1935-09-18 — Page 9

MUSSOLINI'S WARNING

TO EUROPE

War Caused By Sanctions Might Alter The Map

(Special to "Hong Kong Daily Press")

(Kỳ Telegraph, Copyright, Telegraphic Massager Ordinance. 1834. Recticed, September 17, 4.30 p.m.)

Parls, September 17.

"Italy will not commit a hostile act against any European nation," but hostile acts committed against her will mean war,” Signor Mussolini told a special representative of “Le Natin “ in an interview, adding a warning that war caused by sanctions might easily result in a complete revision of the "map of Europe. Italy which had been a true friend of Britain for a long time, was shocked by the fact that the British nation, which rules the world, is now', refusing Italy a poor piece of land under the African sun, Il Duce continued.

After stressing the determination and "the spiritual and physical might of Italy,” which he said could easily muster ten million men, Signor Mussolini asked the correspondent whether the Powers wanted a general. European war which would claim millions of victims instead of a local colonial conflict.

"I cannot understand people who when a single house is burning want to set fire to the whole city," declared II Duce after pointing out that he had repeatedly assured Britain that her interests in Abyssinia would be carefully 'respected by Italy. -----Transocean Kuo Min..

cess to the sea.

Paris, Sept 17,

an interview with the 'Morning

HONG KONG · DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1935.

BRITISH ISLES LASHED

Signor - Mussolini, the most 'widely discussed figure in the world to-day, issues a warning against the use of sanctions

GREEK PROTEST

TO ITALY

Unauthorised Entry Of Warships

(Special to "Hong Kour Daily Press") (My Telegraph, Copyright; Tah

Messages Ordinance, 1801 Received, September 17-4.30 p.m.)

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Athens, Sept. 17.

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BY FIERCE GALE

Vessels Aground And In Distress

Lagdon, Sept. 17.

A fierce gale reaching a velocity of 93 miles per hour in the Scilly Isles lashed the British Isles all night long. The gusts reached 73 miles per hour infand and 80 miles per hour along the south coast where unprecedented seas were experienced, : l'a number of beach huts, being awept out to sea.

Around the coasts many ships are in a parlous plight, fighting mountainous seas in an endeavour to reach shelter, but the gale. was still raging this morning. Some Cross-Channel services have been cancelled.

It is feared that the Cardin steamer Brompton Manor, which at 210 am. began to send out series of distress algnals, is sink

ing. The vesser lies with a heavy list off Owers Lightship with terri- fic seas battering her.

A temporary captain is over- board-her permanent captain by a strange coincidence 13. A. W. Kane, now in a Spanish prison awaiting pardon which the

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The Greek Government have re-thorities have granted him follow- cently lodged a protest with Rome ing an appeal against the sentence against Italian war vessels enter-

of three years Imprisonment pass Ing Greek waters without permis. ed by the Minorcan court for for- sion of the Greek" authorities.

cibly resisting the police, Despite this three Italian

The 4,000-ton Liverpool steamer, Mary Kingsley with a crew of fifty and some passengers aboard bound for West Africa, carrying also a cargo of locomotives, is in distress eighty miles on Land's End.

M. Laval is considering a new Post correspondent in Rome to- compromise offer to Signor Mus- | day. He expressed the utmost in- solini under which Anglo-French credulity that there could be such territory, in Somaliland will be an absurd happening as conflict ceded to Abyssinia in return for between Italy and Great Britain, Ogaden and Danakil which will be friends for centuries. handed over to Italy. Thus Sig- Questioned why Italy had not nor Mussolini will get part of Abys-presented her case earlier, Il Duce sinia and the Emperor will get ac- replied that, on the contrary, the Italian Government on January 20 invited Great Birtain to const- der agreements for the harmon-ships have just anchored as the tous development of the Anglo- island of Seriphos unannounced. Itallan interests in Ethiopia.

At a meeting of the ministers attended by premier Tsaldaris, the Foreign Minister and Minister for National Defence, it was decided to send another emphatic "protest to Rome because it takes the view that Italy was violating Interna: tional law with impunity Transocean 'Kuu 3in

The foregoing is an offer accord-: Ing to the Geneva cxrespondent of "Liberte" which so far it has not been possible to confirm.- Renter.

DRAFT PROPOSALS

Geneva, Sept 17. "The Committee of Five has made certain alterations, and elimina- tions in the draft proposals of the sub-committee which amplifies and elaborates the Paris proposals.

The sub-committee has not en- tered on the question of rectifica- tion of frontiers which will be dis- cussed by the full committee. The lattter has not completed the ex-" amination of the draft proposals and meets again in the afternoon when it is hoped to finish the ex- smination.

Signor' Mussolini was ready to table his case. he said, but the Foreign Office answered evasively. "There was only one way left," Il Duce asserted. "I took it."

NOT IMPRESSED

Italy, he went on. had renewed her approaches on May 1. after the conference at Stresa.

"Even that. overture led to in- conclusie conversations," Signor Mussolini pointed out,

He was not impressed, said the Roman leader, by the offers for redistribution of raw materials or of land concessions, as a matter of the remote future. He did not It is hoped that the proposals expect anybody to hand over part when finally drafted will be sub- of their dominichs or colonial ter- mitted simultaneously to the Ita-tory.

Han and Ethiopian Governments.- Reuter.

COMMITTEE MEETS

Geneva, Sept. 17.

The Committee of Five met at 10.30 this morning to consider the draft suggestion drawn out by the sub-committee.

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Although the Council meets the afternoon the Italo-Abyssinian 'dispute is not on its agenda- Router.

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TOO LATE TO STOP

"Up to the present our prepara- tions in East Africa have cost Italy 2,000,000,000 lire. Do think we have done that for a you

joke? No! We are on the march. It is too late to tell us to stop."

Then, switching back to

the question of colonial empire, ne said:

"Even Holland and Belgium arid. Portuga have fruitful colonies, Why shoudn't Italy?"

BAD WEATHER

"Athens, Sept. 17. Permission for one torpedo boat destroyer and two torpedo boats to enter the Greek harbour in the Island of Seriphos was requested on Monday night by the Italian Legation here, giving as an excuse, that bad weather was prevalling along the Greek coast. Reuter.

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BRITISH WARSHIPS TO VISIT GREECE

(Special to “Rong Kooz.

"Daily Press")." (b) Tatagraph, "Copyright. TAU insphio

Ordinance. Messages

1891. Received, September 17; 4-30 p

Athens, Sept. 17. A number of British warships will arrive soon at several ports of the west coast of Greece accord- Finally he asserted that whethering to a statement from the Greek war comes or not depends not upon minister of the interior who WEI

Italy but upon Ethiopia and the nounced that the first, third and League of Nations.

fourth British torpedo flotillas are Reuter

expected at Korfu, Argostolion and Navarino by September 20. The destroyers will probably he Alexandria, Sept. 16.

escorted by other British warships.. Nessim Pasha, the Prime Minis-Transocean Kuo Min ter, has issued a communique stating that following friendly

ORAL COMMUNICATION

Paris, Sept. 17. The Committee of Five transmit its Andings to the dis- putants delegates orally to avoid leakage through Diacing them on paper, according to the "Intran- │ aigeant" correspondent at Gene- YB.

INTEREST OF EGYPT

TROOP CONCENTRATION One hundred thousand Abyssin- ion troops are concentrated at conversations with Bir Miles Ball province, on the border of Italian Somaliland, says the Havas Brigadler) Edward Henry Kelly, correspondent at Addis Ababa ac- of the General Staff, the latter

Lampson and Colonel (Temporary

cording to statements by travell-handed him a letter stating that ers from the, south. Reuter;

ROME DENIAL

Rome, Sept. 17, It is reported that an outbreak of Italo-Abyssinian frontier host lities is officially. denied very categorically and is described as an "absurd tendencious rumour- Reiter,"

TRANSPORT BAILS

Genoa, Sept. 17. Four ships carryuig, three thou- and men and a consignment of Inimals and provisions left here br East Africa to-day.—** Peuter.

REPORT NOT READY"

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London, Sept 16.

His Majesty's Government was fully alive to the interests of Egypt and the anxieties felt there at present.

The Prime Minister, said the document, may rest assured that if the occasion arises His Majesty's Government will keep the Egyptian

Government informed and

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MALTA ANTI-AIRCRAFT EXERCISES

(Special to "Hong Kong Daily Press.

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A large London motor vessel, Frank M. has run aground on the A tibeboat is Goodwin Sands

standing by.

The Newcastle steamer Crack- shot is anther vessel in distress. Her position is of Ushänt.

Great havoc has been done to telephone wires which are strewn

SILVER MARKET

(From Our Own Correspondent)

London, Sept. 17. London silver prices to-day were 3/16 down for Spot and 1/8 down for Forward as follow:—

Sept. 16 Bept. 17 29-3/8

29-3/16 Forward.....**

29-7/16 29-5/16 London on New York cross-rate at 2. p.m. to-day was 4.9406 com- pared with 49412 at closing yes- terday.

Spot

all over the roads. Trees have been uprooted by the fury of the gale.

Householders have spent sleep- less nights: Gusts of wind are rocking the houses and sending and chimney Dots roofs, thes crashing to the ground.— Heuter.

SMALL CRAFT SUNK

London, Sept. 17. Early this morning gales were raging over a wide area that em- braced a large part of the Bay of Biscay, the south coast of Eng- land and stretched into the Atlan- tie as far as two hundred miles west of Ireland. A gust · of · 96 iniles per hour was recorded at Scilly Isles. The storm moderated slightly later, but at noon"a gale was still blowing and exceptionally

heavy seas were running in the Channet and off the south and

western coasts.

When the storm was at its height, a 8.0.5. was received from the steamer Mary Kingsley of four thousand tons near the Scilly Isles stating that three of the crew were injured and that her position offered by several vessels in the was very anxious. Assistance was

neighbourhood where the Mary Kingsley still lies, having been forced to heave to.

Satisfied? Quite!

IT'S

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SOLE AGENTS :—

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

NAVAL PROBLEM

DISCUSSED

No Hope For Any Limitation?

GRIM FIGHT IN MID-AIR

U. S. Baseballer Killed

Hyde Park, Sept. 16.

Toronto, Sept. 17. President Roosevelt and Mr. The well-known, American base Norman Davis, America's ambas-ball player Len Koenecke, a mem The Channel steamer Flamande sador extraordinary in naval ber of the Brooklyn team, was was partly disabled during the affairs, to-day discussed the naval | killed in a grim battle waged" in' storm at Folkestone owing to wire situation both in its general as- darkness on an aeroplane in mid- fouling her propeller.

pects and iri relation to European air over the Toronto suburbs. Cross-Channel services were dis-affairs which were now admittedly It is believed that apparently located owing to the storm and at a crisis,

Koenecke, who hired the machine," Subsequently, Mr. Davis stated, was struck on the head with a sailing from Folkestone to Bou- logne was for the first time for that the European situation was are extinguisher. many years cancelled.

discussed, although naturally Koenecke, according to the story without any reference to the of the pilot, told the police that United States' intervention.

he had been drinking and started The Kellogg Pact provided athe fight which lasted afteen' moral obligation on 'the part of minues, the plane rocking danger- the United States to help to pre-ously the whole time."

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Much damage was done to small raft and many were sunk at their moorings. On land the storm did much havoc at Flymouth-

British Wireless.

NEW INQUIRY

Into Gareth Jones Murder

London. Sept. 16.

The Foreign Office has ordered a new inquiry into the kidnapping and murder of Mr. Gareth Jones, who was slain following his cap- ture by bandits In Mongola, saya the "Daily Herald."

vent war, and this was being done The police detained two mem- In so far as the foreign situa- bera of the crew when the machine tion was concerned, the British ended have taken the initiative, and Mr. Reuter. Davis said he feared there was amali chance of naval limitation agreements while the threat of war was present. However, he hoped to have a naval limitation talk with the British representa- tives in the near future.- Reuter.

MONARCHY IN GREECE

WORLD TRADE arisen since Mr. Jones body was the pleblecite on

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French Suggestion

Geneva, Sept. 17.

WAS

A proposal that the principal commercial powers make an ex- periment at provisional stabilize tion of their currencies to give International trade a chance of (B Telegraph, Oopyright. Tale

recovery without being unduly ex- graphic Marraga Ordinones, 1894 posed to daily fluctuations Received, September 17, 7.30 p.m.) made to-day by the French Minis

Malta, Sept. 17. ter of Commerce, M. Bonnet. Complete darkness will preval for over two hours in the British the League Commission dealing M. Bonnet, who was speaking In`

while a combined air battle and that France was willing to make owned islands of Malta and Gozo with commercial questions, added

will be rehearsed on the nights of lines with all countries agreeing anti-aircraft" "defence® measures commercial agreements on liberal

Wednesday and Thursday. The to stabilise their currencies at a TASK COMPLETED

authorities ordered that all street given rate for the duration of the lamps and lanterns on the quays agreement, Geneva, Sept. 18. in the harbour and on board ships The sub-Committee of the Com-anchored there be extinguished, mittee of Five has completed Its Entire street traffic will be sus draft report, which will be sub-pended. mitted to-morrow to an important The authorities explain that

the

into consultation with it regard- ing aby developments, in International situation which may closely concern Egypt | Reuter

As the report of the experts was meeting of its principals, who will these measures have been design- t ready, the mating-of the Lea-settle the outstanding points or on to support the reconnoltre

Committee of Five did not take may redraft it entirely.

practice of the squadrons of the ace at Geneva to-day. The It is based on the Faris propo- Royal Alt. Force stationed at

eting will probably be held on sala, made to Italy by France and | Malta.— [dnesday. The Committee of Britain jointly. The report is of Tranincean Kuo Min.

e has been engaged during the unanimous character andį sug- k-end preparing for the Coun--guests, one or more alternativer their report on the Italo-Abys on certain points, though nothing

jan dispute.—

With Wirdetes

CANDID-EXPOSE

3) London, Bept: 16. (candid exposé of Italy's atti~

definite has emerged except that the soverein rights o Ethiopia are safe-guarded.

FOREIGN LEGION MOVE

Algiers, Sept. 17 Eorts will be made to obtain The second regiment of the replies from both disputants, French Foreign Legion stationed Italy and Ethiopia, before the | at Hidibelabbas left. Oran

day Joe Toni

was made by Bignor Benito week-end plini, the Italian Diefstór, in Reuter

The Commission adjourned to give members a chance to examine the subject before replying Reuter

WEATHER SERVICE FOR AIRMEN

London, Sept. 18. The annual report of the Me- teorological Omes for the year ended March last records an in- crease of enquiries received by FOR 18.747

NATIONAL ELECTION IN PHILIPPINES

Manila, Sept 17. To-day is a legal' holiday in the Phillippines on account of the na- tional election for president and. vice-president for the common- wealth

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Polla opened at 7 o'clock this morning and will close at 6 pm.

The authorities have assured the "country of a clean and orderly election, but the strictest precau- tions are being taken in view of the; « possibility of disorders

Of the three presidential candid-. ates Senior Manual Quezon, General Aguinaldo and Bishop Aglipay, the. former appears certain of a large

(Special to "Hong Kong'

Daily. Press") The decision was taken on the 25 (By – Telegraph, "Copyright, request of Mr. David Lloyd graphie Messages. Ordinance, 1995: George, whose secretary Mr. Jones Received, September, 17, 4-30 p.m.}° once was, and Sir Alexander Ca-

Athens, Sept 17. dogan, the British Ambassador to

The liberal party held a meeting China will be asked to investigate on Monday night when it was de- the, numerous rumours which have

cided that it would take part in the question of the restoration of the monarchy, The meeting was presided over by majority the ex-premier, Bofulis who an- Beuter. nounced that M Venezelos had laid down the leadership of the party which he Sofulls would take over. The progressive party under M. Kafandatis has also decided to take part in, the plebiscite. Transacean Huo Miri,'.

found- Reuter.,

NO INFORMATION

London, Sept. 17. No information so far has reach- ed the Foreign Office to support the suggestion" that the possession of valuable secret data led to the murder of Mr. Gareth Jones...

Mr. Lloyd George is not satisfied that the true circumstances of the outrage have yet been ascertained and suspects that Mr. Gareth Jones was murdered because “he knew too much."

The Foreign Office is enquiring through its representatives on the spot.c Reuter.

PREMIER IN LONDON

London, Sept. 17:

·SWASTIKA FLAG ON GERMAN SHIPS'

(Special to "Hong Kong Daily Free!) (By | Taingraph, Copyright, Talo graphic Masseger Ordmance, 189 Received, September 17. 4-30 p.m.)

Hamburg, Sept 17.

• QUEZON · · FAVOURED

Manila, Sept 17. Predictions of a landslide victory for Quezon in to-day's elec...... tions are now being confirmed. Polling stopped at 6 p.m. and with more than half of Manila's returns already turned in, it appears that the city voted three to one in favour of Quezon. It is believed that the final count for the Islands will show even a larger majority. Reuter.

AIR AND TELEVISION CLASSES

London, Sept. 16.

In compliance with the require. The winter season for evening ments of the law of September 15 schools organised by the London

and it is expected that a total of 1,250,000 students, which is the average number catered for by

Mr. Stanley Baldwin returned to which declares that the swastika County Counchi "starts to-night. 10 Downing Street shortly after dag will be also the fag of com- noon from Chequers. It is under-merce, all German commercial ves stood that he has arranged to sals are ordered to fly the swastika meet Sir Samuel Hoare and other flag from Monday. colleagues available in London Transocean Kuo Min. this afternoon, after which he will probably return to Chequers.: Reuter.

NEW GOVERNOR

these courses, for a number of years past, will be exceeded.

There are some 20,000 classes for both vocational and non-vocation- al subjects, and new courses in---

PENAL REFORM APPEAL troduced this year include me in pilots

London, Sept. 16.

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