1934-02-12 — Page 12

SPACE

TO LET

Hongkong Daily Press

ESTABLISHED 1857

LİLLEY AND SKINNER

Exclusive London Footwear.

Fresh Large Consignment

JUST ARRIVED. PRICES from $6.75 Every Pair Guaranteed) .. PAUL RENNET ET CIE. -'AUSTIN-NATHAN ROADS,

KOWLOON

12

The JADE TREE is having a big Sale in the Children's, Department. From February 1st.

THE JADE TREE, LTD. 16-21, HANKOW ROAD

CALL & INSPECT THE NEW

3

Tel. 58538

Austin

Cars.

Alex Ross & Co. (China), Ltd. KOWLOON GARAGE

Fraternity Book Rooms

216, Nathan Road, Kowloon.

8. Des Vacuz Road, Hong Kong.

A new Cardgamenta of Albin with coloured Blustrations of Palmaling, alec a large selection

of Children's honka has just arrived.

The

WANT ADS SAVE YOU TIME

PIRATE RAIDS ADMIRAL SIR OFF WEIHAIWEI

Four Dairen Trawlers Attacked

Dairen, February 10. Five pirate ships attacked four Dairen trawlers off Wel-hai-wei at midnight on Thursday. decording to the s.s. Ohata Maru which got away after a heavy attack.

N

A WAISTELL

17

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1934.

IS JAPAN PREPARING

FOR WAR?

ASTOUNDING STATEMENT BY GENERAL BLUECHER Soviet Fully Prepared for Attack In Far East

North

Moscow, Feb. 11.»

has been

Manchuria

turned into a drill ground which

Japan la preparing with the des- perate resolve of exhausting the whole organism of her state in a Jump at the Soviet in the Far East, declared General Bluecher, Com- mander-in-Chief of the Soviet Army in the Far East, in a speech to the Communist Party Congress, Despite seemingly peaceful state- ments of official leaders in Japan's policy we see feverish préparations for war proceeding. for instance miles of strategic railways, "roads and ffty aerodromes.

General

he

Bluecher declared had precise information that now there were 150,000 Japanese troops

POLITICAL UN- THE BALKAN

REST IN SPAIN

PACT

Restrictions Imposed Are There Any Secret

On Broadcasting

Madrid, February 10. With the object of dealing with the tense political situation, the Spanish Home Office has banned the broadcasting of all political and religious speeches.-Reuter.

*Clauses?

ANGLO-FRENCH TRADE WAR? Additional Tariffs To-morrow

London, Feb. 9.

MUCH SPECULATION..

As was announced, by the Pre- sident of the Board of Trade, Mr. (Special to "Hong Kong Walter Runciman, in the House of

Daily Press")

Commons, on January 29, His Belgrave, February 11. Majesty's Government has inform- Ever since the Balkan Pact was ed the French signed speculation has been rite as unless

Government that the Quotes for to whether

United a number of secret Kingdom goods were restored

JAPAN DESIRES KING AND QUEEN clauses exist and it so to what they they would be compelled to cate

PEACE

Does Not Want To Commit Suicide'

New York, Feb. 10.

clic

The Japanese Government's pa- policy Was stressed by Viscount Salto, the new Japanese; Ambassador to Washington, on his arrival here yesterday, on the s.s. Berengaria.

"We are not going to fight Rus-

OF SIAM

contain, as there are strong rea- retaliatory action sons for presuming their existence additional duties on a range of by imposing The Pravda now announces that French products. besides the Treaty itself there also As quotas

To Pay Official Visit actually exists a protocol contain-restored. i have not been fully

To France

Marseilles, February 10. Their Majesties the King and Queen of Slam have arrived here. at Beaulieu, on the Riviera, before They are speriding three weeks paying official visits to Paris and Brussels-Reuter.

A

ing all territorial provisions in the made under Section 12 treatles of St Germain,

of the Trianon Import Duties Act, imposing and 'Neuilly This Protocol is re- duty of 20 per cent. "ad valorem" garded as a complement of the over and above the existing classes Pact and serves for the exact de-of goods produced or manufactur Anition of frontiers which theed in France, with effect from next Balkan State signatories pact has Tuesday. undertaken mutually to guarantee.

The Pravda adds that this Pro- locol has not yet been made known so that the public can arrive at no trustworthy Judgment concern- Ing "the Balkan frontiers."as laid- I the pact proper. Transocean Kuo

Min.

in Manchuria, namely, over a third sia. Russia does not want to fight COLD RECORD IN down by the very elastic text of

of the Japanese Army, together with 110,000 Manchukue troops and 12,000. White Guards." If necessary Kthe Soviet could concentrate in the Far East more aeroplanes than Japan or any Imperialist head could iritoxicate with military fumes to break against the sold iron and concrete fortifications. can continue our work here peacefully and calmly.

Should, war break out we will answer with such a blow as to make the strongholds of capitalism crack in some places in others.-Reuter.

Retires At His Own therefore, we

Request⚫

London, February 10. Admiral Sir Kipling Arthur Waistell, K.C.B., Commander-in Chlef Portsmouth, has been re tired at his own request.-Reuter. Admiral Sir Arthur Waistell, who

and crumble

HUGE MILITARY PARADE

Port Arthur has been requested. will be 61 years" of age next month / Special to the "Hong Kong Dally

to despatch Japanese destroyers Immediately. as the three other trawlers have not returned-Reu-

"Jer.

MANY CONVICTS BENEFIT

At Birth Of Japanese Crown Prince

Tokyo, February 10.

Press (Copyright.)]

Moscow, February 10.

served during the Great War, 1914- 2018," with distinction, being men- tioned in dispatches and created

A huge military ceremonial par C.B. He commanded Destroyer ade was held yesterday in the Flotillas, Atlantic Fleet. 1922-23 famous Red Square. The flower was a Lord Commissioner of the of the Red Army swept past im- Admiralty and Assistant Chief of pressively its national Commur Naval Stad 1923-24, commanded ist Leaders headed by Voroshlloff

the First Cruiser Squadron 1924-26 and his staff. Following the In- and Was Commander-in-Chief, fantry and Artillery divisions, China Station., 1929-31,

came briskly rolling by mechani-" cal monsters of modern warfare in perfect formation These 10- cluded two hundred Hght, two hundred and filty medium. and one hundred and, fifty giant tanks speeding silently across the square adding to their numbers two dozen "Dreadnought Tanks': equipped with small calibre guns and ma- Chine guns. The motorised Arti-

REICHSBANK RETURNS [Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright.)]

Berlin, February 9. In celebration of the birth of The Reichsbank return for the the Crown Prince, which occurred."first week in February shows a on December 23, an extensive Im-seflous drop in guld stock by 19.4lery Included novel anti-aircraft perial amnesty will be announced million marks "after a decline of contrivances brought up 10 the to-morrow, immediately.

The participation of extensive lo substantial concessions made to air squadrons in the demonstration foreign creditors during recent was prevented by a heavy snow- transfer negotiations. Only 4 fall. Armed batallions of workers- millions of the total loss of 29.7 members of the semi-military soc due in interests payments on the lety" Ossaviachim" took part in Dawes loan. Another cause of the parade, which by a striking stringency is that much export coincidence was held on the thir- now going on is for the Hquidation tieth anniversively of the begin-

to become effective 19.3 millions the previous week, rear at high speed.

the drain being attributed chiefly

It is expected to 'banet 35,000 out of a total of 55,000 convicts, by reducing their sentences by at least one-fourth, commuting death sentences, restoring the civil rights of 25,000 citizens and restoring the certificates of suspended marine officers and pliots-Reuter's Paci- fle Service.

CHIANG KAI-SHEK AT NANKING

Nanchang, Feb. 10.

of various old outstanding claims ning of the Russo-Japanese Wat against Germany and hence brings and impressively demonstrated to in no equivalent gold payment. foreign spectators-Diplomats, 'Mil The present transfer arrangement,tary attachees and Pressmen-the however, will expire in April next strength and preparedness of the when if necessary, relief. must be Red Army-Transocean Kuo Min. sought from creditors. The note

cover for February 7 is 10.9%

Marshal Chiang Kai-shek arrived against 11.1 on January 31, and GOLD FLOWS TO

here by air from Hangchow, yes- terday afternoon.-Reuter.

CONTROL OF U. S. COMMUNICATIONS

12.2 on January 23.--Transocean Kue Min.

THREAT TO HUNGER STRIKE

Berlin, February 10.

Washington, Feb. 10. The early enactment of a law

A threat to begin a hunger strike unless a decision concern- providing for the creation of a Federal Communications Commls- ing his detention is reached soon

was made by int Bulgarian Cox

DUTCH COLONIAL"

munist, Dimitroff, who was .ac-

AMERICA

Canada Diverts Metal To New York

New York, February 10, Newspapers here give pro- minence to a report that Canada

war with Russia would mean war us. We do not want to fight them. with all the other nations, includ- ing the United States, and we do not want to commit suicide," he declared.-Reuter.

MLLE. HILSZ RESUMES FLIGHT

NEW YORK

Thousands Suffer Intensely

New York, Feb. 10. The 64-years coid record for New York was ecipsed yesterday, when the thermometer dropped to 14.5 degrees below zero.

TO PRESERVE BOUNDARIES

was

(Special to the "Hong Kong Dally "Press" (Copyright.)]

Athens February 9. The Balkan pact "which Initialled a week ago in Belgrade was signed here in Friday by the Foreign Ministers of four signatory powers Grecce,, Yugoslavia, Ru- mania, and Turkey, All States

The Order has been framed) with a view to effecting a re- duction in imports into the Un-.. ited Kingdom, from France, as near as may be, equivalent to the reduction in the United Kingdom exports to France re- sulting from the differential quota restrictions which are stil maintained.

Classes of goods covered by the Order, are set cut, and include ar- plete or incomplete, and shaped ticles of apparel of all kinds, com material for making into apparel; boots and shoes etcetrd; feathers: artificial flowers, follage and fruit and articles incorporating them; fur, skins and goods manufactured" and goods made wholly or partly wholly or partly of fur and skin;

OUTRAGE

Aleppo, February 10. The French aviatrix,

The intense cold has caused Mlle. Maryse Hilsz, who is attempting terrible suffering among the thou- in the pact aim to preserve mutual of silk-British Wireless Service, her second Paris to Tokyo fight, sands of, destitute who were, last boundaries as laid down by peace flew over Bushire, on the Persian night, huddled in shelters.

treaties, an undertaking which Gulf, at 5.45 p.m. to-day.-Reuter.' Long-distance trains arrived carries the germ further into the THE MIDNAPORE

Mile. Hilsz started her flight on

greatly behind schedule, and on conflict, as it is plainly directed January 26, from Villancoublay the Underground the mechanism against Bulgaria which has mino- Aerodrome, but was forced down

therity" by bad weather and a high wind

her at Alexandretta, on January 29. After repairs to her machine she took off again on February 6, but was forced hours later

down again a few miles from Aleppo, owing to bad is suffering severely, with the violation of the interests of the

at Delr-el-Zor, 175

weather.

SIR MILES FLIES TO CAIRO

4

London, February 10. Sir Miles Lampson, former Bri- ish Minister to China, left Croy- don to-day, for Cairo, by an Im- perial Airways plane.

He will arrive there on Tuesday, to take up his duties as High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan.-Reuter.

was frozen up, dislocating service.

The Hudson River is frozen solid from shore to shore.

disputes with most of neighbours, The Pact is composed of three articles of which the first deals with mutual Still worse conditions prevail in guarantee of frontiers and with the Eastern States and on the measures to be taken in the Northern seaboard. Even Virginia eventuality which might, lead to

temperature nine

zero,

degrees below į four signatories. The second

article provides that no

.who

Bengalis Sentenced To Death".

SHANHAIKUAN RETROCEDED

Midnapore, February 10, Three Bengalis have been sen- action tenced to death, four transported Trans-Atlantic shipping is im should be taken against any other for life, four acquitted and one peded, the 3.3. Mauretania being | Balkan State without complete

turned approver has been several hours' late owing to a agreement having been reached pardoned in connection with the blinding snowstorm-Reuter.

beforehand between the four murder of the Midnapore District ARCTIC GRIP RELAXING signatories. The four allied States Magistrate. Mr. Burge, on Septem-

New York February 11. moreover undertake. not to enter

ber 2, last year-Reuter. The arctic grip is releasing its into political agreement, with any

Balkan bold, the temperature in New York other

State without ∙Is only two below zero this morn- the consent of the other ing. Forty deaths in Ave states contracting parties. The third due to the cold have occurred. article, invites other Balkan States Up to date the lowest tempera--Bulgaria, Albania-to adhere, ture was recorded at Walkerton, adding that the question of ad- Ontario, where at one time it was herence by other non-Balkanı fifty-six below zero-Reuter.

States would be benevolently examined ELS occasion arises. There is an annexe to the pact which is not published and pro- bably deals with eventualities of conflict alluded to in first article, It would be interesting to know whether the mutual guarantee of Balkan frontiers applies to Yugos- lavia's Adriatic coast as in this case agreement might be inter- at preted as being directed

also

aspirations-Transocean Kuo Min. TIMES COMMENT

A Or

SUNKEN CITY OF BALTIC

GOLD

fi

Not A Product Of Romantic against any real or fancied Italian

IMAGINATION

(Special to "Hong Kong Daily Press")

By Telegraph, Copyright, Telegra phic. Messages Ordinance, 1894- ceited, February 11, 7.30 p.m.)

China Takes Over Administration

Tientsin, February 10,

It is learned from a very re- liable foreign source that Shanhai- kuan, which has been held by the Japanese since the New Year 1933, was formally retroceded: ta' China 11 o'clock this morning- Reuter,

NOT YET COMPLETE.

Peking, February 10. Thế control of Shanhaikuan London February 10..

walled city was returned to the The Pact of Balkan understand- Chinese at 11 am, to-day with the ing which was signed at Athens raising of National flags on the yesterday by the Foreign Ministers Administration Building and the of Greece, Rumania, Turkey and firing of 11 guns. Yugoslavia and, by which these

All administrative organs have 7.000 people, 1,300 houses and 24 powers mutually guarantee their taken over but the Manchukuo churches.

respective Balkan Frontiers, is sub- Post and Telegraph offices have Rungholt remained, buried ben-ject of coinment in the Times." It not yet withdrawn. Re-eath sand and silt for centuries; says that it is natural enough that'

The Manchukuo frontier Police until the site was discovered again. four Governments should desire Station. Customs passport and

3 years ago.

agreement designed to reduce dan- quarantine stations, which have ger of inter-Balkan conflict to a been functioning the railway minimum. But as various Balkan" station are also not yet evacuated, critics have observed agreement is Reuter incomplete in one most important respect,

Berlin, February 11. From time to time rich orna- German folk lore has endowed i ments, household vessels and trin is diverting gold to the United the nation with a wealth of legend kets have been washed up on the "sion, with strict control' of tele-

States, £500,000 worth of which about the town Yineta, "the city

sea coast showing what a high phone communication, telegraphs, quitted at the Reichstag fire trial,

arrived here yesterday.

of amber." lying somewhere at the level of culture this old mediaevel wireless and cables has been de- during an interview with Reuter, Mexico, London

Arrivals are also reported from sea bottom whose streets, houses, population must have enjoyed. elded by White House conference to-day, which was the first granted what is most significant was the of "Baltic gold, as amber is po- and Paris, but palaces and churches are all made

This whetted the curiosity of Reuter.

to a British Journalist since the drop in ear-marked gold here to pularly called.

historians and antiquarians who recognised the immense held for end of the Reichstag trial

a. paltry He added that but for his old smallest total since 1925.

U.S. $11,000,000, the Mariners have always asserted research into the past of the Ger-

that they could see a sunken city mothér. he would have started o

man people. They decided to sug- According to the

"Herald on clear days and that once every gest to Herr Hitler that the youth hunger strike long ago..

Tribune," the new Treasury year all the inhabitants returned of the Reichs' Labour Service Dimitron is still uncrushed and financing plans were discussed by to life for on day...

should turn their energies to ex- unbowed, though his nerves are the New York Amsterdam, February 10.

Federal Reserva This fabulous city is not entire- cavating the town and recovering The Dutch Prime Minister, Dr. beginning to suffer under the con- Bank yesterday, and involve some-ly the product of romantic imagt. these relies of the Fatherlands Collin, who is at present in Lon- stant. confinement.

thing extraordinary.

nation, but in reality is based on past. don, intends shortly to Dy to the

He made no complaint of his Some observers predict the con- the disaster which overtook the The Reichschancellor Was 80 Dutch East Indies to study the treatment, but is morbidly fearful version of the U.8.$1,000,000,000 town of Rungholt, on the Frisian struck, with the idea that at once actual, problems and policies there, that one day he will be removed Fourth Liberty Bonds, or fresh seacoast, on the night of January he gave his consent, and work win according to an announcement into an underground cell and dis-borrowing, perhaps U.S.$2,000,000,-1, 1362, when a tidal ware swept begin as soon as weather permits, the Telegraaf-Reuter.

posed of.-Reuter.

000 maturing in 10 years-Reuter, in from the North Sea, destroying-Transocean Kuo Min.

PROBLEMS

The Balkan Agreement which the Treaty of Saint Germain omits Bulgaria not to mention Al- which should secure rights of banla says the Times" is a con- Bulgarian minorities and some

terms. tradiction in

All four better guarantee than they consi- Governments wished to obtain ad- | der has yet been offered of their healon of Bulgaria to the pact but country's economie access to Aegean have so far failed because while under Article 48 of the Neuilly Bulgarian. opinion generally Treaty, favours, good understanding with In these circumstances there) neighbouring Balkan nations it is cannot not prepared to renounce all hope signature of the part by the be much hope of early

of agreed revision of some of the Bulgarian Government.. most onerona Treaty of Nenllly under article 19 view the pact may best be describ

clauses of the more general European point of of the Covenant of the League or to surrender right to ask for more

ed as good as far as it goes. It does not go very far-British Wire effective observance of articles of less.

From a