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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1931.

BUS. & CAR ÖVER EMBANKMENT,

TWO MISHAPS ON ISLAND ROAD.

LUCKY ESCAPES.

motor

for.

Two accidents, in which vehicles ran over the embankment on the Island Rond at Aberdeen, are reported to-day, but tunately in nelther Instance any serious damage caused, withstanding the fact that in both eases the vehicles dropped some twenty feet.

Was not-

Monday and, running over the bank

THE SILVER LOAN PROPOSALS.

LINEBARGER CLAIMS

AUTHORITY.

SENATE COMMITTEE FAVOURS CONFERENCE.

DIVIDED OPINIONS.

Washington, Feb. 19. Mr. Paul Lincharger to-day announced that he had received a cable from Mr. Hu Han-min. Chairman of the Legislative

U.S. ANTI-SOVIET LEGISLATION.

EMBARGO ON CONVICT-MADE OR HANDLED GOODS.

EFFECTIVE IN APRIL.

Washington, Feb. 23,

The allegations of the employ. ment of convict labour in Soviet Industry, particularly In the lumber camps, has had a different response

to in America

th.it accorded in Britain.

The House of Representatives An Aberdeen bus, which was be

to-day passed by an overwhelming the Kendall-Hawley Bill, majority ing tested by a filter skidded on the

strengthening the 1930 Tariff Act lippery surface of the road on Yuan, Nanking, authorising him against convict-made goods.

Under the new Bill, convict- made goods are prohibited from prohibition becoming effective on April 1, 1931, Instend of January 1, 1932, under the 1930 Tariff Act. It also applies an embargo against goods handled, transport. ed, loaded or unloaded, wholly or convict partly, by

or forced inbour, na well as against goods manufactured by such workers.

at the bottom of the Dairy Farm to open negotiations with the Hill on the Aberdeen Boad, dropped United States government for sentry into the United States, the a distance of about twenty feet loan to China of a thousand below the level of the road. The million ounces of silver, amount- driver escaped injury and excepting to about $260,000,000 at the for minor damage to the bus the current price of silver. vehicles was intact, even though it struck a fairly large tree and snap- ped it in half.

Shanghai, Feb. 20. The Sincanpan yesterday re- It appears from an Inspection ported that Mr. Lincharger's re- of the scenes that the driver had presentative in Nanking had made applied his brakes on seeing " a statement that the loan called quantity of debris on the roadway for 300,000,000 ouners. And the bus skidded on the surface. official negotiations had proved Before he was able to check its lost satisfactory and they had career, the vehicle had run over the now turned into an official nature.

bank.

The Public Works Department oferri. Minor No. 14 was involved

The un-

Three Favourable Points.

The favourable points were:

in the second accident yesterday 1. That there was no necessity

at about noon when the vehicle, į for a evarantee;

which had been parked on the side 2. That it should be used for of the read following an earlier the development of China's in- mishap, toppled over the embank- {itastries, to increase productivity ment.-

and extend the uses of silver so as to raise the value of silver;

3. That the interest Mod from two to 2% per cent.

The car was bring driven by the | Government driver with Mr. J. C. Campbell us a passenger and was travelling along Aberdeen Road

near the Distillery when a Chinese pedestrian was knocked down. The car was parked on the side of the road, near the bridge, while both the driver and Mr. Campbell went to the assistance of the injured

man.

Proposals Approved,

Washington, Feb. 18. The silver situation received the concentrated attention official Washington to-day as the Senate foreign relations

of

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An important provision admits the Heposition of ngents of the United States abroad in proving the employment of convict labour. —Renter's American Service,

BOMB PLOT BY CUBAN REVOLUTIONARIES.

HEAVY GUARD PLACED ON PRESIDENT'S PALACE.

New York, Fib, 23, Errest continues to be reported from Cuba.

A bomb was to-day discovered on top of the Presidential Palace

♫ Havana, in which connexion it is pointed out that the President reside on the upper floor.

As a consequence of the dis

They were examining the mitter approved two proposals of¦covery, twenty suspects have been Chinese for any possible injuries Pittman committee and as Mr. when suddenly they noticed the car moving.

The driver rushed forward and caught hold of the back of the car Dat was unable to prevent it from running

over the embankment, The front of the car was somewhat damaged.

RED SEA SLAVE TRADE.

BRITAIN CO-OPERATES WITH

FRANCE & ITALY. '

A

arrested and a heavy guard placed at the Palace.

. Ten policemen and 50 workers were wounded on Saturday during a fight.

Paul M. W. Linebarger, an adviser to the Chinese National govern ment at Nanking, declared again, that China is seeking a loan of

Seventeen headd students of the 1,000,000,000 ounces of silver.

The Senate foreign relations Havane High School were on the committee. of which Senator same day imprisoned for sedition. William E. Borah, independent Re-Reuter'a American Service, publican of Idaho, is the chairman voted to send out favourable report on resolutions presented to it by Senator Ker Pittman, Demo- crat of the silver producing state of Nevada,

The favourable report sent out

SHOOTING AFFAIR

TRIAL OPENS.

Continued from Pago 1.)

by the foreign relations com- mittee calls upon President Hoover

enter into negotiations with lost its force for propelling the ihe other governments for a plan ballots. Counsel produced designed to

prevent abnormal bullet which travelled under the Bactuations in silver values:

skin.

and the one which

London, Feb. 23. Replying to Parliamentary question regarding the Red Sea

went slave trade, the Foreign Under- Speretary, Mr. Hugh Dalton, said

It calls upon President Hoover, through Manton's arm, being later a considerable measure

also, to convene an international picked up from the floor, showing of co- operation had been established conference, if necessary, to seck that they were not damaged in any the British Government an agreement as to the uses and way. He said that as far as he nad the French and Italianus of silver as moner.

knew the third bullet had not Governments.

been extracted from. Manton's) Mr. Linebarger Intervieweil,

between

back.

In addition to a British patrol, French and Ralian warships ar In an interview with the United After demonstrating that the regularly stated in the Red Press Mr. Linebarger declared trigger of the revolver had to be Sea, British officials in the neigh-at the Nankini government 1-ulled back with fairly good, pres- bouring territories periodically already has selected two other sure for each shol, counsel wald meet their French and Italian Pommissioners to join him in the the Crown would submit that, as colleagues to exchange informa- United States to confuet negotin three shots were fired, they were tion, and officers on British sloops tions for a loan of 1,000,000,000 | deliberate shots al Manton, and are also kept in touch with the unces af silver to China.

could not have been done by local authorities in French and.

accident. Italian territories.

1t

Mr. Linebarger exhibited telegram he has received from! is proposed to experiment Nanking in which Mr. Hu Han shortly in the use of float planes. min, the president of the legisin- British Wirelens. *

YEN HSI-SHAN TO DEPART.

LEAVING FOR JAPAN THIS WEEK.

Live yung of the Chinese Nailonal government, is reported to have į approved the plan for a silver lona to Chin and which reporte! hân 3 giving his support to the efforts 31. Lincharger is making in Washington.

Nanking Divided.

Div

i

The case is proceeding.

CHINESE NAVAL

CHANGES.

RESIGNATION OF HEAD OF THE SERVICE.

Nunking, Feb. 23. With the resignation of the head of the Nanking Navy, Admiral Yang Sha-chwang, im- portant changes are likely to take place, and it is announced that

It was learned that the Chinese Legution here has not been in Tientsin, Feb. 23. formed of Mr. Hu Dairen messages state that Mar. | reported attitude.

Han-min's alat Yen Hsi-shan, the retired Further, It was declared, un-Vice-Admiral Chan Shao-kuan may Commander-in-Chief of theofficially, by observers that there Sorthern rebels' who is residing are indications that in Nanking at Dairen, has decided to leave for there is a difference of oplaton as Japan on Wednesday on Thursday, to the advisability of the pro- This confirms the belief that tho posed lon to China and as to the Shan Commanders in North- nature of Mr. Lincharger's en- Western China are sincere in their mission: expressed willingness to adhere

to the Nanking programme of dis bundment.

NEW MINISTER TO STOCKHOLM.

MR. A. C. KERR RECEIVES APPOINTMENT.

Will Senate Find Time?

be appointed to fill the vacancy.

For some years Admiral Yang concurrently as Military Governor i has acted as head of the Navy and of Fuklen Province

concrete plan to lend silver', either coln or as a commodity, to China. Considerable Opposition. There is considerable opposition to a silver Joan to China on the ground that, such, nction would further dopress the value of the white metal in the world markets and observers bellove that there the present session of Congress to does not remain suffetent time for take action on issues of a contro versial nature.

Washington, Feb. 18, Interested circles in Washing- lon to-night, speculated upon whether the Senate will find time to take action on resolutions call- ing upon President' Hoover to convene an International sliver conferance bofore the present session of congress adjourns sino die at midnight of March 3. London, Feb. 2.-

Unlean the Senate passes the

The altuation here has been His Majesty the King has ap Senate William E. Borah's foreign ceipt at dispatches from China In- favourable roport sent out by somewhat complicated by the re- proved of the appointment of Mr: relationa committee to-day before dicating that the officials, of the Archibald Clark Kerr, latoly British Minister at Santiago, to be

March 3 the matter will have to Nanking government are not Envoy Extraordinary and Minis

be reintroduced when the newly entire agreement among them- ter Plenipotentlare at Stockholm.

alected 72nd Congress convenes in selves as to the advisability of. -British

December, unless an extra sexalon accepting a silver loan. There is My. Kerr was Minister to Chile of congress is summoned in theme apculation as to whether the from 1928 to 1930.

He entered meantime.. the Diplomatie Service in 1966 and

conference, Observers bollove

which President has served in

the Hoover la to be asked to call, will. Berlin, Buenos favourable report sent out by the undertake to deal with a proposal Alres, Washington, Rome, Teheran, foreign relations committee to-day that the intereated foreign powers Tangier, Caire and the Central has a better chance of masage join in extending a silver loan to American Republics.

because it does not deal with any China.

that

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