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BIMETALLISM AGREEMENT

SILVER HARMONY IN STATES

STATEMENT OF POLICY MANDATORY

SENATE BLOC CONTENT

Washington, May-11.

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It is believed that satisfactory understanding has been reached between the

silver bloc and the Adminis

tration regarding the silver

legislation for the present

session of Congress.

The full detalls have not been i disclosed, but it is noteworthy that Senator Borah, who has been) indignant about the. Administrn- 'tlon's attitude has now expressed; satisfaction.

An agreement regarding the phraacology of the proposed Silver Bill was reached to-dny at ference betwoon Mr. Morgenthau and the silver advocates,

con-

Mr. Morgenthau, Recording, to one of the leaders at the confer-

sident Roosevelt.

BUICK · FACTORY CLOSED

Fishor Strika Hits 14,000 Mon

XD RЛHÆW✯ SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1934.

Detroit, May 11. Fourteen thousand workers have been rendered idle by the closing of the Buick Motor Company's factory at Flint, Michigan, as the result of the "walk. out" of five thousand Union, workers of the Fisher Body Company, which makes the bodies for Buick cars.- Reuter.

U.S.

WAR DEBT GRIEVANCE-

SIR JOHN SIMON

REPLIES

A FALLACIOUS ARGUMENT

London, May 11. The grievance of Americans ence, consented to a mandatory like Senator Johnson, author of statement of policy that allvor the Johnson Act, that if Britain shall be made a monetary base can achieve a Budget surplus for the currency with gold. He she can pay war debts in full, wants Brat to submit lt to Pro-was dealt with by a British

¡Government spokesman to-day. Those who attended the confer- ence, including Senator Borah, of the Budget surplus, Sir John Referring to American criticisms are optimistic. Very Httle con-Simon, in the course of a speech troversy is left.-Reuter.

at Manchester, said that irrespon sible commentators on the other side of the Atlantic overlooked the fact that any argument based upon the Budget surplus must be eutire- ly fallacious for two reasons; as far as the Anterican debt was con- cerned.

TWO" POINTS.

CUBAN LEADER "WANTED"

HERRERA NOW A FUGITIVE

n

In the first place, it was fallaci- ous because that which lay at the back of the dificulty in connection New York, May 11. with vast international payments On the request of the Cuban was not a question as to whether a Consul-General, warrant has particular country had a Bud- been snued for the arrest of get surplus, but was concerned Alberto Herrera Franchi, better with the injury done to world trade known, na General Herrera, former recovery as a whole, if they con- Secretary of War for Cuba. templated the transfer of enormous The charge is one of murder,huantities which they received in and is persumably based on an goods but which they were asked allegation that he plotted with ex-to pay back in money. President Machado and others to Secondly, it must be borne in enuse the police to fire on crowds mind that in relation to the na who were celebrating false re- tional wealth, British taxation nat port that Machado had resigned. year was at, least twice as heavy as The wanted man has been miss the corresponding taxation in the ing for some time, and a city-wide United States.-Reuter, search is now lo progress.----Renter.

ITALIAN ARMY REFORM

NO GENERAL CONFERENCE.

Washington, May 11. It is authoritatively stated from White House that the United States is willing to enter into discussions with regard to war debt revision with individual nations, but will refuse to join in any general debt

conference.

日九廿月三

NEW YORK BLOTTED OUT BY GREAT DUST CLOUD

A MILLION SQUARE MILES

PERILOUS DROUGHT

PHENOMENON

CATTLE DYING IN SCORES

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New York, May 11. Great dust storms of al- most incredible dimensions are sweeping across large areas of the United States causing acute distress and discomfort, as a direct result of the prolonged drought in the Middle West which is al- most unprecedented in its severity.

The dust-storm phenomenon is almost equally unique.

BIG ART SALE AT CITY CAR

CHRISTIE'S

Hundred Thousand

at

Sterling Realised

London, May 11, The biggest art sale since 1930 has been taking place Christie's in London during the week, where the famous Hirsch Brothers' collection of masterpieces was put up for auction.

The salo has realised nearly £100,000. Buyers from all parts of the world were represented,-British

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DR. RAJCHMANN'S

FUTTUE

NO SURRENDER

TO JAPAN

PARKING

IMPORTANT NEW REGULATIONS

PUBLIC CAR STAND

TO GO.

New traffic regulations issued to-day provide for the gradua? elimination of the public car stand in Chater Road between Ice House Street and Statue Square, and the restoration of Pedder Street as a parking area for private cars."

At the present time, there is accommodation for 28 public cars on the stand between Ice House Street and Statue Square, but this number is to be reduced to 20 darinx the current year and to 10 during 1935. After December 31st, 1935, no public cars will bo permitted to park in this area...

The space thus made available will be open for. the usc of privato care-that is, there will be room for eight private cars this year, 18 next year, and 28

SINULE COFT 18 CIDITE $3419 PER ANDUM

WHITEAWAYS

WINDOW

CLEANING

MOPS

Complete with Rubber Squeeze and 30 inch Handle

Special 'Prica

50 cts. each

WALKER CUP GOLF CONTEST

"Goodman and Little, tho bant Tolley and Wathered in the Walker Cup match by sight and six.

BRITISH GOVT.'S

AMERICAN LEAD

McLEAN AND McRUVIE BRILLIANT

WIN BRITAIN'S ONLY POINT

London, May 11.. The American Walker Cup

ACHIEVEMENTS team, playing steady, but not

MR. BALDWIN'S

CLAIMS

ALBERT HALL SPEECH

brilliant golf, won the first leg of the contest at St. Andrew's to-day by three matches to one.

The beat golf of the day was played by n British pair, Erle ReRuvis and Ian McLean, who won their match against the American captain, Francis Ouimet, and the American amateur title- holder, George Donlap, a Yact which in itself is almost sufficient- ly Indicative of the cflciency of their display.

London, May 11. Addressing the Women's Conservative Association's{

But the worst gali, too, was mass meeting at the Albert played by a British pair. Cyril and the junction with Des Voeux Hall to-day

Roger Mr. Stanley Tolley and

Wathored, Road Central will be reserved for Baldwin, referring to the every spat of bother there was. Of during the morning, walked into ower-driven. cars only.

PRESENT VIEW thereafter.

OF GENEVA

(Special to "Telegraph")

The streets of Chicago are deep-| is, coated in dust, which lays thick upon everything, and presenting a problem not previously expert-8 mont enced within living memory.

and the dust-storms mean nothing In the farm country, the drought short of disaster.

CATTLE DYING IN FIELDS.

Ordinat

Chater

The parking stund in Road between Ice House Street

The Pedder Street stand between,

Disarmament Conference, the famous, links, and although Voeux Road Central and said that the only proposals in the afternoon, they were de they pulled themselves together Queen's Road is also tu be Continued on Pope 7.)

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London, May 11. return to China to continue his Whether Dr. Rajchmann will

good work in correlating the Lefforts of League experts in their studles of methods for bringing

It is estimated that the dust about economic rehabilitation in As to the farmers of at least two in diplomatie and League circles. storma are involving a daily loss China, is, the topic of the hour million dollars.

Cattle farms

under

scores.

STILL HOPES

BRITONS: BLOW UP.

that held the field to-day fented by a margin of eight holes. were those of the British! Government for the limita- Bentley and Eric Fiddlan more tion of armaments,

or less held their own against Moreland and Westland, playing 70 Whether they would succeed or against 78 during the morning, at

Long as Disarmament not, it was impossible to say. the end of which they were two

Parley Continues

His recent statement In the down, and squaring the match at House of Commons on behalf of the third In the afternoon. Ther the Government stood, namely, they blow up completely and final- cimated. The cattle are unable to that Dr. Rajchmann will not re-, Mr. Arthur.Henderson left Paris

that in event of no agreement ly were defeated by aix holes, an London, May 11. being reached, and particularly abject failure, secure fodder which is buried turn, those in close touch with the this afternoon for London follow would be satisfied with no less McKinlay held their American The Hon, Michael Scott and S. a thick blanket of dust. League Secretary at Geneva aring his interviews with the French position in the air than that of opponents over the first eighteen They are dying-in-the-fields inclined to believe that instead of

being driven to captulation by the Foreign Minister, M. Barthou, on equality with the greatest power holes, but Marston and Egan were Human beings arc severely Japanese objections to Dr. Rajch-

the disarmament situation.

within striking dietance of her always playing the moro confident affected. Scarcely a person in mann, the League's attitude willi

He said the negotiations would shares.

golf and their victory on the six- continue in an attempt to secure the affected arena is not suffering be stiffened.

He asked his hearers to puf teenth in the afternoon was well. from serious irritation of the

the general commission a compromiso to bo submitted to the full force of their public merited. eyes, nose and threat.

of the opinion behind the Government at Disarmament Conference which is a time when it was doing all It meeting at Geneva on May 30, could for the peace of Europe and would meet on 31ny 28 to draw up and honour of their country.

The Bureau of the Conference of the world and for the security the programme for the general meeting.

of no agreement in the air, Britain are being de- Apropos the foreign reports!

The winds promise to secure an abatement of the dust storm but there is little prospect of rain Reuter Special.

NEW YORK LEARNS

Million Square Miles Of Dust Cloud!

New York, May 11. New York was to-day provided with an astonishingly object lesson

on the distress in tho Middle West, when one of the causes was brought to the door. steps of New Yorkers.

It is thought that the Japanese threata will force the China Com- mitter to renew Dr. Rajchmann's commission, otherwise it would be abject surrender to Japan's new policy.

In any case, there will be decision on the matter before the meeting to be held on Monday United Press,

JAPANESE ARMY WARNING

HOPEI GOVERNOR'S REPLY

General

Tientsin, May 12. Yu Heuch-chung,

Mr. Henderson expressed the view that as long as the conference continued there were still hopes British Wireless.

GENERAL OUTLOOK.

took, he said there was reasonable Dealing with the general oul- ground for fresh hope in the stendy fall of unemployment!

mon and women among juveniles.

and

FRANCE AND OLYMPIC The Government had lald sound

GAMES

Committee Decides

Compete

(Special to "Telegrapb")

An enormous dustcloud from the drought-stricken areas swept descended upon New York City, across the country to-day and completely bloiting out the sun Governor of Hopel Province, donies and hanging over the skyscrapers the allegation by Kantung Mili like a pall;

tary Headquarters that Japancas. . ..) troops at Chi-Halon were fired up. on by Chinese soldiers on Míny G.

He declares that Japanese troopa

HOSPITALS' CROWDED.

the eyes,

length of 1,000 miles with a

The dust cloud extends for a News. ovade breadth of 1,000 miles, covering an area of approximately 1,500,000 square miles-Router,

DEATH OF MRS. A. BREARLEY

foundations which would require much work and statesmanship to bring to full fruition.

There result were:

J. Goodman and Lawson Little (U.8.A.) bent C. J. H; Talley and R. Wethered (Britain), 8 and 6. I. Mclean and E E. McBurie (Britain) beat F. Ouimet and G. Dunlap (U.S.A) by four- Ami two.

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Moreland and J. Westland (U.S.A.) beat 11. G. Bentley and E. W.-Fiddian (Britain), 6 and 5.

Max Maraton and G. Egan (V.B.A.) beat the Hon. Michael Beatt and S. McKinlay (Britain), 3 and 2.

A warm day, with bright sun

They were satisfied that what and a cool cast wind, greeted the had been done would enable suc-players during the morning, and Toceeding Governments to build a the course was fa perfect condi

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Paris, May 11.

a

better country and a better· Em- tion. In the afternoon, the breeze"

strengthened. piro

Regarding the restoration of the national finance, he said the

well as

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made had enabled that position 85 againat 75, wore eight down at Rome, May 11.

formation given out that several

to be secured. They had seen the end of the morning round. Aiming at quicker promotion debtors have been informed that

full restoration of the unemploy- They continued to have the worst for offelent young officers, an token payments will no longer en-

ment cuts and half of the cuts in of matters in the early afternoon Army Bill, drafted by order of sure exemption from the provisions

Following

a meeting between other directions, pe

the and the American went to ten up! Signor Mussolini, was tabled in of the Johnson Act,

The huge cloud of dust brought and their agents frequently commit the Premier, M. Doumorgue, and had every hope that the complete Wethered staged a spell of in- President

ensement of the income tax. Ho From that stage, Tolley and the Chamber to-day.

Roosevelt still feels that the United epidemic of sneezing and provocative acts in the Lunntung the chairman of the French Olym The Bill provides for compulsory Slates has not laid down any rigid crowded with people requiring authorities take up a case with the Committee decided to send two be made bofore the natural térm

coughing and the hospitals were district. Whenever the Chinese ple Committee, M. Marin, the restoration of all the cute would spired golf, but it was too late. yearly vacations, practically policy on this matter. He has

(Continued on Page 7.). amounting to retirement, for a indicated that part payments will particles of matter extracted from Japanese, the latter invariably hundred and forty athletes to the of the Government had come to large number of officers, while all be given full and sympathetic con-

nn end. are captains and lieutenants who have sideration, and that all offers will

responsibility. Contral next Olympic Games which

to be held under. Nazi auspices in

HOUSING. not been promoted since the be considered on their individual

Berlin in 1930-United Prean. On the subject of housing. Mr. Armistice are to be retired within merits.-Reuter.

Baldwin declared that before thei three years, with adequate finan-

Dext Government had been in cial compensation.

BALANCING U.S.

office for two or three years, the BUDGET

alum problem as they had known It would be practically at an end. Britain, he proceeded, was de- pendent not only upon Empire trade but upon the resumption of APPROVED

International trade. It looked as Washington, May 11.

though some time must slapso be Tho- many friends", of Mr. A¡] President Roosevelt and his im fore the latter could be attained.. Brearley, former Manager of the mediate assistants have agreed to The growing spirit of na Chartered Bank in Hongkong, will a supplementary appropriation tionalism, chaotle exchanges, and learn with regret of the death of measure for $1,322,000,000 for gon the fluctuation of currency, still This

wife, which occurred ju England erai recovery funds, instead of the made it difficult for goods to find II. M. the King was out riding in on Thursday, mont made to-day disclosed that Rotton Row soon after 8 o'clock

$1,500,000,000 previously contemtheir way from one country to an the President is preparing a this morning.

Mrs. Brearley left the Coluny re-pinted by the President, in order to ethore-British Wireless, which ho expects to send to Con- War Dobts Message to Congress saddle for about half an hour.

He was in the cently, very ill being accompanied secure a balanced Budget.

by her husband, and the news of It has been decided that the greas within the next ten days Majesty has taken riding exercise unexpected. Much sympathy will od by Congress must be debited to It is a long time alnce His hor death is therefore not altogether extra appropriations hitherto vot United Press.

In the Row-British Wirdless. be felt for the berényed husband. this fund-Reuter.

The future promotion of cap, tains, colonels and generals will bo by selection, instead of seniority.-Reuter.

SIR E. ELGAR'S WILL

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London, May 11.

The will of the lato Sir Edward Elgar, famous composer and Mag-s ter of the King's Musick, was

proved to-day with estate valued at £19,934-British Wireless."- 1

A proclamation by His Excellency the Governor notifies that the Re- gistration of Persons Ordinanco wilt come into effect on June Int.

JE.

THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Expected by Congress

In Ton Days

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Hay An offelal White House state-

Washington, May 11.

KING RESUMES RIDING

APPPEARS ÁGAIN IN-

ROTTEN ROW ·

London, May 11.

PASSES AWAY IN ENGLAND

REVISED MEASURE

not as Deputy Inspector General of Polico until further notice.

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