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WEDNESDAY,

MARCH 1, 1933.

日六初月二”

COPY (IE GENES

FRE; ANKUTIO

DUNLOP

mqualled by

JEHOL'S VALIANT DEFENDERS GAIN A RESPITE

JAPANESE

HALTED

PREPARING FOR FRESH ASSAULTS

COMMITTEE OF TWENTY-ONE

SOVIET NOT LIKELY TO CO-OPERATE

Genera, Feb. 28.

According ta Soviet quarters here the Soviet Government has decided not to co-operate with the Committee of Twenty-one ap-

THE NORTH CHINA pointed by the League Assembly

SITUATION

Peking, Mar, 1.

A

Valiant defence has gain- ed the Chinese forces in South and East Jehol temporary respite, Japan- ese operations yesterday be- ing confined to occasional serial bombing expeditions and desultory shell-fire.

to fallow Aanchurin develop ments-Reuter,,

ARMS EMBARGO

CHINESE VISIT TO SIR J. SIMON

PRINCIPLE

(Special to "Telegraph")

Both at Paishihtsumen and] GENEVA AGREES ON Tamino passes, the Japanese offen. sive has been brought to a halt. the and while it is feared that check to the Japanese programme may lead to unpleasant develop ments south of the Great Wall, Chinese beadquarters. are jubilant at the success of the. defence,

(Dy Telegraph. Copyright. Telegraphic pre Ordinamer, 1891. Received oreh

London, Feb. 28. The Chinese Charge

· SEVERE FLOODING

MUCH DAMAGE IN ENGLAND

THAMES VALLEY IMPROVES.

· London, Feb. 25. The serious flooding of the countryside in the North of England is still causing con- siderable anxiety, but in the South, although the situation has not materially improved, there are strong hopes that the worst is over..

Unless more rain falis in the next forty-eight hours, there is little likelihood of the floods in the Thames Valley becoming

at the highest lock on the river. was to-day steadying and the tri- butaries of the Upper Thames were falling.

WOrRe as the level of the water

Wide expanses of meadow-land are under water in the Staines and Maidenhead area and the streets in Maidenhead are flooded at some points.

All along the river, the banks have overflowed between Pany-

particularly as the main Chinese D'Affaires in London, Mr.bourne and Windsor, but the

Chen, called upon Sir John damage is not serious.. Simon this afternoon and

ROADS SWAMPED."

positions remain untouched.

LITTLE FIGHTING.

discussed the British de- In Yorkshire and the Midlands, It is estimated that thirty-four Lhousand Japanese and Manchu-claration of an armis em-the floods cover very large areas Kuo troops were thrown into the bargo with the Foreign

fighting at Paishihtenmen Tamino, but all in vain...........

and

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cretary..

- Occasional infantry attacks on

many roads are under water, com Se-in the low-lying districts and pletely impassable. Much damage has been caused and communica- tions are seriously impeded.

Mr. Chem also exchanged views a minor scale were launched yes-on the military situation in Jehol

terday, but they were not pressed and Anglo-Chinese relations with reference to Man with any spirit.

"

· Colonel Sun is commanding the -troops at. Puishihtsumen and in. head- official despatch to quarters at Jehol city he claims to have inflicted heavy casualties. on the invaders, particularly in lighting which occurred on Mon- day.

WOUNDED REACH MUKDEN.

Large numbers of Japanese and Manchukuo wounded have arrived in Mukden from both the fronts in the Chaoyang region and the Kallu district.

The Japanese are reported to be strengthening their artillery in South Jehal preparatory to fresh one of the attempts to force passes which will throw open a bath to Lingyuan.

Lan River region.

particular churia.

It is learned that the Chinese Government has not nd far lodged a protest with the British Government re- garding

the inclusion

of

China in the arms embargo.-- Renter.

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GENEVA DISCUSSION,

Geneva, Feb. 28.

A discussion of principle "in connexion with the proposed arms embargo against Peru and Bolívja took place in the League Council this evening.

Dr. Wellington Koo, the Chiness delegate, stated that as no verdict had been pronounced against either party to the dispute in South America, he could not vote for an embargo,

UNFAIR TO LOYAL STATE.

The Hiller Carpet which has decided to impose an absolute dicta- torship in view of the troubled state of the country. Left to right! Standing: Herre Seldte, Labour; Herr Gerake, Employment; Count Scherwin ved Krosigk Finance: Dr. Frick, Interior General von- Blomberg, Reichswehr; Herr Hugenberg, Economy and Food Seated: Capt. Gooring, Air Transport; Herr Hitler, Chancellor, Herr von Papen, Vice-Chancellor,

RUTHLESS NAZI CAMPAIGN

DR. YEN LEAVING FOR MOSCOW

ASSUMING POST AS MINISTER

Pe Fate Geners, Feb. 28.

De We W Yen is fearing for pointment as Minister to Russia. He is returning to Geneva shortly-

Bentel

REICH UNDER ABSOLUTE Moscow to-day to take up his ap

DICTATORSHIP

| A REM KABLE

DECREE

Belin Mar. 1. Many roads in the higher parte'

The whole of Germany is placed of Derbyshire, Yorkshire and the North-Western ecunties are still impassable owing to snowdrifts. under an absolute Dictatorship, In South Wales, there has been backed by what is virtually mar rapid-improvement British Wire-tial law throughout the country, less.

by a remarkable presidential de- cree published last night.

APPEAL AGAINST

DECISION

FULL COURT SITS TO-MORROW

The excuse for the drastic mea- sures to be taken is the fire in the Reichstag.

over.

The Prussian authorities declare that there is undoubtedly a vast Communist conspiracy to throw by force regime.

SENSATIONAL CITY ARREST

NOTED FINANCIER CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY

CHOSEN CORPORATION

TRANSACTION

London, Feb. 28.

A sensation has been caused in City circles by news

of the arrest of the well-known British financier, Mr. Martin Coles Harman.

Detectives visited his offices with a warrant, took him to a police station and there charged him with con- spiracy to defraud.

Three other prominent City men, Mr. H. H. Pounds, Mr. B. F.' Conigrave and Mr. E. C. Changest were later charged with similar offence.

Mr. Harman was planning toj sail for the Far East on March 101.2

to visit the properties of the Government securities had been Chosen Corporation in which his changed into stocks and shares in family is largely interested and in the "Harman group" of companies connexion with which, according and that these investments; were to the Evening Standard, the not "of such a nature as could be charge of conspiracy to defraud considered by the bank as approv ed securities for overdraft pur has been laid,

| poses.".

KOREA MINING.. The Chosen Corporation. of which Mr. HH, Pounds is the chaltmas,owna ull the share capital in three Japanese cor

mining claims In Korea

The signatories also declared that these changes had resulted in serious losse

In reply, Harman, addres letter to the shareholders relcom-

king-nad-asking them to suspend

pantes which hold seventy-three ing a proposed extraordinary meet- CHINAgarding the basis of the charge,

AIR FORCE FOR

BIG CAMPAIGN IN SHANGHAI

DRIVE TO RAISE $2,000,000

(Special to "Telegraph”)

7. 2.40a.m.)

By Telegraph, "Lopyright. Telegraphie the existing wessors ordinanes, 1861. Received. Horch

Shanghai, March 1. The Full Court, comprising the Most of the secrets" of the plat

A campaign to raise two Chief Justice (Sir Joseph Kemp) have been, unearthed and the and the Puisne Judge (Mr. Justice severest measures of repression million dollars for the purchase Wood) will tomorrow hear an ap- are essential peal against a judgment given by

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PERSONAL LIBERTY CONE.

ROMANTIC RISE.

Nothing is at present known re- Judgment tillkuyhng heard the whole story. The shareholders met on January 25, and after a rather stormy scene during which it was decided to appoint a committee of Mr. Harman is an example of investigation, he and two other, that rapid rise to business eminence directors resigned.

more often seen which is America than in England..

in

MONARCH OF LUNDY.

He began life in 3 bumble Mr. Harman is the Monarch of position and by 1923 had become Lundy Island, having bought this the active head of the stock de small piece of land which lies, off partment of a large international the north coast of Devon, and is

firm, with the probability of partnership in due course.

famed for its ancient record in how-piracy. It has its own local coinoge

to

Harman's temperament,

and postage stamps, both of which .. ever, would not allow him wait and he launched out on his he introduced for the benefit of its own account. In a year or two he population of under 40.-- Reuter had acquired through the Rock and L.B.S. Investment Co, of which he even- tually had control, an interest in

a large number of companies.

BIG INTERESTS.

Gold-

Д

:

RESORT TO FORCE. BANNED

The whole of the Prussian of a hundred and fifty fighting

Among them were Lens Mr. H. R. Butters on January 24.- police force has been ordered to aeroplanes for the Government

At the hearing in the Court be- "Stand To" night and day until

Liverpool grocery firm with

British

NEW DECLARATION Shanghai.

capital of £600,000), the NORTH CHINA TENSION.

low. Leung Chow, 464, Reclama-after the general elections which is being launched to-day in fields, Ltd., Morris and Jones is tion Road, coxswain of the steam

AT GENEVA The campaign is being organised Bank for Foreign Train, the Réports are in circulation that

Haunch Chung Hon and Yiu Yuen, are to be held on Sunday.

by the China National Aviation British Rubber and General Trust,

London, Feb. 28. of 546, Nathan Road, owner, were the situation on the North China'

The new decree was signed by and the drive for. funds will last the Dublin Distilleries Cu... the summonded for using the launch border is becoming increasingly

A new declaration pledging to force tense, and Chinese circles are ap- All the members agreed that if for the importation of 1,000 taals

Aurochs Investment Co. and the nations not to resort

wás agreed upon by the drafting prehensive of a Japanese attack the Committee of Three appointed of raw opium at Yaumati typhoon President Hindenburg yesterday for two months. It is being active London Irish Trust, the Gas, Water

vernacular newspapers which are Branstou Artificial Silk Co.". south of the Great Wall with a to handle the Perd-Bolivian dis-shelter. Both men were convicted afternoon and it is to be enforced ly supported by all the local and General Investment Trust, the view to securing control of the pute should be empowered to and ordered to pay $2,000, or immediately,

the publishing half-page advertise-

Lens Goldfields was a company committee of the Disarmament The decree rescinds" all name the aggressor, it would be serve six months' imprisonment.

Articles of the Weimar Constitu-menta gratis, while the Chinese

was in Russia and although it

The declaration is based upon Although it has not been con-unfair to penalise the State loyal

tion guaranteeing. personal liberty, broadcasting stations in the Settle operating a gold-mining concession Conference to-day. firmed, one report states that the to the Covenant's principles" by

the right of free expression of ment area will give speeches on

ever, has undergone modificationė. Chinese defenders have blown up employing an

opinion, the freedom of the press, the importance of building an air earning profite it was unable to the British proposal which, how- In 1930, Harman was appointed. In its amended form it provides the right of holding meetings, the force for the salvation of the get its money out of Russia.

and defence against

a member of a committee repre that the undersigned Gover forming of associations, the country

of the privacy of letters and telegrame Japan's air weapons.

senting the note-holders

ments, anxious to further More than two hundred pro- company to consider the questions cause of disarmament by inc and telephone calls.

minent merchants, residents and arising from the non-payment of hankera. are busily organising interest. teams to canvass new members for the Association. Reuter.

arms

a section of the railway just south against it also-Renter.

of Shanhaikwan and are using the sleepers for the construction of defence works.—Special.

BRITAIN'S LATEST

TALKIE

ROYALTY "ATTENDS:

MATINEE

London, Feb. 28, Their Majestices the King and Queen this afternoon attended a xala performance of the Gaumont, British talking film," "Good Com- panions," based on J. B. Priest- Jy's novel. This was the first oc- casion on which Their Majesties have attended a public perform- ance of talking films.

BOTH BARRED.

embargo

London. Feb. 28.

The Members of League Council

a Geneva in a private meeting to- day, accepted a proposal submitted

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RADIOLOGIST HONOURED

whose

"DEATH PENALTY,

RESEARCH WORK RECOGNISED

"It further empowers the Central by Britain and France, and agreed

London, Feb. 28. to put an embargo on the export of

to both parties in the Mr. William Hope Fowler, the Government to take over the ad ministration of any State which Paraguay-Bolivian dispute.-British well-known radiologist,

right arm was amputated last neglects to take the necessary measures to restore order and pre- Wireless.

June because it had been, affected scribes the death penalty for at- by the work he was doing in the tempts upon the life of the Pre- the life of any course of X-ray research, was sident or upon received by the King at Bucking member of the Government. ham Palace to-day.

LEAGUE RECORDS

SUCCESS

COLOMBIA-PERU DISPUTE

The honour of Commander of the Royal Victorian Order was conferred

Wireless.

upon

DRASTIC PUNISHMENT. The death penalty may also be him.~British | imposed for severe cases of breach. of the peace, and the crimes of high treason, arsen, poisoning, damaging railways and so on.

DISARMAMENT

AMERICAN BANK CRISIS

ACTION IN KANSAS AND VIRGINIA

ing the spirit of mutual confiden between the nations of Europe. make a declaration expressly -for- MORRIS AND JONES STORM.

bidding resort to force in circum- A few days later a sensation stances in which the Pact of was created by the publication of Paris forbids resort to war and letter signed by four directors of hereby solemnly affirm that they Morris and Jones, alleging that will not in any event resort, as

company's investments

between themselves, to force as an instrument of national policy." The declaration will be sub- mitted to the Political Com- mission--British Wireless,

the

INDIA'S SOUND FINANCES

"

in

New York, Feb. 28. Five banks at Topeka, Kansas,

NOTABLE REDUCTION with deposita 'totalling one and a

IN DEBT London, Feb. 28.

The decree also rescinds the half million dollars, have closed The League Council Committed

Article of the Constitution guaran-

London, Feb, 28. The proceeds of the matinee, dealing with the Colombia-Peru

teeing security against house their doors.

The Kansas Legislature has ap over £8,000, were in aid of the dispute over the Amazon port of

Sir George Schuster, Finance searching, confiscations and investi Personal Service League British Leticia to-day decided to summon

gations in connexion with private proved the Bill for speeding up

closed Member, presenting his Budget at [reorganisation of

New Delhi, said that despite two Wordless,

a Council meeting for to-morrow,

property and lays down that the the at which it is expected the Peru-l

authorities of all States are bound banks.

It is learned from Charleston most difficult, financial years, In- to obey the instructions of the Leiters of administration to the vian delegate will accept the gris- estate of He Web-shi alias Wei Pai-ciples of the Comtalttee's peace

Mr. La Chung-yi, Chinese Mini- Central Government and see that that a Bill permitting a Bank Holt-dia was not only paving her way. are carried out. It day in West Virginia and authoria- but was also providing £3,112,500 chun, late of 10, Sap Yat Po Wong proposal.

The Colombian delegate notified ster to Denmark, has been appoint-its orders

The floating debt had been re- Hong, Canton, have been granted to

hter Ho Lai-mel, of Sai Chiu, acceptance yesterday. The pro-ed chief Chinese delegate to the provides for long terms of im-ing the Governor and Bank Com-for the reduction of debt.

6 Nam Hoi district, posal involve cessation of hosti Disarmament Conference. Mr. Kuo prisonment or penal servitude for missioner to regulate withdrawals eding at 35, Ta Koilties on the Amazon-British Tal-ihi will act as assistant dele minor offences against public when necessary has been passed duced from £63,000,000 to £26,-

order or the StateReuter. by the State Legislature--Reuter. 250,000.-British Wireless. gate.-Reuter, loon City.

Wireless.

CHINESE DELEGATES APPOINTED

Geneva, Feb. 28.

PRINCE VISITS FAIR

WITH ARGENTINE MISSION

London, Feb. 28. The Prince of Wales visited the British Industries Fair at Olympia this afternoon, in company with Dr. Roca, Vice-President of the of this mission-British Wireless. Argentine Republic, and members