instruct- the Air Ports Conference, which ed Mr. Bullits to proceed to Mos- is to beld at the Mansion House cow immediately to establish rela- on December 8. The Conference | tions and then return to America has been convened by the London and report on the situation. Mr." Chamber of Commerce in conjunc-Bullitt is sailing on the 29th inst.

-Reuter. tion with the Royal Aeronautical Sotlety to stimulate Interest in the provision of more Municipal aero- dromes and landing grounds. The Air Minister, Lord Londonderry, will speak at the Conference.--- British Wireless."

Mr. A. Henderson, President of the LONDON STOCK

Disarmament Conference.

MARKET

ELECTRIFICATION OF RAILWAYS

Southern Railways Ltaest Scheme

London, November 25, The Southern Railway Com- pany, which already possesses tho largest surburban electrified system in the world, have decided to ex- tend their electrified, line to Seven The cost of the new extension, which will add twenty-three route miles to the

£500,000.- will exceed "system,

British Wireless.

Conference. The world simply Cheerful Appearance oaks, in Kent.

Little Business

London, November 25. Following a more favourable Stock Wall Street, trend on Markets presented a cheerful ap- pearance this morning but there was little business doing.

could not afford to contemplate a race in armaments which must be the outcome of its failure. But those who believed in the use of the League of Nations for a settlement of international dis- putes had even greater reason for They could not blind anxiety. themselves to the fact that if the Conference "falled. that system would sustain a shock of exceed- ing severity. Every dimculty which had to be met owing to the course of events in recent years had served, further to convince him of the vital need for a strong and truly representative League Wireless, of Nations. Support of the Lea- gue was to-day, and he trusted would always be, the cardinal

British Government stocks were quiet,

War Loan 100.5/18. Gold" 128/6d., including a premium of 1/- over the French franc. British

feature of British foreign policy PRESIDENT

-British Wireless.

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Dead," Says M. Maxim Litvinoff

New York, November 25. "The Disarmament Conference.

is a corpse which no efforts can

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PRINCE RECEIVES MR. QUO TAI CHI

London. November 25. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales received Mr. Quo Tal- chi. Chinese Minister in London yesterday evening-Reuter

ROOSEVELT

ADAMANT

Control Of Gold To Continue

the Disarmament conference bring back to life, and if no death US MONETARY PROBLEM STILL

That should be kept in being.. was the situation which resulted in the meeting of the Bureau last Wednesday, when an absolutely By unanimous view was taken. good feeling. good sense and com- plete and triendly co-operation, had been unanimity on there

certificate is issued it is only be- cause the doctors are afraid to listen to its heart, which has ceased to beat," declared M. Maxim Litvinoff at a farewell banquet in his honour.

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The progress made by the Soviet was the only ray of light in the

be

"A MYSTERY

New York, Nov. 24 President Roosevelt has let it definitely" in a com-

procedure, which was an essential gloomy background of Europeanmunication from Warm Springs preliminary to agreement on sub-militarism, he said, stance.

SHANGHAI-CANTON 'PLANE CRASH

PASSENGERS ESCAPE

DEATH

INJURED REPORTED TO BE PRO-

·GRESSING FAVOURABLY

Shanghai, November 24. The escape of the Countess of Carlisle, and the other occupants of the Sikorsky plane from death was almost miraculous..

The giant plane, took off at 6.15 am. but returned to the aerodroma on account of tog. Hopping off again at 8 am the plane crashed on the mountainside on "Chushan Island at 8.30 am. It turned over three times and was completely wrecked, but by the greatest of good fortune falled to catch Are.

Herr Schaefer, Manager of Kunst and Albers of Shang- hai was the first to crawl out. All the passengers were injured in some way but Herr Schaefer thought first of the Countess of Carlisle, who was the only, woman on board and suffered the most.

ASSISTED

ASSISTED BY CHINESE He made her as comfortable as possible under the circumstances until a junk was obtained which conveyed the party to Chapu..

The pitching of the junk caused the injured acute discomfort,

BY

CHINESE

the Sikorsky plane and reported that they were convinced that "all the occupants had been killed.

The Countess of Carlisle had intended to visit South China and

Later thea .proceed to England she was to have gone to Egypë to act as "hostess" to her uncle, Bir Miles Lampson, as she has done

At Chapu a friendly Chinese set them on board motor-buses, { recently in Peking-Reuter." assisted the injured ashore and

LADY CARLISLE INTERVIEWED which speeded at 30 miles an hour

Shanghai, Nov. 25; over bumpy roads to Minghong, where the Countess of Carlisle Interviewed by Reuter at 1 was transferred to an ambulance |"alm-Bir Victor Sassoon said hë and rushed to the Country Hos-had just left the Countess of Car- pital at Shanghai, the others be-lisle in the Country Hospital ing conveyed to the city later. She was resting as comfortably. -Examination has revealed that as the circumstances permitifed was extremely cheerful, in the Countess of Carlisle, had both i and

spite of her broken ankles and her ankles broken. She suffered minor injuries as well and was bruises all over her body badly shaken, but is positively in had a cut on her forehead, which ao danger.

had been stitched.

PILOT'S ANKLES BROKEN Mr. William Ermers, one of the American pilots, also suffered to broken ankles.

Besides the persons already the mentioned, those abroad plane were:

Mr. Yang Zung-wo of Wenchow. Mr. M. H. Yang, Commissioner of Customs at Wenchow. ·

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The Countess of Carlisle told she. that Sir Victor Bass000 boarded the plane with a thermos. of coffee.

She was reading a newspaper and the next thing she knew was that she was lying on the ground with a man (Mr. Lincoln Rey nolds, the American Consul at Foochow), groaning over her.

The other occupants of the critics of the Roosevlt Policy to Mr. S. F. Chang, manager of

said that the Countess offer something to replace it other the Foochow Motor Bales Com | plane

worried, more about them than than the policy under which we pany.

Mr-Conrad Hsu of the Asia herself. She particularly sympat reached the present disastrous con-

Electric Company, Shanghai. that he has no intention, despite dition - While the talks at the White

Furnours" to

Reuter. N the contrary, of House 41

were very pleasant, M.

The Countess of Carlisle's Arst Litvinoff declared, he and Prest-changing his gold control pro- opinion unisss they offered

visitor was Sir Victor Sassoon. dent Roosevelt had hardly suc-gramme.

Rescue planes which rushed to wreckage of ceeded in convincing each other.

the scene saw the M. Litvinoff sailed by the Conte di Cavola for Geneca to-day, after which he will visit Signor Musso- Hal-Reuter""

FRANCE AND GERMANY

had The Government

already taken a step to play their full part in endeavouring to promote consultations. They diplomatic had made it plain to the French- Government that if they could see enter into closer their way

to

Sig. Mussolini,"orignator of the Four Power Pact.

communication with the German Government," they would have Britain's complete.goodwill in so doing. They had indicated to the German Government that the attentive note of the declarations recently made by Herr 'Hitler and other German statesmen had been taken, and the whole of British influence would be used for trying to bring about a spirit of negotia- tion and co-operative action, in- stead of keeping Germany at a distance.

The American dollar improved!gramme appreciably to-day, its strength being attributed to

The critics will not win public affirmative and constructive pro-

After three-and-a-half years of expectations depression under the gold stand- of early stablisation, based upon ard, we had not the confidence the fact that. the domestic -gold which, it is said, now awaits the M. Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet Com-price has not been changed for return to the gold standard. Advo

the fourth successive day.

cates of the gold standard stood at missar for Foreign Affairs, visited

"There is also better understand the bler of industry and agricul Washington as a special envoy to negotiate for United States recog-ing of President Roosevelt's mone- ture; speechless and without hope.

tary policy, which is having nition of the Soviet,

The agreement, granting recog-steadying effect and giving grea- nition, was signed by President ter confidence. Roosevelt on November 17, after lengthy discussions, and normal relations have been resümed.

BRITISH VIEW WELL RECEIVED,

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EARLY STABILISATION

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SILVER MARKET

H

closed at £-U.8.

(From Our Special Correspondent)

London, November 25. INFLATION HARMFUL.

Following are the, Silver Quota- tions on the London market to- New York, November 25, Forty-four of the leading United day:

Nov. 25 Nov. 24 Circles closely associated with States economists, headed by Pro-

Suot

18:18.7/18 the Federal Reserve Bank indign- fessor Kammerer, an authority on.

.18.7/16 181 and South American Forward antly repudiate the

suggestion Central

The London on New York: CROSS that the Federal Reserve · Board finance, have organised a national

03.201 has been opposing the Treasury's, committee of economists on mone-rate to-day London, November 25. support of United States Governtary policy

The committee issued a state- Britain's new lead in the Dis ment bonds... armament negotiations which was Some Democratic quarters anti-ment declaring that the country announced by the Foreign Secre- cipate stabilisation of the dollar was threatened with serious in- tary, Sir John Simon, In the House at a somewhat lower exchange flation which would be harmful of Commons, is welcomed in the value than at present rules, with especially to the working classes, British Press. His speech has been an early reture to the gold stan- and recommending a return to the gold standard and co-operation fully reported abroad and immedi-dard on the new basis.

with other nations.-Reuter. ate response in France, Germany

PRODUCTION FALLS IN

and Italy is favourable,

policy.

“BOLONET DOLLAR "

He declares for a return to the gold standard.

OCTOBER,

New York, November 25 The Federal Reserve Board's October shows that production for the month was 77, as compared with 84 for September,

Sir John Simon made further. re-

Mr. Al Smith, former Governor ference to the disarmament prob- of New York, ex-candidate for lem in a speech last night when he the Presidency, is the latest re- said the central fact of the presenteruit to the ranks of opponents problem was the question of Franco of President Roosevelt's monetary survey's of American business for German relations. There must; he said, be fuller. understanding of that question. France was most deeply and sincerely devoted to peace. It was not the desire to go to war which made her hesitate to reduce her armaments forthi- with. It was the memory of re- peated Invasion of her Eastern aide. It was necessary to realise this to understand how anxious the French were to be assured that disarmament would really bring

peace.

Across the frontier was another great people also nursing memory. It was the memory of humiliation, defeat, and disarmament imposed upon them by treaty which did not indeed make that disarmament conditional upon disarmament. of others, but certainly recorded the Intention of victors to follow with disarmament of their own

Britain had communicated with the Italian Government to say. how. well satisfled she was to learn that they agreed as to the import- ance of keeping the Disarmament recent interview with him in a Conference, in being. The Draft great French newspaper, which Convention stll held the field at called for most considered Geneva, buz & vast amount re examination by all secking peace mained to be done before the and reconciliation. Therefore, second reading could usefully be when they came to consider the undertaken. not for the want of war. but which inherited these immediate course to pursue at will or determination, but owing bitter memories and they had a Geneva, it appeared there might to fundamental difficulty of and ing a way to reconcile rival ambi be good reason for providing a period in which parallel and supy tions and separate suspicions and plementary efforts might be made.

Of course, if those who put for- ward that sort of suggestion had, at the back of their minds the abandonment of the efforts of the Disarmament Conference itself, the British Government would have nothing to do with it at all, That would be a fatal blow to the

to adjust the whole elaborate scheme. to uit 65 ctations.

CAPT, EDEN'S VIEWS. In a speech in Warwickshire this evening, Mr. Anthony Eden said the disarmament situation at such that greater present was energy than ever must be exerted to carry through the work of the

A new generation of Germans had grown up which never w

leader who whatever one may think of his methods, embodied their claim to dignity and status of equality. The influence of Britain in this tremendous Issue was immensely increased by the knowledge that our own united nation was unreservedly devoted to peace and destred only to contri- bute everything it could to build up and sustain the peace of the world to regulate and limit arma ments-British Wireless

"I am for a gold dollar against the boloney dollars," he said to

day.—Reuter..... ¡

CONFIDENCE MUST BE

RESTORED

ta

New York, November 26. Mr. Alfred: 8mith's attack on Mr. Roosevelt's policy was made in are open letter addrered the New York State Chamber of Commerce in reply to a request for an expression of opinion on the

Chamber's campaign for "Bound money." ___://

Mr. Smith says he does not be

"Democratie · party. 1s fated to lieve the

be always party to printers free, silver advocates, 8Teenback advocates, paper money currency managers, rubber dollar manufacturers. and crackpots," Absoulte dependability In money store the confidence which the standards is the only thing to re- latest Ascal moves of the Admin stration have undermined-Ren- ter

A "DISHONEST DOLLAR.”

Washington, November 29, The gold dollar is the most dishonest dollar ever created ex- copt the absolutely irredeemable paper money, declared Senator ing Mr. Alfréd Smith and other Borah in a formal retort, challeng

The fall is contrary to the sea- sonal tendency-Reuter,,

PAPER MONEY ‹ MAY BE REQUIRED

New York, November 26. The treasury does not anticipate

the use of green backs"" or any innationary devise in arranging the re-francing of Government securities amounting to $7,27,000,-. December 15, 000 maturing an according to the Washington con respondent of the New York Times,RUAR

Administration officials. how- ever, concede that the crisis in change. thess plans even to the the meantime might completely extent of printing paper money, Heavy breaks in prices of basic commodities or a severe fall in

new devises, but officials at pre- Government credit would call for sont find all market conditions encouraging and do not expect anything to arise in the meantime. Samator Wheeler in a broadcast speech relerated the demand for free coinage of silver in a ratio to sold of 16 to 1

The Herald Tribute reports al rowing feeling that the gold ex- periment has practically run ile course and will soon give way to stabilisation-Rentered

hised with the chief pilot, an American wartime aviator named George Rumill, as it was his first crash.-Reuter. pis ALL PASSENGERS IMPROVING

Shanghai, Nov. 23. All the injured passengers of the aeroplane accident yesterday are improving and are expected to recover shortly-Reuter.

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BRITISH GRUISER SETS NEW RECORD

London, Nov. 24 Steaming an average of 281 knots, the new 7,000-ton British cruiser Achilles put up a record for a voyage from Gibraltar to Portland, which was covered in 39 hours.

The maximum speed attained was 324 knots-Reuter

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