1934-02-23 — Page 12

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LILY YUEN & GRACE LIN

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FINANCE FIELD

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY,

FEBRUARY 23, 1984;

KIDNAPPER HELD

TURKESTAN WAR

ATTACK ON BRITISH DOCTOR RECALLED

MOSLEM GOVERNMENT LOSES POWER

WORLD POSITION UNDER REVIEW

London, Feb. 22. The advent of the Doumergue Government renders highly im probable any early abandonment of the gold standard under panic pres- sure, says the monthly letter of the Robert Bonson Company,

tho

Shanghat, Feb, 22.

New Delhi, Feb. 22. There has been a striking and A Chinese was arrested in the French Concession to-night in con- surprising development In

According nection with the attack upon Dr. Turkestan civil war. R. C. Robertson on the afternoon to a Kashgar message, dated Feb. of January 31. The man. in gald 17, the president of the newly to have admitted the crime and to declared Moslem republic, Khwaja The letter adds that the problem have implicated four others, who Nazha, the premier, Sabit Abdul Baql, and all other members of arises whether, and under what have been arrested.

The attack on Dr. Robertson was the Government, together with the conditions, a state of stable equill brium will be established. Either carried out with great daring, it armed forces supporting them, U.S. prices must rise, it la explain-will be recalled, and one of the have, bean compelled to flee,

and band of kidnappers frod a shot at A mixed force of Tungan tribes- ed, to a point where Britsh French price levels become justi-him. Dr. Robertson was able to men, under 1,000 strong, sudden- fled; or pressure on exchanges, escape, however, by leaping out of ly arrived at Kashgar on Feb. 6 tending to appreciate sterling in his car, in which he had been held and intimidated the Government terms of dollars and franes, and to prisoner, and not only saved and its supporters, who fled with appreciate the dollar in terms of himself but rescued the small non out fighting.

The city of Now Kashgar, which francs, must continue until either of a sorvant who was with him at

the Moslem Government troops the franc is driven off the gold the time."

Dr. Robertson is connected with were besioging, has been relieved standard or the U.S. Gold Act is h

without further fighting. No loot- amended to permit the dollar to ap-the Lester Institute.

The first man arrested admitteding has occurred. preciate in terms of gold,

This development is regarded The latter outcome is most imparticipating in the kidnapping of probable. It is likely that Pre-Dr. Robertson. He said he was here as an important success for sident Roosevelt, will succeed in accompanied by three others and the Nanking Government, as the robbery. Tungans profess to be fighting for raising prices very substantially, that their motive was

that the Chinese Republic, whereas the which will ease the situation in The gang had Information France and other gold standard Dr. Robertson would be carrying a Moslem Government had declared countries for the time-being. large sum of money, since it was complete independence.-Reuter.

the end of the month and it was thought he took the monthly pay to the servants in the Institute.

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American Opinion. Walter Lipmann, writing in the Financial Timca, questions how much the U.S. Securities Act, pass. ed in 1938, will be blamed for the failure of the U.S. capital market in that same year.

He points out that leading cor- porations and bankers believe they cannot operate under the Act, and therefore won't operate.

The object of the Act is to prü tect the inventor, but Mr. Lippmann points out that there is nothing in the Act to protect the investor after securities are issued and nothing continue compelling borrowers to telling the truth.

It is, he says, conceivable that everything will be fine when the bonds are issued, but rottenness may develop later.

On the day of the crime the gang was sure he would have the pay. roll, probably in the little case he carried.

́OBJECTION REMOVED.

BRITISH FILM FOUND OBNOXIOUS TO CHINA

Four other arresta were made on information supplied by the

Landon, Feb. 22. firat prisoner but it is not yet cur- tain that the men in custody were Mr. Quo Tal-chi, Chinese Minia- directly concerned with the crime.ter to Britain, informs Reuter that

Reuter.

as a response to his representa- tions regarding the British film investor against the seductions of "Jack Ahoy," which is to be pro- salesmen. Mr. Lippmann con- duced on Monday, Foreign Office sequently suggests a code of securi-offeinls saw the film and at their ty in business, called "present dis-request the management has now: closures" under the act, but going agreed to cortain excisions. further and demanding "continuing Mr. Quo Tai-chi is satisfied that the issue of the film is now not at all obnoxi- disclosures" after bonds and licences to assure the ous to his country, and is only

|farcical-Reuter. The Act does not protect the security of salesmen.-Reuter.

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FERRY RUNS AGROUND

nie excitement aboard, cepecially as, In backing off, the ferry again ran | nshore, this time stern-first on an- other promontory, The coxswain - MISHAP-TO CHEUNG CHAU

thereupon decided to drop anchor, but CRAFT IN DENSE FOG

it is alleged by passengers thát tho, the operation of getting the anchor fixed There was a thick fog over harbour yesterday morning, which and overboard took nearly twenty. apart from causing delay in arrival minutes. Ono passenger states that of passenger liners, was a great in several Europeans aboard who thought convenience to small craft, and up to they would look at the life-saving sp- about eight o'clock, when the mist paratus were unable to find any ille cleared, there was a constant din of belta; however, these were not nood- whistics and sirens.

ed, the craft getting under way again","

In the thick of the fog a mishapparently undamaged. A number of occurred to the Cheung Cimu forry angors did not wait for the ferry to remme, but embarked on campana Sun Chau, which some seven minutes which were in the vicinity, after^ionvine"le" wharf... at Cheung,

There wore quite a number of Chau island bound for Hongkong, ran poople on board the Bum Chau at the

its nose aground on a rocky polat to live of the malahap, close on a hun- the north of tho harbour. This esused, grød being first-cines travellers.