DELEGATES GATHER AT
GENEVA
Widely Differing
Differing Opinions
...
On Arms Issue
(Special to the "Hong Kong Dall
Press" (Copyright.)]
Geneva, May 28. Representatives of 84 States "in- cluding 14 Foreign Ministers and the American Ambassador, Mr. Norman Davis assembled here on Monday to attend what may prove to be the last act in the drama presented by the Arms conference. although strenuous efforts are be- ing made behind the scenes to save the conference's fate by some such device as appointing a "se- curity commission" to mark time.
As a curtain raiser to Tuesday's meeting of the main committee- on which all States were represent rd-the conference's bureau com - posed of delegates of thirteen States met on Monday afternoon for perfunctory session in the course of, which President Hender-
son reported on the developments since the last meeting, which was held in March.
General Pessimism General pessimism prevalls con- cerning the prospects of the Con- ference arriving at any practical conclusions, especially since "opin- lons difer widely as to the course followed." ". The French be to
favour
idea the
of having the Arms conference return 1t3
mandate to the League Council whereupon the latter is supposed to appoint a committee composed exclusively of representatives of all - Great Powers including the United States and Russia, which ure to be entrusted with the task of drawing up new proposals aim ing not so much at disarmament as 'at, what the French are pleased to call, "security regime" based on pacts of mutual assistance.
of
Bringing Germany Back Mr. Henderson has not yet given up hope of bringing Germany back to the conference table by having the conference “adopt a resolution reaffirming the theore- tical five-Power agreement of December, .1932 in recognition the German demand for equality- A curious feature of the situation is that most delegates appear to pin their hopes for Anding some way out of the present dilemma on the Soviet Commissary, Litvin-. off, who thereby is cast in a some-- what strange role of the arms conference's tutelary Transocean Kuo Min.
ATTITUDE
IRELAND
OF
Comment At Commons
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1934.
ARGENTINA'S
THREAT
To Cancel Wheat Agreement
London, May 29,
No date has fixed for the re- assembly of the "Wheat Commit- tee. It is considered useless to re-meet until a formula has been devised which will bridge over the deadlock.
Last minutes efforts are being made to induce the Argentine delegates to modify their demands for a one-third world market. Reuter.
CONTRABAND FOR YEMEN
Seizure By Wahabites
(Special to "Hong Kong
Daily Pres"). (By Telegraph, Copyright, "Tela
Ordinance, 1894- graphic Massager Received, May 29, 7-30 p.m.)
TRAINING OF CADETS
New System Of Grading
(From Our Special Correspondent).
Canton, May 29. Cantonese cadets are wanted for the Central Military Academy at Nanking and the Central Aviation · Academy at Hangchow. Gradua tes of middle schools here who are between 18 and 22 years and un- married are eligible for entrance examination to these two schools.
Cairo, May 39. According to a report from Dild- daḥ, the Wahabites captured a Red Sea saling vessel carrying, war material for the Imam of Yemen. The prize was brought to Hodeida.
The Central Aviation School re- The hostilities in South Arabis quires all applications for exam London, May 29. have not yet been resumed be-ination to be made to the school The meeting of the Wheat Ad- caure Ibn Saud's commander-in-in Hangchow, or in Shanghal. visory Board which was to have chief is organising concentric Nanking and Peiping. All kinds been held in London yesterday attack on Imam's Capital Sangaa of military dying are taught in was postponed..
and will not begin until each sec-this Academy by Chinese and According to the "Daily Tele-tion of the Wahabite army is in
American professors, including graph." Argentina is threatening its allotted position.-Transocean night pursuit and bombing, to break last autumn's world Kuo Min agreement unless her demand for one-third of the total world mar- ket is conceded.
Australia." and added that toge
Canada and the later speeches made in Ireland do
United States have offered to not unfortunately seem to donitira meet the Argentinian demand, any hope which may have been
half-way: but it is indicated that
London, May 29, At the House of Commons to- day, referring to Mr. McEntee's speech, the Sceretary of State for the Dominions (the Rt. Hon. Mr. J. H. Thomas) welcomed its con- cklatory
derived from Mr. McEntee's state- up to the present, Argentina has
ment.
Notwithstanding this, if a satis- factory basis, of discussion can be
negociate with the Free State for found, we are ready any time to a settlement all outstanding
questions.
Of
Despite all
and provocation statements by the other side the door has never been shut by His Majesty's Government. He urged that they take the initiative.
Mr. Thomas continued, that he appreciated Mr. McEntee's speech and hoped there might be Sn opening, but within a week Mr. de Valera had said, "we will never pay."
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of
What is the earthly use | mg taking any initiative?" Mr.
Thomas concluded.--Reuter.
Mr. Sean McEntee stated in the Irish Free State Dall on May 17 that the Free State had good things relations
many
to offer if good
existed. He hoped that good sense would prevail among their friends in Britain and that they would realise the position of the two countries in the event of war.
If Britain strangled the Irish cattle trade it would be a most serious thing for her at a time! of national emerger.cy.
angel MECHANIC DIES
SUPPORT FOR BRITAIN
London. May 28.
The future of the Disarmament Conference will be determined at the meeting of the General Com- mission of the Conference, which opens at Geneva to-morrow.
Yesterday's meeting of the Bureau of the Conference wais brief. The Chairman, Mr. Arthur
Kay Don's Car
Mishap
not accepted.
A
member of the committee described the outlook as gloomy but not hopeless-Reuter.
NEW RIFLE RANGE
For Use Of The Public
(From Our Special Correspondent)
Canton. May 28.
The Canton. Municipal Govern- ment is erecting a rifle range for the diversion of licensed owners of guns and military officials. The
alte is located at Lee Yu Kong Just below Yuch Shau Hill.
There will be & range for ride
practice and another range for re-
volver practice. Many officials and others owning guns find no place to practice shooting, and this ranga will meet a long felt want.
BROADCASTING
Steps are being taken to improve New machinery has arrived from the municipal broadcasting station.
Hong Kong to replace
Worn out
ATTACK, ON CAPITAL
Cairo, May 29. Ibn Saud, has ordered an offen- sive against Sanaa, the Yemen capital, to begin at dawn to-day Ibn Saud's troops are at present in Hodelda and have to cross 150 miles of desert and climb 7.000 feet before reaching Banga.
The offensive is expected to be launched at three fronts. In the meantime the Yemen Government have withdrawn all troops and concentrated them round "Sanaa.
Reuter.
SILVER MARKET
(From Our Own Correspondent)
London, May 29. London silver prices to-day were up one-sixteenth for "spot" and up one-eighth for "forward," as follow
Spot Forward
Was
OIL INDUSTRY STRIKE IN MEXICO
Sequel To Refusal Of Labour Demands
the
Mexico City. May 29. A grave situation is, threatened in the oil industry following & strike of 3,000 workers in the British-owned "Aguila Oilfields on the Isthmus of Tehuantepet on May 23. The Labour Chamber of the State famous all production area, has given legal notice of a general strike within ten days in sym- pathy with the strike in Aguila, while the Federal Chamber of Labour which controls the work men within Mexico City is giving moral and financial support to the strikers
ADMIRAL TOGO'S ILLNESS
of Temaulipas, Condition Hopeless
The strike is completely paralys- ing work and affecting the daily output of 20,000 barrels of ol
Trouble minds which the company was arose over labour de-
unwilling to accept on the ground that they would deprive, the com- whom they wish or transfer men pany of the right to employ
from one zone to another without
of the
Examination for entrance to the Central Military Acaedmy will be held in Canton on June 25 to June 28 for the convenience of local candidates. It is the intention of the central authorities to turn out good army officers, hence candi- be examined in Chinese, Party dates for the military school must
principles, foreign language, che- mistry. physics, and mathematics. the permission
Successful candidates will be pro-syndicate-Renter. vided with uniforms, books, board and room free of charge. In ad- dition each cadet is given anal- lowance of $10. The covers a period of two years and six months of actual practice with a given army unit. After passing all these examinations the cadet wil be commissioned as second Beutenant in command of a pla- toon.
men's
training UNEMPLOYED IN
BRITAIN
Ths is an improvement over the Whampoa system, because in form- er practice all graduates. of a military academy were given com- missions as captains and even ma-
jors. As a result there nre too many geherals the Chinese
and army, while
second
in
first
May 28 May 29 19 19.9/16 ....... 19+ 191 The London on New York cross- rate at 2.00 p.m.
to-day 5.084, compared with 5.08 at lieutenants were promoted from the ranks. Nanking has changed yesterday's closing.
the old systemi and requires · all commissioned officers to begin from second-leutenant up...
BANDITS WRECK TROOP
TRAIN.
Japanese Casualties
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parts, and the wave length is to be increased, while better musical
Harbin, May 29. programmes and lectures are pro- killed and many wounded yester
About 35 Japanese soldiers were
2
msed.
However, wireless receiving sets day, when bandits wrecked are classified as military commo" Japanese troop, tram on the Mul- ditles and are subject to 40 per ing branch line, near Pamyatun cent. tarif duty. These sets are expensive. It is said that the municipal authorities are planning
The bandits pulled up part of the track causing the train to be derailed. From an ambush they
to facilitate the import" of radio poured a fusillade of shots into sets into Canton.
the wreckage-Reuter.
:
London May 29 CYCLONE PRECEDED BY
Mr. Kaye Don, the famous rac-
Henderson, after reading a shorting motorist and his mechanic, statement suffimarising the con- tents of the communications that
have passed between the principal European Pweers during recent months, expressed a hope that the Bureau would unanimously recom- mend to the General Commission that the gravity of the situation commands, more han ever, un- flagging deermination to pursue efforts towards securing a conven- tion in accordance with the man- date given to the Conference,
M. Barthou, the French Foreign Minister,
the only other speaker. He supported Mr. Hen derson and urged that however difficult the developments had been the Conference should not con- sider its work finished.
Was
The speeches at lo-day's meeting will be broadcast.-British Wire- less.
AN
UNACCEPTABLE PROPOSAL
London. May 28. Dealing with the proposal that in the event of the failure of the "Isarmament conference, an at- tempt should be made to convert it into a so-called security con- ference."
Min.
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Mr. F. Taylor, were injured in a midnight motor smash near Dou-
glas, Isle of Man, last night.
After a card party, Kaye Don, took out his M. G. Magnette car which'¦ he entered for the Manx Grand Prix race to-morrow, The car overturned on, a narrow winding road. Kaye Don sustained super- ficial injuries, but Taylor was ser- lously injured and is not expected to recover.Renter.
London, Later. Mr. Taylor has succumbed to his injuries. Reuter,
TURKEY'S DIPLOMATIC
ENQUIRIES
(Special to "Hong Kong Daily Press")'
By Telegraph, Copyright,"· Tala graphic Merages Ordinance, 189 Received, Mag 28, 7:30 p.m.)
HAIL STORM
Students here have a choice to enter the Nanking schools or those in Canton operated by the First Group Army.
FRENCH ACE SUCCEEDS
Atlantic Flight to Brazil
St. Louis, Senegal, May, 29. The Atlantic flight from Senegal to Brazil, begun at 3 am, yester- day by the French air ace, Jean Marmoz. flying the "Arcenciel," was completed last night when he arrived at Port Natal Brazil, at 7 P..
An Improved Situation
London, May 28,
A further decline in the num- ber of persons unemployed and an increase in the number in em- ployment are disclosed in the la- test Ministry of Labour return.
In states that at May 14, there were approximately 10,187,000 in- sured persons. aged from 18 to 64. in employment in Great Britain.
This was 47,000 more than at April 23, and 57,000 more than at May 22, 1933.
:
The improvement during the month affected most of the prin cipal industries, except the coal mining industry, where a decline was due mainly to temporary stop- pages at a number of collieries in Yorkshire, and the wool and tax- tile industry.
The numbers of unemployed per- sons on the registers of Employ- ment Exchanges in Britain at May 14. were 1.058,677 wholly unem- ployed, 314,028 temporarily stop- ped, and 90.676 normally in casual employment, making a total of 2.- 090,381.
This was 57,814 less than the number on the registers" at April 23, 1934, and 492,498 less than the year before.
Tokyo, May' 29.' It is officially announced that Admiral Togo has lapsed into on- consciousness..
His condition at 3 o'clock this afternoon was
hopeless-Reuter.
"Tokyo, Earlier.
It is officially learned that Ad- miral Count Togo has been created Marquis-Reuter.
sary of Admiral Togo's victory over Sunday was the 29th. anniver-
the Russian feet in the Battle of fsushima Straits. At present, Ad- miral Togo lles critically I
CLASH WITH POLICE
Rioting in San Francisco
San Francisco, May 29. Wild rioting occurred
on the waterfront here, yesterday after:a report that the compromise plan for settlement of the longshore- mens' strike had been rejected by the men.
More than 1,500 strikers, clashed with 500 police, who used" trun cheons and
fred tear-gas and shot-guns into the air.
Eight injured people have been sent to hospital and many minor. casualties are reported;
A number of police were badly beaten. Reuter.
HENRY PU YI
ILL
Peiping Reports
Peiping, May 29. Reports ade current in Chinese circles that Mr. Henry Pu Ti is seriously with typhoid and that a well-known Chinese doctor of the old school has been 'sum- moned to Changchi...
According to reports which are not verifiable, the doctor declined The latest total comprised 1. to attend the patient, but recon- 706.787 men, 52,580 boys, 289,664 sidered his decision when he had women, and 41,360 girls-British been paid $50,000
This is the first French attempt. with an official backing, to make Wireless... a commercial air link between
Three Killed And Thousands France and South America.
Injured
Santiago De Chile, May 28. Three persons are. dead and
thousands of people have been COTTON STRIKE
injured as the result of a cyclone, which swept over Conception.
The approach of the cyclone was heralded by a violent hall- storm.
Hundreds of workmen's houses were demolished and one house was swept along bodily for fifty yards.
It is estimated that the damage done by the cyclone amounts to pesos 10,000,000-Reuter.
ITALIAN" YOUTHS IN A FIGHT
(Special to the “Hong Kong Dally
Prema" (Uopyright).],
Paris, May 28,
a
IMPENDING
Result of N. R. A. Measure
New York, May 29..
A strike of 3,000, thousand cot- ton operatives. is threatening, ac- cording to Mr. Francis O'Gorman, Textile Labour leader,
The aeroplane must make three double. Journeys before the service will be recognised by the French Air Ministry. ----Reuter.
J
LONG DISTANCE
FLYERS
Unable To Reach Destination
New York, May 25... The French airmen Codos, and Rossi, have abandoned their at- attempt to beat their own world record for a long distance flight He has" predicted that the" men. in a straight line, and landed at will strike if the NRA. order to North Truro, Massachusetts, to- cut down the output by 20 per day. Reuter. cent. Is carried out.
"There won't be a cotton mill open throughout the country, de- clared M., O'Gorman.
The object of the curtailment
London, May 29. Confirmation has been received The "Daily Telegraph" says in a hert that the Turkish Government leading article that this plan ap-have carried the plan to instruct peals chiefly to such nations
their ambassadors in London, Paris, seeking allles against Japan or a Rome and Tokyo to make diplo- r-armed Germany, hence the plan matte enquiries about the attitude The visit of 400 youthful Italian in production which will be en- could not receive the sanction of of these Powers towards the pro- Blackshirts-most of them mem- forced on June 4 is to reduce the Great Britain.--Transocean Kuoposal for alteration of the Peace bers of the Fascist Bailliate the maximum use of cotton machinery on from eighty to sixty hours weekly of Lausanne signed by them in French village, Laturbie,
in 1923, particularly
Riveira
-Reuter regard to French
resulted in those clauses providing that the pitched battle between the visitors
remain unfortided and the villagers when the form and the land zone demilitarised on er began to sing the Fascist hyran either side. The opinion prevalle of which one verse rather pointed in London that when the replies ly refers to Italy's claim to Cor Berlin, May 29. are all received the Turkish Gov-alca, Bavoy and the City of Nice, Jacob Suritz, recently Soviet erament will formally demand uThis excited the "fre of the vil Ambassador to Turkey, who is a Treaty revision and that this will lagers who, aided by some Italian Jew, has been appointed and ac- prove a further compication for refugees, attacked the Fascists. cepted the position of Ambassador the general European political The ensuing battic lasted for a to Berlin-Reuter.
situation.-Transocean Kuo Min full hour until the Police, hastily
SOVIET AMBASSADOR TO Dardanelle's
BERLIN
(B
VOYAGE OF GRAF ZEPPELIN
(Special to "Hong Kong Daily Press??)
Tsiagraph, Gopyright, Tale graphic Massager Ordinance, 1894. Beceived, May 29, 7.30 p.m.) M
Hamburg, May 29. German marine observatories summoned from Nice, put an end report that the airship Graf Zep- to the hostilites and escorted the pelin was on Tuesday morning at Italians back to the border. M five o'clock within 250 miles of The Fascists had previously at Pernambuco," During the night the tended a celebration staged by velocity was about a hundred milles the Italian Consulate in the city an hour, the East wind being mo
Nice in commemoration of derate accompanied by rain with Italy's entry into the World War, the temperature at 77 fahrenheit.
Transocean Kuo Min.
Transocean Kuo Min.
Bank-Reuter.
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