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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1929.

CONFIRMING THE BAN ON WAR.

BRITISH PROPOSAL TO THE

LEAGUE COUNCIL.

PACT AND COVENANT.

Geneva, Dec. 13. The proposal ventured by Mr. Arthur Henderson, on behalf of the British delegation to the September Assembly of the League of Nations, that the Covenant of the League should be amended so na to bring it into harmony with the Kellogg Pact; will be brought up at the meeting of the League Council, which is opening on January 13th, 1930.

The Council will be asked to appoint a Committee of eleven members to report on the change in the Covenant necessary achieve the purpose outlined.

to

BANK CLERK IN? TROUBLE. ́

FORGERY & EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES.

Pedro Nolasco, a clerk of the Netherlands Bunk, was charged

EXTENDED EXPORT

CREDITS.

BUT OUT OF THE HANDS OF GOVERNMENT.

before Mr. A. W. G. H. Grantham COMMITTEE'S SCHEME. at the Central Magistracy this morning, with the alleged forgery of a document involving $136, and; further, with the alleged embezzle, ment of $100, the monien of the Netherlands Bank.

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Sergeant Kirby prosecuted, and formal remand of one week was

ordered.

FINANCIAL TROUBLE IN TURKEY.

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London, Dec. 13. An extension of the export credita guarantee scheme for a period of five years, namely, until mended by Sir Otto Niemeyer, September 8th, 1934, is recom- and Sir Colonel Sidney Peel

Plonder, who William sider generally the administration appointed as a Committee to con- of the scheme.

were

It may be pointed out that the Kellogg Paet, if shorn of the reservations appended to it by WOMEN URGED TO DO AWAY cate that the extension of the

certain signatories, would place an absolute ban on war "an an instrument of national policy," except in the case of legitimate self-defence,"

The Lengle Covenant, on the merely provides other hand, under its Articles 12 and 15, that where an international dispute is submitted to arbitration or judicni settlement, or to inquiry by the Lengne Chunell, and where the latter faila to reach a unanimous

decision en the rights and wrongs of the dispute, individual membera of the Leigne are free, after three months from the failure to agree, to take such action us they please.

Router.

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

FILM WITH SOUND SYNCHRONIZATION.

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time

WITH FINERY.

Constantinople, Dec. 13.

the

A recommendation that Turkish woman shall wear only home-made materials and "adera herself with the mountain flowers of Anatolia, was made in National Assembly at Angora by lamet Pasha, the Premier.

the

Lo pro-

He exhorted the nation to bark up the Cabinet's efforts mete vational economy with a view to helping to revalorise Turkish currency, which recently has considerably depreciated.

The Premier emphasised that kis commendation did not involve #boycott of foreign goods,

He added that the first duty of the forthcoming State Bank would be to assist in the stabilisation of Turkish currency on a gold basis. The Assembly unucinously pass ed a vote of confidence in the policies of the Prime Minister,

Reuter.

Sir Otto Niemeyer was, until recently, Controller of Finance at formerly Financial Adviser to the the Treasury, Colonel Peel was Foreign Office, and Sir William Plender is an eminent accountant. The Committee, however, advo- scheme shall be on ordinary com- the mercial lines, without trammels or the shelter which Government Administrative action may afford, and they suggest that, with this object, an Executive Committee of three business men be appointed immediately to have powers analogous to those of a Board of Directors, including the choice of the appointment and the remuneration of their staff.

Hitherto, the development of the due to the Department of Oversens export credits scheme has been Trade which aw the advantage of the long credits extended by foreign competing countries.

Can

The scheme, briefly, is that on insure British exporters payment of a very low premium, against the risk of bad debts in the export trade, up to seventy-fivé per. cent. of the transaction or group of transactions.

The Overseas Trade Department at present gives cover up to this percentage, fixed, in each case, on the whole of the exporter's busi- ness done in any particular coun-

The film. "Shadows in South Sens," shown some

the Queen's NELSON RELIC SAVED.try-British Wireless, ago, returned to Theatre "yesterday, accompanied by sound synchronization which gives it a new interest.

Buve

THE ADMIRAL'S MOST PRIZED

DECORATION.

The appeal made to prevent the Chelengk-the most prized of Nelson's decorations-from leaving the country has met with success through the patriotism of Lady Barclay.

NANKING TENSION

RELAXED..

(Continued from Page 1.) the Kinhan railway, the latter, of four expeditionary, force attack being backed by a main divisions.

Meanwhile, skirmishes

ITC

The story deals with the life of a beachcomber who makes his hume amongst the natives, "an! with them from his efforts to harmful contact with unscrapul- ous pearl-traders. Closing on a tragic note in the death of the beachcomber, the story is excel- lently played and, above ail, con-

It is announced that the day vinuing. Some "ahots" of South

con-after the National Art Collection Sean acenery, und of the ditions of life amongst the Fund asked for help towards ac-taking place at different points Polynesians are unique and un- quiring the relic there was along the Lunghai and Kinhan excelled in their exquisiteness. generous response from many peo-railways.. The sound accompaniment is well ple, but Lady Barclay came for- synchronized, but as regards the ward and offered to buy the retic and present it to the Society in musical accompaniment

memory of her husband, the late hearing it one cannot truthfully Sir Colville Burclay, British Am- say it is better or more acceptable bassador to Portugal. The Che. thin the fine musical score played lengk will in due course be placed by the Queen's Theatre orchestra with the other Nelson relies in the Painted dull at Greenwich, and when the picture was last here,

Shadows" is being will eventually find its place in "White

the National Nautical Museum, shown for the last time to-day.

after

CANTON'S VICTORY

COMPLETE.

Continued from Page 1)

The Chelengk is of particular interest, as it is the highest mark The of Mahommedan chivalry. only time it has been presented outside Talam was when the Sultan gave it to Lord Nelson as the victor

of the Nile..

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buried its nose right in the ground GOVERNMENT CLERKS.

and remained stuck there, with its tall in the air. Our Own. Corres- pondent.

Hongkong Interview, Interviewed yesterday afternoon regarding the ridge outrage, Mr. R. Baker, Manager and Chief Engineer of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, confirmed the fact that the bridge, which was of three spans each of 60 feet, had been blown up.

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EXAMINATION FOR PROBATIONERS.

of

General Ho Chien's Chief of Staff, General Liu Chin-tso, has arrived at Wuhan, indicating that Hunan intende to support the Government cause-Reuter.

.

No Naval Addition.

London, Dec. 13. The Admiralty states that no cruisers or destroyers have been ordered to China from Malta, or even ordered to be ready to pro- ceed to China.

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Inquiry has only been made of the Commander-in-Chief of the. Mediterranean wint vessels he can suggest should be sent in the possible event of the situation in China calling for reinforcement of the China Fleet.-Reuter.

GOLD FROM US.A.

BIG SHIPMENT GOES TO ENGLAND.

A qualifying examination for Probationer

New York, Dec. 13. appointments Clerks in Government Service will

It is learned that eleven million be held in Queen's College Hall on Monday, 6th January, at 9 am dollars' worth of gold bars was when all candidates will be ex- amined in English dictation, and shipped to London in the N.D.L. The explosion, said Mr. Baker,

on Thursday, 9th January, when liner Bremen last Saturday. The and,marked the occurred at 7.10 a.m: and a wes. sage was received to the effect only those who have passed in consignment was addressed to the

dictation will be examined in Midland Bank, that telegraph wires had also arithmetic, composition, general resumption of the movement of teen broken and Jamaged. A knowledge, translation, from En- gold to England for the first time glish to Chinese and from Chinese since the outflow, approximately $500,000,000 gold, during 1927 and to English, S

Intending candidates must for-1928 which ended early this sum land Bank is arranging another ward to the Assistant Colonial mer. It is reported that the Mid- Secretary on or before Monday, shipment of $7,000,00 gold. 30th December, a copy of a certificate us to character and

far as was known the line was emply at the time but it was not known locally whether there, was any Chinese train on the line. It could not be ascertained what dumuge, had been done but it up- peared likely that at least one of the spans was damaged to such extent that it was of no further uso, because a message had been received asking if girders were available in Hongkong.

After the outrage became known, notices were posted stat ing that the express train which should have left Kowloon at 8.05 a.m. was suspended.

DR. OTTO PÈLTZER,

EXHIBITION AT CHINA ·

ATHLETIC STADIUM.

These shipments bring the total education from the Headmaster of loss of gold this month to about American their last school together with one $29,300,000, Reuter's unmounted photograph on the back Service. of which should be written their name, address and date of birth.

RECENT AFFAIR IN VATICAN CITY.

| SWEDISH WOMAN FOUND TO BE INSANE.

BRITISH ATTEMPT ON FLYING RECORD.

NON-STOP. TO CAPE TOWN TO-MORNOW.

London, Dec. 13.. Weather permitting, the big Fairey monoplane (equipped with Vatican City, Dec. 13,

Napier engine), will leave Cran- The Swedish woman, who was well aerodrome, Lincolnshire, to- Photographs have reached us too arrested in St. Peter's when ap-morrow morning in an attempt late for inclusion in to-day's pic-parently attempting to shoot to fly. 6,000: miles, without a stop torial supplement showing Dr. Otto Monsigneur Smit, has been found Peltzer, the famous German Olym

pic runner, running and discus-to be mentally infirm.” throwing in an exhibition which he An order for her repat-intion gave at the China Athletic Stadium to Sweden bag, boon made at North Point

These will be printed next week. Reuter,

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