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An extmordinary general meeting of the Central British Association" was held yesterday in the Central British Association was held yester- day in the Central British School Hall to amend the rule debarring non- associate member from filling execu- tive posts in the Association. After the rule had been passed Mr. Alford was elected the new Secretary of the Association.

Hong Kong, on FRIDAY, 25th Tel. 94511 (Wanchai Office) & slip before it becomes an avalan- Latest Attack Against tonal bureau formed a month terminating that treaty. British arrived off Woosung on April 29, with

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HONG KONG, May 5, 1934.

THE PEOPLE'S PART IN PEACE

"Brain Trust"

Washington, May. 4.

An allegation that a secret group

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Bucharest, May 3, Alma Tano who gave the author-

Wireless Service.

TROTSKY WANTS TO is seeking to establish "gulldes information leading to the ENTER BRITAIN .. form of Government" in England arrest and conviction of Colonel

London, May 3. and America, is the lastest attack Precup and his twelve associates against members of

The Home Secretary, Sir John in the plot against Royalty was the "Brain Trust."

murdered. by unidentified as- Glimour, stated yesterday in the Professors Tugwell and Adolf sailants in the Transilvanian city House of Commons that an ap- Berle are prominent members of Krusenburg on Thursday. There plication had recently been made named by Representative Mc-is little doubt that Tano "was put on behalf of Monsieur Trotsky for Fadden, who is, frown can

as the on the spot for his betrayal of the permission to enter the United Kingdom, and it had been decided Wild Man of the Republican plot-Transocean Kuo Min

not to accede to his request. Party in an address inserted in Congressional records, as the asso-

British Wireless Service, clates of the British Premier, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald and Mr. Mal is expected to develop a speed of A stratospheric airplane which

holders who aim to keep their jobs by appealing to the baser elements of nationalistic emotion. But" education is a slow process, and present rearmament policies are in the hands of already elected leaders. And anyhow, there is a sufficiently articulate peace sentiment abroad in the world, which need only unite and become determined and persistent, to make war highly improbable.

Meanwhile every voter To arms! The "atirring cry is shoulder responsibility for his heard once more. Only it is not country's security and peace by stirring in the sense that it used making plain, to national leaders to be. At its reverberation's the his demand that they pursue taxpayer stirs uneasily. Why not? peaceful policies. The method Even in the comparatively pacific may seem at first glance over- United States, costs of past wars simple. But its effectiveness has and present defense are devouring recently been illustrated in the 81 per cent of every federal tax United States. Surprise was wide- dollar. The peoples stir uneasily.ly expressed a few months ago at They can remember that the last President Roosevelt's readiness to time they obeyed the cry more carry through certain ideas in the than 8,593,000 soris, brothers, face of loud criticism from experts fathers were killed and over and politielans. One day an ex- 21.219,000 wounded. But it is not planation was vouch-safed: The chiefly because of apprehension as President was getting 5,000 letters regards either their pocketbooks or a day assuring him of his people's their persoris that the people stir. support. Five thousand letters a It is because with the cash and day assuring him of his people's the lives for which they paid in support. Five thousand letters a 1914 they have not been able to day to insure peace should not be buy justice and peace, but only too much of a burden on popula apparent reasons to arm again. tions which range from: 40,000,000. It should not be news to anyone to 120,000,000, Of course, those that the world is rearming. The written by persons with the equip United States, France, Great ment and time to think out Britain and Japan-despite in specine suggestions for guiding dividual budget problems of more foreign policy probably will be, than ordinary significance are most helpful to statesmen. But finding means to pay for fighting | even letters written merely to de- ships. Factories are humming mand that all avenues to peacefu with the sinister tune of gun and settlement of present condicts be

Leningrad, May 3,

H.M.S: Calcutta, which is bringing relief crews to the Chins Station,

reliofe for H.M.S. Sandpiper which awaited her there. Afterwards, H.M.8. Calcutta left for Nanking and Hankow.

One case of small-por and one of diphtheria were reported for the 24 hours ended on May 3

Two motion pictures about the "New Life Movement" have been made at Nanchang by officials of the Central Propaganda Department of the Kuo- mintang. These will be brought to Nanking where the films will be shown to the public, according to messages from Nanking.

Wakefield who were recently married Mr. F. T. Wakefield and Mrs.

in Tientsin, are spending their honey- moon in Paking Mr. Wakefield is with Butterfield and Swire, and Mra Wakefield is the former Mrs Alex

colm MacDonald, Parliamentary six hundred miles per hour at a NO DEVALUATION Fearon (nee St. Clair Knox).

OF MARK

Secretary for the Dominions, in a bolght ef fty thousand feet. Is "group. which Mr. McFadden alleged included, Sir George May, Chair- The machine which will be equip

now under construction here, man of the Import Duties Ad-ced with a 340 horse power en visory Committee, Sir Oswald Mos-gine, is designed to reach an al ley, leader of the Fascist move-titude upwards of eighty thou Dr. Schacht Reiterates ment in Britain, Lord Melchett, sand feet which would consider- and Lady Reading--Reuter

Assurance

Berlin, May 4

The German Railways on May 1, an nounce a 25 per cent reduction on all "regular fares for all foreign tourists and Germans living abroad, who stay in Germany one week or longer.

A meeting of all members of the Hongkong Islamic Union will be held. tomorrow at 2.30 p.m. at the Cemetery Мовдив,

ably surpass the record of sixty- three thousand feet established last October by the Russian aerostat U.8.8.R. "The airplane is

Among the passengers who left by A renewed declaration that there the Empress of Canada yesterday for expected to attain a speed of is no question of the devaluation Shangbai and

K. P. Atkinson,

thoroughly explored will exert a powerful influence for peace."

Before war becomes impossible, a great change in human thinking

three hundred to four hundred of the Reichsmark was given by Mtn. Amps, Major ere: Mr. and will have to take place. Goodwill miles an hour in lower altitudes the President of the Reichsbank. Mr. A. J. Edgar, Lient. J. H. Hocquard, will have to be practiced between

and almost double this speed in Dr. H. Schacht, in an interview Mr. D. Richards, Mrs. J. A. R. Selby individuals before it will be prac higher reaches owing to lessened with the Westdentsher Beobachter. and Mr. and Mrs. E. Wright. ticed between nations. But while

air resistance-Transocean Kuo He said that devaluation would T

Two cases of meningitis and one Min the world is waiting and working

carry unrest, into trade and indus case of typhoid were reported to the for this, it need not leave that

try and would seriously endanger local health authorities on Tuesday, other thing undone the taking of

Moscow, May 3, the programme of reconstruction such steps as may be taken now A monument in the shape of a and prove a blow to world trade. In connection with the Lawn Ten- to avoid unnecessary destruction | huge leeberg hewn out in Uralite He added that nothing could at his Association's twenty-fifth anni

will close on May 9a1 p.m. 17 versary tennis tournament, entries

was the closing day for entries.

and slaughter. Simple? History will be erected on one of the Capi-present be said as regards the has shown how often the thing tal's largest squares to perpetuate outcome of the transference originally announced that yesterday simple to do was the right thing the memory of the rescue of the Reuter