1935-06-08 — Page 9

"ALL QUIET IN NORTH

CHINA

The Calm Before The Storm?

JAPANESE MILITARY LEADERS IN CONFERENCE

Peiping. June 7.

The situation in North China is very quiet but there are many who believe that it is the calm before the storm. In- terest now centres on the Japanese Military Conference in Tien- tsin. Considerable significance is attached to the fact that the Tientsin garrison will not only be doubled but trebled as the relieving troops, due at Tangku on June 12, number practically double the usual garrison.

As far as the well-informed Chinese can be persuaded to speak high officials here are puzzled as to what the Japanese militarists really want. It is learned authoritatively that al the Japanese "demands" mentioned during the recent warning have been met with the exception of handing over the murder- ers of the two Chinese editors who were killed in the Japanese Concession, the Identity of the guilty parties, it is believed, not ret having been established.

Yet the Tientsin Conference are considering the "unsatis. factory reply of the Chinese," and it is fully expected here that the Japanese military authorities will take advantage of the pre- seni situation to formulate new and more far-reaching de- mands, with a time limit for their performance.-Reuter,

Tientsin, June 7.

In an interview with foreign pressmen. Lieut.-Gen Umetsu, Commander of the Japanese gar-

North rison in

China, made statement that no decisions were reached this morning at the meet- ing of Japanese garrison leaders

effect of Japan's recent more con- cillatory policy towards China and antagonise world feeling just when Far Eastern skies seemed to be more sezone.

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The position of other Powers with Legation guards in North China, is likely to become difficult

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1935.

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SHARP UPWARD

TREND

QUETTA SEALED FOR

ONE YEAR

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The Frane Recovers Salvage Work Abandoned:

London, June & The franc staged a sharp re- covery this morning on the news that M Laval had formed B government, but business ca the Foreign Exchange Market was not large and there were no signs of intervention by the British Con- trol.

Speculators who had been warn- ed by the dramatic weakening, of the franc after the initial firmness on: Boulsson's formation of

Cabinet were not pressing and | were awaiting to see how Laval

King And Queen Help

SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE

London, June &

The fact that earthquakes are generally preceded by minor tremors that are easily detectable was emphasised by Mr. A. E. L Chorlion in the House of Commons to-day when he urged a further Inquiry into the Quetta tragedy with a view to devising a system Lastantly warning the public. He also suggested the appointment of a commission of seismologists" and« engineers with experience in proposes to deal with the financial erecting quake-proof buildings in Japan, New Zealand, and Call- situation and the Chamber's reac-formla, to develop standardized steel frame buildings, the cost of Moreover, the speculators are which to be within the reach of private persons in Quetta and est doar had been damped by the fears that the French authorities would penalise their past activities in whose eyes the French public were largely responsible for the present crisia -- Tienter.

tions to his proposals, ·

SILVER MARKET

TH

up 3/18 as follow:-

(From Our Own Correspondent)

London, June 7. Londori silver prices to-day were

June 6 June 7 32-1/2 32-11/16 Forward ....... 32-3/4

32-15/16) London on New York cross rate

Spot

at 2 p.m. "to-day was 9.3337 com-

The conversations were purely If the Japanese military occupy pared with 9.537 at closing yes-

Informal Umetsu

at which Lleut.-Gen. | Pelping and Tientsin.- informed Major-General | Beuter. Isogal, military attache at the Japanese Embassy of the situa-

tlon.

FARLY NEWS

Tientsin. June 7. Lieut-General Uematsu, com-

Japan's policy was peaceful. demanding officer of the Japanese clared the General and future ac- garrison forces in North China, tions depend upon the sincerity

has-called a conference at military

with which the Chinese authori-headquarters; for to-morrow.

ties meet the Japanese requests.-

Reuter,

SUDDEN DEVELOPMENTS -

Shanghal, June 7. According to Japanese reports

conse-

At this parley will be devised measures to be taken in quence of the allegedly unsatis- factory reply of General Ho Ying-1 ching, Chinese War Minister, in

from Tokyo, quarters close to Army answer to Japanese representations

terday.

CAIRO - BERLIN FLIGHT

Remarkable Feat

(Special to the "Hong Kon

"Daily Press"} (by Telegraph, Copyright, Taim 7894-

Received, June 7, 7:30 pm.)

circles foresee sudden develop-recently made to the Chinese au-paphic Message Ordinance, menta in the North China situation † thorities. following AM announcement - by Prince Kanin, Chief of the Army General Star, who had an audience with the Emperor this afternoon.

Military procedure requires that sanction of the Emperor must be obtained before formal troop operations can be undertaken. Reuter,

LONDON OPINION

According to an official Japanese. announcement, Colonel Isogai, Co- Ionel Sakai, Colonel Giga, Lieut.- Col. Ishii, Major Takahashi and other high military officers are attending to-morrow's important military.conclave.

Meanwhile, it is reported from Nanking that pending the assump tion of the office of mayor of Tientsin by Wang Ke-min, General Shang Cheng will act as mayor of Tientsin and garrison comman- der. Instructions to this effect were telegraphed by General Ho Ying-ching to

General Cheng to-day.

Shang

The Executive Yuan later asked General Shang te assume duties immediately.- Heuter.

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London, June 7. Contrasting with earlier hopes of a settlement. the latest reports of renewed bellicose attitude by the Japanese in Tientsin create a very bad impression. While full detalls are awaited, it is pointed out that China has already acceded to most of the Japanese demands with the removal of General Yuh

Buen Chung to Facting and the resigna~ tion of other disliked officials. Hence it is believed that the Japanese militarists Arst concern is to prove complete independence - of civilian control They are specially angry with Mr. Hirota for approaching the Emperor regard the Ing the North China dispute. China,

Friends of Japan fear - that The conference of Japanese -the ruthlessness of the Japanese militarists opened at 9 a.m.-

military will wipe out the good tenter.

ILLICIT DRUG FACTORIES

Menace From The Far East

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11 Berlin, June 7. Another remarkable achievement civil aviation, constituting a distance record in several respects, tock place on Thursday when a fight to Cairo from Berlin, a dis- tance of almost exactly 4,000 ku- ometers was accomplished in one day. This performance is due to a triple-engined Junkers No. 52 airplane Kissenbert belonging to the German Albansa.

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carry out certali urgent repair work in Cairo, the plane started on June 1 from: Berlin early in the morning and landed at Catro eight o'clock the next morning, this being considered a very credible achievement. On the return trip the plane left Cairo on June 5 at one o'clock in the morning the route being via Alex- andria, Athens, and Budapest with a full crew and landing at

TROOPS DOUBLED

Tientsin, June 7. The departure of the Japanese garrison which was scheduled to be Berlin ten p.m. The passage over relieved by new forces arriving the Mediteranean from Alexandria here on June 12 has been post- to Athens took four hours. After poned, thus doubling Indefinitely that the Balkan mountain ranges Japanese forces in North had to be crossed, a distance of

1,200 kilometers without landing.

SOVIET PLANS IN MONGOLIA

Move Against Japan?

London, June 6. Practically all illicit drug fac- (Special to the Hong Kong bals tarles in Europe are now abolish-

Press" (CopyrightY.] ed, but there is still large

Berlin, June 6, source of "supply in the Far East

Considerable significance was and Manchukuo which is a most attached by the "Berliner Tage- difficult problem, sald Russel Pasha blatt" here to the military conven- when

between Interviewed by Reuter intion recently "concluded London. He is on his way from General Bluecher, the under chief Geneva to Cairo and expressed con-

of the Red Army of Eastern Siberia siderable satisfaction with the and General Tehmuch, the mill- work against narcotics in Geneva, tary leader of Outer Mongolia.

He said that the anti-drug fight The agreement provides, accord- in recent years had entered a new | ing to the "Tageblatt", for the and less sensational phase which grant of a loan of 10 milion gold was rather in the nature of guer- | roubles to Outer Mongolia for lla warfare against small enter- armaments and for the establish- prises, as compared with the ment of a regular airline between earlier mase attacks on the huge Chita, and Urga, while the outer drug rings,

Mongolian government undertakes Russel Pasha,paid a warm tri- not to hinder Soviet Russian com-

In reality the time actually spent in flight was only seventeen hours. The weather conditions were changing all the time, visibility being often very unfavourable, Transocean Kuo Min

CARRIES ART TREASURE

Shanghai, 'June 7. HMS. Suffolk left for England to-day carrying the art treasures, valued at many millions sterling. for exhibition in London.→ Reuter.

PRINCESS "ROYAL

London, June 6.

A bulletin issued to-day states that the Princess Royal continues to make satisfactory progress, British Wireless..

where.

Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary of State for India, promised that the suggestions will be communicated to the Raj.

Quetta, with its multitudinous dead, has been seiled for one year on the advice of the medical authorities. All salvage work has been abandoned, but assistance will be given the survivors_pend-ä ̧ ing the disinterment of thele property which is buried under moua- tains of debris.

Guards are patrolling the ruins against marauders. The Lord Mayor has opened the Mansion House Relief Fund to which His Majesty the King has contributed £500 while the Queen 'has donat- ed £250.-Reuter.

Landon, June 6. No living soul now remains in Quetta, round which a Military cordon has been placed.

Between 4,000 and 5,000 people already have been exacuated, ar- rangements having been made for their reception and care by au thorities in Punjab and Sind.

disaster, and specially that Dr. Holland's valuable life has been spared.

SOLE AGENTS :-

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

LAVAL FORMS A NEW GOVERNMENT

Determined To Break Speculation

pellations except in cases of the most loiportance. `

SURGICAL MAGIC WORKER Dr. Holland's name is a magic- worker among the people of Baluchistan, and even among the Afghans over the border. Afghans come in from far and near, even

(Special to the “Hong Kong Thousands of refugees are ab-

from Kandahar, to be treated by

Daily Press"). solutely destitute and although the him. His eminence as

an eye-

(by Telegraph, Copyright," Telu

LAVAL'S STATEMENT Government of India is using alspecialist is known far beyond graphic Maxinger Ordinancë, 1803

"Echo de Paris" publishes the its resources to meet their imme- India, and when he goes on tour Received, June 7, 4.30 p.m.)

following statement by Laval, out- diate needs, swift and large re-

in Sind, it is said that. English and

Paris, June 7.

lining the new Premier's future. sponse to the Viceroy's appeal is Indian doctors from India, and The fourth attempt to give essential.

policy: "The nature of the plen- Americans from America, come as France a stable new government

ary powers which I demand allows A bureau has been established interested observers of his hand-which is being made since Flandin

me after my negotiations with Eye- for registration of cialis for pro-ling of cases of cataract.

was defeated at last appears to

the various political groups and perty Icst In

the earthquake. trouble is, of course, very preva have been successful. Laval short-

particularly the Radical Socialista Salvage work in connection with lent in the sand-ridden tracts of ly before three o'clock on Friday to count on the whole majority these claims, is being carried out the North-west Frontier, and Dr. morning announced that the Ca-

realising the necessity to take en- to the maximum extent commen-

Holland's marvellous experience binet composed as follows has been

ergetic measures. The Govern- surate with safety and pubile and treatment have won for him formed: Laval Premier and For-

ment will be able to restore An- eign Minister; Herriot, Marin,

ances only if it carries out de- Flandin, State Ministers: Senator valuation energetically. Sacrifices Berard, Justice; Fletri, Minister of which the community will have to Marine; General Denain, Minister

make will be less burdensome and of Air, Bonnet, Minister of Com- better distributed than sacrifices merce, Senator Marcel Regnier, which necessarily accompany a Minister of Finance, Marcombes,

currency crisis. The Government of Education; Laurent which I have formed, is determined Eynac, Minister of Public Works, to spare no effort to break speen=" Rollin, Minister of Colonies; Maulation against the franc and save poll, Minister of Pensions; Cathala, the national currency." Minister of Agriculture and Head Transocean huo fin."

health.

SAFETY, MEASURES The Under-Secretary for India Mr. R. A. Butler, promised in the House of Cominons to-day to com- municate to the Government of India two suggestions put forwards by Mr. Chorlton in parliamentary questioris. One was that the Selsmological Association at Ox-

ford and the Geological Society of

the deep affection and gratitude of the inhabitants of the country, in which he has so long laboured. It is even recorded that he suc- cessfully treated 'an English girl sent to him all the way from Harley Street as a hopeless case of blindness.

Dr. Holland's sons "are now finishing their university educa tion and are preparing to join him in his work in India. He himself

was educated at Loretto and Edinburgh University, where he was Medallist in Anatomy and Prizemen in Surgery. He was de-

Minister

of the Department for Alsace Lor- raine which has been incorpor- ated in the prime ministry; La- font, Minister of Public Health;

TO TRY AGAIN The French political crisis still continues, following M. Pietri's in- timation to President Lebrun that be is unable to form a Cabinet, after which the President again summoned M. Boulsson to the

Laval and other members of the Cabinet went immediately to the Elysee palace where President Le-lysee, but the latter refused the brun signed the decrees, appoint-

Invitation.

Ing the new ministers in the Journal Officiar on Friday morn- ing."

London should enquire further into the fact that earthquake shocka in regions known to be subject to them are generally preceded by minor tremors detectable on suitable in-corated with the saver Kaiser-1- Mandel, Minister of Posts and

Hind Medal in 1910. and subse-Telegraphs. struments. thus permitting the public to be warned. The other quently he received the excep suggestion was that a Technical Commission containing members with experience of erecting earth- quake buildings in New Zealand, Japan, California and elsewhere should be set up to make proposals for development of standardised steel frame or other buildings at a cost within reach of private en terprise in Quetta and other neighbourhoods.-- British Wireless.

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tional distinction of the Gold Medal in 1925 and the Bar to that medal in 1931. During the War he acted as Civil Surgeon at Hyderabad, 1.3 Chief Medical officer, Baluchistan and later a3 Captain the RAMC, (T). He was made a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers in 1928. A keen golfer, angler, and tennis player, he is most ver- satile man and rightly beloved throughout Baluchistan.

CAILLAUX DROPPED

It is understood that complete agreement, was reached · in prin-- clple between M. Pietri and the Radicals when the latter raised! difficulties regarding the personnel" of the new Government. M. Pietri was thus uzriable to proceed further with the task,

CANNOT SHIRK DUTY

The new cabinet, which is the ninety-ninth under the Republic and tenth of the present legisla- ture will meet for the first session on Friday morning and will make Initial appearance before the WITH GENERAL BORRETT

Chamber at six o'clock in the Gen. Wilson was very distressed evening. Three prominent per- to learn of the death of Mr. H. Lsonages belonging to the last Union, extending from the Radi-

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MAJOR GENERAL WILSON

Shanghal, June 4. Deep interest in and anxiety over the Quetta earthquake was displayed by Major-General and

Lawrence, an experienced irriga tion officer lent to Baluchistan by Mrs. R. C. Wilson, who passed the Bombay Government-and, in- through Shanghai yesterday oncidentally. £ veteran. hockey the Mantua. Gen. and Mrs. Wi-

player, generally popular in son are proceeding Home from

Quetta, Gen. Wilson was much

Governor General

STALIN'S COLLEAGUE

For the second time, M. Layal has undertaken the formation. of a new Government of National

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previous government, namely Call-cals on the Left to the group an Laux, Marshal Petain and War the Right, inclusive. "It is a duty Minister Maurin are not included I cannot shirk," M. Laval in the new Cabinet.

nounced after leaving the Elysee, Since Laval's negotiations tasted following the failure of M. Pietri's

two-day effort.

the Press on Friday morning were

Prior to M. Laval agreeing to

refused the task, as also had M. Ivon Delbos, President dź the Radical Socialist groups in the Chamber.

retain charge of foreign affairs i

It is believed that M. Laval will

he succeeds in forming a new boy. ernment.

Hester,

THE CABINET

Paris, June 6, The new Cabinet formed by M.

India on leave, spending a fort- interested in his visit to Shanghai, longer than it had been thought night in Japan and another fort- the honours of which he and Mrs..nable to announce the formation form a Cabinet, M. Herriot had night at Banff, in Canada, on the Wilson were shown by Mr. Norman way. Gen. Wilson is at present Macgregor..

of the new Cabinet but the fore- commanding the Rawalpindi Dis- the company of Gen. Borrett, with it for granted that after Thurs-

He travelled here in

'cast published by the papers take triet and consequently has under whom he was his charge the South Wales Bor- well as with Sir Norman Cater, at Wellington, as

day's many vicissitudes Laval's derers and the Argyll & Buther- the brillant bachelor Governor of stable new Cabinet would at last efforts towaids formation of à land Highlanders, recently in Baluchistan-for that is what the China. Last year, he finished his Agent to the

meet with success. The Press three-year tenure of the post of virtually is.

therefore expresses the conviction Commandant of the Star College

that the new Clovernment will be at Quetta. Therefore, the news of

able to assert itself. The papers the disaster, which he received on

point out that Laval's task has the Mantua by wireless" between

been made considerably ender by Hong Kong and Shanghal, was

the sudden change of attitude of Laval is as follows:: particularly distressing to him and

the Radfest Bocialists.

M, Laval, Premier "and Foreign his wife.

Although no official information is Minister; M. Marcel Regnier, Min- as yet avaliable as to the new Gov-ister or Finance; M. Pietri, Min- ernment's intentions, it is declared ister of Marine, Colonel Fabry, Moscow, June "6.

in well-informed political quarters Minister for War; General Denain, The chairman of the executive that Laval will demand special Air Minister and M. Herriot, committee for the Trans-Cau-powers from Parliament which, Marin, and Flandin, castan Republic, Yenkidse. one of however, will be restricted to mea-Without Portfolio- Stalin's oldest and closest collabor sures for the defence of the Reuter ators has been deposed of his of- frand and against speculators. ace and compelled to resign from Laval, asserts the "Ouvre," wil all his Party posts by a decision of zovem by decrees only, til Octo- the Committee for Party Superviber 31 and will ask the Chamber to ratify measures to be taken be- The nature of the charges fore the end of the year. It is

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ARRESTED

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Ministers

The Star College being high up, out of the affected area, seems to have been untouched, like Canton- The construction of railway be menta, a little lower down. Gen. tween, Chita and Urga which had Wilson had noted, too, that, no been contemplated for some time mention was made of casualties in will, moreover, be begun without the Mission Hospital, which has a further delay, 50

special reputation by reason of the The paper points out that the remarkable personality of Dr. agreement practically concedes to Henty Tristram Holland, who has bate to the work of the League muntst propaganda to Eastern Soviet Rusia the right to occupy been in charge of that institution officials saying that without the Asia and to increase the number Outer Mongolia anytime she sees for 35 years, having come there in slon. help of the League the progress of Soviet Russian military instrac-it, thus flanking the. Japanese-1900. The Mission Hospital seers, already achieved in the anti- tore in the Mongolian Army and to Manchurian polition, the question from the telegrams, to have been against Yenkidse are not known furthermore stated that Farilament The Anglo-German talks were drug menace would practically facilitate the passing of Soviet being how will fapan react to this within the stricken area, but, as and proceedings against him will will not be adjouned prematurely, resumed at the "Admiralty this have been impossible-

Russian troops through its terri-newly created situation.

no reference has been made to it, be conducted in camera. -----

"with the reservation that Laval | evening Reuter,

Transocean Kue Min:

It is hoped that it has escaped Transocean Kuo Min."

tory if the necessity arises.

NAVAL TALKS

I will not permit debates on inter- | British Wirdeu

London, June 5