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DISARMAMENT

FOUR-POWER ACCORD

A FUTURE NAVAL CONFERENCE

PROHIBITION OF AIR RAIDS ON TOWNS

EMIGRANT WITH

OPIUM

TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1932.

THE

HONGKONG

B.B.C.'S SECRET

MR.

CHARTER

FRANK ADMISSION OF TEXT OF THE VITAL

GUILT

On a charge of being in unlaw- ful possession of. 132 taels of pre- pared ophumi, found concealed in a specially-made travelling trunk, a Chinese emigrant from Vancouver

was fined $3,000 or nine months hard Inbour by Mr. Schoßeld at the Central Polfee Court this mor- ning,

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CLAUSE

Further light was shed on the mysterious supplementary charter of the B.B.C. (attention to which was drawn by a question naked in the House by Mr. Hopkin Mor, ris, member for Cardigan) as result of inquiries.

NORMAN SETS UP COMMITTEE

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

LOANS

To protect the interests of band- holders of the various loann spon. sored by the League of Netions, the Govomor of the Bank of England (Mr. Montagu Normant has set up n Cemmitter canainting of

Sir Auston Chamberlain Viscount Goschen. Mr. A. Jamieson. Mr. C. Lubbock. Sir Otto Niemeyer. Sir Arth Baltor.

RADIO BROADCAST

RELAY OF THE BORDERERS' BAND

lly Z.U.W. on a wavelength of 26 metrum (846 X.C.').

5-8 p.m. European Programme.

A relay of the Hongkong Hotel Orchestra by reattery of the Management (Dosing the brondeant Intervals recorded musle will be from the Hudio).

6-8 p.m. A Programme of Victor & H. M. V. records.

6-6.45 p.m. Operatic. Sen-Gotterdammerung--Hearken with Healt Ernstige Schumann-Henk (Central)

01. Song -The Rhinegold--Yield

Weton (Wagner)

Ernestine Schumann-Reink (Contralto) 7107.

Creature Crestere'n Band $59TI. Hand-Meficiofels-Pralogue (Uotta. AFF. Creatore) ...... -Grentore's Band 35971. Ven), Durt - Melteminger-Her, Ex'client Wireee, methought, can ähr beT (Wagecel Elisabeth ethberg A Friedrich Schorr Shoemaker's Duet--Meisterslager - A Life aye full of care! (Wagner)

Klianbeth Rethierg & Friedrich Seborr MIDG. Band-Aidi- Introduction and Storrish Ballet Verdi.Creatore's Band 36780. Band ---Aidn- Grand March and Fitute (Venti) Creatore's and 36780. Sone Martha --Like a Derbent (Flotowe)

Rentamino Gigli (Tenor). "1109. Sk Atelenor-Ol. Paradise ! [Htererbeer) Beniamino Glell (Tenor) 7109,

Voen

The purpose of the charter, which was granted on August London, July 20. Mr F. C. E. Rendall appeared 14, only ten days before the r Agreement was reached to- for the defendant and entered a signation of the Socialist Gov- day at Geneva between the dele-plea of guilty. He said it was a

ernment, was to enable the B.B.C. gates to the Disarmament Con-cuse of a man being tempted and to use accumulated depreciation

falling. The defendant WAB 11 reserves for purposes approved by The authoritien still believe that ference of Britain, the United

to What Tell The (Wagneri farmer in Vancouver and came, its auditors as capital expenditure, † the Lengus must be the most formid. States, France and Italy, setting back to his own country in 1930 or far the repayment of loans, le instrument for working out the up the principle of limitation of with a passport to return to Can- The full text of the additional | rucovery of Europe, and they there- land artillery.

nda within a period of four years, clause reads:

fe reg it as a vital matten tu Since his return he had spent all "The Corporation may instead uphold the prestige of the Longue Band-Selections from Meflatofele (Heito, arc. There was a last outstanding

of investing in Trustee Securities and to do all thust can be done to paint. for incorporation in the draft his money in the country and was

sums set aside to meet deprecia- | conservą the interests of those who resolution, prepared by Sir John able to pay his passage to Yan-

tion of assets as provided in sub- have invested in the loans issued Simon and Dr. Benes, surveying | cover unless he got financial as-

clansmen. The clause 2 (of the original charter) | under the League's auspices, the agreements reached during thesistance from first stage of the Conference. The only way he could get money was apply the same and any alaking

representing accumulated It is announced that the decision resolution was submitted to a meet-1 to burrow it, and the only condi- rand

was taken in agreement with the ing of the General Commission of tion under which he could borrow depreciation reserves in expendi

the the Conference this afternoon by, the money was that he would have ture certified by its Auditors to Banking bouses which issued

be in the nature of capital

loans on the Landon market, and Dr. Benes, in the absence of Sir to take opium to Canada with him. John Simon, who he returned fo

He had stayed one night in Hong, penditure, or in the repayment of with the British trustees for these kong and was on his way to the

any sums borrowed or raised by loans. London.

ship to return to Canada when he the Corporation otherwise than

The reretary of the Committee MAXIMUM LIMITS.

was arrogued. He was perfectly for the purpose of obtaining fem- frank with the Revenue officers porary banking facilities or to-is Mr. Francis Rold, whose address is. 3. Bank-lauildings, Prince's street, The agreement regarding heavy and not only told them after his wards the provisions of a sinking Jand artillery necepts the principle arrest that there was opium in his fund for the purpose of such res

London, EC. that it should be limited as lo cali-trunk but gave them the exact payinent." bre, in accordance with a Convenumber of tins.

It was not like a tion to be considered later. The

get int man trying to myreement

maximumffence by provides

pleading ignorance Imits for coastal gun, fortress! about the opium. The defendant quite frankly admitted the oflence. His Worship reeked that the defendant had apparently lost his opportunity of returning to Can- da and he did not propose to t 1 * him.

guns and mobile land gum,

The relation also suTVOVA agreements made for Hmitation of land, naval and air armaments,

Regarding air disarmament,

hard

fine of

An

$2,000

it provides for the absolute pro- hibition of air attacks ngninst double the value of the bosoms civil populations and for an nine months' Bard Labour was agreement, as between them.imposed, instead of the ual tine selves, of the contracting par of ten times the value of 11 drup

ties for the bombardment,

abolition of alr

The latter provision is subject for agreement regarding the measures. to be adopted for sivuring Diser- vance of this rule. These measures will include limitation of numbers. and restriction of charneleristics of military aircraft, and regula. Lions and other nicasures in resport of civil aircraft to prevent misuse.

EXPENDITURE CUTS,

The resolution also provides for the Budgetal Committe to con

Langham-Place Building.

UX-

The significance of the new ar- Langement is shown by its im- mediate application to the case of the Langham-place building. Capital expenditure of £907,379 for last year, which was stated to be inrgely represented by the purchase of Broadcasting House. was covered as to 2407,370 by pay- ments from depreciation reserves, These payments were rendered possible by the new clause, and the remaining £500,000, raised in the form of loans payable before December 31, 1986, will be repaid, I

is understood, from the same

SETTING AN EXAMPLE¦t

TO THE WORLD

MR. THOMAS'S HOPES OF

tht

OTTAWA

Mr. J. II. Thomas, Secretary for Dominions, contributes JL 2 article on "Our Task at Ottawa" to The Nawa-Leiter, the organ; of the National Labour Party.

"A recovery in our export trade." he states, "is vital to us, and, even

£31,000,000

Involved.

Holdern of nearly £34,000,000 in Central European bonds are allerted by the decision of the Governor.

These leares were nude to Central Farapena entries between 123 and he to enable them to regn Rome invasore of economie stability. Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Gresses all participated in Inaus of this type, which were blessed by s the League of Sations though not

guranteed by it. Where necessary, guarantees were provided by groups

of foreign comtries and not by the

Lengye itself.

J Natza

..

7. p.m. (Stock Quotations, etc.)

6.45-7.20 p.m. Variety.

Trot Reminiselag

Hurly Vallee & Hin Connecticut Yankees

Fox Trut The Verilit ja Life

20412

Rudly Valle & Itis Conneellett Yankees 221%. Mens Sunst Ee. By Guml

Genele Pilós 12××0. Uzatornas Seous I Got a "Code" in my

**k**

...........firacle Folds nov. (lose two reunite see by special request). Piano Salo Shk Funny That Way

Plates Solo

Song

Carroll Gibbons 183001. Wake Up and Dram" -Melly Carrak Glons 1035. A Trew Jet the Park

Melville 4dows linkitone) 1955,

Melville Girlson (Porttermen Big525. Pet Trot Song of Die Menshewn

Comme A Manis 20. Fox Trot If Your Meterval in Mar

Gegner Sleep & His Mude #2065. 1.20-8 p.m. A Concert. Song Tales from the Vienna Words rele

Strmos-Jan Forget

Terezie Hurt

Itteryxia Bart (Soprano)

Cello Solo Sense Without and

Eur

meet. the service of her loans and

trg Sanka my Mother Taught Me (Dvorak thi Flight of the Humble Hen (Umsky- Kominkowy ..I'able Urn 7113. Worls, in D 43embelpoli

Puble Croa) 7193. Soo Down in the Forest Llum Ronn

Waller Glynne (Tenor) 12486. Song-- ( Poster of all the Workt + Woolforste=

Firulen)

Walter Glynne (Tenor) 112486. Plano Polo The Flatter (Cluminale)

Ian Barth 20316, Plano Sola Seart Dance (Chaminade)

Hans Barih - 26306, Vocal Duel-Lew's Dream (arr. Besly)

Winule Melville and Derek Oldham

*102937.

A large part of the money for these loans were found by investors | Song Love-Tide of Springt (Bett-G[mnonow= Since the paymenis inte de-

LA Forge) and at present there is funda during 1931 preciation

£33,700,000 outstanding

the Cello Solo totalled £266,518, the cunclusion

British portion of them. may be drawn that inst year's

The logas have in the past bom capital expenditure, including

interest successful: Brondensting House, has mort-very

funds were promptly gaged future payments into de-sinking

and quotations preciation funds for between two met

more considerably

than In addition, to and three years.

いず

the patter at which they were issued. £253,018, there is a balance representing the depleted savings Recently, however, Greece Iniled to of previous years.

Farther payments will shortly the fear fortunately so far illforma

Stock Exchange of the Empire purchased from us mission stationst The Western depressel the Con-everything that they wanted from 'Regional

Watchel,quotations of all the League of station at outside, we should still need mari Somerset, is approaching comple- | Nations Joans." kets in other countries. We can- tion and has not yet been paid for. not afford to enter into agree and the reconstruction >t the Another special committer set up inents, however favourable they Belfast station will he under the resolution will submit might otherwise be, at Ottawa¦ undertaken. proposals regarding manufacture | which will cut us off from our | The two home Duvchtry stations, and trade in implements of

forcivu trade, and we must not in 5XX and GGB, are due to be moved Chemical, bacteriogical and incen- our disenssions there forvet that to a site near Droitwich before diary warfare are prohibited. we have a great farming industry

the end of next year. Daventry to take care of at home.

being solely devoted to Empire transmissions. There will also De expenditure in connexion: With the Scottish station at Falkirk.

tinge its studies on the limitation if the Dominions and all the rest fall due in connexion with transed of default in the comtries hats yoral Truet--The Okt Sweet Song Farr, Kelp?

on armaments expenditure, and the Standing Comunitice of the ference will draft proposals based upon its report.

.

war.

NAVAL CONFERENCE. Regarding Ene strict sitation and reduction of real effectives op outstanding orders, the Committee

disarmament.

·

Heavy Payments.

"Uther countries in the Empire need word market too. Even if we ate nothing but Canadian wheat all the year round, Canada would is asked to examine and report on still have to sell tremendous quan- Mr. Hoover's proposals, consideratitics of wheat to the rest of the tion being given to the require world; and even if we wore no- ments of national defence.

thing but Australian woul, Aus- tralia would still have to sell Regarding naval

large part of her wool crop to The parties to the Naval Treaties foreign countries, If we are to of Washington and Lomilon are to tay the foundations of a real | rent incomę. confer and report to the General policy of imperial economie unity Commission, if possible, before the fat attawa, we must do it in O resumption of the work of the Con-hostile spirit to the rest of the frence as to further measures fea- world. Above all we must not sible as part of a

general disar turn Ottawa into a tariff poker mament programme, writish Wire- | party. We must rather try to give a lend to the world to break down tariff barriers. For no one will deny that, apart from the pro- blems conureted with war solu- debts and reparations, the tion of which is fundamental, ta- riffs with their restrictive influen- ces are themselves one of the chief causes of the world depression,"

less,

=

BATTLESHIP OF THE SKIES

SECRETS OF OÙR

NEW FLYING-BOAT |

The Common Weal.

shortly AN ENGLISH OAK

IN FRANCE

HISTORIC TREE OF TWO CHAPELS

Paris. June 22.

Winnie Melyflie and Derek Olettina

112937. Violin Solo At Dawning (Cadman-Krolzier)

Peita Krebsfer 1145.

8 p.m. Local Time & Weather Re- port.

8,3-9.30 p.m. Chinese Programme. 9.30-10 p.m.

A reing of the butol of the dat litt

Jan- South Wales Hordozers, conducted by master Grelor, by entries

the Tiller Commenting.

10 p.m. Rugby Mid-day Press News.

10.5-11.30 p.m. Chinese Program-

130 p.m. Close Down.

All records in the above Earopen evening programme are kindly suppfled by blesem.

RACE DECAY PERIL

An English oak tree, containing All these developments will in-

two chapels within it large enough volve heavy payments, within the to hold forty children, will cele Mauriel Co. next two years, which, in relation brate its 1,000th year of existence to the commitments from Broad-on July 2 at the village of Allon- casting House could not have ville-Bellefosse, on the Le Havre been conveniently met out of curline of the French State Railways. This historic oak tree. It is re- foreshadowed in the recent pur-King of England,

Finally, there is the possibility, Inted, was visited by Charles II..

und also by STERILISATION URGED IN U.S. chase of adjoining property, that Louis XV., King of France. Nine

New York, June 28. men with their arms extended are rondrasting louse may itself

it few barely able to encircle it.

Unless the 18,000,000 mental de- require extension within

In the first chapel is a statue of [fectives in the United States are years.

the Virgin Mary, presented by the sterilised the country is doomed to Empress Eugenie during the Sec-deeny, and Erapire. An elegant whitened secrecy, and that the decision as stairway surrounds the oak and to what steps should be taken to leads to the second chapel, which bring such a supplementary charis known as "La Chapelle du Val ter to the public notice rested vaire." with Major Attlee, the then Post- master-General.

It was declared at the B.B.C. that so far as the Corporation was

had been concerned there

no

is an

Many quaint legends concerning this onk tree are recounted in the The low taken by the Corpora-countryside. It is perhaps the tion, it is understood, is that the only oak to boast a key, and Emile method of finance now made pos- Beltoncle is "The Custodian of the

This "We are going to the Ottawasible is preferable to the raising Key of the Oak." Conference," Mr. Secrets of the world's largest tinues, " no huckstering spirit, out of normal rurrent income at a family for centuries.

Thomas con of long-term loans to be repaid bonour which has been kept in his military tying-boat, which has but in the tradition which has led date when the capital equipment taken nearly three years to you all the countries of our Common question would in all proba- truct at Rochester, Kent, have been revealed.

or

This manimoth battleship the skies has been built by Messes, Short Brothers for the Air Minis- try for long-range bombing and reconnaissance duties.

bility he obsolete.

WATER LEVELS.

WEST NORTH AND EAST RIVERS

GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS AT ST. ANDREWS

ADMISSION CHARGES

SANCTIONED

This startling but carefully con- sidered statement is made by the Human Betterment Foundation, which includes among its members distinguished scientists, educn- Lional authorities, and profes sionat men.

When the American Association for the Advancement of Science began its summer session at Syra- cuse members received copies of paper Issued by the Betterment Foundation pleading that all men- tal defectives bé acientifically pro- vented from having children, on the plea that they would be in- capable of becoming self-sustain- ing citizens.

wealth in the past to contribute freely. ench according to its ability, to the common weal. To speak of this country only, it is of any hard not as the result driven bargain that the British

"Strong.. intelligent, useful Navy has defended the Empire, or

families," anys the Foundation. Were it to be converted for that our fellow citizens overseas

"are becoming smaller and smaller civil purposes it could carry about have inherited the privileges of

A Royal Commission in the and there can be but one resuit. British citizens, that their public 115 passengers.

House of Lords has signified the race degeneration. been Accorded the The six Rolls-Royce "Buzzard" loans have

The following table issued by the Royal Assent to the St. Andrews ongines, euch capable of giving status of trustee securities in our Kwangtung River Conservancy Com-Links Order Confirmation Act, "There Is one outstanding, pracę,

market...and that the Empire Mar- mission shows the height of water nearly 1,000-., bave had a

St. Andrews Town Counell tical, humane

remedy-sterilisu- preliminary run and it is hoped keting Board was created and has in English feet on the dates namel

hitherto been financed by this in the West, North and East Rivers: made an application to Parlin- tion." that the venel may be able to

ment for a provisional order in The Foundation states that dur-

Hitherto golf August last year. take the water and the air shortly. country alone. There was no bar.

Teened, in record. 19 gaining last winter when the Gov- A special shipway has

ing the past 20 years 6.000 auch Legn

championships have been held on built from which it will be launch-vernment, greatly though it need-West River at

Sluhin 141.7

the course without charge for ad- oporations have been performed in jed revenue, made it a paramount Noah River at

that the mission. Some time age the Cham-California. It claims Tsingyen 420,4 consideration of policy thai Em-

supporters of this strongest pionship Committee of the Royal pire producta should come into North River at

Samulet

1-27.3

are those on and Ancient Club informed the eugenic -4-10.0 ---2,3

Council that in future golf cham-whom the operation has been per-

formed. plonships could not be held at St. the world's Andrews unless a charge was

The new rule should come into The admis- British Common-operation in 1933.

«fon money will be retained by the

ponses of the championships.

ed like a warship.

The wing span is 120ft., while the hull is almost 90ft. long.

The machine, which is oft high, is a biplane and is construct- ed for the most part of stainless steel and duralumin.

Her weight, fully loaded, is 33 tons, so with a crew of ten, say,

a huge load of petrol giving the ship a very long cruising range could be carried.

Illation in Lowest, Jute

this country. at least until after Et River at the Ottawa Conference, un freely

as they had done in the past.

Bheklamm

July

20

0

18.2

14.6

A

19,0

8.2

.-5,3

1.0

R.D

$,2

9.2

"That is the spirit in which we down and destroy are going to Canada.. Wo ahnll barriers. Ottawa munt not only, levied.

keep clearly in mind the need for mark a new or in the relation-

the laying the permanent foundations ships on

measure

"In no case," it adds, "has tho operation broken up a home or disturbed family relationship. Cans after case can be cited in which the operation was respon-

gethor."

of a great Imperial policy, that wlth of Nations. but must set on will not only further bind and ample to the world, to which, committen and used to defray ex aible for keeping the family to- cement the Empire, but also break we hope, the world will respond,”

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