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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1935."

LOYAL ADDRESSES PRESENTED TO

WESTMINSTER HALL

CEREMONY

Kind Deals With Unity

Of The Empire

"Your Majesty's. high, office has been enriched by the person- ality of him who holds it. You have shared in the nation's trials and triumphs. You have sorrowed and. rejoiced with your people Your wisdom and fortitude have steadied the national temper with the racions aid of the Queen. You have won by your sympathy and kindlines something warmer than allegiance, more profouail than loyalty. Today you are more than a sovereign. You are the head of a family: of nation and Empire. You have made a house." hold."

The above was part of the addresses of loyalty presented to His Majesty at a gathering at Westminster when both Houses of Parliament congratulated the King on attaining his Silver Jubiles. The ceremony was attended by a distinguished gathering, including Dominion Premiers, Indian Prices and high officials of 'the Crown.

London, May 9.

Was

Westminster Hall to-day the scene of a historic ceremony of an intimately British character when His Majesty met both Hou- ses of Parliament in the Eleventh Century Hall and received loyal. Jubilee addresses. It was essen- tially meeting between

a

the King and his prelates, Bar- ens and faithful members of the

House of Commons,

MORE THAN A SOVEREIGN

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Commons Tribute

SURVIVED SHOCKS

It la to me a source of pride and thankfulness that the perfect harmony of our parliamentary system with Qur constitutional monarchy has survived shocks that in recent years have destroyed ather empires, and other liberties. Our ancient constitution, ever adaptable to change, has during my reign faced and conquered perils of warfare" never conceived in earlier days. It has met and satis- fled the new, constitutional de- mands both at home and over- seas."

HIS MAJESTY BY

TRADE WITH CHINA

Mr. Beale's Advice At Leeds

London, May 9.

NEW CABINET

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Vote Of Confidence

Passed

By Telegraph, Copyright,

Tala-

"If we want a share of Chinese graphic Messages Ordinance, 1804. trade which is certainly

Received, May 9, 4.30 pm) coming. we must return to the days of commercial adventurers," said Mr. Louis Beale, Commercial Coun- sellor to H.M. Legation in Shang- hai,

Madrid, May 9. The fourth Lerroux Government by 189 to 28 votes has been given the vote of confidence by the Cortes Premier Lerroux early in the session read the Government statement declaring the national correspon- concilation which

After referring to a long period of unbroken prosperity in Queen Victoria's reign, His Majesty said: "In looking back over twenty five at a meeting of the Leeds years of my reign, thankfulness. I Chamber of Commerce. feel to-day, 14 chiedy for escape "They could not trade iri an from the danger which greater area like China by than ever before threatened our dence." said Mr. Beale. "It must land. I can never forget how the be done on the spot. The ques- peril from without at once unitedtion facing us was how best to all parties classes, governments help China in the great develop and races of the Empire. Men and ing period she is undergoing and women played their parts, the what will be our reward: "If led ranks were closed, and in the issue sanely. China is destined to be strength upheld the free. Let us come, not only one of the great not in the hour of thanksgiving trading nations but also a great fall to remember those who gave 'nation of peace."— their lives or live malmed or blind- Reuter. ed that we might continue to en- joy the blessings of life."

After a sympathetic reference to the unemployed. His Majesty said: "I have been blessed in all my work in having bealde me my dear wife, of whom you have spoken so kindly."- and Reuter.

The Commons address was pre- sented by the Speaker who stated. inter alia: "Our constitution has proved itself strong enough to cumstances of the Empire adapt itself to the changing cir-

the world. It has given stability when elsewhere foundations were

Their Majesties drove in state from Buckingham Palace to West- minster. Crowds were early astir on the steps of the Victoria Meerümbling. morial and pavements.

along "While retaining the route, especially Parliament features. Square, which was packed hours before the passage of the Royal

procession.

"The great hall of Westminster presented a magnificent spectacle. There were 464 Peers. 453 Com moners and Empire representa- tives from Cabinet Ministers to Judges, distinguished. civil vants being among those attend- ing the stately and historic cere-

mony.

ser-

The assembly hall itself is vir- tually an Empire Parliament and theoretically when both Houses are in session. The Lords were seated In red leather benches with the mace of the Lords rest- ing on a crimson cushion. The Commoners sat on green benches with the mace of the Commons reposing on a table.

the familiar

CLOSING SCENES

London, May 9, The Lord Chancellor's address its historic occupied seven minutes, the OU# constitution has Speaker five minutes. The King been broadened to give expression spoke for just over ten minutes. to the will of the whole people on When His Majesty reached the. an extended franchise and un- passage referring to the Queen, his der it Your Majesty's Govern-voice momentarily faltered. ments have been able. without The ceremony concluded with the breach of continuity to undertake new responsibilities on behalf of the public weal.

"Britain remains as ever a free and well-orderes natioh. The Colonies have grown in economie and political stature. We have before

band playing "God Save the King." The Lord Chancellor without pre- cedent called for three cheers, which were resoundingly-given.

The whole ceremony occupied ball an hour. Immediately at its now conclusion the bells of Westminster us constitutional | Abbey broke out in a cheerful peal. proposals designed to widely ex-The sun shone brilliantly as Their tend the measure of self-govern-Majesties drove back to Bucking- ment inaugurated in India four-ham Palace accompanied by a teen years ago. Statutory recogni- tremendous roar of cheers from tion has been given by Parlia-assembled crowds, ment to the new structure of our partnership with the

The King wore morning dress. Dominions The Queen was a striking figure in 84 free and equal autonomous a white shimmering gown.—- states united by common

The Dominion, statesmen and In-tance to the Crown.

clan Princess were placed within

and

alleg-Reuter.

"Your Majesty's high office has

shared in the nation's trials and of him who holds it. You have SCHUSCHNIGG'S

You have

sorrowed

the Strangers' Gallery. Judges been enriched by the personality with full-bottomed "wigs striking robes added to the dignity cf the occasion of che sombre triumphs. black morning dress of the Lords and Commoners, relieved by 3 touch of colour of the ecclestas- tical vestments of the Bishops.

The weather was dull and over- cast, but when Their Majesties arrived the clouds the sun broke through,

cleared

ADDRESS FROM THE LORDS

Throne Stands Firmlier Than Ever

and rejoiced with your people. Your wisdom and fortitude have steadied the national temper with the gracious aid of the Queen.

and kindliness something" warm- You have won by your sympathy ander than allegiance, more profound than loyalty. To-day you more than a sovereign. You are the head of a family: "of nation and Empire. You have household."

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Lord Chancellor Sankey read the address from the Lords, offer- Ing His Majesty, heartielt gratulations on the completion of the twenty Afth year of his reign and said:

"This City of Westminster and this hall wherein we meet tell the story of the growth through centuries of civil liberty, of order ed freedom, which is the price and heritage of our race.

The past twenty five years have been years of struggle and xiety as well as resolute achieve- ment.

An-

are

made a

HIS MAJESTY'S REPLY

Thanks For Loyal Addresses

His Majesty the King in the course of his reply said: "I thank you from my heart for your loyal affection you used when speaking addresses and the words of devoted of myself and the Queen and of our family. Your presence here to-day accompanied by the Prime Ministers of Canada, Australia. New Zealand and South Africa gives rise, to many memories and

HOLIDAY

Political Visit To Italy

(Special to the “Hong Kong Daily Press”) (ByTelegraph,・・ Copyright, · Tele graphia Messages Ordinance, 1894 Received, May 1, 4.30 p.m.)"

Vienna, May 9. Confrmation - that Chancellor Schuschnigg will take a short holiday, returning here in the middle of next week. has now been published by the semi-official organ, the Politische Korrespon- denz. The Chancellor will probably given by the Vienna Philharmonie attend the concert which is being orchestra during the music week turity of meeting Premier Musso- in Florence, and take the oppor-

Hnt while in Italy..

here by Schuschnigg's proposed Some surprise has been caused

trip which is interpreted to mean that the preliminary conversations

SILVER MARKET

(From Our Own Correspondent)

London, May 9. London Silver prices to-day were down 5/16 as follow:-

May 8 May 9 Spot ....

..32-13/16 32-1/3. Forward.....33

32-11/16 London on New York cross rate at 2 p.m. to-day was 4.8487 com- pared with 4.8387 at closing yes- terday.

SOVIET CLIMBS DOWN

French Press Ban Annulled

(Special to the "Hong Kong Da'ls

Press" (Copyright),1-

Paris, May 8. Faced with the unanimous re- fusal of the whole Paris Presa to send special correspondents to Moscow on the occasion of M. Laval's visit, if the ban on "Le Matin" and "Le Journar repre- sentatives were not raised, the Soviet Embassy is Paris has now climbed down and announced that its Government was prepared to grant visas to all French Press correspondents, states the "Temps" on Wednesday evening.

Was

indis-

pensable in view of the situation. and the chief aim of the Govern

the to impede

any

ment's policy. Lerroux asked the Opposition not Government's labours, intimating that he would not exclude party

from the Governmental responsibility," and painted that the cabinet represented coalition of parties prepared to

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out

BOTH HOUSES

"WE WANT OUR KING"

Jubilee Crowds Serenade

Outside Palace

London, May 9. A crowd of 50,000 cheered for ave minutes non-stop when their Majestles King George and Queen Mary appeared in the balcony of Buckingham Palace at 9.30 p.m. and remained for several minutes, waving to the crowd. The cheer- ing was renewed when the Duke of Gloucester joined his parents.

for

W:

In response to further prolong- ed cries of "we want" our King." Their Majesties reappeared on the balcony later and waved to the Queen then went in and the King crowds for two minutes. The

stayed a minute longer.

In a rush to get away after- wards many, women_fainted A

and ambulance men were kept busy. Many mathers who carried babies renounce all claims that might

were almost separate them. The Government dense mass of people and

overcome declaration furthermore stressed were cries to make way the necessity of restitution of all children and groups of men form- constitutional guarantees.

Two Monarchist speakers at-thers who battled with their chil- ed cordons around exhausted mo- tacked President Alcala Zamora dren through the throng. It took whose action during the two last five to ten minutes to cabinet crises. they said clearly hundred yards. showed his prejudice against the Parliament's

extreme Right Several speakers of the left Parties on the other hand declared the cabinet's composition a danger to the Republie since the Right had not frankly stated their loyalty to the Republie

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both by the public and the police, the latter controlling crowds with the utmost patience, while motor ists who in normal times FIŁOW impatient. at lengthy traffic blocks resigned themselves to wait the efforts of he police to disentangle the streams of cars.

When the main streets in. the West End were closed to traffic at 9 o'clock last evening. several. hundred cars found themselves packed in narrow "Jermyn Street. Many drivers had to wait a whole hour before they were released.-4.

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the

KING'S THANKS (Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright).1

Berlin, May 8, His Majesty King George V. has by the sent the following reply to Chan- there cellor Hitler's congratulatory" tele- thegram on the occasion of His

Majesty's Jubilee

"I thank you most warmly, Mr. Chancellor, "for which you have been so good as message of congratulation

move A to convey to me on behalf of yourself and the German nation. on the occasion of my Silver Jubilee. I am particularly grate- ful to you for your friendly re ference to the efforts of myseís interest or peace. This cause da orchestra and my Government.in the

very naar my heart and is the People had plenic meals on lidas constant object of my Govern at Trafalgar Square, while a choirment. I am confident that in of a hundred strong sang war reciprocating your good wishes for time songs accompanied by an its success, I am expressing the sentiments not only of my own. turias.

people but of the whole civilized

Even at midnight the pave- ments outside the Palace were still crowded.

while huge crowds thronged Piccadilly Circus and Regent Street. An from a leading restaurant played popular airs on the pavement.

BALKAN UNION orchestra of banjos and concer-

Coming Conference

In Bucharest.

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FRENCH MINISTER'S

TOUR PLANS

Tele 139.4-

Vienna, May 8.

(Speelal to the "Hong Kong The question of creating

Daily Press") T Central Bank for the Balkan (By Telegraph, Copyright, States will form one of the princi- graphic Massager Ordinance. pal topics of discussion for the Received, May 9, 7.30 ̧ ̧p.m.) ̃ coming conference of the Balkan Union which is scheduled to open in Bucharest next Friday, accord- ing to the newspaper, Neue Frete Presse here on Wednesday, which states that all details of the scheme have already been drawn up by the financial experts at the recent economic conference at the Balkan entente, Istanbul.

The Bucharest meeting will be chiefly concerned with the setting Though the" Embassy oficials up of an economic statute in the have DOW belatedly extricated Balkan Union similar to that of themselves from the painful the Little Entente and the provid- predicament. the incident has ing for the closest possible co- caused no little discomfort in operation in

economic affairs, official circles where it is feared especially, with regard to tariffs, that the bad impression made on unification of internal commercial the French public by the Em-legislation as well as the co- bassy's high-handed action will ordination of postal, telegraph, prove detrimental to the cordial telephone, radio and railway ser- relationships between the two vices. countries which, it was hoped, the recently signed mutual assistance pact would bring about. Tineorean “Kuo Min.

NAZI INFUENCE IN AUSTRIA

Mussolini To Confer With Schuschnigg

Rome, May 9.. It is understood that Mussolini

Into them were crowded į many thoughts. The Mother of considerable difficulties are still in to confer with Chancellor Schus-

in Venice have revealed that is almost certain to go to Florence

the shaken

the Aerce ordeal of the most de- solating war in history and toll of rebuilding structure of our common life in a slow but arduous endeavour to regal prosperity and establish "The unity of the British Empire is no longer expressed by the pence. Elsewhere thrones and constitutions have fallet to last supremacy of the time-honoured out the strain. Yet in this realm Parliament that sits here at West- the development of public rights minster. The Crown is a historic and liberties has not been arrest-symbol that unites a great family ed but made wider and surer.

of nations and races scattered over "Truly Your Majesty rules over every quarter of the earth.

Parliaments and her children have the the

grown to full stature and stands Danubian allegiance to the Crown now upon equal terms in common

a nation. of free citizens. The "In these days when fear, and throne stands firmlier than ever preparation for war are again astir as the centre of our national life. in the world, let us be thankful

:

The Bucharest conference will naturally also deal with the cur- rent political problems such as the rearmament demands of Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and the Balkan 'Union's attitude towards the Franco-Russian

the pact and proposed Danubian "pact. The paper claims that efforts being made to bring about, a common "Danubian front” og afl member states, the Balkans and the Little Entente. Transocean Kuo Min.

are

THE AGENDA

Bucharest, May 9. The agenda of the Balkan. Con- WAY of the forthcoming chrisg of Austria on Friday and ference which will take place here conference in Rome Saturday. It is gathered that one from May 9 to 12 will, according necessitating a discussion between of the main matters for discussion the heads of the Italian and will be the question of Germany's prise the following points:

to semi-official information, com- Austrian Governments, This view tonfluence in Austria where Nazi was emphasised by the Christian propaganda is considered to be in- Socialist. Neuigkeits Weltblait creasing a fact which has been which in Wednesday's number noted by the Italian authorities in deals with the differences existing South Tyrol. between Hungary and the Little Reuter, Entente- Transocean Kno Hin.

Beyond the seas the free institu- that quiet government and peace AUSTRIAN AUTHOR DEAD tions that have sprung up are prevail over so large a part of the flourishing Your Majesty mark- earth's surface.

{{Special" to "Hong Kong Daily Press")

(Bp Telegraph, · Copyright, · "Tais

Massager

Ordinance, -180 Received, May n. 4.30 pm.)

Vienna, May -9. One of the most popular Austrian writers, Email Ertl, author of numerous widely-read novels and short stories, died here at the age of 80

ed the growth of the self-govern- ***I expecially welcome here to- ing Dominions by the declaration day the representatives of my of their - authentic place. In the Indian Empire. This Palace of graphic British Commonwealth of Na-Westminster, in the mighty heart tions. Your Majesty's own, per- of the Empire, is the very cradle of sonality, has made the throne not our envied parliamentary institu- merely a symbol but a loved and tlona. Here is the anvil whereon living reality

our common law was forged to At the conclusion of the ad- become a joint inheritance to the dress the band played, “God Bless United States of America and our

Own-community, of peoples,

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(1) The question of Bulgaria's. Balkan Union's attitude towards rearmament; (2) ascertaining the the proposed Danubian pacts; (3). the question regulating the re lations of the Balkan States. with the Soviet Union; (4) "economic co-operation between the member States of the Balkan Entente. Traniocean-Kuo Min

PEIPING-SHANGHAI AIR RECORD

Shanghai, May 9. - NEWS AGENCY EFFORTS new Pelping to Shanghai

IN JAPAN speed record was established by | the C.N.AC.'s new Douglas air-

Tokyo, May 8, liner which carrying eleven pas

Representatives of Japanese sengers, left the capital at 8.45 newspapers and the Japan Broad- am, and arrived at 12.20 p.m. It casting Association are conferring few non-stop at a consistent with the Ministers of Foreign altitude of 7,000 feet. Navigation Affairs and Communication- was complicated in the haze which night concerning the organisation obscured the ground most of the of a strong national News Agen

on lines of the Press Associa "Reuter:

way Reuter

Paris, May 9. Accompanied by his daughter, the General Secretary of the French Foreign Ofce, M Leger, the Chief Secretary of the Cabinet, Rochet, M. Laval will leave for Warsaw to-day at 7 p.m. Unless the programme is altered on the way, Laval will reach Paris again on May 18 Transocean Kuo Min.

ARMS INDUSTRY BOOM

(Special to the Hong Kong Hally Premy

(By: Telegraph, Copyright, Tate -graphic.” Mettager Ordinance, 1891– Received, May 9. $.30 p.m.)

Prague, May 9............ That the arms industry is reap- ing huge profits from the present political trend is indicated by the report that the great Czechoslova kian

Skoda armament arm, which is controlled by the French Schneider Grenzot

concern-has

been so prosperous during the past year that it is able for the first, time in several years to declare a' dividend of 7 or 8 per cent Transocean, Kuo Min.

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