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FOUNDED 1881

No. 38pat

二拜熊 號九月五英港香

TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1933.

日五十月四

China Bullding, Hongkong.

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WHITEAWAYS

SPECIAL

PALM SOAP.

Pure Soap manufactured with Palm Oils. For bath or toilet use.

Special Prico.

$1.00 for 6 cakes.

MR. ROOSEVELT INTERVENES IN ARMS DISPUTE

TRYING TO INDUCE REICH

TANYISENEJIMBOZAURICIE NAVITATE, NISU ENS DA RESISTORSEMEN BIL

CARDIFF HIT BY TRADE EMBARGO

PARALYSIS OF PORT THREATENED

London, May 8.

The Cardiff City Council after a long discussion to- day, decided to ark the Government to raise the em bargo upon Russian goods.

It was stated that if the embargo Tanted for two months longer, the port will he paralysed. Already five thousand men have been affected and many are owing to the cuncellation of contracts by local importers. -Reuter.

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319-0214ALFANTISI ACHEIDSTRANICA ANTONIOFLISIBOBIRISJEĆALITJESKANÉTIFIERS

BOOTS NOW BRITISH

BIG FINANCIAL DEAL

TO YIELD

IMPORTANT MEETING AT

WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON, MAY 9.

IT IS BELIEVED THAT PRESIDENT ROOSE- VELT HAS INTERVENED IN THE DISARMA- MENT DISPUTE, WITH A VIEW TO PERSUADING GERMANY TO ACCEPT THE MAIN ESSENTIALS OF THE BRITISH PLAN.

Dr. Schacht, the President of the Reichsbank, who is representing Germany in the Washington economic talks, was called into conference at the White House last night, when the President and Mr. Cordell Hull, the Secretary of State, were present.

President Roosevelt is reported to be trying to persuade Germany to yield on her arms demands at Geneva. Reuter.

CAPTAIN EDEN'S FIRM STAND

GENEVA, MAY 8,

GERMANY CONTINUES TO PROVIDE THE AMERICA SELLS FOR ONLY SERIOUS STUMBLING-BLOCK TO PRO-

£6,750,000

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London, May 9.

After lengthy negotiations, arrangements were completed) to-day whereby the control of the famous chemists, the Boots! Pure Drug Company, Limited, passed from American into Bri- tish hands.

The transaction was effected by the acquisition. by an English Anancial group of n inillion Or dinary $1 shares in the company at a price of £6 15. l. per share, from the United Drug Company of America, who previously held con trol of Boots.

GRESS AT THE GENERAL COMMISSION OF THE DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE, NOW- DISCUSS- ING THE BRITISH PLAN.

A serious deadlock is threatened.

Captain Anthony Eden, following, his discussions with members of the Cabinet, is taking up an adamant attitude.

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A danger is observed of Germany's withdrawal from the Conference if an adverse vote is given against her.

PRESIDENT SUGGESTS COMPROMISE

Hopes of a compromise have not ret been abandoned, however, and Me Arthur Hender on, the Pre- ident, has submitted a proposal which may clear the air for the

moment.

Mr. W. E. Hargrave, of the ... Nanchang, and, inset, Mr. A. D. Blue, the kidnapped second officer.

FATE OF B. AND S. OFFICERS

MUKDEN POLICE IN CHARGE

STATEMENT IN COMMONS

SIR MILES LAMPSON

IN HOSPITAL .

SUCCESSFUL OPERATION

· FOR TUMOUR

Peking, May 8. The British Minister to Chinn, Sir Miles Lampson, entered the Peking Union Medient College this week- end, and to-day he operated on for a tumour in the neck.

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The operation was success- ful, and this evening. the patient was reported to he progressing satisfactorily.— Keuter.

MAMMOTH LINER

LAID UP.

SHIPPING BOARD DECISION

LEVIATHAN NOT ABLE TO PAY WAY

(Special to "Telegraph")

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MILITARY

Telegraphio Memes Ordiance, 139 Breeived Atry

Washington, May 9.

A decision has been reached to. than, which has been steadily losing The giant American liner, Levis-

COUP FAILS lay the giant American liner money and which is now to be taken.

REVOLUTIONARY PLOT IN SPAIN

SWIFT ACTION BY GOVERNMENT

Madrid, May 8.

of the North Atlantic service. She Leviathan, up for the remainder is the second largest ship in the of the 1933 season.

The Leviathan has censed 40 pay for some time past and there. have been rumours that the vessel would very likely be sold for breaking-up purposes.

world.

GANDHI

The order issued regarding her RELEASED

issued by the United States Ship ping Board, however, states that. hes even voyages to Europe dur-

Swift action has been taken by ing the 1933 season will be made by other smaller ships, but the -the Government following the Leviathan must be maintained in discovery of a vast plot, in which condition to permit her return many military lenders are alleg-to service nt reasonable notice.- ed to have been involved, aiming|Reuter, at the overthrow of the Socialist group in power. »,

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General Goded, who is said, to have been one of the chief con- spirators and who was mainly re- London, May 8.

the sponsible for the fall of The fate of the kidnapped Berenguer dictatorship, has been Jofficers of the s.. Nanchang,

arrested and deported, to Palmas. Blue, was again the subject of Messrs. Johnson, Hargrave and

General Orgaz received warning: Commons questions to-day.

in time and has fled to Portugal.

A number of alber generals are believed to be implicated but de- finite evidence is not forthcoming and they have since declared their loyalty to the Government.

The Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon, said that the work of coordinating the various efforts which were being made to effect their relanse $148 now been ontrusted to the head of the Provincini Government Police nt❤

Mukden.

Hitherto a series of independent efforts had been made to negotiate with the bandit gang holding them prisoners, but since May 1, the Chief of the Mukden Police had been given full responsibility,

BLOODLESS REVOLUTION

MYSTERY SHOOTING · IN PEKING

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OLD MAN DIES OF HIS WOUNDS

Peking. May 9.

CALLS OFF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

FOR A MONTH

URGES POLITICAL SETTLEMENT

Poona, May 8.

The Mahatma Gandhi, who commenced his fast at noon to-day in accordance The wounds received by Chang with his declared intention, who was shot in his room at the Gaol at five o'clock this Shih-heng. an elderly Chinese. was released from Yeravda

Wagons Lit Hotel on May. 7, byla young unidentified Chinese, have afternoon, proved fatal, the victim dying last Time. night in the hospital.

The whole incident is surround-i el la mystéry. According to a statement made by the victim, he was "strack by an electric cur-

to The conspiratoris intended provoke a bloodless revolution with the object of driving out the pre sent Ministers and sending them across the frontier. They planned

ther there will be a crisis or compromise.

Captain Anthony Eden, the prin- was cipal British delegate, who supported by practically every speaker except the fallan, urged The scheme has been projected Donald has stated in the House of it standardisation was

Meanwhile, Mr Hamsay Macan Immediate vote, declaring that fur game considerable time past. Commons that be has never con- cepted, it would be useless to con but when finally an agreement was

sidered whether he should or tinue the discussion. renched during Inst year, the Ishould not return to the Disarmin-

The firmness of Captain Eden Chancellor of the Exchequer iment Conference. The

Monarchs-Reuter....... Press clearly disconcerted the German stepped in and prohibited the sale, statements that the matter had delegates. The Government were at that lime urtanging for the transfer en discussed by the Cabinet

of the December Instalment of the war debt to Amerien and all other transactions involving transfers of money were prohibited.--Bruter.

were pure invention and without foundation.

not

COMPROMISE PLAN

ACTIVELY ENGAGED.

He understood that the Police Chief was now actively engaged on the task, although he (Sir John Simon) had not received any posi- tive information.

I After a conference in the after- He was, however, in a position The question which is imperil noon between Captain Eden, Mr. to say that there was no truth in ling the British Plan is whether Wilson (America), Signor Soragni the report that one of the prisoners the armies of Europe should he (taty), Mr. Arthur Henderson had been killed in the course of jstandardised on an eight-months' suggested a compromise whereby, a fight between the captor gang militin basis as recommended, or the general lines of the British and another, band of brigands. DEBT DEFAULTS TO whether the Reichswehr, the Ger-Plan could he discussed without Revter.

man Army, should continue on its jentering into the amendments, AMERICA

This is intended to satisfy the Present basis.

(German desire to discuss the

whole plan before voting.

MACHINERY IN NEW BILL

(Special to "Telegraph")

Telegraph, Copyright.

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Telegraphle Mramore Ordinance, 1071. Recaired May 9, 1.48 2.09.)

Washington, May 8.

The Senate has passed the Bill regulating the sale of securities

BRITISH PRESSURE.

GERMAN ATTITUDE.

The argument on this issue led to-day to a serious deadlock over procedure. The delegations have The German delegates argue agreed to ask their governments that they cannot be expected to for instructions on this issue, and make concessions with regard to upon the result will depend whe-the Iteichswehr unless they know what the Powers are prepared to do with regard' to disarmament.

CONTROL OF CABARETS and German equality.

It is realised that a vote in the general discussion which would place the German delegation.in

drawal from the Conference.- Renter.

rent."

to substitute a Right Wing Ministry He was shot by a young Chinese, for the Socialist regime.

who after firing twice excoped in It is more than likely that then waiting car. movement would have developed in-

Police searched Chung's room to an attempt to restore the after the incident and discovered

ATLANTIC AGAIN

CONQUERED

POLISH AIRMAN'S

FINE FLIGHT

Rio de Janeiro, May 8.

papers showing a connexion with Manchukdo.-Reuter.

British Summer

Gandhi Was driven from the rnol to the bunga- low of Lady Vitta1 Dax Thackersey, where he will probably stay during the period of the fast.

Shortly before his release, Ma- jor Doyle, the In- spector Genera! of Prisons, and Major Martin, the Superintendent

"BODYLINE" BOWLING of Yeravda Gaol, entered the pri

New Rule Confirmed

by V.C.A.

Melbourne, May 8.

son.

A few minutes inter Gandhi was led out accompanied by Mrs." Sarojinji Näidu,

GOVERNMENT STATEMENT.

C.E.R. SALE ing the South Atlantic, has bean tion to-day carried a motten con- on May i declaring that he was

PROTEST

REPRESENTATIONS TO MOSCOW

Nanking, May 9. The official Nanking organ, the Central Daily News states that the

to the public nu nuntiet Police Regulations Now minority might cause their with Foreign Omice has called to Mr.

amendment establishing machinery

for negotiating for the resumption

of the payment on or the conver-

slon of defaulted foreign bonds

held by Americans.--Reuter

T. V. SOONG AT WHITE HOUSE

DISCUSSIONS WITH PRES. ROOSEVELT

London, May 8. The "spot" price of silver here advanced three-eighths to-day to 10% while forward rose Ave-six- teenths, to 19%.

Await Approval

Recommendations for the con- trol of the number and business of local cabarets wore, it is under- atood, forwarded in their complet- ed form a fortnight ngo by the Police Department to the Colonial Secretariat for opproval.

LESS WORKLESS

MARKED DECREASE IN APRIL

Yon, Chinese Ambassador

to Moscow, instructing kim to make. representations to Moscow that the sale of the Chinese. Eastern

without Railway Is Impossible Chinese approval.

It is understood that Mr. Lo |Wen-kan, the Foreign Minlater, vs also verbally drawing the attention of the Boriety Ambassador, M. Bogomolov, to the matter.-Reuter.

SUDDEN DEATH

OLD, PORTUGUESE RESIDENT PASSES AWAY,

The next step, it is belleved.

London, May 8. will be their consideration by

A reduction of 78,500, in the the Governor-in-Council before they will pass out in the form of number of persons unemployed in England as compared with the Regulations under the Ordinance March figures is disclosed in the for the Regulation of Places of return for the past month. Public Entertainment.

The total unemployed comprised 2,070,814 wholly unemployed; Eight frosh cases of smallpox and

517,418 temporarily stopped;

An old Portugueso resident, Mr. sleven deaths from the disease were 99,402 normally in cosunt employ- Plomuido Anacloto dos Remedios, The London on New York cross notified to the Medical Officer of

last night died suddenly while on Health during the week ended May 0. rat at 3 p.m. 'to-day wan

The total on April 24' included a visit to a friend in Nathan Road, There were four cases of diphtheria, 083.98%, compared with G84.00 three of. typhoid fever end eight of 2,109,128 men, 68,868 boys; 406,700 Kowloon The deceased was 77 at noon on Baturday. Our Quumeningitier Eighty-four-deaths from women and 63,948. girls-British years of $89, and death was due to

Wireless.

{heart failure.

Correspondent.

‚tubarcolosis wero reported.

ment.

It is now revealed that Gandhỉ Mr. J. A. Molison's fent of fly- The Victorian Cricket Associa- cabled to the Government of India

emulated by the Polish airman,firming the new law empowering undertaking the fast for renson Skurzynski, who has flown the umpires to prohibit bodyline bowl wholly unconnected with the Gov- ocean from St. Louis, Senegal in ing.

ernment and solely connected with 17 hours.

The new law has been formulate the Untouchability movement.

of A Government communique He passed over Port Natal ated by the Australian Board 4.40 p.m. to-day, and is heading Control, who have submitted it to states: "In view of the nature the M.C.C. with a request that it be and the objects of the fast Mr. for Rio de Janeiro-Reuter.

adopted by the English ruling body. Gandhi is undertaking and the The suggested ruling provides attitude of mind which it discloses, that the umpire may determine the Government has decided that whether a bowler is delivering halls he should be released." which are dangerous to the bata- man, and that he can, if the bow- ler persists in bowling in such a bowling manner, stop him from AUDIENCE WITH HIS again during the innings-Reuter.

PRIME MINISTER AT PALACE

MAJESTY

London, May 8.

The Prime Ministor (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald) visited Buc- kingham Palace this afternoon and had audience of the King. This le first time the Prime Minister has seon the King since, his return from Washington.-. British Wireless.

TARIFF TRUCE PROPOSAL

BELGIUM DECLARES

APPROVAL

GANDHI'S APPEAL

The Mahatma Gandhi has now Appealed to the Government to re- lease all political prisoners and to withdraw the Ordinances,

He adds that if he survives the ordeal of the fast, he will fake vị the threads where they were inter- rupted on his return from · Eng- land.

Gandhi has shown his good intentions by announcing the aupension of the civil disobedi÷ ence movement for & month.

HOPES FOR AGREEMENT,, In bis public statement on this mattor, he says: "I'am certain that civil disobedience cannot be pn-withdrawn finally while so many

realstore are still in prison.

(Special to "Telegraph")

(Dp Telegraph, copyright. Telegraphio FINE GENERALLÝ

Rossied HAN Hemges Ordinanes, 1881. * 147 pm)

'Washington, May 9. The Royal Observatory reports

The Stato Department that pressure is now highest to the west of Shantung, and re-nounces, the feceipt of a message

"I shall not derive any advan- latively low over Bouth Manchuria from the Belgian Government de-

claring Beiglum's unqualified tage from my release if during my and Tongking.

Local forecast: South or variable agreement with the tariff truce fast no productive agreement is

-(Continued-ow-Page-by- proposed by America,Renter

winds, moderato; fiae generaliy.

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