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# LAZTANG TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1933. 日八十月十

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NO THREATS IN BRITISH REPLY TO DE VALERA

Mr. de Valera.

BEACH DISCOVERY

ARMLESS, HEADLESS

BODY FOUND

BELIEVED TO BE

PROF. FLETCHER

The remains of a body be lieved to be that of Professor W. J. B. Fletcher, who dis- appeared from his home on November 10, was found by the police yesterday lying on the beach at So Kun Wat. near Castle Peak.

The body had apparently been washed up by the sea.

Except for articles of clothing, identification would be next to im possible-Both head and arms

were

missing, but Professor Fletcher, when he disappeared, leaving a letter 'threatening sul- elde, was wearing white canvas shoes with crepe solca. One of the shoes on the body wna of this description,

Right to Secede Likely to Be Admitted,

FORFEIT EMPIRE

ADVANTAGES

POSITION OF ULSTER IN

FOREFRONT

AN ALL-IRELAND REPUBLIC?

London, Dec. 5.

Britain's Note in reply to Mr. de Valera was drafted to-night by a sub-committee of the Cabinot, including Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, Mr.

With Warning

RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE

VATICAN AND M. LITVINOFF

AMERICAN P.M.G. PLAYS PART

Rome, Dec. 4. Interest in M. Litvinoff for the time being is centred on the Vati can's overtures for obtaining ro- ligious freedom in Soviet Russin. While M. Litvinoff was spending

UNEMPLOYMENT

LESS

Marked Improvement. Continues

· London, Dec. 4. Unemployment figures fell in November to 2,280,000, which is 18,736 less than the numbers on, October 23rd and 519,000. less than a year ago. Reuter.

CUSTOMS

Angland enjoys its first snowfall of the year. It was particularly heavy the day in the country, diplomatic TAKEN OVER

yesterday in Dayon and Wales,

1. H. Thomas, Sir John Simon, and Baron JACOB FACTOR TO

Hailsham.

The British attitude is that it desires friendly relations with the Irish Free State, but the Free State, if it secedes from the Empire, must naturally forfeit the advan- tages of association with the Common- wealth.

There is no disposition in British quarters to indulge in threats. The All-Ireland Republic, believed to be contemplated by Mr. de Valora, is regarded at Westminster to be impracticable.

BE EXTRADITED

TWO-YEAR LEGAL

BATTLE OVER

BROAD ST. PRESS PROSECUTION

Washington, Dec. 4.

The extradition to Eng-

land of Jacob Factor, the Chicago financier, who was recently kidnapped and re- leased on payment of ran-.

Addressing the Dublin Chamber of Commerce to day, the Irish Free State Minister of Finance, Mr Mcintee, said it was the earnest desire of the Free State Government that the relations between the peoples of Ireland and Great Britain who had a community of in-tom, and who is wanted in connexion with charges of terests should be amicable and cordial.

alleged share-pushing frauds on British investors has been approved.'

The Irish political situation caused a sharp drop on the London Stock Exchange to-day in Guinness's shares, which fell from 103/- to 98/6.

FULL TERMS EXPECTED TO-DAY

ROYAL VISIT TO

ENGLAND

KING AND QUEEN

DENMARK

activity in Romo was continued by Mr. Farley, the United States Postmaster-General, who accom panted M. Litvinoff from the United States aboard the Conte de Surgia,

Mr. Farley first saw the Papal Secretary of State and then Hin OF Holiness the Pope.

It is understood that he will see Signor Mussolini to-morrow.

The King and Queen of Den- mark wil leave Copenhagen on Saturday for about one week's private visit to London.--British Wireless.

VIENNA SENSATION

CHIEF OF NAZIS ARRESTED

TO BE TRIED FOR HIGH TREASON -

Vienna, Dec. 4.

FUKIEN REGIME

IN CONTROL

BIG MEETING IN FOOCHOW

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.......

Foochow, Deo. 5. Mr. Farley is one of the leading! Catholics In the United States and

To give assurance to the com- the main purpose of his visit to mercial community, the Fukien Rome is to explain to the Vatican Revolutionary Government has the nature of the agreement be-Invited ton members of the Amoy Lween the United States and Chamber of Commerce, and three Soviet Russia, with special remembers each from the Chambers ference to the religious freedom of Commerce at Chuonghow promised for Americans. In Soviet | Changchow and Lungyen, leading Russia.

Fukien towns, to visit Foochow

It is supposed that he will and attend a meeting with the become the intermediary e-government leaders to-morrow, tween the Vatican, the Italian) At this gathering the govern- Government and M, Litvinoff in ment will explain. Its policy and. the matter of the effort to obthe reasons for the recont pledges

religious

and tolerance in supporting the labourers Russla.

farmers.

It is expected that the loadors. will emphatically deny Communist deliberato On-

Lain

SOVIET'S GAIN,

If the Vatican can

.or indirectly association persuado Russia to extend ro-couragement of the labour union A sensation has been glous freedom to all nations and movement.

all denominations, the recognition The now government has taken The charges against Factor caused by the issue of a war-by the Vatican-of-the Soviet Goy-over the maritime customs control. In England involve at least

rant for the arrest of Herr crament will follow. This will at Foochow and Amoy. Receipts £1,000,000. Extradition was approved by the Frauenfeld, the chief of the notably strengthen the position of from November 18 will, bo ad- Soviet relations with. Catholic ministered by the now government Supreme Court of the United Austrian Nazi Party.

countries, especially with Poland.jand the latter expects a customs States to-day, thus concluding, a

It is learned that he has been

surplus of about $425,000 a month to whether the duties now imposed two-year legal battle waged bel

MEETING AGAIN.

from these customs in Fukion, No on products from the Irish Free tween the British Government and taken into custody and that he is State entering Britain, are suf-Jacob Factor's legal advisers. likely to appear on trial on It

Signor Mussolini meets M. Lit-change of personnel has been Actent to make good the loss Jacob Factor was born, accord-charge of high treason.

vinoff again this evening at

an made. "There was also a jacket, floating

suffered by the British taxpayering to

The step is believed to have official dinner to be given at the in the water near the remains,

by reason of the default of the American legal proceedings, of been prompted by the discovery Soviet Embassy. Their conversa Irish Free State on the land an-Polish parents at Hull, England, earlier to-day of a man who was tions are then likely to be resum also answering to the description

The Irish Noto asked for a state-nuities, Mr. Thomas said that up but according to Americans who distributing pamphlota signed by ed in the light of developments of that worn by the missing man,

A revolver holster was strapped ment regarding the British Govern- to April 1st, 1933, the total de professed to know his early career, Frauenfeld, which, it is alleged, since they last mét,

a small ment's attitude towards the default amounted to $4,774,000. the body und quantity of ammunition was also claration of an Irish Repubile. found.

to

JACKET AND HOLSTER.

It is understood that the Cabinet as a whole approved the reply to the note recently received by the Secretary for Dominions, Mr. J. H. Thomas from Mr. De Valera, Pre- aldent of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State.

LORDS AND ULSTER. -

The full terms of the reply will No positive identification has be disclosed in both Houses of been made. It is understood that Parliament to-day. Professor Fletcher's son is visiting the Kowloon Mortuary to-day to assist the police In Identification. although It Is felt practically certain that the remains are those of the missing man.

The Commons' statement will be made in reply to a question and in the Lords, the subject will be raised by Lord Danesfort, who will Later. ask whether, In view of Mr. De There is little further doubt na Valera's recent demand that the Government should ac- to the identity of the body. Mr. British W. J. C. Fletcher, son of Professor quiesce in a declaration by the Fletcher, identified the clothing Free State of Republic, the Government will undertake that this morning.

they will not tolerate any inter- ference with the status of the Irish Loyalista.

GERMAN LOAN CONVERSION

FROM DOLLARS INTO REICHSMARKS

Berlin, Dec. 5.

The conversion of German dollar loans Into Reichsmark loans, involving longés to Ger- man Investors and speculators estimated at least 300,000,000 marks la proposed by the Gold Discount Bank, In conjunction with about a dozen big industrial firma.

Over a milliard marks in loans are affected.

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It is proposed to pay fonnigs par dollar and to reduce the interest ratus from alx per"] cunt. to four and a half, and Heven per cent, to five per cent.- Renter.

There will be a dinner danes at Repulse Bay Hotel on Saturday, 9th inst, and a tea dance on Sunday, 10th inst, at 4.80 p.m.

2

For the period April 1st November 30th, 1933, a sum £2,579,000 was still owing.

to

of

The total amount collected

statement he made in the

at St. Louis, Missouri.In any contained an incitement to the case he always said he had never people of Austria to overthrow the been to school.

Dollfuss Government.

PROPERTY PROFITS, When working as a barber in

The distributor was arrested and that of Herr Frauenfeld followed a few hours later. Reuter.

in duties from imports from the Chicago he began to deal in pro- Irish Free State up to April 1st, perty and, accumulating some was £2,518,000. From that date money, bought and sold innd dur- NEW to November 25th. £3,054,000 huge profits..

Ing a boom in Florida, making

had been collected in duties.

AUSTRALIAN

ISSUE

It is also rumoured that Signor Mussolini has seen the German' Ambassador, but s this is so, the inceting took place under conditions of the closest secrecy.

ECONOMIC ISSUES.

RICKSHA RUSH

SERIOUS-ACCIDENT AVERTED

The rush of ricksha-pullers for fares after the 9.30 p.m. perform- ance at the Central Theatra al- most resulted in a serious accident last night. A European passenger Signor

noted travelling in a ricksha had to Engely, the journalist, writing in Lavoro dodge his head to narrowly miss Fascista, boldly suggests that the being struck by the slats In 1924, he went to Europe und

of Soviet will voluntarily curtall another vehicle which had been for some years was engaged in Replying to a supplementary big financial transactions In Enge

part of her timber exports to Italy turned sharply round by the FOR REFUNDING OF thus enabling Italy to buy more puller. There were between 40 question, Mr. Thomas explained in land, while living on a luxurious

wood from Austria and strengthon- and 60 rickshas blocking the road- regard to the outstanding de-enje in London and winning and

LOANS

ing the economic ficiency of about £2,000,000 that losing large sums at Continentai

ties between way and there was hopeless con-. London, Dec. 4.

| Austria and Italy.

fusion.... the British Government did not casinos."

In 1925, a man named Harry impose Import duties for many

It is pointed out that Italy in As an exceptional measure, the the first eight months of 1988 ex-Ng Muk, 47, was brought before,

The puller of one

vehicle, months after the default first Geen hecame Factor's secretary Chancellor of the Exchequer

million arose hoping and believing that and, according to him,

roubles Mr. Balfour at the Central Police Factor agreed to an immediato Cominon ported loven DUTY RETURNS,

the Irish Free State would meat was so illiterate that he could wealth of Australin issue for the worth of goods to the Soviet while Court this morning when he was their obligations-Reuter and read no handwriting and little purpose of refunding certain Aus importing fifteen million roubles cautioned on a charge of reckless- Questioned in the Commons as British Wireless,

that was printed.

tralian loans bearing interest at

worth of Soviet goods. Italy is, Among the concerns of which the rates of 64% and 6%, therefore, anxious to redress the eas and fined $2 for obstruction. Factor had control was the Broad British Wireless, Street Press which was chiefly

EGYPTIAN GOVT.'S engaged, In-selling shares,

The King and Queen of Denmark, who are paying a private visit to London. They are to stay for a week, and will 'probably be the guests of the King and Quein at a private dinner party at Buckingham

·Palace.

LONDON PROSECUTION,

has

TREASURY BOND

· PURCHASES

AMERICAN MARKET

SUPPORT

balance,

NEW POLICY.

Signor Engely further suggests that the Italo Russian Pact of Friendship and Non-Aggression might be the beginning of a now European policy, whereby the countries of Europe would be bound together by similar bilateral agreements, instead of the multila- teral agreements provided by the League of Nations.-Reuter, - *

COTTON

SALE BY AUCTION AUTHORISED

London, Dec. 4. The Egyptian Government has FAITH TRADITION.

authorised the National Bank of "Millions of faithful," save the Egypt to dispose of the Govern- Catholic pspor Aventre d'Italia, mont stock of cotton by auction, "pray to Heaven, that these rela-according to a Cairo message

A prosecution was begun against the heads of the concern, but it was found that Factor and Geen had, left for Chiengo, *** The British Government applied for their extradition on charges of obtaining

£1,000,000 over

by

Washington, Dec. 4. practically worthless Mr. Morgenthau announces that, ataros

application was Treasury purchases to support the bra:d,

the Un

Anglo-American market In Government bonda Inst agreement for "reciprocal extrad! week amounted to 32,545,000, ne compared with $0.748,000 in the tion of criminala.”

Faetor fought the case from previous week-Reuter, court to court. in Illinoin on the ground that the offence with which he was charged was no offence in that Stato.. Gean, however, re- Wong Wo, a butcher, died at the stupidly destroyed by the Soviet enough to be convinced that the turned voluntarily to England to Government Civil Hospital this regime, and that the Christian doc eternal forces of all progress and stand his trial. On charges in-morning as a result of being gored trine bo again given the right to real civilization are not brought vniving £14,000 in which he was by a bullock which he attempted to assort itself in Russia,

to Rome, but that Roma. Is the alleged to have been personally slaughter at the Abattoir at Kon-Russia the former faith tradition, are originating."Havas.

"Rome alone can wake up in source from which these fordes (Continued on Page 7.)

nedy Town yesterday.

FATALLY GORED

tions with the countries' of world civilization may have a salutary Reuter. effect on the awakening of all moral and religious patrimony. so

M. Litvinoff knows history well.