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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1934.

POLICY OFF CHINA!"

JAPAN'S "HANDS

Wightman Cup Team

MRS. WILLS-MOODY

LEFT OUT

New York, Apr. 19.

Mrs. Helen Wills-Moody is not likely to be a member of the American Wightman Cup team this year..

The famous. tenais står has not practice and yet berun 'real

acknowledges that it will take

old form.

The United States Lawn Tennis

DECLARATION

British Foreign Office Considering Embassy's Report

NANKING'S

COUNTERBLAST TO JAPAN'S CLAIM

INDEPENDENCE ASSERTED

Nanking, April 20.

SUSPICIONS AND ANXIETY

A FEELER OR DEFINITE LINE OF POLICY?

Intended as a counterblast TWENTY-ONE DEMANDS

some time before she recovers her to the Japanese hegemony statement issued by the Association authorised a stato- Japanese Foreign Office on ment to-day to the effect that April 17, an informal state- Mrs. Willa-Moody will not be included in the Wightman Cup ment was also issued by the team, the members of which will Nanking Foreign Office yes-

be announced next week.

terday afternoon.

The decision of the U.S.L.T.A.

The statement was actuated by has been prompted by Mra.numerous enquiries made of the Moody's statement last year that Waichinopu by the foreign she will not remain in internation- diplomats through Informal al play.

[channels.

that

returns to

The statement was as follows:

Mr. Myrick stated, however, | "China holds the belief that in-

if Mrs. Moody championship play and feels that ternational peace depends on the she is strong enough for inter-co-operation of all nations, and national play, there will always be that in order to secure permanent peace between nations it is neven-) sary to develop a spirit of mutuni understanding and to eradicate all causes, which would lead to idestructive quarrels,

a place in the team for her.

Correspondence with the player, he said, had indicated that she had not changed her mind.-enter.

AIR SERVICE TO

AUSTRALIA,

LAST LINK CONTRACT AWARDED

مطلب

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the nation in world which can claim the right ur, take the sole responsibility of maintaining peace in any place.

"As China is a member nation of the

whe League of Nations, naturally has a share in the sum total of the responsibility of securing international pence and security and, in co-operation with other nations, to pramote this movement in all directions.

SOVEREIGN RIGHTS.

these final objectives, in- aggressive

Nation uny

dell- disturb. any

London, April 19.

The Australina Government has awarded the contract for the "In the course of her endeavours Singapore-Darwin-Brisbane

por-to reach

tion of the England-Australin China air service to "Quantas"-Queens-tention land and Northern Territory Air or

has

nations, nur

IN NEW FORM

(SPECIAL TO “TELEGRAPH”)

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

MARKET DECIDEDLY

QUIETER

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

YESTERDAY'S MARKET

STEADY

shares, done 1,330,000

KIDNAPPING CLUE.

'SEQUEL TO AIURDER OF LINDBERGH'S SON

Boston, Apr. 18.

· United States Marshal John J. Murphy has asked the Now York polico to rush Jatale Candon to Boston for police examination in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Colonel Lindbergh's:

Candon's

The following quotations on the According to Messrs. Swan Cul baby son in 1932.

have beon bertson and Fritz, the New York London Stock Exchange

When Murphy saw received by Messrs. Swan, Culbertson market was steady yesterday. Bust-photograph, he declared that it. and Fritz in conjunction with Reuter, near

Market:-Decidedly round and generally dull.

Chinese Bonds.

6 Bondis 1925-17 £ 88 S'hai-Nanking

(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telographic Messages Ordinance, & Shal.-'chow- 1895. Received, April 20, 7.47 0.m.)

LONDON, APRIL 19.

FRESH SUSPICIONS AND ANXIETIES CON. CERNING JAPAN'S POLICY IN CHINA HAVE BEEN! AROUSED BOTH IN LONDON AND WASHINGTON BY THE REMARKABLE "HANDS OFF CHINA?" STATEMENT IN TOKYO.

Most quarters take a very serious view of the state- ment, which seems to represent a claim to overlordship, though others suggest that it was made informally with the sole purpose of judging, from the reaction, what policy to pursue.

£ 82%

Lonn 1924... Japan 5 Sterling

Loan 1907 Japan 6 Sterling

Lonn 1024

Lain. Ilegd.) £8 K. & S'hai Dk. Chartd. Bis. £6 sh. £ 16%

Brit-Amer.

(Benrer).....

Min. (Bouror).

Distillers

Attention is drawn to the similarity of the hege- mony demand with certain of the terms of the Twenty- Chinese Eng., and One Demands, notably those of group five, demanding Japanese advisers in political, financial and military Courtaulds affairs, a Japanese-controlled police force, Japanese Dunlop Jubber control of munitions, and consultation with Japan be-Everready 5/- fore accepting foreign capital for development purposes.

American quarters regard the statement as a de-Bouls claration of a financial embargo on China.

NINE-POWER TREATY

RECALLED

all Wall Street Journal reports:ited the description of the man

break in wheat plus Canada's impos-behalf of the kidnappers-United tion of 10% tax on all gold pro-Prcas. duced in the Dominion which wenken-

The

quieter

The market was irregular due to a

who collected $50,000 ransom

Apr. 18. Apr. 19, 4% Bonds, 180g

£101 £101% (Eng. Inn.).... 47 Loan 1908. £ 04% 64% Loan 1012 .. £ 76% 5% Reorg Lean 1913 (Lin. Isw.)

£ 94% £ 76

DC4

£ 90%

6% Tient.-Pukow

Rly. ACTlent.-Pukow Railway (Supl. Lonn)

£ 40

L 384

£ 00

£ BRI

£ 2716 4 9716

£ 98 Ningpo Rly... £ 98%

Honan Riy... £ 314 £3144 6% Hukuang Rly.

1011

£ 4214 £ 424

€ 1814 Hini Ry. 1913 £18

Lung Taing U.

Foreign Bonds and Banks. German 7 Int.

71%

7014

were up ifespite profit-taking. Governinent issues were Jower, high grade corporation bonds. were steady and foreign bonds were Gold Dust mixed in their movements,

jed gold-mining and silver shares. Chrysler Corporation 53%

The latter, however, railled due to the Cafumbia anticipated favourable outcome of the President's conference with the Commonwealth and

Southern Senate Silverites. Whent erashed the five cent limit on heavy selling due Consolidated Gas of

New York to Secretary of Agriculture Wallace's prediction that domestle wheat prices Continental Oll.... would rench a parity with world prices Coty Inc. within a year, saying that the dif-Curtiss Wright Com. *** ferential between domestic and Liver Du Pont de Nemours, 80% pool, prices must be eliminated before Eastman Kodak.... American grain can make headway, Electric Bond and in world markets. Wheat ralled Share Introngly however due to the strength Electric Power and in corn and oats plus wheat's own Light Improved technical position due to Fox Film recent liquidation. Curb stocks went General Aviation downward due to the weakness General Electric goldmining shares. Speculative bonds General Foods

U.S. General Motors irregularly General Railway

Signi

GAM

Electric...

10%

154

251 **2W

38%

213

074

174

1714

734

10% 107%

84%

38%%%

4274

4142

21%

214

Goodyear Tire and

£ 82K

£ 93

£137

£ 10% Industrials, and Breweries, Associated Elve.

Industries

Tab.

552-

3876

192/6

247. 24/ H5/9 86/0 5-476

18/6

92/0

02/

Our New York office cablo:-

Rubber Stocks; Displayed a firm tono do- International

Wheat:: ment spite commoility weakness. Liquidation on Wallace's statement International Har that the United States Whent will go to the world parity but a strong International Nickel 28 Class of buying was appearing on International Tel. &

Tel. the continued weather reports from

be Northwest. It is no the to get Tohns Manville

Cotton: Late Hennecoit Copper...... Hearish at these levels.

upturn on reports of probable Lehuvan Corporation 70% 121/10 compromise on the pies Silver Bill Liggett and Myers

06% by the President and Congress, and the late rally of wheat. Very un-Lenw's Inc. certain situation prevails. Rubber: Lorillard P. (Com.) 18 Stendy and inactive with a firm under-Montgomery Ward

scarce. National City Bank

36%

"ค

Vester

41%

14%

50%

21%

73%

OG%

34-

34%

18%

52/9

12/3

20/4

29/1

Elec.

(England)

Impl. Chem Ini.

30/0

12/0

42/9

38/6

37/10

Impl. Chem Ind.

Det. 10/-ph...

9/7%

976

Impl. Tolincco

121/4

Internat.

Nickel

tone. Offerings of nctual Silver; After an initial dullness the (bid price) market advanced in the on news that the President in will-New York Central. 35

1814 ing to reconsider silver legislation. North American Co. The market declined slightly on pro-Owens-Illinois Ginnя 87% fit taking after the close of the Pacific Gan & Blee- market. Silver was offered below tric

con Packard Motors cloning price since the silver ference was postponed until Saturday. Pennsylvania Dow Jonea N.Y. Averages

afternoon National Distillern.

19%

1944

road

35%

so par val.

$27%

$ 2724

Pinchin

Johnson

30 Industriais

10/- sh.

38/6

3876

20 Rails

106.62 49.03 50.36

Iton

Phillips Petroleum

20%

Turner and Newall

$2/6

$12/-

20 Utilities

26.41

20.40

24/3

2370

40 Bonds..

14.89

95/6

95.08 Reynolds Tolneco

Radio Corporation

་

44%

Miscellaneous.

The following market closing prices Scars Roebuck

Бо

*!**

22/0

14-/

$ 16%

2276

are quoted subject to confirmation as Sucony-Vacnum Cor- to accuracy in transmission.

poration

10%

13/10

Apr. 18. Apr. 10. Southern California

Adams Express

Edison

197%

1934

Alaska Juneau Gold

$ 164

Standard Gas

And

Mining Company

2114

201⁄4

Electric

12%

1244

Allied Chemical and

25/-

24/9

Standard Oil Co. of

Dye.....

1624

151

NJ.

45%

American Can

2044

103

21/9

21/6

Sterling Products

13/4 13/0

American & Foreign

Inc.

Power.

10%

Studebaker Corpora-

32/- 32/-

American Meinl

247%

tion

American Smelting 434

wh.

16/0 15/3

Tel.

Pekin Synd. 2/-

ordshi

2/9~~~~219-

American Tel. and

American Tobacco

Texas Corporation.

Transamerica

734

123%

122%

Union Carbide and

Carbon ...............

45%

*74**

"N%

Union Pacific Rail-

Rubber Trusts

31/0 RUG

S'hul Elec. Constr. Van Ryn Deep .. Elec. Musical In-

dustries

557-

501-

American Water-

way.......

132

55/-

work

204 21

G/-

United Aircraft and

Anaconda Copper

1614

10%

Trans.

23%

Auburn Automobile

457

27/0

27/7/

United Corpolation

Atlas Corporation,

13%

1301

United Gas Improve-

Oils.

Baltimore and Ohio 29

ment

18%

Bethlehem Steel

18/9

38715

U.S. Rubber

2021%

2944

93/9

Borden Company

231

2414

03/116

U.S. Steri

61%

Borg. Warner

2534

251⁄4

Universal Lent To

Canadian Pacific

287-

27/0

bacco

Unq.

Railway

10%

Vanadium

2715

207

Case, J.I.

69%

60%

21% 20%

5276

01/10% 30/74 3077 235/- 234/444

Warner Bros. Pic-

Chase National Bank

tures

(bid price)

30%

Chesapeake Corpora.

tion

Westinghouse E, and

30%

4744

478%

Woolworth

6414

54%

General

no Lowards

berately enusing Services an associated Company ance of peace in the Orient. The of the Imperial Airway,

The British Government is now statement as to the verbal docluru- Unilever fact that China has established. The Service will be fortnightly relations

with other nations, studying the report from the tion made at the Japanese Foreign | Woolworths beginning about the end of the which contribute to the above British Embassy in Tokyo regard Omee aa to the relations of foreign present year, and the aircraft used objectives, is similar to the re-ing the so-called Japanese Monroe countries with China, Sir John Anglo-Dutch

Simon said. "All I can say at pre-Burma Corpn. Rs. will be De Havilland four-enginestations subsisting between other Doctrine statement.

R Chinese sent is that the statement appears ten nations that clulm the right of

Canadian Pacific In the meantime, accommodating machines,

Rly. $25 sh passengers, and with a speed of exercising

independent official spokesman in London ex-to have been made orally by press 170 miles an hour.

pressed the opinion to a United allteers of the Japanese Foreign Chart. 16/- sh. sovereign powers.

There are somewhat dif

(Benrer) that the Office. representative "Co-operations between nations Prras

Kalumpong The journey

or statement is merely a feeler inferent versions of what was snk Guls

show Rubber Brisbane will take 14 days.taking the forms of loans

technical assistance is not regard-tended to sound out Government and I have nothing to British Wireleas.

ed as of a political nature, and reaction in different parts of the whether it was an authoritative Trepca Minoa

of increased declaration. I must await infor-Langlangte

Estates therefore such co-operation be-world to the

of Chinese mation before I can say anything London Tin 10/- contral tween China and other nations is Japanese

further."-British Wireless, also non-political.

from London to

GERMANY'S ARMS EXPENDITURE

QUESTION IN HOUSE OF COMMONS

London, April 19.

their

affairs.

idea

NINE-POWER TREATY:

MR. ARIYOSHI'S NANKING VISIT

ULTERIOR MOTIVE? "The purchase of army 'planes

A British authority said it was from other nations and the en- gagement of foreign military hardly possible that Japan would been required by be demanding exclusive privileges experts have the necessities of national defence China. He recalled the under- and internal security. There is takings in the Nine-Power Treaty,

Next Week no reason for any nation to feel which pledged the Powers to re- Proceeding to Tokyo In the House of Commons, asked anxious concerning what has heen frain from Beeting spheres of

Shanghai, April 20. the direction Interest and exclusive rights in whether, now that he has a reply done by China in

Mr. Ariyoshi, the Japanese 1920 re-the

four-Power banking from the German Government relof Improving her internal security Ching. He also drew attention to

ex-and carrying out national

alleged to have been chiefly garding increased. German penditure on armaments, he could construction, if the former has no consortium, in which it was agreed Minister in China, whose influence!

causing

Buch jointly to consider applications for is

new foreign financing of enter-responsible for the Foreign Omee hegemony" statement, returned make a statement us to its bearing ulterior motive

prises in Chinn-United Press.

from Nanking this morning.

COTTON, WHEAT

on the Treaty of Versailles, and anxiety."-Central News, if he intended to take any netion. the Lord Privy Seal replied, on behalf of the Foreign Secretary, that he was unable at present to' make any further statement the subject.-British Wireless,

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