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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1937.

HUGE FRENCH LOAN MONKS FOLLOW KILLING ON

Ten

FOR DEFENCE

Thousand Million

Franc Issue

To Be Launched On Wednesday

Paris, March 6.

It is rumoured in well-informed circles that the total aimed at by the Government for the defence loan will be ten thousand mition franes at interest rate of four por cont.

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Fart of the proceeds will be applied for repayment of the re- cently granted British credit of £40,000,000.-Reuter,

Paris, March 6.

In consequence of certain legal difcudes the defence loan may not be laur.ched until Wednesday. This temporary postponement is due to the Government finding it necessary to obtain parliamentary sanction for modifying the articles of the monetary law passed last October. The Enance committees of both Houses will meet Tuesday,

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It will be necessary to rush the bill through both Houses to render the decisions effective, but it is forecast that the bill will pass without difficulty. possibly Tuesday, to enable the launching of the loan on Wednesday..... Reuter.

PRESS APPROVAL

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Paris, March 8. France's proposals regarding the monetary situation has received the approval of the Right and Left press, both stating that the Gov- ernment is doing the right thing.

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Germany's Lost Colonies

Demand For Their Return

"NOT ONE BUT ALL""

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The unfavourable reaction of a portion of the British Press to Chancellor, Hitler's challenge made in his Reichstag speech that "the demand for colonies for our den- sely populated country will be raised again and again as a mat- ter of course," has naturally had its repercussions in the German, Press

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THE HABIT

Stay-In Methods In Egypt

Cairo, Mar. 6.

The stay-in striks nas spread to the desert Coptic monastery of

Elmoharrak near Deir

Assiut in Upper Egypt and here the Chris- tian monks made a resolution to remain in the monastery until their demand for dismissal of the present abbot. sidarous, Was granted. They themselves have already deposed him following the

revolt.

The Coptic patriarch refused to replace the abbot, so the monks "elected" their own abbot and closed the monastery against all comers. The patriarch consulted the police and the Government sent a force of three hundred po- lice to capture the monastery, but with orders to avoid bloodshed it possible.

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This display of force persuaded the monks to initimate that they were ready to resume negotiations. In consequence the Government is at present holding its hand.

LARGE SCALE

Spanish Civil War Claims

London, Mar. 8. Through the medium of com- muniques and radio broadcasts, the opposing Spanish forces claim the killing of the enemy on a large scale and that both sides are scor- ing victories.

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U.S.-CANADA

TALKS END KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY

World Conference Rumours

with

Washington, Mar; 6. Mr. Mackenzie King, Premier of Canada, has concluded his talks President Roosevelt, No communique has been issued, but it is understood that the conversa- tions embraced every topic of mutual interest between America and Canada, Meanwhile

An insurgent official report says

it La persistently that 4,000 Government troops were killed in recent fighting according rumoured that Mr. William Bullitt to prisoners and deserters.

On the other hand a message from Santander declared that 900 insurgents were killed and wound ed when they unsuccessfully coun- ter-attacked the Basque front-

Renter's Bulletin Service.

BRITISH COMMUNISTS

London, Mar. 6. The Communist Party in Britain 1 hundred British stated that Communists were killed in the Spanish war whilst fighting in the International Brigade which bore the brunt of the attack by the in- surgents on the Madrid-Valencia

The monastery is really a 1,400 year-old gateless fortress sur-road.-- rounded by a Afteen-foot wall. Feuler. The only entrance is by the roof. They have their own water wells and the cellars are stocked with " food

Formerly the monks were allow- ed six shillings a month as pocket money for cigarettes. The sum was later increased to thirty shill- ings

SPANISH COAST SUPERVISION

Agreement After Long Session

The monks amassed money and made pleasure excursions to the neighbouring Bedoutn and Moslem" villages. This had been going on for some time despite the com-

London, March 6. plaints of the villagers, who noti-

After a sitting lasting ten, hours, fled the abbot that any monk | the

Non-Intervention Sub-Com- visiting the neighbourhood will be mittee reached virtual agreement In view of the fact that the shot at sight. The abbot forbade on outstanding questions regarding colonial issue

to visit the villages the observation scheme and the is bound to loom the monks

whereupon they revolted and de- full Committee will be asked programme German foreign polley during 1937, manded, his dismissal since both Nationalists and Nazis Reuter. firmly believe that Germany must get all her lost colonies back again before she can take her rightful place as a European Great Power in the modern sense, the German standpoint is worth examination.

The Right papers declare that the Government has the courage to face realities, adding that the former plans are of no use.

The Left press maintain that the large capitalists relused to help former plans, so the Government had to formulate new ones.-~~~ Heuter's Bulletin Service.

Paris, March 6. A Tnew defence loan will be launched very shortly in France in sterling and dollars and those who has capital abroad would rio longer have any excuse for not subscribing to the loan as they are

guaranteed against all risks, de- clared M. Leon Blum in a broad- cast speech to-night.

The Premier added that the purposes of the loan would be explained to the nation to-morrow evening by the President, M. Lebrun.

M. Blum made no appeal for subscriptions to the loan, but he emphasised that no, item of the Popular Front programme will be abandoned- Keuter.

DISTURBANCES IN PALESTINE

Arabs And Jews Renew Old Enmity

Jerusalem, Mar. 5. Arab and Jewish disturbances were renewed to-day when one Arab was shot dead and a Jew and Arab were seriously wounded dur- ing street affrays in different quarters of the city,

Troops have been recalled to barracks and army lorries carrying British police are patrolling the streets. Curfew has been pro- claimed from B p.m. to 5 a.m. to-

morrow.

The atmosphere is tense, the population fearing a revival of last year's lawlessness.---- Heuter's Bulletin Service.

ENGLISH RUGGER

SELECTIONS

London, Mar. 7. England's rugger team against Scotland at Edinburgh on March 20 will be Owen Smith, Bever,

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of

It is now clear, contrary to re- ports spread abroad, that this country demands all her colonies back even those held by Japan now her Far Eastern ally. This forthright demand,

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play an important rôle in diplo- matic negotiations with the West-

EXCITED DEALINGS IN RUBBER

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American Ambassador to Paris, has returned with the object of impressing on President Roosevelt the desirability of sending out feelets through diplomatic chan- nels for an ultimate world econó- mic and disarmament conference, while rumours, unconfirmed in officially well-informed circles, link Mr. Bullitt's mission to America with his speech prior to lensing Paris in which he declared that the United states was prepared to participate in a future trade and disarmament conference.

Ever since the "New York Times" | reported that President Roosevelt was considering the question of inviting all the rulers of the world to a conference, the bellef existed that the Fresident would not have to wait long after re-election be- fore making a gesture of this na- ture.

Whatever. Mr. Bullitt's recom- mendations may be, it is doubtful, however, whether the President will consider such an undertaking at the present juncture in view of the impending battle over the Supreme Court reforms. Reuter.

APPEALING TO YOUTH

Monday to adopt the recommenda- "Mobilisation" Of The

tions

immediate bringing into force the first stage of the scheme on both land and sen..

Oxford Group

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Meeting: The Problem Of The Church

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The scheme discussed dealt with the provision of an international board, consisting of a chairman, nominated by the International Committee, and representatives nominated by the British, French. The claim that all over the German, Italian and Russian Gov-country to-day youth is mobilising

eruments.

London, Mar. 6... To-day's excited dealings on the rubber market, which makes the mad Monday, of the past week look comparatively sane, le largely minister the scheme on behalf of recently at a meeting held by the This board would ad- under the Oxford Group was made attributed to the hopes ofstered by the 27 participating states.

Group in the M'Lellan Galleries. the strength of the New York

Glasgow. It was estimated that 550 obser- market that the big American vers would be required. to operate This mobilisation, declared Mr. manufacturers' would re-enter the the control scheme on the Spanish John Morrison, market, seeing that the

Edinburgh, was coasts, besides the 130 British ob-creating a new freedom among the arms have already abandoned their reserve.

servers on the Spanish-Portuguese youth of the country, a new sense frontier and the 136 international of disciplina, and a new sense of The approaching meeting of the observers on the Gibraltar and unity. An imporant article by Dr. Hal-International Rubber Committee French frontiers.- feld appearing in the "Hamburger on March 18 failed to damp the Fremdenplatt,"

influential enthusiasm of the majority of organ of export trade, Is worth

operators "who regard the butlook particular attention, for it sums with 'conddence.-

ern Powers during the next few months, is based on moral, legal. economic, political, and prestige grounds.o

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up the German official attitude at Reuter. the moment.

NO MILITARY OBJECT

In registering the "suspicious haste" with which the foreign Press seized on the colonial issue In Herr Hitler's speech, Dr. Hal- feld at the same time protests most emphatically against the serious charges made by English writers that German colonial de- mands have a "siniser military background.

smaller

NO US. DIPLOMAT

IN ABYSSINIA

•Reuter.

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Soviet's New Mass Trial Of Trotskyists

enemies of the people, who have been unmasked and are being sent for trial.”

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The "Daily Telegraph" states, that another big State trial of alleged Trotskyists and other former Opposition leaders is being Clearly, the Tbilissy trial will rapidly. prepared at Tbilissy-follow closely the recent Moscow formerly known 319 Tinis-the one. There is already the same They were out to remake' the | capital of M. Stalin's native coun-

mass of standardised workers' re- world. he said. Youth to-day had try, Georgia..

solutions.calling for punishment on a sense of insecurity, and 'people. Sending a warm greeting to M. Mdiyan! and. his terrorist band. generally were drifting all kinds Comrade Beria, M. Stalin's lieuten- together this time-it is interest. of ways to escape from reality. ant in charge of Tran-Caucasia, į ing to note-with the traitors tok? The Oxford Group was carrying the governing party committee the Fatherland.” Bukharin, Rykofi..

revolution of God-control.there voted a resolution declaring: Uglanoff, and other former right-

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That was one thing that was going to change civilisation.

CHURCH IN ACTION Archdeacon Hannon, Lurgan, Northern Ireland, said the Oxford Group was not an organisation. It was the Church in action.

London, Mar. 6. A long list of questions for answer by the Foreign Secretary. Mr. Anthony Eden, in the Com- The United States Government mons on Monday include five with has decided to recall ita diploma-reference to Herr von Ribbentrop's "The problem of the Church,"

Washingtn. Mar. 6.

the representative to Addis Ababa, adding that there is no question of recognition of the Italian con-

quest of the country. "

recent speech at Leipzing, and

good several asking for information re he said. "is that we are. garding the reported disorders in people, but we are not guided To Addis Ababa following the attempt be guided means something more Herr Hitler, he points out, gave

The reason for the withdrawal on the life of Marshal Graziani, than the experience of conversion, his solemn word before the forum is that the American business In

Various aspects of the operation it means that every area of life of the world that Germany de- Abyssinia does not require the ser- mands colonies exclusively for vices of a diplomatic representa-are also the subject of a number trol of God."

of the non-intervention agreements to be handed over to the con- economic purposes: Dr. Halfeld also describes as "completely un- Reuter's Bulletin Service. founded" the charges made in the London Conservative drgans that the possession of colonies would encourage. Germany to

increase

her navy and thus bring about a vital miltary danger to Empire communications.

tive.-

of questions. British Wireleu.

Higher Taxes Are Predicted

The country must be preparedjed on home business, with the

Hittle inducement

to

The legality of Germany's claim to face heavier taxation in order much smaller risk that involved. for the return of her lost colonies, to pay for armaments. That was had found says this writer, is proved by the the opinion expressed by the chair-develop exports, umount of nervousness revealed man, Mr. E. Beckett, speaking at by the mandatory Powers when the ordinary general meeting of ever the painful subject is brought up.

Discussion of mere "compensa- Cranmer, Another. Unwin, Rey tion offers" declares Dr. Halfeld, simply avoids the main issue itself.

nolda, B.C. Gadney, Prescott, Toft, Longland, Husklison, A. Wheatley;

Weston, Another, Cook.--- Beuter.

FILM RECORD OF CORONATION

London, Mar. e.

to

SPECULATION DANGERS "But it is earnestly to be hoped," sald Mr. Beckett, "that this con- dition of affairs will not be allow

result, in the permanent

Mr. A. G. Hutchison, Glasgow,' said the Oxford Group was not a

"The Georgian Trotskyist centre,wing opponents to M. Stalin.. led by. Budu Mdivani, was created Budu Mdivant, who is now to be under-the orders of the Fascist tried on the capital charge, be- Intelligence services.

longs to the same family as the, late Prince Alexis Maivani,

"It formed terrorist groups to assassinate the Georgian people's beloved leader, Comrade 'Beria, and came to terms with the Mensheviks and other Chauvinistic anti-Boviet elements to overthrow the Soviet Tegime, detach Georgia from the Soviet Union, and make her a colony of foreign Imperialist states. "These traitors are the basest

new religion, but a new determina REARMAMENT.

SOON IN FULL

tion to bridge the gap between the truths to which they all subscrib- ed and the carrying out of those truths. That was the challenge to every individual.

The Soviet Press welcomes 'the' repression of the Spanish Trot- skyist party known as "Fou "agents of General Pratico."

Curiously enough, Mr. J. Max- ton's Independent Labour, party. volunteers to Spain are at present attached to one of "Poum's" units on the Arragonese front,

We tried to show the world what an honest attempt at disarmament meant.

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"We took the risk. but, it has cost us millions and tens of mit-

PRODUCTION ons of money to re-equip the

Sir T. Inskip's Assurance

Bir Thomas Inskip, Minister for Co-ordination of Defence, address-

nation in haste, when it would have been much eaater to have done it in a regular, methodical way which would have been pos- sible it had been done year by year."!

SHORT-SIGHTED POLICY

It would be a inost short-sighted

· INTERNATIONAL · INFLUENCE » Members of the Oxford Group were the guests of the City:Basl- ness Club at lunch in the Ca'doro. Restaurant when Mr. Loudoni Hamilton, Edinburgh and Orford, the Westminster Bank Litt.

recalled how the movement had London,

had international influences. "Our country is still one of the ed to

He claimed that as the result of ing the Fareham (South Hants) policy to allow normal trade to go very rew which manages balance income and expenditures of export markets, for the luncheon meetings such as they Conservative Association said, "We West while the country was en- he added, "and this situation is time will inevitably come when had that day members of the Ox-are now approaching that happy ged in the production of arma- For the German case rests on the of auch fundamental importance.e able to absorb the entire pro-in stopping a waterfront strike in full production, and I shall have some of his colleagues, sald Sir

the home market will no longer ford Group, had been instrumental period when everything will be in its recognised fact that the moral both for our own self-esteem and and legal reasons put forward as a visible sign to the outside will again be needed"

duction, and oversean customers Seattle, which, if had continued, the satisfaction of seeing those Thomas, would shortly meet re- when the colonies were taken from world of our determination to be

would have meant a loss to ship things produced in actual concrete Presentatives of employers and

uttered a warning against the A mirallar gathering held in and laborious preparation has been trade to see how they could or- dangers of speculation in raing Geneva under League of Nations necessary, states the "Morning Banise labour in that industry prices. It was necessary, he said, | suspices had, he said, led indirect Post." &

without stopping the housing pro- that those in authority should keeply to the conciliation between Aus- He hoped they would never again more without stopplug the Govern

gramme for the people, and still watchful eye on the movement, for tria' and Czechoslovakia,

as a naton make the mistake of ment's programme for the erection although the present year pro-

allowing our defences to fall into of factories.

Germany now no longer hold rooted in stability,, that, we must In his address - Mr. Beckett ping: concerns of over £2,000.000. | reality for which so much painful Trade Unionists in the building

A CONSOLATION"

water. "No one to-day would be again be prepared for sacrifice." foolish enough to declare that Germany could not administer her colonies or that the natives were There was, he said, 'one consola not satisfied with German rule.” tion, that the county was in a The Coronation ceremony 171 The article obviously inspired by far better position now to bear an Westminster Abbey will be filmed the highest authorities in the added burden than it had been mised still further trade progressing up of credit would not affect a state of disrepair, which he was Rearmament was not their finar in order that a comprehensive Wilhelmstrasse, concludes with the for a number of years past.” for this and other countries, he rearmament, but would undoubtedly afraid was the case up to two goal. It was a meant to an end. historical record will be available direct saternent that Germany With regard to Our overseas saw no convincing evidence that diminish the amount of new years ago.

Eefore being publicly exhibited, makes "on principle" the demand trade, Mr. Beckett said it was boom was yet developing.

and must go hand in hand with building and commercial construc the film will be passed by the Arch-for the colonial territories taken hardly surprising that manufac-

"It was a very costly experis policy of appeasement which The ast necessity appeared to tlon, apply a brake to business eument, he said. "I was done with would bring satisfaction to our- bishop of Canterbury,

away from her on grounds which turers.. finding themselves able to him to be the continuance of the terprise, and exert an adverse the best of motives. From one selves and to the other nations of British Wireleza.

have not stood the test of time. keep their factories fully employ-policy of cheap money. A tighten-psychological effect all round. point of view. I do not regret it. the world.