1931-12-07 — Page 1

WARREN'S

:

ASK

US

FOR THESE

FIRST

SPITTING HABIT.

Government Makes

A Move.

EATING-HOUSE

REGULATIONS.

A to-morrow's meeting of the Sanitory Board, the President will tove the following resolution :---

That the Board approves the introducting forthwith いま the following By-laws prohibiting spit- ing in Eating Houses":

(i) No persio skall spit in way Ealing House except indu spittoons provided for the purpose",

(ii) The Fernree sin enuse to

De coniinkensly displayed, in a vest- spicuous position on very floor of his licensed premises, while such Bromises are open to the public, a

13) rt སཱཎཾ jt"༩༨ a size form approved by the Board, and in langage prescribed by the Board, requiring his customers not to sit on

1

Hour: provided that the Frakel may, In it discrution, exempt in writing any premises from the alive re- quirement."

A further proposeră regulation

down certain other require.

with drizaldian zinagtipleging

for The Best China Morning Post, Lid,,

3 & 3, Wyndham-Street, Hongkong.

The

*TT. on New York Lighting-up Timezon8.29 High, Water:---19.42. Low Water: 13.00.

Library, Supreme Court

Hongkong Telegraph.

936 PER ANNUM

FOUNDED 101 RO, 25,674

一拜禮 LA TAW MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1931 BABA BINALS COPE 10 GENT

HERR HITLER WITH HIS CHIEF LIEUTENANTS.

Our photo shows Hitler and his chief Heutenants of the National Socialist Party (the Nazis) whose growing strength in Germany becomes daily more obvious. On Saturday, he declared that the mission of the Nazis is to defeat Bolshevism, while indicating his belief that he will shortly assume power. Meanwhile, Dr. Bruening is striving valiantly against the challenge. (Copyright Preuse-Photo. Berlin)

ments, including the use of fisin GOLD STANDARD SEQUEL TO PIRACY

fectants in epilteons.

BELLICOSE

STUDENTS.

STRONG POLICY

DEMANDED.

Shanghai, Der. 7.

Nanking and Shanghai student agitation for a stronger entity in Manchuria is still being forced on

altention

tigvernment

The circles, The agitators expressing strony resentment against the tavernment's proposal

establish a buffer zone at Chin chow.

Representatives of the univers sities in the two rities again inter-

GERMANY.

DENIAL OF GOING OFF RUMOURS.

GOVERNMENT BY DECREE.

Berlin, Dec. 7. Persistent rumoves in foreign financial circles

to

the effect that Germany will shortly abandon the gold standard have led to the issue of an official an- nouncement again emphatic- ally denying the suggestion.

viewed high officials of the Gov. It is understood that among ernment during the week-end. presenting a petition to General the steps contemplated to meet Chiang Kai-shek and Dr. Welling the ditheult situation is the fon Ko, strongly deeing thepromalation, probably on Tues- pin for the establishment of day, of an official decree designed buffer zone at Chinchow and the|to reduce the cost of living. suggested

international centrof

When that has been nghieve, cuts in salaries and wages will take place.

OF HANYANG.

SHANGHAI GUARANTEES NOW BEING INVESTIGATEŊ.

CLUES TO IDENTITY

PARTICIPANTS.

ΑΝ

OF

N important clue, opening up a new angle to the Hanyang piracy, and providing further evidence of the bold nature of the enterprise, is now the subject of enquiries by the Shanghai police and the British naval authorities in Shanghai,

NOTIC

We have removed to

“MORNING POST" BUILDING,

Nos. 1 & 3, Wyndham Street, 3rd Floor. 'Phone 24554.

DUNLOP RUBBER CO., (CHINA) LIMITED.

MANCHURIA ARMS SMUGGLING

Viscount

Glenapp

In Colony.

BRITAIN'S TRADE

OUTLOOK.

Viscount Glennpp. Hon and:

STERLING IN THE

SCANDAL.

DOLDRUMS." Clearing Up

Dollar Up.

Latest Fall Sends

SILVER

RUMOURS.

heir of Lord Inchcape. the noted that sterling would improve in the In spite of the expressed hopes shipping magnate, was amongst near future. the Landon-New

the passengers who arrived here York cross-rate again shows a by the Dollar. Line s.s. President alight decline, the quotation at the

Mystery.

Dairen Press Disclosures.

Coolidge from Manila this close of Saturday's markets being ARRESTS IN THE

morning. He is on FL com. 3.31.

Manila

bined business and pleasure trip! The reapli has been a Pise in which is ap 2/16the In to the East. following a visit and a quarter in New Australia, accompanied by his York. Chian was a small buyer daughter, the Hon. Patricia on the

which London market. Mackay, a son, the Hon. Janes ensed quiet, as also did Now Mackay, Lady Violet Stow and York. her daughter. Miss Cynthia The Hongkong dollar was up a Stow

farthing on opening this morning, demand rate being The The party arrived in

19. from Australia by the E. and N. 4.10710d. There are sellers t Company's 8.8. Nankin, but all ex-uncertain, with very little busi- but the market is very Is. 50. cept the Viscount's not trans- ferred to the President Coolidge,

ness doing Shanghal is also un- certain at 14 They proceed from here to Shang-

11.8/8d. News

India is

not very reassuring regarding silver, it In the course of an interview, being reported that the Viscount Glenap said conditions ance of Indian support on the in England are not as critical a foreign markets is unlikely in the Home alarmist reporta suggest, near future. and there is a feeling of optimism The general position is that a big improvement will soon unsettled, all manner of rumours be witnessed. The abandonment being in circulation as to factors of the gold standard had occasion-likely to affect the silver market. ed some difficulties, but there were in the circumstances, business is at alrendy indications that thepresent very restricted. change had been beneficial to the country's trade.

hal

The Viscount, who was born in 1887, was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was called to the Bar In 1910. He served throughout the Great War with the 12th Lancers and -M67C-(CHV) 1 T16, he mar: ried the youngest, daughter, of the Inte Lord Justice Moriarty.

Tie is Deputy Chairman of the

from

appear-

MAGIC DIDN'T

WORK.

very

-WOMAN WHO LOST- $150

arms

CUSTOMS.

The mystery of the source of General Ma Chan-shan's and ammunition is gradually being solved, and, what is more, along the lines suggested by the remarkable story published in Moscow last week.

Jupan has repeatedly accused the Soviet of supplying arms to the Chinese troops in North Manchuria,

bling them to resfat the advance of the Tokyo forces.

This suggestion has been officiql- ly and hotly dented by M. Litvinoff, Soviet Commissar for Forelan Affairs, and in reply the Japanese Government has been saying that no oicial persons have been mak- ine such suggestions although General Honjo, the Commander of the Japanese troops in Manchuria, freely told newspaper correspon- dents al-various interviews of his belief that the Soviet were afford- ing active assistance te. General ATA.

Mukden Selture

Now it seems that the arms have been supplied by Japanerc agents.

The Dairen Shimbun and the

have

aneka Nippo, Japanese language

How a woman expected to get P. and D. Co., partner in Mackin- | $5,000 or 30,000, in

return for non, Mackenzie and Co. Caleutta;$150 by "magic" was related at the MacDonald. Hamilton, Sydney; Kowloon Magistracy, before Mr. and Gray. Dawes and Co., London: Fraser, this morning when a man as well as managing director of named Choi Ping-kwong was charg-papers published in Dairen. wm. Cory and Sons and the Marine ed with obtaining $150 by means printed reports of which the follow- Insurance Co.

of a trick.

ing is a rough translation- Mr. J. M. D'Almada Remedios | "Japanese police at Mukden have was for the prosecution, while Mr. detained on Mukden station a box" F. C. E. Rendall defende.).

found to contain arms After a Sub-Inspector Michael Murphy preliminary investigation it was informed his Worship that the found that the sender of this box complainant had been in the habit of war material was a transport of going to the defendant for company established in Dairen and "charms,

which consisted of ashes It also found that there were also

SECRET AIR PACT REPORTED.

The men arrested on Namoa Island, some thirty in number, have been taken to Swatow and handed over to the Chinese military authorities, while Shanghai in- quiries are being directed towards tracing their AGREEMENT BETWEEN ITALY mixed with water. After the com- involved other transport companies, presence on board through people who made it possible for the pirates to make the trip.

nf Tientsin.

Yesterday, student representa- tives had audience of Mr. Wang

It is not anticipated that the Ching-wei, the Leftist leader, and Soginlists will declare war on the requested him 10 proceed to Government as 1 result of the Nanking to reorganise the Central proposals, says Reuter, though the The CNS. Ms. Hanyang, which with H.M.S. Sterling, a number of Government.

political

situation is extremely neither entries piracy guants nor suspects were arrested at Namon After stating his appreciation critical. of students' trust in his political

has the customary protective grills Island on Wednesday, November Programme of constitutional

Dr. Bruening's Difficulties.

"attacks, safeguards itself 19, and a quantity of the Flan- form and popular control of the The Chancellor, Dr. Bracning tape extent by demanding yang's cargo, looted from the ship Central Government machinery, Mr. Wang Ching-wei agreed to go being forced gradually towards guarantors for all passengers at by the pirates, was recovered. to Nanking as soon as the other Canton

ston peace envoys and Messrs. Hu Hnn-min and Sun Fo arrive

Shanghai,

in

re-

the right.

Dr.

against

the port in which they embark.

of

AND HUNGARY.

Paris, Dec. 1.

and

dis-

plainant had drunk several of these officials in the Dairen Customs ser- "churma," defendant offered to give vice, employees of the South Man-- her $5,000 or $6,000 if she would churia Railway Company, As a result of the recent visit, of hand over $150 in cash. He suid | foreigners

some Chinese, the Italian Air Minister, General he would put the money in a pot. The arms were being sent to Balbo to Budapest, secret accord and when she returned in a few Harbin for Chinese troops." concerning air armaments has been days, she would find a few thou- Two days later the Osaka Mai concludert between Italy and Hun-sand dollars. On December 2, shenichi, one of the best known and gary, according to a highly sen-handed over $150, and when she ment reliable newspapers in Japan, sational report pubilahed this went back in a few days, she found printed a telegram from its special morning by Le Populaire, the no money in the pot!

correspondent in Dairen. This In a relatively mild manner, and

No Local Confirmation. socialist organ.

His Worship: She must have said:-- with intermissions, Germany is

This procedure was carried out under a dictatorial regime.

at Shanghal prior to the journey

This morning, an reial

The journal asserts that under been terribly disappointed!

His Worship fixed next Monday the accord Hongary, which is not Butterfeld and Swire allowed to Bruening's programme is simple: (of the Hanyang to Amoy and Messrs.

maintain an

airfleet afternout for hearing. The Nanking War Minister, it is to defend the currency of the Hongkong, and the pirates, who agents for the Hanyang, and under the peace treaty, pledges General Ho Ying-ching and General Chimig Kai-shek's resort to inflation, aml if Germany engers, obtained the necessary from Shanghai of the Intest

Kold mark. If Germany does not travelled in the guise of deck pass they had received no confirmation herself to the construction of Lei-tse. presentative, Mr. Shno

huge aerodrome near Budapest, confered with Mr. Wang Ching

which, equipped with all the latest INDIA CONGRESS improvements, is to serve as a point of vantage for the Italian air wel yesterday for two hours over. the Fourth Congress developments,

forues north of the Alpa, it LA --Rensha

It is usuni for these documenta When questioned in Hongkong, asserted. The cost of construction strictest

eligend to impose to be placed in the core of the the 'compradore of the ship stated / will chielly be borne by Italy, it

economies with ship's compradore, and the pirates, that all of the guarantees were in reduced salaries, with prices kept down, and with the abandonment fully aware of this, made it one his gossession and all had been of reparation payraents.

of their Brst tasks, after seizing destroyed by the pirates. the ship. In search the cumpra-story related above was an ex- inre's office, and to destroy all the tirely new development of which Effective assistance of Germany original guarantees deposited with the Hongkong olice had no know depends largely on the possibility him. of a political truce. But the

It now appears, however, that! clamours of his countrymen for the revision

the of

of certain of the documents were Versailles and the relief of the placed in the hands of the Chief German army from the disabilities Officer,

the pirates,

COUP FOR NORTH DRIFT'S OWNER.

WINS £48,750 IN IRISH SWEEPSTAKE.

TYPHOON'S POSITION.

to revolution, the does not fall into curk should remain steady.

But there are immense cul- lies. Unemployment on * vnsl sente exists in Germany, and the Chancellor

the

Political Truce Difficult..

Treaty

guarantees.

Pirate Ship.

and

Police Inquiries.

re

port, though this was not surpris

ing as there had hardly been time for the news to come through.

ledge.

THE

is declared.

JUMP FROM BLAZING AEROPLANE.

JAPANESE TAKE TO PARACHUTES AFTER

COLLISION..

UNREST.

The Dairen Police have covered that a gang of smutziors Including Chinese and foreigners and Japanese, have been taking arms into North Manchuria with the aid of customs ociale and clerks of a certain large company. Accordingly all police stations in Manchuria have launched concerted action for the arrest of the culprits. The Dairen police on November 18, arrested two officials of the Dairen BENGAL LEADERS

Customs House, employees of cer WANT WAR.

tain concerns, and several others and are examining them." Calcutta, Dec. 7. Since these reports little has been The conference of the Bengal heard of the affair and it is sug- Brunch of the Congress Party has gested that nowe concerning the passed a boycott of British goods, affair is now subject to military Dritinh banks, British insurance censorship.

..

and steamship companies,

other British undertakings,

and

de-

claring that the time has come to DEATH OF MR. GEO.

resume civil disobedience.

The resolution provides for the 'Tokyo, Dec, 1.

foreign cloth- boycott of all A Japanese bluejacket was Renfor. killed and a naval officer la missing and $1

result of an aeroplane disaster off Yokosuka this morning.

to

of

HOTEL FRAUDS.

DALLAS.

SHANGHAI RACING OWNER,

Dublin, Dec. 1.

The Recovered Cargo,' Mr. J. T. Downing. the owner of North Drift, the winner of the

As regards the cargo which was Manchester November Handicap, that wore placed upon it, make a completely unaware of this, in 300 packages, all of which had recovered, it amounted to some won £48,760 by securing shares in political truce difficult, especially their excitement, everlooked the aluce been taken to Swatow where five North Drift tickets in the us the Chancellor's own did not comprise the full quota. identified before being sent

fuct that the, bundle destroyed i Irish Sweepstake.

was being sorted out pathies of nearly all Germans (though many have doubts as to the opportuseness of aggressive

Hongkong for delivery to the con algnees. propaganda) are in favour of re-

During the CourHe The documents saved by the No indication as to the value of vision and removal of disabilities. Chief Officer, have according to a either the cargo lost or recovered manoeuvres two naval fighting

It is clear that the coming Shanghai report, been handed could yet he given, as the task

plane come into collision in mid- The Royal Observatory reports Cily, there is only one with the naval authorities, aro

wil! provide a a severe test.

over to the Police, who together of checking it is a heavy one,

air and one of them with the and bluejacket aboard that the typhoon appears to be Germany all parties pursue the hoping they will provide means of

mediately burst into flames and Naval Confirmation. · about 500 miles east of Padaran same objectiven.

But there are moving W.S.W. Its position in those who pursue them reasonably the desperadoes who took wart in authorities, revealed that informa- their lives both the men jumped ¦ result of the sentence of a year's Yesterday afternoon, of Mr. GeoTTS

are definitely identifying certain

plunged headlong towards the sea, of King Fund of Egypt, was desidence, No. 14, Klukjang Road, of Enquiries of the local naval In a desperate attempt to save | prived of his title here to-day as a uncertain, however. The anti-and there are those who pursue the outrago, some of whom are tion has been received bearing out cyclone has passed Into the them unreasonably. The choice is believed to be in custody. Preifle.

with their parachates from the imprisonment and a fine of $20 im-Dallas, the well-known racehorse between government by decree as

the report of the discovery of some blazing machine. The bluejacket posed upon him.

owner of the Day xiable, A Manila morango gave the provided for in the Constitution, It will be remembered that as of the guarantees given by resiwas killed Instantaneously. The Princo Djamil was charged with

The deceased; who was position of the typhoon at 10.66 am. and a veritable dictatorship of a result of a punitiva expedition donts of Shanghai, and of the pro-officer has not yet been picked up. issuing dishonoured cheques, valued tremely popular, won 61 years of as about 114 Long. E., 12 Lat. N., extreme forces which might plunge organised by the Chinose allposal to follow up the clue thus but little hope is entertained that at $16,000, at various hotela--

Germany Into a wild adventure. thorities at Swatow in co-operation offered.

moving W.

he is still alive.

KING'S NEPHEW DEPRIVED- OF TITLE.

Cairo, Dec, 1. Prince Djamil Tousson, nephew

Renter.

(Our Own Correspondent).

Shanghai, Dec. 7.

The death occurred, at his re

age.

SXO.