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THE THIRD TRIAL

COMMENCES

Echo Of The Hood - Renown Collision

London, Feb. 28.

CAPTAIN TOWER WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY BY THE COURT MARTIAL WHICH WAS HELD AT PORTSMOUTH TO-DAY.

The last of the three Courts Martial opened at 10.00 a.m. when Rear-Admiral Tottenham presided. Rear-Admiral Troup was again prosecutor. Captain Tower was charged with that he did negl gently or by default hazard H.M.S. Hood. He pleaded not guilty.

LENGTHY DELIBERATION After members of the court had deliberated for

seventy-five minutes the doors were re-opened and the spectators Aled in and saw Sawbridge's sword pointing to

said that his action in ordering full speed ahead and a starboard rudder probably minimised effects of the collision.

the

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MARCH 1 1935.

CHINESE LIFE AND CUSTOMS

Unique Exhibition

In Frankfurt

(Special to the "Hong Kong

Dally Press")........

Tele- Be Telegraph, Copyright, Received, February 28. 4.30 p.m.)}.

Messages Ordinance, 1894 graphic

Frankfurt-am-Main, Feb. 18. The China Institute here will SHORT FINAL SPEECH

soon be housed in its own build- Captain Tower, in giving evid-ing thanks to the efforts of the ence, briefly said that he did the city of Frankfurt which accords only thing possible when a colli- all possible support to the in- sion appeared inevitable. Rear-stitutes connected with the Goe Admiral Troup in a ninety-second the University. inal speech asked the Court to consider whether in the prevalling circumstances Tower should have turned the vessel to the south

sooner.

RULE OF THE ROAD Captain Sawbridge gaye evidence to the effect that had the Hood

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The ground floor will contain the lecture hall seating 150 well as a collection of stone and bronze sculptures, mostly old valu- able specimens. The first floor will be devoted to the history of Chinese civilisation, exhibition being the bridal cham

the unique

EXPENDITURE

IN BRITAIN

Excess Over Budget Estimates

London, Feb, 25.

The modest item of £50,000 for the Silver Jubilee celebrations figures among the Civil and Re- venue departments' estimates of £430,210,034 which is a nett ex- cess over the. Budget estimates of £13,933,802 · due to subsidies to meat, shipping, milk best sugar and depressed areas.

The Ministry of Labour requires £23,390,000, a decrease of 339,250 compared with last

£44,-

due to reduction of unemploy ment Insurance, but a new item of £50.000.000 appears in cost of relief to uninsured in unemploy ment transferred from the Minis

ance Board.

year

try to the Unemployment Assist

Most departments Office, Diplomatic and Consular show an increase, but the Foreign

the place which the accused, would followed the rule of the road and ber of suk-covered walls furnish departments are £25,000 down,

occupy a sign that he was found guilty.'

After the 'Deputy Judge Advocate announced the verdict, he asked Sawbridge if he wished to make a statement in mitigation of his punishment to which the accused clearly answered no.. The room was again cleared while the Court considered the sentence. Saw bridge stood rigidly at attention while he listened to the sentence, then without a word ΟΙ glance

turned to the port side when heed with rich embroideries as well turned there would have been a as several rooms affording an in- hundred yards clearance. Im-structive survey of Chinese mediately after Rear Admiral toms and life. The visitors will

cus-

and

Force

week

The contribution to the League was £166,500 against £163,400 last year. The Defence estimates Bailey gave evidence opining that also be interested in the exten-ext week must show large in- Captain Tower acted correctly be- sive colletion of Chinese costumes creases especially the Air fore the collision; anyhow

money for new squadrons which his ranging from the most simple action greatly minimised the cotton dress to

were not voted for last year. The the ceremonial result of the collision and" went robe of heavy and richly embroid-£4,000,000 above the same

revenue flowing in last week was within an ace of avoiding it. He ered silk. The second floor will opined that Captain Tower com- house the omces, library

last year, menced to take avoiding action at rooms for students. It is hoped ant. The Chancellor of the Exe- The income tax was very buoy the right time though the onus to have the museum ready for chequer budgeted a shrinkage" of turned his heel and left by the of the avoiding action lay with opening to the public in about nine and a half

the Renown and not with the three months and a special at- for the whole year. Receipts 80 million pounds traction is planned for autumn in far have been actually two mil- commemoration of the tenth an-lon pounds in excess as at the niversary of the Institute's founda-same date last tion when a collection of pictures. writers anticipate a small surplus year. Financial embroideries and furniture brought from China by the deputy

but do not expect, a remission in director, Dr. Ting, which illustrate taxation.-. the high standard of Chinese home decoration, will be placed

ante-room.

TOWER'S REPORT.

Hood,- Reuter.

SAWBRIDGE, GUILTY

A circumstantial letter signed by Rear-Admiral Troup was read stating that it appeared that

London, Feb. 27. Captain Tower was to blathe be- The effect of the sentence pass cause on seeing the Renown ap-ed on Captain H. R. Sawbridge. proaching on a dangerous bearing. OBE, captain of H.M.S. Renown, he took no action in sufficient who was dismissed his ship by a time to avert a collision.

court-martial at Portsmouth to- day, is that he be placed on half pay as from midnight to-night. Beuter.

A

report by Tower to Rear Admiral Bailey after the collision was produced in which Tower

NEW PLANE FOR THE FRINCE

London, Feb. 27.

VESSEL BELIEVED TO HAVE FOUNDERED.

It is feared steamer Blair

A de Havilland Dragon Rapid

London, Feb. 28. alr liner with accommodation for

that the British four or five passengers is being

Gowrie has been constructed for the Prince or lost in the Atlantic with the en- Wales to replace the aeroplane in tire crew numbering twenty six. which he usually makes his After a prolonged search among flights. The "Rapid" is a two- mountainous seas, the German engined biplane Atted with Gipsyiner Europa and other vessels "six 200 horse power engines, the wht had answered distress signals cruising speed being about 115 were obliged to abandon hope miles per hour.- British Wireless.

HEALTH OFFICIAL

RETIRES

yesterday and resumed their voyages.- British Wireless.

HAUPTMANN'S APPEAL

ין

New York, Feb. 28.

A large meeting mostly com- posed of German Americans as sembled in the German part of the city to raise money for Haupt- mann's appeal. Reilly in a speech charged Wilentz with being bent

·Retter.

on exhibtiion for the first time- INDIAN BUDGET SURPLUS "ransocean Kuo Min.

New Delhi, Feb. 28, Mr. Grigg presented the Assem- bly with the Budget, showing a

JAPAN AND THE surplus of 150 lakhs for the coxa-

1940 OLYMPIC

Tokyo Planning Huge Stadium

Tokyo, Feb. 19. Construction of a huge "Olympic Games" stadium, seating 120,000 spectators, has been tentatively decided upon by the Tokyo city fathers, pending the decision of the International Olympic Com- mittee which meets in Oslo February 25 regarding the site of the 1940 Games....

.on

ing year. The reduction in silver duty is to prevent smuggling. The reduction does not affect the yield from the tax.

The surpluses, for last year and current year enable the provision of 210 lakhs for Binär. Earthquake, 40 lakhs fox road development, particularly in Assam, 25 lakhs for read construction in. tribal area of the northwest frontier and 129 lakhs for civil aviation. Reuter,

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EXPLOSION IN MOSCOW

Workers Trapped By Flames

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

Moscow, Feb, 27.

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ABYSSINIA'S PLEDGE TO ITALY

No Attack Contemplated On Colonies

[Special to the Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright),]

Rome, Feb. 27.

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A terrific explosion of a high pleasure air compressor in one of the capital's largest factories re- sulted tri the death of 33 workers while several hundreds of workers are stated to have suffered from more or less serious injuries The explosion occurred in the pench factory of "Krassin", causing confiagration which spread rapid- y through the entire three storey building, cutting of the retreat of a score of workers who perished in the flames while others' were' killed by the force of the explosion and hundreds badly burnt or in- Jured by falling masonry. All the fire engines in the capital were called out to fight the blaze which, factory building but also four however, destroyed not only the

adjacent buildings. The Govern- ation into the disaster which is ment has ordered a strict investig-military preparations believed to be due to gross neglig Transocean Kuo Min

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"I swear on my honour that the Abyssinian Government thought and never will think or attacking its neighbouring Italian Colantes of Somaliland and Ery- threa," declared the Abyssinian Charge d'Affaires on Wednesday, to an international gathering of pressmen. He went an to say that an identical declaration had al- ready been made by the King of Abyssinia in personal letters aad- ressed to the King of Italy as well as to Mussolini. Despite this, the Italian Government continued to despatch troops and war ma terials to the colonies adjacent to Abyssinia, justifying these serious

as neces

sary for protecting these two co- lonies. He had repeatedly point- ed out to the Italian Government that Abyssinia had neither desire nor intention to attack Italy's

INTERNATIONAL colon. LAW OFFENCES

Professor's Views. In Berlin

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

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Berlin, Feb. 27. Professor Donnedien de Vabres, the Dean of the Faculty of Law in Paris Sorbonne, delivered a lecture at Berlin on Wednesday on the question of common action against breaches of international law -at- the Invitation of the Academy of the German Law.

"The president of the Academy, Minister Franck in his welcoming address recalled that deaths often stood between France and Ger- many but expressed the hope that its place would be taken by ideas of freedom and justice.

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of

In-

and Abyssinia in 1928 provides the possibuity of settling all disputes. I declare emphatically that the. Emperor's desire is to remain true to the League of Nations and west- ern vilisation."-

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. "CONCERN IN BRITAIN (Special tri the "Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright.).]

London, Feb. 28. That the Italo-Abbyssinian dis- pute is, the source of serious con- cern to the British Government is the statement contained in the that the last 48 hours had made "D. Telegraph". The paper reports, no progress and that direct nego- tiations between Italy and Abbys- sinia now under way are limited to the fixing of a neutral zone and not to the establishment of s ment of the frontier incidents. definite border line or the settle-

Concerning the last two points no discussions had taken place at all

On

The British Government, "I will go still further," declar- ed the Charge d'Affaires, "and as indication in the House of Com-** conformity with Sir John Simon's sert that if the last man and last.

mons, saw ft to make representa- cannon were withdrawn from Somaliland and Erythrea, Abyssinia the delay while at the same time

tions to Mussolint personally would not touch one stone of these Britain had taken pains to obli two Italian colonies. It is untrueterate the impression caused in that Italian troops had been al- tacked by Abyssinian soldiers or

Italy holds the opposite view then even by nomadic tribes and If

the treaty of friendship and ar- bitration concluded between Italy

YORK MINSTER

Roof Of Building To Be Saved

·

Geneva that private agreements have been entered upon between give Italy a England, France and Italy which free hand toward Abyssinia transocean Kun Man

INDIAN REFORM SCHEME DIFFICULTIES

Views of Marquis of Linlithgow

London, Feb. 27,

(Special Air Mail Service)

The Marquis of Linlithgow, who London, Feb. 8. was Chairman of the Committee Work is shortly to be started ou on Indian constitutional reform," the removal of the decayed timber speaking at Edinburgh, said he Defining the breaches

which is endangering part of the saw no reason to suppose, that the ternational law as offences threat-roof of York Minster,

Indian Princes dificulties could Recent examination revealed the not be met without prejudice to ening the existence and social

levastating activities of the death the structure of order of various countries such as watch beetle in the roof the north scheme as a whole. He was fully the federal piracy, false colning, traffic in transept. It has been found that confident it would be found pos- slaves, women and drugs, de some of the centuries old beams Vabres pointed out the fact that have been eaten away almost to a

sible by amendment, and further the perpetrators were mostly not shell..

explanation to remove doubts and." nationals of the country where the It has been impossible to determisapprehensions which the crime was committed makes their mine from priliminary examina Princes had expressed. The plan detection extremely difficult. The tions the exact extent of the decay, of reform contained in the BI speaker therefore proposed to est but it bas been provisionally had no rivals whose claims would Talablish an international court of estimated that about 50 per cent. stand one moment's examina-

justice competent in dealing with

the woodwork will have to be tin all such offences. Among the replaced." The clerk of the works, British Wirelen. distinguished audience were Min- Mr. Green, nid that the cost may 1sters Neurath, Guertuer, Seldte the work will probably take two amount to about £12,000, and that. Darre and the French Ambassador,

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PROTEST READ AT

MEMEL DIET ·

(Special to "Hoar Kop

Daily Prem"}, London, Feb, 28.

(B Telegraph, Copyright, Sir George Newman, Chies

Ordinance. Traphic The Municipal plane, provide for keceived, February 28, 4.30 p.m.) Medical Officer of the Ministry of

the allotment of 1,200,000 sq. feet Health and of the Board of

of reclaimed land in Tsukishima.

Kovno, Feb. 23. Education, whose work has had a

within, the Tokyo city limits for Diet was unable to form a quorum For the seventh time the Memel far reaching effect on the health

the erection of children during his long tenure

other facilities. The estimated cost for session since, through the ab- of the stadium and when it assembled on Wednesday of these offices, is to retire at the on securing a conviction regard of construction has been put at sence of five deputies of the end of next month and Dr. Arthurless of Hauptmann's guilt or in-.5,000,000. Macnalty has been appointed to nocence. The meeting booed each

"Lithuanian bloc" and the recent the joint post

vacated. mention of Wilentz's name.-

In addition to the stadium, dispossession

of a number of there will be a separate track for Memel members of their rights as Reuter.

cycle races, several training felds, deputies, only eighteen members a huge swimming stadium, a track were present. After the 'session for equestrian contests with had been opened by the senior grandstands and stables, felds for deputy, a memorandum addressed Rugby, soccer and hockey, two to the supreme court protesting" halls for basketball, tennis courts against. and swimming pools for training. | established by the electoral com- Receivad, February 28, 4.30 p.m.): The swimming pool and the foot-mission in refusing to recognise ball fields will each seat 30,000 the rights of a number of de- spectators

British Wireless.

thus

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THE KING'S JUBILEE

CELEBRATION

England's Kings In Procession At Aldershot Tattoo

(Special Air Mail Service) London, Feb. 8.

The King's Silver Jubilee "is to be commemorated with brilliant military pageantry at the Alder- shot Tattoo- this year.

Highlanders to the

arena

with

JAPAN AS VENUE FOR OLYMPIC GAMES

Rome, Feb. 27.

the

LONGSHOREMEN STRIKE AT ALGIERS

48pecial to "Hong Kong Daily Press'') '

(Da Telegraph, Copyright, Tele action recently graphic Messager Ordinance; 1804.

paties was read, this being follow- ed by the reading of a further long protest against the artificial obstruction of the Diet. While this protocol was being read, the Lithuanian national anthem was struck up by the spectators where

It was officially stated to-day upon the police appeared and that the Italian Government had cleared the galleries The de- telegraphed its representative at puties remained in the hall and their Massed Pipe Band and High-Rome to the 1840 Olympic Games this terminating the proceedings

Oslo to withdraw

the claim of the protest was read to the finish, land Display.

in favour of Japan.

which had lasted for only half Reuter

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Film Project Dropped

A technical dimculty has "com- belled London Film Productions to abandón a project to make a fim

NO INSTRUCTIONS"

London, Feb. 28,

to celebrate the Jubilee from a The Italian delegate of the script by Mr. Winston Churchill. Olymple Committee strenuously The film would have cost £100,000.dented receiving instructions from It was found that certain parts Signor Mussolini to-withdraw of the script necessitated the re- Italy's claim to hold the 1940 construction of some scenes, and Olympiad in Rome. He said that this would have caused the pro- while supporting the claim Japan duction to nctional

NEW MILITARY ATTACHE

graphic

years.

GERMAN FASHION SHOW IN LONDON

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

London, Feb. 27.

of

"It will be a delicate job when it comes to the removal of the main supports," he said. "The roof is 500 years old and I do not think it has ever been restored. It is being supported by scaffolding, and the transept has been com- pletely boarded off from the rest o the Minster in order to prevent German fashion.

All tickets were sold-out for the the dust and beetles' eggs from opened on Wednesday at. Mayfair show which spreading to other parts. New

Hotel under the patronage beams of English oak will be used princess "Bismarck, wife of the for replacements."

Within the boarded off portion | Councillor of the German Em- of the transept is the famous Five bassy. The fashion display which

was the first organised by Ger many abroad since the war, aroused great interest among the British French and American (Special Air Mall Service) dress designers and buyers, and” London, Feb 8. Richard Dillens, president of the Westminster Ball, where the "Berlin Fashion Union" has been whom were mnay cask-makers from both Houses of Parliament, United States after the London anong King, will receive Jubilee addresses asked to take the show to the marched through the city and a can claim to be easily the most exhibition tacker bound for Marseilles was historic building in England. troops have occupied all strategic the hall of the Royal Palace of stopped when about to leave. The It was bulit by William Rufus as

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While the settlement of the

Paris, Feb. 28. dockers' strike at Algiers is ex- pected for to-day (Thursday), a 24-hour strike broke out at Oran on Wednesday of longshoremen

in protest against the use of tank- ers for the transportation of wine. Two thousand strikers

points.

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STERN MEASURES ADVOCATED

Datren, Feb. 28.

EPITOME OF HISTORY

Westminster, the London realdence of the English Kings from Edward the Confessor to Henry VIL

Henry VIII moved to Whitehall when much of the palace was burnt down in 1812.

Many of the mediaeval Parila-

and 17th cen

become technically had not withdrawn her own Received, February 28, A Potte) necessary by the Conference of used it, the Exchequer, near the

With the majestic grandeur of the Tower of London and Wind- sor Castle," representing the past and present homes of the Kings of England in the background, the monarchs who celebrated their silver Jubilees will be the principal actors in the "Long live the King" episode--the most spectacular scene yet presented in the Rush- moor-arena.

Kings and their retinues, from. In this case, under the Film Act the days of Henry I to the Houseof 1927, the film would have to of Hanover, will pass in procession. be trade shown before being sold For the representation of the for public exhibition, and it was elaborate programme the re- impossible to get the fim done in sources of the Eastern Command, | time, as well as those of the Aldershot Command, will for the first time

drawn upon. Twenty-six bands, an increase of eight compared with last year, will take part, and another attrac

will be the return of the

Keuter

The provision of a new con valescent home for men in Charri- wood Forest, to cost £34,000, and the raising of a permanent en- dowment fund are to be part of 77. Leicester and Leicestershire's com- memoration of the Jubilee.

JAPANESE SCHOLAR'S

DEATH

DEATH SENTENCES IN SPAIN

Special to the Hong Hong

· Daily Press”)

(By: Telegraph Copyright,

Messagus Ordinence.

ences místa

IN BERLIN

(Special to the Hong Kong Disciplinary actions and rigidents inet in the Hall. It was also graphic

Daily Press)

control of all undesirable Japanese the scene of the great political Received, February £8, 5.30 p.m.) (By Telagraph, Copyright, Tale including some officials living in trials of the 18th

Messages Ordinance. 180 the Puppet Regime was considered turies. The Law Courts habitually

Berlin, Feb. 28. The British military attache in Consuls at Changchun.

Japanese – Judicial officers and Berlin, Colonel Thome will soon Reuter leave here to be succeeded by Colonel FE Hotblack of the Ro- yal Tank Corps who has been appolated milit

to the

holm,

Tokyo, Feb. 28. haya Sobouch noted British Embassy in Berlin as well rian scholar, died of as to the leg alato-day at the age of Oslo and Con translated the whole of militory atta peare's works into Japanese post on

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kea - up his

ANGLO-POLISH TRADE: AGREEMENT

trance, the Courts of Onan King's Bench at the far en only migrated to 1882.

When West

Gre

Feb 27