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FRENCH AND ITALIAN FRIENDSHIP

Political Interest In Reports

(Special to "Hong Kong

Daily Press")

usually well-informed correspond-" ent refuses to credit the reports

(By Telegraph, Copyright, Tate of a military alliance.

Ordinance, graphic Mesrages Received, September 8. 440 p.m.)

London, Sept. 8 The Franco-Italian entente foreshadowed in the long reports of all papers is creating tremen- dous interest here although the first announcements of the con- clusion of an anti-German military alliance between the two Lat. Powers has been officially denied in Paris.

The Rome correspondent of the "Morning Post" says that Franco- Italian negotiations are in, no way alming at the conclusion" of ah alliance, for the purpose of en- creling Germany. The paper itself In a leading "article. war dy ady, vocates "frm friendship" between France and Italy.-.-. Transocean Auo Min.

M. BARTHQU'S VISIT [Special to the "Hong Kong Daily

Press" (Copyright.}]|

-HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER · 10, 1934.

NO MORE TRADE WITH CERMANY

Till Old Accounts Are Settled

London - Sept. 8-

At a largely attended nesting of yarn Merchants and Spinners at the Bradford Chamber of Com- merce yesterday, the following re- solution was unanimously passed.

"From the date of this meeting

no further arrangements will be entered into to make yarn de- liveries direct or indirect to Germany pending a settlement being arrived at for the liquida tion of old debts."

TRAGIC FIRE ON THE

MORRO CASTLE

Over Two Hundred Still Missing

crew.

We

Asbury Park, N.J. Sept. 8.

"Dr. Cochrane believed that any out on Fire has broken

the passenger in any cabin beyond liner, Morro American

Castle, the library had no chance to bound for New York frou Savan-escape. nah with 318 passengers and 240 "As we pulled away we could

A According to wireless see passengers with their heads 8.0.8., the vessel is blazing from profecting from portholes. stem to stern:

saw more on deck with their retreat entirely cut off, and yelled to them to jump, saying that we would rescue them, but they would not jump," one survivor declared. Two survivors, Mr. and Mrs. Cohen, of Hartford, swam ashore" from the itner.

All coastguard vessels on the New Jersey coast are speeding to the rescue, while the British liner. Monarch of Bermuda, is nearing the scene, 20 miles south of the Scotland lightship. Reuter,

The

The feeling expressed at the meeting was that although sup pilers had confidence In the inancial strength of the integrity of their individual customers. the German recent actions" of The."Times" points out that

Government in making arrange.

New York, Sept. 8. France and Italy are alarmed by

ments on behalf of German im-

Monarch

Bermuda Geneva, Sept. 7. Germany's tearmament, and cri-

porters to obtain sterling to meet rescued 65 passengers, and the The long rumoured Italian visit

their debts had been so unsatis-Andre ticises Germany's polley in aban-

Luckenback 22. - Asbury the League of Nations of the French Foreign Minister, factory and was resulting in such Park officials estimate the death doning

been definitely serious dislocation to merchan's roll to be between 200 and 250. The paper, however, stresses the, M. Barthou, has

Axed "for October 15-20, according and spinners in West Riding that difficulties in the way of a

Six of the rescued crew say that traders to reports here on Friday. Pre-

involved felt themselves the fire started in the Hbrary and Franco-Italian understanding, one of the greatest of which is to beparations for this meeting with bound to insist upon arrangements not as the result of a lightning

for the settlement of the old debt | flash...... "found in the existing friendship Mussolini in Rome will be com-

between France and Yugoslavia. pleted between

M. Barthou and question being treated as essentisi

DOCTOR'S GRAPHIC STORY over All The paper doubts the probability Baron Aloisi in Geneva during the and taking precedence

Dr. Charles Cochrane, Who new deliveries of of Franco-Italian naval agreement present League of Nations session, questions of

reached the shore at Spring Lake The political correspondent of and it is expected that the discus-yarna.

round asions will chiefly centre

Although traders are quite sym-New Jersey in lifebost, related the "Daily Telegraph" Franco-Italian understanding con- questions of the colonial policy of pathetic to the position in which graphic story of the disaster.

"I was asleep in my cablu at 3 Germany finds herself, it was re- cerning navies would be cordially-their-fleet.-

solved that it was not possible to clock in the morning when I was welcomed in London. This uni- Transocean Kuo Min.

continue to make delivery. It is awakened by a pungent smell," he stated that Germany owes West about half million pounds VIENNA ALARM(sterling) per wool tops and Jura

-British Wireless.

says

RUSSIA'S

AND

THE LEAGUE

Objections Overcome

Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright.}]

Paris, Sept. 8.

in That M. Barthou's efforts Geneva with a view of securing Russia's entry into the League and the grant of a seat on the Coun- cil, for her will be crowned with "success, is the option of the The Lorres- Press this morning.

pondents report that Bathou had succeeded in waving aside Argen- and tina's and Portugal's fears that even the Polish foreign mini- less ster Beck had proved to be "refractory."

The "Petit Paristen" asserts that Foland will not directly oppose. Russia's admittance but apparent- ly wishes to avail herself of the opportunity to rid herself of a would minority of treaties that

also apply to Soviet Russia. "Oeutre" is positive that Litvi- noff will enter the League on Sep- tember 18.-

Trancean Rua Min.

STRIKE IN SPAIN

Tense Situation,

(Special to "Hong Kong

Dally. Fress")

(by Telegraph, Lopyright, Tela Ordinance, 1894. graphic Massager Received, September 8, 7:30 pm.}

Madrid, Sept. 8.

A general strike has been pro claimed here in the morning, all employees of tramcars and under ground buses, leaving work. It is believed the newspapers will also suspend publication since the com- poaltors have received strike or- ders. The situation is tense. It

ALLAYED

Accidental Shot From Rifle

Vienna, Sept. 9. The city was alarmed at what was at first believed to be an at- Cempt on the life of Prince von Starhemberg when a shot hit his house.

The police were called out and searched the vichity fruitlessly, Eventually an explanation was given by a Heimwehr man that he had accidentally discharged his rifle by carelessly knocking it against the wall. He was terrifed of punishment and did not confess

immediately. Reuter.

An earlier cable stated that an attempt was made on the life of Prince von Starheimberg when shots were fired at his house, No. 2 Biberstrasse,' from house No. i opposite. Police and Heimwehr men were searching both houses and it was believed that the per- petrators were Communists who have been recently very active in the city.

SILVER MARKET

(From Our Own Correspondent)

London, Sept. 2. London Silver prices to-day were 1/16 up, as follow

Sept. 7 Sept. 8 Spot 21.13/16 213 Forward A. 217. 21.15/16

London on New York cross rate at closing to-day was 5.00.1/18- compared with 499} at closing yesterday.

CANCER GERM ARGUMENT:

French Scientist's

Bombshell

[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily

Press" (Copyright.)]

Paris, Sept. 8. The French scientist, Louis Re- velis, has dropped a bombshell in- to the world wide controversy How Brehmer's

KING FUAD ILL raging about Dr. von

Unable To See Sir M. Lampson

(Special Air Mall Service).

alleged discovery of cancer bacillus before Professor Brehmer.

The French scientist declares he sent the French Academy 01 Science three communications con- taining descriptions as to the bacll- lus discovered by him and details the treatment of cancer.” His latest communication was dated July 9 but nothing has been purposely London, Aug." 22.

published so as to avoid the con- The High Commissioner, Sirtroversy. But the messages from Miles Lampson, salled on his three

Germany on Brehmer's discovery months' leave without having the customary farewell audience of the results of his researches and now induced him to make known King Fuad owing to the latter's experiments on cancer bacillus illness. A bulletin announces nat bis Majesty has been laid up for

which he has been conducting for the past five days with influenza, Transocean Kuo Min,

the past eighteen years.ter but is now progressing.

The King, it may be recollected, was ill for three months at the is believed the Government will beginning of the year with bron- proclaim a state of alarm.

chial influenza. In spite of the The employers' association has reassuring tone of the bulletin his published ar official announce-present illness, should, therefore ment that all those participating not be treated lightly. in the strike would be summerlly Great importance is attached to dismissed, adding that they would the High Commissioner's visit to not longer put up with the "Marx- London. It is no secret that he ist tyranny.**

will review with the Foreign Office the whole situation in Egypt, par- Transocean Run Min.

ticularly in regard to certain ques- tions requiring solution in the immediate future.

may be expected to witness politi- cal changes.

"

said. **Ther came

8

They collapsed from shock and fatigue as they crawled out of the water on to the beach at Seagirt New Jersey, and were rushed to hospital in a critical condition. Reuter.

STEWARDESS' SACRIFICE

New York, Sept. 8. The City of Savannah has ar- rived in New York with 80 sur- vivors, one of whom described how a stewardess of the Morro Castle lost her life through insist-

mng on a little boy being picked up before her:

il

Captain Albert Francis, com mander of the Monarch of Ber-

said: мите

approached muda. violent within a hundred yards of the I quickly Morro Castle, and saw lifeboats

BLACK

& WHITE

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Whisky For

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GERMANY'S " AIR BRITISH PLANES

BASE

(Special Air Mail Service)

banging on the door. rose and found the passage way with men in them, also many men In The South Atlantic outside my cabin a mass of flames, hanging over the side poop yelling cutting off my escape..

for help. We decided that the Ilfeboats will take care of them- selves and went to the help of those still aboard. Several would not come off, thinking they were | temporarily safe as the poop was clear of fire. Among them was the commander. I steamed round for half an hour picking up sur-

"I then rushed to the porthole which, fortunately. was on the deck level, and crawled through it on to the deck and ran to the nearest lifeboat which was already crowded, and tumbled in: did not appear to be a real panic on deck.

There

The lifeboat was launched, -vivora. Then with twelve am- after a seemingly interminable [bulance cases among these I de- delay of 15 minutes. Into thecided to make for New York."

-Reuter. bolling sea.

LITTLE KNOWN LINK

Scots Kings And Tottenham

(Special Air-Mail Service)

London, Aug. 22. Germany's second floating air base will leave for service in the South Atlantic to-morrow.

FOR CHINA

Orders Follow Hendon Air Display

(Special Air Mail Service)

--" London."Aug. 22. Lieutenant-Géneral- Huang

The base, which will be named Schwabenland, is a sister "cata- pult ship" to the Westfaleri, which | Kwang-Jui, Commendant of the is already stationed in the South Atlantic.

German flying boats carrying mail have regularly Bown over the South Atlantic, landed on the Westfalen's' trailing apron, been

UNITED STATES hauled aboard and catapaled for

STRIKE

Washington, Sept. 8. Feeling is tense as the United States textile strikers are gaining ground. Several thousand more workers have walked out.

Port Natal, Brazil after refuel- ling..

Berlin and Rio are thus brought within five days of each other.

In future one of the catapult ships will be stationed" off the West Afican coast, the other off that of South America.

The French have been attempt- There ing to establish a rival service have been a few minor disturban- with the three engined landplane ces. but the situation is generally│"Arc en Ciel." This machine has quiet,

Mr. Ibra C. Blackwood, Governor of South Carolina, as a preliminary step towards the proclamation of martial law. has ordered all per- sona engaged in unlawful obstruc- tion to go home before midday.

OTHER TO JOIN

London, Aug. 22. An historic but little-known connection between Scotland and Tottenham is commemorated in the new coat of arms which has been designed for. Toltenham Council by the College, of Arms.

Tottenham is to become a mun- cipal borough, the charter grant- ed by the King being presented

The strike leader, Mr. Gorman, to the Charter Mayor by the Lord

has announced that the workers Mayor of London on Sept. 27,

In the upholstery, drapery, carpet, After the Norman Conquest,

rug, ple fabrle and plush factor- William I's niece Maud marriedies throughout the country have Waltheof, Earl of Huntingdon, and settled in Tottenham. Their been ordered to strike on Monday

the in sympathy with daughter Judith married King

strike. David I of Scotland For some two

Reuter. centuries after that Tottenham Manor remained a possession—and was sometimes the residence-of the Scottish kings.

•

textile

STRIKE LEADER'S MESSAGE Washington, Sept. 9. Mr. German, the strike leader, Later the manor of Tottenham was divided into several parts, ons in a radio message, unexpectedly "wortion going to the Balliol fam-proposed that the Mediation Board" in the textile strike become an fly and another to the Bruces,

The famous Robert the Bruce's Arbitration Board and start work rebellion against Edward I ab-to-morrow, all factories meanwhile ruptly terminated Tottenham's to be closed and protected by pic- Scottish connections. Now, how kets against damage. ever, the Bruce is to be commém-- Mr. William Green, President orated in the new, arms, which of the American Federation of have been designed by Mr. Arthur | Labour, after conferring, with the W. S. Cochrane, Clarenceux King Mediation Board, said, "I am much of Arms.

Impressed by the fairness: "and Heraldic Precisión

manifest des.re of the Board to The formal description of the get into the heart of things and heraldia make concrete and practicai sug- new arms, termed "an representation of the early his gestions."

Meanwhile the employers have tory of Tottenham,” is:

"The couped saltire (St, An- planned a determined effort to drew's Cross), the chief (upper) open a number of factories on

Monday, part of the shield) and motto are

The hosiery workers have called from the arms of Bruce, ancient holders of the manor.” Upon the a strike for September 12, affect chief have been placed two billets ing 85,000 in a dozen States. It is (tiles) charged (inset) with the predicted that a walk out will be-

Somerset, founder of the Totten Router. respects the Cabinet has created a Regarding the public debt ques-ham Free Grammar School. general strike. The Socialists, a much healthier atmosphere. It tion with which the Mixed Appeal already declared, will make the comprises some quite able men. Court will deal in the coming "A helmet in the centre is from common cause with the Commun- But, on the other hand, it has session, it has been arranged that the coat of Compton, Lords of the ists. The employers association developed into an inharmonious if the lower court's decision Manor in the 16th century. has let it be known that all work- team of colourless personality. against the Egyptian' Government Supporters, from the arms of ers joining in the strike would be It is now clear that British omis confirmed, Egypt, with Britain's dismissed. The association declare cial circles realise the inconvent they would not stand the Marxistence of a continuation of this state tyranny any longer.

of things, and the autumn or at Transticean Kuo Min.

the latest the turn of the year,

PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES

· Madrid, Sept. 8. Far reaching precautionary measures have been devised by

Public Debt Issue Among other questions, the Egyptian Public Debt issue will figure prominently in the London discussions. Contrary to state- ments authorised by the Egyptian Cabinet, Britain has also not get accepted the Egyptian proposals for reforms of the mixed tribunals Discussions are still continuing with Whitehall, which awaits Bir Foremost is the administrative Miles Lampson's arrival before position which undoubtedly re- making any decision

the

J

the Government in view of the quies tightening to Le many subject.decision of estolles (stara) from the arms of 8: to-morrow,

Marxist threats to enforce

the

acquiescence, and even her sup- port, would default in the matter of gold, while continuing to pay in paper.

Balliol, and crest show the red Lion of Scotland, and on the sup- porters, dependent from a mural (walled) crown are roundels charged with the coats of Brittany

(ermine) And Hastings On maunch Gutes. Gold on red sleeves), both ancient Lords of the Manor,

"A crest Illustrates the Lion supporting a sear (scimaltary from

the arms of Mi

covered the 2000 miles "of ocean non-stop fram Port Natal to Da- kar, West Africa,

The growth of air lines has brought with it the need for an international air timetable, and the publication of an aerial "Brad- shaw" is announced. A pioneer.

Canton Air Corps, has ordered ́several 'British planes for the

training of young plots.

The orders follow the General's recent, visit to Britain, where he witnessed the Hendon air display. The General himself received, most of his training in the United States, as did many of his officers; ] and they are accustomed to use

American machines.

It is intended in future, however, to-Europeanise the Air Force, and, a start has been made with the British orders..

The people of Canton are being aroused to the danger of air raids by a publicity campaign, and s. fund is to be raised for the pur- chase of anti-aircraft guna, sound detectors, searchlights, and orders for some of these will be given to British firms, says Ex- change.

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