1932-01-19 — Page 7

CORRESPONDENCE.

The Reparations Problem,

[To the Editor, Hongkong Telegraph.]

TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1932.

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

THE NEW RICH' IN RUSSIA.

DEATH TO TEST A THEORY.

SPEED-BOAT

HUSTLE.

HIGH SALARIED WORKMEN.

Riga, Dec. 22.

"PHILOSOPHY" OF MAN TO BE BUILT ON THE

SHOT IN TRAIN.

Yeovil, Dec. 21.

Sir-All this fute wrangling on the reparations and war debt place in Soviet Rusala cap in their conditions after death was read A series of changes now taking A romarkable letter dealing with question acts one wondering how things would have gone had some gluing of new stage in the dere- on the man who was found shot totality be interpreted as the beat the inquest at Yeovil to-night aettlement been reached at the endlopment of the Russian Revolution. dead in a first-class carriage of the Qf the War whereby the world started off again free of all in-

Weymouth-Paddington boat train. tenational Indebtedness, After

What was described "electric home-made gun" was all, it was more or less a matter of luck that the allies won, so we all

found beside the body. might have considered ourselves fortunate in getting out of it with out future obligations on either Hido.

Gormany has munnged to get along so far in spite of the heavy outside drain upon her resources, so there would have been little doubt about everybody's speed

wedy recovery with an absence of ex- ternal parasitic demands. Good feeling and co-operation would have been promoted by the consi deration shown by the victors, the distentment question would have been settled years ago and we certainly should have had na rur. reney griale,

we

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THAMES.

re-

Sir John Thornyvroft, the famous undertaken to supervise the builder of fast naval bonts, has

and transmission constructions of searches which will decide the hull Miss England III.

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6.00-5-30 p.m.

European Pro- 5000 horse gramme of Victor and H. M. V.

Records.

This la the now power challenger for the British | international Trophy races to be rin at Detroit, United States, next September.

The mystery of the man's iden- tity, however, was not cleared up. and a verdiet was returned that An unknown committed suiciile engine in new

while of unsound mind.

The Brat symptom was the picee work system introduced instead of the socialistic payment equal for all. The Introduction of this principle divided the masses of workmen into higher and lower classes, that Is Into richer poorer workmen, who now have a and tendency to develop into bourgeols and new proletarians.

The next step was the six-day working week with Konerat day. Introduced about a month holiday for everybody on the sixth

494). This

aix-day week placed the uninterrupted five day werk.

when every day one- fifth of the workmen were an leave. There

Is no dould now that the workmen Themselves concurred in tla abolition of the five-day week, wishing to have a common holiday together with all their relatives and friends

Gremation Wish,

the coroner (Mr. C. Læsile Rutter), The letter, which was vend by

WILO:

With their staff's Sir John Thornycroft and Sir Henry Royce (the designer of the fastest speed the world-the Rolls. Schneider aero-unit) are co-operat. Ling in an endeavour to build a bont with a maximum speel of 150 miles an hour.

130 M.I.H. Guaranteed. The boat, it is okially announced will be built at Thornycroft's Hump- ton Thomes) yard.

by

"An before life, so after life. A return to the negative conditions of pre-life has herome desirable, Therefore I will commit suicide.

The contract signed desire no service.

"I am an atheist. Therefore the scheme-and Sir John Thorny- Lord Wakefield- who is financing

mentally a mass of cells. Belaunching as the end of the Brat My body is fun craft, fixes the time limit for cause it is sn, respect towards tweek in April. is misplaced. I desire that my re- mains shall be cremated and the shes mingled with those of the furnace.

What the world have to realise now is that this war debl question has just got to be settled if As a result the Suvlet factories believe further existence on this afe naw working only 300 days a

speed of 130 miles an hour. Un- There is a guaranteed average planet worthwhile,

yeur Instend of 60, and although

official trials of the boat will take only way out iN undoubtedly this threatens the fulfilment of the cancellation,

Even thra England five-year pisa, it nevertheless pro-

place on the Thames at the end of would still have the ge burden ved innwrative to comply with the it to be disposed of in a manner

"in other words, I do not wish April. of her internal debt that in crippl-demands of the workmen.

Sir John Thornycroft has for Ing her industries

which records that aniveral folly,weeks been testing models of hulls and driving recently reported the rise abroad her capital, at the whole

in corpse worship.'- I am, Sir, yours in the water tanks religious feeling among the popu sincerely,

at Hampton. problem could be solved right now lation in Soviet Russia, and the

He recently placed before Lord by an all-round capital levy.

"FRANK W. BENTRON. Wakefield, at private conferences, The ever increasing necessity to satisfy majority of people throw up their their spiritual needs.

No fixed address.

a model as the basin of further ex- hands in torror at the mere sugtion also the Soviet Government in script on both side of 40 sheets National Physical Laboratory

In this ques

Another document-also written periments at Hampton and the gestion of such violation of pro- had to give up. This year's anti-of note paper---which the perty rights, but, after all, there religions campaign is belog carried described us "a reasured philoso-

corner Teddington. are millions of people in every through only to such extent as not country' fo-day wio Bussess more to give the old Communists reason

phy was produced, but was not wealth than they know what in de

read. to assert that it has been done away with, life itself was conscripted in with allagether. national interests during the Wat. and the world is now

will

Commercial Shops.

The so-called "commercial shops

at

£5,000 on Models, A sum of £5,000 will be spent on models alone.

Wakefield is entirely different from

"Part of it." said the coroner, "deals with suicide and death by i The mudel submitted to Lord bullet and bob. The gist of the the hull of Mine England 11. It in man's philosophy is that when one dies everything is entirely finish almost flat bottomed fram stem to ed,"

etern, and is much shorter and much

grower in the ben.

confronted with a greater problem than any

berate care and mare bunkerous war the biggest pennomie dead- lack of its history, a dendrk from shops stuffs, cloth, footwear, irt Soviet RussÍA. In these Stufe which even the wealthiest emeres destitule

and and bruken if

se of, are being sold without The coroner said he would not some remedy is not so applied,

eard to anybody who is in a posi-authorise the creation of the ro

Experiments demonstrate that Yours, ste..

tion to pay for the goods, but the mains until they had been identihull of this shape will bank like an prives at which the grounds are gold fied.

Heroplane at a high speed, and will; in these shops are decidedly higher

not overtur′′], than the of

etemperatives, Even commercial restaurants and FRENCH TREATY WITH refreshment rooms at the railway

RUSSIA.

stadions have been organised by the Soviets

TWO YEARS PACT.

X.

Paris, Des. 26. Details et the Treaty of 1011+ aggression, valid for two years, which France signed with linssia on Aug. 24 bot, were publisjad this morning.

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The ability to purchase at "com- mercial ahojas" confers great pri- ifees on thuse in presencing of money, so that, contrary to the socialistic principles, life for the richer has become easier than for the poorer, who are obliged to bn entisfied with what the coopera tives give them.

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The Treaty declares that the All these innovations have parties promise not to digage intenced the psychology of any act of aggression one towards Soviet citizen, got in tias direction the other, and not to have re[of "proletarinuism," as desired by the Kremlin, but, on the contrary, towards a bourgeois outlook.

course to war.

IT IL third party commit a net of aggression against one of the trotracting parties the other party will remain neutral,

No agreement with other Powers shall be concluded by either party which shall involve refund to buy or sell gods belonging to the other party. Neither of the parties shall refuse to sell or to buy fran the other.

Each of the parties undertakes bul te

engage in propaganda and to refrain from any interventions in the interand affairs of the other. An annexe to the Treaty levinres that France will consider as an sg Kressor any State which refuses to settle a dispute by any means men- tioned in the Kellogg Phet, of which

persists in the occupation of foreign territory after being asked whether it is disposed to evacuate

that territory.

The Soviet Government will de- Ane a cave of aggression according

to the same method.-Renter

MUSSOLINI'S BROTHER

DEAD.

PROMINENT ITALIAN

JOURNALIST.

Rome, Dec. 21.

of

Dr. C. A. Palmer, who examined

Twn celebrated high-speed buat The body, described the letter as the work of an exceedingly misleants to challenge Miss

owners have talked privately and elever an who had an ok, but there is no evidence yet England session.

of more than talk. The main dif- firulty is fe obtain the power unit comparable in power with the Rolls Schneider nero type.

"In my view," he said, "this mattor of suicide had become au obsession are he took his life to justify this obsessing."

FRENCH BANK'S LOSS,

GOVERNMENT PLAN REJECTED.

THIRD RAID ON EX- MINISTER'S HOME.

SENSELESS OUTRAGES IN

GARDEN.

Paris. Dec. 21. The French Government's project

London. Dec. 22. to reimburse The Bank of France unknown people have committed a For the third time since October This new psychology has begun for losses incurred through main-mysterious and senseless outrage at to impair the unity of the Containing large holdings of sterling in Wallington Hall. Cambo, the North- munist Party. Without stating the London was rejected by the Finance amberland home of Sir Charles causes, the Soviet papers. and Committee of the Senate this even- especially the Soviet ratio, more ing,

Trevelyan, a former Minister for and more frequently refer to the

Education, opposition tendencies in the Com-

General surprised has been caus- Newestle Cent ex-Labour M.P. for

Central. munist Party.

The Committee demands vers The work of the spoilers has been tain amendments.

as follows:

Yesterday-Four stone gar-

d.

M. Mandin, Minister of Finance, is conferring with the Committee enable the project to be passed be it so attempt to reach agreement to tore the Bank issues its baluner- short.

All the failures as regards the all the abuses in the distribution Culiment of the five year plan, of foodstaff cards, bribery, and on, are put at the door of the new opposition party.

The leaders of the Party are no longer in a position Chamber of Deputies. M. Flandin t'ommunist When the project was before the in conceal from the

T3114:3༥:༥ the stated that the Bank's holdings of general strain of the relations be sterling amounted to the equivalent tween the European countries and of C62,000,000 and that a loss of The Soviets, as well as the blow £20,000,000 had been incurred. dealt to the prestige of the Soviets was previously stated that the Bank in Asia by the occupation of Man of France refrained from realis churian by the Japanese. The ing its sterling holdings at the first failures of the Government by sup because the French Government musses react against all these sign of the economic blizzard," porting more and more the opposi-urged the Bank to take a moderate tion tendencies.

curse to avoid embarrassing the British Government.

SIGHT AFTER 27 YEARS' BLINDNESS.

SURGEON'S SUCCESSFUL

WORK.

BIG ECONOMIES IN THE ESTIMATES.

goyles in the grounds, on uld sun- feathered. dial, and the south door tarred and

Dec. 6-Stone "Grillin" statues on the laws and the front door tar- red and feathered.

5.00-6.18 p.m. Orchestral, Traume (Wagner). Russian and Ludmilla (Glinkn).

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Frederick' When Day Is Done (Ketscher).

Stock. 7123. Soliloquy (Bloom), Paul Whiteman and His Orek. 36828,

5.18-5.30 p.m.

A Selection of Song Hits sung by Maurice Chevalier.

"You've Got That Thing" from "Fifty

Million Frenchmen." "Parls Stay The Same" from "The

Love Parade." 22294.

"You Brought A New Kind Of Love "Livin' in The Sunlight Lovin' In The

To Me from "The Big Pond." Moonlight" from "The Big

Pond." 22106.

5.30-7.00 p.m.

A Relay of "Annabelle's Affairs" from the King's Theatre by Courtesy of the Management.

7.00 p.m. Stock Quotations, Mail Notice, etc.

7.05-8,00 p.m.

Instrumental.

Violin Solo-Zapateado (Sarasate). Violin Solo-Hebrew Melody (Achron). Jasch Heifetz. 6696. Fiano Solo-Variations in C Minor

(Beethoven).

Sergei Rachmaninoff. 0644. *Cello Solo-Song Without Words in D

(Mendelssohn).

(n) Songs My Mother Taught Me.

(Dvorak) (1) Flight Of The Bumble Bee (Rimsky-Korsakow). Pabio l'asnis. 7193. Plano Solo-One Liven but Once

(Strauss-Tausig).

Sorgei Rachmaninoff. 6036. Guitar Solo-Tremolo Study

(Tarrega). Guitar Solo-Fandangoillo (Turina).

Andres Segovia. 6707. Piano Solo-A in Bien Aimee Piano Solo-Wallz in E Fint (Durand). Harold Bauer. 6508. Violin Solo-Song of the Volga

Boatmen-Paraphrase (Arr.

Kreisler). Violin Solo-Negra Spiritual Melody

(arr. Kreisler).

8.00 p.m. ther Report.

Fritz Kreisler. 112, Local Time and Wen-

8.05-11.30 D.nt. Ko Shing Theatre Relay.

10.30 p.m. (Approx.) Mid-Huy Press News

11.30

p.m. (Approx.)

Down.

Ruchy

Close

Ali recurds in the above European recorded programmes are kindly up- piled by Messrs. Moutrie and Co.

CAR MURDER

MYSTERY SOLVED.

SUSPECT'S STORY TO THE POLICE.

ALLEGED CONFESSION.

Paris, Dec. 20, The wrecked ear murder mys- tery, in which the victim was Mr. Richard Clifton Wall, an Ameri can, was unexpectedly solved yer- terday.

A full confession of the crime. was obtained by Paris detectives from a young Frenchman named Guy Davin, a friend of the dend

MAR.

Mr. Wall's clothes, partially alde between Poissy and Triel, hart, were found atong the road- suburbs of Paris in the St. Ger nialne region.

Oct. 28-Lord Lieutenant's flag stolen; front duor of the Hall tied with rope from the flagstaff; stone statutes knocked off pedestals; It stone thrown through gardener's

turned by post. rottage window. The Ang way - Police yesterday called at the outrages Hall und had a consultation on the

The absence of leaves them with a bailing problem. clues The perpetrators appear to be well Wall's friends disclosed that on Police inquiries among Mr. acquainted with the lay-out of the Wednesday, the day of the crime. garden, and must have acted wari-he lunched with two mell, one be- ly, for since the second outrage a ing Davin, a 24-year-old son of a watch has been kept.

garage-keeper of Neuilly.

A remarkable recovery of sight; 9,000,000 ON THE SERVICES. Signor Arnaldo Mussolini, bro-by a woman after 27 years, follow- ther of the Duce, died suddenly. of ing an operation by Mr. Nurman heart failure at Milan to-day, at feming, ophthalmic surgeon to will be saved next year

Nearly £9,000,000, it is hoped, half-past one.

the Prince of Wales's General three Fighting Services. Hospital, is recorded in the CUP- The Admirality are making ad-

Only yesterday he was taking part in publle eremonies, in course

cal Journal.

The

on the

by

THREE WOMEN STEAL 70 ARTICLES.

LOOTING A WEST-END STORE,

On В

Remarkable Story.' When questioned, Davin broke down, and told a remarkable story.

"Mr. Wall asked me on Wednes day morning to enah a cheque for 300 dollars (260 at par) for him at the bank." Ho is reported to have said: "When I did so I ob- Three Dover women who were tained 7,600 francs, and tho iden rent number of the British Medi-ministrative and other changes in lifting at a Westend store, were for myself came into my mind as of which he delivered more than

charged at Marylebone with shop of killing him to get this money order le reduce their catimates, anid by a solicitor to have "ap-left the bank. one speech with all his usual vigour.

patient was a woman of 36 based on this year's figure, He was 16 years old-two years who, since the age of eight had £1,942,000. The Army Council,parently came to London Younger than his distinguished heen able to distinguish only be by the loption of emergency mea- looting expedition." brother. After seeing some rela-tween light and dark. tives off at Milan railway station

sures, hopes to save approximate- He said that they stole from 22 to-day he was stricken unconscious was a telephone operator, and al-contemplate spending

Before the operation the patiently £3,693,000, and the Air Force departments 70 articles of a total a heart attack and died in a though able to preform her duties lesa.

2064,000 value of £9 58, 4d. The goods clinic some 30 minutes later,

Included: satisfactorily her health was

Button-hook sela Arnaldo Mussolini succeeded is

With regard to the Army, con-Handbags sidorable anving will be effected

Stockings brother an editor of the

Needle cases Popoln

She has now a good comple- by confining the training of Re-Given Purses

Bottles of perfume d'Italia, Fascist

newspaper xion," records Mr. Fleming, "has gular units next year to War Do- Frocks

Diaries founded by the Duce, when the lat- energy and interest in life; and partment land near their quarters Scissor sets

Necklaces ter took over the reins of Govern the natural pleasure of being able and abandoning the annual train- Cigarette lighter Razors

Pan-kniver mont after the march on Rome to choose her own clothes and ing of the Territorial Army. Pencils The body was carried to the offices attend to her own formel hor days' camp of the 14 Divisions of Best-polishing sets Dental cream

Manicure not of the Popolo d'Italia and the

It is calculated that the 15 Silver thimbles Fountain pen editor's room, whence the principles mental outlook.

pearance has transformed

the Territorial Army costs about Wallets.

1,000,000.

with

the

and

poor.

of Fascism was hammered out broadcast, has bean converted into a shorthand typist, and has learned to write, han a chambre ardente, the pational hopes before long to leave hor colours and the banner of the orl switchboard for another post to ginal Milan fascio being draped which she looks forward with over the bler.

much Interest.””

senior and junior Divisions of, the By abandoning the camps for the Officers Training Corps a saving of about £30,000 to the Treasury I will be made.

The women, Nora Dolbear (51), Wood-street and Annie Laverty Norman-street, Ada Kidd (49), (88), Norman-street, wore fined £8 with $2 Es, costs, or 26 days' imprisonment.

even

"I drove in Mr. Wall'e car, which he had envolver with which to a gunsmith's and bought a

practised shooting in the Bols de Vincennes before reaching Mr. Wall. I gave him 7,000 frances, keeping the remaining 600, and Í was determined to get the rest,

murder should result. "Mr. Wall proposed a motor-car ride in the evening. As we drove through St, Cucufa Wood, near St, Germaine, I fired three times at my companion, and he was killed. Set Clothes on Fire. "At Mantes, a few miles further on, I bought a pair of scissora and the body on the seat. I bought cut off Mr. Wall's clothing, leaving two cans of petrol at Triel, and at a quiet spot on the road set fire to his clothes.

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"At Triel Bridge I dropped the five hours interrogation by body Into the river, drove home magistrato yesterday. and, telling my wife that some-l Mr. Wall's body, for which a one had stolen my cont, gave her diver was searching all day yes-i 4,000 francs and went to bed, terday, has not been recovered

Davin wont hysterically while] and to-day the search was aban- making this confession during n'doned.