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VILLAGE TRAGEDY.

YOUNG GIRL LEAPS

*INTO NULLAH

THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JULY

CONFERENCE BE AVERTED?

(Continued from Page 7.).

the girl's mother on the capital CAN BREAKDOWN OF charge, but a statement, waa Boon forthcoming from her which has |cast a different light on the case.

-The woman declares that the girl was-suffering from a violent form lot Insanity during which the About three weeks ago, Chan gravest fears were felt for her Yung-tai, 16-year-old daughter of safety. These fears proved to be a farmer in the Sheungshul dis-only too well founded, when after trict of the Now Territories, die being absent from her home. onc appeared from her home without night, a search the following morn- leaving any explanation that could ing led to her boing traced to a be accepted as satisfactory.

In- nullah.

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added, if the Conference, in advance of any serious effort to consider the problems for which It was called, were to allow itself to be diverted by quiries by interested neighbours Here her body was found in the

proposals of a purely artificial clicited evnaive replies from the waters of the nullah into which it and temporary nature, com- girl's mother, and finally the Police was evident she had thrown hor- prising an experiment to of the local district Station became self.

affect the monetary exchangé suspicious.

Frightened lest she should be

of a few nations only, During the weck-ond the held responsible for her daughter'a

Mr. Hull declared ho did not mystery was cleared up in a tragic death, the woman confessed that she rellal the thought that insistance and startling manner, when as the burled her secretly without Inform-on such a course of action should result of a search, the Police came ing anybody else of her intentions. be made the excuse for the con- upon a newly dug grave on the

The woman's allusion to her hillside and exhumed the remains daughter's abnormal mental continuance of the basic economie of the missing girl.

dition was supported by the state- errors underlying much of the The discovery was followed al-monts of neighbours, and she has world-wide depression. most immediately by the arrest of laince been released.

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The American spokesman des- cribed the attempt to achieve what would be à temporary and prob- ably artificial stability of foreign. exchange on the part of a fow countries only. as a specious fallacy.

INTERNAL CONDITIONS.

BRITISH DEMAND

URGE SETTLEMENT OF RAILWAY DISRUPTION

London, July 3.

4, 1933.

SOVIET APOLOGY

REPLY TO JAPAN'S SHARP PROTEST

Moscow, July 3. In reply to a question in the M. Sokolnikoff, acting. Foreign House of Commons to-day, Captain Commissar; to-day Informed Mr. Eden said he had no information Ota, the Japabeso Ambassador of the alleged coal. shortage in here, that the charge that three Shanghai, caused by the interrup, Japanese fishermen had been shot tion of railway traffic between and killed on the shore at Knm- Tientsin and Shanbalkunn, but in chatka on June 16, had been found view of the inconvenience and to be true. M. Sokolnikoff tender- harm to British interests causeded an apology on behalf of the by the interference with railway Soviet Government, which Mr. Ota services, the British Charge at once conveyed to Tokyo. d'Affaires at Tokyo had been in structed to represent informally to the Japanese Government the importance of an early resumption of railway traffic.

The apology, it is expected, will He added, that according to in-considerably relieve the tension formation received, a certain num- that has oxlated in Japanese ber of trains are now running political circles since, the murder daily from the mines.--Reuter, '

ivas first reported.

-Mr. Sokolnikoff gave the Japan- ese Ambassador his Government's assurance that steps were being taken to punish the Soviet citizens responsible for this crime.

On July 1, a report from Tokyo stated that the Seiyukal, largest political party in Japan, had de- manded that the Japanese Govern- ment make the strongest sort of representation to Moscow the Kamchatka shooting.

Landing Prevented.

over

Lunntung Pact

Peking, July 3. It is reported in reliable Chinese circles that an agreement has been reached between the Chinese and Japanese authorities whereby the The sound internal economie Japanese ngree to, withdraw the, Aystem of a nation was a greater Manchukio irregulars under the factor in its woll-being than the some distance from the Peking; sent to investigate at the sceno command of General Li Chi-chun,

A Japanese official who Was price of its currency, in the

Mukden Rallway, Only unarmed changing terms of currencies of Chinese guards will be allowed to of the outrage, and who was pro- other nations, declared Mr. Hull.travel on the trains when the rail-mised all co-operation on the part That was why reduced cost of way service to Shanhaikuan is re-vented from landing by the Ogpu. of the Soviet nuthorities, was pre Government, an adequate Govern-sumed. mont income and ability to meet Government debts, were all Во Both the Chinese and foreign important to the ultimate stability of any country.

"Let me be frank and say that the United States seeks the kind of dollar which, a generation hence, will have the same purchasing and debt-paying power as the dollar value we hope to obtain in the near future," Mr. Hull asserted.

The United States' brond purpose, Mr. Hull pointed out, was a permanent stabilisation of the currencies of all the nations.

Gold, or gold and sliver, may well continue to be the metallic reserve behind a cur- rency; but this, he added, was not the time to dissipate gold reserves.

communities

the arc watching lovelopments in the situation with interest. The foreigners want their summer holidays, while the Legations and their guards want to make their usual summer transfor to Peftniho.

Tho Chinese authoritica are an- xious for the rehabilitation of the recent war area-Router.

"YOU ARE PRRE”

STORY OF RELEASE OF ENGLISHMEN

Moscow, July 3, "When a majority of the nations two British engineers who were MacDonald and Thornton, the have produced balanced budgets released from a Soviet prison dur- and are living within their meanging the week-end, will leave Moscow we could properly discuss a better to-night for England via Berlin. distribution of the world's gold The first intimation the pri- and silver supplies us national soners had that they were to be currency reserves," Mr. Hull released was when the assistant Insisted.

police chief entered their room at He concluded by affirming that 11 p.m. and told them, "Pack your mitigation of existing trade em- kits." bargoes would offer a sounder course towards restoration of world commerce than the

tem- porary fixing of exchange.

He had wished to make inquiries in the village near which the fishermen were slain.

were

It was while they were ashore securing a supply of fresh water for their ship that the men were shot. Their companions compelled to leave them lying on the beach because of the hot fire directed against them from 'the village.

Later a party of Japanese blue- jackets landed and found the bul let-riddled bodies. Reuter,.

COTTON, WHEAT AND SILVER

LATEST, NEW YORK

QUOTATIONS

Mosars. Swan, Culbertson and Frita have recolved the following quota wheat and silver exchange for yoster- tions on the New York cotton and day.

1

Cotton,

Opening Closing

Range Range 10.00-10.38 10.25-10.28 10.70-10.74 10.01-10.02

10.04-10.80 10.77-10.78 10.00-10.99 10.85-10.86 11.13-11.10 10.86-10.96 11.33-11.35 11.16-11.16

July

The prisoners' were then escorted October to the courtyard where the prison December commander, representatives of the January

March Ogpu, and the British Charge May d'Affaires (Mr. Strang) awaited

Spot -them.-

10.04

Wheat

July September October are free," he December

Chicago Winnipeg

08 100%

103%

70%

B12

83

Silver

followed July

AT THE CROSSROADS. President Roosevelt's decisive "NO" to old nations' hopes;

At a table, under a tree, the brought the Conference to a cross-prison commander read the decree ronds of real progress or failure, of the Central Executive Commit-

A meeting of Central Banka tee, freeing them. which this morning heard

Mr. "Gentlemen, you Hull's statement, rose at 12.16 sald, smiling. p.m. and its members were gener-

Closed

;

Total sales for the day:-

2,200,000 ozes. (80 Contracts)

ally convinced that no further General handshaking reason exists for prolongation of and the released men motored to September the Conference. The gold nations the British Embassy where they December now more openly are canvassing were given a sumptuous meal. for adjournment, while the Bri- Both refused to talk about the tish delegation is making an effort | trial bat said they had been treated at conciliation,

courteously in prison. They did A suggestion that a resolution no work but had plenty of exercise. for adjournment may be placed Most of their time was spent in before the Bureau to-day or to reading books. They received let- morrow as yet hus found neitherters 10 days old. confirmation nor denial, though the feeling of the gold nationa seems summed up in the words of one of the gold country delegates: "I am afraid this means the end of the Conference."

President Roosevelt's Intesi Ironouncement having definitely removed the hope of American help on the stabilisation issue, it la felt the next move lles with Britain. Events are likely to move very rapidly and a definite lead from Britain is confidently expected, possibly within the next fow hours.

con.

It is noteworthy in this nexion that, prior to the gold na tions' meeting, a conference of the British and dominion delegates was called to consider, a joint policy.

GOLD NATIONS' REPLY.

Thorton and MacDonald will be met in Berlin by Mrs. Thornton, Mr. Allan Monkhouse (who also figured in the trial) and Mr. Cox, un offlelal of Metropolitan-Vickers Company-Reuter,

SHANGHAI ROBBERY,

JEWELLERY STOLEN FROM DIG STORE

Bhanghai, July 3. robbery in Nanking Road occurred A sensational jowollery store during the week-end at the pre- mises of the Siborian Jewellery.

Store,

The thieves made a clean get-, wayOur Own Correspondent.

Working, from the stairway at the back of the premises, the A declaration by the gold coun- thieves chisseled their way to the through a concrete wall tries, to be issued following, Mr. back of a large safe. "Hull's statement, is now awaiting

Using neotolyne blow-lamps the signature of Signor Jung of Italy and is most brief and to the they removed the back of the safe, point. It consists of two para a haul of diamonds, gold

gaining an entrance and making and graphs, the first arming that the platinum: goods, valued in the gold nations will now net indepen neighbourhood of $100,000. dently of Britain and the United States, and proceed upon a common policy conducted by their Central Banks; the second describing the machinery whereby the gold coun-Mr. Hull and Professor Moley last tries will co-operate.

American circles are amazed at night and cabled the substitute to President Roosevelt's statemont, Mr. Hull this morning, which they interpret ne extremely náționalistic and isolationist, nomé Americana oven criticising It on⠀⠀⠀ Aa a sequel to Mr. Hull's des the ground that it ill becomes the claration, the sub-Committee. United States to lecture other Commercial Policy decided to countries on balanced budgets journ on July 6, on a resolutio when the United States budget moved by the Swiss dolorata and

SUNDAY Roosevelt relected the American

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