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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1934.

MEETING OF CONSERVATIVES

Select Committee's Report Debated

MR. BALDWIN'S STRONG PLEA FOR ACCEPTANCE

Slashing Attack By Lord Salisbury

London, Dec. 4. There was an air of suppressed excitement as two thousand dele- gates front all parts of Great Bri- tain assembled at Queen's Hall to- day for the specially summoned meeting meeting of the Central Council of the National Union and Conservative Unionist Associations to deliberate on the Select Com→ mittee's report on India. Numer- cus House of Commons Members were seated in the body of the hall and many Cabinet Ministers on the platform. Mr. Stanley Bald- win's arrival was cheered. Speeches were limited to ten minutes, apart | from the proposer's and seconder's resolution approving the report and Amendment thereto, who were limited to Arteen minutes. Mr. Baldwin was given unlimited time to speak.

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which at one time looked so risky but probably the best thing for the Empire that could possibly have happened.

Referring to changes in the re- port from the White Paper, he said" that while his lews were pretty clear throughout, he fully recognised many Conservatives'

MR. STANLEY BALDWIN

LOVE DRAMA

TRAGEDY

anxiety as regards many subjects Russian Woman And

His anxieties were now satisfied

and added to which indirect elec- Lion for federal legislature has given him great, satisfaction.

The conference adjourned for luncheon after Mr. Amery and Mr. Alexander Ramsay moved and sec- onded approval of the report. Lord Salisbury and Mr. Nali moved and seconded disapproval

HOPE FOR FUTURE Mr. Baldwin in conclusion sald

Her Male Friend

Shanghai, Dec. 4. "Presumed to be a love drams, a double tragedy visited the French Concession this afternoon when a

ARRANGEMENTS FOR SAAR VOTE

Special Meeting Of The League

London, Dec. 1 points submitted to them has been Captain Anthony Eden, Lord reached by the French and Ger- Privy Seal who will be the prin- man Governments. cipal British delegate at the spe- cist meeting of the League of Na tions Council meeting to consider matters in connection with the Saar Plebiscite in January. left Croydon by air this evening for Paris, where he will join the night express for Geneva:

The Plebiscite will be held next month in accordance with the Marseilles' Treaty under which its date was fixed at the termination of the period of 15 years from the coming into force of the Treaty. All persons of both sexes over 20 years old who were resident in the Saar territory at the date of the signature of the Treaty will have the right to vote on three ques- tions to be suggested by the Plebis- cite namely "The maintenance of the existing regime, union with France, or union with Germany."

These questions included the de- termination of the amount to be paid by Germany to France in respect of the Saar coal mines in the event of a decision being given in favour of the Saar's union with Germany. The Saar mines were conceded to France under the Treaty in compensation for the destruction during the war of her Northern coalfields.

Press reports state that if agree ment is reached the compensation figure would be fixed at 900,000,000 franes.

The League Council Committee will meet at Geneva to-morrow to draft its report of which this Franco-German agreement will form a part, and the report will come before the Special Council meeting on Wednesday,

FRENCH ROYALTIES

On the news of the Rome agree- It will be for the League of Na-ment, German bonds on the Lon- tions to decide on the sovereignty. don Stock Exchange closed strong. under which the territory is to be British Wireless. young married Russian woman,placed, after taking into account Ivanovskaya, whose husband was the wishes of the inhabitants, as out on business, was visited by a expressed by the voting. male friend, Berezchuk, who cut her throat with a razor, killing her. The assailant then cut his own

1as the report of the Select Com-throat and also jumped from the mittee offers the best opportunity window. He died immediately-i to give India a constitution which

Reuter. provides the best hope of progress for the future.

IMMENSE RESPONSIBILITY Mr. Baldwin said: "We are "meeting before even, the prelimin

ary discussions on the report have accurred in Parliament. You will therefore realise the gravity of the occasion and the immense respon- sibility resting on though we are not the Parliament, our considered opinion must carry weight not only in Britain but also in India and throughout the Em- pire." Mr.

Baldwin appealed to the delegates to confine themselves to the principles of avoiding person- alitles so that when "our differ- cnces

ever. us all. AL-

have passed, nothing will- prevent a united party putting the whole weight of the contest which inevitably lles before us to defeat Socialism. We are asked to-day to approve or disapprove seven years' strenuous work on perhaps the most difficult and most mo- mentous subject ever discussed." he zaid, and proceeded to sketch the events since the appointment of the Simon Commission,

"It is my considered judgement you will have a good change of keeping India in the Empire for I say deliberately you re- fuse the opportunity you will in- fallibly lose India before two' gen÷ erations have passed." he added:

14 A SLASHING ATTACK

Lord Salisbury slashingly, at- tacked the report and said that} it bristled with safeguards which looked well on paper. "Self gov- ernment with safeguards-it

SILVER MARKET

(From Our Own Correspondent).

London, Dec. 4. London silver prices to-day were unchanged as follow:

Spot....

Dec 3 Dec. 4 24-11/16 24-11/16 | Forward....24-13/16 24-13/16 London on New York cross rate

at 2 pm to-day was 494-13/16

was self-government with a compared with 4.95-3/4 at closing straight waiscoat and a waiscoat yesterday. made entirely of paper. There was no strength and no power therein," he said.

They were being asked to take

Ls a basis for Central Government SOVIET LABOUR

a system which to s appearances would turn out impracticable. Once they parted with authority there would be no retreat, He appealed to the delegates not to

CAMPS

shirk their duty from fear a Lab-Serious Unrest. And.

aur Government would do some- thing worse.

ACCEPTANCE URGED Mr. Baldwin pleaded earnestly for acceptance of the Select Com-..

INDIAN WRECK mmittee's report and declared that Mr. Churchill received prolong- for weight, authority and know-

ed cheers when he supported the ledge there has never been a com- amendment, declaring "18 the ralttee equal to the Select Com Conservative Party going to sit mitte which devoted eighteen

gaping while the foundations of months of careful examination of

the Empire are frittered away- multifarious points. The Select not only sit still but become active Committee's policy was evolution- agents to overpower those who are ary, rather than revolutionary in trying to save what they can hs opinion, and it was inevitable from this Indian wreck." from our dealings with India Lord Derby wholeheartedly de- throughout the last century. An fended the report although he entirely false analogy was drawn confessed he had serious misgiv. from Ireland, "I tremble to thinkings against the White Paper, but what would happen to India if the Select Committed's amend Parliament turned down these pro-ments entirely extinguished his

posals and If India were plunged fears into the electoral malit between. Socialists and Conservatives who oppose this plan," he said.

Mr. Baldwin referred to various measures of Empire self-Govern- ment, particularly South Africa,

NEW EUROPE-ASIA AIR LINE

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AMENDMENT DEFEATED

A tense debate concluded with the defeat of Lord Sailebury's amendment by the show of hands of a large majority, but it Was decided to take a ballot-Emster.

MOVEMENT OF GOLD TO AMERICA

Shanghai, Dec. 4.

New York, Dec. 4. unconfirmed report states The engagement to-day of that the Eurasia Aviation Corpora $10,000,000 gold for shipment to tion is planning to establish a new-` the United States, principally Europe-Asia air line starting from from India and Great Britain, is Berlin Shanghal via Greece, Persia, reported in banking circles, bring Batavia, India and Hong Kong. ing the total movement of gold to Huge Junkets planes capable of America from Europe and the accommodating, twenty passengers Bast for two monthả $150,000,000.

will be used to fly the new route-Rester, taking only 52 hours for the trip ot. 14,000 kilometres. ***

Formal opening is expected in March Beuter.

CRITICAL LEAGUE

MEETING

EDWARDS' SENTENCED TO DEATH

Disorders

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Merseys Ordinance. Received, December 4, 7:30 pm.)”. Helsingfors, Dec. 4 Reports of serious unrest and disorders in the labour camps of

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Densily in a wooded region be tween Leningrad and were brought here by fugitives who have recently escaped from the Soviet paradise and state that there had been repeated bloody outbreaks in these camps where

anti-Bolshevik agitators are bully engaged in kindling the flames of counter revolutionary movement.

The situation in some camps in the neighbourhood of the White- sea is said to be so menacing that the Ogpa were constrained to call in troops to their ald, The Fin- nish frontier is how watched so closely that escape is rendered practically impossible so that large numbers of fugitives who are con cealed in the forests waiting a chance of crossing the border are condemned to perish of starvation and exposure.

FRANCO-GERMAN AGREEMENT

Rome, Dec. 3. By the recently concluded Saar mines agreement France will re- ceive royalties of coal from the two Warndt mines for a period of Ave years, an amount estimated at about 11,000,000 tons, worth 45,-

League Council under the Chair- The Committee appointed by the

manship of Baron Aloisi, of Italy, has been examining various ques-000,000 francs, tions that have arisen in-reference to the Plebiscite and it was an- nounced in Rome 'to-day that com- plete agreement on all political, administrative, and economic

FRANCO-GERMAN SAAR ACCORD

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Paris, Dec. 4.

Germany will work the coal and will pay the royalties to the French treasury, but it is understood that the coal will belong to Germany.— Reuter.

MURDER OF M. KIROV

Soviet Officials Arrested

Moscow, Dec. 4:

As a sequel to the "murder of the Soviet leader, M. Kirov, eight Soviet

officials, including M. Hedved, Chief of the Administra- tion of the Commissariat of Home Affairs in the Leningrad region, and his assistant, M, Fomin, have been removed from their posts and sent for trial by the Com- missariat ct Home Affairs,

Only few papers so far comment on the Franco-German Saar ar- cord which was reached at Romé or. Monday. "Oeuvre" stresses the excellent impression created at. Geneva by the agreement, saying. that especially the solution of the question of guarantee has given

League They are charged with "negli- circles. The paper goes on to say gence in their duties of safeguard- that the conversations between Ming the Erate and the security of Laval and the German ambeisa- Leningrad." dor as well as Hitler's special de- legate Herr von. Ribbentros had

great satisfaction

Thirty-nine

"White Guards"

who were arrested recently in the been followed in Geneva with the Leningrad region, and 32 arrested closest attention and that the general conclusion to be arrived of organising

in the Moscow region on a charge terroristic acts

of the Soviets.

at there was distinctly optimistic.against offciale of the Soviet, are meeting of the League Council will Collegium of the Supreme Court "Le Journal" observes that the being examined by the Military

entirely different circumstances to take place on Wednesday under those originally foreseen. The clearest result according to "Le Journal" of a marked change in the situation is the elimination of, polémical discussions regarding the Baar questions and it would seem as though a truce is about to be concluded while waiting the plebiscite.— Franiotean Kuo Min.

GERMAN BID FOR RED STAR LINERS

respects to M Kiroy as he lay in Among the crowds who paid last

state at the Uritiski Palace, were 30,000 'schoolchildren, all of whom swore at the comin side to gIOW up exemplary followers of Lepin Reuter.

ASSASSINATED SOVIET LEADER

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Berlin, Dec. 3.

Leningrad, Dec. 3. The head of the Bernstein Line of A steamships, Mr. Arnold Berastein of created here by the sudden arrival profound impression wiL Reports further state that the Hamburg, is leaving for New York of Stalin and Vorishilout in order great forest fires which devastated of the Red Star liners Pennland, 16,300 to pay tribute to their good "to negotiate for the purchase the North West of Russia some-tons, and the Westernland, 16,500 tons friend Kitoff before the body time ago were caused by the fugitives who were fucions to cover up their trall in order to aruld pursuit by Russian troops. -Transocean Kuo Min.

CHEAPER RAILWAY

TRAVEL

Londori, Dec. 3. British Main Line Railway Com: panies announce farther concessions to railway passengers: to take effect from January 1. Third class fares at

ships he will modernise them and fit esteem and regard to the assassin- It is learned from reliable Parin was brought to Moscow and thus sources that if Mr. Bernstein buys the give public expression of their them out as one class trans-Atlantic liners and will probably run themed Bolshevik leader. A strong under the British flag-

cordon of Police barred all Reuter

approaches, to the station where fast cars were in readiness to con- vey the Soviet leaders post haste to the former Prince" Potemkin: Palace where Kiroff's body was lying in state.

PROVINCIAL CAPITAL OF HOPEI

Aimilar precautions marked their Nanking, Dec. 4. departure from Moscow where it The Executive Yuan to-day de- was stated that ten motor-cars cided to shift the provincial which were travelling at break-

Wilkes Barre, Dee 3. Robert Edwards, the 23-year-old murderer of Freda McKechnie,h's sweetheart, who was expecting a London. Dec.. 4: child, has been sentenced to death Mr. Anthony Eden left London by the electric chair — kiuter. " and M. Litvinoff departed from Edwards was found gulity of the Moscow en route to Geneva for crime on October 6 ater the jury for return within one month, now in Paoling approximately ninety the sta

a rate of Id. per mile, with provision capital of Hopel from Tientsin to neck speed drew up at the front of the critical session of the League had deliberated for 12 hours. The force provisionally, are to be made miles south westward of Tientsin before Council opening on Wednesday case, which aroused widesprea permanent breek of the journey is No official explanation is yet Leningr called to deal with the Saar interest, became known as the to be permitted and the new arrange avaliable though it is generally and Vorish problem, but the Council may "American Tragedy”, trial on "as- menta provide for inter-availability of

change is poR discuss the Yugoslav memorandum count of its remarkable similarity tickets on a return journey where two on the Marsellies murders.

to the plot of Theodore Deless or more railways-operate in BATTID famous novel of the same name.

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MORRO CASTLE

DISASTER

Steamship Company Also Indicted

Queen's Building.

FINANCE BILL IN FRANCE

Heated Chamber Debate

New York, Dec. 4.

Paris, Dec. 3 France can make no worse mis-^^- A Federal Grand Jury has in- take at present than to ask Great dicted Henry President of the New York and

Cabaud, Vice Britain and the United States to

Captain Warms and Chief En- Cuba Mall Steamship Company, negotiate for the stablisation of

currency,

declared M Martin. Minister of Finance, in the course"· gineer Abbott on seven counts, of a heated debate in the Cham=- including misconduct, negligence,er of Deputies to-day on the inattention to duty and fraud in connection with the ss. Morro Castle disaster. The fourth de- fendant is the Steamship Com- pany itself.

All charges are based on alleged violations of Federal Statutes con- cerning fire fighting apparatus and boat drill. The defendants will be tried as soon as a judge is available.

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Meanwhile Mrs. Cetalka, 21 years old, has died at Shrewsbury, Mas- sachusetts, supposedly as a result of fourteen hours immersion after jumping from the blazing deck- Reuter.

PATIENTS RESORT TO HUNGER STRIKE

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Received, December 4, 7.30 p.m.).

Warsaw, Dec. 4

Finance Bill.

The former Minister of Finance, M. Reynaud, supported the Social ists in their contention, and ad Vocated dedation. He made a comparison of prices in Britain with those of France.

M: Fiandin, the Prime Minister, Chamber that France would guin endeavoured to convince the

nothing by devaluing the franc and asserted that the burden of adjusted prices would fall on salar- fed menge

International monetary agres ment did not depend upon France, argued M. Flandin, and domestic prices must be reduced to the level of world prices by normal means only.

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M, Martin explained how Government proposed to act. The policy would be one of hudgetary- equilibrium, he said, by compress-

Teleing expenditure and dimirishng

costs of production and scar burdens, but without any accom Danying reduction of wages.—-* Reuter.

A successful hunger strike had been staged by 820 patients of one. of the capital's largest hospitals as a protest against the attempted introduction of a new scientis but somewhat deficient in diet rich in calories of vitamines

meat

'content and flavour. The diet had

with which the hospital is con- been introduced experimentally by the authorities of the university

nected, but the new regime faller to find favour with the patients who refused to take food and held. out for 32 hours after which the authorities were compelled des yield for fear of possible-dire f results of the prolonged fast Transocean Kuo Ming-

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