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BRITISH WAR DEBT DEFAULT NOW PROBABLE

CABINET MEETING

AT 11 P.M.

CONVERSATIONS STILL GOING ON

New York, June 13.

COMPLETE DEFAULT of the British debt instalment to the United States is now considered probable, unless last night's Cabinet meeting reached a fresh decision, according to what is described as an authoritative statement made in United Statès quarters in London, quoted in an Associated Press copyright despatch published here.-Reuter.

CONGRESS HANGS ON

REFUSES TO TAKE HINTS

London, June 13.

Another hurried meeting of the British Cabinet as-

sembled at No. 10, Downing

Street at eleven o'clock last night to discuss the war debts situation.

WHEN THE SINO-JAPANESE ARMISTICE WAS ARRANGED-Photo shows the delegates at the truce negotiations. The principal representatives are standing at opposite ends of the table.

Another despatch was received,NIKEN

it is believed, from Sir Ronald

NO ADJOURNMENT Lindsay, outlining the progress af

conversations in Washington.

YET

No decision was reached by the Cabinet, It is understood that the conversations in Washington are'

(Spacial to "Telagraph") (By Telegraph, Copyright. Telegraphia still continuing. -Messages Ordinameur fra, ......Brostyud June | 23. 10,30, mam)

Washington, June 12.

CONFLICTING REPORTS. Meanwhile, reports from

the United States regarding the Intest position are very conflicting.

The House of Representatives has adjourned but only until noon to-morrow, thus blocking the pos-

A Washington report states that sibility of ending the present

following a close study of the session of Congress to-night 1133

legality of accepting part payment President Roosevelt had desired.

on the instalments due on June 15, President Roosevelt informed

it in belleved that President the leaders of Congress lust weck, Roosevelt is rendy lo take what- that in order to secure the ad ever he can get without prejudice Journment of Congress last week to the legal rights of the United he would not seek authority to States,

negotiate tariff pacts.

de-

At the same time, the New York Congress appears to be liberately refusing to adjourn newspapers quote a high French suspecting it would seem, that authority in London as saying that-

has refused President Roosevelt has, ulterior Washington motives in desiring to bring the British offer of a ten per cent. session to an end-Beuter.

payment on the debt instalment.

FRENCH ATTITUDE..

the

MRS. LANDAU OUT There is reason to believe that

OF HOSPITAL

France does not intend to make any effort to meet the war debt instalment due on June 15, or to pay off any of the arrears on the December instalment.

Case Against Mr. Bailey Two reasons are advanced for

to Begin on Monday

ments.

MATTERN HEADS FOR ALASKA

of

HOPES FOR RECORD GONE Moscow, June 13. Mattern's

hopes shattering the round-the- world air record have dis- appeared, but he has decid- ed to go on with his journey. He took off from Habarovsk at 10.15 p.m. last night (local time) for Alaska. Reuter,

NEW SPANISH CABINET

SENOR AZANA

PREMIER

HIS RIGHT HAND SUPPORTERS

Telegraphic

(Special to "Telegraph")

(By Felegraph. Copyright, this

stated reges Ordinater. 1894. is attitude. It

Received June that the Fronch Government hold, 18.10 a.m.) the belief that Washington would

Madrid, June 12, Hearing in the case against Mr. prefer to be presented with de-

Spain's new cabinet has been ngree-formed following the resigna- H. P. Bailey of the General Elec-fault than to be asked, at this mo- tric Company, charged with ment, to revise the debt

President Roosevelt, it is tion of the previous Government driving a motor car dangerously said, does not wish to test the owing to President Zamora's falling to stop and falling to report strength of the opposition to re refusal to accept a proposal to an accident, has been fixed for 2.30

vision at this stage, and would re-constitute the cabinet without p.m. on Monday next,

Inspector C. F. Alexander in- refer to face Congress with consulting other groups. Police Court this mornig that Mre. with "I have agreed to reduce formed his Worship at the Central "They won't pay!" rather Landau, the victim of the accident, payment to so much."--Reuter. was discharged from Hospital yes terday evening.

Mr. D. B. Evans and Mr. H. A. de

than

The defendant is represented by JACKIE BROWN RETAINS

HIS TITLE

B. Botelho is watching the case on behalf of Mrs. Landņu.

CHEAPER TAXI SERVICE Flyweight Championship

RUMOUR::

of the World

No Confirmation From Hotel Company

1-

London, June 12, Jackie Brown, the British boxer, is still flyweight champion of the world.

-BANTAM CHAMPION.

WORLD ECONOMIC CONFERENCE

WORK BEHIND THE SCENES

TWO COMMISSIONS FORMED

(SPECIAL TO “TELEGRAPH"). (By Telegrapli. Copyright, Telegraphie Messages Ordinance, 1894. Received, June 13, 8.30 a.m.)

"LEG-THEORY" BOWLING

UPHELD

M.C.C. REPLY TO AUSTRALIA

READY TO DISCUSS ISSUES

BARRACKING BANE

London, June 13.

the leg theory bow!

co troversy has passed into

HAIL HAVOC

IN TAIYUANFU

HAILSTONES AS BIG AS EGGS

CLOUDBURST ADDS TO. DAMAGE

(Special to "Telegraph")

(Bu Telegraph Coveright. Teiegraphis

Received" "June.

a new stage as the result of Messer Ordinans, 1657.

a long discussion by the

Committee of the Maryle-

bone Cricket Club.

13, 11:46 am)

Peking, June 18: Hailstones as big as chic ken's eggs thundered down Thit type of bowling i owupon Taiyuan during the week-end, causing enormous

Boven-

finitely upheld h Acc.0 which has addressed a hundred word cable in reply to the damage. Australian Board of Central".

| protesta zainst ""body-line"-bowl [ing

The MC.C. state the tern: "body-line appears to imply direct attack by the bowler upon

The hailstorm was followed by an almost equally sovere

rain- storm, simply swamping the en- tire district, and causing floods in

the batsman and that such Im the city's suburbs, in which many plication, applied to any English people are reported to have been bowling in Australia, is improper drowned. and incorrect.

Such action by any bowler would be an offence against the spirit of the game and would be immediate- ly condemned

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QUITE LEGITIMATE. The practise of bowling on the log stump, with a field placed on the leg aide is quite legitimate and has been in force for many years, The new law recommended by the Australian Board of Control is considered impracticable as it would place an impossible task upon umpires.

WATCHING THIS SEASON.

The hillstorm, with huge stones, poured down without a moment intermission for forty-five minutes, and during this time, much pre- perty was destroyed, and most or tha frult and other crops wore completely ruined..

The.terrifically heavy rains must have brought down at least twenty inches in the space of a few hours.: The drainage system were hope fessly inadequate to cope with the cloudburst and minny houses were inundated and wrecked-Reuter. UNUSUAL PEKING WEATHER, Peking, June 13. North China is experiencing the

LONDON, JUNE 12. WORK UPON THE BAFFLING PROBLEMS CONFRONTING THE WORLD ECONOMIC CONFERENCE HAS ALREADY COMMENCED BE have had no reason to give special wettest Summer ever remembered.

The Committee of the M.C.C.

HIND THE SCENES, ALTHOUGH THE NEXT FEW attention to the leg theory as prae- At a time when Peking is usual-. DAYS WILL BE SPENT IN PLENARY SESSION;tised by fast bowlers, but they ly suffering from blistering heal, are prepared to watch carefully summer clothes are conspicuous by DURING WHICH SPEECHES WILL BE MADE BY during the present season for their absence. THE LEADERS OF THE SIXTY SEVEN DELE. anything which might be regarded The night temperaturo is wall as unfair or prejudicial to the below 30 Fahrenheit, while the GATES.

best interests of the game.

maximum during the day is about sixty degrees--Reutér, BARRACKING complaint. * M.C.C. team in Australia, the Com- NEW WORK AT KAI

TAK AIRPORT

The Conference, as a whole, is impressed with the seriousness of the tasks before it. It is generally felt that upon its success depends the ordered progress of the world in the years to come.

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In some quarters, a feeling of pessimism seems to prevail, although, in an interview with Reuter, Mr. Soong said he was of opinion that it was too early to express either optimism or pessimism. He stressed that if the Conference failed it would mean the rapid growth of economic nationalism.

M. LITVINOFF'S PESSIMISM

These Commissions will pro

is again Prime Minister and Minis- Senor Azana, the late Premier.

¡ter for War,' whilst Senor De los Mr. Soong expressed his satis, quotas, exchange restrictions and

Rios is Foreign Minister and Senor faction at the composition of the so on. Venuales Minister for Finance. Bureau of the Conference, com- President Zamora was recently prising representatives of sixteen the central figure In the political nations under the chairmanship embroglio, when after much hesita- of Mr. Ramsay MacDonald. tion, he signed a Bill for the con- fiscation of all church property.representative body possible.

He said it seemed to be the most Reuter.

SIR ROBERT HO TUNG IN LONDON

Attends Banquet With Mr. Soong

(Our Own Correspondent).

t

(By Talkeraph," Copyright,

M. LITVINOFF, CYNIC. M. Litvinoff, the Soviet Foreign

Commissar, and the principal Rus-

sian delegate to the Conference, foreshadowed that he would make

some concrete proposals in the early stages of the Conference,

He was not, In any way; - In-

folined to be optimistic, however.

Ho preferred to wait before pro- nouncing any sort of judgmont fi view of the fact that many recent

International::conferences, which opened with equally sincero ex- pressions of 'goodwill, - endod Router, negatively, even disastrously...

bably meet at convenient times to formulate their programme of work, but it is not expected that they will begin serious operations until Friday, If the general diy. cussion has finished by then.

DR. YEN ON BUREAU.

Dr. W. W..Yon la representing

(Continued on Page 11.)

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NEW TERRITORIES PRODUCE

MARKETING SCHEME SUGGESTED

During the last tour of the

mittee adds, ", the barracking"of players. became thoroughly objec- tionable and unless this is stopped or greatly moderated in Australia, tinuance of the representative matches can serve the terests of the game.

it is. dificult to see how the con-

beat in-

The Committee concludes by in- viting the Australian Board of Control to send representatives of Australian cricket to a conference on these matters-Router.

WOMAN FLYER

MISSING

WHILST ON BUDAPEST- CROYDON FLIGHT

London, June 12.

Mrs. Bonny, a prominent avia trix, who was expected to arrive at Croydon aerodrome to-night: from Budapest, is reported to be mlesing.

No nows of her has been re- colved since she left the Hungarian capital on a fight to England, and grave fears are entertained for her safety-Reuter.

FAIR TO SHOWERY---

FIVE LAKHS TO BE SPENT THIS YEAR

At a meeting of the Legislative Council to be hold on Thursday, the Colonial Secretary will move

(a) That this Council approves the construction of a Civil Hangar. and Slipway at the Kal Tak Aero- drome and the raising and, regrad- ing of the western area of the Air Pórt at an estimated cost of $800,000.

(b) That this Council authorisca. the said sum of $800,000 to be charged to a future loan and

sanctions an advance of a sum of $520,000 to be spent during the financial year 1933 from the aur- plus balances of the Colony,

THE SHING MUN SCHEME

FURTHER SMALL SUMS TO BE SPENT

To-night at Olympia ho defond- There appears to be no grounded his title in na fifteen rounds for the rumour being persistently fight with Valentin Angelmann of clreulated In the City that follow. France and bont his opponent on

At the Legislative Council meet Ing their relinquishment of the points after the match had gone

|ing-on-Thursday the... Colonial main bus services on the Island, the full distance.—Router,

At the Legislative Council on

Treasurer will move that the Coun♣ the Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels,

The Royal Observatory reports ell authorizes the expenditure of d Mesospes Ordinance, - 1881. - Received J

Telegraphia

Thursday, the Hon. Mr. Jose Pedro Ltd., have in contemplation n

Braga will ask the following ques Pacifice to the north-east of the spect of the year 1982 on works that pressure is highest in the further sum of $10 beren in me £7, 9.40 a.m.) Olympla also saw Johnny King,

tlon:- scheme for providing the Colony

British Bantamweight champion Sir Robert Ho Tung accom

London, June 13,

TWO COMMISSIONS. with cheap taxl transportation.

Will the Government appoint a

Donink, and relative low, over connected with the Shingve Mun'i Inquiries from official sources, win the British Empire title and

China generally TakeMe London, June 12 amall Committes to consider and

Sayadij Valley: Water & Supply ::Bohime Including the Hond Office of the the Empire Lonsdale bolt when he panied Mr. T, V. Soong, Mr. Quo

Following the plenary meeting submit recommendations on waya Local, forecast:--South or yarısı (Böcond Section) Gorgo Dam) Aud Company In Exchange Building, bent Bobby Leltham, Canadian Tal-chi and Dr. W. W. Yen to a failed this morning to secure con- title holder on points in a Ofteen British Government banquet hold of the Conference, the Bureau and means for marketing New ablo winds, moderates fair to the further expenditure & during

61098, 011887,041:09 un the Shink? Jast night..

comprising alxtoon representative Territorids produce in Hongkong firmation of the report. Omcials round contest,--

Len Harvoy won the British light MacDonald, presided

The Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsay nations,, hold a private mosting at and at Kowloon, Including suclmistammes Mun Valley Scheme Second Bed- of the Company declared they had

over the which it was decided to establish questions, as" (a) transport, facill-KOK PANTY

Chan Fat, fok of a carey boat tion Preliminary Works) which no knowledge of such an under heavyweight championship and gathering, at which the leading two Commissions, the first to study ties, (b) receiving depots, (a) is inatospital with rush foot sume shall be met from a future faking, and that it was also a Lonsdale Belt when he outpointed members of the Economic Con- the monetary problems before the distribution, (d) vendere loences suffered through: baing caught In lown, and shall meanwhile be charg rumour as far as they were con- Eddie Phillips in a fifteen round ference, delegations were also Conference and the second, the (8) marketing, and (1) any kindred tween twn bouts while working cargo ed as 'un' advance from the surplus si

balances of the Colony, [scrap-Reuter.

aconomie prohlems, such as tariffs;i matters 1.5

cerned..

'present.

In the harbosar: yesterday.